Thing that make you go Ahhhh F.....

[Takeda Shingen]

I would miss work or an interview for my dog. She is my best friend.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I would miss work or an interview for my dog. She is my best friend.

Seconded.

[elephantium]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

I don't think that's entirely necessary, MothBalls. Gargamel didn't say the jobs were particularly important to him or that he needed them to get out of mom's basement. All he said was that it was frustrating. I don't know how old he is but it is pretty callous to accuse him of malingering when we don't know the situation. Maybe his dog doesn't escape regularly. Maybe he loves the dog more than he wants an easily replaceable job at a gas station or whatever.

That said, I'm not sure where he lives that people stick mail in car doors. Also, I think he needs to train his dog better, if it is in fact his dog and he does care for it. A well-trained dog will never run away when called. A really well-trained dog won't try to "get out" because it has no desire to do so. It has been trained to understand that it has a limited "jurisdiction", so to speak. Not harshly-trained, mind you, just in case anyone gets the impression.

All posited scenarios aside, it is not our place to judge someone's nature on the basis of a rant about things that happened to them in the real world where, as I'm sure we are all aware, stuff happens.

Kudos -- this is spot on.

I also agree that he needs to spend some time training with his dog. Remember: Every time you interact with your dog, one of you is training the other (think: What do you do if a dog drops a tennis ball in front of you? Throw it for them? They have you well-trained!). Heck, all you have to do to get the dog to come when called is to reward them when they do come. Could be giving them a dog treat, could be playing tug, heck, it could sometimes even be "Good boy. Now Go!" -- giving them the green light to run out away from you again (Premack principle, for behavior geeks). How you reward good behavior depends on the dog -- some like lamb treats most, some like playing tug more than treats, etc. You just have to know your dog.

Reading your next post on dog training, UnderseaLcpl ... you have some strange ideas on the subject. It really is simple behaviorism: Behavior that is reinforced will increase, and behavior that is punished will decrease. Saying "Oh, you have to Be The Pack Leader" seems silly -- when was the last time you confused your dog for another human? Do you really think your dog will confuse their humans for other dogs? Why do you think they'd relate to you as if you were a dog, too?

As for pack hierarchy ... the alpha of a social group eats first, and the lower ranking ones get the leftovers. When was the last time you had to beg your dog for leftovers?

Oof. Thread derail! Perhaps this topic is worth starting a new thread?

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by elephantium

Oof. Thread derail! Perhaps this topic is worth starting a new thread?

Nah, this type of thread usually rerails itself. People will jsut ignore the current conversation and post a new gripe. Then a convo starts about that and then that one get's ignored. It's just a nice little thread to complain about the crap that isn't worth a whole new thread.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Everytime I see a British Hooligan with a can of beer and a pissed drunk lobster face heading to my shop and start with the line ''Wa Cos tha Bike'' waving his hand towards the general direction of my motorbikes.

HunterICX

Hunter feel free you shoot the sons of bitches, hunting season now open.

If we don't cull them they breed like rabbits.

[UnderseaLcpl]

@ elephantium

I can try to explain, and I'd be interested in discussing the topic should you wish to do so via PM.

[STEED]

My neighbour thinks he has the given right the strut around in the nude for the world to see. And he slaps his ar*e cheeks right up at the window, kids have walked by and he just dose not care! I believe there have been complaints but he just goes right on day or night...

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by STEED

My neighbour thinks he has the given right the strut around in the nude for the world to see. And he slaps his ar*e cheeks right up at the window, kids have walked by and he just dose not care! I believe there have been complaints but he just goes right on day or night...

Sounds like a nutcase.
And a pervert. What are the cops saying?

[Reece]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Started this thread in the SH3 fourm, but as that's SH3, and this is not, I figured I'd post this here. I just have to vent.

Two days ago, somebody decided to place some misdelivered mail in my car door (but not the mailbox 15 feet away?). They didn't close the door all the way, so the battery died overnight. Missed a job interview that next morning.

Today, dog gets loose, and I spend 4 hours chasing her over the neighborhood, missed another job interview. Just had to reschedule it, but it still doesn't look good.

Fuuuuuuuuuu

What job were you applying for?... Standup Comedian!!

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Sounds like a nutcase.
And a pervert. What are the cops saying?

Far as I know he has had no visit by plod.

Plod=cops

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by STEED

My neighbour thinks he has the given right the strut around in the nude for the world to see. And he slaps his ar*e cheeks right up at the window, kids have walked by and he just dose not care! I believe there have been complaints but he just goes right on day or night...

You now, maybe David and him......

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Far as I know he has had no visit by plod.

Plod=cops

Give somebody a score to put a brick through his window in the middle of the night....or better still, ring the local nick and report him for exposing himself to kids who are out playing in the street.

'Safeguarding' is the latest buzz word...they'll be round in a flash (no pun intended)

[Lord_magerius]

Just finished clearing up my C:\ drive by moving most of my junk to D:\ it has twice the capacity so even with all my games on it, I still have plenty of space left to put my pictures and video's. Moved almost all of my current music, art and other gaming projects over there. About an hour ago whilst watching a dvd, I hear some random clicking and then the DVD freezes. Oh dear what's happened here. *restart*
Go to my computer... Where's D:\ gone? Fiddle around with the pc to check the connections, and notice that there is a distinct rattling when I lift it out. Not just a tiny little click, it sounds like fifty crabs getting up to something that only two people who love eachother very much should do. I think it was worse than Ahhhhh F..... but it was very similar

[Gargamel]

With the recent wind storm we had, my internet is now completely out. Sitting here a MCD's using their wifi, slow as hell.....

sigh.........

[Gotland]

For me, right now, is the fact that PSN is down due to a hacker attack. PSN stands for Playstation network, and without it, you can't play PS3 online. Happened yesterday and still ongoing today. I had studied all day yesterday, and when evening came, i was looking forward for a laidback session of CoD, with some coke and snacks.

First i thought that my own internet was to blame, but couldn't find anything wrong after some troubleshooting. Then i googled, and found out the fault was with the PSN itself, affecting whole EU.

So, that stole my evenings entertainment...