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Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:54 amby Chariot of Fire
So I read this line in chat earlier today from a good friend and clanmate:
"And I discovered yesterday that I can get an easy wifi connection by pulling into a service station on my way home, which gives me an extra option for covering turns by iPad or netbook"
I don't know, but just to picture this grown man pulling over to play a turn of Risk! tickles my funny bone. What a great guy!
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:13 amby rdsrds2120
I've done worse things. Once I had about ten minutes to take a turn, and the car next to me had something that was hotspotting an unsecured signal out. I had my friend drive close and slowly next to that car until my turn on Atlantis was complete.
To this day, that man driving the 1992 Black Buick Regal will never understand. Could never understand.
-rd
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:58 amby AndyDufresne
rdsrds2120 wrote:I've done worse things. Once I had about ten minutes to take a turn, and the car next to me had something that was hotspotting an unsecured signal out. I had my friend drive close and slowly next to that car until my turn on Atlantis was complete.
To this day, that man driving the 1992 Black Buick Regal will never understand. Could never understand.
-rd
He probably thought you were one of those groups of hoodlums who chase people in cars and try to run them off the road!
--Andy
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:07 pmby Agent 86
Power outage in my city ( no internet ) and told it will be a few hours till it's restored, no available car so caught a bus ( 1hr ) to neighboring city. Straight to internet cafe, missed a crucial team turn by minutes. Plants palm into forehead but is happy that rest of my turns can be taken
86
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:17 pmby sonicsteve
haha - I bet I'm not the only one here to have woken up in the morning on occasion and thought, 'hang on, did I remember to take my turn last night before bed?', and break into a cold sweat while the computer powers up with all the haste of a panda in mating season.
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:16 pmby nippersean
There is an old thread (based on MTIceman?) where he got arrested? For stealing the internet? From a library for trying to take a CC turn from his car. It was in a Canadian newspaper I think.
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:45 pmby chapcrap
sonicsteve wrote:with all the haste of a panda in mating season.
In my earlier days, before I had the internet, I would take my turns from my car sitting outside of the apartment clubhouse for the free WiFi there.
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:10 amby Leehar
I had to borrow somebody's blackberry from the seat in front of me in the Cricket Stadium to take my turn before it got missed. Unfortunately I got distracted because a there were 3 wickets in 4 balls and I ended up missing by 10 min because of watching the presentation ceremony
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:27 amby macbone
He stole the internet? Thank god they got it back.
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:34 amby Leehar
macbone wrote:He stole the internet? Thank god they got it back.
Lol, it was more because he was using library bandwidth for nefarious purposes
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:13 pmby thegreekdog
There was a hurricane back in 1999 or 2000 that took out the power in my area, including the power in my apartment. My roommate and I noticed that the lights in the hallway stayed on (I guess the building had a generator). We also noticed the power outlets in the hallway. So, we decided to plug in two of our devices to see what happened... and low and behold, the outlets worked! No, we did not plug in the refridgerator (the only thing in there was beer and we drank it). The television and the X-Box received the much-needed electricity.
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:03 pmby Robinette
nippersean wrote:There is an old thread (based on MTIceman?) where he got arrested? For stealing the internet? From a library for trying to take a CC turn from his car. It was in a Canadian newspaper I think.
It's soooo much better than that...It was
AK_iceman, and it was in Alaska, and he was a mod here at the time...
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=48394
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:21 pmby oVo
A big storm knocked the power out here for 14 hours. Eventually I pushed my portable welding machine outside and cranked it up --running two 50 ft. extension cords inside-- connected to my computer and coffee maker. The gas powered machine rumbling outside and the 240 volts/6000 watts it produces felt like overkill.
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:07 pmby greenoaks
sonicsteve wrote:haha - I bet I'm not the only one here to have woken up in the morning on occasion and thought, 'hang on, did I remember to take my turn last night before bed?', and break into a cold sweat while the computer powers up with all the haste of a panda in mating season.
that doesn't happen to me.
i leave mine on, it saves time.
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:43 amby jj3044
Leehar wrote:I had to borrow somebody's blackberry from the seat in front of me in the Cricket Stadium to take my turn before it got missed. Unfortunately I got distracted because a there were
3 wickets in 4 balls and I ended up missing by 10 min because of watching the presentation ceremony
Love ya Lee, but this made absolutely no sense to me...
Ever hurry to take a turn while your wife/girlfriend/significant other is... "waiting for you"?
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:53 amby Chariot of Fire
jj3044 wrote:Leehar wrote:I had to borrow somebody's blackberry from the seat in front of me in the Cricket Stadium to take my turn before it got missed. Unfortunately I got distracted because a there were
3 wickets in 4 balls and I ended up missing by 10 min because of watching the presentation ceremony
Love ya Lee, but this made absolutely no sense to me...
Ever hurry to take a turn while your wife/girlfriend/significant other is... "waiting for you"?
Yeah. Worst is when you click on 'Start' knowing that you stand a chance of sweeping the board in a multiplayer esc game, then the wife walks in "Can you drive me into town now please, it's raining and there will be no cabs". "Er...can it wait for an hour?"
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:00 pmby Leehar
Leehar wrote:I had to borrow somebody's blackberry from the seat in front of me in the Cricket Stadium to take my turn before it got missed. Unfortunately I got distracted because there were 3 wickets in 4 balls and I ended up missing by 10 min because of watching the presentation ceremony
Re: Wonderful dedication, or someone scared of a bollocking?
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Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:21 amby AndyDufresne
Chariot of Fire wrote:jj3044 wrote:Leehar wrote:I had to borrow somebody's blackberry from the seat in front of me in the Cricket Stadium to take my turn before it got missed. Unfortunately I got distracted because a there were
3 wickets in 4 balls and I ended up missing by 10 min because of watching the presentation ceremony
Love ya Lee, but this made absolutely no sense to me...
Ever hurry to take a turn while your wife/girlfriend/significant other is... "waiting for you"?
Yeah. Worst is when you click on 'Start' knowing that you stand a chance of sweeping the board in a multiplayer esc game, then the wife walks in "Can you drive me into town now please, it's raining and there will be no cabs". "Er...can it wait for an hour?"
Ouch! Could you play from your phone internet while your wife drove, and you could then drive the car back?
--Andy