Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:32 am

We had Burger King tonight and I might eat some leftovers later.

Kyuunado · Post by **Kyuunado** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:18 am

Good idea, you can recover 5% of your HP.

Maybe at the current rate of thinks the UK will adopt Thanksgiving, we are doing Black Friday now.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:45 am

Black Friday now starts in the middle of Thursday here in the US. It seems to be a transition to the thanksgiving grocery shopping to the Christmas shopping time of year.

Nothing against Christmas, but it's consuming the month of November.

Kateleo007 · Post by **Kateleo007** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 4:08 am

Kitela wrote:Black Friday now starts in the middle of Thursday here in the US. It seems to be a transition to the thanksgiving grocery shopping to the Christmas shopping time of year.

Nothing against Christmas, but it's consuming the month of November.

Yeah. Out here in California, the Christmassing starts before halloween in some stores.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:06 pm

I went to a Sam's in Oklahoma on black Friday and I was full on prepared to clock people in the face. Surprise Surprise it was nearly empty of people.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 4:13 pm

My mother and sister went to a Black Friday once.

Never again my mother said.

Post by **Render** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 8:10 pm

Kateleo007 wrote:Yeah. Out here in California, the Christmassing starts before halloween in some stores.

You can get christmas cookies, chocolate, etc. already since 1st September in Germany... It's ridiculous to buy gingerbread and marzipan loaves in summer.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:04 am

Render wrote:
Kateleo007 wrote:Yeah. Out here in California, the Christmassing starts before halloween in some stores.

You can get christmas cookies, chocolate, etc. already since 1st September in Germany... It's ridiculous to buy gingerbread and marzipan loaves in summer.

SEPTEMBER?! FIRST?! I wasn't aware Christmas lasted one forth of the year in Germany.

I guess it's not as bad as Finland, where it's always Christmas.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:48 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:My mother and sister went to a Black Friday once.

Never again my mother said.

May your sister rest in peace.

Post by **Dissension** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 2:10 pm

I'm sorry for your loss.

Post by **Render** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:17 pm

Kitela wrote:SEPTEMBER?! FIRST?! I wasn't aware Christmas lasted one forth of the year in Germany.

No, they just love to sell that stuff.

Kitela wrote:I guess it's not as bad as Finland, where it's always Christmas.

Must be a great place, I want some day to spend some holidays in Finland (or maybe Sweden, unsure) during Winter.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 4:41 pm

I would really like to visit Helsinki one day. That and learn Finnish.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:22 pm

I wanna go see Japan but I would need a translator.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:49 pm

I'd like to visit Australia sometime.

Kateleo007 · Post by **Kateleo007** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:41 pm

I would like to visit Canada someday.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:30 pm

I want visit upper Norway, Finland or Iceland for the sole fact that I want to experience one winter where it is constantly night time.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:57 pm

Just be careful that you don't get lost.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:19 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Just be careful that you don't get lost.

SatPhone and a GPS or something. Maybe I can drag one of my Scandinavian friends along with me.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:29 pm

It's pretty much impossible to get lost nowadays thanks to smartphones.

And then my mom always tries to advise me with directions when I'm going someplace I haven't been before. She needs to catch up.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:02 pm

My Dad's the same way. He has a Galaxy S3 and the most technical thing he does with it is check his Email. He even keeps a phone book in his work van in case he ever needs to look up a phone number or something because I'm pretty sure he doesn't even know that he can Google it on his phone.

I don't bother to try and teach or show him because he's not into trying to learn that stuff.

Kyuunado · Post by **Kyuunado** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:06 pm

Sleet wrote:It's pretty much impossible to get lost nowadays thanks to smartphones.

I wouldn't say that, Google maps once directed me into the English Channel.

Post by **Render** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:08 pm

Sleet wrote:It's pretty much impossible to get lost nowadays thanks to smartphones.

And then my mom always tries to advise me with directions when I'm going someplace I haven't been before. She needs to catch up.

That's funny. I love direction with elements like "You have to turn left where [insert name of a shop here] has been."

I generally have no problems with reading maps and driving after that. BUT when driving through Hamburg to visit my friend I was lost EVERY time I went there... Once I had an odd thing, I've reached the railway station somehow, thought that would be easy, checked my map, followed the wide road, took the crossing, and was on the the way to the roundabout where I had to take the third exit and wanted to check the map again. All looked good while driving, but instead of getting to the roundabout I suddenly found myself back in front of the station...
Have no problems with that anymore since I use a navigation system.

But Hamburg is the only place where I ever had problems.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:40 pm

I have a GPS that I use to prevent me from getting lost.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:04 am

GPSs aren't always reliable.

A couple of tourists in Queensland once drove straight into a bay while trying to get to an island because the GPS told them to. Needless to say they needed rescuing and they didn't get the deposit back on their rental car.

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:47 am

Hlaoroo wrote:GPSs aren't always reliable.

A couple of tourists in Queensland once drove straight into a bay while trying to get to an island because the GPS told them to. Needless to say they needed rescuing and they didn't get the deposit back on their rental car.

this to me is proof why I don't like GPS's. people rely to much on them that they blindly follow it and dont want to memorize where anything is (then they as me. where is this place, where are we...)

sorry... I ranted

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:00 am

I never use the turn-by-turn directions unless I'm driving for hours upon hours.
I've always been terrified to ride with someone who's using a GPS, especially when they look at the road for 5 seconds, then at the GPS for 5 seconds.

Post by **Dissension** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:26 am

Smaller roads and more rural areas may not be accurately represented by electronic navigation services. Kari once had to give directions to a highway patrolman who'd gotten lost navigating via GPS and didn't have a physical map book.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:32 am

Oh, yes.

According to the GPS I live in the middle of a paddock with no road in sight.

The GPS also thinks there's a road through the middle of some paddocks not far from my house but there's clearly no road and quite a few fences and cattle there instead.

Post by **Render** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:49 am

Hlaoroo wrote:GPSs aren't always reliable.

A couple of tourists in Queensland once drove straight into a bay while trying to get to an island because the GPS told them to. Needless to say they needed rescuing and they didn't get the deposit back on their rental car.

If you leave your brain at home, you should better leave the keys to the car at home as well.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:29 pm

I don't mean a directions giving GPS. I mean one that simply gives you a compass, states your longitude and latitude and such. I have the satphone to call the coast guard or whatever. Of course if I planned for it, I'd bring along a compass, map, etc. I only use the kind of GPS you guys mean when I'm in the city.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:12 pm

Would you use the Latitude on the GPS to calculate where it is you would experience constant night (66° 33' 44"?)

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:26 pm

My GPS hasn't given me problems yet so I'm thankful for that.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:55 am

This is why being a bum and not having a car is easier. I'll take walking any day (when feasible of course)

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:18 pm

After my next move, I'm going to try and set my living up so I don't need a car for a while. Costs aside, relying on them is annoying.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:50 pm

You need a car where I live. Everything is just too far apart and there isn't much in the way of public transport.

I LOVE driving anyway so I like having a truck, even if I have to buy gas.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:17 pm

Same here, and I love driving as well. I can't even ride a bike where I live because biking on the freeway is a death sentence, especially during the winter (which isn't possible, even for the brave)... I don't even think it's legal, anyways.

I'll be happy with or without a car if I live close to where I need to be, at least until I'm done with school. I just hate relying on my car because my mechanical skills are limited.

Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:35 pm

Render wrote:
Kateleo007 wrote:Yeah. Out here in California, the Christmassing starts before halloween in some stores.

You can get christmas cookies, chocolate, etc. already since 1st September in Germany... It's ridiculous to buy gingerbread and marzipan loaves in summer.

the sooner they sell the snacks and foods and stuff, the sooner people buy it, the sooner they eat it and need to get more before the actual holiday

as for decorations, some decorations take a while to set up(if you have a big yard) and you need a lot of decorations early.

sorry to revive an old discussion.
I don't really drive but I'll need to start after graduation if I want a job that I can't walk to.

Post by **Sleet** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:15 am

I downright refuse to buy anything Christmas themed until Black Friday. I won't encourage this madness.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:09 am

Still no Christmas songs on the radio. I wonder if they moved them all to a channel that plays them 24/7?

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:27 am

Today at work we had a holiday themed dinner. Nothing gets you in the Christmas spirit like refilling a bowl of eggnog a dozen times to covers of the same 3-5 songs.

I'm a relatively festive guy, i just can't do Christmas specials and music until like a week or so before Christmas. Not a big fan of all the Christmas commercials, television, songs, etc.