Octopus Overlords

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:10 pm Been gone 6 hours to the hospital emergency room. Wife has a blood clot in her leg. Its swelled up. They didn't seem super concerned or in a big hurry. Finally gave her some blood thinner...Eliquis. And sent her home with a script for it. Said she'd be on it a few months and it would take that long to absorb the clot. They didn't seem to think it would move but told her the symptoms if it moves to a lung. Bout it. Im scared to death but they were like nothing big meh. So dont know.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:27 pmSpeaking of that I was surprised they didn't do something like stick a needle in there and suck it out.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 3:00 pm Antiphospholipid syndrome

How many Time Lords does it take to change a light bulb? Well, thanks to Georgia Tennant, we finally know the answer.

The Doctor Who and Merlin star posted a photo on social media yesterday (December 16) showing one Time Lord on a chair while another stood and watched offered moral support:

On Friday, students found one of the robots in flames and shared photos on social media.

Kiwi said the cause was a "defective battery" that had been accidentally installed in the robot.

"One of the batteries for our robot that was idling started smouldering, eventually leading to some smoke and minor flames," the company said in a statement.

A poacher has been ordered to watch the Disney film Bambi repeatedly after he was convicted of illegally killing "hundreds" of deer.

Missouri hunter David Berry Jr must view the film at least once a month during his year-long sentence.

He was arrested in August along with two family members for killing the deer, taking their heads and leaving their bodies to rot, prosecutors said.

It is reportedly one of the biggest poaching cases in Missouri history.

On top of the jail sentence for the illegal deer hunting, Judge Robert George ordered Berry Jr to "view the Walt Disney movie Bambi, with the first viewing being on or before December 23, 2018, and at least one such viewing each month thereafter," during his spell in prison.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:00 pm Those damned millennials are killing ... *shuffles deck* ... American cheese!

America wants to move its cheese, but market forces aren't complying. Cheesemakers have stockpiled 1.4 billion pounds of the stuff, the biggest cheese hoard since the government started keeping records a century ago. Held by cheese makers in warehouses designed to store cheese, the stockpile works out to 4.3 pounds of cheese for every adult and child in the U.S.

The problems facing American producers include curdling tastes for certain types of cheese. Millennials are turning up their noses at processed cheese products like Kraft Singles and Velveeta. More recently, President Donald Trump's trade war has taken a slice out of the cheese trade due to China's, Canada's and Mexico's retaliatory tariffs on American cheeses, which have cut U.S. exports.

"Our sales to Mexico have dropped off about 30 percent since the tariffs were put into place," said Nate Donnay, director of Dairy Market Insight at INTL FCStone Financial. "The problem with cheese is that it ages, and that changes the flavor profile. Your mild cheddar will become a sharp cheddar the longer it sits in inventory."
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Cheese prices may be slumping because of the growing stockpile, The Wall Street Journal reports. Prices for 500-pound barrels of cheese that are used for making processed cheese have declined 28 percent from 2014, it noted. Sales of processed cheese are on track to fall for a fourth straight year.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:00 pm

Millennials are turning up their noses at processed cheese products like Kraft Singles and Velveeta.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:02 pm Contact the administrator and see if you can sell them.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:02 pm Contact the administrator and see if you can sell them.

2 Milly filed his suit against Epic Games earlier this month. It claims the game developer misappropriated the “Milly Rock” — a dance he created for a 2014 music video. Epic added a very similar dance emote to “Fortnite” during its fifth season called “Swipe It.” Epic never asked for his permission or compensated him, 2 Milly said. He’s now filing another complaint against Take-Two Interactive, which also uses the Milly Rock in “NBA 2K18.”

Meanwhile, actor Alfonso Ribeiro is filing complaints against Epic Games and Take-Two. Both “Fortnite” and “NBA 2K18” feature versions of “The Carlton” as an emote. Ribeiro created the dance during his time on the television show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” It first appeared in the 1991 episode “Will’s Christmas Show.” Twenty-seven years later, it’s still immediately recognizable and Ribeiro continues to perform it for fans. He even inserted it into a 2014 performance on “Dancing With The Stars.” “The Carlton” is inextricably linked to the actor and is a part of his celebrity persona, and both Epic and Take-Two have unfairly profited from his creative expression, likeness, and celebrity without his consent and without compensation, according to a copy of the complaint provided to Variety.

Instagram personality Backpack Kid is also filing complaints against the two publishers over their use of his dance called “The Floss.” He famously performed it with Katy Perry during the song “Swish Swish” on an episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Two days later, Inside Edition published an interview with the teen. That video has received more than 53 million views to date.

stimpy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:36 pm I too am going to sue them.
When I was a kid, my brother and I would take a blanket and throw it over the back of our couch and over a table.
We would do this once a week and we always referred to that as fortnite. Where are my millions?

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:01 pm I'm not a big supporter of dances being protected by IP law.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:53 pm

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

More to the point:

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Paingod wrote:

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:53 pm

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

More to the point:

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

I believe it also makes you pretty indifferent to time as well. Does that mean that Alcohol = Greatest Warrior?

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:42 pm

Exodor wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:40 pm

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:19 pm Half of the control panel on my LG electric oven has stopped working. These control the oven but not the stovetop (ie. the stovetop works). Cleaning the contacts did not work. A service call is somewhere in the range of $250 bucks.

Our oven stopped working in November. It was here when we bought the house in 2004 and we've been wanting a new one for awhile so - shopping time!


That's when we found out we have a 27" drop-in oven. There is exactly one 27" drop-in oven on the market, a GE model for $1400.

Yeah, we had to find a new place for our refrigerator because the one my wife bought wouldn't fit where the original was. I think I mentioned it before, but the hinges are on the wrong side for it's location now too, although I believe someone mentioned that the hinges can be moved. I started to look into it but was distracted by something else. Possibly a video game.

We're just lucky we had room for the frig rather than having to tear down cabinets to make it work. I don't envy you.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:20 pm My wife has been VERY sick for the last few weeks. Now she has a blood clot in her leg that could kill her at any time. They started her on some strong blood thinner which ..yup...could kill her.

I now have to go places on my own to get food and medicine and stuff and its WEIRD. She has been at my side for 31 years. Always. I hate this.

I got a few things at the store and hit up Captain Ds to get her her favorite fish plate hoping she can eat a little and not throw it up. Want to give out some praise / light? to Captain Ds and the girl working there. She saw I could only afford the wife's food and not me so when she handed me the bag she leaned over with her hand to her hushed mouth and told me she gave me a box of the cracklings. I smiled and thanked her as it was nice of her and something she didn't have to do. I didn't have the heart to tell her I cant chew anything crunchy But it was nice of her and I wouldn't ruin it for her.

mori wrote: ↑Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:59 pm Maybe not get a tree next holiday season?