Why I feel like a fool today
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 William  Send message Joined: 14 Feb 13 Posts: 2037 Credit: 17,689,662 RAC: 0 |
Today, I feel like a fool because I am trying to set the world to rights against all odds. Some people might balk at the task. Me, I see three goodbye on the first page and I think, No. Not on MY shift. I will not allow this to happen. Therefore I am a fool. I still believe. I believe I can change things. I belive I CAN make a difference. I believe I can talk to even the most stubborn person on the planet and make him reconsider. I have to try. Call me delusional. Call me a fool. But I wouldn't be myself if I would not try to reach out. i HAVE to reach out. I have to use all means available to me even if that means stepping on half a dozen toes. Even if it costs me, I have to try. Yes, I am a fool. Still I have go to try and reach out to people who are so disgusted at the state of the boards and at the seeming complacency of the mods that they leave. Some have left openly and I wouldn't be me if I wouldn't try to coax them back - at least those who are and will always be friends. Some may have left silently or may be considering to leave. No. Not if I can help it. If this forum has become a place where people don't wish to visit anymore because of a very few others, then something is severely wrong. And I intend to do all I can to correct that. Yes, I am a fool. Only fools try things where a rational person doesn't bother. As long as I breathe, there is a chance. It may be slim but it's there. You will not know until you have tried. I am a fool and I will go down fighting for the world to be a better place. Now that was my two cents. Those of you who have been here longer and know that I am more than I seem - you haven't seen my rolling pin, now have you? I appear to have need of it. Dire need. Better order a few replacement ones. Now, if you feel foolish too, be my guest. If you think you need to answer to what I wrote - go ahead, I'll try to monitor without breaking rules. If you are one of those people that perpetually feel the need to go utterly offtopic in the nearest thread, I'm having none of those - anybody else who wants to cheer me up by being foolishly offtopic, you're welcome. Yes, that IS a completely arbritary and unfair distinction between two kinds of off topic. A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. (Mark Twain) ID: 1437781 ·  |
Nick  Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 
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Thumbs up for William, good show. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. ID: 1437785 · |
zoom3+1=4  Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65740 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 
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We're all a bunch of foolish coconuts... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's 
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Julie  Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65740 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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There was and is only one Coconut Vic, a certain Norwegian Princess :-) Officially, yes. As long as We all don't go bananas in the meantime. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
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James Sotherden  Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54
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Gee, I expected the hammer of THOR by now:)  [/quote]Old James ID: 1438231 · |
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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18
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Thomas Send message Joined: 9 Dec 11 Posts: 1499 Credit: 1,345,576 RAC: 0 
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Thumbs up for William, good show. +1 ID: 1438247 · |
Jim_S  Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31
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Thumbs up for William, good show. +2  I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) ID: 1438442 · |
celttooth  Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 
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Just by being here you have made a difference!   
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TimeLord04  Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23
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Just by being here you have made a difference! +1 TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos ID: 1438448 · |
Lynn   Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123
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Just by being here you have made a difference! +2 ID: 1438579 · |
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Jan Stromback Send message Joined: 12 Sep 04 Posts: 13 Credit: 452,098 RAC: 0 
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Hey, to make up for losses, I'm back after being away for some years. The reason is I buildt a new computer, this one surpassed the old ones result done in some 1400 hours in 3 days. Boinc and SETI@HOME is running 24/7 for the last 26 days, it raised my works done from 14.500 to 186.223 during that time, cheer up. Boinc wasn't anything for my very old AMD from 2001, this machine is running a i7 3770K and a Nvidia GTX 760, just using some 110watts while working on a 50% basis. ID: 1438584 · |
David S  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12
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Hey, to make up for losses, I'm back after being away for some years. The reason is I buildt a new computer, this one surpassed the old ones result done in some 1400 hours in 3 days. Boinc and SETI@HOME is running 24/7 for the last 26 days, it raised my works done from 14.500 to 186.223 during that time, cheer up. Boinc wasn't anything for my very old AMD from 2001, this machine is running a i7 3770K and a Nvidia GTX 760, just using some 110watts while working on a 50% basis. Welcome back, Jan. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1438602 · |
Donald L. Johnson  Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20
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Friend William: If that makes you a fool, then I are one, too. And we seem to be in good company. To help others, to make the world a better place than you found it, is a noble calling. It requires more effort, and character, than many are willing to put forth. Sometimes the only reward for such effort is the knowledge that you tried, you did what you could, when others would not. But for some, that is all you need. What was it Theodore Roosevelt said about the man in the arena... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1438637 · |
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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18
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Hey, to make up for losses, I'm back after being away for some years. The reason is I buildt a new computer, this one surpassed the old ones result done in some 1400 hours in 3 days. Boinc and SETI@HOME is running 24/7 for the last 26 days, it raised my works done from 14.500 to 186.223 during that time, cheer up. Boinc wasn't anything for my very old AMD from 2001, this machine is running a i7 3770K and a Nvidia GTX 760, just using some 110watts while working on a 50% basis. +1 rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1438697 · |
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TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23
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Hey, to make up for losses, I'm back after being away for some years. The reason is I buildt a new computer, this one surpassed the old ones result done in some 1400 hours in 3 days. Boinc and SETI@HOME is running 24/7 for the last 26 days, it raised my works done from 14.500 to 186.223 during that time, cheer up. Boinc wasn't anything for my very old AMD from 2001, this machine is running a i7 3770K and a Nvidia GTX 760, just using some 110watts while working on a 50% basis. +2 TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos ID: 1438816 · |
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