New here..... - Page 3

Leafblade · 10-08-2007, 06:53 PM

*Walks in with a tray of snacks, pilfering two brownies before Muslimwoman gets to them.* Welcome Michelle, and don't worry about how much you know and don't. You'll just learn as you go, something everything does. Hope you'll feel comfortable here.

fourgrtkidos · 10-09-2007, 10:09 PM

HI- Has there been trouble with the website.?... I tried to reply for a couple of days and was denied access......
Anyway. Thanks for the Welcome
~Michelle

fourgrtkidos · 10-09-2007, 10:15 PM

I don't know how long I will last here.

.... you seem to be a clever

and very sarcastic bunch, some snarkiness

and too smart for me. I don't get half of what you are all talking about on most the threads......

Hope I can learn to hang with the big dogs

Hmmph!

Muslimwoman · 10-09-2007, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Snoopy

do you mean "open to questions" or dodgy ??!! either way, I think you should name and shame (unless one of them is me, in which case keep quiet). thanks!

s.

I don't care if one is me, as long as Leafblade leaves the brownies alone.

Muslimwoman · 10-09-2007, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fourgrtkidos

I don't know how long I will last here.

.... you seem to be a clever

and very sarcastic bunch, some snarkiness

and too smart for me. I don't get half of what you are all talking about on most the threads......

Hope I can learn to hang with the big dogs

Hmmph!

Hi Michelle

Don't worry about it, at least half the time we have no idea what we are talking about we just like the sound of our own typing. To be honest I open some threads and say

and quickly close them again, the discussion is just way over my head, as it is a subject I know nothing about. I like simplicity, talk to me without silly big words to show how clever you are and we shall be great friends.

Salaam

Pathless · 10-09-2007, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fourgrtkidos

I don't know how long I will last here.

.... you seem to be a clever

and very sarcastic bunch, some snarkiness

and too smart for me. I don't get half of what you are all talking about on most the threads......

Hope I can learn to hang with the big dogs

Hmmph!

Nonsensicalness. Don't let anyone obfuscate the points for you. It's quite intelligible around here, actually, if you keep your Theosophical Dictionary handy, next to Roget's Thesaurus and a protractor. May I also recommend a TI-86 Scientific Calculator? We just like to use oversized and odd words to fuel-inject our smartness on others. Supersize my vocabulary.

I would reccommend that you, Kiddos, develop an easily recognizable tagline and be willing to exchange your avartar at least bi-weekly. If you are unable to obtain an avartar, 17th Angel will provide one for you. He only charges a small fee of

your soul

yet he is British and quite polite as well as well-mannered, so do not fret yourself excessively. If you refer to the numerology of his name, you will begin to understand the esoteric significance of the pretense of difficulty that I've ironically smeared

all over this stupid post.

Seriously, don't let the nerd-speak frighten you. Some people do talk plain around here. We're good country people, upstanding citizens, hipsters, and religious nuts.

Welcome.

Muslimwoman · 10-09-2007, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pathless

Seriously, don't let the nerd-speak frighten you. Some people do talk plain around here. We're good country people, upstanding citizens, hipsters, and religious nuts.

LMAO Pathless, very good. Oh and some of us are all of the above (apart from hipsters - no idea what they are, I am an old fuddy duddy).

flowperson · 10-09-2007, 11:13 PM

Woof, Woof, Michelle...

Pay no attention to the disappearing cat. IT'S just trying to confuse the newcomers. We let IT think IT'S the boss, then IT tends to quiet down.

Now me, I just hang around this yellow fire hydrant and observe the passing scene, relax myself when necessary, and then jump into the traffic with a seasoned comment or two when I'm so moved.

You seem a sensible, sweet, young thing, and you'll do well. Just try to jump in and not care about the rest of us. Ater all, we're all just animals beneath these human facades. Just be who you really are, that's really all we do.

Woof, Woof, GRRRRR !...old age is just sooooo confusing....

And Michelle, I believe that your appearance has inspired the birth of the lengthiest welcome thread in the ignominious history of CR. See what a great influence your presence is already ? GO with the FLOW. Congratulations !!!

flow....

Tao_Equus · 10-09-2007, 11:48 PM

I extend to you my formal welcome to this community of sage and onion people with nothing better to do but harp on about..... well about anything really. I do hope you are not daunted in any way by all the exspurts on here, most of what you read here is actually right of Wikipedia anyway

Tao

Muslimwoman · 10-09-2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Tao_Equus

I do hope you are not daunted in any way by all the exspurts on here,

Definition of expert = X is an unknown quantity and a spurt is a drip under pressure

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tao_Equus

most of what you read here is actually right of Wikipedia anyway

Ain't that the truth - google has a lot to answer for!!

Snoopy · 10-10-2007, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fourgrtkidos

I don't know how long I will last here.

.... you seem to be a clever

and very sarcastic bunch, some snarkiness

and too smart for me. I don't get half of what you are all talking about on most the threads......

Hope I can learn to hang with the big dogs

Hmmph!

Hang on in here my friend, it WILL get better I promise!
I think the sarcastic tone is a reflection of the regular posters, which I confess includes me. I don’t think it was quite like this when I joined just over a year ago! It’s not really sarcastic nasty, I think it’s sarcastic dry humour.
Don’t know what “snarkiness” is – see - now you’re using a word I don’t know the meaning of!!
As to clever and smart….well one of the things I like about being here is reading stuff by clever and smart people, even if I don’t feel like posting myself ; I lurk sometimes too! By “clever and smart” I mean “wise and perceptive” perhaps, not just using big words. I think most of us need a dictionary sometimes! Personally I think there are some very wise people on this forum (and friendly too) but I’d never say that to them in case it went to their heads. Keep it to yourself, it’ll be our secret.
As to knowing what we’re all talking about….! I’ve joined other forums and I think you are bound to feel this when you first join cos you’re not “in” with the humour and stuff people have talked about previously (for example, why would seattlegal threaten to hit me with a fish???!!!).
Also, personally, I like the way this forum has sub-forums to pick and choose where topics are discussed but then (you can’t help but have noticed this) the moderators don’t enforce staying on topic. This is good I think cos it lends itself to a more natural, organic, conversational development, but a newcomer might think we we’re going “all over the place”.
All sizes of dog are welcome here. And cats. And fish. And any creature!
If you’re still having trouble posting, contact a moderator. Were you trying to post a link, or use some sort of foul and demonic word??
Finally -perhaps it might be a good idea to start a new thread; that way you’ll be up to speed from the off.

Snoopy (a small dog).

Snoopy · 10-10-2007, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by flowperson

on behalf of the people of my father's homeland.

Ciao Belissima...flow....

so that's why there's a horse's head in my bed

s.

fourgrtkidos · 10-10-2007, 03:45 PM

I think I like it here very much. Thanks for the "welcome"
And in time..... I too will understand some of the inside humor and get some well aimed witty remarks in under your belts..... prepare to be dazzeled by my brilliance

~Blessings,
Michelle

flowperson · 10-10-2007, 07:27 PM

Hey Michelle...The future's so bright...I gotta wear shades !

flow....

Muslimwoman · 10-11-2007, 04:49 PM

Ere, I think we might have trouble with this one.