New Contest Discussion

[TheCableVine]

Discuss the new contest here.

This contest is a posting contest. I, as I did last time, have tallied all the posts up to this point. So, starting from this moment until 12:00 noon mountain time on june 22nd thecablevine.com will be having a posting contest. The person with the most posts in this time period will win.

Prizes are as follows:

1st place: $50
2nd place: $25
3rd place: A TheCablevine.com T-shirt.

Good luck and have fun.

SteveI just assumed that everyone knows the rules... but there are some rules in this contest. 'Me too' posts do not count. What is a me too post? That is where you reply with to a post with just a "me too" or "I hear ya" or "ditto" or whatever. Posts must have something to add to the discussion.

[vandalizer]

I'm in. Does this post count?

[TheCableVine]

Sure. :drinks:

[yahoo]

that's a great idea dude..........hope this is exciting....:ecomcity::ecomcity:

[UULC]

Well, I see the post going up. Steve how about an update say the top 5.

:tease:

:good:

[TheCableVine]

Well, I see the post going up. Steve how about an update say the top 5.

:tease:

:good:
Thats kinda a lot of work. I can't just pull up the numbers. I have to close the board, print out the existing post count and then do the math on each member. Next weekend I'll do it. Please remind me with a PM.

[sprayandpray]

Thats kinda a lot of work. I can't just pull up the numbers. I have to close the board, print out the existing post count and then do the math on each member. Next weekend I'll do it. Please remind me with a PM.

Steve, why don't you just post our #'s that we started with, if possible, and we can do the calculations ourselves?

[UULC]

Steve,

I agree with Spray. We do not want add anything to make it more difficult. If you can put up the beginning #'s then we can figure out the numbers.

:ylsuper:

[USIC1]

I think the contest is falling on deaf ears this time around...Interest wise...

People are talking and members are thinking of bringing to the floor for vote

a win-fall profit tax against the cablevine for promoting revenue

growth from exposure with these contests...


:tease:

[Goldenboy]

I think the contest is falling on deaf ears this time around...Interest wise...

People are talking and members are thinking of bringing to the floor for vote

a win-fall profit tax against the cablevine for promoting revenue

growth from exposure with these contests...


:tease:


I don't know about everyone else but we're still in peak dig season here. It's a little hard to find time to post when you're work 65-70 hours a week.

We just need someone to get the party started.:happy:

[USIC1]

Not trying to stir controversy but what about polling votes counting toward the contest numbers???

This is quality participation is it not...

:confused:

[LadyLeatherneck]

Can an unemployed locator, stay at home mom, wife of a locator, get it started?

[USIC1]

Can an unemployed locator, stay at home mom, wife of a locator, get it started?

Only if there in contention with Jessica Ta Ta s...

:D:escape:

[TheCableVine]

I think the contest is falling on deaf ears this time around...Interest wise...

People are talking and members are thinking of bringing to the floor for vote

a win-fall profit tax against the cablevine for promoting revenue

growth from exposure with these contests...


:tease:How is that a win-fall (wind fall) profit? The saying wind fall tax comes from earlier times when a persons taxes were determined by how many trees they had on their land. It was illegal to cut down the trees which would reduce your taxes. The only way to reduce the number of trees on your land was to do nothing and let mother nature take care of it. Thus the term Wind Fall... as in a big wind came through and fell a few trees. So a wind fall profit is not really a profit at all but a reduction in taxes. Only the government could call it a profit with a straight face.

[TheCableVine]

List of names and numbers to come.

[USIC1]

Ok touche Mr history channell :happy:

Yeah and on to the numbers front-

See we needed the numbers earlier on of where we all stood from the start...

Cause I think Golden was at 175 or 185 outa the gate...

:rules:

[TheCableVine]

LOL... I heard that a while back and thought it was interesting. I finally got a chance to use that little tidbit of history. Very cool. :ylsuper:

[TheCableVine]

Here is the incomplete list of numbers. If you don't see a name in the list then you or the person you are looking for had ZERO posts.

2Rude, 22
6way_DPS, 18
ainsquest, 4
AULupstate, 15
Badger44, 1
Beyond Help, 106
Big Boots Mcghee, 16
CableDawg, 6
Cablemagne, 13
csellars, 1
ctdon1952, 2
Curtis Wilson, 2
dracula, 5
Dragondata5, 1
Duke, 2
FigNewton, 8
frostypeters, 28
Goldenboy, 170
gravy, 3
gryphon, 5
GWJ_CAS, 12
gypsygirl, 28
hykrdude, 3
ifinditunderground, 8
Irish Wristwatch, 1
japapoe, 1
johnnyspot, 1
Justice_For_Locators, 2
kclearie, 1
lefty rosenthal, 2
loc8r, 6
locateotopia, 4
Locating Angel, 15
Locatingart, 50
locator_smbk, 22
locomike, 7
Metroman, 11
Mr Blunderbuss, 32
mr810, 3
NINJA, 3
noOT4me, 2
nop's, 1
nxs, 9
Orange-n-yellowboots, 1
pedtool, 2
Powersweep, 9
premo, 1
putter,1
roadmap, 71
shovelhead, 6
sir_marks_alot, 7
sprayandpray, 128
stormgrey, 3
straightliner, 4
swagman, 5
TBONE, 141
TechMaster, 11
trent3342, 1
tylerd75, 3
undergroundquester, 169
unkle bad touch, 2
USIC1, 116
UULC, 89
vandalizer, 1
wannabe, 7
wet boots101, 1
wingfoot, 44
yahoo, 142

[big boots mcghee]

hey chief, I may not put up Goldenboy type numbers of posts, but that's still no reason to omit me from the list.

[TheCableVine]

hey chief, I may not put up Goldenboy type numbers of posts, but that's still no reason to omit me from the list.
Oops... sorry about that. Will add your numbers.

Let me know if I missed you or someone else.

[USIC1]

Smbk trying to pull a Tiger on the last few days of the contest maybe?!?!?!

hhhmmm...

:scold:

[USIC1]

Still awaiting if the poll numbers participation gets counted...


:confused:

[TheCableVine]

Still awaiting if the poll numbers participation gets counted...


:confused:
No, they don't count. I have no way of knowing when you voted in a poll.

Sorry.

[LadyLeatherneck]

:cry:

I guess I don't count, being the only outsider in this community of good ole boys.

:cry:

[underground quester]

:cry:

I guess I don't count, being the only outsider in this community of good ole boys.

:cry:


Hey there Locating Larry:

Do not worry about quantity, focus on quality. May, or may not get you first prize but more importantly you will earn the respect of this forums team members! That's a far more lofty goal.

So, you go girl...pull on those britches and siddle up to the keyboard, give us "old boys" what fer...

[LadyLeatherneck]

Thank you Underground! You made me feel much better. :happy:

By the way, what does the little green dot by our names mean?

[sprayandpray]

Place your cursor on the green dot and it will be self-explanatory::bonk:

[LadyLeatherneck]

Oh, DUH!

[yahoo]

i don't think i would have said that like that.....hhahhahahhah if it makes you feel any better i just learned something........thanks spray......

[sprayandpray]

i don't think i would have said that like that.....hhahhahahhah if it makes you feel any better i just learned something........thanks spray......

Hey, I just wanted her to feel like one of the "gang". It doesn't pay to be shy , bashful or thin-skinned around here! Besides, she took it like a man, er woman!

[LadyLeatherneck]

Oh Spray! Keep em comin! That I CAN handle! (I am a former Marine 1982 - 1986) Enough said?

[Chicagoman]

Hey I have great Ideal for a contest. Lets see who can get the worst Reputtion rating. You can donate the money to the homeless and you can keep the stupid T-shirt. Please dont give the T-shirt to the Homeless I dont think there would wear it :jumpinsmile:

[TheCableVine]

Hey I have great Ideal for a contest. Lets see who can get the worst Reputtion rating. You can donate the money to the homeless and you can keep the stupid T-shirt. Please dont give the T-shirt to the Homeless I dont think there would wear it :jumpinsmile:
I really don't know why a person goes to a place they don't like. Seems to me anyone with an ounce of self respect would use their time more wisely.

[sprayandpray]

I really don't know why a person goes to a place they don't like. Seems to me anyone with an ounce of self respect would use their time more wisely.

There's the problem Steve, you used the word "wisely". In order for someone to do something "wisely" they have to have a little sense, or intelligence - qualities I believe that Chicagoboy is sadly lacking.

[TheCableVine]

There's the problem Steve, you used the word "wisely". In order for someone to do something "wisely" they have to have a little sense, or intelligence - qualities I believe that Chicagoboy is sadly lacking.
I helped him out with his obsession. I put him in a usergroup that limits his use of the site and alerts me whenever he posts. So everytime he posts an attack on someone i just delete them. I'm not in the mood lately to deal with the children in adult bodies that seem to come out of the back alleys when you open up a forum. And, of course, he is crying censorship and all that. Well, I don't want to disappoint him. He thinks I'm a nazi so I will be a nazi.

Oddly enough he is using some of the phraseology that Justice for locators used. Go figure.

[USIC1]

Oh Spray! Keep em comin! That I CAN handle! (I am a former Marine 1982 - 1986) Enough said?


80-83 here...

you were late to the party literally the pee tests just started in 82...

too bad...

:yikes:

[sprayandpray]

I helped him out with his obsession. I put him in a usergroup that limits his use of the site and alerts me whenever he posts. So everytime he posts an attack on someone i just delete them. I'm not in the mood lately to deal with the children in adult bodies that seem to come out of the back alleys when you open up a forum. And, of course, he is crying censorship and all that. Well, I don't want to disappoint him. He thinks I'm a nazi so I will be a nazi.

Oddly enough he is using some of the phraseology that Justice for locators used. Go figure.

Alright! I can see it now - "The Vine Nazi" - maybe you will become as famous as the "Soup Nazi" from Seinfeld. :cool:

[TheCableVine]

I love the soup nazi... "NO POSTS FOR YOU" :rotflol: