[lumberjim]

Post what you feel are highlights of the current cellar events in this thread.

Birthday Announcements. Personal victories. Links to funny cellar threads. Fights, Fund raising, Farm reports. Weather Alerts, Lost and Found. Party Announcements. Official Complaints. Letters to the Editor. Et....cetera.






This could keep the occaisional users up to speed, make finding interesting events easier, serve as a place to make a minor announcement without having to start a whole thread over it.

I know there's a little reporter in all of you. Use the topic line as a "headline" for your article.

Don't clutter the thread with tangental discussions about the articles posted. Use a link to a seperate thread for that stuff, if there's something you want to talk about.

[sycamore]

Jinx, I am begging you...take his computer away and let his boss know about his activities while at work...for the good of everyone.

[lumberjim]

why i oughta

[sycamore]

Originally posted by lumberjim
why i oughta

shut the fuck up? Yes.

[lumberjim]

In case you missed it, we're gonna make Cellar t-shirts, and sell 'em. Details to be determined, but check here (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5254) for updates.

[lumberjim]

Get registered to choose a book for the class to read. Share opinions, read new books. link (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5260)

[lumberjim]

Apparently, we are not staceyv's sole source of advice for her marital problems. She has also been getting advice from a more international set. justme has joined our group, and shared a little about that (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5249&perpage=15&pagenumber=2)

[SteveDallas]

My head feels nasty; from past experience, I'm pretty sure it's a sinus infection. I'm going in to my dr's office at 1:15PM. I'll try to get a scan of the prescription for posting before I take it in.

(Oh, wait..... this wasn't the kind of news update you wanted, was it??)

[lumberjim]

there is no editor, steve. hope you feel better.

[wolf]

Steve, hope you get the Zithromax ... new dosing two pills a day for three days, rather than the old two pills first day, one for four days following.

Same amount of meds, intimidates the germies, you feel better by end of day two.

There's a "thing" going around. Everyone in my dept has had it ... the doctor infected us all, then nicely wrote us scripts to take care of it.

[jinx]

Did Max (http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/sunday/082700biz-pfizer.html) approve this new dosing?

[wolf]

Neat. Never saw that before.

I will now have to pester my Pfizer rep for Zebra stuff. He will find that a refreshing change from demands for Viagra merchandise.

[SteveDallas]

Yeah, I've had Zithromax. It's good. But no antibiotics this time... it's apparently not an actual infection, but I got stuff anyway that should improve things quickly.

[Griff]

Be sure to pick your nose a lot, it seems to help.

[sycamore]

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose...but you can't pick your friend's nose.

NEWS FLASH! Jimbo needs your help (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5238)...don't let Jinx wind up an internet widow!

[sycamore]

Originally posted by wolf
I will now have to pester my Pfizer rep for Zebra stuff. He will find that a refreshing change from demands for Viagra merchandise.

What do they give out as Viagra merchandise? Battery-operated vibrators? Rafael Palmeiro love dolls?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally posted by jinx
Did Max (http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/sunday/082700biz-pfizer.html) approve this new dosing? I hope TW reads this.:haha:

[xoxoxoBruce]

Don't clutter the thread with tangental discussions about the articles posted. Use a link to a seperate thread for that stuff, if there's something you want to talk about. Is that (another) challenge?:p

[sycamore]

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
I hope TW reads this.

I just read about this in last month's Economist. Only our MBA mental midget president and the dichead Sharon would allow this to happen!

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Is that (another) challenge?:p

just trying to convey my vision of this thread......don;t mind me. chatter all you want. I've learned by now that this place is like trying to hold sand in your hand. the harder you squeeze, the faster it escapes......

i promise not to post a bitch thread about how disillusioned i am by your rebellious nature.

and you'd better stop heckling me sycamore, ya bastard. don't think i won't bitch slap you just because you dye your hair, Nancy.

:D

[sycamore]

Originally posted by lumberjim
and you'd better stop heckling me sycamore, ya bastard. don't think i won't bitch slap you just because you dye your hair, Nancy.

Why James?

Why do you even bother attempting to make threats, knowing Goddamned good and well I (and every other Cellar Dwellar in Philadelphia) have a very easy way to exact revenge?

You don't know when to quit, do you? :)

[xoxoxoBruce]

Ahem, I'd like to point out the significant growth in membership, of late. They can't all be Slang. :)

[sycamore]

That's just because the Cellar got connected to Ampland somehow...

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by sycamore




You don't know when to quit, do you? :)

does anyone else see the irony here? the great big gobs of dripping irony?

welcome back, old boy.

[lumberjim]

i thinkit's all of the people searching for whale penises

[sycamore]

Originally posted by lumberjim
does anyone else see the irony here? the great big gobs of dripping irony?

I merely push the envelope...I don't go ripping through it, rendering it useless.

welcome back, old boy.

*bows* Thank you, thank you...I'll be playing here until a time of my choosing. :)

[lumberjim]

here are this week's new registrants. some are lurkers, some are not. welcome aboard, I say. try not to step on the whale penises.

noodles (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1418)

fireman (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1417)

mutating string (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1415)

godwulf (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1414)

Random Guy (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1412)

mamcg (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1411)

eastepp (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1410)

Electrophile (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1409)

purple muffs (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1408)

justme (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1407)

yellowbolt (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1406)

Tornado (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1405)

penelope_z (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1404)

Al Shiney (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1403)

h20boy (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1403)

Zenchou (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1401)

silentrain (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1399)

Clodfobble (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1398)

Michael D (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1397)

Hasan21 (http://cellar.org/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1395)

[lumberjim]

blue58 - 200posts

hot pastrami - 700 posts

radar and beestie - 500


wolf - will hit 3500 with 6 posts

[Griff]

Griff screwing around with radical politics.... details at eleven.

[sycamore]

Coming up...sycamore learns about septic systems and composting toilets, even though he will probably never deal with either in his life.

Learning kicks ass!

[Griff]

Update.... Sycamore so impressed with composting technology he goes hillbilly, buys a shotgun, and moves to a state which doesn't have as many silly septic laws... NEW YORK?!!!!!!!

[lumberjim]

The linked thread contains graphic images of wildlife not suitable for all audiences. If you have a weak stomach, please make sure you have a plastic bag near to hand. http://cellar.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=86299

[Elspode]

What a relief. For a minute, there, I thought you'd sunk to posting bestiality sites...

[lumberjim]

the details (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=86785#post86785)

[lumberjim]

TSHIRT SALE IS ON! (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5404)

[Griff]

Jim starts laying political lumber.

[lumberjim]

The Tshirt sale is over.

all orders are in. we sold 87 shirts. nice going people. you have done well. of those 87 shirts, 20 were ordered as spares.

tony ordered 5 each of med, large, XL, and XXL black short sleeve tees. contact him after may 10th if you missed this and you'd like to purchase one. first come, first served

[lumberjim]

blue58 takes on the world (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5572)

[ladysycamore]

Originally posted by Griff
Update.... Sycamore so impressed with composting technology he goes hillbilly, buys a shotgun, and moves to a state which doesn't have as many silly septic laws... NEW YORK?!!!!!!!

Heh! Chreeeist, I wish to GOD I could convince him to move to NYC..or did you mean away from the big city? :D

[sycamore]

Jim goes over 24 hours between posts (http://cellar.org/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=96218)...shock, awe, glee and indifference ensues. :)

[Griff]

I kinda got freaked out... had this image of wolf and an industrial sized butterfly net.

[lumberjim]

tee hee he......whaddya gonna do when I go on vacation? aside from party like it's 1999.

[Beestie]

Originally posted by lumberjim
tee hee he......whaddya gonna do when I go on vacation? aside from party like it's 1999. Conspire. :)

[wolf]

You're going to be spending a lot of time in internet cafes, aren't you jim? or have you made sure to book into a hotel with high speed access, and you'll get yourself a special present for the trip ... new laptop? Hey, it's really cheaper than getting the kids one of those DVD things to hang from the back of the car seat, and you all can enjoy it ... really.

Jinx, don't believe a freakin' word of it.

[lumberjim]

hah. last time we went, i took an old laptop that a friend had given me, and one of those "free" aol disks.

We're doing OBX in september, and I'm probably not going to bother with the computer this time unless shelby wants to. she'll probably exhibit stonger withdrawal symptoms from being out of contact with her buddies. I'll try to keep her busy tho, ifa ya know what ah mean ;) ;)

[Elspode]

What the hell is OBX?

[lumberjim]

outer banks, NC. have you seen the little white oval stickers on the cars?

[wolf]

I thought it stood for "Obnoxious".

Most of the people I've seen with those stickers are.

I'll bet you have one, Jim.

:hugsandkisses:

[lumberjim]

i used to, but it came off. and i'm afraid i have to agree. i am obnoxious. i made my own sticker:

[glatt]

Those little OBX stickers have always amused me.

I first saw the little white stickers (not OBX ones) on cars in Europe. They were used to indicate the country of origin there, so when cars went from one country to another, officials could tell where they were from. Well, that's how it was explained to me anyway. Don't know if it's actually true. I just know that you could tell where a car was from by the sticker.

When Americans traveled to Europe, they would buy these stickers as souveniers and slap them on their cars when they got home. That in itself was kind of funny to me, because it misses the whole point of the sticker. There were always a lot of "D" stickers on Volkswagens, because sometimes people would order a volkswagen, fly to Germany to take delivery of it, travel around a bit in Europe with it, and then have Volkswagen ship the car to the US dealership near them. The "D" was applied in Germany, but usually never removed by the owner upon return to the US, because, hey, they went to Europe.

So I always imagined that people who put those stickers on their cars thought they had class or something, because they had been to Europe.

Fast forward to North Carolina several years later. Now, North Carolina is a perfectly fine state, but it's not one that I would associate with the idea of culture, class or sophistication. Although they do have cheap discount furniture. Some PR guy gets the idea that if they use one of these European style stickers, they can slap the OBX abbreviation on it and they will seem classy. Or somehow part of a secret club who's members know what OBX is. It's crazy.

Meanwhile, back in Europe, they don't use the stickers as much anymore, because with the advent of the EU, the license plate tells you where a car is from.

[Beestie]

Originally posted by glatt Now, North Carolina is a perfectly fine state, but it's not one that I would associate with the idea of culture, class or sophistication. Exactly. Its like putting a sticker on your car to let everyone know that you ate at Red Lobster yesterday.

[jinx]

Interesting perspective glatt, you seem a little bitter though. Were you excluded from classy, secret clubs as a child? Do you vacation somewhere where they have chintzy or self evident souveniers?



Here's (http://www.twiddy.com/rns/search/propertydetail.aspx?ID=801) our place. For the same price we could stay in a crappy hotel in AV or OC - but those stickers just aren't as cool.:cool:

[Beestie]

Both glatt and I live in the same neck of the woods (the Virginia suburbs of DC) and it seems that every third car has an OBX sticker on it. I lived here for several years before someone finally told me what the hell OBX meant. At first, I thought it was the airport abbreviation for an airport in the Outer Banks area but it isn't - its completely made up - a pretentious idea that glatt characterized perfectly - an imitation European sticker that some PR guy dreamt up to confer a sense of exclusivity.

I have to admit that ever since I learned what it meant, I roll my eyes whenever I see one. That's not a knock on North Carolina - I spend time there myself - its a knock on the sticker itself.

I'm not sure they have high-speed access there, tho :)

**ducks**

[sycamore]

There are also similar stickers that read OCM--Ocean City, Maryland. The first time I saw one, it threw me off b/c I happened to work for a company called OCM (On Campus Marketing) at the time.

Jinx, what's AV?

[sycamore]

Originally posted by lumberjim
i used to, but it came off. and i'm afraid i have to agree. i am obnoxious. i made my own sticker:

Nice...you might also want to try a C, a T or an M.

[jinx]

Well, OBS doesn't have the same appeal, don't you think?
Those stickers are everywhere. Every beach town in NJ and MD (and probably elsewhere, but those are the ones I commonly see) have their own made up abbreviation sticker, I don't think the outer banks was the first.

I also remember seeing DUCK ones down there, but none of the other towns. Guess their names were too long or didn't have a good abbreviation.

[jinx]

Originally posted by sycamore
[B

Jinx, what's AV? [/B]

Avalon, NJ

[sycamore]

Originally posted by glatt
Now, North Carolina is a perfectly fine state, but it's not one that I would associate with the idea of culture, class or sophistication.

Not yet anyway. After all, Northern Virginia is civilized and upscale.

[Beestie]

Originally posted by sycamore
Not yet anyway. After all, Northern Virginia is civilized and upscale. Perhaps, but we don't print NVA stickers to make everyone think we're cool either. But while we're on the subject, those "Virginia is for Lovers" stickers are enough to make me want to set my hair on fire.

[glatt]

Originally posted by jinx
Interesting perspective glatt, you seem a little bitter though. Were you excluded from classy, secret clubs as a child? Do you vacation somewhere where they have chintzy or self evident souveniers?

Bitter? I may come across that way, but I'm not bitter. More amused at the sillyness behind the stickers. They have their origins as beaurocratic red tape, and people use them for souveniers.

I've got nothing against the Outer Banks. I've been there before and it was perfectly nice. I had a good time. It's just not a region that I would consider remarkable.

The souveniers I get are usually t-shirts. And they are t-shirts that have pretty/interesting pictures or designs. If you get close, you may see a word identifying the location, but for the most part, the t-shirts are nice to look at for people who aren't familiar with the location, and they also remind me of my trip to the location. So they are not self evident, but that doesn't matter, because they are nice to look at, so no-one is challenged by them.

[glatt]

Originally posted by Beestie
Perhaps, but we don't print NVA stickers to make everyone think we're cool either. But while we're on the subject, those "Virginia is for Lovers" stickers are enough to make me want to set my hair on fire.

Agreed. But those "Virginia is for lovers" stickers peaked in the early 80's I think. It was a different time. People still had the 70's mindset. I haven't seen one in ages.

[Clodfobble]

The television ad campaign revolving around that slogan still played in Texas just a few years ago.

[glatt]

Well, as someone living in Virginia, I apologize that you had to watch that.

How about those "New Jersey and you. Perfect together." ads? They were almost as bad. Don't see them much anymore.

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by sycamore


Nice...you might also want to try a C, a T or an M.
ok, i'll bite. lay it on me.

[Pi]

Back to the stickers. Actually we still have that system in Europe an L doesn't stant for Loser but Luxembourg. So watch out Jim...
And yes, now they have a little European flag on the licence-plate and in the middle the abreviation of your country. And yes the licence plates are quite different in very country : red on white, black on yellow, black on white, white on black, seem the most common colors...
And the French and Germans have a system where they pay their car taxes so you can tell by seeing the plate where they come from (France has numbers (01-95 + some special and Germany has a combination of different letters)...

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by Pi
Back to the stickers. Actually we still have that system in Europe an L doesn't stant for Loser but Luxembourg. So watch out Jim...
And yes, now they have a little European flag on the licence-plate and in the middle the abreviation of your country. And yes the licence plates are quite different in very country : red on white, black on yellow, black on white, white on black, seem the most common colors...
And the French and Germans have a system where they pay their car taxes so you can tell by seeing the plate where they come from (France has numbers (01-95 + some special and Germany has a combination of different letters)...

I created the L sticker for a friend that ( and I'm sure glatt and beestie will love this) wanted to have an OBX sticker on her jeep even though she had never been there. i made the L because it was funnier than "P" for Poser.

[Pi]

Yeah shure because P is for Portugal and that's really crap ;)

[sycamore]

Originally posted by lumberjim
ok, i'll bite. lay it on me.

Choad, Tool, Moron...so many varieties, but I'll leave it to 3. :)

[zippyt]

Cool looking vacation spot Jinx , one problem , in the listing it says no pets , what are you going to do with Jim while you and the kids are at the beach ????

[lumberjim]

i'm more of a mascot, and therefore allowable

[wolf]

Jim, you should be very glad that we really, really like Jinx and therefore will not be fucking with your vacation plans ... say moving them back a week or upgrading you to a much more expensive cottage.

[Beestie]

Originally posted by wolf Jim, you should be very glad that we really, really like Jinx and therefore will not be fucking with your vacation plans Oops. :)

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by wolf
Jim, you should be very glad that we really, really like Jinx and therefore will not be fucking with your vacation plans ... say moving them back a week or upgrading you to a much more expensive cottage.

wolf, i don't know why you have such a hard time admitting that you love me. would it be easier if i said it first?...

wolf, i love you. you are a beautiful person. you have great worth. ok. your turn.

[wolf]

<strike>wolf</strike> ljim, i love you. you are a beautiful person. you have great worth.

oh gods. I feel so dirty.

Is it considered bad ettiquette to kill the sensitivity trainer before the session starts and then not go back to work, since they'd already scheduled you the time off?

Just hypothetically.

I was wondering.

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by sycamore


Choad, Tool, Moron...so many varieties, but I'll leave it to 3. :)

well, i guessed 2 out of 3 right. choad threw me. i figgered on a different 'c' word.....like: cool or charming or charismatic.

i'll make you one and bring it to forks so rich can laminate it. should i surprise you, or do you want a say in it?

[sycamore]

Originally posted by lumberjim
well, i guessed 2 out of 3 right. choad threw me. i figgered on a different 'c' word.....like: cool or charming or charismatic.

Or cunt. :)

i'll make you one and bring it to forks so rich can laminate it. should i surprise you, or do you want a say in it?

I would go with a P for Pimp or BMF for Bad Motherfucker...or MOSS for Mean Ol' So-and-so.

[lumberjim]

well, I was thinking 'P' but it stood for 'predictable' :)

[Slartibartfast]

In Spain they have (or used to have) a law that requires brand new drivers to display a large 'L' on the rear window of the car they are driving. The 'L' would come off after a certain number of months. This is good because you can tell at a glance which cars are most likely to slam on the breaks for no reason, or cut you off, or do any number of stupid things new drivers do. (Of course, this behavior is not limited to new drivers.)

[lumberjim]

[austin powers] Yeah, baby! Yeah!! [/austin powers]

[sycamore]

Originally posted by lumberjim
well, I was thinking 'P' but it stood for 'predictable' :)

Considering I'm probably one of the least predictable people you've ever met...you dumbass. :)

[lumberjim]

i knew you would say that ;)

[sycamore]

Whatever, John Edward wannabe. :)

[lumberjim]

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[lumberjim]

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[lumberjim]

xoxoxo

[lumberjim]

hp

[lumberjim]

and of course

[SteveDallas]

How's about



FU
SteveDallas


(yeah, yeah, too lazy to do a graphic)

[lumberjim]

i like the bmf idea, syc