Re: Where to go now (1 year ago)

That you think one person caused the whole community to move shows how naive about the whole situation you are. You may also like to note that he didn't post any images or encourage the "malicious damage" that occurred. Many of the staff quit well before he did because of a number of factors, including Roland's unprofessional attitude toward anyone who spoke directly to him. Perhaps it is you who should be an adult instead of targeting someone - who put a lot of hard work into the site before he was unfairly removed - with petty sarcastic comments.

Re: PALGN is not Shutting Down (1 year ago)

Or if images are simply too difficult for you to understand, in Pokemon battle form:

A wild Roland appears! "I like shorts, they're comfy and easy to wear."
PalGN sends out PalStaff! Go, PalStaff!
PalStaff uses cooperation! It's not very effective...
Roland uses incompetence and Commonwealth Bank ads!
PalGN's speed is greatly decreased.
PalStaff uses negotiation!
Roland counters with thrown creamy butt nuggets.
PalStaff uses teleport! Palstaff flees the battle!
PalGN has no more useable people willing to deal with this shit! PalGN dies!

(Double posting is basically just sticking it to the man now right?)

Re: PALGN is not Shutting Down (1 year ago)

Basically you:

Then the staff were all:

And then the community was like:

So yeah. Well done.

Re: Hold up (1 year ago)

hehe tits

Re: The Great PALGN $poon Giveaway - to mrcool37! (1 year ago)

Take good care of my 8008135, Mr Cool.

Re: The Great PALGN $poon Giveaway - to mrcool37! (1 year ago)

Aw crud, I have a gambling problem

Re: The Great PALGN $poon Giveaway - to mrcool37! (1 year ago)

I would like to pledge all of my hard-earned $poons.

Re: Sydney PALGN Meet 2012 ( now Sat 18 , 11 am ) (1 year ago)

I'd like to come, sounds like a cool place

Re: Post your Pix (1 year ago)

Everyone seems to need a bit of cheering up around here. The site has a lot of issues, but that doesn't mean the users should stop posting, I really like all the photos and reading about what people have been up to. Hope that's not too creepy! Here's a few of my own, I haven't been doing much but this is what I've been up to lately

At NeoSanity's 21st with he and I in the middle. Also that's a Nintendo 64 controller-shaped cake down the bottom, so cool

A couple of outs and abouts from a little while ago


The amazing giant Tardis I bought for my brother for Christmas, with him behind it looking shifty haha

For the lol's, it'd rained recently and looked a bit green around, so I went for a drive in my new ride. We'd recently ninja'd it at 2am, left out on the front lawn of someone's house for council cleanup.

And just because this made me laugh tonight

Re: PALGN really slow? (1 year ago)

Re: One Questions (1 year ago)

It's a bit over a year old, and yep I checked up on everything like that and haven't done anything wrong. I found the extended warranty papers yesterday, so since it's still covered I'll call up tomorrow. Luckily it has just kept running on 0% battery while plugged in

Re: One Questions (1 year ago)

My battery is pretty dodgy. It's now at the point where it has apparently stopped charging altogether. Last night it was around 18% and with the message 'plugged in, not charging'. Today it had the same message, but when I turned it on this morning it was down to 13%. It hasn't gone down in percentage for the last 15 hours and I've had it on or 'sleeping' all day, always plugged in. So... My laptop being a something something Acer Aspire something lettersandnumbers, with this information, can someone tell me whether I should:
Unplug it and let it run down to nothing, then leave it off for a while to attempt to re-charge. Which was suggested, but doesn't really seem logical and I'd think it would probably just remain dead, or
Only let it sleep at night and just hope it'll remain on 13% for as long as possible.

Re: The Official World of Warcraft thread. (1 year ago)

Sorry, I only saw this now. All of the above. I have two 85's, a Paladin dual specced for tanking and dps with the best tank gear honor points can get, and a Druid dual specced for healing and dps. I've been working on pve gear for both now. Also a mage nearly 85 which I'll probably start with pvp, so much easier and quicker to gear that way, even though alliance on Misha never fail so hard at it.

I didn't like most of the changes from Cataclysm, especially how they changed the old starter areas. Nostalgia appeal = lost

Re: What are you listening to right now? [RULE: SEE page one] (1 year ago)

There's a mood I get into where this song is perfect. I've listened to it so many times, but I hadn't looked up the official video for it before. It doesn't suit the music, but it's kinda funky

Re: What really ticks you off? (1 year ago)

Would that effect an off-peak system? It only heats up once at about 1am and that's all we have for the whole day, and we usually run out by the end of it. The boyfriend of one of my housemates is a handyman though, I can ask her if he wouldn't mind checking it. Thanks

Re: Your newest purchase (1 year ago)

I bought $80 worth of cakes today. The chocolate one is pretty much a slab of chocolate mousse with caramel inside, and the other one is all fruity and custardy. And before anyone asks, I didn't eat all of that to myself.
The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak

Re: Post your Pix (1 year ago)

Hilarious you said that, James Varoutsos got one about tampons

Re: What really ticks you off? (1 year ago)

Oh and grim-one, we have other appliances too ya know, like a fridge and such. And the fuses did actually trip several times because his room is on the same circuit as the loungeroom (with his xbox in it, and yes, he is the only one who plays it lol) and the kitchen. So a fair few times if he'd had his computer on and the television, and someone tried to use the microwave or kettle, it would cut out.

Re: Post your Pix (1 year ago)

Don't mean to make a habit of dissing the site, but does PALGN stand for PAL Girl's Network now?

Re: What really ticks you off? (1 year ago)

Just as a note, I didn't really write all that for justification of my actions, his status today just made me furious. Thanks for the support and discussion though, I didn't really expect anyone to read all of that.
Theory - I haven't explained every little detail, such as we had a drier that was removed as the old housemate left, which was used often and should have made the bill go down. To me the evidence is really, reallyyyy strong. The post addresses everything that annoyed me. My housemates would have a hard time lying, the doors to our rooms are almost always open, and I'm pretty close with the two other girls. And luckily, we're not going to court, because he did admit to it, and I now know to discuss these things before moving in with someone, so that's okay.
Spanca - he hasn't used his heater at all since we received the bill, and he has been using his desktop less often, and turning it off at the point when he goes away for weekends etc. Hopefully the next bill will be a lot less, both because it would give an indication as to whether my actions were justified, and because I so never want to see $1200 on a bill again. I can tell him about the checker and if he wants to do so he can check it, but all the other housemates agree it's fair he pays more, and that they would've offered to do so if all evidence pointed to them.
Timmay33 - I had talked to someone else much more tech-savvy than I about it too, and they basically said what you said, except that by the size and age of his it would be the third most electricity consuming appliance in the house. He looked at it personally, I don't know any details about the computer. Except that it's ugly.

Re: What really ticks you off? (1 year ago)

Theory, are you sure you read it all? They really weren't assumptions, and it's one hell of a coincidence for it to rise so much the very month he moved in. We had no way of making such an agreement beforehand, as we didn't realize he was using his computer 24/7. I believe in stepping up and taking responsibility for your actions, not just palming off hundreds of dollars worth of bills onto your housemates. There should be a level of respect for others, and the maturity to stand up and say 'I know what I've done, and I won't make others pay for it.' There really isn't preferential treatment if it's a solid fact she was rarely there - you pay for what you use.

Re: What really ticks you off? (1 year ago)

Warning: vent post.
I had a new housemate move in, the old one left. There are 5 of us living in a sharehouse on-and-off. He doesn't have a car and his parents pay his rent for him. Our first electricity bill after a month of him living with us quadrupled from the previous one, and the one same time last year. He bought in a massive desktop computer, and a heater that stood about a metre high - one of the ones that click on and off every 5 minutes to keep a room at a certain temperature. He had laughed to me when he'd first moved in about how much his parents bill had gone up when he'd first got the computer. We all knew he'd left it on overnight to download things. And his heater had been left on for days on end, including overnight, because it would 'turn itself on and off as needed'.
We get the bill - over $1200 for just 2 months, one during winter, one not. All being uni or tafe students, we all know we'd have trouble paying it, and tried to find out why it was so high. Calling up the electricity company, it was confirmed that the bill wasn't a mistake, and I'd asked what might have caused it: needless to say, heaters and computers. I discussed this with all housemates present. One had a heater which she said she'd used about 5 times, believable as she work and goes to uni, and is very rarely home. The other two and I only used electric blankets, which the man I'd talked to from the company had confirmed used "an insignificant amount" of power. In terms of computers, we all have laptops which we use rarely. The other male housemate offered to pay $350 of the bill, simply because he used his laptop most, worked full-time, and knew we three girls would have had trouble coming up with $200 within a few weeks.
The new housemate sat there, through all of the discussion, and said nothing. No offer to pay extra. He basically just expected us to pay his bill for him. The other housemates said nothing to him about it, probably mainly because they weren't planning on moving out soon, and didn't want to get on his bad side. So I talk to him about it privately, emphasising the offer to pay $350 from the other male housemate. "Oh I'll pay $250." Further 'discussion' ups it to $350, but he's annoyed at me for... oh wait, for what? Asking him to accept responsibility for his actions and pay his own goddamn bill. He explained he was having money problems (he earns the same amount I do, except I'm the one paying for my own rent and for picking him up and dropping him off practically everywhere, as he has no car and never offers to pay me petrol money) so I asked why he didn't just say that, and we could have loaned him money. Adopting his usual 'nice-guy' pretence, he admits he was wrong though calling himself a name, and says sorry.
Soon after, he buys a new phone. I basically say to him, as nicely as possible, wtf. He says it's on a cheap plan etc etc, and among other things, he emphasises the electricity price rise starting from the time of his moving in. I kindly say that does not change the fact that you were the one who used the appliances you used, nor is a 30% rise responsible for a quadrupled bill. Like... he still doesn't believe he should be 'forced' to pay the bill he inarguably made so high, and when he previously said sorry, it was an utter lie.
Anyway, we called up again and got an extension on the bill. It's due early November, next week, and he'd been putting off paying the money, emphasising how little he has. He even went to one of our female housemates and in a roundabout way, asked if she agreed with him having to pay that much. She basically told him to leave her out of it. This is his most recent Facebook update: "3.2ghz Quad core, 8gb DDR3 Ram, 1TB HDD, 60GB SSD for the OS, 6850 AMD 1GB graphics. 750W Modular PSU and 24" LED for $1211, Pretty sure I did well"

My other male housemate is considering withdrawing his offer of paying $350 as well, and rightfully so. He obviously didn't use that much electricity. Sadly on my end, the peace must be kept, for now. But... THE WRATH OF CTHULHU DESCEND UPON YOU, you selfish lying piece of SCUM. You are an incredibly scabby lying piece of... I HATE YOU, AND YOU'RE UGLY, AND YOU SMELL BAD, AND YOUR CONSTANT LOUD MUSIC ANNOYS ME. I cannot wait to move out of this house.
Five more weeks. Five more weeks. Five more weeks.

Re: Coffee (1 year ago)

I loooooove really strong coffee. I bought a bottle of the caramel syrup that they use in most cafes, it even makes instant pretty amazing. Hardly ever have sugar, if I do I can't stand more than one. Don't like iced coffee, bleh
I had coffee and chocolate-covered coffee beans for breakfast this morning. Not a thing I'd do every day, but I needed some extra incentive to start working out again, and it was very effective

Re: Post your Pix (1 year ago)

My kitty decided to help me type, but pulled this face after waiting 10 minutes for palgn load. Displeased kitteh is displeased! Hahaha

Re: Sydney PALGN Meet 7/08/11 Now over 9000% more fappable (pict (1 year ago)

I'd reallyyy like to make it to this one. If you wouldn't mind, put me down as a hopefully-maybe-almost-definitely?

Re: What really ticks you off? (1 year ago)

Apologies for snapping at you, hasn't been the best day.

Back on topic: I bought a Samsung Galaxy S 2 today, and about 10 minutes after I got home the screen froze and I had to restart it. Twice. Glad I got the extended warranty, I've never had much luck with phones.

Re: What really ticks you off? (1 year ago)

I obviously did want a response, an acknowledgement of it being finally dropped was nice.
She agreed to drop it, there's no reason to be nasty =/
MOVING ON

Re: What really ticks you off? (1 year ago)

I'd honestly rather not have known, I didn't really have a problem with you until you started lying. It was brought to my attention by someone who could see it, word obviously gets around in a community like this, especially if you post things on a public site. There was no 'snooping' or 'bitching' on my part, I've just stated the facts. I have no interest in you and enough is enough, if you don't want something said, just move on.

I couldn't agree more. I didn't expect one discussion to be blown up into all of this crap.

Re: What really ticks you off? (1 year ago)

Much to my chagrin, today I found lies posted about me on another site by a member I had a discussion with that didn't turn out as she would have liked.
Le-sigh.
I had assumed the saga was over, but alas, some people just can't seem to understand that just because others have opinions contrary to theirs, it really doesn't justify attempting to discredit the other person through lies. I would appreciate it if the matter was 'given a bone'.
Good day.

Re: Sydney PALGN Meet (17th July 2011) - Details! (1 year ago)

Weekday Nights/Saturday/Sunday/any? Any if it's soon (within 2 weeks), otherwise I can only really do weekends
Preferred events? House parties are fun. Or meet out at a nice pub somewhere
Food/drinks/both? Nachos and vodka go really well. Both!
Budget? Around $50
Under 18? Rather not