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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.
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I have a terrible problem. I'm addicted to the Jack Reacher series of novels by Lee Child, and I'm halfway through the last one there is left to read. He only writes and publishes one a year. The next one won't be out till around December. I've done some research on heroin and crack and they don't sound like strong enough substitutes to tide me over.
 
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  • #202
zoobyshoe said:
I have a terrible problem. I'm addicted to the Jack Reacher series of novels by Lee Child, and I'm halfway through the last one there is left to read. He only writes and publishes one a year. The next one won't be out till around December. I've done some research on heroin and crack and they don't sound like strong enough substitutes to tide me over.
Demerol beer hat zoob, trust me, you won't care.
 
  • #203
fentanyl lollipops
 
  • #204
Zach Sobiech, at the age of 14, found out he had a rare form of terminal cancer. So he became a rock star, and millions of people got to see his music before he passed away on May 20, 2013. This is his beautiful story.
http://www.upworthy.com/this-kid-just-died-what-he-left-behind-is-wondtacular-rip

The Doors’ Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dead at Age 74
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-t...rdist-ray-manzarek-dead-age-74-214051551.html

RIP, Zach and Ray
 
  • #205
zoobyshoe said:
I have a terrible problem. I'm addicted to the Jack Reacher series of novels by Lee Child, and I'm halfway through the last one there is left to read. He only writes and publishes one a year. The next one won't be out till around December. I've done some research on heroin and crack and they don't sound like strong enough substitutes to tide me over.

But meth?
 
  • #206
Hmmm. I'm going to torture your minds by posting this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0X0cmQAdSE
 
  • #208
Evo said:
Demerol beer hat zoob, trust me, you won't care.
ChiralWaltz said:
fentanyl lollipops
AnTiFreeze3 said:
But meth?
I'll try them all at once. See if that works.
 
  • #209
Kholdstare said:
Hmmm. I'm going to torture your minds by posting this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0X0cmQAdSE

Thanks a lot. Now I have something to torture my daughter with.
 
  • #210
Micromass!

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From tumblr.com which is worth far less than PF.
 
  • #211
i just failed my physics final and I'm trying to get my mind off of it :cry:
 
  • #212
PhizKid said:
i just failed my physics final and I'm trying to get my mind off of it :cry:

Wait until you get the scores back, maestro!
 
  • #213
I ran into my pal, Eddie, tonight at a cafe. He's studying neuroscience. However, that's by the way.

I thought the music playing in the cafe must be Jimmy Hendrix, but I'm not familiar with all his recordings. Eddie said he'd check. He fiddled with his phone and then confirmed it was Jimmy Hendrix. I asked him how his phone knew what the hell was playing on the coffee house music system, and he said it picked it up on the microphone. Suddenly I realized the phone had sampled the music, compared it to some database of every piece of music that had ever been uploaded to the web, and matched it to Jimmy Hendrix. What flabbergasted me was how fast it was. It did it in about 5 seconds. It's an app that came with the phone.
 
  • #214
My bet is that the app uses external database. But perhaps I am wrong.
 
  • #215
Went out with my daughter last night to celebrate her 21st birthday. Bought her a gin and tonic! A bunch of her friends were there...lots of, erm, facial hardware :eek:. Nice young folks, though.
 
  • #216
lisab said:
Went out with my daughter last night to celebrate her 21st birthday.

Wish her HB from me :smile:
 
  • #217
OKey I finally did buy a camera with my last $2 of the month. But it is such an old camera that I do not know how to operate it.
 
  • #218
Many camera companies have web sites with on-line manuals...
 
  • #219
Borek said:
My bet is that the app uses external database. But perhaps I am wrong.
Yeah, I didn't mean to imply all that data was on the phone. He had to be online to do it.
 
  • #220
dlgoff said:
Micromass!

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From tumblr.com which is worth far less than PF.

So pretty! I can't stop watching it!
 
  • #221
lisab said:
Went out with my daughter last night to celebrate her 21st birthday. Bought her a gin and tonic! A bunch of her friends were there...lots of, erm, facial hardware :eek:. Nice young folks, though.

Something like this?
 
  • #222
What's this guy's maturity level...like, 14 years old?!

http://www.today.com/entertainment/...lls-jury-retarded-says-they-should-6C10020903

"I want that jury to know that each and every one of you are mentally f--ing retarded and you should be euthanized because, as Darwin said, you have naturally selected yourself," Francis told interviewer Stephen Galloway. "You are the weakest members of the herd. Goodbye! And if that jury wants to convict me because I didn't show up, which is the only reason why they did, then, you know, they should all be lined up and shot!"
 
  • #224
"Exponential Growth: It's as easy as 1,2,4."

Just bought a couple of T-shirts. One of them was a PF T-shirt.
 
  • #225
The 20 Most Beautiful Libraries on Film and TV
http://flavorwire.com/392753/the-20-most-beautiful-libraries-on-film-and-tv/

I spent many a weekend or evening browsing library stacks in math and physics, or religion and history.

My ideal home would a library with living quarters adjacent.

The next to ideal would be a nice comfortable home within walking distance of a university library with a extensive math, science, engineering and history and non-fiction humanities sections.
 
  • #228
Watching sci-fi for years has taught me one thing. Robots and people from the future can not use contractions.
 
  • #229
Astronuc said:
My ideal home would a library with living quarters adjacent.

The next to ideal would be a nice comfortable home within walking distance of a university library with a extensive math, science, engineering and history and non-fiction humanities sections.

You stole my dream home :smile:

Although I would like for mine to be on top of some mountains, but I guess I can't ask for too much.
 
  • #230
Speaking of homes - Casa Malaparte.
 
  • #231
Borek said:
Speaking of homes - Casa Malaparte.

Seems ugly to me. Although maybe I just can't appreciate quality contemporary Italian styled homes.

It also looks like Nike partially funded the making of the house (look at the roof).
 
  • #232
AnTiFreeze3 said:
It also looks like Nike partially funded the making of the house (look at the roof).

Didn't know Nike existed in 1937 :-p
 
  • #233
20k :smile:
 
  • #234
Borek said:
20k :smile:

Wow, congrats :approve:!
 
  • #235
woo hooo
well done Borek :)

Party Time !

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Dave
 

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  • #236
No party for me today, I am on a diet. Without any particular reason my liver decided to swell on Sunday, I couldn't sleep on the right side. It is already much better, but I am not going to risk drinking yet
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  • #238
Borek said:
No party for me today, I am on a diet. Without any particular reason my liver decided to swell on Sunday, I couldn't sleep on the right side. It is already much better, but I am not going to risk drinking yet [PLAIN]http://www.bpp.com.pl/IMG/grumpy_borek.png[/QUOTE]
Oh no, are your liver enzymes elevated? And your doctor is taking care of this, right?
 
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  • #239
AnTiFreeze3 said:
But he has ladies all around him! You two should obviously be attracted to this man.
:eek:
 
  • #240
Seems the family that had moved in above me that buried my car with snow are gone. I just met the two guys that have moved in. They are animal lovers and can't get over how lucky they were to move in on the ravine and that we have ducks. I told them that the bunnies hang out in the front for some reason, maybe due to the hawks that like to hunt in the ravine. The bunnies like to have parked cars and bushes to dart under, the ravine is open, no place to hide from hawks.

Anyway, they approve that I put feed out, I've seen them throwing bread down to the ducks and squirrels. They also have a pet squirrel they saved when it was a baby, I had heard some weird scraping noises and looked up and saw a squirrel hanging on to the wall near the roof, startled me. He said it's been doing that since they've moved in, they're hoping to see if it wants to join the other squirrels, but so far he's not shown any interest in leaving.
 
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  • #241
Evo said:
...I've seen them throwing bread down to the ducks and squirrels.

Seen any cigarette butt throwing? :devil:
 
  • #242
dlgoff said:
Seen any cigarette butt throwing? :devil:
No! Maybe they don't smoke!
 
  • #243
Evo said:
No! Maybe they don't smoke!

Yay! I'm happy that you (hopefully) have good neighbors. It's one of the little things in life that can mean so much.
 
  • #244
lisab said:
Yay! I'm happy that you (hopefully) have good neighbors. It's one of the little things in life that can mean so much.
So far they've been pretty quiet, I hope they're not party throwers.
 
  • #245
"We don't test on animals" ="We test on people"?

Does this happen to someone else: you're listening to a song and, at the same time, seeing people thru a window ( say you're in your car, or in a coffee shop) , and it seems like the people you're seeing are in a video for the song?
 
  • #246
Evo said:
So far they've been pretty quiet, I hope they're not party throwers.
I'm happy for you too Evo. Especially knowing what you had to go through before.
 
  • #247
None of my neighbors speak to me, except for this little boy who says "hi" to me sometimes when I'm coming home from school or work. I'm also fairly certain that the people living across the street from me are growing marijuana.
 
  • #248
lisab said:
Yay! I'm happy that you (hopefully) have good neighbors. It's one of the little things in life that can mean so much.

My newest neighbor is single, and works the graveyard shift. We've said; "Hi!", about twice in the last three years. IMHO, he is the perfect neighbor.

I'm sure by now that everyone is aware that I'd like to institute Sharia Law in America, due to my last few sets of "Crack-***" neighbors...
 
  • #249
Evo said:
Oh no, are your liver enzymes elevated? And your doctor is taking care of this, right?

I will save you scary details of how the health care in Poland works lately. I have seen a doctor, and let's stay at that. I am definitely getting better.
 
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  • #250
I think I've been dieting too long. I saw a thread titled "The reason pi is not rational", and my first thought was, too much sugar!
 

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