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Sushi for lunch is also THE BEST for the record.
yes. That is what I had for lunch today...

Never got a participation award.
Homeschool was THE BEST.

I have no earthly idea why, but I roll better as a paladin.
Even with electronic dice.
It feels very odd, to be sure.

Drejk wrote:

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Um...who the Hell are all you people?

*pokes with a stick*

Hey, guys! I think the moss that grew on the walls of the forum since forever grew sentient!

Nah, you just went senile and forgot who I am in the meantime.

I feel like CY has a more appropriate alias to ask you how that makes you feel.

anyhoo...
and how does that make you feel?

My day began with kids coming in, loudly arguing about animal preferences without providing the helpful context that they wanted my advice on picking a familiar.

Hamster.

Nah, I've seriously decided to drive to Memphis to see some friends the day before.

The Game Hamster wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

The Game Hamster wrote:

I just got pulled over for the first time since moving to Tennessee!

It was to tell me my passenger light was out.

I really like the Tennessee police. The "young" (probably older than me by about ten years... but uh, that's not hard... and probably makes him younger than most people on the board??) officer had tattoos.
And my troll-side is really going to enjoy my next call with my parents when I tell them I was pulled over...

What part of TN?

Paris.

so... north western.

Yeah I know where paris is its about the opposite side of the state from me. good 4 hour drive.

four hours is a day-trip for me.

The Game Hamster wrote:

I just got pulled over for the first time since moving to Tennessee!

It was to tell me my passenger light was out.

I really like the Tennessee police. The "young" (probably older than me by about ten years... but uh, that's not hard... and probably makes him younger than most people on the board??) officer had tattoos.
And my troll-side is really going to enjoy my next call with my parents when I tell them I was pulled over...

What part of TN?

Paris.

Kjeldorn and I have created the magical switching posts again...
at least this one isn't on a page break, so that you never know if you're naked or not...

Your ex landlord, LM, is rather creepy. I'd actually peg that under harassment.

Again I got a rather short fuse for that kind of thing.

It's not really harassment.

I just got pulled over for the first time since moving to Tennessee!
It was to tell me my passenger light was out.

I really like the Tennessee police. The "young" (probably older than me by about ten years... but uh, that's not hard... and probably makes him younger than most people on the board??) officer had tattoos.
And my troll-side is really going to enjoy my next call with my parents when I tell them I was pulled over...

HEY!
The site is back up!

captain yesterday wrote:

Pizza Hut is alright out here.

nobody takes Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Little Ceasars or Papa John's seriously out here.

Well, I mean, you are in New York. We plebs gotta suffer with whatever chains we can find.

A very scientific, experimental, and eye-opening live-stream concerning Pizza-quality!

Aggressive goatees are some of the most precious of Mighty Pogonos' face-children.

What about box-mixed-with-chinstraps? Feeling those at all?

just got done running a six-seat hidden-information horror pathfinder game. It was a one shot. That works surprisingly well as a one shot theme/idea... with pre-gens of course...

The Game Hamster wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Damn, it's not Friday.

No...

But it is the day I was supposed to leave 50 minutes ago on...
I knew I should've set an alarm...
Maybe I can make it up on the high way...

What are you late? A date?

No picking up the rabbit in question.

Damn, it's not Friday.

No...

what does the hamster do while he isn't posting on here?
find out about cool physical geometric shapes.

Soulfire weapon fusion!!

You jam it on a Solarian weapon crystal and then you add your charisma bonus in addition to your strength bonus to damage, and it's a level 1 fusion!

F~~% yes!

So... Wait...

The Game Hamster wrote:

Kjeldorn wrote:

John Napier 698 wrote:

Hi, Everyone.

*Sets out a bag of seedless grapes for Mort*

Hey John!

The Game Hamster wrote:

He is a Rex.

King of Fur is not an exaggeration. It's better than mink.
Edit: Ummm... this is a coincidence...

I'm guessing in the larger end of mid-sized then.

…
Yea, 10 punds...good sized bunny.
Love the softness of bunny fur, would use one for a pillow if I could.
If I remember correctly all of mine were Hollanders, which were smallish, I would guess about 5-6 lb.

Yeah, and that is large for a Rex, they tend to be about 8-9 I think. The father was enormous!! seriously, if I had not been given papers to prove the sire was purebreed, I would've sworn he had some giant Flemish in him... still, they were good farm rabbits for a small four-h project.

Yea, gotta love those big teddy-bunnies.

*Sigh*

Its the problem of living in a small apartment, with a very strict pet-policy. No non-terrarium/fish-tank pets =(

opposite is true for me.

John Napier 698 wrote:

Hi, Everyone.

*Sets out a bag of seedless grapes for Mort*

Hey John!

The Game Hamster wrote:

He is a Rex.

King of Fur is not an exaggeration. It's better than mink.
Edit: Ummm... this is a coincidence...

I'm guessing in the larger end of mid-sized then.

…
Yea, 10 punds...good sized bunny.
Love the softness of bunny fur, would use one for a pillow if I could.
If I remember correctly all of mine were Hollanders, which were smallish, I would guess about 5-6 lb.

Yeah, and that is large for a Rex, they tend to be about 8-9 I think. The father was enormous!! seriously, if I had not been given papers to prove the sire was purebreed, I would've sworn he had some giant Flemish in him... still, they were good farm rabbits for a small four-h project.

The Game Hamster wrote:

WELP it is official. this Hamster is going to have a rabbit in his apartment in about a week...

*looks dreamingly in the celling*

Remember my pet bunnies, cute little buggers, so soft and huggable.

He is a Rex.

RE: Steak Serving Sizes

1) My go-to: 18 oz ribeye (510g)
2) Hungry time: 24 oz whatever (680g)

And, yes -- I'll have the soup (bowl, not cup), the salad, and the sides, thank you.

Though I've slowed down in the last five years, especially, my appetite is still the stuff of legend in my social circle.

Anecdote #1) Many moons ago the Subway chain was offering the Asiago Chicken Caesar sandwich (the year 2000, I think?). While on a Bible college road trip, I shocked my companions by ordering two footlongs, and then finishing a third before they completed their meals. At which time I was in line getting the fourth for the road . . . and it was devoured within 10 minutes of leaving the parking lot.

Anecdote #2) Quiznos -- ahhhh, the Black Angus sandwich (rosemary-whatever bread). I have scored at least three free sandwiches because nobody believes I'm ordering the second one for myself during a dine-in. "No, that's the one she wanted; these two are for me." " . . . Are you sure?!" "Is the second one free if I finish them both before we leave?" "Yeah. I dare you."

Works like a charm!

>.>

<.<

. . . And now I'm hungry again . . . .

Knowing other people with such an appetite, you're probably outrageously thin, thanks to a high metabolism.

hoping that the large guinea pig cage I bought can comfortably house a 10 pound rabbit. He takes after his 12-14 lb sire, not his 7 pound dam.

Tacticslion wrote:

Just a Mort wrote:

The Game Hamster wrote:

WELP it is official. this Hamster is going to have a rabbit in his apartment in about a week...

Rabbit stew? Oooh?

I know I'm a bad cat that should sit in the corner and write lines,"I should not eat other people's pets."

You wouldn't want to eat his rabbit, now.

(It has tumors.)

He's four? Maybe three years old.

I'm looking after him since my sisters are going to college.

I thought about this and... He's five or six!

I can put away a lot of steak. 12-16oz is a "normal" steak for me (usually a NY Strip - my personal favorite). I can handle a 24-28oz without much issue though. I haven't tried for something as obscene as 48oz.

12-16 is just about right.

The Game Hamster wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

The Game Hamster wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

Just a Mort wrote:

The Game Hamster wrote:

WELP it is official. this Hamster is going to have a rabbit in his apartment in about a week...

Rabbit stew? Oooh?

I know I'm a bad cat that should sit in the corner and write lines,"I should not eat other people's pets."

You wouldn't want to eat his rabbit, now.

(It has tumors.)

He's four? Maybe three years old.

I'm looking after him since my sisters are going to college.

waitaminute. How old are you again?

21

are you the youngest in the thread now?!

Pretty sure I have been for a while now.

The Game Hamster wrote:

Vanykrye wrote:

Nobody plays Minecraft for the graphics. Concerning yourself with the graphics is missing the entire point of the game.

A "younger" me was concerned with graphics.

Though freehold did just make me prove how relative that distinction is...

If you're into building custom designs with LEGOs (and if you aren't you should probably find a way off planet ;) ), then Minecraft, or one of the new myriad of similar games, would be something you need to give a second look at.

There is a switch port... But I'm pretty happy with Stardew Valley at the moment.

NobodysHome wrote:

Just a Mort wrote:

I personally think that American (and Australian) food tends to be mostly deep fried, combine that with super-sized servings…and coke being cheaper then water, yeah that’s one way to get fat. Not to mention that some months, outdoor physical activity isn’t possible.

Due to public transport being the way it is, most people drive to work and everywhere else, which cuts down the amount of physical activity they get. Public transport in Singapore wouldn’t get right at your workplace, you’d still have to walk to train station/bus stop.

So I suppose in America, if you weren’t taking active steps to prevent it, it’s fairly easy to put on weight…

But in Australia, I know a crazy auzzie who walks 20 mins to work everyday.

Oh and getting overweight puts extra strain on your knees(especially when you get older), which makes you not want to get out even more to exercise.

Is this considered as political? *scratches head*

On the one hand, that's a pretty general stereotype for such a huge country. On the other,

Yes, Coke is cheaper than water pretty much everywhere you go, and

Yes, a large portion of the country considers deep frying an art.

As for portion sizes, it's pretty scary how much they vary. In Albany, Berkeley, and San Francisco, if you go to a steak house you can expect steaks ranging from a 6 ounce filet mignon (about 175 grams) to a 14-ounce prime rib (roughly 400g); all perfectly reasonable. Yet when Shiro took us to a steak house in Fremont, barely 50 km south of us, the smallest steak you could get was 500g, and the prime rib weighed in at a whopping 48 oz (1.5 kg), with a notice on the menu that, "No, we do not serve smaller portions, as we cook on the bone to ensure quality."

It would have been a far more believable lie if they hadn't served my "medium rare" prime rib well past medium well and into well.

And Fremont is home to Claim Jumper, where even the salads are 1500+ calories, and if you

...

Is that 100 grams with sides?

Nobody plays Minecraft for the graphics. Concerning yourself with the graphics is missing the entire point of the game.

A "younger" me was concerned with graphics.

The Game Hamster wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

Just a Mort wrote:

The Game Hamster wrote:

WELP it is official. this Hamster is going to have a rabbit in his apartment in about a week...

Rabbit stew? Oooh?

I know I'm a bad cat that should sit in the corner and write lines,"I should not eat other people's pets."

You wouldn't want to eat his rabbit, now.

(It has tumors.)

He's four? Maybe three years old.

I'm looking after him since my sisters are going to college.

waitaminute. How old are you again?

21

The Game Hamster wrote:

Cool.

I might have enjoyed it.
Never had money while it was a thing.

What's funny is that that indicates a bit of a lack of interest.

It was 100% free until it became "too big of a thing" and Microsoft bought it. Microsoft, determined to ruin everything in the world, started charging $15 for it, but allowed legacy players (such as my kids) to continue playing, as long as they signed up for a Microsoft account so that Microsoft could spam them with incessant ads.

And that is why my kids, at the tender ages of something around 4 and 7, got GMail accounts.

I also didn't have a private computer until I was 15... And by then I was interested in TF2 and portal. When I did find out about it, I wasn't really into the graphics to be honest.

Just a Mort wrote:

The Game Hamster wrote:

WELP it is official. this Hamster is going to have a rabbit in his apartment in about a week...

Rabbit stew? Oooh?

I know I'm a bad cat that should sit in the corner and write lines,"I should not eat other people's pets."

You wouldn't want to eat his rabbit, now.

(It has tumors.)

He's four? Maybe three years old.

Cool.
I might have enjoyed it.
Never had money while it was a thing.

The Game Hamster wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

The Game Hamster wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

I remember them really pushing all those old tales when I was little. Johnny and paul bunyon. I had heard of John Henry too but they never gave him his own cartoon which I thought was super unfair.

Most of the Johnny "Appleseed" stuff is true.

He really did go around convincing people apples where worth their time and planting trees in the wild.

Are you trying to say that Paul Bunyon didn't have a big blue ox?

It probably took him more than one swing to fell a tree as well.

After all there is only so much pressure a single axe can take.

Yeah he would go through a lot of axes.

He should just minecraft it and use the flat of his hand.

Sorry. Not a minecrafter.

Huh...
Tl's likes are travelling backwards up the page.
Weird.

The Game Hamster wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

I remember them really pushing all those old tales when I was little. Johnny and paul bunyon. I had heard of John Henry too but they never gave him his own cartoon which I thought was super unfair.

Most of the Johnny "Appleseed" stuff is true.

He really did go around convincing people apples where worth their time and planting trees in the wild.

Are you trying to say that Paul Bunyon didn't have a big blue ox?

It probably took him more than one swing to fell a tree as well.

I remember them really pushing all those old tales when I was little. Johnny and paul bunyon. I had heard of John Henry too but they never gave him his own cartoon which I thought was super unfair.

Most of the Johnny "Appleseed" stuff is true.

The Game Hamster wrote:

Apple and pumpkin pie are the only "true" american dishes I can think of off-hand. everything else is just an alteration on something that already existed.

edit: well, biscuits and gravy is a uniquely american combination I suppose... but still, both sausage gravy and biscuits (scones) where present before hand...

Isn't apple pie French? Or maybe it was derived from some kind of French tart or something?

Apples were a european fruit, but Johnny "Appleseed" revolutionized them on American farms and orchards.

Apple and pumpkin pie are the only "true" american dishes I can think of off-hand. everything else is just an alteration on something that already existed.
edit: well, biscuits and gravy is a uniquely american combination I suppose... but still, both sausage gravy and biscuits (scones) where present before hand...

Just a Mort wrote:

I personally think that American (and Australian) food tends to be mostly deep fried, combine that with super-sized servings…and coke being cheaper then water, yeah that’s one way to get fat. Not to mention that some months, outdoor physical activity isn’t possible.

Due to public transport being the way it is, most people drive to work and everywhere else, which cuts down the amount of physical activity they get. Public transport in Singapore wouldn’t get right at your workplace, you’d still have to walk to train station/bus stop.

So I suppose in America, if you weren’t taking active steps to prevent it, it’s fairly easy to put on weight…

But in Australia, I know a crazy auzzie who walks 20 mins to work everyday.

Oh and getting overweight puts extra strain on your knees(especially when you get older), which makes you not want to get out even more to exercise.

Is this considered as political? *scratches head*

I'm not even sure what counts as american food.

there is a surprisingly small amount of true american food

WELP it is official. this Hamster is going to have a rabbit in his apartment in about a week...

No, health discussions aren't political. (umm... unless you make them political I guess??)
SOME people get out of hand with the deep frying... (I'm looking at you, fried butter lovers...) but outside of fast food... most of our food is not deep fried...
I mean, yes, we took deep frying, and made something of an art out of it, but in reality, we also made up a lot of baked goods, such as apple or pumpkin pies. And canned goods were an american perfection if I recall rightly

The Game Hamster wrote:

Best part of a fair?

Funnel cakes.

But they're so calorific! You'll become a tubby Hamster,you!

I get one a year.

Best part of a fair?
Funnel cakes.

S$!@show update:

1. Four of the five people who said they were going to help unload today bailed at the last minute.
2. AC will probably need to be replaced.
3. The gas man came out to connect the gas and the line to the house failed. So no gas. Which means no cooking except on the propane grill we brought with us. Also no hot water, because it's a gas water heater.
So I've got electricity and cold water and that's it.

Man, that's rough.

Vanykrye wrote:

The Game Hamster wrote:

See, the thing is, IssacX could be any one of us!

*dramatic thunder*
He could be me! He could be you! He could be anyone in the room!

I'm IsaacX.

by the same token, we are IssacX

I'm... not crying...

As an aside, quick Fawtl poll:

How far away is "down the street" where you live? Is it something within visual distance? Less than a mile away? Can you walk it or would you have to drive? Is it bikeable/skateable? Or something else?

Around here "down the street" is anything walkable, usually within 3 short blocks or 1 long one.

Hmm. maybe a mile for "down the street". if I can walk it in less than 20 minutes, I probably will.

See, the thing is, IssacX could be any one of us!
*dramatic thunder*
He could be me! He could be you! He could be anyone in the room!