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<P><FONT SIZE=2>There's nothing wrong with being top poster! I think Gary and Larry just don't want to appear like they run the group. I'd love to be top poster but I don't think I've got 170 things to say :-)<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: groop-bounces@groo.com on behalf of Tone<BR>
Sent: Mon 09/04/2007 08:26<BR>
To: groop@groo.com<BR>
Subject: Re: [Groop] 2006 Top Postings<BR>
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Larry,<BR>
I probably did not have a higher post count than you might think<BR>
because I joined the group in December of '05, and kind of lurked a bit<BR>
for a couple of months while still being a newbie.<BR>
I have a question for you though, is being a posting machine a<BR>
bad thing? Both you and Gary seem to be wishing to avoid the title of<BR>
top poster. If anything I figure I mainly write longer e-mails than mass<BR>
quantities of them.<BR>
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Besides, I feel like I should write a lot to be a good<BR>
participating member of the Groop, especially since I am realizing more<BR>
and more I will NOT be making it out to the San Diego Comic Con. I JUST<BR>
finished doing my taxes <OUCH>. As an independent contractor not paying<BR>
taxes all year, I end up getting hit hard sometimes. This past year was<BR>
the worst yet tax-wise. I have to pay over six grand collectively to the<BR>
Feds and the State. That pretty much slammed the last nail in the coffin<BR>
for any possibilities of going to the con.<BR>
You KNOW I am still down for placing an order of any Groop<BR>
Membership Cards though! I can deal with $10-$25, just not a few hundred<BR>
for a trip out to San Diego. Just make sure Sergio knows one of Groo's<BR>
best fans is wishing he could be there to support and celebrate Groo's<BR>
25th anniversary, and is REAL sorry he can not be there in person! :(...<BR>
_TONE_<BR>
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