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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 8:55:49 PM

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I believe John and Sam Adams were cousins, no? The two men in the video actually look vaguely similar...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 8:56:24 PM

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Good Thread, I missed my own 5-year anniversary!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 8:59:28 PM

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G'morning Simon. Anything going on this lovely Saturday morning?

Work. Server migrations.

Servers are migratory? Have you tried fencing them in?

I've heard that Morgan Freeman was lined up to narrate Migration of the Servers, the fascinating and moving story computer hardware struggling to survive in the harsh environment of the server room at Simon's workplace.
Strangely he turned it down though.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 9:13:31 PM

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In good news Lincoln City have managed to avoid relegation again this year, although it was close. Next season, I'm going out on a limb and predicting another season of mediocrity.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 9:31:17 PM

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 9:31:18 PM

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I believe John and Sam Adams were cousins, no? The two men in the video actually look vaguely similar...

Correct. They didn't like each other very much. Sam was a ner do well agitator that lead thge sons of liberty (in reality , a local gang of thugs) and John was a very "ivory tower" intellectual lawyer. Harvard debate team meets "tar & feather" street thugs.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 9:34:06 PM

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G'morning Simon. Anything going on this lovely Saturday morning?

Work. Server migrations.

Servers are migratory? Have you tried fencing them in?

I've heard that Morgan Freeman was lined up to narrate Migration of the Servers, the fascinating and moving story computer hardware struggling to survive in the harsh environment of the server room at Simon's workplace.
Strangely he turned it down though.

He was afraid of being eclipsed by me.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:14:11 PM

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No, actually I don't. You sound like someone whose spent time on the couch. So please tell us about "control fraks and small penises". I wouldn't know about either.

Yuri, you do realize I am kidding , right? I was playing off your SoCal and NYC connections. (As sterotypes , of course!).

So am I. Steve, ol' buddy, my jokes range from idiotic to direct, but theyre always jokes. Dont trake it so seriously.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:15:03 PM

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If you have an iphone you have to get this:

http://www.rovio.com/index.php?page=angry-birds

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:16:17 PM

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Taking the kid to sleep over at a friend's house, and have laid in "Sherlock Holmes" and "The Blind Side" to watch with my lovely bride as we wait for the rains to roll in.� It's a good Saturday. �

Mike, have I ever mentioned that your contentment with life is absolutely disgusting when compared to the lengths the rest of us will go to to drive ourselves bananas over insignificant crap?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:17:45 PM

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Good Thread, I missed my own 5-year anniversary!

Thats the Spam anniversary right? 10 years is cardboard.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:19:48 PM

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G'morning Simon. Anything going on this lovely Saturday morning?

Work. Server migrations.

Servers are migratory? Have you tried fencing them in?

I've heard that Morgan Freeman was lined up to narrate Migration of the Servers, the fascinating and moving story computer hardware struggling to survive in the harsh environment of the server room at Simon's workplace.
Strangely he turned it down though.

S'okay. They can always get Oprah to cover. "Life" would have been absolutely magnificent if not for her annoying voice and silly comments. I was very surprised, though, how well Sigourney Weaver did narrating "Planet Earth".

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:20:27 PM

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In good news Lincoln City have managed to avoid relegation again this year, although it was close.� Next season, I'm going out on a limb and predicting another season of mediocrity.

Methinks you are truly prescient.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:21:26 PM

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David Attenborough was better that both.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:27:49 PM

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No, actually I don't. You sound like someone whose spent time on the couch. So please tell us about "control fraks and small penises". I wouldn't know about either.

Yuri, you do realize I am kidding , right? I was playing off your SoCal and NYC connections. (As sterotypes , of course!).

So am I. Steve, ol' buddy, my jokes range from idiotic to direct, but theyre always jokes. Dont trake it so seriously.

I don't. But where nearly four hours had passed. I was afraid that you had, hence the apology. I need to keep recalling that you now have 1) a life 2) a job and most importantly , 3) a girl friend!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:34:25 PM

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No, actually I don't. You sound like someone whose spent time on the couch. So please tell us about "control fraks and small penises". I wouldn't know about either.

Yuri, you do realize I am kidding , right? I was playing off your SoCal and NYC connections. (As sterotypes , of course!).

So am I. Steve, ol' buddy, my jokes range from idiotic to direct, but theyre always jokes. Dont trake it so seriously.

I don't. But where nearly four hours had passed. I was afraid that you had, hence the apology. I need to keep recalling that you now have 1) a life 2) a job and most importantly , 3) a girl friend!

Well, yes. At the time you were worrying about me taking offense, GFU and I were merrily sitting at Borders and being romantically allergic to everything in the world.

This allergy stuff is frightening, btw. I will not claim anything for myself, as I am a stereotypical "nice Jewish boy" and all the nerdiness, dorkiness, bad eyesight and sinus trouble that entails. But she grew up in a rural setting, where any possible hay fever would have come from actual hay. And she had never had allergies until about 3 years after arriving in the US. WTF is going on here?!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:47:20 PM

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G'night gents

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 10:59:02 PM

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No, actually I don't. You sound like someone whose spent time on the couch. So please tell us about "control fraks and small penises". I wouldn't know about either.

Yuri, you do realize I am kidding , right? I was playing off your SoCal and NYC connections. (As sterotypes , of course!).

So am I. Steve, ol' buddy, my jokes range from idiotic to direct, but theyre always jokes. Dont trake it so seriously.

I don't. But where nearly four hours had passed. I was afraid that you had, hence the apology. I need to keep recalling that you now have 1) a life 2) a job and most importantly , 3) a girl friend!

Well, yes. At the time you were worrying about me taking offense, GFU and I were merrily sitting at Borders and being romantically allergic to everything in the world.

This allergy stuff is frightening, btw. I will not claim anything for myself, as I am a stereotypical "nice Jewish boy" and all the nerdiness, dorkiness, bad eyesight and sinus trouble that entails. But she grew up in a rural setting, where any possible hay fever would have come from actual hay. And she had never had allergies until about 3 years after arriving in the US. WTF is going on here?!

Like I said a couple of days ago , allergies are weird. you can go your whole life not having any , then you run into the one thing that triggers it, then "Poof", suddenly you are allergic too everything! My whole life, I'd been allergic to nothing but cats and ragweed. Then I showed up in Guam, found an exotic type of lawn grass, and suddenly I'm allergic to everything!. Previously I'd been all over the country and an a fair part of the world, and no allergies. Even the tropics in Puerto Rico and Panama did nothing. But one stupid type of yard grass was the trigger. That's all it takes my friend, that's all it takes.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 11:46:40 PM

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This allergy stuff is frightening, btw. I will not claim anything for myself, as I am a stereotypical "nice Jewish boy" and all the nerdiness, dorkiness, bad eyesight and sinus trouble that entails. But she grew up in a rural setting, where any possible hay fever would have come from actual hay. And she had never had allergies until about 3 years after arriving in the US. WTF is going on here?!

I was grieved by allergies for many years. I learned two years ago that most people have low Vitamin D levels, which causes the immune system to be ineffective against allergies (and other bad stuff). I started taking 6,000 I/U of Vit D3 every day and now allergies are a minor annoyance at worst. Vit D is not expensive...Sam's has the cheapest I've seen.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 11:49:36 PM

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This allergy stuff is frightening, btw. I will not claim anything for myself, as I am a stereotypical "nice Jewish boy" and all the nerdiness, dorkiness, bad eyesight and sinus trouble that entails. But she grew up in a rural setting, where any possible hay fever would have come from actual hay. And she had never had allergies until about 3 years after arriving in the US. WTF is going on here?!

I was grieved by allergies for many years. I learned two years ago that most people have low Vitamin D levels, which causes the immune system to be ineffective against allergies (and other bad stuff). I started taking 6,000 I/U of Vit D3 every day and now allergies are a minor annoyance at worst. Vit D is not expensive...Sam's has the cheapest I've seen.

Hmm....thanks for the tip Radar. I'll pick up some tomorrow and give it a shot. At this point, I'd pray to the gods of Olympus if it'll help.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 11:50:21 PM

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ORIGINAL: AW1SteveLike I said a couple of days ago , allergies are weird. you can go your whole life not having any , then you run into the one thing that triggers it, then "Poof", suddenly you are allergic too everything! My whole life, I'd been allergic to nothing but cats and ragweed. Then I showed up in Guam, found an exotic type of lawn grass, and suddenly I'm allergic to everything!. Previously I'd been all over the country and an a fair part of the world, and no allergies. Even the tropics in Puerto Rico and Panama did nothing. But one stupid type of yard grass was the trigger. That's all it takes my friend, that's all it takes.

Maybe youre allergic to bald assed boonie cats.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/24/2010 11:55:08 PM

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This allergy stuff is frightening, btw. I will not claim anything for myself, as I am a stereotypical "nice Jewish boy" and all the nerdiness, dorkiness, bad eyesight and sinus trouble that entails. But she grew up in a rural setting, where any possible hay fever would have come from actual hay. And she had never had allergies until about 3 years after arriving in the US. WTF is going on here?!

I was grieved by allergies for many years. I learned two years ago that most people have low Vitamin D levels, which causes the immune system to be ineffective against allergies (and other bad stuff). I started taking 6,000 I/U of Vit D3 every day and now allergies are a minor annoyance at worst. Vit D is not expensive...Sam's has the cheapest I've seen.

Hmm....thanks for the tip Radar. I'll pick up some tomorrow and give it a shot. At this point, I'd pray to the gods of Olympus if it'll help.

Don't expect overnight relief, it takes some time to get your levels up to the proper levels. Since I don't get outside all that much (ultra violet rays produce Vit D in the body), I take the supplements all year long.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/25/2010 1:29:44 AM

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In good news Lincoln City have managed to avoid relegation again this year, although it was close.� Next season, I'm going out on a limb and predicting another season of mediocrity.

You daredevil, you.....

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/25/2010 1:32:47 AM

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ORIGINAL: AW1SteveLike I said a couple of days ago , allergies are weird. you can go your whole life not having any , then you run into the one thing that triggers it, then "Poof", suddenly you are allergic too everything! My whole life, I'd been allergic to nothing but cats and ragweed. Then I showed up in Guam, found an exotic type of lawn grass, and suddenly I'm allergic to everything!. Previously I'd been all over the country and an a fair part of the world, and no allergies. Even the tropics in Puerto Rico and Panama did nothing. But one stupid type of yard grass was the trigger. That's all it takes my friend, that's all it takes.

Maybe youre allergic to bald assed boonie cats.

Umm..isn't everyone?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/25/2010 1:33:39 AM

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Sounds rather clandestine.� Are you sure you're not really a "company man?" �

As I recall, his wife went on a humanitarian mission with her church to an Islamic country. Apparently, the Martian will not be outdone.

I'm going with her this year. Quite certain I will die by sublimation from the heat.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/25/2010 2:09:07 AM

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Good evening

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/25/2010 2:29:07 AM

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Taking the kid to sleep over at a friend's house, and have laid in "Sherlock Holmes" and "The Blind Side" to watch with my lovely bride as we wait for the rains to roll in.� It's a good Saturday. �

Mike, have I ever mentioned that your contentment with life is absolutely disgusting when compared to the lengths the rest of us will go to to drive ourselves bananas over insignificant crap?

Thanks, Yuri, I do try.

I credit a lot of my outlook to my dearly departed dad, who lived by 2 rules:

1. Don't sweat the small stuff.
2. It's all small stuff.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 4/25/2010 2:35:04 AM

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Sounds rather clandestine.� Are you sure you're not really a "company man?" �

As I recall, his wife went on a humanitarian mission with her church to an Islamic country. Apparently, the Martian will not be outdone.

I'm going with her this year. Quite certain I will die by sublimation from the heat.

Having spent a bit of time with you at a ballgame on just a moderately warm evening, I suspect you should make your farewell post on THE THREAD!!! before heading on your trip.

I'm tellin 'ya, you need to become a major hockey fan.