# My year at the SDMB (it's all about me, a thinksnow link-a-rama!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224 "2001-08-14T17:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/1 "2001-08-14T17:39:52Z")
Yes, today marks the first day of my second year with the SDMB. One whole year already. It seems more like seven, maybe eight months, but it really has been a whole year. Amazing. The thing I find the most amusing is that the site that linked me to The Dope, well, I haven’t check that one in months. I used to have a bevy of sites I’d look in on daily, now, a mere handful. The balance of my time is spent Doping. I finally broke down and got a connection at home because of the Board, and then came #straightdope…but I’m getting ahead of myself. A year ago I was living in North Carolina, running a quality lab and performing ISO/QS-9000 audits for one of the worlds largest glass companies. The town I lived in held somewhere between 10-15,000 people, though for all I saw, it may have held a total of 30. Not 30,000. 30. Small town, it was, and not much going on within a 30-mile drive. So, I was interviewing at the time I found the Board. I was interviewing and looking forward to getting myself somewhere I could have a life. Specifically, I was looking forward to moving back to my home state. More specifically, I was looking very much forward to moving back to the home town of my adult life. Ahhh, Columbus, Ohio [sub](GO BUCKS!)[/sub], I love that town. Friends within a few minutes drive. Activities, bars, clubs, theatre, concerts, sport, the University…home. By October, I was in a crunch with three job offers in two weeks, two in my field with significant increases in salary and one in tech, something I’d not had any _real_ experience in, with a lateral move, money-wise and decreased beni’s. Guess which one was in Columbus. I had been on the Board for a few months by then so I posted my dilemma, aware that some folks would have been ecstatic to have one offer, no matter where, but the key to my quandary was location, location, location. Anyway, enough with the drama of my move. I took the tech job, moved home and started to unpack. Three weeks later I was sent to Kentucky to work for a client, for I was a consultant and that was part of the job. Yesterday marked nine months I’ve been here. It’s okay, though, I fudge my expense reports and get some extra cash (it’s only 11 miles each way, but I charge them for 12.) Anyway, in my time on the board I’ve learned a lot, which is good, I guess, considering the intent and focus, the objective, if you will. I’ve learned a lot and I hope I’ve [answered](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1109228#post1109228), or [assisted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1304981#post1304981) in [answering](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1423429#post1423429), some questions helping others learn a thing or two or helped lend some [support](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1149444#post1149444) when someone was feeling a little too much pressure. I’ve asked a [few](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55194) [questions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=71649) myself and found the [answers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70639) [compelling](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=61930). 'Course, I’ve posted so much more [mindless](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39165) [drivel](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35703), [random](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1016798#post1016798) [flirting](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1401095#post1401095), movie [quotes] ([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81061](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81061)), [shaving news](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=69736), rochambo [attacks and counters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1045166#post1045166) and a [few](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42793) [rants](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60990). I even received a [post-party](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=76596) for my 2000[sup]th[/sup] post. I talk to more than a dozen of y’all almost every night over mIRC, I’ve been to 6 actual DopeFests ([Ann](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50707) [Arbor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=53185), a [Chi](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=57081) [Dope](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=63048), [Spiffled](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52964) [II](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=66744), a [mini-ChiDope](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1282208#post1282208), [FlintDope](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62734) and [SLO-Fest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73004)/ [NorCal meets SoCal](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78884)) and am [hosting one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77800) this fall. I’ve met a number of Dopers IRL, that number is **64** (14 more than once and 1, well…) So, here I am, one year older, a few days wiser. I’m in a city and state other than the one I wish to be in, I’m bored with my job and I’m still single. As far as that goes, I’ve changed geography, but not much else. I’m thinking of quitting so that I can move back to Columbus, Ohio…that or chucking it all and starting a seasonal snow-skiing and SCUBA shop. Whadaya think? ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/2 "2001-08-14T17:47:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Whadaya think? About you or the snow/SCUBA shop? I’ll answer the safe and easy one: go for it. Do a little research on the best location and open one up. You’re smart about business, you’re knowledgable about your 2 interests, you’re cute, and doggone it, people like you! 😛 Looking’ forward to seeing you at ChiDope next weekend!!! : **Bunny** pauses to stop hyperventilting and get her excitement about ChiDope under control: You’re still going to hold my hand when the piercer pokes me for that new ring, right!? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/3 "2001-08-14T17:52:00Z")
What do I think? I think you did a damn fine job on those links! (Impressed me, for one.) Glad you’re here, glad you’ve stuck around. I’ve found you helpful, useful, funny, thought-provoking and intriguing (is it **think snow** or **thinks now**?). Seems to be both. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/4 "2001-08-14T17:52:07Z")
You know it, my hippity-hoppity little friend. Heck, I might even have a shot waiting for you. For the pain, of course 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/5 "2001-08-14T17:54:50Z")
Who _are_ you!?! Just kidding. I doubt we’ve had many encounters here, that I remember anyways. But I do know your username. So much so, in fact, that when I saw a recent Friends episode on the tube, and noticed Chandler wearing a shirt that simply said, “THINK SNOW”, I immediately thought of your handle and thought I should post something funny about it here. Since I couldn’t think of anything funny then (Or now, you may think) I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/6 "2001-08-14T18:04:27Z")
Oh, sure **Cnote** , I guess the [Teeming](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=53731)[Millionaires](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62613) [competition](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=68087) just slipped your mind? I never saw that episode of Friends (I stopped watching a few years ago), but that sounds like a shirt I’d like to have! **Screech** , thanks for noticing. I’d like to mention that I had them all right the first time, too! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/7 "2001-08-14T18:15:11Z")
Oh, **think** , I had NO idea of your pain and suffering. ISO 9001 in **NORTH CAROLINA!?!?** I had to do that in Buffalo (well, ISO 9002) and in Maine (9001) and now I don’t tell anyone that I even know how to spell it. And you didn’t mention your sig line gifts. See ya in 10 days. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/8 "2001-08-14T18:20:38Z")
You coding machine you **Thinksnow**. I don’t know how the Teeming Millionaires competition slipped my mind. Maybe I’m blocking on it. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/9 "2001-08-14T18:40:11Z")
**UncleBill** , the first step in an audit was to explain what I was doing. It went something like this: _Me:_ I’m going to be conducting an audit of the area and your records. _Them:_ Uh…wha? _Me:_ I’m auditing this facility. It’s part of out ISO and QS certification. _Them:_ Eye-so? What’s that? Howzat spelled? …and so on. You have proved, once again, to know that of which you speak, **UB**. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/10 "2001-08-14T18:42:45Z")
And you’re a damn fine baseball player. oh wait. That’s Jim Thome. HAHAHAHHA just kidding. Love ya Snowster. See ya next weekend. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/11 "2001-08-14T18:46:54Z")
Oh, wow, a YEAR. We’re all just SOOOOOOOOO impressed by your Godly posting powers, **think**. No, really, I’m jealous because you’re so _kind_ and _clever_ and _funny_ and _good at coding_. Really, I’m amazed. Really. :rolleyes: [sub]Okay, so I’m a bit bitter that I missed my one-year anniversary by about 13 days, and can therefore not start a thread. Thinksnow, you rock, and you’d better know it by now. Keep the good posts coming.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/12 "2001-08-14T18:49:47Z")
**thinksnow** , **UncleBill** , I’m a software engineer. I feel a need to be _audited_. I haven’t been _audited_ in quite a while. And if you guys start talking about SEI CMM Levels at ChiDope, I don’t know if I’ll be able handle it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/13 "2001-08-14T18:51:25Z")
Congratulations to you! All this wonderfulness just makes me want to… paint **thinksnow** with maple syrup! [sub]and then let the ants have their way with him.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/14 "2001-08-14T18:59:33Z")
Also, I just checked - I registered the day before you did, so … ummm… so there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/15 "2001-08-14T19:03:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > \*\* I feel a need to be _audited_. I haven’t been _audited_ in quite a while. And if you guys start talking about SEI CMM Levels at ChiDope, I don’t know if I’ll be able handle it.😃 \*\* I’m a trained professional. Hey, I can even _audit_ during a _nap_ if need be. [sub]Oh, wait, this is **think’s** thread, I should flirt with **porc** in her thread. Bad UncleBill, Very Bad! I should be spanked.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/16 "2001-08-14T19:04:18Z")
> [@](#): > > and then let the ants have their way with him. Hey! I like maple syrup…why waste it on the ants?! ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/17 "2001-08-14T19:19:52Z")
**UncleBill** , you know I’d never begrudge a fellow Marine a good flirt, go nuts…uh, have at it. **Bunny** , I’d be willing to offer myself for your tastes in art…and **Gingers** 🙂 Say, if you spread maple syrup on me, you can get taffy. [sub]Ginger knows what I’m talking about.[/sub] **jarbaby** , I guess that means my trip to the batters box is out? Shoot. **Jester** , you’re just jealous of my enormous post-count (twice yours, yee-haw!) Admit it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/18 "2001-08-14T19:25:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\ ***Jester** , you’re just jealous of my enormous post-count (twice yours, yee-haw!) Admit it. 😃 \*\* What are you trying to say, **thinksnow**? Could your gigantic post count be…compensating for something? Hmm? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/19 "2001-08-14T19:35:32Z")
I guess you expect me to jump in here with heaps of praise, talking about what a nice guy you are, and everything. Right? Well, I guess I fooled you, huh? I’m not gonna do it! Instead, I’m gonna tell you all the bad things about you. How do you like _THEM_ apples, buddy? Let’s see…where to start. Ah! You’re as ugly as a monkey’s butt. I don’t care if you’re the nicest guy in the world. You’re a jerk. End of story. You are a cancer to the SDMB. You are a cancer and I am the…uh…what cures cancer? I have to be frank with you, and when I say frank, I mean, you know, devastating. You’ve inherited a finger condition known as “stubbiness.” It usually comes from the father’s side. In regards to your specific comments about the SDMB, our research indicates that one person cannot make a difference, no matter how big a screwball he is. I mean, if you’re gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I’ll just have to stop doing stupid things. Now, I know you’re mad at me right now, and I’m kinda mad too…I mean, we could sit here and try to figure out “who forgot to pick who up” till the cows come home. But let’s just say we’re both wrong and that’ll be that. I mean, you couldn’t fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine. If I puked in a fountain pen and mailed it to the monkey house, I’d get better threads! Look, **ts** , I’m sorry I haven’t been a better husband, I’m sorry about the time I tried to make gravy in the bathtub, I’m sorry I used your wedding dress to wax the car, and I’m sorry-oh well, let’s just say I’m sorry for the whole marriage up to this point. ::motions for **BunnyGirl** to join him:: Come here, **BunnyGirl**. If it’ll make you feel any better, I’ve learned that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish **thinksnow** was dead. He’s a white male, aged 18 to 49. Everyone listens to him. No matter how dumb his suggestions are. Enjoy this Simpsons compilation, **ts**! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224/20 "2001-08-14T19:42:19Z")
I guess you expect me to jump in here with heaps of praise, talking about what a nice guy you are, and everything. Right? Well, I guess I fooled you, huh? I’m not gonna do it! Instead, I’m gonna tell you all the bad things about you. How do you like _THEM_ apples, buddy? Let’s see…where to start. Ah! You’re as ugly as a monkey’s butt. I don’t care if you’re the nicest guy in the world. You’re a jerk. End of story. You are a cancer to the SDMB. You are a cancer and I am the…uh…what cures cancer? I have to be frank with you, and when I say frank, I mean, you know, devastating. You’ve inherited a finger condition known as “stubbiness.” It usually comes from the father’s side. In regards to your specific comments about the SDMB, our research indicates that one person cannot make a difference, no matter how big a screwball he is. I mean, if you’re gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I’ll just have to stop doing stupid things. Now, I know you’re mad at me right now, and I’m kinda mad too…I mean, we could sit here and try to figure out “who forgot to pick who up” till the cows come home. But let’s just say we’re both wrong and that’ll be that. I mean, you couldn’t fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine. If I puked in a fountain pen and mailed it to the monkey house, I’d get better threads! Look, **ts** , I’m sorry I haven’t been a better husband, I’m sorry about the time I tried to make gravy in the bathtub, I’m sorry I used your wedding dress to wax the car, and I’m sorry-oh well, let’s just say I’m sorry for the whole marriage up to this point. ::motions for **BunnyGirl** to join him:: Come here, **BunnyGirl**. If it’ll make you feel any better, I’ve learned that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish **thinksnow** was dead. He’s a white male, aged 18 to 49. Everyone listens to him. No matter how dumb his suggestions are. Enjoy this Simpsons compilation, **ts**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-year-at-the-sdmb-its-all-about-me-a-thinksnow-link-a-rama/76224.md?page=2)