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You know you're addicted to OsCommerece

Started by custodian, Mar 19 2006, 17:35

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#1 custodian

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Posted 19 March 2006, 17:35

Not quite a top 10 or top 20 list, but this is a start. I'm sure others can add to it.

You know you're addicted to OsCommerce when...
  • Every free moment is spent looking for people with stuff in their cart in Admin --> Tools -- Who's Online
  • Your OsCommerce Store has more contriutions then you've given to any organization your entire life
  • You begin signing your name prefixed with tep_
  • You feel a sense of urgency when you have difficulty accessing forums.oscommerce.com
  • Your OsCommerce store can do more things than eBay, even though you only have 10 things in your entire product listings
  • You have clickable IP's for the shoppers and use showmyip to look up their Longitude and Latitude, meanwhile you don't even know your own Longitude and Latitude
  • ls -R ./public_html | wc -l shows that you have more than 5,000 combine files and images in your /catalog and /admin directories

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#2 Java Roasters

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Posted 19 March 2006, 20:01

You know you're addicted to OsCommerce when...

- You spend all day on the forum switching between all the forum sections just so you don't miss anything.

- You download every contribution just in case you might need it one day.

- You post more than 6.5 posts per day or you make up lists titled "You know you're addicted to OsCommerce when..." :P
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#3 custodian

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Posted 19 March 2006, 21:48

  • You PM other members and offer to buy their account from them so you can get a lower Member No.: #

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#4 custodian

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Posted 19 March 2006, 21:50

  • Your spouse and children signup on the forum to "spend time with you" :-"

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Posted 19 March 2006, 23:10

- You don't answer people unless they call you by your forum name.

- You go online to hang out with your "real" friends.
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#6 rabbitseffort

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Posted 20 March 2006, 01:19

You know you're addicted to OsCommerce when...

You take the time to read this post, LOL--

Thanks--I needed this one--brightened my day! :D
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Posted 20 March 2006, 01:40

  • You refer to your day planner as configure.php and your spouse as application_top (on a good day)
  • Your children are "includes"
  • You have a dog named footer.php

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#8 Monika in Germany

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Posted 20 March 2006, 20:42

you search your harddrive for an oscommerce folder and you get 47 results ... so you decide to organize them by used, using, to be used ...

cute thread!
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#9 medvid

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Posted 21 March 2006, 01:43

  • When you shop on-line, you check to see if it is an osCommerce site
  • ... And then you try to guess what contributions they've installed.
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Posted 21 March 2006, 06:13

View PostMonika in Germany, on Mar 21 2006, 07:42 AM, said:

you search your harddrive for an oscommerce folder and you get 47 results ... so you decide to organize them by used, using, to be used ...

cute thread!


Only 47??? :D

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Posted 21 March 2006, 09:23

View Postmedvid, on Mar 20 2006, 08:43 PM, said:

  • When you shop on-line, you check to see if it is an osCommerce site

  • ... And then you try to guess what contributions they've installed.
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haha, guilty of that for sure :lol:

#12 Monika in Germany

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Posted 21 March 2006, 10:27

View Postmedvid, on Mar 21 2006, 02:43 AM, said:

  • When you shop on-line, you check to see if it is an osCommerce site

  • ... And then you try to guess what contributions they've installed.
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hehehe ... how about this one:

when you shop online and see a store that is NOT osCommerce, you dream about how fun it would be to convert it into an osCommerce store, while keeping 100% the same looks and functions :-), so noone but YOU would know :thumbsup:

... I'm VERY guilty of that one!!!
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Posted 21 March 2006, 11:16

View PostMonika in Germany, on Mar 21 2006, 10:27 AM, said:

hehehe ... how about this one:

when you shop online and see a store that is NOT osCommerce, you dream about how fun it would be to convert it into an osCommerce store, while keeping 100% the same looks and functions :-), so noone but YOU would know :thumbsup:

... I'm VERY guilty of that one!!!

when you start wondering why Amazon is not using osCommerce

#14 skylla

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Posted 21 March 2006, 11:22

When your paid daytime job duties 'annoyingly' interfere with your hobby of customising osc shops

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Posted 21 March 2006, 12:49

- You own every Kylie Minogue CD just because Harald has a "thing" for her.

- You Google "Pamela and Tommy" not to find the video, but to see if any of the sites are "Powered by osCommerce"
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#16 skylla

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Posted 21 March 2006, 13:05

View PostJava Roasters, on Mar 21 2006, 12:49 PM, said:

- You own every Kylie Minogue CD just because Harald has a "thing" for her.

- You Google "Pamela and Tommy" not to find the video, but to see if any of the sites are "Powered by osCommerce"

I used that excuse when I bought the Shakira CD :P



....when you login onto the OSc forum from a VERY expensive internet cafe in Trinidad, Cuba, whilst on holiday....

#17 Java Roasters

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Posted 21 March 2006, 13:24

- You search the Live Shops section not looking for stores but to use it a a potential dating site because you feel that you would have more in common with the people there than you would with anyone on Lava Life.

- You have the entire forum available "offline" just in case your internet connection goes down.

Edited by Java Roasters, 21 March 2006, 13:28.

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#18 Java Roasters

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Posted 21 March 2006, 13:34

- http://forums.oscommerce.com is your home page and the standard osC store layout is your screen saver.
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#19 Monika in Germany

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Posted 21 March 2006, 13:45

View PostJava Roasters, on Mar 21 2006, 02:24 PM, said:

- You have the entire forum available "offline" just in case your internet connection goes down.


OMG ... HOW can I have the whole forum offline??? ahhhhhhhhhh wait --- I think my dh has a tool for it! Off to call him!
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#20 Java Roasters

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Posted 21 March 2006, 14:17

- You stand in front of a mirror imitating the Smilies and use them in real life so others will understand what you are feeling.

:( :-" :P :thumbsup: :x (w00t)


... now I really have to get back to work :(

Edited by Java Roasters, 21 March 2006, 14:18.

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