By the way

[masterinbama]

question for the moderators. When and how did I become a senior member? (and do I get free AARP and a dental plan?)

[JohnJ0906]

question for the moderators. When and how did I become a senior member? (and do I get free AARP and a dental plan?)

Junior member = 0 to 29 posts
Member = 30 + posts
Senior member = 100 + posts

[macmikeman]

Im not a moderator, but one of them told me it was because your starting to get a bald spot on the back of your head where you didn't notice it yet....:grin:

[masterinbama]

if I'm going bald mom and I need to have a talk about the milkman or for those that remember the Charles Chip guy

[JohnJ0906]

Im not a moderator, but one of them told me it was because your starting to get a bald spot on the back of your head where you didn't notice it yet....:grin:
That's just wrong.... :grin:

Actually, I wish it was in the back where I can't see it. The receding hairline in front, right where I can see it, is a bit depressing....

[chris kennedy]

question for the moderators. When and how did I become a senior member?
Devine intervention?

(and do I get free AARP and a dental plan?)
Senior members don't have teeth.

[480sparky]

Devine intervention?
Senior members don't have teeth.

And you get a better deal when you join the Good Sam (http://www.goodsamclub.com/)club. :D

[masterinbama]

Well Sparky my folks were born and raised in Iowa so that makes us kin right? Can I park the trailer at your place on my way to Okabogee next year? LOL

[480sparky]

Well Sparky my folks were born and raised in Iowa so that makes us kin right? Can I park the trailer at your place on my way to Okabogee next year? LOL

No, you're thinking of Mizzouri. But feel free to stop by anyway!

[frizbeedog]

question for the moderators. When and how did I become a senior member? (and do I get free AARP and a dental plan?)

After you get to 100 posts there's no more goodies.....except knowlege. :smile:

Welcome, and don't forget to floss. :grin:

[masterinbama]

Okabogee is in NW Iowa near Estherville and Spirit Lake. Some great fishing up there. I have an aunt and uncle near Iowa city I plan to visit this fall for a little quail hunting though.

[480sparky]

....Welcome, and don't forget to floss. :grin:

Um, ya don't floss dentures, sonny!

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc172/480sparky/Typingman.jpg

[mdshunk]

Masterinbama, since you didn't register with your real name, you don't get the free T-shirt now. JohnJ0906 got his shirt because his real last name is J0906. He's the last in his bloodline. Good thing, too, since J0906 is hard to pronounce. The 9 is silent. :smile:

[masterinbama]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=h-B3bWwK_Bk

[frizbeedog]

...you don't get the free T-shirt now.

Uh...I didnt hear about the free T-shirt.

Large, Tall please. :smile:

[masterinbama]

http://www.bumpertalk.com/bumpertalk/BC012A.html

[zog]

Junior member = 0 to 29 posts
Member = 30 + posts
Senior member = 100 + posts

Those are pretty weak requirements, some guys here do 100 posts a week.

[mdshunk]

Those are pretty weak requirements, some guys here do 100 posts a week.
Pretty often you'll notice a person post who has maybe 3 posts but their join date was years ago.

[roger]

Those are pretty weak requirements, some guys here do 100 posts a week.

Heck, George literally gave a member 6,000,000,000 posts one day, (Moderators can do that) it has been corrected though.

Roger

[480sparky]

Pretty often you'll notice a person post who has maybe 3 posts but their join date was years ago.

And I hate those.

They register, ask a handful of questions, and you never hear from them again.

It would be nice to know if their problem was solved, and what the resolution ended up being.

[Dennis Alwon]

And I hate those.

They register, ask a handful of questions, and you never hear from them again.

It would be nice to know if their problem was solved, and what the resolution ended up being.

Since this thread has no apparent direction :D, I was wondering why a message could not be made to come up explaining to the beginning poster that their message may take awhile to show up. I think many posters , myself included, would type a question or response and realize that it never showed up so the retype or , worse yet, they just give up and don't come back.

Thus, here we are second guessing the posters question and they are never around to help us understand their question.

[mdshunk]

Since this thread has no apparent direction :D, I was wondering why a message could not be made to come up explaining to the beginning poster that their message may take awhile to show up. I think many posters , myself included, would type a question or response and realize that it never showed up so the retype or , worse yet, they just give up and don't come back.

Thus, here we are second guessing the posters question and they are never around to help us understand their question.
I think new posters should need to demonstrate where they've effectively posted elsewhere, under the auspices of a net savvy master, for a year or so. At that point, they'd be eligible to take the exam to be able to post here. At that point, they could be granted the posting license and be eligible to post. Sound good?

[iwire]

Since this thread has no apparent direction :D, I was wondering why a message could not be made to come up explaining to the beginning poster that their message may take awhile to show up.

I believe that info is actually provided at the sign up. :smile:

But like so much information provided at any Internet / software registration we all blow right by it.

[iwire]

I think new posters should need to demonstrate where they've effectively posted elsewhere, under the auspices of a net savvy master, for a year or so. At that point, they'd be eligible to take the exam to be able to post here. At that point, they could be granted the posting license and be eligible to post. Sound good?

Yes, but only under the condition I can be a 'net savvy' training provider. My rates would be reasonable (at least to me :D)

[Rockyd]

Frizbeedog,

After you get to 100 posts there's no more goodies.....except knowlege.

You're not qualified to make those kinds of comments! Where's Iwire (Bob) when you need him?

He is the grand master of posting, not to mention the AHJ around this neck of the woods (for the most part).:)

[roger]

Dennis, click HERE (http://forums.mikeholt.com/announcement.php?f=65) and HERE (http://forums.mikeholt.com/sendmessage.php)

Roger

[Rockyd]

Oh, and Roger! He has the king's hat for this season.

[mdshunk]

Oh, and Roger! He has the king's hat for this season.
Actually, it's a feathered headdress.

[Rockyd]

HMMM might have to consider becoming a mod...too many things happen that can't be seen from this side the curtain, go on ...

[charlie b]

if I'm going bald mom and I need to have a talk about the milkman or for those that remember the Charles Chip guy
I think you would have to have a talk with your mother's mother, actually, unless her husband was bald. A college classmate of mine (OK, that was way back in the last millenium), a pre-med student at the time (now a computer engineer) once proved to me that baldness is a trait you inherit from your maternal grandfather. Don't ask me to reproduce the proof; all I can do it to report the story. :D

By the way, my maternal grandfather was a classic billiard ball; yep, I got it from him. :grin:

[LarryFine]

You're not qualified to make those kinds of comments! Where's Iwire (Bob) when you need him?

He is the grand master of posting, not to mention the AHJ around this neck of the woods (for the most part).:)
Well, that certainly explains the brown-nosing. 8-)

[LarryFine]

Heck, George literally gave a member 6,000,000,000 posts one day. You sure it was posts?
http://www.celestin.com/images/mcdonalds.jpg

[tmbrk]

I think new posters should need to demonstrate where they've effectively posted elsewhere, under the auspices of a net savvy master, for a year or so. At that point, they'd be eligible to take the exam to be able to post here. At that point, they could be granted the posting license and be eligible to post. Sound good?

Don't forget proof of post insurance..oh yes, and a post permit filed with the moderators. After passing final inspection their message will then be posted.

[Dennis Alwon]

Dennis, click HERE (http://forums.mikeholt.com/announcement.php?f=65) and HERE (http://forums.mikeholt.com/sendmessage.php)

Roger

I realize the info is available but as I was trying to say and Bob pointed out, many of us just blow thru the directions. It takes a while to get use to a forum. This is the only forum I have ever been on and I had to play to learn. I am not one of those read and learn guys.

I did figure out that it was taking time because I was new. I just think we may get responses back from beginning posters if those messages came up when you hit the submit button for the first time or two.

[roger]

many of us just blow thru the directions.

And thats normal, it's the electricians way.

At some point if they're really interested in an answer, they will go back and read the directions in depth.

Roger

[LarryFine]

Directions? We don't need no stinkin' directions! 8-)

[iwire]

I realize the info is available but as I was trying to say and Bob pointed out, many of us just blow thru the directions.

So I really don't understand what your looking for? :)

We all agree the instructions are there and that people ignore them.

Should the moderators be calling each new member at sign up and go over the rules? ;)


Dennis I am just joking around I have no idea what more could be done, we Moderators do not have the keys to the forum controls so it is really out of our hands. :smile:

[Dennis Alwon]

Dennis I am just joking around I have no idea what more could be done, we Moderators do not have the keys to the forum controls so it is really out of our hands. :smile:

I realize you guys don't program the forum. The web guys do that and I was just thinking that when a newbie hits the submit button the message would pop up. I believe this would pretty much guarantee that the poster see this particular rule. It isn't that important I just thought it would facilitate the newbies responses.

I would be curious to know how many one time posters there are that have never responded to the thread they started.

[Rockyd]

Larry Fine,

Brown nosing?! Where's em mods? Gotta get you in a cage to be censured!

I, I, I, just can't believe you said that...broken hearted on a Sunday mornin...

Must be some kind of mistake... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08UGD6kOwMU&feature=related)

[mivey]

Larry, you are going to ruin iwire's star student...and to have him upset and all like that...on a Sunday too...aren't you ashamed of yourself? :grin:

[LarryFine]

Not at all. I posted that on Saturday. It's not my fault if Mr. Sensitive takes a day to catch up. :D

Besides, if Bob inspected in my area, my nose would probably be a bit more tanned, too. 8-)

[K8MHZ]

Directions? We don't need no stinkin' directions! 8-)

I smell smoke...