# Change in topic description **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 2, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863 "2014-05-02T01:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/21 "2014-05-02T08:22:17Z")
Thanks for the explanation Barky. I’m proud of myself… I actually understood it! ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/22 "2014-05-02T08:30:52Z")
lol. I just started using a computer last year. I understood only that people do what they want, I think ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/23 "2014-05-02T08:31:04Z")
Well gee Barky, if you computer guys would speak English at least, we might know what to do. You think everyone knows what a mapped drive is? Maybe thats why when I saved stuff I had a hard time finding it again. Went into some kind of drive somewhere. Boy I’m glad I just retired. Things getting to complicated. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/24 "2014-05-02T17:53:53Z")
Oh, @Barkydog, I have been reading things more than in the past, and I do have to enforce the guidelines. It’s tricky, though, because MB points out the false distinction between car (broadly defined to include pretty much anything with an engine) and non-car subjects. I do hang around to look for technical problems and hunt for trolls, but I do have an obligation to intervene in the brawls and major digressions. Still feeling that out. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/25 "2014-05-02T18:01:29Z")
@cdaqila Do ever feel your job title should be ( Cat Herder )? ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/26 "2014-05-02T18:11:24Z")
meow? ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/27 "2014-05-02T19:37:00Z")
@"VOLVO V70"‌, I’ll file “cat herder” before “cyberbabe” and “czarina”. I think I’m done with the c-words now. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/28 "2014-05-02T19:41:50Z")
Carolyn, (sorry - another c-word), you’re doing a fine job. I think you should just keep doing it how you’re doing it. Play it by ear. Apply reasonable actions as needed. ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/29 "2014-05-02T19:44:20Z")
cats can cause chaos. criticism can t crush Carolyn. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/30 "2014-05-02T20:09:06Z")
@cigroller, thanks. I think I’m doing fine. Feedback is important, and where possible I like to ask for it. (“CONSULT, v.i. To seek another’s disapproval of a course already decided on.”) @wesw, you scamp. ---
**Author:** ![Joe-Guy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joe-guy/32/124_2.png) [@Joe-Guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joe-Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/31 "2014-05-02T20:52:01Z")
What if I were to write: The other day I was driving my car and it stalled at an intersection when I heard Cliven Bundy make racist comments. I opened the hood of my car and checked the oil and thought that he is a jerk and the feds were right to go after him. The oil was fine as I pondered how Cliven was so wrong to do what he did and then I checked my battery connections. I figured not everyone would agree with me on the racism issue and wondered what might be causing my car to stall? : ) ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/32 "2014-05-02T21:30:50Z")
We all do realize, I hope, that continual discussion of concerns like this often end up resulting in rule making. People ask for clarity about the boundaries. Administrators (in the most general usage of the word) respond with that clarity and in the process make their own daily lives easier since it reduces that number of things that need direct attention and the number of decisions that need to be made. But then there are just more rules - and rules do not equal reason. So I’m just saying, be careful what you wish for. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/33 "2014-05-02T22:12:48Z")
No need to overthink it. You’re right. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/34 "2014-05-03T03:47:49Z")
Amen! ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/35 "2014-05-03T04:32:36Z")
more rules ? oh no. close it .close it quick! ---
**Author:** ![rattlegas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/rattlegas/32/2857_2.png) [@rattlegas](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rattlegas)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/36 "2014-05-03T05:12:48Z")
It’s a warning that non car related topics will get locked. ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/37 "2014-05-03T05:28:29Z")
yeah rattlegas, but they won t. the thread about the police not responding to fender benders has turned into a discussion about police response to all sorts of things. its a perfectly reasonable discussion. we have a fair moderater . it won t get shut down unless it degenerates into something else. ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/38 "2014-05-03T05:43:01Z")
the theme/spirit of the show that inspired this site is one of an auto discussion forum that is both humorous and eclectic. it begins with cars and car repair and ranges wide and far from there. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/39 "2014-05-03T05:59:58Z")
Anyone want to talk about the 100 mile to the gallon Fish carburetor ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/change-in-topic-description/84863/40 "2014-05-03T15:04:24Z")
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