Bar & Grill

[MacHeadCase]

Yeah Stretch let us know how it tastes and if it has any lasting effects.....



Any psychotropic effects...

[iKitten]

OOoooh, I want a slice of pineapple upside-down cake! :drool:

[MacHeadCase]

Went out for lunch.

The grocery store.

A 4 hour nap, yeah!!

Sittin' in the recliner.

Watching Rambo on Blu-Ray in 1080p and DTS HD.

Got me a pineapple upside down cake in the oven.

Ahh, a Saturday night. :coolthumbup:

Yeah I want some too. Pineapple is the awesomest fruit evaaaaar. :w00t:

[MaDDoG]

Bob - I'll be right over. Love Pinapple upside down cake.....and Rambo.

Is Blu ray worth it? I have a good DVD player and Pioeer plasma but it does not support 1080p ..... only 1080i

[MacHeadCase]

We have the Samsung BDP1400 (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=900924). Images are stunning. Bought it about a year and a half ago.

[MaDDoG]

I went to buy one but the guy at the store talked me out of it as my 43" Pioneer plasma tv was only 1080i

[MacHeadCase]

Yeah but you could always get another TV or cchange the one you're using at the moment. Your DVD player would be able to follow the upgrade then.

[MaDDoG]

What another $4500 for a new plasma.......? then $800 for a blu ray player ?

[iKitten]

Heck yeah! It's only money. :huh:

Btw, how long DOES it take to charge a Nano??? I've had this sucker plugged in for hours! ... oh wait, the little icon is now a plug instead of a lightning bolt. :blush:

[MacHeadCase]

What another $4500 for a new plasma.......? then $800 for a blu ray player ?

Nope that BluRay we got it for $350 taxes included. Prices have gone way down. Well here they did anyhow.

[bobtomay]

MMMMMMMMM, Oh My God,

This is some good stuff!!!

If you guys want some you better get here quick, it ain't a gonna last long.

Blu-Ray? That'll have to wait. Can't ya see my mouth is full right now?

[MacHeadCase]

AHAHAHAHHAHHAHA :lol:

Besides you don't want sticky DVDs in there now do you? :w00t:

[iKitten]

Oooh, torture! My mouth is SERIOUSLY watering. I may have to go look up the recipe and see if I've got the ingredients. :glare:

[MaDDoG]

$579 - $630 here when I look it up. Maybe you have had blu ray longer over there so the market has come down with demand?

[MacHeadCase]

Jeez I dunno. All I know is that we bought it like 18 months ago.

[MaDDoG]

Bob you like westerns right? One of my faves is Silverado. You got that one?

[ogacon]

Blaarghnhhhhhhh! Ughhummmfda. Got back today from camp... stremely tired. Now tomorrow I get to leave at 7 15 am to go to Chicago for a mission trip for a week. Then once I get back I go back to camp. Such a busy summer! But it's so much fun so far, hope you are all enjoying your summer.

[MacHeadCase]

Glad you're enjoying your summer so far, ogacon! :coolthumbup:

[ogacon]

Forgot to mention... on the way home we ran into some grass fires. Pretty intense, right off the side of the road. We couldn't see very far in front of our car, maybe 6 feet in some parts, the rest were low visibility areas. Once we looked back at the smoke it looked like a large cloud. About a 2-3 mile span of grass fires. Many firetrucks from different cities brought in from as far as 30 minutes away.
http://cmsimg.sctimes.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DR&Date=20080621&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=106210046&Ref=AR&MaxW=318&Border=0
that picture is just part of what it looked like... most spots were thicker smoke than that when I drove through.

[MacHeadCase]

Has there been a drought in that region?

[ogacon]

Actually, that is what is odd. It has only been a few days since rain. It rained for about 2 weeks straight up here, maybe 2-3 nights during those weeks where it didn't rain before now.

[MacHeadCase]

That is pretty weird! Lightening struck maybe? Or perhaps the fire was started by humans.

[bobtomay]

MD, Got it on regular DVD.

Blu-Ray is a tuff question as to whether it's worth it or not. And I would say very individualized based on the cost for the TV, the player and the disks. It's not a small investment.

Regular DVD's look remarkably good up-converted.
However, even after having an HD-DVD/Blu-Ray set up for over a year now, everytime we put in a Blu-Ray or an HD-DVD disk, one of us remarks at how good the picture quality is.

Think I only have 4 DVD's that I have replaced with HD or Blu to compare the upconvert vs the real thing. Have the Errol Flynn / Olivia DeHaviland: The Adventures of Robin Hood (and gotta say, for a movie made in 1938; this one is just flat out amazing on HD-DVD); Blazing Saddles; John Wayne's 'The Searchers and National Treasure.

In a head to head comparison, the picture is definitely superior in HD. Not nearly enough superior to make me want to replace my existing library of DVD's. While I do have a couple of expensive hobbies in computers and my entertainment systems; I am not rich. So, it is also not enough difference to cause me to purchase only the HD version vs a standard DVD at a $10 or more premium. Don't believe I've seen a movie that I'd pay $30 - $40 for.

Luckily we have Amazon here and a lot of the HD/Blu releases can be had for only a $2-4 premium over a standard DVD. At that price point it becomes worth it to me. And Amazon has a lot of sales. I have maybe 75 HD/B-R DVD's now. My best guess: the average price I have paid is under $15. At that price, for me, they become very worthwhile.

MD, you can always do what I did for my first B-R player - get a PS3. The price is right, and it will hold it's value better than a stand alone. It is also a very highly rated B-R player. It's a hassle on the remote side, but worth it.

[ogacon]

Nah, it was pretty sunny today. I think it was a train, several passed by and may have caused a spark. They stopped the rest of the train traffic as well. We saw two trains stopped later down the road. Lots of crops and trees burned though... I feel bad for the farmers' whose crops are burned.

[bobtomay]

And for those that may be wondering and have the patience to wait:

the second piece after it cools down, is definitely even better than the piece while it is still warm.


Ogacon, sounds like you're having a great summer.

[Brown Study]

NI think it was a train, several passed by and may have caused a spark.

Yeah. It was a train that caused a bunch of sparks. I got a shot of it.

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/5960/prairiefirezt2.th.jpg (http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=prairiefirezt2.jpg)

[MaDDoG]

MD, Got it on regular DVD.

Blu-Ray is a tuff question as to whether it's worth it or not. And I would say very individualized based on the cost for the TV, the player and the disks. It's not a small investment.

Regular DVD's look remarkably good up-converted.
However, even after having an HD-DVD/Blu-Ray set up for over a year now, everytime we put in a Blu-Ray or an HD-DVD disk, one of us remarks at how good the picture quality is.

Think I only have 4 DVD's that I have replaced with HD or Blu to compare the upconvert vs the real thing. Have the Errol Flynn / Olivia DeHaviland: The Adventures of Robin Hood (and gotta say, for a movie made in 1938; this one is just flat out amazing on HD-DVD); Blazing Saddles; John Wayne's 'The Searchers and National Treasure.

In a head to head comparison, the picture is definitely superior in HD. Not nearly enough superior to make me want to replace my existing library of DVD's. While I do have a couple of expensive hobbies in computers and my entertainment systems; I am not rich. So, it is also not enough difference to cause me to purchase only the HD version vs a standard DVD at a $10 or more premium. Don't believe I've seen a movie that I'd pay $30 - $40 for.

Luckily we have Amazon here and a lot of the HD/Blu releases can be had for only a $2-4 premium over a standard DVD. At that price point it becomes worth it to me. And Amazon has a lot of sales. I have maybe 75 HD/B-R DVD's now. My best guess: the average price I have paid is under $15. At that price, for me, they become very worthwhile.

MD, you can always do what I did for my first B-R player - get a PS3. The price is right, and it will hold it's value better than a stand alone. It is also a very highly rated B-R player. It's a hassle on the remote side, but worth it.

Thanks Bob. I bought the Pioneer plasma nearly 5 years ago and even today it has one of the best pictures I have seen of any TV. The 50" Pioneer Kuros I would like to replace it with is more than $7k but is rated as the best on the market. Maybe I will see what my tax gives me at end in financial year.
But then I will want to upgrade the Onkyo receiver and get a blu ray player as well. I see Pioneer are about to release a very nice blu ray player. Oh decisions decisions.......:confused:

[bobtomay]

Pioneer makes some good stuff. So does Panasonic on the Plasma and LCD front. Still up there in $$, but not quite as expensive as the Pioneer. Doubt you could tell the diff once you got it in your home.

Put the Onkyo 705 in the LR set up for it's HD capabilities. It's a nice sounding receiver, and good enough for movie viewing. You want to make sure you look at the # of HDMI inputs on a receiver. Have 3 on this one and that's not enough. But between it and the TV, I have 5 available for different devices. The only thing that you'll want to make sure goes to the receiver via HDMI will be your B-R player. Not another cable will carry DTS HD or Dolby True-HD.

If you can wait it out for a Blu-Ray, I would. All of 'em should be coming out with 2.0 players this summer. Right now the PS3 is the only 2.0 player and Panasonic currently has the best player (unless it's changed in the last couple of months, don't stay right on top of everything once I've done my upgrades).

[MaDDoG]

HDMI is the biggest problem with the Pioneer I have - only one port. The DVD player has none and the Onkyo receiver none. My equipment is about 8 years old now and the TV 5. Time for a major upgrade. I see one of the local stores is selling stuff no deposit no payments until 2010.
Now what to do wit the old bits? I still have the previous one in the garage powering my out door system.

[MacHeadCase]

And for those that may be wondering and have the patience to wait:

the second piece after it cools down, is definitely even better than the piece while it is still warm.


Ogacon, sounds like you're having a great summer.

Ohhh I guess I'm too late for that piece then.

[bobtomay]

HDMI is the biggest problem with the Pioneer I have - only one port. The DVD player has none and the Onkyo receiver none. My equipment is about 8 years old now and the TV 5. Time for a major upgrade. I see one of the local stores is selling stuff no deposit no payments until 2010.
Now what to do wit the old bits? I still have the previous one in the garage powering my out door system.

The old equipment is a tuff one. You can try to sell it off, or... Just sit on it until you find a deserving someone that could use it, would appreciate it, but just can't purchase this type of stuff to give it to. The old junk to us, is an extravagance for some.

[MacHeadCase]

Get a good popcorn maker. That's essential for a DVD player and a good TV. You can never have too much of pop corn. :biggrin:

[iKitten]

Mmm, popcorn is an institution in my family!

[Tanner31593]

HELLLLOOOOO EVERYONE!
I don't really know what to say, today has been BORING.
Cleaning.

My dad was REALLY making me angry today.
See, we all have Sony W580i's, and NOBODY read the directions but me.
It's a complicated phone!
My parents, coming from 5 year old Nextels, and my brothers never even having phones before, there are a lot of new features my parents have no idea about.
My mom's pretty good with her blackberry, but the rest of my family always comes to me asking me "How do i do this?" "What does THAT mean?"
all of that.
I hate that.
How do I know how to do that stuff?
I READ THE DIRECTIONS!
It's not like I was just bornwith all of that in my brain, I taught myself.
So I tell them....you NEED to read the directions.
If they don't understand or something, i'll help them, as long as they've read the directions.

They all have memory cards except me (so not fair!), so they're all off loading their music and pictures and the like. Nobody has any problems but my dad.
Nobody has a PC except my dad and my mom, so maybe that's why.
He asked me how to transfer music, I said look in the directions.
I don't have a memory card, i've never transferred music before, but i KNOW it says it word for word in the dang book.

He was getting FURIOUS!
IT DOESN'T SAY HOW IN THE DAMN DIRECTIONS, YOU OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T READ THEM BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY! I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THE DIRECTIONS!
Then he threw the instructions at me and told me to find it.
Scratched the lens on my glasses.
I wasn't about to find it for him.
It CLEARLY says, page 52, clear as day, black and white.
Honestly, it's plug and play, how can it be so hard?!
I don't copy music to his phone for him and suddenly i'm stupid, lazy, useless, worthless, and I get it all from my moms side.
Then asks me again like 10 minutes later how to do it.

IT'S NOT EVEN HARD!
I have NO IDEA why he couldn't do it himself, I don't even think he tried to even think about it.

I could go on and on and on and on, but I won't.


I'm SO EXCITED to see my half sister tomorrow!
It's been more than THREE MONTHS!
I CANNOT FREAKIN WAIT.
I'm gonna finish cleaning.


GOODNIGHT EVERYONE!

HAVE
AN
AMAZING, SUPER, FANTASTIC, AWESOME, and all those other colorful adjectives SUNDAY!

[MaDDoG]

The old equipment is a tuff one. You can try to sell it off, or... Just sit on it until you find a deserving someone that could use it, would appreciate it, but just can't purchase this type of stuff to give it to. The old junk to us, is an extravagance for some.

Good idea Bob. When I get around to some equipment will take the old stuff to Red Cross or Brotherhood of St Lawrence so that some one else can enjoy as I have done.

[Mac0sXuser]

comment has been removed :)

[MaDDoG]

comment has been removed :)

Thats cool.....:biggrin:

I just wondered why you would post it if you worried you might get banned for it. We all have a right to say and do whatever we think as long as it does not adversely affect others, and from that point of view I have my comment has not affected you or your views.

I have a pretty thick skin and it would take a lot worse than that to worry me.

[MaDDoG]

On a sadder note - one of Australia's best cricket players wife died today form cancer.

It is sad for us as she has the same cancer as my wife and been fighting the good fight for almost as long. It has been a touch over 11 years for us and my wife is now 47.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23903586-421,00.html

[Mac0sXuser]

Thats cool.....:biggrin:

I just wondered why you would post it if you worried you might get banned for it. We all have a right to say and do whatever we think as long as it does not adversely affect others, and from that point of view I have my comment has not affected you or your views.

I have a pretty thick skin and it would take a lot worse than that to worry me.

My post got removed from the other place and I received an infraction. Needless to say I am not going back.

On a sadder note - one of Australia's best cricket players wife died today form cancer.

It is sad for us as she has the same cancer as my wife and been fighting the good fight for almost as long. It has been a touch over 11 years for us and my wife is now 47.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23903586-421,00.html
I'm very sorry to hear that MaDDoG. Cancer is a terrible illness

[Stretch]

I'm back. The skittles vodka was a hit. It was the best thing ever. I'm gonna have to get 5L of vodka next time, so I can make all 5 flavors of the rainbow. Everybody loved it. Even the people that didn't like vodka loved it.

[MacHeadCase]

I'm back. The skittles vodka was a hit. It was the best thing ever. I'm gonna have to get 5L of vodka next time, so I can make all 5 flavors of the rainbow. Everybody loved it. Even the people that didn't like vodka loved it.


No hangover? :O

[Stretch]

nope, i was plastered, but when i woke up i drank alot of water and ate some, so im good now.

[iKitten]

...
My mom's pretty good with her blackberry, but the rest of my family always comes to me asking me "How do i do this?" "What does THAT mean?"
all of that.
I hate that.
How do I know how to do that stuff?
I READ THE DIRECTIONS!
It's not like I was just bornwith all of that in my brain, I taught myself.
...


I've experienced that with people at work, in college, in choirs and many other places in life as well as parentally. "Oh, but you're good at it!" Um, yeah, because I READ or PRACTICED or PAID ATTENTION. Just remember you are never responsible for anyone else's mental lethargy!

HAVE
AN
AMAZING, SUPER, FANTASTIC, AWESOME, and all those other colorful adjectives SUNDAY!
Thanks, I will! Hope you do, too. :coolthumbup:

Glad the skittle vodka went over well, stretch! Makes me wish I could try some.

[mathogre]

This is a drive-by mathogre message:

Busy day today. Won't be on much until tonight. Weather is fine. Just grilled some pork chops for a main meal, and am enjoying a cuppa joe.

Stretch: Glad the vodka went well!

iKitten: Wonderful thoughts on responsibility. ^_^

MHC: I'll respond later. ^_^

MD: I didn't know about your wife. May she do well. That's too bad abou Jane McGrath. 42 is way too young to go. (v_v) Funny some of the photos of her from the link were from the Ashes. The '07 Ashes was the first crickett match I'd ever watched. Bro-in-law has satellite tv, and was watching it while we visited them.

Gotta go for now. See you later!

[MacHeadCase]

Have a great afternoon MO!

[MaDDoG]

So starts another week. Huge meeting first thing this morning and I am convener. Might do it as a phone hookup. I'll stay home and they can ring me from the office:biggrin:

[MacHeadCase]

IRC now you!



:w00t:

[iKitten]

Oooh, I made pasta primavera tonight and ate too much!

[MaDDoG]

Oh what a crappy day. Thankfully it is nearly over and tomorrow is another day.

I was here no one else was so I left again.:confused:

[MaDDoG]

Oh no. :O Still no one here....:scared: And its dark outside now. What should I do? Who will notice if I'm no longer here? :sad:

[Sherman Homan]

Oh no. :O Still no one here....:scared: And its dark outside now. What should I do? Who will notice if I'm no longer here? :sad:

If a mouse clicks in Australia and there is no one on line does it make a sound?!

[MaDDoG]

If a mouse clicks in Australia and there is no one on line does it make a sound?!
SSHHHHHHH I can here someone coming:unsure:

[Tanner31593]

Okay-

The whole skittles and vodka thing makes me LOL.
I won't have any idea what it tastes like for another 6 years, i'm not THAT excited, but it's just funny.

IMAGINE! IF SKITTLES AND VODKA TASTES SO GOOD, THIS COULD OPEN A WHOLE NEW DOOR OF VODKA MIXING!

SHOCK TARTS!
STARBURSTS!
BOTTLE CAPS!
HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE BARS!

LOL.

I'm off to drivers training.
Only class today.
BOOOOOOORINGGGGGG.


I seem to be the only one who reads the book for homework like we're supposed to, which is weird. I mean, it's summer, what ELSE do people have to do?

[iKitten]

Have a lot to do today. Up earlier than usual (though online about the same time). At least my nerves are starting to settle over the trip and parties!


You sound quite conscientious there, Tanner. A model citizen in the making (that's intended to be a compliment, btw!) :)

[Ryan]

Okay-

The whole skittles and vodka thing makes me LOL.
I won't have any idea what it tastes like for another 6 years, i'm not THAT excited, but it's just funny.

IMAGINE! IF SKITTLES AND VODKA TASTES SO GOOD, THIS COULD OPEN A WHOLE NEW DOOR OF VODKA MIXING!

SHOCK TARTS!
STARBURSTS!
BOTTLE CAPS!
HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE BARS!

LOL.

I'm off to drivers training.
Only class today.
BOOOOOOORINGGGGGG.


I seem to be the only one who reads the book for homework like we're supposed to, which is weird. I mean, it's summer, what ELSE do people have to do?


Ugh, I hated the class part:thumbdown:, the driving was fun though! :coolthumbup:

[Mac0sXuser]

It's weird how much Reggae I have been listening to lately.

[MacHeadCase]

It's summer music! :w00t:

[iRye]

I haven't been very active in the forums lately! I've been taking a break from this kind of stuff.

Schoool's out on Wednesday!

[MaDDoG]

I haven't been very active in the forums lately! I've been taking a break from this kind of stuff.

Schoool's out on Wednesday!

Then we expect to see a little more iRye content......(tapping foot)

[Mac0sXuser]

I'm wrestling with buying an ipod touch. I have a ton of music and am tired of hauling my laptop everywhere and having burned CD's litter my car

[MaDDoG]

I'm wrestling with buying an ipod touch. I have a ton of music and am tired of hauling my laptop everywhere and having burned CD's litter my car

You could leave your laptop at home and clean up your car :lol:

[Mac0sXuser]

You could leave your laptop at home and clean up your car :lol:

:biggrin: I could. But then I would have no music. The radio stations here are pretty boring. You can only hear so much hawaiian

[iRye]

I love mine to death. Once you go touch you don't go back. *confused look while attempting to operate a 3G nano*

At 1 PM tomorrow, buy a hat and hold on to it. Because I will post. My fingers will tap the keys and I will click POST!

[Mac0sXuser]

I bought IT! 8 GB is more than enough! Love it. I dont understand how costco is cheaper than Apple.com

[Mac0sXuser]

Hey MHC thanks for doing your photo site in iPod Format. So much easier. :biggrin:

[MacHeadCase]

I bought IT! 8 GB is more than enough! Love it. I dont understand how costco is cheaper than Apple.com

Whoah! Somehow I missed that! :blink:

Congrats man! Like it?


Hey MHC thanks for doing your photo site in iPod Format. So much easier. :biggrin:

Ok. :tongue:

[Mac0sXuser]

I wish I had purchased this instead of my laptop last year. I'm on it right now. This is the coolest thing I have ever owned.

[MacBookMaster]

yeah! are you planning on jailbreaking it? that is when it gets real fun! mess around with SSH and stuff! and if you do screw it up, just restore it in iTunes. its imposible to break! and i like the fact that the screen is really scratch resistant. they are great! and so is costco! if only they carried apple computers....:lol:

[iRye]

I never shop at costco, I need a registration card :P

[Mac0sXuser]

I am not sure if I will jailbreak it. If it isnt broken dont fix it. Plus I am a little too scared to mess it up after a $280 price tag :O

costco is so worth it out here. $40 for a card that gives you discounts on gas thats cheaper than anywhere else. It's almost payed for itself.

[Tanner31593]

Greetings everyone, it's been a while!
So, my half sister left today.
We did a lot of stuff.
Now I should be back on regularly.

[iKitten]

Welcome back, Tanner. Sounds like you had a good visit with your sister.

I've made it safely to NYC. Going north of here tomorrow, where the in-law party occurs this weekend.

[Stretch]

My cell phone is just about dead. It hardly holds a charge anymore, and on top of it being a Razr, I really want it gone.

I went to verizon today to check on prices for a replacement. Its $80 to get a new battery and the cheapest phone I could get is $200. I wanted the LG Env2, and that is $390.

Cell phones are such a ripoff.

[iRye]

You know you want too, you can play Tap Tap Revolution! :D

[Tanner31593]

My cell phone is just about dead. It hardly holds a charge anymore, and on top of it being a Razr, I really want it gone.

I went to verizon today to check on prices for a replacement. Its $80 to get a new battery and the cheapest phone I could get is $200. I wanted the LG Env2, and that is $390.

Cell phones are such a ripoff.

I've noticed Verizon phones are pretty gosh darn expensive!

That's why we have AT&T and love it!
We only paid $130 for 5 phones, one was a blackberry!

Yay for good deals!

$80 for a new battery?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!

Why don't you just like buy one from ebay or radio shack or something?

I'm assuming you don't want to extend your contract right?

[Stretch]

Yeah, I'd rather not extend my contract. I might see what I can get on ebay.

[iKitten]

Hey Stretch, you could check out HowardForums' (http://www.howardforums.com/index.php?) non-gsm Buy/Sell/Trade.

[Tanner31593]

I'm a member on that forum!
Haven't been there in a while.
lol.
Only need it for cell help.
Actually, my phone stopped alerting me for a new text, instead it just shows the little envelope on the top. It would ring, but it doesn't say "One new text" it would just go back to normal.
Maybe i'll be there soon...

[Mac0sXuser]

My cell phone is just about dead. It hardly holds a charge anymore, and on top of it being a Razr, I really want it gone.

I went to verizon today to check on prices for a replacement. Its $80 to get a new battery and the cheapest phone I could get is $200. I wanted the LG Env2, and that is $390.

Cell phones are such a ripoff.

I hear ya. The moment you fork out $400 for one it's been replaced by something newer. And if you want it fixed it's usually more than it's worth. I'll stick with the old stuff. The brick :biggrin:

[BlueBell]

Gotta love bricks...whether referring to cell phones or people. :P

Ugh, I ate too much. That fettucini alfredo really fills you up quick. :o

[Tanner31593]

I let my sister borrow my S5.
I'm pretty sure nothing will happen to it.

Today I took the written part of my drivers test.
SO EASY.
Then I got all my hair buzzed off.

[mathogre]

Welcome back Tanner! Hope your visit with your sister was fun. It's good of you to let her borrow your camera (?). Congrats on the test, and keep cool with the buzz cut. ^_^

[cwa107]

< bellies up to the bar and grabs a seat next to a few sorely missed friends.

[Tanner31593]

I wonder what it'll be like sleeping NORMAL hours.
With that being said, it's only 1:07am, and i'm gonna say
"GOODNIGHT, AND HAVE A PLEASANT TOMORROW!"


I'm positive SOMEONE will know where that quote comes from!

Now that I got my hair all buzzed off, I have to actually start shaving regularly which is a HUGE PAIN!
UGH!
I planned on maybe shaving like once a week since I don't see anybody, but have you ever seen someone with a buzz cut and a beard?!
It looks ridiculous!


NIGHT!

EDIT:
Can anyone tell me how I change that thing above the user rank button, the thing that says "Member" for me.
Free skittles for anyone who does.
S to the KITTLERS.

[MaDDoG]

I think it was when you first signed up. I haven't been able to find it for you otherwise Tanner. GrrrrWooof

[MacHeadCase]

< bellies up to the bar and grabs a seat next to a few sorely missed friends.

Here, have a cappuccino, man. Too early in these parts for beer.

[MacHeadCase]

*Snip*

EDIT:
Can anyone tell me how I change that thing above the user rank button, the thing that says "Member" for me.
Free skittles for anyone who does.
S to the KITTLERS.

Well the skin is incompatible with the board software upgrade so a lot of things are messed up and that seems to be one of them. Sorry. Should all be fixed by mid-July or something.

[MaDDoG]

I think you can have a skittle MHC for that.

[MacHeadCase]

You can have it, I know you'll love it! :tongue:

[MaDDoG]

Can I put it in Vodka????

[bobtomay]

I say:

Go For It

Have a pack of Wild Berry skittles sittin' here you can use.

[MaDDoG]

oooh Wild Berries......and Vodka........
Hey Bob, is that a 10 gallon hat or are you just gald to be postin?

Oh and due to some ppl being annoyed at moving avatars I put mine to sleep

[iKitten]

Can I put it in Vodka???? :laugh:

< bellies up to the bar and grabs a seat next to a few sorely missed friends.
We missed you, too! Initially I felt kind of like a refugee over here, but's nice and comfy now. (Other than the times when the site won't load?!)

[MaDDoG]

Night all. I'm off to the land of nod. It's been a long day of restore the Mac and I'm feeling a little less than fresh. I'll just leave SuperDuper doing its duperist. Its a bit slow though. zzzzzzzz snort zzzzzzz.

[MacHeadCase]

Sleep well machine-gun-posting guy you! :tongue:

[MacHeadCase]

Well, I'll be off for a job interview in a just a wee bit... We'll see how it goes. :)

[Sherman Homan]

Well, I'll be off for a job interview in a just a wee bit... We'll see how it goes. :)

Best of luck with that!
:coolthumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Thank you muchly mister Homan! :)

[mathogre]

Well, I'll be off for a job interview in a just a wee bit... We'll see how it goes. :)

Best of luck MHC! :coolthumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Thanks MO. A job would be welcome right now. ;)

[cwa107]

Well, I'll be off for a job interview in a just a wee bit... We'll see how it goes. :)

Good luck, MHC!

[MacHeadCase]

Thanks cwa! It's a for freelance position so it will be a "while something better comes along" deal. At least some money will be coming in once in a while.

[iKitten]

They'd be crazy not to hire you! :)

[iRye]

Indeed, you definitely should get the job! Good luck!

[MacHeadCase]

Thanks guys!

Ok so they're gonna make me come in for a regular workday next Wednesday. After the day's work is done, they're going to analyse my day's work using certain criteria. If they find I have potential in fitting in their philosophy, I'd be good for the entire summer with possibility of continuing past that, according to what contracts are coming in.

So all in all I would say it's looking ok. :)

[mathogre]

W00t MHC!!!!! Super news. Congratulations!!!! :thumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Thanks. I'm gonna buy a Mercedes in a couple of weeks. :biggrin:



Kidding. But if they keep me and I'm still going strong come next fall and the road looks like gonna stretch even more, we'll be looking into getting an iMac to replace the aging iBook we have, maybe go with two iMacs if we're very confident. The G5 looks like it will be dropped by Snow Leopard so...

The iBook we'd keep with just a minimal OS on it to download the day's photos on camping trips and review them.

[mathogre]

Thanks. I'm gonna buy a Mercedes in a couple of weeks. :biggrin:



Kidding. But if they keep me and I'm still going strong come next fall and the road looks like gonna stretch even more, we'll be looking into getting an iMac to replace the aging iBook we have, maybe go with two iMacs if we're very confident. The G5 looks like it will be dropped by Snow Leopard so...

The iBook we'd keep with just a minimal OS on it to download the day's photos on camping trips and review them.

You can do more with a Mac than with a Merc. :tongue:

[MacHeadCase]

You betcha! I don't even know how to drive! :w00t:

[Stretch]

Congrats MHC. Hope everything goes well for you!

[MacHeadCase]

Congrats MHC. Hope everything goes well for you!


Thanks, big guy! I've got my fingers crossed! :coolthumbup:

[Tanner31593]

Drivers training is FINALLY DONE!

If my partner doesn't get a facebook, like I told her she should, I will bug her to no end until she does.
I don't know her phone number, but WE DROVE TO HER HOUSE ON OUR DRIVE TIME, I KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES!
Actually, I can't really remember...

I have to go down to the secretary of state (Bleh), and then by November I have to complete (bleh) and log (bleh) 50 driving hours (bleh), 10 of which are at night (bleh).

50 hours seems like a long time, considering I don't plan on going on any road trips!

50 hours seems like a long time, CONSIDERING GAS IS $4.15 A GALLON! I WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE ANYMORE, BECAUSE IT'LL COST MANY ARMS AND LEGS TO GO ANYWHERE!

Oh, and I'll have to borrow a relatives car for my road test, because reading the list, none of our will pass the inspection.
Horn doesn't work on the car.
Windshield is cracked on the van, and one door gets stuck.
All the other cars have bad transmissions.
They all are chryslers too. COINCIDENCE?! According to my dad, no.

I say that in a positive way because my relatives have nice cars.

[MaDDoG]

Sleep well machine-gun-posting guy you! :tongue:

And what is your post count??? mmmmmm?:rasberry:

Good luck with the job interview. Just tell you know me:biggrin:

[iKitten]

Thanks guys!

Ok so they're gonna make me come in for a regular workday next Wednesday. After the day's work is done, they're going to analyse my day's work using certain criteria. If they find I have potential in fitting in their philosophy, I'd be good for the entire summer with possibility of continuing past that, according to what contracts are coming in.

So all in all I would say it's looking ok. :)

See? Told ya. :biggrin:

...
Oh, and I'll have to borrow a relatives car for my road test, because reading the list, none of our will pass the inspection.
Horn doesn't work on the car.
Windshield is cracked on the van, and one door gets stuck.
All the other cars have bad transmissions.
They all are chryslers too. COINCIDENCE?! According to my dad, no.

I say that in a positive way because my relatives have nice cars.
Hahaha, I wouldn't own a Chrysler. If someone gave me one I'd probably sell it. Have had FOUR ford products and despite the "fix or repair" reputation, I think much less of chrysler/dodge. My parents have had three or four. They all needed timing belts and water pumps and who-knows-what was wrong with the transmissions! To say something nice? They're comfortable. :tongue_smilie:

If you didn't pick up on in by other posts, my honey and I were on a {{frigidly cold airplane}} yesterday for over four hours and we have colds. Trying to stave them off with hot tea, water, supplements and rest so we can maybe enjoy the party we're throwing day after tomorrow!

[bobtomay]

MHC, sounds like they're looking for a personality to fit in.
If so, no worries.

MD, the hat is to put my ponytail in when I wanna play cowboys & indians. :biggrin:

[Stretch]

Horn doesn't work on the car.
Windshield is cracked on the van, and one door gets stuck.
All the other cars have bad transmissions.
They all are chryslers too. COINCIDENCE?! According to my dad, no.


Actually, Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth had a heck of a time trying to build a good transmission in the 90s. They finally figured it out when they borrow Mercedes' transmissions during the merger.

[iKitten]

^^ Good to know. I'd thought about test driving the Dodge Caliber (http://www.dodge.com/en/2008/caliber/). Knowing the tranny wouldn't let me down, I might just try one.

[Mac0sXuser]

I'll consider Chrysler when I see how they are doing in 5 years. I have had three american cars. 2 Jeeps and a Ford. The 85 Cherokee was a mess. Chevy engine, Toyota Transmission, Ford Vacuum system and Chrysler electrical system. My 90 Wagoneer was pretty good all things considered. My 2007 Ranger was a pile. It didn't break down but had problems from the get go. A radio short and a door not adjusted. Cheap paint and a cheaply made interior. I got the high end model too! Right now I am sticking to Toyota.

Good Luck on the interview MHC. I'm sure you'll get it. If not I'll straighten them out.

[MaDDoG]

Yep Chrysler have a pretty bad rep down under as well although I love the look of the 300c SRT gangsta car in black with bling bling wheels.
I think Aussie cars are pretty well built. We are selling them to the US now as Pontiac G8's. I have Honda's and Toyota's and you cant go wrong there either. I'm thinking Subaru for me next car.

[Tanner31593]

I have to get up at 8 tomorrow.
It's 1:45 now.
I have to go with my mom to her appointment so she can take me to the secretary of state afterwards.
I don't want to go with her, but we'll never get there otherwise, it's pretty out of the way.

I bet i'm going to see a lot of people there.
I bet even someone I know.

I need to start these 50 hours eventually.
At least I have until my 16th birthday on March 15th, but still 50 hours is a lot...

I think i'm going to see WALL-E tomorrow.

[Mac0sXuser]

I have to get up at 4:30 am. Wanna trade?? Please....

[MaDDoG]

Funny how when your 15 just about everything seems a hassle. Try to enjoy you moms company because you just never know whats around the corner.
WALL-E ?? what the heck is that?

[MaDDoG]

I have to get up at 4:30 am. Wanna trade?? Please....

Get to bed now young man.......:biggrin:

[Mac0sXuser]

Get to bed now young man.......:biggrin:

Yes sir. :biggrin: I hate getting up so early

[MaDDoG]

Yes sir. :biggrin: I hate getting up so early

Its almost 9 p.m.....thats less than 8 hours sleep you know...:rasberry:

[BlueBell]

I gotta get up at 9..which wouldn't be so bad, if it wasn't 2 AM and my body likes 10 hours of sleep. :tongue:

[Mac0sXuser]

crud I need to get going then. Good night

[MaDDoG]

Ciao

[BlueBell]

I have to get up at 8 tomorrow.
It's 1:45 now.
I have to go with my mom to her appointment so she can take me to the secretary of state afterwards.
I don't want to go with her, but we'll never get there otherwise, it's pretty out of the way.

I bet i'm going to see a lot of people there.
I bet even someone I know.

I need to start these 50 hours eventually.
At least I have until my 16th birthday on March 15th, but still 50 hours is a lot...

I think i'm going to see WALL-E tomorrow.

Wait, you're a month younger then me and you've already finished driving school?! Aw, I haven't even started. (Due to lack of money needed to pay for it; could've had my permit a few months ago If I had started early enough :thumbdown:)

TBH, Wall-E doesn't look as good as the other Pixar movies, but tell us how it is, so I can decide if it's worth seeing or not. :)

[MacHeadCase]

Thanks, big guy! I've got my fingers crossed! :coolthumbup:

Just got a call. They picked someone younger. So no go for Wednesday.

[cwa107]

Just got a call. They picked someone younger. So no go for Wednesday.

Are you serious? They actually told you that?

[iKitten]

This really isn't a rant, though it resemble one.
I'm miserable, y'all. Beyond my nose is running and head aching, last night I coughed rather violently and abruptly while I was laying on my tummy and pulled a muscle low on my rib cage. Since then, if I sneeze or cough it's a whole new level of wretchedness and distress! :crying:

Just got a call. They picked someone younger. So no go for Wednesday. What the...? Is that not illegal??

[MacHeadCase]

Are you serious? They actually told you that?

No, but I'm not a fool. When I came out they had another candidate, much younger, sitting there, lined up for an interview right after mine.

When I came out of that interview I had a trial on Wednesday and things were looking good for a steady job at least all summer long with possible extensions after that.

This morning it was "I'm sorry but..."


That sound painful iK. You might need some meds. You went there by plane? heard all sorts of horror stories on the quality of air in planes. Guess you caught that bug during the flight.

[iKitten]

Hmph. Well, may something much better await you!

[mathogre]

Just got a call. They picked someone younger. So no go for Wednesday.

:cursing: That's too bad MHC. So sorry for you. :cursing:

[mathogre]

This really isn't a rant, though it resemble one.
I'm miserable, y'all. Beyond my nose is running and head aching, last night I coughed rather violently and abruptly while I was laying on my tummy and pulled a muscle low on my rib cage. Since then, if I sneeze or cough it's a whole new level of wretchedness and distress! :crying:

What the...? Is that not illegal??

<*mathogre offers iKitten a virtual bowl of soup and cup of hot tea.*>

Hope you feel better quickly!

[cwa107]

This really isn't a rant, though it resemble one.
I'm miserable, y'all. Beyond my nose is running and head aching, last night I coughed rather violently and abruptly while I was laying on my tummy and pulled a muscle low on my rib cage. Since then, if I sneeze or cough it's a whole new level of wretchedness and distress! :crying:

What the...? Is that not illegal??

Ugh, sounds awful. My 3 year old must have brought a hundred different bugs home with him from day care this past winter. I can't remember a time in the past when I got sick so frequently. Hope you feel better, hang in there!

[cwa107]

No, but I'm not a fool. When I came out they had another candidate, much younger, sitting there, lined up for an interview right after mine.

When I came out of that interview I had a trial on Wednesday and things were looking good for a steady job at least all summer long with possible extensions after that.

This morning it was "I'm sorry but..."


Bummer, MHC. Oh well, their loss! :biggrin:

[cwa107]

Took the day off today, it's my wife's last day home on maternity leave. Trevor and I are sitting out on the deck in the back yard enjoying this beautiful day.

Just thought I'd share a quick iSight snap...

http://home.comcast.net/~cwa107/forumimages/trevor.jpg

[mathogre]

Great photo cwa!!!!

[Tanner31593]

Just got a call. They picked someone younger. So no go for Wednesday.
That's too bad (for them)!

But think about it, if you had gotten the job, would you really want to work for that place knowing their morals?


We went to the secretary of state today.
That place is ANNOYING.
It ended up being for nothing because we needed some other sort of documentation that we didn't know we needed because apparently my school neglected to give us the papers from the state which all drivers ed students SHOULD have gotten.

I mean, now that I think about it my school district is pretty great, but come on, let's be a bit more organized...

They start the classes at weird times too.
Uh, what if our parents have to do that WORK thing?!
My parents can't just la-tee-da around dropping me off places at 11:30 on a weekday...

[Tanner31593]

This morning I was in the van waiting for my mom, and I thought i'd take a little nap.

The seat in the van wouldn't go back.
I was pulling the lever, but it wouldn't go back.
I pulled the lever far back enough so it did go back, then when I tried to put it back up it wouldn't stay up, then the lever (and the weird shaped screw thing that was attached to it) completely came off, and now the seat won't stay in one place, it's just flopping around.

UGH.
Sorry dad, but when you're done rebuilding and replacing 3 transmissions, getting new brakes and struts, and replacing taillights, can you possibly take a look at the passenger seat in the van?

UGH.
Annoying.
DANG YOU, GMC SAFARI.
Looks like we might be visiting a junkyard soon...

[Rxx]

No car can withstand your fury tanner

[Rxx]

Ok, I know IEEE 1394 basically means Firewire, but how do I tell if its 400 or 800?

[BlueBell]

I think the 800 port is shaped differently, isn't it? The 400 is like squarish on one end and circleish on the other, but the 800 looks different?

[Stretch]

Ok, I know IEEE 1394 basically means Firewire, but how do I tell if its 400 or 800?

a and b. a=400, b=800.

[iKitten]

Thanks for the sympathy! I just had a glass of orange juice and a bowl of chicken soup. If it weren't for the party we're throwing tomorrow afternoon for nearly sixty of my husband's friends and family, I wouldn't even mention how desperate I feel! We've been planning this thing for months and there's no postponing. :bored:

[Kilted]

Sorry to hear your woes Kitten. You have my sympathies. Get well soon.

Mac Sorry to read about the job... As one door shuts....... another slams in your face as my Mum used to say ;)

[MaDDoG]

MHC......their loss. Besides you don't look any older than anyone else here. As they say things happen for a reason. Something better is just around the corner.;)

iKitten - we have things called Lemsip here that are wonderful with a couple of pain killers. Takes away all the symptoms. You sound like you need a hot tib and massage!

[iKitten]

Wow, Lemsip sounds like great stuff, MD. I took a look at the web site and showed my husband (he's been sicker than I have) and he wants some! 'Course by the time it arrived, provided we could order it, our colds would already be gone. :laugh:

[MaDDoG]

surely you would have similar stuff over there.......

[MaDDoG]

Time to go now....Saturday morning chores....shopping car washing cleaning....why do all the bad things end in ing?
Back later
bye all

oh and sorry about the sick jokes iKitten....might make you better with a smile.

[iKitten]

There's Emergen-C (http://www.emergenc.com/). Only we don't have any here in the hotel!

Laughing is always good (unless it's at someone's pain!) Thanks, MD!

[Tanner31593]

WALL-E WAS SOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!

Although Eve was being a major tease in the beginning lol.

[MaDDoG]

There's Emergen-C (http://www.emergenc.com/). Only we don't have any here in the hotel!

Laughing is always good (unless it's at someone's pain!) Thanks, MD!

After looking at the very orange web site iKitten I'm not sure its the same thing

[Tanner31593]

I'm having some dessert right now.
BAGGED FROZEN STRAWBERRIES.
YUUUUUUMMM.

The Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies are all gone.
Which is bad, yet so good.
Oh well, I don't need a 300 calorie "chocolate" goopy thing anyways.

My mom started smoking again.

ANNOYING.
It's making me mad, I've sort of lost all my respect for her.
She quit for over a year and a half, just to start back up after all that time and some positive health changes.

She got the lap band, she quit smoking, things were looking up.
Not anymore...

I'm sick of all those stupid cigarettes.
It's bad enough having ONE smoking parent, now too.

I'm sick of not being able to do things with my parents.
I'm sick of not being able to hike, run, jog, and do all that fun stuff with them.
I'm sick of the coughing, the bad breath, the stained teeth, and the stench. Oh....the stench.

I'm sick of getting in to a car and smelling that horrible stench.
I'm sick of hugging my parents and smelling that stench.
I'm sick of everything related to them.

I don't really see a good reason for that.
All that money, time, health...wasted.

You can't just smoke for 25 years and expect nothing to happen.
My dad's hacking like no tomorrow.

It makes them sooooooo much crankier, much less enjoyable.
My mom hasn't been the same since she started.
More naps, more rests, more breaks.

Are my parents going to be there when I walk down the aisle?
Are they going to be there when I become a father?
Are they going to be able to see me excel in anything and everything I do?
Are they going to see me make my life everything I could ever dream of?

It's just stupid.
It affects me, like it or not.
I smoke too.
Her cigarette becomes our cigarette.
I don't want that in my life.
I'm too smart for that.
I respect my life too much.
I respect my teeth, my lungs, my liver, my body MORE than that.
But I have no choice.
Sometimes when people hug me they say I smell like cigarettes.

THings are just different now.

There's this grouchy smelly lady here, and I wonder what she's done with my mom.

[MaDDoG]

Wow Tanner. So much pent up anger.
You seem to be learning that the parents that you used to think of as perfect are not at all. Just people with flaws like everyone else. Don't be too hard on them after all you do love each other. You need to sit down with them and quietly tell them how you feel, what you think it is doing to them, you, and the relationship you have with each other. Teenage years are the best of your life but are also the hardest in some ways. If you feel that you can't talk to them I would advise you speak to someone such as a school counselor because you do need to verbalise they feeling and emotions. I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say that we are happy to listen to you and "speak" on line with you but that is not enough. You need to get this out there with your family as a family unit or someone better able to help than me.
Chin up, lifes not all bad.
your friend on the forum......me

[Mac0sXuser]

I know I am way late but that sucks MHC. My mom is having the same problems. Well qualified but getting beat out by younger competition

[Mac0sXuser]

Why wont my uploaded sigs work? It meets guidelines.

[Tanner31593]

Why wont my uploaded sigs work? It meets guidelines.
My guess:


Good things come to those who wait...until mid-late July.



And The Bucket List is an amazing movie.

Goodnight everyone.

I might be off to a friends house tomorrow to make some Jell-O (I don't know where I came up with that idea, but why not?) to celebrate my other friend getting a 4.4 GPA, but she might not make it, so we'll have to have some celebratory Jell-O some other time.


Night!

[MaDDoG]

Why wont my uploaded sigs work? It meets guidelines.

Love the new avi....

[bobtomay]

MHC, The right one will come along.

iK, Hope ya'll are feeling better today!

cwa - Great shot - Already have him trained to smile for the camera.

[mathogre]

Good morning. Am in heavy data crunch mode. Cheetah mode. It's one of those days I need to be and will be in The Zone. Just got a short term task from The Shoe Lady (the one in the random link, if you recall). Anyway, much to do, no time to do it. Need to get the brain running faster. Coffee is beside me, music is playing, and it's time to crunch.

Have fun, play nice, and will check the place throughout the day as the task permits.

[MacHeadCase]

Whoah! You're in high gear already and the day is just starting! Groovy day to you sir MO, as well. :thumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Took the day off today, it's my wife's last day home on maternity leave. Trevor and I are sitting out on the deck in the back yard enjoying this beautiful day.

Just thought I'd share a quick iSight snap...

http://home.comcast.net/~cwa107/forumimages/trevor.jpg

That's a real cutie you have right there, cwa!

[iKitten]

I'm a bit better. It's at least half a miracle. My nose isn't running today! Thank God.

So this afternoon is the party. Wish it was happening tomorrow. Feel like a zombie.

MO, glad to hear someone is up to the challenges of life today!

Tanner, man, I'm really sorry for you. I had wondered how smokers' children feel about the cigarettes and you leave no doubt.

Happy Saturday/Sunday everybody!

[MacHeadCase]

Wow Tanner. So much pent up anger.
You seem to be learning that the parents that you used to think of as perfect are not at all. Just people with flaws like everyone else. Don't be too hard on them after all you do love each other. You need to sit down with them and quietly tell them how you feel, what you think it is doing to them, you, and the relationship you have with each other. Teenage years are the best of your life but are also the hardest in some ways. If you feel that you can't talk to them I would advise you speak to someone such as a school counselor because you do need to verbalise they feeling and emotions. I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say that we are happy to listen to you and "speak" on line with you but that is not enough. You need to get this out there with your family as a family unit or someone better able to help than me.
Chin up, lifes not all bad.
your friend on the forum......me

I entirely agree.

Tanner, you as a non-smoker, have rights. Tell them you don't want to smoke even if you don't want to and that you want them to respect your rights. Second hand smoke is just as dangerous. They should go smoke outside of the house and never smoke is a closed environment like a car.

[Ryan]

Took the day off today, it's my wife's last day home on maternity leave. Trevor and I are sitting out on the deck in the back yard enjoying this beautiful day.

Just thought I'd share a quick iSight snap...

http://home.comcast.net/~cwa107/forumimages/trevor.jpg

Did you name him Trevor William? I remember that's what you wanted to name him a while ago.

[mathogre]

Hi all!

Thank you MHC and iK! The first phase of the job is done. Now I'm just waiting for the response. It was one of those "impossible" jobs, which is why I didn't finish it until just after lunch. Lol!

iK, glad you're feeling better.

Tanner, no one is perfect, not your parents, not you, not me, not... well, I AM perfect! Always remember that. :thumbdown: Right. Sure. We all have flaws and we all make mistakes. Are your parents there for you? Do they treat you pretty well?

My daughter thinks I'm the best Dad in the entire universe. I know she's the best kiddo in the entire universe. She's only 9 1/2, so her view of my "perfection" is soon to end. I dread the day when she sees the imperfections in me, all the flaws, all the junk, all the imperfections. With luck she won't hate me too much. Time will tell. (My worst crime was a speeding ticket in NJ in 1996.)

[MaDDoG]

Hi all!



My daughter thinks I'm the best Dad in the entire universe. I know she's the best kiddo in the entire universe. She's only 9 1/2, so her view of my "perfection" is soon to end. I dread the day when she sees the imperfections in me, all the flaws, all the junk, all the imperfections. With luck she won't hate me too much. Time will tell. (My worst crime was a speeding ticket in NJ in 1996.)

MO It must be a daughter father thing....my daughter is almost 16 and she still, rightly or wrongly, that I am the bet Dad in the universe.....and I love it. As you say I know she is the best daughter in the universe.

[iKitten]

Wow, it's a miracle and a blessing. I made it through the party and dinner! I was only partly 'there', but the attendees gave me grace for being half sick still. Everyone was happy with the food and the environment. Am sooo glad.

Now back to getting myself healthy!

[MaDDoG]

Wow, it's a miracle and a blessing. I made it through the party and dinner! I was only partly 'there', but the attendees gave me grace for being half sick still. Everyone was happy with the food and the environment. Am sooo glad.

Now back to getting myself healthy!


Great stuff iK.... hope you not just made it through the party, but enjoyed it as well!!

[Mac0sXuser]

Love the new avi....

Thanks :)

[mathogre]

iKitten,

Glad you survived and that it went well. Congrats! Now get healthy.

Love the new avatar. Cute! ^_^

[MaDDoG]

iKitten,

Love the new avatar. Cute! ^_^

Kinda looks like a happy skinny Garfield after weight watchers™ :sneaky2:
Cute.:biggrin:

[Tanner31593]

I drove my mom to Meijer today.
I was so bored, that I didn't even care that I now have 28 minutes less life to live.

She bought 16 pillows, 2 huge bottles of vinegar, and condoms.
She's acting really weird lately.
Apparently the dog has fleas, so she's FREAKING OUT that everyone else is going to get fleas.
I guess i'm the only one who thought about fleas BEFORE we got the dog.

She's just different.
Slower, less energetic.
Her motor skills seem way slower too.
It's hard to explain, but it doesn't seem like she's able to think straight.
It's so much harder to hold a conversation. It sort of resembles someone in the early stages of alzheimers, but not because she's 39.
She just wants to sit around all day. That's not her.
I find myself avoiding her because she seems to be so irritable that she could snap at any given time. That's not her.

I'm feeling it too, way more than I would ever think possible.
I feel so lazy lately.
I don't even have the energy and/or motivation to get out of bed until 4:30 in the afternoon.
I get annoyed easily now.
It's taken the edge off of life.
I don't feel like myself anymore.

I love my mom. She's amazing. I couldn't ask for anyone better, but at the same time I resent her so much.
How could she do this to me?
How could she do this to herself?
Nobody's perfect, everyone makes mistakes, but this is different.
Excuse me for being selfish, but she can't make this MY mistake too.
She's taking me down with her, and that's not fair.

It's changed her.
It feels like it's changed me too.
She can smoke until her lungs turn purple, I can't do anything about that. She doesn't care about her health, why should I?

But I want, I need, and I expect better from myself.
I'm not that person.
I try to fight it every day, but it's affect is toxic.
The mood is different here.
The air is different here.
SHe smokes outside, but the air is heavy here in my room.
I never thought a little bit of smoke here and there would have so much power. Maybe it's not her mistake making me feel so lousy, maybe i'm just having a bad day. Can it really affect me that much?Surely, it can. What else could it be?

Her mistake slowly drifts into my lungs. As a silent killer, soul seeking poison, it's slowly trying to claim me too.


It's not going to.
Not now, not ever.
This mood, it's not for me.
She can stay, dull and dreary, but I need to snap out of it.
She can choose to die a slow and painful death, but i'm too strong.

I'm sorry, this is sort of negative.
I'm going to sleep.
Tomorrow will be a new day.
THE new day.
My temporary spell will be broken.
Don't ask me how, I don't know.
Ask me why, I'll say I choose life.

I choose life.
MY life.
I love my mom, but her problems aren't going to become mine.
It's not worth the anger it's caused me.
I'm letting go of concern for now, because tomorrow I want to be happy again.

You'll see, tomorrow i'll be crazy again.
I'll wake up with a new attitude about this stupid smoking thing.
It's done.
I'm done.
She can do what she wants.
Who cares, right?
I choose my life.

Goodnight.

[MaDDoG]

"I love my mom, but her problems aren't going to become mine.
It's not worth the anger it's caused me.
I'm letting go of concern for now, because tomorrow I want to be happy again.
You'll see, tomorrow i'll be crazy again.
I'll wake up with a new attitude about this stupid smoking thing.
It's done.
I'm done.
She can do what she wants.
Who cares, right?
I choose my life."

You are right to be concerned for her but not angry because anger does not help at all. In fact anger only makes things worse. You need to to calmly discuss your feeling and concerns with her and your father.
As for who cares, well obviously her loving son does. You need to work through this or it will consume you and spoil any relationship you have with your mom. Please try......

[MacHeadCase]

Wow, it's a miracle and a blessing. I made it through the party and dinner! I was only partly 'there', but the attendees gave me grace for being half sick still. Everyone was happy with the food and the environment. Am sooo glad.

Now back to getting myself healthy!

Wow! It turned out well regardless of how messed up you felt! Great stuff!

[iKitten]

Thanks! Yeah, I felt rotten yet incredibly grateful and relieved that everyone else had a great time. Maybe the best was that my dear man was healthy enough to be the host he needed to be, so it didn't matter as much that I was vacant.

Tanner, I understand the emotion. My parents made some life choices that were very hard on our family. It had more to do with emotional functionality than health, but the resulting conflict was similar. I had to choose to overcome those things and create a different lifestyle. You can, too!

Haha, MD, the skinnier, happier garfield (how 'bout female?) :biggrin:

[Mac0sXuser]

Smoking is terrible Tanner, however you dont want to ruin your relationship with your mom do you? Destroy your lungs and heart if you will. I realize smoking is pretty nasty to be around. My Dad smokes and so did my Mom at one point. I would just leave the room. They eventually got the idea. My Mom quit and my Dad smokes outside now. It is odd that she would buy 16 pillows, 2 huge bottles of vinegar, and condoms.

[MacHeadCase]

Could your mom be having thyroid problems, Tanner? I had them and they can send you over the edge sometimes. I am hypo-thyroid and take some Synthroid meds now to keep it under control.

[Tanner31593]

Today is a pretty gosh darn good day!

Although, I was supposed to go over to a friends house yesterday, but I never called her to confirm our plans.
She writes on my facebook to call her "RIGHT NOW!" at noon and i'm just getting it now. HAHAHAHAHA.
I guess it's too late to call lol.
Oh well!

I'll clean my room! yay!

My mom has misplaced my social security card, which is annoying because I need it ASAP, but she hasn't even started looking for it which is annoying. If we wait too long i'll have to take drivers training all over again, which I do NOT want to do.

[MaDDoG]

Glad you are having a better day to day Tanner!

[iRye]

I've found myself very interested in flight simulation lately! I use X-Plane and adding some heavy metal aircraft is fun and it allows me to try new stuff. I have an Air France A319, a Austrian A321, a Continental 757, United 747, United 767, Boeing Livery 787. Fun!

[MaDDoG]

I've found myself very interested in flight simulation lately! I use X-Plane and adding some heavy metal aircraft is fun and it allows me to try new stuff. I have an Air France A319, a Austrian A321, a Continental 757, United 747, United 767, Boeing Livery 787. Fun!

Careful no one tries to hijack you.....

[Tanner31593]

Hello everyone!

Well, both of my bothers now have facebooks!
My twin brother has his birthday one day off, which is weird, but I guess he doesn't want people to find is personal information lol, and i'm just the opposite. I have all my contact information on there, but I use it wisely.

And tomorrow I might be off to my aunts.

Went to a friends house today, hung out. Did boring stuff. It was fun.

I wonder if The Sims Bustin' Out for Xbox would be any different than the PS2 version.
I don't have my PS2 anymore, but I now have an Xbox, and I see that game on sale at meijer and I wonder if it's any different...

Well I guess i'm off to bed!


GOODNIGHT EVERYONE!

Have a great monday if you can!

[MaDDoG]

Monday was just Monday....now its Tuesday.;)

[Sherman Homan]

Monday was just Monday....now its Tuesday.;)

And I hear that Tuesday is going to be just Tuesday, all day long.

[Tanner31593]

Hello!

Today we went on down to the secretary of state because my mom found my social security card.

That place is pretty annoying.
We waited for an hour and a half.
Then my mom couldn't find her license, which was like super annoying because we had to go in the van and dig through her purse for like 20 minutes, then wait in line all over again.

I would THINK she should know exactly where that is.
I mean, you like need it to drive and all....
And she's a bus driver....
And she's going to the secretary of state, so the odds of her needing it were pretty big...but oh well.

Then we went to wal-mart for some groceries, but apparently the main thing was because my brother wanted to buy Guitar Hero Aerosmith.
He got Guitar Hero III for christmas, but I guess he had to have the Aerosmith one too.
Which is his choice, but it just annoyed me because MY MOM BOUGHT IT FOR HIM, for like no reason at all. Just like randomly bought him a $99 game just for the fun of it.

Then we went to Meijer, which sounds weird but it's wal-mart, kmart and Meijer right next to each other, and I got The Sims Bustin' Out for my xbox, because i've missed my sims lately.

$9.99 that could have been put to better use, but oh well.
I'll earn some extra money I guess.
My mom could have been fair and bought it for me, but noooooo lol.
Lucky brother!

I'm gonna go satisfy my Sims craving now!

And I should clean my room, because I ended up going to a friends house yesterday instead of cleaning it....

[BlueBell]

The original Sims is better, IMO. Bustin' Out just seems weird to me I don't even play it anymore lol.

[Mac0sXuser]

I've found myself very interested in flight simulation lately! I use X-Plane and adding some heavy metal aircraft is fun and it allows me to try new stuff. I have an Air France A319, a Austrian A321, a Continental 757, United 747, United 767, Boeing Livery 787. Fun!

I've been there. Ordered an older mac game for $45 bucks and bought a $50 Joystick with 30 some odd buttons. Loved it. Still play it from time to time

[mathogre]

I've found myself very interested in flight simulation lately! I use X-Plane and adding some heavy metal aircraft is fun and it allows me to try new stuff. I have an Air France A319, a Austrian A321, a Continental 757, United 747, United 767, Boeing Livery 787. Fun!

My last long term experience was with MS Flight Simulator 2000 Pro. I was impressed with what they had, especially as regarded domestic and international airports. Okay, I was mostly impressed they had airport 48U, the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/48U

The remarks for the airport are many years old.

Anyway, I looked at X-Plane last year on my MacBook, and it looked good. Never got a joystick, and only tried the demo. I just saw the latest in the Apple Store the other day. If I had some time, I'd definitely go for it.

Are you running it on your MacBook? If so, how well does it work wrt the graphics et al?

Regarding aircraft, you need a 747-8 and an A380, the monster. 1.3M pounds of aircraft. Makes a 747 look small. Glad you're having fun with it!

[BlueBell]

I like to play MS Flight Simulator 2004 on my PC from time to time. it is quite fun if you have the patience to do everything the right way. :P

[iRye]

My last long term experience was with MS Flight Simulator 2000 Pro. I was impressed with what they had, especially as regarded domestic and international airports. Okay, I was mostly impressed they had airport 48U, the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/48U

The remarks for the airport are many years old.

Anyway, I looked at X-Plane last year on my MacBook, and it looked good. Never got a joystick, and only tried the demo. I just saw the latest in the Apple Store the other day. If I had some time, I'd definitely go for it.

Are you running it on your MacBook? If so, how well does it work wrt the graphics et al?

Regarding aircraft, you need a 747-8 and an A380, the monster. 1.3M pounds of aircraft. Makes a 747 look small. Glad you're having fun with it!

I no longer have the MacBook, as I traded it for my brother's iMac and later bought a PowerBook G4 15 inch. I'll be installing and checking how it runs on the PB, but it runs quite well on my iMac.

[Tanner31593]

I no longer have the MacBook, as I traded it for my brother's iMac and later bought a PowerBook G4 15 inch. I'll be installing and checking how it runs on the PB, but it runs quite well on my iMac.
Why would you trade your MacBook for an iMac which hates you? :lol:
lol


Well, since we're talking about flight simulators here it looks like I'll just say something random, because I have no experience with flight simulators, except a weird simulator called flightgear I played at my cousins house for like 3 hours.
It was confusing.
I don't think that counts though.


I don't know if any of you Facebookers noticed this, but the "Top Friends" application is


COMPLETELY
GONE!

VANISHED, WITHOUT ANY NOTICE TO ANYONE!
NOBODY ON FACEBOOK HAS TOP FRIENDS ANYMORE, IT JUST DISAPPEARED!

I only used it to get to people's profiles (DIAL UP), but then they added something to it.

IT'S WEIRD!


I still haven't cleaned my room...


I loaded like 4 youtube videos, which took HOURS, then as I was slightly moving my PowerMac to unplug my speakers and plug in my headphones, the power cord shifts and it turns off.

SO FRUSTRATING!


This guy was selling some encyclopedias at our house, and we were talking about school and stuff, and he asked me where I wanted to go to college.
I don't know where, but I told him it would probably most likely NOT be in Michigan.
I think I said something like "University of NOT MICHIGAN" or something stupid.
That's the first time I really vocalized that I want to leave the state for college, and for some reason my parents were NOT HAPPY.

They went on and on about how I was being so negative.

Is that negative?

I mean, I don't think it's negative, I think it's NECESSARY.
Michigan is a horrible state to live in now.
Highest unemployment rate. BOO. :thumbdown:
Nobody can get jobs, foreclosures here are setting records, it would be negative NOT to stay!

I know that if I did end up going to college here it would be LSSU (Lake Superior State University), because my grandmother taught there and my aunt went there, and it's in Sault Ste. Marie, where I was born.
(YES, ima yooper.)
Sentimental reasons.
I know it would be more difficult to make ends meet there rather than somewhere else with more jobs.

I don't think that's negative of me at all.

But, I told my dad "Well, if YOU can pay for everything, i'll stay." because i'm 99% sure we have NOOOOOOO money set aside for our future. We don't really even have any money set aside for the present! :lol:

His answer was "Okay" which was weird, he seemed to be serious, even though that's not even possible.


Am I being pessimistic about the good ol' mitten state?

[MaDDoG]

And I hear that Tuesday is going to be just Tuesday, all day long.

You are correct in your assumption Sherman....it was and still is. Nearly all done though.....

[mathogre]

Thursday won't be like any other Thursday however. I'll be in the cold, snowy mountains, going through caves in a place called Tall Pineaxe. One of the people with us was ripped apart. It was - well, you can imagine. With luck we'll find another traveler along the way, hopefully someone who can help us fight the orcs and half-orcs we expect to find.

Yes it will be a D&D night. Normally we have it every other Friday night, but this week Independence Day is on Friday, so no game. However, the guy running the game offered to run it Thursday night. We have enough people so we're doing it!

[Tanner31593]

Good afternoon everyone!

I've been getting up so late lately. Got up at 1:30PM today!
I went to bed at like 4, so that's like 9 and a half hours of sleep. I set my alarm for 10 because I wanted to get in some driving time and take my brother to his appointment, but my phone died during the night. Boo.

I'm on my Pismo now!
SLOOOOOW. lol.

Watching Cold Case Files in my parent's room.
I gave the dog the boot off the bed. Dogs do not go on beds! lol.

[iKitten]

Tanner, when I was in my mid-teens my dad relocated our family to Ohio (from Oklahoma) for a new job. There was no way I was going to stay there for college if I could help it!

Your attitude toward MI may literally be negative, but it sounds factual and reasonable! Some people are Pollyannas and just want to ignore reality.

And I'm so with you on the "no dogs on beds" policy! :coolthumbup:

[Stretch]

Thursday won't be like any other Thursday however. I'll be in the cold, snowy mountains, going through caves in a place called Tall Pineaxe. One of the people with us was ripped apart. It was - well, you can imagine. With luck we'll find another traveler along the way, hopefully someone who can help us fight the orcs and half-orcs we expect to find.

Yes it will be a D&D night. Normally we have it every other Friday night, but this week Independence Day is on Friday, so no game. However, the guy running the game offered to run it Thursday night. We have enough people so we're doing it!

What do you use for game boards? BoingBoing had a recent post to a papercraft crate, and the company that designed it also does like D&D style dungeon models, and they look pretty cool. My brother has most of the D&D rule books, so maybe I'll start making some models, and start playing.

[mathogre]

What do you use for game boards? BoingBoing had a recent post to a papercraft crate, and the company that designed it also does like D&D style dungeon models, and they look pretty cool. My brother has most of the D&D rule books, so maybe I'll start making some models, and start playing.

Our DM (dundeon master or GM, game master) uses a plastic gridded wet erase mat. With markers, it's easy to make anything. He has miniatures, though some of us bring our own. Some of his minis however aren't mini, and they're usually the BBEG (Big Bad Evil Guy). Some people apparently play without the use of mat/board or minis, and use strictly paper and pencil for tracking their character. On the other hand, some folks use much more elaborate setups for the game table and use computers to run their character sheet. It's a matter of personal preference, though it's all about playing the game.

[mathogre]

Well folks, after that sad story about Rick (from bobtomay), I think it's about time for me to call it, uh, walk time. Need the exercise. (Yes it's approaching 11:45PM. I'm a creature of the night.)

G'night and see you tomorrow!

[Rxx]

Its alright. My average weight training will take place at about 1 A.M.

Kinda strange to have the garage blaring music at 2 A.M. ;)

[MaDDoG]

Its alright. My average weight training will take place at about 1 A.M.

Kinda strange to have the garage blaring music at 2 A.M. ;)

I'll join you...lets see, 1 a.m. for you is....hmmm add 10 hours. Oh 11 a.m. That seems very civilized to me. :lol: rep to you sir.

[iKitten]

It's such a beautiful day here in Montauk, but my honey and I can't fully enjoy it. As he put it, we got three days of sun in one day (yesterday). As you know, we've been sick (he with chest cold, me with head cold) and we were euphoric to be at the beach. The colds must've clouded our intellect because we barely used sunscreen!

At home in the desert, when you're in the sun, you can FEEL it and you know you better seek shade. Here on Long Island we couldn't tell we were getting roasted!

[MacHeadCase]

You guys look uh... well done! :scared:

[MaDDoG]

No these are a couple of spots they missed......I just want to know who took the photo if they are both asleep:blink:

[iKitten]

^^ Have you not heard of a delightful invention called "timer"?? :biggrin:

[Tanner31593]

I'm cleaning my room.

It's a LOT OF WORK.

And it just started storming. I wonder if our power is going to be out...

[BlueBell]

My mom told me to clean my room as well...yeah, that's gonna happen. :P

What's gonna happen is, She'll demand I leave my iBook in the living room, then send me to my room. I'll clean for maybe three minutes, then get distracted and plop down at my PC and get on teh interwbez.

Ten minutes later, she's going to come in and scream "Cassie! Get off the computer and get to work!"

Me (snapping out of a confused yet satisfied daze): "Oh right, ok."

clean for another five minutes, repeat until she finally get's to the point of not wanting to get off the couch to tell me anything.

Tomorrow, it starts all over again. :D



Ooh, it's also looking like it'll storm here. I took these pictures like 10 minutes ago.
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[bobtomay]

Oh, man. I gotta get on the stick and figure out what to do. Friday makes 29 years. I'll be in hot water like Rick....

[MacHeadCase]

That's lovely, bob! :coolthumbup:

[iKitten]

Congratulations, bobtomay! 29 years is quite an accomplishment nowadays.

[mathogre]

Congrats bobtomay!!!!!!

[Tanner31593]

Congrashuhlayshoons Bob.

[Mac0sXuser]

Today was an interesting day.

1.) Got a new guitar. Black Ovation!

2.) I hit a car. I was backing out and this guy pulled up behind me after I just finished checking his side. No damage to my car and his door on his old Honda won't open right. He said he'd get back to me if he needed money. Being as he was obviously stoned I think I am in the clear. We exchanged numbers none the less.

Congrats on 29 bobtomay

[MaDDoG]

Congrats BTM. 29 years is a wonderful achievement. I know we just passed 25. Keep up the good work!!:biggrin::thumbup:

[MaDDoG]

Today was an interesting day.
I hit a car. I was backing out and this guy pulled up behind me after I just finished checking his side. No damage to my car and his door on his old Honda won't open right. He said he'd get back to me if he needed money. Being as he was obviously stoned I think I am in the clear. We exchanged numbers none the less.


A least no one was hurt. You may be lucky and he just shrugs it off. Not sure of the laws there, but what can happen is they don't want to do anything at the time because that might involve the cops and if he was stoned he wouldn't want that. But later when he is normal again and the risk to him has passed he could make an issue of it. We'll keep our collective fingers crossed for you.

[mathogre]

Good morning!

It's a sunny day here outside of DC. I have one of the compute servers at work crunching away at some numbers. Mmm, crunching good. Yah! Should finish in an hour. I have my coffee beside me and good music playing in my ears.

Ah, just got a "Thank You" work email. Gave someone some code I wrote, and it helped solve her problem (how do you tell if two polygons on a spherical surface intersect, and how do you tell if one polygon on a spherical surface is completely inside another - fun stuff).

D&D is tonight, should be fun! Need to choose spells before we play; forgot to do that. Now where's that spell checker? :rasberry:

Mac0sXuser, good luck. Hopefully you'll never hear from the person again. Cool on the guitar!

BlueBell, give your Mom a present and clean your room. Neat impending storm photos btw!

Tanner, you were cleaning your room. Didja finish?

On marriages, we'll hit 24 years this September. We haven't killed each other yet, and we're doing okay. It's bumpy and stormy at times, but then that's life. I told her at the beginning it was just a trial. We'll go for the first hundred years and see how things are going at that time.

Congrats to you too MaDDoG on 25 years!

Gotta get back to work. Busy and long day.

[Mac0sXuser]

A least no one was hurt. You may be lucky and he just shrugs it off. Not sure of the laws there, but what can happen is they don't want to do anything at the time because that might involve the cops and if he was stoned he wouldn't want that. But later when he is normal again and the risk to him has passed he could make an issue of it. We'll keep our collective fingers crossed for you.

Hopefully. Luckily I had a witness with me. My friend was riding in the passenger seat.

[Tanner31593]

HELLO EVERYONE!!!

MO: I just finished cleaning my room like 3 minutes ago. I stopped last night because I was trying to diagnose my PowerMac, and didn't get anywhere so I just went to bed. I finished vacuuming. I was bending over and the cord to my headphones hit the ground and I accidently vacuumed over them, which sent my iPod flying, and the cord to the headphones are gone. Wasn't my earbuds, but still good headphones IMO.
My Apple earbuds just don't seem loud enough anymore.

I need to mail a letter to a friend. I've been putting that off, because I need to go to the post office. Whenever we put mail in our mailbox, for some reason they never take it.

I'm exhausted.

4th of July plans for any Americans?
Well, anyone in general?
Just because it's not a holiday everywhere doesn't mean you can't have plans! lol

I won't have my camera...which stinks, but it's not my sister's fault she couldn't get up here to give it back. She's a broke college student!

This Pismo is a little slow to use for everyday computing. Ugh.

[mathogre]

Good job on cleaning, Tanner! :) Too bad about the headphones. :O

I have no definite plans for the 4th, Independence Day. I guess I won't be throwing off our government, but it's always a time to consider it. Still, it might be one of those times to write to the government leaders (President, Vice President, Senators, Representative) and express an opinion. I've done it since I was a teen and still do it. I've even written Prime Minister Tony Blair (UK) and Prime Minister John Howard (Australia); Mr. Howard's office actually responded through the post. In the free world, the government works for us.

[bobtomay]

Ooh more 20 somethings - congrats all around.

And hey, nice ax you got yourself there MacOsX.

Get after them nasty Orcs tonight.

[iRye]

I just saved $13 on a bigger car from Thrifty Car Rental compared to our original at Enterprise. w00t.

[iRye]

Ok, I have a little car rental dillema. I have too many choices with thrifty.

We picked a Toyota Matrix, but I just saw one drive by...it's really small. The driver my father is 6'6, so that's not optimal, even though it's tall. We'll also have 2 large suitcases, also not good for that car. Heavy load wouldn't be good for the small car.

We can upgrade to the Dodge Avenger for $30, or better yet a Charger for $60. I originally convinced my dad to go with the Matrix because I thought it was WAY bigger. It's not.

Halp!

[iKitten]

Depending on how many people you hope to carry, I'd get a bigger car than the Matrix. Test drove one of those and, unless it's for two people, it could be really tight!

We finally made it to Ohio. It was quite a day: driving from the easternmost point of Long Island back to LaGuardia and flying to Dayton. Oh, and our plane was delayed an hour (they had to change a tire) AND we almost got bumped off our flight! Don't know if there was a weight limit problem or overbooking, but with at least two empty seats visible, I suspect the former.

We hit town and checked into the originally reserved hotel. It was a dive and it wasn't where I thought it was (minor letdown on google maps' part). We were so tired and hungry we weren't thinking straight. After food, we found another (newer, cleaner) hotel and checked out of the first one two hours after checking in. Much better!

[Mac0sXuser]

Ooh more 20 somethings - congrats all around.

And hey, nice ax you got yourself there MacOsX.

Get after them nasty Orcs tonight.

Thanks :)

[mathogre]

Oh we *did* get those nasty orcs! I almost lost my wolf, a pretty little thing. Tasha is her name. 170 pounds (77 kilos) of wildness. She was struck down by an orc, but in the end we got him. Filthy, stinking orcs.

The game went until just after midnight, and the roads were practically empty when I came home. It was a great night!

Hope everyone is having a fine day!

[Tanner31593]

Hello everyone!

[iRye]

Thanks iKitten for your advice. It's actually probably gonna be a Pontiac Vibe (I've never seen a Japanese car in the Thrifty rental car lot, or the avis one, or the hertz one, or the enterprise one...you get my point) although the Pontiac is essentially the same vehicle.

I think we'll stay with the Matrix/Vibe because my father hates Dodges. And boy, do they have them. None of that or similar crap with the Dodges.

Hey Tanner!

[mathogre]

Today So Far...

I just spent a couple hours debugging problems with my .mac account. In a nutshell, when I connect to iDisk, the connection hangs. I can, however, connect to a trial .mac iDisk, based on a test suggested by .mac support. This is a problem I've been trying to resolve with Apple for the last few days. For now the service is partially hosed for me, but the good news is that the Apple folks seem to be interested in solving this. I'll see how it goes.

Now to personal errands and activities. Much to do today. \(^_^)/

[Tanner31593]

the forums dont work so well with my psp

[technologist]

I just spent a couple hours debugging problems with my .mac account. In a nutshell, when I connect to iDisk, the connection hangs. I can, however, connect to a trial .mac iDisk, based on a test suggested by .mac support. This is a problem I've been trying to resolve with Apple for the last few days. For now the service is partially hosed for me, but the good news is that the Apple folks seem to be interested in solving this. I'll see how it goes.


Have you tried using another WebDAV client, like Goliath? just enter idisk.mac.com/mathogre (or whatever) as the URL

[mathogre]

Have you tried using another WebDAV client, like Goliath? just enter idisk.mac.com/mathogre (or whatever) as the URL

I haven't, but it's an option so thank you! The dot mac folks are looking into the problem now. I figure I pay for the service, it should work. It doesn't. They can fix it.

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[BlueBell]

Poor Frank. Hope he gets to feeling better. :(

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I did so much driving today it's not even funny.
And I had mcdonalds.

So good, yet so bad...



OKAY!

So, we have like really disgusting furniture in our house.
It's bad, but not THAT bad.

My mom and I are like "this couch stinks, we should get rid of it..."
and my dad is like "YOU THINK EVERYTHING STINKS!"
Well everything DOES stink because our dog likes to urinate.....like all dogs do, only this dog likes to IN the house...


Well last night we GOT RID OF ALL OF IT!
Like, all of a sudden I look out the slider door in my basement and I see our couch fly over the deck and go crashing on the ground by our fire area and it breaks into a million pieces.

I'm thinking "Hm, either mom and dad are having a little argument, or THINGS ARE BEING BURRRRRNED!"

So we burnt that huge sectional couch, MULTIPLE mattresses, box springs, 2 recliners, a bunk bed, and all that other really cheap junky stuff you SHOULD get rid of. Old and gross sheets/comforters, blankets, pillows, desks, EVERYTHING!

It felt SO GREAT.
We're not done yet though.

My parents tend to keep TOO MUCH STUFF!

"No, that twin size sheet can still be used! That stain is small, and even though we have no twin size beds, we can still use it!" and i'm like "Uh, are you kidding..." so I throw it on the fire when they're not looking.

Andd if it's been in our basement, all dusty, on the top bunk where nobody's been in FOREVER, odds are it's not being used.

I would burn every piece of furniture in our basement if I could, but it's not up to me.


Now our living room is EMPTY! NO FURNITURE! IT'S JUST A TV!
We brought in those folding chairs used for camping.

Actually, my dad is set on just buying 5 of those chairs and calling the living room good.

I don't think my mom's having that.

And we're REPAINTING! YES!


Our living room was just repainted 2 year ago, but it was a huge mistake.

This was before my parents got back together (They're divorced now, they just live together............), and my dad's girlfriend lived with us. There was actually a short period of time when my mom moved back in with my dad WHILE his now ex-girlfriend lived there, it was SO SCREWED UP! we call her yummy behind her back. If anyone wants to know, ask.
ANYWAYS

My dad is obsessed with nascar.
He wanted dale earnhardt jr in our living room.
So she painted it, and my dad picked out the colors.

It's striped red, black, and grey.


OUR CARPET IS GREEN.


And our walls are textured, so when she put tape down the paint just went through the bumps in the wall past the tape, so the stripes aren't even. The walls also aren't that even. You can't tell when it's one color, but you can when it's striped. It's like wavy stripes.

It looks ridiculous.

I'm so glad we can redo it.

MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE OVER SOMEDAY!

LOL!

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Poor Frank. Hope he gets to feeling better. :(
I'm working on him.

I wonder how I get the jack out from under the motherboard LOL. Maybe i'll just add a new jack and cut the cord from the fried one, but I guess that's the lazy way out.




LA LA LA LA LA LA LALALALALALALALALALALA.

COME ON 100.

CENT!

Um, I don't know 100 in any other languages except those 2. lol.

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Lamb Chops.

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EDIT:

APPARENTLY, ALL THSES POSTS GOT BUMPED UP TO PAGE 100 LOL.
WELL, THAT MAKES ME LOOK EVEN FOOLISH-ER.
It makes me look even foolish-er than saying foolish-er.

So.......


100 PAGES OF PURE AMAZINGNESS!DRINKS ARE ON ME! (lol)

Thanks for making it great everyone!

FIRST POST:

ugh.
99 still.

WHY
DID
HE
AND
HIS
GRANDPA
HAVE
TO
STEAL
THOSE
FIZZY
LIFTING
DRINKS?!
THAT
COULD
HAVE
BEEN
VEEEERRRRRYYYYY
DANGEROUS.

NOBODY
DIES
IN
A
MOVIE
ABOUT
CANDY!

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Baby doll, I want it all.

I GOT A NEW SURGE PROTECTOR TODAY.
YAYYYYYYYY


Thanks, clearance rack at wal-mart.

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Wait, isn't there a ways I can tell if and when it's going to be page 100?
Maybe there's like a post number or something. I don't remember.

I'm thinking maybe there is. Maybe posting over and over isn't the most intelligent thing to do after all!!! :lol:

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Maybe it's 15.

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If it IS 15, THIS POST
MAYBE
SHOULD BE ON PAGE 100!

LOL.
I'M JUST SO BORED THAT PAGE 100 IS A BIG THING!

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DANG, STILL PAGE 99. lol.

(Hope sinks)

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MK, well now that we've crossed to page 100 with that last post, some of the posts before it came with it.

I'm just going to stop posting in the B&G for tonight before I make myself look even weirder.

Weirdness comes best in consistent bursts. That's kind of contradicting all my other posts, because they're just as weird, but yeah i'm stopping now.


LOL.

[BlueBell]

Even though I know it's the way the forum software works, it's still pretty funny when you say it's finally page 100 on the seventh post of the page. :P

[MaDDoG]

Might be page 100 but this is post 999 :lol::lol:

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Or is it post 1000 on page 100....I just giveup.:thumbup: