Quote from the very essence of this thread =  There is a large lurker community that is smart enough not to get involved in online chit chatter until it's absolutely necessary.  

Getting mighty close !  

Try to stick to the topic boys, it's best for everyone in the MAACA collective.

Quoted from websherpa

Gaffaw!  I haven't laughed so hard on a Friday morning in ages... sniff... thank you! (Sorry Terry.)

Don't be sorry at all, it's true he knows me well!

Quoted from b1buwg97

Don't be sorry at all, it's true he knows me well!

As do we all...    

But then who really has the last laugh....

19) Don't offer someone an opportunity for a bulk deal, especially to someone who deals fairly and quickly in the past, then turn around an hour later and offer it up in a public forum at a higher price because you're too impatient to wait for a reasonable refusal time to pass. i.e. "don't mess where you eat"  

Quoted from Azatotht

Mines is still pissed i sold my GnR, the only game she liked over the years (and of course she wasnt playing but once in a while)

Quoted from jonny_eh

That's funny because my wife HATES my GNR and wants it gone. Too bad for her, it's my favourite pin! It'll never leave, NEVER!

The solution is quite obvious... trade wives.

Quoted from necro_nemesis

The solution is quite obvious... trade wives.

ahah !

Based on the amount of drama around here lately,  perhaps Post #1 on this thread should be required reading.  

New MAACA Rules #21 - 23

21) Don't make any assumptions about anyone on this board or in this hobby. None of us are perfect, except Tuborg, and most of us have terrible online personalities. Be thankful if someone has a transparent dealing personality because at least you are pre-prepared.

22) Don't attack fellow members online, or resort to juvenile name calling in response.  Feed the trolls at your own risk.  And learn to use the "Block List" feature to help avoid an issue.

23) Trying to protect members from other members in open forum unless it's an obvious scam can be fruitless.  We all have different experiences at different times with each other. Most of the real action happens in the background between people who meet face-to-face.  And a face-to-face and a hand-shake changes everything in an instant.

23) Some of your best deals (and pizza topping combinations) will come from those who you trusted the least...if you are careful, discrete, and open-minded.  

Take this from someone who has met many, if not most, of the active members on this board and tried their pizza topping suggestions.  We should be very thankful to have such a cohesive, cooperative and benevolent community as we have developed ... we are the envy of the coin-op world!!!  

24)  If you openly take advantage of people with less experience, you'd better be wearing a Kevlar™ suit

25)  When you meet a member in person, they're generally a lot nicer than their @$$hole MAACA alter-ego    (I'm lookin' at you, Wayne    )

Quoted from machine.slave

25)  When you meet a member in person, they're generally a lot nicer than their @$$hole MAACA alter-ego    (I'm lookin' at you, Wayne    )

You gotta have me mixed up with someone else, perhaps someone with terrible front teeth......