Sorry I have been AFK for awhile.. I , as some of you know, have been having guild problems of my own on wow. 85% of my guild left.. its has been quite a drama fest since then,,, So umm yeah I'll try and get on as much as i can but i cant promise much.. all i know is a am unlimited for like 2 months YAY!!!!!

MISS YOU GUYS!

:tink:
Anne McRage

Well this weekend im going to be gone from saturday till next monday/tuesday lol stayin in a cabin in the mountains for the weekend

I will be afk tomorrow for my Grandmother's funeral so I will miss guild night. She lived a long life and I am sorry to see her go, but happy she will be with my Grandfather in the clearing at the end of the path.

So sorry to hear of your loss, Rackat. Our thoughts are with you and your family.

Love and Light your way Rackat.

Take care Rackat, we'll all see you soon.

Sorry to hear of your family's loss, Rackat. May your memories of her bring you Peace.

OK, so they didn't post anything, but

TANDY
and
BLUE

are now officially declared as MIA.

Be on the lookout for any trace, sign, or rumor of their whereabouts!

Check the taverns, and the jails!

Reward for any ifnormation leading to their safe return.
(Pat on the head. Good doggy!)

OOH, her name is right there...down at the bottom of the page.

Helloooo Tandy ;)

* stumbles back into the forums.

WOOHOOO! 4 days off in a row! See you in game. And see, we didn't fall into the ocean..

I found her!

Now what did you do with Blue? Stop sitting on him!

Oooo....so I was right..Tandy put him in the chest she was sitting on in that infamous ... uh ... calendar page.

Speaking of AFK... is Goth busy working on Kelly? Or just charming the local donut hut girls?

Some of you know a bit about this already, but I'll be going afk for two weeks starting next Wednesday, June 3rd. I'm headed to England and Ireland, but I'll be back home in the states on June 18th.

Have a wonderful, fun, safe and well deserved vacation Bill! Bring us back some goodies ;)

Take peectures, Bill!

Yes Bill, take lots of photos!!!! Have fun and travel safe.

Bill,

Have a fun and safe trip. Envy you, since this year I'll be vacationing on the back porch!

:buds: I am leaving in the morning see you all on Monday or Tuesday. Have a great weekend :dancetl6:

Have a great trip Bill! See you when you get back.

TK ... hmmm what fun place you heading off to for the weekend? Stay safe.

Have a great trip Bill.

Have fun Sam.

Enjoy and be safe Sam!

Bills Vacation!
 

Going AFK
 

Well folks, RL is catching up to me. As I have been doing for six weeks now, I am working 60 hours a week. Starting this Monday I am doing even more.


First up is getting in shape. I have been out of shape for most of my life, and it is about time I did something permanent to change my life, and my weight. So starting Monday I am taking the first steps towards a healthier life. First step, ride my bike and control my diet. So after I come home from 9 hours of work I will be riding my bike for at least half an hour.


Once I have the exercise out of the way, its time to study! :sadmh9: That's right folks, I am not even in a class right now and I have to study. See, I have this thing coming up called the Physics GRE. Now this beast is an entrance exam required in just about every physics graduate program. It covers about all the topics of physics learned during an undergraduate education in physics. However, I am rusty on a lot of the basics, so after the exercise I will be studying for three to four hours a night.


By the time I am done with that it will be eleven when my girlfriend is able to chat, and I have to go to bed at midnight to start the cycle all over again.


Now the good news, I will make a point to make it to the guild night events, though I will still have to leave around eleven usually. I will also have some free time on Friday evenings to play, so this isn't goodbye, I am just warning you all (bbk too :piratetongueor4:) that I won't be online AFK to be pushed anytime soon. If I am online, I am on to play, not stand. Sorry to let you all touchy feely pirates down :piratetongueor4:.


Don't cry, I know, you will miss the pants, but don't worry, they will still be around.


See you on the Carribean.



P.S. Remember Piper, water my tree daily, and take it for walks every other day.

P.S.S. Jess, if you need the pants just pm me, I will get on for a bit of married happiness.

WOW, Richard. I thought my schedule was busy. Take care, and see us when you can. We'll be here when you get the chance.

Haha, yeah, I know, I try not to think about it.

Haha, thanks for moving this, I couldn't find this stupid thread or I would have put it in here from the start.

You First Richard (well, Girlfriend first, then you...)

I'll have piles of dirt waiting for your full return, and I'll be sure to make sure those mandated will take care of the tree and the pants. ;)

Good luck Rich! I support your efforts and encourage you to stick to your plans like glue! Your goal is in sight! Kudos!

Andrea/LuLu Shorecastle:dancetl6:

Lol, if I put her first she tries to hit me. I still do it!

Lol, Sarah, can you bury me in the sand with all that dirt so I can't escape back to life?

Thanks Sarah. I'm so worried about my tree. The pants can take care of themselves, but the tree needs lots of attention.

Thanks for the support Andrea.

LoL I'm ready with the miracle grow! :)

What a setup....Take care of RL and hurry back Richard!

Haha, have you practiced using that yet? If you aren't experienced you could damage the roots. Even if you get the sap flowing there could be complications. Are you sure you are qualified? This isn't the same as a horse you know :piratetongueor4:

You worry too much - your tree will be fine!

Besides, even if I do kill it, D resets the servers all the time and when they do, it'll be as good as new. :)

leaving wednesday to go camping in Tahoe. won't be back until sunday.

Haha, good point Piper.

Have fun miratto!!!

Jealous Ironrat! Have fun, stay safe. Remember leaves of three....makes for an itchy pirate ;)

Do I get to schedule my happy pants time, Rich? Haha

Haha, we can work out something Jess. I could always log on and give you two some time alone.

Not AFK but returning... The operation went great and I'm back on my feet. However, we lost my uncle last week and I had to go out of town for the services. I had NO net or else I would have checkede forums.

So, I'm back from AFK for the most part.

I'm very happy to hear about you being back on your feet.

I offer my condolences for losing your uncle.

See you in game soon enough.

Sorry to hear about your uncle, Bella. Glad you are back with us.

I will be leaving for the coast in the morning and wont be back till Sunday have fun at guild nite and Basil perfect timing on the joke!

I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow, and won't be back on pirates until at least Wednesday. I'm not sure if I will make the 250 party, but I will try. Laters DW!

Have a great vacation Rich. See ya when you get back.

Be Safe Rich.
Bella, sorry to hear about your Uncle but glad to know you are back on you feet..
Take care Sweetie...

Bella.. glad you're okay. Very sorry to hear about your Uncle.

Trav.. to a safe return trip home.

And Rich have fun...pay us no mind.. enjoy your vacation.

i just wanted to let everyone know im not gonna be on for a while. im not sure how long but i have personal reasons for having to leave the game until the time is right to come back. i will be checking on here every once in a while to keep updated with things and if anyone wants to get ahold of me send a pm and ill give you my yahoo account info. take care and be back as soon as everything gets sorted out. ttyl

chelle,
Sorry to hear that you are having to deal with personal issues but at least you understand your priorities and ARE dealing with them...
You will be sorely missed, hope everything works out and that you return soon..

Take Care,

Chelle,

Take care of what needs to be done, make it back when you can. We'll be here.


NOW FOR ME!

I have to travel for business next week. All day travel on Sunday. August is always a busy time for the hobby farm, so I need to spend as much time after work on my "real job" as I can the next few days. Same reason why I was late last night. I won't be totally gone, but I'm not going to be around too much the next few days. Will be back in force next week frrom the hotel, UGH Hotel internet.

Sorry to hear that you're going Chelle. I hope things get better for you soon. We'll be thinking about you. See you when you get back.


Bas, I feel for you on the hotel internet thing. Hope your trip goes well.

Chelle...

Real life comes first. Take care of yourself and hope you get everything worked out. We'll still be here (you know us.. we're all a bunch of masochistic optimists just waiting for more game content).

Basil...

*speaking of masochists
Sorry about the hotel internet Bas. We'll make sure Jess earns her allowance while you are taking care of business.

We got the store moved and things are starting to settel down. Sid is back in school and Ihe store CPU to get it set for pirates. Hopefully within the next 2 to 3 weeks I will be back more.

I miss you guys and the game. Steve says sorry for not popping in on Vent. we have been running up to 18 hr days for the last couple o weeks.

We may be weak but we aint dead yet. After all we havent went to basic yet nor plan to

Missing ya too Bella.

Aw, I'm sorry you guys have been so busy. :(

I hope you can get in game soon - we miss you!!

Miss you tons Bella, but glad the new location is up and running. Y'all are doing great! Hope you can make it wednesday for guild night ;)

Hi my friends!

Lost the use of my laptop, and RL has also managed to stick it's nose into my fun time. Laptop is in the shop, it's 3 years old and the writing on the wall is that maybe it's time for a new 4gb model. This HP has been a big disappointment. Have had 3 major problems with it when I was without it for weeks. Thank goodness I took an extended svc contract when I bought it.
Anyway, I'm not going basic, but won't be on line much for a short while (I hope). I'll try to get here to keep up with everything as much as I can. Meanwhile, keep plunderin and fighting the Navy and EITC for me!

Andrea/LuLu Shorecastle:dancetl6:

Sorry about missing the last few nights. My gf is in town, and I just haven't had the time to get on. I will definitely be there tomorrow since I am hosting. See you then.

Hurry back Andrea.

And Richard, I keep telling you that GF's are nothing but trouble. Get a fish instead.

Haha, she has two fish, does that count?

as luck would have it i've got soccer practice on guild nights for the next couple of months. with practices, upcoming games and football about to start my pirating time is getting whittled down.

but i'm determined to master ben, my third pirate, so i'll be sneaking in time when i can!

Hey Dueces ! I just wanna to prevent the guild that I go in Holidays for a week. So sadly, I'll don't be here ! :s

See you soon mates ;)

HAve a great vacation, Sven. See you when you get back.

I am going to Disneyland!!!

A random trip with my two best friends. Leave Today(!), Aug. 21 until Aug 25. I'll make sure to post my pirate pictures when I get back. I'm gonna try and find a great Duece hiding spot on the pirate island!

Lots of love!

~Lizbeth <3

WANTS TO GO! WANTS TO GO! *Hides in Lizbeth's luggage*

Tnady and Blue can give you pointers, since they were just there. I'm sure Tandykins spent a lot of time checking out the competition, and Blue was comparing the quality of the rides to those in Tandyland.

Have Fun!

I'm back !!!!!!!!!!! I'm back in the saddle again !!!!! :laughks2:

Happy to see all the Dueces now :D

See you in game !

Welcome back mon ami! Now go shoot something ;)

Welcome back Sven E.

i was reading that they are bring in the notoriety lvl to the game, very sad imma be missing it for a while :( but things are looking good and hopefully ill be back in game by the end of this month or beginning of next. cant wait to see you all in game, miss ya tons!

Ok, this is a maybe afk notice. I really don't know. I started classes today, so that will be going on until almost christmas. My gf is moving into town, so I will be spending a lot more time with her. I still have to study for my physics graduate school entrance exam (so going to fail!) which is in early October.

Will I be on? Yes.
Do I know how often? No.
Will it be less often? Probably.

Anyways, I will be on when I can be. Frankly it is my only stress relief (I'll need some of that) outside of my gf so I will make a point to be on.

- WB Sven E!

- Rich.. if you're a smart man...GF comes first. Just leave yourself AFK so we can gawk at the pants. Imagining the pushing.. new story line....Piracy and the Traveling Pants.

- I might not be on much this week. Gson will be spending tomorrow night with us and on Wednesday, I have to work an extra shift. So will miss guild night.

Not truely AFK, but prolly won't be around too much this weekend. Labor Day weekend is always busy for me, and with my upcoming work schedule, I have a ton of stuff to do this weekend.

I'll be ingame when time permits, but if I don't see anyone for a few days, I'll catch you after Tuesday.

Cause mayhem when you can!

Aaarrrggg
 

Okay, so those of you who were on last night know I was having power cord issues. Apparently there was a small power surge, that was none the less big enough to fry my adapter yet leave my laptop untouched. I have a new cord coming, but the delivery date is estimated for Friday. So I won't be in game till I get a new power cord. I will be checking in here off and on, just won't be in game. Looks like I'm gonna miss guild night for the first time. :sadmh9: Rest assured, as soon as I get my new cord, I'm gonna be back. Till then, fight hard and plunder big!!

I am in this thread entirely too much these days.

Well I am thinking I am going to be afk a lot. The biggest thing is I seriously doubt I will make a single guild night from now until Christmas. It just happens to be the best night for me to be with my gf.

However, things are slowing down, so I should be spotted on other days more often than none. It won't be much though.

Anyways, I'll see you around on here, and will get in game when I can.

As scheduled - Phase II for that work project has started (actually started about three weeks ago), and just like the first one - I've been delivered a disaster to clean up.

Since this means long days and nights, my drop-ins will be sparse (though I do plan to hit the game at least a few nights with my pirates to try and get the Rott Quests in on each - can't be letting good free REP just float away :D)

Know where to find ya when I can ;)

I should be back to my regular evening online time in a day or two. I am in and out of work durring the day and we tag in and out of the hospital durring the evening. Since several people sent PM, here is the scoop.

Daughter is in HS Band. Friday night in 1st Qtr she said she felt really bad and had a fever. took her to hospital and they said regular flu.

Sat. she said it hurt to breath so back to hospital who said Pneumonia too - pediatric ICU.

She was in ICU for 3 days and regular room for 3 or 4 days. We will find out this afternoon if she is relased this afternoon or tomorrow.

One person said "Ouch" to the ICU cost. Not to worry, I have excellent insurance. My out-of-pocket cost for hospital stays is $11.00 per day. <---NOT a Typo....... $11.00 per day. Thanks for the thoughts.

Glad to hear that things with your daughter are getting better. Hope she comes home sooner rather than later.


Just a quick note to all of you: I probably WON'T be around tonight. It's the home opener for the Steelers. I was supposed to be out of town today, so I gave my tickets away. (DAM!) I'm trying to get them back, but I can't just force my nephew to give them to me. (DAM again!)

If I get my tics back, I won't be in-game at all, since kick-off is at 8:30. If I don't get them back, I'll be SOMEWHERE watching the game. So unless it's a total blow out, I won't be anywhere near my puter tonight.

Wow, can you put my dad on your plan? He's self employed, so he has to pay out of pocket. I think his x-ray with CT ran him $600 at the hospital and that was after we went to a satellite center that wanted to charge him $1,200 (that's right... double the cost).

Hence the reason I have never gotten my knee fixed.

I hope your daughter gets better soon, Kid. As I'm sure you know, hospital food s*cks (unless you like jell-o). And contrary to what Scrubs would have us believe, hospitals are not a place of frivolity and hilarious antics. I'm still perturbed about that.

:piratear:

HP has officially made me so mad I've been literally yelling at them, a LOT. Turns out that the cord is backordered and they KNEW that and didn't tell me. As it stands I am now AFK indefinately. They can't tell me for sure when they are getting more cords in, so who knows when I'll be back. I miss you guys a lot, and I hope to see you soon.

You should be able to buy a generic adapter that will work with your laptop just as well. I had to do that with my old laptop. They cost about $30 if I remember correctly...

Omg...everyone must be afk!!

Do you realize as of 4:30 central time on 9/13/09, nothing new has been posted on the Dw threads since sometime on 9/11/09.

:)

Slackers

Something new. AHA!!


Yesterday was just mildly crazy for me. :tongue8:

Hi gang!

Just wanted to stop by to assure you all that I haven't fallen off this flat planet. Glad to see you and hope everything's going well for you! Still dealing with some RL issues, but plan to be back in game soon!

Andrea/LuLu Shorecastle:dancetl6:

Awwwh, miss you LuLubear!

Then I must of fell off the planet :D Work still has me very busy but hope to make some appearances this week (have to get the Rott quests in before they disappear!)

Hang on Max!

I might possibly find my way back the moon or wherever it is I am on Wedneday. Keeping my fingers crossed. Apparently HP has put a... what was it they said? Ah yes, they've escalated my order. Sounds a bit like D now huh? They tell me that they were only backordered for my state, and that they'll pull inventory from another state for me. I should have it by Wedneday. Um, not real sure I'm believing them just yet. Not real sure it will work. I'm a little bit leery of trusting HP at the moment. Still, everyone keep their fingers crossed for me, and maybe with a bit of luck I'll be back just in time for guild night!


Edited: Thought not. Got lied to yet again. Whoever it was that told me I'd have it Wednesday flat out lied, and I got that from a supervisor. It's officially an indefinate amount of time. First thing when I get paid on Sunday I'm going out and buying a cord myself. I am not now nor ever trusting HP again.

Update on my daughter's status: She was released from hospital today. The "every 22:30 Hr" fever was actually caused by one of the anitibiotics she was on - unbelievable that parents had to notice this trend and point it out to the doctors.

I expect I'll need a crowbar to get the girl off of facebook tonight!

Glad she's home Kid!

Geeze Hawke...talk about getting the run around. Hope you can get back soon!

been tryin to get on ....hasnt work out to dang buzy...now me seachest is pack and headin out again...next 7 day sailin the caribean....drink up hearties..yo ho.. se ya all soon

Okay, real quick, thanks so much for those of you that talked to me through the Hollow these last two weeks. You have no idea how much that meant to me. You are gonna see me in game a LOT now, and in advance, please excuse me if I'm off the wall, it's just that I missed all of you so much it wasn't funny. Oh am I happy to be back!!!!!!

Hawke.. off the wall? Not her! *rolls eyes

Welcome back, chick!!

I HOPE to be in game tonight. (Asking the rain gods to take a break for the evening.)
But after tonight, I will be AFK for a few days. Work related convention. And I don't have a laptop.

Same Here Kelly! This was the back yard yesterday....



That creek is only supposed to be three inches deep...

*crosses fingers for a clear connection night ;)

Well, I have four inches of snow on the ground...with more on the way... LoL

Send that stuff here! It'd be way early for snow here, but that's ok by me. Knowing full well how much it bites to not be able to be on for guild night, I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya guys!

Some of you know, some don't.
I got sent striaght from the east coast, New England, to the west coast, Calif. over the weekend.

Only was home for about 36 hours, and was extremely busy. Didn't get ingame at all.

4:30 Mon morn, putting my puter on the security belt at the airport, someone bumped into me and I dropped the lappy. It only fell about a foot, but landed badly and shattered the monitor. I called work and asked the guys to pull a lid from one of our others and send it to me.

Thought it would be here today, but no go. Using hotel puters to keep up with the forums, and do some other basic stuff, but can't play game on them, so, it looks like I'm out until at least tomorrow.

Hopefully will get the new lid and be able to put it on, and be ingame for guild night. Cross your fingers.

Leaving it up to you all to make guild night plans.

Just stopping by to let everyone know I am actually still alive. I have been so incredibly busy. I really won't have a chance to get in game until after October 10th. Even then I just don't know.

Darn learning, it really cuts into my slacking time!

Yeah...being an adult...well sorta sux....

:P

As most of you know, I have been travelling fo rthe past 2 weeks, and also dropped my lappy at the airport security check in last week. Shattered the monitor, and got a replacement, but it seems I fractured the mother board, too. No lappy means no game fo rme.

Been keeping up with the forums, and trying to keep up with everything else, but it's been hotel business center puters, or borrowed ones. I'm trying to find a way to either fix or replace my laptop, but not sure how much longer it will take.

I may be ingame during lunch times, this week, but may not either. If I can find replacement parts, I'll get back in time for Wednesday guild night.

Sorry all.

Love you DW, but this thing called "Uni" is getting in my way. Here I pay for 6 months and I spend one month...ugh... in lecture halls and labs!

*sad face*

Don't yoooooou forget about meeeeeeee....

Bas, sorry to hear ya got hit with the DW computer curse. What with cords going out, kitchy connections, crashes, and your drop... DWs aughta be very very careful with our computers! It bites to be missing everything, I know. Been there and never wanna do that again!


Not possible! I'll be keepin a light on for all of you AFK guys. Hope things straighten out soon. Till then, have a drink on me.:buds:

So...who do I get to blame for my video card having random hissy fits? :tongue8: