***SSNL LIFE THREAD NOV***

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Haha, I remember someone making a thread wherein he took a ferry from Finland to Estonia just to buy cheap alcohol and take it back. Apparently a lot of people do this.

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Yeah, Fins and Swedes do this all the time. But the buying of the tax free booze on the boat is just a cover, they really do this because these cruises are really just a big meat market, and everyone is there to act like degenerates.

[RockRattler]

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Haha, I remember someone making a thread wherein he took a ferry from Finland to Estonia just to buy cheap alcohol and take it back. Apparently a lot of people do this.

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Yeah, Fins and Swedes do this all the time. But the buying of the tax free booze on the boat is just a cover, they really do this because these cruises are really just a big meat market, and everyone is there to act like degenerates.

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lol [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

in denmark we have a city that would be close to dead if it wasn't for swedes comming over to buy beer and liquor.

[Jay Riall]

So I'm guna rennovate my room soon (filler cracks and paint the walls), but there is one f*ck-off great hole in one of the partition walls which is about 2"x6" and goes right through to the cavity. How do I fill this hole in properly?

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[Chicago Twister]

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So I'm guna rennovate my room soon (filler cracks and paint the walls), but there is one f*ck-off great hole in one of the partition walls which is about 2"x6" and goes right through to the cavity. How do I fill this hole in properly?

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Jay

It's fairly simple to fix this on your own. Basically it involves :

1) Make the hole square using a drywall saw
2) Fill in the hole you just made using a piece of drywall slightly smaller than the hole. Affix this patch using drywall tape & drywall compound.
3) Allow to dry, sand, paint, etc.

Here's something to read:

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/repairingdrywall

[goofyballer]

Also, for those of you that remember the travesty that occurred a month or two ago when the cafe at work ran out of pineapple for the Hawaiian Chicken Teriyaki sandwiches, they had them again today! I just finished one (with pineapple this time) and it was delightfully tasty.

[Randiek]

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Also, for those of you that remember the travesty that occurred a month or two ago when the cafe at work ran out of pineapple for the Hawaiian Chicken Teriyaki sandwiches, they had them again today! I just finished one (with pineapple this time) and it was delightfully tasty.

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Such problems...

[nath]

4_2_it,

Of course I see your point and I know you see mine. Obviously to a certain extent popularity drives what's been preserved, as does, say, the whims of royalty. But by and large, greatness has stood the test of time-- I mean nobody looks at Michelangelo's work and says "Man, what crazy tasteless papal hack commissioned THAT?"

My point is sort of directed at people who take an attitude like "I like what I like and that's all I need to know. Who are you to tell me what's good?" I'm me, that's who. Music is my lifeblood and I feel confident that my years of playing and listening to it and discerning what's good and what isn't and why are going to make me qualified to tell you something is terrible, and why, and offer recommendations of good music you might like.

[goofyballer]

nath, while I agree on the latter part, trying to tell people music they like is "terrible" is just stupid, and that's what way too many music snobs are all about.

[4_2_it]

nath,

I have found that the older I get the more I gravitate back to artists like The Beatles and Sinatra so I agree there is something to be said about quality as it pertains to what is popular.

Everyone has a built in bias when it comes to art, music, sex, food and most everything in life and across each of these spectrums some people will be better judges of what is good vs. what is trash. Basd on your selections in this thread, I'd agree that you have a better grasp on what constitutes good music than most.

I really think for future generations, the Internet will drive what is popular. The ability of anyone and everyone to have their music heard will result in a lot of 'cream' rising to the top. The record industry is in the early stages of a death spiral.

[nath]

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nath, while I agree on the latter part, trying to tell people music they like is "terrible" is just stupid, and that's what way too many music snobs are all about.

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Yeah, I often just don't care to soften the words at all. And I don't actually call something terrible unless I think it's really terrible. The role of the critic, or of the aesthete, is not to universally dismiss everything he doesn't like.