She has our best wishes for a speedy recovery from the surgery and an outcome far less dire than her fears.christie1111 wrote:
The person second from the left in the new avatar undergoes oral cancer surgery. My sister-in-law.
They will be at my house tonight so I can prepare dinner, her choice since she won't be eating for awhile.
Then to Yale-NH by 6:30 am.
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That's like saying a phone-a-friend who says, "I think it's X," on a $100,000 question should get the money.christie1111 wrote:Really!MarleysGh0st wrote:Without even offering it to the BB who supplied your answer?Bob Juch wrote: I "won" a used iPhone. Since I have no use for one - and don't want anything Apple - I told the guy to give it to charity.
If you didn't want it, why would you not PM the person who gave you the correct answer.
'You' didn't REALLY win it!
Amazing.
I took inniskillin's guess and verified it.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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Not exactly - inniskilln didn't know he was helping you win a contest.Bob Juch wrote:That's like saying a phone-a-friend who says, "I think it's X," on a $100,000 question should get the money.christie1111 wrote:Really!MarleysGh0st wrote: Without even offering it to the BB who supplied your answer?
If you didn't want it, why would you not PM the person who gave you the correct answer.
'You' didn't REALLY win it!
Amazing.
I took inniskillin's guess and verified it.
That is not to say that I think you did anything wrong in not offering him the prize.
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I also don't think the PAF is a precise analogy, as in addition to the notice/consent of being a part of a contest, I would think in that case the person in the hot seat presumably WANTS the $100,000 and is not giving all the cash away.Not exactly - inniskilln didn't know he was helping you win a contest.
That is not to say that I think you did anything wrong in not offering him the prize.
However, while I would have enjoyed an iPhone very much, I submitted what I believed to be the correct answer without any expectation of recompense, so I don't feel like I was cheated. BTW, I got the answer from hazy memories of being there when I was young - the green roof struck me as oddly familiar, and the Google pics I turned up of the Four Seasons Lanai and other Lanai locales had roofs in that color. Other harbor pics, while not proving it conclusively, also supported my answer.
And inniskillin is a she.

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inniskillin wrote:I also don't think the PAF is a precise analogy, as in addition to the notice/consent of being a part of a contest, I would think in that case the person in the hot seat presumably WANTS the $100,000 and is not giving all the cash away.Not exactly - inniskilln didn't know he was helping you win a contest.
That is not to say that I think you did anything wrong in not offering him the prize.
However, while I would have enjoyed an iPhone very much, I submitted what I believed to be the correct answer without any expectation of recompense, so I don't feel like I was cheated. BTW, I got the answer from hazy memories of being there when I was young - the green roof struck me as oddly familiar, and the Google pics I turned up of the Four Seasons Lanai and other Lanai locales had roofs in that color. Other harbor pics, while not proving it conclusively, also supported my answer.
And inniskillin is a she.
And are you part of a winery or from an Irish town?
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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To me the point was that he didn't want it and gave it away. The first person I would have thought to give it away to was the person who helped me win it.inniskillin wrote:I also don't think the PAF is a precise analogy, as in addition to the notice/consent of being a part of a contest, I would think in that case the person in the hot seat presumably WANTS the $100,000 and is not giving all the cash away.Not exactly - inniskilln didn't know he was helping you win a contest.
That is not to say that I think you did anything wrong in not offering him the prize.
However, while I would have enjoyed an iPhone very much, I submitted what I believed to be the correct answer without any expectation of recompense, so I don't feel like I was cheated. BTW, I got the answer from hazy memories of being there when I was young - the green roof struck me as oddly familiar, and the Google pics I turned up of the Four Seasons Lanai and other Lanai locales had roofs in that color. Other harbor pics, while not proving it conclusively, also supported my answer.
And inniskillin is a she.
And I will update surgery in a separate thread.
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They're goving away another one. I think I know the answer. If I win this one, I'll have it sent to inniskillin.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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oopsieinniskillin wrote:And inniskillin is a she.Not exactly - inniskilln didn't know he was helping you win a contest.
That is not to say that I think you did anything wrong in not offering him the prize.
My bad
You post with more testosterone than you have.
skoop posts shorter than she is
fishie is just short
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And which ones of us post like a squirrel?peacock2121 wrote:oopsieinniskillin wrote:And inniskillin is a she.Not exactly - inniskilln didn't know he was helping you win a contest.
That is not to say that I think you did anything wrong in not offering him the prize.
My bad
You post with more testosterone than you have.
skoop posts shorter than she is
fishie is just short
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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ulysses5019 wrote:And which ones of us post like a squirrel?peacock2121 wrote:oopsieinniskillin wrote: And inniskillin is a she.
My bad
You post with more testosterone than you have.
skoop posts shorter than she is
fishie is just short
You post like your dickey's too tight around your neck....
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Many of these (squirrel) migrations were probably caused by food shortages as well as habitat overcrowding. We solved that for them. We not only reduced their habitat, we reduced the whole species by about 90%. The least we can do now is share a little birdseed with them.
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--squirrelmama (10/3/07)
Many of these (squirrel) migrations were probably caused by food shortages as well as habitat overcrowding. We solved that for them. We not only reduced their habitat, we reduced the whole species by about 90%. The least we can do now is share a little birdseed with them.
--Richard E. Mallery
2008 Squirrel of the Year Award winner
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You better be careful before I get all Rambo on your patootie!Evil Squirrel wrote:ulysses5019 wrote:And which ones of us post like a squirrel?peacock2121 wrote: oopsie
My bad
You post with more testosterone than you have.
skoop posts shorter than she is
fishie is just short
You post like your dickey's too tight around your neck....
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.