Thursday, September 17, 2009

A Pleasant Surprise

After my August post about my 600th post, I was very pleased to get an e-mail from one of my silent readers. I know most bloggers call them "lurkers" but that has an unfortunate ring to it in my mind. I like to call them "silent readers." I will refer to this person as TSR (the silent reader).
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TSR lives in a town that in my mind looks like the one above, although that picture is of Gothenburg Sweden and that is not where TSR lives. TSR told me a little bit about their life and it sounded very interesting and I think TSR would make a great blogger.
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TSR is retired and had been thinking about volunteering for MOW and I certainly hope my last post did not put them off. Just because my branch is a little flaky, it does not mean they all are. Besides almost every organization goes through a bad spell at some point. The important thing is they do a great service and it is very rewarding work.
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I thought it was really great to get that e-mail from TSR. It was sort of like getting a surprise present in the mail. If any more of my silent readers would like to drop me a line to say "Hi! This is who I am..." I would really love it. My e-mail is geewits(at)yahoo(dot)com. And to TSR: Thanks for dropping me a line and I hope you A) get hooked up with MOW and B) start a blog, which by the way, a great title for it is in the e-mail you sent me. Thanks for reading!
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10 comments:

  1. JazzSeptember 17, 2009 7:28 AM

    Cool, I'd like to get emails from my silent readers....

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  2. Lone Grey SquirrelSeptember 17, 2009 9:44 AM

    Wonderful. May you turn TSR into a great blogger too!

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  3. Mr. JazzSeptember 17, 2009 10:22 AM

    For your email address, I think you meant geewits(at)yahoo(dot)com

    Gotta love those TSRs ;-)

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  4. geewitsSeptember 17, 2009 12:38 PM

    Jazz,
    ~~It was really cool

    LGS,
    ~~That would be nice.

    Mr. Jazz,
    ~~Wow! That's two days in a row I had to be edited by my readers. Maybe I should actually try to proofread my stuff.

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  5. CaroleSeptember 17, 2009 1:03 PM

    Ooh, if Gothenburg Sweden looks like that, LET'S GO! :-)

    When I was growing up, I would have never imagined being able to travel around the world and talk with people from all over while sitting at my own desk. It still rather amazes me.

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  6. geewitsSeptember 17, 2009 1:31 PM

    Carole,
    ~~I know! You know one of my favorite things about feedjit is that it shows the flag of the country of the person that visits my blog. I love looking at all the different flags. I recently had a visit from Estonia and that is one flag I did NOT recognize!

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  7. VioletSkySeptember 17, 2009 3:53 PM

    I get excited when I see on feedjit that someone unfamiliar, who I imagine is a lurker, has visited 'direct'. Seems kind of strange, but I love it.

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  8. ScarletSeptember 17, 2009 5:27 PM

    What a great story! I hope TSR does start a blog and knows that they can remain anonymous if they want. It's a lot of fun...as you and I know.

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  9. ScarletSeptember 17, 2009 5:28 PM

    PS - I'll e-mail you the sour cream sauce recipe (that goes with the pork tenderloins) in a bit.

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  10. geewitsSeptember 18, 2009 2:28 AM

    VioletSky,
    ~~It's not strange. I have several regulars that having been doing that for a long time. I think it's neat.

    Scarlet,
    ~~I would love to hear more about TSR's life! And thanks for the recipe.

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