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![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10363 Credit: 93,283,752 RAC: 30,434 ![]() ![]() |
I do not like snakes. If I get suprised by one by allmost stepping on it, I freak. I dont even like turning a page in a book or magazine and seeing one. I dont like heights much either, But I can work through the fear. As a volunteer fireman I had no problems going up the ladder to get on a roof. it was getting back down. ![]() Old James |
![]() Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 33582 Credit: 13,626,102 RAC: 8,305 ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15127 Credit: 6,451,721 RAC: 9,111 ![]() ![]() |
Escalators, since a child I've had a fear that the steps will break and I'll fall into the mechanism with terrible results. Doesn't stop me using them, but the thought is always there. ![]() Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. |
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Nick: ID 666 ![]() Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 11694 Credit: 31,884,992 RAC: 2,552 ![]() ![]() |
Aren't you suffering from lowRACophobia? Maybe Eric has a fear of computers. |
![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 2405 Credit: 754,495 RAC: 447 ![]() |
Aren't you suffering from lowRACophobia? I rather imagine computers have a fear of Eric. |
David S Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 23,688,901 RAC: 5,672 ![]() ![]() |
Escalators, since a child I've had a fear that the steps will break and I'll fall into the mechanism with terrible results. Doesn't stop me using them, but the thought is always there. Related, again, to my weight, I fear that I will lose my balance and fall getting on or off an escalator, then get caught in it as it disappears into the floor. Even the small amount of weight I lost last year made a big improvement in my sense of balance, though. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
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![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4692 Credit: 50,529,778 RAC: 23,547 ![]() ![]() |
I Truly Do think that I have Urbanophobia...I hate Large Cities. Every day on TV you hear of something bad happening in Cities. I even dislike having to take my Wife into Louisville to Visit Her Cousin or to go visit one of our Doctors. I even went into Savannah, GA to see a Play one time and got Home to find a Bullet Hole in the Fender. And I've had other Bad/Worse things Happen in other Cities. ![]() I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Sorry Jim, but I love cities. :) I am not sure if this would qualify as a true phobia but I am not terribly fond of bats. Or snakes. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
![]() Send message Joined: 29 Nov 10 Posts: 112 Credit: 37,989 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Best phobia ever!! Girl scared to death of pickles I couldn't help but lmao. As for myself, I have a slight fear of heights. That's one of the many reason I became a pilot. Don't really have that rear anymore...unless my prop starts windmilling (only happened once in 14 years), then it starts to creep back slightly. **Check out my wifes cupcakes** ![]() |
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![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10848 Credit: 5,743,225 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Jim, you are the longest Mod here now. Enjoy :) Hugs Uli Pluto will always be a planet to me. ![]() Seti Ambassador |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4692 Credit: 50,529,778 RAC: 23,547 ![]() ![]() |
Jim, you are the longest Mod here now. Enjoy :) I guess that is a good thing Uli...But at times it makes it hard to be a regular poster. Last week I lost an old friend to Cancer and was scared to even mention it here...I guess that you could call that Modiphobia. We somehow have to moderate and insulate in an attempt to be fair. I Try very Hard to. But in some ways I must have done so to still be in the position in spite of My Failings. Zen Hugs, Jim Scott (Poster) ![]() I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 40475 Credit: 41,346,303 RAC: 2,462 ![]() ![]() |
The test of a good Mod is be open and friendly on the boards, but also have the ability to rap knuckles when necessary, in a fair but firm manner. It's always a difficult balance and not everyone's cup of tea. Fred is happy to keep you on, we are happy to have you, so what is there not to like about it :-) Chris S (Fellow 12 year Club poster) |
![]() ![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 30988 Credit: 61,613,084 RAC: 30,159 ![]() ![]() |
The test of a good Mod is be open and friendly on the boards, but also have the ability to rap knuckles when necessary, in a fair but firm manner. It's always a difficult balance and not everyone's cup of tea. Fred is happy to keep you on, we are happy to have you, so what is there not to like about it :-) I totally agree on the first part. Shouldn`t be that hard to remain normal. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4692 Credit: 50,529,778 RAC: 23,547 ![]() ![]() |
Thanks Folks...I guess that takes care of My *Modiphobia*. ![]() I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 40475 Credit: 41,346,303 RAC: 2,462 ![]() ![]() |
Yep, he's still got the day job ;-) |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6443 Credit: 32,931,725 RAC: 76 ![]() |
aichmophobia in my case a fear of knives. Hard to reconcil with my love of cooking, but might explain why I really tense up at the prospect of sharing a kitchen. ![]() Janice |
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