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Post by shaxper on May 23, 2016 20:30:23 GMT -5
I've done the math and figured that I conserve more space by owning floppies as opposed to tpb editions. Vertical short boxes are more space efficient than horizontal bookshelves. I'll buy tpbs if the edition is particularly handsome, the original floppies are particularly hard to come by, or the storyline is convoluted and difficult to follow in the original floppy format (ex, the early Thanos stories), but I try to avoid them otherwise. Same here as far as originals vs TPBs is concerned. But what are these short, vertical boxes - can you post a picture? I should start looking for something to put mine in - they're just stacked on bookshelves right now. I'm speaking in terms of 2D. Any conventional comic box is vertical in that the books are stacked back to front instead of side to side (as in a bookshelf). That being said, I suppose you could actually stack them vertically on their front sides and not put on the top. I'm not sure there's any advantage to that, but it could be done.
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Post by Pharozonk on May 23, 2016 20:33:32 GMT -5
Anyone ever had any experience with shady individuals in their neighbourhood? My mom and I went out to the other night for dinner and when we came back we saw a black truck parked just next to our driveway. As soon as we pulled in, the truck left. According to my mom, the same truck has been popping in sporadically the past few weeks and leaving as soon as she came home. She's obviously worried about this and is going to tell the neighbors to keep an eye out for anything, but I definitely think she should give the cops an alert at least too. I'm worried guys.
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Post by Confessor on May 23, 2016 21:01:38 GMT -5
Anyone ever had any experience with shady individuals in their neighbourhood? My mom and I went out to the other night for dinner and when we came back we saw a black truck parked just next to our driveway. As soon as we pulled in, the truck left. According to my mom, the same truck has been popping in sporadically the past few weeks and leaving as soon as she came home. She's obviously worried about this and is going to tell the neighbors to keep an eye out for anything, but I definitely think she should give the cops an alert at least too. I'm worried guys. I would call the police and give them a description of the vehicle and the individuals (if you can). They will likely increase patrols in that area for a while and, if they see the shady characters in question, they will likely pull up and just routinely ask them about what they're doing. That will hopefully be enough to scare them off.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2016 21:50:58 GMT -5
Anyone ever had any experience with shady individuals in their neighbourhood? My mom and I went out to the other night for dinner and when we came back we saw a black truck parked just next to our driveway. As soon as we pulled in, the truck left. According to my mom, the same truck has been popping in sporadically the past few weeks and leaving as soon as she came home. She's obviously worried about this and is going to tell the neighbors to keep an eye out for anything, but I definitely think she should give the cops an alert at least too. I'm worried guys. Also be sure to get the license plate number and jot it down somewhere, and include it in the description of the vehicle you provide to the police if you do report it. Perhaps talk to neighbors to see if there is anyone who knows the person (driver) or why the vehicle is there, making them aware of it if they are not. Not sure if you have a neighborhood watch in your area, but if so, alerting them as well. If your cell phone has a camera (as most do these days), snap a picture of the vehicle and where it is parked to document where and when it is in the neighborhood, etc. -M
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Post by hondobrode on May 23, 2016 22:19:54 GMT -5
Get a security system too.
We're glad we got ours and we're in a pretty good neighborhood.
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Post by wickedmountain on May 23, 2016 23:14:16 GMT -5
Journey is such a Pittsburgh band, although I never really got into them. The only song of theirs I can stomach is "Don't Stop Believing", and only because of what it makes me think of. When the Pirates were nearing the end of the 2013 season, the one in which they broke their 20-season streak of below-.500 records (the worst streak in US professional sports history), our shortstop, Clint Barmes, started using that song as his at-bat walk-up music. Since that song is still a staple on the most-popular radio station in the city, the entire ballpark would start singing along whenever he came to the plate. I went to the first non-wildcard playoff game in the city in over 20 years that year and Barmes started the game, and the energy of hearing nearly 40,000 people screaming that song at the top of their lungs for his at-bats still gives me chills to this day. Thought they formed in north California??? ever hear the early stuff before steve perry was in the band ?
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Post by wickedmountain on May 23, 2016 23:15:16 GMT -5
Yeah -- virtually all of my listening was courtesy of radio till I was maybe 16 & joined the Columbia House record club. My introductory-offer choices (either 7 records or 10; can't remember at this late date) included Sparks' Indiscreet & the Wailers' Burnin', but I'm not sure what else. Quite possibly the ubiquitous Frampton Comes Alive. I'm amazed. You're only the second person I have ever known who is aware that Sparks even exist (the other's my dad, but because of his profession, that wasn't surprising to me at all). I know who the sparks are to lol
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Post by wickedmountain on May 23, 2016 23:18:58 GMT -5
And the Banshees led off their fine covers LP, Through the Looking Glass, with this one back in '87 ... Hi Dan ever hear about there first show what it was like it's pretty funny sid vicious played in the band at there first show to lol
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Post by wickedmountain on May 23, 2016 23:21:21 GMT -5
I can't stand the Grateful Dead. There isn't enough LSD in the world to get me through one of their interminably masturbatory live albums. It's always amusing to watch my Deadhead friends get their panties in a bunch when I say things like that. And some of your other Deadhead friends are completely mellow about your musical tastes. I've already got my tickets for Dead & Company in Portland in late July. There's very little music that I actively dislike, so it's hard to say whether I'm out of step. But I do get some odd looks when I tell people that my favorite bands are the Grateful Dead, the Count Basie Orchestra, and the Meters. tell them some of my fave band names see what there face is like lol ready here ya go a few faves are Spooky Tooth, Uriah Heep and Atomic Rooster lol
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Post by wickedmountain on May 23, 2016 23:28:18 GMT -5
Best 80s music I've heard recently: (the whole album, but that was just the title track) Another good one would be Billy Bragg's song "Milkman of human kindness"
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Post by wickedmountain on May 23, 2016 23:31:00 GMT -5
Currently attempting to weed my collection. I've already filled most of a long box with items I am ready to part with, and I'm only a fourth of the way through. Would LOVE to free up some living space. My plan, for now, is to store them in the basement. That way, if I change my mind down the road, they're still around. Ultimately, when I've amassed enough stuff, maybe I'll try setting up at some local shows. Right now, I just know I have TOO MANY boxes of comics. There is a guy on you tube with 60k comics!! boxes everywhere in his house he's really cool
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2016 23:36:04 GMT -5
And some of your other Deadhead friends are completely mellow about your musical tastes. I've already got my tickets for Dead & Company in Portland in late July. There's very little music that I actively dislike, so it's hard to say whether I'm out of step. But I do get some odd looks when I tell people that my favorite bands are the Grateful Dead, the Count Basie Orchestra, and the Meters. tell them some of my fave band names see what there face is like lol ready here ya go a few faves are Spooky Tooth, Uriah Heep and Atomic Rooster lol I remember seeking out Uriah Heep music because they kept getting mentioned in the letters pages of the Sandman, and then dug the 70s style fantasy/Tolienesque themes of the music and album art. I don't think I've listened to Heep in about 10 years though. -M
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Post by wickedmountain on May 23, 2016 23:48:03 GMT -5
Well my weekend was awful glad it's over . hope everyone here is doing good
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Post by Spike-X on May 24, 2016 3:16:56 GMT -5
I've mountain biked more than 50 kms total over the last four days (average 1 hour per day), and I'm feeling pretty damn happy with myself.
Some people can do that, or more, in one ride, but I'm fat and unfit so for me it's a decent achievement.
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Post by the4thpip on May 24, 2016 6:28:07 GMT -5
I'm amazed. You're only the second person I have ever known who is aware that Sparks even exist (the other's my dad, but because of his profession, that wasn't surprising to me at all). I know who the sparks are to lol I learned about the Sparks when they cooperated with Les Rita Mitsouko.
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