In Praise Of SCF :

How fortunate are we on this forum?

Back in the days of Usenet
this is how many people it took to Identify a stamp 1,331!

Q: How many Usenet subscribers does it take
to identify a stamp?

A: 1,331:

1 to request help in identification of a stamp

1 to identify the stamp and to post to the
list that the stamp has been identified

14 to share similar experiences of identifying
stamps and how the stamp could have been
identified differently.

6 to caution about the dangers of mis-identifying stamps.

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
identifying stamps.

53 to flame the spell checkers

156 to write to the list administrator complaining about
the stamp identification and its inappropriateness
to this mail list.

41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.

109 to post that this list is not about stamp identification
and to please take this to alt.stamp.identify

203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar,
alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about identifying
stamps be stopped.

111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we
are all identify stamps and therefore the posts
**are** relevant to this mail list.

110 to debate which method of identification or
catalog is superior, where to buy the best stamps,
what type of stamps are best and which are not real stamps

104 to anonymously post nasty remarks about other group posters

92 to flame the anonymous posters

27 to post URLs where one can see examples of
different identified stamps

14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and
to post corrected URLs.

3 to post about links they found from the URLs that
are relevant to identifying stamps

33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote
them including all headers and footers, and then
add "Me Too."

12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing
because they cannot handle the stamp identification
controversey.

19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."

4 to suggest that posters request the stamp FAQ.

1 to propose new alt.identify.stamp newsgroup.

47 to say this is just what alt.watermarks
was meant for, leave it here.

143 votes for alt.identify.stamp

On this topic ...if you benefit or enjoy being a part of SCf and You Are NOT ALREADY a SUPPORTER..think about donating...its one less pint of beer from a minibrewery or one less banana split a month to be a SUPPORTER ! Jine UP !!

I agree whole heartily with both Rod and Phil. I have learned a lot from this forum and made some great friends to boot.

Dianne

now if you only remembered some of your great friends instead of booting them :)

I'm soooo Slow. Good one. For a minute I thought you were mad at me for something. By the way I'm getting ready to send you some more stamps. I cant' seem to email you from the forum.

Dianne

booting them?

Being a supporter is a good feeling.

Me three

Hear,Hear !

With this in mind, I will be announcing a London 2010 Donation auction shortly.

Get your buzzers ready.

London2010bus1

londonbus are you planning to auction yourself? :)

Harry what are smiling about now?

Dianne I am glad you got it. Keep those boots on we might need to use them sometime :)

I needed a smile today, and this post has certainly brought it - Thanks Rod !

This is the greatest forum in the History of the Universe----or, mmm, uhh, oh I have it---- It's a good place to be.

I almost enjoy the forum more than my stamps.

I think it about time to enlist the talents of our SCF members and start another contest designing the 2nd annual Stamp Community Family souvenir sheet. Just a few more months to go for another anniversary. For those newbies, proceeds of the s/s go to the SCF and you become a supporter and get something in exchange!

Here's a link to that original contest from last year:
https://goscf.com/t/6090&SearchTerms=SCF,sheet

I find this very funny Spock

A good example of the reasons I never really got into Usenet.