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Old 09-21-2012, 06:47 AM   #21
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Old 09-21-2012, 06:47 AM   #22
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Once I'm retired, I wouldn't mind meeting up with a few of ya'll...maybe there'll be another get-together at some point...
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:11 AM   #23
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I'm too much of an introvert to want to meet anybody IRL from an on-line forum.

While I enjoy exchanging thoughts and ideas with others in a forum such as this, any actual contact would be "too close" for me.

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Old 09-21-2012, 07:15 AM   #24
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:42 AM   #25
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There are real people out there? Who knew?
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:49 AM   #26
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My wife is a member as well... does that count?
Why don't you send her a PM and ask her?
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Old 09-21-2012, 08:14 AM   #27
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Old 09-21-2012, 08:32 AM   #28
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It would be nice to meet a couple, but I have not had the chance.......
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Old 09-21-2012, 09:03 AM   #29
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I'm new here, and have no idea if I may have met anyone here or not (due to handles).

I've been involved in other internet groups in which I've met members in numbers from a few to over 100. What I've learned is that people can be quite different in person than their online persona, myself included.
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Old 09-21-2012, 09:05 AM   #30
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I thought you were all bots.
Guess I flunked the Turing test.
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Old 09-21-2012, 09:07 AM   #31
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I always enjoy meeting people whose posts I've been reading. Apparently we never ever resemble the mental images formed from our writing. Or our avatars.

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Old 09-21-2012, 09:39 AM   #32
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None that I know of, although at one point early on I remember seeing a post that led me to believe it was someone in my neighborhood (who I may or may not know).

Given that I enjoy getting together with smart people, especially those with a sense of humor, perhaps meeting some fellow bots in person would be fun - hadn't really thought of it before.
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Old 09-21-2012, 10:04 AM   #33
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I've met 1 member in person.

I would love to meet everyone who is a "regular". I have a lot of respect for the forum members' knowledge and feel a lot of kindred spirit with the jokesters.

So who wants to come visit East Nowhere, NY in the dead of winter?
No pushing, please form an orderly line...
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Old 09-21-2012, 10:34 AM   #34
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None, but it would be nice to meet some of the regulars some day.
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Old 09-21-2012, 10:40 AM   #35
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None..I'm too busy w*rking unfortunately
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Old 09-21-2012, 10:44 AM   #36
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None that I'm aware of.

But based on names/avatars alone I'd be interested in meeting some folks. A few just crack me up. Col. Klink for one. BirdieNumNums is another. And of course, W2R's old avatar along with bbbamI's old avatar had me interested for different reasons.

Of course, imagination is almost always better than reality.
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Old 09-21-2012, 11:04 AM   #37
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I haven't met anyone, but a convention of introverts would be interesting to attend some day
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Old 09-21-2012, 11:57 AM   #38
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S'ok, your photo is great - it reminds me of 60's British rockers!

As for me: I don't wear a bowler, it's been years since I had a mustache, and most days there is not a rainbow going from one hand to the other
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Old 09-21-2012, 11:58 AM   #39
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Zero. In fact I have never met anyone that I have crossed paths with on the internet.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:42 PM   #40
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S'ok, your photo is great - it reminds me of 60's British rockers!
Growing up in the 60's I actually preferred British knockers

Ah, Dusty, how come you never even replied to my request for a date.....
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