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In reply to the discussion: A shout out to... Quiet DUers! [View all]Spirochete
(5,264 posts)130. I'm a pretty quiet DU'er too
Joined this site (referred by Bartcop) in early 2001, not too long after it went up. Was welcomed by NewYawker and God-bush-n-Cheney, and decided I would come here a lot. And I have. I get almost all my news here. But i don't write much. I have less than 4000 posts, and only about 20 of which were started by me. I still love this place.
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Thanks Canuck. Sometimes I'm dismayed by the level of discourse here in the last year or so.
shraby
Jul 2012
#1
I bet I compose & abandon more comments than I actually go ahead and post.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jul 2012
#16
ahem, well thanks....... been here since 2005 and haven't hit 1000 posts yet.
flying_wahini
Jul 2012
#28
"Not flashy"? But I own three e-reader carrying cases in three different shades of beige!
Shampoobra
Jul 2012
#144
Last time I posted someone didn't like what I said and had it removed. It had been a while so I
earcandle
Aug 2012
#191