Tarmor's Terribly Tantalizing Tarasque Terrrifying Random Banter #234

[Peelee]

Happy 20th anniversary of Patriots Day everyone.

I would not say "happy anniversary" to today.

[HalfTangible]

Well I think the school system should have been honest about this information.

They were.

Happy 20th anniversary of Patriots Day everyone.

I would not say "happy anniversary" to today.

Yeah... like, I get watcha mean but it's more of a solemn remembrance day than a "woohoo, yeah, celebraaate" day

You remember the day your father died, and you might hold a gathering, but not a party >.>

[Bartmanhomer]

I would not say "happy anniversary"

They were.





Yeah... like, I get watcha mean but it's more of a solemn remembrance day than a "woohoo, yeah, celebrate" day

You remember the day your father died, and you might hold a gathering, but not a party >.>

Yes. I know it is a very sad day to remember but also a wonderful day that so many firefighters sacrifice their lives to save the people in the World Trade Center.

[DataNinja]

Yes. I know it is a very sad day to remember but also a wonderful day that so many firefighters sacrifice their lives to save the people in the World Trade Center.

Any sacrifice is not "wonderful". It's a tragedy that it had to happen. We don't want people to have to sacrifice themselves. Celebrating that people had to go to their deaths is in extremely bad taste. I know you're meaning well with your intentions, and probably wording poorly, but it's something that's solemn.

You can have immense respect and gratitude to those who risked themselves in order to save others that day (or any other day), especially if they ended up paying the ultimate price for it. But don't celebrate it. That's saying "I'm happy that they died."

[Anonymouswizard]

I would not say "happy anniversary" to today.

What's app special about 11/9... Oh wait, let me switch my brain to standard dates.


I'm personally not a fan of celebrating people sacrificing their lives no matter what they were doing. If somebody has to sacrifice their life somebody else caused a situation where that happened. Every time I hear about a police officer dying because they instinctively put themselves in front of somebody with a knife it's a tragedy. It doesn't matter if they're doing their job or off it makes them a hero, death should not be associated with celebrations.

[Bartmanhomer]

Any sacrifice is not "wonderful". It's a tragedy that it had to happen. We don't want people to have to sacrifice themselves. Celebrating that people had to go to their deaths is in extremely bad taste. I know you're meaning well with your intentions, and probably wording poorly, but it's something that's solemn.

You can have immense respect and gratitude to those who risked themselves to save others that day (or any other day), especially if they ended up paying the ultimate price for it. But don't celebrate it. That's saying "I'm happy that they died."

I didn't mean it like that and I respect and gratitude people who risked themselves to save others 20 years ago today. Am I sad about it, yes of course. At the end of the day, they're still heroes and people to remember in my eyes.

[Peelee]

I didn't mean it like that and I respect and gratitude people who risked themselves to save others 20 years ago today. Am I sad about it, yes of course. At the end of the day, they're still heroes and people to remember in my eyes.

If you respect people who died, then I would advise against calling their deaths wonderful and wishing a happy day on the anniversary of their deaths, especially with a cutesy name like "Patriots Day".

[Bartmanhomer]

If you respect people who died, then I would advise against cling their deaths wonderful and wishing a happy day on the anniversary of their deaths, especially with a cutesy name like "Patriots Day".

Fair enough then.

[Peelee]

One roll of landscaping fabric done, two to go. Then the rubber edging, then construction, and then rubber mulch. Free week means I should be able to get it done before I go, assuming th construction goes well. I believe in me!

[Bartmanhomer]

One roll of landscaping fabric done, two to go. Then the rubber edging, then construction, and then rubber mulch. Free week means I should be able to get it done before I go, assuming th construction goes well. I believe in me!

That's wonderful. You can do it.

[Tarmor]

Happy 20th anniversary of Patriots Day everyone.

Isn't "Patriot's Day" in April in the USA???

[Beeftank]

Yes it is in April. The Boston Marathon happens on it every year. I don’t know how widely celebrated it is outside of New England though.

[Bartmanhomer]

Yes it is in April. The Boston Marathon happens on it every year. I don’t know how widely celebrated it is outside of New England though.

This is new news to me.

[Peelee]

A bit late to the party, but congrats on the job transition! Enjoy 7 months of not cooking

12 weeks of not cooking. I'm like 90% sure I'll need to get a hotel/short-term accommodations for myself for a 15 week stretch up in the Great Frozen Wastelands of the North. But thanks!

[Bartmanhomer]

I don't consider myself as a bodybuilder despite gaining muscles and working out.

[Form]

12 weeks of not cooking. I'm like 90% sure I'll need to get a hotel/short-term accommodations for myself for a 15 week stretch up in the Great Frozen Wastelands of the North. But thanks!

Be sure to take full advantage of that!

Afterwards I guess you'll just have to resort to frozen dinners, pizza and take-away again if you want to avoid cooking. As a side note, it's technically cooking if I just open and heat up a can of vegetables, right?

[Peelee]

Be sure to take full advantage of that!

Afterwards I guess you'll just have to resort to frozen dinners, pizza and take-away again if you want to avoid cooking. As a side note, it's technically cooking if I just open and heat up a can of vegetables, right?

I actually like cooking

[Keltest]

12 weeks of not cooking. I'm like 90% sure I'll need to get a hotel/short-term accommodations for myself for a 15 week stretch up in the Great Frozen Wastelands of the North. But thanks!

Egads, youre going to Vermont?

[Anonymouswizard]

I actually like cooking

I like cooking for other people. If it's just me I'll throw together whatever the simplest thing I can is.

[Peelee]

Egads, youre going to Vermont?

For reference, anythimg above Tennessee is the Great Frozen Wastelands of the North.

[Keltest]

For reference, anythimg above Tennessee is the Great Frozen Wastelands of the North.

Hey now, sometimes we get summer here! We get to cosplay as the Great Scorched Wastelands of the North at times.

[Anonymouswizard]

Hey now, sometimes we get summer here! We get to cosplay as the Great Scorched Wastelands of the North at times.

Sounds awful, have you considered moving to Britain? You'll need an anorak and occasionally a snorkel.

[Keltest]

Sounds awful, have you considered moving to Britain? You'll need an anorak and occasionally a snorkel.

Yes. From what ive heard, its exactly like my region of PA, except surrounded by english accented people.

Seriously, i live in one of the rainiest parts of the nation.

[Peelee]

Sounds awful, have you considered moving to Britain? You'll need an anorak and occasionally a snorkel.

I could have done that, it now its just easier to move to Ireland.

[Anonymouswizard]

I could have done that, it now its just easier to move to Ireland.

To be fair it also has the better accents.

[Rater202]

Last night, I had a dream.

The details escape me, but if I'm putting together what I do recall properly, I invented a method of making pizza that was so perfect that...

Like, I was in a buffet, that had three different pizzas at three different stations—a pepperoni mushroom, a five cheese, and I want to say a buffalo chicken—but no other recognizable food but generic salads, and I was under the impression that it was all my doing.

And people were talking about how the pizza was so perfect that it could(somehow) cause world peace and lead to a green energy revolution... But that there were also people conspiring to use it for evil.

And I woke up before I got to eat any of the perfect pizza, which honestly, left me waking up pissed and hungry.

Edit: On cooking, if I had the energy and consistent access to ingredients I'd cook all the time.

[Form]

Last night, I had a dream.

The details escape me, but if I'm putting together what I do recall properly, I invented a method of making pizza that was so perfect that...

Like, I was in a buffet, that had three different pizzas at three different stations—a pepperoni mushroom, a five cheese, and I want to say a buffalo chicken—but no other recognizable food but generic salads, and I was under the impression that it was all my doing.

And people were talking about how the pizza was so perfect that it could(somehow) cause world peace and lead to a green energy revolution... But that there were also people conspiring to use it for evil.

And I woke up before I got to eat any of the perfect pizza, which honestly, left me waking up pissed and hungry.

Edit: On cooking, if I had the energy and consistent access to ingredients I'd cook all the time.

Rater, you have to devote the rest of your life to recreating this perfect dream pizza now. You owe it to the world!

Also, I want some. For evil delicious munchies.

[Fyraltari]

Last night, I had a dream.

The details escape me, but if I'm putting together what I do recall properly, I invented a method of making pizza that was so perfect that...

Like, I was in a buffet, that had three different pizzas at three different stations—a pepperoni mushroom, a five cheese, and I want to say a buffalo chicken—but no other recognizable food but generic salads, and I was under the impression that it was all my doing.

And people were talking about how the pizza was so perfect that it could(somehow) cause world peace and lead to a green energy revolution... But that there were also people conspiring to use it for evil.

And I woke up before I got to eat any of the perfect pizza, which honestly, left me waking up pissed and hungry.

Edit: On cooking, if I had the energy and consistent access to ingredients I'd cook all the time.

It's a prophetic dream. The creation of the perfect pizza ripples back and forth through time. You must prepare yourself for the day when the Forces of Evil will try to wrench its power from you.

[factotum]

You don't realise just how much chemo (and maybe a bit of age, too!) takes out of you until you try to re-hang a curtain rail that's fallen off because the fixings broke. Unscrewed the six old ones and replaced with the new ones, then realised that wasn't going to work because I need to attach them to the rail first, and I was just too out of energy to do anything about it!

[Anonymouswizard]

My hometown has almost three times as much average annual rainfall as London does, and it's only a little bit less rainy in the city where Peelee lives. Britain has nothing on the American Southeast in terms of airborne water.

That said, it's usually so hot here that you can just get wet when it rains with minimal consequences.

Somebody's never been to Wales.