So Mum gives me a ride to work today - on they way she tells me she's meeting a guy on Thursday night for a drink, and another dude on Saturday. So do I lecture her on the dangers of meeting guys of the internet??

no.

well? heh.

no.

No, but tease her.

heh. HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH. leave her be. it wouldn't matter anyhow. we all have to learn that lesson the hard way.

heh.

Which lesson would that be?

I'm with TBone.... No, she's your mum, you can't tell her anything.... But you can tease her.

that you have to have the luck of the semillama, otherwise forget it. okay smartass smarty pants?

fucking parents. God they make my brain hurt. She's got another date tonight with some other dude. I called her an internetwhore.

Keep on keeping on.

momma wants to feel young again. don't give her shit for it.

well.... At least someone's getting laid, because I'm sure as hell not.

Jealous?

would you two go ahead hook up already?

Can't... If I remember correctly, there is already an interference pattern.

A few hundred miles and two and a half mountain ranges stand in the way. Besides, I think part of the reason we do this is to annoy you.

Ok, I don't know about her, but I have no reason for doing it but to create more constricting mental anguish upon myself. I find that I'm very good at it, and its so much better then letting other people bother me. That way, any problems I have, are my own god damned fault no matter what. That and it makes work fairly laid back too, no big worries, all I have to do is relax because no one REALLY pisses me off, they just irritate me. If it weren't for the couple hundred miles, and the mountain ranges mentioned, I think things in either one of our lives would be different. However as it stands the aforementioned landmarks are a serious pain in my ass, not being able to speak for her of course. Meanwhile I keep waking up with this impending sense of being constricted to a life of waiting for something out of the ordianry to happen. I'm an idiot and I know it. As much as I tell myself that I've given up on looking for a significant other, I find out that apparently I lied to myself again and I get a success in futility. Case in point, Monday night, where I went on a date with a woman I've never met before, yes blind date, and wasn't particularly interested in to begin with. I'm pretty confident that I have given up, which is why I took the blind date. I figured what the fuck, can't kill me, RIGHT? All it ended up being was a waste of 80 bucks, and my time. I guess I'm getting tired of waiting for something exciting to happen, for that tall amazonian woman to walk out of no-where. At the moment the fires surrounding this city seem to be the elevated excitement of my life. Even as I sit here right now, I ponder just packing up all my shit into a UHaul, and driving to Portland over a girl I've never even met. Does that make me even more of an idiot than I already am? Fuckit, I'm going to go eat my cold pizza and go to bed, I'm tired.

I know exactly where you are coming from, Hal. You need a change of scenery.

The scenery is changing, but I know what you mean. . Consider this, Hal. Many people want a change, but are tied down by jobs, commitments, relationships. Figure out where you want to be before you drop anchor. Sounds like you might need to give the girl-hunt a rest for a while.

grass is always greener over there

Like I said, I was pretty convincing to myself that the girl hunt was over for a while. The blind date was pretty much dropped in my lap by someone. And the only reason I'm in the ponderance of moving 2 states, a couple hundred miles, over a few mountains for a girl is.... well when I wrote it I was thinking something about 2 birds with 1 stone. But now I'm thinking it would probably end up with squirrels throwing things at ME again.

Maybe what you need is to save some of the money that you would have spent on pointless dates, and do an adventure. Go rafting, do a sky-diving class, learn to mountain climb, etc. Rather than waiting for a life (girl) out of the ordinary, go out and do things that excite you. It might take your mind off the female situation.

What did you and your date do that cost $80.00 bucks Hal?

$80 on a bum date. Dang!

she didnt offer to go halves? fuck that.

Hal, check it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/3147007.stm

'One woman told me she got surrounded by six squirrels in a park in Wednesbury.' actually this quote is better: 'The best deterrent is to prevent access to the food inside the kitchen and making the area less attractive to squirrels.' How? By redecorating?

ANYONE ELSE HEAR ABOUT THE POWER OUTAGES?

Yea,I hope it's not an act of terror.

i dont know. too early to comment on that Drudge report has freaked out: A huge power blackout hit U.S. cities spreading from New York to Cleveland and Detroit and north into Canada Thursday afternoon. In New York City, the blackout affected subways, elevators and airports, including John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports. People streamed into the streets of lower Manhattan in 90-degree heat. In Toronto, Ontario, too, workers left their offices after the blackout hit shortly after 4 p.m. EDT. Traffic lights were out throughout downtown Cleveland, creating havoc at the beginning of rush hour. There were reports of outages in New Jersey and Connecticut as well. Every prison in New York state reported a loss of power and had switched to backup generators, said James Flateau, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections. Summer Nightmare: Huge power blackout from New York to Detroit; Overload of Grids Suspected

"act of terror" is such an odd phrase. . Wouldn't an act of terror be something like running and screaming?

(CBS) A huge power blackout hit U.S. cities spreading from New York to Cleveland and Detroit and north into Canada Thursday afternoon. In New York City, the blackout affected subways, elevators and airports, including John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia. Thousands of people streamed into the streets of lower Manhattan in 90-degree heat. `No evidence at this moment'' that power outage is connected to terrorism, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. In Toronto, Ontario, too, workers left their offices after the blackout hit shortly after 4 p.m. EDT. Traffic lights were out throughout downtown Cleveland, creating havoc at the beginning of rush hour. There were reports of outages in New Jersey and Connecticut as well. Every prison in New York state reported a loss of power and had switched to backup generators, said James Flateau, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections. White House officials were monitoring the blackout from Washington and from San Diego, where President Bush addressed troops at midday. The Washington area appeared untouched by the power outages in parts of the Northeast.

i bet there is plenty of that going on, TBone.

they are already saying it is just a system overload

lets try not to get to hysterical people.

I hope not. It's just a power outage. . Happens all the time here.

I hope it is nothing but a surge

We don't have any sorabjites out there without power do we?

they could not post if they were out of power.. :)

Sounds like that would be the opposite of a surge. . Why do people always think those little power flicker brown-out things are power surges? A surge is an increase, not a decrease. . Power hickups. . I get weird phantom rings on my phone line several times a day. They usually come in clusters. . Phone quakes.

I almost moved to Montana at least once. Twice? All I know is I have a sketchbook upstairs with pages filled of it. You'd have to ride a bike. If you wanted to get along with most of the people I hang around. Cars are convienient but bikes are life. And I've seen squirrels the size of cats.

It is officialy been declared not terrorism

Thank you, your spunkyness, for informing us.

NOT A LIGHTENING STRIKE Why did he lie?

A politician lied? I didn't see that one coming, and I am totally shocked.

Hey You. Get off of my thread with your terrorism obsession. Its all about me Spunkster, ME! Mum's asking me where all the cool kids go to have coffee now. So she can meet some other dude(s)

OMG, does your mom want to go to the coffee house and pick up on young existential hot college guys? This whole thing is starting to wig me out moonit, cuz of the mental pictures I am getting. It's nothing against you or your mum, but it is kinda wiggin me out.

I'd ride a bike, I would be a bike ninja, actually I think I'd have to be... With Squirrels the size of cats anyway. Hell not having a car would make life a hell of a lot simpler in most cases. God damnit, I'm a fucking dork, I'm going to shower, then I'm going to go deal with the drunkards. *gives the finger to god*

Have fun.

You know... Its times like these, I wish I didn't quit smoking.

You quit? Yay! Good for you. You know it's awful.

Congratulations Hal......on the quitting smoking thing.... You work at a bar or something Hal? Or does your house fill up with drunkards? I confused.

I'm still wanting to hear how Hal blew the 80 bucks

I forgot about that, thanks for reminding me J.

Ok well first things first, I'm on the working end of the quitting thing (smoking.) Ie: I've not smoked for about a month now, and although its pretty easy now, there are those moments, where I'm irritable enough to make the choice, cig, or human death. Somehow I haven't done either yet. As for the 80 bucks, I was raised a gentleman by a psychotic grandmother who was born in Butte, MT. If she learned that I was anything but to a woman, I'm sure she'd find a way here and kill my sorry ass. Therefore on a date, I pay, unless the woman simply refuses cold out that I do so. This one had no problem with that, and in reality neither did I. 80 bucks though comes down to this. Took her to Sushi (45$ w/tip,) Toss in some drinks after that (15$ w/tip,) Then a movie (20$ screw the highschool bastards, they aren't getting tipped shit.) There is your 80 bucks, give or take 2 to 4 either direction. Belive me, I don't mind paying for a date, and hell a g/f would cost me a hell of a lot more money then that, but it would most likely be fuckin worth it.

id like to propose eri be fined with hotfuck for every use of "wig out" from today on.

define what you mean by "hotfuck".

i cant

Awwww why not Patrick?

"If she learned that I was anything but to a woman" which I, of course, read "If she learned that I was anything but a woman"

i had to re-read it myself the first time, because I saw the same thing.

Halster, is there something you're not telling?

You mean you aren't a woman? . . . . . Shit, I guess the soul patch should have clued me in.

Eri, I guess I should say that Mum's only 45 - so its not so bad, but still! She's meeting these guys from some kiwi internet dating site.

Moonit, your mom isn't that much younger than mine. Mine is 49. I just think it is weird and it (are you reading this Patrick?) WIGS ME OUT. I had a neighbor who was about 45 and her boyfriend was like 25 if that and it was just a nasty mental picture. But that may be partially because they were both nasty looking....

As for the 80 bucks, I was raised a gentleman by a psychotic grandmother who was born in Butte, MT. If she learned that I was anything but (A GENTLEMAN) to a woman, I'm sure she'd find a way here and kill my sorry ass. Fuckin ass crackers people, how is it the point of story goes completely over your head when a couple words go missing.

That's not it. We just take any chance we can get to hassle you.

The point I'll poke you with. Gentleman, BAH!

God I love you guys.

Yes.

I had a friend whose grandfather started dating after he divorced his wife of 50 years (my friend's grandma). It was really odd because he'd constantly ask my friend what women want in bed. Definitely not something you want your grandpa to ask you.

I was amazed that he was still capable.

moonit, In another posting you gave me quite a few good "dirty" visions about you. Now, I've got them about your mom. Keep up the good work. Your keeping my dirty old mind alive.

uh. where? and ew.

That's just wrong. Leave Moonit alone and go download porn already. Jeez.

i'd still love to know where...

The Payphone Project August 12th. A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.

That one did it for me too.

I think that was an imposter.

spider,dont open any Email Atatchment,,it is most likely the virus that is distroying my memomry bank.God bless.

Jesus... Get some fucking Virus protection... God damned savages.

Jesus... Get a real operating system. God damned savages.

Our work has no email, no internet connection and fuck knows what else has gone wrong overnight. Ah the joys of resigning. In another week and a bit I won't have to deal with this shit anymore.

I have been putting out virus fires all over the place since yesterday. Dammit people, how many times I have got to tell you, don't open attachments that you don't recognize. Got an email from the Base Commander entitled "Wicked Screensaver", but attachments is a pif file? I would not open that if I were you. Oh, you already did. I see. Yes, I just got an email from you now with that attachment. Hmmmm Exchange Server is down. Good thing I guess, we can stop the infection from spreading if the server is not up..... Gzus

I've been getting the wicked screen saver e-mail too,but only in my yahoo account and I'm not that dumb to open without scanning and dumping it.

I've been getting phantom email replies all day. Viruses are being sent to other people as if they were coming from me. Company mail servers are spotting the virus and sending a reply that says it's bad. Oddly, all the recipients are addresses at news agencies.

it's everywhere now. same thing happening all over the school district.

you somehow picked up the worm, TBone. It goes through your address book.

No, I didn't. I can't get viruses.

Those email worms are all exclusive to Outlook or at least IE-based mail programs... as far as I know. . They definitely don't work with Evolution or Squirrel Mail. . I'm guessing somebody got the worm who has me in their address book, and it sends mail as if it's from random people in there so that it's harder to track down.

you can get viruses. don't be so ignorant.

I'm assuming TBone is using Linux (from the Evolution and Squirrel Mail references) so I doubt he has any of the Windows virii flinging around now. A cross platform virus would be hot news on slashdot, and I haven't heard any news today.

I have outlook express windows 98 and haven't got any virus in that...yet?

Ok, so theoretically I could get a virus if someone actually made one that could infect Linux and actually proliferate. But there aren't any. Not that I've ever heard of, anyhow. So to be more accurate: I can't get your silly microsoft viruses.

I can, but I vaccinate my box like I'm living in fucking rowanda.

"vaccinate my box" that sounds like something else

Still single so no... Unless your talking about my ass.

Now my box is on the fritz. Not a virus, though. I think my 5 month old MB crashed already..... Damn it!

MB? Milton Bradley? Milton Berle?

MotherBoard Missing Bitch, Monkey Butt, Meddling Boobs.

Moodling Bebbs What is that, a spoonerism, or what's the other thing? I can never remember.

Malapropism? Your example is a spoonerism.

Yeah, that could be it Spider. Although I seem to have a vague remembrance of a Monty Python skit where Michael Palin and Eric Idle were debating whether something was a spoonerism or a ???

Anagram. (Yay, Google!)

'A shroe! A shroe! My dingkome for a shroe!' I love it. Thanks Spider. You're the bets!

So, I spent untold hours last night working on my pc. I took it apart, and completely re-assembled it, cleared the bios, switched back to the on-board video card, etc etc etc. Nothing worked, I could not get the bios to post. Today at lunch i took it back to the shop where i bought the parts. I bought this combo deal, mb/cpu/fan/case and ram for $200.00. They put the cpu on the mb, with the fan, and put a warranty seal on it. I did not mess with it. I explained to the tech what happened, what steps I took to diagnose and attempt to repair it, and explained that I was an A+ certified tech who has been working on machines in one fashion or other for the last 5 years. I told him that it was either the cpu or bios chip. He looked at me like he was bored to tears and said, "uh huh, I have heard that before". So, durring my lunch, i sat there and whatched this guy go through most of the same stuff I did last night, and finally pulled out the CPU and tested on his machine. Wonder of wonders, IT DIDN'T POST! He put his cpu in my box and post it did. To shorten this up, I ended up getting a 1.6 GHz processor instead of the 1.1 GHz I had before for $38.00.

Should've gotten him to give you a free BJ for your troubles while he was at it.

Hey Spunky you should go get a job -->> http://www.dirtyredcommie.com/gallery/album64/dell (on a second note, I can never fucking remember how to get those fucking links into just worded links..... So it doesn't look quite as freaking tacky.)

http://bbs.sorabji.com/livewire/stalk/links.html

test

Thank you Dave.

I just paste in the URLS, then in the preview I change the second half of the thing that gets put in there, and preview again. . Then you don't have to remember how it works.

Hal, that has to be a joke. What is the name of the game you have screen shots of?

Planetside, I'm a planetside junkie. My outfit gets together every tuesday which lucky enough for me is one of my days off and just go do something completly random. Last week we setup this tank colloum and just started ravaging the enemy's back yard. It was fun as hell. If you want some Planetside info, the best place to look is here.

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