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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: nat on June 07, 2007, 07:56:20 AM
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Just an idle observation: Click on "More Stats" at the bottom of the main forum page here and then scroll to the bottom.
Check out the growth these forums have seen in just 8 months.
We went from 1382 new messages in November '06 to 3781 new messages last month.
Meaningless posts like these contribute greatly. YAY! :clap:
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I wonder how much growth can be attributed to the Virtual Console. :-k
Best Statistic = Average Intelligent and Germane Posts Per Day: 0.00082. This post did not increase that average, and that word doesn't mean 'pertaining to Jackson'.
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There was a huge growth from like 2005 to 2006, Aaron posted the statistics in some thread. Before 2005, these forums were pretty slow.
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Did I really spam that much? 0___0
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It's obviously been more active as of late. I've been far too active myself, I need to stop posting so much here. For myself, but more importantly for you guys. :o
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It's obviously been more active as of late. I've been far too active myself, I need to stop posting so much here. For myself, but more importantly for you guys. :o
Me too.
As a matter of fact, that very same page gives us all sorts of useful information. The primary offenders of spending too much time here: runinruder (does he have a life? :wink:), thumpin_termis, Necromancer, Keranu, Tron, Black_Tiger, yours truly, td741 (who the f*ck is this guy? for someone who never posts he sure spends a whole hell of a lot of time here), Seldane, and last and very much least Kitsunexus.
Stats are so much fun! Whee!
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Sometimes I take breaks from this site, but I am a moderator and must dedicate every second of my life to these forums.
Haha, I never even noticed that td741 guy.
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Hmmm... I don't spend that much time on this forum. I'm just stay logged in all day while I spend the day
looking at porn working. It's all right with me if Robert Garcia's butler lurks in the shadows of pcenginefx.
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Haha, I never even noticed that td741 guy.
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Dude, he's on right now. It's creeping me out. I feel like I'm being watched.
Say something, dammit, SAY SOMETHING!!!!!!
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Someone report that td471 to the moderator!
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I reported him to the monsterator.
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I wouldn't be surprised if TG16 on the Wii Virtual Console has helped these forums develop over the past few months. I mean, look at the forums now. There is like 5 people on minimum nowadays. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you. :)
I'm just glad to see the TG16 back in the VG spotlight once again and bringing over new fans! Viva la Wii! :dance:
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I reported him to the monsterator.
Thank you, I will now send him an email to POST!
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Ya, I'm on here alot too :) This site is addicting!
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Oh man, I remember who td is now. I just had to look at his profile and see his avatar to remember him. He used to be pretty active a year ago around this time, making a lot of posts in the Turbo forums. I'm sending him a PM to this thread now!
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I spend a good mount time here as much as i spend over at neo-geo.com.
Scary no!? Still where else can you talk about the, PCE/TG16 untile your blue in the face :twisted:
As for the, Wii VC i tend to agree that's probably why membership.. has jump like crazy over this past year.
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Either way you slice it, more members the merrier. But we may need more mods in the future to handle the increase in traffic. It may be too much for Keranu to handle. :!:
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I don't mod jack shite around here. :mrgreen:
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What? I thought you did...given that you post on every thread. :-k
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I post sure, but mod? No way! Even though I am one...
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So you're just a mod for showing off then? :-s
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10-4, buddy 8) .
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Does it pay overtime? :D
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Ehh some nights, it depends if Helgeson is on the loose.
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Keranu seriously need to start moving some threads around whereas Nanto needs to remove a dozen sections. :P :P
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I'm not even sure if it's worthwhile posting since the thread changed subject. :P
The reason I'm always online is that I leave my browser open at the office and this machine never shuts down.
That said, I don't tend to post since:
- I'm usually on when I'm at work and I don't always have the time to post.
- I sometimes just don't have anything to say.
- When I do have something to say, I generally don't bother since the thread changed topics. Therefore, I've taken the habit of only reading the last 3-4 posts in each thread and see if I've got anything to add. :-"
Last time I posted before I was mentioned in this thread, was May 28th, 2007. It's not like I'm not posting at all.
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:shock: OH SH--!! :shock:
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:clap:
We've brought td741 out of hiding! He's not so creepy after all. Look, he's become a regular user! I counted 2 whole messages from him in other forum threads outside this one, in only 1 day!
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Thanks for posting again, td! :mrgreen:
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Err... you're welcome?
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It'd be a grand idea not to go and creep us out like that again.
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Creep people out... No... Why would I do that...
(Records nat's ip address and prepares to hide a tracking cookie in this post.)
Did I say that out loud? :twisted:
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:shock: OH SH--!! :shock:
Or, OH SNAP!
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Creep people out... No... Why would I do that...
(Records nat's ip address and prepares to hide a tracking cookie in this post.)
Did I say that out loud? :twisted:
I'm gonna call the Creepy Cops on you.
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Did someone say cookies? :-s
I'll have the Chips Ahoy! :D
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I'll have the Chips Ahoy! :D
*high five*
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Throw in some Pirate cookies while you're at it. 8)
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I spend a good mount time here
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I'd like to mount this site too :wink:
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Creep people out... No... Why would I do that...
(Records nat's ip address and prepares to hide a tracking cookie in this post.)
Did I say that out loud? :twisted:
I'm gonna call the Creepy Cops on you.
COPS..............WHAT ABOUT THE DAMN COPS!!!!
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"I tagged some cops."
"Any real people?"
"No, just cops."
8) (http://www.emp3world.com/mp3/73651/George Baker/Little Green Bag) <lookin' back, on the track, for a little green baaaaag...
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Speaking of forum growth, yesterday was a special day on pcenginefx.com history: 102 users online! The highest ever! Yay us! :clap:
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I was posting here yesterday when I noticed the max simulataneous had a new record.
I wonder if the Pcenginefx.com ebay auctions had anything to do with the sudden increase? Sure seems to have been a spike since the listings. Very effective advertising!
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I spend a good mount time here
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:lol: :lol: :lol: My mind is in the gutter when i said that.
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No shit...seriously? 102 users? :shock:
I can't remember if I was also on at the time. :-k
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102 including "guests", which I bet most of them were.
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We're up to 155 now.
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C'mon 200! 8)
Man, this place is more active than it was a year ago. :)
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Sorry to dredge up an old topic, but I figured it was better to use one of my old threads than create a brand new thread based on the exact same thing.
Looks like January '08 broke all sorts of records for the pcenginefx forums. Most new users ever to sign on in a month and by far the most new messages posted in a 31-day period.
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?action=stats
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January is a very boring month. The holidays are over, and it's damn cold most places, so everyone's stuck inside.
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Sorry to dredge up an old topic, but I figured it was better to use one of my old threads than create a brand new thread based on the exact same thing.
Looks like January '08 broke all sorts of records for the pcenginefx forums. Most new users ever to sign on in a month and by far the most new messages posted in a 31-day period.
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?action=stats
Part of that could be do to the migration over a 2 day period of my NeoGeo based fan club :wink:
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Looks like January '08 broke all sorts of records for the pcenginefx forums. Most new users ever to sign on in a month and by far the most new messages posted in a 31-day period.
I think that about the time Kitsunexus gets a full time job most of the posting will die down.
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Ha ha I think he works for T-Mobile or Cricket or 7-11. Not sure about full/part time, but he does work.
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Looks like there are at least a dozen people here every day every time I check the boards. :) Now that's activity!
Good to see more people interested in PCengineFX.com. :wink: By the way, I referred a guy I met on a bus to this site recently so keep an eye out for him if he mentions me. :wink:
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Part of that could be do to the migration over a 2 day period of my NeoGeo based fan club :wink:
Well, considering that Validus made his way onto NG.com, I think this forum got the better part of that exchange. ;)
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Ha ha I think he works for T-Mobile or Cricket or 7-11. Not sure about full/part time, but he does work.
Yup, 8 hours dealing with credit junkies and a$$holes T-Mobile's fantastic customer base. BTW, my boss said that if I get on the internet anymore at work, I'll get canned, so that's why I've been SLIGHTY more quiet.
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Really? What a jerk off.
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Really? What a jerk off.
Yeah. To be fair though, I'm pretty sure all companies are like that.
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I don't know, I'm sitting at work right now typing this. I don't think they really care as long as I get my work done. They're not paying me by the hour as it is anyway, so it's my own loss if I'm here longer because I wasted it all talking to you guys.
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Yeah, I'd start my next job search if I were you.
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As long as you get your job done in the end, who should really care if you go on the net for a bit? It sounds to me like your boss has a muskrat in his pants or something! :x
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As long as you get your job done in the end, who should really care if you go on the net for a bit? It sounds to me like your boss has a muskrat in his pants or something! :x
Some people just can't be happy unless they are pushing others around. Of course, this sort of person is attracted to management.
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Yeah, and he probably sleeps with them every night too. :roll:
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Some people just can't be happy unless they are pushing others around. Of course, this sort of person is attracted to management.
Isn't that the way, eh? Annoying dot com.
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Nat, you say they don't pay you by the hour. So, do they pay you by the call or something?
Maybe you really should find yourself a better job. Are you at least going to college?
P.S. 666th post! :twisted:
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P.S. 666th post! :twisted:
Hail Satan! :twisted:
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Yes, hail me! :twisted:
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Nat, you say they don't pay you by the hour. So, do they pay you by the call or something?
Maybe you really should find yourself a better job. Are you at least going to college?
Hahaha, I don't do phone calls. I work as a retail supervisor for a large company. I do sales analysis, GPL reports, margins, etc. I also do a bit of field work, but the former is the stuff I do at my desk.
I get paid a flat salary regardless of the hours I work.
That's why I said it's on my own time if I end up putting in extra hours because I'm online here talking to you guys all day. I'm not costing the company any money. As long as I get my volume reports and such turned in on time nobody takes a second glance.
An no, I'm not currently going to college because my salary is pretty decent as it is and I don't really need any more education.
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Well, as long as you make enough to buy some spiced rum in the end, I guess that's all that matters. :wink:
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Who ever said I didn't have a little captain in me?
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Yes, hail me! :twisted:
you had to go and ruin it.
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The forum needs some more funnies and informed folks like nat, Sinistron, ceti_alpha, Keranu, Tat.. uhh.. that's it (apologies if I overlooked any funny/informed individuals - I am still working on that first cup of coffee) :shock:
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Well I'm still a newbie here MD...
Part of that growth that's spreading like cancer.
We should just clone Nat- make Nat everywhere at once. Force Hall they can be called. Today- pcenginefx, tomorrow the world -- and your backyard mushroom patch. All powerful- with or without double A batteries! :-"
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gosh Sinistron, if you're a newbie I'm a fetal pig..
Is there some way to nominate nat PRESIDENT OF PC ENGINE FX ? Let's not even have an election.
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Let's not even have an election.
Yes. Democracy is for noobs.
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As long as I get my volume reports and such turned in on time nobody takes a second glance.
What about TPS reports?
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As long as I get my volume reports and such turned in on time nobody takes a second glance.
What about TPS reports?
RED STAPLER.
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It's a r-red swingline....
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nat, sounds like you have a great job. I'm jealous. where do you live again?? I keep wanting to ask you that.
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Sunny Seattle!
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Sunny Seattle!
You guys are weird, no offense. I had one dude from Seattle (which he stated about 40 times), well, to be nice, it was obvious he liked other men. He COULD NOT STOP telling me about the French cusine he was eating, how he sells his art for money, how he lived in a rainforest for a couple of months, how the government was a bunch of "old f*ckers" when he was a page boy and bla bla bla.... He also was very insecure and LOVED to brag about himself, how he speaks 7 languages, how he knew cellphones in and out, etc...
I couldn't even use the line "If there's nothing else T-Mobile related I must release the call" because he would stop these crazy stories in order to ask about the Blackberry, if we had satellite phones, etc...
He finally just hung up during the middle of the conversation, I'm guessing by accident, and so 35 minutes from when he first started, I was free.
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Sunny Seattle!
You guys are weird, no offense.
Yeah, cuz we're all like that. :roll:
I could make some astute observations about stereotypical Texans, but I'll refrain.
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Do people from Portland, OR talk to you about politics and how much they hate Bush? f*ck I get sick of how much people here bitch and moan all the time. I can't wait until the elections are over so people will shut the f*ck up for a while.
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Yeah, cuz we're all like that. Rolling Eyes
I could make some astute observations about stereotypical Texans, but I'll refrain.
haha!
My life as an Ontarian was over when my aunt called from Ontario and told me (I was a young teenager) that I had a Nova Scotian accent. lol.
"Khaaaaaaann!!!!!!"
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w89/analogue_sympathizer/khan.jpg)
Seriously though, all regions/states/provinces have their own stereotypes, and as with all stereotypes some of it is based on truth. Everyone just needs to laugh at themselves. But just for all you southerners, I may be Canadian and from Nova Scotia, but I don't live in an igloo nor do I fish for a living. lol :P
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I bet you say "aboot" and "eh" a lot though.
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I bet you say "aboot" and "eh" a lot though.
haha. I'm not sure with the "about". I think the Ontario in me held off the "aboot", though when I'm drunk I think it may come out sometimes. :-# As for the "eh" - yeah, it's pretty much nonstop. lol #-o I find myself even typing it more and more on posts. It's the only way I feel comfortable getting my point across....eh? :P
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"Blame Canada" :-({|= :mrgreen:
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Do people from Portland, OR talk to you about politics and how much they hate Bush? f*ck I get sick of how much people here bitch and moan all the time. I can't wait until the elections are over so people will shut the f*ck up for a while.
lol, right now I'm wondering if you've seen the weekly protests downtown
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"Blame Canada" Boo hoo! Mr. Green
Go ahead. And I'll transfer the blame to Quebec. lol :P
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Portland is the new San Francisco.
Also, I have never actually met a Canadian who said 'eh'. But then again, all the Canadians I met were from the Prairies.
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Also, I have never actually met a Canadian who said 'eh'. But then again, all the Canadians I met were from the Prairies.
Actually "eh" isn't that common in Nova Scotia. It's really an Ontario thing and in some of the praries. But Wikipedia actually talks about it:
Quote from Wiki:
Canada
The only usage of eh? that is exclusive to Canada, according to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, is for "ascertaining the comprehension, continued interest, agreement, etc., of the person or persons addressed" as in, "It's four kilometres away, eh, so I have to go by bike." In that case, eh? is used to confirm the attention of the listener and to invite a supportive noise such as "Mm" or "Oh" or "Okay". It essentially is an interjection meaning, "I'm checking to see you're listening so I can continue."
"Eh" can also be added to the end of a declarative sentence to turn it into a question. For example: "The weather is nice." becomes "The weather is nice, eh?" This same phrase could also be taken as "The weather is nice, don't you agree?".
Depending on the speaker's tone or the dialectal standard, eh can also be perceived as rude or impolite, as "Repeat that!", and not a request.
Further examples of Canadian usage include: "I know, eh?" (Agreement), "Yeah, eh?" (Agreement; tone of voice changes meaning slightly). "I know. Eh!" (Pause between 'know' and 'eh' and emphasise 'eh'. This is an excited agreement.) Although technically questions, these are also said as statements.
The usage of "eh" in Canada is often mocked in the United States, where some view its use as a stereotypical Canadianism. Many Canadians dispute its use (for example, singer Don Freed in his song "Saskatchewan" declares "What is this 'Eh?' nonsense? I wouldn't speak like that if I were paid to."). There are many merchandise items on the market today that use this phrase, such as t-shirts and coffee mugs.
It is often joked about by Canadians as well, and is sometimes even a part of the national identity[1]. For example, a Canadian national team is sometimes referred to as the "Eh? team." Likewise, at one of their concerts, a member of the Canadian Brass, referring to their arrangement of the jazz standard, "Take the A Train," said that they'd considered calling it "Take the train, eh?"
The 2004 edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary states that "eh" is used most frequently by residents of Manitoba, Ontario, and New Brunswick, somewhat less frequently in Quebec, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and the three territories, and rarely if ever in Nova Scotia, Alberta and Newfoundland. This may reflect cultural differences among the provinces, perhaps including the physical distance between various areas of Canada and major American population centres.
I find myself using the "I know, eh?" a lot. hehe
Example:
- "Vista sucks!"
- "I know, eh?"
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I see protests all the time, I hate those people. They all look exactly the f*cking same- converse shoes, tight black jeans, lots of stupid wrist bands, a retarded beanie with pigtails, etc. f*cking ridiculous.
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I have never seen a protest in the South Suburbs
I don't think people really care that much
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I don't use "eh". But then again... I'm actually a francophone. :P
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I don't use "eh". But then again... I'm actually a francophone. Razz
hehe. J'ai besoin de plus de pratique avec mon français, mais il n'y a pas beaucoup des francophones ici en Halifax.](*,)
I was surprised in wiki how they said "eh" is used "somewhat less frequently in Quebec". I guess all the anglophones in Montreal are using it. heh
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I wouldn't really know about usage in Montreal, since I'm in Ottawa (I'm a Franco-Ontarian.)
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I wouldn't really know about usage in Montreal, since I'm in Ottawa (I'm a Franco-Ontarian.)
Oh cool. I was born in Ottawa, and I might be moving back sometime soon. I'm definitely going to go up for a week or so in a couple weeks. Going to job hunt up there and stay at a friends.
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Here's a Canadian
sterotype fact:
Any Canadian you meet abroad will always point out how that celebrity xyz that just popped out on the tube is Canadian for the umpteenth time, all while rest of the crowd from different nations look each other with that "I really didn't give a f*ck" look. :)
Seriously, I've must of come across this symptom from about a dozen Canadians (including my wife) while I was living in Korea & Japan. :)
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Here's a Canadian sterotype fact:
Any Canadian you meet abroad will always point out how that celebrity xyz that just popped out on the tube is Canadian for the umpteenth time, all while rest of the crowd from different nations look each other with that "I really didn't give a f*ck" look. Smile
Seriously, I've must of come across this symptom from about a dozen Canadians (including my wife) while I was living in Korea & Japan. Smile
Yeah, that is definitely true. We know it too. :mrgreen: We just can't help our Hollywood inferiority complex. hehe. I think it's starting to fade slowly though as it is becoming more common to have Canadians break through into Hollywood.
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As long as I get my volume reports and such turned in on time nobody takes a second glance.
What about TPS reports?
:lol: :lol: LOL I was thinking the same thing!!
I think the funniest part of that movie for me was hearing that Ice Cube song "creep" while they were pulling the e-caper...
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If you wanna see more activity, just start another "Turbo vs. Genesis" thread....
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screw you hippie!
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Yeah OTB should change his name to "OldGenesisFanBoy". :wink:
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screw you hippie!
Hahaha :mrgreen: .
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Yeah OTB should change his name to "OldGenesisFanBoy". :wink:
Bah! I am merely the yin to your turbo fanboy yang, the great equalizer of biased opinion that stems from blowing our allowance on the system 17 years ago and backing it 100% until they pry the controller from our hands on our death beds while we proclaim "it's still better than genesis!!! and it can do parallax too! really!!"
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The pc engine can do parallax scrolling :dance:
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Teh pc engine pwns parallax scrolling. :mrgreen:
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The PC Engine could do parallax scrolling so well that it made the Genesis look like it had but a single screen which couldn't even move.