Octopus Overlords

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.

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.

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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