My parents were going to get broadband, but only if the big bad telco leased lines to their local ISP. They don't want to go to the big telco directly, so they're stil on dialup.
- Bruce Lewis
I hope for your sake it's 56k and not 33.6k on AOL with an old X2 modem.
- April Russo (app103)
The good news is that I talked him into the 21st century by dragging out my external hard drives and showing him all the naughty downloads that can be had for the asking. That and showing him how to use Tor and encrypt his downloads. :)
- Steven Perez
Really glad to see you :) Glad you made it okay even if you are on dial up
- aden
I used 28k8 until last year when I finally got EVDO (1Mbps tops). It'll make you appreciate your high-speed connection. You'll find your coffee consumption might go up.
- Stephan Planken
I have a box of old modems. Every time they got faster I dropped another $200 bucks. Glad to see you clawed your way back here!
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
from iPhone
congrats *echo pours you a glass of OJ*
- echostreamer
Leo: I'm hoping some sort of cool black titanium ;)
- metalerik
Laura: yeah, I totally fought the power and got clean at 21. ;)
- metalerik
Jemm: cool! not sure if this is you too but I have a friend that just never tried any of it. It's so rad because he's a total metal head and been in lots of bands that have toured all over the earth. It's a cool example of one way to go. I don't at all think it's wrong to drink or whatever- just if it messes up a person's life and relationships (like for me and even then it's not for me to judge).
- metalerik
thanks again everyone. you guys are the only ones I told. xo FF friends!
- metalerik
congrats. you should be damn proud of yourself ; )
- liladreams
@metalerik: Yeah, never tried for no particular reason. I'm far from metal head, though ;) I'm just a geek who wants to be always in control of himself and able to think clearly in all situations. It's probably harder to give up drinking after trying, like you have done, than not having an idea what's the big deal, anyway :)
- Jemm
GREAT NEWS. Was packing and found my silver dollar from my old AA club. It's been lost for about two years! It's an old school AA tradition (ca 1930s) where with a year sober you get a SD with a hole drilled in it (so you can never spend it on booze!), and every year another hole is drilled. This makes me so happy.
Supposedly the tradition largely died out after some part of the US Govt contacted Bill W. and asked him to stop defacing currency :)
- LAST DAY OF WORK
After a decade, you can use it as a sieve. :)
- Morton Fox
LOL morton!! It's amazing how many holes a silver dollar can fit, the most I've seen is 30 I think, and still room for more!
- LAST DAY OF WORK
Glad you found it, Lo. You need a couple more holes drilled!
- Ayşe E.
Hell yeah, Ayse! I can't wait to see it with 5 holes, I used to hold it and dream for hours about what it would look like with 5 back when I was a newbie :)
- LAST DAY OF WORK
Come on, Cristo... pick on someone your own age... If you don't like it, unsub and/or block. Don't be a troll for a kid just figuring out how to interact with people on the web.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
I thought we were having fun. And if I only picked on people my own age, I'd have a very small number of people to pick on. :)
- Cristo
Lindsay I just tried to send you a DM and found you are not subbed to me. I haz a sad.
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
@Cristo - well, maybe tone it down a bit... he's still learning the difference between criticism and trolling. It's a little painful to develop a thick skin... and it's only day 3 for goodness sake!
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Lindsay, they look sarcastic to me, but I understand it's your motherly instinct.
- Jimminy Fuller
Nope, they're funny, but not mean. I can't be mean on this thread though, because I don't want to corrupt Avynn's young ears. We'll have to go private. ;)
- Cristo
Avynn, that's what they all say, the only one's that are truly incorruptible are the ones that eternally corrupted. I don't think you are. So we will be very careful not to corrupt you.
- Jimminy Fuller
I just realized this was little Tad. Hi Avynn! Welcome to Friendfeed. :-)
- Trish R
The Wii Fit doesn't lie....even with all this holiday food, I'm still down 55 pounds since I started on this journey in June. Not bad for 6 months. I have my weight loss/fitness goals for 2010 already mapped out. 2010 is really gonna be a good year.
"If you think board games are boring, think again. Every night is game night at YottaQuest, a family-owned game shop in Cincinnati. Matthew Fay opened the shop five years ago, and since then, his business has increased 25 percent a year on average. Even during the recession, sales are up 40 percent compared to last year. "There are no video games in here at all. No video games, no electronic games," Fay says. "This is all personal interaction between people where, yeah, the game's one thing, but the socializing is the key part." Shelves are stocked from floor to ceiling with games such as Monopoly and Apples to Apples, and even European favorites like Settlers of Catan."
- Michelle Martinez
from Bookmarklet
"Still, Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Wii continue to top holiday wish lists. A recent poll commissioned by an industry trade group found that 42 percent of American adults plan to give or receive a computer or video game this season. While electronic games remain popular, another sector of the game industry is doing very well. Toy manufacturers and major retailers...
more...
- Michelle Martinez
it's nice to get around a table and actually play a board game. It is social like playing a computer game isn't. Watching TV isn't a sociable activity either.
- Ian May
Hybrids could be cool, with displays, sound, and LEDs built into the board and pieces. Moving a piece to a particular spot could set off alarms or provide instructions. They might already have stuff like that. I haven't really looked.
- Cristo
My daughter got Balderdash for Christmas and we had a ball playing it yesterday afternoon. Plus, I kicked ASS!
- Jim in Real Time
In the last three days, I have played Apples to Apples, Munchkin, Trivial Pursuit, and Tsuro. I got Talisman for Christmas and picked up some Yahtzee scoresheets today.
- s t e v e
I have decided to grab a handful of people and add them to my friendfeed notifier, changing the group each month. That way I can pay attention to each of you a little more than I have. If friendfeed lasts long enough and you are still active, I'll eventually get to everyone.
That sounds like it could be busy! I anticipate spurts that drive you nuts, followed by rare silences.
- Louis Gray
Actually, I am a forum moderator and I have popup alerts for every post on a busy forum popping up on the lower right of my screen within 15 seconds of them being made. The activity from the friendfeed notifier on the bottom left is quite quiet, comparatively, even with the extra 5 people added. (and it ain't like I am crazy enough to voluntarily add my entire home feed to the notifier)
- April Russo (app103)
I am not waiting a month. Need more popup action going on. :-D So, I am adding (jeff)isageek, Admiral Anika, AJ Batac, Akiva Moskovitz, and Amber, Random Time Lord. If it gets to be too much for me, I'll remove some of you and add you back on Giftmas Eve, when time is up for the original 5.
- April Russo (app103)
I still chewed AND swallowed. With difficulty.
- Kamilah Gill
How brave. I might not have approached the room, let alone get to the bottom of the plate.
- Julian
No, I only had one bite. There was no Plate of Chitterlings. That could have been fatal.
- Kamilah Gill
I think it's a mind over matter thing. I used to love Christmas because that meant chittlins. Then I found out what they were. LOL Oddly enough, it was the only pork product that didn't make me sick, too.
- Admiral Anika
It's not about what they are, it's about how they tasted. I've eaten snails. No problem. And Anika, it amazes me that you liked these poopy-tasting things even in the past when you proclaim how you hate different chocolates and all other kinds of things. They didn't stink so much unless you smelled the pot up close. John, they're some kind of pig intestine... thing. Which isn't so horrible in itself. Some sausages use intestines. I don't like eggs. These have an eggy texture. Eggs with a dash of poop,
- Kamilah Gill
Julian, I hadn't even seen a chitlin in person until today. True story.
- Kamilah Gill
Poopy-tasting? That sounds like they weren't cleaned. I remember my mom and aunts spending a good couple of hours cleaning them before they were cooked. And you have to keep in mind, the last time I ate them, I was like 6. I didn't know any better. I used to think McDonald's was good too then. LOL
- Admiral Anika
These had been cleaned all day by my cousin's wife. She and one of her kids love them. They're experts about the whole thing. I think they were about as clean as they were going to get. They just had this poopy undertaste that I couldn't smell but could taste when I started chewing. It was very subtle. Not that I've been in the habit of eating poop, mind you. It's like that gross taste you get in your mouth when you're around some very stinky poop. Kind of farmy. Barnyard.
- Kamilah Gill
You're a brave woman. I am such a coward when it comes to trying food.
- Mary Carmen
*lmao* I. AM. DYING. glad you had your chitlin experience, Kamilah. you can cross that off your bucket list.
- jbrotherlove
It is so totally and completely checked off the list. I can tell my grandchildren. I have pictorial evidence. Wikipedia is saying that putting an onion or something in the pot might help with the poopiness. That might have worked...
- Kamilah Gill
if it makes you feel better, every time I've tried chitlins (which hasn't been too often), I've *always* noted the poopiness with my nose and tastebuds. none for me, thanks.
- jbrotherlove
I sympathize! Chitterlings are nasty. My tummy don't like tummy. I'll eat anything else pretty much. Oh and tongue. Unless it's some supper yummy lengua taco fuggedaboutit.
- Adrian
Tongue's on my list to try someday. Possibly also only once. And tripe. A Chinese restaurant here serves some.
- Kamilah Gill
I've had tongue tacos a few times. They're pretty good. No weird flavor at all.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
I haven't had a chance to try tongue, but I'd give it a shot. Tripe is good, but I guess it depends on who is cooking.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I tried tripe once, without knowing exactly what it was. It was one of the most disgusting things I've eaten.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
It's not the flavor of tongue or chitlins but the texture. Both invoke the gag reflex, which is strange because I've gotten over all my childhood hangups otherwise.
- Adrian
I do like brains though! Tacos de cabeza... yum, yum.
- Adrian
I have never and will never eat those things. Vivid memories of walking in the kitchen then promptly leaving because I was overwhelmed by the stench. You are more of a woman than I for trying those things.
- EricaJoy
Brave woman! But dammit now I have something else for my bucket list... %)
- Ted Russ
There are some foods I will never "try just once" before refusing them. This tops the list.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
You are crazy brave, Kamilah. I don't think I could have done it. I have somehow avoided chitlins the whole time I've lived in the South. (Not complaining!)
- Ayşe E.
Fried might be a little less gross. Maybe. With *lots* of onion and hot sauce. I did not even know that the chitlins were there until my cousin's wife told me. So the smell was not pronounced until I got up close to the pot. Interestingly, I guess they're popular in parts of Europe, too. Remember, folks, they're not that different from what's used for sausage casings! And probably sausage fillings sometimes, too.
- Kamilah Gill
There is no such thing as good chit'lins. They will always be gross, no matter what you do to them. (Yes, I've had them.)
- Jason, Incognito
from Android
@SML, pig intestine. Generally boiled or fried. Nasty things.
- Jason, Incognito
from Android
@Jason.Huebel oh ic. Thanks! It's yummy if you cook it in Chinese style.
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I have never heard of those before...whoa! no thanks!
- Susan Beebe
ha ha! aww. excellent weeping face, though!
- edythe
and people are right -- you are brave. Brave to try 'em and then chew and swallow --and brave to admit it, too. :) also, you look very pretty despite your nausea.
- edythe
Braver than I am, that's for sure. Viscera are not for me.
- Spidra Webster
Aw, thanks, edythe. I have a very big list of stuff to do at least once in my life. Most of those involve trying weird foods, or sometimes just things I haven't gotten around to yet. Still haven't had lobster, or truffles (the fungus), many different cheeses, etc. Some folks have stuff like skydiving on their list of things to do. I'll pass on most of the extreme sports and go with the extreme foods instead. I love satisfying that kind of curiosity.
- Kamilah Gill
I think I'm adopted. Both of my parents love (or in my dad's case "loved") the nasty little things. I'd leave the house when my mom cooked them.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Next time ask try "Chittlins." They taste a lot better! ;o)
- Ron Thompson
no lobster yet? you've got something really good to look forward to. :)
- edythe
My cousin ran me outta the room 2 days ago when she plopped a bowl of that next to me. I ate them as a kid. My mother cooks them in the garage, and that's where they stay until they eat them.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
I'm kicking myself for ever getting rid of my Dreamcast. Oh, Power Stone, how I miss you.
- Derrick
I was in love with the 2K football series and Shenmue. I was disappointed when they stopped production of the DC and Shenmue II ended up on the Xbox (which killed the series, basically).
- Shawn Farner
dang, i need a cam now so i can Skype the ppl i know online who've never met me in person and make them blind and insane! *waves tentacle*
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
actually, what make/model did you get? i need to get one anyway so my wife can talk to her fam back home in M'sia.
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
*respectfully requests a 12 Second video saying hello*
- Johnny Worthington
I got the Creatve Live Cam Video IM Ultra. It is on sale at Best Buy for $40. More than I wanted to pay but cheapest I can find for driverless.
- aden
I guess I will have to sign up for all that stuff now huh, like the 12 Second/Mugshot stuff :)
- aden
hmm...anyone know of a cam that will work on win2k? this machine is still living in 2002. :(
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
You might have to hit up the ebay or something
- aden
poop. well, i reckon i could use this XP Pro license i have sitting here collecting dust. *cough* gotta find 5 hours to back up everything, blow the partitions and do a clean install of everything cos this install of 2k is from 2004!
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
My wife always complained that I never bought good christmas gifts , she said this year I want something , shiny and white and real fast .. 0-200 in under 20 seconds in the driveway or else ,,, so i bought her a scale
- johnpiercy
Keiko, I tend to drink beer with mine, depending on time of day.
- Admiral Anika
I wish there was a good ramen-ya nearby because now, I'm craving ramen.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
@Mark Davidson>and natto?? wowwww.....wonderful! are you Japanese?? :)))) because, some of Japanese people (especially Kansai area) could't eat natto.....
- Keiko Yamada
@ Admiral Anika >I see...me too! beer is the best! :)
- Keiko Yamada
@Mark Davidson>So, I'll deliver for you from Tokio !! :))
- Keiko Yamada
I bought some frozen natto; not sure what to do with it, since I can't read the package! I may try making okonomiyaki; my Taekwondo Master's wife grew up in Japan and is a good cook; she told me I can buy the sauce I found so intimidating.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Mage, I've never seen frozen natto, but I'm sure you can prep it like what my husband and kid eat. They have finely chopped green onions, spicy mustard, ponzu, a quail egg and I think soy sauce. Mix that all up into the natto and eat it. If you get some yakinori, you can make a handroll and lay the natto on bean sprouts.
- Admiral Anika
Izen,Koenji ni sundetakotomo arimasuyo!
- Keiko Yamada
Ciao Keiko, che piatto è? Quano penso al cibo Giapponese mi viene in mente solo il sushi e il ramen. Questo invece sembra diverso!
- Alessandro Marocchini
Ciao, Alessandro! Questo è molto diversi. Si chama " GYUDON ". è prodotto con sottile di manzo e riso. Forse non ce ne in Italia. Vuoi trovare?
- Keiko Yamada