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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583

    flying saucer aliens are eating human brains for breakfast.

    Preposterous.  Human brains are for dinner, not breakfast.

  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,453

    I had a friend who used to do this with beer. Back when you could only buy Coors in states out west, he would drive to California, line the trunk of his car with plastic, fill it to the brim with ice and Coors and head back east. He was a funny fellow...

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,511
    edited January 2016

     

     

    Chohole said:
    Etrigan said:

    If conspiracists were more intelligent I could believe that there is a conspiracy to invent conspiracies.  I'm sure some wacko has concluded that computers were a Russian plot to eventually destroy the Western capitalists.  Oh, wait... that was me...blush

    Any half literate paranoid can use any number of pseudo scientific rationalizations to prove that the world is still flat, the sun orbits the earth, cats meet in secret to plot the demise of dogs, and flying saucer aliens are eating human brains for breakfast.  After all, people like that ran the world for many epochs of history.  But we eventually grew out of that.  Didn't we?

    Ummmmm, No. Two words, Rush Limbaugh. ;)

     

    Not to forget David Icke and the Babylonian Brotherhood.

    And don't forget about some of the biggest selling printed rags in the world such as the "National Enquirer" disguised as "newspapers" propped up by the hoards of half-literate paranoids who plop down their coins eager for a daily dose of idiocy.

     

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,051
    edited January 2016

     

     

    Chohole said:
    Etrigan said:

    If conspiracists were more intelligent I could believe that there is a conspiracy to invent conspiracies.  I'm sure some wacko has concluded that computers were a Russian plot to eventually destroy the Western capitalists.  Oh, wait... that was me...blush

    Any half literate paranoid can use any number of pseudo scientific rationalizations to prove that the world is still flat, the sun orbits the earth, cats meet in secret to plot the demise of dogs, and flying saucer aliens are eating human brains for breakfast.  After all, people like that ran the world for many epochs of history.  But we eventually grew out of that.  Didn't we?

    Ummmmm, No. Two words, Rush Limbaugh. ;)

     

    Not to forget David Icke and the Babylonian Brotherhood.

    And don't forget about some of the biggest selling printed rags in the world such as the "National Enquirer" disguised as "newspapers" propped up by the hoards of half-literate paranoids who plop down their coins eager for a daily dose of idiocy.

     

    Are you implying goat boy and bat baby were not for real... Because Sasquatch and I were talking about it the other day and apparently goat boy is now all grown up and working in the same secret government lab that Sasquatch is... Granted, Sasquatch is only a janitor, but bat boy and him have lunch in the cafeteria at least once a week... He's a nice guy it seems.

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  • I had a friend who used to do this with beer. Back when you could only buy Coors in states out west, he would drive to California, line the trunk of his car with plastic, fill it to the brim with ice and Coors and head back east. He was a funny fellow...

    Let's hope he had a big luxurious smooth riding car and took only the well paved roads, or liked to wear his beer.

     

  • EtriganEtrigan Posts: 603
    edited January 2016

    I had a friend who used to do this with beer. Back when you could only buy Coors in states out west, he would drive to California, line the trunk of his car with plastic, fill it to the brim with ice and Coors and head back east. He was a funny fellow...

    Let's hope he had a big luxurious smooth riding car and took only the well paved roads, or liked to wear his beer.

    "Out west" and "well-paved roads" is classified as an oxymoron. 

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  • Really?  Is there actually anywhere with well paved roads?

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,051

    Really?  Is there actually anywhere with well paved roads?

    In some areas of NYC's outer boroughs, you really need an SUV just to navigate the paved roads... Unpaved would probably be a step up.

     

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,511
    edited January 2016

    Really?  Is there actually anywhere with well paved roads?

    Florida!  The weather cooperates and most all tourist routes are kept in good condition and perpetually widening.

    Well, even here in Western NY State, Interstate 86 is in good condition two years out of three.  By the end of the 3rd winter they have to be repaved again.  HOWEVER, there was that 20 mile stretch of I-86 between Randolph and Salamanca that ran through the Iroquois Indian reservation that didn't get any work done on it by the state for many years because of a disagreement between the State and the Indians over casino taxes/fees/whatever.  It did not pay to try to travel that route because you'd likely leave your muffler or your grandmother in a pot hole!  Business in the Indian owned city of Salamanca dried up because no non-indians from outside wanted to go through there.  It was safer for your car to go 20 miles out of your way on the back roads around the city to avoid the diseased Internet segment.  All fixed now, nice new surface again. Yea! 

     

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  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    edited January 2016

    I'm in Florida now and I guess I've been a little jaded lately with all of the road construction lately where it seems like all roads are having problems.  Those roads that aren't paved are packed sand that create dust clouds as you drive down them.  I was in Upstate NY for 18 years and we usually had well paved roads for a few month right after they repaved, but it seemed like it didn't take long for the potholes to suddenly show up in most of the roads I traveled.  One winter is enough to do in newly paved roads, too, between the salt and the plowing.

    edit: snowbirds are in town now, too, which makes driving even on good roads hazardous!

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  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,283

    What is in vegetarian chilli with no beans?

  • EtriganEtrigan Posts: 603

    What is in vegetarian chilli with no beans?

    Tomato sauce, garlic, salt, chili powder, ... basically marinara with mexican spices.

     

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,283

    Why can others talk to themselves but if I do people look at me strange?

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,283

    Why do people want to talk to me when I am on the phone but ignore me when I am not on the phone?

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,057
    McGyver said:

    Really?  Is there actually anywhere with well paved roads?

    In some areas of NYC's outer boroughs, you really need an SUV just to navigate the paved roads... Unpaved would probably be a step up.

     

    ...in most of Portland, the same applies.  We actually have a number of unpaved streets within the city limits, and out in the burbs, sidewalks seem to be an afterthought.

  • What is in vegetarian chilli with no beans?

    Chopped up vegetarians.

     

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
    kyoto kid said:
    McGyver said:

    Really?  Is there actually anywhere with well paved roads?

    In some areas of NYC's outer boroughs, you really need an SUV just to navigate the paved roads... Unpaved would probably be a step up.

     

    ...in most of Portland, the same applies.  We actually have a number of unpaved streets within the city limits, and out in the burbs, sidewalks seem to be an afterthought.

    Better than never thought of at all, I suppose.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,057
    edited January 2016

    ...that is why I could never live in the burbs besides the fact that transit there is poor and everything is spread out so far apart.  You basically need a car to get around and that is one expense I cannot afford.

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  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,283

    I hate it when my iPod decides on its own to break out in singing a song from my music library.  Of course it did it when my hands are full and I am walking towards the bus. Music coming from my pocket while everyone stares at me wondering why I do not use the headphones around my neck and also are all those drinks just for me?

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,051

    That's like when you enter a stretch of twisting dangerous road requiring both hands on the wheel and every single time the song that comes on the radio at that moment is the one song that makes you want to rip your eyes out and stuff them in your ears to block it out, and you have to decide between dying in a fiery wreck and listening to it... 

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,051

    Why can others talk to themselves but if I do people look at me strange?

    Nobody has the right to look at anyone strange for talking to themselves at this point, every day I come across someone having a long conversation with some unseen entity and its either that they are on the hands free phone device of their choice or talking to the invisible magic hamster in their pocket... You can't tell anyone... Stupid cell phones... Back in the day at least you could tell who was talking to themselves. 

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,283

    how did 3dsmax open itself?

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,057

    ...you have 3DS Max?  Crikey, that's like 3,600$.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,283
    kyoto kid said:

    ...you have 3DS Max?  Crikey, that's like 3,600$.

    I think mine is the noncommercial version that is cheaper.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,057

    ...ah, the educational version I take it.  Still way out of budget for me I cannot afford to go back to school either.

    Daz, Carrara, Bryce, and Hexagon will have to do.

  • I have that program, too. I've played with it a little bit.  We homeschool so we were able to download with their free download for students and educators.  It has a 3 year license.  It is completely off limits for any commercial use, but my boys can learn how to use it.  I have one very artistic son and this is a great program autodesk has for all of their products.

  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,453

    I had a friend who used to do this with beer. Back when you could only buy Coors in states out west, he would drive to California, line the trunk of his car with plastic, fill it to the brim with ice and Coors and head back east. He was a funny fellow...

    Let's hope he had a big luxurious smooth riding car and took only the well paved roads, or liked to wear his beer.

     

    No, he had a small BMW 1600 and he drove like a maniac. He couldn't let the ice melt now could he? wink

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,057
    edited January 2016

    I have that program, too. I've played with it a little bit.  We homeschool so we were able to download with their free download for students and educators.  It has a 3 year license.  It is completely off limits for any commercial use, but my boys can learn how to use it.  I have one very artistic son and this is a great program autodesk has for all of their products.

    ...yeah I'd have to be enrolled at an accredited college and at tuition and fee costs today, would be just as well off buying it outright.

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  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,453
    McGyver said:

    Why can others talk to themselves but if I do people look at me strange?

    Nobody has the right to look at anyone strange for talking to themselves at this point, every day I come across someone having a long conversation with some unseen entity and its either that they are on the hands free phone device of their choice or talking to the invisible magic hamster in their pocket... You can't tell anyone... Stupid cell phones... Back in the day at least you could tell who was talking to themselves. 

    Moral of the story: If you are in the habit of talking to yourself, ACT like you're having a phone conversation, and nobody will notice.

  • kyoto kid said:

    I have that program, too. I've played with it a little bit.  We homeschool so we were able to download with their free download for students and educators.  It has a 3 year license.  It is completely off limits for any commercial use, but my boys can learn how to use it.  I have one very artistic son and this is a great program autodesk has for all of their products.

    ...yeah I'd have to be enrolled at an accredited college and at tuition and fee costs today, would be just as well off buying it outright.

    No kidding.  I can't believe how much some of this software costs.  There is no way my son could learn how to use this if it weren't for the educational program.  I think their price is a bit steep.  At the end of the month, they are going strictly online subscription so you won't even be able to get a standalone anymore unless you can find an older copy.  At a rate of $99 a month, I would think that would put most hobbyists off of trying it out.  I'm not sure how many professionals can afford something like that unless that is all they use for their work.  Needless to say, we won't be buying a copy or doing a monthly sub when our educational license runs out.  We just have to mark it down as a good learning experience and move on to something more affordable.  Until then, the boys are having fun with making animations and learning.

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