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Red_Cloud

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Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 10, 2019, 03:08:14 AM
:notsure: I don't know, Red Cloud. Doesn't look too roomy. I just keep imagining myself walking towards the edges and my face colliding with the "wall". Since I'm a naturally klutzy person it wouldn't work for me at all.  ;D

Yippee! . . I have found you just the place you need SP. This roomy Gothic Mansion
has all the mod cons, like this Iron Maiden.
I have the caged variety,
which I got from Aldi some years ago. I keep it in my man cave, but you are most welcome to have it SP.
You could invite all us godless heathens to a huge house-warming party on Halloween. Its only 3 weeks away now isn't it?
I look forward to your invitation. :frolic:


xSilverPhinx

Quote from: hermes2015 on October 10, 2019, 05:40:48 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 10, 2019, 03:09:58 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on October 09, 2019, 03:25:17 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 08, 2019, 07:24:58 PM
I'm moving out. Found this great 10th-floor apartment -- quieter and with a great view of the lake nearby -- but still walking distance from the bus stop and supermarket.

It's exciting but at the same time I hate the moving process, packing everything and filling the car with junk so I can take it over to the new place, then unpacking everything so the apartment feels like home.

How are you going to decorate? Do you like bright, bold colours?

Depends. I like it as long as it doesn't feel too cartoony. I'm mostly into black, wood and silver (of course! :grin:).

I was just wondering whether the Portuguese love of bright colours has influenced your taste in Brazil. When I travel there are some Portuguese TV channels in some hotels, and I always notice that the talk and game show sets are decorated in very bright, primary colours. The same goes for the clothing of the audiences. I assumed it was a Portuguese trait, because the opposite is true of French and German TV shows. I haven't seen much Scandinavian TV, but I would imagine they also favour more subdued schemes.

My own taste is mainly for black and white neutral schemes.

:notsure: Personally, I prefer more subdued traits myself, but I have seen some Brazilians dress in a way that would get others wondering if they were colourblind. But then again maybe they are, I can't say for sure. :sidesmile:

I haven't been to Portugal yet, so I don't really know if it's the case there as well, but here some cities are very colourful, like Olinda, with its rows of brightly coloured colonial houses:



My mother loves bright colours...she painted the house she lives in yellow, with blue window frames, doors and gate. The house next door is bright purple. But that's a bit of an oddity in Porto Alegre.
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Red_Cloud on October 10, 2019, 11:23:11 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 10, 2019, 03:08:14 AM
:notsure: I don't know, Red Cloud. Doesn't look too roomy. I just keep imagining myself walking towards the edges and my face colliding with the "wall". Since I'm a naturally klutzy person it wouldn't work for me at all.  ;D

Yippee! . . I have found you just the place you need SP. This roomy Gothic Mansion
has all the mod cons, like this Iron Maiden.

:notsure: Does it come in silver? :grin:

If I'm going to host a party everything's got to be perfect.  8)
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Tank

I'm wondering how Buddy is getting on.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Tank on October 10, 2019, 09:28:40 PM
I'm wondering how Buddy is getting on.

Me too. I'm hoping she's just been too busy these past few days...
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Bad Penny II

QuoteIn the novelist's satirical reworking of Kafka's classic story, an insect wakes up to discover to its horror that it has turned into the prime minister...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/22/the-cockroach-an-extract-from-ian-mcewans-brexit-inspired-novella

Could be a new worldwide phenomenon.
I think it's an old one but becoming more prevalent due to the interaction of global warming and global dumbing.
Take my advice, don't listen to me.

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Bad Penny II on October 12, 2019, 09:58:45 AM
QuoteIn the novelist's satirical reworking of Kafka's classic story, an insect wakes up to discover to its horror that it has turned into the prime minister...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/22/the-cockroach-an-extract-from-ian-mcewans-brexit-inspired-novella

Could be a new worldwide phenomenon.
I think it's an old one but becoming more prevalent due to the interaction of global warming and global dumbing.

:rofl: I love satire! I might buy a copy (if I find one in English ::) )
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


xSilverPhinx

Feels like a quiet Sunday...I guess the heat has people staying inside in the air-conditioned shade and not out on the streets where they will most likely melt.
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


jumbojak

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2019, 03:29:05 PM
Feels like a quiet Sunday...I guess the heat has people staying inside in the air-conditioned shade and not out on the streets where they will most likely melt.

Saturday. It's Saturday...

"Amazing what chimney sweeping can teach us, no? Keep your fire hot and
your flue clean."  - Ecurb Noselrub

"I'd be incensed by your impudence were I not so impressed by your memory." - Siz

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: jumbojak on October 12, 2019, 03:42:45 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2019, 03:29:05 PM
Feels like a quiet Sunday...I guess the heat has people staying inside in the air-conditioned shade and not out on the streets where they will most likely melt.

Saturday. It's Saturday...

JJ don't make me feel like the heat has fried my brain! :P
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Bad Penny II

#14260
Don't mention Armenia.

What's that?

Nothen, it didn't happen so don't mention it or I'll have to kill you.
Take my advice, don't listen to me.

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Bad Penny II on October 12, 2019, 03:49:59 PM
Don't mention Armenia.

What's that?

Nothen, it didn't happen so don't mention it or I'll have to kill you.

What about Armenia? :popcorn:
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Bad Penny II

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2019, 04:09:52 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on October 12, 2019, 03:49:59 PM
Don't mention Armenia.

What's that?

Nothen, it didn't happen so don't mention it or I'll have to kill you.

What about Armenia? :popcorn:

Since you're asking it was the "the Ottoman government's systematic extermination of 700,000 to 1.5 million Armenians"

It's not polite to talk about it though.

Hitler knew of it, said something like "Who today remembers the Armenian extermination?"


Take my advice, don't listen to me.

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Bad Penny II on October 12, 2019, 04:33:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 12, 2019, 04:09:52 PM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on October 12, 2019, 03:49:59 PM
Don't mention Armenia.

What's that?

Nothen, it didn't happen so don't mention it or I'll have to kill you.

What about Armenia? :popcorn:

Since you're asking it was the "the Ottoman government's systematic extermination of 700,000 to 1.5 million Armenians"

It's not polite to talk about it though.

Hitler knew of it, said something like "Who today remembers the Armenian extermination?"

Holy fuck.
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


jumbojak

I think I might have destroyed my left knee. The sad thing is, if I wasn't paying for health insurance I might be able to afford a doctor. :(

"Amazing what chimney sweeping can teach us, no? Keep your fire hot and
your flue clean."  - Ecurb Noselrub

"I'd be incensed by your impudence were I not so impressed by your memory." - Siz