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Father Steve,
I'm happy to see you back here.
Dr Bill,
I was just about to ask where in Hades you've been? Glad to see you back, as well. And your point is well taken: it's better to leave the party while it's still in full swing than to be one of the (ma-)lingerers.
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Good to see you again, FS
My posting in W&F on the poetry thread sums up how much I agree with you on this one!
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*feverishly searching for W&F*
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There are usually around 200 posts per day here, sometimes more, sometimes less. This can take over 2 hours sometimes if you factor in posting your own messages.
Jazz-O hit the nail on the head. I love this place but it does take time to keep up. For me it's like a part time job that I enjoy! There must be a better choice : A volunteer job? A happy hobby? An avocation? A lifestyle choice? All of the above?
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All men are born equal (in the sight of the law)
Justice is blind.
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Two hours is the time I find it takes for me, just to wade through the posts, I see I'm not the only one. Sometimes I feel like the phrase, miss a little, miss a lot. If I miss a day I feel like the world has moved on without me.
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I know how you feel, Lunar Lady: when I first joined the board, I was at the end of a contract and under the impression that it was not to be renewed. I had plenty of time and little motivation to do more than the minimum expected of me at work, so spent many happy hours in this magical garden filled with lingua-perfumery.
The contract was renewed, and my workload increased; my motivation also returned. But it means that I have only odd moments in which to indulge in my secret vice.
I have had to temporise.
If four or five days have passed since last I was able to visit, then I tend to look in my own record of postings, and look up what responses I have had to my loquacious drivellings, see whether it is necessary to be rude to Max Q, cap one of Mav's or TEd's dreadful puns, or to be sweet to Jackie. Well-wishers occasionally apprise me of posts that I ought to view, vis the PM system.
That done, if there is time, I look at the latest posts with the least replies, to see if I can get my spoke in before someone else pinches my best lines.
I rarely get to look at any thread that has started and attracted more than about fifteen replies since last I visited the board. This is my loss, without doubt, but it seems to be a way in which I can at least keep in touch with all of you, whom I have come to hold in such high regard.
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I also used to spend a lot of time searching for new posts live on the web and missing lots, especially if I had been away for a few days. I find that subscribing to the daily summary really helps, and also requesting that I receive copies of responses to my posts. Now I can scan the mail summaries for anything interesting, and file anything I want to keep. I then research any responses I want to make, and only then make the web connection. I am lucky because I have a fast and cheap connection (thanks boss) which means I can then refresh the main index every couple of hours and take a quick peek. I am time shifted from most of the board, (though I do worry about how much sleep some of you are getting) which has pros and cons.
Rod
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inselpeter>>>
All men are born equal (in the sight of the law)
Justice is blind.
inselpeter
I designate this as my big laugh for the day! Thanks.
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time shifted from most of the board... which has pros and consShouldn't that be Prose and Cons? 
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