<p>Yes, yes. I REALLY want to follow the rules. I’ve taken the rebellious of the 60’s and adapted that rebelliousness to apply to every situation in my life, which most people find rather annoying, so I’d like to take this opportunity of participation with this illustrious company as an opportunity for Spiritual growth and learn to follow the rules.</p>
<p>What are they, again?</p>
<p>Well SHEESH Greydad-
If you would read THIS THREAD instead of your personal, private, clandestine, all important hoity toity PMs, you’d see that SOME of us TOOK THE TIME to answer your !@##$$%^^^ question right here… for all to read and see (post #679). Well, since you are a newbie, let me explain. Click on the letters in BLUE in post #679 and it will take you to your answer. Sheesh. Try to help someone out around here and get ignored. I won’t make that mistake twice.</p>
<p>BTW, if you apologize to me in 4 separate, contiguous posts, you’ll hit Junior Member status. Wait- I just helped you again. Forget I said that, but apologize anyway.</p>
<p>Ok</p>
<p>I’m sorry.</p>
<p>But I DID click on the BLUE and there were no real answers! Just more questions! Unless I missed it.</p>
<p>I’m new, you know and don’t mean to offend anyone (although it seems to come naturally.)</p>
<p>Oh! Here it is:</p>
<p>from what i remember, you are a new member when you have less than thirty posts. you become a junior member after you get thirty posts, and then you become a member when you get 300 posts. then finally, you become a senior member when you reach 1000 posts. that is as high as it goes.</p>
<p>Just 2 more till a promotion!</p>
<p>greydad:</p>
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<p>I actually joined later than you and I know how to do the quote thingy. Ok, I admit that this was my first official quote box. </p>
<p>And this will be my first official emoticon. ;)</p>
<p>My post count could use some help, too.</p>
<p>I’m sorry jym!</p>
<p>I have to wait! I tried posting too quickly! I got SO excited! Okay - let’s try NOW!</p>
<p>:)
:)</p>
<p>Yikes! What happened? I got up to Junior, and all of today’s posts turned to #31!</p>
<p>I’m SO confused!</p>
<p>Now it’s 32!</p>
<p>Wow… big jump between 30 and 300. Can’t imagine I would ever have 300 posts of things to say. Well, more correctly, I wouldn’t have 300 posts of anything anyone would want to read.</p>
<p>Then again, if our standards are low, who cares? :)</p>
<p>gladmom-
You have arrived. Welcome to the big boys club ;)</p>
<p>And You too, greydad. You are forgiven. You will see that all your posts have the same # on them-- they all change when you post. Well, almost always. Occasionally there’s a glitch but it usually fixes itself or Anthony is roused from his slumber to take care of it. </p>
<p>** Oops-- I had a funny typo I have corrected. “But it” (after “glitch”) ran together by mistake, and had 2 t’s in it. OOPS! :o Its too early in the morning to be in the gutter yet. Playtime there doesn’t start til after happy hour, I think.</p>
<p>It’s not happy hour yet?</p>
<p>Dang!</p>
<p><drops glass=“”></drops></p>
<p>there ya go, garland, making me spray the keyboard already!</p>
<p>I forgive you jym.</p>
<p>greydad:</p>
<p>You really need to start a thread to get more credibility. That “0” on your profile doesn’t look good. My first post was a thread start. 
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<p>Hey, these smilies are fun!</p>
<p>uh oh</p>
<p>Well, my wife thinks that I took the day off to paint the living room, but of course it was to keep up with this thread.</p>
<p>So maybe I’ll actually think of something to say + start a thread!</p>
<p>Maybe you could ask a question about painting. I haven’t seen that topic lately. Something about rollers versus brushes might be good. We could call them “Pathways” for simplicity’s sake.</p>
<p>Well, fencersmom, I think it’s mighty perceptive of you (NOT!) to tie my alma mater’s lack of football success to my current employment status. I’ll have you know that studies have shown that state U grads make more money than the fancy, schmancy school grads. Besides, our basketball team is really awesome.</p>
<p>On another note, I detect some intolerance towards snake handlers in your family. What gives?</p>
<p>greydad: If you do start a thread, be sure to post a link to it from here. The painting thing might work. My H is painting our garage. He doesn’t have time for CC, and I don’t have time for painting.</p>
<p>I’d actually like to know how to make the blue-letter-links.</p>
<p>I must apologize for the tendency in the Fencers Household toward, shall I admit it: non-diversity. True, despite the 8 different religions among my 7 sibs and moi, despite the 3 differing races among these same sibs + spouses, despite the fact that my DH IS FRENCH, we do suffer completely from… intolerance. </p>
<p>And, if you have any snake handlers in YOUR family, I suggest you move away right away. They are not fun to have around your Flag Day picnic table.</p>
<p>And who are YOU to take me to task just because I lack an affinity for snakehandling preachers (who happened to be in their mid-30’s when they ran off with my 18 y.o. sis, who had the baby 4 months later.?)</p>
<p>Here’s a true story:<br>
When I was 9, this sis of mine (mentioned above, and for reference, Marie), got married to S.N. Preacher in Feb. and had her baby June 18th. Well, I thought I had just learned in 4th grade science that it took 9 months to have a baby. So, I asked our Polish neighbor, who was babysitting us while my parents went to see the new grandkid, “Olga, I thought it took 9 months to have a baby?! What gives here with Marie, she took only 4 months to have Lil Nephew.”</p>
<p>Olga, a woman of wisdom, sat down with her beer, and patiently replied, “Honya, first babies can come any time, any time at all. Second babies always take nine months.” This fine nugget of wisdom held me over for about 2 years until Debbie Leonard filled me in on the real goods out behind the barn.</p>
<p>(Nice use of italics there, huh, GreyDad? You, too, can learn these fun techniques.)</p>