Now that you mention it, there have been occassions when the MAP* followed by a bacon sandwich makes you feel 125%.

*Morning After Poo - there's nothing like a bit of hungover cartography.

One of my friends created a facebook group for the hangover poo.



Dear god this forum has gone downhill (thanks Vader) :p

I am the gravity to which this forum succumbs.

This morning I didn't speak to Danny John-Jules.I fail to see how this is a standout negative event.

I never seem to get hungover.

Sure, a minor dull pain that makes my head feel x7000 times heavier than it actually is, but then it generally passes after ten minutes.

What is everyone's favourite alcoholic drink?

I don't really drink alcohol :p

What is everyone's favourite alcoholic drink?

I generally just stick to beer.

Until I realise I don't care much anymore and I move on to the Gin (often double with coke). It goes bad from then on.
With enough I don't bother with the coke.

Cider ftw. Though I did discover mead the other day, that was brilliant.

I only drink the girly fruity crap. it tastes good and I have no desire to drink any alcohol.

even the times I DO drink that stuff it's only the weak stuff and only a bit of it.

Beer in general, but depending on the situation could be good cider, good wine or quite anything.

What is everyone's favourite alcoholic drink?

Ale, I guess

Captain Morgan and Guinness are my favourites but over the last year or so I've been having weird reactions to alcohol such as almost immediately getting a headache or getting the shivers, despite not being cold. :(

Captain Morgan and Guinness are my favourites but over the last year or so I've been having weird reactions to alcohol such as almost immediately getting a headache or getting the shivers, despite not being cold. :(Should probably see a doctor about that, man. Could be a liver problem :-/

I was supposed to mention it last time I was at the doc's. Instead all we discussed was my depression and my sleep apnoea (which are most probably related to one another).

I'll book another appointment, though, as quite a number of people have said exactly the same thing as you. Thanks for caring ;)

Nice array you've got there. Good luck not adding to it.

It's not so bad. I'm just tired, unhappy and sober.

...

OH GLOD IT'S TERRIBLE!

i only drink soft drinks

My intellectual ego has recieved quite a bruising this afternoon.

The STEP Mathematics I exam went badly I feel.

oh gawd why does every girl i talk to online end up falling in love with me, maybe i should just start being an asshole in general

Sure they're all girls?

oh gawd why does every girl i talk to online end up falling in love with me, maybe i should just start being an asshole in general
or start talking to girls irl instead

Ahem. Below is a statement currently felt right now.
Please note that this is a naughty word.


F**K.


I'm in love. She's in love. Everyone ELSE is being a DICK about it because we LIKE eachother. WHAT IS WROOOOOOOOOOOONNNNGGGG with liking someone? What's WRONG with being in LOVE with someone?
We ARE NOT doing ANYTHING bad.
We are super compatible. We love the company of the other. We are like the SAME exact person but are COMPLETELY different from each other.
She's decided to say "eff what all you think, I love this guy" and I'm like "frickin' finally". So now everything is in the open in the sense I'm not the only one accepting we like each other and telling others straight up that I do.
We went to Cedar Point. Had an awesome time. Hell, kissed on top of the Millennium Force ride.
Everything was good. Started to get late so we head home (driving separate mind you) but I had to follow her. We get McDonalds cause we're both starving. We sit in our own cars and talk. Now... I don't know if you guys have ever experienced this... but I have with the only other girl I've loved...and that is when you talk... you lose track of time. *cough or make out cough* Everything works as a conversation and you just don't shut up and you enjoy talking to them.
So that happened at like 12 am. So we end up talking till about 1:30 am. Opps. Well ****, didn't really mean to do that. Neither of us did or realized it. So it's a half hour drive for her and about 20 for me. We take off and her... well the woman who lets her live with her freaks out on her. And it's not really cause we were alone but we didn't let her know she'd be home late. She says we are so crazy about each other that we're irrational and that we are both basically incapable of thinking at all. She calls me. *****es me out.
I apologize and explain what happened. Not good enough. I text her the next day. I very sincerely apologize. She's like whatever. And for the past week has kept giving the girl I like HELL about everything. Not just this with me... but blaming her for all kinds of **** that is SO her fault and her responsibility. She keeps bringing it up. She keeps blaming all of it on her. It's putting her through hell and is making her think that it's all wrong... when she's the psycho ***** that keeps causing drama.
(The girl I like IS of age, she does stay with a woman she's known since she's been very little...and she's kinda taken over as her guardian cause her mom isn't... really much of a mother)
But this woman is taking all this stuff out on her when (trust me) it's very obvious she's ****ed off at me. I have a good mind to just track her down and just ***** at her to high heaven and DESTROY her argument and just rip her to shreds... and I know that I'm very capable of doing so with what I know of her and how she is. But that would only make the situation worse.
After Cedar Point, last Thursday... we've seen each other everyday... had a great time each time... and hell, ditched everything and ran away last Sunday and spent the whole day with each other alone. The Guardian was out of town anyways...and yeah, whatever. We did it and had an awesome time. But now, here we go again. She's back and has been raising HELL over every little thing and NOTHING at all... and she keeps bringing me up, almost as if to hurt her and aggravate her even more than she is. It's like she's trying to get back at me... and it's like she just... is causing everything to go to hell... and things would seriously be fine right now if she would actually forgive and forget and move on with her effing life. She can't take a simple mistake... and she keeps irritating my girl to death.
She got seriously chewed out about me and her being with each other and liking each other today. I have YET to hear about all the crap she said this time... So I nearly broke up with her today. I seriously almost got dumped because of this crap. It's retarded. She said that she's stuck between her Guardians and me. I make her happy, she loves me, she want's to be with me... and she wants a future with me.
She HATES living there but is kinda stuck there for the time being... and she HATES living there because they seriously (well mostly just the woman) take advantage of her and has her do so much stuff that is seriously way to much to do. I see how that would be like... earning your keep for staying there... But not with what they have her do. It's like they just use her.
So it's retarded. All day has just been retarded. Well...we ate lunch at my house today and that was cool... but that stuff has to stop and I don't know. I just want to punch someone. I just want to go off on someone. There is a lot of **** that has happened today besides this too.
I'm just fed up. I think I might just tell her I'm going to kidnap her, pick her up... take all the money out of my account and just run away with her somewhere. That's what I'd like to do anyways.
So I think I've convinced her there is no reason for breaking up... I don't know... not yet anyways. She's going to a concert with her guardian people and others tonight after all this **** has happened today... and can't talk tonight. So I... I... I really don't know what's going to happen.
All this drama because of this woman is just ruining everything. I see her concern and stuff, but you don't act like that. You don't just use that situation to make the person feel like **** so you feel that you get your point across on something completely different all together. And that's what she's doing. I seriously want to just cross over to the dark side... just this once...and completely mess her mind up.
God, I'm a dangerous person. Be happy that I'm a good person with a well meaning heart. I'd be a very bad... bad guy.
*sigh*
If I gave one of you $500 would you shoot me? I know American currency is **** right now, but hey... buy some nice Italian food why not.

Grreeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh I hate life. LET ME JUST HAVE SOMETHING AND BE HAPPY DAMMIT.

Sure they're all girls?
or start talking to girls irl instead
My point is I talk to people online to make friends, not to end up putting up with bull**** drama madness because jesus **** ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh. If I can talk to guys online why can't I talk to girls, or is the whole internet just so inherently horrible that I can only survive as an anti-social nerd whatever.

Edit:

Slick: Guardians suck all the way, they are always over-bearing and over-protective and will just make bad things worse. Either you manage to come to terms with them, or you'll just have to wait it out until she doesn't need then anymore and can be her own woman and you two can be together without any hassle. I know easier said than done, but if you really love each other, you'll manage.
Don't go suicidal just yet, you're no Romeo & Juliet, the pursuit of happiness is never easy.

Look on the bright side guys. It could be worse:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/62/bbv4life/beat-my-friend-douchebag-tr-465446/
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f7/i-got-married-last-weekend-pics-877461/

Look on the bright side guys. It could be worse:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/62/bbv4life/beat-my-friend-douchebag-tr-465446/
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f7/i-got-married-last-weekend-pics-877461/

Ahaha holy crap. The first one was hilarious, the second one was just too obvious, but still. What the hell. x _ x

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/62/bbv4life/beat-my-friend-douchebag-tr-465446/

it's the last photo that's really the kicker

Didn't see the first one coming at all XD

What have I not gotten about that first link?

I completely don't understand why that link is here either.

It's very negative.

Yes, although I must stress that what is negative about it is how hilarious so many people appear to find it.

What have I not gotten about that first link?Did you not scroll down to the photos?

To be fair, ugly people need love just as much as beautiful people. Not sure why that alone should make it funny.

what makes it funny is not just that she's ugly; it's the way he described the situation and how the picture that builds in your head clashes with reality. plus she's "a solid 7." i'll agree that some of the comments on there are really nasty though

:( I'm back home now and have awful internet

http://www.speedtest.net/result/503572529.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


Apparently that's an 8MBit connection. Yeah right.

:( I'm back home now and have awful internet

http://www.speedtest.net/result/503572529.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


Apparently that's an 8MBit connection. Yeah right.

Welcome to my world.

Robowurmz knows too much!

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=696914&postcount=174

That might have just been a jokey remark, but it could be a problem...

Yes, knows too much indeed...

Lynch him.

Honestly though, how many people are there that visit this forum (At least the more community-oriented parts) who are not in OD? :p

Maybe we should just put every non-OD member on ignore? :p

Honestly though, how many people are there that visit this forum (At least the more community-oriented parts) who are not in OD? :p

About 8, give or take Plasma.

Well, the post has gone now. I hope there was a good reason for removing it.

TBH what I really didn't get about that post with the images and the "Solid 7," was the reactions in reply to it. I thought they were over the top, which is why I thought there might have been something more important than just the guy's delusion. Besides, it seems a bit over the top to have posted such a long story and example photographs, and it doesn't feel genuine, as if the whole thing is a joke. If that were the case I would expect the reactions to acknowledge that. But who says any other forum than OD has to make sense?

Yes, knows too much indeed...

Lynch him.

Honestly though, how many people are there that visit this forum (At least the more community-oriented parts) who are not in OD? :p
hardly anybody. od has destroyed this forum

hardly anybody. od has destroyed this forum
Let's close OD then.

All in favour of closing OD, say "No."

I got 0.5% off a First, despite being the top genetics student in my year. I honestly can't express how gutted I am.

Ouch, bad luck Star Worms. I have a gut feeling I'm going to miss out on a 1st by a similar percentage.

I get my degree results on Thursday...

Ow, bad luck, man.

I played my favourite game, the well known "drop a glass bottle, then accidently step on the shards the next day, shredding your foot, and then remembering you promised to walk your mother in law's two dogs for 45 minutes on the same day".

.. I lost :<

I played my favourite game, the well known "drop a glass bottle, then accidently step on the shards the next day, shredding your foot, and then remembering you promised to walk your mother in law's two dogs for 45 minutes on the same day".

.. I lost :<how does one win this game? spurt your blood into the right goal?

how does one win this game? spurt your blood into the right goal?

Push Vader onto the glass instead.

Do I win by walking onto the glass myself?

Do I win by walking onto the glass myself?

You always win, my friend. At everything.

Woo! :D

I played the variant where someone else is the one who drops a glass and neglects to pick up the mess. I didn't pick it up either tho, so my brother and also my sister shared the same fate. >: D

You always win, my friend. At everything.

Damn you, I just lost the game :(

(Also, welcome back and congrats on the marriage :p)

I just got back from watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

I haven't seen anything this bad except for Indiana Jones 4. I'm not sure which of the two is the worse...

I just got back from watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

I haven't seen anything this bad except for Indiana Jones 4. I'm not sure which of the two is the worse...Well 50% of people would watch it to see Megan Fox rather than the film itself.

Well 50% of people would watch it to see Megan Fox rather than the film itself.well there ARE a number of nice panty shots with her involved, and lots of slow-motion boob-jiggling while running from giant robots.

though, I don't find her all that mind-numbing myself....though I think I'll work on it if THIS is what we can expect from movies....

So far the overall opinion is 50% WHAT CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY IS THIS, 50% WOO BOOBS AND GIANT ROBOTS

But she has a Toe Thumb. (http://www.kontraband.com/pics/18015/Megan-Foxs-Toe-Thumb/) :eek:

Are you a fan of the animated series, Aku?

I mean, is your disgust at the new film based on that or just that it's a Michael Bay film? :p

Are you a fan of the animated series, Aku?

I mean, is your disgust at the new film based on that or just that it's a Michael Bay film? :pnot a particular fan of the old show. I watched it a bit but not enough that it's any sort of nostalgia element in my mind. I also don't have anything against michael bay and consider the first transformers movie to be quite good.

this new one, however, has about 6 too many scenes of random things humping each other, about 10 too many fan-service panty-shots and 2 minutes worth of college-kid's-mom-on-drugs too much. he did a good job with making the movie much more about the robots than the first one, but unfortunately the plot made ABSOLUTELY NO FORKING SENSE! seriously, the entire plot was that the transformers are trying to stop an ancient enemy from killing everyone off and stealing the energon source from the earth. well about half way through the movie you find out that said energon source isn't exclusive to the earth and that the whole entire motivation for every part of the movie would have been solved with about 10 seconds of prior planning...

the acting is ok, though the lines the actors had to say were so over-the-top that it stopped being funny after the first hour. it's like the writers were trying to have a competition to see who could come up with the most cliche actiony dialogue. the directing is ok, as well, in my mind. however, the gratuitous shots of megan fox looking pointlessly sexy REALLY should've been left out. there was actually one scene near the beginning where she undresses. no reason for it being there, she just undressed. in public no less.

all in all, it's just a bad film. nothing against or for transformers and nothing against or for michael bay. it's just a bad movie.

Sounds like a classic Transformers plot to me.

Megatron: "Quickly, gather the energy so we can get back to Cybertron!"
Soundwave: "Energon cubes in production"
Starscream: "This isn't well planned, Megatron. When it backfires and you die, I'll be the leader"
Optimus: "Autobots, transform and roll out!"
Spike: "We gotta stop those Deceptijerks but I'm just a fragile human flesh sack"
Bumblebee: "Jump in, Spike, we'll show them who's got the biggest resistors!"
Optimus: "Careful Bumblebee, I sense electro-astro-mango-fields ahead"
Jazz: "Yo hip tick tock, G. Mother snazz the razzamatazz up that fo' sho' ma nizzle, word!"
Megatron: "Retreeeeaaat!"
Starscream: "I told you so!"

It sounds excellent.

Sounds like a classic Transformers plot to me.

Megatron: "Quickly, gather the energy so we can get back to Cybertron!"
Soundwave: "Energon cubes in production"
Starscream: "This isn't well planned, Megatron. When it backfires and you die, I'll be the leader"
Optimus: "Autobots, transform and roll out!"
Spike: "We gotta stop those Deceptijerks but I'm just a fragile human flesh sack"
Bumblebee: "Jump in, Spike, we'll show them who's got the biggest resistors!"
Optimus: "Careful Bumblebee, I sense electro-astro-mango-fields ahead"
Jazz: "Yo hip tick tock, G. Mother snazz the razzamatazz up that fo' sho' ma nizzle, word!"
Megatron: "Retreeeeaaat!"
Starscream: "I told you so!"

It sounds excellent.I'd agree so long as those energy cubes they just started producing turned out to have already been in production for thousands of years and they have an entire stockpile that they can't use until they've finished the production they've just started :p and the whole planet was made of melted cheese.

You mean like a stockpile which they need an astrobridge to access? An astrobridge which requires energon cubes to function?

Maybe I need to see it for myself to get what you mean.

You mean like a stockpile which they need an astrobridge to access? An astrobridge which requires energon cubes to function?

Maybe I need to see it for myself to get what you mean.my example wasn't quite as absurd as the movie (except for the cheese bit). their entire point in the movie is to uncover clues leading to an ancient device that was to be used to syphon off earth's energon source. the autobots are trying to defend that because doing so will cause irreparable harm to the earth. well, eventually, you find out that they could've just built said doomsday device on, say, mars, and been done with it a long time ago. that and the big evil bad guy apparently just decided to go ahead and NOT search for this device over the thousands of years that humans were too stupid and defenseless to do anything about him....not sure why, but I guess he's just a nice evil tyrant like that.

admittedly, this may be par for the course in terms of transformers plot lines (I wouldn't know), but the way it's presented certainly makes it a horror nonetheless.

I refuse to read your post until I've seen the film. I suspect it may contain a synopsis of sorts and choose not to read it.

Thanks, though.

I refuse to read your post until I've seen the film. I suspect it may contain a synopsis of sorts and choose not to read it.

Thanks, though.it sums up the overall plot but gives nothing away except that about half way through you will be disappointed. which I just spoiled with this post as well :p

That's an assumption I'm going to ignore and make for myself at the time.

Look at it this way: I love the G1 cartoon. I have every episode. I then went to do QA on the 360/PS3/Wii/PS2 game which accompanied the first live action movie. I did 14-16 hours a day, 7 days a week. It was mind-crippling, soul-shattering work. I still watched the film and enjoyed it a lot more than I should have done. Recently I picked up a copy of the game we'd tested and rather enjoyed the first level. I know it's **** and I have some really bad memories from testing it but I can forgive it because it has transforming robots, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker doing voices and levels names after G1 episodes.

Taking that into account, I suspect I may enjoy the new film and will inevitably draw comparisons between it and the cartoon, as I already have in a previous post. :)

But she has a Toe Thumb. (http://www.kontraband.com/pics/18015/Megan-Foxs-Toe-Thumb/) :eek:
Hahaha!
she plays alot of slap bass
Added: 22 days ago by Nevermore
This comment on that page made me laugh. :D

My mother's computer seems to have broken. Again.

She wants a new computer. And I would love to buy her one except I'm unemployed.

So I did the stupid thing and offered her to use mine while I attempt to fix hers... T_T

so, after twenty-two years of faithful service at his firm, my dad has lost his job. he was the sole breadwinner in the family, and his health insurance covered all of my extremely expensive medications. his insurance policy will expire in august, and the job economy around here is absolutely terrible.

...fffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuck.

so, after twenty-two years of faithful service at his firm, my dad has lost his job. he was the sole breadwinner in the family, and his health insurance covered all of my extremely expensive medications. his insurance policy will expire in august, and the job economy around here is absolutely terrible.

...fffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuck.Owch :( stupid universe.

So today I had an exam.

So today at 8am I got early to the train station.

So today the train decided just for me to arrive 40 minutes late on a different platform covering up for the 4 other late trains after it because I missed a good old adrenaline rush as I was pushed around by an angry restless mob.

So today I didn't quite get to the exam on time.

So today at 8am someone decided to throw themselves onto a high-speed train, clogging up all the lines as people picked up the pieces spread for miles along the track.

So today isn't worth thinking about.

My voice has pretty much gone and we think it might be laryngitis. I looked it up.

"Usually aggravated by alcohol consumption"

Yup, that'll be laryngitis alright.

S2k has left again :(

Was he ever here?

He will live on in our hearts.

I went to the biscuit tin and took out a ginger snap and went "This is ginger like S2k. S2k! WHY?!? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE!?? WHYYYYY??!?!?!?"

Then I got over it.

Then you proceeded to make out with the biscuit?

Then you proceeded to make out with the biscuit?
of all the guys from the team17 forum to make out with, s2k is toward the bottom of my list

of all the guys from the team17 forum to make out with, s2k is toward the bottom of my list*puts his arm around future* damn straight! THIS sexy beast is MINE! :cool:

wooooooooooooo :cool:

of all the guys from the team17 forum to make out with, s2k is toward the bottom of my list

I'm curious about who's on top of that list but I'm not sure I can handle it.

FutureWorm is at the top of the list. Luckily FutureWorm shares a house with him and can make out with him all day.

I'm curious about who's on top of that list but I'm not sure I can handle it.
it's plasma

it's plasma

Knew it. Well, it was either that or yakuza I expected.

Sounds like something to draw in Paint and plaster all over Fan Art!

Oh no, we're all out of wall paper paste...

Sounds like something to draw in Paint and plaster all over Fan Art!
do it please please please please

i don't have the requisite mspaint skills

i don't have the requisite mspaint skills
Well, by posting this statement, you obviously do have them.

Oh no, we're all out of wall paper paste...
I've got a staple-gun and some Blu-Tak. That'll do :p

I was putting up some shelves and everything was fine. Then I drilled another hole and the wall was like butter. Everywhere else (mere inches from this portion of the wall) it's like drilling into diamonds but not here, oh no. I barely touched the drill to the wall and a hole about twice the size I needed appeared.

Now I have to fill the hole and wait until the Poly-Filla dries before I can finish putting the shelves up. The problem is I can't find the Poly-Filla, nor can I afford more Poly-Filla.

So, now I have one of two shelves up and 3 holes in the wall where a shelf should be. Stupid Victorian houses and there fickle wall densities.

Well, by posting this statement, you obviously do have them.
how does that work exactly :confused:

how does that work exactly :confused:if you're capable of speech, you're plenty capable of the sort of quality he's looking for from this drawing :p

how does that work exactly :confused:
The point is, you do not need any requisite MS Paint skills for the fanart forum. :rolleyes:

Sounds like something to draw in Paint and plaster all over Fan Art!Last time I pulled that stunt my computer nearly crashed.

I was putting up some shelves and everything was fine. Then I drilled another hole and the wall was like butter. Everywhere else (mere inches from this portion of the wall) it's like drilling into diamonds but not here, oh no. I barely touched the drill to the wall and a hole about twice the size I needed appeared.

Now I have to fill the hole and wait until the Poly-Filla dries before I can finish putting the shelves up. The problem is I can't find the Poly-Filla, nor can I afford more Poly-Filla.

So, now I have one of two shelves up and 3 holes in the wall where a shelf should be. Stupid Victorian houses and there fickle wall densities.At least your walls probably aren't illegally thin.

Of course, you only notice it once you drill through to the other side.

Our walls are illegally insufficiently furnished with electrical sockets, though. We also had nigh on 6 months of damp-proofing to endure. Our walls are certainly bearing a load... of grief.

The point is, you do not need any requisite MS Paint skills for the fanart forum. :rolleyes:
ohh, i get it. sorry i am a bit slow lately

I'd... like to think that I still have enough dignity left not to lower myself to doodling Worms yaoi pairings, unlike some certain reptilian ex-members, if that's cool. :p

I'd... like to think that I still have enough dignity left not to lower myself to doodling Worms yaoi pairings, unlike some certain reptilian ex-members, if that's cool. :pwhat in god's name are you on about?

I'd... like to think that I still have enough dignity left not to lower myself to doodling Worms yaoi pairings, unlike some certain reptilian ex-members, if that's cool. :p
but it's in the name of comedy :(

I've filled my quota of Worms yaoi pairings with Plasma and Faraz or Slick and BuffaloKid, sorry. :p

Ah, those were the good old days.

what in god's name are you on about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YaoiTRUST me, I know what yaoi is. My best friend is a huge cat girl.

I just got confused on the topic being discussed here. :p

Sounds like something to draw in Paint and plaster all over Fan Art!

Have you been paying attention at all, Aku?

Have you been paying attention at all, Aku?yes, at the time I think I'd confused this thread with another. multiple tab browsing has its drawbacks :p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana

ahahaha you are so bitter

ahahaha you are so bitterO_o I'd missed that post of future's. that's absolutely gold!

ahahaha you are so bitter
i'm just explaining what zero meant by "reptilian ex-members"

so this morning I finally get a response to someone about me being their roommate while I'm in college. I've been on roommates.com for a while and I've been searching through the online version of the local newspaper there and this is the first time anything decent has shown up. good timing, too, because I've got about a week to find a place to stay and 2 weeks before school actually starts...

well, the guy asked for a basic description of myself, what I'm in to, etc. upon receiving that, he said that we are total opposites and that it wouldn't work out....

this is getting REALLY frustrating....

Hmmm... Bizarro-Aku?

Shouldn't have mentioned the Viking helmet. :(

Hmmm... Bizarro-Aku?I'm......not at all sure what this means :p

but anyway, I am up in Ruston with my mom, looking through the city where I'm going to college. we've spent the whole day searching high and low for places to stay. we've only found one place that would work. fortunately that place seems fairly ideal. UNfortunately, it won't be ready for another month...

Well, if he's your complete opposite, then he's Bizarro-Aku. Hmm... I wonder if he wears a pirate hat instead of a viking hat...?:-/

I have to get up at 3:30 AM tomorrow morning, drive for an hour to someplace I'm not sure how to get to and set up fencing pistes at 5 AM.

I have to get up at 3:30 AM tomorrow morning, drive for an hour to someplace I'm not sure how to get to and set up fencing pistes at 5 AM.

One could almost say you were... piste off!



Thank you, thank you, you're too kind with all your rotten tomatoes...

One could almost say you were... piste off!

Pfft. The Swindon fencers had "Piste on the Beach" written on their T-Shirts. At least that one makes sense both ways. :p

Pfft. The Swindon fencers had "Piste on the Beach" written on their T-Shirts. At least that one makes sense both ways. :p

"On Piste, Off Piste, Piste"

Shouldn't have mentioned the Viking helmet. :(
LOL! :D
That made my day... err... night.

"On Piste, Off Piste, Piste"

Speaking of that... I am now a little drunk myself.

Never felt so drunk after a mere 3 pints and a gin+coke before...

Google Mail appears to be down :-/

And back up again.

I saw an article today headed "GMail Fail Strikes Again". Seems a bit harsh given GMail's uptime record.

Far too harsh. Google are simply amazing.

just got surgery performed on my sinuses. the surgeon went up in my nose with some crazy probe thing and went to town on the sinuses, draining them of excess fluid and scraping out a bunch of polyps. apparently i will feel absolutely great when everything is said and done, but right now i have a metric fúckton of packing up through my nose and sinuses, making it so that i can only breathe through my mouth. my auditory range is also somewhat lessoned and of course i can't taste anything outside the basic flavor range either, which is a bit of an odd experience. i'm all drugged up on vicodin which kind of owns but it's also making me extremely drowsy and cantankerous

anyway this packing comes out on friday so hopefully once that happens i'll be pretty much good to go. college starts on tuesday :eek:

Oh my ****ing god. You have some ****ing balls, Josh.

Wait, polyps?

A fungal infection or something? I don't think it's the coral reef kind :-)

Polpys are benign growths, which I would guess in the sinuses would cause them to clog up.

Polpys are benign growths, which I would guess in the sinuses would cause them to clog up.
correct. i had gotten a ct scan on my head after going into the doctor and complaining of some facial pain behind my eyeballs, which was occasionally very intense. while the scan had revealed some serious blockage, however, no polyps were visible. but apparently when my surgeon actually cut open the whole cheek sinus area, it was just filled with polyps and some gross semi-hardened possibly fungal residue. he's sending that stuff in for a culture, so we'll see what that's all about.

23 hours until i get this packing out and i cannot wait another second

11 more hours! seriously i cannot express just how much this sucks but it's ALMOST OVER

Totally disgusting.

So did this come in, like, suddenly? I've kinda wondered if I have some sort of sinus infection or polyps because I have chronic inflammation. I went to an allergist and discovered I'm allergic to dust, which I blamed for everything, but I spent this last week in the mountains at over 10,000 feet elevation and there was little to no improvement which makes me wonder if there's more to it. It usually gets a little better when I leave the house, but it never clears up like I'd think if it were allergies.

I haven't been able to smell for years. Except for one day. My roommate got a prescription nasal spray and let me try it, and the next day I smelled everything I didn't even know had a scent. (I didn't know pizza had a smell?!). I tried it the next day, nothing, and it never worked again.

So how do you get tested for polyps and fungal goop before they cut you open? And what caused the doctor to start cutting before he saw polyps and goop anyways?

I have a zit on my cheek that I can't pop, I'm worried it might be a polyp. Should I go see a doctor!?

So did this come in, like, suddenly? I've kinda wondered if I have some sort of sinus infection or polyps because I have chronic inflammation. I went to an allergist and discovered I'm allergic to dust, which I blamed for everything, but I spent this last week in the mountains at over 10,000 feet elevation and there was little to no improvement which makes me wonder if there's more to it. It usually gets a little better when I leave the house, but it never clears up like I'd think if it were allergies.

I haven't been able to smell for years. Except for one day. My roommate got a prescription nasal spray and let me try it, and the next day I smelled everything I didn't even know had a scent. (I didn't know pizza had a smell?!). I tried it the next day, nothing, and it never worked again.

So how do you get tested for polyps and fungal goop before they cut you open? And what caused the doctor to start cutting before he saw polyps and goop anyways?
that sounds very much like symptoms of sinus blockage and polyps. the first step for diagnosis for me was to get a ct scan, which was able to image all the blockage that was taking place - it was showing up as white where it should have been black. anyway after that your doctor will go over the images with you and recommend a course of action.

the procedure itself only takes about three hours, the packing stays in for about three days which will be three of the most miserable days of your life. then they pull the packing out, which is very sudden and very painful (i almost passed out) but it also is over in about 10 seconds. subsequent recovery from getting the packing out will take a while after that

i'm still not fully recovered, but my case was somewhat unusual in that i already have a terminal lung condition (which makes breathing and recovery of the respiratory system much more difficult) and the septum of my nose was messed up so they had to break it and re-set it during the course of the operation. as such the nose is still more than a lil' bit sensitive to the touch

given that you have such chronic issues with inflammation and blockage, i'd definitely consider getting it looked at. personally i haven't had my nasal senses greatly enhanced, but i feel a lot more clear-headed and i don't get sudden sharp headaches anymore

Totally disgusting.
uuuugh shut the **** up

i think my uncle had some sort of sinus thing done a while back. I can't remember if it led to complications with infections, or if the infections were the problem in the first place. I think he bled quite badly at times too. Anyway, he has avoided going on planes since.

My PC won't boot up :mad:

...or it woudn't until I posted this message and rebooted it for about the 10th time. Clearly speaking too soon can sometimes help!

i'm still not fully recovered, but my case was somewhat unusual in that i already have a terminal lung condition

Whah... terminal??

Whah... terminal??
i'm not currently terminally ill but it will get me eventually
Average life expectancy is around 36.8 years according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, although improvements in treatments mean persons born in recent years may expect to live longer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis

fun fact: gordon brown's son also has this disease

Sorry to hear that. On the plus side cystic fibrosis gene therapy is arguably the most advanced of its kind.

****. We should just close this thread. Anything else the rest of us ***** about is going to seem a bit petty now.

i already have a terminal lung condition
Holy **** man. :(:(:(

What . :(

I want to say something but nothing really seems appropriate.

I guess this will have to do: :(

Holy lord.

...Remnd me to be nicer to you.

There are ads inside the buses here asking for donations to help with research on cystic fibrosis.

I think maybe once I have some money again I'll do that.

There are ads inside the buses here asking for donations to help with research on cystic fibrosis.

I think maybe once I have some money again I'll do that.
i would appreciate that :)

all right, i realized that "terminal condition" probably wasn't exactly the right term because it's not like i'm going to up and die anytime soon. however it does severely curtail average life expectancy

seriously though i don't want your sympathy or anything. i'm happy with my life! i am taking some fun classes this semester and i just got a girlfriend who i love a lot and we kiss and it's awesome! i just like to raise awareness about this disease and how it affects ordinary people's lives. i'm sure many of you will remember that time i was in the hospital like five years ago - that was due to cf-related complications. the thing about this disease is that it makes bacteria a lot more likely to accumulate in the lungs

so future's going to die of a horrible illness or something. blah blah blah.

I have a TRULY negative event to talk about:

math homework. for the first time in 4 years.... I so completely don't remember anything it hurts.

the thing about this disease is that it makes bacteria a lot more likely to accumulate in the lungs

Have you tried snorting Yakult?

(Also, sorry to hear about your condition and I'm happy to see you're being realistic about it. I'm certainly not trying to make light of the situation by joking about it)

Have you tried snorting Yakult?

i'm sure that joke would be funny if i knew what yakult was : \

Not particularly.

http://www.yakult.co.uk/

so future's going to die of a horrible illness or something. blah blah blah.

I have a TRULY negative event to talk about:

math homework. for the first time in 4 years.... I so completely don't remember anything it hurts.

You haven't had math homework in four years? That is terrible. Math Homework has been the purpose of my existence for like 8 years now.

I never bothered with mine. For me, homework was completely pointless seeing as I would've forgotten it all by the time of the exams anyway.

You haven't had math homework in four years? That is terrible. Math Homework has been the purpose of my existence for like 8 years now.I'm terribly sorry that you exist, then :p

I never bothered with mine. For me, homework was completely pointless seeing as I would've forgotten it all by the time of the exams anyway.
well the point isn't the problems themselves; it's to familiarize yourself with the operations so that you can use them when exams do come around

well the point isn't the problems themselves; it's to familiarize yourself with the operations so that you can use them when exams do come around...by which time they're forgotten.

Yes, but much faster remembered than learned.

i find that i have a pretty decent ability to forget everything right after the exam rather than right before it

My memory often fails me when I need it the most. I'd give you an example if I could think of one.
No but in highschool I'd often sit and listen to a lecture and felt that I get it, but then the teacher would ask me for an opinion and poof, I have no idea what he had been talking about for the past ten minutes. \o/

...by which time they're forgotten.

Really? If I understand the material and where the operations came from in the first place they are usually pretty easy to bring back up on an exam. Except for those ****ing trig identities.

Really? If I understand the material and where the operations came from in the first place they are usually pretty easy to bring back up on an exam. Except for those ****ing trig identities.
those were the death of me on the sat

It always seems with me that whenever I actually put a bet on it loses, and whenever I don't the guy wins.

I (used to) use a site where you can 'bet' on matches etc. but without using real money. I quite often did put these bets on for real though. I haven't used the site for a while though: http://www.online-betting-guide.co.uk/tips/tipster.php?id=68771

I put a 'fake bet' on Vettel to win the Chinese Grand Prix at something like 19-1 or 17-1. I didn't put a real bet on straight away, but did after he qualified first (after which the odds had dropped severely).

I also put a 'fake bet' on Del Potro to win the US Open at 34-1... though I never actually put a real bet on that. £5 would've given me a £165 profit :(

A programmer once told me about a guaranteed method of of winning lots of money on the roulette tables, but it requires you to have an infinite amount of money, so meh.

That would be the Martingale method, then. Everyone invents that at some stage. Some never work out the flaw. They do if they try it.

There are many 'methods' around, but none will work. One stipulates that you bet £1, let's say on something 2-1. If you win, you get £1 profit. If you don't they say bet £2 on another 2-1. If you lose that, bet £4 and keep doubling until you win.

But of course it's high risk and low payout. It's like the inverse of winning the lottery: You're betting on the hugely likely odds that you will not hit a string of continuous losses that would bankrupt you.

If anything, the easiest way to win money is to bet on something you know about, or play poker. Poker has skill involved so if you're better than those on your table, you're likely to walk away with the money.

On that note, I wonder what the odds are of Phil Tufnell winning Strictly Come Dancing.

Given that he's already won one reality show (I'm a Celebrity etc.), and there are two previous cricketing winners of SCD (Darren Gough and Mark Ramprakash).

at this precise moment the Internet in my new room at uni is broken and has been for the last four hours :(

i am never able to get the internet in my room because it is halfway between the two access points of the dorm. i have to go out in the hallway to use wireless. true story

Get an antenna to put outside the door?

Get an antenna to put outside the door?
i have my own router but it's at home. i think i might steal an ethernet cable from my workplace (i work in it)

People generally work in their workplace. Well actually now that I see it written in text.... I guess most people don't :p

deeply apologize for being a human and explain to him how fortunate he is for the only hickey being on her NECK. :p

Social stigmas.

What you sucking on her neck for, boy?! Dirty bugger. You think you're a vampire of love?

Social stigmas.

What you sucking on her neck for, boy?! Dirty bugger. You think you're a vampire of love?
hell yeah i'm a sexy love vampire :cool:

my girlfriend's dad was deeply offended when he saw a hickey on her neck. now he hates me and despite my best attempts to prove that i am indeed a halfway decent person (and my own parents' attempts, after he dragged them into this), things don't appear like they will change any time soon. my girlfriend is crushed and i'm ****ed

...i'm 19 and i'm being treated like a 13-year-old. what is this
Her dad is secretly a 13-year-old.

Wait, people really give hickeys?

Why?

I must admit, I was going to say you're being treat like a 13 year old because you're acting like one. Hickeys? Really?

That could just be me though, I'm a miserable old fashioned sod.

Basically suction marks where the blood is forced up to the skin's surface, right? Should really be putting them somewhere else. And isn't it too early to start sucking on the girl's neck? Alex, are you as 'old fashioned' as I am or just not really in to all that? Is it the British in general? Perhaps we had all that in the '60s and '70s.

Wait, people really give hickeys?

Why?stimulation. some girls like the feeling. my ex was rather into having her neck sucked/nibbled a little. don't understand it myself, but to each his own.

stimulation. some girls like the feeling. my ex was rather into having her neck sucked/nibbled a little. don't understand it myself, but to each his own.
yep, mine's the same way. just wanted to make her feel good and i guess i was being a bit too aggressive or something. so it goes
I must admit, I was going to say you're being treat like a 13 year old because you're acting like one. Hickeys? Really?

That could just be me though, I'm a miserable old fashioned sod.
you have to bear in mind that this is my first girlfriend, e.g. to some degree i didn't know what i was doing. and before you make fun of me, i wanted to find someone who i actually connected with on a level beyond "omg i want to bone u", unlike the vast majority of horny teenagers

*sniff* They grow up so fast.

Alex, are you as 'old fashioned' as I am or just not really in to all that? Is it the British in general? Perhaps we had all that in the '60s and '70s.

I'm politically left/liberal/progressive/modern/whatever (with a few exceptions - e.g. I'm a monarchist), but my opinions on behaviour, clothes, style, music, and much more, are shockingly old fashioned. My wardrobe is full of suits, for a start. My hat shelf has several vintage hats on. I even own a 1920s silk top hat (although I don't have the guts to wear something _that_ old fashioned). About 80% of my clothes are older than I am...


you have to bear in mind that this is my first girlfriend, e.g. to some degree i didn't know what i was doing. and before you make fun of me, i wanted to find someone who i actually connected with on a level beyond "omg i want to bone u", unlike the vast majority of horny teenagers

I didn't mean to sound like such a ****, btw. Sorry, I was tired when I wrote it. I don't like hickeys, but I understand why you do them, I just meant to point out that it often is done by younger people, as younger children a) experiment, and b) usually don't care what their parents think, so that could be why you're being treat as if you are younger than you are.

As for the neck, it _is_ an erogenous zone.

I'm politically left/liberal/progressive/modern/whatever (with a few exceptions - e.g. I'm a monarchist), but my opinions on behaviour, clothes, style, music, and much more, are shockingly old fashioned. My wardrobe is full of suits, for a start. My hat shelf has several vintage hats on. I even own a 1920s silk top hat (although I don't have the guts to wear something _that_ old fashioned). About 80% of my clothes are older than I am...

damn, i want to meet you

damn, i want to meet you

Hah. When I started dressing "vintage-inspired" or "classic" or whatever people want to call it, I constantly expected people would stare at me, comment, etc.

They did. (Unless I didn't have a hat on). However, 99% of the comments were positive. The amount of flirting I get is _insane_ for a start, and everyone from the very old ("you remind me of my youth..") to the young seem to appreciate it.

I don't notice it as much now though, except if I'm wearing jeans & a t-shirt to do some messy work or something and a friend doesn't recognise me. That's fun.

Hah. When I started dressing "vintage-inspired" or "classic" or whatever people want to call it, I constantly expected people would stare at me, comment, etc.

They did. (Unless I didn't have a hat on). However, 99% of the comments were positive. The amount of flirting I get is _insane_ for a start, and everyone from the very old ("you remind me of my youth..") to the young seem to appreciate it.strange how what's "in" doesn't matter at all so long as you have good taste.

amusingly enough, I saw a guy at my school who walks around in a top hat. normally I would say this makes a person look like an idiot, but it's actually very well-suited to him.

I'd love to see a picture of you in your "vintage". would you happen to have a pic available at all?

strange how what's "in" doesn't matter at all so long as you have good taste.

amusingly enough, I saw a guy at my school who walks around in a top hat. normally I would say this makes a person look like an idiot, but it's actually very well-suited to him.

I'd love to see a picture of you in your "vintage". would you happen to have a pic available at all?

I still have yet to get any - I've got loads of my attire, but I refuse to do the myspace self-photo thing and just have never got any good photos from friends.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lokar/ is my Flickr. My wife recently got a very nice SLR camera, so I'll hopefully get some good photos soon...

I still have yet to get any - I've got loads of my attire, but I refuse to do the myspace self-photo thing and just have never got any good photos from friends.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lokar/ is my Flickr. My wife recently got a very nice SLR camera, so I'll hopefully get some good photos soon...interesting. I'm imagining you look a bit like Badger off of Firefly.

interesting. I'm imagining you look a bit like Badger off of Firefly.

Most of my Flickr photos are of dark/black clothing, but I have a lot of more colourful stuff. A lot more clean shaven and tidier than Badger, but I get what you mean...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lokar/ is my Flickr
That "FREEDOM: Made in China" vase bottom is priceless. :D

Apparently Tesco have made big profits in the recession. I'm not surprised - they stole plenty of money from me yesterday. I bought 2 items: One was on offer at £1 rather than £1.50. The other was £1.07. The total came to £2.83 - the item 'on offer' was not on offer, it was just there to steal money. The other item was at a completely different price to that advertised on the shelf.

Give me an old corner shop any day of the week... at least they don't fraudulently extort their customers unlike Tesco and two other supermarkets I have had the misfortune of shopping in.

You should have gone to the Customer Services desk. They may have made a mistake with the tickets. Notice they don't put validity dates on them. I bet someone has put them out prematurely or neglected to take them off after the end of a promotion. The places are huge, it can be difficult to manage.

What were the items you bought, Andy?

I remember getting a book from Waterstones that had a £1 off label on it once, but apparently the offer had ended. But Mum argued that because the label was still on the book, then the offer still stood. So they took the pound off.

So yeah.

my normally cooperative wisdom tooth decided it hated me today. almost never so much as a twinge from the thing and then today it had me light-headed and nauseated for a minute or so randomly just after class... so I'll probably need to have it ...pulled... I don't have a job right now and don't have enough saved up to afford much more than a couple more months where I am. so now I have to take what dwindling funds I have and fork up enough for a wisdom tooth pulling....luckily it's only one tooth, but that's still bound to be a decent chunk of change....

why do inconvenient things always happen at the most inconvenient times?

That "FREEDOM: Made in China" vase bottom is priceless. :D

The other day I saw a photo of a pen with the slogan "FREEDOM WITHOUT WALLS". Underneath it said "made in China".

Turned out the latter was on a clear plastic bag the pen was inside, but still pretty funny.

I remember getting a book from Waterstones that had a £1 off label on it once, but apparently the offer had ended. But Mum argued that because the label was still on the book, then the offer still stood. So they took the pound off.

So yeah.

That is a positive event, surely?

They'd have been within their rights to tell you where to shove it. You saved a pound. How is that negative?

Whereas...

Apparently Tesco have made big profits in the recession. I'm not surprised - they stole plenty of money from me yesterday. I bought 2 items: One was on offer at £1 rather than £1.50. The other was £1.07. The total came to £2.83 - the item 'on offer' was not on offer, it was just there to steal money. The other item was at a completely different price to that advertised on the shelf.

Give me an old corner shop any day of the week... at least they don't fraudulently extort their customers unlike Tesco and two other supermarkets I have had the misfortune of shopping in.

Tesco have a store policy of refunding double the difference in such cases, so you could have got the goods for 69p.

my normally cooperative wisdom tooth decided it hated me today. almost never so much as a twinge from the thing and then today it had me light-headed and nauseated for a minute or so randomly just after class... so I'll probably need to have it ...pulled... I don't have a job right now and don't have enough saved up to afford much more than a couple more months where I am. so now I have to take what dwindling funds I have and fork up enough for a wisdom tooth pulling....luckily it's only one tooth, but that's still bound to be a decent chunk of change....

why do inconvenient things always happen at the most inconvenient times?

That's life, especially when your country doesn't appear to have any kind of free healthcare programme. :p

That's life, especially when your country doesn't appear to have any kind of free healthcare programme. :plol, no ****...I wanna be canadian...

That is a positive event, surely?

They'd have been within their rights to tell you where to shove it. You saved a pound. How is that negative?

True, but replying to posts from one thread in another thread would get very surreal very quickly.

It certainly would.oh I dunno. most of the OD conversations kinda blend together in my mind. I have more trouble remembering which thread held which conversation than I have connecting posts. I didn't even notice I was in the wrong thread when you replied here (or rather there), for instance.

I managed to knock a drink all over my laptop, but fortunately it still seems to be working.

I read that fortunately as unfortunately.


Try to get the keyboard free of drink ASAP. Which drink was it? I spilt coke over my netbook keyboard and it worked fine for a day, then it slowly worsened (first shift went tempramental, then the "i" key stopped working...) until it just stopped working all together (or at least, so much I couldn't type my password). I had to buy a new one (keyboard that is, not netbook).

My phone just died :(

It went through the washing machine a month ago. It seemed to be working fine except for one or two minor faults, but today, after it ran out of batteries surprisingly quickly, it hasn't turned on again (the charging light doesn't even come on when plugged into mains or PC!)



EDIT: Spoke too soon, the USB port on the phone was just dirty. Phew!

I accidentally flushed my PC down the toilet! I had to phone a plumber to get it out of the down pipe, as luckily it had got stuck there. It seemed to work all right for a few hours until a giant hamster came out of it, whose name was Glen. The PC stopped working but luckily I had a spare hamster to put in Glen's place.

EDIT: Spoke too soon, the USB port on the phone was just dirty. Phew!Sounds like your washing machine isn't doing its job ;)

until a giant hamster came out of it, whose name was GlenYet another reason why HEX needed a mouse :p

so I found out something last night.

apparently if you spin on the ball of your foot enough times while barefoot, you will actually twist the skin off the bottom of your foot. not pleasant. i've gotta walk a little funny now.

The chain's snapped on my bike... AGAIN. Snapped for the third time 2 weeks ago. It needs a new chain now, but I can't afford to do that until payday, which is at least a week away, so I've got en entire week of walking in to work :(

15min walk vs 5min cycle - its quite a tedious walk!

Fire alarm drill in my halls at 7:15 this morning...
I didn't need to be up until 10 either...

It's cold outside when all you can find on the floor in a hurry is a pair of jeans.

It's cold outside when all you can find on the floor in a hurry is a pair of jeans.

Right now I'm completely broke. Totally skint. My bank account is emptier than my wallet and my wallet is utterly bare.

As a result, the trousers I bought 18 months ago which ripped during the summer and got neatly converted to 3/4 length shorts are now the only 'trousers' I own.

Walking to the vet this morning at 8am in the bitter cold was most unpleasant.

I can see how you run out of money. How did you run out of trousers?

Basically they all got torn one way or another.

For example, when sat at the PC I tend to sit with one foot under the other leg's thigh, then when I get up I move that foot from under the thigh in a floorwards direction. In doing so my trouser leg of that side would oft tear.

Whilst this offers a nice split up the leg for prom night, it isn't the most practical of trouser leg forms.

Then your trousers were too tight.

Then your trousers were too tight.FAR too tight if basic friction was tearing holes in them like that.

My jeans almost always wear out above the heal first. If the opening is too large it'll sink lower than my heal when sitting, then standing up will tug at it. I've also had pants get torn by my bicycle chain and the gear that drives it because there's no protective shield.

I've also had pants get torn by my bicycle chain and the gear that drives it because there's no protective shield.

Cool people tuck their trousers into their socks.

Then your trousers were too tight.

Quite the opposite, they were too long and baggy. The wear and tear from the friction around the heels opened a gap in the otherwise impenetrable armour that is trouser legs. That bit of worn fabric was vulnerable to a rip due to the aforementioned circumstances.

Make sense?

Cool people tuck their trousers into their socks.
Wow, I never realised I was cool (while riding my bike, which is currently broken...).

I just can't ride a bike period. I never got beyond taking the stabilisers off, gave my (1 speed) bike away when I was 10, and any attempt to ride a bike since has gone wwWWhhOOOOooooooaaaaaAAAAAHHHhhhh *crash*.

Granted, not having a bike in Cambridge mean that I was a bit of a second-class citizen while I was there, but what can you do :-/

I just can't ride a bike period. I never got beyond taking the stabilisers off, gave my (1 speed) bike away when I was 10, and any attempt to ride a bike since has gone wwWWhhOOOOooooooaaaaaAAAAAHHHhhhh *crash*.

Granted, not having a bike in Cambridge mean that I was a bit of a second-class citizen while I was there, but what can you do :-/
Mind you, if I'd never ridden a bike before, I wouldn't really want to start in Cambridge. That is kind of "cycling hell" :p

Basically they all got torn one way or another.
Sew them back together.

I just can't ride a bike period. I never got beyond taking the stabilisers off, gave my (1 speed) bike away when I was 10, and any attempt to ride a bike since has gone wwWWhhOOOOooooooaaaaaAAAAAHHHhhhh *crash*.

Granted, not having a bike in Cambridge mean that I was a bit of a second-class citizen while I was there, but what can you do :-/oh wow! you're the only other person I've ever known that also didn't really learn to ride a bike. I got about as far as you did and everyone considers me a freak if they find that out.

You can add me to the list of people who didn't learn to ride a bike. Thank goodness for buses and feet.

oh wow! you're the only other person I've ever known that also didn't really learn to ride a bike. I got about as far as you did and everyone considers me a freak if they find that out.

Freak!

oh wow! you're the only other person I've ever known that also didn't really learn to ride a bike. I got about as far as you did and everyone considers me a freak if they find that out.
my little brother is the same way

I did learn, it just took me a hell of a lot longer than everybody else I knew.

You can add me to the list of people who didn't learn to ride a bike. Thank goodness for buses and feet.



Freak!Nothing like the internet to bring us freaks together. :p

Kinda makes bike analogies fall flat.

My parents were really persistent with the learning to ride a bike thing. My sister was slow to learn, but she got there.

I tried learning swimming and piano for ages, but I stayed relatively useless at both. I just wish I'd got a skateboard when I was little so I could've had time to try and learn that.

I can ride a bike, but I can't swim. I did learn but wasn't really much good, and later stopped going to lessons.

Sew them back together.

Hahahaha.


Oh wait, you're serious. Allow me to laugh harder:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Waste not, want not. :p

Quite stylish, is sewing baggy jeans back together. Especially if you use gay-looking pink or baby blue thick cotton to make it obvious.

I'm gonna buy a bike next spring.
Plus a trailer for the kids. With a pennant on a long flagstaff.

Vader, use this to repair your trousers:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/DUCT.gif
Cool people tuck their trousers into their socks.
And geeky people wear those neon yellow, reflective, Velcro straps. :D

I already tried sewing them and duct taping them and even that iron-on seam stuff.

In the end it was more reliable to cut the bottom 1/4 off, thereby negating the rip-inducing scenario altogether.

Today's negative event: Housing Benefit Forms. Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhh.

For the past month or two, I've had a painful feeling around the knuckle of my fourth finger in my right hand, but only after I've held one of my fencing weapons.
Last night I had to stop fencing because I could not control my point due to the pain (and the fact I paralysed my hand with copious amounts of Ibuprofen gel).

I can do anything else, just not hold my weapon.


Any clever medical-like people know what the hell is wrong with my hand?

You could try going to a doctor - though don't hold out much hope of a diagnosis. I've had problems with my right knee since my early teens and it's becoming more frequent and more painful. The genius doctor told me that it was not a damage to the ligament and that I should be careful...

You could try going to a doctor - though don't hold out much hope of a diagnosis. I've had problems with my right knee since my early teens and it's becoming more frequent and more painful. The genius doctor told me that it was not a damage to the ligament and that I should be careful...

I've been meaning to register with the health people on campus.
Maybe this will motivate me remembering... Though I've had little success with doctors in the past.

Normally I wouldn't be too worried. 2-3 years back I had a repetitive strain injury suffered by my entire arm and I still managed to fence without issue.
But this finger pain stopped me from trying anything...

It's bound to be another repetitive strain injury. Maybe you could visit a guitar forum and compare injuries with guitar players.

Hmm... just been prodding my fingers and such.

It appears to be brought on when pressure or stress is applied to my third finger. That makes a little more sense, because that has to actually do something when fencing. The location of the pain seems odd though.

I'll go see a doctor or something at some point.

*pulls out what's left of his hair*

I just checked my school e-mail. in it I had an announcement of a presentation that some local men are doing about their career field for anyone interested. the field is Computer Animation. the exact thing that I want to go in to myself. the time of this presentation? started an hour ago, ends in 30 minutes. which is about how long it would take me to get out to where it's being held......

Damn weather... I was going to go skydiving.

Also akin to Aku's post, I missed an important radiation seminar so I won't be able to work with that until another one comes around (and I may need to use radiation quite soon). I noticed I'd missed it at 4pm on the day that it had been scheduled for 2-4pm.

Why would you want to jump out of a perfectly airworthy aircraft? :p

Why would you want to jump out of a perfectly airworthy aircraft? :p
I agree. It would be much more impressive if you jump out of a malfunctioning aircraft which is on fire and nose-diving towards the ground.

I'd rate that as far less impressive.

Any moron can muster up the self-confidence to jump out of almost certain death. Jumping out of almost certain survival is far more impressive -- although admittedly that's only because people are naturally more impressed by cocky showiness than by well-honed survival instinct.

More visually impressive, I mean. Images are more interesting than people. :p

More visually impressive, I mean. Images are more interesting than people. :p
Only if your parachute is also on fire :p

I got some flue, pretty sure since my sister was sick just the other day, woke up with a sore throat six hours ago and now I'm starting to get a fever. Uuuuugh. Good times.

Why would you want to jump out of a perfectly airworthy aircraft? :pActually the most popular course for people in the skydiving club seems to be aerospace engineering.

Negative point #2: I might have swine flu. I have all the symptoms, but then again while skydiving I stayed in a very cold and damp bunkhouse and had to walk for ages with a lot of stuff - so it's not really surprising that I came back feeling ill and weak.

I just came back from a horrible one-week flu! Diseases all around!