Ryan Mercer's thoughts, mostly random musings, spanning form 2001 to present. Freemason, geek, nutter, Whovian, 8-bit Atari enthusiast, SciFi fan.
So here is an idea of how much Lego I'm going through (this is about 420lbs, there's another 80ish not pictured that's I've already gone through).This was about... $2600 or so once you add it all up.
I've found a LOT of great stuff, including these two nice finds:
Too funny, sorting one of the boxes of almost 500 pounds of used Lego I bought and have Ancient Aliens playing, look what I found...
buy bulk lego
Check it out, bulk used Lego (cleaned) for $18.50 a pound shipped!http://www.ebay.com/itm/191271536060
Asked the moderators of /r/lego to talk to someone about excessive cursing (they dropped the f-bomb and referred to an individual as a retard several times in sevarel replies), one of the moderator's decision... talk down to me by showing their wonderful skill as a grammar Nazi. Great community over there!
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Or, here is the text.
to /r/lego/ sent 22 hours ago
You may want to talk to xamthe3rd based on his/her replies in this thread http://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/2bpoi3/lego_annie_leonheart/ nearly every third word is 'fuck' with at least one 'retard' as well.
from [M] via /r/lego/ sent 21 hours ago
I've reviewed your request, and have decided to not act.
We're no kindergarten cops, and only step in when needed according to our discretion.
I believe you'll be fine, as you've not complained about the physical violence threat, just the fuck and retard words. Besides, you made inflammatory statements, so I'm sure you were conscious of the possiblity of such repercussions.
And xamthe3rd just needs a hot shower, and take a brake from all that research into anime.
Hope you continue to enjoy /r/lego.
Bright Regards
key95
to key95 sent 14 hours ago
I could care less about what he said to me, I just think in Lego (a family friendly building set) he shouldn't be firing off "fuck fuck fucking retard fuck mother fuck fuck fuck fucking fuck fuckitty fuck fuck fuck"
to key95 sent 14 hours ago
But I mean I guess
"Foul language, while not banned, is discouraged. Please follow redditquette." stands for nothing. I didn't say ban him, I said talk to him in regards to YOUR rule.
from [M] via /r/lego/ sent 2 hours ago
I could care less about...
I couldn't care less about... FTFY
Besides, exaggerating a bit aren't we? There are about 4 fucks, and one fucking, two retarded, no mother fuck. But your forgot the
Now you're just being an asshole.
Your reason for complaining:
family friendly
This is reddit.com, home of /r/spacedicks, I'm sure our users can handle a few swearwords.
from [M] via /r/lego/ sent 2 hours ago
"Discouraged" != "forbidden", that formulation was on purpose, exactly for these kind of cases.
Sometimes people feel the need to express themselves using foul language. In this case you provoked a user by consciously pissing on something that is dear to them, and others as the votes show.
Yes, OUR rules, at our DISCRETION.
Thanks for participating here on /r/lego. Please feel free if you run into a situation you feel violates our rules. We will try and react promptly, though probably not always to your liking.
Bright Regards
key95
And by the way. I COULD care less.
So my latest build is Lego's Back to the Future DeLorean. You first build it as the 80's version, then you can convert it tot he 2015 version by deconstructing it a little and using the remaining parts, I'm leaving it as the 80's version for now (as it stores back in the box assembled and I just don't have the space for it sitting out right now... I bought 440 POUNDS of Lego bricks so space is limited right now, I'll post about those once they all arrive).
Also, remember when Doc pours the beer into the Mr. Fusion, well a few years ago I did some math to figure out how many jigawatts were in that beer after reading that electric DeLoreans were going to be made from largely original parts go check the post out if you haven't!
So last Sunday (July 13th, 2014) I had a nice lunch date for a second date with a pretty cool girl. We had lunch for about an hour then decided to go browse Lego products at toy store down the road. They had several themes buy-1-get-1 40% off so I picked up 180$ of Star Wars sets and she picked up 60$ or so worth of various sets, the bulk of my purchase was the LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon 7965. I had a really bad headache that afternoon and evening so it took me about 4 hours to get through the #1 and #2 bags (6 sets of bags total, 2 books). I worked on it throughout the week and just finished it a few minutes ago. Do note, I do not do the stickers! I have never been able to get the stickers to go on even remotely the way they were meant to so I just leave them in the box.
So this mysterious Siberian Crater has people throwing out all kinds of theories...
It reminds me of the one on Mars
It also reminds me of the one on the moon
Now, I have a really good theory on what has caused these... one I've not seen mentioned yet. You see my friends, I whole-heartedly believe these are caused by one thing. A terrible menace. GRABOIDS.
My genetic ancestry as per ancestry.com:
Asia South <1%
Europe West 75% (Primarily located in: Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein)
Great Britain 7%
Ireland 5%
Iberian Peninsula 4%
Scandinavia 3%
Italy/Greece 3%
Europe East 1%
Pacific Islander <1%
Trace Regions <1%
Polynesia <1%
September 22, 2021 update: Ancestry.com has provided a new Ethnicity Estimate
England & Northwestern Europe 40%
Scotland 24%
Germanic Europe 19%
Sweden & Denmark 13%
9-22-2021 Ancestry.com Ethnicity Estimate
My genetic ancestry as per 23andme.com:
Ancestry Composition tells you what percent of your DNA comes from each of 31 populations worldwide. The analysis includes DNA you received from all of your ancestors, on both sides of your family. The results reflect where your ancestors lived 500 years ago, before ocean-crossing ships and airplanes came on the scene.
British & Irish 38.5%
French & German 9.5%
Scandinavian 7.7%
Broadly Northern European 34%
Balkan 1%
Iberian 0.7%
Italian 0.3%
Sardinian .2%
Broadly Southern European 3.3%
Broadly European 4.9%
West African 0.1%
23andme.com updated their algorithm
British & Irish 39.4%
French & German 9.6%
Scandinavian 7.8%
Broadly Northern European 33.2%
Balkan 1%
Iberian 0.7%
Italian 0.4%
Sardinian .2%
Broadly Southern European 3.1%
Broadly European 4.4%
West African 0.1%
My Neanderthal ancestry as per 23andme... I have 281 Neanderthal variants out of 2872 tested for. which puts my DNA at less than 4% Neanderthal. I have 0 Neanderthal variants associated with straighter hair, reduced tendency to sneeze after eating dark chocolate, less back hair and height.
The following is information generated from 23andme in regards to my sample. While the presence of a variant is not indicative that I will develop that trait/disorder/etc the possibility is there if the right combination of genes expressive themselves in a way as to bring about that trait.
Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss and Deafness, DFNB1 (GJB2-Related) NO NEARING LOSS
Lactose Intolerance Likely tolerant CONFIRMED
Saturated Fat and Weight Likely to weigh more on a high saturated fat diet UNKNOWN
Asparagus Odor Detection 61% chance can smell CONFIRMED
Bitter Taste 51% chance can taste CONFIRMED
Sweet Taste 66% chance prefers salty CONFIRMED
Alcohol Flush Reaction Unlikely to flush CONFIRMED
Caffeine Consumption Likely consumes more CONFIRMED, CAFFEINE TOLERANT
Sleep Movement Likely more movement during sleep CONFIRMED
Deep Sleep Less likely a deep sleeper CONFIRMED, LIGHT SLEEPER
Back Hair 25% chance a lot of upper back hair CONFIRMED, UPPER BACK HAIR
Cheek Dimples 57% chance no dimple FALSE, HAVE CHEEK DIMPLES
Cleft Chin 71% chance no cleft chin CONFIRMED
Earwax Type 93% chance wet earwax CONFIRMED
Eye Color 65% chance darker eyes CONFIRMED
Finger Length Ratio 23% chance index finger longer, 77% chance ring finger longer CONFIRMED, RING FINGER LONGER
Freckles 61% chance little freckling CONFIRMED
Hair Curliness 28% chance curly, 72% chance straight or wavy CONFIRMED
Light or Dark Hair 56% chance dark CONFIRMED
Photic Sneeze Reflex 52% chance no photic sneeze reflex CONFIRMED
Skin Pigmentation 96% chance lighter skin CONFIRMED, TANS DARK THOUGH
Unibrow 91% chance little or no unibrow CONFIRMED, A FEW STRAY HAIRS
Widow's Peak 67% chance no widow's peak FALSE, HAVE WIDOW'S PEAK
Coworker found this in a magazine and put it on my desk. Holy crap I have a wife and kids!!!
