The Completely Random Discussion Thread

[The_Darkness]

Okay kids, here's the deal.

Don't talk about politics. Don't talk about disaster relief. Don't talk about war. Don't talk about world economics and the impact of modernization on 3rd world countries. Talk about something completely random.
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I like old cars. The muscle cars of the lat 60's and 70's were stylish, slick, desirable, and had an unmistakeable sound of power to them. By and large I think my favorite is the 1967 Shelby Cobra. Not the Mustang GT (albeit an awesome automobile as well), but the actual Cobra. Sleek, powerful, and it ran a 1/4 mile in 9.6 seconds off the factory floor. It's one of those cars that just looks fast, even when standing still.

I want to own one, but the owners of them hold onto them so tightly that it's doubtful I'll ever have the chance without winning the lottery. I think I'd like to build a kit version of the '67. It has all the stigma of a kit, but all the ass-kickery of the Cobra, even though when it comes down to it, it's just a cheap knock off.....with and insanely overpowered engine.

 

[tolyk]

I'm a fan of the older cars as well, but I dislike automotives honestly. I think the older cars look a hell of a lot better than anything they make now. My neighbor has two older cars, not sure what they are though, I've never asked and I don't know types of vehicles. They're beautiful though.

My favorite collectable item is fantasy art. Right now my main source of which is some Dragon statuettes. They're my most prized material possession, next would be my crappy swords, which aren't really art but I intend to have a study some day. The study will be filled with bookshelves and fantasy orientated objects. Dragons, paintings, swords and shields on the wall, armour on a rack. It's where I'll go to immerse myself in fantasy whilst I attempt to write it.

 

[The_Darkness]

I'm a fan of the older cars as well, but I dislike automotives honestly. I think the older cars look a hell of a lot better than anything they make now. My neighbor has two older cars, not sure what they are though, I've never asked and I don't know types of vehicles. They're beautiful though.

My favorite collectable item is fantasy art. Right now my main source of which is some Dragon statuettes. They're my most prized material possession, next would be my crappy swords, which aren't really art but I intend to have a study some day. The study will be filled with bookshelves and fantasy orientated objects. Dragons, paintings, swords and shields on the wall, armour on a rack. It's where I'll go to immerse myself in fantasy whilst I attempt to write it.

Todd McFarilane (progenator of Spawn and a prick in general) has a toy company that has some amazing dragon sculptures in mini-scenes. Might want to check them out. Sam Goody/Sun Coast is their main merchant down in these parts, dunno where you'd find 'em up there, but here's a Link to the website about the 2nd series of sculpture.

I haven't sword fought in a few years, but it's great fun and a hell of a work out. If you're going for traditional study, I'd highly recommend finding a martial art dojo and start asking for ken training. Good teachers are incredibly hard to find, but they're invaluable to learn from.

 

[tolyk]

Todd McFarilane (progenator of Spawn and a prick in general) has a toy company that has some amazing dragon sculptures in mini-scenes. Might want to check them out. Sam Goody/Sun Coast is their main merchant down in these parts, dunno where you'd find 'em up there, but here's a Link to the website about the 2nd series of sculpture.

I haven't sword fought in a few years, but it's great fun and a hell of a work out. If you're going for traditional study, I'd highly recommend finding a martial art dojo and start asking for ken training. Good teachers are incredibly hard to find, but they're invaluable to learn from.

I collect dragons from the Tudor Mint, it's called the Myth and Magic series. Beautiful pieces, antiqued silver.

As for the swords, I'm not much into fighting with them, though I do know quite a bit about rapier/sidearm. I just collect them for the looks. Decoration.

I've been working on a fantasy novel since 1996, it's not progressing very fast, in fact it's progressing so slowly that it's in reverse. Seriously. Every time I rewrite it, it shrinks and has less story. heh.

 

[The_Darkness]

I collect dragons from the Tudor Mint, it's called the Myth and Magic series. Beautiful pieces, antiqued silver.

As for the swords, I'm not much into fighting with them, though I do know quite a bit about rapier/sidearm. I just collect them for the looks. Decoration.

I've been working on a fantasy novel since 1996, it's not progressing very fast, in fact it's progressing so slowly that it's in reverse. Seriously. Every time I rewrite it, it shrinks and has less story. heh.

Nothing wrong with collecting swords for decoration.

That tends to happen....the incredible shrinking novel.

I've never heard of the Tudor Mint, but they sound like damn fine quality. I try not to collect much that's expensive....just my movie robot models.

 

[tolyk]

Nothing wrong with collecting swords for decoration.

That tends to happen....the incredible shrinking novel.

I've never heard of the Tudor Mint, but they sound like damn fine quality. I try not to collect much that's expensive....just my movie robot models.

I don't have a very good picture of any of my dragons, except one, which is already posted here somewhere, I shall dig it up. But yes, they are fine quality, and only get pricey once you get into the bigger statues. The small ones are rather diminuative, ranting from 2 to 4 inches tall, and about that wide too. But they are more than just dragon statues, I have a dragon handled letter opener that's part of the set too (love it)

My biggest piece is about 8 or 9 inches tall and cost 500 dollars, canadian. I'm sure the Tudor mint have a website, but I've never gone to it. The company used to be located in Great Britain, but they've since relocated to China....

 

[The_Darkness]

I don't have a very good picture of any of my dragons, except one, which is already posted here somewhere, I shall dig it up. But yes, they are fine quality, and only get pricey once you get into the bigger statues. The small ones are rather diminuative, ranting from 2 to 4 inches tall, and about that wide too. But they are more than just dragon statues, I have a dragon handled letter opener that's part of the set too (love it)

My biggest piece is about 8 or 9 inches tall and cost 500 dollars, canadian. I'm sure the Tudor mint have a website, but I've never gone to it. The company used to be located in Great Britain, but they've since relocated to China....

I kinda figured they were British. Too bad about the relocation, no offense to China intended.

They sound like nice sculptures. Good to find something that you enjoy collecting. Mine is books, and the horribly bad habit of not reading them after I buy them. Last summer when I was making almost twice what I am now, I'd go to Barnes and Noble with the girlfriend and I'd drop $100 a weekend on just books.

 

[tolyk]

I remember when I turned 18 and inherited a nice amount of money.. It's when I bought my first pieces of this dragon collection. I also dropped 3-400 dollars at Chapters (beautiful book store, it was open 24 hours and I was staying at a hotel right across the street )

Still digging for that picture.

Edit: Dragon

Not the best pic, as I said.. but it suffices.

 

[The_Darkness]

I remember when I turned 18 and inherited a nice amount of money.. It's when I bought my first pieces of this dragon collection. I also dropped 3-400 dollars at Chapters (beautiful book store, it was open 24 hours and I was staying at a hotel right across the street )

Still digging for that picture.

Edit: Dragon

Not the best pic, as I said.. but it suffices.

Look like nice little pieces

 

[tolyk]

They're nice. I much prefer them over all the other series I've seen.

I must get around to taking some better pictures of them though.. hell, I am a photographer after all

 

[The_Darkness]

They're nice. I much prefer them over all the other series I've seen.

I must get around to taking some better pictures of them though.. hell, I am a photographer after all

*nods* I need to finish painting my ED-209 from Robo Cop and I need to work on my ABC Warrior from the Judge Dredd movie.

 

[tolyk]

Oh, don't even start talking about things we need to accomplish.. I've forgotten more things from my "to do" list than are left on it.. and there's still far too many on it.. heh

 

[The_Darkness]

Oh, don't even start talking about things we need to accomplish.. I've forgotten more things from my "to do" list than are left on it.. and there's still far too many on it.. heh

The list just depressed me. There is no list.

Now I'm depressed because of my failing memory.

 

[tolyk]

The list just depressed me. There is no list.

Now I'm depressed because of my failing memory.

Heh heh.. I've always had a failing memory, that doesn't depress me, just annoys me at times.

 

[The_Darkness]

Heh heh.. I've always had a failing memory, that doesn't depress me, just annoys me at times.

Mine used to be pretty good. Then I played Broomball my first year in college and got two concussions in 48 hours. My reading rate dropped, my reading retention level dropped, and my memory is practically non-existant for anything that happened in high school. it's coming back, but I still have the attention span of a gold fish.

I'm not sure whether to blame that on TV, the internet, or the head trauma.

 

[tolyk]

Mine used to be pretty good. Then I played Broomball my first year in college and got two concussions in 48 hours. My reading rate dropped, my reading retention level dropped, and my memory is practically non-existant for anything that happened in high school. it's coming back, but I still have the attention span of a gold fish.

I'm not sure whether to blame that on TV, the internet, or the head trauma.

Hmm, if head trauma can do all that I should probably beat the hell out of my big brothers. They knocked my head around a LOT. I recall this one time my brother was spinning me around by my feet and my head smacked into a fire hydrent.. ouch.

 

[The_Darkness]

Hmm, if head trauma can do all that I should probably beat the hell out of my big brothers. They knocked my head around a LOT. I recall this one time my brother was spinning me around by my feet and my head smacked into a fire hydrent.. ouch.

Ow.

My older brother sent me tumbling down the stairs as a toddler once or twenty times....but then kids seemed to be tougher back then. Back in our parents' generations, I think they lit each other on fire for fun.

 

[tolyk]

Ow.

My older brother sent me tumbling down the stairs as a toddler once or twenty times....but then kids seemed to be tougher back then. Back in our parents' generations, I think they lit each other on fire for fun.

That's just my most memorable one. I've hit my head more times than I can ever tabulate. I've only been injured once from it though.. Horseplaying with the ex-wife and she tripped me on accident and sent me careening into the stairs, where I proceeded to hit my head into the wooden stair banister and split my head right open. Didn't hurt, in fact I just reached up to rub my head and my fingers dipped in and were wet. Crap, I thought..

I just found it ironic that the first thing to break my head open was a blunted (quite round) wooden stair banister. I mean, I've hit some pretty sharp objects in my time.

 

[rgraham666]

There's a noticeable dent in my forehead from the time I caught a baseball bat with it.

Haven't played the game since.

 

[tolyk]

There's a noticeable dent in my forehead from the time I caught a baseball bat with it.

Haven't played the game since.

I love baseball

Thanks for joining us Rob Not much of a random conversation thread with only two people

 

[English Lady]

I cut my head ducking under a bar, one of those big heavy buggers they use as barriers, I ducked under one and came up too soon, catching my head on the corner of the block at the end. I was about 11 at the time and I was fine till i put my fingers up to my head and felt the blood...then I went dizzy...*L*


Hello boys

 

[tolyk]

I cut my head ducking under a bar, one of those big heavy buggers they use as barriers, I ducked under one and came up too soon, catching my head on the corner of the block at the end. I was about 11 at the time and I was fine till i put my fingers up to my head and felt the blood...then I went dizzy...*L*


Hello boys

I didn't really get dizzy, light headed from the blood flow, but that was it. Sat in the ER for 4 hours waiting to be seen, and this was in a big city.

Ello EL

 

[English Lady]

Oh no hospital for me, a bit of a patch up and some rest and I was dandy, I think it looked worse than it was. *l* good job I'm think headed


Hey tolyk


In laws are crap by the way. running round, getting all tidied in time to get out and meet'em from the station. they miss the damn train and we've now got an extra hour to wait for them with a hyper "I wanna see Nanny" child

 

[The_Darkness]

Yay, random head wounds!

When I was 6 or so, I was playing "Cowboys and Indians" with a bunch of the neighbor kids. The girl next door pushed me and I fell on an old motor cycle frame, catching the back of my head on the way down. A stream of blood and 8 stitches later, I was up and running again.

I still remember seeing the blood staining the road from when I ran across the street to my folk's house, trying to hold my bleeding wound shut.

 

[rgraham666]

That happened to me when I was playing "What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?" when I was a kid.

I went this way, she went that way, and her teeth opened up a real bloody wound over my left eye.

No hospital, my dad was cheap and no medical insurance back then. Ended up infected an I got meningitis. Not serious, antibiotics cleared it right up.

Have an interesting scar hidden by my eyebrow now.