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| Topic | Why aren't you buying more new games? |
| dancer62 04/16/18 12:54:52 AM #4 | Bad options, like a lot of recent polls. Mostly, there are very few games that I can be sure are worth paying full price for. Those few I will preorder, or import if necessary to get a physical copy. Otherwise, I can wait for a sale, or used. Or even a flash sale for digital, under $5 and only if I have memory space. And I have a huge backlog, it's not imperative to buy new games. So: all of the above? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Everyone needs to work in retail for at least a year! |
| dancer62 04/16/18 12:45:57 AM #38 | Dr_Kain posted... Lokarin posted...Having never worked retail I can say I hope all retail jobs are removed by automation Or if the triply-cursed self-checkout refuses to work, as often happens at Home Depot? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Everyone needs to work in retail for at least a year! |
| dancer62 04/15/18 7:21:33 PM #32 | LinkPizza posted... SkynyrdRocker posted...Where are you getting they've never worked in retail before? I've worked in retail. We didn't sell games. You can't assume all of the no votes have never worked in retail. Indeed! Very few retail operations have any involvement with videogames. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Star Wars is Sci-fi people, not fantasy |
| dancer62 04/15/18 3:31:52 PM #13 | DeathMagnetic80 posted... I love Star Wars. It's not sci fi. Agreed. Definitely fantasy. Magic, Chosen Ones, ghosts influencing the material world, WWI fighter spaceships with no inertia. Swords and Sorcery in space! --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Meat is murder |
| dancer62 04/15/18 2:38:06 PM #30 | SasukeChaos posted... Animals had to suffer for you to have what to eat. Yep. Living is murder. You swallow tons of microorganisms by breathing, you deprive spores and slime molds of living space by washing and vacuuming, you destroy innocent plants to make hummis and pilaf, you starve rats by putting your garbage in garbage cans. Your immune system kills disease germs. Killer, killer, killer! --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | What profession largely consists of dishonest people trying to rip you off? |
| dancer62 04/15/18 1:39:22 PM #28 | Medicine. Used to be proudly ethical and trustworthy, now reflects how the TV show House, M.D. is incredibly true to life, unnecessary and expensive tests, unnecessary and dangerous medications, if they don't damage you by accident, you get better on your own, but your finances can never recover. A mechanic will give you an estimate, a physician or hospital won't. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Today's poll might as well be "Did you own an Xbox 360?" |
| dancer62 04/14/18 3:13:38 PM #8 | OG PS3: YLOD Does anyone have an original B/C PS3 that still works? Great idea, sleazy quality. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Darn it. Every time. Why do I have to double and triple check the door lock? |
| dancer62 04/14/18 5:35:48 AM #5 | Checking two or three times is smart. I also check the kitchen two or three times before leaving the house. I have left the oven on in the past, and the coffeepot, it pays to check. Flying, I follow the appropriate checklists. I guess if I made a checklist for the house, rather than relying on memory and not getting distracted, I'd only have to check things once. OTOH, worrying about worrying about things is circular. Check, touch for tactile feedback, and go on. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | How was your week, PotD? |
| dancer62 04/14/18 5:28:22 AM #8 | Picked up another university extension gig, sort of makes up for paying income tax this week. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Americans: Have you filed your taxes? |
| dancer62 04/14/18 5:16:24 AM #6 | Thursday, mailed with a check for payment. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | I want to move into teaching; actually I am going into the field, what do I need |
| dancer62 04/13/18 7:20:24 AM #17 | With a graduate degree you can pick up adjunct teaching gigs at junior colleges. The pay isn't great, but the hours are good. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you live paycheck to paycheck? |
| dancer62 04/12/18 5:42:30 PM #34 | Noop_Noop posted... LinkPizza posted...Troll_Police_ posted...LinkPizza posted...Troll_Police_ posted...i live within my means, and im a responsible and productive member of society so no. Retired. Grad degree, working professional all my life- but- mostly nonprofits, and a lot of pro bono work. Living mostly on Social Security, teach a few classes, cheap apartment, main car is an $800 beater, two 30+ year old sports cars stashed away that I maintain myself, my main luxury is airplane rental for flying hours. So.. yes and no, monthly check to monthly check, try to maintain some reserve, poor by a lot of standards, should I have been more mercenary when working? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | What do topics taste like? |
| dancer62 04/11/18 6:43:43 PM #3 | Town Topic in KC is rated one of the best burger joints in the country. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | So this one woman shoved me and I punched her as hard as I could in the face. |
| dancer62 04/09/18 1:15:35 PM #27 | knivesX2004 posted... This topic is pathetic. If there is any truth to the story, bragging about it on a public forum is going to look really bad in court. Make the plaintiff's lawyer's case easy! --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Called gf. She said she didn't want to talk to me anymore, and hung up. |
| dancer62 04/09/18 7:54:56 AM #100 | rexcrk posted... I still want to know what TC did in the first place to make his gf not want to be with him anymore. It's just a drama. Read the username, the persona he assumes for this forum is "Melodramatic". --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Why the fuck is in snowing in April? |
| dancer62 04/09/18 7:50:48 AM #48 | RCtheWSBC posted... There is snow on the ground this morning. Covering up all the cars outside. It's still falling. It's sort of pretty. I worked Saturday, don't need to go anywhere today. :) --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Left handed but shoot right handed |
| dancer62 04/07/18 10:52:50 PM #8 | Left-handed, golf right-handed, practice right-handed sword and traditional weapon styles, shoot handgun and long gun left-handed, archery left-handed. Write and use chopsticks left-handed. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you still rent movies? |
| dancer62 04/07/18 3:04:36 PM #8 | Mead posted... No I wait for a sale and buy them for around the same price This. Just as cheap to buy. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Why the fuck is in snowing in April? |
| dancer62 04/07/18 3:01:45 PM #45 | RCtheWSBC posted... dancer62 posted...RCtheWSBC posted...hurr if the globe is warming why is it so cold Seriously, we are headed for another Maunder sunspot minimum, a mini-ice-age. The politicians have it backwards, as usual. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Why the fuck is in snowing in April? |
| dancer62 04/07/18 2:54:32 PM #42 | RCtheWSBC posted... hurr if the globe is warming why is it so cold Part of the worldwide global colding. We all need to invest in cattle herds to make more methane to increase the greenhouse effect to prevent the glaciers from returning to Tennesee. Just driving gas guzzling pickup trucks and SUVs is not helping enough. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Which three would you choose? |
| dancer62 04/06/18 9:05:10 AM #52 | 1, 5, and 9. For 1, mostly upgrade current skills to master-class. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you know how to use gender neutral pronouns? |
| dancer62 04/06/18 8:58:42 AM #35 | Wesker646 posted... No, I find these extreme left inventions becoming a bit cultist, with their own language. made up sexes and all. I'll just keep using the standard vocabulary. Agreed. It's just silliness. Within their own crowd, they can be whatever they want. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | For those of you whom like Subway.... |
| dancer62 04/05/18 2:28:07 PM #43 | Who likes Subway? Steak and Cheese, footlong, toasted whole wheat bun, lettuce and tomato, American cheese, mayonnaise, with pickles on the side. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | You're half way home from your work/school commute and... |
| dancer62 04/05/18 10:31:41 AM #13 | Go on. Meh, too late for me to do anything even if it does affect my neighborhood. New volcano, gas explosion, airliner crash, terrorist attack, alien invasion, firesharknado, I'd only be in the way of the emergency crews if I went back. I'll check the news later. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | The correct is United Statian not america |
| dancer62 04/03/18 8:29:49 PM #9 | Statian? Really? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Are you pro-Trump? |
| dancer62 04/03/18 7:17:48 PM #49 | I have voted in every presidential election since 1968, and this is the first time I was forced to vote independent because I disliked both major candidates. That said, Trump is President, and almost all the complaints about him are trivial. Still, I have to wonder about the political system when, out of all the people in the US, the best and brightest the two major parties could find to represent them were a reality show personality and the failed Arkansas comedy act of Hil&billy. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | I can't even stay in my bed cause of my neighbor |
| dancer62 04/03/18 12:23:45 PM #15 | wolfy42 posted... Actually rugs are usually fairly expensive, and you can get comfortors for less. Nice. I do like to scatter rag rugs around. They're cheap, colorful, good insulation, feel good on the feet, and the cat will like them too. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | I can't even stay in my bed cause of my neighbor |
| dancer62 04/03/18 8:32:18 AM #6 | Rugs would help. A three pound cat sounds like an elephant stomping when you live downstairs from one. How they do it, I don't know, an esoteric cat art, apparently. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do this masculinity/femininity test. |
| dancer62 04/03/18 8:16:25 AM #33 | 95m/118f Female retired dancer. Currently tournament martial artist, student pilot, part-time auto mechanic, teach recreational golf. Handmade gifts, baking, and, of course, knife, spike, and shuriken throwing! But no setting fires. So, I'm a pretty radical tomboy compared with my peers, but the chart puts me solidly feminine. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | People who are anti-air con. |
| dancer62 04/02/18 8:38:26 AM #14 | I won't waste money running up big electric bills to run air conditioning, there are lots of things I'd rather buy. There was no air conditioning when I was a kid, and I still prefer to adapt to the heat in summer. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | How do you usually park? |
| dancer62 03/30/18 5:42:15 AM #22 | Yep. Downtown street parking: classic parallel parking Parking lot: pull through to the next space so I'm facing out. At home, mostly: pull in, back out At home, when I want underhood access for maintenance: back in. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | How important is Music in the videogames you play? |
| dancer62 03/29/18 11:45:17 AM #26 | MrMelodramatic posted... honestly i usually play on mute This. I play portable in noisy environments where I need to hear what's going on, like the back of theaters during rehearsals. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | If you were jeff bezos would you sign gates's giving pledge? |
| dancer62 03/27/18 12:23:01 PM #16 | I'm too lazy to look up what a Jeff Bozo is. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | My take on school shootings. This is a wall of text. |
| dancer62 03/26/18 12:12:34 AM #61 | SunWuKung420 posted... Mead posted...No solution will be effective until manufacturers stop producing and selling so many firearms. No nation needs more guns than people. History shows us that Prohibition did not solve alcoholism, but it did create huge profits for criminals. The "War On Drugs" has not solved drug abuse, but has created huge profits to fund gang warfare. On the other hand, we can be sure that the news media glorifying school shootings and making celebrities out of the shooters most certainly inspires the handful of bitter, angry, disturbed, estranged students in each school to consider copycat behavior, hey? It's much more fun to blame guns, blame the police, blame video games. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | If you had the games of today and Netflix. would have played with toys as a kid? |
| dancer62 03/25/18 1:17:38 PM #30 | I still collect toys and make toys for my grandkids. Radio control, cars, planes, helicopters, boats, slot car racers, model trains, dollhouse furniture, . I made my first video game when I was 15, a pattern matching game for oscilloscope display in 1961, and have enjoyed videogames, hardware and software, ever since. I like games and simulations, but real-world is better, golf, racing, boating, flying, martial arts. My kids were always active, so are my grandkids, lots of real-world activities, not much for TV-sitting. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Would you ever spend over 100 dollars on a pair of shoes? |
| dancer62 03/24/18 12:54:34 AM #8 | I think the most I've ever spent is $80. A pair of Clogging shoes cost that much, so does a pair of Pointe shoes. Add taps to the Clogging shoes and toe cushions to the Pointe shoes and I've spent pretty close to $100 on a pair of work shoes. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Are you scared of something? |
| dancer62 03/24/18 12:46:47 AM #32 | Mead posted... Sky sharks Cute. And not entirely ignored by state universities. I taught an adult education class called "Sharknado", about surviving real and fictional disasters. The Red Cross helped with a presentation on "Go Bags", what to pack if you have to evacuate. I also had the class make simple camper's stoves from soda cans, for boiling water in emergencies, making soup, etc. Land Sharks? Hot Hail? Angry Birds? Zombie Apocalypse? Seek shelter. Fire? Flood? Collapsing buildings? Evacuate. Earthquake? Alien Air Raid? Collapsing infrastructure? Stay or go, depending on how long to restore power, water, sewage disposal. I used the Sharknado movies, and the old Charleton Heston classic, Omega Man, as teaching aids. Fun class. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Why are you awake right now? |
| dancer62 03/19/18 9:30:01 AM #11 | 8:30am. Dim, gloomy, rainy day. I might go back to sleep. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Teachers shouldn't be given guns 'cuz most teachers are women |
| dancer62 03/16/18 11:02:40 AM #3 | I like guns and consider myself a pretty decent pistolera. OTOH, I'm also a disciple-level martial artist and have no reason to carry a gun. How's that for a stereotypical woman teacher? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Are you saddened that toys r us is closing all of it's stores? |
| dancer62 03/15/18 11:45:28 AM #48 | I have mixed feelings. They used to have a great variety and great sales, but in the past 15 years have become increasingly overpriced and irrelevant. I stopped in two Christmases ago, didn't find anything to buy. I have good memories, but won't miss what they have become. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | The last two games you've played get a crossover. |
| dancer62 03/14/18 11:30:37 PM #49 | Ouch! HDN Producing Perfection finally went on sale, so I completed my Vita Neptunia collection. And I've been replaying challenges in Royal Tower Mahjong. Umm. Neptunia Mahjong Idol? How does that work? --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Did you enjoy high school? |
| dancer62 03/14/18 5:06:00 PM #3 | High school was just a placeholder, marking time before college. A few friends, but my interests were not in hs. Meh. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you prefer star trek or star wars? |
| dancer62 03/14/18 4:23:36 PM #44 | Neither. Both started off well, but have deteriorated past self-parody to the point of being unwatchable. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Best dipping sauce? |
| dancer62 03/11/18 1:45:47 PM #17 | BADoglick posted... MICHALECOLE posted...Kigalas posted...MICHALECOLE posted...What am I dipping? This! --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you have any credit card debt? |
| dancer62 03/09/18 7:03:12 AM #4 | No. I accumulated a huge balance while I was in grad school, never again! I don't even have any credit cards now, no loans, just bank card and pay as I go. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Are you "good" with cars? |
| dancer62 03/07/18 3:31:47 PM #18 | Oil change? Spark plugs? Uh, just did a top end rebuild of my Supra, valves, head gasket, timing belt, etc. Also put a new timing belt and water pump on my Celica. The garage next door bought the parts and machine work for me, let me use a bay in their garage, in return for me helping around the shop, put a new radiator in a Jeep, lower suspension arm on a collision-damaged Acura, OBDII diagnostics of some customers' cars, alternator on a Honda Odyssey, troubleshooting electrical system problems on a Murano, etc. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | What was the most horrifying memory from your childhood? |
| dancer62 03/06/18 10:24:32 AM #14 | Firewood18 posted... When the aliens abducted me and inserted the biochip in my temple. Which temple? Buddhist? I don't have any horrible childhood memories. I lost part of a finger in a bicycle chain, but that would be the worst. Meh. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | ordered grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch |
| dancer62 03/01/18 2:50:29 PM #44 | Jen0125 posted...
Beef Tamale Spanish Rice Black Beans & Corn with onion and sweet pepper --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | Do you like the ps3 more or the ps4? |
| dancer62 02/28/18 8:15:19 AM #18 | PS3. Great library, and a great external hard drive for the Vita. No need for a PS4, I'll probably get an Xbox One instead for games I want. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
| Topic | If you could make one continent cease to exist, which continent would it be? |
| dancer62 02/25/18 9:56:41 PM #19 | adjl posted... faramir77 posted...if Asia was wiped from the map the world would very quickly become a much better place. Yup. A very strange thing to wish for, by people playing video games developed in Japan on consoles manufactured in China. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less |
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