PNWI Community Thread version 3.0 (KEEP REFRIGERATED AT ALL TIMES)

[lfantwister]

dont forget about blazing saddles

[PerpetualBurn]

Unforgiven might be the best

Good shout, really. But for me, For A Few Dollars More is the ultimate western. It's partly an obsession with the soundtrack.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

High Plains Drifer...

I've started working on a script for an updated (re: Tarantinoised) Western. Hopefully it will be awesome.

[ringworm]

i wish i could remember the names of all the lower budget westerns i grew up watching
there are some great movies, we have Shoot 'Em Up Sunday on Turner Classics channel that I get to see often

Fire Creek (1968) is one that come to mind, great film, kinda like Unforgiven, slow starting, tension but no release towards the end
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062975/

[Reaganista]

no ur wrong the good the bad and the ugly is the best western

[RIP Ian Curtis]

no ur wrong the good the bad and the ugly is the best western

It's pretty epic

[Der Übermensch]

no ur wrong the good the bad and the ugly is the best western

Nice to agree with you once in awhile

Once Upon a time in the West plays a VERY close second though.

[Iskandar]

I like Unforgiven.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

The Searchers is pretty ace. John Wayne, running around, being racist. What's not to like?

[ringworm]

anyone heard about this MRSA Staph infection?
just some numbers
* it killed more people than AIDS last year (close to 20,000 last year)
* one of the most antibiotic-resistant infections known to man

a HS close to where I live in NC was evacuated yesterday because of 6 football players that were diagnosed with it

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21354378/

[DBoons Ghost]

Yeah I'm watching the coverage on pretty much all the news channels.

Crazy.

[Reaganista]

um aids kills a lot more than 20,000 people

[DBoons Ghost]

um aids kills a lot more than 20,000 people

I think the stats indicate America only.

Less then 18k people died of AIDS in America last year, with a little over 40k diagnosed.

[Reaganista]

o well who cares about staph infections anyway

[DBoons Ghost]

o well who cares about staph infections anyway

You would if ya got one bro. They are hard to beat.

I hope you don't cuz we'd lost without some Tway.

[Reaganista]

lol i would take a lot more than some staph infection to bring me down
it's not like im 80 years old or something

[PerpetualBurn]

MRSA's caused some problems over here. It's fairly nasty.

[lfantwister]

you're fairly nasty


my comebacks suck

[Dr Hooch]

Yeah

uncurable diseases are pretty scary

[Reaganista]

maybe if you're a pansy

[Dr Hooch]

maybe if you're a pansy

whut

[Reaganista]

mebbe if ur a pansie

[RIP Ian Curtis]

On this hopeful note, I'm going into hospital for some surgery today...

See y'all in a couple of days.

[lfantwister]

and speaking of hospitals i survived rugby initiation

although there is a kid there now but she will be okay

[Reaganista]

love it

[Hababi]

:wave:

Am I the only PNWI poster who's noticed the announcement?

[Der Übermensch]

Me!Me!ME!
I'm special too!

[Hababi]

Oh good I'm not alone after all.

[spitfirejunky]

What in God's name is up with this forum?

[Reaganista]

it's ****ed up

[StrangeVision]

this forum is just ****ing with us...

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Sorry to inform y'all, I ain't dead.

[Der Übermensch]

Actually, haven't you been dead like 27 years now?

[gregulus]

Actually, haven't you been dead like 27 years now?

death doesn't stop everybody.


i'm looking at you, jesus.


it's been a long time, when the **** did fenwood come back.

[Hababi]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071021/ap_po/louisiana_governor;_ylt=AuDs7rjZ.VastUh1Na3G_5ys0N UE

This guy is so running for president in either '12 or '16.

[totah]

Zero you should know this by now. The colour of the skin doesn't matter if you're a politician. Politicians are Rich, and by definition all Rich people are White. They're past House******ship, it's just plain ol' Class betrayal by the time the election campaign's over.

Mind the capitals.

[Unreal]

hmmmmm.

[totah]

Is that in disapproval or in deep thought?

[Unreal]

deep thought

[totah]

Score.

[ringworm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FI0U5JOtoo

another vid debunking "An Inconvenient Truth", lol, I love how people have fallen for the many false statements are being circulated.

[DBoons Ghost]

Which one is that ringworm?

Another Chicken Little video about the evil empire?

[ringworm]

nah, its just a good vid that wants people that are using climate as a political platform to realize that the debate isnt over and An Inconvenient Truth is full of innacurate statement being passed off as truth and should be pulled from school systems, unless they want people to be ignorant about the situation?

None deny what we do to the planet, but its time to cease the partisan attitude that one side is for this and the other side is in denial.

CNN is doing a similar feed, but I couldnt find it.

The point is, the debate isnt over about climate change.

[Dr Hooch]

Plenty of stuff in AIT is accurate, and plenty is not.

A bit like any source.

edit:

Steve, is your last name jewish by any chance? =P

[ringworm]

Plenty of stuff in AIT is accurate, and plenty is not.

A bit like any source.
but that isnt how its being sold
maybe if Al Gore and his team of government scientist hadn't said, "The Debate is Over" there wouldnt be so many saying, "What????"

[Dr Hooch]

but that isnt how its being sold
maybe if Al Gore and his team of government scientist hadn't said, "The Debate is Over" there wouldnt be so many saying, "What????"

Oh, I don't like him at all. Peace prize my arse.

The fact that the debate isn't over is a bit of a tragedy for common sense everywhere, but the world is full of gaussian distributions...

[Reaganista]

no the debate really is over

[ringworm]

check out this tri-cycle i refinished, lol

http://i24.tinypic.com/6oo5fr.jpg

for some dumb reason, i forgot to get a before shot
just imagine, LOTS of rust

[Dr Hooch]

check out this tri-cycle i refinished, lol

http://i24.tinypic.com/6oo5fr.jpg

for some dumb reason, i forgot to get a before shot
just imagine, LOTS of rust

you can probably pick up a real looker with that one

[DBoons Ghost]

you can probably pick up a real looker with that one

Lol.

I worked with my daughter all weekend with riding her bike. She's got no balls for a kid.

Well, she's got no balls because she is of the female gender. Yeah.

Anyways, she's almost ready for the training wheels to come off which aint bad for a 4 year old, but her fear of falling may prevent it for a year or so.

[ringworm]

you can probably pick up a real looker with that one
schweet :p i cant wait to try it out

[Dr Hooch]

Gawd, I don't think i'd started cycling when i was 4.

I would guess just make sure the seat isn't too high so she can save it quite easily? Dunno about where you live, but grass on either side of a path is probably a recipe for success.

[DBoons Ghost]

Gawd, I don't think i'd started cycling when i was 4.

I would guess just make sure the seat isn't too high so she can save it quite easily? Dunno about where you live, but grass on either side of a path is probably a recipe for success.

Oh yeah.. Lotsa soft thick grass. They make nice sized bikes for kids but my daughter is tall. She is mistaken for 6 and/or 7 all the time. I'm a large dude so she takes after me. She's about 4 feet, which is insane for a 4 year old. What sucks is she has the motor skills of a 4 year old and my wife gives me a ton of crap for not respecting that.

[lfantwister]

haha your daughters like a foot shorter than me and im 18

[DBoons Ghost]

haha your daughters like a foot shorter than me and im 18

Are you serious? Man.. you know I'm just worried she's gonna be so much bigger then all the other kids and get made fun of all the time. Kids tried it on me but with boys it's easy to shrug off or just kick the crap out of someone.

I'm 6' 5". Doc says she'll be 5' 11" at least by the time she's a teenager. It might be awkward for her, but I'll teach her how to kick in the nuts.

[Dr Hooch]

A lot of short girls wish they were tall; girls are always like that. 5'11 isn't that bad.

[Hababi]

Are you serious? Man.. you know I'm just worried she's gonna be so much bigger then all the other kids and get made fun of all the time. Kids tried it on me but with boys it's easy to shrug off or just kick the crap out of someone.

I'm 6' 5". Doc says she'll be 5' 11" at least by the time she's a teenager. It might be awkward for her, but I'll teach her how to kick in the nuts.

Teach her how to play basketball.

I never knew you were that tall; you looked shorter in that old pic. And here it turns out you rival Dan for tallest mod in mx history.

[Iskandar]

Shalom, forum.

[Reaganista]

http://waterthread.org/images/ktg/

:amaze:

[Iskandar]

How stupid.

[Reaganista]

no those are hilarious

[Iskandar]

no they're really not

[PerpetualBurn]

To be completely fair about this, you're wrong.

[Reaganista]

yes they really are they're the funniest thing ive ever seen except for a few things

[Mr. Ron]

I used to play magic when I was younger


it was purely for the ladies though

[Reaganista]

i played it purely for the sweet smell (it was B.O.) of victory

[Iskandar]

I played Magic once and the game took two days

after that my interest waned

[Reaganista]

umm you weren't doing it right...

[Iskandar]

umm you weren't doing it right...dear tway;

shatab

[Mr. Ron]

I tap two blue mana

[RIP Ian Curtis]

"Put 3/3 token Black creature into play"

LULZ.

Nice find man, that shi't be hilarious.

[dei]

Lol.

I worked with my daughter all weekend with riding her bike. She's got no balls for a kid.

Well, she's got no balls because she is of the female gender. Yeah.

Anyways, she's almost ready for the training wheels to come off which aint bad for a 4 year old, but her fear of falling may prevent it for a year or so.

My sister is 9 years old and she can't ride a bike or roller-skate. Her problem isn't fear, though, because she's not afraid to try. There's something wrong with her balance. When she was younger she would sometimes trip just walking across the room.

:(

[spitfirejunky]

http://waterthread.org/images/ktg/

:amaze:

:lol::lol::lol: at Michael Chertoff card.

[Reaganista]

during your upkeep pay U or bury sean penn in a leaky boat

[totah]

"Put 3/3 token Black creature into play"

LULZ.

Nice find man, that shi't be hilarious.

e-hi5 dude, I was just about to quote that one. Condi lulz.

Magic rules by the way. If all my friends hadn't stopped playing it I would still be playing it. Same with D&D really.

EDIT: No outpouring of gratitude would be complete without acknowledging the desert religions of the Middle East which keep that part of the world alive with action to this day - and from which we inherited our fanatical determination to be at all times, right or wrong, as unreasonable as possible.

[StreetlightRock]

How strange. I downloaded a copy of Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus just then, and i noticed something real int interesting/strange. The lyrics go something 'her boyfrined's a d'ick, he brings a gun to school, And he'd simply kick my *** if... blah blah'. And the part that's censored in the song is the 'he brings a gun to school'. Not D'ick or A'ss, but 'he brings a gun to school'. Weird.

[totah]

Post-Columbine song, innit?

Impostion of Order = Escalation of Chaos

[DBoons Ghost]

My sister is 9 years old and she can't ride a bike or roller-skate. Her problem isn't fear, though, because she's not afraid to try. There's something wrong with her balance. When she was younger she would sometimes trip just walking across the room.

:(

That sucks. Have you guys seen a doctor about it? Could be something off with the equilibrium. Vertigo or something.

[Hababi]

That sucks. Have you guys seen a doctor about it? Could be something off with the equilibrium. Vertigo or something.

I basically have that :( I could never maintain balance on a two wheel bike, as much as I tried :\

[PerpetualBurn]

I think that's just being a loser, to be honest.

[Hababi]

I think that's just being a loser, to be honest.

Well, as usual, you're wrong :smash:

[Iskandar]

If you can't ride a bike, you suck. I love bikes.

[PerpetualBurn]

To be honest only the loser kids struggled to ride bikes.

[Hababi]

If you can't ride a bike, you suck. I love bikes.

I love bikes, too. When they're stationary.

To be honest only the loser kids struggled to ride bikes.

So, you never learned how?

[PerpetualBurn]

I learned when I was a kid.

[Hababi]

I learned when I was a kid.

Then you have proven your point to be fallacious.

[PerpetualBurn]

Even if I were a loser that still wouldn't be fallacious on the basis that I said struggled to ride bikes rather than failed to learn.

You fail so hard.

[Iskandar]

Look, Zero, not being able to ride a bike is failing hard.

[Mr. Ron]

ahahaha



If it makes you feel better Steve, I learned how to ride a bike on my sister's purple girlie bike that had tassels on the handle bars. It was so hxc

[Hababi]

Even if I were a loser


You are.


that still wouldn't be fallacious


It is.


on the basis that I said struggled to ride bikes rather than failed to learn.

Actually people who fail to learn fall under that category. They struggled to learn and lost the struggle.

[Iskandar]

Actually people who fail to learn fall under that category. They struggled to learn and lost the struggle.Wait, isn't that you?

[Mr. Ron]

Steve I'll teach you how to ride.




Like a badass.

[Hababi]

I can't learn :(

I can't parallel park either :\

[PerpetualBurn]

So you're female or something.

[Mr. Ron]

I can't learn :(

I can't parallel park either :\
omg do you wear cardigans and like a nice pair of slacks, too?

[Iskandar]

I can't learn :(

I can't parallel park either :\Nonsense. Anyone can learn to ride a bicycle.

[Hababi]

omg do you wear cardigans and like a nice pair of slacks, too?

:upset:

I'm a jeans and t-shirt person.


Nonsense. Anyone can learn to ride a bicycle.

No

[Iskandar]

:upset:

I'm a jeans and t-shirt person.



NoYes, and collared shirts > t-shirts.

[Hababi]

Yes, and collared shirts > t-shirts.

I had to wear a collared shirt five days a week for 6 years (middle and high school). That turned me against collared shirts; I think I've worn one maybe 10 times since then.

I'm surprised Mr Ron's thread died with my reply. I'll just figure on having crushed opposing arguments :D

[Iskandar]

I had to wear a collared shirt five days a week for 6 years (middle and high school). That turned me against collared shirts; I think I've worn one maybe 10 times since then.You mean long-sleeve shirts?

I'm surprised Mr Ron's thread died with my reply. I'll just figure on having crushed opposing arguments :DMost likely to be a totalitarian ruler: Steve.

[McP3000]

I can't believe this thread is 331 pages long...

[Iskandar]

I can!

[Der Übermensch]

It's only 166 for me...

[Mr. Ron]

its 331 for me.

[Iskandar]

331

[dei]

332.

[Lotus_Position]

892 :confused:??

[Hababi]

You mean long-sleeve shirts?

No I meant collared shirt.


Most likely to be a totalitarian ruler: Steve.

Not too bad of a position :D

[Reaganista]

no collared shirts are ok if they cost more than $40
otherwise they should be covered with a collared shirt

[McP3000]

I prefer to wear a collared shirt ontop of another collared shirt to pose as a tool.

[Reaganista]

ive done that but not often

[Iskandar]

No I meant collared shirt.Oh, like preps wear? Screw that. I wear button-down shirts.
Not too bad of a position :DYou call me crazy, but you're far worse. I knew it all along.

[Reaganista]

preps lmao

[RIP Ian Curtis]

I have to wear collared shirts. Otherwise I couldn't pop my collar and be fly...

[Iskandar]

Does anyone really pop the collar anymore?

[RIP Ian Curtis]

I don't know. No-one ever did it here in Australia...

[Iskandar]

You're lucky. Collar-popping was endemic here not too long ago.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Yeah that's how I heard about it. But it never seemed to catch on. Those disgusting pastel-pink shirts that people "popped" caught on, but no-one ever popped them.

[Iskandar]

Yeah that's how I heard about it. But it never seemed to catch on. Those disgusting pastel-pink shirts that people "popped" caught on, but no-one ever popped them.Dodged the bullet.

[okay]

but it landed a fatal blow to tucson. oooooooohhhh my spleeen!

[Iskandar]

but it landed a fatal blow to tucson. oooooooohhhh my spleeen!What?

[okay]

get a ****in hospital i got ****in shot esse

[Iskandar]

get a ****in hospital i got ****in shot esseWhat are you even talking about?

[Unreal]

get a ****in hospital i got ****in shot esse

lolz i like randomness

[lfantwister]

battle royale!!

[Iskandar]

Once I watched Battle Royale with some friends on a big screen.

It was hilariously bad.

[Mr. Ron]

Does anyone really pop the collar anymore?

It used to be everywhere up here in NY. It has slowly died out but there are a few hold outs.

[lfantwister]

stupid prep schools

everyone here still pops their collars

and wears the two polo shirts so the bottom one matches the color of the little horse on the top one

i cant wait for it to get cold so i dotn have to see those godawful things

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Blue jeans, white tee-shirts and black leather jackets will never ever die. Plus if you own 3 jackets, 5 pairs of blue jeans and 10 plain white shirts, picking what to wear is so very easy.

[Der Übermensch]

You don't want it to get cold... you'll freeze to death in the frozen wasteland that is Boston!

[PerpetualBurn]

Once I watched Battle Royale with some friends on a big screen.

It was hilariously bad.

Battle Royale is a fantastic film.

[Iskandar]

Ha. You Amerrican have it so easy. Russian is more so cold.

[guitrguy]

I live in the south, and winter temps rarely drop below freezing.

[lfantwister]

You don't want it to get cold... you'll freeze to death in the frozen wasteland that is Boston!
it's not a wasteland... :(

and it doesnt matter if i freeze! i get snow!

[McP3000]

stupid prep schools

everyone here still pops their collars

and wears the two polo shirts so the bottom one matches the color of the little horse on the top one

i cant wait for it to get cold so i dotn have to see those godawful things
LONG SLEEVED COLLARED SHIRTS...erm

yeah, talking about godawful things.

[Reaganista]

im wearing a long sleeved collared shirt

[guitrguy]

I'm wearing a long sleeved collard shirt with a sweater over it.

[Dr Hooch]

what on earth could you hold against long sleeved real shirts

[guitrguy]

Being anti-mainstream.

[dei]

stupid prep schools

everyone here still pops their collars

and wears the two polo shirts so the bottom one matches the color of the little horse on the top one

i cant wait for it to get cold so i dotn have to see those godawful things

They're going to wear three.

[DBoons Ghost]

I had to put my daughter on some list and we have to be interviewed for her to get into this ritzy private school. We also had to join the parish.

How can I pretend to be a good little catholic?

[Dr Hooch]

I had to put my daughter on some list and we have to be interviewed for her to get into this ritzy private school. We also had to join the parish.

How can I pretend to be a good little catholic?

Piss in the font while talking in tongues.

Also do you really want your daughter in a catholic school? Is this one of those "not ideal but it'll get her the best education" things, or a concious decision?

[DBoons Ghost]

Piss in the font while talking in tongues.

Also do you really want your daughter in a catholic school? Is this one of those "not ideal but it'll get her the best education" things, or a concious decision?

I've already nearly divorced my wife over this and while I don't want her in private school, I've given up that fight. The school is one of the highest rated schools in the area, and while I detest the fact it's a private catholic school, not only is it a fantastic educational facility, it's got the highest rate of kids who get scholarships, succeed in higher education etc etc..

So yeah. it's "not ideal but it'll get her the best education".

It's also 6k a semester which pisses me off.

[spitfirejunky]

That was cheaper than my highschool tuition.

Did you say you moved to Westchester or something?

[DBoons Ghost]

That was cheaper than my highschool tuition.

Did you say you moved to Westchester or something?

Yeah.. Scarsdale to be exact.

I don't even want to get into possible high school tuition. The wife has it all planned out. Who knows what it will cost in 8 years.

[guitrguy]

Holy ****. My tuition to go to Mississippi State is half that per semester.

[DBoons Ghost]

Holy ****. My tuition to go to Mississippi State is half that per semester.

Ahh crap. I think I messed that up then.

It's not per semester as that would be insane.

[spitfirejunky]

Hmmm... I'd say the stuff they have by there is no-nonsense.

[DBoons Ghost]

Yeah forgive me.. 6k a year. Not semester.

*whew*

I had to call the wife to double check. I'm just working on the budget and I am glad I called her.

[DBoons Ghost]

Hmmm... I'd say the stuff they have by there is no-nonsense.

Yeah the only thing that I am worried about is the fact that the high school is an all girls school and it's terrible right now. All the kids have BMWs and Benzs and I don't roll like that no matter how much I earn.

My kid gets a shabang till she can afford to buy herself a car like that. I'm just hoping I'm a better parent that my daughter won't feel like she had to compete with other kids, even at the sake of being made fun of. Which she will be.

It's crazy that I worry about that stuff and my daughter is only 4.

[Hababi]

no collared shirts are ok if they cost more than $40

No shirt should cost over $40.

[DBoons Ghost]

No shirt should cost over $40.

I have shirts I've paid more for but I still have them, and they are still bright in color and the material is solid as it was the day I bought them.

If you spend 40 bucks on a collered shirt that dies after 10 washes versus a shirt you spend 90 bucks on and have for the rest of your life, which would you say makes more sense?

[lfantwister]

Yeah the only thing that I am worried about is the fact that the high school is an all girls school and it's terrible right now. All the kids have BMWs and Benzs and I don't roll like that no matter how much I earn.

dont do that to her. you just described my high school--its a great education, consistently ranked in the top something nationally, but all of the graduates are severely lacking in the life skills that you dont learn in classrooms, like social skills and practical ****.

[Reaganista]

No shirt should cost over $40.

dood like half my shirts cost over $40
not counting undershirts which i just get from old navy

[spitfirejunky]

Yeah the only thing that I am worried about is the fact that the high school is an all girls school and it's terrible right now. All the kids have BMWs and Benzs and I don't roll like that no matter how much I earn.

My kid gets a shabang till she can afford to buy herself a car like that. I'm just hoping I'm a better parent that my daughter won't feel like she had to compete with other kids, even at the sake of being made fun of. Which she will be.

It's crazy that I worry about that stuff and my daughter is only 4.

Yeah that sounds about right. That sort of parenting was unnecessary for me though, but tiring for my sister. Gender might be a factor I suppose.

[Hababi]

I have shirts I've paid more for but I still have them, and they are still bright in color and the material is solid as it was the day I bought them.

If you spend 40 bucks on a collered shirt that dies after 10 washes versus a shirt you spend 90 bucks on and have for the rest of your life, which would you say makes more sense?

The rest of my life? That'd be a pretty good shirt, man :lol:

Back in high school, I bought a $125 pair of sneakers. Incredibly expensive, but they lasted about five years.

I actually do have two nice collared shirts that cost around $50 each. Western style shirts :cool:

I'd rather get used shirts though :\

[Dr Hooch]

aww, dboon, putting a kid in a single sex school... I don't know, but i don't think i could do it.

Sucks that your wife's so keen on it.

[Hababi]

It's also 6k a semester which pisses me off.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

tbh I'd be tempted to send my kid to that school if I were in your position. It does give an added advantage.

[DBoons Ghost]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

tbh I'd be tempted to send my kid to that school if I were in your position. It does give an added advantage.

I was mistaken though.. 6k a year not semester.

[Hababi]

I was mistaken though.. 6k a year not semester.

Ok that doesn't sound too bad for NY, actually. There are schools in the Pittsburgh area that cost $4-5K, so you might be getting an ok deal out of it.

[DBoons Ghost]

dont do that to her. you just described my high school--its a great education, consistently ranked in the top something nationally, but all of the graduates are severely lacking in the life skills that you dont learn in classrooms, like social skills and practical ****.

I'm hoping to overcome that with uber parenting skills.

Plus, you place too much value on importance of social skills at that age. They are least important in high school and most important in college. All the rest I will teach her.

[dei]

My mother's dream is to win the lottery and send my sister to the Marlborough School for Girls. The tuition there is insane, it's like $26K a year. At first I thought it was a dumb but if I had the money to send my daughter there I would.

[DBoons Ghost]

aww, dboon, putting a kid in a single sex school... I don't know, but i don't think i could do it.

Sucks that your wife's so keen on it.

Say that when you have a daughter of your own.

I'm no dummy. I was that age once. I banged everything with a pulse.

She goes to an all girls school if I can help it.

[DBoons Ghost]

dood like half my shirts cost over $40
not counting undershirts which i just get from old navy

Werd. All my shirts cost over 40$.

Work shirts are important. You wear them all day. They need to fit right, stay good after many washes, and be comfy.

This can only be achieved with quality clothing.

I could only imagine what you'd say if I told you what I've paid for shoes.

[dei]

Where do you work, DBoon? Do you sit at a desk all day or what?

I used to spend a lot of money on shoes.

[DBoons Ghost]

Where do you work, DBoon? Do you sit at a desk all day or what?

I used to spend a lot of money on shoes.

If I'm not sitting at my desk spamming this place (and working) I'm running around a trading room. I walk A LOT on very busy days.

[Hababi]

Werd. All my shirts cost over 40$.

Work shirts are important. You wear them all day. They need to fit right, stay good after many washes, and be comfy.

This can only be achieved with quality clothing.

I could only imagine what you'd say if I told you what I've paid for shoes.

My work shirts cost $11 each :\

But please do tell the shoe price. Most expensive pair of dressier shoes I ever bought was $80 or so.

[Knifeboy]

I'm not looking forward to the amount of money I'm gonna spend on clothes when I get an actual job...
I enjoy looking like a slob :(

[dei]

If I'm not sitting at my desk spamming this place (and working) I'm running around a trading room. I walk A LOT on very busy days.

Tell me more about what you do at work everyday. I want to get into the kind of work you do. I want to make a lot of money and post on internet forums and send my kids to nice schools. I want to live in New York.

[DBoons Ghost]

My work shirts cost $11 each :\

But please do tell the shoe price. Most expensive pair of dressier shoes I ever bought was $80 or so.


They must be pretty good shoes then. That's not cheap!

The cheapest pair of shoes I currently own cost around 80 as well, and the most expensive shoes I own cost me around 320.

Any pair of shoes I ever paid 200 bucks and up for I have resoled, repaired and I take really good care of them. I have a pair of Coach loafers I've had for 7 years. They are the most amazing pair of shoes ever. As far as other "brand names" Rockports obviously, a few pairs of Borns which are like walking on heaven, and a few pairs of Brunos.. etc..

I spend 12 to 16 hours a day in the same pair of shoes, you better be sure they're not gonna ruin your feet, give you blisters, or make your feet smell like rotten horse puke laid over a bed of gym socks.

[DBoons Ghost]

Tell me more about what you do at work everyday. I want to get into the kind of work you do. I want to make a lot of money and post on internet forums and send my kids to nice schools. I want to live in New York.

Well, learn about the stock market. Learn about electronic trading systems, you'll need some UNIX, some PC, some Wintel server, some hardware experience (swapping drives, cabling, switches, routers etc), learn how to take crap from traders, as well as give it right back, and be able to solve extremely complex problems in a minute or less and I promise you I will hire you. You will also need some project management, and the ability to stand in front of a crankly waspy trader and tell him he's wrong, and bear to stand up to hearing it. No quiet talkers, no lack of arrogance either. Weak bitches get chewed up quick in this biz.

[dei]

Sounds like a great job for Not Dei.

[DBoons Ghost]

Sounds like a great job for Not Dei.

Why? You lack technical skills? Or do you talk into your chest when in a stressful situation?

You need to able to work like a champ under immense pressure. I'm sure you have no idea if you're capable of this or not, so please don't sell yourself short.

[dei]

I've never been put in situations like that so I don't know how I would react, but if I'm anything like I was back in elementary and junior high then I will have a very, very hard time taking **** from other people.

I am also not good at anything.

[guitrguy]

You're good at having a big avatar.

[dei]

Thanks. You're not bad yourself. ;)

[thedeadwalk!]

"Abstinence: It's not easy, but neither are you."

Well, that made my day.

[Der Übermensch]

it's not a wasteland... :(

and it doesnt matter if i freeze! i get snow!


True... wasteland has much nicer connotations... and Snow is overrated imo :p

[guitrguy]

Until you move to an area that gets no snow. :( I miss the snow.

[Iskandar]

Where do you live now?

[guitrguy]

Gulf Coast Mississippi. No I'm not a redneck.

[Iskandar]

Gulf Coast Mississippi. No I'm not a redneck.Relax. I'm not predisposed to name-calling.

[guitrguy]

I didn't think you were, just making the statement for the few who are.

[Iskandar]

Yep.

[Hababi]

Relax. I'm not predisposed to name-calling.

You are too, commie!

[guitrguy]

The world wouldn't be nearly as colorful with out commies.

[Hababi]

The world wouldn't be nearly as colorful with out commies.

Red's only good with white and blue.

[Iskandar]

Red's only good with white and blue.Blue is conservative, but what's white? Pacifist?

[Reaganista]

Gulf Coast Mississippi. No I'm not a redneck.

lol ya u r

[Hababi]

Blue is conservative, but what's white? Pacifist?

Moderate.

[Iskandar]

Moderate.I think of them more as grey. Y'know, wishy-washy.

Now that you mention it, though, the national colours of Canada are only red and white. And our flag is almost entirely red.

That says something.

[Hababi]

I think of them more as grey. Y'know, wishy-washy.

Now that you mention it, though, the national colours of Canada are only red and white. And our flag is almost entirely red.

That says something.

That explains it all.

[Iskandar]

That explains it all.The day is coming when we'll just proclaim the Socialist Republic of Canadia.

[Dr Hooch]

Moderate.

I'd say peace/surrender, but in a flag context perhaps purity?

[Knifeboy]

on a scale from 1 to 10, how wrong is this?
http://www.ukimagehost.com/uploads/05e2120dc4.jpg

[Der Übermensch]

11?

[guitrguy]

on a scale from 1 to 10, how wrong is this?
http://www.ukimagehost.com/uploads/05e2120dc4.jpg

I think the world would be a happier place if we had more of that going on.

[lfantwister]

My mother's dream is to win the lottery and send my sister to the Marlborough School for Girls. The tuition there is insane, it's like $26K a year. At first I thought it was a dumb but if I had the money to send my daughter there I would.

i went there!

[guitrguy]

Was it like prison? Did you have nuns slap on wrist with a ruler?

[PerpetualBurn]

Was it like prison? Did you have nuns slap on wrist with a ruler?

I saw a website like that.

[lfantwister]

there are no nuns, but there are good teachers (and some shitty ones)

its ridiculous that i'm hearing about my high school on an internet forum, what are the chances

[guitrguy]

That is pretty crazy. I was joking with the questions, but if you pay that much for a school the education better be great.

[dei]

I think they're lying.

[lfantwister]

they give a lot of scholarships, to say the least

can't complain about the education academically. so far i've been coasting through college. i definitely had more work in 9th grade than i do now

[guitrguy]

Haha the same for me, but I went to public high school.

[dei]

High school was pretty easy. I somehow managed a 3.0 without ever doing my homework.

:cool:

[Smokey D]

High school in the states has a reputation for being a piece of piss.

But then again, I got the same sort of marks in New Zealand with hardly any work.

[dei]

New Zealand is the new Canada.

[guitrguy]

High school in the states has a reputation for being a piece of piss.

But then again, I got the same sort of marks in New Zealand with hardly any work.

I think it more of a difference in the education style. If you go to Uni and absorb what you learn, it comes out even in the end.

[Reaganista]

my grades in high school were pretty shitty compared to college which i of course completely dominated

[Der Übermensch]

Yeah highscool is just something you need to do well enough in to get into College, where then you can do well :-p

[Iskandar]

i went there!You have rich parents, don't you.

[guitrguy]

Dropper what is a jib?

[Iskandar]

Dropper what is a jib?It's kind of a meaningless phrase. "I like the cut of your gib/jib." I'm not sure which one, although I'm actually thinking it's gib.

It just means you like what someone says or does.

[Knifeboy]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jib

[guitrguy]

Oh ok. I've managed to go 20 years with out hearing/reading that term.

[AlienEater]

one of the greatest phrases of all time

[DBoons Ghost]

"I don't wanna hear your filthy jib" is a favorite I use in person.

[guitrguy]

I think it I'll incorporate it in to my vocabulary.

"shut your jib mouth."

[ringworm]

Is anyone hearing this talk of Iran and a possible war.

There are some good sources saying it IS coming and HAS been planned for years.

Could our leaders be anymore idiotic? There is a book out, but I couldnt find it.
Its called something like, "The Future War w/Iran and What Your Gvnt Doesnt Want You To Know About It"


I dont usually fall for it, but from what I've seen, more credible people are taking this question more serious than before

[guitrguy]

To be fair we have a war plan for most countries, if not all.

If we do go to war with Iran suspect we will see a much different kind of warfare being employed in Iran, than what we saw in Iraq.

[ringworm]

Also, did anyone see Bill Mauher (The episode where he threw the guy out heckling)?

There was a Russian politican that spoke via satellite that I would vote for before any of our current candidates because of his undertanding on how bad America has fouled up at almost every aspect of diplomacy, foreign relations and what our country was founded on in the first place. Even John Edwards impressed me, despite his support for more gvnt programs that will increase taxes immensly.


To be fair we have a war plan for most countries, if not all.

If we do go to war with Iran suspect we will see a much different kind of warfare being employed in Iran, than what we saw in Iraq.
I just hope we get out of Iraq and stop all this threatening behavior to all countries, its easy to see why we are hated so much.

[guitrguy]

I just hope we get out of Iraq and stop all this threatening behavior to all countries, its easy to see why we are hated so much.

Don't we all...

[Iskandar]

Attacking that battlestation ain't my idea of courage. It's more like ... suicide.

[guitrguy]

There was a Russian politican that spoke via satellite that I would vote for before any of our current candidates because of his undertanding on how bad America has fouled up at almost every aspect of diplomacy, foreign relations and what our country was founded on in the first place. Even John Edwards impressed me, despite his support for more gvnt programs that will increase taxes immensly.
Russia is going down the same path. Government wise Russia is heading back towards an authoritarian regime

[DBoons Ghost]

Here's a transcript of that interview. Chris Matthews was also a guest so that is the Matthews.

Enjoy!



MAHER: All right. I should go to Garry Kasparov. He is waiting. For 14 years, he was the world’s top Chess Master – my old job. [laughter] Now, he’s a Russian political activist whose new book is called How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves From the Board to the Board Room. Garry Kasparov. Garry! [applause] How are you?

GARRY KASPAROV [via satellite]: Hi, Bill. I’m fine.

MAHER: Well, we could have used the KGB here a few minutes ago. [laughter]

KASPAROV: Yeah. Yeah.

MAHER: But, my hat is off to you, sir.

KASPAROV: [overlapping] I think Putin – Putin is delighted if he is listening to your program, because it’s another proof why live television should be banned. [laughter] As it is in Russia now.

MAHER: Okay. Touché. Checkmate. [laughter] But, in our country, we complain a lot about the political process in our presidential elections, but you are running in a presidential election – I think you are already the opposition candidate – where your life may, literally, be on the line. Is that an exaggeration? Do you fear for your life? Do you take precautions?

KASPAROV: I hope it’s an exaggeration. But, judging from our experience in Russia, anything can happen to me and to thousands of other activists in our country that are fighting the regime, because this regime has no allergy for blood. But, you know, they say in our country, to run for president takes some courage. When I look at the field of the candidates in this country, it seems that it takes even more courage not to run in the United States. [laughter]

MAHER: But, I understand that your – your family is sequestered in New Jersey?

KASPAROV: My daughter was born last year here in New York because we didn’t want to take any chance in Russia. But we’re not residing here. So we’re moving back and forth. I spend most of the time in Russia. My wife, my daughter, my mother-in-law are now here in America, but we’ll move in a week back to Russia.

MAHER: Do you think your fame protects you? Do you think you’re such an icon in Russia because of your past chess history that Putin would not kill you?

KASPAROV: I – no, I don’t think my name affords me an ultimate protection, but, unlike many other activists in Russia, I can rely on my name and on my fame. But, still I take some measures to minimize the risk. I have bodyguards in Russia. I do not fly Aeroflot. [laughter] I do not – I do not consume any food or liquid in the places that I am not fully aware of.

MAHER: Wow.

KASPAROV: But, again, it’s just minimizing the risk. I know that it may not offer me any ultimate protection if the worst comes to the worst.

MAHER: But, when you look at what’s going on in Russia, Putin has a very high approval rating. I mean, there is something in the—

KASPAROV: [overlapping] How – how do you know? [laughter] [applause] I mean, are you seriously – are you relying on the polling results in a police state? I – I think that with the same tight control of media and the pervasive security force, I believe Bush and Cheney could enjoy the same approval rating here. [laughter] [applause] [cheers]

MAHER: Checkmate to me. [laughter]

KASPAROV: I’m not – I’m not giving them any ideas, by the way.

MAHER: [overlapping] But, don’t you think – but, come on, there is something in the Russian soul that loves a strong man. I mean, Yeltsin did not—

KASPAROV: [overlapping] No, no, no. Wait-wait-wait. This is total nonsense. You know, it’s just – it’s refuted by history. If you look, for instance, at two Koreas. You have North Korea, is just one big concentration camp; and South Korea, it’s a flourishing market economy and democracy. And it’s the same people.

You can look at Taiwan and China. And I could give many other examples. For instance, East Germany and West Germany 25 years ago. I don’t think there’s anything in the national soul that makes some people are not ready for democracy and some are…fitting for this quality. [applause] And when I look at the – at this administration that is trying to build democracy in Iraq at the expense of democracy in Russia, I got confused. [applause]

MATTHEWS: Guy’s great, great!

MAHER: When I saw this week, Putin – the picture of Putin with Ahmadinejad of Iran—

KASPAROV: Wow.

MAHER: [overlapping]—I thought, you know, here, once again, President Bush has succeeded in uniting our enemies and dividing our friends. You’ve got to admit, at least your guy isn’t stupid. [laughter]

KASPAROV: Yeah, I – I don’t think it makes me feel comfortable just accepting the fact that he outplayed your guy. [laughter] [applause] [cheers]

MATTHEWS: Unbelievable.

KASPAROV: But, it went – but, it went wrong for Bush from the very beginning, because at their first summit, Bush tried to play psychiatrist and look at Putin’s eyes, searching for his soul. [laughter]

MAHER: Right.

KASPAROV: Instead of looking – looking at his record. And now, Putin – Putin just is basically spitting in his face by making this open friendship with Admadinejad. But it was obvious from the very beginning, because Putin has only one item in his due political agenda. He needs high oil prices. And tension in the Middle East helps him to keep the oil prices all-time high.

MAHER: Right.

KASPAROV: So that’s why he sells nuclear technology to Iran; he sells missiles to Hezbollah and Hamas via Syria, because it helps Putin to stay in power. If the oil price goes down, Putin regime goes down. And I’m surprised that White House didn’t recognize it in time. [laughter] [applause]

MATTHEWS: Jesus.

MAHER: I’m not. [he laughs] Now, one last question. I found out this week – I didn’t realize this – that the torture – and, of course, they say it’s not torture that we do, but it is, of course, torture – that our people are doing, is based on Soviet models. And, I know you grew up under the former regime that probably looked to America as a beacon of hope and freedom. When you see America wiretapping and torturing and basically doing the things the Soviets used to do, what goes through your mind?

KASPAROV: Look, I don’t think it’s about sad events that you just described, because I think that America had sad stories in the past as well. But, in seventies and eighties, America looked as a hope for oppressed people in the communist world. Well, now, America, that is applying double standards to different countries in the world, lost its credibility. And that’s bad news for all of us, because it was a stronghold for democracy. And now, it’s just a country which, according to many, is using democracy as a due political tool to promote its own interests. Which is working against us in Russia and elsewhere. [applause]

MAHER: All right, Chess Master. I give. You win. Thank you, Garry Kasparov. Very interesting.

KASPAROV: Thank you, Bill.

MAHER: He’s something, huh?

MATTHEWS: He’s great!

MAHER: He is great. Why can’t he run in the Iowa…?

MATTHEWS: He ought to be – do you ever get the feeling that they’re playing chess and we’re playing checkers? [laughter]

MAHER: Yeah.

[McP3000]

I hate Putin.

[lfantwister]

rasputin was worse!

[spitfirejunky]

Mmmm, poutine.

[The Stig]

Bobby Fischer needs to be his runningmate

[spitfirejunky]

^ :lol:

[The Stig]

or maybe Boris Spassky fischer is an anti-semite

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Invading Iran is monumentally stupid. Can't they just carpet bomb it?

[McP3000]

Invading Iran is monumentally stupid. Can't they just carpet bomb it?
No, because unless they use nuclear weapons, it will pretty much take forever to do anything effective.

[guitrguy]

They can just, bomb and they will. Daisy cutters, the MOAB, and there is a new vacuum bomb the US just developed, in response to Russia's development of a vacuum bomb, that is the most powerful non-nulcear bomb.

[ringworm]

Here's a transcript of that interview. Chris Matthews was also a guest so that is the Matthews.
that was a great back and forth, and some good points were raised

Chris Matthews is hilariously crazy :) in a "I kinda worry about his mental state" kinda way, that strange laugh doesnt help either

[pedro durruti]

I thought it might be against my laws of bending,
But I just bit my thumb

[Dr Hooch]

Because european retard dont know how to use imperial system. Yeah you work less time than amerians no wonder your income is $ 17,000 less than in the USA, no wonder most part of europe is still 3rd world poor trash country that rely on USA for their survival. Free health care? Your 3rd world class free health care is the last thing Americans need. in USA most people have private health care with the best medical care available on earth. Now thats what I call The greatest country on earth.

Youtube, lowpoint of all internet.

[Reaganista]

dont be stupid america is the greatest country on earth

[Dr Hooch]

oh, of course; i was simply saying how sad it was that he understated this vital point so heavily.

[Reaganista]

i heard everyone in europe is starving

[Dr Hooch]

emotionally

[Reaganista]

haha queers americans dont have emotions

[Dr Hooch]

especially not in man texas.

[ringworm]

Tway & Ron need to switch back avatars, i'm so confused in some of these threads as I read them :p

[guitrguy]

I've already adjusted to the change.

[apple pie]

So I am doing a project for my stats class, and I have to find a graph on the hypothesis of Due to an increase in core temputre there has been an increase in natural disasters. So my question is, what would be a good website to visit, I have already looked at a few websites by Al Gore and David Suzkui.

[guitrguy]

Check the NOAA website

[ringworm]

I've already adjusted to the change.
i cant seem to, its just too weird to keep feeling like I agree with Tway *shivers* :)

[guitrguy]

i cant seem to, its just too weird to keep feeling like I agree with Tway *shivers* :)

Hahaha that would be weird.