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<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>In regards to your question about eggnog...
NO! Just say NO to eggnog! Actually in small quantities once a year
I don't mind it, it's the fruitcake that keeps getting passed back and forth and
doubles as a door stop that I don't like.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>You didn't miss the deadline as Womble
suggested as I'm on Central Standard Time, so as any fool can plainly see from
the timestamp on your e-mail (unless modified by a bad mail server), you had
less than 47 minutes to spare.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Here's my quote from last years
e-mail:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>O</SPAN>kay, since I've
done this for years and I'm "detail oriented" (I was told<SPAN
class=959462800-03012004> </SPAN>anal retentive sounds bad), here are the
numbers _I_ came up with for last<SPAN class=959462800-03012004> </SPAN>year.
Keep in mind that I deleted duplicates and the old "Please<SPAN
class=959462800-03012004> </SPAN>unsubscribe me" messages from people who
somehow got on the list and didn't<SPAN class=959462800-03012004>
</SPAN>realize it. Also, if the display name changed several times, I may not
have<SPAN class=959462800-03012004> </SPAN>caught all of them, but I'm sure
there's NO surprises in the list. Lastly,<SPAN class=959462800-03012004>
</SPAN>being detail oriented, these are based on
CST.</FONT></P></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Total Groo Messages Received by Charles in
2003 - 1683 (which happens to be exactly ONE more message than in
2002)</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Top 5 from 2002 (from my previous
e-mail):</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>1 - Gary (What, Me
Err?) Grossman - 293</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>2 - Larry (Did I
Groo... again?) Steller - 174</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>3 - Mark (Man of
1000 jobs) Evanier - 119</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>4 - Azamin (Cantona)
Zainol Abidin - 89</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004><FONT color=#800000>5 - Eric (Witty name
here) Chun - 73</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Top 5 from 2003 (even with the dynamic duo
of Janet & Elie):</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>1 - Gary (What Groo Panel?) Grossman -
183</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>2 - Larry (I'm with Gary) Stellar -
151</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>3 - Eric (No Profanity!) Chun - 113 (I'm
still having problems coming up with something barely witty here)</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>4 - Janet (We should be counted together)
& Elie (Yeah! Toothbrush and all!) - 72+30 = 102</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>5 - Ariel (The hills are alive, with the
sound of Groosagi) Sudilovsky - 69</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>6 - Mark (There's no need to fear, Mark
Evanier is here) Evanier - 67</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Chris Schechner, Kaytee Sumida, Seth
(GrooPunk), Azamin Zainol Abidin, and Chad Riden were all next in line (in
roughly that order). Josh Jones wasn't too far behind, but I was still 2
posts below him for the year (which also happened to be two posts less than last
year). You may notice that the there are a few people that are always in
the top 5, and it so happens that they all attend the SDCC every year as well
(it wouldn't happen without one of them). So, if you want to be a top
poster for this year, perhaps you need to start attending SDCC on a regular
basis?</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Anyway, that's my spiel for the beginning of
this year and my first post for the year as well. I hope no one made any
silly resolutions just because it's the beginning of a new year.
Resolutions should be made when the time is right (Talk Like a Pirate Day)
rather than a specific date (Yak Shaving Day).</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Okay, I'll be back to lurking and perhaps
match or exceed my posts from last year.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959462800-03012004>Charles</DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> groop-bounces@groo.com
[mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Pengyfelix@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:13
PM<BR><B>To:</B> groop@groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Groop] Top
Posters<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Happy New Year, Everyone (unless you live west of Eastern Standard Time,
in which case, wait until after midnight local time to read this).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I forgot who I was supposed to email to remind them that, when they
compile the list of top 10 Groop posters of 2004, Elie and I were supposed to
be counted together since we share the same tube of toothpaste and drink
directly from the same carton of eggnog. I'm assuming the appropriate
person is out there reading this.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Again, may Rufferto guard your 2004.</DIV>
<DIV>Janet</DIV>
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