Where debating everything under the sun is only the beginning

Yay! Mandi lives.
Are you still studying hard?

But of course I'm alive and well. Ok, "well" could be debatable.  

And yes sir. I complete my first semester next Friday and will have roughly 4 weeks off.  

How's life over yonder?

Bet you will be glad of the break, bet those 4 weeks fly past as well.

Quote from: Mandi on 2014-12-06, 13:05:46

How's life over yonder?

Mustn't grumble, keeping myself out of trouble anyway.
A very good fiend has just been diagnosed with cancer for the second time, but she has been told it's incurable this time. So not my usual happy self, if you know what I mean.

Quote from: expatri on 2014-12-01, 16:20:05

Ah...the crazed consumerism season is in full swing here in the US. And the UK seems to be catching a bit of the bug as well. Yet another American export; you're welcome.

Yeah thanks for that.
Saw all those bampots in the stores over here fighting over a cheap brand TV and shook my head in disbelief. They must have been so proud when they saw themselves on the news channel later at night.

Quote from: expatri on 2014-12-01, 16:20:05

Now then, what shall I get for myself this year (since the Christmas gift I'd planned on turned out to be my birthday present to myself)? Thinking game console...PS4, to be precise...

Save your money and get a Nintendo WiiU. That and Mario Kart 8 and you wouldn't ever need to buy any other game.

Sounds like it may have metastasized. I'm sorry.  

I'll stick with my old Wii, thanks very much. Never really got into Mario Cart, though a friend of mine is a big fan and will probably get the U. He's played them all so he's not likely to miss out on the latest.

Sorry to hear about your friend's cancer diagnosis. Another sucky thing about getting older; friends start dropping with increasing frequency...

She's going to leave behind a 12 year old daughter too. How the heck she will have that conversation with her daughter is beyond me.

Ah well, if your old Wii ever dies on you the WiiU is backwards compatible.
If your friend has played them all up to now, it would be a shame if he didn't get the new one, as it's the best yet.

Yes the curse of getting older, your friends get fewer.
This lovely lass is only 41 years old though, so not old by any means. She's going to leave behind a 12 year old daughter too. How the heck she will have that conversation with her daughter is beyond me.

I shared this to a friend of mine and tears started running down her eyes. She had a somewhat similar experience. After she gave birth to her daughter, her cousin also gave birth to a daughter the very next day. They were both in the same hospital. Yup, they shared a moment of joy together at the hospital. 9 year later her cousin died from cancer. Her daughter was 9 yrs old at the time. Damn it, that just put tears in my eyes.

Wow! So young. As I sit hear, I'm pondering what I would say to mine if I were in her shoes.

I hope her 12 year old ends up ok.

Her dad will be there for her of course and he's a good man, who I know will do his best for her.

Quote from: Luxor on 2014-12-07, 13:17:33

Ah well, if your old Wii ever dies on you the WiiU is backwards compatible.
If your friend has played them all up to now, it would be a shame if he didn't get the new one, as it's the best yet.

Keep in mind that you may not be able to circumvent region lock on the Wii U.

I sense a disturbance in The Force.

Which force? The police force, life force, task force or work force?

' At the end of the year the curtain that seals our world from the underworld may be open for a mere few seconds. A few of the gifted ones will be able to sense it as a disturbance in The Force. If it does happen, thousands of awaiting demons will pass through the curtain, creating havoc in the mundane world. Thor, with his father Odin, Ruler of Asgard, will have to unite with the Greek Gods and defeat these  countless numbers of malicious demons. After the battle is won, Poseidon will once again intervene and change the history of mankind, back to the moment before it all began, to ensure that the curtain shall never open, and no human will remember any of those events ever occured.' -Syav

That's made me none the wiser.

What the heck have you been smoking Syav  and more to the point, can I have some?

But the secret was revealed to the very few, and eventually passed on to Luxor himself, making him wiser and more knowledgeable in the present world.'

But top-loading ones, they can be outsmarted?

But top-loading ones, they can be outsmarted?  

Do they still make them? I haven't seen one of them anywhere since my mother had one in the early 70's.

Also in America most washing machines look like in Tom & Jerry cartoons, i.e. like this.

We have one like this. Also in America most washing machines look like in Tom & Jerry cartoons, i.e. like this.

A top loader would be better suited to a separate utility/wash room. Which very few houses here, have nowadays.