[finn4life]

QUOTE (TheGreatGig23 @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 23:22)

QUOTE (finn4life @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 12:48) I would say most side-effects of a hangover are caused by dehydration (Obviously excluding feeling scattered and rendered useless for gaming), i always always (Myself and almost all of my friends) will take a powerade/gatorade with us or leave it somewhere where we will find it at the end of the night and drink it before bed, then you shouldn't have headaches or muscle aches, or the blow dealt by alcohol and it's dehydrating nature will be dampened. Dehydration is a massive part of the problem. Being somewhat typically British I often make myself and cup of tea and have it next to my bed. Unfortunately, I tend to pass out before I drink it. Still, it's quite nice to wake up to in the morning even if it is a little cold. I was thinking of investing in one of those USB heated coasters thus keeping it nice and hot. I always take two Co-codamol before I sleep, too. They're supposed to be for my knee but they really help battle the headaches. I'm not a fan of those energy drinks so I tend to avoid them.

Not energy drinks, sports drinks...they are basically flavoured water with some salt, which tastes nicer than salt water for hydration.

[GTA_stu]

When you say chair gig, do you mean like a wheelchair? Or are you just talking about some specialised chair which she can just sit on in her living room which is more suited to her. And how much will it cost roughly?

[TheGreatGig23]

QUOTE (GTA_stu @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 15:51)

When you say chair gig, do you mean like a wheelchair? Or are you just talking about some specialised chair which she can just sit on in her living room which is more suited to her. And how much will it cost roughly?

This is the part in which it sounds like I'm a conman It's neither...well, maybe more of the latter. Put simply, she needs a recliner so she can ease the pressure off her lower back (hence she is now on a sun lounger). It's not a huge amount. I've managed to find something suitable for around £100. I've thought about maybe asking some of her other friends if they'd like to chip in but seeing as I'm a stranger to them they might not like the idea all that much. I'll still give it a go.

In all honesty, I just want to help the lass out. She's had a tough time over the last year or so. If it means I have to save for a little while to pay for it fully then I'll do it, I'd just rather get it sooner rather than later for her sake.

[GTA_stu]

So you're going to buy her this chair in order to take all her personal belongings and fleece her for all she's got. Ice cold!

well I suppose you could get a bucket and put some design on it or something that's relevant to the cause, and then go to your local city center and ask for some donations. Or maybe do something like a sponsored run, or a walk if you're not particularly athletically inclined. Some sort of sponsored thing is usually quite popular and you could just ask for a couple of quid from each person.

Well good luck anyways mate. Maybe if you help her out, she'll help you out. Nahmsayn.

[Rebel]

Yes because helping out a female friend always leads to her thanking you with sexual favours...

@Gig, I would ask her friends anyway, shouldn't really matter if you don't know them - they would probably agree to help just because they know how much she has to go through in daily tasks and what not. Also, have you gone down the road of trying to ring up local councils and charities or something to get funding for her?

[blitz]

I think I'm going to take up the post wrapper thingy again, makes it easier recognizing my own posts. How's this color?

Or this one.

...Or this one.

[TheGreatGig23]

I have, indeed. Unfortunately, because of the fact that CFS/ME isn't supported as a "serious" illness, she can't get help. It's damn shame. This is why I've decided to do something myself. I'm hoping that, as you said, her friends understand her situation and that it will help her massively. I'm going to get in touch with them later on tonight.

Cheers, Stu. I'm not an athletically inclined chap due to having a rather buggered knee so a run wouldn't really work. I could do a crawl. That could be seriously entertaining, too. As for the "helping out", I can proudly say that I have been there, done that, and she wore my t-shirt (Seriously though, that was the best day of my life).

[lil weasel]

QUOTE (blitz @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 18:20)

I think I'm going to take up the post wrapper thingy again, makes it easier recognizing my own posts.

Don't you find your avatar and signature enough?

[GTA_stu]

QUOTE (Rebel @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 18:10)

Yes because helping out a female friend always leads to her thanking you with sexual favours...

Exactly. Plus if he gets her a built in massage feature, if she spends a couple of minutes in that bad boy she'll be wetter than an otter's pocket.

Blitz, I'm not too sure about blue based font colours because it's a little too close to the default skin colour. I'd say the middle one looks the best out of the ones you showed though, just my opinion.

You crafty sod Gig.

[Robinski]

WRT Text colour, let's be honest, if you're not using the Connection skin you're doing GTAF wrong.

[Gareth Croke]

QUOTE (blitz @ Jul 22 2012, 18:20)

I think I'm going to take up the post wrapper thingy again, makes it easier recognizing my own posts. How's this color? Or this one. ...Or this one.

Can't go wrong with blue, I used it for years, I just wish we had the auto-option back on the forums, damned hamster not running fast enough.

QUOTE (lil weasel @ Jul 22 2012, 18:25)

QUOTE (blitz @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 18:20) I think I'm going to take up the post wrapper thingy again, makes it easier recognizing my own posts. Don't you find your avatar and signature enough?

An Avatar and Sig are never enough

QUOTE (Robinski @ Jul 22 2012, 18:52)

WRT Text colour, let's be honest, if you're not using the Connection skin you're doing GTAF wrong.

Gareth Croke doing GTAForums wrong since August '03

[_____]

QUOTE (Robinski @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 21:52)

WRT Text colour, let's be honest, if you're not using the Connection skin you're doing GTAF wrong.

That skin looks badass, but I prefer the GTA3.com one because I like blue and it fits with the system theme.

[LazyboyEight]

QUOTE (_____ @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 20:05)

QUOTE (Robinski @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 21:52) WRT Text colour, let's be honest, if you're not using the Connection skin you're doing GTAF wrong. That skin looks badass, but I prefer the GTA3.com one because I like blue and it fits with the system theme.

In my opinion all of the skins besides the default one, the default IBP skin and the LCS skin, are just too old-looking and looks awful with the square edges and the fonts... they all look terrible.

if it's possible the admins or whoever is in charge should make a new skin that looks more modern and up to date, like the new GTAV.NET style.. that looks nice.

EDIT: just looked through some of the skins... GTAVC and Hashcake look nice aswell.
Basically any skin with dark colours and/or square edges looks horrible...
Like the Conventional skins.

But the LCS one is excused, because it looks nice.

This post has been edited by LazyboyEight on Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 20:19

[blitz]

Switched to TC skin, much smoother. Thanks Rob.

I think I'm going with the last one, looks best with all skins.

[Los Santos Pedestrian]

On Steam, I installed Source Filmmaker because I wanted to make movies with it. Unfortunately, I didn't know how the hell to use it, and I uninstalled it to make room on my puny 138 GB hard drive. Though I don't really want to install it again right now, once I uninstalled it, it disappeared from my Steam library. Is there any way to get it back?

[lzw3]

Sorry, I know LSP asked a question but I've got a quick one.

Why is it some it the mods/admins log in but make it so they appear offline?

[Greenline]

So they don't get PM's I guess. You can do it too.

[El Zilcho]

QUOTE (Robinski @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 19:52)

WRT Text colour, let's be honest, if you're not using the Connection skin you're doing GTAF wrong.

Default is how it's done people. Come on.

[lzw3]

QUOTE (Greenline @ Monday, Jul 23 2012, 18:52)

So they don't get PM's I guess. You can do it too.

Yeah, I do it regularly, but I was just wondering why majority of the mods do, eg. Ryan, weasel.

[TheGreatGig23]

QUOTE (Los Santos Pedestrian @ Monday, Jul 23 2012, 01:48)

On Steam, I installed Source Filmmaker because I wanted to make movies with it. Unfortunately, I didn't know how the hell to use it, and I uninstalled it to make room on my puny 138 GB hard drive. Though I don't really want to install it again right now, once I uninstalled it, it disappeared from my Steam library. Is there any way to get it back?

Have you tried going through the purchase process again? Whenever I uninstall a game, I can always download it again for free. I'd assume it would be the same. I'm not really sure why it would remove it from the library though. All of my uninstalled games are there but they're just faded.