# a **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850 "2003-01-25T12:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2241 "2003-02-25T06:00:20Z")
**I** feel like someone is trying to remove my brain through my eye socket (migraine) - I’m going to bed. But thanks all the same **vivalostwages**. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2242 "2003-02-25T06:17:29Z")
**J** eez Louise, that’s terrible. Hope you feel better. Come back with more letters when you’re able. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2243 "2003-02-25T06:20:35Z")
**K** eep this going. I’ve got to sign off soon, but I want to see good progress when I get back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2244 "2003-02-25T06:41:01Z")
**L** ook at **samarm** egging this thread on! ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2245 "2003-02-25T09:10:54Z")
**M** idnight at the oasis. The thread is quite under the cold clear moonlight, so the Insomniac ventures forth. ---
**Author:** ![The\_MacDairmuid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_MacDairmuid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_MacDairmuid)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2246 "2003-02-25T09:22:04Z")
**N** ow for a word from our sponsors. … Buy new Straight Dope brand Thread. It never ends! No matter how much you use it (or abuse it) it just keeps going. Tests have shown that a Straight Dope brand Thread cannot be killed! You can’t go wrong with new Straight Dope brand Thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dunmurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2247 "2003-02-25T10:36:11Z")
**O** n the Straight Dope Message Board alot of people contribute to very silly threads. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2248 "2003-02-25T12:01:19Z")
**P** osting here is a way for us to leave something of ourselves for future generations. For instance here we’re telling them we have a lot of free time which we don’t know what to do with. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2249 "2003-02-25T12:10:21Z")
**Q** uick fact. 195 different posters have posted here. That should give us a head start in inferring how many active posters this board has at this very moment. But first we need to determine what percentage of dopers would NOT post in a thread like this which should be quite high since many of our more prolific dopers have not made an appearance. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2250 "2003-02-25T12:56:44Z")
**R** ats, **Osiris** , it’s because our Hawaii-based correspondents make **s** mart-assed comments about their lack of horrible winter weather that some are discouraged from posting here. **T** hat’s right – _it’s all your fault_. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2251 "2003-02-25T13:05:00Z")
**U** rrk! In my defence I was very hot and sweaty back then. And not in the good way either. The curse of having a west facing apartment. [**V** ileness wouldit be however to show you the 10 day forcast.](http://www.weather.com/weather/local/96815?lswe=96815&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared) **W** ow, how cool is that? I didn’t know you could bold within url tags. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2252 "2003-02-25T13:09:14Z")
**X** cuses, xcuses, xcuses. **Y** ou expect me to click on the forecast? **Z** ounds! What kind of masochist do you take me for? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2253 "2003-02-25T13:15:16Z")
**A** world class one after 46 pages of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2254 "2003-02-25T13:16:55Z")
**B** ut then aren’t we all? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2255 "2003-02-25T13:25:16Z")
**C** aught me.😛 ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2256 "2003-02-25T13:43:39Z")
**D** oh! ---
**Author:** ![3.885AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/58956e/32.png) [@3.885AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3.885AM)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2257 "2003-02-25T13:46:48Z")
**E** EEEEEEk! ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2258 "2003-02-25T13:57:32Z")
**F** orty-six pages!!??? ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2259 "2003-02-25T14:01:57Z")
**G** ee and for no apparent reason at all. ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2260 "2003-02-25T14:03:52Z")
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