[Gnaw]

The phone company says I'm within range of the dslam upgrade so my adsl speed will supposedly be doubling this week.

If I'm really, really luck this will go through without a problem. The last time I made a minor change to my account my phone line was disconnected for 4 days and it took 3 separate call centers to fix.

[Keysi]

Pie.

[Loki]

Custard lattice

[Maark Abbott]

Consistently benching 100kg. Granted, 30kg of that is chains, but I'm still repping it out.

[Loki]

Whitesnake

I am fairly confident that had I been born a decade earlier I would have been a Whitesnake groupie.

[EmperorMagus]

Vancouver is just becoming more gorgeous as spring draws near. Also, warm weather clothing on a certain population demographic FTW!

[Loki]

EmperorMagus, on 13 March 2015 - 12:29 AM, said:

Vancouver is just becoming more gorgeous as spring draws near. Also, warm weather clothing on a certain population demographic FTW!

*taps nose* I know what you mean.

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[EmperorMagus]

Loki, on 13 March 2015 - 02:13 AM, said:

EmperorMagus, on 13 March 2015 - 12:29 AM, said:

Vancouver is just becoming more gorgeous as spring draws near. Also, warm weather clothing on a certain population demographic FTW!

*taps nose* I know what you mean.

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I'm tempted to neg rep you for attempting to ruin my mood. But I'm in too good a mood to neg rep anyone.

[Tiste Simeon]

Loki I told you to stop publicly showing pictures of me that were meant to be private!

Also making me happy is that I have lost over half a stone in the past couple of months. I'm not following a diet plan or anything I'm just exercising a bit more regularly and focusing on making good choices when eating. For example I am eating way more veg and less red meat. Slightly depressing in some ways but it's beginning to work!

[Maark Abbott]

Your best bet for weight loss meats are turkey, chicken and fish. Turkey is especially good. Lean mince is fine once in a while too.

I just got through the less pleasant part of the chapter I'm currently working on, and I think I managed to handle it in a relatively, eh, 'classy' way.

[cauthon]

I finally got all books on my iPad, so the dead tree ones can be on my shelf without being harmed.

[Morgoth]

It's nice and sunny today and in three hours I'll be drinking beer in the sun with my colleagues.

[Gnaw]

The dog just growled at me. She's still getting used to life without my dad. Apparently Chumbawamba at 8 am is pushing her discomfort zone too far.
I'm thinking some Clash next.

[Morgoth]

Gnaw, on 13 March 2015 - 12:07 PM, said:

The dog just growled at me. She's still getting used to life without my dad. Apparently Chumbawamba at 8 am is pushing her discomfort zone too far.
I'm thinking some Clash next.

What did you do when she growled?

I've had dogs all my life and I would never have tolerated growling towards a person, no matter what situation the dog was in at the time. To me that's the sort of behaviour in a dog that needs to be struck down without hesitation.

[Maark Abbott]

Play her some Black Crown Initiate and show her what a REAL growl is.

[Maark Abbott]

Had a good critique on my writing today! One particular character who's been a ballache to set up. The reader was able to pinpoint exactly what I'd intended with him, and that's a massive validation for me as he's been the hardest of my characters to make believable so far.

[Gnaw]

Morgoth, on 13 March 2015 - 01:05 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 13 March 2015 - 12:07 PM, said:

The dog just growled at me. She's still getting used to life without my dad. Apparently Chumbawamba at 8 am is pushing her discomfort zone too far.
I'm thinking some Clash next.

What did you do when she growled?

I've had dogs all my life and I would never have tolerated growling towards a person, no matter what situation the dog was in at the time. To me that's the sort of behaviour in a dog that needs to be struck down without hesitation.

I did what any sane person would do. I laughed at her, scratched her ears, turned the volume down, and put on London's Burning. She growled again. I told her to hush. She wagged her tail, rolled over, and went back to sleep.

My dad in his early years trained German Shorthairs. A couple of Grand National field dogs. He was a firm believer in the 'zero toleration' and 'striking down without hesitation' techniques, so I know first hand what that gets you: a dog that does everything you tell them to do but is scared shitless all the time. Which leads to them growling at anything new, such as a loud stereo.

I'll thump a dog on the nose or pinch its nostrils if needed. But scratching their back right above the tail goes a lot farther. I've only encountered one dog that I couldn't make friends with and it was a seriously abused Boxer/Pit mix that had been "trained" to fight. I did win a 100 bucks from its owner because it allowed me to pet it but it still would have attacked me if I had given it the opportunity by making a wrong move.

Dogs are pack animals. Being the alpha isn't hard. Consistency, trust, firm voice, and a quick thump/pinch when needed lets them know they're not even in the running for alpha. And as long as they know that, they won't even try. You get problems when you let them think there's a possibility that they're a contender.

[Nicodimas]

I love german shorthairs.. I woulda got one, but my buddy got one last year.

I am going to have go with a Boxer..for sure. Love their temperament <goofy>

[Nicodimas]

I spent ten hours fixing my Truck! Now that sounds shitty cause it took 3x longer.. cause I kept breaking the same thing over and over. < note to self/all...finnnneeeessse a piece in!!>

....but..nothing is more satisfying fixing a thing..with just a lil help. And being all complete.

/goodvibes

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[Slow Ben]

The weather is friggin amazing right now.