Foo - What did you do when the forums was down?

I bought a new rear tire for the General Lee, Animal GLH. I also got a new chain for it and new pedals, thats $200 in the last 28 hours.

Going back tommorow to pick up a fork and stem for $300.

Saw the OLN Triathalon highlights.Watched the World Cup. Read backlogs of motorcycle forums. Played with dog. Cooked crepes for dinner.Watched Nova, then Frontline. Logged back onto computer. All is well (today was a rest/recovery day).

This is what I did:
clicked on "bikeforums" on my toolbar - got message from Joe
made coffee
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
drank coffee
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
napped
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
listened to Joe and went for a ride
ate
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
showered (for once (thanks Joe))
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
clicked on reload - typed this

I went and bought what the old-timers call a "book."

got on bikeforums.net gabbly........like the other smart people

Change the tube (blown one because I overtighten the nut on the presta)
Degrease and lube chain
Clean cassette and chainrings
Adjust the brakes
Had drunken sex with a good friend(a girl, for the record), felt really awkward afterwards

I just experienced an absolutely shocking level of productivity, and had a long, uninterrupted sleep. I also got a job!

not much i could do except maybe get to work. still here so this'll see my productivity slide for the next hour or so.

I had to find other stuff to do online, which helped to prove my theory that I have finished the internet (with a high score too). Then I read a book for a bit, talked with some co-workers, and browsed through some stuff from Sheldon Brown and uh.. I forget. But I know it sucked.

Trying to put english into my Chinese Suppliers, trying to purchase add on domains for my website via cyber customer service, talking to random people on Skypes...its fun!!! Skypes! http://www.skype.com/!

Had drunken sex with a good friend(a girl, for the record), felt really awkward afterwards

What one of you had to do the 'walk of shame' home?

Man, there's nothing worse than waking up in the morning, realising you've made a bed friend boo-boo - but you're still a little hungry, and don't know whether you've got enough time before they wake up to make yourself some toast and coffee, then run out the house screaming!!

(Or it is only me that's gone through that?)...

I did same thing I do when it is on.. rode my bike , ran and took care of business.. I did go to yahoo, so many bots looking for sex and so many people looking for sex! dont miss yahoo one bit. Glad to have this place back.

Gabbly
my other forum that i'm a moderator on
work
gabbly
my other forum that I'm a moderator on
work

I dropped the fork out the raleigh to grease the bearings. Then I just sat there looking at my bikes for a while. Then i got on gabbly.

I actually did some work. My work week productivity chart will have a giant spike on Tuesday followed by next to nothing the rest of the days. Then I rode my bike.

I got stoned to settle my stomach.

I did same thing I do when it is on.. rode my bike , ran and took care of business.. I did go to yahoo, so many bots looking for sex and so many people looking for sex! dont miss yahoo one bit. Glad to have this place back.

I'm not a bot...

I actually did some work. My work week productivity chart will have a giant spike on Tuesday followed by next to nothing the rest of the days. Then I rode my bike.
Might scare the managers with that spike.

I'm not a bot...

I did go to yahoo, so many bots looking for sex and so many people looking for sex
I think you classify under the "last" part :p

I blew my nose a lot, because I'm still sick. And slept a lot when I wasn't at work. I'm still too sick to ride my bike. :-(

In the 36 hours that I've been off bike forums, I've:

1. Packed up almost 1/4th of my stuff for moving.
2. Lost 3 pounds of fat from running around.
3. Completed the other half of my 1800 page novel.
4. Redesigned a HVAC system for a 500,000sq.ft office building.
5. Attended two international conferenecs on genetically modifed rice.
6. Taken apart and thoroughly cleaned the two turbofan engines on my lear jet.
7. Finally patched up that plasma conduit leak so the warp core breach light on the dash would stop flashing.
8. Fathered 8 children.

Wow! if there were no Bike Forums....slvoid could take care of serious issues, like world hunger, a cure for cancer and designing the ultimate bicycles. And that would jsut be in the first week!:p :D

I worked
Packed up things at my house-house is selling, closing is next Wednesday.
Went to other sites
worked...... oh I already said that.

Glad to see we are up and running. :)
Thanks Joe.

Missed you all very mush http://www.omba.org/forum/images/smiles/crybaby2.gif
Glad it's back :)

Pretty much I sat around looking at mountain bike forks....and debating between fixing up my roadie, or upgrading the mountain bike. Either way I'll spend around $400.

This is what I did:
clicked on "bikeforums" on my toolbar - got message from Joe
made coffee
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
drank coffee
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
napped
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
listened to Joe and went for a ride
ate
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
showered (for once (thanks Joe))
clicked on reload - got message from Joe
clicked on reload - typed this

:roflmao:

A few more of us including myself did as well.

After arguing with my computer I vaulted our of my apartment in a heated rush and no doubt set a personal best in commute time the first 5 miles until I settled down. :D

Of course the World Cup help my withdrawal somewhat.

http://bree.misfithill.com/uploaded_images/music_note-711158.gifCheer up, Sleepy Jean. Oh, what can it mean. To a daydream believer And a homecoming queen. http://bree.misfithill.com/uploaded_images/music_note-711158.gif

In the 36 hours that I've been off bike forums, I've:

7. Finally patched up that plasma conduit leak so the warp core breach light on the dash would stop flashing.


Are you sure it was a plasma conduit leak? Maybe you should reset your dilithium crystals, or that light's just gonna keep flashing and drive you crazy.:D (LaForge's Warp Drive For Dummies)

In the 36 hours that I've been off bike forums, I've:

1. Packed up almost 1/4th of my stuff for moving.
2. Lost 3 pounds of fat from running around.
3. Completed the other half of my 1800 page novel.
4. Redesigned a HVAC system for a 500,000sq.ft office building.
5. Attended two international conferenecs on genetically modifed rice.
6. Taken apart and thoroughly cleaned the two turbofan engines on my lear jet.
7. Finally patched up that plasma conduit leak so the warp core breach light on the dash would stop flashing.
8. Fathered 8 children.

Huh. And all I did was click on 'reload' 32,472 times.

Huh. And all I did was click on 'reload' 32,472 times.
:roflmao:

I spent the weekend in LA (Lower Alabama) riding dirt roads, firelanes, back roads. More dirt roads than paved and almost no traffic. Got back home, fired up Safari, got some scary message about the forums being down(my home page is Bikeforums.net). Went and fixed myself a Scotch, cleaned the bikes again.

Checked BF, still down. Had another Scotch(this Lagavulin is good stuff). Went to work, checked BF. Still no forums. Ate a big bag of Skittles and drank more tea. Still no forums.

Consulted the 8-ball. http://cache.kotaku.com/gaming/magic8ball.jpeg

Concentrate? How can I concentrate when the BF is down?

Things were looking pretty gloomy; no BF, no more Jelly Bellies, and the BF was still down.
http://www.mindline.org.uk/Images/depressed.jpg

I thought, what would Siu do? Scour the 'Net, looking for cool pictures of dogs.
http://www.surfinpet.com/images/sleepingchild.jpg

Lucky Dog at Mardi Gras
http://www.marshallgreyhounds.com/images/2003-02-15%203%20Dog%20king%20cake/happy%20dog.JPG

But then, I began to feel better, something was in the air, there was light at the end of the tunnel.
http://velonews.com/galleries/Contest4c/There%20is%20light%20at%20the%20end%20of%20tunnel%20stage%207%20of%207%20trans%20alp%20road%20race%2 02004%20by%20Lenny%20Engelhardt.jpg

Look, There it is!http://images.scotsman.com/2005/07/07/holygrailb.jpg

Thanks for bringing the forums back to life.http://www4.ncsu.edu/~klbenton/young%20frankenstein.jpg

^^Nice montage, bbattle. I have to ride 'Bama when I get time. You're only 2 hours from me. Isn't it hot, though?

filled out more loan applications that will almost certainly still deny me without a cosigner... posted in other forums... asked the cops about panhandling... found out that somewhere in x men 3 there was omega red (where the hell was he?!) .... ate... etc.........

Thanks for bringing the forums back to life.http://www4.ncsu.edu/~klbenton/young%20frankenstein.jpg

Hehe! I watched this last night!!!

There wasn't really much I could do, because my work network was shut down as well. I spent my time sorting papers and playing silly windows games to keep from going insane.

filled out more loan applications that will almost certainly still deny me without a cosigner... posted in other forums... asked the cops about panhandling... found out that somewhere in x men 3 there was omega red (where the hell was he?!) .... ate... etc.........

Can't you get a student loan? I was able to get one last year and I have no real credit history. Have you contacted your college's financial aide center? There are usually resources available to help you out. Sorry if you tried all this.

Can't you get a student loan? I was able to get one last year and I have no real credit history. Have you contacted your college's financial aide center? There are usually resources available to help you out. Sorry if you tried all this.
He's too busy complaining about having to work a full whooping 13 hours a week and then wondering why the heck he has **** for money and can't pay bills

they won't give me more hours.

Can't you get a student loan? I was able to get one last year and I have no real credit history. Have you contacted your college's financial aide center? There are usually resources available to help you out. Sorry if you tried all this.


i'll be getting the stafford loans of $10,500... then i may get lucky and get some grants... i filed my fafsa on janurary 10th but didn't get it to UTD til june 15... so i may not get so much for grants... i've tried private loans and no one will loan to me without a qualified cosigner... i don't have any that are qualified... and i've asked for a signature student loan from salliemae.com... i won't know about that for a day or two.

they won't give me more hours.
Then work a 2nd job?
or get a different job

stop jacking the threads, MERTON.

Had enjoyable conversations on gabbly. Had a depressing day at work with my reaction going awry, but no Foo subforum around to vent on. To help the day pass more quickly, butted in when my prof passed off a prospective future grad student to a grad student to talk to. (Long story.)

^^Nice montage, bbattle. I have to ride 'Bama when I get time. You're only 2 hours from me. Isn't it hot, though?

It is indeed hot here today. Mid-90's with that wonderful Southern humidity.

There's also lots of dirt roads/fire lanes, etc. around Tuscaloosa with rolling hills. The gas and oil companies have gates that block off a lot of these but you can easily get your bike underneath and then ride by yourself for miles.

Up here in Huntsville, it's flat then a mountain, then more flatness. Supposed to be some good mountain biking at Pisgah near the Georgia border. If you ever get over this way, shoot me an e-mail.

they won't give me more hours.

McD's is always hiring. I worked there all through college.

I think he said in another thread that he already tried. :o

The forums were down?

The forums were down?

What were you smoking?
How the hell could you not notice.. oh yeah that's right you have a life... carry on.

Sat here and cried :cry: