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Old 11-28-09, 11:48 AM
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Aha! So there it is!

I found out how to start a new thread. If only I had something pertinent to talk about, I'd start one.
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Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
I found out how to start a new thread. If only I had something pertinent to talk about, I'd start one.
Well, we can just make this a thread about nothing and see how far it goes.
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nada!
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Originally Posted by Dan Burkhart
Well, we can just make this a thread about nothing and see how far it goes.
Suits me.
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The null set.
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Denver, there's nothing humorus about the bathroom, now what were we talking about??
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I, for one, would never post in a thread about nothing!
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Originally Posted by Dan Burkhart
Well, we can just make this a thread about nothing and see how far it goes.
That's a subject I know nothing about so I can't post :-(
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Nothing from nothing leaves _________.
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So how does this post differ from your others.
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So how does this post differ from your others.
The others are posers
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And furthermore, yada yada yada.
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I took a photo of of nothing.
Tried to post it, but Photobucket won't accept it.
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This thread is useless without pictures!
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Man!

And it's only the end of November. Can you imagine how inane the 50+ threads will be by the end of February?
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I keep trying to delete the nothing picture from my camera, but it works like BF, It says there is nothing to delete.
Guess I will asked the guys Road Cycling for help.
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I keep trying to delete the nothing picture from my camera, but it works like BF, It says there is nothing to delete.
Guess I will asked the guys Road Cycling for help.
Uh - do us all a favor and don't mention 50+.

Tell them that you usually post in Politics and Religion.
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Well, as the Wizard of Oz said, "Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking"

Would that describe forums? Do all forum owners owe a royalty to the Wizard of Oz for the idea?
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They know me in P & R.
I might asked the road guys about your elbows.
They have all the answers over there.
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They know me in P & R.
I might asked the road guys about your elbows.
They have all the answers over there.
Yeah, but they post in a kind of short hand that I don't understand. What does HTFU mean?
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Going for a 70 mile ride see ya sometime.
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^^^^^

HTFU means "Going for a 70 mile ride"?
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life is a vapor
life is a vapor
and yet
and yet
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^^^^^

HTFU means "Going for a 70 mile ride"?
Rode 82 miles: Nice Temps 66* to 77*
Rode down toward Galveston to see where this guy wrecked his $2 million Car.
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