It's been a year since you left us.
When you were born, the world rejoiced.
You lived your life in a manner so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
Sleeping With Angels, Living With God
Memories Will Comfort Until We Meet Again
Always Loved And Never Forgotten
Each happiness of yesterday is a memory for tomorrow.
Forever in this heart of mine, an everlasting bond, for now until the end of time, are memories so fond.
A thousand words won't bring you back; neither will a thousand tears.
Always on our mind; forever in my heart.
The life of the dead is placed in the heart of the living.
Rest in Peace, Alanland
8/31/12 - 6/22/14
I was expecting a eulogy for a family member and got a goat, and no one wants a goat.
Edit: this is what I'm referencing
I'll pour one out tonight for the ghost
goats.
That was and was not a wonderful eulogy.
INB4 threadlock.
Edgar
Allan Poe was remarkably prescient about this phenomenon in his prose poem, Eureka (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/poe/eureka.html):
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My general proposition, then, is this: -- In the Original Unity of the First Thing lies the Secondary Cause of All Things, with the Germ of their Inevitable Annihilation.
Alanland apparently lives on in the roadmeet.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_5612_zpskxzedhsn.jpg&hash=b21c8518fb5b56f062fa47a7458b048bbcdf0f62) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_5612_zpskxzedhsn.jpg.html)
Quote from: hbelkins on June 22, 2015, 12:05:48 PM
INB4 threadlock.
Yeah, this. It's also been awhile since blawp has signed up to troll us again...
I'm impressed someone remembered the exact date of the Nimbyan Invasion...
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 22, 2015, 08:00:46 PM
I'm impressed someone remembered the exact date of the Nimbyan Invasion...
I used to have the date in my sig.
Quote from: hbelkins on June 22, 2015, 08:48:35 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 22, 2015, 08:00:46 PM
I'm impressed someone remembered the exact date of the Nimbyan Invasion...
I used to have the date in my sig.
It was a recent review of the thread that reminded me the date was coming up. Besides, it's pretty easy to look at the time stamps to figure out its lifespan!
Someone trolled us and deleted a post, there are no longer 2000 posts in the Alanland thread. :-(
Quote from: Molandfreak on June 22, 2015, 10:43:58 PM
Someone trolled us and deleted a post, there are no longer 2000 posts in the Alanland thread. :-(
If exactly one post has been deleted, there are still 2000 posts, just not 2000 replies.
Quote from: Molandfreak on June 22, 2015, 10:43:58 PM
Someone trolled us and deleted a post, there are no longer 2000 posts in the Alanland thread. :-(
That... That is evil
For the love of God ... why?
:verymad:
Quote from: Molandfreak on June 22, 2015, 10:43:58 PM
Someone trolled us and deleted a post, there are no longer 2000 posts in the Alanland thread. :-(
"Oh the humanity!" "Listen, folks; I... I'm gonna have to stop for a minute because I've lost my voice. This is the worst thing I've ever witnessed."
Never and always forget.
There is (and is not) a reason why I moved back from Eastwest Boscoria to '3,229 miles away [as the crow flies] from a numbered American highway' (That being Alt US 1 in Hamlin ME).
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on June 26, 2015, 04:31:20 PM
There is (and is not) a reason why I moved back from Eastwest Boscoria to '3,229 miles away [as the crow flies] from a numbered American highway' (That being Alt US 1 in Hamlin ME).
I'm pretty sure crows don't fly across the Atlantic.
Quote from: kkt on June 26, 2015, 05:12:20 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on June 26, 2015, 04:31:20 PM
There is (and is not) a reason why I moved back from Eastwest Boscoria to '3,229 miles away [as the crow flies] from a numbered American highway' (That being Alt US 1 in Hamlin ME).
I'm pretty sure crows don't fly across the Atlantic.
How about ravens carrying letters? White ravens for the advent of winter?
How about an european or african swallow carrying a coconut?
Quote from: SteveG1988 on June 26, 2015, 09:04:38 PM
How about an european or african swallow carrying a coconut?
Are you suggesting coconuts are migratory?
what
Quote from: noelbotevera on June 27, 2015, 02:24:19 AM
what
Quote from: jeffandnicole on June 22, 2015, 11:04:49 AM
Rest in Peace, Alanland
8/31/12 - 6/22/14
It's a particular thread. However, if you joined after 6/22/14, you would not know.
I wanted to post this in the Alanland thread, but I kept forgetting, and then it got locked. I guess I'll post here before this gets locked too.
During the winter of 2013-2014, the City of Auburn replaced the primary water main for the city. I never got a picture, but there was a "ROAD WORK AHEAD" sign with an "END DETOUR" sign below it, which I thought would be perfect for Alanland. It got even better when it started snowing since there was road work in the winter in Central NY. Then, we got around a foot of snow, and after the street was plowed, the snowbank was touching the bottom of the "END DETOUR" sign.
Quote from: kkt on June 26, 2015, 05:12:20 PMI'm pretty sure crows don't fly across the Atlantic.
Well, I meant in a straight line. Due to the shape of the Earth, this renders as a big curve across North Atlantic Ocean in Google Maps, but it's actually straight.
Quote from: 1 on June 27, 2015, 08:53:17 AM
Quote from: noelbotevera on June 27, 2015, 02:24:19 AM
what
Quote from: jeffandnicole on June 22, 2015, 11:04:49 AM
Rest in Peace, Alanland
8/31/12 - 6/22/14
It's a particular thread. However, if you joined after 6/22/14, you would not know.
That date system confuses me, especially up to the twelfth day of any given month. For example, my birthday is on April 7th, not on Independence Day (7/4 and 4/7 respectively for me, the other way round for you). But that is another topic.
I myself joined long after the ethanman thing happened, but when I published my plans for an I-666 encircling Washington DC, I followed the running gag he established and stated the speed limit on the section that currently is VA 28 would be 85. However, the same running gag has VA 28 becoming I-366 instead.
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on June 27, 2015, 12:34:39 PM
That date system confuses me, especially up to the twelfth day of any given month. For example, my birthday is on April 7th, not on Independence Day (7/4 and 4/7 respectively for me, the other way round for you). But that is another topic.
I hate the American date system with a passion. It's inconsistent. The British system is consistent with the length of the units added, whereas the American system is only consistent with speech.
iPhone
Quote from: Molandfreak on June 27, 2015, 04:00:59 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on June 27, 2015, 12:34:39 PM
That date system confuses me, especially up to the twelfth day of any given month. For example, my birthday is on April 7th, not on Independence Day (7/4 and 4/7 respectively for me, the other way round for you). But that is another topic.
I hate the American date system with a passion. It's inconsistent. The British system is consistent with the length of the units added, whereas the American system is only consistent with speech.
That's why everyone should just use the international standard ISO 8601 format (2015-06-27) in writing. :) It sorts properly too.
Quote from: Molandfreak on June 27, 2015, 04:00:59 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on June 27, 2015, 12:34:39 PM
That date system confuses me, especially up to the twelfth day of any given month. For example, my birthday is on April 7th, not on Independence Day (7/4 and 4/7 respectively for me, the other way round for you). But that is another topic.
I hate the American date system with a passion. It's inconsistent. The British system is consistent with the length of the units added, whereas the American system is only consistent with speech.
Ditto.
I always write dates like 2015 / 06 / 27 (YYYY/MM/DD) OR 27 May 2015 (DD/MM/YYYY)
The American date system has always made sense to me, but then I tend to think of the Month/Day combo as a unit naming the day and the year as an adjective describing which year the day was in.