Hatrack River Forum: What happened to all of the landmarks?

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Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :

I've noticed there is a big lack of them. Did Hatrack reach a point where no one wants any anymore?

Excluding Advent, that is. [Wink]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

What, these?

Click on "Hatrack River Forum" at the top of the page, and you'll see them all. If you look under "Active Forums", you won't, because they are no longer active.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

um, what am I? Chopped liver?

(don't bother answering . . . )

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Nah, Icky, you taste much better than chopped liver. [Big Grin]

But then, the chopped liver I'm familiar is tough as shoe leather.

Posted by Papa Janitor (Member # 7795) on :

I'm behind on archiving, but they're on my list.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

Icarus just wrote a Landmark as his 10,000th post. It was particularly nice because reading it (and viewing the photographs that illustrate it) give you deeper insight into who Icarus is and how he experiences the world. That, in contrast to the more everyday interactions we have with one another, makes it special.

I think Landmarks should sort of be like shooting stars. Rare enough to be special and notable, outside the everyday -- but not so rare that we don't remember what they are. Still, having shooting stars every day or filling the sky would make it harder to appreciate them individually.

Sometimes people reach their own milestones simultaneously, and so they post Landmarks at about the same time. That's not a problem. Sometimes the serendipitous confluence makes for its own magic.

It's just that I wouldn't bewail the lack of shooting stars on any given night, or even any given week or month, for that matter. There will be more, and we can take the time out of the regular flow then to appreciate them properly. Meanwhile, we keep on making the connections that sustain the everyday. That's very important, too.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

::wubs:: ClaudiaTherese

I wanna be you when I grow up. [Hat]

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Papa Janitor:
I'm behind on archiving, but they're on my list.

Why are you behind? Surely you don't have anything else to do! ;-)

Posted by Mintieman (Member # 4620) on :

As a long time lurker, Landmarks are what makes this place special. I hope the tradition continues

Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Icarus:
::wubs:: ClaudiaTherese

I wanna be you when I grow up.

I want to be peter pan when I grow up.

This is apros pos of nothing. [Big Grin]

Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :

quote:
Originally posted by quidscribis:
Nah, Icky, you taste much better than chopped liver. But then, the chopped liver I'm familiar is tough as shoe leather.

How can chopped liver be tough? Liver, I get. But chopped liver is... well, chopped. It's like a spread.

Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :

I hereby award ClaudiaTherese 200 cool points for her use of 'serendipitous confluence' in her post. It's priceless.

[Hat]

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

I said chopped, not minced.