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#51 Post by earendel » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:21 am

WheresFanny wrote:
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SportsFan68 wrote: See above, I know you have it in you. Maybe you're not especially chatty or gratuitous IRL, I don't know. But here, you're demonstrably proficient in both chattiness and gratuitousness. Well done! Carry on!
None of those examples seem either chatty or gratuitous. "Chatty" to me means prattling on about things, when generally (except for my top o' the mornin'® posts) I'm a reactor, not an actor. And "gratuitous" means posting about nothing in particular, whereas I tend only to post when responding to a direct statement. If I could produce a Venn diagram, "chatty" and "gratuitous" would overlap by a considerable degree.
You've been prattling on all morning about this. Plus, I'd say #5 on the overall list and 3647 posts on this board alone is plenty chatty and gratuitious. (Gratuitous by your definition, not mine.)
My position on the list is largely due to longevity rather than chattiness as such.
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#52 Post by earendel » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:24 am

SportsFan68 wrote:
WheresFanny wrote: You've been prattling on all morning about this. Plus, I'd say #5 on the overall list and 3647 posts on this board alone is plenty chatty and gratuitious. (Gratuitous by your definition, not mine.)
Fanny is correct as usual as always.

Ear has been assimilated. :mrgreen:
I know it sounds as if I protest too much, but when someone "talks" it would be rude not to respond. But I don't go out of my way to interject into conversations that other people are having or to hijack a thread as often happens. I am not a garrulous person by nature.
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#53 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:53 am

Hello, Mini! wrote:
Evil Squirrel wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote: I don't remember you keeping up with harv, wild_bill and me.

Woohoo! Another excuse to empty out my vault!

Just 9 more to go now.....
What the Fukola?
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No defenestration? And such a large window for it............... :P

I actually considered that in retrospect. Maybe if I was including ES in the portraits back then.....

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#54 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:00 pm

littlebeast13 wrote: I actually considered that in retrospect. Maybe if I was including ES in the portraits back then.....
Huh? Who's that drinking from the tap, then?

I like that you remembered to include the Otown poster. What are they up to, these days? :P

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#55 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:02 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote: I actually considered that in retrospect. Maybe if I was including ES in the portraits back then.....
Huh? Who's that drinking from the tap, then?

I like that you remembered to include the Otown poster. What are they up to, these days? :P

Notice the date on that portrait, and then notice the date ES registered here.

I think I included the squirrel at the tap specifically because I had just registered ES, but that is not ES. The first official ES sighting in a BB portrait is in Kay's, which I did in July....

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#56 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:15 pm

earendel wrote:
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WheresFanny wrote: You've been prattling on all morning about this. Plus, I'd say #5 on the overall list and 3647 posts on this board alone is plenty chatty and gratuitious. (Gratuitous by your definition, not mine.)
Fanny is correct as usual as always.

Ear has been assimilated. :mrgreen:
I know it sounds as if I protest too much, but when someone "talks" it would be rude not to respond. But I don't go out of my way to interject into conversations that other people are having or to hijack a thread as often happens. I am not a garrulous person by nature.
We just need to get our definitions straight, is all.

Replying when someone else "talks" can be, and often is, chatty -- light, informal conversation.

Persons who are non-garrulous by nature are often chatty, and they can and do prattle on in a gratuitous way about a variety of topics. You, for instance -- music, groups, other people's posts, the church projects you're involve with -- all very pleasant and chatty.

"But I don't go out of my way to interject into conversations that other people are having or to hijack a thread as often happens." True. But that is not evidence that you are not chatty. Cal is very chatty, and I don't think he ever hijacks a thread or goes out of his way to interject into other conversations.

You have been assimilated. :mrgreen:
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#57 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:22 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote: I actually considered that in retrospect. Maybe if I was including ES in the portraits back then.....
Huh? Who's that drinking from the tap, then?

I like that you remembered to include the Otown poster. What are they up to, these days? :P

Notice the date on that portrait, and then notice the date ES registered here.

I think I included the squirrel at the tap specifically because I had just registered ES, but that is not ES. The first official ES sighting in a BB portrait is in Kay's, which I did in July....

lb13
Comparing portrait dates to registration dates? Who do you think I am--you?

So that's just some random squirrel with a drinking problem, huh?

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#58 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:26 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote: Huh? Who's that drinking from the tap, then?

I like that you remembered to include the Otown poster. What are they up to, these days? :P

Notice the date on that portrait, and then notice the date ES registered here.

I think I included the squirrel at the tap specifically because I had just registered ES, but that is not ES. The first official ES sighting in a BB portrait is in Kay's, which I did in July....

lb13
Comparing portrait dates to registration dates? Who do you think I am--you?

So that's just some random squirrel with a drinking problem, huh?

Yes, and he's in AA now, so I can't tell you his name.....

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#59 Post by silvercamaro » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:36 pm

littlebeast13 wrote: Yes, and he's in AA now, so I can't tell you his name.....

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You can tell us his first name.
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#60 Post by kayrharris » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:38 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote: I actually considered that in retrospect. Maybe if I was including ES in the portraits back then.....
Huh? Who's that drinking from the tap, then?

I like that you remembered to include the Otown poster. What are they up to, these days? :P

Notice the date on that portrait, and then notice the date ES registered here.

I think I included the squirrel at the tap specifically because I had just registered ES, but that is not ES. The first official ES sighting in a BB portrait is in Kay's, which I did in July....

lb13

I don't think anyone has really seen my portrait unless they've gone over and checked
them all out. Just sayin'.....
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#61 Post by kayrharris » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:39 pm

Is it just me, or are the smilies a little different than they
were?
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#62 Post by kayrharris » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:40 pm

LB is gonna be so upset that I can't post in green all
week. I like this color. :mrgreen:
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#63 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:50 pm

kayrharris wrote:Is it just me, or are the smilies a little different than they
were?
It's probably just you......

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#64 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:52 pm

kayrharris wrote:LB is gonna be so upset that I can't post in green all
week. I like this color. :mrgreen:

Sorry, but you can't post in red unless you are an administrator. Do you have that authority?

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#65 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:39 pm

kayrharris wrote:Is it just me, or are the smilies a little different than they
were?
It's not just you. The smilie heads aren't round any more; they're more alien head shaped. I think it has something to do with the updates Dave worked on last night, and it may only be noticable on certain interfaces.

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#66 Post by a1mamacat » Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:52 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
kayrharris wrote:Is it just me, or are the smilies a little different than they
were?
It's not just you. The smilie heads aren't round any more; they're more alien head shaped. I think it has something to do with the updates Dave worked on last night, and it may only be noticable on certain interfaces.
So when I say "Bless your pointy little Head" The smiley will be accurate????? :P
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#67 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:54 pm

a1mamacat wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
kayrharris wrote:Is it just me, or are the smilies a little different than they
were?
It's not just you. The smilie heads aren't round any more; they're more alien head shaped. I think it has something to do with the updates Dave worked on last night, and it may only be noticable on certain interfaces.
So when I say "Bless your pointy little Head" The smiley will be accurate????? :P
Well, it's the bottom of the emoticon heads (the chins) that seem elongated, not the top! :P

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#68 Post by secondchance » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:27 pm

I just don't get how this list works, or the spoofus one either.


Names I never see posting are ahead of those who post all the time...

And I don't appear on either of them.

Not really keepin' up with this stuff anyway; just curious.

I could use some splanations.


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#69 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:43 pm

Second Chance wrote:I just don't get how this list works, or the spoofus one either.


Names I never see posting are ahead of those who post all the time...

And I don't appear on either of them.

Not really keepin' up with this stuff anyway; just curious.

I could use some splanations.


<scratching head>

Here is the expanded list I posted last week, which I do during the last week of each month:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12374

As of last week, you were ranked 217th.

The list is a ranking of each poster's cumulative post count from the Bored's "Day One", which is recognized as November 23, 1999. Thus, obviously the top parts of the list are occupied largely by BB's who have been here for years. It currently takes over 2700 posts just to make the Top 100! :shock:

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#70 Post by WheresFanny » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:47 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
Second Chance wrote:I just don't get how this list works, or the spoofus one either.


Names I never see posting are ahead of those who post all the time...

And I don't appear on either of them.

Not really keepin' up with this stuff anyway; just curious.

I could use some splanations.


<scratching head>

Here is the expanded list I posted last week, which I do during the last week of each month:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12374

As of last week, you were ranked 217th.

The list is a ranking of each poster's cumulative post count from the Bored's "Day One", which is recognized as November 23, 1999. Thus, obviously the top parts of the list are occupied largely by BB's who have been here for years. It currently takes over 2700 posts just to make the Top 100! :shock:

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And the Sploofus one has to do with the leaderboard of a different site that contains people who happen to post here as well. That one has nothing to do with the number of posts somebody makes on this board.
We, the HK Brigade, do hereby salute you, Marley, for your steadfast devotion to ontopicosity. Well done, sir!

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#71 Post by WheresFanny » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:49 pm

earendel wrote:
WheresFanny wrote:
earendel wrote: None of those examples seem either chatty or gratuitous. "Chatty" to me means prattling on about things, when generally (except for my top o' the mornin'® posts) I'm a reactor, not an actor. And "gratuitous" means posting about nothing in particular, whereas I tend only to post when responding to a direct statement. If I could produce a Venn diagram, "chatty" and "gratuitous" would overlap by a considerable degree.
You've been prattling on all morning about this. Plus, I'd say #5 on the overall list and 3647 posts on this board alone is plenty chatty and gratuitious. (Gratuitous by your definition, not mine.)
My position on the list is largely due to longevity rather than chattiness as such.
Ha! I knew you'd say that, which is why I also mentioned the number of posts you have on this board in a little over a year. I'd be pretty sure in saying that you are probably in the Top 10 of number of posts strictly on this board.
We, the HK Brigade, do hereby salute you, Marley, for your steadfast devotion to ontopicosity. Well done, sir!

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#72 Post by WheresFanny » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:52 pm

WheresFanny wrote:
earendel wrote:
WheresFanny wrote: You've been prattling on all morning about this. Plus, I'd say #5 on the overall list and 3647 posts on this board alone is plenty chatty and gratuitious. (Gratuitous by your definition, not mine.)
My position on the list is largely due to longevity rather than chattiness as such.
Ha! I knew you'd say that, which is why I also mentioned the number of posts you have on this board in a little over a year. I'd be pretty sure in saying that you are probably in the Top 10 of number of posts strictly on this board.
I just checked (before lb had a chance to chime in with the answer). You are #9! And, might I add, ahead of Sprots, who is both excessively mouthy........er, chatty! and has no compunctions about gratuitousosity.
We, the HK Brigade, do hereby salute you, Marley, for your steadfast devotion to ontopicosity. Well done, sir!

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#73 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:54 pm

WheresFanny wrote:
earendel wrote:
WheresFanny wrote: You've been prattling on all morning about this. Plus, I'd say #5 on the overall list and 3647 posts on this board alone is plenty chatty and gratuitious. (Gratuitous by your definition, not mine.)
My position on the list is largely due to longevity rather than chattiness as such.
Ha! I knew you'd say that, which is why I also mentioned the number of posts you have on this board in a little over a year. I'd be pretty sure in saying that you are probably in the Top 10 of number of posts strictly on this board.

Ear's currently ranked 9th in overall posts on this Bored, but for about the first half of this Bored's life, he was ranked 4th behind the Holy Trinity of I Can't Stop Posting.....

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#74 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:55 pm

WheresFanny wrote:
WheresFanny wrote:
earendel wrote: My position on the list is largely due to longevity rather than chattiness as such.
Ha! I knew you'd say that, which is why I also mentioned the number of posts you have on this board in a little over a year. I'd be pretty sure in saying that you are probably in the Top 10 of number of posts strictly on this board.
I just checked (before lb had a chance to chime in with the answer). You are #9! And, might I add, ahead of Sprots, who is both excessively mouthy........er, chatty! and has no compunctions about gratuitousosity.
Actually, he is just ahead of YOU, #10!

You can't hide your number behind three different names.... :P

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#75 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:03 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:The list is a ranking of each poster's cumulative post count from the Bored's "Day One", which is recognized as November 23, 1999. Thus, obviously the top parts of the list are occupied largely by BB's who have been here for years. It currently takes over 2700 posts just to make the Top 100! :shock:
And some folks were so talkative back in the day that they're still near the top of the list, even though they haven't been around for years!

BTW, Second Chance, if you want to see the recent rankings, counting just those posts made here on the Raspberry Bored, you can click on the "Members" link at the top of the Bored, then click twice on the "Posts" column. The first time will rank everyone in ascending order, the second in descending order.

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