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    TR Community scoreboard for October 12, 2012

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    by Sonja Thompson ·

    Here are the TR community stats for the past week:

    TR members with the most total posts on the forums
    Deadly Ernest – 77
    Palmetto_CharlieSpencer – 51
    AnsuGisalas – 49
    Tony Hopkinson – 37
    Hal 9000 – 26

    TR members with the most Votes Up in the Discussions forum
    Deadly Ernest – 69
    mtoub – 66
    Palmetto_CharlieSpencer – 52
    jeff – 43
    Tony Hopkinson and dl_wraith – 39

    TR members with the most Votes Up in the Q&A forum
    robo_dev – 5
    wizard57m-cnet – 3
    dzammit2 – 2

    Spam busters
    Tony Hopkinson and Deadly Ernest – 1

    Happy birthday to TR members TiggerTwo and cmiller5400!

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    • #2431796

      I’m getting my baseball bat

      by gsg ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for October 12, 2012

      and am going to beat abcshopping### and wholemkt### with it. These two are driving us all crazy, which is a shorter drive for some than it is for others. Lynching is too good for these evil spammers!

      • #2431795

        add those two to the word filters

        by slayer_ ·

        In reply to I’m getting my baseball bat

        Those filters that make the posts disappear.

      • #2431794

        GSG, they don’t send me crazy, but most people will tell you that

        by deadly ernest ·

        In reply to I’m getting my baseball bat

        I’m already a raving lunatic

        Good work Sonja, thanks for the info. And look, I AM cutting back.

    • #2431792

      “The highway’s jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive!”

      by charliespencer ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for October 12, 2012

      You’re welcome.

    • #2431791

      thank you Soni for the awesome work that you do

      by purpleskys ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for October 12, 2012

      have a happy weekend 🙂 everyone! and Happy birthday to TiggerTwo and cmiller5400, hope your birthday days are everything you could hope for and more!

    • #2431790
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      Great job Sonja!

      by Wizard57M-TR ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for October 12, 2012

      Happy birthday cmiller5400 and TiggerTwo! Hope everyone has a fantastic
      weekend…I may watch the OU vs UT game…plus the little town my store is
      located in is having a fall festival, lots of stuff going on!
      😉

    • #2431779
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      Hippo Burfsdays to

      by hal 9000 ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for October 12, 2012

      Tiggs and CM as well.

      Now how exactly did I get 26 posts this week? Haven’t been around much since [b]SWMBO[/b] has been telling me what to do. Anyway she’s home now and I’m enjoying telling people that because she was disobedient I had to [b]Slit Her Throat. or It was Throat Cancer and could she have another pack of Cigarettes.[/b]

      She refused to push the car home from the Horsepital as well and then when I got her home she refused to do the washing up or feed me. Even worse she didn’t mow the yard. 🙁

      But the next day she did do the washing up apparently her son didn’t do it to her standards or maybe at all half way decently where as I just used disposable plates. Now if people would just stop dropping around to see how she feels. 😉

      Col

    • #2431763

      Something to consider

      by nicknielsen ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for October 12, 2012

      Finding this post was a major PITA for me. I searched TR for “TR Community scoreboard” from the search bar at the top of the page; it returned nothing newer than August of this year and a link to the hot discussions page. I searched [u]Google[/u] for “TR Community scoreboard” and got the same results.

      How did I find it? I used the search bar at the top of the discussions list.

      There’s something wrong with this picture…

      Hoppy birddays, Chad.

      • #2431761

        No, I didn’t forget Tig

        by nicknielsen ·

        In reply to Something to consider

        She’s getting her birthday greetings in person this year!

      • #2431756

        I search for ‘Sonja’. No text.

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to Something to consider

        .

      • #2433556
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        Well if this helps Nick

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Something to consider

        I have added Sonja as a Contact and when I go looking for this I just look up my Contacts click on Sonja and then the last entry that she has made.

        If you scroll down the Disgusting Page and click on the View More and then actually find the TR Community Scoreboard and are silly enough to click on it you get taken to the Home Page or at least the last time I tried that way you did.

        Goggling TR Community Scoreboard also works I’m told but I never personally thought to go outside the site to find a discussion. Maybe I’m just silly though. :^0

        Col

      • #2433537

        searching

        by purpleskys ·

        In reply to Something to consider

        i go to the posts by contacts tab and then look for her name, that or just go to her posts page in her profile if i can’t find it.

    • #2431762

      Holy crap! I’m turning 50!!!

      by tigger_two ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for October 12, 2012

      Despite my insistence on hiding under my bed from that barstard, Chronos, the Ides are thundering quickly in my direction and 50 will be upon me like a bad toupee. If I am a careful shopper I will be able to find a designer bag that will fit neatly over my head at less cost than Botox.

      Thank you all for the good wishes. (((hugs!!!)))

      • #2431760

        I do wish you spring chickens wouldn’t complain about ages like that!

        by deadly ernest ·

        In reply to Holy crap! I’m turning 50!!!

        Happy birthday, TT.

      • #2431755

        Wear it well.

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to Holy crap! I’m turning 50!!!

        C’mon, would you really want to be that silly 20-year-old again?

        • #2431752

          Oh Dear God, NO!!!

          by tigger_two ·

          In reply to Wear it well.

          There are a few periods of my life that I wouldn’t mind a do over (or a do MORE) of, but my 20s aren’t it.

          Besides, “silly” was never an accurate descriptive of me at any age. *sshole is a different story!

      • #2431754

        So did you get your AARP Magazine yet?

        by av . ·

        In reply to Holy crap! I’m turning 50!!!

        If not, its coming! Something to look forward to. Its not that bad Tig. 50 is the new 30. And if the face and neck starts a-saggin’ you can always use Face Tape! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQMgFny1pE8

        All kidding aside, have a great birthday!

        AV :^0

        • #2431751

          Me and the AARP

          by tigger_two ·

          In reply to So did you get your AARP Magazine yet?

          I haven’t received my invitation to join yet and have been boycotting the mailbox just in case.

          As for the sagging bits, I’m trying to decide if I care about them or if I should continue to ignore them. *sigh*

        • #2433557
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          AARP!!1

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to Me and the AARP

          Ah, yes…I get a least 2 invites a month in regular snail mail…
          “card enclosed, do not bend”…file 13, LOL. That all started
          when I turned 49 (a few years ago…oh heck, I’m 55…)
          and has been relentless since.
          Welcome to the club! 🙂

        • #2433555
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          Mr Wiz

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to AARP!!1

          Just exactly how is it you know that Tiggs in in the Club?

          Inquiring Minds want to know things like this. 😉

          Col

        • #2433553
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          “50 will be upon me like a bad toupee”

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to Mr Wiz

          That comment gave it away, from there it was elementary “Watson”…
          then again, I could be reading more between the lines than what
          is there, seeing how I have no access to body language, tilt of
          the head nor eye movements! I have been known to do that on
          occasion in these “text and print” forums. A flaw in the medium
          I think, which sometimes leads to misunderstandings.

        • #2433543

          Mr Wizard has the right of it, Col

          by tigger_two ·

          In reply to “50 will be upon me like a bad toupee”

          I’m aging like a bad beach party movie and can no longer hide this truth.

          And Wiz- take it from me… you do NOT want to be subjected to me in person. Between the wrinkles in my face and my difficulty in moving enough to gesture, mixed messages are my middle name.

          But screw all that. I have magnificent jewelry!!!

        • #2433541

          Card Enclosed, Do Not Bend

          by tigger_two ·

          In reply to AARP!!1

          I figure it this way… as long as I can bend, fold, spindle (I actually have one), or mutilate anything they send, I am still too young for AARP.

        • #2433518

          I signed up the first time they asked.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to AARP!!1

          If you travel any at all, you can’t beat the hotel discounts. I signed up at 45.

      • #2433554

        50 is ok

        by michael jay ·

        In reply to Holy crap! I’m turning 50!!!

        at least for me, I got by it some 9 years ago and still (knock wood) all ok.

        Dang youngsters, always worry about a number.

        ((((Hugs))))

        • #2433552

          Me too

          by av . ·

          In reply to 50 is ok

          I’m looking at the 60 next year. I wonder what you get in the mail at that age?

          Yeah, dang youngsters! I’m not counting any more either.

          AV

        • #2433549
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          You Old Farts

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Me too

          Are always looking back on days past and saying How Much Better things where then and complaining about the Youngsters.

          OH Wait a Minute I’m an Old Fart Too so what An I saying. :^0

          But the other day I took [b]SWMBO[/b] to the Quacks and waiting in the Pharmacy a little girl who had turned 4 that day was walking around telling everyone she was 4 and what a wonderful day it was.

          After speaking to [b]SWMBO[/b] she asked what that bit of dressing on the back of her hand was for where an IV had been and [b]SWMBO[/b] said the Doctor did that to me then she asked what the dressing on her neck was about and again [b]SWMBO[/b] said the doctor did that to me, the little girl replied [b]”BAD DOCTOR I don’t like him”, SWMBO[/b] said “nor do I.” We all got a laugh out of that. 😉

          Col

        • #2433547

          Oh to be 4 again!

          by av . ·

          In reply to You Old Farts

          NOT! We’re all a bunch of old farts here, but we’re “seasoned”. I always liked that expression “a seasoned professional”. It sounds like we’ve been grilled to perfection, LOL, and thats the truth.

          AV :^0

        • #2433545

          hitting 55 is about when you wish you’d bought that half ownership

          by deadly ernest ·

          In reply to You Old Farts

          in the pharmacy when you had the chance, as it would now save you a fortune by getting drugs at cost price.

        • #2433535
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          Buying the pharmacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to hitting 55 is about when you wish you’d bought that half ownership

          That’s what I did about a year and a half ago, bought a small
          drugstore. I’m not having to take any meds at the present,
          but Mrs Wiz has to take a few. The US healthcare system
          lets the pharmaceutical manufacturers operate like “robber
          barons”, especially in regards to name brand drugs. So
          I’ve gotten Mrs Wiz’s docs to allow substitution with a generic
          if possible. Then you’ve got the insurance robber barons,
          that cut your reimbursement to sometimes less than what
          you just paid for the stuff, and their notion of a “professional
          fee” is in the range of $1 to $2…it can be tough!
          OK, enough of that for now…we’re supposed to be having
          a happy weekend here!! Where’s the party? I brought
          the mugs… {_}3 {_}3 {_}3 {_}3 {_}3 {_}3 {_}3 {_}3 {_}3

        • #2433533

          Your mugs look funny

          by michael jay ·

          In reply to Buying the pharmacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

          should it not be [_]3

          I think it is “[” not “{“

        • #2433531
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          I used the {_}3 because they hold more…

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to Buying the pharmacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

          and the bend lets you know how much you’ve got in
          your mug! [_]3 mugs are too plain for a party!
          The “3” handle gives you extra support to hold too!
          The TR cups are great for coffee though!

        • #2433529

          But you shouldn’t drink from misshapen glasses

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Buying the pharmacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

          Studies have shown that you drink faster from oddly-shaped glasses than you do from straight-sided glasses.

          You can drink from your {_}3, but I’m drinking from a [_]3 .

        • #2433521
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          Well I suppose

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Buying the pharmacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

          It’s easy to see if the glass is Half Full or Half Empty.

          Also as this is Post 42 to this discussion it’s Illegal for anyone else to post to this now. :^0

          Col ]:)

        • #2433519

          Well you have job security for sure

          by av . ·

          In reply to Buying the pharmacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

          People need their meds and now that all of us baby boomers are getting on in years, your business will continue to boom.

          Your mugs sort of look like kegs. Keg party!

          AV

        • #2433515

          Don’t know what it’s loke in the USA, but down here

          by deadly ernest ·

          In reply to Buying the pharmacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

          of you can buy anything at the wholesale price as against the retail price you save between 30% to 50% if the retail price. Since owners usually get anything through the business at wholesale, as a minimum, that represents a good savings on a personal basis.

          BTW I thought that during an election year in the US all the mugs came courtesy of the US electoral system.

        • #2433508

          Here is a bunch of mugs, one for each poster to this thread

          by michael jay ·

          In reply to Buying the pharmacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

          [_]3 [_]3 [_]3 [_]3 [_]3 [_]3 [_]3 [_]3 [_]3 [_]3 [_]3 [_]3
          and one more for cmiller if cmiller will show up, Happy Birthday [_]3, and Sonja will fill each one with your favorite beverage.

        • #2433502

          That’s the reason, Col

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Buying the pharmacy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

          If the glass is funny-shaped, you can’t tell where the halfway mark is, and I like knowing when it’s half-empty so I can send one of the kid to the fridge for another beer.

        • #2433506

          Hope SWMBO is ok

          by av . ·

          In reply to You Old Farts

          Every now and then, us oldies need to go into the body shop and get a little tune-up. Its truly amazing what can be done today.

          Av

        • #2433503
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          Provided she gets her own way she’s happy

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Hope SWMBO is ok

          The down side is that while she thinks she can do what she could before the Op I have to Baby her because she can’t.

          Though she did walk up the the Shop this morning and get the papers but I believe that she was hanging out for a Coffee more than anything else. :^0

          Currently she’s sleeping or at least trying to.

          Col

        • #2433476

          You made me count

          by madsmaddad ·

          In reply to Me too

          And I’ll tip into 67 in 4 months. (blaspheme), How did I get there!
          Well, my new knee is just a year old and working well so that’s Ok.
          and a couple of years ago the gummint started sending me money so it ain’t all bad. (no comments about how it’s my own money that I gave them over the years)

          PM.

        • #2433437
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          Sorry but that is another concept that has arisen that I don’t understand

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to You made me count

          Why do people think that any money that Governments send them is really theirs being returned by the said Government?

          When we pay Taxes we are allowing the Government to do it’s job to protect us from the Big Bad World out there so why do people think that paying taxes now is somehow the Government stealing their money and when the Government starts paying Benefits in any form it is just returning My Money?

          Col

        • #2433433

          Well, when they start up new social programs the government

          by deadly ernest ·

          In reply to Sorry but that is another concept that has arisen that I don’t understand

          up the taxes and say it’s to pay for that new social program, they did that when they set up government old age pensions. Thus they provide an expectation that we can get the social payment later or when needed because they’ve been taking money off us to pay for that. Like when you put money in the bank and then withdraw some back.

        • #2433223

          Faulty premise

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Sorry but that is another concept that has arisen that I don’t understand

          “When we pay Taxes we are allowing the Government to do it’s job to protect us from the Big Bad World out there …”

          Some of us disagree that protecting us from the world is its job. I don’t think anyone would debate that defending out country from other countries is part of a government’s job. But ‘protecting’ us from the results of our own (in)actions, from our own failure to save for retirement or purchase health insurance or use products in ways no sober person would attempt? That’s where the debate lies.

        • #2433544

          What’s up, dude?

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to 50 is ok

          Was down in your neck of the woods a couple of weeks ago. Honked and waved.

        • #2433507

          Heard the beep but

          by michael jay ·

          In reply to What’s up, dude?

          missed you, let me know when you are around.

        • #2433505

          May not happen again for quite a while

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Heard the beep but

          I’ve been administratively transferred to the Charlotte office….three days before I left on a 10-day vacation.

          I suspect Charlotte’s management is not too happy about that…

        • #2433542

          Youngster? Really???

          by tigger_two ·

          In reply to 50 is ok

          I may be chronologically 50 but am experientially 90.

          Whippersnapper!!!

        • #2433530
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          What’s that old saying I used to hear??

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to Youngster? Really???

          Something like “It’s not the years, it’s the mileage”! LOL!
          Wrinkles, spots, etc. don’t bother me, I have plenty to go
          around. Those “light colored shades” in my hair? Nah,
          not gray, it’s experience!! No, I’m not going bald, my
          forehead is getting higher!! I used to laugh at Tim Conway’s
          little old man character, until I noticed friends only a few years
          more experienced than myself taking on those characteristics!!
          I keep telling my kids not to laugh at us, because before they
          know what happened, they will be doing the same thing!
          Twenty years goes by a lot faster when you turn 40 as opposed
          to turning 20! My own confrontation with “high mileage” occurred
          about 4 years ago, when a previous job had me doing a lot of
          driving in unfamiliar territory…did you know some places think it
          is acceptable to use blurry writing for their street and highway signs?!!
          Sheesh…then I was told by an optometrist that it WASN’T the signs,
          but my eyes! What?!? No way…but alas, the eyeglasses did indeed
          make the writing on the signs clear! So now I wear them when driving…
          kind of irritating though, my peripheral vision is still great, and I see
          things from the side, but to make out distant detail I have to turn my
          head in the direction rather than just glance.
          Mrs Wiz, trying to be consoling, told me my glasses made me look
          like a “professor”…Gee, thanks hon! Anyway…a lot of the time I
          leave my glasses right there on an end table with my cell phone, LOL!
          Hoping she doesn’t catch me out and about without both, hehe!

        • #2433526

          Mr Wiz, this is one of those days…

          by tigger_two ·

          In reply to What’s that old saying I used to hear??

          … I just love you!

          I got my first bifocals in my mid 30s and am not allowed to drive without them according to the State of Minnesota.

          Of course, I got my first gray hair at the age of 8. True story. Lady Clairol is a good friend.

          A friend of mine told me that now that I’m old, I am now entitled to say and do whatever I want because I will now be considered “wise”. That works for me!

        • #2433524
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          Here’s something funny about the State of Oklahoma!!!

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to Mr Wiz, this is one of those days…

          Even though I probably do need glasses to see distant objects
          a bit more clearly, when I went to have my driver license renewed,
          the state license folks had me remove my glasses for the picture???
          What? OK, fine with me…plus there is still no “restriction” on my
          license that I have to wear “corrective” lenses! But I think I’ve
          figured out what they really wanted…an unrestricted view of the
          crows-feet around my eyes!! Sneaky devils! I wonder if state
          department employees sit around getting their laughs from
          counting the wrinkles in my picture??
          They also “grandfathered” (subliminal terminology??) my
          motorcycle operating license, been riding for close to 40 years,
          guess they figured I didn’t need to take the state test to demonstrate
          a proficiency at operating a motorcycle.
          Oh, they do eventually offer a perk to older folks, at age 65
          or so they waive the fee to renew a drivers license…again,
          no test to show ability though???
          Just some of those things that make me say “Hmmmmm!”
          😉

        • #2433523
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          Well my excuse is

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Here’s something funny about the State of Oklahoma!!!

          [b]I’m Growing Old Disgracefully.[/b]

          The Kids just leave me alone and no one else bothers particularly the Police when I pull off a Full Face Helmet and ask [b]What’s wrong Sonny?[/b]

          Of course I take after my father who at 75 took [i]Early Retirement[/i] according to everyone he worked with they kept asking why he was retiring at 50.

          Col 😉

        • #2433516

          You do that, Col.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Here’s something funny about the State of Oklahoma!!!

          Me, I’m following the Jimmy Buffett model:

          “I’m growing older, but not up!”

        • #2433510

          I’ve always worn glasses

          by av . ·

          In reply to Here’s something funny about the State of Oklahoma!!!

          I look at them as a “face accessory”. I had to take my glasses off in NJ too for my driver’s license photo, but my license says I wear corrective lenses. Now, in NJ, you are no longer able to smile for your license photo either because it upsets the facial recognition technology :O . I wouldn’t be surprised if they were data-mining those crows-feet. You never know about us oldies.

          AV :^0

        • #2433517

          Bifocals

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Mr Wiz, this is one of those days…

          One of the biggest disappointments of aging was getting bifocals. I appreciated them for several days, until the first time I was walking behind my wife. I glanced down to check out her fanny and was appalled to realize it was out of focus; I was viewing it through the lower ‘near vision’ lens. I could tilt my head down, but then it becomes apparent to everyone what I’m doing.

        • #2433509

          HA HA HA HA HA BUSTED!

          by av . ·

          In reply to Bifocals

          Hey, at least it was your wife’s fanny! You’re forgiven.

          AV

          PS: Had to say it Palmie

        • #2433228

          Eek!! Gray Hair

          by cmiller5400 ·

          In reply to Mr Wiz, this is one of those days…

          I have had a small gray streak in my hair for years (since I was young). Now I am starting to slowly go totally gray (must be the stress of the IT industry :p ). I’m only 33; my Mom says that I look “distinguished” :O

        • #2433222

          Drapes or carpet? No text.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Eek!! Gray Hair

          .

        • #2434632

          So YOU’RE the guy

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Eek!! Gray Hair

          in the Just For Men ad! :^0

    • #2433559

      I almost forgot…

      by tigger_two ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for October 12, 2012

      (((hugs))) cmiller! I hope your birthday/week/month is WONDERFUL!!!

      • #2433237

        Happy Birthday to you too!

        by cmiller5400 ·

        In reply to I almost forgot…

        Lots of (((((hugs))))) Sorry it is late. I just got back from a week of vacation, and I promised myself I wouldn’t turn on my computer that whole week. I did make it the whole week, though being sick the entire week sucked 🙁 Wasn’t my idea of a vacation…

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