I thought this thread would be an appropriate location for me to express my excitement. I have just reached 1,500 posts, and have subsequently increased in rank!
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Heh. More like a quiet, uppity, "where-you-retire-play-tennis-on-your-own-courts-and-do-charitable-things" town. Gag. When I was in elementary school, the town was predominately inhabited by senior citizens. These days, there are a lot of young families w/ children, paying exorbitant prices in hopes that their offspring will become wildly successful after graduating from some of the "best" schools.michaelrjohnson said:
Anyway, Saratoga is a death trap... it's a giant bubble where you are so disconnected from the rest of the world, which isn't to say that I haven't been sucked in, I admit I'm nowhere near as cognizant of current events as I should be.
:edit: Congrats on your "promotion!"
Ha! I wonder what the statistical probability (before this thread was started) that our post counts would increase solely by posting in this thread? 100%? 101%? 
As embarrassed as I am by my motion up the rankings, I feel compelled irresistibly to post and post again in this thread!
Michael, congrats on 1500 posts!
I don't know about this no sidewalks and no street lights thing. Street lights can be done in a way that they are pretty, and not disruptive. I have seen a lot of very pretty downtown areas that are lit in an easy-going way.
And as for sidewalks, walking is a good thing, and I like to see as many of them as possible. In the Detroit suburbs, there was always the conspiracy theory that the automakers silently pressured the cities to make their streets non-pedestrian friendly and keep bus service minimal. I think it's overblown, but in Dearborn, in the area around Ford HQ, there are literally places where you basically cannot cross the street on foot, because the street is too wide, the cross street light is too short in the appropriate direction, there is no crosswalk, and there are no Walk/Don't Walk lights. On this particular street, there are overwalks in certain areas, like by one of the schools, but there are only two of them in a 2-3 mile stretch. My office building was well within walking distance of a strip mall with restaurants, to which it was practically impossible to walk, because of the layout!
Michael, congrats on 1500 posts!
I don't know about this no sidewalks and no street lights thing. Street lights can be done in a way that they are pretty, and not disruptive. I have seen a lot of very pretty downtown areas that are lit in an easy-going way.
And as for sidewalks, walking is a good thing, and I like to see as many of them as possible. In the Detroit suburbs, there was always the conspiracy theory that the automakers silently pressured the cities to make their streets non-pedestrian friendly and keep bus service minimal. I think it's overblown, but in Dearborn, in the area around Ford HQ, there are literally places where you basically cannot cross the street on foot, because the street is too wide, the cross street light is too short in the appropriate direction, there is no crosswalk, and there are no Walk/Don't Walk lights. On this particular street, there are overwalks in certain areas, like by one of the schools, but there are only two of them in a 2-3 mile stretch. My office building was well within walking distance of a strip mall with restaurants, to which it was practically impossible to walk, because of the layout!
I'm not sure any of us can claim we didn't know it was going to happen.yellow said:Ha! I wonder what the statistical probability (before this thread was started) that our post counts would increase solely by posting in this thread? 100%? 101%?
For those of you worried about your slow posting rate or your poor placement on these lists, I quote a famous and eloquent statesman:
Post count isn't that big a deal and you don't actually gain anything from having more or less. It's quality of posts, not quantity, that works for you here.
-- Mr. Anderson, post on July 5, 2003
OK, so it's not Winston Churchill. Surprisingly, Churchill forgot to make any great statements about MacRumors post counts.-- Mr. Anderson, post on July 5, 2003
Post count isn't that big a deal and you don't actually gain anything from having more or less. It's quality of posts, not quantity, that works for you here.
-- Mr. Anderson, post on July 5, 2003
Says the man with 20K posts...-- Mr. Anderson, post on July 5, 2003
Surprised that wdlove has about the same posting rate as Mr. A...
"Worried" may not be the right term. "Surprised" might be better (sans placement).Doctor Q said:
Doctor Q said:
I'm surprised a man like Churchill would be remiss in such a manner... what was he thinking?
From Sir Winston himself...~Shard~ said:I'm surprised a man like Churchill would be remiss in such a manner... what was he thinking?
Every day you may make progress... Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
I'm not sure what exactly he was discussing at the time but it may well have been MacRumors post counts.
Allow me to congratulate you, and in the process push my post count up to 500.michaelrjohnson said:
Good call... it reads almost exactly the same! Wow... he was ahead of his time.Jaffa Cake said:From Sir Winston himself...
Every day you may make progress... Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
I'm not sure what exactly he was discussing at the time but it may well have been MacRumors post counts.
Haha, congrats to you, too! Man, I didn't really care about my "rank" until all of you make it seem so cool w/ this thread. Well, I guess I just think it's fun how the regulars all seem so friendly and familiar w/ each other. <Waving hand frantically in the air> I wanna be one too!Lyle said:Allow me to congratulate you, and in the process push my post count up to 500.
We can wave from the sidelines together...devilot76 said:Haha, congrats to you, too! Man, I didn't really care about my "rank" until all of you make it seem so cool w/ this thread. Well, I guess I just think it's fun how the regulars all seem so friendly and familiar w/ each other. <Waving hand frantically in the air> I wanna be one too!
Congrats Lyle. Time to pick an Avatar!Lyle said:Allow me to congratulate you, and in the process push my post count up to 500.
I've since had another rank upgrade... now I'm a 68000. Sweet.
Jaffa Cake said:From Sir Winston himself...
Every day you may make progress... Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
I'm not sure what exactly he was discussing at the time but it may well have been MacRumors post counts.
I don't know what else he could have bene referring to, it had to be MacRumors.
Doctor Q said:
Hmm, yes, true, Churchill was a big fan of the Tour de France and an avid cyclist himself...
Last but not least, #41 thru #50.
Note that I've adjusted the vertical scale for each chart separately, so slopes on one graph cannot be directly compared with slopes on another graph. Each graph is scaled to make the comparison of those 10 members as easy to see as possible.
Note that I've adjusted the vertical scale for each chart separately, so slopes on one graph cannot be directly compared with slopes on another graph. Each graph is scaled to make the comparison of those 10 members as easy to see as possible.
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Another note about the graphs above: Due to the nature of my data and spreadsheets (or lack of charting skills), each member appears by magic at the 6-month measurement interval at which they first had posts. Each member's post history should really start at zero posts somewhere within the preceding 6-month interval, but I think the most recent line segments are the most interesting anyway!
