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Cease to Hope
Dec 12, 2011
what the gently caress is a light novel

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Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless

The Muppets On PCP posted:

i feel like this implies they weren't completely devoid of merit to begin with

they're the only band i can think of who's best cd was their first one, and each album after that has progressively gotten worse and worse and worse without them having to give it up and go get real jobs after 2 or 3 albums

Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless

Cease to Hope posted:

what the gently caress is a light novel

i believe it's a mix drink

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

Cease to Hope posted:

what the gently caress is a light novel

peep this

Cease to Hope
Dec 12, 2011

shut up stone cold

Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless

Cease to Hope posted:

shut up stone cold

now you've done it

Cease to Hope
Dec 12, 2011

Volkerball posted:

now you've done it

shut the gently caress up volkerball

Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless

Cease to Hope posted:

shut the gently caress up volkerball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQXg-ng_osM#t=55s

Cease to Hope
Dec 12, 2011
MisterEpicMann

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

Cease to Hope posted:

shut up stone cold

lol

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

Cease to Hope posted:

d&d chat: shut the gently caress up volkerball

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Randler posted:

To expand on this, it's now as tight as I can

Phrasing.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

ACER ET VEHEMENS BONAVIS
Power posirive, BIOS loading

Ghost of Reagan Past
Oct 7, 2003

rock and roll fun

Randler posted:

Power posirive, BIOS loading

congrats

The Muppets On PCP
Nov 13, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

Volkerball posted:

they're the only band i can think of who's best cd was their first one, and each album after that has progressively gotten worse and worse and worse without them having to give it up and go get real jobs after 2 or 3 albums

i was really disappointed to find out they weren't a parody band

The Muppets On PCP
Nov 13, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

nice doublewide they got there

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

ACER ET VEHEMENS BONAVIS
That cooler might have been a bitch to install, but it really does keep things nice and cold. :staredog:

Prime95 has yet to breach 60 degree Celsius.

Ghost of Reagan Past
Oct 7, 2003

rock and roll fun
why are you running math benchmarks

are you some kind of german

Ghost of Reagan Past
Oct 7, 2003

rock and roll fun
play doom like an american

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good
going to play a "clean wehrmacht" run through of decisive campaign: barbosa and name the player general after randler

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




Stopped off at Tim Horton's to grab a coffee on the way home from work and there were 3 obese German guys playing Magic the Gathering and I instantly thought of you Randler.

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

going to play a "clean wehrmacht" run through of decisive campaign: barbosa and name the player general after randler

Generalfeldmarschall Randler von und zu Randlersberg-Randlerspommen

Bueno Papi
May 10, 2009

Furnaceface posted:

Stopped off at Tim Horton's to grab a coffee on the way home from work and there were 3 obese German guys playing Magic the Gathering and I instantly thought of you Randler.

Large double double.

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

The Muppets On PCP posted:

i was really disappointed to find out they weren't a parody band

they're a parody of themselves

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Bueno Papi posted:

Large double double.

So, like, 128 bits?

Bueno Papi
May 10, 2009

Absurd Alhazred posted:

So, like, 128 bits?

What's the exchange rate on bits to dollars?

Rodatose
Jul 8, 2008

corn, corn, corn
going bonkers for bitcoin

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Bueno Papi posted:

What's the exchange rate on bits to dollars?

?

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




Bueno Papi posted:

Large double double.

Wrong.

It was a medium double double. :smug:

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




Tales of Berseria might be one of the best RPGs Ive ever played.

Avshalom
Feb 14, 2012

by Lowtax
when i was a cashier a pair of fat german boys in huge neon dollar-store sombreros used to come in every single day and try extremely blatant pua stuff on me

Cease to Hope
Dec 12, 2011

Avshalom posted:

when i was a cashier a pair of fat german boys in huge neon dollar-store sombreros

it's called peacocking

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Avshalom posted:

when i was a cashier a pair of fat german boys in huge neon dollar-store sombreros used to come in every single day and try extremely blatant pua stuff on me

More like poo-a

the paradigm shift
Jan 18, 2006

https://twitter.com/miragonz/status/837909501864980480

Avshalom
Feb 14, 2012

by Lowtax


keet rehab

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

It's 9:08 on Saturday and I haven't slept all night and now I'm thinking I'll just pop down to the local for a pint or two strictly out of curiosity.

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Avshalom posted:



keet rehab

omg

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Randler posted:

That cooler might have been a bitch to install, but it really does keep things nice and cold. :staredog:

Prime95 has yet to breach 60 degree Celsius.
:staredog:

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Furnaceface posted:

Tales of Berseria might be one of the best RPGs Ive ever played.
did you grow up in a secluded cave

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boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich
Well, that was a fair bit shorter than I had expected! In case you're wondering, I went on my first ever business trip, and of all places I've lost a lot of interest in due to family, it just happened to be right in the Vadnais Heights area. Like, really? What are the chances of that happening, helping out a different Wal-mart with preparing for inventory day, at a Wal-mart I often visited during my trips to that area? Wow! I was one of the 10 out of the 400ish workers there selected to go. There is a small chance of returning there for another purpose though.

I've learned a few new things as well. First, I learned much of what cap 2 stuff is like. That is, loading up L carts and rocket carts with presorted boxes from the backroom and getting them on the shelves. I didn't get to learn how to use the so-called "Gemini" as I hear it being called and I didn't get to learn how the unloading of a truck works (cap 1 duties). I, at the very end, got to learn how to handle doing the fish. I've, only slightly, learned how to spider-wrap something (that is, the security devices put on higher value items as an anti-theft measure). I've gained a good bit of extra flexibility that will carry on into the main Wal-mart.

Outside of the work itself, I stayed at a hotel. It was unknown if a pool was going to be there, so I packed my video game system to go with. There was a pool (at 54 inches deep at the deepest point) there.

The first day was the long drive to the area and checking in. The second day was spent learning stocking, starting with paper towels and similar such stuff in that area then moved on to cereal and other breakfast-type stuff. I learned about top stock, when something needs to be binned (and the conditions for binning it), and reading the labels to determine what goes where and various other specifications. Man, so much stuff, hidden details, that I never even knew was on a Wal-mart price sticker label. All I knew about was the price and UPC (or, at first, I thought it was the UPC, but I often had things not matching so I was confused). Little did I know, there's a zone, section, and peg location, shelf span, shelf stock limit, a department number, and even some (rare) special indications such as "YLW" to indicate a hazardous substance that is highly reactive) in addition to the price and UPC. There was presented the option of staying longer to help out and, sadly, I was the only one out of the entire group that even wanted to stay longer to help out. Being forced to leave early due to transit problems... not what I was hoping for. After work, I mainly waited for the group to return so I could go out and do stuff with them, in this case, go in the pool. However, they never came back as I thought so I gave up on it and just went to bed.

The third day was mostly cleaning during the first half since that's when the inventory stuff was going on. Eating lunch at Mad Jack's practically right across the street was next where I got the best-tasting mac and cheese I've ever had at a restaurant. The second half of the day was back to restocking stuff, generally cereal and other similar breakfast type stuff. At the hotel, as per an agreement made, me and at least 3 others wanted to go in the pool to have fun. I started out going in the hot tub with them for a short bit then I went in the pool. It felt very cold, but I remembered the quick immersion method and it helped a lot. I played with some of the kids there, using some basketballs that were present. Then the kids left after an hour or so so I joined the others in the hot tub again where it almost felt like it burned due to the huge temperature difference. After a bit, the others wanted to go in the pool and after the quick adjustment, explaining to them what I do for that, and we played with the basketballs a fair bit. After that, it was back to the hot tub for the final stretch.

The fourth day was a lot of stocking, where I worked mostly in the electronics area (the department in which I have the greatest familiarity with things) and it's when I learned how to spider wrap something. Right afterward, it was going back to the backroom to let those in the area know that some items needed to be binned and some items were not yet released and thus couldn't be sold (Nintendo Switch stuff). Just before I got to the backroom, I was flagged by a customer needing assistance with getting fish. I asked one of the very nearby associates about it and they knew how to do it. Instead of going into the backroom to bin that stuff, I decided to stand by and watch, to learn the process. Once done, I resumed going back to the backroom to inform someone that those items needed to be binned or weren't yet allowed to be sold. I loaded up another rocket cart, this time full of pet stuff and I began stocking the pets area. A few minutes into starting, I had a customer wanting to get help with getting fish. Barely 15 minutes ago, I learned the process. I found that the hardest part of the whole process is trying to catch the fish and bring them up to the top, to take them out and move them into a bag. I had that associate who explained to me guide me and I didn't really need too much assistance. After this, it was going back to the hotel and going to the Mall of America to look around. At the Verizon that was located there, I saw this one TV that had a logo about 4 inches (10 cm) behind the screen where the screen itself was transparent. I never saw anything like that before. The screen itself was just purely 2D though, just transparent. Then came Best Buy where I got to do a test drive of the Tamron 150-600 mm f5/6-3 lens that I'm now considering getting for the super telephoto end. I finally got to speak about camera stuff with someone who was very camera knowledgeable. I showed him the f/0.95 lenses I have and he was really impressed. I demonstrated the impact that that sort of lens has on the light intake and he was very surprised at how fast of a shutter speed I could use because of it. He was also surprised at just how crazy heavy they are. There was an attempt at minigolf, but that closed unexpectedly early.

The fifth day was the long drive back to Minot and outside leaving fairly late (there was no check-out time other than being no later than noon for the hotel, and no check in for work but still had to log the hours). This is where I end my first ever business trip.

The management there was really impressed with all the help that was provided.

boner confessor fucked around with this message at 10:40 on Mar 4, 2017

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