| 18 OCT 2011 at 6:17pm |
DonaJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Most beaches I've been to are pebble beaches. I actually prefer them over sand... or concrete.
Beach.
Sigh.
Is it July yet?
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| 18 OCT 2011 at 6:26pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | :'(
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 18 OCT 2011 at 10:10pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Awww Trav.... what's up dear?
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| 19 OCT 2011 at 7:56am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (18 OCT 2011 10:10pm)
Awww Trav.... what's up dear?
Missing freedoms like the beach, along with all the old Just Adventure gang like yourself.
What's up, why aren't you guys posting anymore...- have we all just become too busy, or the forum too tame? :-/
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 19 OCT 2011 at 2:27pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | NEVER go to the beach with your girlfriend. You can swear that you weren't looking for as long as you want, but it won't help. >
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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| 19 OCT 2011 at 10:34pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | CoD.... That's just plain stupid. Who would she rather you looked at - the boys? :-/ but I'll bet she looks at them!)
Trav dear, I understand your dismay at the quietness around here - I feel it too. Right now my life is really busy although I do check in here every day. The restrictions concerning suitable topics for discussion on this website do inhibit casual comments on a range of world events which effectively silences a lot of innocuous conversations and there simply aren't enough new games to keep us all chattering excitedly. Although I have just started playing Samorost and as expected, I'm stuck already. I don't know how anyone can say they solve these games in 2 hours. :-?
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| 19 OCT 2011 at 10:52pm |
colpetSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (19 OCT 2011 7:56am)
Originally Posted By Caroline (18 OCT 2011 10:10pm)
Awww Trav.... what's up dear?
Missing freedoms like the beach, along with all the old Just Adventure gang like yourself.
What's up, why aren't you guys posting anymore...- have we all just become too busy, or the forum too tame? :-/
I was away for 2 weeks vacation. It was glorious, but all too soon I'm back to square one. I'm dealing with some family medical problems. The end result is I really only get computer time at work in a hit or miss fashion. My time off is much more limited and spent usually reading, TV watching or trying to get motivated to exercise. I'm grumpy, irritable and generally not good company, so it's probably a goo thing I'm not posting much. :-/
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 8:22am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Grumpy and irritable eh? Sounds to me like you should make yourself available next time you log into skype Colpet, instead of being 'away'. I'm never gonna get a chat with you that way! And I really think you need to find the time to come skydiving with me in Uru before the place closes down.
But not this weekend. Tomorrow, I'm off for a long weekend in Melbourne with my mother. We intend to eat and shop, shop and eat, see the King Tut exhibition, do a bit of shopping and then maybe eat. You have no idea how many years of nagging it's taken me to get her to do this.
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 8:54am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (19 OCT 2011 10:33pm)
Trav dear, I understand your dismay at the quietness around here - I feel it too. Right now my life is really busy although I do check in here every day. The restrictions concerning suitable topics for discussion on this website do inhibit casual comments on a range of world events which effectively silences a lot of innocuous conversations and there simply aren't enough new games to keep us all chattering excitedly.
Aww, well, I hope they can see now that damping down spontaneous, polite conversation to a ridiculous degree, is killing the forum. Surely since certain inflammatory personalities are now absent, we could converse a bit more freely about subjects that aren't too blatantly potentially insulting to other members, even though those subjects might be contraversial to some extent.
...such as the other thread I started here on OT, and such as this rather interesting game. http://www.justadventure.com/yabb//YaBB.pl?num=1318978583/0#5
In the latter case, it's game-related, and we've never been censored from discussing games. As long as everyone just remains polite.
For instance, I'm a tree-hugger, so plz try not to be too impolite towards people who:" enjoy nature and would like to see as much of it preserved as is possible, without completely throwing technology out the window".
Like I said in the other thread, I personally believe that if technology is judiciously applied, with a respect for nature in mind, I feel positive that nature and technology can happily co-exist.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 8:58am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | @Colpet: Welcome back! I hope excercising a bit will help for the grumpiness. I need to try to fit some in as well.
@ Caroline: Well, enjoy the outing with your mum.
So listen, what's this about Uru Online being "closed down"? Is this in the cards? The server is going to close soon?
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 9:17am |
markornikovJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (20 OCT 2011 8:53am)
Aww, well, I hope they can see now that damping down spontaneous, polite conversation to a ridiculous degree, is killing the forum. Surely since certain inflammatory personalities are now absent, we could converse a bit more freely about subjects that aren't too blatantly potentially insulting to other members, even though those subjects might be contraversial to some extent.
...such as the other thread I started here on OT, and such as this rather interesting game. http://www.justadventure.com/yabb//YaBB.pl?num=1318978583/0#5
In the latter case, it's game-related, and we've never been censored from discussing games. As long as everyone just remains polite.
For instance, I'm a tree-hugger, so plz try not to be too impolite towards people who:" enjoy nature and would like to see as much of it preserved as is possible, without completely throwing technology out the window".
Like I said in the other thread, I personally believe that if technology is judiciously applied, with a respect for nature in mind, I feel positive that nature and technology can happily co-exist.
Oh but i have a highly inflammatory personality, especially towards tree-huggers.....
So be careful what you wish for [smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
I already censored my answers in that thread not to break forum rules
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 9:32am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By markornikov (20 OCT 2011 9:17am)
Originally Posted By placeholder (20 OCT 2011 8:53am)
Aww, well, I hope they can see now that damping down spontaneous, polite conversation to a ridiculous degree, is killing the forum. Surely since certain inflammatory personalities are now absent, we could converse a bit more freely about subjects that aren't too blatantly potentially insulting to other members, even though those subjects might be contraversial to some extent.
...such as the other thread I started here on OT, and such as this rather interesting game. http://www.justadventure.com/yabb//YaBB.pl?num=1318978583/0#5
In the latter case, it's game-related, and we've never been censored from discussing games. As long as everyone just remains polite.
For instance, I'm a tree-hugger, so plz try not to be too impolite towards people who:" enjoy nature and would like to see as much of it preserved as is possible, without completely throwing technology out the window".
Like I said in the other thread, I personally believe that if technology is judiciously applied, with a respect for nature in mind, I feel positive that nature and technology can happily co-exist.
Oh but i have a highly inflammatory personality, especially towards tree-huggers.....
So be careful what you wish for [smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
I already censored my answers in that thread not to break forum rules
Hey, you could always PM me to tell me what your problem is with someone who loves plants and hates pollution.. .
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 9:53am |
markornikovJourneyman
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Status : Offline | nah, been there done that and banned several times
Actually this is the only forum i haven't been banned on, so i want to keep it that way [smiley=angel_smiley.gif]
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 9:57am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Joined: 3 JUL 2010
Location: US
Status : Offline | ...so you're actually much naughtier than you've been letting on, hmm? [smiley=nono.gif] :
....though I've never said no to a good fight... [smiley=rofl.gif] ...just can't do it in public here... [smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif] ...but I could always meet you over at the Codex...
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 11:41am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Trav, Uru is pretty much deserted nowadays and the donations are not covering the costs. As CYAN aren't spending any money developing new ideas and the move to open source hasn't produced any wonderful additions from the indie writers, I don't see a rosey future, that's all. Even the die-hard fans get bored eventually.
Although, I have just this week learnt how to climb to the very top of the waterfall mountain on Relto.
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| 20 OCT 2011 at 3:46pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | UUUUUUUUU, I have a song for you Caroline! Girls dress differently, that's all I have Re: I went to the beach today...
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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| 22 OCT 2011 at 2:14pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (20 OCT 2011 11:41am)
Trav, Uru is pretty much deserted nowadays and the donations are not covering the costs. As CYAN aren't spending any money developing new ideas and the move to open source hasn't produced any wonderful additions from the indie writers, I don't see a rosey future, that's all. Even the die-hard fans get bored eventually.
Although, I have just this week learnt how to climb to the very top of the waterfall mountain on Relto.
Hmm, I've tried to reply to this post a few times. It seems to be attaching itself to COD's post in a weird way... :-?
Let's try again... :
the move to open source hasn't produced any wonderful additions from the indie writers
I think that's a great pity, and I'm wondering why not... are they too intimidated by the Myst series legacy, I wonder?
I was thinking LOTRO online might be a nice place to hang out, but I think you merntioned it 's rather combat heavy for your tastes? If so, that's rather a pity, because it's a nice setting to just hang out for people who aren't entirely just into combat.
They could have set up nice quests and adventures that don't focus on combat or that at least have alternatives to it.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 22 OCT 2011 at 2:15pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Halleluyah for small mercies... :
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 6 NOV 2011 at 8:49am |
SpikeIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | The whole of the United Kingdom was seen to sink beneath the waves this summer. Starting with the South coast slipping beneath the waves first thus lifting the rest of the UK out of the water. Experts in Bullsh**ology finally found the cause and announced to the press. "When 60million people stand in one spot then bla-bla-bla." Their explanation droned on for 3 hours.... Photo evidence was provided.....
Spike Milligan (1918 - 2002) "A man can't have everything....Where would he keep it??"
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| 6 NOV 2011 at 3:14pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Can you even begin to imagine the queue for the ladies' toilets with a crowd like that? Simply doesn't bear thinking of.
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| 6 NOV 2011 at 3:18pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | That's what the ocean is for, Caroline. 
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 6 NOV 2011 at 4:23pm |
markornikovJourneyman
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Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | So did I yesterday, on a hot day in november, normally it should be freezing right now.
It seems that autumn and summer have switched places this year 
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| 7 NOV 2011 at 7:31am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel
That's what the ocean is for, Caroline.
Eeuw! At risk of sounding like ShadowWalker here, I..... well, what if you need to go and it's not, you know.. a fluid? 
(I'm sincerely hoping you'll just view that as a rethorical question....  )
Sorry Mark and Shadow, beat ya to it! 
Sorry! LadyK started it...  
I think I'll rather stay off the beach considering the train of thought this has set in motion.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
Last edited by Traveller : 7 NOV 2011 7:42am
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| 7 NOV 2011 at 12:24pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Traveller
Sorry! LadyK started it...
Moi? I was talking about surfing, swimming and other water sports. 
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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