Surely something good happened to you today

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by rhubarbodendron, Aug 21, 2018.

  1. Delta Vega

    Delta Vega Commodore Commodore

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    Most beautiful church / cathedral I've ever been in was Il Duomo in Milan
    I'm a lapsed Catholic, but I really believe I had a religious experience in it.
     
  2. Velocity

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    grocery shopping today (yuck) and I found some great Bing cherries.
     
  3. Miss Lemon

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    I searched for shells at the beach.
     
  4. Velocity

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    ^ Did you find any/many?

    I went to the local used book store and bought 6 books. I got one for my daughter, "How to Train a Dachshund". She has a miniature dachshund who rules the roost. I doubt this book will change anything, really.
     
  5. Miss Lemon

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    I found some nice regular ones, but most of the shells on the beach had gotten brown somehow.
    I also found a sepia which will make my friend’s parakeet very happy.
     
  6. Discofan

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    I bought some furniture for my home and it just has been delivered.
     
  7. i woke up after 8 hours of sleep and it's saturday!
    all i have to do is wash some clothes(basicly push a button)
     
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  8. Discofan

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    I ate a pair of nice warm crispy croissants for breakfast and they were delicious!!
     
  9. ^mmm croissants.....
     
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  10. Kitty

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    I stopped by the ole' TrekBBS to say 'hi'! :)
     
  11. Discofan

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    I was promoted to admiral today. I made it to the top, now I can die.;)
     
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  12. Discofan

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    Did you sell your seashells by the seashore?
     
  13. Avro Arrow

    Avro Arrow Vice Admiral Moderator

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    And apparently on the exact day of your second anniversary here, no less.

    A little bit of math shows that you appear to have averaged almost 25 posts per day over those two years. As someone who has averaged (checks) about 1.2 per day, I can't quite wrap my head around that.
     
  14. Discofan

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    Call me Ishmael Stakhanov.


    Not to mention that I was banned for almost half of the time.;)
     
  15. rhubarbodendron

    rhubarbodendron Vice Admiral Admiral

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    I suspect the board isn't very good at maths :D

    That's usually only oxidized organic matter or dirt. Try toothpaste or a mild scouring agent and a toothbrush. Avoid anything acidic like vinegar or a cleaning agent containing chloride - it'll destroy the shells.

    welcome back! I hope you'll stay a bit and have fun with us. :)

    Good thing today: it stopped raining and is nicely warm (12°C).
     
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  16. Discofan

    Discofan Admiral Admiral

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    What do you mean? 25 posts per day is right.
     
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  17. Mrs. Silvercrest

    Mrs. Silvercrest Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    I think I am finally getting over this flu! :)
     
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  18. rhubarbodendron

    rhubarbodendron Vice Admiral Admiral

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    congrats!
    I was refering to the difference between 1.2 per day the board claims to be your average and the 25 posts @Avro Arrow estimated.
    Btw, I make it an average of roughly 13.7 posts per day (10,000 posts : 730 days = 13.69863 posts per day).

    Good thing today: on mardi gras we work only till 12 at my office and get the afternoon off =) YAY!
     
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  19. Discofan

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    You're only 270 posts away from joining me in the Admiral's lounge yourself! I'll reserve a seat for you.;)

    That would mean about three weeks. Come mid-March you'll be drinking with the Admirals.:D
     
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  20. Avro Arrow

    Avro Arrow Vice Admiral Moderator

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    Sorry for any confusion... the 1.2 per day was my average, not the board's claim of @Discofan's average. We lost the "average post" statistic when we moved to XenForo.

    I was going by @Discofan's actual post count at the time, which I forget now exactly what it was, but IIRC was somewhere around 18,200.

    According to a recent thread in QSF, you need 16,000 posts to make Admiral (so I'm not entirely sure what your 10,000 number refers to), but presumably the promotion was held until his two-year anniversary due to the quasi-mythical time component, which nobody seems to remember what it is! :D
     
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