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June 22, 2012 at 6:32 am #2138296
Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
Lockedby Tammy.Cavadias · about 11 years, 9 months ago
I am sure this announcement comes as no shock to anyone.. you all know him, you have seen him topping the Weekly spam buster chart week after week…
Please welcome aboard “wizard57m” as our newest TR (and yes.. he was that brave.. ) ZDNet’s volunteer moderator.You can catch him hounding the discussions, QA over here in TR where no spammer is safe to hide (especially the zombies) and over in ZD in “The Ed Bott Report” and “ZDNet Health” blog forums.
-Tammy [_]3
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June 22, 2012 at 7:07 am #2436178
Hah, I knew it!
by gsg · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
I wondered when Wizard57 would be added as a moderator!
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June 22, 2012 at 12:16 pm #2436142
Yes, Tammy said she was looking…
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Hah, I knew it!
for a sucker, errrr, I mean “volunteer”!! 🙂
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June 24, 2012 at 5:52 am #2437468
Way I heard it…
by ansugisalas · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Yes, Tammy said she was looking…
it was “someone I can volunteer” :^0
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June 22, 2012 at 7:08 am #2436177
woo hoo :)
by purpleskys · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
I too had been wondering when he would be added. Welcome aboard Wiz ! 🙂
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June 22, 2012 at 7:56 am #2436176
Uh oh….
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
Now I have to be on my best behaviour! Thank you everyone…I’ll be nice…
hehe…trust me…see 😉ps…The Ed Bott Report at ZDNet can be a lively place, can’t it!
I just need to remember that with “awesome power” (a delete button)
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June 22, 2012 at 8:31 am #2436171
Yes indeed
by purpleskys · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Uh oh….
I used to moderate in a tech forum a number of years ago ; it definitely comes with a lot of responsibility but I’ve always enjoyed it. I find I enjoy it more here though.
If you have any questions or whatever, I’m just an email away; I’ve always got my blackberry on me. 🙂
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June 22, 2012 at 8:50 am #2436168
Thank you Purple!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Yes indeed
Blackberry eh? Well, I usually have my Samsung Blackjack somewhere
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June 22, 2012 at 9:32 am #2436164
I asked for it
by purpleskys · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Thank you Purple!
So Darryl obliged. It’s a torch, but I’m thinking of upgrading to the new bold next time. But then again, as long as it works , all’s good 🙂
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June 22, 2012 at 9:33 am #2436163
Please, just be very careful and slow in the
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Uh oh….
rate that you mod me, I don’t take well to the changes of being modified, especially at a fast rate.
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June 22, 2012 at 9:36 am #2436161
Now why would I want to do that?
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please, just be very careful and slow in the
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June 22, 2012 at 9:52 am #2436156
that do worry me, when I take into account the amount of time
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Now why would I want to do that?
I’ve been away from the computer due to being in Wagga (45 kms away 3 days a week) and the amount of time I’ve been in bed feeling unwell due to some health issues. I got wonder how I managed to post so many in the short time I was at the computer. Maybe I should spend some more time writing.
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June 22, 2012 at 11:37 am #2436147
The was a reasoning behind…
by Tammy.Cavadias · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Uh oh….
the logic of pairing “Ed Bott’s Report” with the “ZDNet Health” … you might need it 😉
-Tammy [_]3
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June 22, 2012 at 11:59 am #2436146
Ahhh, yes…a good dose of ZDNet Health!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to The was a reasoning behind…
To take the edge off the Ed Bott banter! 🙂
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June 23, 2012 at 4:43 pm #2437485
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June 23, 2012 at 7:43 pm #2437478
Thank you, AV!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Congrats to you Wizard
I’ll keep it clean, have to set an example and all that you know…
as for the delete button, only used it once so far. Durned zombies!
Over at ZDNet I’ve already been called a “shill” for MS!! The
really funny part, it was for a comment I had posted to Ed Bott’s
blog about Microsoft Surface and effects on OEMs BEFORE I
was “finalized” as a moderator, hehe! But I’ve got thick skin,
I’ve been called worse. The poster that made the comment
received plenty of head-slaps by others, I didn’t even reply…
besides, I was using my netbook at the time booted into
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June 24, 2012 at 3:04 pm #2437451
Most defiantly a
by hal 9000 · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Thank you, AV!
M$ Shill. They are the only ones who would dare use anything but Microsoft products. :^0
Col
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June 26, 2012 at 9:06 am #2437294
I love it when I’m called a shill
by charliespencer · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Thank you, AV!
Somebody called me an Apple shill a couple of days ago, and I’ve never even laid hands on one of their products.
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June 26, 2012 at 10:39 am #2437283
what, not even eaten a Granny Smith or a Red Delicious?? – nt
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to I love it when I’m called a shill
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June 27, 2012 at 2:51 pm #2437189
Really?
by hal 9000 · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to I love it when I’m called a shill
I have quite a few though they are all Apple Records from a different company who was paid a great deal of money for the theft of their Trade Mark. 😉
Though I do currently have a iPhone in bits on the work bench because the Touch Screen is no longer working. The things you do for the Daughter in Law. :-&
Col
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June 28, 2012 at 9:24 am #2437159
I had an Apple product once, too.
by hippiekarl · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Really?
It had ‘Hey, Jude’ on one side, and ‘Revolution’ on the other…I may still have it someplace….
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June 28, 2012 at 1:45 pm #2437156
Well I know I have
by hal 9000 · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to I had an Apple product once, too.
All of the Beatles Records including all of the Apple ones.
So does that make me an Apple Shrill? :^0
Col
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June 28, 2012 at 2:05 pm #2437155
Hall, you’re only an Apple shrill if you’re
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to I had an Apple product once, too.
standing in a public area with a basket full of apples while calling out “Apples for sale.”
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June 22, 2012 at 9:12 am #2436166
Congratulations!
by charliespencer · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
Gods, they’ll offer that job to just about anyone these days. Where are Q- or TheWeb_Ninja? 🙂
It’s been eight or nine years since I had a post deleted. I gotta try harder. Let see, …
“BOOGERS!”
That ought to do it.
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June 22, 2012 at 9:34 am #2436162
It’ll take more than that to get deleted!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Congratulations!
I enjoy a good laugh every now and then! 😉
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June 22, 2012 at 9:53 am #2436155
watch he, he’s such a masochist he’ll be delighted to be deleted -nt
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to It’ll take more than that to get deleted!
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June 22, 2012 at 10:08 am #2436152
True! That’s why we worry when he takes his helmet off!! nt
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to watch he, he’s such a masochist he’ll be delighted to be deleted -nt
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June 22, 2012 at 10:46 am #2436149
Congrats!
by cmiller5400 · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
Welcome to the club of moderating. It’s a never ending and thankless job, but someone has to do it 😀
I know the pains of this as I have been a site admin for 5 years or so on an A/C forum. One guy even yelled at me because I blocked common “throw away” e-mail address sites for user registration. I told him that 99% of the spam was originating from them and that at one point it averaged several hundred posts per day that had to be deleted and that I wasn’t getting paid to do this work. Luckily there were a few other moderators that helped out otherwise I would have had to replace my mouse from clicking delete so many times :O
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June 22, 2012 at 12:15 pm #2436144
Thank you, cm…
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Congrats!
I’ve moderated my own email list a few years ago, but it was rather small…
just a group of us old DOS dinosaurs still using our ancient hardware to
get on the internet! Yes, that’s what I said, DOS! I still fire up my old
Pentium 166, boot her up to DOS (either 6.22 or 7.0 ) then dial up my
standby dialup ISP. Can’t handle a lot of the new stuff, JavaScript, Flash,
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June 22, 2012 at 12:29 pm #2436141
Hey, don’t denegrate it, a P 166 with DOS or Win 98SE is
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Thank you, cm…
brilliant for those older games that don’t run well in XP or later.
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June 22, 2012 at 12:46 pm #2436138
Oh yeah!!!!!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Hey, don’t denegrate it, a P 166 with DOS or Win 98SE is
Commander Keen, KiloBlaster, BioMenace…yep, still fun!
I’ve also got an even older 386DX just in case the P166 is
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June 23, 2012 at 1:46 am #2436114
I was thinkin’ Doom, Diablo, Wolf 3D and a few more, also
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Oh yeah!!!!!
I still got a working 286 / 25 to play with if I want, and a couple of 386s, 486s, P1s, P2s, and P3s all a working and just sitting around for me to play with when I want.
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June 23, 2012 at 6:31 am #2436103
Those are good too!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to I was thinkin’ Doom, Diablo, Wolf 3D and a few more, also
Diablo runs pretty well for me on WinXP, I’ve got Diablo II on my
Dell Inspiron desktop, and Diablo on an old Dell Dimension 2400
I inherited a few years ago as well as the P166, which is a home
brew Pentium 166, 96 meg RAM, DOS 6.22/Win31, Win95 multi-
boot, 2 old HDs, 2.1g and 4.3g, hehe…I remember when that was
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June 24, 2012 at 5:57 am #2437467
Last year I trawled through…
by ansugisalas · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Those are good too!
Albion, Master of Magic (every three months), Buck Rogers I and II and Darklands… Daggerfall is probably next.
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June 22, 2012 at 1:54 pm #2436134
Ah, The Joys of Old Computers…
by cmiller5400 · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Thank you, cm…
My first programming experiments were on a TI 99… Gosh that brings back memories… Oh, and an old Apple IIe… Too bad I threw them away years ago 🙁
Didn’t have room to keep them all unfortunately.
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June 23, 2012 at 1:47 am #2436113
My first programming was using BASIC to add colour to some
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Ah, The Joys of Old Computers…
plain games for a Commodore 64 that was a only a few months old.
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June 22, 2012 at 3:26 pm #2436132
Congrats on the new hat; it looks good on you already…..
by hippiekarl · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
As an inspired individual once said, “I preach *moderation* in all things”. I’m gratified to know you’ll now be helping us all to neither abstain nor overindulge here. 😉
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June 22, 2012 at 4:47 pm #2436127
Thank you Karl!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Congrats on the new hat; it looks good on you already…..
I hope the hat doesn’t fall down and cover my eyes!! O)
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June 23, 2012 at 1:48 am #2436112
they don’t, but the design is to cover your ears so you
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Thank you Karl!
don’t have to listen to what people say when you exercise your authority.
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June 23, 2012 at 6:33 am #2436102
So that’s what those ear flaps are for!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to they don’t, but the design is to cover your ears so you
I thought they were making a joke of my area of residence! Hehe..
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June 23, 2012 at 7:22 am #2436096
nah, purely practical – nt
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to So that’s what those ear flaps are for!
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June 22, 2012 at 10:51 pm #2436117
Mr Wiz Cur, Weecome.
by hal 9000 · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
😉
Just remember I get to delete any post made by Jason so if you like you can pick on Taminkins or any other TR Staff Member.
I don’t think any of the others here have jumped on the Band Wagon yet though deleting the TR Community Scoreboard would be frowned upon quite severely I would imagine. 😀
Welcome to the Club or should we all say [b]Wiz Your Now in the Club?[/b] :^0
Col ]:)
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June 23, 2012 at 6:39 am #2436101
Thank you Col…
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Mr Wiz Cur, Weecome.
Hmm, now you’ve got the twisted brain cells in my head churning…
Mark an editors post as spam, hehe…ohh, that’s EVIL…I’ve been
more in “Resident Evil” mode, going for zombies!! We have our
very own “Raccoon City”, complete with a “Hive”! It’s quite an
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June 23, 2012 at 7:24 am #2436095
Hey, want to kill zombies in real life,
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Thank you Col…
for the US people head for Congress and shoot all the zombies in the seats during a sitting, it’ll be months before anyone else notices it.
Aussies can head for Parliament house for the same reasons.
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June 23, 2012 at 8:13 am #2436090
Hehe…makes you curious about “job qualifications”! ;)
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Hey, want to kill zombies in real life,
Except this time of year in the US, those zombie kick into high gear
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June 23, 2012 at 11:57 am #2436081
Just the regular blood renewal effort, that’s all -nt
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Hehe…makes you curious about “job qualifications”! ;)
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June 23, 2012 at 1:31 pm #2436073
You started a thread about it?
by nicknielsen · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
Well, so much for sneaking him in through the back door…
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June 23, 2012 at 1:54 pm #2436072
Tammikins told me the back door was reserved for quick exits??!!!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to You started a thread about it?
In case things started flying in the general direction of the mods!!
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June 23, 2012 at 2:44 pm #2436070
and for delivery fo bulk supplies of diet coke and coke – nt
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Tammikins told me the back door was reserved for quick exits??!!!
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June 23, 2012 at 4:35 pm #2437488
Incorrect.
by charliespencer · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Tammikins told me the back door was reserved for quick exits??!!!
It’s how riff-raff like me sneak in.
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June 23, 2012 at 4:42 pm #2437486
dat’s only because yous a carryin’ da drinks cartons in – nt
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Incorrect.
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June 24, 2012 at 7:43 am #2437462
Hehe…riff-raff!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Incorrect.
If it kept riff-raff out I’d never been allowed on the grounds!
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June 24, 2012 at 12:37 pm #2437457
Hell
by ansugisalas · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Hehe…riff-raff!
If it kept riff-raff out, all that’d be here would be spammers and shills :^0
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June 24, 2012 at 6:08 am #2437466
That’s half the fun…
by ansugisalas · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to You started a thread about it?
Tell the mod to sneak in, then be ready with the floodlights when he least expects it :^0
Scares the bejeezuses out of them 😀Congratulations Wiz! Here’s your badge, your hat and your litter stick 😉
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June 24, 2012 at 7:41 am #2437463
Thanks Ansu!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to That’s half the fun…
Only thing left is a haz-mat suit and reflective vest! Need the vest when
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June 24, 2012 at 11:55 am #2437459
The vest is on its way, a special one with with an extra to identify you
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Thanks Ansu!
as special, alternate concentric rings of red and white on the back and chest to show you’re special.
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June 25, 2012 at 4:21 pm #2437363
Oh! I feel better already!!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to The vest is on its way, a special one with with an extra to identify you
Say, what are all these little red dots bouncing around my little badge?
Hmmmm…did I hear someone say “Locked and loaded”???
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June 25, 2012 at 11:33 pm #2437349
ayep, but you’re OK until they start the Fire Drill which is due soon – nt
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Oh! I feel better already!!
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June 24, 2012 at 3:07 pm #2437450
Actually Wiz all we get is
by hal 9000 · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Thanks Ansu!
A Tin Foil Hat to reflect the Radiation sent our way for brain control. 😉
Col
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June 24, 2012 at 4:35 pm #2437441
I hope you don’t wear that tin foil hat, Col,
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Actually Wiz all we get is
the truth is the foil concentrates the signal to improve the control, what you need is a stone helmet, granite is best, as the rock cuts the signal down. The tin foil thing is a CIA counter plot.
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June 25, 2012 at 9:23 am #2437404
So THAT’s why
by nicknielsen · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to I hope you don’t wear that tin foil hat, Col,
it’s parabolic! :0
:^0
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June 25, 2012 at 10:08 am #2437396
Hmm, I thought mine was some sort of new antenna???!!!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to So THAT’s why
:!
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June 25, 2012 at 11:24 am #2437391
ayep, it’s really an antenna for mind control -nt
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to So THAT’s why
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June 25, 2012 at 2:33 pm #2437374
But DE the Granite one that tried to make me wear
by hal 9000 · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to I hope you don’t wear that tin foil hat, Col,
Weighed 200 Ton and they wanted to drop it on my head from 100 feet.
I naturally refused as I thought it may hurt the floor of the house. :p
As for the Tin Foil Hat it messes up my Mullet so I refuse to wear it. 😀
Col
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June 25, 2012 at 3:20 pm #2437368
The fools messed up, the 200 ton granite one is for
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to But DE the Granite one that tried to make me wear
anti nuclear protection, not mind reading and mind control. The MC protective hat is only about 5 kg and looks like and open face bike helmet.
As to mullets, the only ones I know about are an edible fish that you deep fry first – so watch yourself near those large frypans etc.
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June 26, 2012 at 9:08 am #2437293
It also depends on the manufacturer.
by charliespencer · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to I hope you don’t wear that tin foil hat, Col,
Some companies are secretly on the government payroll, and manufacture foil that is actually transparent to the brain-control radiation waves.
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June 24, 2012 at 4:06 pm #2437442
Coolness!
by boxfiddler · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderator
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June 25, 2012 at 10:07 am #2437397
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June 26, 2012 at 2:25 am #2437338
Enjoy…
by ansugisalas · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to I think I’m in good company!
But keep in mind that the rest of us have you surrounded and outnumbered :^0
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June 26, 2012 at 6:54 am #2437315
Gee, thanks Ansu!! Now I now how Custer’s men must have felt!
by Wizard57M-TR · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Enjoy…
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June 26, 2012 at 8:05 am #2437304
I thought he said they ACTED like that -nt
by deadly ernest · about 11 years, 9 months ago
In reply to Gee, thanks Ansu!! Now I now how Custer’s men must have felt!
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