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Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:36 pm**

neufer wrote:No poblano

No poblano here, either, nor cupcakes.

Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:13 pm**

neufer wrote:I'm sure if you added up the words, Ann is still ahead of you.

Heck, if you add up the words, EVERYONE is ahead of me

Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:18 pm**

owlice wrote:No poblano here, either, nor cupcakes.

Owlice, you've just discovered an exciting new num num num-->poblano-prune cupcakes

Exciting from beginning to end

Posted: **Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:59 pm**

beyond, I am sure I could not handle the excitement, but I hope you have fun!

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:43 pm**

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=18054 wrote:
At 500 posts, an asternaut is judged to be legally insane,
and is therefore allowed to choose their own rank (within reason).

Tomorrow APOD Robot joins the ranks of the legally insane
and will therefore be allowed to choose his own rank (HAL9000?).

(NoelC should request a 'rank name' as well.)

We all welcome back Ed (our Equine Locutionist) from his brief vacation out in the pasture.

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makc                1886  / 0.84 ppd since Tue Oct 12, 2004  / Best Title in the Universe
beyond              1284  / 2.07 ppd since Tue Aug 04, 2009  / Milliways Pundit
Ann                 1219  / 3.80 ppd since Sat May 29, 2010  / Color Commentator?
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The Code             858  / 1.12 ppd since Sat Mar 09, 2009  / Cosmic Skeptic
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Qev                  565  / 0.34 ppd since Wed Mar 08, 2006  / Ontological Cartographer
NoelC                600  / 0.30 ppd since Sat Nov 19, 2005  / Science Officer
Dr. Skeptic          507  / 0.33 ppd since Thu Jul 27, 2006  / Science Officer
APOD Robot           499  / 1.00 ppd since Thu Dec 03, 2008  / Otto Posterman

Posted: **Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:00 pm**

NoelC should request a rank name

In keeping with his Avatar, he has the only rank that fits already. Although he could maybe add "1st" to it.

Posted: **Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:05 pm**

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Qev                  565  / 0.34 ppd since Wed Mar 08, 2006  / Ontological Cartographer
APOD Robot           508  / 1.00 ppd since Thu Dec 03, 2008  / Otto Posterman
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Posted: **Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:12 pm**

You were quick to nab that one!

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Posted: **Thu May 05, 2011 2:43 am**

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Qev                  565  / 0.34 ppd since Wed Mar 08, 2006  / Ontological Cartographer
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Posted: **Thu May 05, 2011 4:35 am**

Gotta keep up my position in last place. If you're not the best at something, you may as well be noted as the worst...

Posted: **Thu May 05, 2011 11:11 am**

geckzilla wrote:
Gotta keep up my position in last place. If you're not the best at something, you may as well be noted as the worst...

You're NOT in last place.

You need to scroll down.

Posted: **Thu May 05, 2011 2:09 pm**

Posted: **Thu May 05, 2011 2:13 pm**

Now wait a minute.... our fabulous resident gecko IS the last person over 1K who isn't MIA. I think that counts as last place!

Posted: **Thu May 05, 2011 4:06 pm**

Yeah, and all those times I've looked at this thread and never once seen those scroll bars has to count for something too.

Posted: **Thu May 05, 2011 10:32 pm**

Does it count as a good score if you’re not counting on beating bystander or especially neufer?

Posted: **Fri May 06, 2011 1:40 am**

emc wrote:
Does it count as a good score if you’re not counting on beating bystander or especially neufer?

Absolutely NOT

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:00 pm**

A-HEM!

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:41 pm**

owlice wrote:
A-HEM!

You have more posts per day than Harry

(You don't suppose that Eta Carinae went hypernova and took out Harry

)

neufer wrote:

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Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:47 pm**

I've had more posts than Harry for a while; hazard of trying to be useful around here. Ed has moved up a spot. (Go, Ed!!)

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:00 pm**

owlice wrote:
I've had more posts than Harry for a while; hazard of trying to be useful around here.

That's not what I said.

owlice wrote:
Ed has moved up a spot. (Go, Ed!!)

What is this Belmont

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:12 pm**

neufer wrote:
owlice wrote:
I've had more posts than Harry for a while; hazard of trying to be useful around here.
That's not what I said.

Ooooh, so it wasn't! But I thought you weren't paying attention to PPD!

neufer wrote:
owlice wrote:
Ed has moved up a spot. (Go, Ed!!)
What is this Belmont

Hey, you started it!!

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:30 pm**

owlice wrote:
neufer wrote:
owlice wrote:
Ed has moved up a spot. (Go, Ed!!)
What is this Belmont
Hey, you started it!!

I can fix it too.

Mark Swain (The Code) also has 119 posts under the pseudonym swainy:

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Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:56 pm**

Why would the horses be bleeding from their noses?

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:35 pm**

owlice wrote:
Why would the horses be bleeding from their noses?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise-induced_pulmonary_hemorrhage wrote:
<<Exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH), also known as "bleeding" or a "bleeding attack", refers to the presence of blood in the airways of the lung in association with exercise. EIPH is common in horses undertaking intense exercise, but it has also been reported in human athletes, racing camels and racing greyhounds. Horses that experience EIPH may also be referred to as “bleeders” or as having “broken a blood vessel”. In the majority of cases EIPH is not apparent unless an endoscopic examination of the airways is performed following exercise. However, a small proportion of horses may show bleeding at the nostrils after exercise, which is known as epistaxis.

EIPH has been reported to occur in a variety of race horse breeds including racing Thoroughbreds (both racing on the flat and over jumps) , American Quarter Horses (incidence of 50-75%), Standardbreds (incidence of 40-60%), Arabians, and Appaloosas. EIPH has also been reported in eventers, jumpers, polo ponies, endurance horses, draft horses that pull competitively, and horses taking part in Western speed events such as reining, cutting and barrel racing. EIPH is now considered to be an inevitable consequence of moderate to intense exercise in horses and other athletic animals.

It occurs less frequently in stallions than mares or geldings, but it is associated with airway inflammation and increasing age.

The affliction occurs when blood enters the air passages of a horse's lung, due to fractured lung capillaries. Blood is sometimes evident discharging from a horse's nostrils (epistaxis), however, epitaxis usually only occurs in 5% of bleeders. It is believed that nearly all horses experience EIPH when exposed to strenuous exercise, and it has the potential to decrease lung function over time. However, there are no documented cases of bleeding in wild horses when rounded up with helicopters from mountain tops in pens miles away.>>

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:48 pm**

At their current rate, Bystander & Neufer will be members of the 10000 post club...Who will get there first???
At current posting rates, I'll put my money on Neufer

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