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AusGAF 10 - Node Country for Old Men
- Thread starter Kritz
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First game
Went a bit average
Brought it back a bit, but not enough
Next game did not start well
Really, really not well
But we managed to salvage it
And proceed to romp on though
Last game started neck and neck
We pulled out a nice lead, mainly thanks to Marsh
Neck and neck
We faltered near the end, losing a string of rounds
Brought it back for the draw
Went a bit average
Brought it back a bit, but not enough
Next game did not start well
Really, really not well
But we managed to salvage it
And proceed to romp on though
Last game started neck and neck
We pulled out a nice lead, mainly thanks to Marsh
Neck and neck
We faltered near the end, losing a string of rounds
Brought it back for the draw
the screen is big and mario kart looks pretty on it
Captain Toad is sad now.
Planet_JASE
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It's not exactly what you're asking, but I've recently "adopted" my friend's 9 1/2year old Labrador Cross because they had to relocated overseas for work. Firstly: yep, that's right, I got me a real world friend. Bet none of y'all expected that!
There are challenges to taking on an adult dog; you get to deal with behaviour and quirks not to your liking but at the same time you don't have to go through the sometime tiring puppy stage. At the same time you miss the fact that you don't get to experience the puppy stage but are glad that it's come pre-installed with quirks and behaviour. The downsides are also the upsides. the only true downside of the whole affair is that I may only get a couple of years with him. And have to inform his owners about it
As much as it's the norm to get a puppy - because they're cute and all - there's something really nice about the thought of taking on an older dog, one perhaps that hasn't had the best life or has been let down by their previous owner and give them a second chance at a happy life.
Come on, I've seen pictures of you. You can't fool me. Big beard, Adam's apple, hands that are probably too large for your body and callused from touching your bristly, coarse body hair. You're exactly what I was talking about.
He he he. You're such a party pooper.
I like you. Plus:
Out of context you look like an massive arsehole for just randomly calling people out for 4 month old posts.
codswallop
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Might wanna check the post above yours!
bodyboarder
Member
They still make 32" TVs, wow.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Not many but yes
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
I'm less than 2 meters away from where it will be situated. If I put some huge 55" beast there it will be way too big and I will have trouble fitting it in.
I have a 32" TV. Even low rent sub 1080 resolution!
I sit around 2M from a 60" when I am gaming, find it to be the sweet spot.
My mum does the same, has a 40" and sits about 5M away. I guess they come from a time when it was the done thing, you had a 26" tube in one corner of the room and you sit in the other corner, which was further exacerbated by the extra large rooms from the houses of the era.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Ugh why do you say things like this to me
MAYBE I'll get a 40 then
MAYBE I'll get a 40 then
ClivePwned
Member
Ain't nothing wrong with 32" sets. I have had a Samsung 1080p for the last year and plan it's been fine in my apartment. That said, I'm getting a 60 incher after I next move.
Jesus. The biggest TV we had in our house growing up was 63cm. It had a remote control that was the size of an OG Gameboy. This was the main family set.
This was the first VCR we had. A Sanyo Betacord (Betamax)
It had an RF modulator thing in the back that you could pull out (I think so they could easily repurpose models between different PAL countries. Yes, even different versions of PAL weren't totally compatible with each other. Don't even get me started on SECAM. The timer let you record one show. There was no onscreen menu or stereo sound. you tuned the channels manually using a little plastic tool. There was no picture search or slow mo. It did have pause (which had a lovely picture disturbance).
It had a wired remote that had one button to pause or unpause. We probably ruined the video playback heads from trying to slow mo things with the remote (as kids do)
It weighed more than a 65 inch plasma would today.
When we eventually got bedroom sets, they were 14 inches. Imagine watching TV in Bed in the 80's. Put your fullsize tablet on a dressing table at the foot of your bed and see how well you can see.
I frickin' love the 21st century.
Jesus. The biggest TV we had in our house growing up was 63cm. It had a remote control that was the size of an OG Gameboy. This was the main family set.
This was the first VCR we had. A Sanyo Betacord (Betamax)
It had an RF modulator thing in the back that you could pull out (I think so they could easily repurpose models between different PAL countries. Yes, even different versions of PAL weren't totally compatible with each other. Don't even get me started on SECAM. The timer let you record one show. There was no onscreen menu or stereo sound. you tuned the channels manually using a little plastic tool. There was no picture search or slow mo. It did have pause (which had a lovely picture disturbance).
It had a wired remote that had one button to pause or unpause. We probably ruined the video playback heads from trying to slow mo things with the remote (as kids do)
It weighed more than a 65 inch plasma would today.
When we eventually got bedroom sets, they were 14 inches. Imagine watching TV in Bed in the 80's. Put your fullsize tablet on a dressing table at the foot of your bed and see how well you can see.
I frickin' love the 21st century.
Hahahah holy shit I had the exact same model Betamax. We'd have to plan out what shows we could record at the start of the week by going through the TV guide and claiming spots with highlighters. And then I would usually get saddled with the task of being the guy who pauses / unpauses recording while the ads were on. Man did I get in trouble if I forgot to resume recording after the ad break.
Hey speaking of buying TVs why do the speakers on new TVs suck so much? They're so tinny and worthless. I don't have a sound system, I will never own a sound system, I just want to play TV on the damn things.
Hey speaking of buying TVs why do the speakers on new TVs suck so much? They're so tinny and worthless. I don't have a sound system, I will never own a sound system, I just want to play TV on the damn things.
ClivePwned
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because the speakers face backwards and the sound is meant to reflect off the wall. Maybe a simple soundbar would work for you? Or headphones.
They have always sucked. Don't even know why they bother including em.
It would be quite weird to have a tv without built in speakers, 80% of the people probably don't care.
Imagine how many issues there would be, people buying a tv, coming home and there would be picture but no sound.
FedEx's 'estimated delivery' date turns out to be a 'scheduled delivery' date. Wonderful.
Package was picked up in the US on Saturday with an estimated delivery date of Friday and was in the local distribution centre, ready for delivery on Wednesday morning. It wasn't sent out for delivery because "Package not due for delivery". Not sent out today because of the same reason. I give them a call and get told the reason is the package is "not scheduled for delivery"—thanks, I got that part. After I queried this further, they said that it's an option the shipper has available to them. I informed them that the shipper only specified that the package be delivered on a weekday (nothing inside is time-critical, it's just plastic men from Gen Con). Since they weren't following me, I reminded them that Wednesday was a weekday and today is too.
They only provided two options: wait for Friday delivery or go and pick it up. Thanks FedEx. I recall paying you to deliver this to my house, not to sit on your hands for two days and then tell me to come and get it if I want it sooner.
None of the contents of the package have me in a hurry to get them, I had the option of USPS or FedEx and they were similarly priced. This situation wouldn't normally cause me to have a whinge but, out of the 3 days they could deliver the package, Friday is the only one where I'm likely to be out as I take my Gran to the doctor.
I had an 80cm CRT in the days of stupid-expensive plasmas. That was fucking heavy. Even with two people lifting it (as if it could be done solo), you're hoping your arms aren't ripped from their sockets and your spine doesn't shatter.
Package was picked up in the US on Saturday with an estimated delivery date of Friday and was in the local distribution centre, ready for delivery on Wednesday morning. It wasn't sent out for delivery because "Package not due for delivery". Not sent out today because of the same reason. I give them a call and get told the reason is the package is "not scheduled for delivery"—thanks, I got that part. After I queried this further, they said that it's an option the shipper has available to them. I informed them that the shipper only specified that the package be delivered on a weekday (nothing inside is time-critical, it's just plastic men from Gen Con). Since they weren't following me, I reminded them that Wednesday was a weekday and today is too.
They only provided two options: wait for Friday delivery or go and pick it up. Thanks FedEx. I recall paying you to deliver this to my house, not to sit on your hands for two days and then tell me to come and get it if I want it sooner.
None of the contents of the package have me in a hurry to get them, I had the option of USPS or FedEx and they were similarly priced. This situation wouldn't normally cause me to have a whinge but, out of the 3 days they could deliver the package, Friday is the only one where I'm likely to be out as I take my Gran to the doctor.
I had an 80cm CRT in the days of stupid-expensive plasmas. That was fucking heavy. Even with two people lifting it (as if it could be done solo), you're hoping your arms aren't ripped from their sockets and your spine doesn't shatter.
bodyboarder
Member
How much less then 2 meters? I'd seriously recommend going bigger, atleast 40, so much more choice.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Saw it on ozbargain I'm not even sure if that would fit in the setup I'm trying for. I'll have to do measuring.
reptilescorpio
Member
Hey douchebags!
PS+ for us next month.
Velocity 2X (Vita/PS4) brand new game, which is probably going to be fan-fucking-tastic. Cross-buy and Cross-save with a Plat trophy.
Sportsfriends (PS3/PS4) which is a cool minigame collection for local MP, perfect if you have a ton of Move controllers! DS4 works too. Need to 'purchase' licence for each seperately as it isn't bundled cross-buy, if in doubt grab the PS3 licence first. No Plat
PS All Star Battle (PS3/Vita) kinda like Smash Bros but very different. Cross-buy with a Plat!
Hoard (PS3) I have this on PC, like 7 or 8 steamkeys worth, but have never touched it. No Plat trophy.
TxK (Vita) secret best portable game ever! Rare that a Vita game I own goes PS+, it's confirmed to be fan-fucking-tastic and has plenty of fans in AusGAF already. No Plat, not sure if the PS4 version will be Cross-buy since it's meant to include something more (although Minter is a nice chap so maybe it will be anyway lol)
Joe Danger (Vita) late port ahoy! Odd since this will work brilliantly on a portable device. Not Cross-buy with the old PS3 version due to it being a Joe Danger Redux situation with new features/graphics/characters/levels etc. Unknown trophies.
Make sure to grab these before Thursday as they leave the selection.
END TRANSMISSION
Also eBay are having 50% off BBQ's on Sunday for some random reason. Code will be up Sunday morning.
PS+ for us next month.
Velocity 2X (Vita/PS4) brand new game, which is probably going to be fan-fucking-tastic. Cross-buy and Cross-save with a Plat trophy.
Sportsfriends (PS3/PS4) which is a cool minigame collection for local MP, perfect if you have a ton of Move controllers! DS4 works too. Need to 'purchase' licence for each seperately as it isn't bundled cross-buy, if in doubt grab the PS3 licence first. No Plat
PS All Star Battle (PS3/Vita) kinda like Smash Bros but very different. Cross-buy with a Plat!
Hoard (PS3) I have this on PC, like 7 or 8 steamkeys worth, but have never touched it. No Plat trophy.
TxK (Vita) secret best portable game ever! Rare that a Vita game I own goes PS+, it's confirmed to be fan-fucking-tastic and has plenty of fans in AusGAF already. No Plat, not sure if the PS4 version will be Cross-buy since it's meant to include something more (although Minter is a nice chap so maybe it will be anyway lol)
Joe Danger (Vita) late port ahoy! Odd since this will work brilliantly on a portable device. Not Cross-buy with the old PS3 version due to it being a Joe Danger Redux situation with new features/graphics/characters/levels etc. Unknown trophies.
Make sure to grab these before Thursday as they leave the selection.
END TRANSMISSION
Also eBay are having 50% off BBQ's on Sunday for some random reason. Code will be up Sunday morning.
Hey douchebags!
PS+ for us next month.
Velocity 2X (Vita/PS4) brand new game, which is probably going to be fan-fucking-tastic. Cross-buy and Cross-save with a Plat trophy.
Sportsfriends (PS3/PS4) which is a cool minigame collection for local MP, perfect if you have a ton of Move controllers! DS4 works too. Need to 'purchase' licence for each seperately as it isn't bundled cross-buy, if in doubt grab the PS3 licence first. No Plat
PS All Star Battle (PS3/Vita) kinda like Smash Bros but very different. Cross-buy with a Plat!
Hoard (PS3) I have this on PC, like 7 or 8 steamkeys worth, but have never touched it. No Plat trophy.
TxK (Vita) secret best portable game ever! Rare that a Vita game I own goes PS+, it's confirmed to be fan-fucking-tastic and has plenty of fans in AusGAF already. No Plat, not sure if the PS4 version will be Cross-buy since it's meant to include something more (although Minter is a nice chap so maybe it will be anyway lol)
Joe Danger (Vita) late port ahoy! Odd since this will work brilliantly on a portable device. Not Cross-buy with the old PS3 version due to it being a Joe Danger Redux situation with new features/graphics/characters/levels etc. Unknown trophies.
Make sure to grab these before Thursday as they leave the selection.
END TRANSMISSION
Also eBay are having 50% off BBQ's on Sunday for some random reason. Code will be up Sunday morning.
Another month of disappointment for me, bah
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
I bought a second Dual Shock 4 and I don't even know why. I don't think I own any two local mp games.
reptilescorpio
Member
Try Velocity 2X when it comes out! Shaping up to be pretty great. Kinda looks like a fast paced Super Metroid plus space shooter.
That sounds awesome. I was wondering if it would apply to high end Weber's, but there's none on Ebay and the discount is capped at $250 anyway.
Still, anyone half considering a Q or a Kettle should jump at this.
Or hell, a dirt cheap Kamado. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LARGE-CE...IES-Grill-Charcoal-Smoker-Pizza-/291042142780
Edit:
Oh god, technically cold smokers are BBQs: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Masterbu...0-80cm-40-100cm-PLUS-BONUS-PACK-/171403059761
And fathers day is soon. How serendipitous.
Or how about a goddam pizza oven
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pizza-ov...H_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item2ed59c423d&_uhb=1
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pizza-ov...H_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item2ed59c423d&_uhb=1
Wife was supposed to be getting $5 gift vouchers every time she came in at the top of her team at work (at a Work Cover firm), but her team leader hadn't been doing it for about 6 months.
She got a $90 voucher.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Same offerings for US PSN.
Okay, you've got me intrigued.
I bought an extra one because the DS4 battery is so poop, I have to have two controllers on charging rotation.
They look impressive as a feature, but a kamado is a better all around option cooking wise. Kamados seal a lot better and it's easier to fix any seal problems you might have. This lets them heat up a lot quicker, but also lets you keep them at a low temperature easier for low temp cooking. They use less fuel, take up less space, are technically more portable but still heavy as fuck. The kamado gives you a lot more cooking options, like cooking directly over the coals, hot smoking, and so on.
Technically the pizza oven is better for pizza because the dome stays hot and you don't lose so much heat from opening and closing it. The kamado is better for everything else and still does an awesome pizza.
Poimandres
Member
What's your TxK Pure high score Gaz? I need something in my life to strive for.
Why not both
, agreed on Kamado, it's more versatile, but it can't cook 6 pizzas at once Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Just realised that the bravia tv remote works with the ps4 - navigation, launching apps, home button to go back to menu from in-game, psn store, on-screen keyboard, etc!
Why not both
Both would be awesome.
If you're cooking at the right temp, it should only take 90 seconds to cook a pizza in a pizza oven, so I doubt you would have time to juggle six pizzas around.
reptilescorpio
Member
Two cheapest Weber's up for sale with postage are through BCF
Weber Baby Q100 for $302.50 posted (so should be $151.25 posted?)
Weber Q200 for $404 posted (so should be $202 posted?)
Weber Baby Q100 for $302.50 posted (so should be $151.25 posted?)
Weber Q200 for $404 posted (so should be $202 posted?)
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