It's time for the Unknown Posters thread.

hmmmmmmm…from the look of things, there is more black sheep in the herd than we heard about. LOL Do we need a Black Sheep Thread?

Exgineer, I think this thread is a great idea. While I prefer not to list names for fear that I’ll miss somebody there’s a number of lurkers here that have posted insightful things, been kindly lurkers, and contributed to the boards in great ways. Can I just say yay lurkers?

PS: For the longest time, I thought my location was unique. :smack: I shall now defer to generica.

Who are you guys?

Okay, have another nominee.

sunstone

That’s exactly the way I felt for the longest time. I didn’t even register for a considerable period. When WallyM7 passed away I thought about it, but I figured that no one would know who I was, and dismiss my commisseration out of hand.

I was afraid I’d be “hollered at” or “lectured” because I wasn’t a resident member of the community, so to speak.

I finally made myself register in February of 2002, and then the board crashed for a month or so, and I had to do it again.

Then I started posting. Nobody knew who I was, nobody had ever heard of me before, and yet, every single last poster on this board was nice to me. In fact, there are a few I would like to meet in person just so I can shake their hands and say “thank you.”

I’m naturally shy. I’m the guy who sits in the corner at parties and doesn’t talk to anybody. I’m the guy who’s afraid to talk to strangers. I’m the pathetic little lump over there that can be safely ignored.

Not here.

On these boards I can talk to other prople about things that interest me, because I’m typing instead of talking.

Sheesh. That looks like a rant.

And maybe I did actually mean to draw some lurkers out.

We misanthropes need friends to.

Hi.

Habitual luker here. I have been posting more often lately.

I usually work b/c I am reading this at work normally. I work 3rd shift. Conversation in here is usually low in the wee hours…so I just read.

But I’ve been coming outta my shell more and more. Which may or may not be a good thing. :stuck_out_tongue:

Well, I’m very pleased to meetcha all! <shaking hands all around>

Hello, I lurked here for about 18 months before I registered.

I’ve certainly lurk a lot more than I post. I do read the boards almost everyday, but find that I have little to say. Most of the time, when I happen on a thread, it seems like other people have made the same points I would’ve made. Or I’m at work, and don’t want to get caught writing a long response to a thread about oral sex.

Eep. Make that “happen upon a thread I would like to contribute to.”

I am about 5 miles north of you…mayhaps we have?

I guess you could say I lurk more than post. I go in spurts, this is my forth or fifth post today. Usually What I want to say has already been said, or I’m being lazy and figure if I wait long enough someone will pipe in with what I was going to say anyhow. What tends to mildly bug me is that I feel I as if I know everyone here as well as our more prolific posters, but because they don’t know me, my posts tend to be blown off and very seldom replied to pout, pout:frowning:

I’ve been lurking for a long time. I’ll read at least a little bit here every day (almost). I rarely post because I usually feel like I don’t have much to offer in the way of insightful commentary or that I’ve come up with the perfect response only to see that someone else has gone and stolen it right out of my head and posted before me.

I also seem to be pretty adept a killing threads but I figure it’s just because no one can top my post so you all just give up on the thread. :wink: (I’m trying to stay positive)

Actually, I haven’t really posted anything useful or interesting on the boards yet but I’m having fun (and not causing trouble) so I guess that’s what matters. :slight_smile:

I just discovered these boards a couple of weeks ago. Something had led me to one of Cecil’s pieces last year, I bookmarked the site, totally forgot it, noticed it recently, noted that there were boards, lurked a bit…

Someone posted a question about sinus problems, one of the few things on which I am a lay expert! So I registered & answered.

I also know a fair amount about tea, & a little about a lot of other things.

As someone noted above, in the short time I’ve been bouncing around here, I usually find that what I want to say on subjects that interest me has already been said. Frequently better than I would. If it’s particularly well said, I try to post something to acknowledge that. Otherwise I go lurk on another thread.

And it’s darned hard to keep track of everything here, since I’m already pretty heavily involved with 2 other boards. But it’s a fascinating place!

If everybody who came to the Board every day posted (1.3 million???( we would get nothing done…

Also I cannot answer all the questions, the one on the meaning of life still has me baffled.

Like others have said before, I spent over a year reading these boards without registering, including all throughout the board shutdown. I had spent another few months before that entertained with Cecil’s columns before I ventured to the boards to see what they were all about.

I read the boards almost everyday, but it wasn’t until this thread that I felt absolutely compelled to post.

/me peeks out…

Umm… I guess this thread would apply to me. I’ve been here for awhile, reading longer than I’m actually registered.

Don’t know that I could be accused of being concise however.

I have been posting quite a bit more lately.

:eek:
~ former lurker…

I don’t post. Even this post can be discounted.

lurks in to say…

I like it in the shadows and dark. I work nights. If I go out in the daylight I’ll burst into flames.

lurks back out, tripping over beegirl13

I’d say I fit the bill. I’m full of excuses. Every time I try to post a response, I discover that I’m not logged in. Then I forget my password. Then I have to find the thread again. Then I give up. Quitters never win, I know…