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  1. Earp

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    Wood chippers in action are terrifying.
     
  2. Catriona Grace

    Catriona Grace Mind the thorns Contributor Contest Winner 2022

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    No matter how many Zoom programs I present, I always get butterflies for fear the technology will crash and I won't have a clue how to resurrect it. I don't get this way with live performances.
     
  3. NobodySpecial

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    Essentially, there is no difference. Violins and fiddles are, for the most part, the same instrument. The only real differences are in the style and music played. You could play Rock Candy Mountain or Ol’ Rocky Top on the most priceless Stradivarius and it will be a fiddle. Albeit a real nice one. Likewise, you could play Partita No. 2 on a $75 JC Penny special and it becomes a violin. Kinda like the difference between a Porsche and a Porsche (PorscheUHHH) the difference is in how much you paid for it.
     
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    We could always slip in a couple porn videos for you. Probably won’t do much for the butterflies, but I bet you’ll forget all about the chances of the program crashing.
     
  5. Hammer

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    That's just because reality has never crashed on you!
     
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  6. Friedrich Kugelschreiber

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    Reality regularly implodes on me. Keeps me on my toes I guess.
     
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  7. Hammer

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    Has it ever blue-screened?
     
  8. Friedrich Kugelschreiber

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    I’m not mentally ill, if that’s what you’re asking.
     
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    Catriona Grace Mind the thorns Contributor Contest Winner 2022

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    No, but I've crashed on it on rare occasions. ;)

    And, yes, there was a computer glitch today and everyone in IT was literally out to lunch. Anna, the work study student, saved the day right at the 11.59 hour. I am taking that girl roses from the garden tomorrow, and writing a note to her supervisor as well. Once we got past the computer only accepting a department password that expired a month ago, things went just fine.
     
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  10. Xoic

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    I used to crash on its couch, but reality told me to pack up and get out.
     
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    Ya gotta luv them geeks from IT.
     
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    Er, no. The blue screen (known as the blue screen of death because it was often pretty fatal for the PC) was commonly seen when early (most) versions of MS Windows crashed...


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  13. SapereAude

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    Technically, that's not a "blue screen of death." The true BSOD is a completely blank, blue screen. Been, there, done that, didn't even get a tee shirt.
     
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    I'm thinking of writing a story whose main character is someone who owns one of those toll-collection websites, the ones that send you notices in the mail with "processing fees" that are usually almost as large as the toll itself. They would just have so much income and also free time, as they sit at home and their automated website collects money for them. They'd be able to go on any adventure (or hatch any evil scheme) they wanted. It'd be a great sandbox for writing...
     
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    Oh sorry, I was continuing the metaphor.
     
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    Sister is doing better now. :3 Saturday she can be around people wearing a mask. Yay! :D
     
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    and that one appears to be in Italian... I just did a quick google and grabbed a screenshot.

    blue screens I have seen always had a memory dump though.
     
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    I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking of Fargo
     
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    I miss the days when aches and pains were earned.
     
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    It is legal for Elizabeth Windsor, aka Queen Elizabeth, when acting as a private citizen, to detonate a nuclear weapon.

    Other citizens of the UK are forbidden from doing so under a 1998 law, but there was an exception written for her.

    Guy Fawkes Day could get interesting :)
     
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    Was it written specifically for her, or for the reigning monarch?
     
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    Discovering Fernando Pessoa has been a fucking revelation.
     
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    If temperatures in excess of (a possible) 100 f only warrants amber weather warnings from the Met office, how hot would it have be for a red warning?
     
  24. big soft moose

    big soft moose An Admoostrator Admin Staff Supporter Contributor Community Volunteer

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    They’ve issued a red warning in the south for Monday and Tuesday where there is a 50% chance of heat exceeding 40 deg Celsius
     
  25. Iain Aschendale

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    I believe she's named but it applies to the monarch. It should be all over the news now.
     

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