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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 … 13 14 Go to page... Graduation, Part 2 #8589 10/23/00 12:41 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Per AnnaStrophic's request. Here is the list that Jazz. put together (thank you): It's Stranger(0), Newbie(25), Journeyman(50), Member(100), Enthusiast(200), Addict(400) As of this writing, we know that at 700 posts we get the title Old Hand. Here are the last few posts from the original thread (may it retire in faded glory): xara (newbie) Sat Oct 21 10:43:35 2000 Re: graduation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- two Hey look, it worked! Thanks for the tip Steve! Father Steve (newbie) Sat Oct 21 20:23:48 2000 Re: graduation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are many such secrets to be revealed in the Kingdom of Anu. xara (newbie) Sun Oct 22 09:50:58 2000 Re: graduation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations on your own recently acquired newbie status! belMarduk (journeyman) Sun Oct 22 14:41:11 2000 Re: graduation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congrats xara & Father Steve. Isn't it nice to be out of the <stranger> limbo. Believe it or not, you will be amazed at how the points (posts) rack up in the beginning. There are so many interesting threads to participate in. Write on. AnnaStrophic (enthusiast) Sun Oct 22 19:56:13 2000 Diesel-powered Mac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Could someone with a 20th-century computer please start a Graduation2 thread starting with maybe the last half-dozen posts here (or whatever number the volunteer deems appropriate)? Took me five minutes to get here... and it'd take another five to do what I've just requested. Thanks... *tossing pellets to the mice in the modem wheel Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Graduation, Part 2 #8590 10/23/00 07:38 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Vote of thanks to Anna and Jackie for this. Now if only I could get to 100 sharp-ish. Perhaps posts like this might help? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Graduation, Part 2 #8591 10/23/00 12:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Now if only I could get to 100 sharp-ish Just keep posting those beautiful thoughts of yours, Dear! I've noticed a couple of times, you've made one post that included different responses. You could separate them out, if you want. I'm 'cheer'ing for you! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Graduation, Part 2 #8592 10/23/00 12:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Now there's a thought: each post a different thought. Style rules for wordies (awadeers?) scorn Fowler and others. We do it our way! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Graduation, Part 2 #8593 10/23/00 03:16 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Oy, but doesn't making one post for each thought make the thread quite weighty and long. In my system, the post size remains the same two-inch deep space even if you only have one word. For people with smaller screens this involves a lot of scrolling for very little commentary and some people simply lose interest. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Graduation, Part 2 #8594 10/24/00 07:10 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Fear not bel... It was not meant to be taken too seriously! For what it's worth, I think if you change your viewer profile or whatever it's called, you can reconfigure the way the posts appear, scroll through all the titles, and identify the ones you haven't seen yet... cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Graduation, Part 2 #8595 10/25/00 09:54 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 It was not meant to be taken too seriously! Hear! hear! Thank goodness there are very few signs of seriousness on this board - just about enough weight to stop us all floating off into the stratosphere. Long may it remain so. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Graduation, Part 2 #8596 10/25/00 01:57 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK By the way, does anybody else feel the way I do - that 'member' sounds too exalted/settled a word to be used for such a small achievement? I'd have felt more comfortable if the order had gone: stranger, newbie, journeyman, enthusiast, addict, member, old hand... yes? no? maybe? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Graduation, Part 2 #8597 10/25/00 03:48 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England 'member' sounds too exalted/settled Not to me, shanks. You sort of graduate from being a professional (newbie, journeyman, member) to being an amateur (enthusiast,addict), which feels right in this instance. Oh, and you graduate from there to being part of the furniture (old hand)! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Graduation, Part 2 #8598 10/26/00 10:34 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Here are the last few posts from the original thread (may it retire in faded glory): Jackie, if we're just going to kill the Graduation thread like that you're going to have to compile a list of the all the most memorable posts of the thread. Posterity can't go on without knowing the legacy of 'Graduation'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 … 13 14 Go to page... Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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