# 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:** 81
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1601 "2003-02-23T19:43:13Z")
**N** ever be too quick to click submit. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1602 "2003-02-23T19:47:09Z")
**O** h, you’re **p** reaching to the choir here, **Watcher**. ---
**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 23, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1603 "2003-02-23T19:52:08Z")
**Q** uickness is all. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1604 "2003-02-23T19:55:37Z")
**R** idiculous! Knowledge of the alphabet is also required. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1605 "2003-02-23T19:55:50Z")
**P** osting in order is nice too. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1606 "2003-02-23T19:57:03Z")
**O** bfuscation should be eschewed. **P** erhaps not by us, but… **Q** uittin’ time – I’m gonna go home and take a nap. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1607 "2003-02-23T19:58:44Z")
**R** effa steffa shneffa – I hate it when I screw up my coding. ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1608 "2003-02-23T19:59:27Z")
**S** eems like we may have all overlooked the “p” in Kat’s “O” post. **T** ake a deep breath… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1609 "2003-02-23T20:00:41Z")
**S** igh – and then there’s noticing that there’s another page. **T** his is why I’m knocking off now – I’ve just gotten to the point in this project where I need active brain cells for optimal results. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1610 "2003-02-23T20:00:41Z")
**U** nbelievable! Two whole pages added since I last posted! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1611 "2003-02-23T20:01:53Z")
**V** ery big bear hug to **Homebrew**! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1612 "2003-02-23T20:02:07Z")
**V** ermooth! (No – not the martini ingredient: It’s an exclamation that’s a combination of “verily” and “forsooth.”) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1613 "2003-02-23T20:02:43Z")
**U** navoidable, it seems, to post out of order from time to time. ---
**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 23, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1614 "2003-02-23T20:03:23Z")
**W** ell, I missed out on the Virtual Breakfast frenzy because I was too busy setting up for a neighborhood barbecue this evening. I’ve got the grill set up in the garage, and the thermostat cranked up to summer temperatures. (How’s that for defying a dreary winter day in Vermont?) The slaw is made, ditto the potato salad. The steaks are marinating, plus a pile of dogs for the young’uns. Got a big (new) trashcan full of snow & water and cans of soda, plus another with bottles of beer, and more of both waiting to go in. It’s summer, dammit, if you clap your hands loud enough. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1615 "2003-02-23T20:06:14Z")
**X** erox this cover sheet for me, will you? I need it for my TPS report. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1616 "2003-02-23T20:06:59Z")
**X** pecting a big crowd **StarvingButStrong**? Sounds like a ton o’ fun! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1617 "2003-02-23T20:08:14Z")
**Y** eaaaaaaaaaaah baby, simulpost! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1618 "2003-02-23T20:08:17Z")
**Y** ay! I got one in first! ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1619 "2003-02-23T20:09:02Z")
**Z** oinks! Here we go again! OK, enough with the “zoinks” already! ---
**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 23, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1620 "2003-02-23T20:12:18Z")
**A** bout six households worth, **Swampbear** , call it 14 adults, around 8 rugrats (depending on how many teenagers decide it’d be too traumatic to hang out with their parents. I figure I’ll break even on the heating bill: extra oil burned now to get the house hot, then all that free body heat from the guests. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=82)