Here is the new thread! Lets all chat!
I had a good week! Football is finally back.
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Here is the new thread! Lets all chat!
I had a good week! Football is finally back.
I have malt liquor in the frig! The plan is to drink it before noon and then sober up!
Instead of CBR Chat , I wish we'd come up with a better name for chat thread. Since were going back to the idea of 5,000 post threads again.
My weekend has been really good so far. Went to a wedding reception Friday night and went to Sheffield to see Sheffield United v Swansea City yesterday, which was a crazy, amazing day. Today, is a lazy day :D
My weekend has been good: lots of frantic cleaning up around the house, my toddler son got to play with his young cousins when they came over, and we got a beach day in the plans for now.
Dreading going to work on Monday tho ...
Been sitting around waiting and writing a bit for the past few months. Graduated film school back in May and I've been waiting on my friends' lease to be up so we can move to LA.
Well, Hartlepool denied me a winnings at the bookies yesterday so...BOOOOOO LOL.
Anyways, just chilling with my family until the busy week kicks in from tomorrow.
I'm watching Ghostbusters 2 at the mo, before cracking out the BBQ later. I've got 2 weeks off work now, so I don't have that "Sunday feeling" for a change!
Wait... Is that the smell of a FRESH CHAT THREAD? >woooooo hoooooo!!!!!<
[I]strips down and runs around with arms flailing widlly[/I]
[QUOTE=SUPERECWFAN1;3830074]Instead of CBR Chat , I wish we'd come up with a better name for chat thread. Since were going back to the idea of 5,000 post threads again.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Cronin would always have either Bob Dylan song titles or Shakespeare sonnet titles? We could work something out
Though it doesn't seem to have fixed the issue with the sluggish posting, and it just shunted me into the 'Go advanced' even though I had clicked the 'Quick reply' button.
Also, I need to buy an electric fan first thing tomorrow after work. The heat wave doesn't seem to be ending, and I basically do everything in my attic which gets super hot.
Sorry about the poor name. I did not wish to confuse folk. I was thinking something such as Iceberg lounge. Feel free to edit if it can be done.
Revege of the Sith is on ITV2. Love thi smovie.
Not as hot as it has been but a warm day nonetheless.
Also, my favourite Chuckle Brother died so R.I.P to him.
Maybe this Chat should be sticky-ied to the top.
[QUOTE=Tami;3835010]Maybe this Chat should be sticky-ied to the top.[/QUOTE]
[Color=deeppink]Ugh, yeah. I had to start a stupid fake chat! I have decided you are the smart one. [/Color]
[QUOTE=DebkoX;3830427]Sorry about the poor name. I did not wish to confuse folk. I was thinking something such as Iceberg lounge. Feel free to edit if it can be done.
Revege of the Sith is on ITV2. Love thi smovie.[/QUOTE]
[Color=deeppink]It's called "Rita's." Don't make me decide you are the dumb one.[/color]
[Color=deeppink]Also, I cannot believe none of my friends posted in my fake chat thread. At least ONE of the mods are here! Don't make me come to New Zealand and make you talk to me, Stony!
Stupid old! Old people should get "pretty when I was young" points. And then I would be a winner!
An old winner. [/color]
[QUOTE=SUPERECWFAN1;3830074]Instead of CBR Chat , I wish we'd come up with a better name for chat thread. Since were going back to the idea of 5,000 post threads again.[/QUOTE]
[Color=deeppink]And YOU.
How. Dare. You.
Also, how are you not dead yet? You were old when I was not old.[/color]
[QUOTE=bipolar danger girl;3835032][Color=deeppink]Also, I cannot believe none of my friends posted in my fake chat thread. At least ONE of the mods are here! Don't make me come to New Zealand and make you talk to me, Stony! [/color][/QUOTE]
Buy me a ticket to Hawaii, then maybe we'll talk
I wish that this solution of locking threads bears fruit here. I will however, feel annoyed for now that the previous chat thread did not last for 5 full years.
[QUOTE=Speed Force League Unlimited;3838044]I wish that this solution of locking threads bears fruit here. I will however, feel annoyed for now that the previous chat thread did not last for 5 full years.[/QUOTE]
It's crazy to think they used to last no longer than a month, because a couple weeks was all it took to fill 'em up to 5,000 posts! They were like chat rooms, and you'd always have your cursor on that refresh button to see if anyone had posted something new.
[QUOTE=bipolar danger girl;3835032][Color=deeppink]Also, I cannot believe none of my friends posted in my fake chat thread. At least ONE of the mods are here! Don't make me come to New Zealand and make you talk to me, Stony!
Stupid old! Old people should get "pretty when I was young" points. And then I would be a winner!
An old winner. [/color][/QUOTE]
Since I'm little over four months away from 60, I should have [B]ALL[/B] the "pretty when I was young" points! :p
[QUOTE=WestPhillyPunisher;3840403]Since I'm little over four months away from 60, I should have [B]ALL[/B] the "pretty when I was young" points! :p[/QUOTE]
Where I was never pretty to begin with ;) so I wouldn't get any pretty points.
BTW, I finally had a chance to sit down and work on one of my stories this weekend, got a decent amount done as well though I must admit it's going in a different direction that I'd originally intended.
[QUOTE=John Ossie;3840693]Where I was never pretty to begin with ;) so I wouldn't get any pretty points.
BTW, I finally had a chance to sit down and work on one of my stories this weekend, got a decent amount done as well though I must admit it's going in a different direction that I'd originally intended.[/QUOTE]
Stories often have a habit of writing themselves in that way. I've heard it happen to many authors.
[QUOTE=Tami;3840787]Stories often have a habit of writing themselves in that way. I've heard it happen to many authors.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's not the first time either. I'm sure it won't be the last, assuming I carry on with the hobby.
[QUOTE=Mormel;3840271]It's crazy to think they used to last no longer than a month, because a couple weeks was all it took to fill 'em up to 5,000 posts! They were like chat rooms, and you'd always have your cursor on that refresh button to see if anyone had posted something new.[/QUOTE]Speaking of which, I miss some of the older posters, like Mari.
[QUOTE=John Ossie;3840693]Where I was never pretty to begin with ;) so I wouldn't get any pretty points.
BTW, I finally had a chance to sit down and work on one of my stories this weekend, got a decent amount done as well though I must admit it's going in a different direction that I'd originally intended.[/QUOTE]
Ooooooh!! We have an author in our midst? I'm intrigued! What is your story about, might I ask?
[QUOTE=bipolar danger girl;3835037][Color=deeppink]And YOU.
How. Dare. You.
Also, how are you not dead yet? You were old when I was not old.[/color][/QUOTE]
BAH OLDER....I never aged . Don't you remember us Swedish Chefs never age.
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[QUOTE=Speed Force League Unlimited;3838044]I wish that this solution of locking threads bears fruit here. I will however, feel annoyed for now that the previous chat thread did not last for 5 full years.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Mormel;3840271]It's crazy to think they used to last no longer than a month, because a couple weeks was all it took to fill 'em up to 5,000 posts! They were like chat rooms, and you'd always have your cursor on that refresh button to see if anyone had posted something new.[/QUOTE]
Also as a fun thing was the final race to 5,000 basically. Which for a couple years I made a sorta game . I kept the winner stats and actually went back a number of years tracking who had won "Rita's" . Which was the old chat thread. Since that name is in use elsewhere (and people have said it shouldn't be used here again) and since were back to 5,000 limits again ....we need a new cool name (with song lyric new each time). Which I think should be a poll deal.
My solution is ... each time the person who gets the 5,000th post wins that championship (which I'll record) they have to start the next new "chat" thread and song lyric. They get that choice of song lyric. But the poll will give us a cool new name.
Portions of the east coast are being deluged this morning from storms, meanwhile, out west, California can't so much as buy a drop of rain to help deal with their wildfires. The imbalance is staggering.
[QUOTE=WestPhillyPunisher;3842123]Ooooooh!! We have an author in our midst? I'm intrigued! What is your story about, might I ask?[/QUOTE]
Well the thing is I don't consider myself an author since none of my stories has ever been published or anything but, well I try LOL.
As for the story, I'm still throwing ideas around for the title but the one I'm working with at the moment is ''Jurassic Time''. Like I said in my earlier post the story has changed quite a bit since I started. In a nutshell it's set on a Island, full of Dinosaurs obviously with this British family who'd been stuck there for seven years at the start of it and a family from Miami, Florida who've just got deserted. There's Tribal stuff going on as well as a ''Spiritual Partner'' thing.
Speaking of which I did a third of a chapter of it last night.
I've got other stories going on as well but at the moment I'm focusing on this ''Jurassic Time'' one.
[QUOTE=WestPhillyPunisher;3842423]Portions of the east coast are being deluged this morning from storms, meanwhile, out west, California can't so much as buy a drop of rain to help deal with their wildfires. The imbalance is staggering.[/QUOTE]
Hope everyone's alright over there.
[QUOTE=John Ossie;3842473]Hope everyone's alright over there.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, all is well here in the Philadelphia region, other than flooded roads here and there. The rain has stopped for the time being. I just hope I don't run into trouble on the way home.
Speaking of being an author, your story idea sounds intriguing. I hope you have success with it.
[QUOTE=WestPhillyPunisher;3842579]Yeah, all is well here in the Philadelphia region, other than flooded roads here and there. The rain has stopped for the time being. I just hope I don't run into trouble on the way home.
Speaking of being an author, your story idea sounds intriguing. I hope you have success with it.[/QUOTE]
Fingers crossed weather wise.
As far as the story is concerned, well it's early days but I'm enjoying writing it so far which is the main thing. :) once I've finished this chapter I'll have ten more before I'm done with this ''volume'' or whatever you want to call it as I'm planning on doing four ''volumes'' of it.
[QUOTE=SUPERECWFAN1;3842145]Also as a fun thing was the final race to 5,000 basically. Which for a couple years I made a sorta game . I kept the winner stats and actually went back a number of years tracking who had won "Rita's" . Which was the old chat thread. Since that name is in use elsewhere (and people have said it shouldn't be used here again) and since were back to 5,000 limits again ....we need a new cool name (with song lyric new each time). Which I think should be a poll deal.
My solution is ... each time the person who gets the 5,000th post wins that championship (which I'll record) they have to start the next new "chat" thread and song lyric. They get that choice of song lyric. But the poll will give us a cool new name.[/QUOTE]We used to do that with the off-topic threads in the Spider-Man section of the previous incarnation of the message boards.
[QUOTE=Speed Force League Unlimited;3842732]We used to do that with the off-topic threads in the Spider-Man section of the previous incarnation of the message boards.[/QUOTE]
Well the whole Rita's Championship was my silliness really. It was something that I was like , the 5000th post is seen as the BIG DEAL in the chat thread to hit. So I was like why not make it an actual "championship". I wanted to restart the chat thread in 2014 but sadly then CBR wanted to move away from that then. I kept the old records awhile. But a new one would be kinda cool to do.
I'd like to possibly do a poll and perhaps name the chat thread after perhaps a former member who maybe passed away who had a long run here . If anyone has any recommendations on the poll choices and all. Be fine with me and perhaps send me a PM of the name and who they were to do that.
I'm back home after a week in Cyprus. Had a really good holiday and had our wedding anniversary out there. Chilled out, read a couple of good books, had a few drinks and hired a jet ski! :D
Never been to Cyprus. Any recommendations for if I ever get a chance to go?
[QUOTE=John Ossie;3848181]Never been to Cyprus. Any recommendations for if I ever get a chance to go?[/QUOTE]
I stayed in Paphos this time. I've been twice before, the first time being in Paphos (we decided to go back this summer) and the second time was for our honeymoon, when we stayed in Nissi Beach. I'd definitely recommend Paphos. Quite a bit of history there, nice beaches, plenty to do, great weather etc. The flights were a struggle this time though. Felt very cramped and seemed to drag on and on. Couldn't wait to land lol.
You were one of the all-time greats
[video=youtube;gFNqwQ8vdAY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFNqwQ8vdAY[/video]
[QUOTE=FluffySheep;3848322]I stayed in Paphos this time. I've been twice before, the first time being in Paphos (we decided to go back this summer) and the second time was for our honeymoon, when we stayed in Nissi Beach. I'd definitely recommend Paphos. Quite a bit of history there, nice beaches, plenty to do, great weather etc. The flights were a struggle this time though. Felt very cramped and seemed to drag on and on. Couldn't wait to land lol.[/QUOTE]
Paphos….I'll look that up just in case I ever get a chance to go there.
[QUOTE=Mormel;3848765]You were one of the all-time greats
[video=youtube;gFNqwQ8vdAY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFNqwQ8vdAY[/video][/QUOTE]
R.E.S.P.E.C.T
I must admit that I hadn't really listened to my Aretha albums for a few years because I found her ... hard to like after reading her autobiography. But after reading all those stories of nice things she did people remember after her death, I've decided that she must have been at a very bitter place in her life when she wrote that book and have playing her albums non stop.