# Everybody duck - New guy practicing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533 "2003-03-15T04:44:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/41 "2003-03-18T05:07:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phax \* > **I came up with zilch. Is it as simple as a cut & paste; or is there some magic button to push; or is there some God I must sacrifice my kid’s hamsters to; or what?** It’s very important that you do not sacrifice those hamsters. Place them in a box marked ‘ATTN: Ed Zotti’, and ‘Caution, fragile technology’, put some airholes in the box, and drive it across town to the offices of the Chicago Reader. We need every bit of help we can get. ---
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/42 "2003-03-18T05:09:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wolfstu \* > \*\*It’s very important that you do not sacrifice those hamsters. Place them in a box marked ‘ATTN: Ed Zotti’, and ‘Caution, fragile technology’, put some airholes in the box, and drive it across town to the offices of the Chicago Reader. We need every bit of help we can get. \*\* I’ve noticed. I’ll sacrifice the betas instead. I’ll even throw in the neighbor’s raccoon if it will help. ---
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/43 "2003-03-18T05:11:15Z")
Back to my original question, how do I get this thing moved to MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![maia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@maia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/44 "2003-03-18T05:43:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wolfstu \* > \*\*Hey, **maia**! Welcome to the boards. > > And yes, that sly wit and intelligence is all over the place. _Especially_ in threads where _I_ post. Well, that’s what I think, but the general board opinion rarely seems to concur 🙂 > > You bite? That’s cool. There are wierder than that around here. I do thermodynamic analyses of turbines in my dreams… > > Have fun, and ‘read twice, post once’. \*\* Thank you for your welcome wolfstu. I’ve always found turbines particularly arousing. Especially with regard to heat. :evilsmiley: …and Phax? I assume only board moderators can move threads. Thanks for your welcome too! _playful nip_ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/45 "2003-03-18T05:50:55Z")
Just try reporting your post to the moderator, and asking nicely for a move, **Phax**. Oh, and welcome to th’ SDMB, **maia**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/46 "2003-03-18T05:53:15Z")
You’re right, only ‘Moderators’ and ‘Adminstrators’ can move threads. If you want it moved, you can either e-mail a moderator (their adresses are in their profiles, which are linked on the forum pages) or just sit around until a Mod notices it and sees fit to move it. For e-mailing, I recommend [TubaDiva](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=32), who moderates the About This Message Board forum. Or [Arnold Winkelried](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=2891), who might as well also be an ATMB moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/47 "2003-03-18T06:01:29Z")
Thanks **Wolfstu & Ice Wolf**. I’ll probably do that. By the way, **Ice Wolf** , I left an important question for you on the Straight Dope Clock thread that might have serious effects on the entire space/time contiual. ---
**Author:** ![maia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@maia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/48 "2003-03-18T07:37:23Z")
Oh boy… do I get to correct spelling and grammar at this board? …and hello Ice Wolf. Thank you for your welcome. You guys are a regular pack of wolves…should I be scared? You know, I’m feeling rather comfortable in this thread. I may never leave. _drags in stereo, beanbag and bar fridge_ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/49 "2003-03-18T13:31:24Z")
Yeah, I was just gonna comment that this has gone way beyond the reasonable content for this forum… and since **Phax** has requested a move to MPSIMS, I’m happy to oblige. In future, though, please note that an email to a Moderator or Administrator is probably faster than just posting in a column, if you want something moved or corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/50 "2003-03-18T13:35:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by maia \* > \*\*…and hello Ice Wolf. Thank you for your welcome. > > You guys are a regular pack of wolves…should I be scared? > \*\* Nah, not really, **maia**. There are a lot of wolf folk around here, but we tend to follow our own individual paths, so don’t ever worry about pursuit by a pack in th’ night. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/51 "2003-03-18T13:47:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\ ***Phax** , good God man! You got a welcome from **Ice Wolf**! 'tis a sign! > > I am not worthy! \*\* And now this is out of ATMB, I can respond to _this_, too. “Not worthy”, mate? What utter bulldust. Ya snuck up on me two years ago, is all. Glad ya did. 🙂 Hello, **TLD** , and belated greetings from th’ Eastern Isles. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/52 "2003-03-18T13:48:50Z")
Sod. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/53 "2003-03-18T13:53:05Z")
Welcome, newbies! You do realize that once you’re addicted, nothing else in life will matter, right? You also realize that the Prime Directive here is “Don’t be a jerk” and the Secondary Directive is, um, drat, I seem to have misplaced my list of Directives… Play nice, no spitting, no shoes on the coffee table, and if I catch either of you putting the orange juice carton back in the fridge with only a dribble in the bottom, well, just don’t do it - that’s all I’m saying. And ignore anything **swampbear** says about me - he’s just an old poop. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/54 "2003-03-18T17:48:09Z")
Thank you, **FairyChatMom** We’ll try to be good. Hey **Ice Wolf!** - I tried to check out your homepage and it wasn’t working. What gives with that? ---
**Author:** ![Phax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Phax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phax)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/55 "2003-03-18T18:03:34Z")
\*\* Ice Wolf - \*\* In regards to your traffic problems you mentioned in the other thread, maybe this will help. [http://www2.omnitel.net/smirlis/tmp/schule.html](http://www2.omnitel.net/smirlis/tmp/schule.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/56 "2003-03-18T22:02:31Z")
Hi, **Phax**. Regarding the homepage link – at the time, I must have tried entering the URL manually. It didn’t have all the components. I’ve fixed it now, but it wouldn’t be of much interest to you, as it’s only a site for the local history and Historical Society stuff I do. Unless you’re in Avondale, it’d probably bore ya within a minute. 🙂 Oh, and thanks for that link! I saw that here on SDMB a long while back, laughed myself silly at the time, then lost track of it! Great – I’ll bookmark that for another time now, ta! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![maia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@maia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/57 "2003-03-18T22:02:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*Nah, not really, **maia**. There are a lot of wolf folk around here, but we tend to follow our own individual paths, so don’t ever worry about pursuit by a pack in th’ night. 🙂 \*\* damn. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/58 "2003-03-18T22:07:34Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > _Orig by Ice Wolf_ > > Nah, not really, maia. There are a lot of wolf folk around here, but we tend to follow our own individual paths, so don’t ever worry about pursuit by a pack in th’ night. > > \*Originally posted by maia \* > \*\*damn. \*\* :eek: Okay. Sorry t’ disappoint ya, **maia**. 🙂 Don’t give up hope, though, you never know: it _might_ happen. How’s th’ bar fridge holding out? ---
**Author:** ![maia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@maia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/59 "2003-03-18T22:14:14Z")
Heh…if I wanted it to really happen I’d be in some pathetic singles chatroom somewhere, lord knows there’s an abundance of them on the net. :o …and I actually don’t drink, so the fridge is full of cranberry juice. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533/60 "2003-03-18T22:23:34Z")
So, **maia** , you haven’t seen all th’ chatting-up threads around here, I take it? Around here, playful flirting is a sport. My advice: sit back by the cranberry juice there (good choice, BTW!) and have fun. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-duck-new-guy-practicing/161533.md?page=4)