I need to vent!

[SkyWarp91]

Ugh.. paying for plane tickets blows a hole in your wallet :(

[jena]

Ugh.. paying for plane tickets blows a hole in your wallet :(

I hear ya! It's so much money.

[GoktimusPrime]

Airfares atm are okay... it's the school holidays when they're really expensive. :( :(

[SkyWarp91]

Airfares atm are okay... it's the school holidays when they're really expensive. :( :(

Haven't been to school in awhile, when are the school holidays on?

[UltraMarginal]

I have just split from my girlfriend of 3 years. I told her it was over & she walked out. I came home from work yesterday to pack a bag as I am housesitting for a mate til sunday & she has moved all her stuff into the spare room. I went into our room & she had put my display cabinet & home office in our bedroom. All my transformers were neatly placed in a large suitcase on the bed. What a crazy day I had.

sorry to hear you broke up Prowl but at leat it seems ammicable at the moment.

[jazzcomp]

Sorry to hear, prowl.

[Prowl]

I have been pretty much offline dealing with all the crap in my life but I am fine. I made the choice to end it so I have to deal with it.

Back at home, super awkward & she absolutely hates me :). Probably the most hurtful thing was she said I treated this like a business deal gone bad & I am not one of your clients!

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I am trying to use an emulator of the Saturn to record game footage, which it does OK, but the audio is always out of sync!

Its driving me crazy! I've tried so many different frigging things!

BARARARRAARRARARARrARARARAHAA!:mad:

[Hursticon]

I am trying to use an emulator of the Saturn to record game footage, which it does OK, but the audio is always out of sync!

Its driving me crazy! I've tried so many different frigging things!

BARARARRAARRARARARrARARARAHAA!:mad:

I don't doubt that'd be so bloody annoying, could it be rectified in Post-production though? :o

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I don't doubt that'd be so bloody annoying, could it be rectified in Post-production though? :o

Thats what I've just been experimenting with.Great minds;) Its close, but still noticeable. Next step is to try and slow the music I think, as I am not having much luck with the video...

[Hursticon]

Thats what I've just been experimenting with.Great minds;) Its close, but still noticeable. Next step is to try and slow the music I think, as I am not having much luck with the video...

It's always a pain having out of sync audio, it used to s*** me back in the day when I used to make SVCD movies; PCs and the relevant software sure weren't what they are today. :p:D

Best of luck anyway dude. ;):)

[Paulbot]

Spent an hour trying to find one TF with no luck. I don't have that big a place and I knew exactly where it was for 5 months, but when I want it? It's disappeared.

And it's stupid but I get overwhelmed and frustrated that my place is not in order, and I don't know where to start.

Everytime I think I'm getting somewhere I pull stuff out to try and sort it out and suddenly there's open boxes everywhere and it's all a mess again.

A few weeks ago it got so bad I almost had a panic attack, which is ridiculous that I let it get to me so much.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

It's always a pain having out of sync audio, it used to s*** me back in the day when I used to make SVCD movies; PCs and the relevant software sure weren't what they are today. :p:D

Best of luck anyway dude. ;):)

Whee! managed to finally find a work around. Had to search, but I have a nifty little video program that will lengthen the video to the same length as the audio! and it works! Wooo, shame I have spent a good 10 or so hours messing around on the emulator trying it that way... After a bit of youtube checking, it seems that everyone has the sync issue.

[Trent]

Spent an hour trying to find one TF with no luck. I don't have that big a place and I knew exactly where it was for 5 months, but when I want it? It's disappeared.

And it's stupid but I get overwhelmed and frustrated that my place is not in order, and I don't know where to start.

Everytime I think I'm getting somewhere I pull stuff out to try and sort it out and suddenly there's open boxes everywhere and it's all a mess again.

A few weeks ago it got so bad I almost had a panic attack, which is ridiculous that I let it get to me so much.

I know how this feels. It's not good.

[UltraMarginal]

Spent an hour trying to find one TF with no luck. I don't have that big a place and I knew exactly where it was for 5 months, but when I want it? It's disappeared.

And it's stupid but I get overwhelmed and frustrated that my place is not in order, and I don't know where to start.

Everytime I think I'm getting somewhere I pull stuff out to try and sort it out and suddenly there's open boxes everywhere and it's all a mess again.

A few weeks ago it got so bad I almost had a panic attack, which is ridiculous that I let it get to me so much.

I think that's a problem that a lot of collectors face. I have a couple very big boxes of figures I haven't opened up yet, every once in a wihle I try to organise them a bit and the study spends a week looking like a war zone. often spilling out into the lounge...
then I sort it, it all gets packed back away and my wife walks in and is amazed at all the sudden floor space in the study... :o

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I think that's a problem that a lot of collectors face. I have a couple very big boxes of figures I haven't opened up yet, every once in a wihle I try to organise them a bit and the study spends a week looking like a war zone. often spilling out into the lounge...
then I sort it, it all gets packed back away and my wife walks in and is amazed at all the sudden floor space in the study... :o

Glad its not only me who does that. My problem is how best to ctegorise them. I hate having half empty boxes, so end up having boxed g1 mixed with other series and rarely have a good set up...

One day I will have it and in some semblance of order...

[jena]

My headphones have completely disappeared off the face of the earth. I'm so annoyed! I don't take them out of the house so I have no idea how or where I've lost them.

So I might as well ask - good in ear headphones with decent bass, preferably with iPhone controls/mic? 3, 2, 1, go! FYI I had the skullcandy 50/50. I wasnt all that in love with them but there were quite good.

[GoktimusPrime]

My Transformers are always arranged in order, so I always know where a figure is. For example, if I wanna play with Missile Master, I need look no further than my 1990 Autobots shelf. :)

[kup]

I think that's a problem that a lot of collectors face. I have a couple very big boxes of figures I haven't opened up yet, every once in a wihle I try to organise them a bit and the study spends a week looking like a war zone. often spilling out into the lounge...
then I sort it, it all gets packed back away and my wife walks in and is amazed at all the sudden floor space in the study... :o

I do that a fair bit, specially with MOTUC figures. I end up with a pile of boxes taking up floor space in my room and gradually organize them off the floor and onto display. I haven't had to do that with Transformers for a long time as I only get one or two figures every couple of months now as there isn't much recently released that grabs my attention .

Very recently, I had this big pile of G.I. Joes in my living room floor that was there for a couple of weeks as I sorted it into the display bit by bit. The floor is now clear.

However once the piece is opened and displayed, I know exactly where it is. I can find any of my TF toys very quickly as there is an order to my display.

If you tell me the name of a toy and line, I will be able to tell you right away where it is without me having to be in the room.

[5FDP]

You're all familiar with the 'Try Me' gimmicks for newer toys whereby you stick your finger through the hole in the packaging to press a lever for lights and sounds... let's say you had a red back spider take up residence inside the box... lets' also say you are a MISB collector - what would you do?

[kup]

You're all familiar with the 'Try Me' gimmicks for newer toys whereby you stick your finger through the hole in the packaging to press a lever for lights and sounds... let's say you had a red back spider take up residence inside the box... lets' also say you are a MISB collector - what would you do?

In that situation, I would try to force the spider out by spraying a little bit of insecticide through the 'Try Me' hole. If you don't spray too much, it should be enough force the spider out without killing it. However note that if it dies on it's web it will stay clung dead there so be careful.

Just note Spider behavior - first instinct may be to go to a corner and hide. It may then gradually re-assess it's situation (as it realizes it can't avoid the insecticide) and run out of the whole.

It is risky as it could die within the box but that may be preferable to having spider-webs and a live red back within.


Good luck!

[gamblor916]

I wouldn't go with the insecticide. I'd just put it in the fridge overnight then either blow it out with compressed air or use a vacuum on least amount of power to get it out.

[5FDP]

Thanks guys. Yeah, not real keen on the insecticide option - it would leave residue. The fridge is an interesting option... hadn't thought of that. If you stuck a vacuum nozzle into the hole, wouldn't the box just crumple into itself :confused: Surely there would need to be a secondary hole.

[gamblor916]

I'd tape together some rubber tubing and use that to vacuum it out.

[griffin]

Fridge/freezer it, then blu-tac or stickytape on a stick to "grab" the spider and any webbing.
Just be careful not to squish it though.

[SkyWarp91]

shouldn't 5fdp seal the hole first before freezing otherwise spider may try to escape?

[UltraMarginal]

I'd also suggest a plastic bag aroiund the box so it doesn't get too damp, with condensation when you bring it out of the fridge/freezer.

Assuming you get the spider out quickly, then get rid of the bag and make sure the box is in a well ventilated are (even in front of a fan) this will bring it back to room temp quickly and most condensation will be carried away in the breeze.

The box isn't sealed airtight so vacuuming shouldn't crush it, but it will definitely create a negative pressure, I'd probably go with Griffins sticky stick idea though.

good luck

[5FDP]

It looks like freezing is the winner. If it works, I'll post a pic of the spider-sicle.


shouldn't 5fdp seal the hole first before freezing otherwise spider may try to escape?

Probably a good idea :p I can already picture the look on the wifes face when see sees a red back running around the inside of the fridge :eek:

[GoktimusPrime]

As a preventative measure, perhaps you should apply small bits of contact over all "Try Me" holes to avoid any other creepy crawlies getting in there.

[Ultra Mackness]

You could also try the screen protectors for say an iphone or other touch screen device.

[Accel]

the whole "PSP must be fully charged with AC cable inserted" for a system update really annoys me. get all excited to play a new game and you have to wait a couple of hours! >.>

[griffin]

My new gripe though? - The abuse of the English language for Bull***t advertising gimmicks! :mad:

Toys 'R' Us I don't care about, American English was purposely honed to trample all over British English but my issue lies with what the [/URL]NRMA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fH4ZxvpgdU) started with "[U]Unworry" and KFC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT3mWBMhjV8&feature=plcp&context=C48d2bb2VDvjVQa1PpcFPZtMjUWHuRNMbR8f7XAVT0 ZWWnObrH414=) is now adopting with "Goodification"... :confused::mad:

A new one on the Cadbury Boost Bar commercial - "Moreing (http://www.cadbury.com.au/Products/Chocolate-Bars/Boost-Bar.aspx)"... as in, (redundant) multiples of the same thing.

I guess advertisers have run out of catchy tag lines, and have to make up new words to get people talking about their products.

[Bartrim]

I guess advertisers have run out of catchy tag lines, and have to make up new words to get people talking about their products.

Thats why I like Beer ads. Funny, catchy and don't bastardise the English language.

Woman Whisperer FTW!:D

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Thats why I like Beer ads. Funny, catchy and don't bastardise the English language.

Woman Whisperer FTW!:DI still miss those Carlton Draft "Made from Beer" ads a while back. Those were great.

[UltraMarginal]

I'm digging the hahn extra dry ads at the moment with the nightrider theme.

[1orion2many]

You're all familiar with the 'Try Me' gimmicks for newer toys whereby you stick your finger through the hole in the packaging to press a lever for lights and sounds... let's say you had a red back spider take up residence inside the box... lets' also say you are a MISB collector - what would you do?

I'd just class this as a free Blackarachnia:D

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

A new one on the Cadbury Boost Bar commercial - "Moreing (http://www.cadbury.com.au/Products/Chocolate-Bars/Boost-Bar.aspx)"... as in, (redundant) multiples of the same thing.

I guess advertisers have run out of catchy tag lines, and have to make up new words to get people talking about their products.

Interesting, I just gave that youtibe vid a thumbs down and left a comment, not rude showing my displeasure for 'moreing' (it even feels unnatural to type!).

Surprise, surprise, all comments pending for approval.

[gamblor916]

So my card is now compromised. Thanks Funpub :mad:

[Decepticon]

So my card is now compromised. Thanks Funpub :mad:

Is it happening again? Mine was comprimised back in February.

[Slag]

taking the "fun" out of funpub

[Firestorm]

I bought a Transformer off of eBay a while ago and it still hasn't arrived >.<
I bought it on the 3rd, he sent it on the 5th it's still not here

(Yeah I'm impatient)

[snaketales]

That's nothing, I paid for something on the 14th and have still yet to hear if it's even been posted! :mad:

[UltraMarginal]

I bought a Transformer off of eBay a while ago and it still hasn't arrived >.<
I bought it on the 3rd, he sent it on the 5th it's still not here

(Yeah I'm impatient)

where is it coming from and what type of postage did you get? most international stuff I get takes a good two weeks by regular post. unless it's from Canada, then it could take months, years or even aeons.:eek:

[Firestorm]

That's nothing, I paid for something on the 14th and have still yet to hear if it's even been posted! :mad:

wow, that's much worse :eek:


where is it coming from and what type of postage did you get? most international stuff I get takes a good two weeks by regular post. unless it's from Canada, then it could take months, years or even aeons.:eek:

It's coming from Malaysia, (umm, Economy Int'l shipping)

[SkyWarp91]

My friend at work had a birthday present sent from his twin in december 2011 and he's still waiting on it!!

[UltraMarginal]

That's nothing, I paid for something on the 14th and have still yet to hear if it's even been posted! :mad:
Wow, that's pretty poor.



It's coming from Malaysia, (umm, Economy Int'l shipping)

I would think maybe in the next week you should expect something, much longer and I'd be emailing the sender for postage details.


My friend at work had a birthday present sent from his twin in december 2011 and he's still waiting on it!!

Iiii, don't think that ones going to make it...:(

[Slag]

i'm sure it's been said before but i'm sick of ebay and the ignorant, rude, scamming, dumb _ _ _ _ s that seem to inhabit it..
been scammed more this month than ever before. it's just like everyone has jumped on the vintage toy selling band wagon and doesn't know what is what when it comes to selling their crap.

Aholes

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Oh God what a day. Woke up utterly buggered after a restless, nightmare-filled night. Spent the whole weekend making flash cards so am wiped out this week, but decided against taking a sick day 'cos my kids still need English lessons, this school especially. I have the 6th grade and another ALT has the 5th grade.
Got to (Tuesdays-are-often-Hell) elementary school, and my 6th grade sensei suddenly discovered that they don't have the DVD that goes with the textbook for my Elementary school classes, and unlike last year's textbook this one needs the DVD for a lot of the activities. So after I frantically do up a new activity set and search the English Room, it turns out the DVD was with one of the other sensei all along - though why a 5th grade sensei decided to hang on to it is beyond me. Either way, a whole lot of work wasted there.
Of course no-one had bothered to print off the flash cards I'd prepared for our current lesson either.
Had one of my scheduled lessons suddenly cancelled, which I found out about 5 minutes into when it was supposed to be starting.
The next lesson was with the difficult class for this school, the one with the homeroom sensei whose contribution to helping the Assistant Language Teacher is to sit at the back of the classroom and nurse what appears to be a perpetual headache. Seriously, it's like being an assistant to a corpse, while trying to teach 35-odd rowdy and/or apathetic kids in a language you barely speak. Anyway, after leisurely going off and getting the computer he didn't have ready to go, it turns out we didn't have a spare cable to plug it into the monitor anyway, so that was a bust. If it weren't for his absolute lack of giving-a-crap-ness it would have been really difficult; as it was he pretty much lets the kids run riot (and they would if I didn't keep things running moderately smoothly) so everything takes twice as long as it should.
Today's upside is one of my other sensei is awesome and has good kids this year, so we had a really good class there. But still, it's only Tuesday and I'm utterly wiped out, and it'd be really nice to have supposed superiors who could just have the basic stuff I need to make lessons work ready with a week's notice. What they'll do if they get a new, fresh-off-the-plane ALT in a few months when we ALTs change schools is beyond me.

[Hursticon]

i'm sure it's been said before but i'm sick of ebay and the ignorant, rude, scamming, dumb _ _ _ _ s that seem to inhabit it..
been scammed more this month than ever before. it's just like everyone has jumped on the vintage toy selling band wagon and doesn't know what is what when it comes to selling their crap. :mad:

Aholes

I agree with you 100%, eBay is not what it once was because every Tom, Dick & Harry thinks that they're crap is worth a mint and they're owed a fortune but whom clearly have very little understanding of how to conduct themselves as a Buyer/Seller or how to actually do any proper research.

I have been finding examples like these growing in number over the past couple of years:

I have not had any contact from you since payment and it's now a week after your supposed postage period, what is the status of this item?

"I'm not at my computer 24/7, some people actually work so you'll be contacted when I'm good and ready".


This item is only 3 years old and was sold at all major retailers; Your auction is marked "Make an Offer" but you wont accept $5 off the asking price even though it's set at twice the original RRP, why is that?

"This item is really rare, I've only seen it like twice on eBay in the past 3 years - Trust me, you wont find this item at this price again for a long time!".


I'd be prepared to take this item off of your hands for it's actual value; it's missing 'this that and the other thing' and has a broken 'X', I don't mean to be rude but it's honestly not worth 'X'-ty dollars - Could we work something out?

"Umm, this is a rare toy from the 80s and I know for a fact that it is worth close to twice this amount - Don't waste my time, I'm over time wasters".


Then you get the mongrels who purposely sell fakes/knock-offs and get away with it, they get reported time and time again with little to no action taken by eBay... Yeah, eBay is useful without a doubt but it's often populated with morons and scammers these days. :(:mad:

Communication people, it can avoid so much turmoil regardless of which side of the fence (Buyer/Seller) you happen to be on ;) - Oh and your broken, Internationally mass produced item is not bloody RARE! - manufactured in the last 40 years or not! :rolleyes:

[5FDP]

I'm gonna jump on the eBay hate wagon as well.

Been buying and selling on there for about 10 years and I completely agree with everything mentioned above. So much so that I've decided not to trade on there anymore. It's not worth the added stress IMO.

[kup]

I haven't bought vintage TFs from ebay for a couple of years. It was also bad but things are now sounding worse.

[Skullcruncher]

I agree with you 100%, eBay is not what it once was because every Tom, Dick & Harry thinks that they're crap is worth a mint and they're owed a fortune but whom clearly have very little understanding of how to conduct themselves as a Buyer/Seller or how to actually do any proper research.


For sure - many sellers think they have goldmine based on other listings. They fail to realise you actually need buyers! Just because someone is listing an item at $X doesn't mean that whats its going to sell for.

If its something I do want and the seller is asking a stupid price I just message them every time the item gets relisted. The current item i'm after has been on ebay for over 12 months and only in the last couple of listings has the seller started to drop his price! :D

[5FDP]

If its something I do want and the seller is asking a stupid price I just message them every time the item gets relisted. The current item i'm after has been on ebay for over 12 months and only in the last couple of listings has the seller started to drop his price! :D

Interesting tactic... what do you do if someone values it a lot higher than you do and they're willing to pay the inflated price? If you've been sitting on it for the last 12 months, I'm assuming that it's a relatively rare item otherwise you probably could buy it for the price you're expecting to get it at from another seller. I hope you don't miss out.

Unfortunately eBay is a necessary evil for those starting out collecting vintage.

[Skullcruncher]

Interesting tactic... what do you do if someone values it a lot higher than you do and they're willing to pay the inflated price? If you've been sitting on it for the last 12 months, I'm assuming that it's a relatively rare item otherwise you probably could buy it for the price you're expecting to get it at from another seller. I hope you don't miss out.

Unfortunately eBay is a necessary evil for those starting out collecting vintage.

heh I miss out then! There will always be another one or something more interesting. Heh just yesterday I went into get a key cut and the price was $8.50. It was an independant shop. I said $6.00 or I'm going round the corner to bunnings - next minute I was at bunnings! Now thats a bit extreme but when purchasing G1's I do a heap of price research and when it comes down to it its just a toy that is just going to sit on the shelf with the rest of my minions. The item im after isn't really rare - just MISB :D

[griffin]

Unfortunately for me, to track down the more obscure items, or *actual* rare items, ebay is still a necessary evil... but I don't use it as often as I used to.


For sure - many sellers think they have goldmine based on other listings. They fail to realise you actually need buyers! Just because someone is listing an item at $X doesn't mean that whats its going to sell for.

If its something I do want and the seller is asking a stupid price I just message them every time the item gets relisted. The current item i'm after has been on ebay for over 12 months and only in the last couple of listings has the seller started to drop his price! :D

Yeah, there's a sheep mentality with people bumping up their prices to match a higher listing, or to that single sale to someone who had the money to burn.
I've tried doing that same trick of messaging a person when their item sits on ebay for a while (some items I have on my watch list have not sold or moved in price for over a year)... but none ever sell. I think the greed and ego get in the way to accept a lower price (which would still be making them money if they bought the item at retail).

[GoktimusPrime]

Seeing strange or poorly written English in non-English speaking countries like Japan is one thing... seeing bad English written on signage in an English speaking country like Australia is downright inexcusable. (-_-) Saw this just yesterday...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/englishfail_eastwood.jpghttp://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/avatars/ngsmoov_facepalmperceptor.jpg

[kup]

Seeing strange or poorly written English in non-English speaking countries like Japan is one thing... seeing bad English written on signage in an English speaking country like Australia is downright inexcusable. (-_-) Saw this just yesterday...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/englishfail_eastwood.jpghttp://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/avatars/ngsmoov_facepalmperceptor.jpg

I have seen that a lot and it appears to be popularly accepted now. Expect it in the dictionary within a couple of years.

[SkyWarp91]

Perhaps a person with English as their second-language would have made that banner?

[SkyWarp91]

Operation Repo is the worst TV show in history. And yes I've seen Jersey Shore before. At least the latter has some heart to it unlike this pointless TV show

[gantz]

And you know NONE OF IT is real yeah?

[Trent]

And you know NONE OF IT is real yeah?

It even says so at the start of the show :rolleyes:

[Slag]

Operation Repo is the worst TV show in history. And yes I've seen Jersey Shore before. At least the latter has some heart to it unlike this pointless TV show

I agree. same with that bear swamp recovery. terrible.. :(

[jena]

Seeing strange or poorly written English in non-English speaking countries like Japan is one thing... seeing bad English written on signage in an English speaking country like Australia is downright inexcusable. (-_-) Saw this just yesterday...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/englishfail_eastwood.jpghttp://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/avatars/ngsmoov_facepalmperceptor.jpg

I absolutely hate that, I see it written like that a lot and I want to rage every time.

[canofwhoopass_87]

Seeing strange or poorly written English in non-English speaking countries like Japan is one thing... seeing bad English written on signage in an English speaking country like Australia is downright inexcusable. (-_-) Saw this just yesterday...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/englishfail_eastwood.jpghttp://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/avatars/ngsmoov_facepalmperceptor.jpg

Dude, you have to at least let this one slide. I'd say that there are plenty of people that spell (school) "stationery" with an "a". I reckon that's a pretty honest mistake.

Hate to be a pupil branded with "inexcusable" english for that.


Operation Repo is the worst TV show in history. And yes I've seen Jersey Shore before. At least the latter has some heart to it unlike this pointless TV show


And you know NONE OF IT is real yeah?

Well I'll be. Had no idea. So the pepper sprayed teenagers and the snooty rich couple were all actors? What the hell man?!

[SkyWarp91]

And you know NONE OF IT is real yeah?

thats what makes it the worst show in history - its a reality show that isnt even properly done in reality!

[Zippo]

Yesterday, this happened

One of the good things of starting work early is easier parking and leaving work early.
Today I parked in my normal spot with yellow lines (no parking in New Zealand) RIGHT in front of my car. Behind me someone pulled in and left a good gap.

Fast foward to leaving work. As I got closer to the car I thought 'hang on, someone is in front of me!'
Sure enough someone had parked in front of me (on the yellow lines) and left a 5cm gap between my front bumper and their back bumber. Behind me a different car was there than the one I saw in the morning was right on my bumper (saying there was 1cm gap would be far too much)

I really should have taken photos .. and called someone.
Don't really know how I got out of there without doing any damage to my bumpers - though it did take me 15 minutes of rocking to get out and onto State Highway 1.

Today this happened
Same car, same location
This time I got the Dunedin City Council involved and at least the person in front got a ticket. Thankfully the car behind wasn't as close as yesterday and with the help of the traffic warden I managed to escape, 45 minutes after I arrived at the car

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a385/nz-kiwiman/IMG_20120531_161533.jpg

[canofwhoopass_87]

Dude, that sucks so hard. Good idea getting the council involved. Any idea how much the ticket was?

[Zippo]

$10, yep .. $10

[Tabias Prime]

500$ for a new paint job after you scribble wanker on his bonnet.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::ro lleyes::rolleyes:

At no point do I endorse the deliberate damage of a persons car but this would piss me off enough to consider it after it happened twice in 2 days....:D:D

[SkyWarp91]

Man Zippo at least your local council gave the numbnut a fine. This exact same thing happened to my sister at her local train station and our local council couldn't do anything. So it was up to me to do the work and wait for my numbnut to get in their car. I tailed them all the way home, then put a letter in the mail saying 'I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE'.

[UltraMarginal]

$10, yep .. $10
whaaat, that's not really enough. I'd report them tomorrow too if it happens again.

Man Zippo at least your local council gave the numbnut a fine. This exact same thing happened to my sister at her local train station and our local council couldn't do anything. So it was up to me to do the work and wait for my numbnut to get in their car. I tailed them all the way home, then put a letter in the mail saying 'I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE'.

dude, mixed with your avatar, that is a little too creepy...

[SkyWarp91]

dude, mixed with your avatar, that is a little too creepy...

aw cmon my avatar has the cutest looking thing ever! :)

[5FDP]

$10, yep .. $10

Great deterrent :rolleyes:... you pay more for parking here in Sydney. It's almost worth getting the fine.

[Slag]

$10, yep .. $10

i've never even heard of a fine that low!!

500$ for a new paint job after you scribble wanker on his bonnet.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::ro lleyes::rolleyes:

At no point do I endorse the deliberate damage of a persons car but this would piss me off enough to consider it after it happened twice in 2 days....:D:D

i remember my friends mum parked too close to a car once. when she returned there was a printed note on her car with a picture of Micky Mouse pulling the finger and it read " Thanks for parking so close d@$#head, next time leave a fu@#ing can-opener so i can get into my car".. i thought that was pretty effective and to the point.:D



Man Zippo at least your local council gave the numbnut a fine. This exact same thing happened to my sister at her local train station and our local council couldn't do anything. So it was up to me to do the work and wait for my numbnut to get in their car. I tailed them all the way home, then put a letter in the mail saying 'I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE'.
PSYCHO !! funny, but psycho:p

[Slag]

aw cmon my avatar has the cutest looking thing ever! :)

What the hell is that thing anyway! looks like the joker got crossed with frank from donnie darko:p
with some gremlin chucked in for good measure.

[Ultra Mackness]

Looks like a bunyip to me.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Man Zippo at least your local council gave the numbnut a fine. This exact same thing happened to my sister at her local train station and our local council couldn't do anything. So it was up to me to do the work and wait for my numbnut to get in their car. I tailed them all the way home, then put a letter in the mail saying 'I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE'.

I like that very much!:D

[SkyWarp91]

What the hell is that thing anyway! looks like the joker got crossed with frank from donnie darko:p
with some gremlin chucked in for good measure.

Whatever it is I found it on some video gaming forum, think it was like for video game soundtracks but it was actually an animated gif where this creature would blink and his pink tongue would stick out. Yes he does look creepy but at the same time he looks so fluffy and innocent!

[Golden Phoenix]

Moved house today.

Trying to set up the TV in my new room and I can't seem to get myself a signal. There is no external antenna point in this room so I have to make do with a rabbit ear like internal antenna.

I move it around and around and get no digital signal. The analog signal is terrible at best...... sigh

[SkyWarp91]

Moved house today.

Trying to set up the TV in my new room and I can't seem to get myself a signal. There is no external antenna point in this room so I have to make do with a rabbit ear like internal antenna.

I move it around and around and get no digital signal. The analog signal is terrible at best...... sigh

Ever heard of a coathanger antenna? I made one using affordable materials from JayCar electronics and coat-hangers and it recieves both digital and analog signals to high quality.
A tutorial on the basics can be seen here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw

Though I've found that I couldn't get all channels with the setup this video showed, I got a UHF/VHF signal combiner from satplus.com.au and this next video shows you how to incorporate it into the base design : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jh3M931WUU

I highly recommend this method as it has provided excellent signal strength and personal satisfaction of building your own TV antenna!!!

[jazzcomp]

Moved house today.

Trying to set up the TV in my new room and I can't seem to get myself a signal. There is no external antenna point in this room so I have to make do with a rabbit ear like internal antenna.

I move it around and around and get no digital signal. The analog signal is terrible at best...... sigh
I have the same problem. I'm wondering which indoor antenna is best at acquiring a signal at a reasonable price.

[SkyWarp91]

perhaps the coathanger antenna i just mentioned? ;)

[Golden Phoenix]

Ever heard of a coathanger antenna? I made one using affordable materials from JayCar electronics and coat-hangers and it recieves both digital and analog signals to high quality.
A tutorial on the basics can be seen here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw

Though I've found that I couldn't get all channels with the setup this video showed, I got a UHF/VHF signal combiner from satplus.com.au and this next video shows you how to incorporate it into the base design : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jh3M931WUU

I highly recommend this method as it has provided excellent signal strength and personal satisfaction of building your own TV antenna!!!

I'll have to give this a crack when I get a chance. Thanks man

[Doubledealer]

Where the slag are the Transformers Prime wave 2 deluxes?! Getting tired of checking the local TRU's (no point even bothering anywhere else) each week only to find the same crap on the shelves every time. Bah!

[GoktimusPrime]

Where the slag are the Transformers Prime wave 2 deluxes?! Getting tired of checking the local TRU's (no point even bothering anywhere else) each week only to find the same crap on the shelves every time. Bah!
+10000000000000000000

I've watched half of Season 2 and still NO toys (above Cyberverse) for Ratchet, Breakdown, Knock Out and Airachnid -- GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHH HHHHHH!! :mad: This one reason why I do _NOT_ prefer media-based Transformer lines. Freakin' stoopid... make the toys first, THEN make the cartoon. That way by time we see the toys in the show, we already have them!! (or at least have seen them in stores) But the way these media-based lines work... we see them on screen first, then we have to wait until we see toys for them... and sometimes we NEVER see toys for some characters! :mad: :( (e.g. Animated Constructicons, Animated Omega Supreme, Dispensor, ROTF Alice, DOTM Mirage (the current toys don't really count) et al.)

I know in G1 we had a few characters that were made for the medium and not based on toys, but they were usually made because either:
+ The character is some background mook - most don't reappear or are even named. And when toys _are_ made for some of these obscure characters, they're usually limited exclusives because most people don't know who they are -- look at G1 Sunstorm. He appears for like a second in the G1 cartoon!
+ It's some kind of supporting role, like "Hey, we need some Autobot elder dude... cos every hero has a mentor like Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke..." <insert.Emirate.Xaaron&Alpha.Trion>
+ They needed to make a character that could be easily killed off without Hasbro's permission (e.g. Straxus, Impactor etc.)
+ Political correctness. e.g. Female Autobots.
...but for the most part the Transformers who usually appeared in G1 were based on the toys. And the toys were available well before we saw them in the comics or on TV.

Heck... part of the fun of collecting Transformers during G1 was you'd get this toy, then later on you'd see them in a comic book or cartoon and it gives you a whole new definition of that character that you didn't have before, and possibly alter your play pattern. For example...
+ I would make up my own voices for the toys when I got them, like I'm sure we all have an idea of how certain Transformers sound like to us who've never appeared in a show e.g. I make Longtooth sound like Patrick Stewart. :p But who knows what he's "meant to" sound like since he's never had a show appearance! But for every TF toy I would have different voices I'd give them, but then I'd see them in the show and it would forever change the way I'd voice that character. Warpath has Tourettes?! Seaspray gargles like Mer-man?! Wheelie has a really high pitched voice and always rhymes?! (I initially gave him a 'youthful' voice (kinda like Cheetor) and only had him make occasional rhymes (kinda like Sky-Byte with his haikus) - then I watched TFTM in the cinemas and from then on it was high pitched constant rhyming voice for him!). We don't get that with these media-based lines. :( It's frustrating... Transformers should be about the toys first, screen characters later. Gah. But then you get people who complain about the lack of "screen accuracy" even though usually the toy was first. :rolleyes: Well... now you got your "screen accuracy" with these media-based lines. I just hope all the engineering issues, waiting and toy cancellations have been worth it. :rolleyes:

Come to think of it, if I had to name one Transformers line that was the best in terms of toys-to-media, it would have to be Car Robot/Robots In Disguise. EVERY character that appeared in that show had a toy. Same with Beast Wars, although Ravage and Transmutate were originally show-only characters (but they've both since had toys made of them). The Unicron Trilogy would come third -- all the recurring main TF cast were based on toys, but it did have a few minor characters for which there were no toys like Signal Lancer.

[UltraMarginal]

Where the slag are the Transformers Prime wave 2 deluxes?! Getting tired of checking the local TRU's (no point even bothering anywhere else) each week only to find the same crap on the shelves every time. Bah!

I'm hoping they're here in time for the mid year sales, then it wont' hurt (as much) when I buy them all:o

[SkyWarp91]

Where the slag are the Transformers Prime wave 2 deluxes?! Getting tired of checking the local TRU's (no point even bothering anywhere else) each week only to find the same crap on the shelves every time. Bah!

Online shops, *waves hand like a jedi* online shops!

[kup]

+10000000000000000000

I've watched half of Season 2 and still NO toys (above Cyberverse) for Ratchet, Breakdown, Knock Out and Airachnid -- GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHH HHHHHH!! :mad: This one reason why I do _NOT_ prefer media-based Transformer lines. Freakin' stoopid... make the toys first, THEN make the cartoon. That way by time we see the toys in the show, we already have them!! (or at least have seen them in stores) But the way these media-based lines work... we see them on screen first, then we have to wait until we see toys for them... and sometimes we NEVER see toys for some characters! :mad: :( (e.g. Animated Constructicons, Animated Omega Supreme, Dispensor, ROTF Alice, DOTM Mirage (the current toys don't really count) et al.)




Hasbro appears to be wanting to move away from being a just toy company and into being an Entertainment media provider. The overwhelming financial success of the Bayformer movies certainly has contributed to this agenda.

Now it seems that toys are no longer the driving force but merely 'merchandize' to the current TV show, game or movie. They no longer seem to get as much attention as they used to. You can see this as there is often a lot more promotion to the media side of things than the actual toy.

Hopefully the mediocre return from Battleship and their clearly panic driven decision to reschedule G.I. Joe 2 will force them to reconsider this approach but Hasbro has never been a quick learner but we shall see.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I just dropped my last biscuit on the floor...

And no Gok, the 3 second rule doesn't count with THIS floor.;)

[Slag]

Lemon Crisp?

[jazzcomp]

perhaps the coathanger antenna i just mentioned? ;)
I designed my own antenna in uni. :) Just not interested in building anymore & just buying off the shelf stuff.

[Decepticon]

I just dropped my last biscuit on the floor...

And no Gok, the 3 second rule doesn't count with THIS floor.;)

God!!!.....I hope it wasn't an Arnotts Kingston?........what a terrible waste if it is!:eek:

[UltraMarginal]

Lemon Crisp?

haha, I see what you did there.:cool:

[SkyWarp91]

I designed my own antenna in uni. :) Just not interested in building anymore & just buying off the shelf stuff.

But didn't uni teach you that the self-designed stuff could be much better in quality than that of the retail stuff?

[jazzcomp]

But didn't uni teach you that the self-designed stuff could be much better in quality than that of the retail stuff?
I didn't compare at uni. We just learned the theory/design. Someone in manufacturing could implement the design to where it is more reliable/practical and will sell :)

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Lemon Crisp?


God!!!.....I hope it wasn't an Arnotts Kingston?........what a terrible waste if it is!:eek:

Nope on both accounts.

It was a chocolate scotch finger. So yum. So sad.

[Hursticon]

Nope on both accounts.

It was a chocolate scotch finger. So yum. So sad.

Oh man, that does suck purely for how hard they're to find round where I live at least! :eek:

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Oh man, that does suck purely for how hard they're to find round where I live at least! :eek:

Sorry Husrty, as much as I like you, it doesn't look like I'll be coming around for tea and biscuits if there ain't no scotch fingers...:p;)

[Slag]

God!!!.....I hope it wasn't an Arnotts Kingston?........what a terrible waste if it is!:eek:
Quite partial to the odd kingston myself.:D

Nope on both accounts.

It was a chocolate scotch finger. So yum. So sad.

they are damn fine biscuits! especially for dunking:p. as my apprentice would say.. Mass neg!

[Hursticon]

Sorry Husrty, as much as I like you, it doesn't look like I'll be coming around for tea and biscuits if there ain't no scotch fingers...:p;)

Oh no, there's Scotch Fingers all right - just not Choc-coated ones. :o:p

[kurdt_the_goat]

Got a letter in the mail today telling me i'm being fined $168 for failure to return my vehicle plates and if i don't pay, will have my license suspended. Thing is, didn't receive any letter of expiry, or any goddamn warning (which the letter i got today, says i should have 28 days ago). Absolutely furious! Have been driving around unlicensed for 6 months completely oblivious :(

[Golden Phoenix]

Got a letter in the mail today telling me i'm being fined $168 for failure to return my vehicle plates and if i don't pay, will have my license suspended. Thing is, didn't receive any letter of expiry, or any goddamn warning (which the letter i got today, says i should have 28 days ago). Absolutely furious! Have been driving around unlicensed for 6 months completely oblivious :(

Guess you could try to appeal it. I mean they may have it in their system that the initial letter was never sent.

[Tabias Prime]

Got a letter in the mail today telling me i'm being fined $168 for failure to return my vehicle plates and if i don't pay, will have my license suspended. Thing is, didn't receive any letter of expiry, or any goddamn warning (which the letter i got today, says i should have 28 days ago). Absolutely furious! Have been driving around unlicensed for 6 months completely oblivious :(
thats WA for ya.....thank you Mr Barnet :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[kurdt_the_goat]

Went in today with my plates and they claim i missed 3 letters and that they definitely went to my current address. As a result they reckon i have no grounds to stand on for disputing the fine .. and i have to take the car to get inspected before i get new plates. All up, i'm down 300 bucks :(

[SkyWarp91]

Went in today with my plates and they claim i missed 3 letters and that they definitely went to my current address. As a result they reckon i have no grounds to stand on for disputing the fine .. and i have to take the car to get inspected before i get new plates. All up, i'm down 300 bucks :(

THe fact that you have no idea about these letters isn't enough of a red light to them that perhaps you are a victim of identity theft via stolen mail thus you could not get the warnings in the first place thus you could not avoid this fine? Geez the least they could have done was get the Police involved or something to start an investigation then just plain out drain $300 from you. What cucking funts.

[Slag]

Being Lara Bingle....:confused: I would have bet my left nut that that show wouldn't have got passed the first 2 eps, yet they keep running it's rubbish ads in my face.,,,,,, Bitch:mad:

[kurdt_the_goat]

So here's my tale of trying to get a copy of BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend for PS Vita.

I decided i wanted it and knowing it was $38 on Ozgameshop, i went to order and it was sold out.

I found someone on Gumtree selling for $35 + shipping, but since he was in Perth i asked for pickup.

At the same time, one on Ebay looked like it was gonna go really cheap, but in the morning when i woke up it was over $30 and so i never bothered bidding, but in the end it went for just $36 all up.

Holding hope for Gumtree guy, who never replied and several weeks later his listing disappeared, i ordered for $44 from Planetaxel on a friends recommendation, since the remaining options on Ebay were $45-50 and most other game shops online were sold out or more expensive.

That was June 2, and the product page said usually ships in 0-3 days. 3 days pass and it says they're looking in their warehouse and if it's there, allow 24hrs. That passes too with no update, so i email support. No human response, but the next day my order status updates to say it's been delayed coming from supplier.

Yesterday i email again since no further updates, only to see this morning another automated email telling me the order is cancelled. Upon further investigation it appears they're bankrupt now and have gone out of business. They refunded but say they fear their accounts will be frozen soon and if customers don't get the refund by the 25th June, will have to chase up their banks. My refund is sitting in Paypal on 'pending' status until the 28th so i'm assuming i ain't getting it until it's back in my bank for real.

So i roped a friend into a Play-Asia order to save some shipping, and scored a $5 off voucher from a forum and ordered it again for $42 all up. 3 weeks wait assuming it doesn't get lost in the mail.

But that's not what my vent's about, my vent is about why i put myself through this shit over just a couple of bucks when i literally just earnt the cost of the game in 10 minutes of easy freelance work! And why do i care so much when i come from the age of paying $150 for Street Fighter 2 Turbo on SNES, as a KID! The gaming industry really has devalued itself recently, i struggle when it comes to spending more than $50 on even the biggest titles nowadays.

And also my vent is about how i bet when i get the damn thing i don't even get around to playing it to the extent i want to as well! VENTAGE!

Edit: aaaand i just saw Blazblue will be on sale on PSN for £21.99 this week. BASTARDS! Oh well i didn't want a download copy anyway *rocks silently back and forth*

[Doubledealer]

Need to change my payment details on HLJ to pay for Breakdown and Vehicon but the new look website is broken and won't let me. :(

[Bartrim]

Haven't been on much over the past couple of weeks. Having the flu and had to do stocktake... Life hasn't been fun.

[Doubledealer]

Haven't been on much over the past couple of weeks. Having the flu and had to do stocktake... Life hasn't been fun.

Sounds like someone deserves to buy themselves a treat (Transformer). ;)

[Bartrim]

Sounds like someone deserves to buy themselves a treat (Transformer). ;)

Don't worry as soon as I see one worthy it will be bought:)

[Trent]

Slightly annoyed by people lately refering to themselves as having OCD. A bloke at work today was saying how his OCD wouldn't let him leave any gaps in his PC desktop icons. Another person I speak to regularly mentioned how he had OCD because he kept his DVDs in alphabetical order :rolleyes:

That is not Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I have a family member who really has this MENTAL ILLNESS, not merely a desire to have a nice looking desktop or a tidy in tray. My family member once ran themselves 2 hours late for a job interview because they wanted to make sure the fridge door was closed. So they stood in front of it for 2 hours just pressing on the door every 5 seconds to be sure. This person has hidden their parents car keys because they believed that if that person left the house, it would somehow mean something terrible would happen to another family member. This person washes their hands so often that they bleed from the skin being so dry, they come home from work and obsess for hours or even days about trivial conversations/happenings from that day.

Some of those were before medication, but some of those still happen with medication and a good mental health plan.

So yeah. Bit more to it then alphabetizing you DVD collection.

Ok I'm done; feel better:)

[Decepticon]

This goes out to BigW! 2 weeks they have had basically no Lego on the shelves that was advertised in the toy catalogue (due to buyers snapping them up on day 1). Go there today, the first day after the sale and everything that WAS on sale has magically reappeared....at full price!:mad:

[GoktimusPrime]

Trent: OCD seems to have become a new synonym for any kind of anal retention -- but you're right, just because someone's really anally retentive doesn't mean they have OCD. I don't have OCD (never been diagnosed with it), but I'm so massively anally retentive that there's a loud "Pop!" sound each time I get off the toilet seat. ;)

But honestly, don't take it to heart. People often throw around medical terminology incorrectly just as a light hearted thing... I mean, if someone screws up and they go, "Aw man, I'm such a retard!", or if they're clumsy and go, "D'oh! That was spastic of me!", they don't mean it literally - it's just an expression. Remember that even the word "idiot" used to be a proper medical term for people with severe intellectual disabilities but it fell out of official usage around the early 20th Century - nowadays when people refer to someone as an "idiot" they don't literally mean someone who's mean diagnosed with a real actual intellectual impairment. It's just an expression.

And terminologies for mental/intellectual conditions change all the time, because usually once people start using the term in a broad general fashion, then the medical profession feels the need to change it so that people don't get it confused. That's what happened with the term "idiot" -- it became too commonly used to refer to people who weren't actually intellectually handicapped, so they changed it to "mental retardation", but now people can be called "retard" or "retarded" even if they're not diagnosed with a mental retardation, so they've changed that to "intellectual disability," and in a few decades that'll probably change to something else. :rolleyes: Reading retardation is now called "dyslexia" and so on and so on.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/dyslexia.jpg
When I was studying special education, at our very first lecture our professor just told all the students that because the terms keep changing and changing (and different countries use different terms too) -- he couldn't be bothered keeping up with the trends, so he told us that he was just going to stick with calling everything some kind of retardation and anyone an intellectual disability "retarded" and "retards" - because these were once proper terms (and still are in some parts of the world). He said that he was apologising now, at the first lecture, if anyone takes offence to it... but that's what he was going to use for the rest of the course. :) So consequently, in my mind, I just think of it all as forms of retardation and retards... and these aren't inherently bad words, "retard" just means to be slow or delayed (i.e. delayed cognitive/intellectual development), it's only because people started throwing the words around as insults that they became politically incorrect. When talking to people I'll try to use PC terms like "intellectual handicap" or "learning disabilities," but if I'm talking with other teachers where there aren't students or parents around, we'll just say "retard", "retardation" etc. We know that we're using the terms in their proper context and aren't aiming to offend anyone with it (it'd be similar to say dog breeders referring to their female dogs as bitches -- it's not offensive when used in the correct context).

But I can understand your frustration... it's like if you show any sign of being organised or structured or consistent then people reckon you're OCD, which totally isn't true. After all, just because someone is wheezing or out of breath doesn't automatically mean they're asthmatic; likewise just because someone is very structured and consistent doesn't mean they're OCD.

[Trent]

Trent: OCD seems to have become a new synonym for any kind of anal retention -- but you're right, just because someone's really anally retentive doesn't mean they have OCD. I don't have OCD (never been diagnosed with it), but I'm so massively anally retentive that there's a loud "Pop!" sound each time I get off the toilet seat. ;)

That made me choke on my water:):):)

And as for the rest you are right, over time as people use the term 'OCD' to describe them being a bit anal, it diminishes the seriousness of the real thing. Which basically leads to discrimination due to people not understanding what the real thing actually is.

I encounter this a lot and it happens with most forms of mental illness. Hence the name changes.

[Bidoofdude]

Dude, you have to at least let this one slide. I'd say that there are plenty of people that spell (school) "stationery" with an "a". I reckon that's a pretty honest mistake.

Hate to be a pupil branded with "inexcusable" english for that.





Well I'll be. Had no idea. So the pepper sprayed teenagers and the snooty rich couple were all actors? What the hell man?!

Don't forget that sign in Melbourne for that restaurant that says caesar salad instead of ceasar salad. lol and it's on eof those gigh quality professional restaurants.

[GoktimusPrime]

Don't forget that sign in Melbourne for that restaurant that says caesar salad instead of ceasar salad.
CAESAR is the correct spelling. "Ceasar" is incorrect. Remember that in Classical Latin it's pronounced similarly to "Kaiser" (whereas "Seezer" came later from Vulgar Latin).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_%28title%29
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caesar?s=t

Interestingly enough, Takara used both Classical and Vulgar pronunciations in 1989/Transformers Victory. The Decepticon Breast Force gestalt Lio Caesar (ライオカイザー (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Liokaiser)) is pronounced "LYE-OH KAI-SAR" (hence it's often Romanised as Lio Kaiser by Western fans). The Autobot Brainmaster gestalt is called Road Caesar (ロードシーザー (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Road_Caesar)) and uses the Vulgar Latin pronunciation of "ROAD SEE-ZAR" (and thus English speaking fans still spell it as "Road Caesar" since the English pronunciation of Caesar is based off Vulgar Latin anyway).


it's on eof those gigh quality
:confused::confused::confused:

[Bidoofdude]

CAESAR is the correct spelling. "Ceasar" is incorrect. Remember that in Classical Latin it's pronounced similarly to "Kaiser" (whereas "Seezer" came later from Vulgar Latin).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_%28title%29
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caesar?s=t

Interestingly enough, Takara used both Classical and Vulgar pronunciations in 1989/Transformers Victory. The Decepticon Breast Force gestalt Lio Caesar (ライオカイザー (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Liokaiser)) is pronounced "LYE-OH KAI-SAR" (hence it's often Romanised as Lio Kaiser by Western fans). The Autobot Brainmaster gestalt is called Road Caesar (ロードシーザー (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Road_Caesar)) and uses the Vulgar Latin pronunciation of "ROAD SEE-ZAR" (and thus English speaking fans still spell it as "Road Caesar" since the English pronunciation of Caesar is based off Vulgar Latin anyway).


:confused::confused::confused:

Wait i meant it said ceasar instead of caesar (knew i'd get them mixed up) so yeah it says ceasar. lol

[Bartrim]

CAESAR is the correct spelling. "Ceasar" is incorrect. Remember that in Classical Latin it's pronounced similarly to "Kaiser" (whereas "Seezer" came later from Vulgar Latin).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_%28title%29
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caesar?s=t

Interestingly enough, Takara used both Classical and Vulgar pronunciations in 1989/Transformers Victory. The Decepticon Breast Force gestalt Lio Caesar (ライオカイザー (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Liokaiser)) is pronounced "LYE-OH KAI-SAR" (hence it's often Romanised as Lio Kaiser by Western fans). The Autobot Brainmaster gestalt is called Road Caesar (ロードシーザー (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Road_Caesar)) and uses the Vulgar Latin pronunciation of "ROAD SEE-ZAR" (and thus English speaking fans still spell it as "Road Caesar" since the English pronunciation of Caesar is based off Vulgar Latin anyway).


:confused::confused::confused:

Knowing your love of the English language Gok, here is a list of bogan baby names that practically rape every law of the English language... enjoy:p

http://thingsboganslike.com/a-bogue-by-any-other-name/

[Yukitora]

After reading these, having a tyranid stuck to your finger ain't that bad... XD

[Trent]

PS3 YLOD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! I had just sat down for the night and was settling in a nice round of escalation when BAM!

I only fixed this a few months ago and had just gave some advice to a fellow board member on how to fix it.

I have another go on the weekend. This time using MAXIMUM heat.

I am not impressed:mad:

[Kazza]

PS3 YLOD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! I had just sat down for the night and was settling in a nice round of escalation when BAM!

I only fixed this a few months ago and had just gave some advice to a fellow board member on how to fix it.

I have another go on the weekend. This time using MAXIMUM heat.

I am not impressed:mad:

Man that sucks, my ps3 had ylod last month due to L.A. Noire auto-death for any original ps3, there goes my 60GB with backwards play etc, my friend fixed it though, so i quickly copied all the save data, but just opted to buy a new ps3 slim, (THEY ARE UGLY). Goodluck with whatever you decide to do with it, just get you SAVES BACKEDUP

[Doubledealer]

PS3 YLOD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! I had just sat down for the night and was settling in a nice round of escalation when BAM!

I only fixed this a few months ago and had just gave some advice to a fellow board member on how to fix it.

I have another go on the weekend. This time using MAXIMUM heat.

I am not impressed:mad:

Damnit! Flame the crap outta that thing bro - My heat gun was so hot I could see the orange from the nozzle reflecting off the board. Smoke was coming out of the gun too which was pretty badass. :p

Mind you, as my gun was running on max (600C), I only flamed the 4 main areas on the back and front for 15 seconds each (flipped the board after 15 minutes of doing the first side). Waited 30 mins before throwing it all back together. Oh and you prob already know this but make sure you take off the rubber protector thingies on the board underside before embarking on mission: Maximum Flamage. :p

[Hursticon]

PS3 YLOD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! I had just sat down for the night and was settling in a nice round of escalation when BAM!

I only fixed this a few months ago and had just gave some advice to a fellow board member on how to fix it.

I have another go on the weekend. This time using MAXIMUM heat.

I am not impressed:mad:


Man that sucks, my ps3 had ylod last month due to L.A. Noire auto-death for any original ps3, there goes my 60GB with backwards play etc, my friend fixed it though, so i quickly copied all the save data, but just opted to buy a new ps3 slim, (THEY ARE UGLY). Goodluck with whatever you decide to do with it, just get you SAVES BACKEDUP


Damnit! Flame the crap outta that thing bro - My heat gun was so hot I could see the orange from the nozzle reflecting off the board. Smoke was coming out of the gun too which was pretty badass. :p

Mind you, as my gun was running on max (600C), I only flamed the 4 main areas on the back and front for 15 seconds each (flipped the board after 15 minutes of doing the first side). Waited 30 mins before throwing it all back together. Oh and you prob already know this but make sure you take off the rubber protector thingies on the board underside before embarking on mission: Maximum Flamage. :p

Sorry to hear you guys have had so much bad luck with your respective consoles :(, as yours are the 1st cases I've read/heard about; My brother has had his Original Aus release PS3 for what seems like forever & never once has it missed a beat. :o

Normally it's Xboxes that people are building walls out of. :p

[Doubledealer]

Sorry to hear you guys have had so much bad luck with your respective consoles :(, as yours are the 1st cases I've read/heard about; My brother has had his Original Aus release PS3 for what seems like forever & never once has it missed a beat. :o

Normally it's Xboxes that people are building walls out of. :p

Haha, I've not yet lost a soldier in battle. Granted, I've had to revive front line trooper Dreamcast several times (he passes out from heat exhaustion at times bless him) and lance corporal PS3 has been taking the piss of late, but other than that we're winning the war. :p

[Hursticon]

Haha, I've not yet lost a soldier in battle. Granted, I've had to revive front line trooper Dreamcast several times (he passes out from heat exhaustion at times bless him) and lance corporal PS3 has been taking the piss of late, but other than that we're winning the war. :p

I really love the way you look at things dude. :D:cool:

[Doubledealer]

I really love the way you look at things dude. :D:cool:

Haha, cheers Hursti! :)

[Yukitora]

my ps2 power supply is loose :( i can't think of the games we will loose when he finally goes. i better get my ass down to cash converters to get another one... but its just not the same. our ps2 is about 10 yr old. (alex is 7). its like i have 2 sick kids right now! One will fall.....:eek:

[GoktimusPrime]

You could take it to an electrician to see if they can fix it. I got my PS1 from Japan, and my ignorant brother went and plugged it straight into an Australian powerpoint and fried the capacitor. :( He then took it to an electrician who had it fixed (and also installed a chip so it could play PAL games ;)). I've heard that the early generation PS3s could play PS2 games -- so if that's true maybe you can try to hunt down one of those.

[Yukitora]

those suckers went in the first shipping run!

[Gutsman Heavy]

My friggin' TMNT classics have been at the post office since the bloody 6th! I never got a parcel notice, it better still be there when I go in tomorrow!

[SuspectimusPrime]

My friggin' TMNT classics have been at the post office since the bloody 6th! I never got a parcel notice, it better still be there when I go in tomorrow!

That sucks!! I had the same issue with FP Munitioner + Explorer! Mine had sat there for 3 weeks in the PO and they didn't even give me a pick up slip. The most annoying part was that I had to pay for the highest shipping option (condition of the seller).

My own vent:
Some bloody guy beat me in an auction!! I placed a big on the last 3 seconds but he had one in on the last 2 seconds!!?! :mad::(

[Hursticon]

My own vent:
Some bloody guy beat me in an auction!! I placed a big on the last 3 seconds but he had one in on the last 2 seconds!!?! :mad::(

I hate that, but TBH - I've been that guy plenty of times too. :o

[SuspectimusPrime]

I hate that, but TBH - I've been that guy plenty of times too. :o

lol Me too. Suppose its Karma, but at least this wasn't a figure that I desperately wanted - it was more of a blow to my pride :p

[Hursticon]

lol Me too. Suppose its Karma, but at least this wasn't a figure that I desperately wanted - it was more of a blow to my pride :p

Oh it's the absolute worst when it's a figure you desperately want, though yeah it does suck when the old pride gets bent... for a little while anyway. ;):D

[GoktimusPrime]

My own vent:
Some bloody guy beat me in an auction!! I placed a big on the last 3 seconds but he had one in on the last 2 seconds!!?! :mad::(
Well I can assure you that it wasn't me. The worst I might do is buy the last toy off the shelf at a brick and mortar store. ;) (but then often they get restocked in massive waves later on and it shelfwarms :rolleyes:)

[SkyWarp91]

For the last couple of years I have been collecting the Halo Mega Bloks series heavily due to the fact that they look cool and that they are much more affordable than Lego. Recently though the brand has been throwing out heaps and heaps of new toys within such a short amount of time that it's become more of a burden to collect than it has been a joy. I don't even play with some of the newer sets and have them just sitting there still sealed.

I am thinking of giving up collecting this particular series, and even selling or giving away what I already have. I don't even have that much of a emotional connection to the toys and only started collecting because of a minor superficial attraction. I'd like to hear your opinions on what I should do next, folks.

[jazzcomp]

My own vent:
Some bloody guy beat me in an auction!! I placed a big on the last 3 seconds but he had one in on the last 2 seconds!!?! :mad::(

I hate that, but TBH - I've been that guy plenty of times too. :o

lol Me too. Suppose its Karma, but at least this wasn't a figure that I desperately wanted - it was more of a blow to my pride :p

Oh it's the absolute worst when it's a figure you desperately want, though yeah it does suck when the old pride gets bent... for a little while anyway. ;):D

I really hate those sniper guys :D Being the lead bidder for days end and then losing out in the last minute/seconds cause I have crappy MBB. Can't even bid. :(

[Ravagecat]

So I normally get stuff sent from the US via Priority due to the exorbitant postage costs that USPS ask for, for any of the other services they offer...but this time was special. I finally after 15 years of collecting acquired myself a MINT/loose complete Fortress Maximus (Thank you Matt from Transformerland.com) , so wanted to try and avoid having him in the postal system for too long. Well now I ask myself why did I bother paying the extra for express for no better service from USPS - see below (blue text is why I'm venting)


Arrival at Post Office
August 21, 2012, 7:58 am
AUSTRALIA

Processed Through Sort Facility
August 18, 2012, 1:23 pm
AUSTRALIA

Processed Through Sort Facility
August 12, 2012, 2:56 pm
ISC MIAMI FL (USPS)

Arrived at Sort Facility
August 12, 2012, 2:56 pm
ISC MIAMI FL (USPS)

Processed through USPS Sort Facility
August 12, 2012, 6:14 am
MIAMI, FL 33112

Processed through USPS Sort Facility
August 11, 2012, 8:32 pm
JACKSONVILLE, FL 32203

My parcel sat in a sort facility for at least 5 days (the 6th day on the plane I guess) before they even bothered sending it :mad: It seems that this is a common occurrence for this service if you look on other forums like whirlpool. :mad::mad::mad:
USPS should change thier international services names to slow, slower and slowest. My express parcel didn't even get priority :rolleyes: so why bother having important sounding service names at all?

The good news is he arrived intact and looking great :D - really happy with finally having him in my collection :D

[janda the red]

For the last couple of years I have been collecting the Halo Mega Bloks series heavily due to the fact that they look cool and that they are much more affordable than Lego. Recently though the brand has been throwing out heaps and heaps of new toys within such a short amount of time that it's become more of a burden to collect than it has been a joy. I don't even play with some of the newer sets and have them just sitting there still sealed.

I am thinking of giving up collecting this particular series, and even selling or giving away what I already have. I don't even have that much of a emotional connection to the toys and only started collecting because of a minor superficial attraction. I'd like to hear your opinions on what I should do next, folks.

hey skywarp....

haven't been around in ages, hope you're good.

if it was me dude, i'd either..... sell it all on ebay and channel the money into something you're interested in.

or..... if the money side of things doesn't faze you, give it all to the salvos knowing that some kids somewhere are gonna be getting some awesome toys that they otherwise would never had gotten the chance to own.

just my 2 cents...

janda :)

[SuspectimusPrime]

Well I can assure you that it wasn't me. The worst I might do is buy the last toy off the shelf at a brick and mortar store. ;) (but then often they get restocked in massive waves later on and it shelfwarms :rolleyes:)

Don't worry Goki, knowing your stance on ordering online, you're the last suspect ;)


For the last couple of years I have been collecting the Halo Mega Bloks series heavily due to the fact that they look cool and that they are much more affordable than Lego. Recently though the brand has been throwing out heaps and heaps of new toys within such a short amount of time that it's become more of a burden to collect than it has been a joy. I don't even play with some of the newer sets and have them just sitting there still sealed.

I am thinking of giving up collecting this particular series, and even selling or giving away what I already have. I don't even have that much of a emotional connection to the toys and only started collecting because of a minor superficial attraction. I'd like to hear your opinions on what I should do next, folks.


if it was me dude, i'd either..... sell it all on ebay and channel the money into something you're interested in.

or..... if the money side of things doesn't faze you, give it all to the salvos knowing that some kids somewhere are gonna be getting some awesome toys that they otherwise would never had gotten the chance to own.


Money seemed like a good reason to get in on it at first, and now seems like a good reason to get out of it :)


I really hate those sniper guys :D Being the lead bidder for days end and then losing out in the last minute/seconds cause I have crappy MBB. Can't even bid. :(

lol The irony was that in this case I was one of those sniper guys. My snipe was due for the last 3 seconds however the winning bidder must have been a paying sniper (i.e. having assess to final 1-2 seconds of sniping), or just have some really fast hands :p I absolutely need to snipe as I've been tethering internet off my phone whilst in Melbourne, and can't rely on my broadband speed.


My express parcel didn't even get priority :rolleyes: so why bother having important sounding service names at all?

The good news is he arrived intact and looking great :D - really happy with finally having him in my collection :D

That really sucks dude, especially after paying the premium for it. I've gone with USPS a lot, but I usually go for the cheapest - First Class International - and just looked at my recent purchases and they've only done 2 days at the Sorting Facility. I don't usually keep of it because I'm never home to take the intercom, and end up having to wait for the PO to send me a ticket - that part can take days, and a few times, weeks.

[GoktimusPrime]

Walked into EB Games to pick up Fall of Cybertron... the person serving me gives me the game and the codes. I asked him about the exclusive content and he goes, "That's it. It's just the codes." So I said, "What about the poster?" -- the guy goes and asks his manager, then comes back with the poster.

So basically... if I hadn't had said anything I would've have gotten the poster. I wonder how many other people have been picking up their pre-orders with only the codes and no poster. :/

[SuspectimusPrime]

Walked into EB Games to pick up Fall of Cybertron... the person serving me gives me the game and the codes. I asked him about the exclusive content and he goes, "That's it. It's just the codes." So I said, "What about the poster?" -- the guy goes and asks his manager, then comes back with the poster.

So basically... if I hadn't had said anything I would've have gotten the poster. I wonder how many other people have been picking up their pre-orders with only the codes and no poster. :/

Plenty? My sister used to work for EB during uni and they used to have tons of leftover uncollected pre-order stuff, that her manager would let them keep. The coolest thing she brought home was a Lego Batman Robin key chain. If customers fail to mention their bonus, it just gets forgotten, and it seems like most customers are quite hyped over the release and just forget their bonuses.

[GoktimusPrime]

We've lost some great people this week...
Jerry Nelson (http://www.todayonline.com/CultureAndLifestyle/EDC120826-0000015/Jerry-Nelson,-Count-of-Sesame-Street,-dies-at-78) and Neil Armstrong (http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-dies-at-82-20120826-24tyr.html).

"I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth."

R.I.P.

[Hursticon]

We've lost some great people this week...
Jerry Nelson (http://www.todayonline.com/CultureAndLifestyle/EDC120826-0000015/Jerry-Nelson,-Count-of-Sesame-Street,-dies-at-78) and Neil Armstrong (http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-dies-at-82-20120826-24tyr.html).

"I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth."

R.I.P.

Indeed a pair of great losses. :(

After 27 years, I now have to wear glasses... Still trying to get used to something now semi-permanently in front of my eyes - FML. :o

[UltraMarginal]

We've lost some great people this week...
Jerry Nelson (http://www.todayonline.com/CultureAndLifestyle/EDC120826-0000015/Jerry-Nelson,-Count-of-Sesame-Street,-dies-at-78) and Neil Armstrong (http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-dies-at-82-20120826-24tyr.html).

"I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth."

R.I.P.


Indeed a pair of great losses. :(


I agree, I didn't know about Jerry Nelson, but I heard about Niel Armstrong, perhaps the greatest explorer of our time.



After 27 years, I now have to wear glasses... Still trying to get used to something now semi-permanently in front of my eyes - FML. :o

It's OK Hursti, as soon as you start wearing glasses your apparent IQ goes up and you become more attractive to the ladies.

[Decepticon]

It's OK Hursti, as soon as you start wearing glasses your apparent IQ goes up and you become more attractive to the ladies.


Ive been wearing glasses for over 10 years and my IQ has gone down and ladies avoid me like the plague.:)

[UltraMarginal]

Ive been wearing glasses for over 10 years and my IQ has gone down and ladies avoid me like the plague.:)

I said apparent IQ, you tend to look smarter:D

[SkyWarp91]

hey skywarp....

haven't been around in ages, hope you're good.

if it was me dude, i'd either..... sell it all on ebay and channel the money into something you're interested in.

or..... if the money side of things doesn't faze you, give it all to the salvos knowing that some kids somewhere are gonna be getting some awesome toys that they otherwise would never had gotten the chance to own.
just my 2 cents...
janda :)

Hey Janda, haven't seen you in a while. Think I'm gonna sit on the toys for now and see what happens. I might still collect, however I won't rush out to buy them.



Money seemed like a good reason to get in on it at first, and now seems like a good reason to get out of it :)


Yeah, money's basically it. As Gene Simmons said, 'whoever said money can't buy happiness, hasn't had enough money'.


Indeed a pair of great losses. :(

After 27 years, I now have to wear glasses... Still trying to get used to something now semi-permanently in front of my eyes - FML. :o

Ah glasses aren't that bad. I live with them, well when you get them try to get non-reflective lenses so that people can actually see your eyes - if that's what you want.


Ive been wearing glasses for over 10 years and my IQ has gone down and ladies avoid me like the plague.:)

Body odour! Body odour!!!

[SuspectimusPrime]

Indeed a pair of great losses. :(

After 27 years, I now have to wear glasses... Still trying to get used to something now semi-permanently in front of my eyes - FML. :o

After my 27 years I'm finding my vision to be slightly hazy - totally blame work :(:mad: Don't need glasses yet as I'm just slightly near-sighted. Not far off, but I'll try to cherish/prolong the inevitable as best I can.

[GoktimusPrime]

The best thing about wearing glasses is that you get to make spectacle of yourself. :p

[kup]

The best thing about wearing glasses is that you get to make spectacle of yourself. :p

That is so lame that if you were at school, one of your friends would have punched you (with or without glasses) :p

I always prided myself on my good vision and although for 10 years I have been in front of a computer for hours on a daily basis, it has not faltered.

However there are days where I noticed that it is a little harder to focus on some thing but that is probably because I am feeling tired or something because on other days I can see just fine.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Prided yourself on good vision? It's not like you had a choice or worked towards it did you? I had to get glasses when i was 7 before i'd ever laid eyes on a computer, it's hardly something most are capable of avoiding.

[kup]

Prided yourself on good vision? It's not like you had a choice or worked towards it did you? I had to get glasses when i was 7 before i'd ever laid eyes on a computer, it's hardly something most are capable of avoiding.

Hey sorry, I didn't realize I had touched upon a sensitive cord.

[kurdt_the_goat]

No apology necessary, i'm not sensitive i just thought it odd that you'd say that! I could understand someone saying they took pride in never breaking a bone or something.

[Hursticon]

It's OK Hursti, as soon as you start wearing glasses your apparent IQ goes up and you become more attractive to the ladies.

Hehe, I had a good chuckle at that one dude - lol. :p


Ive been wearing glasses for over 10 years and my IQ has gone down and ladies avoid me like the plague.:)

1AZRAEL1 will tell you that I've had that issue even before getting glasses. :D


I said apparent IQ, you tend to look smarter:D

I'm not one for the "Hipster" trend, which is why I avoided thick frames with a passion. :p:D


Ah glasses aren't that bad. I live with them, well when you get them try to get non-reflective lenses so that people can actually see your eyes - if that's what you want.

I actually liked my mirror-tinted sunnies as it made checking out the ladies a little less obvious (The hanging tongue may of negated that though) :p; The glasses I ended up getting are prescription transition lenses on Oakley frames ;), $1000 later... :o


After my 27 years I'm finding my vision to be slightly hazy - totally blame work :(:mad: Don't need glasses yet as I'm just slightly near-sighted. Not far off, but I'll try to cherish/prolong the inevitable as best I can.

I've been mucking around with computers since the age of 4 which is often sited as attributing to poor vision, the annoying thing though is that little is known/understood (Currently) as to what causes my condition as the diagnosis has only existed since 1988 and seems to affect only 1 in every 1000-2000 people. :(

The condition is called Keratoconus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus) (Link supplied if anyone happens to be curious), I hope none of you find yourselves being afflicted with it. :o


The best thing about wearing glasses is that you get to make spectacle of yourself. :p


That is so lame that if you were at school, one of your friends would have punched you (with our without glasses) :p

I'd have to agree with Kup there Goki :p, besides; I don't need glasses to make a spectacle out of myself, history has proven this on a great many occasions. ;):D


No apology necessary, i'm not sensitive i just thought it odd that you'd say that! I could understand someone saying they took pride in never breaking a bone or something.

The thing that sort of disappoints me in my situation is that I did/do take pride in caring for my eyes, as it has been drilled into me ever since I could remember by my (Now)former Ambulance Rescue Officer Father that: "Your eyes are precious & you only get 1 set of them, so look after them" - Sort of feels like I'm being punished for no reason but obviously biology doesn't quite work like that. ;):o

[SuspectimusPrime]

I've been mucking around with computers since the age of 4 which is often sited as attributing to poor vision, the annoying thing though is that little is known/understood (Currently) as to what causes my condition as the diagnosis has only existed since 1988 and seems to affect only 1 in every 1000-2000 people. :(

That is a very early age to have a computer! I don't think I really got into mucking around with computers and DOS until I was 8. It was fun just typing stuff into a green/black screen and getting a response at that stage :p


The condition is called Keratoconus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus) (Link supplied if anyone happens to be curious), I hope none of you find yourselves being afflicted with it. :o


The article mentions that its more severe if discovered during adolescence, so that's good news for you, Hursti! It seems like there is a good chance that the condition may degenerate to a level that requires a corneal transplant/graft, but on the bright side the surgery sounds safe and with vision being greatly improved after surgery. So in the uber-long term it looks like it will work out better again :)

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Just clicked that link and the image there freaked me out a little bit. Cor, extreme cases must hurt! Yowsers!

[Hursticon]

That is a very early age to have a computer! I don't think I really got into mucking around with computers and DOS until I was 8. It was fun just typing stuff into a green/black screen and getting a response at that stage :p

Indeed it was :D, it helped though that my Uncle worked/owned his own I.T. firm and wrote off a machine for us once it'd become obsolete - That was our 1st Pentium 186DX, after having previously owned an Amiga (From Grace Bros & told we'd never need anything more than a 40Mb HDD :D) & a Commodore 64 (Prior to my ability to remember things :p).


The article mentions that its more severe if discovered during adolescence, so that's good news for you, Hursti! It seems like there is a good chance that the condition may degenerate to a level that requires a corneal transplant/graft, but on the bright side the surgery sounds safe and with vision being greatly improved after surgery. So in the uber-long term it looks like it will work out better again :)

Actually, it's better to of had it diagnosed as early as possible (Sadly, I was experiencing symptoms from the age of 12 but was none-the-wiser) as it only gets worse with time, oddly it stops at about 35-40y/o but by this time it is quite likely one would need a Cornea Transplant - Which said prospect freaks the hell out of me. :(

Being that I've been able to identify the affliction at age 27, it has made me an ideal candidate (apparently) for Collagen-Crosslinking - It's not a cure (As there isn't one) and the treatment is only 9y/o (So the long-term effects are unknown) but it has a very high success rate in halting the disease in its tracks & in 15% of cases has shown minor improvements to vision. :o

I hope that it doesn't get any worse, but now having to use glasses & being told that I'm medically unfit to ever hold a license or legally operate heavy equipment - I'm depressingly dependant on others (Or Public Transport) in order to get around (Apart from Push-bikes... or Horses), so yes things will hopefully be better in the end (:)) but it still feels like I've had a degree of independence taken away. :(


Just clicked that link and the image there freaked me out a little bit. Cor, extreme cases must hurt! Yowsers!

Yeah, I really do not like the idea of a Cornea Transplant nor having my Corneas possibly tearing away from my eyes if the disease is left unattended. :eek:

[UltraMarginal]

Wow Hursti,
That's pretty scary, I have glasses, but only because I've spent too much of my life reading.
Hopefully it works out for the best, maybe something turns up in the medical world that reverses or even cures the problem.

[Slag]

Bloody hell Hursti. That sounds pretty full on! You went from having to wear glasses to not being able to hold a drivers licence.!
thats a bit extreme.
hope it all works out for you.
keep us posted

[GoktimusPrime]

Short sightedness isn't solely to do with using computers, reading or watching TV (though these things can contribute) -- it's just to do with living in urban environments where we very rarely (if ever) look into far off long distances like the horizon. For most of us, the end of a road while we're driving is as far as we may look at. Taiwan has one of the highest rates of kids who need corrective eyewear, and it's speculated that it's probably because a lot of kids there live in relatively cramped urban environments - apartment buildings instead of houses - and just always looking at things close up. If wearing eyewear bugs you that much, saving up for corrective medical procedures is one option. A cheaper option is contact lenses -- but I personally can't stand the thought of jabbing at my own eyeballs! Also your eyes get fatigued if you wear contacts for prolonged periods of time.

But I think it's important that if you do need corrective eyewear, use it as prescribed. I got glasses when I was 15/16, and I haven't needed to get any stronger prescriptions since then because I always wear them. You can also get stylish frames -- mknell got himself a pair of Astroboy frames (he was wearing them at the last Parra Fair :)). I'd love to see someone make a pair of Transformers frames. ;)

Speaking of contacts, our old Year 8 Japanese text book starts with a comic strip - introducing basic greetings - set in a Dojo where people are bowing in Seiza like this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrydonaghe/1118009/). I'd always tell the kids that Sensei had dropped his contacts and everyone's trying to find them. :D :p

[5FDP]

I hope that it doesn't get any worse, but now having to use glasses & being told that I'm medically unfit to ever hold a license or legally operate heavy equipment - I'm depressingly dependant on others (Or Public Transport) in order to get around (Apart from Push-bikes... or Horses), so yes things will hopefully be better in the end (:)) but it still feels like I've had a degree of independence taken away. :(

Holy shit dude :eek: That's f'ed-up! I'm so sorry to hear this Hursti. I hope everything works out for you :(

[Autocon]

Have powerdvd 9 on comuter but needs to upgrade to watch avengers blu ray!!:mad: I try to d/l the patch but it keeps going file corrupted so I cant watch the blu ray!! Only bought it to watch the extras now I cant view them

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[The_Damned]

can you use vlc player to watch bluerays?

[KalEl]

TFS Abridged Parody Episode 27
Why has i never watched these?!
This shiz is gold!

[kup]

I hope that it doesn't get any worse, but now having to use glasses & being told that I'm medically unfit to ever hold a license or legally operate heavy equipment - I'm depressingly dependant on others (Or Public Transport) in order to get around (Apart from Push-bikes... or Horses), so yes things will hopefully be better in the end (:)) but it still feels like I've had a degree of independence taken away. :(



I hope it doesn't turn out as severe as it sounds, I know how hard it can be when the ability to drive is taken away. I wasn't allowed to drive until I was 25.

Why aren't you allowed to have a driving license if your vision is corrected with glasses?


Have powerdvd 9 on comuter but needs to upgrade to watch avengers blu ray!!:mad: I try to d/l the patch but it keeps going file corrupted so I cant watch the blu ray!! Only bought it to watch the extras now I cant view them

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

You need PowerDVD11 to play blurays (and a BD Drive) and it seems that you can't play them on VLC because the codecs for Blurays is encrypted and you need a license for it. It is a very restricted format.

[Kazza]

TFS Abridged Parody Episode 27
Why has i never watched these?!
This shiz is gold!

Yeah man they are hilarious, favorite bits nappa haunting vegeta and krillins own count... BTW PS3 HD Collection Remastered release for Budokai 1 and 3.... I will pay over $9000!!!... comes out in november:D

[Yukitora]

I don't have a car.
I've move 4 times in 2 years.
I can't uses digi drawing programs on the computer, my eyes burn out.
My job is illustration but i can't get the official job for it because of digi programs. And traditional hard-working pen n paper don't apply.
I've had 2 cats die within 3 months of eachother.
My rental house I'm in is up for sale.
I'm currently suffering from a mutated allergy/flu strain.
My kid keeps comeing back from school with fevers or nits.
Partners loosing weight while i'm putting it on, how that happens is a mystery.
My monitor wont recognise my motherboard/drive ect, computer.
My ps2 has a loose power supply and is currently not playable.
Kid wants a bumblebee rescuebot costume, and we know what happens when a kids heart is set on something.
Sunstreaker cost me about $250
Can't get tf fans to communicate for a simple meet.
Only found out yesterday that the 'art' pens i brought were blue... -.-;
and that the kid has used all my art paper... -.-; ... ... ... yep.

[KalEl]

Yeah man they are hilarious, favorite bits nappa haunting vegeta and krillins own count... BTW PS3 HD Collection Remastered release for Budokai 1 and 3.... I will pay over $9000!!!... comes out in november:D

Hell yeah!

[Autocon]

I hope it doesn't turn out as severe as it sounds, I know how hard it can be when the ability to drive is taken away. I wasn't allowed to drive until I was 25.

Why aren't you allowed to have a driving license if your vision is corrected with glasses?



You need PowerDVD11 to play blurays (and a BD Drive) and it seems that you can't play them on VLC because the codecs for Blurays is encrypted and you need a license for it. It is a very restricted format.

I can play blu rays, just not the latest ones:rolleyes:

[Tober]

I can't uses digi drawing programs on the computer, my eyes burn out.
My job is illustration but i can't get the official job for it because of digi programs. And traditional hard-working pen n paper don't apply.

Have you seen an optician about this? There may be lenses that can help... Otherwise maybe a better screen...

[SuspectimusPrime]

I can't uses digi drawing programs on the computer, my eyes burn out.
My job is illustration but i can't get the official job for it because of digi programs. And traditional hard-working pen n paper don't apply.
I've had 2 cats die within 3 months of eachother.


Sorry to hear abouts your cats :(

Also just had a look at your hand drawn work and wow, that's very impressive :) Hope you find some ways or methods to get around that digital barrier. Have you considered good old screen filters? Or distancing yourself from the screen by hooking your PC to your TV and just sit back whilst you work - I set this up for Dad to teach him how to use Skype and email :p

[Yukitora]

I can be on the computer all day in different programs or on the net but when i throw myself into Adobe and sit there modifing one pixel at a time, recolouring (attempting to) and basic working with it, I can only last a half to 1 hour before my eyes become so effected that i suffer eye problems and headaches... into the next day. Which makes me so tired i have to sleep. As you know, i do alot of black n white line work and i was wondering if all i see on my screen are the outlines of every pixel, but don't notice it sorta thing. I have a big screen monitor already.
I have a similar effect with painting models, but that doesn't start to happen until bout 6 hours later and 2 days later for sims2!
See if i can't learn digi, i can't even get a job in a printing joint. Strange, but true story. And people won't let me do the print, colour, scan back in thing. Even for some of the dudes here in ozformers who've asked me to colour their stuff. If they can't have it now, they don't want to know.

[The_Damned]

I don't have a car.
I've move 4 times in 2 years.
I can't uses digi drawing programs on the computer, my eyes burn out.
My job is illustration but i can't get the official job for it because of digi programs. And traditional hard-working pen n paper don't apply.
I've had 2 cats die within 3 months of eachother.
My rental house I'm in is up for sale.
I'm currently suffering from a mutated allergy/flu strain.
My kid keeps comeing back from school with fevers or nits.
Partners loosing weight while i'm putting it on, how that happens is a mystery.
My monitor wont recognise my motherboard/drive ect, computer.
My ps2 has a loose power supply and is currently not playable.
Kid wants a bumblebee rescuebot costume, and we know what happens when a kids heart is set on something.
Sunstreaker cost me about $250
Can't get tf fans to communicate for a simple meet.
Only found out yesterday that the 'art' pens i brought were blue... -.-;
and that the kid has used all my art paper... -.-; ... ... ... yep.

hope things get better for you :)

[M-bot]

Have you seen an optician about this? There may be lenses that can help... Otherwise maybe a better screen...

+1. The eye issues you're describing sound like it may be something that can be diagnosed and fixed. Have you got a GP you know and trust? Worthwhile asking for a referral to an ophthalmologist, to get your eyes properly tested and treated. Might be the first step towards solving some of your issues.

Really hoping things get better for you from here on in.

[Tober]

I can be on the computer all day in different programs or on the net but when i throw myself into Adobe and sit there modifing one pixel at a time, recolouring (attempting to) and basic working with it, I can only last a half to 1 hour before my eyes become so effected that i suffer eye problems and headaches... into the next day. Which makes me so tired i have to sleep. As you know, i do alot of black n white line work and i was wondering if all i see on my screen are the outlines of every pixel, but don't notice it sorta thing. I have a big screen monitor already.
I have a similar effect with painting models, but that doesn't start to happen until bout 6 hours later and 2 days later for sims2!
See if i can't learn digi, i can't even get a job in a printing joint. Strange, but true story. And people won't let me do the print, colour, scan back in thing. Even for some of the dudes here in ozformers who've asked me to colour their stuff. If they can't have it now, they don't want to know.


+1. The eye issues you're describing sound like it may be something that can be diagnosed and fixed. Have you got a GP you know and trust? Worthwhile asking for a referral to an ophthalmologist, to get your eyes properly tested and treated. Might be the first step towards solving some of your issues.

Really hoping things get better for you from here on in.

Yeah, although I'm thinking you probably already have seen a specialist. Opthamologists arn't cheap either, even with the Medicare rebate. :(

What are you saying about Sims 2? Are these 3D models?

[Slag]

Yeah, although I'm thinking you probably already have seen a specialist. Opthamologists arn't cheap either, even with the Medicare rebate. :(



Tell me about it! I had to go to one last thursday after my optometrist found a freckle on the back of my eye.. The guy looked at me with one machine , couldn't find anything, looked through another machine (i got the impression it was new and he just wanted to play around with it) had absolutely no sign of the freckle (which was good:)) but the bill was 270 bucks for about 5 mins.:(

[kurdt_the_goat]

Man i hate doctors! What if you went to those doctors in reverse order, the first one found nothing and the second one found the freckle instead?

My wife had a similar situation, had an ultrasound and found a hernia, went to a specialist and said they can't feel it from the outside so there's nothing there.
What the hell did the first guy find then and what the hell is the point of an ultrasound if it isn't as conclusive as the highly scientific feel test!

[kup]

My right ear has been feeling 'odd' for a couple of months and after I recently had a cold, it begun to feel muffled. so I went to the Doctor...

Doctor: Do you have any allergies?
Me: No, none that I am aware of.
*Check ears*
Doctor: There is fluid in your ear. Here is a prescription for nasal allergy pills.
Me: WTF?

[Tober]

Tell me about it! I had to go to one last thursday after my optometrist found a freckle on the back of my eye.. The guy looked at me with one machine , couldn't find anything, looked through another machine (i got the impression it was new and he just wanted to play around with it) had absolutely no sign of the freckle (which was good:)) but the bill was 270 bucks for about 5 mins.:(

Similar for me two weeks ago. $292 to have a few scans and be told that there are no new developments or changes since my last visit last year. :(


My right ear has been feeling 'odd' for a couple of months and after I recently had a cold, it begun to feel muffled. so I went to the Doctor...

Doctor: Do you have any allergies?
Me: No, none that I am aware of.
*Check ears*
Doctor: There is fluid in your ear. Here is a prescription for nasal allergy pills.
Me: WTF?

Heh, the ears, nose and throat are interconnected. You did get the leak from a cold. :cool:

[kurdt_the_goat]

A few years back my mum had to get her ears flushed in some manner, from too much build up of wax. It turns out, using the cotton ear buds is not recommended, as over time it will push wax into your ear. Buggered if i know what else to do though!

[Tober]

A few years back my mum had to get her ears flushed in some manner, from too much build up of wax. It turns out, using the cotton ear buds is not recommended, as over time it will push wax into your ear. Buggered if i know what else to do though!

Go to a GP and they will do it, or send you to a nurse to pump them out with a pump or syringe. Otherwise chemists sell wax softener that you drop into your ear and lie down as it dissolves.

[Autocon]

Man i hate doctors! What if you went to those doctors in reverse order, the first one found nothing and the second one found the freckle instead?

My wife had a similar situation, had an ultrasound and found a hernia, went to a specialist and said they can't feel it from the outside so there's nothing there.
What the hell did the first guy find then and what the hell is the point of an ultrasound if it isn't as conclusive as the highly scientific feel test!

Did you get a second ultrasound?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

My right ear has been feeling 'odd' for a couple of months and after I recently had a cold, it begun to feel muffled. so I went to the Doctor...

Doctor: Do you have any allergies?
Me: No, none that I am aware of.
*Check ears*
Doctor: There is fluid in your ear. Here is a prescription for nasal allergy pills.
Me: WTF?
Allergic to your nose?

;):p

A few years back my mum had to get her ears flushed in some manner, from too much build up of wax. It turns out, using the cotton ear buds is not recommended, as over time it will push wax into your ear. Buggered if i know what else to do though!
Yeah, what Tober said. Best way to lose ear wax is to melt it out. Through a dr.!!

[jazzcomp]

How can I stop receiving mail that I returned? I'm sick of writing undeliverable but post still sends it back to me.

[Slag]

How can I stop receiving mail that I returned? I'm sick of writing undeliverable but post still sends it back to me.

I write "not at this address" haven't had one return yet.. (you do mean mail that is not for you right but for a previous tenant or something?)

[jazzcomp]

I write "not at this address" haven't had one return yet.. (you do mean mail that is not for you right but for a previous tenant or something?)
Yes, previous residents. Some even years before. It says on the envelope if undeliverable, return to sender's address But post still returns to me. Thanks, I'll try that.

[Yukitora]

Actually, you kinda have to ring the dudes that sent the mail and tell them directly. cause when it gets to the office, they just bin it and send another next time.

Also, i am recovering, - thanks for the wishes- by sniffing assorted glues while making cosplays... no need for lungs. My face is very tight feeling and sometimes numb. could be the flu medication. talk about this years mutated strain.
Yes Sims2 is 3D.
I think it might be a 'focus for too long' problem. 8+ hours of drawing at tafe from 8-5 or 8am-9pm even, made me sleep as soon as i got home. Yes true story. Its all produce and grades. Fail = no bit o paper.

[Trent]

Actually, you kinda have to ring the dudes that sent the mail and tell them directly. cause when it gets to the office, they just bin it and send another next time.

Be careful with that. As to find out who is sending it you may be tempted to open it. Keep in mind that it is an offence to open mail that is not addressed to you.

I have this problem as well. The previous resident of my house (we have been living here for 5 years now) seems to have run up quite the credit card bill ( or bills) and we are still getting the letters of demand from the debt collection agencies. Writing 'return to sender, no longer at this address' doesn't work, as I believe they think that is just a clever tactic to throw them off the trail. Fortunately mail frequently gets damaged in my mailbox and so it can sometimes be impossible to see who a letter is for until it is opened. On those times I have ran the debt collection agency and informed them of the situation. Sometimes that works but sometimes they still seem to persist and it isn't until I threaten to call the police that they back off.

One day a guy came to the door and just tried to walk in the house, luckily I always keep the screen door locked, but he demanded that I let him in. He was debt collector, but wouldn't say so, he tried to bully me into letting him in so he could "collect his debt". Needless to say I was not impressed. I tried to explain to him that the person he was after moved out 2 years ago but he didn't seem to care. So I wandered away from the door telling him I would just be a second. I came back with my 22 inch pipe wrench and my mobile phone, he backed off a bit then but still would not leave. I then proceeded to call the police and tell them that someone was trying to force their way into the house. He left quick smart then.

Debt collection agencies are scum. Probably my number 2 most hated types of people. Right below developers.:mad:

/rant

[UltraMarginal]

wow, I've never had to deal with debt collection. usually if I get mail turn up I RTS for a couple months, then it goes in the bin after that, I figure if they don't care enough after goodness knows how long (one place my flat mate had been in for 4 years before I joined him and we were getiting mail that he didn't recognise the names on) they probably won't miss the random letter from random place they didn't bother changing their address with.

[M-bot]

We got some incorrectly addressed mail once, and my wife wrote "RTS" on it. My daughter asked us what RTS stood for, and my wife and I replied at the same time - only she said "Return To Sender" while I said "Reveal The Shield"...:p:D

[jazzcomp]

Used to write RTS, now it's undeliverable. I will try Not at this address :) Hope that works.

[griffin]

"Not at this address" is usually the best one, as it is easy to understand and should remove your address from that mailing list/database... as it gives a reason why it is being returned. "Return to Sender" can be a bit too vague, as it could also mean that the person is there, but doesn't want to accept that particular item of mail.


Writing "not at this address" is so affective, if you did that on any letters from the AEC, it used to be a way to get off the electoral roll (because they can't keep a person on the roll if their details can not be verified), but not sure if it works anymore (since it is illegal not to be registered to vote*, and they cross-check your details with other federal databases now).


*I'm not a fan of Compulsory Voting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_voting) if it is being abused as a mere revenue-raiser for the major parties (who earn $3-4 per vote, both Senate & Reps, reaping in millions with each election), disguised as a "have your say" concept, as if we have a choice. Voting should be free, so that they earn our support, instead of just earning our money. Then there would be some merit in being Compulsory, as a (free) civic duty.
(I only recently realised that we are just one out of 10 countries, out of about 200 in the whole world, that have enforced compulsory voting. I would have thought there were more than that.)

[Yukitora]

Hello.
Why does no one want to meet this little Maximal scout and its Autobot Decepticon family, with other distant tf scout friends? Not like I'm scary, and the little protoform is well mannered, and the bigger 'protoform' is a bit easily frustrated sometimes, but doesn't bite neither. Am I missing something, some secret tf code somewhere? I've been going outta my way to get meet going with no easy time or cost at my end and, waiting till the last possible minute to leave and using taxis to get me to places in order to meet people. Not a word or sms, or even a 'sorry i'm busy', even a pm. Like, people say they want to meet new fans and see others collections, but i've not seen this yet. Can't even get a hold of Jhiaxus!
Sad little Maximal is sad. (and pissed)

[SkyWarp91]

Maybe they're legit busy, or too occupied to respond. It takes much effort to gather where I'm situated and it's only done rarely throughout the year.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Maybe they're legit busy, or too occupied to respond. It takes much effort to gather where I'm situated and it's only done rarely throughout the year.

Yeh, I would agree with this as well. I try and meet up with the local gang as often as we can, but even then that is about once every couple of months. Then on top of that someone might be missing.

Life is busy for some people and even though they might want to meet, they just can't sometimes. Don't take it personally.

[jazzcomp]

Easiest would be to meet at toy fair or some expo or convention.

[griffin]

Hello.
Why does no one want to meet this little Maximal scout and its Autobot Decepticon family, with other distant tf scout friends? Not like I'm scary, and the little protoform is well mannered, and the bigger 'protoform' is a bit easily frustrated sometimes, but doesn't bite neither. Am I missing something, some secret tf code somewhere? I've been going outta my way to get meet going with no easy time or cost at my end and, waiting till the last possible minute to leave and using taxis to get me to places in order to meet people. Not a word or sms, or even a 'sorry i'm busy', even a pm. Like, people say they want to meet new fans and see others collections, but i've not seen this yet. Can't even get a hold of Jhiaxus!
Sad little Maximal is sad. (and pissed)

It's not anything against you. If you lived in a more populated area of members, you'd have better luck, but even then, you might need to wait for a convention or collector fair. Just see the sort of meets and frequencies of them in the meets section, and it isn't about any one person... 9 times out of 10 it is a meet at a pre-existing event.
It may not be easy or affordable, but if you are really wanting to meet up with a group of fans, consider traveling to a Parra Fair or Nexus fair (since your location says you are in "Coolgardie", so Nexus in Perth would be closest to you).
In the past I've flown to a few collectors fairs and conventions just to meet up with other fans, because at the time it was difficult getting more than 2 people to show up to a Brisbane meet.
But now I, like most others our (older) age, am usually too busy with other things to be able to go to meets... so don't be thinking people are avoiding you.
Also consider that you aren't a frequent poster here, so those who may have time free to meet up, may not know you well enough to feel comfortable meeting a stranger. (again, if this is a factor here, it is nothing personal to you - and we can't expect you to interact here more if you don't have the spare time for it... just like we can't expect people to meet up if they don't have the spare time for it either).

So basically, if you are keen to meet up and aren't in an area that has much interest or members, investigate the option of traveling (if you have the time or finances for it).

[Prowl]

Hello.
I've been going outta my way to get meet going with no easy time or cost at my end and, waiting till the last possible minute to leave and using taxis to get me to places in order to meet people. Not a word or sms, or even a 'sorry i'm busy', even a pm.


If you have agreed on a meet & the party/ies do not send a text or anything then that is disgraceful. I am reading this as you arranged to meet at X & no one shows of course & you have gone there.

[Autocon]

Hello.
Why does no one want to meet this little Maximal scout and its Autobot Decepticon family, with other distant tf scout friends? Not like I'm scary, and the little protoform is well mannered, and the bigger 'protoform' is a bit easily frustrated sometimes, but doesn't bite neither. Am I missing something, some secret tf code somewhere? I've been going outta my way to get meet going with no easy time or cost at my end and, waiting till the last possible minute to leave and using taxis to get me to places in order to meet people. Not a word or sms, or even a 'sorry i'm busy', even a pm. Like, people say they want to meet new fans and see others collections, but i've not seen this yet. Can't even get a hold of Jhiaxus!
Sad little Maximal is sad. (and pissed)

Id meet up, even if its just to see the depthcharge costume:cool:

Having all difficulties finding a present, every year I dread this time lol

[GoktimusPrime]

Unless there's something really major happening, I try to attend all my local fan meets. I've travelled interstate and overseas to attend meets too. :) And anything that would stop me would have to actually clash with the time of the meet... like one time I couldn't attend the beginning of a meet because I had to drop my in-laws off at the airport, but I went from the airport to the meet (turned up late, but I still turned up!). Another time I had a wedding to go to, but the wedding was in the evening! So I totally attended the meet, but kind left early to get ready to go to the wedding (by early I mean I didn't hang around for lunch :p). So yeah, if I'm not at a meet - you know there'd better be a _damn_ good reason.

[Yukitora]

Its cool if people just said like 'not interested' or 'can't on this day' but i can't even get people to tell me that. I've tried all forms of communications and the thread, if you've noticed. I'm talking to myself. My non tf (very casual kinda tf fans) friends have more responses than the actual tf fans. (the ones claiming to be on this forum a lot.) Like, is there a few satellites down on Cybertron? No signal?
Yeah Goki, your one of the adventurous ones and we are not all like that. I know that. And people are busy , like duh. And no, there are no toy fairs or conventions here in NQ. But i truely think its Townsville as the same problems occured with finding Dystopian Wars/40k players. ( but my BF has a stricter timetable with work n all) I no worky like that but i'm not free anytime either. And these things are just coming of as rude. Its a big deal that i can get out to the cosplay night, being a good $30 in a taxi each way if my other contacts fail, and i have no choice but to lug the kid too. (which will need feeding in those 5 hours- can you see Sunstreaker in a Maccas line...?) So its not smooth at my end. But even then, the only people that have responded to the post are you guys from wayyyyyyyyyy outttttttaaaaaaaa town. That just feels weird. Its nice to have pen-pals.
Pisseddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd dddddd just let me do this, annoyedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd d because i cannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ... ok better now, bit.

[SkyWarp91]

Maybe they don't have phone credit or regular access to the internet....

[Skullcruncher]

Its over - G1 collecting has gone to the dogs. I've lost all my enthusiasm for transformer collecting. KO sellers dominate ebay, collectors who I thought were pretty decent turn out to be assholes and i'm sick of cheapskate buyers and yesterday I caught my neighbour letting their dog take a dump on my lawn.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

and yesterday I caught my neighbour letting their dog take a dump on my lawn.
I hoped you managed to shame him greatly!

[Bidoofdude]

Isn't that technically, in a way, vandalism? :p But yeah, hope you stuck it to him.

[Bidoofdude]

I am sick of a lot of stuff. People saying haytch, people saying verse as a verb (i.e played, versing, versed etc.) How much postage costs from Americans who can charge much less, Vans shoes (coz everyone else loves them), noobs at pokemon who think Arceus is really easy to get and cheating is a good thing, people saying Arseu instead of Arkeus to pronounce Arceus, blackboards, people snorting inside their mouth, how you're a nerd if you don't wear vans, love to party, play flash games only, listen to the latest music, knockoffs, people who act like they know so much about a subject, griefers in minecraft, admins who hat you (none here), overalls, American accents, those weird sunglasses with the slits on them, Raymans, news reporters, how I can't hold on to a hobby for more than 6 months, people who use bad grammar and whenever I correct , they go whatever, then get their friends to try and correct me, people who try to act cool by saying nothing or say get away from me whenever you try to talk to them or ask them a question or something, noobs in general, titans in FOC, dubstep and tourists. (especially from America) Oh yeah, and stereotypes of Australia.

[Trent]

I am sick of a lot of stuff. People saying haytch, people saying verse as a verb (i.e played, versing, versed etc.) How much postage costs from Americans who can charge much less, Vans shoes (coz everyone else loves them), noobs at pokemon who think Arceus is really easy to get and cheating is a good thing, people saying Arseu instead of Arkeus to pronounce Arceus, blackboards, people snorting inside their mouth, how you're a nerd if you don't wear vans, love to party, play flash games only, listen to the latest music, knockoffs, people who act like they know so much about a subject, griefers in minecraft, admins who hat you (none here), overalls, American accents, those weird sunglasses with the slits on them, Raymans, news reporters, how I can't hold on to a hobby for more than 6 months, people who use bad grammar and whenever I correct , they go whatever, then get their friends to try and correct me, people who try to act cool by saying nothing or say get away from me whenever you try to talk to them or ask them a question or something, noobs in general, titans in FOC, dubstep and tourists. (especially from America) Oh yeah, and stereotypes of Australia.

Out of curiousity, how old are you? Because 99% of those "problems" only exist to people under the age of 23.

Especially not being cool because you don't wear vans.

[5FDP]

...and yesterday I caught my neighbour letting their dog take a dump on my lawn.

You should have done the same to his lawn ;) :p

[canofwhoopass_87]

Its over - G1 collecting has gone to the dogs. I've lost all my enthusiasm for transformer collecting. KO sellers dominate ebay

You said it man. Worst time to be collecting G1's right now and it's only gona get worse.

[Bidoofdude]

You should have done the same to his lawn ;) :p
True. Yes I am 13 and I am pretty sure these views will fade away when I get older. I seem to ignore it though. :D

[Bidoofdude]

Out of curiousity, how old are you? Because 99% of those "problems" only exist to people under the age of 23.

Especially not being cool because you don't wear vans.

By chance, what is that 1% chance? I'm guessing knockoffs. That is definetely true.

[Autocon]

People are wearing minature vans on their feet now?:confused: Are they like a rollerskating shoe in the shape of a van?


Im on the phone to centrelink. First call they punted me off the phone to leave a message!:mad::rolleyes:

Also hard finding a job when you study part time

[SuspectimusPrime]

...how I can't hold on to a hobby for more than 6 months...

How's TF's holding for ya? :)

I lost interest in TF's when I was your age (right after Beast Wars), and didn't get back into it until I was 21-23... somewhere then.

[Megatron]

Your internet service has been slowed... :mad:

[Trent]

By chance, what is that 1% chance? I'm guessing knockoffs. That is definetely true.

Correct. That is indeed a true problem.

Oh, and further to your rant post, tell these associates of yours that the latest music is all rubbish. I cannot speak detrimentally enough of the music you kids listen to these days. And I don't say this in the way that my father/grandfather said this to me, in that the style has evolved into something those that came before consider meaningless noise (I put heavy/death metal in that category.)

Music has become a means to an end rather than the end itself. It has become nothing more than a method for the "artist" (and I use that term VERY loosely) to promote and sell their image. And their image usually involves said "artist" in a video clip acting like a 2 bit ho (if a woman), or surrounding themselves with 2 bit hos (if a man), and partaking in activities and behaviours that we generally consider to be detrimental to society.

I just had a look through the ARIA top 50 singles. And really??? The only artist I think deserves to be there is Missy Higgins. WHile I don't really like her music, at least she makes music to express herself and connect with her listeners. Not to get the most bang for buck out of every song and hundreds of potential club remixes.



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[Bidoofdude]

How's TF's holding for ya? :)

I lost interest in TF's when I was your age (right after Beast Wars), and didn't get back into it until I was 21-23... somewhere then.

Since around April/May. I really want to keep it going. I imagine it's going to get tough. Before this was pokemon. I think if I can keep buying toys, watching the shows/movies and playing the games at a consistent rate can help me stay on track, because usually when I see something from my childhood, I get interested. I went off collecting ben 10 figures about a year ago, (after I'd got every alien force figure) but I drifted away from it. These past few weeks the idea to keep going keeps coming up in my head and it's hard ton jam it out.
This is a good and bad time for me, all the good stuff from my childhood is coming back. TMNT, Thundercats, a little power-rangers, ben 10, MOTU etc are all trying to replace the spot currently held by transformers. As I said before, I really want to hold onto this hobby as long as I can,as I don't want to tell myself that I've wasted so much money on something that isn't even that important to me. I really don't want to do that again. It's frustrating. I now feel like I can really only go with transformers and no other toys, since I don't want anything else to take over. It's kind of paranoid, but I think it might work. Hopefully.:o

[Bidoofdude]

Correct. That is indeed a true problem.

Oh, and further to your rant post, tell these associates of yours that the latest music is all rubbish. I cannot speak detrimentally enough of the music you kids listen to these days. And I don't say this in the way that my father/grandfather said this to me, in that the style has evolved into something those that came before consider meaningless noise (I put heavy/death metal in that category.)

Music has become a means to an end rather than the end itself. It has become nothing more than a method for the "artist" (and I use that term VERY loosely) to promote and sell their image. And their image usually involves said "artist" in a video clip acting like a 2 bit ho (if a woman), or surrounding themselves with 2 bit hos (if a man), and partaking in activities and behaviours that we generally consider to be detrimental to society.

I just had a look through the ARIA top 50 singles. And really??? The only artist I think deserves to be there is Missy Higgins. WHile I don't really like her music, at least she makes music to express herself and connect with her listeners. Not to get the most bang for buck out of every song and hundreds of potential club remixes.



:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Yeah, I try that. But they just go, "Well you listen to U2 and Stan Bush and I'm like yeah. It's even worse with people not having any gift or talent and just autotuning. It pains me, when there are those that are normal and act normal, but they don't become famous because they don't looooove partying like Chris Brown or whatever that man ******* **** ****** ****hole does for a living. They let fame get to them and it's really hard to find meaningful, yet true musical talent out there. It's really annoying to me too. You're not alone. And I have another rant; people who think life is all about partying and don't take anything seriously. That and ripoffs of other songs.

[Slag]

Its cool if people just said like 'not interested' or 'can't on this day' but i can't even get people to tell me that. I've tried all forms of communications and the thread, if you've noticed. I'm talking to myself. My non tf (very casual kinda tf fans) friends have more responses than the actual tf fans. (the ones claiming to be on this forum a lot.) Like, is there a few satellites down on Cybertron? No signal?
Yeah Goki, your one of the adventurous ones and we are not all like that. I know that. And people are busy , like duh. And no, there are no toy fairs or conventions here in NQ. But i truely think its Townsville as the same problems occured with finding Dystopian Wars/40k players. ( but my BF has a stricter timetable with work n all) I no worky like that but i'm not free anytime either. And these things are just coming of as rude. Its a big deal that i can get out to the cosplay night, being a good $30 in a taxi each way if my other contacts fail, and i have no choice but to lug the kid too. (which will need feeding in those 5 hours- can you see Sunstreaker in a Maccas line...?) So its not smooth at my end. But even then, the only people that have responded to the post are you guys from wayyyyyyyyyy outttttttaaaaaaaa town. That just feels weird. Its nice to have pen-pals.
Pisseddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd dddddd just let me do this, annoyedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd d because i cannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ... ok better now, bit.

If i ever go looking for gold, I'll visit:) Sunstreaker in a maccas line:rolleyes:... sounds like my kind of youtube video:p


Its over - G1 collecting has gone to the dogs. I've lost all my enthusiasm for transformer collecting. KO sellers dominate ebay, collectors who I thought were pretty decent turn out to be assholes and i'm sick of cheapskate buyers and yesterday I caught my neighbour letting their dog take a dump on my lawn.

That sucks dude:(. I get that feeling too sometimes.. And some couple walking past let their dog crap on my lawn a few months ago... i wish i'd picked it up and thrown it at them..


people who use bad grammar and whenever I correct , they go whatever,

That's me .. sorry. english was my most hatted subject:p and i like some dubstep.. Not the crap that every recent pop artist seems to try and incorporate into their tracks .... don't hold it against me:). maybe it all stems from trying to make transforming noises as a child:rolleyes:

[UltraMarginal]

What are Vans, in reference to shoes?:confused:

[Trent]

What are Vans, in reference to shoes?:confused:

A brand of shoe that apparently the young consider to be the only cool shoe around.

Well excuse me for being a Ken Block fan boy and flying the DC flag :cool:

[griffin]

Hmmm... "everyone is wearing Vans". Sounds like when I was back at school and everyone "had to wear" Converse if they didn't want to be ostracised.

I just looked up Vans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vans) (because I'd never even heard of them either)... those are old-people shoes, that they wear at the retirement villages! And they are popular by the youngens? Sheesh... kids these days. :p

[jazzcomp]

What are Vans, in reference to shoes?:confused:
They were the preferred shoes by skateboarders, rockband members & those deemed cool in music or extreme sports. Thus were deemed cool. :cool:

[jazzcomp]

Your internet service has been slowed... :mad:
Mine as well.

[GoktimusPrime]

I just know about them because of the number of times I've issued uniform violation notifications to students who wear them in school. :p But Chucks and Nikes are still more popular -- at least with the kids at my school.

[gantz]

Vans have been around this the early 90's.

I've attended the Vans Warped tour a bunch of times since it first commenced in Australia in '98!

They just got cheaper :p

[Yukitora]

Haden't paid electricty bill yet. lets see what happens on tuesday.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Haden't paid electricty bill yet. lets see what happens on tuesday.

*click* oh nuts....

No more computer time for you !


:p

[Yukitora]

PAID! FRACKN PAID!
Still, lets wait and see what happens on Tuesday....

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Bah! Went to the effort of whipping up an awesome silverside and salad sandwich for lunch before work. Totally pumped for it and looking forward to lunch (coz I loves me a good sandwaich!).

I get to work and a text from the wifey says "Did you use that knife and board on the bench? I used that to cut chicken liver laste night"

Oh crap. I used that knife to cut the tomato in my sandwiches....

....


:(

[Kazza]

Bah! Went to the effort of whipping up an awesome silverside and salad sandwich for lunch before work. Totally pumped for it and looking forward to lunch (coz I loves me a good sandwaich!).

I get to work and a text from the wifey says "Did you use that knife and board on the bench? I used that to cut chicken liver laste night"

Oh crap. I used that knife to cut the tomato in my sandwiches....

....


:(

Question is, did you chuck it or eat it?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Question is, did you chuck it or eat it?

Definite chuck (it out). I don't want salmonella poisoning.;)

[Hursticon]

Definite chuck (it out). I don't want salmonella poisoning.;)

Would've done the same thing man but still, I know what it's like to go looking forward to eating something all day only to have it denied for similar reasons... Sucks huh? :(

[UltraMarginal]

Definite chuck (it out). I don't want salmonella poisoning.;)

wise decision, sad but very wise.

[Yukitora]

Depthcharge is not working out really as a half soft cosplay. looks like i'm gonna have to turn it into a beanbag, and restart as a mesh frame instead. if i am to wear it. I feel my colours are off too. Need some ground support or something. this is probably one i will sell as a giant rag-doll. who wants it?

[Slag]

Depthcharge is not working out really as a half soft cosplay. looks like i'm gonna have to turn it into a beanbag, and restart as a mesh frame instead. if i am to wear it. I feel my colours are off too. Need some ground support or something. this is probably one i will sell as a giant rag-doll. who wants it?

Pictures??:)

[Slag]

Soo. Currentley am trying to sell Sarah's 2009 Corolla. I am really surprised at the amount of "offshore petroleum engineers/supervisors" that would like to buy it.. Sight unseen of coarse.. they'll just send their agent around to pick the car up..
C-bombs:mad:

[Yukitora]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8076863887_8da5505a23_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84552714@N03/8076863887/) DSC00737 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84552714@N03/8076863887/) by TyranidKisses (http://www.flickr.com/people/84552714@N03/), on Flickr

Depthcharge... making all the girls cry....

[Cat]

Argh.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=ANV10071&mode=retail

This annoys me, though it really shouldn't.

I have a 'real' one. A real cubit, a screen-used prop.

[Autocon]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8076863887_8da5505a23_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84552714@N03/8076863887/) DSC00737 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84552714@N03/8076863887/) by TyranidKisses (http://www.flickr.com/people/84552714@N03/), on Flickr

Depthcharge... making all the girls cry....

No more depthcharge? :(

[Yukitora]

thats $130 of material (other wing not in pic) right there. Its gonna have to be a beanbag 'cover'. a 3m beanbag.

[SuspectimusPrime]

thats $130 of material (other wing not in pic) right there. Its gonna have to be a beanbag 'cover'. a 3m beanbag.

That material looks fantastically accurate to the cartoon! :)

[Yukitora]

Do you really think so?
the arms n legs are in flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/84552714@N03/sets/72157631537122762/
lets not talk about how those disasters came about.....
I think i will go back to my mesh design, and paper mache the crap outta that. And have an awful time at moving that to the next house.
So expensive and yet so totally artistically craptastic.

[SuspectimusPrime]

Those wings cannot be mistaken for anything else (at least Transformers-wise) :) I'm guessing they're proportioned down?

Arms look fine? Hope you can move alright in them.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

OH MY GOD!

Watching 20th century boys 3, which I recorded off of SBS coz I really wanted to watch, I have the ps3 set to record 20 minutes after the show is supposed to end...

AND it still missed the last few minutess

RRRRAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGHHHH!

[deadonarrival]

my computer and ext hdd all **** itself in 24 hours. Quite annoyed

[snaketales]

AAARRRRRRRRR two tiny screws are stopping me from completing one of my customs! The little so and so's wont budge!

[Kazza]

Got my tfs in the mail, one of which was sixshot and coin, opened up box, scour every inch... NO COIN:mad: I msg guy and he said he forgot and sincerely apologised about his error, he is posting it off and i will receive it in 2 weeks, however i manage to receive sixshot in 3 days...

[Bidoofdude]

My classics Soundwave is taking sooooo long from BBTS. 2 1/2 Weeks already!! They said it shipped near the end of the holidays dammit! :mad: