Milestones

[CameronBornAndBred]

Let's see. Another thread I refuse to read through. ;)

Yer missing out on lots of good history.

[Sue71]

Let's see. Another thread I refuse to read through. ;)

What does it say about my life that I'm proud of having started a message board thread that's gotten long enough to dissuade newcomers from reading all the way through it?

Newcomer?

[wilson]

Let's see. Another thread I refuse to read through. ;)

What does it say about my life that I'm proud of having started a message board thread that's gotten long enough to dissuade newcomers from reading all the way through it?

Newcomer?

I meant newcomers to the thread, or maybe just people who've been away. I dunno...I was seeking simplicity. Obviously I know you're not a newcomer.

[Sue71]

What does it say about my life that I'm proud of having started a message board thread that's gotten long enough to dissuade newcomers from reading all the way through it?

Newcomer?

I meant newcomers to the thread, or maybe just people who've been away. I dunno...I was seeking simplicity. Obviously I know you're not a newcomer.

Geez I'm gone for most of 2 1/2 weeks & I'm already forgotten. I see how it is.

[devildeac]

1605: Guy Fawkes' infamous Gunpowder Plot, in which he and his conspirators planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament, assassinate King James, abduct the royal family, and induce broad-based rebellion, is thwarted. The plot makes freedom of religion for English Catholics even more unthinkable than it had previously been and sparks a new wave of English patriotism. Today, Guy Fawkes day, November 5, is celebrated as an occasion of deliverance of the crown and the Protestant nation.

The first Saturday in November was approaching the time of twilight, and the vast tract of unenclosed wild known as Egdon Heath embrowned itself moment by moment.

devildeac: Do you remember the Monty Python sketch in which the Pythons provide sportscast coverage of the writing of this famous line?

Nope. Ya got me on that :oops: one...

[CameronBornAndBred]

From the LTE2.0

Set a new record tonight with 18 members on-line. Congrats to us. :roll:

Sweet!
From Wikipedia--
The Hebrew word for "life" is 'n (chai) which has a numerical value of 18. Consequently, the custom has arisen in Jewish circles to give donations and monetary gifts in multiples of 18 as an expression of blessing for long life.

[wilson]

From the LTE2.0

Set a new record tonight with 18 members on-line. Congrats to us. :roll:

Sweet!
From Wikipedia--
The Hebrew word for "life" is 'n (chai) which has a numerical value of 18. Consequently, the custom has arisen in Jewish circles to give donations and monetary gifts in multiples of 18 as an expression of blessing for long life.

Very cool. I'm gonna keep this in mind. But what exactly do you mean that the word has a numerical value of 18?

[Lavabe]

From the LTE2.0

Set a new record tonight with 18 members on-line. Congrats to us. :roll:

Sweet!
From Wikipedia--
The Hebrew word for "life" is 'n (chai) which has a numerical value of 18. Consequently, the custom has arisen in Jewish circles to give donations and monetary gifts in multiples of 18 as an expression of blessing for long life.

That's what I usually do ... or I do multiples of 18.

[devildeac]

From the LTE2.0

Set a new record tonight with 18 members on-line. Congrats to us. :roll:

Sweet!
From Wikipedia--
The Hebrew word for "life" is 'n (chai) which has a numerical value of 18. Consequently, the custom has arisen in Jewish circles to give donations and monetary gifts in multiples of 18 as an expression of blessing for long life.

Does that mean that some of our Jewish friends/posters/brethren (and sisters, too) owe us 3/4 a case of beer? Just as long as it's NOT He'brew, the chosen brew. :roll: (that's NOT an anti-semitic joke/reference/comment. There really is a series of brews by that name.)

Or perhaps a pound and 1/2 (18 ounces ;) ) of pastrami or corned beef?

[wilson]

Or perhaps a pound and 1/2 (18 ounces ;) ) of pastrami or corned beef?

Hey, what are you trying to pull? A pound and a half is 24 ounces. 18 ounces is but 1.125 pounds. You schemer.

[CameronBornAndBred]

From the LTE2.0

Set a new record tonight with 18 members on-line. Congrats to us. :roll:

Sweet!
From Wikipedia--
The Hebrew word for "life" is 'n (chai) which has a numerical value of 18. Consequently, the custom has arisen in Jewish circles to give donations and monetary gifts in multiples of 18 as an expression of blessing for long life.

Very cool. I'm gonna keep this in mind. But what exactly do you mean that the word has a numerical value of 18?

Dunno...that's a wiki quote. I thought it was a pretty cool thought for CTN.

[Lavabe]

Very cool. I'm gonna keep this in mind. But what exactly do you mean that the word has a numerical value of 18?

Here's a linked explanation:
http://judaism.about.com/cs/judaismbasi ... 18_why.htm

[wilson]

Very cool. I'm gonna keep this in mind. But what exactly do you mean that the word has a numerical value of 18?

Here's a linked explanation:
http://judaism.about.com/cs/judaismbasi ... 18_why.htm

So does that just mean they are the 8th and 10th letters, respectively, in the Hebrew alphabet?

[Lavabe]

Very cool. I'm gonna keep this in mind. But what exactly do you mean that the word has a numerical value of 18?

Here's a linked explanation:
http://judaism.about.com/cs/judaismbasi ... 18_why.htm

So does that just mean they are the 8th and 10th letters, respectively, in the Hebrew alphabet?

You add the two letters (10 + 8), and you get 18.
It's pretty straightforward arithmetic.

[ArkieDukie]

1605: Guy Fawkes' infamous Gunpowder Plot, in which he and his conspirators planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament, assassinate King James, abduct the royal family, and induce broad-based rebellion, is thwarted. The plot makes freedom of religion for English Catholics even more unthinkable than it had previously been and sparks a new wave of English patriotism. Today, Guy Fawkes day, November 5, is celebrated as an occasion of deliverance of the crown and the Protestant nation.

Totally random question: Dumbledore's phoenix in the HP books is named Fawkes. Would this be where J. K. Rowling got the name? I read Fawkes, gunpowder, and blow up, and it makes me think of the scene where Fawkes goes up in flames and collapses into a pile of ashes.

[ArkieDukie]

236

Bostondevil's post above was the 236th post in this thread. I bowled a 236 when I was 11. It was my high score until college, when I bowled a 255 in intramurals.

If this thread had been in existence in the early days of the board, I could've posted to commemorate the lowest score I ever bowled (11). :oops: :lol:

[wilson]

Totally random question: Dumbledore's phoenix in the HP books is named Fawkes. Would this be where J. K. Rowling got the name? I read Fawkes, gunpowder, and blow up, and it makes me think of the scene where Fawkes goes up in flames and collapses into a pile of ashes.

I suppose so, but I wouldn't know. I set Harry Potter aside after approximately 22 words.

[colchar]

Since this my millennial post I would like to dedicate it to the founding of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada which was the first European settlement in North America. Although the exact date of its founding is debated by academics there is a large school of thought that argues that it was founded in 1000 A.D. which is good enough for me and this post!

[ArkieDukie]

Totally random question: Dumbledore's phoenix in the HP books is named Fawkes. Would this be where J. K. Rowling got the name? I read Fawkes, gunpowder, and blow up, and it makes me think of the scene where Fawkes goes up in flames and collapses into a pile of ashes.

I suppose so, but I wouldn't know. I set Harry Potter aside after approximately 22 words.

Blasphemy! :roll:

[wilson]

1655: An English expeditionary force under the command of Admiral William Penn (father of that William Penn) and General Robert Venables seizes Jamaica from the Spanish. The English force includes a large contingent of privateers, marauders, and other unsavory types, and the conquest ushers in an era wherein the island was characterized by a mix of low-grade sugar cultivation and buccaneering expeditions against the Spanish Main. By the late seventeenth century, buccaneering would fall out of favor, and sugar planting and other agricultural pursuits would attain pre-eminence in Jamaica. Not until the early nineteenth century, however, would Jamaica's sugar output surpass that of Barbados and ensure the island's place as the "crown jewel of the Empire."