My doggie looks cute in the poop pose. Although the cuteness doesn't minimize the stink any. The things we do for our pets...

Well, that works both ways though. One time, for some reason the library's computers all became infected w/ some nasty ass toolbar that kept bringing up giant ads every time you so much as moused near it Couldn't uninstall the stupid thing. Couldn't install a diff. browser. And since I had to do an assignment I had to patiently suffer through it.

And I've heard that it's better to go w/ a smaller antivirus company, since virus writers tend to target the big names first. I use Kaspersky now. Used to be McAfee, then Norton.

Or you could just use aliases for each command and turn them on/off ingame only when needed. Having snapobjectstogrid off all the time would drive me nuts. I go back and forth between this command so much, sometimes it fills up the entire expanded cheat box.

Last time I checked my d/ls folder it was 2-3 Gigs. The second time I checked it was 7 frigging Gigs. Then I blinked and it went up to 8 Gigs.

Pescado's loot hasn't helped trim my d/ls down any, certainly. I'm worried that I'm gonna hit that 10 Gig mark soon. Ahh!

I hate the sickle too. Are you ever going to give us a more sensible mesh alternative, Pescado?

This one has got to be the cutest pomeranian that I'm ever seen: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=204758

Look at those eyes.

Ahh! I hate the way Stuff Packs work, and I refuse to install any of them. Could you please do one using a regular tuxedo mesh? Pretty please?

I think that's why a lot of girls like them though. They can identify more with feminine guys, understand them a lot better, b/c such guys are so like themselves. In comparison, it's much harder to get into the mind of some brutish neanderthal type.

I'm not really into either extreme, though. Both are kinda icky for me.

All About Style has great elder clothes. Very stylish. And there's a very recent entry on MTS2 w/ 3 really fabulous elder outfits. So you could check those out for the time being.

I just checked, and my Hacks folder alone is 67.5 Mb. I knew I was a d/l junkie...but wow. I myself was shocked at the size of it.

Most pple are flattered when they're called good-looking, JM.

Well, that still falls into the pretty boy category for me. Maybe I just have a wider definition for pretty boy. I think my general criteria is if I think he's hot, then he's pretty. Lol.

And is JM really? I think I'll have to d/l him now to see.

Yeah..and I said that someone skinny isn't automatically a sheepie drone who starves herself to oblivion. Unless that's the argument you're trying to make, I don't get the point of quoting random articles w/ no explicating comments.


Well my original point was just that lots of pple love to bash, moderately skinny or very. And then it went from there. But yeah. It shouldn't be such a big deal. The media makes it seem that way, but really, it shouldn't matter so much.

Oh yeah, Aragorn is hot, but as "rugged" as he is, he is still undeniably very pretty. So he's still a pretty boy, just rougher around the edges.

Um...what do those articles have to do w/ my argument? Just b/c anorexia exists means that women can't be naturally skinny? Or that everyone skinny is anorexic? Please.

And when did I ever defend the extremes? If you're 5'8" and 88 lbs, it's clearly a psychological problem that goes FAR beyond merely cultural influences. Cultural standards of beauty alone do not make you anorexic. It can be a trigger for those w/ a predisposition toward body dysmorphic disorders, but it does not cause anorexia.

I'm actually not that skinny - size 2-4 depending on the brand, and no way could I fit into a size 0 - but I just hate how these arguments regarding weight are so often totally one sided, and in America, often on the side of the heavier folks.

Oh, I totally had the hots for Alexander Hamilton when I was studying him in HS. Lol. And speaking of beautiful dead pple, the Romanovs were gorgeous too.


Among the heavier set there are beauties and there are fuglies, as w/ skinny folks. Beauties can be fat, and fuglies can be skinny. I mean, none of those townie sims w/ the perfect bodies and neanderthal faces could possibly be deemed beautiful. So I don't think our attitude towards weight is sufficient at all to suggest that our perception of beauty itself has changed. Rather, it seems to be more a reflection of the fashion of the period. Not to say that our perception of beauty hasn't changed, of course. Just that the way we regard weight isn't enough to support this assumption.

And on a related note, I hate how pple love to bash on the skinny folks. There are lots of naturally skinny girls out there. LOTS. Just b/c America is so frigging HUGE doesn't mean that "real" women are chubby, and anyone skinny is automatically a sheepie drone who willingly starves herself to oblivion. I love how so many pple who say that "real" women come in all sizes seem to be oblivious to the fact that yes, real women do come in all sizes, on both sides of the size spectrum. And I also love how some of those who criticize anorexically skinny ias disgustingly and dangerously unhealthy seem to have no problem w/ the grossly overweight. I mean, gosh, hypocritical much?

That wasn't directed at anyone here, btw., just a very frustrated rant on the general attitudes that seem to prevail when it comes to issues of weight.

Hmm. That theory does explain the whole historical "beauties" bit. Almost every single person rumoured to be a "beauty" in history has been plain, kinda pretty at best, IMO.

And maybe the male selection is so girly b/c pretty boys are just more attractive. Someone like "Ah-nould" does not make me feel all tingly inside. The most physically "masculine" that's still hot, IMO, is someone like Wentworth Miller or Channing Tatum. Beyond that and it's kinda icky. Just my opinion though.

Any updates on this? I just experienced this too in my game. I just kachinged my sim the money, but it'd be better if it were fixed.

Yep, and not only have they switched to crappy plastic boxes, both the manual and the CDs themselves have taken a nosedive in quality. As of Pets the manuals now have B&W covers - they can't even be bothered to print the COVER in color now. And the printing on the CD itself is also granier and lower quality. Bootleg-level quality even. What next? All-text manuals and a clear disk stuffed in a file folder?

Yeah. 3kb. That's really gonna bloat your d/ls.

Uh...it doesn't. As of OFB formal wear and wedding wear are one and the same. Before they get married you have to plan formal wear to a wedding dress of your choosing. And Squinge has a hack that allows your pregnant sims to wear their normal planned outfits. You don't have to hack anything. Just d/l this: http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=7238

On a related note, is it okay to delete the police car when it comes up? I know that once upon a time it was very, very bad to delete any of the NPC cars, but I dunno about now.

I just had the pet police come on one of my sims' lots b/c one pet was hungry and had no energy after a day at work. And the stupid police car took all the dog's kids too, all of whom had nearly fully green need bars. Wtf? This is so stupid. Has anyone made a hack yet to address the inanity of the pet police in this game?

Thanks! All my sims have these grand affairs when they get married. I have sooo many pics of sim weddings, and pretty much none of anything else, lol. What can I say? I like nice weddings.

Some more piccies! These are my Capp Sims getting married on their estate:






And Juliet getting married into the Montys:




These killed me b/c I did them all in a row right after the kids got out of Uni. The weddings are always a pain in the ass to set up.


Ahh, I didn't have Twojeff's lazy animation fix back when I took this. Thank goodness for 2jeffs!


I was gonna say...YOU have a daughter? Lol.

Yep. He was my very first townie groom, in fact. 

Uh...is there even a way for the game to differentiate between dress colors?

But no, pregnant sims will get married fine in a white dress...