MikeT

Happy New Year - Some Things to ponder in 2020. Mike Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY, AS WELL AS THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF ENGLISH:1. ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA...... FLOOR.2. ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET ORGANIZATION.3. IF MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS AND APES, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MONKEYS AND APES?4. THE MAIN REASON THAT SANTA IS SO JOLLY IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BAD GIRLS LIVE.5. I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, "WHERE'S THE SELF- HELP SECTION?" SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.6. WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS?7. IF A DEAF CHILD SIGNS SWEAR WORDS, DOES HIS MOTHER WASH HIS HANDS WITH SOAP?8. IF SOMEONE WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES THREATENS TO KILL HIMSELF, IS IT CONSIDERED A HOSTAGE SITUATION?9. IS THERE ANOTHER WORD FOR SYNONYM?10. WHERE DO FOREST RANGERS GO TO "GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?"11. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL EATING AN ENDANGERED PLANT?12. IF A PARSLEY FARMER IS SUED, CAN THEY GARNISH HIS WAGES?13. WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?14. WHY DO THEY LOCK GAS STATION BATHROOMS? ARE THEY AFRAID SOMEONE WILL BREAK-IN AND CLEAN THEM?15. IF A TURTLE DOESN'T HAVE A SHELL, IS HE HOMELESS OR NAKED?16. CAN VEGETARIANS EAT ANIMAL CRACKERS?17. IF THE POLICE ARREST A MUTE, DO THEY TELL HIM HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT?18. WHY DO THEY PUT BRAILLE ON THE DRIVE-THROUGH BANK MACHINES?19. HOW DO THEY GET DEER TO CROSS THE ROAD ONLY AT THOSE YELLOW ROAD SIGNS?20. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING BEFORE SLICED BREAD?21. ONE NICE THING ABOUT EGOTISTS: THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.22. DOES THE LITTLE MERMAID WEAR AN ALGEBRA? (This one took me a minute)23. DO INFANTS ENJOY INFANCY AS MUCH AS ADULTS ENJOY ADULTERY?24. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CIVIL WAR?25. IF ONE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER DROWNS, DO THE REST DROWN TOO?26. IF YOU ATE BOTH PASTA AND ANTIPASTO, WOULD YOU STILL BE HUNGRY?27. IF YOU TRY TO FAIL, AND SUCCEED, WHICH HAVE YOU DONE?28. WHOSE CRUEL IDEA WAS IT FOR THE WORD 'LISP' TO HAVE 'S' IN IT?29. WHY ARE HEMORRHOIDS CALLED "HEMORRHOIDS" INSTEAD OF "ASSTEROIDS"?30.. WHY IS IT CALLED TOURIST SEASON IF WE CAN'T SHOOT AT THEM?31. WHY IS THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON SOUR CREAM?32. IF YOU SPIN AN ORIENTAL MAN IN A CIRCLE THREE TIMES, DOES HE BECOME DISORIENTED?33. CAN AN ATHEIST GET INSURANCE AGAINST ACTS OF GOD?34. WHY DO SHOPS HAVE SIGNS, 'GUIDE DOGS ONLY', THE DOGS CAN'T READ AND THEIR OWNERS ARE BLIND?

Merry Christmas & Happy (golden) New Year. Good Luck in 2020. Mike

Got on the main site OK this morning 6:15am Arizona time. Went to gold detectors, then GPX5K and it just sat there with the little circle whirling around. So I would say the site is about half awake. Mike

That's really cool. Now I wonder if the contents are still good. Mike

Merry Christmas, Happy and Prosperous New Year. Mike

Chris, You might want to consider adding one of those "I'm not a robot" tests to your sign up (not sign-in) process. One of those that makes you pick the street signs or business building etc. The robots haven't figured those out yet and that will keep them out. Their a small pain for humans to do but sure keep non-humans out (so far). Mike

Glad your happy with it. Good Luck, hope you find it helpful. MIke

As of this morning, he is out and in the hospital. Both legs broken and various other injuries, in allot of pain. 62 years old and apparently does some kind abandoned mine hunting along with a neighbor of his, who is the guy that found him and called for help. Mike

Jen, If Chris doesn't have one. I believe I have one of those "old" Coiltek pin pointer coils. Have had it for years and only used it a couple of times. Right now I'm not sure where it is but if your interested I'll find it and if you want post a picture of it. It should be pretty close to new condition although it has been to allot of places inside a detector bag. Mike

It's true Chris. The last day of business for Tesoro was October 5 I believe. All employees have been let go and the doors have been closed. Mike

Do it! Mike

Good job Chris. I'm sure you had as much fun as the kids. Mike

Thanks Chris for the contest. The 30 word limit is a real killer though. But I guess you shouldn't have to read a bunch of books to decide on a winner. Mike

You might want to check with either Steve H (can't spell his last name) or your cousin Rob. They have the same forum software and neither ever seem to have any spam on them. Mike

Right guys, been doing the "mark forum read" click every day for about a week now. Chris, if you don't have the time to monitor/police the forum, I'm on it almost every day and given the authority and instructions I'd be happy to delete the spam threads and the thread creators. I know Steve H. and Rob Allison appear to have the safe forum software as you do - they never seem to have spam. I have seen software that asks for a verification code to be used when signing up for a forum this is to prevent spammers from signing up using auto-sign up software rather then actually being live on the system. It works really well, you alomost never see spam on the systems that use it. Mike