Sometimes wives can be sooo anoying

......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and drive away. 20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple of cars. AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim and head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause the sim...and immeadiately pile drive a lapped car. 1st yellow... pit first but repairs slow me down and I come out in 5th...On the restart I lose one posistion and then swing just wide in turn 3. An AI car drives for the opening and we touch...I save my car but the AI bangs into a couple more cars and yellow returns...I start noticing the screen hiccupping. nobody pits under this yellow and we resume. on the long pond straight, somebody behind us wrecks and we go right back to yellow...the screen hiccups are still there and the hard drive light is flickering like mad. Exiting turn 3 I'm behind a almost all the leaders as they have bunched up, I drive for apex get what appears to be a good launch for the straight...I figure I can pick up several posistions racing back to the line...but I get another hiccup and my car lurches into the pack...after watching the hood get peeled back and shoved in my face I quit in disgust...all because I chose answer my wife instead of the proper course of action which would have been to IGNORE her til AFTER I finished the 50 lap event. dave($*&#!!)henrie

Ah, yes. However, you lived to tell about it. Whereas automatically pushing the ignore button may have had the opposite result. "Can't you see I'm racing," doesn't catch any concessions from the Wife here either. -- Chris H. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SpiL8.172056$L76.261076@rwcrnsc53... > ......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... > > > I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl > framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and drive away. > 20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple of cars. > AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim and > head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause the sim...and > immeadiately pile drive a lapped car. 1st yellow... > pit first but repairs slow me down and I come out in 5th...On the restart I > lose one posistion and then swing just wide in turn 3. An AI car drives for > the opening and we touch...I save my car but the AI bangs into a couple more > cars and yellow returns...I start noticing the screen hiccupping. nobody > pits under this yellow and we resume. on the long pond straight, somebody > behind us wrecks and we go right back to yellow...the screen hiccups are > still there and the hard drive light is flickering like mad. Exiting turn > 3 I'm behind a almost all the leaders as they have bunched up, I drive for > apex get what appears to be a good launch for the straight...I figure I can > pick up several posistions racing back to the line...but I get another > hiccup and my car lurches into the pack...after watching the hood get peeled > back and shoved in my face I quit in disgust...all because I chose answer my > wife instead of the proper course of action which would have been to IGNORE > her til AFTER I finished the 50 lap event. > dave($*&#!!)henrie > > > > >

man, don't I know where you're coming from!!! Even more frustrating after 166 laps at Daytona, in the lead, amongst lapped traffic.... we need a save game option (for us married guys) Steve

"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SpiL8.172056$L76.261076@rwcrnsc53... > ......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... > > > I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl > framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and driveaway. > 20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple ofcars. > AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim and > head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause the sim...and > immeadiately pile drive a lapped car. 1st yellow... > pit first but repairs slow me down and I come out in 5th...On the restartI > lose one posistion and then swing just wide in turn 3. An AI car drivesfor > the opening and we touch...I save my car but the AI bangs into a couplemore > cars and yellow returns...I start noticing the screen hiccupping. nobody > pits under this yellow and we resume. on the long pond straight, somebody > behind us wrecks and we go right back to yellow...the screen hiccups are > still there and the hard drive light is flickering like mad. Exitingturn > 3 I'm behind a almost all the leaders as they have bunched up, I drivefor > apex get what appears to be a good launch for the straight...I figure Ican > pick up several posistions racing back to the line...but I get another > hiccup and my car lurches into the pack...after watching the hood getpeeled > back and shoved in my face I quit in disgust...all because I chose answermy > wife instead of the proper course of action which would have been toIGNORE > her til AFTER I finished the 50 lap event. > dave($*&#!!)henrie > Women have to be "broken in" correctly right from the start when it comes to our computer time. They have to be consistantly shown that when we are on the computer, intensily engaged in whatever our current hot game (sim) is, that we are under no circumstances to be interfered with. (ie. call me when the fire gets close to THIS room. etc) If this attitude is consistantly drilled into them from the very first date right on through the courtship, wedding, kids etc. then they should easily become accustomed to the idea and soon stop any complaining and take the whole "nothing comes between me and my computer" thing as being completely normal. At least that's the way I handled it with my ex wife. ;o) Elrikk

You said it, Dave. It can be like a morgue around my house, but as soon as I really get into a race, the phone rings, someone's at the front door, my wife decides she needs to talk, the kids want to play, my dog wants out, etc, etc ....... I guess timing is everything! Todd "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SpiL8.172056$L76.261076@rwcrnsc53... > ......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... > > > I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl > framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and driveaway. > 20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple ofcars. > AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim and > head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause the sim...and > immeadiately pile drive a lapped car. 1st yellow... > pit first but repairs slow me down and I come out in 5th...On the restartI > lose one posistion and then swing just wide in turn 3. An AI car drivesfor > the opening and we touch...I save my car but the AI bangs into a couplemore > cars and yellow returns...I start noticing the screen hiccupping. nobody > pits under this yellow and we resume. on the long pond straight, somebody > behind us wrecks and we go right back to yellow...the screen hiccups are > still there and the hard drive light is flickering like mad. Exitingturn > 3 I'm behind a almost all the leaders as they have bunched up, I drivefor > apex get what appears to be a good launch for the straight...I figure Ican > pick up several posistions racing back to the line...but I get another > hiccup and my car lurches into the pack...after watching the hood getpeeled > back and shoved in my face I quit in disgust...all because I chose answermy > wife instead of the proper course of action which would have been toIGNORE

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> > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:SpiL8.172056$L76.261076@rwcrnsc53... > > ......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... > > > > > > I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl > > framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and drive > away. > > 20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple of > cars. > > AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim

and > > head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause thesim...and > > immeadiately pile drive a lapped car. 1st yellow... > > pit first but repairs slow me down and I come out in 5th...On therestart > I > > lose one posistion and then swing just wide in turn 3. An AI car drives > for > > the opening and we touch...I save my car but the AI bangs into a couple > more > > cars and yellow returns...I start noticing the screen hiccupping.nobody > > pits under this yellow and we resume. on the long pond straight,somebody

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> > behind us wrecks and we go right back to yellow...the screen hiccups are > > still there and the hard drive light is flickering like mad. Exiting > turn > > 3 I'm behind a almost all the leaders as they have bunched up, I drive > for > > apex get what appears to be a good launch for the straight...I figure I > can > > pick up several posistions racing back to the line...but I get another > > hiccup and my car lurches into the pack...after watching the hood get > peeled > > back and shoved in my face I quit in disgust...all because I chose

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> my > > wife instead of the proper course of action which would have been to > IGNORE > > her til AFTER I finished the 50 lap event. > > dave($*&#!!)henrie > > > > > Women have to be "broken in" correctly right from the start when it comes

to > our computer time. They have to be consistantly shown that when we areon > the computer, intensily engaged in whatever our current hot game (sim)is, > that we are under no circumstances to be interfered with. (ie. call mewhen > the fire gets close to THIS room. etc) > > If this attitude is consistantly drilled into them from the very firstdate

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> right on through the courtship, wedding, kids etc. then they should easily > become accustomed to the idea and soon stop any complaining and take the > whole "nothing comes between me and my computer" thing as being completely > normal. > > > At least that's the way I handled it with my ex wife. ;o) > > > Elrikk > >

In article <sfkL8.34251$[email hidden]>, "elrikk" <[email hidden]> writes: >Women have to be "broken in" correctly right from the start when it comes to >our computer time. They have to be consistantly shown that when we are on >the computer, intensily engaged in whatever our current hot game (sim) is, >that we are under no circumstances to be interfered with. (ie. call me when >the fire gets close to THIS room. etc) > In one of my GPL leagues, a wife caused a problem. The guy involved was 2nd on the grid. His wife comes in right as the green flag is about to drop and asks him a question. Scares the hell outta him, distracts him from the start, so he doesn't move when the flag drops. Of course, the guy behind him on the grid expects the 2nd place guy to go, plows into the stationary car, and chaos ensues... Yelling back and forth in chat and e-mail, and the same between the guy and his wife(so we heard later). Whew...

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>If this attitude is consistantly drilled into them from the very first date >right on through the courtship, wedding, kids etc. then they should easily >become accustomed to the idea and soon stop any complaining and take the >whole "nothing comes between me and my computer" thing as being completely >normal. > > >At least that's the way I handled it with my ex wife. ;o)

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In article <3cfdcec1$0$28003$[email hidden]>, "Steve Whitty" <[email hidden]> writes: >man, don't I know where you're coming from!!! >Even more frustrating after 166 laps at Daytona, in the lead, amongst lapped >traffic.... > >we need a save game option (for us married guys) > The 'save game' feature would have had you in the same spot, maybe a lot later in the day(or the next). How would you have been able to jump back in the same spot, and not have the same result? I agree a save game should be there, but not for the reasons you and Dave give... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Thanks to those of you who made a donation for breast cancer research. The walkathon is over, but donations are still being accepted. Details on my webpage. Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> x-no-archive: yes > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <3cfdcec1$0$28003$[email hidden]>, "Steve > Whitty" > > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > >man, don't I know where you're coming from!!! > > >Even more frustrating after 166 laps at Daytona, in the lead, amongst > lapped > > >traffic.... > > > > > >we need a save game option (for us married guys) > > > > > > > The 'save game' feature would have had you in the same spot, maybe a lot > later > > in the day(or the next). How would you have been able to jump back in

the > same > > spot, and not have the same result? > > I've done it with the GPx series. I paused the game 'casue the phone rang, > or some other interruption. On return I saved the game to disk then triedto > resume. > > Often it would take 2 or 3 attempts to resume correctly without a crash,but > it could be done. > > That's why they should _all_ have a save game option. > > Hey! Aren't there any clever little utilities out there that would allowyou > to save a paused game? > > There must be one!? > > R. > It wasn't so much a save game I was after, but I can't for the life of me figure out why the program would be continously accessing the hd after the long pause...the graphic pauses caused intermitently by this really made it undrivable. Kinda wonder how folks who have tried the hibernate feature or just minimize it for days get by without that occurring. dave henrie

...........As one of my friends has said......... "Women -- Can't live with 'em, Can't live with 'em" (No that's not a typo.....) Or another good one: "Time away from the wife makes you appeciate time away from the wife." Dave Henrie wrote:

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> ......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... > > I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl > framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and drive away. > 20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple of cars. > AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim and > head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause the sim...and > immeadiately pile drive a lapped car. 1st yellow... > pit first but repairs slow me down and I come out in 5th...On the restart I > lose one posistion and then swing just wide in turn 3. An AI car drives for > the opening and we touch...I save my car but the AI bangs into a couple more > cars and yellow returns...I start noticing the screen hiccupping. nobody > pits under this yellow and we resume. on the long pond straight, somebody > behind us wrecks and we go right back to yellow...the screen hiccups are > still there and the hard drive light is flickering like mad. Exiting turn > 3 I'm behind a almost all the leaders as they have bunched up, I drive for > apex get what appears to be a good launch for the straight...I figure I can > pick up several posistions racing back to the line...but I get another > hiccup and my car lurches into the pack...after watching the hood get peeled > back and shoved in my face I quit in disgust...all because I chose answer my > wife instead of the proper course of action which would have been to IGNORE > her til AFTER I finished the 50 lap event. > dave($*&#!!)henrie

...........As one of my friends has said......... "Women -- Can't live with 'em, Can't live with 'em" (No that's not a typo.....) Or another good one: "Time away from the wife makes you appeciate time away from the wife."

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> ......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... > I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl > framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and drive away. > 20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple of cars. > AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim and > head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause the sim...and > immeadiately pile drive a lapped car. 1st yellow... > pit first but repairs slow me down and I come out in 5th...On the restart I > lose one posistion and then swing just wide in turn 3. An AI car drives for > the opening and we touch...I save my car but the AI bangs into a couple more > cars and yellow returns...I start noticing the screen hiccupping. nobody > pits under this yellow and we resume. on the long pond straight, somebody > behind us wrecks and we go right back to yellow...the screen hiccups are > still there and the hard drive light is flickering like mad. Exiting turn > 3 I'm behind a almost all the leaders as they have bunched up, I drive for > apex get what appears to be a good launch for the straight...I figure I can > pick up several posistions racing back to the line...but I get another > hiccup and my car lurches into the pack...after watching the hood get peeled > back and shoved in my face I quit in disgust...all because I chose answer my > wife instead of the proper course of action which would have been to IGNORE > her til AFTER I finished the 50 lap event. > dave($*&#!!)henrie

LOL. I know the feeling, happens to me all the time. That's why I usually wait until she's sleeping before logging on. Dave Henrie wrote:

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> > ......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... > > I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl > framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and drive away. > 20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple of cars. > AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim and > head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause the sim...and > immeadiately pile drive a lapped car. 1st yellow... > pit first but repairs slow me down and I come out in 5th...On the restart I > lose one posistion and then swing just wide in turn 3. An AI car drives for > the opening and we touch...I save my car but the AI bangs into a couple more > cars and yellow returns...I start noticing the screen hiccupping. nobody > pits under this yellow and we resume. on the long pond straight, somebody > behind us wrecks and we go right back to yellow...the screen hiccups are > still there and the hard drive light is flickering like mad. Exiting turn > 3 I'm behind a almost all the leaders as they have bunched up, I drive for > apex get what appears to be a good launch for the straight...I figure I can > pick up several posistions racing back to the line...but I get another > hiccup and my car lurches into the pack...after watching the hood get peeled > back and shoved in my face I quit in disgust...all because I chose answer my > wife instead of the proper course of action which would have been to IGNORE > her til AFTER I finished the 50 lap event. > dave($*&#!!)henrie

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"BRH @attbi.com>" <"bertrh<no-spam> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > ...........As one of my friends has said......... "Women -- Can't livewith 'em, > Can't live with 'em" (No that's not a typo.....) > > Or another good one: "Time away from the wife makes you appeciate timeaway > from the wife." I thought it was, You can't live with 'em and you can't shoot them! :-) -- Edward Commissioner MARA Middle-Aged Racers Association

A suggestion: earphones with heavy insulated covers. "Dear, I don't want my loud sims to bother you so I got these earphones.....". "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SpiL8.172056$L76.261076@rwcrnsc53... | ......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... | | | I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl | framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and driveaway. | 20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple ofcars. | AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim and | head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause the sim...and | immeadiately pile drive a lapped car.... <snip>

ride 'em cowboy!! you are sooo funny but to a degree you are right hope you land a better one next time "elrikk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:sfkL8.34251$[email hidden]... > > Women have to be "broken in" correctly right from thestart when it comes to > our computer time. They have to be consistantlyshown that when we are on > the computer, intensily engaged in whatever ourcurrent hot game (sim) is, > that we are under no circumstances to be interferedwith. (ie. call me when > the fire gets close to THIS room. etc) > > Elrikk > >

ride 'em cowboy!! you are sooo funny but to a degree you are right hope you land a better one next time start when it comes to shown that when we are on current hot game (sim) is, with. (ie. call me when

Why blame your wife? It was you who pile drove the lapped car, not your wife ;-) Achim

Get her back. Just go in and clear all of her Freecell statistics. On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 06:42:58 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>......this is an ontopic discussion as you will see... > > > I'm trying out the n2002 patch, running offline at pocono. opengl >framerates seem good. AI is scaled way back so I get pole and drive away. >20 laps in I catch the tail of the pack and start lapping a couple of cars. >AT THAT POINT my wife needs me...stupid cus that I am I pause the sim and >head up stairs..1 freakin hour later I get back and unpause the sim...and >immeadiately pile drive a lapped car. 1st yellow... >pit first but repairs slow me down and I come out in 5th...On the restart I >lose one posistion and then swing just wide in turn 3. An AI car drives for >the opening and we touch...I save my car but the AI bangs into a couple more >cars and yellow returns...I start noticing the screen hiccupping. nobody >pits under this yellow and we resume. on the long pond straight, somebody >behind us wrecks and we go right back to yellow...the screen hiccups are >still there and the hard drive light is flickering like mad. Exiting turn >3 I'm behind a almost all the leaders as they have bunched up, I drive for >apex get what appears to be a good launch for the straight...I figure I can >pick up several posistions racing back to the line...but I get another >hiccup and my car lurches into the pack...after watching the hood get peeled >back and shoved in my face I quit in disgust...all because I chose answer my >wife instead of the proper course of action which would have been to IGNORE >her til AFTER I finished the 50 lap event. >dave($*&#!!)henrie > > > >

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any of you guys seen this site? :) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mil.millington/things.html -- Cheers, Robin ................... `o^=o- http://www.oppositelock.freeserve.co.uk N�rburgring and Grand Prix Legends "Edward C" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:LRwL8.223636$[email hidden]... > > "BRH @attbi.com>" <"bertrh<no-spam> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > ...........As one of my friends has said......... "Women -- Can't live > with 'em, > > Can't live with 'em" (No that's not a typo.....) > > > > Or another good one: "Time away from the wife makes you appeciate time > away > > from the wife." > > I thought it was, You can't live with 'em and you can't shoot them! :-) > > -- > Edward > Commissioner > MARA Middle-Aged Racers Association > > >

OMG click on her picture, that was the best reading of the day! "Robin Lord" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:spSL8.2947$[email hidden]...

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> any of you guys seen this site? :) > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mil.millington/things.html > > -- > Cheers, > > Robin ................... `o^=o- > > http://www.oppositelock.freeserve.co.uk > N�rburgring and Grand Prix Legends > > "Edward C" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:LRwL8.223636$[email hidden]... > > > > "BRH @attbi.com>" <"bertrh<no-spam> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > ...........As one of my friends has said......... "Women -- Can't live > > with 'em, > > > Can't live with 'em" (No that's not a typo.....) > > > > > > Or another good one: "Time away from the wife makes you appeciate

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> > away > > > from the wife." > > > > I thought it was, You can't live with 'em and you can't shoot them! :-) > > > > -- > > Edward > > Commissioner > > MARA Middle-Aged Racers Association > > > > > > > >