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Brinniel · 04-29-2009, 07:43 AM

New England weather, which can be very confusing at times. We had some beautiful weather the past few days, which was quite refreshing after months of wearing jackets. Then yesterday the high got to 93F (34C), which was in fact a bit too hot and very unusual for April. Today it's supposed to only get to 59F (15C). How on earth can the temperature be cut in half (and a little more) in 24 hours?

Okay, I know New England weather does tend to be bipolar (much like my hometown of Boise actually), but c'mon this is a bit extreme. Can Mother Nature please decide whether it's spring or summer already?

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 04-29-2009, 02:47 PM

I assign getting a new computer, normally I'd assign this to the Shire, but my lovely father put parental controls on that thing, so now I can only go on at certain times. It also doesn't have internet on it yet, probably will b in a couple of days though.

Mithalwen · 05-06-2009, 02:19 PM

Customer Services - I phoned 3 lots today. The two where I was ordering / checking progress were super-efficient friendly and helpful. The one I needed to complain about I was hanging on for ages waiting for an operative to be free before I gave up. Funny that

Nerwen · 05-16-2009, 03:57 PM

Brushtail possums. They have to be one of the most easily-tamed species on Earth, they're terribly cute as babies and even as adults... and they rip tiles off your roof, eat all your plants (including cacti) and fight with each other all night.

If you're ever in Melbourne and you hear what sounds like a leopard snarling in the night... that would be a possum. Cobra-like hiss? That's another possum that doesn't like the first possum. Horrible, ear-piercing screeching that would put a Nazgûl to shame? The two possums have decided to settle their differences by beating the living daylights out of each other.

Oh, and that's not really a horse galloping up and down on the roof in the middle of the night, just a possum running to... I don't know, express the joy of possum-hood. Or something.

A couple got in through a hole they've made behind the stove and rampaged around my kitchen at about three a.m. this morning. I'll have to do something about that. Like build a new wall.

~Nerwen the Sleepless.

TheOrcWithNoName · 05-17-2009, 11:18 AM

new fangled flat-screen TVs, their huge & overly complex remote controls and the user manual with almost as many pages as The Two Towers.

All I wanna do is plug-in & watch straight from the box, and not spend a life-time sorting out another bunch of cables, scart sockets, RGBs. USBs and a partridge in a pear tree!

Enough of the fancy specs, just give me something functional. Basically, keep it simple, stupid

Thinlómien · 05-17-2009, 01:03 PM

Computer and xbox and whatever games. They're entertaining but darn time-consuming.

Eurovision Song Contest (I know I've assigned this before) - it's so stupid but such great entertainment!

Analysis of poetry. I find it fascinating but some parts of it I just don't understand whatever I do.

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-17-2009, 02:28 PM

Lommy, I second the Eurovision Song Contest - the musical quality is nowhere near as good as the entertainment value!

Rune Son of Bjarne · 05-17-2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Computer and xbox and whatever games. They're entertaining but darn time-consuming.

Eurovision Song Contest (I know I've assigned this before) - it's so stupid but such great entertainment!

Analysis of poetry. I find it fascinating but some parts of it I just don't understand whatever I do.

I don't think the consept is stupid.

It is just odd that it has to be so tacky all the time. . .

I don't get the people that hate it, and I don't get the peope that are fanatics, I guess Orthanc is just the place for it.

04-29-2009, 07:43 AM	#1
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	New England weather, which can be very confusing at times. We had some beautiful weather the past few days, which was quite refreshing after months of wearing jackets. Then yesterday the high got to 93F (34C), which was in fact a bit too hot and very unusual for April. Today it's supposed to only get to 59F (15C). How on earth can the temperature be cut in half (and a little more) in 24 hours? Okay, I know New England weather does tend to be bipolar (much like my hometown of Boise actually), but c'mon this is a bit extreme. Can Mother Nature please decide whether it's spring or summer already? __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

04-29-2009, 02:47 PM	#2
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I assign getting a new computer, normally I'd assign this to the Shire, but my lovely father put parental controls on that thing, so now I can only go on at certain times. It also doesn't have internet on it yet, probably will b in a couple of days though. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

05-06-2009, 02:19 PM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Customer Services - I phoned 3 lots today. The two where I was ordering / checking progress were super-efficient friendly and helpful. The one I needed to complain about I was hanging on for ages waiting for an operative to be free before I gave up. Funny that __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-16-2009, 03:57 PM	#4
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Brushtail possums. They have to be one of the most easily-tamed species on Earth, they're terribly cute as babies and even as adults... and they rip tiles off your roof, eat all your plants (including cacti) and fight with each other all night. If you're ever in Melbourne and you hear what sounds like a leopard snarling in the night... that would be a possum. Cobra-like hiss? That's another possum that doesn't like the first possum. Horrible, ear-piercing screeching that would put a Nazgûl to shame? The two possums have decided to settle their differences by beating the living daylights out of each other. Oh, and that's not really a horse galloping up and down on the roof in the middle of the night, just a possum running to... I don't know, express the joy of possum-hood. Or something. A couple got in through a hole they've made behind the stove and rampaged around my kitchen at about three a.m. this morning. I'll have to do something about that. Like build a new wall. ~Nerwen the Sleepless. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

05-17-2009, 11:18 AM	#5
TheOrcWithNoName Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2009 Location: Birmingham, central England Posts: 48	new fangled flat-screen TVs, their huge & overly complex remote controls and the user manual with almost as many pages as The Two Towers. All I wanna do is plug-in & watch straight from the box, and not spend a life-time sorting out another bunch of cables, scart sockets, RGBs. USBs and a partridge in a pear tree! Enough of the fancy specs, just give me something functional. Basically, keep it simple, stupid __________________ "No that's fame. Fame has a fifteen minute half-life, infamy lasts a little longer."

05-17-2009, 01:03 PM	#6
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Computer and xbox and whatever games. They're entertaining but darn time-consuming. Eurovision Song Contest (I know I've assigned this before) - it's so stupid but such great entertainment! Analysis of poetry. I find it fascinating but some parts of it I just don't understand whatever I do. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

05-17-2009, 02:28 PM	#7
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Lommy, I second the Eurovision Song Contest - the musical quality is nowhere near as good as the entertainment value! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'