∞ Vince ∞

If you haven't seen it, this is worth your time: 

I was just watching a breakdown of 'Sir Duke' earlier. Must have read my mind! Nice.

I think all of us coders do Stephen. 🤪

He set up a new account on Twitter to directly attack me and defend himself against my highlighting his publication errors.
But when he found things to be fairly indefensible, he lost the plot and blocked me.

What a complete Berk. Seems to have developed arthritis this last few months, also, I see.

Beyond redemption, that kid.

They were right about a lot on '3 Feet High and Rising'.. brilliant album.

Yeah! A classic. The laid back style very much in contrast to a lot of rap of the time. NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" had hit the year before. Public Enemy's "Nation" too- not that that was anywhere near has heavy but it was political and charged all the same.

I like the uplift Rap of the Golden Age and Slick Rick Jazzy Jeff and others as much as some of the more powerful and hardcore stuff.

Aardvarks can become Prime Minister and Pope.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebus_the_Aardvark

that might explain some things.

@KaeruYojimbo

A+ on the Cerebus reference!   I used to read that from time to time.

...well the equivalence is physical weight that is. 30 Kilo.

You mean you've lost that much weight?   If so, Congrats!  How's your hearing?   Hope you're not going deaf, leopard.

Great British rock band, Def Leppard.

Amazing how Rick Allan came back from losing his arm. Some rank him in the top 10 drummers Of All Time.

I do take photos. I love photography, but never captured a sky like that before.

Lovely photo, regardless of whether it's yours or not.  Good choice

Very cool picture!

Just give a tip of the hat with a like or laugh.

I'm not "important" enough to warrant an opinion, but it doesn't bother me at all-there is plenty of game-specific stuff to find here, I don't mind someone..."babbling" about whatever is on their mind.

Something you might consider, if you are capable of being a little more wordy even, is starting a blog here, some of them are pretty good, and seem to have a pretty good following, that would give users the opportunity to tune in, or not, and would mebbe make you more comfortable just "letting it all hang out"(which, again, if it's entertaining, is fine by nobody me...).

@Rogerpoco who says ? Your opinion like any other opinion is as valid as the next. 

Yeah, it is a good idea. A couple of people have suggested it and I was thinking maybe a diary of my battle with Coin-Op Bubble Bobble and people can take it or leave it.

Cool! Don't discount yourself, Rogerpoco, it was a good suggestion and I might well start a blog, if I can figure out which of the 40,000 menu selections it is! 😏

Good to see I am not alone doc.

Nope.  You are not, and good to talk about it.   Another funny moment was when they said "I said that someone, totally not you but with a name that sounds like you, will be doing it.  But hey we must know like five people with a name like yours right?"

Person is frantically trying to work out that "we are good" while saying "Yes I told this person this stuff".   And I basically said "Well, you made a choice.   Next time you want to keep friends, try not to meddle, and just be trustworthy.  That is all I want in a friend."

Sounds like a toxic person you don't need in your life.

I replied and realized you don't live in the states! Oops! Anyways, I hope your economy can survive the second lockdown. Here in the states, a lot of smaller businesses are already teetering.

Part of my family survived The Blitz.  If they were able to get through that, we can get through this.

Yeah, there is truth is what some of you have put, though I would just point out that there are some very vulnerable people in all of this (for I am one) and that their chances are much slimmer than everyone else's.

They should have kept the pubs closed! If you think about all those knobheads that you know from the pub or see hugging people or the disgusting vermin that go to the toilet for a bowel movement, come out of the stall when you are washing your hands after a week, and just go back into the bar. THOSE PEOPLE those people are the super spreaders of all disease and Covid is having a field day with those arseholes!

My hope is, we come out of this lockdown, and the Vaccine is ready. Or during this it becomes ready and they send people out to vaccinate the most vulnerable. Then we would be in a good place for a nice Christmas, and then a good new year.


I think this year, 2020, will in future be referred to as 'The Lost Year'.

Of course you have to keep your chin up, the numbers as bad as they are are not as bad as they could be and we have to 'keep on keeping on'. We need to all come together to stay safe.

Stay positive but not for covid. That's my second time round this particular roundabout and although it was not as bad as the first time, I assure you, with 100% confidence that it is nothing like flu for some of us !  

Yes, that is too much. A league game, then a UCL or Europa league game, back to a league game, some random cup game no one cares about anymore, etc etc. There are going to be a lot more injuries this season. Don't know what the SPL did for subs, but EPL really shot itself in the foot by going back to three.

Yeah! SPL It's 5 players, 3 stops. So you have to do multiple swaps to take full advantage. Also prevents running the clock down just subbing people at the end.

My comment was about Reading. One draw 7 wins before tonight. Two away games in a row.

Sat, Tues, Sat, Tues, Fri. All in 13 days. Bound to lose today, though they played well. 3-2. The players were shattered.

And in the leagues below the Prem, they just don't have the size of squad either so it's playing the same players over and over, bound to result in injuries. All got messed up because of finishing the last season late due to 'This thing that is happening in the world that I am sick of talking about' happening.

Why would you worship GoDaddy?

Oi ! That's below the belt.

So now they say that the owner DID list it and PAY TO but he insists that he did not and now I have to email some other useless bastard to see if that person can pull their finger out and get me my refund.

Talk about having bad experience with Godaddy... 

wow.

Yeah. :D 

@Random Terrain yeah, shame there are few songwriting movies out there! ;)

Probably a bit tetchy. I remember where I last had it, I opened up the package, had a quick look, then thought I'll put that aside for now and put it on a shelf it isn't on now so that's mad! Must have moved it later and not remembered that bit!

I'll find it today I am sure.

And so when looking for something entirely unrelated (which I found), I found the book I was looking for.

Part of the problem is that we willingly accepted both partners working for half the wages each (natural market forces) which left no time for proper care of children.  Also, a critical lack of fathers, which is the greatest problem facing the poor. 

Ok so  a lot of you made some good points but Chicken isn't cheap, Beef isn't cheap. Salmon isn't cheap.

Vegetables are cheap, it is true and soups and things. But here offers in the Supermarket seem only to ever be Chocolate Bars, Crisps and Junk foods.

Plus a busy single parent doesn't have much time either, and let's face it, time is also money.

My point was it is easy to judge people without having the full facts and people just trying to keep their head above water sometimes get the shitty end of the stick.

If a man gains 40 stone because he has an extreme eating disorder, a mental illness, when he dies people say 'Good Riddance - you gluttonous fuck!' but if someone dies of anorexia  people are nothing but sympathetic and talk about 'the tragedy' of it all.

If I eat more than one banana in a week, I usually get headaches. I must be allergic to oatmeal because it gives me mental problems (depression-like symptoms and irritability). Granola is one of my favorite things in the world, but I have to avoid it. I eventually discovered that unfermented soy is really hard on my brain, so I have to check the ingredients religiously. Companies love shoving soy in everything.

@Rogerpoco

No, no. I can barely play after 25 years of trying. I can string lyrics together and bang a few chords / basic melodies together.

I never said I was a pro mate, just a guy who wrote a few simple songs.

Just thinking of putting some more together.

I can sing a little. I think it is more about passion honesty and 'meaning it' than anything.

You sound like a good musician. I would be in awe of you. 

What styles do you play ? What types of music are you into ? Outside of Jazz I like pretty much most styles of music even obscure and niche ones.

With the 'fine' were they Americans or Brits ? If Americans likely they mean 'very good', like you might call a fine wine. If it was Brits, then you're not far off, they mean middling or lukewarm probably.

Meaning you can hold a tune but only just. Which isn't too bad, and you can always improve my training your ear.

If a Brit tells you your not bad or that's not bad, they mean really really good.

Haha-Well, I was a "metalhead" teen, Maiden, Metallica, etc, then started doing "wussy music", Matchbox 20, etc, and then I started playing Vince Guaraldi on the keyboards(Charlie Brown Jazz, haha!!!).

The keyboards accidentally led to Eddie Van Halen, so I got into his guitar playing then.

I'm actually left-handed, but have just always played(self taught)right handed.

Thanks very much BTW-and Americans, yes, lol, cynical barstids!

Actually, the song that "popped up" when you wondered that difference(USA/British)was what made me decide to throw a "full answer" out there, lol(I am kinda full of myself, but in an honestly Friendly way), hope you enjoy!!!

(There's other "crap" all over the page, but it's on you to dig for it, if interested!!!)

Thanks, made me feel good, Man, Cheers!!!

Full of yourself? You're a virtuoso and claimed you could play a bit. Van Halen that's top of the league mate!

Always loved metal. Brits really took it to a new level which gives me a lot of pride and EVH Rip was Dutch, but Metallica are great too!

I am not into the Korn and Death/Grind Metal type stuff. Amazing musicians but I am old fashioned I still want to be able to hear what the words are !

Cool I'll check this out later.

 

I know that drops from Belladonna is used to dilate pupils and at least in ancient times was sometimes used by young women to enhance their appearance (but possibly damaging in continuous use). Whether it prevents the eyelids from dropping, I'm not sure. I believe more in cognitive behavioral therapy here.

Victor Lindelof. Yeah I agree 100|% with you Anders. He had a brilliant game, but can 'go missing' during games. If he were the player he sometimes is more often he would be a first choice selection. Saying that, he is not the only one. United has a problem with consistence. De Gae had his best game for 18 months or more.

On the eye front. Scott McTominay lost his contact lens early on in the first half so he couldn't see very well at all for half the game. Another of the occasionally brilliant players.

I can't help feeling that Pogba's laziness is infiltrating the whole group. His slack I don't care Laissez-faire approach is no good. He should be out the door. 

I question this status update.

As you should, CPUWIZ, as you should! 🙂

Try to stick to one question at a time tho, & always make time for sleeping, eating, etc. And don't question me about that.

I don't know.  Sure it's rough, but it's a prototype, a proof of concept.  I'm definitely going to pick it up free on Steam on the 18th.

I suppose it all depends how big a team he had with him.

I don't think it shows anything that is 'Golden Axe'. They don't seem to have bothered modelling the original characters and I see no sign of Dragons, Potions or big guys with stone hammers. 

In my 100% unvarnished opinion - it looks like a very generic load of old bollocks.

^ This was unfair. I don't know the conditions the team were working under.

I won't remove my comment but acknowledge that it was unfair.

The Engine might have been good, and with better graphics that actually look like GA's and appropriate sounds it might have been half decent. Given time.

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Ps Sega have apologised to Tim Dawson who put it together (with others) and I think that is right as the original strap on the Steam demo seemed to be having a pop at the team behind it.