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Topic: YAY for closing of threads, instead of immediate deletion!
rav
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posted April 11, 2005 06:00 PM
Thanks KathrynHJanitor!!!!!
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jebus202
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posted April 11, 2005 06:01 PM
::grumbles:: I don't get called sweet pea when MY posts get deleted.
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Hobbes
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posted April 11, 2005 06:01 PM
I got the last post before the moderator! ... What's my prize? Hobbes
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Miro
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posted April 11, 2005 06:02 PM
I'll second that. Edit: ^ was in response to rav [ April 11, 2005, 06:03 PM: Message edited by: Miro ]
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rivka
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posted April 11, 2005 06:02 PM
Kathryn has been busy today. I'm sad that she has had to be, but glad and grateful that she has been. Thanks, Kathryn!
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rav
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posted April 11, 2005 06:02 PM
Hobbes: Why it's Annie of course!
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TMedina
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posted April 11, 2005 06:03 PM
Yeah, I was kinda hoping she'd call me Sweet Pea too. -Trevor
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rivka
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posted April 11, 2005 06:04 PM
Considering the circumstances, I think my new goal is to never be called sweet pea by our illustrious moderator!
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mackillian
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posted April 11, 2005 06:04 PM
jebus: I can call you sweetpea.
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Elizabeth
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posted April 11, 2005 06:04 PM
OK, how can I have been here off and on all day and missed all this?
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Hobbes
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posted April 11, 2005 06:05 PM
Well Annie is of course the best result for any action ( ) but I think I already had her. Hmmm... How about really cool nickname? Hobbes
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Bokonon
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posted April 11, 2005 06:05 PM
You got that last post in, Hobbes, but the "Sheesh" was definitely directed at me. * Cherishes the moment * -Bok
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TMedina
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posted April 11, 2005 06:07 PM
Murphy's Law of Hatracking, Liz. It states quite explicity: You can and will miss the most exciting topics because they wait until you surf elsewhere before posting. All the best threads explode from one post to fifty by the time you get back, ensuring you will not be able to keep up with the discussion. Any post involving a pun will be posted two seconds before what you were going to post. -Trevor Edit: For typo [ April 11, 2005, 06:22 PM: Message edited by: TMedina ]
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rav
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posted April 11, 2005 06:08 PM
I could call you Calvin!
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Hobbes
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posted April 11, 2005 06:09 PM
I don't think I have a large enough to diction or cynical enough nature to be Calvin. Hobbes
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Megan
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posted April 11, 2005 06:10 PM
I can call you Betty And Betty, when you call me, You can call me Al. [ April 11, 2005, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: Megan ]
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rivka
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posted April 11, 2005 06:10 PM
*thoughtful* The hair's about right, though.
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mackillian
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posted April 11, 2005 06:11 PM
My hair is totally right for Calvin.
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Miro
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posted April 11, 2005 06:11 PM
But we already have a Calvin.
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rivka
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posted April 11, 2005 06:13 PM
Very true, mack.
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Elizabeth
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posted April 11, 2005 06:20 PM
Trevor, you are so right! The threads unravel so quickly sometimes, and I am left with nothing. So sad, really.
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TMedina
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posted April 11, 2005 06:24 PM
I'd call it threadbare, but it would be knitpicking. But you know better than to worry; you just needle Hatrack fix. -Trevor PS Ok, I'm going home and eating dinner before this gets any worse.
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KarlEd
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posted April 11, 2005 06:25 PM
I'm not so sure I'm glad it wasn't deleted. On the one hand, I'm glad I don't just have to be futilely curious, but on the other hand I can't help but feel mortally embarrased that such people might actually think they are on my side. Where's that puking smiley?
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Elizabeth
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posted April 11, 2005 06:26 PM
I am laughing so hard I got a stitch in my side! If I don't stop laughing so hard, i will be meeting St. Peter at the Purly Gates. (not laughing at you, KarlEd!) [ April 11, 2005, 06:26 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]
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TMedina
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posted April 11, 2005 06:27 PM
Right behind the "Illuminating the troll with a flamethrower" smiley. -Trevor
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ElJay
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posted April 11, 2005 06:27 PM
KarlEd, she said she'd delete it after they had a chance to read her comments. So hopefully it will be gone soon.
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rav
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posted April 11, 2005 06:32 PM
It seems as though every time I meet other Hatrackers I hear about some of these threads that have been deleted. Maybe have a hidden forum where you could go look at them? I'm mostly curious about things that I've posted that got deleted.
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Stray
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posted April 11, 2005 06:38 PM
Okay, I saw her note to me and am duly chastised Sorry for getting out of line.
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fugu13
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posted April 11, 2005 06:44 PM
Glad you're sticking around, Stray
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Stray
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posted April 11, 2005 06:46 PM
But of course I won't leave unless I manage to get myself banned somehow, and I think I'd have to try very hard indeed to accomplish that.
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Portabello
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posted April 11, 2005 06:50 PM
And yet some people manage it so effortlessly.
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Miro
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posted April 11, 2005 06:51 PM
quote: KarlEd, she said she'd delete it after they had a chance to read her comments. So hopefully it will be gone soon. Why would you want it to be deleted? The situation makes me think of the quote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." The thread is awful and embarassing, but maybe people could learn a thing or two from it.
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Narnia
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posted April 11, 2005 08:18 PM
Man you guys are FUNNY! This thread is even funnier than the thread that started this...erm. you know what I mean. Sorry. I'm just in a laughy mood and this thread is just full of silly goodness...post after post of it! edit: Ok, trust me to post that right after Miro's serious and pertinent post. [ April 11, 2005, 08:19 PM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
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Dragon
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posted April 11, 2005 09:22 PM
so confused.
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Kwea
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posted April 12, 2005 01:24 AM
No joke.
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KarlEd
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posted April 12, 2005 05:28 AM
quote: but maybe people could learn a thing or two from it. Maybe. And I suppose the evidence is against me, but I'd like to have hoped that anything important to be learned from this exchange was learned before mommy started letting us cross the street without holding hands.
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