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You learned that the opinion of the common man is the same as us registered users.

What's more interesting is the figs with overly inflated scores will frequently have a much lower registered...

I thought the Discuss Submissions section got us over 50 fairly quickly. Not so much anymore?

I would also like to point out that for more of the population than you would assume, that 750 calories is the sum total of what they will consume for the day.

I have met a few NFL cheerleaders and was not impressed with them. In performance make up they are layered so thick it was really gross to me.

And at least try to use the language a little or you could be branded as a stupid American. At least while in France we found that mutilating the French language got better respect than refusing to...

Your problem was position. HS wide receivers do not get the same action as pro since the QBs are generally far less powerful and accurate. Flip over to outside LB and you would have felt different....

Libravox has books in the public domain as read by volunteers. For free. I have enjoyed it in the past.

Resurrecting a month dormant thread with a baseball riddle huh?

Statistical odds of each event is 1/6 or 1/36. If you flip a coin 100 times and it always comes up heads, the next flip is still a 50% chance it will be heads in terms of that one event. But, the...

Supervisor's wild ass guess is what I've always heard

you can walk halfway into a forest before you are walking out.

The old lady is getting fried in the electric chair and causes a brown out at the hospital.

That one is super simple. All of the original cards are removed and replaced with cards that are a combination of suit and number. Since you are not focused on the other cards you are only vaguely...

Whilst I believe unions have value, I don't think it is as high as they do. Especially in terms of my paycheck. When the union president makes more from our dues in a year then most of us will see...

With 46 of the 50 states bankrupt or severely in the red I fear the level of public education is going to going to drop strongly. Private education and tutoring are going to see an increase which...

I home school my kids with my wife. It is a lot easier to maintain control with the promise of a quick swat. (We love homeschooling by the way but your choices of curriculum goes down significantly...

G kind of looks like richie from the dick van dyke show. Real name of Larry Mathews.

I love the evil toys pack that I think Reaper put out. I'd love to see more commonplace items turned evil.

Do you hate teaching or just hate teaching kids? If you were competent in drafting you could get jobs teaching that to vocational college students.

I thought this was great and that you guys might like it.

http://www.pvponline.com/comics/pvp20100909.png

Must be - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/practise
When I worked IT I was amazed at the number of people who did back-ups but had no idea how to use that information when there was a failure....

Got my package from Wingz. Weird stuff. I love the hobgoblin and the swordsman.

I'm glad that is going to work out then. Good luck with the ankle.

I have not yet shipped to Grumb. We could slot you between the two of us if that is acceptable to everyone.

johnboyjjb - US - North America
I would prefer not to ship worldwide but am capable of doing so if it makes the list a lot easier.

It took me a while to figure out what haooy was.

Start a new thread in the WIP section and if you are feeling really die hard you could send a message to all the previous recipients. If you are...

Cars - beautiful cars with genius designs always get me going.

Do you like kinky stuff? Cause my wife hates it when I bring home women with strange fetishes.

Oddly enough it didn't work the one time I heard it used.

I think a national convention is the perfect way to swing a vote. Go to the opposing parties national convention with a few well armed self-sacrificing people and wipe out the other parties base....

If you are a studier this can be quite difficult. If you are annoying person who learns everything by osmosis (like me) it is just tiring not too difficult. The big thing is scheduling. You have...

Fortunately they have those in your size. I know you've always wanted a pair.

I think one of the biggest failings of CMON is the number of people who post pictures but never make it to the forums. It's the new guys that tend to give this place a little kick as they start...

Hey that is me - just turned in my toolbox for an engineering desk two weeks ago. Fortunately my time with a rivet gun was limited but I still did a lot of other production related installation.

My response to that is simply that my history class was taught be the IT guy and my math class was taught by the PE teacher. The history class was one of my favorites but the math class was...

But was there anything in there you liked? That's what I need to know.
And I don't know about your handling of English but you have the most brutal butchering of my name that I've seen. Of course...

Got my package the other day. Might be able to get a picture up later. A GW spider (I sent one of these out in my first MEs). A tech lady with two little drones which I have received from a...

One of my favorite drinking songs:
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Your package should be arriving by the end of the month. At least thats what I was told be the friendly postman.

AVG freaked on it too.

I know that one. There was a horse race with cameras to catch each step. A wager was placed on if a horse was faster than something. The determined that pictures taken in sequence like that can be...

As fast as I can. At least a couple times. Most of the time it isn't that bad. It did just fine with the GW pots but the Vallejo bottles get knocked over all the time. Maybe its just my fat hands.

I have the paintier and it is really not that hot. The bottles aren't held securely enough so when you spin it to look for something they frequently tip over.

Boy isn't that right. It has certainly been a while.

Look at which way the wheels are turned and try turning the wheel as far in the same direction as you can and then try turning the key while continuing to turn the wheel.. If it really is a bad...

Three steps to better minis:
1) Find somebody who lives "nearby" and work with them. Web based instruction is handy but nothing beats real life and videos for learning how somebody else...

This makes me laugh. On an English speaking website the people who usually do the least damage to the English language are those who don't speak it as their primary language.

About bloody time.

Johnboyjjb - us - anywhere (North America preferred)

Not quite what we do generally but close enough. Plus I'd never seen it here before.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/show/with/2346008881/

I think he means Blais and Calvino

Ender's Game -Orson Scott Card
Maniac Magee - Jerry Spinelli
A Time To Kill - John Grisham
Mossflower - Brian Jacques
Seven Days in May - Fletcher and Bailey

There are a few things that you can use that are kind of similar and kind of work as well. I use these
http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromacolor
http://www.allprofitallfree.com/color-wheel2.html...

Was that supposed to be "may" or is this one of the more selfish Christmas greetings I've seen?
:dont-know:

I generally paint without a table and cross my legs to give a place for my elbows to rest. It's not exactly ergonomic but in the end the bottom of my foot ends up looking pretty striped.

There are others?

The syringes I use for measuring out drops of water if I have a paint that I know what exact mixture I want and the black thing is heavy enough I was going to use it as a base starting point. Then I...

I warned you. Some of them come pre painted and some were stripped poorly. Some never made it into the stripper. Hopefully there's something you like. It would be really cool if you could salvage...

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/154936/california-outlaws-large-power-hungry-tvs/

In a move that could spell the end of the plasma TV industry as we know it, the state of California agreed today...

http://coolminiornot.com/article/aid/354
This is an article that shows what I think they are talking about. It can be found in the articles section which is here:...

My math class they taught how to make that shot from just outside the 3 point range or to wrap up the legs and bring down the ball carrier. All our math teachers were horrible and were not all that...

Got my package today. My wife liked Reapers Lord Stonghart so much she is insisting I do it next and do a great job on it too. No pressure.

My math teacher would complain about not showing my work and then ask me to do it in my head in front of class. He'd always get mad when I could do fairly complex problems in my head.

Finding motivation and progressive steps to improve upon.

One thing that I would add is that posting wips in the wip thread will get you some advice but a bigger advantage is that it forces you to play with your camera. While it may not be exactly true, I...

I suppose to have a painting style, one would have to paint. Rules me out. I would have to say that on the rare occasion I get to paint I would go for a realistic shadows and highlights in an...

Windows D shows the desktop.
Windows Pause/Break brings up the properties menu for the machine
Crtl Esc pulls up the start bar
Alt F4 closes the currently open window
Shift Insert is the same as...

Seems to work just fine for me. Similar to the smelly primer. They also make a plastic putty that is water soluble and dries to match the primer that works pretty good for filling small gaps and...

If so many people are dreaming about that face it can only mean one thing - they need to revive the muppet show. I swear, it totally reminds me of a muppet head.

Not to confuse the matter, but as I was voting on minis today I noticed a magnify option above some of the pictures. Why only some and how long has it been there?

johnboyjjb - US - Anywhere

Stipulations are that at least one model has to be in new condition, preferably two. I frequently send out more than the minimum and not all of them are in great shape but at least two are like new.

JV Jones has a few books in a series that I found interesting. I\'m still a fan of Brian Jacques and RA Salvatore too. And of course Eddings would be appropriate too if they haven\'t already been...

Got a package today with a nifty base, a goblin shaman, a 40k Orc, a little lizard archer guy, a horseman (rider of rohan?), and a guy with two hammers that looks familiar. Also included in the...

Drop a few bucks on a brand new brush and see if that makes a difference. My old brushes used to streak when they were getting near the end of their life.

Afraid you\'ll get the same ones back? Shouldn\'t be a problem at all.

I was going to suggest that older brushes can give you streaky results as well but if you\'ve already figured it out - then just ignore me.

Johnboyjjb - US - North America

I\'ve been doing this for a while and am a little surprised nobody that I am aware of has gotten back something they sent out.

Depending on the amount of holes I generally use vallejo plastic putty. It is primer white and water soluble so it can be thinned and smoothed after the hole gets packed and painted right over once...

Just want to make sure they don\'t have the mustache like their uncle?

http://colors.silicon-dragons.com/shades/shades.php

http://colors.silicon-dragons.com/

Not only is a vaguely useful tool if somewhat unreliable if you aren\'t certain of what everything means,...

If you know what they are just post a list. If you don\'t know what they are I would do groups of 5 or 10 in one picture. As you get takers then you could regroup your picture. Also depends if...

Certainly the first thought that popped into my head - oh god BME is back!

Don\'t worry about the pic size - I expect large pics in the WIP section. And, the expense of painting is pretty limited if you can get any decent price on what you sell. I think from that picture...

It almost looks like a urinal cake in a purple bag.

My sister in law has Downs syndrome which is a genetic disorder from conception to death. No avoiding it; no curing it. Every other year she gets sent to the state doctors to verify she is still...

Blood sugar. Fighting irregular hypoglycemia but not being diabetic means I can eat sugar with out a problem normally but every now and then it will really mess me up.

kind of disappointed - I thought my package would have made it to iskurthi by now.

You might enjoy some of the other options you may get in the exchange then.

I got a package today. Inside was an Demonic Gnoll Adept
http://www.coolminiornot.com/pics/img3c892599b6d5a.jpg ...

http://assets.comics.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/200000/80000/3000/300/283339/283339.full.gif

johnboyjjb - usa - North America

terribly anxious myself. I\'m going through ME withdrawal.

Of course if you like anagrams you could go with gonad666.

Ding dang donga
hubba donga
donga munkie
demon donga
donga herald
steel dongas
donga cult
I liked no such donga

Glad I\'m not the only one that came to that conclusion.
My keyboard is quite tidy despite its age. It is rarely dirtied by food and frequently cleaned.

Thewarstore.com has some interesting grass and flocks. Scenery Express looks like it has a lot of choices in variations of standard colors. They do have some very light colored grass that could...

If you water it and it dies its a plant. If you kill it and it comes back its a weed.

I would also suggest building your own. Also, if you are looking into high RAM counts, make sure you get 64-bit XP as last I checked the 32-bit would not address more than 3GB of RAM. I know in...

Arrogant Bastard, Fat tire, Old Rasputin Imperial Stout, Pyramid, Red Hook. The Pacific Northwest in a great place for microbrews.

Getting any closer to a start date?

\"I could care less\" Really? How much less could you care before you couldn\'t care less?

\"It is what it is\"

What the hell else could it be, something other than what it is?

Hmmm. Don\'t know how to take that - it\'s slightly humorous and yet could also be rationalized as quite deep.

From my standpoint I would classify a gift from God as anything that somebody can...

I\'m not familiar with the month of mars but I think we should be having another exchange starting soon.

Works in some places if the infrastructures there. Around here you can get over 1000 feet of elevation change in under a mile so going by bike is a hardcore choice. The bus takes at least an hour...

There is always someone who says this or something like it. If you sent a package with the 2 minis in it as required then be happy with the package you got and don\'t worry about what you sent.

Hopefully Greenone gets his package this weekend.

I like how pandora will bring up stuff I\'ve never heard of before. When I search on youtube I get twenty versions of the same thing.

1) Howdy! - Welcome to our mad world.
2) Thin your paint a little more - particularly the metallic paints look a little thick.
3) Find somebody nearby who might be able to let you watch - You...

Got a package today as well - a cool dwarf, some bits, a base, a knight, and a really old looking mummy. The dwarf is by garrity whom I happen to like as a sculptor.

Civilization, Sins of a Solar Empire, Supreme Commander are all good strategy games. Empire Earth.

maybe I will get the address I need for this one at the same time I get one from the last one.

Johnboyjjb US - North America

That\'s great! And a very long wait. I still need to here from Pablo as I never got an address to ship to.

There is always an attempt to put flagged senders next to their receiver geographically - this time one really didn\'t work out.

The only thing I miss about no TV is a lack of sports. With Netflix we can watch things instantly now and they have the new episode of heroes on starting Tuesday mornings.

Half.com has them on VHS. And amazon shows a few dvds too. Do neither of these work for you? Not willing to pay $80 for a used two episode DVD? It would be morally corrupt to find torrents of...

I was supposed to send a package to pabloescobar pending the receipt of a package by Gapow. As of yet I haven\'t heard from either of them. I do know that Gapow shipped out since Starchaser got...

An interesting little package in the mail today:

Reaper dwarf, Nord Kegbreaker
Reaper Cowgirl, Ellen Stone
A ghost figure with two swords
A WWI looking foot trooper with MG
And the top half of...

I\'m pretty certain that is a battletech locust. An interesting mini as their was some issue with that mech and copyright infringement on design. Which doesn\'t mean there aren\'t hundreds of them...

Now I am starting to wonder if starchaser has heard from gapow. I still haven\'t heard anything from pabloescobar or gapow. I would hate for starchaser to get the short end of the stick on the first...

I have not heard from pabloescobear. I was hoping that gapow might have. Anybody heard anything?

This little program works fairly well but make sure you are familiar with how it works. It will give some wacky matches sometimes.

Also, the Vallejo website has an interchange on it as well.

I have always loved Formula De. And though it is a card game, not a board game, Bang! is awesome as well. Bang plays kind of like a CCG but you don\'t have to do the collecting; everything is given...

In Texas, they starting putting horns on the front of their cars when they\'re young, but this just doesn\'t seem right.

Women - can\'t live with them - can\'t procreate with out them.

Fedex and UPS both want $80 or more to even think about a two pound package from here to the UK.

Presuming the same 9 weeks to get there it would be arriving around December 5th.:o

valender or queen of credits may know. There are some good ones up north a little bit. Oroboros games in Crossroads and Ernie\'s games in Woodinville. There are a few GW\'s about too. There are...

If these times get tougher it might actually be quite convincing.

Did you manage to get a tracking number or not? My package from Canada took a few weeks more than I anticipated considering geographically we\'re not that far apart. I\'d hate to think what it...

Remember that blog users get some free space for photo storage. All my photos are uploaded to my blog and then ignored for forever.

They are saying the SNL spoofs of Palin are changing more minds for Democrats than any of the ads or debates have.

I just saw these spiders and thought the skin was extra cool. Something I have never seen before. The last picture is the best.
...

5) First time participants, or those who are not regular CMON participants either on the forums or in the galleries, will be listed as FLAGGED. Anyone receiving miniatures from a FLAGGED participant...

When I soak my models in pure Simple Green - generally the arms falls off and they come apart after a week long soak.

Sure would be a good place to get some random minis that ME 18.

And now some random stuff

http://www.thewarstore.com/media/ss_size2/CB150304.jpg...

All the machines I have built lately have SP3 without any problems. Which is a total of 5.

Johnboyjjb- US - North America

I believe ebaumsworld has a reputation of throwing the web logo on any video, regardless of copyright or ownership. Among other things. I was under the impression that NSA or reverend had an...

That\'s how you got into this mess in the first place remember.

Our 3 month premature twins slept through the night at 4 months old and besides a few instances (maybe 30) they haven\'t been a problem. They have been consistently sleeping through the night for...

How to find a time and place to paint when my twins are moving into my painting room. That is an article I would like. It might have limited application with others though.

Uses of glaze mediums...

http://sinfest.net/comikaze/comics/2008-10-12.gif
This whole series of comics from this week have been entertaining to me.

I love the little goblins and what not. I\'ll have fun with the beastman too - I would never pick those out myself.
You\'ll notice the evident lack of bases. :D

I know some people have suggested that driving down the markets will cause the dollar to weaken extensively creating a new form of accepted currency across the US, Canada, and Mexico. I remember one...

I have received just two minis a few times in the ME and don\'t feel any worse about the experience. Don\'t go out of your way to send more, it isn\'t a giving contest.

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog_images/40585678.jpg

http://sinfest.net/comikaze/comics/2008-10-05.gif

How you got your nick thread - about your name for the forums
Also, the comment a day thread - started by Supervike.

I hope you don\'t mind the stripped guys. I try include at least two that haven\'t been previously painted. I\'m glad at least one has caught your eye.
As far as thinning the herd, I always call...

Nah, I have a bunch, I just needed to rub it in again.

A package arrived in the mail today. A couple of beastmen, and some goblins, and few others. A pic will follow eventually, maybe when I find some bases.

Spellings off - beowulfthehunter

I anticipated my shipment to Canada to have arrived roughly today too. Hmm. Maybe Mr. Blight could enlighten us on a package status.

Me neither. Can\'t stand the work.
The day for Christmas stuff is the day after Thanksgiving. Anything else in the US is too early.

It is true what you say. To an extent. I believe the labels that are given in manners of pride end up causing rifts in relations.

Example: in our area, the Hispanic community is broken down into...

The day political correctness disappears is the day when equality is realized. Political correctness isn\'t a tool to bring us together but is instead a method of categorizing and separating us. ...

I do have to say I was horribly disappointed with package I received today.

It was the right size and shape but didn\'t have a single mini in it. Did have a game I\'d been waiting for but somehow...

Hey, this was the userfriendly link of the day. It has all kinds of weird stuff cheap. I know somebody was looking for gears, well they have some.

http://www.sciplus.com/

I am fairly certain that is right. My wife stole the :cussing: magazine so I can\'t know for certain. I do remember it was a 6 to 8 split.

From the October Readers Digest:
Is it an Ikea product or a Lord of the Rings character.

1: Faramir
2: Freden
3: Grundtal
4: Boromir
5: Molger
6: Galdor
7: Freda

Since the copy I am playing has the copy protection circumvented I would probably disagree. It isn\'t great; I\'m glad I didn\'t spend $50 on it. It\'s an ok game and I wouldn\'t be upset with...

Thanks for the effort man. With half of the people flagged this must have been real interesting to set up.

Contact nick232 and springbok via the U2U message system and get springbok\'s address. Nick will need your address to send you something. When Friday comes you can ship to springbok. When...

If I see multiple images I try to always point them towards the new GIMP article in a comment. If you can\'t follow the good step by step instructions in a free article that uses a free program,...

It was impossible to fold a piece of letter-sized (8.5\" x 11\", 216 mm × 279 mm) 20 lb (75 g/m²) copy paper with perpendicular folds more than seven times. The thickness of the paper exponentially...

No matter how large or small a sheet of paper, it can not be folded exactly in half 9 times.

JV Jones
David Eddings
Brian Jacques
Douglas Adams

Bringing 3 friends along, are you?

Going back 1000 years - wouldn\'t a large supply of rat poison be an ok idea? No, wait, its a little to early for that. I think, since respect in those days was earned by brute force, a pair of...

I\'ve been here quite a while; I don\'t remember any time like that.

most of the sign ups show up in the first week and the last week of the sign up period.

And it only took me 5 years to get there.

I was going to suggest doing something outside your norm - like flesh or buildings. There are people over on the wyrd forums looking to trade stuff or you could sign up for the Mini Exchange. Two...

Shoot, I forgot about superdauber. BME brings back some memories too.

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That is the best view of scores I\'ve seen in years.

Look at some of the wip logs and you will notice that some of them are as scatter brained as your average nursing home inmate. You also have a set amount of blog space to use too if you want.
...

Most of those are activate (deactivated) with magnets which are generally not good for data storage systems.

I know we got the complete history of some poor guy when the stapled his eviction...

Your color transitions/blending is phenomenal.

Looks like she\'s got some attitude.

I have had an IT degree and 5 years of experience and I currently work for Boeing building airplanes. Not IT related at all. Too many people know how.

It looks like the camera focused really well on the head but that means the body is a little out of focus. Two shot minimum on this guy.

It looks really good but its a little busy for my eye. I prefer your submission compilation to this view.

Looking great. How about a deep hunter green exterior to the cloak? Maybe interfere with the \"hair\" color on Medusa or it might set it off well.

That certainly is an old dark elf shield add-on. I don\'t particularly care for the way it pokes over the edge. Perhaps two in a V shape?

Greenstuff isn\'t much more than plumbers putty if you read the original uses. I agree with dan, the right arm needs broken up more.

Storm trooper might be having to make some \"adjustments\"

It\'s not that we\'re not dirty minded - I just try to be discreet. By my nature I would be embarrassed to be seen in a porno hut. I think Ubie would be more interested in that discomfort.

Shopping malls are beginning to turn to a gun free environment. The two malls that got national attention for shootings were gun free.

What didn\'t get so much attention was the report of a man...

US to North America

Watch out. With the internet - you just might meet that person.

@sg2009
If you go here you can get the proper information on who to report those to.

Were you aware that there articles in the articles section and elsewhere in the forums about photography? There are also people here who would be willing to help with the photo editing.

Finally,...

If you can still get in touch with TAB Studio, I think something was setup that she had a big part in.

My wife participates in a club where at the beginning of the year she pays for all the fabric and then each month she is issued the required parts to make that months quilt square. At the end of the...

When you are done playing with the basic stuff you can put down the bottle of Henry\'s and try some Virgil\'s Rootbeer. Their Cream is fantastic too. And Tommyknockers is a great orange cream.

Sartaan has a few pics up and could use some critiquing of his work. It looks like a few simple things would really help him get better.
You guys willing to help him out?

Gallery Link

Elven...

Funny, the thing that jumped out at me was the eye of the rider. It just bothers me. Otherwise a very good looking mini.

My advice is to find somebody in your area and see if you can paint together. Watching someone else use their techniques is awful handy for learning where what your trying is going off.

Our local sign shop did a lot of vinyl work on cars. That is the solution I would work towards. A vinyl sticker on a helmet should work just fine.

View -> Toolbars -> Customize should allow you to at least turn it off.
Tools ->Add-Ons->Extensions should have the uninstall.

I too rather enjoyed this movie. It is much darker than any other Batman. Parents should not take their kids to this movie thinking it is a nice family movie. Even the previews for other movies...

I\'m 26 and know how to play cribbage; I have for over a decade. Nobody around here knows how to play though. Instead, I can sometimes squeak out a few hands of pinochle with my father. I have...