Isolated Blurt Thread

[Belegon]

I remember that too well. I was sitting in a Defence establishment having just learned that my role was to sit on top of a tall tower and record where the nuclear bombs were falling.

I was considered expendable, as the newest and least trained officer.

The real problem?

My tower was at ground zero of one of the most significant targets in the UK.

I get this... I grew up in the suburbs of a county that included multiple significant bases of two of the four U.S. armed services. When I was a kid, we never had any illusions about surviving a nuclear engagement.

That seems odd to write... but I remember thinking almost exactly that from a very young age.

 

[loquere]

Not me. I had three jobs and was unemployed for half the year. Fuck that noise. I want a stable life for 2015.

I hope the unemployment was in the beginning half of the year. I feel for you, I wish you luck!

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I hope the unemployment was in the beginning half of the year. I feel for you, I wish you luck!

Almost 4 months in the spring and 2 1/2 months up until yesterday. I received no benefits this last 2 1/2 months. It will be nice to have an income again.

 

[Hypoxia]

Like a GOAT!

You can't do that on LIT unless it's a magical or were-goat. Well, I suppose you could *like* the goat, as long as you don't go any further, y'know? Stay away from sheep, too. [goatherd and shepherd jokes deleted] But if you like BBQ goat, well, that's something else. Just keep it PG-rated.

 

[Handley_Page]

I get this... I grew up in the suburbs of a county that included multiple significant bases of two of the four U.S. armed services. When I was a kid, we never had any illusions about surviving a nuclear engagement.

That seems odd to write... but I remember thinking almost exactly that from a very young age.

And all laughed hysterically when hearing of "Duck & Cover" ?

 

[loquere]

Almost 4 months in the spring and 2 1/2 months up until yesterday. I received no benefits this last 2 1/2 months. It will be nice to have an income again.

Independence is always a good feeling to have, especially in a chaotic economic period like this.

 

[loquere]

You can't do that on LIT unless it's a magical or were-goat. Well, I suppose you could *like* the goat, as long as you don't go any further, y'know? Stay away from sheep, too. [goatherd and shepherd jokes deleted] But if you like BBQ goat, well, that's something else. Just keep it PG-rated.

How a vampiric goat?

 

[Handley_Page]

How a vampiric goat?

They are sometimes reported as found on the local Chase.

 

[Hypoxia]

I get this... I grew up in the suburbs of a county that included multiple significant bases of two of the four U.S. armed services. When I was a kid, we never had any illusions about surviving a nuclear engagement.

That seems odd to write... but I remember thinking almost exactly that from a very young age.

I grew up with a missile factory in my town midway between downtown Los Angeles and the Air Force bases in San Bernardino and Riverside, each 30 mi / 50 km away. As a grade school student I dreamt of seeing mushroom clouds rising to the east and west before a blinding flash vaporized me, too.

How ABOUT a vampiric goat?

Fixed. Yeah, a vamp-goat or were-goat or robo-goat would work just fine. You might get away with a unicorn goat. Or an alien meta-goat from a star system in Capricorn. Maybe an angelic or demonic goat, or a synthetic goat built from vitalized Velveeta, or a goat-god (cue Pan). Are many options.

 

[loquere]

I grew up with a missile factory in my town midway between downtown Los Angeles and the Air Force bases in San Bernardino and Riverside, each 30 mi / 50 km away. As a grade school student I dreamt of seeing mushroom clouds rising to the east and west before a blinding flash vaporized me, too.


Fixed. Yeah, a vamp-goat or were-goat or robo-goat would work just fine. You might get away with a unicorn goat. Or an alien meta-goat from a star system in Capricorn. Maybe an angelic or demonic goat, or a synthetic goat built from vitalized Velveeta, or a goat-god (cue Pan). Are many options.

I'd like to see a Pixar movie with a villainous Alien Goat.

 

[Hypoxia]

I'd like to see a Pixar movie with a villainous Alien Goat.

So, write the screenplay. Too bad you can't use Robin Williams' voice -- well, maybe spliced together from other takes, sure, that would work for the clever but innocuous sidekick squirrel. But the VAG (Villainous Alien Goat) would have to be Gilbert Gottfried. Or James Earl Jones. Or Alanis Morissette.

 

[Handley_Page]

So, write the screenplay. Too bad you can't use Robin Williams' voice -- well, maybe spliced together from other takes, sure, that would work for the clever but innocuous sidekick squirrel. But the VAG (Villainous Alien Goat) would have to be Gilbert Gottfried. Or James Earl Jones. Or Alanis Morissette.

OH, the voice of James Earl Jones. . . . (as Darth Vader)
Magic!

 

[loquere]

I like Beer.

 

[Handley_Page]

I like Beer.

And perfectly reasonable, too.
What sort ?

 

[YoursSINSerely]

I have a new TV. Shopping for the perfect stand, now.

 

[TxRad]

I have a new TV. Shopping for the perfect stand, now.

I thought I needed a new TV as I had seen everything on the old one but lo and behold, a new year and some new shows. Wow, who would have thunk it.

 

[JagFarlane]

20F drop in temp from yesterday, ugh. Come back warm weather, the horses were less grumpy with you around!

 

[_Lynn_]

Great. The rain from the weekend and the frigid temperatures of today don't make a good combination. My car doors are frozen shut.

 

[Handley_Page]

Great. The rain from the weekend and the frigid temperatures of today don't make a good combination. My car doors are frozen shut.

I reckon to keep the warmer air & the rain, thanks.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I may be almost 40, but I was mistaken for under 30 twice today

 

[Handley_Page]

My new satellite-receiving aerial did not work; at all.
Ah well, back to the drawing board. . .

 

[cloudy]

Vampire and alien goats...I see things haven't changed much.

hi y'all.

 

[oggbashan]

Vampire and alien goats...I see things haven't changed much.

hi y'all.

Hi to you too, and welcome back, stranger.

I've missed you.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

No, cloudy...the more things change, the more they stay the same.

 

[TxRad]

Vampire and alien goats...I see things haven't changed much.

hi y'all.

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