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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:29 PM
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Serious Question: Do you ever look at the threads in GD and think or know
they belong in the lounge and think the OP believes they are "too good" for us "lizards" - I see it happen several times a day with posters whose names I don't recognize....are we really the red-headed step child of DU? :cry:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:30 PM
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1. There are some damned librul elitists over there in GD.
x(
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:31 PM
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2. Sometimes I think that, too - I also think they know who we are and
when we post in GD they are surprised.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:32 PM
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4. Yeah, I get that sense sometimes, too.
But, when I'm in GD or the Texas forum, I'm usually quite serious.
I'm only a big goof in here!

:D
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RawMaterials Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:31 PM
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3. no
but the lounge has its own group and it can be intimidatign for outsiders. I usaly post in the SMW and im sure that some might be scared to post, but they are more then welcome to post when they want.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:33 PM
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6. The lizards are intimidating? I thought we were the outcasts to be
swept under the rug -- what have I missed?
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:39 PM
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16. It's true, there's a big crowd here that knows each other
and so that can be a little intimidating, but I think that happens in every forum. I think people tend to post lounge-like posts in their 'home' forum because they know the people they are familiar with there will see it. I do most of my nattering in 2004 ER&D myself.... :shrug:
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ashmanonar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:33 PM
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"are we really the red-headed step child of DU?"
no, i believe that onus belongs firmly to the 911 denizens. lounge is just a way to blow off steam, or be silly if you feel like it.

i haven't seen one productive (non-bashed) thread out of 911: some people bring up thoughtful, open questions to something that bothers them; and the "debunkers" take great relish in rightfully (or wrongfully) destroying the peoples' egos--i mean questions...:evilgrin:

but in any case. the lounge is great. sometimes a little random, but great.
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:33 PM
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5. They obviously hate the us and the Lounge for our freedom
:)
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:34 PM
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7. You and your sock puppet(s) are a mess - I think I am falling in love!
:P
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:36 PM
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10. Who ME? :O
I have no idea what you mean.(Hehehehehe) :P
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:34 PM
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8. Us lizards
don't even go there any more...

I'll go back to hiding under my rock, mind you!
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:45 PM
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27. I don't get it, he's crying because he was banned
Since no one else replied to this post.

I had to get your attention somehow...:shrug:
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:35 PM
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9. Yes.
Happened today, in fact. But hell - I don't care. We've got a great group here. If we're scorned, well...it's their loss.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:37 PM
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12. I think they don't think we are serious in our politics, but that couldn't
be further from the truth -- it's just that we are serious in our fun as well. Hell, if I didn't laugh, I'd go insane.
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:40 PM
Response to Reply #12
19. Yes, the Lounge is a wonderful distraction...
...from the mangled car wreck that is GD.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:41 PM
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20. When I first found DU, I spent a lot of time reading GD and GD:P
And I was overjoyed to find people who shared my political views. (Though the way some made sweeping generalizations about Christians drove me a little nuts). Then I found the Lounge and thought "OMG! There are really smart funny people who think like me here! I never in a million years thought I would find such a large group of people who are so well read and articulate and totally random and goofy!!"

I haven't left since! :)
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:43 PM
Response to Reply #20
23. Have a seat and tell me more!
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:48 PM
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28. Did I tell you I actually saw one of those ugly-ass zebra shoe-chairs
You know - when we redecorated the Lounge and replaced your chaise with the ugly high-heel shoe chair? Well I actually saw one at Home Goods last week. I almost peed my pants laughing. :bounce:
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:49 PM
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29. I always classified myself as serious, studious, etc..
and on the side of taking myself too seriously --- until I got to GD. Ha! I ran outta there as fast as I could and now after reading LBN whenever I login, I stay here almost exclusively, with the exception of a few Groups.

I never knew I was a goofball who much preferred the lighter side of life until DU. Honestly. Doesn't mean I don't hold very firmly to my very liberal beliefs, but hell, I'd rather be having a good time than duking it out over Gannon.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:50 PM
Response to Reply #29
31. Exactly!
:toast:
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 02:01 AM
Response to Reply #12
91. You folks do know
that there are plenty of us who post in both, nay more than just both. I don't come to the lounge for heavy conversation but that doesn't mean I think any less of the lounge. The lounge helps me remember that life can exist and be fun, even in the end times. ;)
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:37 PM
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13. Sad too hear...
I made my first GD: politics thread in weeks this afternoon...
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:39 PM
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18. I lurk more in the other forums than I post -- but it doesn't mean I'm not
interested, it just means I feel I have nothing more to add. But, I did post today - I hate those damned "is Bush worse than Hitler" threads.
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stpalm Donating Member (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:36 PM
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11. I think the Lounge is a good spot on DU.
I browse the political boards occasionally but don't post there often at all. I don't think people care about what I say and my opinion matches up with most everyone else's, so what's the point I say. That is why I like to debate on other boards. I come to DU when I want to be with like-minded people on a really active board.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:38 PM
Response to Reply #11
14. Do you normally post in the lounge? or in GD or another forum?
Do you think the people in the lounge are less politically motivated than those who post in the other forums?
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stpalm Donating Member (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:56 PM
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34. The Lounge is just what I want-
general, fast moving discussion with occassional forays into left-wing politics through the fun polls and whatnot. If I need my dose of flaming liberal vitrol for the day I will look through the greatest threads and reinforce my liberal beliefs which are always threatened where I live.

I would say people here are just as motivated, but not as motivated about going on and on about the same old stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love DU, but sometimes the whole site can be a bit much.
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:39 PM
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15. No, they are the step-children.
We've shunned them. O8) They can be pretty biting! The Lounge is a haven of respite from the misery in the world.
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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:39 PM
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17. I resent the red-headed stepchild remark
Edited on Sat Feb-26-05 11:40 PM by hippiechick
:P (kidding)

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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:41 PM
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21. I lurve red hair - you know what I meant by it - surely you have felt
like an outsider for having red hair - just as I have felt like an outsider for having curly hair (in the days when the "Dorothy Hamill" ruled)
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:42 PM
Response to Reply #21
22. I had a Dorothy Hammill haircut
I will never forgive my mother for that. Ever. :grr:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:44 PM
Response to Reply #22
25. You've seen my pic! -- all my friends had one. My hair looked like
it was trying desperately to leave my head.
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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:43 PM
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24. I said I was kidding !!
I hear it all the time. It doesn't offend me - to the contrary, it makes me chuckle that we reds have such a place of honor. :)

:toast:
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:04 AM
Response to Reply #17
70. You do too?
What do they have against redheads?
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:45 PM
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26. We are "one" at DU...Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya...
Reach out to GD and feel the love.

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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:49 PM
Response to Reply #26
30. Heh - this is my favorite thing to post in GD:
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Melissa G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:00 AM
Response to Reply #30
36. Love the popcorn...You may have just enticed me into the lounge
from my incessant hovering in the 2004 election forum. GD has never held my attention but you guys and gals are tooo funny! Glad to have found you on Greatest.
mg
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:08 AM
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44. Wait a sec - we're on the "greatest" - how did that happen?
Welcome to the lounge, btw - I'm Julie, your cruise director - may I give you directions to the Leedo Deck? Are you interested in shuffleboard or perhaps some BINGO? Just let me know if I can be of service to you. :hi:
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Melissa G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:28 AM
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53. Hey Julie/ Jimmy..What do you do that is jazzy?
I'm married to a professional jazz musician..which is why this lounge is as close to a Saturday night out as I'm gonna get.:toast:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:50 AM
Response to Reply #53
62. I think you need to hook up with progmom who broadcasts a
jazz radio program and has other dealings in the jazz world - plus she is a way cool lady. But, me - I just stole my name from a Clash tune:

The police walked in for jimmy jazz
I said, he ain’t here, but he sure went past
Oh, you’re looking for jimmy jazz

Sattamassagana for jimmy dread
Cut off his ears and chop off his head
Police came looking for jimmy jazz

So if you’re gonna take a message ’cross this town
Maybe put it down somewhere over the other side
See it gets to jimmy jazz

Don’t you bother me, not anymore
I can’t take this tale, oh, no more
It’s all around, jimmy jazz

J-a-zee zee j-a-zed zed
J-a-zed zed jimmy jazz
And then it sucks, he said, suck that!
So go look all around, you can try your luck, brother
And see what you found
But I guarantee that it ain’t your day
Chop! chop!
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Melissa G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:59 AM
Response to Reply #62
67. life with my husband fills my jazz quota...I prefer yoga and politics
But I'm sure progmom is really cool and so is your tune.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:11 AM
Response to Reply #67
71. Is your husband a nationally known professional jazz musician?
Would I have maybe heard of him?
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Melissa G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 11:47 AM
Response to Reply #71
98. Nope..maybe if you live in Texas.. He directs an award winning
education program called the Austin Jazz Workshop. Add .com and check it out. He also has another band that plays weddings and events.:hi:
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:54 PM
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32. You want to talk about red-haired step childred...
Would you please explain to me all your slang and "In-jokes"

Did I miss out on something? :shrug:

I still don't know what you guys are talking about half the time?
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:56 PM
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33. What do you mean by "my slang" and "in-jokes?"
Examples please and I'll be more than happy to share.
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:01 AM
Response to Reply #33
37. What's a "boo" for example
that confused and alienated me for weeks!

And last night P.Mom talked about "Peeps" I seriously had to have to ask her explain that to me...

You must understand, I live nowhere near a big city and am unfamiliar with your urban culture...
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:04 AM
Response to Reply #37
39. Peeps are friends. A boo is a boyfriend or girlfriend. Alicia Keyes
calls Usher, her "boo." What can I tellya, for a middle aged white girl, I'm still kinda cool - just ask Benjamin :7
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:07 AM
Response to Reply #39
42. Is there, like, an online dictonary....
To everything jj says...:shrug:

If not...Zorch!
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:06 AM
Response to Reply #37
41. Sweet, sweet Longgrain
You really are serious? I have always assumed you were joking when you pouted about not getting what we were talking about.


Here's what I do when I don't get it: I use Google. Here is the second entry for "peeps means" : >> In that time, I learned that "all my peeps" means "all my friends." <<

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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:09 AM
Response to Reply #41
45. Thanks for letting me in your club!
I'll behave myself in the future...:hi:
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 11:59 PM
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35. Don't know. I just post in the lounge because it is easier to type than
"General Discussion: Politics" and "Open Source and Free Software Group"
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:03 AM
Response to Reply #35
38. I beg to differ. You post in the lounge because, if you didn't,
you would miss me. Confess! :P
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:08 AM
Response to Reply #38
43. Well, I didn't want to appear to be stalking or anything :) n/t
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:05 AM
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40. I don't think about it too much
I read all sorts of rooms, but mostly post here. That's all.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:11 AM
Response to Reply #40
47. Oooh hey newbie!
How the hell are you? Welcome to DU! :hi:


:P
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:15 AM
Response to Reply #47
49. I was dancing all night
The band was fab. :7

I am now buzzed and broadcasting from a different space.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:22 AM
Response to Reply #49
51. An undisclosed location, perhaps?
You dog!
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:11 AM
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46. I post in all of them, but I only got flamed once and that
was in Latest. Some guy called me a liar and when I told him to quit being such a drama queen, he blew up and demanded an apology. I decided to just leave because nobody likes to see that crap when we are all supposed to be on the same side.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:14 AM
Response to Reply #46
48. You did the right thing. Sometimes having the last word isn't worth it!
:)
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:22 AM
Response to Reply #46
52. Thank for the hint.
I see this as a place where we can disagree respectfully without being called liars or 'disruptor's' simply for not agreeing with what one individual thinks should be the collective party line. I do like the 'drama queen' characterization. The trick is to use it and not break the 'personal attack' rule. How about: "Calling me a liar is such a drama queen behavior. I know that's not what you mean." How's that?
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:29 AM
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54. You will not start a flame war in my thread - I am not yvr girl!
Don't break my streak is all I'm saying :P

If you disobey me, you will get this: :spank:
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:39 AM
Response to Reply #54
59. Oh please don't "Gannon" me! Especially in public...
:pals:
It's all good JimmyJazz!
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 04:04 PM
Response to Reply #54
102. You're so bad
By the way, I think you're right. I've seen posts in GD that I would have placed in the lounge. They're scared of us.
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:17 AM
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50. I post in GD & The Lounge...I'm not good enough for either place!!!

I'm not worthy!
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:30 AM
Response to Reply #50
55. No actually - "we're not worthy" Hence the title of this thread.
:o
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:41 AM
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61. OK, you're not worthy either. Just being agreeable.
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Tigress DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:31 AM
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56. Maybe you guys can help me out...
I put this post up in General Politics and never got a nibble. Where does it best belong?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1624693
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:35 AM
Response to Reply #56
57. It belongs where you put it - unfortunately, it's the nature of the fast
moving beast of DU - that is why skinner made the "greatest" page. I don't know what else to tell you, except don't be discouraged - not every thread is going to be well received (oftentimes even those that deserve recognition, sink). I'm sorry. :pals: Keep at it and don't let your passion die.
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Tigress DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:11 AM
Response to Reply #57
72. Thanks. I just wondered if I put it in the right place.
The putting together of these things is good for me anyway.

I want to put together information to do a FAUX News Party and have people symbolically throw their TV's away. I've told FAUX off and even the Strib. It feels good.

It would have been nice to get a nibble, but maybe it will show up tomorrow or something. This place does really move at a fast clip.
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Cadence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:37 AM
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58. No. I don't think so. I don't believe really
intelligent people are the ones that sit around pontificating and debating all day. I do think they are the most boring people however. In this day and age you absolutely HAVE to have a sense of humor or your not going to get through.
I can debate any and all things political with the best of them, any day of the week.. but right now I don't feel like it. I haven't felt like it in months.
But I keep my eye on GD and LBN, and whenever there is an action required that I feel will make a difference, like a letter to a Senator, I'm on it. Then I go back to lounge posts.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:41 AM
Response to Reply #58
60. I missed something here. Since when did you become my
sock puppet? I could not have said that better myself. I lurve ya, puddin' :hug:
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Cadence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:00 AM
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68. Ahhh thanks
right back at ya babe! :hug:
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:53 AM
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63. ah fuck em
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:55 AM
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64. Before or after I ask them their name?
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:56 AM
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65. With a plunger, name is unimportant
Edited on Sun Feb-27-05 12:57 AM by JVS
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:57 AM
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66. Now, you are starting to scare me.
:P
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:04 AM
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69. Rudy Giuliani and his thugs have warped my mind
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Tigress DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:13 AM
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73. What did they do to the rest of you? Just curious.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:18 AM
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74. Nothing, because I have the pleasure of not being a New Yorker
And I wouldn't trade that for the world
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:18 AM
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75. Maybe I have issues
but I feel more comfortable here than anywhere else on this board. I feel like I have an opinion and that I have the right to express it at the Lounge, whether anyone agrees with it or not. Sometimes I have not felt quite the same at GD.
And I prefer my politics and events to be digested with a little humor. I hate to get too dry with anything.
I have enough to worry about in my real-life world. I don't want to stress any further when I am trying to escape.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:20 AM
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76. Ignored.
Gotcha :P

:hi: cutie. I agree with everything you said - it's why I love the lounge.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:26 AM
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77. That's why this has become my new home!
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:29 AM
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78. good - now pick a fucking avatar -- only the admins are allowed to post in
the nude.

BTw - I'm just telling you this for future reference and because it hasn't been posted in about three days: Skinner likes me best -- Just so you know... :silly:
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:32 AM
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79. All right! I will pick the most generic avatar of them all
hang on just a minute.
We all know about the love between the two of you.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:33 AM
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80. Huh
:shrug:

What have you got for us?
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:35 AM
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83. Here it is.
Pretty basic.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:41 AM
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84. at least now, I can find you in a crowd!
good work :toast:
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:43 AM
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85. Thanks.
My bro has one on a board (some movie board). It is a pic of Mojo Jojo from the Powerpuff Girls with B* face in the middle and Boxer's face is in the middle of one of the Powerpuff girls, knocking the crap out of him.
I like his better.
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:33 AM
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81. If I wanted serious questions, I'd go over to GD n/t
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:35 AM
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82. Mmmmm - how thoughtful - let me re-phrase the question:
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:46 AM
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87. You are SO quick!
--IMM
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:57 AM
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90. Gee - would you like me to be even more direct?
Edited on Sun Feb-27-05 01:57 AM by JimmyJazz
Better yet, why don't you answer this question?: WTF is your beef with me?
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 02:03 AM
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92. ??? Who do you mean?
Check who's posting what, or I'll take it back.

--IMM
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 03:34 AM
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95. Just ocurred to me you thought I was being sarcastic.
Well for once I wasn't. You may also have mixed me up with a poster with a similar name.

Anyhow, I hope you get it sorted out because I have no beef with you, but if you want to share a rib eye and a baked potato some time, that would be nice.

==IMM
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:48 AM
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88. OK, a "Bite Me" Thread. I can get behind that.




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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:56 AM
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89. Hey! Are we related?
--IMM
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 02:19 AM
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94. Different sides of the family, maybe n/t
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 01:45 AM
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86. The Lounge is the place for culture.
It's the place to bounce. It's the room without walls. I spend some time in GD, sometimes I think, "Why'd I do that?" after some weighty discourse.

It's always bright here. And you can talk about jazz. (Not just Jimmy Jazz.)

--IMM
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 02:08 AM
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93. The Lounge is a place to avoid head aches! Just read the VetWife
stuff. Yikes, talk about a buzz kill: "Oh , I'm a saint and somebody disagreed with me...bo hoo...bla...bla...bla" Like watching Anne Coulter on acid.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 03:35 AM
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96. Saw those posts. Got no dog in that fight.
--IMM
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 02:09 PM
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99. Really, too much draaama
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 04:22 AM
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97. you know?
i don't care. i'm not being snarky, i'm just saying. I love the lounge, it's my home, you all are my people, and i'll just keep on keepin' on.



:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 03:51 PM
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100. The LOUNGE is DU's brain's right hemisphere, GENERAL is the left.
Or is it the other way around? In any event, we need both to thrive.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 03:53 PM
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101. the left side is the creative side - so, you tell me.
:o
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