Hello all! from a new member

[sharon d]

Hello! I just recently joined your community and wanted to say hi! I really enjoy reading through the 'community' forum because most people here seem so friendly and have a great sense of humour. I particularly enjoyed you "Five words per post". Most tech forums on the net can be a little stuffy-but not you guys (and girls)! BTW I'm a 30-year-old mom from the cold north of Canada (actually it can get pretty **** hot here in Kelowna in the summer). I'm sorry to hear that you didn't win first place for the best tech forum on the net.Actually, www.helponthe.net (http://www.helponthe.net) is pretty good too, but I like your close-knit communtiy better! Much more personal and friendly.Maybe you will win next year! All the best to everybody, sharon http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gifP.S. That post about the colors was pretty cool too.

[IFReeman]

Welcome to Sysopt, we may not have won that prize, but as far as most people who have been on this site for a while are concerned, this is the best site and the friendliest (not even a word I dont think).

Enjoy

Regards Iain

[This message has been edited by IFReeman (edited 03-08-2001).]

[randy48]

Hi sharon d and welcome to Sysopt http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif And if you and you PC aren't doing much, I'd like to invite you to join our very own RC5 Cracking Team http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif RC5 is a Distributed Computing project that utilizes your unused CPU cycles to try and crack an encrypted code (just it's legal). There are over 200K people involved worldwide. For more information, visit the Distributed Computing forum here, also our Team's proxy stats page: http://www.statsaholic.com (click on the By e-mail link to see how the team members are doing) and also the Distributed.net site, these are the folks putting on the contest: http://www.distributed.net
By the way, there's a $1000 prize for the person that cracks the code http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[Warthog]

Our SysOpt Forum is the best forum on the planet!

We don't care if anybody else doesn't realize that yet....they will come around http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Welcome to our humble home, Sharon. I'm glad you share our totally wacked sense of humor ("Five words" thread http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif).

If anybody had kept track of my post count since the Community forum opened, they would have noticed that it has been almost stagnant http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif. I've probably gained a little over 100 posts. Most of that was lost in "The Night the Post Count Was Kidnapped". *shudder*

A word of caution: watch our for that chap, Dr. Vette (aka Dr. Frankenstein), he can get kinda...."excited" shall we say......
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif
Warthog

[Bob The Great]

Hey Sharon D! Welcome to Sysopt! I agree with you whole heartidly! Sysopt is a really groovy place! It's probably one of the only places on the web were the whole family can go (albeit a family of computer nerds is a scary idea http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Hope to see you around!

[BBA]

Hi...welcome

[socalgal]

Always good to see another Gal here! Welcome, Sharon http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[sharon d]

Thanks everbody...that really made me feel welcome! I'll check out the links when I find time.BTW I really like the post thread "Don't Reply To this Post."
Oh, Warthog, thanks for the warning http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[kljucd1]

G'day mate, welcome.
Daniel...

[OuTpaTienT]

<FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Hey now! My buddy <FONT COLOR="27408B">Dr. Vette</FONT c> might get "excited" once in a while (as might I), but he's hardly the type to act anything but gentlemanly towards a lady. Excited or no, he always has class.
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<FONT face="Verdana">Having said that, may I now say, "<FONT COLOR="8B2252">Welcome Sharon D. We always like to see newcomers. Make yourself at home, and although Wart's just having a little fun there shouldn't be anybody you have to "watch out" for. (And if anyone gives you any grief just let me know and I'll take care of 'em for ya. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif)</FONT c></FONT f>

[cyclone2]

Welcome, Welcome and BTW you will find you are not the only Canuck or BC'er on the board http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[sharon d]

socal, do you find that there are less female computer addicts than there are male? I received my 1st pc only three months ago(xmas gift from the in-laws) and now I'm completely ADDICTED. My husband and kids are starting to call me 'geek' affectionately. I don't know very much yet, but am always willing to learn and take a chance(as long as I don't completely crash the pc, the in-laws would kill me!)
OuTpaTienT, Cool. Thanks for letting me know, I always wanted a big brother to watch out for me.
cyclone2, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else other than beautiful B.C.! Though I wouldn't mind visiting Tibet someday...

[Warthog]

&lt;---- don't take him seriously
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[Wiruz]

Hi Sharon - Welcome! Hope your stay here will be educative and fun.

~Wiruz, The Digital Hippie

[wyvrn]

Welcome to the forums. This one really is different from the rest. A little flaming here and there, but all in all we are a tight knit group of folks.

[justy]

How's it going sharon d,

Hope you enjoy sysopt. ( I know you will ).

All the best, Justy.

[Mntsnow]

Welcome to the family Sharon http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif If you have any questions or concerns always feel comfortable in asking or emailing any of the SysOpt staff of course you can also ask the best forum on the internet as well http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif. Both Socalgal's and my email addys are avaliable at the top of forum pages http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[sharder8]

Welcome to the gathering sharon d!!!

The Caddmann and I grew up so close to the border in MN, that we had classmates who were Canadian! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

You can find a lot of help and encouragement here and if you happen to "crash" the 'puter, we can help you get it back and running in no time! Possibly even better and faster than before! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Harder

[spuck]

hi and welcome.u will love it here.
jim

[Richard_Cranium72]

Hi Sharon, It's good to have new members but it's GREAT to have new FEMALE MEMBERS http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

See Wart-10 was right, I'm excited already http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

BTW, most of us non-paranoid members have our e-mails posted, so if you have the need just drop a line for a confidential note..

Velcome To mi parlor said the spider to the fly http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

cya

DrVette

[GroundZero3]

Welcome its great to see women getting involved with computers!! If you stick around you definitely will learn something! I know I have.

Jason

[sharder8]

Caddmann --

quote:
we had classmates who were Canadian!
Canadians??? Hell, we had PENGUINS!
(And you could throw a stone from my high-school & hit Ontario.)

We only grew up 36 miles apart, but we could throw a stone and hit Manitoba!!! BTW, those were Polar Bears!!!! Penguins are found at the South Pole or zoos!!

O-P-P-Ps That's right Baudette was a zoo! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif Now I remember going there to see all the wild animals!!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

sharon d -- Watch out for the Caddmann, he's a wild animal!!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Harder

P.S. BTW Doc, I'm not paranoid, I'm just cautious!!!! After all, I gave you my e-mail add. when you asked!

[Richard_Cranium72]

See Sharon how we can get off topic ??

We do have fun here http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Oh, Sharder,, I was aiming at someone else BTW http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif JUST for fun too..

DrVette

[sharder8]

Caddman -- D-O-H! Hockey?!? I thought it was the old Winnipeg Jets!! I forgot that Pittsburg had a team! (Da,Da,Da,blubber, drool! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Doc -- I figured that!! But what the hey! Some have accused me of having to much security in the past!!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Harder

[sharon d]

You people all have a whacked sense of humour! Excellent! My kind of people! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif
caddmannq, I only have one pc, if I COMPLETELY trash it, how am I supposed to get online for advice?! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[socalgal]

Yes, I'd say there are fewer hard-core geek girls than boys. But that doesn't make us geek girls who are addicted any less passionate than the guys when it comes our comps. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

I consider it an honor to be called a geek http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif lol

[Sweeper]

Welcome aboard!! I see you have met most of the gang... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif Sorry, for the late "WELCOME"
This site really is the best I have seen. Everyone is like family here. It's good to be able to come here and just read and talk with others any time.
Regards,
Sweeper

[Hellmund]

Welcome to sysopt sharon, you won't find another tech site like it, <FONT size="18">REALLY</FONT s>.Oh and I think I should mention the homepage will eventually start getting fresh news again.