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  1. Comment on Where are you from? in ~talk

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    BAM! Just in time for your Summer cookouts.

    BAM!

    Just in time for your Summer cookouts.

  2. Comment on Where are you from? in ~talk

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    zweigle does ship the white hots (my favorite also, they make skinless ones now too), so there's that. Also there are pretty good recipes out there for the garbage plate. Between those two you...

    zweigle does ship the white hots (my favorite also, they make skinless ones now too), so there's that. Also there are pretty good recipes out there for the garbage plate. Between those two you should me able to live the dream (just be sure to grind your meat sauce like a civilized person).

  3. Comment on Where are you from? in ~talk

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    Rochester NY USA, home of Xerox, Kodak, B&L, RIT, garbage plates and the Toy Hall Of Fame.

    Rochester NY USA, home of Xerox, Kodak, B&L, RIT, garbage plates and the Toy Hall Of Fame.

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  4. Comment on What's your favorite hard science fiction novel? in ~books

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    I really enjoyed Singularity by Bill DeSmedt I enjoy gritty, practical Sci-Fi so take that as it is. To me it had elements of Noir, Aeon Flux, and 24 (the show). Very entertaining and well written.

    I really enjoyed Singularity by Bill DeSmedt

    I enjoy gritty, practical Sci-Fi so take that as it is. To me it had elements of Noir, Aeon Flux, and 24 (the show). Very entertaining and well written.

  5. Comment on What hobby do you wish you could do but can't? in ~hobbies

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    Try out windsurfing to get close to the kiting, you can buy an inexpensive 5.5 sailboard (5.5 is the size of the sail, bigger for less windy areas, smaller for gusty places - 5.5 has always been...

    Try out windsurfing to get close to the kiting, you can buy an inexpensive 5.5 sailboard (5.5 is the size of the sail, bigger for less windy areas, smaller for gusty places - 5.5 has always been the sweet spot for me since I could only own one sail).

    You can get a harness (once you learn to stay on the board for more than 30 seconds) that takes the strain off of your arms and back for a bit on longer runs. It may help got you out there.

  6. Comment on What hobby do you wish you could do but can't? in ~hobbies

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    Try to find a hackerspace in your area. I visited one on one of their open nights and found it to be full of all the things you mentioned. There is a fee involved of course, but if you don't have...

    Try to find a hackerspace in your area. I visited one on one of their open nights and found it to be full of all the things you mentioned. There is a fee involved of course, but if you don't have the space or equipment to play with at the moment it can give you the resources you need to get going and find out what to buy first or what path to look down for maximum enjoyment.

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  7. Comment on What hobby do you wish you could do but can't? in ~hobbies

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    when I was looking into getting my GA license I found a guy that was happy to bring me up in his Beechcraft Musketeer for long rides on the weekends. I got to fly on many occasions and I had...

    when I was looking into getting my GA license I found a guy that was happy to bring me up in his Beechcraft Musketeer for long rides on the weekends. I got to fly on many occasions and I had destinations that were very cool (Lake Tahoe, Oakland International, someplace up the coast of CA where the landing strip was out on the water - looked it up - Del Norte Regional). We got to overfly Mather AFB (WAAAAAY back before 9-11) and saw a Hercules in the pattern below us.

    You're not going to get your license that way (I didn't at least) but you can still have the right seat on many trips abroad. All he asked was that I spot other craft and enjoy myself.

    Oh yea, we saw a Cessna 172 doing rolls in a canyon one time.

    Anyway look around for enthusiasts groups and see if you can strike up a conversation about going for a $100 hamburger sometime. Piloting can get boring and most people really want a second set of eyes to scan the skies. It'll get you out in front of that mid life before you know it.

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  8. Comment on Why the lack of love for mobile apps? in ~tildes

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    Personally there's very little that can't wait for me to get to a laptop to post or read. Mobile apps distract from actually looking up from your phone and enjoying life. Yes I am an older man,...

    Personally there's very little that can't wait for me to get to a laptop to post or read. Mobile apps distract from actually looking up from your phone and enjoying life.

    Yes I am an older man, yes get off my lawn young whipersnappers.

    But there was an article the other day that went into the thought that if you take a picture of a moment, you have less memory of that moment than if you just experienced it live.

    This is the way that I look at the mobile and having it full up on apps whose purpose is to constantly engage me. I'd rather my phone go back to being a phone 80% of the time and I'll experience the world around me instead (unless I'm in the WC, that's Bloons time!)

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  9. Comment on John "TotalBiscuit" Bain has died in ~games

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    F - without the \s I'm glad he found what he was here to do, got to find a loving partner, and got to choose his career path. Not much more to it than that.

    F - without the \s

    I'm glad he found what he was here to do, got to find a loving partner, and got to choose his career path. Not much more to it than that.

  10. Comment on What's your favorite video game? Why? in ~games

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    Right now it's GTA V online. Yea okay I know, but I didn't get into the online part when I bought it (it looked confusing at best) but I'm really enjoying grinding out the millions with recent...

    Right now it's GTA V online. Yea okay I know, but I didn't get into the online part when I bought it (it looked confusing at best) but I'm really enjoying grinding out the millions with recent promotions and now have lots of fun stuff to play with. I'm a Dad and full time IT guy and am caring for a sick Mom, so I need to have SOMETHING that can take me away from it all as quickly as possible.

    I go scuba diving off the yacht, off road up Mt. Chilliad, or just walk around an invite only and take in the world.

    Of course I go out to show fools what time it is in my Deluxo too ;-)

    but there is a ton of replay potential to the game and I'm really enjoying my down time there. Thinking about buying that place down Paleto way when I retire...