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  1. Fireworks have began. It's only the 16th. Aargh!

    1. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      It's accurate. That's the day when Thomas Jefferson bought the parchment on which he would write the Declaration Of Independence.

       

      Next, more fireworks on Jun 22, that's when he bought the ink.

       

      He also got new shoes on the 23rd, but we don't really celebrate that.

    2. HoshiChiri

      HoshiChiri

      We live just down the hill from a reservation. Fireworks started 2 weeks ago. They will continue through mid July. Our dog is very unhappy.

  2. Stupid Wheel of Fortune made me hungry for crunchy shrimp rolls with ginger sauce.

    1. SoundGammon

      SoundGammon

      Getting cheap with their prizes! lol

    2. AtariNerd

      AtariNerd

      ..uh, the dalmatian for 200 and the rest...on a gift certificate.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ^Haha! That's kind of the funniest comment ever as old Wheel players always got stuck buying that damn dog they didn't want and then the rest on a gift certificate! Glad they changed the rules to give out cash!

  3. Only 137 days until Halloween!

    1. digdugnate

      digdugnate

      Silver.. Shamrock?

    2. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      I never can forget when Halloween is because it's the day of my wedding anniversary. Or... is it the other way around?

    3. Flojomojo
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  4. Justify wins Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown!

    1. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      My aunt was so thrilled about this. You'd think she had money on that horse or something.

  5. The ants came back. :(

    1. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      Try using pepper. Ants hate pepper.

    2. MattelAquarius

      MattelAquarius

      The ants are back, oh yessiree. You better start now on a killing spree.

    3. NE146

      NE146

      terro ant baits are worth an initial try, also find the path(s) they come in and block it off, after the bait period of course.

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  6. Why is there always 5-10 seconds of silence at the end of almost every song ever recorded?

    1. pacman000

      pacman000

      To provide a small blank space on the LP, so you can place the needle whatever song you want.

    2. ls650

      ls650

      What pacman000 wrote. How else would you pick out the separate tracks on vinyl?

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      FWIW the only CDs I have that Don't have any silence are the ones called "Nonstop" mixes...That's more of a Techno/Rave/Club mix type thing though where one song is supposed to feed seamlessly into the next...

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  7. The water ban has been lifted!

    1. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Yeah I didn't get to hear the full story. I wasn't affected so it didn't bother me.

    2. RJ

      RJ

      Hooray! I can pee in the pool again

    3. carlsson

      carlsson

      Pee pool

      People who need to pee pool

      Are the luckiest people in the world

  8. RIP My vader 2600 console. I have a backup one, though. Now I need to find a new backup console.

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I Hate when that happens! I'm gonna try to find time to have a friend fix my light sixer sometime and now my ColecoVision is kind of acting up!

    2. Eltigro

      Eltigro

      I've got a non-working one in the corner I've been too lazy to investigate... may just need a new rf cord... may be more...

    3. Eltigro

      Eltigro

      Reread this... non-working 4switch woody, not vader in my corner non-working...

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  9. If you get over 99 points on an ActionMax game, the score blinks. I found this out after getting 103 on "Hydrosub: 2021."

  10. Is it me or is this site sluggish and unusually slow right now?

    1. CPUWIZ
    2. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Actually, you're speeding up, which is why the site seems slower. If you were sluggish, the site would seem faster.

    3. Corby

      Corby

      wonder if AL put on some weight?? :P

  11. Some idiot must have typed a 4 instead of a 7 because my package was out for delivery in Palo Alto, California. Now it's listed as "MISSENT." Will I ever get it?

  12. Why can you lock an SD card if you can unlock it and lock it again as many times as you want?

    1. phoenixdownita

      phoenixdownita

      The micro SD type (yeap, the one you could inhale by mistake) has none of that, so whatever the reason given for normal sized SD seems it does not apply to their little brethren

    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      SwitchieBitchie..

    3. Master Phruby

      Master Phruby

      Put a piece of black tape over the hole.

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  13. I hate eBay sellers who ignore my offer. If you don't like it, then refuse it and tell me!

    1. HoshiChiri

      HoshiChiri

      I once made an offer, got denied, made another offer, got ignored, bought a cheaper one- then got a message two months later saying my offer would now be accepted if I resent it. Oh, that politely worded reply felt so good to write!

    2. ColecoGamer

      ColecoGamer

      I’ ve encountered a few eBay sellers like this. If you’re willing to accept offers, at least have enough common decency to decline or submit a counteroffer!

    3. accousticguitar

      accousticguitar

      counteroffers are rarely accepted so I usually don't bother making them.

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  14. Badda book badda boom.

  15. Ever wonder what would happen if you got an exact tied time down to the hundredth second in a race in Mario Kart 64? Well, I did just that and it awarded me 3rd instead of 2nd. Stupid computer finished ahead of me even though it was the exact same time.

    1. Shawn

      Shawn

      House always wins. :(

    2. save2600

      save2600

      Tie goes to the wiener.

  16. How come there were never any sitcoms about funeral homes?

    1. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      Looks like CBS is making a sitcom with Jamie Lee Curtis called Quality of Life about a funeral home.

    2. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      There was a reality show on A&E called Family Plots, the father Chuck was so hysterical...

    3. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      Oh, Good Grief.

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  17. Why do digital cameras and scanners have to make big huge pictures a few thousand pixels high and wide? All I want is a 400x400 or near picture.

    1. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      Scale + crop, dude. Scale + crop.

    2. pacman000

      pacman000

      400x400 is barely over an inch printed...

       

      (2 or 3 centimeters.)

    3. thanatos

      thanatos

      1999 "Why can't digital cameras take higher resolution pictures?"

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  18. Justify wins the first of three horse-abusing contests.

    1. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      ...do I even want to know?

    2. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      The Kentucky Derby.

    3. Atarifever

      Atarifever

      Better keep it up or it's off to the ol' glue factory.

  19. Taking apart and putting back together Channel F carts is hard.

  20. It's 8:20pm and still light out. I don't like it.

    1. NE146

      NE146

      Move closer to the equator :)

    2. Atarian7

      Atarian7

      After June 21 it will start to get darker a little bit earlier each day.

  21. Happy Walpurgisnacht!

    1. neotokeo2001

      neotokeo2001

      Let the feast begin!

    2. carlsson

      carlsson

      Ditto! I haven't visited a bonfire in year. Maybe next year if I'm still around then.

    3. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      Repent, Walpurgis!

  22. That was quick! My package from Sweden is supposed to arrive today. It was mailed on Apr. 19. Now I need to assemble those Kevin Vs. Tomatoes carts once they come.

    1. carlsson

      carlsson

      Good luck! One week delivery time is just about what it ought to be, at least during low traffic periods of the year (i.e. not holiday season).

    2. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      Of course. On the one day I want the mail, he's late.

    3. save2600

      save2600

      Always seems to be the case. ;-)

  23. I am literally sick because of this dumb hot weather. It hurts being hot. Fan running, window open, nothing helps. It's like an oven.

    1. Torr

      Torr

      still got snow here... newfoundland canada

    2. Joe C.

      Joe C.

      Sarcasm folks...

    3. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      It was 83 yesterday. We're having a heat wave over here. Things are expected to cool down on Friday.

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  24. I want some mayochup!

    1. Grig
    2. save2600

      save2600

      haha, saw that new advertisement too. Sounds gross.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I saw some Cheeseburger cooking guys on TV who mix mayo, mustard, ketchup, and diced onions together and use it to coat both sides of toasted buns, then throw a cheeseburger in the middle. Works pretty well!

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  25. So Yahoo told me to agree to the new terms, but provided no way of doing so. Clicking the link got me to my signin page. I'm sure it wasn't phishing because the address was sent by yahoo. Morons.

    1. save2600

      save2600

      Received the same notice too. Cheerfully explains they'll read your e-mails in order to provide you with blah blah blah. Will just ignore until it no longer works.

    2. carlsson

      carlsson

      Usually it is an opt-out procedure, so only in the case you don't agree to their new terms, you need to do something (close your account).

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