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Title: Where is everybody?
Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 07:59:11 PM: Hey, where is everybody? This has been the first time I've been the only registered user on this forum. It's lonely. It needs to be busier.
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 08:00:44 PM: Oh well, no one to talk to. I'll have to respond to my own posts.
I'll edit this post to add an emoticon instead of posting again.
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 08:01:47 PM: Hey, company! The Rabbi's here.
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 08:07:32 PM: Since no one is stopping by MY thread, I'm logging off to check some other forums. Be back in a minute. Hold the fort down, Rabbi.
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 08:11:32 PM: I'm back. Hey, caseydog and dasmi, come join the lonely one-man party!
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 08:16:39 PM: This thread is no longer needed. My heart mourns as it sinks into obliviation.
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 08:18:05 PM: Okay, I'll post one more time. I was bored, and had to do something. (That's the reason for this thread.)
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Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on January 07, 2006, 08:18:40 PM: I'm here!
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Post by: grampster on January 07, 2006, 08:20:37 PM: Me too.
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Post by: jefnvk on January 07, 2006, 08:24:35 PM: Good job, dasmi and gramps. I wanted to see how long he would talk to himself.

I figured he'd at least get to a page and a half
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Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on January 07, 2006, 08:29:39 PM: Oh man, why didn't anyone tell me about the joke
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Post by: brimic on January 07, 2006, 08:34:31 PM: I'm on lunchbreak at work.
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 09:01:21 PM: I'm back again. (I left to complete my nightly pre-retiring rituals) I intended to go to bed, but was irresistably drawn back here by the allure of APS.
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Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on January 07, 2006, 09:02:37 PM: That's right, it's Saturday night, and you've no reason to be in bed. Stay here!
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 09:11:09 PM: Quote from: dasmi
That's right, it's Saturday night, and you've no reason to be in bed. Stay here!
Actually, you posted this on Sunday morning here.
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 10:09:08 PM: C'mon, all these people on the forum and no one's posted for the like the last 30 minutes!
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Post by: cosine on January 07, 2006, 10:20:32 PM: Logging off. G'night, everybody.

Quote from: jefnvk
I figured he'd at least get to a page and a half.
I'll work on that tomorrow. Maybe.
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Post by: telewinz on January 08, 2006, 01:38:54 AM: I'm always here...lurking
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Post by: stevelyn on January 08, 2006, 05:07:41 AM: Keep talking to yourself like that and we'll start thinking you're going a little nuts.
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Post by: Stickjockey on January 08, 2006, 06:14:06 AM: I was going to post, but you seemed to be having such a great conversation, I hated to interrupt.
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Post by: grampster on January 08, 2006, 08:28:09 AM: Er, ahhhh, cough, ahem....at least he's just talking with himself.
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Post by: Felonious Monk/Fignozzle on January 08, 2006, 09:01:47 AM: I'm not schizophrenic, but I am.
The voices in my head are arguing about all of this, and I can't get them to shut up. Shut up, ALL of you! I'm NOT crazy! I'm not... I'm not...
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Post by: cosine on January 08, 2006, 09:05:43 AM: Hello again. I just got back from church and lunch and decided to check up on my one-man circus before I go watch football. This topic got quit a response. Not bad for just babbling.

Quote from: grampster
Er, ahhhh, cough, ahem....at least he's just talking with himself. :P
I was waiting for someone to say that!:D
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Post by: cosine on January 08, 2006, 09:07:38 AM: Quote from: Felonious Fig
I'm not schizophrenic, but I am.
The voices in my head are arguing about all of this, and I can't get them to shut up. Shut up, ALL of you! I'm NOT crazy! I'm not... I'm not...
Aw, man, I'm ever so grateful that someone understands me.

Hey, this should hit two pages pretty soon.
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Post by: grampster on January 08, 2006, 09:59:37 AM: Fig and Cosine,

I talked to a shrink friend of mine about multiple personalities one time. I mentioned that we all have multiple personalities; one me at work, another at home, another with friends and the me that just I know. What about that? I asked.

He smiled, patted me on the shoulder and said, "grampster, you're right. The trouble only starts when you begin to give each of them different names." Heh.

Say goodnight Dick. Goodnight Dick, goodnight Cal, goodnight Rusty, good night JR..............
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Post by: Preacherman on January 08, 2006, 10:09:55 AM: Cosine, if your thread gets hijacked, does that mean it's going off at a tangent?
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Post by: 280plus on January 08, 2006, 10:49:03 AM: Good night John boy...
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Post by: grampster on January 08, 2006, 11:53:41 AM: Padre,

You just have to be careful that you don't get high on pot'n put a noose around yer neck.
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Post by: Gewehr98 on January 08, 2006, 08:50:42 PM: Been busy, doing a couple outprocessing checklists and getting ready to wear Garanimals.

In the meantime, I did make time for a trip to the range today. 32 degrees this morning in sunny Cocoa Beach, FL. No matter, rifles were loaded into the truck, and off to the range we went.

"New" scopes needed to be zeroed on a couple of rifles, I'm going retro on scopes as part of a nostalgia kick. Both were vintage El Paso Weavers, of the steel-tube variety. Art, lessee if these bring back memories to your ancient eyes:

1917 Amberg Gewehr98 Mauser in 8mm, completely restored Weaver V8 external-adjust 2-8x:

1969 Belgian Browning BAR in .30-06, NIB Weaver VX9 Auto comp/rangefinder 3-9x:
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Post by: Lennyjoe on January 08, 2006, 09:06:57 PM: Must be nice. I'm beating my head trying to get rid of this friggin malware. Got tagged by the ngpw36 malware and am having a bear of a time getting rid of it.
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Post by: Gewehr98 on January 08, 2006, 09:12:39 PM: I've been fighting malware here for the last couple weeks too, Lennyjoe. 3 machines on the home network have the stuff, pop-ups and way-too-friendly offers to clean spyware, etc. I *think* it came via #2 stepson's use of Yahoo for his email and chat.

Microsoft did begrudgingly release a patch for some malware protection, but it seems not to help in our case. I may have to reformat and restore, soon.

Mike, how's your fight going?
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Post by: Lennyjoe on January 09, 2006, 05:06:11 AM: Sounds like the same thing I got. Mike got his system cleaned up thanks to Chris.

Short of buying an ad-aware program I'm still in the fight. Most of the free software won't kill it and even Norton Anti-virus in safe mode isnt picking it up. When you go to task manager under applications if you see ngpw36 running then you got the same thing.
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Post by: Ex-MA Hole on January 10, 2006, 12:32:16 PM: I just wanted to say that I have nothing to say, and this seemed like the place to, er, not say it.
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Post by: cosine on January 14, 2006, 08:26:01 PM: Hey, there's people here tonight. No need to have a conversation with myself like last week.
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Post by: grampster on January 14, 2006, 08:31:02 PM: Wanna bet?
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Post by: cosine on January 14, 2006, 08:32:39 PM: Must... keep... from... posting... Aw, heck!
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Post by: cosine on January 14, 2006, 08:34:34 PM: Quote from: grampster
Wanna bet?
No thanks. I know I'll lose.
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Post by: grampster on January 14, 2006, 08:36:50 PM: Actually, given the propensities of the inhabitants of this campfire, I thought I made a stupid bet, actually. Wouldn't be the first time...sigh...
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Post by: Guest on January 15, 2006, 08:01:00 AM: Life Stuff.
Even Though an Older returning student, and in b/t semesters, I had homework and such to do.
The fall semester I started Part 1 of 4 parts of a Cisco Curricula, so me being me I have been going over what covered, and reading ahead to Spring Semester.

I also knew some other subjects I would be taking in the Spring, and knowing the instructors, I started getting prepped and using some online sites provided to me ( access to).

Most likely I will be Using Mac OS for one class, I am more familar with Windows - Windows / MS up to know is what my studies focused on in these CIS/IT studies. So have been reading to get a feel of this new to me OS.
My Mac knowledge is limited and about 7 years old of what I was exposed to...

Personal Stuff for Mom and her health, home, and whatever...such as doing research on meds and using some limited Medical studies I took...

Some other folks I know are dealing with Cancers and such, so I do a little piddlin' on the Internet and assited with them finding some sites they can access on their own to ask better questions, better understand what is going on, and find some support from others going thru same situations. Includes for the family as much as the indivual going thru the illness.

I have been doing more and more offline with Folks. Landline, PM, and email.

Some areas that have yet to pan out for me - I keep plugging away...

I read quite a bit. I often just lurk, keep tabs, or use resources from TFL/THR Libraries - or links folks provide from posts I read.

I also sometimes for a mental break, just pick someone I know and respect, and read their old posts. Sometimes for a particular subject, sometimes just to learn from them / about them.

Regards,

Steve
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Post by: cosine on February 21, 2006, 09:44:05 PM: Hey, I'm the only one here again! Waita sec... lots of people can't get here. Man, that takes all the fun out of talking to myself. *sigh*
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Post by: cosine on February 22, 2006, 05:50:02 AM: Lots of people here again... must be finding Derek's back door.
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Post by: Stickjockey on February 22, 2006, 07:45:24 AM: Ah, here we are! i was beginning to think APS had slipped into some time-warp or something.
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Post by: cosine on February 22, 2006, 08:50:32 AM: Even through this down time we're getting new registered users. They must be finding this place through THR.