Just how senior is "Senior"?

Quartus · July 4, 2002, 08:06 AM

Another thread brought something to the surface that has bugged me for a long time.

Why is it so easy to become a "Senior Member"? Are the levels hard coded into the software? Or can they be changed?

The reason it bugs me (which it has since I found myself a Senior Member) is that the name carries the connotation of a person who's at least been around a while. We get newbies on this board all the time, and it bothers me that some loudmouth know nothing (like me, for example) can be identifed as a Senior Member to a newbie, thus giving an appearance of expertise that may not be real.

If it were higher, there'd be more time for the know nothings to demonstrate that. There would be more history to search.

I'd like to see it set to something like 1000 or higher, myself. Like 2500?

Or better yet, eliminate the rankings, except for Mods, of course. It's important to identify them.

And, no, this isn't really important in the greater scheme of things.

**Rich Lucibella** · July 4, 2002, 08:11 AM

Nope, it's not hard coded. We have Senior Member set to 100 posts. It demonstrates someone who has been around long enough to know the TFL ropes. There is no way to guarantee correlation between experience and expertise. Caveat Emptor.
Rich

MLH · July 4, 2002, 10:05 AM

I thought you had to be age 65 or something.

bastiat · July 4, 2002, 10:17 AM

But you do get ammo discounts out of it. Tell your local gun store you're a 'senior member' at TFL

C.R.Sam · July 4, 2002, 02:25 PM

Ahhh; to be only 65 again. When you had to ask to get a seniors discount.

Nosredna Mas

**Mike Irwin** · July 6, 2002, 10:42 PM

When you're talking senior and CR Sam in the same sentence, you start talking about how he was play pen pals with Moses when they both were kids...

C.R.Sam · July 6, 2002, 11:56 PM

Young snapperwhips
No respect.

Actualy Mike n I are even. Me twice his age and he twice my weight.

Matched set ?

Nosredna Mas

Gewehr98 · July 7, 2002, 12:07 AM

who just put Mike into the ropes!

Stay tuned here on TFL's own Celebrity DeathMatch for what promises to be an historic event!

**Mike Irwin** · July 8, 2002, 03:10 PM

"twice his weight..."

Better to squash Sam like a fragile, elderly, seafood morsel...

Anyone have some OLD Bay seasoning to go with that CRABBY cake?

On the ropes my ass. My ass is bigger than the ring!

Jason Demond · July 8, 2002, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Better to squash Sam like a fragile, elderly, seafood morsel...

Elder abuser!

C.R.Sam · July 8, 2002, 06:44 PM

Hammerheaded
Opinionated
Crusty beyond his tender years.
Darn near always right.

A worthy adversary
And friend.

Sam.....don't sit on me, I'll break wind.

**Mike Irwin** · July 9, 2002, 03:13 PM

Doggonnit, Sam.

You go and say something nice and make me feel all guilty about mixing up this big batch of Creole-Geritol Frying mix...

Sigh.

C.R.Sam · July 9, 2002, 10:31 PM

Hangover cure
Geritol and Gin
50-50
It'll make you stop drinkin.

Well, stop drinkin Geritol anyway.

Nosredna Mas

Chuck Dye · July 10, 2002, 12:37 AM

So all a newbie needs to do is spam the software test area to shed the newbie label?

When I was changing banks almost every time I moved, which was often, I always ordered my new checks to start at 1001, 2001, or somesuch-never 001. Too many merchants balked at low numbered checks without ever considering the possibility I had fiddled my order.

Of course, now that the reply is posted and irretrievable, I have noticed the registration date in my ID. Grunt!

Old age and treachery will overcomeyouth and experience.

RWK · July 12, 2002, 09:01 PM

You're telling me they had pens when Sam was a kid??? I simply don't believe it.

Regards -- Roy

**Mike Irwin** · July 12, 2002, 09:24 PM

Well, it was actually sticks, RWK.

And instead of paper, they used the sticks to press marks into tablets of wet clay...

I think they called it cuniform....

**Mal H** · July 12, 2002, 10:20 PM

You mean like this? I found this in a pile of hieroglyphs in the attic of the Smithsonian last week. You don't suppose ..... ?

**Mike Irwin** · July 12, 2002, 10:45 PM

Mal,

HOWLING SCREECHING LAUGHTER!

But I really think that's a little later, probably Sam's first job out of scribe school after he joined the military.

His mummy was SO very proud of him when he joined The Few, The Proud, The Pharos Corps...

He even had a cushy job in Memphis, from what I understand, taking dictation for the Amenhotep's lesser wives...

C.R.Sam · July 13, 2002, 04:13 PM

Cool Mal.

And.....this being a family oriented forum; I am not going to translate it for all you young snapwhippers.

Nosredna Mas

**Mike Irwin** · July 13, 2002, 06:47 PM

Hey Sam,

Heard that you had some trouble with Pharo's 17th wife...

"NO, YOU IDIOT! That's stork, stork, water, eye of Horous, grain stalk, grain stalk, stork, water... NOT stork, water, stork...!"

Quartus · July 13, 2002, 06:58 PM

All I did was ask about a silly software setting, and I start a family feud!!!!

Grumpy old men are sure fun, aren't they?

Er was that gimpy old men?

**Mike Irwin** · July 13, 2002, 07:14 PM

Shucks, Captain.

It's not a family feud. Just some good natured banter.

I've got more respect and admiration for C.R. Sam than for everyone else combined, and that's no bullscheissen.

Not a slam against anyone, or everyone, else, just the way things shake out.

**Mal H** · July 13, 2002, 07:18 PM

Likewise.

cap'n - Grimpy?

Sam - "... I am not going to translate it for all you young snapwhippers."

I've already translated it. You were quite the rogue back then, weren't you? To wit, "Bird - eye- bird - scale"! Sam, you sly dog you.

Quartus · July 13, 2002, 07:53 PM

Gimpy or grumpy, they're fun to watch!

Calamity Jane · July 13, 2002, 11:22 PM

They are, indeed, fun to watch!

This thread is giving me a severe case of the giggles.

July 4, 2002, 08:06 AM	#1
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	Just how senior is "Senior"? Another thread brought something to the surface that has bugged me for a long time. Why is it so easy to become a "Senior Member"? Are the levels hard coded into the software? Or can they be changed? The reason it bugs me (which it has since I found myself a Senior Member) is that the name carries the connotation of a person who's at least been around a while. We get newbies on this board all the time, and it bothers me that some loudmouth know nothing (like me, for example) can be identifed as a Senior Member to a newbie, thus giving an appearance of expertise that may not be real. If it were higher, there'd be more time for the know nothings to demonstrate that. There would be more history to search. I'd like to see it set to something like 1000 or higher, myself. Like 2500? Or better yet, eliminate the rankings, except for Mods, of course. It's important to identify them. And, no, this isn't really important in the greater scheme of things. __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.

July 4, 2002, 08:11 AM	#2
Rich Lucibella Staff Join Date: October 6, 1998 Location: South Florida Posts: 10,229	Nope, it's not hard coded. We have Senior Member set to 100 posts. It demonstrates someone who has been around long enough to know the TFL ropes. There is no way to guarantee correlation between experience and expertise. Caveat Emptor. Rich __________________ S.W.A.T. Magazine Weapons, Training and Tactics for the Real World Join us at TFL or at AR15.com or on Facebook

July 4, 2002, 10:05 AM	#3
MLH Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2002 Location: Louisville, Ky. Posts: 165	Senior I thought you had to be age 65 or something. __________________ Don't ever doubt that I will shoot. Trial by 12 before carry by 6. "There is no distinctly native American criminal class, save congress." Mark Twain

July 4, 2002, 10:17 AM	#4
bastiat Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 2001 Posts: 1,771	But you do get ammo discounts out of it. Tell your local gun store you're a 'senior member' at TFL __________________ Flashbunny.org - Pro-Freedom Propaganda Politically Incorrect & Pro-Gun Stuff To Buy

July 6, 2002, 10:42 PM	#6
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	When you're talking senior and CR Sam in the same sentence, you start talking about how he was play pen pals with Moses when they both were kids... __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

July 4, 2002, 02:25 PM	#5
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Ahhh; to be only 65 again. When you had to ask to get a seniors discount. Nosredna Mas

July 6, 2002, 11:56 PM	#7
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Young snapperwhips No respect. Actualy Mike n I are even. Me twice his age and he twice my weight. Matched set ? Nosredna Mas

July 7, 2002, 12:07 AM	#8
Gewehr98 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2000 Location: Token Creek, WI Posts: 4,067	That's one senior... who just put Mike into the ropes! Stay tuned here on TFL's own Celebrity DeathMatch for what promises to be an historic event! __________________ "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round... Neural Misfires

July 8, 2002, 03:10 PM	#9
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	"twice his weight..." Better to squash Sam like a fragile, elderly, seafood morsel... Anyone have some OLD Bay seasoning to go with that CRABBY cake? On the ropes my ass. My ass is bigger than the ring! __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

July 8, 2002, 06:44 PM	#11
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Hammerheaded Opinionated Crusty beyond his tender years. Darn near always right. A worthy adversary And friend. Sam.....don't sit on me, I'll break wind.

July 9, 2002, 03:13 PM	#12
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	Doggonnit, Sam. You go and say something nice and make me feel all guilty about mixing up this big batch of Creole-Geritol Frying mix... Sigh. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

July 9, 2002, 10:31 PM	#13
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Hangover cure Geritol and Gin 50-50 It'll make you stop drinkin. Well, stop drinkin Geritol anyway. Nosredna Mas

July 10, 2002, 12:37 AM	#14
Chuck Dye Senior Member Join Date: June 28, 2002 Location: Oregon-The wet side. Posts: 949	So all a newbie needs to do is spam the software test area to shed the newbie label? When I was changing banks almost every time I moved, which was often, I always ordered my new checks to start at 1001, 2001, or somesuch-never 001. Too many merchants balked at low numbered checks without ever considering the possibility I had fiddled my order. Of course, now that the reply is posted and irretrievable, I have noticed the registration date in my ID. Grunt! Old age and treachery will overcomeyouth and experience. __________________ Gee, I'd love to see your data!

July 12, 2002, 09:01 PM	#15
RWK Senior Member Join Date: August 20, 1999 Location: Occupied Virginia Posts: 2,777	Mike . . . You're telling me they had pens when Sam was a kid??? I simply don't believe it. Regards -- Roy __________________ __________________ Μολών λαβέ!

July 12, 2002, 09:24 PM	#16
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	Well, it was actually sticks, RWK. And instead of paper, they used the sticks to press marks into tablets of wet clay... I think they called it cuniform.... __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

July 12, 2002, 10:45 PM	#18
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	Mal, HOWLING SCREECHING LAUGHTER! But I really think that's a little later, probably Sam's first job out of scribe school after he joined the military. His mummy was SO very proud of him when he joined The Few, The Proud, The Pharos Corps... He even had a cushy job in Memphis, from what I understand, taking dictation for the Amenhotep's lesser wives... __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

July 13, 2002, 04:13 PM	#19
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Cool Mal. And.....this being a family oriented forum; I am not going to translate it for all you young snapwhippers. Nosredna Mas

July 13, 2002, 06:47 PM	#20
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	Hey Sam, Heard that you had some trouble with Pharo's 17th wife... "NO, YOU IDIOT! That's stork, stork, water, eye of Horous, grain stalk, grain stalk, stork, water... NOT stork, water, stork...!" __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

July 13, 2002, 06:58 PM	#21
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	All I did was ask about a silly software setting, and I start a family feud!!!! Grumpy old men are sure fun, aren't they? Er was that gimpy old men? __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.

July 13, 2002, 07:14 PM	#22
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	Shucks, Captain. It's not a family feud. Just some good natured banter. I've got more respect and admiration for C.R. Sam than for everyone else combined, and that's no bullscheissen. Not a slam against anyone, or everyone, else, just the way things shake out. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

July 13, 2002, 07:18 PM	#23
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Likewise. cap'n - Grimpy? Sam - "... I am not going to translate it for all you young snapwhippers." I've already translated it. You were quite the rogue back then, weren't you? To wit, "Bird - eye- bird - scale"! Sam, you sly dog you.

July 13, 2002, 07:53 PM	#24
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,823	Gimpy or grumpy, they're fun to watch! __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.

July 13, 2002, 11:22 PM	#25
Calamity Jane Senior Member Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 899	They are, indeed, fun to watch! This thread is giving me a severe case of the giggles. __________________ CJ “The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.” ~ Ernest Hemingway