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Ethel mermania wrote:

Hurdegaryp wrote:And probably built in the Soviet Union as well. And as you know, the people of the Soviet Union had no need for decadent bourgeois luxuries such as distinctly antirevolutionary climate control.

Yet, Stalin was big on providing ice cream to the people, as plentyful ice cream to the masses is proof the prolotariat have it good

For some reason I find it hard to disagree with that Stalinist logic.

Ethel mermania wrote:

Hurdegaryp wrote:And probably built in the Soviet Union as well. And as you know, the people of the Soviet Union had no need for decadent bourgeois luxuries such as distinctly antirevolutionary climate control.

Yet, Stalin was big on providing ice cream to the people, as plentyful ice cream to the masses is proof the prolotariat have it good

I think you're mixing up "sweet dairy treats" and "the never-ending snows of the Russian winter".

Hurdegaryp wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:Yet, Stalin was big on providing ice cream to the people, as plentyful ice cream to the masses is proof the prolotariat have it good

For some reason I find it hard to disagree with that Stalinist logic.

Hot days in the summertime will do that. I have to admit. Communism as a theory has wonderful goals, it's just that humans by and large... really suck.

The Grim Reaper wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:
Yet, Stalin was big on providing ice cream to the people, as plentyful ice cream to the masses is proof the prolotariat have it good

I think you're mixing up "sweet dairy treats" and "the never-ending snows of the Russian winter".

Which is another reason I found that little tidbit weird, but no, I have seen it in more than one source.

Immoren wrote:Woe is me. Why can't this train car have an air conditioning?
Oh I forgot for a moment it's ancient.

This is the revenge of all the puppies you kicked in your past life.

Ethel mermania wrote:

Chrinthanium wrote:

No envy. Just will have to hit the beach in the late afternoons until I leave.

How's the surf?

Surf around here is usually small. Better waves in New Jersey, to be honest.

Chrinthanium wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:
How's the surf?

Surf around here is usually small. Better waves in New Jersey, to be honest.

1 to 2 feet today, we are heading out in about 45 minutes.

Ethel mermania wrote:

Chrinthanium wrote:Surf around here is usually small. Better waves in New Jersey, to be honest.

1 to 2 feet today, we are heading out in about 45 minutes.

I think it is because the beaches right here face pretty much due East. I think the waves are better on the South-facing beaches in Brunswick County and, especially, along the Outer Banks. The OBX is 4 hours away, so no good for the working stiff.

1-2 feet is about the best it gets here without a tropical system going past offshore.

Chrinthanium wrote:

Ethel mermania wrote:1 to 2 feet today, we are heading out in about 45 minutes.

I think it is because the beaches right here face pretty much due East. I think the waves are better on the South-facing beaches in Brunswick County and, especially, along the Outer Banks. The OBX is 4 hours away, so no good for the working stiff.

1-2 feet is about the best it gets here without a tropical system going past offshore.

Indeed the east end beaches on long Island get the best waves. We are going to a city beach, it's on the ocean facing south, so we get some wqves, but the further out east you go, the better the surfing.

Ethel mermania wrote:

The Grim Reaper wrote:I think you're mixing up "sweet dairy treats" and "the never-ending snows of the Russian winter".

Which is another reason I found that little tidbit weird, but no, I have seen it in more than one source.

And since Russians are versatile people, they tend to enjoy sweet dairy treats while suffering the never-ending snows of the Russian winter at the same time. Or the scorching heat of the Russian summer. Every time is ice cream time in Mother Russia!

Hurdegaryp wrote:

Immoren wrote:Woe is me. Why can't this train car have an air conditioning?
Oh I forgot for a moment it's ancient.

And probably built in the Soviet Union as well. And as you know, the people of the Soviet Union had no need for decadent bourgeois luxuries such as distinctly antirevolutionary climate control.

Actually this series was built in Finland, but apparently AC was too futuristic during seventies-eighties.

"Write a tutorial for all the stuff you do so other people can do it once you leave," the boss said.

Holy crap, I do way too much for the piddly amount they pay me. I've got writer's cramp from all the typing.

Immoren wrote:

Hurdegaryp wrote:And probably built in the Soviet Union as well. And as you know, the people of the Soviet Union had no need for decadent bourgeois luxuries such as distinctly antirevolutionary climate control.

Actually this series was built in Finland, but apparently AC was too futuristic during seventies-eighties.

It was a different time, but a healthy amount of asbestos was probably used during the construction of those train cars.

Chrinthanium wrote:"Write a tutorial for all the stuff you do so other people can do it once you leave," the boss said.

Holy crap, I do way too much for the piddly amount they pay me. I've got writer's cramp from all the typing.

I have a cunning plan, sir.


All you need to do is wait until you finish typing everything you need to do, and that is when you stop. That way, they'll be so surprised that you'd actually stop typing, that they won't give you anything else to do.

Abserdia wrote:

Chrinthanium wrote:"Write a tutorial for all the stuff you do so other people can do it once you leave," the boss said.

Holy crap, I do way too much for the piddly amount they pay me. I've got writer's cramp from all the typing.

I have a cunning plan, sir.

All you need to do is wait until you finish typing everything you need to do, and that is when you stop. That way, they'll be so surprised that you'd actually stop typing, that they won't give you anything else to do.

Considering my last day in the office is Wednesday..... and my last day driving the cab is Independence Day, there's precious little else I can do.

Chrinthanium wrote:

Abserdia wrote:I have a cunning plan, sir.

All you need to do is wait until you finish typing everything you need to do, and that is when you stop. That way, they'll be so surprised that you'd actually stop typing, that they won't give you anything else to do.

Considering my last day in the office is Wednesday..... and my last day driving the cab is Independence Day, there's precious little else I can do.

Oh...


Sir, sir, I have a cunning plan.


It's a plan as cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University.

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Promethean Colonialists wrote:Hello everyone!
Im new on that chat thread! (the only one : ()
Here's cookies!
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Those cookies look good.

And welcome to TET. I'm one of the cool kids.

Everyone else thinks I'm "weird", or "boring", or maybe even "uncool", but they're just jealous.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Don't get too carried away with posting images. The modly ones do get a bit of a raised eyebrow if such things begin to push towards picspam regardless of spoilers.

Promethean Colonialists wrote:Hello everyone!
Im new on that chat thread! (the only one : ()
Here's cookies!
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*noms on cookie*

Welcome to TET!

*gives you a bunny ears hood*

Chrinthanium wrote:An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Don't get too carried away with posting images. The modly ones do get a bit of a raised eyebrow if such things begin to push towards picspam regardless of spoilers.

As with so many other things, it's a matter of moderation. And trust me, moderation is better than Moderators.

Hurdegaryp wrote:

Chrinthanium wrote:An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Don't get too carried away with posting images. The modly ones do get a bit of a raised eyebrow if such things begin to push towards picspam regardless of spoilers.

As with so many other things, it's a matter of moderation. And trust me, moderation is better than Moderators.

I'd rather be on chatty terms with those modly one who pass through TET. Less red boxes with white text is a good thing.

Chrinthanium wrote:

Hurdegaryp wrote:As with so many other things, it's a matter of moderation. And trust me, moderation is better than Moderators.

I'd rather be on chatty terms with those modly one who pass through TET. Less red boxes with white text is a good thing.

It must be said that progress has been made, though. Pics were often unspoilered in the past.

Hurdegaryp wrote:

Chrinthanium wrote:I'd rather be on chatty terms with those modly one who pass through TET. Less red boxes with white text is a good thing.

It must be said that progress has been made, though. Pics were often unspoilered in the past.

Yes, progress, no matter how slow, is always a good thing.