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@ArchieKun Ive also got wilderness survival guides and the southeastern guide to edible plants. Need to go use them They've been collecting dust. But I think I'll start taking my daughter out and we can use it for some fun outings together to learn new things.

@Beocat Scuba terrifies me My worst fear is drowning. I have a friend that I used to gig flounder with and I got pretty good at it. Now I need my own John boat & light set up.

I just bought my hubby a 40lb recurve bow for Christmas so he can hunt deer, he used to own a long bow as a child & missed the feeling of shooting a bow. It's too much for me to handle presently. I'd need to work up to the poundage and learn proper form. I'd love to learn to make my own arrows.

I was in the Marine Corps for 4 years & an expert marksman with the M16. I know my skill is high enough for hunting with a rifle, but I do need to practice with my new shotgun before turkey season opens.

My greatest challenge has been finding private land to hunt, since I'm new to the area and to hunting I don't have many country folk in my contacts.

I just recently rewatched Spirited Away, this time with my 2yo daughter, and so this time I was paying more attention to some of the meanings that were under the surface of the movie.

I loved that Miyazaki made the river spirit sick with the sludge and pollution from the river. I couldn't help but wonder what other messages he hid in the movie throughout the story. 

A lot of his movies have pretty intricate stories that have a lot of character and overal depth. What were some of these instances that you may have noticed when watching this movie?

Another question that struck me was, what does "no face" symbolize? Anyone have a theory about that?

I know this is an old movie, so this discussion has likely taken place over time, but art is always up to individual interpretation, that's what I love about the arts, (music in particular). So please share your interpretations from Spirited Away.

I'm interested in learning these skills, taking in information a lot, but rarely have the occasion to use them.

Getting my hunting license for this coming season, to at least start hunting for a bit of our meat. I live in NC (USA), on the coast, plenty of fishing opportunities, and duck hunting, turkey, deer and feral pig hunting. But I wish I lived in the mountains instead. Hopefully we will move there after we sell our house.

Right now I can't do as much until my daughter gets to be at least 4, so I've got a couple more years til we can be fishing again, and taking her on the hunt.

Anyone else interested in this lifestyle? What are your favorite aspects of this type of living? What do you like to do?

Phase 10 is like yatzee with cards. If y'all like uno and other old card games, phase 10 is fun

8 hours ago, ArchieKun said:

granted but you now must replace him for all time, or space time forever.

I wish earth was flat to shut up the flat earthers once and for all.

Granted, but every time there was an earthquake the world would break off into space a bit.

I wish I could sail on a pirate ship with Luffy

I still love those retro games, just wanted to give my silly suggestion to you all

@ArchieKun @SanguineTear @Nono @HanaApril You guys need to jump into the adult games and get on Catan - love you tho.. you stuck in the past still with board games

@efaardvark I really hope you can make some small changes here and there to better take care of yourself and your needs (aside from money).. that's an obvious need.

maybe find some way to recharge so you're not zapped all the time. Pick up a new hobby that keeps you active, because as strange as it sounds, the more active you are the more energy you have.

8 hours ago, ArchieKun said:

We did review this topic, and have decided presently we only want to use permanently pinned topics for very special cases. 

As for using your points to pin it by all means the option is there, but it only lasts a week until it is unpinned. Though thats not to say people won't post in it even after that. 

Alrighty then

On 10/26/2018 at 9:37 PM, ArchieKun said:

No kidding

Granted, but you may not view the battle until  2 days after the election.

I wish VR was like Ready Player One.

Granted, but it was also like Sword Art Online.

I wish I had the super power of flight

What are some of the best board games you've played, miss playing or play all the time?

For a while I'd play Settlers of Catan every night. Been hard to play lately with my toddler around! But we still play occasionally.

As far as group game nights go, I've found Codenames to be extremely funny.

Some of your faves?

4 minutes ago, Ohiotaku said:

Only the first one, not the sequel(s). I would probably need to rewatch it since it’s been awhile. 

How about ‘What Dreams May Come’ and ‘The Lovely Bones’?

I should! What dreams may come has 2 of my fav actors.

There was this new Swedish horror movie called "The Ritual" that was pretty blare witch esque 

On 3/8/2019 at 9:56 PM, Ohiotaku said:

I tend to like Guillermo del Toro's films, which tend to be pretty surreal (favorites include: Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone & the original Hellboy). There's been talk of him wanting to do a  live-action adaption of Naoki Urasawa's Monster for years.

One thing that's pretty messed up about my taste in  movies is that I actually prefer the American versions of The Ring (the first one anyway) and Let Me In (Let the Right One In)

I also liked the Ginger Snaps movies

I used to LOVE the Ginger snaps movies! Have you watched "The girl with the dragon tattoo"?

I can't watch horror anymore, but fam those movies were lit

On 1/8/2019 at 3:22 PM, efaardvark said:

I've tried that a few times.  In fact, where I work it is kind of an occupational hazard.  Every eclipse or transit or whatever there's a crowd of people and telescopes in the mall down the hill from my office.  I even have a couple telescopes* myself, including a nice 8-inch CAT, with GOTO, GPS, wifi interface to my phone/computer, and more optics and accessories than I care to admit to.   

The problem is that it has been hard to find such a group nearby where I don't know anyone from work.  I'm a fix-it guy at work, and socializing with work-friends always seems to wind up being about work.. specifically about getting me to fix something at work.  Or discussing how to fix something at work.  Or the best way to do something at work.  Etc.  Etc.  Don't get me wrong.  I'm happy to help in a work context, and I do enjoy my work.  (At least when it isn't making me crazy.)  But not so much that I want to give it my social life as well.  And yes, I've tried to make rules about not doing or discussing work outside of the office.  It doesn't really help.  I'm happy to discuss pretty much anything having to do with anything more than 100km up, but that's a slippery slope.  It seems at some point there's always a "Hey, that reminds me; I know you don't like discussing work but..." moment.  As a result I find I'd rather associate with non-work people, even if meeting such is difficult.

That said, for a while now I've also been looking for a good solar power group locally.  Maybe I could try that again.  I have solar panels on the roof and I'd like to find like-minded people to get together with and compare notes.  It is a lot easier & convenient to find people online though, especially with my work schedule.  Recently my boss even has/had me working shifts again.  Hard to find time for parties or club meetings when you'r'e working graveyard one day, then swings the next. 

 

*"Frangere" and "Cat"...

 

Your work situation sounds just like my husband.. I'm always trying to get him to make new friends, it's just hard when you work all week and want to get things done at home on the weekends, it really doesn't leave much time for most working people to make friends outside of work. I try to get my friends with hubbies to have outings together.. so far we have a few game nights, so connecting is a possibility for him, but keeping up relationships Is a lot of work for anyone. Even myself, though I'm a stay at home mom, I find it hard to always be social, I'm more of a homebody. I love the feeling of coming on in front home after a long day out. So if I'm having an busy week, I'm less likely to want to see friends.

I came by my circle of friends pretty fortunately by connections with family. My sister in laws old best friend became a close friend of mine once I became a SAHM, due to her generosity and experience. Then my circle widened with other moms in the area.

My other close friend is my sisters boyfriends sister, and we met and just hit it off due to common interests when we threw my sister a baby shower

The hardest thing for me is to keep friends, life changes tend to move me away from friends all the time, so I think of friends as changing with the seasons of life. We need funfriends when we are small, someone to stand by us when we are Learning and growing, and people to laugh with us and bring joy when we are on our own. One or two friends can't be all of the things that we need, so hopefully as life goes on we can make many.

5 minutes ago, ArchieKun said:

The more I have learned about anime the more I realize why studios are making shorter series, or single season series. A lot of it seems to be budget, or popularity since in Japan shows get renewed more based on popularity in general rather than ratings straight up like in the west.

Though that dose not mean I don't wish to see some awesome series get renewed.

For me a few examples would be.

HSOD

Assassination Classroom

No Game No Life " Never gonna happen"

The promised Neverland. I know it new, but I am already hooked.

Rising of the Shield Hero.

Bokou no Hero Academia.

Woah woah woah, arent shield hero and My hero academia getting further seasons!!!??? 

Samurai X movies are usually my go to for new fans.

@leyley don't you think Sakura was a string og character? Also there were many other strong female fighters in Naruto throughout the series. Though since Naruto and several other anime you mentioned were geared towards the male gender being Shounen anime, the main character just makes sense to be male.

Other anime with strong female characters: 

Inuyasha had Kagome, Kikyo and Sango; all strong in their own way.

I watch a lot of Shounen, it's my fav sub-genre. So maybe I don't have that many others to recommend But they do exist.

My pet peve is a lot like @Illusion of Terra I don't like the way fan service cheapens the anime.

Claymore! Though they butchered the "ending" so it's not congruent with the manga.. so they'd have some fixing to do.

Camping with friends at a nearby national park, or beach? Get a group of your friends together for a memorable weekend camp out!

Your value doesn't decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth.

On 9/17/2018 at 5:36 PM, Muco said:

Life is too bitter, so coffee, at least, should be sweet...

~ Hikigaya Hachiman

 

I love this, but what if coffee just prepares you for the bitterness of the world?

I take my cream and sugar with a side of coffee ️

And @leinwandname I loved reading Voltaire and Rousseau on the Lisbon disaster.

@HanaApril @ArchieKun I'm glad you guys are having a good day!

Im trying to muster up the excitement required to clean my cluttered kitchen mess. When the house is too cluttered it gets overwhelming

I know I'm having a good day emotionally, but physically and mentally drained atm.

Finally cleaned my kitchen, thank God, now I can cook again

@ArchieKun I think if you watched episode 6 you'd like the show a bit more, up until then it was a bit less serious. It tends to meander off the main plot line a bit every few episodes and gets a little silly, but every few episodes it goes back on to the plot and peaks my interest again.

3 hours ago, Illusion of Terra said:

what a coincidence, that one of the people I'm subscribed just released a video called pop culture

Is there like a pack with many different ones you can buy, so I can see what it's all about? I usually don't drink fizzy things but just to try it out.

I just checked Amazon, they have them.. but you need to read reviews as always.. might get them in tact, might get them damaged.. so, I'd rather buy in store myself, but if you can't  help it, ordering from there isnt aweful.

3 hours ago, King_Sama said:

Sierra Mist Orange. I had that in high school and I'll say the same thing now that I said then. Sierra Mist Orange taste like god bathed in it.

I've never even heard of Sierra Mist having flavors! That sounds awesome.