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   well folks, it has been a fun ride. With paternity leave expiring for me tomorrow, I will no longer have the time or energy to maintain the level of notoriety and fame that I have enjoyed on this board. Since I do not believe in doing things half-assed, I am bidding farewell to the myballard community. I would much rather burn out than fade away.

   To my friends that I love - so long. cdpenne, you are man of extraordinary measure, and I am really pleased you are making the community better and standing up for people and what you believe. pennygirl is the only person I listen to on here. Goodbye.

   To my enemies - I'm sorry I had to make you lose so many arguments to me day after day. Ya'll never had a chance in the world of putting two thoughts together. You are now free to spew your idiocy.

   To my sponsors - Thanks for the support ($$$) and believing in our cause over the last year or so. It has been a magical ride, and we made much progress against many corrupt institutions. The Geeky Swedes owe our organization big time for all the extra traffic.

   Your hero (yes, I really did save a dog in my Maserati)

   Stopgo Out!

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   wolfden
   

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   I always knew you were compensating for something but c'mon a Maserati :P

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   Aww. Don't go Stopgo. Really.

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   Mr. Crankypants
   

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   Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Really.

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   Nothing sadder than an "I'm leaving this message board" post, but like everything else he says I'm sure this is a lie also and he'll be back in 2 weeks. Either as himself or an alias.

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   Meanie Bug! You love sparring with him!!!!

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   Gee and here I thought it was going so well. Poker is accurate, one the "he'll be back" theory - on night you'll be cruising the Grocery Outlet parking lot in your maserti (cough cough) and the unbearable need to harass someone will send you flying to myballard. Again and again.

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   Dweezil
   

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   In the wise words of stopgo, I must say 'whatever'.

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   Crownhiller is one feisty Mona Lisa Kitty tonight :-)

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    Bye wolfden. I'm sorry about that time i made jokes about you being a a tech geek. I am too, I was just teasing. You're alright for a guy who posts on the ballard forum who doesn't live in ballard.

    pg. I'm gonna miss you the most. It is just not possible to maintain the quality of posts that I have produced over the last year with the little man here.

    cranky - maybe I will let it hit me on the way out a few times. What are you gonna do about it, come get me? I'll miss you only a little bit. Your usage of hawaiian shirts is very impressive to me.

    poker - is there REALLY nothing sadder? excellent demonstration of your poor use of logic. This news should please you the most. Now you can really break up the place with your hilarious beer jokes. Anyways, good luck bud.

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    crownhiller - I won't be back, I can promise you that. You guys will get along fine without me. Someone else will pop up and you all will inevitably accuse that person of being me, just like you did of me with Doug11. Okay, I might be back in a few years after baby time has settled down...but I imagine most of your are in your late 70s or 80s and will no longer be here by that time.

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    Pokerguy
    

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    I was wrong about the 2 weeks, it was 23 minutes.

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    stopgo
    

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    Hey Jerry Seinfeld. I'll say my goodbyes on my time.

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    I'd swear you made the same promises last time ...

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    stopgo
    

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    This is the first and only time I've made such a claim. Swear on my life. I was never anyone else on here.

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    Ah, stopgo thinks he can stay away. In practice we shall see. The draw may become too much to resist after being gone for awhile.

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    wow, just back, stopgo, hate to hear the news, you kept these threads so interesting... good luck in your fatherhood, you have so very much to look forward to... :(

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    Just don't take to long, GO continues to grow and your Mom probably needs to use the computer.

    I'm surprised someone as successful as yourself gets such a small amount of paternity leave, I would think an such an older, successful gentleman would be retired.

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    I'd swear this post was titled "I am a narcissist". Must have mis-read it somehow...

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    stopgo
    

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    I'm guaranteed up to 12 weeks, all of which would be paid...but felt that my important position would only allow me to take a few weeks.

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    RRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

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    Midwest - hahaha. You find me narcissistic? Where on EARTH did you get that impression. LOL.

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    Can I put in an early nomination for this to be the Thread of 2011?

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    stopgo
    

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    Poker - have you heard of the FMLA? Do you know how this all works?

    Family and Medical Leave Act
    The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. Eligible employees are entitled to:
    Twelve workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for:

    the birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth;

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    Quit trying to suck me back in with your moronic posts. I'm trying to quit here. Don't ask questions to the forum as if people care what you think or as if you have some kind of voice. You are that guy who gets too loud at parties and everyone is embarrassed for. Quiet down son. I'm trying to leave with grace and style.

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    and you just HAVE to rush back instead of take the full 12 weeks. We are obviously very different fathers, I would take and enjoy every second of those 12 weeks. You can never get them back.

    And I can use Google also.

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    whatever.

    StopGo...my enail is bad dotty archie at the yahoo dott commer if ever you feel the need.

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    "Quit trying to suck me back in with your moronic posts. I'm trying to quit here. Don't ask questions to the forum as if people care what you think or as if you have some kind of voice. You are that guy who gets too loud at parties and everyone is embarrassed for. Quiet down son. I'm trying to leave with grace and style. "

    R-A-T-T-L-E-D

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    Yeah, I do kind of feel the need to. Unfortunately. It is odd, but there does seem to be sort of a stigma at my office around men who take extended paternity leave for that amount of time. Like you are milking the system. They don't think twice about women taking the time, but the men kinda become the office joke if they do. Not that I am complaining. I'm a white male, it is one of the FEW times I feel judged. It is also kind of a career thing for me, I hate to take too much time off just because there are things I also want to finish at work.

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    Could someone hand me the Patron - I can't seem to get my walker over this lump in the rug. Now then - you two boys cut it out :) - I am weeping into my lace hankie over the loss of our little Vanillamilk :)

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    pennygirl
    

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    How about the two of you knock it off. I like both of you and I wish you could just get on.

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    stopgo
    

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    Pennygirl. He started it!!!

    Farewell friends and fossils alike. Cut the homeless some slack will ya?

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    OK

    I'M LEAVING THIS THREAD NOW. GOOD BYE, I'LL MISS ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS.

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    You can knock it off as well Poker. If you don't mind.

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    You still here? Seriously a Maserati? J/K. I was all about the Maseratis when I didn't know better about cars (no, not a dig at you although it does seem that way). If I got a chance to drive a GT-S or a Quattroporte GT-S, I wouldn't say no but there are so much more fun cars to drive :P

    When did you pick up that car? As a kid in Kent state? I did champion your cause (when you went on a posting spree) and declare your heroism at least once. I do visit the Greenwood area on weekends (does that count?)

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    Talking cars now? Well really, Maserati is nothing compared to a Morgan. Only one exists in the U.S. Owned by none other than Simon Cowell. Completely handcrafted, literally, nothing else like em.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJuOJh54HJE&feature=related

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    Streaker, there are actually quite a few Morgans in the US. The Plus 4, the Plus 4 Plus, the Plus 8 all have car clubs in the States. Heck, even I, a decidedly non-car kinda guy, have owned a Plus 4. The Morgan Aeromax in question is, as you say, a very rare car. MMC only made 100 of them.

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    Stopgo - Good luck with work and fatherhood. Hire more competent subsordinates, it helps you get out of the office and gets you out a bit more.

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    Elemental... In that case perhaps Streaker is remembering wrong. Could be thinking about one specific car versus Morgans in general. Still, all absolutely amazing cars.

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    Elemental
    

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    Great, Streaker has me looking at old cars again. I...I...I thought I was strong enough to not do this anymore.

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    racerX likes racing... and the sky is blue, sometimes. :p

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    Mmmmmmmmmm. Dated a man with a Morgan plus 8 once. Definitely the way to my heart! :)

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    http://www.streetfire.net/video/morgan-aero-8-evo-magazine-driving-the-beast-on_115135.htm

    Yum, Streaker will take one, side exhaust and all. Thank you very much.

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    racerX thinks side exhaust is for posers...

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    racerX clearly doesn't appreciate Morgans. Side exhaust on a Morgan is decidedly NOT for posers.

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    racerX
    

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    Well, that's a racerX opinion; take from it what you will.

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    I can appreciate a good solid car but I more of a smaller sized good handling car kinda guy. A Cayman/Cayman S (or omg a 911 which is way out of my range) or an Elise (maybe, just maybe an Exige), a Nissan 370z or an S2000.

    All affordable at least in the used category. Most if not all could be daily drivers too.

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    For what it's worth, congrats on the little one.

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    Ahhh. A nice satisfying MyBallard thread... Someone says they are leaving, people jump in and say just go, others say don't, there is denial of identity, accusations are made, then someone hijacks it and off it wanders. I second the nomination for best thread of 2011. It encapsulates MyBallard quite unselfconsciously.

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    Oh, and for what it is worth, StopGo, I think you should stay and I think you are Doug11.

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    Dougie or no, it's an iconic Doug11 type. Same old stuff, new person or not...

    I, ________ WILL LEAVE THIS BOARD!

    YADDA YADDA YADDA!!

    MEOW MEOW WOOF WOOF ALL CAPS!!!

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    After thoroughly reading his goodbye letter, I wonder why a dog was stuck in his Maserati? And was this in the front grill or did he just leave the windows up on a hot day?

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    I guess it just got too hard to be a wealthy 70 year old Maserati-driving former-Smokeshop-bartending weekend-Aster-barista-ing dog-rescuing GO-busting also-otherwise-employed-apparently-in-an-office new-fathering MB poster. One of those things had to go.

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    lol

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    Lol, Mamasings FTW! :-)

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    Raising an imaginary baby might have been more trouble than somebody bargained for.

    Lesson learned, and now he/she can start anew.

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    *snort* Lou98107 went exactly where I wanted to go and (hopefully) voiced what most of us were thinking. The return from FMLA was a nice touch though.

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    Yeah, I do kind of feel the need to. Unfortunately. It is odd, but there does seem to be sort of a stigma at my office around men who take extended paternity leave for that amount of time. Like you are milking the system. They don't think twice about women taking the time, but the men kinda become the office joke if they do. Not that I am complaining. I'm a white male, it is one of the FEW times I feel judged. It is also kind of a career thing for me, I hate to take too much time off just because there are things I also want to finish at work.

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    Sorry I was trying to quote StopGo.

    Don't worry about them

    When My son was born I called in to work to let them know that I would not be in, they asked when will I be back in? I said without thinking "Next month" they sent flowers and cards.. wellcomed me back about a month later with no questions judgment of "man hood" - all this was over 30 years ago in a less enlightend world.

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    Lou98107, that is priceless!

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