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Posted by blownout cylinder on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:35 PM

zugmann

Murphy Siding



    Note that she said: ^  +  ^  =  ^~^    not: ^  +  ^  =  *******  Mischief 

yeah. If I (or any of us non-clique members) started a thread like this, it'd be gone by now.  And we all know it.

It's starting to look  like something that needs a solution by doing set theory. What set, when devided by itself , becomes a subset within a larger set?

(^ + ^ + ^~^ / ^ + ^) / ^<^ x !^ = y?

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:34 PM

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Why is this thread developing into what mookie does or does not do, or to what sites she goes to within trains.com?



     Just in following the logic here-  you seem to object to the fact that a thread started by Mookie about nothing, has turned into a thread about Mookie?

     ' Seems maybe you should start a thread by Murray.  Then nobody would be surprised, if it turned into a thread about Murray.  Tongue

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Posted by tbdanny on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:29 PM

The initial response to this thread reminded me of a story I'd heard about a famous author (can't remember who).  He wanted to know how sales of his book were going, but was a bit short of cash at the time, so he just sent a one-character telegram: '?'.  Sales of his book were going well, so his publisher replied with '!'

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Posted by K. P. Harrier on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:27 PM

? ? > ! !

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Posted by RRKen on Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:23 PM

Murray

Mookie
It is very irrelevant.  Mookie moves around and no one really cares.  Next question?

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:21 PM

Mookie
It is very irrelevant.  Mookie moves around and no one really cares.  Next question?

 

OK...Whatever floats your boat.

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:17 PM

Murray

CShaveRR
She doesn't clique, she's my sister! I'm glad to see her drop by, and you'll never find me in the Diner!

 

Why is this thread developing into what mookie does or does not do, or to what sites she goes to within trains.com?

Why is this even relevant?

 

It is very irrelevant.  Mookie moves around and no one really cares.  Next question?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:02 PM

CShaveRR
She doesn't clique, she's my sister! I'm glad to see her drop by, and you'll never find me in the Diner!

 

Why is this thread developing into what mookie does or does not do, or to what sites she goes to within trains.com?

Why is this even relevant?

 

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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:41 PM
She doesn't clique, she's my sister!

I'm glad to see her drop by, and you'll never find me in the Diner!

Mr. Zug, if there is a clique, it's probably because a few of us have met each other in person, purely because we have been Forum contributors. This doesn't mean that we like or tolerate everyone we've met (I know I'm pure poison to someone out there, and that feeling is mutual), but perhaps we know each other just a shade better. My wife puts it best: these people that we've gotten to know are our peers--we have at least one thing in common, and we have become close enough as friends to find other common interests, or an appreciation for the things we don't have in common.

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, January 17, 2010 7:04 PM

Dear Zug:  I keep having this tussle with you over a clique/diner, whatever.  Maybe my ears are too close, I am missing something here.  Scrooch your chair over next to mine and enlighten me? 

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, January 17, 2010 5:46 PM

Murphy Siding



    Note that she said: ^  +  ^  =  ^~^    not: ^  +  ^  =  *******  Mischief 

yeah. If I (or any of us non-clique members) started a thread like this, it'd be gone by now.  And we all know it.

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by K. P. Harrier on Sunday, January 17, 2010 5:46 PM

? ?

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, January 17, 2010 5:40 PM

zugmann

Mookie

^  +  ^  =  ^~^

This thread is almost as useful as the diner. 

and my posts get edited.  what a country!



    Note that she said: ^  +  ^  =  ^~^    not: ^  +  ^  =  *******  Mischief 

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Posted by kolechovski on Sunday, January 17, 2010 5:36 PM

"The answer is:  ?

And the question was: What character do you get when you type   with caplocks ons.

What did I win?"

-NOTHING!!! you see, CAPS LOCK does not produce that.  It only caps letters.  You must still hold shift for any symbols!  You lose, GAME OVER!

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, January 17, 2010 5:27 PM

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Mookie

 

Mookie

On the other hand, some of us may have imagined you heading to Japan looking for a Stationmaster job.

If I thought I had a chance at that job.....

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 17, 2010 5:23 PM

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Sunday, January 17, 2010 5:00 PM
Mookie

Mookie

On the other hand, some of us may have imagined you heading to Japan looking for a Stationmaster job.

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Posted by samfp1943 on Sunday, January 17, 2010 4:51 PM

"... means I am listening and observing but have nothing to say..." 

 Better check w/ Carl, we may need to have an ambulance make a courtesy call on him after that remark!Whistling

 

 


 

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, January 17, 2010 4:32 PM

I was just wondering if it is safe to come back.....

Lotta commotion was going on, so I took off for high cotton for awhile. 

If you really need an explanation (the diner dwellers and most cat owners know exactly what I am saying - it is not terribly complicated.)  ^~^ means I am listening and observing but have nothing to say.  Ergo - ^ is just one cat ear listening in to the conversation from a ways away.

But the guesses were, for the most part, very funny to read!  See, we do still have our sense of humor...

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:54 PM

doghouse

Mookie

^  +  ^  =  ^~^

. . . whats the punch-line?

E=mc2 ?

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Posted by doghouse on Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:46 PM

Mookie

^  +  ^  =  ^~^

. . . whats the punch-line?

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Posted by switch123 on Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:38 PM

Mookie

^

You know, I was just wondering the same thing myself.

^ ^

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:33 PM

Mookie

^  +  ^  =  ^~^

This thread is almost as useful as the diner. 

and my posts get edited.  what a country!

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:26 PM

^  +  ^  =  ^~^

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Posted by samfp1943 on Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:22 PM

 

Mookie

^

Mookie:

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 17, 2010 2:06 PM

The answer is:  ?

And the question was: What character do you get when you type   with caplocks ons.

What did I win?

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Sunday, January 17, 2010 1:42 PM

Mookie

^

2nd star to the right and straight on 'til morning.

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, January 17, 2010 11:53 AM

......Ask no questions, and you will get no lies.

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, January 17, 2010 11:49 AM

Go to the mountains and turn left.

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Posted by carnej1 on Sunday, January 17, 2010 11:47 AM

Mookie

^

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