Kids are 17 and 14. We have the entire Harry Potter collection on DVD, which the kids have watched countless times. I haven't watched them with intention myself, so I'm clueless about much of it. I can tell you that some of the French horn parts in the music are real killers, because I've had to play sections of it. But I don't know this "charizard" argle bargle.
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And to think only the other day you were chastising me for not recognising a Pokémon hat!
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...(Pok%C3%A9mon)
There's a wiki for everything, it seems!Comment
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:headdesk:
I should have known that!Comment
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Yes, yes you should! The route thing was a reference to the original red/blue/yellow games, where HM02 (which teaches fly) can be found at one end of a cycle route with that number.
Don't worry about it, jokes are better when you have to explain them
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Happy B-day! 52 last month for me.
My "Potter" kids are in their mid-20's but Pokemon I get. It's a generational thing I suspect.
Personally, as a reader of great literature, I found the Potter books to be vapid. The one real (and possibly only?) great thing about the series is it brought the love of reading to a generation that generally abhors it. I'm amazed just how many 20-30ish folks I meet that are functional illiterates. My middle son, now 25, hated reading until he got through his first H.P. Now he recommends books to me! Although, most are not of my preferred style.
Feathers: Please tell me you have read much more than H.P. now that you are older. I mean, you live in the country with one of, if not the greatest literary history!Comment
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A very happy birthday to you! Treat yourself to a gameboy colour and Pokémon Red, and you can still be down with the kids
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No fear, I read loads!Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
Agree about HP... great story, not particularly sophisticated writing style. Better books for kids: Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy.Comment
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happy birthday!Originally posted by SteveRiley View Post
My 48th is this summer
Get Off My Lawn, you whippersnappers!!!Comment
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I dunno. Outside of the fatigue factor, is it all that different from my hour long bus ride (taken from the time i leave the house till I arrive at work), or the 35 to 60 minute pedal the same route takes me? I know plenty of people who do it by choice, though that is mostly dictated by career choice and geography.Originally posted by SteveRiley View Post
I am hoping my new wheels can take some of the time off the pedal trips.
Now I just need to find a good mount for my phone so I can use something like OsmAnd for my trips
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Yes! You can work on the bus, or read the paper, or just close your eyes and listen to music. I used to get a lot of work done on the commuter train.Originally posted by claydoh View Post
Love the bike!Comment
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Yeah, but you have to be around other people *shudder*Originally posted by arist View Post
For some, that leads to a different kind of fatigueComment
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People! Yuck!Originally posted by Feathers McGraw View PostYeah, but you have to be around other people *shudder*
For some, that leads to a different kind of fatigueLinux because it works. No social or political motives in my decision to use it.
Always consider Occam's Razor
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