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Post by hondobrode on May 27, 2016 8:50:45 GMT -5
It felt a little weird selling them, as I grew up Catholic, but hey, the free market and all that...
You don't want to mis-dial.
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Post by The Captain on May 27, 2016 17:12:11 GMT -5
Had a disappointing day today, as I drove over 200 miles in total to visit a pair of comic book shops and bought...nothing. I was looking for some cheap Flash issues as well as anything else that would fill holes in my collection, but there was almost literally nothing that I even considered buying. These two shops have now been crossed off my list, as I don't travel by them for work any more and they're not exactly in high traffic areas, so I doubt their stock is going to change all that much over time.
The only upside was that I was by an outlet mall that had a Go!Toys and Games shop, and I picked up the Ash (from Army of Darkness) and The Silence (from Doctor Who) Funko Pop Figures, which I had never seen anywhere else, so it wasn't a complete waste of a trip.
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Post by Gene on May 27, 2016 22:25:07 GMT -5
Had a disappointing day today, as I drove over 200 miles in total to visit a pair of comic book shops and bought...nothing. I was looking for some cheap Flash issues as well as anything else that would fill holes in my collection, but there was almost literally nothing that I even considered buying. These two shops have now been crossed off my list, as I don't travel by them for work any more and they're not exactly in high traffic areas, so I doubt their stock is going to change all that much over time. The only upside was that I was by an outlet mall that had a Go!Toys and Games shop, and I picked up the Ash (from Army of Darkness) and The Silence (from Doctor Who) Funko Pop Figures, which I had never seen anywhere else, so it wasn't a complete waste of a trip. There's a store up in Erie that I used to go to called Action Toyman that was good for filling in a lot of my 80s X-Men, X-Factor, and New Mutants books. They have a ton of figures, statues, and games, too.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 28, 2016 11:37:37 GMT -5
An interesting fact I read earlier today: Dracula was first published on this day in 1897. I'm actually currently reading that book for the first time (it's quite interesting so far). Dracula is a really good book, with a very unusual structure. I've read it a few times. Have you read this version ?
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Post by hondobrode on May 28, 2016 22:51:43 GMT -5
Had a disappointing day today, as I drove over 200 miles in total to visit a pair of comic book shops and bought...nothing. I was looking for some cheap Flash issues as well as anything else that would fill holes in my collection, but there was almost literally nothing that I even considered buying. These two shops have now been crossed off my list, as I don't travel by them for work any more and they're not exactly in high traffic areas, so I doubt their stock is going to change all that much over time. The only upside was that I was by an outlet mall that had a Go!Toys and Games shop, and I picked up the Ash (from Army of Darkness) and The Silence (from Doctor Who) Funko Pop Figures, which I had never seen anywhere else, so it wasn't a complete waste of a trip. Sorry to hear that Cap. It's hard to find stores with good stock.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 29, 2016 17:09:03 GMT -5
There is a Stan Sakai sketch available as part of the Kickstarter for the reprint of Joe Lansdale and Sam Glanzman's Red Range. shaxper Should be posted on the Usagi board, but I'm not sure where.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 30, 2016 8:04:26 GMT -5
Something's screwy over at Facebook this morning. If it loads at all, it only loads random fragments of the page. The problem's not at my end because every other web site I have bookmarked loads just fine. Don't they realize they're forcing me to vary my daily routine? Unacceptable! (I wouldn't actually care if I weren't expecting an important message.)
Cei-U! I summon the ruptured routine!
EDIT: Well, whatever it was, it's fixed. But how DARE they make me do my morning routine out of order!?? (And I make fun of my sister's OCD...)
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Post by Prince Hal on May 30, 2016 10:06:24 GMT -5
Something's screwy over at Facebook this morning. If it loads at all, it only loads random fragments of the page. The problem's not at my end because every other web site I have bookmarked loads just fine. Don't they realize they're forcing me to vary my daily routine? Unacceptable! (I wouldn't actually care if I weren't expecting an important message.) Cei-U! I summon the ruptured routine! EDIT: Well, whatever it was, it's fixed. But how DARE they make me do my morning routine out of order!?? (And I make fun of my sister's OCD...) That's what you get when liberals run the show.
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Post by hondobrode on May 31, 2016 9:24:12 GMT -5
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.
We were invited to a couple's new home, went out for a good meal to celebrate our anniversary, and cleaned house yesterday. Low key Memorial Day weekend.
My son is production manager for a packaging plant and has had offers to relocate with promotions in the past. After he and I looked at them, he declined 3 of them. Last week they made him a better offer: to take over a well-performing plant in KC while that manager gets promoted to a "super plant" (mostly automated).
The cost of living difference is only 5%, he'll actually be closer to me, still be roughly in the same neighborhood as the rest of the family, but an additional 3 hours away from her family.
We're all anxious to see what will happen. Talking last night while we played Magic the Gathering Online, he said he's going to pursue it after talking with the family this weekend.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 31, 2016 12:50:13 GMT -5
I really really hate three-day weekends.
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Post by Prince Hal on May 31, 2016 13:37:43 GMT -5
I really really hate three-day weekends. Don't stop there, please. As a recognized crank, I have some misgivings about them myself, but don't want to steal your thunder.
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Post by DE Sinclair on May 31, 2016 16:59:56 GMT -5
I really really hate three-day weekends. Don't stop there, please. As a recognized crank, I have some misgivings about them myself, but don't want to steal your thunder. This has me really curious. What part of three-day weekends do you dislike? I always consider an extra paid day off to be a good thing, though not working on Monday does throw off the rhythm of the rest of the week a bit. Unless the extra non-working day just means working on projects at home, then I could understand.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 31, 2016 17:12:04 GMT -5
Sorry. Here's the deal. I'm a defense attorney. My Law & Motion day is on Tuesday. Which means I spend all day Tuesday in Court. So I spend most of Monday morning getting ready and all of Monday afternoon in jail with clients. If I have a trial 99% of the time it starts on Wednesday. My preliminary hearings are Friday morning. So I usually spend all of Thursday afternoon in jail. Losing a Monday just totally messes up my schedule. On almost any given Monday holiday I still end up in the office on that day anyway. Memorial Day tends to be the exception, because my wife's family makes a big deal out of it.
Anyway...I hate three day weekends. They're just a pain in the butt.
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Post by thwhtguardian on May 31, 2016 18:57:23 GMT -5
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 31, 2016 19:05:07 GMT -5
Well thanks for doing your part to try and make this a just country to live in Slam. All my paycheck profits is by drilling more holes in the ground.
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