General Cycling Discussion - Seeking Full Member Status

How long does it take for one to raise beyond the "Junior Member" label. I know, labels are not important, and I do have a lot to learn here on the Forum, but I want to be a "Member" and ultimately a "Senior Member". I want to ride with the Big Dogs. Watch out Pete, I'm gaining momentum!

Fifty posts makes you a Senior Member, and with 100 posts you're Totally Out of Control!

:)

Thanks JonR

26 more to go...

Hang in there Steele. If I can become a distinguished Senior Member anyone can. Just keep an eye out for those SPAM threads.

500 means...well, I'm not sure what it means...lead in the water supply?

:confused:

Hey look...I am a "member" now. Hang in there Junior Members, I remember what it was like...it seems like only minutes ago....

Yes,
Sometimes it lonely up there too...,

Originally posted by Ba-Dg-Er


You have way too much time on your hands and too much random stuff to talk about?

and not enough of bike riding.......

You guyz lighten up. Riding your bike too much'll make you weird.

Hey, there IS life out of the saddle!

(shaking head...) "Bike-a-holics!" Sheesh!

Life....what do you mean life?

Work, bike, work, bike, work, bike....

But the biking makes it worth it!

Originally posted by aerobat
Life....what do you mean life?

Work, bike, work, bike, work, bike....

But the biking makes it worth it!
Aerobat,
Can I add one more function, "work,bike, and post at Bikeforum, hehehehe!!!!!

Is this becoming a "spam" thread? I need two more posts!!!! ;)

Naaaah!

Couldn't be a SPAM post, nope, no SPAM here!

I would hate to think I started a SPAM thread here...

hey what's that smell...tastes like chicken.

Bike, work, post at BikeForum, kiss girlfriend goodbye...

Thank *spam* goodness. I was beginning to *spam* lose all respect for *spam* this forum. Only one more to be a official member! Woo-Hoo!!!
http://www.synergizedsolutions.com/simpsons/pictures/homer/homerdonut.gif

http://www.synergizedsolutions.com/simpsons/pictures/homer/homerdonut.gif
Gimme that donut!

Mmmmm, donut.
Glazed donut, chocolate donut..., SPAM donut.

So...are we going after a 100 replies on here or will this thread be mercifully killed?

Of course, I have to pad my posts a bit...

Servus!

You know, I have never had the pleasure of tasting SPAM in my entire life.....

I think JoeG will kill this one LONG before 100 posts (I hope not!)

Only nine to go...

Hi Gang!!! :dance:

Well, Friday is again upon us....

Pete!!!! How the heck did you get over 500 posts....geez, if this was an olympic event, you'd be a gold medal for sure!!!

Ha ha :D

Have a great weekend guys, catch ya the other side :)

Rich

I have no plans on closing it... ;)

Ah, c'mon Joe, for the mercy of us all...please close this thing before it takes over. There's not much time..."SPAM", D'oh, did I say that out loud?

My system was down for about 24 hours, what's going on now?, and I have some time riding my bike and did a double century although its a little cold out her and windy...

So how many posts do you need for full member staus?

just keep posting sensible and meaningful topics your going at the right direction, and by the way, welcome to Bike forum

Originally posted by orguasch
I have some time riding my bike and did a double century although its a little cold out her and windy...
A double century? And I thought I was obsessed!!!! :)

Hey Pete, listen up...I have just become a Senior Member and here is my plan...

You stop posting and let me get another ~525...that way we will be even.

How's that sound?

steele bike,
I didn't get my senior member status until about six month later, I think your on the right track, keep them coming, eventually your going to catch on Pete, how's that for encouragement, :beer:, and I will offer a toast on that one....

Originally posted by Steele-Bike
I want to ride with the Big Dogs.

Man, ol man! I can feel it comin' today will be my big day...
Senior member is around the bend! :D (Bugs in teeth!)

Taaa Duuuuuhhhhhhh!
I made it! I'm made it!
I feel so proud to be an accomplished BFC participant.
Whodathunk it little ol AlphaGeek spinning his way to big # 50 entries!!!

There's no place like home!
There's no place like home!
There's no place like home!
...Hi toto!

Thank you all for your wisdom, fellowship, and whackiness!
I'm looking forward to many more miles of highway together.

Mark

Originally posted by AlphaGeek


Man, ol man! I can feel it comin' today will be my big day...
Senior member is around the bend! :D (Bugs in teeth!)
Congratulations on making it to 50 posts without crashing!

Speaking of bugs in the teeth (and admitted this is off-topic for this thread, but if ever a topic didn't deserve a separate one, this is it): what do you fellow forum-ites do when a bug flies into your mouth (because you're singing, of course, not panting...)?

Is it better to establish the size of the bug with your sensory apparatus and then perhaps swallow it if not too large, or just spit the critter out--thereby LITTERING?

:confused:

Spit! Bugs are nasty... I just had a run in with about 50 fruit flys last week, i spit atleast 40 of them out, the other 10 went down with a few big gulps of water, nasty :eek:

It looks like I've got a way to go before I can join the honored ranks of the 'senior members.' I suppose a good way to accelerate the process would be more posting and less lurking. In my defense, I'm...um...shy?

I've been a "senior" for a while. All I had to do was post 50. I just noticed that Steele-Bike has 112 posts and is still JUST a senior member. orguasch has 252 post and still JUST a senior member. Does this mean that I get nothing more elaborate in title until I become a serious addict and have 500 posts? That gives me nothing to look forward to. I liked having a different title with every 25 posts. :(

Originally posted by A F Baker
Does this mean that I get nothing more elaborate in title until I become a serious addict and have 500 posts?

We've got to get creative here and come up with a series of ranks: Going from senior to ...500 "Serious Addict" is too big a jump! How about some ideas you creative types!

100 ___________

200 ___________

300 ___________

400 ___________

500 Serious Addict!

1000 Whacked Out Cool Dude

2000 Cyclin' Kahoona

3000 Toasted Tri-Cycler

Just some thots :confused:

Originally posted by Joe Gardner
Spit! Bugs are nasty... I just had a run in with about 50 fruit flys last week, i spit atleast 40 of them out, the other 10 went down with a few big gulps of water, nasty :eek:
At least they're high in protein, and low in calories....

Originally posted by AlphaGeek


We've got to get creative here and come up with a series of ranks: Going from senior to ...500 "Serious Addict" is too big a jump! How about some ideas you creative types!


How about 5000 posts="Watch out, Pete Clark!"

If anyone can come up with "better" user title, do let me know! As of right now, once you get your 100th post, you can make your own user title ;)

Quote:
Joe Gardner
BikeForums Janitor
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I think "Janitor" is a pretty cool title for the web guru of BFC!!! ;)

Hehe :)

But, is that all there is? No secret handshake at 500 posts?

Originally posted by roadbuzz
But, is that all there is? No secret handshake at 500 posts?
Coming up in the next software update, right, Joe?

Originally posted by Joe Gardner
Spit! Bugs are nasty... I just had a run in with about 50 fruit flys last week, i spit atleast 40 of them out, the other 10 went down with a few big gulps of water, nasty :eek:
Ya, but at least fruit flies walk on fruit all day (I think...)

"Food on the bike," thread...

If I can hurl that baby out, it's gone. Otherwise I swallow fast and go into extreme denial. "Oh, people in the Marines do this all the time..."

I have noticed that some bugs taste like spam.

I have a ton more post to go...

I've noticed that some bugs taste bitter. It would be good to have a sweet drink or some peppermints along for a chaser....

Okay. So I'm sitting here, merrily posting away and freely ingnoring the fact that I need to learn 15 minutes worth of information on the Freedmen's Bureau by morning when I realize that I have posted my twenty-fourth post. "Cool," I think. "One more and I will have risen to the rank of 'Member.'" Of course the logical thing to do is to post a small commerative note to memorialize the occation. Seems harmless enough. Of course, that's when the troubles started.

I click on 'submit reply,' eager to see my new title appear on my screen and recieve all the benefits and entitlements that come with my new status. Nothing happens. I click again. Nope. "Fiddlesticks," I think. I assume that the problem is in my browser, so I colse Netscape. Perturbed, but not entirely disheartened, I fire up Internet Explorer. I sign on. I wait. I keep waiting. I tire of waiting and give up. I am confused. Then it hits me.

"How stupid of me," I thought. "There's no problem with my computer. This 'error' happend by design. They're just hazing the new guy!" I now see what a fool I had been to expect to walk into the halls of Membership unchallenged. I was setback at first, but I forged ahead and passed your trial, and I think I'm a better man for it too.

And now, with this, my twenty-fifth post, I award myself the rank of Member. I will hold my head high as I walk to join your ranks. For I am strong. I am cyclist. I am Member.

Originally posted by AlphaGeek


We've got to get creative here and come up with a series of ranks: Going from senior to ...500 "Serious Addict" is too big a jump! How about some ideas you creative types!

100 ___________

200 ___________

300 ___________

400 ___________

500 Serious Addict!

1000 Whacked Out Cool Dude

2000 Cyclin' Kahoona

3000 Toasted Tri-Cycler

Just some thots :confused:

Guess what Big Bird, you're a "Whacked Out Cool Dude!" WOCD
:)

Originally posted by Ba-Dg-Er


If there was I missed out on it! :) Ba-Dg-Er, wow look at your numbers 1001