Posting Milestones (by request) - Page 130

GeoffC · 09-07-2009, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

I have now passed 7,000 posts.

YAHOOOOoooooooooo well done you - now onto the next 7,000 - you'll have to change your Sony well before then ....

RWood · 09-07-2009, 04:35 PM

He is just 13 posts shy of 10,000 posts now and should make it there within the day.

RWood · 09-07-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

YAHOOOOoooooooooo well done you - now onto the next 7,000 - you'll have to change your Sony well before then ....

After almost three years of use (and how long before that since it was manufactured), the battery is not holding the charge as well as it did at the start. The almost 7,000 page turns is now more like 4,000 to 5,000 page turns from a full charge. I have never just "let it just rest" for a week so I cannot comment on the rate at which the battery would discharge on its own.

There are replacement batteries for sale at low cost on eBay and instructions on MobileRead about how to dismantle/reassemble the PRS-500, so pending the Sony solution to PRS-500 and ePub, I may have the same unit for the next 7,000 posts.

pshrynk · 09-08-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

I might be able two choke down one or two (or eleventy

).

WOOHOO, to my favourite Professor.

Personally, I try avoid looking back at what I've written in the past. I usually find little to love and much to regret.

Cheers,
Marc

And minimal numbers to understand, especially after a night of Zany Carters and pub crawling. Or Pub driving through with an enraged gibbon at the wheel of a stolen taxi with us in the back wondering why taxis won't stop for us anymore. Last Tuesday work for you for the next event?

And Holy Crap! I've passed RWood in posts? No wonder my productivity has slowed down. Here I was, blaming it on the economy!

Slite · 09-08-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

And minimal numbers to understand, especially after a night of Zany Carters and pub crawling. Or Pub driving through with an enraged gibbon at the wheel of a stolen taxi with us in the back wondering why taxis won't stop for us anymore. Last Tuesday work for you for the next event?

And Holy Crap! I've passed RWood in posts? No wonder my productivity has slowed down. Here I was, blaming it on the economy!

Which reminds me. How did your candidacy for '04 turn out?

RWood · 09-08-2009, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

And minimal numbers to understand, especially after a night of Zany Carters and pub crawling. Or Pub driving through with an enraged gibbon at the wheel of a stolen taxi with us in the back wondering why taxis won't stop for us anymore. Last Tuesday work for you for the next event?

And Holy Crap! I've passed RWood in posts? No wonder my productivity has slowed down. Here I was, blaming it on the economy!

Congratulations. While Patricia and I have book postings to boost our total post count, you have Harv & Vera. Who* among us has not thrilled to their adventures? Swooned at their romance? Waited with baited breath for the next installment?

*: Hugo and Lefty want me to mention that they are not part of Harv & Vera International and have their own story lines that sometimes cross with Red and his story lines.

pshrynk · 09-08-2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Which reminds me. How did your candidacy for '04 turn out?

Some yahoo from texas beat us by a few million votes even after the Montsnmags Enterprises' poll monitoring "efforts." But I got a T-shirt from it...

Bilbo1967 · 09-08-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

Congratulations. While Patricia and I have book postings to boost our total post count, you have Harv & Vera. Who* among us has not thrilled to their adventures? Swooned at their romance? Waited with baited breath for the next installment?

Sorry, sorry, sorry, but in my seemingly totally vain efforts to promote 'correct' usage of the English language, can I just point out that that should be 'bated' breath.

'Baited' breath suggests to me that you ate some cheese and then lay on the floor, mouth agape, waiting for a mouse to run into it (and if that is what you meant, by the way, my sincerest apologies!).

pshrynk · 09-08-2009, 10:33 AM

"Bated" being related ontologically in this case to "abated."

Bilbo1967 · 09-08-2009, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

"Bated" being related ontologically in this case to "abated."

Yes indeed. Thankyou.

Wetdogeared · 09-08-2009, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Sorry, sorry, sorry, but in my seemingly totally vain efforts to promote 'correct' usage of the English language, can I just point out that that should be 'bated' breath.

'Baited' breath suggests to me that you ate some cheese and then lay on the floor, mouth agape, waiting for a mouse to run into it (and if that is what you meant, by the way, my sincerest apologies!).

I believe there was mention of croc eating dogs with baited breath earlier today by nomesque.

*edit* I think that should have read 'crocs with baited breath eating dogs', but it sounds the same either way.

Slite · 09-08-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

I believe there was mention of croc eating dogs with baited breath earlier today by nomesque.

*edit* I think that should have read 'crocs with baited breath eating dogs', but it sounds the same either way.

croc eating dogs with baited breath??? Damn, why didn't I suggest THAT as a title for MoeJoe instead?

zelda_pinwheel · 09-08-2009, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RWood

Keep an Eye on PilotBob.

sound advice, whatever the motive. you just never know what that penguin will get up to next !

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

And minimal numbers to understand, especially after a night of Zany Carters and pub crawling. Or Pub driving through with an enraged gibbon at the wheel of a stolen taxi with us in the back wondering why taxis won't stop for us anymore. Last Tuesday work for you for the next event?

"minimal numbers to understand" is a key element of any good plan.

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And Holy Crap! I've passed RWood in posts? No wonder my productivity has slowed down. Here I was, blaming it on the economy!

i'd keep blaming it on the economy. like australians, i find it's a handy excuse for almost anything !

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Originally Posted by RWood

Congratulations. While Patricia and I have book postings to boost our total post count, you have Harv & Vera. Who* among us has not thrilled to their adventures? Swooned at their romance? Waited with baited breath for the next installment?

*: Hugo and Lefty want me to mention that they are not part of Harv & Vera International and have their own story lines that sometimes cross with Red and his story lines.

who indeed ? even hugo and lefty are swooning and baiting things in hopes of luring out the next chapter.

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

'Baited' breath suggests to me that you ate some cheese and then lay on the floor, mouth agape, waiting for a mouse to run into it (and if that is what you meant, by the way, my sincerest apologies!).

and today's "surreal mental image" is brought to you by bilbo. a round of applause ! (and get those mice out of your mouth, you don't know where they've been !)

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

I believe there was mention of croc eating dogs with baited breath earlier today by nomesque.

*edit* I think that should have read 'crocs with baited breath eating dogs', but it sounds the same either way.

and today's "determinedly making sense out of absurdity" prize goes to wde for turning "baited breath" into a legitimate expression !

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Originally Posted by Slite

croc eating dogs with baited breath??? Damn, why didn't I suggest THAT as a title for MoeJoe instead?

i can think of a few other people you could suggest that to for a story...

(speaking of stories, you do realise i'm still in hiding from kidnappers, right ? we haven't forgotten.)

vivaldirules · 09-08-2009, 03:08 PM

Geez! No wonder you're still trailing Harry in post count, Zelda. You had material for six good posts and you put them all in one. You ain't never gonna catch up, girl!

pilotbob · 09-08-2009, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

sound advice, whatever the motive. you just never know what that penguin will get up to next !

SNARK!

BTW: May I suggest we all keep an eye on Miss Z... she soon will reach the 20,615 post mark... an important milestone to be sure.

BOb

09-07-2009, 04:35 PM	#1937
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Keep an Eye on PilotBob He is just 13 posts shy of 10,000 posts now and should make it there within the day.

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pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	"Bated" being related ontologically in this case to "abated."

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vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Geez! No wonder you're still trailing Harry in post count, Zelda. You had material for six good posts and you put them all in one. You ain't never gonna catch up, girl!