Random randomness

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Sep 02, 2018 4:09 pm

Its 4:08pm

...Actually I stayed at the pc until around 10am and fell asleep until 3:30pm.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:41 pm

At some point, OO is just going to be a live feed of members streaming their vital signs monitor apps.

Madmarcus · Post by **Madmarcus** » Sun Sep 02, 2018 9:34 pm

Holman wrote: Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:41 pm At some point, OO is just going to be a live feed of members streaming their vital signs monitor apps.

Isn't that the world internet speed thread?

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sun Sep 02, 2018 11:30 pm

but think, in the year 2080 OO will be listed in some History of the World Wide Web interest piece as an example of an 'online ghost town', where the forum is still up but no one posts because the original population died off.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:01 pm

I taught my daughter to make scrambled eggs this year and she's just now, months later become obsessed with them. If I have to smile and eat any more scrambled eggs I think I'm gonna turn into an egg.

Every day, eggs? Making eggs, do you want some? Eggs!? Anyone?

Saying no thanks results in a crestfallen look that is heartbreaking.

Sure, I'd love some eggs, honey.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 4:54 pm

I showed my 12yo how to do it. He doesn't share. He just eats... all the food.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:01 pm

You guys should have gone with pancakes. I get pancakes now at least twice a week.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:13 pm

coopasonic wrote: Mon Sep 03, 2018 4:54 pm I showed my 12yo how to do it. He doesn't share. He just eats... all the food.

Welcome to my 14yo. Also some things that aren't technically food.

I don't really like pancakes.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:28 pm

Show her how to make bacon. Problem solved.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:53 pm

Zarathud wrote: Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:28 pm Show her how to make bacon. Problem solved.

New problem created!

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 6:52 pm

And today’s “ridiculous name of the day” award goes to...Peightynne.

Pronounced like Peyton.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:28 pm

Skinypupy wrote: Mon Sep 03, 2018 6:52 pm Pronounced like Peyton.

No, it isn't.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:18 pm

MUST..HAVE.....THIS................

Default · Post by **Default** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:34 am

First holiday by myself. It was damned quiet.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:16 am

Daehawk wrote: Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:18 pm MUST..HAVE.....THIS................

I don't get it. Did he go to Mars?

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:35 am

Unagi wrote: Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:16 am
Daehawk wrote: Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:18 pm MUST..HAVE.....THIS................

I don't get it. Did he go to Mars?

What part of "Future" don't you get?

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:29 am

Begun, the Scallop Wars have.

The French Navy is ready to intervene if clashes between French and British fishermen over access to scallop-rich seabeds erupt again on the open seas, Agriculture Minister Stephane Travert said on Tuesday.

Travert said he had spoken to his British counterpart and that talks between the two sides were due on Wednesday after French vessels chased their rivals out of the Baie de Seine last week.

British fishermen accused the French of ramming their vessels and hurling projectiles. Disgruntled French fishermen, unhappy that their British rivals can dredge for scallops year round while they are barred from doing so during summer months, said they came under a violent counter-attack.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:09 pm

French hurling projectiles, you say? Someone please insert a MP and the Holy Grail pic, stat.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:13 pm

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:15 pm

Sounds like the Brits are being a bit shellfish.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:17 pm

Hopefully they can find a bivalve to relieve some of these tensions.

Trent Steel · Post by **Trent Steel** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 4:06 pm

GreenGoo wrote: Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:13 pm I don't really like pancakes.

/faints

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 4:43 pm

The French and English should just clam up and stop it.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:10 am

Smoove_B wrote: Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:57 pm I think I need to start a [Dads] thread to keep track of these great stories. Today my dad asked me if I could get him a wireless speaker. Of course the question is only part of the fun, because of course you want to know what a 72 year old man with an answering machine wants with a wireless speaker.

The answer is that he wants to be able to play his vinyl albums on a record player in their basement but hear them in the living room. I'm sure most of you are thinking, why not just move the record player to the living room? However, that's apparently not an option here as it bothers my mother. The record player is from 1972 (I think) so I explained that maybe there's some type of magic receiver I could connect it to that would then broadcast via Bluetooth to a wireless speaker. This seems like a lot of work, but if a 72 year old man wants me to run this down, I guess I will. In doing some quick research they apparently make turntables with Bluetooth transmitters already built in, so for added hilarity I'll see if he wants that instead.

I don't know if this is a normal relationship for an adult child to have with their parents, but sometimes I feel like a concierge that dabbles in bizarre requests.

How much $$$ does he have lyin' around? (

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Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:23 am

Even normal record players are sill expensive. Ive seen a simple crappy turntable go in the $200 range. I mean these things were like $29 once...ya like 30 years ago but still

. I should get my stereo/turntable/8track player out of the closet. I was so proud of that when dad gave it to me for my 8th bday in 1977. I got pics still

Me and my so 1970s tshirt on. Might have had my Texas Instruments Series 500 black with red LCD wristwatch on too..not sure

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:21 pm

I'm getting older and even with glasses I sometimes find text on webpages to be difficult to read. On a desktop, ctrl-(+) or ctrl-(-) can be used to increase or decrease font size for most browsers.

I'm using it more and more these days so maybe by posting it here it will help someone else.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:38 pm

GreenGoo wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:21 pm I'm getting older and even with glasses I sometimes find text on webpages to be difficult to read. On a desktop, ctrl-(+) or ctrl-(-) can be used to increase or decrease font size for most browsers.

I'm using it more and more these days so maybe by posting it here it will help someone else.

Ctrl-0 (zero) will reset it to 100%. And you can also use Ctrl and the scroll wheel.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:39 pm

GreenGoo wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:21 pm I'm getting older and even with glasses I sometimes find text on webpages to be difficult to read. On a desktop, ctrl-(+) or ctrl-(-) can be used to increase or decrease font size for most browsers.

I'm using it more and more these days so maybe by posting it here it will help someone else.

I'll do my best to help.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:23 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:38 pm
GreenGoo wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:21 pm I'm getting older and even with glasses I sometimes find text on webpages to be difficult to read. On a desktop, ctrl-(+) or ctrl-(-) can be used to increase or decrease font size for most browsers.

I'm using it more and more these days so maybe by posting it here it will help someone else.
Ctrl-0 (zero) will reset it to 100%. And you can also use Ctrl and the scroll wheel.

Cool.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:28 pm

I've been using Ctrl and the scroll wheel for years.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:30 pm

I use it for OO and my mail. I hate losing the setting then fiddling trying to find the right one again

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:47 pm

Man this is weird:

Vertigo! Normal movement is fine, but a couple of times a day (usually when standing from a sit) I'll suddenly get the feeling that I'm falling sideways to the right, so much so that I have to grab something to keep from actually doing it.

Weirdest of all, when I lie in the bathtub and go fully underwater on my back (it's been sweaty and humid and gross here, so I've bathed a couple of times a day), I get an instant and overpowering sensation of spinning and falling. It completely feels like the floor of my bathtub has fallen out and I'm whirlpooling down. When I sit up rapidly again, my balance is so off that I almost flop out of the tub onto the floor. This is so strong that it's actually reproducible; I just tested it.

I thought it was a pre-migraine symptom, but it's been with me for three days, and I haven't had a headache. I assume it must be related to some sort of sinus pressure/infection/deathcurse.

Anyone else ever deal with this? This is completely new to me.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:43 pm

Holman wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:47 pm Man this is weird:

Vertigo! Normal movement is fine, but a couple of times a day (usually when standing from a sit) I'll suddenly get the feeling that I'm falling sideways to the right, so much so that I have to grab something to keep from actually doing it.

Weirdest of all, when I lie in the bathtub and go fully underwater on my back (it's been sweaty and humid and gross here, so I've bathed a couple of times a day), I get an instant and overpowering sensation of spinning and falling. It completely feels like the floor of my bathtub has fallen out and I'm whirlpooling down. When I sit up rapidly again, my balance is so off that I almost flop out of the tub onto the floor. This is so strong that it's actually reproducible; I just tested it.

I thought it was a pre-migraine symptom, but it's been with me for three days, and I haven't had a headache. I assume it must be related to some sort of sinus pressure/infection/deathcurse.

Anyone else ever deal with this? This is completely new to me.

Sounds like the work of Ceti eel larvae.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:31 pm

Only time I ever had anything like that it was a few years back. Well like 12 or so. I would be in bed and either turn over or wake up and be SUPER dizzy. The bed and room would spinning. Id have to lay back or grab the wall to know it wasn't and just wait it out. Lasted maybe 30 sec or less but was intense. Its not happened since but did it multiple times over a couple years.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:09 pm

earwigs

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:21 pm

Daehawk wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:30 pm I use it for OO and my mail. I hate losing the setting then fiddling trying to find the right one again

Firefox remembers your zoom settings. OO always comes up at 120% for me.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:23 pm

Anonymous Bosch wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:43 pm
Holman wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:47 pm Man this is weird:

Vertigo! Normal movement is fine, but a couple of times a day (usually when standing from a sit) I'll suddenly get the feeling that I'm falling sideways to the right, so much so that I have to grab something to keep from actually doing it.

Weirdest of all, when I lie in the bathtub and go fully underwater on my back (it's been sweaty and humid and gross here, so I've bathed a couple of times a day), I get an instant and overpowering sensation of spinning and falling. It completely feels like the floor of my bathtub has fallen out and I'm whirlpooling down. When I sit up rapidly again, my balance is so off that I almost flop out of the tub onto the floor. This is so strong that it's actually reproducible; I just tested it.

I thought it was a pre-migraine symptom, but it's been with me for three days, and I haven't had a headache. I assume it must be related to some sort of sinus pressure/infection/deathcurse.

Anyone else ever deal with this? This is completely new to me.
Sounds like the work of Ceti eel larvae.

The internet tells me it's cancer, but I suspect an inner ear infection.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:23 pm

It can be both.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:07 pm

Or your ear rocks are out of position

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:20 am

Isgrimnur wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:07 pm Or your ear rocks are out of position

i was just about to suggest this, as this happened to me a few years ago. i had problems with balance and i nearly fell over once a day, and generally felt literally 'off-kilter'. i went to the doctor and he said 'turn your head left and right really hard ten times fast' and after i did that, i felt instantly better.