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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.
  • #241
Evo said:
...I've seen them throwing bread down to the ducks and squirrels.

Seen any cigarette butt throwing? :devil:
 
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  • #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!
 
  • #251
Ivan Seeking said:
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!

lol. I get this on a level that most people here won't, Ivan.

-Dave K
 
  • #252
I am literally shaking after watching a movie ( not sure how to classify it, probably social or psychological drama). I suppose that means it was a good movie.
 
  • #253
Borek said:
I am literally shaking after watching a movie ( not sure how to classify it, probably social or psychological drama). I suppose that means it was a good movie.

What movie was it? Any chance it's available in the US?
 
  • #254
OK. So I finally managed to took this picture of me. But the camera broke down falling from hands. So I just had the film. I developed it myself and it did not look correct. So I scanned the photo and did some correction to it. So I am happy that finally PF will know how I look like.

Here it comes ...

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  • #255
Borek said:
I am literally shaking after watching a movie ( not sure how to classify it, probably social or psychological drama). I suppose that means it was a good movie.

Or you need to stop watching movies outside in your underwear in freezing weather.
 
  • #256
lisab said:
What movie was it? Any chance it's available in the US?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209300/

No idea about availability. But if you are interested, let me know, I can try to arrange something.
 
  • #257
My computer is named Clubber Lang.

 
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  • #258
AnTiFreeze3 said:
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.

hmmm...maybe we live in the same neighborhood :-p
 
  • #259
If one of the neighborhood kids wanted to learn about what you do, would you teach them?
 
  • #260
ChiralWaltz said:
If one of the neighborhood kids wanted to learn about what you do, would you teach them?

I would get out a solar panel, an old fish tank, the bilge pump out of my boat, fill the tank with water, hook everything up, and ask them;
How do you think this works? I haven't plugged anything into the wall, and there aren't any batteries. Do you think this is magic?

Then I would pretend to know the answers to the questions they asked me. :-p
 
  • #261
HeLiXe said:
hmmm...maybe we live in the same neighborhood :-p

Well next time you're driving by at night, look for a kid out in his driveway using a telescope :smile:
 
  • #262
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Well next time you're driving by at night, look for a kid out in his driveway using a telescope :smile:

And don't tell him that he's holding his telescope backwards. He's very sensitive.
 
  • #263
micromass said:
And don't tell him that he's holding his telescope backwards. He's very sensitive.

That would explain so much.
 
  • #264
Jumbo artichokes were on sale and I bought two. Artichoke party for Evo tonight! :!) I just boil them whole then peel off and eat each leaf bottom, dipped in melted butter with lemon and garlic. Heaven.
 
  • #265
Evo said:
Jumbo artichokes were on sale and I bought two. Artichoke party for Evo tonight! :!) I just boil them whole then peel off and eat each leaf bottom, dipped in melted butter with lemon and garlic. Heaven.

I don't know about the rest of the food, but I saw melted butter, so it sounds delicious.
 
  • #266
micromass said:
And don't tell him that he's holding his telescope backwards. He's very sensitive.

funny you said this,
i had a neighbor who did this,
he could not figure out why his telescope was not showing anything(refractor ,he's use to reflector),
i tried to tell him his tube was backwards,
at first he did not accept what i was saying,.
a week or so after this, he came to me apologizing.
 
  • #267
micromass said:
And don't tell him that he's holding his telescope backwards. He's very sensitive.

Backwards telescopes! I wonder what the red button does? Hmmm...


On the other end of the spectrum, I'm eagerly anticipating the images that the James Webb telescope is going to be taking.
6.5-meter primary mirror. Hubble's is only 2.4 meters. *drooling*:bugeye:
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  • #268
ChiralWaltz said:
Backwards telescopes!
On the other end of the spectrum, I'm eagerly anticipating the images that the James Webb telescope is going to be taking.
6.5-meter primary mirror. Hubble's is only 2.4 meters. *drooling*:bugeye:

Me too.

In addition to the bigger mirror, the James Webb telescope will be heavily biases toward the Infrared part of the spectrum. This has two major advantages, scientifically. It can more easily "see through" dust, which presently obscures a fair amount of our galaxy and anything behind it. And it can be better at observing more distant galaxies since more distant galaxies are more red-shifted. Better observations of more distant galaxies are akin to better ability of "looking back in time," when it comes to galaxy formation.

On the other hand, I don't expect the James Webb telescope's images to look as "pretty" as Hubble's. That might just be a price we have to pay.
 
  • #269
HeLiXe said:
hmmm...maybe we live in the same neighborhood :-p

*wonders if HeLiXe is into, um, farming :biggrin:*
 
  • #270
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Well next time you're driving by at night, look for a kid out in his driveway using a telescope :smile:
maybe this is the sort of environment star lovers find themselves in XD
micromass said:
And don't tell him that he's holding his telescope backwards. He's very sensitive.
:smile:
lisab said:
*wonders if HeLiXe is into, um, farming :biggrin:*

nope! not into hydroponics either :approve:
 

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