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Jul 8, 2011 10:44 PM CST
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Name: Toni
Denver Metro (Zone 5a)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Birds Garden Ideas: Master Level Salvias Garden Procrastinator Irises I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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I'm such a dork.

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Jul 8, 2011 11:03 PM CST
Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
Cat Lover Charter ATP Member Keeper of Poultry I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Keeps Horses
Roses Plant Identifier Farmer Raises cows Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
A blue rose and a black kitty! Names?
Porkpal
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Jul 8, 2011 11:57 PM CST
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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
What's woo7?
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Jul 9, 2011 7:48 AM CST
Name: tabby
denver, colorado zone 5
Charter ATP Member Clematis I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cat Lover Plant and/or Seed Trader Sempervivums
Roses Ponds Irises Daylilies Region: Colorado Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Woo7 is kinda like woot. A joyous hoot.

Very dorky Skiekitty!
Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious!
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Jul 9, 2011 9:14 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Toni
Denver Metro (Zone 5a)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Birds Garden Ideas: Master Level Salvias Garden Procrastinator Irises I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Charter ATP Member Xeriscape Region: Colorado Roses Cat Lover The WITWIT Badge
PPal - not my kitty, just an image I found online. And the rose is Blue Bayou, my rose. ;)

Zuzu - Just as Tabby said, w007 is "elite" (1337) talk that is rather oldschool for computer users. 1337 talk is using numbers and symbols to represent words. For instance I'll write a simple sentence in regular characters, then I'll write it again in a mix of 1337 and ASCII characters:

Toni Is A Dork

70|\|1 15 4 |)02|<

In theory, 7 looks like a "t", 5 is like an "S", 2 is close to an "R" and the regular characters are kinda like regular alphabet, but as known as ASCII characters. I used to be able to write and drawn quite nice pictures in ASCII until fonts became standard on all of these, then ASCII kind of went away because it is hard to space the characters all right when they're not all identical in size. For instance, if you were to get a ruler & measure out on the screen, you'd see that a "m" takes up much more space than an "l". Back in the day, they all took 10points of space, didn't matter if it was an "m" or an "l". Think of a dot matrix printer versus a laser printer and using Times New Roman versus Courier.

When I was much younger (college), ASCII was all the rage (kinda like elementary kids & pig latin, but teachers could understand pig latin). So if you could read/write in ASCII, you were da bomb. LOL Writing everything in ASCII took time and suddenly more high-tech computer geeks came on the scene on IRC (the precursor of our chat rooms.. I was on IRC & IRC ii, what we know as IM and Yahoo Chatrooms are an example of IRC 3 (IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat)), they were writing programs that would translate your normal written sentences into ASCII or 1337 and it because passe'. Thus, no one uses it any more. It's more of a standing joke on a forum I used to haunt in the mid 2000s 'cuz if you hit the "!" button and hold it and get distracted, you'll drop the "shift" button and, thus, instead of doing a bunch of !! points, your sentence could look like this:

w007!!!!!!!!!111!!!1111

and then it became expanded to include the word "eleventyone". Not really sure who exactly coined that phrase, but it took everything by storm by Dec 2004 and died by June 2005. Only old timers used eleventyone (although you see it every once in a while on icanhascheezburger.com) But the phrase eleventyone was to mean extremely super excited to the point of peeing in your pants type excitement.

Like I said, I'm a dork.
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Jul 9, 2011 1:51 PM CST
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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
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Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
Thanks, Toni. Fascinating explanation. I get it.
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Jul 9, 2011 9:35 PM CST
Name: Carey
Austin, TX (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Region: Texas Dog Lover Container Gardener Tropicals Roses
Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Plumerias Orchids Plant and/or Seed Trader Butterflies Garden Ideas: Level 2
When did roses become technobabble? I likes it! It is teh awesome! Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing
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Jul 9, 2011 11:15 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Toni
Denver Metro (Zone 5a)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Birds Garden Ideas: Master Level Salvias Garden Procrastinator Irises I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Charter ATP Member Xeriscape Region: Colorado Roses Cat Lover The WITWIT Badge
Carey - it became technobabble the second I walked in through the door. I specialize in dorkisms, technobabble, and other stuff that is incomprehensible to normal human beings. Weird is my forte'. Big Grin
Roses are one of my passions! Just opened, my Etsy shop (to fund my rose hobby)! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tweet...
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Jul 10, 2011 12:32 AM CST
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Name: Suzanne/Sue
Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a)
Sunset Zone 15
Plant Database Moderator Region: California Cottage Gardener Garden Photography Roses Clematis
Daylilies Houseplants Foliage Fan Birds Butterflies Bee Lover
I am so glad you are here Toni!!!!11!!11 Rolling on the floor laughing
(and sometimes icanhascheezburger.com makes me pee my pants, but I'm old) Hilarious!
My gardening Blog!
Handmade quilts, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage
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Jul 10, 2011 5:02 AM CST
Name: Dahlianut
Calgary, AB Zone 3a
NE Alumni
Garden Ideas: Level 2 Charter ATP Member Seed Starter Region: Canadian Irises Daylilies
Lilies Bulbs Garden Art Birds Hummingbirder Region: Northeast US
Here you be. Luvly new forum Smiling
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Jul 10, 2011 5:19 AM CST
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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
Region: Ukraine Charter ATP Member Region: California Cat Lover Roses Clematis
Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Sages Plant Database Moderator Garden Ideas: Master Level
Hey, Lady. Good to see you. Hope you'll be a frequent visitor.

You caught me just as I was toddling off to bed. I usually stay up until 5:00, but I'm a little tired tonight and am ready to retire an hour earlier than usual.
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Jul 10, 2011 9:59 AM CST
Name: Carey
Austin, TX (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Region: Texas Dog Lover Container Gardener Tropicals Roses
Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Plumerias Orchids Plant and/or Seed Trader Butterflies Garden Ideas: Level 2
I'm very excited to be here. I think I'll even have seven roses make it through the summer (out of 12. Guess I need to find some winter-shipped roses). Sad
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