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Be aware, be very aware!

Sparkey

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So not everybody notice the little things... and I could have waited for a more statistically opportune opportunity where there were Zero Members and 20 Guests... but a 1:14 ratio seemed easy and it was a happy accident.

Here's what I'm asking others to become more aware of:

That was a little past midnight Pacific Daylight Time today (Wednesday)
That would make it a little past 3:00 Eastern Daylight Time.

So no wonder no Mod or Admin was around. Only one Member. 14 Guests.
It was poor KevinK (who isn't poor at all, he's rich in Christ, as we all want to be) and he was all by his lonesome... well, kinda. We know that we're never alone, right?

Because there I was, lurking in the background, counting "Guests" so I was there too, but just not there as a Member. I was one of the 14...

And he still wasn't ALONE and I'm not talking about the other parts of the Guest Count - the baker's dozen, no, not the thirteen (13) count if you don't include me, but why would you not include me! I was a guest, and I just got done saying that, but there was still more and I don't mean the robots either.

Here's a hint: Even One of us may turn 1,000. Jesus is with us. Each and every one who calls upon His Name, or so I am told... Two (2) of us, properly joined in Him, and we are able to turn 10,000. That's a double increase of the input with a more than double increase of output (result) of 10 times! Boom!

And so there was our one Member and there also was The Christ, and then, there were 14 anonymous and who cares about how many robots or spiders or web crawlers -- they don't count, they are not people too. They work for people too (because of the 'SCOTUS Citizens United v. F.E.C' case about Corporate Personhood decided in 2010) but they are not people too, they just work for corporate 'people' so called... but that's beside the point.

The point; that even when we think we are alone? There are others lurking. We are never alone. There is no such thing as a "Personal" computer. That's only an illusion. We are on public computers, even when there is nobody else in the room. WE are never alone. All things shall be revealed. He will come as a thief. We will all be "caught" -- but even before that happens, there are many more lurkers than we normally think about.

Think about our anonymous Guests, while you post and please do follow the ToS, the Terms we all agree to in exchange for the Service that is rendered here. It's not just for your sake it was written. Mostly it just says, "please no senselessness or deliberate sin" and very little more. It was written with you as the Guest in mind, but it also covers the non-posting lurker who reads only. The real Guest(s) of our site. As well as Jesus, who isn't literally a Guest, because He owns us, lock, stock and barrel, but even He is anonymous for the time being...

Please be wary. -AND- Be very aware.
 
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Its the internet and a open forum sparrow. Anyone,from anywhere, from any hood, could be here at anytime.
 
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kiwidan said:
Its the internet and a open forum sparrow. Anyone,from anywhere, from any hood, could be here at any time.
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You wouldn't know, but I'm currently in school getting another degree, this one in CyberSecurity. I hope to graduate again in Spring next year... it's part time, but I'm getting close. That's nothing I hide, but I don't typically say that much on this forum. I am a member of quite a few forums, actually. And a privacy advocate. Not for myself so much, but professionally speaking, that is. So I do know what you're talking about. Maybe more than a just little.

And yes, you're right. There are "robots" that go to where they are targeted, and there are those who hate Christ (they don't care about us, they just hate God, we are just the target that they see, nothing more) and they are haxorz, and cheaters, or if I want to use the more professional term, Black Hats. Lots of them around. You'd be surprised.
 
Time for Guest Count 2? Okay, not random, but I see a familiar face...

Greetings, Obadiah Good to see a familiar face. We were "mod-less" a hour ago...
What's for supper?

Are you hungry like me, maybe? Huh?

Boy! That sure was good when you came and visited me in the hospital last year! I'm still asking the Lord to bless you 4 your good work(s)! Every time I see your name.
More of your famous:
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I still salivate like the famous Pavlovian Dog and as I salivate for more, I also ask and give thanks for you! So thank you for sneaking that great meal past the nurses. Nobody knows how to cook possum like you do, and as you know I typically abstain from unclean meats, but that was scrumptious. And the Bible does say that we are not even supposed to ask, for the sake of our conscious, right? Just eat what's put in front of you. Such a Yummy in the tummy change from the standard fare of hospital food. I'm telling ya. I've never had possum like yours. Never. And my blood sugar didn't go up that high, they only had to give me like 4 units of fast acting insulin... that's not too bad, right?
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LOL! I'm working right now but have CF.Net on so I can come by and check in every once in a while. Most nights this late if there are any mods here at all other than me, it's almost always Questdriven. I think she must have insomnia! :biggrin2

Hey, glad you allowed me to come by. How are you feeling after your latest? Sounds like you are doing well.

I think I'll cook some parmesan chicken and roasted potatoes for lunch tonight...
 
KevinK - we are blessed in all things. God works in all things for the good of them who love Him and I know that you know this, but please, you are always welcome in any thread of mine! Welcome, just as if you were an adopted Son or Daughter of God, and I know you're a son, but just saying... you're welcome here, you know!

Obadiah I did my routine walk to the grocery store this evening, less than 1 mile away... and shopped (but I grabbed one of those granny-go carts that the larger stores provide for us elderly) and did my shopping while sitting down... but then I walked back home and wandered on the way. I almost got me some pears (free pears, ripe and free for the picking and apples too, like they were low hanging fruit) but I didn't because there's a family of 4 deer there in the field that I was traipsing about in on my wandering and meandering way back home. And I only had my cane with me, so that's a bad weapon against a 1 year old dear, deer --- especially with antlers and if anybody else is reading, yes I called him "dear" right there but watch out because I might even go so far as to greet you with an holy kiss if'n we ever meet IRL... but that deer that scared me off the pears and apples was not the strangest thing I saw, but it was the pink cotton panties that belonged to some small waisted person that was probably the strange part, but I don't wanna go there... but anyway, I'm in the process of cooking a Braided Biscuit Roll with scrambled eggs as stuffing - a braided biscuit breakfast roll - and boy do I hope it turns out yum!
Obadiah said:
How are you feeling after your latest? Sounds like you are doing well.
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So doing well. Been to my vascular surgeon and she feels so good about the recent work that she did that she refuses to take any pictures of my arteries for the sake of not wanting to inject dye into me for fear of a call from my nephrologist, my kidney doctor, who keeps a very close eye on me, and I've got an appointment today in less than 12 hours with my primary care physician - but that's just a needed excuse to jump on the motorcycle and ride on into Bellingham proper... any excuse in a storm, right? 'Cause all my restrictions are lifted and I may ride again...

Whew! That was a mouthful, but not for me, not really. I could have said, "Me? Oh, I'm fine, thank you." :mischief

But that would sound very much like when I'm having one on (hmmmm... "having one one" is kidding, not drinking -have not done that for more than 20 years) and saying (almost under my breath, which you can not do while typing, or if you can? I haven't discovered it) what I've said in jest was muttered and said all fast like, "Me? Oh, I'm dying, thank you," and that sounds a whole bunch like, "Me? Oh, I'm fine, thank you," which is also true, but not for me only, for ever single one of us, from the moment that we're born, or so I've heard; we begin the march to death from the moment of birth and onward, but wait... there will come a time, or so I hear, when we shall be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, but you already heard about that. :idea

:grumpy Your Parmesan Chickun and spuds a roastin' and a toastin' sounds scrumptious! But then? I'm always hungry. Always. And I never have been hungry in the past. I jumped on the scale the other day, did some quick math and YIKES :eek2 My BMI is > 30.1 so not only am I overweight (like I have been since getting fat, about 5 years after high schook) but now I'm overweight and officially OBESE on top of that. Oh my. It's the insulin. My doctors chuckle at me and call it the "double edged sword of insulin" because I need it to get my Blood Glucose down and in control but the 'double edge' part is that it makes me hungry and stimulates my appetites. So I am constantly battling hunger now. Welcome to the fatty club, sparrow. Right? It's okay. I love me more than anybody except God. So I'm okay with anything, you know.

I'd love to hear more from you, PM if you want or if it's okay with the OP here, then you may reply.... hey! Wait. I am the Original Poster... okay.... one moment, processing... working...

:thinking Got it! Be aware, be very aware (OP TITLE) could mean, be aware of your Staff. Be friendly to them, even when they are not online, but especially when they are? That might work, pretty sure the OP would not mind if you replied right here in thread...

My legs are still a little stiff from the walk, so even if I was in for only 2 days and out in record time (again) -- I am still in 'recovery' and it's day 20 now. But I'll keep hitting it, and will be back in full swing soon enough. Getting closer is gooder. Any one of my doctors (I have 4 of them who look at me) would prescribe Cardiac Rehabilitation for the asking. But I'm not asking. I'm not avoiding either, just going with the flow, as you know. Following where my front tire leads me.

Will be back in school (10 credits, two classes) this Fall... late September. That will make me exercise much more. I love to park across campus and way long way, traversing the campus and saying "hi" to kids (students). It's too much fun. Who knows? This might be the year for your sparrow to get a stipend for being Ambassador -- to the Life-long Learners group. I very much qualify and have been told that it would be mine for the asking too. And they pay a modest amount for doing what I love and would do (almost) anyway for free. I would have to attend meetings though. That's the only 'block of stumbling' that I see there.
 
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