#10458
11/28/2000 12:43 AM
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I use Gawd instead of the name of the Diety. (Insert face with eyes raised to heaven in gaze pleading forgivness.) You are correct about gadzooks. Gawd zooks is my made up phrase allowing me to flirt with the profane (as opposite to profanity.) I am tired, did that make sense. Regarding AHIP it is acronym for "Age Hath Its Privilege" I wondered who'd be first to ask. I used AHIP because I ran over 250 characters. WOW
PS Now, have you all figured out my signature -- you are all such clever folk, I mean it, not being snide. If not let us rub our hands and gurgle in glee awaiting the brave soul who'll ask.
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#10459
11/28/2000 1:35 AM
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figured out my signature
Must be woman of the world.
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#10460
11/28/2000 1:48 AM
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I was going to guess woman of wonder (as opposed to wonder woman ;)
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#10461
11/28/2000 3:47 AM
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#10462
11/28/2000 6:36 PM
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Jazz:
Note what I said about a second-rate state :)
As to control of the Senate: If you can see Democrats and Republicans meeting at the center of the aisle to vote without party affiliation for the chairs of the standing Senate committees, I'd like to have some of whatever it is you're smoking. This election has polarized the country to the extent that bipartisanship isn't even going to be spoken about, let alone practiced.
And McCain, whom I would have voted for because of his outstanding moral qualities, is so far right of center he makes Attila the Hun seem moderate.
Party will out, Jazz. I don't say I like it, but the VP will rule in DC for a while.
Interestingly enough, the new Senate takes over January 4. Al Gore will be President of the Senate until noon on January 20. For 15 days the majority (fifty plus the Veep's tie-breaker) will be Democratic, but thereafter, as things stand now, Dick Cheney will be casting the deciding vote. My prediction anyway.
TEd
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#10463
11/28/2000 11:06 PM
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[as a Minnesotan, I am an expert on popularity contests!]Do we like Mr. Ventura? 
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#10464
11/29/2000 5:00 PM
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Woman of Words?Like the opposite of "a man of few words" ?  Oops.  Words of Wisdom ?
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#10465
11/29/2000 5:03 PM
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could combine it with Nov. 5, which also commemorates a notable political action failureGood idea, Bob - although as far as the King was concerned it was a very successful political action, I believe..
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#10466
11/29/2000 6:35 PM
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>wow (words of wisdom) wine o'er wisdom wildly outa wack whangdoodles or whigmaleeries
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#10467
11/30/2000 4:50 AM
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In reply to:
I used AHIP because I ran over 250 characters
Is there some reason we shouldn't use more than 250 characters? I'm sure this particular barrier has been breached here on more than one occasion.
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#10468
11/30/2000 5:20 AM
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>Is there some reason we shouldn't use more than 250 characters? I'm sure this particular barrier has been breached here on more than one occasion.Bingley, Wow was referring to the bio on her profile, which does appear to be limited to 250 characters. In "normal" postings, shanks has gone way over 250 words. And that was just the opening sentence!
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#10469
11/30/2000 5:35 AM
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In "normal" postings, shanks has gone way over 250 words. And that was just the opening sentence!
Now, now, don't sell our shanks short! His opening sentences tend to exceed 250 clauses! (Salaam, Ravi Sahib)
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#10470
11/30/2000 10:00 AM
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And may the blessings of Allah be upon you, your four wives, your two sons and one daughter by your first former wide, your three daughters, one son and three grandchildren by your second former wife, your two daughters, three granddaughters and two grandsons by your first cureent wife, your camels, your oil wells and...
Ah- 250 clauses is too easy. Give me a challenge now!
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#10471
11/30/2000 2:21 PM
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whangdoodles or whigmaleeries
Hey! Get thee to Meaningless Words with these, tsuwm, and flaunt them with pride!
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#10472
11/30/2000 7:58 PM
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>I used AHIP because I ran over 250 characters.
I wondered why I was feeling a bit run down. Must have been among those 250 AWADers (er characters.)
TEd
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#10473
12/01/2000 7:41 AM
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In reply to:
And may the blessings of Allah be upon you, your four wives, your two sons and one daughter by your first former wide, your three daughters, one son and three grandchildren by your second former wife, your two daughters, three granddaughters and two grandsons by your first cureent wife, your camels, your oil wells and...
Sorry shanks, that's still only one clause (maybe heading for 250 phrases but that's another matter).
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#10474
12/04/2000 4:03 AM
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I think shanks is working himself up to post, in a few short weeks' time, the granddaddy of all clauses...
...the Santa Claus.
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#10475
12/04/2000 7:15 AM
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While I'm not sure of this (in this instance), the 250-character limit (usually 255) is because that is the size of a standard text field for most programming languages. Since most of this website will be built using VBScript or Javascript, it's likely that whoever put it together cut a few corners ... or chose to save space.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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