lemming

Re: Musings on Random Musings

Well' date=' I can understand the regrets but it is nice to simplify one's life. I need to shed some projects.[/quote']

I've got a back log of projects a mile long. That one just wasn't going to happen anytime soon. I think the various house projects needed to take priority. Now I just need to get a real job so the cash flow problem gets solved. I figure I've got two monthes covered before serious problems start creeping in.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

Yuck' date=' but good inventiveness/engineering on your part. I had a break on the side of my glasses a while back and the glasses people actually did a quick graft from another pair just as a quick freebie. Which is good and bad - good obviously in that it's fixed, but bad in that it's fixed well enough I haven't bothered to do anything more about it, so the piece that holds the glasses on one ear is actually different from the rest of the pair. But it doesn't stand out too badly, particularly with my hair being long and over it on that side of my face, the side opposite the part.[/quote']

Thanks. I'm hoping to do a decent enough job so it's not too noticable, but it will be better than the previous pair that my wife had Fed-Ex tape on the side for the better part of a year.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

Did some cleaning.

Made sure everything for the VWs was done so they could be taken away.

Laundry

Some shopping. New socks! yay!

Put together some more photos for the shelter's angel program. One of the cats we thought would make a good angel got adopted, so we needed to replace her.

Went hot tubbing Saturday with some friends.

Re: The cranky thread

Yes... and then we'd have to come up with something else to keep THEM entertained...

 

John T

Our five cats seem to be pretty good at self entertainment. Though three of them like the sitting in front of my wife's monitor as entertainment. Her question to me "Why don't they do it to you?" answer: "I don't let them"

Re: The cranky thread

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

STOP CREATING 6-8 NEW THREADS A DAY ON NEWS STORIES THAT ARE NOT INTERESTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

There. Better now.

Different views eh? I like about half of them, though I liked Kirby's idea of one thread a bit better.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

My wife's glasses broke in half, right in the middle. She glued them, but it didn't hold more than a couple days. So I brushed off a bit of minature experience. Drilled a small hole in each side and pinned them together. Now I just need to put some filler in and cover it with something that won't irritate my wife's cute nose.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

Both Vans are gone! A part of me is sad that I didn't have the cash flow to get that project going. However, I no longer have this task just sitting there, mocking me from the driveway. Plus I now have no excuse to not be able to park the bug in garage. With the bad weather coming in, should make the bug happier.

Re: The cranky thread

At least you have an actual tree. When I was young, I was in the tropics, where evergreens don't grow. So we had fake trees. The strangest one we had was a frame of a tree made of rattan. It was practically two-dimensional!

 

I'm not kidding here. My family really did this one Christmas.

One of my friends got a silver alumimum tree with a lighted color wheel behind it. It's pretty nifty.

Re: http://www.carnage.ru/?1000068580

Actual translation is

Before you the counter counting time which remained before official opening project Карнаж. Till this moment you were only assistants in testing game, after - become full inhabitants of this world. During existence of Slaughter very much much has changed, founders of the project tried to go towards to wishes in improvement of game process, and today the result is available - in Карнаж plays a plenty of people, various age and trades. What waits for you after opening? Wait

I think you're ok in terms of malware. I didn't go further since it seemed to want you to register.

Re: http://www.carnage.ru/?1000068580

Well if you use the translator it comes out saying

ALL YOUR BASE BELONG TO US!!!

Re: Champs Worldwide: Whaddya want?

If there's going to be an Italian character' date=' I hope he isn't Roman-themed or Mafia-themed. I agree some small degree of stereotyping is fitting for the superheroic genre, but look, I already got two copies of European Enemies... [/quote']

How about a cold themed one named "Gelato"?

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

I'm not sure if I can expect an honest and/or unbiased response' date=' I never got an answer: Is 5ER worth buying?[/quote']

I thought zornwil wrote something about that.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

But doesn't everyone start off with ten rep points?

I think they start with 10, but you have to have more than 10. I also think there's a minimum number of posts they need to have. (100?)

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

Remind me again - what does grey rep mean?

You got repped by someone who hasn't built up any rep of their own.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

Ack! Sorry to hear that Death Tribble. Get Well soon.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

Costco has a website? So I don't have to mingle with the inbred families with 17 kids trying to have lunch by clogging the ends of the aisles and stuffing thier tooth lacking maws?

Apparently the Costco in Cabo is very clean and not crowded at all.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

It might in some ways be better in the long run, as long as people can AFFORD the extra cost of vehicles... I live in a relatively low paid area, the property prices reflect this.

 

What happens to those of us who drive 20+ year old vehicles?

My brother in law was ranting about how the government standards should make all vehicles hybrid, or mandate 30+mpg, or some such. So far, Ford added iirc $6k to the cost of an Escape on the hybrid model...

 

The place we are buying is far enough out I am not sure the little honda civic we will drive once we fix the dead cylinder will be able to clear fresh snow.

That means back to the pickups, for half the mileage.

To be truthful, I think there should be plenty of incentives for people to go to better cars.

I'd like everyone to drive vehicles that are lower impact on the enviroment. However, I can't see that happenning easily enough. I also think there should be different standards for the need of the person. I see no need for a Hummer (for an extreme example) as a commuter vehicle. However, there are people who are practically forced to drive older cars due to cost. I can't afford the insurance on a new car (much less a new car) so I'm driving something that gets crappy milage.

Since I'm being brain scattered, let's just say I agree with you. Just wish there was a better way.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

And, of course, our current GOvernor, who I believe I did vote for, wants to change our emissions standards to the CALIFORNIA standards.

 

SO, now everyone needs to buy 1000+ dollar 4 stroke outboards for their boats, and all the other fun little things the CA standards have mandated.

Yi. Well as long as they don't bring in the reg fees up to the california model, it's better in the long run.

And truly sorry about the voting fiasco in washington. For the avatar, no votes were recieved from Washington. So no worries there...

Re: An EB by any other name...

I've run across a bunch of entangles that don't do barriers as well. The ice slick that freezes the feet to the ground type for example. Ropes, Glue Guns as well.

Re: Champs Worldwide: Whaddya want?

Hardly superheroic stuff . . . A one point Immunity: Inedible Foodstuffs would take care of the effects of those!

 

But surströmming - that's Kryptonite, people!

Those are not food stuffs! Well, the rotted herring has got to go as well.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

The Ohio Posters demand a recount!

 

The Tennesse Posters just don't care

 

(Truth to tell, I prefer the w/dice too I think)

After the rodent with gun avatar paid for it, we recounted several times. Each time we came up with 100% lemming w/dice. The people have spoken!

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

Hmph. All their big talk about this thread going on forever, and it's not only ranked 3rd for length, but I had to search for PAGES to find it.

 

Feh.

I think the marketing hype did it in.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

After all votes were counted it was found that 100% of all voters prefered the lemming w/dice avatar. We made sure that both the left & the right wing were consulted and represented. After doing so, we have followed the mandate of the people.

Re: Champs Worldwide: Whaddya want?

'Is that really the reason? I can't think of any supers-related plots taking place in Scandinavia!

Ludefisk and Gammalost.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

We decided that we'd already done everything we could to improve his life. Rather than put him through the discomfort and pain' date=' we let him go. Mage was put to sleep this afternoon.[/quote']

I'm sorry for your loss, but I think you made the right decision. Mage was lucky to have you as guardians.