The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

7801

I used to have a much wider range of interests back in high school and college: I liked cars, sports (football in particular), video games, exercising, I did a little cooking, reading, writing, drawing, etc, but as I've gotten older and large chunks of my time and money end up being spoken for, I can no longer maintain such interests. It became clear as I was about to graduate from college that I would be better served by getting into one hobby rather than having a dozen or so shallow ones, so I picked what I enjoyed the most (and would be the most cost effective). So, I have focused on two things: writing and comic books. Unfortunately, it's difficult to get comics in Japan (well, the American comics I like), so I save some money to use when I go back from time to time to buy some. And by "some," I mean "hundreds of dollars worth." So, I am a bit of a comic book connoisseur.

[Duke87 1,070]

(7802)

I could never fathom spending that kind of money on comic books. Baseball cards, on the other hand...

[Larks2242 251]

7803.

Well I wouldn't spend a dollar on them either, plenty of things i do blow hundreds on however, New Era hats and Majestic authentic jerseys come to mind, Even have one signed by MLB pitcher Grant Balfour, now on the Oakland A's.

[astronelson 339]

7804.

Well, I'm going to go play with radiation now.

I've got a lab for my nuclear physics course. The most dangerous thing there is probably the quite heavy and angled lead shielding.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

7805

My cousin did a study abroad here in Japan at a place that had an ion cannon testing lab, as well as several other sinister-sounding, super-villain types of facilities that make me kind of regret not becoming an engineer.

[Duke87 1,070]

(7806)

The college I went to (Manhattan College) apparently has a small deactivated nuclear reactor in the basement of their engineering building. They used to offer nuclear engineering classes. But the story goes that Columbia University, also in New York City, wanted to put in a reactor of their own for teaching classes, and the city wouldn't let them because they were concerned about having a reactor operating in the middle of New York City. The folks at Columbia then pointed out that they were already allowing Manhattan College to do so, and the city's response was to revoke Manhattan's permit and make them shut their reactor down.

[astronelson 339]

7808.

Seeing as the nuclear physics department of my university is 3 kilometers from Parliament House, we'd probably be forbidden from having a nuclear reactor even if they could be built in Australia (well, aside from OPAL, but that's a special case). Particle accelerators, however, are allowed.

[Charlie_Zane 963]

7809

Nuclear physics is way too confusing, i'll stick to my art/design subjects

[Ocram's Razr 964]

7810

Nuclear physics sounds interesting but not my cup of tea.

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[NMUSpidey 3,956]

7811

Once we get to 10,000 posts, do we just stop there? Or is it cool to come back and congratulate ourselves for achieving this admittedly very arbitrary and pointless goal?

[Duke87 1,070]

(7811)

Once we get to 10,000, we start over from 1 and go for another 10,000. Simple. Remember, this is already the second of these threads.

  Edited May 11, 2012 by Duke87  

[Charlie_Zane 963]

7812

Should reach 10,000 by late this year maybe?

[Darth Apple 54]

7813.

Perhaps. We shall see.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

7814

Well, I've been doing my part.

[RipRap 4,400]

7815

Well, we would see an explosion of activity this summer

[Larks2242 251]

7816.

Once we get to 10,000 posts, do we just stop there? Or is it cool to come back and congratulate ourselves for achieving this admittedly very arbitrary and pointless goal?

Well considering the threads are more high tech now, it can continue without bug issues, maybe even start at 1 again in this thread

  Edited May 12, 2012 by Larks2242  

[Duke87 1,070]

(7817)

That ruins the spirit of it all, though.

[Charlie_Zane 963]

7818

why don't we just keep going. then it would go forever

[airman15 4,111]

7819

It would be interesting if there were a 15,000 post thread or a 20,000 post thread

[Duke87 1,070]

(7820)

It would also be interesting if we didn't have this conversation 10,000 times before the end of the thread.

[Charlie_Zane 963]

7821

We'll be talking about something else soon though

[RipRap 4,400]

7822

Hmmmm. Saturday Wasted

[airman15 4,111]

7823

what makes you think that?

[Charlie_Zane 963]

7824

saturdays are always awesome

[Terring 6,473]

7825

I saw some pictures from the strategy game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and I really have to play it

[Duke87 1,070]

(7826)

I found a human skull sitting in a pile of rocks in a cemetery yesterday.

[Charlie_Zane 963]

7827

well thats not creepy at all..?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

7828

I just wanted to know if we congratulate ourselves or not. It looks like SOMETHING happened after 10k posts in the other thread.

Also, looks like the Vikings stay in Minnesota, eh?

[Duke87 1,070]

(7829)

I always wondered what Vikings have to do with Minnessota. Odd choice for a name. But there you go.

[Larks2242 251]

7830.

A few don't make any sense like I never understood why San Diego is the Chargers and padres or the Jets being in new york and not where Boeing is.