20 year Membership

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  1. Sophocles

    Sophocles Senior member

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    I think lurker would be more like it. I sometimes wonder how many of the "Old School" members come by to lurk but never drop in. On occasion one will pop in like Oner and LaLLi80, make a post or two, and then disappear again.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    but there is a reason why I said I am a ghost & most likely you will never figure it out.
     
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    Sophocles Senior member

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    Because you're a shadow who's no longer here in spirit.

    The other possibility is that one of the Admin Zombies turned you. :D
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    nope but it involved my step-father who is downstairs not upstairs if you catch my meaning.
     
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    I think I got the meaning.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    he went for a midnight walk April 2011 & somebody gave him a ride to our local hospital. he told the staff there that I had committed suicide so he was a bit surprised I was alive when I saw him there. that is why i say I am a ghost as he wanted to do me in as he says I gave my mother flesh eating disease which she died of complication 2 weeks to the day she went in. I preferred having my mother alive & him dead as he was loosing it upstairs & he & I had a couple of physical interactions that mom knew about 1 of them when she was still at home.
     
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    That is a really complicated situation, but I'm assuming it's now all in the past?
     
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    yes as he is downstairs & mom is upstairs.
     
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    Ghost of Afterdawn past. Here to warn you not to wander too far from this place.
     
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    Ghost of Afterdawn Present. Here to warn you not to let time pass you by and lead you away from all the good memories. :rolleyes:
     
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    What, no ghost of Afterdawn future???
     
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    First round of drinks is on whoever was here longest by my calculation then whoever comes next up to the end of 2004 My idea, my rules :p
     
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    20 Years for me in December those were the days well before everyone got lazy including myself and used youtube to learn. First ever pc i purchased from Time Computers windows 98. Was the worst pc i ever owned from that point on learnt to build me own and have ever since.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    I'm currently pc bashing a Lenovo ThinkCentre small form quad core i5 3.2ghz to fit into a Compaq mid tower case so I can have 2 usb 3 ports on the front plus 4 in the back never mind the 2 usb 2 ports in the back & 2 in the front. motherboard in the tower & been powered up to make certain it works as had to get a 14 pin to 24 pin motherboard power adapter to use a regular atx PSU. currently modifying the front usb 3 module & a removeable front panel to fit together.
     
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    Yet another 20 year member (in a few days) finds their way home. Here is your avatar upgrade.
     

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    Sophocles Senior member

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    It seems one of our missing 20 year membership buddies, Praetor, Praetor.JPG made an appearance on Computer Forums on Nov 1, 2022.
     
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    pretty pog how still some people r here
     
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    I think many of us left for a time, because like almost everyone we have friends and family on Facebook. The problem with social media sites such as Facebook is it's a free-for-all that lacks focus on areas of specific interest. AD fills that void and offers an escape from Facebook. Besides, someone has to provide a little company for ddp. :D
     
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    don't need company as I have my cats & kittens plus keeping busy cleaning up over 140+ sets of Booklet of General Plans of US Navy ships.
     

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