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CABaize Member	posted May 19, 2009 07:41 AM 600! Wow! It keeps going, and going, and going... IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 19, 2009 07:56 AM I suppose I could call the blood bank and ask them what type blood I have, if they still have me on file. But I don't want them starting up with their demands, again... IP: Logged
philocinemas Member	posted May 19, 2009 08:13 AM Oh, I forgot to include my blood type - O neg. IP: Logged
shimiqua Member	posted May 19, 2009 09:04 AM You and me are the same!* (*I know, I know. Bad grammar, but it sounds funnier that way.) Speaking of bad grammar, There is a national commercial about mouthwash, that has a glaring grammar error. How dumb do they think we are? ~Sheena IP: Logged
Zero Member	posted May 19, 2009 09:52 AM Too bad it isn't a commercial for an Oxford Dictionary. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 19, 2009 02:52 PM I remember a "Barney Miller" episode where they brought in someone who tore up a subway ad because he couldn't stand the bad grammer and spelling. "Our pickles are the tongue-teasingest, the lip-smackingest, the crun-crun-crunchiest." (Or something like that.) "Save up to fifty percent---and more!" "Someday all our people will have above average incomes." IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 20, 2009 10:53 AM Quiet overnight, huh? IP: Logged
CABaize Member	posted May 20, 2009 02:06 PM I find it hard to believe we have exhausted the randomness reserves of this group... That said, I woke up at 3am this morning with an agonizing neck ache that actually turned out to be quite productive... I couldn't sleep, so I wrote for a while as I waited for pain meds to kick in. After reading what I wrote, I have decided that writing after taking pain medication is perhaps not the wisest method. Now that stuff was random. IP: Logged
Kitti Member	posted May 20, 2009 02:50 PM I lost my internet this morning, so sadly all my randomness was trapped inside me. On the bright side, not being able to internet surf meant I got to work half an hour early and had time for a second cup of tea beforehand IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 20, 2009 03:25 PM I can do without the Internet. I can quit any time. Come to think of it, I just did---I didn't go online from the morning of Saturday May Ninth to the evening of Sunday May Seventeenth. Of course I was away from my computer at the time... IP: Logged
Owasm Member	posted May 20, 2009 05:39 PM Earlier today, I was at a business meeting. While zoning out, I realized that without the internet I would spend more time watching TV. Now if there was no internet, no TV and no video gaming, what kind of world would there be???? [This message has been edited by Owasm (edited May 20, 2009).] IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 20, 2009 07:11 PM Of course, since I'm still on vacation right now, and home where my computer is, I could just stay here and post as the spirit moves me. IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 20, 2009 08:54 PM I hate mosquitoes. I am horrible at remembering what I need to buy at the store, and I can never find my shopping list when I get there. IP: Logged
Tani Member	posted May 20, 2009 09:06 PM We used to have a bat living in our attic that ate the mosquitos. One day he invited twenty of his friends to move in, so bye-bye bats. Now the mosquitos are back. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted May 20, 2009 10:24 PM I hate blackflies. You can't even blink in peace with them around. IP: Logged
Pyre Dynasty Member	posted May 21, 2009 12:51 AM You know bat guano is sometimes quite explosive. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted May 21, 2009 01:25 AM And yet, some people make bowls and dishes from it... IP: Logged
Kitti Member	posted May 21, 2009 01:51 AM Oh, I didn't need to know that... IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 21, 2009 06:19 AM Bat guano...from bowels to bowls, I guess. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 21, 2009 06:22 AM Everytime uClick Comics diddles with their format, they screw me over. This morning, their changes prevented me from printing out my comics e-mail. Their "modifications" made the comics lap over the margins...some disappeared below the page...and all of them lost their right sides. Kinda defeats what I'm paying for, huh? IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 21, 2009 01:14 PM quote: I hate blackflies. You can't even blink in peace with them around. That was just so true that it had to be printed twice. My house is surrounded, and I can't even go outside without being dive bombed. a million times. IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 21, 2009 01:14 PM Does anyone know if Chuck will be back next year? Does anyone else care? IP: Logged
Kitti Member	posted May 21, 2009 01:25 PM I read in the papers sometime recently that it had been renewed. IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 21, 2009 01:31 PM Yay! It's the only thing on TV that I like these days. I'm both picky and obsessive. I like that about myself. IP: Logged
Pyre Dynasty Member	posted May 21, 2009 03:53 PM quote: I hate blackflies. You can't even blink in peace with them around. Racist! No one ever complains about whiteflies! And before people start throwing spears (or pikes) at me this is a joke. IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 21, 2009 05:34 PM We don't throw pikes around here. We only throw books that have people throwing pikes in them. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 21, 2009 06:20 PM Piker! IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted May 21, 2009 10:34 PM Statistics on the first 600 posts Number of members that posted in RM: 39 Who posted the most: Robert Nowall 103 times Who's next: Inarticulate Babbler 59 (thats over 25% combined) Next closest: Snapper 40 Number of members that posted only once: 7 Number of members that posted at least ten times: 19 Number of members that posted at least twenty times: 11 Number of members that posted at least thirty times: 7 Number of times KDW posted: 18 Last one to join the thread: BenM at post 585 [This message has been edited by snapper (edited May 21, 2009).] IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted May 21, 2009 11:44 PM Well, I'll defer to you, snapper. You'll probably eclipse me soon, anyway. IP: Logged
Pyre Dynasty Member	posted May 22, 2009 12:52 AM Is there some magic way you're seeing the post numbers or are you counting. IP: Logged
satate Member	posted May 22, 2009 01:12 AM What are blackflies? I hate whiteflies. They fly in my mouth and it's impossible to shoo them away. (there now it's equal, we hate both black and white flies) IP: Logged
Kitti Member	posted May 22, 2009 01:43 AM Forget flies - how abput gnats? Tiny little buggers drive me crazy, esp. when you get a swarm of them around your head! IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 22, 2009 05:57 AM Blackflies are an especially icky breed of bugs here in the northeast U.S. Imagine gnats that bite harder and are hungrier than mosquitos, and you have a blackfly. They are here to ruin the spring. Are whiteflies a real thing or were you kidding? IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted May 22, 2009 06:43 AM quote: Is there some magic way you're seeing the post numbers or are you counting. Nope. Just counted. It took me a few days to do the first 500. I just counted the next 100 for this one. This is my way of procrastinating. I always thought I would be a great satistical analysit. I have no idea on how to get such a job or if it pays well, however. quote: Well, I'll defer to you, snapper. You'll probably eclipse me soon, anyway. Unlikely. I had a good stretch of time off because of the economy but back to work now. I'm probably not even in third anymore. Unwritten was a couple behind me at 600 and may have passed me by now. [This message has been edited by snapper (edited May 22, 2009).] IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 22, 2009 03:36 PM I post a lot because (1) this thread is funny, and (2) I have no life other than (a) work, (b) reading, and (c) [occasionally] writing. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 22, 2009 03:37 PM Forgot television on that last post. IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 22, 2009 04:28 PM WOW! IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 22, 2009 04:28 PM I had IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 22, 2009 04:28 PM no idea IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 22, 2009 04:29 PM I was so close IP: Logged
Unwritten Member	posted May 22, 2009 04:29 PM to third place. IP: Logged
Kitti Member	posted May 22, 2009 05:39 PM lol IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 22, 2009 06:18 PM I've heard press reports these last two days involving terrorists in Newburgh, New York plotting to fire missiles at planes leaving Stewart Field nearby. I always get a little nostalgic when I hear that airport mentioned in the news. My grandfather built it. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted May 22, 2009 08:19 PM Lol, Robert: It's awesome when you can get teary-eyed with nostalgia when discussing a terrorist target. IP: Logged
philocinemas Member	posted May 22, 2009 10:54 PM Instead of terrorists, maybe they're tourists with really big cameras, hoping for another Air Force 1 photo-op. Speaking of AF1 - my home town airport in Roanoke, Virginia is a training site for AF1 pilots. They are trained to fly below RADAR. If everyone thought the fly-overs in NYC were eerie, they should watch one of these things fly below radar and make 90 degree turns! IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 23, 2009 03:14 PM 'Salways a problem when they're doing something over thataway, and you have to make educated guesses about what. IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted May 24, 2009 07:49 AM What is this? A holiday weekend and suddenly everyone has a purpose and no one has time for anymore randomness? I got to get to work. Got 12 days today and tomorrow. Yuck. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted May 24, 2009 07:51 AM I'm still on vacation. I've still got plenty of time. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted May 24, 2009 11:16 AM I'm going out of state to see Testament, in about 45 minutes. I'm psyched for the show! IP: Logged
Kitti Member	posted May 24, 2009 02:55 PM I've seen plenty of people nutmegged while playing soccer, but that's pretty run of the mill. So I've upped the ante a bit. As of today, I can quite honestly say that I have seen a man nutmegged by a hawk. Twice. IP: Logged

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