URK !!! Property law ... GAAAAAH !!!

So my family is away on our fabulous adventure trip without me, and I think they are a little worried that while they are gone I will change the locks. They left me a gift to open each day that they are gone. Yesterday it was a box of chocolates wrapped with a Blu-Ray copy of Return of the King. (We have a long-standing tradition of disguising obvious gifts like CDs and DVDs. Last year I wrapped The Boy’s video game in a huge box with a brick duct taped in the bottom. The game was taped inside the box lid.)

I have been complaining about always getting the crappy half-broken PS3 controller. I recently discovered that both of the controllers are the crappy one, cue more complaining. Today’s gift was a new RED controller! That beats the hell out of my gift two years ago, a red washing machine. Merry Christmas to me!

I wouldn't complain about a red washing machine as long as it had a matching dryer. Especially if it was red, the dryer has to match. But if it sits within the approximaty of your kitchen, it may strike your husband (suddenly and oddly) that the stove and refrigerator don't match it. Then you end up with having red kitchen appliances. That is the real issue with getting a red washing machine.

How sweet about the gift for each day! A RED one is wonderful! As with cars, I'm sure that means it's faster!

It does NOT match the dryer, and it is in the kitchen but concealed. You’re right, it’s a potentially dangerous decorating situation. The washing machine broke right before Christmas and it was kind of a laundry emergency, so I said I would take pretty much anything that was sitting in the back room if it would fit. They had a red one. Hey, it was Christmas, and the surprise purchase meant no real gifts for the grownups, so whatever. The delivery guy did tease me about the dryer not matching.

Fast forward a year, and the fridge breaks right before Christmas (last year). Again the timing makes it an entertaining emergency. The same guy came to install the fridge. He came in to check out the space, recognized me, walked around and looked at the red washing machine, and immediately said that this year it was supposed to be a red dryer. WTF, how many thousands of people did he meet last year? It was hilarious.


Acadian, I'm sure you're right!! I will be able to bump up the difficulty slider with my Red Controller of Awesome.

Good thing it wasn't a red fridge.

Washing Machine Store Employees: "We finally got rid of that special order cancellation! You know, the red one!"


BOLD: Like any other red sports car washer, it will go from mild to wild with the flip of a switch ... as if you want washing clothes to be a race to the folding session, ROFL !!

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Woo after having the worst first year in college, I have (this is my third semester) Successfully raised my GPA from a 1.7(I was in suspension but appealed it) to a 2.0!
So i'm going to the advisers next week to change my major to Computer Science, you know something that I really enjoy but since it requires math I had originally tried to major in Anthropology.

Either way I'm happy!

Congrats on the improved GPA !!!

Goodjob! Took me less time to see the light and switch to CompuSci. I started out in physics so I have my math basically done. I believe I only need one more math.

My lovely friends have been dropping off care packages for me all week as they head out of town on their holiday trips. One of them has given me food poisoning. It has been an interesting day. I’m tempted to save just a bite of everything and make the supplying friend eat it when they come home, to flush out the culprit. With friends like these…

Bless your heart !!! Oh Grits, I'm so sorry !!! Urk, I hope you get feeling better


and that you somehow still end up having an Awesome holiday !!!!

I'm better enough to go online and complain, so I guess I'll live. This morning was very, very ugly! Thanks, mALX!


Still, I'm not going at ask about what food you're fixing until a little later.


...Well, I could stand to hear about some cookies. And is anyone baking pies?

I'm making both cherry and caramel apple pies. No pumpkin this dinner, but we'll have another one before the holiday season ends next week, lol. Tonight is cheesecake night. I figure if I'm going to have to diet from stuffing myself Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners - I may as well enjoy myself first, ROFL !!

Sorry to hear that Grits, glad you can at least complain to us about it!

I've decided that playing Skyrim and then going up a mountain is not a good combination; I spent all the time looking out for dragons yesterday...

And hope you get better soon, Grits.

A late Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! I'm back! Oh, and good morning to those you that have risen this early! Busy I have been, with the illness and the death. Sad sad time December has been. Grandad Cliff passed a week before Christmas and the day before that wondrous day my uncle Lee had a heart attack (Though he is a tough one. Cut cancer right out of his nose last year. He is doing fine btw.) I have made my peace with Grand dad Cliff so that pain is passed, as best it can anyway..... What else... Incurred an illness... Oh and I have started up a deviant account for a few works I do here and there... OH! And I go back to NOC (Northern Oklahoma College) on the tenth. Thats about it!

I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandad Cliff, it sounds like you and he were close, is clear he meant a lot to you.

I'm so glad your Uncle Lee is recovering well, and that you were able to kick your illness though. 2011 may have ended badly for you, but maybe that's a sign 2012 will be a better year and bring good things.

Congrats on your college!

I hold my hopes high for this year! Night is darkest before the dawn.

And thank you for your condolences.

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I'm sorry to hear about your Grandad, Arcry. May the coming year surpass your hopes!

And that is the reason I love returning to this forum, no, to this community. It is host to such kind souls and you are all so very welcoming! Thank you, Grits. Thank all of you.

My condolences, Arcry--my grandfather has Advanced Altzheimers, so I can sympathize not knowing him anymore...

Anyways, I am back (darn video card died...if my motherboard breaks down, I'll have a brand new computer just from all the new replacements I've had to make over the past six months). I'm glad to see everyone's alive and well...

Oh Zalphon, I'm so sorry to hear that! Alzheimers is terrible for the families that love them, you lose the one you love twice, like you said.

I cannot believe this is actually happening, but I'm using my PS3 to type this right now! How cool is that?! FYI, I am not kidding. It really works! Seriously. Want me to cross my heart and hold up a hand? ANYWHO, well... What is there to say? I'm always late when I come back. Belated Merry New Year and Happy Christmas to all of y'all. Hope you guys had a white Xmas and a thunderous greeting to the year of 2012! With that outta the way, I must now pick up where I left... weeks ago? I dunno, I think I just have that personality as a ghost that returns and fades, returns and fades!

That's almost as cool as my son being able to play on his xbox with his older brother who is in the Air Guard and 3 hours away AND they can talk to each other!

We've come a long way in a short time. I remember vividly being not only the "channel changer" but also at times the antennae to enhance the signal when the news was on. Not kidding kiddos! My first "stereo" wasn't, only one speaker, the whole thing was a box about 15 inches square that you put records on and you had to adjust the speed of the turntable depending on the size of the record.

Just a bit of nostalgia for you this morning. hehe.

And welcome back ghost of Uleni Athram!

Thank you !! Best wishes to you too, and that 2012 brings you happiness and fun. As long as you are the ghost that always returns, or just fades every now and then, lol. We miss you when you're gone !!





ROFL !! I'm picturing you holding a rabbit-ear with your right foot raised and your left arm in the air, ROFL !!!

I'm beginning to regret a family friend gifting us one of those pod-based coffee machines that are all the rage; it takes about a minute to make a bloody good cup, and it's right next to where I work.

The result? I've been drinking so much coffee it's just plain stupid. Just had cup number 4 today and it's only just gone lunchtime.

*Shudders*

Hey, I just realised how appropriate to the thread title this is!

@Athynae- I must be agree with the Resident Kitty. You have just bestowed upon my mind a certainly nostalgic image! mALX's words are the icing to the cake! @mALX- To be welcomed by you is certainly appreciated!! Very much indeed! It is good to be back here with YOU around! And it may sound a little mushy, but I also missed you and your endearing personality during my time away! Not to mention Maxical's misadventures!

Forgive me if my earlier post is one giant unreadable mess. I'm still using my PS3 and it doesn't have a paragraph-making button. Eeek! I really need to buy a new keyboard for my computer: my pet puppie mistakened my previous one as a toilet and... y'know. It just stopped working.

ROFL !! Not sure I'd want to use it after that whether it worked or not, lol.

mALX your mental picture is not far from reality, sometimes standing on a stool...lol. Finally my Dad put one of those huge antennae on the outside of the house but even that I had to go outside and turn until the channel was clear.

I'm with Max on the keyboard too, I really don't think I would use it even if it did work, eeww! I have cleaned plenty of tea out of my keyboard but that was BEFORE it was processed, just a touch of the pre-digestive juices present.

Poor Colonel, if you keep that up someone will have to tie a string to you to keep you from flying off....

I'd have thought that it was enough.

Also managed to go cold turkey (cold bean?) on the coffee front for this afternoon, even though the machine is right next to me. Tempting me...tempting me with it's delicious hot caffieney goodness...

*Slowly begins to drift skywards*

And I was just about to bet on you in the local racquetball tournament!

A few more cups of coffee and Colonel can be the ball!!

You need to stop drinking while reading Maxical's misadventures. Your keyboard will thank you. lol.

*laughs* Too true, too true. Which is why I don't ever bring a beverage or any consumable when reading about Maxical.

I have to admit I just sit and stare when the daughter is buzzing around the alphabet when she has to type anything on the PS3...It's truly amazing... ...

Mustard...Kettle, spoon, Nescafe...Oh, and maybe a mug...What more do you need?...Really?... ...Oh yeah, PG Tips... ...

The ps3 is amazing but some words that are actually clean get.... starred out as if it were a curse. Even names! If somebody's name is Lulu... I'm sorry but that is a curse in PSN. Ha! It doesn't make any sense, but its sometimes funny.

Aw, Thank You guys so much !!!

Oh I learned that VERY EARLY,it is stuck in my mind, good lesson. So many writers here make it a necessary plan of attack but Max is definitely at the top of that list!!!!

Why is it that our children can "show us up" so easily on this techie stuff, it just ain't right I tell ya, it ain't right!!!
It ain't normal either.

Parents are supposed to be the smart ones, at least until they hit 16 or so.....geez what is this world coming to?

Lol...Oh, my ten year old boy is a genius on the computer...The stuff he's shown us how to do with Word and Powerpoint and all that is amazing!... ...

I used to be good with Word and Powerpoint... then they released Office 2007. Everything I knew how to do in version 2003 was basically nullified.

Uleni! Your back! (sorta...)

Bad news - As you have probably seen, the roleplay is abandoned AGAIN!

Well, the past couple days have been fairly busy for me, as a few of my friends (including me) are setting up a youtube channel, and Ive been tasked with making the channel background.

Well, I guess it was fun while it lasted. I think our good 'ol nemesis, the hulking monstrosity called Realius Lifus of Realitus, is to blame. We just don't have the time! Or at least I don't. . . Anyway, yeah. I'm back. Oh, and how much have you progressed in Dark Souls, if you don't mind me asking, lol. I've wrung the Two Bells but HUMANITIES! I think I've lost it more than I earned it actually.

Hahah YES!, my screen was covered in Dr. Pepper, and my dogs came out of the covers and looked at me like thinking "This dude is crazy."

On a related note, I'm waiting for my financial aid so I can go buy the books, Already checked the school's website and the grant already paid my classes, now to patiently wait till I get it

Also Hit a really bad writers block, Already tossed out several drafts.

All the classes that I'm taking are not part of the computer science degree :/, I had to go to school several times because it would not let register, so by the time that I could actually register all the classes were filled up, going to take, Micro computer applications, Intro to web design, intro to criminal justice, and criminal law.
I think that I'll go ahead and double major in Criminal justice if I like the classes.

Naughty!...Don't throw yer drafts away...There'll be stuff in there you can use elsewhere!!...Honest!... ...

Criminal Justice...Isn't that an oxymoron?...

Ah, you've made it to sens fortress, Uleni. Im stuck in a giant castle not far from you,so heres some pro tips for you:

1. There are traps EVERYWHERE, so keep an eye on the floor for pressure pads and keep your shield up!

2. From now on, if you find any chests, hit it to make sure it isnt a mimic (you get sweet loot if you kill them)

3. If you're a mage, it is possible to find Big Hat Logan - look into it.

4. Take out the giant throwing rocks at you when on the roof, or the boss is much harder.

Ahh yes. Anor Londo. The place where much of Japanese PvPs are held place! Thanks for the tips, I only wish you had PS3 so we can die many a deaths together!