That means if you are drawn to us, you do belong here.
Is SO true.
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 07, 2009 1:45:22 am PDT #740 of 3094
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Shir - Oct 07, 2009 2:31:34 am PDT #741 of 3094
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
No, no kidding involved. Wikipedia lists one use of the ellipsis at the end of a sentence as an indicator of "...a trailing off into silence." That's pretty much how I speak, so....
I was (mostly) kidding, following this. Some ellipses are justified, if the text is too long.
Use too much of them, and I'll either think you're dying or can't make up your mind about the topic in question just yet.
Nothing personal. Still, it's better than the original fake French accent I read them with.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 07, 2009 2:36:12 am PDT #742 of 3094
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Use too much of them, and I'll either think you're dying or can't make up your mind about the topic in question just yet.
What about those of us who can't... ever... make up... our minds... about... anything...?
Shir - Oct 07, 2009 2:50:38 am PDT #743 of 3094
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
What about those of us who can't... ever... make up... our minds... about... anything...?
Then why are we discussing it instead of saying "I don't know/I have no opinion about this"?
Most ellipses contradict conversation's flowing and efficiency in decision making, IMHO. That's all. If I'm doing something, I wanna do it right and thoroughly, you know?
Sparky1 - Oct 07, 2009 3:48:02 am PDT #744 of 3094
Librarian Warlord
I can always claim I met Sox at Sparky's wedding! Which is also where I met Sparky.
I loved my wedding.
Glam! I thought of something else to send you but now I cannot remember what it is. Unfortunately, in my case, my pre-pregnancy brain has not returned. I'll remember when I trip over whatever it is.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 07, 2009 3:48:12 am PDT #745 of 3094
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am just posting to see my user number!
Welcome Lurkers!
Come on out, more lurkers!
Barb - Oct 07, 2009 4:07:58 am PDT #746 of 3094
“Not dead yet!”
I still can't figure out how to see my user number on my Mac.
I have Macs because I'm a dork when it comes to computers.
Aims - Oct 07, 2009 4:08:58 am PDT #747 of 3094
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Barb, you are 2166.
I'm 68. I must not have had much to do that day.
Calli - Oct 07, 2009 4:09:15 am PDT #748 of 3094
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Maybe you should change your tag, Sophia, to "Lurkers to become a poster should gather immediately now here".
(For posterity, her current tag is, "Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here".)
I found out that if you lurk too long, you start thinking of responses to posts and threads, and then when you do post you do so with the responses that never actually made it to the board in mind. And people can assume the new poster is, you know, insane. Could just be me, though.
Learn from my mistakes, people! Postify! (It's like testifying, only typier.)
Amy - Oct 07, 2009 4:09:42 am PDT #749 of 3094
Because books.
Wow. 1149 used to seem so high!