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  1. thanatos

    Had no real intention or need to get a Flashback 9, but for $11 at Wal Mart, yeah what the hell.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Our Wal Mart never had the $11 deal, when I looked...So I offered $21 on eBay and got one....Haven't hooked it up yet...I need to so I can leave feedback.   Maybe tonight after work...

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Yeah I agree the earlier controllers were way better...Gonna have to try a better controller...My hand feels more cramped than...than Harry Potter's bedroom.

    4. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      Walmart has secret clearance items.  I think I paid about the same amount for the Flashback Legends with 50 games.

  2. thanatos

    One thing I don't like about this new online touchless delivery crap is tipping in advance.  If they know, do they care less?  More?  I think delivery folks would also prefer getting cash.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I somehow missed the last sentence, haha...  A)  Tips are Great!    B)  Big tips are Really Great!   C)  Cash tips Rule!    D)  I am not at liberty to say why...

    3. thanatos

      thanatos

      @GoldLeader As to part D - I did not give any particular reason why cash tips may or may not be preferred.  ;)

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Kinda funny,  I'll often get, like a 4 or 5 dollar tip in quarters!   And for some reason there was this house that ordered about 3-4 times in One Week, and each time paid for about $40 (of cheese steaks, hot dogs, pierogies etc.) ALL in quarters!  They give me a bag of quarters and say there's $45 there.  Yay!  I don't count it til later...Once it was $44.75  Close enough, Yay!

  3. thanatos

    Our dog has been at the vet for 2 days. She will probably not come home tomorrow.  Everything sucks.

     

    However, she was immortalized a few years ago thanks to @frankodragon

     

     

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    2. Gedalya

      Gedalya

      I'm in the same spot today. I hope you all fair better than we are. My condolences. 

    3. LS650

      LS650

      Best wishes...

    4. Grig

      Grig

      So sorry.

  4. thanatos

    Normally I wouldn't post work things, but a customer just asked if I could whitelist their IP of 192.168.1.1.  FFS.

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    2. Albert

      Albert

      I assumed you whitelisted their IP?  :D

    3. Karl G

      Karl G

      That is one of my favorite sites! :P

    4. thanatos

      thanatos

      @Albert I may just have to reply that I did instead of trying to explain it!

  5. thanatos

    Dang.  The birthday sidebar doesn't show anymore.  Hint hint.

     

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    2. Atarian7

      Atarian7

      Happy birthday.  How many years young are you?

       

    3. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Happy Birthday Thanatos!

       

      Happy Birthday Minions GIFs | Tenor

    4. Cebus Capucinis

      Cebus Capucinis

      I'm really hoping this was just a random observation and it's not your birthday, simply because "fool me once" is hilarious.

  6. thanatos

    Not well known, but the official active ingredient in Viagra is "Mycoxafloppin"

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Besides, there's no law saying you can't retell a joke you found funny.

    3. Atarian7

      Atarian7

      That reminds me of the suicide drug: "Effitol".

    4. Razzie.P

      Razzie.P

      I'm gonna retell this a few times and see if anyone accuses me of stealing it from thanatos

  7. thanatos

    I hate grids of giant pictures. I want a compact list with text descriptions. UX people need to stop it. My lawn, get off it!

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    2. LS650

      LS650

      Sadly, I agree with MrMadDog.

       

    3. pacman000

      pacman000

      Pictures are pretty, but they load too slowly.

    4. CaptainBreakout

      CaptainBreakout

      Clippy! View as slideshow! Why won't you answer me Clippy!?

  8. thanatos

    I've struggled for years to figure this out. Thank heavens for YouTube!

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    2. carlsson

      carlsson

      While I've seen Quattro Formaggio type of pizzas, I never before considered that even the standard grated cheese on my pizza made be made up of different types of cheese!

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Haha! Yeah,... Tosh interviewed him. The company said for this video that that was all they wanted...

    4. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      @thanatos: It may have been filmed in the same kitchen.

  9. thanatos

    Just saw on Facebook that Trade-N-Games store was robbed - 100K of games out of his safe.  Not sure what subforum would be good for posting a heads up.

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    2. thanatos

      thanatos

      I thought he kept everything at the store because he could insure it all as inventory.  As technically it is.

    3. Shawn

      Shawn

      @Thanos: Yes, from the online videos he's done he has stuff WAY over insured versus actual salable value. Monetarily he should be fine. Mentally though, I myself don't think I could get over such an invasion. I'd need to at least move. I hope all goes as well as possible for Jason. I also hope they catch the bastard(s) who robbed him.

    4. Keatah

      Keatah

      Too bad they were all stored in one location. Especially being small items.

  10. thanatos

    I need a button for when I go shopping that says "No I am not a rewards member of this establishment."

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Carlsson,  She was too young and beautiful for me, but I like where your head is at.

    3. save2600

      save2600

      I need a button that says "just because I made eye contact, does not mean that I work here"!  But sure, I'll help you anyway. And I have!  lmao

    4. x=usr(1536)

      x=usr(1536)

      I would appreciate a button that says, "I have absolutely no intention, now or in the future, of subscribing to satellite television.  Please piss off."

       

      In-store attempts at selling Direct TV and/or Dish Network are getting pushier and pushier.

  11. thanatos

    According to chemistry, alcohol is a solution.

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    2. Rogerpoco

      Rogerpoco

      OK, @BydoEmpire -

      That was likely where I initially heard it, probably in and around when I was studying mixtures in nursing school, realized that it was , in fact, "correct", tho a "silly".

      Ozzy has all the answers.

    3. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      "to alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." -Homer Simpson

  12. thanatos

    Holy crap it's a miracle.  Netflix added a checkbox to turn off the auto previews playing!

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    2. thanatos

      thanatos

      @Flojomojo that's the first place I went as soon as I heard the news.  Autoplay next has been turned off since they added that 'feature'.  Don't like it.

    3. wongojack

      wongojack

      And I JUST quit Netflix too . . . 

    4. Turbo-Torch

      Turbo-Torch

      I canceled Netflix several years just because of those autoplay ads.  Maybe I wasn't the only one and they figured out that annoying crap was losing customers.  Can't say I've missed them one bit as Prime has been far more enjoyable imo.

  13. thanatos

    Stuck it to the man this week.  Car registration is due, but I learned there is a waiver to get out of the emissions test if you drove less than a certain amount.  (Can you imagine for some reason it is not very well advertised?)  

    It was approved, so no having to waste my time and take off work to get the car inspected.  Woot!

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Hell Yeah!   We're bringing them back!!

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I guess I'm pretty lucky,  No emissions tests in my state!   Yay!! 

    4. thanatos

      thanatos

      @GoldLeader  Pretty sure it is required by federal law based on population.  Only the big cities/counties in our state have it, rural counties do not.

  14. thanatos

    Fresh Thyme Market's 2% milk has an orange cap and label.  Chaos, I say!

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    2. Cebus Capucinis

      Cebus Capucinis

      Is 1% green? I feel like my 1% has always been green.

    3. thanatos

      thanatos

      @Cebus Capucinis I've always thought it was light blue for 1%.  And I just discovered this handy chart via Google images, which seems to confirm my expectations, for me it has always gone red, blue, light blue, and pink.

      OC] What color are our milk caps? : r/dataisbeautiful 

    4. Cebus Capucinis

      Cebus Capucinis

      Checking my fridge now. That chart gives me Berenstain universe vibes, if ya know what I mean.

  15. thanatos

    A friend of mine wants to donate some older games (Wii, PS2) to charity and make sure needy kids actually get them, any suggestions?
    I mentioned how Goodwill cherry picks and just puts the good ones on their auction site.

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    2. Cobra Kai

      Cobra Kai

      That's a dilemma I face as well, as I have some old board games I'd like to give away in the same way, but just HOW do you find actual kids that would love to have them? A couple of options I've considered but haven't tried, 1) talk to some local  churches, they may have a good handle on some families that would appreciate such a gesture,2) local boys/girls club?

       

      Do not give them away to Goodwill, or Salvation Army type of store, unless you don't care what happens to them. 

    3. thanatos

      thanatos

      Had what might be a good idea, calling the local children's hospital.  They probably have some sort of gaming setups.

    4. Tempest

      Tempest

      Please keep things civil people.

  16. thanatos

    FedEx woes continue.  Now they have my Tron Arcade1Up.  Says to be delivered today.  However this morning it left St. Paul, MN, which is two states away.  What?

     

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    2. digdugnate

      digdugnate

      That's so infuriating when that happens.  Hopefully it gets there soon!

    3. Albert

      Albert

      FedEx is my least favorite domestic carrier, especially FedEx Ground, which is how I assume your package was sent.  Hopefully you have your package soon!

    4. thanatos

      thanatos

      What's funny is that if it's FedEx ground, a friend of mine is the manager of all of the drivers of the local routes - so they'll get immediate feedback if I talk to him.

       

  17. thanatos

    Woo, just saw I made 2000 posts.  Let's party!

     

    -edit, lets take the suggestion from @cvga but party like it's Back in '89!

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    2. thanatos

      thanatos

      It's about quality, not quantity!

    3. cvga

      cvga

      Awesome but can we party like it was 1999?

    4. Atarian7

      Atarian7

      "I got your crack pipe , bitch" 

  18. thanatos

    I discovered my favorite local electronics surplus shop is closing for good at the end of the month.  So I bought two parallel Zip drives I don't even need, because to help I guess?

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      Still have my parallel and usb zip drives. They're an integral component of my vintage computing experience from back then!

    3. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      Me too, have an internal IDE one as well.

    4. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      I still have my Zip drives, too; a bunch of 100MB drives (internal and external) and an internal 750MB drive, with plenty of media for both.

       

      (I wonder if Zip is more reliable than flash drives for long-term backups of small files?  I know Zip had some quality control problems, but I seem to recall that was early on.)

  19. thanatos

    Smart TV = Intelligent Television?

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Maybe if you were to abbreviate Intelligent Television somewhat or maybe just take half of each word ... Hmmmm

    3. Eltigro

      Eltigro

      Telegent?

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      No...GentVision! hahaaa! And I'm only 11 months late with this comment!

  20. thanatos

    I don't think this person has been to a used game store in the last 10 years. https://stlouis.craigslist.org/vgm/d/saint-louis-guitar-hero-rock-band-set/6902727952.html

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    2. Laner

      Laner

      Hope springs eternal...

    3. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      But it has his dead skin/DNA all over it; it's priceless.

    4. Cobra Kai

      Cobra Kai

      Well I'm hoping to get something for my ION Drum Rocker kit someday. I'm sure I'll be disappointed

  21. thanatos

    And GOT is over. What a journey. The battle between Snape, Han, Greedo, and Jar-Jar was amazing.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      My favorite part was when Han Solo and Greedo's bastard son challenged the band YES to a game of Mad Planets at Del Taco!

    3. Grig

      Grig

      I wish GOT was actually what you all described because I WOULD WATCH THAT!!!

    4. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      I especially like the part where they caterpulted Justin Bieber and Elmo.

  22. thanatos

    Realized it's finally time for a new basement MAME PC when I had to change the motherboard battery. In all my years I have never used a PC long enough to have to do that.

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    2. wongojack

      wongojack

      You're just keepin it real

       

    3. thanatos

      thanatos

      @Jaybird - That's about how old this is. Built in 2008. But it was a $2500 monster then.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Word

  23. thanatos

    Been off work for 10 days for vacation. And now I feel like Peter in Office Space. "I don't like it, and I'm just not going to go anymore."

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    2. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      @ColecoJoe: I'll take half your paycheque, and I'll send a clown to your office. :P

    3. save2600

      save2600

      Send in the clowns!

    4. ColecoJoe

      ColecoJoe

      I AM the clown in the office. It's the only thing that gets me through the day ... and that taco thread :)

       

  24. thanatos

    Never been trolled by a mullet before.

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    2. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      The hair or the fish?

    3. Eltigro

      Eltigro

      Have you ever been mulled by a trollop?

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ^If not ya should ;)

  25. thanatos

    Did someone really make alt accounts over 2 years ago? As if they were planning something??

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    2. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      It doesn't surprise me. Some peoples' lives are such miserable failures that they have to create drama, and deliberately stir up trouble, just to give themselves a sense of purpose. I can't think of any other reason they would put so much effort into behaving like a jerk on a classic gaming and computing forum.

    3. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      (... or "forem," as a certain one of those multiple-personality losers likes to call it.)

    4. NE146

      NE146

      I've made alt accounts but said it was me.. dunno if that's how it's done. :P

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