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jeremywhitehorn
05-30-06, 12:09 PM
The only hitboxes in that game are other cars. You can drive right through trees and buildings HAHA. And there's no ... end.
i got up to the parrallel park level but i keep running out of time.
did any of you crazies commute today? seems just as bad, if not worse than yesterday *sob*
somnambulant
05-30-06, 12:17 PM
this makes me think of the baptist church i pass everyday at bloor and landsdowne; it shares a building with "club paradise", home of erotic adult delights (and also a double homicide last summer). this is a real chicken-or-the-egg scenario. one of those organizations signed the lease knowing full well the other was there. i wonder who was the stick in the mud...
hahahah.. that building cracks me up too. I love the neon sign for club paradise.
Oi. I went out for all you can eat korean bbq for lunch. I don't know if I'm going to make it through the afternoon. I'm entering a serious meat-induced coma right now.
operator
05-30-06, 12:21 PM
Somnambulant where was that place with the steak / potatoes thing. $?
somnambulant
05-30-06, 12:22 PM
did any of you crazies commute today? seems just as bad, if not worse than yesterday *sob*
I did my whopping 3.1km (each way!!!!1) commute this morning, yeah. :D
sweep242
05-30-06, 12:24 PM
did any of you crazies commute today? seems just as bad, if not worse than yesterday *sob*
Yes & yes
Note to all put protection around your music device when riding. I dropped my ipod last night it’s now not working but i have a friend who also has a 3rd gen that he’s since updated hopefully i can make one out of them?
Not good!
Cheers
TRaffic Jammer
05-30-06, 12:49 PM
Did my 5-6k sprint into the core for work at 1:00pm @ 32degrees...sweaty fun
My hand seems to be healing up pretty well, the pain at the tracks has just about abated.
Any room for June10 still?.... I still need to find those bleepin' shoes though, but I gots time I think.
jeremywhitehorn
05-30-06, 12:50 PM
hahahah.. that building cracks me up too. I love the neon sign for club paradise.
Oi. I went out for all you can eat korean bbq for lunch. I don't know if I'm going to make it through the afternoon. I'm entering a serious meat-induced coma right now.
it's probably the most depressing sight in the city. most mornings when i ride by there's a woman in her 60s or so, wearing stocking/hairnet, smoking a cigarette sweeping the front entrance. i can only imagine.
nothing like the late lunch meat coma. whatever you don't have a beer with lunch, then you're finished!
TRaffic Jammer
05-30-06, 12:53 PM
Totally, everytime I have a pint with lunch I want a nap!!! :beer: :lol:
It's a very rare occasion
cavernmech
05-30-06, 12:58 PM
it's probably the most depressing sight in the city. most mornings when i ride by there's a woman in her 60s or so, wearing stocking/hairnet, smoking a cigarette sweeping the front entrance. i can only imagine.
nothing like the late lunch meat coma. whatever you don't have a beer with lunch, then you're finished!
All this talk about food and strip clubs made me remember a sign they used to have up at Filmores on Dundas. "Lunch Special. Steak and a lap dance. $24.99" I always thought to myself...what kind of loser buys a steak at a strip club anyway? Nothing like that musky ***** smell to work up an appetite!
sr20det
05-30-06, 12:59 PM
korean bbq for lunch is awesome. last time me and my friends went to one in scarborough, we got kicked out because we were there for 3+ hours... and we were trying to stay for dinner.
also, I'm def. in for June 10th if there is still space. I posted it a bit ago, but it was never brought up again :(
also... theres this awesome korean place near bathurst station. (near honest ed's)
that is kinda below street level. and for $8 bucks you get to sit in front of this HUGE pan,
and the waitress comes up and dumps a bucket of marinated meat and cabbage into it.
She just lets it cook and stew for about 15 mintues.
its AMAZING!
especially in the winter.
and for an extra dollar, you can order sticky rice to throw onto the pan after you are done.
So you basically flatten the rice in the pan to make a rice pancake and let it soak up all the marinating sauce and stuff...
amazing stuff as well. and you feel quite satisfied afterwards. oh. and on the menu it says tips & tax included :)
good times.
cavernmech
05-30-06, 01:02 PM
korean bbq for lunch is awesome. last time me and my friends went to one in scarborough, we got kicked out because we were there for 3+ hours... and we were trying to stay for dinner.
also, I'm def. in for June 10th if there is still space. I posted it a bit ago, but it was never brought up again :(
Perhaps an updated list would be appropriate? Somnambulant?
My buddy will be driving down for the good times also. He will no doubt have space if needed. the only caveat is he will be heading back around 5ish for a show that night.
gokiburi
05-30-06, 01:06 PM
hahahah.. that building cracks me up too. I love the neon sign for club paradise.
Oi. I went out for all you can eat korean bbq for lunch. I don't know if I'm going to make it through the afternoon. I'm entering a serious meat-induced coma right now.
all-you-can-eat-meat..yikes. heh, i bet your clothes stink right?! :D the only thing that could possibly be worse are the multitudes of indian buffet choices downtown. i've learned my lesson and it's light lunches for me from now on. buffets give me the uncontrollable urge to gorge. what's that they say about quality over quantity?
jeremywhitehorn
05-30-06, 01:07 PM
my epic trek of 6km to work and maybe more sweat-fest on the way home. care to join somna, sounds like you have the meat-sweats anyway.
gokiburi
05-30-06, 01:07 PM
cavernmech, are you open tomorrow or are wednesdays still the fiesta?
jeremywhitehorn
05-30-06, 01:11 PM
All this talk about food and strip clubs made me remember a sign they used to have up at Filmores on Dundas. "Lunch Special. Steak and a lap dance. $24.99" I always thought to myself...what kind of loser buys a steak at a strip club anyway? Nothing like that musky ***** smell to work up an appetite!
well really, you're paying for the lapdance, the steak is just a bonus! did anyone go to york U? may i remind you of "Diamond Dolls", which was across the street and offered a spaghetti lunch special? i'll admit to going in there once and the sight of the greasy dude in a stained micky mouse sweatshirt sitting in ''perverts row" slurping up a plate of discounted pasta questioned my faith in humanity. but hey when you're a student a cheap meal is a cheap meal...
somnambulant
05-30-06, 01:39 PM
Somnambulant where was that place with the steak / potatoes thing. $?
Steak & Eggs? Café La Gaffe. It's in Baldwin Village.
somnambulant
05-30-06, 01:42 PM
1) eyefloater***
2) somnambulant***
3) shiznaz***
4) cavernmech***
5) qqy***
6) sweep242***
7) Offhoff***
8) operator***
9) sr20det***
10) traffic jammer (shoe-dependent)
Cavernmech: You said you have room for you + 4, right?
I have room for me + 3 (without bikes). So as it stands right now, we'll likely have to take your friend up on the offer for more seats.
The plan is to meet up at cavern at 10:00am on Saturday June 10 so we can be on the road early enough to get to London with time to grab some lunch (and digest) before we start at the velodrome.
jeremywhitehorn
05-30-06, 01:54 PM
The only hitboxes in that game are other cars. You can drive right through trees and buildings HAHA. And there's no ... end.
yes, just like in real life.
they should make one for cyclists where you have to trackstand and ride backwards 360s.
somnambulant
05-30-06, 02:11 PM
ps. to the nrrds in the house: I don't know why, but I wasn't enjoying playing oblivion at all and then I decided to give it a second chance and kind of ignore the quests and just go find some dungeons to explore, and now I'm having a lot of fun. Maybe once I level up my character a little I'll find the quests a little more pleasant, or something. One thing I don't know though is how I learn new spells. Do I have to join the mages guild or something? I have lots of scrolls, but I haven't learned anything new.
edit: duh. just looked on gamefaqs and found a list of spells and where to get them.
TRaffic Jammer
05-30-06, 02:19 PM
I left my DND stuff back in the 80's....I do not know.
somnambulant
05-30-06, 02:21 PM
my epic trek of 6km to work and maybe more sweat-fest on the way home. care to join somna, sounds like you have the meat-sweats anyway.
I have errands to run when I get home, sorry!
gokiburi
05-30-06, 02:24 PM
I left my DND stuff back in the 80's....I do not know.
there was this damn funny dnd mock-doc circulating on the world wide web a while ago.. damn funny sheeit. i'm sure youtube.com can come up with some funny searches for "dnd".
jeremywhitehorn
05-30-06, 02:34 PM
"Those are nerds, Marge and it is our duty as jocks to mock them. Neeeeerd! Hey buddy, did you get a load of that nerd?"
TRaffic Jammer
05-30-06, 02:36 PM
^^^^:lol:^^^^
the bible had a typo (no spell checker) corrected below
'...and the geek shall inherit the earth'
Spent faaaar too much time generating characters in physics class.
jeremywhitehorn
05-30-06, 02:40 PM
"Those are nerds, Marge and it is our duty as jocks to mock them. Neeeeerd! Hey buddy, did you get a load of that nerd?"
EDIT: again with the double post!
jeremywhitehorn
05-30-06, 02:51 PM
okay i got up to level four in the parking game, and managed to parallel park even with the dog obstacle.
i just saw someone on a red track bike (i didnt notice what, i think it might've been a fuji) brakeless, red tires, trackstanding all over the place around 4:45 or so on yonge going south at...maybe bloor. anyone here??
cavernmech
05-30-06, 03:02 PM
well really, you're paying for the lapdance, the steak is just a bonus! did anyone go to york U? may i remind you of "Diamond Dolls", which was across the street and offered a spaghetti lunch special? i'll admit to going in there once and the sight of the greasy dude in a stained micky mouse sweatshirt sitting in ''perverts row" slurping up a plate of discounted pasta questioned my faith in humanity. but hey when you're a student a cheap meal is a cheap meal...
Mmmmmmmmmm...."Bonus Meat" Jackpot!!
STEEKER
05-30-06, 03:13 PM
Psstttt bah , dinner time BRB
eyefloater
05-30-06, 03:41 PM
"Bonus Meat" wins.
TRaffic Jammer
05-30-06, 03:42 PM
is that winning like a steak after a 5k pursuit?
Racing for pink meat as opposed to pink slips? :lol:
loser gets the burgers
cavernmech
05-30-06, 03:45 PM
1) eyefloater***
2) somnambulant***
3) shiznaz***
4) cavernmech***
5) qqy***
6) sweep242***
7) Offhoff***
8) operator***
9) sr20det***
10) traffic jammer (shoe-dependent)
Cavernmech: You said you have room for you + 4, right?
I have room for me + 3 (without bikes). So as it stands right now, we'll likely have to take your friend up on the offer for more seats.
The plan is to meet up at cavern at 10:00am on Saturday June 10 so we can be on the road early enough to get to London with time to grab some lunch (and digest) before we start at the velodrome.
Myself + 4 in the Van. the roof rack is pretty stable so we can always strap someone on to the roof if need be. :eek:
I have roof space for 4 bikes right now but have additional racks I can install if required. Who all is bringing bikes? I don't anticipate any probs with bike space.
We may have 2 more coming as well so if that is the case we will pretty much have 3 full vehicles. Its all about the carpool baby!
sr20det
05-30-06, 03:53 PM
carpool goodness :)
I guess I'll bring my bike cause I need to bike up to cavern anyways.
(I may have to leave w/ your friend to get back @ 5 cause I still got my exams to do.)
STEEKER
05-30-06, 03:55 PM
anybody heading downtown tonight?
STEEKER
05-30-06, 03:55 PM
anybody heading downtown tonight?
Ill Mitch
05-30-06, 04:11 PM
I might go for a ride later after the sun gos down because it'll be much cooler
32flavours
05-30-06, 05:01 PM
Werd. Shiznaz: I partied with Emma last night, I wonder if she was sober enough to remember.
TRaffic Jammer
05-30-06, 05:03 PM
looks like a slight tailwind going east.....can't wait to blast home.
Sirrobinofcoxly
05-30-06, 05:20 PM
Werd. Shiznaz: I partied with Emma last night, I wonder if she was sober enough to remember.
I heard that the party was the phucin' bomb. A real people pleaser.
TRaffic Jammer
05-30-06, 05:22 PM
dang a monday night knock down party?..been a while for this cat...*feelin' old*
Sirrobinofcoxly
05-30-06, 05:34 PM
Anything you can do on a Saturday night you can do even better on a Monday
TRaffic Jammer
05-30-06, 05:49 PM
Oh but I am soooo incapable of draggin' my hungover carcass to work after that now. In my 20's? Bring it on!!!!! :beer:
32flavours
05-30-06, 06:13 PM
Hangover? What's that?
P.S. Sir Robin, that was a mighty fine shindig last night.
TRaffic Jammer
05-30-06, 06:28 PM
whippersnap... :lol:
STEEKER
05-30-06, 06:50 PM
it was sort of hot on the ride downtown but it was a good tail wind comming home, I have put a couple of hundred k's on my fix but this F**KING pain thing is making me mad I've nevfer had this before , three seat changes and three seat post angles and still it is there any idea's
Shiznaz
05-30-06, 07:09 PM
Werd. Shiznaz: I partied with Emma last night, I wonder if she was sober enough to remember.
yeah she said she was really dissappointed that I didn't come; she said it was a super duper bike party and that there were bikes on the walls and everyone was talking about bikes and you and jenny and jill and sir robin were there but sadly I work at 9am so no partying during the week for this boyfriend
32flavours
05-30-06, 07:29 PM
If you don't have weekday parties, what DO you have? NOTHING, that's what!
sweep242
05-30-06, 07:37 PM
it was sort of hot on the ride downtown but it was a good tail wind comming home, I have put a couple of hundred k's on my fix but this F**KING pain thing is making me mad I've nevfer had this before , three seat changes and three seat post angles and still it is there any idea's
Riding fixed you do work different body parts that you never knew you have i remember being a bit sore at first but nothing to bad. Just keep moving the seat around forward, back, up, down. Maybe a brooks saddle would do the trick?
Cheers
sr20det
05-30-06, 07:49 PM
or you could always throw on the balm and rest.
ya know, if its already chaffed and itching, riding more isn't going to do it any good.
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