Forum Staff's Random Banter of Oh My Gosh You Guys Really Talked for 200 Threads???

[Heliomance]

*Offers hugs for Heliomance*

*blink*

Thank you. Not that they aren't gratefully received, but I'm at a loss to know why they're offered.

[The Succubus]

*blink*

Thank you. Not that they aren't gratefully received, but I'm at a loss to know why they're offered.

Speaking from personal experience, Helio hugs are a wonderful thing. In this case, I think Muse wanted to offer condolences to Skeppio.

I'm sorry your furry companion has passed on, Skeppy. *hugs tightly*

[TheWombatOfDoom]

I hate ticks so much... Mostly because they kill people's pets, but also because they're blood sucking parasites.
Fortunately, even the Winters here are cold enough to kill them off.

I dislike ticks as well. Not only are they creepy as all get out, but you often don't know that they're on you, or your pets. Do you folks have deer ticks in Australia? Or Lyme's disease?

I've gotten Lyme's disease not once, but TWICE now. The main infection, and then a reoccurance of it. Apparently my area is one of the most concentrated areas of the disease...

[Elemental]

We make homemade meat pies here in the UK--I've done it myself (albeit a long time ago). My sister's chicken and mushroom is to die for, by the way! There's also a fairly long tradition of shops selling hot meat pasties as snacks here, don't know if Oz has anything similar.

Hmm... Maybe making one's own pies is more of a British thing than an Australian thing...
And yes, quite a number of shops sell pies, but the best are always from pie shops or bakeries.

Except rugby. (heheh) i can't believe i just made that joke urgh

I'd disagree, but then, I know nothing about sport. Anyway... I'm fine with South Africa being better at rugby, just don't dare claim that you invented Pavlova.

I think the trick to this is to fry the meat before putting it in the pie. That's what we do with the pork in our pancakes, at least...

Hmm, sounds expensive. Too expensive for an oftenly recurring dinner, at least...

Well, I guess the same apply to me. I do pay rent for living at home, but it's kind of pathetic, and while I do stand for my own expenditures, I'm rather low in maintenance. In the end, my rent is paid entirely by my study benefits (although I'll start paying more next month in solidarity with little brother who's moved out), and my study loans go into a bank account with a higher interest rate. Although I do plan to start using it eventually...

Did you even weather such an opinion?

Well, they may kill humans too, so there's that...

Seems like a good reason for using gloves, then. After all, both sticks and bones can be sharp enough to pierce skin...

I wouldn't really know. As I said, I don't know anyone who makes their own pies.

That's because it isn't a dinner that occurs often. My Mum usually cooks and if not, I prefer to make sandwiches rather than wait on the oven.

I can't recall the amount that I have to pay on board as it's deducted from my account automatically... I'll need to ask my Mum one of these days.

I'm not sure that this question makes sense... Could you rephrase it?

Not as likely. A smaller animal, such as a dog or a cat, is at much greater risk of dying due to tick paralysis. Fortunately, none of our cats have ever been the victim of one, so that's good.

A compost pile shouldn't contain either bones or sticks. At least, not if you intend to use the compost. After all, it's supposed to be soft and easily spread on one's garden...
Though yes, one should probably wear gloves.

I dislike ticks as well. Not only are they creepy as all get out, but you often don't know that they're on you, or your pets. Do you folks have deer ticks in Australia? Or Lyme's disease?

I've gotten Lyme's disease not once, but TWICE now. The main infection, and then a reoccurance of it. Apparently my area is one of the most concentrated areas of the disease...

Deer are an introduced pest species in parts of this country and they don't range this far North... So no, we probably don't have deer ticks.
As for tick-borne diseases... I can't recall any cases of anyone getting anything worse than a severe allergic reaction from a tick bite... We are indeed fortunate in Australia not to have those kinds of serious illnesses over here.
To be honest, I don't actually really know what Lyme's disease is... But I have heard about it, and it sounds pretty bad. I hope you have no lasting problems because of it.

[Proud Tortoise]

I dislike ticks as well. Not only are they creepy as all get out, but you often don't know that they're on you, or your pets. Do you folks have deer ticks in Australia? Or Lyme's disease?

I've gotten Lyme's disease not once, but TWICE now. The main infection, and then a reoccurance of it. Apparently my area is one of the most concentrated areas of the disease...

My cousin lived in Massachusetts and got Lyme's disease once. Not very pleasant, to my understanding.

Meat pies seem to be a Commonwealth thing. I've known Americans that looked at me really funny when I've explained the concept.

Other than chicken pot pie, which you can buy frozen at some stores, meat pies are largely unknown in America.

[FinnLassie]

I took a rather long nap. As I woke up, I came to the depressed realisation that the grounds were not covered in sweet, white dusty snow. It was also depressing to notice that I still have all this uni work to do for today.

Damn it Facebook, showing how my friends in Finland are having fun with the first snow.

[Cuthalion]

*blink*

Thank you. Not that they aren't gratefully received, but I'm at a loss to know why they're offered.

Well, your pet rat passed away. Right?

I took a rather long nap. As I woke up, I came to the depressed realisation that the grounds were not covered in sweet, white dusty snow. It was also depressing to notice that I still have all this uni work to do for today.

Damn it Facebook, showing how my friends in Finland are having fun with the first snow.

I do this all the time, though I never seem to expect it.



Also, you get some meat pastries in Mexican cuisine, but apart from the aforementioned pot pie, that's the only place.

[Skeppio]

I'm sorry your furry companion has passed on, Skeppy. *hugs tightly*

Thanks Succubus. *hugs back*

Well, your pet rat passed away. Right?

I think you've gotten Helio and I mixed up. I was the one who posted about my rat passing away.

[Kneenibble]

I took a rather long nap. As I woke up, I came to the depressed realisation that the grounds were not covered in sweet, white dusty snow. It was also depressing to notice that I still have all this uni work to do for today.

Damn it Facebook, showing how my friends in Finland are having fun with the first snow.

Meanwhile, on the Prairies, the threat of snow looms in bleak gray ranks as deep as the sky is broad... and yet not a flake yet falls like a shed feather in twirls to the bare ground.

And yet we shall soon have more snow than we can stomach, one way or another, so for now I enjoy walking in my finest shoes without fear of damage to them.

May I do anything for you this day?


Now whar be Ovis *weakly bangs a wooden spoon against the side of a sofa from beneath a circumscription of blankets*

[Mystic Muse]

Thanks Succubus. *hugs back*



I think you've gotten Helio and I mixed up. I was the one who posted about my rat passing away.

*blink*

Thank you. Not that they aren't gratefully received, but I'm at a loss to know why they're offered.

Yeah, I derped and mixed you two up somehow.

*Hugs both, to solve that issue*

[FinnLassie]

Meanwhile, on the Prairies, the threat of snow looms in bleak gray ranks as deep as the sky is broad... and yet not a flake yet falls like a shed feather in twirls to the bare ground.

And yet we shall soon have more snow than we can stomach, one way or another, so for now I enjoy walking in my finest shoes without fear of damage to them.

May I do anything for you this day?

My sweetest budgiekin! How are you, how are you, how are you?

I love snow, I love it so. Why can't there be proper snow in Scotland... It makes my heart ache in sorrow. I'd rather have snow up my mid-thigh than have none at all!

This simply means you have to get extremely fabulous winter shoes. Wheeehehehehee! Ahem. Apologies. I'm going stir fry. Nuts. Toot toot.

Perhaps fluff against me, o featherling?

[AtlanteanTroll]

Ah, to be home. I finally got my copy of the yearbook. Turns out I was voted one of 10 "outstanding seniors" last year.

Also, non-cafeteria pasta. Thank God. Girlfriend is coming down Tuesday because she had to anyway, so we're gonna grab dinner at this awesome Chinese place. Then on Wednesday I'm going to hang with my honors engineering buddies at OSU. I should probably find out who's going to be down to smoke some shisha ...

Now whar be Ovis *weakly bangs a wooden spoon against the side of a sofa from beneath a circumscription of blankets*

Like that would make any noise.

[LaZodiac]

I took a rather long nap. As I woke up, I came to the depressed realisation that the grounds were not covered in sweet, white dusty snow. It was also depressing to notice that I still have all this uni work to do for today.

Damn it Facebook, showing how my friends in Finland are having fun with the first snow.

If it makes you feel better we don't have snow yet either. Though I'm actually HAPPY about that

Meanwhile, FINALLY done catering. I really hope the army enjoys the money, or at least enjoys it as much as my bank account will eating the money.

Speaking of which, PACIFIC RIM! I HAVE OBTAINED IT! Not gonna watch it untill 6ish though so I can watch it with my Dad.

[Kneenibble]

My sweetest budgiekin! How are you, how are you, how are you?

I love snow, I love it so. Why can't there be proper snow in Scotland... It makes my heart ache in sorrow. I'd rather have snow up my mid-thigh than have none at all!

This simply means you have to get extremely fabulous winter shoes. Wheeehehehehee! Ahem. Apologies. I'm going stir fry. Nuts. Toot toot.

Perhaps fluff against me, o featherling?

Dear Fingerlingpotato,

I wish so dearly I could settle into a quiet, relaxed winter, but a stupid number of things are going on. The least sane amount of things. When is rest? ;___;

Why does Scotland not get proper snow? I thought it was a coldish place. Would pictures of the Prairies, when the inevitable snows muster their bulks, please you or merely tease you? With the depth of cold we get and the sheer volume of snow, I'm afraid there is nearly no such thing as a fabulous winter shoe. Practicality rules like a doldrum tyrant.

I shall sit on your shoulder and fluff against your neck, if you can promise to let me rest there for a while. Just let me take a quick bath first so I am clean.

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Ah, to be home. I finally got my copy of the yearbook. Turns out I was voted one of 10 "outstanding seniors" last year.

Like that would make any noise.

And what will you do with that laureled probity now? Will you rest upon it and grow sick with decaying glory, or will you press on, achieve, achieve?

I am still a trifle hung over from Saturnsday evening, when I and three other rapacious ghouls put away six bottles of wine and two bottles of port amongst us. That was an unkind mistake, and you will forgive me if I am still a bit sensitive unto noise (even if it makes summoning Ovis more unlikely).

[Amidus Drexel]

*looks at many pages of things* ...meh. I don't think I owed very many of you replies - apologies to the ones that I do, but I've not the mental capacity to go back through the thread for that.

I took a rather long nap. As I woke up, I came to the depressed realisation that the grounds were not covered in sweet, white dusty snow. It was also depressing to notice that I still have all this uni work to do for today.

Aw... well, it's not snowing here, although it was a nice, brisk ~3C or so late this morning. I love when it starts to get colder...

Meanwhile, on the Prairies, the threat of snow looms in bleak gray ranks as deep as the sky is broad... and yet not a flake yet falls like a shed feather in twirls to the bare ground.

Hrm... I like it when the sky is grey... it's mostly blue today, but there are some clouds. I'd love to see it snow soon, though... my favorite skies are the ones where it's all white... and the snow is nice too.

If it makes you feel better we don't have snow yet either. Though I'm actually HAPPY about that

Speaking of which, PACIFIC RIM! I HAVE OBTAINED IT! Not gonna watch it untill 6ish though so I can watch it with my Dad.

You should send us your snow. Hrm... I'd be willing to bet there's a way to make money selling snow online or something... I wonder how difficult that would be to set up? You'd obviously need refrigerated crates, but hrm... I wonder if it's feasible?

Heheheh... I should watch that movie at some point... I've heard quite a lot of good things about it.

ION: *swaps inkscape for gimp* This is so much easier to use. So much.

[Haluesen]

I think it's destined to be a hip hop classic. I mean, it's got this underlying tone of-

Ah, screw it. Here's the review.

That was a rather impressive read. Very well thought through , and it seems you have quite a grand vocabulary.

Hehehe, I can imagine. :3

Hmm, come to think of it, one of the more fun things we got to do at that age was to draw our dream jobs. Back then, I wanted to become an architect, but my imagination was really lousy back then, so I couldn't come up with any good design for the building straight across the street from my office (which was to carry the implied suggestion that I'd been the architect for it). It ended up as a concrete cube. With a rollercoaster sticking out of it. Adding a rollercoaster was the only interesting thing 6th (or possibly 5th) grader me could come up with.

Heh almost anything can be made more interesting by adding a rollercoaster. Just think if a cake had a miniature rollercoaster for figurines? So awesome. But I like that dream of yours. I have considered architecture before, should my gaming career not take off, and even what I want to do in video game design is mostly focused on wanting to design buildings and scenery.

Also how do you do currently Teddy?

Even if you do not there is a whole lot of difference inside California. There is room to grow. I have not left the state in a year but I have seen cold mountains and wet rainy green valleys and deserts and flat valleys with grapes and sloped valleys with grapes. And of course if you want to visit Sacramento you can stay here. Just ask first. Only room for one guest at a time. The guest bed is a futon.

This is true, there is honestly a lot in California and I have explored some of it, but I was born here and never left here, and so there is still some curiosity of the rest of the world. And thank you very much for that offer. I'll let you know if I can get any travel plans off the ground to actual plausibility. Shardok does fully intend to do his cross country travel eventually. I should start saving money up for it. We're both totally up for getting you too if you wish.

The science concerning the process of turning one element into another.

It's probably because I compulsively clean them more often than I really should. A problem that has gotten worse since they started getting scratched because the scratches trick me into thinking my glasses are smudged.

It is. And I have vast quantities of fun in ignoring her.

Fortunately, the United States is near other countries that one would conceivably want to travel to. I could go to New Zealand, but there's no one over there whose hospitality I could impose upon, so I'd be forced to pay for all of my accommodation and the costs would bankrupt me significantly. And as for Indonesia, well, let's just say that I don't want to be framed for drug smuggling.
Well, those are sweet pies. We don't do sweet pies in Australia very much. We'll do numerous varieties of tarts and the like, we just won't put a crust over the top and call it a pie.
Makes sense.

I am indeed fortunate that there is a music store not so far away. In fact, it's right next door to my job agency. You can probably get some very good music online, but my powers of Google aren't all that great.

Oh okay, that is often forgotten? So very strange. But sensible. I'm always forgetting what I learned back in science.

I guess that can happen. I like my current pair, they aren't too bad, I just know that if I can I should try to get a new pair. I'd talk about how exactly my vision is bad, but I do not remember all of the specifics, just that I am nearsighted.

Heh! Well yeah, sometimes you just have to. I tend to just look away when the dogs start begging, though sometimes I may give them small bites. I tend to feed my dog a bit of those small packaged sausages when I prepare a few of them.

Yikes. Yeah, no Indonesia then. Other than that offer above from Taet, I don't really have anywhere I could go to stay if leaving where I live; outside of California I don't know many people. I have more friends in other countries than I do in nearby states. And to go to those places I would need to fly. Which I shall do! ...once I am done fearing planes.
Ah right, I think I have heard this before, about tarts at least. I don't usually have those sweet pies like apple or blueberry or similar. I've had chicken pot pie, it was pretty good. And of course the two sweet ones I mentioned are big favorites...okay now I am getting hungry. Off to the fridge!

It's okay, there are other search engines than google. And if I can get back in contact with my old band teacher who still lives around here, maybe I could ask for any extra sheet music she might have!
It's cool that you have a store so nearby. I haven't been inside a real music store in a long time. I was given my sax by a family friend, and I always bought reeds and cleaning supplies directly from the band teacher, who went and bought them specifically for that purpose.



So how do people do today? One week until my birthday and I am quite excited. Might be able to get online this weekend if the site works on my mom's Kindle, but if not then you all know where I shall be, and not off dying or anything.

[Cristo Meyers]

So how do people do today? One week until my birthday and I am quite excited. Might be able to get online this weekend if the site works on my mom's Kindle, but if not then you all know where I shall be, and not off dying or anything.

Huh, mine's in a week and a half (next Saturday). Pre-emptive Happy Birthday!

Kindle or Kindle Fire? I've got a Kindle Fire and it works okay for browsing here, not so much for posting though.

[Iruka]

ION: *swaps inkscape for gimp* This is so much easier to use. So much.

What are you using it for?

I recently started playing around with gimp to make some photos look more interesting.

[AtlanteanTroll]

And what will you do with that laureled probity now? Will you rest upon it and grow sick with decaying glory, or will you press on, achieve, achieve?

The latter, me thinks. I am but a college freshman and I'm already on the MUN team--the only way to go is up!~ Or down. I could definitely go down. Far, far down.

I am still a trifle hung over from Saturnsday evening, when I and three other rapacious ghouls put away six bottles of wine and two bottles of port amongst us. That was an unkind mistake, and you will forgive me if I am still a bit sensitive unto noise (even if it makes summoning Ovis more unlikely).

I feel that a wise bird like yourself should have known better...

[TaiLiu]

Why thank you very much. I'm quite pleased with it too even if, for space reasons, I had to cut a few of the more superficial points out.

Also, listening to some of the tracks again since writing that there are things I didn't even notice. This thing has got, layers, man.

Indeed! Have you kept track of how many?

LaZodiac's mother's business gets an employee who is willing to take an IOU for a paycheck. That is the good of it. The business can choose to pay other bills first if there is only enough cash flow for one bill at a time.

That is the benefit of a family business, yes.

I dislike ticks as well. Not only are they creepy as all get out, but you often don't know that they're on you, or your pets. Do you folks have deer ticks in Australia? Or Lyme's disease?

I've gotten Lyme's disease not once, but TWICE now. The main infection, and then a reoccurance of it. Apparently my area is one of the most concentrated areas of the disease...

Oh! My condolences.

Now whar be Ovis *weakly bangs a wooden spoon against the side of a sofa from beneath a circumscription of blankets*

Probably posting in the latest OOTS update thread. Both MoonCat and Dudebro Ship seem to do so when it updates.

Speaking of which, PACIFIC RIM! I HAVE OBTAINED IT! Not gonna watch it untill 6ish though so I can watch it with my Dad.

Tell us how it goes!

*swaps inkscape for gimp* This is so much easier to use. So much.

Oh? I've not looked at the latter software in a while, but it seemed more complicated than the former.

[Lord Shardok]

So how do people do today? One week until my birthday and I am quite excited. Might be able to get online this weekend if the site works on my mom's Kindle, but if not then you all know where I shall be, and not off dying or anything.

Happy almost birthday man. As far as I know Kindles would be able to browse the site, but considering the way typing works on them it would probably be a bit difficult to post.

[factotum]

I love snow, I love it so. Why can't there be proper snow in Scotland... It makes my heart ache in sorrow. I'd rather have snow up my mid-thigh than have none at all!

There can be--just not usually in October, that's all. The winter UKitP meetup a couple of years ago in Bradford was notable for being the same weekend that a fortnight of heavy snow started...even at 7pm on the Saturday, when I left, the snow was building up so badly that some cars were getting stranded. (It took me around four hours to drive the 40 miles home that day...).

(That was in mid-December, just so's you know).

[Amidus Drexel]

What are you using it for?

I recently started playing around with gimp to make some photos look more interesting.

Editing images.

Sarcasm aside, I was adding some stuff and putting a transparent background layer on one of the things I've got, and inkscape was giving me a lot of trouble. I figured out how to do what I wanted to in gimp in less than three minutes, sans-instructions/tutorial.

Oh? I've not looked at the latter software in a while, but it seemed more complicated than the former.

So far it's just been orders of magnitude more straightforward. As someone who doesn't need to mess with image files very often, it's really nice to be able to figure out what I need to do within the first minute or two of mousing over buttons and clicking on things. Having what I try whilst stumbling through the software actually work is good too.

[HalfTangible]

So I've hit a bit of a snag in computer assembly. Namely, we don't have any screwdrivers that fit a bunch of screws I need to pull out in order to fit in the video card... because Dad brought his toolbox up with him on his hunting trip. And I have no idea what size I need for it.

Joy.

[Lord Shardok]

So I've hit a bit of a snag in computer assembly. Namely, we don't have any screwdrivers that fit a bunch of screws I need to pull out in order to fit in the video card... because Dad brought his toolbox up with him on his hunting trip. And I have no idea what size I need for it.

Joy.

I've had problems like that before. All I needed was a phillips head screwdriver and all I could find was flat head. A decent set of tiny screwdrivers shouldn't set you back more than $10 though. I know Wal-mart sells some for like $5.

[TaiLiu]

So far it's just been orders of magnitude more straightforward. As someone who doesn't need to mess with image files very often, it's really nice to be able to figure out what I need to do within the first minute or two of mousing over buttons and clicking on things. Having what I try whilst stumbling through the software actually work is good too.

Ah. That sounds quite nice, yes.

[Cuthalion]

I think you've gotten Helio and I mixed up. I was the one who posted about my rat passing away.

Thus why I posted a condolence message earlier on. However, blue is generally used for sarcasm. Sorry about that.



Inkscape's nice.

[FinnLassie]

If it makes you feel better we don't have snow yet either. Though I'm actually HAPPY about that

Meanwhile, FINALLY done catering. I really hope the army enjoys the money, or at least enjoys it as much as my bank account will eating the money.

Speaking of which, PACIFIC RIM! I HAVE OBTAINED IT! Not gonna watch it untill 6ish though so I can watch it with my Dad.

I love snow. Let's switch.

Om nom nom nom. Was any of the food you made very delicious?

ENJOY! I know you've waited for that one so long!

Dear Fingerlingpotato,

I wish so dearly I could settle into a quiet, relaxed winter, but a stupid number of things are going on. The least sane amount of things. When is rest? ;___;

Why does Scotland not get proper snow? I thought it was a coldish place. Would pictures of the Prairies, when the inevitable snows muster their bulks, please you or merely tease you? With the depth of cold we get and the sheer volume of snow, I'm afraid there is nearly no such thing as a fabulous winter shoe. Practicality rules like a doldrum tyrant.

I shall sit on your shoulder and fluff against your neck, if you can promise to let me rest there for a while. Just let me take a quick bath first so I am clean.

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*snorts* What a nickname, budgiepumpkin!

Oh my Kneeblein, what stresses you out so? Remember, you're always welcome to leave me a message via PM if you ever feel like ranting.

I suppose it's the island weather that ruins everything. Damn thee, Atlantic Ocean! Why must you torment me so?! I mean, it does get somewhat cold, but it's the sort of... unpleasant, wet cold. Not the crisp, merryful cold! Also, you must invest in some fantabulous winter shoes when time and money gives in.

I have to ask - do budgies usually enjoy such waterbaths? Is it common?

You're free to rest on my shoulder for an eternity, if it so be!

Aw... well, it's not snowing here, although it was a nice, brisk ~3C or so late this morning. I love when it starts to get colder...

ION: *swaps inkscape for gimp* This is so much easier to use. So much.

Hasn't it been unbearably hot there all summer and rather warm this autumn as well, if I recall correctly from what you've mentioned? Hmm.. To be fair, I have no clue what the temperature is outdoors. All that matters really is the amount of rain and wind.

I prefer PaintTool SAI myself. Gimp is sort of very derpy on Mac in my opinion.

There can be--just not usually in October, that's all. The winter UKitP meetup a couple of years ago in Bradford was notable for being the same weekend that a fortnight of heavy snow started...even at 7pm on the Saturday, when I left, the snow was building up so badly that some cars were getting stranded. (It took me around four hours to drive the 40 miles home that day...).

(That was in mid-December, just so's you know).

I know Scotland has had better winters than last year, but ugh. Yes, there will be snow, but I doubt it will never be the same as it is in Finland. A good long, proper winter with lots of wintery joy... Not in Scotland, no. Why do I even live here...

What I don't get is why the UK never seems to prepare for snow and winter. Schools get shut down for a day or two, trains stop moving and everyone's in pure panic when there's like 5 to 10 inches of snow.

[Proud Tortoise]

ION: *swaps inkscape for gimp* This is so much easier to use. So much.

Phoo, I don't like GIMP. It is hoooorible for drawing.

[Mutant Sheep]

Meanwhile, on the Prairies, the threat of snow looms in bleak gray ranks as deep as the sky is broad... and yet not a flake yet falls like a shed feather in twirls to the bare ground.

And yet we shall soon have more snow than we can stomach, one way or another, so for now I enjoy walking in my finest shoes without fear of damage to them.

May I do anything for you this day?


Now whar be Ovis *weakly bangs a wooden spoon against the side of a sofa from beneath a circumscription of blankets*

Oh, how nature taunts us. The delectable and beautiful snowfall is forever withheld until the time wherein it becomes inconvient, and then it will come with a vengeance.

Ohh, fancy shoes? I have shoes. (They aren't fancy.)

Knee has a facebook? ALL THE SHOCK. ALL THE GASPS.

I'M RIGHT HERE KNEE.. Sorry to hear of your overintoxication. I can assume you had a very enjoyable evening, though?