Recent content by Viridian Ice

I can't get any for a while, am staying with my parents for a month. And my mum came across my collection this very evening and was properly horrified! To think I've successfully kept them from her so carefully for years only to fail now!

Hours and hours on trains and buses since I was 17 to go to festivals and gigs. It's always about an hour and a half for me these days to get to Rock City to see a decent band, not local kids. Farthest though was going to a festival in Belgium. Hardest to get to was seeing Down a few years...

Good for you! Yeah, you want to check out if you're on the edge of getting panic attacks. A full blown one is naaasty. I have them sometimes because of my condition and they are pretty horrible, you hyperventilate and are on the edge of passing out. It's kind of ok if you can get out into the...

Come on, you can't not wear something for the fear of dirty thievin' scum. I've been to dozens of festivals, never had anything like that stolen. If you're bothered, and this would be extreme, put it in a plastic bag and bury the thing but don't not wear it, that'd be a real shame!

Could you not find an official one on Ebay? Know the feeling though, when I went to Ozzfest '97 I emblazoned the back of my tshirt in honour of Pantera. I still have it now.

I agree with the panic attack possibility - and that you really do not want one of those to hit you unprepared. I think you should maybe check in with the doc, get a blood test if possible. I'm not trying to scare you, but I had similar nightmares and restless, broken sleep. I once dreamt...

No! I won't take the risk! Lost too many comrades ;)

I'm a translator by trade, speak a few languages and I totally agree with the other guys, immersion will do it best but there's a lot of ways you can get a bit of immersion therapy at home: - Watch cartoons (especially ones you know) in that language. If you have cable TV you might find some...

I can listen to my own CDs at work with headphones. I used to do it a lot but these days I'm more senior and find my work's got too complicated to have any distractions going on. I do remember years ago testing one game that was famous for diving people nuts - I had to listen to Bob Marley for...

She's late one week? That happens a lot, it's usually nothing to worry about. Stress very often can make a woman skip a few weeks even a few months - and it does sound like you guys are stressed. Definitely do that test asap, or both of you will be worrying, better to know. Good luck!

Have you guys tried Audio Surf? http://www.audio-surf.com/ It's free and you can pick any song if you've got it on your PC.

I have no problem with the solidity of Ikea's furniture, just the colour... I have somehow inherited a table of such a disgustingly bright yellow that only the colourblind could sit in my lounge without a migraine. Right at this moment though, I hate that insipid TV guide menu music, which...

Seriously? Even I could do that. Though I just know the bare basics at present, but that's mainly because I don't have a car. Yet. But, yeah, I definitely want to learn how to do a lot more myself when I've got my car, buying of decent tools included. I'm like that with everything, I hate...

Ha, I'm on permanent vacation right now. I work with computer games for a living, done a bit too much overtime and have got double RSI for my trouble, so the doc has signed me off. Got the game finished though...

Oh, really sorry, vikk, didn't mean to offend, I was just messing about. Man, I've really not got off to a good start on this forum. You see, I work at a computer games company with a bunch of jokers, where nobody's mum is even sacred, so I've got into the habit of joking about. I didn't...