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Just because...
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.rdg.ac.uk)
Date: January 21, 2003 03:51PM
<HTML>In an attempt to persuade myself that I'm not posting here far too often, I've worked out the statistics for the year so far...
Since Big Ben failed to be heard on Radio Four on 01/01/2003, there have been 518 posts from 23 people.
Person by person the number of posts (and a percentage of the total in brackets) runs as follows:
PSD: 113 posts (21.8%)
Jon: 84 (16.2%)
Sarah: 70 (13.5%)
Dave: 57 (11%)
Sarah B: 41 (7.9%)
Ooktavia: 28 (5.4%)
A-A-C: 21 (4.1%)
ScarletBea: 18 (3.5%)
Carla: 16 (3.1%)
Rob: 12 (2.3%)
Fuzz: 11 (2.1%)
Dave Rainbow: 10 (1.9%)
Minsky Cat: 10 (1.9%)
Adam: 9 (1.7%)
Magda: 6 (1.2%)
Vib: 4 (0.8%)
Terry: 2 (0.4%)
Jessica, Ben, Wombat, Sue, Tim, probAbalytRipPy: all 1 (0.2%)
And that was a jolly waste of an afternoon....</HTML>
Since Big Ben failed to be heard on Radio Four on 01/01/2003, there have been 518 posts from 23 people.
Person by person the number of posts (and a percentage of the total in brackets) runs as follows:
PSD: 113 posts (21.8%)
Jon: 84 (16.2%)
Sarah: 70 (13.5%)
Dave: 57 (11%)
Sarah B: 41 (7.9%)
Ooktavia: 28 (5.4%)
A-A-C: 21 (4.1%)
ScarletBea: 18 (3.5%)
Carla: 16 (3.1%)
Rob: 12 (2.3%)
Fuzz: 11 (2.1%)
Dave Rainbow: 10 (1.9%)
Minsky Cat: 10 (1.9%)
Adam: 9 (1.7%)
Magda: 6 (1.2%)
Vib: 4 (0.8%)
Terry: 2 (0.4%)
Jessica, Ben, Wombat, Sue, Tim, probAbalytRipPy: all 1 (0.2%)
And that was a jolly waste of an afternoon....</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: Rob (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: January 21, 2003 03:59PM
<HTML>But what does it say that you took time to compile these statistics ??
Besides you came top with an average of nearly 6 posts / day.</HTML>
Besides you came top with an average of nearly 6 posts / day.</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: January 21, 2003 04:22PM
<HTML>blimey. Top 5 placing! must try harder...</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: January 21, 2003 04:43PM
<HTML>A dubious set of stats to say the least ... you've got Jessica down for one post and even I can see that she started two threads since 1/1/03, so that's gotta be wrong. Would you like a job at the Ministry of Information?</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: January 21, 2003 04:45PM
<HTML>erm... I'm wrong aren't I .... ahem.
How many songs about trains can people think of?</HTML>
How many songs about trains can people think of?</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: January 21, 2003 04:46PM
<HTML>Last train to Clarksville?</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: ScarletBea (194.196.168.---)
Date: January 21, 2003 05:12PM
<HTML>waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I'm only number 8!!!!!
:(((((((((((((((((((
oh, the times when I was 1 or 2... but then, there were only 2 people posting regularly ;)
(Ben, remember when we started flooding this? lol)
*goes off and finds things to say*</HTML>
I'm only number 8!!!!!
:(((((((((((((((((((
oh, the times when I was 1 or 2... but then, there were only 2 people posting regularly ;)
(Ben, remember when we started flooding this? lol)
*goes off and finds things to say*</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: Rob (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: January 21, 2003 05:12PM
<HTML>I trust that's by the Four Tops (not the Monkees)
I'm not quite sure which songs about trains Jon thinks we should be
thinking of ??
The theme to Ivor the Engine ?</HTML>
I'm not quite sure which songs about trains Jon thinks we should be
thinking of ??
The theme to Ivor the Engine ?</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: All-American-Cutie (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: January 21, 2003 05:57PM
<HTML>"Come on baby, do the Locomotion..."</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: All-American-Cutie (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: January 21, 2003 05:58PM
<HTML>PSD, you have WAAAAAY too much time on your hands! Either that or you have some big project you're supposed to be doing and you're dreading it and have decided to procrastinate instead! LOL</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: January 21, 2003 11:50PM
<HTML>It took less than an hour, actually. I was going to go back over the whole thing, just to find out where Mr Ff ranked....
Jon:
<a href="http://www.thespoon.com/trainhop/songs.html">Will this list do?</a>
My favourite personal train song is City of New Orleans, if only because my Dad, best mate and I do a wicked version when we're jamming. Although I bet there's another reason for this request, so recomend 'Runaway Train'.
Or (and some of these may reflect my personal experience):
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Pulp - Different Class
Beatles - Ticket to Ride, I am the Walrus (choo-choo choo-choo)
Billy Ocean Colour Scene - Day We Caught the Train (as if...)
Alisha's Attic - Late Again
Stereophonics - Hurry up and wait
Bowie - Station to Station
Otis Redding - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
Anna Ryder - Heaps of Metal
Jamiroquai - Travelling WIthout Moving (and, on the same album, the bonus track, arff)
Guided by Voices - Hold on Hope
The Smiths- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Beck - Odelay...
And of course:
Train - Hopeless...</HTML>
Jon:
<a href="http://www.thespoon.com/trainhop/songs.html">Will this list do?</a>
My favourite personal train song is City of New Orleans, if only because my Dad, best mate and I do a wicked version when we're jamming. Although I bet there's another reason for this request, so recomend 'Runaway Train'.
Or (and some of these may reflect my personal experience):
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Pulp - Different Class
Beatles - Ticket to Ride, I am the Walrus (choo-choo choo-choo)
Billy Ocean Colour Scene - Day We Caught the Train (as if...)
Alisha's Attic - Late Again
Stereophonics - Hurry up and wait
Bowie - Station to Station
Otis Redding - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
Anna Ryder - Heaps of Metal
Jamiroquai - Travelling WIthout Moving (and, on the same album, the bonus track, arff)
Guided by Voices - Hold on Hope
The Smiths- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Beck - Odelay...
And of course:
Train - Hopeless...</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: Terry Peterson (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: January 22, 2003 01:59AM
<HTML>Wheee! Almost the bottom of the list!</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: January 22, 2003 09:34AM
<HTML>Good list, that. Have to see how many I can use (waxes mysterious). Although I might point out to the compiler that the Trolley Song refers to a streetcar or tram, not a train.
I agree about the City of New Orleans, especially the verse that goes (from memory)
And the sons of Pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
And mothers with their babes asleep
Go rocking to the gentle beat
The rhythm of the rails is all they feel
(wanders off singing ...)</HTML>
I agree about the City of New Orleans, especially the verse that goes (from memory)
And the sons of Pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
And mothers with their babes asleep
Go rocking to the gentle beat
The rhythm of the rails is all they feel
(wanders off singing ...)</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: January 22, 2003 01:45PM
<HTML>Interesting statistics, Ben, but sheer number of posts isn't always an indication of time spent posting. If you went by the word count, I suspect Dave Rainbow would win hands down.</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: January 22, 2003 01:47PM
<HTML>and quantity is no indicator of quality ... reckoned at value per word I think Sarah's in front ....</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: January 22, 2003 01:52PM
<HTML>And on a similar topic I have been wasting my time surfing about the alt. newsgroups for Pratchett and Tolkien ... they compare poorly to our own fforum; there may not be as many of us, but believe me we're lots nicer!</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: Ooktavia (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: January 22, 2003 01:55PM
<HTML>What about the Last Train to Trans-Central, by the Justified Ancients of Mu-Mu, formerly known as the KLF, formerly known as the Time Lords?
Damn, I'm sad. Must look up "life" on Google and see if it's possible to order one from E-bay.</HTML>
Damn, I'm sad. Must look up "life" on Google and see if it's possible to order one from E-bay.</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: charles ronayne (---.liv.ac.uk)
Date: January 22, 2003 02:36PM
<HTML>I havent posted since the start of the new year? Must be slipping. Still bought the whole of the Hitch Hikers Guide over Christmas just finished all the books, that probably explains it. Damn good stuff that. Anyway what about Love Train by the Ojays? always enjoy a bit of that.</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: January 22, 2003 03:21PM
<HTML>Gosh, thanks, Jon... *blush*
By the way, for the amusement of any Pratchett fans (and Ooktavia in particular), I now have my very own Librarian. He is best described as an orange orang, he's about five inches high, and he has Velcro on his front paws so he can hang out anywhere. Currently he is swinging from one of the brackets of my computer table, occasionally ooking cheerfully at Wilfred, who hiccups back. I'm still waiting for the dodo to arrive so they can go "hic... plock... ook" at one another.
I wonder what the statistics are on cuddly animals owned by members of this Fforum?</HTML>
By the way, for the amusement of any Pratchett fans (and Ooktavia in particular), I now have my very own Librarian. He is best described as an orange orang, he's about five inches high, and he has Velcro on his front paws so he can hang out anywhere. Currently he is swinging from one of the brackets of my computer table, occasionally ooking cheerfully at Wilfred, who hiccups back. I'm still waiting for the dodo to arrive so they can go "hic... plock... ook" at one another.
I wonder what the statistics are on cuddly animals owned by members of this Fforum?</HTML>
Re: Just because...
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: January 22, 2003 03:31PM
<HTML>You need a sheep as well, for proper euphony, so it would go hic - plock - ook - baa, hic - plock - ook - baa, thus forming a pleasing rhythm which could act as accompaniment to some melody or other.
There is a large bear in the corner of my bedroom. He doesn't say much, though.</HTML>
There is a large bear in the corner of my bedroom. He doesn't say much, though.</HTML>
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