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Giveaway of the Day Forums » User Favorites: scubaguy 6358 Giveaway of the Day Forums » User Favorites: scubaguy en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:54:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 notblocklox on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-85990 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:26:36 +0000 notblocklox 85990@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.picdepict.com/"><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/49980277092825379590.jpg"></a> notblocklox on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-85872 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:43:26 +0000 notblocklox 85872@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=9644">Do not push the red button</a> Take my advice: don't push that da*n button... Whiterabbit-uk on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-85769 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:20:21 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 85769@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ :) Nice to see this back on the front page. I must resurrect the what is this thread again as well. Just been too busy (well, if you can call playing games to distract myself busy) recently to have the time. notblocklox on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-85763 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:28:38 +0000 notblocklox 85763@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.picdepict.com/"><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/03806326121185747710.jpg"></a> . <a href="http://music-duplicate-remover.idea.informer.com/proj/?mod=one&ia=10666" rel="nofollow">http://music-duplicate-remover.idea.informer.com/proj/?mod=one&ia=10666</a> Inas on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-82230 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:10 +0000 Inas 82230@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Riddle - why did the lady go outdoors with her purse open? Answer: Because she expected some change in the weather - ha, ha, ha....hyuk, hyuk, hyuk......funny, funny, funny. copmom on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-82210 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:46:00 +0000 copmom 82210@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Well.. for some reason the print on those leaflets and labels are getting smaller and smaller, and that's WITH glasses. Now I also keep a magnifying glass handy so I can read them! Whiterabbit-uk on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-82209 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:55:22 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 82209@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ haha that was great. :0 Exactly how i feel as well. :) Robert on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-82206 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:01:43 +0000 Robert 82206@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Yep it sure does look like some sort of conspiracy,BK ! Try figuring out some of the food labels and reading medicine leaflets... Either they're running out of paper or they don't want us to know.LOL. And if you figured them out somehow..you sometimes wish you hadn't. :) Buckleysmom on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-82182 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:43:19 +0000 Buckleysmom 82182@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I received this in an email today....I'm so glad someone besides me has finally noticed this! We Must Stop This Immediately! Have you noticed that stairs are getting steeper. Groceries are heavier. And, everything is farther away. Yesterday I walked to the corner and I was dumbfounded to discover how long our street had become! And, you know, people are less considerate now, especially the young ones. They speak in whispers all the time! If you ask them to speak up they just keep repeating themselves, endlessly mouthing the same silent message until they're red in the face! What do they think I am a lip reader? I also think they are much younger than I was at the same age. On the other hand, people my own age are so much older than I am. I ran into an old friend the other day and she has aged so much that she didn't even recognize me. I got to thinking about the poor dear while I was combing my hair this morning, and in doing so, I glanced at my own reflection.well, REALLY NOW - even mirrors are not made the way they used to be! Another thing, everyone drives so fast these days! You're risking life and limb if you happen to pull onto the freeway in front of them. All I can say is, their brakes must wear out awfully fast, the way I see them screech and swerve in my rear view mirror. Clothing manufacturers are less civilized these days. Why else would they suddenly start labeling a size 10 or 12 dress as 18 or 20? Do they think no one notices? The people who make bathroom scales are pulling the same prank. Do they think I actually believe the number I see on that dial? HA! I would never let myself weigh that much! Just who do these people think they're fooling? I'd like to call up someone in authority to report what's going on -- but the telephone company is in on the conspiracy too: they've printed the phone books in such small type that no one could ever find a number in there! All I can do is pass along this warning: WE ARE UNDER ATTACK! Unless something drastic happens, pretty soon everyone will have to suffer these awful indignities. Inas on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-76671 Mon, 10 May 2010 01:54:12 +0000 Inas 76671@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Wedding Vows video is very funny indeed - thanks for sharing, Robert. Buckleysmom on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-76661 Sun, 09 May 2010 20:47:31 +0000 Buckleysmom 76661@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Robert.....now THAT is funny!!!! Good one! Thanks for sharing. Rox Robert on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-76658 Sun, 09 May 2010 18:06:16 +0000 Robert 76658@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.flixxy.com/wedding-ceremony.htm">The wedding vows.... elegant, beautiful, solemn... but... every once in a while.... </a> (I bet you will be smiling too) Robert on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-76650 Sun, 09 May 2010 15:51:59 +0000 Robert 76650@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Lol.That must be the laziest cat I've ever seen... notblocklox on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-76649 Sun, 09 May 2010 15:40:10 +0000 notblocklox 76649@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="//www.flixxy.com/seagull-and-cat.htm"">That's the problem with cats today. They're too sleepy and adorable.</a> Paul F. Quantum AKA "The Dragon" on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-76326 Sun, 02 May 2010 18:06:56 +0000 Paul F. Quantum AKA "The Dragon" 76326@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Some comic relief from the province of Quebec: Toyota Prius and the Hybrid stopping <a href="http://ygreck.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dd653ef0120a867088f970b-popup">http://ygreck.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dd653ef0120a867088f970b-popup</a> The Quebec health care system ( On the bottom right, it says, start here, Good Luck ) <a href="http://ygreck.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dd653ef01310f827c1c970c-popup">http://ygreck.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dd653ef01310f827c1c970c-popup</a> Quebec Prime Minister Charest struggling to keep his new year's resolutions <a href="http://ygreck.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dd653ef0120a79e31f6970b-popup">http://ygreck.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dd653ef0120a79e31f6970b-popup</a> And finally Johnny Hallyday hospitalized in the U.S.A. <a href="http://ygreck.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dd653ef01287645f4fc970c-popup">http://ygreck.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dd653ef01287645f4fc970c-popup</a> ====================================================================================================== Those are all by artist Ygreck (which means the letter "Y" pronounced in French) You can view more here: <a href="http://ygreck.typepad.com/">http://ygreck.typepad.com/</a> (The site is in French) ====================================================================================================== This will be all for me at this location (Mirabel) as I am moving to the North (La Malbaie) on Monday ( A 435 km (270 Miles) trip ) I should be back online Wednesday! HOSS on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-76323 Sun, 02 May 2010 15:19:13 +0000 HOSS 76323@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Ramblings of a Retired Mind * I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So, I'm wearing my garage door opener. I also made a cover for my hearing aid and now I have what they call blue teeth, I think. * You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway. * I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans! * I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is 'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.' * I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age, and call it 'Pumping Rust'. * I've gotten that dreaded furniture disease. That's when your chest is falling into your drawers! * When people see a cat's litter box, they always say, 'Oh, have you got a cat?' Just once I want to say, 'No, it's for company!' * Employment application blanks always ask who is to be notified in case of an emergency. I think you should write, 'A Good Doctor'! * Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do...write to these men? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen could look for them while they deliver the mail? Or better yet, arrest them while they are taking their pictures! * I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older. Then, it dawned on me, they were cramming for their finals. * As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve. copmom on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-75535 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:31:54 +0000 copmom 75535@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I've been shredding old files and paperwork from the 1990's and you should see all the receipts I've found for all the old programs, games, and clip art that I paid good money for! Yikes! Still have most all of them on small floppies. What am I saving all that 'stuff' for? wizzard_of_ozz2004 on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-75531 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:03:28 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 75531@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ haha that comic is perfect for rabbit....oh if his wife only knew some of the stuff he's bought... notblocklox on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-75514 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:00:28 +0000 notblocklox 75514@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.picdepict.com/"><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/52803187167639624214.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/682688/aldie" rel="nofollow">http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/682688/aldie</a> notblocklox on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-75408 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:25:58 +0000 notblocklox 75408@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.picdepict.com/"><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/60233588303875829228.jpg"></a> notblocklox on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-75407 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:25:08 +0000 notblocklox 75407@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Some of us are missing a chit-chat forum, this is just one of many :) Let's reactivate them. Scanning through this thread, I had to LOL and ROFL all the afternoon. Some of our friends are gone. So is Bobby, I miss her jokes; hopefully she has a happier time now. graylox Robert on "Internal/External Hard Drive Transfer" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4274/page/4#post-70996 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:42:15 +0000 Robert 70996@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Julie, Just a thought. Maybe you should go to the Device Manager first and see if there are any yellow question marks with yellow explanation marks over them in the ethernet controller and network controller line.If there are ,try reinstalling the drivers. (Windows will try and do that for you ,if you say so) PS With a bit of luck, going back to a previously created restore point might do the trick as well. SC -Edit- Hi penneddragonone! Oops, I only saw your reply just now. penneddragonone on "Internal/External Hard Drive Transfer" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4274/page/4#post-70995 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:39:22 +0000 penneddragonone 70995@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic43051.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic43051.html</a> Explains how to scan your system files for corrupt files and repair them. Or google "sfc" XP for more sources of information on this process. ---- You can also try to restore your system to a previous restore point (previous day) before it crashed. You will lose any GOTD programs you installed after the date the restore point was set but that's better than losing them all. <a href="http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/system-restore-xp.htm" rel="nofollow">http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/system-restore-xp.htm</a> <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial56.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial56.html</a> Acer tech support might talk you through it. You can manually create a restore point. It's a good idea to do it before you install each program. Then if the program messes up your system you just restore the system to the restore point you just created. XP automatically creates system check restore points, but not everyday. ---- But preventive efforts are always better than reactive efforts. You should get Acronis True Image and use it to clone your hard drive once you have it back up and working again. You clone/mirror or copy your entire hard drive to another hard drive. If your system crashes you just put the clone into your computer and you're back in business. ---- If the problem is a hardware failure and your computer is a desktop, you can get a PCI Network Card at an electronics store and install with its drivers. If it's a laptop, you can buy ($25) a USB Wireless Network device (looks like a thumb drive), and use it to connect to the internet. ---- If your system crashed because of malware download Malwarebytes and Spybot Search and Destroy from <a href="http://www.downloads.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.downloads.com</a> and run them. -- Restoring your computer to an earlier point in time (an earlier restore point usually works for me). You can search on <a href="http://www.youtube.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com</a> for videos explaining restore points and cloning hard drives. jooldesign on "Internal/External Hard Drive Transfer" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4274/page/4#post-70974 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:39:57 +0000 jooldesign 70974@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi My computer recently crashed and when restarted it has lost the network adaptors meaning my internet is gone. Acer has said I'll need to do a factory resest which means I'll lose all my programmes som of which I don't have discs for and am loathe to lose. I have an external hard drive and am wondering if there's a way to move all the programme files there temporarily? Having rear this I see there are all sorts of cloning programnmes but am not sure if this would work. Can anyone advise?? Computer is an Acer with XP as the operating system. Thanks Julie Frique on "Old codger or just medically downgraded???" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-68805 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:37:57 +0000 Frique 68805@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Wow! Reading about what has happened to everyone else makes me feel kind of lucky. My problems are almost over and should be solved for quite a few years. I guess you could say I had a typical childhood. I broke my wrist twice, leg once, collapsed a knuckle once and burned my face playing with black powder. (Sound familiar WR?) As far as I know, none of that led to my problem though. About a year and a half ago I was seeing a Chiropractor for some back problems. I have had hem off & on for years, but never as severe as others like EZRider. After a few manipulations I started having severe pain in my hip. So severe that I was walking with a pronounced limp. I complained about it to the Chiropractor & he referred me to an orthopedic Dr about an hour & a half away from me. I went to see him & he put me through the paces. I had several months of Physical Therapy & a couple of rounds of steroid therapy. Nothing really helped. I still hurt when I walked (or stood up, or sat for too long, etc...) and the joint would also pop a lot. The most uncomfortable feeling though was when I would take a step & it would feel like it was dislocating. The Dr was finally able to justify sending me in for an MRI. I had it done the Monday before Thanksgiving last year. That Wednesday I apparently received a call from the Dr office telling me to get off my feet. One of the Nurses even kept calling over the holiday trying to get ahold of me. When she finally reached me I was told to stay off of my feet & only walk to the bathroom or my bed using crutches. The diagnosis was Avascular Necrosis. To put it simply, the blood flow to the head of my Femur was damaged & the bone was slowly dying. This Dr blamed it on my drinking a couple of beers every day then refused to have anything more to do with me. He referred me to another Dr in the area. I am really happy about that because he was a rude b******! I am also happy about that because the Dr he referred me to is phenomenal! He even holds part of the patent on the hardware he put into me. None of the other Doctors I have spoken with agree with the first Doctors diagnosis of the cause, but I have cut my drinking back to a couple of times a month. Better safe than sorry. In fact, I have even been told that this problem could have been caused by the steroid treatment I was given for this or another one given for some back troubles. Either way it goes, I have it & I accept it. Just need to get through it & be done. On February 13 of this year (a friday) I had the first of two hip replacements. I was back to work as a welder 3 months later. I went through pain management to try and give the first side as long as possible to heal and strengthen. When I could no longer stand it, I went back to the Surgeon and we checked the degradation of the remaining hip. It was bad enough to warrant another surgery, so on November 18 I had the other side replaced. They tell me that the problem is now completely gone and once I am healed I will live a full & productive life again. I just need to find another job that is less physical. That way I make the new hips last as long as possible. Since I am only 36, this makes a bit of sense to me. I was told that I did this at the proper time. Both sides were examined after surgery and they had both partially collapsed and had fractured. Not a severe fracture, just a hairline one, but they were not healing. Right now it is just getting through the physical therapy that bothers me. I know it is a necessary evil though. She should be here to torture me in about an hour, so wish me luck! And I also want to wish everyone well with their own trials. You have all shown me that you do not need to let it get you down. You can find joy even when it looks like there is none to be found. Whiterabbit-uk on "Old codger or just medically downgraded???" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-68775 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:30:59 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 68775@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Yeah, Nice one EZ, I truly hope it works for you as I know what constant pain is like (though thankfully I've only been a sufferer for the past 4 years. I'm still contemplating surgery. I've been advised by 2 surgeons that I'd be making a mistake going for surgery because of the risks. The damaged vertebra are all in the thoracic region and from how they have described what they would have to do, its put me off big time. Two other surgeons have said that it may be worth doing; so I'm at a loss as to who to listen to. By the way I sometimes wish our family could reunite, but I fear that it's gone past any hope. I've not seen any of my cousins all of whome I was close to when I was a child since my mothers funeral in 1996, and one cousin, whome I'v never seen (who was born in Australia) has recently come over to England and has stayed at my sisters for a few days. I got to speak to him several weeks ago over the phone with a promised visit, but it sadly never materialized. I do email one of my cousins occasionally, but others I've hardly spoken to since leaving home back in the 70's. My father has only ever once visited me and that was shortly after I settled into my first home after leaving the army in 1978 while I still lived in my home town. The only reason he actually visited was because he'd wanted to visit a local pub that he'd not been to since he was a young man. I don't know what effect this disintigration is going to have on our families in the furure. I feel for my youngest children who barely know any of their cousins. Deserthead47 on "Old codger or just medically downgraded???" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-68773 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:07:37 +0000 Deserthead47 68773@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Good to hear things are going in the right direction for you EZ,you'll be ripping up the roads on the bike sooner than you think. ezrider on "Old codger or just medically downgraded???" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-68723 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:19:42 +0000 ezrider 68723@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Ya know what Buckleysmom, I think you just described my family to a tee. I'm not that close to my older brother or my sister, but I do text and email my younger brother on a daily basis. I'm afraid that when my mother does pass, we won't see much of each other. I live in Indiana, and they all live in Ohio. That makes it tough. I hope we'll make more of an effort to stay in touch. On another note, my neck has healed very well and I am completely pain free in my neck and arms. Plus, I have some great news! The same surgeon operated on my lower back on Nov.11th. He removed the last 3 discs and replaced them with pieces of my bone, and then put in 2 steel rods and a bunch of screws to attach the bottom three vertebrae to my tailbone. He also had to remove a bunch of scar tissue from my previous surgeries. I'm wearing this huge, plastic, ungodly brace for at least 6 to 8 weeks, but he thinks I should come out of this pain free at last. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. There is a good chance that I may wake up one day and be totally pain free for the first time in over 30 years! I would jump for joy, but I'm afraid if I did, I would screw up all of the doctor's great work. Besides, us fat guys weren't made to leave the ground for long, we're built low to the ground for speed! LOL I just wanted to share the good news with you all, and I'll keep you all in my prayers so that maybe someday, somehow, you can be as fortunate as I have been lately to find such a great surgeon. goodgotd on "Guide To Forum Image Posting" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6139#post-65778 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:54:10 +0000 goodgotd 65778@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I'm posting my images (anyone can) over at <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6288">Just a place to post nice pictures on a random basis</a> I thought this was a sticky, but I guess just the avatar topic is stuck. Bobby on "Could You Use A Laugh?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2541/page/25#post-65580 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:54:47 +0000 Bobby 65580@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ The Toughest Road Surface Of Them All A piece of road walks into a bar and declares to all its occupants: "I'm the hardest bit of bitumen in the whole of this town!" The piano player stops and the bar goes deadly silent. After a brief pause, all eyes drop, the pianist returns to playing and the piece of road saunters up to the bar and orders a beer. At that precise moment, in walks a piece of freeway which says: "I'm the hardest bit of bitumen in the whole country and I'll take you on!" The tension mounts, other drinkers scatter and take cover. The two braggarts stood, staring at each other, for what seemed like an eternity. Once again, the door opens and, into the middle of the stand-off, walks a strange-looking piece of coloured bitumen with a blue stripe. Suddenly, the stand-off is forgotten! The now-sheepish braggarts turn their backs to the door, sit down at the bar and stare quietly into their drinks. The bartender sidles up to them and asks what the problem is. "Shhhh!", says the freeway, "Watch what you say, that guy's a real cycle path."