Craig Rohloff wrote: Butch, are you NitCentral's "This is up to (insert large number here) k" guy? I
seem to recall you doing that a bit on other boards. Or maybe I just recall that
line being used verbatim a lot on other boards, if it's not you.
Yep, it's me. Even though I now have a cable internet hookup, I remember how it is to have to wait on pages to load via a dialup connection and I hope I'm helping thise people out. It's also very easy for me to do since I use Netscape 4.6 which displays the amount being loaded as it's happening. On a general note; if any moderator finds this annoying, leave me a polite note and I won't do it on your board(s).
Betcha don't miss dial-up one bit, eh?
I wonder.... is this the 47th time Butch has done this sort of thing? 
Ah, darn! Butch should have been using Netscape 4.7 instead of 4.6...
"This board is up to 123k!" is also a nice thing to greatly reduce the amount of data transferred by Nitcentral and thus probably the Chief's bills.
Before the board is closed, I'd to post this 47 I noticed in the online version of The Dallas Morning News. The Da.M.N. paper every Friday has a segment in its movie section called "Box Office Buzz". It tells readers what movies are at the top of the chart, what films are gaining and then there's my favorite, "Bomb Squad". Here's this week's "Bomb Squad":
"Could the Enterprise be out of gas? Light-years from the holidays, Star Trek Nemesis hasn't even crossed the $40 million mark. Only one Trek sequel has made less than $70 mil and none less than $50 mil. Which can mean only one thing: Star Trek 47: The Return of Shatner. Be afraid. Be very afraid."
To read the complete "Box Office Buzz" for this week, go to http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/columnists/rholter/stories/011003dnmovboxofficebuzz.4021d.html I should warn you, The Morning Snooze does require that you regiter. 
Correction: "The Morning Snooze does require that you register. " 
I just checked and my eBay feedbacks now number 47 (all positive ).
Like kerriem on January the 7th, this year*, when I signed on to "New Messages" I saw a message saying "47 Discussions Have New Messages".
* See Real Life 47s, or Doo-wee-oooo Part I
Sri Lanka soundly defeated New Zealand in their opening match of the Cricket World Cup in South Africa, winning by... 47 runs.
But nobody in NitCentral cares about the cricket.... or do you?
Is 47 runs a lot?
It's a significant amount. Not a complete thrashing by any means (I'd say a victory by either over 70 runs or seven-plus wickets would qualify).
I think we need a new board to explain the Innings-and-Outs (sorry) of cricket...
Yeah, Sven, most Americans know zippo about cricket, myself included. Perhaps you could enlighten us on the Sports board?
So, speaking about sports, in Toronto's exhibition opening game versus Tampa Bay, the Jays used seven pitchers, who gave up a total of four hits!
I ran across this 47 while reading an article in this week's Dallas Observer: It turns out that there are 47 master sommeliers (wine stewards) working in American restaurants. (http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2003-02-27/burning.html/1/index.html)
In the April 24th, 2003 "Tumbleweeds" strip, Judge Frump asserts, "I've broken forty-seven gavels, y'know."
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/tumblewd/about.htm
I use Pagemaker to create my club newsletter & then convert it to a pdf to send through the email. This last time it took 47 seconds to convert.
In reading the presskit for the movie The Hulk, I learned that Marvel Enterprises, Inc. owns a library of over 47,000 characters. (Wonder who counted all of them?)
Probably the lawyers. (Gotta Trademark those names, license those rights, etc., etc.)
I just found out that my home village, Katzelsdorf, is located in 47°47'N
It shall be attacked by electricians next week.
I'm 47 today. How the hell did I get here???
Hey, Influx! Maybe we should revive the "Retirement home" boards, so these young whippersnappers -- HEY YOU KIDS GET OFF OF MY LAWN -- can fetch us things!
There's a 47 in my SSN.
Me too!
I'm 47..Thought I never made it!(July 29th).
How about the number of chromosomes Braga and Berman each have?
and I spent 47 days in jail for putting mud on my car.wow. I wish the judge put mud on his car somwehere.
OK. Why would you get jail for defacing your *OWN* property?
that's what I asked another jailbird in my cell.
Why would you even be arrested? What was the charge?
see Why we are so stupid 3,He's dead jim ,Nove and No way.,March 12.