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Post by Chumbles on Dec 7, 2021 12:27:02 GMT
I came here just to have a moan about England's chances tonight in the first ashes test, but I think I'll save it til we're 26-4 (about 12.40am). 14-4 by 12.20 a.m. - Our lads are like rabbits in the headlights; I only hope it's not as bad as this: Nursey is late, which is an absolute bummer* *I am going to have to take yet more morphine |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Dec 7, 2021 12:40:41 GMT
Morning all!
More monsters hunted last night - smashed a somnacanth with a big thunder sword. Perhaps a metaphor for... smashing a monster with a big thunder sword. I'm still only hunter rank 3 but I'm shooting for the big leagues.
Wet and windy - and that's just the weather!
That comment on the Halo review - I see their point, in that games are overly dominated by male main characters, but refusing to play a game because of a male protagonist seems a bit OTT, especially when the whole game has revolved around that character for over a decade.
No chess for me last night but I did manage to reach the heady heights of second place in a game on Sunday. Went arcanists and nearly had it but was pipped to the post by an all yordle build.
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Post by gongfarmer on Dec 7, 2021 12:40:56 GMT
Grim news, Faceless. Liver cancer is a bastard. Took my dad almost 30 years ago in his 50s. My condolences.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Dec 7, 2021 12:48:19 GMT
Chess used to be known as 'the game of kings', but it is well known to have been supplanted in the affections of royalty the world over by Online Boggle.
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 7, 2021 13:14:10 GMT
I would have hoped for a little time in gaol, pour encourager les autres. I hope that at the least part of the plea deal is that he's going to snitch on his dealers. But we are not in an ideal world, and a lot of these collectors live in countries with weak jurisdiction. Academic experts who are willing to collaborate with the dodgy dealers are paid a pittance - £100 or so for identifying an object that's eventually going to sell for thousands of pounds, but that's still attractive pay for university or museum employees, as long as they can beat down their conscience. Antiquity dealer is one of the most lucrative and interesting jobs on the planet. Job requirements: willingness to travel, a winning personality, and being prepared to sell one's grandmother, or rather loot her grave. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 7, 2021 13:19:14 GMT
Anyone want a 1980s cremation urn?
One careful user. £70k or near offer.
Actually I think my grandmother's ashes were scattered. Certainly I never saw an urn.
So that won't be a nice little urrner
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 7, 2021 13:32:32 GMT
Also don't tell Shenguin. It's not so much he'd be upset. More he'd demand a cut of the proceeds.
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 7, 2021 13:43:19 GMT
No chess for me last night but I did manage to reach the heady heights of second place in a game on Sunday I'm always in second place when I play Chess |
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Post by Tuffers on Dec 7, 2021 13:56:59 GMT
You get all these chess people dont you. Chess this, chess that. Let's have a bit of Knight, let have a bit of Castling. Ooh, that's a snazzy En passant. Oh this smells of, I don't know, Checkmate. Sometimes you just want to say, sod all this chess, just give me a game of backgammon.
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 7, 2021 14:07:08 GMT
Anyone want a 1980s cremation urn? One careful user. £70k or near offer. Actually I think my grandmother's ashes were scattered. Certainly I never saw an urn. So that won't be a nice little urrner You ignored the bit about having a winning personality. |
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Post by MrTiddles on Dec 7, 2021 14:21:29 GMT
[Sean Lock voice]
Why don't cats go bald? What's that all about then, eh?
Cat wankers.
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 7, 2021 14:57:43 GMT
Anyone want a 1980s cremation urn? One careful user. £70k or near offer. Actually I think my grandmother's ashes were scattered. Certainly I never saw an urn. So that won't be a nice little urrner You ignored the bit about having a winning personality. My grandmother could be quite grumpy. She didn't really have... Oh. Well we have to deal with the personality hand we are given. I'm pretty sure I could sell a small pyramid scheme to a wealthy billionaire (not the poor sort) |
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Post by Tuffers on Dec 7, 2021 15:07:58 GMT
Sell THIS
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 7, 2021 15:14:49 GMT
Love a bit of the Backgammon.
School run, bit blowy out.
Tried to snow earlier but thankfully came to fuck all.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Dec 7, 2021 15:20:06 GMT
Windy af in these parts now. Fully expecting the horizontal rain to make its way through the window seals again. I was out in the car late last night on some rural roads and was skidding all over the shop. Top fun.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Dec 7, 2021 15:22:41 GMT
Sorry to hear that Faceless, that's no age to go especially when there are young kids.
We are having the odd gusty spell now, rain comes and goes. I am not looking to walking the kids back from school and nursery. I am on the fence about getting Halo tomorrow.
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 7, 2021 15:33:11 GMT
It's small and ancient, but I'm not sure there is much of a market. Maybe we could wrap it in a bandage and say it fell off Tutankhamun? |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Dec 7, 2021 15:34:26 GMT
You get all these chess people dont you. Chess this, chess that. Let's have a bit of Knight, let have a bit of Castling. Ooh, that's a snazzy En passant. Oh this smells of, I don't know, Checkmate. Sometimes you just want to say, sod all this chess, just give me a game of backgammon. Checkers mate! |
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Post by scamander on Dec 7, 2021 15:35:28 GMT
Afternoon all,
Sheesh Faceless, that's brutal. Condolences.
Gameschat.
More Ass Vikings....getting a bit samey. Dare I start a new Anniversary Skyrim?
HannibalChat.
Doing some research, stumbled across a reference in Polybius where Hannibal went through a stage of wearing different wigs to confuse would be assassins. That old chesnut...
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Post by scamander on Dec 7, 2021 15:36:26 GMT
You get all these chess people dont you. Chess this, chess that. Let's have a bit of Knight, let have a bit of Castling. Ooh, that's a snazzy En passant. Oh this smells of, I don't know, Checkmate. Sometimes you just want to say, sod all this chess, just give me a game of backgammon. Checkers mate! It's no Ghost Castle. |
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Post by stxdpr on Dec 7, 2021 15:51:26 GMT
Afternoon all, Sheesh Faceless, that's brutal. Condolences. Gameschat. More Ass Vikings....getting a bit samey. Dare I start a new Anniversary Skyrim? HannibalChat. Doing some research, stumbled across a reference in Polybius where Hannibal went through a stage of wearing different wigs to confuse would be assassins. That old chesnut... Is that old Skyrim with added fishing? Why fishing though, even ass vikings has it. Finding it same too, alternating clearing areas with powering through missions, Ireland and Paris kept it a little different. May pop to Valhalla/the other place for a change. Or go back to fc6 or watchdogs Tory party future dream. |
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Post by scamander on Dec 7, 2021 17:25:06 GMT
Afternoon all, Sheesh Faceless, that's brutal. Condolences. Gameschat. More Ass Vikings....getting a bit samey. Dare I start a new Anniversary Skyrim? HannibalChat. Doing some research, stumbled across a reference in Polybius where Hannibal went through a stage of wearing different wigs to confuse would be assassins. That old chesnut... Is that old Skyrim with added fishing? Why fishing though, even ass vikings has it. Finding it same too, alternating clearing areas with powering through missions, Ireland and Paris kept it a little different. May pop to Valhalla/the other place for a change. Or go back to fc6 or watchdogs Tory party future dream. I'm horribly overpowered, which means there's not much of a challenge at points. Nice scenery. Fishing and an aquarium for your house in Skyrim. I'm scared to begin it all again. |
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Post by Chumbles on Dec 7, 2021 19:32:11 GMT
HannibalChat. Doing some research, stumbled across a reference in Polybius where Hannibal went through a stage of wearing different wigs to confuse would be assassins. That old chestnut... Perhaps a change of diet? Personally I favoured very thinly sliced, flash fried in Cointreau, served with haricots vérts and creamy mashed potatoes... |
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 7, 2021 19:35:17 GMT
Christ Almighty, Faceless hasn't been online since provoking The Sympathy this morning. Helluva ballsy move, doing that and then ignoring the The Sympathy. Did I say a ballsy move? I meant a cunt-move.
Edit: Sorry, I typed "I hope Faceless is ok", but autocorrect changed it.
I hope Faceless is ok.
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Post by Chumbles on Dec 7, 2021 19:46:59 GMT
It's soooo cold inside my house atm; not as cold as young Shenguin. I am getting under the duvet and going to sleep |
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