Christmas Awards

Graham Seed said:

I think we should have some awards. How about
1. Longest thread
2. Longest post. 3 Most off topic 4 Best troll 5 Best student post. 6 Best TR 7 I'm sure you can
think of some more............

Graham

We could also do:
1. shortest thread
2. shortest post
3. most on topic (not including cameras!)
4. well, they are all worst trolls
5. worst student post
6. worst tr

Katherine

Graham Seed said:

I think we should have some awards. How about

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1. Longest thread

Well that's obvious, G3 Contrast Range, but the current speed thread is a good contender.

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2. Longest post.

Didn't Ste just make a bid for that with his 47k Canon EOS 300D post?

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3 Most off topic

The speed thread (for sheer quantity anyway)

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4 Best troll

The speed thread.

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5 Best student post.

Best? Define best?

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6 Best TR

Well naturally I tend to think that mine are the most interesting. ;-) but if I had to choose
someone else, it would probably be one of Roger's. Which one? Not sure. I did enjoy the Arans -
Cadair Idris epic.

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7 I'm sure you can think of some more............

Do I have to?

When's the next expedition you're coming to?

Paul
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Well naturally I tend to think that mine are the most interesting. ;-) but if I had to choose
someone else, it would probably be one of Roger's. Which one? Not sure. I did enjoy the Arans -
Cadair Idris epic.

Thanks Paul. Maybe I won't quit ths ng after the speeding thread dies after all.

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When's the next expedition you're coming to?

When and where is the next expedition going to be? The weekend after Xmas no longer seems to
attracting any attention and that is not very far away now.

Hey - I'm still up for that weekend. Indeed I'll go for a week.
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Katherine said:

We could also do:

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1. shortest thread

Quite a few of those that have no answer.

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2. shortest post

My smiley post must be a contender, at least out of the real posts.

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3. most on topic (not including cameras!)

Could that be "Walking in the UK" by H&B groups.google.comgroupsOpen ↗
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Or more recently "Walking!" by Sandy Saunders? groups.google.comgroupsOpen ↗
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4. well, they are all worst trolls

Is there any other type?

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5. worst student post

Worst? Define worst?

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6. worst tr

Pass.

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Well naturally I tend to think that mine are the most interesting. ;-) but if I had to choose
someone else, it would probably be one of Roger's. Which one? Not sure. I did enjoy the Arans -
Cadair Idris epic.

Thanks Paul. Maybe I won't quit ths ng after the speeding thread dies after all.

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When's the next expedition you're coming to?

When and where is the next expedition going to be? The weekend after Xmas no longer seems to
attracting any attention and that is not very far away now.

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"Paul Saunders" <[email hidden]> replied

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1. Longest thread

Well that's obvious, G3 Contrast Range, but the current speed thread

is

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a good contender.

Catching up quick. Was it all about speed cameras? [censored]......it was just another camera
thread!! Are you sure you didn't discuss the resolution?

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2. Longest post.

Didn't Ste just make a bid for that with his 47k Canon EOS 300D

post?

47k is a good contender. People who reply to long posts without snipping dont count, in fact
theyautomatically go into the troll category.

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3 Most off topic

The speed thread (for sheer quantity anyway)

Jpegs?

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4 Best troll

The speed thread.

I don't think we've had a good troll this year. I remember some classics......ahhh.....usually
linked to the three peaks.....(sigh....)

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5 Best student post.

Best? Define best?

A post that didn't include any of the following words...*west*, *way* and *highland*. Asked a
sensible question, got a sensible answer and included some debate from the originator because he/she
was actully interested in walking rather than passing a test. <snap>....Uh...sorry.........<wakes
up>........

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6 Best TR

Well naturally I tend to think that mine are the most interesting.

;-)

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but if I had to choose someone else, it would probably be one of Roger's. Which one? Not sure. I
did enjoy the Arans - Cadair

Idris

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epic.

I would vote for one of mine, but the last one i did was Skye and that was AGES ago.......

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7 I'm sure you can think of some more............

Do I have to?

When's the next expedition you're coming to?

Ahh, right, then i can do another TR. Actually, I'm buying this house with mi partner Sue at the mo
so I'm suffering from tunnel vision. I'm sure I can get time off for good behaviour after Christmas.
Langdale anyone??

Graham

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Don't be stupid.

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I reslly like that one

Katherine

C L Imber said:

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Does my previous post qualify for the shortest post award?

"Graham Seed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| "Paul Saunders" <[email hidden]> replied

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| > > 2. Longest post.
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| > Didn't Ste just make a bid for that with his 47k Canon EOS 300D
| post?

I didn't want it to be that big but there was a lot to reply to. :-( (three bloody lunch hours
writing that thing! 🙂 )

| 47k is a good contender. People who reply to long posts without snipping dont count, in fact
| theyautomatically go into the troll category.

That's 48k actually! 🙂 (in my Outlook Express it is anyway)

...though you might not see this post because you've probably put me in the troll category now - I
replied to Paul's 26k post without snipping anything, sorry! 😉

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| Graham

Ste

C L Imber said:

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Does my previous post qualify for the shortest post award?

There is an unnecessary space before the .

Katherine

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Does my previous post qualify for the shortest post award?

Not any more

Katherine said:

There is an unnecessary space before the .

No there isn't.

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Does my previous post qualify for the shortest post award?

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Not any more

No, you have to yield to precedence but I doubt if that was the first completely blank message we
have seen.

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But that had 2 lines.

Duncans had 3. I never looked at the header either on first reading.

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Roger Chapman said:

No, you have to yield to precedence but I doubt if that was the first completely blank message we
have seen.

Not technically a post though, since nothing was actually posted. I think I once replied with
just a smiley.

Paul
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"Roger Chapman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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No way! 🙂 I sent a blank post, unless Outlook Express automatically puts spaces in there.

Oh well, there goes my award... :o)

Ste