BajaNomad - WOW, a milestone.

WOW, a milestone.

vgabndo - 9-25-2006 at 06:14 PM

I just couldn't resist. With this post I should have become a Senior Nomad. That ranks right up there with becoming a senior citizen, or winning 51 games of Free Cell in a row. :lol:

I'm sorry I don't have anything more significant to say, but thanks for being my Baja cyber friends.

Al G - 9-25-2006 at 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vgabndo
I just couldn't resist. With this post I should have become a Senior Nomad. That ranks right up there with becoming a senior citizen, or winning 51 games of Free Cell in a row. :lol:

I'm sorry I don't have anything more significant to say, but thanks for being my Baja cyber friends.

Takes awhile doesn't it!!! Just think only 500 more to reach the pearly gates. See ya there!!! :lol:

Ho hum Vagabond

Sharksbaja - 9-25-2006 at 06:29 PM

when I reached 2500 I received nary a word. What's so Elite about that? :rolleyes:

I guess I should have applauded myself only with one arm it's a little rough!

Sharksbaja - 9-25-2006 at 06:31 PM

I take that back. One Nomad replied privately! :biggrin:

Al G - 9-25-2006 at 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sharksbaja
when I reached 2500 I received nary a word. What's so Elite about that? :rolleyes:

I guess I should have applauded myself only with one arm it's a little rough!

Don't they ship you little white wings at 2500 :lol:

Mike Humfreville - 9-25-2006 at 07:25 PM

Vgabndo, Congrats. Write on!

Higher scorn?

Sharksbaja - 9-25-2006 at 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Al G

Don't they ship you little white wings at 2500 :lol:

GOD, I HOPE NOT!! :lol:

longlegsinlapaz - 9-25-2006 at 08:10 PM

I just became a Nomad 8 posts ago, and I musta missed the applause, not to mention the margaritas & cake! But if they hand out little white wings at 2,500....I'm stopping at 2,499! :spingrin:

Thank GAWD I've got a long ways to go to catch up with most of you OF's!

Diver - 9-25-2006 at 08:12 PM

I hadn't even noticed until you brought it up;
Somewhere I changed from Senior to Super !
I'm not sure that's a good thing ! :lol:

(I just got my AARP card !)

Tomas Tierra - 9-25-2006 at 08:23 PM

500...would we call him a "Quinientero"?? If so, Bienvenidos al club Quinientero Vagabundo!

David K - 9-25-2006 at 08:29 PM

Do I get a Baja Nomad T-Shirt (when they arrive) for my number of posts??? LOL! :light:

Baja Bernie - 9-25-2006 at 08:33 PM

Hey! My count goes on but I happily remain a 'normal' Nomad.

Sharksbaja - 9-25-2006 at 08:40 PM

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Originally posted by David K
Do I get a Baja Nomad T-Shirt (when they arrive) for my number of posts??? LOL! :light:

Ohhh, I thought you got a cut of em after 8000

Diver - 9-25-2006 at 08:42 PM

No David,

Your number of posts is obscene !! :lol:

What's it take to get a personalized label ??
Maybe ""Yearning" Nomad"" for me; can't head south until the first of the year !

David K - 9-25-2006 at 08:42 PM

Nah, but I will give Doug one of my 'got baja?' hats for letting me post so much! :lol:

OK Perry

Sharksbaja - 9-25-2006 at 09:01 PM

Congrats! :smug:

Hey Perry

Baja Bernie - 9-25-2006 at 09:06 PM

My count keeps going but I am most happy to remain the Normal Nomad.
Congradulations--Keep going and you can catch Sharks and David yet--sure.

FARASHA - 9-25-2006 at 10:21 PM

Hey, better a milestone then a MILLSTONE -around your neck - :biggrin:

Thats the only time one is happy to become a SENIOR. :smug:

Congrats vgabndo !C u there - when I'll get my status as a Senior.
Then I'll have to behave more eh - distinguished I guess. :saint:

Or does one get MORE freedom of speech??

What do you say seniors?

[Edited on 26-9-2006 by FARASHA]

Skeet/Loreto - 9-26-2006 at 04:06 AM

Vag: Does reaching that Milestone now make you the "Major of San Nicholas" ??? Congraulations.

Diver: I am dissapointed that you became a Member of that "Liberal AARP", they have a good reputation for "Scamming Seniors". Look Deeply into their Background before you send your Money.

Anon The Preacher

kellychapman - 9-26-2006 at 08:40 AM

ULTRA nomad.....now that sounds like more my style.....if I can make it that long without being tarred and feathered before reaching such a status. I too worry about AARP.....and wonder exactly what goes on with all the money sent in....do not know as I refuse to look or become a member because I am in denial of my age.....and aarp is the noise I make when I drink too much vitamin T.....lol :no:

vgabndo - 9-26-2006 at 08:41 AM

Actually I have never aspired to be anything but an occasional contributor. My "count" would still be much lower if I had not exposed myself to the slur-fest on the off-topic forum. It does seem that there are some who post simply to see the numbers on their odd-ometer roll over. :lol:

I AM proud to be a small part of this little fraternity, and look, this thread gave several people a chance to increase their post count!

Heck, Skeet !

MrBillM - 9-26-2006 at 08:45 AM

Even I am a member of AARP, although I've never spent any money with them other than the yearly membership fee. I doubt anymore that the Politicos in D.C. and elsewhere believe that AARP can deliver their membership on any given issue.

Paula - 9-26-2006 at 09:04 AM

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Originally posted by vgabndo
Actually I have never aspired to be anything but an occasional contributor. My "count" would still be much lower if I had not exposed myself to the slur-fest on the off-topic forum. It does seem that there are some who post simply to see the numbers on their odd-ometer roll over. :lol:

I AM proud to be a small part of this little fraternity, and look, this thread gave several people a chance to increase their post count!

I confess that as a newbie I made silly and irrelevant posts just to become a junior nomad more quickly. But I found that status also to be less than fullflilling, so I went on posting humiliating drivel, thinking that quantity alone would make me a true nomad.
Well, it worked!! So now I can sit back and enjoy the various conversations here, and make my contibution only when I have a truly meaningful or hilariously funny thought.
I have even reduced my average number of posts per day from 1.5 to 1.2! Numbers, stars, statistics? They don't mean a thing to me :biggrin:

Paula - 9-26-2006 at 09:08 AM

Oh my my my.... only 162 more posts and I get another star!!!!

Paula - 9-26-2006 at 09:09 AM

Must remember to maintain my creative integrity...

Paula - 9-26-2006 at 09:09 AM

YESSSSSS!

just 160 more posts to go....

David K - 9-26-2006 at 03:40 PM

You're funny Paula!

As for what Diver said: "No David,

Your number of posts is obscene !!"

I plead guilty... however keep in mind I am the oldest (or is that longest) active Nomad on this forum (after Doug, 'Baja Nomad' himself... aka The Creator) coupled with the fact I do love sharing my thoughts and information on Baja.

Anyway, this beats T.V. or boozing... most of the time! :lol:

Al G - 9-26-2006 at 03:58 PM

"Anyway, this beats T.V. or boozing... most of the time! "
I do not think this is a good thing....MY BEER GETS HOT :fire:

[Edited on 9-27-2006 by Al G]

Diver - 9-26-2006 at 07:37 PM

David,

I'm not complaining; just exclaiming !

More info and vacation pics anytime !

So when is the wedding ?
This winter in Baja ??
Maybe crashed by marauding Nomads ! :lol:

.

[Edited on 9-27-2006 by Diver]

AARP

Phil S - 9-26-2006 at 07:58 PM

Skeet. My learned friend. I also wonder about AARP & their "hidden agenda"!!!! However. I look forward to the monthly issues for reading & their "insurance, etc" Do you have knowledge of a replacement for me if I were to give up my membership in AARP??????????????????

roundtuit - 9-26-2006 at 08:08 PM

Just signed up for VA today and was told in one month I could have a free ck up
Told them would be in Baja for 6 or7 months was told to call when I got back.
Hope I don"t have thee big one :biggrin:

Diver - 9-26-2006 at 08:21 PM

No worries Skeet !

I didn't join, just got their info package and a free "old-guy" ID card.
I've just never really been a joiner. :cool:

QuePasaBaja - 9-26-2006 at 10:08 PM

Congrats on the post count. Nice being a keyboard warrior right?

FARASHA - 9-27-2006 at 09:05 AM

IS THIS THE THREAD TO INCREASE THE SCORES???
THEN I SHOULD FOLLOW PAULA'S PATH :lol:

[Edited on 27-9-2006 by FARASHA]

FARASHA - 9-27-2006 at 09:09 AM

But this might turn out to be stressful on the other hand! :rolleyes:

Skeet-----------

Barry A. - 9-27-2006 at 09:15 AM

-------I am with you----I refuse to send in my money anymore to AARP and have been doing that for about 2 years-----drives their computer crazy as it sends me monthly membership bills now---what a waste of money.

Their "Agenda" is just to far left for me, and I do not want them representing me anymore.

bajalera - 9-27-2006 at 10:44 AM

There's a down side to the counting. When posts were deleted from the Off-Topic forum to make more space, a lot my posts disappeared and my status was set back considerably.

Being a sorehead, I no longer take the time to click on an advertiser's site befpre reading any posts, as I had almost always done previously.

vandenberg - 9-27-2006 at 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by vgabndo
My "count" would still be much lower if I had not exposed myself to the slur-fest on the off-topic forum.

I was under the impression that your posts in the off topic forum didn't count.? Mine got substracted at one time. Am I right Doug ?

vandenberg - 9-27-2006 at 01:42 PM

But I'm almost ready to shed my training wheels. :bounce:

vgabndo - 9-27-2006 at 02:15 PM

Hey Vandenberg! What do you mean my post to off-topic didn't count. I was ALWAYS right! :lol:

Paula - 9-27-2006 at 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by FARASHA
IS THIS THE THREAD TO INCREASE THE SCORES???
THEN I SHOULD FOLLOW PAULA'S PATH :lol:

[Edited on 27-9-2006 by FARASHA]

Farasha,
It is really stressful thinking you might have just made a really lame post, so follow my path carefully...
hmmmmm... this one might wake me up in the middle of the night tonight... to click or not to click....

BTW, I forgot to say congratulations, Vagabundo, so I'm saying it now :yes:

Diver - 9-27-2006 at 08:33 PM

Yes Paula, it might be good therapy for some people to draft some posts with no meaning and then delete them instead of posting !?

Deleting can be good for you

Paula

Baja Bernie - 9-27-2006 at 08:35 PM

Please explain 'click or not to click' Just trying to help you up and over one of your goals.

Paula - 9-27-2006 at 08:56 PM

Bernie, it is a tongue-in-cheek goal of mine. As much as I enjoy reading and posting on Nomads, I really don't feel like a better person (or Nomad) for having made many posts. I'm always a little insecure about any writing I do, and prefer the spoken word because once utterred it can only be revisited by memory.

To click or not to click... refers to click on "post reply" To be or not to be? I do like this, a bit of existentialism with Shakespearian reference.

Anyway, thanks for the bump up to higher status, for better or worse.

Paula - 9-27-2006 at 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Diver
Yes Paula, it might be good therapy for some people to draft some posts with no meaning and then delete them instead of posting !?

Deleting can be good for you

Diver, change deleting to dieting and I'll buy it!

Paulina - 9-27-2006 at 09:09 PM

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Originally posted by Diver
Yes Paula, it might be good therapy for some people to draft some posts with no meaning and then delete them instead of posting !?

Deleting can be good for you

Funny thing Diver, but I wrote a story today that just happened to fall into this very catagory. It held meaning for me, but when I had someone else proof read it before posting, they didn't quite get it. They said that if they were one of the characters in the story, then it would have had meaning, but to read it as a bystander...well, there you go. I guess you had to be there. The story was good therapy, it took me back to a more carefree time, but at the same time, I need practice at pushing that darned delete button!

So, what's my number at now...ja ja ja.
P.<*)))><

To be or not to be.....responsible?

Sharksbaja - 9-27-2006 at 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paula
To click or not to click... refers to click on "post reply" To be or not to be? I do like this, a bit of existentialism with Shakespearian reference.

Ohhh, I like that word, existentialism.

To be responsible for and accept the consequences for our words or actions.

Hooo boy, we're in BIG TROUBLE! :dudette:

Thank god it's with Sharkspearian reference I write. :biggrin:

FARASHA - 9-28-2006 at 06:11 AM

oh yeah---TO CLICK OR NOT TO ....
I have delete almost as much as I have posted, I know that uncertainty.
So half of my posts I have spared you all to read on this board.
I hope it is appreciated !!!!

Bruce R Leech - 9-28-2006 at 06:18 AM

I agree with everyone :tumble:

FARASHA

Baja Bernie - 9-28-2006 at 06:20 AM

By the bent of you posts I assume you really smile at those things that you do delete.
A frown becomes none of us.

Bruce,
How are things going?

[Edited on 9-28-2006 by Baja Bernie]

FARASHA - 9-28-2006 at 07:41 AM

YES, :biggrin:

, sometimes II have the tendency to react quite sponatenous, funny ideas just keep popping up my mind, usually tounge in cheeck kinda replys. Love taking the P**s, and love to share a laugh. :biggrin:

Life is tough enough.
Working in an Hospital for 30something years you have to have HUMOR, otherwise you're cracking up soon.
BUT I CAN BE DEAD SERIOUS TOO - when needed.
AND getting pretty NASTY when it comes to it. :mad:

In the meantime - enjoying LIFE- just got ONE to live.

Hey I should have made 3 posts out of this one!!!
WHAT a WASTE on scores!!!! :bounce:

aha baja - 9-28-2006 at 07:47 AM

Jean Paul Sarte wrote :wafflers..... Jeez!!!! :lol:

(mas o Menus)

[Edited on 01-19-2004 by aha baja]

Paula - 9-28-2006 at 05:36 PM

I read "No Exit" and I read "Being and Nothingness" but I had no idea that Sartre wrote for Bon Apetit!

Next you'll be trying to tell me that Sharkspeare wrote "The Old Man and the Sea" to finance his fish and chips shoppe...

On second thought, Sharkspeare would have opened a steamed seafood restaurant with a great reputation that Don and I hope to make a detour to one of these days between Loreto and Montana.

[Edited on 9-29-2006 by Paula]

JZ - 9-28-2006 at 06:59 PM

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Originally posted by David K

I plead guilty... however keep in mind I am the oldest (or is that longest) active Nomad on this forum (after Doug, 'Baja Nomad' himself... aka The Creator) coupled with the fact I do love sharing my thoughts and information on Baja.

You've been exposed on that claim before (by Hose A I believe), why go there again...

Debra - 9-29-2006 at 02:01 AM

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Diver: I am dissapointed that you became a Member of that "Liberal AARP", they have a good reputation for "Scamming Seniors". Look Deeply into their Background before you send your Money.

Anon The Preacher

HUH? AARP "scamming seniors"? Skeeter, tell me....I signed up to get the 10% discount.....been working for me so far. Cost me $12 per year.....I save way more than that on hotel bills.

And Skeeter, my Dear.....Please stop using "liberal" as a bad word : >

Hugs.......

[Edited on 9-29-2006 by Debra]

aha baja - 9-29-2006 at 06:34 AM

Did you also happen to read "Nausea" :?:

So sorry I'll remove the quotation marks (you will see that I had mas o menus=more or less=rough translation). Yes I went to college not just drove by one! :lol:

[Edited on 01-19-2004 by aha baja]