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EndreWhiteMane: Right now the snow's over, the wind stopped and it's cold as hell. (-16C)
Maybe a little more snow over the next few days, biggest problem is the ice on the trees. Had power outages all over (not here, all of ours are underground) and chopping out the cars from the ice was fun.
Typical Iowa winter all in all.
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ddickinson: Well at least you have those three Mormon nurses to keep you company while you are snowed in. Just be careful when the snow melts, they may try and make a break for freedom. :-)
I hope not, I want them around for spring when there's a lot of nice mud . ;)
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CarrionCrow: I think I just noticed your key problem with acquiring more games - you use too much common sense. -laughs-
What fun would a flight game be without a joystick? I guess I could use a keyboard, but that would be no fun. I already own one flight simulator on GOG that I have never played, so it makes no sense getting another one. Maybe you are right, too much common sense. But this has saved me from buying too many games. I don't know what I would do if I had a shelf as full as many on here have. Way to many games for me to play with the limited time I spend on computer games.


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EndreWhiteMane: I hope not, I want them around for spring when there's a lot of nice mud . ;)
But that would mean them mud wresting on your lawn. And we all know how you feel about people on your lawn. :-)

Well I had better call it a night. A hard days work awaits me on the morrow. As always, it has been a pleasure chatting with you (and all the other lovely people on the thread). You are definitely one of my favourite dirty old men. :-)

Why do I have a picture of you being the perfect gentleman in real life, not a dirty old man at all? Or at least no dirtier than the average old man. :-)


Goodnight all. I hope you all enjoy what's left of your day.
Post edited February 03, 2015 by ddickinson
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CarrionCrow: I think I just noticed your key problem with acquiring more games - you use too much common sense. -laughs-
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ddickinson: What fun would a flight game be without a joystick? I guess I could use a keyboard, but that would be no fun. I already own one flight simulator on GOG that I have never played, so it makes no sense getting another one. Maybe you are right, too much common sense. But this has saved me from buying too many games. I don't know what I would do if I had a shelf as full as many on here have. Way to many games for me to play with the limited time I spend on computer games.
Eh, it's nice to have, just in case. Having a pile that'll keep a person occupied for five years definitely covers the "What if I'm at a point where I don't have any money for games for a while?" question.

You do have a good point, though. Not having a joystick would kick immersion in the head, especially for someone like yourself who actually knows what flying a plane is like.
I'm hoping the joystick in the other room still works for when I get to things like Wing Commander, Freespace, Red Baron, anything flight-related.
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ddickinson: Or a boat. :-)

But a commercial airline is slightly different than a small 2 person biplane. Also, why would the plane have passengers on board if it was a test flight prior to it being sold? And who are they selling it to? British Airways is a commercial airline company, not airline manufacturers. :-)

Besides, my friend would not have offered if there was any risk. It's kind of like a car manufacturer taking the car for one last drive before he sells it to the public. The advantages with these old biplanes is that they can glide quite nicely should there be engine failure. While this wouldn't mean a safe landing, it does give you a better chance than a jet engine. Plus we had parachutes, just in case.

If you don't like bounding around, then I think the older planes are not for you. I loved it, I could have stayed up there for hours having lots of fun. Kind of makes me want to buy the Red Barron game :-). But without a joystick it would just be silly.

And why no loop? It was the best part.
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CarrionCrow: I think I just noticed your key problem with acquiring more games - you use too much common sense. -laughs-
You come up for air Crow? And you're right, DD argues like Mr Spock. :-)
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CarrionCrow: Eh, it's nice to have, just in case. Having a pile that'll keep a person occupied for five years definitely covers the "What if I'm at a point where I don't have any money for games for a while?" question.

You do have a good point, though. Not having a joystick would kick immersion in the head, especially for someone like yourself who actually knows what flying a plane is like.
I'm hoping the joystick in the other room still works for when I get to things like Wing Commander, Freespace, Red Baron, anything flight-related.
I can understand why people get so many games, especially when you consider the financial aspect of it all. But I have always been more of a book worm, and I have a library of books to keep me occupied for many years to come. The games are just a nice bit of fun for when I feel like something with a bit more interactions. Which is why I love point-and-click games. The good ones are like fun interactive novels, only not as horrible as modern interactive novel games, where you just click a few things and you literally just watch a movie of cut scenes.

Well off to bed for me. Goodnight all.
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CarrionCrow: Eh, it's nice to have, just in case. Having a pile that'll keep a person occupied for five years definitely covers the "What if I'm at a point where I don't have any money for games for a while?" question.

You do have a good point, though. Not having a joystick would kick immersion in the head, especially for someone like yourself who actually knows what flying a plane is like.
I'm hoping the joystick in the other room still works for when I get to things like Wing Commander, Freespace, Red Baron, anything flight-related.
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ddickinson: I can understand why people get so many games, especially when you consider the financial aspect of it all. But I have always been more of a book worm, and I have a library of books to keep me occupied for many years to come. The games are just a nice bit of fun for when I feel like something with a bit more interactions. Which is why I love point-and-click games. The good ones are like fun interactive novels, only not as horrible as modern interactive novel games, where you just click a few things and you literally just watch a movie of cut scenes.

Well off to bed for me. Goodnight all.
Night DD, sleep well.
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CarrionCrow: I think I just noticed your key problem with acquiring more games - you use too much common sense. -laughs-
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EndreWhiteMane: You come up for air Crow? And you're right, DD argues like Mr Spock. :-)
I am for a minute. -laughs-

Just finished off run 7. Only 2 more to go, thank the gods.

I don't mind, common sense in a seemingly senseless world is refreshing.
Also, I know that if I ever want or need to debate something with her, I'll need to make sure I'm fully caffeinated since she'll hand me my ass on a platter otherwise. -laughs-
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EndreWhiteMane: You come up for air Crow? And you're right, DD argues like Mr Spock. :-)
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CarrionCrow: I am for a minute. -laughs-

Just finished off run 7. Only 2 more to go, thank the gods.

I don't mind, common sense in a seemingly senseless world is refreshing.
Also, I know that if I ever want or need to debate something with her, I'll need to make sure I'm fully caffeinated since she'll hand me my ass on a platter otherwise. -laughs-
Fully caffeinated and well briefed. ;)
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CarrionCrow: I am for a minute. -laughs-

Just finished off run 7. Only 2 more to go, thank the gods.

I don't mind, common sense in a seemingly senseless world is refreshing.
Also, I know that if I ever want or need to debate something with her, I'll need to make sure I'm fully caffeinated since she'll hand me my ass on a platter otherwise. -laughs-
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EndreWhiteMane: Fully caffeinated and well briefed. ;)
You got it. =)

A question - have you been playing anything fun recently? Wanting to get more ideas for stuff to try out once I'm done with my current bullshit.
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EndreWhiteMane: Fully caffeinated and well briefed. ;)
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CarrionCrow: You got it. =)

A question - have you been playing anything fun recently? Wanting to get more ideas for stuff to try out once I'm done with my current bullshit.
Nothing new, been trying to get my hard drives cleaned up so I can get more stuff to fill 'em with. ;)
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CarrionCrow: You got it. =)

A question - have you been playing anything fun recently? Wanting to get more ideas for stuff to try out once I'm done with my current bullshit.
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EndreWhiteMane: Nothing new, been trying to get my hard drives cleaned up so I can get more stuff to fill 'em with. ;)
Hell, you don't even have that much stuff left to get, with your 36 item list...-laughs-

Course, you've got a lot of items that have a long way to go before they'll be 1.50 or 3 dollars apiece.

But still, the Star Wars stuff is done again, so it'll probably be another few months before another batch of Lucasarts stuff, so that's good at least.
Maybe we'll both get lucky and there'll be stuff on our lists during whatever GOG does for Valentine's Day.
Couldn't even remember that sale, but Hyper linked to it so there should be something good. The last sale had something like 30 items available, so that helps.
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EndreWhiteMane: Nothing new, been trying to get my hard drives cleaned up so I can get more stuff to fill 'em with. ;)
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CarrionCrow: Hell, you don't even have that much stuff left to get, with your 36 item list...-laughs-

Course, you've got a lot of items that have a long way to go before they'll be 1.50 or 3 dollars apiece.

But still, the Star Wars stuff is done again, so it'll probably be another few months before another batch of Lucasarts stuff, so that's good at least.
Maybe we'll both get lucky and there'll be stuff on our lists during whatever GOG does for Valentine's Day.
Couldn't even remember that sale, but Hyper linked to it so there should be something good. The last sale had something like 30 items available, so that helps.
I don't remember the Valentines sale either, maybe something good. Another month and I'll be back to getting ready for garden season, turning my spare room back into a seed starting room. I usually take the laptop in to keep records and take game breaks, won't be buying much except garden stuff for a while.
You can only stretch no money so far. :-)
*wanders in and looks around blearily*

Reporting in from unexpected absence: Still alive, still sick, but (slowly) getting better.

Have been playing WoW in the early early mornings and late late nights because sleep schedule is screwed up and WoW is nicely mindless unless doing high-end raiding.

Please send air hugs, as no touching the sick coughing person is currently allowed. Also, please inform sinuses that acting wonderful in the morning upon first awakening only to turn into possessed hell demons upon waking up from a two-hour nap is Not Nice.

*wanders out again*
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CarrionCrow: Hell, you don't even have that much stuff left to get, with your 36 item list...-laughs-

Course, you've got a lot of items that have a long way to go before they'll be 1.50 or 3 dollars apiece.

But still, the Star Wars stuff is done again, so it'll probably be another few months before another batch of Lucasarts stuff, so that's good at least.
Maybe we'll both get lucky and there'll be stuff on our lists during whatever GOG does for Valentine's Day.
Couldn't even remember that sale, but Hyper linked to it so there should be something good. The last sale had something like 30 items available, so that helps.
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EndreWhiteMane: I don't remember the Valentines sale either, maybe something good. Another month and I'll be back to getting ready for garden season, turning my spare room back into a seed starting room. I usually take the laptop in to keep records and take game breaks, won't be buying much except garden stuff for a while.
You can only stretch no money so far. :-)
I checked the old link, it was based around games with multiplayer components.
Figuring they won't do a straight repeat, so it should be a different theme, and with less than 60 percent of the catalog purchased there should be something from my list on it. (Hopefully.)

That's not a bad thing, balancing hobbies and interests out helps prevent burnout.
Also, I get what you mean completely. That's why I watch sales so hard.
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penumbren: *wanders in and looks around blearily*

Reporting in from unexpected absence: Still alive, still sick, but (slowly) getting better.

Have been playing WoW in the early early mornings and late late nights because sleep schedule is screwed up and WoW is nicely mindless unless doing high-end raiding.

Please send air hugs, as no touching the sick coughing person is currently allowed. Also, please inform sinuses that acting wonderful in the morning upon first awakening only to turn into possessed hell demons upon waking up from a two-hour nap is Not Nice.

*wanders out again*
Dear sinuses: STOP IT!!
Sorry you still feel lousy, hope it clears up soon. Sinus infections truly suck big time.
* Large air hug sent special delivery *