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#1 Daklu

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Posted 19 February 2012 - 03:05 PM

Last month we had a multi-day power outage. Less than 2 minutes after the power returned, I found my daughters doing this...

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It's a good thing power returned. I was going nuts with all the "When can we go find a hotspot?" whining.
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Posted 19 February 2012 - 03:36 PM

Just be happy they each have their own laptop. Imagine what would happen if they only had one. :o


P.S. Great picture. Just don't send the one with the red shirt on any away missions.

Edited by Yair, 19 February 2012 - 03:37 PM.


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Posted 19 February 2012 - 04:40 PM

It's not just daughters. We had a roommate who was going through "WoW-withdrawel". My wife wasn't so far behind (though not with WoW).
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 02:13 PM

You can tell the one on the right has had light deprivation, which is why the monitor brightness is on maximum. I can't tell if they are wearing a white shirt or the brightness is washing out the color.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 08:50 PM

View Posthooovahh, on 20 February 2012 - 02:13 PM, said:

I can't tell if they are wearing a white shirt or the brightness is washing out the color.

It's white. The room was actually fairly dim when I took the picture. The monitor looks so bright because I had to use a fairly long exposure--about 1/6 sec I think.
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