Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[demi]

People watch Comedy Central TV?

[tiesto]

picked my neighborhood after hours of research: ASTORIA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/realestate/22living.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/19/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-astoria-accessible-affordable-and-highly-diverse.html

Now to find an apartment on craigslist or some place i live at temporarily

Astoria is a good choice, I know quite a few people who live there. I've hung out there a few times in the past month or so, too. Lots of bars and restaurants and whatnot. And if you like hookah, Steinway St. is the place.

Yeah, my cousin recently moved out to Astoria and she loves it. Lots of great ethnic cuisine and one of the more active nightlife spots in Queens. It's really getting built up, too but right now the rents are reasonable (as far as NY goes).

Of course, if I were ever to move to the city (probably not, too far away from my job) my ideal place would be Greenpoint.

[Pringo]

Edit.

[Phoenix Dark]

So tired of dumb patients I swear. You'd think by the time someone reached 40-50yo they'd pretty much understand how their insurance works. But nope

dude: why do I have a $50 bill?! your office told me my last visit would be covered at 100%
me: yes sir it was covered at 100%, but as the office manager told you, you have a $50 deductible on your policy
dude: bullshit, I'm contacting my insurance company, you guys don't run business honestly
*10 minutes*
dude: ...looks like you were right this time. can I schedule my next appointment now?

[Mupepe]

To be fair, insurance companies change policies all the time.  Two years ago, my company's insurance coverage was a $25 deductible with regular checkups.  Last year they got rid of it.  This year, they put it back.  So two days ago my coworkers ex wife was calling him because the people at the office were asking for a deductible and she thought she didn't have to pay one (for their child), and so did he.  She was arguing with them and everything.

[Phoenix Dark]

To be fair, insurance companies change policies all the time.  Two years ago, my company's insurance coverage was a $25 deductible with regular checkups.  Last year they got rid of it.  This year, they put it back.  So two days ago my coworkers ex wife was calling him because the people at the office were asking for a deductible and she thought she didn't have to pay one (for their child), and so did he.  She was arguing with them and everything.

In this case the dude has had the policy for awhile, and this company has a $50 deductible for all single person members. I can understand if it was a case of things changing, but I notice dental plans pretty much stay the same. Dunno about medical plans.

[Mupepe]

ah i see.  you should have told him that since he was a fruitcake, him and his bullshit insurance would no longer be accepted at your place of business.

[Mr. Gundam]

So my wife and I are going to chaperone prom this year. It's at the Experience Music Project in Seattle and we get to dress up and yell at kids all night. I think I even get paid for it. Should be interesting.

[Mupepe]

If you catch kids fornicating in an empty room or drinking somewhere, are you going to turn them in or are you going to be the cool adult?

[Mr. Gundam]

If you catch kids fornicating in an empty room or drinking somewhere, are you going to turn them in or are you going to be the cool adult?

I'm the cool guy at school (kids call me Mr. Harry Potter), but I'd probably rat 'em out on prom night. If you're gonna do that, at least wait until after the dance is over.

[Phoenix Dark]

The kids will just assume Gundam is a classmate and ignore his orders

[Mr. Gundam]

The kids will just assume Gundam is a classmate and ignore his orders

I actually got asked to homecoming when I was doing my internship back in 2005. Nevermind the whole "I'm 24, wearing a tie, and unlocking the door that says "Mr. George, School Psychologist" on it."

[Phoenix Dark]

 

So she asked you without knowing who you were/never talked to you before? Must have been awkward

[Mr. Gundam]

So she asked you without knowing who you were/never talked to you before? Must have been awkward

It was this girl and two of her friends who came up to me. I only was at the school on Thursdays and Fridays, so they probably saw me walking around on Fridays when I would wear a dress shirt and blazer with jeans. Poor girl was absolutely embarrassed when she found I worked there and was seven years older than her (and engaged!).

[Mupepe]

 

[Joe Molotov]

So she asked you without knowing who you were/never talked to you before? Must have been awkward

It was this girl and two of her friends who came up to me. I only was at the school on Thursdays and Fridays, so they probably saw me walking around on Fridays when I would wear a dress shirt and blazer with jeans. Poor girl was absolutely embarrassed when she found I worked there and was seven years older than her (and engaged!).

Was she hot?

[Himu]

Has anyone here worked as graphic designer and worked with printing companies?

Never worked with a printing company but what is your interest?

[Phoenix Dark]

sell wine
print money

[chronovore]

Has anyone here worked as graphic designer and worked with printing companies?

A looooong time ago, but I'll be your huckleberry.

[demi]

Billy PM me with info and I can probably help, or ask someone I do know.

[Shaka Khan]

Has anyone here worked as graphic designer and worked with printing companies?

I have a limited experience, I've dealt with print shops in the past. What's your inquiry?

[Brehvolution]

Playing around with Ubuntu 10.1 and I found a program called Pianobar that allows me to listen to Pandora from the console!

pianobar
========

pianobar is a console client for the personalized web radio pandora
(http://www.pandora.com).

- play and manage (create, add more music, delete, rename, ...) your stations
- rate played songs and let pandora explain why they have been selected
- show upcoming songs/song history
- configure keybindings
- last.fm scrobbling support (external application)
- proxy support for listeners outside the USA

[Diunx]

Just received the word from the office, I'm officially unemployed :'( they are gonna give me a bonus check for my good work at the company next week but the bonus is pretty fucking pathetic for 8 months of work but I think I can build an ok pc with that. Have to call my boss later to know if the higher ups are gonna consider me for a spot that opened recently in the company or if they are gonna go with someone who already works there.

[bork]

Moving into our new place today.  So far, so good.  My parents sprung for a moving company to get all our crap moved fast, so it's been a breeze.  I'm supervising them here, and my father is waiting at the apartment for the IKEA guys to show up.  Then we get to spend the rest of day putting all that crap together and hoping nothing came damaged!       It's a really nice apartment though.  Glad to finally be back out on our own again.

[Diunx]

Pics!

[lennedsay]

Just received the word from the office, I'm officially unemployed :'( they are gonna give me a bonus check for my good work at the company next week but the bonus is pretty fucking pathetic for 8 months of work but I think I can build an ok pc with that. Have to call my boss later to know if the higher ups are gonna consider me for a spot that opened recently in the company or if they are gonna go with someone who already works there.

Maybe you can find a position now where you're not constantly wondering when you're getting shitcanned. Good luck!

Insert "Good Game" ass slap and a "go get'm tiger" here.

[CajoleJuice]

I wish I could give the  to a hot girl wanting to bang me.

[Mupepe]

lots of dudes date chicks that are younger, go for it!  22... she might (lol) be stable enough for a relationship.  Probably not though.  Bang her either way.

[CajoleJuice]

I wish i had girls my age wanting to bang me

or be my gf

How old are you again, mojo? 26?

[TEEEPO]

I wish i had girls my age wanting to bang me

or be my gf

[Mupepe]

7 years isn't a bad difference.  My mom and dad were 7 years apart and they got divorced after 10 years when my mom cheated on him with a younger dude and my dad's depression and alcohol abuse spiraled out of control.

Yeah, maybe you shouldn't date her.

[Diunx]

Thanks len! son mojo did you do "stuff" with her?

[CajoleJuice]

29

Yeah, now I understand a bit more. Thought you were closer to my age.

still bang her

[Mupepe]

Yeah, but at least you get some scars and heartbreak when she realizes she doesn't really want a relationship.

Also, it's always easier to get another girlfriend when you're already with someone, ya know?  So use her, then the universe will do it's usual ploy of making women more attracted to you since you're taken and then be like BAM!  And fuck the universe and take the new chick.

[CajoleJuice]

Sounds like a plan to me.

[Mupepe]

finger?  put your tongue in there at the very least

[Madrun Badrun]

Playing around with Ubuntu 10.1 and I found a program called Pianobar that allows me to listen to Pandora from the console!

pianobar
========

pianobar is a console client for the personalized web radio pandora
(http://www.pandora.com).

- play and manage (create, add more music, delete, rename, ...) your stations
- rate played songs and let pandora explain why they have been selected
- show upcoming songs/song history
- configure keybindings
- last.fm scrobbling support (external application)
- proxy support for listeners outside the USA

cool

My new watch, which I have had for only 3 months broke.  I spring went and now I can't set the time.  It has a 3 year warranty, but it costs $20 to send it in and takes time.  I'ma pissed.

[Brehvolution]

Playing around with Ubuntu 10.1 and I found a program called Pianobar that allows me to listen to Pandora from the console!

pianobar
========

pianobar is a console client for the personalized web radio pandora
(http://www.pandora.com).

- play and manage (create, add more music, delete, rename, ...) your stations
- rate played songs and let pandora explain why they have been selected
- show upcoming songs/song history
- configure keybindings
- last.fm scrobbling support (external application)
- proxy support for listeners outside the USA

cool

I forgot to mention that it is also ad free!

[BlueTsunami]

I actually used the Live! CD version of Ubuntu yesterday and I have to say the UI is pretty nice and polished. I actually wouldn't mind using it if I ever got laptop that was purely used for browsing the web and simple functions.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Does anyone here have a Blackcats account and if so can you search to see if the Beatles RB3 export is on the site and if you can post the NFO / info they give? thanks.

[Corporal]

FML.

Number one: I bought an open source handheld. Again. Will I ever learn?
Number two: I spent 250€, two or three years ago, to get the damn thing. It arrived in the mail yesterday.
Number the fuck three: Both units sent to my place are faulty. The unit I got for my friend is ignoring certain keyboard presses, and my unit first blew out the fuses, then ceased to charge on anything but USB; which means it takes a day to fully charge instead of an hour or two.

I am this close to demanding my money back and putting it towards a NGP/3DS/iphone/Android phone/PC upgrade/hooker.

Then again... It is ridiculously awesome.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

When it works.

[close]

[Cormacaroni]

Corporal - what? 2-3 years for someone to build it? what is this i don't even

Good Day Sir - Congrats! Enjoy rogering your wife at full volume, in every room!

[Corporal]

You think a handheld designs itself? 

There were tears. And blood. And bloody tears. And several times it looked like the project was doomed. Perpetual emotional rollercoaster, that. Now they've been selling the things as fast as they can manufacture them. Still completing the preorders, mind you.

Back then a mobile hardware platform like that (600MHz Cortex A8 with 256MB RAM and 512MB flash, SGX powering a 800x480 touchscreen, with WLAN, Bluetooth, two SD card slots, full-sized keyboard and video out, all in one DS phat-sized package) sounded like the best thing ever.
Nowadays you get a smartphone with comparable or better specs for only a teensy bit more money - granted, they're locked-down platforms, but that has always only bothered a select few (Hint: Don't get me started on Sonys NGP).

I'm just pissed as all hell because I have this here awesome toy and can't really play that much with it because it's tethered to my PC 60% of the time - and it may get worse if the charger is still intact, which means I'd have to send it back to get a replacement, which means I'd have to wait even longer, but this time without even the broken handheld to keep me busy. Arrrrgh. All that after two+ years of waiting. Kill me now. :'(    :'(

TL;DR: Open Source fans are Grade A Nutters. Nothing new here.

[Cormacaroni]

working (from home) on Sunday, amuse me Evilbore

[Boogie]

working (from home) on Sunday, amuse me Evilbore

I'm not your monkey!

[Cormacaroni]

so you're saying you wouldn't respond if I grind my organ...?

[Pringo]

Does anyone know of a good bandwidth monitor for Windows?

[Boogie]

So, I'm looking at finally buying a house, in one of the suburb cities west of Toronto.

And unfortunately, shit is crazy expensive.  Three-storey townhouses of 1350 square feet with no backyards  going for 300k.

In contrast, I can drive two hours west to my home town and pick up a huge two-storey house with a giant backyard for less than that.  A year and a half ago, my bro bought a house back there that was huge, with a nice big yard and a huge-ass two-level deck. 

[Madrun Badrun]

I feel dumb for JUST discovering what /r does in printf 

[Phoenix Dark]

So, I'm looking at finally buying a house, in one of the suburb cities west of Toronto.

And unfortunately, shit is crazy expensive.  Three-storey townhouses of 1350 square feet with no backyards  going for 300k.

In contrast, I can drive two hours west to my home town and pick up a huge two-storey house with a giant backyard for less than that.  A year and a half ago, my bro bought a house back there that was huge, with a nice big yard and a huge-ass two-level deck. 

What do you need a big house for, you live alone

[Boogie]

So, I'm looking at finally buying a house, in one of the suburb cities west of Toronto.

And unfortunately, shit is crazy expensive.  Three-storey townhouses of 1350 square feet with no backyards  going for 300k.

In contrast, I can drive two hours west to my home town and pick up a huge two-storey house with a giant backyard for less than that.  A year and a half ago, my bro bought a house back there that was huge, with a nice big yard and a huge-ass two-level deck. 

What do you need a big house for, you live alone

It's the principle of the thing.

edit:  and to host parties 'n shit.

[Cormacaroni]

Well, it's good to get on that real estate ladder but why force it if prices are too high? Keep your money working in mutual funds or whatever in the meantime.

[Boogie]

Well, it's good to get on that real estate ladder but why force it if prices are too high? Keep your money working in mutual funds or whatever in the meantime.

Well, my thoughts are probably thus:

1) prices are high, but I'm not sure they're ever going to crash or get lower, so I might as well jump in when I can.

2) I don't even like where I'm living and renting now.  (apartment in small town out of the way from everything)

3)  I'm pretty responsible with my money, but I've already been maxing out my mutual fund investments (limited for tax refund purposes due to my pension) and as such, I'm more likely to spend the money on "fun shit" in the next six months if I don't buy a house.  Not that that would be the end of the world, of course.  With my existing Mutual Funds + gov't pension, I'm already sitting comfortable for my long term future, regardless of jumping into real estate.  I'm just not sure that waiting would end up being more beneficial than buying now when it comes to a house.

But for big purchases, I'm always crazy indecisive anyways, so...

[Cormacaroni]

Buy a fun car, get laid

[Boogie]

Buy a fun car, get laid

ohh, don't tell me that....BMW 3 series coupe, here I come! 

[Cormacaroni]

ok, they aren't a great investment. But since you have to travel, being in the middle of nowhere, why not?

[Himu]

Wet pussy is the greatest thing in the world.

[cool breeze]

for the first time in years, I have done work I'm proud of for a class!

which probably means it will be garbage.  Everything I write and hate always get me high marks. 

[Boogie]

Wet pussy is the greatest thing in the world.

yes?

[Madrun Badrun]

Wet pussy is the greatest thing in the world.

yes?

But dry cheeseburger pussy comes in a close second no doubt Himu?