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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
1. Eric's height is _kinda short for a storm trooper_. LOL Es! Best answer so far!!! |
platium Send message Joined: 5 Jul 10 Posts: 212 Credit: 262,426 RAC: 0 |
It may not be clear that this programme may not produce results for hundreds of years, it takes longer than that to recieve the signals, and when we do replying is imposible, that race will have gone if they live our life span. but we would like to know if they were there or are they there. so i am here with the minor problem we have now |
platium Send message Joined: 5 Jul 10 Posts: 212 Credit: 262,426 RAC: 0 |
give bits of mork as a medal of honor for them that stay |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
1. Eric's height is _kinda short for a storm trooper_. All of Es99's answers are the most creative and entertaining. :) Of course, I have to question number 2. I could have sworn Eric told me it was Justin Bieber's fan site. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
John, you forgot to add Eric's weight. You just answered the tiebraker. I guessed the weight in a previous post, then the tiebreaker was created... BOINC WIKI |
soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
you know.. This thread is getting fun. Considering where it started.. shouldn't it be split and moved? Just asking. Janice |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Nah, things are fine here. We all wander in our conversations. That is what the Cafe is all about. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Chris, did you guess his weight? The quiz is only a tie-breaker. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
12.5st 13 if you don't get all the electronics off him |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Tomorrow I post Eric's weight and the answers to the quiz. Any last minutes entries in our little contest? |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
12.5st Yes, we should clarify whether his skeleton is made of Adamantium or not. It would make all the difference. Reality Internet Personality |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Eric has never broken a bone... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
202 lbs |
Miep Send message Joined: 23 Jul 99 Posts: 2412 Credit: 351,996 RAC: 0 |
83 kg which appears to be 183 pounds
Carola ------- I'm multilingual - I can misunderstand people in several languages! |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Wow, you folks are all pretty darn good guessers!!! The weight estimates came in from 142 lbs (Eric thanks you Chris!) to 202 lbs (Hmmm... that is "Sirius-ly" what Eric may weigh by the time the holiday season is over!) I did enjoy the guess of "900 Newtons", so thank you Ms. Esme, resident physicist! Eric's weight this morning was 192.1 pounds, so the winner is Uli whose guess was the closest at 193.5 pounds - only 1.4 lbs. off. Congratulations Uli! The check is in the mail. Turns out we didn't need the tie-breaking quiz to determine a winner in this contest, but I sure did enjoy all of your funny answers!!! If anybody is curious, here are the correct answers: Much Ado About Eric: 1. Eric's height is 6 feet, exactly. 2. Eric's favorite cookies are his mother's Spritz cookies. 3. Eric's favorite past-time is bass fishing. 4. Eric's first computer was an Epson Equity II+. 5. Eric grew up with a dog named Dusty and Dusty's breed was... MINIATURE POODLE!!!!!!! (In theory, the dog belonged to Eric's maternal grandmother, who lived with his family in her later years.) 6. Name a beer that Eric would happily drink. Well, there are many. Right now I think there's some Guinness Stout, a couple of Fat Tire Ales and some new thing called "Censored" in our fridge. In the summer Eric enjoys a nice Hefeweizen with a squeeze of lemon off of our tree. Basically Eric will drink anything with color and flavor, as long as it is not sweet, and as long as it does not have the word "pumpkin" on the bottle. 7. Name a food that Eric will not eat. Oh my goodness, there are so many things that man will not eat! Let's see... there is pumpkin, winter squash of any kind, peaches, nectarines and most stone fruits except for plums (which he will only eat chilled), cooked apples, cooked bananas, eggplant, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, dates, prunes, raisins, coconut, figs, cashews, milk (unless the milk is cooked in something like a chocolate pie filling), lite beer, light-colored beer, sweet pickles, any dish that mixes sweet with savory... Oh I give up! The list is virtually endless. He is a very, very, very picky eater!!!!! 8. Does Eric prefer his Manhattans "on the rocks" or "up"? Definitely "up" and the stronger the Manhattan, the better. 9. If Eric had to choose between being bitten by a raccoon or spending the afternoon with Angela's sister, Eric would pick... Well raccoon bites can be pretty dangerous, so being the ultimate pragmatist Eric would spend the afternoon with my sister. 10. Multiple Choice: When Eric and Angela were dating, he once took her on a date that involved: A. electronics surplus shopping B. dinner at Burger King before attending an opera C. a hike through a cow pasture D. all of the above Why did most of you guess "D"?!!!!????!!!! I guess you all know Eric well, because sadly, "D" is the correct answer. Now then, I would like to propose that the winner of this contest start another contest to keep us amused, and that the winner of that contest start another contest in turn, and so on until we find E.T.!!! What do you say, Uli? Will you make up a contest for us to play? You could offer the winner a prize of your choice, but if I may make a prize suggestion, I'd like to propose that the prize in the next contest be a copy of Uli's Potato Salad recipe. Her potato salad is legendary! |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Can I ask an additional bit of curiosity? Did Eric keep DOS 3.3 on that Epson Equity II+ (80286 10MHz CPU with 640KB RAM) or did he immediately install a different OS? |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Just so you guys and girls know, I didn't have any inside information. Thank you for the win Angela. Now you put me on the spot in two ways. I have no clue of what kind of contest todo. Secondly I never messure anything, so some cooks may need help in getting it right. If any of you out there have a suggestion for me, send me a PM. I think Nin Ki would have enjoyed this contest. Good bye my friend, hope you will rejoin us again someday. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Nobody yet has guessed the width of his hypotenuse.... And that, my friends, would certainly be a lot of news. As Tom Lehrer said......and THIS would be Eric's favorite song... The Elemental Song....... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
And, of course....... As he is a confessed agnostic...... would love this one.. Making fun of us all......the Vatican Rag...... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
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