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What a shocker…

Posted in SPLOG to Word by Seth Fein on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 10:15 am

As if it weren't poetic enough... now this.

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joelgillespie

02/01/10 at 02:39
#1

Thank goodness every time we plan a redesign or upgrade it happens on time and without a hitch. Glad nobody threw stones at us in early 2009. :-)

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sethfein

02/01/10 at 02:41
#2

Excellent point… of course, we redesigned in the first year, and the N-G has had well, a decade or something…
 
 

Ryan Neaveill avatar

ryanneaveill

02/02/10 at 02:38
#3

Now, now, don’t make fun of the old and out-of-touch. It’s like laughing at your grandpa for not knowing how to work an iPod or something. Let’s let ‘em grow old with some grace and die with some dignity.

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sethfein

02/03/10 at 02:14
#4

Friendly jabs… just mildly humorous to me, is all.

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