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Alternatively, <a href="?node=All%20Quests">All Quests</a> includes those which are no longer (or not yet) active. </p>   <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr class="section_title" width="100%" border="1"> <td class="section_title" width="100%"> Quests </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tr width="100%" class="highlight"><td> <a href="?node_id=11157911">Wall of Larry Quest</a><br /> Starts at: Feb 26, 2024 at 05:00<br /> Ends at: Dec 31, 2024 at 04:59<br /> Current Status: Active </td> <td valign="top"> <a href="?node_id=11157911">2 replies</a> </td> <td valign="top"> by <a href="?node_id=170442">jdporter</a> </td> </tr> <tr><td> <ul><p> By now you've all seen <b><a href="?node_id=153">The St. Larry Wall Shrine</a></b>. Well, it could use a fresh coat of gold leaf and shellac. Therefore, we are soliciting Larry-related items to be placed on the shrine. Links to offsite content are good; or if you have small bits of content, such as quotes, you'd like to contribute, that's fine too. Please reply to this Quest with your humble offerings. Thank you! And may St. Larry <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/bless.html">bless</a> your codings and your debuggings. </p></ul> </td></tr> <tr width="100%" class="highlight"><td> <a href="?node_id=11156525">poll ideas quest 2024</a><br /> Starts at: Jan 01, 2024 at 00:00<br /> Ends at: Dec 31, 2024 at 23:59<br /> Current Status: Active </td> <td valign="top"> <a href="?node_id=11156525">6 replies</a> </td> <td valign="top"> by <a href="?node_id=275323">pollsters</a> </td> </tr> <tr><td> <ul>First, read <a href="?node=How%20do%20I%20create%20a%20Poll%3F">How do I create a Poll?</a>. Then suggest your poll here. 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It updates <a href="?node_id=596792">last hour of cb</a> and helps me join a discussion </label><br /><label><input type="radio" name="vote" value="1" />The! Worst! Thing! Ever! It always ignores my self-upvotes for <a href="?node_id=11155739">cb stats</a>!!?! </label><br /><label><input type="radio" name="vote" value="2" />Somewhat useful in settling debates with coin flips and dice rolls </label><br /><label><input type="radio" name="vote" value="3" /><a href="?node=Chatterbot">Chatterbot</a>? Nobody told me about it! </label><br /><label><input type="radio" name="vote" value="4" />Not my cup of tea. I do not do that live chat thingie...</label><br /><input type="submit" value="Vote" /></p></form><p><a href="?node_id=11162559">Results (53 votes)</a>. 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