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by **The Cat** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:37 pm UTC

So darn jealous!

http://www.thegipsymothgreenwich.co.uk/

Pub looks nice too.

Cheers!

by **a_fuzzyduck** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:39 pm UTC

You, sir, name? wrote:I've, so far, poured $1,400 into Steam. Surely that's enough to appease the GabeN, and usher forth the third coming of Gordon Freeman.

the fact you've paid $1,400 for !HalfLife3 indicates that they'd be better not bothering with it and just stay as they are

by **Felstaff** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:17 pm UTC

Advertising works.

This televisual advertisement from 1995 that coerced me into buying a PlayStation

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

by **Magnanimous** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:32 pm UTC

I don't see a lot of advertisements these days, so it's a little weird when I'm watching the Olympics and a commercial comes on. "The hell happened to my pole vaulting? Why are you trying to sell me pants?"

by **eSOANEM** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:23 pm UTC

Magnanimous wrote:I don't see a lot of advertisements these days, so it's a little weird when I'm watching the Olympics and a commercial comes on. "The hell happened to my pole vaulting? Why are you trying to sell me pants?"

Ahh, the joys of the BBC (along with 24 different Olympic channels so I can watch any event I want).

by **Felstaff** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:31 pm UTC

I can't believe the 1960s ended only a page ago.

by **Felstaff** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:34 pm UTC

It's finally time to admit that I prefer drinking cocktails out of jam jars. Mo Farah and Usain Bolt trading celebrations was a nice touch, but I keep expecting Mo (a Feltham lad via Mogadishu, no'theless) to complete his signature move by doing the Kentucky-Fried-Chicken-and-a-Pizza-Hut manoeuvre. I have at least five more weeks of recovery from my spinal disc inflammation, which is even more than if I'd had a slipped disc. Still, I got to bounce on the inflatable Stonehenge (sacrilege2012.co.uk) before it was deflated and shipped off

Make a mental note not to confuse The Story of Us with The Last of Us when it comes time to choosing grandma's Christmas presents.

by **poxic** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:37 pm UTC

So, you're on morphine?

by **bigglesworth** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:29 am UTC

I think Mo is from Somaliland rather than Mogadishu.

by **brakos82** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:44 am UTC

Seattle tacked on another 168 minutes of summer today... bringing us to 25 hours, and 3 minutes of 2012 summer.

by **Jumble** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:20 am UTC

Felstaff wrote:Still, I got to bounce on the inflatable Stonehenge (sacrilege2012.co.uk) before it was deflated and shipped off

Please tell me you were singing the Bouncy Druids Song at the time?

by **Jesse** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:45 am UTC

You, sir, name? wrote:I've, so far, poured $1,400 into Steam.

"And you think this gives you power over me?"

by **UniqueScreenname** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:48 pm UTC

brakos82 wrote:Seattle tacked on another 168 minutes of summer today... bringing us to 25 hours, and 3 minutes of 2012 summer.

Shut up.

-Florida

by **SlyReaper** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:06 pm UTC

UniqueScreenname wrote:
brakos82 wrote:Seattle tacked on another 168 minutes of summer today... bringing us to 25 hours, and 3 minutes of 2012 summer.

Shut up.

-Florida

Shut up.

-England

by **UniqueScreenname** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:03 pm UTC

I'm pretty sure Florida's hotter than England.

by **Angua** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:05 pm UTC

Yes, but England doesn't get a summer, which I think was their point....

by **UniqueScreenname** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:15 pm UTC

Oh. I can't imagine complaining about not getting a summer. Does not compute.

by **Angua** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:44 pm UTC

Go and live somewhere cold and grey.

by **ArgonV** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:01 pm UTC

Angua wrote:Yes, but England doesn't get a summer, which I think was their point....

I was in the south of England 3 weeks ago. A week long, I didn't see a single cloud and it was too hot to sit in the sun for long. I thought it was quite summery

by **The Cat** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:42 pm UTC

Seattle is fairly cold, grey, and rainy.

http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate.ph ... n=USWA0395

Looks like London had great weather for the Olympics. Don't forget the sun screen!

by **Jumble** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:32 pm UTC

Definetely summer at the pentathlon yesterday, and yes, it was excellent. You have to have balls of steel to do that sport. The poor korean guy wound up under his horse when it bucked and threw him and he still finished the event.

Watching the closing ceremony my youngest daughter saw the ever-so-moving John Lennon face splitting up and announced (dead pan) 'that's what happened to Voldermorts face when he died'.

Go Annie!

by **Dthen** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:02 pm UTC

The closing ceremony for the Olympics is fucking dreadful.
What a load of wank.

That is all.

by **Angua** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:05 pm UTC

How so? (You should probably spoiler for people in case they want a surprise). I'm trying to decide if I want to bother watching it later.

by **Dthen** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:13 pm UTC

Oh, you should definitely watch it.
It's certainly a spectacle.

by **Jumble** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:10 pm UTC

Totally insane, over the top, utterly camp celebration of 70s London rock. If thats not your thing, I guess that's your loss.

by **eSOANEM** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:27 pm UTC

Dthen wrote:The closing ceremony for the Olympics is fucking dreadful.
What a load of wank.

That is all.

I really liked it. A few of the singers were terrible, but they made up for that later on, plus I'll be interested to see how NBC handles one little bit of it.

by **a_fuzzyduck** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:08 am UTC

eSOANEM wrote:
Dthen wrote:The closing ceremony for the Olympics is fucking dreadful.
What a load of wank.

That is all.

I really liked it. A few of the singers were terrible, but they made up for that later on, plus I'll be interested to see how NBC handles one little bit of it.

well, I lost all hope of it being any good when they had the goosestepping troopers in brown tops :/

by **The Cat** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:23 pm UTC

I enjoyed the closing ceremonies. However, I wasn't judging the entertainment. In hindsight, it think they did a good job of showcasing the UK to a large demographic. Little something for everyone. By far my favorite Olympics. My only gripe would be lack of coverage. I was only able to get the last two events of the ladies pentathlon. What a great sport! Fencing, swimming, horse jumping, running and shooting.

Cheers to London!

______________________

Thinking of Paul Ryan on "Hillbilly hand fishing" is hilarious. I would cry laughing if he stepped up to the podium and gave a good old

(would someone be so kind as to find me a video of the toothless hand fisherman's yell)

by **SlyReaper** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:56 pm UTC

ArgonV wrote:
Angua wrote:Yes, but England doesn't get a summer, which I think was their point....

I was in the south of England 3 weeks ago. A week long, I didn't see a single cloud and it was too hot to sit in the sun for long. I thought it was quite summery

Yeah, you got here during the single solitary week of decent weather we've had this summer.

by **ArgonV** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:19 pm UTC

My and my colleague must've been an amusing sight delivering orders today. He's about a head smaller than me, skinny, completely bald and covered in tattoos, with a prevalent Western-Dutch accent. I'm taller, wider and more muscular, with a beard, hear down to my armpits and with a slight Eastern Dutch accent.

by **The Scyphozoa** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:25 pm UTC

There's a photo studio near my house that used to be a diner. It's still got the diner-like seats around the windows, the black and white tile floors, the little ceiling fans, the lamps that say "Coca-Cola".

It also has some reflective walls that act like funhouse mirrors. In a photo studio. So people get to look at warped reflections of themselves right before getting their pictures taken. That's cruelly ironic.

by **brakos82** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:28 pm UTC

The Scyphozoa wrote:There's a photo studio near my house that used to be a diner. It's still got the diner-like seats around the windows, the black and white tile floors, the little ceiling fans, the lamps that say "Coca-Cola".

It also has some reflective walls that act like funhouse mirrors. In a photo studio. So people get to look at warped reflections of themselves right before getting their pictures taken. That's cruelly ironic.

Sounds like a good place for an indie halloween screamer movie.

Also, dear Nevada and California, quit sending us your summer. We do not want it. Sincerely, scorching in Seattle.

by **UniqueScreenname** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:35 pm UTC

I truly wonder if I would prefer Arizona summer to here. I always assumed I would, but someone just told me when they went it was 116, whereas it never gets up to 100 here, it only feels like it because of the humidity.

by **poxic** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:43 pm UTC

A friend once described 114F as "martian". He and his family spent that day in the backyard, under a canopy, jockeying for a place in front of a fan. (Working class family growing up in Pacoima with no air conditioning.)

by **Magnanimous** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:35 am UTC

poxic wrote:A friend once described 114F as "martian". He and his family spent that day in the backyard, under a canopy, jockeying for a place in front of a fan. (Working class family growing up in Pacoima with no air conditioning.)

I wonder if he knows that Mars is about as cold as Antarctica...

by **poxic** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:12 am UTC

I believe he does. It was a stand-in for "unearthly". (I had wondered if transcribing his comment verbatim would lead to nitpicking from this community. :wink:

)

by **torontoraptor** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:38 am UTC

I'm almost done working for the summer! And I'm only a few weeks away from Frosh Week and school. I am unreasonably excited!

by **SurgicalSteel** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:42 am UTC

If, when I was a kid, you'd told me that one day I'd be excited about new dish towels, I'd have called you a dirty liar.

by **Steax** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:40 am UTC

Does anyone still buy those small digital cameras? Are there any benefits to using those over a smartphone?

by **Zarq** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:13 am UTC

I thought the CCD in cameras is on average of a higher quality than those in smartphones, but this information might be dated.

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