This is my 10,000th post.

[evlbstrd]

And I haven't contributed a damned thing.

edited for speeling, dammit.

[Robeson]

1. I think you echo the feelings of much of us who have reached that "milestone"...

...never-the-less, congrats!! :party: :party: :toast: :bounce: :bounce: :kick: :headbang: :kick: :headbang: :woohoo: :party:

[evlbstrd]

2. Thank you.

It kept me off the streets.
Well, that's not true.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear evlbstrd...

You've contributed quite a lot to me...

You were one of my first friends here...

We've had many a great conversation right here!

I'm always glad to see you posting, sweetie...:hug:


Biggo congrats on achieving 10,000 posts!



:party: :toast: :toast: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :toast: :toast: :party:

[evlbstrd]

4. My dear Peggy!

You should be the patron saint of DU.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. That's really sweet of you!

But I'm way too human to be a saint, believe me!

:hug:

[evlbstrd]

6. All of the saints were human.

They were just better at than most.

[Breeze54]

7. Yeah! Congrats on your milestone!!

10,000 is a lot of typing!!

[evlbstrd]

8. Thank you!

But if you average the word length of my posts, not so much.

[Breeze54]

11. It's not the quantity...

It's the quality that matters. ;)

[evlbstrd]

13. You're WAAAAAAY too generous.

[Richard Steele]

9. Congrats, evlbstrd!

:toast:

[evlbstrd]

10. I appreciate that.

Dubious honor that it may be. Drink up!

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Good for you for finally figuring it out

LOL

Oh and congrats!! :hug:

[evlbstrd]

14. You never stop reminding me.

Thanks, pal!

[orleans]

15. who's counting? n/t

[evlbstrd]

19. DU.

[Doug.Goodall]

16. I wish they kept track of how many posts you read

I would have pretty high numbers. (I've been reading DU for five or six years now.)

[evlbstrd]

20. That would be sobering.

[Mabus]

17. I remember post #5671

Or was it 3951? Either way it was a world changing post, for me at least. Now that was a par-tay!

[evlbstrd]

21. I read that!

A shocker.

[Mabus]

23. Besides, if it weren't for DU, we'd probably have never met

And that, my dear evl would have been a travesty. You've had more of an impact than you know.

There are so many people who love you. And there'll be more people who love you once that barley wine has been properly aged. Speaking of which, why are you posting and not brewing?

[evlbstrd]

25. My brew partner is at work.

The slacker.
But I've been washing beer and wine bottles if that makes you feel better. The wine gets bottled next weekend.

[Mabus]

27. You should be over there doing "quality control"

because, and you can tell your brewing buddy this, I think the reason the inventory was down last week was because Brewer Bill was doing some taste testing on the side.

[evlbstrd]

28. I've had my suspicions.

St. Brigid could use a scrubbing, too.

[Mabus]

29. He's been smelling a little yeasty lately

St. Brigid? Huh?

[evlbstrd]

30. He's always smelled like that.

We have a Virgin Mary statue we're "re-tooling" into St. Brigid. She's an Irish saint. One of her miracles was to have changed her bathwater to ale.

[Mabus]

31. That's a relief

for a while I thought I was the only one who thought that.

Whew! I thought it was the new code word for vilsack or coulter.

[evlbstrd]

32. Heaven forfend!

We have token offerings, votive candles and incense, too. And she has safety glasses for her protection.

[Mabus]

34. I miss you and Brewer Bill

if only there were homesick smilies I could taunt you with.

[evlbstrd]

35. You don't need smilies to taunt me.

Hide in the Admiral's luggage! TSA won't notice.

[Mabus]

36. He's going to need larger luggage

I wish I could return with the Admiral. I really do. You have no idea. But it isn't going to happen this time.

[evlbstrd]

37. I know.

But it won't be long.

[Mabus]

40. You do realize that about half your post count is because of our constant banter

and yet, I've been registered here longer than you have and you will probably surpass me in total posts in a few months. How does this work?

[evlbstrd]

41. It's simple, really.

Snark and run.

[Mabus]

43. giggle, giggle

You can always make me laugh. I love you.

[evlbstrd]

45. Back atcha.

[Mabus]

49. I know.

If only our dogs could get along as well as we do.

[evlbstrd]

53. Gup loves everybody.

[Mabus]

57. And everybody loves Gup

It's Bear and Kramer that are the problems.

[evlbstrd]

60. They're old and cranky.

They don't give a rat's ass.

[Mabus]

61. Are describing Bear and Kramer

or you and me?

[evlbstrd]

62. If the foo shits...

[Mabus]

63. I'm supposed to drink it?

I forget how these things go.

btw, how long do you think we can keep this thread going?

[evlbstrd]

64. You need a crib sheet.

I don't know. How long is the World's Most Annoying Song?
How many angels does a pinhead dance with?

[Mabus]

65. I need more than that

It depends on what you consider the most annoying song.
There are no such things as angels so Bill O'Reilly dances alone.

[evlbstrd]

66. This one claims to be.

http://www.funlol.com/funpages/most-annoying-song.html

O'Reilly dances with falafel.
Isn't that a movie?

[Mabus]

67. I hate that thing

it's almost as bad as getting Rick Rolled but I fall for it every time.

No, O'Reilly takes his falafel out for a spin in the "No Spin Zone".
It's not but it should be.

[evlbstrd]

68. I hate it, too.

My kids used to sing one on long trips. It's why we quit taking long trips.

[Mabus]

69. See, you made your trips fun

My dad made trips a living hell. Every time, every single time, he took us on a road trip he would run out of gas. It's like he couldn't fill up on the way out of town. He would decide on the spur of the moment that we were going on a trip and he'd give us up to a half hour to pack.

And we didn't sing on trips because we had jobs. We spent all our energy spotting farm houses that my dad could walk to to get gas or watching for the Highway Patrol's airplane. We were like human radar/GPS devices for my parents and their speed driving. I swear one of the reasons my dad had so many kids was so he could get complete air and ground reports. We had every inch covered.

[evlbstrd]

70. I was happy when they fell asleep.

As for packing, it was always done in the half hour before we left, no matter how far advance we had planned.

[Mabus]

71. I think that was part two of his plan - keep the kids tired

He wouldn't let us sleep on trips. He let us go to sleep once we got to wherever we were going - which was usually grandma's house.

After mom had kids 5 and 6 the only people who got vacations were my mom and dad. Unfortunately their vacations usually resulted in another brother 9 months later. Us kids got dropped off at grandma and grandpa's for a couple of weeks every summer. It was cool though. Grandma and grandpa were great and, heck, I spent summers in Lawrence. That was pretty cool.

[evlbstrd]

72. One of my big rules was

No Singing With Headphones On. Ever.

[Mabus]

73. With my stepkids

I first make sure they aren't in one of their maniac phases. If they're in a maniac phase I don't allow singing because I like my ear drums just the way they are. If they aren't maniac then they have to either sing with their "indoor" volume or they walk. I don't like it when they use their Ethel Merman volume.

Why the headphone rule?

[evlbstrd]

74. Ethel Merman.

My favorite scene is at the end of "It's a Mad, Mad Mad World" when she slips and falls on her ass.

They usually had their music up too loud, so they sang too loud and way out of key.

[Mabus]

77. The first time one of them belted out

"You'll be swell! You'll be great! Gonna have the whole world on the plate! Starting here, starting now,
honey, everything's coming up roses!" as loud as she could from the back seat (before I had coffee) on morning I about went off the road. I'm mellow in the mornings. I like to wake up slowly. I prefer listening to Morning Edition than being jolted awake by some Ethel Merman wannabe at some ghastly hour of the morning.

They also do renditions of "On the Good Ship Lollipop" replete with the tap dancing. Which, by the way, I also made them stop tap dancing on the back of my seat while I was driving.

I'm such a kill joy.

Now it makes sense. About the earphones, I mean.

[evlbstrd]

81. Not jut the voice?

They even knew the words?
Dancing on the Seat is another no-no. So are exclamations every five miles that "This trip sucks!"

[Mabus]

82. They know the words

They know the words to a lot of musicals. They can't figure out how to use the remote control or a whole host of other practical things but they know how to sing. That isn't to say that they are particularly good at singing but they do know how to sing.

Personally I'd rather have the "This trip sucks!" over the constant, non-sensical banter I usually get. I've never seen kids be able to talk for literally hours about nothing. Their favorite topic of conversation when I'm in the car is how much more fun their mom is or what she would be doing differently.

At least your kids are your own and you can yell at them at will. I get the "you need to try harder" and the "you need to be more patient" spiels. OTOH, I've never been in the car with them since they all got put on meds for bipolar. They may be near human these days.

[evlbstrd]

83. My ex was hyper crtitical.

Of me, not my kids. So, I did the "try harder" and "be more patient". Meds just made things worse. So I needed mine.

[Mabus]

84. That's true

If it weren't for my meds those kids wouldn't be alive today.

[evlbstrd]

86. We've hijacked my thread.

Counting this one, it has 86 replies. Want to go for 100?

[Mabus]

87. Why not?

When I checked the other day the highest post count in the Lounge was around 190. We could shoot for the stars.

[evlbstrd]

90. Then let's keep going.

[Mabus]

94. You have to help you know

We do this all the time. Or we used to.

btw, have you started a new cave cricket project?

[evlbstrd]

95. My new cave will be used for storing alcohol.

Who knows what sort of creatures that will produce?

[Mabus]

99. an army of drunken cave crickets

They'll be ripping their appendages off in no time.

[evlbstrd]

100. Great.

Just what I need. Thousands of paraplegic cave crickets.

[Mabus]

102. You really need to put them to work

planting, weeding and harvesting hops. At the very least they should help you clean.

[evlbstrd]

104. Cave cricket roombas.

That might work.

[Mabus]

105. I was thinking about tying tiny cloths to their legs

and then getting them to line up and run across the room at the same time. If they changed their cloths when they got dirty and ran from one side of the room to the other every fifteen minutes I think it might work.

[evlbstrd]

106. It'd drive the dogs crazy.

[Mabus]

108. And it'd be the closest thing to an acid flashback that any of us have had

for a long time.

[evlbstrd]

109. I don't know about that one...

[Mabus]

110. Maybe I'm the one with flashbacks

I remember tripping one time with a friend. As we crossed the bridge over the Kaw he noticed these unusual waves going across the river. Naturally we stopped and watched them for a while. Who knows how long we were standing there before we realized that it wasn't waves we were watching but shadows from the clouds passing over head.

Anyway, I was thinking about that incident and imagining what it would be like to see a line of cloth-footed cave crickets running across the room at the same time. It would be like there was a line moving across the room.

Ok, nevermind.

[evlbstrd]

111. I thought I was still having one.

[Mabus]

112. You are

I'm not here.


I'm way over there.

[evlbstrd]

113. That's a relief.

I'll be right over.

[Mabus]

114. I'm sorry

I must have passed you. I started to walk over here before I got your message and it appears you did the same.

Okay, you stay where you are and I will come to you. Roger?

[evlbstrd]

115. My name's not Roger.

Who are you talking to?

[Mabus]

119. If you're not Roger,

then who am I?

[Mabus]

50. Omigosh

You've been posting without me, haven't you?

I feel so cheap. So used. I feel like a Democrat who voted for a progressive and got a blue dog instead.

[evlbstrd]

51. It meant nothing.

I swear.

[Mabus]

58. If you say so

I believe you.

[evlbstrd]

59. Phewww!

Dodged that one.

[Guava Jelly]

18. Congrats neighbor!

:toast: to the next 10,000

[evlbstrd]

22. Thanks, neighbor.

[ThomCat]

24. Can you afford to buy some vowels now?

:P

Congratulations. :toast:

[evlbstrd]

26. Not until the bankruptcy is final.

Thanks for asking!

[applegrove]

33. Way to go!

[evlbstrd]

38. It was hard work.

But I did it.

[graywarrior]

39. Way to go!

I love your nothings.

[evlbstrd]

42. Thanks, gray!

I have something to offer the world after all.

[lcdtelevision]

44. wow. what a veteran

May your post number go up to a million. Congrats.

[evlbstrd]

47. There are many with more posts than I have.

I won't live long enough to get to a million, Thanks, though.
And welcome to DU!

[Call Me Wesley]

46. Congrats!

:toast: Here's to many more! :hi:

[evlbstrd]

48. Thanks!

Hoist a few for me.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

52. But you make beer.

What better contribution can one make?

Congrats on 10,000!! you wonderful (insert your screen name here) you.

:hi: :D

[evlbstrd]

54. What a wonderfully heartfelt wish!

Thank you!

[EFerrari]

55. Wait -- you let me bum a smoke one time.

lol

Congrats, evlbstrd!

:party: :hide: :party:

[evlbstrd]

56. And I'd do it again.

Those were the days, eh?
Thanks, sfexpat2000!

[Lil Missy]

75. Congrats! You evil bastid!

:party:

[evlbstrd]

78. Why, thanks, Lil Missy!

[Neoma]

76. Lucky you.

[evlbstrd]

79. You should see the great prize I got.

[Mabus]

88. Whatdja get?

Is it bigger than a bread box? Is it an animal? Vegetable? Mineral? Will we be able to use it in the smokehouse? Or will we have to take it into the house to smoke?

[evlbstrd]

89. This:

[Mabus]

91. Whoa!

That is so cool. So retro. So you. It looks like the gods and goddesses of posting like you. All I got was a tootsie roll and pat on the head.

[evlbstrd]

92. Wanna trade?

Mmmmm, Tootsie Rolls™.

[Mabus]

93. I would but

I already ate it. They don't taste the same as when we were kids.

Besides the dogs eat all my toys.

[evlbstrd]

96. High fructose corn syrup.

It wrecks everything.

[Mabus]

98. It does seem to crop up in the strangest places

Did I tell you that we're eating non-processed foods and that I'm cooking from scratch? Scary but true.

[evlbstrd]

101. Wow!

Actually, we're doing the same. And a garden is going in this year. I swear it.

[underpants]

80. Congrats

:hi:

[evlbstrd]

85. Thanks!

Love your user name, by the way.

[harun]

97. This is my 2000th post, just saying (n/t)

[evlbstrd]

116. And well said it was.

[applegrove]

103. It goes by so fast. Congrats on hitting that milestone.

[evlbstrd]

117. And it barely even hurt.

[Rhiannon12866]

107. Congrats on your Milestone, and wishing you 10,000 more!

It goes by pretty fast, doesn't it? And where is newyawker99 when we need her?:shrug:;(

Here's a little parade in your honor:

:toast::party::wow::woohoo::bounce::applause::toast::party::wow::woohoo::bounce::applause::toast::party::wow::woohoo::bounce::applause::toast::party::wow::woohoo::bounce::applause::toast::party::wow::woohoo::bounce::applause::hi:

[evlbstrd]

118. I love a parade.

No smilies on stilts?