Random Thought Thread

[Skimmerking]

what about stupid words like TOOTH
now say TOOTH 5 times and say it again tooth
tooth
tooth
tooth
tooth
tooth

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[lastlight]

Lance it was just a pic I downloaded off the web. It was on a pumpkin but someone had photoshopped it on there and it was not carved. Made a couple changes as the original would leave some parts floating/impossible.

[Rbacchiega]

:sick::puke:
Chicken Soup does not taste nearly as delicious second time round.
:sick::sick::sick:

[Zoaelite]

2000!!!!

[Murminator]

MMMMMM leftover halloween candy

[jorjef]

Everyone knows how their thermostat works at home right! ....Why is it that they all become "thermostatically retarded" when they get to work!!!!!

[sphelps]

I'm just surprised "thermostatically" is actually a word

[jorjef]

Indubitably

[jorjef]

Wow, I have the dork hat torqued about a quarter turn too much today.

[sphelps]

FYI tanks without trim or bracing are called "rimless" because "trimless" and "braceless" are not actual words. You can't just make stuff up because it might make more sense to you.

[jorjef]

Whel sum times its jus eesier two try too us the most commonust werds to be more communcatable and too makes thiings eesier and more understandablelike to udder peoples in the generalistic area on concernst and stuuf like that. .. :^)

[sphelps]

So to what do we owe this honor of your presence?

I'm guessing inbreeding

[Zoaelite]

So to what do we owe this honor of your presence?

I'm guessing inbreeding

Same inbreeding that goes along with Mangroves being endemic to Hawaii :wink:?

I'm guessing so

[jorjef]

It wasn't a personal attack on you, just having fun with the english language. see the smiley guy at the end.

[sphelps]

It wasn't a personal attack on you, just having fun with the english language. see the smiley guy at the end.
I know it was just a joke and a random thought

[sphelps]

Same inbreeding that goes along with Mangroves being endemic to Hawaii :wink:?

I'm guessing so
You're dead to me :lol:

[lastlight]

Some people just gotta 'go all sphelps' ya know?

Made up AND effective haha. JOKING!

[kien]

FYI tanks without trim or bracing are called "rimless" because "trimless" and "braceless" are not actual words. You can't just make stuff up because it might make more sense to you.

Same inbreeding that goes along with Mangroves being endemic to Hawaii :wink:?

I'm guessing so

oh snap! :lol:

[fishoholic]

MMMMMM leftover halloween candy

agreed :mrgreen:

[sphelps]

You guys are hilarious.

You do a million things right but you f ONE goat and you're forever known as the goat f'er

[SAMSHUNG]

Why couldn't Aiptasia look like Dendro's?

[jorjef]

Why couldn't Aiptasia look like Dendro's?

Very few things in this world are impossible.....many improbable but not impossible.....

[Zoaelite]

You guys are hilarious.

You do a million things right but you f ONE goat and you're forever known as the goat f'er

Haha all in good fun buddy :lol:, my friends won't let let me live down the nick name CC $hit lips for two very embarrassing reasons.

[kien]

Haha all in good fun buddy :lol:, my friends won't let let me live down the nick name CC $hit lips for two very embarrassing reasons.

Two Brothers One Cup? You and Dev want to tell us something?!?

[lastlight]

Hey what did I miss?

How on earth did we jump to inbreeding haha?

[Zoaelite]

Haha no, CC Stands for Chubby Chaser and $hit lips has to do with smoking dog pooh...

I will let your mind fill in the rest.

[lastlight]

I will let your mind fill in the rest.

Gee thanks!

[lorenz0]

Haha no, CC Stands for Chubby Chaser and $hit lips has to do with smoking dog pooh...

I will let your mind fill in the rest.

HA HA awesome. So after a few pints/shots you start chasing the low self esteem girls? trust me I have had a few close calls. Like this one girl (mind you I was completely hammered) I thought she looked like this girl in a music video so one thing led to another, made out, exchanged numbers... she text me and I couldn't remember what she looked like. My friend who works with her wouldn't describe her for me and than at a different event I met her again, this time only a few pints in. Lets just say I didn't pursue that ship but my navy friend did and said he felt molested the next day. She's a great girl, I see her from time to time and she is fun to party with but for sure not my "flavor"

as for $hit lips, dude, the second it was lit didn't you get the hint?

[kien]

my Hippo Tang appears to be gassy today.. wait a sec, do fish fart? Things that make you go hmm...

[sphelps]

my Hippo Tang appears to be gassy today.. wait a sec, do fish fart? Things that make you go hmm...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2005/mar/11/highereducation.research

[sphelps]

Why is it that a cat would poop on the floor the one day you setup a brand new robot vacuum? What a mess :sad:

[Rbacchiega]

I'm coming home! November 17th....look out cowtown

[fishytime]

the truth is out there:mrgreen:

[lorenz0]

I'm coming home! November 17th....look out cowtown

Should stop in at red coral. Lots of sweet stuff there

[lockrookie]

Why is it that a cat would poop on the floor the one day you setup a brand new robot vacuum? What a mess :sad:

think of it this way the cat tried to prove the vacume aint worth sh....... or thought it was its new maid sevice...

[BlueTang<3]

think of it this way the cat tried to prove the vacume aint worth sh....... or thought it was its new maid sevice...

or the vacuum scared the sh... out of the cat...

[jorjef]

or the vacuum scared the sh... out of the cat...

Cats are pretty lay back, maybe he decided to give a Sh.. that day.

[Rbacchiega]

Should stop in at red coral. Lots of sweet stuff there

I have no tanks up and running in Calgary....but maybe I can convince my mother she needs a nano for her office....hmmmmm

[Hawkaholic]

Can Jesus take a bath??

[sphelps]

Can Jesus take a bath??
Depends if you believe in him or not, if so I guess anything is possible :wink:

[Trabby]

Gotta love getting new appliances!!
Moving old stove out.... Cleaning dust bunnies... Collecting numerous pieces of Lego and other treasures....mopping floor.... Moving shiney new stove into place. Time spent .. About an hour

Removing the stupid energy star label off the front grrrrrrr..well over an hour!!

Does it really need to be a nasty industrial strength sticker???

[sphelps]

Gotta love getting new appliances!!
Moving old stove out.... Cleaning dust bunnies... Collecting numerous pieces of Lego and other treasures....mopping floor.... Moving shiney new stove into place. Time spent .. About an hour

Removing the stupid energy star label off the front grrrrrrr..well over an hour!!

Does it really need to be a nasty industrial strength sticker???

Did you use a razor blade? Worked like a charm for me.

[Rbacchiega]

thank god I'm leaving here soon. 17 year old is about to cause me to seriously consider assault charges

[michika]

Why is showing up on time a difficult concept? I hire a company, we set a date and time, company fails to show, doesn't call. Company just showed up 7.5 hours late and is angry at me because I just did the job myself, to quote "you're stealing food out of my children's mouths".

Really? REALLY?!

So yeah 2x dump run = $43 + 1 cup of coffee for the spider killer > guy to haul debris to dump for $300. I was willing to pay because I know there were spiders in the reno debris and spiders are scary.

[Myka]

Why is showing up on time a difficult concept? I hire a company, we set a date and time, company fails to show, doesn't call. Company just showed up 7.5 hours late and is angry at me because I just did the job myself, to quote "you're stealing food out of my children's mouths".

Really? REALLY?!

Uhm...wow. :eek:

[Rbacchiega]

see, aparently showing up on time IS a problem for more people than I thought. Our shop opens at 1....in the afternoon.....so you tell me how it's so hard to show up even 15 minutes before open. NOOOOOOOO, you walk in at 4 pm and act like its no big deal...then throw a hissy fit when boss (your father) tells you that no, you can't tattoo your friend today because you havn't done enough work during the week to warrant it....so you stomp your feet and tell him to bleep off and start throwing your pencils around. Grow up.

Wow, sorry...end rant.

[lastlight]

see, aparently showing up on time IS a problem for more people than I thought. Our shop opens at 1....in the afternoon.....so you tell me how it's so hard to show up even 15 minutes before open. NOOOOOOOO, you walk in at 4 pm and act like its no big deal...then throw a hissy fit when boss (your father) tells you that no, you can't tattoo your friend today because you havn't done enough work during the week to warrant it....so you stomp your feet and tell him to bleep off and start throwing your pencils around. Grow up.

Wow, sorry...end rant.

I think she needs to handle your zoas and palys. Just sayin'...

[Lance]

I think she needs to handle your zoas and palys. Just sayin'...


.......and don't forget the bristle worms!

[lorenz0]

LPS, I think I am addicted to you

[michika]

The cookies I have, you know the ones you get when you join the Dark Side, got eaten before I could get to them.

Also I can't wait for lunch, I'm hungry already.

[lorenz0]

i have a lump in my neck

[Murminator]

Why do they all screw up my coffee at Tim Hortons.....like really it's one coffee how hard can it be

[Rbacchiega]

Why do they all screw up my coffee at Tim Hortons.....like really it's one coffee how hard can it be

I forgot how much I missed Tim Hortons coffee until I read this. First thing I'm doing when I get back to Canada (plane lands at midnight Calgary time) XL Double Double...well, after I hug mother and father

[Murminator]

I forgot how much I missed Tim Hortons coffee until I read this. First thing I'm doing when I get back to Canada (plane lands at midnight Calgary time) XL Double Double...well, after I hug mother and father

Hope they don't screw yours up

[Ross]

just have them pick one up as your flight lands

[Borderjumper]

Auto correct on my iPad makes for some interesting posts and pm's.

just sent one inquiring about aptasia eating nudies, and my iPad insists it's
Aptasia eating undies! Glad I caught that before I hit send

[michika]

I look hot today!

[lastlight]

I look hot today!

Take a sweater off sheesh quit whining =)

[michika]

Can someone come do my job for me, we'll split it 50/50, you do the work, I'll handle the paycheques. Deal? Great!

[Murminator]

I look hot today!


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/sargey22/this_thread_is_useless_without_pics.gif

:wink:

[Rbacchiega]

might be opening up my own shop....good bye money, hello headaches and eventual awesomeness

[Lance]

might be opening up my own shop....good bye money, hello headaches and eventual awesomeness


Cool. Up here or down there?

[Rbacchiega]

Cool. Up here or down there?

In Calgary...maybe. I have money invested in a shop in Halifax but think I might open one in my hometown....

[Delphinus]

Sipping some chocolate chili chai tea. Oh my goodness this is some damn good tea!!!

[Delphinus]

Sweet, good luck! Keep us posted.

In Calgary...maybe. I have money invested in a shop in Halifax but think I might open one in my hometown....

[lastlight]

Play nice Tony. You're messing with an impressionable mind =)

[Llamarama]

Kinect for xbox360 is REALLY cool and so are some of the games, but I'm starting to think I really can dance and should show off my moves, but really I still dance like a gimp :) at least it's good exercise and burning off some of those double downs

[kien]

Our society has been reduced to Double Downs for dinner and XBox Kinect for exercise? Oh dear..

[Llamarama]

Our society has been reduced to Double Downs for dinner and XBox Kinect for exercise? Oh dear..

Hm possible but was just saying kinect is fun and good exercise not necessarily exclusive exercise and was joking about double downs since I work at kfc And it seems to be a hot topic

[Trabby]

In Calgary...maybe. I have money invested in a shop in Halifax but think I might open one in my hometown....

DO IT!!! :D

[Zoaelite]

DO IT!!! :D

Agreed, open up a shop Randi and I'm instantly getting my half sleeve and back done there!

[Delphinus]

I hate caulerpa!!!! HATE!!!!! HATE IT!!!!!!

For that matter, I'm not so enamored with clove polyps either.

[Rbacchiega]

Agreed, open up a shop Randi and I'm instantly getting my half sleeve and back done there!

I'll hold you to it Levi

[Delphinus]

So this morning I found my last nice RBTA stuck to the intake of a powerhead. Awesome. I've noticed that in the last few months the RBTA's have gotten a little restless, after having never moved in years all of a sudden they move, and I notice it seems to correlate with caulerpa getting too close to them. I prune the stuff every day and pull out gobs and gobs of it but it's instantly replaced. I don't even know how this stuff got into the tank, it just showed up one day and has been causing me huge headaches ever since. At least in the big tank the rabbit and tangs happily eradicate the stuff but there's no similar behaving fish that can fit in a 40g. :cry: I can't WAIT to shut this tank down and let the tangs and rabbit go to town on the rock.

Tonight I came downstairs after supper and I hear a weird whining noise. It's the autofeeder in the cube tank. The LED screen has gotten all wonky and it's stuck on so turn after turn of dumping pellets in until the hopper was empty. Stellar. Ordinarily I have it set to turn 3x which is enough to make the fish go crazy and eat it up in about 30 seconds. The tank is completely full of pellets floating everywhere and the fish are so full of them that they're not chasing them down anymore. Ugh, now what? I hope that changing the filter sock out, cleaning the skimmer and doing a 25% water change will be enough .. I'll do another one tomorrow maybe.

Not the best day for my tanks. Hope others had much a better day than I did!

[lastlight]

Crap sorry to hear that man. The more gadgets we have the further we *could* potentially get bent over. Doesn't seem fair does it? I'll be up late. Hit me up if this week is a go.

[Lance]

Christ Tony, You've had more than your share of bad luck lately! Surely it'll be clear sailing from here on in.

[Delphinus]

Small tanks don't seem to be my forte. I shutdown what had once been a fairly nice zoanthid tank over that the valonia got the better of things. In the bigger tank valonia just isn't an issue since the fish in there will destroy it. This 40g carpet tank is the same sort of thing, nobody who will fit into it will take caulerpa down. I experimented with a number of urchins but they seem to be more interested in wearing a hat made of caulerpa rather than eating it.

The autofeeder was a bit off putting though. A few times the last few months I've found it in that wonky display state but at least not stuck on. Powering it off was enough to reset it. It's a Rena, I dunno, are these prone to failure? I picked it on the basis that it was what Snappy used on his tank and seemed to serve him well. There must be an electrical thing going on somewhere, bad power bar maybe?? Yet another reason to speed up the shutdowns of the current tanks.

Things could be a lot worse but yeah these little incidents seem to drive home the need to move things over sooner rather than later...

[zum14]

So did a bunch of fragging today for the first time, sitting here looking at Canreef, pause and notice im chewing on my fingernail thinking to myself "Palyotoxasumthing I probably shouldnt be doing right now......" (wore gloves but still) I surprise myself everyday. Haha.

[lastlight]

So I have two leaks in my system right now. Thankfully they seem to be very slow and precise amounts of alkalinity and calcium throughout the day. More as I know it.

[Rbacchiega]

g'damnit....the wrasse is missing. Nowhere in the sump or overflow and I've got egg crate tops....faaaaantastic start to an already cruddy Monday

[Lance]

Small tanks don't seem to be my forte. I shutdown what had once been a fairly nice zoanthid tank over that the valonia got the better of things. In the bigger tank valonia just isn't an issue since the fish in there will destroy it. This 40g carpet tank is the same sort of thing, nobody who will fit into it will take caulerpa down. I experimented with a number of urchins but they seem to be more interested in wearing a hat made of caulerpa rather than eating it.


I hear you. Tangs & Rabbitfishes are worth their weight in gold.

[Lance]

Sometimes I hate living in a small town. I can't find aquarium-safe silicone anywhere. Now I have to order a tube just to install one lousy bulkhead. Grrrrrr!

[muck]

Don't have a Crappy Tire Lance?

[lastlight]

Why do you need silicone dude? I have never had a bulkhead leak and I've never done anything but wash the gasket with warm water first, acetone the glass on the gasket side and install hand tight. Hand tight means I torque it until my fingers sorta hurt but still just with my hands.

[Lance]

Ryan: Our Crappy tire doesn't carry the right kind.


Brett: The bulkhead is going on a 55 gal plastic container that holds the SW for water changes. I don't think you'd get a good enough seal without silicone on a thin plastic wall.

[lastlight]

Use a ton of pvc primer and glue and make it permanent lol!

[sphelps]

Brett: The bulkhead is going on a 55 gal plastic container that holds the SW for water changes. I don't think you'd get a good enough seal without silicone on a thin plastic wall.

I've sealed many containers with thin plastic using a bulkhead without any issues, as a rule I never use silicone on bulkheads as the seal will break if you twist the bulkhead by installing or modifying any plumbing that attaches to it. Perhaps what you need is a better bulkhead?

[Lance]

OK. I'll try it without the silicone.

[Mrfish55]

Check with Bob, he had some in stock, if not I am sure I have a tube if you still want some.

[fishoholic]

So this morning I found my last nice RBTA stuck to the intake of a powerhead. Awesome. I've noticed that in the last few months the RBTA's have gotten a little restless, after having never moved in years all of a sudden they move, and I notice it seems to correlate with caulerpa getting too close to them. I prune the stuff every day and pull out gobs and gobs of it but it's instantly replaced. I don't even know how this stuff got into the tank, it just showed up one day and has been causing me huge headaches ever since. At least in the big tank the rabbit and tangs happily eradicate the stuff but there's no similar behaving fish that can fit in a 40g. :cry: I can't WAIT to shut this tank down and let the tangs and rabbit go to town on the rock.

Tonight I came downstairs after supper and I hear a weird whining noise. It's the autofeeder in the cube tank. The LED screen has gotten all wonky and it's stuck on so turn after turn of dumping pellets in until the hopper was empty. Stellar. Ordinarily I have it set to turn 3x which is enough to make the fish go crazy and eat it up in about 30 seconds. The tank is completely full of pellets floating everywhere and the fish are so full of them that they're not chasing them down anymore. Ugh, now what? I hope that changing the filter sock out, cleaning the skimmer and doing a 25% water change will be enough .. I'll do another one tomorrow maybe.

Not the best day for my tanks. Hope others had much a better day than I did!

that sucks :sad:

[Rbacchiega]

So Wrasse is still in the tank, came out for morning feeding....which is great and all, but wtf.

[kien]

So Wrasse is still in the tank, came out for morning feeding....which is great and all, but wtf.

Probably decided to sleep in that day (or all day). My Melanarus an yellow wrasse do that all the time. :D. Wish I could do that.. Today especially.

[Ross]

2hrs to drive into work sucks

[Zoaelite]

Wow, left my house @ 6:45am this morning and just got home! I think I broke myself... 17 hours at school FTL.

[michika]

I take great pleasure in laughing openly at the women wandering around downtown Calgary in their high heels or high heel boots.

[Parker]

I take great pleasure in laughing openly at the women wandering around downtown Calgary in their high heels or high heel boots.

What about the men in heals? It is Calgary afterall!

[lorenz0]

What about the men in heals? It is Calgary afterall!

whoa whoa WHOA!

keep the peace on the board

[lastlight]

whoa whoa WHOA!

keep the peace on the board

Robb hit a tender spot there? :lol:

[lorenz0]

Just a little one. Right now I am ****ed because the deadmau5 new years event sold out in a hour because scalpers decided to buy up the tickets to make some extra cash. Now there are tickets going for $250-350. F'ing A$$ clowns.

Thats just the icing and the most recent event. I lived there for 3 months, but thats another story. Comments like that **** me off. Plus there are more "fashionable" people up in edmonton than here

[michika]

What about the men in heals? It is Calgary afterall!

I'll take men in heels vs. women in sweat pants & heels smelling like cheap beer!

Besides you have the homeless gentleman who enjoys vivid neon 80s track suits and hangs around the downtown Save-On, and we have the guy who wears daisy dukes, and belly shirts and offers to dance for you for change on 4th ave. I think we're about square on that one.

[Parker]

Comments like that **** me off.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa180/RParker_07/internet-serious-business.jpg

[lastlight]

Haha. there's one about arguing on the internet too but it's a bit offensive so I won't post.

[lorenz0]

^^^^
Oh trust me, I voice my opinion off the internet as well. ever gotten a hooker to flash you for a cigarette, I have.

umm that should go into my book, Amphiprion percula- The Ulti Chick Magnet

Get with the times with the "Internet, serious business" jpeg, that so 2008

http://www.thevine.com.au/resources/imgdetail/imedapoopie_detail_120810093021.jpg

[Parker]

http://www.thevine.com.au/resources/imgdetail/imedapoopie_detail_120810093021.jpg


http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa180/RParker_07/PostPics.jpg

I have to edit my post - On my work computer I see a "red X" but the pic works on my phone.. :D

All in good fun - well for me anyways.....

[Zoaelite]

Haha :lol::lol:, Laurier you had to be quick man. If you do end up getting one I will certainly see you up there, btw if you make any money off this clown fish pick up book I call profits for naming it :lol:.

[Trabby]

Diabetes sucks a$$

[globaldesigns]

^^^^
Oh trust me, I voice my opinion off the internet as well. ever gotten a hooker to flash you for a cigarette, I have.


What! Really! I bow to you!

[lorenz0]

there are certain things a mother should never know, lol. but I sense some sarcasim in your post

Levi, man your going to have a killer time. I have Steve Aoki on my birthday (dec 22) and than Cosmic Gate dec 29th, that if I don't go to mexico. You should grab tickets for Aoki, that show is going to be intense

[lastlight]

there are certain things a mother should never know, lol. but I sense some sarcasim in your post

Levi, man your going to have a killer time. I have Steve Aoki on my birthday (dec 22) and than Cosmic Gate dec 29th, that if I don't go to mexico. You should grab tickets for Aoki, that show is going to be intense

Who's Steve and will he be wearing his birthday suit?

[jorjef]

Who's Steve and will he be wearing his birthday suit?

That one deserves a classic rim shot...lol

[lastlight]

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/4/RimshotBadumtsh.jpg

[lorenz0]

a bit bored brett?

[lastlight]

Maybe just a little bit =)

[globaldesigns]

OK, I think we are all a little too bored. Especially me, poor me that had his thread shut down... TEEHEE.

[lastlight]

Don't ruin a fun thread this is a happy and random place :neutral:

[muck]

http://500motivators.com/plog-content/thumbs/motivate/me/large/355-chuck-norris-approves-of-this-thread.jpg

[Rbacchiega]

my playlist today is so random it's absurd.
it goes from Neil Diamond "forever in blue jeans" to "Never gonna stop" by Rob Zombie.

[lastlight]

Hey I was out for a run and it's snowy as frag out here. 30 minutes in... Chris Isaak's 'Wicked Game' comes on. We all know that hot beach video...didn't seem fair really! Shuffle play tossed me a joke!

[sphelps]

I was out for a run
You're ridiculous

[Delphinus]

I can't imagine running to Wicked Game. I'm guessing that put a little dent in your pace profile!

[lastlight]

No it was the 12+ inch snow that did that. Freaking brutal. I can run to crap most can't I have quite the mix lol.

[michika]

I hate when you're working out and shuffle all of a sudden lets you down. Or somehow some random slow song creeps into your high paced playlist.

I have a huge scab on my knee from something stupid I did last weekend, and its so itchy! I just want to scratch, but I can't, so I thought I'd be smrt and go the old lightly slap it (like for tattoos), but instead I managed to make it worse. My knee looks like I think the top of tectonic plates look like.

[michika]

Ouch, I'm definitely 0 for 2 today. I just managed to punch myself in the face, and now my septum piercing hurts. Graceful is my middle name.

[Delphinus]

I woke up to find perfectly dry windows this morning. Oh the weather outside might indeed be frightful, but dayummmmm I love my HRV.

[lastlight]

My windows are very not dry. Have a few open a few mm right now.

*sigh*

My complex has terribly old single paners too.

[sphelps]

Well I wish I had more moisture, my condo is so dry my nose hurts and my cat keeps sneezing. Damn in floor heating!

[Rbacchiega]

what's this working out you speak of?

[mark]

I woke up to find perfectly dry windows this morning. Oh the weather outside might indeed be frightful, but dayummmmm I love my HRV.

separate system or one of the ones for retro into existing furnace ducts?

[Delphinus]

Little bit of both. The way it's plumbed is that there are 4 vents that come out of the HRV. Two go to the tank room into three different vents (one is T'd off), one into the general basement area, and the last one ties into the furnace venting so that there is some pull down of the humidity in the rest of the house, but the majority of the air is concentrated around the tank room.

[Rbacchiega]

this bacon I'm cooking has a distinct "maple smell" too it....if it's maple flavored I'm gonna be ****ed...I hate maple bacon.

[sphelps]

mmmmm.... I love maple bacon

[muck]

Bacon... gimme gimme. :twised:

[Rbacchiega]

crisis avoided. It was not maple bacon. was delish. I wish I could have had more, but am on a sorta strict "cant have a whole crap load of unhealthy food" regime at the moment. Went to the cardiologist today and am scheduled in for 2 weeks from now. Unawesome.

[Rbacchiega]

I just found a letter I wrote to Santa in 1993...I wanted a "real electric guitar" or an "ez 2 do fashion machine"....which is apparently a bedazzler for children....I was awesome.

[Delphinus]

I think I'll never figure out how people score such awesome deals on airline seat sales. Westjet has this "super awesomer seat sale" on right now for travel from now until Feb 17 and I tried plugging in various dates for a few destinations but never once found the advertised rate for that destination from basically today all the way up to Feb 17. For example, they said $260 to Kona so I looked for that price anywhere but the cheapest I found was $350 (which maybe isn't too bad for Kona, I dunno, but still, that's not $260) but the average price for different weeks more like $450 to $500 and in some weeks it was all the way up to almost $800. I'm sure there is some explanation to it all like there was only a couple fares available at that price and they're all sold now but still then don't still advertise that as the price and wait for people to pin down dates to tell them "BTW it's going to REALLY cost you $XXX more than what you thought." Never mind taxes and all that I know that's always extra anyhow. I can't help but feel like it's a little bit deceptive advertising.

[Rbacchiega]

Westjet doesn't even fly to Newark Oct 30th through May1st...which sucks for me....and I've got 3 friends/family members who work for Westjet, so can't even use them for deals when I need hahaha

[mark]

I can't understand why it costs so much to fly in Canada anytime.

Got some tickets for domestic flights in the Philippines, for about similar distances as Vancouver to Edmonton and Edmonton to Kelowna, I'm paying $88 and $47 respectively. That's total for one ways, ticket, taxes airports fees etc, aircraft types are 737 and A320s. Realize wages are lower, but airframe and fuel costs would be similar and safety records as good as here.

[Rbacchiega]

yeah but when I was in the PI I bought 25 packs of Winston Reds (two cartons and 5 separate packs) and a 26 of Whiskey for $10 American....no jokes hahahaha

and the hotel for a week cost 16 dollars a night.

[whatcaneyedo]

When Dexter kills someone he cuts them up, packs their body parts in bags and drops those in the ocean. I get that. But WTF does he do with the massive amount of plastic that he covers each kill room with? Does he have an incinerator somewhere?

[PoonTang]

When Dexter kills someone he cuts them up, packs their body parts in bags and drops those in the ocean. I get that. But WTF does he do with the massive amount of plastic that he covers each kill room with? Does he have an incinerator somewhere?

Why do you ask? Got something nasty planned for someone? LOL

[lockrookie]

When Dexter kills someone he cuts them up, packs their body parts in bags and drops those in the ocean. I get that. But WTF does he do with the massive amount of plastic that he covers each kill room with? Does he have an incinerator somewhere?

he donates them to humanity homes. you know eco friendly and all. the same ppl the trinity killer worked for as a cover.

[The Grizz]

why is it when you are looking for work you can't find any but when you have a $140K contract on the go your phone wont stop ringing.

[ALBERTA REEF]

why is it when you are looking for work you can't find any but when you have a $140K contract on the go your phone wont stop ringing.

It is the same as when you are signal no woman is interested in you, but soon as you are taken they are all interest at once. ladies and gents figure that one out.

[lastlight]

How the hell do you determine what's meant to be eaten in a piece of KFC? It's certainly ALL chewable, chicken flavored and greasy as !@#$. It's like playing a game of minesweeper. Common sense will get you most of the way but every now and then you are forced to take a leap of faith.

[muck]

I can't stomach KFC anymore... not since they gave me a bucket of "expert mode". :puke:

[Rbacchiega]

Anyone want dibbs on my firstborn???? My phonebill after the trip to the states is $2200+ bucks....

[lastlight]

Anyone want dibbs on my firstborn???? My phonebill after the trip to the states is $2200+ bucks....

I'll give you mine and I'll cover your bill. Dealio?

[Rbacchiega]

haha can it fit in a carry-on? or survive off pb and j and be self sufficient while I"m away?

[Ross]

WTF is with Calgary traffic this week and last...

Been driving deerfoot daily for 10 years, and this has to be the slowest week yet.
It's only snow people!
You can go more than 10 kph

[sphelps]

WTF is with Calgary traffic this week and last...

Been driving deerfoot daily for 10 years, and this has to be the slowest week yet.
It's only snow people!
You can go more than 10 kph
Haha yeah it getting bad, enough to make the city put up digital signs to tell you how late you'll be :lol: Money well spent.

[lorenz0]

WTF is with Calgary traffic this week and last...

Been driving deerfoot daily for 10 years, and this has to be the slowest week yet.
It's only snow people!
You can go more than 10 kph

dare me to comment on this...

The nice version: Some people don't belong here. When people react after telling them I was born and raised here I give them the evil eye.

[Ross]

dare me to comment on this...

The nice version: Some people don't belong here. When people react after telling them I was born and raised here I give them the evil eye.


Yeah I agree!!
I've lived in Calgary my whole life and cant stand 3/4 the people here!
I still think of calgary as 500-600 thousand people, not the 1.1million plus.

I havent seen the daily commute as bad as it has been this last week.
My drive times for the past week are as follows:

Monday____0:40 (no snow and typical dry road drive time)
Tuesday____2:01 (snow storm the night before)
Wednesday__1:32 (minimal new snow)
Thursday____1:17
Friday_______1:10

Monday______1:22

And the drive home is much longer!
GRRRRRR!!!!

[sphelps]

What part of the city do you work in Ross?

[muck]

Sounds like you need a flat downtown during the week Ross. :lol:

[Doug]

dare me to comment on this...

The nice version: Some people don't belong here. When people react after telling them I was born and raised here I give them the evil eye.

Ok, I will bite. How do they not belong? Never knew residence was a birth right. :smile:

What if I moved there now? :lol: I lived there before you were even born but would I be one of "those people". :mrgreen:

[Zoaelite]

Ok, I will bite. How do they not belong? Never knew residence was a birth right. :smile:

What if I moved there now? :lol: I lived there before you were even born but would I be one of "those people". :mrgreen:

If you don't know how to drive correctly in winter weather then yes Doug you would be one of those people :razz:.

Laurier you and I probably have the same break down and hate the world moment driving from Mount Royal Gate trying to get onto Crowchild southbound. You wait in the turn lane for 25 mins (Especially in the wintertime) and then some ass clown drives past the 200 cars waiting in the line only to try and force him/herself in last second.

I don't even have words for how much I hate Calgary winter driving, first snow fall and 75% of the city forgets how to drive...

[Doug]

If you don't know how to drive correctly in winter weather then yes Doug you would be one of those people :razz:.


Oh I dont know. Perhaps 31 yrs. in Thompson, including many trips/winter out to places like Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg could have given me a few qualifications. :lol:

I,m one of those that gets upset at the pokes attempting to drive in winter.

EITHER GET OFF THE ROAD IF YER SCARED OR BUY PROPER TIRES FOR WINTER

:heh:

[jorjef]

EITHER GET OFF THE ROAD IF YER SCARED OR BUY PROPER TIRES FOR WINTER

:heh:[/quote]


I second that, my wife has "true" winter tires and the difference is unbeliveable. I was a skeptic until I drove her car.... and ya putzing down the road at 60k in a 100k zone is brutal.....stay home. Winter tires are mandatory in Quebec and should be the same here....

[zum14]

Yeah I agree!!
I've lived in Calgary my whole life and cant stand 3/4 the people here!
I still think of calgary as 500-600 thousand people, not the 1.1million plus.

I havent seen the daily commute as bad as it has been this last week.
My drive times for the past week are as follows:

Monday____0:40 (no snow and typical dry road drive time)
Tuesday____2:01 (snow storm the night before)
Wednesday__1:32 (minimal new snow)
Thursday____1:17
Friday_______1:10

Monday______1:22

And the drive home is much longer!
GRRRRRR!!!!

How do you have time for anything else besides driving and sleeping and working. My commute is 9 mins in the summer and 15mins if its bad weather. Lots of dumb drivers too but there all driving faster then the roads permit and usually see at least one or two hit the ditch on the way to work when it snows. Just about got blind sided last week from a guy that ran a red.

[lorenz0]

Ok, I will bite. How do they not belong? Never knew residence was a birth right. :smile:

What if I moved there now? :lol: I lived there before you were even born but would I be one of "those people". :mrgreen:

I just wrote a massive rant and its not worth posting. I am just sick of fighting for a job, trying to get into my program at school (they only allow 30 people per a semester) and the horriable driving in the past 2 years, which includes almost being killed on my bike numberous times.

I really dislike what the "Boom" has done to this city


Levi, your going to hate me. I live in marda loop and just have to drive across one of the bridges to get to my place. Its maybe a 10min drive in bad conditions. But I hated driving from the NW. Heading North across the bow is a nightmare. As for Glenmore, it shouldn't back up like that. People need to learn how to properly mirge

[Ross]

What part of the city do you work in Ross?

I live in Airdrie and comute to Glenmore and 52nd SE

Normally winter comuting isnt that bad, add 10 minutes or so and your fine, but last week was painful.

As for zum14, it's simple, sleep deprivation...

I just wish that the ring road went to glenmore and not stop at 17th ave. If you want to get all the rig traffic off the road, should the road not go to where the rigs are?

I know what would help... another 25million foot bridge with another two 100m away...

Like tossing a Bubble King on a 10 Walmart aquarium.
looks good, but truely could be done alot cheaper and spend money where its truely needed...

[Delphinus]

Lived here my whole life (let's call it 4 decades, it's only a few months shy of the mark). I'm not sure what percentage that puts me in but it's not huge. The irony is that probably more people in town were happy with yesterday's football game than not. :lol: (I couldn't care less BTW but that's another story).

Anyhow. It's been taking me anywhere from 60 to 120 minutes to get to work this last week. My commute is a whopping 8km long.

So .. yeah. I have words to share about this but they're not fit to print.

It snows here. WHO KNEW IT COULD SNOW IN CANADA LET ALONE ALBERTA. Wowee what a news flash. Adjust your maximum speed, leave room ahead of you for braking and slow down on corners. It's not rocket science. Someone posted a rant the other day about people who drive too fast for the sake of 12 minutes and I thought .. well, I sympathize. I really do. You shouldn't have to feel like you're risking your life because of jerks who drive too aggressively when the conditions are suboptimal. I get that fully. But 12 minutes?! 12 minutes when it snows? Holy crap! How nice it would be if snow meant only *12* minutes more to my commute!

Seem to be two kinds of drivers: those are too aggressive, and those that are too fearful. Neither should be on the roads.

That reminds me, I'm missing Canada's Worst Driver right now...

[The Grizz]

I am in the country and walk 40 feet to work :biggrin: but I have been on the hiway heading to calgary on some of the worst days during the winter. Have been almost taken out by almost everything from a smart car to a semi.

I am so glad I don't live in any of the big cities because of the commute's and really feel for all of you and absolutely agree with all of the opinions about the crappy driver's. With my profession there can be a ton of travel and have seen way to many people that should have never been given a license to drive.

[Delphinus]

Don Draper says "What?" :lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DCafQqHJA

[jorjef]

WHY DO PEOPLE THINK MY IN-BOX IS MY PHONE....OR MY CALCULATOR...I'm sure they think they're doing me a favor (so I don't miss it) but really...think about it.

[michika]

WHY DO PEOPLE THINK MY IN-BOX IS MY PHONE....OR MY CALCULATOR...I'm sure they think they're doing me a favor (so I don't miss it) but really...think about it.

I loathe it when people put things on my chair. To get back at someone who just wouldn't get the hint I started sitting on an exercise ball. Said person then opted for erasing my white board, and taping the paper to it, so damaging the paper and destroying important notes in the process. Go genius level co-workers!


I love my snow tires, I've had them put on my car now three years running, and they were so worth the investment. They make a world of difference on a car with no power steering!

I really want a nice meal with some serious garlic and ginger in it, but it'd be such a bad choice professionally. Why must garlic and ginger be so delicious and savory?!

[Rbacchiega]

debating just not comig back from the next trip to the states.

[Madreefer]

Rich Coleman with a smug look on his big fat face on Global news all proud of himself 'cause he seized 2 cars worth 200k and auctioning them off. Give higher traffic fines or jail time if they want to street race. B.C. may be beautiful but sure starting to feel like a communist province.

[Rbacchiega]

Let's do the fork in the garbage disposal! Let's do the fork in the garbage disposal! ting ting ting....

[lastlight]

HAHA. I wish I had no idea what you're talking about but sadly I *did* view that clip as well. Damn you facebook...damn you!

[Rbacchiega]

it's even better when you picture 6 heavily tattooed individuals (2 of which are over 6 foot 5 and 250lbs) busting out into it at the seafood festival on the Jersey boardwalk.

[lorenz0]

I am going for 2011. F school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb5GpV_LUuU

[Madreefer]

Looks like a good time. Where is that? Check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Au_8GMUxVs&feature=related

[lorenz0]

Down in Cali. 45min outside of LA

I put it off the past 2 years. I'm going to try and get my exams changed so I can go

lol the sandle guy. Oh trust me, I'm sure he is on something

[michika]

I miss the snow....I want more of it to entertain me as it falls past my window.

[don.ald]

Beaujolais Nouveau... it's arrived.:mrgreen:

[freezetyle]

So wait... Seamonkeys are just Brine shrimp? all those weeks as a child hoping to hear monkey noises from that little neon yellow tank... ruined

[Rbacchiega]

met my little cousin who I've been watching grow up on facebook for the last 4.5 months tonight. He made my ovaries twitch.

[lorenz0]

Best memory of the Summer. AWWW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guauiEd05dw

[lastlight]

Is there a dude with a keyboard or something? All I see is people worshiping the ALLSPARK.

[sphelps]

Equifax screwed me over by putting a collection account for a Mr Tyler Phelps on my credit report and now wants 15 to 20 business days to correct it. Hey idiots my name isn't Tyler! How hard is that? Now I've got a live offer and no mortgage. FML!

Oh and Tyler, pay your f'ing bills!

[Murminator]

Wow nice to be back in the office for a day 6 major semi crashes in a month......and it's only November and hardly snowed yet :sad:

[jorjef]

Man I would screaming lawyer this and lawyer that....15-20 days my arse. Scream until you get to the person that can make it go away...

[freezetyle]

Best memory of the Summer. AWWW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guauiEd05dw


I saw him in calgary. BLEW MY MIND! has to be one of the best dj shows out there

[lorenz0]

^^^
he is honestly my favorite. I listed to tiesto religiously when I was 17 and finally bought his greatest hits this year, missed him when he was here.

on another note.... I'm going to see alexisonfire tomorrow for my 10th time. aww its going to be killer

[michika]

I ate guacamole for breakfast this morning. It was delicious, but I'm not affirmed in my belief that I have my meals screwed up. I like dinner foods for breakfast, lunch foods for dinner and breakfast foods for lunch.

I wish the banks would raise their damned dividends already, and natural gas would bounce back sooner rather then later.

[phi delt reefer]

Equifax screwed me over by putting a collection account for a Mr Tyler Phelps on my credit report and now wants 15 to 20 business days to correct it. Hey idiots my name isn't Tyler! How hard is that? Now I've got a live offer and no mortgage. FML!

Oh and Tyler, pay your f'ing bills!

fyi - here's a good credit practice - pull your credit report (for free) once a year. Phone or mail equifax the request.

[sphelps]

fyi - here's a good credit practice - pull your credit report (for free) once a year. Phone or mail equifax the request.
Yes I know that now, thanks

[Trabby]

It's amazing how stupid my children think I am...
Last Wednesday .... Mom I feel really gross.. Oh! You should really go back to bed... 11 am ... Can I play xbox??? Noooooo thought you were sick!!! Oh....

Today.... Mom I feel really gross...Oh! You got a fever?... No... You thrown up?? No... Oh... You better hurry and get ready for school ... You don't care that I don't feel good? Um yeah.. But I don't feel fabulous two minutes after getting out of bed either... Well I sure hope I don't barf all over the hall at school.. Yeah me either.. But give me a call if you do.. Grunt, scowl.. Groan...
Breakfast prepared and eaten-6 minutes
ready and out the door 15 minutes....

Somehow they don't realize we can tell in a variety of ways if they truely aren't feeling good...ughhhhh but I'm a meany :(
Am I wrong to institute the fever, crapping, puking rule?

[lastlight]

I'm going to have to let my kids get away with a few freebies I'm thinking. I played the sick card a plenty and a few times it even worked!

[fishoholic]

I base it on how the child is acting, usually you can tell when a child is faking sick or not, based on their behaviour.

[Trabby]

I base it on how the child is acting, usually you can tell when a child is faking sick or not, based on their behaviour.

exactly!! Flashing dirty looks and hammering breakfast in 6 minutes doesn't fall into the impending barf criteria.. Lol

[Delphinus]

I just heard that my cat post (which is basically a 18" square on a 4x4 post probably about 48" tall) had to be removed and hidden.... because my two year old son keeps climbing it, and then dancing on it.

Poor cats.

[Zoaelite]

I just heard that my cat post (which is basically a 18" square on a 4x4 post probably about 48" tall) had to be removed and hidden.... because my two year old son keeps climbing it, and then dancing on it.

Poor cats.

HAHA, wow that made for a good laugh.

[Delphinus]

This is quick summary of what the last few days have been like:

- On Friday, we caught him doing a handstand with a Thomas the Tank Engine in one hand, a ball and his sippy cup in the other hand. He was doing this on the stairs. Halfway up the stairwell. Of course both of us parents are all "BAHHHH!! Sean! No-no! No-no please! Ta-ta!" ... every chance he gets he's doing handstands and more often than not he has stuff in his hands. On the floor is one thing but he's doing it in daredevil places if given the chance. On the sofa (but facing out so if he falls he falls onto the floor). The stairs. The middle of the living floor? Where the danger in that? Noooooo of course not THERE, Dad. Geeez.

- I did manage to get a picture of it when I caught him doing it in the hallway the other day. Only a ball in hand and a Thomas the Tank Engine (I threw it on facebook, I'd link to the pic here but I'm blocked from fb at work these days). Not on a stairwell or sofa mind you (I still have SOME parenting smarts, I'd grab him first and not the camera first if the peril level was that high)

- On Sunday we went to the 4:30 show of Harry Potter and left the kids with the inlaws. By 7pm (Harry Potter movies are long, I keep forgetting - memo to self - next time go pee AGAIN just before the movie starts!!! ... but put the ads and trailers and you're sitting in that theatre close to 3 hours) so yeah by 7pm my cell phone starts going off (I had it on silent and I pretended not to notice that the grandparents were calling). By 7:30 we were at their house and picking the kids up and there was a complete barricade of furniture, "Les Miserable's" style (the scene where the French Revolutionaries had barricaded the road and were singing stuff about honour or stolen loaves of bread or some such.. I forget exactly and I digress but hey the music is beautiful and I cried my eyes out when Jean Valjean dies and goes to heaven in the end but that's really not important right now), anyhow they've got this barricade around the TV and grandpa is all "He keeps going behind the TV and messing with the wires. Oh BTW before you go, can you please fix the glass doors to the VCR cabinet? Sean took those apart too."

- Yesterday Linda has a doctor's appointment, she'd probably kill me if she knew I was saying this so pretend you didn't hear this story, k? Anyhow needs to have her blood pressure monitored regularly so the doctor is all "psh! psh! psh! psh! psh!" with the little blood pressure arm sleeve thingy and meanwhile Sean is all "<click> lights on <click> lights off <click> lights on <click> lights off <click> lights on <click> lights off <click> lights on <click> lights off <click> lights on <click> lights off <click> lights on <click> lights off <click> lights on <click> lights off <click> lights on <click> lights off" in the examination room and both Linda and the doctor are all "Seanny ... no-no! Ta-ta! <finger wag> No-no please!" so he stops with the light switch and runs over to her computer and starts pounding away on the keyboard to which the doctor then shoos him out the door and tells the nurse outside "Oh Rachel! You have a visitor" slams the door shut and says to Linda "You must have a very busy home life."

- My parents didn't want to believe me when I said he's unusually strong for a 2 year old and that I was just being funny when I call him "Bam Bam." Until one day it took 3 grown adults to pry him off something.. forget what it was, it was probably one of the cats. The poor cats are being loved to death by both kids. My Mom says to me in her Swedish/Dutch/Spanish accent (despite that I am born in Calgary and lived here all my life, my whole family including my brothers and sister all got to live in other places like Holland and Venezuela and Sweden and Indonesia. Oh yeah, I love Calgary's dryness and lack of beaches and palm trees and coral reefs because it must have been just HORRIBLE for them to have all those things nearby and thus decide to settle on Calgary and have one more kid after that. I'm not bitter. But I digress.) Anyhow, my parents have accents that are hard to define. Maybe this was an unimportant detail to my story. Anyhow my mom says to me "Vow. He reely ees der BAM BAM! Ja ja!! For shoor!"

... It's an adventure.

[sphelps]

Haha, after reading that it makes me want to get some radiation treatment in a certain area so I can try real hard with the wife but never succeed.

[lastlight]

Haha, after reading that it makes me want to get some radiation treatment in a certain area so I can try real hard with the wife but never succeed.

A good friend of mine is a hardcore cyclist and he just found out he's going to be a dad. I think you're onto something with the radiation as the crotch-killer-seat-trick isn't what it used to be =)

[Delphinus]

R.I.P. "Big Bertha" http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/a/d/a/119946/p4130011-0.jpg

I am NOT HAPPY right now.

[ALBERTA REEF]

I have been pondering this saying for years now. God helps those that helps them selfs. Here is the rubb. So my understanding is God helps thief's and crooks. They are always helping them selfs.

[lorenz0]

I think im getting to old for mosh pits

[Zoaelite]

I think im getting to old for mosh pits

Haha, no such thing how was alexisonfire?

[lorenz0]

Amazing. After seeing them 10 times, its always like the first time seeing them. .44 caliber love letter is still one of my favorite live songs.

next concert:
steve aoki and lmfao on the 22nd of dec (my birthday)
Calvin Harris and Titus 1 dec 27
Mark Schultz and Cosmic Gate on Dec 29

was debating about seeing GWAR tonight but i honestly have no money and am bashed up as it is HA HA HA

[Parker]

Alexisonfire always puts on a good show!

[phi delt reefer]

Amazing. After seeing them 10 times, its always like the first time seeing them. .44 caliber love letter is still one of my favorite live songs.

next concert:
steve aoki and lmfao on the 22nd of dec (my birthday)
Calvin Harris and Titus 1 dec 27
Mark Schultz and Cosmic Gate on Dec 29

was debating about seeing GWAR tonight but i honestly have no money and am bashed up as it is HA HA HA

SCHULTZ is the SHEEIT

[DiverDude]

If cats always land on their feet and buttered toast always falls buttered-side down....if I duct tape a piece of buttered toast to a cat and give it a spin, have I just created a perpetual motion machine ?

Hmmm......

[DiverDude]

... It's an adventure.


...and you thought a reef tank challenges your patience !?

Those of us who have children AND reef tanks need our heads reading.

That reminds me, I need to reconnect the electrodes to my scalp....

[michika]

NNNNNNOooooooo not Big Bertha! Sorry to hear Tony.


Also I wish I could go to GWAR tonight, but I'm playing the roll of "good" girl and am going to work tomorrow.

[lorenz0]

oh common, you don't want to be covered in fake blood?

[Joe Reefer]

Alexisonfire always puts on a good show!

I went to the edmonton show on monday, deadly!

[Madreefer]

I think i'm addicted to COD Black Ops. Funny thing is that I hate it sooo much ad i'm so terrible at it to boot. Damned 8 year olds!

[lorenz0]

Black ops? I pwn those 8 year olds

plus i hate that game but I keep playing it

[freezetyle]

Amazing. After seeing them 10 times, its always like the first time seeing them. .44 caliber love letter is still one of my favorite live songs.

next concert:
steve aoki and lmfao on the 22nd of dec (my birthday)
Calvin Harris and Titus 1 dec 27
Mark Schultz and Cosmic Gate on Dec 29

was debating about seeing GWAR tonight but i honestly have no money and am bashed up as it is HA HA HA

If you have never gone to a GWAR show be sure to wear bad clothing... so much blood...

[lastlight]

I'd give it a crack if I could stop playing Halo Reach.

[Llamarama]

I'd give it a crack if I could stop playing Halo Reach.

I wish I could afford xbox live to play halo reach properly campaign is lame and sadly all my extra cash goes toward MTG *sigh* why is it so expensive to be nerdy

[lastlight]

Funny thing is I've never played any of the Halo campaigns! I don't know the back story as a result but have played religiously!

[lockrookie]

ive personnally never got into halo but gears of war assassins creed and gta are all big winners for me. havent been on much recently due to work but if anyone wants they can add me. same name as i am here for both xbox and ps3

Funny thing is I've never played any of the Halo campaigns! I don't know the back story as a result but have played religiously!

[Zoaelite]

gruntopolis FTW!

[michika]

oh common, you don't want to be covered in fake blood?

I would have loved it. However fake blood stains my pasty skin...I bet the look would have gone over awesome today in the office.


My tattoo artist just called me to cancel my appointment. Sad face.

[michika]

and I just broke my favorite custom glass plug from an artist who is no longer making body jewelry....

[Doug]

My random thought is, I dont have a clue what anyone is talking about. :lol:

[Myka]

Could we do Christmas without presents this year? I mean I got enough on my plate as it is, and Christmas isn't helping. I just realized that it's my best-friend-from-BC's birthday today, and the totally awesome card I got her way back in August (because it was so fitting for her) is still sitting in my desk because I forgot to send it, and it's not like I have her mailing address anyway! Grr. I can't think of any presents to buy, and most of the people I know are fairly financially comfortable so what the heck could I buy them that they haven't already gone and bought themselves? Oh, right I'm supposed to buy something meaningful ...like WHAT exactly??? Why are presents such a big deal anyway? And why do I always feel bad when people spend more money on me than I did on them? Or they managed to find me a meaningful gift which I couldn't do the same back? And just WHEN am I supposed to get all this shopping done anyway when I work like 350 days a year in a camp in the middle of freaking Egypt (it might as well be)?? Oh, and just WTF is growing on my Orchid Dottyback? Where's that hole to hide in? I know it's around here somewhere...I found it a couple weeks ago. When I work 15 hour days for weeks on end all I want to do is RELAX when I'm home. And home? Where's home again? I seem to have lost it somewhere in my car. Only 4 more months...4 more months...sounds like an eternity. *sigh*

[sphelps]

Geez Myka, plan ahead. If you got time to buy fish you got time to buy a few presents. Waiting until the last minute never works.

PS what did you get me for Christmas? :wink:

[Murminator]

6 weeks into sledding season haven't even started my sled yet :sad:.....damn work

[Myka]

Steve, this IS planning ahead! I always have to plan ahead because I never know when my next days off will be, and they are always unplanned. Christmas is 2 weeks away, and I have half my shopping done. I'm just not satisfied with most of the stuff I bought!

I got you a "I <3 MY REX" fridge magnet.

[sphelps]

Jon Montgomery is a cool guy, maybe I'll try skeleton one day.

[sphelps]

I got you a "I <3 MY REX" fridge magnet.
Cool!

[Myka]

Steve, you're supposed to give me at least 7 minutes to edit, re-edit, and repeat. I have to edit it at least 4-6 times before it is ready for final posting. ;)

[sphelps]

Haha I do that to sometimes.

Ahhh I was wondering why I love my REX? Did I miss something?

[sphelps]

All I want for Christmas is a house and an English Bulldog, is that too much to ask?

[zum14]

I totally agree with you on the whole Christmas front. I can't get into the whole view own here or it will just get deleted. We have a draw in my family and the words from my mother are its $50 and here's the list from the person. What's the point. Might as well just trade money and go buy what you want. That and she doesn't actually know what Christmas is and is only celebrating the corporate holiday of spending money. I'd better stop I've already probably said too much. Im not a total grinch. People just refuse to see what this holiday has turned into.










Could we do Christmas without presents this year? I mean I got enough on my plate as it is, and Christmas isn't helping. I just realized that it's my best-friend-from-BC's birthday today, and the totally awesome card I got her way back in August (because it was so fitting for her) is still sitting in my desk because I forgot to send it, and it's not like I have her mailing address anyway! Grr. I can't think of any presents to buy, and most of the people I know are fairly financially comfortable so what the heck could I buy them that they haven't already gone and bought themselves? Oh, right I'm supposed to buy something meaningful ...like WHAT exactly??? Why are presents such a big deal anyway? And why do I always feel bad when people spend more money on me than I did on them? Or they managed to find me a meaningful gift which I couldn't do the same back? And just WHEN am I supposed to get all this shopping done anyway when I work like 350 days a year in a camp in the middle of freaking Egypt (it might as well be)?? Oh, and just WTF is growing on my Orchid Dottyback? Where's that hole to hide in? I know it's around here somewhere...I found it a couple weeks ago. When I work 15 hour days for weeks on end all I want to do is RELAX when I'm home. And home? Where's home again? I seem to have lost it somewhere in my car. Only 4 more months...4 more months...sounds like an eternity. *sigh*

[jorjef]

Four Christmases ..... if you've never watched it you're missing out......I for one never put up a Christmas tree until my kids were born..Should be a Christmas rule... no one over the age of 15 is allowed gifts...do ya really need one????? BAAAA!!.....( grandparents have a special exemption)

[sphelps]

Wow, is it really that hard or too much trouble to buy a few gifts for your family once a year? I mean yeah you don't need gifts but realistically it's the thought that counts so something, big or small, is always better than nothing.

Christmas is the only time I get together with the whole family at once and I for one enjoy surprising everyone with a little something, it's fun! Yeah it's difficult sometimes but anything good takes effort just like a fish tank.

[jorjef]

I will be the first to say no but does anyone really celebrate Christ..mas for the real reason? ( go to church etc.) I like the getting together part, give a hug and a kiss and tell family you love them. No It's not too hard or too much trouble....Just in my eyes not what it's all about... We live with enough excess in our lives why heap more on...Dismounting soap box...

[ALBERTA REEF]

Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas Is a job. :biggrin:

[sphelps]

Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas Is a job. :biggrin:
What is it that you do?

[ALBERTA REEF]

What is it that you do?

I'm a licensed mechanic witch I was laid off twice for lac of work in that trade. So I figure it was time to change trade after 12 years. Now I worked as a first year apprentice electrician for Three months witch i enjoyed. Laid off for lac of work two weeks ago. Have been sending and dropping off resumes for first year apprentice.

[sphelps]

I'm a licensed mechanic witch I was laid off twice for lac of work in that trade. So I figure it was time to change trade after 12 years. Now I worked as a first year apprentice electrician for Three months witch i enjoyed. Laid off for lac of work two weeks ago. Have been sending and dropping off resumes for first year apprentice.
Sorry to hear that, I was hoping it would be something I could help with or knew a connection, unfortunately I don't have any direct connections in those trades but if I hear of something I'll let you know. If you're looking for something different with job security you could look into Standen's here in town, they have never laid off anyone since they opened in the early 1900s and they are usually looking for people in various positions. If the company looks like something you would be interested in let me know.

[zum14]

Wow, is it really that hard or too much trouble to buy a few gifts for your family once a year? I mean yeah you don't need gifts but realistically it's the thought that counts so something, big or small, is always better than nothing.

Christmas is the only time I get together with the whole family at once and I for one enjoy surprising everyone with a little something, it's fun! Yeah it's difficult sometimes but anything good takes effort just like a fish tank.

Thats not my problems with this holiday at all. Theres no smiley face of one biting his tounge so ill just type it.

[Myka]

Wow, is it really that hard or too much trouble to buy a few gifts for your family once a year? I mean yeah you don't need gifts but realistically it's the thought that counts so something, big or small, is always better than nothing.

Christmas is the only time I get together with the whole family at once and I for one enjoy surprising everyone with a little something, it's fun! Yeah it's difficult sometimes but anything good takes effort just like a fish tank.

I feel the stress of buying something. I enjoy the giving part, I just get stressed out about not buying the right thing and wasting money on something they won't use in comparison to buying them something useful. Then I get stressed because my inlaws spend huuuuuge amounts of money on gifts, and my (our) gifts back seem so incomparable, and I feel pressured to spend more than I am comfortable with.

I actually had quite a good time shopping for 6 hours today, and I got most of it done! :)

Now, the family part...I LOVE that part! The big dinner, a bunch of family over, happy occasion, good times, and don't forget all the fun decorations!

In the past I have also given out stockings (aka wool socks) filled with street goodies for the homeless that I give out on Christmas Eve. I always kept track of how much I spent buying gifts, and I would spend the same amount on my Homeless Stockings. I haven't don't that in the last few years though.

[Trabby]

Imagine... What our world would be like with John Lennon still in it...RIP

[michika]

I'm a licensed mechanic witch I was laid off twice for lac of work in that trade. So I figure it was time to change trade after 12 years. Now I worked as a first year apprentice electrician for Three months witch i enjoyed. Laid off for lac of work two weeks ago. Have been sending and dropping off resumes for first year apprentice.

Sent you a PM.

I have an over-abundance of job offers this week, I really wish I could give them out to friends and people I know who need work/money/etc. Too bad they're not so transferable.

Random thought for the day; it sucks when you're trying to get your coffee cup lid off and you punch yourself in the face. Although in my own defence, I'd laugh if I saw it too.

[Aquattro]

GMAC sucks....

[menno]

Three posts required?

[menno]

I am new and just want to come look, chat around and see what's for sale as I start planning

[menno]

Because you don't know which questions to ask if you don't I've anything, and it's hard to offer advice if you have never done anything.

My apologies for the three random posts. Looking forward to hanging out on here though!

[jorjef]

Heated car seats leave me with the sensation impending diarrhea! What's that about....

[sphelps]

Heated car seats leave me with the sensation impending diarrhea! What's that about....
Those are the crappy ones, makes you feel like you wet your pants. The good ones feel nice!

[jorjef]

I guess they got one thing right... the sensation matches the quality.


Those are the crappy ones

[kien]

Make Mine A 999!!!

[lastlight]

BACON!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/EpicMealTime

These guys will make you wanna HURL. Hilarious though.