I don't know how many of you are aware .... but one of our members is about to reach a historic milestone that only one other member has reached .

Yes, Amelia is about to reach 20,000 posts and join the esteemed Shane with that honor.

Please join me in giving her the congrats that she deserves. And while we are at it .. please participate in the poll to see who can guess when Amelia will reach this pinnacle.

REDWOOD

WELL we will not have to see when this event happens


dgrimm60

REDWOOD

I had to think real hard on this and I ALMOST chose
the one about retiring

hahahahahahaha hehehehehehe hohohohohoho

dgrimm60

Well I almost 'pushed the wrong button' and typed "expire".

Whoops. That would have gotten me in trouble.

REDWOOD

YES THAT would have and you dont need to get into
any more trouble

dgrimm60

I don't think it will take her a week, but more than one day.

Congrats on this milestone, Amelia. I just hit 14,000 on another forum, but 20,000 is a whole other league.

REDWOOD

WHAT happens if it is 1 and 1/2 weeks
or 2 and 1/2 weeks who wins the guess???

dgrimm60

REDWOOD

WHAT is the prize for winning???

dgrimm60

Hopefully not a visit from Woody! hahahahaha

pk

And congrats Amelia on almost being at that 20,000 plateau. And I really do hope you get a visit from Woody. hahahahaha

pk

Hey now pk. I'm going to have to take you to the 'wood' shed for that one.

PKRAUSE

NOW NOW BE NICE

dgrimm60

HEY ALL

WELL AMELIA IS CLOSE but not there yet

dgrimm60

HEY ALL


WITH THAT SAID

GO AMELIA GO AMELIA GO AMELIA

dgrimm60

You're going to have to talk louder dgrimm. I don't think she is hearing you.

WOODY

WELL let me try again


GO AMELIA GO AMELIA GO AMELIA

dgrimm60

What Woody means dgrimm is this
Go Amelia, Go Amelia, Go Amelia

pk

PKRAUSE

WELL Maybe that will help

hahahaha hehehehe hohohoho

dgrimm60

PKRAUSE

I AM NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE WORDS BIGGER

dgrimm60

WOODY

I SEE some one voted about her retiring

dgrimm60

Now that wasn't nice. Fess up dgrimm.

WOODY

I VOTED before that post

and to let you know I am one of the
people that vote for 1 month

dgrimm60

thank you for clarifying that dgrimm. But you would have my forgiveness either way.

but I can't speak for

AMELIA

WOODY

WELL you would have to get AMELIA permission to speak

dgrimm60

Tell me- if people are talking behind your back and in public, is this gossip? Or is that only between 2 people at a time?

:)

Hmmm. Would that be you that had the questionable vote? Now that we know ... we won't gossip behind your back. Ha Ha :)

LOL

GAIL

ARE you trying to side track this forum???


dgrimm60

AMELIA can't retire, she's waaay to young.

HEY ALL

BACK to the topic

dgrimm60

NO! Amelia is too young to retire!!

Gail - -

It seems to me that if people are guessing and voting on someone's behavior, a pm to that person would be in order. Then the person in question could have a say in the result of the voting.

DOTTIE

yes I agree with you

dgimm60

dgrimm at the top of the reply window there are 17 tabs you can click on. The smilely face; a blue ball with a chain, etc. The 16th tab has to Ts in it, one larger than the other. If you click on it, it gives you a chose of 6pt type up to 26pt type. Before you click on this tab you need to highlight the type that you are typing, than go to this tab click on it drag down to the size you'd like to use and click on that size. Than to make sure it worked, click on the preview post and not on the Submit tab. Than you can see if it worked to enlarge the type you wanted to enlarge. Hope this helps?
Than after preview click on submit.

pk

PKRAUSE

LET ME SEE IF THIS WORKS I AM trying different sizes
sure hope this works


dgrimm60

dgrimm I'm praying for ya. :)

pk

PKRAUSE

Well I must have done some thing wrong
but I will try again tomorrow
I AM tired YAWN YAWN YAWN

dgrimm60

OK dgrimm will be waiting to see if you can apply yourself to learning new tricks. :)

pk

Are you privy to her age Richard?

Well this sure is an interesting thread. LOL I was working out of town yesterday and then promply fell asleep on the couch after getting home and turning on the computer. So I have just discovered this thread tonight. But....I'm not goning to tell you how I voted.

I'll never tell

Btw Amelia ... hope you don't mind ... but I've promised that those who guess correctly will receive a free pizza from you in honor of their expertise.

AMELIA

WOW

WOODY

A pizza from AMELIA that is great

dgrimm60

AMELIA

WELL I like black olives---onions---bell peppers
on my pizza

just LETTING YOU KNOW

hahahahaha hehehehehe hohohohohoh

dgrimm60

Sorry dgrimm ... but you can't reserve ahead of time. You have to win first. And all those who voted she would retire first ... are WRONG.

Out of curiosity, why is it assumed that those who voted she'd retire first did so out of some sort of malevolence or ill-will toward Amelia?

WOODY

YES I agree that AMELIA will make 20,000 before
she retires

dgrimm60

AUBREY

well that is a possibility or it could just be a joke

dgrimm60

I may expire first.

I've always been a little bit past my shelf life.

AMELIA

OH DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOUR SELF

YOU CAN DOOOOOO EEEETTTTTTTTT


dgrimm60

AMELIA

DID you get may order for my pizza

smile smile smile smile smile

dgrimm60

AMELIA

YOU JUST HAVE 68 MORE TO GO


DUUUUUUUU EEEEETTTTTT


dgrimm60

Considering that the title of the thread is "Amelia," it seems sufficient to draw her attention. Unless she has her preferences set to email PMs to her, she would probably see the title before the PM.

Well, if it were me, I would, since I enter townhall directly by bookmark.

Since there is no selection with only one vote, does that mean all who voted for the correct time period will have to divide their pizza? Because mine has to have a non-wheat crust and non-dairy or no cheese, and low-fat besides, since high fat food makes me very sick to my stomach. It would be awfully difficult to make a pizza with a part wheat and part non-wheat crust. The rest would be a lot easier.

GREATLAKESGRAMMA

WELL I would be willing to try a non wheat crust

that is if both of us voted the same

smile smile smile smile

dgrimmm60

GREATLAKESGRAMMA

I hope you like/or not alergic to black olives---onions---and bell peppers

smile smile smile smile smile

dgrimm60

No onions or bell peppers for me, just olives and mushrooms. But it's easy to spread toppings over only part of a pizza. You just have to make sure not to get your sections mixed up while you're making it.

GREATLAKESGRAMMA

WELL THEN WE WILL EACH HAVE OUR OWN TOPINGS

dgrimm60

Woody is not far behind. If Amelia falls asleep a couple more times, he might catch up and pass her. I have gotten more active in my local church and with my kids in the evenings so my posting has slowed down quite a bit.

Amelia needs 68 more posts. Woody needs 604. He'd have to really hustle to pass her before she reaches 20,000.

Oh, and by the way, at this point, there are 5 of us who voted the same as me, so even if you did vote the same, there are still 3 other people who might not want a non-wheat crust.

What kinda posts? I've got a few fence posts lying around here somewhere. Will that help? Lightposts, maybe? Hitching posts?

Well you all. I see you are having a healthy discussion about pizza. Counting your chickens before they're hatched are ya?

Like Shane ... I've been a little distracted lately between the Olympics and spending some time with my wife. So, my post total has suffered some. But as dgrimm says ... you can do it you can do it.

GREATLAKESGRAMMA

WELL there are only 3 that voted were I voted

plus tomorrow will be one week so they have lost

dgrimm60

GREATLAKESGRAMMA

IF you are still in the runnings Dominos has a deal
3 - 1 toppings pizzas for 5.50 each(I still think it
is in effect)

so you could have a special pizza made???/

dgrimm60

KARL

WELL those are definately post that people
have to consider.......BUT I think they are
not what this thread is about

hahahahahaha hehehehehehe hohohohoho


dgrimm60

KARL

YOU better watch out people may think you are trying
to highjack this thread

smile smile smile smile smile

dgrimm60

HEY ALL

SHANE has a good point that WOODY could pass
AMELIA but we will have to see

dgrimm60

AMELIA

GO AMELIA GO AMELIA GO AMELIA

YOU CAN DUUUUUUU EEETTTTTTTT


dgrimm60

If my calculations are correct* then:

Amelia should reach 20,000 posts on the morning of March 14.
Woody should reach 20,000 posts on the afternoon of March 19.
And, dgrimm60 should reach 20,000 posts on the evening of March 22.

*Assuming that Amelia makes 135 posts per 30 day cycle--a rough guess because there is no data supposting this assumption; Woody and dgrimm60's ETA are probably more accurate predictions.

I did the calculations, based on Amelia's current total and the length of time she's been a member. So, unless she slows down or quits posting for a while, statistically, it should come out closest to what I voted.

I think that Amelia has considerably slowed down her posting. That's why I didn't use the overall time that she's been here, but used the statistics (which are unavailable to me) based on the current 30 day trend. Had I used the overall stats from all the years she's been here, I would have guessed the same as GLG. March 9, in the afternoon would have been my "guesstimate".

Of course...Amelia could befuddle us all and stay up through the night following the current trends of some here on the forum making random, silly posts not adding much content to the flow of the threads to boost her account post totals.

AUBREY

WELL thank you for the boost of convidence but
WE will just have to see but I do believe that
AMELIA will be the 20,000 post person

dgrimm

AUBREY

I remember when we were guessing when SHANE
was going to reach 20,000 most of us were wrong
it is up to the poster to bufuddle us all

dgrimm60

Yes, it just happens to be fun to talk about it. And to do a little teasing. This is a just for fun thread. We don't have nearly enough of those.

68 posts left!

GREATLAKEGRAMMA

YES I agree with you about this being a fun thread

I do my best to have fun on all threads

dgrimm60

Thank you Aubrey. This is good ETA info to have. It will be interesting to see how close this prediction is.

Come on dgrimm. YOU can DO it. YOU can DO it.

Oh NO. I pray she doesn't do that. I can't imagine ANYbody doing that. Well ... perhaps a few. ??? But ... our own AMELIA ?

Amen. We do need more of these. I feel they kinda unify us.

An Amelia sighting ...

Folks ... I just spotted Amelia posting in the Shout Box.

Can we count that towards her total?

No. The forum software doesn't count those.

WOODY

NO that does not count

dgrimm60

Well ... I tried. I just want to make sure she gets ALL that she's entitled to.

WOODY

I AM PULLING FOR HER ALSO

dgrimm60

Yes. She is stiff competition. And if we are ever going to beat her ... I want it known that we beat the best.

Sorry Redwood...you are already beaten....The best of the best don't have to have quanity....they have to have quality.....and I don't think you can come even close to that standard....

Well ... you are certainly entitled to your opinion.

HEY ALL

we need to get back to the topic here

dgrimm60

This struck me funny this morning. Makes me sound like some kind of rare bird.

AMELIA

WELL you are a rare bird

ooooooppppppssssss I mean special person

smile smile smile smile smile

dgrimm60

I just noticed something. I made 4 posts this morning. All of them have the same post count. What's up with that? My post count should be 19940.

AMELIA

WELL talk to STAN about this

dgrimm60

WEll Amelia. I am very sorry to hear this. I want to beat you fair and square. So, I will give you a four post credit from now on.

Cheers ....

AMELIA

JUST 60 MORE POSTS

dgrimm60

AMELIA


WELL ONLY 54 MORE POST TO GO

dgrimm60

HEY ALL

WELL week 2 is almost over so it looks like
it will be closer to 1 month

dgrimm60

At her current rate of 2.33 posts per day, I think you're right. Maybe March 28th?

AUBREY

THEN she could fool us all but this is fun

dgrimm60

I could go crazy this weekend and post, post, post.

Go for it Amelia. :):):):):)

pk

AMELIA

WELL WE will have to see

dgrimm60

HEY ALL

AFTER tomorrow week 2 will be over

so the people that have voted for that have lost

dgrimm60

You think? :):):):):)

pk

HEY ALL

WELL now the choice are down to 1 month or retire
before posting 20,000

dgrimm60

I guess I'll retire dgrimm! :):):):):)

pk

PKRAUSE

BOTH of us have only 2 more years to retire

I am sure we can get there before then

dgrimmm60

What does retirement have to do with it? Wait a minute! Don't tell me you are posting from a computer at work! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Talk about sin!!!!!!!! Say it ain't so!!!

Old Sailor, both DGrimm and PK are currently unemployed.

OLDSAILOR29

I am not posting from work for sure

dgrimm60

GREATLAKESGRAMMA

WELL thank you for setting the record staight

smile smile smile smile smile

dgrimm60

AMELIA

WELL only 51 left

dgrimm60

Thanks GLG. I guess he has not been paying attention. :)

pk

That goes for me too. And besides oldsailor I was one that very much would not do this at work. Even to check my email. Others had no problem.

pk

AMELIA

WOW you are moving up only 48 more

dgrimm60

Keep it up Amelia and you might have it done this coming week for sure. But if you really get creative you might be able to get there before midnight. :)

pk

PKRAUSE

I think that might be a little hard

but if she does reach 20,000 by the
end of next week then no one wins

hahahaha hehehehehe hohohohoho

dgrimm60

Well, then she won't have to spring for a pizza. If I were her, I'd go for it.

GREATLAKESGRAMMA

WE will have to see


dgrimm60

AMELIA

go Amelia go Amelia


dgrimm60

AMELIA

ONLY 43 MORE TO GO


GO AMELIA GO AMELIA


dgrimm60

AMELIA

WOW getting closer

only 41 more to go

dgrimm60

Yes Amelia lets get going! :)

pk

PKRAUSE

NOT to fast this is just the begining of week 3

if I am going to win she has to do this week
and one more week

hahahahaha hehehehehe hohohohoho

dgrimm60

AMELIA

well only 40 more post to go

dgrimm60

Who says your gonna win? :)

pk

PKRAUSE

WELL she has the rest of this day and then 4 more
for this week

then 7 more days for next week

that will be one month

there ARE 3 people that voted for this time

I am one of the 3

I think I have a good shot at it

smile smile smile smile smile


dgrimm60

Good for you dgrimm.

pk

PKRAUSE

BUT then AMELIA could have a burst of energy and
get it done before hand

dgrimm60

heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheh

pk

HEY ALL

WELL today and tomorrow end week 3.....with 39 post to go

dgrimm60

AMELIA


GO AMELIA GO AMELIA


dgrimm60

AMELIA

WELL dear sister only 37 more to go

dgrimm60

AMELIA

WELL we are stating week 4 and you just
have 34 more posts to go

dgrimm60

AMELIA

GO AMELIA GO AMELIA


dgrimm60

Get the Pizza ready Amelia. We're comin' over for a PARTEEE

AMELIA

WELL the rest of today plus 5 more full days


dgrimm60

AMELIA

ONLY 31 MORE TO GO


dgrimm60

AMELIA


go amelia go amelia


dgrimm60

AMELIA

WELL you have just 3 more days
and just 30 more post to go

U CAN DUUU EETTTT

dgrimm60

AMELIA

GO AMELIA GO AMELIA


dgrimm60

St. Patricks Day has come and gone ... and yet no pizza from Amelia. I'm disappointed. Let's partteeeee

What can we do to encourage some more posts by Amelia? We need to get this thing going'. What does Ameila like to discuss? Obamacare? Whould that get her juices flowing? Or what about Global Climate Change. Is that her passion?