Piney Posted December 19, 2019 #276 Share Posted December 19, 2019 11 minutes ago, Orphalesion said: dreadful Alaskan Bull Worm. They were in the Iberian Peninsula too? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted December 19, 2019 #277 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Piney said: They were in the Iberian Peninsula too? Maybe the Iberian peninsular was near Alaska once ? Afterall plate tectonic was apparently much much faster and more unpredictable in the past. Edit: I think I remember that an Atlantis expert claimed that Iberia was an island at the time ? Edited December 19, 2019 by Noteverythingisaconspiracy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 19, 2019 #278 Share Posted December 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, Noteverythingisaconspiracy said: Maybe the Iberian peninsular was near Alaska once ? No, that was Lemuria. ..............or was it Mu? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSot Posted December 19, 2019 #279 Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 8:55 AM, Orphalesion said: Pesonally I think Terry Pratchett is one of the best fantasy authors there is. Sure the parody and humour are there and are a big appeal of the books, but even without them the Discworld novels are some of the best and most genuine fantasy I have ever read. The plots are interesting and offer suspense, the heroes are likable and generally good people without being paragons of virtue and a lot of the stories manage to provide all the things I love about epic fantasy without being seven books and thousands over thousands of pages long. They are both incredibly funny parodies/humour and excellently written fantasy novels. There you see how tastes differ. I'd put the books focused on the Lancre Witches on the top of the list. Possibly with Lords and Ladies being the best one. Then the Death novels. And the books centered around the City Watch at the bottom, together with the Colour of Magic. My love of the watch goes hand in hand with my love of Noir works. Vines himself embodies Chandler's description from The Simple art of murder. "Down these means streets a man must go..." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted December 19, 2019 #280 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, ShadowSot said: My love of the watch goes hand in hand with my love of Noir works. Vines himself embodies Chandler's description from The Simple art of murder. "Down these means streets a man must go..." That makes perfect sense. I'm not a Noir fan myself. I feel more at home in the Ramtops and all the eccentricities and little family feuds and solidarity that country folk have. Reminds me of my childhood and makes the characters that much more real for me. I think I know people that are like Nanny Ogg, if that makes sense. And can remember things like everybody pretending that Shawn Ogg is the son of Nanny's late husband, even though said late husband has been dead longer than Shawn has been alive. Edited December 19, 2019 by Orphalesion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSot Posted December 19, 2019 #281 Share Posted December 19, 2019 47 minutes ago, Orphalesion said: That makes perfect sense. I'm not a Noir fan myself. I feel more at home in the Ramtops and all the eccentricities and little family feuds and solidarity that country folk have. Reminds me of my childhood and makes the characters that much more real for me. I think I know people that are like Nanny Ogg, if that makes sense. And can remember things like everybody pretending that Shawn Ogg is the son of Nanny's late husband, even though said late husband has been dead longer than Shawn has been alive. That's fair. My childhood was more along the lines of Vimes, so in a way I can more easily sympathize with him than some of the other characters. Despite being farmers instead of miners, the times I stayed with my grandparents reminds me of Carrot. For me, Vimes and characters like him helped me deal with anger issues I had from growing up. Pratchett's idea of first, second, and third thoughts have helped me there, as well as issues with bipolar. I dunno how much I picked up directly, and how much simply came from being given the mindset to pursue other interests. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted December 19, 2019 #282 Share Posted December 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Piney said: No, that was Lemuria. ..............or was it Mu? We don't get many Mu or Lemuria believers around here. It could be fun with some variety. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenemet Posted December 19, 2019 #283 Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 5:28 PM, Orphalesion said: Oh wow! You got to talk to him? That's so amazing! Science fiction conventions, particularly small local ones, are wonderful places to meet and talk wit all kinds of folks. It's even possible to have a meal with a group that includes George R. R. Martin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harte Posted December 20, 2019 #284 Share Posted December 20, 2019 10 hours ago, Piney said: It didn't need a sail. It singlefooted. MINCED! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 20, 2019 #285 Share Posted December 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Harte said: MINCED! SINGLEFOOTED!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted December 20, 2019 #286 Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Kenemet said: It's even possible to have a meal with a group that includes George R. R. Martin. Did you ask him when Winds of winter is finished..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted December 20, 2019 #287 Share Posted December 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Piney said: SINGLEFOOTED!!!! Using large fonts in arguments is the sign of a charlatan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 20, 2019 #288 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Just now, Noteverythingisaconspiracy said: Using large fonts in arguments is the sign of a charlatan. Tell that to Harte. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted December 20, 2019 #289 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Just now, Piney said: Tell that to Harte. But I agree with Harte, so I will pick on you instead. If its good to have standards I figure doublestandards must be twice as good. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted December 20, 2019 #290 Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Noteverythingisaconspiracy said: But I agree with Harte, so I will pick on you instead. If its good to have standards I figure doublestandards must be twice as good. If this gets any smaller, it will vanish completely 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 20, 2019 #291 Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Noteverythingisaconspiracy said: But I agree with Harte, so I will pick on you instead. Do you know what I like about Denmark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 20, 2019 #292 Share Posted December 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Noteverythingisaconspiracy said: If its good to have standards I figure doublestandards must be twice as good. When did you become American??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted December 20, 2019 #293 Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Piney said: Do you know what I like about Denmark? LEGO ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted December 20, 2019 #294 Share Posted December 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Piney said: Do you know what I like about Denmark? Me ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 20, 2019 #295 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Just now, Noteverythingisaconspiracy said: LEGO ? No, the fact that if you even tell someone you were drinking and driving the whole town will whip your butt. We have this jackass up the street bragging about his 103 DWIs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylemurph Posted December 20, 2019 #296 Share Posted December 20, 2019 17 minutes ago, Piney said: SINGLEFOOTED!!!! Somebody sacrifice a ham to Our Past Masters to get a definitive answer to this. —Jaylemurph 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted December 20, 2019 #297 Share Posted December 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, jaylemurph said: Somebody sacrifice a ham to Our Past Masters to get a definitive answer to this. —Jaylemurph I already told everybody. The Alaskan Bull Worm was coming to eat the city, it was big, scary and pink. So the Atlantean Scholar Patrick Star said: "We should take our Atlantis and push it somewhere else." And all the Atlanteans gathered at the South-Eastern Coast and shoved it into its modern position where it became Greenland. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted December 20, 2019 #298 Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Piney said: No, the fact that if you even tell someone you were drinking and driving the whole town will whip your butt. Unfortunately we do have people who drinks and drives. Quote We have this jackass up the street bragging about his 103 DWIs. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-laws-against-drunk-driving-in-the-Scandinavian-countries-of-Denmark-Norway-and-Sweden-I-have-heard-that-their-laws-are-very-effective In short he would have lost his car, his licence, served quite a long time in jail, plus around 103 monthly paychecks. What kind of person brags about DUI's ? Edit: There was a football (Soccer) player, Niklas Bendtner, who was fined 157000 dollars. Edited December 20, 2019 by Noteverythingisaconspiracy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Duck Posted December 20, 2019 #299 Share Posted December 20, 2019 7 hours ago, Piney said: Nobody in their right mind eats members of the cabbage family in any form except broccoli and cauliflower. What do you boil you silverside with, potatoes? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harte Posted December 20, 2019 #300 Share Posted December 20, 2019 58 minutes ago, Piney said: SINGLEFOOTED!!!! Harte 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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