<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I think I should be disqualified for my failed attempt to spam the Groop with a haiku-a-day. OTOH if I'd succeeded I'd take all the glory I could get :-)<br>(At least this year has started out better then last year :-)<br><br>Womble<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 20/1/11, Alexander Durnan <i><alexian.emperor@earthlink.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Alexander Durnan <alexian.emperor@earthlink.net><br>Subject: Re: [Groop] And the winner is...<br>To: "Groop" <groop@groo.com><br>Date: Thursday, 20 January, 2011, 8:23<br><br><div id="yiv632777486">
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<div><font size="2" face="Calisto MT">Yes, but every post from Tone should count
for at least 10 (maybe 20) ;-)</font></div></div>
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<a rel="nofollow" title="mrgrooism@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:mrgrooism@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=mrgrooism@yahoo.com">Mrgrooism</a>
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="groop@groo.com" ymailto="mailto:groop@groo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=groop@groo.com">Groop</a> </div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 20 January, 2011
00:23</div>
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<div>As usual, I'm oddly shocked to have made the list again! I shouldn't be
surprised, I'm on the list every year, and yet every year it just doesn't seem
to me that I post that often! Go figure!<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div>
<div><br>On Jan 19, 2011, at 11:07 PM, Shawn Nicholson <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:sloptamom@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=sloptamom@yahoo.com">sloptamom@yahoo.com</a>>
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<div>Nice job on the calculations John!</div>
<div><br>Congrats to the winners! Really hope to see more posts
from the Groop in 2011!!</div>
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<div>Enjoy!<br><br>Shawn (the girl :)</div>
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<div><br>--- On <b>Wed, 1/19/11, John T <i><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:comics230@cox.net" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=comics230@cox.net">comics230@cox.net</a>></i></b>
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<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><br>From:
John T <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:comics230@cox.net" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=comics230@cox.net">comics230@cox.net</a>><br>Subject:
[Groop] And the winner is...<br>To: "'groop-groo.com'" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:groop@groo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=groop@groo.com">groop@groo.com</a>><br>Date:
Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 6:42 PM<br><br>
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<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">I just posted an ebay
find and noticed that it is the First posting of the
2011.</span></font></p></div>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font> </p></div>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Not a lot of activity
lately. I hope everyone is OK. </span></font></p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">I was quite year on the
list – 691 posts by my count. Down from 1,053 & 1,054 in 2009
& 2008, respectively.</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">As for the Top Posters,
I have</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">6 – Shawn Moore – 26
(3.7%)</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">5 – Chris Schechner – 31
(4.5%)</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">4 – John T (Me, not ME)
– 32 (4.6%)</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">3 – Mr. Grooism – 43
(6.2%)</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">2 – Chris Emitt – 78
(11.3%)</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">And who would have
guessed it….</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> 1 – Gary Grossman
– 113 (16.4%)</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The top 6 posters
account for 46.7% of all posts. There were 78 (give or take)
different posters (I tried to take into account post from multiple
e-mail accounts)</span></font> </p>
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<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">John P.
Torregrossa</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">PO
Box</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> 28184</span></font>
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<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Providence</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, RI
02908-0184</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">eBay ID:
Groo</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">eBay Store: ParaFANalia
Toys & Stuff</span></font> </p>
<p class="yiv632777486yiv23914214MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Blog: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://parafanaliatoys.blogspot.com"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://parafanaliatoys.blogspot.com">http://parafanaliatoys.blogspot.com</a></span></font>
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