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Trivial Pursuits => People & Places => Topic started by: Arachno-capitalist on March 27, 2007, 02:58:15 am
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So in the past couple weeks I've heard a mention of Touambies and a chat room. What happened to these things? Is there enough cohesion to make these things happen again?
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There's cohesiveness enough for anything to happen if only a member has sufficient interest and drive to take the lead on it. Hint fuck*ng hint hint.
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Periodically I am drunk enough to post on something like this. You know, like this.
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Oh yeah, now that I have a new system that works, I am so there. I have a bottle of gin quietly waiting in a cupboard for that very day.
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Periodically I am drunk enough to post on something like this. You know, like this.
What are you trying to say? Are you saying I'm drunk? Is that what you're saying?
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What are you trying to say? Are you saying I'm drunk? Is that what you're saying?
I . . . can't remember what I was saying.
I love you.
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I . . . can't remember what I was saying.
I love you.
I love you too.
Also, I am drunk.
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goddamn. All this drinking on a Monday night.
...I want to make a joke about getting ideas, but I don't really have any alcohol on hand unless I go ask the guys down the hall for some. And, you know, if you ask a guy for a beer...
I don't know where it goes from there. I guess you end up owing him a beer.
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goddamn. All this drinking on a Monday night.
...I want to make a joke about getting ideas, but I don't really have any alcohol on hand unless I go ask the guys down the hall for some. And, you know, if you ask a guy for a beer...
I don't know where it goes from there. I guess you end up owing him a beer.
I am stinking. It is time for bed.
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A-CAP, funny you should mention wanting to revive the TOUAMBies. That was AlohaDawg's baby. AlohaDawg isn't around very much anymore. I hate to draw a comparison because I know AlohaDawg, i've posted alongside AlohaDawg. A-CAP, you Sir are no AlohaDawg. However, you are the new token right winger of the board so maybe it's appropriate for you to take the ball and run with this thing.
Wanna learn about the TOUAMBies? look here (http://touamb.com/index.php/board,17.0.html).
Cheers!
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I have secret pockets of Heineken Light in the fridge that only I know about.
That is pretty much how I get drunk.
I, too, love the idea of a not-too-serious awards show and would definitely approve of one.
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Sometimes I miss the chat room. Soon I am going to be at least half-unemployed and plan to waste a lot of time sitting in the backyard with the laptop and the wireless internet in the nice spring weather.
Didn't Bobby say the chat room still existed? We just have to remember how to connect to it?
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Didn't Bobby say the chat room still existed? We just have to remember how to connect to it?
This sounds so much like a middlingly-obscure pop culture reference that my brain is trying to place it even though my rational mind is almost sure it isn't one.
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Didn't Bobby say the chat room still existed? We just have to remember how to connect to it?
This sounds so much like a middlingly-obscure pop culture reference that my brain is trying to place it even though my rational mind is almost sure it isn't one.
The chat room has been inside you the whole time! The feather was never really magic, it was always you!
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The chat room has been inside you the whole time! The feather was never really magic, it was always you!
A can for doing the joke well before I got a chance to do it poorly.
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For seriously, though, a chat room sounds pretty rocking.
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That was AlohaDawg's baby. AlohaDawg isn't around very much anymore. I hate to draw a comparison because I know AlohaDawg, i've posted alongside AlohaDawg. A-CAP, you Sir are no AlohaDawg.
...That was uncalled for, Paul.
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...That was uncalled for, Paul.
What are you talking about, that was funny as hell.
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Yeah, I know. I was just going along with it by paraphrasing Quayle's response to Bentsen. Sorry if that wasn't as clear as I had hoped.
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Oh damn I dropped the ball there.
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No, really, it was uncalled for. Im serious. Whats the point in going out of your way to tell someone they are less than someone else? that even comparing them to the other person is an insult to a guy who isnt even involved in the conversation?
Texas is the reason that the President's dead.
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No, really, it was uncalled for. Im serious. Whats the point in going out of your way to tell someone they are less than someone else? that even comparing them to the other person is an insult to a guy who isnt even involved in the conversation?
It was a joke, don't get your self-esteem in a bunch.
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Dude, what the fuck is going on around here? Waves of trolls and a bunch of noobs with skin so thin Kwai Chang Caine couldn't walk on it without leaving a mark.
I never thought you needed particularly strong sack to play in this sandbox. A-CAP, nut up.
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complaining frequently about how often other people get upset about things... seems kind of... oxymoronic? ironic? I am not sure. Being told "you're like my friend, except you aren't as good as him at all." is kind of harsh.
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I didn't misspell that, did I?
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Dude, what the fuck is going on around here? Waves of trolls and a bunch of noobs with skin so thin Kwai Chang Caine couldn't walk on it without leaving a mark.
I never thought you needed particularly strong sack to play in this sandbox. A-CAP, nut up.
kew eff tee
(quoted for truth)
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Feeling childish and immature, I ask that no one give me an additional can.
Ooooh!
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(http://www.tvacres.com/images/wanted_poster.jpg)
You don't say!
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For seriously, though, a chat room sounds pretty rocking.
I'm in there now.
WJOE server, #touamb room
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Who is the fuck*ng cock who stole my can? Dub?
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Who is the fuck*ng cock who stole my can? Dub?
From you? Never.
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WJOE?
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irc...wait a minute. You don't wanna come in here anyway, it's a bunch of bleeding heart liberals anyway.
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I miss tha sugah rain. (did i get that one right?)
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I miss tha sugah rain. (did i get that one right?)
GREAT BOARDING IS NOT A CRIME
THA SUGAH RAIN -- NEVAH FOHGET
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Well, at least we got an ironic thread title out of that little spat.
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A-CAP, funny you should mention wanting to revive the TOUAMBies. That was AlohaDawg's baby. AlohaDawg isn't around very much anymore. I hate to draw a comparison because I know AlohaDawg, i've posted alongside AlohaDawg. A-CAP, you Sir are no AlohaDawg. However, you are the new token right winger of the board so maybe it's appropriate for you to take the ball and run with this thing.
Wanna learn about the TOUAMBies? look here.
Cheers!
No, really, it was uncalled for. Im serious. Whats the point in going out of your way to tell someone they are less than someone else? that even comparing them to the other person is an insult to a guy who isnt even involved in the conversation?
But dahlink, he didn't say you were less than AD, just that you are not him. Being differentiated from AD is not a bad thing - AD, though a very valuable member of the board, is drastically opposite to the majority of the other members of this board in his politics (i.e. he was our token right winger), but he's busy raising his daughters and working his ass off, so he's not around much anymore. In his post, Paul recognizes what some of us mod's and old-timey posters are already thinking - you are similar to, but not exactly like AD. No one can replace AD- though we rarely agreed, he was a friend to us here, and when a new friend appears, we pause to remind ourselves that they are not replacements for those who are gone. In a world where only strings of letters artfully arrange can differentiate one person from another, Paul is inviting you to "take the ball and run with this thing" i.e. fill a little hole in our community (hey! back on topic! sort of!) that feels very empty now that AD's gone. Being called a token anything on a message board community is sort of a good thing - it means you've successfully forged an identity in people's minds beyond the blah, blah, blah of type. I'm the token Canadian. No problem. Paul and the rest of the people to come here to talk about cartoon cats and alive stuffed animals all seem to grasp pretty clearly that my identity reaches beyond that.
But really, if you can't handle a gentle chide, you better protect yourself by escaping now. You are welcome here, your contrasting views are of value, are interesting, will likely spark good conversation, etc. but when you post something in opposition to what most of us are thinking, you'll need to be aware that both poking-fun and intellectual discourse may arise. Don't takes things so seriously - we're here for the funny.
Back on topic:
I got mIRC installed, and popped by #toumb, but no one was home. But I know it's the middle of the day on a Thursday. Is it time to announce another TOUAMBIE IRC event? (I'm such a dork, I'm such a dork, I'm such a dork, dork, dork!.... hee hee!) Perhaps a specific day and time? Are most of us at our computers on Sundays or some other day? What about a specific reason? April Fools? Or have a Mr. Munchy chocolate bunny eating event? Or each come with a story related to being a Fool, and compete for boards biggest fool? Or some better idea?
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A-CAP, grow some balls. Whoever said to man-up above was right, man. The level of faggotry around here has increased exponentially lately.
(I'm not talking to you, ladies - go about your business getting together having pillow fights and ripping each others' pajamas off - at least that's what you're all always doing whenever my thoughts turn boardward)
I think I'm done with IRC, at least for a while, but it's nice that all ya'll are getting together there again so you can taunt the bots and not type anything in the window for hours at a time.
COMMUNITY
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And remember... you can't spell COMMUNITY without UNITY.
...or OMMU.
or IT.
or MUN.
You can spell it without thinking, though. if you practice enough. Just believe!
On chat rooms: When I'm online I typically have several chat windows open while I do other stuff, just to have people to talk to periodically as the mood strikes me. So a TOUAMB chat room would be treated the same way, at least in my case. I'd enjoy yapping with you guys in real time. Just point me in the right direction. Typically I'm online in the evenings. *shrug*
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MoF, we are alike in this regard. I connect to three different IRC networks, to do mostly what I do on this board.
Sit quietly, watch, and sternly judge.
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MoF, we are alike in this regard. I connect to three different IRC networks, to do mostly what I do on this board.
Sit quietly, watch, and sternly judge.
Ah-ha! So that's what you're doing in your avatar pic.
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Heh. Almost. I prefer to sit quietly, watch, and giggle.
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Ah-ha! So that's what you're doing in your avatar pic.
Hah! Yes... it's actually a live webcam.
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Hah! Yes... it's actually a live webcam.
You have attained stillness. Some Tibetan monks will be there shortly to announce your divinity.
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Try and get them in frame. That'd really be a moment.
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Back on topic, from the IRC, Clotho, whoever you are, you are welcome here, please post if you will.
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Back on topic, from the IRC, Clotho, whoever you are, you are welcome here, please post if you will.
I think he's a friend of Doc.
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Indeed he is, nicely deduced. He's lurking around somewhere.
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Yes I'm still here :D
What happened to the channel?
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< mfarah> restarting the server
After that... only silence.
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After that... only silence.
We had a problem. The server will be up in a few days.
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Yes I'm still here :D
What happened to the channel?
Clotho! You came!
Doc! From my chat with Clotho I now know you're from Brisbane, which I failed to realize before. I was trying to tell Clotho about my two friends from Brisbane (who I met in Indonesia) when IRC cut out. Long story short: I have two wonderful friends from Brisbane, and together they made a great film called Chinese Take Away, which I highly recommend.
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Coolies, I'll see if I can find it.
I meant to ask about the proportion of aussies at that thing. Being so close I had to figure there was more than a couple.
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The server may be down as long as Monday or Tuesday ET.
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At the same time, my free mIRC trial has expired. Anyone have any suggestions about this - is it worth it to pay the $20 for the life time membership, or is there another option I should look into?
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There are many different IRC programmes, many of which are completely free.
I do not know where they are as... I stopped being one of those people who is ahead of the curve internet-technologically somewhere around the summer of 1997... but they are definitely out there.
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There are many different IRC programmes, many of which are completely free.
I do not know where they are as... I stopped being one of those people who is ahead of the curve internet-technologically somewhere around the summer of 1997... but they are definitely out there.
I prefer Trillian (http://www.trillian.cc/) because it's an all-in-one messaging center (IRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN messenger),. It's great.
mIRC (http://www.mirc.com/) is also great for a standalone IRC client.
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I can't seem to get trillian to play nice with Bobby's irc channel so I use Chatzilla (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/rt-messaging/chatzilla/) which is a plugin for any mozilla/firefox/netscape browser. If you're not using firefox... do. Seriously.
In other news, mIRC has a free trial period? I thought that stuff was straight up free.
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I actually paid for mIRC because Chatzilla stopped working for me when we were on the old channel. But when we switched to Bobby's I happily went back. Chatzilla seems more straightforward and I also find it easier to read - as I recall, there were many options but I could never get mIRC into a layout or font or whatever that I was happy with.
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IRC is back, though the bots will be back tomorrow.
In better news, the new improved non-melted server doesn't disconnect randomly so most third party IRC clients like Trillian should work.
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I can't seem to get trillian to play nice with Bobby's irc channel so I use Chatzilla (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/rt-messaging/chatzilla/) which is a plugin for any mozilla/firefox/netscape browser. If you're not using firefox... do. Seriously.
In other news, mIRC has a free trial period? I thought that stuff was straight up free.
The last time I used mIRC, it was always free...there is a polite message when you start it up that this is not freeware and to please kindly consider making a donation to the guy who coded it. It doesn't stop working, you just get a reminder message every time you start up...from what I remember. He might have changed it?
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people, did you miss the part where he said it is back? Come on! *half-heartedly attempts to lead a cheer*
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I am sitting in there right now.
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I got real sad, because I came back from visiting people down the hall to see that you had left like 30 seconds before, smells.
so sad.
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I think I'm in the chat room now. I've never done this before, so I could be mistaken. Also, it might be late at night in most relevant places, so maybe no one is around anyway. But I will sit in what might be a chat room for a bit, while the night potentially gets later.
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it is better if you all just idle there forever