NEW Game

[LD]

7251


Why my signature doesn't show?
Or increased post count. :smile:

[weegillis]

7252


7240

Perhaps was meant to be "random threat."


Funny thing happened on the way through the forum. Stopped to take a pee, and nothing got wet!

[weegillis]

​7253


7251


Or increased post count. :smile:

Like shooting fish in a barrel, or catching flies with honey.

What we need in here is a post count simulator so they actually believe their post count is going up. That would shoot up the game count in a hurry. Of course the look on their faces when they get into the forums would be priceless. A definite Polaroid moment.

[LD]

7254

​7253
What we need in here is a post count simulator so they actually believe their post count is going up. That would shoot up the game count in a hurry. Of course the look on their faces when they get into the forums would be priceless. A definite Polaroid moment.

I vote yes to this. Now, if we can only get control their webcams and get that true "Polaroid moment" pic when the post count starts descending before their eyes like Ferris Bueller hacking into the schools computer system while Principal Roony watches Beueller's absences decrease on his monitor!

[deepsand]

7255


Why my signature doesn't show?
Most likely your lamp is faulty.

[Tubby]

7256


7255


Most likely your lamp is faulty.

It might be night time where he is and not enough light to see if the lamp is lit. .

[deepsand]

7257

So; either way it's a case of a dim bulb?

[duzzduzzdaaz]

Its too difficult to accomplish this task in this life...lolxxx

[chrisJumbo]

7259

Its too difficult to accomplish this task in this life...lolxxx
With that kind of attitude you won't get very far. If we just get a bunch of newbies like you posting for count, we might get 'er done in 600 years or so. Bring your friends. I believe you need 10 posts before your sig shows. Get on it. :O)

And what is lolxxx, laughing-out-loud, kiss,kiss,kiss? Or extreme laughing-out-loud? I just don't know.

[LD]

7259

If we just get a bunch of newbies like you posting for count, we might get 'er done in 600 years or so.

They'll post for a while till they find their post count doesn't go up in here.

[deepsand]

7261

Takes them a while to figure out that it's not going up elsewhere either. :lol:

[alphaomega]

Lets go to the Chinese, we will finish tomorrow

[deepsand]

7263

If they'd post here with the same zest and vigor as in other threads, we'd have been long done by now.

[alphaomega]

Sugar, missed 7262:roll:

[deepsand]

7265

No problem; 'twas right there in the top line all along.



Today 05:30 PM #7262

[chrisJumbo]

7266
We need to start an Occupy Webproworld protest. Give us top billing on the forum or we stop paying the big bucks. Oh wait, we aren't paying anything. :O)

[weegillis]

7267


7265

No problem; 'twas right there in the top line all along.

That would be, Today 03:30 PM if you are in MST zone (UTC -6). That would have been 7:30 AM 'tomorrow' relative to us, in AlphaOmega's time zone (EST; UTC +10).

Yes, I know, more useless trivia.

[deepsand]

7268

Trivia's about all I'm up to at the moment, as my mind is red-lined.

[alphaomega]

7269
Funny, this is how I feel at the moment. Trivial.

[Tubby]

7270

I have always been "trival" . . Sure I have had a few Grandiose illusions and delusions, I regularly fool myself. But basically I have always been trivial. . (it is quite comfortable)

[Tubby]

7271


7266
We need to start an Occupy Webproworld protest.

Providing we have a charismatic leader, backed up with a well defined and targeted achievable objective. COUNT ME IN!

but I shall NOT be shuffling around pointlessly in the crowd of disgruntled moaning about my lot . .

[deepsand]

7272

People have lower expectations of the trivial.

[Tubby]

AHHH .... "the trivial" . . . To someone like me the Ultimate achievement, my ultimate goal . . I feel my chest blow up with pride when the full comprehension of my own triviality is totally accepted by my peers. .

[deepsand]

7274 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/7274)


This gene encodes a soluble protein that binds alpha-trocopherol, a form of vitamin E, with high selectivity and affinity. This protein plays an important role in regulating vitamin E levels in the body by transporting vitamin E between membrane vesicles and facilitating the secretion of vitamin E from hepatocytes to circulating lipoproteins. Mutations in this gene cause hereditary vitamin E deficiency (ataxia with vitamin E deficiency, AVED) and retinitis pigmentosa.

Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo


__________________

[Tubby]

7275

What colour are they? I thought lipoproteins were pink with a buish hue . . (in the daylight)

[deepsand]

7276

I've seen some that were Day-Glo orange ... groovy traces.

[Tubby]

7276

Yes!....................... But surely not in a healthy Australian specimen.

Surely our lineage does not include "Hominidae; Homo . . " ( not on the beaches surely? )

[deepsand]

7278

So, you propose ... / Primates / Haplorrhini / Catarrhini / what?

[Tubby]

7271

I propose; Haplorrhini / Catarrhini / Protesticus Charismiticus/

as indicated earlier


Providing we have a charismatic leader, backed up with a well defined and targeted achievable objective. COUNT ME IN!

but I shall NOT be shuffling around pointlessly in the crowd of disgruntled moaning about my lot . .


There needs to be a positive point of separation that creates a definitive break between them and us.

How else can we evolve? " I have been to the Mountain top. Some men see things as they are. . "

[deepsand]

7280

"We have met the enemy, and he is us." -- Pogo

More than a small grain of truth in that.

[Tubby]

7281
I expected some sort of rebuff. . . I was prepared to go down defending the scientific re-classification.

I read the other day that some Dolphins on the central Queensland Coast had been re-named, as scientists discovered they are a separate species . . So now We have to explain this to all of our Japanese tourists.

Talking Of Japanese. I read; In the USA Some fellow Killed a bear with his bare hands and ended up a politician and a hero . . . Kill a bear over here and The Japanese tourists will lynch you . . (if they are not killing our whales)

[deepsand]

7282

Everyone has their own sacred cows.

Here, those that eat dogs are viewed as being sub-human.

[alphaomega]

7281
A whole rock of truth.

[alphaomega]

Bugger, not quick enough.

[deepsand]

7285


A whole rock of truth.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1IS39tOY1KM/TWbMY2qucqI/AAAAAAAAAAw/H_c-TdU-uec/s1600/chickenrock2.jpg

[alphaomega]

415 To change the subject, this bloke is causing havoc in high places

[alphaomega]

This is outright irresponsible

416

[briguy]

#7288 After reading a few good postings, decide to drop by to say "Hi!"

[deepsand]

7289

You say "hi," I say "lo."

[alphaomega]

7290
I say A lo hi. (Or should it be aloha?)

[Tubby]

7291
Hi BriGuy. .

You are late.. . Now the beer has gone cold . . (do not blame me, it was piping hot when I served it)

[LD]

7292

I say "hi" on the down low.

[deepsand]

7293

And, to the up high?

[Tubby]

7294

Up high = A pie

Reminds me of the story about the ' pycost and the giraffe ' .

[deepsand]

7295

Do tell.

[Tubby]

7296

NO NO NO! deepsand. I have already given the plot away. Nobody will ask the question now.

It's a kids joke - adults do not find it so quite funny. .

[chrisJumbo]

7296

NO NO NO! deepsand. I have already given the plot away. Nobody will ask the question now.

It's a kids joke - adults do not find it so quite funny. .

7297
Who said we were adults? Come on share...

[Tubby]

7298


7294
Reminds me of the story about the ' pycost and the giraffe ' .


I must be older than I feel. ( I have not tried, maybe a google search will help?)


P.S.
I did do a search - I found this
http://www.abctales.com/story/cleepops/the-pycost

[deepsand]

7299

Okay; I'll bite. What's a pycost?

[Tubby]

7300

You never followed the link?

I never follow links either . .

It is realy only fun with kids as they invariable rush out very exited to tell all their friends. . . Adults usually, merely shake their heads in mild dispair.

[chrisJumbo]

7301


7298

I must be older than I feel. ( I have not tried, maybe a google search will help?)


P.S.
I did do a search - I found this
http://www.abctales.com/story/cleepops/the-pycost

Good 'ole Google. Thankfully that article has weathered the Panda. But, still curious what a Pycost has to do with a Giraffe. So some further Googling may be necessary. :O)

[SteveB]

7302

And still lots of numbers to go.

[Tubby]

The Giraffe . . Is merely an animal that catches the imagination of children. it is an unusual looking animal that children easily remember. If the story was about a Pycost and an echidna. . The child may well respod with "Whats an Echidna Dad"

I am all in favour of educating our children. . but Not when you wish to pull their little legs.

The story of The Giraffe and the Pycost might well never have been told.

[deepsand]

7304

Just limping along ... Some sort of respiratory infection ... Slept from 9:09 last night 'till 12:12 this afternoon .. Still feel like crap.

[Tubby]

7305

Firstly; I am sorry to hear of your infection.

secondly; If your respiratory system causes you to "Limp" I am totally baffled?

GET WELL SOON . .

[deepsand]

7306
Cars use oxygen + hydrocarbons as fuel mixture; Earth mammals, oxygen + carbohydrates.

Respiratory tract = air intake; lungs, air filter & oxygen injector.

With air intake and/or air filter clogged, car figuratively limps; mammal, literally so.

[Clicken]

7307
What Tubby said... "GET WELL SOON.."
Sorry, deep.

At least you can still count!

[Tubby]

7308


7306
With air intake and/or air filter clogged, car figuratively limps; mammal, literally so.

I am quite concerned about Deepsands doctor. Deep never lets go . If Deep thinks he' limps' . . the poor doctor is going to be forced into issuing crutches as well as the regular medication.

The Doctor will not be able to argue his way out of it.

[chrisJumbo]

7309

I am all in favour of educating our children. . but Not when you wish to pull their little legs.

I'm not sure what you mean here. A story like the Pycost is not meant to teach a literal fact, but the art of storytelling, having fun, and slipping in a fun joke. All very necessary for proper upbringing. And I dare say, necessary to remain young throughout your life.

Pulling their little legs when the truth is just around the corner is fun. Pulling their little legs and never revealing the truth, that is a different story. :O)

Deep, I hope you find yourself feeling better today. May your lungs and rest of your body find their legs.

[deepsand]

7310


Sorry, deep.

At least you can still count!
Still? When did that start? I thought I was just copying from the numbers at upper-right.

[deepsand]

7311


I am quite concerned about Deepsands doctor.
No cause for concern, as I never argue with myself.

[deepsand]

7312


Deep, I hope you find yourself feeling better today. May your lungs and rest of your body find their legs.
Yes, I am feeling myself better today, as my fingers are showing improved functionality.

As for the lungs, they weren't very cooperative last night; their continual coughing kept me awake for 4+ hours. But, as they're the only lungs I've got, they'll have to do.

[Tubby]

AAHH - If my lungs started coughing at night and keeping me awake - I would send them outside, and would not let them back inside until they can keep a respectable silence.

OUT . . . OUTSIDE! - **points finger towards door**


NEWS HEADLINES: "A dingo took my lungs"

[Tubby]

I have been getting afternoon thunderstorms storms all week. I have been losing power for up to 10 hours at a time. . Another one building up this afternoon.

At least when posting in this thread if the screen goes blank . . . I have not lost anything Vital.

[deepsand]

7315


AAHH - If my lungs started coughing at night and keeping me awake - I would send them outside, and would not let them back inside until they can keep a respectable silence.

For that to be efficacious would require that the whole of the respiratory tract, with the exception of the sinuses, be so banished. 'Twould give new meaning to the phrase "empty headed."

[Tubby]

7315

So. . . . ?

I have manage quite well with half a brain. . . . *here doggy doggy . . Here Boy**

[deepsand]

7316

Now, imagine half a brain with no oxygen.

[Tubby]

7317

Oxygen? . . . Is that what you use in the USA?

In Australia; To create that "Casual" effect . . We use a mixture of alcohol fumes & tobacco smoke. My brain is tuned towards a lower octane mixture. . I tick over quite nice on the smell of beer cigarettes.

If I have any heavy thinking to do I usually go to the top bar (serve more spirits & smoke Cigars)

[deepsand]

7318

Alcohol fumes = reducing agent; combined with oxidizing agent - oxygen - yields release of energy.

[Tubby]

7319
My new Computer has been sitting on my desk for two weeks. I do not understand it. I cannot connect to the internet via this computer ( I cannot work out how to network them. The modem that its predesessor used is incompatible.

I can not follow the instructions . . I do not understand this new windows. . It presumes I know and understand things that I do not know. . I have been waiting for this damn thing for three months. . I want to smack somebody. . .

[jim60723]

7320

U guys are actually doing this from 06-21-2007.

Mind if I dive in??

[Tubby]

7320
Hello Jim. . . Yes of course you can dive in.

JUST STOP - when the number at the top of the page reaches 1000000

[deepsand]

7323

Also, be aware that these are uncharted waters, so that there's no way of knowing where its safe to dive; and, there are no live guards on duty.

[Clicken]

7324

Waters? No, these rocks be in Jack Black.

Hi Jim!

Hi Tubby!

[Clicken]

7325


Oh, excuse me... Hi Deep!

[deepsand]

7326

Fancy meeting you in the shallows. Care for a Scotch?

[Clicken]

7327

plaid is not my usual color,... however black is suppose to go with anything.

[deepsand]

7328

Neat, w/ water, or on the rocks?

[Tubby]

7329

I am no longer water resistant! . . . If I were a piece of machinery I would have been down graded from a 100kg rating
to 5kg. . . 3rd 4th and 5th gears are dysfunctional.

Hi Clicken.

My paint has fallen off! - ( I forget what my original colour was. . Pink?)

P.S. It is not "SHALLOW" it is at least ankle deep **scary **

[deepsand]

7330


I forget what my original colour was. . Pink?
Purple, as I recall.

[Clicken]

7331


7328

Neat, w/ water, or on the rocks?neat? never heard of. Is tht like strait up?

<looking for a donut to throw to tubby>
there's nio donuts cause there's no live guards on duty!
hmmm, when we empty the barrel you can have it. It can be your new color, unless you decide to use it to float on!

[deepsand]

7332


neat? never heard of. Is tht like strait up?
Hm-mm. Kinda; except, the straits are where the rocks are, which is neat only if you enjoy being tossed from the water onto them & having your barrel cracked.

[Clicken]

7333

That sounds a lot like sloppy!

CHEERS!

[Tubby]

7331

. It can be your new color,

I wrote a poem once about an Owl that was 'inventing a new colour' . .


INSPIRATION FROM THE BREAKROOM (A traditional poem)

I need a brand new colour, that I can float upon
blue and red aren't stable, I tipple overboard
Deep said "nothing wrong with Tipple. . Take my word upon it son"
A really well earned tipple, Is " merely small reward ".

I need a brand new colour, I do not want to drown
clicken said that I can have a colour, "just don't expect today. .
place a Smile upon your face, remove that silly frown".
and Deepsand nods, agreeing, like there is nothing else to say

[deepsand]

7335

[Quietly sips his Scotch.]

[Tubby]

7336


7335

[Quietly sips his Scotch.]

"Deepsand nods, agreeing, like there is nothing else to say"

HOLY COW! . . . This was predicted in the 'traditional Poem'.

[Clicken]

7337
:)

place a Smile upon your face, remove that silly frown". HOLY ROUND COW!! You are on a roll tubby... I started smiling when I heard you wrote a poem! And a very nice poem indeed! Thank-You, I needed a smile, javascript took mine.

[deepsand]

7338

[burp ...]

[Tubby]

7339
7338

[burp ...]

That's the sound of a contented deepsand. One of his "Wisdom" moments. . Mark My words you will see that quoted (plagiarised) before long on some 'copy-cat' site.

[LD]

7340

I think the [burp...] adds page rank as long as it's a "dofollow [burp]" (Silly Stupid SEO moment)

[Tubby]

7341


7340

I think the [burp...] adds page rank as long as it's a "dofollow [burp]" (Silly Stupid SEO moment)

I am very pleased to announce. Having read the above post I now Question LD's sanity . . ** he's nuts!**



disclaimer;
(never be inside a locked room with somebody who is 100% sane)

[Tubby]

7342

disclaimer;
(never be inside a locked room with somebody who is 100% sane)

Forum refuses to let me edit my own error. . ** the forum itself is insane?**

[jim60723]

7341

Maybe I'm completely of the topic with the Scotchy Burps.

But Google here in India started giving free websites with Hostgator with a .in domain name. You can check out there sites indiagetonline[dot]in. May be it sound like advertising but this free turns to pain after a year. As estimated 8 million small and medium businesses, of which about 400,000 have a website and 100,000 have active online presence.

[Tubby]

7341

Maybe I'm completely of the topic with the Scotchy Burps.

But Google here in India started giving free websites with Hostgator with a .in domain name. You can check out there sites indiagetonline[dot]in. May be it sound like advertising but this free turns to pain after a year. As estimated 8 million small and medium businesses, of which about 400,000 have a website and 100,000 have active online presence.

Welcome another 'nutty' to this thread.

I read the post 6 times and the joke still is way above my head. 300.000 inactive online websites / presences? I know that is funny . . just not sure why?

[chrisJumbo]

7345

Man, you guys have head too much fun this weekend. I may have to bring my login home. But my wife may get mad that I am spending too much time on the PC. :O) Honey, can I go play with Deep, Tubby, LD, Clicken (I first thought it was Chicken, and thought how odd), and Jim. :O)

Tubby, do you have a copy of an older Windows Version. You could always format the hard drive, install the previous version, and then find the compatible drivers.

[LD]

7341

I am very pleased to announce. Having read the above post I now Question LD's sanity . . ** he's nuts!**


Oh no, they're on to me! :shock:

[chrisJumbo]

7347
I waiting to read on some new SEO Blog, the positive affects that burping can have. As well as purple Giraffes and Pycosts. :O)

[jim60723]

300.000 inactive online websites / presences?

Well there is a mix and match, as estimated 300,000 online websites doesn't have social media presence or working with PPC or SEO to reach more people. There are quite happy with having a website even just a page. I know couple of people who doesn't even care that much even their domain or hosting needs a renew. Couple respond a bit late. And in cases they treat yellow pages (the page shows their contact details) as their website & even print them in their business cards.

[Tubby]

7345

Tubby, do you have a copy of an older Windows Version.

Do you actually believe I know what I am doing? or have even the modest capability of recognising an older windows version. I am a carburetor Guy.


Look at my avatar - That is me taking home an early chevrolet to play with .
not a desk top computer

[chrisJumbo]

7350
Well since you are part of the greatest site of PC Professionals and SEO Experts and created a site and modest income from it, I guess I did. I wish I were closer to you, I would help you out. So is there a town nearby that offers classes. I purchased an authentic Windows 98SE years ago from Ebay. I bet you can find Windows XP. You could then back-up what you need to, format the hard drive, and install Windows XP.

[Tubby]

7350
I wish I were closer to you,

I Know. . . I know. . It is hard to be so far apart. (you must be strong)

[deepsand]

7352


I am a carburetor Guy.
2 barrel or 4?

[Tubby]

7353

7352
2 barrel or 4?

What presumes you to believe I am a multi barrel man. . I might well be a multiple carburetor man

very pretty Triple SU's - http://fotokatz.photoshelter.com/img/pixel.gif

[deepsand]

7354

Clicken's clattering about barrels may have clouded my judgement. Then again, it may just be the Scotch talking.

[Clicken]

7355

clattering? That better be the scotch talking.

[Tubby]

6356

The 'scotch' in Spain falls mainly on the plain. (Confucius)

[kgun]

7357

Note this

http://ideone.com/

tool.

[Clicken]

7358

Hi kgun, long time... Thanks for the link! I tried using the IE8 debugger, key word is tried. Maybe this one will be easier for me.(?)

[Clicken]

7359

About that debugger: What is the difference between javascript (rhino) and javascript (spidermo)

[deepsand]

7360

A rhino is a rhesus in name only; a spidermo is a true spider monkey.

[Tarzan2]

7361
This game is going to take a loooooooong while to end.

[Clicken]

Yeah, the fun has just begun!

7362


7360

A rhino is a rhesus in name only; a spidermo is a true spider monkey.Well that clears it up. Google should be afraid, verry afraid.

[deepsand]

7363

google: A crude form of giggle, generally heard from newborns and idiots.

[Tubby]

7363

google: A crude form of giggle, generally heard from newborns and idiots.

Aha - I have an addition to that

Sarchasm; The gap between the writer of sarcastic wit. . and the fool who doesn't understand it.

[alphaomega]

7365

Aha - I have an addition to that

Sarchasm; The gap between the writer of sarcastic wit. . and the fool who doesn't understand it.
Must be addiction to beer.

[Tubby]

7365

Must be addiction to beer.

well alphomega I read the message posted above several times and I wanted to create a witty comment in response. Something that demonstrates my brilliant Repartee, my wit and my complete dominance of the English language . . Yet with an Australian lilt. Forcefull, compelling, wise and insightfull.

With due consideration my response is.
BULLSHIT!

[alphaomega]

With due consideration my response is.
BULLSHIT!
yep that is the word I was trying to find.

[Tubby]

A tree just fell over onto my back fence . . I think it was weakened by white ants (unless it was drunk) .

[alphaomega]

7369
One just can't say these days.
Story about the BULSHIT.
There was a turkey, skinny bugger. Nothing to eat. Asked vise fox what to do. Fox advised; you see the cow dung there? Go and scratch, you find grubs. Turkey did, soon turkey could fly up the tree to roost. One day turkey flu all the way to the top. Farmer seeing the fat turkey shot it for dinner.
"The moral of the story is, bulshit can take you to the top, but it can't keep you there."

[Tubby]

7370


Tall Poppy syndrome . . very Aus!

[deepsand]

7371

http://static.colourlovers.com/uploads/2007/10/poppies.jpg

[Clicken]

7372

yAWnn

Watch out it's contagous!

[deepsand]

7374

I require no contagion for yawning; seems to be an innate trait.

[Tarzan2]

Jumped one
7374
7374

I require no contagion for yawning; seems to be an innate trait.

[alphaomega]

Jumped one
7374
That's because he yawned.

[jim60723]

467

zzzzzzzzzz....7375....zzzzzzzz

[Tubby]

7637

Hint, the next number should be 7638


*** puzzled***

[alphaomega]

7378
Somebody should say something intelligent here. This is getting decadent.

[Tubby]

7379

7378
Somebody should say something intelligent here. This is getting decadent.

HUH!. . like I am about to change a life times habit, or even attempt to over-ride my IQ. (its almost 85 now) . . Did you know they add points to your tested IQ over a certain age?)

CLICKEN. . will come to the res-queue - I think she has an Intelligence quota measuremens of 362436 (I forget now)

[Tubby]

7380

7378
This is getting decadent.

Decadent; backing your car into the garage door after ten years of accident free motoring

[alphaomega]

7381
In which case I must be over hundred. (According to age)

[alphaomega]

You just beet me to the number.

[Tubby]

7383
I felt so guilty that I mis-used my 'powers', that I corrected the number I so selfishly grasped. .

[alphaomega]

​7384
Still tears in eyes.

[Tubby]

7385

7381
In which case I must be over hundred. (According to age)

I was reading somewhere that half the people in New Zealand had a below average IQ.

[alphaomega]

7386

​Irish descent?

[Tubby]

7387

Could be. They placed water between Ireland and England in the hope of slowing the IQ flow. . That is why sea water is salty. . . . But the Irish seem happy enough! . . whenever ever I meet an Irishman I always tell him "STOP DRINKING THE SEA WATER". (but they never understand, and just give me a puzzled look)

[Tubby]

7388
Answering a questionnaire that arrived in the mail last week I answered the question 'what religion'.
I wrote "Recidivist".

[deepsand]

insert number of your choice here


You just beet me to the number.
He beat you with one of these?
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ3gJEXACUrFN9GBtCq5kkUCT9EPccbI 3tU2PZEOb1mRJZrJV6P-L3kO0zWOQ

[Tubby]

alphaomega - like myself made Australia his home after leaving Europe behind many years ago.

My first words were spoken in English. to Alphaomega "beet" and "beat" sound the same. Many words require a complete sentence to identify them -

Yes. I beet him - that's all I had at hand at the time. He is very lucky I never "pumpkin'd Him.


I am now busy creating my first religious blog .
reference - http://www.webproworld.com/webmaster-forum/threads/103939-Atheists-amp-Agnostics-know-more-about-Religion-than-do-the-Faithful!/page4?p=533417&viewfull=1

I should have the first section up and running today. .(I might become a church- sounds like fun)

[deepsand]

7391

Clears that up; I'd thought that perhaps he meant that you'd beaned him.

[Dreamrage]

7392

Thought I would just pop in and say "morning" before heading off to work.

[deepsand]

7393

Pondering mortality.

Just learned that santeewelding, who I've known for years at TechRepublic, and only recently enticed to V7N and WPW, only to have him fall silent, died early today from complications of esophageal cancer.

[Dreamrage]

7394

I'm sorry to hear that deepsand. I know nothing I can say would make things any better, but I am sorry that you lost a friend. I always thought that, if I live your life the best I can, and have as little regret as possible, that my own mortality would not seem so daunting. Problem is that, in retrospect, I never seem to accomplish what I set out to do, and as yet still have many regrets, which still leaves me fearing it in some ways.

[deepsand]

7395

No fear here; just great sadness at seeing the ranks thinning. There's no joy in being the remaining survivor.

[Dreamrage]

7395

No fear here; just great sadness at seeing the ranks thinning. There's no joy in being the remaining survivor.

7396

Doesn't stop me fearing it any less :). You still have the rest of us here on WPW and V7N, although I know its not nearly the same.

[deepsand]

7397

The longer one lives, the more people one comes to know, the more such losses one can expect to experience.

At the moment, I am contemplating the number of such that await me during the expected remaining 40 years.

[Dreamrage]

7398

I know. IMHO people cross paths for a reason. It's either to help you with a problem, help you see things in a different light, and make a really good lifelong friend. People are meant to cross paths in life, it helps you get a perspective on your own life, and find some small way to make an impact on someone else's life at the same time. When that person leaves, I feel like a part of my own life is gone, and cannot be replaced. The only way I make any real "sense" of it all is by remembering the impact they made on my life, and being thankful, if not greatful for it. It kinda helps keep them close to me, even when they aren't there anymore.

[deepsand]

7399

My memories of watching them die date back 55 years, beginning with the death of a childhood companion; at the moment, the thought of how high the count will eventually reach is a bit overwhelming.

[Dreamrage]

7400

It is overwhelming, yes. Many of my friends have come and gone, family members. With my background, I'm surprised that I have had so many people around me, and how many I have lost over the span of my life, and how each one had affected me differently. It made me realise that I was lucky to have so many in my life, and I was lucky enough to be a part of their lives.

[deepsand]

7401

Not unlike the Bramble and the Rose.

[Dreamrage]

7401

Not unlike the Bramble and the Rose.

7402

Where I would have liked to be the rose, I no doubt was a bramble in many people's lives. lol but yea, you're right once again.

[deepsand]

7403

'Twas a reference to the fact that joy and sorrow are as inexorably intertwined as are the bramble and its flower.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcvHb4OPHSs&feature=related

[Dreamrage]

I know. (Not about the song though). I just seem to be on a completely different set of thought processes atm.

[deepsand]

7405

On that note, I take my leave for some sleep.

Enjoy.

[Dreamrage]

7406

Sleep well. Time to put my OH&S hat back on and get stuck in :).

[Clicken]

7405

yAWnn

:stretch:

[chrisJumbo]

7408
A dear friend passed away about a month ago. He was only 46. The longer we live the more pain we see, but also the more joy we experience.

cd :O)

[Tubby]

I tell my freinds That If they cannot find me at my funeral "I will be in the box".

I Dislike funerals for young people . very sad

I prefer funerals for the over 90's . . usually a great life worth a hearty celebration.

[Sweet Tooth #3]

My Grandpa recently died at the age of 93. We shared some great stories and then ate some of his prized tomatoes that recently became ripe. Cheers to a long happy life.

[conorspointofview]

7409

this is for David..

[deepsand]

7412

In this thread, they're all for David now.

[sirBiLL]

I assumed that will be 7413 :)

[deepsand]

Given a priori knowledge, there's no need for assumptions, but rather presume that this will be 7414

[Tubby]

7414

Rolling on the floor in an hysterical fit. . that is sooo Funny. .

[deepsand]

7416

:lol:

[Tubby]

I guess there are not many readers of this thread that will know what I thought was funny.

Probably class it as a moderator joke . .

Just goes to demonstrate. . the value of 'Chance' upon assumption or presumption.

I love 'Chance' it always exists, it is part of our existence and pops up in the most extraordinary places.

[deepsand]

7418

Serendipity is a wondrous thing.

[abdullah84]

This must be 7419

We are still far away from 1 million

[deepsand]

7420


I guess there are not many readers of this thread that will know what I thought was funny.

Probably class it as a moderator joke . .
One that can be replicated at will. :mrgreen:

[Tubby]

We have President Obama in Australia today.

I wonder what it feels like to take the middle ground when the politics of your country has the form of a donut?

[deepsand]

7422

Here we describe it as a circular firing squad.

[Tubby]

It has taken my head a week to come up with the donut thought. . ( I need Aplause )

*** Raa Raa Tubby ***

[deepsand]

7424

I'll see your plause and raise five.

PS: Do they sell donuts holes in AU?

[Tubby]

A man can walk naked up and down the main street in the town where I live, and be more likely to be serenaded by The London philharmonic orchestra than find a donut (with or without a hole)

If you need some donut holes Deep, I can do you a deal. . You have email?. . . I can place a dozen fresh, all purpose donut holes into your inbox for around $1 . . (mates rates)

[deepsand]

7426

Sounds like yours is the greater need. Have some of these.

http://girl-vs-food.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/sugar-donut-holes.jpg

[Tubby]

hmmm - Odd looking things, Were they grown anywhere near a nuclear facility..

Were they grown for eating or for throwing?. .

What sort of "Punch" do they pack.

[deepsand]

7428

Just like the donuts that birthed them, the sources and kinds are many and varied. Most common are sugared, powdered, glazed, cinnamon and chocolate. While they may be extant, I've yet to see any that glow in the dark, though that would make for a handy feature for those accustomed to middle of the night snacking.

[Tubby]

Hmm..... They look a bit like salted Kangaroo nuts. (delicacy)

[deepsand]

7430

http://www.deernuts.com/images/products/nuts-salted.gif

[chrisJumbo]

7431
Poor Kangaroos and Deer. Man, people eat some weird stuff.

[Tubby]

7432

I only eat dead stuff. . . Unless it has been alive in some form or other in its past. . I refuse to eat it

[deepsand]

7433

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.com/media/2007/06/wf07.jpg

[Tubby]

7434

HMMMM....now my mouth is starting to water!

[deepsand]

7435

Guaranteed to tickle your taste buds.

[Tubby]

I am currently playing with a new forum ( phpbb) As an administrator I am a total waste of time.
My third task is to work out how to allow users to post a message.
I screwed up my first task.
My second task is to find out how to do the third task.

** feeling a little suicidal at the moment **

I shall Light up a cigarette go out to the garden and make a cup of tea, until the suicidal thoughts diminish a little bit.

[deepsand]

7437

Perhaps you should place yourself on administrative leave.

[Tubby]

7438

I shall do that. .

I do have someone working on the forum. . but they are not on this side of the fence. They are attempting to shrink it to a quarter size. . .

All of my best idea's are always impractical, impossible, "Stupid" or in the "nobody in their right mind will tackle it " catagory.

[deepsand]

7439

"The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little bit long." - US Navy slogan

[Tubby]

7439

"Make the simple tasks difficult, then elevate the difficult to beyond current capability - Then screw it up so it becomes a total impossibilty for any assistance." - restored-classics slogan

[Doc]

7441
Tubby, I think I know where your difficulties reside. You failed to observe a basic tenet of management:

"He who laughs last, has already arranged for the blame to fall on someone else's shoulders." ~ 1972 graduate of the Dale Carnegie School of Management :wink:

[Tubby]

7442

I did a few courses around that time. (Who was that how to win friends and influence people guy)

"He who is having the last laugh while climbing the Matterhorn, has forgotten Everest is next " 1973 graduate of; Success means accepting your ass will get kicked every F*&^ng week School of applied anything.

Note; My spell checker allows me to spell freinds or friends without comment

[Tubby]

7443


In ansipiation of a "delete all posts by " from a future moderators action. .

[weegillis]

7444

Gee, we seem to be having more weather today than yesterday.

[Tubby]

7445

That was a "Storm" It took both of us to put it out. There seem to be a rule about not deleting more than 50 post at a time.

[boed]

7446

Its cold here, about 20 below freezing. :P

[Tubby]

7447

Where do you keep your beer? . . . In the Oven?

[deepsand]

7448


Its cold here, about 20 below freezing. :P
Only 1 of 20 rapid fire posts still standing; and, this only because we need the post count here, and it doesn't count towards yours.

[edhan]

7449

It is raining cats and dogs almost everyday in Singapore. Scary especially the sudden lightning flashes! It seems too close when you see it.

[deepsand]

7450

Thunder & lightning are marvelous to behold.

[chrisJumbo]

7450

Thunder & lightning are marvelous to behold.

7451
Yes, but scarier as all get out when hitting trees only 20 feet from you.

[deepsand]

7452

And, without having to pay for the price of admission.

[LD]

7453

Was 88 degrees and sunny in Puerto Vallarta every day last week. Back home, it's 33 degrees and falling...

[weegillis]

7454

Come February, @LD, you'll be wishing you were right back there.

[weegillis]

7455

@LD: 33 and falling... Not to the basement yet, though, I hope. Over the weekend it hit below -30C on the prairies. On its way back up, for this week, thank gawd. -30C isn't bad out here, though. It's a dry cold.

[Tubby]

We measure in Celsius here, we are heading for the 40c (cloud cover and rain today)

If it gets past 45 degrees there are some small birds that will sit in the shade of a tree and decide that people are less scary than the temperature.

on the hottest days +45c I can simply pick them up and move them to the veranda and place them in amongst the pot plants. They give me a reluctant "kill me now" look. They sit quietly.

Never met a parrot I could pick up, They sit in the trees and only come down if the garden sprinkler is going.

[LD]

7454

Come February, @LD, you'll be wishing you were right back there.

I miss it already.

@Tubby - we measure in Celsius too - but while in Mexico, Fahrenheit sounds so much better (sigh).

[abdullah84]

I guess my number would be 7458

[chrisJumbo]

I guess my number would be 7458
7459

You are correct. And please keep contributing. This particular thread is great for randomness and rabbit trails.

cd :O)

[ristenk1]

I'll join: 7460

[deepsand]

7461


I'll join
Faster; it's been 7+ hrs. since your first post here. ;)

[deepsand]

7462


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3aAtFrWft2k

[deepsand]

7463


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIu5B3Fsstg&feature=player_embedded

[deepsand]

7464


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJTCYdZTj2A&feature=player_embedded

[Schulz]

join =) 7465

[deepsand]

7 huff ... huff ... 4 huff ... huff ... 6 huff ... 6 huff ... huff ...huff ...

[Eric24]

7,467 - Happy Thanksgiving!

[deepsand]

7468

Happy National Parfait Day (http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/November/parfaitday.htm)

[Clicken]

7469
Everyday should be parfait day. Except sundae, it should be on a banana boat; same day different flavor. Well, nonetheless they all run together, as a pack.

[deepsand]

7470

Shouldn't Sunday be sundae day? :confused:

[Tubby]

Sundai
7471


Mungday
Chewsday
winesday
Sausageday
Fryday
Fatterday

[deepsand]

7472

With your canine companion around, isn't every day sausage day?

[Tubby]

7473

Bouncer pretty well feeds himself, He does like a sausage. He cornered a Wallaby last week in the corner of the shed. He was face to face with the wallaby, the wallaby stood up to face him. Bouncer let out a whimper and let the Wallaby go.

He is not very good at killing things if they look at him. .

[deepsand]

7474



He is not very good at killing things if they look at him.


Strictly a shoot'em in the back kinda dog? LMAO

[Tubby]

Lol.
He is a good ten years old and prefers to chase. If his quarry runs into a hazard, or he steer them into a fence he merely runs over them. No real decision, just start biting and shaking.

If the quarry stands its ground. . . That is different, face to face a large wallaby is not Bouncers Idea of 'Fair game".

[deepsand]

7476

Sounds a bit like the "It's not the destination, but the journey" viewpoint.

[Tubby]

7477
Well Bouncer is a little bit overweight, considering the local roo's and Wallabies have to contend with Dingo's . . A dog with his own philosophical viewpoint is probably no great threat to an adult of most species. .


"Sausages are a good substitute for food" Bouncer; December 2011

[Clicken]

7478

Thinking of Bouncer and sausages brings to mind another food substitute ... hot dogs. mmmm, and it is almost lunch time, maybe a parfait while I impatiently wait.

[chrisJumbo]

7479
I love hot dogs.
cd :O)

[deepsand]

7480

Hot dogs are a poor substitute for a properly made sausage.

[chrisJumbo]

7481
Don't get me wrong, there are sausages that I adore, but a 100% all beef frank, coney style?!? My mouth is watering as I write.

[weegillis]

7482

And wieners have something from every food group, even the ones we can't spell or pronounce.

[deepsand]

7483

"100% all beef" simply means that meat from no other animal is used, not that there's nothing else in it.

[LD]

What if it's from two different cows? The tail end of one (no pun) and the beginning of the next? :shock:

[weegillis]

7485

By 'beginning' do you mean 'genesis?'

[LD]

Ya, thats the ticket! (SNL)

[deepsand]

7487

Seems that, for beef wieners, rather than "franks," a more descriptive name would be "bovieners."

[LD]

7488

"mysteryvieners"

[Tubby]

I do know that if anyone ever asks me (while I am eating) " Do you want to know what is in that? "

My answer is always 'NO!' . . . "not even next week" . . A wrong thought will totally over-ride my taste buds. This is not hard to do when invited to dinner in many bush camps.

[deepsand]

7490

Bush camps - Roadkill diners?

[Tubby]

I think I ate a pet dog one afternoon.

It was missing.

[chrisJumbo]

7492

I think I ate a pet dog one afternoon.

It was missing.

Yikes, truly a hot dog though. :O)

[LD]

7493

I guess better than sushi dog.

[alphaomega]

7494
Go vegetarian.

[weegillis]

7495

With enough mustard, relish, ketchup and chili one supposes a tofu hot dog 'might' taste alright, but it definitely won't have the satisfying aroma of a real meat dog.

[Tubby]

7496

Merry Christmas from Kajabbi

"Hello Cloncurry Police. . Sergeant Holly"
"G'Day . . We have a naked bloke running up and down the main street In Kajabbi"
"Right"
"He is wearing a red Chrismas hat with a bell on it"
"Right"
"He has a stick . . . Well, a cricket bat . . He is threatening and shouting!"
"Right"
"Naked?"
"Yes"
"Waving a bat in Kajabbi. Naked?
"Yes Mate"
"What's the temperature out there'"
" A bit over 40' its pretty warm mate"
" I might transfer you to the Ambulance . .
" Good mate. Do you think they will come out"
" Maybe, Maybe not"
" Will you be coming out?"
" No "
" Do you reckon the ambulance will have room for a couple of cartons of beer?"
"No Mate"
"Merry Christmas to you too ...............".

[weegillis]

7497

@Tubby: How you manage without a beer store nearby is worthy of some form of UNESCO recognition. You're a bigger man than me.

[LD]

+2 Celsius right now and warming up to a sweltering +9 later this week! Little doggies aren't going to need little doggie jackets.

[deepsand]

7499

http://www.funnyfidos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/funny-dog-cartoon-fuffy-little-dog.jpg

[Tubby]

Huh the last time I saw a dog with a ribbon on, it was a mere lump in a pythons belly.