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Oh, Jo!
How can I congratulate you on becoming an addict??
If juanmaria comes to the ball, he can dust off his
debutante gown.
I'm going to borrow a leaf from Anu and bring addictionary.
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> Anyone care to add their two cents/pence/centimes/pesetas etc. etc. and suggest appropriate milestone titles for the initiated?
As much time as it takes, I suggest the next level should be "retired!"
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07/25/2000 12:59 PM
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>And now I’m going to email my friend Fidel
I have it on good authority that Peter Nero went to Cuba some years back to do a tour around the country, but refused to see Castro who became quite irate. The headline in Variety read "Fidel Burns while Nero Roams"
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>>The headline in Variety read "Fidel Burns while Nero Roams"<< Oh, Ted! Did you make that up?? That is great! That's almost as good as Rubrick's Mobile phones. P.S.--Can't think of an alternative just now, but I hope the next title isn't "retired". That would sound like we're ready to be put out to pasture (said the woman from horse country), and I can say for certain sure that not a single person on this Board is ready for that! So,  to that one!
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07/26/2000 11:27 AM
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<I suggest the next level should be "retired!">
Done that, Ted, what's next?
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07/26/2000 12:25 PM
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< <I suggest the next level should be "retired!"> >
< Done that, Ted, what's next? >
Hmmm. We could rotate the tires????
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which would give us tries, rites, tiers, and ultimately siter.
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Oh, Bingley, you're funny!
I for one can't imagine much that could be stronger
than "addict", unless after that we are going to become
"slaves". And if we rotate that we get salves.
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07/27/2000 11:24 AM
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< And if we rotate that we get salves>
… and those lovely French 'valses' (1-2-3; 1-2-3; … )
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paulb--
My arms are pretty long, too--shall we dance? 1-2-3...
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Jackie, you're leading again!
[With apologies to 'Some like it hot' -- but in no way equating you with 'Daphne'!]
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paulb-- Sorry, HoneyF! Ram (then) ewe, she said sheepishly? 
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Let me celebrate my "newbieness" with an Italian proverb:
Chi va piano va sano e va lontano = he, who goes slowly, goes safe and far.
I feel that my translation is terrible, but I cannot do better. The meaning is that you can do great things - even if slowly - by perseverance.
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07/29/2000 11:27 AM
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You're not pulling wool over my eyes are you, Jackie, or are you just a wolf[-ess] in sheep's clothing?
Ladies choice, I believe.
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Congratulations, NewbiEmanuela! :-)
I like that proverb, since I am a person who prefers
security over risk. I think you are very brave to have
come this far, since your earliest posts indicated that you
don't think you have a real good command of English. (Or
didn't at that time.)
That reminds me of Avy's determination to get through
Shakespeare.
It takes a lot more courage to persevere with something that is difficult than something that comes easily.
I admire you both.
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07/29/2000 12:01 PM
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>>Jackie, or are you just a wolf[-ess] in sheep's clothing?<
Well, Dearest, there are times when the word for a female
canine fits me!
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Well, I am now officially an addict.
Feels pretty good, I must say. Ahh-hh!
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Jackie
I see that twusm's only ten paces behind you. Then we'll have to think of a name for a self-help group - Words Anonymous?
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Jo--
I LOVE IT !! Sign me up. But no crosswords allowed, eh?
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08/02/2000 12:40 PM
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Perhaps the next level after Addict is Disciple?
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> Perhaps the next level after Addict is Disciple?
Hmmm..... or incarceration.
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>words anonymous?
this seems too obvious, but I'd suggest Logoholics Anomia
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I'd suggest Logoholics AnomiaSign me up for that, too! And can I get some household help besides? I want to stick with the fun stuff!
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I think I'll stop, cold turkey, before it becomes official....
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It's sad that the thread that has the most views and most replies has nothing to do with the subject of the board, but with getting to the next title.
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oh, I agree. keep it up, jazzo, you're almost to 50! 
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I think I'll stop, cold turkey, before it becomes official....
Geeminy Christmas! Don't SCARE me like that !!
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08/03/2000 12:41 PM
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I'm not planning on stopping, Tsuwm, but gee, 50. . .compared to 400. You guys must either be filled with useful knowledge or you just don't know when to shut up.
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For some of us, you are right, this is sad. I think in my case the latter is correct.
On the other hand ... I just had an idea ...
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08/04/2000 11:33 AM
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Congratulations Emanuella!
This saying is so popular that we use it as “Piano se va lontano” and everybody understands “piano” and “lontano” though not being Spanish words.
What could be the English version? “Slow and steady win the race” sounds familiar to me but I’m not sure if I’ve made out part of it.
Juan Maria.
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Juanie-baby, I see you've only got 6 more until you reach the century mark. Keep 'em coming, Kid!
I loved what you wrote in political correctness. Goes to show what a wonderful person you are.
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Well, if you all heard a big whoosh, that was I,
exhaling. Just crossed over to 501 posts (hurry back, Jo!)
and I'm still an addict.
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Jackie,
Maybe that young whippersnapper* Jazzoctopus's theory is right: you gotta wait till you post 800 to transcend to the next level. Man, graduation could become exponentially next-to-impossible after a while.
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* etymology of "whippersnapper," anyone?
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from the "Word Detective", fossicked in the usual manner:
"Whippersnapper" is a somewhat archaic term, rarely heard today outside of movies, and then usually from the mouth of a character portrayed as chronologically-challenged and hopelessly old-fashioned to boot. A "whippersnapper" is an impertinent young person, usually a young man, whose lack of proper respect for the older generation is matched only by his laziness and lack of motivation to better himself.
One might imagine that the term derives from the understandable temptation among more productive citizens to "snap a whip" at such sullen layabouts, but the whips in question actually belonged to the whippersnappers themselves. Such ne'er-do-wells were originally known as "whip snappers" in the 17th century, after their habit of standing around on street corners all day, idly snapping whips to pass the time. The term was been based on the already-existing phrase, "snipper-snapper," also meaning a worthless young man, but in any case, "whip snapper" became "whippersnapper" fairly rapidly.
Though "whippersnapper" originally referred to a young man with no visible ambition, the term has changed somewhat over the years, and today is more likely to be applied to a youngster with an excess of both ambition and impertinence.
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>> fossicked Tsuwm, I didn't know you hail from Down Under. Enjoyed the explanation, you old whippersnapper!  Gee--could there really be such a thing as an antique whippersnapper ??
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Maybe that young whippersnapper* Jazzoctopus's theory is right.
whippersnapper!?
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>>Maybe that young whippersnapper* Jazzoctopus's theory is right.
whippersnapper!?
...if the name fits...oh, that's another thread.
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Now now, we can't let this timeless, gargantuan thread sink into the recesses of extinction can we? Get back up to the top of the page!
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So is there someplace where all of this taxonomy of heirarchy is written down or is it all verbal lore?
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