Oh yeah. When I would download concerts from bt.etree.org, the downloading would take up to a week.sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:40 pmYeah, state of the art was an incorrect term, but CDs were as good as most people had it. it was a minority of people had DSL or access to servers, and were were actually going on Napster or what have you to download music. I tried downloading on Napster and it took all night to grab a few songs.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:26 pmI’ll push back a bit on 2001 being state of the art for music acquisition. I was downloading SHN and FLAC files from concert sharing sites like bt.etree.org way back into the late 90s. Damn it took a long time to pull those shows down (DSL). Also, I had an 802.11b wifi router too circa 1999. Lousy range, but it allowed me to use my laptop on my couch as the modem was about 8 feet away on my desk. It operated on the 2.4 Ghz band, which meant whenever you microwave stuff, or your wireless phone rang, down went your connection.
Oh..and damn that was a small apartment.
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As you get older it feels like time has sped up. I've already been in Korea 3 months. I feel like I've done nothing.
This year is going to be 20 years out of high school. I feel older because I'm tired more, but mentally I don't feel like I've aged that much. I can walk right into freshman Latin class and not miss a beat.
This year is going to be 20 years out of high school. I feel older because I'm tired more, but mentally I don't feel like I've aged that much. I can walk right into freshman Latin class and not miss a beat.
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You can walk into the most basic Latin class available and be ok? Check out the big brain on Brett!Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:35 pm As you get older it feels like time has sped up. I've already been in Korea 3 months. I feel like I've done nothing.
This year is going to be 20 years out of high school. I feel older because I'm tired more, but mentally I don't feel like I've aged that much. I can walk right into freshman Latin class and not miss a beat.
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Well, 1st declension nouns and adjectives and understanding verb structure, sure.
Credit to my Latin teacher who drilled this stuff into our heads with homework every single night. It made learning the stuff so much easier. The more advanced stuff I'd for sure need a refresher.
Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative.
Singular: -a, -ae, -ae, -am, -a. Plural: -ae, -arum, -is, -as, -is.
Shit like that I'll never forget. Mr. Sullivan was a cool, but frenetic dude. I was sad when I found out he passed away.
His obit was well written: http://eastietimes.com/2018/02/09/appre ... ies-at-69/
Credit to my Latin teacher who drilled this stuff into our heads with homework every single night. It made learning the stuff so much easier. The more advanced stuff I'd for sure need a refresher.
Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative.
Singular: -a, -ae, -ae, -am, -a. Plural: -ae, -arum, -is, -as, -is.
Shit like that I'll never forget. Mr. Sullivan was a cool, but frenetic dude. I was sad when I found out he passed away.
His obit was well written: http://eastietimes.com/2018/02/09/appre ... ies-at-69/
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that was a nice obit, Johnnie. "Sully"
just the singular act of reading that tiny bit of Latin you wrote made me feel old. Just the word "ablative" alone, wow.
(i took it in HS and college and pretty much sucked both times)
just the singular act of reading that tiny bit of Latin you wrote made me feel old. Just the word "ablative" alone, wow.
(i took it in HS and college and pretty much sucked both times)
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How much do you have to suck as a person if your last name is Sullivan and you aren't called "Sully"?MaxWebster wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:54 am that was a nice obit, Johnnie. "Sully"
just the singular act of reading that tiny bit of Latin you wrote made me feel old. Just the word "ablative" alone, wow.
(i took it in HS and college and pretty much sucked both times)
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I'm in a Saturday night zoom poker league with three Sullivans (and one more Sullivan by marriage). Only two of the three dudes are "Sully".
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Does the third one suck eggs?
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The third one is the younger brother of the oldest Sully but most of the group has known each other their whole lives so they couldn't both be Sully.
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Way more time has passed between now and the release of Boogie Nights (24 years) than between Boogie Nights’ release and the era portrayed in the movie (17-20 years).
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Apollo 13 was released 26 years ago, which depicted events that happened 25 years prior.
How do you all get your death notices since I left?
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I started a Master's in 2000 and the school had 3 services you could log into. #1 was a 30 minute connection basically for checking email, etc. #2 was the general connection that you could have for 4 hours (IIRC), 3. was fast and you could stay on for longer. Incredibly hard to get on 3, but I remember trying to get a copy of a bluegrass jam by a band I was into at the time that took about 12 hours. I set my alarm for 4 AM so I could renew the connection. Ah, good times.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:52 pmOh yeah. When I would download concerts from bt.etree.org, the downloading would take up to a week.sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:40 pmYeah, state of the art was an incorrect term, but CDs were as good as most people had it. it was a minority of people had DSL or access to servers, and were were actually going on Napster or what have you to download music. I tried downloading on Napster and it took all night to grab a few songs.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:26 pmI’ll push back a bit on 2001 being state of the art for music acquisition. I was downloading SHN and FLAC files from concert sharing sites like bt.etree.org way back into the late 90s. Damn it took a long time to pull those shows down (DSL). Also, I had an 802.11b wifi router too circa 1999. Lousy range, but it allowed me to use my laptop on my couch as the modem was about 8 feet away on my desk. It operated on the 2.4 Ghz band, which meant whenever you microwave stuff, or your wireless phone rang, down went your connection.
Oh..and damn that was a small apartment.
and people need to source shit on etree can't get many shows on Soulseek.
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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That one hurts.
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Can I go on an Old Man rant here?
I absolutely hate the 'GOAT' term. Drives me crazy.
I absolutely hate the 'GOAT' term. Drives me crazy.
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With neither Adam Vinatieri, Jaromir Jagr, or Bartolo Colon signing to play, 2020 was the first year I was older than every player in the Big 4.
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Seconded. Trying to pass off "goat" as a positive term after decades of it meaning "the guy who fucked everything up" doesn't work for me.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:51 pm Can I go on an Old Man rant here?
I absolutely hate the 'GOAT' term. Drives me crazy.
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Hate it.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 2:17 pmSeconded. Trying to pass off "goat" as a positive term after decades of it meaning "the guy who fucked everything up" doesn't work for me.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:51 pm Can I go on an Old Man rant here?
I absolutely hate the 'GOAT' term. Drives me crazy.
Guess I'm getting used to it, but Tom Brady isn't a "Goat," Scott Norwood is a goat.
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How'd that work for you? I mean, torrents are shared by multiple seeders, but if their uploading is capped (circa 2000) around .5 mbps, it's like sucking a frozen milkshake through a straw.Rush2112 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:31 amI started a Master's in 2000 and the school had 3 services you could log into. #1 was a 30 minute connection basically for checking email, etc. #2 was the general connection that you could have for 4 hours (IIRC), 3. was fast and you could stay on for longer. Incredibly hard to get on 3, but I remember trying to get a copy of a bluegrass jam by a band I was into at the time that took about 12 hours. I set my alarm for 4 AM so I could renew the connection. Ah, good times.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:52 pmOh yeah. When I would download concerts from bt.etree.org, the downloading would take up to a week.sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:40 pmYeah, state of the art was an incorrect term, but CDs were as good as most people had it. it was a minority of people had DSL or access to servers, and were were actually going on Napster or what have you to download music. I tried downloading on Napster and it took all night to grab a few songs.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:26 pmI’ll push back a bit on 2001 being state of the art for music acquisition. I was downloading SHN and FLAC files from concert sharing sites like bt.etree.org way back into the late 90s. Damn it took a long time to pull those shows down (DSL). Also, I had an 802.11b wifi router too circa 1999. Lousy range, but it allowed me to use my laptop on my couch as the modem was about 8 feet away on my desk. It operated on the 2.4 Ghz band, which meant whenever you microwave stuff, or your wireless phone rang, down went your connection.
Oh..and damn that was a small apartment.
and people need to source shit on etree can't get many shows on Soulseek.
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Seeing the birthday notices for Johnnie/BSF/Gunpowder and remembering they're the "young guys" around here.
(Happy Birthday GPJ)
(Happy Birthday GPJ)
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Happy birthday to one Mr. A. B., who turns 69 today.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:52 am Seeing the birthday notices for Johnnie/BSF/Gunpowder and remembering they're the "young guys" around here.
(Happy Birthday GPJ)
Nice!
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In my mind you guys haven't aged and only I have.
Which makes zero sense, but then it's like ya. I've been on this board 17 years come August. You've all had birthdays too!
Which makes zero sense, but then it's like ya. I've been on this board 17 years come August. You've all had birthdays too!
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I get birthday notices on FB for Laird, Bizness Hoarse and the Meat Gayzer. I have no idea when his real bday is.Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:52 am Seeing the birthday notices for Johnnie/BSF/Gunpowder and remembering they're the "young guys" around here.
(Happy Birthday GPJ)
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GOAT is even more fucked up when you have a place like ESPN saying "Mahomes is trying to take the GOAT mantle from Brady". That's not at all what the term fucking means.
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had my physical, I am now 50, so i am about to meet a whole bunch of specialists for tests that I have never before had occasion to meet. This makes me feel old.
Because I am old.
I've been on this board since I was 33 or so. That also makes me feel old.
Because I am old.
I've been on this board since I was 33 or so. That also makes me feel old.
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Colonoscopies are great fun!tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:32 am had my physical, I am now 50, so i am about to meet a whole bunch of specialists for tests that I have never before had occasion to meet. This makes me feel old.
Because I am old.
I've been on this board since I was 33 or so. That also makes me feel old.
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That was on Napster, so single seed. We got shows from a buddy that lived on campus with a "fast" connection.
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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And as I'm sure you know, the colonoscopy isn't the bad part. It's drinking the Liquid Plumr the night before.Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:35 amColonoscopies are great fun!tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:32 am had my physical, I am now 50, so i am about to meet a whole bunch of specialists for tests that I have never before had occasion to meet. This makes me feel old.
Because I am old.
I've been on this board since I was 33 or so. That also makes me feel old.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Quickest weight loss plan in the world!Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:56 amAnd as I'm sure you know, the colonoscopy isn't the bad part. It's drinking the Liquid Plumr the night before.Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:35 amColonoscopies are great fun!tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:32 am had my physical, I am now 50, so i am about to meet a whole bunch of specialists for tests that I have never before had occasion to meet. This makes me feel old.
Because I am old.
I've been on this board since I was 33 or so. That also makes me feel old.
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How does (spoiler alert for those who want to keep a safe distance from Swamper's medical issues)
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Fortunately, I have no advice on this one. Didn't even know that was possible. Good luck, man.
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That actually sounds like something that happened to me in Colorado this summer and what finally made me go to a GI. I'm getting my first colonoscopy on the 19th.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
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You didn't have to click!
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Didn't know that could happen.The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:26 pmFortunately, I have no advice on this one. Didn't even know that was possible. Good luck, man.
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This.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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One of the top 5 all-time posts was the story someone linked of a guy with an anal fissure he named Bob.Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:02 pmDidn't know that could happen.The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:26 pmFortunately, I have no advice on this one. Didn't even know that was possible. Good luck, man.
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I can top that, AB.
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my audible gasp just woke up my pets