#26039
04/06/2001 2:22 PM
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Hey, ayleurs and not-ayleurs! Be on the alert for an influx of new blood.
Today's Tipworld Cool Web Site of the Day tip is to wordsmith's anagram server. "This site is a hoot for word fans," says Tipworld.
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#26040
04/06/2001 3:20 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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"This site is a hoot for word fans," says Tipworld."
I wonder what meaning of "hoot" they had in mind?
Incidentally, I have wondered why the best part of the whole site is not featured more prominently. I found it only by accident, and I'll bet a lot of people miss it entirely. I wish I knew why so many people stay with us for such short times.
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#26041
04/10/2001 10:04 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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These youngsters can't stand the pace, Bill 
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#26042
04/10/2001 9:54 PM
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old hand
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I wish I knew why so many people stay with us for such short times.
I think I can explain quite fully why some people say for such short times. I'm experiencing one reason right now. There are usually around 200 posts per day here, sometimes more, sometimes less. This can take over 2 hours sometimes if you factor in posting your own messages. Some things, like being on a high school track team, don't leave much time for intellectual discourse on the internet. Freeing up 1/12 of your day for this place can be hard to do. That's why so many people aren't here for very long.
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#26043
04/11/2001 10:52 AM
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Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
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Indeed, JazzO. I sure hope this place is still around in 20 years when I retire! 
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#26044
05/17/2001 12:18 AM
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"Retirement? What an absurd idea! Why spend the best part of your life earning enough money so that you can enjoy a questionable liberty during the the least valuable part of it? Why work like a dog so you can pant for a moment or two before you die?"
~ Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (New York, Bantam, 1970, p. 57).
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#26045
05/17/2001 2:39 AM
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enthusiast
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Father Steve>>>>
"Retirement? What an absurd idea! Why spend the best part of your life earning enough money so that you can enjoy a questionable liberty during the the least valuable part of it? Why work like a dog so you can pant for a moment or two before you die?"
~ Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (New York, Bantam, 1970, p. 57).
My sentiments exactly. I understand why many of us just keeps on working and working. It is the easier thing to do.
When you retire, you become president of "your company", and many cannot handle that.
chronist
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#26046
05/17/2001 8:12 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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"Retirement? What an absurd idea! Why spend the best part of your life earning enough money so that you can enjoy a questionable liberty during the the least valuable part of it? Why work like a dog so you can pant for a moment or two before you die?"
~ Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (New York, Bantam, 1970, p. 57).We agree entirely with the sentiments expressed in this quote. That's why we're doing what we're doing. People can't understand how we can just up and off. So I've taken to telling everyone it's a mid-life crisis, and then they all say "Ahhh!" understandingly and congratulate us on our decision ... 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#26047
05/17/2001 12:06 PM
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Welcome back Father Steve.
Came out of retirement did you?
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#26048
05/17/2001 12:53 PM
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All men are born equal (in the sight of the law) but there is no guarantee of maintaining that equality, particularly in matters of health. I quit because I could no longer feel fully competent. And now I can read something besides censored deleted unprinted bad word medical journals. And nobody can sue me for malpractice.
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#26049
05/17/2001 12:57 PM
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Father Steve,
I'm happy to see you back here.
Dr Bill,
I was just about to ask where in Hades you've been? Glad to see you back, as well. And your point is well taken: it's better to leave the party while it's still in full swing than to be one of the (ma-)lingerers.
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#26050
05/17/2001 1:28 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Good to see you again, FS
My posting in W&F on the poetry thread sums up how much I agree with you on this one!
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#26051
05/17/2001 1:47 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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*feverishly searching for W&F*
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#26052
05/17/2001 2:22 PM
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There are usually around 200 posts per day here, sometimes more, sometimes less. This can take over 2 hours sometimes if you factor in posting your own messages.
Jazz-O hit the nail on the head. I love this place but it does take time to keep up. For me it's like a part time job that I enjoy! There must be a better choice : A volunteer job? A happy hobby? An avocation? A lifestyle choice? All of the above?
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#26053
05/18/2001 1:51 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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All men are born equal (in the sight of the law)
Justice is blind.
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#26054
05/18/2001 4:53 AM
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Two hours is the time I find it takes for me, just to wade through the posts, I see I'm not the only one. Sometimes I feel like the phrase, miss a little, miss a lot. If I miss a day I feel like the world has moved on without me.
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#26055
05/18/2001 9:14 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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I know how you feel, Lunar Lady: when I first joined the board, I was at the end of a contract and under the impression that it was not to be renewed. I had plenty of time and little motivation to do more than the minimum expected of me at work, so spent many happy hours in this magical garden filled with lingua-perfumery.
The contract was renewed, and my workload increased; my motivation also returned. But it means that I have only odd moments in which to indulge in my secret vice.
I have had to temporise.
If four or five days have passed since last I was able to visit, then I tend to look in my own record of postings, and look up what responses I have had to my loquacious drivellings, see whether it is necessary to be rude to Max Q, cap one of Mav's or TEd's dreadful puns, or to be sweet to Jackie. Well-wishers occasionally apprise me of posts that I ought to view, vis the PM system.
That done, if there is time, I look at the latest posts with the least replies, to see if I can get my spoke in before someone else pinches my best lines.
I rarely get to look at any thread that has started and attracted more than about fifteen replies since last I visited the board. This is my loss, without doubt, but it seems to be a way in which I can at least keep in touch with all of you, whom I have come to hold in such high regard.
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#26056
05/18/2001 10:26 AM
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I also used to spend a lot of time searching for new posts live on the web and missing lots, especially if I had been away for a few days. I find that subscribing to the daily summary really helps, and also requesting that I receive copies of responses to my posts. Now I can scan the mail summaries for anything interesting, and file anything I want to keep. I then research any responses I want to make, and only then make the web connection. I am lucky because I have a fast and cheap connection (thanks boss) which means I can then refresh the main index every couple of hours and take a quick peek. I am time shifted from most of the board, (though I do worry about how much sleep some of you are getting) which has pros and cons.
Rod
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#26057
05/18/2001 11:53 AM
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enthusiast
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inselpeter>>>
All men are born equal (in the sight of the law)
Justice is blind.
inselpeter
I designate this as my big laugh for the day! Thanks.
chronist
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#26058
05/18/2001 2:15 PM
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time shifted from most of the board... which has pros and consShouldn't that be Prose and Cons?
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#26059
05/18/2001 5:03 PM
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All men are born equal (in the sight of the law)
Justice is blind.IP....ahhhhh, the cynic in you finally surfaces...
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