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Harmsway!

07-11-10, 07:17 PM

My wife comes to me today and tells me I got to get a gaming machine. She has had it with Silent Hunter (SH4). It's always running on our desktop PC and she claims she never gets access to compute anymore.

Recently she started with Facebook and she's wanting more time online. So she wants me to get another computer for games. Would you believe it I got a free pass to go get a computer that will handle SH5 specs. Holy cow....:har:

krashkart

07-11-10, 07:22 PM

Hurrah! :woot:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Nasa_tickertape_apollo_19700915.jpg/800px-Nasa_tickertape_apollo_19700915.jpg

It's the Apollo 11 astronauts, but close enough. ;)

SteamWake

07-11-10, 07:44 PM

:yeah:Hurrah! :woot:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Nasa_tickertape_apollo_19700915.jpg/800px-Nasa_tickertape_apollo_19700915.jpg

It's the Apollo 11 astronauts, but close enough. ;)

Task Force

07-11-10, 08:07 PM

Hmm, so facebook does have a good use!

Sailor Steve

07-11-10, 08:16 PM

You poor guy - having your wife twist your arm like that. I really feel for you.
:rotfl2: :rock:

Moeceefus

07-11-10, 08:49 PM

Thats wonderful!!! :yeah:

krashkart

07-11-10, 08:51 PM

:yeah:

:DL:salute::yeah:

Gerald

07-11-10, 09:01 PM

I'ts not like a picknick.... :)

badaboom

07-11-10, 10:00 PM

You Lucky Dog!!

commandosolo2009

07-12-10, 12:34 AM

lucky you man!! my wife barely touches the computer... shes on facebook, but on our old laptop. I cuddle both SH5 and her at mignight ;):D:salute:

JU_88

07-12-10, 04:44 AM

Zedi

07-12-10, 04:57 AM

So she agree to buy another PC just to keep you busy and have more time to spend on FB.. hmmm :hmmm:

wingtip

07-12-10, 08:30 AM

do some research on your build, and look into ssd drives.... they are blistering fast and im getting ready to swap over myself... but do your research, some are faster than others... if you want to see an extreme build watch this... but gives you an idea of how fast these are...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs

AVGWarhawk

07-12-10, 02:15 PM

So she agree to buy another PC just to keep you busy and have more time to spend on FB.. hmmm :hmmm:

My thoughts exactly....:hmmm:

Harmsway!

07-12-10, 05:52 PM

Ignorance is bliss

Harmsway!

07-12-10, 06:01 PM

I was looking at ATI Radeon HD 5770 for a graphics card. Does SH5 have trouble with ATI? Should I be looking at NVIDIA instead?

Madox58

07-12-10, 08:45 PM

Recently she started with Facebook and she's wanting more time online.

She's building one of those FREAKING FARMS!!
:timeout:

My Wife has bugged the Be-googleygooes out of me with her Farm!
As a good Husband?
I nod and smile as she explains why she has no Hot Air Balloon yet,
Why the trade for chickens didn't work out,
and the ever present 'Such and such sent me a board for my house!'.
(and what the heck is a Golden Egg by the way?)

Being (or trying to be) a good Husband.
I try to listen to her.
Honestly! I do!
(Most times, maybe, usually, when I can)

But this Farm is driveing me NUTS!!
So tell her FaceBook is Evil!
(after you get the new Computer!!!)
:har:

krashkart

07-12-10, 08:48 PM

She's building one of those FREAKING FARMS!!
:timeout:

My Wife has bugged the Be-googleygooes out of me with her Farm!
As a good Husband?
I nod and smile as she explains why she has no Hot Air Balloon yet,
Why the trade for chickens didn't work out,
and the ever present 'Such and such sent me a board for my house!'.
(and what the heck is a Golden Egg by the way?)

Being (or trying to be) a good Husband.
I try to listen to her.
Honestly! I do!
(Most times, maybe, usually, when I can)

But this Farm is driveing me NUTS!!
So tell her FaceBook is Evil!
(after you get the new Computer!!!)
:har:

Farmville ate my brain... :dead:

Madox58

07-12-10, 08:56 PM

Farmville ate my brain... :dead:

GOD! I Hate you!
:har:
The Wife is gone and you mention 'That Name'.
:damn::damn::damn::damn:
Off to the Fridge for a Beer time!
:rock:
(Don't tell her I said all this!!)

Sailor Steve

07-12-10, 10:05 PM

Farmville ate my brain... :dead:
Woobies fried my soul!
Feel so suicidal,
Even hate my rock and roll!

krashkart

07-12-10, 10:49 PM

GOD! I Hate you!
:har:
The Wife is gone and you mention 'That Name'.
:damn::damn::damn::damn:
Off to the Fridge for a Beer time!
:rock:
(Don't tell her I said all this!!)

:har: I knew that was comin'!!

Woobies fried my soul!
Feel so suicidal,
Even hate my rock and roll!

Alice Cooper? (Gods forgive me if I'm wrong... *squint*)

Sailor Steve

07-12-10, 10:59 PM

Alice Cooper? (Gods forgive me if I'm wrong... *squint*)
Beatles. White Album. Yer Blues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDCu1UjezDc

krashkart

07-12-10, 11:05 PM

Beatles. White Album. Yer Blues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDCu1UjezDc

I miss vacuum tubes. :cry:

Sailor Steve

07-12-10, 11:14 PM

I don't. I don't miss 3" speakers with tinny sound, I don't miss vinyl getting scratched all the time and I don't miss warbly tapes either.

This old fart likes CDs, and likes having all his music on a 1 TB hard drive even more.

JScones

07-13-10, 02:45 AM

Oh man, Yer Blues. Used to be a core song in my band ~25 years ago. Ordinarily the drummer, I'd come out from behind the skins just to play lead guitar on this track.

@krashkart: disappointed you missed the Beatles reference but impressed you got the tube cut connection. :up:

McBeck

07-13-10, 04:39 AM

I was looking at ATI Radeon HD 5770 for a graphics card. Does SH5 have trouble with ATI? Should I be looking at NVIDIA instead?I have that card - runs great

Schultz

07-13-10, 05:06 AM

And I have the ATI 4870 and it works like a charm :D
Maybe your wife will start playing also Barn Buddy on hi5 :))

raymond6751

07-13-10, 07:14 AM

Oh joy!

My wife once questioned why I always bought a cheap, minimum system and then complained when it was obsolete!

Now I always upgrade to the best available.

Go for it, man!

thorn69

07-13-10, 07:15 AM

So she agree to buy another PC just to keep you busy and have more time to spend on FB.. hmmm :hmmm:

Yeah, something's wrong here. I knew a guy who's wife wanted him to pull more overtime at work so he could buy his dream car. Then the guy went home early one day feeling sick only to find his old lady shacked up with the UPS guy having kinkier sex than they ever had together! :o

Now this guy's wife wants him to buy another PC for his gaming desires so she can spend more time on Facebook? Hmmm, I'm thinking he better start investigating just who she's so eagerly wanting to talk to on Facebook! :hmmm:

This has got to be a test of some sort! I've been married far too long to know that women DO NOT want their husband's to be happy - EVER! There's some underlining reason why she's being so generous here and it's not because she loves you so much and wants you to spend more time playing video games. Facebook isn't that great either and it's not like she needs to be on there 24/7 anyways...

She must have bought herself something that you don't know about that you'll be paying on the rest of your life or she's planning on divorcing you and needs a new computer for herself. You know the judge will give her the new computer you buy, all the cars you own, and the house right! All you'll get is a big fat monthly bill to pay to for it all!

Best of luck, but I think you're about to learn a very rough lesson about the coldness of women!

krashkart

07-13-10, 09:11 AM

@krashkart: disappointed you missed the Beatles reference but impressed you got the tube cut connection. :up:

It is the only time I have ever banged my head to the Beatles. Alice Cooper?? Oh my... :doh:

OTOH my mistake was sweetened with such a warm and healthy sound. Ah, now that is heaven on Earth. :smug:

How many drummers are on Subsim, I wonder? I started in sixth grade... haven't played since my early 20's. Do you still play? :hmmm:

Herr-Berbunch

07-13-10, 09:44 AM

Nice one! I recently got a great-ish computer from work, and my wife got so peeved at me playing on it that she made me move the old one to the top of the stairs and set her up a micro office (tiny desk, chair and computer - I've kept the 5.1 surround) so she can get on with studying for her Masters... :yeah:

I say study for her Masters, but everytime I go up she's either "just checking facebook" or "just checking emails" so unless her degree is in social networking or internet communications... :hmmm:

nikimcbee

07-13-10, 09:47 AM

Recently she started with Facebook and she's wanting more time online. So she wants me to get another computer for games. Would you believe it I got a free pass to go get a computer that will handle SH5 specs. Holy cow....:har:

1. Strike while the iron is hot!:yeah:
2. So you'll be a facebook widow now.:dead: (don't ask how I know that:dead:)

Sailor Steve

07-13-10, 10:52 AM

How many drummers are on Subsim, I wonder? I started in sixth grade... haven't played since my early 20's. Do you still play? :hmmm:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=169312&highlight=musicians+drummers

krashkart

07-13-10, 10:58 AM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=169312&highlight=musicians+drummers

I'd forgotten about that thread. Thanks. :DL

Hanomag

07-13-10, 08:04 PM

Hmm, so facebook does have a good use!

LMFAO!!! :har:

JScones

07-14-10, 03:21 AM

How many drummers are on Subsim, I wonder? I started in sixth grade... haven't played since my early 20's. Do you still play? :hmmm:
Haven't played for ten years. In my prime during the late 80s / early 90s I was a part-time session drummer, and backed a number of well known Australian singers; pop and jazz (SS, you may see one or two on my FB ;)). Had my own band for a while, then played keyboards in an upcoming Sydney band (recorded at Studios 301), but by 2000 I'd pretty much retired.

Now I arrange and produce my daughter's music - she's a budding songwriter. She's 7, and yes I'm proud. She's been the catalyst for me pursuing a hobby interest in audio mastering.

Kentrat

07-14-10, 03:57 AM

I was equally lucky; my wife is Polish and spends time on the desktop talking to her friends and family back home, as well as monopolising it for work purposes; I was able to persuade her that what I needed was a high-end laptop to do my stuff on; SH5, Train sim, and a bit of music and video editing......

Voila! Dell Precision 6400, Dual core T9400, Quadro graphics, WuXGA, 8gb ram and 320 of HDD..... ok, no ssd drives but working on that too!
Running on Win7 Ultimate it is amazing!
Still pinching myself to see if I have died and gone to heaven - a beautiful wife in port and a superb laptop, what more could a Kaleun want?

Will-Rommel

07-14-10, 12:40 PM

A cold beer? :O: