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« Reply #1 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 5:32pm » |
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BTDT 
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« Reply #2 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 5:36pm » |
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on Jun 16th, 2004, 5:32pm, jonny wrote:BTDT
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Most of us have, bro. But methinks lots o' people haven't, lately. At least that is the impression that I am getting. I KNEW you had read it.
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« Reply #3 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 5:40pm » |
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Ok, everyone read it or we hack your head off in the village square, oh wait!.....They might like that
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« Reply #4 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 5:45pm » |
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Watch out, Thomas is on a mission to educate the world here!
Good on you Thomas, it needs a reminder, but if you have found a way to make newbies read before they post you could make a fortune from all the people who host websites
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« Reply #5 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 5:52pm » |
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There should be some sort of mandatory reading that's required at sign up, or something...
But then again, I take some sort of joy in laughing at people and telling them they do not have cluster's. Purely because I don't want anyone to have them, not because I enjoy making fun of people that have no fucking clue how bad it is.  
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Re: Ok, everybody needs to read this.
« Reply #6 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 5:52pm » |
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Hey Thomas,
I'll add it to the list of things I have to give fellow nursing students if one of them winds up with a CH patient starting next week. I've got 3 headache textbooks (including Goadsby's on CH) and some info to print out to lend them. Thanks for the reminder!
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« Reply #7 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 6:20pm » |
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Hey Jonny,
I read it but could you please still cut my head off. Your right some of us will like it
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« Reply #8 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 6:26pm » |
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I think the male to female ratio is a little low. WDGCH!
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Mrs. Barlow, I never, and I repeat never, ever pissed in your steam iron.
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on Jun 16th, 2004, 6:26pm, Bob P wrote:
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« Reply #10 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 6:55pm » |
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Quote:Somebody's got to do it bro. Just trying to herd them your way.
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Mrs. Barlow, I never, and I repeat never, ever pissed in your steam iron.
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on Jun 16th, 2004, 6:55pm, Bob P wrote:| Somebody's got to do it bro. Just trying to herd them your way. |
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"HERD?".....No mad cows for jonny!!!!
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on Jun 16th, 2004, 5:52pm, Superpain wrote:| There should be some sort of mandatory reading that's required at sign up, or something...] |
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Actualy,I've had that idea myself,not mandatory
exactly.Just a basic info outline with links to support
each point of the outline.
I am not good at putting things into type so I sent
what I had to DonnaD to work on IF she gets time.
It could then be posted and we could ask DJ to
sticky it to the top,I'm thinking of the getting to know
you and the cluster specific boards.
It gets frustraiting talking to newbies and you don't
know how much they know about CH.This "crash course
on clusters" would give us a super simple post or link
for us to point new people at.
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Re: Ok, everybody needs to read this.
« Reply #13 on: Jun 17th, 2004, 7:42am » |
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Thomas has been getting rightfully irked at the rash notes on the boards akin to:
'I have been a CH sufferer since the age of 3. I get at least 100 a day, lasting 45 seconds each. They start with a shooting pain in my ass. I cure each one by standing on my head and jerking off. My brother, who is a vet, assures me this is CH. '
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Re: Ok, everybody needs to read this.
« Reply #14 on: Jun 17th, 2004, 9:10am » |
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on Jun 17th, 2004, 7:42am, Rock_Lobster wrote:Thomas has been getting rightfully irked at the rash notes on the boards akin to:
'I have been a CH sufferer since the age of 3. I get at least 100 a day, lasting 45 seconds each. They start with a shooting pain in my ass. I cure each one by standing on my head and jerking off. My brother, who is a vet, assures me this is CH. '
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« Reply #15 on: Jun 17th, 2004, 9:25am » |
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on Jun 17th, 2004, 7:42am, Rock_Lobster wrote:Thomas has been getting rightfully irked at the rash notes on the boards akin to:
'I have been a CH sufferer since the age of 3. I get at least 100 a day, lasting 45 seconds each. They start with a shooting pain in my ass. I cure each one by standing on my head and jerking off. My brother, who is a vet, assures me this is CH. '
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that one is too good 
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Re: Ok, everybody needs to read this.
« Reply #16 on: Jun 17th, 2004, 10:22am » |
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Here's an idea how to "force feed" the newbies, and it costs nothing but a bit of DJ's time.
When someone signs up to these message boards he gets an automatically generated e-mail with the password. To this mail the link Thomas put up could be added.
PFNADs
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Re: Ok, everybody needs to read this.
« Reply #17 on: Jun 17th, 2004, 10:33am » |
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Wait: You mean hanging upside down and jerking off DOESN'T work??? God DAMN it!!! 
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Re: Ok, everybody needs to read this.
« Reply #18 on: Jun 17th, 2004, 10:38am » |
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Well, if you want to make it mandatory reading, it could be placed as part of the registration routine whereby the potential new member has to click that he has read the info. That will not, however keep people from just clicking that they read it and proceed on with the registration. You could also set a cookie on the info page and without that cookie being present, a person could not register. There again, that would not keep a person from scrolling down through the info without reading it and clicking that s/he has read it.
It all boils down to the old "You can lead a horse to water" bit. You would think that if they were serious about wanting help, they would actually READ all the information.
LMAO Rock!
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Re: Ok, everybody needs to read this.
« Reply #19 on: Jun 17th, 2004, 10:47am » |
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on Jun 17th, 2004, 10:22am, Ueli wrote:Here's an idea how to "force feed" the newbies, and it costs nothing but a bit of DJ's time.
When someone signs up to these message boards he gets an automatically generated e-mail with the password. To this mail the link Thomas put up could be added.
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Nice idea... really
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Re: Ok, everybody needs to read this.
« Reply #20 on: Jun 17th, 2004, 10:49am » |
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Well if I did it this way, I actually read this part.
Hello and welcome!! We LOVE to have new visitors find OUR (that includes you) site. If you suffer from, or live with/love/care about someone who suffers from, Cluster Headaches, this is THE place for you!
Our site can be a tumultuous, fast-moving, contentious world at times, but first and foremost, it is the most caring, compassionate, supportive family of cluster headache sufferers (and their supporters) in the world.
There are a few things that seem to create misunderstandings in our little family at times, and they're the purpose behind this page. We have occasionally and unintentionally upset some new members of our family and we really feel bad when this happens. All of us were alone until we found clusterheadaches.com, and we really, really want you to enjoy the warm feelings you will have when you finally meet some other people who UNDERSTAND what you deal with. So, in an effort to prevent any misunderstandings, we offer the following suggestions:
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It's probably a good idea to watch the Message Board for a bit before you post. Expecting nothing but technical discussions on the board? Ooops! Sorry. We are a family. We talk about everything. Some serious, some silly, some downright ridiculous. Lots of us find that laughter helps ease the emotional difficulties of dealing with a debilitating, permanent disorder that has no cure, no know cause and no truly effective treatments. But others prefer to confine their comments to serious discussions. There is plenty of room here for all. You can read every post or learn to skip over those that don't fit your wants and needs. Frequent posters, and we have many, tend to reveal much about their personalities in their posts. You are likely to find someone who you can relate to. Some of us are self-proclaimed analytical types, who tend toward serious discussions of a technical or scientific nature. Others are in the "touchy-feely" style, usually staying out of the analytical discussions but always quick to offer support, words of encouragement and a shoulder to cry on.
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