This weeks rankings- Infinite birthday wishes edition

[peacock2121]

Okay, I'll ask

How can we have a green without a red?

christie and mrkelley must have been tied at #34 last week; now Mikey has fallen behind while christie stayed in the same place.

sank yew berry much

[TheCalvinator24]

I've got to get more chatty - I have a feeling that lb's gonna catch me soon. The problem is that I'm not one for chit-chat. I guess I could have gone in for the political discussions and padded my post count that way but I refrained.

Beast didn't use to post like this (under his own screen name instead of his many MM, anyway) until he got into this rivalry with Kay. I know the chattiness doesn't come naturally, but starting a rivalry helps.

Not that this is a race, or anything.

Actually, I did used to post like this, though that was back in the day when just about everyone used to post like this.....

lb13

I don't remember you keeping up with harv, wild_bill and me.

[peacock2121]

I need to post more as well, since there are a bunch of active players just above me. My desire for quality over quantity, though, tends to slow me down. What can I do? Quality is my career.

Depends on how one chooses to measure quality, now, doesn't it?

[TheCalvinator24]

I need to post more as well, since there are a bunch of active players just above me. My desire for quality over quantity, though, tends to slow me down. What can I do? Quality is my career.

Depends on how one chooses to measure quality, now, doesn't it?

My posts ooze quality.

Or is that my pores?

[peacock2121]

I've got to get more chatty - I have a feeling that lb's gonna catch me soon. The problem is that I'm not one for chit-chat. I guess I could have gone in for the political discussions and padded my post count that way but I refrained.

You call gratuitousness chatty?

chit chat is a skill. It can be developed. You just need to want to develop that skill and then start and fail and start and fail and start and succeed and then fail and so on.

Don't forget to keep starting.

[peacock2121]

I've got to get more chatty - I have a feeling that lb's gonna catch me soon. The problem is that I'm not one for chit-chat. I guess I could have gone in for the political discussions and padded my post count that way but I refrained.

You call gratuitousness chatty?

No, but I'm not gratuitous, either.

You could be if you wanted to be.

[TheCalvinator24]

You call gratuitousness chatty?

No, but I'm not gratuitous, either.

You could be if you wanted to be.

It is all about choice, after all.

[littlebeast13]

Beast didn't use to post like this (under his own screen name instead of his many MM, anyway) until he got into this rivalry with Kay. I know the chattiness doesn't come naturally, but starting a rivalry helps.

Not that this is a race, or anything.

Actually, I did used to post like this, though that was back in the day when just about everyone used to post like this.....

lb13

I don't remember you keeping up with harv, wild_bill and me.

I didn't, but my posting rate back then is comparable to what mine is now.....

lb13

[Evil Squirrel]

Beast didn't use to post like this (under his own screen name instead of his many MM, anyway) until he got into this rivalry with Kay. I know the chattiness doesn't come naturally, but starting a rivalry helps.

Not that this is a race, or anything.

Actually, I did used to post like this, though that was back in the day when just about everyone used to post like this.....

lb13

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?

[SportsFan68]

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[earendel]

You call gratuitousness chatty?

No, but I'm not gratuitous, either.

You could be if you wanted to be.

Perhaps, but as IRL I'm not very sociable, so it's hard just to chime in unless I feel like I have something to contribute. Hence the lack of gratuitousness. And perhaps the lack of a callback from J! as well.

[SportsFan68]

I've got to get more chatty - I have a feeling that lb's gonna catch me soon. The problem is that I'm not one for chit-chat. I guess I could have gone in for the political discussions and padded my post count that way but I refrained.

You'll be fine, Ear, anytime you're ready.

The above post is very chit-chatty. It's a post in a thread which has no relevance anywhere outside this Bored about not much -- just exactly the chattiness you're aspiring to.

Your posts in the Golden Moldies thread the other day about the Spinners were chatty also.

And you're good with gratuitousness too. A while back, I posted a copyrighted, don't even think of using this article without permission article, and you posted an Oops! Perfect gratuitousness!

Well done! You're on your way! All you have to be is ready to put skills to use that you already have.

[SportsFan68]

You could be if you wanted to be.

Perhaps, but as IRL I'm not very sociable, so it's hard just to chime in unless I feel like I have something to contribute. Hence the lack of gratuitousness. And perhaps the lack of a callback from J! as well.

[/quote]

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!

[Hello, Mini!]

Actually, I did used to post like this, though that was back in the day when just about everyone used to post like this.....

lb13

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?

No defenestration? And such a large window for it...............

[earendel]

You could be if you wanted to be.

Perhaps, but as IRL I'm not very sociable, so it's hard just to chime in unless I feel like I have something to contribute. Hence the lack of gratuitousness. And perhaps the lack of a callback from J! as well.

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![/quote]
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.

[peacock2121]

I need to post more as well, since there are a bunch of active players just above me. My desire for quality over quantity, though, tends to slow me down. What can I do? Quality is my career.

Depends on how one chooses to measure quality, now, doesn't it?

My posts ooze quality.

Or is that my pores?

It's both.

[peacock2121]

No, but I'm not gratuitous, either.

You could be if you wanted to be.

It is all about choice, after all.

Depends on your definition of 'is' and 'all'.

[peacock2121]

I've got to get more chatty - I have a feeling that lb's gonna catch me soon. The problem is that I'm not one for chit-chat. I guess I could have gone in for the political discussions and padded my post count that way but I refrained.

You'll be fine, Ear, anytime you're ready.

The above post is very chit-chatty. It's a post in a thread which has no relevance anywhere outside this Bored about not much -- just exactly the chattiness you're aspiring to.

Your posts in the Golden Moldies thread the other day about the Spinners were chatty also.

And you're good with gratuitousness too. A while back, I posted a copyrighted, don't even think of using this article without permission article, and you posted an Oops! Perfect gratuitousness!

Well done! You're on your way! All you have to be is ready to put skills to use that you already have.

sprots is a good teacher.

[SportsFan68]

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.

Call it what you will, your remark about Starship Troopers was IMHO chatty -- light, informal talk.

As for gratuitous, I am convinced that any post in a Bored rankings thread is about nothing in particular.

Resistance is futile, Mr. C&G (Chatty and Gratuitous).

[SportsFan68]

sprots is a good teacher.

Thanks, Pea.

He's resisting my splanation efforts.

Resistance is futile.

[SportsFan68]

As for gratuitous, I am convinced that any post in a Bored rankings thread is about nothing in particular.

I mean, unless someone hijacks it for something relevant and pithy, of course.

[WheresFanny]

So, lb, if I pick my posting rate up to somewhere around Fanny's or Kay's, do I have a shot to pass MACRAE in my lifetime?

Fanny or Kay's??? Well, maybe Kay's. Ha!

I doubt that I'm even in the Top 10 of current posting rateage on this board.

[WheresFanny]

Perhaps, but as IRL I'm not very sociable, so it's hard just to chime in unless I feel like I have something to contribute. Hence the lack of gratuitousness. And perhaps the lack of a callback from J! as well.

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.)

[peacock2121]

prattling!

what a great word.

[SportsFan68]

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.