[Sandy and Ed]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Something related to nothing is my hobby. The law students around 1989 at the University of Minnesota used to call me Batman. The law library convention in the Summer of 1989 was in Reno and I had been cataloging all the computer files on Westlaw so that these could be sold to interested law and other libraries. But memories were coming back about my time in Reno. I graduated from the U of MN in May 1989 from their law school and had helped various prisoners and former prisoners while I was with Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners. So I could be professional in how I approached things.

I too am a member of a bar. Actually several. Let’s see, o’Flannerys, o’Brians, Blarney Stone, and a couple of others I can’t remember entering or leaving. Just know I was there

[Michael 61]

Congratulations on your accomplishment. That is quite a feat, and a testament to your tenacity, commitment, and the countless hours of time you have devoted to this site.

[Nana2Teddy]

Wow! Very impressive! I truly enjoy your posts. Congratulations!

[NoMo50]

Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed

I too am a member of a bar. Actually several. Let’s see, o’Flannerys, o’Brians, Blarney Stone, and a couple of others I can’t remember entering or leaving. Just know I was there

LOL! And, some of those "bar exams" can be pretty grueling.

[airstreamingypsy]

I haven't been here anywhere near that long, but I am glad you are. You and I are on the same page often, and I just let you speak for me, after you post often I don't need to say the same thing.

[Two Bills]

Ye Gods! I have over 6000, and I haven't got Nothing as an excuse.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Most of them were on the various Nothing threads.

I have been a member of forums where a much younger demographic wanted the "reputation and prestige" that tends to come with astronomically high post counts. There was also a "Thread About Nothing" that was used to hold multiple conversations simultaneously which resulted in a some members with incredibly high post counts.

While they were allowed to keep those numbers they attained, the Admin and Mods flicked a few behind the scenes settings and those high content threads no longer counted in one's accumulated post count totals.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

I have been a member of forums where a much younger demographic wanted the "reputation and prestige" that tends to come with astronomically high post counts. There was also a "Thread About Nothing" that was used to hold multiple conversations simultaneously which resulted in a some members with incredibly high post counts.

While they were allowed to keep those numbers they attained, the Admin and Mods flicked a few behind the scenes settings and those high content threads no longer counted in one's accumulated post count totals.

I was on Findlaw for a long time but got wrapped up with an incredibly creative and extremely nasty troll. It turned out he was someone I had been trying to help with his white collar criminal case. Very two faced IMHO.

Findlaw is very different now.

[Ecuadog]

Congrats, "Batman".

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Something related to nothing is my hobby. The law students around 1989 at the University of Minnesota used to call me Batman. The law library convention in the Summer of 1989 was in Reno and I had been cataloging all the computer files on Westlaw so that these could be sold to interested law and other libraries. But memories were coming back about my time in Reno. I graduated from the U of MN in May 1989 from their law school and had helped various prisoners and former prisoners while I was with Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners. So I could be professional in how I approached things.

I think that being called "Batman" is a good thing. Maybe you should get that costume set up for Halloween?

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

I think that being called "Batman" is a good thing. Maybe you should get that costume set up for Halloween?

Michael Keaton did a very good job with Batman back in 1989.

The Reno Law Librarian convention in 1989 brought back memories of the 2-24-1976 murder of my then Junior year remedial English teacher 's daughter Michelle Mitchell a few feet from the University of Nevada, Reno. The family had given me and another John a Memorial Scholarship in her name.

I got interested in materials in libraries for those affected by crimes while trying to find things to help my fellow Earl Wooster High School students cope with the investigation which went on until 1979 when it turned out they got the wrong person but a mentally ill woman had made a false confession to get a better room in a Louisiana mental hospital.


Those people who confess to being murderers and are mentally ill probably get their own rooms in mental hospitals.

They got the right murderer in 2014 after a DNA test on a cigarette stump that had been collected at the crime scene. It turned out to be a man incarcerated in Oregon for a violent assault and attempted rape or maybe rape of a woman. He had also committed various murders in the SF Bay area. These are known as the Gypsy Hill Killings and he was also labeled as the San Mateo Slasher.

[Jim 9922]

50,000 plus; I guess that's something to put on your gravestone when the time comes.