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[FinChaser]

[font=comic sans ms][size=12pt]Fellows, we appreciate all the enthusiasm, but due to several posts similar to this one, we are now forced to limit the number of cute graphics per post. It is kinda like the ammunition buying frenzy, we are running out of smileys.
Thank you. :mrt:

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GOD BLESS AMERICA THE LORD HAS SPOKEN I SHALL BE THERE EVERYDAY OF SPRING BREAK

[derekb]

Lol!

[divedeep]

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[quote author=Rich1 link=topic=2900.msg26238#msg26238 date=1363592465]


Thought that was there all along? Second from left....top row.
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Thanks, I kinda feel Gilgamesh right now :wall:
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Ok, Let me echo Fin's sentiment about understanding the enthusiasm. I'm also pleased at the interest you kids have in fishing and keeping the sport alive and well. However, in the last couple of months, GSPF.com has gotten way too schizophrenic. So, I'm going to get this off my chest and it'll be the last I say on the subject. I apologize to anyone I offend.

RANT WARNING

All of you young guys are in such a rush to post whatever thought is flying through your head at that particular second that you end up doing exactly what RB just did. All of you are running around scattering posts everywhere like chickens with your heads cut off. Dang, guys, slow down and think for a minute before you post. :wall: :wall:
I said it before and I'll say it again: THIS AIN'T FACE BOOK. Please stop treating it like it is. To all of you: PLEASE stop all the drive by posting and think a little bit.

End of rant

[DRH]

[quote author=FinChaser link=topic=2900.msg26642#msg26642 date=1363869960]
[font=comic sans ms][size=12pt]Fellows, we appreciate all the enthusiasm, but due to several posts similar to this one, we are now forced to limit the number of cute graphics per post. It is kinda like the ammunition buying frenzy, we are running out of smileys.
Thank you. :mrt:

Countless emoticons deleted to protect your and my sanity.

GOD BLESS AMERICA THE LORD HAS SPOKEN I SHALL BE THERE EVERYDAY OF SPRING BREAK

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I vote for setting the number at zero. I honestly believe that they are a huge distraction and disservice to the group that seems to use them the most. It appears to me that many of the kids here are missing out on a chance to learn how to express themselves in written form. The tools that are at their disposal (spellcheckers, online dictionaries and thesauruses, search engines and the list goes on) are being ignored in favor of cute that adds essentially nothing to a conversation. It is as if some of you were given the keys to a Ferrari and instead of learning to drive it the way it was meant to be driven, they keep it in the driveway and blow the horn because it sounds different and jacking with the radio trying to find an Italian station.

[ironman172]

I guess I am guilty at times using the griff's to help express myself and enjoy using them too....sorry if it offends anyone....with that said, Thanks Bubba & all others involved :bow: for all you do and looking forward to any and all improvements to this fine forum and glad to be part of it

[Bubba]

I like smileys and gifs. Its ok to have fun on the interwebz.

In fact on the new upgrade, your avatar can be a gif

[FinChaser]

[size=12pt]Heck, my sig is a gif and I am all for fun, but there is such a thing as over kill.[/size] :

[Pier#r]

:-\

... a common malady
That's what a recent trip to the doctor uncovered.
EXACTLY what my wife had suspected for a looooong time

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NOTE: perhaps Bubba in his seemingly infinite website wisdom can devise a profile switch in our profiles to simply 'turn off' gifs, jpgs, HUGE sig pics, single word replies, etc ;-) LOL

[Tideline]

what divedeep was saying, that is just like the skill of thinking before you speak, just in this in this case type.

[Rich1]

[quote author=Tideline link=topic=2900.msg26668#msg26668 date=1363881002]
what divedeep was saying, that is just like the skill of thinking before you speak, just in this in this case type.
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Doesn't hurt to read it before you post it, either. oke1:

Maybe the young ones need a chat room feature? Just a thought. Then they could chatter away with each other and it wouldn't show up on here all the time.