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Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30

20 Nov 07 - 04:14 PM (#2198626)
Subject: Shawl in Auction
From: SINSULL

Another treasure from MMario. This one is in beautiful fall shades. Jacqui and I are having fun. Come play.It will make a wonderful holiday gift for someone.
My green shawl is a staple at work - I live in the air-conditioned half of the office. Don't know what I would do without it.
SINS


20 Nov 07 - 04:42 PM (#2198662)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: jacqui.c

Having fun! What is the woman talking about! I WANT THE SHAWL and she keeps on out bidding me!

Sounds like time for another plastic duck in the bathtub to take out the opposition......................


20 Nov 07 - 04:54 PM (#2198677)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: Jean(eanjay)

I love it!


20 Nov 07 - 04:56 PM (#2198679)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: jacqui.c

Hehehehehehehe.....................


20 Nov 07 - 08:03 PM (#2198825)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: MMario

I will point out that in addition to 100% of the final bid going to MudCat - I will *match* the final bid as a donation to the Getaway Scholarship fund.


21 Nov 07 - 08:02 AM (#2199117)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: SINSULL

Very generous, MMario. And I love the shawl.


21 Nov 07 - 08:06 AM (#2199119)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: jacqui.c

I love it more!


21 Nov 07 - 08:08 AM (#2199121)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: Jean(eanjay)

snap!


21 Nov 07 - 06:57 PM (#2199558)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: MMario

be fresh


22 Nov 07 - 06:05 PM (#2200260)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: jacqui.c

and SINSULL'S in the lead again!


22 Nov 07 - 09:39 PM (#2200375)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: JudyB

Chortle...chortle - not to mention - he...he... hee! :)


22 Nov 07 - 09:50 PM (#2200384)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: Charley Noble

Dream on!

Charley Ignoble


23 Nov 07 - 12:01 PM (#2200754)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: SINSULL

Get out of my way!


23 Nov 07 - 07:16 PM (#2200992)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: MMario

I think we have all learned over the past few years that our sweet, innocent, loveable Sinsull *always* gets her way....but that doesn't mean we can't bid her up *snicker*

This is gonna cost me a mint - but it's all for good causes.


23 Nov 07 - 08:11 PM (#2201025)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: SINSULL

Sweet...Innocent...Loveable...as long as I get my own way!


23 Nov 07 - 09:18 PM (#2201057)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: Charley Noble

One week to go but what's the exact time for the last winning bid?

How can one play if one doesn't know all the rules?

Is this fair?

Charley Noble


24 Nov 07 - 08:20 AM (#2201245)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: MMario

midnight - the auction always ends at midnight, MudCat time.


28 Nov 07 - 02:00 PM (#2204041)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: SINSULL

Is this fair???
life isn't fair, CharlieL


29 Nov 07 - 08:01 PM (#2205169)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: MMario

C'mon people! Are you going to let Sinsull walk away with this?


29 Nov 07 - 08:05 PM (#2205172)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: SINSULL

Apparently not, Leo. YOU just outbid me! I demand a recount!
SINS


29 Nov 07 - 09:50 PM (#2205213)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: Charley Noble

Well, I've tidied everything up!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble


30 Nov 07 - 10:32 AM (#2205512)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction
From: SINSULL

Wait until midnight, Charlie. I am not working tomorrow and don't have a 9PM bed time.
SINS


30 Nov 07 - 04:24 PM (#2205758)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: Rasener

Neither do I, and I have my bid automated to go higher than anybody's

Ooooh I do like doing this.

Time to relax and wait for it to happen.

Goes and gets a glass of chardonnay to settle the nerves.


30 Nov 07 - 05:38 PM (#2205814)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: wysiwyg

I'd like to respectfully request that we [here at Mudcat} get this "Midnight Today" thing permanently cleared up. Midnight is considered the START of the day, isn't it? So the midnight that's rolling around tonight is actually midnight tomorrow-- "Closes at Midnight Tonight (EST)" is certainly correct, but that will make it Dec. 1, won't it?

This plays hell with trying to be sure what night to watch the auction at the last minute. Maybe it's just me, in which case straighten my naggy ass out, but I find it very confusing.

~Susan


30 Nov 07 - 06:30 PM (#2205866)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/3
From: jacqui.c

Midnight is the middle of the night, not the start of the day. This will be the middle of the night tonight, when the date (not day) changes from Nov 30 to Dec 1.

Villan - there's going to be a problem when my automatic system goes after yours.


30 Nov 07 - 06:40 PM (#2205871)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: Rasener

Depends who's got the fastest processing power LOL


30 Nov 07 - 06:53 PM (#2205878)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: SINSULL

AHEMMMM! MMario is not above a bribe, you know. You're all screwed!


30 Nov 07 - 07:22 PM (#2205887)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/3
From: katlaughing

I think Charley better win this one, folks...let's help him keep his happy home!**BG**


30 Nov 07 - 07:40 PM (#2205902)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: SINSULL

Do you really want to risk making me unhappy?


30 Nov 07 - 07:50 PM (#2205907)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: SINSULL

Oh Charlie????
Way hey up she rises...


30 Nov 07 - 07:51 PM (#2205908)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: SINSULL

earl-IIII in the morning


30 Nov 07 - 08:38 PM (#2205936)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: Charley Noble

Maybe I'll stick Sinsull with the high bid!

Hah, hah, hah!

Is it a bluff or will I win?

Or is she bluffing?

Or is MMario bluffing?

Will the rest of 'em even bid...

charley noble...


01 Dec 07 - 10:16 AM (#2206234)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: Charley Noble

Oh, piddle!

It must have been the Rusty Nail that did me in last evening.

What a haul,
A beautiful shawl!

Congratulations, Sinsull!

Will there be a showing?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble


01 Dec 07 - 10:26 AM (#2206242)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: wysiwyg

I'd still like to ask that the Auction get the date issue clarified.

"ends at midnight today 11/30" doesn't quite seem accurate-- "ends at midnight tonight 11/30" might, but I still think it actually ended at midnight 12/01 because I think that at midnight the date advances.

It's in the Auction threads themselves that it's hard to be sure what is meant until the actual closing day, when the wording changes to something more accurate. If one is plannig to babysit the computer on the closing date, either to bid or because it's your item being Auctioned, it's hard to be sure just what date that's going to be necessary in order to set aside the time to do it.

~Susan


01 Dec 07 - 10:40 AM (#2206251)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/3
From: Jeri

Midnight is at night. 24 hours in a day, 24:00 hours belongs to the DAY BEFORE. This is also 12 AM, which technically, isn't AM. After that time is AM. The next day starts AFTER. Fight with the AM/PM authorities - Mudcat has it right.

If the auction ends at midnight of a certain day, it's that day, not the day after it.


01 Dec 07 - 10:52 AM (#2206256)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: wysiwyg

Could that very clear and simple text just be added to the Auction page somewhere, or to the Auction FAQ thread we have around here somedamnwhere?

Not a fight. A request for simplicity for the confused.

~Susan


01 Dec 07 - 11:00 AM (#2206262)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/3
From: Jeri

Susan, the main auction page has a countdown: 'x full days' until the day it ends, then it counts down hours. It's not going to get much clearer than that.

If you still find it hard to understand, maybe say something in the FAQ. I don't know that other people have a problem with it, but you can ask there. It would take a Max or a Jeff to change the way the auction displays.


01 Dec 07 - 11:01 AM (#2206263)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: wysiwyg

Duh! Jeri straightens me out with simplicity, again! :~)

She passes me like a hockey puck-- I like it.

~Susan


01 Dec 07 - 02:28 PM (#2206380)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: ranger1

So how late did SUNSULL stay up and guard her bid? How late did Charley Noble last? Inquiring minds want to know...


01 Dec 07 - 08:24 PM (#2206558)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: Charley Noble

Ranger1

After 1.5 Rusty Nails, I didn't last past 10 pm.

Maybe JudyB was in league with Sinsull.

Charley Noble


01 Dec 07 - 09:44 PM (#2206583)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/3
From: Amos

Actually, it is the maximum AM, Jeri == 12 full hours before the sun crosses the meridian. But to keep it consistent with the hours passing (1 of the antemeridian, 2, etc.) it should be called OO:OO AM. I s'pose Bill could provide an extensive exegesis on whether the last minute of one day and the first minute of the next are divided by a second, a microsecons, a millisecond, a nano-second, or something smaller.




A


01 Dec 07 - 09:45 PM (#2206584)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/3
From: Sorcha

I'm glad I didn't want it.


02 Dec 07 - 09:06 AM (#2206753)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: SINSULL

Actually I went to bed early and left it to the Mudcat gods to decide who should wear the shawl. I didn't know I had won it (had several errands to run on Saturday) until Jeri and Jacqui stopped by the Museum Christmas Fair and told me. WHOO WHOO. I have special plans for that shawl! Thank you MMario!
SINS


02 Dec 07 - 09:31 AM (#2206761)
Subject: RE: Shawl in Auction - ends at midnight today 11/30
From: Rasener

Good job I didn't really put a bid in. Just thought I would spice it up on here :-)