hey slo, good to see you.
the thread started in july 03.
i was testing a new countdown clock.
i went thru the steps and still did something wrong.
i had a countdown test clock but everyone else lost theirs.
after a mod posted on the board 3 times for me to stop, i did.
i was a newbie and didn't know they were talking to me.
i also received many hate pm's that day from posters who had problems with their tickers then. everyone blamed me.
the mod was correcting an issue and then i was to redo my steps to TEST it.
being green, i had no idea what was happening.
i only knew i wanted a countdown clock ticker and screwed up that thread of others while doing so unintentionally.
after crying for sometime, i went back to the computer and tried again to do a countdown clock for one last time.
i waited awhile and then went back to see if i did it correctly.
what i noticed was people posted on that "thread" i created.
yup, i got a countdown clock but in the process made it a new thread....
many of the ones that post here today are original members.
some of their replies were a hoot.
ocm: ok, i'll take that test but i demand 100%, no 98% for me
other comments,
test......ouch, i hate shots....
can i cheat on that test?
what do i win if i get the test answers correct?
it turned into a joke thread
after things settled down, we all got to know each other and picked up others along the way.
i'm a teacher and would end my posts with

in the beginning.
so, the #2 pencils are not necessary for posting on the test thread.
we get silly and tell newbies, ok, join us but take a test first.
it's just joking around with that.
did you see what i posted on chicago #2 yet?
came back to add, not new threads but newer threads.
on one of the regular threads i post about the tag fairy, i lost my original and received new ones.
i was given back the wpasadi tag i received sometime back