I have a roomba. One of those robotic vacuum things that runs around the place every day. Overall, it does a pretty decent job and I am happy with it.
Since my place is pretty new, it is still pretty unorganized. Cable setups aren't quite tidy, some cardboard boxes lying around. Assorted misc things in misc places.
But, every single day, I come home to find that this little joy of technology has gone just a little bit insane and decided to unplug my TV, possibly as punishment for leaving the cord near the floor and not bolted down. Or it drags my router, still in need of a mounting solution, to the center of the floor. Or managed to get a chair turned around. Or pushed Ikea droppings (lots of cardboard around that I need to drag away) that were neatly stacked up in a corner ALL over the place. Don't get me started about what happens if I dare to leave a sock on the floor..
As I type this post, it has attacked my chair 3 times. Honestly, I'm starting to wonder about it. Maybe a recent lightning storm while I was watching the SciFi channel has somehow brought it to life...
Anyway, I figured out the perfect name for it today: Argent.
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Sindy Tsure
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06-29-2009 11:28
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06-29-2009 11:34
I have a roomba. One of those robotic vacuum things that runs around the place every day. Overall, it does a pretty decent job and I am happy with it. Since my place is pretty new, it is still pretty unorganized. Cable setups aren't quite tidy, some cardboard boxes lying around. Assorted misc things in misc places. But, every single day, I come home to find that this little joy of technology has gone just a little bit insane and decided to unplug my TV, possibly as punishment for leaving the cord near the floor and not bolted down. Or it drags my router, still in need of a mounting solution, to the center of the floor. Or managed to get a chair turned around. Or pushed Ikea droppings (lots of cardboard around that I need to drag away) that were neatly stacked up in a corner ALL over the place. Don't get me started about what happens if I dare to leave a sock on the floor.. As I type this post, it has attacked my chair 3 times. Honestly, I'm starting to wonder about it. Maybe a recent lightning storm while I was watching the SciFi channel has somehow brought it to life... Anyway, I figured out the perfect name for it today: Argent. Because Argent sucks?  Pep (It had to be asked.  )_____________________
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Sindy Tsure
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06-29-2009 11:36
Because Argent sucks? Pep (It had to be asked. )No! Because it reminds of a small, overall quite useful and loveable but slightly insane, ferrit. I may try to attach a tail to it and submit pix to lolferritz.com. _____________________
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Ceka Cianci
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06-29-2009 11:39
hahahaha
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Krazzora Zaftig
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06-29-2009 11:39
Sindy....sci fi movie...old one...evolver...that is a plot they used. Home robot goes mad and arms itself.
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Sindy Tsure
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06-29-2009 11:40
I can hear it attacking the bathroom door now. I keep it closed because.. well.. it does not know how to behave in there yet. It really wants in, though.
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Osprey Therian
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06-29-2009 11:40
I bought one when they first came out, and liked it a lot. It was like having a pet horseshoe crab. It died years ago and I have yet to get a replacement, but have been thinking about it lately.
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Ceka Cianci
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06-29-2009 11:46
my one dog Jed would eat something like that the first day..this great dane puppy i just got ..it jumped out of the basket i thought i loved so much and ate one of my lamp shades while i was at work..
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Ilianexsi Sojourner
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06-29-2009 11:52
It was like having a pet horseshoe crab. Someone should make plastic pieces that can attach to the top, and make it look like one... that'd be pretty cool, in a bizarre sort of way. _____________________
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Amaranthim Talon
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06-29-2009 11:57
I am cracking up at this- I can imagine my 80 lb Rottie cowering from it and my under 6 lb Papillon attacking it- sitting on it and being flung across the room. oh i am so lolling
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Kaydean Moonwall
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06-29-2009 12:00
I bought one when they first came out, and liked it a lot. It was like having a pet horseshoe crab. It died years ago and I have yet to get a replacement, but have been thinking about it lately. They are selling refurbs on woot.com right now.  |
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Virrginia Tombola
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06-29-2009 12:12
I love my Roomba. So does my puppy. Which is a fortunate, since my puppy is the main reason I got the little robot. Now, I'm not sure how I lived without it; I'm really not that fond of housework. As in, I used to wait until the carpet was a discernibly different colour before dragging the vacuum cleaner out O_O
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Tristin Mikazuki
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06-29-2009 12:27
Wait till ya get a scooba to
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Darien Caldwell
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06-29-2009 12:48
I am cracking up at this- I can imagine my 80 lb Rottie cowering from it and my under 6 lb Papillon attacking it- sitting on it and being flung across the room. oh i am so lolling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0KDqvl0MKE _____________________
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Krazzora Zaftig
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06-29-2009 13:14
If it were a horseshoe crab though would it spike you when you step on it by accident? I still remember my days on the delmarva shoreline and seeing those things imaple tourists feet.
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Meade Paravane
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07-01-2009 11:03
Because it reminds of a small, overall quite useful and loveable but slightly insane, ferrit.. /me adds the word Tenacious in there, too. _____________________
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Briana Dawson
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07-01-2009 11:35
It is not REALLY Argent until you put a stuffed Ferret plushy on it.
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Meade Paravane
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07-01-2009 11:49
It is not REALLY Argent until you put a stuffed Ferret plushy on it. ...and take a picture. _____________________
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07-01-2009 13:01
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07-02-2009 03:23
I can hear it attacking the bathroom door now. I keep it closed because.. well.. it does not know how to behave in there yet. It really wants in, though. Can you turn it off? Or does it bite? _____________________
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