Hi, I have just changed from newcomer to enthusiast under my avatar, and gone from 1 square to 2 squares. Is this because I have been chatting too much on this site?

I have that also?????
Paulette

Yes it goes up step by step by the amount you have posted

no one can chat too much on this site .. trust me I talk alot .. I never noticed when mine went up but I have only been here a month maybe a week or so more ...I love it here and i have learned so much .. jeanette is a really good moderator and so many people here are very helpful.

It just shows that you're doing everything perfectly old dad! It is based on numbers of posts and you go up as the number of posts increase. I wonder what the top label is? hmmmmm

More posting! Let's find out!

a Aficionado must mean we post alot I didnt even know I was one until he mentioned it .. I never keep track lol .

Thanks for the info, and by looking at the amount of posts that other members have, I really have a long way to go to catch some of the other members.
However this is the first time I have ever communicated on these forums and I am enjoying this. I guess it because we all have a common interest in drawing.

Dang Jeanette I think you have Brenda beat!!! Though she is a busy woman and Kim when did you pass me up woman? All well I post as much as I can get on the computer. Husband sells stuff on ebay so usually has to go on the computer as soon as he gets home from work to get his puzzles out before the post office closes. Then stepson usually strolls out of bed and thinks he owns the computer from the time his gets off til the next morning, which isn't a bad thing cause I am so addicted to all of you that I stay on the computer when I could be drawing.....

Pass you up ??? where does it show that ? ohh silly me .. right under your name lol ...we have four computers in this house ...mine .. my husbands and each kid .. I have two girls ..so mine is always open .. funny thing is ...I do not chat online to friends .. I dont have online friends .. never go to chat rooms and venus and Uk have talked in IM but the only thing I use this for is e-mails to family I play Dand D a hour a day ...then I come here and spend most my time looking and reading ...

LOL Kim with me being on aol I used to have alot of "computer friends". I still talk to some of them every now and then but lately I don't have the time too. My husband and I even went and stayed with a few of those friends down in Tennessee. Had the time of my life. We were going to Florida to visit my brother in law and my online friends invited us to take a break and stay for the weekend. Great people. So not all people are bad on the computer. There are some bad ones though thats why I no longer go to chatrooms unless they are private ones with trustworthy people. I prefer my websites I am joined in. So much nicer than the hassle.

I tried to play an online live game and it was fun at first. Then I got past the beginner part and suddenly there were people posting very unwelcome comments and pretend activities. I was very disgusted and I won't do any of those "live" games anymore. I have tried some chat rooms and found them very boring and strange, or inappropriate. I like this kind of site where it is topic/subject driven with people with common interests.

Kristi

I wouldnt mind talking .. thats why i like it here .. for some reason i feel good about this place .. i dont trust easy .. I have talk to you in IM venus and you seem like a real nice lady ..its just I have never been into talking much on this thing ...
The game i play is my husbands game .. no foul language can be used its all blocked .. and the people are real nice also .. just not as many.

Gosh Kim make me feel old...lol nice lady. I know its a compliment but I just don't see myself as a lady..LOL sounds weird huh? Just not ready to own up to 31 yet. Yeah there are alot of mean people on the internet. Like I said I really don't do much anymore. I did like going on yahoo to play literati but people were rude. Half the time they leave the game if they don't win. Or they are younger people wanting to know your age, sex and location. It gets old. LOL I have a great answer for that one too (age:1000...sex:every other eon...location:Uranus...get it?) Just stupid humor...don't mind me. Kim I do like talking to people I like in instant messages though. No morons in the background. Besides your fun to talk to and very funny.