OT - The official TeAm "good news" thread 2.0

[Coquito]

1.0

This thread needed an update.

Buzzback just sent me a couple tiny checks for filling out surveys on some Smirnoff products.
The house is empty, Psycho Killer is playing on a loop, & I see a pint of Ben & Jerry's with my name on it!

Oh, & DanC how you doing baby? We all miss you. Give me a call some time. :lips:

 

[Spacehead]

Originally posted by: Coquito
Oh, & DanC how you doing baby? We all miss you. Give me a call some time. :lips:

Come back DanC!!!






I got a raise at work a couple of weeks ago

 

[GeoffS]

Lowered my cholesterol into the desirable and highly desirable ranges... BP is 118/82... lost about 10 lbs since taking up Brazillian Jiu Jitsu

 

[Wolfsraider]

I am MOVING!!!!

I think i found the place today

1500 square feet vs 900

3 bedroom vs 2

2 bath vs 1

House vs apt

Huge fenced back yard

Full garage

Parking for 4 cars vs 2

New washer and dryer

A full attic too!

I hope we get this one, its 1200.00 a month vs 680.00 though lol

Its very nice though.

Mike

 

[networkman]

Hmm.. I guess the only good news I have to report is that so far there's no bad news to report.

 

[GeoffS]

C'mon Rich... dig deeper!

 

[petrusbroder]

Have had two kids with a virus infection at home since Monday ...
One is so much better that he can go to school today, the other can go to school tomorrow ...

Looks very good with the new house, Mike! I hope that your family likes it too and that it has better power wiring!
Well done , GeoffS How does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu differ from the Japanese - is this the more dancing one?
Congrats to the rise, Spacehead! :sun:
No bad news is good news, NWM!

Yeah,haven't seen you around for such a long time, DanC! I hope that you are well!

Thnaks for this thread, Coquito!

 

[GeoffS]

Originally posted by: petrusbroder
GeoffS How does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu differ from the Japanese - is this the more dancing one?

Nope... can't remember the name of the dancing one, but this isn't that one. This is derived from the Japanese jiu jitsu, but I'm not sure what the major differences are. There are elements of judo (which I took as a kid), but much of the art seems to deal with grappling and submitting your opponent... arm bars, choke holds, etc. The class is made up of correctional officers, cops, bouncers, and the occaisional computer programmer One of the masters of the art, Carlson Gracie, just passed away. My teacher was taught by Gracie from the age of 15 and was the Brazilian featherweight champion 5 times. Pretty cool, except when your partner doesn't change side for the arm bars during practice... one very sore arm, one fine arm! From what I understand, the US Marine Corps hand to hand combat is largely based on BJJ.

 

[BlackMountainCow]

I guess you mean "Capoeira" with the "Brazilian dancing one"

 

[GeoffS]

lol... a Canadian, a German, and a Swede trying to figure out what that Brazilian dancing fighting is called! How international are we???

 

[Freewolf]

http://www.gracie.com/

 

[Zensal]

Hmm...good news eh? Well, Geoff isn't dancing.

Just ordered a 2005fpw from Dell. Guess thats good news for me, but bad news for the bank account.

 

[GeoffS]

Originally posted by: Zensal
Hmm...good news eh? Well, Geoff isn't dancing.

Just ordered a 2005fpw from Dell. Guess thats good news for me, but bad news for the bank account.

I'm told I look like I'm playing ice hockey when I dance... lol

 

[Freewolf]

Originally posted by: GeoffS

Originally posted by: Zensal
Hmm...good news eh? Well, Geoff isn't dancing.

Just ordered a 2005fpw from Dell. Guess thats good news for me, but bad news for the bank account.

I'm told I look like I'm playing ice hockey when I dance... lol

Try taking the skates off next time.

 

[petrusbroder]

Originally posted by: GeoffS
lol... a Canadian, a German, and a Swede trying to figure out what that Brazilian dancing fighting is called! How international are we???

Yeah, thats great and big fun. And yes, it is Capoeira I was thinking of.
Thanks for the "Gracie" link, Freewolf.

I myself train the japanese jiujutsu since a few years ... and so do all my three kids. It is great fun, gives a lot of exercise, good hand-eye-coordination. I did also train judo when in the teens.

 

[BlackMountainCow]

Hehe, my hand-eye-coordination only consists of tossing beer caps into my trash can from 6 feet distance and playing FPS shooters :evil:

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
Hehe, my hand-eye-coordination only consists of tossing beer caps into my trash can from 6 feet distance and playing FPS shooters :evil:

LMAO! ( hard enough that it made me cough my guts up as I have a cold atm )

Good news here........err ,I'm nearly out of the red at long last (since October, longest for me!)
I upgraded my 2nd rig from an XP 2400 @2.13GHz, A7V880 (which I only upgraded a month before from an Abit KT7a) to a Sempron 3100 @2.39GHz ,Asus K8N.
As soon as I get a working decent PSU then I can max out the CPU to 2.7GHz! ,hopefully
My son got an upgrade from a Cel T 1.1@1.3GHz to an XP2400 @2.13GHz,A7V880

New Battle Star Galactica is excellent! (aside from maybe the latest episode)

Btw Judo was derived from Jiu Jitsu ,I'd like to do JJ some day ........

Would be nice to see Danc here again......

 

[GeoffS]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
New Battle Star Galactica is excellent! (aside from maybe the latest episode)

Agreed! :thumbsup: And agreed... that last one was a bit... off... from the previous episodes and the story line... what a surprise that they found a way to save the president! lol...

Btw Judo was derived from Jiu Jitsu

Didn't know that! They certainly complement each other though! Several of the throws we've been taught so far I remember from my judo training... then jiu jitsu takes over and you finish them off!

 

[petrusbroder]

Originally posted by: GeoffS
Snippet ...
They certainly complement each other though! Several of the throws we've been taught so far I remember from my judo training... then jiu jitsu takes over and you finish them off!

I agree. I certainly find jiujutsu more fitting for me (being 40++) tha judo and much more fun ...

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: GeoffS

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
New Battle Star Galactica is excellent! (aside from maybe the latest episode)

Agreed! :thumbsup: And agreed... that last one was a bit... off... from the previous episodes and the story line... what a surprise that they found a way to save the president! lol...

Btw Judo was derived from Jiu Jitsu

Didn't know that! They certainly complement each other though! Several of the throws we've been taught so far I remember from my judo training... then jiu jitsu takes over and you finish them off!

lol

*whisper* don't tell everyone about the president ,it hasn't been aired here in the UK yet! :Q (don't ask how I saw it) ,but yes it was a surprise ,as was the commander of the 'other ship' actually being killed & the little present Dr Balta gave 'that group'! :Q

Btw how fit do you have to be for JJ? ,I'm not overwieght but I am rather 'stiff'

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
I am MOVING!!!!

I think i found the place today

1500 square feet vs 900

3 bedroom vs 2

2 bath vs 1

House vs apt

Huge fenced back yard

Full garage

Parking for 4 cars vs 2

New washer and dryer

A full attic too!

I hope we get this one, its 1200.00 a month vs 680.00 though lol

Its very nice though.

Mike

Great! The extra room in the garage will finally give me a place to stay.
Of course you could rent it out, but what would happen to your poor little disadvantaged friend here?

 

[petrusbroder]

Btw how fit do you have to be for JJ? ,I'm not overwieght but I am rather 'stiff'

That is not a problem. Just do your warm-ups first. You'll get quite nimble after some time ...

A friend of mine is 210 cm (6 foot 6 inches) and a body mass of approx 250 pounds: at first he felt (and moved) like an minor elephant (his words not mine!). After 8 weeks and 16 lessons (hmmmm, each about 1½ hours long) he gained a lot of speed, became very fast and you never know where he is. With his reach, speed and nimbleness he is just great!

 

[GeoffS]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
Btw how fit do you have to be for JJ? ,I'm not overwieght but I am rather 'stiff'

I'm not as fit as I could be... 5'10" 195lbs... a bit flabby and not particularly flexible, my main source of exercise being ice hockey refereeing and walking my Rottie mix (and I stress walking... he needs to smell everything... running is impossible with him), so lower body was okay, upper body was basically ignored... in the 3 months I've been at it, I'm discovering I'm getting more flexible (btw I'm 41 yrs old) and the endurance is getting better too (our teacher uses boxing elements in our training also)... there's a guy that's over 400 lbs in our class... it's all about desire, determination and discipline! Start up and keep with it

 

[Coquito]

One more good news tidbit of the day:

Western Digital 200gb retail drives are stocked a plenty at my local Circuit City@ $98.95 -$70mir!

 

[BOLt]

Bought 2GB of CVS RAM for $95 shipped via eBay last week.
Got a Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATA HDD for $84 shipped today.
Got a good grade on my first English paper of the semester.
I have $130 burning a hole in my wallet.
My speakers seem to be working much better than before.
I spent some time on cable management with my rig after buying a windowed side-panel for it and it looks very nice now. I am proud of how it turned out.
My computer is working well in general.
I found DIMES as another DC project alongside SoB.
My fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha, got 10 new associate members for this semester, among whom is a friend from childhood that I haven't seen in at least 5 years.
I am finally starting to become satisfied with my computer hardware.
I am done with classes for the day.
It is almost Friday.
It is almost the weekend.