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#2021 |
Undisputed Ruler of Terrencania
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![]() Not "ticks me off" so much as "makes me sad"...We have a bird's nest out in the parking lot, I think they're starlings. The babies are HUGE now, not fledged but adult-sized, and hopping around the tree. When they were still in the nest they were pooping over the side and if you parked in one of two spots your car would get pretty well covered once the babies got big.
![]() Today I went to throw something in the dumpster and found one of the babies dead on the ground next to it. ![]()
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#2022 |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: AZ desert
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#2023 |
Lady of Brightwood
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![]() As many of you know, my sister graduated from High School last weekend. We're all very proud of her.
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#2024 |
The Postmaster
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Love gives you courage that's stronger than anything!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Saturn
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![]() I don't blame her. Decisions like that need to be made before people commit to a trip, period. What a rip-off.
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#2025 |
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Love gives you courage that's stronger than anything!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Saturn
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![]() Reviews for the Sims 3 are coming in, and they aren't particularly good. These are from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Sims-3-Pc/prod...rBy=addOneStar This is pretty much what I've been seeing on the major Sims sites as well. I've had the game since the 2nd (the day it was released) and although I haven't done too much with it, my experience has been largely the same; very few furnishings, borked gameplay, and it's impossible to make a decent looking Sim. The game does have it's strong points but overall, EA really dropped the ball on this one. They could have -and should have - done a lot better. ![]()
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#2026 |
Baja Blast my Beloved
Rapo or Rachel is fine!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: USA
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![]() The sims to me now just look "too" realistic, when in real life, not EVERYBODY has super smooth skin, (Even wrinkles for elders make them still younger than they could be) or having a "chunky" feeling (not that they're fat, it's just something I can see for some reason).
The fun with Sims 2 was that even though they were supposed to look like humans, they weren't, and it showed nicely. With Sims 2 you could enjoy yourself making lovable faces and appearances, built up with creative personalities and aspirations and preset goals (of course could be changed XD), whereas thus far, I've yet to see a decent Sims 3 sim. I think the makers focused more on reality and less on creating itself. On the basis of the game speed, I think it was a good idea to make the hours in the game longer lasting (more time to do things, for example), and would make it more efficient and you wouldn't need to pause the game when you have "OMG ONLY FIVE SECONDS LEFT BEFORE YOU'RE LATE FOR WORK/SCHOOL/ETC ONOES" (Heck, that was my deal, at least). This would also eliminate the "limited time" thing where it seems to take forever before you get something done when in real life, it time wouldn't pass that quickly; or so the sims won't age too quickly (I played my family's lot a lot and now I'm almost an adult, it's too soon ![]() WHAT? You can only play ONE family at a time? That's bull. Seriously. And you can't make your own neighborhoods either?? Now, I do not have the game nor do I intend on buying it (the fear of SecuROM or whatever they put in there, the peoples' reviews on the game, also I just don't want to buy it), but this is what I think about the game. I think Sims 2 is just funner, freer, so to speak. Even if the game speed's a tad too fast for me. And I highly doubt that the sims are any smarter. ![]() |
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#2027 |
Undisputed Ruler of Terrencania
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![]() An editor at TV.com was accepting all my crew submissions just fine, then I tried to correct the episode order which he rejected saying his was right, that's how they originally aired (out of order I guess). That may be possible but then he also rejected all my new crew submissions so I guess now he's going to reject everything I submit because he didn't like me trying to reorder the eps or something.
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#2028 |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Saturn
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![]() A telemarketer called earlier and left a message on my machine. Seems that they've determined that I'm eligible for home refinancing which could result in lower monthly mortgage payments. I live in an apartment.
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#2029 |
Undisputed Ruler of Terrencania
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![]() We get those. We also get calls to lower our car payments (our cars are paid for) and lower our credit card bills (neither of us has a credit card). They make it sound like you've been checked out personally but in reality they just have lists of numbers and know nothing about the people behind them.
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#2030 |
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Love gives you courage that's stronger than anything!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Saturn
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![]() The part that really perplexes me is that I'm on the national Do Not Call list, yet these pests call anyway. The increase in the number of calls I've been getting started before I moved so I doubt my change of address has anything to do with it. Don't they bother to read the list anymore? Or is the economy so bad that they're willing to risk an $18,000 fine for a small sales commission? Honestly, as far as I'm concerned it's a form of harrassment and it should be illegal.
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