I'll start. @unixrab - I generally like to poke you, for reasons you know. The last few days you've been level, on point, funny, and just awesome. Thanks, dude.
@brandon I'm sorry if I sound condescending. I'm usually not...I'm often trying for a laugh. The world (me included) takes itself too seriously. You make good points.
@Mavyn Thank you for saying as much and I apologize for any vitriol on my part. I think my tone is much in line with wanting to still have nice things, which we all want in the end
@brandon I have a cat and children, so nice things are clearly not an option for me. But that shouldn't shed on others black shirts or leave sticky prints on your doorknobs.
@Collin1000 Even though I care absolutely zero cares about this arguement and it's sides and points I will accept your Truce on behalf of the entire East Coast. sings God Bless American in his head
@phatmass Never been to Chicago or had Chicago pizza. Have had NY/NJ pizza, CA pizza, and TX pizza. NY/NJ pizza wins by far. Please bring me some Chicago pizza so we can settle this?
@phatmass Personally, not much of a fan of Chicago pizza, largely in part to sincerely disliking chunky tomato sauce. I much prefer a thin layer of sauce and lots of cheese. But in the spirit of this thread, here's wishing you a glorious trip to Gino's East.
@phatmass The best part about Chicago pizza is how long it takes to cook. You can basically eat a full dinner, order a pizza, and be hungry again by the time it comes out.
@Collin1000 I'd argue that NY pizza and Chicago pizza are not even in the same family of creation. Both are fabulous in their own special ways, however.
@communist This. It's a pot pie. It's a very good pot pie, but it's not pizza if you can't fold it. (Said the Boston native who's lived in Chicago for 17 years. In some ways, this city will never assimilate me.)
@SSteve Pizza should be bought on the street, folded and eaten while walking. Tough to do with Chicago style. Sadly, though filled with many culinary wonders, there's no proper pizza in Cleveland. There is haggis however :)
In this vein, can we just all try not to be giant asshats when someone disagrees? Some really offensive things were said to people who, in the end, were merely sharing their opinion. Telling someone to 'eat a dick' should be held for, say, anti-semites... not someone who perhaps feels (right or wrong) they were sold an idea that isn't reality. I absolutely detest the idea of entitlement and still think it swung way too far against people who were, deep down, disappointed because of how excited this place has them (which should be a good thing!)
@neuromancer - I'm sorry you're bummed about the Fuku thing and appreciate your enthusiasm for the site. While people may disagree with your concept of what it could be, hopefully you'll be able to stick around and still find happiness here!
@phatmass I can admit that I frolic in the freedom. I disagree with you about it being a bad thing, but I come here to say that I'll try to be more selective--at least most of the time. Sometimes, begging your pardon, a string of expletives seems totally called for and, indeed, in keeping with the tone set by our hosts. I don't want to offend our hosts. That would be wrong.
I just want to know when I will stop thinking of @unixrab as a Rabbi.. every time I read his name, I think of a Rabbi coding on a unix box. I find him quite funny.
Translation courtesy of No Fear Shakespeare: "This defective effect is caused by something. This is what we must do, and that’s exactly what needs to be done."
I attempt to only type what I would not be afraid to say to someone's face. And I don't think I said anything nasty on purpose. But I tried to be funny a few times and those may have been misconstrued. If so, I apologize for any offense.
TL;DR "it's all good, and in good fun, love to all, carryon"
@thumperchick@lisaviolet et. al: I appreciate your sentiments! We are all on the level when it comes to Fuku's, whining about fairness. You'll still disagree with me in the future about the quality of the meh.com products and the pitfalls/intrinsic value of VMP and that will still be fun.
I've never been upset or hurt by your pokes, jabs, comments or slaps... singularly because I've been on Internet forums since the time you had to use a shell to get to usenet and find alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die (where I was a prolific poster!) So never had any hard feelings toward any of you.
Forum banter fuels my mind and finding gifs and quippy comebacks (or making gifs if necessary) provides me with a respite from dealing with local users and debugging scripts and writing RUBY rules.
I'm used to most people (who do not know me online) assuming I'm the standard run of the mill troll... ...that term used to be reserved for people who would drop into a usenet group, drop a inflammatory comment and leave for a week...then repeat just to watch the flame war - NOWADAYS - it's taken on the additional baggage of being applied to anyone who disagrees with someone else. I'm the later, not the former. As I said in the Fuku thread... snapster is the worlds most prolific troll when he orders 1100 fukus to be issued for 170,000 customers to fight over... I find that particularly amusing, fun, interesting and amazingly cruel.
So... realize nothing I've ever said to you was anything other than worthless forum banter and was not intended to do anything other than continue the banter. IF anyone has the mistaken notion that I don't like them or hate them or want to inflict emotional damage upon them....that is completely wrong (except for @jont - I still need to break that fustilarian)
SO! Onward into our next disagreement with love and harmony in our collective online forum hearts!
@unixrab I was just coming in here to apologize for calling you a troll (or something along those lines) a while back and I see you've kinda already addressed it. Glad you don't take things like that personally and sorry for mistaking your trollish behavior as coming from a real troll. I'll be sad when this version of you disappears and the troll version returns.
@Thumperchick I think it's brand new on the scene, it was all over Facebook yesterday. It has everything, rainbows, sparkles, unicorn, butterfly and last, but not least, a kitteh!
I love this forum. Everyone here is very clever, witty, and entertaining, whether I agree with them or not. Thank you to all for allowing me to read your musings, and get a tiny glimpse into your characters and lives.
@Teripie Couldn't have said this better if I'd really really tried. I'm newish here and do tend to swerve towards sarcasm, so I apologize if any of my occasional comments have offended anyone.
@SSteve@JonT Think of it as an evaluation. And consider that some or all of those things could be true and he might suck anyway. The thing is, as he himself has implied elsewhere, he's found a calling and that's a thing to be encouraged.
@chellemonkey I...umm...Don't know? I'll make an effort to better promote my gender. For a long time, my user name was OrionGirl because it was the simplest way to avoid confusion. And then everyone thought it was OnionGirl, so the confusion was just different. Sadly, it happens in real life too because apparently, height is a dead giveaway of gender.
@moondrake Oh, gawd, you did not just post a cat picture. ;-) Actually I was skipping past the walls of text (can you believe how longwinded some people are? geez oh goshy darns). Blah blah blah. It goes on and on and on. Anyway, "+1" as the kids say.
First, I like most everyone here, love some of you (not that way) and can pretty much tolerate the rest of you. Honestly I change my mind about which group some of you fit in from one second to the next. I can't think of anyone who's offended me such that I haven't eventually forgiven them (and often come to realize their good sense in the thing that I found offense in; but don't get a big head; I have no idea if those of you prone to getting fatheaded know who you are, I really haven't).
So, as far as hurts or grudges, I ain't holdin'--against even the most fatheaded and obnoxious of you. And, yes, I know that I can be (just am?) a fatheaded ass of a clumsy lout.
And dear Jesus, I love this place, even when it bugs me. And y'all are part of that.
If on the other hand I've offended you, please let me know. I hope we can work something out. I'm all about people not hating each other and it would pain me if I were the cause of your loathing. As others have implied, it's unlikely that I'll be other than me. On that point, I don't see the value in trying to issue a blanket apology (really, I get lost, probably because there's so much potential), but, honestly, I second (usually third, fourth, etc.) guess every thing I say (both before I say it and every time thereafter that I see it; and, yes, it is a horrible way to live, but enough about me), so it's likely I might recant any number of specific things.
@joelmw I just ignore people when they start to bother me. I find that eventually they say something that wins me over--until the next time they start to bother me.
@denboy Warning, this video contains bad words. I don't mean it in a bad way. Seriously, it seems like the appropriate response, if you take it in the right way. :-) Sulu to Kirk:
I'm too surly. Im sorry to everyone for the past 40 years of being an asshole. I'm going to have a better attitude and maybe even buy something here too. I would've had a fuku but, ya know. It's all good. Next time hopefully. Be well folks.
@Barney I think we love you for your consistant love of purple. It's nice to know there is at least one unmoveable individual standing up for the oft maligned color.
@Thumperchick I'd like to apologize for being jealous of your winnings at dailysteals.com/rush (not a commercial - i have 30 lcs) I will try, from now on, to be happy for anyone from the meh community who wins over there. However, I'm still pissed I didn't win a crappy airpop popcorn maker yesterday...
I had an outright hissy fit when I didn't get a fuku. Irk is right. It's like a lot of things in life. I'm sorry if I irritated anyone, then or with any of my other posts. There's so much real terrible shit going down in the world: France, Sierra Leone, Syria. Any of our gripes here really mean nothing. So I think we should and can be more civil to each other.
I had an outright hissy fit when I didn't get a fuku. Irk is right. It's like a lot of things in life. I'm sorry if I irritated anyone, then or with any of my other posts. There's so much real terrible shit going down in the world: France, Sierra Leone, Syria. Any of our gripes here really mean nothing. So I think we should and can be more civil to each other.
@smoo99 I was one of the lucky, random recipients of a free, surprise Fuku last time around. It was a great gift and I had lots of fun opening it with my kids. It served its purpose for me, despite nothing in the box being of much use to me. Most of it's still sitting in the box. If you want a preowned, gently ignored fuku, shoot me your address and I'll send it out. It's pretty much guaranteed to get there faster than the official ones.
@mikey How nice is that? I will say yes as the person who was supposed to send me a box in the exchange earlier this year.also stood me up as it were which was pretty depressing as I had worked hard to create a box that would hopefully amuse and please my recipient. How do we do this in a way that my info isn't public? I am both a relative newbie and relative tech ignoramus.
@smoo99@mikey perhaps @JonT or somebody from customer service can pass along your shipping info. This problem is one I have been thinking about lately, how to securely exchange small bits of private information in a public forum that does not have any private features. Something similar I found was dead-drop.me, but it is a first come first serve approach, which doesn't work in this case.
@smoo99 You can just email your address to mikey@bluey.com. Put in some wacky code word or embarrassing thing for me to say back to you. I'll reply with it in this thread to confirm it's you and not some other random person pretending to be smoo99.
@smoo99 The best part about your secret word is that we're heading to the Central Florida Scottish Highland Games tomorrow, where I will definitely not be eating haggis.
@smoo99 It's on its way with some random extras. Should be there Wednesday. If you get something that you're like "Why the hell did he send me this!?", that was the thing I used for extra filler since I didn't have enough air cushions.
I just can't stand the people that piss and moan over the little things, also the people that gloat when they get what they want, plus the people that think they are funny and witty and also the people that are always so tech savvy and on top of everything internets . Other than that, I'm fine with the rest you.....
@brandon I'm sorry if I sound condescending. I'm usually not...I'm often trying for a laugh. The world (me included) takes itself too seriously. You make good points.
@Mavyn Thank you for saying as much and I apologize for any vitriol on my part. I think my tone is much in line with wanting to still have nice things, which we all want in the end
@brandon I have a cat and children, so nice things are clearly not an option for me. But that shouldn't shed on others black shirts or leave sticky prints on your doorknobs.
@ East Coast: I'm sorry you are sleep deprived because of the west coast. Y'all have great pizza. Let's not turn this into a rap war. Truce?
@Collin1000 maybe in a few years we can turn it into one of the "epic rap battles of history" though. those are fun.
@Collin1000 Even though I care absolutely zero cares about this arguement and it's sides and points I will accept your Truce on behalf of the entire East Coast. sings God Bless American in his head
@Collin1000 Insincere. Chicago pizza (central time zone) beats NY pizza.
@phatmass Never been to Chicago or had Chicago pizza. Have had NY/NJ pizza, CA pizza, and TX pizza. NY/NJ pizza wins by far. Please bring me some Chicago pizza so we can settle this?
@Collin1000 @phatmass NY/NJ pizza wins simply because you never just get a slice...it's always dinner and a show. ;)
@phatmass Personally, not much of a fan of Chicago pizza, largely in part to sincerely disliking chunky tomato sauce. I much prefer a thin layer of sauce and lots of cheese. But in the spirit of this thread, here's wishing you a glorious trip to Gino's East.
@Cinoclav @phatmass @Collin1000 I like all styles of pizza as long as it's made with quality ingredients. How's that for a "make nice" thread?
@phatmass The best part about Chicago pizza is how long it takes to cook. You can basically eat a full dinner, order a pizza, and be hungry again by the time it comes out.
@RedHot What about the fly over states? You accepting for them too?
@Collin1000 I'd argue that NY pizza and Chicago pizza are not even in the same family of creation. Both are fabulous in their own special ways, however.
@phatmass Chicago doesnt make pizza, they make stew with cheese on the bottom and call it "chicago style ""pizza"""
@communist This. It's a pot pie. It's a very good pot pie, but it's not pizza if you can't fold it. (Said the Boston native who's lived in Chicago for 17 years. In some ways, this city will never assimilate me.)
@Collin1000
@SSteve Pizza should be bought on the street, folded and eaten while walking. Tough to do with Chicago style. Sadly, though filled with many culinary wonders, there's no proper pizza in Cleveland. There is haggis however :)
@communist sounds delicious.
In this vein, can we just all try not to be giant asshats when someone disagrees? Some really offensive things were said to people who, in the end, were merely sharing their opinion. Telling someone to 'eat a dick' should be held for, say, anti-semites... not someone who perhaps feels (right or wrong) they were sold an idea that isn't reality. I absolutely detest the idea of entitlement and still think it swung way too far against people who were, deep down, disappointed because of how excited this place has them (which should be a good thing!)
@brandon This thread isn't to continue any debates, arguments, or stating points. It's straight up making nice. Like you did below. :)
@brandon I've been saying this all along. Maybe when you say it people will listen. Cheers.
@Thumperchick
@neuromancer - I'm sorry you're bummed about the Fuku thing and appreciate your enthusiasm for the site. While people may disagree with your concept of what it could be, hopefully you'll be able to stick around and still find happiness here!
I'll make nice with @unixrab - but I kinda think maybe I already have since I haven't slapped him in days.
@lisaviolet
@unixrab @lisaviolet You two.
I blame all of this on profanity. There is only so much desensitization nice people can take before they turn into what they consume.
@phatmass This thread isn't to continue any debates, arguments, or stating points. It's straight up making nice.
@phatmass Stop licking your monitor.
@phatmass shit, you might be on to something.
@phatmass I can admit that I frolic in the freedom. I disagree with you about it being a bad thing, but I come here to say that I'll try to be more selective--at least most of the time. Sometimes, begging your pardon, a string of expletives seems totally called for and, indeed, in keeping with the tone set by our hosts. I don't want to offend our hosts. That would be wrong.
@phatmass WTF?
I just want to know when I will stop thinking of @unixrab as a Rabbi.. every time I read his name, I think of a Rabbi coding on a unix box. I find him quite funny.
@mikibell I wish I could help you
@unixrab you and so many others!!!
I apologise for nothing.
@spacezorro For this effect defective, comes by cause: Thus it remains, and the remainder thus.
Translation courtesy of No Fear Shakespeare: "This defective effect is caused by something. This is what we must do, and that’s exactly what needs to be done."
@spacezorro
I attempt to only type what I would not be afraid to say to someone's face. And I don't think I said anything nasty on purpose. But I tried to be funny a few times and those may have been misconstrued. If so, I apologize for any offense.
@SSteve SO much this. In my head, I'm hilarious. Outside my head...some days.
@Barney, I'm sorry I tried to prove that you are a robot.
@TaRDy Awww. (purple blush)
TL;DR "it's all good, and in good fun, love to all, carryon"
@thumperchick @lisaviolet et. al: I appreciate your sentiments! We are all on the level when it comes to Fuku's, whining about fairness. You'll still disagree with me in the future about the quality of the meh.com products and the pitfalls/intrinsic value of VMP and that will still be fun.
I've never been upset or hurt by your pokes, jabs, comments or slaps... singularly because I've been on Internet forums since the time you had to use a shell to get to usenet and find alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die (where I was a prolific poster!) So never had any hard feelings toward any of you.
Forum banter fuels my mind and finding gifs and quippy comebacks (or making gifs if necessary) provides me with a respite from dealing with local users and debugging scripts and writing RUBY rules.
I'm used to most people (who do not know me online) assuming I'm the standard run of the mill troll... ...that term used to be reserved for people who would drop into a usenet group, drop a inflammatory comment and leave for a week...then repeat just to watch the flame war - NOWADAYS - it's taken on the additional baggage of being applied to anyone who disagrees with someone else. I'm the later, not the former. As I said in the Fuku thread... snapster is the worlds most prolific troll when he orders 1100 fukus to be issued for 170,000 customers to fight over... I find that particularly amusing, fun, interesting and amazingly cruel.
So... realize nothing I've ever said to you was anything other than worthless forum banter and was not intended to do anything other than continue the banter. IF anyone has the mistaken notion that I don't like them or hate them or want to inflict emotional damage upon them....that is completely wrong (except for @jont - I still need to break that fustilarian)
SO! Onward into our next disagreement with love and harmony in our collective online forum hearts!
@unixrab Tread lightly or @Thumperchick will thump on you for starting new points!
@brandon Then, Sir, she'll get what she deserves! ;-)
@unixrab fustilarian... had to look that up. Good word, and in my personal arsenal going forward. Thanks.
@ACraigL Shakespeare!
@unixrab you type a lot. but I forgive you :-)
@unixrab I was just coming in here to apologize for calling you a troll (or something along those lines) a while back and I see you've kinda already addressed it. Glad you don't take things like that personally and sorry for mistaking your trollish behavior as coming from a real troll. I'll be sad when this version of you disappears and the troll version returns.
@PurplePawprints "not all tears are an evil"
@unixrab AH Memories.
@Headly Fully functional.
@unixrab Oh my god, alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die.. wow.
@unixrab
@unixrab
@lisaviolet Okay, so that's just eerie. My sister posted that same pic to me earlier today. Are... are you stalking me?
@Thumperchick I think it's brand new on the scene, it was all over Facebook yesterday. It has everything, rainbows, sparkles, unicorn, butterfly and last, but not least, a kitteh!
@lisaviolet Just change your name to lisafrank and it will be perfect
@chellemonkey Too much sweetness! Teeth all just fell out!
@lisaviolet That rainbow butterfly kitty is awesome!
@unixrab, I am sorry I thought even for a second that you might be an emacs user. That's worse than any slap, poke, jab, or barb.
@brhfl If @unixrab forgives you for that, he's a bigger man than I.
@brhfl
@ssteve
@brhfl @unixrab
Sorry couldn't be helped. The pic was too good not to post...
@Kidsandliz a true emacs user would not have a spare appendage for holding coffee
@Kidsandliz Hah! Spectacular.
I love this forum. Everyone here is very clever, witty, and entertaining, whether I agree with them or not. Thank you to all for allowing me to read your musings, and get a tiny glimpse into your characters and lives.
@Teripie Couldn't have said this better if I'd really really tried. I'm newish here and do tend to swerve towards sarcasm, so I apologize if any of my occasional comments have offended anyone.
@JonT You, sir, are good at this.
@joelmw He'd better be. He gets paid for it. And he does it fifteen hours a day (and 89% drunk) so he has lots of practice.
@SSteve @JonT Think of it as an evaluation. And consider that some or all of those things could be true and he might suck anyway. The thing is, as he himself has implied elsewhere, he's found a calling and that's a thing to be encouraged.
I apologize to Mr. Mavyn for (somewhat) inadvertently hitting on his wife.
@hallmike I'll pass that along, but I suspect he'll just giggle. :D
@Mavyn Why do I keep forgetting you are female?!
@chellemonkey I...umm...Don't know? I'll make an effort to better promote my gender. For a long time, my user name was OrionGirl because it was the simplest way to avoid confusion. And then everyone thought it was OnionGirl, so the confusion was just different. Sadly, it happens in real life too because apparently, height is a dead giveaway of gender.
Can I apologize to myself?
@Alien88 Heck yeah.
@Alien88 You might go blind though.
@Mavyn
(Please note the various suggestiveness of the image.)
@moondrake Oh, gawd, you did not just post a cat picture. ;-) Actually I was skipping past the walls of text (can you believe how longwinded some people are? geez oh goshy darns). Blah blah blah. It goes on and on and on. Anyway, "+1" as the kids say.
@moondrake Ha. As I was saying: skipping past the walls of text to call for a cuddly group hug myself. You bleat me to it. Darnit.
@joelmw I was torn between the cat group hug, the My Pretty Pony group hug, and the meercat group hug. I figured cats just for the irony.
@moondrake
First, I like most everyone here, love some of you (not that way) and can pretty much tolerate the rest of you. Honestly I change my mind about which group some of you fit in from one second to the next. I can't think of anyone who's offended me such that I haven't eventually forgiven them (and often come to realize their good sense in the thing that I found offense in; but don't get a big head; I have no idea if those of you prone to getting fatheaded know who you are, I really haven't).
So, as far as hurts or grudges, I ain't holdin'--against even the most fatheaded and obnoxious of you. And, yes, I know that I can be (just am?) a fatheaded ass of a clumsy lout.
And dear Jesus, I love this place, even when it bugs me. And y'all are part of that.
If on the other hand I've offended you, please let me know. I hope we can work something out. I'm all about people not hating each other and it would pain me if I were the cause of your loathing. As others have implied, it's unlikely that I'll be other than me. On that point, I don't see the value in trying to issue a blanket apology (really, I get lost, probably because there's so much potential), but, honestly, I second (usually third, fourth, etc.) guess every thing I say (both before I say it and every time thereafter that I see it; and, yes, it is a horrible way to live, but enough about me), so it's likely I might recant any number of specific things.
@joelmw I just ignore people when they start to bother me. I find that eventually they say something that wins me over--until the next time they start to bother me.
@joelmw not that there is anything wrong with that way...
@Headly Hey, we're just cuddlin'. Don't be a hater. Meaning no offense to any folks of any alternative lifestyles out there.
@joelmw hater?
Although I do appreciate the positive vibes created.
@denboy Warning, this video contains bad words. I don't mean it in a bad way. Seriously, it seems like the appropriate response, if you take it in the right way. :-) Sulu to Kirk:
@joelmw
@denboy new product release at midnight... stick around
@unixrab Sounds a bit late to me. Maybe enough people will complain and get it to change.
@denboy You're e-vile
I'm too surly. Im sorry to everyone for the past 40 years of being an asshole. I'm going to have a better attitude and maybe even buy something here too. I would've had a fuku but, ya know. It's all good. Next time hopefully. Be well folks.
@irishbyblood
@SSteve Nice Vine man. I thought he said Siri at first ;-) And please stop calling me Shirley.
I love purple...sorry.
@Barney I think we love you for your consistant love of purple. It's nice to know there is at least one unmoveable individual standing up for the oft maligned color.
@Barney Why are you sorry now, did purple leave you?
@kuoh No. I love purple too. However, it doesn't look good on me.
Purple sorry..,. I love violet!
@potchi I get it now, Purple left Barney for Violet.
@potchi @kuoh first name lisa? (@lisaviolet) ???
SCANDAL!! ;-)
@unixrab Barney was sorry for loving Purple, then Purple was sorry for loving Violet, I'm not sure how Lisa fits into this love quadrangle.
@unixrab
@kuoh
see... you got it! :-)@Thumperchick I'd like to apologize for being jealous of your winnings at dailysteals.com/rush (not a commercial - i have 30 lcs) I will try, from now on, to be happy for anyone from the meh community who wins over there. However, I'm still pissed I didn't win a crappy airpop popcorn maker yesterday...
@djames85 If it makes you feel any better, I think I'm up to 42 LCs.
@badmnky I'm sorry, kisses:)
@badmnky me too, kisses right back at you!
@badmnky I think I'm sorry that you may be bipolar.
@Cinoclav no, we are not.
@thumperchick this thread:
it's like the opposite of the The Purge ;-)
I had an outright hissy fit when I didn't get a fuku. Irk is right. It's like a lot of things in life. I'm sorry if I irritated anyone, then or with any of my other posts. There's so much real terrible shit going down in the world: France, Sierra Leone, Syria. Any of our gripes here really mean nothing. So I think we should and can be more civil to each other.
@smoo99 Well said. First world griping is a priviledge.....and to some an art.
@denboy I am FWG Michelangelo
I had an outright hissy fit when I didn't get a fuku. Irk is right. It's like a lot of things in life. I'm sorry if I irritated anyone, then or with any of my other posts. There's so much real terrible shit going down in the world: France, Sierra Leone, Syria. Any of our gripes here really mean nothing. So I think we should and can be more civil to each other.
@smoo99 Well said. First world griping is a priviledge.....and to some an art.
@Ignorant I'm sorry for that copy/paste job :(
@Ignorant I am FWG Michelangelo (also in Bizzaro posts)
@smoo99 I was one of the lucky, random recipients of a free, surprise Fuku last time around. It was a great gift and I had lots of fun opening it with my kids. It served its purpose for me, despite nothing in the box being of much use to me. Most of it's still sitting in the box. If you want a preowned, gently ignored fuku, shoot me your address and I'll send it out. It's pretty much guaranteed to get there faster than the official ones.
@Ignorant Glad that's what it was and not a glitch that could swell into another OHSHIT report.
@mikey How nice is that? I will say yes as the person who was supposed to send me a box in the exchange earlier this year.also stood me up as it were which was pretty depressing as I had worked hard to create a box that would hopefully amuse and please my recipient. How do we do this in a way that my info isn't public? I am both a relative newbie and relative tech ignoramus.
@smoo99 @mikey perhaps @JonT or somebody from customer service can pass along your shipping info. This problem is one I have been thinking about lately, how to securely exchange small bits of private information in a public forum that does not have any private features. Something similar I found was dead-drop.me, but it is a first come first serve approach, which doesn't work in this case.
@smoo99 You can just email your address to mikey@bluey.com. Put in some wacky code word or embarrassing thing for me to say back to you. I'll reply with it in this thread to confirm it's you and not some other random person pretending to be smoo99.
@mikey Done and done.
@smoo99 The best part about your secret word is that we're heading to the Central Florida Scottish Highland Games tomorrow, where I will definitely not be eating haggis.
@mikey @smoo99 I'm going to a Burns Night dinner tonight, where I will!
@Mavyn @mikey I'd be all about the bagpipes. Haggis not so much. Also that thing where they heave some great stone. Enjoy, all.
@smoo99 There will be bagpipes and dancing and poetry and whiskey. Not so much with the heaving of rocks. :)
@Mavyn Sounds wondrous, although bagpipes have the mysterious ability to make me burst into tears every time.
@smoo99 I recently learned what makes people cry in songs, and I bet it's the same with bagpipes. Science! http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203646004577213010291701378
@dave Fascinating. Also makes me feel less insane as I am not, as a rule, a cryer. Now I have to hunt down the Adele song and see what it does to me.
@smoo99 It's on its way with some random extras. Should be there Wednesday. If you get something that you're like "Why the hell did he send me this!?", that was the thing I used for extra filler since I didn't have enough air cushions.
@smoo99 I didn't cry, something must be wrong with me.
@kuoh Me neither. Not even a sniffle.
@mikey Random extras make it that much better. Thank you again :)
@thumperchick. Thanks for doing this. This was a real good idea.
@smoo99
Soooo much Reese Bobby going on right now in this keyboard...
I'm a dick, and I hope both coasts burn in nuclear fire.=)
@givemeyoursoul The Resident Terrorist checks in with the group... Hi @givemeyoursoul How's your day?
@unixrab SOOOooooooOOOOOooooo GOOD!
I just can't stand the people that piss and moan over the little things, also the people that gloat when they get what they want, plus the people that think they are funny and witty and also the people that are always so tech savvy and on top of everything internets . Other than that, I'm fine with the rest you.....
@somf69 Tut, tut, tut.
kuso kurae you silly wabbits
so I'm sorry if you ate the paint.
@editorkid P.S. @Thumperchick, you just continue to be awesome.
sorry, i'm behind a little bit. just posted my rant in another thread. I will now apologize for that rant over here. sorry. OK, all caught up now.