CHIT CHAT in VOLTVILLE

[awsum140]

I am hooked on Angry Birds and I have a Bubble shooter game and just downloaded a pinball game.
I do Solitaire alot too to relax.
Are you looking for Tetris? I got it on my iPod and its available for the Android, kindle stuff. I would think you could get it for a computer, too. Or did I miss you say the computer is an older one? I've been in the apps for awhile, so I guess that's what I'm talking about. (phone, kindle, ipod)

I'm a "Windows classic" solitaire fan. It isn't available for Windows 8 since they're also trying to make your PC into an Xbox console beside a useless smartphone. I did download the new version, but it just wasn't the same thing. Then I moved the files sol.exe and cards.dll onto this machine and I have classic solitaire back once again. Windows 8 is such a "wonderful" upgrade(?) I'm going to spring for a full version of Windows 7 ultimate just to get rid of Widows 8.

 

[marlou]

No. I only played Zelda, the adventures of Link. Didn't know there were others. I didn't get into "gaming" per se...just certain games. I was into playing the kids Aladdin when it was on Sega. Loved that game, too. And of course that Blue hedgehog character....Sonic!!

I still have my Sega player and a bunch of games. It's hooked up to an old tube tv that still would work but is used just for Sega now. My eye/hand coordination is not very good. The only Sega game I ever got to the very end of was Gods. But I still enjoy playing them once in a while.

 

[SandySu]

Here might be an easier puzzle for Rave. Then again, maybe not, since there's not a lot of different detail.

At one point, preteen, my daughter got really into doing jigsaw puzzles. I remember her solving 2-sided puzzles, which at first glance made it even more difficult till she showed me how when they cut out the pieces, they were slightly rounded on one side and flat on the other, so you could just turn them all so those edges matched, and then it was like doing a regular puzzle. My daughter was always looking for little tricks like this.

 

[JoAnnW]

Do you mean to say other people have done this? Have they analyzed how game behavior reflects human behavior? I'm sort of interested in that, since it occurred to me. I mentioned it to my brother, that computer games really teach us about ourselves, and he said I was more introspective than the average person, that he didn't think other people made the connection.

No one that I've known nor have I ever read anything like what you wrote. It was very well stated... applying it to human behavior in life. In other words, I meant it as a compliment to you.

I often told my kids when they were trying to get through a particularly difficult portion of a game to not give up. Keep trying, just because something seems too hard, doesn't mean that it can't be done. Just use your brain and think it through... maybe try a different approach. To me, playing video games teach a great deal more than most people realize. This is something that I've always felt but seeing your post made me realize that others see that too.

 

[JoAnnW]

My version of mahjong has different tile designs and different backgrounds you can choose. Some I find hard to see, even w/o eye surgery, but I chose ones with fruits and vegetables and a background that looks like pale blue sky with wisps of cloud. Mine also plays classical music while you do the game. Of course, you can turn the music off, if you'd rather not hear it.

I find most music for mahjong has a very relaxing effect on me. One game in Bejewelled is called the "zen mode".. it is just continuous play, not timed, and the music really adds to the relaxation effect.

 

[SandySu]

No one that I've known nor have I ever read anything like what you wrote. It was very well stated... applying it to human behavior in life. In other words, I meant it as a compliment to you.

I often told my kids when they were trying to get through a particularly difficult portion of a game to not give up. Keep trying, just because something seems too hard, doesn't mean that it can't be done. Just use your brain and think it through... maybe try a different approach. To me, playing video games teach a great deal more than most people realize. This is something that I've always felt but seeing your post made me realize that others see that too.

It seems to me that one of the valuable things about playing video games is that they are a lot simpler and more direct than life. I can see tendencies I have to work inefficiently through problems much more clearly with video games, whereas in life, sometimes the complexities and emotions involved get in my way. If I see a tendency to, let's say, hastiness, then I can think how in real life, maybe I'm too hasty. That kind of thing. I also think it helps hone quick reactions, assessing the whole picture quickly, making a decision, and then going for it. Lots of my problems in video games are as a piece is falling, I'm mulling over all the possibilities and trying to decide where to put the piece, and too late, it fell in the wrong spot. I'm working on this one still …

The practice people get when playing games must be useful in life, even if they aren't thinking it through. It must come out on some visceral level, don't you think? For instance, your kids are learning to work through a difficult situation and not give up. Won't this help them in life? I think so.

 

[Renolizzie]

I signed the petition. If you haven't signed yet, do it!!!! I'll get Hubby to sign tonight. We need a bunch more signatures.

 

[Tail11]

I am addicted to Mafia Wars by zygna. I get up 30 minutes early on work days just to play. I bought an Xbox a year or so after they came out. I played it for about 6 months and it lost it's appeal. I ended up giving it to the children's home here in town. I'm sure it got played plenty there.

I used to love board games as a child. I will play dominoes with my friends. Kinda brings back some nostalgic memories when people would gather with their friends and play cards and board games instead of sitting in front of a TV all night.

 

[SandySu]

Maybe this picture would make an easier jigsaw puzzle.

Someone here said they didn't like to see birds in cages, so forgive me for posting this, but I was walking on a street in NYC and passed a pet store with these birds in the window, and I couldn't resist taking their picture.

However, my favorite memories are of a pet shop we used to visit when my daughter was young. It was out in New Jersey somewhere, and it was called something like Parrot Palace. I forget how we found it, whether we just happened upon it on our way somewhere or if someone told us about it. In this pet shop, they had a whole room at the back of the store with parrots loose in the room. They would take visitors in there to interact with the parrots, I guess hoping we'd fall in love and buy one, but they seemed quite happy to just show off their parrots to the likes of us, who obviously weren't shopping for a parrot. A parrot would often fly over and perch on your shoulder, and I remember going there when my daughter was in her punk phase and wore a jacket with metal studs. One parrot was absolutely entranced by the studs and tried to pry them off with his beak. They fed the parrots snacks of dried hot peppers, and I remember one parrot landing on my shoulder and he had chili breath! It was quite fun to go visit the parrots.

 

[nightfell]

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the provari. I've been reading the provapes forum about them and I'm having serious thoughts about adding one to my inventory in the future... just too expensive for me atm. It sounds like a good investment though. Did you get the regular size or the mini?

I almost pulled the trigger on a provari a couple of weeks when they had a bunch go up in their scratch and dent section, in the end I couldn't do it. I get the samething out of my vamo for way less cash. I do keep getting tempted for the fact that they're tanks.

 

[nightfell]

I vape all the way to the doors of establishments too. Since my city has a regulation of not smoking 20 feet to any doorway, I'm waiting for someone to say something to me.

I do the samething, the only place aside from my house that I can vape inside is the local vape shop next town over and my version of bar from cheers ( where everybody knows your name) that's near my job even though city ordinance says no.

 

[abracadebra]

for most of my life I was a city chick...never lived on the land ...or lived on my own..always wonder if I could cope living like that..2yrs ago..i was offered to house sit on 40acres out the middle of nowhere...no car...only a school bus..that past my road at 7.30am...if I need food and stuff in town...which was over 20km away..at first I was very scared...but I just had to see if I could survive..i would spend over 9 or 10 days sometime and never saw a soul...soon possums..kangaroos...parrots were my only friends...possums would do little knocks on my windows..and we shared vewing of each other through glass windows...as weeks went by...they would let me feed them they would bring there babies on there backs for me to see...I would wake to a family of roos...who came for the carrots...but they wouldn't let me get to close...now sandy your parrot pic remind me of my king parrot friend...I made he would sit in the trees..just watching me for weeks I finally lured him down with sunflower seeds....he would come most days calling to me to feed him...we became good mates...I often wonder where he is..i stayed on property about 4mths..that was enough for me...agnes water is the place..if anyone would like to see..its a hour out of Gladstone...

 

[SandySu]

for most of my life I was a city chick...never lived on the land ...or lived on my own..always wonder if I could cope living like that..2yrs ago..i was offered to house sit on 40acres out the middle of nowhere...no car...only a school bus..that past my road at 7.30am...if I need food and stuff in town...which was over 20km away..at first I was very scared...but I just had to see if I could survive..i would spend over 9 or 10 days sometime and never saw a soul...soon possums..kangaroos...parrots were my only friends...possums would do little knocks on my windows..and we shared vewing of each other through glass windows...as weeks went by...they would let me feed them they would bring there babies on there backs for me to see...I would wake to a family of roos...who came for the carrots...but they wouldn't let me get to close...now sandy your parrot pic remind me of my king parrot friend...I made he would sit in the trees..just watching me for weeks I finally lured him down with sunflower seeds....he would come most days calling to me to feed him...we became good mates...I often wonder where he his..i stayed on property about 4mths..that was enough for me...agnes water is the place..if anyone would like to see..its a hour out of Gladstone...

That sounds so neat! I think you might have found it easier if you had a car. I can't imagine agreeing to live out so far if I had no transportation.

 

[Raynes]

Sure does a body good to see Rave and Blues posting !!! Blues THANK you so much for sharing Alyeska and your pic together. I have so missed your stories.
Rave thank you so much for the FB offer I might have to take you up on it. I'll try tomorrow
Hopefully I'll have time to read all the posts tomorrow. Praying all is well with everyone. Gotta get ready for work,you all have a GREAT night !!!

 

[abracadebra]

That sounds so neat! I think you might have found it easier if you had a car. I can't imagine agreeing to live out so far if I had no transportation.

I don't drive...with ptss...not allowed...plus you know my brain story....I have little blackouts...so It would not be safe...the main thing was...a test for me..to see if I could...I love king parrots...I hear them at my new place now...they often fly by...but never come close like my mate at agnes

 

[Tail11]

Whisper and I had a great day! I aired up the tires on the bike and put Whisper in her carrier and started off to the dog park. We got on the freeway and quickly was at a dead stop for an accident of some sorts. I couldn't get a clear opening to split the lanes safely, so we crawled along with the traffic. Car after car had their windows down with camera phones out taking pictures of Whisper on the bike. She was a good pup and usually looked their way so they could get a good picture of her. Even a trucker behind me was taking pictures!

The dog park was busy. The warm day brought us all out and there were a lot of playmates for Whisper. She ran around the park with a high step. She always gets a bit more cocky when she arrives on the motorcycle. We stayed for over an hour until I had to get her home so I could run to the grocery store in the car. I stopped at a car wash and ran a vacuum through the car. I had dropped my ashtray (full of course) between the seats a couple of months ago. My nose finally started picking up the stench! I guess I didn't do a very good job getting all the butts up when I initially dropped it and it seemed like the majority of what I was sucking up were ashes and butts! I sprayed it with some cigarette smell remover stuff and just about asphyxiated myself! Now I have to detail the car. Why oh why did I let myself smoke in it? Peeuuuwww!

 

[kico166]

We're getting to be quite a crowd, aren't we?

yup - sure are! come on Raynes...


I will see if I can find a pic of the ceiling. ...

what a ride (Wx)! At noon splashing in sloppy snow melt (43 deg!) & by 3pm frozen @ 23 deg w/ 30mph wind! Now it's 10 deg - wind @ 28 w/ a "Real Feel of - 11. what the heck am I doing in the cold country? oh yeah - hubby!

 

[SandySu]

yup - sure are! come on Raynes...


I will see if I can find a pic of the ceiling. ...

what a ride (Wx)! At noon splashing in sloppy snow melt (43 deg!) & by 3pm frozen @ 23 deg w/ 30mph wind! Now it's 10 deg - wind @ 28 w/ a "Real Feel of - 11. what the heck am I doing in the cold country? oh yeah - hubby!

I'm sorry you're having such cold weather, but Minnesota is known for it, isn't it? Isn't International Falls the coldest spot in the US? I was there in summer, and it felt like it might have been the hottest spot. Not really, but it was pretty darn hot and humid for a place that's known for its cold. We've gotten slightly colder temperatures lately, but not too severe, considering this is January. It was in the low 40s today, and now it's in the 20s.

Here's another bird photo. Not real clear, but maybe the sight of forsythia will give you hope of spring.

 

[kico166]

Wabbit, nice picture grouping....I wasn't sure I wanted to have my face out there, combine shy with anxiety and you have me....but I figured if all of you could do it (Q & Holly where are you?) then I would do it this once, too. It's nice to see what you all look like. And also, Wabbit, a bit back you said you had trouble getting to the forum...you had to go to the main page....go to Suppliers....then find SI....what I do is use my Internet Explorer's bookmark. I just bookmark my favorite places and then pop around that way. It would be nice if the forum had a way to do that, but I can't find anything.:

If Tapatalk had the "like" button I'd be happy! I have the "Subscribed Threads" bookmarked. That works pretty well too.
I saw Holly had posted on another thread a couple days ago.
Good to hear from you again!

 

[kico166]

Me Tooooooooo I can go about a week refilling my cartos, then clean them and start again. Still on my first box after 3 months

(Picking jaw off floor) 3 months! a: what juice are you using? is it dark. or light? b: how do clean yours?