Here we are ... page 1

charlou

21st December 2011, 03:36 AM

... almost ready for action. :)

oblivion

21st December 2011, 03:41 AM

Yep! I'm doing the basic config now. I'll set you up as an admin now that you are registered.

nostrum

21st December 2011, 05:42 AM

Hi guys! Don't panic, it's just me (irre) going with a different user name :)

nostrum

21st December 2011, 05:43 AM

ob, not to hassle (tooooooo much..... :p ) but when will it be on tapatalk?

oblivion

21st December 2011, 06:23 AM

let me see if I can get us registered in tapatalk. I'll need a 90x90 px logo.

I'll go with blue for now until we decide on a color scheme.

Hermit

21st December 2011, 06:29 AM

Damn good job so far. Hopefully, I'll be able to contribute soon. Got off on the wrong foot, though. First, I specified the wrong (and non-existing) email addy, so I never got the activation link. Charlou fixed that for me. Then I had a look around in the ACP and discovered that I can access only some parts of it. Learning curve, I suppose.

oblivion

21st December 2011, 07:17 AM

let me see if I can get us registered in tapatalk. I'll need a 90x90 px logo.

I'll go with blue for now until we decide on a color scheme.
I've installed tapatalk. It's search-only, not published to their directory of forums for now. search for mindromp.

Damn good job so far. Hopefully, I'll be able to contribute soon. Got off on the wrong foot, though. First, I specified the wrong (and non-existing) email addy, so I never got the activation link. Charlou fixed that for me. Then I had a look around in the ACP and discovered that I can access only some parts of it. Learning curve, I suppose.
Ah. You should have full access to the admin panel now.

nostrum

21st December 2011, 11:00 AM

Woot! I'm on tapatalk right now! Thanks ob :)

Cunt

21st December 2011, 01:24 PM

I haven't tried tapatalk, but when I looked it up for WebOS, it costs a fortune. ($2.99)

Good thing WebOS has a good browser. What am I missing without tapatalk though...?

oblivion

21st December 2011, 04:45 PM

I love it. instead of constantly zooming in and out between the size needed to hit tiny buttons and a comfortable size for reading, tapatalk has all the buttons there and in appropriate size. And I have a directory of all the forums I read that have tapatalk installed, I can get to any of them with another finger-tap. The interface differences between phpbb and vbulletin are mostly gone, replaced with the Tapatalk interface.

Over time, I've found that I spend a lot more time on the forums where I have tapatalk available, even when I'm not phoneposting. Force of habit, I guess.

tapatalk is actually the only app that I've paid for in about a year and a half with a smart phone. It was well spent. I'm getting a galaxy tab in a day or 2, and it will be one of the first apps I install.

Cunt

21st December 2011, 05:44 PM

tapatalk is actually the only app that I've paid for in about a year and a half with a smart phone. It was well spent. I'm getting a galaxy tab in a day or 2, and it will be one of the first apps I install.

Thanks for the briefing. I'll look at some screenshots and give it some consideration.

oblivion

21st December 2011, 06:30 PM

Sometime today I am going to add a lightweight style template that you can use on mobile devices. See how you like that before you decide about tapatalk. To me, the main advantage of tapatalk is the consolidation of 5-6 forums I visit daily into one easy, intuitive app. It may not be worth it if you'll only use it for 1 or 2 message boards.

Magicziggy

24th December 2011, 07:44 AM

Tapatalk working...finally.
Now I've fired up the laptop.
Good job.

Carlsson

15th December 2014, 03:24 PM

charlou, oblivion

its been awhile without updates, when is this going to be a somewhat decent forum?

oblivion

15th December 2014, 03:34 PM

Mindromp has transcended decent.

I think the moment where Mindromp became something completely unexpected was when Thingman came over and asked us to send 2+2 a hero.

borealis

15th December 2014, 04:09 PM

The gods took notice of our small village, and saw the noble potential within our fold.

And according to our law, they were trolled in a kind and decent fashion as we blinked in the bright light.

Carlsson

15th December 2014, 04:17 PM

"within our fold"... really?

nostrum

15th December 2014, 04:20 PM

:airquotes:

borealis

15th December 2014, 04:21 PM

"within our fold"... really?

We're a very special kind of flock. :stuckup:

Carlsson

15th December 2014, 04:22 PM

she means our collective vagina, there, i said it

nostrum

15th December 2014, 04:25 PM

Flock off?

borealis

15th December 2014, 04:32 PM

she means our collective vagina, there, i said it

There's a complex and interesting psychology regarding the Allmother and her avatars in that perception of yours...

Carlsson

15th December 2014, 04:38 PM

the throne belongs to the allfather, bitch

oblivion

15th December 2014, 04:45 PM

This thread sent me on a quest for an appropriate neeolithic sculpture, but I was waylayed by this.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ap96K631AVw/UcmDNvQn1YI/AAAAAAAApjA/Nw8YM76qLRE/s640/2013-05-07T211136Z_1964958420_GM1E9580ECI01_RTRMADP_3_MALT A.jpg

From here: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ap96K631AVw/UcmDNvQn1YI/AAAAAAAApjA/Nw8YM76qLRE/s640/2013-05-07T211136Z_1964958420_GM1E9580ECI01_RTRMADP_3_MALT A.jpg

brb have some jewelry to make.

Cunt

15th January 2015, 04:40 AM

Did someone say vagina?

Majiffy

15th January 2015, 09:36 PM

ob, not to hassle (tooooooo much..... :p ) but when will it be on tapatalk?
We can no longer be friends.

YOU BROUGHT THE TAPATALK MONSTER TO THIS PLACE.

YOU. AND YOU ALONE.

And also a little bit of MZ.

Majiffy

15th January 2015, 09:36 PM

BUT MOSTLY YOU.

nostrum

16th January 2015, 01:42 AM

1) I have no idea what you are talking about

2) I'm innocent

3) We were friends?

Majiffy

16th January 2015, 02:06 AM

:noo:

nostrum

16th January 2015, 03:30 AM

my work here is done

:homer:

MSG

22nd December 2016, 01:29 AM

... almost ready for action. :)

hey guys, yesterday was our 5-year anniversary; how did we miss that

borealis

22nd December 2016, 01:35 AM

I hadn't noticed we were a (nearly) solstice phenomenon. :dinosaur:

rachmarie

22nd December 2016, 01:43 AM

Hey cool well I will be able to remember this it is the day before my birthday :smug:

oblivion

22nd December 2016, 02:11 AM

I think the official doors opening was sometime in early January. I installed vbulletin on the night of the 20th and then we spent 2 or 3 weeks deciding how to configure the forum software such that it matched the whatchacallit core values (http://mindromp.org/index.php?pageid=values).

oblivion

22nd December 2016, 02:12 AM

Yep. Jan 11.

http://mindromp.org/forum/memberlist.php?order=ASC&sort=joindate&pp=30

Brother Daniel

22nd December 2016, 02:25 AM

My marrification is a solstice phenomenon.

Mrs D and I reached 20 years today. :)

(I say "today" because it's still Dec 21 here in my time zone.)

rachmarie

22nd December 2016, 02:33 AM

ohhh happy anniversary Bro D :)

borealis

22nd December 2016, 02:35 AM

My marrification is a solstice phenomenon.

Mrs D and I reached 20 years today. :)

(I say "today" because it's still Dec 21 here in my time zone.)

Happy anniversary.

I hope mrs.Bro D is having a less painful time of it these days.

nostrum

22nd December 2016, 02:37 AM

Happy anniv!

Yes. How is she?

MSG

22nd December 2016, 02:44 AM

That's a nice photo but from information received I gather you had to bend down a long way

MSG

22nd December 2016, 03:43 AM

Yep. Jan 11.

http://mindromp.org/forum/memberlist.php?order=ASC&sort=joindate&pp=30
maybe we should send out a general mailout spam email to all old members and invite them back for a 5-year reunion. might shake a few fruits out of the lost members tree

oblivion

22nd December 2016, 04:19 AM

We could do that.

We could take bets on how many five year old email addresses will bounce!

MSG

22nd December 2016, 04:22 AM

23%

Brother Daniel

23rd December 2016, 12:28 AM

Happy anniv!

Yes. How is she?
Mobility is getting better, so that's good.

OTOH, there's still more than a reasonable amount of pain. She can bring the pain level down by imitating a blob and doing absolutely nothing for a day or two, but that's not really ideal. The docs are all freaked out about how long she has been on all these opioids, and keep wanting to reduce her dosages.

So, mixed.

Brother Daniel

23rd December 2016, 12:31 AM

That's a nice photo but from information received I gather you had to bend down a long wayMy FB photo? Yeah she was standing on something.

In the wedding itself, I dropped to one knee for the "you may kiss now" bit, so it was she who had to bend down a little. The photographer was forewarned, but no one else was.

nostrum

23rd December 2016, 12:39 AM

How tall are you, exactly and in cm?

Opioids are tricky. Do the docs know what is causing this ongoing pain?

nostrum

23rd December 2016, 12:40 AM

What FB pic?

Mantisdreamz

23rd December 2016, 01:06 AM

sorry to be ignorant, Brother Daniel, what is it that makes your wife have to be put on opioids?

Brother Daniel

23rd December 2016, 02:27 AM

sorry to be ignorant, Brother Daniel, what is it that makes your wife have to be put on opioids?
Long time ago she was hit by a car while crossing the street (legitimately, in a crosswalk). The acetabulum (that's the part of the pelvis that the femur fits into -- i.e. the "socket" of the ball-and-socket hip joint) was kinda smashed up, but was reconstructed.

Things were sort of ok for a while but the pain came back. Prolly some sort of arthritis was setting in. It was concluded that a hip replacement would be a good move. (Remove the upper part of the femur, replace it with an implant that fits inside the remainder of the femur.)

December 2013 hip replacement was botched. She was in horrible unbearable pain immediately upon waking up from the surgery. It didn't let up. It turns out that they had put in an implant that was too big for her, and it was stretching all the tendons in her leg.

March 2016 was the "revision" surgery. Some cutting of the bone was required to get the too-big implant out of her. New implant was put in. Pieces of bone were arranged around the new implant with some extra hardware to hold them in place. It was expected that those pieces of bone would all fuse together. But they haven't. So when she puts weight on the bad leg now, there's a relatively small part of the femur that's holding onto the new implant, with the interface between them taking the weight. Kinda scary.

It isn't completely clear what's keeping the pain level so high, but there's some suspicion that it has something to do with the way that the extra hardware (mentioned above) ended up orienting itself.

Anyway, as bad as it is, the pain is far less than it was for the 27 months between the surgeries.

Brother Daniel

23rd December 2016, 02:34 AM

What FB pic?
Professionally done picture of the two of us from the wedding day. I sometimes make it my profile pic on FB for a few days around this time of year.
How tall are you, exactly and in cm?
me 193 cm
her 155 cm

borealis

23rd December 2016, 02:48 AM

She looks like she should be wearing a pixie costume next to Bro D the giant. :nod:

Mantisdreamz

23rd December 2016, 02:58 AM

sorry to be ignorant, Brother Daniel, what is it that makes your wife have to be put on opioids?
Long time ago she was hit by a car while crossing the street (legitimately, in a crosswalk). The acetabulum (that's the part of the pelvis that the femur fits into -- i.e. the "socket" of the ball-and-socket hip joint) was kinda smashed up, but was reconstructed.

Things were sort of ok for a while but the pain came back. Prolly some sort of arthritis was setting in. It was concluded that a hip replacement would be a good move. (Remove the upper part of the femur, replace it with an implant that fits inside the remainder of the femur.)

December 2013 hip replacement was botched. She was in horrible unbearable pain immediately upon waking up from the surgery. It didn't let up. It turns out that they had put in an implant that was too big for her, and it was stretching all the tendons in her leg.

March 2016 was the "revision" surgery. Some cutting of the bone was required to get the too-big implant out of her. New implant was put in. Pieces of bone were arranged around the new implant with some extra hardware to hold them in place. It was expected that those pieces of bone would all fuse together. But they haven't. So when she puts weight on the bad leg now, there's a relatively small part of the femur that's holding onto the new implant, with the interface between them taking the weight. Kinda scary.

It isn't completely clear what's keeping the pain level so high, but there's some suspicion that it has something to do with the way that the extra hardware (mentioned above) ended up orienting itself.

Anyway, as bad as it is, the pain is far less than it was for the 27 months between the surgeries.
obviously, it makes one wonder if she needed the hip replacement in the first place.

and i know the surgeons were trying to do their best.. but still. they botched it.

it is good that the pain is subsiding.

what will be the next plan of action?

Brother Daniel

23rd December 2016, 12:49 PM

physiotherapy plus wait-and-see.

The surgeon isn't keen on operating again. There are some things that could theoretically be done with some chance of making things better, but the overall risk/reward balance doesn't feel right to him.

nostrum

23rd December 2016, 11:39 PM

(((bro d and mrs d)))

mrs d is young, so the plan sounds like a good one

Mantisdreamz

27th December 2016, 09:34 AM

physiotherapy plus wait-and-see.

The surgeon isn't keen on operating again. There are some things that could theoretically be done with some chance of making things better, but the overall risk/reward balance doesn't feel right to him.

why? and why doesn't it feel right to him?

what does she want?

Brother Daniel

31st December 2016, 03:45 AM

why? and why doesn't it feel right to him?
The mind of a surgeon is inscrutable. :nod:

But every time you open someone up, there are risks. Infections in particular can be really disastrous in cases like this, in joints with artificial parts.

And I guess he just didn't think the chance of improving things was very high.
what does she want?
less pain, mainly. :(

nostrum

31st December 2016, 05:10 AM

(((mrs d)))

Prince Humperdinck

31st December 2016, 10:16 PM

{(([{{mrs d}]]}}})(

MSG

31st December 2016, 10:19 PM

(((mrs d)))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses

rachmarie

31st December 2016, 10:27 PM

What FB pic?
Professionally done picture of the two of us from the wedding day. I sometimes make it my profile pic on FB for a few days around this time of year.
How tall are you, exactly and in cm?
me 193 cm
her 155 cm

you are going to make go to the Google converter aren't you


Why have I not seen this pic?

rachmarie

31st December 2016, 10:30 PM

193 cm is 6.33202 feet (so you are about as tall as Jiffy)

155 cm is 5.0853 feet OH WOW she is short :oooh:

And I thought at 5 5 1/2 I was short. Well I am still short compared to you and Jiffy (and most of my family on both sides) :nod:

Majiffy

31st December 2016, 10:33 PM

I sure would love to date a girl who was like 6'ish sometime.

There was a girl at my uni that was even taller than I am. Needless to say, I was sprung.

rachmarie

31st December 2016, 10:35 PM

So I am 166.37 cm tall more or less :shrug:

LOL Like I said short. Both granmas were almost 6 foot, my mom was 5 10 1/2, my half sis is 5 10, my aunts are all 5 8 or taller.

Seems the minor orthopedic stuff they decided not to operate on because I had so many other surgeries as a kid, kept me from reaching my full height. I was supposed to be 5 9 or 5 10.

rachmarie

31st December 2016, 10:36 PM

umm let me see if I have a younger girl relative who is single, who would fit you personality wise. :hmmm:

Majiffy

31st December 2016, 10:37 PM

She doesn't need to fit my personality, I have duct tape and handcuffs.

nostrum

31st December 2016, 11:15 PM

(((mrs d)))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses

http://i.imgur.com/2RZPjNR.gif

rachmarie

31st December 2016, 11:19 PM

:rofl: not sure any of my female cousins are as kinky as I am though.


However, THAT was not what I meant :colbert:

I meant her personality being a good match for you.

Majiffy

31st December 2016, 11:24 PM

(((mrs d)))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses
:wtfits:

Majiffy

31st December 2016, 11:25 PM

:rofl: not sure any of my female cousins are as kinky as I am though.


However, THAT was not what I meant :colbert:

I meant her personality being a good match for you.

Oh they don't have to be kinky, either.

Duct tape and handcuffs are really multi-purpose.

nostrum

31st December 2016, 11:45 PM

so she might be a keeper

Majiffy

1st January 2017, 01:59 AM

Idk I'll have to remember to size-down on the rings from here on out.

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 03:08 AM

not all girls throw a pissy fit when a guy gives them a ring

Most actually appreciate it :nod:

borealis

1st January 2017, 03:23 AM

Oh I dunno - I've run a couple times when a man looked to be coming at me with a ring.

Kami

1st January 2017, 03:23 AM

Im 5'7 and my boyfriend is 6'0

:awesome:

Kami

1st January 2017, 03:24 AM

not all girls throw a pissy fit when a guy gives them a ring

Most actually appreciate it :nod:

rings are a waste of money I would be upset if my bf bought me one
:owned:

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 03:46 AM

OMgods girl you can buy rings cheap.

Even the engagement rings I have gotten, much less any other rings from guys, were dirt cheap. I think the most a guy spent on a ring for me and that was an engagement ring was maybe 30 bucks if that? Most of the rings, engagement or otherwise, were under 20.

Kami

1st January 2017, 03:47 AM

Id rather go out to dinner then

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 03:53 AM

You never wear rings?

I love to wear them because I can't wear most jewelry. Have to get the rings large enough to go over my knuckle, but I can at least wear them. Most bracelets are out because I have large wrists. I have to wear a man's wristwatch if I wear a watch. Earrings are out, because I found out after I got my ears pierced that I am allergic to them. I could go back to clip on I guess.

So rings and necklaces are about the only forms of jewelry I can wear.

Kami

1st January 2017, 03:54 AM

I only like earrings and necklaces

I will fiddle with anything on my hands, or lose it.

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 03:55 AM

Im 5'7 and my boyfriend is 6'0

:awesome:

You are taller than I thought you were.

I had this image of you being like 5 foot 2, 100 or 105 lbs, tiny framed, with bubble gum pink hair, and look a bit like you do cosplay. And a real girly girl with the right purse, the right shoes, the cute clothes and makeup and so on.

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 03:56 AM

What are you going to do when you get married then? You have to have a wedding ring or people wont know you are married :staregonk:

Brother Daniel

1st January 2017, 03:57 AM

Why have I not seen this pic?
I dunno. But anyway today I changed my FB profile picture back to my usual one (same as my current avatar here).

Kami

1st January 2017, 03:57 AM

i dont need to show off my relationship lol

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 04:04 AM

LOL well it will seem odd when you are married if you are not wearing a wedding band. It is not so much showing off, as it kind of lets others know oh yeah she is married I guess I won't hit on her.

I remember going with my BFF for a beer in a bar in Oakdale, and this dude came up and started flirting like mad with Diana and she was like showing her engagement ring in his face, and saying my FIANCE over and over again, finally she looked at him and said my friend here is single you could ask HER out.

Dude looked at me then went back to trying to convince Diana he was better than the guy she was with. Totally made me feel like crap of course :unsure:

Uggh I hated it when stuff like that happened when Diana and I went out.

borealis

1st January 2017, 04:07 AM

Rach, it is pretty common for people to not wear wedding rings. Plus Kami is right.

borealis

1st January 2017, 04:09 AM

Even if you're into wearing a band, in many situations it isn't advisable at all, as rings are notorious for ripping fingers off if caught on something job or sports related.

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 04:10 AM

Most of my friends wear one if they are married. I would if I had gotten married :shrug:

Now of course that marriage thing is not happening so it is a moot issue.

Might buy myself a friendship ring or something just to wear a ring again.

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 04:12 AM

yeah most of the women I know work jobs like office work, teaching, stuff like that. I don't know a lot of women who work heavy manual labor jobs. And yeah obviously if you are doing sports you take off what you can. That was why when I was a kid, I had to wear safety goggles sometimes for PE sports because I could not take off my glasses and still be able to see.

borealis

1st January 2017, 04:25 AM

Let me say I would not wear rings or earrings working with young children. I did for a while, until one of them accidentally ripped my earring right through my earlobe.

It doesn't have to be a 'heavy manual job', just one around moving equipment or working with tools or automated processes. I knew a guy who lost a finger jumping off a balcony into a snowdrift - his ring caught on something.

nostrum

1st January 2017, 04:54 AM

or...degloving :gonk:

nostrum

1st January 2017, 04:55 AM

Rach, it is pretty common for people to not wear wedding rings. Plus Kami is right.

^this

MSG

1st January 2017, 05:01 AM

or...degloving :gonk:

a tip for the unwary from a safety professional - do not google

borealis

1st January 2017, 05:05 AM

Thanks, already know what it is and am horribly familiar with the gory details of way too many industrial injuries. :traumatized:

MSG

1st January 2017, 05:19 AM

yes, would not have counted you among the unwary

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 05:38 AM

oh wow not good :staregonk:

Yeah most of the teachers I know are like at least 2nd or 3rd grade.

And I usually saw them not while they were at work so that may be part of it.

As for me, even if it is not a ring for the usual reasons, I see no issue with me wearing one since I work from home on a computer LOL

No kids either, and yeah there is a part of me that is sad I never got to have more kids or to be a granma in this lifetime, but that is how the cookie crumbles sometimes :shrug:

borealis

1st January 2017, 05:48 AM

You have nieces/nephews? Aunt them. My sister's daughters get prime aunt attention from me. They are young adults now and they still like having that relationship, and so do I.

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 05:57 AM

well some of my first cousins are closer to niece/nephew age. They range from Clarissa who will be 32 in a few days to Scot who will be 40 next October. so I was from almost 12 to 19 when they were born. And they grew up a lot with my son being not much older than him, particularly Clarissa, Rebecca, and David Joseph. who were from 17 months to 4 years older than Ben growing up.

MSG

1st January 2017, 06:03 AM

children's aunts and uncles are genetically as close to them as their grandparents /Dawkins Selfish Gene Theory

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 06:07 AM

I kind of have adopted some people as siblings

My half sis Lynne does not have any kids she rescues dogs though.

My Goddess Son Aiben is 7 though I rarely see him even though we live not that far away because Cat's friend has yet to pick up the Kia and fix it for her so she has a working car, and I can't drive up to the mountains just a bit outside of Benton where she lives. Last time I talked to her she was in the mood to retreat from pretty much everyone, and is seriously thinking of moving herself maybe up north somewhere or back to Scotland.

borealis

1st January 2017, 06:35 AM

children's aunts and uncles are genetically as close to them as their grandparents /Dawkins Selfish Gene Theory

Given the somewhat alarmingly small gene pool that produced my sister and me, they're probably a bit closer than average. Fortunately sister married outside the clan. Oldest daughter was very like me as a child, am tempted sometimes to see her as the advanced and much improved model.

Timewave

1st January 2017, 06:52 AM

children's aunts and uncles are genetically as close to them as their grandparents /Dawkins Selfish Gene Theory

Given the somewhat alarmingly small gene pool that produced my sister and me, they're probably a bit closer than average. Fortunately sister married outside the clan. Oldest daughter was very like me as a child, am tempted sometimes to see her as the advanced and much improved model.

What you are really saying here Borealis is not that interbreeding causes mental stagnation, but that, staying in the same place with the same people for too long causes mental stagnation.

Though,:dunno: maybe you have a point with liberal/conservative supporters?
Maybe they are all the result of inbreeding rather than indoctrination by parents and church! :headexamined:

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 06:55 AM

bor that reminds me so much of a book in the Warlock in Spite of Himself Series by Christopher Stasheff. The oldest son Magnus, after some bad experiences at the home planet, decides to leave and go visiting other planets. First place he goes to, is the family asteroid. Its a small colony that is fairly inbred due to a small population and all of them are some kind of nobility of some sort.

One of the cousins, a young female is totally head over heels for the young man, and as he points out to his robot, even though it is an instinct to outbreed, in this case, it would not be since he is her cousin lol. Magnus does leave the planet, with a brand new spaceship with new robot installed, and he sends the old trusty FESS back home to dad and the rest of his family on Gramarye where he grew up.

He then ends up sort of following in his dad's footsteps but with his own twist lol. Hopping from planet to planet that has regressed to an earlier more oppressive government and helps them evolve toward a more democratic form of government.

Unlike his father though, he did not stick with SCENT (Society for Conversion of Extraterrestrial Nascent Totalitarianisms) but was a rogue wizard. Eventually, after many adventures, he did find a woman who fit what he needed and who was able to unlock his heart, and took her home to meet the parents and the siblings 10 years after he left the home planet.

I LOVE THAT SERIES <3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlock_in_Spite_of_Himself

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 06:57 AM

No it is actually a bit of both.

Too genetically inbred plus socially inbred.

borealis

1st January 2017, 07:12 AM

children's aunts and uncles are genetically as close to them as their grandparents /Dawkins Selfish Gene Theory

Given the somewhat alarmingly small gene pool that produced my sister and me, they're probably a bit closer than average. Fortunately sister married outside the clan. Oldest daughter was very like me as a child, am tempted sometimes to see her as the advanced and much improved model.

What you are really saying here Borealis is not that interbreeding causes mental stagnation, but that, staying in the same place with the same people for too long causes mental stagnation.

Though,:dunno: maybe you have a point with liberal/conservative supporters?
Maybe they are all the result of inbreeding rather than indoctrination by parents and church! :headexamined:

Well no, my family really does come from a small gene pool, but there are no signs of mental stagnation, nor are they conservative or socially backward. We just tend to have poor eyesight, thin fine hair, narrow sinuses, and the occasional pigeon chest. And a tendency for the men to die very suddenly in early middle age of an as yet unknown heart condition.

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 07:21 AM

My son had pigeon chest it was part of his CP, along with the language issues, some coordination issues, and the need for surgery on his hamstrings/achilles tendons/lheel cords.

charlou

1st January 2017, 01:23 PM

bor that reminds me so much of a book in the Warlock in Spite of Himself Series by Christopher Stasheff. The oldest son Magnus, after some bad experiences at the home planet, decides to leave and go visiting other planets. First place he goes to, is the family asteroid. Its a small colony that is fairly inbred due to a small population and all of them are some kind of nobility of some sort.

One of the cousins, a young female is totally head over heels for the young man, and as he points out to his robot, even though it is an instinct to outbreed, in this case, it would not be since he is her cousin lol. Magnus does leave the planet, with a brand new spaceship with new robot installed, and he sends the old trusty FESS back home to dad and the rest of his family on Gramarye where he grew up.

He then ends up sort of following in his dad's footsteps but with his own twist lol. Hopping from planet to planet that has regressed to an earlier more oppressive government and helps them evolve toward a more democratic form of government.

Unlike his father though, he did not stick with SCENT (Society for Conversion of Extraterrestrial Nascent Totalitarianisms) but was a rogue wizard. Eventually, after many adventures, he did find a woman who fit what he needed and who was able to unlock his heart, and took her home to meet the parents and the siblings 10 years after he left the home planet.

I LOVE THAT SERIES <3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlock_in_Spite_of_Himself

run it as a mafia game :nod:

Majiffy

1st January 2017, 07:53 PM

Oldest daughter was very like me as a child, am tempted sometimes to see her as the advanced and much improved model.
Go ahead caller, I'm listening

rachmarie

1st January 2017, 07:59 PM

OH wow that would work as a mafia game for sure LOL Maybe role madness Upick even. :christyes:

Let me think on it

rachmarie

2nd January 2017, 02:29 AM

Here is a ring I would LOVE to have, either this or rose quartz, or amethyst would be fine.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1163/6760/products/3_be1a3950-43cb-4e7a-8f92-e764904b950f.jpg?v=1470901332


On sale for 22.95

MSG

2nd January 2017, 02:38 AM

entering stage 4 of panhandling strategy I see

rachmarie

2nd January 2017, 03:15 AM

What I am just showing off a ring I like :stuckup:

I am not expecting anyone to buy one for me, heck the men I was with barely bought me anything even the ones who were engaged to me, why would I expect some dude online to buy me a ring? :shrug:

MSG

2nd January 2017, 04:32 AM

:trapsprung:

Gonzo

2nd January 2017, 05:20 AM

wait MR is 5 years old now? wow

Carlsson

2nd January 2017, 09:09 AM

Fucking dynasty

Mantisdreamz

6th January 2017, 05:25 AM

Rach, it is pretty common for people to not wear wedding rings. Plus Kami is right.

i think it's true that you don't need to show off your status. but that if you are engaged/married... having some form of ring on your ring finger will help to signal that you are in a relationship.

to be honest, i am not sure why you wouldn't want to wear a ring on your finger?

why would you want to have others getting the wrong impression?

Timewave

6th January 2017, 05:35 AM

Mantis, the points against wearing jewelry is that it can catch on things and cause physical harm to the wearer.

Also rings to tight have had to be cut off more than once.
I don't wear any jewelry, not a watch not a ring, nothing.

Not everyone likes things hanging off them dangling off them.

I remember being on an island in Thailand wearing earbuds listening to a walkman.
Stopped to pet a monkey and it ripped the earplugs out and wrecked them in one swift grab.

nostrum

6th January 2017, 06:45 AM

I don't like jewellery :shrug:

Timewave

6th January 2017, 06:57 AM

I don't like jewellery :shrug:

:morpheus:

I don't think we have ever figured out what you do like Nostrum.:colbert:

nostrum

6th January 2017, 07:09 AM

I like disliking MR posters :frog:

Timewave

6th January 2017, 07:21 AM

I like disliking MR posters :frog:

That sounds a little bit masochistic? Que?

Majiffy

10th January 2017, 11:44 PM

I wear rings, bracelets, watches and necklaces.


<--- Fancy af