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1. After any minor day-to-day event, you begin composing your Hatrack post about it.

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Ha... I so do this one!
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
11. You boss tells you to either stop posting on Hatrack during business hours or lose your job.

12. And you have to think about it.
 

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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
13. Which is why you must now sell the last of your stolen office supplies for Internet access.
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
14. You've just goten home after being away from your fiancé for three days and instead of sitting on the couch snuggling you're sitting with your backs to one another both posting on Hatrack.

Hypothetically speaking, of course.

[ February 23, 2005, 09:57 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
"Well, as far as you know, their names really are Mack, Icarus, and Papa Moose."

Bah. Anyone who's had too much Hatrack knows all three of these people by their real names.
 

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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
Hm. I need more Hatrack.
 

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Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :
 

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Well, as far as you know, their names really are Mack, Icarus, and Papa Moose

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1. After any minor day-to-day event, you begin composing your Hatrack post about it.

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quote:

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8. If you've ever, ever been to a Hatrack convention.

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You're just jealous.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
If you've ever posted on Hatrack about minor day-to-day events while at a Hatrack convention.

Not that anyone in here is guilty of that...
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
Not at all. Nor are pics posted while said events occur.

and if you have a panel of experts, if tom isn't on that panel, it isn't a panel of experts.
 

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Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
 
Wow, Annie, I never noticed how low your member number is. And I think that's way cool.
 

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Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 

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15. The above sentence looks weird to you because the name 'mack' is capitalized in it.

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...Guilty as charged.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
Why, thank you Trish. I'm actually older than that even but I resisted signing up for the "new forum" for a couple months out of sadness for the loss of the old one.

I took a 3 1/2 year hiatus, though, when I didn't have a computer, so I'm not a total oldbie.
 

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Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
 
16. Your home network bootstraps itself into an AI just to have an intervention with you after you click "reload" 13,000 times on "Today's Active Topics"

[ February 24, 2005, 12:38 AM: Message edited by: Morbo ]
 

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Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
 
17. You're about to tell your wife about a conversation you were having that day, and then you remember that it was a Hatrack thread and you were just lurking in it.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
18. You tell about those conversations, anyway, even after the realization.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
19. You're incredibly busy with Hatrack "projects" and "discussions" and trips, and they're starting to interfere with your real life.

20. In fact, they're starting to conflict with each other on occasion.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
21. You keep starting more of them because, hey, you don't have anything else going on in your life, anyway.
 

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Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
 
22. You're disappointed in your kid because it's been ages since she said anything cute, so you make stuff up for the cute kids threads.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Blasphemy!
 

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Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
 
23. You think posts are aimed squarely at you, even when they aren't.

[ kq]
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I didn't think that. I thought you meant you did things like that.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*giggle* First he'd have to make up the kid.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Well, that IS the fun part, rivka...

When it is past 2 am, and you are still up posting...not because you really have anything to say but because if you go to bed you might miss something on Hatrack....

Night all!

[ February 24, 2005, 02:09 AM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Yeah, so I vaguely recall, Kwea.
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
#?: You have a teacher named Rivka, and you cannot, for the life of you, write her name with a capital "R" on the first try. (Yes, this happened to me last semester!)
 

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Posted by babager (Member # 6700) on :
 

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17. You're about to tell your wife about a conversation you were having that day, and then you remember that it was a Hatrack thread and you were just lurking in it.

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Guilty --except the wife part!!

edit: hey that's 200 posts!!Does that count as a landmark???

[ February 24, 2005, 06:52 AM: Message edited by: babager ]
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
No.
 

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Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
You know, I don't think I know Papa Moose's real name.

Mmm. . . maybe I do. Not sure.

It's not Widdershins, is it?
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
26. You sign out of Hatrack because you have been on for a while, but before you leave the computer, you sign back on because someone must have posted something in those two seconds.
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
27. The largest group of people you have ever known both like and understand your puns.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Like may be too strong of a word, Liz....
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Speak for yourself, punhater!
 

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Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
 

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26. You sign out of Hatrack because you have been on for a while, but before you leave the computer, you sign back on because someone must have posted something in those two seconds.

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You sign out?
 

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Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
 
Some of us (naughty us !) check on Hatrack at work. So yes, in that case, you need to sign out.

[ February 24, 2005, 10:50 AM: Message edited by: Anna ]
 

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Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
 
I see.... Yeah, I guess I do sign out when I'm on at school.
 

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Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
 
Besides... you just can't have too much Hatrack.
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
"Like may be too strong of a word, Liz...."

Remember, you'll be eating my food in two days, K-Man.

As for signing out, what I really meant was just getting off the computer, sorry.
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
MidnightBlue, I had the same thought.

You SIGN OUT?

It's more like, you know you've had too much hatrack when you accidentally hit "log out" instead of a link, try to log back in, can't remember your password or the email you used to originally sign up, have to register a new account, use the new name, and have everyone assume you are avoiding a landmark.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
My husband reminded me I needed to post this one:

28. You are half asleep, in bed, talking to your spouse, and say something abhorrent, followed not only by a little shudder, but the word *shudder*. Including thinking the little *s that denote action.

My husband looked at me and said, "Did you just say 'shudder'?" at the same time I realized I'd said it out loud.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
29. You're teaching the Sunday School lesson at church and, as an example you say "I was having this conversation with some friends of mine..." and your roommate wryly interjects - "Was this an actual conversation or did it happen on an internet bulletin board?"

(true story)
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I, uh, do that all the time: "My friends and I were talking about this the other day. Someone said..." (The "someone" is because people would look at me strangely if I said their screennames.)
 

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Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 
When someone says something amusing, you say LOL. The actual letters L.O.L. out loud.

I've done this. More than once.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I did that a couple of times, too. But the "shudder" was worse.
 

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Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
 

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When someone says something amusing, you say LOL. The actual letters L.O.L. out loud.

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The only problem is, when I read those letters, I actually pronounce them out. I can't seem to remember it's 3 seperate letters and not "lol". Now THAT would be embarrassing if you said that.
 

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Posted by Lucky4 (Member # 1420) on :
 
30. You laugh out loud and your roommate calls from the other room, "What's going on with your science fiction website today?"
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
That, or you mention to your roommate "one of my friends said..." and she says "oh, is this one of your little online group?"
 

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Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
 
31. You are in a coma, wake up, and are bed ridden for weeks. But the first thing you do after that, is post on Hatrack.
 

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Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
 

 

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Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
 
32. You put "Hatrack Online Community" down as one of your interests on your resume.
 

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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
33. You will take an hour or more out of your day to read a long thread. And then decide not to post, because everything's been said.

I regularly pronounce lol out loud. And say shudder. Or *wink*.

34. When you hug someone, your brain inserts parentheses around their name.

35. And then you think "vulva!"
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
36. You have sworn off Hatrack, for ever, seriously, and permanately....

more than 3 times.

37. You couldn't log off after your last Farewell post, because you wanted to see what people had to say about it.

38. You have uses posts here as a test bed for e-published articles, stories, thesis, or school papers.

39. You have been late to a doctors appointment, a date, work or school, an interview, or your own wedding because you had to finish that post.

40. You have corrected your doctor, minister, and parent using information and arguments picked up from Hatrack.
 

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Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
 
41. Your screename is how you call yourself.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
42) You print out the entire contents of "Auschwitz and Genocide", with *my* 7-page antithesis for a Web site, including everything else said, and hand it over to your teachers.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
43. You talk to some of your relatives more here than on the phone.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
Thank goodness I have no relatives here!

44) You show a 12th-grader from the Israel's Debating Club this Web site, and he says it's weird.

[ February 26, 2005, 11:16 AM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
 

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Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
 
45) If you've lied to your roommates about running off to Salt Lake to meet with Jatraqueros, saying something vague like "I'm going out with friends".
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
46) And that is more so when you live in the Middle East and they believe you.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
47) You're unexpectedly away for an afternoon, come back that night, and are suprised to note that Hatrack continued to function without you.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
48) You marry a Hatracker.

Note: This was just to get at TomD.

49) You cannot write "Tom Davidson" with a space.
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
50) You abbreviate peoples' names IRL, so as not to go through the bother of mentally typing the whole thing.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
51) You are so into Hatrack political discussions, that you write <peoples'> instead of <people's>.
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
52) You're a stickler about perfect grammar IRL as well as online.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
53) You correct my bad French understanding, quoting your professor.
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
54) You find out much later that I don't even SPEAK French!
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
55) Which is precisely why - as a Hatracker - you should NOT test my French skills!!!

[ February 27, 2005, 11:16 AM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
50 something) You find yourself writing out classic Hatrack emoticons -- such as the wave smiley -- in handwritten notes.
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 

quote:

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Note: This was just to get at TomD.

49) You cannot write "Tom Davidson" with a space.

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Oddly, I write "Tom Davidson" with a space. And I'm pretty sure I've had too much Hatrack.

And while I did indeed marry a Hatracker, she was not a Hatracker when I met her. *grin* There are people who've met the loves of their lives here on Hatrack, but I'm not one of 'em.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Nah, he imported her.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 

 

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Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
 
59) you flirted with every Hatracker of opposite sex, and a number of the same sex.
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
Yeah, there is something wrong with you if you've somehow managed to exhaust the bottomless dating pool that is Hatrack.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Bottomless my foot.
 

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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
That's quite a foot.

(and this from a 10 and 1/2er)
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*giggle*
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 

quote:

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...she was not a Hatracker when I met her.

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quote:

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Bottomless my foot

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You go, girl - give 'em heck . . .


 

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Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :
 
Would we really want a bottomless dating pool? I mean, think of the saggy bottomed jeans. And the pain of sitting on a hard seat. No, it's just not a happy thought.
 

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Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
 
If it's a bottomless pool, then no one is circling the drain.
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
##. You feel really bad when your best friends and your brother start bashing G.W.Bush without any actual knowledge of him or Kerry. And all the (what you consider) good reasons for which people voted for Bush spring in your mind. Reasons posted on Hatrack, of course.

##++. Everyone wants to see Million Dollar Baby and you're having second thoughts about it.

(##++)++. You're reading a book recommended on Hatrack while listening to a song you heard of here, and, of course, posting about all of this on Hatrack.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
X) You keep on reading this thread, even though you know this is crazy!

[ February 28, 2005, 01:50 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
 

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Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
 
64.) You ask Mrs. M for fashion advice.

65.) You have ever tried to "get the last post" on a thread that didn't have "Last Post" in the title.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
X + 3) You were on so much that you believe, or remember another LP thread.

Speaking of X:

If X = SQRT(XV^2), how do you solve X?

Solution:

Let X = Y, and then X = SQRT(YV^2)!!!

JH

[ February 28, 2005, 01:55 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
 

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Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
 
67.) You post just to fix the numbers...
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 

quote:

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##. You feel really bad when your best friends and your brother start bashing G.W.Bush without any actual knowledge of him or Kerry...

##++. Everyone wants to see Million Dollar Baby and you're having second thoughts about it.

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Add to this:

You start to writhe when people start applauding Fahrenheit 9/11 as the gospel truth. My brother does this and it drives me up the wall. He calls Hatrack my "right wing forum" (don't get into an argument about this I beg all of you, it's what he says- the forums my brother frequents are somewhat all in agreement with one another) when I try and explain to him that it's not All True .
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
Tell him that I am a leftist.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
68) When you can't decide what to make for dinner, the first place you look is the Jatraquero Recipe Site.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
69) When you take belief and personality tests linked on Hatrack.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
70) When you don't ask anyone if they're liberal or conservative anymore, you ask what their Political Compass score is.
 

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Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
 
71) When you've started coming over to this side of the river just because the other side has become to slow for you.
72) When you've spent more time with hatrack than your girlfreind in any given week.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
73) Or when you don't even have a girlfriend because you're too much of a geek.

[ February 28, 2005, 03:42 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 

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right wing forum

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Edit:

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You start to writhe when people start applauding Fahrenheit 9/11 as the gospel truth.

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quote:

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When you can't decide what to make for dinner, the first place you look is the Jatraquero Recipe Site.

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This warms the cockles of my heart.
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
So...which sauce goes best with warm cockles?

quote:

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There are people who've met the loves of their lives here on Hatrack

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Cockletale sauce, of course.
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
Mental image on that is just horrid.
 

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Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 
*NEW PAGE*

Anyone else still thinking about CT having a 10 1/2?

*Contemplates the OOC thread*

[ February 28, 2005, 10:38 PM: Message edited by: peterh ]
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
Dag:

mack:
Well, you should never use a mental image on warm cockles. With or without cockletale sauce.
 

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Posted by Alix (Member # 7287) on :
 
You people need to stop making me laugh out loud at work!

 

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Posted by Alix (Member # 7287) on :
 
I didn't really mean for you to stop. Please keep going. I am on break anyway.

75) You try to smother your own laughter while reading Hatrack at your job.
 

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Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
 
Alix. I love this name. Are you a newbie or a new pseudonym ?
 

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Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
 


[edit: gah!!! this was in response to Jamie's post!]

[ March 01, 2005, 09:59 AM: Message edited by: Dragon ]
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
Exactly, dragon. It's BAD. *twitch*
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Only if you don't know what a cockle is.

*whistles innocently*

[ March 01, 2005, 10:50 AM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
 

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Posted by Alix (Member # 7287) on :
 

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Are you a newbie or a new pseudonym?

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Both. I signed on originally under another name but I realized that it could be traced to the real me so I did a new pseudonym.
I am a long time lurker. So I know all of you but you don't know me.

[ March 01, 2005, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: Alix ]
 

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Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
 
Good thing that smiley is there.
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
76) You post something cute your kid did, then realize you haven't even told your husband about it. Then you decide that's OK, he can just read about it on Hatrack himself.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 

 

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Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
 
78) You start to wish life had emoticons so you could tell what people were truly feeling. (Random Emoticons)
 

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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 

quote:

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Anyone else still thinking about CT having a 10 1/2?

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Then this will really freak you out: I have two of 'em.


 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
79) The order of the things you check on the net is:

- Hatrack
- mail addresses
- other websites
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
70 something) You post a thread on Hatrack to ask where to buy printer paper, because you special 4,000-packets-for-discount paper ran out - you printed out every thread...

Wait.. 70 something is... Seventy-ten!

[ March 02, 2005, 02:18 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 

quote:

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79) The order of the things you check on the net is:

- Hatrack
- mail addresses
- other websites

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Cor -- I disagree! You check all the other websites first, because you know that Hatrack will take the most time, and you don't want to feel rushed.
 

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Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
 
Thats what I do first email then hatrack for a looooong time. Sometimes I reenter into the internet while leaving hatrack open if i have to check something else so I can continuasly keep my eyes open for new posts.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
87.5) You know the difference between Corwin and Cor
 

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Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
 
Icarus your throwing of the numbering!

Yours is only 81!
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
Raia & 0range7Penguin: I'm fully multitasking, so the sooner I get to Hatrack the better.

Edit:

quote:

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87.5) You know the difference between Corwin and Cor

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Thanks, Ic!

[ March 02, 2005, 03:39 PM: Message edited by: Corwin ]
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
88) You know the difference, but are too lazy to type it out.
 

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Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 
@ CT
 

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Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
 
89) You actually spend time trying to understand what half of the threads are about.
 

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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
90. You don't want anything to happen on Hatrack without you there to see it, so it's always open in its own special window.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
87.6) You start goofing around with the numbers.
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
92) You start typing "hotmail" and somehow you end up with "hatrack"... o_O
 

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Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
I've done that!! Even with things that don't start with an H
 

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Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
 
93) you would have to think if someone asked you to spell "Hatrack" because you type it without thinking
 

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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
94. You start a thread regarding Hatrack.

95. In fact, regarding having too much of it.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
96) And already write dozens of posts about it.

Meta-stuff: warning in advance - I'll go crazy tonight.
 

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Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
 
97) The times you have to go on the internet and can't go to hatrack its like a drugee not getting his drugs; shakes, cold sweats, whimpering.
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 

quote:

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92) You start typing "hotmail" and somehow you end up with "hatrack"... o_O

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quote:

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quote:

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Anyone else still thinking about CT having a 10 1/2?

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Then this will really freak you out: I have two of 'em.

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Who's the other one, sweetie?
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
Maybe Sara Sasse?
CT!
 

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Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
 
99. You bought Shadow of the Giant and drove like a madwoman to get it home, but then checked Hatrack before starting to read.

OK, I'm going to go now.
 

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Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
 
100)After being doused with old beer and cigarette butts, you first post to hatrack and only then take a shower.
Dude, prioritize!
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
101) OSC posts in a thread you started, and it fills you with fangirlish glee.
 

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Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
 
you bend-over and pluck "grok" from the mud.
 

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Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
 
A.) You have to drive from New York City to Waterford Connecticut for a signing the next day and instead of going to bed you stay up till 2:19 and laugh insanely at statements like "my head a-splode".

[ March 10, 2005, 02:22 AM: Message edited by: Orson Scott Card ]
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
103) You ponder pointing out that instituting a new numbering system on the middle of the third page is a bit odd . . . but figger the guy who pays the bills gets to do stuff like that.
 

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Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
 
OSC:

 

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Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
 
Sorry. In numbered limited editions, there are always lettered copies that are handed out to people the author owes money to.
 

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Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
 

 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 

 

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Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
 
I've got you beat, Rivka.
104)OSC posts in a thread you only revive, and you chortle with fannish glee.
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
You guys, he'll never post if people only go all drooly.

Play cool, dammit.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Why not? It works on you.
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
*giggle*
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 

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Why not? It works on you.

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
Ralphie

Subjugated grapes for all!!

rivka
OSC
that guy down the street from me.
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
105) You have such a good story to post on Hatrack... the only problem is it didn't actually happen in real life. Darn RL, it won't keep the pace!
 

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Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
 
*giggles maddly at the thread and suddenly seeing OSC in it*
 

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Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :
 

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Subjugated grapes for all!!

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Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
 
106) You post on Hatrack instead of studying for midterms. (Hey, Mom, if you're reading this, I actually did study for a long time. I promise.)

107) You check Hatrack first thing in the morning. Sometimes it makes you late for class. (Again, Mom, not really...most of the time.)

[ March 10, 2005, 02:04 PM: Message edited by: Shigosei ]
 

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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
(Ralphie, I've been playing cool all morning. It's very difficult. I'm vibrating like an Sonicare toothbrush.)
 

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Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
 
108) You start trying to get your freinds to Ender's Game so that you can convert their poor souls into Hatrackers
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 

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(Ralphie, I've been playing cool all morning. It's very difficult. I'm vibrating like an Sonicare toothbrush.)

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101) OSC posts in a thread you started, and it fills you with fangirlish glee.

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 And under the right circumstances, 
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[ March 13, 2005, 12:45 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
109) You get up extra early on Sunday morning to check Hatrack before getting the family ready for church...
 

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Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
 
110) You post in this thread.
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
@ Ic!
 

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Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
 
You're sitting on the toilet in a strange hotel at 02:00 in the morning and writing posts to Hatrack.

-Trevor
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Ic, i turned in a Legal Writing paper with [i][/i] around a casename. My grader had no clue what that was.
 

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Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
 
113) youre doing an overnight visit to a college and you use a community computer to post on hatrack.
 

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Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
 
you don't have any excuses, but you post anyhow.
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
114) You get in your car and realize there's nothing good on the radio; you then wish that there was some way to have threads on hatrack read to you in the car while you're driving.


 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
You're getting a facial, and have to wait 15 minutes while the mask sets. Your eyes are closed. You are very relaxed.

You wish there were some way to project Hatrack threads on the inside of your eyelids.
 

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Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 
115) When reading the thread title about your favorite board game, you think, "Begging the question" only to find out it's talking about risk, monopoy, etc.
 

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Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
 
(116) You just got home from another hemisphere and you're jet-lagged out of your mind and you spend one solid hour reading the books, films, food and culture forum because somebody in the About OSC forum said that you never post in the books, films, food and culture forum and you are so tired and stupid you think it is important to prove that person wrong only you can't find a single place to post anything that won't make people wish you had stayed on the About OSC forum or in New Zealand.
 

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Posted by rav (Member # 7595) on :
 
(117) you see OSC posting, and stop paying any attention to The Village (it is really boring anyways) to participate in this event.
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
rivka, I think you may be my twin.

118) You see that OSC has posted on this side of the forum and use that as an excuse not to actually do any of the schoolwork you should be working on...even though he hasn't posted in an hour or so, because he might...come...back.

[ April 02, 2005, 08:25 AM: Message edited by: Megan ]
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Haha, Megan, me tooo!
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
...you start to imagine all the threads OSC could have posted in but didn't, and wish that he had anyway, especially the kind of racy ones.
 

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Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
 
You start thinking that having OSC post in a kind of racy thread would be anything other than kind of disgusting.

[ April 02, 2005, 03:03 PM: Message edited by: Orson Scott Card ]
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
Your thrilled to be the post following OSC's.
Or thrilled that he begged your question.
Or thrilled when your name shows up in the name game.

What the hey, its a thrilling day.

[ April 02, 2005, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: Dan_raven ]
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
PS: OSC, um, we are thrilled you are here, and its nice and exciting, but, um, you see, if you are dead tired and just in from another hemisphere, and exhausted to the point you can't type straight...well, we will excuse your absence for 8 hours of sleep.

Well, 4 hours anyway.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 

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You're sitting on the toilet in a strange hotel at 02:00 in the morning and writing posts to Hatrack.

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Was this aimed at me, or did you do this, too, Trevor?
 

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Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 
Dan,

Or the post before OSC's


 

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Posted by Khavanon (Member # 929) on :
 
You do nothing but hit refresh on the forum page for hours on end.

You have a specific configuration for all the items that surround your computer seating area whenever you sit down for a "day" of Hatrack.

Your number of Hatrack friends outnumber your real life friends 10-1.

You can make a crossword puzzle with only Hatrack names... from memory... using stereotypes and experiences as clues.

You have a Tom Davidson automatic post counter on your website.

You also have a text copy of every post he made, indexed, and dated. You website also sells T-shirts that say, "Tom D made fun of me."

Your grand total of alternate names exceeds the average post count of lurkers.

Your number of landmark threads exceeds the average post count of lurkers.

You've created a historical archive thread because you thought it would be fun to dig through all that member history for superfluous data.

You were highlighted in that thread as a person of historical significance.

And finally, You know the name of every actor, composer, and director (before Petersen was a lock) who has ever been suggested for a part in Ender's Game, why each of them would be a bad idea, which ones have been mentioned so many times you want to puke, and of course, which Hatrackers would fit which parts best if they were 6-12 year olds.
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
Hey Khav!! It's good to see you.

You've had too much hatrack when you email your best friend (who posts on the forum) to let him know that OSC has started posting on the books, food and culture side.

You get all giggly when you see that OSC has posted in the 3 year old Begging the Question thread.

You're planning to have a party on April 19th as it is the 3 year anniversary of the Begging the Question thread.
 

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Posted by Khavanon (Member # 929) on :
 
Ho Narnia!

You have a post on at least half of the pages of the 3 year old "Begging the Question" thread.

[ April 02, 2005, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: Khavanon ]
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
You talk about the Begging the Question thread in other threads.

You answer to your screen name in real life.
 

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Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
 
You're trying to figure a way to get OSC to post in the Dude Peek-a-boo thread on the otherside.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 

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Your number of Hatrack friends outnumber your real life friends 10-1.

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Your Hatrack friends are your real life friends.
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
When you're setting up to review photos with your laptop at the wedding of two Hatrackers, you find a wireless signal and attempt to see if you can post on the Rack.

I couldn't.

But the thought was amusing.
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
I meant the in the church. I had a wireless signal in the church, but alas, no internet access.
 

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Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 

 

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Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
 

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Your number of Hatrack friends outnumber your real life friends 10-1.

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When I'm talking to nonhatrackers about hatracker I usually say, "one of my friends does such and such" as in, "One of my friends lives in Alabama" or "One of my friends is a disability rights activist." Even though I've never actually communicated with either Belle or sndrake personally.

You check hatrack, then you check the news. If you accidentally see the news first you make sure to see what hatrackers say about it as soon as possible.
 

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Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
 
I still say never, but ...

possibly when you are up til 2 a.m. after a Hatrack wedding, when you stood around impatiently upon returning home after said wedding - waiting for your husband to give up the computer so you could post on Hatrack, and when it's the switch to Daylight Savings Time so you are losing an hour of sleep already but you are up til 2 a.m. anyway.

and you've posted Goodnight Hatrack but continue to post to see what people are replying to you.
 

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Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
 
You are happy your name is mentioned on the Hatrack nameology thread.
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Your name is mentioned four times in the same post on the nameology thread because you said you'd go to bed and didn't.

CT: Will you be my second hatrack mother? My first is rivka.
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
You agonize over the wording of a thread because you just know someone will find your mistakes.

[in a way, this is good practice for grad school. *sigh*]
 

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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
(Yes!)
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Yay!

*dances*
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
You sit up at 1 in the morning refreshing because you're waiting to see what rivka has to say to you.

Why is she always up late? I don't know. But it's good for those of us who are insomniacs in time zones to the East of her.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Pfft. Late? It's barely 11 o'clock!

Amateurs.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I know. But sometimes I'm on at 3, and you're still on. And that's 1. So there.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
But that means you're on at 3 am.

I'm sorry, who is up late?
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Is 1:00 supposed to be late?
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
See? Look... it's 3:00 am KQ's time (I think), and Hatrack is dead. Everyone is asleep.

Pshht.
 

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Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
 
YOU'RE on. I'M on. What are WE, canned fish?
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Ha... OSC is the only one of any of you who knows how to Hatrack properly!

You're right, they can sleep... who cares?
 

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Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
 
I was on too, but I was ignoring you guys.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I had given up on Hatrack and gone to watch Stargate SG-1.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*whisper* Sometimes I watch SG-1 even when Hatrack isn't dead.
 

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Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
 
Blasphemer!!!
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
DO you suppose it would be worth the fee for cable each month just to have access to all these sci-fi shows?
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I have no idea. I don't have cable. I watch SG-1 on network tv, and I'm gradually working my way through the DVDs. (I tried Blockbuster online, then Walmart's DVD service -- Netflix is next.)
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
No network TV. Not so much as an antennae. Nothing. Nada. Hmmmm . . .

*edit to take away an extra letter*

[ April 07, 2005, 11:13 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Well, then there's always the option of Netflix.

Or blissful ignorance.
 

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