Define Enormous....

[Twich]

Yesterday I posted a nice Christmas card that we had received from McGuire's MWR folks. I asked everyone to stop by their website (www.305services.com) and drop them a note (at the contact link). Their hit count at their site has dropped a bit and I told them Scapers could help. :)

I just got this email from them:


The response has been enormous! You DO have a strong fan base!!!!!! What a great bunch of folks. Please extend our sincerest gratitude at every chance, will ya?
The best to you.


So I wonder...what do they consider enormous? If you haven't yet dropped them a line or sent a click their way, please do. We want to show them the power of Scapers. Forget cheese! (Sorry Grinner!) WE have the power. :lol

And say hi to Don too. He's our newest Scaper/convert. :) You can post your "hi's" to him here or mention them in email to Monty. He'll get them.

[Dominar of Action]

Thanks for posting this here, Twich -- I (and I'm sure others) don't always check out the front page.

Off to wish the MWR folks a Merry Christmas! :santa:

[stlscape]

Hi, Don! :hi: Welcome to the board!

[gurnemanz]

Are you saying we shouldn't send ~cheese~ to Don and Monty when we show them our power? Are you saying Monty and Don don't *like* cheese? Isn't this a violation of the Belief In Advertising Act as amended by the American Dairy Council?

Ya gotta be careful these days.

g.

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

Hi Don and Welcome to our virtual Moya! :hi:

Hey Twich! Do we have lots of visitors from McGuire here??? That would be cool! :aok: :D Stand up and be counted McGuire AFB folk! :multi:

[Twich]

I heard they are writing back to people...and I just sent this link to them so Don can see his greetings in person too. :)

So post away!

[divinedaydreams]

Hello Don

Thanks Tiriel

And a big wave to McGuire

[grapeshot]

Yeah, a big Shout Out to McGuire from Wisconsin!

(And for the rest of you, remember, WE take our cheese SERIOUSLY. So CAN IT with the cheese jokes already!)

[Twich]

Some folks are sending Farscape e*cards. :) Monty's not a Scaper yet. He WANTS to watch...just hasn't had the time yet...Gee...what do you think would happen if we *all* worked on converting someone? :eek:

Run Monty run!!!!!

[Scaper989]

Could you perhaps, persuade him to put up a link to this site
from his? Maybe even a short paragraph about the donations?

You scratch my back...

[Don]

Hi all, and thanks for all your support for the troops, it is very much appreciated.

There are many, like myself, that had never heard of Farscape but have now been "Scaped"!!! People are asking if we have any more copies of this season or that one because "I have seen season 'X' and need to see what happens next". We also have copies at some of our facilities, such as the Airmen's Firehouse (a young enlisted personell "hangout" with big screen TV's, games...). In other words, Farscape is getting wide spread play!

Scaper989: To answer your question, on Jan. 1 we are launching the 3rd version of our website. Among many cosmetic and structural changes will be the addition of a watchfarscape.com link/banner! The details of which still have to be worked out but, rest assured, it is in the works!

[Nicola]

Originally posted by Don
Scaper989: To answer your question, on Jan. 1 we are launching the 3rd version of our website. Among many cosmetic and structural changes will be the addition of a watchfarscape.com link/banner! The details of which still have to be worked out but, rest assured, it is in the works!

Don! :smooch: http://www.tarzantheseries.com/images/smilies/blush.gif

[Shipscat]

Hi Don! Thanks for stopping by!

Cool News!

[NYPinTA]

Hi Don! And look, you even got yourself a snazzy avatar! :D

Twich: Can we keep him? Please?!? :lol

[Twich]

Originally posted by NYPinTA
Twich: Can we keep him? Please?!? :lol

Uh oh....Donnie's entered a new dimension. :space: You're definitely hooked now. :hypno: I have a feeling you're gonna fit in here just fine. :wingnut:

Now we just have to work on Monty. I'm tellin' ya guys....he's thisclose. Seriously. I figure if we work on it, we can have him assimilated pretty quickly. :borg: From what I hear, he likes Star Trek. I'm *sure* he'd love Farscape. ;)

And guys, at last count, they had received about 18-20 emails from Scapers. They think that's a lot. What do you guys think? :lol

[StarsGoBlue]

Hi Don, and welcome! Next time bring Monty! We'll let the Nebari work on him, LOL...

Oh, and when I clicked the counter read 82,136. I think. Is that good?

*****Stars :D
Whose grampa was an Army chaplain in WWII
Whose cousin, a master sergeant, works on Chinook helicopters
And whose other cousin is a captain in the signal corps in Iraq
Whose best friend is a former coastie
And her husband is in the USAF! (see, there was a point! *g* )

[tribsaint]

Welcome, Don!

And never fear, Monty *will* be Scaped. :D

[grinner]

Originally posted by Twich

So I wonder...what do they consider enormous? If you haven't yet dropped them a line or sent a click their way, please do. We want to show them the power of Scapers. Forget cheese! (Sorry grinner!) WE have the power. :lol
someone say cheese?

[Twich]

Only if you're emailing it Grinner.... :snicker:

[akimbo]

Originally posted by Twich
And guys, at last count, they had received about 18-20 emails from Scapers. They think that's a lot. What do you guys think? :lol

I think we can do better than that. And they *are* writing back. Got a lovely reply this morning.

Welcome Don! :bigwave:

[grinner]

Originally posted by Twich
Only if you're emailing it grinner.... :snicker: like this?

[harveywhispers]

Another Wisconsin shout out for our new friends!! Hey, I'll give you all the official okay to go and talk about cheese all you like. Such rights can only be granted by a Wisconsinite......or grinner.:ewink:

[ranger1]

they are definitely writing back (i got a reply from Monty as well), but i wonder if they'd have to set up an auto-reply if there was truly a 'serious' effort by Scapers to email their thanks for the opportunity to help out.... ;) :D

[gurnemanz]

I grew up just south of the Wisconsin border in Illinois, so I woke up and smelled the cheese every morning (when I wasn't smelling alewives or bovine effluvium). I demand cheesespeak autonomy for those who lived along the Milwaukee Road right-of-way and the Chain Of Lakes!

g.

[harveywhispers]

gurnemanz,

You are also granted the privilege of speaking purporting the powers of cheese.

:think: hw thinks she best stop speaking about "cheese rights" before some eagle-eyed Scaper realizes that the Twin Cities are in Minnesota. No worries, hw is a 'Sconny resident that just happens to live within a couple of miles of Minnesota. Then there is the fact that I spent about 1/2 my life over in Minnesota.

[Twich]

Originally posted by ranger1
they are definitely writing back (i got a reply from Monty as well), but i wonder if they'd have to set up an auto-reply if there was truly a 'serious' effort by Scapers to email their thanks for the opportunity to help out.... ;) :D


Now there's a question that might be fun to try and answer. :)

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

Here's a "Cheese Toast" to all our McGuire AFB friends!
Happy Holidays!!!:santa:

[harveywhispers]

To keep getting their site some hits, I forwarded this info to the TC Scapers.

[Twich]

Who, btw, are incredible. Did you know that a VAST majority of our Best Buy Bucks in the recent promotion came from Minnesota? I mean....like a lot of them. Minnesotans and Kitfoxer pretty much DID that promotion!

So...little OT, but you guys RULE!!!! :D

Now back to that McGuire hit count......:lol

[quendi]

Welcome, Don. Thanks for giving us a shout out.

Have any of you visited www.nebari.net?

[sny]

And speaking of the military project, I turned this into my Sunday School class Christmas "project" for the year, rather than exchanging names. (Don't worry, I still got the little monkeys a present. I am a humongous softie.) I figured I would get the two little nippers who are regulars in my class to give a few bucks and spare a thought for the service men and women who are away from home and don't have the luxury of just plopping in front of the DVD player and watching a movie or a tv show the way we do. We're a tiny church, but what the heck, I figured I would also post a flyer in the vestibule. Even $30 would be a nice chunk toward some DVDs.

Well, a couple more classes also turned it into their project. Long story short, tonight's my deadline for having the money in, but it's very easily going to top $200, which I thought was pretty impressive for a total of three flyers, two of which I sent home with the kids themselves. The preacher read it aloud this morning without my asking. Actually, I was a bit hesitant to ask, since it wasn't some big "feed the hungry" or "save the world" type project. I was a little stunned at how many people were very willing to donate some money. I mean, after all, DVDs aren't a necessity like food or water, or clothing, but most of the members do have at least one family member who either once served, or in the case of 1 family, is currently in the service. Contrast this to last year, when I felt like I practically had to go begging for assistance in sponsoring a little girl from an Angel Tree. (Maybe my Angel Tree announcement wasn't as stirring and moving...)

While I'm at it, here, is it still okay to send the donation through my PayPal account? And if anyone's got it handy, what's the current link for donations to the Military Project? Or should I simply mail it, along with some nice cheese? (Could get a tad runny...)

Stacie

[grinner]

3 entries found for enormous.

e·nor·mous P Pronunciation Key (-nôrms)
adj.

Very great in size, extent, number, or degree.
Archaic. Very wicked; heinous.





[From Latin normis, unusual, huge, monstrous : -, ex-, ex- + norma, norm; see gn- in
Indo-European Roots. Sense 2, from Middle English enormious from Latin normis.]



e·normous·ly adv.
e·normous·ness n.

Synonyms: enormous, immense, huge, gigantic, colossal, mammoth, tremendous, stupendous, gargantuan, vast
These adjectives describe what is extraordinarily large. Enormous suggests a marked excess beyond the norm in size, amount, or degree: an enormous boulder. Immense refers to boundless or immeasurable size or extent: immense pleasure. Huge especially implies greatness of size or capacity: a huge success. Gigantic refers to size likened to that of a giant: a gigantic redwood tree. Colossal suggests a hugeness that elicits awe or taxes belief: a colossal ancient temple. Mammoth is applied to something of unwieldy hugeness: “mammoth stone figures in... buckled eighteenth-century pumps, the very soles of which seem mountainously tall” (Cynthia Ozick). Tremendous suggests awe-inspiring or fearsome size: ate a tremendous meal. Stupendous implies size that astounds or defies description: “The whole thing was a stupendous, incomprehensible farce” (W. Somerset Maugham). Gargantuan especially stresses greatness of capacity, as for food or pleasure: a gargantuan appetite. Vast refers to greatness of extent, size, area, or scope: “Of creatures, how few vast as the whale” (Herman Melville).


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enormous

\E*nor"mous\, a. [L. enormis enormous, out of rule; e out + norma rule: cf. F. ['e]norme. See Normal.] 1.
Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal. ``Enormous bliss.'' -- Milton. ``This enormous state.'' --Shak. ``The hoop's enormous size.'' --Jenyns.

Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. --Milton.

2. Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.

That detestable profession of a life so enormous. --Bale.

Syn: Huge; vast; immoderate; immense; excessive; prodigious; monstrous.

Usage: -- Enormous, Immense, Excessive. We speak of a thing as enormous when it overpasses its ordinary law of existence or far exceeds its proper average or standard, and becomes -- so to speak -- abnormal in its magnitude, degree, etc.; as, a man of enormous strength; a deed of enormous wickedness. Immense expresses somewhat indefinitely an immeasurable quantity or extent. Excessive is applied to what is beyond a just measure or amount, and is always used in an evil; as, enormous size; an enormous crime; an immense expenditure; the expanse of ocean is immense. ``Excessive levity and indulgence are ultimately excessive rigor.'' --V. Knox. ``Complaisance becomes servitude when it is excessive.'' --La Rochefoucauld (Trans).


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.



enormous

adj : extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous

expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous face in human experience; that...civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise" [syn: tremendous]

[Scaper989]

Originally posted by Don
on Jan. 1 we are launching the 3rd version of our website. Among many cosmetic and structural changes will be the addition of a watchfarscape.com link/banner! The details of which still have to be worked out but, rest assured, it is in the works!

:aok: Sounds great Don, thanks!

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

WOW sny! Great job! :aok: :hug2: :signbravo :hugz:
Makes a Scaper proud!!! :D

[sny]

I can't see why no one's given the obvious answer.

Enormous- a normous that's been upgraded for the digital age.

Well, I had $250 (including my own small donation) just sitting here, waiting to go to the military project, and I found the link to the Paypal donations for the military project, so I fired up my credit card and sent it in. And now, I won't have to get cash for a while, either...

Might be some latecomers who will straggle in later with a few bucks. If so, I'll send those along accordingly. So that's, oh, a couple of box sets, easy. And you want to hear something funny? Bet I'm the only Scaper among them. (We're a small, country church. We skew older, for the most part. And the students I teach are still a bit young for it. More the Spongebob Squarepants set.)

Hmm. Who knew an attractive flier could do so much?

Stacie

(Oh, and like usual, the little monkeys got me something too. Why do I waste my breath each year telling them it's really not necessary to get me anything?)

[Twich]

Sny, that is just one of the coolest things I've heard in a long long time. :) That's awesome. It *is* amazing how quickly people are willing to give to this project. It's been one of the things that's amazed me most about this whole campaign. People aren't afraid to step up and do something like this.

There's a thread at the top of every forum. It's called "The funds and how to donate." and it has a button for all the major projects, including the military project. :)


And Grinner, thank you very much for the definition. My question should have been...do you think our response was enormous? I don't. Don and Monty need more than 18 emails.....

Don't ya think?

[harveywhispers]

Only 18? They REALLY need at least a few more emails!

Yay!! I just got my response from Monty!

[Twich]

Guys...I have a secret to tell you. Monty's going on vacation for two weeks. (Or supposed to be.) Don and I were wondering...if we could fill his mailbox maybe? To overflowing? How many mails can Monty get from Scapers in two weeks???? Hm?

That's your assignment. Spread the address far and wide ( www.305services.com ) and we'll see what happens. :lol

[grinner]

Originally posted by Twich

And grinner, thank you very much for the definition. My question should have been...do you think our response was enormous? I don't. Don and Monty need more than 18 emails.....

Don't ya think? you asked for a definition... :g2f::innocent:

[fiona-maria]

Hallo, Don! How very great to see you here. And welcome to a most intriguing community!*laugh*

I am so pleased to read of the 'Scaping of Maguire AFB in furthur detail (not to say that Twich hasn't been doing a fabulous job in that respect, that's not it at all*grin*) from someone in situ.*grin*

This is good, this is good.

O, and I did email Maguire, so I am one of the 20 or so, Twich.*grin*

Happy holidays, and best of everything in the New Year, everyone.*raises her glass*

Fi

[kechara420]

First of all ... Hi Don! :hi: Welcome to the family ... :hugz:

Sent my e-mail off to Monty today. Boy, is he in for a surprise when he gets back to the office ... :D

Sny ... COOL! :aok: Aren't people just amazing sometimes?!?

[sny]

Well, I emailed the other night, and Monty's response was sitting in my email box this morning. I imagine most people did what I did initially. "Sure, I'll click, and boost their hit count, but maybe I had better not email. First, what would I say? And second, aren't they kind of busy? Perhaps I'd better not bother them..."

But what the heck, I figured a small email saying $250 worth of Farscape goodness was on its way somewhere was something to say. Possibly we can have the email server smoking by the time he gets back? (Of course, then they'll never let poor Monty go on vacation again. Ever.)

Stacie

[Twich]

Monty loves mail. He really enjoys hearing from Scapers honestly. And SNY...yes, sharing with them the $250...that will thrill them to no end.

Seriously? No jokes. Scapers are making their days here. Busy...full of work and stress...and they're getting notes of encouragement and thanks from Scapers. And they keep thanking us for all of it. Even the emails. ;)