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01-17-2011, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
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Originally Posted by Solumina
Well that went down hill rather quickly
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You know how I get when I'm bored.
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01-17-2011, 12:06 PM
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#27
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
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Morgan, what you can do is use Firefox. It has an automatic spellchecker underlining suspect words in red and then you can right click for a choice of replacement words. I use it for all my posts, but it doesn't catch grammar mistakes like using "there" when you should use "their" and "to" when it should be "too".
But yeah, members here get a little snarky about spelling, punctuation, grammar, and the rest of the usual literary crimes. There are even threads about "What words do you hate people using?" etc.
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01-17-2011, 01:19 PM
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#28
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by Solumina
Well that went down hill rather quickly
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I was rather impressed myself.
-- And this happens to every new person that comes to the site? Well, it's definitely an effective way to cull the herd, but Jeeze...
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01-17-2011, 01:31 PM
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#29
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
Morgan, what you can do is use Firefox.
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I am using Firefox. I refuse to use anything else. However, I do type rather fast and don't always look carefully at what I'm typing -- especially when it's just a Forum.
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
...But yeah, members here get a little snarky about spelling, punctuation, grammar, and the rest of the usual literary crimes. There are even threads about "What words do you hate people using?" etc.
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I understand, and in fact I can be the same way. However, there is a difference between a literary endeavor and a forum post. I prefer to save my criticism for actual literary work and I prefer to make them Constructive, not Destructive.
To quote one of my favorite people:
" Criticism is only real criticism is if gives you ideas on how to improve. Anything else is just bitchiness." -- SpookyPurple
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01-17-2011, 01:37 PM
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#30
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia
Oh, I guess that's why I never read your books. I'm only 15, lol.
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It shows.
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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia
My badsies! I think I was only jealous because I really want to write dark erotica, but it never turns out any good at all. Humph!
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Well, of course silly! You have to have sex before you can write about it.
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01-17-2011, 02:21 PM
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#31
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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Originally Posted by morganhawke
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To quote one of my favorite people:
"Criticism is only real criticism is if gives you ideas on how to improve. Anything else is just bitchiness." -- SpookyPurple
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OH MY GAW! You know SpookyPurple???
Please ask her to come back to Gnet. I haven't seen her posts in years. She probably wouldn't care for me to say this but...well...
She is the only other member close to my age that used to post more or less regularly.
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01-17-2011, 02:40 PM
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#32
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Originally Posted by morganhawke
It shows.
Well, of course silly! You have to have sex before you can write about it.
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Check and mate.
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01-17-2011, 02:45 PM
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#33
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia
Check and mate.
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Now then, how about we start over?
-- Hi, my name is Morgan. I like writing stories. And you...?
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01-17-2011, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,721
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This is my new favorite thread.
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All pleasure is relief from tension. - William S. Burroughs
Witches have no wit, said the magician who was weak.
Hula, hula, said the witches. - Norman Mailer
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01-17-2011, 02:51 PM
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#35
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
OH MY GAW! You know SpookyPurple???
Please ask her to come back to Gnet. I haven't seen her posts in years. She probably wouldn't care for me to say this but...well...
She is the only other member close to my age that used to post more or less regularly.
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Sadly, we didn't remain in contact after the 'Exodus', but she was excellent people and very level-headed; especially considering what was happening at the time.
As as aside, I'm around your age too -- and then some. 
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01-17-2011, 02:52 PM
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#36
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Originally Posted by morganhawke
Now then, how about we start over?
-- Hi, my name is Morgan. I like writing stories. And you...?
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Oh hey, what up.
UO's the name, and gettin' drunk and making fun of random people is the game.
Sometimes.
In any case, hey.
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01-17-2011, 02:53 PM
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#37
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child
This is my new favorite thread.
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Welcome to the Show!
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01-17-2011, 02:59 PM
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#38
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,721
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I will hump this thread until my junk feels like a sandpaper dildo.
EDIT: It will be awesome.
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All pleasure is relief from tension. - William S. Burroughs
Witches have no wit, said the magician who was weak.
Hula, hula, said the witches. - Norman Mailer
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01-17-2011, 03:02 PM
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#39
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia
Oh hey, what up.
UO's the name, and gettin' drunk and making fun of random people is the game.
Sometimes.
In any case, hey.
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Hey UO,
-- I can respect that. I'm rather fond of cutting people down to size myself. Logic is my weapon of choice. Very difficult to fight logic, but it Can be done if you're clever.
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01-17-2011, 03:04 PM
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#40
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child
I will hump this thread until my junk feels like a sandpaper dildo.
EDIT: It will be awesome.
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I'll do my best to keep the conversation well lubricated.
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01-17-2011, 03:29 PM
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#41
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Yeah, I'm not really concerned.
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01-17-2011, 05:21 PM
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#42
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
Posts: 8,030
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Things seem to have taken a turn for the better, looks like it's time for a group hug!
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Live a life extraordinary with me
Live a life less sedentary
Live a life evolutionary with me
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01-17-2011, 05:29 PM
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#43
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 2,670
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This ceasefire is fucking boring.
Hey Ophie, she said you have a fat ass. No joke. Handle dat shit!
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You should talk you fugly, cat bashing, psychopathic urinal on two legs...
-Jack_the_knife
I don't hate you. Saying I hate you would be like saying I hate a dog with no legs trying to cross a busy freeway.
-Mr. Filth
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01-17-2011, 05:31 PM
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#44
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by PortraitOfSanity
This ceasefire is fucking boring.
Hey Ophie, she said you have a fat ass. No joke. Handle dat shit!
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Aww... You're so cute when someone takes your candy away.
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01-17-2011, 05:34 PM
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#45
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by Solumina
Things seem to have taken a turn for the better, looks like it's time for a group hug!
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The mud-slinging does seem to have died down.
-- Hopefully this means that my hazing session is finally over.
You work in Historic Williamsburg? SWEET! I was there a couple years back during one of the Revolutionary War things; garbed out and everything. I so want to live there.
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01-17-2011, 08:57 PM
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#46
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back in Wisconsin(thinking about invading the south)
Posts: 3,693
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Well I didn't sling any mud, would you like a brownie and count that as mudslinging instead?
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"The chaos of the world viewed from a distance reveals perfection."- me
"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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01-17-2011, 09:12 PM
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#47
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by Renatus
Well I didn't sling any mud, would you like a brownie and count that as mudslinging instead?
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Ooo! Sling chocolate at me any time! LOL!
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01-17-2011, 09:25 PM
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#48
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back in Wisconsin(thinking about invading the south)
Posts: 3,693
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Originally Posted by morganhawke
Ooo! Sling chocolate at me any time! LOL!
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Actually I have a better idea *crumbles a brownie and puts it in chocolate pudding and slings that instead*. The consistency of mud.
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"The chaos of the world viewed from a distance reveals perfection."- me
"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”- Einstein
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01-17-2011, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
Posts: 8,030
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Originally Posted by morganhawke
You work in Historic Williamsburg? SWEET! I was there a couple years back during one of the Revolutionary War things; garbed out and everything. I so want to live there.
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Well I work in Williamsburg but not the colonial bit. I actually work at a resort about 10 minutes down the road, although we do have a 300 year old manor house that the property is built around.
I do agree that the area is lovely but it is growing rather quickly, which I've seen play out before with less than stellar results (at least here it is mostly sustainable and mostly business oriented so things may go better than they did in NoVa), and it is rather expensive so I still live down in Newport News. I am happy to say that the growth has led to some fantastic restaurants opening.
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Live a life less ordinary
Live a life extraordinary with me
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Live a life evolutionary with me
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01-17-2011, 09:55 PM
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#50
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NC-USA
Posts: 38
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Originally Posted by Solumina
Well I work in Williamsburg but not the colonial bit.
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Shame...
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Originally Posted by Solumina
I actually work at a resort about 10 minutes down the road, although we do have a 300 year old manor house that the property is built around.
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At least you're not trapped in a corporate office and Newport News is a fairly pretty town.
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Originally Posted by Solumina
I do agree that the area is lovely but it is growing rather quickly, which I've seen play out before with less than stellar results...
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Unfortunately, I've seen that happen here in Charlotte. Stupid out of state corporations buying large chunks of perfectly nice forest and putting stupid condos on it that are too damned expensive for anyone to live in. They're all over the place -- and they're all Empty.
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Originally Posted by Solumina
I am happy to say that the growth has led to some fantastic restaurants opening.
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Mmm... Restaurants...
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