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Tarin

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  1. Prince dreamed about a giant purple pants monster!
  2. I had a tooth removed, not a wisdom tooth, just a tooth. I freaked out, I was 12 or something. I wouldn't let the dentist do it in the chair, they had to put my fully under. Got a nice chunk of change from the tooth fairy. There are people I'd be willing to donate to currently, at least partial donations ya know. One kidney, partial liver, etc. However, the need has, thankfully, never arisen. When I die I'll donate whatever I can, help someone I don't know out, if my organs are worthwhile. One question, how can you donate a brain?
  3. I just need a good teacher.
  4. I got my new Mazda3 recently. Velocity red. Zoom-zoom. ^.^ Bye bye Isuzu Rodeo :'( Tom, can I drive the Kenworth please please please?
  5. 10F, cold. 32F, technically freezing but not that bad. 48F, not too bad. 72F, too warm, but ok. Chose too hot, but reconsidering. 68F is ideal. 100F, hot.
  6. Google much? Top 10 ridiculous lawsuits. Here are a few that meet your criteria. http://www.the-injury-lawyer-directory.com/ridiculous_lawsuits.html
  7. Obviously I like this one, eh Tiger? It's so hard to come our as a straight man these days.
  8. My name is Tarin and I'm Tiger's text pimp.
  9. James, there is no apostrophe in "Obama." I'll bet Nancy Pelosi drinks the spiked punch at parties. After all, she doesn't know what's in it, just the end result.
  10. Kinda creepy Tiger, 7 because it is so dark.
  11. Well, since this is a poll I'll comment though I have nothing new. I was too scared to look when I was in high school. I used my long shirts to my advantage, as did many boys. From my peeking a few boys stripped nude and fewer showered. I did not, mostly we did nothing in class. Just re-apply deodorant, change clothes and go. In middle school I was so terrified I went to the bathroom stalls to change. Mostly because once I did have an erection even though I was staring at the wall. I don't actually know if anyone stripped nude. That was only on pool days though because we were not expected to change on non-pool days. I currently don't go to the gym or pool.
  12. Poetry according to Tarin: A poem is a collection of words, phrases or sentences that are not arranged in paragraphs. Generally poetry will use a few words in an attempt to evoke a dramatic emotional response. Poetry does not require punctuation, proper grammar or other necessities of writing, but they may be present. An
  13. o.O I thought I was speaking English. What was I speaking? I bought my MP3 player, a Cowon A3, two years ago. I bought it because it sounds great and plays high-definition video. It had some problems but it was worth it to me because I love music. I lost my MP3 player this week. If I cannot find it today I will buy a new one. I went back to Cowon without looking at other companies that make MP3 players, but this is biased. My own bias made me curious about yours. My questions to you: Do you have an MP3 player? What manufacturer? (i.e. iPod, Samsung, SanDisk) If you lost it/broke it, would you replace it with the same thing? The upgraded model? Would you consider other MP3 players like a Cowon? What factors do you consider when buying an MP3 player?
  14. Recently I misplaced my Portable Multimedia Player, or PMP. A PMP is a handheld device designed to play movies, music and display images and/or text. Many devices we call MP3 players are techinically PMPs, though we all know what people mean. I've one last place to look before I am forced to buy replacement. It got me thinking, what do you have? I misplaced my Cowon A3. Cowon is a South Korean company founded in the mid-90s. They make high-end MP3 players and PMPs, but have limited distribution in the United States (basically you have to but in NYC, LA or online). I bought my A3 for a few reasons. Sound quality. Cowon devices have some of the best (if not the best sound quality) of any PMP/MP3 players. I actually had to buy Sennheiser headphones just to do my A3 justice. Video quality. My A3 came with a 4-inch hi-definition screen capable of playing 720p with 16 million colours. It was beautiful and only semi-reflective so it was clearly visible in low to bright light, the only time the screen isn't visible is high-noon on a sunny day. Compatibility. It can play virtually anything except an FLV. The list of audio, video, and graphic codecs and containers spanned two pages in the manual. TV recording. I was able to plug my A3 into the TV and record shows at TV-quality. Memory. 60 GB hard drive. Yes it was a disc, but it was a big disc. Now, I'm not trying to sell you the A3 (if you can still find one), it had plenty of drawbacks. Battery life was atrocious. 8 hours of music at best and a 3 hour movie was all I could get out of a full charge (which took 4 hours plugged in while off to get). The navigation was clunky. The little joystick was awkward and since it had an HD screen they made it hard for protection (no touchscreen). The firmware was not intuitive once you got past "play" and if you had a long list of music (I had 30 gigs on it) it would take forever to find the artist and song you wanted. However, as an audiophile it was worth the $350 dollars I spent on it about 2 years ago (and $50 for the headphones). I just carried the charger with me and plugged in whenever possible. When I had 2-hour breaks between classes one semester I watched 2 movies a week at school. Sound quality is the most important feature of a device for me, which is why I cannot stand cell phones as MP3 players. The sound quality is just not there. Now that I am facing a possible replacement I've immediately gone back to Cowon. I'm a brand-loyal person with a distaste for certain iThings. My MP3 player before the A3 was a SanDisk which was a great value device I used for years. I realised I was being a bit "closeted" when I went straight back to Cowon, especially when an Amazon search turned up an Archos product. So I have a few questions for the folks here at GA. [*]Do you have an MP3 player or PMP?[*]What brand? Model?[*]Are you loyal to this brand?[*]What is the most important feature of an MP3 player/PMP? ( i.e.
  15. I shower. Always. Think about it, when you shower you wash all of the dirt off of yourself and it goes down the drain. When you are in the bath where does all that dirt go? You sit in it. So no matter how hard you scrub, no matter how much soap you use, you are still sitting in the filth you are trying to wash off. Now mind you a bath can be relaxing, I used to read in the bath all the time, however to get clean it is always a shower. As for the fantasy, I plead the 5th. ^.^
  16. The poll cannot be fair because of the host. The results are void, it is not scientific at all.
  17. 100% first try. I participate in a study that asks me to do this every three years. There's a sheet with 100 of those on it. I am given 90 seconds and am asked to read through the sheet as quickly as possible saying the word. Then they turn the sheet over (same thing, different order) and I say the colour of the letters. As I got older there was more variation in word and colours. I'm experienced.
  18. I used to talk to my old Isuzu, well, it was a '96. I miss her lots. *sigh* She had some problems and I heard her cry often. She now rests in the Junkyard in the Sky. I now have a fancy new Mazda3 (thanks to 4500 obamabucks). I don't really talk to her, but I always make sure I never say anything bad about her while she can hear. So I guess I traded for a younger model with more kick. Even though the Isuzu was a V6 it was so heavy it wasn't as zippy as my little Mazda with the 4-cyl. Going from a midsize SUV to a compact was a change, but I'm used to it now.
  19. Oh boy. If I say The Lord of the Flies (Golding) I wouldn't be telling the truth, however that was the first book to pop into my head when I read this thread. The Giver (Lowry), as mentioned earlier, is another one that was very good, as well as Brave New World (Huxley). However, I am afraid if I said these books I would also be telling a lie, as much as I wish it was the truth. I might say Exile (Logston), that is the book that got me hooked on reading when I was 14. It helped me realise I did in fact like books, however it wasn't the best book ever. So I guess this is one. Then again there are several that made me wish i was illiterate; Dhalgren (Delaney) and Invisible Man (Ellison), for example.
  20. I know nothing about fantasy sports leagues, but I suppose I could get my butt kicked. Would it cost?
  21. Tell them this. Write it in a letter, an e-mail, a phone call. That's all you can do really. As others have said, it is not up to you at this point. Extend the olive branch, but don't expect them to grab on. Emotions are very powerful and cloud judgment, like James said.
  22. You need Adobe Acrobat Professional to edit text in a PDF. You cannot do this if the PDF is a graphic PDF (such as one created by scanning or in PhotoShop). If it is a graphic PFD you can use optical character recognition (OCR) to translate the image into text. This comes with some scanners or can be purchased otherwise. Remember that you can open PDFs in PhotoShop to have more photomanipulation tools.
  23. I love iCarly. It's so funny, not to mention Nathan Kress. I also like The Suite Life on Deck and The Suite life of Zack and Cody with the Sprouse twins. I also must admit to liking SpongeBob SquarePants a bit. Nephy, Hannah Montana? That show is terrible! Poor kid isn't going to know good TV...
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