WOW! 352 comments, all by delmoi!

Someone else has already picked that quote out, but that was the point at which I lost it and started laughing a lot.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 2:20 PM on July 16, 2007

orange swan's comment was actually quoting my original... but yes, maxwelton's is much better!
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:27 PM on June 28, 2007

I hadn't come across this story before - thanks for the links. She sounds like the kind of person who, at the point she started university, would have made headlines in the Oxford student papers. (By way of comparison, I went to college with someone who was severely dyslexic to the point of only being able to write 2 words a minute - and 15 when they started their degree. They were brilliant. And got widely reported both in the student press and the national press). Neither Cherwell or the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:19 AM on June 9, 2007

That's made my day, fandango_matt.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 10:59 PM on May 22, 2007

I got a Please Enjoy, too - it's a great mix, thank you whoever you are.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 10:40 PM on May 20, 2007

Dave Gorman is a member - but one of the "dropped in to post on a thread about him" type rather than a regular.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:00 PM on April 18, 2007

There have been discussions on this theme in the past - 1, 2, 3 for starters.

In terms of maximum audience I've often thought late afternoon-GMT is good, because you have lots of the European members reaching the end of work and getting bored, east coasters getting to lunchtime, and those further west nearer the start of the day - so you're getting times when lots of people will tend to be reading. That doesn't apply at weekends obviously, though.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:16 AM on March 31, 2007

don't be obtuse.

No, edgeways is right.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:58 AM on March 26, 2007

Hurray, a meetup I am actually free for! I can do either at the moment.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 6:34 AM on March 7, 2007

I'll be coming back from Bedfordshire that evening but should be there relatively early-ish, I hope. At least having a meeting outside London prevents me from getting stuck in the office like last time.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 2:46 PM on March 13, 2007

they're all dhoyt.

Except for one, who is Pretty Generic pretending to be Dhoyt pretending to be a new user.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 10:44 AM on February 19, 2007

Can't make it but have fun all, will try really hard to make the next one (has been a while and I flaked out last time due to a work crisis).
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:28 PM on February 12, 2007

Hurrah, I'm in.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:40 PM on February 5, 2007

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posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 10:10 AM on January 30, 2007

I'm going to see Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House that night - zounds. Ah well, have fun!
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:57 AM on January 24, 2007

I think we're going to see this someday, I really do. Maybe not a random proposal, but some sort of marriage proposal.

MarryMe would indeed be an awesome, if probably underused, new feature.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 3:54 PM on January 19, 2007

The AskMe posts would be brilliant:

- help me ask out this cool girl
- I think I want to get serious with this girl I met, how do I do so?
- tell me cool ways to propose
- looking for great wedding venues in x area
- seeking marriage counsellors in x area
- I need a good divorce lawyer in x area
- how to meet new people in x area
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 4:06 PM on January 19, 2007

A belated "count me in" - missed the earlier thread. I'm not so fussed about venue but somewhere relatively uncrowded, if such a thing is possible, or alternatively somewhere we can reserve a table or two, would be good.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 5:36 AM on January 5, 2007

Wow. Good going, FeistyFerret - good luck!
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 10:58 AM on January 1, 2007

and for what little it's worth coming from a stranger on a message board, I am so rooting for you in your recovery

This is what I wanted to say when I read this post. I am so sorry; but I am glad you made it through it.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 4:43 AM on December 24, 2006

i think it would do well to complain loudly about this

I think it would do well not to complain until there is some evidence that he is actually connected to this. As peacay says, the only firm link is to Business Week.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 8:23 AM on December 22, 2006

greycap, is the email in your profile registered with paypal? i'd like to send you a dollar.

with appropriate contrition...

It's not registered - I can e-mail you the registered one if you really want to honour the bet, but don't worry about it, 3.2.3, really!
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 10:19 AM on December 22, 2006

A comment in his latest digg submission links here.

By SonofaPreacher, no less.

On a different note I am happy to report that 3.2.3 honoured the bet, despite my protestations - what a fantastic guy. This sort of thing is why I love this place.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:00 PM on December 22, 2006

Well, as it turns out, posting to Metafilter using opera on the wii is a massive pain in the ass. But it works, as this clearly shows.

Grr, bah humbug, etc.

I'm going to go and queue for one today - was 9th in the queue for the seven that arrived in Game in Victoria Station yesterday. I'm told they have a dozen coming in today so will be first in the queue at 8am when they open...
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 10:00 PM on December 21, 2006

Here, have a dollar, in fact no brother, man here have five. Five dollars means a sockpuppet to me, but it means a big deal to you.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 12:45 PM on December 19, 2006

mightie tits
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:00 PM on December 19, 2006

This has ended well.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 12:29 AM on December 20, 2006

I would have missed this too had it not been MeTa'd. Rather cool, really.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 3:38 PM on December 13, 2006

*mind explodes*

What, you mean he wasn't in the Batcave?
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 3:37 PM on December 13, 2006

Metafilter FPS

Well, it's not just Half-Life that has snarks...
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 4:34 PM on December 11, 2006

I got stuck at work. Bah - looks like another fun night. I will do my best to be there next time...
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 2:41 AM on December 9, 2006

Is this spam?

That was what I thought, too. Maybe posting to the blue or the green is more likely to be spotted these days.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 4:24 PM on December 6, 2006

Step One: Eliminate jonson, y2karl, and matteo.

Indeed. I don't know how they all find such consistently good stuff. Probably better if we all just place bets on which one comes 1st, which 2nd, and which 3rd...

(scurries off to do some thinking about FPPs)
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:21 AM on December 2, 2006

This post is too US-centric.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 12:37 PM on November 22, 2006

It's formal hall! Woo yay etc. (I'll dig out my gown if there's another one).
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 12:55 AM on November 18, 2006

I have not the words.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:44 PM on November 14, 2006

That artwork is amazing.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:56 PM on November 8, 2006

*smiles*

I had exactly the same experience the other day when I met someone who said they had cited an article of mine in their postgrad thesis. It made my week. Thanks for posting the e-mail, it is fantastic that MeFi can make connections like this.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:59 PM on October 13, 2006

Two nations divided by different dating systems, as George Bernard Shaw didn't say.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:37 PM on October 8, 2006

Indeed - series of short comments and posted as soon as he could. Not an accidental self-link, I suspect.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 12:17 AM on October 7, 2006

That was a fascinating potted history of the life and servers of MeFi. I hadn't realised how expensive the hosting bills were - thank you, as ever, for all you do for the community.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 4:37 AM on October 5, 2006

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posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 12:45 AM on September 30, 2006

You couldn't ask for a better wedding photographer, really. Those are incredible pictures.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:54 PM on September 29, 2006

Not that anyone's reading this now, but I agree with the comment praising scody's contribution to the thread - they were brilliantly judged and sympathetic answers.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:07 PM on September 28, 2006

I think it's testing - either whether the question could be answered at all, or how quickly it would be answered.
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:04 PM on September 27, 2006

Wow, good job. Congratulations!
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 7:43 AM on September 25, 2006

Where did flashboy's picture of the Hamster go?
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 5:36 AM on September 22, 2006

Ant, it looks like you've opened up a wormhole in the space-time continuum in that one you just posted. Meanwhile I'm melting in the corner as a result...
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 7:11 AM on September 22, 2006

I'm sorry about the broken glass
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 11:39 PM on September 21, 2006

how come some users are sporting Stan Chin-style gold and silver stars today?

Probably greasemonkey, unless there has been a reinstatement of the "gold star" policy...
posted to MetaTalk by greycap at 1:53 PM on September 20, 2006