The Boring Thread

[Tom Frohman]

Well, Anything would be better than all this war drivel so I'm going to talk about my uncle who lost his nose. One day he woke up and it was gone. We looked under the bed and under the sheets. We couldn't find it anywhere.

Of course you probably ask "didn't have a nose? How did he smell?"

Answer: terrible.

[Andreas Masur]

Well...I have heard about such things before...did he have a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster before he went to bed?

I have a friend and it happened to him as well. Fortunately he only had half of the drink so only the left side of the nose is gone. Since then we are trying to figure out why it happened. The first assumptions led to an error while mixing up the drink. But according to the Encyclopaedia Galactica he did everything right.

So, if you have any hints what it could have been...you are more then welcome to support us in our search... :D

[CBasicNet]

This thread is so interesting!!

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Andreas Masur
Well...I have heard about such things before...did he have a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster before he went to bed?


Yes, what a coincidence. It kind of reminds me of the week I spent a year in Philadelphia.......

[SolarFlare]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfudge!

[Tom Frohman]

Doesn't fudge come from Hershey, PA not Philadelphia, PA?

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Doesn't fudge come from Hershey, PA not Philadelphia, PA?
Yes, Hershey is one of the nation's leading chocolate manufacturers (and theirs tastes the best), but I am currently eating some "cookies and cream" fudge. Since this is the "Boring thread," I figured I'd bore you all by telling you what I'm eating.

[Tom Frohman]

I'd prefer a gross grilled cheese sandwich.



The word.

[Mick]

Originally posted by solarflare

Yes, Hershey is one of the nation's leading chocolate manufacturers (and theirs tastes the best), but I am currently eating some "cookies and cream" fudge. Since this is the "Boring thread," I figured I'd bore you all by telling you what I'm eating.

Isn't Hersey park in hersey? You never know these days...It's sunny outside and 42f ablbeit 35 with wind chill, but it's a snowing...70f on thursday...weather don't cha just love it....hows that for boring....

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
I'd prefer a gross grilled cheese sandwich.



The word.

Grilled cheese sandmiches and ketchup...yum..now I'm hungry

[Tom Frohman]

Three tablespoons of dry corn starch make a filling afternoon snack.

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

The left-front wheel of my car is loosing air...I have to punp it up every three days or so. And it's also time to wash that dang car, you nearly cannot tell what colour it originally has.

[Tom Frohman]

That's it! You have achieved it. Total mastery of a boring post!


You are now qualified to become a boring mill operator.

[M Owen]

Why is the sky blue and clouds white or grey? What is the difference between GREY and GRAY besides the difference of 1 vowel? My truck is running fine now ... I feel so happy ...:D Ah, sarcasm at it's best ...


- Mike

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Have you noticed the simmilatity between the most HTML tags and the order of construction and destruction of automatic objects in C++? My dog doesn't want to hear about this, so I though you will...

[SolarFlare]

As soon as I have had my lunch today, I will conquer more of the omnibetaverse. (32% complete)

[Andreas Masur]

Originally posted by Gabriel Fleseriu
The left-front wheel of my car is loosing air...I have to punp it up every three days or so.
Well...may be you should change the wheel...from left-front to back-right for example...could make it more interesting... :cool:

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by solarflare
As soon as I have had my lunch today, I will conquer more of the omnibetaverse. (32% complete)
Sorry, solarflare. I'm going to have to disqualify your post. It is too interesting :)

[SolarFlare]

What? I didn't hear you. I was too busy making sure the shoelace on my left shoe was correctly centered.

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by solarflare
What? I didn't hear you. I was too busy making sure the shoelace on my left shoe was correctly centered.
whew, that is more like it.

[Mick]

Originally posted by Andreas Masur

Well...may be you should change the wheel...from left-front to back-right for example...could make it more interesting... :cool:

That requires too much work :) So does getting a new tire. That's why you use a product like fix-a-flat. But then you lose the excersie benifets.

[Andreas Masur]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
That requires too much work :) So does getting a new tire.
Well...that is a point... :cool:

[Andreas Masur]

Oh and by the way...did you know that if you are sitting in an empty room and there is no noise at all, that it is pretty silent then in there? :confused:

[galathaea]

*** galathaea rotates the breakfast fork 41.6 degrees from magnetic north, and states, almost expectantly, "check." ***

*** kibbitzer#1 mutters quietly in the corner, "breakfast fork?" ***

[SolarFlare]

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Have a nice day.

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

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Have a nice day.

[souldog]

What are you afraid of?
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Do it

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

You.
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[souldog]

Yes, I am pretty intimidating.;)

[Simon666]

Seems empty in here. I'm reading echoes.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Simon666
Seems empty in here. I'm reading echoes.
I don't think that's why it seems empty in here ;):eek::D

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by solarflare

I don't think that's why it seems empty in here ;):eek::D

Solar, Simon! Thinking is not allowed here.

[SolarFlare]

That's why I said I don't think.

[Simon666]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Solar, Simon! Thinking is not allowed here.
I think I never even said "I think" in here. Oh wait, I just did twice.

[SolarFlare]

punctuation and capital letters are too exciting for the boring thread if you want it to be boring you must drop these and then it will seem like you are droning on and on with no inflection in your typing voice dont you agree

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by solarflare
punctuation and capital letters are too exciting for the boring thread if you want it to be boring you must drop these and then it will seem like you are droning on and on with no inflection in your typing voice dont you agree
That was boring.

[souldog]

maybe all capitols and exclamation points would be better. Overly exuberant people are pretty darn boring.

[galathaea]

NOTHINGNESS NEGATES EXISTENTS INTO EXISTENCE! ITS QUITE A NONVIOLENT PROCESS! FOR DETAILS, SEE SARTRE!

[souldog]

I HAVE A BURNING NEED TO SEE MY EYES! CAN WE FOREVER ONLY PEER INTO A REFLECTION OF OR SOULS!

[SolarFlare]

Oh man. Talk about boring. Some people drone on and on and on not knowing when to stop. It's like they have no common decency for the well-being of the listeners. They think they're not wasting your time when they talk forever, but really they are, because they just never stop. People like that are really boring. Talking forver and ever, just saying the same thing over and over, maybe switching a word or two to make it seem different. But they're just repeating themselves. Being redundant. When I hear a person like that talk, I want to just leave, but it's like I can't, they have some sort of mind trick that makes me read until the end. I really hate people like that. They tempt you to listen further and there's nothing really to say. Or maybe there is, but they've already said it ten times. What a waste. I hate people like that. Don't know when to end. Hate 'em.

[Mick]

Originally posted by solarflare
Oh man. Talk about boring. Some people drone on and on and on not knowing when to stop. It's like they have no common decency for the well-being of the listeners. They think they're not wasting your time when they talk forever, but really they are, because they just never stop. People like that are really boring. Talking forver and ever, just saying the same thing over and over, maybe switching a word or two to make it seem different. But they're just repeating themselves. Being redundant. When I hear a person like that talk, I want to just leave, but it's like I can't, they have some sort of mind trick that makes me read until the end. I really hate people like that. They tempt you to listen further and there's nothing really to say. Or maybe there is, but they've already said it ten times. What a waste. I hate people like that. Don't know when to end. Hate 'em.

zzzzzZZZZ (drool)

[souldog]

Originally posted by solarflare
Oh man. Talk about boring. Some people drone on and on and on not knowing when to stop. It's like they have no common decency for the well-being of the listeners. They think they're not wasting your time when they talk forever, but really they are, because they just never stop. People like that are really boring. Talking forver and ever, just saying the same thing over and over, maybe switching a word or two to make it seem different. But they're just repeating themselves. Being redundant. When I hear a person like that talk, I want to just leave, but it's like I can't, they have some sort of mind trick that makes me read until the end. I really hate people like that. They tempt you to listen further and there's nothing really to say. Or maybe there is, but they've already said it ten times. What a waste. I hate people like that. Don't know when to end. Hate 'em.

Now you really have me intrigued. I am going to have to go outside and think about this for a while

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by galathaea
NOTHINGNESS NEGATES EXISTENTS INTO EXISTENCE! ITS QUITE A NONVIOLENT PROCESS! FOR DETAILS, SEE SARTRE!

yes, yes..I see it now. Extremely boring.

[souldog]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman


yes, yes..I see it now. Extremely boring.


enlightenment. ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZ Yawn

[Mick]

I was slumming thru one of those boards that got added needless to say I got bored and slightly depressed. Maybe I should start a depression thread but that would be boring and depressing or are you really depressed when your bored but if your depressed how could you care if your bored

[galathaea]

I think depression is more like exhaustion than boredom. Often depression equates with not wanting / being able to deal with the circumstances of one's life (a serotonergic reaction), whereas boredom is more like wanting to deal with circumstances that aren't there (a dopaminergic reaction). I could write a 40 page essay on the distinction here. I'm sure I could make it topical...

[Mick]

Originally posted by galathaea
I think depression is more like exhaustion than boredom. Often depression equates with not wanting / being able to deal with the circumstances of one's life (a serotonergic reaction), whereas boredom is more like wanting to deal with circumstances that aren't there (a dopaminergic reaction). I could write a 40 page essay on the distinction here. I'm sure I could make it topical...

It's a boring thread. Why not ;)

[Tom Frohman]

I just wish they had more Curling on TV. There is nothing as exciting as seing them sweep the ice. Too bad they don't use brooms anymore.

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by souldog
I HAVE A BURNING NEED TO SEE MY EYES! CAN WE FOREVER ONLY PEER INTO A REFLECTION OF OR SOULS!

Answer: Maybe.

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
I just wish they had more Curling on TV. There is nothing as exciting as seing them sweep the ice. Too bad they don't use brooms anymore.


Watch bowling on espn.

[SolarFlare]

Now on ESPN: X-treme poker!

Watch as your favorite mob stars go at it. When lenny drops down a full house, will Merriam get suspicious? Which holster will he pull his pistol from? How many back-up men does he have? Will Lenny discover Merriam was cheating anyway? All these questions and more will be answered tonight at 8pm - prime time!

[Mick]

Originally posted by solarflare
Now on ESPN: X-treme poker!

Watch as your favorite mob stars go at it. When lenny drops down a full house, will Merriam get suspicious? Which holster will he pull his pistol from? How many back-up men does he have? Will Lenny discover Merriam was cheating anyway? All these questions and more will be answered tonight at 8pm - prime time!

Ok so they actually did have the poker championships on espn, this was a couple of weeks ago...I watched it.

[Tom Frohman]

Poker on ESPN can't hold a candle to the US Full-Contact Scrabble championships. And why doesn't pumpkin chunking get as much news coverage as the NCAA basketball tournament? Coincidence? I don't think so.

[Tom Frohman]

Yesterday, the chipmunks had stripped all the kernels off of the ear of field corn I gave them. So you know what I did??
I gave them another ear of corn!

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Ok so they actually did have the poker championships on espn, this was a couple of weeks ago...I watched it.
Oh... ummm... how embarassing. Okay, please reinterpret my previous post to be even more outlandish.

[Tom Frohman]

It's raining this morning.
There was a queue of drenched wet squirrels waiting to eat hazelnuts on my balcony.

"Waiter! The service here is terrible."

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
It's raining this morning.
There was a queue of drenched wet squirrels waiting to eat hazelnuts on my balcony.

"Waiter! The service here is terrible."

I just have deer grazing in the yard every morning, not on the balcony though, that would be entertaining. They are boring to watch, sometimes I open the door just to watch them run, now that's fun.

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
They are boring to watch, sometimes I open the door just to watch them run, now that's fun.

Doesn't sound boring to me. I'm sure it is more interesting than the War Developments, Paranoid Drivel and Unsubstantiated Garbage thread.

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman


Doesn't sound boring to me. I'm sure it is more interesting than the War Developments, Paranoid Drivel and Unsubstantiated Garbage thread.

Yes yes, they have a couple sanctuaries to run to, where the bad bad man can't shoot shoot shoot them. The current crop is hmm 9, 3 does and 6 little squirts...I think the dominat buck is in heaven right now. Though sometimes, driving home and seeing bambi as roadkill, makes me think to myself, well at least it wasn't thumper...

[souldog]

Originally posted by Mick_2002


Yes yes, they have a couple sanctuaries to run to, where the bad bad man can't shoot shoot shoot them. The current crop is hmm 9, 3 does and 6 little squirts...I think the dominat buck is in heaven right now. Though sometimes, driving home and seeing bambi as roadkill, makes me think to myself, well at least it wasn't thumper...


With every post it becomes more and more clear that you are indeed a bleeding heart....

[Mick]

Originally posted by souldog



With every post it becomes more and more clear that you are indeed a bleeding heart....

Sometimes even grown men are forced to watch the wonderful world of disney...I'm still praying for the switch from rawlings to tolkien...

[SolarFlare]

Boring.

[Mick]

Bore^ing

[Tom Frohman]

I just watched that art house classic film "The Amazing Dobermans" staring Fred Astaire and Barbara Eden. It doesn't get any better than this.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
I just watched that art house classic film "The Amazing Dobermans" staring Fred Astaire and Barbara Eden. It doesn't get any better than this.
Better as in good or better as in more boring?

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
I just watched that art house classic film "The Amazing Dobermans" staring Fred Astaire and Barbara Eden. It doesn't get any better than this.

Watch Doctor Zhivago frame by frame.

[Mick]

Don't forget to set your clocks you cowboy hat wearing, freedom fry munching kiddies...unless you live in a facist state or territory, I never did get that little part of indiana...can anyone explain that? I forget, it's in the area of bloomington right? Ohh the horror, I've suppressed those memories, doc help me...

[SolarFlare]

From 2am to 3am tonight will probably be the most boring of all hours ever... I hear all the tv stations aren't even broadcasting anything at that time (Because of daylight savings time, you idiot)

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Don't forget to set your clocks you cowboy hat wearing, freedom fry munching kiddies...unless you live in a facist state or territory, I never did get that little part of indiana...can anyone explain that? I forget, it's in the area of bloomington right? Ohh the horror, I've suppressed those memories, doc help me...

Do you have some connection to Bloomington, IN Mick?

My Dad, Mom, Brother and Sister all went to IU.

I thought Gary was the part of Indiana that didn't switch over.

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Do you have some connection to Bloomington, IN Mick?
My Dad, Mom, Brother and Sister all went to IU.
I thought Gary was the part of Indiana that didn't switch over.

Heh got pulled over once in indiana :) Anyways, nah, but I worked for a certain company not to be named, where ever year, we dreaded two things, spring forward and fall back. And while I know the origins of daylight savings...I never did figure out why this small little part of indiana didn't observe it.

[Tom Frohman]

A picture of Yogi. I took this on my balcony this morning.

Note the gross disgusting ice left over from this weekends ice storm.

[Tom Frohman]

A picture of Mrs. Scarface. This was also taken on the balcony this morning. Once again observe the ice left over from this weekend's ice storm. It is April isn't it?

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
A picture of Mrs. Scarface. This was also taken on the balcony this morning. Once again observe the ice left over from this weekend's ice storm. It is April isn't it?

Cute suckers...heh I could never do that, keep squirrels on my balcony...I'd just have this strange urge to feed them beer or something. Next thing you know, you got a bunch of drunk squirrels trashing the place.

PS: It was in the 70's here, but it's only gonna be 50 today :(

[Mick]

Originally posted by Mick_2002


Heh got pulled over once in indiana :) Anyways, nah, but I worked for a certain company not to be named, where ever year, we dreaded two things, spring forward and fall back. And while I know the origins of daylight savings...I never did figure out why this small little part of indiana didn't observe it.

Ok so it's actually the reverse, most of indiana doesn't observe daylight savings, and only certain northwest, southwest and southeast counties do.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
PS: It was in the 70's here, but it's only gonna be 50 today :(
Yeah :(:( I'm still waiting for it to hit a constant spring-like temperature.

How about this for a new thread called "The Weather Thread": the Californians describe the weather during the day, and you and me can read it so we know what the weather will be here two days later. Sound like a good idea? :D

And perhaps Tom in Michigan can confirm what the Californians say so we know it's still headed on track or if it has turned too far north or south... it's a perfect system!

[Mick]

Originally posted by solarflare

Yeah :(:( I'm still waiting for it to hit a constant spring-like temperature.

How about this for a new thread called "The Weather Thread": the Californians describe the weather during the day, and you and me can read it so we know what the weather will be here two days later. Sound like a good idea? :D

And perhaps Tom in Michigan can confirm what the Californians say so we know it's still headed on track or if it has turned too far north or south... it's a perfect system!

I'm in, current Maryland weather at the ding is:

46°F
Cloudy Feels Like
43°F

But we do have a:

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC533 PM EDT SUN APR 6 2003
...SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE AREA.

WHILE MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN THERE WILL SOME SLEET MIXED IN ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

WITH RECENT WARM WEATHER...THE GROUND HAS WARMED ABOVE FREEZING...SO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE NOT EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS...AND SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER CHANNEL AND WEATHER.COM FOR UPDATES....

I'm tuned in man...

[Mick]

I cleaned my house today. You know it's funny how much dust can accumulate in one year. I was just sitting there making doodles on the entertainment center, but that got boring, so I started dusting, but that got boring, so I bought some beer. At least I have some clean spots...

[souldog]

Well here in Los Angeles it is going to be between 75 and 80 degF for the next few days. It has been a little chilly at night however, getting down into the low fifties:cool:

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
I cleaned my house today. You know it's funny how much dust can accumulate in one year. I was just sitting there making doodles on the entertainment center, but that got boring, so I started dusting, but that got boring, so I bought some beer. At least I have some clean spots...

Yo. Beer is clearly more fun than cleaning the house...

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
I cleaned my house today. You know it's funny how much dust can accumulate in one year. I was just sitting there making doodles on the entertainment center, but that got boring, so I started dusting, but that got boring, so I bought some beer. At least I have some clean spots...
Oh well, single M---I---C---K :o
:D :D :D

[Mick]

Originally posted by Wfranc

Oh well, single M---I---C---K :o
:D :D :D

Sure beats the previous Mick mode.

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Sure beats the previous Mick mode.
Oh, Mick 'lurks' again, which makes me hard to understand....:(
:D, Why doesn't Mick use a smily to let me know how Mick is really thinking ? A Nice big teeth smily from Mick is my favorite.....like this:D:D:D

[Mick]

Originally posted by Wfranc

Oh, Mick 'lurks' again, which makes me hard to understand....:(
:D, Why doesn't Mick use a smily to let me know how Mick is really thinking ? A Nice big teeth smily from Mick is my favorite.....like this:D:D:D

Hmm that's an abyss you'd better step back from...but I was thinking :D :D :D that you know here I sat, just a couple of people hanging around, and then all of the sudden it's like the train pulled up and the doors opened...I feel tighter than a tuna in a tin can...somehow that doesn't sound right though :)

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Mick_2002


Cute suckers...heh I could never do that, keep squirrels on my balcony...I'd just have this strange urge to feed them beer or something. Next thing you know, you got a bunch of drunk squirrels trashing the place.

PS: It was in the 70's here, but it's only gonna be 50 today :(

There was one year back in the 1960's when the conditions were just right for the cherries to ferment on our cherry tree. It was incredible. The squirrels were staggering around stoned out of their gourds. The birds were stoned too. The squirrels would lie on the branches with their arms hanging down with glazed looks in their eyes. If you walked right up to them they wouldn't even flinch. They seemed ok once they had slept it off.

[Tom Frohman]

Speaking of Boring...It is April 7th and it is snowing like an SO* out there!! I want the person responsible caught and turned over to the Spanish Inquisition.

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Yesterday, an irresponsable cat considered that my fresh washed car is the right place to have a walk on. The entire car is full of cat paws. I want to introduce that cat to my dog some day...

[Tom Frohman]

30 years ago that happened all the time here.
People don't let their cats out as much as they used to in the US.
There has been a big push on for people to leave there cats inside. I don't see nearly as many cats as I used to.

Of course a lot of those foot prints were left by my cats. (had 5 of them when I was growing up.)

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Yeah, I wonder why the "No cats trespassing" sticker I put on my car didn't work....

[galathaea]

Snowed several times this weekend. It would have been even more boring if I had not had to drive in it...

Luckily will warm up to the 70s during this week. Unless the forecasters are part of the conspiracy...

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by galathaea
Snowed several times this weekend. It would have been even more boring if I had not had to drive in it...

Luckily will warm up to the 70s during this week. Unless the forecasters are part of the conspiracy...
Where are you?

It's snowing where I am... about an inch; it's just starting to stick on the road, but the snow is turning to rain anyway. :(

[Tom Frohman]

I was under the impression that Galathea was from the non-existent state of California.

[galathaea]

Eww... personal information sux. But if it shall be known, I am currently situated in the very real Reno, NV, where, as the bumperstickers proclaim "dreams come to die".

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by galathaea
Eww... personal information sux. But if it shall be known, I am currently situated in the very real Reno, NV, where, as the bumperstickers proclaim "dreams come to die".
Reno? That's boring :D

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman

Reno? That's boring :D

Not if you have a chicken ranch menu :) :) :)

Needless to say, my only trip to the fine state of nevada was Las Vegas...and well it was boring, entertaining, but boring at the same time.

[galathaea]

There's a nice underground art community in Vegas. Everyone knows everyone, though, and they're all scrambling to make it, which makes it rather exclusive. And half of them are on heroin...

[Mick]

I find it boring to catch up on a couple of pages of C++ problems in the visual forum...mostly because if you reply to one, you are brought back to the first page, so I got bored.

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Needless to say, my only trip to the fine state of nevada was Las Vegas...and well it was boring, entertaining, but boring at the same time.

I went to Las Vegas in January. I really enjoyed myself. I went to see magicians: Lance Burton, Mac King, Ric Thomas..
Saw the Cirque du Soleil too.

Could care less about gambling and showgirls.

Was in Reno for about 1 hour about 4 years ago. I drove from Laurel, MD to Berkely, CA. It was raining cats and dogs. We came through Reno hours before the river overflowed and closed the highway.

[Mick]

Originally posted by galathaea
There's a nice underground art community in Vegas. Everyone knows everyone, though, and they're all scrambling to make it, which makes it rather exclusive. And half of them are on heroin...

The only time I was in vegas it was 115 degrees, ahh but it was a dry heat. I do say anyone that takes the roller coaster at the top of the spire is nuts...I heard it got demolished though some years ago...ahh, all I know is my destination was on Maryland street...it was rather...strange...the hilton was cheap though, it was like 30 bucks a night...but I wasn't paying so what did I care, well other than having to explain that entertainment expense that was billed :)

How boring...

[Mick]

I spent a boring hour searching hi and low, mostly low for pictures of my backyard....liberty reservoir...all the pictures were depressing showing the drought days...now it's so full and brimming, I'd be 30 feet under water right now if I walked (swam) out to my fishing hole of last summer. I need to get me one of them new fangled devices Tom has...

[Tom Frohman]

Liberty Reservoir. All of a sudden it hits me. Is this where Frank Cho got the name of Liberty Meadows?

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Liberty Reservoir. All of a sudden it hits me. Is this where Frank Cho got the name of Liberty Meadows?

Hmm I don't know, but it does make sense, assuming your talking about the cartoon strip, monkey boy.

[souldog]

I am tired and hungry, but I am not going to sleep and I am not going to eat....

[Mick]

Originally posted by souldog
I am tired and hungry, but I am not going to sleep and I am not going to eat....

We've got to stop meeting like this. But seriously, think how I feel, I'm 3 hours ahead ;) But I am thinking eggs and snausages...wish I had some hens then I could just wash off the warm poop and have some nice fresh brown eggs.

[Mick]

Sometimes...just sometimes, when it's boring and nothing is exploding on the news...I see who was found guilty on this day, it's interesting, how many fun loving criminals were 'transported' to my beloved states.


http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Mick_2002


We've got to stop meeting like this. But seriously, think how I feel, I'm 3 hours ahead ;) But I am thinking eggs and snausages...wish I had some hens then I could just wash off the warm poop and have some nice fresh brown eggs.

Mick, I think you need to take a break and get some sleep. You are becoming incoherent.

I'm the only one who is aloud to be insane here. So pass me a long tall cool refreshing glass of barium sulfate.

Especially, the part about snausages.

(Snausages=a pre-packaged dog treat)

My dog (who had to be put down at age 14.5 yrs two weeks ago) loved them.

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman


Mick, I think you need to take a break and get some sleep. You are becoming incoherent.

I'm the only one who is aloud to be insane here. So pass me a long tall cool refreshing glass of barium sulfate.

Especially, the part about snausages.

(Snausages=a pre-packaged dog treat)

My dog (who had to be put down at age 14.5 yrs two weeks ago) loved them.

I find them more tasty than beggin bits....but then I know it's not bacon.

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
My dog (who had to be put down at age 14.5 yrs two weeks ago) loved them.

Sorry to hear that, Tom. :(

[SolarFlare]

Ever had the power go out completely, no light at all, in a room with a thousand people and no windows? :eek: Now I have.

[Mick]

Originally posted by solarflare
Ever had the power go out completely, no light at all, in a room with a thousand people and no windows? :eek: Now I have.

Perfect time to build a campfire and sing kumbaya....

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Liberty Reservoir. All of a sudden it hits me. Is this where Frank Cho got the name of Liberty Meadows?
Who is Frank Cho ? My name is not Frank, as franc is money, Oh... b ythe way W is Williams<------- My great father's name...:D
Thank you, I also want to be Liberty Midows.:D

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Hmm I don't know, but it does make sense, assuming your talking about the cartoon strip, monkey boy.
How could you be that rude to call me monkey boy, cartoon strip ?:(.
Wfranc guesses Mick missed Wfranc:D , so today Wfranc is online:)
:D:D:D



*Note: Hope this boring thread wiill not go dead after my posts :D:D

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Perfect time to build a campfire and sing kumbaya....

What is KUMBAYA ?*


*Note: Dont 'lurk', since Wfranc will not understand what MICK wants to nicely tell Wfranc:D:D

[Mick]

Originally posted by Wfranc

Who is Frank Cho ? My name is not Frank, as franc is money, Oh... b ythe way W is Williams<------- My great father's name...:D
Thank you, I also want to be Liberty Midows.:D

http://www.libertymeadows.com/

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
http://www.libertymeadows.com/

Strange, I can't skate either:D
But that Monkey Boy looks terrible...:(

:D:D

[Wfranc]

I see you active right now, why you just sit and watch, why dont you sei somethin ? :(

[souldog]

darn, I was hoping to just sneak about. Life just isn't as sweet if your not sneaking.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Wfranc
Hope this boring thread wiill not go dead after my posts
Isn't that the goal of each post in this thread?

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by solarflare
Isn't that the goal of each post in this thread?

Well Solarflare s always smart and nice...:)

[Tom Frohman]

One day Gregor Samsa awoke to find he had turned into a giant beetle......


Nah, that's too good.

[Wfranc]

I have been waiting for you for nearly 3 hours, but you havenot posted anythin'.:(
I have to go now.... Bye :( :( :(

[galathaea]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
One day Gregor Samsa awoke to find he had turned into a giant beetle......
Who is John Galt?

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by galathaea
Who is John Galt?

He is lying here (www.johngalt.com) :(

[galathaea]

Don't be sad, Wfranc. I actually didn't realize anyone had abrogated Ayn's hero for their business name, but I'm sure she would be happy. Anyway, I know you can resist the teeth :D.

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by galathaea
Don't be sad, Wfranc. I actually didn't realize anyone had abrogated Ayn's hero for their business name, but I'm sure she would be happy. Anyway, I know you can resist the teeth :D.
I like it, because I honestly have never seen Galathaea smiling like that before.
Okay, I pay you back :D:D:D:D:D

[souldog]

Just thought I would join in on this joy fest

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by souldog
Just thought I would join in on this joy fest
:D
Because you kick the day in your teeth every morning so I guess they are clean and pretty.
Okay, lets cheer :D:D:D:D

[souldog]

Originally posted by Wfranc

Because you kick the day in your teeth every morning so I guess they are clean and pretty.
Okay, lets cheer :D:D:D:D

You know, lately I have been reduced to greeting the day with a knee to the groin and a smart slap right across the face.
:(

[galathaea]

Who would have thought that Kafka and Rand could ignite so much love?

:D;):D:D:D:D:D:p:D:D
(they're holding hands...)

Maybe we should pass out some Kierkegaard to help cure depression!

(Hmmmmmmm... anyone know what the limit to smilies and images are? I keep having to take some of the joy out of my post before it lets me thru...)

(Wow.. its not letting me put many in at all!!)

[galathaea]

Well.. I guess I know the answer now. 10 smily limit (enforced by radar). And while I was cutting jobs from my chorus line, souldog has now fell ill to the saddy bug....

Ok how about this one: a bipartite graph and Tarski walk into a bar...

[souldog]

ahhhhh!! thanks. I am all better now.:D :D :D :D :D

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Originally posted by galathaea
Well.. I guess I know the answer now. 10 smily limit (enforced by radar).

Yep. And that's good that way. I don't want to see a post saying "Chicken Chop" made of smilies :)

[souldog]

Hey Galathaea, if I may I would like to ask you a programming question. Do you know of a pattern for the following problem.

I will issue an unknown number of requests for data across a socket. These will go through an application gateway and be distributed to some number of running apps. I want to capture when all the apps have responded and then act on the data.

Socket is of course asynchronous.

My solution is to create a "Job" which will have a unique ID and a count of the number of reponses it is expecting. It will also have a dynamically sized array to hold the data sent back. Each time a data item is received the count is decremented and when it reaches zero the array is sent off.

Just wondering if there is an established and superior way to handle this?

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by souldog
ahhhhh!! thanks. I am all better now
I thought you were really ill, but now when saw you smiling again, I felt great again too,
Here for you, dogsoul can now be souldog
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


Sorry I have to delete all of your smilies in the quote as..... I have to use it in my own post:D
Well, all the smilies stick their ears together... how beautiful they are..

[galathaea]

Originally posted by souldog
Hey Galathaea, if I may I would like to ask you a programming question. Do you know of a pattern for the following problem.

I will issue an unknown number of requests for data across a socket. These will go through an application gateway and be distributed to some number of running apps. I want to capture when all the apps have responded and then act on the data.

Socket is of course asynchronous.

My solution is to create a "Job" which will have a unique ID and a count of the number of reponses it is expecting. It will also have a dynamically sized array to hold the data sent back. Each time a data item is received the count is decremented and when it reaches zero the array is sent off.

Just wondering if there is an established and superior way to handle this?
I think we can all agree this is topical...
Well, it looks to me like everything has been pared down to the essentials. I am not sure how you are communicating between apps (probably something like COM or if they're your own apps, any IPC like messages or what have you) or even if that is relevant here. That has its own set of designs which vary widely on the circumstances.

The basic idea is just that you are building a proxy to data requests. So if this system is to be included in a larger system at some point, you will want to make your proxy as non-intrusive as possible. I mean by this that the objects talking to the proxy should not need to know anything about how the proxy is setting up a socket and communicating to the application gateway. They should see the proxy as the request object.

Also, I am a little uncertain what is known and what is unknown about the number of requests. There could be ways to handle responses using linking techniques rather than reference counting, but think of the request like a smart pointer. Which ever method of keeping track of the separate requests best suits your objective is fine here.

I don't quite understand the purpose of the unique ID, but it does add that human touch...

So basically, I see you asking about
\
-G==socket==P
/
where the branching indicates communications with the applications, G is the gateway, P is the proxy. Some other suggestions that pop to mind are just to note that if I were building this I usually keep my objects broken up quite finely. So my "gateway" would consist of a server-side socket state-engine system and a message relay system, with all the associated helper classes (like messages). The proxy would consist of a client-side socket state-engine system and proxy interface, again with helpers. But that's the kind of details that crop up in implementation anyways.

Anyways, that's one way of answering your question. Another way would be that if you are asking for established professional frameworks for this, then you have things like ACE (and Active Objects are actually much much much elaborated buggers for just these kind of distributed computing needs), CORBA, and the ever-avoided-by-me-though-I-don't-know-why DCOM.

[souldog]

Thanks! Vocabulary is always what I need.

I don't quite understand the purpose of the unique ID, but it does add that human touch...

Well there may be multiple jobs pending


So basically, I see you asking about
\
-G==socket==P
/


app ==socket==
._____________\
._____________-G==socket==P==???
._____________/
app==socket==

Yah, I am writing everything to the left of P and part of P.

??? is a server on a private network spanning a bunch of universities, P acts as a control mechanism which processes requests from ???? and translates them into my protocol. I am aware of ACE and have it, but don't have time to learn how to use it right now. I have implemented the gateway as you are describing. Thanks.. I am working on this whole thing kind of alone and sometimes just need to ask somebody "Hey, am I crazy"

[Mick]

Originally posted by souldog
I am working on this whole thing kind of alone and sometimes just need to ask somebody "Hey, am I crazy"

Yes....

[souldog]

OK, now it is official. That's a load of my back.

[Mick]

Originally posted by souldog
OK, now it is official. That's a load of my back.

It's an exclusive club though, you have to apply for membership. But I'll let you be my caddie for now.

In other news...Its raining, my phone goes out when it rains. I always say to myself, I should call the phone company when this happens. But it's hasn't been a problem until now, it didn't rain before...now it rains all the time. I like the rain, I like the little worms that come out in the rain, reminds me of the worms in my brain...squiggley

[Wfranc]

I dont like worms but I like it when I know you like the rain. I think you should call the fone company now since it is not easy to know when and if there is a problem with your fone.







For Mick's heart I smile :D:D:D

[Mick]

Originally posted by Wfranc
I dont like worms but I like it when I know you like the rain. I think you should call the fone company now since it is not easy to know when and if there is a problem with your fone.

For Mick's heart I smile :D:D:D

Ahh don't really care that much about it. People are so hung up on phones. I spent three years without a phone and liked it very much. Course people I work with don't understand that, they live their lives thru phones. Next week I hope to get carpet in my cave...

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Ahh don't really care that much about it. People are so hung up on phones. I spent three years without a phone and liked it very much. Course people I work with don't understand that, they live their lives thru phones. Next week I hope to get carpet in my cave...
Oh well, now I know that three years is not a single solitary word for Mick...:)

[Mick]

Originally posted by Wfranc

Oh well, now I know that three years is not a single solitary word for Mick...:)

So I'm not a single solitary word...what am I then :)

[Mick]

There are lots and lots of wormys out WFranc...Should I go fishing today with all the little wormys...

[Wfranc]

Okay, go out there and tryto choose some that fit your hook...Let me know if everything goes fine.

[Tom Frohman]

They call me Ishmael........

Yes, yes that is extremely boring.

[Wfranc]

Mick, why dont we just be like :D all the time, why do we have to be so cold, that really sad.:(

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Wfranc
Mick, why dont we just be like :D all the time, why do we have to be so cold, that really sad.:(

I'll answer that. Life would be boring (...wait a minute) if everything were the same all the time.

:D :D :mad: :D :eek: :D :( :D

Change is good.

[Mick]

Boring...

[Mick]

My little herd is out in the yard eating again....it would be nice if they brought more of their friends so I'd never have to mow...one of the little dudes is the look out, just standing there..looking out...it's been 5 minutes and she hasn't blinked an eye...now that's talent.

[SolarFlare]

Well, technically you could make "Chicken Chop" out of smilies... if you made it into one picture... I've pm'ed Xeon detailing the process.

[Mick]

GUI questions are boring...so little meat and potatos being served these past few days....how...boring. Of course I wouldn't be so bored if my car wasn't in the shop, which brings me to the statement, if you know a friend of a friend, and they can do the work real cheap like, don't expect to have your car back for 2 weeks....just another tip from your uncle bob....whoever that is.

[Wfranc]

It is really boring so I will try to make this thread be what it is called:) Here is the news....
A couple of hours ago, on the way home, I by chance saw an old friend of mine who used to be an alcohol addict. He was talking outloud to some guys at a bar nearby... I felt happy as we hadnot meet for a long time. He drank too much to control his pace when walking next to me. When I told him I would take him to his home where his wife was waiting. He yielded at me and said: I wasnot drunk, i sipped only a small glass of JW, But I knew it was over ten bottles, not a glass like what he said. A few minutes later, he rushed to the bar and took out a woman, then they both told me that they would play an eye-checking game just to let me know that he wasnot drunk and he still had a good "companion". You know, just because he was always scared to be alone, he always tried to look for some companions, which I leant since we were neighbors....Unfortunate for him, they didnot look...'matched'. I knew that from his awkwardness, but I felt sorry for him because alcohol turned him to behave in that way...Sad...
I dont drink, so I am never drunk, sometimes I intend to try once, but when i hold it in my hands, something at once,like sudden thunder in the storm, tells me: Alcohol just kills your liver and ruin your life.
I still wonder, however, why so many people out there, in most of the bars here and there in the world keep on drinking it as if they were drinking water...

[Mick]

Originally posted by Wfranc
It is really boring so I will try to make this thread be what it is called:) Here is the news....
A couple of hours ago, on the way home, I by chance saw an old friend of mine who used to be an alcohol addict. He was talking outloud to some guys at a bar nearby... I felt happy as we hadnot meet for a long time. He drank too much to control his pace when walking next to me. When I told him I would take him to his home where his wife was waiting. He yielded at me and said: I wasnot drunk, i sipped only a small glass of JW, But I knew it was over ten bottles, not a glass like what he said. A few minutes later, he rushed to the bar and took out a woman, then they both told me that they would play an eye-checking game just to let me know that he wasnot drunk and he still had a good "companion". You know, just because he was always scared to be alone, he always tried to look for some companions, which I leant since we were neighbors....Unfortunate for him, they didnot look...'matched'. I knew that from his awkwardness, but I felt sorry for him because alcohol turned him to behave in that way...Sad...
I dont drink, so I am never drunk, sometimes I intend to try once, but when i hold it in my hands, something at once,like sudden thunder in the storm, tells me: Alcohol just kills your liver and ruin your life.
I still wonder, however, why so many people out there, in most of the bars here and there in the world keep on drinking it as if they were drinking water...

That's a sad story, brought a tear to my eye, I kept thinking...time for another beer run...

[souldog]

I still wonder, however, why so many people out there, in most of the bars here and there in the world keep on drinking it as if they were drinking water...
because they are bored

[Mick]

I wonder what JW is...is that Johnny Walker? People still drink that stuff?

[souldog]

I went through one of the most h_e_l_l_ish days of my life after drinking a bottle of Johnny Walker red. It still makes me shudder.

[galathaea]

Some advice: no matter what anyone tells you, shots of Everclear are not social drinks...



Trust me.

[souldog]

I don't need to trust you on that one.

[Tom Frohman]

It was 26 years ago that I drank a fifth of Jim Beam one evening. Ever since then the smell of whiskey makes me wanna heave.

Ah yes, the bad old days.....

[Wfranc]

I also dont feel happy if my story was like an arrow thru one's heart...sad but it s true...
Oh what time is it in Cali huh ?

[souldog]

there is no time in paradise

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by souldog
there is no time in paradise
OKay.....H_ell, right ? 12:11

[Wfranc]

will be posted *tomorrow*, hope you guys enjoy the sadness and boredom of these stuff..., please co-operate to make this thread much boring...

[irona20]

Originally posted by souldog
there is no time in paradise

No... in paradise it is 9:17 AM :p :)

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Originally posted by Wfranc
i] I wasnot drunk, i sipped only a small glass of JW[/i], But I knew it was over ten bottles, not a glass like what he said.

If JW is Johnny Walker and the dude drank over ten bottles of the size I know them, then he shouldn't smoke for a while if he doesn't want to explode :)

OTOH, it sometimes is stunning how much some people can drink without major consequencies. I remember hearing a story in the news some year ago. Happened in France. It said that the police stopped a car driven by a woman, for a routine check. The cops later said that they had the feeling that the lady had drunk something and made an alcohol test. Of course that they suspected their detector being defect at first, cause it was displaying 0.65% (6.5 pro mille). The blood test confirmed that result. They commented that most people would be in an alcohol coma at that concentration. The lady merily showd signs of being 'slightly drunk'. I don't remember what happened to the lady, though, but I expect that she didn't travel anywhere for a while, and after that only by bus and train :)

[Wfranc]

..........I don't remember what happened to the lady, though, but I expect that she didn't travel anywhere for a while, and after that only by bus and train
Well if she was really slightly drunk, I think she could still drive home, to meet her husband ...
But how about those cops ?

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Originally posted by Wfranc

Well if she was really slightly drunk, I think she could still drive home, to meet her husband ...
But how about those cops ?

Drive home? Drive? No, she certainly got a lift to the nearest police station, on the back seat of the police car.

She was not slight drunk -- she had 0.65%!!! Most people would be dead from less than that. Most people hardly can walk or talk with 0.2% and they look very drunk.

Here in Switzerland, driving with more than 0.08% is against the law. I'm not sure, but in France, the limit may even be 0.05%.

And the cops? They saw themselves on TV :)

[Wfranc]

Oh, the dog comes barking again, I couldnot hear what is on the telefone. But your news is fun since you use so many smilies on your post and I really hope it was true:) 'cos I thnk you kind of intend to talk about some one here.
Mick, I am going to leave now, when you got back, give comment later well talk :):D.... Apoem.... for M-I-C-K:D
[Edit] Wfranc thought Wfranc's poem would just make Mick upset... So Wfranc deleted it:) :) :) . Before Mick, Wfranc will never show off wfranc 's teeth again Okay...This :) is much better huh ....
Wfranc gota go buy another wireless LAN card as the one Wfranc s using now really s.../ not good....

[irona20]

In Spain the limit is: 0.5 g/l (in blood)

[Wfranc]

Wake Up
[i]Sorry, My soul..., I just thought you were falling asleep on your keyboard again...:(

[souldog]

Here I am trying to get some much needed rest and you have to go screeming in my ear. geeeeezzz

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by souldog
Here I am trying to get some much needed rest and you have to go screeming in my ear. geeeeezzz
Dont get angry,:(, :D
Now, I can smile again...:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Originally posted by Wfranc
Oh, the dog comes barking again, I couldnot hear what is on the telefone. But your news is fun since you use so many smilies on your post and I really hope it was true:) 'cos I thnk you kind of intend to talk about some one here.


Huh? What? :confused:

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by Gabriel Fleseriu
Huh? What? :confused:

Just because yesterday, I promised a friend of mine that I willnever let the dog go barking around his house....
I am sorry, please donot get me wrong...:)

[galathaea]

At home, I have this old Macintosh G3 (her name is Electra). The monitor I bought with it has always given me problems, but over the past year it has been quite consistent in its behavior. The first time its turned on in the day, it will run for maybe 2 hours or so. Then, due to heating I suspect, it makes this loud "BOINN" sound and flickers of, then kinda clicks away (maybe one click a second) flashing the screen on and off in unison. So I have to turn it off for a while. But if I don't let it rest for long enough, I can only eek out maybe 30min or so the next time (and sometimes I just type blind to finish up whatever I'm doing).

I don't know enough about monitors to be able to work on it (and I'd hate to drin the capacitor through me), so I just live with it, hoping it doesn't explode or catch fire. It seems something magnetic (due to the fluctuations or blinking) and also heat related, so I would guess a shorted inductor or something, but...

It would be more boring if it wasn't for that urgency I feel to get my post done before isdftslgofd

[irona20]

I'm bored because tomorrow I have holidays (a week), and today I don't want to work :) :D :D

[Doctor Luz]

Originally posted by irona20
I'm bored because tomorrow I have holidays (a week), and today I don't want to work :) :D :D

Tomorrow??? one week??? :eek:

Is there any free work place in your company?

[irona20]

Originally posted by Doctor Luz


Tomorrow??? one week??? :eek:

Is there any free work place in your company?
Doctor!! The next week is Holy Week!!, so really I only need 3 free days

[SolarFlare]

So close,





and yet so far.

[Mick]

Delete

[SolarFlare]

Deleted.

[Tom Frohman]

Okay coach I deleted undelete.

[SolarFlare]

Please delete this sentence.
Undeleted.

[Mick]

Another reason to wet your finger before sticking it in the outlet...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/04/10/highspeed.house.ap/index.html


So..I was bored...Maryland (is for Crabs)...bringing cutting edge technology to a home near you, I thought they had already started 3 years ago...

[Mick]

time to make the doughnuts...time to make the doughnuts....time to make the doughnuts...time to make the doughnuts...time to make the doughnuts

[Mick]

CABLE RACE
WEDS, APRIL 09, '03

O'REILLY 5.3 [RATING]
HANNITY/COLMES 4.1
GRETA 4.0
AARON BROWN 3.3
LARRY KING 2.9
SOUTH PARK 2.7 (that's what I'm talking about)
CNN 8 PM 2.6
MSNBC 9 PM 1.8
MSNBC 10 PM 1.6
MSNBC 8 PM 1.5

[galathaea]

Feeling French today...

[Mick]

Originally posted by galathaea
Feeling French today...

I hope the french don't mind ;)

[Tom Frohman]

I have absolutely nothing to say. I'm sitting here bored out of my skull. Played the piano for a while. Played chess online for a while. Tried to read a Stanislaw Lem Novel but I just wasn't into it. Now sitting here obsesively staring at this stupid computer while listening to Ella Fitzgeral sing Gershwin.

[souldog]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
I have absolutely nothing to say. I'm sitting here bored out of my skull. Played the piano for a while. Played chess online for a while. Tried to read a Stanislaw Lem Novel but I just wasn't into it. Now sitting here obsesively staring at this stupid computer while listening to Ella Fitzgeral sing Gershwin.

When I find myself really bored like that I get a bucket, fill it with water and apples, and practice bobbing for apples. You never know when a skill like that might come in handy.

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Now sitting here obsesively staring at this stupid computer while listening to Ella Fitzgeral sing Gershwin.

I can see you...can you see me

[Wfranc]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
I can see you...can you see me
Yes, I can see you clearly, all of you r doin...
I am feeling Californian around here....:D:D:D:D:
:D:D:D Nice teeth comin back now...... :D

[Tom Frohman]

Its the weekend!!!!


Yaaaayyyyy.

[Mick]

It's raining again, what am I in some tropical jungle now? Bought the Two Towers game for my PS2...so I guess I won't be bored for all of about an hour...

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Played the piano for a while.
Composers=?
Originally posted by souldog
When I find myself really bored like that I get a bucket, fill it with water and apples, and practice bobbing for apples. You never know when a skill like that might come in handy.
No. No, you're right, you really don't. (know when a skill like that might come in handy)

Yes Tom, it is finally the weekend. Just thought I'd inform you of this fact after you have already mentioned it yourself just a couple of hours ago (since this is the boring thread). And for me, spring break, finally. :D:D

[galathaea]

Originally posted by Mick_2003
It's raining again, what am I in some tropical jungle now? Bought the Two Towers game for my PS2...so I guess I won't be bored for all of about an hour...
Tell me how that one goes... I'm on .hack//infection right now, and though the ideas and story are nice, the graphics and gameplay are a little disappointing... But then again, I'm more of a platform freak than an RPGer. The NaughtyDog engine games are why I bought a PS2 this past happy consumer's day...

[Mick]

Well it's not going good. I'm a RPG'er. It's EA so I guess stick to sports..guys. It's more hack and slash, not much movement or world type of wandering, more like umm those 3d fighting games almost... I think I need to get Silent Hill 3 (?) now that's a kewl freaky game. They had Devil May Cry 2..should have gotten that...all in all, so far I'm disappointed for the 49 (err 50 something with tax) bucks I spent...It cuts alot to movie scenes, quite a lot...more than I care...I'll keep you tuned right now I've just gotten past moria but I'm off and on...playing. I thought at least an hour to be bored...but I guess like they say you can't judge a book by it's backcover graphics...

Somewhere I got morals...I don't know where, otherwise I should have gotten it for free :) :) :)

[souldog]

I ahve been programming for 30 hours straight now. :o I am tired

[galathaea]

Originally posted by souldog
I ahve been programming for 30 hours straight now. I am tired
Just another 30 more to hear the voices...

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by galathaea
Just another 30 more to hear the voices...
Or you could just dip into galathaea's avatars. Yum ;).

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by solarflare
Composers=?


I played 3 Bach - Two Part Inventions (Nos 1,4,8) and several pieces out of a ragtime book by composers I've never heard of.

I enjoy playing piano; i am not good at it. I reduced my last piano teacher (24 years ago) to screaming "I can't take it anymore. You are the most unmusical student I've ever had. Find another teacher!":o

I'm much better than I was then. That isn't saying much :eek:

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
I enjoy playing piano; i am not good at it. I reduced my last piano teacher (24 years ago) to screaming "I can't take it anymore. You are the most unmusical student I've ever had. Find another teacher.":o

Hehe, do you still send him/her checks in the mail? ;):p

[souldog]

ahhaaahhh I guess I fell asleep fot three hours.:(
Back to work

[Mick]

Originally posted by souldog
ahhaaahhh I guess I fell asleep fot three hours.:(
Back to work


Argggh... me 2...but somehow my tv wound up on some country channel showing NASCAR races....try waking up to that.

[Mick]

Things were more exciting when stuff was blowing up on the TV...maybe I can start a riot or something. My finger hurts....I've been battling orcs and such...funny how your much more brave after a few barley and hops in you....


Do you know the muffin man?

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
.funny how your much more brave after a few barley and hops in you....

Do you know the muffin man?


There were three men came out of the west,
Their fortunes for to try.
And these three men made a solemn vow:
John Barleycorn must die.


I don't know why but after reading your post Mick I've had the song John Barleycorn on the brain for hours now.

Maybe if I hum the theme from Mr Ed, I'll be able to drive it from my brain.


A horse is a horse of course, of course and no one can talk to a horse of course....

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Maybe if I hum the theme from Mr Ed, I'll be able to drive it from my brain.
A horse is a horse of course, of course and no one can talk to a horse of course....
That's impressive, you hum so well I can hear even the words very clearly.

[Tom Frohman]

A horse is a horse... [ Come a little closer so you can hear better Solar...Closer] A horse is a horse of course of course...

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
A horse is a horse... [ Come a little closer so you can hear better Solar...Closer]
Great. You tricked me into leaning close to the monitor and then shouted at my eyes. Does that make you feel better? :(

[Wfranc]

In order to make this thread more boring, I accept and am ready to saccrifice for you just to copy:D this poem from Francis Williams and post it here...:D
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.
Enjoy....:D

[Tom Frohman]

Ok, Ok, I guess I'll have to recite
"Ode to the lump of green clay I found in my armpit this morning."

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Ok, Ok, I guess I'll have to recite
"Ode to the lump of green clay I found in my armpit this morning."

Well I must say that's pretty disgusting, thanks for the visual...

But ahh well...

Ho ho ho and a bottle of rum...arrr mates...

And off he goes...Pusser Rum

From my pussers mug (ahh but the painkiller level 4, is there anything other than alcohol in it?)


Grog: Traditionally , 2 parts water, 1 part Pussers rum.
Tot: 1/8th pint rum, the standard daily ration.
Neat: Rum without water.
Sippers: a small gentlemanly sip froma freinds rum issue.
Gulpers: once, but only one, big swallow from anothers tot.
Sandy Bottoms: To see off whatevers in a mug when offered by a friend.
"Splice the main Brace!": (my favorite) a double tot for a job well done, or an invitation aboard for free drinks, and to say to a friend.
"lets splice the main brace!" is synoymous with. "lets have a drink!"
The framework of hospitality: where 3 sippers equal 1 gulp, and 3 gulps equal 1 tot!
Bob's-a-Dying: In Nelsons day meant a 'stupendous, drunken bash' (my kinda party)
A long swig at the Halliards: To "tie" one one!

My wrist hurt now, thank you very much...

[Mick]

My bologna has a first name: It's O-s-c-a-r...

[Tom Frohman]

Boring is good.

Just getting over a 2 day bout with the dread Norwalk virus. As opposed to singing the ceramic chorus, Boring is good.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Just getting over a 2 day bout with the dread Norwalk virus. As opposed to singing the ceramic chorus, Boring is good.
Yes, Norway does make boring viruses.

[Tom Frohman]

We Squirrels Are Revolting!!!

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
We Squirrels Are Revolting!!!
Big deal, you're squirrels.

Hey you don't look so threatening now without the big green text, do ya?

[Tom Frohman]

Solar you are worthless as a comedian.

The script said:

Tom: We squirrels are revolting!!
Solar: You certainly are!

Tom: My son is a magician he turned a car into a telephone pole.
Solar: And then you turned him into a pedestrian.


Study your lines next time.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
The script said:

Tom: We squirrels are revolting!!
I thought you had gone off the script when I saw you said your first line with 50% too much emphasis.
Tom: Yes, I too am worthless as a comedian

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
We Squirrels Are Revolting!!!

The guys NUTS...


Grab em... :)

[Mick]

Ok so I have a bunch of eggs that expire in three days...I miss (like I've stated before) wiping the poop off fresh brown eggs in the morn..

So this is the boring thread.

So I am now having eggs for morn, eggs for noon, and eggs for dinner...it's ok...there is alot of cheese involved....so don't worry...whoa...I think I've got arm pains...

Got a scoop of butter, a nice big pan, and well egg and cheese omleate........yum..with ketchup of course, cause we americans love ketchup...it's the new red blood

[souldog]

Try Banana sauce, a great substitute for ketchup.

[Tom Frohman]

.it's ok...there is alot of cheese involved...

It's Velveeta.

Behold the power of cheese.

[souldog]

Velveeta:confused: The horror, the horror. Velveeta: prelude to the fall of western civilization.

[Mick]

Originally posted by souldog
Velveeta:confused: The horror, the horror. Velveeta: prelude to the fall of western civilization.

It's not freaking velveeta...ok :)

[Mick]

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting, those jerks were fast as lightningIn fact it was a little bit fright'ning, but they fought with expert timing

[Tom Frohman]

Time for a Spam and Velveeta on Wonder Bread sandwich. Ah, Tang to drink with Twinkies for desert. Is this heaven or what? Or is it he|ll?

[SolarFlare]

I'll stick to cardboard with Elmer's glue spread over it for my lunches, thank you.

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Time for a Spam

Spam...soylent green...you decide.

[souldog]

Originally posted by Mick_2002


Spam...soylent green...you decide.


Soylent green smoothie, yum yum

[Mick]

A toast to Nina Simone...

[SolarFlare]

...I'd prefer to be bored by something I can at least understand!! Please :(.

[Mick]

Originally posted by solarflare
...I'd prefer to be bored by something I can at least understand!! Please :(.

Now now, solar dude, was that at me? I'm paranoid you know...it's Nina...Nina is dead...Nina kicked the bucket...

[Mick]

You know, it's rather boring, to always say, what was the return code of XXX. Do they not teach how to check return codes in what they call colleges?

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
You know, it's rather boring, to always say, what was the return code of XXX. Do they not teach how to check return codes in what they call colleges?

Errr, what's a return code?

For that matter what is this college thing?


Dayuh, Louie? I forgot to breath again.

[Tom Frohman]

When I read the obituary of Nina Simone today in the Yahoo news, I said who?

This is the first time I've heard of her.

I'm a big Ella Fitzgerald fan though.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
When I read the obituary of Nina Simone today in the Yahoo news, I said who?

I said "who?" when I first saw the name in Mick's post. But now that you've said she's featured in an obituary, I don't need to worry about it anymore ;).

[Mick]

Originally posted by solarflare
I said "who?" when I first saw the name in Mick's post. But now that you've said she's featured in an obituary, I don't need to worry about it anymore ;).

Well you know...this is the BORING thread :)

[Tom Frohman]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Well you know...this is the BORING thread :)

The whole story began in 1625. The king was having a party and I wasn't invited. So I said "i'd like some tea" and he said okay. But like solar always says some people just drone on and on about peanut butter sandwiches, santa clauses and an oversupply of crocodile meat. Medicine doesn't have the answers only the questions. So what's for dinner mom?
A recrudescence of irridentism is what we really nead here. This gives way to a synthesis of light bulbs and easter bunnies asking the ultimate question : "Why is physics phun?" The answer isn't easy. The answer is probably boring but I'm going to give it to you anyways. "Stop" said Sally. There is noplace in your dissertation for the part about Velveeta. Some of your best results left on the cutting room floor. However, that is why I went into air conditioning repair in the first place. I thought it would be a cool profession. Alas, I am just an amateur though.

[SolarFlare]

2500 pixels is not enough room to express myself :(.

[Mick]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
The whole story began in 1625. The king was having a party and I wasn't invited. So I said "i'd like some tea" and he said okay. But like solar always says some people just drone on and on about peanut butter sandwiches, santa clauses and an oversupply of crocodile meat. Medicine doesn't have the answers only the questions. So what's for dinner mom?
A recrudescence of irridentism is what we really nead here. This gives way to a synthesis of light bulbs and easter bunnies asking the ultimate question : "Why is physics phun?" The answer isn't easy. The answer is probably boring but I'm going to give it to you anyways. "Stop" said Sally. There is noplace in your dissertation for the part about Velveeta. Some of your best results left on the cutting room floor. However, that is why I went into air conditioning repair in the first place. I thought it would be a cool profession. Alas, I am just an amateur though.

Wow I started to see thing while reading this. Is your dad's name leary?

[Mick]

It is a boring day when you put your trash out, and then realize trash day is tommorrow...now that's boring.

[Wfranc]

Not wanting to be the same as the guy I dislike in this thread...
But it is quite boring...
Tom .....? Could you think up something alittle more...boring ?
:D:D:D:cool::D:D:D

[Mick]

Not wanting to be the same as the guy wfranc dislikes in this thread...

But...

Today is EARTHDAY!!!

Hug a tree, eat some dirt....get a federal permit to shoot 1500 mute swans on the eastern shore.

[SolarFlare]

It doesn't seem right - there are 365.24 of our days in each year, one of which is devoted to our favorite planet. There are only nine planets (some say eight, some say ten) in our solar system. Shouldn't it be split evenly, at least? The planet we know best is celebrated only 1/365.24 = .2738% of the time. I'm sure this isn't an intergalactic holiday, folks... you got some 'splainin ta do!

[Tom Frohman]

Heartburn.


Principal Modes.


Uncertainty.


Kohonen Self Organizing Maps.


Dog Agility.


Ritz Crackers.


Television.


Field Corn.


Sleep.



Need I say more?

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Need I say more?
Yeah, you need to say (tm) ;)

[Tom Frohman]

zzzzzzzzzzzz

[Mick]

Speaking of boring....

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=172993

Will it ever leave the 'hot threads' listing...will people ever stop posting non-sense responses? Will the doctors wife find out about his affair with the head nurse, stay tuned next week...
same bat channel, same bat time.

[Sirjorj]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Isn't Hersey park in hersey? You never know these days...It's sunny outside and 42f ablbeit 35 with wind chill, but it's a snowing...70f on thursday...weather don't cha just love it....hows that for boring...
.
My neighbor has a little dog whose name is HERSHEY. She is a mini daschund (is that spelled correctly...who cares?). She does yap a lot! :D