My 6-yr old PC is XP with SP1. I - well, was Neglient, in a word, and now am thoroughly challenged on how to get “Ol Betsy” to accept an upgrade to SP2.

The ONLY browser that will work in my oddball situation is Firefox.

— (remember those wildebeest footprints?)

So my husband has been Very impressive about respecting all the time that's gone into the radio play. But now he's requested several hours tomorrow to power off so he can address some of the refurb we need to do from the flood a couple of weeks ago. What this means to you: the update tomorrow might be late – if at all.

and hey: Happy Sweet 16, bravo :-)

18 Sept edit:
work delayed - page up :-)

I would like to make a plug for the awards in here and say that though we have a lot of votes so far, there are many multi ties….so save me from making tie breakers and vote.

plug away.
My snake ate it's first mouse with us today.

Well… I've decided. I'm going to buy a bicycle instead of car parts. I do need the exercise and with gas prices being so high bicycling to work will work well for me. Now if only I could find a way to fend off the feral dogs that like biting bicycle tires and cycler's ankles… Then bringing down the bike and tearing the cycler to shreds…

And just yesterday I find out how to fix my headphone wires. You know… the ones with the green/gold/red wires and the cloth fiber intertwined with them? If only I had figured out how to fix them years ago… turns out that coloring on the wires is a coating and I just have to use a fine grain sandpaper to expose the wire underneath, allowing me to splice them normally…

Now I'm tempted to cover my head with a paper bag out of shame…

Oh… and Gene, don't ever let that snake near me. My first reaction would be to kill it. Unfortunately it's the usual reaction we all have over here thanks to the Brown Tree Snake eating all our local birds into extinction…

@Genejoke: was this a pet-store-pet-food mouse, or a house mouse?
The idea of a “mouser” snake instead of a cat is kinda cool – although I'd totally freak if a snake slithered on up to me when I wan't expecting it. Maybe even if I was expecting it.

We're still in the long haul for recovering our previously-finished basement. It looks like a refuge camp in the living room and dining room – but the DR generally looks like that anyway. The idea of dusting/vacuuming just seems absurd, so I put it off and off. bleh

My main computer is getting closer to dying, lots of random freezing…

I was such an idiot! I felt so secure with all my backup comps that I didn't bother upgrading my main machine back when I should have, and instead I spent most of the money I'd normally set aside for that freely (very freely) on my Cintiq, big TVs, stuff for the other comps, holidays, gifts for friends, clothes, whatever…

So now all my backup comps are really too old or just under-spec to properly serve as stand-ins for my main machine and I'm at the point where I HAVE to spend the money now on a new one, after shelling out $1400 at the dentist and untold thousands on my month long holiday.

I CAN afford a new machine, a good one, without eating into my savings, BUT I really, really want to be able to build UP my savings again after cutting into them for my damn holiday, and I can't fricken DO that if I keep having to pay dentists and buy new computers! Grrrrr! So any big money I spend now is painful because of that.

Anyway, I've bought a new graphic card instead… on the theory that it might fix my current woes on the main work comp. If it does then that'll by me time to look around for a decent replacement at a good price so I'm not forced to settle for something that doesn't do all I need (a decent laptop). THEN I can go about rebuilding this old bugger into something more current!

pet food mouse. a mouser snake would be cool, although blizzard (that's his name as he's white) spends all his time in the vivarium at the moment, we've only had hm a matter of days though.

yarrrrr, i be missin the threads and comaraderie.

Then we best get the shit rolling.

yeah…
I got nothin'
Been watching some old shows through recently, well Buffy and Babylon 5. great shows, I had forgotton just how good B5 was.
this would work better if spacing actually worked.

seventy2 wrote:
yarrrrr, i be missin the threads and comaraderie.

Peg legs and Barnacles! It be talkin like a pirate day, 'tis. aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr

me brain was tellin me not all was right upon the briney, and it be from the grunty words of a mate me remembers.
tis a sorry truth

Ugh… in a few days I will have my hands on a bicycle. And I'm going to have to setup a rig that will allow me to carry cargo with it. Namely a wet weather parka and goggles to go over my glasses in case of rain. And maybe a basket attachment for carrying groceries in. And a lighting system for nightime riding, including neons to glow on the wheels as I ride so people can see me… including all the drunks, meth addicts and road ragers. -_-

Lonnehart-the-pirate wrote:
Arrgh… in a few days I will have me hands on a bicycle. And I be going to have to setup a rig that'll allow me to carry booty with it. Namely a sou-wester an' goggles to go over me glasses in case o' rain. And maybe a chest attachment for carrying me gold in. And a firey torch for night attacks, including thingamebobs to glow on the wheels as I be riding so lubbers can get outta me way! including all the drunkards, scallywags and swabs. >:-{

Arrgh, it be fixed.

Had the wife in stiches all day yesterday with the Pirate talk. Robert Newton's got nothing on me.

Picked up the car the that extended warrantee came in handy. You know it's over $3000 of labor to change the timing belt on a Subaru? I only paid for parts. They have to take everything apart to do it. Remember when changing the fan belt was just a simple glance under the hood and doing the timing was shining a lamp on said belt while adjusting the pully?

Once upon a time even I could fix a head gasket, which I did on my ancient Olds Calais last century.

The wife is off to San Fran with her friend and I'm here left to fend for myself for eight days. Anyone want to come over and trash my already trashed house feel free to barge in, I may even answer the doorbell.

bravo1102 wrote:
The wife is off to San Fran with her friend and I'm here left to fend for myself for eight days. Anyone want to come over and trash my already trashed house feel free to barge in, I may even answer the doorbell.

Booze, pool, and strippers!

There, I've planned your week for you. It's a gift. :)

…No, That was me week in New Orleans… The cheapest part of my holiday by far ^_^

The new Quackcast is up!
http://www.drunkduck.com/quackcast/
And you know what that means…

YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE RADIO PLAY!

Everyone, go, do it!

skoolmunkee wrote:
The new Quackcast is up!
http://www.drunkduck.com/quackcast/
And you know what that means…

YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE RADIO PLAY!

time stamp is 28:35

Truly magnificent! Great interview with the Czarina. And the play had me falling off my chair laughing.

@bravo: THANKS! I really like the way the radio play turned out. Especially with the Australian and Keitel included
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It was fun/weird to listen to the interview, other than hearing me say “yeah!” over and over again. But folks – you Can spare yourself, just go to time stamp 28:35

The skype worked pretty well, but we did talk over each other and I wasn't always sure I was hearing the question right. There's one part where skoolmunkee asked how I became the “Czarina” – and listening to the interview now, I suspect I heard the question wrong.

Anyway, during the interview I said it came from her. But no - skool didn't come up with “Czarina”. What she did do was to confirmthat heading a project pretty much demanded a dictatorial approachwhen I wrote that I might have to be a dictator since I wasn't seeing posts from people about what they wanted.

But I didn't want to be a dictator. Try as I might, every time I picture “dictator”, the dude has a mustache. And “queen”? well, what do you think. “Princess” seemed like it would be too fuss-budgety. No one voted me in, so prez and prime minister were out.
but Czarina – hhmmm. I liked Czarina :-)

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anyway. YO! Lonnehart! got that bike yet?

Heh… tomorrow. It won't be one of the more expensive bikes, though. I've been told if I pay less than $500 for a bike the thing will fall apart very soon. I'm not gonna be choosy though. I need away to get around that's faster than walking, and those $150/$200 bikes look good enough for it. I'm pretty sure if I take care of the thing(which I've done before as I've ridden a bike all around El Paso, Texas) it will last quite a while. And on an island that's 30 miles long and 4 to 7 miles wide, bike riding shouldn't be too much of a problem (or wouldn't be if it wasn't for the hazardous roads anyway). :)

*wow… I'm SOOOO tempted to post pictures of the bike once I get it… hehehe…



I rode 3 bikes all around El Paso in my Army days. The reason they didn't last? They did. They just got stolen on base while I went camping with my company…

Hmm… I wonder if local law enforcement will allowme to strap large projectile weapons/missile launchers/particle beam projectorsto the bike… in case I have to deal with alcohol intoxicated drivers, Methamphetamine addicted motorists, or Road Ragers behind the steering wheels of their vehicles…

Heh… tomorrow. It won't be one of the more expensive bikes, though. I've been told if I pay less than $500 for a bike the thing will fall apart very soon.

Don't know how bike prices compare with over here but if someone told me that any bike under 400 was going to fall apart after a few months i would treat them like the idiot they clearly are. For average everyday use you don't need to spend a lot or get anything too fancy.
Of course there is cheap nasty shit out there which you do need to avoid.

Oz are you gonna leave your video up on the front page all week. T____T

Why don't we have a video of the radio play? Oh right…

What should I do about the 10 pages of Devon Legacy Proper I have uploaded? I have since went back and added pages to the comic. I have shiftededed panels from a few pages for this and I made small corrections/tweaks to several pages.

I'd like to wipe the slate clean when I go to uploading. I mean it's been over a year anyway. But…. my comments ;_;

I guess I could save the comments somewhere. I probably need to do that anyway on all my comics. Never know when DD will hicup and that feedback will be lost forever.

skoolmunkee wrote:
Oz are you gonna leave your video up on the front page all week. T____T

Why don't we have a video of the radio play? Oh right…

HAHAHAHA! OMG WTF?

I didn't know that would show up there! Ha!
Oooooh man…

Yeah! Someone make a video of the radio play using the comic and the audio and we'll put it up in the video space :)

@Genejoke- He means US dollars… that's less than half that amount in pounds.

ayesinback wrote:

But I didn't want to be a dictator. Try as I might, every time I picture “dictator”, the dude has a mustache. And “queen”? well, what do you think. “Princess” seemed like it would be too fuss-budgety. No one voted me in, so prez and prime minister were out.
but Czarina – hhmmm. I liked Czarina :-)

In case anyone is keeping score according to the pile of books I've read on the Russian history Czar means emperor being a direct derivation from Caesar. The Russian imperial crown was considered the successor to the Caesers of the Byzantines as the Russian Orthadox Patriarch in Kiev was considered the successor to the Orthadox Patriarch in Constantinople after the fall of the Byzantine empire in 1456.

Czarina actually means the wife of the ruling Czar.A ruling Czar, even if a woman as in the case of the two Catherines,is still Czar. So CzarinaCatherineII only remained so as long as Czar Paul was alive. Once she had him murdered she became Catherine II, Czar of all the Russias and during her life was often referred to by the male pronoun in the court language of French. Such sexist times and none were more sexist than the Russians even if they did have two“Great” female rulers one right after the other in the 18th Century.

@Ozone, that wasn't lost on me but exact amounts don't always translate, some products are $100 over there and still 100 over here. I would dream of spending 500 on bike, If I spent that i may as well get a used car. 150 on a bike here is ample, it will be sturdy and reliable enough, so long as you actually look after it.

bravo1102 wrote:
a lot of probably-accurate stuff

meh

A real Czarina is beyond such mundane definition.

ayesinback wrote:
bravo1102 wrote:
a lot of probably-accurate stuff
mehA real Czarina is beyond such mundane definition.

Of course your Imperial Highness but historians are reductionists by nature and haveatalent fortransforming the sublime into the mundane.

And few things are as sublime as a Czarina.

One thing I dislike intensely (INTENSELY), is the phrase “peace out”, the people who use it, and the accompanying gesture- usually the person does a victory sign and kisses their fingers.

Far from thought of “peace” it incites feelings of rage at the meaningless, formulaic, hypocrisy and emptiness of the whole thing and the idiocy of the person using it.
That's just the sort of person I am. ^_^

If you're sincere about being polite or wanting to be peaceful or whatever, do if properly, not with a stupid gesture you learned from some kids singing in a band on tv.

/oldmanRant.

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Weee… adminning DD, killing spam accounts by the hundred, reading comics from start to finish, featuring them, making a newspost… doot, doot doot…

hold on to your hats, folks – it's NOT voice related

Today I spent ALL FRIGGIN day on an assignment that my boss's boss's boss laid out; an assignment designed to deliberately frustrate. The only silver lining is that my boss and his boss had to do the same assignment.

It was held in the guise of an internet “scavenger hunt” and I suspect was created only to point out how difficult it is for any user to find info from our organization's web site. The thing is: our department has NO SAY over the organization's web site.

MEH!

how I love (NOT) being a tool in somebody's PC game.

So, I just listened to the radio play.

It's snazzy, everybody check it out! The fight in the corner storesounds a bit like a bad porno though.

Today I mugged someone. There was a little girl walking in my street that…
JUST.
HAD.
TOO.
MUCH.
MONEY.