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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 04:31am | #1

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   I usually do go over there when this site crashes, but it's hard to find many friendly names. And they have slightly narrower guidelines as to what constitutes "on-topic" discussion. - jb

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 04:38am | #2

   *Great idea Mike , it'd be a peice of cake . Breaktime has more traffic in one hour than they have in a week . I'm surprised that there isn't more crossover . JLC's a great magazine but this web site has there's beat hands down . Chuck

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 04:56am | #3

   *. . . then again, maybe we could all go outside and smell the roses, get a life as-it-were, maybe eveni get a lawn. . . chair!!!-pm

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 05:38am | #4

   *JLC has plans to revamp their site. I visit there from time to time myself. They have a very good forum for Quickbooks also.

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 05:42am | #5

   *What's JLC?Ed.

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 05:43am | #6

   *Good points, but I think Mike's planning more of a hostile takeover... or the "Animal House" approach. (Every party is a Toga Party!)

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 05:48am | #7

   *Journal of Light Construction... if you had a two-holer for an outhouse... this would be on the other nail. http://www.jlconline.com

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 06:29am | #8

   *...right after I started here, we had a prolonged crash. Lawrence Winterburn e mails me to meet him at some "sleepy little woodworking site" so I did. I log on, and he's already been there, and announced that a bunch of belly scratchin' carpenters were in need of a site, on account of ours bein' broke down, and would they mind if we used theirs for awhile. Well this place was for hobby type folks. I mean, they were talkin' about buildin' BIRDHOUSES and stuff! So I log in as "Roberta Young" or some wise crackin' thing like that, and before I can say "time warp" I'm in a discussion with some well intentioned gal about SOAP BOX RACERS! Remember those, from Cub Scouts? Well, she is tryin' to get info 'cause her hubby and son are buildin' one. And all these memories come flooding back, and I'm tellin' her about puttin' some fishin' weights in the nose to get momentum, and how we used to build real soap box racers as kids and race them down the big hill, and I realize I had logged in as a WOMAN!So, quick as a cat, I sign off and vow never to go anywhere except around all you rude SOBs, cause "water seeks its own level". I sure hope they get the problem fixed here, 'cause this is where I'm comfortable. - jb

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 06:46am | #9

   *now then, young Jim, any other sites you've logged into as a woman? Come on, share wit yer breaktime buddies. it's okay. We won't laugh at you, much. in fact, when you start heading out to the job site in a saucy little lavender outfit, just login, and we'll help you accessorize. I'm thinking steel toed pumps, nice little bag big enough for a cordless paslode. Just wanted to let you know, we're there for you buddy.

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 07:31am | #10

   *JLC? Revamping web site? Sean leaves FHB? Do you think it's coincidence? Hmmmm.....

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 08:08am | #11

   *JB and Adrian, thanks for the good laugh. Much needed after this day.

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 08:21am | #12

   *Mike: I don't know if they are set up over there to run pictures of people cutting their digits off.

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   Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 09:27am | #13

   *That sleepy site is the woodworking forum at That Home Site, which is a part of The Virtual Mirror. The webmaster is Spike Hernandez. I couldn't find the posts by Roberta though.

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    Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 11:42am | #14

    *Here it is: Mind if we use your forum?

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    Guest_ | Aug 05, 1999 11:15pm | #15

    *Jim, "Slightly narrower guidelines", man, you're generous! We got busted at that place for barely laughing! As for that story about the other site, damn near fell outta' my chair. Reminds me of a time I'd borrowed a woman friend's car for a quick jaunt somewhere. Couldn't understand why all these guys kept looking at me funny. Well, after getting out of the car and looking it over, I noticed one of those yellow diamond signs hanging in the window. "Wanted: good looking stupid men". Well, I don't know about the "wanted" and the "good looking" but the "stupid" part sure applied. Sam

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    Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 01:59am | #16

    *...well, there was that one time, at Mardi Gras...BUT EVERYONE WAS DOIN' IT...oh yeh, and there was that time at the festival in Rio, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER HEMISPHERE...oh...and that time in Berlin, BUT ANYTHING GOES IN BERLIN...oh man, I got myself in a mess this time...

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    Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 02:05am | #17

    *SamD! Where ya been, bro? Coulda used your help the other day, Andrew was bad mouthin' worm drives, then somebody said a kind word about F*rd trucks! Enjoyin' the weather? Nice to have it cool off, huh? Man, what was it 2, 3 days in a row above 80? - jb

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    Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 07:21am | #18

    *Gee, I reaLLY LIKE THE LITTLE STARS 'N STUFF, it's just so gosh darn cute. . . waaay to wholesome for this crowd though, cripes they'd probably want us to wipe our feet at the door, and take our hats off. . . too many rules, I can just tell!!!-pm

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    Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 07:32am | #19

    *Patrick,If there weren't any rules to break, how would we amuse ourselves?JonC

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    Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 07:33am | #20

    *Jon. . . uhhh , by baiting Joe, or Fred or Gabe???-pm

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    Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 08:38am | #21

    *You devil.Iconclasts of the world unite!JonC

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    Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 09:02am | #22

    *Jim, Busier than a multi-peckered billygoat around here, trying to get the house sided before the BIG rain sets in. No kidding about the weather, it was plenty warm for us west-coasters and it's certainly nice to have it a bit cooler. Did you guys get the killer lighting & thunder? Wild! I did make a couple of comments about that "sweet running V-6" of yours coming up from JonC's (I think that was it?) but I musta' missed you. Now you know how I feel about F***ds...:-) What's this? Andrew dissin' the 77??? Better get on our high horses and have a talk with him! Speakin' of the 77, it's getting a workout this summer.... I was down your way last week but it was a quick trip- there and gone. S.

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    Guest_ | Aug 06, 1999 12:16pm | #23

    *Um, Andrew who?