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  • #46
    The first book with full view that comes up is...

    The Foundations of English Bankruptcy.

    That can't be good.
    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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    • #47
      12 hits on my surname, current spelling (my grandfather changed it).
      283 results using the original spelling.
      Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
      RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

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      • #48
        Interesting. It appears that the additions to the full book view have slowed down. Now there are 713 full books available for download containing my last name. This compares to 642 in March and 198 in August last year.
        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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        • #49
          36 books with both my first & last name.

          I'm blessed because someone with my name is a computer-wonk author and another is a Lord High Muckimuck in the AFL-CIO; there were multiple entries for both.

          No mention of me, though.
          Last edited by Zkribbler; September 7, 2007, 14:11.

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          • #50
            279 with my last name.
            5 with my first and last name.
            0 with my exact name.

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            • #51
              At first I thought Asher was back :bettercry:

              JM
              Jon Miller-
              I AM.CANADIAN
              GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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              • #52
                It's funny, I've found frequently that some of the best literature doesn't contain my name at all, nor that of any Apolytoner known to me.

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                • #53
                  Originally posted by Jon Miller
                  At first I thought Asher was back :bettercry:

                  JM
                  me too

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                  • #54
                    Where did Asher go?
                    Voluntary Human Extinction Movement http://www.vhemt.org/

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                    • #55
                      To Hell.
                      Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                      "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                      He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                      • #56
                        but he's back!

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                        • #57
                          He is?
                          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                          • #58
                            yeah, came back today?

                            JM
                            Jon Miller-
                            I AM.CANADIAN
                            GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by DanS
                              Interesting. It appears that the additions to the full book view have slowed down. Now there are 713 full books available for download containing my last name. This compares to 642 in March and 198 in August last year.
                              Another year later, there are 939 full books available for download containing my last name. Apparently, the pace of additions is slowing dramatically.
                              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                              • #60
                                Or they realized your last name sucked.
                                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                                Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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