This weeks rankings- Black holes suck edition

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#1 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:34 am

No post in 1 week - bold
No post in 2+ weeks - italics

1. Sprots
2. Pea
3. Marley
4. Skoop
5. earendel
6. bbking
7. lb13
8. Cal
9. silvercamaro
10. aj
11. Bixby
12. BDM
13. Barbarella
14. ghostjmf
15. Saucy
16. BiT
17. etaoin
18. Amaz
19. KT
20. JBG
21. starfish
22. mini (up 1)
23. Sir G (down 1)
24. Eyegor
25. Corn
26. TBone
27. PSM (up 1)
28. aussie (down 1)
29. HoltDad
30. Dr J
31. Linus
32. BobJuch
33. mrkelley
34. tribe
35. flock
36. ging
37. Harv
38. christie (up 1)
39. tmitsss (down 1)
40. Kay
41. HFJai (up 1)
42. Buffacuse (down 1)
43t. takinover
43t. tgirl (up 1)
45. wbtravis
46. Ace
47. nitrah (up 1)
48. indigo (down 1)
49. Bob46187
50. MACRAE
51. Rexer
52. MMFF
53. tubadave
54. jeemie
55. Kazoo
56. RJS
57. kidtejas
58. TR
59. TiV
60. rubbersnail
61. gsn
62. ulysses (up 1)
63. Snaxx (down 1)
64. goongas
65. Tocque
66. renovator
67. SSS
68. rob wilson
69. AD
70. NE1410S
71. wild bill
72. Booch
73. gsabc
74. toeth
75. Timsterino
76. macsdaddy
77. kusch
78. dodgersteve
79. BeeMan
80. Fanny (up 1)
81. vails (down 1)
82. vandal
83. Spock (up 1)
84. RevDodd (down 1)
85. oldernow
86. gretagarbo
87. ScrabbleTed
88. Nelly
89. Tanstaafl
90. melly (up 1)
91. Weasel (down 1)
92. wintergreen
93. DaveSenior
94. Confessor (up 1)
95. John9826 (down 1)
96. Chase1207
97. moon
98. peter5858
99. deb in ga
100. golfmanbob

ulysses5019 · #2 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:38 am

Political outrage and games=green!

ulysses5019 · #3 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:39 am

Or in my case, my gratuitous avatars let me pass the snaxx avatar express.

ulysses5019 · #4 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:45 am

One last observation/question......is this the most green we've seen in one week in the hot 100?

#5 Post by **Bob78164** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:27 am

It's been a while since PSM went green. And even longer since I did. --Bob

NellyLunatic1980 · #6 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:59 am

You can put lipstick on a black hole, but it's still a black hole.

Congrats to all the greens--none of which include me once again.

NellyLunatic1980 · #7 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:49 am

On a more positive note, I noticed that I'm getting pretty close to 4,000 lifetime posts.

kayrharris · #8 Post by **kayrharris** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:40 am

Interesting things happening around my little cluster of numbers.

Lots of green this week!

minimetoo26 · #9 Post by **minimetoo26** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:44 am

kayrharris wrote:Interesting things happening around my little cluster of numbers.

Lots of green this week!

Grrrr....

This is one of the places where green isn't my favorite color! I need to use more MM or get some others to get more mouthy....

#10 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:45 am

minimetoo26 wrote:
kayrharris wrote:Interesting things happening around my little cluster of numbers.

Lots of green this week!
Grrrr....

This is one of the places where green isn't my favorite color! I need to use more MM or get some others to get more mouthy....

Or you might stick a pink gun to my head......?

lb13

minimetoo26 · #11 Post by **minimetoo26** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:50 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote:
kayrharris wrote:Interesting things happening around my little cluster of numbers.

Lots of green this week!
Grrrr....

This is one of the places where green isn't my favorite color! I need to use more MM or get some others to get more mouthy....

Or you might stick a pink gun to my head......?

lb13

The peer pressure got to me, man...

#12 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:53 am

minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote: Grrrr....

This is one of the places where green isn't my favorite color! I need to use more MM or get some others to get more mouthy....

Or you might stick a pink gun to my head......?

lb13
The peer pressure got to me, man...

So when do you get your NRA membership card....?

lb13

minimetoo26 · #13 Post by **minimetoo26** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:55 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
Or you might stick a pink gun to my head......?

lb13
The peer pressure got to me, man...

So when do you get your NRA membership card....?

lb13

My parents were NRA members back in the 70's when it was all about education and not advocacy. They taught me how to shoot real good. I respect guns too much to let any around my kids...

#14 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:59 am

minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote: The peer pressure got to me, man...

So when do you get your NRA membership card....?

lb13
My parents were NRA members back in the 70's when it was all about education and not advocacy. They taught me how to shoot real good. I respect guns too much to let any around my kids...

I got to shoot bottles and cans out on the levee when I was a kid. Now you can't even go out there because of the paranoia overload that happened 7 years ago...

Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of me getting shot in the head with a BB by my Dad. I love guns.....

lb13

minimetoo26 · #15 Post by **minimetoo26** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:01 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
So when do you get your NRA membership card....?

lb13
My parents were NRA members back in the 70's when it was all about education and not advocacy. They taught me how to shoot real good. I respect guns too much to let any around my kids...

I got to shoot bottles and cans out on the levee when I was a kid. Now you can't even go out there because of the paranoia overload that happened 7 years ago...

Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of me getting shot in the head with a BB by my Dad. I love guns.....

lb13

So THAT'S what happened to you!

#16 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:02 am

minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote: My parents were NRA members back in the 70's when it was all about education and not advocacy. They taught me how to shoot real good. I respect guns too much to let any around my kids...

I got to shoot bottles and cans out on the levee when I was a kid. Now you can't even go out there because of the paranoia overload that happened 7 years ago...

Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of me getting shot in the head with a BB by my Dad. I love guns.....

lb13
So THAT'S what happened to you!

And you thought it was my metal plate....

lb13

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #17 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:08 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:You can put lipstick on a black hole, but it's still a black hole.

Congrats to all the greens--none of which include me once again.

I am sure that you will be green next week.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #18 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:09 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:On a more positive note, I noticed that I'm getting pretty close to 4,000 lifetime posts.

Congratulations!

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #19 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:10 am

ulysses5019 wrote:Or in my case, my gratuitous avatars let me pass the snaxx avatar express.

Really!

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #20 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:11 am

Bob78164 wrote:It's been a while since PSM went green. And even longer since I did. --Bob

I am sure that you will be green soon.

SportsFan68 · #21 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:26 am

minimetoo26 wrote: My parents were NRA members back in the 70's when it was all about education and not advocacy. They taught me how to shoot real good. I respect guns too much to let any around my kids...

I was a member in the 1970s because it was the only way to be certified as a Junior Rifle Instructor. Then I got a fund-raising letter full of lies about me (I was a Dem even then) and fired back a hostile reply. I got a conciliatory reply from the president; he knew that they needed every person they could get teaching firearms safety to children. I let my membership lapse when I moved on from the junior riflers.

SportsFan68 · #22 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:41 am

Thanks as always for doing this, LB.

Stopping to marvel over Almach (who is still VERY up to its old tricks of "here i am! no, i'm here!" with it's C component) I head onward toward Perseus for an old favourite. The NGC891 is a very fine example of an edge-on galaxy. Much like the "Sombrero" in all but size, the NGC891 displays a bulging central core, delightful averted resolution at the tilted edges and a most noticable dark dust lane which runs right through the central galactic core. Splendid little beast...

. . .

Still smiling at the absolute resolution, I am my sights at the only one I can remember in this area at the moment, M2. This one is also a very striking globular in the dob. The rest has done my eyes well, for even at 26mm resolution walks out. And I'm walking out on studying for now... and going on to another (yep, another... ; ) globular. The M15. Why? Cuz this one breaks the rules. For the most part, globular clusters tend to look blue, but M15 is golden. Perhaps because it is a source of X-rays... Or that it may contain a nuetron star or black hole is what shifts its spectra. Maybe it's because it contains a planetary nebula... Does this speak to you? Then it should.... Because the M15 isn't playing the globular game the way it should, eh?

nitrah55 · #23 Post by **nitrah55** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:43 am

First progress I've had in many a week.

TheCalvinator24 · #24 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:51 am

TheCalvinator24 · #25 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:53 am

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