mini-rant

[b3s]

i really will never understand this: why do people join a bulletin board and then never post? i mean really...if you're going to lurk, why join? having to wade through all the been a member since methusala was an itch in his daddy's pants, zero posts to find an id of a user whose name i was not sure of the speeling for (just seeing if you're paying 4773|\|710|\| fret) is just a PITA (and i don't mean a piece of greek bread!).

ok, i think i'm done ranting now...unless someone wants to hear my mcdonald's rant?

[s00z]

oooo, I do , I do!!!

And also....isn't there a way to delete the members whose ID's are stagnant? I mean...they haven't logged on in like, a year? I noticed that the other day...

BeerGal

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by b3s
ok, i think i'm done ranting now...unless someone wants to hear my mcdonald's rant?

bring it on; because I, for one, am not "lovin' it" ;)

[eddiefebuary]

I don't post much myself because I am still new with respect to the amount of batches I have brewed. Thus I generally don't have much constructive advice to give. I mainly have questions which are often answered by searching the forums. I have registered because I want the option of posting when I need to.
I'll try to bring up my "quota" of posts though ;)

[Stahlsturm]

I know it probably doesn´t help but 'tis the plague of every message board. When searching for a particular nick it helps a LOT to sort the member list by total topics. It reduces the amount of pages you have to file through enormously. :-)

[fretlessman71]

Just for the record, b3s, you misspelled "spelling" AND "attention". Don't know what happened to you on that last one... ;)

[b3s]

my 5933|_1|\|6 is just |=1|\|3

:p

[fretlessman71]

I must still be |=33|_1|\|9 the 633|>\ I had last night... I understand you! :rolleyes:

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by eddiefebuary

I'll try to bring up my "quota" of posts though [/B]

Whose counting? :D

[newportstorm]

I hang out at 4-5 beer boards. There is no way I can contribute equally to all of them, so a couple of them probably see little activity from me (or long hiatuses? in between). And there are probably a few people here that signed on but just don't enjoy Realbeer.com :eek: Of course, they need to seek professional help!

Cheers!

[steveh]

Originally posted by chazwicke
Whose counting? :D

Whose counting...what?

S.

I think you meant who's, the contraction of who and is - not the adjective or pronoun indicating possession...yer welcome Fret.

[chazwicke]

The forum over at Oxford Bottled Beer Database was a good one but they started having problems with the system and it has been down for months. I sort of doubt that it will ever again be working. I liked it because it was similiar to this one but was based in England and had a majority posters from there.

[chazwicke]

Oh yeah and regarding this forum.......I want to know who is in "The secret circle" ? :D

[steveh]

Originally posted by chazwicke
Oh yeah and regarding this forum.......I want to know who is in "The secret circle" ? :D

There's a secret circle? I haven't been invited...

S.

[danno]

must be a secret circle of all the 0 post members/lurkers...

being a non posting member, but a regular reader does allow you to see what you've missed since last time you were there... I regularly read the HBD Brews & Views board, but never post...

[wortchillergoal]

Originally posted by steveh
There's a secret circle? I haven't been invited...

S.

I beleieve this type of thing was covered in another thread. If you don't know about it, they don't want you to know. By the way, that puts me in the same boat.

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by steveh
I think you meant who's, the contraction of who and is - not the adjective or pronoun indicating possession....[/B]

Oh goodie! The grammar police have arrived. Bring it on, I'm armed.

Originally posted by chazwicke
Oh yeah and regarding this forum.......I want to know who is in "The secret circle"

More importantly, I'm kittenish to know what doth occur in said circle. *raised brow*

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by wortchillergoal
I beleieve this type of thing was covered in another thread. If you don't know about it, they don't want you to know. By the way, that puts me in the same boat.

Yes, Unkle Bik intimated that there is a "Secret Circle" here before he departed.

I think he should have stuck around.

Concrete, If you find out, are you gonna let us know? ;)

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by chazwicke
Concrete, If you find out, are you gonna let us know?

I p|-|3/-\r this may be one of those "be careful what you ask for, you just might get it" scenerios, chaz; but, heck yeah...if I make a scoop, I'll certainly spill it.

The shipping address for the half-rack of Mirror Pond is...

;)

Sign me,

Connie Chung

[hops99]

Circle Schmirkle...

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by Concrete Blonde
Oh goodie! The grammar police have arrived. Bring it on, I'm armed.



More importantly, I'm kittenish to know what doth occur in said circle. *raised brow*

Never mind that...those of us in the outer circle scoff and mock them...:cool:

[wortchillergoal]

Originally posted by BluesHarp
Never mind that...those of us in the outer circle scoff and mock them...:cool:

Oh crap, there is an outer circle too? I'll make easy for everyone. I am in my crease waiting for the puck to come. Game done, in parking lot having a beer>

[b3s]

ok, enough with the circles...i just proposed on a science forum that π be rounded off to 3.0, which probably really messes up the universe, but most definitely messes up the circles!

lets stick to geometric constructs that don't involve infinite sequences...like rhiemann-theta functions...ok, bad example...perphaps cubes or tetrahedrons?

i'm a member of the inner tetrahedron...get back to the third tetrahedron where you belong!

now there's some power ;)

[s00z]

Originally posted by steveh
There's a secret circle? I haven't been invited...

S.

Hey...don't ya'll need beergals in the secret circle? ;)

-BeerGal

[BluesHarp]

Sure s00z...but you know the outer circle has bigger tangents...;)

[b3s]

Originally posted by BluesHarp
Sure s00z...but you know the outer circle has bigger tangents.

considering that a tangent is a line perpendicular to the square of the curve and that a line is a two-dimensional construct of infinite length, all tangents are equal ;)

on that note, a polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate change :|

[Concrete Blonde]

*CB looooooks at b3s' title.

*blink*

*blink*

TWEEK?!?!?!

Well, he'd better hurry up if he's going to get there before _I_ do! :P

Originally posted by wortchillergoal
Oh crap, there is an outer circle too? I'll make easy for everyone. I am in my crease waiting for the puck to come. Game done, in parking lot having a beer

<-----ROTFLMAO!!!

[b3s]

eh, i told him in irc...guess i owe him a beer or something next time i/we are in NoCal...

unless stodbrew buys again, then we'll call it good ;)

[Tweek]

Originally posted by Concrete Blonde
*CB looooooks at b3s' title.

*blink*

*blink*

TWEEK?!?!?!

Well, he'd better hurry up if he's going to get there before _I_ do! :P



<-----ROTFLMAO!!!

I like this girl!


Now send me some moose drool!

[b3s]

Originally posted by Tweek
I like this girl!


Now send me some moose drool!

just $30 per 12-pack :p

[Tweek]

Originally posted by b3s
just $30 per 12-pack :p

ouch. its like that eh?

[Stodbrew]

Originally posted by b3s
eh, i told him in irc...guess i owe him a beer or something next time i/we are in NoCal...

unless stodbrew buys again, then we'll call it good



Oh, come on now, you know I'm buying! :D

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by steveh

I think you meant who's, the contraction of who and is - not the adjective or pronoun indicating possession...yer welcome Fret. An after-the-fact thank you. :)

[b3s]

oh how dangerous of a statement!

i'll have six bombay saphire martinis with CREAM cheese stuffed olives...oh, and six of whatever my gorgeous blonde babe would like...

the bombay saphire martinis at the whitman in walla walla are served with cream cheese stuffed olives -- or so goes the bet i'll win soon -- i can tast the bushmill's now!

[fretlessman71]

Hmmm... seems I stumbled onto the wrong conversation. 'Scuse me.... :)

[steveh]

Originally posted by Concrete Blonde
Oh goodie! The grammar police have arrived. Bring it on, I'm armed.

Know, knot reeley - just Fret, Chaz, and me ribbin' each other again! Uh oh - hope that's not another "inner circle!" :eek:

And Sooz - there's another off-tanget thread about Jazz going on over at tasting notes (DFH 120 Minute), much more interesting than this pocket-protector, math-geek circle! ;-)

S.

[threecb]

After reading this thread, I feel as though I'm going in circles!
(Not inner, nor outer)

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by steveh
Know, knot reeley - just Fret, Chaz, and me ribbin' each other again! Uh oh - hope that's not another "inner circle!" :eek: Actually, we ARE the inner circle, or secret circle, or whatever - the three of us have over 2500 posts! (Or hadn't everyone noticed yet.....?)

[threecb]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Actually, we ARE the inner circle, or secret circle, or whatever...

Ah-HAH! The secret inner circle has been outed! (so does that now make you the outer circle?!?!

[fretlessman71]

I think now you have the choice of being an "innie" or an "outie".... ;)

[steveh]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Actually, we ARE the inner circle, or secret circle, or whatever - the three of us have over 2500 posts! (Or hadn't everyone noticed yet.....?)

I really wish you'd stop pointing out how easily we waste so much time...my boss is gonna find out sooner or later! :eek:

S.

[fretlessman71]

You think YOU'VE got it bad... what happens to chaz and I if OUR bosses find out????

oh yeah... we ARE our own bosses..... :D

[BluesHarp]

...the jokes on you...I only waste my time! heh, heh, heh

...wait a minute :confused:

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by b3s
considering that a tangent is a line perpendicular to the square of the curve and that a line is a two-dimensional construct of infinite length, all tangents are equal

on that note, a polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate change :|

...trying to compensate for your small diameter, eh?? :p

[chazwicke]

I wanna be a crop circle! Mysterious and alien made.

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by BluesHarp
...trying to compenste for your small diameter, eh?? Actually, I don't understand his latitude..... ;)

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by BluesHarp
Sure s00z...but you know the outer circle has bigger tangents...;) This entire thread has gone off on a tangent. No wonder nobody wants to post here when they join; they have no idea what beer we're talking about!

[unkle bik]

Pi x D

[chazwicke]

Welcome back! Keep hanging here UB. I enjoy your perspective.

[fretlessman71]

Very good to see you back again! Now, can you tell us what Pi x D means (for those of us who can't remember their geometry)? :)

[chazwicke]

Now we just need to find HopJack.

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Very good to see you back again! Now, can you tell us what Pi x D means (for those of us who can't remember their geometry)? :)

pi x Diameter = circumference of a circle

[unkle bik]

Thanx.
:)
See:
http://www.realbeer.com/discussions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4955

[b3s]

Originally posted by BluesHarp
...trying to compensate for your small diameter, eh??

nope, just pointing out that all tangents are equal for the mathematically challened...unfortunately the board won't support TeX layouts or i'd show you the proof :p

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by Tweek
I like this girl!


Now send me some moose drool!

Nice try Tweek, but that kind of flattery (read: BS) will get you nowhere. ;)

On the OTHER hand, your contribution to b3s' and my evening ("Foamy the Squirrel") just might earn you a sixer.

THAT was hilarious!

[b3s]

Originally posted by unkle bik
Pi x D

reminds me of another math joke:


father: so, son, what did you learn in college?
son: i learned πr squared
father: you ain't going back there! everyone knows pies are round and cornbread's square!

[b3s]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Actually, I don't understand his latitude.....

quoting corona commercials at me? gack! what did i do to deserve that!

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by b3s
reminds me of another math joke:

/me looooks across the room at b3s....

OMG, that was really bad.

Just for that I will buy that CORONA skirt. :D

[b3s]

thank you, i'm here all week :D

[Bruno_78]

Originally posted by b3s
reminds me of another math joke:

Now I get that one!

[b3s]

Originally posted by Bruno_78
Now I get that one!

my bad, i'll try harder next time ;)

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by BluesHarp
...trying to compensate for your small diameter, eh??

Okay....so I'm still catching up from being away from the computer for a few days...

...may I comment on this comment?? ;)

[fretlessman71]

That might be a post for a different forum, CB.... ;)

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
That might be a post for a different forum, CB....

But fret, we all know THAT forum is a bunch of FABRICATED B.S... ;)

[b3s]

ahem...so, back to that mcdonald's rant i mentioned...

i get so pissed off at the drive thru at mcdonalds...i mean, this isn't the fscking ritz carlton for great pumpkins sake! it's micky D's, you know the damn menu, now pick a number between one and six, say super size it with a hypocritical diet and get on with it, i've got 10 minutes to get back to work and we're not here to get to know one another for pete's sake!

[Bruno_78]

(in my best ralphie voice)

I wanna be a triangle!

[chazwicke]

Triangle man fights particle man. Triangle wins.

[Bruno_78]

They might be giants. Next.

[fretlessman71]

Unfortunately, for chaz, he's older than he's ever been...

[fretlessman71]

...and now he's even older... ;)

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by b3s
nope, just pointing out that all tangents are equal for the mathematically challened...unfortunately the board won't support TeX layouts or i'd show you the proof

oh yeah? well...well..well.....arc you! :D

BTW...how did fret miss "challened"?

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
...and now he's even older... ;)

And older still!

My 30s were better than my 20s and my 40s even better.

[b3s]

Originally posted by BluesHarp
oh yeah? well...well..well.....arc you!

BTW...how did fret miss "challened"?

especially when you consider the fact that i speelt that just for him ;)

[b3s]

Originally posted by chazwicke
And older still!

My 30s were better than my 20s and my 40s even better.

i wouldn't know about that, i'm still 29! of course, i won't say how many YEARS i've been celebrating my 29th birthday :rolleyes:

[fretlessman71]

Once I realized that the beer thread had gone off on a math tangent, I made a joke or two and quietly ignored the rest of the thread. So yeah... I was trying to avoid mental overload!

[chazwicke]

Shirking your duty?

[fretlessman71]

Hey... everyone needs a break now and then, don't they, Mr. dang laptop? ;)

[chazwicke]

A break? Oooooohhhhhh like a vacation. I think I need another one myself.

[fretlessman71]

So come on out to where the beer is ALWAYS good and have a fresh Isolation ale in person! I'm sure there's a ski town you haven't visited yet.... :)

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
... math tangent,

heh, heh...good one. :cool:

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
So come on out to where the beer is ALWAYS good and have a fresh Isolation ale in person! I'm sure there's a ski town you haven't visited yet.... :)

Well I did enjoy Aspen. And the hot springs in Ouray. And most of the place I have been to.

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by chazwicke
My 30s were better than my 20s and my 40s even better.

I want some of what chaz is drinking.

The Forties are even better than WHAT?!

Dolly Parton trying to sing "Stairway To Heaven"? :rolleyes:

Bah-Humbug.

[Bruno_78]

I look forward to getting older, the alternative sucks.

[chazwicke]

Congrats on passing 500 posts Bruno! Good work!

[fretlessman71]

I second the congrats, Bruno! Way to leave your mark!

And CB... my 20's were better than my teens, and so far my 30's are WAAAAAAAY better than my 20's... I can only imagine what my 40's are going to be like! Don't be like everyone else and whine about getting older - enjoy it! There's more to be happy about as we become wiser, if you ask me. And don't tell me it's different for women - some of the best looking women I've met are ones who just look like they're having a good time.... in their 50's! Attitude is everything.

[Bruno_78]

Originally posted by chazwicke
Congrats on passing 500 posts Bruno! Good work!

Hell, i didnt even notice. Kinda like celebrating a 2 month anniversary, you know?

[chazwicke]

Fret, You are correct about that. I am way more attracted to women my own age. (soon to be 47). And I guess I am also one of those guys who hates plastic too. (Boob Jobs) I prefer natural. Aging gracefully is fine with me. Kind of like some of the beer in my cellar.

[Bruno_78]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
some of the best looking women I've met are ones who just look like they're having a good time.... in their 50's! Attitude is everything.

I've always been attracted to older women, perhaps a nice 27 or 28 year old.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
And CB... Attitude is everything.

Well, Lord knows I have enough of that to last me a while longer. :p

[fretlessman71]

I suppose in the interest of full disclosure here, I have to 'fess up and mention that my lovely wife is more than a decade my JUNIOR... doesn't mean that I don't find older women attractive; just didn't work out that way for me. My advice: When you find your true soul mate, don't let anyone tell you that your age differences are going to be an issue. If you're honest with yourself, and he's/she's the ONE, then that's all you need to know. :D

I tell people that I act 6-7 years younger than I am, and Mrs. Fret acts 6-7 years OLDER than she is, so we sort of meet (and cross!) in the middle!

[Bruno_78]

My guess is that she's passing you up!

Ha, now who's doing the PICKING????

[Bruno_78]

No More Mr. Nice Guy, Remember?

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by Bruno_78
My guess is that she's passing you up!

Ha, now who's doing the PICKING???? I fully admit that someday I would like to be as mature and well seasoned as my wife... but then again, in order to do that I'd have to actually GROW UP! ;)