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Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:11 pm
by muy_thaiguy
strike wolf wrote:Well it's over. me and my gf have officially broken up. I guess I should call her my ex-gf now. Oh well, it was a good relationship while it lasted but it's been pretty obvious to me, especially over the last week that it had gotten as far as it was ever going to get.
Some things just aren't meant to be. Though be glad you don't have the same luck as one of my friends, the last 3 or so girls he has dated turned out to be psycho bitches to one degree or another.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:55 pm
by autoload
[quote="drewclarkThats good enough for me![/quote]
This thread is Huge.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:23 am
by jonesthecurl
william18 wrote:strike wolf wrote:jonesthecurl wrote:I played a lot of chess at one point, and got quite good - I used to regulalrly beat a chess program I had at several levels - but last time I tried to play, I just couldn't get my head around it - I think you need to keep the mental chess muscles toned, and I hadn't.
Hmm. I really haven't been able to grasp going more than 3 or 4 moves in advance which the computer seems to be an expert at. I can more or less grasp what the computer wants to do and am starting to come out with more victories because of it but I can't really get a plan to get the king until there is only a few peices left on the board.
I felt rather stupid in my last game too. I was trying so hard to get a check mate that I failed to notice as I moved my queen right in position to get jumped by a pawn and ended up losing.
I just read the thread and heard chess. In grade three, I was a little less then prodigy in chess. I was beating everyone, including the grade 8's. At the age of 8, I was arguably the best, if not one of the best players in a school of 8 grades. Now im super rusty.
The point at which I became really good at chess was when a guy I worked with started talking about the queen's pawn opening. He thought it was foolproof, I thought not, so we palyed a few games. Then I changed jobs, so we continued the debate by playing one move a day over the phone. This meant that for each move I made, I'd studied a whole day. There was ego, alpha-male, macho, boasting rights involved. A few months later I'd proved my point, and we stopped. After that, my game gradually weakened.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:35 am
by drewclark
autoload wrote:[quote="drewclarkThats good enough for me!
This thread is Huge.[/quote]
You won't believe how many people have been abusing that recently...
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:10 am
by diddle
drewclark wrote:autoload wrote:[quote="drewclarkThats good enough for me!
This thread is Huge.
You won't believe how many people have been abusing that recently...[/quote]
This thread is Huge.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:04 am
by jonesthecurl
well, hello again.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:10 am
by diddle
Back for awhile. Hopefully.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:13 am
by jonesthecurl
good. I think there's enough going on to hold your interest.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:15 am
by diddle
Its all kinda over my head though! US politics have never interested me, being a UK student. I must admit though that I was suprised not to see any threads about the financial crisis. I thought that they would of plagued this forum.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:34 am
by strike wolf
muy_thaiguy wrote:strike wolf wrote:Well it's over. me and my gf have officially broken up. I guess I should call her my ex-gf now. Oh well, it was a good relationship while it lasted but it's been pretty obvious to me, especially over the last week that it had gotten as far as it was ever going to get.
Some things just aren't meant to be. Though be glad you don't have the same luck as one of my friends, the last 3 or so girls he has dated turned out to be psycho bitches to one degree or another.
Yes, I'm glad I have a good enough eye for people to know the potentially crazies.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:44 pm
by strike wolf
This thread hasn't been updated in a while so I thought I would mention something impressive. I know a secret about someone on this site and I'd thought would tell you all what it is in a future post. So be on the lookout.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:15 pm
by jonesthecurl
If its me, you have a wide choice...
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:49 pm
by strike wolf
No I know all your secrets but I wouldn't say them here.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:44 am
by jonesthecurl
...not unless you're psychic. I have a lot.
Anyhoo, another movie recommendation from me: Apaloosa. Bloody great. Seriously spellbinding, the art of movies at its very finest.
I would say I've seen three great movies since moving to the US - this, Bank Job, and Flushed Away.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:56 am
by jonesthecurl
My god, I just saw a sod-off big spider scuttle across the floor.
I mean, I'm a spider fan, but if this guy comes at me I'm running.
Only it looked like it could move faster than me.
UUurrrg!
It's OK it's climbing up the wall.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:57 am
by jonesthecurl
BTW don't mention this to the curlette. She's brave about spiders cos Dad likes 'em, but his one would freak her right out.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:15 am
by strike wolf
jonesthecurl wrote:...not unless you're psychic. I have a lot.
Anyhoo, another movie recommendation from me: Apaloosa. Bloody great. Seriously spellbinding, the art of movies at its very finest.
I would say I've seen three great movies since moving to the US - this, Bank Job, and Flushed Away.
I am psychic. That's why I know when the world will end.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:16 am
by strike wolf
jonesthecurl wrote:My god, I just saw a sod-off big spider scuttle across the floor.
I mean, I'm a spider fan, but if this guy comes at me I'm running.
Only it looked like it could move faster than me.
UUurrrg!
It's OK it's climbing up the wall.
This maybe the most random thing that you've ever done.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:32 am
by pancakemix
I'm indifferent to spiders, except for that we have wolf spiders here. Those are nasty.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:15 pm
by strike wolf
Wolf spiders are alright. It's the black widows that scare me.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:20 pm
by animorpherv1
I don't care as long as they aren't poisonous.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:32 pm
by strike wolf
Which is my basic point about black widows.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:38 pm
by pancakemix
strike wolf wrote:Wolf spiders are alright. It's the black widows that scare me.
They're too big.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:39 pm
by strike wolf
Wolf spiders are tiny compared to tarantulas.
Re: Temp longest thread thread
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:42 pm
by pancakemix
We had a pet tarantula at our school. We wondered why it didn't have any hair on its back. Turns out they shoot their hair off in self defense.
But I digress. That tarantula wasn't that big. Especially not compared to the wolf spiders. maybe a little bigger.