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Are You an A2k Non-Starter?

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ossobuco
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:11 pm
I do post some topics, but not as many as some.

Acquiunk, gee, I often - probably always - appreciate hearing what you have to say, and wish you'd post more.
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:12 pm
husker- According to the stats, I have created 686 threads.

I am listed as posting 17,603 posts, but when I go to "Your Posts" only 6,801 are listed. Maybe the hamsters only list the ones worth reading! Laughing
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nimh
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:13 pm
sozobe wrote:
No, the crowd laughed out loud but refrained from typing just "LOL" 'cause just "LOL" by itself is lame.

Hey dont be dissin my style, girl!
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nimh
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:17 pm
Lash wrote:
<apologies to sane people. I am having a Renaissance, long overdue successes, and conspicuous validation recently. I am completely impossible, I'm sure. You're only hope is to patronize me, and hope it blows over.>

This is actually the mode most of us prefer you in, I am guessing ... ;-)

(Congrats on the renaissance)
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husker
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:19 pm
Phoenix32890 wrote:
husker- According to the stats, I have created 686 threads.

I am listed as posting 17,603 posts, but when I go to "Your Posts" only 6,801 are listed. Maybe the hamsters only list the ones worth reading! Laughing


only 6,801 is how many topics you have posted in
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husker
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:21 pm
mine are
topics created 339
topics posted in 3214

I'm just a grasshopper
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:22 pm
Re: Are You an A2k Non-Starter?
Noddy24 wrote:
Some people post threads, some people answer threads and some people simply lurk.

Where do you fit in? Why?


I make as much trouble as possible, because it's fun . . .
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husker
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:24 pm
Re: Are You an A2k Non-Starter?
Setanta wrote:
Noddy24 wrote:
Some people post threads, some people answer threads and some people simply lurk.

Where do you fit in? Why?


I make as much trouble as possible, because it's fun . . .


boss you left yourself wide open on this, so I'll let it go for now :wink:
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nimh
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:26 pm
Phoenix32890 wrote:
husker- According to the stats, I have created 686 threads.

I am listed as posting 17,603 posts, but when I go to "Your Posts" only 6,801 are listed. Maybe the hamsters only list the ones worth reading! Laughing

I'm guessing you have posted 17,603 posts in 6,801 threads ...

I made 13,971 posts in 2,370 threads ... so I must be much more of a repeat offender (keep coming back to the same threads)

I created 210 threads ... scary, really. The least successful one was "Bloggers and rappers - same thing?", which I posted almost a year ago but still noone responded (101 views tho Shocked )

"Kuchma: another President-for-life i/t former Soviet Union?" wasnt too successful either, posted almost two years ago and only ever got 1 response, 78 views ... then again, it all depends how you look at it I guess. I mean, I posted that thread; and a year later, Kuchma is out! Now thats value for effort.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:26 pm
Fire away . . .
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 06:26 pm
Husker wrote:
only 6,801 is how many topics you have posted in


Aha! Thanks, Husker!
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 07:37 pm
Acquiunk wrote:
I post very little either threads or in discussions as mostly I seem to be out of sync with the majority of A2Kers and most of what I post is ignored. A post by me seems a sure fire bet to terminate a thread.Rolling Eyes But I do read (lurk) a lot as I find the conversations/discussions here to be both fascinating and instructive. This is a really great site.


When first i read this, my response, internally, was Nooooo . . .

I did not respond, and ought to have done.

I have always enjoyed Acq's contributions, and find them to be to the point and most often very perceptive. Acq also provides interesting links to off-site material which is always worth a look. If i have failed to respond to Acq's posts, it was not that i ignored him--either there was nothing to add to his succinct assessment, or i was off reading the pertinent and interesting link he had provided. One example which immediately leapt to my mind when i read this post was a discussion we had of New England smugglers in the thread i started on pirates. He provided an excellent link for that passage in our history, which is far more important than its obscurity would suggest. I believe Acq also provided a link for the treasure Captain Kidd was alleged to have buried in New England.

I am always glad to see that Acq has posted, and will click on any thread in which i see him listed as the most recent poster.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 07:54 pm
I agree with Setanta about Acquiunk. I don't always respond, but I always like to read him.
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 08:02 pm
when i see 20,000+ postings, i realize that i'm not standing anywhere; mostly i just lie down and fall asleep, but that no reflection on the other posters. hbg
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Ceili
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 08:16 pm
I have asked 74 questions and answered 1388 queries.
Recently and for other brief periods I have been mostly a lurker. I too have a tendency of killing a thread and finding other answers far funnier and more succinct. But there have been times when I responded a lot as well.
I guess it takes a while to warm back into the fray. To be honest, I think...for me anyway, Cav's death was too painful. I had been away, busy with life only to return and he was gone. I feel like I'd missed a wonderful opportunity to know him better. I barley knew him and yet he entertained and taught me so much, like so many here have. So I guess, what keeps me coming back, never really leaving is the sense of community, the shared experiences and the free eduction and of course the laughs.


P.S. Acquiunk I too think highly of your posts.
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 08:18 pm
btw i have noticed that on several occasions my entry was the last one on certain threads.
trying to figure out if i'm just a little late in keeping a thread alive or if i'm the actual killer. hbg
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 08:19 pm
I'd say, don't worry about it. Thread-icide is not an actionable offense . . .
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soozoo
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 08:25 pm
I don't post very often in A2K, but I read some of it almost every day. When people ask "who are the guests?", rememer I could be one of them, because I don't log in unless I'm going to post. I'm not sure exactly why I don't post much - there are so many threads and I get overwhelmed by it all. And there are also many very intellectual people here who I wouldn't have a chance against in an argument, and I also feel somewhat intimidated by their briliant writing abilities. What's strange is that I feel like I know so many of the people here because I read them almost every day.

To sum it up, I'm a bit of a wallflower and possibly even a wimp. Besides, I spend a lot of time looking for my other shoe. (Anyone seen it?)
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nimh
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 08:39 pm
Setanta wrote:
I am always glad to see that Acq has posted, and will click on any thread in which i see him listed as the most recent poster.

Same here!
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 08:44 pm
Started: 230
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