All right, first things first. Most of you guys know what I've been through for the past while. It wasn't just the robbery, it was the daily hustle and bustle which was magnified by the insecurity of life. It sucks. Like for instance the two faucets everywhere in England... that annoys me to no end. Why would you have one for cold and one for hot? Like I want lukewarm and I can't get it. That sort of life or death situation :) I came in today and checked the messages you all left me for that passionate little jab at would-be pirates, and I have to say that where I expected half-friendly posts I saw a large amount of needling and criticism. So I went outside the lab, had a smoke, and came back in. Two very simple things: 1, read what I have to say. 2, take into account that YES, it is perfectly possible for the person to be a pirate. it's not that they're a pirate that concerned me, as much as the simple fact that a person without a clue of Bryce would move on to 3DS Max. But yeah, I had a massive chip on my shoulder and I apologize if I called all of you Bryce and 3DSMax users possible pirates. It really is possible to be mediocre across the spectrum rather than in only one field! But there I go again... Anyway, sorry if I seeed a bit harsh, maybe my literary genius needs a serious lesson in English usage... Or perhaps I should have chosen a different forum and taken on a more inoquous topic... like religion. =D moving on. drac

sniff, my little drac-boy is growing up...he's so mature, it's scarey. (not gonna cry...) Two faucets? Like two actual faucets? Or just two "knobs"? Lol, I got two knobs (whatever you call them), and one faucet (where the water magically appears) AS

LOL @ AS (there goes my keyboard again ... coffee all over) @ drac i sometimes wonder too how people can have several quite expensive modelling programms... but then again i've tried about every demo there is just to find out it's not the programm it's ME that's just to dense to do anything decent with it. Now I'm on the free Cinema version doing abstract stuff, REAL abstract that is ;) JD remembering the good ole 2 knob days

AS, yes two faucets, one on one side for hot and one on the other side for cold...strangely enough, deigners are going back to that in high dollar house design, that and the basin sitting on a table, go figure....;)

it's driving me insane though... like you have one of -if not the- most developed country in the world -financially, technologically, etc, and they have two bloody faucets instead of one. that and the driving on the left side of the road. shudder Drac (AS, I'll get you)

Drac, youve been in this country how long? And all you can find to criticise are the taps? Youre not trying hard enough. (We call em taps, by the way, talk about faucets and people will think youre going on about one of Charlies Angels).

Drac, being far from perfect myself Im particularly sympathetic when a person comes around on their own and realizes that perhaps they havent been quite 100% on track. It takes a particularly strong person of good character and self value to admit their short comings and Im sure we have enough short comings amongst us all to go around for the rest of the world. We all know that not all of us can be on top of the world at all times. We all endure and have our personal problems and misfortunes. And I for one know that if Im feeling particularly negative I need to take extra steps as not to drag the people around me into my personal turmoil. At those times I try to limit my communication knowing full well that I may be a walking time bomb and sometimes it doesnt take much to get ticked. This world has gotten pretty small pretty quickly and even though we may be separated by many miles of cyberspace and seek recluse behind our computer screens, we seldom get to make the human contact and we mustnt forget that we should still try to be mindful and courteous to one other and treat each other with the dignity and respect that we each deserve. Drac, it was not so much the issue of pirated software that concerns most of us because we would all be perfectly happy and willing to discuss the topic under its own merits and thread. As a matter of fact, the free flow of self-expression should be encouraged in that type of environment where people can take part in freely. The problem here was that someone who came here into our community seeking help and answers to questions and was unnecessarily hurt. That person now no doubt, would paint the Bryce forum in a negative light because thats what they got when they came here seeking help. In any case, Im happy that we can put this incident behind us and come full circle. On the two faucet deal, dont they sell an attachment like a Y connection that would integrate both the hot and the cold water?

I think that if we're arguing about the lack of taps in America, then all is right with the world. I'm emigrating to the US early next year and I'm dreading having to adjust my life to a tap challenged culture. Is there a support group that I can attend to help me come to terms with one tap?

Tap challenged? I don't understand what sort of tap are you referring to? You mean you rather have two faucets over the one?

"Rather have" Not really, I mean (Dry British wit aside), one or two, doesn't matter. I'm just happy if I have fresh running water. I'm looking forward to all the little differences between Blighty and the US.

What part of the US will you be staying, if you don't mind my asking? Unless you'll be staying in what we lovingly call the "boonies" we generally have enough water to choke a horse or two or three. :)

Not sure where the boonies are. But I'm moving to the "Crossroads of America" Indianapolis. They have running water there, right? Looking forward to this horse choking too. Didn't know that American pastime.

Goddd I hate places with two separate water outlets, who the heck in their right mind would ever install such monstrous things. Washing hands in a quick back and forth motion between scaulding hot and frigid cold! But they still have the damn things here in the states in some places. Not in my house! :)

Lol Ang, that's what the plug is for, fill the sink with both taps until the correct hand washing temperature is approximated :-) I've been to some places that have 3 taps !!! (Hot, Cold and Drinking Water)

LOL! Taps! Yeah most have 2 taps, but I fitted mixer units in my bathroom and kitchen........and lots of people are/have doing the same. Driving...ahem! WE drive on the correct side of the road. The idea was so that guys could defend themselves with their swords whilst on horseback.... You American types drive/ride on the right so that the other guy wouldn't see you pulling your gun from its holster.....go figure.............

Driving???, on my licence it said 'Tear down dotted line......' :-)

you wash your hands in the sink? wow! does that mean my using it for outgoing water is wrong?

Hi Well said Bryster I'm going to have the wonderful experience of driving on the wrong side of the road in Orlando next week. People overtaking on the inside when you want to pull over etc. I like having 2 taps in the bathroom except when the pipe to the cold explodes on me like it did 6 weeks ago (just like in a cartoon!) And Drac trust me there are worst things in this country. Dave btw did I tell you I was getting married over there.

well AS... I only have one "knob". ;-) LOL ** shakes head .. can't believe I just went there ** when I was stationed in England with the USAF .. I too found it odd that they had one faucet for cold water and one for hot water. I thought about the fill the sink to wash the hands, but then it comes the time to rinse them and the same story applies, do I freeze them then scald .. or scald first then freeze. I usually did the fast back-n-forth method. Drac, it does take a big man to admit a faux pas. You have my respect for it. I too sometimes wonder about the piricy. I mean you have a 14 yo kid looking for tutorials for Maya, Cinema, Lightwave, etc because he just bought them .. like yeah, right I believe that one. It is possible, but I highly doubt they were purchased, more likely they were "accuired". bob

Sheesh, with all the cheapies on the British mags (thank you ever so much, our friends across the water..;), you can do most anything that you could do in Max..just doesn't seem to be worth the trouble..;)
The only thing that amuses me about the UK is they tax televisions, and have little vans running around looking for illegal TV's..;) we're just 2 peoples seperated by a common language..;)

Drac, Look at it this way; Maybe he's just richer than midas and mommy and daddy pay for whatever he wants. Instead of pissing him off offer to teach him for cash and use the money to buy a new computer. This kid will probably grow up to design 3,4, even 5 faucet sinks for a living;)

LOL... drawbridgep, not to worry, Indiana has plenty of horses and plenty of water.

Lol @ pakled, 2 people seperated by a common language, that can be so true..... I work with a lot of Americans, we often find ourselves in a position my boss describes as 'violent agreement' same thing different words :-) The first one that really got me was the saying 'to table something...' Uk = 'Place an idea on the table for discussion' US = 'Place it on a table out of the way and forget about it' Lol

It's more like 2 peoples seperated by a huge amount of water...... Yeah they tax our TVs! If you don't have a license they fine you 1000....And most of the tax is spent on the bloody BBC! The most arrogant, condescending, selfish, self-important TV station you could imagine and then some! The BBC prides itself on the fact that it doesn't sell advertising time like those tv stations living in the real world. But they're damn quick to advertise their own products, mags, videos, concerts...all of which make a profit which is not used to lower license costs. The guys who go round in little vans looking for license-dodgers are worse than the Gestapo. They raided one woman's home, tore it apart looking for her tv. When they didn't find it they said to her that she must have hidden it well! And no, she didn't have a tv! BTW, this is one of my favourite gripes!

re Common language: US = 'On the job...' to be at work UK = 'On the job...' to have sex..... Any others out there....?

I worked with a very attractive (female)tour guide once who told a whole busload of American male visitors to "Keep your peckers up". Over hear it means don`t get depressed. (It was raining)

In the US we have a dance from the 50s called "Shagging". One of my co workers even has a license plate on her auto "TNSHAGR". We had a group in from Harwell one time. You should have seen their eyes pop out when she announced, "I'm so tired. I was out shagging till 2:30!"

My dorm was built in the late 1800's, still have the original sink fixtures in every room. There's a hot faucet and a cold faucet. It's so pointles...How could they not figure out how to mix the two?

ROFL! Those are so funny! I had no idea that was going on over there in the UK with the TVs. If something like that happened here, why, there would be another revolution. You can't part an American from his TV that just means he would have to make his own shows. Here, if you don't pay the cable company, they cut you off via computer from the company. But we do have free basic TV.

I just confuse the little tv detector men, they come to my door and I can honestly say I don't have a tv, just lots and lots of computers. lol 8) As for the 2 tap thing, it may be a pain sometimes but here in the UK we've been brought up with this handicap and are quite used to it, although I too have changes my kitchen tap to a mixer. 8) Catlin

How about "Knock me up sometime". U.K. meaning: "Visit me." U.S. meaning: "Get me pregnant." Bryster: I haven't had to pull my pistol while driving in years. :^)

Hi Recently a friend told me catlin that if you read the terms/law/rules regarding tv licences it applies to anything capable of recieving tv pictures ie. comps with or without (easy to install one) tv cards video players etc. the only exclusion being mini/hand held tv's if you have a tv licence. I actually prefer the BBC to it independent channels except they don't put ER, West Wing etc on Dave

Also: The sentence "There is a bonnet and a boot on my car." has a different meaning in the U.S. and U.K.

Errrr.. I hate say it tjohn, but 'pulling your pistol' can have a different meaning in the UK, you'd definately get arrested if caught doing it while driving :-) It's not just UK/US that these things happen. Had a friend over from Oz, he walked into a stationers and asked for a roll of Durex, he couldn't understand why the girl was rolling on the floor laughing. UK Durex = leading brand of condom Oz Durex = sticky tape :-)

If there are any children in the room, please send them out. LOL, Gog! The "pistol" deal is probably because handguns are illegal in England (aren't they?) - not so here. Here we choke chickens and spank monkeys. Only pistol pulling around here that I know about involves actual firearms. :^) Weird how any thread that Draculaz starts lately degenerates into strange O.T.'s. :^D

when I was stationed in England, my landlords wife went into histerics when she heard the word zit (pimple), she thought it was the funniest thing. My landlords 10 yo daughter wanted me to see her rubber collection. I was stunned to say the least until.. rubbers are erasers in the UK, slang for condoms in the US. Fanny also has completely different meanings. in the US it slang for butt in the UK its uh .. umm .. lets just say a different area of the female body. (or so I was told) you have a ding in your wing (UK).. a dent in the fender.(US) Randy (male name in the US) ... sexually suggestive (UK) and they say we speak the same language. LOL j/k

I think probably the one that needs most clarification, 'To bum a fag' in the UK means to borrow a cigarette.

We got the same thing here in France with our "cousins" from Canada.. for exemple "kiss the kids" (embrasser les gosses) in french mean "kiss the balls" in canadian.. ;-p

TV License thing: There was a move lately to get licenses extended to PCs. Not just because you can fit a TV card, but because you can get TV broadcasts via the internet... Try saying; I'm on 20 fags a day, in the US......LOL