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Jim Miller

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From one who's made 5 posts in 7 months:

...I tend to lurk a lot without writing. But boy have I picked up many great ideas.

Gee, thanks. It's nice to know you're picking up great ideas. We're all here for you.

But consider how it would be if we all took your approach. The good ideas & advice would never come, because we'd all be lurking.

The point is, this is a forum for sharing -- a give and take thing. If you're not directly involved in the discourse, then you're missing half the fun. And we're missing you.

Go ahead -- make our day. Give us a good ideas of yours. Help one of us solve a problem. We're all harmless and we're all human. What are your thoughts?

Let's hear from the lurkers.
 
Lurkers BEWARE!!

Jim does this all the time, he tries to lure in the people in the outer wings and then, just when they feel comfortable enough to post some innocent little tidbit of information, he lambasts them with sarcasm and mindless humor until they simply shrink back into the shadows, never to be heard from again!!!

Oh, .......... wait a minute, that wasn't Jim Miller who does that, ............... Uh, I think it's Framerguy who pulls those stunts!!

OK, lurkers, it's safe to come out and play with Jim now. Just don't let Framerguy catch you!! ;)


Omar

Mild mannered special agent and soldier of fortune.
 
Lurkers,

Come out, come out, wherever you are!

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We mean you no harm … <font face=Bellevue size = 3>honest!</font>
 
Just to keep our terminology straight . . .

What is a lurker?

Someone who reads TG, but never registers?

Someone who registers but never posts?

Someone who posts less than eight-times-per-day?

It's an ugly term, by the way.
 
What if you just ask questions and don't give very many answers?

Some of us don't have as many answers as others, but have many questions.

That's not lurking, that's just one sided participation. Isn't it?
 
Asking a very good question is a valuable form of participation, and not necessarily a sign of lack of experience. There are probably no bad questions or stupid questions, though there are some that are too general to deal with on an internet bulletin board.

Have you every noticed that Marc Lizer will often respond to a question by asking 3-4 more questions? It can be maddening, but it can also stimulate a good discussion that would otherwise have ended quickly with a simple answer and not much detail.
 
A lurker would be someone that is hanging around but doesn't let on that they are there.
So...they could be registered or not.
Of course, since I show up as a guest when I'm here, maybe I'm a lurker too! ;)
 
Why don't we include Jim in this and ask him bluntly which of the above he ment when calling on "lurkers".
BTW, each time one of you access The Grumble from a different computer than your own (the one packed with cookies from TG) your try accounts for a lurker's.

Next time I'll be busting this inspiring topic up by asking you what's a true grumbler. But that's next. Do not answer as yet. Pleeease... ;)
 
One alternative to a very hard shell (to deflect disagreement) is lurking. Lurking is healthy and not is not verging upon a slipping mental health. There are those of us that like to impose the "expert" rule upon all of us but,those of us that have been in the business for a while know that rule do not apply to each and every job.
sometimes a framers better judgement is the best choice when faced with a difficult client. There are framers that really don't care about opinion and will do what is necessary to complete a job as per the clients instructions; they are paying the bill.

Jack Cee
 
Originally posted by American Choice:
Why don't we include Jim in this and ask him bluntly which of the above he ment when calling on "lurkers"...
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I'd be pleased to answer, but I'm lurking now.
 
So, if I sign up under a different name on a different computer, I could lurk without getting caught? Wait a minute if I lurked, no one would know I was there. If I said one word once under my fake name, could I get caught?

[ 08-06-2003, 08:07 PM: Message edited by: Sue Nolan ]
 
Yes, Susan, ......... most definitely.

FGII
 
Originally posted by Jack Cee:
One alternative to a very hard shell (to deflect disagreement) is lurking.
Jack Cee
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Yes, I do think it helps to have a hard shell here.

I often don't know the answers and even when I do it seems that there are many here that are much more qualified to speak than me.
Sometimes I feel a little intimidated by all the expertise here.
That said, since I first arrived at this place known as The Grumble I've learned a lot and have certainly asked questions when I needed help.
I have gotten a lot of help... some of it from members that responded off forum. Many thanks to those that have taken the time to do that. You know who you are.

I've learned more by reading questions and answers posted by other members than I can begin to tell you. By reading, I've learned and not needed to ask the questions myself.
There are a lot of different personalities here but we all have at least two things in common, framing and the desire to learn.
I think the same thing could be said for the Hitchhikers but we are allowed to be more casual here. A little more sense of humor, you might say.
So I guess we all have three things in common, an irreverant sense of humor being the third thing.

I did lurk without posting for a short while after joining TG but after reading some posts by Ron I decided that it was okay to speak up. :D

[ 08-06-2003, 08:50 PM: Message edited by: D. Derbonne ]
 
It also takes a lot less time and energy to read and never post.
 
Post, lurk, ask questions, ask stupid questions, post new topics, ask brilliant questions, answer questions, lurk, tell jokes, look for love, complain about suppliers, complain about customers, grumble about each other, bitch about lurkers. lurk, whatever,...... it's all part of The Grumble.

Without a doubt, the best thing to come along in our industry in years, right up there with CMCs.

John
 
I lurk lots more than I post, but I learn more than I lurk.


Candi
Curry's Frame Farm
Waynesboro, VA
 
As an apple lover I like Braeburn the most. When you're eating an apple (not a Mac) and reading the Grumble your hands are rather busy holding the aforementioned apple to type much, with skill you can navigate a mouse enough to get around the Grumble and have a good read.

My conclusion; Apple eaters are most likely to grow up to be lurkers.

Perhaps we could start a poll which could be navigated by a mouse?

BTW Cornel, thank-you for pointing out that you did not ask a perfectly silly question... yet.
 
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