Minor victory thread

[PatrThom]

And for your information, so called "nerds," Tanagra was a place. Specifically, where Darmok and Jalad hunted the beast and became friends. Shaka was who was sad when the walls fell. Temba was who had his arms wide or, conversely, was at rest. And the weasel woman was right, it was Sokath who had his eyes uncovered.

--Patrick

 

[Squidleybits]

You know those awesome blankets they sell in the winter at Chapters? The super fuzzy ones? I found a hoodie made out of it!!!

 

[blotsfan]

New iPhone! Its big and has good resolution and I'm not using my 4s anymore and I love it.

I'm a little terrified until Tuesday when my case is getting here though.

 

[PatrThom]

Finally found some non-peppermint candy canes. Yay.

--Patrick

 

[Emrys]

Finally found some non-peppermint candy canes. Yay.

--Patrick

Heathen.

 

[PatrThom]

Heathen.

Our son hates peppermint.

--Patrick

 

[Emrys]

Our son hates peppermint.

--Patrick

<sigh> OK, your son gets a free pass but no one else!

 

[PatrThom]

Toothbrushing time is the worst.

--Patrick

 

[Squidleybits]

I made little happy holiday card-things for my staff with the cherry ones and they all were pumped that they weren't peppermint!

 

[WasabiPoptart]

Toothbrushing time is the worst.

--Patrick

They do make toothpaste for kids in other flavors.

 

[PatrThom]

They do make toothpaste for kids in other flavors.

Yes, which is why we use strawberry.

But dad isn't always 100% conscious careful when loading his toothbrush, and start only to have him make The Face and say, "Aaaigh! Too minty!"

--Patrick

 

[WasabiPoptart]

Yes, which is why we use strawberry.

But dad isn't always 100% conscious careful when loading his toothbrush, and start only to have him make The Face and say, "Aaaigh! Too minty!"

--Patrick

My kids were the same way until more recently. We got them to use Crest Kids in bubble gum flavor.

 

[Squidleybits]

I applied to and got accepted as a contributor to iStock last year and didn't do much after. The other week when I couldn't sleep, I logged in to find that I had made some sales. I decided to make an effort and upload a bunch of pictures and build a proper portfolio. It must be my turn in the queue tonight because they are going through my pictures and so far the only rejection I have is due to a possible copyright issue. I submitted a picture of a statue and its a fair concern.

I'm super excited! I know this is no guarantee that I will make any further sales but its nice to have them like and accept my work

 

[Squidleybits]

I am so not creative....I am having the hardest time making titles for these pictures.

 

[CrimsonSoul]

I am so not creative....I am having the hardest time making titles for these pictures.

in my sleep deprived state I thought you were having a hard time making titties for your pictures lol

 

[Emrys]

in my sleep deprived state I thought you were having a hard time making titties for your pictures lol

That's sleep deprived? I thought that was just normal you.

 

[Squidleybits]

in my sleep deprived state I thought you were having a hard time making titties for your pictures lol

lol!! I am good on that front Picture titles on the other hand are beyond me.

 

[GasBandit]

So my most problematic salesperson got me a christmas present to make up for all the times I've had to stay late fixing his malarkey. And it's a pretty good present - Grand Theft Auto V. I had planned to wait to buy it until it was 20 bucks on steam, but now I guess I don't have to!

One complication, however.. he bought me a physical copy of the game. Yes, apparently they DO still sell physical copies of PC games! I don't see a steam key in the box anywhere, but I do see SEVEN DVDs. I guess I need to scrounge up a DVDROM, because my gaming machine doesn't have one because physical media? Who uses physical media any more? WELP.

 

[strawman]

Spoiler alert: disc seven is corrupted near the end.[DOUBLEPOST=1450803918,1450803874][/DOUBLEPOST]Reminds me of people trying to install Windows 95 using 3.5" floppy disks.

 

[GasBandit]

Spoiler alert: disc seven is corrupted near the end.[DOUBLEPOST=1450803918,1450803874][/DOUBLEPOST]Reminds me of people trying to install Windows 95 using 3.5" floppy disks.

 

[CrimsonSoul]

That's sleep deprived? I thought that was just normal you.

You've discovered my secret! But now my wife is pregnant so I get pregnant titties. yummy!

 

[Cajungal]

My poor mom just had the biggest scare. She got a call from the security company saying the fire alarm was going off. Turns out she just left the gumbo on, and the only thing that needs to be replaced is ingredients. The firemen only beat us by a few seconds, so we got to open the door as well. Thank goodness!

 

[CrimsonSoul]

My poor mom just had the biggest scare. She got a call from the security company saying the fire alarm was going off. Turns out she just left the gumbo on, and the only thing that needs to be replaced is ingredients. The firemen only beat us by a few seconds, so we got to open the door as well. Thank goodness!

That happened once when I was on vacation in Vegas (I live in Texas) thankfully I gave my mom a key. no idea what caused the alarm to go off though.

 

[Squidleybits]

I had my procedure today and afterwards they were selling fur lined leggings in the lobby! Score!!

 

[WasabiPoptart]

I'm not a fan of pink, but those are neat!

 

[PatrThom]

Reminds me of people trying to install Windows 95 using 3.5" floppy disks.

Hey now I've had to do that.

Ha! I call bogus.
I mean, if it was legitimate, it wouldn't have been 1713 HD floppies, it would've been on 1469 DMF floppies.

Also, Gas, once you've finished installing, you might want to just create a set of .ISOs and keep 'em handy...assuming you don't have an easier way of "creating" those seven .ISOs, that is.

--Patrick

 

[jwhouk]

I think I have all of the install disks for Word for Windows 95 somewhere around here...

 

[Squidleybits]

I have one of the old Diablos around I'm sure.

Steam/Adobe CC etc is the best!

 

[GasBandit]

Hey now I've had to do that.

Ha! I call bogus.
I mean, if it was legitimate, it wouldn't have been 1713 HD floppies, it would've been on 1469 DMF floppies.

Also, Gas, once you've finished installing, you might want to just create a set of .ISOs and keep 'em handy...assuming you don't have an easier way of "creating" those seven .ISOs, that is.

--Patrick

Well, push comes to shove, I can always just pirate it.

 

[Bubble181]

I have one of the old Diablos around I'm sure.

Steam/Adobe CC etc is the best!

I have original Diablo, Diablo II and LoD CDs lying around, and Dungeon Keeper, and KOTOR I and II,... I only stopped buying stuff physically when most games turned out to be a 5MB Steam installer. -_-

 

[GasBandit]

I think the last thing I bought that came on a physical CD was... Age of Conan.

 

[Denbrought]

I thought these days most physical copies just had a launcher that then downloads the game from Steam/Origin/Whathaveyou. Quite surprising.

 

[Dei]

Rockstar doesn't like doing Steam keys in their physical copies. Because they are lame. It would make more sense if you couldn't get the game on Steam...but you can.

 

[GasBandit]

Rockstar doesn't like doing Steam keys in their physical copies. Because they are lame. It would make more sense if you couldn't get the game on Steam...but you can.

I've long been irritated with rockstar for their stubborn insistence on their own multiplayer platform (Rockstar Social Club) when Steamworks is a perfectly viable and largely superior way to go in most cases.

 

[PatrThom]

I bought everything physical whenever possible so I would never have to worry about the game publisher going out of business or something. I have discs for MoO 1/2, AoE 1/2/3, Diablo 1/2/3, WarCraft 1/2/2b/3, and many, many more. I even have this disc kicking around somewhere.

Also, guess what else we did today?

(those are from my phone's less-than-capable Wifi, we actually went from 8.0↓/0.8↑ to 64↓/4↑)

--Patrick