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Megalomania
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Thax alot it was my grandpa´s
you mean like earl grey? or more like long island?
pancakeman
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I made the mistake of riding my long circuit today, even after seeing the 90 degree heat. Better yet, they said with the humidity factored in it was over 105. Yay!
So, I tried to ride anyway, completely destroyed myself on the first half, and had to call for evac while I gulped down Gatorade to try and stay alive. It sucked.
So, I tried to ride anyway, completely destroyed myself on the first half, and had to call for evac while I gulped down Gatorade to try and stay alive. It sucked.
Trim
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Woah! How you been, Neks? How's the vacation been? Is it all done, or are you just passing by?
<makes all those drinks... then dumps them into a pitcher>
<adds paper umbrella>
Mmmm. Now THAT'S what I call a mixed drink. :wink:
Be sure to tell us how things have been! You can do it in the daily, though, and wish silo a happy birthday to boot.
<makes all those drinks... then dumps them into a pitcher>
<adds paper umbrella>
Mmmm. Now THAT'S what I call a mixed drink. :wink:
Be sure to tell us how things have been! You can do it in the daily, though, and wish silo a happy birthday to boot.
Trim
Well-known member
No, and I'm getting worried. He seemed like he was in such a bad mood lately, so I hope things are just busy instead of... well, I hope he's okay.
And to answer your question, Gatorade is sugary, but no bubbles. It was originally designed decades ago as an energy drink for the University of Florida's athletes (their mascot is the alligator, hence Gator-Ade). It's now used by just about every major sports team in America. It's got electrolytes and stuff that's supposed to help one regain depleted nutrients during/after athletic activity. It's good.
And I forgot: Glad you're okay, pman. At least, okay enough to come and spam a little bit after burning yourself out. Did you get a little heatstroke or something?
And to answer your question, Gatorade is sugary, but no bubbles. It was originally designed decades ago as an energy drink for the University of Florida's athletes (their mascot is the alligator, hence Gator-Ade). It's now used by just about every major sports team in America. It's got electrolytes and stuff that's supposed to help one regain depleted nutrients during/after athletic activity. It's good.
And I forgot: Glad you're okay, pman. At least, okay enough to come and spam a little bit after burning yourself out. Did you get a little heatstroke or something?
Whee! I finally got a tourney toon to A3! Redemption is mine, sayeth the JayGun!
:jig: :balloons: :alright: :girly: :smug:
arty: :jig:
*dances a little jig on the bar and spills his drink.
Drinks are on me for the next little minute! I'll have a LongHammer to start, and then maybe a LongHammer, likely followed by a LongHammer!
Cheers! :guiness:
:jig: :balloons: :alright: :girly: :smug:
arty: :jig:*dances a little jig on the bar and spills his drink.
Drinks are on me for the next little minute! I'll have a LongHammer to start, and then maybe a LongHammer, likely followed by a LongHammer!
Cheers! :guiness:
Ok. So I'm wearing the NPC shirt today. At lunch, stepdad asks "What does NPC stand for?" I told him that NPC is a gaming term that refers to computer-controlled characters who have no free will and only act in service of the player-controlled characters, and I thought it accurately reflected my station in life at the present. He asked "is this was by choice or fate?" I replied that insofar as I blame my current situation on myself, Choice, but if I blame my station on external influences, then it would be fate, though perhaps Chance is a better way of describing it.
So, throughout the afternoon, he made snide remarks about 'NPC this' and 'NPC that'.
At dinner, he decided it would be a good idea to describe all of my family (mom, dad, their brothers and sisters, cousins, parents, aunts, etc. etc.) as 'NPCs.'
I told him that he didn't have a true grasp of the term, and reminded him that NPCs, by their very nature as software controlled entities, have absolutely no free will or choice, nor do they participate in Fate or Destiny or Chance or whatever, and that in describing myself as an NPC, though I have become an NPC partly by choice, it was a choice between being spat on and swimming in spit: either way, you're coated in spit. (I used another word that has an 'h' instead of the 'p.')
I think he gets it now, and I wish he'd just drop it. One of these days, he's going to catch me at a bad moment and I'm gonna go right off: eff you, eff this, eff that, effing effer, or somesuch.
I need another drink.
Good times.
So, throughout the afternoon, he made snide remarks about 'NPC this' and 'NPC that'.
At dinner, he decided it would be a good idea to describe all of my family (mom, dad, their brothers and sisters, cousins, parents, aunts, etc. etc.) as 'NPCs.'
I told him that he didn't have a true grasp of the term, and reminded him that NPCs, by their very nature as software controlled entities, have absolutely no free will or choice, nor do they participate in Fate or Destiny or Chance or whatever, and that in describing myself as an NPC, though I have become an NPC partly by choice, it was a choice between being spat on and swimming in spit: either way, you're coated in spit. (I used another word that has an 'h' instead of the 'p.')
I think he gets it now, and I wish he'd just drop it. One of these days, he's going to catch me at a bad moment and I'm gonna go right off: eff you, eff this, eff that, effing effer, or somesuch.
I need another drink.
Good times.
TheLoneHawk
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So I lost my internet last night and over the course of the morning. I worked for hours in setup and configs trying to fix it. Then I realized that our entire neighborhood was out and there was nothing I could do to fix it... The ISP guy came and hooked us all back up. It was short lived though, we all lost it again, I then had to go around the neighborhood fixing a simple mistake the ISP guy made... The second I had internet, guess where I came? DIII.NET! 
pancakeman
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TRM: I don't think heat stroke was setting in yet, but if I had ridden all the way home I'm sure it would have started. I did get some of the effects at the Tuesday ride two weeks ago, I coasted in long after most of the others had left, and I could only climb off my bike and collapse on the sidewalk. Two of the guys insisted I go in the store to get some water, and I'm glad I did. My skin was cold, I couldn't think straight, and my eyes were deep in my head. Wasn't cool at all.
Well, speaking of the ride, it was called off today because of a storm (wimps), so I will ride tomorrow morning. I'm looking to up the distance to over 20 miles, and then just start gradually increasing it. Pilot Mountain is only 25 miles or so north, so I could feasibly ride up there, tackle the mountain, and meet some friends at the top or something.
In other news, I need a Dew.
Well, speaking of the ride, it was called off today because of a storm (wimps), so I will ride tomorrow morning. I'm looking to up the distance to over 20 miles, and then just start gradually increasing it. Pilot Mountain is only 25 miles or so north, so I could feasibly ride up there, tackle the mountain, and meet some friends at the top or something.
In other news, I need a Dew.
Trim
Well-known member
Dew'ed! :thumbup:
Glad to see you back, i'max. Though your statement about catching the bug may be a little too soon. You never know how hard it's gonna hit. Sometimes it's like a 24-hour stomach flu, but others its like you've been hit with the ebola virus and there's nothing to do but succumb to it.
@JayGun: Interesting discussion about NPCs. It ended up making me define my own terms and definitions for what it means in-game the whole time I was getting ready for work this evening. Very philisophical when transferred to real-life... :scratchchin:
Still thinking good thoughts for FastE. Miss ya, dawg.
Glad to see you back, i'max. Though your statement about catching the bug may be a little too soon. You never know how hard it's gonna hit. Sometimes it's like a 24-hour stomach flu, but others its like you've been hit with the ebola virus and there's nothing to do but succumb to it.
@JayGun: Interesting discussion about NPCs. It ended up making me define my own terms and definitions for what it means in-game the whole time I was getting ready for work this evening. Very philisophical when transferred to real-life... :scratchchin:
Still thinking good thoughts for FastE. Miss ya, dawg.
Hello Everyone this is my first post in this forum. Im underage but i hope you guys can sneak me a Corona Beer just for the heck of it.
@TheLoneHawk: Looks like you love this website dont ya? Even when i quit D2 i still came here for the company.
( A pack of smokes on the side wouldn't hurt, Theirs a first time for everything)
@TheLoneHawk: Looks like you love this website dont ya? Even when i quit D2 i still came here for the company.
( A pack of smokes on the side wouldn't hurt, Theirs a first time for everything)
TheLoneHawk
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You know it. I just sit around all day browsin the forums. Ha ha.
When you get a beer or two, sneak me one? He he.
John Remedy
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<steals beers and pours them away>
...and no smoking in here either!
...and no smoking in here either!
Hey, Eddie's back! What's with the anti-beer/cigarettes allofa sudden? Oh well.
*sets up a couple more Coronas and lights a stick*
*remembers FE's Akido training*
*stamps out cigarette and pours out beers*
Good to see you back around, Eddie. I hope all's well.
@TRM: Well, I've thought a bit more about the NPC thing, and its application to a discussion of Free Will/Determinism (or Compatibalism, as you like it), and I'm starting to wonder about the category of Mercenaries, since, while they are NPCs, they do 'act' (though their actions are determined by an software-controlled algorithm). They seem to trouble my early formulations of the category, but we'll see. I'm sortof in the beginning stages of a philosophical/theoretical treatise of sorts. . . maybe I'll share if I actually get into/work on it. I need to do a bit of research on NPCs, since the only ones I'm really familiar with come from D2 (and the prostitutes in the GTA series). Presumably, they exist in other sorts of games, and I wonder what sort of functions they serve. Anyway. . . Here I go again, getting OT in the friggen bar for chrissake!
*sets up a couple more Coronas and lights a stick*
*remembers FE's Akido training*
*stamps out cigarette and pours out beers*
Good to see you back around, Eddie. I hope all's well.
@TRM: Well, I've thought a bit more about the NPC thing, and its application to a discussion of Free Will/Determinism (or Compatibalism, as you like it), and I'm starting to wonder about the category of Mercenaries, since, while they are NPCs, they do 'act' (though their actions are determined by an software-controlled algorithm). They seem to trouble my early formulations of the category, but we'll see. I'm sortof in the beginning stages of a philosophical/theoretical treatise of sorts. . . maybe I'll share if I actually get into/work on it. I need to do a bit of research on NPCs, since the only ones I'm really familiar with come from D2 (and the prostitutes in the GTA series). Presumably, they exist in other sorts of games, and I wonder what sort of functions they serve. Anyway. . . Here I go again, getting OT in the friggen bar for chrissake!
John Remedy
Well-known member
Hello there JayGun.
I've spent the last week or so feeling sorry for myself, getting over it, keeping the girlfriend away, not letting go of the girlfriend, and doing more studying than I have in the last four months, although that really wasn't hard, and playing my 2H Oath Fanatic Zealot.
I spent the few days before I disappeared incredibly drunk, and I mean all-day drunk. More so than our 'jovial imbiber' Mr Gun. I felt horrible, sick, and my mouth tasted like Horazon's Urinal. I even had a cigarette (which was disgusting by the way). I knew I had a problem, so after two days of required detox (I felt that bad) I've suddenly ended up not drinking for a week. I feel a lot better for it, and so does my bank balance. It's not just for martial arts Jay, I remembered how healthy I was when I last stopped drinking, and how much better I felt about myself and my body. After I got over myself, I had a lovely few days with the laydee, watched some great movies, made some great meals together, went for a lovely walk on a sunny day, and did what boys and girls do, much more than we usually do. Studying is going surprisingly well. I will end up with a degree of some sort now, but at this late stage I think I will only get a 2:2, rather than a 2:1. Tidied a small corner of my room, felt so much better to throw out crap I did not need...
Aikido tonight. My friends should be going.
I've spent the last week or so feeling sorry for myself, getting over it, keeping the girlfriend away, not letting go of the girlfriend, and doing more studying than I have in the last four months, although that really wasn't hard, and playing my 2H Oath Fanatic Zealot.
I spent the few days before I disappeared incredibly drunk, and I mean all-day drunk. More so than our 'jovial imbiber' Mr Gun. I felt horrible, sick, and my mouth tasted like Horazon's Urinal. I even had a cigarette (which was disgusting by the way). I knew I had a problem, so after two days of required detox (I felt that bad) I've suddenly ended up not drinking for a week. I feel a lot better for it, and so does my bank balance. It's not just for martial arts Jay, I remembered how healthy I was when I last stopped drinking, and how much better I felt about myself and my body. After I got over myself, I had a lovely few days with the laydee, watched some great movies, made some great meals together, went for a lovely walk on a sunny day, and did what boys and girls do, much more than we usually do. Studying is going surprisingly well. I will end up with a degree of some sort now, but at this late stage I think I will only get a 2:2, rather than a 2:1. Tidied a small corner of my room, felt so much better to throw out crap I did not need...
Aikido tonight. My friends should be going.
Can I join the WoT gang yet? :crazyeyes:
