I joined SRP in February of this year. Apparently, I am now considered a senior member, although I humbly confess to not feeling like one.
Just wondering about the criteria that shifted me from junior to senior status.
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I joined SRP in February of this year. Apparently, I am now considered a senior member, although I humbly confess to not feeling like one.
Just wondering about the criteria that shifted me from junior to senior status.
Member levels are based on post count my friend. Congrats!!!
That is inless your name is a different color than black :tu
Ilwhen mine went to senior i thought it was a little too fast too. Wish there was a way to change that. Make a few levels. Guessing it preset in the software.
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Originally Posted by DZEC
Congratulations on making it to the 'Senior' level. As Dave pointed out it's because of posts but I also believe the amount of time here is also figured into some of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
There are certain areas here that aren't available to be able to access until you have reached certain levels.
More than once I've sent a link to something here at SRP to a newbie I've been helping and they can't access it. I'm sure that it's that way for good reasons.
That's the "official" criteria, but here's the truth:Quote:
Originally Posted by cudarunner
1) It usually takes 6 months or so to truly succumb to a variety of "Acquisition Disorders,"
which are a requirement for Senior membership.
2) This in turn results in the necessity to expand and/or remodel your bathroom, in order
to accommodate your acquired array of soaps, creams and pre-shave concoctions;
mugs and scuttles; brushes; strops and abrasive pastes; razors (of course!);
aftershave lotions, balms, gels, moisturizers, conditioners and toners; and hones, oils,
abrasive fluids, tapes, straight edges, lapping plates, loupes and/or microscopes.
3) You will be locked out of the "Buy, Sell, Trade" area in a well-meaning, but probably
futile attempt to prevent the above disorders.
4) You need a few months to polish up a good story for your family and friends about
why it's important for you to chase the elusive "BBS."
Then, and only then, are you a certified "Senior Member." If you don't believe that,
you should check the fine print in the "Welcome" section. There's an app for that.
I like that my friend!
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Here are some of my symptoms:
I scan online auction photo pages ignoring anything not straight razor related.
I check eBay shaving related pages several times a day.
I check my favorite online wet shaving sites a couple of times a day to see if they have anything new and immediately link to new sites mentioned by anyone else.
I watch honing videos on the Tube over and over again trying to pick up anything I might have missed.
I check for new posts on SRP four or five times a day, claiming I am just taking a well earned break from work.
I keep telling myself I have enough razors, enough hones, enough strops, but I still want more.
Am I sick?
2000 posts will get you the little animated talking face beside "Senior member"
But only if you don't put a custom one in like I and many of the other guys have.
Like what Gasman has up there ^^^
Ha. I guess i never noticed the blabbermouth next to mine. And hey, over 3000 posts in 18 months. Thats over 160 posts a month. Maybe i should keep my mouth shut more often. Nah... :)
Oh, and yes, you are sick. But not as sick as some of us.
And 'REALITY' suddenly dawns on the Gasman!:rofl2::roflmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
And all this time I thought it had something to do with your age.........he! he! he!
Yes, the theoretical shaving age of one's soul is difficult to measure unfortunately. ;)
So, they have to use data computers readily have available like post count and time since join date.
What they forgot to mention is the initiation ritual when you become a senior member.
Pretty soon you will be sent an Email telling you to report to a location on a date and time. There you will meet a group of fellow straight shavers. They will be wearing monkey masks and have big sticks with straights attached to them. You will run the gauntlet. If you survive you will be a real senior member. If you don't you will be in our in memorium section where folks can say nice things about you.
Har har
True story! I managed to escape with just a minor slash to my femoral artery. Humph nothing the local vascular surgeon cant fix.:rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
I suspected something like that. Too many folks here use avatars so noone can see the scarsQuote:
Originally Posted by Razorfaust
Myself and the other Richard must be senior senior members, or perhaps vintage senior members.
Actually, Richard, there is you, Richard, me Richard and Minnesota Richard pushing the Senior Senior Catagory. But I am the Methusalah Senior by age, not abilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by evnpar
In Richard's case because of his advanced age we took pity on him and had a bunch of 5 year olds with nerf sticks and no razors for his initiation.
Would that mean that because of his extreme antiquity and lack of damage, he would be considered NOS? :rofl2:
Richard must have been a scrapper. Looks good in his avatar. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by DZEC
As I told someone the other day, I'm jus a lil ol puddy cat.Quote:
Originally Posted by JP5
