I propose we see if we can break the record for the most forum members online at the one time on the forum birthday Sunday 7th September.
Let's meet here at 8:30pm AEST (8pm for me central time).
Current stats are " The most users online at one time was 58 on 27-07-2014 at 07:19 PM"
I'm game. That would be 5:30 am Central Daylight Savings Time here in Chicago.
I would normally be online at that time so see you all then!!!:yahoo:
Sounds like a plan!
Have note stuck on puter for reminder, I'll be there.
As an extra enticement, at the said time at the said day I will take a screenshot of the members that are online. I will then select one at random and they'll get a prize via mail. Not sure what the prize will be but it will be something cool.
Sounds a good idea.
Is it possible to have an open chat session in the forum?
Does being permanently logged in on multiple computers count? I seldom actually read anything, but the site's always open.
I'll be here. That would be 6.30PM western time. :)
I'll do my best to be here then.
i'm in and on ... if i remember :-/
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='58569' dateline='1409873005'I propose we see if we can break the record for the most forum members online at the one time on the forum birthday Sunday 7th September.
Let's meet here at 8:30pm AEST (8pm for me central time).
Current stats are " The most users online at one time was 58 on 27-07-2014 at 07:19 PM"
Think I'll be busy as Dr who is WAY more important :mocking: but have fun :wavemulticolor:
Just out of curiosity how many posts were made on the 27-7-14 and by how many of these 57 members :angel:
I can answer your question Jeff, no :winkextra:
Rats! I thought it was 8.30 AM, must need new glasses. Not so sure I'll remember, but I'll try. :angel:
That makes it 17.30 or 5.30pm here in the West :ok:
I have to do a run to Perth and back on Sunday and I hope to be back in time.
if not I will log in on my iPhone :)
Quote from: 'trout' pid='58604' dateline='1409957544'That makes it 17.30 or 5.30pm here in the West :ok:
I have to do a run to Perth and back on Sunday and I hope to be back in time.
if not I will log in on my iPhone :)
I think there is only 2 hours difference at the moment. I don't think daylight saving has started in the east yet. That will make it 6.30PM.
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='58598' dateline='1409939875'Think I'll be busy as Dr who is WAY more important
Which is why I will have watched it way before heading out to Werribee for the afternoon.
But yeah, I'll try and be here in person, even if I have to cruise into Hungry Jerks with my iPod. ;)
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='58609' dateline='1409972499'But yeah, I'll try and be here in person, even if I have to cruise into Hungry Jerks with my iPod. ;)
Surely you mean Hungry Sacks .......
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/hungry.jpg)
They don't look hungry to me -rather very well fed. Have they been into our birthday cake a few days early?
(http://brokelyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hbd-money.jpg)
PS. If you want to replicate this using Australian notes then only use genuine notes and not copies. Copies will break federal law and porentially get you into trouble.
Well I had better try and remember to be online as well.
Now where did I put my watch.....Hmmmmm
Lol ...... don't ya just love it.
After Jeff's photo above and Trout's story of the $50 bet on the dish lickers, I had a look at the first Greyhound race of the day which was at Wagga at 17:29.
Doggie #8 stood out "Greenback Flex" .... which seems to fit Jeff's photo, so a huge ....... 50c each way by me ......
The results:
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/troutf.jpg)
Now if only I'd had Trout's $50 .... he could be buying more gold.
QuoteNow if only I'd had Trout's $50 .... he could be buying more gold.
Jeebus Mate , if I knew you had a hunch like that I would of sent you $100.
We could of gone halves and both of us would be buying GOLD :angel::dance2::)
Beginner's luck. Now you are sucked in and, before you know it, you will be hocking your children to bet more to cover your losses (or not).
Do you want my address to send my share of the winnings? I can give you trout's address for his share too. :diablo:
Pity you didn't follow trout and risk $50!
:laugh2: ...... Don't worry if I'd have told you it probably would have run last.
I made a handsome $6.10 all up.
(I usually only bet on the Melbourne Cup).
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/troutf1.jpg)
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='58630' dateline='1409991925'Beginner's luck. Now you are sucked in and, before you know it, you will be hocking your children to bet more to cover your losses (or not).
Do you want my address to send my share of the winnings? I can give you trout's address for his share too. :diablo:
Pity you didn't follow trout and risk $50!
HeHe.
I put my winnings in my wallet and that was the end of it, NO more bets were placed by me :)
This was a "One off" spur of the moment decision and not something I would normally do.
Like uni I DO put $50 on the Melbourne Cup every year and seldom get anything back.
I do however gamble on a regular basis buying coins "On Line" because at the end of the day even if you do badly, You still have a coin and not a worthless slip of paper for your money :angel::)
All righty, I haven't got the OK from markin yet to offer this as another prize for the Birthday Shindig .
But what I propose is If we get 100 or more members online Tomorrow then this is also a prize up for grabs along with what markin has in mind.
Retail on this is $195 and more than 3oz of silver here :yahoo:
Mark can pull a name from the hat and decide who gets it, I will post it from here to the winner :ok:
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/prize1.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/prize.jpg)
Very generous Trout. If we get more than 100 members we'll draw two winners. If not, you'll just win my prize (whatever that is, I better go look).
Quote from: 'markn' pid='58634' dateline='1409993666'Very generous Trout. If we get more than 100 members we'll draw two winners. If not, you'll just win my prize (whatever that is, I better go look).
Scratch my name off the prize list mate, I have more coins than I need already :ok:
Even if we don't get more than 100 on the day, this is still up for grabs, as long as we beat the record is good enough for me :)
OK here's the prize. Again, this will go to a random member who is online at 8.30pm AEST tomorrow (Sunday 7 September).
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/prize.jpg)
Nice coins Mark, Makes my prize look like a the runners up jobbie :angel:
Wow guys!!! They are very impressive and most generous prizes.
:swoon::swoon::swoon::swoon:
Nice coins. Do you want my address now?
Pick me...pick me...pick me
:yahoo:
i'll try to jump on, and considering that I am always on here I should be given a prize to stay off!! ha ha
It is father's day today
so we will have the sons over tonight & be having dinner together
oh, and Dr Who will be on!!
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='58660' dateline='1410047879'oh, and Dr Who will be on!!
An important consideration. The moot is scheduled for just after Dr Who finishes here on the east coast. I should remember to make it, but may still be in a Whovian daze.
happy Birthday Forum.
:wavemulticolor:
what is it at Brisbane time when it is 8.30 pm down south ??,
well it does not really matter now I suppose as I am all ready on line
tonight because I am home alone for a few hours ..
good luck all . ,, kel ,,
It is now exactly, to the minute, the anniversary of the oldest post I can find in the forum.
07-09-2012, 07:25 PM (http://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=1)
Nooooooooobody expects the Latest Acquisitions ........ our methods are ......
Happy birthday forum
Happy Birthday forum
Well, just got home.. did I miss everything?
Nope, ain't 2030 hours YET............another 18 minutes or so.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY [/size] TACF
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to The Australian Coin Forum.
:yahoo:
:friends: :birthday: :drinks: :friends: :birthday: :drinks:
:wavemulticolor::wavemulticolor::wavemulticolor::wavemulticolor:
Thanks to our ACF Administrators for such a great site!
:wavemulticolor::wavemulticolor::wavemulticolor::wavemulticolor:
Happy birthday ACF
Quick Mark. Blow out the candles and make a wish!
Happy Birthday to the Australian Coin Forum :)
Happy birthday to us!
The appointed time has been and gone, looks like we had 21 members plus 4 various search engines online. Thanks for those who took the time out of their day to take part. I'll announce the winner of the freebies tomorrow.
Awwwww :(
Happy birthday to us all and congratulations to all that made the effort to log in.
Pity that there a quite a few regulars that did not log on.
Quote from: 'humpybong' pid='58723' dateline='1410086053'I count 22
There were 21 at the time the clock ticked. I've got screenshots. If someone showed up a bit later put your hand up and and I'll include you in the draw.
Dr Who must have gone overtime.
Yep, sorry, was just a shade after 8.30 when I logged back in.
Quote from: 'markn' pid='58727' dateline='1410086114'Quote from: 'humpybong' pid='58723' dateline='1410086053'I count 22
There were 21 at the time the clock ticked. I've got screenshots. If someone showed up a bit later put your hand up and and I'll include you in the draw.
Hang on....ran out of fingers and toes...
Quote from: 'Steveqld' pid='58728' dateline='1410086118'Dr Who must have gone overtime.
Got AJ on the phone... he was watching it, and I made him miss the end.
***EVIL LARFTER*** :diablo:
I thought this was starting at 6.30PM western time, it's only just reached that now. Have I dragged myself out of my sick bed for nothing? Either way, thanks to Markn, PPH and all the Mods for a great forum. Happy Birthday to us.
Enjoyed the moment.!! :wavemulticolor:
Including the late comers and all the Mods, I make it 24.
1. ausproofs
2. duggee27
3. echidna
4. Episoda
5. Fordprefect
6. Fr45h3R
7. Fulvio
8. Goldseeker
9. humpybong
10. interest
11. JeffH
12. jens coins*
13. kchan1111
14. markn
15. Nevol
16. Pedro
17. purplepennyhunter
18. Sapyx ]
19. serial
20. Steveqld
21. stevo1962
22. triplewitch
23. Unicorn
24. Triggersmob
:yahoo:
Well done to everyone, we'll have to make this an annual event. :wavemulticolor:
Quote from: 'Nevol' pid='58735' dateline='1410086619'Including the late comers and all the Mods, I make it 24.
1. ausproofs
2. duggee27
3. echidna
4. Episoda
5. Fordprefect
6. Fr45h3R
7. Fulvio
8. Goldseeker
9. humpybong
10. interest
11. JeffH
12. jens coins*
13. kchan1111
14. markn
15. Nevol
16. Pedro
17. purplepennyhunter
18. Sapyx ]
19. serial
20. Steveqld
21. stevo1962
22. triplewitch
23. Unicorn
24. Triggersmob
:yahoo:
Well done to everyone, we'll have to make this an annual event. :wavemulticolor:
Here's the 21 that were here at 8:30 AEST on the dot. Does anyone care if I include the extras Nancy has listed above?
jens coins*
markn
JeffH
triplewitch
Nevol
Steveqld
echidna
Goldseeker
Unicorn
duggee27
Episoda
Fordprefect
interest
ausproofs
kchan1111
humpybong
Fr45h3R
Fulvio
purplepennyhunter
stevo1962
serial
kel ** didn't show on list but we'll take his word for it.
robbiegal ** didn't show on the list but we'll take her word for it too.
I'm not nitpicky about a few minutes. Happy families!
I have been logged on to the forum since before 7.00 pm tonight but my name is not on the list , did I miss something or did I have to be on this post , because I was just looking around other post , sorry I thought you just had to be logged on to the forum , ok my mistake , I understand now , maybe next time .. ,, kel ,,
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='58740' dateline='1410087219'I have been logged on to the forum since before 7.00 pm tonight but my name is not on the list , did I miss something or did I have to be on this post , because I was just looking around other post , sorry I thought you just had to be logged on to the forum , ok my mistake , I understand now , maybe next time .. ,, kel ,,
If you say you were here Kel I am sure you were, you're added to the list.
That's the spirit..too bad we could not break the record !
Quote from: 'ausproofs' pid='58743' dateline='1410087332'That's the spirit..too bad we could not break the record !
Yes it's a pity.
I was logged in
but not in this thread
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='58747' dateline='1410087824'I was logged in
OK. That's it RG, you are on the list.
my mistake ,I thought you had to just be logged on to the forum at
8.30 pm tonight to be in the contest , I forgot about the wording ,
lets meet here at 8.30 pm tonight , so I just wondered off to send a
private message to ***** so sorry about that .it was entirely my
mistake .. so no problems , it,s all good ..
,, kel ,,
hey Kel
it's OK
we are on the black eer back list - ha ha
so what if we are internet nupties!!!
hope you had a great dad's day - we have too
Like Kel I've been online from before 8pm
Joe
me too
maybe the counter doesn't work accurately?
Sorry Guys I was asleep :dash1:
I drove 1100k's today and logged on when I got home.
I was buggered so I had a Nanna nap and have just woke up now :cray:
i'd be sleeping for a day or so after that Trout!
Quote from: 'trout' pid='58771' dateline='1410090830'Sorry Guys I was asleep :dash1:
I drove 1100k's today and logged on when I got home.
I was buggered so I had a Nanna nap and have just woke up now :cray:
:angel: dont tell me thats how far you have to drive for work ! When I do 250 kms I am good as dead :sleepy:
Quote from: 'ausproofs' pid='58775' dateline='1410094106'Quote from: 'trout' pid='58771' dateline='1410090830'Sorry Guys I was asleep :dash1:
I drove 1100k's today and logged on when I got home.
I was buggered so I had a Nanna nap and have just woke up now :cray:
:angel: dont tell me thats how far you have to drive for work ! When I do 250 kms I am good as dead :sleepy:
I quite often drive 7-800k's to a job :dash1:
Another 5 years and that will end in a heatbeat :dance2::)
There was an invisible user. Maybe someone should check his settings.
Gee it's a long way short of 58,
I thought that wold have been well & truly beaten.
Quote from: 'interest' pid='58778' dateline='1410097266'Gee it's a long way short of 58,
I thought that would have been well & truly beaten.
me too , I was shocked at that result , o well maybe next time.
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='58782' dateline='1410126331'I was shocked at that result , o well maybe next time.
Its like when I go to one of my subs...
http://www.reddit.com/r/v8superdoge/
and see 2 of 176 people online. Going to be hard to fund the remainder of this car, dammit.
Ah well, I get to go play in the rain at Sandown on Friday at least. ;)
Oops, what can I say, apart from watching a Dads day dvd Taken 2.
Next time :dodgy:
See what happens when there is a birthday party with NO beer, Nobody shows up :angel:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='58803' dateline='1410146049'See what happens when there is a birthday party with NO beer, Nobody shows up :angel:
But the beer was YOUR job!
Pretty poor effort, IMO... you let us down, troutski. :(
Here's the finalised amalgamated list of attendees including those I'd missed from Nevol's list and the people who said their names didn't show up in the list. Obviously I'll take myself and PPH out of the final draw so it looks like you've got a 1 in 25 chance of winning.
1 ausproofs
2 duggee27
3 echidna
4 Episoda
5 Fordprefect
6 Fr45h3R
7 Fulvio
8 Goldseeker
9 humpybong
10 interest
11 JeffH
12 jens coins*
13 jozk123
14 kchan1111
15 kel
16 markn
17 Nevol
18 Pedro
19 purplepennyhunter
20 robbiegal
21 Sapyx
22 serial
23 Steveqld
24 stevo1962
25 Triggersmob
26 triplewitch
27 Unicorn
There being no protests we have conducted a draw. I printed out the names, one our daughters cut them out and placed them in a hat.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_20140908_190105.jpg)
She then drew one out.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_20140908_190124.jpg)
And the winner is...........!
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_20140908_190250.jpg)
Congrats steveqld! Send me a PM with your postal address for prize mail!
cool
that is how we used to do the draw at the coin club!
Can you get your daughter to pick another name out for the Masterpieces in Silver set please Mark.
It is irellevant that we didn't beat the record and these good members did try So the prize shal be awarded :good:
I have to fly out to the Great Sandy desert in the morning for a week.
I will post the set to whoever wins it when I get back home :ok:
Congrats Steveqld, there's a nice prize coming your way. :winkextra:
Well done Steve, congrats.
Quote from: 'markn' pid='58833' dateline='1410169066'(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_20140908_190124.jpg)
Just a little bit higher!!! :P
Congrats to winner. And thanks for the generous prizes markn + PPH. :)
Congrats Steve!
Congrats Steve.
Who wears a grey hat?
Congrats Steve !!
Joe
Hey thanks guys. My interest is in predecimal silver coins so they will be a welcome addition. Certainly better than the examples I have.
Many thanks to Markn and PPH for running the comp.
congrats steve , good to see the prize came north anyway .
great contest thanks pph and mark .
Congratulations Steve and a big thanks to Markn and PPH for the prize.
Quote from: 'interest' pid='58850' dateline='1410183038'Congrats Steve.
Who wears a grey hat?
It's the middle daughter (9yrs) hat!! One of the redheads in the house.
Congratulations Steve.......great to win every now and then.