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14th May 2011 4:55 GMT - just on my 15th birthday (not sure about the time coverstion though :))
sept. 28, 2009
Jan 24, 2010
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#286
paul,
that would just stimulate a flood of new registrations that were old members registering with a new name and email address - trying to get the 'bennies' of being the 2 millionth member to sign up.
after all, there were a lot of prior members trying to sign up again, to get the freebies for being the 1 millionth member.
increasing the prize is futility as many of those will never log in again, once they find out that they aren't the 1 millionth (or 2 millionth) member.
but Erik is in charge and will do what he deems appropriate and likely doesn't need any of us to tell him what to do on that account.
2½?
Jan 25, 2010
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#288
paul211 wrote:
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I am mentioning this as I was going to say: "Roger" an aviation term that means:" to acknowledge receipt of a message or instructions"
Roger Murdock: Flight 2-0-9'er, you are cleared for take-off.
Captain Oveur: Roger!
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9'er.
Captain Oveur: Roger!
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Victor Basta: Request vector, over.
Captain Oveur: What?
Tower voice: Flight 2-0-9'er cleared for vector 324.
Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.
Captain Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
Tower voice: Tower's radio clearance, over!
Captain Oveur: That's Clarence Oveur. Over.
Tower voice: Over.
Captain Oveur: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: Roger, over!
Roger Murdock: What?
Captain Oveur: Huh?
Victor Basta: Who?
Probably just as well you didn't say: "Roger".
Jan 25, 2010
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#290
wormrose wrote:
That's a big 10-4. Rogers at ya. Over and Out.
edit: Huh?
"Uh, you wanna give me a 10-9 on that Pig-Pen?
Uh, negatory Pig-Pen, yer still too close
Yeah, them hogs is startin' close up my sinuses
Mercy sakes, you better back off another ten."
Jan 25, 2010
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#291
paul211 wrote:
wormrose wrote:
That's a big 10-4. Rogers at ya. Over and Out.
edit: Huh?
"Over" means you are continuing to talk but awaiting a reply. "Out" means "I'm done, end of conversation". It makes no sense therefore to say "over and out". You learn that day one if you are trained in professional radio communications.
So what did you intend to say?
Huh?
wormrose wrote:
@Billium248 - Dude! You look different. Did you get a haircut?
lol - you're the first person to notice that I switched my avatar (or at least the first person to say anything about it 
). Do you like?
Can we start the countdown now to 1000 million members please? :D