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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:35 PM
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Don't you hate it when a poster answers every person who posts...
Just to bump a thread into the stratosphere....

I mean, come on.....
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WannaBeGrumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:37 PM
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1. not particularly...
my mommy does it!!!! :rofl:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:38 PM
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2. I learned that from my mommy as well.......
Be polite....
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WannaBeGrumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:40 PM
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6. exactly
:hi:
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:38 PM
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3. I do it
but not to bump. I try to do so to be nice.

You never know what kind of turn the conversation will take!
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:39 PM
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5. That is why I do it....
I noticed you didn't post in the have you ever posed nude thread.....
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:43 PM
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10. Because everyone here knows that answer.
Duh!
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LouisianaLiberal Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:39 AM
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71. Politeness makes this a much more civil place.
Edited on Sun Jun-11-06 01:45 AM by LouisianaLiberal
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 08:21 AM
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82. Yes it does.
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DisgustedTX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:38 PM
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4. Only 24 business hour posts
Those are annoying.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:42 PM
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8. Kudzu......
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:41 PM
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7. Welll.....
I normally do that.....

But there are a few folks at the end of my thread on my current state of health that I haven't answered.....

Just so I wouldn't bump it back up....

I plan to PM them, to let them know I appreciate their contributions....

And to let them know I haven't forgotten them!

And you normally answer everyone in your threads too....

It is very courteous, IMHO.....
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:42 PM
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9. It is polite.....
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:44 PM
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11. Nope. I do that.
And not to bump my threads, but because I think it's polite to answer everyone who takes the time to answer me.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:51 PM
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16. I was just alluding to my nude thread.....
It is getting up there...

I try to answer all posts for at least 24-36 hours....
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:59 PM
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34. Yes it is.
I have not posed nude, ahem, not in any official capacity anyway. :D
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:45 PM
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12. aww ~ come on Chris

Would you want to risk hurting another DUers feelings by not answering them on your thread?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:52 PM
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17. Not me.....
I try to but sometimes, mistakes happen.....
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:58 PM
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33. sometimes I'm too tired so I get back to people as soon as I can

even then someone may sneak in on the end and I miss them

I remember one thread when my brain was fried over something - I was pushing myself to answer at least 1/2 dozen post before I would come up for air and post on other threads for a while to give myself a break
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:48 PM
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13. Yes I hate that, except when I do it myself.
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:49 PM
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14. I also hate it when people respond to their own posts just to send
their post count into the stratosphere.

I'm hoping to reach 10,000 posts soon.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:52 PM
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18. Post....
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:54 PM
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25. But
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:52 PM
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19. Here....
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:54 PM
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26. these
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:52 PM
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20. Again....
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:54 PM
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27. are
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:53 PM
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21. To,.....
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:55 PM
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28. not
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:53 PM
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22. Get.....
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:55 PM
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29. my
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:53 PM
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23. Your...
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:55 PM
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30. own
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:53 PM
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24. Count,.....
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:55 PM
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31. posts!
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:49 PM
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15. What, you get annoyed because I reply two whole times, max?
:hi:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:07 PM
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37. Not me.....
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:08 PM
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38. Welcome back :) heheh n/t
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:11 PM
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40. Yep......
I had to go and watch Lewis Black.....
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jjmalonejr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:56 PM
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32. No, I do it.
Not to bump it into the stratosphere, but usually to keep it from sinking like a stone.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:18 PM
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43. I have done that as well.....
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 09:00 PM
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35. If I create a thread I feel an obligation to respond
So, I generally respond. It has nothing to do with keeping the post numbers up--frankly, I don't care if they are up.


Ohbytheway. I am naked.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:22 PM
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44. It is the right thing to do...
BTW, I am too....
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 09:03 PM
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36. I know not of this phenomenon
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:27 PM
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45. IT is a strange and terrible thing.....
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:09 PM
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39. DO NOT RESPOND
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:14 PM
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41. I don't hate it.
I do sometimes find it irritating when someone starts a post and answers no one though. But sometimes that is okay too.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:16 PM
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42. Yeah, sometimes nobody responds for an hour or so, by which time the
original poster is gone.
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 06:27 AM
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77. And sometimes people go to bed...
And don't respond until the morning when they wake up. :hi:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:52 PM
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46. I can see why that happens...
I have posted stuff that I thought was really important...

But happened to have to leave real quick like...

So I didn't get back fgor a while...

Usually over in the more "serious" forums....
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 10:56 PM
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47. Honestly, who gives a flying fuck?
I couldn't care less about other people's posting habits.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 11:42 PM
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48. Not even a little.....
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 11:59 PM
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49. Anyone who replies to this post...
... eats their own feces.
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 12:13 AM
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50. Nah...it's the polite thing to do if you can
I can't always, though. Especially if I'm at work and it's busy.

My mommy taught me to say 'please' and 'thank you', too. I've drifted away from the 'yes, ma'am' and 'yes, sir', though.

I'm so ashamed....
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 12:51 AM
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52. You should be ashamed......
You are personally responsable for the downfall of western civilization...

My cousins from Tennesse always said yes ma'am and no ma'am....

Grandmother would always say why can't you be more like your cousins from Tennesse....

I hated them....
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:04 AM
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54. I stand here, properly chastened and prepared for my punishment...
Be gentle with me, please?

Thank you.

Sir.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:06 AM
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55. I am said to have a gentle, but firm, touch.....
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:08 AM
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57. It is completely understandable that you hated your cousins.....
Making that sort of comparison is one of the worst things you can do psychologically to a child.....

:hug:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:10 AM
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59. I didn't actually hate them...
Maybe resent them would be a better word....
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:12 AM
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61. OK.....resent works too...
Still, she should not have done that to you......

It is a form of abuse......

I know she meant well, and was most likely frustrated....

But still......
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 12:15 AM
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51. Usually. After all, it's a repetitive and sleazy thing to do.
Only in certain, rarified circumstances do I answer everyone individually. Depends on the content.

But for "Congrats": xxxxx posts", is definitely when I avoid such needless responding.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 12:51 AM
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53. Never MInd....
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:07 AM
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56. Meh
Why should I care? :shrug:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:09 AM
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58. Cause there was nothing else to talk about.....
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:23 AM
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70. If I had nothing else to talk about
I'd just stop replying. :P
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:10 AM
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60. What have you heard about Kudzu?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:14 AM
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63. I am still bullish...
Although Rumor has it....
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:14 AM
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64. I am still bullish...
Although Rumor has it....
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:12 AM
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62. No, I think it's just good manners to respond to people who
take the time to reply.

Perhaps, my friend, you need to look inward rather than sniping at others? Just a suggestion.

Redstone
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:16 AM
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65. It was just a conversation starter.....
I always respond...

I had a PM when I first started posting from someone no longer on the board who accused me of pumping up my posts....
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:18 AM
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69. OK, then.
Redstone
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:16 AM
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66. You're assuming you know the intent of people who reply to each post
in the threads they've started. There are many here who reply to replies out of courtesy and genuine interest in interacting with other members of the community, rather than to "bump a thread into the stratosphere." :shrug:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:17 AM
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67. I was being facetious ....
As you can tell since I have made it a point to answer as many replies to my post as I can...
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:18 AM
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68. You are spanko-licious,
as always. ;)

( :spank: )
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wizdum Donating Member (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 03:09 AM
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72. It's a polite gesture and they have a right to host their thread by...
...responding to everyone that takes the time to give their input on the particular subject matter. It is courteous and reflects good manners. I don't see why you have a problem with it.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 06:52 AM
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79. See answer to the post above.....
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 05:06 AM
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73. See now? This is why I have a complex...
I have taken to PMing responses a lot of the time for fear people think I am self kicking. Why, Oh Dear God... do we do this to ourselves over a message board? :hi:
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Rosco T. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 05:07 AM
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74. Because it's there??
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 06:53 AM
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80. I hae done that as well.....
And now have PM's clogging my back pages....
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 05:07 AM
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75. Post whore!
:evilgrin: :rofl: :rofl:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 06:51 AM
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78. That's me....
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 06:55 AM
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81. Not that I have room to talk
I have nearly 17,000 posts in just over a year. I AM a post whore! (But hey, don't tell anyone!)

:rofl:
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draft Donating Member (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 05:40 AM
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76. kick
:P
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 11:33 AM
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83. My dear draft!
Welcome to DU!

I hope you enjoy your stay in our crazy, addictive little village!


:hi:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 02:25 PM
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84. What she said....
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