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bogmali

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Milestones Today
mikek1024 passes 50,000
stanhemi passes 700,000:toast:
Chomes passes 900,000:toast:
Threeflow passes 40,000
rsh5155 passes 10,000
adulaamin passes 7,000
MStenholm passes 30,000

Milestones Yesterday
costinul_ala passed 3,000
AlienIsGOD passed 20,000
ERazerHead passed 500,000
NastyHabits passed 150,000
Soylent Joe passed 10,000
(FIH) The Don passed 2,000
 
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Congrats stoners :toast:
 

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Milestones Today
MetalRacer passes 3,500,000:respect:
cliffinsperry passes 400,000:toast:
BraveSoul passes 40,000
Trigger911 passes 20,000
neoreif passes 60,000
reefer86 passes 500

Milestones Yesterday
mikek1024 passed 50,000
stanhemi passed 700,000
Chomes passed 900,000
Threeflow passed 40,000
rsh5155 passed 10,000
adulaamin passed 7,000
MStenholm passed 30,000
 
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Congrats to everybody, but special congrats to MetalRacer. That's a big milestone buddy :toast:
 

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Milestones Today
paulieg passes 2,000,000:rockout:
itsover65 passes 200,000:toast:
Munki_TPU passes 70,000
adulaamin passes 8,000
reefer86 passes 1,000
(FIH) The Don passes 5,000

Milestones Yesterday
4x4n_TPU passed 750,000:toast:
Wile E passed 200,000:toast:
KieX passed 150,000:toast:
(FIH) The Don passed 3,000
 
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congrats stoners and congrats to Paul for the 2million :rockout:
 
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congrats stoners and congrats to Paul for the 2million :rockout:

I didn't realize I was that close until last night. :eek: My hope is that we will have several more members join the "2M club" this year, as we make our way to the top 25!!!:rockout:
 

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I didn't realize I was that close until last night. :eek: My hope is that we will have several more members join the "2M club" this year before the end of the world, as we make our way to the top 25!!!:rockout:

Okay, that little edit made it more likely for me !! :D

'Grats on the 2M stone, Paulie :toast:

Crunch on !!
 
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I'm looking forward to making the 2M club myself :toast:
 

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AlienIsGOD passes 25,000
HammerON passes 1,500,000:toast:
dhoshaw passes 750,000:toast:
GREASEMONKEY passes 1,700,000:toast:
arrakis9 passes 70,000
Threeflow passes 50,000
(FIH) The Don passes 6,000

Milestones Yesterday
paulieg passed 2,000,000
itsover65 passed 200,000
Munki_TPU passed 70,000
adulaamin passed 8,000
reefer86 passed 1,000
(FIH) The Don passed 5,000
 

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Closer to 2 million:)
 
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Great job everyone :toast:
 

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Milestones Today
3xploit passes 700,000:toast:
EnergyFX passes 70,000
Niko084 passes 400,000:toast:
adulaamin passes 9,000
MStenholm passes 40,000
FIH The Don passes 8,000

Milestones Yesterday

AlienIsGOD passed 25,000
HammerON passed 1,500,000
dhoshaw passed 750,000
GREASEMONKEY passed 1,700,000
arrakis9 passed 70,000
Chomes passed 950,000
neoreif passed 70,000
Threeflow passed 50,000
FIH The Don passed 6,000

Members Joining Today WELCOME:toast:
ashbocking joins from Team Honda Owners
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Milestones Today
4x4n_TPU passes 800,000:toast:
kpresler passes 600,000:toast:
adulaamin passes 10,000
blkhogan passes 1,000

Milestones Yesterday
theonedub passed 650,000:toast:
Velvet Wafer passed 600,000:toast:
t77snapshot passed 70,000
DaedalusHelios passed 500,000:toast:
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Reached 500,000 on my birthday. :)

25 years young :laugh:
 
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theonedub passed 650,000:toast:
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t77snapshot passed 70,000
DaedalusHelios passed 500,000:toast:
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FIH The Don passed 10,000
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I passed 70,000 yesterday:eek:? Sweeeeet!

Reached 500,000 on my birthday. :)

25 years young :laugh:

Congrats on the half mil and happy birthday!:toast:
 
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Happy birthday Daed.
May you be blessed with many more years to come (hopefully while crunching). :toast:

My closest friend, has had her MS acting up really badly over the last year(she is only 23). I see the suffering and I feel as though I can do nothing to really help her. But WCG gives me a way to feel like I am doing something when it all seems so helpless.

I would like to thank everyone for being a part of not only our team, but our collective goal.
 
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My closest friend, has had her MS acting up really badly over the last year(she is only 23). I see the suffering and I feel as though I can do nothing to really help her. But WCG gives me a way to feel like I am doing something when it all seems so helpless.

I would like to thank everyone for being a part of not only our team, but our collective goal.

Your effort to help with WCG is noble, as is the effort of all the people who crunch for nothing more than wanting to help someone.

But you can do something even more important for your friend with MS. Be there when she needs someone. Don't pity her or feel you have to do anything more than be a real friend who is willing to listen.
Just be there. :toast:

To all the crunchers ... Remember that while our computers are crunching, we can do more if we want to.
 
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Reached 500,000 on my birthday. :)

25 years young :laugh:

Congratulations! May you have many more in the future! (Birthdays and Points) :toast:

P.D. Funnily enough I am gonna be reaching the same score around my birthday of the same age :roll:
 

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Here's a little story I would like to share with you Daed ...

I had a friend with MS who used crutches (the kind that wrap around the forearm) to be able to get around. For years he struggled. I asked him why he did not get a wheelchair, and his response was "I not a !@#$ cripple." I agreed with him.

Finally it got to the point where he had to get a chair. He cruised around work at about 20 mph with a newfound freedom. He said, "I should have gotten this damn thing years ago."

A couple of years later, he started doing wheelchair races (in a regular stock chair). I told him to go out and get a racing chair. He said. "They're expensive". I said, "What else are you doing with you money, buying artificial legs?"

He gave me a strange look and two days later called me out into the parking lot to show me the new racing wheelchair he bought. As far as I know he still races to this day.

We would walk into work and when we got to the door I would stand there and say, "Open the door for me doorman." He would laugh and then started racing me to the door to see who would get to open it for the other. The first time I opened the door for him he said "I can do that".
I said "I know you can, now shut up and get in there."

We were talking to another work acquaintance about his racing and the person asked, "Do you were a helmet?" I stated, "What for? So he doesn't become a cripple?" The guy just about fell over and my friend turned to me and said "Hey that's my line!" (which it was, but I couldn't resist using it).

He was an excellent tech and a friend you could count on. I never pitied him or treated him like he was any different than anyone else ... because he wasn't.
He got good enough qualifying times to do the Boston Marathon several time. That's more than I can say for me.

Thanks for reading ... crunch on.
 
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maybe I missed this earlier and my apologies, but what is MS? Anyhow, that's a great little story kreij, shows that nothing in this world is impossible, you just have to set your own goals and dedicate to reaching them. :toast: Thanks for sharing!
 

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MS stands for Multiple Sclerosis. It's a chronic, many times disabling, central nervous system disease.
You can read more Here if you are so inclinded.
 
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