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thingirl

10-01-2009, 08:19 PM

Wow. It's October. What happened to September?

To start off the randomness, I will post a testament to my unrealistically bad spelling skills. I'm in probably about second or 3rd grade spelling. It was spelling time.

Mom: "Spell sky."
Me: "S-k-y."
Mom: "Does the 'y' act as a consonant, or a vowel?"
Me: "Consonant."
Mom: "In the word 'sky'?"
Me: "It's a consonant." Then I noticed what I was insisting on, and we both broke out in laughter.

Lightwielder

10-01-2009, 11:13 PM

Season 2 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars starts tomorrow evening. Looking forward to that. Most Cartoon Network shows are crap, but this one is pretty good, in my opinion.

thingirl

10-01-2009, 11:27 PM

I don't get CN anymore. Which makes it nice that Naruto is on Disney XD (Although, not yet).

zmflavius

10-01-2009, 11:49 PM

Season 2 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars starts tomorrow evening. Looking forward to that. Most Cartoon Network shows are crap, but this one is pretty good, in my opinion.

I've watched a few episodes, it's pretty good. But what I always think about when I watch an episode is what happens to Ahsoka at the end of the series.

I don't get CN anymore. Which makes it nice that Naruto is on Disney XD (Although, not yet).

Don't get your hopes up. I'm of the opinion it will probably be edited by people who usually animate shows for 8 year olds and dubbed over by terrible voice actors.

thingirl

10-01-2009, 11:56 PM

Viz is making the dub. But, yeah, it'll have the C*** edited out of it. (Or maybe dog c*** edited in.) I did not say I would enjoy it, I said that I could watch it.

Lightwielder

10-02-2009, 12:12 AM

I've watched a few episodes, it's pretty good. But what I always think about when I watch an episode is what happens to Ahsoka at the end of the series.

Yeah, but it's only season 2, so it's too early to make any predictions.

wetheril

10-03-2009, 12:05 AM

I do not know how parents do this, but they have a great way of making you feel like a child again. *pouts*

Lightwielder

10-03-2009, 12:19 AM

I do not know how parents do this, but they have a great way of making you feel like a child again. *pouts*

Care to explain?

thingirl

10-03-2009, 12:23 AM

My parents make my feel like a kid all the time. Maybe that's because I am one :)

wetheril

10-03-2009, 12:24 AM

Care to explain?

Sorry, I probably should not have said anything. Just know that it is not a good idea to try to reason with your parents.

thingirl

10-03-2009, 12:25 AM

I could say something here, but my dad reads the forum...

wetheril

10-03-2009, 12:28 AM

I could say something here, but my dad reads the forum...

Does your dad have a forum account here too? :)

zmflavius

10-03-2009, 12:30 AM

Probably as a guest.

thingirl

10-03-2009, 12:31 AM

He has one on the old forum, but you can read this one as a guest, so he doesn't. I totally ripped off his forum name though, so it would be painfully obvious the second he posted that he's my dad.

EDIT: Ninja'd.

Elrond

10-03-2009, 06:02 AM

I do not know how parents do this, but they have a great way of making you feel like a child again. *pouts*

To most parents, their children are just that. After all, they are a couple of decades older than them; and they still remember their children in diapers :p And in many instances, they have an experience reservoir that gives them a different outlook on things.

Lightwielder

10-03-2009, 07:33 AM

Experience...reservoir? You mean like Havoc's experience count?:p

scout1idf

10-05-2009, 05:16 AM

thingirl

10-05-2009, 04:45 PM

Don't worry (Besides, Zm already started that thread, but, hmm, hey, maybe I should... not). Besides, 33 is a nice number. (2 isn't so nice though.)

Oldschool

10-05-2009, 09:49 PM

MOD EDIT: Moved this post and subsequent ones from the "Wiki requests" thread since I started and continued the "off-topicness" despite Thingirl's repeated attempts to get me back on topic. :rolleyes::o Original post content follows:

Hmmmm, Dragonbane items..... wonder if the character by the same name has proprietary rights to them. ;)

Joddelle

10-05-2009, 10:04 PM

A character named Dragonbane? Not sure if I know that one. Does he have an Alias?

thingirl

10-05-2009, 10:09 PM

I believe that he is a character in Behind the Green Door.

Oldschool

10-05-2009, 10:19 PM

A character named Dragonbane? Not sure if I know that one. Does he have an Alias?

Thingirl's correct but he/she is also an active player/character.

Just checked and not currently active so....

From the Barynbor leaderboard,

9/29/09 - Dragonbane [arete] defeated Barynbor in 12 rounds.

thingirl

10-05-2009, 10:21 PM

I haven't checked that in a while. So, basically, he isn't an NPC.

Joddelle

10-05-2009, 10:22 PM

References to old TSR novels are lost on you people.

thingirl

10-05-2009, 10:27 PM

The 14 year old asks a question. What's "TSR"?

Oldschool

10-05-2009, 10:31 PM

References to old TSR novels are lost on you people.

Apparently....... lol.

I completely missed that one. :rolleyes:

thingirl

10-05-2009, 10:36 PM

OK, I will ask again (I'm unwilling to google acronyms): What does TSR stand for?

Oldschool

10-05-2009, 10:40 PM

Sorry TG apparently you and I were composing posts at the same time as I didn't see yours.

From the "Repping Room" thread......

Close but no cigars but reps to all the participants nonetheless.

TSR stood for Tactical Studies Rules.............

..............and their first published game was Cavaliers and Roundheads - based upon Chainmail Rules which was created by Gary Gygax and others in a wargaming club (Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association (had to google that one myself)). Chainmail of course was published prior to this (yes a trick question) and a bit before my gaming time although I remember it either being a supplement or used when playing the original D&D (white box). :p Incidentally, Cavaliers and Roundheads was based upon the English Civil War.

Expedition to Barrier Peaks (a module set on a crashed starship) was one of the S series modules along with White Plume Mountain, The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and Tomb of Horrors a definite superfecta of modules. Sometime later they were compiled like the Giant series and others into one module.

I should throw this in for my contemporaries on the fourm. While I'm a bit young to have started off with the original white box series I was introduced to D&D via older brothers of friends who were using the white box set of three books which is what they probably got their start with.

Joddelle

10-05-2009, 11:53 PM

LOL Oldschool - your repping thread post is wrong though about TSR. According to an old Dragon article, while it was intended by Arneson/Gygax to stand for Tactical Studies Rules, TSR in fact stood for nothing. When the company actually incorporated, the corporate name was TSR.

Oldschool

10-06-2009, 04:12 AM

A character named Dragonbane? Not sure if I know that one. Does he have an Alias?

References to old TSR novels are lost on you people.

Apparently....... lol.

I completely missed that one. :rolleyes:

Considering the above I found this off the 'active adventurers' interesting to say the least....

Huma is an aspiring adventurer.

Possessing ten skills and versed in two magical disciplines , the adept unarmed combatant and accomplished necromancer is becoming known as an accomplished explorer.

Huma is from the adventurer roster of kaz.

scout1idf

10-06-2009, 05:28 AM

TSR is now Wizards of the Coast.

They had a real nice web site until, in my opinion, 4th edition came out, both Dragon and also Dungeon Magazines went on-line only and they revamped their site.

And to top it all off, I can't even find my old post's in their forum.

Oh well, I like this one a lot better.......:D

texlaw1992

10-07-2009, 03:30 AM

Oldschool

10-07-2009, 04:45 AM

Jodelle's correct - TSR as used in TSR games did not stand for anything (we undoubtedly read the same D&D quiz in Dragon magazine many years ago).

I was always a first edition player - can't believe they're up to 4th now. My 7-year-old nephew is really into swords & sorcery and very advanced for his age (definitely 10+ mentally). So, I dug old D&D stuff out of storage and taught him how to play - it's now his favorite game. It's amazing what the imagination can do.

Ahhhh.... another D&D'er and an oldschool ;) one to boot.

By the way Texlaw and anyone else there is a D&D social group on the forum that's open to fans of any and all editions.

http://www.srythforum.com/group.php?groupid=5

thingirl

10-07-2009, 11:36 PM

Ouch!

Dad just got home from work, so I went downstairs to meet him. I jumped off of one of the bottom steps (like I usually do) and hit my head on the door frame. Stupid, clumsy me. Ouch.

Oldschool

10-08-2009, 12:37 AM

Ouch!

Dad just got home from work, so I went downstairs to meet him. I jumped off of one of the bottom steps (like I usually do) and hit my head on the door frame. Stupid, clumsy me. Ouch.

"...like I usually do..."

Hitting your head or jumping off the steps or both. :p;)

Just kiddin'. Hope you didn't hurt yourself.

thingirl

10-08-2009, 12:39 AM

Jumping. Honestly, would I be posting about it if I usually hit my head (don't answer that ;))?

Elrond

10-08-2009, 01:20 AM

Ouch!

Dad just got home from work, so I went downstairs to meet him. I jumped off of one of the bottom steps (like I usually do) and hit my head on the door frame. Stupid, clumsy me. Ouch.

Glad you're fine! But it seems that you're either getting taller or that your "jumping muscles" are getting stronger! In either case, you've gotta reconfigure your jump now ;)

thingirl

10-08-2009, 01:21 AM

Or I jumped from higher than usual.

Elrond

10-08-2009, 01:30 AM

Or I jumped from higher than usual.

But you said that you jumped off one of the bottom steps "(Like I usually do)." That technically means that you jumped off a step you usually jump off, not a higher one!

Oh my, here we go again! :D

wetheril

10-08-2009, 04:41 AM

Ouch!

Dad just got home from work, so I went downstairs to meet him. I jumped off of one of the bottom steps (like I usually do) and hit my head on the door frame. Stupid, clumsy me. Ouch.

That has got to hurt! I'm glad to hear you're alright. Btw, congrats on hitting 300 rep, and have another from me when I am next able.

zmflavius

10-09-2009, 01:27 AM

A girl and a guy were
speeding over 100 mph
on a motorcycle.

Girl :Slow down, I'm
scared.

Guy :No, this is fun.

Girl :No it's not, please,
it's so scary.

Guy: Then tell me you
love me.

Girl: I love you, slow down.

Guy: Now give me a big hug

*She gave him a big hug*

Guy: Can you take my helmet
off & put it on yourself,
It's really bothering me.

The next day in the newspaper,
a motorcycle crashed into a
building due to brake failure.

Two people were in the crash,
but only one survived.

The truth was that halfway
down the road the guy realized
that the brakes weren't working,
but he didn't want the girl
to know.

Instead, he had her hug him
and tell him she loves him
one last time.

Then he had her put his
helmet on so that she would
live, even if it meant that
he would die.

Something I picked up from someone's profile in another game I play...

scout1idf

10-15-2009, 06:10 AM

Another E-Mail from a co-worker to pass along......

You could have heard a pin drop.

JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early
60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he
wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.

Rusk responded
"Does that include those who are buried here?"

DeGaulle did not respond.

You could have heard a pin drop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was
asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.

He answered by saying,

'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine
young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.'

You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American.

During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room
saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?'

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly:

'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat
several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply
emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three
cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a
day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from
sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.
We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'

You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that
included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and
French Navies.

At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with
a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied,
'Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and
Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...

Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by
plane.

At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport
in his carry on.

"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer
asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."

The American said,

'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

"Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on
arrival in France !"

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
quietly explained,

''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to
help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to
show a passport to."

You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Doolipalally

10-16-2009, 09:41 AM

I'm guessing whoever put that together isn't keen on Europeans, then?

scout1idf

10-16-2009, 03:48 PM

I'm guessing whoever put that together isn't keen on Europeans, then?
That I couldn't tell you. I was about the 80th person it was forwarded to. (and I only knew 3 of the other people that got it.)

What I got out of it was, they mostly don't care for the French. Also that when people don't think before they speak, usually they end up with their foot in their mouth.

thingirl

10-16-2009, 04:33 PM

At least one member of this forum knows that very well...

Aundie, you're talking about you, right?

Yes.

Elrond

10-16-2009, 09:18 PM

Funny thing is that all Americans are of European, African, or Native American decent!

thingirl

10-16-2009, 09:53 PM

You forgot Chinese/Japanese/Korean.

And, if you believe the Bible, we're all related to Noah. (Shoot, that means I'm related to you, Elrond. Maybe that's why we fight like brother and sister ;))

Anyway, back on subject. According to the Bible, after the flood Noah's three sons spread out. They took their families with them, and then everybody kept spreading out, and eventually you had 3 main human population areas: Europe (Mostly south-eastern, like Greece and Italy), Northern/North-eastern Africa/ Mideast, and China. Some time before Joseph's time (AKA, the end or beginning [I forget which] of the Ice Age), people spread to America.

psychoadept

10-16-2009, 09:53 PM

Funny thing is that all Americans are of European, African, or Native American decent!

Asian descent doesn't count?

psychoadept

10-16-2009, 09:54 PM

thingirl

10-16-2009, 09:57 PM

Oh, Hi, Noah. One of the girls in my Sunday Schoool class is nammed Noa (and yes, she spells it without the h).

psychoadept

10-16-2009, 10:00 PM

Oh, Hi, Noah. One of the girls in my Sunday Schoool class is nammed Noa (and yes, she spells it without the h).

Yeah, in Hebrew Noah is a boys name and Noa is a girls name. Of course, in Hebrew they're pronounced differently. There's sort of a glottal K sound at the end of Noah. Check this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c6VcGY_7XA. Though it's not as obvious there as in the MP3 version I have.

thingirl

10-16-2009, 10:03 PM

I think I'm 1/32 Hungarian. My Great-Great Grandpa was from Hungry. Maybe that's why I'm interested in learning Russian.

Elrond

10-16-2009, 10:05 PM

Asian descent doesn't count?

Sorry I missed that; which ruined the whole point of my post!

Oldschool

10-17-2009, 01:31 AM

I'm going out on a limb here but I think the gist of the original post by Scout is in response to those that have forgotten, downplayed or just outright belittled America's efforts worldwide that have benefited others.

And before someone hijacks that comment...

I'm talking about efforts and accomplishments, and there have been many, that are principally accepted as such. I'm also not by any stretch of the imagination demeaning or discounting similar efforts by other nations.

Americans are anyone who genuinely and sincerely professes to be one regardless of origin, race, color, religion, and so on and so forth.

A true American speaking about another true American.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKDb4hN0JoA

A little more information about the mural mentioned in the above piece.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Smirnoff#9.2F11_mural

Also let's not forget that Americans weren't the only victims of the September 11th attacks.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/2738-flags-to-remember-9/11-victims/articleshow/1979607.cms

Oldschool

10-17-2009, 02:16 AM

Geez.... just when I'm getting started. :(

You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later.

Also I just noticed that SMV1973's rep description has appropriately changed to "SMV1973 is a name known to all".

Congrats SMV on trailblazing another rep milestone.

texlaw1992

10-17-2009, 02:55 AM

The correct Hebrew pronunciation is Noach (ach pronounced like the German ach).

Elrond

10-17-2009, 06:48 AM

Americans are anyone who genuinely and sincerely professes to be one regardless of origin, race, color, religion, and so on and so forth.

Sorry to pull your leg, Oldschool; but where does a "passport" play into that? There are many around the world who would sincerely profess to be (or want to be) American :)

Oldschool

10-17-2009, 07:38 AM

You got me on that one. :rolleyes:

What I obviously meant :p;) was legally recognized Americans whether by birth or naturalization.

Except for Native Americans all Americans are immigrants if you go far enough up the family tree.

Doolipalally

10-17-2009, 07:45 AM

That I couldn't tell you. I was about the 80th person it was forwarded to. (and I only knew 3 of the other people that got it.)

What I got out of it was, they mostly don't care for the French. Also that when people don't think before they speak, usually they end up with their foot in their mouth.

I got the impression that they didn't care for the French, too. Not sure if there are any French people on the forum, but I did think that a series of little stories presenting French people as idiots was a bit near the knuckle for me. But I appreciate that no offence was intended.

I think I'm 1/32 Hungarian. My Great-Great Grandpa was from Hungry. Maybe that's why I'm interested in learning Russian.

Wouldn't that make you interested in learning Hungarian? :confused:

thingirl

10-17-2009, 02:17 PM

I suppose. He was more Myar-Hungarian though. And the only way I know this is because (long story, I'll try to make it a short a possible):

My homeschool curriculum gives half (yes, I said 50%) of their profits to Bible translation. Mom and dad were sitting in a pledge drive with a power point presentation going on. One of the pictures wasn't the normal picture (they had been having technical trouble and just pulled something off of the internet). It looked just like my Grandma. SO then we asked her and did some digging and found out that great-grandpa was first-generation American. Oh and I think they Myars speak Russian. Now, Я эст. (Now, I eat.)

zmflavius

10-17-2009, 07:18 PM

thingirl

10-17-2009, 07:25 PM

No, My Father's World. If you go to their site (mfwbooks.com) and then to the message broad, you'll see that my mom is the top poster who doesn't have anyone within 1k posts of her (sound familiar? ;) I just realized, I'm withing 10 posts of 3k). It's put out be David and Marie Hazell (yes, spelled with 2 "l"s). They were actually missionaries in Russia for 8 years before they started their business. They started it when David saw a copy of the book of Luke, complete, bound, and ready to print, just sitting on the shelf because they needed USD 1.2k to print it. In short, they moved back to the States and started a homeschool business. I think they have preschool-HS. If they don't year 4 of HS is in the works.

EDIT: I now have over 3k posts :D.

thingirl

10-20-2009, 06:38 PM

Just an observation....

Looks like posting in the old forum might finally be coming to an end.
(Thingirl you don't have to prove me wrong since you were the last to post) September 17, 2009 was the latest post over there.

Sadly, August was the last time Barn42 logged in on either forum. I hope he's just taking a (short) break.....

Scout posted that on the 5th. He was mistaken. (http://shadowwolf47.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=srythhelp&thread=5179&page=1) ;)

Elrond

10-21-2009, 11:12 PM

It is looking like we are having more and more invisible forum ladies!

wetheril

10-21-2009, 11:19 PM

It is looking like we are having more and more invisible forum ladies!

Invisibility is recommended for ninjas. ;)

Elrond

10-21-2009, 11:29 PM

Invisibility is recommended for ninjas. ;)

Yup, it is recommended for Shinobi's and Kunoichi's ;) .

thingirl

10-22-2009, 01:22 PM

I thought the plural of "Kunoichi" was "Kunoichi". Same for Shinobi.

Young Ned

10-23-2009, 07:30 AM

I thought the plural of "Kunoichi" was "Kunoichi". Same for Shinobi.

Japanese doesn't have grammatical number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_number), according to Wikipedia, so the singular and plural are the same for all Japanese nouns... when you're speaking Japanese. In English, either the Japanese plurals (kunoichi, ninja, tsunami) or the English regular plurals (kunoichis, ninjas, tsunamis) may be used.

Yup, it is recommended for Shinobi's and Kunoichi's ;) .

However, neither Japanese nor English plurals are formed with apostrophes... :p

thingirl

10-23-2009, 05:58 PM

Random question: What's your opinion on service projects? Do you do them? Do you not? Why? The reason I'm asking is that I'll be leaving for "Middle School GO!" in about 4-5 hours.

What is "GO!"? It's my church's (note, that is possessive, not plural ;)) Jr. High retreat. We'll be doing some fun things tonight, then spend the night at church (boys downstairs, girls upstairs). Tomorrow we'll get up, have breakfast, then go out and do some service protects all around the Memphis/Bartlet area, then each class with spend the night at one of their youth leader's house. Sunday, we'll go to church, have lunch, then help set up for "Fallapaloozia", the alternate Halloween thing. Then we'll get to have fun at Fallapaloozia. I was like, the 3rd person to sign up.

Elrond

10-24-2009, 03:29 AM

Currently, China (People's Republic of) accounts for nearly $US 1 Trillion (1000 billion) in USA debt! I wonder when the US will pay off the debt!

texlaw1992

10-24-2009, 06:01 AM

There's an old saying:

If you owe the bank a little money, the bank owns you.

If you owe the bank a lot of money, you own the bank.

So in a way, although China owns a large chunk of the US, so does the US own a large chunk of China. It's a symbiotic relationship (although not necessarily a healthy one).

I have several clients in both mainland China (including Hong Kong) and Taiwan. We do need each other.

Doolipalally

10-24-2009, 06:45 AM

Random question: What's your opinion on service projects? Do you do them? Do you not? Why?

What are service projects?

texlaw1992

10-24-2009, 05:57 PM

I'm pretty sure she means community service / volunteerism.

Myself, I do some discounted and pro bono legal work for those who otherwise can't afford an attorney. I also serve on several volunteer boards of local community organizations which work with student education and the United Nations. I think people should give something back to the community at large.

thingirl

10-25-2009, 11:46 PM

Yes, Dooli, I meant what Texlaw said. And I think what Texlaw said was nice.

And GO! was awesome. Tiring, but awesome.

wetheril

10-25-2009, 11:50 PM

Yes, Dooli, I meant what Texlaw said. And I think what Texlaw said was nice.

And GO! was awesome. Tiring, but awesome.

Welcome back, Thingirl! It has been somewhat more quiet without you around. ;) I hope you had a great time at GO!

thingirl

10-25-2009, 11:52 PM

YOU BROKE 600 REPP!!!!!!!!!! Nice! As for a good time... I did. I'm a little sore, and a lot tired, but I'm happy.

Oldschool

10-26-2009, 12:21 AM

Welcome back Thingirl and repped (when permitted) for your volunteerism.

thingirl

10-26-2009, 12:23 AM

Thanks, Oldschool. I'm sitting down after a long shower/bath. That may seem redundant that I'm sitting down (really, who stands and types?), but it feels so good...

texlaw1992

10-26-2009, 06:40 AM

Thingirl gets repped for volunteerism and I don't?

I sense anti-lawyer bias. I should sue (ha ha).

Anyway, props to Thingirl and any others who volunteer to help others, whether via donations of money, time, property, or anything else.

thingirl

10-26-2009, 02:34 PM

I went to bed at 9 PM yesterday and didn't wake up until 9:30 AM today. I never sleep in that late.

@ Texlaw: Of course you do. ;)

Oldschool

10-26-2009, 03:21 PM

Oops, no "dis" intended texlaw - duly, if belatedly, repped. "Dis" intended - there's a joke in there somewhere.

texlaw1992

10-27-2009, 02:48 AM

Thanks for the rep, belated or otherwise.

Still, I will pursue volunteerism regardless of reps.

Just to give you one example, I was recently contacted by a lady who was at her wits end. She had refinanced her mortgage about a year earlier with the same mortgage company, and all of a sudden they insisted she owed the original amount, threatened foreclosure and refused to respond to her letters or phone calls. I sent one telefax invoking the appropriate statute and within an hour got a call from the mortgage company apologizing profusely for the screwup and corrected everything within two hours thereafter. I have to say that it was a good feeling to help someone who really needed it.

Lightwielder

10-27-2009, 10:19 PM

This is one of my favorite Sryth quotes. Found it just now during the "The Winds of Mount Stonejaw" Adventure.

Still unnerved by the scattered and rapidly-fading fragments of the dream, you sit up in the dark and rest your head in your hands as you take comfort in the familiar quiet of Silversword Tower.

Vowing to never again mix palo and root wine before retiring, you're about to make an attempt at returning to sleep when the silence that surrounds you is shattered by the sound of something clattering along the passage outside.

Oldschool

10-28-2009, 02:01 AM

thingirl

10-28-2009, 04:31 PM

The KOL wiki has google ads. I just saw this one. I thought it was interesting.
Play Kingdom of Loathing?
If you like Kingdom of Loathing, try Sryth. Free online text RPG.
www.Sryth.com

Zen And Tonic

10-28-2009, 04:41 PM

The KOL wiki has google ads. I just saw this one. I thought it was interesting.

That's how I found out about Sryth :)

zmflavius

10-28-2009, 04:42 PM

That's how I found out about Sryth :)

Through google ads or KOL wiki?

Also, Happy Birthday!

wetheril

10-28-2009, 04:46 PM

That's how I found out about Sryth :)

Glad to see you've finally posted, and happy birthday. :)

Zen And Tonic

10-28-2009, 04:47 PM

Through google ads or KOL wiki?

Also, Happy Birthday!

Thanks :)

Through Google ads. I've seen them in KoL wiki before, but I'm not sure if that's where I first saw them.

(In other words, I don't know who got the $0.02 or whatever from me clicking through their adbox to Sryth. :P )

zmflavius

10-28-2009, 04:49 PM

Thanks :)

Through Google ads. I've seen them in KoL wiki before, but I'm not sure if that's where I first saw them.

(In other words, I don't know who got the $0.02 or whatever from me clicking through their adbox to Sryth. :P )

Ok.

Btw, do you play KOL?

Zen And Tonic

10-28-2009, 04:51 PM

Ok.

Btw, do you play KOL?

On and off, since 2004 or so. I haven't ascended yet though. :P

Zen And Tonic

10-28-2009, 05:01 PM

Glad to see you've finally posted, and happy birthday. :)

Thank you :D

smv1973

10-28-2009, 05:10 PM

Happy Birthday Zen And Tonic. I hope you have a great.

Oldschool

10-29-2009, 02:21 AM

Welcome to the forum Zen and Tonic and Happy Birthday.

Also I like your handle.

Oldschool

10-29-2009, 02:29 AM

A-ha.......

Finally, while listening to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVEhDrJzM8E) it FINALLY came to me.

Badstench's avatar is album art for T. Rex's Electric Warrior. Well actually it didn't "come" to me as much as it appeared in the opening then throughout the remainder of the vid.

Either way, I'll "take it" as every so often I'd see that image and think where have I seen that before? Coulda asked I suppose...... :rolleyes:

By the way, nice choice Badstench.

Oldschool

10-29-2009, 04:18 AM

Tis the season for a little necrothreadery...... :cool:

A copy and paste from a post by Scout around Halloween last year on the old forum.

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A couple of the guy's from Axepath dropped by to see if I was ready for Halloween......

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/21/m_5834dbf52d7f463a8ef49afb6a842f68.jpg

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/4/m_81c2c95a95434398a3faecf4e54510ff.jpg

Are you?

zmflavius

10-29-2009, 01:02 PM

Oh god. I'm not. I don't have anything, not even a costume, nothing except for that jack-o-lantern rotting outside my front door.

thingirl

10-29-2009, 03:40 PM

I'm not going trick-or-treating (well, except for those silly seeds). And yeah, mom hasn't bought any candy either.

wetheril

10-31-2009, 04:05 PM

For those of you with daylight savings, don't forget to turn back the clock tonight!

thingirl

10-31-2009, 05:14 PM

I toatally forgot about that. Thanks, Wetheril.

Doolipalally

10-31-2009, 05:19 PM

For those of you with daylight savings, don't forget to turn back the clock tonight!

That's interesting. The UK and Russia both did it last weekend.

wetheril

10-31-2009, 08:28 PM

That's interesting. The UK and Russia both did it last weekend.

Yeah, I'm not sure why it's so late this year. I recall it being roughly half a month earlier last year.

smv1973

10-31-2009, 09:41 PM

Yeah, I'm not sure why it's so late this year. I recall it being roughly half a month earlier last year.

The U.S. changed when we do the time change like 2 or 3 years ago. I get messed up because I have a clock that does the time change automatically and it still does it on the old date. One of these years I will have to buy a new clock.

scout1idf

11-01-2009, 02:05 AM

The U.S. changed when we do the time change like 2 or 3 years ago. I get messed up because I have a clock that does the time change automatically and it still does it on the old date. One of these years I will have to buy a new clock.

My VCR is like that. It changes early so we just ignore it till the time actually does change.

thingirl

11-01-2009, 02:13 AM

Thank God for copm. clocks. They're always ringt. Unless...

wetheril

11-01-2009, 02:48 AM

Hm...7:47 pm, and the first of the trick-or-treaters are here. :)

zmflavius

11-01-2009, 02:52 AM

It's 10:48 where I am.

smv1973

11-01-2009, 02:55 AM

Hm...7:47 pm, and the first of the trick-or-treaters are here. :)

It was around 7:30 pm when the first trick-or-treaters showed up. That is kind of late for around where I live.

wetheril

11-01-2009, 03:09 AM

It was around 7:30 pm when the first trick-or-treaters showed up. That is kind of late for around where I live.

I believe the sky gets darker where you live too. Admittedly, the sky is dark now, but I agree--I was expecting them to come sooner. And I bet they are cold too.

Oldschool

11-01-2009, 04:15 AM

RE: the time change. A couple years ago they extended daylight savings here in the US as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. It adds about a month overall, going about 3 weeks early in the spring and lasting about a week longer in the fall.

Regardless of the reason I like the extension in the fall because from a safety standpoint it "adds" an extra hour of daylight during Halloween. Before this change the time change usually (maybe always) occured before Halloween.

For the new US Daylight Savings,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_the_United_States#Daylight_saving_time

scout1idf

11-01-2009, 07:06 AM

Here's a copy of an E-Mail I got from a friend.

It's kinda important for your eye health.........

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ARE YOU COLOR BLIND, SLIGHTLY COLOR BLIND OR DO YOU HAVE PERFECT EYES? IT MAY BE CALLED THE AGING TEST..

Click here: Color Blind Test (http://www.funstufftosee.com/colorblind.html)

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Remember, seeing in the proper color is always best.;)