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Hello fellow internet users,

as the title suggests I was peer pressured into joining this site. So I have.

It is a little too green for my liking, but that is neither here nor there.

Anyway, I just wanted to post this for future record.

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Helloo, welcome to the garden :-6.

Wondering how one can be 'forced' to join :wah:
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Peer pressure can be terrifying. Good thing her friend didn't insist she do something even worse than joining FG.
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SnoozeAgain;1389463 wrote: Peer pressure can be terrifying. Good thing her friend didn't insist she do something even worse than joining FG.


I did resist the pressure to steal free samples.

I felt that would be crossing the line.
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I'm a hoarder of free samples and I'd be very cross if someone stole them.
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SnoozeAgain;1389466 wrote: I'm a hoarder of free samples and I'd be very cross if someone stole them.


In that case I would be doing you a favour. Otherwise you may find yourself on such classic shows as the family favourite TLC 'Hoarding: Buried Alive' - Free sample edition.
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xara;1389465 wrote: I did resist the pressure to steal free samples.

I felt that would be crossing the line.
But the pressure for FG was undeniable ?

And joining FG is not crossing any lines ?

Did I saw hello yet ?

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Bruv;1389474 wrote: But the pressure for FG was undeniable ?

And joining FG is not crossing any lines ?

Did I saw hello yet ?

Hello


Your queries are three-fold.

1) I have a weakness for forums regarding cultivation

2) Theft is regarded as a crime universally. Joining FG is not.. as of yet. There is still time.

3) No.
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You have peers? What sort of persons might they be?
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Ahso!;1389479 wrote: You have peers? What sort of persons might they be?


The standard range of Homo sapiens. Accessories sold separately.
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xara;1389477 wrote: 2) Theft is regarded as a crime universally.I'm not too sure about that. Proudhon was all for it, for example. It may be that no government has ever legislated theft off the statute books but that's a less forceful claim.

The revolution, when it arrives, will abolish property in which case theft becomes obsolete.

Power to the People.
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So there won't be free samples anymore? Bummer.
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SnoozeAgain;1389488 wrote: So there won't be free samples anymore? Bummer.


All samples will be free, Comrade. The revolution, when it arrives, will also abolish money.
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"Free" will be meaningless when everything is free. No point in hoarding free samples then.
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A prudent man keeps knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly.
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spot;1389486 wrote:

The revolution, when it arrives, will abolish property in which case theft becomes obsolete.




You assume it is not already here [shifty eyes]
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xara;1389493 wrote: You assume it is not already here [shifty eyes]


Blimey. Either that's eyes wide shut or I might set up a book on who you're here to tag with. Revolution, eh?

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I've read this thread several times and I still haven't a clue what it's about. I feel as if I've stumbled into the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Granted, this isn't a first and it's unlikely to be a last either...I appear to be on a steady decline into old age muddle.

Anyway, hello to xara, and a wave to Betty, whose post I did understand
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theia;1389508 wrote: I've read this thread several times and I still haven't a clue what it's about. I feel as if I've stumbled into the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Granted, this isn't a first and it's unlikely to be a last either...I appear to be on a steady decline into old age muddle.

Anyway, hello to xara, and a wave to Betty, whose post I did understand


Don't worry Theia, it's the youngsters living in their own world, and talking out loud their wildest fantasies......we have all done it.
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Bruv;1389509 wrote: Don't worry Theia, it's the youngsters living in their own world, and talking out loud their wildest fantasies......we have all done it.


young·ster

n.

1. A young person; a child or youth.

2. A young animal.

I assure you I am not a child, youth or a young animal.
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xara;1389511 wrote: young·ster

n.

1. A young person; a child or youth.

2. A young animal.

I assure you I am not a child, youth or a young animal.


Perhaps whoever wrote 2 was thinking Steer, not Ster.
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Bruv;1389509 wrote: Don't worry Theia, it's the youngsters living in their own world, and talking out loud their wildest fantasies......we have all done it.


I've just read the thread again and I think it's one of those where you have to be "in the know." I'm not "in the know" and so I find it confusing...

such a cruel trick to play on us oldies who are confused enough as it is :confused:
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xara;1389511 wrote:

I assure you I am not a child, youth or a young animal.


You do however show a childlike naivete, nothing wrong with that.

Better listen to the advice A prudent man keeps knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly. and butt out.
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Bruv;1389516 wrote: You do however show a childlike naivete


You got that from introductory posts?
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spot;1389492 wrote: A prudent man keeps knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly.


Was that free advice? Because it's going to be utterly worthless soon.
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theia;1389515 wrote: I've just read the thread again and I think it's one of those where you have to be "in the know." I'm not "in the know" and so I find it confusing...

such a cruel trick to play on us oldies who are confused enough as it is :confused:


Theia, I seldom know what's going on, I just enjoy throwing non sequiturs into the mix.
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theia;1389515 wrote: such a cruel trick to play on us oldies who are confused enough as it is :confused:


Old is relative.

30 is old to a 4 year old, but young in the eyes of a 93 year old.
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xara;1389521 wrote: Old is relative.

30 is old to a 4 year old, but young in the eyes of a 93 year old.


Very true...but then there's society's view and the individual's view of her/himself, both of which are influential.
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xara;1389517 wrote: You got that from introductory posts?


After a quick re read, it is probably Spot I was talking about.

Talk of revolutions and such.........belongs with youth and the young at heart and the naive......I am not opposed to it, just recognise it for what it is...........mind.....I am often wrong.
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Bruv;1389523 wrote: After a quick re read, it is probably Spot I was talking about.




I accept your apology.
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xara;1389524 wrote: I accept your apology.


Was that an apology ?

I thought apologies were hard, I am obviously not macho enough, must toughen up, or not.... as the case may be.
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theia;1389508 wrote: I've read this thread several times and I still haven't a clue what it's about. I feel as if I've stumbled into the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Granted, this isn't a first and it's unlikely to be a last either...I appear to be on a steady decline into old age muddle.

Anyway, hello to xara, and a wave to Betty, whose post I did understand


wave's back at ya :yh_wave



eta, the waving smiley looks more like I'm beckoning you closer :wah:
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xara;1389482 wrote: The standard range of Homo sapiens. Accessories sold separately.


Your reply xara reminds me of someone I knew so well. We had bad and good times together on that website since Dec 2008 until I disappeared ( Houdini style ) from public view in the middle of September 2011 ( smiling ).
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Betty Boop;1389533 wrote: wave's back at ya :yh_wave



eta, the waving smiley looks more like I'm beckoning you closer :wah:




ooooh, Betty :wah:
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rajakrsna;1389535 wrote: Your reply xara reminds me of someone I knew so well. We had bad and good times together on that website since Dec 2008 until I disappeared ( Houdini style ) from public view in the middle of September 2011 ( smiling ).


:yh_wink
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So, are any of your peers members of FG, Xara?
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spot;1389486 wrote: I'm not too sure about that. Proudhon was all for it, for example. It may be that no government has ever legislated theft off the statute books but that's a less forceful claim.

The revolution, when it arrives, will abolish property in which case theft becomes obsolete.

Power to the People.


Even, or maybe especially, in collective communities, hoarding or appropriating an excess share of the common wealth is considered to be a major crime.

BTW Hi Xara :-6
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Ahso!;1389554 wrote: So, are any of your peers members of FG, Xara?


I cannot say :lips:
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bryn mawr;1389567 wrote:

btw hi xara :-6


hello
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Bryn Mawr;1389567 wrote: Even, or maybe especially, in collective communities, hoarding or appropriating an excess share of the common wealth is considered to be a major crime.

BTW Hi Xara :-6


I'm going to have to get over this free sample hoarding problem.
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SnoozeAgain;1389609 wrote: I'm going to have to get over this free sample hoarding problem.


I hope it's not food like cheese on sticks.

They'd be awfully mouldy.
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xara;1389615 wrote: I hope it's not food like cheese on sticks.

They'd be awfully mouldy.


Mouldy old dough? That would never do :-)
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Lieutenant Pigeon ?
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Bruv;1389625 wrote: Lieutenant Pigeon ?


The very same :-)
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Naw, it's those little packets of DHC and Avon skin and hair care samples. I've got enough to maybe fill a ziploc sandwich bag. :yh_ooooo
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Think that calls for some light entertainment.........

Mouldy old dough - Lieutenant pigeon - YouTube
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SnoozeAgain;1389631 wrote: Naw, it's those little packets of DHC and Avon skin and hair care samples. I've got enough to maybe fill a ziploc sandwich bag. :yh_ooooo


You are suppose to use them you silly mare :wah: :lips:
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SnoozeAgain;1389631 wrote: Naw, it's those little packets of DHC and Avon skin and hair care samples. I've got enough to maybe fill a ziploc sandwich bag. :yh_ooooo


Oh god, I hate things like that. I still have sample sized perfumes and bath creme stuff that is decades old.
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xara;1389638 wrote: Oh god, I hate things like that. I still have sample sized perfumes and bath creme stuff that is decades old.


Yeah, me too... I just can't throw those little glass tubes away no matter how bad the cologne smells.
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Bruv;1389633 wrote: Think that calls for some light entertainment.........

Mouldy old dough - Lieutenant pigeon - YouTube


Justin Bieber of his day?
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