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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: vansmack on August 25, 2008, 06:40:00 pm
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It??s that time.
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Hello 930 Board Member,
You have been invited to join vansmack's Private Group in Yahoo! Sports Survival Football.
In order to join the group, just go to Survival Football, (http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival) click the "Sign Up" button and choose to "Join an Existing Group", then "Join a Private Group". Then, when prompted, enter the following information...
Group ID#: 13796
Password: ninethirty
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The object of 930 Survival Football is to be the last Active member of the 930 Board.
In order to accomplish this goal, you must correctly pick the winner of one professional football game each week.
But, to make this somewhat simple task more difficult, each user can only pick each professional football team once during the season.
If a correct selection is made, the user will remain Active for the following week. If an incorrect selection is made, that user will be Eliminated.
Our Group is limited to the first 50 people who sign up. There are two prize categories:
$5 ?? every participant must play the $5 version of the Survival Football pool, winner take all.
$100 ?? in addition to the $5 pool, an optional ??High Stakes? $100 per person pool is a side pool for those that wish to participate. The decision must be made prior to week one. To signify your willingness to participate, simply put an asterisk next to your submission name (eg, vansmack*) on the yahoo site.
Best of luck, and here??s a little reminder of what happened last year. (http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=016113)
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Nice, I'm in.
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What's another $100?....I am already so spread out this season on the betting pools it's not funny....I will go the 100 IF you can gather at least 10 to join in like last year.....let me know and I'll Paypal...
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So we have to be in by Kickoff on Thursday next week? Cuz if that's that then I'm in.
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I still like 500
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
I still like 500
we dont all own nightclubs!
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
I still like 500
Not to be a nudge, but I think you still owe your $100 from last season.
I would do $500 also, as long as we can get at least five people in total.
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Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
So we have to be in by Kickoff on Thursday next week? Cuz if that's that then I'm in.
The deadline is 30 mins before kickoff - Thursday, Sept 4.
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
I still like 500
Originally posted by ggw?:
I would do $500 also, as long as we can get at least five people in total.
Sorry, but it is still $100.
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I'm in, if I may of course...
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
So we have to be in by Kickoff on Thursday next week? Cuz if that's that then I'm in.
The deadline is 30 mins before kickoff - Thursday, Sept 4. [/b]
Rad, if theres a spot next week Im in.
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Originally posted by ggw?:
Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
I still like 500
Not to be a nudge, but I think you still owe your $100 from last season.[/b]
...and the VIP tickets to last year's winner!
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Originally posted by Dr. Anton Phibes:
I am already so spread out this season on the betting pools it's not funny
i'm in the same boat, my college football and NFL betting pools this year are getting a little out of hand
also, i'll be off-radar for the first 3 weeks of the season, which is when most of the fun happens in a survival pool....
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I punked out of doing $100 at the last second; I regretted it instantly.
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Originally posted by renton007:
I punked out of doing $100 at the last second; I regretted it instantly.
You can change your team name right up until kickoff on the 4th if you change your mind.
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
I still like 500
If Seth wants to go 500 and we can gather some at that level,then I'm in....oh,and you gotta make sure you send in your funds....know what I mean?....That being said,I doubt we get more to do it at that level and the 100 will suffice....
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I paid my 100...I think Vansmack came by and collected it
did I not?
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I hope more people sign up for this. Thus far, it's pretty underwhelming.
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i'm in*
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
I paid my 100...I think Vansmack came by and collected it
did I not?
ayeyaye. It supposed to be worked out by GGW and your representative at the club the next time GGW went to a show.
I'll look into it, but yes, you had money waiting for him at the club.
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Originally posted by mr. pretentious:
I hope more people sign up for this. Thus far, it's pretty underwhelming.
Agreed. I will make this a non- "boardie only" pool if the response remains as it is.
Even if you're not going to pay me until your next paycheck (which is fine) - throw your name up there.
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I have joined the cult....I'm in...
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I'm in! (http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/qna.html)
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d,
check your paypal*
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God, let it be Thursday already. I want to see what teams you suckas all picked.
And for anyone who picked the Colts, Kyle "Neckbeard" Orton will make sure you won't make it to the next round. :p
[/trash talking]
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smackie, i'll get in this as the defending cheap poll champion tonite. it's not letting me enter the site at work. wtf? are there prompts on there for me to pay you? if not, what is your paypal email again? thanks.
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Last day to sign up for this.
There is a $5 option and a $100 option.
Picks must be made today.
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I'm in, I've paid, and my pick is up.
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I'm in for 100
anybody in for 500?
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i'm in and I sent my $5.
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Just a couple hours remaining.
Don't forget to put an asterik next to your name if you're on steroids, oops, I mean if you want to participate in the $100 pool.
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Ummm, so I'm trying to join the regular ol' $5 version (as team "We Are Both Carls"), and I got the email that says I'm signed up, but Yahoo doesn't seem to recognize that I've joined, so I can't make a pick.
Help?
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AAAAHHHH!!!
FUCK.
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Originally posted by eros:
AAAAHHHH!!!
FUCK.
Tee hee. :D
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:( My poor team.
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dammit detroit.
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good thing i didn't take seth up on a $500 side-side pool, which i was considering...
enjoy the rest of the season kids. and when in doubt, don't go with the chargers, the team responsible for taking me out 2 years in a row.
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thats a lot of people out for week 1!
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damnit to the colts too.
again, out in week one.
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Go Bears! :D
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Conventional wisdom says pick whoever plays Arizona. The only exception is when I use conventional wisdom. Enjoy the rest of the season.
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You guys are TERRIBLE! Looks like i am damn near the only one left.
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19 People in the Pool this year
7 People in the sidebet.
Eliminated in Week 1
SalParadise* (SDG)
lomein (DET)
pigskin&pigtails6949* (IND)
Shadrach (IND)
renton007 (SFO)
miss pretentious picks (IND)
Did not pick:
eros*
Picks
6 - Philadelhpia
4 - Pittsburgh
1 - New York Jets
1 - Dallas
1 - New England
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GO BEARS!!
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Don't forget to get your picks in this week.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Don't forget to get your picks in this week.
Don't pull a "eros." :p
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Originally posted by mr. pretentious:
Originally posted by vansmack:
Don't forget to get your picks in this week.
Don't pull a "eros." :p [/b]
Especially after week one when you won't get your money back.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
6 - Philadelhpia
go rams!
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
go rams!
After that debacle, Smackette turns to me and says "is it too late to get refund on the Sunday Ticket?"
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you know not having televsion, and having to deal with not having television, and then those people who hate people who say they don't have television, and the fact that i was just shut off and out of sports after decades (really, wow) of watching and loving sports, even golf, really sucks. listening to it on sirius is not the same. and the fantasy football or whatever else name game you give them, i am so out of the loop of as well, so that sucks too. sorry, just thought i would share. carry on with your "dungeons and dragons for the people who used to beat up the kids in school who played dungeons and dragons." i wish i could remember the comic who said that.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
you know not having televsion, and having to deal with not having television, and then those people who hate people who say they don't have television, (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694)
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by walkonby:
you know not having televsion, and having to deal with not having television, and then those people who hate people who say they don't have television, (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694)
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yes, yes, very good. give a dog now a new bone?
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Originally posted by ebeniezer:
You guys are TERRIBLE! Looks like i am damn near the only one left.
Eliminated in Week 2
The New Order* (SEA)
the CFL (NOR)
Ebeniezer (SEA)
ggw1* (SEA)
Did not pick:
DeathFromAbove1979 (how did this happen?!?)
Picks
5 - NY Giants
1 - Pittsburgh
1 - Arizona
1 - Tampa Bay
3 Left in the Big Money pool, 8 left in the main pool. Congrats to Seth, who lasted twice as long this year as last year, which earns him the most improved player award.
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I got really drunk friday and saturday and I woke up late for work on Sunday and was watching the Skins game and thenr ealized it was too alte to pick.
>_<
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Fuckin' Seahawks....
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Originally posted by ggw?:
Fuckin' Seahawks....
Your elimination was the biggest surprise to me.
Seattle with no WR and a RB with little graps of the offense in week two? Looks like you may have out thought yourself...
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Don't forget to make yr pick this week, folks.
GO BEARS!
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I have no reason to live anymore
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I still have a sneaky suspicion that you're hustling until someone bites on your $500 offer, then you're going to show us all...
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
I have no reason to live anymore
well, you do have that so-so nightclub. that's something, isn't it?
then there's all the love you get from this bboard.
Originally posted by vansmack:
I still have a sneaky suspicion that you're hustling until someone bites on your $500 offer, then you're going to show us all...
keep'em hooked...
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while in my end-it-all thoughts...
how about a suicide pool for $500?
(you have to pick a loser every week)
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uh, there are 3 people left in the $100 pool... and all 3 chose new england.
salt on the wound: i benched pennington.
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How bout them Dolphins!!!
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Damn, I'm out. I sure enjoyed my run, though. :)
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There will be no repeat champion this year with Yinzer eliminated, however, Dr. Phibes and smackie repeat as co-champs in the $100 pool and welcome Sweetcell to group. Check your paypal's for your $234.
STILL ALIVE IN $5 POOL
Fire Herm Edwards (SFO) [venerable]
SPARX SAYS (SEA)
BookerT-Bags (BUF)
ELIMINATED IN WEEK 3
vansmack* (NWE)
mr. pretentious (CHI)
SweetPicks* (NWE)
Phibes Phootball Inc. * (NWE)
yinzer (NWE)
Sadly, I won't have time to run a second chance pool this year, but will gladly pass the reign if someone else wants to do it.
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it's almost worth it to have NE getting their asses kicked by the lowly dolphins. almost.
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Started a pool at home with my family this week
kids picked SEA & BUF
wife threw a dart...picked DEN
I figured I had a free pass with NE
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And then there were 2. What am I to do now that the Rams have a bye next week. Sorry Pollard, but it's been working like a charm.
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
Started a pool at home with my family this week
really reaching to find someone worse that yourself at fantasy football, aren't you? fair enough, given that you've exhausted this bboard.
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Anyone pick the Cowboys?
Hahahahahahaha. Suckers.
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Originally posted by DeathFromAbove1979:
Anyone pick the Cowboys?
Hahahahahahaha. Suckers.
Yep, although I took the Bills as did the only other 1 left. Well played Herm.
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Dolphins win spoiler of the year!
What are the odds Herm?
Cha-Ching!
Rams just had to take this week off...
Oh well, half the pie is better than none of the pie.
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Originally posted by SPARX:
Dolphins win spoiler of the year!
What are the odds Herm?
Cha-Ching!
Rams just had to take this week off...
Oh well, half the pie is better than none of the pie.
indeed. . i even thought about changing that pick this morning, but decided against it.
pool done after 5 weeks. . .much shorter than last year's pool.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
i even thought about changing that pick this morning, but decided against it.
[/QB]
I was shocked when I noticed we both had the Chargers. The % was like 6. Congrats! Don't spend your half all in one place
;)
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Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
i even thought about changing that pick this morning, but decided against it.
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I was shocked when I noticed we both had the Chargers. The % was like 6. Congrats! Don't spend your half all in one place
;) [/QB]
i guess we were both being too cute with our picks this week. .
wish i knew this beforehand (courtesy of tuesday morning quarterback): Stats of the Week No. 8: Chad Pennington has never lost a start to the San Diego Chargers.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
i even thought about changing that pick this morning, but decided against it.
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I was shocked when I noticed we both had the Chargers. The % was like 6. Congrats! Don't spend your half all in one place
;) [/b]
i guess we were both being too cute with our picks this week. .
wish i knew this beforehand (courtesy of tuesday morning quarterback): Stats of the Week No. 8: Chad Pennington has never lost a start to the San Diego Chargers. [/QB]
It could've been worse for me. I was gonna go with the Eagles but instead went for a game I thought you definitely wouldn't take. Wrong.
Are the Skins for real?
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Originally posted by SPARX:
It could've been worse for me. I was gonna go with the Eagles but instead went for a game I thought you definitely wouldn't take. Wrong.
Are the Skins for real?
i was between san diego and new orleans.
i suppose i should have taken the easy pick with dallas. if if's and buts were candy and nuts.....
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by SPARX:
It could've been worse for me. I was gonna go with the Eagles but instead went for a game I thought you definitely wouldn't take. Wrong.
Are the Skins for real?
i was between san diego and new orleans.
i suppose i should have taken the easy pick with dallas. if if's and buts were candy and nuts..... [/b]
That would've been a sweet victory had you taken the Saints, as I am a die hard Vikings Fan. Still wouldn't have got me out of the SD debacle though.
Smackie, check your PM's
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Originally posted by SPARX:
Smackie, check your PM's [/b]
Bump
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Now that everyone's been paid (seriously though, sparx, it's time to get a paypal account - you're the only check I've written since March), I recently (re)discovered that my winnings were in my paypal account. It's like an early Christmas with Monopoly money! Here's what I've purchased off ebay so far this week with my winnings:
(1) A t-shirt that I won't unveil on the masses until football Sunday. ($11)
(2) A 2GB RAM chip for my Dell Mini 9 ($22)
(3) A Wine Aerator ($25)
(4) An external DVD/CD-RW drive ($30)
(5) Replacement Stylus for smackette's Treo - I was wrongly accused of losing it, but hey ($6)
(6) Wireless Strat for Rock Band ($30)
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Now that everyone's been paid (seriously though, sparx, it's time to get a paypal account - you're the only check I've written since March), I recently (re)discovered that my winnings were in my paypal account. It's like an early Christmas with Monopoly money! Here's what I've purchased off ebay so far this week with my winnings:
(1) A t-shirt that I won't unveil on the masses until football Sunday. ($11)
(2) A 2GB RAM chip for my Dell Mini 9 ($22)
(3) A Wine Aerator ($25)
(4) An external DVD/CD-RW drive ($30)
(5) Replacement Stylus for smackette's Treo - I was wrongly accused of losing it, but hey ($6)
(6) Wireless Strat for Rock Band ($30)
my share of the $100-pool winnings was spent on - what else - concert tickets.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Here's what I've purchased off ebay so far this week with my winnings:
(3) A Wine Aerator ($25)
a wine aerator. . .why not just buy a decanter, or even better, plan ahead. :)
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Well, you know better than anyone on this board, that I own a decanter. But plan ahead? Please. That's what the High Life is for.
If I only use it for the first glass while I decant the rest, it's totally worth it. You on the other hand, can wait for your first glass Mr. buy a decanter.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Well, you know better than anyone on this board, that I own a decanter. But plan ahead? Please. That's what the High Life is for.
If I only use it for the first glass while I decant the rest, it's totally worth it. You on the other hand, can wait for your first glass Mr. buy a decanter.
went to trefethen whilst you were on your pilgrimage, and they poured one glass of their 01 Cab through an aerator and another glass without- while the aerator certainly opened up the wine on the nose, it seemed to have lost a bit of the body and structure, especially through the finish. the unaerated one still remained closed on the nose, even with a vigorous amount of swirling, but did maintain a good bit more of the structure. of course, all of this could have been more a function of the wine itself (it was a rather cold day, so that may have played a role in it as well), rather than the technology being used. for the same price as their 01 Cab, a better use would be to go to Clos du Val and purchase one of their library Cabs.
i can't believe i just wrote all of that. . .
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Now that everyone's been paid (seriously though, sparx, it's time to get a paypal account - you're the only check I've written since March),
Sorry to make you write letters and numbers. The horror! I have no desire to use paypal.
Thanks though for going the extra mile to send my check, I finally got it this past Friday.
I spent it on plywood. My 12 yr. old St. Bernard/German Shepherd mix Maddie loves her new ramp. Those concrete steps were gettin to her.
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I have to add that when smackette saw all the packages start arriving from the Monopoly Money fire sale, she got in on the action.
It cost me a case of Cafe Du Monde, Regular blend.
Next time I ship everything to the office.
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Bump.
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Of course....
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i was wondering when this was going to start, was thinking about it this weekend.
please keep us informed, commish.