What else do you do when youre on TCS

carolpetunia

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Well, now you've done it! After reading through this thread, I got to thinking... does Railroad Tycoon have a not-full-screen setting?

And sure enough, it does! So now, on top of everything else I do while I'm on TCS, I'm building a railroad across Argentina...

 

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Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

Without broadband, the internet takes sooooo loonnnnng that I have to keep other things going, too. I have a little chess program that I run while waiting for pages to load, plus a couple of word games, and I also design floorplans and do other artwork in Illustrator. I'm usually dangling Pearl's beloved pink string for her with my left hand while I read posts. And outside TCS, I visit museum sites, livecams and 360-panorama sites (I don't care what they're of, I just love 'em!), and the sites of some of my favorite authors. Of course, I also look up whatever's on my mind at the moment and study it a bit -- fractals, shipbuilding, macrame, antimatter, whatever). And as of this week, I'm also skipping over to SparkPeople to work on my weight loss program and talk with the other TCSers there!

Oh, if only I had broadband... what I could doooo... ~sigh~
I live in the same town as you do and only pay $15 a month for broadband to Verizon!
 

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Yes, I know it's affordable -- but I'm sharing a house with my folks right now, and they're in their 80s, and I'm just lucky they let me plug into dial-up and bring those evil internet electrons into their home at 56k!
I love them dearly, but there are some things on which they cannot be reasoned with.

I'm planning to get back into my own place in a few months, and then I can upgrade to the 21st century...
 

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~Well Im on Myspace, Emails, Rescue boards, local classifieds, Ebay, hmmm several more BUT I always keep TheCatSite.Com up in another window. I am the worlds fastest REFRESHER lol! I have to refresh the page a million times a minute to stay current on the threads hha. Im a stay at home mom, wife and animal love so when Im not playing with animals or children then Im sitting on front of this darn PC. We have 5 computers and 3 laptops in my house so even if Im in BED...you can almost bet your booty Im NOT alseep but online lolol~
 

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I do other things...5% other things and 95% tcs lol. Email, look at jobs, dilbert, news, cfa (fire updates), if anything pops into my head i google it and of course..perezhilton.com!! lol
 

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I go on to myspace,ebay,check mail,pogo and i check out bengal sites and savannah sites, just for learning...
Jenn
 

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While I'm checking TCS I usually check my email, myspace, play around in photoshop, and check out a few other casual sites that I go on.
 

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Well, I'm doing my inhaled medicines and my therapy (in other words, I'm stuck in my recliner for about an hour
), checking out my Cystic Fibrosis forums, my Boxer dog forum, email, playing with my pics and Photobucket, telling Butterbean to "get on the other side and lay down!" on my chair- again...
, watch tv,- I like to design houseplans, too ( just for fun
, and check out anything that strikes my fancy...
 

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Okay, well, I had to have an update on this one, cause... I've had two particularly busy computer days. So, I can now add to my list.. copying cds and then light scribing the faces.. as well as downloading my McLeod's daughters series... as well as job searching..
 

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I usually multitask between TV and TCS while also checking my email, IMs, and messing with my new found photoshop addiction.
 

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UGH, I either need to figure out gimp, which doesn't have great instructions but was free... or find a cheap photoshop software. I am just not willing to pay $600 for software I don't even know how to use.
 

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Originally Posted by theimp98

hmm well today , i am playing command & conquer 3 on one computer.
Oh Colin LOVES that game! Haha that's funny!
/ Humm i usually just stay on TCS when i'm online. I also check out some cooking sites/home decorating
 

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I do everything..watch tv, check email, play on facebook, shop for cars online, floss my teeth, put on moisturizer...cuddle Trout
Write grocery lists...I am a multitasker extraordinaire
 

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Most of my internet time is dedicated to TCS, MSN, Wikipedia, and Livejournal.
 

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Solitare is at the top left which I hack away at while I wait for the danged dialup to load pages. My browser has at least a half dozen sites or utilities running. I am playing whack-a-mole with the spammers trying to register at the forum I admin for (and let in the good decent folks too). The database list of currently ~1,500 spammers is open to compare IP's with. (TCS admins can relate to this 1:1 most likely). The huge 2-inch casio TV is on, and the cat that fears being alone is usually on my lap while I attempt to type.
 
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