Mother's Love Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 That 'Clear history' on a tab's right-click - is right next to 'delete tab'. Grrrr.... 😤 1 " Reporting for Duty Sweetheart!." - Dropping My Knitting To Buff You Whilst Hitting! - Proudly Protecting Paragons Little Ones Since 2005. " Wow! - You're like a Hot Yoda!.... only taller! " - Soul Stalker." I knew there was Evil under that All-American girl persona! " - RockJaw. " Hey! - Aren't you that roleplayer that says 'up you get' all the time? " - funny (unconscious) generic hero 01.
Oubliette_Red Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 3:32 PM, Coyotedancer said: That's when you sigh and say "Water's fine".... Expand Pretty much, only I skip the whole soda thing because I quit drinking it about 10 years ago. 1 Dislike certain sounds? Silence/Modify specific sounds. Looking for modified whole powerset sfx? Check out Michiyo's modder or Solerverse's thread. Got a punny character? You should share it.
Oubliette_Red Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 3:45 PM, Mother's Love said: That 'Clear history' on a tab's right-click - is right next to 'delete tab'. Grrrr.... 😤 Expand That's one of the reasons I use Ctrl+Shift+Del to access the Clear Cache/History dialog. Dislike certain sounds? Silence/Modify specific sounds. Looking for modified whole powerset sfx? Check out Michiyo's modder or Solerverse's thread. Got a punny character? You should share it.
MunkiLord Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 3:34 AM, Oubliette_Red said: Me: Iced tea please. Server: Would you like Peach or Raspberry? Me: I would like Tea-flavoured tea. This has been my conversation with servers on multiple occasions. Expand This to me sounds like a server trying to upsell since a lot of places will charge more for flavored tea if they add the flavoring themselves. The Trevor Project
0th Power Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 Lot of us Texans in this thread which leads me to a pet peeve... saying Texas is “The South” Texas is in the southern US, but I would not consider it “The South.” As far as regions, we would be our own region because the state varies so much. 1 I am Pro-Human I invented Combat Teleport I invented K'ong (More proof here too) Battle Rifle
Frostbiter Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 9:39 PM, 0th Power said: Lot of us Texans in this thread which leads me to a pet peeve... saying Texas is “The South” Texas is in the southern US, but I would not consider it “The South.” As far as regions, we would be our own region because the state varies so much. Expand Texas has it's own style of BBQ so I've never considered it the South. Plus you guys were your own country for awhile. 1 Torchbearer Discount Heroes SG: Frostbiter - Ice/Ice Blaster Throneblade - Broadsword/Dark Armor Brute Silver Mantra - Martial Arts/Electric Armor Scrapper
0th Power Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 9:54 PM, Frostbiter said: Texas has it's own style of BBQ so I've never considered it the South. Plus you guys were your own country for awhile. Expand I contend that if oil was a thing back, then Texas would still be independent 1 I am Pro-Human I invented Combat Teleport I invented K'ong (More proof here too) Battle Rifle
Lines Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 9:39 PM, 0th Power said: Lot of us Texans in this thread which leads me to a pet peeve... saying Texas is “The South” Texas is in the southern US, but I would not consider it “The South.” As far as regions, we would be our own region because the state varies so much. Expand Then do you consider The South The North?
ImpousVileTerror Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 As a Canadian, we call everyone south of the border a "Yankee." Drives my spouse's dad straight up the wall! He's from South Carolina. 2
0th Power Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) On 7/16/2020 at 10:21 PM, Lines said: Then do you consider The South The North? Expand I’d break up the regions like this: north East, the south, the Midwest, tornado alley, Texas, the west, west coast, Alaska, Hawaii and pacific territories. edit: I could be convinced to separate west coast into California and pacific NW Edited July 16, 2020 by 0th Power 2 I am Pro-Human I invented Combat Teleport I invented K'ong (More proof here too) Battle Rifle
Frostbiter Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 10:21 PM, Lines said: Then do you consider The South The North? Expand Let me put it in UK terms. Imagine if the country of Ireland was separated in two by politics and war. 1 2 Torchbearer Discount Heroes SG: Frostbiter - Ice/Ice Blaster Throneblade - Broadsword/Dark Armor Brute Silver Mantra - Martial Arts/Electric Armor Scrapper
MTeague Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 10:21 PM, Lines said: Then do you consider The South The North? Expand Could be worse. As crazy as it sounds, The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we find the South End. This is not to be confused with South Boston, which lies directly east from the South End. North of the South End is East Boston and southwest of East Boston is the North End Those are all actually true. 3 1 Roster: MTeague's characters: The Good, The Bad, and The Gold
Twisted Toon Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 9:39 PM, 0th Power said: Lot of us Texans in this thread which leads me to a pet peeve... saying Texas is “The South” Texas is in the southern US, but I would not consider it “The South.” As far as regions, we would be our own region because the state varies so much. Expand Texas its a whole other country... Spent 18 hours of a 24 hour drive going through Texas. Might have been 16 hours. 1
Lines Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 11:14 PM, MTeague said: Could be worse. As crazy as it sounds, The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we find the South End. This is not to be confused with South Boston, which lies directly east from the South End. North of the South End is East Boston and southwest of East Boston is the North End Those are all actually true. Expand Someone's compass must have been proper broken.
Vulpoid Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 11:14 PM, MTeague said: The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we find the South End. This is not to be confused with South Boston, which lies directly east from the South End. North of the South End is East Boston and southwest of East Boston is the North End Expand From Canton to Peabody 128 South and 95 North are the same road... 1 1
cranebump Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 12:07 AM, Twisted Toon said: Texas its a whole other country... Spent 18 hours of a 24 hour drive going through Texas. Might have been 16 hours. Expand It’s also a whole other country because we have a special kind of crazy down there, which you may have seen exhibited by some of our politicians. Of course, I say “we” as a former resident (albeit of 50 years). Don’t miss anything down there, except breakfast tacos. No one seems to know what that is anywhere else. I have done a TON of AE work, both long form and single arc. Just search the AE mish list for my sig @cranebump. For more information on my stories, head to the AE forum sub-heading and look for “Crane’s World.” Support your AE authors! We ARE the new content.
roleki Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/15/2020 at 11:09 PM, EmmySky said: Very common convo in my college dorm on the third floor: Hey I'm going down to the machine to get a coke, you want one? Sure. What kind? Dr. Pepper. Expand This is syntactically correct. If people had preferences in tissue paper, the conversation would be along the lines of "Can you hand me a Kleenex?/What kind?/Puffs." 2 I killed them.... Con Carne
srmalloy Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/15/2020 at 6:32 PM, DoctorDitko said: I'm allergic to tobacco smoke, but turns out to be the additives. Expand As am I. I've done some investigating, and it's one of the chemicals they use in commercial cigarette paper -- cigar smoke and pipe smoke don't bother me (unless it's crap tobacco, or it gets thick), and neither do hand-rolled cigarettes, while if I strip a commercial cigarette to burn just the paper, it makes me nauseous.
Lines Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 2:44 PM, roleki said: This is syntactically correct. If people had preferences in tissue paper, the conversation would be along the lines of "Can you hand me a Kleenex?/What kind?/Puffs." Expand Furthermore, we can all agree that "Can you hand me a fruit?/What Kind?/Tomato" is somehow incorrect. Things don't have to make sense to make sense. 1 1 1
srmalloy Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 3:04 PM, Lines said: Furthermore, we can all agree that "Can you hand me a fruit?/What Kind?/Tomato" is somehow incorrect. Expand That's due to an legal case over import duties. Vegetables were assessed import duties, fruit was not. Tomatoes had historically been taxed as vegetables, but a lawsuit was brought by an importer wanting to avoid paying the duty claiming that, because they were botanically fruit, the duty didn't apply. The court ruled that, because tomatoes were used culinarily as vegetables, they were legally vegetables for import purposes. 1 1
Twisted Toon Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 2:45 PM, srmalloy said: As am I. I've done some investigating, and it's one of the chemicals they use in commercial cigarette paper -- cigar smoke and pipe smoke don't bother me (unless it's crap tobacco, or it gets thick), and neither do hand-rolled cigarettes, while if I strip a commercial cigarette to burn just the paper, it makes me nauseous. Expand I wonder if they make that cigarette paper out of cat hair. I'm allergic to cats. But, I tend to get severe headaches when I'm around cigarette smokers. Pipe smokers and cigar smokers don't affect me the same way. I don't care for the smell of either, but they don't give me headaches.
Frostbiter Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 That would probably be the chlorine bleach they use to make the paper white. Torchbearer Discount Heroes SG: Frostbiter - Ice/Ice Blaster Throneblade - Broadsword/Dark Armor Brute Silver Mantra - Martial Arts/Electric Armor Scrapper
Sakai Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/15/2020 at 6:59 PM, SwitchFade said: I vote... Pet peeve threads... Amarite? GAH! Hate those things like butter on a skateboard. Expand I can't see butter on a skateboard being tasty at all. Maybe if you marinade it long enough in something acidic and herb rich but even then..... Pet Peave? Mmmm.....2nd Highlander movie. Even the "Renegade Version" is pretty bad.
Sakai Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 4:05 PM, srmalloy said: That's due to an legal case over import duties. Vegetables were assessed import duties, fruit was not. Tomatoes had historically been taxed as vegetables, but a lawsuit was brought by an importer wanting to avoid paying the duty claiming that, because they were botanically fruit, the duty didn't apply. The court ruled that, because tomatoes were used culinarily as vegetables, they were legally vegetables for import purposes. Expand That is fascinating.
srmalloy Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 8:12 PM, Sakai said: That is fascinating. Expand All the way to the Supreme Court -- Nix v. Hedden, 149 U. S. 304 (1893), a unanimous opinion upholding the terms used in the Tariff Act of 1883. 1
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