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#526 2009-10-27 14:25:31

sisterdew
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From: Vienna, Austria
Registered: 2007-01-08
Posts: 5868

Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

well, i do understand her, in a way. the mother was a really bad mother(and person. not very nice to me, either), neglecting them when they were young(mother being an alcoholic and drug addict), and constantly emotionally blackmailing both bf and his sis when they were grown up, and that's only the tip of the iceberg. what i don't understand is that she doesn't want to be in contact with her brother, but that's her decision to make. bf has tried everything apart from sleeping on her doorstep..


daisy-headed, one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater!

 

#527 2009-10-27 14:43:32

Magpie
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

I I suppose I get not wanting to stay in touch with someone like that mother. But why she would refuse contact with the rest of the family... but you're right, her decision. One can only assume her reasons make sense to her.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#528 2009-10-27 15:26:50

Magpie
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Ngh... jumping out of the shower because the plotbunnies are biting... why, exactly, did I think NaNo was fun? Will I have to shower with a notebook and pen now?


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#529 2009-10-28 00:21:25

Hiragana
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

We always do this to ourselves this time of the year. Now I am anxiously awaiting NaNo.

Also, hullo Magpie!

 

#530 2009-10-28 02:16:11

sisterdew
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From: Vienna, Austria
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Posts: 5868

Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

G'Maen!

Mango for breakfast. I slept so well, and had such a nice dream, but i can't remember it. only know that it was nice and i was feeling very happy.:)


daisy-headed, one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater!

 

#531 2009-10-28 02:18:29

cyan
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

*tickles sisterdew*


"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

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#532 2009-10-28 02:24:47

Hiragana
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Happy nice dreams are nice!

*pokes both the `dew and the cyan before running away*

 

#533 2009-10-28 02:32:02

sisterdew
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

cyan wrote:

*tickles sisterdew*

*shrieks*

i hope you're finished packing, young lady!*tries to look stern*


daisy-headed, one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater!

 

#534 2009-10-28 02:37:16

cyan
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

sisterdew wrote:

*tries to look stern*

*giggles*  Nice try.

No, packingness is not complete....  maybe 40%.  I like to live dangerously, you know.  ;-)


"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

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#535 2009-10-28 03:28:11

Sahi
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Maen Mint!


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#536 2009-10-28 03:44:27

Hiragana
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Hai Sahi!

 

#537 2009-10-28 03:56:21

Sahi
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Hiya! I had Aan ban that spammer.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#538 2009-10-28 04:24:36

Hiragana
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Good job!

 

#539 2009-10-28 05:03:13

Magpie
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

*drops into her chair and leans back with a happy sigh*

And now it's over.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#540 2009-10-28 05:13:15

Sahi
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From: Assendelft (the Netherlands)
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Posts: 37877
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Hurray!


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#541 2009-10-28 06:03:26

Magpie
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From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19912
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

And now I'm starving.

*goes to attempt to cook some lunch*


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#542 2009-10-28 06:30:52

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42268

Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

*fires the glitter cannon at Magpie*

Congrats!!!!


Someday will find you.

 

#543 2009-10-28 06:45:59

Magpie
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Posts: 19912
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

*brushes glitter out of her hair, giggling*

Today, the OUTG found two ball-shaped chrysanthemum flowers with broken stems - and threw them at each other until they'd fallen apart completely. Petals everywhere!
I guess that's one of the things I'll miss.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#544 2009-10-28 07:31:53

Magpie
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From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
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Posts: 19912
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

OK, I'm off again. And when I come back, I really need to figure out where to put all the stuff I had in my locker at work.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#545 2009-10-28 07:54:01

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42268

Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

*bangs head against desk*

I am such an idiot!!!! I've been tearing my hair out over one issue with the project - and, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. I'm so stupid.

I was declaring the variables as private instead of public. Of course they won't pass information between modules!

*bang, bang, bang*

Ouchies!!!!!


Someday will find you.

 

#546 2009-10-28 08:16:34

Sahi
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From: Assendelft (the Netherlands)
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Posts: 37877
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Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

At least you figured it out. You think other programmers don't make mistakes equally stupid? Guess again!


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#547 2009-10-28 08:44:28

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42268

Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

*grins* Thanks, Sahi.

*wanders off to look for headache pills*


Someday will find you.

 

#548 2009-10-28 09:10:15

Magpie
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From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19912
Website

Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Hmpf-bah. You'd think I'd remember we've moved to a different district, and I have to head out to Traun for everything, instead of to Linz.


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#549 2009-10-28 13:30:30

Magpie
Mantis
From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19912
Website

Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Mmmmm... the Apfelstrudel my mother's colleagues sent me is delicious!


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#550 2009-10-29 02:10:44

Sahi
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From: Assendelft (the Netherlands)
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 37877
Website

Re: QM - The 24 hour all-you-can-eat buffet. Now with soft serve Icecream!

Maen Mint!


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

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