In early February, two new MOATies were invited, Di and Debbie.
Debbie asked the first real question about the MOAT
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'night Kibby.
Thanks again for the personal invite.
For the record, how are MOATs usually announced? I've seen them before, but only after the fact. I always wanted to party with the REAL bloglits, wear a coconut bra, sample a MOATarita, but I just wasn't cool enough.
Is it ususally a personal invitation or is there a secret code or something? I've got my own decoder ring, so I'm ready.
Posted by: Debbie on February 9, 2005 08:37 PM
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These were the responses
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Debbie, you are lucky you got a personal invitation. I crashed this party. There was a period when the Herald was fooling with anti-spam settings and suddenly a lot of people couldn't post. So there was an announcement on the MB that the party had commenced on an alternate site. I found that and joined in. But otherwise there is no announcement--and no mention is made on the MB. When the MOAT moves to a new thread, as happened today, we leave a link in the old location.
Am I making any sense at all?
Posted by: sandy beach on February 9, 2005 08:49 PM
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MOAT's are never announced, Debbie - they just come into being - you are at the most recent MOAT and in about 3 or 4 weeks I will start complaining becasuse I have dial-up and it will take too long to load - too many posts - people will ignore me for a while, then I'll make a scene, then people will want me to shut the FFFFFf**k up, and we'll go to a new place -
but I think the decoder ring is a good idea!
Can you get a bunch and pass them out to all MOATies's?
Posted by: Eleanor on February 9, 2005 08:51 PM
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Debbie and Di, another thing, in case nobody has mentioned it yet, there is a Yahoo group we refer to as the Y-MOAT where you can store stuff.
With a few notable exceptions *coughEleanorcough* we have posted photos of ourselves there, as well as files of funny stuff etc. You need to register with Yahoo, but that's pretty painless, and there is a lot of stuff there, including links to all the old MOATs.
Posted by: ¿wysiwyg? (MBE-LP) on February 9, 2005 09:00 PM
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Oh man!
Debbie, you cracked me up with:
I think, if you walk around your office for an entire afternoon with a big, black "L" on your forehead, you have sacrificed enough for the the entire period of Lent.
And welcome! In fact, very welcome. I am Neo's acolyte of MOAT history.
[bows low and carries Neo's trailing scholar's robes. Hums Police "wrapped around your finger"]
Di, You are most very welcome too. Curious about how you found us (or am I curious about how Debbie found us?)
As in all endeavors, there are some rules. Well, they're more like suggestions. OK. so we laugh when we try to corral them.
1) don't pull Leetie's finger no matter how she tries to get you to do it.
2) snarky & snippy belong elsewhere. I and some others have tended to presume flat-footed political gursting with the insinuation of the stupidity of those who disagree falls into this category.
3) if you are not sure what something is, don't drink it unless Mad says its OK.
4) keep confidences.
5) Treat rock stars & Titans with gentleness and respect their longevity/senility deserves. No, there is no list of these. You'll know them when you see them.
6) don't stare. No matter what you see, act nonchalont
7) Don't stretch the margines by typing enormously long words with no spaces.
8) Don't pull leetie's finger.
Posted by: Deon on February 9, 2005 09:02 PM
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um..."gursting" a term that grew out of a typo some time ago. It basically describes that full of life feeling you can get where you are sort of bubbling over - its a mix of "gushing" (eg. talking too much) and "bursting" (as in out of your skin with happiness).
Trouble is, though, that, at least for me, a symptom of gursting is an increased appreciation and use of innuendo in my posting. Its all in fun though, so don't take risque remarks too seriously.
Posted by: ¿wysiwyg? (MBE-LP) on February 9, 2005 09:05 PM
Debbie asked the first real question about the MOAT
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'night Kibby.
Thanks again for the personal invite.
For the record, how are MOATs usually announced? I've seen them before, but only after the fact. I always wanted to party with the REAL bloglits, wear a coconut bra, sample a MOATarita, but I just wasn't cool enough.
Is it ususally a personal invitation or is there a secret code or something? I've got my own decoder ring, so I'm ready.
Posted by: Debbie on February 9, 2005 08:37 PM
-------------------------------
These were the responses
-------------------------------
Debbie, you are lucky you got a personal invitation. I crashed this party. There was a period when the Herald was fooling with anti-spam settings and suddenly a lot of people couldn't post. So there was an announcement on the MB that the party had commenced on an alternate site. I found that and joined in. But otherwise there is no announcement--and no mention is made on the MB. When the MOAT moves to a new thread, as happened today, we leave a link in the old location.
Am I making any sense at all?
Posted by: sandy beach on February 9, 2005 08:49 PM
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MOAT's are never announced, Debbie - they just come into being - you are at the most recent MOAT and in about 3 or 4 weeks I will start complaining becasuse I have dial-up and it will take too long to load - too many posts - people will ignore me for a while, then I'll make a scene, then people will want me to shut the FFFFFf**k up, and we'll go to a new place -
but I think the decoder ring is a good idea!
Can you get a bunch and pass them out to all MOATies's?
Posted by: Eleanor on February 9, 2005 08:51 PM
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Debbie and Di, another thing, in case nobody has mentioned it yet, there is a Yahoo group we refer to as the Y-MOAT where you can store stuff.
With a few notable exceptions *coughEleanorcough* we have posted photos of ourselves there, as well as files of funny stuff etc. You need to register with Yahoo, but that's pretty painless, and there is a lot of stuff there, including links to all the old MOATs.
Posted by: ¿wysiwyg? (MBE-LP) on February 9, 2005 09:00 PM
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Oh man!
Debbie, you cracked me up with:
I think, if you walk around your office for an entire afternoon with a big, black "L" on your forehead, you have sacrificed enough for the the entire period of Lent.
And welcome! In fact, very welcome. I am Neo's acolyte of MOAT history.
[bows low and carries Neo's trailing scholar's robes. Hums Police "wrapped around your finger"]
Di, You are most very welcome too. Curious about how you found us (or am I curious about how Debbie found us?)
As in all endeavors, there are some rules. Well, they're more like suggestions. OK. so we laugh when we try to corral them.
1) don't pull Leetie's finger no matter how she tries to get you to do it.
2) snarky & snippy belong elsewhere. I and some others have tended to presume flat-footed political gursting with the insinuation of the stupidity of those who disagree falls into this category.
3) if you are not sure what something is, don't drink it unless Mad says its OK.
4) keep confidences.
5) Treat rock stars & Titans with gentleness and respect their longevity/senility deserves. No, there is no list of these. You'll know them when you see them.
6) don't stare. No matter what you see, act nonchalont
7) Don't stretch the margines by typing enormously long words with no spaces.
8) Don't pull leetie's finger.
Posted by: Deon on February 9, 2005 09:02 PM
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um..."gursting" a term that grew out of a typo some time ago. It basically describes that full of life feeling you can get where you are sort of bubbling over - its a mix of "gushing" (eg. talking too much) and "bursting" (as in out of your skin with happiness).
Trouble is, though, that, at least for me, a symptom of gursting is an increased appreciation and use of innuendo in my posting. Its all in fun though, so don't take risque remarks too seriously.
Posted by: ¿wysiwyg? (MBE-LP) on February 9, 2005 09:05 PM
