19,000 saves.

Master Sergeant finally after all this time I have reached this level.

Captain B/P Rank / 9.00 Voting Power.

Not that it's the biggest deal in the world ever (lolWashu :P), but I have reached Deity for the first time as Coop

Coop gets himself up and about, while congratulating:
Hemlok: 19,000 Saves
phantomlassuk: Master Sergeant
Jolly: Captain; 9.00 Total Voting Power

Listening to:
Iron Maiden - Satelite 15.....The Final Frontier

Thank you to:
Odyssic

At 3/30/11 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/29/11 08:11 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/28/11 04:14 AM, Bahamut wrote: Shame I had to pull the plug by the time you got this nice number. Would be nice to see with myself at 77,777 and you with 88,888 B/P.

All things must come to an end :( We will continue to fight the good fight!

Well, you can. I'm only doing a few minor things.

Fair enough. I'd hardly call updating the B/P list for as long as you did a minor thing.

It's not a bad album. Hey, it can't be praised for nothing besides the title track. My only gripe is how rock n' roll-ish it feels when I was expecting something more like Queen. Yeah, the title track is a bit of a tease considering it's one of the most astonishing rock songs of all time.

Rock Opera is a strange genre

It sure is. You've got to make sure your music doesn't suck as well as the concept of the album.

Yeah, there are few that master it.

As if a volume limited iPod will drown out a live act.

Well, I'm not a genius, I'm trying to help.

That's like firing a water pistol at a river of lava. You expect THAT to work?

It's all relative. Massive water pistol, tiny river of lava.

At 3/30/11 02:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/30/11 03:57 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/29/11 12:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/29/11 08:11 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/28/11 12:05 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/28/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote: Yeah, but the risks inherent of if I go off like a mentos / coke rocket while we're heading down the hill just screams Darwin Award to me.

Is there a better way to die than by earning a Darwin Award?

Surely, it is better just not to die?

We all have to die in the long run. So why not leave this world with a big bang?

I'd rather consider that when I'm ready to die.

But when will that be?

I don't know, but since only the good die young, I've got a while left yet :P

Not that I'm going to run across a motorway, just to prove I am invincible...

After lingering around at #201 for about a week, I have finally entered the Top 200 Experience!

The person I've kicked out of the top 200 is fellow dutchman and fellow moderator Zendra. Sweet! :)

At 3/29/11 07:36 AM, Bahamut wrote: Who ever liked NewsReporter anyway?

To be honest, I thought he was well, ... interesting.

At 3/29/11 08:11 AM, Coop wrote: I'll be having words with those security folk at Travelodge if there are any pictures!

Probably wasn't such a good idea to wag your dick outside the window at pedestrians.

Opening Day Coop. My thoughts about another Yankees championship.

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote: It's kinda weird because you'd say they have way more competition in America. Hence, they should invest more in comfort and such things to attract customers.

I can only imaging for McD that their profit revenue for selling cheap hamburger is pretty narrow. Sure they get you with the high price for the soda but it can't be that much. Personal comfort is probably not tops on their list.

I probably know about as much of American geography as you know about European geography :p

I do know Washington is at the east coast though, so Maryland must be at the east coast then.

Well I do know where most of the countries are even the little insignificant ones like Luxembourg, Andorra, Wales.

Yeah, wasn't Harvard like $300,000?

I don't think we have many private schools and masters are much more affordable here. However, with the current government plans, it looks like I'll also be in debt for a good EU10,000 at the very least.

Sound about the same over here if you convert that to dollars. About 15k for just a four year degree alone and it goes up from there. With Harvard, most case you are just going for just the name alone and wealthy families can afford that although other Ivy League schools like Dartmouth give out tons of financial aid to low income students with good standardize test scores.

Listening to:

Boston - Boston

At 3/30/11 02:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/30/11 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

But you do understand words like Rucksack, Kindergarten or Schadenfreude, right?

Nope.

But you use exactly the same words in english as well. o_O

Not Schadenfreude. Rucksack and Kindergarten, yes. I was more referring to the last word then.

Yay!

Glad I could make you happy for a change. :)

Oh wow, another Haggard and Bahamut are happy moment.

At 3/31/11 04:41 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/30/11 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, you can. I'm only doing a few minor things.

Fair enough. I'd hardly call updating the B/P list for as long as you did a minor thing.

I was talking about actually voting in the portal.

It sure is. You've got to make sure your music doesn't suck as well as the concept of the album.

Yeah, there are few that master it.

Yep, I know one or two so far.

That's like firing a water pistol at a river of lava. You expect THAT to work?

It's all relative. Massive water pistol, tiny river of lava.

Even if it's a tiny river, the lava would still be too strong.

At 3/31/11 06:21 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/29/11 07:36 AM, Bahamut wrote: Who ever liked NewsReporter anyway?

To be honest, I thought he was well, ... interesting.

Some of us thought that but he really isn't.

This one isn't so much a milestone as it is just something I think is really cool:

My Exp points have overtaken my Exp rank.

At 3/30/11 03:57 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote: Yeah keep telling yourself that. Before you know it you're driving around on a Harley Davidson while listening to Steppenwolf.

Motorbikes never really interested me. No space for a stereo, for starters.

Well that's what we have I-Pods and MP3 players for these days.

At 3/30/11 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote: It is. Still not #200, FUCK! >:(

Still teasing you. For me, I did take a while to get to the top 150 but I was on a see-saw with two other users with who was in the top 150 so I was safely there when one of them slipped up.

I finally got there. I haven't really paid attention to who I was gonna pass, but it turned out to be Zendra :)

I think the case is still running though because obviously the victim's side does not agree with this outcome.

I sure hope the case hasn't been dropped completely.

I don't know. I haven't heard anything of it lately, but it could be that the case was postponed until months from now (as usual).

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I went through the game once and was thinking about unlocking all the endings, but I never did. I should pick it up again someday and go through them all.

Just remember, you can save at a certain point, beat the boss, save, load the game (not new game plus), go to a further point and beat the boss again.

Shouldn't be a problem :)

It was a while ago since I last played the game. I seriously can not recall a cutscene or anything where a town got destroyed by Kefka in his tower.

It may have been in a cutscene that wasn't mandatory. Meaning you could not go to the town that has the light of judgment flashback and miss out on it.

That could be it. I can't find the scene on Youtube either, so I can't try to refresh my memory.

At 3/30/11 02:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote: Surely there must be more to it than:
"We have ze milk on ze table, right zere."

?

All right, you also have to replace "w" with "v".
"Ve have ze milk on ze table, right zerrr."

Hmm so... sounding like a German guy is quite easy then :)

At 3/25/11 06:20 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/24/11 03:18 AM, Haggard wrote:

I don't think my gf will like those plans. Though "I'm just going off to the Reeperbahn" doesn't have to mean anything :p

Well, she can come with you. It's not like the Reeperbahn is for males only. They have clubs with male strippers and clubs with no strippers at all. ;)

Yeah, but both me and my gf aren't really the type of people that go to clubs and such. Also, I don't think she's very interested in visiting male strip clubs :p

I think I do get that as well, but if I enter some english search terms it won't give Dutch websites. I guess there are more .de sites than .nl ones though, so you probably have more trouble with it.

Well, obviously as there are more people living in Germany than in Holland. ^^

Precisely.

At 3/31/11 04:33 AM, Coop wrote: Not that it's the biggest deal in the world ever (lolWashu :P), but I have reached Deity for the first time as Coop

Wait.... you never abused your review mod powers to lift your whistle level up to deity?

At 3/31/11 06:21 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote: It's kinda weird because you'd say they have way more competition in America. Hence, they should invest more in comfort and such things to attract customers.

I can only imaging for McD that their profit revenue for selling cheap hamburger is pretty narrow. Sure they get you with the high price for the soda but it can't be that much. Personal comfort is probably not tops on their list.

Their soda's are indeed highly priced. Especially if you consider the fact that they water them down a little and put a shitload of ice cubes in your cup. It wouldn't surprise me if that's their main source of profit.

Also, the fries are priced normally and the standard Big Mac appears to be priced normally as well. I don't know about the price in America, but it's about EU3.50 here. You can get sandwiches and burgers for around EU3.50 at a lot of places.

I probably know about as much of American geography as you know about European geography :p

I do know Washington is at the east coast though, so Maryland must be at the east coast then.

Well I do know where most of the countries are even the little insignificant ones like Luxembourg, Andorra, Wales.

I guess you do better than the average American on that topic then :)

I can point out where some of the major states and cities are approximately, but don't ask me where Oklahoma is or what the state capital of Ohio is. I've never had to learn that in school and never bothered to look into it either.

Yeah, wasn't Harvard like $300,000?

I don't think we have many private schools and masters are much more affordable here. However, with the current government plans, it looks like I'll also be in debt for a good EU10,000 at the very least.

Sound about the same over here if you convert that to dollars. About 15k for just a four year degree alone and it goes up from there. With Harvard, most case you are just going for just the name alone and wealthy families can afford that although other Ivy League schools like Dartmouth give out tons of financial aid to low income students with good standardize test scores.

Yeah. With all the money Harvard receives I'm sure they can give high quality education, but indeed people probably mostly go there for the name. I'm sure you can get an (about) equally good job with a degree from any other good university.

It's a good thing there are also schools who give financial aid. As far as I know there are none of those in Holland. Up until now there wasn't much need for them, but if the government decides to cut back on student support, free public transport AND raise the yearly fees with 3,000 euros for all those who take two extra years to complete their studies, I know it's gonna get pretty tough for some people.

passed the 21,500 BP mark yesterday.
that is, i become a lt. general.

At 3/31/11 08:07 AM, DiMono wrote: This one isn't so much a milestone as it is just something I think is really cool:

My Exp points have overtaken my Exp rank.

And now I have 5,000 Exp points. Halfway to being dual-listed!

Coop pauses to remember Kevin Bacon, while congratulating:
Auz: Top 200 Experienced
Addict: 9,000 B/P; 8.00 Total Voting Power
i-am-ghey: Lieutenant General
DiMono: 5,000 Experience

Listening to:
Metallica - Leper Messiah
System of a Down - Jet Pilot
Weird Al - Virus Alert

Thank you to:
Odyssic

At 3/31/11 06:21 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/29/11 08:11 AM, Coop wrote: I'll be having words with those security folk at Travelodge if there are any pictures!

Probably wasn't such a good idea to wag your dick outside the window at pedestrians.

I'm impressed you think it's so large - the bars on the windows prevent us getting that close to the opening :P

Opening Day Coop. My thoughts about another Yankees championship.

Another Yankees Championship? I'll have a watch... Oh.

At 3/31/11 07:58 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/31/11 04:41 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/30/11 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, you can. I'm only doing a few minor things.

Fair enough. I'd hardly call updating the B/P list for as long as you did a minor thing.

I was talking about actually voting in the portal.

I was trying to sound like I cared :(

That's like firing a water pistol at a river of lava. You expect THAT to work?

It's all relative. Massive water pistol, tiny river of lava.

Even if it's a tiny river, the lava would still be too strong.

And a water pistol the size of Jupiter wouldn't help?

At 3/31/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/30/11 03:57 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote: Yeah keep telling yourself that. Before you know it you're driving around on a Harley Davidson while listening to Steppenwolf.

Motorbikes never really interested me. No space for a stereo, for starters.

Well that's what we have I-Pods and MP3 players for these days.

Says the man that's never sat astride a fat hog and tried to listen to an iPod ;)

While logging my stats on NGlogs I came across this interesting stat.

Total Stats: 54545

I think you guys can understand where im going with this.

oooh... 8.00 base voting power :o

7k saves. Been forever since a landmark in b/p

I really want to change my username...

Listening to:

Van Canto - Tribe of Force

At 3/31/11 08:11 AM, Odyssic wrote: Odyssic could not finish the new NC episode, I won't be trying again.

It was better than the previous episode.

At 3/31/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/30/11 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote: Still teasing you. For me, I did take a while to get to the top 150 but I was on a see-saw with two other users with who was in the top 150 so I was safely there when one of them slipped up.

I finally got there. I haven't really paid attention to who I was gonna pass, but it turned out to be Zendra :)

That's a very interesting turn out for your top 200 entry. Congrats!

I sure hope the case hasn't been dropped completely.

I don't know. I haven't heard anything of it lately, but it could be that the case was postponed until months from now (as usual).

Yeah, court cases tend to take a long time.

It may have been in a cutscene that wasn't mandatory. Meaning you could not go to the town that has the light of judgment flashback and miss out on it.

That could be it. I can't find the scene on Youtube either, so I can't try to refresh my memory.

It's possible to find it in one of the walkthrough/LP videos but I'm sure there's far too many.

At 4/1/11 04:18 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/31/11 07:58 AM, Bahamut wrote: I was talking about actually voting in the portal.

I was trying to sound like I cared :(

But you did care.

Even if it's a tiny river, the lava would still be too strong.

And a water pistol the size of Jupiter wouldn't help?

I was only talking about regular water pistols. If we do see water pistols that big, then we'll talk.

Got to 1000 Experience Points today!

At 3/31/11 04:41 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/30/11 02:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/30/11 03:57 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/29/11 12:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/29/11 08:11 AM, Coop wrote: Surely, it is better just not to die?

We all have to die in the long run. So why not leave this world with a big bang?

I'd rather consider that when I'm ready to die.

But when will that be?

I don't know, but since only the good die young, I've got a while left yet :P

Am I evil?
Yes I am....

Not that I'm going to run across a motorway, just to prove I am invincible...

That would surely win you the Darwin Award.
"I'm invincible! I'm invincible!" *splat*

At 3/31/11 07:58 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/30/11 02:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/30/11 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

But you do understand words like Rucksack, Kindergarten or Schadenfreude, right?

Nope.

But you use exactly the same words in english as well. o_O

Not Schadenfreude. Rucksack and Kindergarten, yes. I was more referring to the last word then.

There's even an article about it in wikipedia. :P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreu de

Yay!

Glad I could make you happy for a change. :)

Oh wow, another Haggard and Bahamut are happy moment.

This is clearly getting out of hand.

At 3/31/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/30/11 02:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote: Surely there must be more to it than:
"We have ze milk on ze table, right zere."

?

All right, you also have to replace "w" with "v".
"Ve have ze milk on ze table, right zerrr."

Hmm so... sounding like a German guy is quite easy then :)

Yep. ^^

At 3/25/11 06:20 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/24/11 03:18 AM, Haggard wrote:

I don't think my gf will like those plans. Though "I'm just going off to the Reeperbahn" doesn't have to mean anything :p

Well, she can come with you. It's not like the Reeperbahn is for males only. They have clubs with male strippers and clubs with no strippers at all. ;)

Yeah, but both me and my gf aren't really the type of people that go to clubs and such. Also, I don't think she's very interested in visiting male strip clubs :p

Well okay, male strippers always look really.... strange. ^^

You passed 52,000 B/P! Congrats!

2,000 experience points!

At 3/31/11 07:58 AM, Bahamut wrote: Some of us thought that but he really isn't.

I guess you start saying a word enough people will start believing and attributing you to it

Interesting.

I really want to change my username...

April Fool's

At 3/31/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote: Also, the fries are priced normally and the standard Big Mac appears to be priced normally as well. I don't know about the price in America, but it's about EU3.50 here. You can get sandwiches and burgers for around EU3.50 at a lot of places.

I would say their Big Mac prices are slightly below average the other burger prices. It's certainly less than a Whopper in my region. It's about $3.60 in my region which is EU2.53. I think the whole deal with fries and a drink come out to just around 5 dollars (EU3.51).

I guess you do better than the average American on that topic then :)

I can point out where some of the major states and cities are approximately, but don't ask me where Oklahoma is or what the state capital of Ohio is. I've never had to learn that in school and never bothered to look into it either.

You're talking to the guy who won his 8th grade World Geography Bee. :)
And Oklahoma, if you know where Texas is then it's the wasteland north of it. Capital of Ohio is Columbus (aced my state capitals quiz in the 5th grade, heh.)

Yeah. With all the money Harvard receives I'm sure they can give high quality education, but indeed people probably mostly go there for the name. I'm sure you can get an (about) equally good job with a degree from any other good university.

It's a good thing there are also schools who give financial aid. As far as I know there are none of those in Holland. Up until now there wasn't much need for them, but if the government decides to cut back on student support, free public transport AND raise the yearly fees with 3,000 euros for all those who take two extra years to complete their studies, I know it's gonna get pretty tough for some people.

Most public universities hand out scholarship and grants to some degrees but most student rely on financial aid from the Government with grants and low rate student loans. I don't know how Harvard or other college like them stays in business but I guess most are willing to go into severe debt just for it's name.

At 4/1/11 04:18 AM, Coop wrote: I'm impressed you think it's so large - the bars on the windows prevent us getting that close to the opening :P

So large? Are you sure you aren't talking about your imagination. :P

Another Yankees Championship? I'll have a watch... Oh.

Well they won, so another 161 games to go, hopefully 1-161. :D
But honestly, the Red Sox, assuming no major injuries, will win the East, Yanks in the Wild Card of course.

Listening to:

Boston - Boston

At 4/1/11 03:53 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/31/11 07:58 AM, Bahamut wrote: Not Schadenfreude. Rucksack and Kindergarten, yes. I was more referring to the last word then.

There's even an article about it in wikipedia. :P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreu de

Too bad I haven't heard of it before.

Oh wow, another Haggard and Bahamut are happy moment.

This is clearly getting out of hand.

How so?

At 4/2/11 03:31 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/31/11 07:58 AM, Bahamut wrote: Some of us thought that but he really isn't.

I guess you start saying a word enough people will start believing and attributing you to it

I guess so.

Interesting.

I really want to change my username...

April Fool's

Ya. I had no name change in the end.

Coop struggles through a tough 24 hours, before congratulating:
Shade: Level 12
NEVR: 8.00 Base Voting Power
jonthomson: 7,000 Saves
Asandir: 1,000 Experience
Jawdyn: 14,000 B/P; Captain
Martin: 27,000 Saves
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 52,000 B/P
EDylan: 2,000 Experience

Listening to:
John Denver - Mother Nature's Son
Michael Jackson - Earth Song

At 4/1/11 08:38 AM, Odyssic wrote: 30

Typo, or some sort of countdown?

At 4/1/11 12:29 PM, Bahamut wrote: I really want to change my username...

*sniffs* Smells like the 1st of April to me...

At 4/1/11 04:18 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/31/11 07:58 AM, Bahamut wrote: I was talking about actually voting in the portal.

I was trying to sound like I cared :(

But you did care.

Hence why I was trying to sound like it.

Even if it's a tiny river, the lava would still be too strong.

And a water pistol the size of Jupiter wouldn't help?

I was only talking about regular water pistols. If we do see water pistols that big, then we'll talk.

Cool. The conversation might be muffled by the volume of water, but we'll find a way.

At 4/1/11 03:53 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/31/11 04:41 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/30/11 02:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/30/11 03:57 AM, Coop wrote:

But when will that be?

I don't know, but since only the good die young, I've got a while left yet :P

Am I evil?
Yes I am....

The less than wholesome version of Bob the Builder :P

Not that I'm going to run across a motorway, just to prove I am invincible...

That would surely win you the Darwin Award.
"I'm invincible! I'm invincible!" *splat*

That's suicide by Darwin - kind of like suicide by cop in America, when you wave a gun at them and they open fire.

At 4/2/11 03:31 AM, reverend wrote:

At 4/1/11 04:18 AM, Coop wrote: I'm impressed you think it's so large - the bars on the windows prevent us getting that close to the opening :P

So large? Are you sure you aren't talking about your imagination. :P

...yes :(

Another Yankees Championship? I'll have a watch... Oh.

Well they won, so another 161 games to go, hopefully 1-161. :D
But honestly, the Red Sox, assuming no major injuries, will win the East, Yanks in the Wild Card of course.

Far too many variables in the mix so far - I have no Yankees in my fantasy team, for starters, so they won't be jinxed by me :P

At 4/2/11 06:57 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 4/2/11 06:42 AM, Coop wrote: Typo, or some sort of countdown?

Countdown, You'll see soon.

22

Ooh, an unorthodox one - it's leapt 8 places now.... post history check upcoming.

rev, have you seen that your theory was busted yesterday, with a 10-6 win for the Yanks? Now the worst we can do is 2-160 :P

I'm loving Mark Teixeira's approach at the plate now. A-Rod looks like he'll give him some protection as well.

EXP update will be posted later today.

....Damn, is the LUL slowly dying or what?

Listening to:

Van Canto - Tribe of Force. Gotta love A Cappella metal.

At 4/2/11 06:42 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/1/11 12:29 PM, Bahamut wrote: I really want to change my username...

*sniffs* Smells like the 1st of April to me...

Too bad I didn't go through with it.

But you did care.

Hence why I was trying to sound like it.

I'm glad you cared for me.

I was only talking about regular water pistols. If we do see water pistols that big, then we'll talk.

Cool. The conversation might be muffled by the volume of water, but we'll find a way.

If you can produce a huge ass water pistol, please let me know. This might aid us in fighting lava with water pistols.

8.00 base VP.

Tweet!

14k Experience. I'm SO CLOSE to being in the top 800. I can nearly taste it.

At 4/1/11 12:29 PM, Bahamut wrote:

I talked to my friend yesterday about that album which started with Christopher Lee's speech. He said it was from Blind Guardian and he also mentioned Hall of the Mountain King. Don't know if that's an album of theirs, but it was Blind Guardian apparently.

Also, he said Manowar was fucking gay.

At 3/31/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote: I finally got there. I haven't really paid attention to who I was gonna pass, but it turned out to be Zendra :)

That's a very interesting turn out for your top 200 entry. Congrats!

Thanks!

I don't know. I haven't heard anything of it lately, but it could be that the case was postponed until months from now (as usual).

Yeah, court cases tend to take a long time.

While the outcome is sometimes oh-so obvious. Especially when celebrities or politicians are up on trial. The cases sometimes drag on for years while everybody knows they're gonna get away with a fine at best. Unless of course they have really murdered somebody.

That could be it. I can't find the scene on Youtube either, so I can't try to refresh my memory.

It's possible to find it in one of the walkthrough/LP videos but I'm sure there's far too many.

Yeah Youtube is filled with those. Oh well, I might see it someday if I decide to play the game again.

At 4/1/11 03:53 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/31/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote: Yeah, but both me and my gf aren't really the type of people that go to clubs and such. Also, I don't think she's very interested in visiting male strip clubs :p

Well okay, male strippers always look really.... strange. ^^

They look kinda gay now that I think about it.

At 4/2/11 03:31 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/31/11 07:58 AM, Bahamut wrote: At 3/31/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote: Also, the fries are priced normally and the standard Big Mac appears to be priced normally as well. I don't know about the price in America, but it's about EU3.50 here. You can get sandwiches and burgers for around EU3.50 at a lot of places.

I would say their Big Mac prices are slightly below average the other burger prices. It's certainly less than a Whopper in my region. It's about $3.60 in my region which is EU2.53. I think the whole deal with fries and a drink come out to just around 5 dollars (EU3.51).

Man, that's cheap. All the meals are EU6.25 or EU6.50 here. But you could blame it on the dollar not doing so well lately.

I guess you do better than the average American on that topic then :)

I can point out where some of the major states and cities are approximately, but don't ask me where Oklahoma is or what the state capital of Ohio is. I've never had to learn that in school and never bothered to look into it either.

You're talking to the guy who won his 8th grade World Geography Bee. :)
And Oklahoma, if you know where Texas is then it's the wasteland north of it. Capital of Ohio is Columbus (aced my state capitals quiz in the 5th grade, heh.)

Ah that explains. Although my geography knowledge is pretty good, you probably know more than I do then.

But hey, if I ever go to America I'll just make sure that I buy a map. Problem solved ^^

Yeah. With all the money Harvard receives I'm sure they can give high quality education, but indeed people probably mostly go there for the name. I'm sure you can get an (about) equally good job with a degree from any other good university.

It's a good thing there are also schools who give financial aid. As far as I know there are none of those in Holland. Up until now there wasn't much need for them, but if the government decides to cut back on student support, free public transport AND raise the yearly fees with 3,000 euros for all those who take two extra years to complete their studies, I know it's gonna get pretty tough for some people.

Most public universities hand out scholarship and grants to some degrees but most student rely on financial aid from the Government with grants and low rate student loans. I don't know how Harvard or other college like them stays in business but I guess most are willing to go into severe debt just for it's name.

Well of course they have been ranked the #1 university in the world for God knows how many times, so they've build up an indestructable reputation at this point. And you know how rich families like to show off.

The first few boxes are now in the new appartement, but most of our stuff will be moved in two weeks. We still have to pack quite a few things.
Plus, we have to paint the walls in our old appartement. God, I hate that. If I had the money, I would hire some professional to do that.

At 4/2/11 06:09 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/1/11 03:53 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/31/11 07:58 AM, Bahamut wrote: Not Schadenfreude. Rucksack and Kindergarten, yes. I was more referring to the last word then.

There's even an article about it in wikipedia. :P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreu de

Too bad I haven't heard of it before.

Well, now that you have, you should use it in conversations every once in a while.

Oh wow, another Haggard and Bahamut are happy moment.

This is clearly getting out of hand.

How so?

We have a reputation for always screaming at each other, not for making each other happy.

At 4/3/11 01:01 PM, Auz wrote: Also, he said Manowar was fucking gay.

This is the funniest thing I read today.

At 4/1/11 03:53 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/31/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote: Yeah, but both me and my gf aren't really the type of people that go to clubs and such. Also, I don't think she's very interested in visiting male strip clubs :p

Well okay, male strippers always look really.... strange. ^^

They look kinda gay now that I think about it.

Maybe they all are gay?