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  1. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Tell me about it, Chys. I was doing a silent cheer for that girl as soon as she started to show some personality and stopped being a shivering mess.
  2. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    We're cleaning the cabinets off, not painting them. It's not worth the extra time and effort to paint. Especially when someone could just replace the doors with something else. As far as the counters, they're a deeper gold color than is shown on the picture. If you look at only the counters...
  3. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    Here's exactly what was placed (dimensions). I put it in a spoiler tag to hide image size. Also, there's the picture of the completed counter. I know it looks like a gray counter in that picture, but it's only because of the walls. We're going to change that color and install a cheap tile...
  4. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    So my granite counters were installed the other day. $1406 I'm having new vinyl floors put in all 3 bathrooms and the kitchen. $2217 I also installed a new vanity in the master bathroom. $364 And last but not least, I bought a few bi-fold doors to put in the closets that didn't have doors...
  5. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    My current house has a heat pump. It's an alright setup, but it doesn't work very well a good 4-5 months of the year. Once temperatures drop below 30 degrees, a heat pump just can't keep up. You end up burning a ton of energy on "auxiliary burners", which is pretty much an electrical short to...
  6. Xarpolis

    Windows 10

    I still haven't taken the plunge. I love Windows 7, but hate Windows 8. Both of my current computers are still running Win 7 Pro. Is it worth swapping?
  7. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    The house I'm looking at doesn't have natural gas. It heats using oil and electric. I'm thinking about converting to propane and run the entire house that way. I contacted a local propane dealer. They said they'll bury a 500-1000 gallon tank in the yard, and pipe it into your house...
  8. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    Have any of you ever swapped your house heating system out for a propane house furnace? I'm still doing some research onto things I'd like to accomplish with a new house, and so many of the places I've been looking at are either 100% electric or oil and electric. That sucks. I'd like natural...
  9. Xarpolis

    Jurassic Park 4

    I used to have so many of those toys when I was a kid. My favorite were the T-Rex and Triceratops, though. The tip of the T-Rex's tail snapped off, though. And the gearing for the front left leg of the Triceratops also broke, so it would just hang there uselessly instead of "walking".
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    steve jobs

    The source material is based on nothing but a hand full of interviews that Jobs did. Chances are they weren't 100% truthful either.
  11. Xarpolis

    Waikiki Hawaii.

    It probably doesn't help that I'm 6'4 and shave my head.
  12. Xarpolis

    Recommend a dating site

    So you want Hitch (the Will Smith movie) to be a real thing? Not Khane, the other you asking about this type of thing.
  13. Xarpolis

    steve jobs

    The end credits of the trailer say "Based on the book by Walter Isaacson". This is what his wiki says regarding his Steve Jobs book. And because I can't get the wiki to be a clickable link on the quote bar, here is the real link. Walter Isaacson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  14. Xarpolis

    Waikiki Hawaii.

    I haven't checked this thread in a while, after making it. Thanks so much for all of the ideas. Regarding snorkeling, my wife and I are both certified divers. Do you know of a "great" SCUBA site we might consider going to? When it comes to the inlaws acting less Japanese, that isn't going...
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    Recommend a dating site

    Samsung phone - Would not fuck! Oh wait, I love Samsung.
  16. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Yeah, that's what got me also. This show is great.
  17. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    God damn, that Mosquito Queen KO was awesome. (One-Punch Man) EDIT: This episode really nailed why I like this show. It's exactly like Overlord. One-Punch Man is pure unstoppable death to all evil monsters. I find my self laughing at how much he crushes everything that he fights.
  18. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    I finished the 2nd season of Baby Steps today. Awesome show. Time to jump into some of the new seasons shows.
  19. Xarpolis

    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

    I have plat in UC1, but none of the other ones. I'm not a fan of the multiplayer trophy requirements.
  20. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    That's what's on the house I'm looking at now. It doesn't even have a garage door opener... just hand open. Fuck that shit. If I get the place, those are getting replaced with nice insulated fiberglass, and I'm installing openers.
  21. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    They make garage doors out of different materials. The "best" in my opinion are fiberglass with foam insulation. They help keep your garage warmer than conventional wood doors (not to mention 80% lighter) and are infinitely better at keeping in the warmth than metal doors. Metal doors are a...
  22. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    That's really good. Typically you're around $900 each.
  23. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Haven't tried that one yet.
  24. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Outside of the new Gundam and season 2 of Haikyuu, I haven't touched any of the "new" shows yet. I've been powering through Baby Steps. Finished the first season, and watched the 1st episode of season 2 over my lunch break today. God damn is this an entertaining show. Anime has this way to...
  25. Xarpolis

    Recommend a dating site

    I've never had a fat chick either. It just doesn't interest me. I know it works for some, but I'm too focused on their appearance. I prefer a "cute" girl, more so than hot.
  26. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    You might like my desk. I made it using 3/4" MDF. It's an L shape, 8 feet by 11 feet. 30 inches deep, but also sits higher than normal desks. That way I don't have to squat my chair all the way to the floor to sit under it. The finish on this desk is nothing more than a flat black epoxy...
  27. Xarpolis

    Home Improvement

    The granite counters came in at $1406 with an undermount sink included. Worst case, this other house that I like is off the market, and now my wife and I have new counters. Regarding the realtor, he's a 40ish year old Contractor, and he's just giving advice on what he would suggest to get...
  28. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Here's a torrent for you. http://www.nyaa.se/?page=download&tid=740597
  29. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Here's a torrent for you. http://www.nyaa.se/?page=download&tid=740597
  30. Xarpolis

    The Martian (2015)

    The subtlety is exactly what made the 3D in this movie great. There were no "Duck or the Spear will hit you!" scenes. Every bit of 3D in this film was for depth. It made it as though you were watching a play as opposed to a big flat picture. It was done very well, and it "fit" perfectly...
  31. Xarpolis

    Recommend a dating site

    Here's something new on the Cell Phone dating/hook up front. If you have an iOS device (Coming to Android within the next month or two), there's a "new" app called Bumble. This app requires that you take a picture of yourself every time you connect. That's a nice feature to assume you're not...
  32. Xarpolis

    The Martian (2015)

    The drilling holes in the roof seemed logical. As a builder, I assumed that he didn't have a saw up there, so he used a drill to weaken a line by adding holes. Almost like the perforated paper tear line when you get a check from your company. As my assumption correct as far as scientific...
  33. Xarpolis

    The Martian (2015)

    For what it's worth, this movie wasn't shot for traditional Imax screens. The best you could do was the local version of Imax. I went to a regal theater, so RPX was as good as it got. And I'm glad I saw it that way. Well worth it, in my opinion.
  34. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Yeah man. I haven't actually watched it yet, but the animation is quality. That usually separates the "good" gundam from the bad. This one definitely looks good.
  35. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Haikyuu was good, as expected. I enjoy this show.
  36. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Haikyuu is out now. Woo! And I believe GATE is still going, but I haven't seen the latest episode. I could have sworn that was a Saturday show.
  37. Xarpolis

    The Martian (2015)

    Because Sean Bean was the one that "snuck" the crew members the equations and logistics to slingshot around the world and go rescue Marc. Otherwise they would have landed, and he would have died waiting a year for the next ship to take off.
  38. Xarpolis

    Fall 2015 Anime Thread

    Looks like the new Episodes have started rolling in. I downloaded Noragami Aragoto to watch a little later on tonight. Will reply with a review after the fact. EDIT: Ok, that didn't hold my attention.
  39. Xarpolis

    Spectre (2015)

    Looks good.
  40. Xarpolis

    Heroes Reborn

    It's actually 3 episodes in. The first episode was listed as 2 different ones.