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  • #3401471
    Mordecai _
    BPL Member

    @mocai

    Eric,

    I did not say your request was offensive.

    I said I understood why he would take offense. I am guessing at his state of mind.

    The disclosure you cite still does not declare what “sponsored” MEANS.

    Taking offense could just be a way to avoid further explanation.

    #3401480
    James holden
    BPL Member

    @bearbreeder-2

    Mordecai

    i never meant to say that you found it offensive

    merely that its strange that john would since he uses to provide some disclosure in some old reviews anyways … To the point of citing FTC regs himself

    ;)

    #3401496
    Clue M
    BPL Member

    @cluemonger

    The actual link to the review and the OP seems to have been lost.

    #3401497
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    Eric,

    Every time you repeat the same thing over and over and over and over again, someone somewhere in the world shoots a marmot in the face.

    I hope that you can live with the guilt.

     

    #3401503
    James holden
    BPL Member

    @bearbreeder-2

    Ian …

    do we get to eat that marmot …

    bbq marmot is a BPL specialty i hear

    my AZN sensibilities approve of not wasting good meat

    ;)

     

    #3401507
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    I’ve had BBQ’d giant cockroach in Asia.  As the name suggests, it’s large so you can’t eat it in one bite.  Despite my best efforts, I was unable to locate deep fried tarantula but I learned after the fact that it can be found at the Phnom Penh night market.  For the record, I’m the whitest man alive.

    Top that.

    #3401524
    David Chenault
    BPL Member

    @davec

    Locale: Queen City, MT

    Even for the internet, impressive amount of drama generated by this thread.  Last we’ll see of you here J.A. ?

     

    #3401529
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    That produced a healthful belly laugh, thanks Ian

    #3401535
    Jim C
    BPL Member

    @jimothy

    Locale: Georgia, USA

    Hmm, I wonder if I could reduce my total pack weight by substituting BBQ marmot for some dehydrated meals.

    #3401601
    David L
    BPL Member

    @family-guy-2-2

    I love how so many posts were deleted by BPL.  Tsk, tsk.

    This thread wasn’t hacked.  It was placed in the member only forum where it stayed for a bit.

    #3401605
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    I love how so many posts were deleted by BPL.  Tsk, tsk.

    For the record: I have deleted very few postings.

    However, it would seem that JA deleted almost ALL his postings and moved all the threads he could to a restricted channel only available to Life/Unlimited members. I have simply restored what i can in a few recent cases.

    The loss of edit facilities is a direct result of this incident.

    Cheers
    Roger Caffin
    Online Community Monitor
    Backpacking Light

     

    #3401608
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    Savor the moment folks.  I think it’s safe to say that we’ve never seen, and never will see, such an epic dropping of the microphone when someone walked off of BPL’s stage.

    (Standing ovation).

    #3401609
    Jennifer Mitol
    Spectator

    @jenmitol

    Locale: In my dreams....

    I don’t even get it.  what just happened???

     

    #3401611
    Monte Masterson
    BPL Member

    @septimius

    Locale: Southern Indiana

    I think you have to be an “Unlimited Member” to really know what’s going on. After all, BPL says “Insider Access” is one of the perks.

    #3401616
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    So since the hole in security supposedly has been filled can we get editing capabilities back so we can at least follows the rules in Gearswap?

    Once your item has sold, please edit your topic subject to reflect that fact by appending the text *SOLD* at the beginning of the subject line.

    I look forward to a night around the campfire soon with some of the participants in this thread. This will make an entertaining topic for a bit.

    #3401617
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    for a bit

    maybe the entertainment value has already been derived

    #3401618
    Jennifer Mitol
    Spectator

    @jenmitol

    Locale: In my dreams....

    yes please ken!

    Does this have something to do with Hillary’s emails?

    #3401624
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    I don’t even get it.  what just happened???

    In a sentence…

    Someone posted a gear review poofay called him out for not disclosing his relationship with the manufacturer with predictable subsequent BPL dog pile followed by all of the author’s posts being move to unlimited/beta forum and most of his posts being deleted thus leaving the community to assume that the moderators moved all his posts but we’re collectively just coming to the realization that the moderators in fact did not move/delete any of them and all of this is a result of someone going black ops on BPL’s website code.

    In other words, Operation Ninja Lorax is a go.

    I literally just had a bag of popcorn as I was taking all this in.

    #3401625
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Hi Jennifer

    There was a dispute over whether anyone posting a review of gear should disclose whether they had been given the gear for free. It is a BPL rule that you must do so. Someone unfortunately took exception to being asked about this and went ‘black ops’. For the rest, see the recent thread about the review of a quilt.

    I have already asked Ryan what we can do to allow the editing of postings within a day or so.

    Cheers

     

    #3401626
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    Roger, I can edit now

    #3401635
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Hi Ian

    Out of curiosity – how far back in time can you go while being able to edit your postings?

    I cannot diagnose this from my account as I have admin privilege.

    Cheers

    #3401637
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Editing has not all been eliminated. You can still edit you replies for a week. It that now you cannot edit the title or first post in a thread you created.

    I’m calling this the Abela Effect.

    #3401639
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Thanks Ken

    Cheers

    #3401645
    James holden
    BPL Member

    @bearbreeder-2

    Hmmm ….

    All i wanted to know if there was free gear, a discount or it was paid full price …

    At least we got a few marmots recipes from this …

    ;)

    #3401646
    Dan @ Durston Gear
    BPL Member

    @dandydan

    Locale: Canadian Rockies
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