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We don't get Labor Day, and even if we did, it would be called something like Futchie-Dungle Eve and you'd have to walk around the town on stilts with roller-skates on the bottom wearing an unnecessarily revealing smock made of rosehips while singing,
"Hi ho, maidens, hi ho, swains,
May I mimble-thring your pydbe-oh this futchie-dungle eve?
Futchie-dungle eve, my nonny, toodle roodle aye,
Give us half a shilling or I'll punch yez on the conk"
Catchy!
And of course for such a festival everyone would eventually end up nekkid!
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We don't get Labor Day, and even if we did, it would be called something like Futchie-Dungle Eve and you'd have to walk around the town on stilts with roller-skates on the bottom wearing an unnecessarily revealing smock made of rosehips while singing,
"Hi ho, maidens, hi ho, swains,
May I mimble-thring your pydbe-oh this futchie-dungle eve?
Futchie-dungle eve, my nonny, toodle roodle aye,
Give us half a shilling or I'll punch yez on the conk"
I had no idea you lived in Seattle!
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What's interesting to me is the difference between cultures in the U.S. and Europe.
NobodysWife is suffering greatly in Portugal because none of the buildings are air conditioned, because electricity is too expensive to make it worthwhile.
So it's 96 outside, 86 inside, and everybody's just used to it so no one minds...
Welcome to the continent AC forgot NobodysWife.
And Yes, Ac's are also the exception* up here north…
Why do you think I moan about the weather when it gets above 86 F up here**?
* Though not in cars… cause pets, infirm grand parent and small children need a safe-zone somewhere.
Nope the most likely place to find AC, is in a drying room for wet clothes.
** Yup had a warm summer up here with temperatures peaking in the 96-98 F range.
Now the usual wet summer weather has taken over, so we've dropped to around 70 F
We don't get Labor Day, and even if we did, it would be called something like Futchie-Dungle Eve and you'd have to walk around the town on stilts with roller-skates on the bottom wearing an unnecessarily revealing smock made of rosehips while singing,
"Hi ho, maidens, hi ho, swains,
May I mimble-thring your pydbe-oh this futchie-dungle eve?
Futchie-dungle eve, my nonny, toodle roodle aye,
Give us half a shilling or I'll punch yez on the conk"
Fun Danish Fact:
Labour Day / May Day isn't an official holiday, but a lot of people still have either a half or a full day off, due to independent agreements between labour unions and employer organizations.
I think that was how they protected h games back in the day. People would crack(? I am not sure what the slang is) the CD and get the code allowing them to play the game. Or something. I don't know, I was foolishly(possibly) into legal gaming at the time and insisted on doing everything above board.none of this makes sense to me....Gobbledygook...
It's actually a really important idea in programming, and one that has led to innumerable security holes.
Suppose you want to protect your program with a password. Well, you need to store the password somewhere, right?
- A "normal" programmer would store the password "on the hard drive", in layman's terms, well-protected, but written there so that the end user could, y'know, change it.
- An "idiot" programmer would put the password directly into the program itself. So anyone reading the code would know it and could use it, and the end user couldn't change it. In effect, a permanent loophole into the system.And yeah, TONS of Cisco and Netgear routers were found to have hard-coded administrative passwords, allowing anyone who wanted to to own the systems.
That's just one example.
Yeah, that's one of the early and rather simple ways of copy-protection. The game uses a hard reference to specific location of CD. It's also very annoying to legitimate users forcing use of CD instead of HD like a civilized person. In fact I had bought some DRM-free games on GOG that I own physical copies of just to avoid potential hassle of placing CD/DVD in the drive...
My next computer/laptop is likely to not have DVD drive anyway.
It can often be thwarted by using virtual cd drive which uses a image of the cd on the hard drive and informs the system it is a CD.
The more advanced version uses more tricky methods (like having a deliberately damaged sectors on the physical CD) instead of hard coding CD reference.
1st of May was a Labor day, but now is a religious holiday here.
It's followed by 3rd of May which is Polish Constitution day.
A lot of people try to take the day in the middle off.
I need a CD drive in my computer. Thankfully I have externals.
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Crookshanks had a great first day! She saw a whole bunch of her elementary school friends, and she shares her locker with Max, not a Boyd (he's cool, used to game with his parents when they lived in the neighborhood (they moved to the burbs).
What would happen if Crookshanks came home with a Boyd
Me: Hey Jimmy, you ever seen a chop saw? You know what a chop saw is for John?
Boyd: My name is Boyd, sir!
Me: No one cares Gill, stay the f#*+ away from my daughter!
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The Impii are in the same class with my beloved choir director.
How she is still sane after 4 sessions with the two of them is anybody's guess.
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The Impii are in the same class with my beloved choir director.
How she is still sane after 4 sessions with the two of them is anybody's guess.
Kids behave differently(better) with strangers then they do with their parents. The teachers in my nephews pre school are all saying he's a little angel. We're rolling our eyes.
Again my nephew could go for Oscar awards and teach those footballers lessons on how to fake injuries as being more serious then they actually are.
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I can see you guys chaining me in the kitchen and making me mass produce pizzas =(Tsk Tsk kitty…
No one would ever chaining you to the kitchen to just slave away like that.
I mean, how would you be able to clean the rest of the house if you're chained to the kitchen!The bedpost? ;)That's…An incredibly good try though
Still leaves me with a messy house, so no.
Heh, I don't do the cleaning thing very well. Seriously, I'll cook for you, but you can wash the dishes^^
Windows 10 allows one to "mount" an image file and treat it as a virtual drive.
Windows offers that option since 7th. Before that a separate program had to be used to create virtual CD/DVD drive out of ISO file.
First Kingmaker session finished. Two weren't present and will need to be worked in next time.
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I can see you guys chaining me in the kitchen and making me mass produce pizzas =(Tsk Tsk kitty…
No one would ever chaining you to the kitchen to just slave away like that.
I mean, how would you be able to clean the rest of the house if you're chained to the kitchen!The bedpost? ;)That's…An incredibly good try though
Still leaves me with a messy house, so no.
*Knocks Evil Alter-Ego over the head*
Mort kitty get to decide when, where and how she does or does not get chained up!
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Also, get this place tidied up...it looks like a hurricane passed through this house!
Lol. Unfortunately I will say my mind isn't as clean as it used to be...
First Kingmaker session finished. Two weren't present and will need to be worked in next time.Journal?
Haven't even started.
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Haven't even started.First Kingmaker session finished. Two weren't present and will need to be worked in next time.Journal?
Heh, I don't do the cleaning thing very well. Seriously, I'll cook for you, but you can wash the dishes^^
Neither do I really…
Its just something you postpone until you get so embarrassed at the state of your apartment, that'll you'll force yourself to clean the place up...especially if you're having guests come by.
Lol. Unfortunately I will say my mind isn't as clean as it used to be...
*Picks up Mort and places her on his lap, while giving her chin scratches*
Well curious kitty will be curious!
;P
You're in the company of at least one self-confessed pervert (Yup, me ^^'), so really, clean is a very relative term.
So you just keep on being you Mort kitty!
*Gives Mort a hug and a nuzzle*
"Do they have hair ninjas, your father would make a great hair ninja" - the General, master of the understatement.
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*waves*
Hello, strangers! ;P
I know it's been a while. I've had a lot going on. I have read through all the posts I've missed though, so there's that. (No, I couldn't help myself. Yes, I did have better things to do than read 5k or so posts. No, that didn't stop me.)
....and that's what I did with my summer vacation!
Hopefully I will be back to posting more regularly. If I go silent, just know that I'm reading along and will jump back in when I can.
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Hello, strangers! ;P
I know it's been a while. I've had a lot going on. I have read through all the posts I've missed though, so there's that. (No, I couldn't help myself. Yes, I did have better things to do than read 5k or so posts. No, that didn't stop me.)
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its really good to have you back. I thought you got lost in the ice cream dungeons.
I really need to make a map of the abscondi-cave and attached areas.
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Welcome back, lynora.
Hey there, Freehold DM.
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Lynora, we aren’t strangers. *waves paw happily*
Sounds like a bad case of we have good news:
The good news is, they're naming a disease after you!
They say when you build walls around yourself, you’re trapping yourself in as much as you’re blocking people out.
Are you allowed any drinks? *passes over some red wine* I think the problem with bottling it all up is that it eventually explodes. If your financial situation wasn’t the way it was – I’d suggest that you need to take a vacation somewhere, far away from people, like a deserted cold mountain top, for your sanity.
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Here's a fun way to entertain yourself while doing tedious work that requires no thought (unpacking boxes, cleaning, etc.): try setting any Bill Hicks monologue you know well enough to repeat a few lines of... to the tune of a random Gogol Bordello song (I recommend Wanderlust King).
Try it.
I'll wait here for you.
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LYNORA!
(big hugs)
(grin)
I'm glad you're back!
And happy for guarded improvement for the kiddo.
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*waves*
Hello, strangers! ;P
I know it's been a while. I've had a lot going on. I have read through all the posts I've missed though, so there's that. (No, I couldn't help myself. Yes, I did have better things to do than read 5k or so posts. No, that didn't stop me.)
LOTS AND LOTS OF IMPORTANT LIFE THINGS
Lynora, I don't know if I've ever flat out said it or not, but my step-daughter is autistic. Her particular flavor is sensory processing disorder, and it's affecting all 5 senses with her. Her autism increases her anxiety, her anxiety increases her self-destructive behaviors, her self-destructive behaviors eventually lead to full on alcohol/drug addictions and eating disorders. She also has fibromyalgia to go with it all.
We did what we could for her, but, as with most things, she had to find her own way at some point. From what we can tell, she has. For her the key was to get the anxiety under control, and then everything else fell in line fairly swiftly. Not easily, but swiftly. She's now to the point where she's actively considering trying to hold a job again.
I've seen the destruction that autism (and remember folks, it's not one single set of symptoms - it's got a bigger spectrum than human sexuality) can cause first hand. You had a rough go of things for a while now, but it sounds like you're emerging on the other side of it again, and that's a big deal. Be proud of that. Writing that took a lot of effort and bravery. Never be ashamed of who you are.
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Hello, strangers! ;P
I know it's been a while. I've had a lot going on. I have read through all the posts I've missed though, so there's that. (No, I couldn't help myself. Yes, I did have better things to do than read 5k or so posts. No, that didn't stop me.)
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its really good to have you back. I thought you got lost in the ice cream dungeons.
I really need to make a map of the abscondi-cave and attached areas.
Well, I mean, ice cream dungeons are kinda irresistible :P
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No air conditioning?!? That is sacrilege!!
Now I know, despite many legal drugs, that perhaps Europe is not for me.
Opened minds are worthless in sweaty bodies.
Lynora, we aren’t strangers. *waves paw happily*
Sounds like a bad case of we have good news:
The good news is, they're naming a disease after you!
They say when you build walls around yourself, you’re trapping yourself in as much as you’re blocking people out.
Are you allowed any drinks? *passes over some red wine* I think the problem with bottling it all up is that it eventually explodes. If your financial situation wasn’t the way it was – I’d suggest that you need to take a vacation somewhere, far away from people, like a deserted cold mountain top, for your sanity.
A nice glass of red wine sounds heavenly. Not as much as that deserted mountain top, but I’ll take what I can get. :)
And you’re right about walls, but it is very hard breaking a lifetime of conditioning
LYNORA!
(big hugs)
(grin)
I'm glad you're back!
And happy for guarded improvement for the kiddo.
*hugs*
Good to be back! I missed you guys!And congrats on the move! That was a wild read. You showed much patience dealing with so many setbacks. I hope things are settling down now for you
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Hello, strangers! ;P
I know it's been a while. I've had a lot going on. I have read through all the posts I've missed though, so there's that. (No, I couldn't help myself. Yes, I did have better things to do than read 5k or so posts. No, that didn't stop me.)
LOTS AND LOTS OF IMPORTANT LIFE THINGS
Lynora, I don't know if I've ever flat out said it or not, but my step-daughter is autistic. Her particular flavor is sensory processing disorder, and it's affecting all 5 senses with her. Her autism increases her anxiety, her anxiety increases her self-destructive behaviors, her self-destructive behaviors eventually lead to full on alcohol/drug addictions and eating disorders. She also has fibromyalgia to go with it all.
We did what we could for her, but, as with most things, she had to find her own way at some point. From what we can tell, she has. For her the key was to get the anxiety under control, and then everything else fell in line fairly swiftly. Not easily, but swiftly. She's now to the point where she's actively considering trying to hold a job again.
I've seen the destruction that autism (and remember folks, it's not one single set of symptoms - it's got a bigger spectrum than human sexuality) can cause first hand. You had a rough go of things for a while now, but it sounds like you're emerging on the other side of it again, and that's a big deal. Be proud of that. Writing that took a lot of effort and bravery. Never be ashamed of who you are.
Thank you for sharing. I definitely relate to the sensory sensitivity aspect. It’s hard living in a world that just isn’t designed with you in mind. I think the biggest thing for me is recognizing that autism isn’t my enemy. It isn’t bad. It’s just a way to describe that my brain is wired differently. I’m trying to learn to work with it instead of fighting it. And for me that’s a big part of getting my anxiety under control. I just can’t fight the rest of the world and myself at the same time. It’s too many battles.
Its not just kids btw everyone acts differently around stranger and generally just different people. adults are just more subtle.
Nothing about that sounds fun to me.Also we're taking care of my dad's dog this week so he can go to California and tool around the desert on dune buggies on legal weed with his brother and sisters for a week.
That's how you do retirement right there!
Some people like outdoor activities hanging out with family and that other thing sometimes Gran.
I personally have a rafting trip planned for Saturday. I will buy much much water proof sunscreen and hope real hard It works.
Nothing about that sounds fun to me.Also we're taking care of my dad's dog this week so he can go to California and tool around the desert on dune buggies on legal weed with his brother and sisters for a week.
That's how you do retirement right there!
Some people like outdoor activities hanging out with family and that other thing sometimes Gran.
I personally have a rafting trip planned for Saturday. I will buy much much water proof sunscreen and hope real hard It works.
I've been known to engage in, and even enjoy, outdoor activities on occasion. But dune buggies and/or the desert are never going to be involved. Neither will drugs, legal or otherwise.
And really, why would I want to do anything with CY's Dad's brother and sisters?
I mean maybe their awesome and entertaining people? But yeah desert for my pale night shift behind does sound like torture.