State of the Game
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You just got yourself invited and swiftly uninvited to the dinner.
and so has Fact now for that hateful image.
I love veggie fake meat.
Now that mrs is back on her feet again we don't have to rely on me making dinner from processed veggie business next week, however tonight we've got one last blowout with a Lynda bucket.
@Athlon-uk
Sorry dude, didn't make it to Asterope last night. Funny story follows...
TL;DR: got home very late and finally got dinner on the table at 9 PM so didn't have time to play.
So, last night we stayed at work late waiting for our fresh beef to arrive. There were 3 of us who split a whole cow.
When the meat arrived, it hadn't been separated, se we brought all 7 boxes into the building and began unboxing it so we could separate it evenly...well about 5 minutes into that endeavor, the power went out...in the entire town...
So while everyone else was continuing to split up the meat, by the light of cell phones, I was monitoring the servers and UPS units in case the power didn't come back on...
In the meantime, the boss shows up to pick up her half of the cow and asks, seriously, "Why did you guys turn off the lights?"
Power didn't come back on by the time the UPS units were down to 60% so I had to shut down the servers remotely from my workstation...1 done...then the UPS for the network switches shut off...now I can't remote to the rest of the servers...oh #$%@!...ummm...get out a monitor/keyboard/mouse...frantically hook up to one of the servers, log in, shut down...primary UPS goes into 30 second countdown at 25%...oh crap...grab cell phone flashlight...look at UPS front panel...find the "Esc" button and press it...countdown stops...next server...next server...whew...got em all...UPS at 15% shutdown taking forever (daily backups had been in progress when the power went)...uh oh...UPS at 10%...8%...one sever goes off...7%...another server goes off...6%...only one left...5%...last server shut off...whew...that was an interesting 15 minutes...
Ok the meat is almost finished being separated...done...load it into vehicles...power still out...boss says "Don't worry about it until tomorrow"...I say "bless you" and begin the 45 minute drive home (normally only 30 minutes but we had to make a couple of stops on the way...finally get home, bring the meat, literally "throw" it into the freezer...pop a couple frozen pizzas into the oven...sit down and take a break...realize how tired I am...pizza is done...eat dinner...go to bed...sleep like crap...
So, tonight I'm bringing friends to the AX hunt in Asterope...
Sorry dude, didn't make it to Asterope last night. Funny story follows...
TL;DR: got home very late and finally got dinner on the table at 9 PM so didn't have time to play.
So, last night we stayed at work late waiting for our fresh beef to arrive. There were 3 of us who split a whole cow.
When the meat arrived, it hadn't been separated, se we brought all 7 boxes into the building and began unboxing it so we could separate it evenly...well about 5 minutes into that endeavor, the power went out...in the entire town...
So while everyone else was continuing to split up the meat, by the light of cell phones, I was monitoring the servers and UPS units in case the power didn't come back on...
In the meantime, the boss shows up to pick up her half of the cow and asks, seriously, "Why did you guys turn off the lights?"
Power didn't come back on by the time the UPS units were down to 60% so I had to shut down the servers remotely from my workstation...1 done...then the UPS for the network switches shut off...now I can't remote to the rest of the servers...oh #$%@!...ummm...get out a monitor/keyboard/mouse...frantically hook up to one of the servers, log in, shut down...primary UPS goes into 30 second countdown at 25%...oh crap...grab cell phone flashlight...look at UPS front panel...find the "Esc" button and press it...countdown stops...next server...next server...whew...got em all...UPS at 15% shutdown taking forever (daily backups had been in progress when the power went)...uh oh...UPS at 10%...8%...one sever goes off...7%...another server goes off...6%...only one left...5%...last server shut off...whew...that was an interesting 15 minutes...
Ok the meat is almost finished being separated...done...load it into vehicles...power still out...boss says "Don't worry about it until tomorrow"...I say "bless you" and begin the 45 minute drive home (normally only 30 minutes but we had to make a couple of stops on the way...finally get home, bring the meat, literally "throw" it into the freezer...pop a couple frozen pizzas into the oven...sit down and take a break...realize how tired I am...pizza is done...eat dinner...go to bed...sleep like crap...
So, tonight I'm bringing friends to the AX hunt in Asterope...
Walls (I think) used to make an ice cream lolly that was toffee flavoured on the outside and chocolate flavour in the middle, even my fairly encyclopedic knowledge of retro treats can't bring the name to mind but they were delicious. And the miserable git who ran the shop near me hardly ever got them in - these days I'd just buy the box when he did but obviously that wasn't happening in the pocket money days.
I've got a pack of their traditional pig-based bacon in the fridge for tomorrow's breakfast. If I want veg with it I'll fry an egg. No wait, that's not right...
Walls (I think) used to make an ice cream lolly that was toffee flavoured on the outside and chocolate flavour in the middle, even my fairly encyclopedic knowledge of retro treats can't bring the name to mind but they were delicious. And the miserable git who ran the shop near me hardly ever got them in - these days I'd just buy the box when he did but obviously that wasn't happening in the pocket money days.
it's weird cuz you think uk bacon is shared with the world like soccer. But it's not. A Bacon War CG would get quite a lot of activity.
So, just out of curiosity, do have any old silver plate, krugerrands, interesting but small and portable Glaswegian art from the Renaissance, bearer bonds, or jewelry lying about?
Come for the taste of Glasgow; stay for the home invasion and armed robbery!
I have a couple of burnt-out Asda trollies in my garden and a collection of Tetley teaspoons from the mid 90's in the loft.
Ender no one cares about your daft imitation bacon.
It's shared with all the important countries.
Even Canada seem to be getting the hang of it - although Denny's need a bit of a talking to.
canada has like what. the population of a large state. They dont even stray from the pork chop with their version of bacon. They'll get on board with the real stuff when the Bacon Wars get real ...
You keep calling back bacon 'UK bacon' like it's some weird thing but we also have exactly the same half meat/half fat stuff that you consume in every supermarket I've ever been in. We just don't like the beetus so much that we eat fatty, streaky bacon exclusively.
Monster quote post, sorry chaps and Ender.
Twatted by Sally.
Twatting Ender.
How very dare you.....
I liked this post, as the only important part was you turning briefly into Mr T !
Just don't pull it.
Good old necrophilia eh?
Or do you mean her meals?
Twatted by Sally.
Twatting Ender.
Those are fakes from Asda or some other low rent grocery supplier. The 70s original was called a Zoom and they had (sorry, this will set Bottom Hat off...) purple tips. Morrisons alleged they were bringing them back a couple of years ago but as you can see from this very poor offering, they got neither the colours nor the flavours right.
I particularly liked that the artwork had the colours as per the original, whilst the actual product was nowhere near. Much like a lot of other things I've bought from there, which is why I don't grace them with my custom these days.
How very dare you.....
I liked this post, as the only important part was you turning briefly into Mr T !
Just don't pull it.
Good old necrophilia eh?
Or do you mean her meals?
"Canada bacon" (whatever that is) or "back bacon" is a myth created by SCTV, the hosers, and illuminati.
We eat the belly like everyone should.
Just had some for lunch.
and we have the various varieties too.. But in a bacon war, you dont bog down the point of the war with tedious details about availability. Only one can be True.
Shut up about your fakon Ender.
I said shut up. Do your community service, fool.
Shut up.