Main reasons I can't wait to move out

Points of Required Attention™

Please chime in on a proposed restructuring of the ROM hacking sections.

05-04-24 11:40 PM

Guest: Register | Login

0 users currently in General Chat | 4 guests

Main - General Chat - Main reasons I can't wait to move out

New thread | New reply

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5

Z-Bot

Posted on 06-15-07 03:56 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 45771

Ninji
Level: 36

Posts: 66/242
EXP: 296108
Next: 12002

Since: 05-28-07
From: The internet's heart

Last post: 6136 days
Last view: 6108 days

Posted by Xkeeper
Most of what they do besides hoyle card games is just AOL email over the oldnet.

Oh, here's a new one from today:

Grandma: Comes in room, clicks off rotary fan YOU DON'T NEED TWO OF THOSE RUNNING.
Xkeeper: Uh... why? Noting that it's still the hottest room in the house, anyway
Grandma: WE JUST GOT OUR POWER BILL AND IT WAS $280!!!
Xkeeper: ... Okay. And you leave the jumbotron on all the time, even when nobody's in it.
Grandma: THATS BECAUSE IT TAKES JUST AS MUCH POWER TO TURN IT OFF AND ON THAN TO JUST LEAVE IT ON!
Xkeeper: ... No. See, when it's off, it uses zero power... oh, fuck it, it's impossible to argue with you.

Wait.
Henderson, NV: Boring, 106°F (41.1°C) - Forecast: Clear; High: 107°F (41.7°C), Low: 81°F (27.2°C)

Xkeeper: Okay, if you're so uptight about the power bill...

Xkeeper: WHY ARE YOU RUNNING TWO FREEZERS, OUTDOORS, IN 106°F HEAT?!?!

Seriously, the logic in this place astounds me.

I hope I never get this old (and stupid).

This proves that common sense isn't common, and humanity deserves a swift kick in the ass.

____________________
Happiness is an internet without the idiocy.

Z-bot pic a la Peardian

RT-55J

Posted on 06-15-07 04:50 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 45780

Armor Guardian
Level: 81

Posts: 43/1562
EXP: 4892524
Next: 100325

Since: 02-23-07
From: Wild Side Arcade

Last post: 322 days
Last view: 63 days

Posted by Xkeeper
I hope I never get this old (and stupid).

I can solve the old part.

emcee

Posted on 06-15-07 09:08 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 45805

Red Paratroopa
Level: 30

Posts: 109/163
EXP: 164976
Next: 893

Since: 02-19-07

Last post: 5795 days
Last view: 5786 days

My guess is that's no fun for them living with you, either.

____________________
"I'd like to confuse bok choy with cabbage."

Xkeeper

Posted on 06-15-07 09:37 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 45815

Level: 105

Posts: 2169/2846
EXP: 12036414
Next: 225846

Since: 02-19-07

Last post: 6068 days
Last view: 2805 days

Posted by emcee
My guess is that's no fun for them living with you, either.

I don't really get in the way much at all, I generally just sit on the bed doing nothing (since there's, you know, nothing to do.

)

Bleh.

____________________
I dealt with it.

Metal_Man88

Posted on 06-15-07 11:32 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 45842

Level: 48

Posts: 273/458
EXP: 777025
Next: 46518

Since: 02-19-07
From: The Void

Last post: 3039 days
Last view: 3038 days

It's time to get out the pickaxe!

...Ya know, if one of the freezers could fit inside the other one, you could always put one inside the other to cut the bills. XD

Xkeeper

Posted on 06-15-07 02:29 PM

Link | Quote | ID: 45850

Level: 105

Posts: 2173/2846
EXP: 12036414
Next: 225846

Since: 02-19-07

Last post: 6068 days
Last view: 2805 days

He actually came in around 4:45 this time. I planned on going to bed at 5, but naturally...

I change the cards in FreeCell. I noticed him make an invalid move and go back to AOL/Hoyle Card Games.

I just wish he'd leave...

____________________
I dealt with it.

Reinfors

Posted on 06-15-07 03:30 PM (rev. 2 of 06-15-07 11:54 PM)

Link | Quote | ID: 45859

Shyguy
Level: 23

Posts: -4968/88
EXP: 64842
Next: 2881

Since: 06-14-07
From: MY

Last post: 6144 days
Last view: 6144 days

ermm... can't you try took out the HD and say the HD died?

____________________

I missed a lot of people... really a lot...
I wish all the things remain the same..
Nothing I can do at this very moment..
Except browsing through all the past..

Xkeeper

Posted on 06-15-07 11:54 PM

Link | Quote | ID: 45957

Level: 105

Posts: 2176/2846
EXP: 12036414
Next: 225846

Since: 02-19-07

Last post: 6068 days
Last view: 2805 days

I need to be more subtle about it

Although thta'd probably be a good idea, considering they've got all kinds of fun shit on it like some sort of mailer...

____________________
I dealt with it.

Drag

Posted on 06-16-07 04:20 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46015

Spike
Dragon
Level: 57

Posts: 548/705
EXP: 1483981
Next: 1947

Since: 02-19-07
From:

Last post: 3936 days
Last view: 3936 days

Take a screenshot of the desktop, and set that as the wallpaper, and remove the hoyle shortcut.

____________________

Reinfors

Posted on 06-16-07 06:00 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46022

Shyguy
Level: 23

Posts: -4965/88
EXP: 64842
Next: 2881

Since: 06-14-07
From: MY

Last post: 6144 days
Last view: 6144 days

Posted by Drag
Take a screenshot of the desktop, and set that as the wallpaper, and remove the hoyle shortcut.

haha

But there is still a flaw... the start menu

____________________

I missed a lot of people... really a lot...
I wish all the things remain the same..
Nothing I can do at this very moment..
Except browsing through all the past..

Z-Bot

Posted on 06-16-07 06:07 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46024

Ninji
Level: 36

Posts: 75/242
EXP: 296108
Next: 12002

Since: 05-28-07
From: The internet's heart

Last post: 6136 days
Last view: 6108 days

Mspaint solves all!

____________________
Happiness is an internet without the idiocy.

Z-bot pic a la Peardian

joe

Posted on 06-16-07 06:43 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46031

Red Paratroopa
Level: 31

Posts: 64/172
EXP: 178145
Next: 7218

Since: 04-08-07
From: Justus League 2

Last post: 6125 days
Last view: 6093 days

Posted by Reinfors
Posted by Drag
Take a screenshot of the desktop, and set that as the wallpaper, and remove the hoyle shortcut.
haha

But there is still a flaw... the start menu

Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Kill process EXPLORER.EXE
Oops, no more start menu.

Really, loosening some cables inside the computer could give better results.

"The computer broke!"
"It looks like the resistor fried the capacitor, and now the cpu broke... *More random techno-babble.* It will take at least a week to fix."
"A week? (Now I can't keep you awake!)"

____________________
"I'm sick of it and I'm out. See you around." ~Cpu's last post here

Drag

Posted on 06-16-07 07:03 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46033

Spike
Dragon
Level: 57

Posts: 549/705
EXP: 1483981
Next: 1947

Since: 02-19-07
From:

Last post: 3936 days
Last view: 3936 days

Well, the thing is, the computer needs to remain usable enough so that they don't have to use xk's "lapper-puter-jiggy" for the internet.

I'm wondering why your grandfather needs the light on... perhaps if he had a desk lamp or something, he wouldn't need the entire light on. I can imagine they're getting old, so their eyesight might not be all that great.

____________________

Xkeeper

Posted on 06-16-07 07:04 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46034

Level: 105

Posts: 2179/2846
EXP: 12036414
Next: 225846

Since: 02-19-07

Last post: 6068 days
Last view: 2805 days

Posted by Drag
Well, the thing is, the computer needs to remain usable enough so that they don't have to use xk's "lapper-puter-jiggy" for the internet.

I'm wondering why your grandfather needs the light on... perhaps if he had a desk lamp or something, he wouldn't need the entire light on. I can imagine they're getting old, so their eyesight might not be all that great.

He does have a desk lamp.

That's the thing.

He just constantly turns it on because YOU NEED SOME GODDAMN LIGHT IN HERE

I like it when they claim it'll ruin my eyes. The irony being that it's much easier to look at a laptop screen in the dark, especially if I dim it.

____________________
I dealt with it.

Z-Bot

Posted on 06-16-07 07:06 AM (rev. 3 of 06-16-07 07:10 AM)

Link | Quote | ID: 46035

Ninji
Level: 36

Posts: 76/242
EXP: 296108
Next: 12002

Since: 05-28-07
From: The internet's heart

Last post: 6136 days
Last view: 6108 days

From my current knowledge it only "ruins eyes" for those who are epileptic. For those who are on games and computers for like.... ever... (such as me) we gain a natural knack for preferring games in the dark as it keeps focus onto the screen and the screen only.

[edit] and as stated in the next post from Xkeeper "it removes glare too" [/edit]

Sorry I'm trying to lower my average post count per day.

____________________
Happiness is an internet without the idiocy.

Z-bot pic a la Peardian

Xkeeper

Posted on 06-16-07 07:07 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46036

Level: 105

Posts: 2180/2846
EXP: 12036414
Next: 225846

Since: 02-19-07

Last post: 6068 days
Last view: 2805 days

It also helps remove glare, too

____________________
I dealt with it.

Xkeeper

Posted on 06-16-07 07:37 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46040

Level: 105

Posts: 2181/2846
EXP: 12036414
Next: 225846

Since: 02-19-07

Last post: 6068 days
Last view: 2805 days

*223331» @laptuna> I like how a problem I can't ehlp
*223338» @laptuna> namely, that my hair/scalp goes fucking *nuts* when it's hot
*223342» @laptuna> (extremely itchy and annoying in general)
*223351» @laptuna> while I'm helping my grandpa with the clogged pipe in the storage room
*223352» @laptuna> ...
*223355» @laptuna> we're in the storage room anyway
*223358» @laptuna> side of the house
*223419» @laptuna> aparrently the dryer's running so it's getting really goddamn hot in there and I'm supposed ot be helping hold the flashlight for him so he can watch the draino go down a pipe
*223425» @laptuna> meanwhile my hair's going insane
*223440» @laptuna> so I just hand it to him and tell him I'll wait right outside (less than 3 feet away no less, just out an open door in fresh air)
*223445» @laptuna> FINE JUST GO INSIDE
*223502» @laptuna> "sorry, but I can't stand this heat, it makes my hair itch badly" OH JESUS CHRIST WHAT CAN YOU STAND

This after ruining my night by telling me we'd do this two hours ago, effectively making me wait two hours thinking he'll be doing it any minute and arhthghh

XKEEPER STRANGLE

____________________
I dealt with it.

NSNick

Posted on 06-16-07 08:52 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46044

Ropa
Alcoholic
Level: 59

Posts: 274/737
EXP: 1585934
Next: 87194

Since: 02-20-07
From: The North Side

Last post: 5463 days
Last view: 2598 days

Profile
PM
Rate
Posts
Threads

This just in: Soylent Green sales have skyrocketed in Henderson, NV. No one knows why.

____________________

"Why so serious?"

Apophis

Posted on 06-16-07 08:57 AM (rev. 2 of 06-16-07 08:58 AM)

Link | Quote | ID: 46046

Koopa
Level: 26

Posts: 66/118
EXP: 101617
Next: 658

Since: 02-19-07
From: Richmond, VA

Last post: 6088 days
Last view: 4938 days

kill them in their sleep. oh, wait... what sleep? they play solitaire all fucking night. Dude, you're screwed.

Edit: the rhyme in the last sentence was unintentional.

HyperHacker

Posted on 06-16-07 11:34 AM

Link | Quote | ID: 46054

...
Level: 73

Posts: 861/1220
EXP: 3369085
Next: 116783

Since: 03-25-07
From: no

Last post: 6100 days
Last view: 6083 days

VNC. Just randomly connect and send Alt+F4, move the mouse up slowly, etc.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5

Main - General Chat - Main reasons I can't wait to move out

New thread | New reply

Page rendered in 0.028 seconds. (322KB of memory used)
MySQL - queries: 87, rows: 115/116, time: 0.014 seconds.