Madelaine McMasters Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: a 1.5 oz shot of my coffee has as much caffeine as a can of Red Bull. I wonder... if you were being chased by a red bull, would you need caffeine? Would the adrenaline be sufficient? ETA: Let's presume that caffeine is evolutionarily advantageous. Will that selection pressure decimate the non coffee drinking humans? I have no children, so this is only a hypothetical concern to ponder as I sip my root beer. ETA2: Welcome back, btw. ;-). Edited June 14, 2017 by Madelaine McMasters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) I not only like the caffeine in the Deathwish, but I love the name. Edited June 14, 2017 by LittleMe Jewell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Boccaccio Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 42 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: I wonder... if you were being chased by a red bull, would you need caffeine? Would the adrenaline be sufficient? ETA: Let's presume that caffeine is evolutionarily advantageous. Will that selection pressure decimate the non coffee drinking humans? I have no children, so this is only a hypothetical concern to ponder as I sip my root beer. ETA2: Welcome back, btw. ;-). Root beer: I LOVE ROOT BEER! I keep forgetting to get a few bottles at the store. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 42 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: Will that selection pressure decimate the non coffee drinking humans? Excuse me while I nerd ... Near the end of Mass Effect 3, the heroes make a run for a portal beam that is heavily guarded. Lots of pew-pew and haaannnngggggg later you hear on the radio that the entire team has been decimated. So of course I say "great! That means 90% of them are still alive." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Food trucks have been setting up in the office parking lot lately. Today I tried some truffle fries, omg delicious! Now I'm like: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Kingstop Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 5 hours ago, Rhonda Huntress said: ... That means 90% of them are still alive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elora Lunasea Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, Maureen Boccaccio said: Root beer: I LOVE ROOT BEER! I keep forgetting to get a few bottles at the store. This is how we do root beer in our house Edited June 15, 2017 by Elora Lunasea Spelling darn it to hell 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Bad hail storm last night and they're expecting another this evening. I was without power for 12 hours, Rhonda on the other side of town lost a window in her laundry room and the back windshield of her car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Kingstop Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Sowwy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 53 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said: Bad hail storm last night and they're expecting another this evening. I was without power for 12 hours, Rhonda on the other side of town lost a window in her laundry room and the back windshield of her car. Yikes. Hail storms are horrid. The last major one here in Colorado dropped baseball size hail in one area of town. A friend had 3 cars and many windows in the house badly damaged. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 It was varying sizes all across town here. Many co-workers have busted car windows and/or house windows, lots of dented cars. One lady's house siding looks like it was involved in a Michael Bay movie shoot-out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Hang in there Clover. I'm wishing the best for you, Rhonda and everyone else in harm's way. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 It can get scary but in the end it is only stuff. If the worst thing that happens to me is I have to replace a few inanimate sundries then I have had an easy life. Of course I can say that because I have been through much much worse in a trailer house ... The cats were freaked out.during the storm and even after they were fussing all night. At least they had an appetite when I fed them this morning. One last bit of lost property I forgot about. When the laundry room window broke it shatter in little pieces all over the piles I had sorted waiting to be washed. I used our shop vac to suck up all the pieces as a shook out the clothes. However I got too close to one pair of panties and vooosh! It was gone. I'm not going to try and fish that out of the vacuum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Boccaccio Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) 16 hours ago, Elora Lunasea said: This is how we do root beer in our house LOVE THESE GLASSES!!! Edited June 15, 2017 by Maureen Boccaccio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Boccaccio Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 4 hours ago, Clover Jinx said: Bad hail storm last night and they're expecting another this evening. I was without power for 12 hours, Rhonda on the other side of town lost a window in her laundry room and the back windshield of her car. YIKES!!! Sorry to hear about the power outage and about the damage at Rhonda's place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elora Lunasea Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 58 minutes ago, Maureen Boccaccio said: LOVE THESE GLASSES!!! They are from Fishes Eddy in NYC. Available online, not too expensive. Lots of kitschy stuff http://www.fishseddy.com/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Kingstop Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) Heard in a chat room just now, topic was a new skin that just hit the market: "Is it available for the GA.EG head?" GA.EG head? Every time I log in there is another new whizbang marketing-department trendy gottahave that that makes life more complicated - and of course makes everything in my inventory obselete. again. Apparently Catwa is no longer what the cool kids wear. I may have time to care next Wednesday from 2:04 to 2:05 PM. Edited June 15, 2017 by Xerxes Kingstop 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostoll Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) When lag hits in real life Edited June 15, 2017 by Nostoll 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Levenque Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 On 6/14/2017 at 11:25 AM, Rhonda Huntress said: Excuse me while I nerd ... Near the end of Mass Effect 3, the heroes make a run for a portal beam that is heavily guarded. Lots of pew-pew and haaannnngggggg later you hear on the radio that the entire team has been decimated. So of course I say "great! That means 90% of them are still alive." Okay. Sorry Clover but I must be honest. I love you, Rhonda. I can probably count on fewer fingers than indicated by the name the number of people I've met who actually know the origin of that word. Not surprising; it's been misused for decades, possibly centuries. For those that don't know (and since nobody ever talks about it there's absolutely no reason why you should!): The word originated with the Roman Empire, specifically the army (aka Legions). It was used as a punishment for legions that had displeased either their general or the Empire. The entire legion would stand in a line, and an executioner would walk the line killing every tenth man (hence Rhonda's correct statement about 90% still being alive). I suspect that was never really carried out, although I have read claims in historical works that believed this or that legion had been put to Decimation. I have my (unsubstantiated) doubts about it. But that is what the word means. 'Deci' as in decimal. Tens. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Kingstop Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) and the wordnerdage as well as mathage inspired my salute ...age. Edited June 16, 2017 by Xerxes Kingstop 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Kingstop Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) I'm renting a cozy little rustic beach cabin, very nice. I logged in early this morning to find that someone had opened all of the drawers in both of my night stands. Rioko ... ? Edited June 16, 2017 by Xerxes Kingstop 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Levenque Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 21 hours ago, Xerxes Kingstop said: and the wordnerdage as well as mathage inspired my salute ...age. Well, then. Your salute inspires this post. Really doesn't have a thing to do with the topic, but it's from Ancient Rome and in Latin. "Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanova Shostakovich Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 3 hours ago, Xerxes Kingstop said: I'm renting a cozy little rustic beach cabin, very nice. I logged in early this morning to find that someone had opened all of the drawers in both of my night stands. Rioko ... ? Do you keep any Sekret Stuff in there? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyBear Lovely Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I just realized.....today is my 10th rez day. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanova Shostakovich Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, HoneyBear Lilliehook said: I just realized.....today is my 10th rez day. Happy Decirezday! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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