Fraeg
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Mad skills with the rod.
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 My younger brother to see the light and to not marry the girl he has been dating for 3 months on December 29th... and wait a little bit for the magic fairy dust of a new romance to wear off, wait a year or so and then see how he feels about it. bah humbug
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"There is dignity and deep satisfaction in facing life and death without the comfort of heaven or the fear of hell and in sailing toward the great abyss with a smile."
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FatuousTwat
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Seems like a reasonable wish to me.
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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Yegolev
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I make soup in it or boil pasta, then I scrape the burned shit off the bottom before I put it into the dishwasher to rust some more.
Either you have a cheap imitation or you have jacked up your pot. It shouldn't be rusting and the reason you have burned stuff on the bottom is because you have the heat up way too high. It takes 1/2 to 2/3 of the heat that a "normal" non-stick pot does. (We also don't dishwasher ours, but I don't know that that would hurt it). It is a green Le Creuset and I have jacked it up. I had a real heat problem when I moved to the new stovetop. I don't have any excuse for the dishwasher bit except that I thought it was a normal enameled iron pot. Turns out it wasn't enameled on the bottom. Meh... I have a carbon steel wok now. I forgot about something I got for my wife: MySims Kingdom.  I think I am also getting a game since I remembered she said I wasn't supposed to buy mumblemumble... wish I had been paying attention because now I am afraid to buy any games at all until after Fire Hazard Day. Maybe I can give her a gift of helping her do the Bone Man quest in LotRO. I love being a geek. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Broughden
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I put the 'shill' in 'cockmonkey'.
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We've got a Le Creuset one of those (we call it a casserole) and it is without doubt my favourite cooking utensil ever. Cast iron, enameled, fantastic. I have one of those. I didn't know it was a dutch oven. Looks like an enameled iron pot to me. I also don't love it, so maybe I am doing it wrong. I don't know what I am getting this year, but it's not what I want: Nothing. Really, I already bought all the games I want and whenever anyone buys movies for me they get a retarded format like fullscreen or something. Probably getting shirts this year since last year was a pants year. I'm thinking about the feasibility of asking for a time period to be left the hell alone so I can play games like Left 4 Dead, but that's just not Christmasy and likely to generate ill will. I also bought some original art recently that ran about $1000, so that should be my present. Also the $3000 HDTV back in the summer. I don't need a present unless I can convince someone with a separate bank account to get me a new graphics card. My wife bought a bunch of junk for the boy. My idea was a marker tray since he's been using a random pile of markers in a plastic tub, which is sad. Now he will have a full set of markers in a toolbox-type thing. I am thinking about getting Da Blob (Wii) for him, too. My wife has had her eye on a GPS system but she didn't know which one, yet she expected me to research and pick one for her. I spotted this trap from a mile away and refused to do anything until she had at least a set of hard criteria for me to go by. This led to a session persusing Amazon in which she found the one she wanted, then she says "Are you going to order this for me?" and I say "Sure." Then she says "Maybe I should just order it now." "Sure." "It's pretty sad when I have to order my own Christmas present." "Do you want me to click the Submit button?" "*sigh* Just go away." "Hey... put some gift wrap on that, will ya?" *eye roll* I should probably get her something for real. I just have no idea what since she took the GPS away from me. A) Make sure its a Garmin. The Magellan Triton's have all been sent back to the manufacturer by the big outdoor retailers like REI and EMS due to bugs in both the releases. B) She will need software. Most GPS's come with a shitty base map (is this for geocaching or backpacking?) so she will in all likelihood need some better maping software. Now that Im an outdoor gear guru feel free to ask me if you need some other suggestions. If this is a GPS for driving....then I got nothing. |
The wave of the Reagan coalition has shattered on the rocky shore of Bush's incompetence. - Abagadro
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Nebu
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Now that Im an outdoor gear guru feel free to ask me if you need some other suggestions. What the hell happened to a good compass and a plastic covered topo map? Damn spoiled kids these days! |
"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
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Yegolev
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is this for geocaching or backpacking?
LAWLZ! She wants to be able to find out where <store> is on a whim when she is in her automobile. I think the practical application will be finding a particular restaurant while we are on a road trip, since she wants what she wants right away... or something. Personally I get decent results from Google Maps on my Curve, but she's got some different ideas than me and she has zero sense of direction and spatial relation. I can't see how anything could live up to her ideals, which comes from Movies in which people can track locations in real time. That explains why I was trying to ten-foot-pole this one. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Broughden
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I put the 'shill' in 'cockmonkey'.
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is this for geocaching or backpacking?
LAWLZ! She wants to be able to find out where <store> is on a whim when she is in her automobile. I think the practical application will be finding a particular restaurant while we are on a road trip, since she wants what she wants right away... or something. Personally I get decent results from Google Maps on my Curve, but she's got some different ideas than me and she has zero sense of direction and spatial relation. I can't see how anything could live up to her ideals, which comes from Movies in which people can track locations in real time. That explains why I was trying to ten-foot-pole this one. Yeah I was going to recommend the BB Curve with google. My wife uses that. But if yours wants something a little more advanced I would look at the Garmin Nuvi 500 or 550. Touch screen. Voice prompts. North America road maps and topos come pre-loaded. High sensitivity antenna FM traffic data uploads High speed reroutes And since its hand held in size and waterproof you could actually use it while out walking through a city (say you were visiting Seattle or something) or for geocaching or even camping. Now that Im an outdoor gear guru feel free to ask me if you need some other suggestions. What the hell happened to a good compass and a plastic covered topo map? Damn spoiled kids these days! I agree. |
The wave of the Reagan coalition has shattered on the rocky shore of Bush's incompetence. - Abagadro
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NowhereMan
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I just put on a jumper and go out wandering on the mountains. Of course I always remember to take my mobile phone, don't want to take any chances!
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"Look at my car. Do you think that was bought with the earnest love of geeks?" - HaemishM
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Yegolev
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If I don't have my phone on me, either I'm on Vacation (contrast to just vacation) or something is badong.
I think she finally decided on one of the Nuvis but I can't be sure. Damn memory.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Viin
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I'm getting my wife the Nuvi 260W - not too expensive and speaks the street names, though if you are looking at Amazon be careful because they sell discontinued units there. Check the Garmin site first.
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DraconianOne
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What the hell happened to a good compass and a plastic covered topo map? Damn spoiled kids these days!
I agree. Still use them a lot in orienteering and adventure races - GPSs are banned. It's not a dead art yet! :) Speaking of: I just got hold of a new waist pack for outdoorsy stuff. Holds 7L worth of gear and only weighs 200g. Haven't checked to see what whether it's got convenient compass attachment points yet though.  |
A point can be MOOT. MUTE is more along the lines of what you should be. - WayAbvPar
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Bstaz
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stray
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has an iMac.
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I feel content and in need of nothing. My official religion for this Christmas is Buddhism.
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Logik
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I'm asking for this book from whomever (whoever? get away snake!) gets my name. I know you've already read the reviews, but I'd like to reiterate that this book is fantastic. I've only been climbing/bouldering for a short time, but I've found that it's really helped me to understand balance and to focus on moving efficiently on the wall. |
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Surlyboi
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eat a bag of dicks
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That she'll say, "yes".
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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rattran
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I have a garmin nuvi 650 I use inthe car. Fantastic, but it won't find you a restaurant on the fly, just addresses/points of interest.
And not only does it tell you where to go, you can make it do it in an Australian accent. Or any of about 50 different languages/voice modes. Someone even wrote a Glados version, which kinda sucked.
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Signe
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That she'll say, "yes".
Awww. I hope so too! |
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Ironwood
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Same thing as every year; that next year Christmas is cancelled and replaced with a holiday in France or Italy.
Fucking family.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Same thing as every year; that next year Christmas is cancelled and replaced with a holiday in France or Italy.
Fucking family.
You might be better off in West Virginia for that. |
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Same thing as every year; that next year Christmas is cancelled and replaced with a holiday in France or Italy.
Fucking family.
Just got to convince them to go with you. Oh wait, did I miss something important? |
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Signe
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We don't really do Christmas. We don't exchange presents, get a tree, decorate or anything like that. We never have. The only thing we do is go to my sister's annual open house gig on Christmas day. When we live in Britain, we go to his parents in Dunoon. My husband does send his folks and his sisters a wee something from Amazon. Sometimes I give pressies to my nephews but it's not a consistent sort of thing. They don't mind. They're old enough to know I'm mostly stoned. Having said all that crap just now, this year I decided to get Righ a gift. I've difficulties the last two or three months (surgery on my hand, dad died, sick black pussy, and some other medical thingies) and he's been really amazing. In other words, he didn't knock me on the head with a fireplace poker and bury me behind the bike shed after one of my "moments"! I don't know if I would have been so kind. So I got him THIS. It'll probably be delivered today so it's not technically a Christmas present, but it's as close as I get! I don't expect a gift from him, but I DO expect a really Really REALLY big hug! Mostly because I thought of doing something and didn't forget to actually do it. (sometimes I think I've done something when I've actually only THOUGHT of doing it and then I get creeped out when nothing happens!) |
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rattran
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Nice camera.
I put up a tree each year for the cats. I see no reason to decorate it, as it has at least 1 yellow cat in it from the time it goes up until the time Oscar breaks it (Jan 2 or so)
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Signe
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I thought about getting a live tree for the pussies. I don't want to deal with the needles from a cut tree. I'm sure at almost 17 lbs, Lister would make short work of any sort of cut tree. And he'd eat the needles, too, probably. Which might make his lion-sized poops smell marginally better, no?
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Yegolev
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We don't really do Christmas. We don't exchange presents, get a tree, decorate or anything like that. We never have.
I do Christmas so hard that I have a tree for my house in LotRO. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Signe
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Muse.
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I do all the holidays in MMOs I'm playing.
Your avatard needs a Santa hat, by the way.
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Yegolev
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He is gay for Jesus.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yegolev
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Merry Christmas, Signe. Here's your present.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Signe
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Muse.
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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My mum & step-dad have just told us that they're giving us £1000 for christmas so we're getting a new mattress |
"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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schild
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My mum & step-dad have just told us that they're giving us £1000 for christmas so we're getting a new mattress I would pay rent. For like, 6 months. Heh. |
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Cyrrex
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My mum & step-dad have just told us that they're giving us £1000 for christmas so we're getting a new mattress Your priorities seem to have come off track somewhere along the line. Do you realize the myriad kinds of consumer electronics that one could obtain with that kind of bank? I know you just bought the PS3 and the TV, but come on man. Or is it for your back, and I'm just a douche? |
"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Having bought an insanely nice matress a few months ago, I have to say it's more than worth it to spend for a good one. I got a Sealy Posturpedic pillow top and added a cushy pad on top of that. We have a rule in the house: don't lay down if you don't want to sleep. It's now known as the magic bed. You get in it, you sleep. Fucking amazing, worth every penny.
Get the mattress!
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Signe
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Having bought an insanely nice matress a few months ago, I have to say it's more than worth it to spend for a good one. I got a Sealy Posturpedic pillow top and added a cushy pad on top of that. We have a rule in the house: don't lay down if you don't want to sleep. It's now known as the magic bed. You get in it, you sleep. Fucking amazing, worth every penny.
Get the mattress!
I agree. Absolutely. We bought a Tempur-pedic Rhapsody mattress or whatever it was called last year. I can't put in words how much it helped Righ's back issues. So comfy, too. |
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chargerrich
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I would really love one of the Sony readers for reading ebooks when I'm traveling but they're still just absolutely ridiculously expensive at 300 bucks Canadian so I probably won't tell anyone.
re: Shaving. I don't how you guys are using up Mach 3 razor blades so quickly. I've found that as long as I rinse them out properly so whiskers don't dry between the blades they each last me two or three weeks.
I must have some soft whiskers because I can literally use a mach 3 for an entire season, truly like 3 months or more. I always without fail shave in the shower and i use shampoo instead of shaving cream, is that wierd? I wont even talk about shaving the unmentionables...wait i just did  |
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