Blaze 2008, Ayr 9/12th May 2008:
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21st-November-2002, 08:45 AM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Jan 2002
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Reputation Total: 59  |  Signs of forum addiction Morning all! I think over the last few weeks a number of us have admitted that we tend to use the forum just a wee bit..... Here are some of the things that made me realise that I was an addict... has anyone got any others??? - 70 posts in (effectively) eight days - typing the codes for smilies in text messages and e-mails - having longer conversations on the forum than with "real" people - reading an on-line article in an e-journal, agreeing with it and trying to find the "quote" button so I could respond to it (no, honestly, I was...) - staying up all night to do the work I should have done when I was blethering on the forum - being unable to susutain an "ordinary" conversation without reference to the forum ....and that's just for starters... But here's the real test - I dare you to take it.... 1. go to the forum home page 2. log in 3. click on "view new posts" 4. wait untill the results come up 5. minimise your internet browser 6. get on with other work on the computer for at least an hour WITHOUT checking one of those threads if you look at the forum before the hour's up you're an addict. Anyone got any cures??? Jayne  |
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21st-November-2002, 09:34 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cruden Bay (Aberdeen)
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__________________ I used to be an angel, you know with halo and those wings; Now that i'm a devil, my mind's on other things... My feathers turned to ash, and my harp has broke in two; I took uppon myself, to have a dance with you... | |
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21st-November-2002, 10:01 AM
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| The Forum Legend  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dundee, Scotland
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21st-November-2002, 10:26 AM
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| Papa Smurf  Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Scathe
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Reputation Total: 2273 | I've only done 0.70 posts per day, nothing at all really. Less than one. See, Im not addicted. 
__________________ "defiantly a pork soared" -fletch "This is a discussion forum, not some sort of hippy poetry-reading commune" - TAFKADJ |
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21st-November-2002, 11:00 AM
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| Not a spoon!  Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Holby
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21st-November-2002, 11:48 AM
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| Omnipresent Administrator  Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scotland
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Reputation Total: 1508 | Re: Signs of forum addiction Quote:
 If you are all addicts, then I must be the dealer  I suppose I could always turn it off for a few days... You know, just you get a few things done etc...  However, as a dealer of highly addictive drugs (Ceroc, the forum...), I have committed the cardinal sin of being a user myself...  Try and pry my RSI afflicted fingers off the keyboard if you dare! :reallymad Seriously, though, I might have to switch off the Forum for a few days in the next few weeks, so that I can upgrade to a better host etc... Just giving you plenty of warning. I'll try and pick one of the statistically quieter few days to do it. Franck. | |
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21st-November-2002, 12:04 PM
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| An Eclectic Toaster  Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Glasgow
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Graham, fancy chipping in to buy a big box of tranquilisers? Quote:
Do you realise, that with many classes closing on some dates over the festive season, people will be suffering withdrawal symptoms anyway and will turn to the Forum as a methadone program? More importantly, do you realise it's folks like me and Graham who'll be picking up the pieces, Franck...  PS Maybe someone should set up a Yahoo! group nearer the time to act as a substitute 
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21st-November-2002, 12:19 PM
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| The Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dundee, Scotland
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21st-November-2002, 12:25 PM
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Prblm-Hever wud cmpln abt spelng in r psts David | |
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21st-November-2002, 12:31 PM
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| The Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dundee, Scotland
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21st-November-2002, 02:09 PM
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| Papa Smurf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Scathe
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21st-November-2002, 04:22 PM
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| Papa Smurf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Scathe
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__________________ "defiantly a pork soared" -fletch "This is a discussion forum, not some sort of hippy poetry-reading commune" - TAFKADJ | |
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21st-November-2002, 09:06 PM
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| Omnipotent Moderatrix (LMC)  Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sarf East London
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Reputation Total: 99 | Yeah, I've been humming and haaing about adding a dance section to the linkage on my website ...I've avoided it thus far because that section is not intended as a reflection of my bookmarks - just a selection of interesting stuff. To add a lengthy dance section seems incongruous to me. And yeah Scathe, I wanna keep you all to myself, bebe!  |
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21st-November-2002, 09:36 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Versailles (yeah, in the chateau itself !)
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Reputation Total: 270 | You know you are an addict when... You are late for CEROC cos you can't drag yourself off the forum !!!! (even with the knowledge that you'll have to park miles away and get soaked ) You don't hang around and chat too long after CEROC cos you can't wait to get home to get on the forum.. You sit in the same room as your other half (both!) on the forum Your don't even care if you make spelling mistakes cos you haven't got time to preview everything you say You talk (out loud kind - remember that !!!) with smilies You dream about people on the forum (might share with them at the party ) You don't (can't!!) take the time to do the test Jayne mentioned cos you just have too much to read and write on the forum !!! You look forward to speaking to your cyber chums and stop phoning real people You consider getting a t-shirt made up with your avatar on it for THE PARTY so that forum people will recognise you straight away You change your mind about the above cos you think maybe you could make a better "first" impression if they didn't know who were !!!! (I mean Gus could think I'm an opinionated feminist who wants to lead or ErickLondon could think - oh jeez, EVERYONE could see that stuff ?????!!!!) I don't think I'M addicted though ... I don't have a problem ... It's like CEROC... never been addicted to that either ... and no way am a ever going to be addicted to blues !!! I just say "no" like the ad says....... Wx |
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