Get off the computer, and keep looking.
You can have tropics or you can have topics. When tropics, folks are out detecting and such. When there's topics, nothing to do but make more topics.
Not unless there's a few more rolls!
Works for me!!
Was trying to figure out how to write this earlier, then chose not to try. BUT......
But mainly, when I say something, I like to be understood. Growing up in Texas, I could tell in an instant what part of the state someone was from just by the way they talked. There were (for me) 5 distinct dialects; N, S, E, W and Central. And even within some areas there would be different meanings to a phrase, etc. One of my greatest pet peeves (and it really is a DRAGONOSAUR!!) is when people don't even make a complete sentence. I listen to what they say, but it simply makes no sense. So I have to ask them to repeat. ...Gee, I'm married to just such a person! 
Anyway, I'm long-winded because I don't want what I say to be taken other than how I meant it. Doesn't always work, but oh, well! ...Come to think of it, it doesn't work a LOT of the time!! ....Maybe I'm having a personality crisis?? 
Sometimes there really are days when I shouldn't turn this dang PC on, or even get out of bed! Cause no matter what I do, no matter how hard I try, my words just are NOT gonna come out right! So have gotten to where I will often hit the 'like' button and not say a word. It lets someone know that they were acknowledged and that their post was appreciated, all without having to stick my foot in my mouth....again! Yes, it still happens, though!
Not too bad for being a member here for 9 1/2 months. I have nobody on my Friends list, but that's by choice. Kinda irks me when I have someone on my list who later goes off in a different direction, and I'm sitting there trying to figure out, "Should I leave it there or take it away?" So on this forum, I'm just making it a point to keep my life philosophy intact - that everyone is my friend unless they give me damn good reason not to be! As someone else said, life is short. I'm not having a Friends list, which is one less thing for me to stress about. 
...And for anyone who might have read any of my posts to that dude who thought he was a real live dead person, I'm really not that thrilled with life, in general. When my time comes, I'm gonna be awful happy to punch out. However, I ain't doing nuttin' to make it happen any sooner!! 
You make good points Susan. We all have our "hot buttons" for one
thing or another, which in my case is spelling and punctuation. Poor
spelling and eternal sentences used to drive me bonkers, but I finally
came to the realization that, for the most part, it didn't really matter
so long as I understood what was written. In short, I kept my cranky
opinions to myself, and got over it.
Why does poor spelling, etc. drive me nuts, you ask? I haven't the foggiest
idea. My own spelling and punctuation are often suspect, so it's not like I was
an English major who's picky.
My best guess is that's it's from those Catholic nuns that taught me for 7
years at Our Lady of Corporal Punishment. Those women dressed up as
penguins were downright evil, in particular one old one, Sister Nevergotlaid,
(she was a never nun) got especially irritated over spelling mistakes.
(Hey, Sister..over here!)
Speaking of "Likes" (I like Likes), they are a great way to say "Thank You" to
the author of an especially good, or helpful post. You can look at a persons
Profile, and learn a lot about them. One poster to this thread has been a member
since 2007, and in all those years has only given out 15 "Likes" to other members,
while others have only been here a few years, and have given out many thousands
of likes.
Does giving out more "Likes" make you a happier member?
My best guess is that's it's from those Catholic nuns that taught me for 7
years at Our Lady of Corporal Punishment. Those women dressed up as
penguins were downright evil, in particular one old one, Sister Nevergotlaid,
(she was a never nun) got especially irritated over spelling mistakes.
(Hey, Sister..over here!)
