@Heavyarms55 I can relate on the Zapdos; it's also "shiny". The game says it's shiny, but the color swap is very slight. It came from a research breakthrough a little while back before they stopped offering legendaries. At least I like Shinx. Flower Crown Eevee and Alolan Exeggutor were very disappointing.
I also regret evolving my shiny Gastly up to a Gengar. I'd forgotten how...normal shiny Gengar looks.
@ThanosReXXX I have been to various parts of Tennessee. I'd say my favorite area is Great Smokey Mountain National Park. I like the Gatlinburg area as well for the most part, but it and neighboring Pigeon Forge are both VERY touristy. There are definitely some cool things to do there, but the amount of people...
I will leave some feedback on when I do get around to watching those DC movies. I think the last DC film I watched (and kinda enjoyed) was Suicide Squad. I meant to go see Birds of Prey, but that didn't end up happening.
On burning: In my memory, I've always been pretty susceptible to it; I had the worst sunburn in my memory when I was 14 (Short version: shoulders and neck blistered while on vacation in Southern California on our day at Sea World San Diego, then kid me was crazy enough to go swimming in the ocean the next day; bad idea). It's one of the reasons why I used to shun being outdoors a lot before I 1. started trying to be healthier by exercising/getting fresh air and 2. rediscovered that I did like being outdoors in the right settings. Unfortunately I was in the sun longer than intended yesterday and tried to compensate by sticking to the shade somewhat, but even that wasn't enough. I didn't realize I was starting to burn until it was too late. Throw in the fact that it was a very warm day and I was out speedwalking...bad combo.
Too, skin cancer is one of the things that runs on my mom's maternal side, so it's something I have to keep an eye on. My grandmother has had a spot or two removed, and my mom had the beginnings of basal cell carcinoma removed from her nose almost a decade ago.
I rarely tan unless I sustain a burn first, and even then I'm still playing with fire (almost literally) when I'm outdoors too long. I was never one who wanted or intended to tan as I knew even when it was in vogue in high school that it wasn't exactly great for you. Plus, I considered it to be a waste of time and, in the case of tanning beds, money.
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Hope everyone here has a good Memorial Day!!! Going to be barbecuing today and just chillin. Usually I go to the local lake but this year I am avoiding the crowds for obvious reasons. Anyone else Memorial Day plans different this year due to the virus??
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@WoomyNNYes Cool stuff. Always wanted to own a telescope, to stare at the moon and stars every now and then, but because I'd only ever use it as a novelty gadget, I never found it worth the money, because if I would have bought one, then I'd do it right, the first time, so I'd need quite a bit of cash...
As for that other forum topic: I can tell you one thing for sure: that username definitely got me thinking...
@BruceCM The first thing you thought of when I mentioned ELVIS was Arrested Development?
@Anti-Matter Well, you're improving. At least that's actual music, and not too bad either. I actually own a "Best of Chicago" CD, which is the band that Peter Cetera was the lead singer in, before he went solo.
@Tyranexx You have definitely made me curious about Tennessee. My idea was mostly always to visit the obvious place, aka Memphis, and see all the famous locations there. That probably sounds VERY touristy to you, I suppose.
On the sunburn: ouch! I can almost imagine those blisters myself. I have only one memory of being sun-burned when younger, and I spent almost the entire remainder of that holiday swimming with a white T-shirt on, which back in the day was the default precaution method, for not letting things get out of hand even further. And of course entire gallons of after sun lotion...
Another "great" memory I have is from a Sunday afternoon, somewhere in my twenties, sitting on a beach terrace on a boulevard, with some friends, in the summer time (obviously), slowly getting hammered on my favorite alcoholic beverage, all while thinking that I was perfectly positioned underneath the large parasol that stood beside our table, but I either miscalculated, or I slowly but surely kind of slumped down in my chair, and besides wearing a T-shirt and a boxer short, all I had on my feet were my trusty Nike sandals/slippers (plastic ones, not those leather grandpa sandals).
So, by the end of that afternoon, the topsides of both my feet looked like cooked lobsters, with some nice patterns on them, due to the holes in the slippers, and even though the alcohol did make me somewhat impervious to the pain, it was a VERY unpleasant walk back to the car. And don't even get me started on putting my socks on the next day, when I had to get back to work again...
@WoomyNNYes When I saw him post those music videos, the first thing that popped into my mind is that the artist must have been glad that his parents never named him Ed...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@BruceCM That's what you get when you don't follow the entire conversation, but choose to react to answers of other people. Entire wars have started over such kerfuffles...
@ThanosReXXX Ah, as ok as can be given all the craziness. Just busy busy busy. Haven't played games since Feb, really until Splat fest pulled me back in over the weekend!
@Tyranexx Haha. I like Gatlinburg as well. But certainly very touristy that’s for sure. I’ll admit to being a kid and doing the Ripley’s Haunted House. I think at one point two whole streets in Gatlinburg were all animatronic sideshows and souvenir shops.
But the mountains there are beautiful. It’s easy to get out and do some 3-4 mile hikes to waterfalls and swim in some of the streams dotted along the trails. Weirdly enough, those seem to be the least crowded areas of the park because a lot of the families would rather just drive their car to the scenic spots. Anyway...great memories of the Smokies.
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I am a fan of 80's music too.
80's Ballad like from Peter Cetera, Amy Grant, David Foster, Al Jarreau, etc.
80's Dance Pop music by Stock Aitken Waterman like this video.
@ThanosReXXX On Tennessee: I definitely recommend also hitting up Memphis, Nashville, and Chattanooga depending on if they have anything of interest for you, and if you have the time. Just stay out of the rough parts of Memphis. Let's just say my mom could have picked a better hotel location. XD It was definitely right next to a seedier part of town, and my mom and brother are fairly certain they saw a drug deal go down at a gas station we filled up at.
On skin burning: ...I admittedly may have a couple of small blisters forming with this round (and will likely experience some peeling), but this doesn't hold a candle to that aforementioned experience. XD I should've covered up better than I did. Again, I had assumed that I wouldn't be out enough for it to matter....Silly Tyranexx.
I don't think I've sustained too many burns on my feet, but I do know I've experienced it a time or two. I don't think those were ever too severe, but I can relate in the "uncomfortable" department. As well as with the interesting patterns from wearing sandals. I rarely wear them these days, though.
@NotTelevision I've only been to the area twice in the last ten years. I've visited the aquarium and some of the shows around there, as well as Dollywood. I haven't done the haunted house there, but I've heard some pretty decent things about it.
Part of why I like Great Smokey Mountain National Park, besides the natural environment in general, are all the mountains. Just about anywhere with mountains catches my imagination, primarily because the tallest things are small hills where I live lol. Unfortunately last time I was there I went with my family, and they aren't the type to get off the beaten path too much. We were stuck in car lines half the time, though a "shortcut" mom found via GPS to get out of the park took us off the beaten path onto some less used gravel/dirt roads. We probably wouldn't have managed it if the van didn't sit so high. To its credit, the machine DID get us out of the park. XD
@Ryu_Niiyama, and anyone else, I didn't realize until tonight, they're making a big deal out of the SpaceX launch wednesday afternoon. It's the first time the US has sent astronauts to space since the shuttle was discontinued, just over ten years ago.
Wowsers, I got seriously sucked up in some home improvement projects for the entire weekend. Hope everyone is well. I got engaged on Beale Street in Memphis. I love that town, been there a few times. Great food and music, and lots of cold beer to beat the heat.
@ThanosReXXX - I think I’m in a package deal with NBN and @Tyranexx for that beer. If you get close enough to one of us, you’re reasonably close enough to all of us that we could plan out such a thing. Hope the B&Cs treated you well.
@NintendoByNature - Man, I worked on the place all weekend until this afternoon, and then finally had a chance to fire up the ole Weber for a round of burgers and veggie kabobs. We tried our first watermelon of the season, but it wasn’t good. They don’t peak for a while yet. I know you had some good food, what was on the menu?
@Anti-Matter - Amazing song and video. Now I want to watch a certain video by Joe Esposito and enter the all Valley socially distanced, full contact karate tournament.
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As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
@Tyranexx Yeah Gengar is another one that is shiny basically only as a technicality... I know they want to be consistent, but I wish they would update the shinys that basically don't look any different. I mean yeah, both Gengar and Zapdos and a few others are different, but it's so slight that you need to have them right next to each other, in the same lighting and position, to see it...
Then again, you have a handful of hideous puke green shinys running around so I guess it's not quite as bad as it could be. I love Mamoswine but its shiny is terrible! At least Espeon looks more neon green now, but in older games it was puke green too.
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