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Member Since: Jan 21, 2000 -- nm - Todd Manning Jul 2, 10:39
Feb 2, 1998 H$1.866B (nm) - howie Jul 2, 10:36 3
- 4/4/2003 -- nm - Loyola Jul 2, 10:38 2
  - 282 million -- nm - Loyola Jul 2, 10:38 1
    - 283 million! Woo! -- nm - Loyola Jul 2, 10:39
OMG, I just remembered my lunch today is the second half of the foot-long I bought at Subway yesterday. Yay. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 10:33 5
- What kind? - Dr.Vermin, noob Jul 2, 10:36 1
  - Chicken salad with tomato and spinach. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 10:38
- so 6 inches is enough for you -- nm - marcel Jul 2, 10:35 2
  - It's not the length, it's the content. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 10:36 1
    - taste matters -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 2, 10:38
Why is Don Draper so maddening? (Season 3 Ep 1-2) spoilers - amoxy Jul 2, 10:32
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar: We�re No Cable Killer! We Swear! -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 2, 10:30 1
- and you can't have swaring on cable! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 2, 10:31
Member Since: Jun 27, 2005 -- nm - Strongbad Jul 2, 10:29
I notice they have actual leagues on HSX now - eag Jul 2, 10:27 1
- well good ider but the ST leage is full of slackers :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 2, 10:28
D Mac; "There are no plans to shut down the site as far as I know." - Loyola Jul 2, 10:27
Lohan punched by waitress on her 24th birthday -- (link) - crash davis Jul 2, 10:24 7
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  - premiere quote of the day from that link ... maybe not entirely SFW here, but ... - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 2, 10:47
  - someone remind me when i'm not at work to revisit this link and click through to that katy perry picture. - TFox Jul 2, 10:30 3
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      - dang. -- nm - TFox Jul 2, 10:32
    - hey TFox, when you're not at work, why don't you stare at Katy Perry? -- nm - crash davis Jul 2, 10:30
- The waitress's or Lohan's? 'Cause if I just have to wait until my birthday to punch Lohan, I'm getting in line now. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 2, 10:26
Someone should make a TT timeline and put people's start dates on there to see how the group grew -- nm - oblique Jul 2, 10:21 13
- That's what the wiki is for, dumas. -- nm - Max Jul 2, 10:37
- my first hsx transaction and my first misc post were years and years apart. -- nm - TFox Jul 2, 10:28 10
  - Yes. I know I was reading the boards by 9-11, but may not have been posting much. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 10:31
  - I wonder if faile remembers how long apart mine were. when did he move to NY? it was after that that I started posting. -- nm - workmanda Jul 2, 10:30
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  - yep. I opened a port in 2000 and didn't start to seriously play until 2003. 2003 is when I also started posting. -- nm - Amerideeve Jul 2, 10:29 6
    - I think I actually had 2 ports... 1st one died because I lost interest. -- nm - Star Spangled Strongbad Jul 2, 10:33 5
      - i know when i started, i thought the movie exchange sucked, and the music exchange was where it was at. -- nm - TFox Jul 2, 10:34 4
        
        Heh. I kicked ass at the music exchange for the first few months, then lost interest. That's actually what started me writing at The Trades. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 10:36
        
        I started enjoying the music exchange when I just bought everything low and sold everything when it rose. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 10:35 2
        
        i think that was the entirety of my strategy as well. -- nm - TFox Jul 2, 10:36
        
        Ooooh I like him, he's a good actor. *buy* She's hot. *buy* -- nm - Star Spangled Strongbad Jul 2, 10:36
- from the start of the exchange to the start of "the biggest looser" :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 2, 10:25
Aug 29, 2000 - H$674,536,459.35 -- nm - decline Jul 2, 10:20
to make you all feel old ... Oct. 2005 -- nm - zork Jul 2, 10:20 1
- Baby. -- nm - lileve Jul 2, 10:26
At some point Michael Steele just needs to stop talking. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 2, 10:19 16
- that's just god awful dumb on display there. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 2, 10:31
- I'm constantly amazed he still has his job. -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 10:26
- Heh. "the one thing you don't do is engage in a land war in Afghanistan." -- nm - mara Jul 2, 10:23 7
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    - precisely what I thought of -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 10:30
    - A-HAHAHA! HA HA HA! HA HA-- [thud] -- nm - M.Steele Jul 2, 10:28
    - Inconceivable. -- nm - Amerideeve Jul 2, 10:28
    - that is what I was thinking -- nm - crash davis Jul 2, 10:27
    - Exactly what I was thinking. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 10:27
  - Rudy Giuliani: 'We Had No Domestic Attacks Under Bush; We've Had One Under Obama' - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 2, 10:25
- /googles/ Wow. I think we agree there. - Dr.Vermin, noob Jul 2, 10:21 5
  - Summary? -- nm - Star Spangled Strongbad Jul 2, 10:37 2
    - "Obama was foolish to start this war in afghanistan. America didn't want it." (that's paraphrased, but it illustrates the statements quite well) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 10:39
    - Found it. Ugh, yeah not the most brilliant statement. -- nm - Star Spangled Strongbad Jul 2, 10:39
  - It's hard for the GOP to gain the upper hand in any debate when they keep putting their foot in their mouth. - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 2, 10:24
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- there should be a Visa commercial about this with Max's opinion being the priceless -- nm - crash davis Jul 2, 10:30
- I love him. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 2, 10:20
April 19, 1998 - H$2,667,878,684.13 - Rank 166 -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 2, 10:17
It occurs to me that this is just an elaborate ruse to get us all to rush over there and drive up their traffic. - prayformojo Jul 2, 10:14
I'm a newb. Member since April 17, 2000. Net worth 3,869,879,568 -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 10:14 1
- (LTD 67) -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 10:15
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- better late then never -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 2, 10:16
LIR - 4/25/2000 ... but I didn't start posting on TT until much later. -- nm - JenBro Jul 2, 10:14
march 29, 1998 ... net worth: H$854,676,390.04 (1574th overall) - Beryllium Jul 2, 10:13 2
- $H339,394,821.90 ranked 5,779 -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 2, 10:21
- 2005-10-17 and neglected it all the way to about $55 million :-) -- nm - zork Jul 2, 10:16
c'mon, mick.! -- nm - b. Jul 2, 10:11
Dotcom bust: Move Networks lays off staff, puts itself up for sale. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 2, 10:11
March 22, 2000 -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 2, 10:11 4
- finally somebody who joined after me! thank you! -- nm - marcel Jul 2, 10:18 1
  - I kinda like this group, so far! -- nm - Dr.Vermin, noob Jul 2, 10:19
- May 8, 2001. 482M. Rank 3621 -- nm - oblique Jul 2, 10:13
- and ranked 89,425th on the leaderboard! WOO! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 2, 10:11
Text from my wife watching Last Airbender with my son: "Will this movie EVER end?" - oblique Jul 2, 10:11 9
- doncha hate people who text during movies? the backlight on the screen is soooo distracting - zork Jul 2, 10:19 5
  - Yes. I have a big beef with that. Truly hate it. Hate is the word. Especially when they don't make the *least* effort to try and - facto Jul 2, 10:34
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    - I did send her to the Last Airbender... -- nm - oblique Jul 2, 10:27 1
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  - for airbender, it sounds like the distracting backlight would be a blessing -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 10:21
- Did your wife enjoy the TV show? - Fuzzy Jul 2, 10:12 2
  - I don't think either of them have ever seen the show -- nm - oblique Jul 2, 10:13 1
    - The show is really quite enjoyable. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 2, 10:16
Member Since: Mar 22, 1999 Net Worth: H$1,050,730,508.58 -- nm - eag Jul 2, 10:09 8
- Member since 3-14-1998. My current port is $419,806,719 - amoxy Jul 2, 10:17
- Member Since: Feb 21, 1998 Net Worth: H$2,214,578,684.96 -- nm - Ender Jul 2, 10:10 6
  - But I will add I reseted my port a few months after I started once I figured out how to play -- nm - eag Jul 2, 10:12 5
    - I'm sure that you still have me beat. I was never very good at the game. Eventually I became more interested in the social aspect than the trading. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 2, 10:15 4
      - I felt like it took me forever to get a 1 billion dollar port compared to the rest of us here - eag Jul 2, 10:17 3
        
        I've never had a billion dollar port -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 10:18 2
        
        me either. i crossed half a billion after i stopped playing. -- nm - TFox Jul 2, 10:34
        
        Well then you are truly - eag Jul 2, 10:34
June 7, 1999 - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 2, 10:03 1
- august 5, 1999. -- nm - b. Jul 2, 10:06
Meg: My wife worked for WW for a few years. She enjoyed it, but it grew to be a hassle. - Fuzzy Jul 2, 10:03 3
- I know what you mean. I don't buy any of their products, except for an occaisional package of Fruities. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 2, 10:07 2
  - I always laugh at how they change their program every year or two so that everyone has to buy all of the new materials. - Fuzzy Jul 2, 10:10 1
    - Ah, the familiar stench of planned obsolescence. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 10:14
So it takes the thought of HSX shutting down for us to go back running over there - eag Jul 2, 10:02 17
- yesterday during lunch I told a cow orker about HSX and what it's about -- nm - marcel Jul 2, 10:25
- Wouldn't that make us *foul*-weather friends? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 2, 10:15
- I'm still an active player. Trying to get in to the top 50 at least. -- nm - LMS Jul 2, 10:14
- I've been playing. I just got an old fund to H$100 and it cashed out last week. I also post there from time to time. - Amerideeve Jul 2, 10:10 1
  - Port currently at H$3,598,117,696.73 -- nm - Amerideeve Jul 2, 10:24
- Ironically (or maybe not), I had just wandered over there 2 days ago and was going to begin playing the game again. Then the news broke yesterday. - Fuzzy Jul 2, 10:07 3
  - I use to check my port quite often till I hit a 1 billion last year - eag Jul 2, 10:10
  - There's no reason not to start playing again, if you want to. Maybe it'll help. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 10:07 1
    - I probably will. The timing is amusing though. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 2, 10:11
- I still play. Check and trade in my port daily. I don't go searching for news to trade on or day trade or anything. Just check new releases, trade - pmb Jul 2, 10:06
- i'm there daily, i buy the IPO every day and do a few cold cash plays -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 2, 10:05 2
  - Danedukenuuk = dedication -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 2, 10:11 1
    - takes 2 min while i check the mail -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 2, 10:17
- i've been PT-playing for a couple of years now .... mostly starbonds ,,, but ST is my FT home now -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 2, 10:05
- My daughter is a little bit older than my port over there. Scary. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 10:04
- No, I'm good. I'll stay here. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 2, 10:04 1
  - DAMM! -- nm - eag Jul 2, 10:08
Is it beer-thirty yet? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 09:59 1
- No, it's Beer O'Clock -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 10:00
Is everybody making it a four day weekend? - musubi Jul 2, 09:59 12
- No ;) - MojaveMeg Jul 2, 10:24
- No, but next weekend will be. The wife and I are taking a couple days off for our anniversary. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 2, 10:17
- we have Monday off - today is a zoo -- nm - JenBro Jul 2, 10:16
- We have Monday off -- nm - oblique Jul 2, 10:10 1
  - Right, combined with today, that would be a four-day weekend. -- nm - mara Jul 2, 10:14
- Six, actually. -- nm - nubby Jul 2, 10:06
- no. -- nm - b. Jul 2, 10:05
- No, I'm at work today. -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 2, 10:04
- no but i did mark down my vacation today -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 2, 10:01
- not me. I am editing a legal text document. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 10:01
- quite a few sumnabitches are. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 10:00
- No, I'm at work ... I took canada day off (yesterday) ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 09:59
i just went to HSX and bought all the funds (well, not Studio Funds). If they need proof of activity, thought i'd help them out. -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 09:52 4
- I'm in the process of selling everything and emptying my port out. - Jim Jul 2, 09:55 3
  - i would suggest waiting until comm-free period tomo-- oh, wait ... that's right -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 2, 10:06
  - you are truly the elijah price to her david dunn -- nm - prayformojo Jul 2, 10:00 1
    - They called me Mr. Glass. -- nm - Jim Jul 2, 10:26
=UPPER(cells) (nm) - musubi Jul 2, 09:47 2
- Whoops. (nm) - musubi Jul 2, 09:48 1
  - FAIL - Danedukenuuk Jul 2, 09:50
how can I take a slew of text in an Excel file and make it all CAPS without retyping it all? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 2, 09:45 3
- font/format/allcaps -- nm - lileve Jul 2, 09:46
- =UPPER(A1) -- nm - Jovian Jul 2, 09:46 1
  - THANKS, worked like a charm. - groiny Jul 2, 09:59
Who needs an ING referral? - nubby Jul 2, 09:43

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