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    My weekend or Yours.
    « on: November 17, 2008, 10:39:23 AM »
    What have you done this weekend?  Thought I find what everyone is up too.

    So any how my father had this c64 dont recall if I ever mentioned it,  but I asked one of my dads coworkers if he knew anything about them an said that he had a good bit of what was there when they were used.  So I finally got them this past friday.  Had to change over the video cables an stuff got it to work then bunch of jkajkfjklafjklf  crap an looked inside an noticed it was off two pins an know I can do everything like you used too.  I got the orginal box as well.
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    Re: My weekend or Yours.
    « Reply #1 on: November 17, 2008, 05:08:05 PM »
    What? ???
     
    What is a c64 and what is  jkajkfjklafjklf ?
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    Re: My weekend or Yours.
    « Reply #2 on: November 17, 2008, 05:38:18 PM »
    A Commodore 64 would be my guess...
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      Re: My weekend or Yours.
      « Reply #3 on: November 19, 2008, 10:05:31 AM »
      Its aberivated its just alot of junk considering that it was off set.  So patio an JJ 3000 you made a post so how was your weekend?
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      Re: My weekend or Yours.
      « Reply #4 on: November 19, 2008, 10:06:23 AM »
      I made a post too.
      I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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      Re: My weekend or Yours.
      « Reply #5 on: November 19, 2008, 01:08:55 PM »
      My weekend was spent installing a new garage door...a round of Golf and tasting this year's batch of Christmas Ale at the local micro brewery to make sure it was up to snuff...

      Note to self: I shouldn't be still at the brewery. Call self tomorrow and send self home.
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      Re: My weekend or Yours.
      « Reply #6 on: November 19, 2008, 05:04:09 PM »
      I had to work last weekend :'( Three twelve hour shifts. I was almost too exhausted to get on the forums when I got home from work. I think I'm becoming addicted to this site. i have to work every weekend. I get monday though wednesday off, so thats what i think of as my "weekend".
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      Re: My weekend or Yours.
      « Reply #7 on: November 20, 2008, 04:29:29 AM »
      I've spend my weekend revising.

      You would not believe how good and effective Microsoft Onenote 2007 is for note-taking and revising from. It is amazing.
      My friend got a MS Office 2007 Enterprise CD from University and apparently he has a license to install it as many times as he wants, so I thank him for that.

      I tried the other MS Office 2007 products (word, excel, ect...), didn't like them, popped the Office 2007 CD in, and then the Office 2003 CD. :D

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        Re: My weekend or Yours.
        « Reply #8 on: November 20, 2008, 07:58:51 AM »
        Spent Saturday at church and a potluck...yummm!

        Sunday spent working on computers, playing my drums and working outside.

        Alan <><  :D

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        Re: My weekend or Yours.
        « Reply #9 on: November 20, 2008, 07:05:22 PM »
        Just arrived Alan....and thanx for checkin up on me.      ;)

                             ;D

        P.S. The Brewers have done a fine job with this year's batch...
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          Re: My weekend or Yours.
          « Reply #10 on: November 21, 2008, 09:45:31 AM »
          Seems like its going somthly, patio you are so lucky.....  if Ivy found this....
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          Re: My weekend or Yours.
          « Reply #11 on: November 22, 2008, 05:23:49 AM »
          Just arrived Alan....and thanx for checkin up on me.      ;)

                               ;D

          P.S. The Brewers have done a fine job with this year's batch...Can you
          walk patio?

          Good to see Alan posting regular again.How is the home now Alan?

          This Weekend? PeckerWood is tying a string to me and I am flying
          around.... ???
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          Re: My weekend or Yours.
          « Reply #12 on: November 22, 2008, 09:38:40 AM »
          PeckerWood is tying a string to me and I am flying
          around.... ???

          I tried to fly once. Boy, you should have seen the look on my face when I finally realized that cardboard wings won't make you fly. For some reason I wasn't covered on my insurance.
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            Re: My weekend or Yours.
            « Reply #13 on: November 26, 2008, 08:45:51 AM »
            why does every little kid think that is physically possible?
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            If I fall who is there to pick me up now.  I stand alone but I stand as the gaurdian for whom I wish to protect.  The sound of my blade utters my name as you fall.  For I shall not move.  For those that forsake the very people are wosres

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            Re: My weekend or Yours.
            « Reply #14 on: November 26, 2008, 10:14:44 AM »
            Cartoons.
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              Re: My weekend or Yours.
              « Reply #15 on: November 26, 2008, 10:20:03 AM »
              no one shows that stuff in it anymore
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              Re: My weekend or Yours.
              « Reply #16 on: November 26, 2008, 10:45:41 AM »
              What stuff ? ?

              Woom again......
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                Re: My weekend or Yours.
                « Reply #17 on: November 26, 2008, 10:46:15 AM »
                ha ha ha people with cardboard wings.
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                If I fall who is there to pick me up now.  I stand alone but I stand as the gaurdian for whom I wish to protect.  The sound of my blade utters my name as you fall.  For I shall not move.  For those that forsake the very people are wosres

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                  Re: My weekend or Yours.
                  « Reply #18 on: November 26, 2008, 06:03:53 PM »
                  Just arrived Alan....and thanx for checkin up on me.      ;)   Not a problem...  gotta make sure you made it home ;D

                                     

                  P.S. The Brewers have done a fine job with this year's batch...Can you
                  walk patio?

                  Good to see Alan posting regular again.How is the home now Alan?

                  All moved in but still the little things.  Lots of burned up trees to cut down and have chipped.  Still have some baseboard to work on and a bathroom to tile.  Actually, my wife wants to do the bathroom as her uncle is coming down from Montana next month for a weeks visit.  It will be interesting...

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                  Re: My weekend or Yours.
                  « Reply #19 on: November 27, 2008, 08:00:29 AM »
                  Just arrived Alan....and thanx for checkin up on me.      ;)   Not a problem...  gotta make sure you made it home ;D

                                     

                  P.S. The Brewers have done a fine job with this year's batch...Can you
                  walk patio?

                  Good to see Alan posting regular again.How is the home now Alan?

                  All moved in but still the little things.  Lots of burned up trees to cut down and have chipped.  Still have some baseboard to work on and a bathroom to tile.  Actually, my wife wants to do the bathroom as her uncle is coming down from Montana next month for a weeks visit.  It will be interesting...

                  This Weekend? PeckerWood is tying a string to me and I am flying
                  around.... ???

                  Keep up the good spirit Alan.
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                    Re: My weekend or Yours.
                    « Reply #20 on: December 01, 2008, 10:45:49 AM »
                    Went to go over to my grandmothes thanksgiving day an found a fairly sized snake in the meat house.  Flung it acrossed the road an beat it up.  Got flatten on the road latter.
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                    If I fall who is there to pick me up now.  I stand alone but I stand as the gaurdian for whom I wish to protect.  The sound of my blade utters my name as you fall.  For I shall not move.  For those that forsake the very people are wosres

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                    Re: My weekend or Yours.
                    « Reply #21 on: December 01, 2008, 03:05:07 PM »
                    Went to go over to my grandmothes
                     thanksgiving day an found a fairly sized snake in the meat house. 
                     Flung it acrossed the road an beat it up.
                      Got flatten on the road latter.
                    Thats beautiful.
                    Hey Squall, have you ever though of writing poetry? You have a natural talent that is astounding.
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                    Re: My weekend or Yours.
                    « Reply #22 on: December 01, 2008, 03:38:01 PM »
                    Went to go over to my grandmothes
                     thanksgiving day an found a fairly sized snake in the meat house. 
                     Flung it acrossed the road an beat it up.
                      Got flatten on the road latter.
                    Thats beautiful.
                    Hey Squall, have you ever though of writing poetry? You have a natural talent that is astounding.

                    The complete lack of meter or rhyme not withstanding...
                    I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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                    Re: My weekend or Yours.
                    « Reply #23 on: December 03, 2008, 10:27:54 AM »
                    Quote
                    The complete lack of meter or rhyme not withstanding...

                    Most poetry these days does not have rhyme and meter.  It is all about feelings, I guess.  I sometimes think the old masters are spinning in their graves!   ;)


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                      Re: My weekend or Yours.
                      « Reply #24 on: December 03, 2008, 10:42:19 AM »
                      Thats not a poem it really happened.  I was burring a dvd an we were late so my dad does his usual run an I seen it by his stash of organs.
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                      If I fall who is there to pick me up now.  I stand alone but I stand as the gaurdian for whom I wish to protect.  The sound of my blade utters my name as you fall.  For I shall not move.  For those that forsake the very people are wosres

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                      Re: My weekend or Yours.
                      « Reply #25 on: December 03, 2008, 05:46:57 PM »
                      Thats not a poem it really happened. 
                      I was burring a dvd an we were late
                      so my dad does his usual run
                      an I seen it by his stash of organs.

                      OMG squall! Does this stuff just come out?
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                        Re: My weekend or Yours.
                        « Reply #26 on: December 05, 2008, 09:24:02 AM »
                        still not a poem it lacks alot to be even considered such.    :P
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                        Re: My weekend or Yours.
                        « Reply #27 on: December 05, 2008, 09:26:52 AM »
                        still not a poem it lacks alot to be even considered such.    :P

                        It has the most important thing of all. Feeling. when I read your "non-poem", the emotion overwhelms me- well, actually, I feel nauseous, but I just attribute that to the greatness of your poetry.
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                          « Reply #28 on: December 05, 2008, 09:30:56 AM »
                          ha ha ha if you read the stuff I wrote it would close ch down.
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                          If I fall who is there to pick me up now.  I stand alone but I stand as the gaurdian for whom I wish to protect.  The sound of my blade utters my name as you fall.  For I shall not move.  For those that forsake the very people are wosres

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                          Re: My weekend or Yours.
                          « Reply #29 on: December 05, 2008, 01:31:37 PM »
                          ha ha ha
                          if you read the stuff I wrote
                          it would close ch down.
                          omg! best poetry ever! im serious! make a book or something!

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                            Re: My weekend or Yours.
                            « Reply #30 on: December 08, 2008, 09:09:16 AM »
                            thats great how???????


                            So any way before I decide to lock the topic.  I noticed that my gaming pc was struggleing when ever I was plaing any of my games.  I went to go check my ram this moring so I know what kind I needed an noticed a loose capitor.  The pin to it broke off one side going to replace it.  If nothing else going to get a new board.  Sigh....
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                            If I fall who is there to pick me up now.  I stand alone but I stand as the gaurdian for whom I wish to protect.  The sound of my blade utters my name as you fall.  For I shall not move.  For those that forsake the very people are wosres

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                            Re: My weekend or Yours.
                            « Reply #31 on: December 08, 2008, 01:41:01 PM »
                            So any way before I decide to lock the topic. 

                            and how, pray, would you do that?
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                            Re: My weekend or Yours.
                            « Reply #32 on: December 08, 2008, 01:57:24 PM »
                            he started jt?

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                            Re: My weekend or Yours.
                            « Reply #33 on: December 08, 2008, 07:53:33 PM »
                            topic starter's can no longer lock topics, I don't believe....
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                            Re: My weekend or Yours.
                            « Reply #34 on: December 08, 2008, 07:54:33 PM »
                            really? lemme check
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                            your right

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                            Re: My weekend or Yours.
                            « Reply #35 on: December 08, 2008, 10:05:54 PM »
                            So any way before I decide to lock the topic. 

                            and how, pray, would you do that?
                            That's where I come in. ::)

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                              « Reply #36 on: December 09, 2008, 04:05:54 PM »
                              thats so evil, at fany rate I have to get a new board then.
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                              If I fall who is there to pick me up now.  I stand alone but I stand as the gaurdian for whom I wish to protect.  The sound of my blade utters my name as you fall.  For I shall not move.  For those that forsake the very people are wosres

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                              Re: My weekend or Yours.
                              « Reply #37 on: December 19, 2008, 01:33:52 AM »
                              Thats not a poem it really happened.  I was burring a dvd an we were late so my dad does his usual run an I seen it by his stash of organs.

                              Your dad has a stash of organs?  Is he a music teacher?
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                              Re: My weekend or Yours.
                              « Reply #38 on: December 19, 2008, 01:27:58 PM »
                              or a black market organ seller?

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                              « Reply #39 on: December 19, 2008, 02:55:07 PM »
                              Well this topic has certainly become a bizarre one.. Anyway, plan to get my laptop back from my lil bro tomorrow. He borrowed it for some job debugging some grammatical aid program that ties in with various word applications. I'll probably be playing through FO3 on it again. There's still so much to explore and so little time.. That's my weekend plans right there..

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                              « Reply #40 on: December 19, 2008, 03:26:00 PM »
                              or a black market organ seller?
                              I work alone...
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                              « Reply #41 on: December 19, 2008, 03:33:12 PM »
                              or a black market organ seller?
                              I work alone...

                              Pulling a Jason Statham are we Matt?

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                              Re: My weekend or Yours.
                              « Reply #42 on: December 19, 2008, 07:13:49 PM »
                              The guy from the Guy Ritchie films?  He's not a bad-looking fella, but I don't think I would want to pull him.
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                                « Reply #43 on: January 07, 2009, 01:35:40 PM »
                                know he is in the bussiness hammonds, thomas ect..... lesie , spin its ect.....
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                                Re: My weekend or Yours.
                                « Reply #44 on: January 07, 2009, 01:38:30 PM »
                                this thread was almost a month old, and you decide to post something unintelligible.
                                I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.