Chit Chat: General General Discussion thread

[TheNoNamedOne]

Just banal back and forth free-style talk on anything in this thread.

I`ll start:

Right now, I am eating Doritos with chopsticks. Dipping them in the salsa. Using chopsticks because I don't want to get the keyboard all funkie with orange Dorito fingers.

Have you ever used chopsticks to eat chips or popcorn?

[dk]

Right now I'm killing Dark Yojimbo on Final Fantasy X over and over and over collecting Dark Matter and trying to get everybody Ribbon Armour. And jumping on the forums everytime that gets boring.

[DoctorP]

You guys are both geeks! But then it is 12am and I'm on the PC talking to you so what does that make me?

[TheNoNamedOne]

Right now I'm killing Dark Yojimbo on Final Fantasy X over and over and over collecting Dark Matter and trying to get everybody Ribbon Armour. And jumping on the forums everytime that gets boring.

I thought I saw you say on another thread you had just recently kicked your 3 year online gaming addiction. Is this a relapse?

[DoctorP]

I'm off to bed, early morning tomorrow! G'night all!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Me, too.

Out.

[dk]

I thought I saw you say on another thread you had just recently kicked your 3 year online gaming addiction. Is this a relapse?
No, I kicked my three year ONLINE gaming addiction. It wasn't even an addiction, just a time-sink. If I didn't have single person games, I'd just be bored to death. A man needs SOME source of entertainment... lol.

[TheNoNamedOne]

lol... Ok, George Orwell.

[dk]

Lol George Orwell? hahaha

[TheNoNamedOne]

Lol George Orwell? hahaha

Yea, you know, 1984 -- "doublespeak." Making "addiction" into a "time-sink."

Quite clever if I do say so myself. <wink>

[dk]

Lol it never was an addiction. :P It just isn't worth playing a mmorpg anymore when your online time is completely inconsistant and unpredictable from having a baby. :P You can't do anything at all on an online game (except solo, which you can do on a PS2) unless you have blocks of time you can commit yourself to. I don't have those blocks anymore.

[P_chan]

I've been playing rome total war again. I just took out the spain and gaul. I've also been playing guitar hero 2 once I'm bored.

[bad_karma]

Currently watching the Spurs taking it to the Cavs in game 2....

[TheNoNamedOne]

And what is a leading republican, from the party of conservative values, doing by getting knocked up? Arnold acts like a democrat by flaunting a liberal idea i.e. his male pregnancy around in our living rooms.

[dk]

And what is a leading republican, from the party of conservative values, doing by getting knocked up? Arnold acts like a democrat by flaunting a liberal idea i.e. his male pregnancy around in our living rooms.
Lmao, you totally shot off into the wrong topic huh. hahahaha

[TheNoNamedOne]

lol. That's why this is chit chat and banal.

Just thought shooting Arnold down here from Gay Marriage would keep that thread on topic a little more.

btw... I liked that movie, too. Saw it years ago.

[dk]

Man, I hated that movie. Something about seeing Arnorld cry like a pregnant woman just about made me sick...

[TheNoNamedOne]

But he WAS pregnant. That is what those pregnant surging hormones do to you when you're pregnant -- besides from making your teats lactate.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Man, I really have to stop procrastinating and get my taxes done. I should be doing them now, but keep coming up with excuses to put it off.

Think I'll go outside and rake the leaves in the yard.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Just raked up some leaves in the yard. Have to go out. When I come back I'll rake up some more. Then I will eat dinner. And then perhaps do my taxes.

[P_chan]

Wow I haven't heard anyone mention that movie in a long time. God that movie was horrible.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Lots of rain today. Made my day really hard.

But, when it clears up, I am looking forward to that nice lush green that trees get here after a good rainfall.

[dk]

The drive home was awful. I hate when it pours here. :(

[P_chan]

I hate it becuase then I have to use the ac in my car. I don't like to use the ac.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Off to bed. See some of you have posted replies to some of my posts in the other threads. My replies will probably come tomorrow. G'night all.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Eyeball, a combination of your user name and the fact you do a lot of lurking makes you to be quite an interesting enygma. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts when you are ready to share.

But seriously, I like the name.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Lots of rain today here. Was hoping to do some gardening but that is a no go with the thunder and lightning.

Days like this are good posting days.

[P_chan]

days like today make me just want to sleep.

I need to fix the inside door handle on my car already. It broke off and now I have to open the window to open the car door. It sucks even more once it's raining!

[TheNoNamedOne]

days like today make me just want to sleep.

I need to fix the inside door handle on my car already. It broke off and now I have to open the window to open the car door. It sucks even more once it's raining!

lol. Yea, all those handy chores that need to get done are a pain when you have to do them in the rain.

Lots of thunder and lightning. Wonder if I should disconnect my computer until it passes. Do you do that?

[dk]

Wonder if I should disconnect my computer until it passes. Do you do that?
Never.

.

[TheNoNamedOne]

What is the worst, if anything, could happen if your building was hit by lightning at the time your computer was on?

[DoctorP]

What is the worst, if anything, could happen if your building was hit by lightning at the time your computer was on?

Worst? Your power supply could get fried. It is highly unlikely that it would happen, but it could. I've lived here 9 years (this time) and never turn off my computer during a thunderstorm, or a typhoon.

[dk]

Man, if I knew father's days could be this nice, I would have had kids a decade ago. :P

Hope you other fathers had a nice relaxing day with a steak dinner.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Crikey! The sun is out!!

[P_chan]

yeah and it's butt ass hot!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Hey P! See ya on in the dock down there.

How was your day? Mine was busy busy busy. Gonna sign out for a few mins while I do my computer's security update. brb.

[TheNoNamedOne]

And there's Eyeball. Hi, Eye.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Man, rainy season just ended and now it is HOT!

To make matters worse, my mother in-law has come to stay with us for a few days so I am letting her sleep in the bed with my wife and I am sleeping in the dog room on a cot. With her around, too, I can't walk around with shirt off or keep the bathroom door open when in there.

Love my mother in-law, but there is a routine I like to be in.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Still hot! 5:13 p.m. now. It should get comfortable in another hour.

When it is this hot and humid, it seems like it is all I can do to just sit in front of the computer and read. Zapped of energy to post. But will do so in a few hours.

Probably when my wife gets back with the Corona.

[dk]

I could really go for one of those coronas... Or a margarita.

It's too bright outside for me. Working in IT is turning me into a vampire. You'd laugh if you ever came into my office. We keep it DARK in here. So anytime I go outside I have to put my cool dude shades on. Even if it's just to run across the street to buy a pepsi.

But hey. TGIF!

[DoctorP]

I could really go for one of those coronas... Or a margarita.

It's too bright outside for me. Working in IT is turning me into a vampire. You'd laugh if you ever came into my office. We keep it DARK in here. So anytime I go outside I have to put my cool dude shades on. Even if it's just to run across the street to buy a pepsi.

But hey. TGIF!

You guys save one of those coronas for me!!!

dk...the pasty skin kinda gives away your disdain for the sun! j/k

[dk]

LMAO! I could probably get a sunburn if I spent five minutes outside without my shirt on. It's that bad!

[DoctorP]

Just to be careful, the next time you and I eat together I may take you to the same spaghetti place and order a lot of garlic!!!

[TheNoNamedOne]

I think my wife just came back. The dogs ran outside to bark. I think that means Corona time for me.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Nah. False alarm. No Corona yet.

[TheNoNamedOne]

I think dk sometimes leaves himself logged on while he makes the drive home. Watch, I bet he doesn't reply to this now because he is in his car. Test test test. dk, you can't read this, can you? Because you are driving home.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Man, I am here all alone, and the google bots are crawling all over me.

[TheNoNamedOne]

http://brainspace.fastvak.com/images/googlebot_earth3.jpg

[dk]

Lol, still here. Had to work five minutes of overtime! I better be getting paid extra for this! (>_<)

Leaving for home finally. What a WEEK.

[DoctorP]

Socalheart....I see you are lurking...feel free to post some more and join in the fun!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Too late. Socalheart split. You may have scared him off with your nudge, Dr.P.

Some visitors are skittish. But, a simple thread like this, chit chat, is a good place to just start out slow.

[DoctorP]

Actually they had left just before I posted. As soon as the post popped up I noticed that they were gone!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Man, it is 1:28 a.m. and I am hungry. Thinking about going into the kitchen for a chips raid. But my dilema is -- I've already brushed and flossed. I would hate to have to do those again. Hmmm...

[DoctorP]

ha ha...I actually just ate a bowl of cereal. I was starving and couldn't find any snacks around!

[dk]

Oh my god lol. All three of us... MY FRIDGE IS EMPTY!!!

[TheNoNamedOne]

I found some nasty chips in the cabinets. Taste old. But, I am still eating them.

[DoctorP]

usually I would have leftovers to raid, but the family went out to eat with some friends tonight...so nothing for me!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Oh man. I can't handle these chips anymore. brb. Gonna go look for something else.

[dk]

I found pako.

woah!

JACKPOT! I found milk in the fridge and COOKIES in the freezer!

[DoctorP]

mmmmm.....turtle soup!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Man, all I could friggin find was saltines crackers. When I tell my wife to not buy junk food, I don't really expect her to NOT buy junk food. Geesh!

[TheNoNamedOne]

mmmmm.....turtle soup!

No no no Dr.P -- it would be tortoise soup. Get those reptile classes down.

[dk]

Oh man these cookies are good. hahahaha. Homemade chocolate chip cookies and milk. I feel bad for you guys lol. Stuck with saltine crackers! hahahah oh man.

[DoctorP]

I'm off to bed...busy day tomorrow!

[TheNoNamedOne]

The fan is blowing on me. I think it blowed some saltine cracker crumbs in my keyboard.

Man, these things are dry.

[TheNoNamedOne]

G'night, invisible man.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Decided to stay up and see Boost's reply to me in the Iraq thread. I see he is composing it as we all eat our snacks. After I read it, got to get to bed myself.

[dk]

Hey neat, my new sig.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Nice, dk.

Man, salty snaks make you want more. I am going to go crack open one more saltine cracker pack. brb.

[dk]

I've got one cookie left and I'm tired of sweets. :D Oh well, guess I can tell the wife I saved her one.

Yo, go vote and do the survey already. lol.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Score! I looked in the very back of the refrig and found some old butter with an expiration date for next week. Not sure how long it's been there, but I am still inside the date limit.

Now I am eating saltine crackers with butter spread generously over them. Using chopsticks, of course -- you know, to keep my keyboard and mouse clean.

[dk]

Why keep it clean when you're just gonna blow more cracker crumbs in between your keys?!

[Boost]

Decided to stay up and see Boost's reply to me in the Iraq thread. I see he is composing it as we all eat our snacks. After I read it, got to get to bed myself.

I am not composing that one right now, I am composing this one!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Man, I don't know if I should keep eating these buttered crackers. This butter is kinda tasting funky. And is kind of really runny looking.

[dk]

Oh we're going to a hukilau
A huki huki huki huki hukilau
Everybody loves the hukilau
Where the laulau is the kaukau at the lû`au

We throw our nets out into the sea
And all the `ama`ama come a-swimming to me
Oh, we're going to a hukilau
A huki huki huki hukilau

What a beautiful day for fishing
That old Hawaiian way
Where the hukilau nets are swishing
Down in old Lâ`ie bay


You ever have a random song jump in your head at the strangest time and not know why?:cool:

[TheNoNamedOne]

Yea. That sounds like a cool song. I wonder if I sang it over and over if it would drive my wife crazy.

[dk]

I think I'd better head to bed. I'm starting to get luau songs stuck in my head for no apparent reason...

Heading to a resort for the weekend (Maybe that's why), so I won't be on the forums till Sunday at the earliest. Have a good weekend. Go vote and stuff.

[dk]

Yea. That sounds like a cool song. I wonder if I sang it over and over if it would drive my wife crazy.
My wife can do the whole dance lol.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Yeah, me, too. I'm not feeling too good after those buttered crackers. You guys may wake up to Yahoo headlines: Man, killed by buttered crackers

Off to brush my teeth, flosss, and set up my cot in the dog room.

[Tempestuous]

Good Night you goof-balls who stay up WAY to late and eat crappy food when you should be getting rest for your bodies.
(though I did enjoy your tired/silly ramblings)

Enjoy you weekend away, dk!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Ugggh...when I woke up this morning, I didn't feel too well -- crappy late night snak food hangover.

[Tempestuous]

I'm not surprised...stale chips, almost expired butter and crackers. I get a bellyache just thinking of that combination!

[TheNoNamedOne]

This morning when I woke up in the dog room on the cot, one of my dogs in his kennel looked at me and barfed. I was hoping I could sleep later but that caused me to get up and tell my wife to clean it up.

After she did, I went back to sleep. Hope he doesn't puke again. I don't think my wife would clean it up twice in a row.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Dr.P, what are you still doing up? You have to be getting sleep for your 10k tomorrow.

[DoctorP]

I had to pick up the wife at a friends house...always fun going into a house with 6 or 7 beautiful, but totally blitzed women! I also found out that two of the guys running tomorrow are still up drinking, so I figure I have a little time too!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Temp, do you and Boost discuss the forum conversations and debates between yourselves? Or is it "out of sight, out of mind" once the two of you log off?

[DoctorP]

Temp, do you and Boost discuss the forum conversations and debates between yourselves? Or is it "out of sight, out of mind" once the two of you log off?

I think a better question would be...Do you and Boost talk at all, or do you just PM each other?:rolleyes:

[TheNoNamedOne]

That is weird, huh, Dr.P?

[DoctorP]

That is weird, huh, Dr.P?

Well...Temp is kinda weird! Nice, Pretty, but weird!

[Tempestuous]

I think a better question would be...Do you and Boost talk at all, or do you just PM each other?:rolleyes:

Okay, you should know me well enough to know I TALK plenty! LOL

As for Pros' Q, eh- we occasionally talk about it, usually we leave it here.

If we do talk about it he steals my comments and works them in with his posts
(j/k)

[TheNoNamedOne]

I got a popcorn kernal lodged in between two of my back teeth. I think I have to go to the communal toothbrush cup to take care of it.

[TheNoNamedOne]

I'm trying to lodge it out with my tongue by wiggling it. Almost got it.

[DoctorP]

some of your posts drive me absolutely nuts!

[Tempestuous]

Well...Temp is kinda weird! Nice, Pretty, but weird!

Awwww, he called me nice!!
Weird- yeah, I am, gotta agree with him! No sense in being dishonest. :)

The only "normal" people you know are the ones you don't know well enough!!!

[Tempestuous]

some of your posts drive me absolutely nuts!

Yeah, some of them are pretty ......:confused:..

[TheNoNamedOne]

Does that make Boost abnormal?

[DoctorP]

I'm off to bed...early morning coming up quickly!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Yeah, some of them are pretty ......:confused:..

I am well-rounded. I have a serious side, and there are posts of mine you can see that in, and I have a goofy side I don't mind indulging and sharing.

What a boring forum member anyone would be if all their posts were serious.

[TheNoNamedOne]

I'm off to bed...early morning coming up quickly!

Yeah, me, too. Temp's smiley deriding me hurt my feelings. Don't feel like posting anymore tonight. Ruined the fun mood I was in.

[Tempestuous]

Does that make Boost abnormal?

Overall he is high functioning in his normal-ness.

Just with hints of weird here or there.

[Tempestuous]

I am well-rounded. I have a serious side, and there are posts of mine you can see that in, and I have a goofy side I don't mind indulging and sharing.

What a boring forum member anyone would be if all their posts were serious.

Well, I think it is good to have a silly side & a serious side.

My goofy comments or joking, seems to "hurt people's feelings" so I may have to be limited to only serious comments. How booorrrinng! In deed!!

:)

[Boost]

Does that make Boost abnormal?

Nope, just a computer geek. And I can accept that as I have come to terms with it. I am a geek and proud of it! :)

[TheNoNamedOne]

Wow! Seven of us are in the dock at the same time! Wonder if 3 more could log on and we'd hit ten. We'll see.

[TheNoNamedOne]

It's raining here now. Two dogs are under my computer desk. The fan is on, and I think I am getting hit by small drops of rain that the fan is pulling in from the screen.

My mother in-law is walking around trying to please me, "want tea, want something to eat? etc..."

And it is too hot to wear a shirt -- but the rain is cooling things off.

[DoctorP]

It's raining here now. Two dogs are under my computer desk. The fan is on, and I think I am getting hit by small drops of rain that the fan is pulling in from the screen.

My mother in-law is walking around trying to please me, "want tea, want something to eat? etc..."

And it is too hot to wear a shirt -- but the rain is cooling things off.

For now...but when the rain stops it will be butt hot again!

[Tempestuous]

Typically though, the rain clears up and the heat comes out in force. Making it feel more like a steam shower than civilization. :)

[TheNoNamedOne]

The rain has stopped. The hot is pouring on!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Does anyone have a link to 7plex in Mihama. I hate using Yahoo Japan to search things. Kanji, hiragana, and katakana really are not good writing systems for search engine use.

[DoctorP]

The old forum had one...but it is probably lost now! I'll see what I can find.

[dk]

Mihama 7plex: http://movie.okinawajoho.net/cinema_hall.php?id=4

My wife said they usually update their information pretty often, so they're pretty accurate, but occasionally it's wrong.

http://movie.okinawajoho.net has links to the other theaters.

[Tempestuous]

Had to laugh, it suddenly got quite, so I look and 3/4 of us were viewing the index. No wonder there's no posting.

[DoctorP]

Damn beat me to it dk...let the record show that I was about to post the same link!

[dk]

I type so fast I have to replace my keyboards every month. The keys always end up melting together.

[DoctorP]

I'm tired...going to lay down for a bit with my little girl and watch a movie.

[Tempestuous]

Hey DrP- how the run go?

[TheNoNamedOne]

thanx, dk.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Had to laugh, it suddenly got quite, so I look and 3/4 of us were viewing the index. No wonder there's no posting.

I was the 1/4 who wasn't. I went to pee.

[Tempestuous]

TMI, dude!!!

[Boost]

Had to laugh, it suddenly got quite, so I look and 3/4 of us were viewing the index. No wonder there's no posting.

Eh, was playing a little video blackjack. Was doing pretty good too! If only it were for real money :)

[TheNoNamedOne]

TMI, dude!!!

Only if your imagination wanders too far for you to stop it.

[Tempestuous]

Seriously, we didn't need to specifically know you went pee. :) Could have just said you had to hop up for a sec & weren't at your computer.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Just a kiddie word and a natural bodily function -- probably carrying less germs than a sneeze.

[dk]

Seriously, we didn't need to specifically know you went pee. :) Could have just said you had to hop up for a sec & weren't at your computer.
Sorry. I'm back. I had to get up for a second.

[Tempestuous]

Crap, now we got a permanent "code" word for going pee. ..... That's almost as bad. :)

[TheNoNamedOne]

Sorry. I'm back. I had to get up for a second.

lol. Good boy.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Crap, now we got a permanent "code" word for going pee. ..... That's almost as bad. :)

I prefer the kiddie word.

[Tempestuous]

Just a kiddie word and a natural bodily function -- probably carrying less germs than a sneeze.

Don't have problem with the word (what is it with word break down's lately??)

Just that we didn't really need that information broadcast for us, like Dr P mentioned to NBTP, no need to advertise it.
;)

[dk]

ANYWHO! lol

[DoctorP]

Hey DrP- how the run go?

it was ok. 20 of us and I finished 4th. Just a group of friends getting together. I should have gone to bed earlier and not drank so much though.

That is why I am tired now.

[Tempestuous]

Eh, if hindsight were foresight, we would all have 20/20.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Don't have problem with the word (what is it with word break down's lately??)

Just that we didn't really need that information broadcast for us, like Dr P mentioned to NBTP, no need to advertise it.
;)

Almost half of all non vulgar information does not NEED to be broadcasted, but there is no harm in it being so.

As for DrPs comment to NBTP; in the forum world, or in the many I have come across, it is frowned upon by admin and mods to announce departures when upset at the forum, because it is usually viewed as a kind of, "Hey everybody, not only me, but let's all leave." And that is viewed as an attack upon the membership base.

[Tempestuous]

I always saw it as some what of an attention seeking tantrum.

Like DrP's taking your ball and going home analogy.

[TheNoNamedOne]

I always saw it as some what of an attention seeking tantrum.

Like DrP's taking your ball and going home analogy.

A lot of people have tantrums on forums, and so long as they don't break the forum rules, mods and admin let them let off steam by doing so.

Announcing a leave, however, eventhough it does not break forum rules, and may be a tantrum, is still viewed as a kind of, "I'm leaving. Who's going with me?" And that just is not cool.

That is why it is not synonimous with stating a natural function in kiddie language.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Boost and Temp, when you guys are posting online at the same time, are your computers set up side by side in the same room, or are you in different parts of the house?

[Tempestuous]

That is why it is not synonimous with stating a natural function in kiddie language.

I wasn't meaning they were synonymous, just sayin I didn't think takin a pee was necessarily pertinent information for the forums......but whatever, dude. Water under the bridge,
you already mentioned it, I was just slipping in my 2cents that I thought that was more info than we needed. As would it be if someone came in sharing about their regularity or some other "personal" issue.

My intention was not snippy, mean, or along any such line. I was just shaking my head and laughing that we really didn't NEED to know that.
(Nor did we need to KNOW he was leavin, I think we could have picked that up when he was no longer around)

[TheNoNamedOne]

Cool, temp. It's behind us.

But guess what? I'm drinking a lot of tea at the moment. <smile -- elbow jab>

[dk]

If you guys think peeing is cool, you would not believe what I just came back from!!!


















Pottery class! I made a pretty nifty coffee cup.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Just came back from the movies and dinner with my wife and mother in-law. We were going to see Apocalypto, but then we found out that the only subtitles put up were the Japanese ones for the Mayan language. The English subtitles were cut out. Didn't feel like having to focus that hard on Japanese, so we saw The Prestige instead.

[TheNoNamedOne]

I saw some good articles in the newspaper today (actually have a few piled up since a few days ago) that I wanted to introduce here and comment on. But, feel kind of wiped out. Perhaps I will later tonight or tomorrow. We'll see.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Man, my mother in-law's stay here has been wearing me out.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Pottery class! I made a pretty nifty coffee cup.

Why don't you share your creation with us by posting a pic of it?

[dk]

I probably will after these are cooked. My wife's got other pictures of some of my older stuff, but she's asleep and I have no idea where they are.

[Talindra]

oh hey i got the pics from your old stuff.. lets see if i can attach them to this.. seeing how i am not good with anything ..computer~ish
hmmm
*focus...*
...*thinkins*
ahh crap nose bleed!!
j/k

kk lets hope this works!

[Talindra]

Taaadaaa!!! thats DK's work... or his wife.. idk

[dk]

That's mine! :D Thanks tali!!!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Looks nice, dk. Thanks, Talindra.

[Talindra]

np~~i gotta be usefull for something :P

[TheNoNamedOne]

brb in 60 mins. "60 Minutes" is on.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Oh, I am really looking forward to sleeping in the bed with my wife tonight and not on the cot in the dog room. Never knew how much I took that for granted.

[dk]

I can imagine. I'm sure it beats waking up in the morning covered in dog hair.

[Tempestuous]

I made a pretty nifty coffee cup.

Outta curiosity, is it actually 100% safe to use?
****why I ask****
We went to this event the other night and got this gift basket with coffee & mugs. The mus had warning stickers on the bottomed that stated they contained components known in the state of California to cause cancer & birth defects.

So explain to me why we are selling such items for daily in home use, if their use is known to cause cancer or birth defects?
(I understand cleaners and such have hazards but who suspects their cup?)

[Talindra]

I would imagine it was prolly the paint used on the mug. and if thats the case then its a mug for decoration purpose only. Decorative plates are the same. you cannot eat in them, the paint is not healthy for you.

[dk]

Outta curiosity, is it actually 100% safe to use?
****why I ask****
We went to this event the other night and got this gift basket with coffee & mugs. The mus had warning stickers on the bottomed that stated they contained components known in the state of California to cause cancer & birth defects.

So explain to me why we are selling such items for daily in home use, if their use is known to cause cancer or birth defects?
(I understand cleaners and such have hazards but who suspects their cup?)
Yeah, all of mine are completely safe to eat and drink out of.

[Tempestuous]

I would imagine it was prolly the paint used on the mug. and if thats the case then its a mug for decoration purpose only. Decorative plates are the same. you cannot eat in them, the paint is not healthy for you.

Very well could be. Would make more sense if they were actually decorative.....these are just plain cream mugs, on a plus (sarcastic) they are dishwasher & microwave safe. *rolls eyes*

[Talindra]

yeah my grand-ma used to try to convince me decorative plate had a purpose in life. and i asked..Why don't you eat in them? (cuz as a child i could see no other reason to have plates...err..wait a min.. not sure i see more reasons to it now :P) and she said the paint could kill me.. + the image would be lost. For some strange reason... i could not see a big loss in losing the images of cats wearing clothing... but that's just me :P

[Tempestuous]

yeah my grand-ma used to try to convince me decorative plate had a purpose in life. and i asked..Why don't you eat in them? (cuz as a child i could see no other reason to have plates...err..wait a min.. not sure i see more reasons to it now :P) and she said the paint could kill me.. + the image would be lost. For some strange reason... i could not see a big loss in losing the images of cats wearing clothing... but that's just me :P

*laugh* Yeah, well I am sure she thought there was great humor or uniqueness to them.

We are gonna use our "prize" cups for pen holders. Maybe even let the kids paint on them to spruce them up a little for a summer activity.

I have to agree with ya, though.....what is the purpose? Just a waste of time, energy, space and money. But to some- perhaps having the decorations is worth it. (who knows!)

[Talindra]

meh someone's junk is someone else's collection...

[TheNoNamedOne]

These last few days there have been a lot of interesting stories in the newspaper that I want, and have been meaning to, get around to posting about here on the forums for discussion. Just so hot, that sometimes I don't want to do anything.

I'll see if I can get some of those topics up for viewing.

[Talindra]

hows the weather in japan? here today, its about 40c + humidity... wish it would rain so it would cool down

[Asshat]

hows the weather in japan? here today, its about 40c + humidity... wish it would rain so it would cool down

In Okinawa it's 90 degrees and 90 percent humidity, mostly sunny and winds out of the SW at 10knots. Actually, I am only guessing, but I can tell you it is great weather to be at the beach and not stuck behind a desk sucking up Air Con and wishing I was drinking pina coladas on a boat in the Keramas.

[dk]

I can tell you it is great weather to be at the beach and not stuck behind a desk sucking up Air Con and wishing I was drinking pina coladas on a boat in the Keramas.
Argh!!! :mad:

Thanks for making me not want to be where I am right now! A margarita in the shade on the beach sounds mighty good.

[Talindra]

lol sucks to be you don't it?

[P_chan]

Heh I plan on doing some of that once I go to mina island for the 4th.

[Asshat]

Heh I plan on doing some of that once I go to mina island for the 4th.

Mina is cool. Better than Zamami now with the crowds.

[P_chan]

I just can't wait to do some snorkeling, I love the water! I wish I lived by the ocean my whole life!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Man, it is hot!

I haven't turned on the AC yet. Just fans.

[thistle]

Well if you don't need them now, you never will!
We have our AC on about 3 hours every night now, and right before going to sleep,
then switch to fans. I try to limit the AC though, just so that we can still pay the elec. bill.

[P_chan]

I always sleep with the AC on. I can't sleep if it's too hot.

[dk]

I always sleep with the AC on. I can't sleep if it's too hot.
Same here man. I like to sleep all bundled up under blankets with the air COLD.

[P_chan]

lol thats the exact same thing I do. I just got back from being outside all day and the first thing I did was turn the AC on.

[dk]

lol thats the exact same thing I do. I just got back from being outside all day and the first thing I did was turn the AC on.
You'd like my office. hahaha. Our canned drinks STAY cool in here even outside of the fridge. :D

[P_chan]

lol yeah my shop is usually pretty cold. But we had a picnic today and I was outside setting up the sound system and then standing around all day.

[Asshat]

Same here man. I like to sleep all bundled up under blankets with the air COLD.

lol...me too. I always screw up when I go to bed by turning the AC on and forgetting it is defaulted to 22C. Then I am too tired to get up and do something about it, so I lay there in semi-consciousness dreaming about snow.

I gotta have AC. It is more important on my "utilities needed" list than hot, indoor plumbing, and LP for the stove.

[DoctorP]

I set the timers on mine so that they cycle on and off every hour. Keeps the room cool without straining my budget.

[Talindra]

I freakin hate AC. I think you're all crazy! I'd welcome heat over cold anytime! granted we actualy have winters here with 30 cm of snow +...and it greatly made me hate the cold...
if it gets to hot, and it does here. i just take a cold shower/bath and i'm good

[TheNoNamedOne]

Kinda bummin. My wife said she was going shopping for dinner at Rybo and not SanA -- therefore she said no Corona tonight. Ryubo doesn't carry Corona.

But maybe she'll bring back some soy ice cream! :)

[dk]

At the end of the day, beer is beer! :D I like my orion.

[DoctorP]

At the end of the day, beer is beer! :D I like my orion.


Especially at the end of a long, HOT, day!

[P_chan]

sunburns suck! I got a bad sunburn on my back while snorkeling. The sunblock did nothing! Even though it was waterproof it still comes off eventually. I should have worn my wet suit but then I would have been sweating balls.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Seems like a slow day for people stopping by -- me included. Very few posts.

[dk]

Seems like a slow day for people stopping by -- me included. Very few posts.
Which kinda made me worry that I broke something when I put the skins up. But I guess people are just doing 4th of July stuff.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Oh! Forgot all about the 4th! Been here too long, I geuss.

[DoctorP]

Oh! Forgot all about the 4th! Been here too long, I geuss.

I kinda forgot too. A friend called me Tuesday night and I was a little busy. I told him I would call him Wednesday. Wednesday came and I called, not ever realizing it was the 4th, and he was out at Marek park with his wife and kids! I felt like an idiot!

[P_chan]

I went to minna island for the 4th. It was nice, but I got sun burned as hell! The sun screen does nothing!!!

[TheNoNamedOne]

I've always wanted to go to Minna Island. Looks beautiful from those pamphlets and posters that they show it in from the air.

[P_chan]

it was nice but there really isn't much to do there if you don't like the beach.

[socalheart]

"scrubs" as a musical is somehow very wrong, but i can't not watch it.
i have to pee all the time.
laundry doesn't fold itself. why the hell not?!
why can't i find candle wicks anywhere on island?
why isn't there ever anything good to watch on afn when i'm watching tv?
"scrubs" is funny in that somehow wrong sort of way.

[A'Sharad]

"scrubs" as a musical is somehow very wrong, but i can't not watch it.
i have to pee all the time.
laundry doesn't fold itself. why the hell not?!
why can't i find candle wicks anywhere on island?
why isn't there ever anything good to watch on afn when i'm watching tv?
"scrubs" is funny in that somehow wrong sort of way.

You all can see this train of thought here? She left out she is hungry all the time but cant decise what to eat..lol. If you dont want to watch scrubs the watch that Bollywood movie of yours.:thumbdown:

[TheNoNamedOne]

My wife just brought me an iced tea.

I wonder if American wives serve their husbands as well as most Japanese wives do? Just watching pop culture on U.S. TV shows, it appears not.

I still like it that when my wife and I go out (or even at home), she poors my drinks for me. That freaks my family out when we go back to the States. They are like, "WTF, the pitcher is right in front of him. He can poor it himself when his cup is half empty."

<snicker snicker>

[P_chan]

I moved this one hear because I thought general discussion was a more appropriate place to put this.

Hey TP, I know this is completely off topic but I have to say it anyway and I don't think it needs it's own thread.

Your quote as always bugged me. I know einstien became a vegetarian about a year before he died but there are a lot of fake einstien quotes out there (like the bee one). Well I was bored today so I decided to look it up. I found one site with some info on his quotes. Your quote is listed as unverifed at the bottom of the page.

http://www.ivu.org/history/northam20a/einstein.html

Not trying to bust your balls but you seem to always want to be right so I figured a misquote would damage your image.

As for japanese women taking care of there men better, I would have to agree. My wife is not as traditional as most but I still notice a huge difference then all of my ex girl friends before I met her. LOL but I usually pour drinks for her, she does it a few times but I'm usually quicker with the pitcher.

Now get her around other japanese people, and she becomes more traditional.

I had a buddy I knew who said the only reason he came to japan was to get a japanese wife because they know how to take care of their man!

[TheNoNamedOne]

Your quote as always bugged me. I know einstien became a vegetarian about a year before he died but there are a lot of fake einstien quotes out there (like the bee one). Well I was bored today so I decided to look it up. I found one site with some info on his quotes. Your quote is listed as unverifed at the bottom of the page.

http://www.ivu.org/history/northam20a/einstein.html

Not trying to bust your balls but you seem to always want to be right so I figured a misquote would damage your image

Here is a longer verified Einstein quote which basically says the same thing:

Alice Calaprice, has released the latest edition of her collected and edited quotes by Albert Einstein entitled, "The New Quotable Einstein." Now there is a solid source for the quote, complete with a document number in the Einstein Archive.

"Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the cause in principle. Besides agreeing with the aims of vegetarianism for aesthetic and moral reasons, it is my view that a vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind." Translation of letter to Hermann Huth, December 27, 1930. Einstein Archive 46-756

Sure, it [the quote in my sig] doesn't say the EXACT same thing, but the sentiment in this quote is such that it is not unreasonable to accept that Einstein had said that which is in my quote. His other quotes on vegetarianism in regards to health and morals also points to that. In addition, Einstein was a friend and great admirer of Ghandi who held that he did not view the life of the lamb any less than that of man.

I prefer the Einstein quote I have just for the sake of brevity. If you want to consider it as a paraphrase of his thoughts and sentiments on vegetarianism, then please do so. Though, recently I have been thinking about changing it to one of Ghandi's. Ghandi viewed the vegetarian issue purely in a moral sense, and Ghandi is one of the greatest moral examples the world looks up to.

Einstein even said of Ghandi, that when hundreds of years have past, men will look upon him and wonder if it were true that such a mortal had ever walked the Earth.

[P_chan]

Thanks for the info. It's just a pet peeve I have once I see einstien quotes.

[TheNoNamedOne]

No problem. Happy to address it.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Saw the second snake of the summer in our yard last night. This time it was an akamata. Had the dogs out to do their 'business' and when I had my back to the shed, I heard a thump on the ground behind me. Looked back and there it was -- about 1 meter long. Fell off the roof of the shed.

Not deadly poisonous but got the dogs in the house and went back to look at it until it slithered away over the rock wall into the undergrowth.

Don't kill akamatas because they have been known to eat habu.

Very beautiful with a bright kinda copper red to them. Here is one:
http://www.kenko-okinawa.jp/eikanken/habu/habu/img/akamata.jpg

[moshi moshi]

Just found out that one of the castaways on the next Survivor (China) is a Kubasaki High School graduate!! Name is Leslie Neal.

Hope she does well...

[DoctorP]

Just found out that one of the castaways on the next Survivor (China) is a Kubasaki High School graduate!! Name is Leslie Neal.

Hope she does well...

Just because they graduated from school here? Why would that matter? I suppose you must know this person personally in order to make that post.

[DougP]

I could care less. Every contestant who has been on that show has been a real douche bag. Its not even a show about real survival

[P_chan]

All reality TV shows are garbage. Their far from reality and a majority of the time the people who follow them like religion, need a reality check:D

[atb35]

I guess if you had a choice of cheering on a perfect stranger or someone that has SOME affiliation to you like going to the same HS, you would choose the one your affiliated with.

I agree with P Chan about reality shows though, they are BS. Anyone who thinks they are real is just well, misinformed. Fear Factor was probably the closest to reality....Survivor? LOL are you kidding me...

[ryukyuboi]

Is the news that various broadcast stations air considered a reality show?

[dk]

No, it's considered news. :p

[TheNoNamedOne]

Did a lot of cleaning of our fans with windex today. Even after washing my hands the windex smell is still strongly there. Actually, windex smell is very good. <Note to self: Clean fans and windows with windex more often.>

[happily_married_1206]

cant say that i have every eaten doritos with chopsticks... ill have to try that one time... i always keep babywipes around to wipe my hands... :D no cheesy dorito stains on ANYTHING:D haha!

[P_chan]

ohhhh I love the smell of orange windex!

[TheNoNamedOne]

cant say that i have every eaten doritos with chopsticks... ill have to try that one time... i always keep babywipes around to wipe my hands... :D no cheesy dorito stains on ANYTHING:D haha!

lol.

Well, keeping fingers clean while typing is important, unless you want an orange sticky dorito keyboard. Chopsticks are great for that. Going back and forth with babywipes is too time consuming for me. Besides, I like to keep my fingers from touching food.

btw, a good Christmas/Halloween game for American kids not used to using chopsticks is seeing who can finish a bowl of popcorn first by using them. Delicious and fun -- and a little frustrating for them as they try to master chopsticks.

[TheNoNamedOne]

Another perfect Okinawan night in regards to weather. The temperature and humidity level are just perfect for me now.

Wish it was like this every night all year long.

Anyone else enjoying this night with opened windows feeling the fresh outside air? Perfect.

[socalheart]

not me, but my husband has the window and door open in the "man cave" to smoke. it's too hot for me. i need the a/c to keep cool, which keeps me from going all psycho. heh. it's a parasite thing. so he has his room of the house, and i have the rest of the house. it's only fair. ;)

[TheNoNamedOne]

Socal, are you STILL prego? I think you have been prego for a year now, haven't you?

Hurry up all ready and pop the critter out!

http://nealpollack.com/blogimg/Alien-burster.jpg

[dk]

not me, but my husband has the window and door open in the "man cave" to smoke. it's too hot for me. i need the a/c to keep cool, which keeps me from going all psycho. heh. it's a parasite thing. so he has his room of the house, and i have the rest of the house. it's only fair. ;)
I didn't get my own room when my wife was pregnant. :(

This weather is great. We've got our windows open too. Excellent breeze. Not too hot, not too cold. Just perfect.

[TheNoNamedOne]

I imagine you being high up you would have a good breeze. Mine right now is fan generated.

Still nice, though.

[socalheart]

you'd think huh? maybe we're in a dead zone tonight. shrug.

still incubating. it hasn't been a year. we're at 34 weeks now. she's at 5 lbs. 11 oz. i'm still hoping they perfect teleportation, like in star trek.

[Tempestuous]

i'm still hoping they perfect teleportation, like in star trek.


:thumbup::thumbup:
Freakin funny!!!

Yeah, you figure that one out you will be one rich an famous woman!!!!


To replicate as much as possible your teleport machine would need to be able to stimulate the head in a similar manner as the birth canal.....to help move and align the skull plates for proper formation and the best suckling abilities as well as getting some of those natural reflexes fired up.

[Tempestuous]

Another perfect Okinawan night in regards to weather. The temperature and humidity level are just perfect for me now.

Wish it was like this every night all year long.


I always said November was my FAVORITE month of the year there.
It is just the perfect mixture of temp and moisture, as you said.
*Ahhhhhh* relaxing.

It was good, set out in a lawn chair, drinking coffee and BSing with the neighbors weather.

[TheNoNamedOne]

dk is being more active tonight on the forums than he has been in a while. He sounds rather genki.

[dk]

dk is being more active tonight on the forums than he has been in a while. He sounds rather genki.
Hand is feeling better. I only have one jammed finger left. :p

I am genki. I'm really at ease tonight. Got a lot of stress off my chest and I'm feeling great for a change. :)

[Tempestuous]

Hey that is a good thing to be feeling great!
Glad your hand is repairing as well.

Good times!

[kombu_kid]

i'm still hoping they perfect teleportation, like in star trek.

Just be careful....you remember what happened in The Fly. (Sorry....I just couldn't let that opportunity pass):D

[TheNoNamedOne]

SPOILER ALERT!

Just be careful....you remember what happened in The Fly.

Yeah, the flyman gets caught in a spider web and gets wacked with a newspaper, IIRC.

Heeeeeeeeeelp meeeeeeeeee. Heeeeeelp meeeeeee.

[dk]

Just be careful....you remember what happened in The Fly. (Sorry....I just couldn't let that opportunity pass):D
Or that movie Galaxy Quest.

[TheNoNamedOne]

A little cold today. Did a little pruning of the vines growing on the walk wall today. Slept a lot, too.

It's Friday, but for some reason it feels like a Sunday. Perhaps because today was a Jpn national holiday.

Just put on a new futon on bed. Nice and fluffy comfy. Looks warm. The kansoki is going strong. Gonna be toasty soon. Can't wait.

[dk]

It does feel like a Sunday... Ah well, I got a lot of studying done, and I slept in and took a nap. I probably got 12-14 hours of sleep today. :D

[P_chan]

Damn I missed a lot of gambling tonight huh? I would have joined in on the fun, but I was busy getting drunk. Now, I'm drunk, and my cold is getting worse. Tomorrow is gonna be awesome!

[dk]

Damn I missed a lot of gambling tonight huh? I would have joined in on the fun, but I was busy getting drunk. Now, I'm drunk, and my cold is getting worse. Tomorrow is gonna be awesome!
My cold is almost gone... Now it's just hacking that crap out.

[P_chan]

Ah your lucky! Mine is starting to get worse. The coughing has started up a little bit more, and my throat is killing me right now. Oh and I got a killer sinus headache earlier, felt like my left eye was gonna pop out.

[swindland]

right now i'm on the forums and about to play some arcade games and at the same time i'm listening to my daughter singing dora the explorer.

[Mad Hatter]

If this is just a general chit chat forum... I'm about to lay some knowledge on ya for the casino. The only reason tha tI don't post this in the Casino thread, I don't think that many people will read this and I want to help but not have the world read this.

If you foloow these easy steps, you too can rape the Indians out of their hard earned casino money... ( the Indian being DK) You know that we have to stick it to the man every chance that we get, so here goes.

Play the new game Roulette. This is very easy. Stay way from the numbers... that's a blind man's game, unless you have alot of money. If that's the case, go to your "CP" and then "manage credits" donate them to me, I can always use them. I give most away, but only after following these easy steps...

Ok back on track, only bet on the RED or the BLACK. But here's the thing... you have to stick to one color the entire time.

bet within reason, the concept here is always double your bet when you lose and start over when you win


W=win, L=Lost

50L,100L,200L,400W=800

You would have won the first hundred back that's it. As long as you have enough cerdits, you can always double until you win. this way you never really lose... just don't get gready like me and try to step up to a higher chip set with out having the capital to back you... you'll lose big that way. The odds that you will lose more than 7 times is almost impossible!

So donate those credits to Mad Hatter, that way I won't have to post these long ass thread to get my credits up!!

Thank you, have a nice day and good gambling!!!

[dk]

Dude!!! You were supposed to let me get my credits back first!!! :argh3:

[Mad Hatter]

What are you talking about? You are the freaky bank!!!... I just lost 9000... I have to do something, I'm just fishing for donations!!!:D

[Muku]

Dude!!! You were supposed to let me get my credits back first!!! :argh3:

Now you know why I lead the board with credits......:thumbup:

Screw you hatter that was a trade secret:D

[Mad Hatter]

why don't you give a brother some credits to get me back on track?!!!? PLEASE!!

[dk]

Muku, I threw away 96,000 credits on a single spin yesterday...

[Mad Hatter]

Screw you hatter that was a trade secret:D

Now boys and girls... If you do this in Vegas or any other gambling sceen... You will be quickly asked to remove the bouncer's foot from your butt!! They do not like this kind of thing

[Muku]

Muku, I threw away 96,000 credits on a single spin yesterday...

I saw that earlier.....I was down to about 6,000 credits and then hit a few in a row.

[Muku]

Now boys and girls... If you do this in Vegas or any other gambling sceen... You will be quickly asked to remove the bouncer's foot from your butt!! They do not like this kind of thing
Enjoy.....Until I get over 100,000 I only make donations in 5,000's:thumbup:

[Mad Hatter]

You are the man!!! I don't care what DK says while we are at work... I got your back!!!

[dk]

Wohoho!!! Where's my five gees?! :D

And Mad Hatter: I am the man. I could flatline your credits in a heartbeat. Remember that. :p

[Mad Hatter]

See what did I tell ya Muku... he's just greedy!!!

[Muku]

Wohoho!!! Where's my five gees?! :D

And Mad Hatter: I am the man. I could flatline your credits in a heartbeat. Remember that. :p

Yeah you could...........:D

See what did I tell ya Muku... he's just greedy!!!
However I am confident of being able to replace the donated one's after a bit of work!

[dk]

Yay, thanks for the credits. I'll pay you back as soon as I can. :D

[Mad Hatter]

See I told ya... INDIAN!!!! INDIAN GIVER!!!

[dk]

See I told ya... INDIAN!!!! INDIAN GIVER!!!
Did you know, If I banned you right now, you'd have like -2200 credits. Neat huh! :thumbup:

I wonder if I do have any Indian heritage......... nah..... I doubt it. :p

[Mad Hatter]

I will not coward to you, but I won't say anything else about this matter either.... I know when to keep my mouth shut!

But I just can't control my fingers:D

[Muku]

Actually I have already won back the 10,000 I gave to you guys and added 2,000 more.:first:

No need to repay anything guys.....that is unless I go to the poor house before you do.:eek:

[dk]

Ok, I'll pay you back when you go to the poorhouse. :D

[dk]

God... Reon's got some great.... music...

[Mad Hatter]

what is Reon?

[Mad Hatter]

I'm just going to get my credits the good old fashion way... I just lost ten times in a row... so expect alot of posts from me tonight

[Muku]

God... Reon's got some great.... music...

"We" do have great taste now dont we.....for the longest time I thought I was the "only" one around here that knew that she existed.:D

I know there are all sorts of pics of her wearing not much besides her birthday suit, but this one to me anyway is one of the sexiest of her that I have seen!

Oh this one is nice too!:D

http://images.google.co.jp/url?q=http://www.japanesegravure.com/images/reon_kadena/photos/reon_kadena_7.jpg&usg=AFQjCNGUY1JiH7Nq_qg8yjo-0A3iM-GLbg

[Mad Hatter]

OHHHH that's the girls name... in my mind, I called her limber

[dk]

OHHHH that's the girls name... in my mind, I called her limber
LMAO Your credits!!!! Ahahahahahaahahahaha damn!!! Oh my god.... ahahahaahah*snort*hahahaha*snort*ahaahahahahaah... .oh man...:first: