THE 10,000 Post Thread

[Korot 6]

7173. LOL at GameFAQ poll.

[Duke87 1,070]

(7174)

It's "GameFAQs". Plural.

[Larks2242 251]

7175.

How many of those that say they do are lying?

< Also got a new avatar, who else is geared up for the Andy Pennant race!?

( I seriously hope someone can name them)

[Vahr 341]

7176

And its not square!

[Muck308 55]

7177

What's not square?

[Duke87 1,070]

(7178)

Lark's Avatar isn't square.

Based on the filename, I'm going to guess that it's Chipper Jones and John Smoltz.

[astronelson 339]

7179.

Regarding the Saturday due date, the assignment is done in Mathematica and submitted online.

[Vahr 341]

7180

School starts for me on the 25th

[Duke87 1,070]

(7181)

School starts for me... never again!

The pressing question is: when does work start?

[tjh876 31]

7182 Larks, as long as your Braves lose, I'm happy

[Larks2242 251]

7183.

I'm not just happy when the phillies lose but the day Ryan Howard went down wiith his Injury is now a National holiday!

[Duke of York 23]

7,184

 Braves FTW !

-DOY

[astronelson 339]

7185.

I generally refrain from talking on subjects I do not know the slightest about, and as such will not be talking about U.S. sports.

[un1 41]

Originally posted by: Blue Lightning

7180

School starts for me on the 25th quote>

7186 - Sept 9th here

[Duke87 1,070]

(7187)

Seeing as the Braves and Phillies are both in the NL, their performance is not of particular relevance to my interests unless they are in the World Series.

[Korot 6]

7188. School starts for me on 31 August.

[Chptrk 86]

7189.

Oh yea...school. It starts...I don't wanna think about it. I've got two books to be reading and haven't finished either of them yet. *goes back the The Trial of Socrates*

[Skimbo 304]

Originally posted by: Chptrk

7189.

Oh yea...school. It starts...I don't wanna think about it. I've got two books to be reading and haven't finished either of them yet. *goes back the The Trial of Socrates*

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7190

Books over the holidays? Damn, that's unfair.

[Duke87 1,070]

(7191)

It's called "summer reading". Basically every school in America does it some way or other. And it isn't special. Other holiday breaks are often considered the perfect occasion to assign a big project, as it is assumed that you will have plenty of time to work on it during your vacation where you aren't otherwise going to be doing anything productive.

Yes, this means that you don't actually get all your time off off, but such is life.

[Korot 6]

7192. Having a holiday job doesn't help either, if you want spare time. Fortunately, we don't have any projects to do over the holidays, though I'm assumed to have read 18 books by the end of the next school year (assignment was given at the start of my fourth year, and I'm starting on my sixth), and I'm behind, so I did try to read some books. Notice the past simple...

[GlobexCo 33]

7193

Only 2 books?

We (Italy) have "only" 4 books for October (more for December)... plus Math, Latin, etc etc homeworks.

This really doesn't help a good holiday...

btw, we start school at September (12th I think). 

[Duke87 1,070]

(7194)

Well, as I said before, no more school for me.

I have, however, now been offered a job. So at some point in the near future I will be working.

[astronelson 339]

7195.

I find it quite interesting that the books that are required reading are never ones I would usually read, and are very rarely books I actually like.

I found "All Quiet On The Western Front" a decent read, but I would personally much rather have read "Monstrous Regiment" or "Jingo", both by Terry Pratchett.

[Muck308 55]

7196

I never had summer assignments when I was in school. I usually had assignments over winter and spring breaks and such, but not summer. But, you gotta stay sharp. I suppose having them wouldn't have been all that bad.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

7197

Terry Pratchett is very similar to Douglas Adams. I already ordered a few of his books after reading Good Omens.

In other news, last month I discovered that Severus Snape is the most tragic character I ever heard of.

[astronelson 339]

7198.

The university bookstore didn't have Good Omens, but they've put it on order and will send me a text message when it comes in.

Professor Snape definitely beats my previous record-holder for most tragic character I've read, who was Edward Fairfax Rochester from Jane Eyre.

[Duke87 1,070]

(7199)

I'm not sure what you mean by "tragic character", here.

[Larks2242 251]

7200.

Well Juan Pierre got his 500th SB!

[Korot 6]

7201. @Duke: I think someone who had a lot of bad experiences.

[Duke87 1,070]

(7202)

Ah, okay then. It's not the character that's tragic, it's his past.

See, I was wondering how a person could be tragic. I'm being too literal again.