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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:17:14 PM · #51 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Beetle: See, sprite777..... now you are ignoring me!!!
 And here I was ready to give you a welcome hug to make you feel wanted. Hmppfffhhhhh. :-p
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 I'm sorry Beetle!! I suck at life sometimes. lol
 
 thanks for the hug - i really needed it.
 
 gosh, i could go for a real hug, too. but that's a different story all together.
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:21:28 PM · #52 | 
		| | | Originally posted by leeleeo: 
 
 I used to work for VZ on the business internet side.  What an odd company!  (even though VZ wireless is a different company, i'm sure they are just as strange)
 
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 I do fall under the Verizon Business now.  Was MCI a couple of weeks ago.  Now time to wait and see if I still have a job after a few more weeks.  Need to get some more lenses to go with my new camera.  Can't be getting laid off right now. :S
 
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:21:33 PM · #53 | 
		| | | Originally posted by sprite777: 
 I'm sorry Beetle!! I suck at life sometimes. lol
 
 thanks for the hug - i really needed it.
 
 gosh, i could go for a real hug, too. but that's a different story all together.
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 Now I'm smiling again :-)
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:28:23 PM · #54 | 
		| | It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. 
 --Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:28:26 PM · #55 | 
		| | I'm every bit as reticient and slow-spoken in real life as I am in here :-) 
 R.
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:28:27 PM · #56 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Beetle: 
 | Originally posted by sprite777: 
 I'm sorry Beetle!! I suck at life sometimes. lol
 
 thanks for the hug - i really needed it.
 
 gosh, i could go for a real hug, too. but that's a different story all together.
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 Now I'm smiling again :-)
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 :)
 
 Yay for fitting in!
 
 (man, i'm a NERD!)
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:29:51 PM · #57 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Bear_Music: I'm every bit as reticient and slow-spoken in real life as I am in here :-)
 
 R.
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 OMG.... I am sitting on my hands so I can't type ....
 
 <---- runs off to find handcuffs
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:31:14 PM · #58 | 
		| | off to bed, it's kinda late, i'm sleepy. 
 thanks for bringing me out of the shell that i was stuck in!
 
 'night
 
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:41:10 PM · #59 | 
		| | 433 posts since Sept 2003. I consider that being quiet. Reminds me of a tv commercial about Canadian elections. "Why not speak up when everyone is listening". 
 I'm just naturally quiet, online and in real life, but I manage to keep people engaged during a conversation.
 
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:42:13 PM · #60 | 
		| | | Originally posted by sprite777: i've actually killed a couple of threads... either that, or i'm not able to make a valuable contribution. lol
 
 i think the only thing i was able to be helpful with, was when someone was shipping to Canada, but then people kinda would talk around my posts from what i remember, and not really acknowledge them.
 
 man, i sound so needy in that last paragraph, but i guess what i mean is that in a message board, you sort of expect some interaction, and on this particular one, i don't seem to fit in.
 
 ok, NOW i just sound like an emotional high schooler, but still. haha
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 *laughs* I know exactly how you feel! Like you're an outsider sometimes.    Glad to see you posting.. and you have some wonderful images! :)
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:46:09 PM · #61 | 
		| | well this is actually my first time posting! HA! | 
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:49:34 PM · #62 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Skyarcher: 
 *laughs* I know exactly how you feel! Like you're an outsider sometimes.    Glad to see you posting.. and you have some wonderful images! :)
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 aww thanks - so do you! i especially like "foggy morn"... those are my favorite mornings...
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			|  | 01/19/2006 11:54:31 PM · #63 | 
		| | I have not posted very much in the forums and when I do I’m forcing myself to.  We the “understated” or “wall flowers” like to sit back and observe.  Then we react, no need for discussion just do.  I ask myself questions as do those who post all the time, why are people getting that serious in a threadâ€Â¦ is it affecting any of their lively hoods what someone else typed?  Is it really that serious?  And I want a name change from wall flowers to listenersâ€Â¦ 
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:11:08 AM · #64 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Beetle: 
 | Originally posted by Bear_Music: I'm every bit as reticient and slow-spoken in real life as I am in here :-)
 
 R.
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 OMG.... I am sitting on my hands so I can't type ....
 
 <---- runs off to find handcuffs
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 Aw, c'mon; read what I said. It's LITERALLY true.
 
 R.
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:13:14 AM · #65 | 
		| | "Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger." | 
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:13:19 AM · #66 | 
		| | | Originally posted by greatandsmall: 
 It's time for all of you wallflowers to speak up. Let's hear what you have to say!
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 uhhhhhh..........
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:14:29 AM · #67 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Bear_Music: 
 Aw, c'mon; read what I said. It's LITERALLY true.
 R.
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 Oh, yes! If I hadn't been so busy bursting out laughing - but had stopped to THINK, instead - I would have agreed.
 
 That was a trick statement, Robert!!
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:20:18 AM · #68 | 
		| | | Originally posted by mycelium: "Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger."
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 This pretty much describes me.
 
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:26:19 AM · #69 | 
		| | Some of you are so talented at shredding haughty people (saw some of this going on a few days back)...I just sit back and laugh. I am practicing being sweet.  (halo)
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:27:26 AM · #70 | 
		| | i dont - i blurt out stupid crap all the time | 
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:32:03 AM · #71 | 
		| | Hi all - I've been reading the forum threads more and more and posting more and more also - mostly just to praise somebody who is sharing their work if I really like it - and to learn how to leave all those cute smiley's that people either love or hate. I'm usually pretty quiet - but thought it would be easy to post a reply to this thread....and....
 I've been curious and thought this would be a good time to ask - since I don't really know the proper etiquette sometimes for posting questions - or starting threads and all that jazz....
 What is the deal with the stats concerning threads on your profile page? Is this really a numbers thing that people keep track of? My profile has been saying I've killed 1 thread...is that because I was the last to post to a thread? is that bad? or good? or doesn't matter? - what if somebody else were to post to that thread - does that killed thread number go away? what's the deal with killed threads - are they killed forever? or is that when they are locked?
 I'd really appreciate a quick little forum thread stats info. tutorial to anybody willing to inform :)
 Was here OK to ask that? I think so - my apologies if not.
 Thanks! Shannon :)
 (here is where I would post one of those cute smiley guys - probably one waving - but I know some people don't like them - so I'm scared to - and won't)
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:32:20 AM · #72 | 
		| | | Originally posted by mycelium: "Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger."
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 Sounds like the source-quote for my dad's favorite warning: "Caution! Be sure brain is engaged before putting mouth in gear!"
 
 R.
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:33:30 AM · #73 | 
		| | | Originally posted by leeleeo: ... I promise to try to speak up more often!
 
 -=lee=-
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 And a portfolio someplace (think membership) -- your images are great.
 
 David
 
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:34:26 AM · #74 | 
		| | My friends have told me before that I'm the quietest person they've ever met. 
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			|  | 01/20/2006 12:38:56 AM · #75 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Shan2112: Hi all - I've been reading the forum threads more and more and posting more and more also - mostly just to praise somebody who is sharing their work if I really like it - and to learn how to leave all those cute smiley's that people either love or hate.
 I'm usually pretty quiet - but thought it would be easy to post a reply to this thread....and....
 I've been curious and thought this would be a good time to ask - since I don't really know the proper etiquette sometimes for posting questions - or starting threads and all that jazz....
 What is the deal with the stats concerning threads on your profile page? Is this really a numbers thing that people keep track of? My profile has been saying I've killed 1 thread...is that because I was the last to post to a thread? is that bad? or good? or doesn't matter? - what if somebody else were to post to that thread - does that killed thread number go away? what's the deal with killed threads - are they killed forever? or is that when they are locked?
 I'd really appreciate a quick little forum thread stats info. tutorial to anybody willing to inform :)
 Was here OK to ask that? I think so - my apologies if not.
 Thanks! Shannon :)
 (here is where I would post one of those cute smiley guys - probably one waving - but I know some people don't like them - so I'm scared to - and won't)
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 The thread stats in general are a way to gauge peoples' activity on the site. To a certain extent they are meaningless, because there's all sorts of different activity, if you know what I mean? Some people do seem to take them seriously, but I certainly don't, except in the sense that I look at my own stats and think, very seriously, "Brother Bear, you need to get a life!" :-)
 
 "Threads Killed" is a by-popular-demand novelty stat. It really has no meaning except what you have divined, that you made the last post in a thread. If you START a thread and nobody responds, you'll have both a start and a kill with a single post. If someone comes into a thread long after you've killed it and posts to it again, then yes, you will "lose" a kill.
 
 I like to look at "kills" as a positive stat; by and large, a kill means you answered the question, nothing more to say, ya know? I certainly don't view them as negative; I don't think very many people are capable of boring us off a thread.
 
 Yes it was perfectly OK to ask all that :-) The only dumb questions are the ones you do not ask.
 
 Robt.
 
 Message edited by author 2006-01-20 00:40:52.
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