THE THREAD!!!

[Kwik E Mart]

...view from the room...

[Kwik E Mart]

...first cocktail...

[Kwik E Mart]

...lunch time correction...

[bradfordkay]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

We've actually had a couple of nice days here in London - I was even able to cut the grass in my shorts on Friday!! [8D] - but typically it then turned cold over the weekend.....[:(]

I'm sure Spring will turn up at some point.

Weren't those two nice days your spring? [:'(]

[Kwik E Mart]

...the payoff...

[Kwik E Mart]

...rinse and repeat six times...[8D]

[Kwik E Mart]

...hmmm...those were quite large...is this any better?

[Kwik E Mart]

btw, pictures courtesy of iPhone 4...i was pleased with the quality...

[bradfordkay]

The smaller versions are of better quality - less pixilated.

Looks like you had a good time...

[Kwik E Mart]

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

The smaller versions are of better quality - less pixilated.

Looks like you had a good time...

yeah, i wish i could preview the picture in the post before sending it...

had a great time...it was even better knowing that my wife's company was footing the bill!!!

[USSAmerica]

Looks fantastic, KEM!  We're in the early stages of planning a week in the Turks for August, after my wife's second job contract is over.  [8D]

[Mynok]

That's not a bad camera at all. Very nice for a phone. One of those i4's is probably in my future as I'm coming to the end of my servitude to Sprint and have no wish to continue with them.

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: stuman

Home from the hills. Very tired.

Well? Do they have eyes? [&:]

I hope not.

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: Mynok


It's ironic that in the real world I'm very patient and rarely reach the point of anger. Boards seem to drag out a different persona unfortunately.

Not sure why that is. I do know that I fear greatly what would happen should I be pushed past that point in reality.

There is the bit that one can be reasonable sure that they will never get the snot beaten out of them for posting stuff online which would probably get their teeth kicked in if they said it to someones face.

I, for one, make a concious effort to stay as close to my real world persona as I can to avoid that pitfall.

Same here. Of course I make my living at least in part by getting along with people [:)]

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Has anyone heard (or seen) Nik lately? i am guessing he is moving from Fleattle to Houston (or its vicinity) but it has been 8 days since he's posted on the forum... [:(]

Was wondering the same thing. Hope all is well.

[bradfordkay]

ORIGINAL: stuman

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: stuman

Home from the hills. Very tired.

Well? Do they have eyes? [&:]

I hope not.

This response begs for an explanation... or would that violate our family friendly forum etiquette?

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

This is just terrible... incredible footage of Japan Tsunami... [X(][X(][X(]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1nYOHb28zw


Leo "Apollo11"

Astounding.

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: scott1964

Tech Support | Allentown, PA, USA

(I work engineering support late in the evening.)

Me: “Pennsylvania Support Center. How may I help you?”

Caller: “The cleaning crew just came through my office, and now my mouse doesn’t work. The cursor just jumps all over the screen randomly when I move it. They broke my mouse. I need a new one.”

Me: “You have a SPARCstation with an optical mouse, correct?”

Caller: “Yes, with the cool glass mouse-pad.”

(Old-school optical mice used to require special reflective mouse-pads with grids etched into their surfaces. To increase tracking resolution, the vertical and horizontal grids had slightly different spacing.)

Me: “Did the cleaning crew wipe down your desk?”

Caller: “Yes.”

Me: “Did they move your mouse-pad?”

Caller: “What does that have to do with anything?”

Me: “Did your mouse-pad get rotated? Is the long edge of the mouse-pad now parallel to the edge of your desk?”

Caller: “I really don’t see why that’s relevant. I just want a new mouse!”

Me: “The orientation of the mouse-pad matters. The–”

(The caller cuts me off and starts to yell. I realize that I can actually hear his voice coming from down the hall.)

Caller: “Listen! Just open a ticket and have someone bring me a new mouse. I don’t have time for this. I design chips, so I know what I’m talking about. I probably designed the chip in the phone you’re stuck answering all day!”

(I take off my headset, walk down the hall, and walk into his office up to his desk.)

Caller: “…so don’t try to bulls*** me with, oh. Hold on, someone is in my office.”

(I reach down, and rotate his mouse-pad 90 degrees. I move the mouse, and the cursor happily moves around the screen as expected. I walk out of his office, back down the hall, sit down at my desk, and put my headset back on.)

Caller: *silence*

Me: “Thank you for calling Pennsylvania Support Center. I trust I have resolved your case.”

Caller: *silence*

Me: “You will be receiving your ticket number via email. Thank you.”

Caller: *click*

[X(][:D]

I think this is my favorite one so far.

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: Grollub


Evening tithe.

Hope you haven't done anything Yuri would do. [:'(]

Hoisting a balcony Gin & Tonic for my THREAD brothers! [:)]

Thanks, that pic makes me smile. Glad someone is out there, in the sun, having fun [:D][&o]

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: scott1964

[X(][:D][8|]
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_internet.shtml

Hard to believe.