INN OF LOST SOULS: general chit-chat thread

[Trantor]

Sorry for double-post, but Zyx's post came while I was writing the lengthy post above this one.

Zyx, I am pretty sure I have come nowhere close to you with my thoughts about our existence, but yes, there are moments in music or in film that touch me in a way I cannot really express. Sometimes, this happens in a very unexpected moment; sometimes, I feel touched by a song in a way I never have before, in spite of listening to it for the umpteenth time. I vividly remember driving in my car alone on my way to a friend and listening to the radio. It played One by U2, a song I always liked; but this time, it was different, and all of a sudden, I burst into tears, not really knowing why; the song had touched my soul in a very special spot.

I would be very interested in such a list Zyx.

[MasterWuuf]

Huh? You mean a bunch of you really had strong emotional ties to the music of the original 2001?

Wow! That kind of blows me away.

(As Sterling, er, MasterWuuf, kneels in penitent horror)

Since I've already blasphemed, I'll add the following:

Since I saw the Star Trek parody, with 'all Scottie' types, I have pictured 2001 with Scottie doing the computer voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOdAKmLcGSo

[Bit]

Rofl what do you mean, Bit, "not that cute"? It's a rat asleep - how can it not be cute? And he's inside the casing of a computer tower. And he's on his back. And he looks rather like my ol' Nimmy. Aaaww...now I feel a bit sad. Damn, I really need to get a rat fix from somewhere .

But, but, but ... it's a hamster
*puts on helmet and runs*

[cowsmanaut]

isn't that a skit on faulty towers? Manuel has a pet rat he thinks is a hamster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TLgLkU ... re=related

[Ameena]

Hehe, "Is not a rat, is Siberian Hamster"...yeah, the episode "Basil the Rat", where Manuel has the titular rodent and everyone ends up trying frantically to hide that fact from the visiting health inspector .
I had another look at that pic...looking at the size of teh fuzzle in comparison to the computer casing, and looking at my own computer tower for comparison, that must be one hell of a big hamster . Or were you joking about that?

[beowuuf]

The third best Fawlty Towers in my humble opinions, second being the Germans, and first being communication problems

[cowsmanaut]

pssst...don't mention the war... 0_0

So Anyway, Ameena, Henri and Tia are somewhat typical. The older man and younger woman.. We got Henri first he's just over a year now and we got Tia about a year later (both in november) Tia was a bit older than Henri was when we first got him... however both were selected in the same way. You put your hand in and wait.. see who comes to investigate. The very shy ones will tend to stay back, but you can find an adventurous one in there usually.. one that will adapt sooner. So with Tia we waited until she was large enough/old enough to bare a proper littler. So I guess she's about 5 months, and Henri 1 year and 4.5 months I would guess.. which puts him at about middle age.

when we first got Henri he was allowed to sit on the cover we had and hop back and forth between us.. however he started to mark a lot and we would have to wash it daily so we switched to towels which were smaller and left less space to run, so we switched then to giving him the hallway to run in once in a while.. close the doors and give him a little run.. Tia has been given that a few times too. But mostly time with humans usually means a ride on the shoulder, or in the pouch (I've got a sweater I wear for them that has a pouch) or on a towel on our lap. The little ones have come out to the towel twice now, and the rest of the interaction has been in the cage. However they'll get a chance to run in the hall in the near future I think.. just need to lock up the cat.. she won't go after Henri, he was as big as her when she first met him.. but she might try the little ones because they are about the size of some of her toys.

[beowuuf]

How the hell did cow's fuzzles start dominating two threads!

[Trantor]

No clue Beo. Especially since guinea pigs > all. And if this doesn't convince you, then... well, I don't know what then.

[cowsmanaut]

you hear that noise? that noise is WHY they are not greater than all.. little bastard came home with me from school one long weekend (it was a task of all the students in the class to take him for a weekend) and he grunted and squeeked and squeeled when he wasn't being paid attention to..

[Trantor]

Actually, their squeaking is one of the main reasons I love guinea pigs so much. That, and they look so totally clueless, as if they have absolutely no idea who or what they are, and what they are supposed to do with their existence. Any creature looking this puzzled is great in my book.

[Gambit37]

Any creature looking this puzzled is great in my book.

LOL, perfect

[Ameena]

Yeah, I like piggies too - I love the noises. My sister had a piggy for a while, a few years back. She started off calling him Twix, but I just kept referring ot him as "Piggy" for some reason, and in the end that kind of stuck as his name. He was lovely - whenever you put your hands around his sides to pick him up, he'd sort of hoik his belly up so you could properly get your hands around his tummy. Then when you'd been stroking him for a while, he'd start making quiet little squeaking noises as you stroked him (he'd stop when your hands weren't touching him, then start again when you commenced another stroke ), getting progressively louder and louder with each stroke .
One other thing I like about piggies is that they let you know when they want a wee - our piggy used to start sort of tugging at your clothes or hand/wrist with his teeth (not biting hard or anything, just a kind of "Umm, excuse me? Excuse me...!" kind of thing). If you didn't put him down within, say, about thirty seconds, you'd know why he was doing it from the sudden very large warm patch that would spread...
And when piggies go for a wee, they don't half go for a wee!
If you put him down when he started fidgeting, however, he'd let rip more or less immediately .

[Bit]

Hehe, "Is not a rat, is Siberian Hamster"...yeah, the episode "Basil the Rat", where Manuel has the titular rodent and everyone ends up trying frantically to hide that fact from the visiting health inspector .
I had another look at that pic...looking at the size of teh fuzzle in comparison to the computer casing, and looking at my own computer tower for comparison, that must be one hell of a big hamster . Or were you joking about that?

Absolutely not joking! It's not a young hamster, that's for sure - that one is some days old.
If they are about two years (and they will not live very much longer) they can have 15 cm.
And look the coloring of the fur. Nono, no rat. Then again, for a 'goldhamster' pretty dark!
But - wiki-hamster-pic comes to close it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Hamster
Found the picture again after browsing for 'hamster computer' - needed some pages.

[Ameena]

Hrmmm, I still think he looks like a rat. I know you can get dark hamsters - my sister had one a few years back, though I don't think he was a Syrian - he was rather tiny (not Roborovski tiny, just smaller than a Syrian, probably some kind of Dwarf hammy). The nose on that one in the pic just looks too...pointy...even from that angle, to be a hamster. True, I can't make out a tail, but there's an arse and a hammock on the way so it could be hidden from the camera's view.
Plus, this being the Internet, I'm sure I've seen mice referred to as hamsters, and vice-versa, and I watched the first few seconds of that vid Cows just posted up (then saw how long it was and realised I didn't have time to watch it as I have to go to work in a minute) and saw that it appears to be referring to a chimp as a "monkey".
I'm not saying that little fellow's not[/]i a hamster, just that I'm still convinced he's a rat!

[Bit]

Let's see if we can find the source.
For now another one you'll surely like (and that one looks more like an european squirrel... - that is a young one): http://attachments.techguy.org/attachme ... mster2.jpg

EDIT:
Ameena, this seems to be the source:
http://www.videogameszone.de/aid,699755 ... 747&page=1
- and the poster would have a guestbook to ask...
Digging down, I got a temporary link ending with: 'ratteimpc.jpg' - which means 'rat in pc'. Tsktsktsk... - still researching

[Gambit37]

Just picking up on the 2001 thing again,this is an interesting use of Tesla Coils:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVDmjnCQ1g4

[Bit]

without speakers!
now is that unplugged or not?

[Trantor]

Whee! My girlfriend and I found a new apartment! Our new domicil is just 300 m away from where I live now which will make moving definitely easier. So expect to hear less from me in the upcoming weeks until we sorted everything out.

[Gambit37]

Cool! Congrats! I hope the move goes smoothly. You could probably just carry everything there, yes?

[Jan]

Congratulations, Trant! How large is the flat?

[Trantor]

Thanks guys! Maybe I can't carry everything there Gambit, but certainly lots of my stuff. The flat has 93 m² spread over 3.5 rooms (the fourth one is rather small - perfect for stuff like vacuum cleaners, laundry etc.). It is actually a bit bigger and more expensive (ca. 900 € per month) than we originally wanted it to be, but it just felt right, and that is the most important part. I'm looking forward to it!

[MasterWuuf]

Oops. Trantor's already gone. I wanted to know what 900 € per month would be in USA currency.
I see signs like € and don't usually have much of an idea what they signify.

Yipes! So curious about 'how much' that I completely forgot to wish you the best, Trantor.
Hope you have a good move and realize the best deal of your life.

[Trantor]

Umm, that € is the sign for Euro, the currency used in many European countries. It was introduced in 2002. Currently, 1 € is somewhere between 1.35 and 1.40 $, so 900 € translates to about 1250 $.

[Jan]

I see signs like € and don't usually have much of an idea what they signify.

You haven't been too far from the US recently, MW, have you?

[beowuuf]

Ooooooh! Congrats on your new pad!

[MasterWuuf]

I see signs like € and don't usually have much of an idea what they signify.

You haven't been too far from the US recently, MW, have you?

Oh great. Jan sends a response with no response in it.

Unless they have a 'bicycle' tour available, for those 'outside the USA' tours,
I'm probably not going to be visiting you in the near future.

Why am I made to SUFFER?!?

[T0Mi]

Feeling 'at home' already?

... I vividly remember driving in my car alone on my way to a friend and listening to the radio...

I've tried to capture such a moment while driving to the barn... it wasn't the right song (it played on the radio) to really get emotional, but I just felt happy at that moment, looking forward to be with the horses and then get back to work. (look for "Chebby winter wonder drive" on the tube. Beware though: the vid contains snow! )

[Trantor]

I just ordered tickets for the Australian Pink Floyd show, which are some sort of official cover band. Since I doubt I will see any single member of the original band in person, I guess this is the best I can get. I watched some videos of these Australian guys on youtube, and they seem to be pretty good. I'm sort of thrilled - more on this in the middle of March.

[cowsmanaut]

seemingly random question with purpose... have you ever been playing a full screen game and wonder what the time was? and if so, would you like to see the time in an unobtrusive way within the screen of the game.. ie off in the corner?