Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
An elipsis (...) indicates redacted words so I'm interested to see your complete text without those redactions.
I know my writing is unconventional and I truly love language and the written word, however, when I write what and how I am thinking that is how it comes out. Perhaps it does not fit in a traditional way of writing but I am not conventional and I just write how I think and feel. It is just me and I truly am sorry if it is painful to read. BTW I read that you are 72 and I want you to know that I am also. Can you teach an old dog new tricks? It's difficult at best. I guess if I wrote everything out I would have run on sentences or super compound sentences. I really don't know. I always use 3... because three is my favorite number. I dare say you are not tied to convention, are you? Please don't clip my wings or I won't be able to fly! My mind never seems to turn off and I think so much faster than I can write. This has been very painful to write this all out properly. Have a good morning where you are at and I hope you are not affected by the fires.
I'd like to to save you the trouble of typing 3 periods instead of one. Alternatively, the single character that represents a break is the—emdash. However, it, too, looks childish/uneducated if you overuse it. I desperately want posts on this forum/board to show intelligence. It's bad enough to be perceived as a "conspiracy theorist" without also being labelled "illiterate".
I will consider your thoughts even though I am neither illiterate nor uneducated.