+OLD CS1 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 1/22/2024 at 7:08 PM, GDMike said: Party pooper Quote For non-native English speakers out there, "read" is pronounced like "lead" and "read" is pronounced like "lead". 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5395338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, OLD CS1 said: For non-native English speakers out there, "read" is pronounced like "lead" and "read" is pronounced like "lead". and then you get to the various triple combinations that all sound the same but have totally different usages: to too two read reed rede 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5395379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I dare not tell you how long I rhymed "crevice" and "novice" with "device". That is similar to the German words mentioned above: the point of stress. Romance languages and Greek often use an accent to indicate it, not the Germanic languages. If you wonder how we native speakers get along with some difficult aspects in our language: not always, and it is that facepalm moment when you notice you have been misreading that word several times. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5395474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) 🚦🧨💩🚙🤧 Edited January 24 by jrhodes 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5395535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 That is downright brutal 😂 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5395547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 If you once had a diarrhea in your skiing vacation, with your ski suit and ski boots on, desperately trying to reach the safe harbor before Bad Things happen, you won't laugh about that one. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5395566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, mizapf said: If you once had a diarrhea in your skiing vacation, with your ski suit and ski boots on, desperately trying to reach the safe harbor before Bad Things happen, you won't laugh about that one. Try being 12 years-old, on the school bus, and having to head straight to the nurse to call your mom to come get you because you Terrance and Philliped in your snow pants. 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5395619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serafini Lapo Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 14 hours ago, mizapf said: Se una volta hai avuto la diarrea durante la tua vacanza sulla neve, con la tuta da sci e gli scarponi da sci addosso, cercando disperatamente di raggiungere il porto sicuro prima che accadano cose brutte, non riderai di quello. this is truly terrible!!🤣 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5396179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 With my retro systems, i never allow snacks near them. But when it comes to my PC well, i'm guilty. Usually a bag of Lay's chips, a sardine quesadilla, or just a PB toast. I'm going to have to clean out my keyboard crumbs soon, maybe package them up and sell them? 1 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 34 minutes ago, jrhodes said: With my retro systems, i never allow snacks near them. But when it comes to my PC well, i'm guilty. Usually a bag of Lay's chips, a sardine quesadilla, or just a PB toast. I'm going to have to clean out my keyboard crumbs soon, maybe package them up and sell them? Considering the number of keyboards I have had to clean, replace, or set on fire because of people who eat lunch at their desks, this kind-of turned my stomach. 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Torrax Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 My cat likes to lay on my keyboard, or have her paws streched across it. So I'm finding bits of cat litter in my keyboards the past 3 years. It's a constant battle of cat hair and litter in my cleaning woes. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 11 hours ago, jrhodes said: I'm going to have to clean out my keyboard crumbs soon, maybe package them up and sell them? Well now, this brings back a few unsavory support-related memories I had thought were sufficiently buried within the depths of my subconscious. Oh, dear. 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, InsaneMultitasker said: Well now, this brings back a few unsavory support-related memories I had thought were sufficiently buried within the depths of my subconscious. Oh, dear. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 2 hours ago, InsaneMultitasker said: Well now, this brings back a few unsavory support-related memories I had thought were sufficiently buried within the depths of my subconscious. Oh, dear. ARGH! me too. News reporter terminal keyboards. YUUUk! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 You have yet to see the Federal worker that turns up at their desk with a giant carton of sardines and crackers and the largest Big Gulp cup ever made, spewing all kinds of random detritus on the keyboard, monitor, desk, chair, and floor. You almost need to be in a full hazmat suit to enter the cube to clean it. . . 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 43 minutes ago, Ksarul said: You have yet to see the Federal worker that turns up at their desk with a giant carton of sardines and crackers and the largest Big Gulp cup ever made, spewing all kinds of random detritus on the keyboard, monitor, desk, chair, and floor. You almost need to be in a full hazmat suit to enter the cube to clean it. . . The only solution. 43 minutes ago, Ksarul said: giant carton of sardines and crackers What the hell is wrong with people?! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 The IBM Model M keyboards could take a licking (no pun intended) yet that always meant a more disgusting mess by the time they quit working. One of my enterprising workers on the field tech side of the house like to call these treasures "keyboard archaeological digs". I knew better than to respond to his, "want to see what I found" questions. 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I seem to remember some prank where people put lawn seeds in a messy keyboard at my university. 1 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serafini Lapo Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 9 hours ago, Torrax said: Al mio gatto piace sdraiarsi sulla mia tastiera o allungare le zampe su di essa. Quindi negli ultimi 3 anni ho trovato pezzi di lettiera di gatto nelle mie tastiere. È una battaglia costante tra peli di gatto e rifiuti nei miei problemi di pulizia. Here I am! I have 2 cats, I know something about it..🤣🤣 Once I was almost done typing a game when I suddenly... er... ran off to the bathroom. while I was there I thought "noooo look at that.. " I returned and was almost tempted to start the Ti99 program, given the series of hieroglyphs they had managed to write🤣 Who has cats like this at home?🙋🏻♂️ 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5399848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 LOGO FAIL Somebody check the screen printing before we ship! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5400222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I know i just posted yesterday, but... Take a gander at this. I've done my share of sketchy 💩, but this... Why?! Spoiler They do make adapters you know. 2 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5400365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, jrhodes said: I know i just posted yesterday, but... Take a gander at this. I've done my share of sketchy 💩, but this... Why?! Hide contents They do make adapters you know. Because Gorfus the Barbarian wanted it so. . .LOLOLOL 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5400413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FALCOR4 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 On 1/29/2024 at 11:18 PM, Ksarul said: You have yet to see the Federal worker that turns up at their desk with a giant carton of sardines and crackers and the largest Big Gulp cup ever made, spewing all kinds of random detritus on the keyboard, monitor, desk, chair, and floor. You almost need to be in a full hazmat suit to enter the cube to clean it. . . You must be talking about someone I used to work with <lol>, did pretty much the same thing. To add insult to injury, he would routinely throw his empty can of sardines into other people's trash cans. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5400636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I was looking over the TI book archive (https://harmlesslion.com/tibooks/) and it struck me that whenever there are pictures of a family or a user on a book cover, they are almost always wearing sweaters. It seems that winter time is the preferred season for photographing book covers... Odd... 1 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5400776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
senior_falcon Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 On 1/29/2024 at 11:18 PM, Ksarul said: You have yet to see the Federal worker that turns up at their desk with a giant carton of sardines and crackers and the largest Big Gulp cup ever made, spewing all kinds of random detritus on the keyboard, monitor, desk, chair, and floor. You almost need to be in a full hazmat suit to enter the cube to clean it. . . Now, now. That post hits awfully close to home. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/207/#findComment-5400953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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