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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.
  • #961
Gad said:
OMG! I was about to kill our poor little kitten :cry:

I almost stepped on her, and it's not the first time. This reminds me of the poor hamster that I stepped on :frown:

(I know I already posted this in the kitty thread :biggrin:)

 
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  • #962
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Sawwy :frown:

I knew I shouldn't have included that part in there.

Glad you're back! Don't make us worry next time!
 
  • #963
lisab said:
(I know I already posted this in the kitty thread :biggrin:)

Lol lisab, what I did was completely different. My sister rushed to hold the kitten while, she said, I got freaked out screaming 'don't say it, don't say it, don't say it.' I don't know what exactly, but maybe I didn't want to hear that the cat is hurt. This made me think of handcuffing my feet so I can move cautiously. :devil:

Sigh, I'm just glad I didn't hurt the little kitten.
 
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  • #964
Gad said:
I'd like to read yours Enigman, if you don't mind.
Sorry, as much as I'm tempted to share it I really shouldn't. :(

But as an apology I wrote an epitah for the hamster.
Gad said:
OMG! I was about to kill our poor little kitten :cry:

I almost stepped on her, and it's not the first time. This reminds me of the poor hamster that I stepped on :frown:

An epitah

Good bye little one,
Now rest in peace,
For all your life you've done but run,
And while it lasted we had good fun.Good bye little one,
Our hearts seem empty,
Now that you have gone.

Good bye little one,
Now rest in peace,
And never let St. Peter,
Have even a bit of ease...

:p sorry just couldn't resist the last bit.
 
  • #965
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Sorry, no :frown:

Whenever I get into those weird moods and write something like that...

I can relate...for eg.

Welcome back Anti!
May glory be you,
And may Evo never again cry NOOOOOOOOO!
May you never freeze,
Not at triple point, not even at the point which happens to be my I.Q.
Welcome back Anti!
May Glory be you!
May you never freeze,
Nor your posts ever cease!
:p
 
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  • #966
I am taking 2 exams tomorrow, one will be about green laser and optics in the morning and another about general knowledge of optical technology in the afternoon. Hopefully I will not fail both.
 
  • #967
inotyce said:
I am taking 2 exams tomorrow, one will be about green laser and optics in the morning and another about general knowledge of optical technology in the afternoon. Hopefully I will not fail both.

My condolences fellow traveler.
I wish you strength.
(Really not in the mood for another bad poem...)
 
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  • #968
Evo said:
...Since I was a small child I could stop a dream, rewind it and change it going forward. I called it "directed dreaming" since I'd never heard of anyone doing what I could do.

You could lucid dream as a child? ?!?
It took me more than a month to learn to do it...
Oh to anyone who is interested there are a number of apps in Google play for lucid dreaming.
But I learned about them after I could do it without any help. *cry*
 
  • #969
Gad said:
OMG! I was about to kill our poor little kitten :cry:

I almost stepped on her, and it's not the first time. This reminds me of the poor hamster that I stepped on :frown:

We got a 7 week old puppy a few days ago, and he has this habit of running right next to your legs. I haven't stepped on him yet, but I've definitely turned around and clocked him in the face (on accident) a few times :frown:
 
  • #970
Can I claim part of Antarctica?

I see there is still some available spots. And regarding the treaty, doesn't that just mean you can not agree to it and then it doesn't apply (less le Jus Jogens).

Hmmmm... :smile:
 
  • #971
Cold hearted orb
That rules the night
Removes the colours
From our sight
Red is gray and
Yellow white
But we decide
Which is right
And
Which is an Illusion

that's my post on the,

" Free will is an illusion? "
topic, that evo closed as i was writing my post,
it was funny.
 
  • #972
krash661 said:
Cold hearted orb
That rules the night
Removes the colours
From our sight
Red is gray and
Yellow white
But we decide
Which is right
And
Which is an Illusion

that's my post on the,

" Free will is an illusion? "
topic, that evo closed as i was writing my post,
it was funny.
A Moody blues song?
 
  • #974
I saw a B&W Brittany today. I used to "steal" my neighbors' Brittany in college. Bilbo was ignored by his mistress and the kids, and he would come to me when I called his name. We would walk the abandoned railroad bed between Orono and Old Town at least once a day. Never once did the woman across the street thank me for exercising their dog, though I would walk him for 1/2 hour to an hour every day. Bilbo walked me as much as I walked him, so we both benefited.
 
  • #975
Hewwwwwwrah! Just drove by the most terrifying fire I've ever seen: three huge palm trees growing together at the side of the highway were up in flames. Trees + flames, probably 200 feet high.

I was southbound and the tree fire was on the northbound side, thank God for me. As I passed it, I must have been at least 100 feet away, but could feel the heat even through the window.

Here's the terrifying part: these trees were right next to an elevated onramp or offramp and flames were licking the side of this ramp, and cars were up there driving through the flames!

No firetrucks or police were on the scene yet. Freakin' crazy!
 
  • #976
zoobyshoe said:
Hewwwwwwrah! Just drove by the most terrifying fire I've ever seen: three huge palm trees growing together at the side of the highway were up in flames. Trees + flames, probably 200 feet high.

I was southbound and the tree fire was on the northbound side, thank God for me. As I passed it, I must have been at least 100 feet away, but could feel the heat even through the window.

Here's the terrifying part: these trees were right next to an elevated onramp or offramp and flames were licking the side of this ramp, and cars were up there driving through the flames!

No firetrucks or police were on the scene yet. Freakin' crazy!

Did you take a photo?
 
  • #977
Enigman said:
Did you take a photo?

I was driving. No.
 
  • #978
Wouldn't stop me...but few things can stop me when I have a camera in my hand.
 
  • #979
3 years married to my sweety. (That's spelled correctly. I'm sweetie, she's sweety).

We met on the bus in 6th grade. She asked me for my phone number, and I, being very intimidated by girls, masking my nervousness with humor, said "1-900-909-DAVE." We were friends in middle school, lost touch for a bit, found each other again in high school by which point I didn't recognize her, but nonetheless began chasing this hot girl around, who totally ignored me. We became friends again, and except for the occasional random out of nowhere kiss, we were just friends, though we promised that if we weren't married by the time we were 30 we'd look each other up and get married.

We lost touch for 15 years.

Found each other again about 5 years ago and started dating long distance, PA to Florida. We both lost our mothers a year apart, but before that, both our parents advised us, in their own ways, "don't screw it up." I moved to Florida and we got married, had a very extended honeymoon. We have been having a blast. We are the silliest two people you'll ever see together. She's awesome. I'm so lucky.

-Dave K
 
  • #980
dkotschessaa said:
3 years married to my sweety. (That's spelled correctly. I'm sweetie, she's sweety).

We met on the bus in 6th grade. She asked me for my phone number, and I, being very intimidated by girls, masking my nervousness with humor, said "1-900-909-DAVE." We were friends in middle school, lost touch for a bit, found each other again in high school by which point I didn't recognize her, but nonetheless began chasing this hot girl around, who totally ignored me. We became friends again, and except for the occasional random out of nowhere kiss, we were just friends, though we promised that if we weren't married by the time we were 30 we'd look each other up and get married.

We lost touch for 15 years.

Found each other again about 5 years ago and started dating long distance, PA to Florida. We both lost our mothers a year apart, but before that, both our parents advised us, in their own ways, "don't screw it up." I moved to Florida and we got married, had a very extended honeymoon. We have been having a blast. We are the silliest two people you'll ever see together. She's awesome. I'm so lucky.

-Dave K

That is sooo sweet :). And this is coming from someone who believes that love is redundant. Nice to be proven wrong sometimes [though I still ain't going to do it :p] Happy anniversary! And of course don't mess it up ;)
 
  • #981
dkotschessaa said:
3 years married to my sweety. (That's spelled correctly. I'm sweetie, she's sweety).

We met on the bus in 6th grade. She asked me for my phone number, and I, being very intimidated by girls, masking my nervousness with humor, said "1-900-909-DAVE." We were friends in middle school, lost touch for a bit, found each other again in high school by which point I didn't recognize her, but nonetheless began chasing this hot girl around, who totally ignored me. We became friends again, and except for the occasional random out of nowhere kiss, we were just friends, though we promised that if we weren't married by the time we were 30 we'd look each other up and get married.

We lost touch for 15 years.

Found each other again about 5 years ago and started dating long distance, PA to Florida. We both lost our mothers a year apart, but before that, both our parents advised us, in their own ways, "don't screw it up." I moved to Florida and we got married, had a very extended honeymoon. We have been having a blast. We are the silliest two people you'll ever see together. She's awesome. I'm so lucky.

-Dave K

That's lovely :smile:.
 
  • #982
Stallone has called Willis lazy and greedy. This coming from a jerk who might be planning RockyXX Milk it Sly. We know who you are and we know that you are one-dimensional. At least Willis can act.
 
  • #983
Yesterday I took 2 tests, both of which were easy. But graduate schools may fail me because my score might not be too high. my GPA in high school 33 and in college 35. My high school is a huge one while the college is 10 times smaller. I don't know why, blame it on luck or just my fate to have done on easy tests.
 
  • #984
turbo said:
Stallone has called Willis lazy and greedy. This coming from a jerk who might be planning RockyXX Milk it Sly. We know who you are and we know that you are one-dimensional. At least Willis can act.
Stallone was great in "Copland". His fans hated the film, though, because he played a wimp. I loved it because I was amazed how well he could act when he was allowed to act.

Same with Robin Williams. I think he's best when playing creepy serial killers rather than comedy. Get some real acting out of him.
 
  • #985
This pic shows what happens to palm trees when you don't trim them. The ones that grow by the side of the highway here are pretty much wild and don't get trimmed. That's why the three on fire I saw last night were throwing up such huge flames. Those drooping, dead palms all the way up the trunk burn like crazy.
 

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  • #986
zoobyshoe said:
This pic shows what happens to palm trees when you don't trim them. The ones that grow by the side of the highway here are pretty much wild and don't get trimmed. That's why the three on fire I saw last night were throwing up such huge flames. Those drooping, dead palms all the way up the trunk burn like crazy.
Probably just took one carelessly tossed cigarette from a passing car. Too bad that you didn't have a copilot to take a picture. But, a Google search gives a pretty good set of images.
 
  • #987
you can time travel.

from california to N. Y ,
you travel 3 hours ahead, so from this point, you have traveled 3 hours into the future..

from n.y to china,
you traveled 12 hours ahead, so from this point, you have traveled 12 hours into the future.

from china to califonia,
you travel 15 hours back in time, so from this point, you have traveled 15 hours to the past.

time travel, occurs everyday.

:)
 
  • #988
Every day, every hour, every second, every damn millisecond!
 
  • #989
Borg said:
Probably just took one carelessly tossed cigarette from a passing car. Too bad that you didn't have a copilot to take a picture. But, a Google search gives a pretty good set of images.
The first thing I googled was "palm trees on fire". I passed on posting any of those here because none of them was equal to the intensity of the fire I saw. I thought, when I first saw it in the distance, a jetliner had crashed, or some tanker truck full of flammable liquid had overturned and caught fire. There was a candle wick proportion to the flames, with the trees as the wick and the flames that much higher than the trees. My sense of a palm tree is that mature ones are about 100 feet tall, so I figure trees + flames were at 200 feet.

Anyway, I'm now worried about the structural integrity of the elevated onramp that was getting licked by the flames. I hope they do a thorough evaluation of it.
 
  • #990
zoobyshoe said:
Stallone was great in "Copland". His fans hated the film, though, because he played a wimp. I loved it because I was amazed how well he could act when he was allowed to act.

Same with Robin Williams. I think he's best when playing creepy serial killers rather than comedy. Get some real acting out of him.

I hate it when actors with the potential to play various opposing roles end up being type-casted, stuck portraying only one role, when they're capable of many.
 

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