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For my 50th birthday I had a real big 'do'.

I hired my Golf club and three bands - put a free bar on and enough food to feed an army.
As well as all my family and friends, I invited a lot of my online gaming friends.
We all played an online game called Enemy Territory (or ET for short) and we actually spoke in real time to each other with a program called Teanspeak.

We had done this for about 4/5 years before I was 50.

They came from The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and my best online chum came from Isreal. Some stayed with us and some in hotels. It was a fantastic few days - and the party was excellent.

Apart from the accents, you would not know that they were from foriegn countries

These people are my friends for life I am even going to Isreal next year for his big Jewish wedding.

Just from online gaming.

He's my Will thank you very much!

That's a delightful story.

Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 14 2011, 12:05 PM GMT

What assumptions? The one where I say most people are essentially the same as they are online? That's qualitative admittedly, but based on me meeting maybe 150+ I've met online in real life at parties, meetups and the occasional date. Also, of course that's not an assumption in the strictest sense.

Or my use of 'everyone' instead of 'most' for people who over-egg?

Not entirely sure why my internet habits go any way to justifying or negate lazy gender stereotypes. Try harder.

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Or even that people are 'purposefully giving bad advice or destined to be alone'?
Well it seems logical to me (and this is my assumption) that people logging onto a comedy website might be in the humour for some humour. Of course, it's perfectly possible what people say won't be considered humourous by others - but it wouldn't seem, to me, to be an inappropriate place to say it.
Now, believe it or not, there will be some people on here that have never met anyone they've 'spoken' to on the internet. There are,indeed, some people that aren't on facebook!
It's not beyond the realms of reason, is it, that some people might find it a little ridiculous (funny if you will) that someome should seek advice about meeting a stranger from other strangers?

Quote: sootyj @ December 14 2011, 12:41 PM GMT

He's my Will thank you very much!

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Thanks Uncle Sootyj

Quote: rwayne @ December 14 2011, 12:45 PM GMT

Well it seems logical to me (and this is my assumption) that people logging onto a comedy website might be in the humour for some humour.

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Obviously not

Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 14 2011, 1:00 PM GMT

Obviously not

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'Obviously'...there you go with your assumptions again.
( Add a small 'face' that my either be winking or smiling )

It's meant to be winking.

Sigh.

"Now remember to put those stockings on that I left at the end of your bed.
I'll be coming down your chimney soon."

from Sootyj's new 99p range of bargain basement inuendo puns. Lowering the price, lowering the tone, occasionally raising a smile/

Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 14 2011, 1:20 PM GMT

Sigh.

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Now now...don't sigh. You are taking this internet thing FAR too seriously.
On a slightly related point. I do find it, genuinely, fascinating how the
'regulars' on here have developed their 'characters'.
Perhaps it's because I've been a member here for a while but go for extended
periods without using it...but it seems that some people take the number of
posts someone has made as directly proportionate to the validity of what they
say.
It is, indeed, what you might call a 'community' of sorts and you can see
people jostling for position. It's interesting to see (especially remembering
how they were when they were 'new') how people have joined the core of the
members that dominate the forums.
I'm not 'having a go' at anyone...I just think it's very interesting and, I
suppose, how seriously you take it is reflected in the time you have invested
in it.
It's quite sweet, in a way...but remember - it's the internet and therefore of
no, real, importance AND before you get so defensive with what people post, it
may be a good idea to remember that it's very easy to read something in a
different way to which it was written.
That's the difficulty, really, with the written word...you 'hear' it, sometimes,
differently to how it was 'said'...and that's my point with all my posts on this
thread.
One phone call will tell you more about a person than a thousand posts or
e-mails, one meeting will tell you more than a thousand phone calls. So...MY
answer to the original post is - No, no and no.

Not this old cannard...again.....

It's neither subject relevant or assumption free.

Everyone knows Sooty's opinions should never be trusted, despite his number of posts.

Also, do please be a good sport reply to my PM.

Interesting post I find, never heard before, but then I'm newish.

For a second I thought you said Jewish!

But yeh I don't get no respect, or even most of my posts read. By any standard I'm proof that this forum can neither chase people off, nor favour long time posters either.