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Ohh for the freekin love of pete people !!! Its NOT the end of the world , its a sticker .
I dont care what it stands for !
I dont care what it implies !
I dont care if I have one or not !

I know i'm a contributing Member , I know what I've said here and tried to do here . The rest is all hooey !

Go take a slug of "chill juice" and stop fretting over stuff that really doesnt matter !

Ok " climbs off soapbox"

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Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
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My friends, the golden moment has come. Who among you will stand on the shoulders of giants and bravely induce some self-help? This is the time to change your life. It will cost you. That $1 per month could linger over your head every day. If it didn't take courage, you wouldn't be brave. Into the breach. Find the classifieds, and click that subscribe link.

NO.

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Audiences and dispensations on Thursdays ~ by appointment only.


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'We are all equal... But some are more equal than others '

For those brave souls, battle scarred and armed with mirror finished chisels, that feel confident of heart and with veins of steel, that venture into the darkest corners of the board - that secret place known only as 'the classifieds' - I salute you!

What mysteries it holds, I am destined never to encounter, for fear of such places and the mystery of 'payment by PayPal' will always remain beyond my grasp... I envy these fearless axe, hatchet and saw wielding brave hearts, whose quest for 'interesting bargains' humbles and shames me to the very heartwood of my modest stash of uninteresting and plain old kindling.

Such is my shame, I feel that it is only right and just that my fear and modest scripted contributions be recognisable instantly as penned from one not worthy.

Only then, in the knowledge that I stand beneath ye 'contributing' immortals will I find peace and redemption.



.... Alternatively, is anyone really bothered by a pretty standard forum acknowledgement? Seems fair enough to me... And anyway, I admire those most who have something interesting to say, build beautiful things, are helpful, humorous, post pics of goats, polite and happy to share knowledge. The presence or not of a badge, makes no real difference.

I am a member of five different forums and not all of them are guitar forums, but all of them differentiate between those who contribute monetarily and those who do not.

This is not something new or unheard of and frankly I do not understand why it bothers some to this extent. If you do not want to contribute monetarily that is your perogative and I sincerely doubt anyone will look down on you least of all Lance! I never look on the other forums to see if the person is a contributing member or not and I do not plan on starting now!

So, in conclusion, everything is going to be just fine and the world will probably last another hour or two.

I believe goats, young and old, should get a free pass.

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

More goat..

Wifey and I are staying at a B&B in Salida, CO this week named the Mountain Goat Lodge. They raise goats here for milk production and cheese making. She's waking me up at 6:30 so we can go watch the goats get milked. And she is taking a cheese making class. Why? Don't ask me...... But hey, I'm not going to gripe because she let me come up here to take a class on UV finishing. Heck, I'll milk a goat for that....

Tony,
I'll get you a picture for your collection

Another word for goat is YUM!

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Yippee! Get some for this collection if you can:
http://goatsstandingonthings.tumblr.com/

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PMoMC

....i just paid up for the classifieds feed, couldn't stand the peer pressure anymore.
really, i figure i've gotten more than 12 bucks of knowledge and entertainment in here, so why not throw out some change. now on to the NPR pledge drive...
thanks guys(and at least one lady)

that goat looks like a camel, just sayin....

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You got something against camels?

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PMoMC

It is still a goat until somebody gives it a hump. . .

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Bryan Bear PMoMC

Take care of your feet, and your feet will take care of you.

Well, that would definitely be Tony.

Alex

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"Indecision is the key to flexibility" .... Bumper sticker

My quest has ended:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/depart ... oat,33852/

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PMoMC

Can I contribute and still remain anonymous? I didn’t see anything indicating such in the contribution link. I prefer the wood designation to the ”Contributor Label”.

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Michael Lloyd

“I was born to ignorance, yes, and lesser poverties ...
I was born to privilege that I did not see ... I didn’t know it, but my way was paved” – John Gorka

It bothers some people because they have never.grown up. They are in the "we don't keep score" little league camp -- it may hurt someone' s feelings it they lose. And they have no shame in griping about about a simple gesture of a moderater who intented no harm. I simply cannot believe it.

Hey...Michael has an interesting point. I too prefer the wooden nomenclature.
In fact, I've been whittling away at posting, hoping someday to make my family proud by becoming Old Growth Brazilian Rosewood. Ach! All that posting...
Well, how about rating the contributors?

"Cheapskate"
"Skinflint"
"Contributing Member"
"Big Spender"
"Daddy Warbucks"
"I Liked the OLF so much, I bought the Forum"

Or something like that?

Steve

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Everyone who has not contributed would, by definition, be a cheapskate, no?

I think I got my "Contributing Member" button because of the goat pics.

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PMoMC

A present for Tony.

What are their names? ^

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

What fleet footed and majestic creatures!

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PMoMC

Milking goats is overrated. I've milked enough of them to populate several fields, by hand and machine. Goats are wonderful creatures, sincerely. But their cheese smells and tastes like the inside of a sweaty armpit. I'll pass.

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Mike

The only thing nescessary for evil to thrive is for good men to do nothing.

This begs the question, How is it that you know what the inside of a smelly arm pit tastes like?

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

LOL! I should have said tastes like what I imagine a smelly armpit tastes like.

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Mike

The only thing nescessary for evil to thrive is for good men to do nothing.