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Paperback of 'Torn'?

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Re: Paperback of 'Torn'?

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The good lady has even spoken to a few of us in irc, as I recall... as has a Gimlet.
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Re: Paperback of 'Torn'?

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You are not helping me in my endeavours to convince the wife. :roll: :D
Surely my magnificent Mo' will convince her that I'm perfectly normal?

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:shock: <Gimi runs and hides behind the chair in the corner. Carefully peaks out at the Boogeyman on to computer screen>. Oh, it's only The Birdman. All is well. :lol:
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El Viejo wrote:
The good lady has even spoken to a few of us in irc, as I recall... as has a Gimlet.
Yep, and the Gimlet is nagging me for his own IRC account/setup. I suspect he will be joining us at the next Gravity Waves (if he behaves that is).
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Very cool!
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Gimi wrote:
I'm trying to convince my wife that the people on this bb are just normal people. Giving her Torn (I already have a copy on my iPod) might just do the trick with Drew, for the rest of you lot, I see no way ahead. :lol:
I'm not normal, and I resent the comparison. I spend a significant portion of my time working out the internal arrangements of fictional spaceships, for crying out loud. And the rest of the time I play with LEGO.

There's no hope for me. I once had the following conversation:
Max: "What would you rather have: Sex or LEGO?"
Me: <thinks> "How big is the LEGO set?"
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Selezen wrote:
Gimi wrote:
I'm trying to convince my wife that the people on this bb are just normal people. Giving her Torn (I already have a copy on my iPod) might just do the trick with Drew, for the rest of you lot, I see no way ahead. :lol:
I'm not normal, and I resent the comparison. I spend a significant portion of my time working out the internal arrangements of fictional spaceships, for crying out loud. And the rest of the time I play with LEGO.

There's no hope for me. I once had the following conversation:
Max: "What would you rather have: Sex or LEGO?"
Me: <thinks> "How big is the LEGO set?"
Please note: I'm trying to convince my wife that people here are normal. Nowhere does it say that I believe the people here are normal. 8)

As for your second point, I would probably ask whether that was a LEGO Mindstorms set or not. Then again, given all the stuff you can build with Mindstorms, including different types of programmable robots, you could combine...... (No, forget that, sorry :mrgreen: )

Edit: Another masterful derailment.
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Re: Paperback of 'Torn'?

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Edit: Another masterful derailment.

:mrgreen:

Max: "What would you rather have: Sex or LEGO?"
Me: <thinks> "How big is the LEGO set?"

I suppose answering with "How good will the sex be?" is a no no? :lol:

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drew wrote:
I suppose answering with "How good will the sex be?" is a no no? :lol:
Well, whatever it can't compete with the Lego, can it? :P
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It all depends on how big the pieces are. ;-)
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Re: Paperback of 'Torn'?

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Are we still talking about the Lego here? :mrgreen:
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Re: Paperback of 'Torn'?

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Yes - Lego Duplo, in this case. :lol:
You know those who, having been mugged and stabbed, fired, dog run over, house burned down, wife eloped with best friend, daughters becoming prostitutes and their countries invaded - still say that "all is well"?
I'm obviously not one of them.
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:lol:
When will I ever get around to building a Lego Cobra Mk3... Well, no time like the present.
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