General Chat

There are some things in life I 'might' be prepared to give up, but my eclair is not one of them :-0

Oh, okay, I see I'm being a little chintzy. How do we expect newbies to stay around if all we're offering them is the chance at a cup of tea after a year or three?

So.

100 posts -- you get a handshake, two air kisses and a piece of cake.

250 posts -- two pieces of cake.

500 posts -- more cake, just don't be greedy.

1000 posts -- a beverage of yr choice, and cake.

2500 posts -- an entire choccie cake

5000 posts -- another beverage, some more cake, and you may sign your posts with one of "revered", "learnèd", "special".

After that, for 10K, 15K, 20K, etc., pick yr own prize. Within reason!


Everybody happy?

Not likely.

I'm starting to know how it feels to run this website ...

Ice Ice Baby, there's only one thing I'd swap my cake for....and you won't have it in your house ;-)

New York bagels, get thee away.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel

The two most prominent styles of traditional bagel in North America are the Montreal-style bagel and the New York-style bagel. The Montreal bagel contains malt and sugar with no salt; it is boiled in honey-sweetened water before baking in a wood-fired oven; and it is predominantly either of the poppy "black" or sesame "white" seeds variety. The New York bagel contains salt and malt and is boiled in water prior to baking in a standard oven. The resulting New York bagel is puffy with a moist crust, while the Montreal bagel is smaller (though with a larger hole), crunchier, and sweeter.

In modern times Canadian-born astronaut Gregory Chamitoff is the first person known to have taken a batch of bagels into space on his 2008 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station.[9] His shipment consisted of 18 sesame seed bagels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal-style_bagel

with pix

but not with cream cheese. :(


I loves me my Montreal bagels.

When No.2 and I ran off to Montreal to ride roller coasters, I snuck out of the hotel room on Sunday morning and took an $80 (yes, $80) return cab ride to the Fairmont bakery to buy several dozen, including a few of those all-dressed. We ate a lot of them and both took a lot home.

When we loaded our luggage into the taxi to go to the airport, the driver said, after we got into the cab, You've been to the Fairmont bakery, haven't you? Oh dear, I said, I brushed my teeth! But no, he'd smelled our luggage. :-D

5000 posts between prizes ?

Good job I've got my 'official' birthday coming up real soon.( as opposed to my real one)
I can eat cake then......

Gwyn

There you go then, you'll have to start giving out bagels at whatever number of posts you deem members worthy of them ;-)

What a load of complainers ...

I think what we need is milestone wardens.

I'll be in charge of 20,000s.

Everybody sign up now.

100
200
250
258
259
260
422
500

oh, just make up your own, but just be sure to throw the party when somebody reaches the milestone you've signed up for, that's what I say.

I also say I get cake whenever somebody hits a milestone. Seems only fair, all this work.

Erm, will I get anything for 32K? I think maybe I should not let my OH read this!! He might suggest my time would be better employed doing H*******k!

Er......what does AoGG get then? She's twice the size of Sylvia ;-) at 40,000+


Could someone keep a meringue in the fridge for me please?


:-D


Cx

Lol Ice Ice Baby, my lips are sealed.

Ann I think you should definitely get something special for 32,000 posts!

Ann
32K is a very significant number..... Like on Who wants to be a Millionaire?
It is surely worth a celebration.

*Thinks*
Do we dash away from a thread where we may be posting on a more serious topic, if we see a 'big number' looming?

Gwyn

Ice, A very naughty word, don't bother to find out what it is you wouldn't like it.

Okay, AnninGlos has hit the extremely significant milestone of 31,888, and with that, she achieves ...

PIZZA all round. And all dressed. Except anchovies. And pepperoni. Ble-ach.

Ann's buying, eat up now.

For Sale


One choccy cake.....genuine reason for sale

Like ... you had your cake and et it too?

something like that

Well, what about a booby prize for being the "oldest" member with the least posts.....

FInlandia Vodka + Hotel Chocalat chocolates would be just dandy


MIsty x

Keep it up and you'll put yourself out of the running.

:-D

I want to know where Sylvia is!!

I PMed her the link to this thread (so as not to be congratulating her behind her back), but she seems to be dragging her feet tonight. ;-)

Hi


entering from stage left, curtesying and waving to everyone!


Thank you for the acknowledgement of my achievement



I'd love a bagel with Montreal smoked beef :-D