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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Well, to be honest, I am burning up in this damn house, it feals like 100 in here, and I cant wait till we move back in our actual house, that has an AC. I cant stand this heat. Thats all Im doing. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=225853#p225853 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 @Dark, traveling by train does sound nice. Unfortunately, here in the US most of the passenger train services have gone the way of the dinosaur. Once Americans got use to owning and driving their own cars a lot of forms of public transportation such as passenger trains went out of business with in a couple of decades. What trains are left are mostly freight and I do believe there are a few passenger trains operating up around New York City, but the majority of the others are gone. So I suspect unless I move to a more populated area like NYC Ill probably never get to ride a passenger train since none exist where I live.As far as shoestring fries that is what we usually call the standard skinny fries one gets from McDonalds, Wendys, and other fast food restaurants. Most people just call them French fries, but technically they are called shoestring fries because they are long and skinny like a shoe string. As I remarked earlier here in the US there are so man y different ways to cut and fry a potato that we have to have different names for fries else it is all too easy to confuse the person taking your order. Assuming of course that the establishment offers more than one type of fries which some commonly do.As it so happens I took my son to Coshocton yesterday where we did eat out at Hardees for lunch. I had myself a jumbo chili dog, a double cheese burger, curly fries, an apple turnover, and a large ice tea. My son had a jumbo chili dog, a ham and cheese sandwich, curly fries, a chocolate chip cookie, and an orange cream shake. While that was a fairly standard bag lunch for Hardees other optional sides were standard fries, chili fries, onion rings, and seems to me they have something else as well although it isnt coming to mind at the second.Anyway, the point here is that most American restaurants offers up fries as a side. Usually youll find them in hamburger and fast food restaurants like McDonald s, Burger King, and Wendys as well as more upscale steak houses like Long Horn, Ryans, and Outback. The primary difference being if you go to an upscale restaurant and get fries as a side they generally come with what are called steak fries. These are much longer than those you would find at a fast food restaurant, quite a bit wider, and much thicker. They also cost a bit more than the typical fast food fries, but also taste better.As far as Long John Silvers, LJS, I am pretty sure that chain is pretty specific to the US and perhaps a few up in Canada. It is a pirate themed fast food chain that sells sea food. They have a number of entrees such as fish and more, shrimp and more, and their chicken planks meal which I use to love as a kid. They also offer a number of fish sandwiches which are also good. When I go to Long John Silvers I usually order the classic fish and more meal because it comes with two pieces of fried fish, two hush puppies, a l arge order of fries, and slaw.In case you have no idea what hush puppies are they are basically corn meal rolled up into a ball and fried in a deep friar. So far as I know that is pretty specific to America as they were something initially started in the American south, and are only sold at a few places like Long John Silvers, Pop-Eyes, and a couple of other chains nationally. Mostly if a person wants to get a good batch of hush puppies he or she has to go to the American south to get them since they are a part of that good ol southern fried cookin. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=224714#p224714 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 I always thought in America hush puppies were a type of casual shoe, like trainers (what are called sneakers I think over there), so now Ive learnt something. I do remember some rather nice fried corn dumplings I had when I last went to a westindian place, I dont know if those ushpuppies you mention are similar. Anyway sinse we have a topic about grub on the forum (and sinse Im absolutely starving), Ill stop with the foody discussion and resume it there (when Ive eaten! ). Today I was doing a bit of charity based singing for a guide dog association event. Its the first one they organized, and to be honest the organization was a shambles, I felt rather sorry for one chap sinse he was billed as having a professional standard backing and Pa system and performers were told to use it, however he was newly blind, was a man with a karaoke set, and I felt a little sorry for him sinse he got majorly pissed off both at the fact his technology was so much harder to handle, and the fact that he didnt know he was told to back singers. Luckily I just plugged my laptop into his system, he had a radio mike for me to use and everything worked out. I also ran into an old school friend (wel he was my friend some of the time), from my specialist school which was sort of interesting, particualrly when he admited himself that there was a school mind set and it never occurred to him I didnt get it and wasnt having a good time there. I think people appreciated the singing though. Ironically I found the best song about guide dogs, youll never walk alone . I am now feeling more than a little shattered! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=224746#p224746 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Hi Tom. Sorry to here about the medical troubles, I know such things arent fun and I hope things improve. I am rather tempted though to make a very bad pun along the lines of this proves how much trouble jaws can be . Im sorry if that is a little too off, it just struck me with some of the recent arguements about freedom scientific that if you were to say that you had problems with your jaws people would probably assume you meant something rather different. I have no idea what shoe string fries are, though I can sort of make a guess. Oddly enough over here you do occasionally get what are called skinny chips, though they usually just end up being like ordinary fries rather than the more usual thicker chips we have in the Uk. On the few occasions Ive had curley fries, I have noticed they have someth ing spicy about them, though I dont know if this is the same as you get in the states, particularly sinse as I said they do tend to be a kids thing, often coming with kids party meals etc. Id probably have them if they were on offer as opposed to normal fries just for the novelty, though sinse Fries as opposed to chips only come up in American style places anyway such as T.G.I. Fridays or Franky and bennies, the curley variety arent too common. Never heard of long Jon silvers, though as someone who likes all things piratical itd probably suit me, gaarrr! I actually will be getting some awesome grub today sinse Ive got a train back to my parents and we managed to book a first class ticket. This is great when possible, though how much it costs can vary ridiculously, from 18 quid to over 60, likewise it can sometimes be just an extra fiver for the first class upgrade, sometimes it can be another 30 or 40, train prices i n Britain are loopy! Usually on most train services first class isnt worth much, you just get a slightly bigger seat, perhaps a single cup of coffee if your lucky, and maybe free wifi (though sometimes not even this). With Eastcoast though, its awesome! you get regular free coffee, or cold drinks, and even some free boose if you want, indeed I sometimes get a wisky and (because its only average wisky), dump it in my coffee. You then get free snacks such as biscuits, some rather nice cakes and crisps, and usually a meal which can range, according to the season or the time of day, from sandwiches right up to stuff like lasagnia, a pie, or chicken terriaki. They do amazing cooked breakfasts as well.I did worry that with eastcoast trains taken over by virgin this would stop, but nothing bad has happened yet, it also helps that the staff actually know me and reever noww as well, indeed on the way up north last week even though I didn ;t have a first class ticket for reasons of space with me and reever I wound up sitting first class, and even though I explained I didnt have a first class ticket I got free coffee, grub etc anyway, which was very kind and also much appreciated . Its actually a lovely way to travel, sitting there and listening to some music or reading, or playing a game on my Iphone, being plied with various goodies for a couple of hours . I think this afternoon I shal try the new Samurai Hyuga choice script game that came out yesterday from Hosted Games. I picked it up while its on offer, and it looked interesting, though whether I can concentrate on being a lone ronin atoning for past misdeeds while quaffing my coffee and wisky I dont know :d. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=224629#p224629 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Well, in my personal case I have been busy. Mostly with doctor appointments. I have been going to see a specialist who wants to run some tests on my face and jaw to see why my mouth wont open, and he suspects the problem is neuromuscular in nature so will be going to see a neurologist probably sometime in the next few weeks. Ive got some tests on Monday coming up so we will see what is what with that.As for this weekend it happens to be my weekend with my son, and I am planning on taking him to Coshocton where they have a big market setup at the fairgrounds this weekend. My hope is to find him a few used games etc for a fair price. Usually I can go there and find some older Playstation 1 and Playstation 2 games for $1.00 to $5.00 which is not a bad price considering what they cost new. Plus his birthday is coming up in a few days and I am hoping to find him something for his birthday that wont cost a small fortune, and getting it used is usually the best w ay to go.After that Im not sure where we will go, but Im sure we will probably eat out somewhere. Either Long John Silvers, Hardees, or some other fast food restaurant in the area. Personally I am in the mood for a couple of chili dogs, curly fries, and a large ice tea from Hardees. So if my son is willing that is where we will go eat lunch today.Speaking of curly fries Im a bit surprised they arent that popular in the UK. I personally like them more than standard fries, and am also a bit surprised they are considered kid food per se. The curly fries I am familiar with such as those from Hardees are not only long and curly but spicy with some sort of special seasoning. They do not taste the same as shoestring fries, and not all kids like them because they are spicier than a standard fry. So I suspect that while they may have something called curly fries in the UK they arent the same thing as here in the States. Just a guess on my part though. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=224621#p224621 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Oooo, forgot about this thread. @Aaron, I believe the monthly series subscription is for six releases each, though they recently did a deal to get about five years worth at a knockoff price so I did that. Well things are fun, and even when not doing the wastes. The Guide dogs organization are having a general fund raising on sunday, and im going along to do some singing, which will help, I was trying to think of a song that related to guide dogs and in the end came up with the perfect one, youll never walk alone . Last night, I was destracted from playing The Wastes by a friend of mine who I went to see the play everyman with. This is a modern retelling of a medeival morality play about a man (everyman), who is called before god to give an account of his deeds. It had some lovely sections, depicting material goods as basically a bunch of very obviously wig wearing suited shop dummies who were ushering him into a department store was amusing, as was the bit when they pointed out that in terms of lasting effect, they meant nothing so he should leave if he was going to die and theyd follow the next customer. I also liked everymans contrition, sinse instead of doing medeval penance he ended up confessing to himself as a child which held a lot more weight.God was also nice, as a rather world weary lady, and I liked the depiction of death as a sort of no nonsense snarky irishman who capered about like a clown. The end was hilarious sinse death sat on the stage, said how annoyed he was (sinse everyman had called him a cunt), and then pointed to the audience and said Well Im vexed, whos next! eeny, meeny, miny, mo! The only thing I felt a bit off, is that everyman himself was sort of a scuzbag. I dont know if this confirms my general dislike of the collective or not, if this is the idea of what every man would be.Ive also been banging out more articles for fantasybookreview.co.uk, theyve just posted my take on the idea of ratings and reviews on their blog, find it here I am working on an article about literary formula, which should be fun. Im rereading the companion chronicles from bf at the moment, and what is odd is some have different resonances for me in different places, for example, hearing nicholas courtney drink a toast to honourable old soldiers feels a lot more special given that hes no longer with us now. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=224499#p224499 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Hello,@dark: did you end up purchasing a subscription to the big finish doctor who range? If so, could you please try to explain how subscriptions work? They seem differnt than the usual yearly subscription where you are charged constantly. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223681#p223681 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Lol Tom, yes, lots of terms for similar things and Ill say not many have made it over here. Ive seen curly fries, but theyre rare and usually held to be a bit of a kids thing anyway. Chips oddly enough can be served by even high class restaurants over here though of course quality can vary, for example I went a few weeks ago with my brother to an incredibly upmarket steak house who did chips as a regular side, and just like their steaks and the sauce the chips were lovely!On the other end of the scale, Dont even get me started on the profound grossiosity that is cheasy chips, which basically is just a huge hunk of melted chease ontop of a portion of already fried chips and is sort of like an instant heart attack! . Then again, Franky and Bennies do a thing which they nominally call cheasy chips but which is probably closer to the way you describe joe joes in the us, sinse its a portion of fries with monteray jack sauce on, which are sort of closer to nachos and are actually rather nice. Usually wedges over here are served with a dip and often as a side or a starter, for example Pappa Jons who are probably my favourite commercial delivery pizza company (waaay better and also cheaper than dominoes, and far more upmarket than Pizza hut, actually they remind me of how pizza hut used to be in the nineties before it became incredibly low quality). Either way, they serve wedges as a regular side or starter, with a choice of dips such as sweet chilly, garlic, honey mustard or bbq sauce. I will say though, there are lots of other nice things that can be done to spuds that dont involve frying, at least in britain, for example I love rostis if done well and if Im having a pie or a roast dinner, indeed my mum has a friend who rears birds for hunts, so we f requently get the most wonderful free range pheasant, goose or duck, and doing the roasties in an oven tray with a little drop of the actual greace from the bird makes them amazing! (not enough to fry, just to brown the edges and give flavour). I also do like a good gratan, or a lankishire hot pot with the scolloped potatoes on the top as well.Indeed Im one of these very odd people that cant abide salad, but loves cooked vegitables, and not just fried, indeed all the things that kids are supposed to not like such as cabbage, brockely, brussle sprouts are all things Im generally a big fan of when cooked .To change the subject for a second, last night I heard this months monthly Big Finish Dr. Who story, We are the Daleks it was awesome! evil capitalistt Daleks is such a great idea, as is the idea of people playing a computer game that is actually a real war and how they respond to this (a good truck full of quite satyr, but with a very fast, action packed story along with it), , and how they were used was lovely, plus Im really interested to see where the ending goes given its got a potentially interesting new direction for the Daleks. It also gave a good idea of why the Daleks referd to the doctor as the oncoming storm which was rather amusing too.I finished buffy season 3 last night, which was very awesome, I thought the mayor was a great bad guy, sort of like Evil bill Clinton . Im glad though Angel is leaving the series sinse really he was getting on my whick, actually I much preferd him as angellous, his evil self as opposed to just stairing dewee eyed at Buffy all the time, indeed while Im not aversed to romance plots, indeed Im something of a roman tic generally myself, (the Willo/Sander/os thing is pretty sweet much of the time, especially Willow), I have to say this one got rather on my whick for the fact it just stalled and basically involved lots of woffle over season 3, really i sort of expected Angel to be out of things this series after his journey to hell in season 2, which was a nice end and resolution. Ill probably be starting the angel series soon, though Im taking a little time out to watch neverwhere, sinse Ive not seen the series for ages and its one of the best book adaptations ever, mostly because it was written by Gayman himself, INdeed, I have to say its one of the instances where I think the tv actors (especially croup and vandamar), are superior to those in the radio play (I just cant get used to mr. Vandamar not being scottish, and Bennedict cumberbach is far too nasty to be convincing as the Angel Islington). URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223670#p223670 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Now I just want fries. Thanks, guys. Its 5:15 in the morning here. Nowhere will deliver me fries.Speaking of potatoes, Im looking for a tool to nicely slice them into circles, such as if I wanted to fry them, or do potatoes au gratain. I was looking at the Blind Mice store this morning, but does anybody have a suggestion theyve used?On a completely random complaint, how come you people across the pond get all these free turn-by-turn navigation apps for the phone, and the only couple I know about here cost $30 and up? My GPS had an update that mentioned a ViaOpta app. I looked at it, it was free, got excited, opened it... and it said it was for outside the US.More on topic, ive always wanted to like fish and chips, but Im *not* a fish person. Can you make me fish that doesnt taste like fish? And can I drown it in lemon? Ive always prefered the thin fries over the big chips or wedges because in my experience, 90 percent of the time, the big potatoes are undercooked. I like crispy, not soggy and sad. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223551#p223551 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Hmmm, free satnav aps over here? The Rnib navigator has a paid subscription, and anyway as far as I know that is just a rebranded version of another program anyhow. Then again the only satnav I use myself is blindsquare which isnt subscription, it was a streight up price (I believe about 16 pounds or so), and im fairly sure that is out in the Us anyway. H, fish that doesnt taste like fish? isnt that sort of a contradiction? I admit though fish and chips generally is one of these things that many people try but few get right sinse often the fish just tastes of batter and the chips can indeed be overly soggy, however there is a happy medium you can reach where the chips are still fairly solid but not actually crispy, my local pub does wonderful chips. Likewise with the fish, if you can get propper, actually court fish that has flavour it can be fantastic! I particularly like place myself, indeed if your into lemon you should try a lemon soul. I also personally like mushy pease which is like mashed potatoes made of pease and served with mint sauce. It is I think one of these concepts you have to have grown up with, even some of my friends from the southern counties found it very weerd when I asked for some at their local chip shop .In general Im not a fries fan, if I want something thin and crispy, well Ill just go and buy a packet of crisps, though I actually dont eat many crisps either come to think of it :d.Then again I do rather like sweet potatoe fries, or those little Italian herby potatoes you get in some places.Oh btw, Im about to have some awesome curry with all the trimmings, nan bread, bargies etc, so I can afford to start playing the hunger games .I spent most of today practicing songs, and alternately playing interceptor which is cool! I am learning no rhyme for richard which I saw on a musical tribute to tim rice and just had! to have a go at, its from a musical called Blondell and is all about wicked prince John (the same one from the robin hood legend), convincing Blondell to write a poem about him instead of king Richard, on the basis that Richard doesnt rhyme with anything where as Johnb rhymes with (as he puts it), the hole lexi con! its hilarious and Id love to get it right for my music school in august. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223585#p223585 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 @Dark, I think your description of potato wedges is closest in concept to our joes. As I mentioned above joes are basically a potato cut into 6 to 8 equally sized wedges, and then are covered in seasoning and fried in a deep friar. They dont necessarily come with special sauce but can be served with cheese on them or without. Most people eat them with ketchup which is pretty typical for Americans.As where to get them that depends. Most often they are in more upscale restaurants served a long side steak, fried chicken, meatloaf, etc and offered instead of mashed potatoes as a side. I guess even though joes are basically a great big fry they are considered a bit more upscale than the shoestring type fries found at McDonalds or the curly fries served at other fast food restaurants. Then again, some of those upscale restaurants will also offer steak fries as well as joes further confusing the issue even further.As you mentioned there is a lot of ways to cut u p and cook potatoes. Here in the USA I can think of at least a dozen ways to cut and fry a potato and all would technically be called a fry, but would all taste different and look different. We would have seasoned waffle fries, seasoned curly fries, steak fries, shoestring fries, joes, etc. I have no idea how many of these have been exported outside the country, but if one comes here be prepared to be shocked at the plethora of ways to cut and fry a potato. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223647#p223647 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 @Tom, thats interesting. As you know French fries are more commonly called chips in britain, however the distinction is a little less clear. Chips tend to be thicker and more chewy than fries, (very bad and greasy if made improperly but rather nice if done well), usually served as the traditional British Fish and chips (hence Sams conversation with golumn in Lotr). You also do now get a lot of places serving thin, crispy American style Fries, but sort of as a specific Americanism and usually to accompany something American like a burger or ribs as opposed to the usual fish or pie or whatever that would commonly come with chips. Then you frequently get Potatoe wedges, either served as a starter or as an accompanyment, quite common in pizza places, the odd Italian or mexicons. These are as you describe, like chips or french fries but much thicker and usually also on the crispy side, often served with a coating or a dipping sauce. I wonder if wedges are similar to Jo Joes? then again, I always thought the potatoe wedges thing was an americanism anyway! gagh! Drake shouldve left the dam things where he found them and saved us all this linguistic confusion about how to chop up and fry one particular bulbus vegitable! . URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223255#p223255 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 @Tom, thats interesting. As you know French fries are more commonly called chips in britain, however the distinction is a little less clear. Chips tend to be thicker and more chewy than fries, (very bad and greasy if made improperly but rather nice if done well), usually served as the traditional British Fish and chips (hence Sams conversation with golumn in Lotr). You also however, do now get a lot of places serving fries, but if theyre called fries they are cooked in the thin, crispy and American style. Like the term cookies Fries are also sort of as a specific Americanism and usually to accompany something American like a burger or ribs as opposed to the usual fish or pie or whatever that would commonly come with chips, (you will rarely see a place advertise fish and fries Then you frequently get Potatoe wedges, either served as a starter or as an accompanyment, quite common in pizza plac es, the odd Italian or mexicons. These are as you describe, like chips or french fries but much thicker and usually also on the crispy side, often served with a coating or a dipping sauce. I wonder if wedges are similar to Jo Joes? then again, I always thought the potatoe wedges thing was an american import! gagh! Drake shouldve left the dam things where he found them and saved us all this linguistic confusion about how to chop up and fry one particular bulbus vegitable! . URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223255#p223255 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Hmm, I kept meaning to reply to this topic but didnt get around to it. @Tom, sorry to here about the health issues and the bills, I will say that it is at these moments Im actually glad I live inBritain with the Nhs, sinse while they definitely have their issues its far better than worrying about getting important health checks for financial reasons, heck I dont even know if Id still be able to have any vision in America given my cocktail of necessary medications. The celibrations sound fun, though what the heck are jo joes? Ive had root beer before, and actually its something I like and dont get much of over here, but Ive never heard of jo joes.@Cinnamon, congrats on the job, I hope its the fun kind of human resources which actually requires you to think rather than the really boring kind which basically treats employees like glorified computers, Ive had friends whove done both before. you r comment about clerkes was a little odd until I read it phonetically, sinse obviously like me, orphius is English, its a similar pronunciation to derby, though I have also seen it written as a r k. Ill admit the Us thing of calling them clerkes to rhyme with Kirk always sounds weerd to me, but I suppose it would . Today I went to an informational morning on guide dogs. Guide dogs is one of the few charities over here that I have a lot of time for, and not just because of the dogs. Some of ttheir campaigns, about getting laws inforced regarding pavement parking and audio announcements on busses were interesting to know about and of course I put my ore in, Ill also e helping a little with one of their fund raising days doing a bit of singing. Its odd, most organizations for the blind over here I dont tend to find work well because of the usual what we say goes, or were only interested in specific people ethos, but guide dogs dont work like that, or at least they havent recently, they also gave me some handy suggestions sinse loyds are closing my local branch which is a pain in the arse and means Ill need to walk into the very crowded center of town to find the other Loyds bank. I know roughly where it is, but roughly is the operative word, and unfortunately blind square doesnt seem quite accurate enough to tell you which door on a street is which, guide dogs however do have a service where you can ask one of the trainers to do a route with your dog with you which would be good. I will also see about contacting another majestrates court in newcastle, which is about 15 minutes away on the train and see if they want volunteers. In other news, my book reviews still continue to be popular which is good, Ive recently st arted on articles for the site too. you can find them over at www.fantasybookreview.co.uk. Right now Im working on one for the first red dwarf novel, infinity welcomes careful drivers, well I am when I can tear myself away from Doctor who audios or adventure to fate, really its amazing how a game with so little description is so dam addictive! .On Doctor who, well as you know I think Steven Moffat is a genius with an ever original take on surprising pplotlines which are always satisfyingly resolved and a gift for telling emotional stories with diverse characters, I also think the moon is made of green cheese, free market capitalism insures fareness for all, jar jar binks is the best thing to happen to Starwars ever and coffee is the creation of Satan!Im afraid Moffat must die, or at least moffat must stop producing doctor who has been my thought ever sinse season 5.I dont know which gets me more, the constant business about asking unresolved questions that go no where, the super fast storylines that try to be epic but dont have the characters or time to help, the fact that Moffat can only write one female character and we get this same over confident, over flirty ever smug and self centered woman shoved down our throats whether shes called missy or amy or river song. I think though the single thing that irritates me most with moffat is his kiddy kiddy approach, where nothing bad is ever allowed to happen ever! this Im afraid Aaron is why i hated the so called fiftyieth aniversary special, sinse you know the time war, that traumatized the doctor for the past two regenerations and made the galaxy so wonderfully dark? well by the way there were children on gallifrey and will someone please! think of the children! And its not just retconning the time war (though that is bad enough). Look at the Forest of the niht episode last year when oooh, look it starts with a cute child whos lost her sister and of course the sister turns up at the end! If Doctor who has ever had a single over riding point, it is that you cant change the past even with a time machine, indeed verrity lambert and Cid newman originally had the first Doctors tardis uncontrollable in the sixties because! they realized how easily time travel could wreck the drama in any story.This is a point thats
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 @Dark, jo-joes are essentially great big fries. Basically, what they are is someone takes a potato, cuts it into six to eight evenly sized pieces, and then fries them in a deep friar. Thus you end up with something sort of like a fry but much much bigger. They tend to be longer and much fatter than a fry. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223232#p223232 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Well, as for me I have a pretty full schedule ahead. July is of course right smack in the middle of summer vacation here in the States, and that is also when there is a lot of things to do.For example, last Saturday was our 4th of July holiday. I basically spent the morning playing games with my son on his Playstation. Then, we picked up a fried chicken dinner at the local IGA. We got fried chicken, baked beans, jo-joes, a chocolate cake, and a bottle of root beer. It was a decent meal all things considered. After that we went downtown to the 4th of July celebration at the town square where my son got to play in the bouncy houses, join in some other games, and ride a mechanical bull. We ended up getting some cups of fresh squeezed lemonade on our way home.As it so happens my sons birthday is also coming up this month, and I have not decided what Ill be doing for my sons birthday but Im sure my family and I will throw together some sort of cele bration for him. So that too is something to look forward to this month.That said, I have a doctors appointment this month I have mixed feelings about. For the last two three years I have been having some serious problems with my face and mouth making it difficult for me to open my mouth to talk or eat. I will be seeing a specialist this month to have it looked at. The problem is this doctor does not accept any kind of government insurance. He does not take Medicare, Medicaid, or that worthless pile of crap Obamacare so that means Ill be paying out of pocket to see him. If he can do something about the problem that will be worth it, but I dont really have the money to spend. If he cant do anything I might as well flush the money down the toilet. So saying that my financial situation is just now recovering from my divorce I have more than my share of anxt over racking up more debt I really cant afford.On the bright side things are goi ng better than they have been. Ive got ongoing medical situations, but that aside Im looking forward to this month and getting out and doing stuff. The weather here is unusually rainy, which is certainly something of a bummer, but when I can get out and do things the weather is relatively nice all things considered. So here is hoping for a decent month. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222853#p222853 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Hello,@dark: that is an interesting choice youve made there, its a shame that theya rent looking for any new volunteers.I havent tried adventure to fate yet.I recently signed up to a music streaming service called Deezer, and I like that its more accessible than Spotify for the most part. There are a few things though that cant currently be done, like sharing, but I contacted the support team and the person who responded went so far as to actually install NVDA on one of their systems and start to test the website with it, so well see where this goes, I find it really cool that someones actually trying out the screen reader approach. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222519#p222519 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 @Aarjan, I can see the issue with bias, but firstly remember not everyone can just wander in off the street and become a majestrate. Though its a volunteer position you still need references and to apply, and you get a years training. Also, its not a case that one Majestrate will have to make the decision on his/her own, there is always a pannel of three and they try to balance levels of experience precisely so as to avoid biases etc, and of course there is a clarke of the court who is there to make sure of all the legal points.In Britain at least a person cannot just become a judge usually they will have to be a lawyer or a barister first and usually have worked for an amazingly long time and taken a ridiculous number of qualifications on the job to get there, indeed one of my brothers favourite sayings is dont mess with the judge! sinse generally judges tend to be extremely clever and know what theyre doing, whic h is one reason amazingly miner stuff is dealt with by majestrates. One problem in the Uk recently is that because the government did away with legal aide, it basically means there are no jobs in criminal law at all, as there are very few paying criminal clients, and its lead to some pretty serious issues as youd imagine sinse basically people are going to court and if they cant pay for their own defense, the court appoints someone to handle their case but only allots a small amount of time to it and doesnt really do the work outside the court.My brother loves criminal, qualified in criminal and did much of his work in it, but with the governments decision he had to change specialization. These days he deals with employment which he finds just as contentious and just as fun. As to whether, fortunately we had some fantastic rain this morning and some lovely thunder, so the air seems very clear. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222582#p222582 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Hi.@Dark: that is rather interesting, we dont really have magistrates over here either, or at least not volunteers like the UK apparently does. Even for the minor offences, the people do actually have a proper job. Usually its someone working for the police or justice, but there are also actual judges who handle cases by themselves and hand out fairly light penalties.I wonder what your training to become a magistrate would consist of. I personally wouldnt be so keen on volunteers actually handing out punishments because they might not have had the proper training, its more than just reading a particular law article, you also have to actually interpret each case, and be consistent. But since I am studying law myself this may be biased. In fact I am particularly interested in criminal law, and while I really dont see myself becoming a lawyer, being a judge would be quite interesting.As for me... Well, the law studies are indeed over for this year. I will have to choose which types of law I want to specialise in fairly soon. One of the types is definitely criminal law, and something more international might be nice as well.I dont like this horrendously hot weather much either. Tomorrow in particular is going to be a struggle especially for the dogs, but luckily after that it will not be as hot. Unfortunately this also means there will be an overabundance of rain, which isnt exactly fun either. If only we had 20 to 25 degrees for the entire summer, Id be happy with that. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222536#p222536 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Hi. Im still on my winter break, which lasts to around the 20th of this month, I believe. @Dark, interesting you mention volunteer magistrates; I dont believe this is possible in my country, unless you have the required qualifications. So, out of curiosity, what is required over there to apply for this? Ive heard about your little heatwave over in Europe and apparently some places in France reached record high temperatures. Its still not as hot as it gets in summer over here, though. Lastly, Im playing around with the new feature in iOS, IE, Apple music. I know someone else made a topic for this elsewhere, so I wont write too much about it here. Im just glad this was made available in South Africa from the launch date, as we have to go through other means to access services like Spotify, Pandora etc. Im trying t he 3 month free trial to see if I like it, after which Ill decide if its worth a subscription. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222451#p222451 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 @Bcs, dont confuse majestrates and Judges. Over here the actual Judges are indeed highly qualified individuals and it takes literally years to become one.Majestrates are there to deal with the very miner stuff, like if someone is caught by a speed camera and gets a fign or if there is a miner count of rowdy, but not damaging behaviour. Anything the least bit serious goes to actual court to appear before a Judge. Still as I said unfortunately they dont need any new ones at the moment. It is indeed hot as heck up here, though likely not as hot as it gets in South Africa, still for a place which regularly gets masses of snow in the winter (which is of course around december/january/february in this part of the world), its very odd. Weve had a couple of major storms, which is great because I really like a good storm .Right now I 39;m just having to tear myself away from adventure to fate battle arena, which is awesome! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222461#p222461 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Hi,[[wow]], that sounds like it could be a really interesting thing to do. I know what you mean about feeling that you dont have the expertise and the right to give someone that level of punishment, but on the other hand it could give you some real life experience.Well, my lifes pretty boring at the moment. Ive finished all my exams for the year but unfortunately Ive had to stay on at college until this time next week as I am starting my A2 subjects (the final year of A Level for anyone who doesnt know). In the last few weeks Ive had a bit of work to do but not a lot; in between work Ive been reading a book in the Morganville Vampires series which Im finding very enjoyable, and spending a lot more time outside than I would usually. The weather in the UK has rather surprisingly been lovely over the past few weeks. Yesterday it even got to 32 degrees (something I thought would never happen).Tonight we have our leaver’s dinner or Prom as they call it in some places which Im rather looking forward to, however I hope it doesnt decide to thunder as its looking rather dark outside... On Saturday we have our annual speech day which should be quite boring as usual, but after that Ive not got much to do and Im leaving for home next Thursday.On the 13th Im heading to Sherwood Forest to go to Center Parcs and I cant wait! My whole family and a few family friends are going, so that should be really enjoyable. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222338#p222338 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Monthly chat July 2015 Well Lauren unfortunately when I investigated it turned out they arent looking for any new volunteer majistrates right now, though theyve taken my details in case they change their mind albeit they wont be making a decision until October. Well its been hot as heck up here as well, which hasnt been good, actually its way too warm, Reevers certainly not a fan despite liking the sun. Oddly enough to say my parents are in Nottingham so I grew up relatively close to Sherwood forest I have never been to center parks. I know people who have, but I havent myself, though it sounds ust the thing in this weather. My own final A level ball was lovely, I wore full tux and everything else and had a great time, seeing all my friends off. I think a prom in the american sence isnt just an end of school leaving do but also means some weerd thing about asking a person of the opposite gender to sort of go as escort/dat e/dance partner/just general accompaniment, as well, where as with mine (and with most), people just sort of go and meet up there. I actually preferd mine that way as it was. The Morgenville vampire thing rings a vague bell, what are they about? Ill admit Im getting a little ticked off with bloody vampires, but hay any subject can be done justice if the writing is good enough, I always find zombocalypse a wee limited in scope as a basic dramatic setting but Ive seen some great examples like Were alive.Not much going today other than trying Yellow bonnet and probably watching more buffy, also I need to finish the Charley review and see about starting one of the red dwarf book infinity favours careful drivers which more people really should read, sinse its hilarious. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222342#p222342 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Monthly chat July 2015
Monthly chat July 2015 Well another month, another monthly chat topic. As usual the rules are the same, casual discussion ahoy. Tell us about your life and what your up to in school/work/university, what your playing or watching or reading or thinking at the moment and anything else vaguely interesting you feel like having a bit of a chin wag about. Once again I get to start the roll balling, hmmm, oh dear, that was actually a typo but I left it in because I seem to be turning into agent Crab Tree from the comedy series allo allo, I wonder if Ill start telling people how the onglish bummers are farting for france .As well as checking through and hopefully finishing my charley and the great glass elevator review today, one job Im doing is looking into becoming a voluntary majestrate. Its interesting, its not something I wouldve ever thought of do ing but it was a suggestion of my brother, and the other week I saw one of my dads friends who does it regularly so was able to ask her about it. If I decide to go for it and if I qualify with the training, basically it would involve myself, as part of a group of three majestrates evaluating cases in majestrates court. These wont be murders or assaults or anything like that, but more miner offenses, and though they could potentially be passed on to crown court if theyre demed serious its also not beyond the possibility that I could be required to decide (along with the two other majestrates), whether someone goes to traffic school or gets a month or two in prison. On the one hand I do sort of think what would give me the right or expertees to decide that, or have potentially at least some of the power to apply that level of punishment on the other hand,well its sort of like a real world version of what Ive been doin g on this forum for close to nine years now, though where as on this forum my moderation decisions tend to be made with respect to, well what I happen to think is the best thing for the community, my decisions as a majestrate would be more like looking at the correct bits of law and seeing how they apply to any persons given offense. I do think itd be an interesting thing to do, particularly for myself as an ethicist, and also stimulating to the brain as well, and a handy way of seeing and learning a bit more about people sinse I do have every intention of publishing fiction in the future and its important for any writer to get a good sense of how people habitually react if she/he wants to write convincingly three dimentional characters.Of course this might come to nothing. I do know blind people are exempt from jury service in the Uk, although there are certainly blind judges, indeed I suspect my brother will finish his career as a judge, but I thought it was an interesting thing to do, and a good voluntary job I could have a crack at, particularly sinse commitments of time only tend to be one day a week so it wouldnt be over loading. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222191#p222191 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
