"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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squirrels

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The problem with the forum taking a while to load pages was gone, but now it's come back. It's taking a good while to load up pages from here. I'm not sure if it's the amount of bandwidth or what, but I've never seen another forum take this long to serve pages. Others have told me they've been having problems too, and I've seen this at multiple locations.

I can't think of any suggestions besides change ISPs...I don't know if the BB software can be tuned any. :confused:
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Capi Crimini

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Yeah I was going to somplain about that to. This place is slow. It maybe takes me 30 secs to load a page minimum.... and I have A networked cable modem :eek:

Really maybe you need to mess with something. Optomise the Database or something.
 

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's quick as sh!t today...don't know what the factor is.

EDIT: No sooner do I make this comment than everything goes back into "slug mode" :p
 

Capi Crimini

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Yeah its been going faster today.... but its' still slow
 

Capt.Jack Sparrow

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ITS been goig super slow for me in the past few weeks. And I have DSL. Allen, on behalf of all the members, can you do anything about it please?
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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I made a sandwich and came back, to find it still loading the main forum page... Now it's good, but an hour ago... yeesh.
 
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