Topic: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread (Read 934654 times)

xolik · « **Reply #3325 on:** May 18, 2008, 12:09:17 PM »

I think we all say this coming.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080518/lf_afp/lifestyleentertainmentjapantourism_080518024123

canoftuna · « **Reply #3326 on:** May 18, 2008, 01:15:40 PM »

12AX7, your signature is nine kinds of awesome.

Dark Shade · « **Reply #3327 on:** May 18, 2008, 01:58:48 PM »

Quote from: canoftuna on May 18, 2008, 01:15:40 PM

12AX7, your signature is nine kinds of awesome.

Nine? Why not ten? Surely the man deserves an even number!

canoftuna · « **Reply #3328 on:** May 18, 2008, 02:09:19 PM »

Quote from: Dark Shade on May 18, 2008, 01:58:48 PM

Nine? Why not ten? Surely the man deserves an even number!

Because ten is too predictable! Nine is used far less often, therefore making the praise even more special.

Eh. I ain't got nuttin'.

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #3329 on:** May 19, 2008, 06:39:00 AM »

Hi, not dead.

And I finally get that icon pickled kitten!

12AX7 · « **Reply #3330 on:** May 19, 2008, 02:55:48 PM »

Quote from: canoftuna on May 18, 2008, 01:15:40 PM

12AX7, your signature is nine kinds of awesome.

Thanks!

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ydnamtnediserp · « **Reply #3331 on:** May 19, 2008, 08:43:27 PM »

so my totally awesome co-worker, ron, surprised me today with a friggin' cool as hell marilyn monroe print he stumbled across at a flea market in new jersey recently.

i have the best co-workers ever.

canoftuna · « **Reply #3332 on:** May 20, 2008, 02:28:40 PM »

I started training for my new job (blackjack dealer in some fancy casino). Should be interesting, to say the least.

The_FOO · « **Reply #3333 on:** May 20, 2008, 04:44:02 PM »

Quote from: canoftuna on May 20, 2008, 02:28:40 PM

I started training for my new job (blackjack dealer in some fancy casino). Should be interesting, to say the least.

Are they going to train you to spot cheaters/card counters/etc? I think that would be pretty cool.

Wunderkind · « **Reply #3334 on:** May 20, 2008, 10:21:53 PM »

This afternoon we had hailstorm. As soon as it started we ran out to get the horses in and I was hit on the head by a broken branch.
...

Of all the things that could happen to me in a hailstorm, I was hit on the head with a branch. Nice.

canoftuna · « **Reply #3335 on:** May 21, 2008, 02:18:07 AM »

Quote from: The_FOO on May 20, 2008, 04:44:02 PM

Are they going to train you to spot cheaters/card counters/etc? I think that would be pretty cool.

No. Those are the things you learn when you want to go higher up in the chain-of-command. I'm just learning to be a mere blackjack dealer. With that said, I plan on taking the next Pai Gow class (which should fall right around a few months after comfortably dealing blackjack).

The_FOO · « **Reply #3336 on:** May 21, 2008, 10:34:43 AM »

We don't have anything like that at the local Casino. I've kinda half assed though about applying there as a change of pace from IT stuff.

xolik · « **Reply #3337 on:** May 21, 2008, 01:19:37 PM »

Quote from: The_FOO on May 21, 2008, 10:34:43 AM

We don't have anything like that at the local Casino. I've kinda half assed though about applying there as a change of pace from IT stuff.

That's one of my dreams. I want to buy a place out in Nevada and get a job working at a casino. Although I'd probably still be in some kind of IT function.

canoftuna · « **Reply #3338 on:** May 21, 2008, 04:39:30 PM »

From what I hear, it's pretty hard getting a job like that. You would have a better chance getting a job at one of the casinos where I live. They're still really fancy and all that, but you don't need years of dealing experience to get the job, and dealing school is *free*.

The_FOO · « **Reply #3339 on:** May 21, 2008, 06:49:41 PM »

Quote from: canoftuna on May 21, 2008, 04:39:30 PM

From what I hear, it's pretty hard getting a job like that. You would have a better chance getting a job at one of the casinos where I live. They're still really fancy and all that, but you don't need years of dealing experience to get the job, and dealing school is *free*.

*laughs*
I just got a mental image of some d00d standing on a street corner saying "Hey buddy, wanna buy some cards?"

Dark Shade · « **Reply #3340 on:** May 22, 2008, 04:42:08 AM »

Quote from: The_FOO on May 21, 2008, 06:49:41 PM

*laughs*
I just got a mental image of some d00d standing on a street corner saying "Hey buddy, wanna buy some cards?"

I'm not laughing. That d00d is me.

xolik · « **Reply #3341 on:** May 22, 2008, 05:15:23 PM »

Slow days at work are the worst. All I can do is wait for things to break or pull nonsense busytime projects out of the air to pass the time.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #3342 on:** May 22, 2008, 06:09:37 PM »

Why is it called Pai Gao some places and Red Dog others?

The_FOO · « **Reply #3343 on:** May 22, 2008, 08:05:25 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on May 22, 2008, 06:09:37 PM

Why is it called Pai Gao some places and Red Dog others?

Cause people can't figure out how to pronounce Pai Gao. (or think it's some sort of Chinese food)

Wunderkind · « **Reply #3344 on:** May 23, 2008, 01:50:35 AM »

We had to put my grandfather in assisted living today. My mom's beating herself up like crazy because we can't help him in his current physical condition. (He's a little emotionally abusive too so his general atmosphere isn't good for her, but she's freaking out because she can't take care of him herself anymore.)

I feel bad too because I work full time and can't afford not to in order to help take care of him. Sucky day.

The_FOO · « **Reply #3345 on:** May 23, 2008, 07:52:22 AM »

That does suck.

The_FOO · « **Reply #3346 on:** May 23, 2008, 07:58:40 AM »

After an interrupted nights sleep (woke up at 2ish and couldn't get back to sleep until 5ish) I woke up from a bad dream at 9:11 this morning.

I don't remember a whole lot, but right as I woke up there was a little girl (I think she was Japanese) peeking in through a creepy
basement window at someone scary looking piling wood in front of a front loading washing machine. All the while saying "I know there's a
little girl in there".

I woke up at that point, but I know that the scary person was going to light the wood on fire. Earlier in the dream
I remember being in that same (haunted) house in the present and part of that washing machine was boiling/bubbling.

It was really weird, and I can't really remember a whole lot more, but for some reason most of the old NOC
crew from Rcom was living in the house, and I remember someone saying Herb (one of the guys I used to work with) was dead, and I kept
having these flash backs to different children peeking into that same creepy basement window at different points in the houses past. And
they'd all see that same scary person, but I only remember the wood once.

Weird?

Demosthenes · « **Reply #3347 on:** May 23, 2008, 09:36:50 AM »

Dude. Seriously. Stop it. You're freaking me out.

The_FOO · « **Reply #3348 on:** May 23, 2008, 10:30:53 AM »

Quote from: Demosthenes on May 23, 2008, 09:36:50 AM

Dude. Seriously. Stop it. You're freaking me out.

How the hell do you think I felt? *shudders*

I rarely remembers my dreams for the most part. The only ones I normally recall are the scary ones that wake me up. I have a recurring one of being chased through some sort of research lab by werewolves.

Dark Shade · « **Reply #3349 on:** May 23, 2008, 03:56:14 PM »

In my dreams, I have a pony.

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