# The Techies Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 23, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702 "2004-01-23T02:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/21 "2004-01-25T04:00:05Z")
> [@ageless6](#): > > ::tickles LYNN under her chin:: > > C’mon honey,let’s see that pretty smile. That’s better. Who’s the bestest girl in the world? That’s right,you are. Yes you are. > All better now? Go ban some meanies,sweetie,you know that always makes you feel happy. > EddyTeddyFreddy: > > I,sir,am a he! Do you really WANT to see your member status listed as “ASSHAT”? Because I can do that, you know. I just have to be willing to suffer the chewing-out that I know I’ll get for it. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/22 "2004-01-25T06:28:23Z")
I would accept Asshat and I would be happy about it, if you’ve really got the itch. ---
**Author:** ![Zigarre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bbce88/32.png) [@Zigarre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zigarre)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/23 "2004-01-25T06:58:06Z")
I would like add my “Thank you” to the staff for all their work. I followed the teams trials as they searched for a few answers on a technical site. I’m not sure if we can speak of other boards, but, (I wonder which one it might be), I have a better understanding of what the staff went through during this upgrade. Considering our host receives no financial return for this expense, they went way, way out of their way in doing this. I had wondered whether there was an email dispatched whenever that database error; _An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists._ It appears that there was. Without mentioning names (to the guy who got all these email, -and searched, -and found the answers to the problems), **You did a great job - Thank you. and Thank you all the others too.** I would hate opening my inbox and finding 20,000+ emails waiting for me Z ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/24 "2004-01-25T11:12:51Z")
Oh,LYNN, let Cervaise have ASSHAT. It’s kinda OLDHAT,anyway. I’d like something with a European flavor,like SCHEISS KOPF. Could I have that,could I,huh? It’s so easy for me to live up to! ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/25 "2004-01-25T11:34:59Z")
Way back there I was trying to abbreviate EddyTeddyFreddy and somehow came up with ETD instead of ETF. Sorry. And ARE you female? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/26 "2004-01-25T14:03:37Z")
> [@ageless6](#): > > Way back there I was trying to abbreviate EddyTeddyFreddy and somehow came up with ETD instead of ETF. Sorry. And ARE you female? ETD? Estimated time of destruction? That belongs in the MPSIMS thread “Predict the Death of the Previous Poster.” Am I female? Well, [judge for yourself](http://community.webshots.com/photo/23668194/23669370aDDCfsKSeO). ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/27 "2004-01-25T14:06:40Z")
> [@ageless6](#): > > Oh,LYNN, let Cervaise have ASSHAT. It’s kinda OLDHAT,anyway. > > I’d like something with a European flavor,like SCHEISS KOPF. Could I have that,could I,huh? It’s so easy for me to live up to! Naw, there’s too many other Dopers who’d want it, too – or earn it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/28 "2004-01-25T14:33:11Z")
Aha,well mystery of the “irony” comment solved. Thanks ETF. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/29 "2004-01-25T14:44:48Z")
> [@ageless6](#): > > Aha,well mystery of the “irony” comment solved. > Thanks ETF. 😉 Sorry about that. I was gonna respond, but I figured ETF would be in shortly, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/30 "2004-01-25T17:19:44Z")
> [@dantheman](#): > > 😉 > > Sorry about that. I was gonna respond, but I figured ETF would be in shortly, anyway. Yeh, you know how those darned cats are [always underfoot](http://community.webshots.com/photo/109844880/109846966ToIBCL). ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/31 "2004-01-25T19:06:34Z")
Ah,well,we’re all a happy little family (or should I say town?) again. Although maybe I should steer clear of Lynn for a while. I’m PRETTY sure she was joking,but… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/32 "2004-01-25T19:09:13Z")
> [@ageless6](#): > > Ah,well,we’re all a happy little family (or should I say town?) again. > > Although maybe I should steer clear of Lynn for a while. I’m PRETTY sure she was joking,but… Well, you know what they say… don’t mess with Texas! ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/33 "2004-01-26T00:01:46Z")
May I interupt the hijack to add my thanks to management for giving us the new paint job and to the techies for manning the brushes. The newness is wearing off and I’m beginning to really like it (remembering also that in everything done there is a certain amount of trade-off.) **Thanks from all of us to all concerned!** ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/34 "2004-01-26T17:35:28Z")
**EddyTeddyFreddy** > [@](#): > > Am I female? Well, [judge for yourself](http://community.webshots.com/photo/23668194/23669370aDDCfsKSeO). :eek: **EddyTeddyFreddy** is a _cat_?? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702/35 "2004-01-26T17:38:18Z")
Forgot to add my cheer for the Tech Gods. I did not like the new format in its unadorned unmodified out-of-box persona, but you’ve made it better with each tweak. Quite nice now. And yeah, thanks to all of the powers that be for bothering to invest the time and sw $ and energy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techies-appreciation-thread/225702.md?page=1)