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Chicago Dog Lovers: Help this poor dog at Animal Control!

snowykitten — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:17:05 GMT

"Sweetie" is an 8-10 year old dog who was abandoned on the streets of Chicago by her owner. She is blind but because dogs rely more on smell than sight she would be able to adapt to a home. Sadly she is running out of time at animal control. A foster home or adopter needs to be found in the next 24 hours or she will be put to sleep.
You can see a video of this sweet girl here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rahuc2IlNDI

Info on how to foster/adopt is here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=283402801673010
Or you can become friends with Adopt a Pittie from the City to ask them to pull her for you: https://www.facebook.com/adoptapittie

Ideally she would go to a quiet home without other dogs or a very mellow dog. Please, even if you can't adopt her yourself, spread the word to others who might be able to help this poor sweetheart out and save a life!

Sorry if anyone doesn't like that I posted this here but I know a lot of dopers are from Chicago.

All IP addresses banned at the Dope

geearewhy — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:53:27 GMT

Roughly an hour ago, lots of people on the Giraffe Boards reported being IP banned at the Dope. It seems somebody goofed on the ban filter.

Settings changed

opalcat — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:11:35 GMT

I changed the settings for this community so that if links are posted that aren't on the whitelist the entry will be moderated. This should cut down on the spam postings. Sorry for the clutter folks.

foolsguinea — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:40:02 GMT

This is weird.
"Some instructions for replying to my posts"

Memorial service thread for danceswithcats1

geearewhy — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:30:27 GMT

The official planning thread for danceswithcats1's memorial service is: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=528932

Please redistribute this link to the other SDMB-offshoot boards.

Passing of danceswithcats

geearewhy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:58:26 GMT

Today I received word that Paul Hamilton passed away in early July; only today did anybody in the SDMB community find out. (SDMB: danceswithcats) (LJ: danceswithcats1)

The memorial thread is: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=528691

Renewal?

geearewhy — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:28:34 GMT

I got the email about my Doper subscription being up for renewal. With the sudden fall-off in Dopers going to various alternative boards and everybody trying to squeeze every last penny out of every turnip they've got, I'm seriously considering not paying up my $7.50.

Plus I finally figured out how to block images in Firefox.

Anybody else not renewing their subscription this time around?

SD web site is down

geearewhy — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:57:20 GMT

It seems that the Straight Dope is offline at the moment. The board was up earlier, but now it's down as well.

Splinter boards

zev_ari — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:54:57 GMT

I know that I haven't been terribly active of late, but I do know that there have been major changes and there are splinter boards breaking off from the Dope. A number of prominent posters have already broken away and joined the new boards.

I'll probably remain at the dope, but the good thing is that it's not like it's a marriage... I can join as many boards as I like. :)

That being said, does anyone have a somewhat comprehensive list of the splinter boards?

Zev Steinhardt

Another alternative message board

danceswithcats1 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:58:33 GMT

No ill will towards giraffe-best wishes on your new endeavor, yet there's another choice, if you haven't heard of it. Domebo, started by CRSP, formerly known as Captain Ridley's Shooting Party. Many of your old friends can be found there, too.

www.domebo.net/forum/index.php? is the link to use.

http://www.giraffeboards.com

giraffe_sdmb — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:03:04 GMT

Hi everybody!

This is my first LiveJournal post ever, so please don't laugh if it looks retarded. Anyway, I just wanted to give you all a heads-up about the new board I'm starting. It's (currently) called http://www.giraffeboards.com. (The name along with just about everything else may be changed depending on what people want.)

I announced it on the SDMB, but wanted to hit you guys over here just in case there's any former Dopers lurking about looking for a new place to waste time. All are welcome, and you can cuss all you want.

http://www.giraffeboards.com

It's the message board that kids ask for by name, when they're high. Kids, don't do drugs.

Well, Ed finally did it: New Pit Rules

guinastasia — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:24:00 GMT

Basically the same as before-no racist remarks, no trolling, no fake pittings, etc.

BUT....

We also have these WONDERFUL additions!!!

No abusive remarks directed at other posters
Don't direct obscenities or vulgarities at other posters - this includes everything from "fuck you" on up. If you don't like another poster, you're free to make that plain. That doesn't mean you can say anything you want. Creative insults are permitted; crude vituperation is not. We'll be the judge of what constitutes abuse.

No complaints about SDMB administration in the Pit
All comments or complaints about SDMB administration should go in the About This Message Board forum, not in the Pit. Pitting of SDMB staff is permitted for views they express as ordinary posters.

No obscenities in thread titles

The rules regarding profanity in the Pit are the same as those for the rest of the SDMB. The board is intended for adults and occasional vulgarities will go unremarked. However, we don't have unlimited tolerance for this. If you give the impression of having Tourette's syndrome, we may tell you to knock it off.

Jesus fucking CHRIST, Ed! Your best mods are quitting, people are constantly complaing-this is a BUSINESS-it's no longer "Our Board, Our Rules."

Since I can't say it on the boards anymore-
FUCK YOU, ED, you fucking troglodyte!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gee, what a shock

guinastasia — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:09:42 GMT

"The message boards are currently down to resolve a database problem."

I swear, this is the ONLY website I pay to use-and it's the only one that gives me so much crap.

So what's going on now?

jayjaybear — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:44:26 GMT

This is apparently more than just a standard logjam..."pending a restoration of service"?

Holy Carp-Ed's latest BAD business model

danceswithcats1 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:36:55 GMT

When is he going to realize that he's helping to flush SDMB down the crapper? You know, I've never run a newspaper, but I do know that listening to what your customers have to say is a good thing. Which Eddie Z hasn't done. I'm shocked that someone who is this willfully obtuse can hold a managerial position. Hopefully not for long.

Woo-hoo, I'm somebody!

troubleagain — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:23:34 GMT

I've actually been mentioned in the SnarkPit! Apparently, I'm registered Every-fuckin'-where*, should get a life outside of my "imaginary" friends, and I have a man face.

Heh.

*Yeah, I am. Unaboard, umop's board, Skippy's board, G'Dope, and NADS. It takes all of about half an hour to read all the threads I'm actually interested in on all those boards. Oh, and I registered on FFF about 100 years ago, but if I ever posted there, I don't recall it.

Beta-Chan is born!

jayjaybear — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:12:04 GMT

For those who were following along with TokyoPlayer's baby saga but have since moved off the board, Beta-Chan has been successfully brought into the world!

They've named her Anya. She was born via c-section last night (or tonight...darn International Date Line) and is healthy.

Just letting folks know! :0)

Now what's going on?

jayjaybear — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:57:26 GMT

The board was working about an hour ago, but now it doesn't go anywhere. I mean, there's not even a 404 error or "We can't find that page" or "The server may be busy". It's just blank.

New and Improved!

jaytee — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:06:06 GMT

So today I post to the SDMB for the first time in however many years. It took all the way to my second post before the message board got hung up. Nice!

This is the final straw

danceswithcats1 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:41:43 GMT

Me: when do my ads go away?
jdavis: when I decide to turn them off

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10175794&posted=1#post10175794 Look now, before it gets erased.

The haughty attitude is more than I can stomach.

I'll hang in through Gettysdope, but after that, I'm gone. Sorry, kids, but I refuse to support any business which actively treats the customers like shit.

bibliocat — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:27:30 GMT

It's bad enough that the board is running like shit, but now there's a whole new forum just for Ed to flog his new book. WTF?

It doesn't bode well...

jayjaybear — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:24:34 GMT

It doesn't bode well that the new board (that was just opened a few hours ago) has already been taken down for maintenance.

Polycarp Just Quit The Dope

doc_cathode — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:40:44 GMT

He announced it in the Pit thread Jesus Christ, but I want to kick religious people

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10151426&postcount=38

"Please cancel my membership. Credit any unused portion of it to Sampiro. He knows why.

This is not a joke post."

Don't let your mouth write checks your ass can't cash

danceswithcats1 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:31:21 GMT

Owing to a major lapse of judgement, the Pit has been turned into a stadium of verbal rollerball, with the understanding that, come restart, *poof* it all goes away.

Did it ever occur to the keepers of the keys that some of the softer members may be deeply injured by the nasty shit being said, even after the text disappears?

I dish it out and take it, too, but what works for me doesn't necessarily apply to everyone.

Would you hand whiskey and car keys to a seventeen year old, telling them that the havoc wreaked on their weekend would be erased, a la Cinderella?

Those of you waiting for free posting

fachverwirrt — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:35:36 GMT

Only a month or two behind schedule, which, considering the norm, isn't so bad, really (of course, that's a lot like saying "Woohoo! Gas is only $3.50 a gallon," but I digress).

Jerry on the new server, Vbulletin, free posting, etc.