Hatrack River Forum: Tante Shvester's 1000th Post

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Not a landmark or anything, but is this some kind of record?

Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :

I think it's a passage as enter in the adult age, no ?

Congrats !!!

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I'm just at 897...

Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :

Wha---? How---??

Do you sleep? [Wink]

It took me forever to reach 1000!

-Katarain

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

*watches back* [Wink]

Posted by CT (Member # 8342) on :

Yay for your 1000!

It may be a speed record, but it may not be (we've had some amazing posters fly through as the years went by). But regardless, it is a time of significance.

*toasts

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

I admit I am powerless over Hatrack - that my life has become unmanageable.

Are there meetings or something that I can go to now that I've taken the first step?

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

*clinks glass with CT's*

That's 20.4 posts per day.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

No Dags, it's not. She only posts 6 days out of 7.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

True. Shabbos is a day off from Hatrack for me. And I am sure to always attend the shiur with the Shluffer Rebbe on Shabbos.

Translated -- that's when I sleep.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

An average rate takes zero days into account. [Razz]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Actually, what it does is ignore them. [Wink]

And Tante, I am so stealing that line! [Big Grin]

Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :

You did it! Do you remember what day in June you joined?

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Profile for Tante Shvester
Member Status: Member
Member Number: 8202
Registered: June 08, 2005
Posts: 1011
Email Address: Click here to email this user
Location: New Jersey
Occupation: Nurse
Interests: Mitzvos!

Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :

1012 already...Tante, it's great to have you in the forum, I enjoy reading your posts very much. Keep up with the good work!

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Aww...shucks!

Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :

Yay! [The Wave]

Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :

Forty-nine days then? I'll do some math on that with your post number around midnight. Because I couldn't even guess how many more posts you might have today. The recent posts thing is only showing 50, but I'm guessing you've made more than that.

Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :

Welcome Tante Shvester.

I'm surprised no one had remarked on my fading into the background as you came onto the scene [Wink]

And now onto important matters. What is my post count?

Posted by His Savageness (Member # 7428) on :

Wow. And to think I registered a couple of months before you. I guess I just don't have that kind of dedication and moxie...

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

quote:
What is my post count?

This wouldn't even need to be a question if you all didn't play musical screen names so much. [Razz]

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

I remember when Pod started a thread about his 1337 post. I always thought that many posts would take years to reach. At the time, it did. Then Jon Boy and T_Smith came along. :D Now speed seems to be the norm.

Have a merry ride to 10,000, Tante.

Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :

Boy, I'm a slow poster.

I'm glad to have you here, Tante. The first time I saw your screen name, I had to call my mother to confirm what Tante and Shvester mean. You can't imagine how long it took me to explain. [Smile]

Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :

You think you're slow? It took me four years to reach 1,000 posts.

So, what do Tante and Shvester mean?

Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :

quote:
And I am sure to always attend the shiur with the Shluffer Rebbe on Shabbos.

Translated -- that's when I sleep.

But it doesn't work in English...

Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :

Oh, one other thing: How the HELL did you reach so many posts? I'm one of the real active ones here, with over twn posts a day - but you are so recent that I feel like an alte kakke. 1000 posts! Wow! I reached 2,360, roughly, and still I don't get how you post more quickly than kq.

I look at her post count. One minute it's 3,500, the next moment 4,500, and the next over 6,000. You are beating her at this rate.

quote:
So, what do Tante and Shvester mean?

Tante = aunt; Shvester = sister.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
But it doesn't work in English...

What doesn't work?

I can explain the joke, for the non-Jewish crowd:

A shiur is a religious lesson or lecture, usually given by a rabbi. While they can be held on any day, many people make a special point to attend shiur on Shabbos (that is, the Sabbath)

Grand Chasidic rabbis often go by the nickname of the Chasidic branch that they lead. The Rabbi who leads the Lubovitch group would be known as the Lubovitcher Rebbe. Rebbe just means "Rabbi".

We are getting closer to the funny part...

The Yiddish word for "sleep" is shluff. "The Shluffer Rebbe" therefore sounds like the appellation of a Grand Chasidic Rebbi, but there is no group of "Shluff Chasids" -- it is just an invented name.

Attending shiur with the Shluffer Rebbe, is a joking way to say you are going to sleep, but making it sound like you are going to a deeply important religious study session.

Trust me, the joke was waaaay funnier before I explained all the life out of it. [Smile]

Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :

quote:
Trust me, the joke was waaaay funnier before I explained all the life out of it.

It was. It was a brilliant one, but you'd have to have some Jewish background in order to understand it. So the explanation - while excellent - doesn't help too much. It's too Jewish a joke.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

And I'm just waiting for Shabbos to come so I can use it!

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Funny, I thought it was pretty darned funny once it was explained, and I have no-where near a Jewish background in any way shape or form.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Yeah, I'm a hot riot!

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

Me as well, I enjoyed the explination, despite being raise RC and being about as Irish as one can can be. [Big Grin]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
I enjoyed the explination, despite being raise RC and being about as Irish as one can can be. [italics added for emphasis]

I fail to see what the Can Can has to do with being Irish Catholic. [Wink]