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  • WinterMoonWinterMoon Posts: 2,016
    chaynawolfsmoon said:
    TigerAnne said:

    I've never posted much in the PC+ forum, and there would be days between every time I read anything, but now that I'm temporarily shut out I'm going crazy. It's like, I know it's there, but I can't see it! 

    This sounds horrible. Storm the gates!

    I'm not much of a hacker, though. sad

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    TigerAnne said:
    chaynawolfsmoon said:
    TigerAnne said:

    I've never posted much in the PC+ forum, and there would be days between every time I read anything, but now that I'm temporarily shut out I'm going crazy. It's like, I know it's there, but I can't see it! 

    This sounds horrible. Storm the gates!

    I'm not much of a hacker, though. sad

     

    i could post a screenshot of the forum if it would help?

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,286
    edited July 2019

    Complaint:  Humidity!  I can tell when the air is full of water by noticing the range of my car radio.  I went for a quick drive to the fruitstand 5 miles to the east of me and noticed that the radio station 10 miles to the west of me got noisy and then stopped working before I reached the fruitstand.  Granted it has to make its way over a couple of hills but it works OK most days but on humid days it starts cutting out just beyond the 1st hill.

    The station I listen to is a weak local repeater station for the big classical station in Buffalo (WNED) so sometimes I can switch frequencies and try directly getting the Buffalo transmitter 70 miles north of me.  But on humid days it too is hopeless.

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  • WinterMoonWinterMoon Posts: 2,016
    Mystarra said:

     

    i could post a screenshot of the forum if it would help?

    Thanks for offering, but then I would have the urge to click on the picture, and get all frustrated when nothing happened. crying With a bit of luck there'll be another membership sale soon, and then I can go back to mostly ignoring it.

     

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,487

    When did I get CBS all access part of my Amazon account?  Apparently I got some version of CBS all access because I am watching it on my TV.

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,324
    LeatherGryphon said:
    McGyver said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    The cheese shop sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB8pbUW5n1g

    I lived the cheese shop sketch at a drive tru Kentucky Fried Chicken in the late 80s... Apparently it’s still a thing and some KFCs occasionally run out of chicken and a most of their side dishes near the end of the day... Sometimes they’ll tell you when you walk in that they are out, sometimes each item is a surprise.

     

     

    A couple decades ago when I was a striking figure in leather and rode with an apparently rough looking gay motorcycle club we were heading as a group of about 8 of us, all decked out in our leathers, boots, denim vests with club colors, etc., riding our big noisy, shiny bikes, heading to a multi gay motorcycle club event in the NJ area and stopped at a small diner in the country for a late breakfast.  Keep in mind that everybody in our group was gay and was a professional from the Washington DC area.  We had engineers, technicians, bankers, chefs, housing inspectors, and a high end hair dresser who was the biggest baddest looking guy in the group until he opened his mouth.

    We all crowded into the small diner laughing and generally having a good time and sat around the one table large enough to accomodate all of us.  Nobody else was in the dining room.  The waitress, a small, thin girl about 19 comes out and starts to take our order.  The first one goes OK, but the next in line ordered something that they were out of. " Um, OK then how about xxx?"  But that too was no longer available.  "Hmmm, I guess I'll try yyy."  Now visibly nervous, the girl said that that was gone too.  At which point the guy getting a little frustrated said "Well, just WHAT do you have left?".  The girl now clearly afraid and probably thinking we were dangerous backed up a few steps and stammered out "I, I don't know... I'll check but PLEASE don't wreck the place."  To which the hair dresser (a massive extrovert) interjected in his best flaming queen imitation complete with nasal whine and exaggerated limp wrist movement, "Oh, Mary, we might redecorate this dismal place but we won't wreck it!"  Best release of tensions I've ever witnessed. 

    Thank you. I now have the song "Big Bruce" as an earworm.
    I need to find my "Bat for Lashes" files to drive it out of my head.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,286

    My story was back in the '90s.  The extrovert in my story rode a big bright purple Harley that he called "Barney".  laugh  It got no end of laughs whenever he introduced it. 

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,324
    LeatherGryphon said:

    My story was back in the '90s.  The extrovert in my story rode a big bright purple Harley that he called "Barney".  laugh  It got no end of laughs whenever he introduced it. 

    The only purple motorcycle I've ever owned was a Kawasaki 1300 Touring.
    I bought it in part because I'd always wanted a purple Kaw.

  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675

    I went outside today. I confirmed: my boobs sweat. I did not enjoy.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,355
    Petercat said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    My story was back in the '90s.  The extrovert in my story rode a big bright purple Harley that he called "Barney".  laugh  It got no end of laughs whenever he introduced it. 

    The only purple motorcycle I've ever owned was a Kawasaki 1300 Touring.
    I bought it in part because I'd always wanted a purple Kaw.

    I've never seen a purple Kaw

    I never hope to see one

    But I can tell you anyhow

    I'd rather see than be one.

    -Apologies to Ogden Nash

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,286
    Tjohn said:
    Petercat said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    My story was back in the '90s.  The extrovert in my story rode a big bright purple Harley that he called "Barney".  laugh  It got no end of laughs whenever he introduced it. 

    The only purple motorcycle I've ever owned was a Kawasaki 1300 Touring.
    I bought it in part because I'd always wanted a purple Kaw.

    I've never seen a purple Kaw

    I never hope to see one

    But I can tell you anyhow

    I'd rather see than be one.

    -Apologies to Ogden Nash

    Ogden Nash?

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 110,085
    edited July 2019
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Tjohn said:
    Petercat said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    My story was back in the '90s.  The extrovert in my story rode a big bright purple Harley that he called "Barney".  laugh  It got no end of laughs whenever he introduced it. 

    The only purple motorcycle I've ever owned was a Kawasaki 1300 Touring.
    I bought it in part because I'd always wanted a purple Kaw.

    I've never seen a purple Kaw

    I never hope to see one

    But I can tell you anyhow

    I'd rather see than be one.

    -Apologies to Ogden Nash

    Ogden Nash?

    https://www.bartleby.com/104/36.html

    Also a sequel (but no trilogy)

    Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—
    I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it;
    But I can tell you Anyhow
    I'll Kill you if you Quote it!

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  • AlmightyQUESTAlmightyQUEST Posts: 2,006

    Is... one name a pen-name of the other then?

  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675

    I may have broke my story editor. In a month. Ugh, now I need to break in someone new...

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,487

    I have heard of blue macaws.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,286

    Non-complaint:  Finally, weather relief.  Big storm last night.  Woke up around 4:00AM to lightning & thunder and buckets of rain.  Calm this morning but cool.  Still humid but the temperature at 10:30 is still only 60F.  No schools of guppies flying in the air.  Yay! yes

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,286

    Purple cow lore. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Cow

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,487

    I had to hard shut down my computer because CTRL ALT Delete was not working.  I do not like doing that but the computer was acting up.

  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675

    why do the girl parts that came with my models not match so well?

    also... why did i only get 2 hours of sleep last night?

    also also... is it possible to babble when you're home alone and not actually saying anything outloud? i feel like my brain is babbling... which might explain why i didn't get enough sleep.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,286
    edited July 2019
    chaynawolfsmoon said:

    why do the girl parts that came with my models not match so well?

    also... why did i only get 2 hours of sleep last night?

    also also... is it possible to babble when you're home alone and not actually saying anything outloud? i feel like my brain is babbling... which might explain why i didn't get enough sleep.

    More ponderables:

    Why is the ocean near the shore?  (Answer known by the Scarecrow but he failed to reveal it.)

    Why is "bug" pronounced "b-ugg" but "bugle" pronounced "byou-gal"?   And "bungee" pronounced "b-unn-gee" and not "byoun-gee"

    Why does anything exist at all?  (Asked by any philosopher worth his salt.)

    Why is there air? (Answered by Bill Cosby)

    Why does English insist on not pronouncing the "L" in words like "walk" ,"talk", and "salmon"?  (A rule that I break with malicious intent at every opportunity devil)

    And George Carlin asked "Why is freight sent as cargo on a ship and as a shipment by railcar?"

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,378

    And why do we have one bra, but a pait of pants?  (asked by Gallagher)

    Dana

  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675
    LeatherGryphon said:

    More ponderables:

    Why is the ocean near the shore?  (Answer known by the Scarecrow but he failed to reveal it.)

    Because that is where the tides come in to play.

    LeatherGryphon said:

    Why is "bug" pronounced "b-ugg" but "bugle" pronounced "byou-gal"?   And "bungee" pronounced "b-unn-gee" and not "byoun-gee"

    Because the alphabet needs more letters. there are insufficient vowels for the sounds we make.

    LeatherGryphon said:

    Why does anything exist at all?  (Asked by any philosopher worth his salt.)

    I'm only 65% sure anything other than my thoughts exist. Well, in truth it is a sliding scale. The closer things are to the center of the Universe (me) the higher the certainty that any of it is "real". The further away it is the lower the certainty. But I'm only about 35% sure I exist.

    LeatherGryphon said:

    Why is there air? (Answered by Bill Cosby)

    Because if there wasn't my head would be empty.

    LeatherGryphon said:

    Why does English insist on not pronouncing the "L" in words like "walk" ,"talk", and "salmon"?  (A rule that I break with malicious intent at every opportunity devil)

    I pronounce them but with subtlty. One should not be overpowered by the vanilla in a cookie, it should compliement the other flavors. So should the "L". Walk without and L sounds too narrow.

    LeatherGryphon said:

    And George Carlin asked "Why is freight sent as cargo on a ship and as a shipment by railcar?"

    The same reason you drive on the parkway and park in the driveway: The Inquisition.

  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675
    edited July 2019
    DanaTA said:

    And why do we have one bra, but a pait of pants?  (asked by Gallagher)

    Dana

    This is a very good question. We just have to remember that bra is short for brassiere which is derived from the French word for arm-guard. The whole is called a bra so it is singular although it used to wrangle two or more breasts.  The S in pants(sic) is diminuative rather than plural. It is equally proper to refer to them as pant rather than pants(sic). Of course in either version the K is silent.

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    chaynawolfsmoon said:
    DanaTA said:

    And why do we have one bra, but a pait of pants?  (asked by Gallagher)

    Dana

    This is a very good question. We just have to remember that bra is short for brassiere which is derived from the French word for arm-guard. The whole is called a bra so it is singular although it used to wrangle two or more breasts.  The S in pants(sic) is diminuative rather than plural. It is equally proper to refer to them as pant rather than pants(sic). Of course in either version the K is silent.

    Actually if you research 18th and 19th century underwear fashion you will find that originally a pair of pantaloons or pantalettes was 2 legs and they were only joined together by a tie which went through a channel at the top (waist)

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    Most drawers for women in the mid 1800s were split leggings and about knee length. Each leg was finished separately and joined together at the waistband only, leaving the crotch seam open, but crafted so there was a bit of an overlap. They usually had a drawstring at the waist and tied or buttoned at the centre back, but sometimes in the front. Drawers were made of various materials, white linen very popular and often trimmed with lace, but plain cotton was the most affordable. Linen held up well in the times of strong lye soaps. It was noted in 1840 that women who rode frequently wore flannel or wash-leather drawers, with or without white calico leglets. For most women, split drawers were a necessity, because with all the layers they couldn’t pull down their drawers to use a chamberpot, much less pull them back up again, particularly when a tight corset was added to the outfit.
  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675

    No... I don't think I'll be time traveling for those.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,098

    Something wicked this way cometh...

     

  • XyetztXyetzt Posts: 27,487

    My alt tab function on my laptop does not want to work tonight.

  • chaynawolfsmoonchaynawolfsmoon Posts: 675

    I burped like a sailor. Although, I've never met a sailor. At least I don't think I've met one.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    McGyver said:

    Something wicked this way cometh...

     

    What a great cloud photo

  • WinterMoonWinterMoon Posts: 2,016

     

    chaynawolfsmoon said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    And George Carlin asked "Why is freight sent as cargo on a ship and as a shipment by railcar?"

    The same reason you drive on the parkway and park in the driveway: The Inquisition.

    This reminds me of the useless fact that in Norwegian rug means "rye," and rye means "rug." I think we have another switcharoo like that too, but I can't remember what it is right now.

    Also in Norway you can legit name your children "Odd & Even," and "Aanon" is an actual name.

     

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