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| I AM THE WORD OF AUTHORITY. BOW TO ZOD! |      | 4 | 9.76% | 
| I showed my clever today! |      | 2 | 4.88% | 
| Hmm... was it something I said? |      | 9 | 21.95% | 
| Nobody likes talking to me. |      | 9 | 21.95% | 
| Oh, God, I killed it... |      | 17 | 41.46% | 
| Voters: 41. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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|  04-03-2012, 05:05 PM | #16 | |
| Booklegger            Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch | Quote: 
 That's our story, and we're sticking to it. | |
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|  04-03-2012, 05:29 PM | #17 | 
| Wizard            Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet | 
			
			Haha Good question. One thread I know I killed although I was not an active participant for a month before it closed. I did feel guilty. Some times I feel I have bored a thread out of existence. Don't feel quilty, just wish I wouldn't run off at the mouth so much on certain topics. Oh well to paraphrase quite a few people It's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye or takes their toys and goes home. Helen | 
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|  04-04-2012, 12:58 AM | #19 | |
| Wizard            Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet | Quote: You actually made me look at the thread and I have been transmogrified into something different. Not sure what but have a bad case of the FIDS (feelings of impending doom from Terry Pratchett) Helen | |
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|  04-04-2012, 01:16 AM | #20 | 
| You kids get off my lawn!            Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of | |
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|  04-04-2012, 01:35 AM | #21 | 
| Wizard            Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet | 
			
			It was, if I am not misquoting, a coinage of an expression/acronym in a couple of his books. FIDS = Feelings of Impending Doom. Pretty sure it was Pratchett but could be wrong. It was a reference which I worded in an ambiguous way. Sorry for that. Helen | 
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|  04-04-2012, 10:56 AM | #22 | 
| Grand Sorcerer            Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none | |
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|  04-04-2012, 12:41 PM | #23 | 
| temp. out of service            Posts: 2,818 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623 | 
			
			Oh so I'm not the only one math idiot here? Cool.
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|  04-04-2012, 03:31 PM | #24 | 
| Illiterate            Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro | 
			
			Pratchett causes everyone doom, that's one of the things that's so fun about him!    Last edited by wodin; 04-04-2012 at 04:25 PM. Reason: typo | 
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|  04-04-2012, 04:07 PM | #25 | 
| Non-Techy            Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders | 
			
			Great I Finally get the LAst Word LOL    Actually this happens a LOT to me....sigh | 
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|  04-04-2012, 04:37 PM | #26 | 
| temp. out of service            Posts: 2,818 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623 | 
			
			Not this time    | 
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|  04-05-2012, 05:08 PM | #27 | 
| Cannon Fodder            Posts: 2,883 Karma: 52253556 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite | 
			
			Ask the mods.  They are always killing threads.
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|  04-05-2012, 06:37 PM | #28 | 
| temp. out of service            Posts: 2,818 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623 | 
			
			Or ask the moths, they kill threads on a regular basis too    | 
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|  04-05-2012, 06:41 PM | #29 | 
| Resident Curmudgeon            Posts: 80,742 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3 | 
			
			It depends on the thread.
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|  04-06-2012, 08:45 AM | #30 | 
| Grand Sorcerer            Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none | 
			
			Thanks for being so specific, Jon! I tend to go back and forth on this: At different times, I think I've felt every one of these choices, though I admit to feeling closer to the bottom of the list than the top (just like most of you, apparently). Modesty? Insecurity? Low self-esteem? Maybe. But you know when you ask someone to kneel before you, there's always the guy who'll take your hand to kiss it, and crush it in his grip... Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 04-06-2012 at 08:53 AM. | 
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