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Post by Yvondith on Sept 3, 2008 10:34:58 GMT -5
Yeah, I saw that commercial. I've used Vista... and no sir, I don't like it. I couldn't go to mac, I have several computer games I play besides WoW. I'm slowly collecting all the PS1 Tomb Raider games for PC, so far I have TR2, TR3, and TRChronicles. I hope to get Angel of Darkness, as far as I know it had more content as a PC game than it did on PS2. I also have Pharaoh that I love to play too. I know my TR games are Windows only though.
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Post by masaia on Sept 3, 2008 17:14:51 GMT -5
I honestly don't think Vista is bad (anymore). After service pack 1 came out, it fixed all the shit vista was made out of. Now, if you're into business ventures, they still haven't gotten all that right yet. I just think they got too overexcited with the release. Vista was not fully operational, in my opinion, when it first came out. I don't do as much gaming as I used to, but all the games I played on my laptop (FFXI, WoW, emulators of every system imaginable) worked perfectly on it. I *do* have 4GB of RAM now, but it never was seriously bad beforehand. I was just greedy My friend Tim has a Mac, and I do enjoy its features. It's just another interface to learn. And really, if you learned vista, learning a mac isn't hard at all. As far as my life goes, pretty much like caller. Dealing with emotional people all around in the household with all the death/disease going around in the family. I usually like to escape to Pitt to hang out with Kayla so I don't have to be caught up in the maelstrom. Turns out the leeching cousin/uncle are coming back next weekend too. I should set up a missle guidance system that hones in on them... XD
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Post by Caller on Sept 3, 2008 22:21:59 GMT -5
Finally finished the extended trilogy tonight, now I gotta go back and listen to the commentary. Oh yes, I will. >.> Return of the King had a LOT more content than the others, but that's a good thing. I really like how they fleshed out some of the characters. I mean, Boromir was just kinda...there. Then alluvasudden wow there's a purpose! Eowyn got a lot of extra stuff (and she's still kickass) and yay for more Merry and Pippin scenes. But that damn ending. Every damn TIME it gets me. I blame the music. It almost makes me wanna read the books. Almost. I'm not much of a reader. I can barely read my way through a Goosebumps book. <.< Been getting a LOT of job offers lately...none of which are outstanding...but y'know, it's kinda strange. You guys all know how long I've been waiting, but why NOW? What's going on in this industry that there are suddenly jobs opened up? Yes. I'm paranoid. But, and as much as I LOATHE to say this, I have job security at Penney's, and with my full-time status and pay raise I really don't think I want to just throw that away for a strangely revitalized industry. Especially in this economy.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Sept 4, 2008 22:15:00 GMT -5
I have a crush on Eowyn *swoon*
All the special features for all three movies are great on the extended versions. I'm starting this up now too thanks to you. I doing Fellowship tonight, Towers tomorrow and King on Saturday.
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Post by dejibo on Sept 5, 2008 7:42:06 GMT -5
sounds like family drama abounds everywhere. I havent heard much from my own. I got really sick, and went off to a private corner to lick my wounds.
I would love it if steph would provide me with some private contact info. All the old numbers I have for her are obsolete, and out of date. The old email info isnt working either. so, please email me at Dejibo AT comcast
I mailed off a package to granny's address with the computer discs that steph asked for. GAWD I am such a dumbass. As soon as I slid that big old envelope bubble wrap thing into the slot I looked down into the bin and went SHIT! I forgot to put postage on it. Since I was at the hospital box, and they dont come till 5 to empy it, and it was 8am. I wasnt gonna wait. I figured they would either send it back for postage, or move it forward as postage due. Its been almost 2 weeks, and nothing. I have the FULL version of Windows 98 and Windows XP in there. I have the Service pack updates on disc, and Office XP full version. So, I am really pissed off that its been so long, and I dont have it back. Granny sez that she didnt get the package or a notice for a postage due package. So, if steph could please contact me privately. i would appreciate it.
Still feeling crappy, but a better level of crappy.
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Post by Yvondith on Sept 5, 2008 10:20:41 GMT -5
I sent you an email, please check your comcast account.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Sept 9, 2008 20:41:10 GMT -5
I leave for Vegas tomorrow morning. I'll be away from forums and game for a while. See ya'll in two weeks Pictures will be posted when i return
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Sept 11, 2008 10:30:06 GMT -5
lolazer @ double post
So the trip has been a bit of a shit show this far. We drove as far as Calgary then our car stalls on us. We let it sit for about 20 minutes then took it to a shop. They replaced something and said it should work. They were nice cause they said the part they replaced, if it does not work, to take the car back to them and they will refund us. Unexpected service. We wasted 4 hours in Calgary though. We thought just MAYBE we could get tot he US border but then the car stalled again in Lethbridge and thats where we are now. Just 3 hours north of the US border. We had to get a motel for the night (where I am typing this from) and now we have a rental car to take us to Vegas.
And on top of all the car problems my mom's credit card stopped working. I had to pay for the car repair, the hotel and the rental so far. She's gonna pay me back but it still puts a bit of a hindrance on our trip. I love traveling but this trip has been nothing but bad luck so far. We are expecting things to go better now that we have a rental. Mom is also calling the bank to find out what the fuck is going on with her card. She knows for certain that she hasn't reached her limit yet.
I am carrying 220 in US dollars right now. USD looks actually kinda nifty. A little ordinary though, but nifty.
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Post by Yvondith on Sept 11, 2008 12:48:01 GMT -5
Well god, that sucks. Leave it to fate to fuck up a perfectly good vacation. >.< I certainly hope that it gets better for you. Wish you could come visit me, but I live all the way on the other side of the US.
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Post by masaia on Sept 11, 2008 20:53:17 GMT -5
Bet $50 on red on routlette for me. If you win, gimme the money! I don't normally complain about things. In fact, I pretty much am the "got with the flow" guy. But my boss this week has been just insanely cranky. Been attacking people left and right, putting me down for making a single mistake on a job, and intimidating the new secretary to the point where I don't think she knows how to please him any more. It's fairly annoying because your day at work hinges on his mood. Haven't wanted to go into work all week because of his attitude. Luckily he's taking another personal day on friday and I won't have to worry about it. I definitely enjoy doing my line of work, but I'm starting to wonder if there is something better out there. Or maybe I'm just being greedy XD
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Sept 17, 2008 13:18:30 GMT -5
Sounds like my boss at City Spring. XD The vacation has been a lot better since we got the rental. Mom got her credit card shit figured out and the trip has been great. We drove through Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona before making it to Vegas. Its great here. I put 5 bucks into a penny machine, play the game very slowly and I get free drinks all night. All ya gotta do is tip a dollar to the cocktail waitress each time and you have free drinks all night. We went to see a show called le reve. its like cirqu du soliel (massive sp?) but in water. It was amazing! Today we go to a Star Trek themed bar. And speaking of themed bars, we found a Beatles bar with a shop attached. That was great for me since I'm a huge fan. We leave for home tomorrow but we still have plenty days of vacation left. I am having lots of fun.
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Post by dejibo on Sept 17, 2008 16:28:38 GMT -5
I find my credit cards dont like to work in Canada. its weird about the translation of the currency, and then they tell the cashier to have YOU call them, to give a security question or something, and the cashier never tells you!
Have your mom call and tell them that she authorized the canadian use. it should fix it right up. dontcha know.
I hope things get better for ya.
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Post by Office Ninja on Sept 19, 2008 19:51:32 GMT -5
So this week I was promoted. Previously I was the third tier of support you could get to and dealt mainly with networking/data card/ and PDA devices.
Now I am in charge of basically the entire companies headcount, and making sure that all people have working ID's in every system we use. Pretty big job. The raise could have been slightly better but I was able to stay hourly at $14 an hour, so the OT i get will be pretty nice, plus I get 15% more on weekends.
I do lose one day off with BRyce, hopefully he can forgive me for that sometime. I like the job so far. THough, I am finding things out about the company that scare me. Its amazing some people still have jobs with what goes on in that place HAHA>
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Post by dejibo on Sept 20, 2008 7:15:16 GMT -5
Congrats! gotta save for the patter of little feet in the house. Are you any closer to adoption? Its awesome to get a bump in pay, and to feel safe when everyone else is worried. Congrats!
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Sept 22, 2008 21:30:32 GMT -5
Back in Canada now. So, allow me to tell you how the rest opf the trip went. It might be a long read. Who knows! We tried to go to the Star Trek bar. it was in the Hilton. We took a 20 min bus trip to get there but missed the stop. So we got off and walked for about 1 hour and a half. We get there only to find that the Star Trek themed bar had CLOSED a month prior. So we wasted all that time for nothing. But we were in a casino so we got free beer anyways so....thats ok....I guess. XD Anyways, we started driving back on Thursday. We got back today only to find......rotton meat! When mom left she thought it wise to turn a few breakers off (to save energy) but little did she know that she turned the breaker off for the deep freeze. When we got back today we saw in our deep freeze rotton elk meat (we payed a pretty penny for that), rotton fish, thawed out pizzas and a whole bunch of other rotton foods. We are down 500 bucks in food now cause of the trip. Its fucking strange as hell. Day 1 of the trip was a shit show as was the final day. But everything in between was AMAZING! But these two days alone have costed us more than the actual trip itself. Mom actually started crying when we saw the rotton meat and stuff and started saying "god doesn't want us to have vacations" bla bla bla. I don't believe in god but I do feel her pain. So all in all it was a fucking fanatastic vacation but it costed us WAY more than we had thought.
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