Can PF Random Thoughts be Split to Help with Server Load?

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The discussion revolves around the splitting of larger threads to alleviate server load, specifically continuing the Random Thoughts thread. Participants express their thoughts on various topics, including the emotional impact of the game Bioshock: Infinite, which one user describes as "haunting." They discuss the game's cover art, noting the absence of the female co-lead, Elizabeth, from the front cover, and reference an interview with Ken Levine that suggests this was a marketing compromise. The conversation shifts to personal anecdotes, including family dynamics and humorous observations about everyday life, such as experiences at McDonald's and the challenges of parenting toddlers. The thread features a blend of light-hearted banter, reflections on gaming, and casual storytelling, highlighting the community's camaraderie.
  • #421
Bacle2 said:
I've always been curious--but too lazy to do the actual research --to understand some issues of dog behavior.
Why does a dog seem so happy to see you after you have left home, you've pat him/her goodbye, and then returned home, after a few minutes,because you forgot something? I mean, you've been gone for 2 minutes, yet the dog jumps on you like he had not seen you in years. And you can iterate this a few times, leaving and coming back after 2 minutes , and each time the dog will react in exactly the same way.

I asked this at another one of the big ASPCA events, where they try to push a dog on you. I got away from it by pointing-out to them they did not have my favorite dog. No one knew the answer.

Dogs think you are their pack leader, so they are happy to see you.

Apparently the time does matter, somewhat. The longer you are away the more "intense" the greeting (I've read actual "studies" on this) but only up to a certain point.
 
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  • #422
Follow up to surgery appointment today. First day without painkillers. Time to get back to doing some work, and I suddenly have a very short classical guitar performance to prepare for. Man, I miss painkillers and mindless video games.
 
  • #423
One of my co-workers described me last night as a mixture between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Mr. Rodgers.

No one has ever complimented me in such a way before :biggrin:
 
  • #424
AnTiFreeze3 said:
One of my co-workers described me last night as a mixture between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Mr. Rodgers.

No one has ever complimented me in such a way before :biggrin:

I keep getting told I look like Mark Zuckerberg.

I think that should entitle me to some of his money.
 
  • #425
dkotschessaa said:
I keep getting told I look like Mark Zuckerberg.

I think that should entitle me to some of his money.
By that logic I should be entitled to some of Terrence McKenna's mushrooms. I don't want them, though.
 
  • #426
zoobyshoe said:
By that logic I should be entitled to some of Terrence McKenna's mushrooms. I don't want them, though.

How about his drug-addled, slathering fans that whoop and holler as if every word he says is pure genius?
 
  • #427
Thunder thunder thunder... Where's the rain?
 
  • #428
Gad said:
Thunder thunder thunder... Where's the rain?

Good chance it's coming here later this week.
 
  • #429
We are in line for T-storms tonight. Inconvenient because I have already had to to delay spraying my fruit trees. I use a hose-end sprayer loaded with canola oil so I can smother pests and their eggs to protect the fruit.
 
  • #430
Giada De Laurentis, could she find a more tasteless dress? This is what she wore to the Emmy Awards. Looks like her dress fell down a few inches.

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  • #431
Allergies are bad today
 
  • #432
Evo said:
Giada De Laurentis, could she find a more tasteless dress? This is what she wore to the Emmy Awards. Looks like her dress fell down a few inches.

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Jeez, her head looks photoshopped on.
 
  • #433
ImATrackMan said:
Jeez, her head looks photoshopped on.
She has a huge head.
 
  • #434
Evo said:
She has a huge head.

Filled with knowledge about what to wear at the Emmy's.
 
  • #435
I just realized that I don't really like to write a diary.
 
  • #436
Gad said:
I just realized that I don't really like to write a diary.

Thursday. This cute boy looked at me while I was out getting coffee today. I still got it :smile:

Friday. I wasn't feeling too well so I stayed home for most of the day and watched TV.

Saturday. Why do I use this thing?
 
  • #437
Have to oil the fruit trees tomorrow. Looks like we'll have a couple of dry warm days in store. That should allow the oil-water mix to penetrate crevices in the bark and kill off insect pests and their eggs.
 
  • #438
My local newspaper has a list of summer classes available through Pima County Parks and Recreation, they include:

For the kids, there are pottery, tennis and martial arts classes. For you, there are art, jewelry, pottery, tennis, fitness, self-defense, preparing for death and firearms instruction and safety classes.

I am wondering if there are any prerequisites for the preparing for death class? Do I have to complete art, jewelry, pottery, tennis, fitness, and self defense first? Can my time in the military be counted as a self defense class? :confused:

Funny how they put, preparing for death, just before firearms instruction. :devil:
 
  • #439
edward said:
Funny how they put, preparing for death, just before firearms instruction. :devil:
:eek: That would make me question the firearms instructor.
 
  • #440
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Thursday. This cute boy looked at me while I was out getting coffee today. I still got it :smile:

Friday. I wasn't feeling too well so I stayed home for most of the day and watched TV.

Saturday. Why do I use this thing?

You call this a dairy?.. And I thought I have a gold fish memory. :biggrin:
 
  • #441
Gad said:
You call this a dairy?.. And I thought I have a gold fish memory. :biggrin:

:biggrin:
 
  • #442
This is a diary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M

oops wrong thread :-p
 
  • #443
lisab said:
This is a diary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M

oops wrong thread :-p

Now THAT IS a diary. :-p
 
  • #444
No, it is an existentialist rant.
 
  • #445
Borek said:
No, it is an existentialist rant.

Well, still, a diary. Since the couple diaries I wrote were all rants. :biggrin:
 
  • #446
lisab said:
This is a diary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M

oops wrong thread :-p

OMG it's dangerous for me to laugh that hard with these stitches in my belly. lol
 
  • #447
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPnY2NjSjrg
 
  • #448
It's difficult not to read all posts in this thread in existentialist cat's voice.
 
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  • #449
Bandersnatch said:
It's difficult not to real all posts in this thread in existentialist cat's voice.

:smile: oh great now that voice is in my head...
 
  • #450
lisab said:
:smile: oh great now that voice is in my head...
The forum members have put this disturbing voice in my head. Their mad Random Thoughts diary has no end. My ennui is complete.
 

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