I would have loved the RFID pocket....but I can understand them not wanting to delay things further than it already will be. The water resistant phone pocket, definitely wasn't on my list of priorities since the jackets(with exception of wind breaker to a degree) aren't designed to be worn in the rain.
Yeah - but I agree with the RFID, but i know the delay would piss off a lot of people. I am happy about the waterproof pocket - i get caught in the rain a lot - half the time without an umbrella. and again - Commuter city means walking blocks to a location. Either way- I am so excited for this jacket!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T14:15:41-04:00
3 day weekends ftw! Labor day with no labor whatsoever.
I may end up going home in 3.5hours from now(currently 12:42pm)...just so I can be sure that the person I'm training knows how to do the after processing reporting. -.-
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T14:53:06-04:00
I have stuff tomorrow, but then saturday starts Husker games, which I usher meaning I have little to no saturday unless I leave early for heat, though it's fun in and of itself. Sunday is completely free and Monday I just have to finish some things for lab the next day and that's it!
LZ I love camping! I haven't been since early summer, but I wish I had. I love camping!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T14:54:53-04:00
*Le Gasp!*
LZ, I'm exactly 1000 comments behind you again! I just thought it was interesting that it's exactly 1000. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23263053/EK/topcommenters.html And creeper, you haven't been here much, neither has Dr. Potatten, so we're gonna pass you guys soon!
I miss all the MIA Corp members...the days were a lot more fun back when everyone was active.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-09-03T15:27:06-04:00
@GM, word of upness! Where have all the kittens gone, where is all the laughter... ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T15:43:13-04:00
I just realized even Idle, who used to be all over this place all day every day like me, hasn't been here forever. Even just last week we had a bunch of people here for the first time in months and then they just left. I mean, Juha came back for the first time since May, his profile said, but it's so boring. We need to form a Corps Outreach Team (COT), only because I couldn't find a good word for the second one that started with A, to find and bring back the lost kittens to their natural habitat.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T15:51:02-04:00
How about Assembly? Corps Assembly Team.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-09-03T16:06:05-04:00
How about awol? Corps AWOL Team.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T16:12:22-04:00
Can you use an acronym in an acronym? Like, is that allowed?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-09-03T16:13:51-04:00
I don't know, LZ, ummm you're the boss... ;) I just thought it was fitting seeing as how they're missing and all.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T16:27:39-04:00
LZ, you mean like the TTP Project?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T16:28:05-04:00
I got bored and now I can't stop looking at the funniest things on the internet I've seen in a long time.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T16:31:11-04:00
What's the TTP project?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T16:37:34-04:00
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T16:37:52-04:00
That's one of my favorite comic strips of all time.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T16:42:23-04:00
And that's from a person who's read every single Far Side comic at least 3 times, most more.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T16:58:25-04:00
There's all kinds of wrong in that strip.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T17:01:25-04:00
I really hate it when people say an acronym and then the last word in the acronym. Like ATM machine, PIN number, or SAT test.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T17:06:00-04:00
Actual conversation:
Person: Is there an ATM machine nearby?
Me: Yes, there's an automated teller machine machine right over there.
P: Why did you say machine twice?
M: Because you did.
P: No I didn't. I asked where an ATM machine is.
M: Exactly. ATM stands for automated teller machine; so if you say "ATM machine," that's the same as saying automated teller machine machine.
P: You're a smart ass
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T17:06:04-04:00
@LZ: You forgot SSN/SIN number(SIN is the Canadian version of the SSN for those unaware, and stands for Social Insurance Number).
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T17:11:34-04:00
Yes, those are common, as well.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T17:14:12-04:00
People here just say Social Security Number.
Let me try! AA anonymous? No? Ok, how about 24/7 7 days a week? No? Dang. AD domini? AM meridiem? I'm not good at this game.
Well, I was fairly accurate for when I would get out of work....now to be exact. Time to enjoy my weekend of helping out with digging in the yard...wait, what?!
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T18:10:23-04:00
Alright! Finally done with QC day!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T18:16:37-04:00
Is this gonna be empty all weekend? I mean I'll be here, but I may or may not be on often. Don't get any ideas for score bumping, LZ!
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T18:21:19-04:00
I'm going camping this weekend, remember?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T18:52:13-04:00
No cheatin'! Only I can cheat because I'm 1000 behind you! You get to go camping, so ultimately I lose. I get to usher a Husker home game! It'll be hot, but so much fun!
i am so happy. I just sold my couch on craigslist and it was hassle free. She came and saw, gave me money, and picking up on saturday. Huzzah!!! craigslist is never this easy! GLORY!
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-03T19:22:19-04:00
She just wants you to think it was easy
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T19:44:58-04:00
Wait till she brings the renovators. They're gonna need to knock out those 3 or 4 or 9 walls to get this couch out of here.
NOOOOOO!!! The game theorists live stream about the five nights at freddie's theories is down! There were 30,000 people viewing, now there's only 3,000.
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-03T21:17:36-04:00
I have three shows to do this weekend at the Chicago Fringe Festival, but they're all night time shows, I'll probably be in and out during the day, as I usually am.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-03T21:31:52-04:00
You haven't been in much today, though. I'm gonna have to dock your pay.
Juha-Pekka Ahonen 2015-09-03T23:47:04-04:00
Readed back till my last comment, Thanks Zem for telling me how boring I am. In Finland this weekend has no labor day. But I'm travelling to friends wedding for saturday and maybe to a con on sunday, depending If I still get tickets somehow.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-04T00:00:06-04:00
Man, fencing is fun! I ache though...took an epee right to the neck...and collar bone...and knee.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-04T00:22:37-04:00
How boring you are? What did I say now? I blame it on the cat. I can't have one in the dorm, and so it's the cat's fault for not being here to stay my hand.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-04T00:22:48-04:00
LZ, and an arrow to the knee?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-04T00:37:38-04:00
Hey, I can go to bed before midnight for the first time this week! Awesomeness! It leaves some more work for tomorrow or monday or whenever I get to it, but whatever.
Juha-Pekka Ahonen 2015-09-04T01:44:24-04:00
LZ about as bad is how in many places, like in Finland translators ignore the meal part of name and add it again. For example happy meal is in Finland "happy meal ateria" which translates to "happy meal meal". Though you dony see this much in states I quess
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-04T01:56:17-04:00
We see it some, like with French dip sandwiches. They're always advertised as "with au jus." Nevermind that "au jus" means "with juice," so saying "with au jus" is the same as saying "with with juice."
Glen Smith 2015-09-04T08:41:36-04:00
LZ, you are my people.
ATM machine, PIN number, VIN number, SSN number are all on my list of short fuse pet peeves, and I never miss a chance to rant at people who use them. Also on the list is "Hot Water Heater" ??? Why would you heat hot water? It's a water heater, _maybe_ a hot water tank, but not a hot water heater.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-09-04T09:11:14-04:00
I blame the english language. We have so many screwed up ways of saying things! My main pet peeves are "words" that just don't make any sense. Unthaw, really, so you're putting it back in the freezer? Irregardless, how can you be anymore without regard, than regardless? There are many many more, but I'm trying to start the day off on a good note!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-09-04T09:11:26-04:00
Good Morning Corps!
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-04T10:55:27-04:00
Mornin' all.
Busy day on tap. I'm about to head out to check on the first day of lumber going up at the new house, then some errands and afterwards some rehearsal time for the show opening tomorrow night. I'll check in from time to time.
Peace.
SpiderMickey 2015-09-04T10:57:03-04:00
Yesterday when I played a round of exploding kittens, someone used " end turn without taking a card, next player draws two card" and he drew 2 exploding kittens. Do we discard both exploding kittens into discard pile or only one? and another put back into deck?
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-04T11:01:58-04:00
@SpiderMickey
If the player draws and diffuses an Exploding Kitten, that player then returns it to the draw pile and may then choose to play cards from their hand or draw their second card. If that second card is an Exploding Kitten and they diffuse, they then return that card to the draw pile. If that player cannot diffuse the first Exploder, then they are dead and do not have to return that card to the deck, they do not draw a second card. If they cannot diffuse the second Exploder they are dead and that card is not returned to the deck
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-09-04T11:03:38-04:00
@SpiderMickey, he should only have drawn one. It says take two turns, not draw two cards. The first turn he would have drawn the exploding kitten, thus ending his game. He never would have drawn the second card.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-09-04T11:04:48-04:00
Morning PoT! Good luck with your day!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-04T11:33:20-04:00
2 more classes until operation Super-Happy-Awesome-Time 3 day weekend starts. (sorry, I couldn't find an I word for "fun", so I had to do with SHAT. Fun-Uber-Csomething-Ksomething?)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-04T11:53:37-04:00
LZ, to harken back to last night, French Dips with au jus actually is doubly redundant because that's all implied in the "Dips" part of the name.
also, http://www.tickld.com/t/1263770
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-04T13:31:23-04:00
You know, I have classes, well one more, but those are the ideal times apparently to come on and spam so I don't read so far. One page per hour should do it!
So... is everyone already off work or what?
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-04T15:03:20-04:00
No, I have a couple more hours. I'm just busy today.
Andream 2015-09-04T15:35:29-04:00
looking forward to playing my Exploding Kittens when it gets here. until then... I'll just read some the Oatmeal.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-04T16:01:07-04:00
Man it's dead in here. PARTYYY!!!!!
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-04T21:55:54-04:00
I have better service camping than I do at my house! WTF?
Man...i have hit a kickstarter shipping speed bump. Backed a few projects this past year, all shipping june/july/august.... all of them now shipping november. Fine by me. But i waaaaannnnttttt.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-04T23:20:30-04:00
Good work!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-05T03:08:04-04:00
Hello everyone! Also, this is the perfect thing for the background of any magic tricks you do: https://youtu.be/6kZZl-ig_E8…
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-05T03:11:17-04:00
Also, remember the pizza fiasco of last weekend? They gave me a free pizza and cheesesticks, both large. We got one pizza with bacon strips, tater tots, and buffalo chicken and another with bacon strips, jalapenos, and pineapples, both of which were surprisingly good, especially the latter! Played Boss Monster and Exploding Kittens, ate pizza, joiced and rejoiced in the merriment and jollity, then came upstairs and played rocket league for an hour. Much fun!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-05T12:29:05-04:00
About as dead as I thought.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-09-05T13:00:38-04:00
Hello fellow KC members. I picked up my cards yesterday and got to play a couple of rounds with the members of my Fluxx meetup. Even though someone on this board spilled what the secret surprise was, it still was a joy when I opened my box. And it was my birthday to boot.
Nice to see the comments section is still going strong.
@PoT: Did you perfect your brandied cherries bread pudding yet? I've got to try some of that!
@Creeper: Yea for the kitties sleeping near you. How do you fine the time to sleep with two jobs?
@GM: Is your job still driving you crazy? I found another long term assignment that doesn't make me want to go postal. Pity it doesn't pay benefits.
@GCoD: How is Rowena doing? How many friends of yours have dungeons in their house?
@LZ: what special stuff have you been cooking for the family?
@Trinkets: Have you been staying out of trouble? I hope not.
Did Pr.F or Blondie ever come back? (I swear I think they went off and eloped)
I see Dr.P on Facebook a bit. But haven't seen him around here lately.
Jeff "Great Cane of Doom"™ Saxton 2015-09-05T14:59:01-04:00
@Geist. Of my friends into that, a surprisingly large number. Maybe 40%? My real estate agent has an entire second house devoted to it. But then, among my model train friends, they all tend to have a train layout filling the basement or back yard; and the Route 66 memorabilia types have road signs filling their spaces. Pick your hobby.
Much sadness here though. Significant Other #2 (who lives with her husband), has had a great tragedy. Her 16 year old daughter was killed in a car wreck Thursday morning on her way to school. We're all in shock.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-09-05T15:27:16-04:00
@GCoD: my deepest condolences to your friend. 16 is too damn young.
Unless your real estate agent is hosting S&M parties, I think a whole house dungeon is a bit much. I always wanted to go to the S&M conventions (I think that is what they call them) that I've seen in the pages of some of the the magazines I use to purchase. It's like the adult version of Halloween.
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-05T15:28:54-04:00
Geist!
Perfected the brandied cherry bread pudding? No, I believe there is room for improvement in all my baking. But it is pretty damned good. I think I'm going to increase the brandy in the hard sauce for the Kansas City competition in October. After that I need to find a new dessert to mae my own.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-09-05T15:31:12-04:00
@Creeper: You found Dr.P on Facebook? Poke him and tell him to get his bum back here. We miss him. I will even welcome back his roachens.
Enough working so hard. Time to think about settling down. There has to be a wealth of nice guys in N.Y. There should be a Mr. Creeper in you near future.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-09-05T16:16:06-04:00
@PoT: recipe please. I need to have that in my mouth sometime in the near future.
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-05T16:51:14-04:00
The recipe for the brandied cherry bread pudding (in its latest incarnation) is up in the "Kitty Chow" portion of the club site.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-09-05T17:19:37-04:00
Good to know PoT. I will have to check that out.
Has Idle been around? Whatever happened to our Russian dice buddy? I'm thinking he is haunting Indigogo instead.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-05T18:20:25-04:00
Hai, Geist! Been awhile.
Idle hasn't been on here for quite some time, which is surprising knowing her, and Sklorz has been absent to my knowledge for the past time.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-05T18:22:00-04:00
Today got above 90 with humidity over 50%. Not terrible, but when you're standing there in 2 layers of clothing ushering in the direct sunlight of a football game, you can't wait for the cooler games later in the fall. Especially the Thanksgiving game; that's so cold and fun!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-05T22:12:14-04:00
So... yeah. Dead here.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-06T02:17:08-04:00
New rule: if it's this dead, I can keep talking ever several hours and it's not spam. Several in a short timeframe is spam, but over days it's not really. Well that's not really a "new rule", it's more of a clarification.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2015-09-06T09:49:44-04:00
Checked out the decks on EBay. Individual decks are selling $5 to $9 more than what Amazon list them for. I saw a few double decks that are posted well over $100 but no one seems to be interested in paying that price.
I don't regret purchasing my KS edition but now that I see the NSFW decks on Amazon, I'm glad I didn't buy multiple boxes for myself. (I purchased two boxes for someone who thought he missed out. He paid for them despite the fact that he could have bought them somewhere else)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-06T13:03:57-04:00
Good morning, Geist. I'd say that's a fair upsell, the $5. They bought several hoping to pawn them off not thinking it would all go public so quick, but the con-men were stung and left with several decks.
Tomas Bolek 2015-09-06T13:45:18-04:00
Still no word on when my deck will be shipped.. This was the last time I ever pledged on Kickastarter.. Shame on you. Oatmeal :(
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-06T14:46:22-04:00
Tomas, first of all, did you even contact support@explodingkittens.com ? They take up to 2 weeks to respond because they have 3 people full time answering thousands of emails per day. Also, don't blame them; for one, they ran the best kickstarter possibly ever. They had almost no problems, kept every promise, and no, they're not getting rich off of it. Also, they had to ship nearly a million decks to well over 200,000 people when they originally planned for less than a thousand. That's more than any other campaign in kickstarter history. DO NOT expect ANY better from another campaign anywhere, seriously.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-06T16:06:37-04:00
Tomas, look below this for your answers.
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In other news, I got bored and remembered I have to start on Rick and Morty. It's almost as funny as everyone said, too! They also said it gets better as it goes, but that applies to any show, so I'm glad I started it.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-06T16:24:01-04:00
Camping trips are never long enough. It was lots of fun. I got to experience quicksand for the first time ever
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-06T18:07:33-04:00
Really? I've always wanted to sink as far as I could, which for humans is only to your thighs if you work your way into it. I love camping. That would've been a great idea this weekend. Maybe I'll have to go with my brother next time the local troop does.
Rick and morty is pretty good. Definitely worth bingeing during the dead middle of a 3 day weekend of which I only get 2 days, really 1 because I have stuff to do tomorrow as well.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-06T18:10:16-04:00
I only sank about 6 inches. I got out of it as soon as I realized I was still sinking when we stopped to survey the situation.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-06T18:11:06-04:00
Maybe it was closer to a foot. Not far, either way.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-06T19:15:00-04:00
I know, you can only sink just above your knees, and that's only if you really try and there're good conditions. But sounds like you had fun. I ushered a football game in over 90 degrees with 2 layers on. (uniform: we're volunteer scout ushers.) It got pretty hot and my brother and i left at halftime. We only have to be there until after the first quarter. Wasn't a game of the century or anything. We sucked it up.
I love the pillow, and the gloves that tuck in, and the eye cover, ...and the pen in the zipper... and now the waterproof pocket for the phone....
I would have loved the RFID pocket....but I can understand them not wanting to delay things further than it already will be. The water resistant phone pocket, definitely wasn't on my list of priorities since the jackets(with exception of wind breaker to a degree) aren't designed to be worn in the rain.
Yeah - but I agree with the RFID, but i know the delay would piss off a lot of people. I am happy about the waterproof pocket - i get caught in the rain a lot - half the time without an umbrella. and again - Commuter city means walking blocks to a location. Either way- I am so excited for this jacket!
3 day weekends ftw! Labor day with no labor whatsoever.
My three day weekend starts in about 2.5 hours. :D
my one day off is today! Then alllll the work. alllll the time. BUT! My parents are coming to town this weekend! i haven't seen them since christmas!
Going to play exploding kittens with them, and am super excited to see my parents faces when they see teh NSFW cards.
I get to go camping this weekend, woooo!
I may end up going home in 3.5hours from now(currently 12:42pm)...just so I can be sure that the person I'm training knows how to do the after processing reporting. -.-
I have stuff tomorrow, but then saturday starts Husker games, which I usher meaning I have little to no saturday unless I leave early for heat, though it's fun in and of itself. Sunday is completely free and Monday I just have to finish some things for lab the next day and that's it!
LZ I love camping! I haven't been since early summer, but I wish I had. I love camping!
*Le Gasp!*
LZ, I'm exactly 1000 comments behind you again! I just thought it was interesting that it's exactly 1000. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23263053/EK/topcommenters.html
And creeper, you haven't been here much, neither has Dr. Potatten, so we're gonna pass you guys soon!
Oh, dang! I better be more chatty, then, eh?
Oh i miss Geist! Come back to us!
Yeah. Whatever happened to her?
I miss all the MIA Corp members...the days were a lot more fun back when everyone was active.
@GM, word of upness! Where have all the kittens gone, where is all the laughter... ;)
I just realized even Idle, who used to be all over this place all day every day like me, hasn't been here forever. Even just last week we had a bunch of people here for the first time in months and then they just left. I mean, Juha came back for the first time since May, his profile said, but it's so boring. We need to form a Corps Outreach Team (COT), only because I couldn't find a good word for the second one that started with A, to find and bring back the lost kittens to their natural habitat.
How about Assembly? Corps Assembly Team.
How about awol? Corps AWOL Team.
Can you use an acronym in an acronym? Like, is that allowed?
I don't know, LZ, ummm you're the boss... ;) I just thought it was fitting seeing as how they're missing and all.
LZ, you mean like the TTP Project?
I got bored and now I can't stop looking at the funniest things on the internet I've seen in a long time.
What's the TTP project?
The TTP Project. http://letsmakerobots.com/files/field_primary_image/23742_strip.gif?
That's one of my favorite comic strips of all time.
And that's from a person who's read every single Far Side comic at least 3 times, most more.
There's all kinds of wrong in that strip.
I really hate it when people say an acronym and then the last word in the acronym. Like ATM machine, PIN number, or SAT test.
Actual conversation:
Person: Is there an ATM machine nearby?
Me: Yes, there's an automated teller machine machine right over there.
P: Why did you say machine twice?
M: Because you did.
P: No I didn't. I asked where an ATM machine is.
M: Exactly. ATM stands for automated teller machine; so if you say "ATM machine," that's the same as saying automated teller machine machine.
P: You're a smart ass
or CAT team.
@LZ: You forgot SSN/SIN number(SIN is the Canadian version of the SSN for those unaware, and stands for Social Insurance Number).
Yes, those are common, as well.
People here just say Social Security Number.
Let me try! AA anonymous? No? Ok, how about 24/7 7 days a week? No? Dang. AD domini? AM meridiem? I'm not good at this game.
Well, I was fairly accurate for when I would get out of work....now to be exact. Time to enjoy my weekend of helping out with digging in the yard...wait, what?!
Alright! Finally done with QC day!
Is this gonna be empty all weekend? I mean I'll be here, but I may or may not be on often. Don't get any ideas for score bumping, LZ!
I'm going camping this weekend, remember?
No cheatin'! Only I can cheat because I'm 1000 behind you! You get to go camping, so ultimately I lose. I get to usher a Husker home game! It'll be hot, but so much fun!
i am so happy. I just sold my couch on craigslist and it was hassle free. She came and saw, gave me money, and picking up on saturday. Huzzah!!! craigslist is never this easy! GLORY!
She just wants you to think it was easy
Wait till she brings the renovators. They're gonna need to knock out those 3 or 4 or 9 walls to get this couch out of here.
NOOOOOO!!! The game theorists live stream about the five nights at freddie's theories is down! There were 30,000 people viewing, now there's only 3,000.
I have three shows to do this weekend at the Chicago Fringe Festival, but they're all night time shows, I'll probably be in and out during the day, as I usually am.
You haven't been in much today, though. I'm gonna have to dock your pay.
Readed back till my last comment, Thanks Zem for telling me how boring I am. In Finland this weekend has no labor day. But I'm travelling to friends wedding for saturday and maybe to a con on sunday, depending If I still get tickets somehow.
Man, fencing is fun! I ache though...took an epee right to the neck...and collar bone...and knee.
How boring you are? What did I say now? I blame it on the cat. I can't have one in the dorm, and so it's the cat's fault for not being here to stay my hand.
LZ, and an arrow to the knee?
Hey, I can go to bed before midnight for the first time this week! Awesomeness! It leaves some more work for tomorrow or monday or whenever I get to it, but whatever.
LZ about as bad is how in many places, like in Finland translators ignore the meal part of name and add it again. For example happy meal is in Finland "happy meal ateria" which translates to "happy meal meal". Though you dony see this much in states I quess
We see it some, like with French dip sandwiches. They're always advertised as "with au jus." Nevermind that "au jus" means "with juice," so saying "with au jus" is the same as saying "with with juice."
LZ, you are my people.
ATM machine, PIN number, VIN number, SSN number are all on my list of short fuse pet peeves, and I never miss a chance to rant at people who use them. Also on the list is "Hot Water Heater" ??? Why would you heat hot water? It's a water heater, _maybe_ a hot water tank, but not a hot water heater.
I blame the english language. We have so many screwed up ways of saying things! My main pet peeves are "words" that just don't make any sense. Unthaw, really, so you're putting it back in the freezer? Irregardless, how can you be anymore without regard, than regardless? There are many many more, but I'm trying to start the day off on a good note!
Good Morning Corps!
Mornin' all.
Busy day on tap. I'm about to head out to check on the first day of lumber going up at the new house, then some errands and afterwards some rehearsal time for the show opening tomorrow night. I'll check in from time to time.
Peace.
Yesterday when I played a round of exploding kittens, someone used " end turn without taking a card, next player draws two card" and he drew 2 exploding kittens. Do we discard both exploding kittens into discard pile or only one? and another put back into deck?
@SpiderMickey
If the player draws and diffuses an Exploding Kitten, that player then returns it to the draw pile and may then choose to play cards from their hand or draw their second card. If that second card is an Exploding Kitten and they diffuse, they then return that card to the draw pile. If that player cannot diffuse the first Exploder, then they are dead and do not have to return that card to the deck, they do not draw a second card. If they cannot diffuse the second Exploder they are dead and that card is not returned to the deck
@SpiderMickey, he should only have drawn one. It says take two turns, not draw two cards. The first turn he would have drawn the exploding kitten, thus ending his game. He never would have drawn the second card.
Morning PoT! Good luck with your day!
2 more classes until operation Super-Happy-Awesome-Time 3 day weekend starts. (sorry, I couldn't find an I word for "fun", so I had to do with SHAT. Fun-Uber-Csomething-Ksomething?)
LZ, to harken back to last night, French Dips with au jus actually is doubly redundant because that's all implied in the "Dips" part of the name.
also, http://www.tickld.com/t/1263770
You know, I have classes, well one more, but those are the ideal times apparently to come on and spam so I don't read so far. One page per hour should do it!
So... is everyone already off work or what?
No, I have a couple more hours. I'm just busy today.
looking forward to playing my Exploding Kittens when it gets here. until then... I'll just read some the Oatmeal.
Man it's dead in here. PARTYYY!!!!!
I have better service camping than I do at my house! WTF?
hahaha....that sucks, LZ!
I love seeing Poz on a different campaign. I always just want to say hi. I should, huh?
You totally should!
I did it!
Man...i have hit a kickstarter shipping speed bump. Backed a few projects this past year, all shipping june/july/august.... all of them now shipping november. Fine by me. But i waaaaannnnttttt.
Good work!
Hello everyone! Also, this is the perfect thing for the background of any magic tricks you do: https://youtu.be/6kZZl-ig_E8…
Also, remember the pizza fiasco of last weekend? They gave me a free pizza and cheesesticks, both large. We got one pizza with bacon strips, tater tots, and buffalo chicken and another with bacon strips, jalapenos, and pineapples, both of which were surprisingly good, especially the latter! Played Boss Monster and Exploding Kittens, ate pizza, joiced and rejoiced in the merriment and jollity, then came upstairs and played rocket league for an hour. Much fun!
About as dead as I thought.
Hello fellow KC members. I picked up my cards yesterday and got to play a couple of rounds with the members of my Fluxx meetup. Even though someone on this board spilled what the secret surprise was, it still was a joy when I opened my box. And it was my birthday to boot.
Nice to see the comments section is still going strong.
@PoT: Did you perfect your brandied cherries bread pudding yet? I've got to try some of that!
@Creeper: Yea for the kitties sleeping near you. How do you fine the time to sleep with two jobs?
@GM: Is your job still driving you crazy? I found another long term assignment that doesn't make me want to go postal. Pity it doesn't pay benefits.
@GCoD: How is Rowena doing? How many friends of yours have dungeons in their house?
@LZ: what special stuff have you been cooking for the family?
@Trinkets: Have you been staying out of trouble? I hope not.
Did Pr.F or Blondie ever come back? (I swear I think they went off and eloped)
GEEEEIIIIIISSSSSTTTTT!!!
I hardly have any time to sleep!
I see Dr.P on Facebook a bit. But haven't seen him around here lately.
@Geist. Of my friends into that, a surprisingly large number. Maybe 40%? My real estate agent has an entire second house devoted to it. But then, among my model train friends, they all tend to have a train layout filling the basement or back yard; and the Route 66 memorabilia types have road signs filling their spaces. Pick your hobby.
Much sadness here though. Significant Other #2 (who lives with her husband), has had a great tragedy. Her 16 year old daughter was killed in a car wreck Thursday morning on her way to school. We're all in shock.
@GCoD: my deepest condolences to your friend. 16 is too damn young.
Unless your real estate agent is hosting S&M parties, I think a whole house dungeon is a bit much. I always wanted to go to the S&M conventions (I think that is what they call them) that I've seen in the pages of some of the the magazines I use to purchase. It's like the adult version of Halloween.
Geist!
Perfected the brandied cherry bread pudding? No, I believe there is room for improvement in all my baking. But it is pretty damned good. I think I'm going to increase the brandy in the hard sauce for the Kansas City competition in October. After that I need to find a new dessert to mae my own.
@Creeper: You found Dr.P on Facebook? Poke him and tell him to get his bum back here. We miss him. I will even welcome back his roachens.
Enough working so hard. Time to think about settling down. There has to be a wealth of nice guys in N.Y. There should be a Mr. Creeper in you near future.
@PoT: recipe please. I need to have that in my mouth sometime in the near future.
The recipe for the brandied cherry bread pudding (in its latest incarnation) is up in the "Kitty Chow" portion of the club site.
Good to know PoT. I will have to check that out.
Has Idle been around? Whatever happened to our Russian dice buddy? I'm thinking he is haunting Indigogo instead.
Hai, Geist! Been awhile.
Idle hasn't been on here for quite some time, which is surprising knowing her, and Sklorz has been absent to my knowledge for the past time.
Today got above 90 with humidity over 50%. Not terrible, but when you're standing there in 2 layers of clothing ushering in the direct sunlight of a football game, you can't wait for the cooler games later in the fall. Especially the Thanksgiving game; that's so cold and fun!
So... yeah. Dead here.
New rule: if it's this dead, I can keep talking ever several hours and it's not spam. Several in a short timeframe is spam, but over days it's not really. Well that's not really a "new rule", it's more of a clarification.
Checked out the decks on EBay. Individual decks are selling $5 to $9 more than what Amazon list them for. I saw a few double decks that are posted well over $100 but no one seems to be interested in paying that price.
I don't regret purchasing my KS edition but now that I see the NSFW decks on Amazon, I'm glad I didn't buy multiple boxes for myself. (I purchased two boxes for someone who thought he missed out. He paid for them despite the fact that he could have bought them somewhere else)
Good morning, Geist. I'd say that's a fair upsell, the $5. They bought several hoping to pawn them off not thinking it would all go public so quick, but the con-men were stung and left with several decks.
Still no word on when my deck will be shipped.. This was the last time I ever pledged on Kickastarter.. Shame on you. Oatmeal :(
Tomas, first of all, did you even contact support@explodingkittens.com ? They take up to 2 weeks to respond because they have 3 people full time answering thousands of emails per day. Also, don't blame them; for one, they ran the best kickstarter possibly ever. They had almost no problems, kept every promise, and no, they're not getting rich off of it. Also, they had to ship nearly a million decks to well over 200,000 people when they originally planned for less than a thousand. That's more than any other campaign in kickstarter history. DO NOT expect ANY better from another campaign anywhere, seriously.
Tomas, look below this for your answers.
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In other news, I got bored and remembered I have to start on Rick and Morty. It's almost as funny as everyone said, too! They also said it gets better as it goes, but that applies to any show, so I'm glad I started it.
Camping trips are never long enough. It was lots of fun. I got to experience quicksand for the first time ever
Really? I've always wanted to sink as far as I could, which for humans is only to your thighs if you work your way into it. I love camping. That would've been a great idea this weekend. Maybe I'll have to go with my brother next time the local troop does.
Rick and morty is pretty good. Definitely worth bingeing during the dead middle of a 3 day weekend of which I only get 2 days, really 1 because I have stuff to do tomorrow as well.
I only sank about 6 inches. I got out of it as soon as I realized I was still sinking when we stopped to survey the situation.
Maybe it was closer to a foot. Not far, either way.
I know, you can only sink just above your knees, and that's only if you really try and there're good conditions. But sounds like you had fun. I ushered a football game in over 90 degrees with 2 layers on. (uniform: we're volunteer scout ushers.) It got pretty hot and my brother and i left at halftime. We only have to be there until after the first quarter. Wasn't a game of the century or anything. We sucked it up.
Oh crap, now that I've logged back in I remember I totally forgot to wish Geist a happy B-Day! I'm like two days late!
@Tomas: If you find this disappointing that is an excellent choice, because the service was outstanding.