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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:43 am
by davedempsey
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.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:19 am
by Robbie_2327
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 :roll:

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:32 am
by monkey man
Well, you look great from here Robbie, and I can't see any hair whatsoever. :lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:59 am
by Robbie_2327
monkey man wrote:Well, you look great from here Robbie, and I can't see any hair whatsoever. :lol:
Thanks, same to you Monk :D

Hey, you could go by the nickname eminem

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:03 am
by Robbie_2327
Hey Monkey, I'm just curious. How many hours different is it down under from New York?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:10 am
by monkey man
Every hour's the same down here, I'm afraid Robbie. :lol:

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.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:10 am
by monkey man
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! :lol:

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. :lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:23 am
by Robbie_2327
monkey man wrote:Every hour's the same down here, I'm afraid Robbie. :lol:

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 8)

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

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:24 am
by Phil Jeffers
I'm always in the long process of downloading Apple updates
You need ADSL 2! 100MB downloads will take under a minute - not 20!

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:46 am
by monkey man
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Ha! Phil dude, 100MB takes me 3 days - I've a 2k connection. :lol:
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. :D

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:41 am
by Robbie_2327
monkey man wrote:'
Ha! Phil dude, 100MB takes me 3 days - I've a 2k connection. :lol:
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. :D
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" :D

Oh wait how about "Unicornish for beginners" :?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:56 am
by jgest
Robbie_2327 wrote: I call it 11:20 AM Monday morning. But since I live in Woodstock some people still think its 1969 8)
a good year, as I was born :D 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......

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:07 am
by monkey man
Ha! Yeah. :lol:

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. :lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:37 am
by jgest
monkey man wrote: Enjoy geekdom, Robbie. :lol:
don't! stay in 1969......a much more exciting world.
sorry monk just being facetious :D

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:58 am
by Robbie_2327
jgest wrote: a good year, as I was born :D 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