Topic: Talkin' About Sharkey (Read 36491 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #360 on:** March 20, 2012, 05:45:08 PM »

I thought the dog was Sharkey. Now I'm so confused.

R^2 · « **Reply #361 on:** March 20, 2012, 06:04:39 PM »

You're thinking of Romosome.

Da_Beerman · « **Reply #362 on:** March 20, 2012, 07:28:16 PM »

Quote from: Büge on March 20, 2012, 05:20:41 PM

That desk deserves an Underwood, not a laptop!

or a Steampunk Macintosh

Sharkey · « **Reply #363 on:** March 20, 2012, 11:29:15 PM »

Actually, I've got a USB typewriter I rigged up, but it's pretty twitchy and it turns out those things are kind of a pain in the ass. Same goes for the rotary dial skype phone.

I drew the line at a twitter stock ticker.

McDohl · « **Reply #364 on:** March 21, 2012, 03:13:58 PM »

You fucking hipster.

(just kidding)

Büge · « **Reply #365 on:** October 04, 2012, 09:18:12 AM »

Hey boss, I found you a thing:

Sharkey · « **Reply #366 on:** October 04, 2012, 01:41:37 PM »

ohgodyes

Kayma · « **Reply #367 on:** October 04, 2012, 07:41:43 PM »

Sharkey · « **Reply #368 on:** October 22, 2012, 03:10:44 PM »

I'm actually pleased with this one: http://www.1up.com/features/worst-game-science-pt-1-physics

And yes, I really was trying to work out the coulomb barrier for two gold nuclei on a casino napkin. To the annoyance of a PR girl who thought I should be paying more attention to the presentation of a new rat people card in the EverQuest CCG or whateverthefuck.

Second part is going up tomorrow. Honestly, I could just keep doing these things indefinitely if given a chance. Would probably make for a good whiteboard, actually.

Sharkey · « **Reply #369 on:** December 08, 2012, 12:43:59 AM »

Well, shit. This is the ugliest, shittiest, most humiliating thing I've ever done, but I'm throwing it out here and everywhere.

http://sharkey.brontoforum.us/crazyplan.html.

Been updating on the twitters and it's already looking optimistic. Messing with Venmo, but hopefully won't even need it. Just throwing it out there. And don't do it if it means scraping by. It's been an indescribably shitty few years for just about everyone from what I can tell.

And sorry.

Mongrel · « **Reply #370 on:** December 08, 2012, 12:57:05 AM »

I feel like a retard. I just hip-shot some bucks on PayPal and then saw you can't take that. ~~Can you just hit the reject button on the paypal the email you get (you should get an email about the payment, nagging you to sign up for paypal to accept the payment).~~ Scratch that, Paypal let me cancel it on my end. Sharkey, you don't need to do anything.

I still want to send something, but I can't send a cheque because it'll get there too late from up here. If anyone else here is sending a cheque, could you PM me? I'll paypal you what I was going to paypal sharkey and you can just send a slightly larger cheque than you were intending to send. If that's okay.

EDIT: Never mind the paypal stuff.

Brentai · « **Reply #371 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:05:43 PM »

Hey Sharkey, what's your issue with setting up a PayPal? Just want to make sure there's no restriction on incoming gifts or something that you're trying to avoid before I just tell people "Yeah PayPal it to me and I'll make sure it gets to Sharkey."

Thad · « **Reply #372 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:23:33 PM »

I'll let him speak for himself when he's got a minute, but per his Twitter it looks like he's just concerned about it taking too long for Paypal to get the money into his bank account.

Mongrel · « **Reply #373 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:25:02 PM »

Yeah, Paypal holds the shit outta your money if you're a new user (or even if you're an established user, if the sum is big enough).

Caithness · « **Reply #374 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:25:38 PM »

Wouldn't personal checks take just as long or longer? I know most banks I've dealt with put a hold on those, unless you've already got a pretty hefty available balance.

Thad · « **Reply #375 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:36:15 PM »

That's not been my experience -- seems like it used to be that when I deposited a large check the bank would grant me immediate access to the first $100 but would have the whole sum cleared by the next business day, but more recently they haven't put any hold on my deposits at all. (Though that could be due to my being added to one of the family business accounts -- that could mean my personal account gets the same perks as a longstanding business account does. Don't know for sure.)

I haven't had any trouble getting money from Paypal right after it's sent, either, but I've also had an account there for about a decade with direct deposit/withdrawal permissions on my checking account.

Brentai · « **Reply #376 on:** December 08, 2012, 10:47:14 PM »

Could do a money order I guess, although you're really not supposed to mail those for obvious reasons. Or there's everyone's favorite skeezbucket, Western Union.

But if that's the case, then yeah - do it through me if you don't want to send paper. The email is brent_r@ymail.com. I'll try and find the fastest way to make it usable for him.

And, let's just do this too: I will match whatever you guys send. So if you all want to band together and make this the season that I end up regretting my capricious charity schemes, go for it.

From the man's Twitter it sounds like we don't need to do any of this, so if he makes good on his threat to start tearing up checks I'll just not accept any of sends (they pop right back into your account after a couple weeks if the receiver doesn't acknowledge them). But, you know, best not to just sit here and hope the pot doesn't come up a few bennies short.

Mongrel · « **Reply #377 on:** December 08, 2012, 11:06:39 PM »

And you guys do Paypal to Brent, be sure to choose "personal" so as to minimize fees. If you're feeling extra nice, you can send it as a gift and pay the (extremely minimal - I think it's 1%) fee yourself. That'll make sure that that money really goes to Sharkey, rather than PayPal.

Brentai · « **Reply #378 on:** December 08, 2012, 11:33:22 PM »

If they take it out of the money you're sending I'll just eat the roundoff.

MarsDragon · « **Reply #379 on:** December 09, 2012, 12:32:57 AM »

I'm pretty sure a check can get from Idaho to Nevada within a day or so, right? I can't mail this until Monday.

Wish I had checked this thread earlier today, I had to go to the post office and I could've mailed it then. :(

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