http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4884 Not all bachelor behaviors need correcting. However in exchange for cooking delicous homemade food on a very regular basis, all I ask is no socks on the floor and a small standard of cleanliness. Seems like a fair trade to me. The guys know what they're signing up for. I would posit that if straight women could marry gay men we would, but as it is we make exchanges. For example I have completely relinquished even pretending to care about car maintenance. (Yep, we're not breaking any gender stereotypes here.) lizinthelibrary@idkfa.com (lizinthelibrary) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:29:47 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4884 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4882 Also, I feel like it can't be that far off that I have a star destroyer and an R2D2 suspended from the ceiling in my house now. conrad@idkfa.com (conrad) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:49:14 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4882 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4881 That implies that bachelors need correcting. Further proof - women ruin everything. I like my women like I like my men: men. conrad@idkfa.com (conrad) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:48:34 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4881 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4880 see that's the other thing is i'd have to buy it, bring it home, build it, and suspend it all before elizabeth could get home and correct my bachelor ways kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:36:48 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4880 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4871 (cut to months later, a Star Destroyer, hanging from the ceiling, with no less than two cats perched atop it) kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:54:33 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4871 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4870 the only thing that's stopped me about it is its sheer size. I'd have nowhere to put it without gluing all the pieces together and trying to suspend it from the ceiling somehow kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:12:59 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4870 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4869 I've wanted the super star destroyer for so long. One of these days I'll figure out the rationale for it. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:35:36 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4869 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4866 psh i still spoil myself with legos. There was the realization that "holy cow, these giant amazing lego things i've been drooling over since I was a kid are easy to get now." kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:26:35 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4866 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4865 Admittedly, the touch interface for phones and tablets is more intuitive for children, and the caliber of games available, both educational and otherwise, are fairly impressive. Anything that gets them more familiar with the "flow" of technology is alright by me, even if I have an old man "get off my lawn" bias towards them. I still worry, though, about other basic computer skills. It's one thing to be able to manipulate a touch interface and punch an iPad as hard as an oddly-strong three-year-old can. It's another thing to perform work tasks, or have basic understandings of the pieces at work. I understand those can be learned when much older (as was the case with us), but concepts like files, folders, and networks are hard to conceptualize when devices make efforts to hide their presence. Oh well. Still plenty of years to work on 'em. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:28:08 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4865 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4864 Yeah, I don't understand it spoiled nieces and nephews either. Mine are generally well behaved, but getting a 12-year old an iphone5 for xmas is overkill in my opinion. I guess the world is just different now. Or maybe when I have kids I will spoil them in exactly the same manner. Except for with legos. If I don't have kids, I will still buy the legos. For myself ;) Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:11:06 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4864 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4863 After watching my (spoiled, first-world problems) niece and nephew fight tooth and nail over their iPads and vTech laptops just so they could play Fruit Ninja while the other couldn't, this gives me some hope: http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:54:26 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4863&msg_id=4863