The Syndicate

This is pretty random, lol, but I couldn't find a thread for questions about the site. I'm looking for the ppp option in the User Control Panel but can't find it anywhere. Anyone have any idea where it is?

bea wrote:oh also - more random - there is some srrs re-evaluation of my life going on right now. I'm holding out for the new GM to start at the store. I am giving him a bit of time to get settled - but once he comes in and I'm not working 50-60 hours a week, I'm using my extra time for job hunting. I've made no secret about that. But what kind of jobs I'm looking into.... well....let's just say I'm open to things I've not always been open to before. Maybe it's time for me to think about being in a classroom again. And now is the perfect time to start looking at what I need to do to be certified, and getting that all done before this school year is out - so that I can job hunt in the summer.

I still need to leave this job on good terms - it's the only job I've held in this state. I NEED the reference.

I'll keep you all posted as it becomes relevant . But I'm considering things I've not considered in a LONG time. And that's probably very good for me. Maybe - just maybe - I'm ready for a classroom again.

bea, I don't know how I missed this but I'm so glad you are going to job hunt! You will find something much more suited for your talents and energy. Whoop-ee for you!!

This probably isn't the right place for this question but where can I find the list of games and order in which they will be played?

bea fry some shrimp and potatoes (home cut fries) ymmmm

Oh my gosh Mongoose how awful. I can imagine you hurt all over. Hope you get better soon.

Now on a completely different and random topic that has nothing to do with the most important thing here which is obviously Mongoose's wreck, we need a fantasy football team here. We have one on RM, we have one on HV, why shouldn't the syndicate have one? The thing is, are there any football peeps that come here besides me (and epignosis, he's in one of my other leagues)?

again Mongoose, this is nowhere near as important as your injuries - ring that bell often!

S~V~S wrote:I ordered my fist Christmas present today, some fireplace firestarter candles for my pyro Dad. Not sure whether to feel proud, or ashamed.

I would feel very good if i already had one christmas present.

I think you made the right decision S~V~S.

Are we talking about volumizer? Like I run through my hair before i dry it? It's not expensive at all here.

S~V~S wrote:I ordered my fist Christmas present today, some fireplace firestarter candles for my pyro Dad. Not sure whether to feel proud, or ashamed.

I just wanted to tell you I ordered my first christmas presents today and I wish I were you and had ordered early.

I hope everyone is having a happy christmas eve and will have a merry christmas or you had a happy hanukkah! Or all three!

aww that's such a sweet story zeek. And congratulations!

I guess I will not take one of the bicycle tours if we go to london this year.

I love cherries but can't stand watermelon. Something about the consistency.

OH MY GOD!!! YOU ARE BACK!

or that is someone pretending to be you

. Where have you been? You sneak into our conversation all the time here "remember rabbits game where xyz happened". We have missed you a bunch. Wait til everyone finds out - in fact i have to tell a few people by pm right now.

Hahahahaha that sig!

Oh that avi would be so cool!

This one ^^ makes me howl with laughter.

Roxy wrote:SVS is coming to visit me this weekend! I have not been excited over anything in months so I am so very happy right now!

You two will have lots of fun!

So sorry MP, I was also for Federer.

I wish I understood anything in the above ^ post!

Oh! Well thanks for that. I was racking my brain over TdF!

Epignosis wrote:School closed today.

I feel sorry for the little elementary school kids who already got picked up by the buses.

will the buses turn around and take them back or have the roads gotten too bad?

Has anyone here had trouble upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7? Does the download also install it? I'm on the free program if that makes a difference.

Thank you indiglo! Thats exactly the kind of thing I needed to know.

Epi, I've held out as long as I can. The free offer is only available for 20 more days (I signed up for it in like October just haven't had the courage to do it) so I don't want to miss the time period for getting it for free. And you're right, I won't be doing anything heavy like gaming with the computer. I will have to dig out Word and I guess Excel plus my Express email but that shouldn't be too hard.

Thanks for all the advice - you too Vompati.

I missed that last post by Vomps. There isn't anything worth stealing on my computer. I only use it for email, the internet, Word, Explorer, and Firefox stuff like chatzilla.

Epignosis wrote:
juliets wrote:I missed that last post by Vomps. There isn't anything worth stealing on my computer. I only use it for email, the internet, Word, Explorer, and Firefox stuff like chatzilla.
'Cept what the govuhment puts on there to frame you.

lol, I doubt they want to frame me

Does anyone know what happened to Hedville?

Thanks indiglo. I agree that is heart breaking, not that I went there much any more either but one of my fantasy football games was at that site. Plus SVS and bea (I think bea) have a Stoners II game coming up and I wanted to re-fresh my memory on Stoners I which they ran there. Oh well. I feel bad for Grimmy.

Golden wrote:A boy arrived for us on the 7th, not long before midnight. His name is hamish. He was big but not quite as big as they expected. No sleep for me.

For those who know Sophie, she was due the same time as us but hers came earlier, a couple of weeks ago. She had a boy called Julian.

Thats great Golden congratulations! And sophie you as well!

Epi come to the chatzy and tell us about it.

Keep us posted as to whether your offer is accepted! The house is really a find, I've got my fingers crossed for you.

Thats great!! I guess my guess that their counter would be at 123K was close! When is the proposed closing date?

Congrats Elo and Epi you deserve all this good luck! Your new house is beautiful and looks like a great place to settle your family. Time to celebrate!

Glad to hear you're ok Golden. I've been keeping up with it via radionz online - there are some pictures on there as well. Thanks for letting us know.

I agree with Epignosis llama - tell your story.

Yeah I didn't get the thing about older people being creepy either. Maybe an older person who lives in the creepiest house in the neighborhood but not just an old person in general.

Glad you updated us Eloh and that's great about the closing date! Earlier than you expected! I hope that means you can take your time and move over like a week instead of everything at once on one day.

Oh ok, that explains it. I have years of accumulated "stuff" like extra dishes, kitchen gadgets i don't use daily, etc. We unpacked for a week last time we moved.

thellama73 wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:After years of trying, I've finally been able to enjoy the taste of whiskey, the past couple weeks.
I dabbled with scotch for years, always kind of liking it but never loving it. Then I discovered bourbon and now I am a full-on whiskey drinker. It's great.

And G-Man, of course you're supposed to sip whiskey. It tastes too good and is too expensive to shoot.

I also dabbled with scotch for years but just because thats what my dad drank. I ultimately gave it up for the wonderful world of wine. Bourbon? Maybe in my eggnog but otherwise I have no taste for it at all.

A Person wrote:
thellama73 wrote:It just occurred to me that maybe the 200 zillion antidepressant ads I have to constantly watch on Youtube are because pharmaceutical companies think only depressed people watch Youtube.
Actually there have been studies that correlate certain internet habits to depression.

I haven't seen an ad on the internet in a long time.

What do you use to block the ads?

Dom wrote:Can I just say every LC/BR game?

qft ^

So my laptop keeps shutting down randomly after 10 - 30 minutes. My husband says I might as well just get a new one rather than pay someone to fix it. Any suggestions on what I should get? Should I finally bite the bullet and get an Apple? Can i run microsoft office on a Mac? Or should i just stick with a PC?

Oh thanks llama that is very helpful. Maybe i will bite the bullet.

Epignosis wrote:I'm partial to HPs myself.

Ah yes, there is a new HP that got a good review from The Verge. I may take a look at it, though I'm leaning Mac. I'm just so tired of dealing with these damn windows 10 updates that don't take and are glitchy.

Vompatti wrote:If I was forced to get a relatively recent laptop I'd get a Thinkpad X200.

Interesting - I have a lenovo now actually but its not a thinkpad.

llama and dom, i just put in my order for my new mac book air! yay christmas!

I will no longer be able to use my beloved chatzilla to get on irc. Does anyone have any experience with colloquy? Is that the right program for me to use on a Mac?

I'm sleepy.

Ricochet wrote:
juliets wrote:I'm sleepy.
Did you get to New Years?

No - but when I went to bed the firecrackers and fireworks kept me up.

Yikes! Car alarms!

And Happy New Year everyone!

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