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happy birthday, youngster!
Thank you, Sir
May I try that? Please? I'll come in my trading Python to level the playground [hehe]
Too bad this is on your Xbox account, so we'll never find out
Edit: Damn, mixed it up with the Cutter. Once again. The Python won't catch up with it, I might have to dust off my good old FAS
No you'd catch me and kill me...I'm talking about making a Cutter into a trader-with-teeth lol. I figure you would be at least twice the handful of the advanced combat training AI, which I can't beat, so yeah...
I say! It looks like a fellow flyer from dear old Blighty!
Pleasure to meet you old chap, hope the old kite is top-hole
God, I love it when the English talk British!
Happy belated birthday to you sir! o7
My dear old thing! happy Birthday oldbean, have a halfof mild and a wee nip on me, may you sail on over the oggin for many a year! Pip pip!
Just epic.
I should note that I work for a UK company, so interact with the UK via phone and telemeetings often.
I have sometimes wondered if there's any interest in the UK in American accents (and we have several; neutral (west coast/mid-west mostly), Southern, New England (pahk yer cah in tha garaaage), and the American vernacular, or slang perhaps?
Just interesting how accents form and change. First settlers over here for a couple of generations would have had their various European accents still. Some of that informed some regional accents, like a bit of Nordic in the Dakotas/Minnesota/Wisconsin region for example. Conversely, someone from Boston does not sound anything like someone from anywhere in England that I've heard. I know the UK has lots of accents as well...our UK office has several I can hear.
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I was thinking of a friendly round of sparring, no killing involved. Just to tune the scales, or sharpen the teeth
Sorry for the Cutter/Clipper mess, sometimes the fingers are quicker than the brain.
I was thinking of a friendly round of sparring, no killing involved. Just to tune the scales, or sharpen the teeth
Sorry for the Cutter/Clipper mess, sometimes the fingers are quicker than the brain.
LOL, I know....I just tend to knock on my fighter pilot skills because I am average to below average on a good day. Not a super tactical guy.
No worries on the Imperial ship confusion, I had to refer to my wall poster of all the ships frequently to sort out the Clipper/Cutter thing! I think Cutter, I think small Coast Guard ship. I think Clipper, I think six-masted sailing ship that is quite a good size.
And here is the Wiki link on the most famous (probably) clipper of them all (who still can confuse us with a quick glance at her name!);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark
The Boston accent sometimes sounds like Australian, to me
I spent a bit of time in MA, so flying into Boston was a fairly frequent thing. There were variations in accents even between Eastern and Western MA, or so it seemed to me, and it was interesting to pick up on them. This was where I came across "Rotaries", which we would know as "Roundabouts", and "Biscuits", which were not what I expected at all... I did think it was a bit strange being offered a biscuit with my soup Probably because I always liked Penelope Pitstop, but I've always had a bit of a soft spot for that soothing Southern accent that I'm not entirely sure about where it comes from - it's very relaxing to listen to though, and makes you feel like just everything is going to be fine
I spent some time in California as well, though I wasn't too aware of a different accent there, maybe I was just in too metropolitan an area to notice.
Completed the work to get to Imperial Duke (rescue missions) yesterday and got my Cutter! Happily had some engineered modules about, including a Power Plant, scoop and Distributor, so still have over 150 mil left after outfitting.
Yep, pitch rate on these things is a challenge, wow. LOL Like a whale breaching the surface. However, it is a sexy beast....I'm most of the way done with engineering; just need to do some of the weapons, two of the shield boosters and finish g4 and maybe g5 on the thrusters.
After that, I'll gather more mats and data and work on engineering the Vulture.
Happily had some engineered modules about, including a Power Plant, scoop and Distributor, so still have over 150 mil left after outfitting. Yep, pitch rate on these things is a challenge, wow. LOL Like a whale breaching the surface. However, it is a sexy beast....I'm most of the way done with engineering; just need to do some of the weapons, two of the shield boosters and finish g4 and maybe g5 on the thrusters.
After that, I'll gather more mats and data and work on engineering the Vulture.
The Boston accent sometimes sounds like Australian, to me
Probably because I always liked Penelope Pitstop, but I've always had a bit of a soft spot for that soothing Southern accent that I'm not entirely sure about where it comes from - it's very relaxing to listen to though, and makes you feel like just everything is going to be fine
I spent some time in California as well, though I wasn't too aware of a different accent there, maybe I was just in too metropolitan an area to notice.
California, for the most part, has a 'neutral' American accent. Working in the Southern states (Memphis TN) I do hear a lot of the southern accent. It's interesting how some areas of the south are losing their accents over time as more and more transplants come in from other states....I especially notice this in the Dallas area of Texas.
I think this is a consequence of the internet. When you talk more to the people all around the globe than to people that live in the same city, you will start losing the accent's "edge".
One day there will only be one English accent - the "general internet accent" - which will simply be a median of all English accents.
Another victim of globalisation.
I feel it myself. I communicate over the internet 90% of the time. I got used to using so many Americanisms and American English words that when I'm talking to somebody local, once in a while and realize what I'm saying and how I'm saying it, I feel I must look like an idiot.
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I think this is a consequence of the internet. When you talk more to the people all around the globe than to people that live in the same city, you will start losing the accent's "edge".
One day there will only be one English accent - the "general internet accent" - which will simply be a median of all English accents.
Another victim of globalisation.
I feel it myself. I communicate over the internet 90% of the time. I got used to using so many Americanisms and American English words that when I'm talking to somebody local, once in a while and realize what I'm saying and how I'm saying it, I feel I must look like an idiot.
True, but also CA = Hollywood so it predates/supersedes the internet.
In Denmark it's Copenhagen = DR https://www.dr.dk/
I'd wager it's similar in most places.
Have you tried the New York Times dialect quiz that's doing the round at the moment? Quite interesting.I think this is a consequence of the internet. When you talk more to the people all around the globe than to people that live in the same city, you will start losing the accent's "edge".
One day there will only be one English accent - the "general internet accent" - which will simply be a median of all English accents.
Another victim of globalisation.
I feel it myself. I communicate over the internet 90% of the time. I got used to using so many Americanisms and American English words that when I'm talking to somebody local, once in a while and realize what I'm saying and how I'm saying it, I feel I must look like an idiot.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html
It seems my own dialect is pretty tightly focused!
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Have you tried the New York Times dialect quiz that's doing the round at the moment? Quite interesting.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html
It seems my own dialect is pretty tightly focused!
Mine not so much, but still fairly accurate (for an internet quiz, anyway. I'm from Cardiff.
Mum was from Northern Wales, so.. close enough, I guess.
But I think it does represent me being "spread out" a little when comes to words and accents.
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Have you tried the New York Times dialect quiz that's doing the round at the moment? Quite interesting.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html
It seems my own dialect is pretty tightly focused!
Mine not so much, but still fairly accurate (for an internet quiz, anyway. I'm from Cardiff.
Mum was from Northern Wales, so.. close enough, I guess.
But I think it does represent me being "spread out" a little when comes to words and accents.
Seriously scary, very accurate:
You can see why I "emulate" the Clyde Puffers eh?
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Played some ED this weekend on the Xbox to gather mats and credits for some upgrades and engineering on some fighting vessels, the Chieftain (Chiefy), Vulture (Doc Holliday), FDL (Christine, cuz red, chrome and badass), and Fed Gunship (Patton, cuz tanky!).
However about 8 hours of my weekend was building a little something for my desk My wife got it for me, almost 2k pieces! Warhammer dwarf in there for scale...
I tell you, those LEGO guys are mad scientists at how this stuff goes together!
I'm certain this is how NASA did it
Here's the third stage, all in pieces!
Big reveal...like BIG. 3' tall! All stages detach, you can even put the lander in it's compartment. I was VERY impressed with this, as it was my first LEGO build...worth every penny.
However about 8 hours of my weekend was building a little something for my desk
My wife got it for me, almost 2k pieces! Warhammer dwarf in there for scale...I tell you, those LEGO guys are mad scientists at how this stuff goes together!
I'm certain this is how NASA did it
Here's the third stage, all in pieces!
Big reveal...like BIG. 3' tall! All stages detach, you can even put the lander in it's compartment. I was VERY impressed with this, as it was my first LEGO build...worth every penny.
55, still playing video games . . .
Dan, that is an amazing Lego model!! What a fantastic thing to be able to build, and so detailed. I'm sure you had a great deal of fun putting it all together, and it looks great on the table Thanks for putting all those pictures up, it's great to see how it fits together like that. I like the addition of the CM complete with floatation ring and balloons!
When I was 8, I had the LEM set for my birthday:
At the time, that was just 4 years after Apollo 17... I still have all the bricks for it, but it might take a while to find all of them in amongst the other bricks that I had, which all got put into the same box years ago
(Quite the cd collection there too, looks a bit like my study here [haha] )
Thanks for putting all those pictures up, it's great to see how it fits together like that. I like the addition of the CM complete with floatation ring and balloons!When I was 8, I had the LEM set for my birthday:
At the time, that was just 4 years after Apollo 17... I still have all the bricks for it, but it might take a while to find all of them in amongst the other bricks that I had, which all got put into the same box years ago
(Quite the cd collection there too, looks a bit like my study here [haha] )
...52, playing video games and now building Legos . Proud of it!
Dan, that is an amazing Lego model!! What a fantastic thing to be able to build, and so detailed. I'm sure you had a great deal of fun putting it all together, and it looks great on the table
When I was 8, I had the LEM set for my birthday:
At the time, that was just 4 years after Apollo 17... I still have all the bricks for it, but it might take a while to find all of them in amongst the other bricks that I had, which all got put into the same box years ago
(Quite the cd collection there too, looks a bit like my study here [haha] )
Thanks Si!
It was great fun to build...I couldn't be more impressed with the quality, how well it went together, the packaging, how good the instructions are...it was a wonderful build experience this weekend.
I have to admit, as you mentioned the little baloons on the top of the CM and thinking in real life, here. I've often wondered would they even be worth a damn if that thing started to sink? It's got to be way too heavy for those to provide floatation, but I must be wrong.
Haha, that set is cool! Very traditional LEGO. I'm amazed with this kit in particular, all the custom curved parts and everything they have really come a LONG ways. Just to walk in and see the rocket in my room you would not think 'LEGO' at all if the LEM diaroma wasn't present.
CD's, yep lots. I FINALLY have let off buying CD's the past few years and succumbed to digital music (iTunes) and I download games for consoles now rather than getting discs. Only with movies, though, I still want a physical disc. My movie collection is much bigger than the CD collection lol. Love movies!