Damn, that moderater job must be alot of work. I notice that BTA's and Darien's postings have been quite minimal as of late. I miss the witty replies and the shameless flaming. What will I do without the informational banter and verbacious soliloqies that I had become so accustomed to? How I long for the days when BTA would solve some impossible riddle in like 5 minutes flat, or come to the aid of some poor BG2 sap who had nowhere left to turn. The wheel continues to turn and regular posters ascend to the heights of moderator status with little time for us little people. :( ;)

I distinctly remember BTA saying something about going to the drycleaners to pick up his skirt.... :D

LOL! Nonsense Moeken! I will normally reply a couple of times a day somewhere on the boards.

I will admit that I haven't been posting as much lately for the simple reason that most things are a rehash of things I've posted about countless times before and have not been in the mood to repeat myself for the umpteenth time. But any time there's an interesting post (such as this one ;) ) rest assured you'll see my name somewhere in there... :)

Oh, and Bel, that's kilt, not skirt ;)

[This message has been edited by Blackthorne TA (edited May 31, 2001).]

I gotta agree with BTA here. I can't even go in the BG2 forum anymore. All I see are countless rehashed topics and stupid topics like "What's the best solo character to play through the game with in one sitting" or other useless I've-played-this-game-for-the-50th-time-and-I've-nothing-better-to-do type of topics. I'll post in the BG forum and grant my opinions to the new players, and I'll post here because there is always something new to talk about. NWN, Por2, and 3rd edition forums are fun when something interesting is posted. Maybe I'm just getting to old and crotchety, but I need something new to come out soon so I'll have something interesting to post about or I'll have to start going to bed early :D

Aha Blackthorne is Scottish???

Well then we got something common. Dutch and Scottish, the two most thrifty coutnries in the world ;)

But I really appriciate the fine Johnie Walker and Glennfiddish whiskey they make :)

Headbanger;

Comparing the Dutch to the Scottish is a huge insult. I should know being 100% Dutch (3rd Gen in America - you kicked my fore-fathers out! ;) )

But I guess you're right, they are both thrifty. Which is how copper wire got invented. A dutchman & a scot happened upon a penney at the same time . . .

Well at least both the Dutch and the Scottish really love to party. I got a Scotish friend living in London and when I visit him we always have much fun, drinking some Grolsch Beer/Whiskey and telling jokes about the English :)

And I had so much fun after the soccermatch Netherlands-Scotland in Arnhem (where I live)

I'm a wee bit Scottish! I went to the Scottish Games near my town about 2 weeks ago! It was a blast! Bridies and beer and bagpipes! I asked if I could join the caber toss competition, but apparently all the participants are pros...

I go into the BG2 forum occasionally, it's funny how the same questions are being asked - But there are also different people answering them...It's kind of cool actually.

BTA - Good to see it was a kilt...I was getting worried! :D

Whoa Bel! Do you think you could actually toss a caber going in cold? You'd probably pull every muscle in your back trying to flip that telephone pole over! :)

I've tossed a caber or two in my time, well, not the official cabers mind you. Heh, I knew BTA couldn't resist the bait set forth :). I agree that the topics found in the BG2 forum are getting quite old, but I suppose it is also a function of the amount of time that many of us have been members on these boards. Pretty soon everything seems like a rehash.

BTW, I'm one fourth Scottish. Reminds me of how my grandmother told me how the Grand Canyon was formed - a visiting Scotsman dropped a nickel down a gopher hole. ;)

I feel I must post here, just to say that I am a kilted barbarian from the far north :D ( of the UK that is)

I feel I must post here just to say that "wherefore" means "why". :D

BTA,BTA, Why Are You? ... eh?

[This message has been edited by Darien Noella (edited July 07, 2001).]

The question is good!

It isn't finished though.

What was it ment to be?

Why are you...
1. ...pretty/ugly/etc?
2. ...lazy/hasted/etc?
3. ...smart/dumb/etc?
4. ...dragon/imp/etc?
5. ...lowlife/hmmm/etc?

Don't have time to think of more...
;)

That's a difficult question... Metaphysics has never been my forte... ;)

umm, just out of curiosity, doesnt wherefore mean 'why' ?

-FenixStrife


EDIT: oops, Darien already said that

/me feels stupid


[This message has been edited by FenixStrife (edited June 01, 2001).]

Considering that Darien misspelled "wherefore", you probably shouldn't feel too stupid. Yes, I know Lord Moeken spelled it wrong to begin with.

I am Scottish as well! Long live the Scots! Sadly I haven't been to visit my homeland, but I hope to make it there someday.

Whoops. Takes some real skill to use the wrong word, and then spell it incorrectly as well. Sorry for the confusion, although I'm sure the intent of my message is relatively clear. Engineers aren't supposed to be gifted writers, that way any proffesional report can be left open for interpretation and possible defense if need be. :)

I'm an engineer and I resent that allegation!

Actually it seems to me that a professional report (notice the correct spelling there) should by definition be grammatically correct. In the business world you are too often judged simply by the quality of your communication, whether written or spoken.

Capstone, you're being quite the victim here this fine day. All that bottled up resentment should be put to better use ;)
If you could somehow channel these feelings into a professional report, just think of the incredible accolades you would receive.
In my experience, the content of a paper generally holds more weight than whether it is written using flowery, correct grammar or not. (Within reason of course)

EDIT: I didn't like the sound of my second sentence, so I made some slight adjustments. :D

[This message has been edited by Lord Moeken (edited June 08, 2001).]

I've decided...you're all weird!

God! and don't correct the guy on his title Darien! I don't think anyone else apart from you noted his mistake! Now look what you have done! Made us all confused with your 'pointing out mistakes' antics! :D

Despite the grammatical musings of our posters...The question remains:

BTA where the heck are you!?!?!?

Like that Staind song says: "It's been a while......................."

Sir Bel, I think Boo saw him last night on the boards. Or two days ago, doesn't matter.

But he probably haven't found much stuff to moderate so he didn't reply anything to anyone... :(



[This message has been edited by Extremist (edited July 07, 2001).]

I've been having computer problems lately; but that's all over with finally (whew!).

First my DSL provider goes bankrupt, then a month later PacBell says I'm too far from the central office for DSL so they won't hook me back up.

Meanwhile my hard disk begins to fail so I have to replace it; it's bad enough that an image copy to the new drive won't work and I have no high speed connection to upgrade to all the latest stuff.

My ISP says thanks for the last 6.5 years but now that this PacBell thing is resolved we're gonna cut you off unless you want to pay for dialup again. I say no go man, my cable company's gonna hook me up on Saturday; later!

Cable guy comes on Saturday, has problems with the cable modem syncing to the network, we'll be back on Tuesday to fix ya up. Meanwhile I have no internet connection at all at home...

I take a day off on Tuesday to get this all taken care of. Long story short: No go on Tuesday; they'll be back on Thursday. Still no internet connection at home...

Take morning off from work on Thursday; still no go; they're finally convinced it's not on my end. I get home in the evening and it's up and working; so here I am! :)

[This message has been edited by Blackthorne TA (edited July 07, 2001).]

So, whats the DSL/Cable speed difference in your area? Mostly cable is better, but in areas with craploads of cable users, it can slow down to the point DSL is better (or something like that).

Well i have cable at home and adsl at work.

Cable is WAY better, twice as fast, never down, they offer a better deal. They offer free installation and first month free.

The adsl has been down at least 10 times in the 9 months i have worked there, plus adsl is not offered in as many areas, the installation fee is outragous as well.

DSL was fine for me, my connection was never down in the ~1 year I had it, and at the time they gave me free installation. I was getting about 1.2 Mbps with DSL most of the time.

With the cable connection, so far I've seen speeds of about 1.7 Mbps.