The Serendipitous Thread

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   At this time I feel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U .

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      snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Don McLean American Pie perfect.

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         paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         What is being served to you afterwards? I like it.

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   Due to another thread, should there be other writing sites I should be looking at?

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      Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Not really.   You were right on another thread, HubPages (or at least the niche sites) are still the best place to write.   If you want to have a bit of fun, you could try Steemit.   It will probably go the way of Bubblews eventually, and it's a slight hassle to have to convert your earnings from virtual currency, but I think there's money to be made in the short term from posting vacuous articles. I've just been too lazy to do it.

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   @Marisa. Well, now. I thank you. Probably every former Bubblews  person made a beeline straight there. I  made around $1000 from Bubblews before the flame out.

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   Dropped by the site and also did a whois. Site is strange, but they are US based. Contemplating working up the energy to signup.

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   Looked up "blockchain-based social media platform", https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveolens … d5558e3ec1

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      k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Ok, signed up for Steemit and for WildSpark, lol.  Let's see where it goes

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   Squirrelly site indeed. Tried to sign up, but was unable. Never even asked me for a password. Clicked email verification to no result. Indeed as much a mess as Bubble was.

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   Looks like if you do not have a cell phone, you are not allowed to sign up. Oh, well.

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   What with flash fiction not being worth earnings cr@p, thought I would post here. Yep, it's on my website with zero views.
   
   Edit: what I would have put on Steemit.
   
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   The Antique China Shop
   
   The bull entered the antique china shop. He began walking up and down the aisles, occasionally examining select pieces.
   
   The shop was a mom and pop operation. Mom and pop were behind the front counter, watching.
   
   What the bull didn’t know was that mom and pop were a pair of con artists. Virtually every item for sale in the place was counterfeit.
   
   The bull finally selected several pieces and placed them on the table in the middle of the shop for further examination. He opened his briefcase and took out his magnifying glass and UV light. He began to study several of the pieces. There was a long pause...
   
   Mom turned to pop. “This is not going to end well.”

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   paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

   Knocking down one day at a time. Wrong way to go.
   
   Visited Indian casino yesterday. Lost. Been a year. Going to be another year before I go back. People were nice, there is hope for humanity.
   
   Meanwhile, "Knocking down one day at a time. Wrong way to go." is a real problem for me. I do not believe in afterlife; we are as important as bacteria, i.e., nobody cares and it does not exist.
   
   Joy and sad. I remember my young, stupid, joyous days. Whoever you are, thank you for that gift.
   
   And then there is now. Intelligence.
   
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   And on Facebook.

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      DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      And by the time you have it all worked out, know the how-to's and what not's, your body says, "You talkin' to ME??!!"

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         paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Yes.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    No explanation.
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQ74N8b9Vg

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Current traffic is a b-tch.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    From an email. Links are to pics, can ignore. Meanwhile, life certainly is interesting.
    
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                Good Morning,
                I guess we are never to old to learn something new, - well, check this out ! !
                Somebody come and tell me " I knew that already"- - maybe You did. -
                Have a great day and C U tomorrow.
                Norm        :-D
    
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    >             Subject: FASCINATING STUFF......
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    >             Interesting. read.  W.
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    >             Railroad gauge
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    >             http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O6rrbCilEyM/V … 0/RR1.jpeg
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    >             Railroad Tracks - The U.S. Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches.  That's an exceedingly odd number.  Why was that gauge used?  Because that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates designed the U.S. Railroads.
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    >             Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used.  Why did 'they' use that gauge then?  Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing.
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    >             http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TsvViXiV8tQ/V … 0/RR2.jpeg
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    >             Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?
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    >             Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's the spacing of the wheel ruts.
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    >             http://4.bp.blogspot..com/-dMIq3ByhELM/VfsiDBvSaAI/AAAAAAAAUUE/01EijMm8n6k/s1600/RR3.jpg
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    >             So, who built those old rutted roads? Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (including England) for their legions. Those roads have been used ever since. And the ruts in the roads? Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of destroying their wagon
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    >             http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PhjaXIMQa-U/V … 0/RR4.jpeg
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    >             Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing.  Therefore, the United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot.
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    >             In other words, bureaucracies live forever.  So the next time you are handed a specification, procedure, or process, and wonder,
    >             'What horse's ass came up with this?', you may be exactly
    >             right.  Imperial Roman army chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the rear ends of 2 war horses.
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    >             http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bvzUghp3qo4/V … 0/RR5.jpeg
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    >             Now, the twist to the story:  When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, you will notice that there are 2 big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs.  The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory in Utah.
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    >             http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c2joSKkRwHY/V … 0/RR6.jpeg
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    >             The engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred to make them a bit larger, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site.  The railroad line from the factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains and the SRBs had to fit through that tunnel.  The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track, as you now know, is about as wide as 2 horse's behinds.
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    >             http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sQyUodJWnqU/V … 0/RR7.jpeg
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    >             So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined over 2000 years ago by the width of a horse's ass.  And you thought being a horse's ass wasn't important!  Now you know, Horses' Asses control almost everything.  Explains a whole lot of stuff, doesn't it?

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       ROFLMAOPMP!!  Hilarious!!!
       Can't wait to share this around!!! LOL!!! 

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    YouTube time. Our species really does try to do good.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeKidp-iWo

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Do your articles get traffic? Then you are contributing to society.

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       jansharesposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Yes, I'm a societal contributor.

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          We've known each other for a lot of years. If  I'm ever in DC, you get major hugged.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Another long, lonely day.
    
    That was my thought to mind, so that is what I wrote.
    
    Right to Drive Revoked re: State of California versus 1982 Camaro, as in smog test.
    
    And I believe, due to recent circumstances, that my expenses now exceed my income.
    
    Basically, I am fckd.
    
    Not immediate homeless; I have time.
    
    I am 67 years old. Only option available is to beat the internet. Good luck with that.

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       paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Update.
       
       Why do I care?
       
       I don't.
       
       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Tt6-9TCvA

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          snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Was that a Camaro he's driving?
          [oops, I see it's a Challenger]
          
          https://youtu.be/66CP-pq7Cx0

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             paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             Good one.
             
             Interesting how the memory plays tricks. I'd always remembered it as one of them got out of the car first, before the other proceeded. Odd.
             
             Meanwhile, here's a deleted scene that takes it farther: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRkCoC2B4XU&t=5 Do full screen.

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                snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                Ooo, I like that ending!

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       WTF???  Used to be that here in CA, vehicles past a certain age were exempt from smog testing.
       ???!!!

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Yep, still true. Unfortunately, my car missed it by a few years. There may come a day when they change the age so that my car is included. Until then, I'm still taking care of it. You saw the pic in the article on the homepage, the car is definitely worth preserving.

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    Alyssia Aguilarposted 7 years ago

    Hey everyone, I'm super new. And just posted my first article. Can anyone give me some advice on how everything works? I was doing this more as a "blog" to spread our story..please read my article to know more! Thanks <3

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Traffic and earnings perking up. Let the games begin.

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    snakeslaneposted 7 years ago

    "Interesting how the memory plays tricks. I'd always remembered it as one of them got out of the car first, before the other proceeded. Odd."
    
    I just saw a recent interview with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis looking back at making 'Thelma and Louise' and Sarandon said that your version was an option right up to the last days of shooting the film. So maybe you heard about it somewhere along the line? I'll see if I can find the interview (good luck with that...).

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    snakeslaneposted 7 years ago

    Ok, found it, one of the serendipitous fallouts of not erasing history lol.
    
    https://youtu.be/ton1cFHKp0E

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    DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years ago

    Saw that movie shortly after it came out.  Thought the ending totally sucked!

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       Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Didn't like the ending either, Liz! A good movie otherwise....

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    

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       snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Good one. Do you make your own memes? Or is that a rhetorical question? All I see online these days are GIFs. All so busy, and quite frankly they are making me dizzy...

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          Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Para gets in a good one occasionally!

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             snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             I noticed, it's definitely a forum fine art. I made a Hub Mug (victory mug for getting Hubbie Awards votes). Anyway I made a Hub Mug meme. I'm so proud of my meme making ability, I'm sure I have it somewhere... Looking...
             

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                Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                Better copyright it quickly. Snakes! There's gold in them thar mugs.

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                   snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                   Ya think? I like the way it sort of morphs into Hub Hug, (accidentally because of my poor calligraphy skills).

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                      Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                      Accidental genius is what it is! But then, you may already be a genius....

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             paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             I kinda wondered how many would actually understand that one, but decided to post it anyway.
             
             Meanwhile, Happy Thursday. A lot of real-world stuff I need to do today, but completely unknown as to whether I'll do any of it. Writing enthusiasm has also once again come to a standstill. Will Mr. Coffee do its magic? Stay tuned.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Hmm. Looks like click values have dropped dead for the next few days, back to HP Ads.

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       paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Update.
       
       Well, so much for that idea..., "Something unexpected occurred. Please try again, or contact team@hubpages.com for assistance."

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       Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       At first I read your post as "chick values. " I thought, finally!

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Nah, they're still UNSURPASSED    SIMPLISTIC    LAST    
          FREE    ENERGY     ZINGER    MINUTE   
          FOCUS    POWERFUL    SUDDENLY    LARGEST   
          REMARKABLE    COLORFUL    IT'S HERE    HIGH TECH   
          CONFIDENTIAL    GENUINE    SIMPLIFIED    REFUNDABLE   
          GUARANTEE    INSTRUCTIVE    ARRIVED    MONUMENTAL   
          SALE    BIG    PERSPECTIVE    COLLOSSAL   
          WANTED    AFFORDABLE    BREAKTHROUGH    LATEST   
          SIZABLE    INFORMATIVE    TREMENDOUS    QUICKLY   
          OBSESSION    LIBERAL    LAUNCHING    STARTLING   
          NEW    POPULAR    SURE FIRE    NOW   
          SURGING    MAINSTREAM    EMERGING    IMPORTANT   
          ABSOLUTELY     ULTIMATE    HELPFUL SKILL    REVOLUTIONARY   
          LOWEST    RARE    SOAR    QUICK   
          SALE    EXCLUSIVE    PROFITABLE    UNLOCK   
          WONDERFUL    WILLPOWER    SPECIAL    URGENT   
          PROFESSIONAL    COMPLETE    REDUCED    MIRACLE   
          REVISTIED    EDGE    BEAUTIFUL     EASY   
          DELIVERED    VALUABLE    SAMPLER    FORTUNE   
          INTERESTING    SUPERIOR    TECHNOLOGY    AMAZING   
          CHALLENGE    ATTRACTIVE    BETTER     MAGIC   
          UNIQUE    LAST CHANCE    CRAMMED    DIRECT   
          SECRETS    HOW TO EASILY    NOTED    AUTHENTIC   
          SPECIAL    EXPLOIT    SELECTED    EXCITING   
          LIFETIME    UNPARALELLED    SHREWD    PROVEN   
          BARGAIN    ENDORSED    GROWTH    SIMPLE   
          SCARCE    APPROVED    LUXURY    ANNOUNCING   
          TESTED    QUALITY    STURDY    PORTFOLIO   
          HIGHEST    FASCINATING    ENORMOUS    REWARD   
          HURRY    UNLIMITED    PROMISING    STRANGE   
          ALERT    GIAGANTIC    UNCONDITIONAL    GIFT   
          FAMOUS    COMPROMISE    OFFER    HUGE   
          IMPROVED    DISCOUNT    WEALTH    REVEALING   
          EXPERT    FULL    SPOTLIGHT    WEIRD   
          DARING    LOVE    ASTONISHING    VALUE   
          STRONG    ODD    TIMELY    INTRODUCING   
          IMMEDIATELY    FUNDAMENTALS    SUCCESSFUL    SENSATIONAL   
          ADVICE    MAMMOTH    USEFUL    SURPRISE   
          PIONEERING    LAVISHLY    IMAGINATION    INSIDER   
          UNUSUAL    UNDER PRICED    BONANZA    PRACTICAL   
          LIMITED    BOTTOM LINE    OPPORTUNITIES    EXCELLENT   
          THE TRUTH ABOUT    INNOVATIVE    SURVIVAL    DELIGHTED   
          DESTINY    RELIABLE    GREATEST    DOWNLOAD
          
          Of course it all depends on which chick.

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             Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             Zackly!

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                paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                Just in case anyone is confused about what is being talked about.
                

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                   snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                   Aww, cute chicks...

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    Randomly noticed that one of my Hubs has a "100" score. I do believe that's a first.
    
    Though honestly, I wouldn't say it's one of my best. I have lots of others I like better and would rank ahead of it. Go figure. (shrugs)

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       Ivan Hernandezposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       That's random. I've been noticing that one of my hubs was getting into the mid 90s. At the same time, I see 12 people have read my hub. That hub was submitted about a month ago. It's an autism hub, but after I changed the title into a question, I noticed my traffic go way up, from nothing to 12 views today. That's a first.

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       FatFreddysCatposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       I shouldn't have said anything. The 100 has become a 97. I jinxed it. (

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Nah, it would have happened anyway. HP likes to torture us on occasion.

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    Linda BookLadyposted 7 years ago

    I have a hub with hundreds of views today, that has a lower score than a hub with 1 view today. How are these scores figured, anyway?

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       FatFreddysCatposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       I'm fairly sure it involves Freemasonry, or possibly Voodoo.

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          k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          LOL, no wonder we can't figure it out!

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    Dunbar Greenposted 7 years ago

    Ivan:
    I feel a bit silly about using it, but I have a page of allegedly "emotional words" that make titles more popular. And here is a link to an article that addresses the  title question pretty thoroughly http://buzzsumo.com/blog/most-shared-headlines-study/. I don't claim to know for sure that using these emotional words or specifically designed titles works, but I will admit to trying it out.

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    Dunbar Greenposted 7 years ago

    180 Emotional     COMPARE    OUTSTANDING    SECURITY   
    Title Words    UNSURPASSED    SIMPLISTIC    LAST    
    FREE    ENERGY     ZINGER    MINUTE   
    FOCUS    POWERFUL    SUDDENLY    LARGEST   
    REMARKABLE    COLORFUL    IT'S HERE    HIGH TECH   
    CONFIDENTIAL    GENUINE    SIMPLIFIED    REFUNDABLE   
    GUARANTEE    INSTRUCTIVE    ARRIVED    MONUMENTAL   
    SALE    BIG    PERSPECTIVE    COLLOSSAL   
    WANTED    AFFORDABLE    BREAKTHROUGH    LATEST   
    SIZABLE    INFORMATIVE    TREMENDOUS    QUICKLY   
    OBSESSION    LIBERAL    LAUNCHING    STARTLING   
    NEW    POPULAR    SURE FIRE    NOW   
    SURGING    MAINSTREAM    EMERGING    IMPORTANT   
    ABSOLUTELY     ULTIMATE    HELPFUL SKILL    REVOLUTIONARY   
    LOWEST    RARE    SOAR    QUICK   
    SALE    EXCLUSIVE    PROFITABLE    UNLOCK   
    WONDERFUL    WILLPOWER    SPECIAL    URGENT   
    PROFESSIONAL    COMPLETE    REDUCED    MIRACLE   
    REVISTIED    EDGE    BEAUTIFUL     EASY   
    DELIVERED    VALUABLE    SAMPLER    FORTUNE   
    INTERESTING    SUPERIOR    TECHNOLOGY    AMAZING   
    CHALLENGE    ATTRACTIVE    BETTER     MAGIC   
    UNIQUE    LAST CHANCE    CRAMMED    DIRECT   
    SECRETS    HOW TO EASILY    NOTED    AUTHENTIC   
    SPECIAL    EXPLOIT    SELECTED    EXCITING   
    LIFETIME    UNPARALELLED    SHREWD    PROVEN   
    BARGAIN    ENDORSED    GROWTH    SIMPLE   
    SCARCE    APPROVED    LUXURY    ANNOUNCING   
    TESTED    QUALITY    STURDY    PORTFOLIO   
    HIGHEST    FASCINATING    ENORMOUS    REWARD   
    HURRY    UNLIMITED    PROMISING    STRANGE   
    ALERT    GIAGANTIC    UNCONDITIONAL    GIFT   
    FAMOUS    COMPROMISE    OFFER    HUGE   
    IMPROVED    DISCOUNT    WEALTH    REVEALING   
    EXPERT    FULL    SPOTLIGHT    WEIRD   
    DARING    LOVE    ASTONISHING    VALUE   
    STRONG    ODD    TIMELY    INTRODUCING   
    IMMEDIATELY    FUNDAMENTALS    SUCCESSFUL    SENSATIONAL   
    ADVICE    MAMMOTH    USEFUL    SURPRISE   
    PIONEERING    LAVISHLY    IMAGINATION    INSIDER   
    UNUSUAL    UNDER PRICED    BONANZA    PRACTICAL   
    LIMITED    BOTTOM LINE    OPPORTUNITIES    EXCELLENT   
    THE TRUTH ABOUT    INNOVATIVE    SURVIVAL    DELIGHTED   
    DESTINY    RELIABLE    GREATEST    DOWNLOAD   
    So, you are supposed to stack as many of these wondrous, exciting, spectacular words into your titles. Sorry to copy/paste, but I couldn't locate the link to the place I got the list.

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       snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       I like "ASTONISHING". With Halloween coming up and all. Hmm. How about "ASTONISHING TALES FROM THE CRYPT" ? I'm liking it...

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          Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Even better, "Astonishing chicks from the crypt." 

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             snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             Hahaha
             So like an Archie comic book scenerio with a Boris Karloff twist perhaps.

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                Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                I had the hots for Veronica at one time....   

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                   snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                   

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Funny, but I recently retitled one of my articles, based upon a link that purported to be an index of "most clicked-upon in search engines," I.e. gain good traffic.  I selected one such phrase, and HP subsequently moved it to a niche site...but not before totally changing my brand-new, carefully selected title! So...I never got the chance to see if it worked!

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    snakeslaneposted 7 years ago

    Veronica Lodge or Veronica Lake?

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    snakeslaneposted 7 years ago

    

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       Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Actually, both of them. 

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    snakeslaneposted 7 years ago

    OK, so we have the Veronicas trapped in the crypt. Boris is messing about, planning a complicated brain transplant, but Archie comes along just in time to rescue the damsels, and he makes a cryptic comment about their eyebrows, I mean really, what is it with their eyebrows?

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       Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Eyebrows used to be important. Kinda like boobs before they could make 'em so easily.

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          snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          
          
          Um, OK, whatever...

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             Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             Now that's a big brow of some sort! Looks like a nice guy though.

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                snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                http://stylecaster.com/beauty/monster-eyebrows/
                
                Poor Frank...

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                   Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                   I'm goin' to crash now and dream of female villains with thick eyebrows. And fake boobs.....

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    
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    Update:
    
    Meanwhile, I did indeed get 2 real-world, necessary items done yesterday. I might celebrate by doing 2 more today.

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    Randy Godwinposted 7 years ago

    I too achieved a few RW items yesterday. More today if I feel like it..

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       paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       The older we get, the more RW pesters us. Should be the opposite. We've earned our right to slackerdom.

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          DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Love it!  And I agree!

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Oh, goody. One RW down, one to go. And that one will be covered this afternoon.
    
    Meanwhile, think I'll dedicate the weekend to creating another writing masterpiece.
    
    Quote for the Day:
    
    First things first, but not necessarily in that order.

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       I think our RW chore for the day involves treating/conditioning the seats in our car!  The leather is starting to show creasing...not good...and some scratches!  Horrors!

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          Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Try some saddle soap, Liz. It works on my face.

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             snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             Saddle soap is definitely a great leather conditioner. Good for general household cleaning too, works wonders on the stove-top, fridge, any polished surface. Not sure about using it on your face though...

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             DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             ROFLMAO, Randy!!
             
             We actually have some leather conditioner made for car interiors; I think it's either a "Mother's" or "Meguiars" product.  ;-)

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Amazing. Another writing project has indeed come to mind, a third done already. Frankly, I don't have much hope for it trafficwise. But it's a fun one and for anyone who does happen to read it, it will truly save them much grief some inevitable day down the line. It really is too bad that Google will never let anyone see it. Neither would HP, guaranteed QAP flunk.

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Now, now--chin up!  Don't be so self-deprecating!  I'm sure it will be fine; publish the sucker, and tell us the title, so we can at least read it...

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks, but alas. I know an automatic QAP flunker when I see one, too short; and it sure as heck would never see a network site. As for admiring the masterpiece, drop by my website in a couple weeks and it will be on the front page in all its glory.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Revamped my website. My website articles now actually look better than HP's articles. And that's the name of that tune.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Monday morning and we stumble into a new week (Sunday doesn't count). Nine days left to reach our respective payouts, leastwise for me. Late October and 99 degrees predicted in my town today, a WTF moment if there ever was one.
    
    Meanwhile, already not looking forward to updating my hubs again in January to get the 2018 date; we all know why. This, as opposed to my updating around 10 website articles over the weekend without fear.
    
    Nothing exciting to report and no memes have come to mind, but the week is young.
    
    May we all have an outstanding week.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    Overnight, the good folks at Stormspell Records sent me digital promos of their entire Fall/Winter 2017 release slate - 5 albums in total...which is awesome, cuz I was just sayin' to myself, "I'm about due to write some new stuff. ...but what the @#$% am I gonna write about?" 
    
    Their timing is especially excellent, cuz traffic to my "back catalog" has been taking a major dump for the past week or two, so a transfusion of fresh material could be just what the doctor ordered.
    
    Now I just have to find time to listen to everything! Nice problem to have, wish it happened more often. 

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       paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Looks like synchronicity is alive and well, no doubt resulting from your good karma. WTG.

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       FatFreddysCatposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Two of the five reviews are done, posted and standing in line for the DMV, I mean QAP... the other three are in varying stages of semi-completion... and the label just sent me a digital sneak peek of a sixth release, haha!  If they keep sendin'em to me, I'll gladly keep writin'em up. Rock on everyone...

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Hub traffic already up 50% from weekend low. Not bad, not bad at all.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Getting perturbed again with AdSense click values, like what else is new.
    
    Meanwhile, RW obstructions as usual, but overcoming them.
    
    Kind of want to transfer 2 articles from website to the 2 new HP medical sites. But to do all that labor and then have them rejected, not willing to take the gamble.
    
    Quote for the Day:
    
    Dates on Calendars Are Closer Than They Appear

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Hahaha--love that quote--so very true!

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       snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Ain't it the truth...except when you're waiting for a cheque...

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Been there. Done that. Doing that.
          
          Meanwhile, my race to the payout finish line is going to be close. AdSense has turned downright stingy all of a sudden. This is particularly disturbing what with my website really starting to do good on the traffic front. For that matter, HP ain't doing that bad either.
          
          Yesterday somehow turned into a successful improved-quality-of-life completed project day. I'm going to start doing more of those.
          
          I wonder if HP likes my memes.

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             paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             '
             Update.
             
             Snuck across when Google wasn't looking. Happy Sunday.

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                snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                Good work!

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Just threw another $4 at the Facebook ad program. Will do another $4 next month. If the results aren't truly outstanding, I am done with them.

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       paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       '
       Update.
       
       Results are already happening. If nothing else, I'm certainly going to get $4 worth of entertainment out of this.

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Update.
          
          '
          Actually, I've already thought of at least two perfectly legitimate reasons for this. Having fun.

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             Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             That's always been my goal, but making a few bucks in the process is enjoyable as well!

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                paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                Agreed. In fact, for me, it is a necessity.

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       paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       '
       Results:
       
       As far as additional earnings go, forget it. But that was expected.
       
       However, user actions did create an unknown number of new backlinks.
       
       Already looking forward to my November adventure.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Somehow ended up doing a Pinterest session. Finding dozens of old, obsolete hub links that needed deleting. Needless to say, this has considerably improved my spam ratio status and no doubt Pinterest is slobbering in gratitude. It's just the kind of guy I am.
    
    Does it make my remaining links rank higher in some way? I have no idea.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Interesting how my Good Citizenship Accolade keeps appearing and disappearing. I guess HP can't make up their minds.

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       snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Yes, I noticed the Hubbie Awards have morphed and been snipped and rearranged over the years. Although its still really nice that people are being acknowledged for their work.
       It was fun when Hub Pages had writing contests with real prize money...I won 50 bucks once on a random draw for my entry in a plumbing story contest, cool...
       [I totally missed the point about your Good Citizen accolade, sorry...]
       
       And just checked my profile page, I don't have a Good Citizenship accolade, did I ever? No idea.

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          k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          I really liked that also.  I also loved the HubMob, if you remember that.

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             snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             Hi K, nope, not familiar with that phenomenon...

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                k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                There was a weekly topic and we all linked together (somehow).  It was fun because someone else picked the topic, lol.

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                   snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                   Oh, yes, there's been that sort of 'challenge' writing I'm familiar with, flash fiction, poetry, many layers of topics, here on Hub Pages, but I've been offline for many Moons so I missed a lot.

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                      k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                      LOL, I have been offline for many moons also!  Glad to know I'm not alone.  I just made it back on a couple of months ago. 

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                         snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                         Me too, welcome back, we are two newbie oldies lol.

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                            k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                            So true. 

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                               k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                               So many things have changed, I'm still trying to take it all in, lol.

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                                  snakeslaneposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                  Well, that's life in a nutshell...waxing poetic here. Oh, ya, I'm allowed, I have a licence (hope you get that joke K, it's pretty lame).

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                                     k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                     LOL, you have a good point.

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                                     Randy Godwinposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                     Waxing poetic. Is that anything like a bikini wax?

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                                        DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                        Ouch, Randy!  That hurts just to think about!

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                                     DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                                     @ snakeslane:
                                     LOL  "They" say that 'anything that can be put in a nutshell...probably belongs there! 

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             DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             @: K@ri
               Oh, yes; I remember the Hub Mob!  I enjoyed that, and had several articles inspired by that feature.  Since it no longer exists, I've had to go back and remove the Hub Mob logo graphic from those posts (as I come across them while doing other edits! ) LOL! With 300+ hubs, I'm not about to sit down and go through all of them searching for that!

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                k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                I have been doing that also.  Also the 30 hubs in 30 days logos.  LOL

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                   DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                   Oh, yes--I think I tried that challenge once, and missed it by like 2 days!  Whew!  It was a lot of work, and I don't like that kind of pressure, so it was an experiment I wasn't going to repeat. 
                   I came in to HP just about the time they were getting ready to retire the "Capstone" hubs...I did not qualify to enter that at the time, and by the time I did, they had ended it.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Saturday. November just around the corner. Pretty much going to be an RW combat month for me. Will continue writing, but probably won't publish anything new for the rest of the year; will have a nice inventory, come 2018. Am, however, doing website updates all over the place for the rest of the year, been neglecting that; 100+ articles to deal with. @DzyMsLizzy, the aforementioned article has been published; when there, simply click "Home". November will also be thief takedown month, I'll either be filing DMCA's, notifying Google, or having a collection agency sending out bills; this applies to both hubs and website. And then there's the medical, don't know what adventures await me there. So, other than that, should be a peaceful month. Leastwise I won't have to deal with Halloween or Thanksgiving, am ignoring both. As time permits, will be throwing in some quality of life improvements as well. An interesting November indeed.

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       k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Good luck with the updates!  I'm ignoring Halloween, but hopefully I can have turkey for Thanksgiving.  Happy November! 

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Read your WWNN  article, Para, and replied... Good pointers thanks for sharing!

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          That was an awesome comment you left on the article, thank you! Very much appreciated!

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    mythbusterposted 7 years ago

    Wow, so much has changed at HP...
    
    Happy to find this meandering topic thread in a sea of unfamiliar
    
    

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    A vital technical note, "Google CEO makes fixing hamburger emoji his top priority".
    
    https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/30/165 … ogle-apple

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       k@riposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks for the giggle 

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    The more I look at the Q&A section of this site, the more I wish the HP Powers That Be would just close it down altogether - because actual, serious queries are rarer than hens' teeth. That part of the site has become a haven for drive-bys, scammers,spammers, and general numb-nuts.
    If I were a first time visitor to the site and saw the constant stream of almost-English gibberish that clogs up that section, I'd skedaddle.
    It's not even fun to troll the spammers anymore, because they never reply!

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       paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       How about coming up with a truly devastating meme and posting it at http://hubpages.com/forum/category/6634

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    Rupert Taylorposted 7 years ago

    What FatFreddysCat says.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Well, Real World Chaos Day for me finally winds down. Only four more days of same to go. Saturday is my Designated Collapse Day; and not even that is guaranteed.. Whatever happened to retired people supposed to being designated/allowed professional slackers? The good news? Presumably my quality of life will indeed be "permanently" improved. This entire mess of a week is indeed voluntary on my part.

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       LOL!  My dad had a sign above his workbench at home:
         "Retired.  That's why I'm so busy!" 

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          Well, Chaos Day #2 has begun. Obstructions already abound. Reminds me of a former hub of mine having to do with entropy (now on WWNN); giving everyone a break and not posting the title.

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             paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             Well, the two aforementioned obstructions turned into outright sabotage.
             
             1. A perfectly functioning inanimate object suddenly stopped functioning for absolutely no known or discernible reason, thus sabotaging the functioning of a dozen other inanimate objects. The timing of the failure was a true case of entropy in action, almost as if it was sentient. That piece of sabotage I was able to overcome and fix.
             
             2. The second sabotage was the result of a human who had the comprehension abilities of a chimp. Said human has absolutely no business being allowed to work in any sort of office environment. I'm going to be forced to go down there in person and find someone to talk with who has an IQ of at least 80. That's right, 80. That was all the IQ that would have been required in order to have taken care of the problem, but the person I was forced to communicate with on the phone failed to meet that criteria.
             
             Done for the day as far as the stress stuff goes. Rest of day is routine chores and preparation for tomorrow's further adventures.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Hark! Bing actually sent me some traffic. Will wonders never cease.

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    paradigmsearchposted 7 years ago

    Was at Walmart, getting new glasses. While waiting for appt., picked up bunch of items for purchase and put in carry cart. The glasses place stashed the carry cart and items for me while I did the glasses thing. When went to get the carry cart and items, discovered someone had stolen it. Wise person that I am, I hadn't purchased the items yet. So this is a funny story, not a sad story. Besides, 90% of shopping at Walmart is finding the items. Now that I know where said items are all at, it'll only take 10 minutes to duplicate. What a town.
    
    Meanwhile, the week's adventures continue. Only 2-1/2 more days of it.

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       UGH!!! We don't "do" Wally World, for many reasons.

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          paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          In the one-horse town I live in, it's either Walmart or internet. The internet is my main source for anything important, simply because of better quality, etc. As for the glasses, I'll find out in around two weeks whether I made the right decision; anyplace else would have been double the price across the board.

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             DzyMsLizzyposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             EEEKS!  That would drive me batty! (Short trip!)
             
             As to the internet, I'm SOL, as we got rid of credit cards years ago!

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                paradigmsearchposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                Agreed re: credit cards. I use a debit card. I only put enough in the account to handle the transaction at hand. And the financial institution is instructed to not honor overdrafts, not  automatically extend credit, etc.

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