You've been saving up those keystroke, have you? Submitting 1.4 million keystrokes with a simple double click of the mouse. I'm on to you, and I've been saving up some keystrokes myself. You're still just #2. ;o)

-- Ryan

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You've been saving up those keystroke, have you? Submitting 1.4 million keystrokes with a simple double click of the mouse. I'm on to you, and I've been saving up some keystrokes myself. You're still just #2. ;o)

Hehehehe...took you long enough to notice :D
Yep, you're back ahead...but not by as much, now are you? :P

Plus, I start my spring semester tomorrow...that means more notes and more keys! :>

CQ

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Hehehehe...took you long enough to notice :D

Yeah, well, I have better things to do that check the keyboard counter every day. Once a week is good enough for me. =)

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Yep, you're back ahead...but not by as much, now are you? :P

Maybe. Maybe not. If you look at my submitted info, you'll noticed I only logged one computer. There's still a laptop I've been writing my book on that I haven't had to bring in to pull me ahead. Not yet, at least. ;o)

-- Ryan

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Maybe. Maybe not. If you look at my submitted info, you'll noticed I only logged one computer. There's still a laptop I've been writing my book on that I haven't had to bring in to pull me ahead. Not yet, at least. ;o)

And the Computer Nerd Olympic are in full swing.....:)

Shiloh

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And the Computer Nerd Olympic are in full swing.....:)

BELIEVE THAT! 'Cause I'm just sitting here envious of the enormous lead these two have. Ever since summer ended, I'm just not on the computer enough to come close to the amount I logged in August! :-(

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And the Computer Nerd Olympic are in full swing.....:)

How do they stretch - crack their knuckles?

I can hear them now....just before the starter pistol sounds the rachet sound of the 10 digits cracking wafts thru the air.....On your mark- get set- TYPE!!!!! and their off !!! Good luck to all!!!

enjoy the journey!!
teekasue

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And the Computer Nerd Olympic are in full swing.....:)

How do they stretch - crack their knuckles?

I can hear them now....just before the starter pistol sounds the rachet sound of the 10 digits cracking wafts thru the air.....On your mark- get set- TYPE!!!!! and their off !!! Good luck to all!!!

ive been afradi to use cq's computer incase i mess up the "race". and thats hard! no aq!
nearly hair pulling worthy- yet it is pretty funny to see the sweating and constantly glancing at their numbers to see if they are ahead- and the feverish typing when they arent- man this race is hilarious. :)
hummm..yet who do we all vote for?

the one who give us aq and keeps it running? or the one who feeds me?
humm..hard choice

kitten without mittens (knowing im getting into trouble later)

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hummm..yet who do we all vote for?

the one who give us aq and keeps it running? or the one who feeds me?
humm..hard choice

Not a hard choice at all--he doesn't feed ME....

=)

Sheba

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Not a hard choice at all--he doesn't feed ME....

I could! :D I have these brownie-filled chocolate chip cookies that would blow you away....

CQ

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I have these brownie-filled chocolate chip cookies

Okay, cough up that recipe, please! :)

-AG (who knows there's no such thing as too much chocolate!)

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Okay, cough up that recipe, please! :)

-AG (who knows there's no such thing as too much chocolate!)

Never! :D All mine.

actually, no, I can't share the recipe. :P I don't make them.
There's a great place, called Schwab's Market, just outside of Sprite's hometown...that's the place that makes them. I discovered them about two months ago on our last trip out to Sprite and Highlander's.
MmmmMmmm tasty! :D

BUT.... if you REALLY wanted them, you could order them online and get them dropped in the mail to you :D

CQ

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Okay, cough up that recipe, please! :)

I second that! Not that my waistline really NEEDS brownie filled chocolate chip cookies :::drool::: but what self respecting chocolate lover wouldn't covet them?!

Craving CHOCOLATE!!!,
Padfoot Treehuggers :)

Let me speak from personal experiance Those cookies are to die for!!!!!! Plus there is an amzing letterbox in the store that sells them!
chadams

So all the typing these two are doing is just amazing. I have been on for over two months and I am still at only a third of one million! It seems like I do alot of typing. appherently I have no idea what alot of typing is!
chadams

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So all the typing these two are doing is just amazing. I have been on for over two months and I am still at only a third of one million! It seems like I do alot of typing. appherently I have no idea what alot of typing is!

I could give you a basic breakdown of what i type, if you'd like... :D

Notes for class- I'm in a full load of courses at Buffalo State, and I type ALL my notes, plus all my handouts (that way I can't lose them- still have a digital version even after the paper version is gone!)
Video games- I play video games all the time, and many, if not all, require use of the keyboard.
Writing- I'm an amateur writer, but pretty prolific, if I do say so myself...plus, I belong to an online forum for original writing, so I get a lot of work done there, too.
Atlas Quest, of course, is a little bit of my type count...plus the other letterboxing site I occasionally frequent... :D
The Yahoo! Groups for letterboxing that I belong to count as well, of course...
Let's not forget all the email that I respond to...AQ mail and regular mail....
Oh, and then my classic teenager lifestyle- i spend my life on the computer, so I instant message all the time, usually to at least three people (Sprite being one of them! :D), but sometimes as many as ten or twelve...plus a chat room that I drop into on that other letterboxing site...
Plus any miscellanous work I do, google searching (I'm pretty thorough), etc.

All in all, it really does add up.

Of course, it adds up to 'Celtic Quinn is a complete dork', but still.... :P

CQ

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Notes for class- I'm in a full load of courses at Buffalo State, and I type ALL my notes, plus all my handouts (that way I can't lose them- still have a digital version even after the paper version is gone!)
Video games- I play video games all the time, and many, if not all, require use of the keyboard.
Writing- I'm an amateur writer, but pretty prolific, if I do say so myself...plus, I belong to an online forum for original writing, so I get a lot of work done there, too.
Atlas Quest, of course, is a little bit of my type count...plus the other letterboxing site I occasionally frequent... :D
The Yahoo! Groups for letterboxing that I belong to count as well, of course...
Let's not forget all the email that I respond to...AQ mail and regular mail....
Oh, and then my classic teenager lifestyle- i spend my life on the computer, so I instant message all the time, usually to at least three people (Sprite being one of them! :D), but sometimes as many as ten or twelve...plus a chat room that I drop into on that other letterboxing site...
Plus any miscellanous work I do, google searching (I'm pretty thorough), etc.

Y'know what scares me? The only thing that stops me from leading the classic teenager lifestyle is apparently lack of time! During the summer, I AM this person! I do slightly less IMing that CQ because too many of my ex-students know my Yahoo ID, but other than that, I do everything this kid does. My video games USED to require more keyboard action when they were text based, but now that the Sims has taken over my life, I just click a lot (and I don't have the whatpulse running since the game chews up a TON of memory).

Wow. What does this MEAN???

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Of course, it adds up to 'Celtic Quinn is a complete dork', but still.... :P

Well, you never really do anything PARTWAY, kiddo...all or nothing! ;-)

Apparently, you can now order them online! I know they can send apples anywhere in the country, but now they do the cookies and stuff, too. Check out this link: http://www.schwabfarm.com/cart/ Seems like the site is still under construction, but you could definitely call them.

Be warned, though...for married or committed couples, these cookies are NOT to be trifled with. They are tantamount to cheating on each other and NO church can absolve you from blame (unless you give them the cookies, too and then you can use that as piety leverage!)!

The (contemplating cheating on the Highlander right NOW with some cookies) Sprite & the (would've ALREADY been doing the dirty deed while she typed this if he'd HAD some cookies) Highlander

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I could give you a basic breakdown of what i type, if you'd like... :D

I'd guess that 70-90% of my computer typing and clicking have something to do with Atlas Quest. Depending on what exactly counts as "related" to AQ. The book I'm writing, for instace, isn't directly related to AQ, but when it's done, I want to sell it AQ. Does that count? You could make a good case for it either way.

If it wasn't for AQ, I'd spend VERY little time on the computer. Those two years after being laid off but before starting work on AQ--I practically forgot how to type! =)

-- Ryan

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Never! :D All mine.

actually, no, I can't share the recipe. :P I don't make them.
There's a great place, called Schwab's Market, just outside of Sprite's hometown...that's the place that makes them. I discovered them about two months ago on our last trip out to Sprite and Highlander's.
MmmmMmmm tasty! :D

BUT.... if you REALLY wanted them, you could order them online and get them dropped in the mail to you :D

CQ

You people in NY have too much fun - I wanna move there!

WAIT! what did I just say........ I'm a child of the South.................... (looking around to see if any of my relatives heard me say that.........)

Ok, here's the official statements: If I ever have to enter the Federal Witness Protection Program, I'm requesting NY!! I want to come to that DSS event!! So maybe I'll get in a super long vacation there some day!!

Mama Fox - with a really sick kid on the couch - he does not have the Sprite Virus though (whew!).

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Of course, it adds up to 'Celtic Quinn is a complete dork', but still.... :P

yes yes you are

:)
kwm (still rooting for ryan though)

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You people in NY have too much fun - I wanna move there!

WAIT! what did I just say........ I'm a child of the South.................... (looking around to see if any of my relatives heard me say that.........)

Ok, here's the official statements: If I ever have to enter the Federal Witness Protection Program, I'm requesting NY!! I want to come to that DSS event!! So maybe I'll get in a super long vacation there some day!!

Hey, I'm a child of the South, too, so it's okay to crave NY! :-) I just like having ACTUAL seasons instead of a really long autumn and a really long summer! LOL

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Mama Fox - with a really sick kid on the couch - he does not have the Sprite Virus though (whew!).

Hey, waitaminute, now! I didn't start this virus...admittedly, when magic goes wrong, people DO suffer some drawbacks, but I don't have an AREA affect...usually. :-)

The (noticing the strange hue to her glow today) Sprite & the (frowning at his purple hair and webbed feet) Highlander

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Hey, I'm a child of the South, too, so it's okay to crave NY! :-) I just like having ACTUAL seasons instead of a really long autumn and a really long summer! LOL

Actually, I grew up in KY, we had four seasons there. And here in the WNC mountains, we also have four seasons. I'd be a bit out of whack with only two..... ;-)) And my brother lives in NYC (and his wife is from TN) - they used to talk about moving back, but they just bought a lovely co-op, and stopped talking about moving back...... so I think they are there to stay!

And, when I was a kid, my parents (from much deeper in the South than I've ever lived!) used to take us to vacation in NY a lot. We spent some time at the Finger Lakes, I love Cooperstown and Saratoga Springs was a semi-regular destination. (Do you want to hear about my other brother who lived in a monastery in NY for 10 years?). So the draw is legit and in the family ;-))

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Hey, waitaminute, now! I didn't start this virus...admittedly, when magic goes wrong, people DO suffer some drawbacks, but I don't have an AREA affect...usually. :-)

Well, you didn't start it (but how certain are we of that....??), but who else could have so eloquently described it in such full and lurid detail, to the point that we are still talking about it on the boards three days later....... ;-)) I think such a memorable virus needs to be named after a memorable person!! ;-))

Sorry about the webbed feet, Highlander....

Mama Fox

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Actually, I grew up in KY, we had four seasons there. And here in the WNC mountains, we also have four seasons. I'd be a bit out of whack with only two..... ;-)) And my brother lives in NYC (and his wife is from TN) - they used to talk about moving back, but they just bought a lovely co-op, and stopped talking about moving back...... so I think they are there to stay!

And, when I was a kid, my parents (from much deeper in the South than I've ever lived!) used to take us to vacation in NY a lot. We spent some time at the Finger Lakes, I love Cooperstown and Saratoga Springs was a semi-regular destination. (Do you want to hear about my other brother who lived in a monastery in NY for 10 years?). So the draw is legit and in the family ;-))

The Highlander lived his entire life up here in WNY, but I was born in Tallahassee, then did a pretty big loop through St. Louis, eastern Ohio/Western PA and then back down to Texas. But I really liked seeing the full complement of seasons changing the way I did when I was up north, so I was the only one in my family who was thrilled to get a chance to come back up here. We like to go to the Leatherstocking Region in the winter, actually...2 feet of snow all over Cooperstown is WONDERFUL when you're all snug and warm in a B & B! We also visit Lake Saranac and Placid when we can...they really know how to do cold weather right!

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Well, you didn't start it (but how certain are we of that....??), but who else could have so eloquently described it in such full and lurid detail, to the point that we are still talking about it on the boards three days later....... ;-)) I think such a memorable virus needs to be named after a memorable person!! ;-))

Sorry about the webbed feet, Highlander....

Yet another aspect of my considerabl(y low) talent! And the Highlander a duck hunter...he's fine. It's the HAIR he's gonna have to explain to the guys! ;-)

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You people in NY have too much fun - I wanna move there!
WAIT! what did I just say........ I'm a child of the South.................... (looking around to see if any of my relatives heard me say that.........)

*shocked opossum in headlights look*
WHAT??
What in tarnation are you talking about?
*shaking accussing finger at Mama Fox*
just because they go and mention brownies and chocolate chips in the same breath doesn't mean you have to go and skin out on us. well...I be a confounded snipe hunting yank if I think you have a lick of sense about ya. *laughing too hard now* This coming from a woman with an actual operational outhouse on the farm. You oughta be ashamed!

*sniff* *sniff*
hey wait...
what's that I smell....
*eyes glaze over*
*nose pointing directly up North*
choc-o-late !!!???
hummm...on second thought

dixie
quick someone tell me to snap out of it...

OK, snap out of it!!!!

Don't you know those folks talk funny up there???? There are certain areas where I can't understand a blind word they're saying.

They also don't know beans about fixin' grits... :-)

Knit Wit

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yet who do we all vote for?

the one who give us aq and keeps it running? or the one who feeds me?
humm..hard choice

I'd take the FOOD anyday...sorry Ryan ...food trumps aq in my book ,I LOVE THE FOOD, no question! hehe
Don't get me wrong for the "geek olympics" I don't have to personally say who i am cherring for......wait AM I cheering ?? hehe for typing ?? I am losing it....totally!

enjoying the journey(a little to much maybe! hehe), happy typing,
teekasue

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*sniff* *sniff*
hey wait...
what's that I smell....
*eyes glaze over*
*nose pointing directly up North*
choc-o-late !!!???
hummm...on second thought

dixie
quick someone tell me to snap out of it...

(eyes glaze over with you as the WNY chocolate zombies reach for you) One of us...one of us...one of us...!

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OK, snap out of it!!!!
Don't you know those folks talk funny up there???? There are certain areas where I can't understand a blind word they're saying.
They also don't know beans about fixin' grits... :-)

*shaking head*
what? huh?? where??
oh wow...thanks Knit Wit...
the mention of funny talk and grits did the trick
Whew!!

dixie
still down south whar I belong ;)

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They also don't know beans about fixin' grits... :-)

Hey, that's why you HAVE to come up here! Come for the grit infiltration, STAY for the CHOCOLATE! And the SPONGE candy...oh...my...GOD!!!

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the mention of funny talk and grits did the trick
Whew!!

dixie
still down south whar I belong ;)

Choooooock-littttt! Choooooock-lit...! You KNOOOOOOOW you want it! You NEEEEEEEED it!