Home Forums Discussions General Discussion I've Lost 2nd Place.....

Leslie,
You little sneak.... While I've been off doing goodness only knows what, you were a busy lady far surpassing what I thought was my Firm Grip on second place in number of posting... Now YOU can be the trailing far behind 2nd place Mark Messier to Bert's Amazing 1st place Wayne Gretzky....

Alas all good things must one day reach their end.... So now it is yours to protect, defend and to loose.... Best of Luck.

Paul

?Sic transit gloria mundi?.

Top ten posters, each with > 1000 posts, account for 46% of the total posts.

Roger, when I first started posting about 2 1/2 years ago, I noticed the situation then was much the same. The numbers of posts were smaller but ten people accounted for about half of the posts. Many of the people who were on the list then are no longer active here now.
At that time, much like now, Bert had more posts than the next 5 or so put together.

I have also noticed that the number of posts and number of users continues to steadily climb. I think that there were less than 1000 users when I joined the board. Good news for the concept of Amazing Charts and user support.

I have noticed a significant decline in collegiality especially among the primary care VS specialty realm in the past 18 years of practice in my neck of the woods, but even among primary care peers. What I have found especially displeasing are those attempting to oust others and form "medical gangs", to bully others to join "their gang" or else having your practice dry up on the vine. What I find so refreshing and extremely enticing about this forum, is the antidote to this mentality. I applaude each and every poster and especially the top 10 posters. .
Charles M. Russel, the western painter said this--"To have talent is no credit to its owner; what man can't help he should get neither credit nor blame for--it's not his fault. I am an illustrator. There are lots better ones, but some worse. Any man that can make a living doing what he likes is lucky, and I'm that. Any time I cash in now, I win"
Well, I feel lucky as well doing what I like, and even though the dynamics of running a small office is quickly changing, this forum does remind me why I love the art of medicine. So Leslie, would you please surpass Bert????

And Bert is 17% by himself, and there is no padding. Each post is warrented.

jimmie, All I want is for the specialist to come to the phone. My apologies to Jon and all other specialists on the board.

Paul,

It's called posting, lol. You have to keep posting or you will get caught. For me, it's I'm opinionated.

@Jimmie....no chance in H I will ever surpass Bert. He is the king. Plus his posts are informative. Mine are usually poo poo. I love this board too. It is such a breath of fresh air to know there are others out there who disdain the course the profession has taken. Lots of very, very good people and good doctors on this board. I think it is an example of probably the only time Mark Twain was wrong..."Be good and you will be lonesome".

@Paul...If we counted up the words in everyone's posts, you would win hands down You know me, I usually have something to say about just about everything.

Leslie,

If yours are poo poo mine are coo coo, and Bert is the king!! Sorry Paul for honing in on your thread!!!!
Mark Twain spent some time in Butte, MT as a young man, I believe as an editor for one of the papers--probably where he found out if you are good you will be lonesome--as in those days Butte had more ladies of the night than any city west of the Mississippi.

Addendum--when visiting Butte several years ago, I thought for sure I read somewhere that Sam Clemens was an editor of a local paper in Butte, but I may be wrong, and it may have in fact been Virginia City, then part of Montana territory--but Virginia city being a gold miners haven, had its share of extra curricular activity, googling Montana and Clemens, did indeed find where he wrote for a short time for the paper there--sorry about the wrong info.

Paul, while you may have dropped to #3 you probably have written more words than anyone.

Your responses are detailed and involved. I missed your long hiatus from the site and am pleased you have returned.

Sure, you don't post as much, but no one can argue about the quality and passion of your posts.

Oh and I'm NOT opinionated??? What the hell have you been smokin'??? I want to know what you have been smokin' because it probably would kill most men and get the rest of us really well cooked and over done....

You're right I'm just a little timid sheep... Baaaahhhh, Baaaaaahhhhhh....