Exactly what number FRLian thread are we up to? Technically, only #23 was named last, but it was continued on another thread, which was never TECHNICALLY numbered..and then some other threads came along, and they weren't numbered either, although some of the COULD have been numbered. Don't you people have someone who keeps track of this kind of stuff?????

A new FRLian thread number is due shortly...and I have no freakin' idea what it is!!!

-- Enquiring FRL member (Needs@to.know), December 06, 2000

Answers

Just hang on a bit Enquiring One, you will not have to wait too long. After all, the FRL is going to be two years old on 12/11 and we should get a new "Official Thread #24" then, and maybe even a formal "State of the FRL" Address :-)

-- (answers@re.us), December 06, 2000.

Wow...a December 11th "State of the FRL" birthday address...Now THIS is worth waiting for! #24 it will be then...I feel much better now.

-- WAiting Patiently! (State@of.the.FRL.due!), December 06, 2000.

Okay - So what number am I? 12/9/55 arrival.....but what is today? Is yesterday after the day before yesterday if today is a day later on the other side of the international date line? What was Tuesday?

Will tommorrow be different? Do the English read a calender from right to left? Or from back to front, since they drive leftwards too.

Can I demand a recount?

How do I count dimples? Per kid...or per grandkid?

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 07, 2000.

Did I answer this question?

Should I answer this question?

Would I have answered this question?

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 07, 2000.

Robert, are you trying to tell us your birthday is in two days? ;- )

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), December 07, 2000.

Hmmmm. Interesting question Gayla. Lettuce sea.

If he was born in '55 and this is 00 then he must be, uh, well, 00 minus 55 is -55 I think, so that means he isn't really born quite yet... so he can't have a birthday in two days,unless he is chinese and then he'll be one year old as soon as he is born... but he can be born in two days, right? And if he is born in two days it would be a very long labor wouldn't it? Sheesh! Dear Mrs. Michaels longest labor was a lot less than two whole days - and you shoulda heard her!

Uh, I should confess that math has never been one of my stronger points but I think if you count my counting you will see that a recount isn't needed. Anyway, why don't we celebrate him being born in two days, and if he isn't born then we will just have to wait. I hope this makes things clearer.

-- (thesonofdust@happy.birthday), December 07, 2000.

Robert after the party. J

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), December 08, 2000.

What Gayla said!

-- helen (b@c.k), December 08, 2000.

Thanks bundles and bunches! Like what they say at the fireworks:

Ooooh. Aaahhh. Hmmmn.

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 09, 2000.

Robert, I'm so sorry I missed your birthday! I was in Toronto to write a registry exam for polysomnography technology, and then my husband and I went to Niagara Falls to celebrate the end of studying ( and hopefully the return to 'normal' life)

Anyway, a belated happy birthday... I hope it was fun!

-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 13, 2000.

Trish,

Glad ya got that polynom...polysognom.....polynograsom.........

Man, I'm glad ya got that TEST nearly over. I been so worried I couldn't sleep!

:-)

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-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 13, 2000.

Lon!!! Shame on you for such thoughts about a nice young lady like that.....

Besides, polynominal relationships were legal only parts of Utah and Nevada.........

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 13, 2000.

Robert, I never had polynom...pollysog...

I never had no such thing with that woman! And I'll take a pollygra...paligre.....polagri...

I'll take a dang lie detector test, to prove it.

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-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 13, 2000.

just testin' something here....

-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 13, 2000.

Well, lookie there!!! I don't have to feed the software gremlins anymore! And my apsotrophies aren't little boxes, either.

Kritter, you're a genius. Will you marry me?

........just have my children?

........ OK, OK, just co-sign for a new boat loan, maybe???

-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 13, 2000.

LOL

Yup, if I passed the test, I get to sign myself as S.P.Ayles, RRT, RPSGT and then try to stutter my way through Registered Polywhatever Technologist when people ask me what it stands for ;-)

And the equipment we use is the same stuff that they use for Polygraph... hmm maybe I'll try that career next :-)

-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 13, 2000.

(((((Tricia))))) Congratulations on completing your studies! I have 3 more finals, then I will get a break, too. I'm looking forward to it. I love Niagara Falls! Do they shine the lights on the falls at night during the winter? It's an awesome sight!

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), December 14, 2000.

Okay - If you co-sign his new boat loan, can I keep it here?

See, it seems so unfair to have a perfectly good boat up there where there's ice storms and cold weather and Canadianaiinananiananans and ice hookey and all them polynominal polygamist polygraphic polar bears.

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 14, 2000.

Lon,..sure, I'll marry you. Since there's a new boat involved. :-)

Marlon Brando is whispering "the shallowness...the shallowness", somewhere.

PS - Do I have to take a polygrammer test first?

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), December 14, 2000.

Kritter,

You would definitely like the boat. It was designed by a Polynesian polyglot using a polychromatic layout of polyethylene pontoons and polycarbonate polyhedrons. The sails, of course, are polyester, and the hull is painted with a polyurethane or polyvinyl polymer to deter the polychaetes, which are polygamous at best, and often even polymorphus (the polygenic little buggers!).

Of course, everyone sailing with us must be polytropic (but please no polyphagia) as well as polysyllabically capable and hopefully not exhibiting any Polyphemus-like behavior. I expect the crew to be polyphonic at least, and hopefully polydactyl, but not suffering from polycythemia. It’s OK with me if they are polytheistic or even graduates of a polytechnic institution, so long as they do not use polysacarides and are not prone to polyuria. I expect any females on board to refrain, at all costs, becoming polytocous while underway, although they may certainly be polyandrus, if they so wish.

I know all this may seem polysemic, but perhaps a bouquet of polyanthus will steady our nerves and keep us from becoming polyneuritic. Then again, I may be just a Pollyanna.

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-- Lon Frank (lgal@exp.net), December 15, 2000.

Thanks, Gayla... and good luck! As for Niagara Falls, we'd heard that we should be sure to see them at night, but the big snow storm came through during the afternoon, and we spent the evening safely tucked into our warm hotel. I think you have a much clearer appreciation of that now than you would have last year at this time! :-)

Robert, we do have water up here in the frozen wastelands for a few months each year; a boat isn't a complete waste ;-)

And Lon, if you're offering rides on your poly-boat, I want to come along assuming that polyticians are not welcome and that you'll allow me to bring Pierra (my version of "Polly wants a cracker") :-D

-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), December 15, 2000.