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At the risk of hijacking his precious book review thread, I'm moving this conversation here:
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Nekhrun wrote:Way to go Harriet! :twisted:
Tsk! Are the Wild already sucking so badly that you have to be this cruel?
Wild Win! Suck it!
Fortunately I will not have to hear that many more times this season.
At least once more, another win! NHL's leading scorer is some guy named Aaron Voros (hmmm, I've heard of that guy). 8)
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Good for you, well done! But really, what is your point?
Look, I'm not much good at big speeches, and I know I haven't always been an easy guy to get on with, and I know, that given the choice, I wouldn't have chosen you as friends, but I just want to say, that over the years, I have come to regard you as people I met.

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inhuien wrote:Good for you, well done! But really, what is your point?
That Omphalos is mean.
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Boooo Wild. :wink:

But hurray for Americans enjoying Hockey. Anything that gets Y'all away from the tedium of Baseball and Football is a good thing!
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Nekhrun wrote:
inhuien wrote:Good for you, well done! But really, what is your point?
That Omphalos is mean.
Im so sorry. The Wild are contenders. They rock. They have the coolest name in the league. Every team should consider taking on an adjective as their name that doesn't quite fit the rules for nomenclature. That would be cool. If this region ever got a team we could be the Sacramento Helpful, or the Stockton Ripe, or something like that.
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Omphalos wrote:
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inhuien wrote:Good for you, well done! But really, what is your point?
That Omphalos is mean.
Im so sorry. The Wild are contenders. They rock. They have the coolest name in the league. Every team should consider taking on an adjective as their name that doesn't quite fit the rules for nomenclature. That would be cool. If this region ever got a team we could be the Sacramento Helpful, or the Stockton Ripe, or something like that.
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Omphalos wrote:
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inhuien wrote:Good for you, well done! But really, what is your point?
That Omphalos is mean.
Im so sorry. The Wild are contenders. They rock. They have the coolest name in the league. Every team should consider taking on an adjective as their name that doesn't quite fit the rules for nomenclature. That would be cool. If this region ever got a team we could be the Sacramento Helpful, or the Stockton Ripe, or something like that.
That's still a sore spot around here. I find that name totally inappropriate. I still go to the games, but I do hate the name with a passion.
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Speaking of people on our boards, where has Phaedrus gotten to? Anyone heard from him? :?
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SandChigger wrote:Speaking of people on our boards, where has Phaedrus gotten to? Anyone heard from him? :?
He mentioned a bit ago returning to school. I assume that he just got bogged down and got out of the Dune-board habit. But he has been around recently; two months or so?
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I just thought would throw in, that I have always liked the name "maruaders" but have yet to see any team, professional or amatuer use it. I wonder why? Coming into your town, pillaging and plundering, sounds like a good sports team goal.

Just a thought,
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Trang wrote:I just thought would throw in, that I have always liked the name "maruaders" but have yet to see any team, professional or amatuer use it. I wonder why? Coming into your town, pillaging and plundering, sounds like a good sports team goal.

Just a thought,
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Back when Abe "Dumbass" Pollin decided to rename the Bullets the Wizards (a name change that I hated), I suggested that we call them The Revolution. Then we could be the Washington Revs or something cool like that. Instead he chose to name us after the commander of the KKK's armies, the asshole.
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Omphalos wrote:
SandChigger wrote:Speaking of people on our boards, where has Phaedrus gotten to? Anyone heard from him? :?
He mentioned a bit ago returning to school. I assume that he just got bogged down and got out of the Dune-board habit. But he has been around recently; two months or so?
No, I'm gone for good.

I did get busy, not always(if ever) with school, but you know, real life and stuff.

So it goes.
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But veee meeessss shoooo! ;)
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Hello there, old timer!
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So, where is everybody?

Ees toooo qviet! I can heeeear dee feesh laffing.... :(
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It is kinda dead, isn't it? things will pick up a bit. This board tends to wax and wane.
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traffic is slow on some other boards as well. We are not alone here in that fact. Wake up everyone. :lol:
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The early parts of the year are slow on most message boards. People take a while to recover from post-Christmas and are typically busy with work, catching up after so much time off.

Then of course, February has Valentine's Day. This means millions of single folk running around with their heads cut off, trying to hook up with anyone they can so they won't be alone on that day of love :)

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I tell you guys what, work has really kept me busy since the New Year.
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I'm going snowboarding next week. YAY!
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chanilover wrote:I'm going snowboarding next week. YAY!

jealous :(
i haven't had a chance to get out at all this year and now it's 11C and raining and all the snow is melting :(
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Omphalos wrote:I tell you guys what, work has really kept me busy since the New Year.
We have more work than we could burn, which is always a good thing. However since the economy is in the toilet there's a hiring freeze, not that we could find anyone before that. It's a small employee pool. If I had the time I'd go back to school for a masters in Fire Protection Engineering. Those guys make crazy salaries.
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Freakzilla wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I tell you guys what, work has really kept me busy since the New Year.
We have more work than we could burn, which is always a good thing. However since the economy is in the toilet there's a hiring freeze, not that we could find anyone before that. It's a small employee pool. If I had the time I'd go back to school for a masters in Fire Protection Engineering. Those guys make crazy salaries.
so make the time for it.. i mean if the return is that drastic, it's worth the couple years off salary.
I'm one of those people who feel as long as an economic argument can be made for it, more education is always worthwhile.
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Too much work for me. Bad. Tired.
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Baraka Bryan wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I tell you guys what, work has really kept me busy since the New Year.
We have more work than we could burn, which is always a good thing. However since the economy is in the toilet there's a hiring freeze, not that we could find anyone before that. It's a small employee pool. If I had the time I'd go back to school for a masters in Fire Protection Engineering. Those guys make crazy salaries.
so make the time for it.. i mean if the return is that drastic, it's worth the couple years off salary.
I'm one of those people who feel as long as an economic argument can be made for it, more education is always worthwhile.
I tried not too long ago. For me to take classes full time, every spare minute not spent at work and school would have to be spent studying. Having four kids does not allow that.
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Freakzilla wrote:
Baraka Bryan wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I tell you guys what, work has really kept me busy since the New Year.
We have more work than we could burn, which is always a good thing. However since the economy is in the toilet there's a hiring freeze, not that we could find anyone before that. It's a small employee pool. If I had the time I'd go back to school for a masters in Fire Protection Engineering. Those guys make crazy salaries.
so make the time for it.. i mean if the return is that drastic, it's worth the couple years off salary.
I'm one of those people who feel as long as an economic argument can be made for it, more education is always worthwhile.
I tried not too long ago. For me to take classes full time, every spare minute not spent at work and school would have to be spent studying. Having four kids does not allow that.
good point. foregoing work would be the only way to pull it off, but obviously isn't an option for most.
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speaking of children taking over your lives, where's Rakis ?
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Freakzilla wrote:
Baraka Bryan wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I tell you guys what, work has really kept me busy since the New Year.
We have more work than we could burn, which is always a good thing. However since the economy is in the toilet there's a hiring freeze, not that we could find anyone before that. It's a small employee pool. If I had the time I'd go back to school for a masters in Fire Protection Engineering. Those guys make crazy salaries.
so make the time for it.. i mean if the return is that drastic, it's worth the couple years off salary.
I'm one of those people who feel as long as an economic argument can be made for it, more education is always worthwhile.
I tried not too long ago. For me to take classes full time, every spare minute not spent at work and school would have to be spent studying. Having four kids does not allow that.
That is exactly why I waited til my mid-30's to impregnate someone. GOD I hate condoms! But they can be the keys to long-term happiness!
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Omphalos wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Baraka Bryan wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I tell you guys what, work has really kept me busy since the New Year.
We have more work than we could burn, which is always a good thing. However since the economy is in the toilet there's a hiring freeze, not that we could find anyone before that. It's a small employee pool. If I had the time I'd go back to school for a masters in Fire Protection Engineering. Those guys make crazy salaries.
so make the time for it.. i mean if the return is that drastic, it's worth the couple years off salary.
I'm one of those people who feel as long as an economic argument can be made for it, more education is always worthwhile.
I tried not too long ago. For me to take classes full time, every spare minute not spent at work and school would have to be spent studying. Having four kids does not allow that.
That is exactly why I waited til my mid-30's to impregnate someone. GOD I hate condoms! But they can be the keys to long-term happiness!
:lol: :lol:
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Baraka Bryan wrote:
Omphalos wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Baraka Bryan wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I tell you guys what, work has really kept me busy since the New Year.
We have more work than we could burn, which is always a good thing. However since the economy is in the toilet there's a hiring freeze, not that we could find anyone before that. It's a small employee pool. If I had the time I'd go back to school for a masters in Fire Protection Engineering. Those guys make crazy salaries.
so make the time for it.. i mean if the return is that drastic, it's worth the couple years off salary.
I'm one of those people who feel as long as an economic argument can be made for it, more education is always worthwhile.
I tried not too long ago. For me to take classes full time, every spare minute not spent at work and school would have to be spent studying. Having four kids does not allow that.
That is exactly why I waited til my mid-30's to impregnate someone. GOD I hate condoms! But they can be the keys to long-term happiness!
:lol: :lol:
words of the wise :P
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:shock:

Always something eye-opening to wake me up here.

Must be why this is my first destination after checking comments on my blog. ;)
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I think I'm just going to go for the ol' snip-snip. Seems like it would save me a lot of trouble in the end. I can always adopt if I decide to have kids, or I imagine they could get at the sperm somehow, not like it'll be gone. :wink:
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Freakzilla wrote:
Baraka Bryan wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I tell you guys what, work has really kept me busy since the New Year.
We have more work than we could burn, which is always a good thing. However since the economy is in the toilet there's a hiring freeze, not that we could find anyone before that. It's a small employee pool. If I had the time I'd go back to school for a masters in Fire Protection Engineering. Those guys make crazy salaries.
so make the time for it.. i mean if the return is that drastic, it's worth the couple years off salary.
I'm one of those people who feel as long as an economic argument can be made for it, more education is always worthwhile.
I tried not too long ago. For me to take classes full time, every spare minute not spent at work and school would have to be spent studying. Having four kids does not allow that.
I am currently about 2/3rds done with my master's in engineering. I have two kids and a wife and my income is the only coming into the house.

We like the setup and now I am too far into the master's not to finish it up but this has become a big mistake, don't get me wrong the payout will be nice in the end, but I have no time for anything.

Luckily, I don't give a shit about my GPA so school is the first thing sacrificed so my kids and wife don't mind too much. (That is besides finals week)
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I suppose I could have done that my third year of law school. Its pretty much a waste of time where you finish all the bullshit you need for the bar. The saying is: "The first year they scare you to death. The second year they work you to death. The third year they bore you to death." But I still waited to get a career going.
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Huh. I figured it started looking up when you found us. :P
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Taking 15 credit hours this semester, have to spend time in the schools, will be taking my content test later this year, need to take a science class over the summer because we for some stupid reason need to have three sciences with labs for my degree, I have two, then in fall of 09, take the last 15 credits I need of college course work and spring of 2010, I student teach and graduate in May, so a bit busy for me :shock:

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Did my last class for this academic year last Monday, turned in graduating senior grades on Tuesday. :D

Grades for the other lot are due at the end of the month, but other than that and preparing for classes in April I've got practically nothing on the schedule until the end of March.

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I don't think anyone has any "me time" in work anymore. I started a new job a couple of months ago, and it's really hard work, although I'm enjoying it.
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chanilover wrote:I don't think anyone has any "me time" in work anymore. I started a new job a couple of months ago, and it's really hard work, although I'm enjoying it.
What are you doing now?
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I left the legal department of the bank I worked at and am now on a training contract at a law firm, so I'm a trainee solicitor. Still working on the corporate side, I'm not remotely interested in fighting for justice for the underdog. Those losers haven't got enough money to pay me. :lol:
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chanilover wrote:I left the legal department of the bank I worked at and am now on a training contract at a law firm, so I'm a trainee solicitor. Still working on the corporate side, I'm not remotely interested in fighting for justice for the underdog. Those losers haven't got enough money to pay me. :lol:
Great! Corporate stuff is kind of what I do. Actually more the business side then the regulation side, although they do consult with me a bunch on regs and compliance. Personally Im done with direct handling of litigation, but you need to have those skills in order to move up the ladder. You won't be part of the "club" without them. Congratulations, CL!
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Any of you drunkards out west going to be in San Francisco this weekend?
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Had not planned on it, but could be. We could try to meet at Pier 39 again. The kids would probably love to go to the aquarium there, and see the seals.
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Omphalos wrote:Had not planned on it, but could be. We could try to meet at Pier 39 again. The kids would probably love to go to the aquarium there, and see the seals.
I'd be game. Let me know if a particular day/time works for you and I'll make sure to get away from family stuff.
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Ok, i must have miss something, but...

WTF is Google [Bot]? :think:
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Just a search program that allows google to add the contents of websites to it's search engine. Thus, if for example you were to write of Kevin J. Anderson on this message board, the google bot catalogs the instances his name appears on this board so that you can type "Kevin J. Anderson" in Google and find TAU among the search results :)

For example, if I were to type "kevin j anderson sucks" in Google, I get my chigga's blog as the 14th result :)
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Bots and spiders go out and search the web for strings entered at search sites. The old board did not track them, but the new board does, and in fact even assigns them all to a certain user group. There are over 50 that have already shown up here.
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So this is a good thing...

I thought it would attract spam or something...

And finally...how many times would we have to write kevin j anderson sucks to be # 1 result on Google? :P
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You should definitely start a thread with that as the title, and then link to it from another board. The more links back, the higher on the page it goes, I think.
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Mandy wrote:You should definitely start a thread with that as the title, and then link to it from another board. The more links back, the higher on the page it goes, I think.
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I'm assuming "Testy Testicle" is a spammer.... ;)
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It's certainly an unusual name for spam bots.
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SandChigger wrote:I'm assuming "Testy Testicle" is a spammer.... ;)
Whoops! :shock:

Wanted to see what the new Catchca system looked like. Its pretty damn cool. Ragabash tells me that I can put in pictures from the Dune movie if I want to.
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Yes, yes, I'm sure and all that, let's get back to the discussion of your choices in test account names.... :naughty:
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SandChigger wrote:Yes, yes, I'm sure and all that, let's get back to the discussion of your choices in test account names.... :naughty:

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SandChigger wrote:Yes, yes, I'm sure and all that, let's get back to the discussion of your choices in test account names.... :naughty:
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Omphalos wrote:
SandChigger wrote:Yes, yes, I'm sure and all that, let's get back to the discussion of your choices in test account names.... :naughty:
That was my pseudonym from back when I wrote letters to Penthouse. "You'll never believe what happened to me the other day. I can hardly believe it myself!...And then I learned for sure that donkeys do smoke cigarettes.
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Omphalos wrote:
SandChigger wrote:I'm assuming "Testy Testicle" is a spammer.... ;)
Whoops! :shock:

Wanted to see what the new Catchca system looked like. Its pretty damn cool. Ragabash tells me that I can put in pictures from the Dune movie if I want to.
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Wow, it's been over 3 months since I've posted here?

I don't even know where the time goes.
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Sometime, time goes into changing diapers, feeding, cleaning, and on and on and on... :sleeping-blue:
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Rakis wrote:Sometime, time goes into changing diapers, feeding, cleaning, and on and on and on... :sleeping-blue:
Enjoy it while you can. Before you know it they'll be telling you "NO!" :wink:
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Freakzilla wrote:
Rakis wrote:Sometime, time goes into changing diapers, feeding, cleaning, and on and on and on... :sleeping-blue:
Enjoy it while you can. Before you know it they'll be telling you "NO!" :wink:
I also have a 4 year-old daughter...too late. :)
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Phaedrus wrote:Wow, it's been over 3 months since I've posted here?

I don't even know where the time goes.
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