Is that description what new people or visitors or whatnot should read to have an idea about the board?
I mean, who are we, what kind of board are we. ok - not really, that's not what I mean at all.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
msbelle - Apr 05, 2005 11:37:20 am PDT #4329 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jon B. - Apr 05, 2005 11:40:43 am PDT #4330 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Whereas, if Jon's suggestion were up there when I first clicked on this site, I'd think, "hey, these people seem funny and smart."
Huh. I was being sarcastic.
On the other hand, I'm with Liese in that I dislike change. I prefer the archeological model. It's not like you run around Harvard changing all the stone-carved "V" letters into their rounder "U" selves.
t offtopic The Hard Rock Cafe in Boston has engraved above the entrance "MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF ROCK". It's always bugged me way more than it should that they didn't engrave "MASSACHVSETTS INSTITVTE OF ROCK".
-t - Apr 05, 2005 11:43:01 am PDT #4331 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm not really sure what purpose the description serves. I don't know that it was ever useful to me, personally, so it's hard to say what it ought to be.
Liese S. - Apr 05, 2005 11:44:58 am PDT #4332 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I suggest, "A community." That should cover it.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2005 11:48:33 am PDT #4333 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I prefer the archeological model. It's not like you run around Harvard changing all the stone-carved "V" letters into their rounder "U" selves.
oh oh oh, I meant to say earlier. While I can see why one would not change the building letters, I am positive that Harvard no longer describes itself as a small school for boys to be educated in the classics and Puritan traditions and beliefs.
DavidS - Apr 05, 2005 11:50:18 am PDT #4334 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
While I can see why one would not change the building letters, I am positive that Harvard no longer describes itself as a small school for boys to be educated in the classics and Puritan traditions and beliefs.
I guess it depends on whether you see our description as an historical landmark like a stone carved building name, or a marketing description in a pamphlet.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2005 11:51:31 am PDT #4335 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
archive it. we could probably archive half the FAQ, huh?
Wolfram - Apr 05, 2005 11:55:00 am PDT #4336 of 10001
Visilurking
I don't feel I've been around long enough to have too much of a say with something as central as that.
Ditto. But if I were, I'd love to see an open-ended statement like "discussions of BtVS, Angel, Firefly, and their bastard step-cousins, with humor, etc."
Nutty - Apr 05, 2005 1:03:43 pm PDT #4337 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think we are a community dedicated to birdcalls, homemade cardboard, turnip twaddlers, and putting yarn into a salad shooter and getting back a sweater.
...yes, we really have talked about all of these topics, and they were only the ones that we were talking about to avoid talking about something else. Not even all of them on natter!
...no, I don't have a strong opinion either way, but how often do I get to type "turnip twaddlers" with impunity??
Scrappy - Apr 05, 2005 1:05:41 pm PDT #4338 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Or even without impunity?