Originally posted by Slackit02:
Radio stations.  Please stop playing nickelback.  Especially all of you all at the same time.

...or at least play some of their songs that contain elements of rock.

...

Stop laughing, I'm actually being some sort of serious. Nickelback rocked pretty well before "Silver Side Up" (the opening track on "The State" (Breathe) makes your car go really fast, for instance), and even after that was released, there's still been at least three hard rockin' songs on each album.

They do need to burn the piece of paper with that "sure thing"-formula written on it. I'm sick of listening to How You Remind Me with a new title over and over again.

Well, I just got rejected by one of the grad schools I applied to.  One down, five to go.  Then I start seriously looking at my current job as a career.

Then I OD on heroin to end it all.

Radio stations have a knack for ruining music for me.  Not that the new Nickleback was all that great to begin with, but it certainly wasn't unlikeable.  Unfortunately, when the radio stations play it ALL THE MOTHERFARKING TIME it gets old.  It's not that I really dislike My Chemical Romance either, but I swear, if they play Welcome to the Black Parade one more time ...

I remember back when I was in high school, my usual radio station played Tool's Schism all the time.  To the order of several times a day.  Once I counted it four times during daylight hours, and that didn't count when I was in class that day.  I didn't always dislike Tool, but KXRX kinda screwed that up.

I miss my satellite radio.  It works here, but the reception is crummy, so it's not worth it.  I might switch to Sirius ... I know they have repeaters within range.

 

Originally posted by Ninaka:
She'll have to move here.

 

WAH! Maybe next year.

i can't... i get the car on monday.... the car i don't know how to drive.... 


wahhh!!!...it's the mini cooper s....
that's my biggest worry.. i get this car i can't legally drive on monday.... shit...

Woah.. I haven't been an PEEL in ages...
Anyway, what the hell is this topic about?

 

i can't...

Let me dream!! 

 

Originally posted by Ribbons:
You're a networking graduate, right?   

Man, I'm totally boned if you can't get a job. I'm doing the same thing.

Computer Science and software engineering.
I probably could get some crappy job, but I don't have a car to go to any old crappy job, I neeeeed one that's close so I can roll outta bed in the morning and I'm at my desk! 

On a less "high fever" note, the PC we use at work to create cds and dvds of our software committed seppuku or something, because it sure doesn't power on at all.  Instead I'm forced to copy a set of 7 cds manually using a linux machine, a type of computer I've never once used before.  Got it figured out, but man is it a pain.

Actually, it rather reminds me of a mac OS, at least stylisticly.

Velour:  Speaking of sick cars, did you ever get yours fixed?

Crap, I slept through my entire work shift today.  Im pissed that my alarm was being gay, and also that Im too much of a wuss to call in and make up some excuse.

Its not a schedule, its just like, tues, thurs, sat 5am-whenever we finish.  THAT WONT WORK.

yeah, I was thinking along those lines.  And it would work because I have to be there at 5am, so I could have been too exhausted.  Im not overly worried, because if I got fired, I think Id have a fairly good shot at a lawsuit. There was a guy in the same area as I that often didnt show up and didnt call in and he was never fired, and only written up once, thats sexual discrimination or something right?

I was also thinking about saying I thought I had called in, but I felt so awful I might have just fallen asleep without realizing.

Nix's MP3 player > radio

You said she's comfortable and resting, but is anything expected to get worse?

Also, do you and the in-laws have some issues?

Good luck Ralph. Perhaps you'll pass it on to them.

This reminds me of that episode of Family Guy where Peter's dad comes to visit from Ireland.

     

Originally posted by Decapodian here:
Your up SineWave!

1. It's You're, which is a contraction of "You are". "Your up" means "the up which belongs to you". Does that make sense? Does it? Does it?

2. SineWave already knows that it is his turn, based on the post which told you (and everybody else) that he's "up" now.

I've noticed you doing this in this thread before and it's really pissing me off. You are doing nothing useful by making these posts, you're just wasting bandwidth in a transparent and pathetic attempt to up your own post count. That's spam. That's what kills message boards. You're like the fur inside one of PEEL's arteries whenever you do something like that.

It doesn't contribute to the thread, and you don't even bother with the (oh so thin) disguse of slipping a "congratulations" in there.

Please, for the love of God, stop doing this. First of all, the use of the wrong word is driving me nuts. Second of all, the fact that you're doing it at all is incredibly annoying, because it implies (if we assume that you have a grain of common sense and a sense of common courtesy) that you see nothing wrong with it.

Go take a good long look at the PEEL FAQ, which should help to guide your habits in a better direction.

I didn't want to post this, but furious angry rage got the better of me. However, I've posted my rant here and cross-linked, so as to avoid filling the Frame Grab thread with ranting. Which I think is indicative of the fact I have not completely degenerated into an angry protoplasmic ball of judgement.

Edit: I think the reason that it made me so angry is that the Frame Grab thread is one of the last places left in Off-Topic that hasn't been totally overrun by spazchuckers. It's come close, but it's more or less okay. I don't want to see one of the last great bastions of PEEL overwhelmed by morons. Once the floodwaters rise high enough, we'll all be doomed. Doomed! Doomed!

 

Originally posted by rach_the_tall:

This reminds me of that episode of Family Guy where Peter's dad comes to visit from Ireland.

Then Seth McFarland owes me money for royalties, since I don't watch Family Guy.  I refuse to watch shows that suck.

But then, I'm sure you would also say it reminds you of an episode of SouthPark.

 

Originally posted by airbagfailure:

now i have till next wednesday to get my manual licence so i can drive the car.... eep...

You Aussies have a special license for manual shift cars?

Unreal.

 

@ralph- i'm sorry to hear about your wife.. send her my best wishes and i hope she gets better...

Thanks.  I just got back from the hospital and talking to her docs.  She has Urosepsis, bacterial meningitis and aplastic leukemia.  She's on a Fentanyl PCA pump for pain control and has been moved to my floor - at least I know my coworkers will give her the best possible care and keep her comfortable.  I will soon lay down because I haven't had any sleep for the past 29 hours and the world is getting kinda fuzzy.

 

Originally posted by Archie2K:
 
I was under the impression that the situation was the same in the States. If you pass your test on an automatic does that then grant you license to drive a stick too?

Nope.  One size fits all here in the states.  Auto, Stick, it doesn't matter - a drivers license allows you to operate any passenger car, truck or van regardless of transmission.  We have licenses specific for large cargo vehicles, like transport trucks or vans that carry more than 16 people, but overall a license gives you carte blanche priviledges for driving anything.

Hell, some states don't even require an endorsement to drive motorcycles (Colorado does and a motorcycle endorsement isn't easy to get).

 

In the UK you can get a special license that only allows you to drive an automatic. Maureen from Driving School (obscure Brit reference) got one after failing her first 10 driving tests.

Christ, my first car was a 1969 Mustang with a 4 speed manual and almost every care I've own has been a stick.  I drive automatics now because I'm too lazy to shift.

Baggy, give yourself some credit - a manual may look intimidating, but after doing it a few times it'll become second nature and you'll drive without even thinking about shifting.

My rant:  I can't sleep.  I'm exhausted, but I just lay in the bed.  Well, at least I can watch Ghost Rider previews on my computer.

You'll love that Mini.  I have a neighbor who owns one and it's a fun little car to drive.  I'm still amazed at how my Mustang dwarfs the thing.  It doesn't have the sheer power of my Mustang, but it sure handles the mountain roads better than the Mustang ever will.