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At 1/15/10 01:40 AM, BrianEtrius wrote: I can't believe it.

After 4 years of doing bad David Caurso impressions, I can actually make money off of it?

Holy shit.

I bought shades!
Don't you worry, I would never dare compete with you.

Shades can be seriously expensive. Some of them were $1500! D:

*dances*

You know how you always hear rumors about people finding something out really really cool to do in a game, but they won't tell you how they did it? Well, I just found a way to power-level my characters in City of Heroes/Villains playing solo. Yeah. It's taken me the better part of a year and a half of straight playing to get 2 characters up to 50 and another to 39, but last night I found a way to knock one out fairly quick. :-D

Plus; my town opened up a Liquor Store, which is nice because now if I want to get myself a bottle of something I don't have drive 20 miles to get it. And contrary to what my dad I joked about (like them being a cheap drunk's store and only having Thunderbird and Mad Dog 20/20) they actually had some good stuff there. I got myself a couple small bottles of Absolut, Creme De Menthe (to make a Vodka Stinger with), and a small bottle Jagermeister... which I might finally be able to try now that my brother doesn't live here.

that fucker could INHALE some Jager.

At 1/15/10 04:55 PM, Proteas wrote: *dances*

You know how you always hear rumors about people finding something out really really cool to do in a game, but they won't tell you how they did it? Well, I just found a way to power-level my characters in City of Heroes/Villains playing solo. Yeah. It's taken me the better part of a year and a half of straight playing to get 2 characters up to 50 and another to 39, but last night I found a way to knock one out fairly quick. :-D

Darkwizard1992 said he's playing pokemon crystal, and I suddenly feel like playing sum pokemon. It'll be a nice way to spend the summer.

Plus; my town opened up a Liquor Store, which is nice because now if I want to get myself a bottle of something I don't have drive 20 miles to get it. And contrary to what my dad I joked about (like them being a cheap drunk's store and only having Thunderbird and Mad Dog 20/20) they actually had some good stuff there. I got myself a couple small bottles of Absolut, Creme De Menthe (to make a Vodka Stinger with), and a small bottle Jagermeister... which I might finally be able to try now that my brother doesn't live here.

that fucker could INHALE some Jager.

There's a new drink I want to try. Gancia one; it was usually mixed with lemonade, but the manufacturers decided to sell it with lemon already, and bottle it in convenient sizes.
Win.

At 1/14/10 10:59 PM, Proteas wrote: I've got one that will mess with everybody here; our pitbull loves yogurt.

I feed Husker yogurt all the time, and he got some every single day when we first brought him home to help ease the food transition. It's good for introducing beneficial bacteria into the gut.

At 1/15/10 05:14 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: There's a new drink I want to try. Gancia one; it was usually mixed with lemonade, but the manufacturers decided to sell it with lemon already, and bottle it in convenient sizes.
Win.

What exactly is Gancia 1? I can find pages about it online, but nothing in English. Is like a malt liquor beverage?

At 1/15/10 05:47 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: I feed Husker yogurt all the time, and he got some every single day when we first brought him home to help ease the food transition. It's good for introducing beneficial bacteria into the gut.

Is he adjusting to the his new environment pretty well?

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I will say that I had two odd experiences today, though. The first was at the mall; I bought a throwing knife from this import store there that had nothing but knives/swords/nunchucks, that sort of thing, for $14. Turns out, for about $10 more I can buy a set of three of these same knives online clicky. So I got ripped there... figuratively speaking.

Also; the liquor store I went does not accept checks because of what appeared to be previous experience with bad customers who wrote bad checks... HOWEVER... the store has only been open 3 days and the owners have no other locations which would indicate prior exeperience in the liquor business.

Who pays with checks nowadays, anyway?

At 1/16/10 02:21 AM, Ravariel wrote: Who pays with checks nowadays, anyway?

When you need something to be in the mail until you can get the funds...
I haven't payed a check in years, but... being that I was bank supervisor years ago... I understand how people depend on the wait time until a check clears.

At 1/15/10 05:14 PM, Der-Lowe wrote:

At 1/15/10 04:55 PM, Proteas wrote: You know how you always hear rumors about people finding something out really really cool to do in a game, but they won't tell you how they did it? Well, I just found a way to power-level my characters in City of Heroes/Villains playing solo. Yeah. It's taken me the better part of a year and a half of straight playing to get 2 characters up to 50 and another to 39, but last night I found a way to knock one out fairly quick. :-D

Darkwizard1992 said he's playing pokemon crystal, and I suddenly feel like playing sum pokemon. It'll be a nice way to spend the summer.

Odd joke of the day: Which is kind of curious considering power leveling in pokémon is anything BUT leveling quick.

:D

Oh, and on the topic of alcohol:

It´s a shame I didn´t grab the opportunity to mix up some Hot Toddy for my buddies while one of them still had his hands on a bottle of undrunken, but drinkable whiskey.
All of them are coughing and puffing like old steam locomotives, it might´ve done them well I think.

Also, here´s a status picture:

First decent snow blanket I´ve experienced in some five or six years now, I´d say.

At 1/16/10 06:31 AM, zephiran wrote:

Also, here´s a status picture:

*Grumble*

The sun came out today...or should I say more correctly, after all this time the clouds have finally gone away so we can see the sun ...YAAAAY.
Heavy overcast day after day, for me anyway, gets me bummed out & gloomy, just like the sky !

At 1/16/10 01:01 AM, Proteas wrote: Is he adjusting to the his new environment pretty well?

The first month had its ups and downs, but he's pretty much settled in now. We've even gotten to the point where we can let him out into the back yard and he will go do his business without one of us walking him down to the "potty corner" and he comes back to the door when he's done. He's had a few successful field trips, including a couple of jaunts out to the dog park.

Now if only I could get him to stop waking my up early in the morning because he wants his breakfast...

At 1/16/10 02:21 AM, Ravariel wrote: Who pays with checks nowadays, anyway?

I have issues with compulsive spending, plastic is a dangerous weapon in my hands... had I had a credit card (or even a debit card) in that import shop yesterday, I probably would have walked out of there with a pair of Kendo Sticks with wall-mount rack for them, a pair of lacquered nun-chucks, and some bo-shuriken in addition to my throwing knife.

I'm just glad I don't have a taste for alcohol beyond the occaisonal mixed beverage to make me mellow. The local store would be sending me Birthday and Christmas cards... like More's local liquor store does. XD

At 1/16/10 11:26 AM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: Now if only I could get him to stop waking my up early in the morning because he wants his breakfast...

A shot or two of Goldschlagger before bed ought to take care of that. ;-D

At 1/16/10 07:18 AM, zephiran wrote:

At 1/16/10 06:31 AM, zephiran wrote:

Also, here´s a status picture:

*Grumble*

I'm not sure what I'm seeing...
Dog house
Gingerbread house
or just a house... as in, a house for human habitation.

Pretty, though...

At 1/16/10 12:04 PM, Proteas wrote: I'm just glad I don't have a taste for alcohol ...like More's local liquor store does. XD

Are you kidding me !
The girls who work at my local liquor store know me by my first name, & last spring when i was having stomach problems & couldn't drink...there was talk of laying off staff !

At 1/16/10 11:26 AM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: Now if only I could get him to stop waking my up early in the morning because he wants his breakfast...

;;;
Don't complain Skunky...my little dog died over christmas :''(
I wish she would get me up early tomorrow, barking at murderous squirrel's or the neighbors cat on the deck .

At 1/16/10 02:21 AM, Ravariel wrote: Who pays with checks nowadays, anyway?

Crudmudgeons like me who feel they were born in the wrong century.
.....I would have made a great strategos......

Unrelated:
As a statement of fact I say Classical music is sweet.
Evidence?

Beethoven won't be crap tomorrow.

Why kids today will inevitably suck.

Anyone else grow up with the cross-dressing rabbit and a fondness for classical music?

At 1/16/10 12:59 PM, morefngdbs wrote: Don't complain Skunky...my little dog died over christmas :''(
I wish she would get me up early tomorrow, barking at murderous squirrel's or the neighbors cat on the deck .

Oahhhhhhh...
I'm sorry to hear about that, lo siento.
She (he?) was cute.

gotta go pet my birdies...

OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!! my computers' back and the CD drive works and all my stuff is intact even though it wasn't guaranteed!!! ggggyyyaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!111 *joygasm*

i need a more excited smiley damnit!

At 1/16/10 01:01 AM, Proteas wrote:

At 1/15/10 05:14 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: There's a new drink I want to try. Gancia one; it was usually mixed with lemonade, but the manufacturers decided to sell it with lemon already, and bottle it in convenient sizes.
Win.

What exactly is Gancia 1? I can find pages about it online, but nothing in English. Is like a malt liquor beverage?

Hm, turns out Gancia is as Argentinian as a beverage can be (created by Italian immigrants).
Gancia one is Gancia with Lemon.
Now, Gancia is a mix of white wine, aromatic herbs and sugar. It was originally drank as an aperitive, ie, before meals, but it now people generally drink Gancia batido (shaken), ice, Gancia, lemon juice, and sugar. You shake it and voila!

I will say that I had two odd experiences today, though. The first was at the mall; I bought a throwing knife from this import store there that had nothing but knives/swords/nunchucks, that sort of thing, for $14. Turns out, for about $10 more I can buy a set of three of these same knives online clicky.

How many weapons do you have already?

At 1/16/10 12:59 PM, morefngdbs wrote: Are you kidding me !
The girls who work at my local liquor store know me by my first name, & last spring when i was having stomach problems & couldn't drink...there was talk of laying off staff !

LOL. And I thought I was hardcore because I bought 4 bottles of Dr Lemon (small ones, though).
My grandfather gets stared at when he goes to the supermarket; he buys 50 bottles of wine(75 cl ones).

At 1/16/10 11:26 AM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: Now if only I could get him to stop waking my up early in the morning because he wants his breakfast...

;;;
Don't complain Skunky...my little dog died over christmas :''(

Aw. *Hugs more*.

At 1/16/10 09:17 AM, morefngdbs wrote: The sun came out today...or should I say more correctly, after all this time the clouds have finally gone away so we can see the sun ...YAAAAY.
Heavy overcast day after day, for me anyway, gets me bummed out & gloomy, just like the sky !

I thought of this:

At 1/16/10 12:59 PM, morefngdbs wrote: Are you kidding me !
The girls who work at my local liquor store know me by my first name, & last spring when i was having stomach problems & couldn't drink...there was talk of laying off staff !

I remember you talking about that. Did they rejoice and give you a freebie when you got over everything?

Don't complain Skunky...my little dog died over christmas :''(
I wish she would get me up early tomorrow, barking at murderous squirrel's or the neighbors cat on the deck .

That can be arranged. It might be a neurotic pair of Dachshunds who like to piss on everything instead of a cute little Yorkie, but it can be arranged.

Sorry for your loss, dude.

At 1/16/10 02:12 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: Now, Gancia is a mix of white wine, aromatic herbs and sugar. It was originally drank as an aperitive, ie, before meals, but it now people generally drink Gancia batido (shaken), ice, Gancia, lemon juice, and sugar. You shake it and voila!

So it's a liquor, not a malt beverage?

How many weapons do you have already?

*scratches head*

- A military ammo can filled with about 2 dozen or so various pocketknives.
- 4 swords (two functional, one semi-functional, one display piece), 3 machetes, 2 hunting knives, 2 throwing knives.
- An aluminum baseball bat which I need to strip and repaint/retape
- My grandfather's two canes, and a homemade pair of nunchucks.
- A slingshot and about two or three hundred pieces of ammo and power-draw bands on it (heavy rubber tubing instead of yellow medical tubing).
- And a Mossberg 500 with about 150 rounds of ammunition.

I keep a machete (which I need to sharpen), the baseball bat, one my grand-dad's canes, and my shotgun underneath my bed within arm's reach just in case something happens in the middle of the night. Everything else is in boxes or put up somewhere.

At 1/16/10 12:36 PM, fli wrote:

At 1/16/10 07:18 AM, zephiran wrote:

At 1/16/10 06:31 AM, zephiran wrote:

Also, here´s a status picture:

*Grumble*

I'm not sure what I'm seeing...
Dog house

Not quite.

Gingerbread house

I know it looks like one, but sadly, nope...

or just a house... as in, a house for human habitation.

Close, but not close enough.

Pretty, though...

Aye, it be the junior version of the northern log hay barn. The full-size version is used to store hay, but we just keep an assortment of tools and outdoors toys in our installation.

Looked like shit with the flash on I must admit.

Classical music is great, and as a matter of fact I´ve got a thing for Chopin, actually.

You know what´s fun? Getting into a car in Saints Row 2, tuning in on the Classical music channel, and raising four-wheeled hell with satchel charges, an RPG launcher and Pipe Bombs. And a lot of coordinated driving with murderous intentions.

______

Losing a pet sucks.

I´ve had numerous small pets and bunnies, and it was always hard to see them fade away...

(

At 1/16/10 02:51 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 1/16/10 12:59 PM, morefngdbs wrote: there was talk of laying off staff !

Did they rejoice and give you a freebie when you got over everything?

;;;
Yeah, one of them drew the short straw & took me out back ;)

Don't complain Skunky...my little dog died over christmas :''(

That can be arranged. It might be a neurotic pair of Dachshunds who like to piss on everything instead of a cute little Yorkie,
Sorry for your loss, dude.

;;
She was a really good dog, very smart & never needed to be tied up . I even taught her to fetch & retrieve,which the breeder said I wouldn't have a hope in hell with .
Odd i think I've got something in my eye...

I had a friend in school who had a male dachshund, named...wait for it..... Fritz, & he wouldn't go out on his own in the winter if there was any more than an inch of snow.
His little weiner dragged in the snow (he was big & fat) & would leave a line between his foot prints...funny as hell, but cold on his pecker . So you had to force him out the door on snowy mornings.

It's the second time someone has showed me the finger while driving.
What's with that?

At 1/16/10 06:31 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: It's the second time someone has showed me the finger while driving.
What's with that?

Reminds me of when I was at an ESL class once. Teacher was a buddy of mine, and the phrase they were learning that day was "Use your blinker shithead."

Sometimes when I'm watching Chopped and these professional chefs get all flustered with the surprise ingredients, I wonder...Is it just the pressure, or are these people really that unimaginative? I can pretty much always come up with something while I'm watching.

At 1/16/10 08:16 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: Sometimes when I'm watching Chopped and these professional chefs get all flustered with the surprise ingredients, I wonder...Is it just the pressure, or are these people really that unimaginative? I can pretty much always come up with something while I'm watching.

Don't jinx it for me...
The best part is that they're under pressure.

Also, take into account... limited time, various dishes, sometimes a very unknown ingredient. I mean... get chicken, and you know how to make a dozen things. No hard one right there.

But if you're a chef and all you get is a bucket of chicken's feet and beaks, and you won't know how to make a savory (and visually palatable) dish... and you got to make 5 other different dishes... and a dessert.

I think it's the same as any other game show. They're always a lot easier when you're not actually playing. Like how many of us would legitimatly kick ass at jeopardy? I don't know but we should try because that game kicks ass.

At 1/16/10 08:47 PM, stafffighter wrote: I think it's the same as any other game show. They're always a lot easier when you're not actually playing. Like how many of us would legitimatly kick ass at jeopardy? I don't know but we should try because that game kicks ass.

I was a trivia game champion in school, actually. I don't really suffer from performance anxiety or stage fright.

And, fli, Chopped is not Iron Chef - the game is a bit different. They have three courses with three sets of ingredients that MUST go into the dish, and after each round someone is eliminated.

At 1/16/10 09:19 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: And, fli, Chopped is not Iron Chef - the game is a bit different. They have three courses with three sets of ingredients that MUST go into the dish, and after each round someone is eliminated.

Yup... now I remember.
It's the Iron Chef that I liked... although, I like the Japanese one a whole lot better.

I sort of liked The Next Food Network Star and I'm recording Worst Cooks in America, but I gotta say I'm not really feeling it.

I saw an episode of Hells Kitchen that I liked, but I never saw the show after that and I've seen a few iron chefs (next iron chef and iron chef america) that I would get into. Haven't watched chopped. They were hyping up some iron chef thing where they had some chick who cooked at the whitehouse compete with some other chefs but it conflicted with other things we had set to record that same time so I didn't see it.

more - sorry about your dog, man. my grandparents had a yorkie that was spoiled and pretty smart and held her own with my uncle's mastiff/rotweiler mix.

I still use checks. But now it's only down to 2 bills. Rent and propane. Up until recently it was electric but they've since started online billing, and the oil company said they're starting that up too. Wouldn't it be awesome to pay rent online with a credit card?

We haven't used checks in so long that the checkbook we have still has the address of the apartment where Steve lived before we moved in together.