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  • W W Balboos GHB

    grralph1 wrote:

    I often wonder what the people look like in real life. Some offer this but most don't. I can understand why.

    You could at least put up some cheesy avatar on your profile.  I think you're being ironic and that's not appreciated in The Lounge!

    Ravings en masse^

    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

    "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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    grralph1
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    haha Would rather look like Bob. Not into cheesy unless it smells great. ...and of all people I wouldn't have thought that you were a sworn member of the irony police. However, yes I stand guilty. I admit it. I can send a sworn statement and make amends, but, you are going to be really disappointed when you see my picture and i am sure that you will then request that an empty Bob be returned to my profile image.

    "Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980

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    • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

      A special place for special people.

      I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally! JaxCoder.com

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      grralph1
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      Yes. So glad that second special wasn't in single quotes.

      "Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980

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      • K kmoorevs

        I have a very similar story, finding this site around 12 years ago via Google and joining for the newsletters. (Thanks Kent for the daily zingers! :laugh: ) Also like you, I spend the vast majority of my time here in the Lounge enjoying the wit, sarcasm, and mostly interesting conversations, thoughts, and rants of the cast here. There are some really smart and witty people here! :)

        "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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        grralph1
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        :thumbsup: Exactly. Couldn't have said it better. Thanks

        "Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980

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        • D dandy72

          grralph1 wrote:

          But one of the best things about CP is that I will enjoy and be entertained by people that I wouldn't like in real life.

          What is this site if not real life? I can assure you I'm real enough. But now I'm beginning to have doubts...

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          Being unreal used to be a good thing. Being real and unreal at the same time now is still OK. Well better than Ok.

          "Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980

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          • G grralph1

            When I first joined Code Project I loved getting the newsletter with the witty comments under the headings. I still enjoy these. Over all these years my favourite place on CP is the lounge. It is such a great place to visit and be in. I rarely go anywhere else here, except to download some code or example. I don't respond very often, but I do enjoy and love it here in the lounge. I often wonder what the people look like in real life. Some offer this but most don't. I can understand why. But one of the best things about CP is that I will enjoy and be entertained by people that I wouldn't like in real life. OK that is a bit of an assumption. Maybe true or not, but that is what I feel sometimes. E.G. I miss Dalek Dave. I always loved his posts. But i doubt that I would have liked him in real life. This is what makes the lounge a special place. Anyone else feel the same?

            "Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980

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            MKJCP
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            A great post grralph1. I start my workday with the newsletter to get the neurons firing. I often end up here. It's a pleasant little eddy in life's river of BS. Thanks to all who make this happen.

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            • D dandy72

              grralph1 wrote:

              But one of the best things about CP is that I will enjoy and be entertained by people that I wouldn't like in real life.

              What is this site if not real life? I can assure you I'm real enough. But now I'm beginning to have doubts...

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              maze3
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              dandy72 wrote:

              What is this site if not real life?

              Well like the broken quote goes I [submit posts] therefor I am. But I cannot prove that all the other posts are posted from real people, and not some self generating posting machine. :sigh:

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              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                I liked DD, and was sorry to see him leave.

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                Why did Dalek Dave leave?

                Slow Eddie

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                  Why did Dalek Dave leave?

                  Slow Eddie

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                  realJSOP
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                  I don't remember.

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                  When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                  • S Slow Eddie

                    Why did Dalek Dave leave?

                    Slow Eddie

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                    Caslen
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                    Because people finally realised what an obnoxious jerk he was?

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                    • C Caslen

                      Because people finally realised what an obnoxious jerk he was?

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                      Slow Eddie
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                      Sorry to hear that. People say things on line they would never say out loud face to face.

                      I am amazed the ways people find to hurt each other.

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