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Topic: GC Anniversaries
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boo
Highlie
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posted March 09, 2007 22:00
ZeSovietRussian and GameMaster have both just passed their five year anniversaries with GC!! 5 years! And they've lived to tell about it. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Nice going, guys. ![[thumbsup]](graemlins/thumbsup.gif)
(don't anyone ask how I happened to know this.)
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Highlie
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posted March 09, 2007 22:08
I'm going rapidly on five years, myself. I thought it was four. x.x
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boo
Highlie
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posted March 09, 2007 22:19
Hmm, so I see. You've grown up quite a bit since being here, as your pic in the album proves. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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dragonman97
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posted March 09, 2007 22:34
Easy, you're stalking all of us, and clicking on the profiles of everyone who has posted recently.
QED. (Quite easily done! ![[Wink]](wink.gif) )
(Hey math[s] students, quit giving me such evil stares...I do know what it really stands for. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) )
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zesovietrussian
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posted March 09, 2007 22:47
Oh great, my very own stalker. Should I be proud, scared, or perhaps proud and scared at the same time?
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skylar
BlabberMouth, the Next Generation
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posted March 10, 2007 01:07
W o a h ... 5 years... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
That made me realise - I was 16 when I joined this place... and now I'm 21, eesh! I remember posting about my A-Levels (and how much I hated having to read 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner') and now I have a degree!
Y'know what else? ... I was wittier back then, too
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Aditu
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posted March 10, 2007 08:09
That made me curious about when I joined. I joined in August of 2003. Like Skylar my life has sure changed. From footloose librarian to mom waiting to adopt to chasing a 3 year old.
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GameMaster
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posted March 10, 2007 09:19
Thanks for the mention. There are a lot of board members that were arround when I joined that still post every now and then. It's been a fun ride. A big thankyou to Snaggy and the rest of the board for making this place so great. I dedicate this Oscar to... Oh, a little carried away there.
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Xanthine
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posted March 10, 2007 09:27
My other theory is that she looked at the join dates at the bottoms of posts.
I remember when ZSR joined. He had a different name back then.
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Astronomer Jedi
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posted March 10, 2007 09:38
I've been here for about 18 months and things have sure changed for me...started at a new university, met my best friend ever; found out I have a 20 year old half sister, a brother-in-law and a nephew; got diagnosed with depression...
I just wonder what the next 18 months will hold.
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Cap'n Vic
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posted March 10, 2007 10:06
quote:
That made me realise - I was 16 when I joined this place... and now I'm 21, eesh! I remember posting about my A-Levels (and how much I hated having to read 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner') and now I have a degree!
Y'know what else? ... I was wittier back then, too [/QB]
....you'll always be my fav ![[hearts]](graemlins/hearts.gif)
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skylar
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posted March 10, 2007 10:10
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Originally posted by Cap'n Vic:
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That made me realise - I was 16 when I joined this place... and now I'm 21, eesh! I remember posting about my A-Levels (and how much I hated having to read 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner') and now I have a degree!
Y'know what else? ... I was wittier back then, too
....you'll always be my fav [/QB]
And I'm no longer jailbait!
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Cap'n Vic
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posted March 10, 2007 10:12
Don't you have a younger sister?
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boo
Highlie
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posted March 10, 2007 12:29
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Originally posted by zesovietrussian:
Oh great, my very own stalker. Should I be proud, scared, or perhaps proud and scared at the same time?
![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
(I'll try to control myself)
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Originally posted by GameMaster:
Thanks for the mention. There are a lot of board members that were arround when I joined that still post every now and then. It's been a fun ride. A big thankyou to Snaggy and the rest of the board for making this place so great. I dedicate this Oscar to... Oh, a little carried away there.
Wow, there are some loyal GC ers here. Nice to see people have stuck around so long. And, as mentioned, seen so many life changes.
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GrumpySteen
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posted March 10, 2007 13:04
It's been a fun seven years since I joined here.
I'm going to go sit in the corner and feel old now
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stevenback7
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posted March 10, 2007 14:21
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Originally posted by Steen:
It's been a fun seven years since I joined here.
I'm going to go sit in the corner and feel old now
This is when you start talking about the good old days and how todays generation doesn't respect the old!!!
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GrumpySteen
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posted March 10, 2007 15:06
stevenback7 wrote:
This is when you start talking about the good old days and how todays generation doesn't respect the old!!!
Too many people confuse common courtesy with respect. Common courtesy should always be given. Respect, on the other hand, must be earned and is not a function of age.
That said, showing courtesy can be tricky too. What qualifies as courtesy is a moving target. Two people separated by only a few years will tend to have similar expectations for courtesy. The further apart the two are separated in age, the more likely that those expectations will not be met. The same thing happens with social groups, too (think about an emo and a goth having a discussion, then think about an emo and a perky blond cheerleader trying to have the same discussion. When you stop laughing, we'll continue).
I think the internet may reduce, if not eliminate, the differences in courtesy due to age (but not due to social grouping). Many of the people of my age who don't spend much time online seem to be somewhat out of touch to me. I find have to explain slang terms and meme related jokes when I'm talking with them. Their teenaged kids, however, get the jokes and understand the slang without any explanation. I connect with them better than I connect with their parents (which bothers me quite a lot, actually).
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Well, that was about to turn into an essay. I blame you damn kids and your music
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WinterSolstice
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posted March 10, 2007 22:55
lol - I've been here a while, but I've come and gone depending on interest and who's talking
I sometimes get fed up with the drama and go wander around. I tend to come back though, since the people here are the best I've dealt with (with some exceptions)
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Jessycat
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posted March 10, 2007 23:47
Wow, I just passed 5 years myself this month. Though I mainly lurk.
*relurks*
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dragonman97
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posted March 10, 2007 23:58
Posts from Jess & sky...wow!
Well, in the absence of posts, let me extend invites of coffee to any fine lurkers out there.
Oh...and I won't even touch on my join date or any such stuff - if I do that, I might be dating myself, and that could be awfully discouraging to a certain someone else.
/me kicks back, rejoices that DST2007 didn't seemingly break anything of his in a big way, and lets iTunes roll...now on "Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In)." Somehow that sort of transports me to Brooklyn...go figure.
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supergoo
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posted March 11, 2007 02:05
I joined in July of 2003, so that makes this July my 4-year mark.
I was 14 when I joined and now I'm 18. I went from having an angelfire site to my own domain name (which I only use for storage stuff, but it's still a nice upgrade). I went from being fiercely opinionated to being apathetic, but in the meantime became much friendlier and much happier.
I've learned how to roll sushi, how to drive a car, how to write a paper in LaTeX, how to use a lypholyzer and how to play DDR with a book on my head.
I'd say that these changes have been for the better.
goo
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Aditu
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posted March 11, 2007 07:53
DDR with a book, eh. Something I'll have to make our teens do. We got a booksale grant to buy a PS2 and DDR mats for teen programs here at the library.
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spungo
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posted March 11, 2007 10:23
Five Years... my brain hurts a lot. [/Ziggy]
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Richard Wolf VI
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posted March 11, 2007 10:43
Wow! I have realised that the average age here is lower than I expected, I thought there were more people ages 30+, nice to see that the youth is taking over GC.
Ha ha ha ![[evil]](graemlins/evil.gif)
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