Enforcer84 Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Almost tax time for me. Got my software, sent away for the refund. Gotta get the state version after I get my W-2 and then; then I get to see what ending my marriage does to my financial picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings RIP Kerry Packer. What you did fr the game of cricket, will be remembered every summer in Australia. Bradman & Warne notwithstanding, you may have been the biggest influence on cricket this country has produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It's just incredible how much disinformation there is out there, and how many people so eagerly swallow it hook, line, and sinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Overheard at work: "Do you wanna got rent a movie? *pause* Oh, yeah, it's like, wife-swap night, isn't it?" I'm afraid to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Overheard at work: "It's the worst when mom goes down on you in front of everyone..." followed by: "wait! That's not what I meant! I ment gets down on you! Stop laughing!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Wow. How dense can someone get? Either that or their brain has desolid. Nothing seems to affect them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm watching IFC, and it's showing Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. This may be the most bizarre film I've seen since The Ruling Class. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings An e-mail from my dad; about as random as they come: It was 1958. We had two TV sets (actually we had 3, but the third one was in New Hampshire) One of them was the Zenith console in the living room. The other was a 12" Emerson table-top set that was usually in the basement. For some reason it had been put temporarily in my bedroom. I was supposed to go to bed at 9:00, but I had seen a promo for a show that looked interesting. It was a live drama about a guy from 1958 who unexpectedly found himself in Honolulu in December of 1941. The first person he meets is a sailor from the USS Arizona "When did ther pull HER out of the mud?" he asks. The sailor is quite offended. Of course, nobody believes him when he tries to tell them what's about to happen. I didn't get to see the whole show because my mother caught me watching it and made me turn it off. Reading that biography of Rod Serling was a bit of a shock. Turns out he wrote the script, and had tried to peddle it to CBS as the first installment of an anthology series to be called "The Twilight Zone". The network ignored him. It got on the air, though, on a show called "Desilu Playhouse". After it aired, the network got flooded with mail, all of it favorable, and CBS stopped ignoring Serling's idea. Strange to realize that if it hadn't been for Lucille Ball, there wouldn't have been "I Love Lucy" (obviously), but neither would there have been "Star Trek" or "The Twilight Zone". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm skipping work today because when the alarm went off at 0430 I thought for a second and realized my "sick time" evaporates in 3 days and I haven't used it all..... I think I'll hang out with my mom who's in town until saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings It's strange to see old-time HEROites on the M&M listserv (like Wayne Shaw, to name names, I see no reason not to). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings When simulating the effect of a disease in a population, being able to generate negative numbers for disease duration is bad. As cool as it would be to know a person was going to have a disease before it actually started, that doesn't make your results believeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I have so much email, and old work files, and nowhere to store it all. Well, I could store it at home, I suppose; I've got the disk space (mirrored!) but the question is, can I suck 10GB worth of data down through my DSL connection without suffering timeouts? That would take... 173 hours. ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Old Man's new Avatar looks like G.I. Joe. Is this intentional ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I bought an irreverent birthday card for a friend yesterday, and a new lapel button. Not sure if I'll keep it, give it to another friend who deserves it more than anyone else I know, or give it to the barrista downstairs: Better Multitasking Skills Through Massive Caffeine Consumption Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings For all the miniature loonies like me, my massive trading list... I read that thread title, and immediately wondered when a midget had joined the boards . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings 'And I think to myself What a Wonderful World' - Louis Armstrong Couldn't have said it better myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I gotta quit calling the ex. I'm beginning to feel needy and pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Ijust finished buying 10 HERO books to partially catch me up to all that is out. I'm going to have a lot of reading to do in th new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Bad Bunny. Bad, Bad, Bad Bunny (work safe) zornwil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I got this for my dad for Christmas. Huge Letter Large Keys Keyboard This oversized keyboard has high-contrast black on ivory keys that measure a very large 1 inch square. The bold letters and numbers are .75 inches high. Instead of the right-hand number pad, there are large navigation arrow keys, as well as the function keys. A great keyboard for beginning computer users, low vision users or those with arthritis. PC compatible. He has Parkinson's, so using the computer when he's being diskinetic is a challenge, to say the least. "This is a lot easier when someone isn't moving the keys out from under me the whole time." I had to go on a good search to find a good enlarged keyboard. I'm really surprised that there aren't more of these out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The anthem for Ben and Simon. 'This is what you'll get if you mess with us' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Bazza old boy, Would Piper get terribly mad with us if we sang Queen's 'Tie your mother down' to her ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The best gift I ever gave my father is one that I hope he never finds out about. For fifteen years I have put up with his wife, a woman I hated almost upon meeting. Even before they got serious, I felt talking to this woman was some form of classic greek punishment. She made him happy, though, so I didn't cause trouble. I was even best man at his wedding. Living here with both of them has been a real trial for me, and I was pretty sure I would make it. Then came Christmas at her family's house. As far as I'm concerned, she crossed the line. I'm done. No more playing nice. I leave in a week, I can avoid her for the most part. Dad just asked me to go pick her up at the train station tonight. I'll go, but he's not able to even ride along. I can't gaurantee that she's making it back in one piece tonight. She's a creature of glass and tissue paper. If I say anything, she'll break. I fantasize about what I'd like to say to her, about all the things I've hidden, about her ansolute worthlessness as a human being, about... God help me, I don't know which would be worse: ripping into her or swallowing more depression inducing rage. I love you, Dad. I hope I'm strong enough for one more week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Where are Enforcer84 and Tim when you need a new Answer and Question ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Once again, I smile smugly and claim a point from L. Marcus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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