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Alrik Fassbauer said:
Uh. Very strange, but also very true (from a geology perspective ( I had studied that in the 90s ).

Perhaps that's why I like collecting stones ? Especially at river banks ?
I keep them at home, though.
Maybe they get into that cycle again at a different point, then, after my death …
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I did collect stones as a boy (8-10 years old). Even saved all my weekly allowance to buy a book about rocks.

pibbur wo thinks that's one of the things it might be fun to revisit when he retires.
 
pibbur who said:
I did collect stones as a boy (8-10 years old). Even saved all my weekly allowance to buy a book about rocks.

pibbur wo thinks that's one of the things it might be fun to revisit when he retires.
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You can add this to the 'why you're a nerd thread' :p
 
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lol, true :D

"There are many kinds of nerds." ;)
 
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Hey, I remember when having a Pet Rock was the IN thing!! :)
 
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Ah the memories of the pet rock.:sniff:

 
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pibbur who, AFAHK, has never been part of a scientific study, and who has only once called the police, for a completely different reason - to report his car being stolen (it wasn't)

PS. BTW, once in the Berlin Zoo, I witnessed a tiny baboonish youngster playing with a rock, systematically pushing it around on the ground. It got very annoyed (it seemed although I'm not up-to-date about emotional expressions of baboonoids) when other monkeys tried to take it from him. DS.
 
EA headlines that were proved wrong.

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Reminds me of an ugly episode of my own life :

One day, after playing too long a game, I looked out of the house window, saw the sky, houses across the street, the few trees, the birds, and suddenly thought : "What is the screen refresh rate of Reality ?" Then I instantly knew I had to shut down my PC.

Really happened ! I didn't make this up !
 
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Alrik Fassbauer said:
One day, after playing too long a game, I looked out of the house window, saw the sky, (..)
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Classic --

Q: What are the arch enemies of gamers*?
A: Sunlight, fresh air and the insufferable roaring of birds.

* also applies to programmers, night owls, etc.
 
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Yes, that's true ! :lol:
 
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Saints Row 4 & Donald Trump fit especially the games prologue.

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Alrik Fassbauer said:
Reminds me of an ugly episode of my own life :

One day, after playing too long a game, I looked out of the house window, saw the sky, houses across the street, the few trees, the birds, and suddenly thought : "What is the screen refresh rate of Reality ?" Then I instantly knew I had to shut down my PC.

Really happened ! I didn't make this up !
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I regularly, to some degree, have the same feeling. Don't shut my PC down, though.

pibbur whose refresh rate is 1/day (exercising).
 
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