BatMan is bumming hard. One of my co-workers died a couple of days ago. One of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. Left behind a wife and 4 kids. I guess he has a heart attack while he was getting ready for work. He was only 42 years old. What a friggin' crappy Holiday Season for his family. It makes you stop and consider what you're doing with your life. You know, I've always thought that what goes around comes around, and that you get what you deserve. But I guess being a terrific father and husband is no insurance against this kind of stuff.
Sorry 'bout bringing your head down, but I just wanted to purge some of my crappy feelings.
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Never Pet a Burning Dog.
No, you're very right about that, BatMan.
My sincere condolences and deepest regrets.
Wow, that really bites. Hard. Wish it were a system where you got what you deserve, but it sure ain't.
Hmm. Can't think of any way to lighten this thread up. Nope.
My prayers go out to your co-workers family.
I'm sure God will give him what he deserves, death isn't the end after all. Whatever the reason he was taken away, I'm sure his family will be reunited with him in a blink of God's eye.
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Right is right even if nobody is doing it, and wrong is wrong even if everybody is doing it.
-St. Augustine
Sorry.My deepest regrets to your co-worker's family.
Send my regards.
damn, that's gotta suck.
*joke* don't take this the wrong way......
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Knock, knock
--who's there?
interrupting cow
--Interrupt--Moo.
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Even if you dodge this, Kakarotto,
THIS PLANET'S GOING UP IN SMOKE!!
Vegeta, DragonBall Z
Gee, that's really too bad... I'm sorry.
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What- You think you're some kind of Jedi, waving your hand around like that?
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We're doomed!
http://www.roguesquadron.net/forums/frown.gif) aw man I know how you feel I've been to 2 funerals in the last 2 years. Both really close family. For what its worth I'm sorry.
Thank you all for your support. The outpouring of sympathy at work at been tremendous. Dean Whitter has set up a trust fund for his kids and they are administering it pro bono. There are about 250 of us in our division at work and we are all donating at least an hour's pay. That's better than $6k. We've also organized a memorial golf tournament. At $125 a head that should raise some funds too. If any of you snow bound folks want to play some golf in 75° weather you're welcome to come on down.
http://www.roguesquadron.net/forums/smile.gif) Anyway, thanks again for support.
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Never Pet a Burning Dog.
sorry i am a bit tied up at the moment
Geez, that's too bad.
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If only you knew the power of the dark side
Come on down to where, BatMan?
Why to the BatCave of course!
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Never Pet a Burning Dog.
....Well apparently, it was just absorbed by Greater L.A., a victim of urban expansion, no doubt. You know....sorta like Encino.
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Oh hey lt. hows it going?
It? Am I it? *Snurk!* Tag!
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*(Imladil taps Raven on the wing, then beams back to his starship.)*
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"The entire universe is simply the fractal chaos boundary between intersecting domains of high and low energy."
--Imladil the Zoomunit
"Crystal magic helps the elementally disabled."
--Little Jimmy
No, not "it"......<u>LT</u>!!!!
where the heck did you get hold of federation technology you little rodent
Yeah, and I've got a whole shuttle bay full of A-wing spacefighters with drone pilots. I am the big voodoo mack daddy with his hands in both the Star Wars and Star Trek universes!
Fear me!
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"The entire universe is simply the fractal chaos boundary between intersecting domains of high and low energy."
--Imladil the Samurai
"If dolphins had thumbs, would we still be in control of the planet?"
--Little Jimmy
F: Fierce
E: Enterprise
A: Attack
R: Response
Or...
F: Flying
E: Existential
A: Armageddon
R: Robots
Yikes!
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"The entire universe is simply the fractal chaos boundary between intersecting domains of high and low energy."
--Imladil the Samurai
"If dolphins had thumbs, would we still be in control of the planet?"
--Little Jimmy
F: Fear
E: Eats
A: A$$
R: Raven
S: Sez
More info for your everyday life.
[This message has been edited by R.A.V.E.N. (edited December 21, 1999).]
<u>F</u>ilter out
<u>E</u>very
<u>A</u>nal
<u>R</u>eply, please.
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superchalifrajalisticexpehaledocious
You misspelled, "supercalifragilisticixpyaladocious."
sssssuuuuupppppeeeerrrrkkkkkkaaallliiiiifffrrraaaa jjeeeeeellllliiiiisssssstttticcccceeeeeeexxxxxx
pppppppppiiiiiiiihhhhaaaaaaalllllleeedddddddoooooo ooooooooooooosssssssshhhhhhhhoooo ooooooos
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis is the longest word thats not a name of a chemical, place, etc. It is supposedly a type of lung disease gotten from working in mines..
The shortest word in the English language is: I. It doesn't even take up a full pica.
I, pica?
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I pica you for "Most Lovable Nutcase on RS.net".....
Or is it pika?
Pika! Pika! Pika-CH--! <font size=5><font color=red> ZAP!</font></font>
<font size =1>NO pikachus! Ever!</font>
Hey, Batman...we cheer you up yet?
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"The entire universe is simply the fractal chaos boundary between intersecting domains of high and low energy."
--Imladil the Wanderer
"If Jupiter obeys liquid rules of physics, wouldn't it be teardrop-shaped?"
--Little Jimmy
Pika Chew.
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Ya know what other thought I just had about Pikachus?
"Pikachu" rhymes with "peek-a-boo"!!!!
How could I be subjected to your wackiness and not be cheered up Imladil?
I agree on the Pokemon Must Die issue. Just don't tell my kids. They eat that crap up.
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Never Pet a Burning Dog.
pikachu is a trange creation a figment of an excerpt from ancient mythology.(please don't quote me on that)
What about a? A is just as short
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If only you knew the power of the dark side
Nope, sorry. A pica is a technical term used by typesetters to describe how much space a letter takes...basically, a measurement of how wide it is. Most letters, including a, take exactly one pica. Wider ones like m and w take one and a half. The short, short letters like i, l or punctuation marks like periods and commas, only take half of a pica.
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So, truly "I" is the shortest word.
<font size=1>Don't mess with me, son. I'm flying this plane.</font>
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"The entire universe is simply the fractal chaos boundary between intersecting domains of high and low energy."
--Imladil the Podracer
"My own sense of optimism just doesn't...aw, **** it."
--Little Jimmy
Most humble Shootist request to differ most honorable Imladil. This unit checked with Associated Press Style Book, the bible of the Journalist. A pica is 12 'points' TALL. There are 72 points in one inch. That's where we get the reference 12 or 18 point type when we refer to type size. Sorry, but "Pica" refers to da height.
You are correct about counting the "m" as counting one-and-a-half in width. Same with the "W". Therefore "I" is the shortest. "A" is just one though.
Dun't fer git, I'z a jurnilizm majur wid a buk!!!
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ACK...Phht!!
Bill the Cat
Most highly dubious and untoforward without preposition or immodesty, this unit is obviously confused. He vaguely recalls something about counting out headline space during his own journalistic period, but it was way, way back in the eighties, when the USSR wasn't the punchline to a joke and computers were still incomprehensible.
The details of pica application must be a part of the 'missing memories' that the space aliens came down in their flying saucer and took from me.
So, if anyone knows where those little fartknockers from Bellatrix are, please tell them to bring me back a clue...because I need it.
Snork!
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"The entire universe is simply the fractal chaos boundary between intersecting domains of high and low energy."
--Imladil the Podracer
"My own sense of optimism just doesn't...aw, **** it."
--Little Jimmy
Bellatrix? <font color=white>Bellatrix??</font> I wrote a story about the people living on Bellatrix! They are called <font color=white>Twinklings</font>
http://www.roguesquadron.net/forums/smile.gif) and it is very, very cold there!! They don't seem like the kind of people who would come to earth and steal memories, though...come to think of it, I don't think they could even get here if they wanted!
I think you need to get your facts straight, Imladil, before you start accusing innocent aliens.
Imladil, mayhaps those Twinklings stole our "emS" there is an archaic unit of measure of width of columns called an "em".
I wonder if those Twinklings are the same little gopher pukes that poop in your mouth right before you wake with a hang-a-me-over.
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ACK...Phht!!
Bill the Cat
Hey, G-Man!!! Remember how you like to Poke-em-on the hood of your car?
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Should'a kept my pants on this time, but instead you had to let me dive right in!
-Chorus of No Sex by Limp Bizkit on the 1999 released album, Significant Other.
<font size=1>Imladil had to read that one twice to get it. Oh my!</font>
...You're just jealous, Night Row.
Imladil, don't encourage the young 'un, for goodness sakes!!! He's already cocky enough as it is!
....<font color="FF0000" size="4">!!!!</font>
D'oh! Let me rephrase that last part......