Approaching this auspicious milestone, we should do two things:
Guess when it will happen.
Organise a party!
(I will take care of the latter, with help from parker of The Blokes' Club!)
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Approaching this auspicious milestone, we should do two things:
Guess when it will happen.
Organise a party!
(I will take care of the latter, with help from parker of The Blokes' Club!)
Fun!!
I say, a party!! I'll bring a bag of crisps and a cherry!
Am I missing something or is it not 90,000 post away almost. That's likely to take around 6 months.
Look, Pip, if you and I chuck in around a hundred a day each, there's bound to be those who respond either to have a good laugh, or get all up tight, we'll crack 90K in no time. I estimate about next Thursday. Get controversial!!
Dear Pip,Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
You need to understand that when you are over 40, 6 months feel like couple of weeks... And when you are over 50, it feels like couple of days!
Which is why we can get so excited over things like this (it might have something to do with the fact that there isn't much else exciting going on in our lives either).
:p
PS: How are you doing, by the way? Healing well?
Scher, can you explain why, when you gt over 50, 6 months feels like a couple of days, yet sometimes an hour in the doctor's waiting room feels like a whole month - especially when you know he's going to tell you "You can expect this at your age".
I'm not looking forward to those days. I've been aging much too quickly as it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Not bad, the wire is being cut Wednesday morning, then I have physiotherapy and a final x-ray to do, all in all I should be free to binge on fast food by noon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I am afraid I cannot... Not there myself yet! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by dafydd manton
Oh, it will be fun... I have already ordered my Zimmer frame and walking stick. And think of all the discount that will be available!Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
Good to hearQuote:
Not bad, the wire is being cut Wednesday morning, then I have physiotherapy and a final x-ray to do, all in all I should be free to binge on fast food by noon.
:party:
There were added 175 posts since 1 PM (MESZ) today, meaning there are only only 87.096 posts to go :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dafydd manton
Thursday, about Lunchtime (GMT)!
Is that all? I hadn't even bothered counting, but a six-month countdown (or is it a countup?) sounds good.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
:D
Nailed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
On both counts!
:smilielol5:
Yes, I can. Despite time passing faster, one's patience becomes less tolerant.Quote:
Originally Posted by dafydd manton
What time is left is too precious to waste waiting for someone! Especially doctors.
I'm sure there's a worldwide medical conspiracy to raise blood pressures by making people wait for appointments! Big pharma for sure.
Pharma? Is that defined as "What goes around, stays in Doctors' waiting rooms, until you get it"?
Leave big pharma alone, I get all sorts of perks from them at work. Pfizer provides me 6 months supply of flea medication every year for free, that saves me like 300 dollars a year. Also, for a little while Novartis used to send us jelly beans. Although, it may not be sensible to eat something sent to you by a drug company just because it's labeled as candy.
Yes, that's another joy of doctors' waiting rooms. If you haven't got it, you damned well will do by the time you leave!Quote:
Originally Posted by dafydd manton
Proof!Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
At last, hard evidence of the bribery, trickery and dirty tactics. The homeopaths will be quoting you for the millenium!
Don't you jut love drug reps? When I was working in a small animal clinic we used to love when the reps would come because they would give us free stuff. The doc didn't like it so much- he was the one who had to listen to their sales pitches haha. Never got my flea/heartworm meds free though...that would have been awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
Hunh... Didn't realise you guys had flea problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
If a bit of free flea powder and a few sweets constitutes your minimum bribe level, you probably shouldn't be working for a major drugs corporation... :PQuote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Anyway, party sounds good! But where would we hold it? US UK? Somewhere in between (that could be rather damp)? I'll bring a bottle...
The trouble with bottle parties is that the bottles are usually already empty on arrival.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
I think we should go for UK - purely and simply because then I can stagger home, without being ill all over an air hostess.
Hey, can the rest of us stagger to your house?Quote:
Originally Posted by dafydd manton
Must be a Canadian thing ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Any time you like!! I'll be the one lying in the hallway surrounded by empties.:banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
I know!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
Tht statement has already been spammed on 18 reiki discussion boards, 15 practitioners in the homeopath network, 148 alt med sites and is coming out tomorrow in the National Enquirer
At least she'll be famous.
:smilielol5:
Now check out your Google ads with that keyword magnet!
Place?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
What flaming century are you living in??
The internet is a time, not a place.
We need to pick an hour or two in time.
Actually, having a few months to plan is ideal, because then we can be assured that everyone will be here!
As I see it, time zones are irrelevant, because we all live in different ones.
You're either up for a party or you're not.
It can be breakfast in the office with you desktop, airborne on cellphone or on a boat and laptop - all you need to be is awake, and since the invention of alarm clocks, that is simple to arrange.
What do you reckon?
Here's a suggestion:
There are any number of media we can use here, but for simplicity, I'd say we stick to a couple: get a chatroom and use a specific thread, along with the live chat.
Start the party.
Chat.
Post pics!
Ah, well since you'll be responsible for the supply, empty is how they should be!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Now, you can!Quote:
Originally Posted by dafydd manton
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I've sent Scher a PM to find out just how many posts a day there are on average so we can get an approximate idea of when to do it.
It might be a good idea to set a day several days in advance of the expected date, then if we need a burst of posts to get the 1,000,000 post screenshot, we can set up and spam a thread somewhere.
Advertise it well, there must be a couple of hundred people will partake in it?
And we'll try to keep the drinking references to places like The Blokes' Club as I am aware some people are offended by boozy ex-rugger louts and their mascot!
One will be the very model of propriety, as is the nobless oblige of the English upper classes. However, being neither, I can do what the heck I like!! Pass the bottle!
Hahaha!Quote:
Originally Posted by dafydd manton
You and me both! The only class I ever had was at school.
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Originally Posted by dafydd manton
Does the boss know about this invite???
What's the bet that our millionth post is something along the lines of:
"Hi can u explain why Hamlet wont take rvenge k thnx"
We should try to avoid that scenario...
No, no if that is the one - then let it be - much better that a contrived sound bite.
Do you think that if Neil Arnstrong had slipped all those years ago and said "Oh Bug-er" it would have mattered?
Ah, I might have to pour some cold water on myself - it looks as though we're about a year away from 1,000,000!
:D
(post more!)
One small step for a man, one giant leap for.....Oh ****! Look what I've trodden in! Now there's an epitaph!Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I'm from a class - the underclass as my Dad was an elective - I'm not getting out of bed for less than a fiver - unemployed for 25 - yes - 25 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
And then he retired.
:smilielol5:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Sensible chap! I bet he never suffered from stress-related illness.
OK, here's my prediction:
2/8/2011 around 1:16 PM CST
My guess: March, 1st 2011 -- 7:20 AM (MET)
Checking in, were getting a little closer, I may have to adjust my prediction.
I still stick to mine :)
15/April/2011 07:07:07 pm from me
We've gotten just under 60k in the last 4 months since this thread was started, guess the 6 month guess wasn't too far off. I'm gonna go with March 15th, 2011, and since a time seems called for, around 5:00 p.m. (GMT - 5).
ok, after some more observation, I have to readjust my guess. It's March, 19th 2011 now, 6:00 am.