D'oh, I was seeing if I could reproduce the "doublepost automerged work-around manuever" I was once able to employ regularly, though as of late, I've only accomplished it in two instances. I don't try it often, though, so lack of motivation in seeing my name duplcated twice, thrice in a row may not be as appealing as it once seemed.


By the way, perhaps a letter announcing "World winner" needs a validation stamp to deliver it to squeeeb?

I happen to love all your comments, Shell. As well as the chit chat from all the other participants. For this kind of social discussion I have been accused of frequent "off topic" behaviour in some forums though not yet on TFP. But to me it's like a party where you are talking, having fun, discussing...this is not a formal debate and if it was, I wouldn't be in it.

I don't know what to say about that "jargon" meanie. I wasn't in that thread but it seems pushy and insensitive to me in most cases...unless it was GiantHamburger, he is the extreme head superburger and is never wrong.

Doubleposting is when you post two posts in a row. I think, though I'm no expert on this at all, that if the timespan between two posts is somewhat long, though I have no idea how long is long, then both posts usually stay as posted on their own. But if you post two posts in a row and within a pretty tight timeframe, it is "automatically" merged by the evil double-posting genie.

Here, I'm now going to see if it works that way by posting this and then within a couple minutes posting a new post right after this, and let's see what happens.

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is this a doublepost?

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^ see!!! it was "auto-merged" whether I like it or not.

damn!!!! triple doubleposted auto merged! <<< am now attempting to circumvent the auto merge genie...did it work? YES!!!

It's 24 hours, Nick, last I heard.

Try clicking "Post reply" faster. Maybe you'll break the limiter, break through the barrier, and duplicate yourself. I don't believe there's ever been a tutorial, but Ch'i and I dropped hints how to do it in the archives of history thread.

I accomplished it above in post #6402 without incurring the dreaded "Last edited by..." but then I went back and changed "pushing" to "pushy" and the edit bug got me!

ok everyone sorry i've not been around, been doing stuff.

where am i?

i'm in a capital city. i'm hiding there because of the cops and the art.

where am i?

(this will be an easy one, i'm going camping and won't be around too much, i'll reply as much as i can)

Paris, France?

tully, you need to move south and east

...Rome, Italy?

shell - much like tully, you need to move more south, more east

(...btw...i have pm'ed you, tully and phil, regarding your who and when questions on the previous page)

...middle east?

shell - technically, yes...

hmmm..."technically" makes me think of that iffy India as being borderline middle east

not india...let's say....western middle east

...northern africa?...wait, no...that's too iffy...how about Istanbul Turkey

yup

...yup, as in Istanbul, Turkey?

yup at in northern africa. nope as in istanbul, turkey

...okay...Cairo, Egypt?

south of egypt

...Khartoum, Sudan?

Riyadh?

shell - nope, but way close

tully mars - nope

Are you in Sudan?

Nairobi Kenya? ...kenya? i can.

badnick - no you cannot. aint kenya.

not sudan, as i've told shell, but mighty close.

cmon folks, think of the clue....i'm hiding here because of the cops and the art.

I am thinking, my brain's not making the connection. So... Addis Ababa?

tully - no, but sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo close

Asmara?

tully - shell and i went back and forth a lot last night, she was hunting all over the map, doing all the work, and sadly for her (but good for you) you step in and take it. just like the guy in indiana jones after indie did all that work and he stepped in and took the artifact....

asmara, eritrea, site of Nda Mariam Coptic Cathedral, one of the major religious landmarks in the city.

so tully, your turn

tsk, tsk, squeeeb...no problem but i must say...you came saying you wanted a quickie so you could go on your camping trip and i was giving you all i had...then you left me before I could finish...haha...just like a man...that was a quickie alright :lol:

:wave: ...have fun on your camping trip...bring me a smore's when you come back!

...uh oh, jetee...cover your eyes...i feel a doublepost coming on :paranoid:

...and as for YOU, my dear tully friend...as Chris Farley so eloquently put it...

"La-Dee-Freaking-Da!

I'm going to win plenty

When you are living in a

VAN down by the RIVER!"

Ok, where am I?

Clue: not living in a van.

country's population at or below 50 million?

Less than.

are you within a country above 19 million residents?

Less

less than 10 million total populus within borders?

Around 2 mil.

East of Atlantic Ocean (landmass-wise?)

East of the Atlantic.

NH?

SEH

...australia? (sorry, wasn't paying attention to population)

No, not down under.

african mainland?

I am on the African mainland.

...landlocked?

The country I am in is not landlocked.

Namibia

angola?

I am in Namibia.

...what are we looking for? A town? A sight?

..well, here's my random guess...Sossusvlei

etosha national park?

Looking for a game preserve.

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Looking for this game preserve. One of my best friends, Dr. Bob, did his Ph. D. in herpetology here. Lot's of great photos and stories from him over the years. Met his wife in the middle of nowhere one day while doing research.

Yer up Phil.

I completely missed the last round but I see that life goes on! My son graduated from 8th grade so we had half day of school ceremonies and then a nice lunch and then I took him shopping for stuff he wanted.

OK, unc, where the hell are ya?

For some reason I thought this was going to be much harder then it was.

Since you reminded me of Etosha I went on a photo journey there...what a great place. I hope I can go there some day soon. Also, Tul, I sometimes find that a couple quickies in a row can be more fun than one long prolonged one. Depends on the mood, but change is good.

...more confetti is in order. Congrats to your son for his 8th grade graduation. And congrats to you for doing a good job raising him. Here's my advice (not that you asked for it) as he enters high school. Make sure he stays completely busy with sports or SOMEthing because idleness is the devil's playground...especially for teenage boys. And watch out for his internet usage and those addictive games...it's a different world now.

...okay, i'll stop now :)

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:car::car::car::car::car::car::car::car::car:
...uh oh, before you know it this day will come.

:thumbsup:

Thanks, Shell. He's already picking out cars and we're trying to be realistic about what's a good first car for a young kid (aka safe); but he seems to appreciate the fact that he won't be driving mine without me being there since it could easily be lethal in inexperienced hands. But I'll take him to some track days with me and let him learn there, so he can learn to handle things in a controlled atmosphere and work out some of that excess adreniline.

As for busy, that's great advice. His vice principal/disciplinarian told me the same thing at a recent meeting. Last couple years he's been on the school football and basketball teams, as well as on neighborhood teams. He likes sports, so that's good; and he gets honors frequently though not always. He's a good kid. He told me he wants to go to Hawaii soon, but I doubt that's where unc's going next.

not hawaii...

ok, where am i?

Sandpoint, Idaho?

not really...

MLB city? (in America)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3542/...997cd580_t.jpg

...northern hemisphere?

WH?

jet - no

shell - yes

tully - yes

...usa?

Toronto?

shell - yes

tully - no

Are you within a state that was ratified into statehood in or before the year 1850?

East of the river?

jet - yes

tully - yes

one of the original 13 colonies?

in a state touching the Atlantic Ocean?

NY state?

jet - yes

nick - yes

tully - no

Delaware.

Pennsylvania

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Opps! Forgot about no MLB team. How about New Jersey? They don't have a team, right?

...Virginia?

jet - no

tully - no, no

shell - no

...connecticut?

Rhode Island

Maine?

...which back in colonial days was part of Mass.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...I/map_over.jpg

I couldn't bear it if was Georgia.

not rhode island

not connecticut

not maine

not georgia

one of the carolinas?

none of the carolinas...

I hereby proclaim me as "mr. obvious":

are you in New Hampshire?

no, the old hams are not cheering...

lessee heeree... one and 2 +3, 4, 5, with 6, seven, 8 ... wow 9 and ten, followed by eleven... just two more left.

Maryland?

...well...haha...that only leaves new hampshire (maryland is an MLB state)

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Hi Miss Obvious

we need to revisit the MLB clue that said "city" not a state in which there is a MLB team, right unc?

there are two states left that border the atlantic that have MLB teams...

massachusetts and florida...

i am in one of these states...

massachusetts?

...jetee asked in post#6463 if it was a MLB city and you said no...so i assumed you were in a state without a MLB city...one should never assume?

however, the state i am in does have a MLB city...

that clear it up?

and tully, yes i am in massachusetts...

I made the same assumption Shell.

We looking for a town?

no, but you are looking for a place...

Boston Market?

...Mapparium in Boston?