250 members! Yippee! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

enep · 02-22-2001, 02:17 AM

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250 members at the present moment, growing steadily. I came on about the second of Jan. (or something <img src=rolleyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"> ) and then there were 200 members. A month later...250?

Congrats BW. The Organized Tours and Tourists come next <img src=biggrin.gif ALT="

">

- enep</p>

Suldaledhel · 02-22-2001, 06:39 AM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: 250 members! Yippee!

And may the next 250 join us soon!!! (but not too soon lest things get too confusing <img src=wink.gif ALT="

"> )

-Sûldal ~ "See, half-brother! This is sharper than thy tounge. Try but once more to usurp my place and the love of my father, and maybe it will rid the Noldor of one who seeks to be master of thralls." -Feanor to Fingolfin- -=I may be found merrymaking at <a href=http://www.barrowdowns.com/>The Barrow Downs</a>=- </p>

***Mithadan*** · 02-22-2001, 08:14 AM

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Re: 250 members! Yippee!

Oh hum. Another milestone (yawn). <img src=wink.gif ALT="

">

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

Inziladun · 02-22-2001, 11:40 AM

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Re: 250 members! Yippee!

No surprise. After all,this is the best board out there. <img src=smokin.gif ALT=":smokin">

Those who will defend authority against rebellion must not themselves rebel. </p>

Suldaledhel · 02-22-2001, 12:35 PM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: 250 members! Yippee!

Even if we arent #1 at 25 Hobbits <img src=wink.gif ALT="

">

-Sûldal ~ "See, half-brother! This is sharper than thy tounge. Try but once more to usurp my place and the love of my father, and maybe it will rid the Noldor of one who seeks to be master of thralls." -Feanor to Fingolfin- -=I may be found merrymaking at <a href=http://www.barrowdowns.com/>The Barrow Downs</a>=- </p>

***Mithadan*** · 02-22-2001, 01:18 PM

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Re: 250 members! Yippee!

Not my fault. I vote every day. Who's the slacker? <img src=frown.gif ALT="

">

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

Suldaledhel · 02-23-2001, 07:47 PM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: 250 members! Yippee!

Well our board is just so darn friendly (at least to those who dont advertise) it is no big wonder that 250 members isnt that big of a deal. Its just a matter of time before that number doubles. People new here can jump right in with the trivia, and the polls are always a good way to make an enterance...

-Sûldal ~ "See, half-brother! This is sharper than thy tounge. Try but once more to usurp my place and the love of my father, and maybe it will rid the Noldor of one who seeks to be master of thralls." -Feanor to Fingolfin- -=I may be found merrymaking at <a href=http://www.barrowdowns.com/>The Barrow Downs</a>=- </p>

Mhoram · 09-30-2002, 05:42 PM

glory days

Mhoram · 09-30-2002, 05:48 PM

Does anyone remember that humorous post about making a global language, went through a lot of silly little modifications until it was almost illegible? Trying to find that, coming up empty.

Kithrèna Greenarrow Legolas · 09-30-2002, 08:12 PM

Mhoram :
Whats the name of the topic? I'll see if I can aid you in searching.

And I do agree. With the invorment this place has, its no wonder its so poplure. And, its the most newbe friendly place I've ever seen to [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[ September 30, 2002: Message edited by: Kithrèna Greenarrow Legolas ]

Mhoram · 09-30-2002, 10:36 PM

Don't know the title or any keywords in the post. Was just hoping someone would remember it and have a clue as to where to find it. Somewhere in this section is all I know. Oh well. Thanks for offering.

Kithrèna Greenarrow Legolas · 09-30-2002, 11:37 PM

Oh well.
Your wellcome for the offer [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I like to help whenever its in My power to do so [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Also, your picture looks fimallure...Who is it?

Mhoram · 10-01-2002, 02:25 AM

Jimmy Page, guitarist for Led-Zeppelin

sharku, you out there with that quote?

Rimbaud · 10-01-2002, 07:54 AM

Was it similar to this old joke?

[DISCLAIMER] The author of this post is not responsible for the content below, etc etc...

PROPOSED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHANGE

Having chosen English as the preferred language in the EEC, the European
Parliament has commissioned a feasibility study in ways of improving
efficiency in communications between Government departments. European
officials have often pointed out that English spelling is unnecessarily
difficult - for example, cough, plough, rough, through and thorough. What is
clearly needed is a phased programme of changes to iron out these anomalies.
The programme would, of course, be administered by a committee staff at top
level by participating nations.

In the first year, for example, the committee would suggest using 's'
instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly, sivil servants in all sities would
resieve this news with joy. Then the hard 'c' could be replaced by 'k' sinse
both letters are pronounsed alike. Not only would this klear up konfusion in
the minds of klerikal workers, but typewriters kould be made with one less
letter.

There would be growing enthusiasm when in the sekond year, it kould be
announsed that the troublesome 'ph' would henseforth be written 'f'. This
would make words like 'fotograf' twenty per sent shorter in print. In the
third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reash
the stage where more komplikated shanges are possible. Governments would
enkourage the removal of double letters which have always been a deterent to
akurate speling. We would al agre that the horible mes of silent 'e's in the
languag is disgrasful. Therefor we kould drop thes and kontinu to read and
writ as though nothing had hapend.

By this tim it would be four years sins the skem began and peopl would be
reseptive to steps sutsh as replasing 'th'by 'z'. Perhaps zen ze funktion of 'w' kould be taken on by 'v', vitsh is, after al, half a 'w'. Shortly after
zis, ze unesesary 'o kould be dropd from words kontaining 'ou'. Similar
arguments vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. Kontinuing
zis proses yer after yer, ve vud eventuli hav a reli sensibl riten styl.
After tventi yers zer vud be no mor trubls, difikultis and evrivun vud fin
it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drems of ze Guvermnt vud finali hav kum
tru.
__________________________________________________ ________

Ransom · 10-01-2002, 07:58 AM

Funny....the last few sentences look suspiciously like German. Hmmm.... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Mhoram · 10-01-2002, 01:33 PM

that's it! wtg rim! thanks

**lindil** · 10-01-2002, 02:52 PM

That is the hardest I have laughed in weeks.

And now we are @ 4,487 members. Of course 9/10th's of those posted maybe 10 times.

9/10th's of the 10% only post in the quiz and RPG sections, 9/10th's of 9/10th of the other 1% might post something intelligble in the Books.I won't venture to guess what % of a % post at the Revised Silm forum [ or the ever elitist Translations from the Elvish forum]...
So we have I would say we really have about ...

250 members still [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ October 01, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ]

Birdland · 10-01-2002, 11:05 PM

Hey! I thought I was the only one who was "ghastly" here!

"Ghastly Leprechaun" indeed - Hmmmph!

[ October 02, 2002: Message edited by: Birdland ]

Orald · 10-03-2002, 08:46 PM

Can I ask why enep is member 41? I don't recall him joining before me or burra, and for that matterm why is burra's member number so high?

Lyra Greenleaf · 05-10-2003, 05:17 AM

Wow, that was a LONG LONG time ago. And there are still those around who remember it! Amazing!

Antien · 05-10-2003, 12:57 PM

was i alive then? it must have been a while ago.

[ May 10, 2003: Message edited by: Antien ]

Naz · 05-10-2003, 01:19 PM

*waves* Hey... I'm new...

Antien · 05-10-2003, 02:10 PM

Hi! hope you like the barrow downs. I believe the downies are still on, if you want to check it out.

Iarwain · 05-10-2003, 09:13 PM

I loved the whole language adaption thing. 'Twas hilarious indeed. Very much resembled a sort of phonetic (rather than definition based) version of newspeak.

Heh. I'm member number five thousand something (I think). It's fascinating how attraction grows like a parabola. (weird similie, I know, but it came to mind)

I think that's all,
Iarwain

02-22-2001, 06:39 AM	#2
Suldaledhel Eru's Gift Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Where pride pays silver and plays golden Posts: 215	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 178</TD><TD><img src=http://bestanimations.com/Fantasy/Mages/Druid-01.gif WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: 250 members! Yippee! And may the next 250 join us soon!!! (but not too soon lest things get too confusing <img src=wink.gif ALT=""> ) -Sûldal ~ "See, half-brother! This is sharper than thy tounge. Try but once more to usurp my place and the love of my father, and maybe it will rid the Noldor of one who seeks to be master of thralls." -Feanor to Fingolfin- -=I may be found merrymaking at <a href=http://www.barrowdowns.com/>The Barrow Downs</a>=- </p>

02-22-2001, 08:14 AM	#3
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,383	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Spirit of Mist Posts: 634</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: 250 members! Yippee! Oh hum. Another milestone (yawn). <img src=wink.gif ALT=""> --Mithadan-- "The Silmarils with living light were kindled clear, and waxing bright shone like stars that in the North above the reek of earth leap forth." </p> __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.

02-22-2001, 11:40 AM	#4
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 131</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: 250 members! Yippee! No surprise. After all,this is the best board out there. <img src=smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> Those who will defend authority against rebellion must not themselves rebel. </p> __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-22-2001, 12:35 PM	#5
Suldaledhel Eru's Gift Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Where pride pays silver and plays golden Posts: 215	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 187</TD><TD><img src=http://bestanimations.com/Fantasy/Mages/Druid-01.gif WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: 250 members! Yippee! Even if we arent #1 at 25 Hobbits <img src=wink.gif ALT=""> -Sûldal ~ "See, half-brother! This is sharper than thy tounge. Try but once more to usurp my place and the love of my father, and maybe it will rid the Noldor of one who seeks to be master of thralls." -Feanor to Fingolfin- -=I may be found merrymaking at <a href=http://www.barrowdowns.com/>The Barrow Downs</a>=- </p>

02-22-2001, 01:18 PM	#6
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,383	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Spirit of Mist Posts: 636</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: 250 members! Yippee! Not my fault. I vote every day. Who's the slacker? <img src=frown.gif ALT=""> --Mithadan-- "The Silmarils with living light were kindled clear, and waxing bright shone like stars that in the North above the reek of earth leap forth." </p> __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.

02-22-2001, 02:17 AM	#1
enep The Ghastly Leprechaun Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 406	250 members! Yippee! <font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 372</TD><TD><img src=http://www.dodgywebsite.homestead.com/files/Kungfu_01.gif WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> 250 members at the present moment, growing steadily. I came on about the second of Jan. (or something <img src=rolleyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"> ) and then there were 200 members. A month later...250? Congrats BW. The Organized Tours and Tourists come next <img src=biggrin.gif ALT=""> - enep</p> __________________ - enep

02-23-2001, 07:47 PM	#7
Suldaledhel Eru's Gift Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Where pride pays silver and plays golden Posts: 215	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 193</TD><TD><img src=http://bestanimations.com/Fantasy/Mages/Druid-01.gif WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: 250 members! Yippee! Well our board is just so darn friendly (at least to those who dont advertise) it is no big wonder that 250 members isnt that big of a deal. Its just a matter of time before that number doubles. People new here can jump right in with the trivia, and the polls are always a good way to make an enterance... -Sûldal ~ "See, half-brother! This is sharper than thy tounge. Try but once more to usurp my place and the love of my father, and maybe it will rid the Noldor of one who seeks to be master of thralls." -Feanor to Fingolfin- -=I may be found merrymaking at <a href=http://www.barrowdowns.com/>The Barrow Downs</a>=- </p>

09-30-2002, 05:42 PM	#8
Mhoram Dead and Loving It Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The land of fast cars and loud guitars. Posts: 361	glory days

09-30-2002, 05:48 PM	#9
Mhoram Dead and Loving It Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The land of fast cars and loud guitars. Posts: 361	Does anyone remember that humorous post about making a global language, went through a lot of silly little modifications until it was almost illegible? Trying to find that, coming up empty.

09-30-2002, 08:12 PM	#10
Kithrèna Greenarrow Legolas Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 144	Mhoram : Whats the name of the topic? I'll see if I can aid you in searching. And I do agree. With the invorment this place has, its no wonder its so poplure. And, its the most newbe friendly place I've ever seen to [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [ September 30, 2002: Message edited by: Kithrèna Greenarrow Legolas ] __________________ Mess with Me and I'll grab Sam Gamgee by the heels and beat you over the head with him! Me: The Anti-Leggy-bopper :)

09-30-2002, 10:36 PM	#11
Mhoram Dead and Loving It Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The land of fast cars and loud guitars. Posts: 361	Don't know the title or any keywords in the post. Was just hoping someone would remember it and have a clue as to where to find it. Somewhere in this section is all I know. Oh well. Thanks for offering.

09-30-2002, 11:37 PM	#12
Kithrèna Greenarrow Legolas Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 144	Oh well. Your wellcome for the offer [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I like to help whenever its in My power to do so [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Also, your picture looks fimallure...Who is it? __________________ Mess with Me and I'll grab Sam Gamgee by the heels and beat you over the head with him! Me: The Anti-Leggy-bopper :)

10-01-2002, 02:25 AM	#13
Mhoram Dead and Loving It Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The land of fast cars and loud guitars. Posts: 361	Jimmy Page, guitarist for Led-Zeppelin sharku, you out there with that quote?

10-01-2002, 07:54 AM	#14
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Was it similar to this old joke? [DISCLAIMER] The author of this post is not responsible for the content below, etc etc... PROPOSED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHANGE Having chosen English as the preferred language in the EEC, the European Parliament has commissioned a feasibility study in ways of improving efficiency in communications between Government departments. European officials have often pointed out that English spelling is unnecessarily difficult - for example, cough, plough, rough, through and thorough. What is clearly needed is a phased programme of changes to iron out these anomalies. The programme would, of course, be administered by a committee staff at top level by participating nations. In the first year, for example, the committee would suggest using 's' instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly, sivil servants in all sities would resieve this news with joy. Then the hard 'c' could be replaced by 'k' sinse both letters are pronounsed alike. Not only would this klear up konfusion in the minds of klerikal workers, but typewriters kould be made with one less letter. There would be growing enthusiasm when in the sekond year, it kould be announsed that the troublesome 'ph' would henseforth be written 'f'. This would make words like 'fotograf' twenty per sent shorter in print. In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reash the stage where more komplikated shanges are possible. Governments would enkourage the removal of double letters which have always been a deterent to akurate speling. We would al agre that the horible mes of silent 'e's in the languag is disgrasful. Therefor we kould drop thes and kontinu to read and writ as though nothing had hapend. By this tim it would be four years sins the skem began and peopl would be reseptive to steps sutsh as replasing 'th'by 'z'. Perhaps zen ze funktion of 'w' kould be taken on by 'v', vitsh is, after al, half a 'w'. Shortly after zis, ze unesesary 'o kould be dropd from words kontaining 'ou'. Similar arguments vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. Kontinuing zis proses yer after yer, ve vud eventuli hav a reli sensibl riten styl. After tventi yers zer vud be no mor trubls, difikultis and evrivun vud fin it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drems of ze Guvermnt vud finali hav kum tru. __________________________________________________ ________ __________________ And all the rest is literature

10-01-2002, 07:58 AM	#15
Ransom Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Some randomn dorm in Pittsburgh Posts: 231	Funny....the last few sentences look suspiciously like German. Hmmm.... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "The blood of the dead mixes with the the flowing sand and grants more power to the killer."--Gaara of the Desert

10-01-2002, 01:33 PM	#16
Mhoram Dead and Loving It Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The land of fast cars and loud guitars. Posts: 361	that's it! wtg rim! thanks

10-01-2002, 02:52 PM	#17
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	That is the hardest I have laughed in weeks. And now we are @ 4,487 members. Of course 9/10th's of those posted maybe 10 times. 9/10th's of the 10% only post in the quiz and RPG sections, 9/10th's of 9/10th of the other 1% might post something intelligble in the Books.I won't venture to guess what % of a % post at the Revised Silm forum [ or the ever elitist Translations from the Elvish forum]... So we have I would say we really have about ... 250 members still [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ October 01, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ] __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.

10-01-2002, 11:05 PM	#18
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Hey! I thought I was the only one who was "ghastly" here! "Ghastly Leprechaun" indeed - Hmmmph! [ October 02, 2002: Message edited by: Birdland ]

10-03-2002, 08:46 PM	#19
Orald Shadow of Malice Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: right behind you Posts: 843	Can I ask why enep is member 41? I don't recall him joining before me or burra, and for that matterm why is burra's member number so high?

05-10-2003, 05:17 AM	#20
Lyra Greenleaf The Diaphanous Dryad Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: R toL: 531, past the wild path Posts: 1,152	Wow, that was a LONG LONG time ago. And there are still those around who remember it! Amazing! __________________ “Sylphs of the forest,” I whispered. “Spirits of oak, beech and ash. Dryads of Rowan and hazel, hear us. You who have guided and guarded our every footstep, you who have sheltered our growth, we honour you." the Forbidden Link

05-10-2003, 12:57 PM	#21
Antien Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 49	was i alive then? it must have been a while ago. [ May 10, 2003: Message edited by: Antien ] __________________ and is crazy a bad thing to you¿

05-10-2003, 01:19 PM	#22
Naz Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: my TARDIS! Posts: 288	waves Hey... I'm new...

05-10-2003, 02:10 PM	#23
Antien Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 49	Hi! hope you like the barrow downs. I believe the downies are still on, if you want to check it out. __________________ and is crazy a bad thing to you¿

05-10-2003, 09:13 PM	#24
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	I loved the whole language adaption thing. 'Twas hilarious indeed. Very much resembled a sort of phonetic (rather than definition based) version of newspeak. Heh. I'm member number five thousand something (I think). It's fascinating how attraction grows like a parabola. (weird similie, I know, but it came to mind) I think that's all, Iarwain __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"