The Penultimate Post

[+Team GPSaxophone]

Keystone always said he'd make sure I never hit 10,000 posts in here. As a favor to him (yeah, right), I think I'll retire from the forums for awhile.

 

It's been fun sharing my own warped views with all of you. Thanks for putting up with me.

 

Sure, since posts in the Off-Topic forum don't count towards my total, I may peek in there from time to time (well, I kinda have to since I'm one of the OT moderators).

 

 

 

 

 

oh yeah....Geocaching and stuff!

[+CompuCash]

Keystone always said he'd make sure I never hit 10,000 posts in here. As a favor to him (yeah, right), I think I'll retire from the forums for awhile.

 

It's been fun sharing my own warped views with all of you. Thanks for putting up with me.

 

Sure, since posts in the Off-Topic forum don't count towards my total, I may peek in there from time to time (well, I kinda have to since I'm one of the OT moderators).

 

 

 

 

 

oh yeah....Geocaching and stuff!

Why Sax you really suprised me -

 

when I read your title I was getting all ready to get all over you for the real meaning of penultimate -

 

most people use it as a superlative (?) when it means 'next to last' which you really meant!

 

 

so what's he gunna do - wrap the counter back to zero? Stick it so it doesn't count any more? Fire you?

 

Edited September 10, 2004 by CompuCash

[Pipanella]

C'mon, Saxy........

 

JUST DO IT!!

[SCP-173]

You have my condolences.

[Fakk 2]

What a unique Geo-Cide. I give you points for creativity but the lack of name calling lowered your score alot.

[+Stunod]

If a mod moves this to OT, will his post count drop to 9998?

Edited September 10, 2004 by Stunod

[+Torry]

More Geocaching Sniglets

 

GEOFLASHING - Placing a warning in the title and then teasing in the post

 

SMURFICATION - The art of placing the minimum references in a post to keep it considered "On Topic."

 

BLUESPRINT - Smurf font

 

APPLEMETRY - Measuring all things in Smurf terms

[+sept1c_tank]

OK, so what are you calling your sock puppet?

[Pantalaimon]

Wait. If you don't post again, its really not your penultimate post.

 

It's the ultimate post.

 

So, in order to make the title of this thread correct, I insist you post once more, and then never post again.

[+wimseyguy]

More Geocaching Sniglets

BLUESPRINT - Smurf font

Will TPTB remove blue as a color option in memorium? Then again, the demand for blue is about to go way down, leaving TPTB with a surplus of blue.

That's a relief. I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to type in blue, only to get a <<//server error// inadaquate color resources available.>>

 

PS:once again my post count is getting dangerously close to my find count. I too will have to lay low around here for a while. Or at least until I can find some more caches.

Edited September 10, 2004 by wimseyguy

[+Jamie Z]

Wait.  If you don't post again, its really not your penultimate post. 

 

It's the ultimate post.

Ultimate is not the root word for penultimate. It's penult.

 

Ultimate and penultimate have no etymological relation.

 

But wait, there's more.

 

The second to the last post would be his antepenultimate post, and the one before that is his preantepenultimate post.

 

Jamie

Edited September 10, 2004 by Jamie Z

[Pantalaimon]

Ow. My head.

 

Anyhoo, we can agree that "ultimate" can be said to mean "last in a series, process, or progression," right?

 

Edit: By the by, goats go to hell.

Edited September 10, 2004 by Pantalaimon

[+strikeforce1]

Keystone always said he'd make sure I never hit 10,000 posts in here. As a favor to him (yeah, right), I think I'll retire from the forums for awhile.

 

oh yeah....Geocaching and stuff!

What !!! You are not posting, anymore!

It's hard to believe!

No more SMURF !

No more Comments:

No more "Super Hero"

 

GC forums won't be the same!

 

Dag-nab-it!

 

I'll have to commit myself,

for sure I'll be going thru WITHDRAWAL not seeing the BLUE Stuff

 

We'll all be singing the BLUEs now!

 

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming!

 

Who will say boring first!

 

See ya soon SMURF !

SF1

[+Jamie Z]

go to hell.

That's uncalled for, even if ultimate does mean last in a series.

 

Jamie

[Pantalaimon]

[+Team Perks]

No! The Sax Man disappeareth!?

 

I'm aghast. I'm stunned. I'm lost.

[+Renegade Knight]

The die is cast. What other forum will he paint in blue for the time being? Maybe he's waiting for Brian to snag 10,000 first.

[+CompuCash]

he's sitting back LHAO at us right now - you know that don't you?

 

[+Team Perks]

he's sitting back LHAO at us right now - you know that don't you?

 

Well...of course!

[+strikeforce1]

he's sitting back LHAO at us right now - you know that don't you? 

Well...of course!

Think if we all started insulting him, he'll have to come back and post something FUNNY again! SF1

[Pantalaimon]

Think if we all started insulting him, he'll have to come back and post something FUNNY again! SF1

No, but I bet we'd see a lot of the Boilerplate "Respect" posts from the Mods.

[+The Cheeseheads]

Keystone always said he'd make sure I never hit 10,000 posts in here. As a favor to him (yeah, right), I think I'll retire from the forums for awhile.

 

It's been fun sharing my own warped views with all of you. Thanks for putting up with me.

 

Sure, since posts in the Off-Topic forum don't count towards my total, I may peek in there from time to time (well, I kinda have to since I'm one of the OT moderators).

 

 

 

 

 

oh yeah....Geocaching and stuff!

2

 

While noteworthy for being your 9,999th post, geociding on a *999 postcount is hardly original.

[+Divine]

TPTB should just reduce the AS thread post count from the total post count, and we'd have da GPSmurf back in no time.

[+AuntieWeasel]

The second to the last post would be his antepenultimate post, and the one before that is his preantepenultimate post.

Bonus points if you can name a popular song with the word "antepenultimate" in it.

 

Well, okay, it wasn't that popular.

 

My mom liked it.

[+sept1c_tank]

The second to the last post would be his antepenultimate post, and the one before that is his preantepenultimate post.

So his next post will be his postpenultimate post?

[+Stunod]

The second to the last post would be his antepenultimate post, and the one before that is his preantepenultimate post.

Bonus points if you can name a popular song with the word "antepenultimate" in it.

 

Well, okay, it wasn't that popular.

 

My mom liked it.

Have Some Madeira, M'Dear

[+olbluesguy]

What?...Saxman is playing the Blues?

Can I join in?

[+WeightMan]

Shouldn't this whole thread me moved over to OT and have all the counts reduced as a result?

 

I was just going to say that Stunod.

 

Edit: forgot to put at the end of the first sentence.

Edited September 10, 2004 by WeightMan

[+AuntieWeasel]

Have Some Madeira, M'Dear

Oh, well done! Bonus points to the chicken! Don't ever get on my bad side...I know all the words.

 

And the Hippo Song, too!

[+Jamie Z]

Stunod,

 

Good one! I would not have gotten that.

 

Looks like an interesting song.

 

I disagree that this thread is off-topic. The thread itself is a direct reference to the gc.com forums, and the conversation is about the title of the thread.

 

I wouldn't want any of my posts to end up in the maelstrom known as the off-topic forum.

 

Jamie

[tlg]

 

I disagree that this thread is off-topic. The thread itself is a direct reference to the gc.com forums, and the conversation is about the title of the thread.

 

I wouldn't want any of my posts to end up in the maelstrom known as the off-topic forum.

 

Jamie

I disagree with you. The forum is "Geocaching Topics" not "Geocaching Forums Topics". This is the kind of nonsense that went on in AS and resulted in the "Off-Topic" forum. Let's keep it there.

 

Someone's post count, no matter how high, is not a geocaching topic.

 

(Saddest part is, I read the whole dadgum thread)

[WH]

 

I disagree that this thread is off-topic. The thread itself is a direct reference to the gc.com forums, and the conversation is about the title of the thread.

 

I wouldn't want any of my posts to end up in the maelstrom known as the off-topic forum.

 

Jamie

I disagree with you. The forum is "Geocaching Topics" not "Geocaching Forums Topics". This is the kind of nonsense that went on in AS and resulted in the "Off-Topic" forum. Let's keep it there.

 

Someone's post count, no matter how high, is not a geocaching topic.

 

(Saddest part is, I read the whole dadgum thread)

Well, since a Mod posted this thread, its ok. If someone else had, it would have been killed already.

 

Can you say DOUBLE STANDARD?

[+Sputnik 57]

Bonus points if you can name a popular song with the word "antepenultimate" in it.

 

Well, okay, it wasn't that popular.

 

My mom liked it.

Google returns:

 

Then there flashed through her mind what her mother had said

With her antepenultimate breath:

'Oh, my child, should you look on the wine when 'tis red

Be prepared for a fate worse than death!'

 

That's pretty obscure

[+MarcB]

Noooo!

This is so wrong! You can't leave any counter at 9999!

MarcB

[+AuntieWeasel]

This is so wrong! You can't leave any counter at 9999!

When I got into my car this morning:

 

 

So, it would've been better to take the picture a mile later, but that would put me in the middle of the I-95.

[+crzycrzy]

Wow. Best of luck to you Sax !

 

Rest in penultimate peace.

 

[+G'n,G]

9999? That boggles my mind

 

Hey Saxman! I can beat you in a solo any time of the day! I'll take you on the alto or the bari!

Edited September 11, 2004 by G'n,G

[+El Diablo]

I love it!! No more little blue sax man to argue with!! I meant.

 

Trust me he ain't gone. Unless....GC paid him off to go away?

 

El Diablo

[+Corp Of Discovery]

Wait.  If you don't post again, its really not your penultimate post. 

 

It's the ultimate post.

Ultimate is not the root word for penultimate. It's penult.

 

Ultimate and penultimate have no etymological relation.

 

But wait, there's more.

 

The second to the last post would be his antepenultimate post, and the one before that is his preantepenultimate post.

 

Jamie

Actually ultimate is the 'root'. See here. Penult is more like just a shortened form of penultimate. Like Joe for Joseph.

 

Edit: forgot to be on topic.

 

To paraphrase a current goverment official: He'll be back.

Edited September 11, 2004 by Corp Of Discovery

[+Beta Test]

More Geocaching Sniglets

BLUESPRINT - Smurf font

Will TPTB remove blue as a color option in memorium? Then again, the demand for blue is about to go way down, leaving TPTB with a surplus of blue.

That's a relief. I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to type in blue, only to get a <<//server error// inadaquate color resources available.>>

 

PS:once again my post count is getting dangerously close to my find count. I too will have to lay low around here for a while. Or at least until I can find some more caches.

Even if they removed red from the options list, with HTML enabled on the forums he would still be able to type in blue. Unless they can block specific sections of HTML code but i dont know.

[+Webfoot]

TPTB should just reduce the AS thread post count from the total post count, and we'd have da GPSmurf back in no time.

Problem with that is if they did that, Uperdooper would go postal on us.

[uperdooper]

TPTB should just reduce the AS thread post count from the total post count, and we'd have da GPSmurf back in no time.

Problem with that is if they did that, Uperdooper would go postal on us.

the webfooted one knows me well.

[Cholo]

Wow! So this is what the OT forum is like? We lost AS, but we now have PP.

[+Torry]

So, is there a penultimate cache?

 

 

 

(There. On topic. Thank you.

[Leoness]

The second to the last post would be his antepenultimate post, and the one before that is his preantepenultimate post

 

Actually, the one before penultimate is the penpenultimate!

[+AuntieWeasel]

So, is there a penultimate cache?

I thought about quitting at 99, just so I would forever be poised on the cusp. I should be hitting the mark by next weekend, though, and I somehow have the feeling I won't stop.

[+art begotti]

OK, so what are you calling your sock puppet?

just wait... after two months of using his secretly created sock puppet name, he returns to the computer again, but inadvertantly puts in "gpsaxophone" as his username, goes to the forums, and posts...

 

suddenly, from deep in the heart of new mexico, a cry can be heard as far away as des moines, iowa... it sounds like some odd word, starting with "f"...

 

(flugelh***)

what, you honestly expect a reed player to willingly utter the name of a brass instrument?

[+Divine]

(flugelh***)

what, you honestly expect a reed player to willingly utter the name of a brass instrument?

Aren't brass players tromboners?

[+Anonymous']

(flugelh***)

what, you honestly expect a reed player to willingly utter the name of a brass instrument?

Aren't brass players tromboners?

[+Torry]

(flugelh***)

what, you honestly expect a reed player to willingly utter the name of a brass instrument?

Aren't brass players tromboners?

... and sockpuppeteers are ringboners ...