Random thoughts and questions

Discussion in 'January And Everything After' started by Creole Ned, Jan 7, 2012.

  1. Anabanana Hatoful Pigeon

    Location:
    DIS PEAR
    Same here; I'm pretty sure the main reason why I type as fast as I do today is because I spent a hefty chunk of my pre-teen years on Aardwolf MUD. Although a fair bit of that was spent hitting "!" over and over again. xD
  2. heloder Armchair Designer

    Southern-Mid (Hillsdale County). Most of my extended family lives around the Detroit area and I also have some in Holland and Grand Rapids.
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  3. balut Magister Mundi Elyscape

    Whew, finally broke the 120 wpm barrier for myself.

    Keystrokes Per Minute (KPM): 617

    Words Per Minute (WPM): 123

    Time (seconds): 68

    Errors: 15 (2.15%)
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  4. MrsWidget Keeper of the Elemental Materials

    My body apparently has decided that I don't get to sleep this week (without any input from my brain. Hey! who's in charge here??) Also, probably relatedly, my stomach is not currently working as intended. I need a vacation or something.
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  5. SuperJay Already Beat BF's New Expansion

    Location:
    A2MI
    I've learned two things today:

    1) Looking out the window with a hopeful-yet-forlorn expression does not increase the spawn rate of brown delivery vehicles.

    2) School buses sound just like UPS trucks. Fucking kids.
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  6. SwitchKnitter Already Beat BF's New Expansion

    Location:
    Central Florida
    Guilty! I'm waiting on a brown truck myself. School buses don't go down my street; otherwise I'd be bitching about them too.
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  7. Griot Despondent Fancybear

    Location:
    Raleigh, NC
    How so? I really like them.
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  8. Alligator Despondent Fancygator

    "Frothy" will never be a good word again.
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  9. balut Magister Mundi Elyscape

    No need to get all frothy about it.
  10. Athryn Despondent Fancybear

    They look like small grapefruit! I really like them too, though.
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  11. Thoro Beardy Magnificence

    Location:
    More like Snoreway
    [IMG]
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  12. Sjofn Magister Mundi Elyscape

    Location:
    California
    Ancient Anguish is the one that taught ME to type, although I was already going down that road thanks to games like Space Quest 2. But then they started pausing the game when you started to type around Space Quest 3 (I think? Quest for Glory 2 paused, in any case.) and all progress I had made was lost. So thanks, Ancient Anguish!
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  13. Alfinn Egilsson This Is SEWIOUS

    I definitely improved my typing on Ancient Anguish, way way back in 1993 and '94. :)
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  14. kerzain Beardy Magnificence

    Location:
    Job 3:26
    I haven't Moonwalked in almost thirty years.
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  15. Umazes Hatoful Pigeon

    Location:
    Canada
    Just hit the point where snow turns into ice all over the sidewalks and every step I take potentially leads to severe pain. This never used to be a problem for me, as I am pretty good at recovering from slipping, but now there's a steep hill in my usual path...
  16. Kalle Despondent Fancybear

    Location:
    Sweden
    Yesterday evening it was raining when I took my bike to a friends house. A few hours later on my way back home the rain had stopped, but the temperature had also dropped below zero. A right turn saw my bike slide out from under me as the wet road had acquired a coating of ice and then my knee scraped the pavement and ruined my best pair of jeans. I loved those jeans. The blood and the pain were temporary but those jeans will never be whole again. :(
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  17. SuperJay Already Beat BF's New Expansion

    Location:
    A2MI
    BTW, I am posting this from my brand-spanking new eight-core war machine. UPS guy totes showed up at like 5:45 and I got it up and running about an hour ago. You are now live on a new monitor that is only slightly smaller than a movie screen. Everything is sexy!

    [IMG]
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  18. Elyscape Already Beat BF's New Expansion

    Location:
    San Jose, CA
    You know what time it is? It's Drinking Because I Can't Leave the Apartment Because the Lock Doesn't Fucking Work Anymore and the Screwdrivers I Have Are Slightly Too Small to Open It Up So I Have to Wait for Somebody to Bring Me a Larger Screwdriver Time!
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  19. Umazes Hatoful Pigeon

    Location:
    Canada
    The best kind of time!
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  20. JoshV Keeper of the Elemental Materials

    Those are your holey jeans.
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  21. Elyscape Already Beat BF's New Expansion

    Location:
    San Jose, CA
    Not so much. I was gonna get to hang out with the dogs and the birdies. Not so much anymore.
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  22. Umazes Hatoful Pigeon

    Location:
    Canada
    Oh... Well, then I hope there are extra friendly dogs and extra fluffycute birdies next time you go to hang out with them. And I hope your apartment gets unlocked soon!

    Of course fluffycute is a word what are you saying
  23. Sjofn Magister Mundi Elyscape

    Location:
    California
    You stopped around the time I started! I started playing in '95. :P

    (Mainly as Tandara, if there are any OTHER people from Ancient Anguish lurking around here!)
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  24. JoshV Keeper of the Elemental Materials

    Is that like a variation of the birds and the bees?
  25. Elyscape Already Beat BF's New Expansion

    Location:
    San Jose, CA
    Nope! Literal birds (parakeets, to be precise) and these guys.
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  26. Speak With Bread Magister Mundi Elyscape

    Location:
    San Jose
    If you're desperate, send your roommate or a friend over my way and I'll send them home with my collection of screwdrivers. I don't have a car or I'd drive one over this evening.
  27. MrsWidget Keeper of the Elemental Materials

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  28. Elyscape Already Beat BF's New Expansion

    Location:
    San Jose, CA
    My brother's on his way back with screwdrivers from home.
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  29. jerri blank Despondent Fancybear

    I guess that means you won't be available to help me farm Terramorphous.
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  30. Elyscape Already Beat BF's New Expansion

    Location:
    San Jose, CA
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  31. Alligator Despondent Fancygator

    "The pink lets me know it's okay for girls like me to use tools!"
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  32. kerzain Beardy Magnificence

    Location:
    Job 3:26
    Also this:
    But yea, they do make sure to remind us of this in the next paragraph:
  33. Sjofn Magister Mundi Elyscape

    Location:
    California
    To be fair, I love having pink tools. Not because I particularly like pink, or because I'm afraid tools will turn me into a man, but because most GRR MANLY dudes (which are fucking LEGION when you are a stagehand) act like their penis will actually fall off if they touch them, so they don't accidentally wander off at the end of a call. They're also easily identifiable for me, further preventing any wandering off! And last, but not least, they make it clear that the tools are MINE. Not my husband's. Miiiiiiiiiine.

    (Mine, not my boyfriend's is also why I got a pink DS.)
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  34. Tyjenks Hard Cider Gal

    Most of us are just afraid the one pink tool we do touch will get jealous and not perform when called upon.
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  35. kerzain Beardy Magnificence

    Location:
    Job 3:26
    Are you making a joke about the potential flaccidity of your neglected penis? NO! STOP! We have a thread for this.
  36. daemion Beardy Magnificence

    Not any more! We're flooding now.
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  37. SuperJay Already Beat BF's New Expansion

    Location:
    A2MI
    Girl, I am so over that game!

    But I do miss playing. Could I perhaps interest you in Torchlight 2? Your character can have one of these guys:

    [IMG]
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  38. Talisker Despondent Fancybear

    Location:
    Childhood's End
    Don't trust anyone on the west side of the state, especially not in Ottawa county.
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  39. Ben Sones Elitist Negative Nancy

    Location:
    Lordran
    If the package is buried under schoolchildren, a simple pitchfork would expedite its recovery.
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  40. jerri blank Despondent Fancybear

    Dogs! You found my weakness. But Borderlands is about as RPG as I get. :)