@Octane Well, I don't drink THAT much. When I say "weekly intake", I mean 3 or 4 glasses on a Saturday night.
I don't drink alcohol on week or work days. But good to know either way. If I ever find myself in a country where mosquitoes ARE stinging me, I'll just rub Bacardi all over myself before going to sleep...
@ThanosReXXX Oh I'm only momentarily here. I ran out of "Two Chinese guys and an Ethiopian walk into a bar, and here's a fan rendering of it on a real N64" posts from Damo so I ended up here.
@ThanosReXXX Oh, just the usual NL editorial penchant for posting political hot button stories disguised as gaming stories and somehow thinking the comments won't become a poop storm even when they specifically say they'll make sure they won't, if you missed that little gem. I think they do it to mess with Octane.
Ireland...because of all the booz....oh nevermind.
@NEStalgia Ah, okay. For a minute there, I thought that you thought that Octane was from Ireland, but it seems
I focused on the wrong part of that sentence...
I'd still like to know how that joke ended, though.
And which article was that? The one about the Mario 64 PC clone, or what?
@ThanosReXXX Haha, you know the old adage once you have to explain the joke....
Oh it was the Nintendo World Store article. While the mention of something happening at a Nintendo building is indeed relevant the article inexplicably spent most of the article documenting every political hot potato of the past week, with detail links and a kind comment to please not get out of hand in the comments that inevitably went out of hand. What I saw actually stayed mostly ok, but I suspect that involved a lot of effort from Octane (and maybe Eel.) The comments were locked after that....which doesn't happen often when NL prods the tiger which shows how ridiculous the whole thing was.
@NEStalgia Ah, that one. Haven't even read it yet, kind of because I suspected what would happen, which you've now confirmed. But on the other hand: a bit of a catch 22 for NLife there. It IS Nintendo-related news, so they kind of had this professional obligation to report on it, but it's definitely a "damned if they do, damned if they don't" kind of thing.
'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.'
@ThanosReXXX I think "This is what happened to the NY world store amidst protests/looting" could have been reported without playing Washington Post going into "the looting is happening because of (link) this issue, (link) this issue, (link) this issue" etc. Yeah, I do agree that reporting on the World Store is on-point. But the article leaned heavily into being reporting on the US political landscape with Nintendo being a loose framework to tie it in. In the same vein of "pirating is bad and you shouldn't do it. Here's 30 awesome things pirates are doing."
@Eel I didn't find them all that different from the water bottles that I used to take with me to the gym, or when I went cycling, so that's why I didn't see any reason to laugh at you. Had I actually caved back then, and bought that gyro-bowl, then you would have had every right to laugh at me, though...
@NEStalgia Yeah, forgot to mention that bit. They could have worded it differently, apparently. But I wouldn't have been able to tell, because like I said, I haven't read the article itself.
'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.'
@Heavyarms55 Yard work is a love/hate relationship for me. I don't mind keeping some of my property looking spick and span where bushes and other wanted plants are involved. It's the weeding and mowing that I really dislike. A benefit to the latter, at least, is that sometimes I can zone out on the less rough bits of lawn. I tend to do some of my best thinking then. Unfortunately, mowing also triggers my allergies....
@ThanosReXXX Trust me, there are plenty of "old wisdoms" and "wives' tales" floating around here, too. I have an uncle who still believes that pink chewing gum gets rid of moles (the digging kind), an older aunt who used to believe cracking your knuckles makes them swell, and how persimmon seeds cut in half can help predict what kind of winter we'll have. Some of them are neat to go along with and learn about, but I doubt few really believe them lol.
And yeah, that article @NEStalgia mentioned went downhill fast. It didn't start out TOO badly, but the further down I read, the worse it got. IMO, at the very least the comments should have been locked from the get-go.
@Zuljaras Thanks for the photos + video! It's nice to see the final product! You have a real talent for creating figurines! Does the cyclops have a name? Or is it based off of a specific one from Greek/Roman mythology, like Polyphemus?
@NintendoByNature Hey, just wanted to mention that I saw your comments in a certain volatile article earlier and was about to post a response there, but the comments were locked around then. To get to the point, I agree with everything you typed out and hope that you and yours are safe. While most protests downstate have been peaceful, some of the smaller cities are also experiencing issues from those who are taking advantage of the discord and causing trouble.
@Tyranexx yea i appreciate that, really. We're safe so far, but my family is pretty terrified. It's not just neighboring towns, but neighboring subdivisions that have been hit. Not to get too far into it, but thank you; and I hope you stay safe as well down there.
I have an uncle who still believes that pink chewing gum gets rid of moles
@Tyranexx Wait, WHAT??? How is that even supposed to work, then?
I do know the one about the knuckles. That used to be VERY persistent over here as well. Either swollen hands/knuckles, or getting some other kind of damage, such as worn bones in your fingers. Of course, nowadays we know that it's not the knuckles themselves (or any bone or cartilage) that creates the sound, but air moving between the moving parts.
On a side note: tell your uncle that what actually DOES work against moles, is to cut a glass bottle clean in half, horizontally, and then put the upper part into the ground, neck down. That'll catch winds and will amplify that sound, which will then reverberate through the ground, and moles REALLY don't like that.
Doesn't work on all kinds, though. And some of these buggers are just too stupid to find another garden or yard to dig in, so they'll keep coming back anyways, but at the very least, it'll be highly disruptive to their digging efforts.
@ogo79 It's dangerous to go alone. Here, take this:
'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.'
@NintendoByNature Good to hear! And thanks. Yeah, I'm not gonna get into it past this point - this site is one of the few oases I have right now from RL - but thought I'd check up on ya.
@ThanosReXXX Supposedly, moles will be tricked into eating the gum (various methods of what to do out there) and that it'll "gum up their insides" or kill them or something like that. I'd think most animals would avoid something so foreign in their environment such as that, and I haven't found any proof that gum works lol.
I'll have to try the bottle trick sometime. The reason I even know a thing or two about some of the odder ways to get rid of moles is because they like tunneling through different areas of my yard. The gum tale was among the advice I received on getting rid of them. I don't mind TOO much if they stay away from some of my landscaping, but there's an in-ground tire planter I have to watch. One tunneled into it last year and unfortunately really rearranged the bulbs I had in it. Most didn't come up this spring, and most of the ones that did are definitely out of place.
Ornery, troublesome things. I do know they dislike a ton of loud noise. You'd think my mowing activities would scare them away, but it seems I haven't done that frequently enough for it to work.
So... some while back, I mentioned to several people that besides having ordered a couple of Switch games, I also used my final work bonus for something actually useful, and something not so useful (but still highly enjoyable nonetheless), which I've kind of kept as a surprise so far, because I wanted to be able to firmly test run it, to find out if it was worth my money and/or if I would REALLY be happy with my purchase. Turns out, I most definitely am. But seeing as I want it to be a surprise still, I'll slap a big spoiler wall on it, so you people will have to click the blacked out part of this comment to see.
The useful thing I bought was a new desk chair, because the old one had a broken arm rest on one side, and wasn't really all that comfortable to sit in anymore. Then again: it was also incredibly cheap. Bought it roughly two years ago at IKEA for about 25 euros:
And the chair I bought now, is 137 euros. Bit of price difference there, and it not only shows, but also feels the part, so I'm very happy with this one useful purchase as well:
It's also a REALLY nice gaming chair, as I've found out today. And seeing as it can tilt back quite a bit, I reckon it probably ain't too shabby for taking a nap in either...
So, now for the surprise part: go ahead, click on it, I dare you...
(I'll just tag you @BruceCM, because you were the last one I discussed this with, and perhaps you may still be wondering what it was that I bought)
And with this purchase of the Neo Geo Mini, I've now completed the purchase of all the Minis that I actually wanted to own: the NES, SNES, Genesis/Megadrive and this one.
For those interested, the complete gallery with a couple more pictures can be found here. I figured I was already photo-bombing the Chit-Chat thread as it is, so I didn't want to post any more pictures of it here.
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