Random randomness

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 2:56 pm

Unagi wrote:Your ass looked fat in those jeans... just so you know

You monster.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 3:19 pm

RIP Marvin.

May you be preserved in history, as you preserved it for others.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/foun ... useum-dies

When I was a young child, my absolute favorite thing ever was to go to the arcade/promenade in the autumn at a place called greenfield village, where they had fresh cider and doughnuts being made before my eyes all for me to consume only a short walking distance from this giant two floored gazebo full coin driven mechanical toys going back to the beginning of coin driven mechanical toys all for me to play with if I had a penny, nickel, dime, or quarter. That arcade for reasons I don't understand went away but years later Marvin picked up that legacy and gave me my childhood love of the history of arcades and boardwalks back.

It's too bad I got none of the gift of understanding of things mechanical, no matter how hard I tried, even if mechanical artistry is my absolute favorite.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 3:28 pm

Bless him. People like him have to go to a better place. those old machines are art to me.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 3:42 pm

LordMortis wrote:RIP Marvin. May you be preserved in history, as you preserved it for others.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/foun ... useum-dies

When I was a young child, my absolute favorite thing ever was to go to the arcade/promenade in the autumn at a place called greenfield village, where they had fresh cider and doughnuts being made before my eyes all for me to consume only a short walking distance from this giant two floored gazebo full coin driven mechanical toys going back to the beginning of coin driven mechanical toys all for me to play with if I had a penny, nickel, dime, or quarter. That arcade for reasons I don't understand went away but years later Marvin picked up that legacy and gave me my childhood love of the history of arcades and boardwalks back.

It's too bad I got none of the gift of understanding of things mechanical, no matter how hard I tried, even if mechanical artistry is my absolute favorite.

Oh man! I go to this place when we visit the in-laws. I have a T-Shirt. Hell, I could have it on under this sweater right now. FUCK - I DO!

whoa.
Wow.

I hope someone close to him can carry on that Museum of his, it's amazing. I have iPhone video's of my kids riding that tiny little Ferris Wheel he had.

RIP Marvin. Thank you.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:14 pm

LordMortis wrote:When I was a young child, my absolute favorite thing ever was to go to the arcade/promenade in the autumn at a place called greenfield village, where they had fresh cider and doughnuts being made before my eyes.

I'm not a master of the area, is this by chance the same cider mill and donut place we visit: Franklin Cider Mill ?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:20 pm

Unagi wrote:
LordMortis wrote:When I was a young child, my absolute favorite thing ever was to go to the arcade/promenade in the autumn at a place called greenfield village, where they had fresh cider and doughnuts being made before my eyes.
I'm not a master of the area, is this by chance the same cider mill and donut place we visit: Franklin Cider Mill ?

It's in Dearborn. Greenfield Village is an attempt to preserve the 18th and 19th centuries in day to day life behind the Henry Ford Museum. We have lots of cider mills in the area but the Greenfield Village one is the cider Mill that I associate with childhood, even though we had one less than two miles from my house.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:23 pm

https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/how-to ... 4a920eac9d

Words to live by? PC games? 2017 Weight loss thread?

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:39 pm

LordMortis wrote:
Unagi wrote:
LordMortis wrote:When I was a young child, my absolute favorite thing ever was to go to the arcade/promenade in the autumn at a place called greenfield village, where they had fresh cider and doughnuts being made before my eyes.
I'm not a master of the area, is this by chance the same cider mill and donut place we visit: Franklin Cider Mill ?
It's in Dearborn. Greenfield Village is an attempt to preserve the 18th and 19th centuries in day to day life behind the Henry Ford Museum. We have lots of cider mills in the area but the Greenfield Village one is the cider Mill that I associate with childhood, even though we had one less than two miles from my house.

OK, I just got excited at the idea of buying you a bag of warm donuts at the Franklin Cider Mill one day.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:44 pm

Unagi wrote:OK, I just got excited at the idea of buying you a bag of warm donuts at the Franklin Cider Mill one day.

Fresh cider doughnuts are my kryptonite. I don't generally really care for doughnuts. If they are there and I haven't had breakfast and I've been up for a few hours, I'll eat one with coffee because calories. But fresh cider doughnuts are ridiculous. I could be stupid enough to pop one after another after another like they were peanut M&Ms. My day actually just got a little brighter just thinking about them.

Edit: And now I can smell them... Olfactory hallucinations FTW!

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:56 pm

Thought on convo about distracted driving from back in November: This is why never getting a driver's license is not necessarily a failure of being an adult. It can be an informed decision to accept one's limitations.

Skinypupy wrote:You know what I miss more than anything in the world? Quiet.

Wonder Twins 3.6 and Little B 7.8 means a non-stop, never-ending commentary of every possible thing that occurs within a 100' radius, along with verbalization of every thought that runs through their heads. Oh, and it's in stereo.

My mentally disabled sister also has to express every thought that flits through her mind and it drives me up the wall, but... sigh. And so do my BiL (40+) and MiL, but they don't really have any excuses. J knows how maddening it is for me, so I'm off the hook as much as possible for social events only requiring his presence. He's better at putting up with my sister than I am too.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:03 pm

LordMortis wrote:
Unagi wrote:OK, I just got excited at the idea of buying you a bag of warm donuts at the Franklin Cider Mill one day.
Fresh cider doughnuts are my kryptonite.

Oh, I know.

I planned to leave you powerless and in great peril.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:08 pm

Sups has the force?

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:27 am

silverjon wrote:Thought on convo about distracted driving from back in November: This is why never getting a driver's license is not necessarily a failure of being an adult. It can be an informed decision to accept one's limitations.

Skinypupy wrote:You know what I miss more than anything in the world? Quiet.

Wonder Twins 3.6 and Little B 7.8 means a non-stop, never-ending commentary of every possible thing that occurs within a 100' radius, along with verbalization of every thought that runs through their heads. Oh, and it's in stereo.
My mentally disabled sister also has to express every thought that flits through her mind and it drives me up the wall, but... sigh. And so do my BiL (40+) and MiL, but they don't really have any excuses. J knows how maddening it is for me, so I'm off the hook as much as possible for social events only requiring his presence. He's better at putting up with my sister than I am too.

After a long day at work, coming home to a stream of consciousness update from my 8 year old son is sometimes more than I can handle. It's not nice, but I call it verbal diarrhea. It completely blocks out your ability to think and process, and is a form of psychic assault. I often have to ask him to "Think his thoughts" so other people can think their own. For years we've been using that cue, and it still doesn't work. He lasts maybe 60-90 seconds and the talk starts up again. The only quiet times he has are when he's on his 3DS with headphones on. It's not rare for me to go to another room and lock myself in with my Kindle for 30 minutes so I can decompress a little and then rejoin the family.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 10:25 am

Try living with a hyper active person that's 70 and drives a small motorized tank in the house.
Even when she knows I'm asleep asks in a loud voice "ARE YOU ASLEEP?" to which I don't answer of course.
She'll even leave her guests with no explanation to go "investigate" something in another room.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:06 pm

I just ordered this "you cant take the sky from me' shirt from WOOT shirts...thought you guys may want one.

They are $8

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:21 pm

Daehawk wrote:I just ordered this "you cant take the sky from me' shirt from WOOT shirts...thought you guys may want one.

They are $8

Thanks! Those look pretty cool!

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:42 pm

Unagi wrote:Oh, I know.
I planned to leave you powerless and in great peril.

Binging on Cider Doughnuts would do that to me, but then does a typical large pizza or eating at the illusive good buffet.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:48 pm

LordMortis wrote:illusive good buffet.

I hate it when a good buffet turns out to be a mirage.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:54 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
LordMortis wrote:illusive good buffet.
I hate it when a good buffet turns out to be a mirage.

It's all in the dessert.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:09 pm

Had to get dog food at WallyWorld today. I sat the 50lb bag of food in the buggy and off we go shopping some more. I went down an aisle to get some paper towels and come back and two women are talking with the wife. After they move on I asked if they were school buddies or something and she said no they wanted to know how she got that giant bag of dog food in the buggy by herself . AHHA...A minute later I go to get a chicken. Come back and theres a guy this time talking to her.....same thing. He couldn't figure out how she did it.

You'd have to see my wife. 4'8" and about 90lbs with a 50lb bag of food in her buggy that is bigger than her all alone hahahah. I told her if anyone else asks just flex and say she may not be strong but she's stout after the experimental medical place gives her her test shot.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:18 pm

Tell them it was Super Soldier serum and she used to be 3'2"!

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:10 pm

Clearly she is an inhuman.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:53 pm

Wife had a couple of hits from her son's pipe last night. She had the munchies but was otherwise quiet surprisingly.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:31 am

I just saw a movie I'd never heard of called He never died.
What a really cool movie. I loved the main character and his attitude. He just found everybody boring.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:49 am

dbt1949 wrote:I just saw a movie I'd never heard of called He never died.
What a really cool movie. I loved the main character and his attitude. He just found everybody boring.

I enjoyed Rollins in that role. Just bucket loads of "No f%$ks given" left and right. For a former dishwasher and valet, he did a bang-up job.

Default · Post by **Default** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:55 am

Just could not make it through that movie. I would either fall asleep or turn it off and never get back to it.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:37 pm

Learning how to walk next to a person and talk in a quiet voice in an open office environment is proving to be... difficult

Also I wonder if MS is pissed at how open office is such a ubiquitous term.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:44 pm

LordMortis wrote:Learning how to walk next to a person and talk in a quiet voice in an open office environment is proving to be... difficult

Also I wonder if MS is pissed at how open office is such a ubiquitous term.

Why should they mind? Do you know anyone that associates "open office environment" with a positive experience? If anyone is pissed, it should be Apache.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:01 pm

Had a road-raging jackass get out of his car today and want to fight in a parking lot.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:17 pm

Never get out of the car.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:21 pm

Never get out of the house.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:28 pm

Never get out of the bed.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:31 pm

Zarathud wrote:Never get out of the car.

Didn't. He still slammed his fist into the passenger window, but no damage to the window, so I didn't start shooting video. Weirdest thing, as he was in the middle of his profane raging at me, he called me a child-molester - where the heck did that come from? Some deep-seated freudian issue?

There was also a Postal worker who had just parked his truck watching the whole thing. I can only imagine what he was thinking as this went on.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:32 pm

New VW MiniBus concept

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:36 am

Babysitting a change test until about 2 tomorrow morning. Not a regular change, but a change TEST. I'm just observing. And I already caught the engineer try to shut down the live production server.

Some days I hate my job.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:14 am

You should let the Engineer know that because of his actions, he's being promoted to "Engineer" (air quotes) and then hand him a Train Engineer's hat with Thomas the Train on it.

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:19 pm

Do unicorn horns spiral clockwise or counter clockwise?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:25 pm

Archinerd wrote:Do unicorn horns spiral clockwise or counter clockwise?

Depends on your 'point' of view:

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:16 pm

Wait, what?

A US secondary school has apologised after setting a maths questions that asked students about a girl being sexually abused by family members.

The homework asked: "Angelou was sexually abused by her mother's _______ at age 8, which shaped her career choices and motivation for writing."

Pupils in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, were given an algebra formula with the assignment to solve the problem.

Parents complained to Pennridge High School officials about the homework.

A subsequent question in the same homework asked about a single mother who is trying to support her son by working as a pimp and a prostitute.

It asked what was her other means of support, including another formula for the options, bookie, drug dealer and nightclub dancer.

The questions were based on the life of the famed American poet Maya Angelou, but many parents complained the subject matter was not appropriate for young teenagers or a maths equation.

Leaving aside the questionable content, when did it become a thing to compose math questions so that they can be answered by knowing trivia instead of just, you know, solving the equation?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:20 pm

Word problems are supposed to show actual applications to real-world problems, not some dog-and-caged-bird-show about author trivia.