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by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 11, 2009, 10:32 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!
Replies: 247
Views: 52442

Re: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!

I'm not even going to pretend to be interested in this until that fat fuck can interrupt his busy convention and football schedule to actually, you know, FINISH THE FUCKING BOOKS. GRRM is not your bitch. omg so slow like 4 months too late omg http://www.veeshanvault.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&am...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 8, 2009, 11:29 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Keep your Computer Clean
Replies: 53
Views: 52286

Re: Keep your Computer Clean

Winnow's tip seems like saying "Don't bother with condoms, just only have sex with hookers you know are clean!"

oh, and replacing your cock every 6 months.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 8, 2009, 7:18 am
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Revamp of a classic - Grilled Cheese
Replies: 26
Views: 5861

Re: Revamp of a classic - Grilled Cheese

"American Cheese"?

"American Vaguely Cheese-like Processed Dairy Product"!

Btw - grated cheddar-romano-emmenthaler mix in a bowl, pour sriracha over, let sit for 20 minutes or so, then pop it in your grilled cheese!
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 7, 2009, 7:51 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New monitor - input needed!
Replies: 4
Views: 889

Re: New monitor - input needed!

I checked the Dells and jesus CHRIST there's a markup on Dell monitors here. On the Danish Dell website, the 2408WFP clocks in at $US 975 - and I can get the Samsung T240 for $US 383 - that's "only" 70 bucks more than the US price. Specs look damn nice on the Dell though, but at that price...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 7, 2009, 7:46 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Valhalla Rising
Replies: 2
Views: 806

Re: Valhalla Rising

...and for Canno: directed by the guy that did the PUSHER trilogy (and more recently, "Bronson" - no, not starring Balki from Perfect Strangers).
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 3, 2009, 11:04 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New monitor - input needed!
Replies: 4
Views: 889

Re: New monitor - input needed!

Should have said - all those monitors listed are in the sub-$300 range. And I'm working with some fairly long cables and a huge fucking desk, so my case will be out of easy reach for me. I use the usb ports a lot for memory sticks and my portable soundcard, so it'd be a huge boon not to have to hass...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
September 3, 2009, 8:53 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New monitor - input needed!
Replies: 4
Views: 889

New monitor - input needed!

I'm shopping for a new monitor, and I'm having a hard time deciding. Price is definitely an issue, and I'm having a few problems finding something that satisfies my criteria: HDMI in DVI preferably a few USB ports 22" + size It seems that the manufacturers have gone away from the USB-hub craze,...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
August 18, 2009, 7:13 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I love being right.
Replies: 131
Views: 16477

Re: I love being right.

TBH I don't think HE did all that much. He was the most obvious figurehead president in my lifetime... or maybe Jon Stewart is right: GWB doesn't talk like a stupid person, he talks like someone talking to a stupid person. Shrug. Good riddance to him. In all fairness, I have to say this, though: I'm...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
August 18, 2009, 6:28 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I love being right.
Replies: 131
Views: 16477

Re: I love being right.

Fash wrote:Darth Rove is to George W Bush as Rahm Emanuel is to Barack H Obama.
mmmm, nah, I don't agree. Rahm registers far lower on the sinister evil overlord scale.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
August 18, 2009, 6:06 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I love being right.
Replies: 131
Views: 16477

Re: I love being right.

I was just trolling Xatrei :) I know, I was just preempting the "yeah, lulz - obamajesus isn't the omgmakeitallbetter wizard u thought! harhar" BS from the peanut gallery. Are you saying you're moderately disappointed? :lol: hahah I think a lot of the "yeah, lulz - obamajesus isn't t...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
August 15, 2009, 5:32 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I love being right.
Replies: 131
Views: 16477

Re: I love being right.

Did you set a reminder on your cellphone?

"In one year, come back, make random snarky one liner comment about something some Democrat did that I disagree with, then cease posting again."

You must lead a terribly exciting life.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
August 15, 2009, 4:33 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Grilling!
Replies: 31
Views: 7062

Re: Grilling!

It was madness, but fun! I even managed to get proper crackling going, so I was happy. I worked for 6 weeks at a fixed-menu kitchen this summer, hard work, long hours but a lot of fun. What I didn't know before going was that I'd be running the place for two weeks because the chef had given the owne...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
August 15, 2009, 4:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Petals Around The Rose
Replies: 20
Views: 3026

Re: Petals Around The Rose

I used to know this game as "Polarbears fishing" using old school white dice with black pips.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
July 24, 2009, 12:09 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Grilling!
Replies: 31
Views: 7062

Re: Grilling!

just finished rolling a 24lb porchetta to go on the grill tomorrow, rawr! party time!
by Drolgin Steingrinder
July 19, 2009, 8:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How much should I save for a two week trip to Europe?
Replies: 32
Views: 4998

Re: How much should I save for a two week trip to Europe?

still calculating but: bring your visa, carry backup cash. Almost all stores in .dk, .se and .no will take Visa, and you'll find plenty of ATM-type machines that'll help you out should you go somewhere where they don't. Be aware that trainfare is fucking stupid expensive, especially internationally....
by Drolgin Steingrinder
July 16, 2009, 2:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How much should I save for a two week trip to Europe?
Replies: 32
Views: 4998

Re: How much should I save for a two week trip to Europe?

one) where're you going two) whatchawannado when you get there three) how much traveling will you be doing once there four) what kind of accomodations are you gunning for five) rentacar: yes/no/female/refuse to answer on religious grounds. six) tired, so fuck this. quoting myself because i can. sev...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
July 16, 2009, 2:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How much should I save for a two week trip to Europe?
Replies: 32
Views: 4998

Re: How much should I save for a two week trip to Europe?

1) where're you going
2) whatchawannado when you get there
3) how much traveling will you be doing once there
4) what kind of accomodations are you gunning for
5) rentacar: yes/no/female/refuse to answer on religious grounds.
6) tired, so fuck this.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 30, 2009, 8:21 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Who You Gonna Call?
Replies: 28
Views: 3974

Re: Who You Gonna Call?

Been trying to play the PC version, but it is SO frigging unstable that its ridiculous. I only got to the part where you fight Stay Pufft the first time, did that fight 3 times now, crashed after that every time. Some of the crashes bring down the PC, some of them just crash the game, some of them ...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 28, 2009, 10:03 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: What an ameteur
Replies: 2
Views: 645

Re: What an ameteur

A rather ironic topic title.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 28, 2009, 8:55 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: How about the US!
Replies: 6
Views: 1462

Re: How about the US!

Well fucking done. I do think Spain got cocky - after 35 games without a loss, they thought they were facing a third-world team (football-wise), but that was some smart and tenacious football. Too bad concentration slipped at a few crucial points in the final. But, I've said it before, anything that...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 12, 2009, 4:44 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Beckham to LA
Replies: 92
Views: 21717

Re: Beckham to LA

Milan badly needed the money - I believe Kaka when he said that he would rather have stayed. But for that kind of money, Milan can do some serious shopping to fill out other spots. Regardless of The Scum's success, there's a kind of old school glory over a club like Real and obviously, CRonaldo woul...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 10, 2009, 10:53 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Pixar
Replies: 9
Views: 1458

Re: Pixar

Here's the new pixar short, Partly Cloudy: http://www.fubiz.net/2009/06/09/partly-cloudy/
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 9, 2009, 5:50 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: HTPC Network
Replies: 10
Views: 2675

Re: HTPC Network

I will get something like this at some point - when I'm living somewhere with room for more than a laptop.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 9, 2009, 4:23 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Pixar
Replies: 9
Views: 1458

Re: Pixar

Winnow wrote: Image
I like their pick of poster for Batman & Robin.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 4, 2009, 2:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Actor David Carradine found dead
Replies: 11
Views: 1849

Re: Actor David Carradine found dead

rip grasshopper autoerotic asphyxiation
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 2, 2009, 5:09 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Lets paint it white!
Replies: 58
Views: 7870

Re: Lets paint it white!

b) icy winter roads, sorry but I'm sticking with the need for darker pavement. I see it as a more immediate safety issue: if that ice melts its safer than if it doesn't. Even experienced drivers can lose control and crash on icy roads and in this part of the world, as spread out as things are, not ...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 2, 2009, 5:43 am
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Meat
Replies: 15
Views: 2974

Re: Meat

god, I'm being such an obnoxious food nerd, but
Xatrei wrote:While cooling, remove the backbone from a whole fryer chicken. Open the chicken like a book and pop the keel bone out, but leave the chicken in 1 piece, butterflied.
the term for that is "spatchcocking".
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 1, 2009, 6:34 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Meat
Replies: 15
Views: 2974

Re: Meat

buy blackened seasoning (it's cheaper than making it yourself) wtf? srsly? 2 parts Paprika 2 parts Cayenne 2 parts Kosher or sea salt 2 parts Garlic Powder 1 part Black Pepper 1 part Onion Powder 1 part dried Thyme 1 part dried Oregano 1/2 part Cumin all spices you should have already. And if you d...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
June 1, 2009, 4:30 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Lets paint it white!
Replies: 58
Views: 7870

Re: Lets paint it white!

(...) but the car thing seems bogus: how much extra energy does it take to run AC in a car that is already running? Powerful A/C units in cars (which is most cars sold in the US and most upmarket cars in the EU) can run up to 3kW in power. That could easily be a 40% reduction in fuel efficiency. Th...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 31, 2009, 1:13 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Lets paint it white!
Replies: 58
Views: 7870

Re: Lets paint it white!

Do you realize the cost and scope of painting all the roads white? We can't even keep the roads repaired and now some idiot wants to paint them. How are you going to federally enforce property owners to paint their roofs? Are te taxpayers going to foot that bill too? How about they mandate every in...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 31, 2009, 5:59 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: hepl - Windows Live Messenger a pain in my ass
Replies: 17
Views: 2479

Re: hepl - Windows Live Messenger a pain in my ass

anirask: the problem was not autostarting windows live messenger, I disabled that ages ago. The problem was that visiting hotmail.com and logging in there would
a) run WLM
b) re-add WLM to the list of startup programs.

So far, valryte's fix seems to have worked.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 30, 2009, 7:48 am
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Meat
Replies: 15
Views: 2974

Re: Meat

Almost any fish with white flesh - particularly something like trout: If you get it fresh fresh (as in caught yourself), descale it, gut it and clean the cavity. If not, you don't have to worry about the dirty bits. stuff into cavity: a couple knobs of butter, two bay leaves, a little lemon juice, s...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 30, 2009, 7:30 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: hepl - Windows Live Messenger a pain in my ass
Replies: 17
Views: 2479

Re: hepl - Windows Live Messenger a pain in my ass

Thanks Valryte. I *think* it worked.

It's fucking devious of them to add it to autorun with no UAC check.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 29, 2009, 4:08 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: hepl - Windows Live Messenger a pain in my ass
Replies: 17
Views: 2479

hepl - Windows Live Messenger a pain in my ass

Apparently, the wonderful folks at MS decided it'd be a nice "feature" if every time you log on to hotmail, Windows Live Messenger starts and sets itself to autostart when you next run windows . Considering the crazy amount of UAC-shit you have to go through with all other programs, this i...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 21, 2009, 4:45 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Twilight...
Replies: 38
Views: 5062

Re: Twilight...

It sells because it's derivative pap. It is a success because she gave the kids an easily digestible cocktail of ridiculous, "dark" romance that gives the girls a completely unrealistic romantic fantasy where they can cast themselves as the submissive princess while at the same time tappin...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 21, 2009, 4:38 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: California Votes No Tax Increase
Replies: 27
Views: 3212

Re: California Votes No Tax Increase

Jice Virago wrote: The level of self entitlement and complete lack of personal responsibity of the average person living here still apalls me a full eighty years after moving here from Wisconsin.
Jebus, you're getting a bit long in the tooth, Jice.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 19, 2009, 5:30 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Twilight...
Replies: 38
Views: 5062

Re: Twilight...

I'll give this a 1.5/10. I'd also like to add my astonishment that anyone who isn't a socially handicapped teenage girl who loves to wallow in her own teen-misery while staring teary-eyed at a "My Chemical Romance" poster can see even a tiny bit of quality in this load of sexually discrimi...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 13, 2009, 2:45 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Is House a good show?
Replies: 67
Views: 18206

Re: Is House a good show?

I never touched it! Not my fault you're not man enough to eat up.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 13, 2009, 11:57 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Is House a good show?
Replies: 67
Views: 18206

Re: Is House a good show?

Great, great, GREAT season finale. Just awesome. I really hope they don't just gloss over/cop out his between-seasons-stay at that detox facility or whatever it was - a bedlam? - like they did with the methadone thing. If they allow this to have an influence on the show, House will be the single be...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 13, 2009, 5:03 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Is House a good show?
Replies: 67
Views: 18206

Re: Is House a good show?

Great, great, GREAT season finale. Just awesome. I really hope they don't just gloss over/cop out his between-seasons-stay at that detox facility or whatever it was - a bedlam? - like they did with the methadone thing. If they allow this to have an influence on the show, House will be the single bes...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
May 4, 2009, 11:50 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Wolverine
Replies: 36
Views: 4520

Re: Wolverine

A piece of shit, not even close to being redeemed by its only positive feature - Hugh Jackman. And I am a comicbook movie fanboi.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
April 30, 2009, 1:36 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Grilling!
Replies: 31
Views: 7062

Re: Grilling!

Truant wrote:Rosemary stems make great skewers that also add a little flavor.

random tip.
Welcome back, Tru-bok!
by Drolgin Steingrinder
April 30, 2009, 5:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: a newwwwwwwwwwww car
Replies: 29
Views: 5600

Re: a newwwwwwwwwwww car

ok yaoming, so where's the new car? huh?
by Drolgin Steingrinder
April 29, 2009, 2:57 pm
Forum: Culinary Delights
Topic: Grilling!
Replies: 31
Views: 7062

Re: Grilling!

We just inherited a 2 year old Weber Smokey Mountain for our summerhouse - looking forward to smoking some brisket or some pork shoulder soon!

In the meantime I've fallen in love with grilling trout with lemon + sage or butter + laurel leaves. Mmmmm.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
April 21, 2009, 7:12 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Day of Remembrance
Replies: 93
Views: 12472

Re: Day of Remembrance

Galloway is a complete crackpot, but has the advantage that very few people take him seriously, so he can say whatever he wants. Odd how that works. Court jester-type thing, I guess.

edit: I should say that on this, I completely agree with him though.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
April 21, 2009, 6:51 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Wrong on so many levels
Replies: 11
Views: 1501

Re: Wrong on so many levels

It is. So fuck Hulu.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
April 20, 2009, 4:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you support same-sex marriage?
Replies: 189
Views: 32445

Re: Do you support same-sex marriage?

Yeah, most of that list of questions is taken from an episode of The West Wing (2nd season, "The Midterms"), but it remains a quite poignant attack on the pick-and-mix attitude some fundies have with the bible.
by Drolgin Steingrinder
April 20, 2009, 4:13 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Day of Remembrance
Replies: 93
Views: 12472

Re: Day of Remembrance

And I will reiterate, for probably the fortieth time on these forums: Where was your outrage when that document that you hold so dear was eaten and shat out by the Bush Jr. administration for two consecutive terms? You don't give a shit about any of this. I'm fairly sure that to you, this is just sp...
by Drolgin Steingrinder
April 20, 2009, 10:50 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Day of Remembrance
Replies: 93
Views: 12472

Re: Day of Remembrance

Wow, you really are a sore loser, aren't you Kilmoll? What happens when you lose a game of monopoly, do you remove your kid from your will?