Forum: The Lounge

No statistics to back this up, but it is my impression that it has gotten stupid expensive to go out for lunch. Note that I am guilty of dining out every day, which is hugely indulgent, I realize. Still, it's tough to have lunch at most...

We have posters from all over the world, but most are from English-speaking countries although some are living abroad at the moment. I assume that we also have quite a number of native bilinguals from different backgrounds. Now I am looking for...

The front page is now back up and running. Please take a look, as there's a new article, by Oakminster, up there. The theme will be changed eventually, as to incorporate the new site logo. Volunteers for writing articles are still sought. ...

In another thread, What Exit? suggested I utilize the image capabilities of the Dark Room to post this thread. I figured, what the hey -- it'll be neat to see it the way I would've liked it to be viewed. I promised myself I wouldn't cross-post...

Nothing makes my ears perk up more than hearing people talk about places they have been, and if I discover that someone likes to travel they always become more interesting in my eyes. I am from the United States (in Alabama for now) and have been to...

I've been mulling all night, trying to think of guidelines for The Polling Booth. I think the board rules covers everything pretty well. Don't be a jerk, specifically: No personal insults, No trolling, No misrepresentation of other people's...

If you search threads I started over the last year or two at The Other Place you can probably guess why I am asking. When did you know it was time to seek a divorce? Was it a slow realization or a sudden flash? Were there kids involved?

Since the other board had a Last.fm group page, I decided to create one for DoMeBo if anyone wants to join. If you're not familiar with Last.fm, become familiar with it! It's basically a site where you create a profile, and it keeps track of...

Been waging a passive agressive war against general malaise lately. Everything's going quite fine in my life and yet...something's missing. Today I figured out what it is. What I really need is a 30-cubic yard dumpster parked in my driveway, 3...

I've become a pariah, on both the internet and in life, in driving people away from me when I need them most. And I'm not sure what to do about it. At work, I'm trying to be happy and positive, even though my hours were cut and my pay dropped by a...

I know my sense of where things are in the world isn't all that great, so what famous landmarks are nearby? Near me is the Mall of America, and the slightly lesser-known Valleyfair.

Let's see if we can provide the definitive databank of Cockney rhyming slang, and maybe come up with some useful additions. Here's some 'famous name' examples. James Blunt ( He's a right James Blunt, that James Blunt. ) Tony Curtis ( I'm...

This has got to be the cutest Cessna 172 I've seen. http://i13.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/3a/5f/03f8_1.JPG

I'm a Charter Member over there, but I'm seeing ads and I can't post. I tried logging in and out, also different browsers, and I'm paid up until May. Hrmmmph?

http://www.animaltalk.us/for/Animals/excerpts-from-a-dog-and-a-cat-diary/ I finally found this again after losing the link a while back. I was literally crying with laughter after reading the cat's diary. If this is old, please just let it...

I had a roommate once, whose speech was liberally sprinkled -- OK, doused -- with the F-word. He'd use it even around his five-year-old daughter. Filmmaking friends often used the word in their scripts. 'It's real. It's how people talk.' ...

I do not subscribe to the idea of The One, The Ideal Soulmate. Of the billions of people on this planet, I think there are at least three who might actually suit me. Trouble is, I think one of them got lost in Ikea, a second has devoted his life to...

Emptying the dishwasher, I saw again one of my new favorite purchases: a mouse cheese grater. You grip the body of the mouse, and the grater is in its belly. I bought it at the same time as my shark knife -- a knife with a shark grin painted on...

I've been suffering from a lingering ear infection ever since I had the flu some time back. The antibiotics hadn't done very much, other than making me sick and I just kept getting worse and worse headaches. Well, yesterday afternoon, there was a...

Was traveling by car this weekend, and passed several very large, modern windmillls. Why do they feel so ominous? I thought it perhaps it was just me, but everyone in the car thought they were creepy. What particular traits do they possess to...

This thread title is not meant to be gender specific. When I was in elementary / junior high, I had a friend. I dropped the friendship in high school but still had the misfortune of sharing a school with her. I got rid of her because she was an...

So I have graduated. I got a job; in this time, getting a job is quite a feat. The pay is (in my country's currency) is $2.5K That is quite a lot. Now the country 'saves' some money for you into a pension fund which you can only access...

You can catch it on the intarwebs here. They're getting ready to close the hatch, so launch should be fairly soon, I'd think.

Here. Also, Memorials in memory of Mr. Quinn may be made to CaringBridge.org

Chica, my beautiful kitty is the greediest animal I've ever known. She would eat until there was no food left in the world if I allowed her unlimited access to food. Last night, I was eating a sandwich and Chica assumed her standard, "give it to...

I have the simplest of hairstyles: my hair is straight, with a blunt cut, and falls to the top of my shoulders. I use the same shampoo and conditioner every day, and I dry it the same way every day. So why does it look better on some days than...

I don't know why no one's thought of this before, but it seems to me that there should be an "International Stab a Hated Political Leader in Effigy Day" every March 15th. You know, as a safe way for people to vent their frustrations. Well, as safe...

Here is another nonsense question! This time, I didn't make it in the form of a poll with set options, which leaves it open for any answer you can come up with. Have fun! If you're rowing down a river in a canoe and the wheels fall off, how...

Finally a warm weekend, but the wind! It won't stop! I'm starting to feel like I live in the plains. "O-o-o-o-o-hio where the wind comes knocking down the trees, and rising floods and rains and muds and blooming weeds can make me sneeze!" ...

Yeah, it's a funny t-shirt, isn't it. "I'm somebody's fetish." I may be not conventionally beautiful but by golly there's somebody out there who's masturbating over some small physical quirk of mine! Bwah hah ha ha ha! It's funny! Till one day...

My Dad grew up bilingual (Spanish and English), so I picked up a lot of words growing up that I never heard the English word for. For example, chopos* for house-shoes, shortes for underwear, shante for shed, etc. There were even more that I was...

In celebration of the birthday of Mars mapper Giovanni Schiaparelli, Google brings to the home user Google Mars. I'm still messing around in it but there is a tour narrated by Bill Nye *nerdgasm* Awesome.

I think I'm moving past anger into remembering the good times (set to the tune of "Memories"). :) In my nine years on the Dope, I've seen a whole lot more incredible goodness than I've seen badness. A poster posted one Christmas that she wasn't...

Last week, I checked my credit card transaction history on my bank's web site, and noticed that the account balance was much higher than it should be. I contacted my bank, and to cut a long story short, there are 3 unauthorised transactions on my...

In conversation with two coworkers, I said the word "turtle." Coworker A says, "Oh, that reminds me of this hilarious movie with Dana Carvey. 'Master of Disguise.' Have you seen it?" I have indeed seen it. It was one of the worst movies I've...

Inspired by this thread. My first thought was, "I'll wait until I get rid of this virus* and back to my daily routine, and then I'll take my pictures." Then I thought, why not just show y'all where my daily routine is taking place? Instead of a...

Yup, that's right. The 14th March is Pi day. Ok, let me make that ? day instead. Let the jokes commence.

Looking through the old HDD, I found some pictures from a photo day I did some years ago and figured it might be fun to try here as well. This is something we used to do on another forum I frequent(ed). We decide on a day, and take pictures every...

I've posted some or all of these in threads on the old board, but this thread about weird things pets eat reminded me. What weird food combos or things do you eat. Whenever I open a can of tuna, if the tuna water isn't used in the rcipe, I drain...

A London Dopefest, which Domebo and GB members are welcome to attend, has been organised for tomorrow (14 March) by Illuminatiprimus. The venue is Nanobyte Bar, on Wardour Street, Soho (off Oxford Street). Nearest Tube is Tottenham Court Road....

So I had my endocrinologist appointment today and got all kinds of spiffy info about RAI treatment. Including instructions to begin a low iodine diet and a nifty little list of what I'm allowed to eat and what I shouldn't eat. Obviously, this...

One of the school districts that I'm applying to asks for a brief statement in relation to their district mission "Dedicated to Our Students' Success". It needs to be short, taking up about 1/4 of a page, handwritten. I want this to be good, so my...

I decided I could do with a change in the nether regions, but didn't know how to go about doing it without injuring myself. Luckily, the Internet was there to help :idea:. What's the strangest thing you've sought the help of the intarwebs for?

I wish people would use their SDMB names here. Or, if they don't, it would be helpful if they would include "known as such-and-such" so that others know who you are. Of course some people will like the idea of a fresh, new start and that's fine....

Inspired by 3Acres in a different thread, here's my fridge today: The main part The door What's in YOUR fridge today? And how much tidying did you have to do before pictures were taken? :) (I just had to put the empty soy milk carton...

Occasionally I get a song just STUCK in my head, I'll listen to it a few times a day for a period of a few weeks.. hum it in the elevator, sing it out loud while walking down the street... you know.. all the stuff that puts me in the "crazy"...

If I want my link to be a thumbnail, I just upload my resized picture, 600 - 700 pixels on the long side is plenty big enough for computer viewing and compressed to 150K or under.) and a thumbnail of the size I like and if it is picture that others...

Found this amusing on a relatively slow work day. Couple bought a couch at a thrift store, took it home to discover a cat trapped inside. Rescue ensued. Not clear in the article, but looks like if no one claims the cat, the couple will be...

I love my avatar, but am thinking of changing things up again. Does anyone like any of these? Joe

Some threads, as a result of uncaring owners or just general world weary apathy from the viewing public, are in danger of dying lonely, sad deaths in the Duck Egg Graveyard. This is an effort to try and rescue these poor neglected threads and...