Graduating to the next level (again)

[UberGerbil]

what a number probably you post in every free minute

No, you just have to hang around a while...like, most of the decade. Prime has only been averaging about 2.5 per day, which is hardly "every free minute" (unless those are very long, time-consuming posts). Even Fox is only averaging about 10 posts per day, and given that he's a mod, at least a couple of those every day are probably of the "moved to X forum" variety.

[grantmeaname]

Yay! Only four away from 500!

[Starfalcon]

Well another year, another few posts and another year older...sadly I missed posting on my birthday, but I still made it here.

Plus I am sure everyone that remembers me has been wondering where I have disappeared to...WOW has eaten up most of my spare time.

And also if anyone wants to know yes I still have a huge collection of vintage computer gear, and yes I keep adding to it. I probably will open up a museum some day ...maybe make some money off all this stuff I have collected.

Happy 10th anniversary TR, it was a blast being here for most of your your 10 years.

[derFunkenstein]

Is it time for a WoW intervention, Starfalcon? We miss you!

[Jigar]

I graduate as Maximum Gerbil

[Heiwashin]

Grats.

[Starfalcon]

Just checking in again, WOW let me out of its grip for a few moments to post here...yes I am still alive...no I dont need a WOW intervention...no WOW is not making me say this...

[Flying Fox]

Just checking in again, WOW let me out of its grip for a few moments to post here...yes I am still alive...no I dont need a WOW intervention...no WOW is not making me say this...

Damn, should have posted in the BB. I have some near-museum era stuff to get rid of.

[grantmeaname]

So so close to 1000. I can almost taste my promotion!

[Starfalcon]

Just checking in again, WOW let me out of its grip for a few moments to post here...yes I am still alive...no I dont need a WOW intervention...no WOW is not making me say this...

Damn, should have posted in the BB. I have some near-museum era stuff to get rid of.

LOL, well hook me up bro

[Dposcorp]

Starfalcon, glad all is well with you

[MaxTheLimit]

Sweet!
I'm about to be a Gerbil Jedi?
Do I get little squeaky force powers now?

[Starfalcon]

Well, another year goes by...how the time has flown this year. Another birthday in the can, and another year older...and maybe wiser...or not. Managed to get a few more posts in this year, and spent a reasonable time on the site this year as opposed to the last one. I am just hoping I find a new job this by the new year...sucks being out of work. Thanks for putting up with me all these years, its been a blast.

[pikaporeon]

I hit a thousand a while back and forgot what this thread was called to post about it

[Jigar]

I hit a thousand a while back and forgot what this thread was called to post about it

Congrats...

[Starfalcon]

Well....11,111 posts FTW, lol

[Starfalcon]

Well, another year in the can and another Bday. Took a lot longer to get a job again than I though it would take, but fortunately I am working again after a year and a half of being out of work. It was very frustrating looking for a job, online apps take a long (sometimes up to 2 hours each) to fill out and it sucks not to hear a single thing after spending all that time jumping through the hoops and answering the "no I am not crazy questions". Now I am thankful to have a job, although it is not what I was making before, but as I put it, my unemployment benefits had run out 6 months ago and something is better than nothing. Although I had been a saving packrat while unemployed it was close to exhausting my savings and things would have been very bleak indeed.

Although this year started out bad for me, at least I have a job and I am making money again. It is also nice getting out of the house again and interacting with people again, something I missed a lot during my time of unemployment. I am just glad that I got back to work, but I do feel bad for all the other people out there and hope they can get back to work like me. My motto is just keep pressing on and never give up looking for a job, the one I got had been one I applied at 3 months previously and had given up any hope of getting when I got a call out of the blue. I turned out the person they had hired back then for the position failed miserably and was let go, and I was the next one on the list.

I am thankful this year to go into the holidays with a job and have hopes of moving up eventually in my company, so my prospects are good and I have a lot to look forward to. I hope that anyone that reads this and is still unemployed reads this and doesn't give up and keeps going remembers, life is only as bad as you make it.

[Hawkwing74]

Awesome to hear about you getting a job, Starfalcon!

[ludi]

Congrats, Starfalcon, and good luck getting settled in to the new position

[FireGryphon]

Congrats, Starfalcon! Going to the next level, indeed!

[Starfalcon]

Thanks all, and hard to believe I made this thread over 8 years ago now....amazing how many things have changed since then, for both me and the computer field. I think I had just changed my rig from an Abit KG7 RAID to the Abit NF7S..RIP Abit. My current Core2 duo system is getting a little long in the tooth now, but I figure I can milk another year or so out of it. Going to miss my PS/2 ports and floppy drive though...maybe I can find me a PCIe card with PS/2 ports on it Will also miss my trusty PCI cards too, my trusty IDE card Ive been using for ages along with my Audigy 2.

[Hawkwing74]

Post 12000

[just brew it!]

Post 12000

I should go and randomly delete one of your old posts, just to make this one 11999!

[Captain Ned]

Post 12000

I should go and randomly delete one of your old posts, just to make this one 11999!

That would be very Gleekish, or very Prince-like.

[/ducks]

[just brew it!]

Nahh, Gleek would just block all IP addresses associated with Streamwood!

[Philldoe]

Hm. 2500 posts. Welp atleast I'm not post whoreing.

[thegleek]

Nahh, Gleek would just block all IP addresses associated with Streamwood!

huh? say wha?

[integer]

Congrats derFunkenstein, on reaching 20,000 posts.

[Starfalcon]

Lol, I remember when 3k posts was a lot on this site....plenty of people int he 15k-20k posts now. Hard to believe its been over 9 years since I first started this thread, Ill have to come up with something special for the 10 year anniversary of this thread I figure

[thegleek]

Lol, I remember when 3k posts was a lot on this site....plenty of people int he 15k-20k posts now. Hard to believe its been over 9 years since I first started this thread, Ill have to come up with something special for the 10 year anniversary of this thread I figure

hellz yeah mofo... this very post makes my 7,000th post on TR... it's been a long long journey (coming up on 9 years myself)... yee haw!