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the Stales Index

The Stales Index was computed by dividing the number of Replies by the number of Views. A value of .1 or higher indicated a thread that had sufficient interest to warrant a look-see. Its main weakness was that you could get a thread with a high Stales Index that consisted of nothing but, say, Faldage and WhitmanO'Neill trading insults.


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which is often worth look-see.


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Stales Index
ah, first time I've heard of such a number. guess I'll have to LIU. sometime.

thanks!



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My dear eta...if you look halfway down the "Phrases from Baseball" thread in the link I posted above, you'll see my Red Sox sentiments posted when I learned wow was a diehard fan of theirs.


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yeah, I caught that!



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Red Sox sentiments

Ya gotta escuse him, eta, he lived a deprived childhood.


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Ya gotta escuse him, eta, he lived a deprived childhood.

OTOH, Ernie Banks had a deprived adulthood. Guess why?



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deprived adulthood

They stopped with so many double headers?


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No, no, no, Faldo. Ol' Ernie "let's play two" Banks loved doubled-headers. There just seems to be a glaring omission on the resumé of one of the greatest players who ever lived is all.


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Ol' Ernie "let's play two" Banks loved doubled-headers

I don't know anything about this person, but that sounds more like a depraved adulthood to me!


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