I'm surprised they haven't changed it to UATs (Unidentified Arial Threats) since they want us to be afraid of "Evil Aliens" from other planets or dimensions or evil flying machines made by other countries. Anything in the sky that does not obey the "laws of physics" is a possible threat and we must be afraid of it. Be afraid! Be very afraid! Oh yeah, and remember that none of those things are made by the USA. There are no secret USA space programs. That Fluxliner with a United States flag on it that you might have seen zipping around in the sky was all in your mind.

youtu.be/afLsRsd5roY?t=2832

You've been probed haven't you!!!

Son,  I haven't been probed since the Clinton Era!  But, with any luck my dry spell will come to an end soon! 

I knew as soon as I read And then?...And then?...And then?...And then?...😆

Always wondered how many fast food drive throughs attendants pulled this routine on their last day or maybe to get fired after seeing that movie. 

I fully remembered the movie...Just not the title haha!

That was a fun movie! Zoltan was awesome. :)

Mostly D. I find I visit less frequently and it is mostly a status update thing. I loved them on the front page. Ah well. Everything evolves.

AHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhHHHAHhahahhhhH!  

OK just wanted to put something dumb over here and see if anyone still sees old Status Updates   (hehaaaa)...

@ClassicGMR

Or devolves, in this case.  I loved seeing the Status Updates on the front page.  I keep hoping that this was a simple mistake and they'll be back where they belong soon.

Game play would prolly be like Breakout and Donkey Kong,  crossed with Asteroids Deluxe and Resident Evil.

I'd buy that for a dollar.

thank you!!! still celebrating now actually

Woo Hooo!!

Cheers!

I like that I don't have to go to the user profile to see images and videos, but it probably won't be long before I start forgetting to check the activity stream.

First time back here, in a few months... hello :)

^Hiya Jacob!

Used to see those initials a lot on Asteroids cabs.

Dude, you were everywhere!

You bet your ASS-teroids many of us did at the arcades. Of course you had to make sure no one was around otherwise someone would notice.

I definitely noticed that, it was pretty awesome!!!

80's PC stuff there too, I think some of it may have been styled after the Commodore tho I could be mistaken.

Your truck should drive perfectly fine without brakes. Stopping however is another matter.

True story,  after my brakes went out,  well both front ones anyway...(maybe the rear drums helped a bit, if I really planned ahead)...I still did 3 deliveries and gave a woman a ride to the shelter,  before heading to the mechanic.  It was 2 degrees out that day and she asked me for a ride,  I said, "OK But I have no brakes!  You are taking your life in your hands if you accept a ride from me."  I think she said "Cool" and climbed in.

It's also really nice not having to hear the sound of grinding metal,  and I don't mean my music....

PS  Nobody tell the Universe I figured this out.  There may be consequences IDK,  haha...

That is very similar to me. The music played for me the vast majority of time in 1982-1992.

It's 60 here.  But Wednesday it's going to drop to 20 and then snow.  Crazy annoying weather.

@thanatos Where are you at?  (If ya don't mind answering).  Other than a State of Confusion, haha...Your weather intrigues me.   We had a 55 degree day last week and I got so hot in my truck I had to turn on the AC!  Tomorrow that will not be a problem.

@GoldLeader St. Louis

But I'll probably play some CollectorVision Phoenix after the  game

I played various shmups on Sega Saturn during this Super Bowl. lol

I played a board game called Tanks on Tanks during the Superbowl. On my drive home there was almost no traffic, making for a pleasant trip.

Hahaha. Good one Johnny. 

How do you feel about sandwiches cut into four small triangles? I am for it! Let's form a club.

Were Mayo and Bread invited to the club as well?  I would hate for those guys to get left out!

Heaven and Hell, Natural Science, Thick as a Brick, really anything from these bands. ✌️❤️🎼

Kinda... not so much a song, but I sure do walk around humming these opening bars a lot

Mama's Little Yell Pils  from Oskar Blues Brewery

Oskar Blues is Great Stuff!   Plus pils, (pills) for PILSner,...yeah What's not to Love? 

It's 3:23PM here so I just finished my morning coffee, and ...Ya know, I think I will take a shower then run up and get some beer!  That sounds lovely.

@GoldLeader Glad to provide some inspiration!

Note to self:  Game was tied 14-14 coming out of halftime as I wrote this. 

Cor blimey I still remember when South Park was a short little animated clip we passed around computer to computer called "The Spirit of Christmas."

I was just worried that they were gonna do another Special or Streaming deal and then retire or something...So  I'm happy that wasn't the case.

Simpsons did it

Yeah,  it was so easy for the first 2 shots, seems like I had an appointment (?)...Haven't looked lately but there was lots of places I could go so I'm gonna go elsewhere...Used to like Walgreen's pharmacy too, but next time I need one,  I'm going to find somewhere else...

Walgreens has been weird lately with everything including their savings card schnanigans.  I'll be the last person without one of those smart phones as I don't want one and don't need one either.

Probably one of the few advantages working for Walmart is having a pharmacy right at work. I just checked in every shift until they had it in stock then got it on my way out the door.

And how, pray tell, did you learn said lesson?? 🤣

Had a friend...talked slow sometimes until Everyone in the room was listening...Then he'd up and hit us with something like this!

PS  To be clear,  even if there's money to be made,  I'm not saying anything one way or the other,  about investing.  Fridays are often down days for the market,  and unless you're an expert, I am not recommending anything...I just found it interesting.

It's not entirely off-brand for them. But what they need to do is build a time machine, go back 10 years, and close 3/4 of their stores before it's too late.

Or maybe, just maybe they could have had a passion for video games,  an interest in "retro" because it was fun, not because it was a cash grab, carried more stuff, hired better people, trained said people better, carried more controllers for Every system, carried all versions of Flashbacks, kept bobbleheads and dumbass products to a minimum, not bombard customers with the latest thing as soon as they walk through the door, listened to customers, paid attention to market trends, carried homebrews, given more than 3 cents on the dollar for trade-ins, carried what people wanted, offered to special order things when they (inevitably) Don't have it in, and kept boxes for All used games to the best of their (admittedly limited) ability...

The main difference, and again, it could be I'm misremembering, was that I had 2 flippers, and I know there were areas on the playfield that were triangles fenced off by big rubber bands, but if you hit the ball hard enough it could go under the rubber band and get stuck, which happened to me...

There were so many of these. The one I had as a kid was item (B) and possibly (C):

^That Item C looks familiar (seems like the same form factor anyway)!  I bet it wasn't that the bumpers themselves lit up, just that triangle light in the middle!  That's probably it.  Thanks Keatah!

Update:  The sun is already out...Melting it up a little bit,  mainly in the roads...And ya know,  I was just gonna be lazy and not even shovel,  but I think my EXGF may stop by later and she may be bringing music and beer so I better bust out a quick path.  Don't want her tracking stuff in to the house.

do timezones have any impact?  would daylight savings cause chaos on the little buggers' snack schedule?

^Ha!   Good Point!