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Not sure I want to be a 'GEEK'

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  • Dr_Hook
    Dr_Hook Posts: 509 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Unlucky floss, looks like you're a convert. Presumably this means you now have to shave your head and wear a habit :rotfl:
    Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW Nerd #491
  • sammiboo
    sammiboo Posts: 1,110 Forumite
    floss2 wrote: »

    Haven't seen my new name yet - not sure I want to see so will get behind the sofa!

    It says youre a "money !!!!!" :eek: :p
    March 2006 £15,200+ in debt April £843.64 in debt - Debt Free date Sept 2009
    Egg Credit Card - £843.64 5.7%
  • rayday2
    rayday2 Posts: 3,960 Forumite
    sammiboo wrote: »
    Great I am a wart - how depressing :(

    *considers going on a posting rampage to get another star up* :p

    The forum I am admin on, we use the Vbulletin software and we allow our users to put thier own title under their username (within reason of course :p)

    It is easy to do, maybe this would be a better idea. Then if people want to be warts or geeks then they can choose to be :D

    I used to co-admin on a huge forum over 20,000 members and it was hard enough keeping an eye on sigs, spammers and general moderating without worrying about what people are titling thereselves. We got round it as a reward for over 10,000 posts you could email admin and only admin were allowed to change the title unless you were a moderator and you had to keep forum moderator as your title.

    I set my own forum up and had the titling problem mine was a parenting one so I just went from embryo, foetus, newborn etc etc I don't see anythign wrong with the old or new names I don't really notice them my only criticism would be that both old and new were a bit on the lengthy side so the box looks cluttered.
  • rog2
    rog2 Posts: 11,650 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    floss2 wrote: »
    but another star would make you a nerd...

    On DFW anyone could apply to be one of Southern Scouser's 'NERDS'. Now even that coveted 'award' has been taken away. :mad:
    I am NOT, nor do I profess to be, a Qualified Debt Adviser. I have made MANY mistakes and have OFTEN been the unwitting victim of the the shamefull tactics of the Financial Industry.
    If any of my experiences, or the knowledge that I have gained from those experiences, can help anyone who finds themselves in similar circumstances, then my experiences have not been in vain.

    HMRC Bankruptcy Statistic - 26th October 2006 - 23rd April 2007 BCSC Member No. 7

    DFW Nerd # 166 PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBTS
  • madmoney_2
    madmoney_2 Posts: 687 Forumite
    you have to get a thousand posts before you get 3 stars aswell now!! so close yet so far haha
    LBM 29/07/ 07
    TOTAL DEBT: [strike]3300[/strike]1500
    DFD: Aug '08
    :rudolf:Pesky Xmas Savings Challenge: 62/500 No.006 Of Lucys Party Season Challenge 14/09/07: 4.5:mad:/28lbs:xmassmile

    Official DFW Nerd Club No.641
    Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts
  • Dr_Hook
    Dr_Hook Posts: 509 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    rog2 wrote: »
    On DFW anyone could apply to be one of Southern Scouser's 'NERDS'. Now even that coveted 'award' has been taken away. :mad:
    It's one thing to seek nerd-dom, but to have nerd-dom thrust upon you is another matter entirely! :p
    Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW Nerd #491
  • anniestar
    anniestar Posts: 2,600 Forumite
    I am now a double nurd(nurd no220) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What does that make me??
    Blind as you run...aware you were staring at the sun.

    And when no hope was left inside on that starry starry night.

    :A Level 42- the reason I exist. :A
  • Dr_Hook
    Dr_Hook Posts: 509 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    anniestar wrote: »
    I am now a double nurd(nurd no220) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What does that make me??
    Dunno, but apparently I'm a stale, warty nerd now :rotfl:

    Ladies, form an orderly queue!
    Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW Nerd #491
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    wasnt there alot of us joining the nerd gang i dont mind it i come here for the banter and help wonder what i am will find out when i post lol
  • anniestar
    anniestar Posts: 2,600 Forumite
    rayday2 wrote: »
    I hope not I married a geek three years today lol!

    I take geek to mean an expert in something, my hubby is a computer geek nowt he does not know!

    :j :j congratulations rayday & mr rayday. Enjoy your day.
    Blind as you run...aware you were staring at the sun.

    And when no hope was left inside on that starry starry night.

    :A Level 42- the reason I exist. :A
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