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Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:08 am

Congrats, ünüb.

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:32 am

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:38 am

Ubernoob -> u-noob -> u-nuub -> ünüb

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:39 am

Maybe because it's happy news for once, it's no longer Ub/Uber but unUb now.

A_H likes umlauts for the other reasons.

Sigil · Post by **Sigil** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:40 am

ubernoob wrote:
Ancient History wrote:Congrats, ünüb.
Thanks. How did you come up with ünüb?

Im guessing...

ubernoob
u. noob
ü. nüb
ünüb

Edit: Damn I type slow.

Dr_Noface · Post by **Dr_Noface** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:40 am

I enjoyed AncientHistory's review of Bastion of Broken Souls. I humbly request you post your playthrough impressions, ubrnb.

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:52 am

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:01 am

So that winter storm here in the South actually gave my locale about two inches of sleet, which melted a little then refroze into a mostly solid layer.

So for a while, it actually looked like it snowed. Still does, really. And tonight it's supposed to get into the teens (Fahrenheit scale, of course). So we here in far south Alabama got to see a little of what is apparently 'real' winter.

Then I checked the local forecast and saw this:

Looks like we'll be back to normal in a hurry. Possibly a little soggier than normal.

#subtropicalclimate

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:28 am

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:05 am

Maxus wrote:So that winter storm here in the South actually gave my locale about two inches of sleet, which melted a little then refroze into a mostly solid layer.

So for a while, it actually looked like it snowed. Still does, really. And tonight it's supposed to get into the teens (Fahrenheit scale, of course). So we here in far south Alabama got to see a little of what is apparently 'real' winter.

Then I checked the local forecast and saw this:

Looks like we'll be back to normal in a hurry. Possibly a little soggier than normal.

#subtropicalclimate

I currently have -25 (Celcius), 10m/s wind and 30cm of snow. Fuck winter.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:49 am

I would love me some of that Longes . .

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:02 am

Stahlseele wrote:I would love me some of that Longes . .

I'm not sure how to interpret that statement. Should I be scared?

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:04 am

FUCK WINTER.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:34 am

i want a winter like that damn it!

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:41 pm

Change the signs to English, add taller buildings and put some orange cones in the street and you've got Boston.

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:47 pm

Shrapnel wrote:Change the signs to English, add taller buildings and put some orange cones in the street and you've got Boston.

Why orange cones?

Also, that's the second day of snow falling, that's the second day of me working from home, that's the second day of public transportation not working. Because no one expects winter. It's chief weapons are snow and surprise.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:59 pm

And Cold. And Ice. But DEFINITELY SURPRISE!
I am in Hamburg, we are known to have bad weather.
And still, as soon as it's snowing A BIT it's all like:
"Oh my fucking god a Snowflake! We are all going to die!"
seriously . . we don't even have 3 fingers width of snow, it's just about -5° celsius and at the beginning of the week public transport broke down for hours . .
lucky for me i work late shift, i slept through it all ^^

TiaC · Post by **TiaC** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:42 pm

Mind sticking that image in a spoiler?

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:55 pm

I just got a check from my 401(k), who kindly allowed me to make a hardship withdrawal for my medical bills. I'll still be on the hook for about $200, but that's a lot better than what I had been looking at.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:54 pm

Longes wrote:
Shrapnel wrote:Change the signs to English, add taller buildings and put some orange cones in the street and you've got Boston.
Why orange cones?

In Boston (I don't know if other large cities do this) you can, when there's snow covering the streets, place an orange cone or a chair or something similar in a parking spot to reserve it to insure no other bastard takes the space from you.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:04 pm

no, that's only boston as far as i know . .
you try that in hamburg or any other german city and you lose one such chair or cone.

radthemad4 · Post by **radthemad4** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:10 pm

Do people mark cones or something? Otherwise if people forget where they've parked and the cones are identical...

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:32 pm

Stahlseele wrote:no, that's only boston as far as i know . .
you try that in hamburg or any other german city and you lose one such chair or cone.

In Soviet Russia police takes away your cone, because you've placed an obstacle on the road. Unless you are doing it in the living sector or something. The photo I've attached is the center of the town - shops, cafes and stuff.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:29 pm

radthemad4 wrote:Do people mark cones or something? Otherwise if people forget where they've parked and the cones are identical...

People usually place them in their own private spots (such as in front of their houses or businesses), so it's fairly easy to know that it's your cone/chair/busted 40's era television/etc..

I think it's actually illegal to put them in public parking spaces, but I've seen people do it.

There's also a kind of unspoken rule among Bostonians that taking away a cone from a spot is impolite and downright asshole-ish.