Official Shootin' the Breeze Thread

[johnnyd]

I figured I would start the PHP bs'n thread. You know, to say good morning or good night, what your havin' for dinner, or just whatever.

I just finished a late snack of leftovers. Pork, sour kraut, and a small piece of country sausage. My father-in-law made this stuff for New Years Day dinner. He cooked a boneless piece of pork for 13hrs and this stuff just falls apart mmm mmm good :eat:

Now I'm ready to go to bed :nitenite::

[Jackpine]

Washed my truck again today. Man, that thing is BIG! :sigh:

Why can't they make a tiny truck, with huge cargo capacity and enormous pulling power? :)

- Jack

[johnnyd]

Who knows, if Liam doesn't become the next performance guru like his dad, maybe he'll be the next Emril

http://dygytalworld.ehost-services139.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=17&pictureid=81

[johnnyd]

Washed my truck again today. Man, that thing is BIG! :sigh:

Why can't they make a tiny truck, with huge cargo capacity and enormous pulling power? :)

- Jack

I hear ya' :hehe: This is my first black truck and my last. Next one will be silver :D

[johnnyd]

Bed time for me, good night all :bedtime:

[Northern Supercrew]

mine gets washed maybe 2x a year:yesnod: i mainly get the dust off the dirt.:hehe: the only clean day it had was the day i bought it:D

[Northern Supercrew]

moved up here at the age of 3...been here ever since. town of 900-1000 people..no walmart...tim hortons...any fast food chain etc...pretty isolated..gotta drive 445KM or 280 miles to the ONLY walmart in the territory. hell..our capital city only has 25,000-30,000 people. i like the small town bussle..everyone knows everyone...don't have to lock our doors..everyone knows who the theives are. the bigger cities i go to..vancouver, edmonton drive me nuts...sensory overload. i can leave my house on the 4 wheeler and not get bothered by the cops, i can go hunting 15 minute drive from my living room. i'm getting tired of the 7 month winters. it's gonna be -49 farenheit tonight or -45 Celcius. on days like this it's great to sit at home and talk to all you folks on the laptop and get to know you all and where you're from.
here's my weather forecast for the week.....enjoy you warm buggers:hehe:
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?yk-13&unit=i

[johnnyd]

moved up here at the age of 3...been here ever since. town of 900-1000 people..no walmart...tim hortons...any fast food chain etc...pretty isolated..gotta drive 445KM or 280 miles to the ONLY walmart in the territory. hell..our capital city only has 25,000-30,000 people. i like the small town bussle..everyone knows everyone...don't have to lock our doors..everyone knows who the theives are. the bigger cities i go to..vancouver, edmonton drive me nuts...sensory overload. i can leave my house on the 4 wheeler and not get bothered by the cops, i can go hunting 15 minute drive from my living room. i'm getting tired of the 7 month winters. it's gonna be -49 farenheit tonight or -45 Celcius. on days like this it's great to sit at home and talk to all you folks on the laptop and get to know you all and where you're from.
here's my weather forecast for the week.....enjoy you warm buggers:hehe:
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?yk-13&unit=i


I'll never complain about the cold again :yikes2: and what, 6 hrs of daylight?!?! Remember the t.v.show "Northern Exposure", is that what it's like in your town?

[Northern Supercrew]

another show i don't remember seeing:nonod: my brain must be frozen:smiley_roll1: but you're probably pretty close. our days are getting longer now, and on june 21 there will be NO darkness. 3am will be just like 3pm, but then the days start getting shorter again.

[ChuckD]

I changed my oil today and put my cb in.

[Power Hungry]

What kinda cb rig you running, Chuck?

[ChuckD]

What kinda cb rig you running, Chuck?

Just a little Cobra 19 and a magentic mount antenna from Flying J. I took the ashtray out and put it in there. I don't really use it that much unless on trips and pretty much just listen to it then. I am trying to keep up my redneck reputation.:hehe:

[johnnyd]

What's goin' on gang? Going over to the in laws later for some grub and probably a few games of bowling (Wii). Have any of you played the Wii? It sure is good exercise not to mention a blast. My Mom beat all of us New Years Day in golf. Her first time playing and she's 79!!!

[johnnyd]

My wife bought that game for me for x-mas. What a great family game :2thumbs: Right now all we have is what came with it but darts sound incredibly fun :drool2:

[ChuckD]

We have Game Party and a chicken shooting game, the kids love it. I still cant beat my 6 year old in boxing yet:shrug:

[Power Hungry]

For all you "Guitar Hero" losers out there, here's your chance to fight back!

http://www.dspdesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212600034&cid=NL_dspdl

This guy has the right idea! Now I just need to learn how to build this thing. :lol:

[average-joe]

I could never use a CB ,nobody would understand my accent :smiley_roll1:

[ChuckD]

My daughter just turned 10 on Sunday. Last week I told her she wasn't having a birthday. She looks at me funny, I said not till your 29. My wife says just think she will be a teenager before you know it. I stopped her right there and said this is not a discussion we are going to have for another 10 years.:yikes2:

[Pullin'Fool]

My daughter just turned 10 on Sunday. Last week I told her she wasn't having a birthday. She looks at me funny, I said not till your 29. My wife says just think she will be a teenager before you know it. I stopped her right there and said this is not a discussion we are going to have for another 10 years.:yikes2: The transition from child to teenager is a traumatizing{sp} experience....my girls are 13 and 14 and it is so hard to let them grow up......

[johnnyd]

Welp, it's snowing again. Seem's like it's been a long winter already :sniffle:

[johnnyd]

Well that stinks. Hope he gets out of there soon :brrr: > :plane: > :sun:

[Jackpine]

I'm getting real close to the "200 posts" mark - Guess that makes me one of these: :postwhore: Now, that's interesting! The censor doesn't like the ".gif" name of the smiley I tried to upload here. I think, Corey or Bill, it needs to be renamed so that the word "wh*re" is not rejected. Maybe, spell it "wore"?

- Jack

On Edit: Fixed it.

[Jackpine]

Holy Cats! Your hot water bill must be through the roof! :rofl:

- Jack

[Northern Supercrew]

well, got some good news...just won $1480.10 on Lotto 649:2thumbs:...now to think of some mods.:lookaround2:

[Power Hungry]

Awesome! Congratulations on your win. :woohoo:

Might be time to get that automatic rollback bed cover. :lol:

[jerodr]

Haha yeah that would be one sick mod!

[Northern Supercrew]

got an auto one...wife automatically rolls/unrolls it:hehe:

[ChuckD]

So I am sitting at the airport waiting to fly to DC. I dont see what all the complaints about the TSA is. I walked right through. I went through the body xray machine that blows all that air on you. On the other side there was a girl working, so I couldnt resist. "Did you like what you seen?" and winked:hehe: talking about getting red faced. I just smile as I walk by.

[average-joe]

Ok i'm sat here watching mamma mia on dvd and drinking wine,wife is snuggled up to me...............does life get any better???:doh:

[Northern Supercrew]

Oh that's harsh. Reminds me of the time -- many years ago when I was still young and cute ;) -- when Billy and I were out shopping. The girl at the register asked him, "Do you need a bag?" and he didn't miss a beat. He tipped his head in my direction and replied, "No thanks. I already have one." :omg:

Quit laughing.

He still gets crap from me about that one.

(Though it WAS kind of funny. I just don't think that quickly on my feet!)

i've used that one too...i know...i know...slap...slap.

[BluByu1986]

Watching some TV and surfin' the net. Wife's out playing hockey. Kinda s***ty out, snowing pretty good. -12 out, but feels like -20 with windchill.

Supposed to be sunny out tomorrow, might have to wash the truck.

[SinCityFX4]

Anybody play Rock Band for the Wii yet? It's like karoke X 10! :sing::guitarpunk::drummer: My sons were amazed that I actually new the words to songs like "White Wedding" and "Living on a Prayer!" Damn, I feel old. :oldlady:

:hehe::smiley_roll1: You crack me up.

I find it amusing that my 9 year old son sits there when we are driving around and knows the words to some classics from the 60's, 70's, and 80's.:guitarpunk:

[cleatus12r]

Anybody play Rock Band for the Wii yet? It's like karoke X 10! :sing::guitarpunk::drummer: My sons were amazed that I actually new the words to songs like "White Wedding" and "Living on a Prayer!" Damn, I feel old. :oldlady:
Xbox...not Wii yet.

My friends and I make it a point to play that game for about 10 hours straight about once a month or so. Granted, the game loses it's competitive meaning when the songs are unlocked and you can't tour, but to go through the songs is a blast. I will say that there are some good songs on Rock Band, but most are complete garbage. For some reason, one of my friends has a thing with R.E.M.'s Orange Crush

Personal favorite for the game is being the drummer. Playing songs like Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden on "expert" is a hoot....and very tiring. I play a real guitar in normal life, but for the life of me, I can't do anything but "fail" with the Rock Band guitar. Oh well, such is life.

[Power Hungry]

One thing I noticed with Rock Band is that the audio and video timing make a big difference. Even a couple millisecond offset can have a dramatic effect on your rating. It took me about 45 minutes to finally get a setting that I was comfortable with and have been happy so far. :speaker:

As much as I love to play drums, sadly I am not very good. Being ADD, I have a very hard time managing independence on each of my limbs. Everything tends to try to "synchronize" and that's not good for drumming. I end up sticking to guitar or bass because that's more comfortable for me and I can do pretty well. :guitarist:

As for odd songs to get stuck in your head... The Donnas - New Kid in School. I couldn't shake that one for quite a while.

It is really annoying that the Rock Band games aren't compatible online. All my friend have XBox Live and I have the only Wii. I will tell you though, it's fun to play with complete strangers and be amazed at how well you can do.

Anyway... just some random babble. Have a great day!

[cleatus12r]

One thing I noticed with Rock Band is that the audio and video timing make a big difference. Even a couple millisecond offset can have a dramatic effect on your rating. It took me about 45 minutes to finally get a setting that I was comfortable with and have been happy so far.



Bill,

That whole "lag" thing was a big issue at first. I got really mad the first time I played it.....I thought the game was a P.O.S. I'd play along with the music and miss the little colored "dots". I KNEW I hit them right on, but the game didn't recognize it. I spent a lot of time playing out-of-sync until my friend fixed the lag.

My friends and I usually stick to what we know. Phil (auto tech), the owner of the game plays the guitar. Eric, the not-all-there (and also ADD) software engineer (aren't they all like that?) sings, and I do the drums. Of course, there are songs that I belt out like Inside the Fire by Disturbed :drool2:.

[johnnyd]

It was 42 today with partly sunny skies. It felt like summertime. I actually saw things like grass, my driveway, some bushes, and even the roof :smiley_roll1:O.K., back to reality, tonight it's suppose to drop to 8 w/a high of 17 tomorrow!!! I was hoping to maybe wash the truck tomorrow but I don't think it's gonna happen'. :cursin:

[johnnyd]

Rock on girl :cool_beans:

[johnnyd]

Nite gang :nitenite:

[johnnyd]

How bout' this movie quote:

"You don't dig swine? Bacon's gooood..."

[johnnyd]

Haha, you got it even though I kind of screwed the quote up :cool_beans: Great flick

[Northern Supercrew]

Sounds like a little mom/son bonding...nothing wrong with that..no matter where it takes place. It must be hard for them to understand why mom/dad have to work so much.

[rybit29]

today im having a little father puppy bonding day which consists of me on the computer writing my resume, and the dog sleeping next to me. fun huh???

[johnnyd]

I just did a little bonding with 2 pork chops, mashed potatoes, applesauce, and a glass of milk :drool2:

[seeleyra]

You don't want to know what I just did a little bonding with! :eek::eek:

[johnnyd]

Your probably right :yikes2: