Ok so I was bored tonight and went through the member list. There seems to be a couple dozen user names on the list with zero posts that are pretty apparently spam accounts. Several of them have website links to junk addresses. I know they arent posting and causing problems but they are there nonetheless.

Other related question: on an open forum, what's the point of registering to not post anything? There's 218 people with zero posts.

EDIT: for clarity.

Not all areas of this forum are open.

I periodically delete anyone with zero posts. I haven't done it in a while.

I also delete anyone who hasn't posted in 180 days.

We get several hundred account requests per day, or say about 2,000-5,000 a week. Typically speaking, there are three or four genuine accounts per week.

Oh and yes, this is not an open forum. You can't post without registration, and you can't view attachments.

Sorry, Chris - I guess that was the wrong terminology. I meant that in this forum, you don't have to register to gain access to almost everything. I just wondered why a genuine account would exist for someone who never intended on posting. So, "open forum" wasn't really what I meant to say.

Well some people do not post and simply lurk. I also suspect that there are a couple accounts here, even those that post once or twice a year that belong to either law enforcement or the anti's.

I believe you have to register to view attachments.

Also, thanks again to you guys for putting up with the hassle of weeding out spammers so we can have a nice hangout.

If this forum had a bar and served a decent burger, I'd never leave.

... add decent fries and I'll keep you company.

Throw in a Guinness Vanilla Float and it would become crowded about dinner time.

Rumpshot,

I don't know if you're serious, but that sounds positively delicious.

Kind of like those squiggly frys at that Wrigley field bar not too far from......

A 19 year old blond cheerleader gal with a serious oral fixation would be nice to have too while we are making our wish lists...

OK, if she serves tater tots, we got ourselves a marketing strategy.

Absolutely serious. Linky. I have yet to try one, but looks absolutely delicious.

I had to look those up. Sounds not too bad, actually - like a cross between croquettes and roesti

Mmm. I had forgotten about Rumpshot's adult ice-cream beverage. I really must try that.

As will I... Mmm... Sounds like a new flavor to create - I already make... 4? versions of vanilla for different purposes, making one to pair w. Guiness sounds like a great idea...

FYI, Champagne just curdles ice cream - tried making Champagne floats once w. strawberry ice cream.

Dude, you have GOT to try tater tots next time you come to the US. Seriously, serve em with fry sauce and seasoned salt, and you'll discover a heaven you didn't know you were missing.

*HTRN sits shocked while eating tatertots for dinner*

You've never had the glory that is tatertots?! You poor wretch.


HTRN

And he completely ignored the idea of a blond cheerleader with an oral fixation... sad, so sad...

Sorry, but it has been my personal experience that cheerleaders in general, and blond ones in particular, are on the wrong side of the Vicki Mendoza diagonal.


HTRN

I love how even a tech support question can get hijacked by discussions about tater-tots and hot cheerleaders.

In the immortal words of WC Fields, "Many great men have had many great thoughts ... I think I'll have a drink."

I suppose, in a pinch, we could manage with hot tater-tots and lukewarm cheerleaders...