BruceVC Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 Yeah Happy Thanksgiving to all our American forum friends Your just jealous you don't get such great amounts of food It is true I do love any event or special day where there is loads of food "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Labadal Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 This week, I've gone straight from work to my bed, every day of the week. I'm just feeling generally tired for some reason. I also forgot to turn on the alarm so I almost overslept in the morning. I hate fall/winter. I'm still lucky, compared to some of you guys, hurting backs, burned hands and falls from bicycles.
Azdeus Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 This week, I've gone straight from work to my bed, every day of the week. I'm just feeling generally tired for some reason. I also forgot to turn on the alarm so I almost overslept in the morning. I hate fall/winter. I'm still lucky, compared to some of you guys, hurting backs, burned hands and falls from bicycles. The one thing I can't complain about is the darkness, atleast I'm not sweating. Still wearing T-shirt and shorts to work. ^^ 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Labadal Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 This week, I've gone straight from work to my bed, every day of the week. I'm just feeling generally tired for some reason. I also forgot to turn on the alarm so I almost overslept in the morning. I hate fall/winter. I'm still lucky, compared to some of you guys, hurting backs, burned hands and falls from bicycles. The one thing I can't complain about is the darkness, atleast I'm not sweating. Still wearing T-shirt and shorts to work. ^^ What?? It's freaking cold over here. I'd die with only t-shirt and shorts. I'm out a lot and walk a lot without my jacket, but it's chilly. A few days ago, we had decent weather, but today was cold and tomorrow is supposed to be colder. My dry skin doesn't make things better.
Azdeus Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 I do have problems with dry skin aswell, I get sort of dry rash on my knuckles. But yeah, T-shirt and shorts. It's still above freezing! I'll admit I'm spurred a bit by all the weird looks the somalis at my workplace give me! ^^ You must live further north than I though, it was 9+ when I went to work and 2+ when I went home. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
ShadySands Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 Cooking, lot's of cooking Spatch****ed the bird this year and so far so good Free games updated 3/4/21
Malcador Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 Busy day sadly. Always some **** going wrong when I say to myself "Today will be a good day" Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Meshugger Posted November 26, 2016 Posted November 26, 2016 I thought i had created an awesome song when jamming on the guitar. But when i was about to start to record it, i quickly realized that it was just the song below in a different beat. Ooops. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
BruceVC Posted November 26, 2016 Posted November 26, 2016 I went to Bronwynn's sisters place tonight for a barbeque\braai tonight I use to work with her sisters husband so we all get on very well, they doing another fun run tomorrow morning so it wasn't a late night 1 "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Guard Dog Posted November 26, 2016 Posted November 26, 2016 Still sick as a dog but starting to feel a little better. The Grizzlies are playing the Heat in a little but plus watching Florida vs Florida State in NCAA football. I'd say my night is packed. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Azdeus Posted November 28, 2016 Posted November 28, 2016 Hope you get better soon GD. I'm going from 50% sick leave to 100% again after working last week. Doing nothing but heavy manual labour isn't exactly doing my back any good, either it's pushing or pulling, or it's lifting from the floor. Even when I lift the right way I get pulses of pain, and there is always alot of twisting and turning wich exacerbates the pain. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Guard Dog Posted November 28, 2016 Posted November 28, 2016 Thank you Gents. Today is day 5 so I'm almost out of it. I met with a State Rep today who just happens to be my State Rep. Nice fellow I guess. He was looking for information on levee reinforcements. My conversation with him today only reinforced my closely held belief that the government that holds the most power over the people should be the one closest to the people. 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Azdeus Posted November 28, 2016 Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) I remember about 13 years ago my class met Mona Salin, a Swedish politician and then minister of environmental affairs, at my school. She was there to rally young voters and get us to vote in the coming elevtion. She held a speech to us, and then we were allowed to ask questions to her, and I've never had so little information being dispensed in an auditorium. She did'nt manage to answer any of the questions that we asked her, granted we'd had one day to prepare ourselves, but I think that she should've been able to answer us in some shape or form, why Sweden was exporting nuclear power and importing coal power. A thoroughly unimpressive person. I think she lost any prospective voter in that room, and the next election was won by their main rivals. Also, on a completely unrelated note; I managed to braid my beard. \o/ Edited November 28, 2016 by Azdeus 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
ManifestedISO Posted November 29, 2016 Posted November 29, 2016 Got tickets for Rogue One, Saturday morning. Gonna wear my United Federation of Planets t-shirt, gotta rep Sector 001. 1 All Stop. On Screen.
Lexx Posted November 29, 2016 Posted November 29, 2016 (edited) Tickets? I thought this is a tv show. Do they show them in cinema now too? Edited November 29, 2016 by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Hurlshort Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 I've got this interesting routine that has been happening lately. My wife has a close friend who has been going through a divorce. Every Friday night this friend wants to go out. Friday is chosen because that is apparently the one night she can get her ex to watch the kids. She wants to go out and meet men, and my wife has become the designated wingman. These nights typically consist of her friend drinking too much, complaining about her ex, and complaining about the dating scene as a 40 year old woman with kids. I could go out on these excursions, but: 1. It sounds terrible 2. I'm tired 3. childcare is a hassle to arrange So I stay home and take care of the kids and get them off to bed. Then I usually fall asleep for awhile. My wife comes home late with a couple drinks in her and an immense appreciation for me as a husband. As you can imagine, this works out well for me. I hate to sound like I'm taking advantage of the situation...actually that's a lie. This is great. 7
Guard Dog Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 Divorce sucks. It's the worst thing you can go through. Unless of course all the assets in the marriage were yours before getting married. Then... well it still sucks but it's a lot easier on you. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Bartimaeus Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 Doesn't that depend on the state you reside in? Quote Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved - indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.
Gromnir Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 Divorce sucks. It's the worst thing you can go through. Unless of course all the assets in the marriage were yours before getting married. Then... well it still sucks but it's a lot easier on you. dunno. am imagining that being on fire is worse than divorce. choose a) being set ablaze or b) discover your spouse wants a divorce had a doctor friend o' ours once explain to us that burning isn't the worst way to die as such folks invariably go into shock rather quick, but am not certain we believe her. regardless, we didn't suggest death in option (a). cook for a fair bit w/o death strikes us as worse than divorce. ... am also gonna posit having a nightmare child is worse than divorce. we has met parents who got genuine monsters for kids. is hard for us to comprehend the pain o' a loving parent who nevertheless must care for and raise a monster. having to watch most woody allen films? clear am missing woody allen "genius" 'cause his films is kinda the mental equivalent o' chewing aluminum foil for ninety minutes to two hours. arguable worse than divorce. 'course we ain't never been divorced, so... we has drowned. had to be resuscitated and everything. trapped under ice o' a frozen lake and drowned. not a fond memory. *shrug* just giving you a hard time. even as an outside observer, Gromnir is recognizing how bad divorce can be... particularly if kids is involved and custody issues is contentious. is precisely why we would Never do family law. HA! Good Fun! ps but yeah, having an evil kid still has gotta be worse than divorce. *shudder* "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Hurlshort Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 The worst part about the evil kid is probably the feeling you have done something to get them to that place.
Gfted1 Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 The worst part about the evil kid is probably the feeling you have done something to get them to that place. Barring mental issues, evil kids are the direct result of parenting. Imo. http://www.sloganizer.net/en/image,Gfted1,black,red.png
Blarghagh Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 I disagree. Evil is the default setting. Good kids are the result of parenting. 1
algroth Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 (edited) I think there is no 'default setting' for human beings, just what they get out of their environment. Parenting, whether good or bad, can influence that, but I would also say it is not the one and only factor. Anyhow, I'll be interviewing the members of Cloud 9's LoL teams (both LCS and CS divisions) tomorrow, so I'm currently gathering and setting up all of my gear. Turns out the wireless microphone I rented yesterday is causing some noise so I need to sort that out. Edited December 3, 2016 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Gfted1 Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 I disagree. Evil is the default setting. Good kids are the result of parenting. Hehe, think of it like this. Children are a shiny new SSD just waiting to be imprinted with the data their master provides them. Monkey see, monkey do. They are a direct result of their input. The creation of "participation trophies" isn't helping anything either. http://www.sloganizer.net/en/image,Gfted1,black,red.png
Gromnir Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 (edited) The worst part about the evil kid is probably the feeling you have done something to get them to that place. Barring mental issues, evil kids are the direct result of parenting. Imo. our time working in a juvenile detention facility convinced us otherwise. yeah, most o' the evil kids had terrible parents. and a fair number o' the broken kids were also nuttier than a fruitcake. even so, we met more than a few bad kids in the hall, and we had a chance to meet their parents and lawyers and psychiatrists. before working at juvenile hall, we believed as did gifted-- bad kids is the result o' crazy or bad parenting. experience taught us there is actual bad kids. yeah, previous to a certain age a child's brain hasn't developed the connections to makes good v. bad a fair question. tn is at least partial correct. young kids ain't capable o' being good as they can't genuine understand the concept... regardless o' parents tendency to be projecting qualities onto their issue. as such, early childhood development and kiddie psychology is kinda scary when viewed objective. even so, when we speak o' monsters, am not talking 'bout the broken kids or the young kids who cannot distinguish right from wrong. there is fundamental flawed kids, and those children can come from homes with loving parents who is diligent and conscientious 'bout raising their kids. sure, it ain't common or ordinary, but it does happen. HA! Good Fun! Edited December 3, 2016 by Gromnir 1 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
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