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Algo Fonix September 24th, 2012 6:23 AM

That sounds like something the 2deep4u crowd would love.

Esper September 24th, 2012 8:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7350887)
I have no idea what this post is saying.

I'm not entirely sure either, but it involves music and fish so my brain went to this:

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/singing-fish-original.jpg

Shiny Celebi September 24th, 2012 9:09 AM

I have had a lot of fish in my lifetime. More goldfish then I can remember( one of which lived over two years, I believe) and two Betta fish. The first Betta lived 2 years and the second, which I got for Christmas one year, lived 6 months. I like fish as pets, but they usually dont live very long :(

Oryx September 24th, 2012 9:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scarf (Post 7350982)
I'm not entirely sure either, but it involves music and fish so my brain went to this:

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/singing-fish-original.jpg

My mind started with music but idk what this music is and I don't think it has any words. One of those carnival songs like Surfin' USA but not, I think.

donavannj September 24th, 2012 9:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scarf (Post 7350982)
I'm not entirely sure either, but it involves music and fish so my brain went to this:

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/singing-fish-original.jpg

That fish is so obnoxious. But I loved it as a kid.




droomph September 24th, 2012 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7350887)
I have no idea what this post is saying.

So he drew a stave on a fish tank and used the fish as notes :P

Oryx September 24th, 2012 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by droomph (Post 7351083)
So he drew a stave on a fish tank and used the fish as notes :P

OH I GET IT NOW.

See I've never heard a staff referred to as a stave in music so I was thinking like a stave as in a stake or something. Then I read 'played' as literally like played around, not played an instrument. That post was all sorts of nonsense to me hahah.

Cosmotone8 September 24th, 2012 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scarf (Post 7350982)
I'm not entirely sure either, but it involves music and fish so my brain went to this:

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/singing-fish-original.jpg


Felt like this was nessacary.

Broken_Arrow September 24th, 2012 11:49 AM

i hate the rules...most of time it's the reason why i fail..

antemortem September 24th, 2012 2:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7351109)
OH I GET IT NOW.

See I've never heard a staff referred to as a stave in music so I was thinking like a stave as in a stake or something. Then I read 'played' as literally like played around, not played an instrument. That post was all sorts of nonsense to me hahah.

I've also never heard of a staff referred to as a stave. o.o;

Honest September 24th, 2012 3:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scarf (Post 7350982)


Not gonna lie, this thing has always freaked the sheet out of me. It's creepy!

droomph September 24th, 2012 6:35 PM

but srs tho what is a singing fish? Is it like one of those "press me" dolls but creepier?

Oryx September 24th, 2012 7:22 PM

It has a motion detector, starts singing when you walk by it haha.

Thomas September 24th, 2012 7:25 PM

Someone gave one of those things to my parents as a gift when they first got really popular. I LOATHED it.

alisaie September 24th, 2012 7:28 PM

We've never had a singing fish but I do remember playing with them at the store and making them sing. I still sometimes do that with singing things when I'm wandering about Wal-Mart with nothing else to do.

Oryx September 24th, 2012 7:29 PM

I feel like they were the first popular things with motion detectors. Kind of like Avatar and 3D, they're the ones that pushed motion detectors into the 'fad' stage.

droomph September 24th, 2012 7:44 PM

oh lol that's what they are.

Yeah, I've never actually seen a singing fish, but oh my god some things motion detector scare the living **** out of you at Toys 'r' Us when you go to buy plushies :c

Oryx September 24th, 2012 7:55 PM

I've never seen...plushie ones. o_O

I have seen the 'this is a halloween picture that OH MY GOD IT'S MOVING' things though.

droomph September 24th, 2012 8:12 PM

well no I went to buy plushies and there are these "try me out" toys that SING OH MOTHER OF HELL SO LOUD AND SHAKES AND OH MY CRAP and like all the kids were crying and the lady was like "what the hell"

Plumpyfoof September 24th, 2012 9:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7351109)
OH I GET IT NOW.

See I've never heard a staff referred to as a stave in music so I was thinking like a stave as in a stake or something. Then I read 'played' as literally like played around, not played an instrument. That post was all sorts of nonsense to me hahah.

Hahaha that's quite funny.
It must be my Australian linguistics, it is to my understanding that it's staff in America and other countries but since I was little it's always been stave.

I have no idea if you're American or not but hey.
Other words you might find confusing from the Australian dictionary:
Boot - Trunk (like in a car)
Biscuit - Cookie
G-banger - Thong
Thong - Sandal I think? like on your feet at the beach shah.
Then there's the many synonyms for beer, hello, friend, not-friend, urination and female significant other, which are all very.. inappropriate for an internet forum.

Cosmotone8 September 25th, 2012 1:49 AM

I say pop instead of soda which confuses people sometimes. I also say Aunt differently than everyone else here in New England. They say Awunt, and I say Ant and it gets confusing. xD

Captain Fabio September 25th, 2012 3:20 AM

I don't say pop or soda, I say fizzy drink or just the name of it! XD


Overlord Drakow September 25th, 2012 3:28 AM

I refer to them as soft drinks personally.

Oryx September 25th, 2012 4:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plumpyfoof (Post 7351773)
Hahaha that's quite funny.
It must be my Australian linguistics, it is to my understanding that it's staff in America and other countries but since I was little it's always been stave.

I have no idea if you're American or not but hey.
Other words you might find confusing from the Australian dictionary:
Boot - Trunk (like in a car)
Biscuit - Cookie
G-banger - Thong
Thong - Sandal I think? like on your feet at the beach shah.
Then there's the many synonyms for beer, hello, friend, not-friend, urination and female significant other, which are all very.. inappropriate for an internet forum.

Thong meaning flip-flop is one that always weirds me out. DON'T CALL IT THAT PEOPLE

Plumpyfoof September 25th, 2012 4:30 AM

Flip flop! That's what I was thinking of. I dunno Toujours, I mean America thinks the Brits drive on the wrong side of the road even though America is the only country (to my knowledge) that drives on the right. I dunno if that's maybe saying something.. >_>

Yeah I have soft drink as well, or just the name of the beverage hah.

Oryx September 25th, 2012 4:37 AM

Nope, most people drive on the right. Look at the picture from Wikipedia!



Red = right, blue = left.

Plumpyfoof September 25th, 2012 5:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7352009)
Nope, most people drive on the right. Look at the picture from Wikipedia!



Red = right, blue = left.

Hah! I guess I should pay more attention to the world then, I apologise.

Thomas September 25th, 2012 5:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Fabio (Post 7351956)

I don't say pop or soda, I say fizzy drink or just the name of it! XD


I say "coke" (a lot of people do where I live) instead of soda or pop or cola...so it confuses a lot of people...idk I guess I just picked it up when I grew up. But when I say it I mean it broadly (like soda) instead of a coke specifically. Its weird. I know.

Overlord Drakow September 25th, 2012 5:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7352009)
Nope, most people drive on the right. Look at the picture from Wikipedia!



Red = right, blue = left.

Oh wow, I didn't know that. I knew Europe and America drove on the right but since Australia and the UK drove on the left, I just thought the former two were odd ones out.

Thomas September 25th, 2012 6:08 AM

Wow, I didn't know that either. That's insane.
Yay, I'm part of the majority.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ September 25th, 2012 6:44 AM

Finally, something where I actually am the majority xD

Then again, most of what I watch originates in Japan so maybe that's why I see so much driving on the left xD

Plumpyfoof September 25th, 2012 6:53 AM

Imagine crossing a border between two countries that drove on the opposite sides. That would be quite interesting.

Oryx September 25th, 2012 7:03 AM

Yeah I figured the US was the odd one out till I looked it up too. My original post said "there are a few others, like" and then I looked it up and was like "holy crap we're actually in the majority on this one".

It's okay, you can still make fun of our imperial system of measurement.

droomph September 25th, 2012 7:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plumpyfoof (Post 7352077)
Imagine crossing a border between two countries that drove on the opposite sides. That would be quite interesting.

I call it a eighty-way front-end car accident.

And whatever, I just go with whatever. See, like not complaining about mm and mL in China

Oryx September 25th, 2012 8:14 AM

Apparently they just put up signs and when you leave border patrol you leave on the opposite side. Kind of like an uncontrolled intersection I guess?

Shining Raichu September 25th, 2012 8:54 AM

Wait what, they actually have countries right next to each other that drive on the opposite side of the road? O.o

Oryx September 25th, 2012 8:59 AM

Yup! Rwanda and Uganda were the two I was reading about.

Esper September 25th, 2012 9:44 AM

I got to drive on the other side of the road once. I kept turning on the windshield wipers when I wanted to signal. I can't imagine switching sides mid-drive.

Oryx September 25th, 2012 9:56 AM

I have enough trouble driving in general, let alone driving on the other side of the road :(

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ September 25th, 2012 10:40 AM

People have said that I drive slow, like a little old lady. Which kinda makes sense, since I'm a big fan of the big old cars that are popular with little old ladies :P

TRIFORCE89 September 25th, 2012 11:49 AM

We have some singe-lane one-way roads on campus where for some reason people tend to end up going the wrong way on x_x Terrifying when you see someone come around a corner up ahead and come towards you :x

Mr Cat Dog September 25th, 2012 12:55 PM

I can't imagine driving on the wrong side of the road. Just reaching down for the gearstick with my right hand instead of my left... nope, that's just too weird! Well, it would be weirder if there was no gearstick at all. Driving in the US/Canada would be the weirdest for me, personally.

droomph September 25th, 2012 2:45 PM

Driving a Prius would be really weird for you then :P

No gear shift, no keys, and you don't have to buy gas every week.

Oryx September 25th, 2012 4:16 PM

No gear shift? How do you reverse...what I'm so confused

Ice Car September 25th, 2012 4:29 PM

New Daily Chat?

Also, there are an awful lot of females on this site. More than any other as far as I've seen.

Karma Police September 25th, 2012 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7352009)
Nope, most people drive on the right. Look at the picture from Wikipedia!



Red = right, blue = left.

wow lmao I always thought it was the americans who were diving on the wrong side of the road. Seems like we're the ones who're doing that.

I actually never imagined so many countries followed that style of driving.

Plumpyfoof September 25th, 2012 10:56 PM

Oh yeah your Imperial measurements are stupid! You measure too many things in pounds, like pressure and force. Although you did get the 'weight' measurement correct by measuring it as a force whereas people get confused between mass and weight.
Grams are mass. Newtons are weight.
..
Stop putting ideas in my head I'll get in trouble for saying something.

Back on topic, I find I'm a very good driver (despite the abundance of speeding and parking fines I've racked up) the street I live on is like a race circuit in it's layout, it's fantastic.

donavannj September 25th, 2012 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Cat Dog (Post 7352338)
I can't imagine driving on the wrong side of the road. Just reaching down for the gearstick with my right hand instead of my left... nope, that's just too weird! Well, it would be weirder if there was no gearstick at all. Driving in the US/Canada would be the weirdest for me, personally.

Automatic transmissions rock, Jon! They make it soooo much easier to change the radio dial and eat if you're running late to somewhere! And many American-made automatics have the "gear shift" (in this case, being limited to Park, Neutral, Reverse, Drive, and one or more gears intended for hauling) sticking out of the steering column, while the e-brake is where the gearshift would be in a manual!

Ivysaur September 26th, 2012 12:40 AM

I'm annoyed because if I end up working in the UK, I'll have to take some more driving classes XD Or just take the bus or something. (Also fun fact: people in Madrid used to drive on the left until 1931. Other parts of the country didn't. It was so horribly confusing it was decided to just keep it on the right everywhere. But our local trains still run on the left since it was too much hassle to swap that too and it's horribly confusing for everyone!).

And I'm still amazed to know that automatic transmissions are an actual real thing XD

Mr Cat Dog September 26th, 2012 1:59 AM

If you work in London, you DEFINITELY won't need a car, Went. The rest of the UK, sure. But absolutely not for London. If anything, a car will slow you down in comparison to either walking/bussing/Tubing/cycling/whatever-ing.

Kura September 26th, 2012 4:19 AM

Even outside of London, if you live in the town or city you work on, public transportation is just easiest. Well.. you'll be here over the weekend so you can see for yourself, Wenty :3

Oryx September 26th, 2012 5:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 7352708)
Automatic transmissions rock, Jon! They make it soooo much easier to change the radio dial and eat if you're running late to somewhere! And many American-made automatics have the "gear shift" (in this case, being limited to Park, Neutral, Reverse, Drive, and one or more gears intended for hauling) sticking out of the steering column, while the e-brake is where the gearshift would be in a manual!

My mom's gear shift is still between the seats, so's my boyfriend's. Idk, think it depends on the car XD but they're definitely both automatics!

Honest September 26th, 2012 7:25 AM

I take it the Tube is the UK's version of the subway?

Ivysaur September 26th, 2012 7:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodex (Post 7352933)
I take it the Tube is the UK's version of the subway?

Officially it's the London Underground, and it's what most countries call a "Metro" or "Subway" system. It's popularly nicknamed as "The Tube" because older stations are built in a very noticeable tube shape.

Wikipedia demonstrates: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lancaster_Gate_tube.jpg

Honest September 26th, 2012 7:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Went (Post 7352940)
Officially it's the London Underground, and it's what most countries call a "Metro" or "Subway" system. It's popularly nicknamed as "The Tube" because older stations are built in a very noticeable tube shape.

Wikipedia demonstrates: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lancaster_Gate_tube.jpg



Wowowowowow, that looks so much cleaner then the stations here in NYC. Although, that train looks mighty old fashioned.

droomph September 26th, 2012 8:38 AM

BART's where it's at yo

I don't think I've seen a dirty subway, but then again I rarely go on subways :P

Livewire September 26th, 2012 8:53 AM

Never been in a subway except the sandwich kind. C:

/hungry

Oryx September 26th, 2012 8:57 AM

You're missing out Live. I have a soft spot for NY subways. Especially the R train.

Livewire September 26th, 2012 8:58 AM

I'm missing out on a Turkey BLT, lmao

/me likey old trains

Kura September 26th, 2012 9:12 AM

Toronto got new trains in their underground/ subway. They have no dividers which is pretty cool! I got a chance to ride one and they are wicked on turns.

http://www.blogto.com/upload/2008/08/thenewredrocket2008-08-18-07.jpg
http://i.thestar.com/images/b2/df/ff0420854e9089a0b9cd6ea16edc.jpeg
http://i.thestar.com/images/51/a0/66beafec408abbbe72eef83c402e.jpeg

Honest September 26th, 2012 9:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7352982)
You're missing out Live. I have a soft spot for NY subways. Especially the R train.


Toujie, I like you. You have taste. R is probably one of the cleanest. Also, you're from New York? I feel like I asked that before


And Subway the sandwich store is god. $5 footlong all September, get them while September lasts!

And god, NYC trains suck compared to Torontos.

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4/3618781-Dark_and_Dirty_BART_in_Frisco_is_Cleaner_New_York_City.jpg

Mr Cat Dog September 26th, 2012 10:38 AM

Tube stations are ridiculously varied in terms of cleanliness and general appearnce. Some are like stereotypical NYC stations: the one that's nearest me - Whitechapel - is sightly better than NYC ones but not much. Others have been recently updated and look really nice as a result: Blackfriars, where I get off to go to work, is an example of this. And different Tube lines have better/worse trains themselves. It's a real grab-bag of stuff, and it's always being updated so there's normally some sort of engineering work going on at any one time. Everyone complains about the Tube but when it stops (like it did in a series of strikes last year) the whole of London shuts down, practically.

Ivysaur September 26th, 2012 10:41 AM

Wow, that looks superold and ugly and dirty XD

When I'm bored, I go around the Madrid Metro with my monthly pass and take pictures of stuff, I have a bit folder already. Should upload it eventually!

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/222/dscn2744e.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/138/dscn2875.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/28/dscn2881h.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/dscn2761j.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/dscn2909g.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/dscn2907x.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/854/dscn2777r.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/dscn2899pb.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19/dscn2903f.jpg/

Oryx September 26th, 2012 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodex (Post 7352999)
Toujie, I like you. You have taste. R is probably one of the cleanest. Also, you're from New York? I feel like I asked that before

I'm from New Jersey, haha. I like the R train because my great-aunt lives in Brooklyn and that's the one that we always take because it's the only one that goes out to her place. I even have an R shirt somewhere XD; I would never wear it in New York though because TOURIST

Esper September 26th, 2012 10:52 AM

I miss being about to take the subway. They're so relaxing compared to taking the bus.

Quote:

Originally Posted by droomph (Post 7352967)
BART's where it's at yo

I don't think I've seen a dirty subway, but then again I rarely go on subways :P

Hahaha, BART. Did you hear about the cause of all those escalator break downs at BART stations? It's gross.

Spoiler:
It was poop. Like not animal's. People's. :|

Cosmotone8 September 26th, 2012 3:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plumpyfoof (Post 7352007)
Flip flop! That's what I was thinking of. I dunno Toujours, I mean America thinks the Brits drive on the wrong side of the road even though America is the only country (to my knowledge) that drives on the right. I dunno if that's maybe saying something.. >_>

Haha we also think that you all are crazy cuz you use the metric system. I know we're in the minority for that
And the T train is alright for me here, depending on the line you take. The Green Line (oldest) goes like a top speed of 20 mph on a good day. All the other ones are bearable though

droomph September 26th, 2012 7:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kura (Post 7352992)
Toronto got new trains in their underground/ subway. They have no dividers which is pretty cool! I got a chance to ride one and they are wicked on turns.

http://www.blogto.com/upload/2008/08/thenewredrocket2008-08-18-07.jpg
http://i.thestar.com/images/b2/df/ff0420854e9089a0b9cd6ea16edc.jpeg
http://i.thestar.com/images/51/a0/66beafec408abbbe72eef83c402e.jpeg

doesn't that look like the subway in Gangnam style? lol

I mean, the color scheme and everything, there's a divider in the middle, all that stuff :P

Oryx September 26th, 2012 8:38 PM

But Cosmo, it's so old-timey! It's RETRO!

droomph September 26th, 2012 8:41 PM

Our subway system looks like a fat finger tbh.

http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/files/2006/06/bart-subway-stn.jpg

And every time I go on public transportation there's a dude (usually ethnic) who got busted by the cops one way or another sitting across from me.

donavannj September 26th, 2012 10:08 PM

Presently, these are the only two trains you can ride in my area!

Hiawatha Line (Light Rail)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Minneapolis_Light_Train.jpg

Northstar Line (Commuter Rail)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Northstar_Doubleheader.jpg

Unfortunately for me, I don't live along either one.

Though I have ridden the subway lines in NYC between Central Park and Battery Park in the past on a trip there.

Oryx September 27th, 2012 4:17 AM

That first one actually looks really cool imo. XD

Cosmotone8 September 27th, 2012 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7353636)
But Cosmo, it's so old-timey! It's RETRO!

I know, I wasn't complaining about that, I was complaining about how slow they are. Its even more annoying when you have to wait for multiple trains because they're so small too.

Dter ic September 27th, 2012 12:59 PM

Every time I get the opportunity to go on the 1995 rolling stock on the Northern Line, I can't help but appreciate how sexy it looks compared to the S stock on the circle line ;~; maybe its that curved shape or the black strip at the face of the train that makes it look so badass as it enters a station.

Kura September 27th, 2012 1:28 PM

Oh! I didn't show our stations!

Toronto's Museum station :3

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/2008/04/museum_station_wide_01.jpg

Union station

http://i.thestar.com/images/5b/3b/c7f8b5394f2e8d2461775a68ee90.jpeg

And random because I thought it was cool:

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/2008/04/Dundas_Square_Pano_Fisheye_tunnel_crop.jpg

Dundas Square

Oryx September 27th, 2012 1:56 PM

Your Union Station reminds me of the main train station in Philadelphia haha.

Mr Cat Dog September 27th, 2012 1:59 PM

If you can't walk around the circumference of Dundas Square without falling to your death, I'll be very disappointed.

This is where I get the Tube to work every day - Whitechapel:


And this is where I get off, Blackfriars:

Kinda different!

Plumpyfoof September 27th, 2012 7:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Cat Dog (Post 7354331)
If you can't walk around the circumference of Dundas Square without falling to your death, I'll be very disappointed.

This is where I get the Tube to work every day - Whitechapel:


And this is where I get off, Blackfriars:

Kinda different!

Those both look quite similar to the train lines down here.
Although it's too dangerous to take photo's with the large number thugs that collaborate at the station where I live.
I've been threatened with a knife at least twice for looking at someone at the station. A few of my friends have been stabbed, it's rough here I suppose.

Oryx September 27th, 2012 8:01 PM

You...suppose? Lmao. I got in trouble once for taking pictures but that was in an Atlantic City casino and they have reasons for that.

Plumpyfoof September 27th, 2012 8:13 PM

They only congregate at the stations though so you walk 100 metres (Oh no not the metric system) in a different direction and you're relatively safe. Unless it's into the nearest high school in which case you're probably in trouble..

antemortem September 27th, 2012 8:24 PM

I don't live in a bad neighborhood, at least, not anymore. I used to live on Jefferson Street in Birmingham, Alabama and that's like mixing people from Bronx, New York with people from Harlem and taking away their basketball.

droomph September 27th, 2012 8:42 PM

Lol 'rough'. Oakland

I dunno, where I live it's rich white people and first-generation Asian or Indian immigrants so I've never had to deal with anything really bad.

Spoiler:
Beijing Subway:


It's so nice and clean tbh. Even the homeless people are dressed nice.

But then outside smells like eggs.

Ice Car September 28th, 2012 12:54 AM

This is amazing.


donavannj September 28th, 2012 1:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7353953)
That first one actually looks really cool imo. XD

It's probably the one of the two you'd most likely end up using if you ever visit Minneapolis! It runs from downtown Minneapolis to the airport and then on down to the Mall of America. The other one runs the other way out of downtown into the boonies.

Overlord Drakow September 28th, 2012 3:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Cat Dog (Post 7354331)
If you can't walk around the circumference of Dundas Square without falling to your death, I'll be very disappointed.

This is where I get the Tube to work every day - Whitechapel:


And this is where I get off, Blackfriars:

Kinda different!

Travel the road to dusk during the day.

Travel the road to dawn during the night.

Oryx September 28th, 2012 6:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 7355137)
It's probably the one of the two you'd most likely end up using if you ever visit Minneapolis! It runs from downtown Minneapolis to the airport and then on down to the Mall of America. The other one runs the other way out of downtown into the boonies.

I WANNA GO TO THE MALL OF AMERICA TAKE ME TO THE MALL OF AMERICA

Esper September 28th, 2012 7:27 AM

That's the mall with the indoor roller coaster, yes? Crazy.

Oryx September 28th, 2012 7:38 AM

All my mall has is a mini-train for kids that I never even rode. :(

The one here at school has some kind of bungee thing though!

Cosmotone8 September 28th, 2012 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plumpyfoof (Post 7354789)
Those both look quite similar to the train lines down here.
Although it's too dangerous to take photo's with the large number thugs that collaborate at the station where I live.
I've been threatened with a knife at least twice for looking at someone at the station. A few of my friends have been stabbed, it's rough here I suppose.

The only time this happens in Boston is after a Red Sox - Yankees game that we lost...
And I"ve bungee jumped at my mall. :D

Oryx September 28th, 2012 11:46 AM

I always wanted to do it but never really got a chance. Plus I think it's for kids. >_o

Cosmotone8 September 28th, 2012 12:18 PM

I saw a forty year old bald guy doing it so I thought I'd give it a shot. It wasn't half bad.

donavannj September 28th, 2012 12:47 PM

The closest thing the mall closest to me has to that stuff is a play area for kids. It has a lot of stuff kids can climb on. But that's just at the closest mall to me. And there are at least 6 malls closer to me than MoA is, and there are probably more that I'm forgetting about.

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Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7355320)
I WANNA GO TO THE MALL OF AMERICA TAKE ME TO THE MALL OF AMERICA

WELL THEN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET TO MINNESOTA. Though there's a very high chance my car would be broken down if anyone ever came to Minnesota to hang at MoA.

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Originally Posted by Scarf (Post 7355355)
That's the mall with the indoor roller coaster, yes? Crazy.

It actually has a pair of them now, from what I remember. It's also got an indoor log flume ride. And I'm not sure what else Nickelodeon Universe has in it, but MoA also has an aquarium below the mall (East Entrance, iirc), Legoland in the south "wing", a hotel being built on the south side, a hospital and hotel planned for the north side, and a massive Ikea store on mall-owned land across the street. There are probably several other things that escape me right now because I rarely visit the place.

Oh, right, it's full of expensive novelty and souvenir stores.

And they have plans to make it EVEN BIGGER. The eventual goal is to connect the Ikea store to the rest of the mall. That means the swaths of parking lots on the block north of the mall where Ikea is would be removed, almost doubling the mall in size!


Personally, though, it's not my favorite mall in my area. The ones that are part of larger shopping districts tend to be more interesting to me. Like Rosedale, Ridgedale, Southdale, Eden Prairie Center, Brookdale, and Minneapolis's pedestrian mall, Nicollet Mall.

Oryx September 28th, 2012 12:59 PM

Does your car have psychic powers that cause it to break down when PC members visit you?

Cosmotone8 September 28th, 2012 1:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Toujours (Post 7355608)
Does your car have psychic powers that cause it to break down when PC members visit you?

I have not heard the story behind this enchantment. Do tell.

donavannj September 28th, 2012 1:11 PM

I wish that were the case. Then it would break down considerably less often! my fault for buying a lemon, though

Oryx September 28th, 2012 1:28 PM

My mom got a new car and almost immediately it got scratched by a piece of metal on the road and then she thought it was breaking down because the mud flap broke off and sounded ungodly while she drove. XD;

donavannj September 28th, 2012 10:38 PM

Well, at least it wasn't half the front bumper that came off!

And I've just realized that I have driven around 7000 miles so far this year, if I am recalling my mileages right. My brother and I put 3500 miles on the same car over this summer, and that was with me having my own car not breaking down for a month or two.

antemortem September 29th, 2012 5:47 AM

Boring DCC title is boring.

Speaking of miles, since my mother started her new job courting animals around, she's stacked nearly 100,000 miles (perhaps more since I asked her a ~month ago) on her '98 Grand Voyager. Pretty insane, really, as I hardly drive a few miles a week and she drives nearly 500 every day just to make one delivery.

alisaie September 29th, 2012 6:23 AM

My mother doesn't have to go nearly that far, but she still has to drive a lot since she's a Realtor. Perhaps that's why our PT Cruise keeps breaking. Haha, who knows. But it's been hard these days with our cars because we have three drivers who have to go places and only two vehicles (only one right now actually because our PT needs new tires yup.)

psyanic September 29th, 2012 1:46 PM

Er, my dad has to drive about fifty miles max daily, so my family doesn't stack that many miles. We might have reached 30,000 miles on one of our cars. The only place I really have to go a good ways would be to and from school, which is downtown so I have to take the highway every morning. Actually, I go about the same distance as my dad, if not more.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ September 29th, 2012 10:42 PM

We have to drive about 20 miles each way whenever we need to do any shopping outside of simple groceries... down old country roads that aren't in the best shape. I think both of our family's vehicles have over 50,000 miles on them atm.

With that in mind, it's my dream to someday buy one of those cars on eBay that's 25-30 years old and only has 15,000 miles on it xD


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