Topic: Random thoughts (Read 630285 times)

jwhouk · « **Reply #4150 on:** 05 Mar 2014, 17:00 »

I gave up Lent for Lent a long time ago.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #4151 on:** 05 Mar 2014, 20:02 »

Sometimes a synonym is not really a synonym. Jack London's "The Call of the Wild" would not have had the same ring to it had it been titled "The Call of Nature".

Schmee · « **Reply #4152 on:** 05 Mar 2014, 20:35 »

I noticed that if you swap around the languages, a "consummate lover" is almost the same as a "complete amateur".

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4153 on:** 05 Mar 2014, 22:25 »

I was just called a traitor, accused of sedition and slander, an a 'Murrica hating terrorist sympathizer and a stain on the honor of the U.S. Marines. So I am now advertising for a new Communist country to take me in. Must have hot chicks, strong booze, decent internet and be actively plotting the downfall decadent West.

Now someone fetch me the cosmoline.

Thought for the day, is you're pissing someone off you're doing it right.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4154 on:** 05 Mar 2014, 22:33 »

... cuba, comes to mind.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4155 on:** 05 Mar 2014, 22:34 »

Yeah. I've always looked good in khakis and I do like my rum.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4156 on:** 05 Mar 2014, 22:35 »

Warm weather, pleasant people, good healthcare ...

Why not?

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4157 on:** 05 Mar 2014, 22:55 »

I question the health care.

My inability to speak spanish probably wouldn't help me... hurricanes also suck.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4158 on:** 06 Mar 2014, 00:08 »

Could be worse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Cuba

Also: https://www.duolingo.com/ teach yourself spannish!

Masterpiece · « **Reply #4159 on:** 06 Mar 2014, 03:20 »

Re coding: The finished product.

Basically a program that lets me make cards like these and helps me save 5 minutes of photoshopping.

jwhouk · « **Reply #4160 on:** 06 Mar 2014, 05:39 »

Cards Against Humanity style cards?

Masterpiece · « **Reply #4161 on:** 06 Mar 2014, 05:41 »

Can you not see the images?

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4162 on:** 06 Mar 2014, 05:43 »

No image. Just a black square with some text and then a pink square with some text.

pwhodges · « **Reply #4163 on:** 06 Mar 2014, 05:55 »

Those are the images.

jwhouk · « **Reply #4164 on:** 06 Mar 2014, 05:56 »

Kinda what I'm saying. They look a lot like Cards Against Humanity cards. Without the fill-in-the-blank parts.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4165 on:** 06 Mar 2014, 05:57 »

Well, in that case I see them. They're lovely. Quite an interesting hue.

...

Okay, bored now.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #4166 on:** 07 Mar 2014, 16:20 »

Oh so by the way I'M AN ASSHOLE

~~Valdís~~ · « **Reply #4167 on:** 07 Mar 2014, 16:51 »

At least you have the decency to feel bad about it!

Masterpiece · « **Reply #4168 on:** 07 Mar 2014, 16:57 »

~~Valdís~~ · « **Reply #4169 on:** 07 Mar 2014, 17:52 »

Erm. I guess that sounded mean to other people. Context: His post was about a thing he said to me.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #4170 on:** 07 Mar 2014, 19:30 »

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4171 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 01:49 »

Trawling through the photo thread. Actually wondering how Zingoleb/Unicorn are doing. Huh.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #4172 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 01:51 »

They have twitter.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4173 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 01:52 »

Alive then. Good to know.

Also: wouldn't know how to find if I'd go looking.

snalin · « **Reply #4174 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 05:11 »

Vnicorn is the only reason I still go to Facebook daily.

<3

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #4175 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 07:58 »

As I recall from Facebook and tumblr without trawling back through their posts, they are in a better living situation and happy in a relationship, but still dealing with some mental and physical stuff. They did get a diagnosis for the cause of the chronic pain but haven't gotten to start much treatment yet. This week's highlight was blue lipstick.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4176 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 08:20 »

I'm glad things are looking up for them

Important mental and physical issues take a long time to resolve, I'd be surprised if those things were sorted already, but I hope having a more stable lifestyle will help. Anyone who's in touch, please send good wishes from me.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4177 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 10:12 »

She's doing pretty well, all things considered, and I'm hoping to have her visit me in the near future

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4178 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 10:24 »

Apologies if "they" is not the correct pronoun, I wasn't sure.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4179 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 10:36 »

Unicorn is okay with they or she, unless something has changed recently.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4180 on:** 08 Mar 2014, 11:59 »

Well, that answers that. Thanks.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #4181 on:** 10 Mar 2014, 13:15 »

I rea ould like ow why we keep having innt power cuts. It's getnoying now.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #4182 on:** 16 Mar 2014, 20:41 »

Please also pass along my good wishes to Unicorn.

Why is there so much difference between a heat engine and a fire engine?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #4183 on:** 16 Mar 2014, 20:47 »

Why is the kitchen sink never included?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #4184 on:** 20 Mar 2014, 05:12 »

I've been rereading the Harry Potter books (well, relistening this time, I've been listening to the audio books at work) and Stephen Fry does a great job. I also realized that apparently Bellatrix is married, which I'd forgotten, because she's basically the Harley Quinn to Voldemort's Joker.

Emoroffle · « **Reply #4185 on:** 20 Mar 2014, 11:56 »

Too often the world changes not from the gentle coaxing of the good, but from the recoil of what the evil ones can achieve.

LTK · « **Reply #4186 on:** 20 Mar 2014, 14:03 »

It's strange to be looking at a full plate of food that you just toiled on hard and long and realise you're not hungry at all.

Kugai · « **Reply #4187 on:** 20 Mar 2014, 14:34 »

I've had moments like that. Damned if I didn't eat the Steak, Egg and Fries anyway. NO WAY was I going to ruin a perfect Steak Breakfast.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4188 on:** 23 Mar 2014, 07:29 »

So random thought, our two major distribution hubs are here in Maryland where I am, and Nottingham in England. Now the former's shipping costs are MASSIVELY higher then the latter, it's easy to see why though. The furthest place Nottingham has to ship to is Moscow for the most part (there's a local distributor that handles the bulk of Russia for us from what I understand). The shipping from Notthingham to Moscow distance wise, will get you from our U.S. office to roughly Chicago, roughly half way across the U.S.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #4189 on:** 23 Mar 2014, 10:23 »

I"m finally actually reading the Harry Potter books. I've read the first... 2 or 3, I think? And watched most, maybe all, of the movies. But every time a new book came out I would try to go back and read the series from the beginning since I never really had, and I never got too far. Now that I can borrow the eBooks from the library I'm giving it another shot.

jwhouk · « **Reply #4190 on:** 23 Mar 2014, 18:42 »

Keep in mind that books 1, 2 and 3 are lighter fare than the last four. Even Azkaban was only a shadow of the intensity that would hit the series in the later books.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #4191 on:** 23 Mar 2014, 18:58 »

I'd argue that book four is when it stops being a children's series. I'm actually rereading them through audio books at work. I'm on book 5 now.

Patrick · « **Reply #4192 on:** 24 Mar 2014, 01:55 »

My sister and I both managed to read each book in the same day (with the exception of Odor of the Penis, since I was feeling mighty contrarian that year, lol puberty). Pretty sure we're mutants.

Loki · « **Reply #4193 on:** 24 Mar 2014, 01:58 »

I *think* I read the 7th book of Harry Potter within a day, but I may be misremembering. I was on a wacky sleep schedule, due to staying up till midnight to get the book.

Patrick · « **Reply #4194 on:** 24 Mar 2014, 02:06 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 23 Mar 2014, 18:58

I'd argue that book four is when it stops being a children's series. I'm actually rereading them through audio books at work. I'm on book 5 now.

to be totally fair, that's about when kids of the characters' respective ages start noticeably growing up.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4195 on:** 24 Mar 2014, 03:04 »

Yeah, I read them all in a day as well I think.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #4196 on:** 24 Mar 2014, 05:43 »

Quote from: Patrick on 24 Mar 2014, 02:06

Quote from: Method of Madness on 23 Mar 2014, 18:58
I'd argue that book four is when it stops being a children's series. I'm actually rereading them through audio books at work. I'm on book 5 now.

to be totally fair, that's about when kids of the characters' respective ages start noticeably growing up.

Right, which is why it was a really good decision. But it's also less Harry hitting puberty and more

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and everything that follows that are the cause. I was lucky, until JK Rowling went GRRM on us (well, not quite) and started taking a few years to write each book, I was around Harry's age as they came out. Now that they're all out, how old should a kid be before reading them all?

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #4197 on:** 24 Mar 2014, 05:54 »

I was the proper age progression too Method, and I would say 10+ isn't a bad age range. Provided your kid can deal with the themes presented.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #4198 on:** 24 Mar 2014, 10:40 »

Does anyone ever poke a nose in the Poconos?

Thrillho · « **Reply #4199 on:** 24 Mar 2014, 12:08 »

I randomly remembered today that one of my friends once called me the Omelette King.

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