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Hi Hopeless Chocoholic! Welcome to the boards! It's wonderful to see you de-lurked. You'll see it's not scary at all to post around here. We're a happy and friendly bunch of people enjoying ourselfs here. And it's really you great you joined us after this poll! Saskia
I tawt I taw a puddy cat!
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Hi, HC! Delighted to see you  I would say, welcome to the fandom, except you've been here for years! <g> But it's great to finally meet you PJ
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Yes, welcome, HC! With a nick like that you'll have no trouble fitting in. <G> LabRat 
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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I've been a luker on these boards for years and love them! Between the wonderful writing and great discussions, there really should be no reason for me to lurk. I guess I'm in the same boat as Chocoholic. Just a little nervous. There are so many stories that I want to comment on that I just might start now! wow, I think I've been de-lurked Circus Girl
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LOL, Circus Girl. Have fun with all that reading! LabRat 
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Thanks for the welcome guys! Glad it's not just me circus girl Yours feeling braver by the minute (now if only I could remember all of the witty things I wanted to say  ) Hopeless chocoholic Are you challenging me? You bet your sweet little chumpy I am.
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welcome to the boards, hopeless chocoholic and circus girl!  glad you're taking steps out of lurkdom. yay, more folcs to play with! HC, i can definitely sypmathize with your nick. check out my sig. CG, i remember meeting you on irc a couple years back. you going to log on again anytime soon? Paul
When in doubt, think about penguins. It probably won't help, but at least it'll be fun.
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Thank you all for the welcome. Hatman, I remember you as well. I would love to log on again... I just hope I remember how Circus Girl
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Welcome to both Hopeless Chocoholic and Circus Girl!! Wow, 3 years of lurking, 3 years ago I had a healthy back.
Oh the good ole' days of my youth.
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I've got one question for you all... Lurk? Wazzat?  Don't think I've lurked ever, except for maybe a month when I first joined the fic list... Melisma (going back to... not lurking, really, just taking a little RL break, here under her Rock)
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If the topics don't interest me too much, I won't have much to say about it. Besides, my job affects my posting greatly. When I'm busy, I usually only have time to skim through the boards. I'll surface every once in a while, then go quient. Also, my English sxcks. For a native English speaker, this post takes what? 30 seconds? For me, it takes 5 minutes. Scary, huh?  It's a great disadvantage to post longer (and more insightful) arguments. Most time I just go lazy and avoid the trouble posting.
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Just dropping by Hey everyone, thought this would be a relevant thread to me. I'm not a lurker on the net in general, but I am a LNC fic lurker. As a writer from other fandoms I know feedback is appreciated, but I like just to sift through old stories and read at my own pace etc. Also, I feel bad if I comment on some stories and not those of others...thus I LNC fic lurk *I'll be watching you* KATE 
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 okay okay, I guess I will post my first message. I've been lurking around LnC boards for almost 2 years and never posted. It started out that I wanted to get to know the atmosphere before posting. Then I thought it would be weird to just start commenting all of the sudden. Once you get into the habit of lurking it is difficult to come out of your shell. Plus everyone seems to know each other so well. It's like in middle school. You want to be part of the "in crowd" but you sure as heck don't want to risk making a fool of yourself by initiating the conversation! Anna (who is finally going to post! ) 
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Anna, I do know what you mean; I've certainly seen that on other boards. But hey, you've delurked and said hi; all you have to do to get to know us now is to chat with us! And you've taken that first step. Welcome!!! 
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Hey Anna, Nice to see you!  I know what you mean, I was one of those lurkers until not so long ago, as you've probably seen!  And I haven't looked back! Loriel (glad that Anna decided to join the  )
"Inappropriate attachment" didn't begin to cover the depth of the feelings Vaughn had for Sydney Bristow. ~Ties That Bind by RJ Anderson~
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Hey, Anna! Nice to meet you  I can understand it's hard to change a habit ... and yeah, a lot of us know each other. But we'd like to know you, too! Glad you've decided to dive in! PJ
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Yup, always nice to welcome a new voice. What I'm curious to know is this: why register and then not say anything? I mean, you can read everything on the boards without having to register, so why bother? Oh - is it so that you can read the nfic board? That would make sense. Or is it just in case you think you might get the urge to post, and won't want to wait to be registered? Yvonne (who suspects she pretty much answered her own question  )
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Oh - is it so that you can read the nfic board? Well, this was true in my case  . I was reading Zoom's boards for a couple of months without being registered, assuming that the stories being posted to nfic would eventually be archived. And since I had no plans to post, why bother to register? But then I discovered that not all stories were archived at annesplace, so I registered right away.  It was over a year later before I finally delurked. KathyM
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Hi Anna!  It's always good to have more of us around. I'm glad you decided to delurk, and I look forward to getting to know you. ~Anna
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As with most people, it's just plain fear. I only de-lurked myself a few days ago after six months or so of lurking. I finally figured, why not say something? BTW, my name's Roger.
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"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." -- Benjamin Franklin
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