Senior Member means nothing...but it should

Senior never meant squat to me but I must say I do look at the number of posts. Especially if Im thinking of a sale or trade on the forums. Posting a million times doesnt nessesarily mean your honest but I cant see anyone who obviously enjoys the forums enough to post 200 times even if just to say "yea right" giving that up just to rip someone off. I know that person may exist but it is one more measure of screening and reasurance.


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ALex

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ThomM
You can always still send me that knife. Hell I figure no one else is going to "Damn".
Bob
 
Sorry Spark, read the thread to quickly. Oh well, no more member-envy...

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Brandon

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"You should never never doubt what nobody is sure about..."
 
Well! That went smoother than expected. At least nobody is asking for my head on a spike. Phew!

Mickey, it really was fun being a Senior wasn't it? My favorite part was the Senior Dance.
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Guys it really doesn't change anything, because it didn't mean anything to start with. But, for those that are still upset by this... GET OVER IT!
 
I like Mike's idea of Knifenutt for 1000 or more posts....take a vote??....

Ric
 
Senior member?? HAH!! This was something I avoided like the plague, rather sucessfully, I must admit. I figured that sooner or later Mikey would start asking for bucks to be here (fortunately I have been wrong about that so far), and the senior members would be hit first.

How did I avoid it? Well, first of all, I asked to omit the 'MD' part of my original logon. This request was granted, but required (much to my delight) the omission of about 400 posts! Then, when Mike and Sparky were doing one of their periodic screw ups, er, ah, that is, UPGRADING of the Forum, I asked for the appellation 'whacko' where 'member' usually was. This allowed me to get away with another several hundred posts. Unfortunately, my whacko status was lost with yet another, er, ah upgrading (heh) of the Forums. Even then, I managed to get several hundred posts, and was still a junior member due to some glitch in the hardware. Unfortunately, one of the forumites, who was well intentioned, brought this fact to Sparky's attention, and I was finally busted. But I had a very good run!

Frankly, I don't see that the titles mean anything. I am willing to listen to anyone, no matter what his/her credentials are. I can separate the BS from the valuable info.

Even the newbie questions are sometimes useful, in that it makes me reconsider my position on a particular subject when responses from other forumites differ from mine.

The recent Talonite (r) vs. a metal detector thread, while not a newbie question, demonstrates this. I have answered this question about 5 or 6 times, each time describing how a metal detector works. With the latest thread, however, I did some more research, and found out that most metal detectors are operated in pulses, and the detector is triggered when a magnetic field is detected in between pulses. I didn't know this. In short, I learned something.

That is what this forum is about: learning. You don't need a title for me to listen to you. As Emerson said, 'There is in every man that which I may learn from him; and in that, I am his student.'

Easyrider; welcome aboard. Your opinion on this subject is obviously well thought out; it is reassuring to see such wisdom in new arrivals. May you stay a long time, and learn more than you expect to.

(formerly whacko) Walt
 
Walt, maybe it's a good thing you're retired, I mean who wants a Dr. with the nickname "Whacko"?
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A freind of mine wanted me to use his Accountant, Ronald McDonald. I told him I didn't want some clown doing my taxes!

What's in a name?
 
I was just about to add my Senior Member status to my resume and find I've been demoted. Now I'm just a nobody. Oh well...I will try to compensate somehow.
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Hoodoo

No, I do not weep at the world--I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
Zora Neale Hurston

Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt.
Lao Tsu
 
Great decision.
And, Easyrider....a debate is rarely a waste of time. Especially when it results in a wise decision


Now, how about we start on those irritating multiple smilie "sigs" ??
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BrianWE

I don't want to be right all the time......I just want US to be right more often.
 
I had a exchange with someone that thought senior status was a big deal. He panicked when he saw I had only like 3 posts and posted a, "I think I got ripped off" thread. To which I promptly responded. The guy explained that I didn't answer any e-mails for 2 days so that justified his concern.
 
Geez, I've been a member for ~ 15 months, I finally make senior member, and it's taken away from me a couple of days later
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Dang and after a year and a half I was 3/4 of the way to senior member, and you ripped it out from under me!

Ken
 
well, here goes my meaningless post: i was only like 10 away from being senior!SO WHAT! i think i'll live.good decision mike and spark.i still want my free t shirt and to be shown the secret handshake though!

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russ aka bladezealot. a sick mind is never bored
 
Senior means nothing. I gained Senior status at 30 posts. Which is what it used to take in the older days. I also lost some 50 posts during one of the transsisions to better software. So what does it mean "absolutely nothing".

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Cogito Cogito Ergo Cogito Sum


 
Originally posted by Ken B:
Dang and after a year and a half I was 3/4 of the way to senior member, and you ripped it out from under me!Ken

I shouldn't tell this because I was sworn to secrecy when I made Senior Member but for those of us that DID make Senior Member, we each got a free Mad Dog knife. I suppose that policy will be discontinued now since senior status has been eliminated.

Sorry to let this secret out but it had to be told. I hope I don't get banned from the forum.



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Hoodoo

No, I do not weep at the world--I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
Zora Neale Hurston

Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt.
Lao Tsu
 
It just goes to show you that "if it's not broke.......you can pretty darn well fix it anyway".

It was fine before and fine now. What's the big deal?
 
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