OT: Days of our Lives aka the Beacon's Billboard

piscene said:
First of all, congrats on your future marriedness. I don't think it matters financially when you have kids. It's one of those things that you're never really ready for, you just do it. If you actually don't want to have kids, you better face the facts now and get it out in the open before you get married. Better to not wait to face that one.

On the other hand, if you're just hesitant because its scary to have a little human being who is totally and completely dependant on you for their very survival, not to mention that you are responsible for ensuring that this person grows up to be a positively contributing member of society and a happy, well balanced person...well, you should be a little freaked out by that, it's a lot of responsibility.
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It's not so much that I don't want to have kids, the problem is that I already have one. To cut a long story short he's now 8 and lives with his mother about 3000km from here. I was very young and very stupid at the time and the whole experience has put me off somewhat. I haven't seen him in ~6 years and only talked to him on rare occasions, the only way he'd now know I existed is from the cheque that I send his mother every month. I'm now content to wait for the day that he comes looking for me and we'll sort it out from there...... I tell you my life has been a roller coaster since leaving home..... It has been a financial drain having one - though I don't get the 'benefits' of being around, I'm just wondering what it'll be like with more.

I've got some issues to work through and Bec is very supportive, we'll talk some more and eventually it'll happen. In all honesty I look forward to raising kids.

-Grogs
 
gah stupid american hippies. no offense to any american hippies out there, unless you are the ones im referring too. then boooooo!!!

now they are protesting and trying to get the entirety of america to boycott australian wool because most sheep farmers out here in Oz use mulesing to prevent fly strike.

Merinos are the main breed of ozzie wool sheep and they can get wrinkley, so to prevent flies laying their eggs in the damp folds between the wrinkles when the sheep are young farmers remove a strip of skin from around the back of the legs and rump and stretch the rest of the skin out to remove all the wrinkles. fear enough it'd hurt but IMO having maggots slowly eat you, which then leaves a gaping big wound for other pests and diseases to get into the sheep through is far worse then just removing a little bit of skin.
ive seen and done a little bit of mulesing and its not nearly as bad as people think.
what do y'all think?
 
corax said:
gah stupid american hippies. no offense to any american hippies out there, unless you are the ones im referring too. then boooooo!!!

now they are protesting and trying to get the entirety of america to boycott australian wool because most sheep farmers out here in Oz use mulesing to prevent fly strike.

Merinos are the main breed of ozzie wool sheep and they can get wrinkley, so to prevent flies laying their eggs in the damp folds between the wrinkles when the sheep are young farmers remove a strip of skin from around the back of the legs and rump and stretch the rest of the skin out to remove all the wrinkles. fear enough it'd hurt but IMO having maggots slowly eat you, which then leaves a gaping big wound for other pests and diseases to get into the sheep through is far worse then just removing a little bit of skin.
ive seen and done a little bit of mulesing and its not nearly as bad as people think.
what do y'all think?
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I agree Corax - it is of benefit to the animal in the long run. Human males get circumcised and that serves absolutley no practical purpose (it's unlikely that you or I would get fly blown in that area :lol: ) I would contest that there are far worse farming practices being used in the world.........

You'd have to look further into the matter to see if that was the real reason that the ban is being talked about. The free trade agreement between Oz and the US has ruffled some feathers over there. America, despite all of the rhetoric, has some of the most heavily regulated and subsidised markets in the world (steel is a biggy). The unions have far more power than any that are kicking around in Oz. Protectionism is rife in these industries and with good reason, Australiasia have some effencies in Primary production that allow us to provide quality product at well below overseas cost - Great for us, Bad for your average producer there. There may be more to it than a convenient animal rights issue..........

Ah international business 101 :lol:

-Grogs
 
Grogs said:
Human males get circumcised and that serves absolutley no practical purpose
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i think it has something to do with cleanliness and the likely hood of infection.

what really arcs me up though is all these protestors that have no clue as to what they are protesting about. for example take the anti-iraq protestors, have they been there? do they know the full reasoning behind the war? do they understand any of this? fair enough if they do and still dont want the war then good luck to them, but its the people that go off half-cocked for a 'good cause' that annoy me.

yep you've heard that the living conditions in iraq are terrible because of the war, did you see this? no didnt think so. do you know stopping the war will styop any retaliation? have you spoken to global terrorist organisation leaders? nah, im not surprised.

the point of this rambling is if your going to go protest about something make sure your facts are striaght and you know something about it.....n00bs
 
Rizzo said:
Corax and Grogs are teh spammz00rzzses!!11!

How are you all doing?
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spamtastic :thumbsup:


fine. fine. things are looking up on the job front. I know what i want to do in life( aswell as is possible, gg random occurences) things are better with the gf.

so yea, things are fine
 
corax said:
i think it has something to do with cleanliness and the likely hood of infection.
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That was true in the dark ages, well at least that's what they thought, it's since been proven beyond a doubt that having a foreskin in no way will lead to any more or less infections that being foreskinless..... It's just a tradition that has failed to die out in the face of hard scientific proof.

@Rizzo - Spammorzzing at work - all my clients have finished for the year and I don't feel like doing anything except spammmmmmmmmmm! Have a good Chrismas Riz :thumbsup: :xman:
 
woot! mum will be home in 5 mins with lunch..yay. hopefully ill get job confirmation too, she knows the guy who is the contractor for the bread run.

shes home now. score


btw rizzo, im not spamming, im hard at work to catch up to Housewares.

spam smart. spam s-mart

spam

also as far as spam is concerned im the cream of the crop
 
Circumcision can still be done for medical reasons, not just religious ones. It's simply that those reasons are no longer "cleanliness".

<voice inside head>OMG, a discussion on circumcision...on a gaming board...what IS the world coming to??</voice inside head>

Glad you're feeling up Corax. Christmas is a very bad time of year to be down on yourself. Talking of which, it's Christmas Eve and I'm as excited as a five year old!! No idea why, but perhaps its because this year has been a bad one with Anne's cancer and everything and I'm just delighted that we're both here together to celebrate the season.

My parents will be coming up on Monday together with my brother, sister-in-law and their new baby (who I'll be seeing for the first time), but for Christmas itself it will just be the two of us (and the dogs and cats!) relaxing and enjoying each other's company. Sweet! :xsmile3: :xflash:

@Molly: Welcome to the DooL thread! So pleased to see that you paid us oddballs a visit!

@All: Have a fantastic Christmas!!! And may all your presents be green and gold. :xgift:
 
simeonb said:
@All: Have a fantastic Christmas!!! And may all your presents be green and gold. :xgift:
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noob. they be lime and burlywood.
gahahaha. well i finished my gf's bear this arvo and i must say it looks very creepy and i put in a sound box that forces out air when you turn the bear upside down then back again and it also sounds creepy so hopefully she'll get scared. :xx: *grinchz0r*

also she made me promise to go to stupid xmas lunch at her house. i wasnt going to but she got really sad and i thought she was going to cry. damn manipulative women..*grumble*

good to see you get to spend xmas with anne simeon.

so quiet forums tomorow then? gah! boredom incarnate. probably just play my tourney sassy and my hammerdin. damn perfect baal map in normal.grrr. now ill never find one in hell. there were NO monsters on the way to throne on the ~30 runs i did.

but i get to go to the zoo on boxing day!!!!!!!!!!! :xsmile: yay. i love zoos.
 
Corax, you fell for the 'look like she's going to cry' trick. j00 n00b. :lol:

Enjoy your xmas lunch. We'll be going to Kerry's mom's house, filled with my obnoxious, whining, screaming sister-in-law's kids. Baaaaah!! Gotta love the holiday. At least I know I'm getting a cool little remote control car, since I picked it up in the store and handed it to my wife with the money and said 'buy me this for xmas.' She hates it when I do that.

We'll be going to my parents for a week after xmas (no computer there), so if I don't talk to you all before then, have a great xmas and I'll talk to you again in the new year.

Merry xmas and Happy New Year.

-Piscene

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morning guys. just got up and i feel kind of sick. ah well.
not much to report. dont really feel like going to the gf's but i have too...damnit
 
@Corax: Didn't you know that going to see your other half's parents and being nice to them is part of Christmas?! Just remember to be good and then moan about the horror of it all here afterwards.

@All: Have a very merry Christmas! Enjoy the company of your families...and don't think about all the D2 time you're missing!

Simeon
 
Morning all,

Tis Boxing day here and I'm all X-mas cheered out and looking forward to getting back to D2 tonight! Reached lvl 97 at 3:00 am Christmas moring, will start the very very long run to 98 tonight.........

@Corax - Had a shiny green Corona drop in the second last run, yay! just got to find that shield.........

@Everyone hope you Christmas was good........

-Grogs
 
Still X-mas here lads! I'm also just about cheered out. My parents got me a Khukri, and a Viking bearded axe. Both are now sharpened and ready for some fun. There's something about holding an axe that just make you want to attack a tree or something... :uhhuh:

I also acquired some clothing, and some cycling stuff. All in all, I have no complaints. Now my lady is on her way over, so I bid you farewell.

Hope you all had a safe and happy holidays!

:xman: :xtree:
 
Bunny_Usagi said:
This is the best christmas that I have ever had honestly. It was all that I had hoped for and more. Merry Christmas!
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You know Bunny, I think I end up saying that every year.

And every year it's true. :xtree:
 
Hello everyone and merry christmas.
This was a very very nice christmas, my girlfriend gave me a watch and I'm thrilled. It's from Calvin Klein and very nice indeed. Other than that I had an extremely cosy christmas eve with my family and a very nice day yesterday too. Right now I'm waiting for my girlfriend to come to my city, so we can go to my dads together. Another great day looms ahead :)

I hope you've all had a great christmas, and from the previous posts it seems you have. I hope the newyears eve will be as great! I think it will :xsmile4:

Have a nice day all!
 
It seems the Billboard has finally reached the 1k mark. That is truly awesome. :clap:
When I started this I had no idea it would go this far, frankly I thought AE would close it because only two members besides me would post in here. It turned out differently, and I'm happy about that.

Thank you DougTheHead2 for that pm you send me back then :thumbsup:

We don't see Nacaa and Ronin in here so often anymore tho. That's sad. I hope you guys do visit us from time to time. MethodOne was also a heavy poster before. Most of the others have stuck to it. Keep it up you guys!

Well, back to ye olde threadmill I suppose hehe :xgrin:

-Rizzo
 
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