# a

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850>\
**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:** 238

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**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:** [March 13, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4741 "2003-03-13T16:53:32Z")

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**N** o, it can’t be! This thread is _still_ here??!!

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**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:** [March 13, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4742 "2003-03-13T16:54:38Z")

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**O** h, **sperfur** , you did it to me _again_!

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4743 "2003-03-13T16:55:34Z")

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**P** ish, **Q.E.D.**. Simulposts are one of the perks of ‘a’!

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4744 "2003-03-13T16:57:16Z")

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**R** eally - its like being in the same room at the same time when we simulpost. I feel so close to you now. 😉

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4745 "2003-03-13T16:59:24Z")

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:: **S** niff:: I’m not gonna cry…

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**Author:** ![montana\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@montana\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montana_cricket)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4746 "2003-03-13T17:00:04Z")

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**S** o how many of you have  
**T** ried to post on another thread and Bolded the first letter and tried to go alphabetically in regard to the post before yours?

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4747 "2003-03-13T17:12:47Z")

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**U** abashed we “a” addicts press onward to glorious page 100.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4748 "2003-03-13T17:14:51Z")

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**V** irtually all of us, **cricket** – at least amongst the hardcore a-threaders.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4749 "2003-03-13T17:17:11Z")

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**W** haddya know, **Watcher** and **Osiris** are tied in number of posts to this thread.

( **X** tremely proud – and embarrassed – am I to be #1.)

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4750 "2003-03-13T17:17:41Z")

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**X** ception I take to not being included in the list of those who have read this entire thread!

**Y** ou must add me to the list!

**Z** ippy - be zippy about it, please.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4751 "2003-03-13T17:20:05Z")

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**"a"** thread addicts, be ever vigilant in our quest for glorious page 100.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4752 "2003-03-13T17:21:07Z")

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**B** e vigilant in our coding “a” thread addicts as we press on toward glorious page 100 :smack

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**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:** [March 13, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4753 "2003-03-13T17:21:25Z")

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**A** anything I write now I automatically boldface the first letter, **Montana**.  
B **X** loody humiliating. **C** an anyone tell me if it will wear off eventually?

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4754 "2003-03-13T17:22:31Z")

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**C** oding is not my friend today. :smack:

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**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:** [March 13, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4755 "2003-03-13T17:24:05Z")

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**D** amed my coding! **E** xactly what I get for replacing used letters and failing to Preview. I’m going back to bed now. ☹

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**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:** [March 13, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4756 "2003-03-13T17:24:19Z")

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**D** on’t think being in the same room with **sperfur** would be such a bad thing. Heh. 😉

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4757 "2003-03-13T17:26:29Z")

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**E** ven if coding is undermining you, press on “a” addicts until we reach glorious page 100.

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**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4758 "2003-03-13T17:28:21Z")

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**F** orging on. Does anybody think 200 is possible?

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**Author:** ![montana\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@montana\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montana_cricket)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4759 "2003-03-13T17:29:15Z")

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**D** on’t worry,  
**E** veryone has bad days…  
**G** ood luck with the next post…

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**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:** [March 13, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4760 "2003-03-13T17:29:56Z")

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**F** rustrated by errors, koeeoaddi **g** oes postal, yet posts. 🙂

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