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  1. Kompressor does not dance.

  2. WATA: paywalling all of my trolling-by-mail efforts.  Bastards.

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      Slot Racers!

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I saw something recently about WATA grading PC Engine Reproductions as if they were actual, original games!   LMAO!

    4. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      @Astal4: so, there are really two problems: one, they want actual money before they'll accept anything sent their way; two, they restrict the platforms and titles selectable from their web form.

       

      I'm all for sending them copies of the long-lost prototypes for Dog Turd Cleanup, Parallel Parking Simulator, and Christmas Flight Delay '84.  Damned if I'm doing it at the prices they're demanding, though.

       

      It's almost as though they rather uncannily anticipated my opinion of their business.

  3. Sometimes it's like watching a Sonichu of our very own.

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    2. r_chase

      r_chase

      I'm sure it'll have a happer ending than what happened to that guy, but I do see what you're saying. Then again, I'm probably too kind for my own good, but who knows at this point. We have hope I guess, y'know?

    3. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      @Cebus Capucinis: as unpleasant as it is to say, a lack of surviving family members probably helps in that regard.

    4. Cebus Capucinis

      Cebus Capucinis

      Cindy Margolis, Britney Spears....same thing really.

  4. Head colds: they turn milk into an adventure in freshness!

    1. JacobZu7zu7

      JacobZu7zu7

      Too cold to understand what you wrote 🥶

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      It was so cold,  my Hot Dog turned into a Chilly Dog!

  5. Snow flurries: Good.

     

    60mph winds: ruining it :P

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      We finally had nice weather tonight!  ...and 47 for Christmas! (Today) ...Glad the extreme cold is gone!

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Looked like this tonight:

      20221224_202557.thumb.jpg.7be6b2be3d9a1be26ac6178b5391b435.jpg

      Not my house, but up the hill a ways from me :)  just to show the amount of snow...(some left, but the roads are mostly clear)...

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      My camera really sux huh?  Maybe here's a better picture:

      20221224_203034.thumb.jpg.e9862bde86b9a863cfbb95525cf4ecda.jpg

  6. If it's going to be this cold, having the appropriate weather to go with it would be appreciated.

    1. ls650

      ls650

      Not sure what you mean: it's cold but no snow?

    2. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      Yup.  Cold, windy, and dry.  We got some rain earlier this week along with a tornado warning, but no snow.

  7. Does anyone know if the status updates will be returning? :P

    1. Kiwi

      Kiwi

      Right about....... wait for it.... wait... for.... it.... NOW!!! *poof*

    2. GoldLeader
  8. @Albert 2FA's working again.  Thank you ;-)

  9. "Oh, yeah, that'll take about an hour."

     

    Never say these words before changing out glow plugs.

  10. Today, I have mostly been eating acorns.

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      So, one day I'm just running around eating parts of trees...Like you with your "acorns"...Now I'm chawing away at the outer part of a big maple and someone ( A couple, a guy and a girl)  sees me.  For some unknown reason they say, "Hey you eating that tree part over there!..."    "Yeah?" I inquire inquisitively...Then the guy says, "I hear your bark is worse than your bite!  hehaahahahaaha!"...So I went over and bit him.

  11. No more cabaña boy in your avatar.  Son, I am disappoint.

    1. Cebus Capucinis

      Cebus Capucinis

      I felt that John Candy was a much more accurate representation of the "real" me.

    2. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      I know he bought it
      We know he bought it
      He knows he bought it
      He's a good guy
      His name's John Candy
      Stripes is a classic
      His farts were drastic
      I hate those turd lines
      I mean moist skidmarks
      I don't like skidmarks
      They came from his sharts

       

      youtu.be/EJxUWibMqBA

       

    3. Corby

      Corby

      John Candy is a Canadian legend. @Cebus Capucinis you've chosen wisely

  12.  eBay sucks; film at eleven.

    1. ls650

      ls650

      I don't think that's actually news to any of us...  :D

  13. The food coma that comes from eating at our local pho joint is almost as good as the food itself.

  14. Eleven years without a Subaru Brat has been too long.  Time to start looking again.

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    2. Zoyous

      Zoyous

      That's hilarious, I love the coalescence of avoiding taxes and suggesting extremely dangerous behavior!

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Just remembered,  I made a delivery recently to a kid who'd bought a Brat.

    4. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      @GoldLeader: nice.  Hope he appreciates it and isn't treating it like his ironic '80s purchase.

  15. "May I have ten thousand marbles, please?"

  16. Stream of consciousness, stream of consciousness. Non-sequitur. Punchline!

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    2. Kiwi

      Kiwi

      Mmm.... steaks.  *drools uncontrollably*

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      You've encapsulated the ebb and flow....Not easy to see the river through the stream.   (heh) I even targeted myself...Though I'm not sure how many people got that my Super Bowl prediction comment was aimed at the mirror.

    4. jgkspsx

      jgkspsx

      My Super Bowl prediction: not the Lions. I’ve never been wrong!

  17. Today is positively crawling along.

    1. Atarian7

      Atarian7

      "...time goes slow in a place of work, the minutes drag and the hours jerk..."

    2. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      Not to mention that the hours are long and the boss is a real bastard.  Schedule's flexible, though.

       

      (I'm self-employed ;-) )

  18. Pro-tip for nasal spray users: spray directly into the nostril, not alongside the outside of the nose and into the eye.  TMYK!

    1. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      I am glad you are now a professional and can offer these tips to laymen like us!

    2. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      Oddly enough, I've been thinking of building a stage show around the PSA and taking it on the road.  It'll be three acts of music, comedy, tragedy, suspense, romance, and dancing about what does and does not go in the nose and how.  The working title is Snotlocker!, which should look great in lights.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      It's just...I've just never known a nasal spray to work, (or do anything for that matter)...If your nose is stuffed up, good luck.  But IF you can get some nasal spray up there, then it drains out and you blow your nose...

  19. Is there a list I can get on?

    1. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Wow. That's one hell of a rabbit hole you lured me into!  Fun read.

    2. Cebus Capucinis

      Cebus Capucinis

      There is! It's at the local Kinko's. Just go in and ask them to sign up, they'd be happy to help.

  20. DIDJA KNOW IT'S SNOWING RIGHT NOW? CHECK IT OUT, IT'S SNOWING! SNOWY SNOW SNOW SNOOOOOOOWWWW!

     

    - What it's like having family in parts of the country that don't get real weather when we have even the tiniest of flurries.

    1. ls650

      ls650

      I just looked out the window, and it's raining.

  21. 2020 and 2021 weren't the dystopias science fiction promised us.  Here's to hoping that 2022 fixes that! :-D

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Just checking my Doordash...Oh there it is!  Soylent Green!

  22. All the symptoms of Omicron, and no testing slots available until Wednesday.  Guess I know what I'm doing for the next 48 hours, and it ain't much.  Gonna feel really dumb if it's just a cold.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Time for new Status Update I think...Hopefully one that says you're feeling better!!

    3. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      Three negative COVID tests - two midweek, one last night.  As it's been a week since the first symptoms appeared, the good news is that it's probably not Omicron.

       

      However - and I've heard this from two different doctors - this year's 'flu shot appears to be largely ineffective against the variant(s) we're seeing in this neck of the woods.  It also doesn't help that the 'flu symptoms are incredibly similar to Omicron's, so knowing which one may actually be the cause of illness isn't definite by any means, even with testing since that's only a snapshot in time of antigens that may not have yet built up in large enough numbers to be detected.  This is why I ran myself through three tests in one week.

       

      In any event, I'm still having the sinus pressure in the head, somewhat tight chest and minor difficulty breathing (no wheezing or potential pneumonia signs, though) along with lack of concentration, lethargy, and sleeping 14-18 hours per day.  Things do seem to be gradually improving, but man are they taking their sweet time about it :-D

    4. john_q_atari

      john_q_atari

      Thanks for the update and the info. Glad to hear things are improving.

  23. Happy Christmas from the Central time zone!

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      And Merry Christmas to you from the Mountain Time Zone next door...

  24. Just realised that with the exception of the XEGS, I now have at least one example of every platform on which Atari released a cartridge-based console.

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    2. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      I'll start right now in the Jag forum.  That should get results!

      Note: in this case, by 'results' I actually mean, 'frothing-mouthed apoplectic batshittery ahoy'.

    3. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      What took you so long?

    4. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      @joeatari1: going down the A8 rabbit hole :evil:

  25. Status updates or clown car? YOU decide!

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Especially now!

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