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Parkbench87
Citizen
Username: Parkbench87
Post Number: 4747
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:14 am: | 
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This is the song that never ends
It just goes on and on my friend |
kevin
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Username: Kevin
Post Number: 805
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:22 am: |
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What I also just realized is that both your name and username are both the names of famous horses.
Smarty Jones lost to Birdstone (a long shot) at the Belmont Stakes in 2004.
Horse racing fan?
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8406
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:23 am: |
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Smarty needs to change his avatar to that character from the old BC comic strip: the cave man who carried around the sign saying "the end is near". |
Smarty Jones
Citizen
Username: Birdstone
Post Number: 997
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 12:16 pm: |
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I kind of look like that caveman guy.
Kevin- good one! Saddly, I was actually at the Belmont to see Smarty defeated by evil Birdstone.....Good friend of mine was the ONLY person in the arena to NOT bet Smarty Jones.....he won north of $4k, but everyone hated him for winning (kind of like the guy who wins his bet when you CRAP out at CRAPS) Later that summer, we went up to Saratoga for the Travers Stakes.....I mistakenly bet against Birdstone...thinking he couldn't burn me twice....but he did and Birdstone won the Travers stakes as well. Great time, good memories. |
Smarty Jones
Citizen
Username: Birdstone
Post Number: 998
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 1:04 pm: |
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I'm having severe second thoughts about this....Maybe this is too drastic a move, and I need to merely "Limit" my daily postings....to say, 20 per day for starts? |
Suzanne Ng
Citizen
Username: Suzanneng
Post Number: 859
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 1:18 pm: |
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James R Tyson? |
Hank Zona
Supporter
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 5939
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 1:20 pm: |
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dont have second thoughts, Smarty...go with your first instinct...be true to yourself. |
Smarty Jones
Citizen
Username: Birdstone
Post Number: 999
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 2:41 pm: |
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I just feel like my last post is going to be stupid....I feel it needs to be an earth shattering revealation....a truly amazing post.....
Should I start a new thread? Or simply close one down....
or should I end it with a simple comment in the middle of an existing post in Home Fix it.... |
dave23
Citizen
Username: Dave23
Post Number: 1886
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 2:43 pm: |
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It shall end not with a bang, but a whimper. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1826
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 2:54 pm: |
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End it with a bang that everyone will remember for the next few days.
And just to let you know, I will not think any less of you if (when?) you begin posting again. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8414
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 3:08 pm: |
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We should have a pool as to when Smarty comes back. No one stays away for long. I wonder what the longest voluntary time away is (i.e., being in prison with no internet access does not count).
Anyway, I say he makes it until Friday morning, 11:05am. Who's in for $5? Closest without going over takes it. |
Wendy
Supporter
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2780
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 3:12 pm: |
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I'm in but let's set some ground rules. I say Thursday by 5:00 pm he's back but the agreed assumption has to be he "quits" sometime today with his 1000th. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8417
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 3:18 pm: |
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Good point. If he holds out, we move our times accordingly.
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Joanne G
Citizen
Username: Joanne
Post Number: 355
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 5:16 pm: |
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I just have to say ...
don't go!!!! I have enjoyed you!  |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 2062
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 5:25 pm: |
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Smarty - don't you know they've officially raised the retirement "age" to 6000 posts? Since we're living longer, they're raising the retirement limits officially. I think you're stuck with us for a while. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1831
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 6:11 pm: |
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LilLB, what is this Catch 22? Keep raising the rates so that there is no escape? |
Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 3522
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 9:23 am: |
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Nu? So did s/he reach 1,000 yet? Where was the auspicious post posted? |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 7798
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 8:00 pm: |
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No. Don't set the retirement post at 6,000. I'm too young to retire as are so many of the other addicts among us.
My guess is that the anagram is a simpler one like S. Marty Jones. |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 2103
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 9:28 pm: |
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Joan -my goodness. I think I misunderstood the retirement post limit. Maybe it was 16,000 - I think I left of the first digit.  |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1846
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 10:16 pm: |
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I think at 20,000 the Logan's Run program kicks and and takes you out. |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 776
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 10:18 pm: |
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So where's the 1,000th post already? |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 15097
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 1:52 am: |
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Maybe his name is Jay Monsters. Or Jets Masonry.
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amelia
Citizen
Username: Amelia
Post Number: 58
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 4:55 pm: |
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I guess whatever his/her real name is secretly made the 1000th post on some obscure thread and we'll never know the true identity..... |
letters
Citizen
Username: Letters016
Post Number: 657
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 9:38 pm: |
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Actually, he is still sitting at post #999. I guess maybe he is having second thoughts about pulling the trigger or maybe he is just waiting for something extremely profound to say. This is a big moment here. No sense in rushing it. |
Lydia
Supporter
Username: Lydial
Post Number: 2086
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 9:44 pm: |
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Mayor Mc -
Logan's Run - good one. Really.
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Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 799
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 10:04 am: |
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Well I hope he posts it here on the thread he created for the occasion. |
amelia
Citizen
Username: Amelia
Post Number: 59
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 11:04 am: |
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letters, how do you know he is still at the 999th post? Do YOU know the true identity?
Or have you perused the threads looking for the 1000th post?
Whichever way, it is still a mystery. As you can see I don't have as many posts but this one caught my attention... |
bets
Supporter
Username: Bets
Post Number: 23654
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 2:36 pm: |
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Amelia, if you look at his profile, you'll see he's holding steady at 999. |
amelia
Citizen
Username: Amelia
Post Number: 60
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 3:00 pm: |
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Thanks for the tip...now how do you insert a blushing icon??? |
amelia
Citizen
Username: Amelia
Post Number: 61
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 3:03 pm: |
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Nevermind! |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1880
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 10:46 pm: |
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I think it was figured out that as long as post 1000 is never made, lurking can continue freely without any guilt.
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Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1480
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 11:11 pm: |
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If he never posts number 1000, then he hasn't yet retired.
Of course if he never posts number 1000, then he HAS retired.
J.B. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2791
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 11:42 pm: |
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What a delicious conundrum. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1883
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 11:43 pm: |
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If he stays at 999, he can form a new name and continue to post until a new 999 is hit.
JB, nice seeing you today. I was in the middle of a conversation, and a few minutes later turned to find you and didn't see you. Was that a quick stop in? |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1485
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 1:32 pm: |
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We sat inside, then when seats opened up, we moved outside.
J.B. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1903
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 2:28 pm: |
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Outside! I didn't think to look there. I saw you head for the back, and then a few minutes later I looked up and you were gone. You are sly like a fox. |
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Citizen
Username: Birdstone
Post Number: 1000
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 11:28 pm: |
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SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH |
Nohero
Supporter
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 5649
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 11:30 pm: |
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Now that is a classic. 
Although somehow, I have this feeling that this is not your real name ... |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1501
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 11:45 pm: |
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Well played, Mr. Beeblebrox.
Good Bye,
J.B.
We will always remember you. |
Monster©
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 4203
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 2:06 am: |
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c-ya! |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 804
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 5:52 am: |
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Does that count? He didn't say gooodbye as himself! |
Wendy
Supporter
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2799
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 7:11 am: |
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Well in a way he did. Same username. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 15139
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 8:05 am: |
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I await, with great anticipation, his re-entrance under his real name!
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Alleygater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 2328
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 9:19 am: |
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I thought Smarty was going to tell us his new screen name before he left. |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 2128
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 9:24 am: |
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Hmmm.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaphod_Beeblebrox |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1512
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 9:36 am: |
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Yes, hmm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Long,_and_Thanks_For_All_the_Fish
J.B. |
hch
Citizen
Username: Hch
Post Number: 312
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 8:45 pm: |
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Such a let down..... |
letters
Citizen
Username: Letters016
Post Number: 687
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 10:14 pm: |
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No, that was worth the wait. I'm glad it happened before I went away. Looking forward to your return when you're not so smarty, Jones. |
amelia
Citizen
Username: Amelia
Post Number: 62
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:34 am: |
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It's cool, another mystery. So psychological! |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1956
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 11:32 am: |
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I thought that was a good way to go out. I had a good laugh. |
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