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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Peace Date: 05 Sep 06 - 09:43 PM From "A Child's Garden of Grass": 'You may not like dill pickles, but it is after all the only thing you can do with a cucumber.' |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: bobad Date: 05 Sep 06 - 09:52 PM A Child's Garden Of Grass A precious Seventies classic, August 25, 2005 Reviewer: Jack Jackinowicz I discovered this book at the library of the Catholic elementary school I went to around 1973. Yep, apparently the nun in charge of buying books was browsing the bestseller list and assumed from the title that it was a childrens' book. Ha haaaaw!! Rick D. and I checked it out in turns and loved it. Of course its content was soon discovered and it was removed from the library (no doubt incinerated), but Rick and I did a joint order (heh heh) to Pocket Books and got each of ourselves a copy. I haven't laid eyes on this title for nearly twenty years, but I can still quote it at length. Like the part that warns you not to get *too* good at rolling joints, because you'll end up sitting in the corner rolling your stupid joints while everyone is going down to the lake for skinny dipping. Or the intro, where the authors say they don't smoke grass and never have, everything in the book is based on what their friend "Ernie Lundquist" told them. Or that nothing is bad when you're stoned, except getting arrested, and even *that's* a learning experience. Or that the results of using a "steamboat" (their term for a big glass waterless bong) would make "even the mighty Zeus shake his head in disbelief." Or referring to the things you will do stoned and not get bored or feel silly, like picking lint off your dog or watching The Flying Nun. I actually think of this book often, after all this time. Highly recommended, even if you've never had a puff in your life (which is, looking back on the effects grass had on my life, my recommendation). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,KB Date: 06 Sep 06 - 09:18 AM I used to have a pickle lunch box. Not a lunch box with pictures of pickles, a big plastic lunch box shaped like a pickle. It was sweet, no, it was dill. I don't care for sweet pickles, I like big old sour dills. Anyhoo, I really liked it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST, I was there at the beginning man Date: 12 Sep 06 - 11:13 AM Just realised in my 'Farewell Post' above (as I like to refer to it as), that I never actually wished those sticking with the thread good luck. So 'good luck' to all you supporters of this magnificent thread. If only the current bunch of threads were as good as this one the world would be a better place. It still amazes me that it's not topping a thousand by now, but I digress. Anyway as I said before... you will never hear ...etc, etc. Farewell and adieu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST Date: 12 Sep 06 - 11:22 AM Look, you friggin' wankers--both male and female: If we do NOT post at least twice a day we will NEVER reach 85 billion posts in our lifetimes. So WAKE UP! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,KB Date: 12 Sep 06 - 04:00 PM I have been trying to pull myself out of my funk. Life without IWTATBM has been tougher than I imagined. I just have to buck up and be strong. Every day and in every way &c &c. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Kaleea Date: 12 Sep 06 - 04:03 PM I------------ don't want a pickle . . . I just wanna ride on my mo-------tersick-ull! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: bobad Date: 12 Sep 06 - 04:40 PM "I------------ don't want a pickle" That's too bad, I was looking to unload some. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,KB Date: 12 Sep 06 - 04:50 PM "I------------ don't want a pickle" So, do you prefer the (recorded) live version or the studio version? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST Date: 12 Sep 06 - 06:10 PM I hear the song for two weeks at least twice per night while it was being 'written' (developed). NO MORE, please. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Rapparee Date: 12 Sep 06 - 06:33 PM Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 12 Sep 06 - 10:09 PM Too bad Carl Sagan's dead. His voice would have been a great addition to this thread. The way he said "billion" was so cool. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Joe Offer Date: 13 Sep 06 - 02:35 AM Somebody said I was supposed to contribute to this thread. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,Anonymus guest Date: 13 Sep 06 - 06:43 AM Thanks Joe, that would be me. Can you recommend us to your friends? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: folk_kitty Date: 13 Sep 06 - 07:43 AM After having sat here for 20 minutes and read this whole damn thread, i feel compelled to write and add a post to contribute to the stirling effort to reach 85 billion posts, and to say that before today I didn't know that US billions and UK billions were different, so I have not only been entertained, but also informed. Keep up the good work! Now I really must go and do what I came here to do... -Kitty. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: DMcG Date: 13 Sep 06 - 09:29 AM English billions are not different to American ones any more. They used to be a thousand times bigger, when I were a lad. But as scientists never used the term offically (its not in the SI system) and only economists and governments had a common reason to use such big numbers they agreed to standardise on the American system sometime in the 70's I believe. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: DMcG Date: 13 Sep 06 - 09:32 AM And I reckon I'm a member of the "First 10" club, unlike these Johnny-come-lately "First 100" crowd. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,Anonymus guest Date: 13 Sep 06 - 10:45 AM Count again DMcG and welcome to the 'First 100' crowd |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: DMcG Date: 13 Sep 06 - 10:49 AM I have - I am counting posters, not posts! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Rapparee Date: 13 Sep 06 - 11:04 AM Well, there are supposed to be billyuns and billyuns of posts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 06 - 11:05 AM This is addressed to all who post to this thread hereafter referred to as WAMAM. THINK! When this thread DOES reach 85 billion posts, the issue of whether you were in the first 10 or the first 100 will be of such unimportance it will be awe-inspiring. Witness the following brethren and brethrenettes: If you are in the first 10, you will have been in the first tiny bit of a percent. If you were in the first 100, you will be in a percent that is 10 times greater yet so infinitely small that it would make the pyramids seem pyramidial. I should take the time to explain that WAMAM is "Wankers Anonimus, Male and Female", but I can't spell Anonymis. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 06 - 11:09 AM OK. Time for an election. I vote for Shane to be the head wanker. Any nays? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,KB Date: 13 Sep 06 - 12:10 PM Joey: We want you, Shane. Mother wants you. I know she does! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Rapparee Date: 13 Sep 06 - 01:19 PM Mother MOAB threw Shane out of the house for tracking manure all over the carpet and then puking on the sofa. No, Mother most decidedly does not want Shane. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 06 - 01:23 PM "Mother MOAB threw Shane out of the house for tracking manure all over the carpet and then puking on the sofa." You say that like it's a bad thing. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 13 Sep 06 - 02:01 PM The throwing, the tracking, the puking, or all three? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 06 - 02:27 PM Yes. He's a home-grown Ontario boy. Remember, a house with floors don't need ashtrays. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST, Anonymous guest Date: 13 Sep 06 - 02:45 PM DMcG, Fair doos DMcg you are one of the first 10 posters and I congratulate you for it. Personally I think the first 100 posters will be celebrities when we reach the 85 billion mark. Guest 'WAMAM' has a case of sour grapes me thinks. However I share your difficulty with the spelling of annonymouse |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST, Anonymous guest Date: 13 Sep 06 - 03:11 PM Just read a post on the 5000 thread. They're starting to sweat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,Anna Nammus Date: 13 Sep 06 - 03:14 PM Why can't any of you spell my name correctly? It really gets annoying sometimes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 06 - 03:31 PM Hi Ana. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Rapparee Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:19 PM My buddy Joe Ohnemus had a sister named Ann. Really. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:26 PM It has been suggested over on the "Will this thread reach 5000 posts?" thread that there be a "mini-duel" between that thread and this one to see which is first to reach 300 posts. However, since the cast of posters to both that thread and this one consist, by and large, of the same bunch of fools, doesn't that make any such competition meaningless, pointless, and absurd since we would be competing against ourselves? Yes, it does! Splendid! Please carry on and may the best thread win. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:32 PM I'm back, eh! Totally decent. The poyson ivy is all gone and I am back on toppa my game here, ennertainin' the local girls and gettin' wasted. I just wanta say one thing. Anyone who posts here on this thread is a total flippin' goof! And Rapaire sucks on old smelly sneakers cos he is an idiot! - Shane |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,KB Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:39 PM I meant to post this on another thread, guess I goofed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:45 PM We can acconplish two missions with one fell swoop. COMBINE THE THREADS!
-Joe Offer-
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,KB Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:59 PM Nah. I visit there once in a while, but I wouldn't want to live there. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Rapparee Date: 13 Sep 06 - 05:03 PM Ah, Shane. Do you know how much you now owe the public library? Yes, yes, I know you don't have a library card, or didn't until a few minutes ago. I know you can't even read. But I'll bet you didn't know that you now have over a two thousand dollars owing to the public library, did you? And you know, in Ontario they send the OPP after deadbeats who owe money to governmental agencies like public libraries. I'll bet you didn't know that I ran the computers for a public library from over ten years, either. Say "Hi!" to all your friends in Kingston. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 06 - 09:13 PM OK then. Forget combining the threads. BUT, all you posters out there, forget the other thread. It will never reach 5,000 posts. At least THIS one has a chance of reaching its goal. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST, Phoenix Date: 14 Sep 06 - 02:56 PM We on the 'Will this thread ever bring world peace?' thread are in on this duel to 300. We may be small, but our heart is big. I know it's not technically a duel then (a truel perhaps?), but we're in anyway - for the sake of world peace. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Rapparee Date: 14 Sep 06 - 03:21 PM We on MOAB welcome all of you as we push towards 14,000. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST, Anonymous guest Date: 14 Sep 06 - 03:24 PM We will reminisce about you lot on MOAB one day. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,Unusual Person Date: 14 Sep 06 - 03:47 PM How long would it take to open an 85 billion post thread on computers of today's standard? It take an eternity to open MOAB. (infact I have always given up). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: DMcG Date: 14 Sep 06 - 03:53 PM How long would it take to open an 85 billion post thread on computers of today's standard? We can make a guess. Let's assume a good connection speed of 1Mbyte/s. Let's also assume each post is 0.5Kb, so two posts are 1Kb and 2000 posts are a 1Mybte, or 1 second. 85,000,000,000 posts is therefore a mere 42,500,000 seconds. A day is 86,400 seconds. So my advice is don't try and use a dial-up. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,Unusual Person Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:02 PM Wow, one day posters of the future will read your post DMcG and laugh at how slow computers once were. Are we nearly at 200 posts yet? I'm having that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Rapparee Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:03 PM Yes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: MMario Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:03 PM heck - I can open MOAB on dial up - you just do it with the paged version - takes hardly longer then a normal thread. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Rapparee Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:04 PM 200 |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: Rapparee Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:04 PM now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Will this thread reach 85 billion posts? From: GUEST,Unusual Person Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:05 PM ME, ME, ME |