What are you thinking right now? - Printable Version +- www.simsforums.com - the Sims series, computer games & other nonsense since March 2008. (https://www.simsforums.com) +-- Forum: The Sims Forums Community (/forumdisplay.php?fid=3) +--- Forum: General Discussion (/forumdisplay.php?fid=24) +--- Thread: What are you thinking right now? (/showthread.php?tid=7360) Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 |
RE: What are you thinking right now? - Caspin - 28-10-2013 05:19 PM When we were kids we'd sometimes rent games from our local shop to try them out. The trick was to rent it for two nights starting on a Friday (so you pay for Friday night and Saturday night). The shop was closed on Sunday, so the game didn't have to be returned until Monday = one free night. RE: What are you thinking right now? - Ollie - 29-10-2013 08:25 AM Sneaky. Anyway, I've had to scratch that idea, apparently there are a large number of endings. RE: What are you thinking right now? - Caspin - 29-10-2013 06:16 PM Ah. Just like "Heavy Rain". That had a lot of permutations depending on how you play (and how many characters you kill, in my case accidentally). RE: What are you thinking right now? - Minty - 06-11-2013 12:59 AM I'm watching this programme on BBC 1 about Edmund De Waal, some potter guy who sticks different sized ones on enclosed shelves so it makes them art (at least that's the story), & I think I've never listened to such pretentious bollards in all my born days, mostly by people that have somehow made a living of obscene affluence from talking pretentious bollards about things they've made with sticky back plastic, toilet rolls & disemboweled lambs, & selling it to people whose own pretentiousness is sadly in direct proportion to the size of their bank balances. RE: What are you thinking right now? - Caspin - 09-11-2013 04:12 PM I sometimes have trouble identifying "modern" art. I was in the Tate in Liverpool once and was suddenly surrounded by security telling me to get off the exhibits. I was standing on what I took to be part of the floor, but in fact it was some kind of brick panel that was actually the art. They hadn't roped it off or anything so I had no idea. I was bewildered I can tell you. What kind of art do you like? I quite like woodcuts and etchings. I also like old Japanese prints. And I quite like maps. RE: What are you thinking right now? - Minty - 11-11-2013 10:43 PM It's very much a case of "I know what I like when I see it". The Gallery of Modern Art up my area of the world had some wonderful piece of modern stuff that were quite clever, but also junk like the corner of a pavement stuck on a wall. I used to have a serious map addiction when I was young, especially OS relief maps which showed all the contours & forests in areas so you could picture them. Right now I've got some trouble getting my head around this business: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24889924 Hundreds attend war veteran's funeral after newspaper ad Social media motivated hundreds to attend the funeral of a World War Two veteran they never knew. Hundreds of people from across the UK have attended the funeral in Lancashire of a World War Two veteran they never knew. Harold Jellicoe Percival, who was known as Coe, served as ground crew on the famous Dambusters raids carried out in May 1943 by 617 Squadron. Mr Percival, who died last month aged 99, never married or had children. The funeral home organising the service put an advert in a newspaper appealing for people to attend. The Reverend Alan Clark, who conducted the service, said: "We marvel at the power of the printed word, whether on paper or screen." Mr Percival's nephew, Andrew Colyer-Worrsall, said the attendance was "just remarkable". Harold Jellicoe Percival Harold Percival died last month at the age of 99 "He was a quiet man, he was an ordinary man who did his duty and served in the war and to see so many people turn up, it's just overwhelming," he said. Mr Percival's nephew, David Worsell, who could not attend the funeral, said: "He was a private man. "He worked in Australia for a number of years as a decorator and would visit England for holidays. "He travelled around England with only his backpack. "He didn't have a postal address - he just used to get everything sent to my mother's address and would go through it when they met up." Frank Richard Carew-Percival, who contacted the BBC from Australia, said he was Mr Percival's nephew and was disappointed that he wouldn't be able to attend the service. Mr Percival's family told the BBC a nephew, great-nephew and great-niece would be at his funeral. OK, so an old man who wished nothing more than a quiet private life largely on his own (not an uncommon occurence among those who served in WW2), & got exactly what he wanted, upon his death finds it being turned into a Twitter event without any prior wishes on his part. Why? Because people felt sorry for him? Pity they didn't feel more sorry for him when he was alive & alone in a care home. Or was this merely self-indulgence on the part of the participants from a society where mawkish displays of phony emotions are the norm, especially grief tourism? He did everything to keep his life private, only upon death to be turned into a circus of self-congratulation bang on cue for the Armistice Day bugle. Is nothing sacred any more? RE: What are you thinking right now? - Caspin - 12-11-2013 09:47 AM I saw that too. There were plenty of people appealing for attendees on twitter, getting themselves all emotional about it. Many were well-meaning I'm sure, but actually completely thoughtless to discount the possibility of him preferring a funeral that reflects the quiet solitude he chose in life. It would have been far better if the 400 strangers who felt compelled to attend had spent that hour visiting a living elderly person instead. There are plenty of lonely people out there who would have been glad of a cup of tea and some company. I saw people saying "he probably could have told a few good stories". Erm, yes, I imagine that the majority of veterans have some interesting stories. Or in fact anyone in their 90s will surely have tales to tell of yesteryear. The way to hear them is to talk to the poor old buggers while they're alive. But then you don't get your picture on the telly do you. RE: What are you thinking right now? - Minty - 12-11-2013 10:13 PM I think I deserve another cup of tea before making another assault on some of those high scores! RE: What are you thinking right now? - Ollie - 16-11-2013 02:27 AM I think I might play some SimCity considering I haven't played in a while. RE: What are you thinking right now? - Minty - 16-11-2013 02:00 PM http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/melissa-bachman-pictured-dead-lion-2798136?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter http://www.youtube.com/user/melissabachman?feature=watch I'm thinking may her next rifle jam, may her next arrow miss, may the next creature she kills for "fun" get her first. |