<p>^dowzerw you stumbled on my secret dream! I am sooo hoping it’s 300 and I can shed the junior. Just 3 more meaningless posts and I’ll know.</p>
<p>magic twanger!? Is it green? As soon as I can I’m checking that out jym -I’m probably plenty old enough I just don’t remember</p>
<p>Simple, the problem is they have to be MEANINGFUL posts. For example, all the posts in this forum dont count. (Seriously???!!!)</p>
<p>Wait a sec. My post count just went up when I posted that to you. Well, I know there are some forums that posts dont count. Dont listen to anything I say since I obviously am lacking in substantive knowledge.</p>
<p>To put it another way, clearly prestigiosity is a topic of value. Worth counting. Just saying. But we knew that.</p>
<p>Posts in the cafe don’t count. Here, they count. On the wow… … Facebook thread they don’t. Sadly.</p>
<p>Ok, I got absweet, GA2012, Krlilies and Hunt, and will search for griffen shortly.</p>
<p>Simple, I noticed you weren’t here, but figured you actually had a life and were doing something with the weekend - sorry you weren’t feeling well :).</p>
<p>Yes, both this thread and the Facebook thread in the Parent Cafe have become home to the virtual holiday present crowd – those nice little green boxes. But this thread counts toward your post total.</p>
<p>Glad to help you Simplerules. I didn’t forget you that’s why I gave you some love this morning. 
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<p>In case you dont know, LoremIpsum tipped us that after you add reps to someone, you have to give reps to 20 different people and wait at least 48 hrs. before you can add rep to the same person again.</p>
<p>Since not everyone here has yet to discover the Cafe thread, I thought I would cross-post may First Annual Virtual Holiday Present (FAVHP) and give a little cheer to those who have had a bad week:</p>
<p>Many of you may have seen this video at some point – it’s a few years old but I just rediscovered it today and, as always, it made me smile. A lot.</p>
<p>A little background: I have traveled a lot over the years – to 69 different countries on six continents and back to some of them 3 and 4 times. During these adventures, I was constantly impressed at how willing locals were to go out of their way to help a traveler in need. I was helped while penniless after a pickpocketing; assisted in finding my lost passport; had money returned to me by the next passenger after exiting a cab; got follow-me directions and accepted rides; plus had locals stand up for me when scammers tried to rip me off. Most of the time they refused any payment or gratuity even in places where five bucks can be a day’s wage.</p>
<p>The people of the world are, all in all, good-hearted everywhere. We too often forget that when we only see bad stories on the news. </p>
<p>So this video was made by a kid who can’t dance worth beans and has somehow turned his lack of skill into earning a living and an opportunity to see even the most remote places on the planet. His first video was just something he assembled from his own travels, but he put it up on youtube during the early days. An executive at a gum company decided to spend part of their promotional budget on paying his way around the world for a sequel, in exchange for a little blurb at the end. Since this video has been viewed 44 million times already, I’d say the gum company more than got its money’s worth.</p>
<p>As the views on youtube spread, so did invitations to come and visit, from across the globe. Local volunteers organized groups of volunteers – sometimes in the hundreds – to show up at specific locations at specific times for what amounts to 5 seconds of video each. All just to be silly on camera and have fun.</p>
<p>I present to you 5 minutes of globe-hopping joy by someone who has unofficially become American’s ambassador to the world:</p>
<p>[Where</a> the Hell is Matt? 2008 - YouTube](<a href=“Where the Hell is Matt? 2008 - YouTube”>Where the Hell is Matt? 2008 - YouTube)</p>
<p>Even if you’ve seen that one before, a new one was released earlier this year, with even larger and more diverse crowds:</p>
<p>[Where</a> the Hell is Matt? 2012 - YouTube](<a href=“Where the Hell is Matt? 2012 - YouTube”>Where the Hell is Matt? 2012 - YouTube)</p>
<p>Please pass it on to anyone who could use a quick cheering up. And anyone who tries to tell you: “They hate us because we’re American.”</p>
<p>Then there are those of us who are a wee bit embarrassed of their total post count and don’t mind posting in the cafe, lol. Sometimes when I glance at the number (not often) I think, what could I possibly have had to say? It’s not like I’m adding to my posts with a “brb” or a single “lol”. I blame it completely on S2, a 2011 hs grad. His Sr year in the parents group was one long group therapy session!!</p>
<p>that’s one of my favorite youtubes, LI. I love it.</p>
<p>Xiggi! Thanks for putting me over another! I have always loved you, you know… ;)</p>
<p>LOL, dowzerw you’re cracking me up. There’s no way I can follow that thank you. Not even going to try.</p>
<p>Thanks for my 5th lt LGS Xig…you told me this one was going to be a bear! :)</p>
<p>blue, gotta call it like it is…but I am quickly developing a soft spot for you, too, if that means anything ;)</p>
<p>Oh, my, we have at least two contenders for third to finish their box collection! Poetgirl vs. the Blue Iguana – place your bets now!</p>
<p>How many do I need for that? LI?</p>
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<li>Your fifth light green was earned at 1300. Final name change is at 2000 and only The Queen of Green has thus far reached that threshold.</li>
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<p>I could use a 6-pointer in advance of my midnight giving session to up everyone’s rep by another point when I click-through. Not a name change for me, but an added point in my giving total.</p>
<p>Good luck to both poetgirl and blue iguana! Unfortunately, I am not allowed to rep LI or poetgirl right now.</p>
<p>I keep trying to rep both you and Blueiguana, but now I can’t rep anyone. I think I gave out ten by this evening. So, I’m back on track.</p>
<p>I will keep trying, but I’m over the limit.</p>
<p>You too, moreover. I will get you tomorrow.</p>
<p>Everyone should place their bets on Blue, though. I"m just barely in the new box zone. ;)</p>
<p>What about Xiggi??</p>