I'll weigh in on mlb's point about some posters who, instead of wanting to legitimately add to the discourse, take perverted pleasure in trolling and being nasty.

I posted for a while on the Kyra spin board and then left after the name calling, vulgarity, juvenility, etc. from a handful of posters became too much. At some point after, a fellow poster (he has posted in this thread but I want to value his privacy and, as such, will not ID) noted I should consider returning. This poster and I don't share a lot of socio-political views but 1. I respect his intellect; and 2. it was a nice gesture. So I did return recently because the Don Lemon incident irked me (Lemon gives those of us in the journalism biz and who are trying to be fair and unbiased a bad name).

I have felt welcomed overall since returning. I enjoy discussing social and political issues with people who hold viewpoints fully different than those I hold. That is stimulating, interesting and, I would hope, helpful to the American political discourse. If everybody on this board was like Bill Dazzle, that would be boring. There would be no need to visit the board (in such an odd scenario). I want to debate. I want to be enlightened and be open to admitting I looked at an issue wrongly.

And welcome back, Andy. Go, Blue Raiders.

(02-11-2026 04:26 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:23 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  I was talking about TripleA, not andybible, try to keep up.

And yes, I hate to break it to you, but you can be very condescending. If I'm breaking a rule fine, but don't talk down to me because we disagree.

Don't make personal attacks, dox, or threaten people (not saying you've done any of those personally, I'm just making a generality here) and I won't have anything to say. Sarcasm does not translate well over text, I think we all know that. Again, let's all of us be better.

I try really hard to get along with you, and not out of any fear of you. While you certainly lean left of me, you also certainly aren't one of them. I agree with you far more than I disagree with you, but sometimes those disagreements do get a little heated. I don't claim to always be right, but then neither are you. Just try not to let your duties here leak out into your relations with other posters. We should all be equal in that regard. Peace man.

(02-11-2026 04:27 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Good grief. You're talking about AndyBible. BTF was talking about me.

Clearly I got lost thinking he was talking about the other Andy. My bad.

Also, Andy (TripleA) and I go back ~20 years. We've been internet buddies for a long time. Correctly or incorrectly, I perceived you as talking down to him. The hair on the the back of my neck stood up. My bad if it was the latter.

(02-11-2026 04:59 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:27 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Good grief. You're talking about AndyBible. BTF was talking about me.

Clearly I got lost thinking he was talking about the other Andy. My bad.

Also, Andy (TripleA) and I go back ~20 years. We've been internet buddies for a long time. Correctly or incorrectly, I perceived you as talking down to him. The hair on the the back of my neck stood up. My bad if it was the latter.

Aww, I wuvs you, too.

(02-11-2026 05:01 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:59 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:27 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Good grief. You're talking about AndyBible. BTF was talking about me.

Clearly I got lost thinking he was talking about the other Andy. My bad.

Also, Andy (TripleA) and I go back ~20 years. We've been internet buddies for a long time. Correctly or incorrectly, I perceived you as talking down to him. The hair on the the back of my neck stood up. My bad if it was the latter.

Aww, I wuvs you, too.

HHH? Why would anyone want to be Hubert Horatio Humphrey? Asking for a friend.

We watched the door together.

(02-11-2026 05:04 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:01 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:59 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:27 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Good grief. You're talking about AndyBible. BTF was talking about me.

Clearly I got lost thinking he was talking about the other Andy. My bad.

Also, Andy (TripleA) and I go back ~20 years. We've been internet buddies for a long time. Correctly or incorrectly, I perceived you as talking down to him. The hair on the the back of my neck stood up. My bad if it was the latter.

Aww, I wuvs you, too.

HHH? Why would anyone want to be Hubert Horatio Humphrey? Asking for a friend.

ahhhhh, we're havin' fonzies, now ... it's so much 'butter' in whiskey-woo vs. minnie-me-no-hoe ...

(02-11-2026 05:04 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:01 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:59 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:27 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Good grief. You're talking about AndyBible. BTF was talking about me.

Clearly I got lost thinking he was talking about the other Andy. My bad.

Also, Andy (TripleA) and I go back ~20 years. We've been internet buddies for a long time. Correctly or incorrectly, I perceived you as talking down to him. The hair on the the back of my neck stood up. My bad if it was the latter.

Aww, I wuvs you, too.

HHH? Why would anyone want to be Hubert Horatio Humphrey? Asking for a friend.

Good point. Anybody have any suggestions for a new user name for me?

This should be a riot!

Glad we got this dang thread back on track.

(02-11-2026 05:13 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Good point. Anybody have any suggestions for a new user name for me?

I'm not touching that one.

(02-11-2026 05:04 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:01 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:59 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:27 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Good grief. You're talking about AndyBible. BTF was talking about me.

Clearly I got lost thinking he was talking about the other Andy. My bad.

Also, Andy (TripleA) and I go back ~20 years. We've been internet buddies for a long time. Correctly or incorrectly, I perceived you as talking down to him. The hair on the the back of my neck stood up. My bad if it was the latter.

Aww, I wuvs you, too.

HHH? Why would anyone want to be Hubert Horatio Humphrey? Asking for a friend.

Let's suppose I have to legally change my name. Do I opt for Bill Hubert or Horatio Dazzle? The former moniker suggests a rock-solid and dependable insurance agent. The latter name suggests a member of the circus who is known for sword swallowing, lion taming and his "exploits" with the female trapeze artists.

(02-11-2026 05:13 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:04 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:01 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:59 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:27 PM)mlb Wrote:  Clearly I got lost thinking he was talking about the other Andy. My bad.

Also, Andy (TripleA) and I go back ~20 years. We've been internet buddies for a long time. Correctly or incorrectly, I perceived you as talking down to him. The hair on the the back of my neck stood up. My bad if it was the latter.

Aww, I wuvs you, too.

HHH? Why would anyone want to be Hubert Horatio Humphrey? Asking for a friend.

Good point. Anybody have any suggestions for a new user name for me?

This should be a riot!

Glad we got this dang thread back on track.

No need to change at all. Drop the names. In Military parlance it stands for: Advanced Technology, Adaptability, and Agility, or Triple A for short.

(02-11-2026 05:29 PM)JRsec Wrote:  No need to change at all. Drop the names. In Military parlance it stands for: Advanced Technology, Adaptability, and Agility, or Triple A for short.

Uhm. Can I still just call him Andy?

(02-11-2026 05:29 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:13 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:04 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:01 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:59 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Also, Andy (TripleA) and I go back ~20 years. We've been internet buddies for a long time. Correctly or incorrectly, I perceived you as talking down to him. The hair on the the back of my neck stood up. My bad if it was the latter.

Aww, I wuvs you, too.

HHH? Why would anyone want to be Hubert Horatio Humphrey? Asking for a friend.

Good point. Anybody have any suggestions for a new user name for me?

This should be a riot!

Glad we got this dang thread back on track.

No need to change at all. Drop the names. In Military parlance it stands for: Advanced Technology, Adaptability, and Agility, or Triple A for short.

Well, based on my name, I'm a set of twin cougars from the Houston area.

Also, what Bartlett asked.

(02-11-2026 05:31 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:29 PM)JRsec Wrote:  No need to change at all. Drop the names. In Military parlance it stands for: Advanced Technology, Adaptability, and Agility, or Triple A for short.

Uhm. Can I still just call him Andy?

Only if you sing his Hymn: "Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me..."

lol

(02-11-2026 05:36 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:31 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:29 PM)JRsec Wrote:  No need to change at all. Drop the names. In Military parlance it stands for: Advanced Technology, Adaptability, and Agility, or Triple A for short.

Uhm. Can I still just call him Andy?

Only if you sing his Hymn: "Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me..."

*Stands far enough away from you so I don't get struck by lightning with you.* Dude...

(02-11-2026 04:42 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:35 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:27 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Good grief. You're talking about AndyBible. BTF was talking about me.

Clearly I got lost thinking he was talking about the other Andy. My bad.

this is where nicknames help ... AAA or trips vs. AndyB ... makes it sooooo much easier ... if I didn't like 'em, it'd be battery boy vs. the bibbler ...

@stink #zeroConfusion

nice to see you back, AndyB!

From this point, I am changing my user name to:

"Hewhohaslearneditallbutisnowjusttryingtorememberit"

Remember what?

(02-11-2026 05:44 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:42 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:35 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:27 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:26 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Good grief. You're talking about AndyBible. BTF was talking about me.

Clearly I got lost thinking he was talking about the other Andy. My bad.

this is where nicknames help ... AAA or trips vs. AndyB ... makes it sooooo much easier ... if I didn't like 'em, it'd be battery boy vs. the bibbler ...

@stink #zeroConfusion

nice to see you back, AndyB!

From this point, I am changing my user name to:

"Hewhohaslearneditallbutisnowjusttryingtorememberit"

Remember what?

Squirrel? Where?

(02-11-2026 05:29 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:13 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:04 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:01 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:59 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Also, Andy (TripleA) and I go back ~20 years. We've been internet buddies for a long time. Correctly or incorrectly, I perceived you as talking down to him. The hair on the the back of my neck stood up. My bad if it was the latter.

Aww, I wuvs you, too.

HHH? Why would anyone want to be Hubert Horatio Humphrey? Asking for a friend.

Good point. Anybody have any suggestions for a new user name for me?

This should be a riot!

Glad we got this dang thread back on track.

No need to change at all. Drop the names. In Military parlance it stands for: Advanced Technology, Adaptability, and Agility, or Triple A for short.

Well, that's better than Triple A, the American Automobile Association.

(02-11-2026 05:31 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 05:29 PM)JRsec Wrote:  No need to change at all. Drop the names. In Military parlance it stands for: Advanced Technology, Adaptability, and Agility, or Triple A for short.

Uhm. Can I still just call him Andy?

Only in private. It apparently causes confusion here. j/k