He11blazer

You live in the Great Castle of Marshmangle huh?

Just received hardback volume 5 as an early xmas present

I am jealous

First round? Yeah, I went 9.0 as well. I thought there was a minor mositure stain on the bc. I'm saying nothing because I always jinx myself in these contests!

No comment. I just thought some of the guys round here might be into air hockey.

it makes no difference...just have fun with it (thumbs u 40,000 posts

Maybe I'll post some more reposts from funny places...

I wonder if I'll ever get to 10,000.

Wow

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Thanks for sorting it out Joel. The replacement coins sound really, really cool and interesting. Let nobody doubt that it was a thoughtful move when you set up the auction in the first place, and very generous of you to donate the very cool coin. I deeply sympathise with the frustration you must have felt when the coin disappeared into the ether. (I suffered the same thing once when I sold a laptop on ebay and messed up the tracking. Ended up sending them a second laptop. Extremely galling to have to package and ship two laptops just to lose money.) I'm an expert procrastinator myself, even without newly arrived babies to take care of. Whilst the comic board probation thread wouldn't really concern a coinee, it's the only 'official' avenue we have for airing grievances in this informal community. Interestingly enough, the coinees have nothing like it. I guess they're all too gentlemanly Thing has made further generous offers by PM. 'Nuff said. Cheers

I propose the Thing should be added to the probation list. Back in February 2010, the Thing proposed a charity auction to benefit Not*Sure who had sadly lost her house to fire. He put up a coin of his: ...and explained what a personal treasure it was. I'm not a coinee but I found the item appealing, and in a generous moment placed the winning bid of $250. I can't afford to blow $250 mind you, but I figured I'd receive an asset that could always be sold on eventually, and it was for a good cause. I paid paypal of $250 on 1st March 2010. the Thing advised it was shipped 12th March 2010. the Thing asked if I'd received 13th April 2010. Answer no. Thing said he'd look for his delivery confirmation paperwork. I requested an update 4th May 2010. Thing said he'd look for his paperwork. 7th May 2010, Thing hasn't found paperwork yet, but said if not sorted by June he would refund $200 (not $250) OR send alternative coins. I'm easy going and just said yes, whatever suits you best, thanks. 3rd June 2010, Thing checks in again. Answer, no, still nothing. Thing says he never did check his paperwork, and will now do so. Reiteration of previous offer of $200 or alternative coins. I said yes, just send me anything, thanks. 28th July 2010, I requested an update. Thing says he had forgotten, but will ship coins next week. 18th August 2010, Thing says he has bought an envelope and will use it to send coins tomorrow. 14th September 2010, Thing posts in a thread here that he will send my coins 'this week'. That last assurance was 7 weeks ago. It is now 8 months since I paypal'd $250. I'm an easygoing guy who will put up with quite a lot in order to maintain friendly relations. Also, this was a charity auction to benefit a boardie in trouble, which makes me even less willing to raise a fuss. Also, the Thing has during this time acquired twin baby boys! But there is a limit...

Please add the Thing to the probation list. Explanation moved to discussion thread as requested.

They'll run <$300 today.

She was born with extra fingers, but I don't mind.

Saw Gemma in Tamara Drewe the other day. Pretty good film.

I like the idea, but I effing hate his final words! He waits billions of years to help his old friend with a stupid crossword puzzle that is impossible to solve until after the moment it would have been helpful? Aaargh! Apparently Davis has refused any spin-off books to make the Jack/Boe connection explicit. He wants it kept possible but not decided.

I agree to a degree about the quality of those Torchwood episodes. I think the ending may well have been written before the full story was developed just to give CJ a justification to leave. I also think that his detachment from having real human relationships made it inevitable that he would sacrifice his grandchild - a grandchild that he never really had a connection to apart from biology. That's a good point. How old is he by now/then? When musing on immortality it often occurs to me that a downside is that after a few hundred years or so other people will seem less and less like equals. I imagine that as the millenia fly by they might become more like pets, then cattle, then insects, then dust, which is a depressing thought. The older I get, the more I realise how overrated immortality is (still better than nothing mind you). I just realised that reading the above it sounds like I am an immortal Nah, not yet anyway