The Longest, Most Inconsistently-Off-Topic Thread in History

davedempsey · Post by **davedempsey** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:43 am

We have an annual event over here called "World's Greatest Shave" - lots of people shave their heads to raise funds for cancer research - emphasis on childhood cancer. I've done it the last couple of years and quite enjoy having a bald head.
When I broke my wrist last year one of the first things I did was shave my head to make life easier.

Robbie_2327 · Post by **Robbie_2327** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:19 am

I started to grow my hair out when I was in my first year of college back in the early 90's. I was out to dinner with my then girlfriend (now my wife) and the waitress walked up behind us and said, "What will you ladies have?"

It created a bit of an awkward pause when I turned around. I cut my hair shortly there after and have kept it short ever since. Personally I think I really do look better with shorter hair, yet part of me wonders what long hair would be like

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:32 am

Well, you look great from here Robbie, and I can't see any hair whatsoever.

Robbie_2327 · Post by **Robbie_2327** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:59 am

monkey man wrote:Well, you look great from here Robbie, and I can't see any hair whatsoever.

Thanks, same to you Monk

Hey, you could go by the nickname eminem

Robbie_2327 · Post by **Robbie_2327** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:03 am

Hey Monkey, I'm just curious. How many hours different is it down under from New York?

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:10 am

Every hour's the same down here, I'm afraid Robbie.

FWIW, this one's called 1:07AM - what do you guys call it?

EDIT: Make that 1:10AM - it took 3 minutes for the "post" to take effect.

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:10 am

Oh man, I'm absolutely sick of this! U'N locks up on me every time I post.
I track the page down through my history and reload it to see if it worked.

I checked this one TWICE, and still it double-posted!
Aaarrrggghhh!

FWIW, I can't delete the Safari cache 'cause I'm in the long process of downloading Apple updates.
Actually, come to think of it, I'm always in the long process of downloading Apple updates.

Robbie_2327 · Post by **Robbie_2327** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:23 am

monkey man wrote:Every hour's the same down here, I'm afraid Robbie.

FWIW, this one's called 1:07AM - what do you guys call it?

I call it 11:20 AM Monday morning. But since I live in Woodstock some people still think its 1969

Oh, BTW, since I'm not really up on all these 'I-Bonics' what does FWIW stand for??

You know, I was just scanning through and it seems as though there are a lot of users from down under

Phil Jeffers · Post by **Phil Jeffers** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:24 am

I'm always in the long process of downloading Apple updates

You need ADSL 2! 100MB downloads will take under a minute - not 20!

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:46 am

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Ha! Phil dude, 100MB takes me 3 days - I've a 2k connection.

Robbie_2327 wrote:Oh, BTW, since I'm not really up on all these 'I-Bonics' what does FWIW stand for??

For what it's worth.

I'm not really up on them either, but there is a small number that is most oft repeated here at the 'Nation:

AFAIK - As far as I know
AFAICT - As far as I can tell
AFAIC - As far as I'm concerned (I use this one, although I haven't checked its legitimacy)
BTW - By the way
IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IOW - In other words
LOL - Laughing out loud
OTOH - On the other hand
PITA - Pain in the ass
ROFL - Rolling on the floor, laughing
TIA - Thanks in advance
TMI - Too much information
YMMV - your mileage may vary

This one cropped up 2 days ago too, relating to posted content:
NSFW - Not Safe For Work

There. Forum-speak 101 for the Robster.

Robbie_2327 · Post by **Robbie_2327** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:41 am

monkey man wrote:'
Ha! Phil dude, 100MB takes me 3 days - I've a 2k connection.

Robbie_2327 wrote:Oh, BTW, since I'm not really up on all these 'I-Bonics' what does FWIW stand for??
For what it's worth.

I'm not really up on them either, but there is a small number that is most oft repeated here at the 'Nation:

AFAIK - As far as I know
AFAICT - As far as I can tell
AFAIC - As far as I'm concerned (I use this one, although I haven't checked its legitimacy)
BTW - By the way
IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IOW - In other words
LOL - Laughing out loud
OTOH - On the other hand
PITA - Pain in the ass
ROFL - Rolling on the floor, laughing
TIA - Thanks in advance
TMI - Too much information
YMMV - your mileage may vary

This one cropped up 2 days ago too, relating to posted content:
NSFW - Not Safe For Work

There. Forum-speak 101 for the Robster.

Thank you, I should print these out so I can remember them. Or maybe we could publish a book "I-Bonics for the Digitally inept" or how about "I-bonics for analog people living in a digital world" or maybe more appropriately "I-B FTDI"

Oh wait how about "Unicornish for beginners"

jgest · Post by **jgest** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:56 am

Robbie_2327 wrote: I call it 11:20 AM Monday morning. But since I live in Woodstock some people still think its 1969

a good year, as I was born

Funny the times I have traveled to woodstock, I got more of a "mountain town vibe" than the 1969 feel......

I live in northern cali, the same thing applies here everybody is spiritually superior, environmentally over evolved and politically self righteous......but I love it! Although I make an effort to get to the city SF as often as possible just to remind my self that women do infact uphold hygienic practices that I prefer, like shaving legs and such......

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:07 am

Ha! Yeah.

You seemed to like them, so here're some less-used ones (around here) that are nonetheless very popular on the 'net:

LMAO - Laughing my ass off
LMFAO - Laughing my f@#$%&@g ass off
ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
ROFLMFAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my f@#$%&@g ass off
SOL - S@#$ Out of Luck!
STFU - Shut the f@#$ up

Yeah, it's a rough world out there on the 'net.

Enjoy geekdom, Robbie.

jgest · Post by **jgest** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:37 am

monkey man wrote: Enjoy geekdom, Robbie.

don't! stay in 1969......a much more exciting world.
sorry monk just being facetious

Robbie_2327 · Post by **Robbie_2327** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:58 am

jgest wrote: a good year, as I was born Funny the times I have traveled to woodstock, I got more of a "mountain town vibe" than the 1969 feel......

I live in northern cali, the same thing applies here everybody is spiritually superior, environmentally over evolved and politically self righteous......but I love it! Although I make an effort to get to the city SF as often as possible just to remind my self that women do infact uphold hygienic practices that I prefer, like shaving legs and such......

True, it does have that Mountain town thing a little, but certainly the desciption you gave about northern Cali sounds alot like Woodstock. You also have a ton of NYC weekenders here or Cityiots as they are called by some people