How's it going? Anything exciting happen since last time?
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 10:35:40 AM
How's it going? Anything exciting happen since last time?
Nah. Just business as usual. Something happened at the Capital building, but the lamestream media refuses to cover it.
Great to hear from you. Sorry things aren't more exciting.
I've painted some stuff in the minis thread. :)
Quote from: grumbler on January 07, 2021, 10:37:12 AM
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 10:35:40 AM
How's it going? Anything exciting happen since last time?
Nah. Just business as usual. Something happened at the Capital building, but the lamestream media refuses to cover it.
Great to hear from you. Sorry things aren't more exciting.
Yeah I heard something happened. I meant more here at languish :)
Good to see you :cheers:
Same old same old over here.
Quote from: The Brain on January 07, 2021, 10:37:46 AM
I've painted some stuff in the minis thread. :)
Oooh, that IS exciting. I've painted a few things, but not that much... turns out I'm a sloooooooow painter.
https://miniaturefront.blogspot.com/
Mono decided to go full CCP, hoping that his fervent denunciation of the pro-democratic roaches would overshadow his past incessant mockery of Xi.
Quote from: Syt on January 07, 2021, 10:48:49 AM
Same old same old over here.
No news is good news, right?
Quote from: DGuller on January 07, 2021, 10:51:26 AM
Mono decided to go full CCP, hoping that his fervent denunciation of the pro-democratic roaches would overshadow his past incessant mockery of Xi.
That's too bad :(
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 10:50:26 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 07, 2021, 10:37:46 AM
I've painted some stuff in the minis thread. :)
Oooh, that IS exciting. I've painted a few things, but not that much... turns out I'm a sloooooooow painter.
https://miniaturefront.blogspot.com/
Those are some nice classic minis. :)
:w00t:
I strongly recommend you check out Malthus' art thread.
http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,15175.0.html
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 10:46:52 AM
Yeah I heard something happened. I meant more here at languish :)
Good to see you :cheers:
On the personal front, I retired from teaching for several weeks between the end of the last school year and being asked to come back to teach one course of my choice per semester, which I agreed to. Things are good.
Uh, uh, stuff.
I gave in & hired a contractor to finish my bathroom. My father passed away. My kids got older, we bought bras for the daughter.
Quote from: DGuller on January 07, 2021, 10:51:26 AM
Mono decided to go full CCP, hoping that his fervent denunciation of the pro-democratic roaches would overshadow his past incessant mockery of Xi.
Not his fault the guy is a dead ringer for Winnie the Pooh. /shrug
We've had a few likely deaths.
Quote from: DGuller on January 07, 2021, 11:10:28 AM
Who, besides Ed?
tms? tps? The infrequent poster who disappeared around March/April.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 07, 2021, 10:56:48 AM
:w00t:
I strongly recommend you check out Malthus' art thread.
http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,15175.0.html
That reminds me to update it! Thanks. 😀
After shitting on Vancouver for most of my life, I've now moved to BC :P
(Not Vancouver though. Kelowna)
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 07, 2021, 11:15:27 AM
Quote from: DGuller on January 07, 2021, 11:14:21 AM
You mean dps?
That's the ticket.
Didn't someone say that he was posting on Paradox? Or was that a different dps? Given that his account disappeared from Languish, he may have deleted in voluntarily.
Quote from: DGuller on January 07, 2021, 11:16:47 AM
Didn't someone say that he was posting on Paradox?
If they did I didn't catch it.
So, what's new with you, Jacob? :)
Grumbler died but never stopped posting. :ph34r:
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 10:35:40 AM
How's it going? Anything exciting happen since last time?
I'm not sure if exciting is the word, but I got married. :hmm:
How long has it been? :unsure:
Me.... Bought a house, lived through the starting salvo of the end of the UK, kid on the way, dog and travel plans delayed, rediscovered tangerines.
Quote from: DGuller on January 07, 2021, 11:10:28 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 07, 2021, 11:08:31 AM
We've had a few likely deaths.
Who, besides Ed?
:unsure:
Quote from: Eddie Teach on January 07, 2021, 11:53:13 AM
Grumbler died but never stopped posting. :ph34r:
You may have misunderstood the meaning of immortal.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on January 07, 2021, 11:53:13 AM
Grumbler died but never stopped posting. :ph34r:
Languish is still dying, as well.
Quote from: grumbler on January 07, 2021, 10:59:23 AM
On the personal front, I retired from teaching for several weeks between the end of the last school year and being asked to come back to teach one course of my choice per semester, which I agreed to. Things are good.
That sounds alright :cheers:
Did you go back for the students, because you were getting bored, some other reason?
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 07, 2021, 10:56:48 AM
:w00t:
I strongly recommend you check out Malthus' art thread.
http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,15175.0.html
I will do that :)
Quote from: Eddie Teach on January 07, 2021, 11:53:13 AM
Grumbler died but never stopped posting. :ph34r:
I'm not dead yet!
I feel happy! I feel happy!
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 07, 2021, 10:59:40 AM
Uh, uh, stuff.
I gave in & hired a contractor to finish my bathroom. My father passed away. My kids got older, we bought bras for the daughter.
Kids do that. How many do you have? 2? 3?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 07, 2021, 11:08:31 AM
We've had a few likely deaths.
Weird. I mean, it makes sense, but weird too.
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 12:25:25 PM
That sounds alright :cheers:
Did you go back for the students, because you were getting bored, some other reason?
The new Covid restrictions meant that they needed smaller class sizes, so that's why they wanted me. I took it because the load was light and the courses and students are fun to teach. I don't belong to any committees, have any admin responsibilities, no study halls... it's all gain, no pain.
Quote from: Zoupa on January 07, 2021, 11:15:17 AM
After shitting on Vancouver for most of my life, I've now moved to BC :P
(Not Vancouver though. Kelowna)
Awesome! :cheers:
Once this plague is under control we should meet up. We've been talking about going to the Okanagan this summer, assuming travel is okay by then.
Quote from: Syt on January 07, 2021, 11:41:07 AM
So, what's new with you, Jacob? :)
We doubled the number of children in the household. Other than that not much. I mean, lots of little everyday things of various flavours but nothing that really stands out.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on January 07, 2021, 11:53:13 AM
Grumbler died but never stopped posting. :ph34r:
Impressive!
Quote from: garbon on January 07, 2021, 12:12:37 PM
I'm not sure if exciting is the word, but I got married. :hmm:
I hope it was exciting at least for a little while :lol:
Anyways, I'm a hopeless romantic so I'm pretty excited for you. Congrats: :hug:
Quote from: Tyr on January 07, 2021, 12:12:57 PM
How long has it been? :unsure:
Me.... Bought a house, lived through the starting salvo of the end of the UK, kid on the way, dog and travel plans delayed, rediscovered tangerines.
A little over two years I think... when I click on a thread and go to the last unread post they seem to be from around Nov 2018 or so.
Congratulations on the house and the soon to be parenthood. Where's the house?
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on January 07, 2021, 12:24:25 PM
Languish is still dying, as well.
It's been dead for a while IIRC.
Quote from: grumbler on January 07, 2021, 12:31:08 PM
The new Covid restrictions meant that they needed smaller class sizes, so that's why they wanted me. I took it because the load was light and the courses and students are fun to teach. I don't belong to any committees, have any admin responsibilities, no study halls... it's all gain, no pain.
That does sound pretty sweet :)
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 12:33:24 PM
Quote from: Syt on January 07, 2021, 11:41:07 AM
So, what's new with you, Jacob? :)
We doubled the number of children in the household. Other than that not much. I mean, lots of little everyday things of various flavours but nothing that really stands out.
Congratulations on the continued procreation :cheers:
Quote from: Syt on January 07, 2021, 12:47:54 PM
Congratulations on the continued procreation :cheers:
Lockdown with kids gets pretty intense at times, but thank you :)
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 01:19:30 PM
Quote from: Syt on January 07, 2021, 12:47:54 PM
Congratulations on the continued procreation :cheers:
Lockdown with kids gets pretty intense at times, but thank you :)
Tell me about it. :wacko:
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 01:19:30 PM
Quote from: Syt on January 07, 2021, 12:47:54 PM
Congratulations on the continued procreation :cheers:
Lockdown with kids gets pretty intense at times, but thank you :)
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cbhMgvvcL4g/hqdefault.jpg)
:P
(incidentally, a situation millions of people have themselves become familiar with over the last year :D )
Jacob! My favorite Languish writer :)
Happy to see your virtual face again, congrats on the kid.
Quote from: celedhring on January 07, 2021, 01:29:44 PM
Jacob! My favorite Languish writer :)
Happy to see your virtual face again, congrats on the kid.
Thank you! Likewise :)
How are you doing?
Well, not much has changed since 2018. Still single, still stubbornly trying to be a writer despite reality suggesting otherwise :lol:
Nah, got some potentially good things going, but the pandemic has slowed everything down. Still, can't complain.
Quote from: celedhring on January 07, 2021, 01:41:27 PM
Well, not much has changed since 2018. Still single, still stubbornly trying to be a writer despite reality suggesting otherwise :lol:
Nah, got some potentially good things going, but the pandemic has slowed everything down. Still, can't complain.
Check out TBR Jacob - he's being a bit modest.
Quote from: celedhring on January 07, 2021, 01:41:27 PM
Well, not much has changed since 2018. Still single, still stubbornly trying to be a writer despite reality suggesting otherwise :lol:
Nah, got some potentially good things going, but the pandemic has slowed everything down. Still, can't complain.
:cheers:
I have 2 kids. Grats on #2 J.
Welcome back. Congrats on the kids :)
I teach at a university now.
I had a daughter in April 2018
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 07, 2021, 08:38:31 PM
I teach at a university now.
I had a daughter in April 2018
:cheers:
I am still an electrical engineer. Had my third and last kid, a daughter, in February 2019.
Sitting at home all year. It's been...a year.
Quote from: Valmy on January 07, 2021, 11:35:10 PM
I am still an electrical engineer. Had my third and last kid, a daughter, in February 2019.
Sitting at home all year. It's been...a year.
It definitely has.
I found out I was essential this year, then I found out that is not as cool as it sounds. I also found out that there are more stupid people out there than I thought.
Hmmm, nothing else comes to mind.
I spent 2019 in Washington state working and trying to get n touch with my danish-Canuck friend to see about visiting Vancouver <_<
2020 has been spent living in frozen wastelands of Alaska.
Fine
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 12:38:08 PM
Quote from: Tyr on January 07, 2021, 12:12:57 PM
How long has it been? :unsure:
Me.... Bought a house, lived through the starting salvo of the end of the UK, kid on the way, dog and travel plans delayed, rediscovered tangerines.
A little over two years I think... when I click on a thread and go to the last unread post they seem to be from around Nov 2018 or so.
Congratulations on the house and the soon to be parenthood. Where's the house?
Two years?! Welcome back Jacob!
I have left the gaming industry and become a British citizen in fairly quick succession. The former kind of added to the list of things to be schizophrenic about. I am alternating between loving to be rid of it and missing it terribly. :)
Jacob! :w00t: :hug:
Lovely to see you. Not much has happened for me. I went away and came back.
Good to see you Jacob :cool:
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 12:38:08 PM
A little over two years I think... when I click on a thread and go to the last unread post they seem to be from around Nov 2018 or so.
Congratulations on the house and the soon to be parenthood. Where's the house?
Thanks.
I'm still in Newcastle at the end of it all. Foreign partner though so I'm not trapped here, certainly don't plan to put the youngling through the English education system.
Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 06:02:38 AM
certainly don't plan to put the youngling through the English education system.
Why not? :unsure:
Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 06:02:38 AM
Quote from: Jacob on January 07, 2021, 12:38:08 PM
A little over two years I think... when I click on a thread and go to the last unread post they seem to be from around Nov 2018 or so.
Congratulations on the house and the soon to be parenthood. Where's the house?
Thanks.
I'm still in Newcastle at the end of it all. Foreign partner though so I'm not trapped here, certainly don't plan to put the youngling through the English education system.
I thought you'd send them to Eton, if a boy.
QuoteWhy not? :unsure:
In my experience even a Dutch hogeschool gives better education quality than a top 20 British uni. A decent European uni shits all over a British one.
At the lower level the system just seems fundamentally setup better elsewhere in Europe too. Far less focus on studying your arse off for one exam on one day that determines your entire life and more based on assessments over your time at school.
The British system is also way too obsessed with people who are good at exams with kids who have a more practical mindset being basically just thrown on the scrap heap.
Then there's the more recent developments in the UK with the push to instill more nationalism, the general societal shittiness, etc...
In my mind I've got the first years of primary in England being fine but once education starts getting serious they're better off elsewhere.
Quote from: Syt on January 08, 2021, 07:01:09 AM
I thought you'd send them to Eton, if a boy.
I'm from the complete opposite end of the class system. :p
Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 07:32:27 AM
In my experience even a Dutch hogeschool gives better education quality than a top 20 British uni.
Languish meet!
I have a lot of contacts in the Dutch International School sphere, let me know if you need something. :)
Quote from: Maladict on January 08, 2021, 07:55:41 AM
Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 07:32:27 AM
In my experience even a Dutch hogeschool gives better education quality than a top 20 British uni.
Languish meet!
I have a lot of contacts in the Dutch International School sphere, let me know if you need something. :)
10 years too late there, I did my erasmus in such a place :p
Remains to be seen exactly where in Europe we end up. Hopefully not just in Switzerland, parts of France nearby seem the economic option for the moment though god knows. Fully intend to impress upon the kid that Europe is their country and they can go wherever they want though.
Welcome back Jacob. :cheers:
Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 10:29:32 AM
10 years too late there, I did my erasmus in such a place :p
I meant for the kid, so rather a few years too soon.
Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 10:29:32 AM
Quote from: Maladict on January 08, 2021, 07:55:41 AM
Quote from: Tyr on January 08, 2021, 07:32:27 AM
In my experience even a Dutch hogeschool gives better education quality than a top 20 British uni.
Languish meet!
I have a lot of contacts in the Dutch International School sphere, let me know if you need something. :)
10 years too late there, I did my erasmus in such a place :p
Remains to be seen exactly where in Europe we end up. Hopefully not just in Switzerland, parts of France nearby seem the economic option for the moment though god knows. Fully intend to impress upon the kid that Europe is their country and they can go wherever they want though.
I predict that Try, despite his best efforts, will sire two or three little englanders, who'll want to move back to UK and join the successor to UKIP, the EIP.
:P
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 12:28:12 AM
I spent 2019 in Washington state working and trying to get n touch with my danish-Canuck friend to see about visiting Vancouver <_<
2020 has been spent living in frozen wastelands of Alaska.
Pretty sure you could've reached out on Facebook if you actually wanted to talk to me :lol:
Quote from: Tamas on January 08, 2021, 05:07:50 AM
Two years?! Welcome back Jacob!
I have left the gaming industry and become a British citizen in fairly quick succession. The former kind of added to the list of things to be schizophrenic about. I am alternating between loving to be rid of it and missing it terribly. :)
Thank you! I'm still in games. I assume you're still in some sort of software dev, right?
Quote from: Sheilbh on January 08, 2021, 05:23:04 AM
Jacob! :w00t: :hug:
Lovely to see you. Not much has happened for me. I went away and came back.
Yeah, same for me. Great to see you - it was a pleasant surprise to see your name here when I logged in.
Though I have to say I'm a little surprised we don't have a facemask smiley.
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 04:45:34 PM
Though I have to say I'm a little surprised we don't have a facemask smiley.
We'll always have :ph34r:.
Great to see you back, J. :cheers:
Absolutely. Great that you're back Jake. :cheers:
Quote from: The Larch on January 08, 2021, 04:53:48 PM
We'll always have :ph34r:.
Great to see you back, J. :cheers:
Yeah, but that's hijab/ninja garb and not nearly corona specific enough IMO. I'll live, though :)
Good to be back :cheers:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 08, 2021, 04:57:22 PM
Absolutely. Great that you're back Jake. :cheers:
I feel pretty good about it. We'll see how long it lasts :lol:
And good to see you :cheers:
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 05:02:07 PM
Quote from: The Larch on January 08, 2021, 04:53:48 PM
We'll always have :ph34r:.
Great to see you back, J. :cheers:
Yeah, but that's hijab/ninja garb and not nearly corona specific enough IMO. I'll live, though :)
Good to be back :cheers:
You'll realize that not much has changed around here lately. :P
I mean, we barely have any admins or mods left, and we still carry on.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure Jake forgot his password for two years, we don't have to get all fired up that he remembered it was written on a piece of tape on the back of his monitor.
Quote from: PDH on January 08, 2021, 05:14:36 PM
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure Jake forgot his password for two years, we don't have to get all fired up that he remembered it was written on a piece of tape on the back of his monitor.
Luckily chrome remembers it for me :ph34r:
Quote from: The Larch on January 08, 2021, 05:09:28 PM
You'll realize that not much has changed around here lately. :P
I mean, we barely have any admins or mods left, and we still carry on.
Turns out there are five mod reports open.... :lol:
I checked them out and they're all from before I left.
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 05:28:48 PM
Quote from: The Larch on January 08, 2021, 05:09:28 PM
You'll realize that not much has changed around here lately. :P
I mean, we barely have any admins or mods left, and we still carry on.
Turns out there are five mod reports open.... :lol:
I checked them out and they're all from before I left.
So we finally getting around to purging PDH?
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 05:28:48 PM
Quote from: The Larch on January 08, 2021, 05:09:28 PM
You'll realize that not much has changed around here lately. :P
I mean, we barely have any admins or mods left, and we still carry on.
Turns out there are five mod reports open.... :lol:
I checked them out and they're all from before I left.
We've reached anarcho-syndicalist commune levels of self-government. :lol:
Quote from: The Larch on January 08, 2021, 05:39:01 PM
We've reached anarcho-syndicalist commune levels of self-government. :lol:
Which is the way it always should have been. Basically our founding charter from teh Exodus.
Is the coup an allowed subject on POT btw? Is there still a POT?
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 04:42:45 PM
Quote from: Tamas on January 08, 2021, 05:07:50 AM
Two years?! Welcome back Jacob!
I have left the gaming industry and become a British citizen in fairly quick succession. The former kind of added to the list of things to be schizophrenic about. I am alternating between loving to be rid of it and missing it terribly. :)
Thank you! I'm still in games. I assume you're still in some sort of software dev, right?
Yeah, PMing at a fairly big company with a range of health-care related software. But the cool thing is that there are IT infrastructure projects as well as we provide such services to clients. I have been enjoying those, probably due to my history as an IT tech guy. Kinda' hoping I'll end up being the specialist for those within the PM team. :)
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 08, 2021, 05:44:42 PM
Quote from: The Larch on January 08, 2021, 05:39:01 PM
We've reached anarcho-syndicalist commune levels of self-government. :lol:
Which is the way it always should have been. Basically our founding charter from teh Exodus.
Bunch of left-wing radicals, languish is.
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 06:06:02 PM
Bunch of left-wing radicals, languish is.
Alled with libertarians. :ph34r:
I guess when people wonder if Anarchism works I can always point to Languish.
Though we still have banned people.
Quote from: The Brain on January 08, 2021, 05:46:08 PM
Is the coup an allowed subject on POT btw? Is there still a POT?
Shit or get off it.
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 04:41:35 PM
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 12:28:12 AM
I spent 2019 in Washington state working and trying to get n touch with my danish-Canuck friend to see about visiting Vancouver <_<
2020 has been spent living in frozen wastelands of Alaska.
Pretty sure you could've reached out on Facebook if you actually wanted to talk to me :lol:
I did. And never got a response.
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 06:56:32 PM
I did. And never got a response.
Oh... sorry about that :blush:
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 06:56:32 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 04:41:35 PM
Pretty sure you could've reached out on Facebook if you actually wanted to talk to me :lol:
I did. And never got a response.
Not even sure you would have responded to you, Katmai. Just saying...
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 07:22:26 PM
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 06:56:32 PM
I did. And never got a response.
Oh... sorry about that :blush:
it's ok.....just off the Xmas card list. :glare:
Quote from: PDH on January 08, 2021, 07:25:45 PM
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 06:56:32 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 04:41:35 PM
Pretty sure you could've reached out on Facebook if you actually wanted to talk to me :lol:
I did. And never got a response.
Not even sure you would have responded to you, Katmai. Just saying...
I've already terrorized one college town you lived in, don't make me make it two.
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 10:43:19 PM
it's ok.....just off the Xmas card list. :glare:
You never sent me any cards before, so I think I'll make it. But next time you're coming through, let me know.
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 10:58:12 PM
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 10:43:19 PM
it's ok.....just off the Xmas card list. :glare:
You never sent me any cards before, so I think I'll make it.
that was the joke Jake. And I will, Trying to get down to PNW when I can, but this pesky Rona.
Quote from: katmai on January 09, 2021, 12:21:00 AM
that was the joke Jake. And I will, Trying to get down to PNW when I can, but this pesky Rona.
I know. That was me continuing the joke :hug:
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 06:56:32 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 08, 2021, 04:41:35 PM
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2021, 12:28:12 AM
I spent 2019 in Washington state working and trying to get n touch with my danish-Canuck friend to see about visiting Vancouver <_<
2020 has been spent living in frozen wastelands of Alaska.
Pretty sure you could've reached out on Facebook if you actually wanted to talk to me :lol:
I did. And never got a response.
Huh. He answered me right away when I went up for a visit. How odd. :hmm:
Good to see you, Jacob. :hug:
I've moved back to the midwest, bought a house (a week ago), and am dating a really good guy.
So all is well with the family?
Quote from: merithyn on January 11, 2021, 03:55:52 AM
Huh. He answered me right away when I went up for a visit. How odd. :hmm:
And I'm sure he promptly regretted it.
Quote from: katmai on January 11, 2021, 05:18:21 AM
Quote from: merithyn on January 11, 2021, 03:55:52 AM
Huh. He answered me right away when I went up for a visit. How odd. :hmm:
And I'm sure he promptly regretted it.
:mad:
We had a lovely lunch at the waterfront. :wub: