# Fine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151 "2003-08-10T04:45:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LookitMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@LookitMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LookitMe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/41 "2003-08-10T18:45:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ladyrose \* > \*\*\*\*You can all go fly a kite \*\* [A brief history of kites](http://www.toydirectory.com/monthly/mar2003/flying_experts.asp). It’s a lovely day out. Perfect kite flying weather. Guess I’ll head out to the park. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/42 "2003-08-10T18:57:23Z")
Being in your 50s is hardly too old to attend a Dopefest. Just ask **Lord Jim**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/43 "2003-08-10T19:09:04Z")
She isn’t all that new to the internet at all. Her website is filled with roses and doves, all pink and sappy. The epitome of glurge. She capitalizes every other word, and the spelling is atrocious. Something that looks, sounds and even almost _smells_ like a twelve year old girl concocted it. She knows what plagiarism is. She’s old enough to know better, but probably doesn’t have an original thought in her head. I thought maybe she’d tried to wise up, but I think she’s really not going to work out here. Anybody that old and acting like such a juvenile needs some other sandbox to play in. Upon preview I realized this is not the Pit, and while I stand by my statements, if they are considered too “mean” for MPSIMS, I will consider myself warned. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/44 "2003-08-10T19:56:08Z")
**Maureen** : Where in CA are you? SoCal Dopefests happen about four times a year, and I see BADFests (Bay Area Dopers) with some frequency. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/45 "2003-08-10T20:35:30Z")
That’s right, **Ringo**. I’ve been to quite a number of them after being in my 50s and had the pleasure of meeting well over 100 new and exciting people as a result. Aren’t you going to join my over-50 group soon? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/46 "2003-08-10T20:56:26Z")
I’m already here, pal; as of May. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/47 "2003-08-10T21:21:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sylkyn \* > \*\*She isn’t all that new to the internet at all. Her website is filled with roses and doves, all pink and sappy. The epitome of glurge. She capitalizes every other word, and the spelling is atrocious. Something that looks, sounds and even almost _smells_ like a twelve year old girl concocted it. > \*\* Isn’t it also a dating site? Maybe that explains her hang-up with age differences (_especially at such an adult-ness!_); she thought that Dopefests were strictly ‘adult-themed’ (going on a WAG; I’ve never been to one). Deep down, way past the amusement and rubbernecking, I feel for her. I hope she may look at things in a new way soon. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/48 "2003-08-10T21:38:15Z")
> [@](#): > > “I don’t do that kind of thing. I am older thn you.” Not to pile on the banned, but this struck me as particularly funny. I’m two years older than she is and I have no problem going to dopefests. (Lots of problems _getting_ to dopefests, but no problems _going_.) There were even people there who were young enough to be college students! gasp (As well as some younger doperkids.) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/49 "2003-08-10T21:47:34Z")
I looked at her website too and was amused to see in all caps and big red letters that if you break a rule more than once, you will be banned. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/50 "2003-08-10T21:51:31Z")
I even gave her the benefit of the doubt. ☹ As to her most recent post, :rolleyes: ad infinitum, she’ll post Martin Ladyrose King, Jr.'s _I Have a Dream_ speech within a week. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/51 "2003-08-10T22:10:33Z")
We won’t have to worry anymore. **Coldfire** helped her out of her indecisivness (see the [URL=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203421]last post in her last thread[/URL). ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/52 "2003-08-10T22:13:30Z")
[Fixed link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203421). (And padding my post count, all at the same time :p) ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/53 "2003-08-10T22:13:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sylkyn \* > \*\*She isn’t all that new to the internet at all. \*\* Oh. In that case, :dubious: :smack: :wally ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/54 "2003-08-10T22:21:35Z")
As Gord once said it, it’s funny that people threaten never to come back after being told not to return. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/55 "2003-08-10T23:49:32Z")
She’s been banned! FINALLY! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/56 "2003-08-11T00:47:48Z")
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151/57 "2003-08-11T01:16:24Z")
Since we’re no longer graced by **Ladyrose** ’s presence, I’m gonna close this. * * * **Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine/194151.md?page=2)