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Well, me and the neighbor blew up lots of fireworks and made sure to usher 2021 out the :soapy: door.
The sad news is that the neighbor two doors down must have had an incident as she was taken out in a Rescue to the hospital. Her daughter came back just after midnight ... the mother didn't make it ....
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Good morning and :nychinese: :newyears2:
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Good morning ... Happy new year.
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Mornin to you all it's a new year and i hope it will be happy,healthy, and prosperous for everyone!!!
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Mornin coffee cocoa and tea are ready plenty of good spirits too the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled pork chops and there will be black eyed peas with hog jowls and rice with all the fixings and tater wedges cornbread too
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Happy New Year! I hope this year is a good one for us all.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL YE ATTIC DENIZENS & FRIENDS !!!
It tickles me to no END to sit here, half a dozen colorful wrist bands, arms poked and bruised, 55 cm of PICC line jammed up the arm, full of antibiotics, both ol foots wrapped up . . . and me grinning and happy . . . in an acute rehab hospital . . . sayin all this to y'all because I CAN !!!!
YUP. snuck up on me plus denial kicked in. AGAIN. Hey, ain't gonna be any more of them 'agains'.
Fafnir my friend, thanks for a pot of that excellent COFFEE !!
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Well, me and the neighbor blew up lots of fireworks and made sure to usher 2021 out the :soapy: door.
The sad news is that the neighbor two doors down must have had an incident as she was taken out in a Rescue to the hospital. Her daughter came back just after midnight ... the mother didn't make it ....
Rough way to start the New Year for your Neighbor....
Sounds like you and the other neighbors had a fun night....which is a good thing.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL YE ATTIC DENIZENS & FRIENDS !!!
YUP. snuck up on me plus denial kicked in. AGAIN. Hey, ain't gonna be any more of them 'agains'.
I'm marking my Calendar on that statement Mc-G....But glad to hear your doing better....Continue to OBEY...or be DOOMED.... I think that's from a Movie...but not sure....Anyway...BEHAVE.....
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Happy New Year to all......
Was a peaceful night here. Went down to Freeport to pick up some Fish and Chips for dinner and of course Oz and the kittens were happy about that. We only gave them a little bit...don't want sick cats or kitties....
Then it was a night of watching all of the firework displays from various countries which I love doing...
Never made it to Midnight but did watch the Ball drop down in NYC which is my official start to 2022 because I'll be snoring by the time Wisconsin gets there :tearlaugh:
Hope all have a fun night also.
Happy New Year to you Sir Knight and Noshoba and Fafnir and Aelin and Guests
And now to get some chores done in here....with :java: in hand...
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:fireworks2: :fireworks2: AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL ATTIC FAMILY MEMBERS :fireworks2: :fireworks2:
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most cool indeed! :fireworks2: :happydance: :nychinese: :nychinese: :toast: :toast: :welcome5: :knelvis: :dustrepeat: :dualknight: :whereizit: :viking:
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I wish you a beautiful and happy year. Joy, good health and success. My best wishes for everyone here.
:nychinese: :fireworks2: :grpwave: :newyears2:
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Indeed let's see 2022 will be an improvement.
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One can only hope..... :yesway:
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:fireworks2: Happy New Year :fireworks2:
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Nice room, looks cleaner somehow... Grand Tidings of an appropriate nature for the season and day.
I trust the kitchen was moved in here without incident, we don't want a repeat of last year, Faf rembers. Only the best to you and yours.
Remember, we are no longer the knights that say "Ni!". We are the knights that say "ekke ekke ftang ftang neeewom" "Ni!"
Cheers
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I wrote that last part down for reference.... :java: :iminnocent:
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Monty Python and The Holy Grail. More nifty catchphrases per minute than most movies.
8 )
"She Turned me into a newt"........."I got bettre."
Cheers
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Herb crusted rack of lamb with baked sweet potato sounds about right for a New Years meal ... boy am I stuffed ...
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Bring me a shrubbery! One that looks nice...And not too expensive.
Meatballs, sausage and pasta for us.
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BBQ sliced pork dinners and had blackeyed peas with hog jowls and rice cornbread too
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Much closer to traditional New Year's fare. My son's girlfriend had her grandmother's recipe. It was very good.
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Yumm! I had real 4 cheese ravioli, baked yam, tossed green salad, cottage cheese and V8 Juice for dinner tonight. Really great for Hospital food!
:happydance: :nychinese: :fireworks2:
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One thing I find hateful is all breads baked in-house has sugar added. You just do not DO that to cornbread!!!!
:nopanic;
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That's remarkable for hospital food, McG! Happy New Year to you, Sir.
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Hey McG they feedin you good so take care of yourself when they release you and follow your doctors orders especially no fast foods yep no sugar added to my cornbread little bacon grease and crumbled up bacon is all with plenty butter and cold milk
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be tacos with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning
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Good Afternoon to all....
Been a very busy day thus far so I'm only in here for a short while....This body is worn out.
Finally got our snow...about 4" with higher amounts in the drift zone. On top of that I had to take Lorna to the clinic so she could get a covid test before her upcoming appointments.....
And then to Walmart to pick up Bird seed, cat food, and whatever else Lorna stuck in the cart...
The SnowJoe did a wonderful job once again but I have to find a 100Ft extension cord that won't get stiff when the temps are below freezing. It was minus 6 out this morning and in order to get out of the driveway...I had to snowjoe before it warmed up any. The cord I have now doesn't crack or anything...just gets stiff as hell....It kinda makes me jealous at times....Oppps....did I type that outloud.....
Anyway...let me grab a pot of java and see what is what and who is where and why.... :java: ahhh...
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the trimmings and tater wefges
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Good morning, Fafnir. :java: please. It's back to work today. And it looks like snow. :thissmall:
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Good morning!
No snow, only rain here.
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good morning we got sun light breeze little cooler
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We're right at freezing. Work decided over the weekend that it's work-from-home for the month of January.
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well that's good for you i be thinking
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Sir Knight, Fafnir, TheLufias; thanks and right on! Oh yeah, I do mind the doctors. Especially the two surgeons that saved my life, my leg and (most of) my foot!
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good for you McG remember to keep on doing as you should no cheat days
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To those of you feeling a bit :shiv: its been at the other end of the thermostat here :fainting: even the cat melted
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Hi, Dreamer. Well, they'd threatened snow but it was a no-show. I'll bask in the thought of it being very hot some place.
Errrr ... Is that a cat puddle behind you, my Lady?
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Good morning!
We had clouds in the beginning of the morning, then sun at midday, to be back with clouds - and wind. We are in kind of Spring season for now, but it's fully possible that around February we are back to a true Winter, like it happens sometimes.
Oh, and votes for 2022 for FA are openened:
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24700.0
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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warm and breezy partly cloudy here
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Hi, Dreamer. Well, they'd threatened snow but it was a no-show. I'll bask in the thought of it being very hot some place.
Errrr ... Is that a cat puddle behind you, my Lady?
Right now I would almost welcome snow, its 6.30 am and already 20c with 100% humidity. Ugh
Why yes M'lord I do believe it is
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings plenty melted butter for dipping and tater wedges
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Morning.. typical Southern winter...flip a coin... Winterwear one day...beach the next lol.
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Hands Nosh a steaming mug of coffee how was your trip a good one i hope
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Good morning!
I'm a little later than expected because we have a lost dog in the quarter. According a neighbor, he is here since 6:30AM, time where she walked her own dog. Unfortunately, even while he seems he has a problem with a posterior leg, he refuses to be reached by humans. The only human who really interested him was a little girl after midday; she and her daddy tried to attract the dog, in vain.
He seems very friendly, going to other dogs, even the she-dog who barged after him with teeth. Another dog made a contest of pee-against-the-building :tearlaugh:
Alas, he refuses the food, and isn't ready to pass the portal of a court from a house, even with a dog in the court. He looks the buildings, specially one, but even to follow a dog he doesn't want to enter.
2 people of the "city hall police" tried to take him, but they haven't the equipment for. And the dog hasn't collar...
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Happy end for the dog - I hope. A teenager from the building was able to take him. Just hope he will either find his masters (if he fleed for some crazy doggy reasons), or go in a shelter to be adopted.
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New Year Day 12F and it snowed here in Amarillo. Looking out a huge picture window at it, I smiled and was glad to be in a toasty warm building. And warm friendly people all around me!
Now the 5th, no snow, barely freezing temp and GOOD MORNING FANTASIES ATTIC!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIrPU1yA90o
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That sounds like an adventure and then some Aelin....but glad it looks like a Happy Ending thus far....
Been busy of late trying to hunt things down for our site and store and lord knows what else. And in the process I'm also trying to do some sort of common sense sorting for the collection....Thus far....Not that much luck in the sorting :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
Got snow and 45 MPH winds today...but the good news is...I have NO WHERE to go today...woooohoooo
McG...Hope you get to feeling well enough to go home....don't want you getting to comfy in there LOL...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Need it today....
No flipping of the coin here Noshoba....we know what to expect and then some LOLOLOL
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We're right at freezing. Work decided over the weekend that it's work-from-home for the month of January.
When folks started going back to work at their job locations I was surprised by how many were happy about it. But I can see it being advantageous in the Winter to work from home.
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When I was managing, being in the office meant that I could get no programming done. It really doesn't matter much these days where I am. Except for a few meetings Zoom or in person, it's me and the screen. :happydance:
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Yes indeed....
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That is especially devoted to you, Dreamer. Our own dedicated Daydream Believer!
:kissy: :happydance:
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That is especially devoted to you, Dreamer. Our own dedicated Daydream Believer!
:kissy: :happydance:
Thanks McG
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Aelin, thanks for the update on the dog. It was good to hear that things seem to have worked out.
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Hands Nosh a steaming mug of coffee how was your trip a good one i hope
It was good. Hated not being able see the brothers but seeing baby sister after so many years made it worthwhile.
And those who are Southern will understand this one. Mom is one of those that thinks she is a failure as a mom if you don't leave 20 lbs heavier than when you came.
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Good morning!
Not from USA southern, but I have a grandma who always wants you to take another piece of each thing she did. In her case, I guess it's a rest of the WWII privations she had.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pork ribs on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Yea Nosh i do understand and glad you had a good time
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mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
Today was a morning of rest, and I went to the 'flea market'... under snow, a lot of snow. Big snowflakes and wind putting them in the face :tearlaugh: I was happy, and it started to stay on the ground. Alas, 1 hour later, all was melted. Well at least it was a good moment.
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Good morning! We have snow too, Aelin. And ours is still on the ground after 5 hours. I suspect once the sun is on it, there will be less.
A bit of coffee for a Friday morning would welcome, Fafnir. Haven't had grouper in quite a long time. Sounds great!
Noshoba, I hear you. You should try getting some of that food in Pennsylvania. :thissmall: I know you're in a better place for it than I. Where's the envy emoji?
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Good Moring to all.....
Life is still in chaos but this too will pass.
I see the CDC is under fire once again. No wonder so many folks are confused about what to do nowadays... :nopanic;
Oh well, I use common sense and it's been a great guide.
Got to take Lorna to an appointment later on in the morn....and then get some cat and kitten food once again. I've never seen such a bunch of finicky eaters. Oz would and still does eat everything and anything....
Not the kittens. One likes one type of wet food, the other something different and another likes no wet food but loves treats and dry food. Thankfully they all DO like the same type of dry food and treats....
And better still...they all love drinking water. I'd be worried if all they ate was dry food and didn't drink water or eat wet food. My friend Mel had to have surgery done on one of her mancoon cats due to a blockage since it didn't drink water or eat wet food. Cost her $820....
This morning it's -10 degrees with a wind chill warning until noon. I'm glad I got the house for the outside cats with the thermal heating pad. Blacky is sharing it with Stripes and Blacky II....
Anyway...time for some :java: (Thank you Fafnir)
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Good morning!
Today was a morning of rest, and I went to the 'flea market'... under snow, a lot of snow. Big snowflakes and wind putting them in the face :tearlaugh: I was happy, and it started to stay on the ground. Alas, 1 hour later, all was melted. Well at least it was a good moment.
I'd gladly send some of mine over to you Aelin.......Still have plenty on the ground from the last snowfall...but I do see where my Brother in Rhode Island might get slammed by some snow and cold....and my other daughter in Maine will get it for sure....
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It was good. Hated not being able see the brothers but seeing baby sister after so many years made it worthwhile.
And those who are Southern will understand this one. Mom is one of those that thinks she is a failure as a mom if you don't leave 20 lbs heavier than when you came.
Sorry to hear you did not get to see your brothers but so glad you got to see your baby sister... You don't have to be Southern to have that trait....as Aelin said...it's built into Grandmothers also LOL.
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Good Morning Sir Knight...are you dressed for work :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
After seeing all of the pile ups happening of late on the snowy and icy roads....I'm glad you're working from home in January.... Have a :java: or two on the house.... Oh wait...it's free already.... :thud:
Enjoy your day my friend...
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And Good Morning to you Fafnir...thanks for the call...and the :java:
Need about 5 pots of it today.
And Good Morning to you also PDG....Better grab a pot of Fafnirs :java:
I believe we are in the same "Freeze Zone" today LOL...
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Good Morning Sir Knight...are you dressed for work :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
After seeing all of the pile ups happening of late on the snowy and icy roads....I'm glad you're working from home in January.... Have a :java: or two on the house.... Oh wait...it's free already.... :thud:
Enjoy your day my friend...
Funny enough, I do dress for work. It helps with my attitude and, well, Zoom meetings.
That's a cold day you've described in your first message of day. I'll bet the outside cats are very thankful for you.
My friend who keeps chickens said that they were completely freaked out by the snow and would not leave the coup.
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For a short period of time I was working at home and I also "Dressed" for work. Now granted....no suit and tie....but regular shirt and bluejeans...and back then...there was NO Zoom or any other kind of internet meetings. Our meetings were a group of us meeting in the conference room with the speaker box in the middle of the room and the mics on the conference tables LOLOLOL....
It didn't warm up very much today...that's for sure. Right now it's back down to 2 degrees....
Now tomorrow will be shorts weather...32 degrees for a high :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Same here predicted for tomorrow. Who knows what it will actually be? :sure:
Watching the original Harry Potter film tonight. The first time in 20 years. :shrug:
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Mornin coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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little cooler here but going to be warm and breezy today
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-22. Wind makes it colder. Supposed to be 3 this afternoon. Followed by a heatwave, a polar vortex, a hurricane and another 2 meters of snow. I'm kidding; despite the fact it really seems this way around here with the daily temperature swings. It is -22 though and +5 is the call for this afternoon.
Your CDC has made our drug dealing Premiere, brother to the dead crackhead mayor we had; decide that we will no longer test, track, or report; cases. He says that the CDC recommends a 5 day quarantine with no test to return. We will do the same.
How do we know when we are sick if we don't test. Doesn't matter. You have COVID. Period. Stay home 5 days and return to work.
But wait; what are the symptoms we should watch for. Doesn't matter. You have COVID. Isolate for 5 days and return to work.
But I feel fine. Great go to work and do your thing. Can I get a test to check if I am contagious? Why. You do not have COVID. You isolated for 5 days. Go to work.
The happiest thing to happen to Ford (Premiere not car company) is the wishy washy coming out of the CDC. It gives him, and other Premieres; an excuse to abandon the entire thing.
Grrrrr. My blood pressure is rising. I must have COVID. Better isolate for 5 days and return to society when my newly discovered COVID heals.
I want a refund. I took the 7day free trial. 2022 sucks. Looks like 2021. I want a new season of something to participate in and 2022 doesn't have it. I want a refund and my subscription cancelled.
Now it;s the 8th and my refund seems to be misplaced. 2022 is still running on the screens around me. Give me a Creek Fafnir. Keep the coffee. It's going to be a long 11 3/4 months.
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Good morning!
It's a rainy day this time, with a bit of wind.
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and Aelin! Still in the 20's this morning but no wind today for the first time in a few days.
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Good Morning to all....
Not as cold as you are PDG....we are actually above 0 today...15 degrees. Sunday will be when we get your temps....but not as bad...I think they are predicting -8...we shall see.
Sir Knight....I've not watched any of them though I've read all the books. But I got the DVD collection one year from the Grandson for Christmas...The Great Grands love watching them. But I will someday...I see Peacock has some of them listed in their movie selection.
Good Morning Aelin....No Rain nor Snow here today...Just COLD....
Which means I need a cup your HOT HOT Coffee Fafnir....:java: Ahhhhhh
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Hands PDG the bottle of Creek enjoy more if needed
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thel, if you read the boockes, be prepared for some "But he's not like that in the book and she's not that smart." Biggest thing is blue for green, "He has his mothers eyes". reguardless the films are fun, as long as you don't hold too tightly to the boockes. Like nearly every movie made. 8 )
Cheers
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I made a point of reading each book before watching the corresponding movie. And I agree, there's a lot of he / she wasn't like that in the book and it didn't happened that way in the book. I generally enjoyed the movies although the "kids" (10 years old in the beginning) looked (and were) much older by the later ones.
I recommend the fan fiction version "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" as another take one the same characters that I found pretty entertaining.
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Hi folks! We still have to deal with the Covid bugs. Loads of people are still on total denial about it even existing. I see people around me here in the hospital with it. I am still negative for it. But seeing code alarms from their rooms is so sad. And scary too. I so want to get home and see my boys. I miss em terribly!
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Snip..
I want a refund. I took the 7day free trial. 2022 sucks. Looks like 2021. I want a new season of something to participate in and 2022 doesn't have it. I want a refund and my subscription cancelled.
Now it;s the 8th and my refund seems to be misplaced. 2022 is still running on the screens around me. Give me a Creek Fafnir. Keep the coffee. It's going to be a long 11 3/4 months.
PDG, I'll stand you another round of Creek. Sounds a right mess.
The whole time I was reading you post I had this playing in my head lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy1q6RwEFHg
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Given his history, I would not be at all surprised that his post was a reference to that song.
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Wiz..... Found that to be true in many of the Books turned to Movies. I call it "Stories by two authors"
Many moons ago I was a avid Mack Bolan reader...I've still have almost all of his Executioner Series and Able Team books in my Shed....then the Movie came out...and to me it wasn't even about Mack Bolan...
Thankfully I kinda expected that....so it did not bother me that much and I kept buying the books LOL
I've gone this long without watching the Harry Potter Movies....so a few more years won't hurt LOLOL
Now I've got to go and see what else is posted and head to our Social Sites to put up the winners.
All of this with :java: in hand....
And you take care McG.....
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Given his history, I would not be at all surprised that his post was a reference to that song.
Surprisingly enough I didn't know that song. Haven't even heard the album before despite the fact the first Bat out of Hell got a lot of play way back when.
I'm old and I'm tired. My pieces barely fit together anymore and the screws are coming loose. My warranty is running out and I am rusting into the apartment floor. For those that know just how many reconstructive repairs I've had over my lifetime this is not even a slight stretch.
I've done everything right and I am still wasting my life away smoking copious amounts of pot, drinking rye by the bottle; and shooting some video game fool in the head that truly deserves it, for some stupid reason; because I am stuck in this postage stamp apartment I cannot escape and there is nowhere to go even if I did.
More C&C please Fafnir. I've a doobie to roll and some fool to shoot. No wonder the muse took a hike and isn't in a hurry to return. I've become more jaded and nasty as the years have passed. Not a fertile place for beauty or story telling this angry pdg.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be gumbo with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C got plenty more for you too
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Good stuff. Keep 'em coming. :thumb_up:
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Good morning!
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more C&C coming right up PDG and Mornin to you
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Good Morning to all....Thought I'd drop by to take a quick peek and see if the place is still standing... :nopanic;
But all looks much better now.....
I'm grabbing a :java: , making a quick tour...and going back to my computer housekeeping....I'm sure in two weeks I'll be needing one of the items I permanently deleted...but such is life....but I've got stuff dating back to "Forever" and wasn't even aware I had them....So I'm thinking I have few worries about needing what I deleted...and besides...I haven't even TOUCHED any of the externals and I'm sure I have at least 5 of everything on them :thud:
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Mack Bolan, Don Pendleton.... .444 Weatherby elephant gun. Yep. Read n reread bunches! Doc Savage, Remo Williams n I Chiun, loads of fun!
Other than my dad I hadn't run into anyone else who enjoyed Mack! :rat-atat: :ARNOLD:
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Mack Bolen, Remo Williams. My da collected them, now they're mine fun reads/
Did you see "Remo Williams The Beginning" with Fred Ward? Very close to the boocke. 8 )
Cheers
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on they will be serving up a whole roasted pig with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mack Bolen, Remo Williams. My da collected them, now they're mine fun reads/
Did you see "Remo Williams The Beginning" with Fred Ward? Very close to the boocke. 8 )
Cheers
Yeppers. A big Destroyer fan. The only non sci-fi I read at the time.
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Good morning!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready, the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning. All the joy of working eafly.
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Good morning, Fafnir and Noshoba. I've already finished one report and one to another. Working hard for the good of the Man.
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And a wonderful Good Morning to ALL in The Fantasies Attic! Be Ye Guests, Denizens, Patients and/or Inmates. So there's a difference? No matter, we're HERE!
:happydance: :nopanic;
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Hey Wizz! Yep have Seen 'Remo Williams', got in Walmart wishlist to buy it. Have yet to see it all in one sitting. Interruptions, bah!
Been long long indeed since I fantasied myself running on a rice paper covered floor and not disturb the paper. Or weave A Ribbon Of Death through throngs of 'Enemies'. Who/what ever they may be.
At the moment, methinks mine enemy be Constipation! Yes, Charge Nurse just had me drink straight down a Ye Ole Cure for said ailment. Argh!
:yeow:
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WOT!? Too Much Information??? Or something? :odd: :sure: :tearlaugh: :worried?: :fainting:
(we do not seem to have a 'wink' emojie!)
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TL, the marbled tabby is very cool man!
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Good morning!
After the fog, we have the right to have a sunny day!
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Mack Bolan, Don Pendleton.... .444 Weatherby elephant gun. Yep. Read n reread bunches! Doc Savage, Remo Williams n I Chiun, loads of fun!
Other than my dad I hadn't run into anyone else who enjoyed Mack! :rat-atat: :ARNOLD:
I also collected Doc Savage (The Man of Bronze) Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny and a few others whose names I can't remember LOL.... (My favorite character was Monk...that is besides Doc)
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TL, the marbled tabby is very cool man!
The site I go to had a few others....including the one Mary uses...but I liked this one...so I'm glad you like it also...
And have they had you up and walking about yet at all? I know it's tough with your foot....but that was the only way they got my innards working again after my surgerys....
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Good morning!
After the fog, we have the right to have a sunny day!
Good Morning indeed....
And Good Morning to you Sir Knight, Fafnir, PDG, and Noshoba.....
Yesterday was a rough day but it's over with so we move on.... The temp today is "To Damn COld" with "No Chance of Getting Warmer" I don't even have any birds on the feeders...
Anyway...time to take a tour with :java: in hand......
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I know yesterday in Belgium the temperatures stayed below 0°C all the day :thud:
But here, we were closest of the big rains from a part of south-west of France, where they had floods.
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Did you make any progress last night Fafnir?
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I know yesterday in Belgium the temperatures stayed below 0°C all the day :thud:
But here, we were closest of the big rains from a part of south-west of France, where they had floods.
I'd rather have the low temps then the big rains... Mother Nature has been raising havoc everywhere. I think she's getting over heated....
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not a damn bit
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Well Fafnir....we can both certainly say "no progress" was NOT because we didn't try.....and you did entertained the Kittens very well :tearlaugh:
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I'm sure TL and PDG have me beat by a lot but it's -5° C (23° F) and headed down. My son is doing carts in a grocery store parking lot tonight. He said "Oh, I have a tee shirt under this shirt" on his way out the door. :sno3: Clearly not an Alabama boy.
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Actually you are COLDER then I am at the moment....We are at a blistering 30 degrees.... A very HUGE difference between the actual temp and Charlie the Weather guy on NBC 15 said it would be today...
But I'm not complaining, stripes, Black, and McGruff are not complaining, and I don't hear a peep out of the birds about the weather...because their mouths are full of birdseed.... :happydance:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be shepherds pie with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
A cold cloudly day here.
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Good morning, Fafnir and Aelin. Cold (23°F/-5°C) continues here today although it's sunny. I believe a little :java: is in order.
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Good Afternoon Everyone! It is a balmy 61°F here in the Tx. panhandle so sunny and CLEAR! Beautiful day, I'm telling you.
Talk about a motivator. I wanna get out and feel the day at will. And can't. Not just yet. But, getting there. BwaHAhahhahahaaaaa! :heeheehee: :icu: :dk2: :3flower;
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Sir Knight, about the time you posted your last, I was finishing my breakfast and my PT therapist came for me. Great sessions, but tiring. But it's supposed to be that way. Just getting me ready to be HOME. Now that's something I took for granted. Not any more!
:happydance:
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Hey, y'all remind me not to be so grumpy any more, ok?
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No worries....
Be Happy.....
Ooooooooo Oo Oo Oooo Oweooooo....
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Cheers Gramps
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Like so......https://youtu.be/L3HQMbQAWRc
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McG, my family and I are praying for your quick return home. Bob Marley has it right!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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OH yeah! Bob Marley with some slow n easy reggae! And here I been dancin on one foot to Chumbawumba's Tub Thumping, surprising the heck out of three of the therapists present for my first transition exercises. Sit-stand-balance-sit. With some 67 yr old wiggle n whomp n juice up thot JET mixed in. Heh! Only prob was that burst of energy ran out in a few seconds. But it was fun!
Thank you, guys, for the prayers, kind thoughts and abundant energy y'all send up. I believe it really does help. And, help a lot! :happydance:
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BTW, I must solemnly refuse to post pics of my undressed foot anywhere. While waking up and seeing a big bandaged foot, it hurting something awful, was a major happy surprise for me. I truly expected the view to stop south of the knee. I was agape in awe of the sight!
But, it is a wreck. I got lots of work to do. AND I WILL DO IT!
TL and my 'chiefest Nurse' of 8 years already growled me into minding that amazing doctor. And be nice to the nurses! They are there only to help me/us. Amen.
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McG glad to hear you are making progress now keep on keeping on !!! will keep you in my prayers just remember to follow doc's orders and no cheat days on your diet take care
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Thanks Fafnir! so true: No Cheat Days!
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Ha! It ain't g'mornin yet. :nopanic; whaddya say?!
Oh, Good Evening folks! :happydance:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried red snapper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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I'll grab a quick coffee in passing Fafnir. No rye this am though. I have real world stuff to deal with today.
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Good morning with plenty sun!
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I love that snapper, Fafnir! Great whitefish! 1 plate size fillet with a dab of fresh tartar sauce maybe? Iced tea, coffee after, mmmm! :java: :feelgood: :thumb_up:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be thick cut smoked prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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went to start puter this morn an damn if win 11 didn't try to hijack me into loadin' it
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Why I stay offline. Morning off to battle the church ladies a day early . Weather going to hell tomorrow.
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W11 has been running on The Shanghai Cathouse for a month or so. I haven't reverted it back to W10. This box is W10 and it won't become W11 till W10 dies or the box itself dies. After spending an inordinate amount of time turning off "features" W11 is not that bad.
The only thing that freaked me out is the XBOX Gamebar. I didn't know it was running in the background and suddenly my headphones started shouting alarms and big blue windows opened everywhere blocking access to my screen. Wouldn't care except I was in the middle of a race and my track kept disappearing behind that stupid blue window. Found that sucker and nuked it. No more stupid kids wanting to play Minecraft with me now.
Hopefully I've shut everything annoying down now. Still; I've said it before and I'll say it again. I don't need my operating system turning my rather expensive and competent computer into a cheap and cheerful cell phone.
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Linux is headed in the same direction, PDG. Gnome login screen now wants you to "swipe up" to open the password prompt. :shrug:
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:lostme: Obviously my good morning stayed at the end of my fingers :tearlaugh:
So good morning!
Love W8.1, still hate W10, don't want to see W11 specially when I don't ask for, and my comp system is more than limit with that stupid W10 (and yet it was its system since the beginning...)
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Good Morning to all......
Did ya miss me LOLOL. Been a hectic week here and not due to anything I'm doing....But I think things have settled down a wee bit so now I can play catch up today....but that will be after I go out and shovel the snow when it gets warmer. Right now it's 9 degrees....I'll wait till it's 15 degrees and then head out to shovel.... Should be a fast shovel....tis light and fluffy stuff...I think :nopanic;
Other then that...hope you all are doing well.....
Glad the Laptop is fixed Fafnir....Now remember...Never let anyone near it again :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
Morning Sir Knight....are you going to get anything from this new storm heading your way....I know my Brother in Rhode Island will and the Daughter in Maine will will also....and the Grands will love it.
Morning Mc-G.....Are you still behaving? LOLOL.....Hope so my friend....
And PDG....I've got Win 11 on just one of the computers to see what it's all about...thus far some great new features, some terribly stupid features....but all is running fine with no problems...KNOCK ON WOOD....
Good Morning to you also Aelin....And yup...you can stop the W11 download....for how long...I don't know....
And now I think I've greeted all those on at the moment...
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They're getting dorkier every dang day. I got me this new laptop to keep beside my bed. Wanted it to be an extension to BadMoonRYZEN. W10 adamantly refuses to allow them to even see each other. M$ is being ridonkulously arsenine about a number of things these days. Any idea how to get two W10 machines to actually talk freely with each other?
PDG, W10 sez it HAS to have that xbox gamebar for some things to work, even in Steam games. I haven't pushed the issue around yet. Just bought and started playing No Man's Sky in June. Ah it will play on the Lenovo IdeaPad 3! Hehhehheh! Guess I'll call it Lennie.
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I do miss Win 7 Pro x64 on everything. Even more than Red Plum Jam on everything! Sigh.
Just noticed my little tabby is animated, kewlnezz! :cool:
BTW - the Lenovo IS beside my bed. Only this bed ain't at home. BadMoonRYZEN is, bet me and Lennie aren't.
Not yet anyways.
Yes TL, I am still behaving. Not out terrorizing the hallways .... yet!
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I see they are giving you good Meds LOLOLOL....Yup....Tabby is moving...as is Fafnirs little doggy...
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TL, the storm is supposed to be tomorrow night with the temperatures up by Monday morning and rain thereafter.
I'm trying to be prudent and get the stuff that I need done "just in case". I hope your family doesn't have too much trouble.
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Good Luck with the weather my friend...hopefully it's not going to be to rough on you...but yes....I always gather the JIC items also.
My younger brother Jimmy and his wife Carol live in a complex for the Disabled and Elderly so they have folks shovel out for them and I'm sure they went out and gathered supplies ahead of time. But they will miss their daily walk in the beautiful park in their area. They go everyday, weather permitting.
As for my Maine family....In Maine...if you're not prepared ALL THE TIME...then you shouldn't be living in Maine :tearlaugh:
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Great point made TL. Applies to other areas too! We had the big blow move on through, finally. The hard winds settled down, the dust storms stopped. Whole herds of tumbleweeds crowding all the fencelines. Glad I wasn't out in it at all. Temp stayed in 20's all day. Might stay there till Wednesday, then drop to mid teens. No snow. But clear beautiful skies, BIG Sky! :lost: :hypno: :flying-dove: random_dragon
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I gave up on weather. Wake up to -30s (-20s F). Really. +3 by afternoon (37.5 F) but the wind chill still drops everything by 10 degrees so you can subtract that from the posted temps. The weather weenies keep going "Coldest temperature in 5 years". Day after day.
I could be getting anywhere from 5cm (2 in) through 50 cm (20 inches). Won't know till it hits. It will start later today. Or maybe tomorrow. It will last through Monday. It will end overnight Sunday.
I no longer drive. Everything is on lockdown. Let it snow. I'm not going anywhere and I don't have a driveway to clear. I do have a fine warm space heater and a bottle of rye. There are enough papers around that I don't need to hit the store for a week. My internet connection seems solid. I'm good to go.
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They're getting dorkier every dang day. I got me this new laptop to keep beside my bed. Wanted it to be an extension to BadMoonRYZEN. W10 adamantly refuses to allow them to even see each other. M$ is being ridonkulously arsenine about a number of things these days. Any idea how to get two W10 machines to actually talk freely with each other?
PDG, W10 sez it HAS to have that xbox gamebar for some things to work, even in Steam games. I haven't pushed the issue around yet. Just bought and started playing No Man's Sky in June. Ah it will play on the Lenovo IdeaPad 3! Hehhehheh! Guess I'll call it Lennie.
Gamebar is gone. Never had it in W10 and I don't want it in W11. Don't have Steam. Do have the Rockstar Game Launcher as I have TBs of their games. Played GTA since the topdown original and spend hours a day playing Red Dead Online. GTA online has a few too many a$$holes for my taste but I do drop in every now and then when I want a bit of abuse to keep me in my place. I haven't had an X-BOX of any type in over a year. I have never played Minecraft (the GKs did about 5 years or so ago). I couldn't care less about showing my gaming stats. I don't care about yours. I am not having my machine sacrifice processing cycles to keep 5 minutes of live video ready for posting online at the touch of a button. I would rather have those cycles do something useful. Add the suck from this to the suck from GeForce game bar and even though I can't see a frame rate drop; I know there is one. Part of the turning my expensive computer into a cheap cell phone complaint. Like TL though; it appears rock solid and has offered no issues since the install last October.
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Linux is headed in the same direction, PDG. Gnome login screen now wants you to "swipe up" to open the password prompt. :shrug:
Have to admit that I am still using old Ubuntu on 2 Rasp Pis and Raspbian on the other. None go online and are mostly used as controller cards.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with plenty of butter for dipping, all the fixings and tater wedges
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rain and wind blowing pretty smart here
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Good morning!
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Morning... Raining bere and a bitof wind. Looks like I need to get tested. Doubt I have caught it...but Mom and baby sister tested positive. Let's see about 10 AM EST I will get a text from Mom asking if I have gotten tested yet. Sis is a cancer survivor and Mom has few issues too. So more worried about them than me. Earliest time I could find is Tuesday. They are seriously backlogged herein SC. But then again I am in a state that thinks it's a conspiracy of the Dark State lol.
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Have to admit that I am still using old Ubuntu on 2 Rasp Pis and Raspbian on the other. None go online and are mostly used as controller cards.
Raspbian is not very friendly to Gnome. It's the native window manager on Fedora. All my machines except two run that one.
Good morning, PDG, Fafnir, McG and Aelin. I hope you all have a great Sunday.
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Noshoba, my work tests us weekly (about 10,000 people!). Haven't been tested since they sent us home for January.
Good luck!
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Noshoba, my work tests us weekly (about 10,000 people!). Haven't been tested since they sent us home for January.
Good luck!
Thanks. Amusement is my first booster is Wednesday. I rarely get sick any more since I had an emergency tonsillectomy back in my 30s. But you know Moms they think you are fragile if your health wasn't that great as a kid.
Honestly don't think I was around them when they caught it but will make Mom happy. Afterall was tested every single day I was home in Georgia and all negative.
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Well, interesting morning, ye ole phone goes off with a weather alert ... if you say so .... tornado warning, please seek shelter or a basement.
Double :thud: living in Florida a basement is called an indoor pool most of the time.
How droll for the morning start yes it was doing the serious rain and wind, well wasn't planning on anything complicated today except laundry as I still am not motivated to do anything of importance. Except maybe have serving number four of Jewish penicillin, will say it is tasty and filling. Did test number two and man does that rubbish hurt ... still.
anyway ... negative result again ... which is a good thing.
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Good Morning to all....
Snow is shoveled once again....and now I'm in for the day....Even though the snow is still falling. But I'm not going anywhere...and no one is visiting except for the outside cats, the birds, and the squirrels so all is good.
You getting tested will surely be a relief to your Mom and Sister for sure Noshoba....Nothing worse than someone wondering if they passed it onto someone else.
Heard all about your weather Fafnir...stay safe my friend...
"J"....get a shovel out and start digging that basement :tearlaugh:
Good Morning PDG, Sir Knight, Aelin, and anyone else I missed LOL....
By the way....Have any of you ever dealt with "Steam" (https://store.steampowered.com/)? Just curious as to how good it is. The Grandson now has a Chromebook and asked if I knew of any place he can get more free games...I guess Chromebook comes with plenty...but he's a gamer so he gets bored fast LOLOL....
Now to great a :java: Ahhhhhh
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Both my boys use Steam. I have no direct experience with it.
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Thanks Sir Knight.... It surely does look very cool.... I LOVE RPG and so does Evan...and I see you can buy games for other folks which would be great as Birthday and Christmas Gifts.
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There are days that truly bad like the one where you are in the time frame of applying for Medicare ... :thud: :thud: :thud: :thud:
Gods above this is making my head hurt in capital letters and then some, looked at the generic emails my personal gets and I am ready to slit the wrists vertically ... I seem to recall the ones from work being less troublesome since that is where my insurance is written from, guess we will look at it when I go in tomorrow.
Like I said two negative tests three days apart. Makes me slightly more confident and maybe I can get in normal English details on this Medicare crap
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Contact your local Medicare Office and have a sitdown with them....That's what I did...
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And it's free
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Hey TL, I use Steam some 17 years now, since it and Half-Life 2 were in beta (while Gabe Newell was battling a certain publisher in court for the rights to his games). Steam is a souped up delivery system. So it plays front end for thousands of titles. Not all are games. Even Adobe uses them a bit now. Steam is good. Their wallet has been useful, their method simple and safe. I AM an old die hard gamer man. One of the first things I Installed on this new Lenovo laptop was Steam. :o)
I will vouch for Gabe, man!
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And BTW - the original notion behind creating Steam was to circumvent the need for publishing companies at all. For Gabe, it worked fine. I wonder what all the developers pay him to carry and distribute their titles.
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Yup....I've been browsing through it and saw a lot of cool stuff.....Thanks for the info.....
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One pays $100 to have a game placed on Steam. Steam used to take a 30% cut of each sale. After the game has sold $1000, this drops down to 20%. This has changed recently to a much larger change over point.
(From articles on the web. I have no directly knowledge but the numbers seem pretty consistent.)
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Yawns ok making poses going to be a pain but time to show my age and do a little Rat Patrol.
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Yes, I saw where they have games you can buy and free games...And they have objects, people, critters, buildings, etc that people sell. Interesting place. After the eyes started going I had to give up gaming...or at least cut done to a minimum. I do miss it LOL
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Good morning!
The only "RPG" I played was against myself, with books. Lone Wolf.
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Good morning. It wlild seem last night some drunk Steelers fan some time after the game took out the power pole near my place crying in his beer. Always nice to wake up to no lights or heat.
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mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be homemade chili with steaks ob the grill and all the fixings tater wedges too
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Good Morning to all....
Tough way to wake up Noshoba.....what was your morning temp...not that it matters...COLD is COLD....
And Good Morning Aelin.... I like your answer to role playing games LOL. I spent many hours with my neighbors son and daughter playing the RPG called LUFIA....I would come home from work to find Hans and Tamiya playing the game...I see where the game is being sold at E-Bay for $259...I've still have the game...LOL
I'll have a cocoa coffee Fafnir....
I see where the East coast may get some flooding due to the storms...So far my brother said it's been "Just another storm"...but more to come his way he said.
And now for some :java: and a tour. I'll be a short timer in here this morning but may return later in the day...
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Indeed. The cold and dark no problem..no coffee was a whole different story. Lol.
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LOLOL....Yea...that would certainly be a downer..... I'll share a pot with you... :coffeemaker:
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Looks like a water line broke as well . Now that I can see it in daylight.
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Yikes....that's not good at all...That's always one of my biggest fears. I have heat tape on all of my pipes but that wouldn't do any good if the power went out.... :nopanic;
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Yep, I am getting used to asking for my coffee now. Argh! :yeow:
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Like just now!
😮
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LOL.....I always have a pot going....I spend as much on Vinegar to clean out my coffee maker as I do on coffee :tearlaugh:
Any time frame as of yet on your release....????
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Well, we definitely need some education, been under the weather all this time and even though I know how to look at and read a calendar apparently it doesn't sink in.
Case in point I got up and went into work this morning, it was not till about 9:00 that it dawned on me as to why was no one there, made a call and found out today is a holiday to us ... seriously ... :thud:
Those leather straps must taste freaking wonderful, as there can not be any other possible reason why I keep chewing through them.
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Only ones that get MLK Day off here in Wisconsin are Postal Workers, Federal Workers, Banks, and Businesses that feel like they should (and with Covid many do shut down for the day)... Most of the major companies here do not Celebrate the day.
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Don't feel bad. I always forget about it too. Only got reminded by those how the players remembered the day pieces on nfl.com.
Now as for coffee had to suffer through that PC crap they sell in stores now. My coffee pot might break in shame.
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LOL....Give it a hug and but hide the other coffee first :tearlaugh:
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Now the fun starts. A four hour blizzard and eight hours of snow equals an impassable sidewalk. Ed took a header going home from work at the height of the mess and broke his hand and wrist. No more driver for me. I have an appointment later on today and they have yet to shovel out my building let alone clear the rest of the city. Transit is still impacted. Gonna be a pain of a day. Innkeeper; more grog please.
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Good luck and morning. Thinking we might get all iced up by end of week this time.
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Bonjour mes amis. Comment allez vous? I hope this beautiful day finds everyone in bright spirits.
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No ice or worse here but temps in the 40's and 50's do not make me smile one tiny littlie bit.
Think I saw some of them Northern people yesterday at my last stop on the way home, windy as in capable of blowing flyers about the place, temps according to the truck in the low 50's and there they are walking about in shorts and t-shirts. :thud:
Makes me shiver just thinking about it
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Well right now we are 33 lol. And Zues morning. You will have to chat with my baby sister lol. She of fluent in 7 foreign languages and considered native speaker in 3 last time I checked. Livesin Germany.
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Good morning, PDG. So sorry to hear about Ed's troubles. Do you have another way to get to your appointment?
Noshoba, did you get your broken water line repaired? :nopanic;
Zeus! Greetings! We are well and hope you are, too.
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Fortunately was not my waterline . Was just up at the corner with water gushing out by the power pole that got taken out.
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Good morning! Bonjour Zeus Fx!
Hope everyone is fine, with the few sun I'm able to pass by our window - we have plenty here.
PDG, I hope all will be well for your going and back today.
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Sun isn't up yet. My appointment may be cancelled due to the mess the side roads and sidewalks are in. One can only hope.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready with plenty of spirits the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be slo cooked smoked beef ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Hands PDG a mug of grog hope things get better with the snow and your buddys wrist and hand heal fast
Hello Zeus Fx! good to see you Nosh i hope you are havin a great day
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Mornin Sir Knight hope you have a great day
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Good Morning to all....Got so busy in here forget to grab my :java: from Fafnir..... :thud:
Glad they canceled your Appt PDG but so sorry to hear about your driver... This weather has been tough for many...and it's not over yet.
Morning Zues, "J", Fafnir, Sir Knight, Aelin, Noshoba, and guests....
Not to bad here today. 23 degrees and sunny...
"J".....Lorna and I were heading into Walmart on Monday when the temp was 9 degrees and there was a guy walking out with a cart of groceries and he was wearing shorts with a winter coat. A lot of the High Schoolers also wear shorts in the Winter.... :thud:
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If anyone is interested....You can view the "Live" flyby of 1994 PC1 Asteroid HERE (https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2022/01/17/potentially-hazardous-asteroid-7482-1994-pc1-close-encounter-a-image-17-jan-2022/)
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was interesting to know it missed us
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Just one more between many in the void. But finally, void where? :tearlaugh:
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English is actually my second language. French is my primary. (Not that watered down Parisian French mind you. No sir. I'm originally from Quebec where they still speak actual French.) I also speak German, Russian (With some variation, I learned it over in Bosnia) and Spanish fluidly. I speak some Farsi and Pashto from my time in the sand, a little Mandarin from my time living in Taipei, a smattering of Japanese, Tai, and Greek. Basically I can order some food and get my face slapped in any country I go to. When I was a kid, my parents worked for the US Department of Defense doing munition inventory audits so I was moved around a lot. In a way I have trouble relating to people I meet whom have lived their entire lives in one town never leaving it. The world is a vast wonderful place. I can't imagine not seeing it.
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You have a French here, and far away from Paris :tearlaugh: Glad to be far from there.
J, it seems the tapestry which was made for Princess Mononoke won't be presented before the end of March.
Waiting, and even if the angle isn't very good, here is a view from the "carton" for second tapestry, this time with Chihiro
https://www.lamontagne.fr/aubusson-23200/loisirs/dans-la-creuse-miyazaki-fait-souffler-un-vent-de-jeunesse-sur-la-tapisserie-d-aubusson_14064076/
It will be ended next year.
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Hi y'all! G'nite. :o)
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Mornin you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be underground oven roasted pig with all the trimmings tater wedges too
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Good morning!
During the night we had snow, but nothing more than 1 millimeter :tearlaugh: Anyway, it was good to discover that when waking up.
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Good Afternoon.....
All we have is bone chilling cold and then some. Another morning where the cats outside waited till it got warmer before leaving their shelter LOL...I
And another morning they got nothing but dry food because the wet food would freeze quicker than they would eat it.
I'm in for the day working on neglected projects....
So a quick tour and a few stops and then off I go again....but with :java: in hand.....
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I'll have a :java: Fafnir.....piping hot please.....
Good Afternoon to you Aelin.....still got plenty snow left on the ground here from the other day...Next snow is scheduled for Saturday....but we've really haven't had that much at all compared to last year....
Damn....I may have jinxed that by mentioning it :thud:
That is some traveling you did Zues. Traveling like that must have been tough on you as a kid. I lived in a Navy town and a lot of the kids were always reluctant to make friends due to the fact they didn't know when the family would be transfered again.
And now to grab a :java: and see what is what and who is where and why is when....
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First off thanks for the birthday email. Finally mellowed out enough to converse lol.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready and the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Good morning!
It's another day with clouds, but this time only rain is coming.
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Bon matin mes amis. I could use some nice hot coffee to start this cold and blustery morning off right. It is -8.9 C here. With the wind chill it feels like -17 C. Needless to say I am huddled around a space heater at the moment. I live and work in a somewhat drafty basement lovingly referred to as "the dungeon" so it gets a bit chilly here.
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Good MORNING all ye wonderful denizens & dungeon dwellers of Ye Olde Fantasies Attic! So. It 1s 14°F here. Some snow on the ground and still falling. Been a busy day so far.
TL, I am behaving pretty well. I am nice for the nurses, that is for sure.
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McG best to be nice to the nurses or you wont like the result of not being nice
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Zeus, the Dungeon? I hope for you it's not in a corner of the Kianna's dungeons :nopanic;
McG, what Fafnir said. Or J will justly send you the nurse for she takes you to her dungeons :tearlaugh:
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Good afternoon....
A late start but had some things to get done. It was a FRIGID morning.... -11 but at least now it's warmed up to -1..... Was out at 7AM in my PJ's bringing in the trash barrels. The school bus driver was driving by and gave me the "Crazy Sign" LOLOL...
Anyway....I'm finally warmed up but in here for a short time....so I'll grab a :java: and take my tour...
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That is for sure, Fafnir! The nurses actually run the show!
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They always have my friend.....
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"Hellooooo Nurse"
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Cheers
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Groan Moan Argh
Time to get underway with a new day. But TGIF! So a ray of sunshine peeks from that cloud!
Still feels all ARGH :coffee3: :phfft: :panic: :yeow:
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Good morning!
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mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be slow smoked brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Meatloaf RIP
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Good Morning to all...another day...another 1 degrees...but at least it's above 0 today...
I'm a huge Meatloaf fan as many know. Love his music. Linda and I went to two Meatloaf Concerts in our younger days...well....Not young young but middle age young....if that makes any sense LOLOL...
Before I was told to layoff using headsets and earphones his music was my "Lullaby" music...
Now to grab a :java: and take a tour...then I've got to head out since I have a lot of projects to finish...right Aelin LOLOL....
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I don't know what is in the air today but I just read that Comedian Louie Anderson has died after a battle with blood cancer. He was 68.
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As I get older all of my contemporaries are dying off. Our generation had the coolest musicians, the coolest actors and comedians and now one by one they are leaving this earth. The day I hear Justin Bieber on a classic rock station I know that I will be getting too damned old.
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As I get older all of my contemporaries are dying off. Our generation had the coolest musicians, the coolest actors and comedians and now one by one they are leaving this earth. The day I hear Justin Bieber on a classic rock station I know that I will be getting too damned old.
Too RIGHT
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here here
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on they are having a crawdad boil with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning.. too cold to work yet...Nice little ice storm rolled in and out.
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Good morning
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Good Morning to all....
You know the world is going tipsy topsy when the South gets more snow then the Midwest :thud:
They say we are getting "Flurries" today but that won't help the farmers in the Spring....I've only had my Snowjoe out twice this season....the rest of the time it was pushbroom or shovel since is was less than an inch.
Anyway....Cleaned the coffee pot out yesterday with Vinegar and now it runs like a charm and the coffee tastes GREAT.... :java: Ahhhhhh
Morning Aelin, and Noshoba...and thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
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Good morning from sunny Pennsylvania, US. It's 12°F (-11°C) but I'll take the sun over the clouds.
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We have a heat wave going on...it's 17 degrees but they say snow is a coming....but as mentioned...just a dusting....but then again...these are weather "Forecasters" that I'm listening to ..... so their idea of a "Dusting" could be "under a foot" :thud:
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My days and nights are getting turned around. I didn't get to sleep until noon today and got up at 5:00 PM. That is rough on the body but I have been getting some artwork done. My new avatar for example is actually a self portrait.
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i ain't showing no self portrait. Scare everyone off, it would!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried snapper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I hope Noshoba has not been captured by the infamous Church Ladies™. Cold continues here.
When I talked to my brother in Florida yesterday he reported a cold wave: 65°F. It has warmed up here and might be above freezing for the first time in days.
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Good morning!
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Hello everyone!
May this day be sweet, sunny and pleasant.
Take care of yourself and your families!
:letusboogie:
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Nope not this time knight. But just got messaged by top dog in company is about 15 minutes and in Charleston to see me. Well about to see me at my worst.
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Still at laundry mat
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I usually go on Daz site daily or almost, even unlogged.
But today, all I obtain is "Error 502 Bad Gateway" :whatthe: Do any of you have that issue too?
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Oddly no. Still on there now.
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@SirKnight not certain what part of Fl you are referring to as yesterday was barely better the 54° and wet. Today is more of the grey skies and currently 45° the damp is on deck at the moment and the sky does not give one hope that it will be bright and sunny anytime soon. Ah, well it is Sunday and I have no need or desire to go anywhere plus I still have lots of books that I can read, now that I feel like reading again. Was most annoying being flat on your back and feeling wimpy as in so wimpy I didn't want to read .... :thud: :whatthe:
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Greetings earwenM , I hope that your day is the same!
Noshoba, best of luck. Sounds like you may need it.
J, I think it's south of Cape Canaveral. Predicted high for today is 62 °F.
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J you ought to be over here on the coast it is sunny breeze blowing kinda chilly but still a nice day according to the weather weenies it will be 67 or so which aint to bad
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I usually go on Daz site daily or almost, even unlogged.
But today, all I obtain is "Error 502 Bad Gateway" :whatthe: Do any of you have that issue too?
I don't have the issue, either, Aelin. Sounds like a local problem.
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Since earlier I was able to see the site. But there wasn't not move where I look in their forum, when usually the main topic I look for is updated by several members long before I look in :lostme:
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Still gray as :soapy: currently 46° and breezy (8mph) technically no rain predicted, just looks like it
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Good Morning to all....
Now that I got all of my shoveling done....and I'm all showered up....I can relax. I didn't mind the shoveling and Snowjoeing.....but that -6 degree temp was brutal....and it was windy to boot.
Oh well....it's all done....
I'm thinking this may be Aarons last year with the Packers....and in my opinion...no big loss. Never one of my favorites....He's certainly not a Tom Brady....who I DO like....no matter what team he plays for.
I'm not much of a pro football fan so the outcome of the Super Bowl means little to me...but I DO love College football.
Anyway...time to buckle up and take a tour of our humble home...with :java: in hand....Thanks Fafnir...
And Aelin....Daz worked fine.....picked up a few things while I was there...good sale going on...The Great Grands will LOVE the items...guess what character the items are for LOLOLOL
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Bugga Boo of course :tearlaugh:
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Yes indeed....and now that Travis has a good laptop...I've got to convince him to let Taylor use it so she can create at her house and not just at friends houses or my house...
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How fun never got above 50° all day long. Ah well, better then having snow on the ground at least for this sissy
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Once I'm up I don't even check the temperature anymore....it's always DAMN COLD no matter how you cut it LOLOL
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In your neck of the woods yes
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shorts and T shirt weather till the sun went down here
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Just proves you lot are made of sterner stuff then I
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Once I'm up I don't even check the temperature anymore....it's always DAMN COLD no matter how you cut it LOLOL
Indeed. I've had a few days in the last week where the Celsius temp is lower than the Fahrenheit temp. That means lower than -40 as that's where the scales cross. Sucks.
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Mornin to you all Coffee cocoa and tea are ready there is plenty of spirits to add the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pulled pork and BBQ pork ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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Since some times, when looking for Teknology3d freebies, I have noticed their site seems offline. In fact since October or November. Error 404 or 403, depending of the url.
Does anyone know what happens, by any info on another forum?
http://www.teknology3d.com/market/index.php
:peek:
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Don't they have a store at Rendo? Would it work to send them site mail there?
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Last move of T3D at Rendo shows an activity in the middle of December 2020 - it was for a freebie (last entry in the store in May 2020). Since, nothing. And the bio still lists the site.
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Ah, yesterday I wasn't alone with Daz site issues :panic:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/545836/forum-problems
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All right which one of you lot decided to ice my windshield down this morning .... took 8 minutes before I could see out of the damn thing.
Granted when I got around to it and looked at the temperature on the phone it did say 34° so you might be off the hook.
Nonetheless ... don't do it again
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Hi J we had a little ice on the windshield and frost this morning too just be glad you didn't have enough ice to freeze your tires to the ground and yes it can happen
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J, you should ask to the nurse :iminnocent:
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Hi J we had a little ice on the windshield and frost this morning too just be glad you didn't have enough ice to freeze your tires to the ground and yes it can happen
One of the other guys in Osceola indicated that his windows were frozen as in he could not get them to open :thud: and the door was frozen shut on top of that bit of fun.
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well J we do got the ocean close to us and that makes a little difference when it comes to the temperature here sounds like your buddy had a crappy start to his day
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. It's warmer here today. I think coffee will get me going.
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Good morning!
Does anyone of you have an idea to save without a reparator a print? Because I was bent to add paper in the print (it was swalling the last page) and suddenly I saw the paper entering slowly to be printed. Wanting to look if I had a message... I found Giroflée staying quietly on the keyboard!
The paper has stopped in the machine, and a part is still inside. I can't see it at the exit way, nor at the entry side. It's just somewhere.
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Otherwise, not that I have many things to say about the work process I make for my images, but Zeus Fx has launched a topic about, for those eager to share tips.
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24733.0
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Finally found a way to open the printer (and nope, no manual online :sure: ), but it wasn't easy to do.
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Good Morning to all....
Another shoveling day yesterday....but it was light and fluffy so it didn't take long.....but Lorna had a Doctors Appt and then we decided to get whatever we had to get done ..... done....since today was going to be brutal....and believe me....it is....
Right now it's -7 but.....For the first Wind Chill Advisory through this morning, bitterly cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero. For the second Wind Chill Advisory this evening through Wednesday morning, bitterly cold wind chills of 20 to 30 below zero.
Anyway...we got a lot done and no need to go out today at all....
Hope all are doing good today....
Does your printer have a reverse key or a reverse command Aelin...that normally works for me.
Good Morning Sir Knight....and Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.....and "J"...With Climate change is in full swing......you'll have to purchase a snowblower pretty soon :java: Ahhhhhh
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What brand is the printer Aelin?
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Was their paper stuck in there?
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No reverse key or command; sure I loved that on the previous old lady.
It's a Canon, because when I tried a hp, it was only when the thing wanted to work and only when I was turned on on the web...
Papers given with the machine are only to start with, and the urls connected to the machine no longer working.
It's the after sale service of a french company, for another Canon printer, that allowed to find the solution. But machines being so different (ink isn't placed above, but on the side) on the front, there are too on the back. And you have to pray for not :explode: the thing
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Yup....they make them different and then some.
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WOW what a day y'all be having. Jherrith, I remember 44 below 0°F. In the Ozarks. 1/2" of solid ice sheet covering my 68 Galaxie 500. Blew out a tire, broke a spring, missed a couple days of work. Pretty mean ice storm. It was also beautiful!
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OH! um, might be getting to go home Monday! :happydance:
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that's great news McG now remember to do as your doctors say and no more cheat days take care of yourself
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Mornin to you all coffee coco and tea are ready biscuits and bacon too for later on the girls will be serving slow smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings tater wedges too
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Like the song says . . . Let It SNOW, let it SNOW, LET IT SNOW!
It's a quarter of six A.M., 20°F, slight breeze and it is SNOWING! :yeow:
The forecast dropped from 3" to 6" to about 1" for the day.
I wonder what's for breakfast?
:lostme: :OMFG: :whatthe: :java:
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Yeah I know, 20F is pretty warm for TL and PDG ;o)
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Good morning!
For breakfast, McG? It's simple: ice cream! :tearlaugh:
Glad to read you have chances to be back home Monday.
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Well, in my neck of the woods we be getting it all as rain the annoying spitting drizzle type of rain, with light wind granted it is warmer today as in 53° :sigh:
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Actually some ice cream sounds nice, Aelin! But they just brought me a Western style Omelet, V8 Juice, cottage cheese and coffee!
Not so bad at all! :java: :feelgood: :thumb_up: :shock: :viking: :explode:
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J., our rain is coming as pretty white flakes of that cold stuff!
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OH! um, might be getting to go home Monday! :happydance:
Good news indeed....Now I'm thinking that telling you to "BEHAVE" will not be necessary for a while LOLOL
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Good Morning to all....
All I can say about todays weather is....All Schools are closed...many businesses are closed...and many cars won't start....and it has nothing to do with SNOW.... :thud:
I may go out to pick up the mail just to get the SUV going...but that's all I'm doing....
I don't even have any birds on the feeders nor cats at my doorsteps.....
Anyway.....I'll be needing a couple pots of :java: Fafnir....but I'll start with a :java: First...
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J., our rain is coming as pretty white flakes of that cold stuff!
You are welcome to keep them :tearlaugh:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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Good morning, Fafnir and Aelin. I hope the day goes well for both of you.
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I hope it's a pleasant day for you as well.
We have plenty sun since the morning.
And cats are fully sleeping. Only one had a "dream" a moment ago.
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Oops, I'm late! But that's ok, I made it by. :happydance:
Good Evening, one and all!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib and homemade chili with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Cold this am. I'll take a C&C
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Cold for us that do not like it below 70° :tearlaugh: so in other words this 53° with the misty rain is not on my list for 6:00 AM getting ready to do the work thing.
Coould be much worse by all means and am grateful that it is not, time for the rest of these breathing meds, apparently my asthma has returned since I fought off the virus, ... how cute ... nope that was sarcasm.
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Good morning!
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Good Morning to all.....
Had a very busy day yesterday so no time for the net....
Talked to my Brother in RI and they'll be getting pounded pretty good with the next Nor'easter coming up. I've been through MANY of those growing up in Newport...and they are NOT FUN. But he is prepared....got meals all made up that don't need cooking and at the complex they live in...they have emergency generators for their rec rooms in case the power goes out...
Another cold day here but NOT as cold as the past couple of days....they were wicked....
But life goes on....and that means I've got a :java: in hand and ready to see what is what and who is where. Good chatting with you last night Fafnir...
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I hope outside cats are fine
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They were all here for Breakfast...Blacky and McGruff spend time in the shelter I got them....My neighbor Don said the others stay in his Great Grandkids playhouse that has straw in it and has a roof and only has two entrances...
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Rye without the coffee please. Today is my 3rd birthday in lockdown. No singing, no dancing, no restaurants, no bars, no nightclubs, no private gatherings over 5 persons, and the list goes on. I'm getting a little long in the tooth and haven't a lot of birthdays left and this is getting tiring. More rye please. I've finished that one already. The damn liquor store doesn't open for another 4 and a half hours yet. Too shaky to roll this morn so I have to lay off the coffee for a bit.
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Hands PDG a bottle of rye happy birthday!!
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready plenty of Rye Rum and Bourbon to add to coffee. Tis' a bit chilly here. The girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and got a nice warm fire going. for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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First off Happy Birthday. Not sure where you are at to be still in lockdown.
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Good morning!
Happy Birthday PDG :peek:
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Good Saturday Morning to all....
Happy Birthday PDG....Gotta check my Birthday List to make sure your on it.
Not to bad out there today...6 degrees but no wind....That's like Spring Weather....
But our East Coast folks are going to get pounded.
In the late 70's early 80's I worked at the Newport News Shipyards, VA ...Snow was a rarity. One time they got an inch of snow...and folks panicked and next thing you know....No shovels of any kind were left in the stores. But...it was so light that Linda and I could sweep it off with brooms... :thud:
Anyway...it's the start of another day...so off I go with :java: in hand...Thanks for the :java: Fafnir and Good Morning Aelin and Noshoba....
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I hope everyone is doing fine today. May the day bring warmth to those who need it and grant a cool breeze who are in warmer climes.
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Tis not warm today in my neck of the woods, granted some will call what is going on here warm ... as in warmer then what they have to deal with ...
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Wishing PDG a very pleasant birthday! I'll share a taste of that Rye with ye! (but just a taste)
We were in the teens last night. Daylight saw the temp rise a lot. Already at 50F, clear blue sky, humidity in the teens.
And to the rest of you NOT sitting on a cushion.... Good Morning!
And the same to them that are!
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Still in the 40's here ... plus wind, WTF ... translates into "brrrr" for me
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we got wind and 46 here but the sun is shining Yea!!!
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Happy Birthday PDG
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Thanks all.
Noshoba I'm in Toronto ON. My lockdown restrictions will end Monday with half capacity and vaccine certificates starting up. At the start of the pandemic I set up a lot of remote studios for musicians to broadcast from and beat the restrictions but nothing beats live music with an audience of like minded souls. I haven't been in a bar or seen a live act in literally years. I managed to catch a few friends for a record release (yep 12 inch vinyl) two days after the first case was detected here and about a week before the first lockdown.
Hell the first Federal lockdown my building caught fire. Took me two days to get my broken (by the FD) door put back on the hinges. I had no lock for almost a month and two years on I am still waiting for the new fireproof door they finally measured for back in September.
My man Ed dropped by this morn bright and early, 40 pounder (40oz) of Creek in hand. His wife wouldn't let him hang though.
Time to get a refill and scan the Ottawa traffic cams again. The fools on the Hill. Great entertainment.
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I heard about Ottawa :yes:
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PDG . Toronto was one of my favorite cities to visit back in day when I lived across the lakes in Rochester.
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Mornin to you all Hands PDG a steaming mug with C&C Coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Thank you sir. I'm a little crusty around the edges this morn. No one around to pace me yesterday. That's always a bad thing. There isn't a whole lot of that 40 pounder left.
Noshoba; I've been to Rochester on more than a few occasions. Saw a lot of Grateful Dead shows there in the 70's and 80's.
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Good Sunday morning!
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is rather chilly out 31 is what it says but sun is up so should warm up a bit guess Kianna is keeping J warm
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Nice try but she is never around here, she feels that Luffie is suffering much more from the cold weather then I so she is always by his side snuggling and keeping him warm.
BTW we have 35° F in my neck of the woods ...
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Morning...off to Richmond.. current temp 29.
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J! Seriously man, those are KITTENS in TL's lap . . . NOT ol snakeheads!!!
(yuk yuk yuk!)
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J! Seriously man, those are KITTENS in TL's lap . . . NOT ol snakeheads!!!
(yuk yuk yuk!)
Rubbish Miss Kianna is not around here so she must be snuggling next to him
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Made it up to 50° today and this time no crazy ass wind to go with it, so the afternoon actually was tame and doable.
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So weather wise it has been nice if not a little chilly here today. I don't know if everyone is aware or not but since October I have been in and out of the hospital due to both Covid and a bacterial infection in my legs that nearly caused the doctors to amputate them in November. I am currently experiencing another flare up of the infection and may have to go back into the hospital if we cant get it under control with medication. If I suddenly go quiet on you at least you will know what happened. Just thought I should let you all know.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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All right who is sharing this silly 36° weather with me ... I want to cancel the subscription and oh by the way the frost ... thick frost by the way ... on the windshield you can have that back too.
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Good morning!
Zeus Fx, I hope all will be fine for you and that infection will stop to annoy you.
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Zeus Fx i will keep you in my prayers hope you get better soon
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Zues wish you the best. J behappy to send the current 26 here in Richmond.
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didn't see no frost here J but kinda chilly not to bad tho bout 40
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All right who is sharing this silly 36° weather with me ... I want to cancel the subscription and oh by the way the frost ... thick frost by the way ... on the windshield you can have that back too.
That's what happens when one makes false "Kianna" claims...Keep it up and you'll find permanent icicles forming on your nose....
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I checked by curiosity. Today we have 43°F.
I never thought one day it would be warmer than Florida :tearlaugh:
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it will warm up shortly it is 43 now
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Good morning, Fafnir, Aelin and TL(!).
Zeus FX, we will be praying for you as well.
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Good Morning Aelin, Zues, Fafnir, Noshoba and that troublemaker "J"......
Had a very busy day yesterday and I like my "No Computer" days....as do my eyes....
Hope your meds and legs can fight off the Bacterial Infection Zeus.....Passing Positive Vibes your way....
Good Morning Aelin....Now you have me checking my temperature this morning....and it's 15 degrees... That's like a Heatwave compared to the last few days temps. I guess we'll be getting up to 23 before the end of the day.
My brother ended up with 19" of snow and 50 MPH winds....
Anyway....I'm grabbing a :java: Fafnir and seeing what is what and who is why
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Good Morning Sir Knight.....
I see where you might be getting a wee bit of weather in the upcoming days....Blame my weather report on Good Morning America LOLOL....
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Heading out for a bit...gotta get cat food, bird food and now I have to add Squirrel food to the list...that crazy squirrel I have will go out on a limb for food.... :iminnocent: :java:
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Good morning!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning everyone. I want to thank you all for your well wishes. I have been fighting this problem for far too long now. My last hospital trip at one point they had three IVs in me at one time. Over the course of my 11 day stay there they stabbed my arms with needles a total of 87 times and my stomach 33 times. I don't care if I ever see another needle again. Any well wishes are greatly appreciated.
On another note, I feel as though I am overwhelming you guys with new artwork. I do this stuff professionally. I work as the art director for Alliance Publications out of Georgia. (I live in Missouri. Not only do I telecommute but so do all the guys that work in my shop. I have guys in California, Oregon and Utah.) As a production artist, I tend to work fast. The art that I am posting up is just my play pieces. I work on two webtoon series and do a lot of the in house graphic work for the books that get published through us. On an average I am working on artwork 15 hours a day. I notice that a lot of people here don't post on a daily basis and I feel a bit self conscious that I do. I hope no one minds. Trust me I am not posting up even a third of the art that I do just for my own enjoyment. If it's a problem just let me know and I will back off.
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No worries Zeus. Some of me has a muse that loves vacations, and is frequently elsewhere. Sometimes I have a great idea but not the talent to pull it off. Most times it's just too silly for the contest requirements. Then there's motivation, an interesting word I hear a lot. 8 )
For my part? poste as much as you like, I enjoy them.
Cheers
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post all you want Zeus i do enjoy your work my muse has run off to the south pacific islands
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The Fantasies Attic exists for all us "Artists". Whether actual or wannabe! The owners do seem to love all the art we post, and as you have seen TheLufias encouraging us TO post art, why enjoy your daily limit neighbor.
I empathize with your hospital stay Zeus. I just got home yesterday afternoon from a 6 week visit to VA Hospital/Acute Rehab from major surgery.
Insulin 5 times a day and heperin 3 times a day, plus all the cussable finger sticks! They don't do IV in rehab but did use my PICC in my arm.
Then I did therapy twice a day. I slept real good too!
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Hi Zeus!
Post as many as you wish. One of the rules for the gallery is maximum of 5 a day, so you have room :yesway:
It happened to me to post almost daily during a while, but currently I'm trying to modelize more stuff, then find the way to push myself for textures. I love to texture props, but I became lazy for that :tearlaugh:
Yet, when I make my images for (short) stories, it can happens I render several in a day. Depends of the muse and the envy I have to work on in a block.
Wizzard, even if silly for the contest, you can still post in the regular gallery :ifonly:
Fafnir, do you think if we send the nurse to take her back, your muse will accept?
And Zeus showed us his work station. It worth to take a peek on
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24745.0
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Hey McG! How was the welcome made by your babies?
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried snapper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Looking forward to more posts from you, Zeus.
It's back to the office for me today after a month of work-from-home. As a bonus, they've added a 30 to 40 minute walk to get to the building. Added on to the hour commute, something to anticipate. :shrug:
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Good morning!
Remind me of the time where I had to go on my feet at job. 30 to 40 minutes, depending of mornings. It was that or the public buses, where everyone is close to everyone, and finally with the traffic and all bus stops you had at least for 20 minutes to be in; not counting the waiting and the 5 additionnal minutes to end the road on feet.
The harder part was to go back at home on feet too the afternoons.
Happy "Chandeleur"! It's crepes day :yes:
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Aelin, once they were over the shock of seeing me come through the front door, I have them as new body parts it seems! They did not hate me at all!
Mogwai is laying on my desk right now. Rolled to his back tummy up :o)
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Good Morning to all......
Took a "Computer Off" day yesterday and rearranged the Living Room to make it more "Kitty Friendly" Now they have a little more room to get into trouble.
I'll be in here for a wee bit today. Lorna has one Appt this morning and two this afternoon..and it's 12 degrees out so I can't make her walk to them LOLOL (Not that she would even if it was 60 degrees)....
Will try to get back in this afternoon.
I do no miss any of that commuting Sir Knight. When I traveled for the Company that was my worst thing about the trips....The Traffic, the rudeness, and most of all...the idiocy of some drivers LOL...
Why such a long walk to the office?
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You have to take the habits for "glue-cats" McG :tearlaugh:
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Good Morning Aelin, McG, Zeus, Fafnir, and pdg
I'll have a coffee with a little coffee in my coffee Fafnir :java: Ahhhhhh
Looks like Phil said we have more Winter Weather ahead of us. Right now in WI we are 15.6" below normal for snow fall. Not good at all for the farmers...but the outside cats and I are kinda happy about it.
Had to rearrange my Curios so the kittens had more room to play and didn't keep bumping into them. Betty Boop, the Faes and Fantasy Critters all appreciated that...as did the Kittens. But what a process....LOL
Glad to see your back home McG....I'll be checking up on you often to make sure you're behaving LOL...
And now to take a quick tour to see what is what and why is who....
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Good MORNING to all! It is 18°F out there and SNOW everywhere! My Bro in Law came out and swept off the new wheelchair ramp, and nurse should be here by noon. I got up at 7:30 and got the boys some breakfast and fresh water, then made me my first bowl of doctored up ramen noodles in MONTHS! Oh boy was that hot meal good. :) The pasta sauce and veggies with 'pasta' (noodles). DeeeLICIOUS! :feelgood: :yippee: :crazysmile:
I tell ya folks, it feels great being HOME again. Even if the whole house has to be rearranged a bit, it is great being HOME! I am kinda paraphrasing Dorothy's lines a bit huh? "There's No Place Like HOME!" SO True!
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Well we're in February now. That is the actual start of Winter, right? I expect the decades long setting of the weather pattern to hold up. IF it does, then expect some places that normally get hammered by snow to get less, and the places that get little to none to get lots of it. :sno3: :whattodo: :sure:
Sooo we all just gotta grit our teeth and bear it. Cause whatever does come at us, well, that's what we got! Yeah I am copping the WIZZ's stance there! LOL! Hey it works!
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Yes, we are definitely in February. Still attempting to get my land legs under me after spending so much time in the rack. Went to VA to see about a Covid retest and got informed that the CDC says "don do dat", so no retest. Nice that I just talked to my doctor - couldn't see him as I tested positive when I did get that bloody test. Clean bill of health but he is sending some antibiotics as a have a cough that he wants to get under control.
I have COPD but it doesn't cause a lit of coughing.
Other than that, feeling a lot better. Still thinking about more PanzerGirl renders with perhaps a side order of WWII type cheesecake pinups. Haven't really checked on the monthly contest that much as I've been floating around a lot of sites just to pass the time. Now ready, I think, to get back into the swing. Or as much as I can.
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Ah the fun of a new phone :duh:
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Hello guys. It's a bad day for me. Last night a fever kicked in so I lay there for six hours shivering. It broke around 9:00 this morning but I am wiped out. I don't even have the energy to move. Hopefully tomorrow will be better
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Hope you feel better soon Zeus
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I seem to be OK today. I chased the house around in my wheelchair, made me 3 meals! Saw my home care nurse for the 'admit' visit this morning. And watched as she worked over my {ISSUES CENSORED}. It feels great to get into the swing of things. The things today were in the grey zone of worry and unknown. Now known and done with no worries! Yaaay! Right now I am shivering me timbers! One weather site says it is 10°F and another says it is 12°F. Heck that difference don't matter, it is freaking COLD out there . . . and damn chilly in HERE! BRRRR! I use Puffs with Lotion and my nose still hurts! All that lovely snow we got is still out there, but safely in the yard, not on the ramp. Looks like I got home in the nick of time. Was in T-shirt and shorts for that but need a parka now!
I am REALLY enjoying a hot coffee right now. :shiv: :sno3: :java: :java: :java:
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Hello guys. It's a bad day for me. Last night a fever kicked in so I lay there for six hours shivering. It broke around 9:00 this morning but I am wiped out. I don't even have the energy to move. Hopefully tomorrow will be better
Been there done that brother! Yeah tomorrow really can be a better day for you. Get your electrolytes down, any way you can. I enjoy orange juice, V8 Juice. Tomato Juice, Tomato SOUP too! Full of vitamin C and other goodies too.
Just be sure to take care of yourself, ok? We all love having new friends here, and want em to feel great as possible!
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Hey Dreamer! What kinda new phone you get? One year ago I got me an Android 10 phone. And I am now comfortable with it, but sometimes its behavior befuddles me. THAT is because of *GOOGLE* though, dammit! This one is an LG Stylo6. Near 7" diag screen, octal core processor, 64 gigs blah blah blah. It is a decent phone. Great camera and pics, Plays music and vids great too!
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Zues hang in there. McG I have had 3of those. Goodphones take careof it like a grandkid though. LG no longer makes cell phones.
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Hey Dreamer! What kinda new phone you get? One year ago I got me an Android 10 phone. And I am now comfortable with it, but sometimes its behavior befuddles me. THAT is because of *GOOGLE* though, dammit! This one is an LG Stylo6. Near 7" diag screen, octal core processor, 64 gigs blah blah blah. It is a decent phone. Great camera and pics, Plays music and vids great too!
Its just a newer version of the Samsung Galaxy I had, only reason I ended up with a new phone is that Faelan's was acting up and it was cheaper and easier for me to get a new phone and give them my old one
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
It's a cloudy sky we have, and cold but not as much as you.
Alas, it's also one of those days where you learn there are 2 more abandoned dogs around. One apparently since the beginning of this week. The second since this morning. Big dogs, shy also. The only good news for them: they became friends and were together around midday. They left together for another part of district but if one is around since days, then he probably made the full turn more than once. Services know about them, but there are many dogs abandoned in the département (bad excuses to do that), I'm not sure about their future :sigh:
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COFFEE! :java: ! Good morning Fafnir! Thanks for being here, you and the girls!
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Good Morning Aelin! Sorry to hear about the abandoned dogs. Better they get adopted soon.
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Good MORNING *ATTIC* !!! :happydance:
It is +7°F here in the good ol High Plains / Top O Texas area. We have Snow, it's everywhere! Just can't miss it. It is simply blankety blank blank COLD! I left a foot out from under the quilt last night, I like to have froze all over dad gummit! It will be Saturday before temps get above freezing at all, and it is still snowing out there. We go the whole summer and it don't rain but one solitary time. We done had three snows now since the New Year rang in. And the third ain't finished up yet. Umm mm mmm (shakes head in mock shame)!! What a mess. We get to see a big fat 0°F tonight. No need for the + or - on that one!
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Good Morning to all.....
I had all intentions of getting back in here yesterday but after Lornas Appointments we had to go and get her new meds, which weren't ready....so we stayed out and took a ride to Albany to see my Sister in Law and then to Brodhead to visit my great niece and great great neice....and finally the meds were ready....well, all but one....so we still had to wait for meds...
Hope you get to feeling better Zues.
Good to hear things are going well for you Mc-G and that you are behaving yourself.....
I've got a Samsung Galaxy also Dreamer...I believe it's 8 Years old now. Never had a problem with it. They keep bugging me to get a new phone but mine works fine and I hardly ever take pictures with it unless it's the kittens and Oz and the camera works great. And...I have no need for 5G.....I don't watch crap on the phone...nor do I play games....It rings..I answer...It beeps for a text..I read it.
It's a shame folks just let their pets go when they don't want them Aelin. That's how I ended up with my outside cats......and our 3 adorable, feisty, fun loving terrors LOLOL....
We woke up to 3 degrees McG...but just went out a few moments ago to bring in the garbage bins and it was a whole 7 degrees...woohooo...going to be a heat wave today.
Morning to you also Noshoba....hope your day is a grand one....
There...I think I got everyone covered...except for Fafnir....Make it a double :java: my friend....and I'll give you a call later today....
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The NOAA Local page is telling us -2 now for our low tonight. :nopanic;
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LOL....I stop checking the weather after 9AM..... When it's below O it's cold...no matter what the minus number is :tearlaugh:
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according to what it feels like when i took Molly out a bit ago it is round 75/76* here
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:nopanic;
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Got to 81° this afternoon ... yep not complaining ... :tearlaugh:
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I try not to check the temperature anymore.....especially when I see birds staring at squirrels and their fur coats with envy :java:
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And the sqwerls staring back with envy at the birds feathers. !! :nopanic;
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Good morning, Attic! It is 2:12 am and NOAA local wx pg tells me it is ONE degree Fahrenheit. I am going back to bed. It's warm there!
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Good morning all. It is 4:49 AM here and it has been snowing for the last 10 hours strait here. First real big snow we have had. Considering there is a nice layer of ice underneath everything it's going to be interesting on the roads this morning.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings plenty of fresh butter for dipping and tater wedges
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for those who got to be out in snow and ice be careful may you have a great day
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Good morning!
Only rain today here, and we shouldn't go above 49°F.
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Nice weather y'all in France and Florida! We are at -01°F here at the moment. I gotta run (roll!) to kitchen and get coffee n breakfast going. Too bad I ain't near enough to Fafnir for some of his great vittles! Sure sounds good to me! BUT.gonna be a busy Friday here. Got both wound care nurse first, then this afternoon Occupational Therapy. Which I was not told about a forehand :psycho:. Grrr! Unexpected guests. Of the (ehem!) variety methinks. SPYING!
Yessir and report back to the bill payer MEDICARE. "Oh WE gots the RIGHT!" Like frikkin hell ya do! :rat-atat: :CLINTE:
Anyways....
GOOD MORNING WORLD!
THere, that's better! :happydance: :java: :tearlaugh:
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OK yeah I know . . . BEHAVE! Be nice to all the nurses. UGH. Yessir!
Being Nice AYE AYE Skipper!
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Oops, just dropped to 0°F !
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Good Morning to all.....
Let's see....Temp....it's damn cold...
McG...Better check your place for Mics and Hidden Vid Cams :nopanic; But behaving and eliminating the need to report anything bad back works also....
No snow here....the latest storm missed us completely...again...
Thankfully I have nowhere to go today...at least...not at the moment LOL....With Lorna, one never knows
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir and good chatting with you last night....even if I late calling LOLOLOL...
Good Morning Aelin.....
And now to see what is what and who is where and why with :java: in hand.......Ahhhhhh
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Morning all, eh I would just about welcome some of the cold you are all getting right now. Its just on 7 am here and its all ready at 22c with lots of low cloud cover so nice and muggy. Apparently its meant to get up to at lest 29c with a bit of rain likely :fainting: I am thinking the half empty chest freezer is going to start looking very good as a place to spend the day
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One reason why I don't mind Winter all that much....I can always dress for the cold....but can only undress so far "Legally" for the Heat......
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TL, already had the one nurse visit this AM, now expecting the Occupational Therapist at 3:30 pm. Bleah! Pthththth! Boo Boo Hiss Hiss!
Ah ok, I shaddup now. I ain't met em yet. Hmpfh! :noway:
I do love having BadMoonRYZEN in front of me again! Ohh I missed this near as much as I missed my boys, and they are right here beside me! Sleeping happily away! There's a new update to ZBrush again, I best run get it! :D
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The Therapist is the one you want to really behave for....they have ways of making it painful while they try to convince you it's for your own good :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Ain't that the everlovin' Truth! ;o)
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You got that right. I think some of the "therapists" I had took lessens from the University of Aschwitz. In any case, feeling a good bit better. Still waiting on meds to be delivered. Connie has laid down the law on what I can do so I have to stay comfortably warm and try not to overdue it.
. . . . . and the problem with that is???????
Just put in an order for groceries at local Wallyworld. Will go out to pick up on the morrow. Already been informed(?) ordered NOT to get out of car. No Problem. Temps here in Killeen are hovering around low fifties - high forties. 'Cept at night and I don't want to get into that. Even the critters don't want to go out.
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Yup...When I slid under the SUV and damaged my knee a couple of Winters ago...the pain in the knee was a LOT LESS then the pain I had to deal with for 4 weeks of therapy LOLOL....but I must say...I never had any problems with the knee ever since..
And you better BEHAVE....we all know how hard that is at times...especially when told to do so.....
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Unless perhaps you lot would prefer :kianna: version of PT :heeheehee: she would be ever so happy to oblige
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:OMG: What a nightmare!
Good morning! It was a foggy morning here, but now it's plenty of sun.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir and Aelin. I can finally see the sun after days of just grey, rain and snow. :happydance:
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Morning... Notifies are a little wonky.
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Good morning to all.....
Another chilly start to the day.... -4 right now but we'll be having winds gusting to 30MPH all day so it will feel a lot worse for those who are going outside....which I'm not going to be one....
Did all of our running around yesterday....
Anyone watching the Olympics? I see some more of US team have tested positive for Covid...though they were fine when they got there. Personally....I've not watched much of it. I've got Peacock and I do like the figure skating, speed skating, curling, snowboarding and skiing events because they have a lot of Wisconsinites on those teams....and even then I only watch when the Wisconsinites are scheduled for the events....
Anyway....Time to get started doing something because I have "Do Something" marked on my calendar :java:
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windy and cooler here grey cloudy skies but will be ok
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I bet you're still wearing shorts..... :yesway:
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Yep, windy, cooler, well only 60° so not to bad at all, very thick and grey clouds with a touch of threatening appearance in this part
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And I already know what you're probably wearing.... :nopanic; :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Currently a pair of jeans ye ole wizened one, since I have not gone outside as of yet. The house is comfortably warm.
Now stop spying or :kianna: is going to be cross.
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ACK! :yeow:
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Had to go and wash my eyes out with soap again....stings like hell...but better then going blind :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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shorts and T shirt here jeans i don't have a pair that firs anymore
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Have woken up to rain and for now blessedly cool. Just hope it doesn't turn into a steam house later
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Had to go and wash my eyes out with soap again....stings like hell...but better then going blind :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
we got eye bleach for that ya know it don't burn either
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Yep, take a look here for the "special eyebleach"
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?action=tportal;sa=download;dl=cat65
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:sigh: Much ado about someone that will never harm a soul
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but the snaketacles will
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"ehem" She controls them, they do not have free will and they are tentacles nothing more complicated as you imply
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made sourdough biscuits and crispy bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ ribs with all the fixings sweet tater wedges too
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Good morning!
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Morning... Hopefully won't fall asleep like yesterday lol
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Good morning. Still 18°F but another sunny day here. Lots and lots of :java: please Fafnir or I'll join Noshoba is hoping that I'll stay awake.
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Knight whenca 64 oz coffee mug fails ..you know you were worn out. Or I just maybe immune lol.
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No way to get more rest? I'm sleepy / tired because I have trouble staying asleep.
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:ifonly: A good way to enter in our gallery. That, or to be chased by the nurse for she does experiments on you :ifonly:
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Will answer that shortly
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Ok took a few minutes....not sure the anklebiters would approve. They are always willing to give free haircuts lol
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Reminds me of Sakura and the Japanese doll in Konohana Kitan
Only because she has scissors mind you
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Actually that is one of my favorite anime lol. Although Akame no Kill probably fkts better. A certain manga is the true inspiration. A little red riding hood hunting werewolves with them.
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:rain-rain: We have rain again! Normally I don't like rain but after the last few days of hot and muggy I am glad to see it as its cooling things off for a bit
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So you are the thief ... it has been only looking like it wants to rain .... still nothing
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So you are the thief ... it has been only looking like it wants to rain .... still nothing
Sorry, wasn't intentional. I am sure the cat would be happy if I sent the rain back to you, she has been whinging about how its too wet to go outside
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glad you are getting some rain and are cooler Dreamer
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Sorry, wasn't intentional. I am sure the cat would be happy if I sent the rain back to you, she has been whinging about how its too wet to go outside
:tearlaugh: Poor kitty
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glad you are getting some rain and are cooler Dreamer
Thanks, it will probably go back to unbearably muggy this afternoon but for now its nice
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:tearlaugh: Poor kitty
hehe She'll live. Kitt just likes having something to complain about lol
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Yeah madam keeps thinking xhe theone ring/cat that rulesthem all. Lol
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Good Afternoon to all....
As you can see...I'm late getting in here....a very busy morning.... But now I can relax for a bit.
A very nice day out though. Temps in the mid 20's with some winds...but....didn't need the heavy coat or gloves when I went out earlier on. Hit our local shops....Piggly Wiggly, Pic n' Save, Farm and Fleet and Wally World. Now I'm worn out...and keep in mind...I didn't need ANYTHING.....it was "you know who" that needed stuff.
But she knows I'm busy on Saturdays with the site so she does wait till Sunday so all is good. Kids...no matter how old they are...they are still a PITA.....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...and yes...I see ol Snakehead is still loose....
Good Afternoon Aelin, Sir Knight, "J", Dreamer, Noshoba, Rad, DLL, and our 30 guests....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there is going to be smoked pork roast with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
It's plenty of sun today :happydance:
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Mostly cloudy and low 50's still looks like it wants to rain but wont :sigh:
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wind N NE 50* foggy/misting liquid sunshine
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Good Morning to all....
Busy morning thus far....and it's a very crisp morning out there....but the sun shall shine bright for most of the day.
So now I'll grab a :java: and see what is what....
Great coffee Fafnir....thanks
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And here it is a whole lot of drizzle
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Drizzle is a pain....I'd much rather have straight out rain or snow LOLOL
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Just looks like it wants to not even the mist crap at the moment ... in theory it is supposed to rain tomorrow but in the afternoon.
Believe that when I see it
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For those that have been wondering where M-C disappeared to...just got this from him today:
Hi Dan, been busy with a Discord Group as helper to the moderators. They are helping people that want to be writers and artist from the age of 13 to their 20s. The majority of them like Manga and Anime. Here is one of my pictures it is titled: I Saw Him First, Stay Away!" Hopefully I will get some time to drop by Fantasy Attic. Hope everyone is doing OK there.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Well, now this looks it might be fun "sarcasm alert" rain chances start at 52% @ 9 AM get all the way up to 94% @ 2PM and run in the 60-70% range all the way into tomorrow morning
Taking all bets now as to how accurate that is going to be :tearlaugh:
Going to be either a :rowrow: or :rainy: day or maybe a :whatthe: happened to all of the rain.
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Good morning!
When I was outside this morning, it was something like 28/30°F, chilly but not too much. It was probably worse in the night according the grass. We should go until 55°F today. Anyway, plenty of sun.
Thnak you for news about M-C, TL :peek: Glad to hear he is ok.
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Good Morning to all....
Tis a 19 degree morning moving on to a 40 degree afternoon. Or so they say. If that's the case then maybe the ground will thaw enough for me to pull the stakes holding the two remaining Christmas trees that I have to put away....
If not..then they can stay up till June or July. I don't light them up but I have three neighbors who still have their Christmas lights going every night LOL....
And now to see what is what and who is why and where is when with coffee in hand :java: Ahhhhhh
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I thought there were more than 4 people making magic by the past :whatthe:
Nobody more to enter Art Challenge (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24682.0) ?
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I thought there were more than 4 people making magic by the past :whatthe:
Nobody more to enter Art Challenge (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24682.0) ?
What art challenge?
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Seeing all of your weather reports I decided to do one for my area.
Tue 8 Feb thru Sun 13 Feb
low temps range 41 -46
High's 83 - 89
Humidity 3 - 7%
Partly Cloudy today, Sunny the rest of the week. :cmereJ:
Almost forgot ' Fire Danger High '. That line adds the drama to the forecaster's report.
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Not yet 7am here and its all ready 22c/71f, over cast with 100% humidity and probably drizzle
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Art Challenge was announced at the beginning of this year, justly by an announcement, which was sent on mailboxes by the forum. Follow the link you have answer of what it's.
But each Saturday we also choose winners with J and TL, and Art Challenge is one of the announced one with SAOTW and TOTW. And winners are in the left column of forum.
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I'll certainly try to submit something for the Art Challenge. It just slipped what's left of my mind.
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It would be magic for me to become creative in the next 6 weeks, sad to say. We'll see.
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hehe She'll live. Kitt just likes having something to complain about lol
Tattoo staged one of his running escapes, but skidded to a hard stop just before his nose hit the snow. He slowly walked back inside, door got shut and locked, and he just sat down, slow blinked and went "ROWRRR!" I just looked back at him and said I LOVE you Tattoo! He gave me another slow blink. Heh! I thought that when he first saw snow in his life that he'd love it. He went hauling ass out onto the porch, was halfway into the yard before he stopped. Then started hissing and spitting. And hopped back indoors, shaking his wet paws off on the way. LOL! So now when a blast of cold air greets him, he don't even think about getting out. :D
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Well I will post I had been working on since it fits lol
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Tattoo staged one of his running escapes, but skidded to a hard stop just before his nose hit the snow. He slowly walked back inside, door got shut and locked, and he just sat down, slow blinked and went "ROWRRR!" I just looked back at him and said I LOVE you Tattoo! He gave me another slow blink. Heh! I thought that when he first saw snow in his life that he'd love it. He went hauling ass out onto the porch, was halfway into the yard before he stopped. Then started hissing and spitting. And hopped back indoors, shaking his wet paws off on the way. LOL! So now when a blast of cold air greets him, he don't even think about getting out. :D
Hehe Kitt will do that when its raining really hard and the water is pooling by the door on the concrete.
Actually the other day she was doing the paw shake thing while deciding if she was in or out cause the concrete was so hot under foot
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The rain that was to start at 9 AM didn't show up till 11AM mostly just a steady drizzle but the temps dropped to the low 50's so not on the list of things to do voluntarily
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning! It's another plenty sunny day.
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Tis another day.....so I'll have a :java: right away....
Good morning boys and girls.....
Let me pull out my Magic Mirror to see who's logged in.....I see Aelin, "J", Rad, PDG, Nem, Steeleyes, Fafnir, Vash, Dreamer, Scouse, Mary, CalieVee, Agent, Wiz, DLL, Noshoba, McG, Sir Knight, Zues and oldeekdog......and our 196 Guests.....
Not sure what kind of weather day we shall have here. One station says cold and snow, the other says mild and rain, but neither said anything about SUNSHINE.... :thud:
That coffee was pretty darn good Fafnir .... I'll have another :java: Ahhhhhhh
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we finally got some sun today and a bit warmer here
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No sun here today and now they are talking about snow....which is in complete contrast to what they forecasted this morning :thud:
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WE got us a heatwave today, it was up in the 60's! :happydance: I turned the AC on for a bit to get comfortable again! LOL! I felt like it was time for some good ol Southern Comfort food. . . PIZZA! I called Dominos! :oD
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Ohhh 4 slices was too much. I slept so hard! Sheesh.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
One more sunny day in this part of world.
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Good day, everyone. It has been above 50°F for most of the sunlight hours today. I hope the rest of you are enjoying pre-Spring weather where you are.
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Well, very quiet in here. I hope everyone is OK.
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Well, very quiet in here. I hope everyone is OK.
Yep just too hot and sticky to do much
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doing ok just house re arrange day new couch
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morning nap
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That's a happy Molly!
Good morning guys! I'm here because I can, but don't expect to see me in my afternoon, except if I'm going fast in what I have to do.
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I'm around but quiet. Watching trucks try and surreptitiously move around the city in the pre-dawn.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Fafnir I love that pic of Molly in her bed. She's a very happy girl man! I got one of those tan beds, plus one similar to the one that tan one is in. But the boys rarely use them. They prefer the foot of my bed. Or even ME to sleep on! Failing that they are most often on the back of the couch snoozing. Yep Molly is even smiling a bit, isn't she? :o)
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Dreamer, I just realized that the Fire & Ice scene you posted has a frozen Other Side shown in the mirror! That is so Very cool! And whoever IS 'viewing' the scene with the Mage looking right at them is just out of sight in BOTH scenes. Quite a little mystery, it is! :D
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Good Morning folks! Hey Sir Knight, how are you enjoying the warm sunny days lately? Our Great Mother gave us a little break. Still have a few spits of snow hiding in the shadows, even with the temp at 60°F, clear sunny sky and very low humidity. I sit at the front window staring at my Jeep in the driveway. Cold and battery long dead. I want to go out and hook up the charger, but can't do even that at the moment. Yes, I WILL behave, and when I can safely do stuff again, I will. Not gonna happen overnight though. I have accepted that it really is going to take some time. And, I'd better let it take whatever time I need to heal.
Ahhhh, COFFEE! HUH?! Empty! BRB! ;o)
McG.
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NOAA Local WX is telling me we got a 30% chance of snow tonight, with temp at 27F for the low. It feels like snow now. !!!
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morning nap
Looks comfy and then some
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Good Morning to all.....
Missed a day in here yesterday.....Nothing exciting was done but felt good to get away from the screen for a bit. The ol eyes ain't what they use to be ya know.
And yes Mc-G....B E H A V E ....... You have folks stopping by now to help you out so you don't hurt yourself....
Love that shot of Molly Fafnir. I got one of the kittens relaxing but have to find it now. I "File" things right away now to stay organized....and you know when you organize anything...you never find it again unless you spend a day searching for it..... :thud:
Good Morning PDG....Ya...Saw some news shots of the truckers....and I'll leave it at that.
And Good Morning Aelin. I had all intentions of getting in here yesterday but the eyes were playing hell with me....Going in on Feb 22nd to get my annual Diabetes Eye Check up so we'll see what's up then. I can already predict the lecture I'll get but we shall see. Could be just a matter of new glasses. My vision last year didn't change enough to warrant a prescription change...
And now for a :java: and a tour....
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Dreamer, I just realized that the Fire & Ice scene you posted has a frozen Other Side shown in the mirror! That is so Very cool! And whoever IS 'viewing' the scene with the Mage looking right at them is just out of sight in BOTH scenes. Quite a little mystery, it is! :D
That image took about four days to pull together just on render time alone.
I posted this else where but you may not have seen it so I'll pop it here for you, a rough break down of Fire & Ice
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Fafnir I love that pic of Molly in her bed. She's a very happy girl man! I got one of those tan beds, plus one similar to the one that tan one is in. But the boys rarely use them. They prefer the foot of my bed. Or even ME to sleep on! Failing that they are most often on the back of the couch snoozing. Yep Molly is even smiling a bit, isn't she? :o)
McG, cats are te same here! Except during the moments where we are eating and in those cases, their cushions and all are accepted.
I said nothing about weather this morning, because it was rainy during the night. Then grey when the sun raised, yet with little signs he wanted to push the clouds. What he was able to do in the afternoon. But we had a cold wind :thud:
I went to the "braderie", flea market, or it doesn't matter exactly the name. I felt teh need to have a book in English at home, not just the Hamlet's Mill or Magicians of Gods. Finally opted for a pocket book, almost 700 pages in tiny writting. Perhaps J know: The Chronicles of Morgaine, by CJ Cherryh.
Dreamer, I think I never mixed so many images that way for an only result :panic: But the result worth the time passed on
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Dreamer, I think I never mixed so many images that way for an only result :panic: But the result worth the time passed on
I have never done such a complex mix before either lol, nor do I think I want to try it again.
But yes worth it in the end
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It is brilliant work and very effective, Dreamer.
McG, the warm sunny days have been a welcome relief as I have a 30 minute walk from my car to my office. However,
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Been having battery problems with the personal car and got with the neighbor who has a real battery charger and we were able to charge it up and start it .... pulled the positive terminal off the battery and it stay running which gives a warm and fuzzy on the fact that the alternator is working properly .... ran it for about hour and it even decided to start a second time. :whatthe: Should not be terribly traumatic .... when I take it to the auto parts place and have them pull out their fancy shit and test it fully.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pork chops with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning Fafnir. Joys of an early start.
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Good morning!
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Good morning, Fafnir, Noshoba and Aelin. Last warm day for a bit. Need to finish my work outside before.
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Mornin Nosh Aelin and Sir Knight hope you all have a great day filled with many blessings
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A windy day, with mixed sun and clouds. Glad to stay inside :yes:
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Good Morning to all....
Was up bright and early but had no net. Don't know why but magically it came back. Calling Spectrum about it is like dialing for dollars. I've never got nothing from doing that either LOLOLOL
Anyway...time to get busy.
Plus I have guest coming over SOMETIME today. Hate when they say "We'll be dropping by" and that's the end of the message :thud:
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You can still ask to Kianna to be with you today. Like that, they come, they see, they flee :tearlaugh: But sure to give a certain timing in the day helps a lot, specially if you you have to do something too in the day.
It seems we have micro cuts here today. I'm trying to send something to Mary, but I can't. It's stopping after 0,2% and trying alone to restart the process :panic: :nopanic;
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I can tell you this Aelin....when I use my VPN I bypass France....I have the worst time connecting with any of the listed connections (close to 70 and that's just Paris...Marseille has 66) my VPN has listed. It spins and spins and spins and I say the heck with it. I then go to Luxembourg which has 13 connections and connects with NO problems on all of their Connections LOLOL
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I'm not surprised at all :shrug:
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Well...got all the chores done that needed doneing so I'm out of here for a while. Gotta S, S, and S.... and see what else has to be done before Mel and the gang get here...
Be back later on...
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That image took about four days to pull together just on render time alone.
I posted this else where but you may not have seen it so I'll pop it here for you, a rough break down of Fire & Ice
Thanks for the breakdown image Dreamer! I have seen folks get all complex with masks and layers in Paint Shop Pro many times. I am one that won't attempt something if I don't understand it. Masking usually sits square on that button! LOL! I DO use layers constantly in both CS4/PS11 and PSP X. So many things just can't be done at all without multiple layers. I agree totally with everyone else about your work with F&I, it's just brilliant! :D
I hope to be able to stay UP more, at least in a chair, and be able to cobble some render scenes together now. I've been over my limit for patience now for so long, I wanna USE BadMoonRYZEN darnit! :D
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BUT . . . I WILL BEHAVE and mind my Doctor and Nurse Sherrie, I promise ya that.
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It is brilliant work and very effective, Dreamer.
McG, the warm sunny days have been a welcome relief as I have a 30 minute walk from my car to my office. However,
Y'all have an even warmer week than we are! Coolness!
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That was a nice visit with Mel, Pat and Shannon....and now Christmas is officially OVER....wooohooo. Got a great pair of winter gloves that are light but sure do keep the hands warm...
And now to finish off what was started this morning...with :java: in hand...since I was limited to my input thus far today....
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Finishing my day off with another "adult" beverage typically referred to as being from south of the border ... :tearlaugh:
Well, finally took the car to one of the auto parts places, and had them do the testing of the battery and charging system. Charging system passed with flying colors. The battery as expected or surmised ... not so very much .....
Had it running last night and it restarted last night, got up this morning ... nope, nada, can't help you. Put ye ole meter on it and what do I see 8 VDC not a good sign. Got it started with the neighbor help, he has one of the fancy battery charger things that could start a semi, anyway drove it to the auto place and they checked as mentioned granted it was not running long but when he told me to turn it off so his fancy tool could check the health of the battery it was down to 10 volts after running long enough to get the 14 volts I had last night.
The real eye opener was while standing there with the tester still connected you could actually see the voltage dropping. So yep not holding a charge to be polite.
Even more fun was I had them give me a jump start as they were quite busy and my neighbor had to get stuff for his truck and offered to change it out, the voltage showing on the battery when we got back out with the purchases and so forth had dropped down to 8 volts. Wow about thirty minutes in the store and lost another two volts. Granted I do not remember when that battery was replaced the last time but I do remember it and is well over maybe ... five years :ummm: ... I think
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J so buy a new battery and be done with the crap or it will leave you stranded in the worst way
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That has been my experience as well, J.
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Good morning guys! Plenty plenty sun, with a lot of wind too.
J, isn't because of the recent temperatures that your battery is going the bad side of the hill?
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning...no battle with the church ladies today. Didn't feel like crawling out of bedon such a drizzly day
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:ummm: You might want to read my post a bit more carefully, "my neighbor offered to help change it out" yes we did buy the battery ($160.00) while there and yes it did get replaced and yes I can now start and drive wherever and back without fear. Trust me up till yesterday I only started and drove a 20 minute jaunt to charge it up and never stopped anywhere during the drive because I did not trust it.
Now it is a different story, although since I typically only drive it on the weekends when I am off I might have to get in the habit of running it in the middle of the week to keep it exercised.
How cute we woke up to rain at 6:30 and it is now down to the sprinkling action, currently in the low 60' so that is not to bad, my body is starting to regulate its temperature a bit better, a week ago I was freezing at 60, today I am not crying about it granted the inside of my house is warmer then that but that is beside the point.
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@Noshoba :thumb_up: Yep getting up and dealing with the drizzling action is so not on the list of things to do, we have some of that fun going on here too.
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rained all night here and still a sloppy drizzle
good that you got a battery now you wont get stranded
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Didn't pay much attention to it if was raining last night I was having a fight with my muse trying to get back into rendering something ... anything ... even something lame ... still fighting with her this morning but seeing how it is still wet and drizzling we can stay inside and coax, cajole, or bribe her to be inspiring again.
It is either that or do taxes for the great thief in Washington .. oops sorry thieves
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Snowing here. It's been snowing most of the night. :sno3:
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Good Morning to all.....even Mr. Grumpy.....LOLOL
Right now we are at 5 degrees but windy so it feels MUCH COLDER...and I don't care...I'm not going ANYWHERE.
Nothing exciting going on today .... well ..... Mel and Shannon are coming back down since Mel forgot to bring something we ordered from Shannons Girl Scouts drive....She doesn't mind since she wants more driving time.
Anyway...Hope all have a great day. Just watched the USA get another gold medal. I won't spoil it by telling you who for those that are watching the games.
Now...Time for a coffee...Thanks Fafnir :java: Ahhhhhh
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:tearlaugh: Methinks there are some serious spammers out there that think we all live under a rock.
Why?
I have deleted from my spam folder no less then 12 emails all stating that my $25,000 settlement check has arrived
:thud: :tearlaugh:
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yea at the cost of how much??
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The sad thing is "J".....someone will fall for it.... :nopanic;
I love the one about my car warranty being expired. Hard to do on a leased car LOLOLOL
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Hard to do when I am semi-intelligent and do not fall for crap like that after having my identify stolen once and still have to file a PIN with the IRS every year.
Now it is time to take the kid gloves off ... I am in a :rat-atat: moment some low life owner and their mutt enjoys shitting right at my doorstep this is now twice in a week, and since I am out or just inside I will have difficulty finding out who is the culprit ... but let me tell you if I do there will be :rat-atat: to pay
And I really do not care about being civil or nice, if you can not clean up after your pet I have no pity or sympathy for you ... for you are ... SCUM ... literally ... deal with it
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Tough love 'J' for the Ppop (Poopy puppy owner person). Caution with the not nice attitude. The owner may be a gorgeous young lady just trying to get your attention, before you know it you may be following her and the pup with shovel and pale in hand.
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:tearlaugh: Not in my neighborhood .... I have not seen any ladies in my area that would even look good with "rose colored glasses" on .... :thud:
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:tearlaugh: Methinks there are some serious spammers out there that think we all live under a rock.
Why?
I have deleted from my spam folder no less then 12 emails all stating that my $25,000 settlement check has arrived
:thud: :tearlaugh:
How fun another six today and these have a different reply email address then the previous ... so comical
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Hard to do when I am semi-intelligent and do not fall for crap like that after having my identify stolen once and still have to file a PIN with the IRS every year.
Now it is time to take the kid gloves off ... I am in a :rat-atat: moment some low life owner and their mutt enjoys shitting right at my doorstep this is now twice in a week, and since I am out or just inside I will have difficulty finding out who is the culprit ... but let me tell you if I do there will be :rat-atat: to pay
And I really do not care about being civil or nice, if you can not clean up after your pet I have no pity or sympathy for you ... for you are ... SCUM ... literally ... deal with it
Is it a Dog? Or even more likely, a lovely counterpart to Watanuki! Yup, cats are more apt to repeat deposits once they come to like a spot. Motion activated camera tells all! ;)
McG.
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Now J yaknow they GOT to earn their money back from the (illegal) mass mailing shop with the carefully guarded recipient list(s)!! They are the ones to get a #36 baseball bat whack from me.
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lHey Rosie D, love the Whale Walking pic you made!!!! :happydance:
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Now J yaknow they GOT to earn their money back from the (illegal) mass mailing shop with the carefully guarded recipient list(s)!! They are the ones to get a #36 baseball bat whack from me.
Tis a dog most cats that I know of try and bury their gifts. Besides there is way to much for a cat to leave in one spot. As to the bogus settlement what I truly find amusing is that this has been coming to my spam folder for months now, multiple times per day, only decided today to make them a laughing stock by talking about it. Point is got two more with two more different return emails :tearlaugh:
Started doing the taxes and am disgusted already. :sigh:
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Morning coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made heart shaped biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops king crab legs and fried snapper with all the trimmings and tater wedges wishing you all a Happy Valentines Day!!!!
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Good morning, Fafnir. Please thank the girls for the special biscuits and bacon. I wish you and yours a Happy Valentines day as well.
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Good morning!
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Sir Knight i will tell them thank you Mornin Aelin
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Who turned the heat off ...
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Hi all!
I wish you a happy Valentine's Day!
Take care of your families and your cute little companions.
:cheer:
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Hello earwenM!
Guys, if ever you are trying to folow our Attic Freezone link in left column of forum, it's currently under maintenance. Because DarkAngel is rebuilding that place.
For the new Attic Free Zone, already well working, go there
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?action=tportal;sa=download;dl
Not everything is in the place, but it's going well :yesway:
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Hi all!
I wish you a happy Valentine's Day!
Take care of your families and your cute little companions.
:cheer:
I wish you a happy valentines day too
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Happy Valentine's Day to all. Give the loved one the :peek: , save the :havesum: for yourself but take them to dinner in place of the chocolates. And yes McDonalds does count if it is after 5pm. :sure:
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and yesterday was my baby sisters bday as well. Hope everyone had a nice and special Valentines Day!
McG.
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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and yesterday was my baby sisters bday as well. Hope everyone had a nice and special Valentines Day!
McG.
hahaha My kid sister had her's on the 13th. When we were young I teased her she was born on a Friday and thus was my bad luck in life. She appears to tolerate me non the less.
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Good morning!
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You're lucky. Mine tolerates me, just not so well methinks. (I live in her house, actually)
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GOOD Morning Aelin! And to the Attic as well!
:happydance:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be tacos with all the fixings and sweet tater wedges
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Haven't had a taco or ten in a while. Just waiting for my lift to the grocery. Ed got the splints off his hand yesterday. Still has a cast on the wrist he says. I'll see in a half hour or so when he arrives. I\ll pop by back again for lunch. Have a good morning all.
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Morning... Off to Richmond again whee..
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Well; goin' nowhere in a hurry. Cops decided to take out the drug dealer across the hall. Again. Had to call Ed and cancel. He doesn't care. Gives him more time for a couple of beers before he calls it a "night." He works backshift and drops by here on his way home in the morning. Big crowd around while they wait for the carpenters to replace the door and frame. I'm still waiting for a replacement when the fire department broke down my door cause of the fire from those a$$holes across the hall and that was almost two years ago now. Doesn't pay to be a responsible human in this society. The yoyos seem to get a better deal.
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Screw it. Give me a C&C my good man and I'll sit quietly in the corner and get trashed while I await those tacos.
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Good morning!
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Good morning back to you, Aelin! :D
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Hands PDG a C&C with double shot enjoy
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My first followup with the actual Surgeon who worked on my leg/foot right around Christmas, is today. This doctor is totally hands on. She likes doing her own bandaging/wrappings. But she has, what has got to be, about THE best Wound Care Team there even IS working for her now. We are to talk about the next two planned procedures for my foot. Results from those say when I walk around, free of the wheelie chair! YUP! I have been yearning for this visit for over a month. Will I even use the provided walker? Just depends on what I feel like! AND what this doctor wants me to do, of course. Yes I am behaving. Getting ready for an 11am pickup. :D
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Thanks Fafnir.
Sounding good McG. Keep up the good work.
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Good Afternoon to all
Took a computer day off yesterday and then had to spend the day hauling the Lorna around to her various appointments. And just when I thought I was done with being taxi...had to go out again this morning and she has more appointments tomorrow. But as the old saying goes.....SUCH IS LIFE....
Hope all are doing well.
Thanks for the phone call Fafnir....Today is going well....thus far LOLOL
And now to check and see who is doing what where and why...
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Time to quit drinkin' for the day. I'm fallin' into Farnk Zappa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=girnJH7tvpM and it all goes to hell from here.
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Thanks PDG, I am doing what I am supposed to. That visit was great, the Super Nurse and the Doctor both agree "IT" looks fantastic! IT is exactly what the doctor was hoping to see. She is happy enough to do the first procedure in clinic in two weeks, then pre-op for the second and maybe final graft to close the thing up nice and neat. I am doing my part, they are all doing theirs, and I will be able to walk a bit soon enough! Yaaay! Doc is sending a knee scooter for me to use in house. Kewlness!
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That is awesome news McG....keep up the good work....and glad all is going as planned.... :happydance:
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good for you McG now remember diet needs to be kept right no cheating blood sugar must stay down
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Good morning!
Was released today earlier than expected from job, so time to walk in our corridors and clean things already :ifonly:
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked ham and sweet taters and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir, Aelin, Noshoba and parkdalegardener. Back to 52°F today. The Weather Yo yo.
Aelin, that does not sound like fun.
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Good morning, Fafnir, Aelin, Noshoba and parkdalegardener. Back to 52°F today. The Weather Yo yo.
Aelin, that does not sound like fun.
Depends of what for fun. Cleaning attic corridors can be fun, but not always. Having no more access to network at job for the day because of an issue, so no more possibility to do anything, can be fun when you can back home earlier :yes:
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Watch out for the camels in the basement corridors!
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Poor beasts, probably escaped from K's experiments in dungeons. Fortunately, I don't go so down for the cleaning :tearlaugh:
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I saw a title today on internet. Some scientists have declared that 3 coffee cup by day are fine for the heart. I didn't further than the title, and can't find it back. I just wonder how many is the size of each cup :whatthe:
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I use a 12 oz up.... :java: Ahhhhhh
Good Afternoon to all. Another day of playing taxi and she's got two more days of this to go. Lorna still has Pneumonia so they have to keep checking her lungs....
Anyway...thought I'd make a quick stop to see what I've missed, then take a peek in the gallery, and then head out. I'm bushed.
And yes Sir Knight....a weather Yo Yo is what we've been seeing also. Yesterday we were up to 45 degrees....and I couldn't enjoy it at all...again...Playing taxi...I'm going to put a meter in the car.....and today we were at 6 degrees this morning and it made it all the way to 20 degrees...I almost put shorts on......NOT....LOLOL
But....I'll grab another coffee and continue on with my tour... :java: Ahhhhhhh
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After seven years Taco Bell is bringing back the Klondike Choco Taco. Vanilla with fudgy swirls frozen dessert all wrapped in a crunchy, sugar-cone taco shell that’s drenched in a thick, chocolatey coating, and sprinkled with a topping of peanuts. The test locations will be 10 sites in So. Ca. (Los Angeles area and 10 sites in Milwaukee, Wi. Good time of year for a frozen treat in Wisconsin. :sno3:
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Diabetics hell on Earth is what that sounds like :tearlaugh:
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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I've lost my taste for tacos now. Tater wedges for me later on. Coffee for now as I finally get to go grocery shopping this morn. Providing Ed can get through the crappy roads. Lots of ice and snow after a day of rain. Plus 10 yesterday afternoon. Minus 20 currently. The yoyos have it.
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That is a temperature range I would not wish on anyone
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Good morning! Sun and clouds fighted this morning. Winning party for clouds, but they were helped by an ally, the wind.
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Good morning. At 4am there was torrential rain that lasted for almost an hour. Now it's just windy, gusting to 55 mph.
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:(ROFLMAO: Good cup! I wish I had one hot cocoa cup like that!
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Awesome CUP Sir Knight! LOL! Mine is just 22 oz. :D
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Whoa! Wed, visit with Dr. Surgical Podiatrist (SHE Who Must Be Obeyed!) Looking GOOD! She said that about my foot too. Thu, visit Dr. Vascular Surgeon, he liked everything he saw too. FRI, visit (video conference) with new Primary Care doc, and SHE gave me some of the best news of all.
I had to let a lovely vampire take 5 vials of the red stuff. So today the new PC tells me a bunch of neat stuff. AND sending new prescriptions. But my A1C is 6.8 this time. Last time it was 8.5. Yaaaay! :D :java: :happydance:
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Morning to you all coffee coco and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be whole piggie roasted in the underground oven with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir et. al. Hope the day goes well.
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Good morning, Fafnir and parkdalegardener. Just coffee for me this morning, thanks.
PDG, did Ed make it to your place?
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Good morning!
This time, sun is the big winner of the day. Birds and cats being happy about that.
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waiting for the sun to come out it is kinda grey looking outside
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Worse then grey it has the "I'm going give you a good soaking" look at the moment ... subject to change without notice since this is Florida we are talking about.
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Good Morning to all.....
Weather has not been our friend of late...but on a good note....we are sending it East....Sorry about that....
Had a 40 car pile up on one of the Highways....Just heard about it so not sure of the details nor if there were any injuries. Normally in the winter my weather alarm does not go off...But last night it went off 4 times due to Snow Squalls.... White out conditions, high wind, snow, sleet, rain...etc.
The good thing is...I was not out in any of it. Did all my driving earlier on being taxi for Lorna again.
Anyway...time to grab a :java: and see what is what...
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Glad to hear you're safe, TL. Sunny, clear and cold this morning here. Snow predicted for evening. Must be some of what TL is sending... :sure:
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Hope you miss most of what is coming Sir Knight. This storm really played hell below us. Our Illinois Neighbors had plenty of misery on I80 and I90. I traveled those rodes many many times....and they are hell when it's clear weather :nopanic;
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And my Brother in RI said most of the areas around him lost power yesterday due to the winds but they were lucky. They showed the water rushing over the piers in Newport on WPRI TV.
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That wind was no fun here, either.
My son's kittens are visiting. My friend made a knitted whale. Willow is certain it's for her.
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For who if not for her? :iminnocent: :tearlaugh:
There was a storm in north of France, and in Belgium too. But not a word in news today. I guess there weren't enough damages :shrug:
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LOL....I'm agreeing with Aelin....Willow looks right at home.
I've got 3 Sleeping and only Henrietta roaming around.. Her majesty will sit on my lap for a few minutes and then off she goes until she feels it's her lap time again :thud:
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Yes, what the queens... sorry, the goddesses do :tearlaugh:
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:yesway: Exactly.....LOLOL
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Yep! What SHE said . . . cause even if they are boys, they can sure be diva's !!!! :phfft:
:nopanic; :hypno: :psycho: :rouge:
But we still love em to pieces, ALL our critter family members! :mwah:
:whereizit: :student: :peek: :grenade: :cheer: :havesum: :java: :yippee:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the trimmings and tater wedges hushpuppies too
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Morning..back from Richmond. Now the churchladies fight lol.
Still trying to get the monthly contest entry done.
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Hide away day. Yep, Ed dropped by and I got my groceries. Yesterday was cold as crap. Today is just cold. -18. Supposed to get above 0 later on this morning. Don't care. I'm going nowhere. Later on I'll check out Daytona. Used to go for Speed Weeks long ago. Now the tube is my friend. Curious as to how Villeneuve will fare with the engine swap. 50 is getting up there for auto racing. Still, since he only has to turn one way it cuts down on half the exertion.
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Good morning!
And it's apparently time for the first round of vote for March contest
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24774.0
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PDG they will be running the 500 in a while i used to do the speed weeks too and i live bout 10 miles from the track but now i watch it on TV gettin to old for the hassel of the infield and all the traffic hands a mug of C&C enjoy
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Yeppers. Watching the Fox lead up. Thanks for the C&C. Used to have a place in West Palm back in the late 70's early 80's. Always made Speed Weeks and had friends over for the Bikes.
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I'm not dead yet. I just have been real busy lately. I have been working nonstop for 16 hours a day for the last little bit. Just wanted to stop in and say hello.
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Good Afternoon to all....
Just a quick stop this afternoon. Got to finish up the taxes....Started them Friday....got a headache....skipped Saturday...and now have a headache before I start them again....
MORE COFFEE....
Have a great day.... :java: Ahhhhh
By the way....we have a temp of 52 degrees right now....with 30-40 mph winds....and tomorrow it will be 29 for a high...with a rain/sleet, snow and ice warning and on Tuesday it will be 9 degrees with the same forecast...except no rain..just sleet/snow and ice and WINDS...Gotta love Mother Natures Humor...
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Hi Zeus! Take rest as sooner as you can, and your muse will be happy of that too.
Hi TL! Missed your coming in the Coffee Shop. Good luck with taxes
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Yep we got started on taxes a week ago and managed to get the address and number of deductions filled out ... got the headache .. picked it up again today and seeing how as I have income from three sources and the details on how to enter it or what form to use was not in the first part it took a while to sort out where to go and what to get ... then my head started to hurt again.
Looked outside and saw that the neighbor was out that helped with the car the other weekend and went over to thank him as the car is running better now then it has in over a year. Go figure. Simple run of the Sea Foam additive to the fuel injection system and surprise the damn thing was rude when first ran but after that run it has been running like a normal car instead of ... insert your favorite adjectives.
To add some real weirdness to my day, went ahead and did a complete décor change in the bedroom and on bath linens. Yep, bought brand new bed and bath linens yesterday and even though I have always kept the others washed and clean we now have a new makeover for the bed and bath.
:thud: Little things amuse little minds.
Damn the taxes did not do themselves while I was otherwise busy ... :whatthe: :soapy:
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Damn the taxes did not do themselves while I was otherwise busy ... :whatthe: :soapy:
Neat trick. If you get them to figure it out I want the secret.
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings plenty butter for dipping tater wedges and hushpuppies
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Good morning! After a morning mainly full of sun, now it's time for the return of clouds, rain and wind :blownaway:
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Neat trick. If you get them to figure it out I want the secret.
Believe me....they'd be more then willing to figure the taxes out for you....but not in your favor ...The Government would have them trained......LOLOL
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Good Morning Indeed....
Whenever I can crawl out of bed and get the blood flowing is a GREAT DAY....besides...I have no choice....I have 3 kittens and a fat cat all whining for breakfast....and the kittens are on the bed whining in my ear....and Oz is showing them other ways to wake me up....
It's a blustery day today but tomorrow is going to be worse...(of course it will be....I have eye exams tomorrow)...
From what I gather...we are just on the borderline with this weather system.
Either we get above freezing temps (just barely), along with the high winds, and rain....or we get the below freezing temps with high winds, sleet, ice, snow and YUCK...and of course all of this is due in the morning...and my appointments start at 8AM :thud:
I need a :java: and I'll start my tour....
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And people wonder why I live in Florida and have no desire to relocate :tearlaugh:
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You can always dress up for the cold....
But you can only undress so far and go out in the public with your Florida heat.... (Emphasis on PUBLIC) LOLOLOL.....
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You can always dress up for the cold....
But you can only undress so far and go out in the public with your Florida heat.... (Emphasis on PUBLIC) LOLOLOL.....
With some of the bikinis I have seen on the beach you would need to define how far is to far. And before you ask, yes, they are allowed in Walmart if you wear flip flops. They also allow PJs with slippers.
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I don't see that many bikinis in our Walmart....No beaches....nor ...... well I better stop with no beaches....LOLOLOL...
As for Pj's and Slippers.....Yup...see plenty of that in our Walmart....I'm still looking for the lovelies that are wearing the sexy nightgowns.....but haven't seen any as of yet LOLOLOL
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I don't see that many bikinis in our Walmart....No beaches....nor ...... well I better stop with no beaches....LOLOLOL...
As for Pj's and Slippers.....Yup...see plenty of that in our Walmart....I'm still looking for the lovelies that are wearing the sexy nightgowns.....but haven't seen any as of yet LOLOLOL
They go to Macy's
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Plus, nudist resorts are a public place once you get through the gate :iminnocent: :waveass:
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remember J we do have hurricanes and tornadoes too as for the nudist camps enjoy them as you toast your buns
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I have lived in Florida pretty much my entire life and we can deal with "storms" we get here without to much trouble
Some are easier then others but for the most part we have been fortunate and it is a radial segment of a baked confection
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I have lived in one desert or another for most of my life. Heat here is the same as heat in Bagdad. I have been both in Florida and in Okinawa during severe summer heat as well. I have to say I would rather be sitting in Jaghatu Afghanistan in the heat of the summer than freeze my anatomy off in the cold of winter here. (And if Isis starts raining down ordinance on your head, well... at least you get to fight in the shade. ) I do not do the cold well.
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I despise the cold or shall we say "I loathe it with great intensity"
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You can always dress up for the cold....
But you can only undress so far and go out in the public with your Florida heat.... (Emphasis on PUBLIC) LOLOLOL.....
I don't know. Maybe 10 or 15 years ago. Maybe longer. My mind is a little cloudy these days. You can legally wander around naked from the waist up. There was a woman that complained that men could take their tops off in the heat; why couldn't they? She won in court. For two or three days there were front page stories on all the papers showing topless women wandering 'round the streets of Ontario flapping in the breeze. Few days went by and that was it. Too cold and too Puritan for floppy nibbly bits in this town. Think most such folk just go to the nude beach on the far side of the Island to burn their neithers.
Just checked. 1991 is when it became legal here to wander around topless.
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:thud: Little things amuse little minds.
Damn the taxes did not do themselves while I was otherwise busy ...
:iminnocent: :odd: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
:sure:
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They, the taxes, still didn't do themselves while I was at work or while I was out on a service call last might ... this is so disappointing
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon fore this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Cheer up J taxes have to be done or you can let the IRS figure them for you and they do a good job of giving you all the breaks they can
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Good morning!
Taxes are not before 2 or 3 months to do here. And then we have 1 month, or 1 1/2 to do them. Despite the fact we all receive them in the same time, we have more or less time depending only from 'our number of département' :hypno: So Paris inhabitants have at least 2 weeks more than us to do them :shrug:
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While thinking about. Don't forget to vote for theme of March
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24774.0
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Thanks for the reminder, Aelin. I did when you posted but am just getting back in here. :deal:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings tater wedges and hushpuppies
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Good morning!
The more the merrier about voting people, and sometimes it seems announcements stay hidden -perhaps they are chased by the dustbunnies or the nurse :panic:
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Hi all!
It is with the sun that I wish you a very beautiful day.
Take care of yourself and your families!
:thumb_up:
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Hi earwenM hope you have a great day filled with many blessings
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Greetings one and all. Finally back in mood to do something aside from lying abed and just vegetating. Still taking it easy the quacks at VA seem to think that I was suffering under the effects of pneumonia. Just got finished with an antibiotic regimen. We shall see. Meantime, I just got a little goodie from Wallyworld that lets be connect a sata or IDE drive to the computer through a USB port. Pulled the HD out of my old system and have been recovering all the old data.
My muse has a tendency to drop in for a bit just to tease, then will take off for a good bit. However, I have a trap set up with a warm and goey spam, egg and cheese sandwich as bait. If that doesn't do it, nothing will.
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HI Earwenm, hi Hipshot!
Maybe tries to offer some special new clothes to your muse to attract her. Kind of white jacket with very long sleeves. I'm sure J or Kianna can give you one :iminnocent:
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I don't know. Maybe 10 or 15 years ago. Maybe longer. My mind is a little cloudy these days. You can legally wander around naked from the waist up. There was a woman that complained that men could take their tops off in the heat; why couldn't they? She won in court. For two or three days there were front page stories on all the papers showing topless women wandering 'round the streets of Ontario flapping in the breeze. Few days went by and that was it. Too cold and too Puritan for floppy nibbly bits in this town. Think most such folk just go to the nude beach on the far side of the Island to burn their neithers.
Just checked. 1991 is when it became legal here to wander around topless.
I remember when that law was passed...there was a error in how the law was written...it neglected to mention on "Beaches" only. One of our boiler manufacturing plants (Cleaver Brooks) was Located in Stratford Canada on Lorne Ave...Chet picked me up at the Airport and as we were driving to my Motel I noticed a gal on the side of the road TOPLESS....Chet said she is selling her wares..and it's now legal to walk ANYWHERE in Ontario with no top on.... :thud:
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Good Afternoon to all....
I'm in here for a wee bit but will have to make quick visits for a bit....
I was wondering about those announcements also Aelin....I just sent one out and I hope all get it...if not....the FINAL ROUND of Voting for our March Theme can be found HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24782.0)
And now to take a quick trip around the block to see what is what and who is where and why...
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I remember when that law was passed...there was a error in how the law was written...it neglected to mention on "Beaches" only. One of our boiler manufacturing plants (Cleaver Brooks) was Located in Stratford Canada on Lorne Ave...Chet picked me up at the Airport and as we were driving to my Motel I noticed a gal on the side of the road TOPLESS....Chet said she is selling her wares..and it's now legal to walk ANYWHERE in Ontario with no top on.... :thud:
Yeah; and no-one; vendor of pliable wares or otherwise, did it after the first week. I would have thought the advertising would help sales. :iminnocent:
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Good Afternoon to all....
I'm in here for a wee bit but will have to make quick visits for a bit....
I was wondering about those announcements also Aelin....I just sent one out and I hope all get it...if not....the FINAL ROUND of Voting for our March Theme can be found HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24782.0)
And now to take a quick trip around the block to see what is what and who is where and why...
Love the Jedi Kittens.
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Yeah; and no-one; vendor of pliable wares or otherwise, did it after the first week. I would have thought the advertising would help sales. :iminnocent:
LOL...From what I gather they rewrote the law swiftly.....
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Love the Jedi Kittens.
They caught my eye....I'm in a Kitten mode of late....and LOVE IT.... :happydance:
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If you have voted for March's Theme please do so again....Something went amiss with the poll part of it and so I redid it...
Let's see how long it lasts this time....
Thank you for taking part....it really is your contest your voting for....
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I don't see any way to vote, TL, at least at this spot: here (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24782.0). Was I supposed to go some where else?
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Sorry about that Sir Knight.....I have no idea what happened to the voting section so I had to delete the old and in with the new.....We are HAUNTED....LOL
Take a trip to the link below...and thanks for voting....
VOTE HERE... (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24783.0)
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Reset to here:
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24783
Cheers
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Not a problem for me. Thanks!
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LOL...From what I gather they rewrote the law swiftly.....
No. Not at all. In fact it survived a Charter challenge in '96. It's the law and it is applicable across the country, though to the best of my knowledge no-one takes advantage (?) of it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/women-s-topless-court-victory-20-years-later-1.1026403
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Anyway; enough of that. It's cold, dry, and I still haven't done the taxes. Seems I am short a receipt from the govt. for my pension. Though I had that one. They still have till the end of the month to issue it and I need the taxes done so that I can sign my apt lease for another year. Rent geared to income.
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Mornin to you all hands PDG a C&C coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning
Won't be in good mood today. Our beloved Giro passed away around 1:20PM, almost 1 hour ago.
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Good morning
Won't be in good mood today. Our beloved Giro passed away around 1:20PM, almost 1 hour ago.
So very sorry Aelin....Hugs to you and your mom....
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sorry to hear about Giro Aelin
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I guess my Canadian cohorts didn't realize that and thought the law was rewritten PDG LOL....
Anyway....glad common sense took command.....
Morning Fafnir...thanks for the :java:....How are you holding up this morning my friend....Body sore at all. Good talking to you last night....
And good morning to all. Just a short visit and then I'm out of here for the day....
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HI Earwenm, hi Hipshot!
Maybe tries to offer some special new clothes to your muse to attract her. Kind of white jacket with very long sleeves. I'm sure J or Kianna can give you one :iminnocent:
I tried that, and lets just say that things got very interesting.
Also, sorry to hear about Giro. Just know that she is still around and loves you.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled pork chops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Today was freezing rain. It makes the trees look spectacular but it is cold as can be here tonight.
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Sorry to hear about Giro, Aelin.
Good morning, Fafnir and Zeus Fx.
Freezing rain here as well.
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Good morning
Thank you guys. Now it's the period to have an eye on her sister, and what and how she is doing.
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It's been in the single digits most of the week here. But now it is a sweltering 18°F and is expected to rise above freezing too! (BRRR!) :sno3:
Hey y'all, HI!
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Aelin, I am so sorry to hear about your Giro. :(
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Thanks McG
And glad to see you back
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Greetings to all. Looks like the weather has taken a turn for the worse. At least in this neck of the woods. Temps staying around 32 and will for a couple of days yet. Supposed to warm up a bit once we his March - or it hits us - but you know how that goes.
Think I finally got my muse corralled, but she's still playing hard to get. Even with the long sleeved jackets I . . . . borrowed . . . . from the Attic nurse.
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Hum, perhaps you need to offer also to your muse some new shoes. Stone shoes :ifonly: Just pretend they are "7 league shoes"
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Good Afternoon.
Spent the morning shoveling snow that was on top of the ice we got the day before....and talk about slipping and sliding....I did more gymnastic moves then the gymnast did at the Olympics.....
I was worn out and then some after that so rested for a while....Now I'm perky once again.....for a wee bit LOLOL
I'm not even going to look at tomorrows weather....Don't want to know :java:
Almost finished with my tour in here and then I'm heading out...
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Hum, perhaps you need to offer also to your muse some new shoes. Stone shoes :ifonly: Just pretend they are "7 league shoes"
Seriously Aelin? Getting shoes for a woman - or a muse - would be like carrying coffee to Brazil!!!!! But, then again .... "7 league shoes" you say?
*walks away laughing maniacally*
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Don't laugh to loud I had to look up "7 league shoes" and those damn things can be useful in certain situations
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Will they keep Kianna's hair do under wraps? Me thinketh NOT! BWAHAhahahahahahabhaaaaaaa! :iminnocent: :beer: :shock: :knelvis: :whereizit:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pork roast and pulled pork with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning! :happydance:
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Good morning
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Good Morning boys and girls and whatever else is lurking in our humble home....
Today will be a short stay since I've got some projects I've got to get done.... "Maybe Tomorrow" is not working anymore and who knows if tomorrow will even come....
How many of you remember the series "V" ???? I loved that series....and now I'm watching it again on Tubi.....in between projects....or during projects for that matter :java: Ahhhh
And now to see who is who and what is why and where....with :java: in hand...Thanks Fafnir....Ahhhhhh
And McG...that is NOT hair on Kiannas Head....LOLOLOL......
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Will they keep Kianna's hair do under wraps? Me thinketh NOT! BWAHAhahahahahahabhaaaaaaa! :iminnocent: :beer: :shock: :knelvis: :whereizit:
:o_go_on: It could happen ... you never know :iminnocent:
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Don't laugh to loud I had to look up "7 league shoes" and those damn things can be useful in certain situations
Just did the same. Ve-r-r-r-ry interesting!
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Might have been Berthold's leftovers.... 8 )
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning Fafnir .. no church ladies battles today. Company meeting at a golf resort before heading off to Richmond.
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Good morning
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Good morning, Fafnir, Noshoba and Aelin.
Safe travels and golfing ( :nopanic;), Noshoba.
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Last time I tried golf I wound up scoring on the front nine what was considered par for the front and back :tearlaugh: And kept the golf shop in business replacing all of the balls lost in the rough and water traps :thud:
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The best part of golf was the gas powered carts. Now they are only electric and nowhere near as fast. Leaves the 19th Hole as the only useful thing in golf.
I had a lot of experience as a kid. Both my Aunt and her husband were PGA Tour golfers. They felt I should be as well. The last thing a skinny nerd kid needed was to be a golfer. Maybe a putt-putt player (mini golf), but definitely not an Arnold Palmer.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning
No golf for me, except if I want to stay on the start line. Tried because of the school program (I was 10 years old), it was just not for me.
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Can't remember who said it but, "Golf is a pleasant walk spoiled by a club and ball."
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Never could get into golf. Could never see the point of taking a ball, knocking the crap out of an innocent little ball in order to chase it down. Then doing it all over again eighteen more times! Most illogical. Unless you like that kind of thing.
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Golf must have had very humble beginnings. In Scotland, I think. Simple folk looking for easy entertainment. ;o)
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon got this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning...and now we are in Richmond. As for golf .. sorry find it boring and annoying to watch since the tv announcers love to whisper even when they are so far away the chirping birds would make more noise.
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Good morning
Golf must have had very humble beginnings. In Scotland, I think. Simple folk looking for easy entertainment. ;o)
I believe the beginning was in the Shire in fact :iminnocent:
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Gosh, those little divils will do anything for entertainment. And I thought chasing girls was entertaining enough.
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Good Morning to all.....
Took a few days off from the computer and the eyes LOVE ME for it...
Got my new glasses this morning. Been wearing Trifocals for nearly 20 years now....so no need to get use to them...just got to make sure the nose bridge is adjusted right....
A beautiful day out today...going to be close to 50 degrees...though all is soaking wet from the snow and ice melt....
I did my outdooring already so I'm in for the day....After catching up in here I'm going to get back to some projects I've neglected of late....My comics and photo scanning.
My glasses are always my first step to keeping my sight....the second step is to stick to my plan of limiting computer time. I've said I would for eons but never do....
Anyway...Time to cruise around and see what is what and who is where and why.....with :java: in hand.
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Golf is explained in Detail HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=22875.msg420434#msg420434)..... Come on..... I wouldn't kid you..... I'm Serious..... Really....I am.... :iminnocent:
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:@u:
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What he said.
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib and bacon wrapped scallops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning Fafnir, thanks for the Coffee man! And Good Morning to the rest of the Attic too! :o)
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Good morning
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Good morning, Fafnir, McG and Aelin. I hope you have a good day!
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Morning..
Now if they played it with clubs and the severed headsof your enemies...I might like golf.
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:thumb_up: Yep we like being violent on occasions :iminnocent:
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Definitely sounds like fun.
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Regularly scheduled 'occasions' eh? BwaHAHAhahahahahaaaa!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and crispy bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked pork roast with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. :java: if you would, kind sir. I hope everyone's day is blessed.
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Morning...Might be fun for hockey or lacrosse too lol.
Hopefully last day and back to Chucktown.
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Good morning
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Good Morning to all.....
Yesterday was Lornas 51st Birthday....so we went out and enjoyed the wonderful weather and picked up some things that were needed and she spent some of the money I gave her for her Birthday. I gave up buying anything for her. It's easier and less stress on the brain to just give her a card with cash in it LOL.
Today I'm taking her over to Travis and Mindys so she can spend the weekend with them and the Great Grand.... I get peace and quiet ..... well almost peace and quiet. Got three wild ones and Ozzy to keep me company....
And now on with my tour....with :java: in hand....
Looks to be nice driving weather...Don't know what time I'll be back....
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Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.....
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I second the motion.
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I third-ed it! :coffee3:
Trying to remember if I was even awake yesterday. :yeow:
I know Wednesday was a rough one on me.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning Fafnir! I'd love a cup of that great Coffee man! :java: and another :java: maybe one more! :java:
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Good morning
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:java: Good Morning Aelin! :happydance:
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And Good MORNing to the rest of Ye Ol ATTIC too! :yippee:
OOGA! (https://youtu.be/Dqc6yRIHiW0)
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Ok OKAY already, it ain't morning any more! (grumble grumble grump grump)
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Hi, McG. How are you feeling by now?
It's always morning somewhere. :shrug:
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Horn ... what horn ... I don't recall hearing any horn ... :tearlaugh:
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Methinks I mayhap heard that familiar sound. Even if J didn't. I do believe that we have an ancient operator with an even more ancient conveyance that has one of those bloody horns.
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:thumb_up:
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning
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Morning back in Chucktown. After a day of 16.t hours of driving and 4 cities. So still the walking dead.
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Sir Knight, wherever those endorphins came from, they seem to have expired now. Heh! No longer "feisty" as my Doctor Lady called it. But hey at least she smiled about it!
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And a Good (ah-OOOHGA!) Morning to All! :D
:yippee:
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Definition of Frustrating: Getting notice that a book you have been waiting to be available is now available but you can't find it in any of the stores.
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I was so busy getting things done in here this morning I forgot to say GOOD MORNING.....soooo....Good Morning...in the Afternoon...
And now I'm heading out to finish posting in our social sites...
Fafnir...Thanks for the :java: and the phone call...My turn next....woooohooo....
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Oh hell yeah! A good cuppa makes everything better. On the other hand, just found out that it ain't over till its over. Had a chest x-ray, courtesy of my better half, and found out I've still got congestion. Doc thinks it bronchitis so we get to start another round of antibiotics. Some stronger ones this time. Also, just got the riot act read to me. Connie updated Bo on my condition and I, despite my seniority, have been GROUNDED!!!! Can't go anywhere for the next two weeks. And definitely can't be running Aliene back and forth to work. Let her take an Uber.
:thumb_up:
Sounds good to me. Meantime, I have been considering a render that concerns the fighting in Ukraine. I've got some nice T-90 tanks that look like they could donate a turret of two . . . . .
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And definitely can't be running Aliene back and forth to work. Let her take an Uber.
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Sounds good to me.
Huga huga
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Go fkr it Hip. Btw J when did you end up in Richmond?
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:iminnocent: I promised not to tell :shhhh:
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Considering I saw a Kianna there had to laugh
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You need EYE BLEACH now Noshoba !!!!!
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Hey Zeus; in your image "The Last Unicorn", the lady in the scene is what Figure? V4? And what outfit is that on her? If you don't mind me asking?
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Lol .actually was a street sign lol
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Oh? So describe this 'Kianna' in that ad? Hmmmm...
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Passed it on way to job not even sure it's an official street
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Good morning
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Happy Sunday, All. Hope it's a good day for you.
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Nope ... Dealing with new asshole neighbor that thinks he owns the place.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning. It's a sunny day here. Heard that one of my cousins living near Ardèche had no rain nor snow during Winter. They are around 20°C (68°F) in the afternoons since a while :panic:
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Morning.. back to battling the heathen for another week.
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Hi! 37F here, sunny too. I have COFFEE! :D :happydance:
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-grins- Not sure if I need to go after these people for identity theft...lol
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:ummm: Good point
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Maybe they'll give ya a free lunch! Heh!
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We had a line of fancy supermarkets here, all free range, organic, gathered under a full moon etc, for a bit by the same name
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Well not the best place for a fine bar ... That neighborhood know forknocking back 40oz Colt 45s lol
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Throw in some cheap whisky and it sounds like my kinda place. They would probably have a few big bottles of Schlitz Malt Liquor hiding there too.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning
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Good Morning (or thereabouts!) !! Thanks for that coffee Fafnir, really need it to wake up to. I overslept!
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Mornin' all.
It should be a good day. It's starting off ok for sure.
Today I finally get my new door. Two years ago a fire across the hall destroyed the front of my apartment. I was forced out on the balcony for hours as there was no way to evacuate. I'm sure I mentioned the Darth Vader fireman standing in my bedroom after he smashed through my apartment door. It has remained barely closable with a smashed frame ever since. I had no functional door lock for over a year. Four or five months ago someone from the City dropped by to measure the demoed mess I live behind. Today between 9 and 12 someone will arrive with my new door.
There is a weird bonus to this ghetto living. My rent is dropping for the second straight year. The cost of living keeps going up and my fixed income Govt. Old Age Pension isn't. Since my rent is geared to income it has dropped the last two years as my income doesn't change but the cost of living keeps climbing. My one bedroom postage stamp now appears to have a market value of over $1800 a month. Really? Must be based on property value and not actual property condition or amenities. The building is fractured and sinking into the underground parking. Every couple of years they try and save it yet again. Considering there are cracks that you could place your fingers into running through my walls and the balcony is fractured. I place wooden clothes pins in the cracks in the balcony wall to tie the strings off for my pole beans.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pork roast with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C hope your day is a good one and they get your door fixed
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Good Morning Everyone! :happydance:
Got a Dr.'s visit today. One step closer to healed! THAT feels great!
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Good morning.
Concerning the door, it will be good news that finally you have one new :yesway: Now, if only they had take care of the building itself for it doesn't go that way. But that reminds to me the way coming by the previous flat where I lived. We hadn't such cracks on our side, but the neighbor on the same floor had holes in walls, specially around windows.
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Good Morning to all....
Just a quick visit in between life dramas which at this moment are many...
PDG....they are JUST NOW getting that door in. I remember you writing about the fire and I assumed that you got the door replaced by now....Geeeez....talk about SLOW....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....I'll give you a call tonight....
Good Morning Aelin....I'll fill you in later this afternoon....or evening...depending how things go today...
Weather is great today...not so great the last two days....Yup...SNOW and Ice and Tornadoes. Go figure...
Now for a quick tour with :java: in hand.
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I'm guessing we have chances to cross together in different corridors, at different hours :tearlaugh:
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Well; the new door is installed. Hurrah!! Only took 4.5 hours. Admittedly they went for lunch and there were a few waits between paint coats and the like. I knew the paint in here was yellowed. It hasn't been done in over 20 years, but man; compared to a fresh coat of white, it's suddenly very dark in here.
Aelin; the balcony will fall off one day, or the floor above may land in this apartment; but the structural integrity will surely fail from the fires long before that happens.
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In the meantime, PDG . . . You Got Your DOOR! Finally! Yaaay! :happydance:
I'll share a shot of 'Creek' with ya in celebration. :beer:
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I now have my 9th SSD. It is formatted to NTFS and I am copying all of my PHOTOGRAPHY over to it. 379 GIGS worth! It also includes all the photos from the various phone cameras through the years. I came to see I have had way more of them than I have DSLR's. And considering that the last three phones have cameras with higher resolution than even my valiant old Olympus E-3, it is a must those images be in the PHOTOGRAPHY STORE as well. Of particular note is a folder named "MEDICAL". Yessir, there are some truly nasty photos in that one. But, very sharp, clear. Even the Doctors use my new cameras images to work by. Higher resolution than their little dedicated cameras many of them use in Hospitals and Clinics right now. Potent stuff! But, 379 Gigs via USB is gonna take a while. Still, 28 megabytes per second ain't so shabby. USB3 to USB3. :)
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be beef tacos with all the fixings and tater wedges
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You're making me hungry, Fafnir! ;D You're up kinda early aren't you?
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Tater wedges are good. I'll pop back later on for some. A quick java, lightly fortified and I am on my way to "tax fog brain" as I try and get this mess figured out. The biggest pain will be the hours spent on hold as I need some lackey to find a missing receipt/form that I require to complete the mind numbing exercise.
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Hands PDG a mug of C&C good luck with the lackys finding the form you need
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yea McG i do keep some odd hours
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Good morning
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Good morning one and all. And a most appreciative thanks to Fafnir. Nice, hot, coffee is really a good thing. Even better the tater wedges and BACON!!!!! Now I can go . . . maybe . . . . concentrate on work in progress. Found some nice shots of Russian T-90s. In varying states of disrepair. Sweet. Even though I used to live in a similar armored beast and was likely to suffer a similar fate if by chance found myself in combat, I just cannot make myself feel sorry for Comrade Sumbitchkin and his comrades. Still, found others that gave me a lot of motivation and inspiration.
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That bottom shot used to be a complete T-90 tank. Looks like the ammo as well as the fuel went Ka-boom!!!!!!
*channel in Marvin the Martian with suitable remarks.*
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"Brace yourself for immediate disintegration." Might be suitable.
Should look; I think I have an old Marvin for Poser.
....sometime later that day....
Yeppers; sure do. He definitely needs a texture update.
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Oh that would be ever so awesome
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Good Evening to all....
Just a quick stop to say hi. Hope to be able to get in here more but I've got a feeling it won't be for a bit. Got to play nursemaid for a bit....
Take care...
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Oh yes, that would be cool.
"Where's the KaBoom? There was supposed to be an earth shattering KaBoom??????"
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Someone has taken the QX-74 Space Modulator, (Wheeze Wheeze ), That makes me very angry, (Wheeze Wheeze ), Very, angry... Indeed.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. :java: please. Happy Friday!
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One of the player sounds we have on Outlaws HL2DM server is Marvin saying "YOU have made me very angry, very angry indeed!". So in that Bugs Bunny episode, Marvin says it both ways. Once before learning of Bugs, the second after discovering him. Ehhhh. . . what's up Doc?
(that 'you' saying by Marvin is one of my faves, used a lot! Right after someone shoots me, ha!)
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Hey Wizzard, Marvin HAS to wheeze or something...no mouth or nose!
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Good morning
We are under a storm, which was said at the news when I woke up this morning. Otherwise, I only knew it when the wind would have push toward home, then tried to push me far away on the end of the way :tearlaugh:
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Oh boy. Great start to the weekend now. Warmed up to 20°F and 2" of Snow everywhere! :nopanic;
I did get my new FIRST Ever SmartWatch in. It does all the sport and health stuff, plus it even keeps the time! It talks to the 'Droids via Bluetooth.
It does do the O2 and pulse thing fine. Supposed to give blood pressure as well. Got a bit of reading to do methinks! Heh!
Gosh it feels COLD now. I get the best of my 3 or 4 nurses today. She does excellent work with the dressings etc. I thought I'd be helpful with the new SmartToy on the wrist. More likely I won't help or hinder the professionals. LOL!
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Wow, Aelin! That's some wind!
Good morning, McG. Glad you're getting the best nurse today. (No further comment -- I'll let J do the honors.)
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WELL! That speaks to exactly what 'nurse' it won't be! This one is NOT named "Kianna" !!!
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AND The One NOT Named Kianna has finished her work, beautifully as usual, and departed to the rest of her patients. It is the WEEKEND now!
:happydance:
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Good Evening to all....
Still on the go here and will be for a while. As most know...Lorna broke her wrist....and now she has surgery on Monday but I had to take her to the clinic all week long for one test after another....and I am WORN out...and then since she can't do much one handed...I've been doing all the chores.
Got to take her in again tomorrow morning for a Covid test...then another XRay...and then on Sunday she goes in for her instructions prior to the surgery.
Hopefully I can get back into full swing in here some time soon.
That's the update.....see you in the morn...and then I'm gone for the day...and will do my other social posting for the winners later in the day...
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WELL! That speaks to exactly what 'nurse' it won't be! This one is NOT named "Kianna" !!!
Really are you certain of that :ummm: :heeheehee:
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AND The One NOT Named Kianna has finished her work, beautifully as usual, and departed to the rest of her patients. It is the WEEKEND now!
:happydance:
And do you know for certain that Kianna did not train her :ummm:
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Absolutely. No Snaketacles! YAH! :yeow:
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Good MORNING all ye Attic denizens! Still have a dab of snow sticking around, though it stopped falling yesterday sometime. NOAA Local Weather says it is 19°F and clear skies for the whole weekend. Nice! :o)
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Morning.. Windy as heck and looking at 50 degree drop temps. Time to just stay inside lol
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Good morning!
It seems the McG's nurse isn't trained by Kianna, but I wonder if TL took quick lessons with her to take care of Lorna? :panic: Anyway good luck to be her taxi driver, and good and full recovery to her :peek:
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Good Morning to all.....
Just a quick stop by and I'll be back later in the day....
And Aelin....if I had hair....Mine would do what also
Good Talking to you Fafnir....I'll have a thermos of :java: please....triple strength....
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Good morning, Noshoba, Aelin and TL. 1 to 3 inches of snow for today. :rain-rain:
We will be praying for Lorna's surgery as well as safety for you both, TL.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried snapper with all the trimmings tater wedges and hushpuppies
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Well, if the noise I hear outside is no ones stomach growling to be fed we are going to have some little fun in my corner ... oops looked outside and we got the dark clouds and that be some serious wind action going on at the moment.
Best get my outdoor errands done now and quickly so I can hide the rest of the day inside, got loads of paperwork to do anyway, site work and personal ... best run now ... drowned rat to return later :tearlaugh:
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Safe travels, J. :rainy:
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rainy cloudy blowing here so indoor day for me
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Prayer and Good Vibes going up for Lorna & you TL. Sounds like you both need it!
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Well managed to be just shy of a drowned rat and still got the outside errands completed.
Calling that a win
Now on to the site tasks ...
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Glad to hear you're back, J. A win, indeed. Still snowing here. A bit of wind, too:
Wind Speed NW 26 G 48 mph
from the NWS site.
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Thanks for the kind words my friend. Only Lorna can break her wrist after a simple fall...but the Surgeon who is going to operate on Monday told her that the break should not have happened since the fall was not from a long distance. A fracture...yes...a break no...so he told her to have her Doctor check for Osteoporosis. Just another item added to her growing list of woes. But as I tell her.... "Such is Life" and we deal with it.
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No idea about the speed of wind here, but since about 1 hour we have storm again. Yet, less than yesterday.
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Sorry to hear about he snow Sir Knight but my brother DID say it was coming LOLOL....
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DON'T FORGET TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD TONIGHT (or tomorrow morning like I do)....Yup....DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STRIKES AGAIN>>>>
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DON'T FORGET TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD TONIGHT (or tomorrow morning like I do)....Yup....DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STRIKES AGAIN>>>>
For you perhaps, but we have to wait until the last weekend of the month in France
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I'm getting to damn old to do all of this Springing Ahead and Falling Back....I'm great with the Falling but the Springing is a wee bit troublesome.... :nopanic;
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The Spring I was born, I hadn't 1 week when I had to 'appreciate' that play with time :sure:
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The US is considering leaving Spring Forward in place permanently.
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And, TL, you DID warn me. I should have listened more to your brother.
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I think they tried to do that before in 2017 or 2018...not sure which...but it didn't get far...
We'll see how it goes this time.
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Just got to reading this news alert that was put up an hour ago...
At least 30 vehicles involved in crash on PA-581 eastbound in Cumberland County
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:yeow:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Thanks for the kind words my friend. Only Lorna can break her wrist after a simple fall...but the Surgeon who is going to operate on Monday told her that the break should not have happened since the fall was not from a long distance. A fracture...yes...a break no...so he told her to have her Doctor check for Osteoporosis. Just another item added to her growing list of woes. But as I tell her.... "Such is Life" and we deal with it.
It\s not as unusual as her Doc may think. Same thing happened to Ed in the last big storm. He slipped and fell crossing the street on his way home and broke his hand in three places. She has my sympathies as it appeared quite painful.
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The US is considering leaving Spring Forward in place permanently.
Our Province passed such a lwa 2 oe 3 years ago. It only goes into effect if New York and Quebec do the same. Out West there are a couple of provinces and a territory that no longer have a time change. Not sure if I welcome waiting till about 9:30 for a sunrise in winter.
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Fafnir I must need at lest one of your fine brews judging by the typos I keep making.
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Morning... Took careofthe churchladies yesterday so messing with the anklebiters division for a break. Debating setting up the larger external HD more like dreading..
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and Noshoba.
PDG, I'm with you. Waking up in the dark this morning was sort of jarring, since there's been some light for the past few days.
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Waking up with it being dark still is one thing. But whichever one of you lot decided to send 40° weather my way and that lovely ... :rainy: ... :rowrow: nonsense yesterday, you really shouldn't have .... seriously, don't do it again.
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Good morning!
SPring time is 2 hours of difference with the Sun hour, so it's silly to keep forever that one, and not to take Fall time or even better to be bck to Sun hour. But in France too there are people trying to convinve to keep Spring time if ever we stop to change. Their reason? To have longer evenings during Summer, so more alcool to drink :shrug:
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Hello J since i was having a cool morning i figured i would share with you enjoy
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Do not think me ungrateful if I decline the gift
:tearlaugh:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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HIi J Molly had to go out this morning @ 3:30 and it was shorts and tee shirt weather so is warming up
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3:30. Same time the bars let out around here. Molly would be on her own or have to wait till 4 for the streets to clear. There is a parkette next door where people take their dogs and that time of the am requires one to be on the lookout for idiots and there are a lot of them in the dark.
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round here it's pretty safe but always be prepared we are
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Good morning!
Well, started the day with a good bump on the head. Or when you forget a furniture is close to you :shrug: Also, almost did ice skate on a parking - definitively not my morning :tearlaugh:
But now it's better and the sun profits a lot.
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Goodness, Aelin. What a way to start the day! I hope that the rest of your day has gone well. :hug2:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be stuffed chicken breast with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Stuffed chicken breast. The girls are gonna be busy.
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Good Morning Folks!
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Good morning!
Yes, the rest of yesterday was pretty good after that :tearlaugh:
Since last evening, we have again wind. Storm strong at some moments. But if forecast weather didn't warn us for the color of sky today, I suspect we understood what happens alone. Sand is in the clouds; it was worse this morning, but still the color of the light isn't the same than usual this afternoon. Glad to be back home!
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yep the girls had this planned a day ago but still been a busy time for them but they got it done
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Good morning! A busy morning so I'm just passing through. Hope everyone has a good day.
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked ham and sweet taters with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning
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Hey everybody. Apologies for not getting into this thread for a while.
I found this gem of a video on YouTube, and I thought you guys might like to see it too. I'm sure you will get a laugh out of it:
https://youtu.be/WipFqwSjSMM
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If you are interested, Daz is making a survey, and offers a bit of store money... to come April 1st.
Don't forget to tell what you don't like as well what you like (nft, colors of their pages, their new site...)
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Fascinating. Oh, and good 'een all. Busy day here. Daughter got call from her "wild child" reference a possible move up here. Even to the point of suggesting an immediate move. So much so that she rushed the rental procedure she's going through in order to get an apartment of her own. :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: Wild child has since changed story. Now might get here sometime late this week. Hmmmmmmm! Me smell something fishy Kimo Sabe!!!!! Good/bad news. Gets her out of my house so could be considered a win/win. Long as she doesn't try to come back.
To cap it off, I FINALLY was able to get rid of that rusting hulk that she had left in my "care" over ten years ago. An 01 Ford Taurus. Transmission went out so I allowed her to park it for a short bit until she could get it repaired. What the HELL was I thinking??????? Had it in my yard in Ruidoso. Moved to a repair shop while I lived in Alamogordo . . . that's another story in itself . . . . Then had it dragged over here to Killeen where it sat in my garage for years before getting put outside on the driveway. Now here's the fun bit. Aliene has had the cash to fix that stationary POS on several occasions. Thanks in large part to Covid and unemployment payments because of such. Engine has not been turned over in all that time. She just let it sit. Finally found one of those places who would buy "junk" cars and passed it on for a sum I will not name. Heh, Heh!
Ah, life is good!!!!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and green tea are ready the girls made biscuits shaped like a pot of gold and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be corned beef and cabbage/potatoes and green beer/ale with tater wedges
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Hipshot, it sounds like there's still action in Bell County and hope for more.
Good morning, Fafnir. And why would they be making those oddly shaped biscuits? :iminnocent:
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I'll be by later for some of that corned beef & cabbage. Big fan of corned beef and cannot justify buying a whole brisket when I'm just a single old guy. Might even break down and have one of them green beers.
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Good morning and good St-Patrick's day. :rainbow:
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Good Morning to all....
Sorry for being MIA of late but got the one handed wonder to take care of and all of the chores she usually does are now mine. Right now I'm doing her laundry for her....and if I'm correct in my assumption...I'll be having to fold it all since she can't move that arm out of the sling nor move her hand....
As for St Patty's day....I'm not a big Corned Beef and Cabbage fan....Lorna loves it so I suppose I'll have to take her out to pick some up to go....and no....I don't cook it either. When the wife was alive she always cooked it for all...she loved it....and she was Portuguese :thud:
Anyway...let me get caught up in here...and thanks for the Phone call this morning Fafnir...
Now....Where's my :java: Ahhhhhhhhhh
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Here's a photo of what they did to the Daughters Wrist ....
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Yikes! No more passing through the airport metal detectors.
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Cyborgization going well, optical implant next? 8 )
Let her know we feel for her. Cheers
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Good thing she doesn't like to fly Sir Knight. Every time I decided to take a trip back East for Vacation I had to drive when I had her and the Grandson wanting to go along. But if they put metal detectors in other places due to the unrest in todays world...she is S.O.L. :noway:
And I'll pass on the message Wizzard.
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They have had metal detectors at airports forever, I set them things off just by looking at them ... literally .... couldn't figure out why one was going off and we couldn't get it to clear ... it was picking up the foil in the pack of gum I still had in my pocket. :thud: One time I asked about my belt and they said, "no it is okay" .... NOT ... Even when I go on customer sites that require a trip through the detector it is a pain, as it feels like I have to get undressed just to make it stop going cuckoo
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With some of the really sensitive ones the metal fragments embedded set them off. Joys of machining. Cheers
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The detector at our local Walmart goes off so often no one is even stopped or checked out anymore....I think it picks up metal braces and belly button rings LOLOL
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And fillings, if you have lots of them like I did. No worries, those teeth all fell out after the cancer thing! But leaves me wondering why it keeps going off anyway. Pants zipper? I dunno!
Give Lorna a big hug for us, TL. As parents, we all tend to cringe whenever anyones kids are hurt!
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ALSO: Summoner's LUCENT DRAGON is a freebie over at ShareCG! I just got it from there. :happydance:
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ smoked pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Fafnir, that sounds so delicious man! AND with tater wedges too! :happydance:
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Good morning!
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Very late to the party, but good day to all.
Forum update coming, I see.
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Sure is quiet in here.
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Morning. Going through severe render withdrawals. Moving things over to bigger external HD. 17hrs at 50%. Scary lart that's just the runtimes lol.
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good luck with that Nosh
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yep it's quiet Sir Knight
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Good Morning to all....
Always get a little quiet when "Some" warm weather shows up. Folks flock to the outdoors for a quickie (a weather quickie "J") and then come back in worn out and feel like doing nothing. I think it's called "Spring Fever"
I've been busy and then some of late but hopefully things will return to normal soon. Whatever Normal is.
Most of my time is spent taking Lorna to one Clinic Appointment after another. In the last two days I put 47 miles of in town driving on the vehicle.
Anyway.....Good Morning to all and I'll grab a :java: and one biscuit Fafnir. I just had scallops the other night....not as good as the ones I grew up eating....but I was in the mood for them so why not LOL.
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Morning. Well it needed to be done. Debated having Geek Squad do it so it would be faster but didn't want pay the fee. Old HD will go to being the back up so not sending everything over Just my libraries have gotten so large and need to be pruned lol. G8F takes about 20 minutes to load . I know its because of the character files. 945 at last count. And since I now build mostly my own instead I don't need them installed. Really started shooting up when the vendors started adding hair to the releases. Would want the hair but not the character sooo.
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Good morning!
It was quiet, but now the cohort is coming :ifonly:
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Just think of all the discoveries you'll make Noshoba. Every time I do External Clean ups I find stuff I forgot I even had and start to play with them and forget to finish the cleanup :nopanic; :tearlaugh:
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Good morning!
It was quiet, but now the cohort is coming :ifonly:
We have Cohorts???? :nopanic; :nopanic;
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Well, so much for the Spring Thing.....I've got snow coming down at a good clip and it's sticking....
But at least I'll not have to shovel it...tomorrow we are going to be in the upper 50s so mother nature can clear my paths and driveway and melt the snow on the vehicle.... :happydance:
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We have Cohorts???? :nopanic; :nopanic;
We do, you have :kianna: at your beck and call.
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done been out raked and filled 3 garbage cans with leaves and sticks enough for one day when they pick up this bunch will do more soon will be cleaned up
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Chuckles true. Now there are certain vendors I will buy their character releases no matter what and then the core characters the 8sI keep. So not deleting everything. Also a few that have options I like using on other renders i.e. LIEs and some with eye option that allow for creative eye colors. But I figure I can get it down in the 300s will be happy.
And yes that does happen lol when doing a clean up. Why I still keep agood bit of the old stuff. Also doesn't help a good number of vendors still stick their DS stuff in the Poser directories otherwise would dump those completely since I usually only go in there maybe once a month at most. Ok its moving faster....71% lol.
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We do, you have :kianna: at your beck and call.
She is known by many names....but I'm thinking Cohort is NOT one of them....unless someone is desperate...and thankfully....I'm not....nor am I blind :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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She is known by many names....but I'm thinking Cohort is NOT one of them....unless someone is desperate...and thankfully....I'm not....nor am I blind :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
If you say so :iminnocent:
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If you say so :iminnocent:
I doodidly do say so....many times over :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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I doodidly do say so....many times over :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
Thou doth protest too much, methinks
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And you try to pawn her off on others to often me thinks :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Well, sometime this week I'll be tearing down the computers and giving them a good cleaning out. With one bigass cat and 3 kittens roaming around....I'm sure the computers now have hairballs....
They are brushed frequently but we all know with pets....there is no such thing as "Shedding a little"
Shedding is shedding no matter the amount :tearlaugh:
Plus it's a good thing to do even if you don't have pets. Dust gets into everything...and we humans shed a lot also....
Anyway...One more quick stroll and then off to FB to post winners. I might even get into Pinterest today and post our winners. Haven't done that in a bit since they keep changing things. It's almost as frustrating as us changing our Attic around constantly LOL....
Now where's my coffee.... :java: Ahhhhhhh
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Yikes! As Aelin said the gang's reassembled quickly. And I agree with TL, after a shopping trip in the out-of-doors, I'm ready for a nap with all the fresh air, warm weather (!) and the starting of pollen here in Pennsylvania.
Noshoba, sometimes I think we're brothers from another mother. I started a backup of model directories this morning at 6am and it's still running 4 hours later. :shrug: And your comment on characters and just wanting the hair: :thumb_up:
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Good Morning Sir Knight....
I never ever had allergies but I guess as you get older....they gang up on you....Pollen being one of them...and with a Farm right next door...I'm always sniffling LOL. But....I can't take allergy meds due to the other meds I take so I do what I do best...Stay inside unless I have to go shopping, or to the clinic, or mow the grass or wash the car :tearlaugh:
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Well..... we're about as bandy a group you'll find around here, so Good call Aelin. 8 )
Cheers
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Good morning, TL. I can't / don't take allergy medicine, either. I hope Lorna is faring well. It's really good of you to do all that running around.
Well..... we're about as bandy a group you'll find around here, so Good call Aelin. 8 )
Cheers
Amen, Wizzard.
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Indeed knight. Still have a ways to go though before the real work begins
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As long as she let's me call her a "PITA" each time she asks to be taken somewhere....I don't mind....but it does cut in on my "Doing Nothing" time
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Noshoba, this backup reports 3841 files to go. :toast: or maybe :nopanic;
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I love it when you do backups and it tells you that the time frame is two days to complete...and an a couple of hours later you're done :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Night if you add 3 zeros after your number and you will have roughly the number I started at 3,414, ....lol
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Well only took 24 hours but complete. Now the next section and if I have done it right will about 12.5 TB left to fill up in future lol.
And yeah TL that sounds about right.
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That's should be good for a few months. Glad the first step is complete. My backups have also finished for the one directory. Two more to go. These two are much smaller. Maybe. I hope. :whattodo:
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Ok now the fun part. Culling that massive herd of files lol. Now back down to one hard drive. Well could be worse knight.
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Because I'm a programmer, my first step in doing that sort of culling is to compute the MD5 checksum of all the files so I can find duplicates even if they've been renamed. Culling is not an easy process. I don't envy you the work. Good luck! I hope it's finished by the time for the legendary Church Lady battle.
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Oh I slready had that battle this morning. So all good there lol
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Well folks.....Just got done with the FB posting and never got to Pinterest... Was deleting old groups I belonged to in FB. Got to learn not to press "JOIN" so often. But I couldn't believe how many I removed due to lack of participation. But did find that most of those weren't ones I visited often anyway....So all is good....
Have a great night folks....and take care....
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Morning...seems I am getting a serious delaysin my notifies. TL just had my email with yours from last night lol.
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Mornin' folks. Big jug of caffeine if you please Fafnir and the rest of you please ignore the hairy little garden gnome with the cloud of smoke surrounding him, tucked into the corner. Finally have the last of the Govt. paperwork and today is tax stress day. At least the F1 season has finally restarted for another year and I can take a break from the paperwork in a bit.
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Good morning, Noshoba and PDG.
I'm also seeing very long delivery times for the notifications from FA. Looking at the E-mail headers makes me think it's all within the web site host. Seems to be a 4.5 hour delay from the Date: header to the first E-mail hop.
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I think more coffee, if you please. I hope you have a good day!
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Morning..oh thejoys of fanart lol
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Good morning!
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Good morning, Aelin.
Noshoba, what's fan art doing to you this morning?
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Good morning, Fafnir. I think more coffee, if you please. I hope you have a good day!
Don't forget the extra shot of Bailey's in mine if you please, doing the proof reading of the 20 progress reports I have to write for the children
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double shot of Bailey's coming up J
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Good afternoon to all....
Another Sunday Morning done and gone..... And now to grab a :java: and see what is what in here. And since it's in the 50's outside....I'm making this a quick visit so I can get some of the junk that flew in my yard from last weeks storm cleaned up. I sure wasn't going out to clean it up in the cold LOLOL
And yes on the Announcements....it's all screwed up. Old saying is....You get what you paid for is in high gear of late.... Hopefully some of this will be solved soon.
And now to get done what I came in here to do. with :java: in hand
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Marin Kitagawa... The english short hand title makes me puke..but been following the manga since it first came out.
"Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo suru" but they gave it name in english that doesn't fit. "My Dressup Darling"
-hurls- Same people who did Horamiya so is a pretty solid story and production. Enough source material and support to warrant a 2nd season. Lol after first couple of episodes they had to go and do a few million copy reprint to meet demand.
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In case the announcement comes late for you. The first round of vote for the April theme is online
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24821.0
And for the newest messages in topics, when I'm on forum, I always check that page
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?action=unread
Because I follow no topic at all.
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Good Morning folks! Hm. Couple days late again it seems! :nopanic; Oh well. Yesterday was grocery day. I ordered all that, it all got picked up, in house and sorted. Then I ordered fresh motor oil and filter AND a knee scooter for in the house... anticipating getting Jeep ready and running right and healthy again, making it DRIVABLE! Cause I might be in good enough shape soon to be allowed to drive again! Yaaay team! :D :D
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Hope so McG
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hope that you get better and can drive soon and the healing continues McG
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Nornin' Fafnir. Taxes are done and ready to be mailed in later today so a coffee and Creek to start the day if you please.
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Good morning, McG, Noshoba, Fafnir and PDG.
Still praying for your healing, McG. Glad to hear things continue well.
PDG, the end of doing taxes is always a relief for me. Definitely time for a drink!
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Good morning!
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Good Morning Fafnir, Sir Knight, Aelin, Noshoba, Wizzard! Thanks for the prayers and well-wishes!
DId I hear a dirty word? *TAXES* !! Ugh!
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You hang in there, ya old fart. I can really feel for you. Only still able to drive. With Connie, not so much. Anyway, she now has her mobility cart, but mine apparently committed hari-kiri. Think its the battery. In any case it has been reported to VA and they're supposed to get back to me. Also, my son and I spent the day yesterday mounting the hitch and carrier on Connie's Forrester. Next is my Baja. Right after it comes back from the shop with a new tranny.
:happydance:
Yaaaaa! Now can get to work on Work in Progress that has been put aside for far too long.
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning Fafnir, Sir Knight, Aelin, Noshoba, Wizzard! Thanks for the prayers and well-wishes!
DId I hear a dirty word? *TAXES* !! Ugh!
Indeed that is a dirty word, finished mine off about two weeks ago and for a change I do not have to pay in, granted the pitiful sum I am getting back wouldn't last 20 minutes in a book store it is better then the alternative.
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$5 back is better than $5 in!
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Thanks Hipshot! You hang in there too man!
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Morning..the joy of an ealy chemwash on a chilly day lol.
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Good morning
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For those who didn't yet vote for the April theme, don't forget to go there
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24821.0
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The voting is all over the map. You can make a difference!
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I saw Sir Knight, after I voted of course, that the votes ARE all over the map. And I sure din't help that any! LOL! :D
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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I saw Sir Knight, after I voted of course, that the votes ARE all over the map. And I sure din't help that any! LOL! :D
When faced with a huge number of choices, I sometimes see a few that I really like but know that I may be only vote for that one. So I do vote for them and find that it's already pretty much decided in one of our usual categories. I like our usual categories! It's why I came to FA. And of course I could compose renders in those that I do like and not enter. So I was excited to see that it was a very broad selection at that time and mentioned it so as to encourage anyone who had similar experience.
Long response to say: just trying to be encouraging and potentially helpful.
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Good morning, McG and Fafnir! :java: for me, please Fafnir. Groupers certainly are mean fish but I do like to eat them. :tearlaugh:
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yeah; tax hell is done. They got all the blood they are going to get during the year so there is no paying in. Sadly, my advanced age makes it so I don't earn enough to get a refund of any type. Even $5 McG. The celebratory drink was out of my pocket not theirs. Bummer.
I'll take a look at the monthly vote. I doubt my current experiment in Cycles shaders will fit any of them. It's rather specific. Ah Blowing Bubbles. That might work.
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Good morning!
Thank you guys for your votes, even with plenty options choosen, it seems there are few which are prefered anyway. And glad we have reached 20 voters :yesway:
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Good Morning to all.
Had a couple of busy days so I stayed off the net. Once I get on....I hate leaving and nothing gets done LOL.
Anyway...a very dreary, wet, chilly day here....and it's to be this way for most of the week...But thankfully, we need the rain...and it's NOT snow....Yet.
Got a lot done though. It was warm enough to put up the suet feeders once again...and take the hanging corn cobs down. The squirrels loved them but the birds...not so much. And the Suet I use is the Cayenne Pepper suet which squirrels do not like.
They'll be busy trying all the food they buried....and they do a great job of doing that. They can find 95% of the hiding places but will lose up to 25% of its buried food cache to thievery from other squirrels, birds, or other animals.
Yesterday was a day of Shopping and Appointments for Lorna.
Other then that...general Spring Cleaning.....With 4 critters it's a full time chore LOL.
I'll have a :java: Fafnir.....Ahhhhhhhh
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Final voting round for April theme is by there: https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24828.0
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We had snow yesterday. Went to VA Amarillo, the visit was great, and my Doctor and Nurses were all happy. We moved ahead with Dr. Perez plan and then, exhausted, we came home. With a Celebration Stop at Chic Fil A ! I got nuggets, bro in law got waffled taters. We chattered all the way home about a gazillion nothings. Great day! I'd taken off out the door with shorts and TShirt on, didn't even bring a long shirt. And, as warm and sunny as it was, the snow and ice piled up everywhere with the wind made it right chilly! But, home, had my meds, and slept. 1:40 am, and am UP now :o)
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Uh, 4 critters? What happened with the 4th kitten? By now they are like 'Teenagers' right? So one went home with one of the grands? I am still happy with my two! Sometimes, picking up after just one is a chore, so yep I am happy with my two boys! LOL! I imagine Oz keeps the kids straightened out as needed. Heh! I remember Tattoo doing that with Mogwai. Life with Family is wonderful. Even our critter family!
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' folks. Coffee and a biscuit if you please. Need a little fortification this morn. I'm feeling a bit peckish.
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Good morning!
McG, I think TL always had 3 babies and Oz. I don't remember a fourth.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C and a couple nice warm biscuits with bacon
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hi Aelin
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Hi Fafnir! Thanks again for the chocolate, it's very useful to sail between all old freebies :yesway:
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Hi all!
I wish you a beautiful spring! Take good care of you, your families and your animals.
Have a nice day!
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Mornin to you earwenM wishing you a great day filled with many blessings
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Good Morning folks! SPRING?! Already? Bu bu but it SNOWED! Again! Hm. I guess it can do that if it wants to. :shrug:
Good Morning to ya Aelin, and TL's little ones, I thought there were 4 babies let into the house. Seems I thought wrong, again. Ha ha! That's kinda normal now days. (ding!) Oh I remember now, TL mentioned "Henrietta & the two boys" more than once, it seems. Sorry TL, I ain't trying to heap you up with cats man! I just mis-remembered . . . again. :OMFG:
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EarwinM! Hiya! For some of us, our critters ARE our families, mostly. Heh!
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir.
MsG the weather weenies are warning me your snow will be here by tomorrow. Saturday. A Texas low bringing about an inch or so. I worry more about the lows from the Pole that are arriving today.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. I'll need lots of coffee this morning if you please. 9am - 1pm meeting. :shrug:
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Morning... Still in Richmond.. and getting serious render withdrawals lol.
Only thing I am hating is driving back on Sunday instead of Saturday thanks to the weather. Oh well if brain isn't in shutdown mode by time I finish jobs may just go ahead and try it.
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Good morning!
Good luck with your meeting Sir Knight :panic:
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Ok, no idea if the announcement will come to you, or will come fast. So you can find the next theme for Art Challenge: https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24682.0
For tomorrow, the winner will still be a Magic theme. It's for Saturday of the next weekend I'm hoping images for the new theme :ifonly:
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Yeah; the Art Challenge. Forgot about this. Old age. They keep telling me on the TV that there is something to help with age related memory fade. Can't remember what it is though.
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Believe me, no need for the old age to forget things.
I'm a pro to forget something 2 minutes after I thought or read or heard or talked about.
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What were we talking about?
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Whether or not Cointreau should be used instead of Triple Sec in a Margarita
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Good Morning to all....
Well, I think I've got everything ready for Henriettas and Puss Puss's visit to the vets tomorrow. Got to drop them off between 7-7:30AM.
So as a refresher for all....Lorna and I have Oz...Our older cat which is a rescue from Texas due to Hurricane Harvey in 2017....A Christmas Gift from the Grandson, his girlfriend and my Great Grandaughters. Oz was shipped along with many other strays to Animal Shelters here in Wisconsin.
Then most know the story of Henrietta, Puss Puss and our mixed up Bootsy. Henrietta and Bootsy are female...Puss Puss is the male. Puss Puss only aggravates Henrietta when he's horny...doesn't bother with Bootsy at all...Which is why only he and Henrietta are heading to the vets....for now...
Would you believe we are suppose to get SNOW again today...with 40-50 MPH winds.... But then again..rather have that then the weather they are having to the South and East of us.
Other then that....I'm still trying to get my freebie files in order. It will never happen...but at least I tried....
And now to see what is what and why is who with :java: in hand...
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I know all about the snow coming TL. Blame the first round on McG but the real crap arrives here Sunday night into Monday falling from the Pole.
Double and no coffee if you please Fafnir. My trusty and faithful Dell crapped out. Ten years of screaming like a jet plane with every multi day long render. Keeping my feet nice and toasty warm with the 9000 degree warmth it pumped out, trying not to overheat; while the fans clogged with cat hair slowly stopped turning. Weekly. I found it's limit and it is a sad event.
As one would expect; I failed to pick up a new SSD from Wallyworld when I had the opportunity back in January. No recent backup. Such is life. Not much of importance but it was my main work/development box for modelling and rough work. Lots of WIP stuff. Not much finished work.
I need to make some type of decision.
The machine I am typing on is a 10 gen i7f (clock locked) with 16 gig RAM and a RTX 2070. Good enough for Poser and Blender. Overkill for web surfing. Under powered for development work if i want to keep up with current standards and function in on a reasonable timetable.
I can build an i9 with 64 gig a RTX 3090 (back order from nVidia) for around $5,500. Perfect for work or play. Entirely too expensive but one can dream.
Now kind folk comes option three and there in I need any assistance that may be available. Well opinion really. Has anyone any experience with the newer RTX enabled gaming laptops? I know the chips are usually under powered but I don't want to game. I want something to play with Poser and Blender on.
This box I will up the RAM on to 32 gig for just over $100 and grab a RTX 3080 for just over $500. Fewer cores than the TI version but those cores double the cost. Cheap and cheerful upgrade cost. Easy on the pocketbook and available same day delivered to the building. This then becomes the new production box and I'll purchase a laptop for Poser and Blender playing in short order if there are no unexpected set backs. Two thousand US would be the limit on such a laptop and I have absolutely ZERO experience with them and would ripe to be plucked free from my meagre ducats.
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I'm sorry to read that about your comp PDG.
I'm back in Coffee Shop because today was the presentation of the first tapestry for Miyazaki's universe. What we saw until then was simply the "carton" (the draw to do the job) inverted compared to the final render.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uzgGi_LpIs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uzgGi_LpIs)
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Very nice. Had to mute it though. My slow french kept trying to keep up and was detracting from the fine work. Very interesting indeed.
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I'm back....Had to feed the outdoor cats before they got blown away....
Sorry to hear about the computer PDG.....That does suck.....
And it always hurts when a system fails before a scheduled BU....
As for RTX enabled gaming laptops....Nope..Don't know anything about them...... I've got a old Refurbished HP that I picked up at Wally World for $800 way back when.....Don't even remember how old it is...
I use mine just for net surfing and sorting Freebies while in bed...and once in awhile I'll drag it out to the living room to keep the kitties company.... :iminnocent:
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Sorry to hear it, PDG! I have an XPS 13 9310 for work but it only has Intel graphics. I generally buy towers. :shrug: All the Dells that I see are near $2K for your specs.
I can ask my sons and gamer friends if you don't get any other input.
Aelin, thanks very much for that. It is beautiful.
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I'm far from laptop friendly. Like you Sir Knight I'm a full tower kind of guy as I have always built my own systems. However; it's time to get with the turn of the century and purchase some form of mobile type computing device. My dead Dell is actually an XPS system. Was. From before XPS machines were mobile devices.
The new Dells are using Intel's EVO chipset. The Intel One API AI and Machine Learning are based on this chip with or without an additional set of FGPAs such as the little blue NCS2 sitting here on my desk rapidly becoming redundant.
The RTX chipset is obviously nVidia and does AI and ML differently and Apple's M1 chip does it differently yet again.
At the moment nVidia appears to be the most supported across the board. Blender 3.1 is now running CyclesX which is mostly chipset agnostic. Poser currently supports RTX and whenever P12 gets out of update and is replaced with the new version it will support all three. However; P? isn't ready for prime time yet and the extra Tensor cores in TI chips are becoming redundant as AI/ML is being offloaded to the cloud.
All that eye glazing crap simply means I need to purchase a machine that I KNOW will be outdated in about 9 months due to architecture changes coming down the pipe. I could wait a year. This box is higher spec. than a lot of machines out there ATM but there is no guarantee I'll still have enough cash around to make such a purchase. I have been debt free for more than 20 years and that isn't about to change for a simple toy.
All that being said; I would like feedback from folk that use similar software to see if there are any specific pitfalls or praises to be had as far as laptops go. Towers are becoming expensive to build and laptops of similar (I use the term loosely) spec. seem to be considerably cheaper.
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Crap. Less coffee pdg. Where are my manners. Sorry to start raving away, right away, anyway; good morning everyone. Maybe drop a double into my morning coffee Fafnir and try and slow me down a bit.
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I mostly do HPC, so I was unfamiliar with EVO. My desktop is Xeon Cascade Lake, for example.
Reading about it, it seems like an Alder Lake (Intel 12th Gen) CPU is the main requisite for EVO, along with light weight. Most of the gaming speed would then come from the 96 EU's in the built-in GPU. If you're using a NVIDIA GPU instead, the performance would mostly be determined by the RTX's speed. I can say that the RTX 5000 in my current desktop is adequately fast.
In the past when the coffee shop members have descended to this level of discussion, there has been throat clearing in the background and those conversing have been quietly steered to another room. I'll ask my gamer friend (it's only 6am so he won't be awake for another 12 hours) and report in a PM.
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Hey PDG! Wow what a mess. OUCH about your pc heading South. The following stuff is just so you have a bit more info for a better informed choice. If you don't mind that is.
I had enough SSD's, Power Supply (750W single 12vdc rail), and video card to start my own rebuild, well over a year ago now. So, I basically ordered just the Main Three Bits. Motherboard, CPU and RAM. What I started off ordering at Walmart.com was around $800 USD. What I ended up having to get was just at $1,400.00 altogether, as it sits running right now. And, I did not bother with an "RTX" vid card at all. To get one that has any real serious impact over my newest card, a GTX 1650 Super w/4 gigs, would run me over $1,500 for the video card alone. I spent time digging up specs, downloading PDF files etc. and reading all of it. But that was for all the current tech as I was a dozen years behind. I also upped the Ryzen 5 6 core to a Ryzen 7 3700X octal core 16 thread for some $22 more and got another gigahertz plus more cores. Someone mentioned not bothering with more than 32 gigs of main system RAM. True. Not seeing much use of the extra 32 gigs I put in afterward. BUT, both ZBrush and Poser DO hit as high as 48 gigs use now and then. Plus the RAM was cheap! I imagine you saw all the blah blah about me building BadMoonRYZEN. Suffice that it does perform more than twice as fast as the old rig (which was still running fine), and all those 16 hyperthreads really do make a hell of a difference. Especially in POSER!
Video card blather: IF you have the bucks to toss on one then DO go for an RTX 2xxx + as that entry does top the GTX 1650 Super. I got mine for $200, ok? THAT is why I settled for the last Nvidia entry before the RTX hit the market like a bomb. This card does keep up with the lower RTX models, but it is a bigger GPU core and a tad hotter. According to the specs anyways. This card does great with the 3D stuff, but not quite as great with the games. Like Arma 3, No Man's Sky and a few of the Zombie Apocalypse "live action" type video games. It do walk on consoles. :)
This rig is entirely air cooled. CPU is using the stock Wraith Prizm cooler that came with the CPU. Mobo had the chipset fan is all, and the vid card has two fans. It is surprisingly cool and quiet, even while gaming or doing an intense render. That is the whole rig man. It really is quiet!
If I were to do it again knowing all I do now, I would keep the old rig intact and get a new case and PSU to put all this stuff in. I got lots of SSD's now, two 64 bit Windows op sys's (7 pro and 10 pro). That would work out just great that way.
HIH!
McG.
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Thanks. Ed's kid is going to give me a call later today as well. He just had a new gaming laptop built by a friend. That always scares me. Built by a friend. Still kids are way better at this stuff than shaky old guys like me.
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Um, Sir Knight, PDG; Excuse my feistiness ok? But this is a forum that people have to use COMPUTER gear to even read. So this is the COFFEE Shop, which we techno-geeks also need to operate. Caffeine! I cannot separate the computer stuff from the coffee shop stuff. Just can't see it. For others to sit there, using computers to tell us to stop talking computers?
C'mon man! REALLY! :nopanic;
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I gotta start collecting info on sourcing laptop hardware. I know there are people that DO build 'generic' laptops, but this is like a cottage industry that has really gotten going the last decade I figure. I'm interested!
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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McG I saw the creation of BadMoodRisen. I'm not worried about building a tower. This one is quite up to speed as mentioned earlier though a bit of RAM and a new GPU wouldn't hurt. I'll probably have them sent over later today. $600. Doable. It's laptop advice I really need. More from user experience than technical specs. I know folk here are using their machines to do artwork of different types and their experience is more valuable to me that some sales kid telling me what I need to purchase in order to frag the world in Call of Duty or whatever the kids play now a days. I've just never purchased a mobile device, and on a fixed income I don't want burn cash and suffer buyers remorse for having spent too much to purchase something that sets the apartment on fire cooking a render or simple cooks itself.
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
All three of my favourites later on. I'll be back for some of that later. Right now it's off to get the groceries.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C with a double shot of Creek
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Morning.. let's see if weeven have enough coffee to survive day.
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Good morning!
Well, I never own a desk computer until now. Always with laptops, but I don't search for 100% real when I do a render. My W8.1 was the best anyway (8Go of RAM), and my Vista was second in rank with 4Go.
The most recent I have is the W10 from which I'm writing. Back to 4Go with it. With a AMD processor (AMD A6 9220 Radeon). I think the Vista was also under AMD. The W8.1 (still living, but thanks to an external for its brain) has a Nvidia; yet it was unable to manage things like iray in Daz - tried once, in 2 minutes was warm. With Poser superfly, it tooks 20 minutes before it started to become warm.
I don't know how are the batteries for laptops in North America. It's at random here. I know people who lost quickly their batteries. For the Vista, it tooks 4 or 5 years before its stopped to work. For the W8.1, it was quick to die but don't remember how many (had the laptop working with its internal hardware from Summer 2015 to end of 2017). I cross fingers, W10 (I have it since end of 2017) has still its but I see some signs that I must take care.
I don't run necessarily the most recent programs also. Anyway, I can use on W10: Daz3, Wings3d, PD Artist, Photoshop, for those I use the most and are asking memory. Sometimes even working a scene in DS3 and modelizing in Wings3d.
With the W8.1, I can run Poser (10, not 11 because I don't want the phoning home), DS4 (downgraded from 4.10 to 4.6 :happydance: like the older version doesn't calculate each movement in the program), Flowscape.
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Conversations about computers are fine since we are talking about them over coffee and Fafnirs vittles.....so all is good.
Politics, on the other hand, are not good in here....so chat away about the puters all you want...
Just got back from the dropping off the kitties at the Animal Shelter for their vet visit. Soon Puss Puss will be meowing in a high voice and Henrietta will stop her "Horny Meows".... Guess they will be there until late afternoon.
Then had to get a couple of Medical Collars for them so they don't lick anything and get infected.
And Sir Knight...it's snowing and blowing hard here...and I think I'm sending it your way....
Now to post a winner up for TOTW.....with :java: in hand..... Great coffee this morning Fafnirs :java: Ahhhhhh
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Medical Collars, you mean the "inverted lampshades"? :tearlaugh: Poor babies, but it's for the best for them. Not sure if Puss Puss will have a higher voice, but he shuold keep the one he has now.
We have sun, and not a part of the sand they must have in the very south of France today again.
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Yup...the inverted Lampshades....and I did a test run with Bootsy to see if it will fit the others....and she hated it...but I think my arm will heal up well after being clawed to death due to her resistance LOLOL
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Poor Bootsy! But there, she knows something the others don't know yet :psycho:
Puce was a winner for "I walk backwards" with that. Her goal sometimes also was to find an area to "block" the thing and trying to remove it by herself.
The worse they have to take in count is their heads are "bigger" during all that time. But the most recent are less big than years ago. Giro had one to don't lip her side, and she could eat and drink easily with; the one Puce has still at home makes very harder to eat and drink if the bowls aren't weight: they are simply overthrowed.
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Yup....I agree with you..it will be tough...which is why the ones we got today are temporary and the ones shown below will be here tomorrow from Amazon....
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called the cone of shame but works well to keep them from licking and removing there own stiches
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Oh that's cute!
The ones we have are from vets, nothing fancy just that
(https://upload.chatsdumonde.com/img_global/24-sante-du-chat/_medium-19564-les-collerettes-pour-chat.jpg)
The shortest, like Giro. Count several centimeters in addition for Puce.
But always liked to call cats "flowers" when one have that. Because they remind me the lion in Madagascar 3 when in disguise :tearlaugh:
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Molly had her vet visit yesterday all set for another year now she gets heartworm preventive shots that last a year and new flea and tick topical med that last 3 months then another tube is needed
expensive little girl she is but needed to be took care of back to normal today she is
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I'm thinking I'll cut down the temporary ones we just got because they'll be way to big...Not even sure if the Vet will give us one or not...which is why I got a couple today until the other ones come tomorrow. If the snow stops :thud:
And yup Fafnir...got to take care of our kids...be they 4 legged or not...
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yep Molly is family for sure
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Amen to ALL that stuff! Great info, no advertising products, no arguments, yep that is good stuff!
PDG, sorry I forgot you had said you wanted to build up a Laptop. At the moment, I have got 3 different 2n1's (tablets with keyboards), and now one solid Lenovo laptop. 8 gigs of ram, a dual core 4 thread cpu and ATI/AMD graphics. Runs Poser 12 fine! I'd love to build one scratch. Just to know them inside n out! This Lenovo Idea Book 3 15.6" lappy is actually nice!
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Amen to ALL that stuff! Great info, no advertising products, no arguments, yep that is good stuff!
PDG, sorry I forgot you had said you wanted to build up a Laptop. At the moment, I have got 3 different 2n1's (tablets with keyboards), and now one solid Lenovo laptop. 8 gigs of ram, a dual core 4 thread cpu and ATI/AMD graphics. Runs Poser 12 fine! I'd love to build one scratch. Just to know them inside n out! This Lenovo Idea Book 3 15.6" lappy is actually nice!
Yeah; I've put a lot of thought and research into this over the last 48 hours or so. Budget calculations, shipping supply chain issues, practicality (gasp); and lifestyle. I may be renovating The Shanghai Cathouse. I'll know more later today and start a new thread after the F1 race later this morning.
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
Thanks Fafnir. Coffee is good.
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Looking forward to hearing about your continued adventures, PDG.
And ... good morning to all.
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Morning.. on road back to Chucktown.
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We shall chime in for no other reason then to say good morning as well to all. We are still on the road to recovery from ye ole common garden flu, still no voice but at least the body feels so much better.
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Good morning!
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Glad to hear things are improving, J.
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Slowly but at least it is improving
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steak and bacon wrapped scallops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning...grins... Looks like Daz put out something to get the nurse to chill lol.
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Good morning!
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Hi folks; we're back. The Shanghai Cathouse renovation went off like a charm. The Disco and Rec. Room renovations are almost completed. The Farmer in the Dell was recycled back to the earth and the construction materials for the new Office Tower (name change pending) have been assembled. In the near future I'll need to add another Chest Freezer to the dark dank basement I keep forgetting to check. That won't be happening again.
So; for those that don't remember, The Shanghai Cathouse is the top vented disco ball I build about a year and a half or so ago. My cat feels it it must be her's. Warm bed and pretty lights to show off her beauty against. "I'm ready for my closeup Mr. DeVille." followed by a nasty look and "Why does that stupid hairball keep chasing me with that screaming wind machine."
The Farmer in The Dell was my graphics machine that melted down last week. I bid it a fond and tearful farewell. Well; after I scavenged a few parts that is. Dell computer. parkdalegardener. Now you know why the nurse fitted me for my jacket. Just don't tell her I got a hand free.
The Chest Freezer is my raspberry pi powered backup cloud solution. Full and ignored. Mistake and now I am paying for it. Literally. When this project is complete I have to deal with this issue ASAP.
The new Office Tower (name change pending) is currently a pile of pretty coloured cardboard boxes and little Zip Lock baggies coated in shiny metal threads. Better be pretty. Cost more than the last new car I purchased. Well; that was a 1980 Chrysler K car. I hope this foray into the unknown turns out better than that did. The car ended up on it's roof in a snowstorm. The permanent oil leak that flowed from the corner of the hood up the passenger side of the windshield to get spread by the wipers didn't do a lot for the trade in value.
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I love the idea of the disco ball turned into the Cats house! LOL! Cats love anything they can get IN or ON it seems. Heh!
Sorry about the Dell man. I felt the same about ol George, my old Intel Q9550 8 gig desktop. But, it didn't have the Umpfh! to handle most newer programs. Including my games. SO, I ripped his guts out and puzzled in the new parts and Voila! New Rig! :)
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OK Noshoba, curious minds NEED to KNOW . . . WHAT exactly did DAZ out to scmooze the Nurse ??? :nopanic;
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I love the idea of the disco ball turned into the Cats house! LOL! Cats love anything they can get IN or ON it seems. Heh!
Sorry about the Dell man. I felt the same about ol George, my old Intel Q9550 8 gig desktop. But, it didn't have the Umpfh! to handle most newer programs. Including my games. SO, I ripped his guts out and puzzled in the new parts and Voila! New Rig! :)
That box has more RGB than I really like but when I built it the only fans and RAM I could obtain were "gamer" parts. I do like the backlit keyboard though.
The new box will be a render beast when assembled. I'll update your other thread with the ongoing battle of shaking hands and fading sight; vs the tiny, child sized, mulit-tool fingers required for component assembly in the modern world.
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LOL, PDG. I've got the same problems with assembling things recently. I got a heat sink with fans and the world's tiny screws to put it around the Pi. (I run some heavy duty [proportionately anyway] computations on it (machine learning) and was worried about it being hot. After dropping the tiny screws on the floor and spending a while locating them, I found that my arthritic hands just wouldn't let me put the screws in the guide holes for long enough to tighten them. I persisted rather than asking house mates for help, but I suspect that it was just pride. :whattodo:
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that problem is not unknown to me hands and eyes don't always do as expected with small parts
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I too ran into the shaky hands and bury eyes when doing the great graphics card swap the other day, three different boxes to shuffle cards through :nopanic;
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Oh me, well I am certainly keeping good company round here! :happydance: With most of my life spent in industry as an Electrician-Mechanic, I found early on about the shaky hands. Not sure why they always did, maybe too much caffeine. It got worse, not better. Though as all you have doubtless discovered on your own, there are a handful of little tricks to help with that issue. Magnetic tip screwdrivers, screw lock-tip drivers too, and various ways to hold the tools that help. I too have had the dismal feeling from when a tiny screw falls to the floor a bunch of times. Worse when there is exactly ONE of the item I dropped. Stuff Happens.
And Good Morning everyone! :thumb_up: :java:
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LOL, PDG. I've got the same problems with assembling things recently. I got a heat sink with fans and the world's tiny screws to put it around the Pi. (I run some heavy duty [proportionately anyway] computations on it (machine learning) and was worried about it being hot. After dropping the tiny screws on the floor and spending a while locating them, I found that my arthritic hands just wouldn't let me put the screws in the guide holes for long enough to tighten them. I persisted rather than asking house mates for help, but I suspect that it was just pride. :whattodo:
I've a NCS2 from Intel I use for ML inferenceing on a Pi. Not the latest way to do it but the most controllable for paranoid folk like myself that want to control the tuning now that everyone (Intel,nVidia) want you to do all the work on their servers for deployment to "The Edge"
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Oh me, well I am certainly keeping good company round here! :happydance: With most of my life spent in industry as an Electrician-Mechanic, I found early on about the shaky hands. Not sure why they always did, maybe too much caffeine. It got worse, not better. Though as all you have doubtless discovered on your own, there are a handful of little tricks to help with that issue. Magnetic tip screwdrivers, screw lock-tip drivers too, and various ways to hold the tools that help. I too have had the dismal feeling from when a tiny screw falls to the floor a bunch of times. Worse when there is exactly ONE of the item I dropped. Stuff Happens.
And Good Morning everyone! :thumb_up: :java:
There will be no magnetic tipped screwdrivers poking around for more reasons that I care to elaborate upon, but I've a secret from my youth. It involves the use of another item hard to find these days. The spring from a retractable pen. My toolbox has a few of them rolling round on the bottom. Slide it up the driver shaft and spin a turn down over the screw head. After the screw is tightened the spring just pulls off if it stays attached to it at all.
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LOL, PDG. I've got the same problems with assembling things recently. I got a heat sink with fans and the world's tiny screws to put it around the Pi. (I run some heavy duty [proportionately anyway] computations on it (machine learning) and was worried about it being hot. After dropping the tiny screws on the floor and spending a while locating them, I found that my arthritic hands just wouldn't let me put the screws in the guide holes for long enough to tighten them. I persisted rather than asking house mates for help, but I suspect that it was just pride. :whattodo:
Real fun is desoldering an frequency switch off the back plane of a radio with all the appropriate shields in place and once the switch dropped out it decided to also cause the LED that indicates radio status i.e. on/off, to come off.
Loose that little :soapy: thing and it is a trip to depot for repair as we do not stock that item and I have been shown once on how to "reattach" them to the board, except it fell before it was completed. Want to bet it was never found ... you win ... two of them could fit on my pinky fingernail. That should give you a frame of reference of size.
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Good morning!
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Morning to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir, Aelin, J and PDG. More action here today than some days.
I agree with McG: most of us have had trouble with "adjusting" hardware. I also avoid magnetic screw driver bits. I was using tweezers to place the screws and ... shakey hands! ... there it goes! Too little for PDG's spring trick but a good one to know!
PDG, I'm not doing deep learning. Is the NCS2 capable for SVM operations as well? I have just started reading about it.
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Good Morning to all....
Sorry for being MIA but I've had enough action to last me two years LOLOL. Both kittens came out of their procedures very well. But I gotta keep them calm, cool and collective for a couple of days so they can heal properly. At the initial check up before the operations they had a check list and the only thing they noted was a small amount of ear mites...which we battle constantly...no matter what litter we get...but overall...they were impressed with the kittens physical condition. Any suggestions on controlling ear mites would be welcome.
I'll post a couple of pictures in the Kitty Cat Section....
As for weather....it sucks...and Sir Knight....saw the clips of that pile up on I-81...what a mess...Sorry we sent the snow your way.
But anyway...time to take a stroll in here with :java: in hand.
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Puce has ear mites since we have her. From shelter I guess, because Giro had already that when she arrived at home from the same shelter. It's just something to check regularly. Nothing helped with that, and we tried a lot of stuff for.
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Me, I have both magnetic tip and non magnetized tip screwdrivers, and nut drivers and even hex keys! Do note; these are all small tools. I also have a slew of different small pliers with spring opening. And some small vise grip type locking pliers. I figure: whatever works that ya have that don't damage anything else!
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Oi ear mites! Yuck! Been through that with my cats a few times. Well, with every cat I've had, it seems. And worms. Yup, intestinal variety. There's pills for them ya know!
TL it was 85F here yesterday, and a beautiful day out. Looks to be the same happening today. Then tomorrow it is scheduled to snow again. :OMFG:
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I'm gathering that it's a common thing with cats and kittens be they indoor or outdoor. I do take the time to clean their ears as much as I can. Q'tips and olive oil work great for the most part. I know they have ear wipes also....but you'd have to buy a case of them to be effective LOLOL....
Today is calm but cold....but starting tomorrow...we are back in the "Trouble Zone" Wind, rain, snow, sleet and whatever else they can shove our way. My brother in RI had colder temps then we did. They woke up to 8 degrees yesterday....:thud:
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You guys talking about the very small parts and screws to put them together are going to be jealous maybe! I'm 65 and still have awesome surgeon hand steadiness! Yes, I could put all those things together without my hands shaking. I might even rub it in a bit with this: The only handshake I have is the one I use to shake somebody else's hand!
Sorry if that seems offensive. I do feel for those that have shaky hands. I'm actually willing to help people around me to get things done, by lending a steady hand. It really is my nature to be helpful in any way I can. As a tall man, I'm often in a position to get things down from high shelves for people that cannot reach them. My long reach also makes things that are out of reach in other directions reachable for me. I have helped people with that as well.
When I worked with the pathologist in the last hospital I worked in, We were doing autopsies. He noticed how steady my hands are.
He asked me "Why are you not a surgeon?"
I asked him "Why do you ask?"
He said "Because you have the most steady hands I've ever seen!"
I knew what he meant by that, but I answered "I chose to get into the arts, and my hands have been great for that."
That doctor wanted me to go to college and become a surgeon, but I was not interested enough to pursue his offers. I choose the direction of my life, and though I could have enjoyed that profession, I would be missing what I still do to this day, ART!
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Good Morning to all....
Sorry for being MIA but I've had enough action to last me two years LOLOL. Both kittens came out of their procedures very well. But I gotta keep them calm, cool and collective for a couple of days so they can heal properly. At the initial check up before the operations they had a check list and the only thing they noted was a small amount of ear mites...which we battle constantly...no matter what litter we get...but overall...they were impressed with the kittens physical condition. Any suggestions on controlling ear mites would be welcome.
I'll post a couple of pictures in the Kitty Cat Section....
As for weather....it sucks...and Sir Knight....saw the clips of that pile up on I-81...what a mess...Sorry we sent the snow your way.
But anyway...time to take a stroll in here with :java: in hand.
My cat Cookie Baby had ear mites that were torturing her! I got some ear mite medicine for her, and as soon as she got a whiff of the scent, she was like a wildcat; scratched me up good with her little switchblades. So I got a Towel wrapped around her kind of tight, Held her head in the right position, and Pop put the medicine in her ears. It helped, but she did not like it.
So a word of warning while dealing with ear mites for your cats; be sure to take precautions to keep from having your arms and hands ripped to shreds. Wrap a towel around the cat and make it so they cannot struggle their way out (experience talking here). Have another person on hand to help if you can. Hold the head of the cat so that it cannot move much. Quickly put the medicine in and immediately rub it in. It is a type oil, (possibly cod liver oil) which has medicinal ingredients added. It has worked for Cookie Baby fairly well, and I am to the point at which it only has to be done once in a year or two. She has few problems with the ear mites now.
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Hiya Cleve! Great seeing you posting man! :o)
I agree with ya about the cats, ear mites and precautions for the inevitable shredding of arms. My cats might do that trying to get away. I usually let their Doctors get the mites out. Much safer for me!
And your steady hands are a blessing for you. I might feel a twinge of envy, but your being happy about it is not offensive to me in the least. I still figure out ways to get things done. It simply has to go a bit slower is all.
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Good morning, Fafnir, Aelin, J and PDG. More action here today than some days.
I agree with McG: most of us have had trouble with "adjusting" hardware. I also avoid magnetic screw driver bits. I was using tweezers to place the screws and ... shakey hands! ... there it goes! Too little for PDG's spring trick but a good one to know!
PDG, I'm not doing deep learning. Is the NCS2 capable for SVM operations as well? I have just started reading about it.
I started when parts were big. Moving a magnetic driver around where a capacitor may lie in wait for trip to ground could make for a rather shocking morning.
Yes to the SVM. Essentially the NCS is an array of GPUs used to accelerate computations on Pis and other low power Arm type boards. It is specifically endowed with builtin AI and ML functions as it is really designed to sit out on "The Edge" with the "IOT". I use mine for experimenting with self driving. I've a drone that can drive like a car or fly as a quadcopter. Made it a number of years back. Pi with a camera and a few cheap RC parts. The NCS2 is the most expensive part.
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My cat went through her twice yearly vet visit a little over two years ago. Pandemic. The Vet said cats are susceptible to Covid and she had a newborn daughter. No exposure for her. Business closed.
My cat has three legs. Rescued it from a crackhouse way back when so she got a lot of care at first. Since the Vet's been closed Miss Boo has yet to have any issues including ear mites. Makes me wonder about all the Vet bills and the trips I was guilted into.
Hey Agent. Long time no "see".
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Hiya Cleve! Great seeing you posting man! :o)
I agree with ya about the cats, ear mites and precautions for the inevitable shredding of arms. My cats might do that trying to get away. I usually let their Doctors get the mites out. Much safer for me!
And your steady hands are a blessing for you. I might feel a twinge of envy, but your being happy about it is not offensive to me in the least. I still figure out ways to get things done. It simply has to go a bit slower is all.
Slow going, more often than not, wins the day. If you talk with any of my friends and family, they will tell you that I am slow. Not in most things, but in things where I need to be accurate or precise, yes! So any small assembly job will be slow while I am doing it.
Funny thing about that is as follows:
I was working at a custom bus building company called Metrotrans, as a cabinet builder. The man that hired me did not know jack about building cabinets, and even less about designing them to fit in a bus or vehicle. One day I come to work and my boss tells me I'm fired.
Well the plant manager was standing there listening, and he stepped in. "You're not firing him!" he said to my boss. Then he asked "Why do you want to fire him?"
My boss said "Because he is slow!"
The plant manager had been watching my work for a while, and he defended me by saying "He's not slow! He just takes the time to get the job done right, so he doesn't have to go back and fix it later!"
The plant manager took me out of the Cabinet shop and put me on the line, installing the cabinets instead. I also got a raise a week later. Soon the boss of the cabinet shop was fired for coming to work drunk, and for shoddy work. I went to the plant manager and begged to be returned to the cabinet shop. He had already planned for that to happen. I then trained under My Dad and another supervisor to become the next supervisor for the cabinet shop. I really was not wanting to do that, as my love was doing the actual work, designing and building cabinets for those buses. So I told the plant manager my concerns.
He was amiable about it, knowing where my strengths were, so he told me. "You won't have to do the paperwork, just see that the shop runs smooth as possible."
That turned out to be easy enough, as I had a fantastic crew working with me. All of them knew their jobs and got them done on time.
Meanwhile I was making a name for myself at the company. Customers wanted my designs in their buses. I was given one bus to design and build luxury cabinets for, which after it was built' it went to the show in Las Vegas. It won a prize for most original and useful interior. All I did was think about what I would want in such a bus, design it and build it. I had two others helping with installing them. The bus was black, with black leather interior deco. It had a large bathroom (walls and lavatory by yours truly), A nice wet bar, Fold down tables for each seating position, privacy screens to provide that type of environment, a luggage compartment was all the way in the rear, with access from outside and inside the bus. It was a bus for me to be proud of. So like I said above, "Slow going, more often than not, wins the day." It sure did, and still does for me.
Thank you guys for your replies, and yes, It is great to be here!
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Mornin' folks. Hope all is well with the world.
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Good morning, PDG. In Delaware this week. On 3 degrees F warmer than Pennsylvania. But at the beach. Not such a big deal for Fafnir or J, but quite a change for me. I hope your hardware and software reanimation is going well. Thanks for the info on the NCS2. I'll budget for it.
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So, the new box is complete. Well close enough. Software installation time.
No way a laptop would survive my type of work. With everyone's video soldered in to the board these machines are not what they seem in the ads. I use the teenager metric. If a teenager thinks it will "frag" the opposition without lag or fires on their desks it will probably work for me. Two teens and a twenty something can't always be wrong.
And so my budget is blown all to rat crap. I wanted to come in around 2k US as I figured I would get better prices south of the border. Nope. Not happening. The only way to do this; fight it out piece by piece.
The fiercest foe was the dreaded Cryptominer. It fights to control the tools of the trade like a dragon guards their horde. Liquid cooled RTX3080ti. Seems to be the pickaxe of choice for this cross between dwarf and troll but I have prevailed against this foe as I have found one.
I went overboard. Ed should have told me his wife needed the car or some such thing. Would have saved me a lot of money and him a lot of overly expensive fuel, but; the deed is done and the piper has all the cash.
So, what did he build you ask? Or maybe you didn't but hey, I'm proud of this build.
Liquid cooled i7 with 32 gigs of RAM. Supposed to be 64 but I've a mismatch with ECC RAM that this board doesn't like. 1T NVMe, 2T SSD, and the fore mentioned waterjacketed graphics card so it can be overclocked along with the CPU once the burn-ins are complete.
Over the top for sure. I had no intention of going big. I probably should have stayed home. Well too late for that.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the fixings and tater wedges
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hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C good to hear you got your new puter built
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Good morning!
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hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C good to hear you got your new puter built
No leaks. That is the best I could hope for as a start. I'm very happy. Very broke; but very happy none the less. There are no leaks. W11 install was painless over the wired network. I don't have wifi turned on here. More pain than it's worth. I'm backing up the clean install now before I do something stupid to it. Hope it doesn't take the 10 hours it claimed it would when I started.
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Mornin' Aelin.
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Mornin' all. I think that I am now back from being AWOL. But, this time I have a REALLY good excuse. Finally got my daughter out of the house.
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At long last. After twelve years of putting up with her nonsense. (She's on the low side of the frightful Forties!!!!!!!) We got her in alright, but that still didn't end the drama. She called the day after to tell us that her cat was missing and that SOMEONE - your guess is as good as mine - got in and let cat out. Didn't touch anything of value. Just let her cat escape.
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I think the bloody cat just shot past her in the dark . . . . like about Oh Dark Thirty. Came back a day or so later no problem. Thankfully, her brother knows the effect she has on us . . . and anyone else for that matter . . . . and is going to see if he can't keep her in present situation.
Meantime, Connie is attempting to sort out the mess she left in what was my office/her room/my office once again. So, I hopefully can get started on projects without getting derailed on the drama express. We shall see.
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Congrats on the new system, PDG! Your other 32 gigs can be added easily later. That's what I did. No problems! I sure do like the specs on that new Nv RTX graphics card. You will be ahead of the whole crop of gamers for a long time with that card!
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Congrats to you too HipShot! It's about time y'all had some peace at home man!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled steak and shrimp with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Congrats on the new system, PDG! Your other 32 gigs can be added easily later. That's what I did. No problems! I sure do like the specs on that new Nv RTX graphics card. You will be ahead of the whole crop of gamers for a long time with that card!
Yeah; gamers. Nope. I don't play nice with others. I only play online when I feel like I want to be abused. That means almost never. I play games for fun and most online folk are just plain annoying. Especially if you are better than them or have nicer in game stuff. No good having the most gorgeous environments, lighting effects, movements et. al. if some twit is laying the rapid fire on you. You can't appreciate it and are spending so much time saving your own ass to actually check out the game. Life is more than tracer fire and flames and games should be for enjoyment rather than elevated stress levels.
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Mornin' Fafnir. I'll take a coffee.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. Going back to PA today and work tomorrow. :whattodo:
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Good morning!
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Yeah; gamers. Nope. I don't play nice with others. I only play online when I feel like I want to be abused. That means almost never. I play games for fun and most online folk are just plain annoying. Especially if you are better than them or have nicer in game stuff. No good having the most gorgeous environments, lighting effects, movements et. al. if some twit is laying the rapid fire on you. You can't appreciate it and are spending so much time saving your own ass to actually check out the game. Life is more than tracer fire and flames and games should be for enjoyment rather than elevated stress levels.
That is what I like most about No Man's Sky. You can choose multi-player or single. There are three or four modes for each. I choose the single player most of the time so I can explore and "Do Stuff" in peace. I like it!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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got a steady light rain here this morning Molly ain't to thrilled with gettin a wet butt when she goes out but will wrap her in a warm rowel and she will be happy
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Good morning from snowland!
Don't forget the April contest: https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24843.0
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Hello to all.....
Well, Lorna finally has the cast off but she still has to keep the arm wrapped and elevated when she can...which with her....is all the time...that way she doesn't have to do anything around here LOLOL....
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Good News on the Daughter Hipshot. I don't think I'll ever get that lucky LOL....but in all honesty..my daughter is only a PITA every other day....so all is good....
Glad to hear you have a new Rig PDG....Enjoy.
Thanks for the Phone call Fafnir...good talking to you....and thanks for the :java: Ahhhhhhhh
Did you get any snow today Sir Knight? Heard what we just had was heading your way...Good thing is...it melted away late in the day...so no shoveling needed. Had sleet and snow this Morning...and now it's 50 Degrees...
And Hello Aelin....Glad you liked the little flowered Kitties LOLOL.....
And have fun with your games McG....
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Curiosity compels me to ask is understanding English a dying art?
I keep telling the office people and the school coordinators I have laryngitis (no voice) and that every time I speak it means my recovery keeps getting pushed back
Is that not understandable?
:soapy: :soapy: :soapy:
Seriously is it really that hard to grasp? ... inquiring minds want to know.
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Did you get any snow today Sir Knight? Heard what we just had was heading your way...Good thing is...it melted away late in the day...so no shoveling needed. Had sleet and snow this Morning...and now it's 50 Degrees...
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A weird weather day but no snow, only drizzle and wind, lots of wind. Now last night there was a tornado not far from here. :nopanic;
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Good morning from second snowland day!
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Didn't you want some snow, Aelin? And Good MORNING to you too! :happydance:
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NOAA Weather says it is sunny and clear. But it is still dark. DUH! Only a little chilly here. In the 40's. We precipitated yesterday sometime, the windows were wet outside. No snow or ice here at the moment. I figure there are some little water puddles though.
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Of course I want snow! And even if I didn't want to have it, Mother Nature needs it.
There are people complaining in some part of the country "it never happened we have snow in this time of the year"... which is totally false. The thing is perhaps not snow on all parts of the country in the same time, but it happened. Just like it happens there is snow on the moutains in July!
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Tis Morning and will see how good it is as time goes by LOL....
Got all the indoor and outdoor critters fed...Had to do it before the snow came....and glad I did.....
It's snowing like heck right now....but don't think it will make it to your area Sir Knight. But I did hear about the wicked weather that was in your neck of the woods...and those south of us.... I'm thinking it's going to be another one of those "Mother Natures Revenge" years.
Is your snow still coming down Aelin?
Anyway...Trying to type with the 16.4 pound Ozzy on my lap....and after raising hell since 3AM this morning, the little ones are now sleeping.
But on with the show....and time to get things started...with :java: in hand....Ahhhhhh
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Of course I want snow! And even if I didn't want to have it, Mother Nature needs it.
There are people complaining in some part of the country "it never happened we have snow in this time of the year"... which is totally false. The thing is perhaps not snow on all parts of the country in the same time, but it happened. Just like it happens there is snow on the moutains in July!
Like you...I'll not complain about the snow that much. We would need at least another 30" or so to be where we are suppose to be with snowfall...and we are already in a severe draught situation....so the farmers will be struggling once again. The only reason I complain is because my body demands it :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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For the moment the sky shares a gentle tiny snowfall. But some times in the day, like yesterday (adn like this morning) we can have big snowfalls. If forecast weather is right, it will continue tomorrow. I don't care, I'm well at home :tearlaugh:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Attic. Well, barely still morning here but I wish you a good day. I'm glad you're snug at home, Aelin.
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Thanks for the coffee Fafnir.....Just started another pot so all is good.
and good morning to you Sir Knight....Hope your day is a grand one.
And yes folks...it's still snowing.....
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Rain, slight peek by the sun, thunderboomers.. just another day in paradise.
Jherr.... It may be the current generations mindset, after all they spend so much time looking at their phones they miss out on vital clues (like vocal damage).
Heh, heres something to amuse you, saw a clip of a kid talking on the phone..... walking into heavy traffic.... needless to say a carwash was needed.
Cheers and try to be tolerant of the ignorant, they rarely last long in the destruction derby known as life.
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Yep to many are wrapped up in their own deranged world that they miss what is going on right in front of them.
Worse still are the ones who refuse to understand that there are times that otherwise common and simple tasks are beyond ones abilities.
Little things like that do piss a person off ... wonder what would happen if they had to deal with the same hand of cards that I currently am dealing with .... ????
Probably would curl up in a ball and look for their safe space and coloring books ..... and whine about being offended
I am not looking for anything of the sort, just stop giving me dirty looks when I sign that I cannot talk.
Or worse still the proverbial deer in the headlights look of you do not or cannot understand the concept being conveyed.
Oh and here comes the rain :rainy: with purpose and vigor.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee if you please. I hope your weather has improved.
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Good morning!
Just few snow left on the ground and some roofs today. It's still cold outside, and should stay the same tomorrow.
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Morning.. church lady fight complete...now trying to create expressions for a mutt.
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Ooo! Sounds very interesting!
I wanna see! I wanna see!
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Well going to be interesting since based on real event lol.
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Can't wait to see it! Woo Hoo!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with bacon wrapped scallops and all the fixings and tater wedges
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mornin' Fafnir. A coffee if you please.
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Morning...
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C
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mornin Aelin
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ornin Nosh
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:nopanic; I was here already earlier? I didn't know I was able to duplicate myself! :tearlaugh:
Good morning! It's only my first visit of the day to internet.
Sun is shining, and finally it wasn't as cold as they said for outside.
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I need the link to the current monthly contest gallery. I tried searching for the gallery on my own, but everything I try leads to other areas. I want to view the images being uploaded.
:nopanic; :nopanic; :nopanic;
The animal think fits right in with what I am doing for my cat companion, Cookie Baby. She turns 12 on either the 8th or 9th of this month. That is one reason I suggested the theme that won the vote. The other reasons are to honor all the pets I have ever included in my family, all dogs, cats, birds, and yes 3 different spiders, one of which was a Black Widow! Yeah, I know! That seems creepy, but I was feeding her with insects that were invading my space. I never touched her or any of my spiders; they have a tendency to bite without provocation.
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'ere ye go Cleve....
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=1040
Enjoy the trip 8 ) Cheers
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Good Morning to all....oh wait.....it's afternoon..... How time flies....when....
And yes...the place is haunted today....
Anyway....been very busy of late so sorry for being MIA...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...
And now to see what I've missed....
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Well ya missed me, ya absent minded ol sub jockey! Oh right, I gotta stop in to be seen. Oops! :nopanic;
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled pork chops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir; and any others that may be lurking about in the shadows.
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How about slithering and creeping does that count? :tearlaugh:
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Yep. Slithering here. Morning!
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Good morning!
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Morning..
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Good Morning to all....
Tis a dreary day but then again....rain is needed so bring it on....
Today is local election day and had all intentions of voting....but.....after looking at the ballot...I changed my mind. No referendums to vote on and those listed on the ballot...From the Mayor on down to school board members.....are the all the people we now have and no one is running against them....so a waste of time...unless you want to put in a write in...that no one else will know about LOLOL
But have to make a Walmart run in a bit.
Anyway....Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.... and good morning to PDG, Aelin, "J", Noshoba, and Sir Knight....and our 226 guests....
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ROLLING! rol-ling ROLLING! rol-ling . . . rollllling in the weeel-chair! :happydance:
After near a year, got the old Jeep started today. Engine runs like a champ! Kill the ignition, won't restart. Not even a click. Hmm. Battery. Definitely.
SO. Might not take me to the Doc. visit tomorrow. But a rent-a-car would do!
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Mornin' everyone.
Hope you get to the Doc today McG
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Mornin to you all hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be whole roasted hog with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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Morning...
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Another quiet day in the Attic. Now I know where Prae get hair ideas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxgMGk9JPVA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxgMGk9JPVA)
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Lol. What you didn't know that. You could render practically every 80s / 90s hair band with just her hair. Why I buy most of them. Most new hairs, not all, lack the necessary volume. Especially if you like anime manga style renders.
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Just foolin' around. I also buy them for anime renders, usually Bleach, or just bands from then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SnxBvH-0Mc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SnxBvH-0Mc)
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True let's add the Labyrinth
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I like that one even better than the one David Bowie rocked. Not to mention the wearer.
AHEM!!! Once again, I have returned. Hard getting your own stuff done when you've got a daughter like mine. She's on her own now . . . . thank God. Has to walk to work or use Uber. Tired of being her unpaid taxi driver. I think that I've got her completely set, so on with the show.
I seems that the Force is with me. Found a Merkava Mk IV - object only, but looks good. But that's for later. Right now, using Cybertenko's destroyed Ruskie T90 and a few other things I've got for a render. Nuff said . . . .
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Good EVENING! Said the McG. to the Gang! I did get to the doc today. Good visit, learned stuff. It's still healing, still closing, still getting there. The ol Jeep did fine with inspection/registration. HipShot knows about that stuff here in Texas. I still got work to do on it, soooo On With The Shew! It made the trip great. Learned some more stuff about my Jeep too. Ahh but that's good stuff! I woke up, took my meds, had a late supper, now off to bed with me! LOL!
G'night folks! :)
McG.
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Thanks. Merkava? I could have sworn there was one over at Daz but they called it something else.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning
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Morning
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Afternoon folks. Little late dropping by today. All seems well with the Attic denizens I see. This is good.
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:happydance: :knightcheer2: :knightcheer: :knelvis: :whereizit: I forgot what I was gonna say. DOH! :shrug: :tearlaugh: :java:
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Hi, PDG and McG.
PDG, I hope things are going well for you, too. Are the new machines treating you well?
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Heeeyyy he has some cool and righteous performance kinda gear now! If he got what he wanted, and I think he did, then I am tickled pea green for him! I got what I wanted in BadMoonRYZEN and the Lenovo IdeaPad 3 laptop. Now I just have to get them all to talk with each other. W10 doesn't seem to want to allow any of that nonsense. But I don't care, I want it! LOL! I don't want to "Keep Up With the Joneses" at all. I am proud and happy for ALL of us that get to have what we want, and are happy with it. TRUTH! I am still exploring the many cool features and options of both my desktop and laptop computers. I am happy, and having fun with these machines!
Sir Knight, PDG and everyone else that's interested: I spent some time and money, got my car going great. Got some normal maintenance to do on it (like today yet!) and I be happy. I did a bit of test driving here in town, just a run to O'Rileys for some parts and a new battery, then to the United supermarket to pick up a few items. Was out of dry cat food and litter. That bit can NOT go unresolved!!!!! Ha! After the Nurses visit, I have to get an oil/filter change and a couple little parts installed. Wiper blades and lift gate struts. And then, later in warm weather, WASH and WAX the ol gal! Yeah!
Doc said "Keep doing whatever you are doing because your foot looks beautiful!" Those are great words to hear, and especially from the doctor that saved that foot and leg!!! AND, that little outing here in town I found that driving, having to use that foot for gas and brake, was not uncomfortable at all. It was easy! Makes me happy. Curbside Pickup for the parts and groceries is also a happy thing! Shop it all online/phone call, then just go pick the stuff up. Don't even get out of car. Not even when the parts guy swaps out the batteries in the Jeep. Even so, just being up and doing, is tiring. I was done by 4pm , home and took meds, then down for a nap. 4:30 to 11pm nap! LOL!
Like ol Ed Sullivan would say: On With The Shew!
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Oops, forgot to say Good Morning All! It is FRIDAY, the weekend is HERE! :happydance:
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Mprnin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried red snapper with all the trimmings hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Mornin' everyone.
McG; I'm glad the Doc thinks are working out fine. Keep up the good work.
Sir Knight the new box is doin' just fine. I must admit to not really putting it through it's paces to full effect. As I mentioned to McG in another thread, I have near real time Cycles rendering in Blender's viewport. Very helpful as I am working with some experimental Cycles features such as micro-poly displacement. Animated volumes no longer bring life to a screeching halt. I should do a Poser render or two on the weekend if I get a second. Just to enjoy the pace of re-rendering to check minuscule texture changes.
Fafnir; a coffee and Creek if you please.
Today is the mundane mediocrity of life as I drag a bundle buggy of laundry to the basement. I hope the stupid card reader is working for a change as there isn't enough on my laundry card to activate a machine. We'll see.
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Morning
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Good morning!
Glad to see it's well for you PDG and McG!
I'm back from the monthly "braderie" in town. Found a book named "Practical plane and solid geometry" by I.H. Morris. Some good stuff (in English) to try to resolve problems in the book, but most of all, a lot of explanations about many figures we don't learn at school nowadays. Book itself is from... 1897!
The cover has suffer from passing time, pages have tracks also on their sides, but in general it's in good shape. Just €1
It's very similar to that cover
(https://cloud10.todocoleccion.online/libros-antiguos/tc/2018/09/18/17/133643958.webp)
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That is awesome Aelin.... It's great when you find treasures like that. I'm a Garage Sale Junky and I find tons of awesome stuff that I really don't need but get anyway. Many of my Comics are Garage Sale Treasures as well as Hard Covered Books.
Anyway folks...sorry for being MIA....but had things to do and was worn out when they were done...so very little time was spent on the computer except to read Mail.
Right now we have about 1" of snow on the ground and it's still snowing. Not sure how much they predicted...but it doesn't matter...tomorrow it's going to be in the 50's...which is a good thing since I already put the snow removal equipment away LOLOL....
Just got done giving Oz and the Kittens a bath....they loved it....NOT :tearlaugh:...but they all smell damn good now....
And now to see what is what and why is who where with :java: in hand.....
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Thanks. Merkava? I could have sworn there was one over at Daz but they called it something else.
Affirmative. Found it on 3DPirate - transport Archives site. As well as a couple of other goodies
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Sorry bout the murkiness. Just imported it as a prop, rather than an object.
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Good morning!
Glad to see it's well for you PDG and McG!
I'm back from the monthly "braderie" in town. Found a book named "Practical plane and solid geometry" by I.H. Morris. Some good stuff (in English) to try to resolve problems in the book, but most of all, a lot of explanations about many figures we don't learn at school nowadays. Book itself is from... 1897!
The cover has suffer from passing time, pages have tracks also on their sides, but in general it's in good shape. Just €1
It's very similar to that cover
(https://cloud10.todocoleccion.online/libros-antiguos/tc/2018/09/18/17/133643958.webp)
That is right up my alley, just picked up several old geometry, algebra and quantum mechanic volumes. Also picked up the 13 volumes by Euclid father of modern geometry.
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Note to Nosh . . . . have seen that particular vehicle on and off over at DAZ. And I do believe that it is a Merkava. Been awhile so I cannot positively identify it. As to the designation, have no clue.
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Yeah Hip...a bit annoying in that. Probably a part of the vendors lately playing musical sites for selling their stuff.
Morning.. working today but squeezing in a little time trying to figure out how to save a character build as a morph package. Yeah might be putting this one up from grabs lol.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings plenty butter for dipping and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir and Noshoba.
Noshoba, File -> Save As -> Shaping Preset
if it's Studio. I think.
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Good morning!
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Good Morning Boys and Girls and all others....whatever you may be LOL...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....it's needed today. A chilly start to the day...24 degrees....
And now to start the fun...got a lot to do today....
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Morning knight. That is actually how I do them lol. This time I am making single dials for head, body and full like a normal vendor item. And if I can figure out how to make it work an age one. So when you click currently used you see only 2 or three dials not a ton of MRs
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I think you have to do that by exporting as OBJ and do that Morph Loader++ or whatever it is to do that.
Hi, TL. Seems you're still stuck in the "Early Spring" phase. You're in early.
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Good Morning Boys and Girls and all others....whatever you may be LOL...
I am a bipedal male humanoid ... or maybe I am a three dimensional image being projected from a remote planet on a different timeline ... NEXT
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Good Morning Sir Knight. I'm in the middle of something because the sun is shining and the temps are rising. Now I won't have to worry about the outside cats paws sticking to the ice LOL....
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I am a bipedal male humanoid ... or maybe I am a three dimensional image being projected from a remote planet on a different timeline ... NEXT
LOL....
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Isn't the Merkava Mk IV the current main battle tank Israel builds?
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That is correct. Though I suspect they might be working on its successor, the Mk 5. Though there is no proof of that. The Mk IV is bad enough. Bout the only afv to have the engine/trans in front to act as extra armor. Sweet. From the reports I've seen, though they have lost a couple, the crews have pretty much survived intact. The only other afv that can claim that is the M1. Not so much for the T- (here I am shoot me!!) 90.
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Good morning!
Sun is shining today!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning..
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Good morning . . . . er . . . afternoon. Sorry, but I slept in while I had the chance.
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Afternoon Wish I couldhave lol
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. :java: if you please, kind sir. I hope things are going well for you.
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'Mornin" all.
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Good morning
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Good morning, PDG and Aelin. Sunny day here. :happydance:
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Did I notice your helmet on Rendo this morning Sir Knight?
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No! I guess I missed it. I don't do much there because of limited time.
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Rendo Freestuff for Michael 8
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Hey, a new brain bucket for Sir Knight!
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Indeed. Putting on the Ritz. Lol.
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Wow! Thanks, PDG. On my way there once I post a render.
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Monica: "Knight, what in the world are you doing?"
Knight: "Trying out this new helmet. What do you think?"
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And the results is:
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Always need a new look before the old one rusts.
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Boo thought I would come in and say hi, Still not used to forums but think I have found the right section to post haha,If not someone will have to put in the right section
Not sure who is still around and who has now gone also some might have to jog my memory
Just been thinking it has been 17 years since I started in the Poser World that's a longgggg time ,Still making tubes and have considered getting back into my "Art" that's if I get time to do, My friend from here mentioned I should do the comps again time is the issue as real life comes first, Anyway off to look around see if I can make heads of this forum
Bye the noo
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Hello Lassie and welcome
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Mornin folks.
Looking good there Sir Knight.
Hi Lassie.
Howdy Fafnir. A java if you please.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C enjoy
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Good morning!
It's a windy day, yet full of sun. Already wind was here in the night.
Hi Lassie!
You should fine the trio DarkAngel, TheLufias and Jherrith - still with his nurse in the shadow. Don't know how many more your knew before, but I'm sure there are more here an there in our corridors.
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Greetings, Lassie. Glad to have you here. I would love to see your art if you do get time.
Good morning, PDG, Fafnir and Aelin.
Thanks again, PDG, for the pointer to that helmet. It has much better shaders than the one I have been using. Maybe that'll keep the rust off of my old one. :Hi5:
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Do you plane to change your avatar? And to offer your old helmet to the dustbunnies?
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Good Morning to all.....
Sorry for the MIA but as always....something comes up. And today is no difference...gotta take Lorna to the Clinic so they can take pictures of the wrist to see the progress...and also to adjust the brace. She keeps trying to do things she is not suppose to do...but what else is new.
Neat find on the Helmet PDG....Someday I'll get back to Rendos Freebie section...To many things going on at the moment.
And It looks great on your Knight Sir Knight....
Morning Lassie.....Nice to see you in here. This is the meeting place but explore and you'll find some other interesting places....Have fun...And if you get lost...just give us a yell....but not to loud....you don't want to attract undesirables...like a demented Nurse...
I'll have a triple coffee Fafnir with some coffee on the side :java: Ahhhhh
And good Morning Aelin....I see by all of the notifications I get that you have been very very busy....and I thank you....wish I had more time to help....
And now to complete my tour with :java: in hand.....
And no more Red Lettering for me. Takes to long to set up anymore LOLOL
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Knight, I like the new Helm better than the old one, although the old one has its charm.
Lassie, nice to make your acquaintance. Welcome. If you have some of your old art, you can upload it to the gallery, and we will be sure to have a look.
When I first saw your profile name, an old black and white TV series came to mind, about a beautiful Collie by the same name. it was supposed to be a female, but a male was used because of the ease of training it. So the real first Lassie in the series was portrayed by a male dog.
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Lassie!!! you found your way out of the basement!! try to remember the map next time, you were missed. Always happy when the missing are found 8 )
Cheers
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Greetings Lassie. I'm one of the new guys. Nice to hear/see another voice. As with all else, welcome back. Just make sure that you keep an eye out for the ... OUCH!!!!! ... dust bunnies.
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Hi! Another doc visit tomorrow. Just woke up, not up to thinking/speaking yet. :nopanic;
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Morning good luck with the visit McG. On the road to Richmond ...whee.
On happy note figured out howto make the sliders.. now to the apply/removes lol.
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'Mornin" all. A quick coffee and Creek if you please Fafnir. It's laundry day and I'll be back and forth as I shuffle loads. I hate laundry.
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Good morning, Noshoba and PDG.
Safe travels, Noshoba!
I hope your trips to the laundry aren't too bad, PDG.
Successful doctor's visit, McG.
Going into the office this morning. :sure:
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I always thought that laundry was typed as
∞
since it never seems to go away
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Good morning!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be porkchops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Don't forget guys to enter in April contest (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24843.0) and in Art Challenge (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24682.0)
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Hi guys. Wasn't sure that I would be back after yesterday's afternoon and evening thunderboomers. Got really bad for a bit. Had pea and even grape sized hailstones raining down. My critters wanted out and it was so bad that the little guys immediately retreated, leaving Paddy to do his business. Even had a tornado watch posted here untill 'round bedtime. Had one outage that caused a complete shutdown of all our electronics. Only lasted a few seconds, but it was enough. All's now well and the skies are clear.
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I always thought that laundry was typed as
∞
since it never seems to go away
Excellent description, J! The ∞ fits the job all too well!
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Hi Hipshot, glad to see you're ok!
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No it never goes away unless you live at a nudist colony... Made it but it seems people got their CDLs in exchange for campaign donations. It seems in the last few months I have had to be more wary of the trucks than the Indy 500 types.
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Being a card carrying, flag waving member of the local one here. :waveass: And having spent weekends there just because they have the facilities. So from previous stays one still have to do towels at the very least .... :tearlaugh:
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Hi Guys! Doc visit was good, and still have a long ways to go, but am allowed to do a bit more now. That's great, got a pile of laundry that HAS to be done soon! Jeep is getting 19.4 mpg avg @ 76 mph and 2300 rpm. I want better mileage, but the Jeep is just the Jeep. It gets what it does! The foot is definitely getting better. The nice lady Doctor told me today that the single biggest factor to it getting better is keeping the glucose down. OK. I get that now! She said I can drive again, but wants me to keep it local. No problem. Good planning to keep time on foot minimal being used!
I really do savvy just how fragile we human beans are. It is also amazing just how tenacious we are in spirit and in body!
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glad you are doing better and healing now don't over do McG
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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'Mornin' Fafnir. Hope your day goes well. Nice to see everyone survived the spring storm in the US.
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Morning seems I am dealing with a croaking phone
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Good morning!
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Morning seems I am dealing with a croaking phone
Is it morphing into a frog? I wanna see! :odd:
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Are any other members here having this problem? As soon as I launched Google yesterday and today, it began auto downloading, and I have no info concerning what it was downloading. I could only exit if I chose to stop the download. That done, as soon as I relaunched Google, it restarted the download. Meanwhile, I was being held for ransom until the download was completed, not able to visit my email, or any other site. I had to remain on the Google Chrome page! Clicking to exit Google, a popup appears that asks if I wish to stop the download. If I choose not to, I cannot leave the page or shut down Google!
What concerns me about this is the fact that I should be told everything that my PC is doing online that was not initiated by me! Yet I can find no info on what the download was for. Someone online claimed that it is just auto updates for Windows 10, but if that is true, why can I not find out what is being updated? I think I should be able to make an educated decision as to whether or not I want to allow each update. If it is shown to be a good and needed update, I have no problem with it, but I fear that this could easily be a way to infect my computer with a virus or rootkit. Such could use this as a backdoor to get in, so to speak.
Am I overly worried?
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Google, you mean Chrome? Sorry, I don't use that killer of computers. So, I don't know it too much, but at my eyes, what you are talking about isn't good. I never saw an update for W10 making that on a browser...
Have you checked options tab? And first, have you turned off the internet connection to check peacefully?
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No agent it morphed into a paperweight. Had lose half the day hunting up a new phone. Since dead phone means no maps/navigator
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Google, you mean Chrome? Sorry, I don't use that killer of computers. So, I don't know it too much, but at my eyes, what you are talking about isn't good. I never saw an update for W10 making that on a browser...
Have you checked options tab? And first, have you turned off the internet connection to check peacefully?
What browser do you use, Aelin? Chrome has been good to me over the years, although I don't want a g-mail account. My e-mail is through Yahoo, but I am looking into switching to something else. Seems that Yahoo has been losing a lot lately, and I don't want it to affect me. As for what was being downloaded, it was updates for Windows Defender, which I did have set to only download updates by my consent. Something happened out of my control, and now the updated Windows AV is already installed. I don't know how to go back to the previous version.
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No agent it morphed into a paperweight. Had lose half the day hunting up a new phone. Since dead phone means no maps/navigator
Apologies for the joke. What app do you use for maps and navigation?
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Sweet who ordered the heavy :rainy: for my neck of the woods at this hour of the night ...
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figured you might need some rain J being as it is kinda dry and tourist season is coming when they use more water
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Which way is the rain moving, J? I live in Georgia, and if I recall correctly you are in Florida. If so, then that rainy weather might make it to my neck of the woods. Rain at night helps me to sleep.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked pork roast with all the fixings and sweet tater wedges
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hands PDG a steamin mug of C&C Mornin to you
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Morning and nothing to apologize for Agent. My line of work is very hard on phones even the fumes will mess them up eventually. Why I don't buy high end phones.
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Thanks Fafnir.
Mornin Noshoba and the rest of you.
Agent, this info is for you:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2022/04/14/emergency-security-update-for-32-billion-google-chrome-users-attacks-underway/?sh=445b49906c04
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Fafnir, you were up VERY early. I hope it was just Molly needing attention?
PDG, thanks for that. I only use Chrome for work when it's demanded.
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Good morning!
I'm using Waterfox since Firefox decided the addon I use was no longer able to work with their updates. I don't want to see advertising florishing like fireworks everywhere on pages, and the new one they proposed didn't convince me. More, FF going to a chrome thing...
If I'm correct, that's the third year I'm with Waterfox, the classic one - which is like little brother of FF.
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Good Morning to all.....
Seems like most of us are having some sort of Weather Events. Yesterday we had 70-80 MPH wind gusts but no storms...just high winds and plenty of rain....Never lost power but lost the net on and off.........Oh well, I can live without the net and I worked on some household items I've been putting off.
Today is CALM but COLD....It's 28 degrees out there right now but supposed to get up to 40 by midday.
Agent....I've had no problems with Chrome....Been using it on one screen and Edge on the other....I like Edge for it's speed and ease of use....I like Chrome for it's order and power....
Chrome did have a very intense update of late but it went smoothly for me.
And have an update for Windows that was installing this morning and while I was typing, it did a restart, and brought me right back here in the middle of my typing and I didn't lose a thing that I was typing LOL...
Tried a bunch of others but didn't care for the security or lack of that they had.
Anyway.....Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...
And now to take a tour and see what is what and who is where....
And I'm back to the red type. I missed it :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Thanks to all that have query to my concerned comment about Google Chrome. I am especially thankful to you, PDG for the link to that alert. my mind has been put at ease by it, but I still am going to keep greater vigilance until I'm sure things are OK.
What is a good Google Chrome AV for monitoring and scanning the browser? I had one, but it has expired, and they did not send me instructions on how to update it and keep it going. So I need one that works great in ongoing active security.
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Take a peek HERE (https://www.safetydetective.com/recommended2/antivirus-software/us/?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=1712454951&cq_term=best%20antivirus%20software&cq_plac=&cq_net=g&cq_plt=gp&gclid=Cj0KCQjwr-SSBhC9ARIsANhzu159PmNAeluRJ7jP5KPIhIA_YAVhA5KtvmPPvOHXPoZlwNVr0QGHx44aAsGVEALw_wcB) to get an idea on ratings for AV packages....
I've been using McAfee since it first came out....never had a virus of any kind...
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Aelin, how long have you been using waterfox? I've been using FF for years with no issues. Don't use Chrome and Edge for various reasons. I have always figured that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But, will keep waterfox on standby. Just in case.
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Good morning!
I'm using Waterfox classic since April or May 2019, according 2 files and folders I found in its program folder. I know since they decided to continue the classic, but also to do a second WF, more like a chrome one.
By the past, with one of my previous comps, FF refused to update after a certain version. Each time I made the update, it was completely crazy; I had to go back very low in previous versions. Until one day, suddenly the newest FF was the good one. Alas, maybe less than 2 years after, FF decided to change and to break the addons :shrug:
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Good Morning to all....tis Saturday Morning and all is good....No winds, no rain, some sun, but still chilly, which I don't mind at all. You can always dress up for the cold but can only dress down so far if it's hot....unless you're "J".... :java:
Well, Jenna (my neighbor girl) and her kids are moving. I'm happy for her. But will miss her kids who always came over for their M&M treats...Especially Izzy...she loves my Mickey Mouse M&M dispenser. I hope my new neighbors will be as good as Jenna and if they have kids....as well behaved as Jenna's kids were.
PS....the Kittens will miss them also...
Anyway....time to get the show on the road with a :java: in hand....
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Jenna, isn't the one who has pipe issues each Winter by low temps? Perhaps it will be better for her, if she found a place without that problem - or at least that not being a problem in her hands.
We have plenty sun and it's not bad outside. But a lot to do on comp today!
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I'll throw in on this. I've also used Firefox for years. They've become more evil over the years as I assume they need money and don't really have a source for it.
1. They've added Pocket which if not disabled can send data off to another site.
2. They've added their own DNS router that also takes the look-ups for the host names that you're requesting through some second party site. On the plus side, your ISP won't be able to sell your profile by site.
3. They've added a whole bunch of stealth switches in Setting, such as Suggestions from the Web, Suggestions from Sponsors, and Improve the Firefox Suggest Experience. :nopanic;
4. They've added a whole section called Firefox Data Collection and Use wherein you by default give them permission to send your data to Mozilla and to "install and run studies". Double :nopanic;
5. In imitation of Chrome, they've changed the address bar by default to also be a search bar so anytime you mistype an address, your data is sent to Google (or whomever your search agent is).
I don't see any of that in Waterfox. Just sayin'.
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Yup...that's the one....she has a Brick House now so it's well insulated plus Izzy will have her own room and boys will have their own room....I'll miss her and her clan but they are close enough to visit LOL
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Yeah that's better for children. And the girl is the luckiest by being the only girl :tearlaugh:
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:yesway: Exactly LOLOLOL
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I tried using FF for a bit and got out of it fast Sir Knight....
At least with Chrome and Edge I know what I'm getting into and there are ways to control what goes on with both of them...with FF...there was no recourse....so I left....
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Chrome is the default that Motorola uses so ....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning Fafnir....I'll have a triple coffee :java: Ahhhhhh....going to be a busy day....Perhaps....
Gotta see what BUSY I want to be in....
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Morning finally heading back to Chuck town with detour to corporate offices. More truck repairs.
-rubs temples-. Sometimes I think Carolina highways were designed by a drunk taking a soberity test .with all the dogleg splits.
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I remember those Highways well and I have to agree with you LOLOLOL
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Well, my Great Granddaughter is 13 years old today.....and yes....I'm going :nopanic; and adding....."Damn, I'm OLD" No party or anything....just a small gathering tomorrow....
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:thumb_up: :Hi5: :Hi5: :thumb_up:
Hey TL, don't sweat it man. We (ME!) are catching up to ya. I got 2 great grands I haven't even met yet. Um, I even have 2 or 3 grands I haven't met yet. But that's ok. The kids are getting on fine, and the oldest two are edging closer to 50 every day. When I turn 71 they will be 49 and 50! 600 miles is a bit of a trip for me these days. I wish I could do better, but it is what it is!
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Thanks Fafnir! Nope, no overdoing it. So many things just have to wait a little longer. But that is way better than me waiting on my healing. I am thinking I ought to move my BlueRay Player over to bedside. Make it easier to serial-watch stacks of movies! ;)
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Browsers. I use Waterfox now, but a version old enough it does not force auto updates. I also use Edge, because there are simply SOME sites that require specific security features. And these sites (like my bank!) say I should be using Chrome or Edge to log in. See they won't even work with Waterfox. They do work with Firefox most recent version. I won't use that. Forced Auto Update. Nasty business!
Cleve, what PDG linked you to is right on. I am amazed that Chrome is even allowed to operate it is so full of holes. Thing is, no matter what browser you use, no matter your email servers, we all have to be careful. I go to Walmart and suddenly find a dozen cookies for porn and gambling sites stored. I get rid of em pronto, but the damn things got put in there. Grrr! I despise ads big time. So I use AdBlocker Ultimate. I even gave em some money at one point! They are worth it, specially on YouTube.
Now for AV stuff. I'm gonna stop right here. Not many of you will be able to safely do things the way I have done them for over 30 years now. I will sum up and urge you all to choose a good AV program, and keep that thing up to date.
I love firewalls. PDG don't you, and Sir Knight? They are SO useful! I spent many hours tinkering with the Win 10 Pro firewall, and find that it is very robust, versatile. That was a pleasant surprise with W10!
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:whatthe: Waterfox doesn't force the updates for me, it always asks for. And I have the most recent version.
In Options tab, you have at the top "General", and in there the choice for "Waterfox updates". I simply took the central one "Check for updates, but let you choose whether to install them"
I know what you tell about some sites and Waterfox. It happens at job that even Firefox (Waterfox isn't installed) isn't recognized, but it's mainly on comps that aren't with an updated browser (it's not up to us to update, but to the dedicated service, which is composed of 1 guy to manage several hundreds of comps and their issues on something like minimum 10 sites on the region...).
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Beware.....
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Congrats to your granddaughter, TL!
With the same switch as Aelin has set in Waterfox, I only get promptings, not forced updates, too.
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Thanks Sir Knight.....she's having a fun day with her Dad and her friends....
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Pity I don't play golf. Putting me up at a golf resort since truck died on way home.
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Thanks guys. Might try WF in a bit. That and check FF for whatever. Meantime, back to the salt mines.
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Morning finally heading back to Chuck town with detour to corporate offices. More truck repairs.
-rubs temples-. Sometimes I think Carolina highways were designed by a drunk taking a soberity test .with all the dogleg splits.
My family lived in Charleston SC in the early to mid 1960s, when I was in elementary school. We lived in an apartment complex that was called George LaGree Homes. It no longer exists, but to give you an idea of where we were, we lived quite close to a Naval base that had a medical dispensary on it. On that base were some odd looking lift vehicles that had telescoping stilted wheels. The driver would drive one over a shipping container, grab it, lift it and move it to wherever it was needed. We walked to the base when we needed to. Pop was assigned to that base while we lived there, as he was in the U.S. Navy. The Cooper River Bridge was a double hump bridge that dipped at the island in the mouth of the river. It was the only one there when we lived there, but I know that it is no longer in service, as a new one was built right next to the old one. Don't know if the old one is still there, but I think it may have been demolished at some time in the last couple of decades or more. Flooding there was common during high tide, and when it was a neap tide, it would get rather deep. Another thing we had to be cautious around was the fiddler crabs in the nearby marsh. Personal experience showed me how hard those can pinch you. Hurts really bad! LOL I used to collect cattails from the marsh and make things out of them. Yeah, I was a pretty skilled kid at making things, with lots of imagination. Something I still have to this day. That was the place where I learned to use that imagination.
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All this talk about browsers and security. I spent 10 minutes this morning trying to check out TL's Easter card. I finally gave up battling the beyond paranoia settings I run under started easing up on the settings and my security system said "nope; try again fool" anyway. So; I see a little brown bunny. Period. That's it. This is the "online machine" so it's kinda walled in tight. Leaks crap everywhere as far as I am concerned but my AV says differently.
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Oh. By the way; good morning all and Happy Easter to those that celebrate it.
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Hands PDG a steaming Mug of C&C hope you have a great day filled with many blessings
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Mornin to you all Happy Easter coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked ham and turkey with all the fixings and fried sweet tater rounds tater wedges too
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wishing you all a happy Easter filled with many blessings
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Good morning! And Happy Easter!
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Happy Easter to all! And a good morning!
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Hi to you all!
I wish you all as well as your families and loved ones, very beautiful Easter celebrations.
Take care of yourself!
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Good Morning to all. Just a quick stop....I have no company this Easter but want it to be as computer free as possible LOL....
Sorry you couldn't get your card PDG.....to date...you're the only I've heard from that had that problem....and believe me....I send a TON of cards out LOLOL...but then again...not everyone would let me know there was a problem.....So I'm glad you mentioned it.
Anyway...Just thought I'd stop in and wish all a GOOD DAY....Will start cooking in a little bit....Going to be a peaceful day....
Hope all enjoy the day.....and HAPPY EASTER....
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Happy Easter. Although this makes two in a row I have had a vehicle break down on lol. Stuck in North Carolina. No clue when I will get home now. Needs a transmission.
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Damn.....I'd say you're better off taken the old country roads.....Hope the rest of your Easter Day is better for you....minus the Transmission mishap....
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Happy Easter, everybody! I think I may have shown you the photo last Easter (or thereabout) of the wrinkled egg I found in a carton of eggs.
I wrote a story about it.
'The Wrinkled Egg'
Poor egg was ostracized by the smooth shelled eggs in the carton, as it had been laid around the same time of year as they were, but they thought the wrinkled egg would never be an Easter Egg. Almost every smooth shelled egg in the carton at the time were in line to become Easter Eggs.
The Egg Farmer had gathered the eggs in this carton just 3 days prior to today, and they were packed in the carton the same day. Along with thousands of other cartons, this one was shipped that night to the Walmart in Forsythe Georgia. In shipping the eggs that were next to the wrinkled egg felt unfortunate, but it was an egg at the other end of the carton that got broke. The wrinkled egg was second from the end of the carton, between two smooth shelled eggs, and next to another on the other side of the carton. Because it was wrinkled, none of the smooth shelled eggs near it collided with other eggs, so they survived. The one at the other end had collided with an adjacent egg that happened to have a significantly thicker shell.
The shipping truck arrived at the Walmart around 10 PM, and was immediately unloaded. The jostling of the eggs in that process broke two more eggs, one near the middle of the other side of the carton, and the other next to the first broken egg at the other end.
In the store, a replacement carton was brought out and the surviving eggs were place in it. Three eggs from other cartons that had eggs broken were added to complete the carton. If the one that got placed next to the wrinkled egg had a voice, it would have screamed with fright. Next was the stocking on the store shelves. All this happened during the early morning hours, when shoppers were scarce, as this Walmart stays open all night.
The next day, a man and his brother came to the store to shop for groceries. The man came to the egg shelves and opened the first carton he picked up. It had twelve unbroken eggs in it, one of them was the wrinkled egg. This man, being an artist and musician saw potential in the wrinkled egg, so he took the carton to his brother whom he showed the egg to.
"Should I buy this carton?" he asked his brother.
"Wow! That egg is wrinkled!" his brother exclaimed. "I've never seen an egg like that!"
"Me neither!" the man said. "Should I buy this carton?!" he repeated more forcefully.
"Uh..." said his brother.
"I'm buying it!" the man decided. "Poor egg was likely picked on by the other eggs, because it is wrinkled, so to punish them and reward the wrinkled egg, I'll cook them in a big omelet, and I'll make the wrinkled egg an Easter Egg!" he told his brother.
"A great idea!" his brother agreed.
Moral of the story: "Just because someone does not have the societally established beauty that you do, does not mean they are worthless."
This story is fictional for the most part, but actually could have happened the way I wrote it. The man in the story is myself, as the latter part of the story, in which I am speaking with my brother happened exactly that way. I did make an Easter Egg out of the wrinkled egg, and the colors looked quite interesting concentrating in the grooves of the wrinkles. I also did make a big omelet of the rest of the eggs, minus two, which I used to make my awesome buttermilk cornbread. (Two eggs rather than one makes the cornbread retain moistness better.)
Sorry I don't have the photo of the wrinkle egg available to post here. It is buried in a mountain of files under an unknown name. Won't make that mistake again!
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I had McAfee as my browser AV, now they want me to pay for the update. It was free before, so what happened? Could this be another casualty of the Covid 19 "Pandemic" fiasco?
Quite seriously, I have had little that anybody would want on my PC, as I am a very private person concerning my finances and other business. I don't keep those files on my computer, only using them when I need them from a flash drive I store all of that on. So if someone hacks into my PC, they won't find anything they might want to steal. The PC is old, also.
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Hey TL; it's just my browser paranoia settings. Not an issue on this machine with W11 and McAffee's full bore protection along with Mickeysoft's offering of course. The other box I usually use is on W11 with their AV and my "Kill all Humans" browser and firewall mods.
Nobody likes that box except me. I set one up years ago to be child proof for Ed's kid and the GKs in the old days. I liked it so much I've been doing it to my online machines ever since. A few too many of Fafnir's fine brews and a smoke or two and I have been known to do some pretty childish things. Protection from myself is always a good idea.
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Cleve, McCaffe has a multi-year trial period, even when bundled into Windows. but, when the trials through you are expected to pay for it. I had PC Cillan for a while one version was free pattern updates near weekly and engine updates monthly or so. If you updated it then you paid an annual fee, if you kept the original, updates are free. Naturally it doesn't work on any version past Win2000 or WinNT5. There are "free" AVware out and about, some are pretty heavy handed when set on "dont touch me!". 8 )
Cheers
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Now for something entirely different, been threatening to rain for the last couple of hours now and at last it is finally doing the :rainy: thing.
I like it when Mother Nature follows through instead of teasing :tearlaugh:
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And now for something completely different. Connie was going through our storage bin attempting to get it sorted out and located my picture album from way before the wall fell. Even got one that Aelin might like. Its from circa 1980, somewhere in Germany. It was taken whilst on a rail trip to Wurzburg from Baumholder.
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And going along a different route, here's a shot of a tank during night firing for the annual gunnery tests. In Korea yet.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. I'll take a cup.
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hands PDG a steamin mug of C&C mornin to you
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🌅 still stuck in NC and drinking nasty instant. Think I am paying for my son's.
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Good morning!
Hills behind the fog, Hips?
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How is this for a start to the day. Arrived for the appointment with the IRS early.
Doors don't even open to till my appointment time, yet you are to be early so they can do their "check-in" stuff :ummm:
Finally get through all of that crap, metal detector wand, stand arms raised legs apart ..then sit down so we can check all around your feet. :whatthe:
Sorry your appointment has been cancelled due to the agent that was going to handle your case called in.
:rat-atat: is going through my mind ... had to contain it though since the security officer moved closer when I indicated that I was unhappy as I had driven for the last hour to get there
For the rest of the story I will probably write more in my entertainment thread.
Don't want to bore everybody ... then again I am in the "bored now" phase trying to enroll in Medicare and am now up to the third phone number and lt us see how long we have to wait in line to get it sorted
Oh don't forget to wear your mask :thud:
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Good Afternoon to all....just doing a quick stop by. Hope all had a good Easter Sunday. Going to have some turkey sandwiches tonight .... love leftover turkey. But....trying to make up my mind if I want Hot Turkey Sandwiches or cold ones with mayo....we shall see...
Snowed today....just enough to make a mess of things...but not enough to shovel.
Right now I'm watching a great movie called Alien Code....Have watched it numerous times....just got to be in the right mood...and today was one of those times....
Awesome pictures HS....Being in the Sub Service we weren't allowed cameras way back then...Don't have any pictures of Polaris Point Sub Base on Guam, nor any of Rota Spain, or Yokosuka, Japan....but such is life....got them all saved in my head....
Are you home yet Noshoba? Hope so....
How did your day go Aelin?
Did you ever get the card open PDG?
How's your weather "J"?
And thanks for the :java: Fafnir..... Last cup of the day..... Ahhhhhhh.....
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How was your Easter Sir Knight? ... I didn't see you until just now LOL....Gotta get new glasses....Oh wait....just got some and still can't see :tearlaugh:
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Nope I am not home. Going through severe render withdrawals lol my
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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How's your weather "J"?
:ummm: The weather is fine dealing with the IRS and SSA not so very much
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Yeah TL, I changed machines and no problem. As for snow. Yeppers; we had it too though I suspect it isn't going to last. Supposed to rain for the next day or two.
J, I have happily got my taxes behind me. Govt says I don't owe and neither do they. Every year it's the same thing. They recalculate my taxes. Claim it's audit time and they are coming for me. I bitch and complain, show receipts, and curse the ground agents from Revenue Canada trod upon. They apologize for the inconvenience but assure me it is necessary to catch tax cheats. I make less than 15k canuk bucks a year in Govt pension. Just how much tax fraud do they really think I am capable of with this income?
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Oh; a good morning to all as well. Lots to do today and I'm getting forgetful already. Gonna be a long day.
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Good morning!
It's another sunny day, but forecast weather said we should have rain for the next days, maybe for 15 days :shrug: We'll see.
Starting tomorrow, you should me online only my evenings during the week; satying the same than usual for weekends. Real life is asking that until in June. So "behave" like usual, all of you :iminnocent:
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Good Morning to all.....
Looks to be a decent day today...Suns already out....outdoor cats fed, birds are enjoying the morning treats....and Oz and the kitties are snoozing after their breakfast....
"J"....I mentioned the weather to cheer you up.....how'd it work?
Glad you got to see the card PDG....She has advanced so much through out the years...love the new style of cards.
I was on my two computer room computers on Saturday and Sunday....just to let them know I still love them LOLOL....plus to gather any updates that they needed. So they are happy now and are cheerfully resting.
I'm assuming that you finally made it home Nosoba.....hopefully I made the right assumption...
Have fun with the Job Aelin....I'm betting you will.....
And as always....thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Ahhhhhhh
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Good Morning Dreamer and Sir Knight......Hope your day will be a awesome one...
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Good morning, TL! Work from home so it'll be better than sitting in a dust filled office.
Aelin, you can count on us! We'll be on our best behaviour. :sure:
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Best Behavior.....Riggggghhhhht.....LOLOL......
And enjoy your dust free environment....and no long drive....
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Morning. And nope still stuck in North Carolina.
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:nopanic; YIKES
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Morning. Hey Fafnir rather than my normal coffee can I have a large lemon and honey with a good slug of whisky added to it please?
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coming right up Dreamer large size with good slug of whiskey will make you feel better
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coming right up Dreamer large size with good slug of whiskey will make you feel better
Thanks, with enough whiskey added I am sure I will feel just fine after a cup or six :)
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"J"....I mentioned the weather to cheer you up.....how'd it work?
Worked quite well till I got to trying to file for Medicare. :thud: But we survived that debacle, so off to school I went to torture my students
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Thanks, with enough whiskey added I am sure I will feel just fine after a cup or six :)
I like that idea as well .... since my throat is still being a problem child ... nasty laryngitis rubbish .... whiskey with a dollop of honey sounds great
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whiskey and honey works well taken warm
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning. Finally getting truck back and then heading straight to all day job. Yeah wrong as it sounds.
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Mornin' folks. Better turn up the exhaust fans in the corner Fafnir. It's 4/20 and I have no appointments, calls, or shopping to deal with. Just gonna play on my machines for a change. After all; I missed Bicycle Day yesterday even at my advanced age.
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Good morning! And Happy Easter!
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My Easter was nice and quiet! Beautiful day too. I hope you and yours had a wonderful one too, Aelin!
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Good Morning to all. Just a quick stop....I have no company this Easter but want it to be as computer free as possible LOL....
Sorry you couldn't get your card PDG.....to date...you're the only I've heard from that had that problem....and believe me....I send a TON of cards out LOLOL...but then again...not everyone would let me know there was a problem.....So I'm glad you mentioned it.
Anyway...Just thought I'd stop in and wish all a GOOD DAY....Will start cooking in a little bit....Going to be a peaceful day....
Hope all enjoy the day.....and HAPPY EASTER....
I had a great Easter, TL, and I did get and enjoy your card. After trying for a half hour to reply, and/or send you one from the same site I finally realized they must be requiring some $$ to let you actually select something. So, sorry to admit, I just left and wished you all a Happy Easter to myself. Now I feel like Scrooge!
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HS - the dredge has a cool name! something "MUNCHER"! They had a good idea at the tank, make getting in and down easier :o)
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WOw, today is Wednesday, not Monday! Gotta start getting ready for another Doctor visit. And the 120 mile round trip. Gah!
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Speaking of AVs, I have Malwarebytes on my PC, which is free. I have not looked to see if it can take the place of McAfee for my browser security, but if it can, I would do it, if it does not change the way I browse, or as they say, surf the internet. Still looking for a virtual surfboard that never gets provided for that. LOL I'm currently exploring options at this time. Don't know which free one will be best for me.
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Good afternoon!
Don't forget to vote for the next month contest
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24860.0
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib and fried shrimp with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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I had a great Easter, TL, and I did get and enjoy your card. After trying for a half hour to reply, and/or send you one from the same site I finally realized they must be requiring some $$ to let you actually select something. So, sorry to admit, I just left and wished you all a Happy Easter to myself. Now I feel like Scrooge!
Glad you liked the card....I think underneath the card there is a button for a "Send a Thank You" button and it's FREE.....No charge ...... Zip.....Zilch....Zero....Nada..... LOLOLOL.
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Worked quite well till I got to trying to file for Medicare. :thud: But we survived that debacle, so off to school I went to torture my students
I went directly to my SS office in Janesville and they did everything with me and I was good to go on that day...Many moons ago LOLOLOL....It was a short trip but way better then a LONG Phonecall where you can't view the results and walk out with paperwork verifying all is good...... But maybe with Covid still lurking around...they don't have offices open in your area. I know the Janesville Office was by appointment only and you had to be masked according to my neighbor. He took my advice and went in person and had everything completed in a 1/2 hour....
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Good Morning to all.....
Hope all had a pleasant day yesterday.....I got "SOME" of what I wanted to do done....I'm thinking I'll need to add an extra hour or two on my "Estimated completion time" for some of my projects. But such is life...
How did you day go yesterday Aelin....good I hope.....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....going to be a LONG DAY and I'll need it....
I'm still moving files and getting rid of stuff I've had for programs that no longer exist....and wow...I didn't know I had that many. Most I just downloaded to try out...didn't like...but didn't delete which would explain the need for all my externals :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
I didn't delete them because I always have that "Maybe Someday" train of thought in the back of my mind.... :thud:
Drive safe to your appt McG
Malwarebytes works great Agent...and it allows you to download a free version for your cell phone also....
And now to see what is what and who is where and why is what...with :java: in hand....
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I went directly to my SS office in Janesville and they did everything with me and I was good to go on that day...Many moons ago LOLOLOL....It was a short trip but way better then a LONG Phonecall where you can't view the results and walk out with paperwork verifying all is good...... But maybe with Covid still lurking around...they don't have offices open in your area. I know the Janesville Office was by appointment only and you had to be masked according to my neighbor. He took my advice and went in person and had everything completed in a 1/2 hour....
Here, they are reluctant to schedule an appointment that fits the schedule of a client without reliable transportation. I have to rely on the help of others to get around, and they have lives beyond my own. I was supposed to apply for Medicare right after my birthday (Feb 24), yet here we are in April, nearly two months later! This Covid 19 fiasco is affecting lots of folks in ways they cannot afford, myself included.
I have to ask, "Why has this 'pandemic' lasted so long?"
Answer: "It is because there are pharmaceutical corporations getting rich off the supposed vaccines and treatment drugs!" It is also a way to control "We, The People"! Just telling what I see with my very observant eyes.
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Malwarebytes works great Agent...and it allows you to download a free version for your cell phone also....
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I've been using Malwarebytes for almost 10 years, so I do know how good it is. I am looking at how to use it for online/browser protection. I want to see if it can catch things before they get to my PC. Still exploring the options.
Thanks for the confirmation on how good Malwarebytes is.
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Glad you liked the card....I think underneath the card there is a button for a "Send a Thank You" button and it's FREE.....No charge ...... Zip.....Zilch....Zero....Nada..... LOLOLOL.
ah HA! okay, got it now! LOL!
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Malwarebytes works great Agent...and it allows you to download a free version for your cell phone also....
I've been using Malwarebytes for almost 10 years, so I do know how good it is. I am looking at how to use it for online/browser protection. I want to see if it can catch things before they get to my PC. Still exploring the options.
Thanks for the confirmation on how good Malwarebytes is.
No problem...I started using it when it first came out in 2006 or 2007....can't remember which LOL....
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While watching people and listening to them as I go about life, I see MANY people that do not believe there ever was a pandemic. Well, with all the hospitals in the panhandle full of patients now, and even the VA has been taking in some of the surplus COVID patients the communities can't... I'd say this disease is still going strong. People are dying from it, some are going home after getting through the severe respiratory phase. Some are having to weather it out at home and Home Nursing Care comes in to bring meds and help them out any way they can. I see businesses closing because people cannot come in to work. All this and I am seeing improvements all along. People are getting their vaccines and then their boosters. More people are respecting the personal safety protocols. Safe distances and face masks. Some refuse to. Those are asked to cover their faces and keep their distance. If they say NO or do not comply they are made to leave. Made to with a police escort. I happen to agree with this policy.
This pandemic exists, and it is not over yet. Think about that. I sure do.
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As do I.....
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I went directly to my SS office in Janesville and they did everything with me and I was good to go on that day...Many moons ago LOLOLOL....It was a short trip but way better then a LONG Phonecall where you can't view the results and walk out with paperwork verifying all is good...... But maybe with Covid still lurking around...they don't have offices open in your area. I know the Janesville Office was by appointment only and you had to be masked according to my neighbor. He took my advice and went in person and had everything completed in a 1/2 hour....
My problem was that I did not know that I was to contact the SS department to start the process. I made the mistake (in retrospect) of calling the numbers on those letters I keep getting. There is where all of my problems began, before one of them finally told me that oh you need to call the SS office to enroll we only handle the add on's and riders. :thud:
There is an office open but you would need an appointment and since I had taken Monday off and was already used to being on "ignore" I just made a margarita and dealt with it. Finally did dawn on me that they were giving me a web site to go to that would enable me to sign up on line, so I finally did so, and by the time I was done I got a live person on the phone so I had her check to make sure it was in process and :yippee: it was and I am past the stage one part.
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I keep track of everything on line now...make sure you set up your "My own SS account (https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwgYSTBhDKARIsAB8KukuDZypGkIfwblnt3LVsXUHKfVZjRX07hSrKH1XCkzUbGpqmiVFub2caAn2fEALw_wcB)" on line for updates, notices, etc etc etc.....
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Good afternoon!
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By gosh it IS afternoon.......
How has your day been thus far Aelin....
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It's evening now here, and Puce decided it's so good to have Mom under her body :tearlaugh: She is a true cat-dog. But day in itself was very fine. Just rebellion of the scanners of the company :tearlaugh: And during a part of our afternoon, we were under a thunderstorm warning.
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LOL....I should have said "Good Evening" like I wanted to....but my brain is on hold of late :tearlaugh:
Glad to hear the day went well....And yup...I bet Puce was happy and then some......
And glad the day went good for you...
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I keep track of everything on line now...make sure you set up your "My own SS account (https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwgYSTBhDKARIsAB8KukuDZypGkIfwblnt3LVsXUHKfVZjRX07hSrKH1XCkzUbGpqmiVFub2caAn2fEALw_wcB)" on line for updates, notices, etc etc etc.....
Had to just to get as far as I did ... so for a change I am ahead of you ... sometimes behind ... but ahead this time ... for a change
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. A quick coffee and as soon as Ed drops by; groceries.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. I hope things go well for you today.
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Morning.. think I need to set up a WIP thread and folder. Not sure where or how.
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Ye could hit Off the beaten path and start the "Semiofficial Noshoba WIP Emporium".
Just hit "New Topic" fill out the neccessary and Vroom.
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?board=687.0
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Good afternoon all. Had to go AWOL for a bit as the contractors were working on the house. New owner just bought it and wants to do the repairs that the previous owners failed/didn't want to do. They ripped almost all the kitchen cabinets out and are supposed to replace them. Some days ago. Subtract the one day I had to take Connie to the VA, and they still had plenty of time to get it done.
Oh well. At least I can get back to my 'puter now. Still waiting on VA to get my runabout sorted out. Meh!!!!!
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Good afternoon!
The internet connection is slow for me tonight, perhaps because of the new thunderstorm warning we have. The sky is indeed threatening, now to see if something will really come to us.
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Had to just to get as far as I did ... so for a change I am ahead of you ... sometimes behind ... but ahead this time ... for a change
That is good....
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Good evening to all....A wild and wooly day today but nice and calm now....though chilly....
And then they are saying that tomorrow will be in the mid 70's...we shall see...
But got a lot of sorting done...plus inside work completed...
And now to take a quick tour and then visit the gallery....with a pot of :java: in hand....
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Good afternoon!
The internet connection is slow for me tonight, perhaps because of the new thunderstorm warning we have. The sky is indeed threatening, now to see if something will really come to us.
Did you get the storms? We are still cloudy here....but at least the rain has stopped....
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Colour me irritated, just got next month power bill and we still owe.
It looks like the power part came up as a negative, however there is a charge because my bill is less then their threshold and it will be adjusted to meet the threshold :whatthe: :soapy: :waveass:
This is rubbish, no matter how I look at it. Since in essence it means, I will still have a monthly bill because I don't hit their threshold for services rendered ... so what was the point of going solar if the power company is still going to charge me?
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Probably did it wrong lol.
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24861.new#new
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Looks like you did it right unless you wanted to have a separate board within to collect and gather them all in one spot.
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Looks like you did it right unless you wanted to have a separate board within to collect and gather them all in one spot.
Separate board probably would be better. Since I will be expanding out from the base figure. Base morphs and sliders are created now need to figure out the setting up the apply removes.
Thanks J. Been binging anime I didn't get to watch while truck was broke down in NC. For once a very solid season. So taking awhile lol.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and grilled tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir.
Jherrith there is a similar thing going on here as well when it comes to solar. Govt. encourages you to add solar. They offer a kickback if you install solar panels and you can sell power to the grid. However; there is no disconnection from the grid. That means that , like you; there is a connection charge that is paid every month even if you do not use grid power. You must pay to be disconnected and pay large to be reconnected. So, unless you are assured of good weather and a large panel supply there is a good chance in this neck of the woods that you are going to need grid power. Thus no-one disconnects and the Province continues to make money. Province supplies the power here. No private companies control power supply and in this province you can't be cut off if you can't pay. There is just a never ending payment plan that your children will end up paying off.
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Morning. Work here we come lol.
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Good morning!
No finally we hadn't the thunderstorm, just the rain. And a lot of fog this morning.
Forecast weather has declared we are under a thunderstorm warning for 1 week :whatthe:
And don't forget to vote for next month theme...
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24862.0
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Hi all!
Another day with stormy sky, it starts early this year.
I wish you all an excellent weekend. Take care of yourself and your families.
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Good Morning! Saturday morning at that! And guess what? It's WET here, as in (drumroll) RAIN! Yes the ever elusive raindrops are a fallin, yes they keep fallin... and I'm the guy whose feet are too big for his bed! LOL! :D
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Good Morning to all.....
Oz is fed, the Kitties are feed, and the outdoor cats are fed....So now I'm ready for the day...
So yesterday we had rain, snow and wind....and today it's going to be 81 degrees....Mother Nature just LOVES messing around with us LOLOL
And I see your weather is just as crazy as ours is earwenM...and thanks for posting....we LOVE hearing from our Attic Family Members...
Aelin....That is some weather forecast...Our forecasters have problems forecasting our weather hour to hour let alone a Daily or Weekly :tearlaugh:
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.....I owe you a phone call...I'll give you a buzz later this afternoon....
Morning Noshoba....Have a great day....
Morning PDG....During the Winter Months, the power companies here in WI can't shut power off for anyone due to no payments....but you'll get no power once Spring starts unless you pay off the bill or make payment arrangements...
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Morning McG.... Good News on the Rain......Not sure what to say about the feet.... :nopanic;
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And a good Morning to you Agent and HS.....Have a :java: on Fafnir....
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You know, at job the comp was put before I come with a little message in the bottom of the screen, linked to a forecast weather. I like to take a look on time to time. The other day, it was telling "the rain is coming" but nope: the rain was already there :tearlaugh: Otherwise, it's telling, "clouds" when it's full of sun :tearlaugh:
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You know, at job the comp was put before I come with a little message in the bottom of the screen, linked to a forecast weather. I like to take a look on time to time. The other day, it was telling "the rain is coming" but nope: the rain was already there :tearlaugh: Otherwise, it's telling, "clouds" when it's full of sun :tearlaugh:
I get the same thing from our LIVE forecast in the Morning. Our weather guy "Charlie" says it's pretty cloudy out and it may rain later in the day....and as I look out my window...it's pouring :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:.....But then again...he IS in Madison which is a good hours drive from here...so I'll give him some slack LOLOL...
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And a good Morning to you Agent and HS.....Have a :java: on Fafnir....
I'm drinking my cup of excellent java right now! Thanks TL and especially Fafnir! T'is a good way to wake up!
:java:
Seems the robot needs some hot oil this morning! LOL :cwave:
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Evening...seems I can't vote in the May contest poll.
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Mornin'. A c&C while I wait for my race to start please Fafnir.
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Mornin' hands PDG a steaming mug of c&c
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee if you please.
Good morning, PDG.
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Good morning!
:whatthe: That's weird Noshoba, because the votes aren't locked. I have no clue why :lostme:
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Morning... Battle done and finally a day off lol
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Mornin' all.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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I cannot enter anymore images to the monthly contest gallery, so I uploaded my newest to DeviantArt and PFDLives. Best viewing would be at DeviantArt, so I'm posting the link to that one. It's a sequel of a sort to the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme, but not written in rhyme.
https://www.deviantart.com/agent-0013/art/Miss-Muffet-What-Happened-A-Spider-914155959
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Good Morning Folks! Fafnir, a nice big mug of hot coffee, please.
:java:
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Good Morning to all....Hope your Weekend was awesome. I took a computer day off yesterday....Gotta do that every now and then. I got two closets shifted over from Winter to Spring/Summer/Fall...I'm waiting for that blizzard to show up now :tearlaugh:
And now to grab a :java: and see what is what and who is why and where....
Did you ever get to vote in the Contest Poll Noshoba? Should have been able to since it's still unlocked...I just checked it...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....and good chatting with you yesterday....
Hope your day is going great Aelin....
Morning PDG and Agent....and saw that Sir Knight was online earlier on so he must have a Office Day today....
Anyway....Time to take a tour and see what is what and who is why and where is when with :java: in hand...
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I cannot enter anymore images to the monthly contest gallery, so I uploaded my newest to DeviantArt and PFDLives. Best viewing would be at DeviantArt, so I'm posting the link to that one. It's a sequel of a sort to the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme, but not written in rhyme.
https://www.deviantart.com/agent-0013/art/Miss-Muffet-What-Happened-A-Spider-914155959
You don't have to post your creations in the Monthly Agent...just post them somewhere else in the gallery...I believe you have your own page set up don't you? If not, just post if in the general area...
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Good Morning to all....Hope your Weekend was awesome. I took a computer day off yesterday....Gotta do that every now and then. I got two closets shifted over from Winter to Spring/Summer/Fall...I'm waiting for that blizzard to show up now :tearlaugh:
And now to grab a :java: and see what is what and who is why and where....
Did you ever get to vote in the Contest Poll Noshoba? Should have been able to since it's still unlocked...I just checked it...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....and good chatting with you yesterday....
Hope your day is going great Aelin....
Morning PDG and Agent....and saw that Sir Knight was online earlier on so he must have a Office Day today....
Anyway....Time to take a tour and see what is what and who is why and where is when with :java: in hand...
I can have my own page in the gallery? Good to know, but how do I do that?
Gotta go!
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I can have my own page in the gallery? Good to know, but how do I do that?
Gotta go!
Yes you can....take a trip HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=14558.0).....
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Good afternoon!
A day I survived at job :tearlaugh: Had in charge 2 plannings partially in contradiction. And it's for May, and nobody updated since a while...
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That's good news that you survived....but I can tell you are enjoying it LOLOL....You are a PROBLEM SOLVER......
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I hope, but from my desk room I heard this morning that I'm supposed to understand quickly stuff. I shouldn't hear that, but the speaker of the phone was on and the door opened. I'm glad to know that, because I hadn't the feeling last week. But that's me, always the feeling at the beginning to be a dead weight.
Now to see how many problems I can solve during the week :tearlaugh: The boss isn't here (anckle accident during weekend), and her right hand isn't back until next Monday; will all the team survive at the period, that is the question :tearlaugh:
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See that'''''Now's your turn to be BOSS :yesway: :yesway:
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:OMG:
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Evening and afraid not.
Here's a screenshot of what I get.
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Mornin' folks. Hope all is well.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pork roast with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning.. Hope all is going well.
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Evening and afraid not.
Here's a screenshot of what I get.
That part of the voting IS closed...go to this link for the Final Vote HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24862.0)
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Good afternoon!
Survived another day, where I think I was suddenly with as much hands as an vedic god - and ears coming with :tearlaugh: Alas, only one brain :psycho:
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I sometimes feel that brains are overrated :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
But you survived another day so that is a good thing....woooohoooo
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Morning everyone. Hope your day goes well.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled pork chops and sweet taters with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all....Another day of "Maybe" weather....Maybe it will rain, maybe it will snow, maybe it will hale, or maybe it will be sunny...And that is from the Weather folks here in WI...
So I get the best forecast ever right here at home....I look out the window.
Anyway....Hope all have a great day and thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
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Good afternoon!
We had a lot of sun today, and it was great.
And also... another day of surviving way at job :tearlaugh: But this time it was just because we lost the connection to our mail boxes, which are so important for most than half the job :tearlaugh: All was back in the middle of our afternoon.
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A lot of odd things going on in the world of internet of late. But glad you survived the day....
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:sad: I want to survive the day too ... as in without drama :tearlaugh:
My God does someone other then me wear that outfit and does the strut in it to boot
:tearlaugh:
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I thought you didn't wear outfits...or anything for that matter.... :iminnocent:
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Right now so wiped out from work my outfit is a body bag...
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I thought you didn't wear outfits...or anything for that matter.... :iminnocent:
Yep and drama outfits are at the top of the list of not wearing... although the thin skin one seems to revel in wearing his and doing that annoying strut
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Good Morning to all......
A dreary day but and it's 34 degrees right at the moment. I see that PA is kinda chilly also Sir Knight....and all of the Northeast is COLD COLD COLD...
But then again....last year I still had the heat going on at times in June....
I made some coffee to hold you all over until Fafnir gets in here.....I call my coffee "MUD".... Those who were in the service know exactly what I'm talking about LOLOL....
A quick tour and then I'll be heading out for appts....
Have a marvelous day....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried snapper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, TL. It's indeed quite cold although I suspect PDG would just laugh at my saying that.
Good morning, Fafnir. I hope all is well.
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That's where all the cold stuff comes from....So I'll not feel sorry for him LOLOLOL.....
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Good afternoon!
We are supposed to be under the rain since the middle of the afternoon. But all was just sunny. And job was a "quiet" day like it should be. Glad to haven't had to survive this time :tearlaugh:
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls' made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and those hiding in the shadows.
Cold? Nah. Only at night, in the morning, part of the afternoon and for a while until sunset. The rest of the time is just cold rain and snow. It got sunny yesterday and the temperatures fell through the floor. The cloud breaks allowed the cold northern air to flow in the form of 25-30 mph winds. Can't wait for our summertime highs of 70-75F. It only happens for a week while you are either out of the country or sick in bed.
Over the years I've spent many a May 24 (holiday weekend here) camping and partying in the snow. It used to be a canoeing fishing weekend back when I was able. Mind you it is also considered to be the start of gardening season. Plant your stuff and hope for harvest before the middle of August when the frost and snow start to return.
I don't feel sorry for me either. I live as far south as one can hope for in this country. That's one of the reasons I moved here all those years ago. Only the Left Coast is milder on average but it rains every day. Lived there for a while but decided rain just wasn't my thing.
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Hiya folks! Good Morning!
Mack Davis, the 70's song man. That was all. And my feet are actually kinda small for my size. And after they got "adjusted", eh HEM! Yeah, that's totally enough on the adjusting thing!!!!
TO WITT: The feet ARE doing better still! Getting closer to done, and while it's slow, cannot expect tissue to grow any faster!
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Good Afternoon to all....
Had a busy day of appts but now I'm free and clear until next week....maybe LOLOL.....
Another dreary chilly ass day here. Rain in the forecast for the morning...none came...Rain in the forecast for this afternoon....None Came....But it looks like rain now....we'll see. The more the better...still in a Severe draught condition here.
Other then that....I'm worn out....Had to help Jenna and her friends lift some heavy items out of her home into her dads truck...My back will never be the same LOLOL. I already miss her and her kids so it was great to hear the kids bang on the door for M&M's after we were done....
Now to see what I missed....and by the looks of it....I didn't miss much....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.....Ahhhhhh
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Now to see what I missed....and by the looks of it....I didn't miss much....
Well some of us still work during the time between sleep periods :tearlaugh:
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Almost done for the week. Just have to add a few users to Mediaflux proof-of-concept and I'm free to listen to the new Rammstein album.
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Been cleaning spilt Iced coffee milk out of the car :sure: and its one of those love hot, sunny Autumn days you get.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. Below zero ATM but supposed to be warm later on. May be sun but probably rain. Why do I bother listening to the "weather specialists" they have on the news? And, why are there not meteorologists on tv anymore?
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Good morning! Coffee is definitely needed this morning after a fitful night’s sleep last night…
It’s frigid morning here. I don’t know if we’re ever going to get a real Spring this year!
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Good Morning Boys and Girls....
I'm in the same boat temp wise...it's way below normal but warmer then yesterday but that's not saying much. And today we have "Tornado" warning for later in the day....I'd rather have a snow storm....but it will be a 35 degree temp rise between now and then...Oh well...Typical Wisconsin weather....
To date..Easter was the warmest day we had this Spring...and it wasn't all that warm Kelly LOL...
PDG...I used to be a huge Weather Channel fan but they sucked for the local forecasting...but were great for trying to stand straight in the middle of a storm .....I now listen to "Charlie" who is our local meteorologist...and even he, at times, sucks at the forecasting.
I'll take a double dose of extra strong Java Fafnir...got a lot to get done in here today....I'll give you a call later on....How are the screens working? Like you want them to now?
The reason it took so long to finish this post is....in between lines....Puss Puss runs in here with a waterlogged ball, drops it down by my feet...and tries to climb up my leg until I throw it to him again.... :thud:
Anyway....have a great day folks.... :java: Ahhhhh
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Aelin got in touch with me this morning and said she is having power Issues and got a message off just as her computer battery was about to run out of juice......
She said good morning to all .... and gave me her choice for this weeks Art Challenge Winner....Let's all wish her luck with the power and good tidings.....and I'll give her and her Mom a :feelgood:...as we all know...a hug is a wonderful thing...
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Yikes! Sending :feelgood: and :hug2: and hopes for a quick restoration of power.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be slow smoked prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and the rest of you all. Hope everyone's day is good.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. Happy Sunday!
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Morning. Now I can spend rest of day vegging...whee
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Good morning and :ty: for good vibs!
Power issue started for us only (nobody else around) Friday evening. I tried again power by loading battery of comp but it in sleeping mode. Then removed the wire and used the comp.
Yesterday, it was time to use several machines, and I tried all day alternatively comp loading and comp on battery. Internet turned on only the time I pass here.
Today, we tried again machines, and this time we cross fingers for everything is trully back working good. Because the power went off 4 times Friday, and 2 times there wasn't my comp but another one turned on and on wire... And the internet box was too turned on those 2 times. The 2 other times, it was a simple lamp; and no matter the plug.
Still no pro in view, despite calls. But in France it's May 1st, the "work day" and no one work, or not for a cheap price. Yet, we wonder if it wasn't an issue from the 'charming' linky mess. The electric meter known to cut power at random to some people even when there is only a coffee machine turned on.
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For those who won't receive immediately the annoucement, the May contest is online
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24876.0
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all...
Took a computer day off yesterday....except to check the Mail every now and then and view the news of the day.....felt good....
No storms but damn cold .... and WINDY....so it was also a PJ Day....as all Sundays should be.
Hope all had a good weekend.
Glad your power problem is somewhat solved....
And now to grab a :java: and take a tour to see what is what and who is why and where....
:java: Ahhhhh.....Great Coffee Fafnir....
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Had to sneak in and get a cup of that coffee, Faf! Thanks for making it right, to whom ever made it! :java:
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Good afternoon!
Well, after a call with a pro, he didn't need to come. "Symptoms" for the power issues from Friday, and the fact we could use our devices, are definitively for him a problem caused by linky, the mess imposed in France with "european norms" :sure: There are other working well electrical boxes with the same norms, but France wants only to have linky on the territory.
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Good afternoon!
Well, after a call with a pro, he didn't need to come. "Symptoms" for the power issues from Friday, and the fact we could use our devices, are definitively for him a problem caused by linky, the mess imposed in France with "european norms" :sure: There are other working well electrical boxes with the same norms, but France wants only to have linky on the territory.
Leave it to the French to have kinky linky's :iminnocent:
I'm just glad you could get power.....
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Did somebody say "Kinky"? :pervy:
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be underground fire pit roasted whole hog with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. :java: if you please. Will there be barbecue sauce? Our local farmer's market just started their monthly pig roasts.
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yes there will be BBQ sauce but that is added after piggie is taken out of fire pit
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Good morning!
I pass just after my lunch, because tonight I'm invited to go at the theater by my boss. She insisted, and like I'm working there currently, I accepted. So spectacle being at 7:30PM, and the company talking with people after the show, I'm not sure the end will really be 9:00PM.
So all of you have a pleasant day!
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Evening! I'm back from theater, and very happy to be on my bed for computer tonight! Indeed, I was on the lowest bench, and it wasn't enough high for my poor legs :tearlaugh: I had crampes before the end of the spectacle but fortunately it ended in scheduled time!
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EDIT: the time the annoucement reaches your mailboxes, here the link for the annual Halloween and Christmas pages preparation.
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.0
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Does the Forum look Strange to You all? o.O
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The side bar with all the mapped areas seems to be AWOL. otherwise.... huh?
8 )
Cheers
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Sidebar appears when I click on Reply to compose a comment, but have just noted the absence of it when not writing the comment. Once I post, I have no Idea if it will vanish again or not. Only way to know is to go ahead and post.
Posting.
Edit: Now after posting, the sidebar was still there, but now as I edit the post, it is gone again. We shall see if it reappears when I save this edit.
Saving.
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Hmmm! Curiouser and Curiouser, as it has been said before. Sidebar missing again!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked stuffed grouper with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I hope all is going well with you and yours.
I'll need additional fortification for today's work session so coffee with a bit of help from either PDG's stash or Dreamer's, if they're willing to share.
I had to login again this morning and am still seeing the sidebar. I wonder if there's a Dark Angel in the background...
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I'm always willing to share my friend. As for the sidebar? Well I see no difference from early monday morning. Wasn't by yesterday as I was in Montreal for a funeral.
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of C&C with extra fortication
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Mornin PDG good to see you hands a steaming mug of C&C
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The day afore today, there was a glitch with the sidebar. Some wouldnt see it, some itermittant, some dinnae notice. A one day hiccough repaired by our beloved Dark. Oddly enough, PDFLives stopped letting me interact aside from looking. even the shout box stopped for me. *shrug*
Home is where the hearth is, and the fungeon, and the forge, and....
Cheers
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Good afternoon!
Forum seems back like usual. But (I'm using FA-darkly theme), when looking to write PMs, I find 2 "Attach" below the message box in place of 1, like now when I'm writting.
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EDIT: yes guys, Dark Angel was looking behind the scene
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.msg422610#msg422610
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Good Morning to all.....
I see the Sidebar is back....which is a good thing. I was in the middle of typing this when I was reminded it was time to take Lorna to her appointment at the Clinic....and now I'm back....
The appointment wasn't long...waiting on her new meds was :thud:....So we did what most people do....Went shopping while waiting for her meds.....though that is not a great idea either...since the cart ends up with crap you really don't need or worse yet....You end up with something you have 10 of and will never use it all before the expiration date :thud:
I'll take a triple :java: Fafnir....
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Faf, hope you don't mind, but I snatched a cup of Hot Chocolate this morning. The Baked Stuffed Grouper sounds yummy for my tummy. Would love to be there for that, but having BLTs tonight. I may make mine with an egg also because that is even better. I call it a BELT, and it is really yummy!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir et. al.
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Good Morning Sir Knight, PDG, Dreamer, Agent, and Fafnir and our guests....
Well, Lorna finally got the brace off her wrist and though aches when she turns it certain ways...she is glad to get rid of that thing.
But....On another note....I'm driving her to the Grandsons today for Mothers Day...and it seems that all of her accidents happen when she's in Elkhorn LOL....
But on a even better note....I have peace and quiet until Sunday...Just me , Ozzy, Henrietta, Bootsy and Puss Puss.....and I should mention the outdoor cats I feed...Blacky, Blacky Jr, Stripes and McGruff.
I'll have a triple size cup of Java today Fafnir....I'll need to be wide awake when I take Lorna to Travis's place. They redid the whole highway system so all exits have changed and it's worse on the way back LOL...
And now to see what is what and who is where and why with :java: in hand....
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Good morning, TL. Good news on the brace. Safe travels!
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:yippee: Taking the day off
:sad: because it is due to a doctors appointment
:sigh:
I will get it right one of these days :tearlaugh:
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Old Chinese saying....."Practice Makes Perfect" LOLOL
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I'm more worried about not getting lost then being safe Sir Knight LOLOLOL. Travis even said he hated the way they did the new highway setup...It's confusing as all hell. It takes you onto I-80/I-90 if you can find the exit...
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A nice big strong cup of Java for me this morning, Faf. Gonna need to stay awake to get my tasks done. Got any of the memory enhancing kind? Short term memory has been giving me trouble recently. I guess I did not need those memories, but can't remember why! LOL
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Old Chinese saying....."Practice Makes Perfect" LOLOL
The last word in that should be 'Mistakes'. LOLOL
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LOLOL....Yup....that happens at times also....
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Good afternoon!
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LOLOL....Yup....that happens at times also....
That's what I know. Have had a few times, I'll admit.
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Finally able to get back online. We had some SERIOUS thunderboomers in the area. The wind was howling and it was not good. Not a fit night/day out for man nor beast!, as I believe one of the old actors proclaimed just before catching a faceful of ice n' snow. Only in my case it was a mugful of rain. Been watching the news on Youtube so, being in the mood, whipped up a fairly nice render. Cypertenkos got some good stuff so I used a few of his d/ls for the image. That and my Samantha creation.
And to all you Mommies out there, :mom1: before the fact.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Haven't had fried chicken in years. Literally. There are a couple of burger joints in the neighbourhood and a pizza place but otherwise no chicken, or much of anything else for that matter. But we have BARS. Lots and lots of bars.
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Good Morning to all.....A gloomy day so far weather wise but I'm in for the day anyway....had enough "Outdoor" yesterday.
As I mentioned yesterday....our main highways are being redone...so this time the detour took me through the hills and valley's of farm country...and I bet the farmers hate it. Just imagine traffic from a 4 lane highway being rerouted to single lanes county roads...with stop signs at every road crossing.... I didn't mind so much....it was scenic and I was in NO hurry LOL...and I've taken that route many times when I didn't want to deal with traffic..
Anyway...Lorna's in Elkhorn until Sunday and it's just me with Oz and Kittens.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....I had chicken and wedges yesterday when I got back home so I'll stick with the Coffee...... :java: Ahhhhhhhh
Morning PDG......
Been keeping track of your weather HS....wild and wicked once again....and a lot of folks, including my brother in RI are going to have a wild ride today....
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Morning Agent....hope your day will be a awesome one...
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TL, just noticed - sound of loud, painful face palm - that you hale from Wisc. (Also just checked your data there) Ever been to a little place called Pell Lake? Used to live there, once upon a time. Real nice . . . . . even with the snow. Had an AMC Eagle wagon at the time. No worries.
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Thanks TL. I got a trip to make today to get my smartphone replaced, Samsung A51 covered by insurance. I tried several times to make the claim via the call center, and also via internet. Both ways have timers, and remembering long numbers to enter is not easy. It times out every time, and the message I get is "Please try again later." Then the system hangs up on me. So today I am going to the T-Mobile store to demand satisfaction. I'm hoping it won't be a wasted trip. They need to work with me, because I'm paying way to much for what I am getting, and that is not what I should be getting for that amount. At the same time, two other devices are on the same insurance, a tablet and an LG Smartphone, both of which belong to my oldest brother, and both of them must be replaced.
I think the automated Phone system and the internet connection to insurance claims must be designed to make unfamiliarized customers fail, so that they don't have to pay out for replacements or repairs. I pay good money for the insurance, so they need to work with me on this. If they don't, I know a lawyer named Sue! LOLOL
Faf, thanks for the coffee this morning! I sure need it!
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Good luck on your trip and hope it's successful. I get all sorts of offers to upgrade my phone for free...I have a Samsung also... I've got US Cellular and I'm thinking of changing...way to expensive and right now...I don't need 5G ...... plus my phone is not 5G compatible.
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Good afternoon! It's weekend :happydance:
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Good Afternoon indeed...and it's "Weekend" everyday for me :tearlaugh:
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Good Afternoon indeed...and it's "Weekend" everyday for me :tearlaugh:
Except when you are a taxi driver :iminnocent:
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Yup...forgot about that :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
But I'm truly enjoying the peace and quiet ....even with 4 meowing animals LOLOLOL
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After seeing all that, I'm glad that I didn't jump on one of those hyperexpensive devices. Connie and I have been using various tracfone devices for several years. No worries there. Connie, on the other hand? Got her one of those Lively - more like dead on arrival - phones. More trouble than it was worth. Got her another from tracfone - a smart phone this time, and she having fun. Its actually the first one she can figure out.
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Good luck on your trip and hope it's successful. I get all sorts of offers to upgrade my phone for free...I have a Samsung also... I've got US Cellular and I'm thinking of changing...way to expensive and right now...I don't need 5G ...... plus my phone is not 5G compatible.
The trip was a successful one, and we got it all worked out. Our new phones should arrive either Monday or Tuesday next week. My brother is getting an upgraded phone as, the one he had is no longer in production or stock. I will be getting another Samsung A51.
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Since I won't be available for the Weekend, I am wishing everyone Happy Mother's Day early!
Cheers!
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
:knightcheer2: :knightcheer: :knightcheer2: :knightcheer: :knightcheer2: :knightcheer:
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The trip was a successful one, and we got it all worked out. Our new phones should arrive either Monday or Tuesday next week. My brother is getting an upgraded phone as, the one he had is no longer in production or stock. I will be getting another Samsung A51.
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That is awesome...glad it worked out so well.....
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Mornin' coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib on the grill with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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TL, just noticed - sound of loud, painful face palm - that you hale from Wisc. (Also just checked your data there) Ever been to a little place called Pell Lake? Used to live there, once upon a time. Real nice . . . . . even with the snow. Had an AMC Eagle wagon at the time. No worries.
My Grandson lives in Walworth County and Pell Lake is not that far from his place....as is Lake Geneva...As for AMC Wagons...I was a big AMC fan...this was my first one....
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Good Morning Aelin, SirKnight, dll, Dreamer, HS, and I think Fafnir was in earlier since we have :java: on.....
Love our weather...we start the morning at 33 degrees and it will shoot up to 63 by noon :thud:...but no matter...I did my outdooring the last two days so I'm good for now LOL...
Besides...gotta keep the kitties and Oz occupied while Lorna is not here....
And now to grab a :java: and start the day....
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When I was back home around midday, we had 68°F already. Yesterday they said we should have thunderstorms for this Saturday. Not a sign to the horizon.
So we'll see if they are true tomorrow, where several days of more than good temperatures are expected... that we then have today :tearlaugh:
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My heat is still going right at the moment so it's still a chilly willy outside....
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Good morning, TL, Aelin and Fafnir.
Still cool here, too. In the 50's today, I think, with lots and lots of wind and rain. :rain-rain:
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And then you're going to send it on to my Brother in RI Sir Knight LOL.....
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The day here started sunny at 57 degrees, 64 by 9 am, high to hit 76 which is the same as saying we will hit at least 83 degrees by end of day.
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was cloudy after rain last night/early morning sunny and hot here
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Well finally forecast weather was right. We had... 3 rumbles before dinner :tearlaugh:
But the sky since stays uncertain. We'll see :shrug:
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Indeed TL. I loved that one I had. Picked it up while I was living in El Paso, way back when. Actually picked it up for very little money. Some idiot thought he could turn an AWD vehicle into a 2WD. So he took a torch to it. Luckily, I am a mechanic so I just started replacing the bits he cut off. Ran like a top after that.
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My second AMC was a 1970 Rebel Station Wagon...Loved that one also....and my last AMC was a 1974 Hornet Sportabout Station Wagon....and then our AMC dealer was no more...nor was AMC for that matter...I think the Pacer did them in LOLOL
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Ya think????????? :nopanic;
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That was built for people who lived in glass houses or in bubbles :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Why are you popping bubbles :tearlaugh:
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because Blossom and Buttercup are busy?
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Dayum!!!!!! And here I thought I had an evil little mind . . . . Good to see that I'm not alone out there.
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Talk about :pervy: and with capital letters
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Wishing all our Moms a Happy Mothers Day filled with many Blessings and much Love :mom3: :mom2:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked beef roast with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Please wish Janet a Happy Mother's Day, too! Lots and lots and lots of coffee for me, please.
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i will Sir Knight thank you lots of coffee coming right up
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Good morning!
:mom2: to those who celebrate it today - in France we have to wait until the end of the month :shrug:
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Sorry not a good day for me, so not bringing the room down we are going to walk away.
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Hip, never alone, always watched, sometimes shared. 8 )
I've been watching the more teen version of the Powerpuff Girls. Redone in Japanime style. the girls actually look good.
Tartakofsky is great for action and compressed plots, not so much visual. Although his Clone Wars was really good....
Jherr, Time gives us the gift of fading memories, though sometimes its considered a curse.
Cheers
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Hey "J" time for a new Doctor Who topic
BBC announced Sunday, Ncuti Gatwa will take over for Jodie Walker.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be slow smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' folks.
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Morning... Been getting slammed by work. See how it goes.
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:iminnocent:
Sharpe - Over the Hills and far away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fy3tSim3to
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Good afternoon!
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Tartakofsky
All messed up one night over Christmas a year or two back and turned on Adult Swim for something to watch while I got ready to call it a night. There is this dino on the screen and some caveman bookin' through the tall grass like there is no tomorrow. I watched three episodes of it before I realized that except for a grunt or two and a couple a roars there was no dialogue. Or was there? Primal. Got me all wrapped up in it, it did. I really liked that series. Simple and to the point, makes you think without recognizable words. Brilliant. You can sell it anywhere and never have to worry about some translator messing with your art.
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Just took a peek and was impressed and also saw that Genndy did some others I recognized
Genndy Tartakovsk, creator of Dexters Laboratory, Star Wars Clone Wars, Samurai Jack, Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal, and Hotel Transylvania...
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Howdy Howdy Aelin...how was your day? Travis and Mindy left a bit ago after dropping Lorna off....Now I have 1 cat, 3 kittens and 1 adult child to keep track of LOLOL
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked BBQ ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' all. I'll take a cup Fafnir if you please.
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hands steaming mug of C&C to PDG enjoy
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Hi all!
It is with a beautiful sun that I wish you a very nice day. Take good care of yourself, your loved ones and your families.
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Yes, it is a good day. A bit cloudy, with a lot of wind . . . . and not from the stern aspect . . . . Should be a good day to take daughter to the hosp for Dr.'s appointment.
Had a bit of a scare with her the other day. She is a vaper and a couple of her . . . quote friends unquote . . . had her trying a new type. Didn't tell her it was heavy with THC. Not to mention the other crap in it. She took one good hit, maybe two . . . she was VERY unclear on that . . . and it was lights out. Woke up on the deck with a massive skullbuster, just couldn't get it together so she called us at oh dark thirty. Connie went almost full panic mode and we ended up calling an ambulance for her and as soon as we could met with her over at the hosp. :nopanic;
Come to find out that she is Extremely allergic to that crap and her reaction put her on the floor. Got her straightened out and took her back to her place. Went back home and gratefully crashed out for the rest of the day.
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Glad she was Ok Hip
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Good afternoon!
Howdy Howdy Aelin...how was your day? Travis and Mindy left a bit ago after dropping Lorna off....Now I have 1 cat, 3 kittens and 1 adult child to keep track of LOLOL
I saw your shadow only once I exited from the forum yesterday.
Day was fine, a normal one at job, if a day can be normal :tearlaugh: Today was another story, but we all survived.
At least you didn't have to do again the road to take her... or to forget that you had to go for her :iminnocent:
Glad your daughter is fine now Hips.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C Mornin to you
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Thanks Fafnir. I'm between laundry loads and have time for a quick one before heading back to put stuff in the dryer.
Hipshot; I'm a pot smoker as we all know but I am dead set against anyone doing anything without being informed. I'm glad your daughter is fine but THC in tobacco vaping products? That would be illegal here even though pot itself is legal. No THC vape juice. Same as flavoured vape juice or menthol tobacco products. You are not supposed to enjoy your vices according to our Govt., just pay large taxes on them.
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Good afternoon!
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Man what a :soapy: moment gas in my neighborhood has gone up 40 cents in three days :soapy: :thud:
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Might want to move Back to the Steam Engine! :thud:
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:thumb_up:
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everything is going up J
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Even regular unleaded is up near $4.00 a gallon. The old Jeep has been getting like 20 mpg for its average. That is two to three round trips to/from Amarillo VA. And I am still tinkering with the little bits need fixing. But the big stuff is all done and good now. :o) Jeep be 23 yrs old and running, driving great. It is so good a car, my bro in law up a bought himself a 2018 Jeep Renegade.
I am still doing what the doctors say to do, and like you TL, the appointments are just being piled on for the now! I have been dealing with that best I can, all while staying in bed OFF the feet like the doctor wants.
Sooo my turn to go see what all I missed! :D
McG.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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everything is going up J
We know it was just so rude to see it go up so much in so short a time. :thud:
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yea it is a big pain and the worst reasoning is because of Covid
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Mornin' folks.
My favourite excuse is the war in Ukraine. If we haven't imported Russian (or anywhere else for that matter) oil in years; why is that supposedly impacting the price here. The oil companies are making record amounts of profit, even after taking writedowns for Russian investments; and still have to raise the price of fuel locally? "Well son; the rest of the world has to survive during wartime and you my fine friend are going to bear the brunt of it. See we just can't make record profits in Europe anymore with them mandating electric cars and the like. Therefore we have the perfect excuse to gouge you a tad more. We're Big Oil and we say so."
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yep big oil screws every body hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C
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Good Morning to all....
Sorry for being MIA but between my Appointments and Lornas (she has another one this morning :thud: ) ~ I've been on the go...
We've been breaking weather records left and right...Close to 100 degrees yesterday...Woke up this morning to 80 degrees...and we may surpass 100...and never have we had these temps at this time of year...and HUMIDITY....I was out this morning getting the bird feeders cleaned and filled and was sweating bullets...
I vape also HS....but no nicotine or anything else added. Most of the time I can't remember where I put the damn thing which shows you how often I use it LOL....Glad to here the daughter is doing good and I'd kick the hell out of her "FRIEND"
PDG....I stay away from Pot since I'm one of those that, unfortunately, gets buzzed taking 1/2 of an aspirin LOL...but many in the family enjoy it every now and then and my brother and sister in law who live in Rhode Island have prescriptions to use it for medicinal purposes.
As for the price of Gas McG and "J"....yup...goes higher every day...and I totally agree with PDG...We are a silly nation that makes deals with other countries ....especially when we have the sources right here...these deals end up biting us in the ass...Look at all the stuff we import that is still sitting on Cargo Ships...that COULD AND SHOULD be made here...
Of course they'll blame Unions for making wages so high that it's tough to be competitive when it's cheaper to have something made overseas and then shipped here...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....needed it LOLOL
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Hope you're OK with me grabbing the Coffee Pot this morning, Faf! Need that wake up juice! Got me a big 16 ouncer of the :java:
Gas prices in the US can be directly blamed on the politicians in control. They set the policies on how business is done, and the companies take all the liberties given by those policies! As soon as this administration set up the new policies, the businesses got super greedy. Makes what I get to live on unable to sustain me. I struggle just to have enough groceries now. It's fortunate that I have a large community of friends that are very helpful. I'd not make it otherwise.
:nopanic; :blownaway:
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Yup...they certainly are part of the problem.....but then again....we vote them in.... :thud:
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I think that though we do go and vote, the people running the elections can and do manipulate the vote count to be in favor of who they want in. It has happened many times in the past, and there's no reason to think it is not still happening. If anything, today's tech makes that a lot easier to do. We could perhaps find the evidence of it with the right investigators, but getting an investigation of that type going would be difficult under the best of conditions.
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Got a product in my DAZ Install Manager (DIM), already downloaded, but not installed. Thing is, I did an extensive search for the product at DAZ, and even in my Product Library there. It does not show up anywhere at DAZ. The name of the product is exactly like this in the DIM:
Venus the Planet Ca. Clicking on the link icon for the Readme in the DIM leads to nothing at all, so apparently it has no info at all at DAZ.
Does anybody here have this product? If so, could you provide the information on what it is, and what app it is for? It would really help out.
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Good afternoon!
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Got a product in my DAZ Install Manager (DIM), already downloaded, but not installed. Thing is, I did an extensive search for the product at DAZ, and even in my Product Library there. It does not show up anywhere at DAZ. The name of the product is exactly like this in the DIM:
Venus the Planet Ca. Clicking on the link icon for the Readme in the DIM leads to nothing at all, so apparently it has no info at all at DAZ.
Does anybody here have this product? If so, could you provide the information on what it is, and what app it is for? It would really help out.
Agent, I obtained "Venus the planet" during December 3rd, in 2021. According the date, it was a freebie for the Christmas season. You know, 1 by day.
But it's DS4, so I didn't install it, only added it in my product library - in case one day I use again regularly DS4 and need space stuff.
Yet, I took the name of the creator at the time where the page was working. He is Alvin Bemar. And so, the simply link was https://www.daz3d.com/venus-the-planet
I can't tell you more about.
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Thanks Aelin. Your info is more than enough. I shall follow the link you provided to see what I can find out.
Edited to add: The link provided is to a discontinued page at DAZ. So no extra info is to be found. That said, I shall install what I have and put it to use.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and you all.
Weather... Sheesh. Frost one day and heat stroke the next. Yeah TL; I hear ya on that one. Not for me though. I live by the lake. Our first 20 degree day (69) wednesday. Yesterday we got into the low 20s so in my 'hood public health does the rounds on the street. Those wagons that collapse like camp chairs. They have one and two guys walk around bringing cold water and free Nalaxone (overdose reversal) to my local street people. They get almost as big a line from the people in my building as they do from the people in the parks around it. We're supposed to hit 26 today. Even here by the lake. It's been over 30 (86) to the north for the last couple of days. We don't get 38 (100) around here except on rare occasions. I'll probably take a six pack down to the lake later on and catch a breeze depending how it goes.
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Good Morning to All....
Seems like we may get a cool down in the next couple of days. My neighbors to the right and left of me mowed their lawn in this heat. I told them it's "No Mow May" and they went "Huh?" I wonder how many others don't know about it...and why it's important. We can mow the lawn ONCE if we wish to in May...I'm waiting until it gets below 90 degrees LOLOL
Other then that...nothing exciting going on...another hot and humid day and I'll be staying in. Did enough driving around yesterday.
PDG...We'll be back in the upper 60's starting Saturday....Then I'll start my yard work....Haven't even got any of my decorations up yet....
And now to take a tour with a :java: in hand....
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Agent,
https://web.archive.org/web/20211202134554/https://www.daz3d.com/venus-the-planet (https://web.archive.org/web/20211202134554/https://www.daz3d.com/venus-the-planet)
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Agent,
https://web.archive.org/web/20211202134554/https://www.daz3d.com/venus-the-planet (https://web.archive.org/web/20211202134554/https://www.daz3d.com/venus-the-planet)
Thanks Knight. I have the Cararra version still in my DIM Ready to Install area, But I don't have Cararra. As this product is for Cararra and DAZ Studio, and I have it already installed in DAZ Studio.
I have looked upon Cararra with the desire to try it out, but the cost for me is prohibitive. I do have Bryce 7.1, which has not had an upgrade in more than 12 years, but is still quite useful for some modelling and landscapes. I use Bryce to make unique backdrops also. I have heard that Cararra has good environmental capabilities as well. I have a license for Poser 11 Pro, but the download is very large, and my WiFi connection is not up to the task for downloading it. If I had that on my PC, I'd be using the Terradome product a lot for my environments.
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Good afternoon!
In theory Agent you can take the Poser packs in several times. Except if Rendo again changed things and I'm not aware of.
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yes Aelin; you are correct. One uses their serial number to access the downloads page. Take as much or as little as you want, as often as you wish to go there; or untill Bondware decides to drop P11 completely as it hasn't ever been supported by them after they released P12. Legacy, Premium, Hivewire, or what have you. All nicely organized in small zip files and ready to go.
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Good morning one and all. Seems strange to be the last in here yesterday and then the first in today. I see the night shift girls still have some coffee on so I'll grab one and will pop back in after I do the groceries.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Don't think I can afford groceries. Gas price this morning..... wait for it..... $7.65 per US gallon. For regular. Stop your griping south of the border. Price in Buffalo on the news this am is $4.05 and they are bitching. That's what made me check. BTW all dollar amounts converted to US bucks for fair comparison.
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Mornin' Fafnir. You must have walked in behind me just now.
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Good morning!
We are around €1,85 for 1 liter. Most of the price is taxes, and even one of the taxes is appicated not only to the price of base, but also on the other taxes...
I suspect in Paris it's €2 or even more.
Time to think to go back to horses and chariots :shrug:
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$4.49 in Central Florida
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Good Morning to all.....
Gas price for me the other day was $4.15 per gallon....Thankfully I make sure it doesn't hurt to bad because I try not to let the tank get under 3/4 full. Yup...I'm cheap....
Other then that....I guess we'll be getting toasted another day here....and then back to our normal 60-70 degrees for highs at this time of year....Can't wait.
And now to get on with the show with :java: in hand....Thanks Fafnir...
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Good morning!
We are around €1,85 for 1 liter. Most of the price is taxes, and even one of the taxes is appicated not only to the price of base, but also on the other taxes...
I suspect in Paris it's €2 or even more.
Time to think to go back to horses and chariots :shrug:
Crap load of the price here is taxes as well. And taxes on taxes. Every level of Govt. needs it's cut. Ed's VW needs high test @ an additional 40 cents a litre. He used to have a diesel Jetta. Traded it in on the current VW. Hate to think what it would cost to fill that now. Diesel is more than high test now. It used to be cheaper than regular gas.
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Good Morning to all.....
Gas price for me the other day was $4.15 per gallon....Thankfully I make sure it doesn't hurt to bad because I try not to let the tank get under 3/4 full. Yup...I'm cheap....
Other then that....I guess we'll be getting toasted another day here....and then back to our normal 60-70 degrees for highs at this time of year....Can't wait.
And now to get on with the show with :java: in hand....Thanks Fafnir...
Yeppers; last day for the hot weather here too. No rain in the near future though. Gonna hit the low 70s here by the lake today and down to 40s again by Monday. Warmer away from the lake of course and colder to the north. Possible snow by Tuesday morning. Really makes it a pain to find the sweet spot for outdoor recreation this time of year and I sure would like to get out of town for a day trip or an over nighter. "But then again; who can afford the gas?" he says with some sarcasm.
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Yeppers; last day for the hot weather here too. No rain in the near future though. Gonna hit the low 70s here by the lake today and down to 40s again by Monday. Warmer away from the lake of course and colder to the north. Possible snow by Tuesday morning. Really makes it a pain to find the sweet spot for outdoor recreation this time of year and I sure would like to get out of town for a day trip or an over nighter. "But then again; who can afford the gas?" he says with some sarcasm.
Tomorrow we'll start the real cool down~66 degrees for a high....today is not so bad...upper 80's....but if I'm going to be doing the yardwork...which I haven't started yet...66 degrees is AWESOME...then it will be that way for the rest of the week...60's and 70's....woooohoooo
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Crap load of the price here is taxes as well. And taxes on taxes. Every level of Govt. needs it's cut. Ed's VW needs high test @ an additional 40 cents a litre. He used to have a diesel Jetta. Traded it in on the current VW. Hate to think what it would cost to fill that now. Diesel is more than high test now. It used to be cheaper than regular gas.
"Diesel" and "essence" are now pretty the same price, when before the cheaper was diesel. Most of the cars in France are diesel, so people aren't happy campers.
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Mornin' folks. Another sunny day by the lake. Hope every has a great day.
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Good morning, PDG. Fog so far but sun promised for later. It's been gloomy here so that will be most welcome.
No Fafnir yet? I guess it's last night's dregs. Done it before!
Hope the same for you!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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was up at 330 with leg cramps took pill went back to bed so was late getting up the girls always set coffee pots for auto brew at 5 in the morning so you all will have fresh coffee
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Morning.. let's see if we can fix the slider issue.
Ok as for the other long conversation. With 20 years in the gas business. One of the issues that is driving the gas price rise that most people don't know about in May is they change the blend for the summer months every year. It has to do with it burns cleaner and with all the lovely heat inversion we get through these months trapping the pollution. It costs more. Is it all of it no ...but it is a big part of it every year .
The one thing that does annoy me is the excuse that if we drill more here we will lower our gas prices. No we won't...we are back to being a net exporter vs importer like we used to be. Oil is bid on essentially and Asia and India are paying the best prices for it. So our production goes overseas and we import domestic usage from overseas. All about the bottom line.
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hope the slider issue gets fixed Mornin Nosh
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Good morning!
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Thanks Fafnir. Not sure why the arms go wonky applying a pose after creating a slider. Especially since I am using the base dials to sculpt the figure.
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Bonzai... Rigging issue. Skeleton out of alignment.
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Yatta! I was about to type that some poses alter slides of affected parts.
Misaligned skelly, that's surprisingly easy to do, one error on a pose and the spines out of whack.
Poser has a feature that allowed you to alter alignment, zones and even bending angles. Studio kept some of that. You should be able to create a no move just reset pose. Cheers Nosh, heres to future successes!
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Joint Editor: Edit -> Adjust Rigging to Shape? Or is it something more subtle than that?
It does sound painful. :nopanic;
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Joint editor and erc freeze to fix. Pretty simple fix once I knew what to look for.
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yea!!! good for you Nosh
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North America 11:30 tonight only "total Lunar eclipse"
Just saying
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Enjoy it!
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Good Morning to all....
We've been breaking weather records left and right...Close to 100 degrees yesterday...Woke up this morning to 80 degrees...and we may surpass 100...and never have we had these temps at this time of year...and HUMIDITY....I was out this morning getting the bird feeders cleaned and filled and was sweating bullets...
I vape also HS....but no nicotine or anything else added. Most of the time I can't remember where I put the damn thing which shows you how often I use it LOL....Glad to here the daughter is doing good and I'd kick the hell out of her "FRIEND"
As for the price of Gas McG and "J"....yup...goes higher every day...and I totally agree with PDG...We are a silly nation that makes deals with other countries ....especially when we have the sources right here...these deals end up biting us in the ass...Look at all the stuff we import that is still sitting on Cargo Ships...that COULD AND SHOULD be made here...
I got a armload of appointments this week myself. Running ragged over here. And we did hit 97 and 98 here in the Top O Texas. Good thing the humididity was in the 20's! Gotta buy a new window AC, sounds like a fan motor bearing has gone south, the noise is terrifying. But it still cools some. I see the ones I might replace this one with run from $299 to $479. OK. Bring it to me! :D
Price of gas. Yeah, my Jeep GC is getting 20 mpg avg now. And I finally figured how to get the VA's "BTSSS" (for travel reimbursement) site to work. And I tell ya, this one just BITES.... USE CHROME. I tried 3 other "normal" browsers, including Edge, none of those work for the Govt sites I visit now. The one I have tried that IS allowed to function is an updated CHROME. All my travel claims were accepted easily, and have all been paid now in less than a week. DAMN.
(dang govt passes laws that prohibit others from doing the 'monopolizing' thing, but THEY do it!) Anyways, I got my travel reimbursement sorted, I am relieved. At $60 per tank of gas now, I was getting a bit worried.
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Hope you're OK with me grabbing the Coffee Pot this morning, Faf! Need that wake up juice! Got me a big 16 ouncer of the :java:
Gas prices in the US can be directly blamed on the politicians in control. They set the policies on how business is done, and the companies take all the liberties given by those policies! As soon as this administration set up the new policies, the businesses got super greedy. Makes what I get to live on unable to sustain me. I struggle just to have enough groceries now. It's fortunate that I have a large community of friends that are very helpful. I'd not make it otherwise.
:nopanic; :blownaway:
I got a 22 oz stainless steel vacuum insulated tumbler I use for my COFFEE! :java:
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Don't think I can afford groceries. Gas price this morning..... wait for it..... $7.65 per US gallon. For regular. Stop your griping south of the border. Price in Buffalo on the news this am is $4.05 and they are bitching. That's what made me check. BTW all dollar amounts converted to US bucks for fair comparison.
I got to pop out tomorrow and fill up. Checked the pump price just now and it's $3.79 USD per gallon. And you all are stuck with $7.65! Yeow :yeow: that's enough to gag a maggot man! Whew!
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Bonzai... Rigging issue. Skeleton out of alignment.
So what do you use for a Chiropractor? HA! :woohoo:
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I'm gonna say Good Morning! right here even though it's only 11 pm. I will likely be asleep or getting ready for the nurses visit @ 8am, but not in here when you guys all pop in. So, HI!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later op there will be smoked BBQ ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and any others I can't see without a fresh coffee.
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Morning, Fafnir. Sorry for disparaging the girls' coffee. Bleary eyed, I guess.
Good morning, PDG. Invisible but listening.
I hope everyone has a great day!
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C this should help
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Mornin Sir Knight hands a steaming mug of good kona coffee the girls didn't get to upset so all is well
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So what do you use for a Chiropractor? HA! :woohoo:
I was thinking the same thing, McG! Funny how some things make us think the same things.
If I go to a chiropractor, I go to the Ellis Clinic in Griffin GA. I also buy my local wild honey there. Best way I've found to fight pollen allergies!
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Gonna need a big mug of strong dark roast this morning. I've been up all night developing a product for DAZ Studio, Poser, and Bryce! Decided to make the model in parts to make the UV mapped templates easier to use. I also modeled the left side only, to create the UVs. After that All I had to do to make the right side of the model was mirror the left side. That way the textures made for it will be mirrored also. Now I just need to make the interior, seating and equipment. The model is a vehicle of a certain type, and I kept it under 6,000 polygons. I can easily do a lot of extra parts to make the model what I want. That's all I'm gonna say for now.
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saw part of the lunar eclipse last night after the rain and thunderboomer it brought with it but had clear skies for viewing
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All I got was Clouds! o.o
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Good Morning to all.....
Yesterday was the perfect day to finally get the yardwork done. Cloudy, cool (in the 60's) light breeze, no bugs, and just about perfect...except there was no one around to do the yardwork but me LOLOL. Lorna is no help since her bionic wrist is still healing...
Got out there early and spent the next 8 hours doing what I love....and it looks great now.
Only downfall is my mind and body just don't get along that well. My mind says "Yes, you can lift it" and the body says "Like hell you can" :thud: So we compromise....I test it out and if I hear or feel anything breaking or straining to much...I step back and rethink it LOL....
Today is a lovely day thus far temp wise....Sunny, cool, breezy with a high of 69 degrees predicted....After last two weeks of being in the upper 90's (99 degrees one day) this is awesome weather. No AC on....no heat needed....got the windows open...ahhhhhhh
I'll have a :java: fafnir It's a "SOMA" day today.....
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All I got was Clouds! o.o
Yup Rad...that's all we could see ..... Clouds.....
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Must have been pretty, someone in the clouds was taking flash pictures.
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Right now I'm relaxing and watching one of my Favorite movies....The Fifth Element....It never gets old....
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Good afternoon!
Did somebody see the cool clouds that were above Ada (Oklahoma) yesterday? I heard about at job.
Concerning the Moon, here we hadn't the eclipse, but near the morning it seems (and I forgot to look) we had a Blood Moon.
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Nope...didn't see the pictures but will go hunting for them in a bit....
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saw part of the lunar eclipse last night after the rain and thunderboomer it brought with it but had clear skies for viewing
I fell asleep.
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Good afternoon!
Did somebody see the cool clouds that were above Ada (Oklahoma) yesterday? I heard about at job.
Concerning the Moon, here we hadn't the eclipse, but near the morning it seems (and I forgot to look) we had a Blood Moon.
Yeah; Super Blood Moon with a total Lunar Eclipse. It was supposedly reddish from around 11 till 12:30 with the eclipse having started about 9:30. I faded out on the couch around 10. Whatever time I woke up I just staggered off to bed. The Moon was the last thing on my mind at that point.
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Just viewed some pictures on NBC...they were awesome.....As mentioned....Cloudy skies last night and early morn....
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In case you didn't yet receive the annoucement, TL made a topic for our ideas for June contest
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24893.0
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Good morning all. I saw the topic Aelin but must admit; as someone that makes very few final images I don't pick topics if I don't intend to enter. I just wish I would remember that I had an idea for the contest in the first place. Old age is starting to get to me.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C this will help Mornin'
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pulled pork with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good afternoon!
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Good afternoon, PDG and Dreamer and anyone else that I missed. I hope your day has been a good one.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled pork chops with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning Fafnir. I hope everyone is doing well. I'm a little slow this am. More coffee please.
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Hands PDG a large steaming mug of C&C Mornin to you
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Mornin Sir Knight hands big mug of coffee
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I thank you, Sir! It was a long evening and starting with a big mug is what I need.
And a good morning, to you and PDG!
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Mornin'! Faf, if you're wondering what happened to the pot of dark roast, ME IS GUILTY! :java: :coffee-gal:
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always plenty of coffee on hand Agent
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Good Day to all......
Yesterday was a busy day with real life so no computer time for me...Today is busy also....but I hate not coming in here for a bit....so I'm taking some ME time.
It's the "Switching of the Closets" time...and I'm sure many of you know what that means.... Out with the Fall and Winter items and in with the Spring and Summer stuff. Not that Spring has really Sprung officially here...we had that week of HOT weather and now back in the 40 and 50's for a daytime high....
Anyway, got the windows open and Ozzy and Kittens love that...Need cooling off after all the lifting and moving things that Lorna and I have been doing...I truly feel all these 70+ years LOLOL...
But let me take a walkabout with a Fafnir :java: in hand and hope you all have a grand day...
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Good afternoon!
I have no idea if I'll stay long or not tonight. Indeed, a part of sky is blue and sunny (we are approaching sunset, but stil...), when the other is dark. We had rumbles from there in twice occasions already.
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It's the "Switching of the Closets" time...and I'm sure many of you know what that means....
Nope, no clue as to what that means :shrug:
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LOL...."J".......That's why I said "MANY" and not all...
Hello Aelin....how was your day..????
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Like J, I have no idea of what you are talking about... or perhaps now I have a clue :tearlaugh:
My day was busy, I didn't mess too much so that was a ok day :tearlaugh: At least hadn't to avoid journalists like yesterday and another time since the beginning of the month. With elections to come in June, local and national news come around for some reasons.
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I switch the shoes by the door. Lose the boots and break out the sandals even though we we just above freezing this morning. I have winter and summer divided into separate closets normally. When the wife was alive there were garbage bags with winter clothes that were swapped for the summer bags. Hated it. Inefficient.
Summer balcony vs winter balcony. There's the transformation.
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Always good to have a job that is not the same each day. I loved my job just because of that. If I got bored...I'd go and visit a distributor LOL....
Yea, we have politics going in here also....It's like a 3 ring circus without a Ringmaster....
As for the "Switching of the Closets" goes....It's always better then digging for the clothes of the season LOL....Plus...a lot of items that had that "maybe someday I'll throw it out" finally DO get thrown out or given away...
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Like J, I have no idea of what you are talking about... or perhaps now I have a clue :tearlaugh:
My day was busy, I didn't mess too much so that was a ok day :tearlaugh: At least hadn't to avoid journalists like yesterday and another time since the beginning of the month. With elections to come in June, local and national news come around for some reasons.
My Provincal elections are in two weeks and the Municipal one is in October. Hopefully we don't have a Federal one in the near future. After watching 90 minutes of the Party Leaders debate Monday evening I was ready to start throwing things at the screen. I had already been yelling at them for 45 minutes. :nopanic;
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Always good to have a job that is not the same each day. I loved my job just because of that. If I got bored...I'd go and visit a distributor LOL....
Yea, we have politics going in here also....It's like a 3 ring circus without a Ringmaster....
As for the "Switching of the Closets" goes....It's always better then digging for the clothes of the season LOL....Plus...a lot of items that had that "maybe someday I'll throw it out" finally DO get thrown out or given away...
I'm using the same six red SOLO cups to start this years pot cuttings that I used last year. The same six red SOLO cups I used twice last year. The same six red SOLO cups I received cuttings in the year before that. Does that make me a horder?
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Naaaaaahhhhh.... just thrifty. 8 )
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LOL......I'll agree with Wizzards Answer....mine was too long winded....which means it wasn't "Thrifty" :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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I switch the shoes by the door. Lose the boots and break out the sandals even though we we just above freezing this morning. I have winter and summer divided into separate closets normally. When the wife was alive there were garbage bags with winter clothes that were swapped for the summer bags. Hated it. Inefficient.
Summer balcony vs winter balcony. There's the transformation.
After that short heatwave of two days we are back in the brrrrr temps....but....Lorna and I figured if we changed out the closets to Spring and Summer wear....the temps will follow...
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Was on my way out when I read this story and said WOW.... How far is this place from where you are Sir Knight...
"NORTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
A 15-year-old girl was struck by lightning while inside her Pennsylvania home on Monday evening, fire officials confirmed.
At least five homes in the area were hit by lightning, including the home where the teenage girl was struck.
The fire captain of the Circleville Fire Department, Keith Gray, said the lightning went through the girl's pinky finger and out of her left leg.
Giana Scaramuzzo said she was treated by EMS and is OK.
"All of a sudden I hear the loud sound of thunder, and I see lightning, and I see it reflect from my mirror, and all of a sudden I feel like a shock in my pinky, and then it goes up my body and out through my leg," Scaramuzzo said."
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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TL, that's out near Pittsburgh. I'm on the other side of the state. My brother-in-law did get struck by lightning here, though. Pennsylvania: the Lightning State? :OMFG:
Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and assorted guests.
Fafnir, all office politics all the time at work today so I think I'll start with just :java:, please.
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This is all rather shocking first thing in the morning.
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:tearlaugh: :beer:
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No kidding, PDG. The sort of thing that can just "light up your life!" Closest I ever came to that was when the bolt struck a clothes line right outside my window during my callow youth. Of course, sitting in a tank in the middle of the New Mexican desert with your antenna still pointing straight up is a close second. Mostly fibreglass with a copper core, thank goodness, but the pucker factor was still there. When that's the tallest object for miles in all directions, you begin to rethink your mortality. Especially when the ammunition you would normally have on board is electrically fired.
And now for something completely different. As a disabled vet, I have at my disposal a power scooter. Okayyyyyyyy. I got Connie one as she is starting to have difficulties. Finally got a receiver hitch on our Forrester, and they just delivered the one for my Baja. That's the good bits. Bad bit is I got one of those carriers that mounts on receiver hitch to carry said cart. Unfortunately, can only get Class 1 hitch for both vehicles.
Who would have thunk it? :whattodo: Two little four bangers not being able to use a heavier class hitch?
Anyway, with Connie's it is usable, with a lot of care. I can barely get mine loaded. Her's goes inside the Forrester no prob. Light enough that we can both get her loaded. Mine on the other hand, would give the incredible Hulk problems. When on the carrier, it hit the driveway when we took it out on the road and every time we hit a bump or a dip in the road.
Anyone out there know a good place to get a good little utility trailer?
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Sorry 'bout that, but its been one of those weeks. Had to go to Temple for a couple of appointments so couldn't get heavy into Poser, or my writings. Finally able to get back to it.
Oh, and if anyone's interested, ShareCG now has what looks to be a Javelin ATGM system as well as a T-70/90 with that steel parasol that supposed to protect them from such a weapon.
https://sharecg.com/v/98981/browse/11/Poser/Anti-Tank-Missile https://sharecg.com/v/98980/browse/11/Poser/Main-Battle-Tank
Just sayin. . . . .
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Good afternoon!
Another day like a Summer one here. But thunderstorm threatened a part of the morning. According forecast weather, we had rain in the afternoon :whuaat: We all wonder "where?" :tearlaugh:
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https://youtu.be/xPU8OAjjS4k
Starting to think this is why I grabbed Merlin 8.1 this afternoon.lol.
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Good afternoon to all....Just a quick stopby....Gotta cook my dinner yet....late today...was busy busy busy. One never knows what kind of mess is made when getting things from the shed in the Winter. No time is wasted on a silly thing like putting stuff back where it belongs or tidying up....Things freeze up fast....especially on you LOLOLOL
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Mornin' folks. Just passing by while I wait for Ed. Grocery time again. For a single guy with a cat I seem to spend a lot of time grocery shopping.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be tacos with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to you both....
I'll have a :java: Fafnir....and I'll give you a buzz later on.....
And morning to you PDG.....I find grocery shopping more of a "Social Trip" then a shopping trip. It's nice to mingle with folks every now and then....it's Shopping and the Clinic ...my social centers LOLOL....
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Good Morning to you Noshoba, Agent, Sir Knight, and HS.... Don't know if your actually in the Coffee Shop right at the moment...but I see that you're listed as being in here....Have a special Fafnir Coffee :java:
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Good morning, TL, PDG and Fafnir! Happy Friday!
For me, just two more days of work this week.
Thanks for the special coffee. It'll keep me going.
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Hope both days go fast for you Sir Knight.
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Good Morning to you Noshoba, Agent, Sir Knight, and HS.... Don't know if your actually in the Coffee Shop right at the moment...but I see that you're listed as being in here....Have a special Fafnir Coffee :java:
That Special Fafnir Coffee is hitting the spot! Needed it to help with my sinusitis flair up. The hot stimulating liquid helps to open my sinuses so that they can drain enough to stop my sinus headache. MUCH APPRECIATED MY FRIENDS!
:java: :coffee-gal: :coffee3:
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The Daughter gets those all the time also.....I've never had one....Knock on wood. My wife had them so bad that they operated on her and put "Windows" in her sinuses....after that...she never had any again....Just the normal "After a night out" headaches.
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Good afternoon!
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Greetings, Aelin. Any journalists trailing you?
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Fortunately no. Only a forced meeting for all the team with the "work doc" - or better, the work psy. It appears there were issues between direction and a part of the team before I had the job, whence her coming. Knowing nothing and having nothing to tell, I won't participate further than the forced meeting.
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Good strategy....Never volunteer if not asked.....
On that note...Good Afternoon....
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Good afternoon, TL. There's a line of thunderstorms stretching all the way back to Pittsburgh. Lots of rumbles and rain.
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We were supposed to get something this afternoon but all we are getting is "Spit" and a little wind. But the forecast said Storms that included high winds and hail :thud: But I'll take the "Spit"....easier to clean up after LOLOL
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we got a short sprinkle it helps but need more cause tourist are suckin' it dry as fast as the water replenishes
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The Daughter gets those all the time also.....I've never had one....Knock on wood. My wife had them so bad that they operated on her and put "Windows" in her sinuses....after that...she never had any again....Just the normal "After a night out" headaches.
I have to be careful not to let it get too bad, because my right ear is highly susceptible to earaches if my sinusitis goes full blown. If I get an earache, it is always so intensely painful I want to tear it out of my head. The pain is extremely sharp, like a hot needle has been stuck in my eardrum. There is a pinhole in that eardrum. When a certain girl got mad at me when I was just 6 years old, she stuck a real needle in that ear and it pierced that eardrum. Since then, when I get an earache, I get bat caca crazy, and no one wants to be near me. So I do all I can to ensure I don't get like that. Hot coffee does great to relieve sinus pressure, so I try to have some when I feel a bout coming on.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steak on the grill with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. Movin' a little slow this am. Need a BIG coffee. A little Creek wouldn't be sneezed at either.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. Foggy Saturday here. Going to be in the high 90's. And yet, coffee would be most welcome. :woohoo:
I wish you both a good day!
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After that short heatwave of two days we are back in the brrrrr temps....but....Lorna and I figured if we changed out the closets to Spring and Summer wear....the temps will follow...
Tell me about it! 101 and 102 F for a couple days, then 30's at night and 40's in day. Been TOO busy with VA doc appointments. I had 4 this week making 3 trips. I am so glad it's Saturday! Friday went by in a blur of MRI. :o\ :nopanic; :OMFG:
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Good morning!
It seems we had rain during the night. But now the sun has removed clouds and it's another Summer day.
For those who haven't seen that yet, the first voting round is available for the June theme
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24894.0
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Good morning, Aelin. Thanks for the reminder.
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Sorry 'bout that, but its been one of those weeks. Had to go to Temple for a couple of appointments so couldn't get heavy into Poser, or my writings. Finally able to get back to it.
Oh, and if anyone's interested, ShareCG now has what looks to be a Javelin ATGM system as well as a T-70/90 with that steel parasol that supposed to protect them from such a weapon.
https://sharecg.com/v/98981/browse/11/Poser/Anti-Tank-Missile https://sharecg.com/v/98980/browse/11/Poser/Main-Battle-Tank
Just sayin. . . . .
Cool! Thanks, and grabbed some more of his items too.
I walked more yesterday than I have in an entire year man. AND drove myself to the VA with just me in the car, first time in a year too. The walking? That was having to park 150 yds from the front door, and then the skinny wheel chair had to be pushed to said door from way the other side that parking lot. Sheesh. Then when I got chair inside the front door, I walked around it and plopped right down. Whew! Then on to Radiology for an appointment with Mr. Hitachi, the MRI. This machine is so busy that my appointment was made for me the day I got outta rehab, Feb 1st! Half an hour to scan ankle, another half hour to scan foot. Go figure! I brought home a CD of the images for souvenir! Then I discovered my system can view the MRI just fine. DOH! :yeow:
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Hi to you all!
Spring looks like summer. I hope everything is fine for all of you wherever you are.
Take care of yourself and your families!
:letusboogie:
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Oh wow, how strange! I woke up at a normal (for other folks maybe!) 5:00 am, and it was 51F, so it's daylight since 6:15 and it's 50F! I am NOT complaining. Feels great! I have been enjoying the Morning Coffee very much, Fafnir, thanks to you and the Ladies!
The WIND out of the North the last couple weeks is awful. Makes it look like a big dust storm here but non-stop. Yesterday, my fairly hefty Jeep Grand Cherokee (4300 lbs) felt like it was dancing a Tango through several stretches of wide open prairie, gusts were said to be upwards of 80 mph. And me trying to drive CROSS wind of that at 75mph. The drive got pretty interesting a few times for sure! I can see why some of those 18 wheelers with vans on, pulled off the road, and I saw a couple little cars literally pushed right off the road. In this weather, drivers actually tend to leave a bunch of car lengths between them and anyone else out there. And finally, the counties here put warning signs up about dangerous wind gusts in appropriate areas.
Allergies. Me and Tattoo both got em by the bucket! Though, maybe due to the low humidity here, mine have become much less severe since moving here. Tattoo's also but he still has problem allergens growing in the yard. So I keep him in mostly.
Have a great weekend y'all! :woohoo:
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Good Morning to all.....
Good Morning Aelin....thanks for the link to the contest....I keep forgetting we may still have a problem with Announcements getting to all...
As McG mentioned....it seems that the brrrr has moved into our area.... Our heat is on at the moment to take some of the chill out.
Hope you all have some good plans for the day. I did my "outsiding" when it was a wee bit warmer....Not sure what project I will tackle today....
Anyway....Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....and you must have had a busy phone day yesterday....Couldn't get ahold of you...kept getting a busy signal....tried about 4 times...and gave up.
Yup Agent....Always good to take care of the ears... I have no hearing out of my right hear due to a Mastoidectomy I had after I got out of the Service. That happens sometimes with Submariners. On a good note....I can ignore folks that chatter on and on and blame the hearing loss LOLOL....always a good side to everything in life.
How did your shopping trip go yesterday PDG? If your prices are like our prices "Sticker Shock" is a mild term to use...
And Sir Knight....I believe I get to give my Brother a call and pick on him about the heat wave you folks will be having....He picks on my with the cold temps...I get to return the favor....I see you may be up to 93 degrees today...some spots will be 100+ YIKES....
And HS...I visited....and I cleaned house....Thank you....
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And a HELLO to you earwenM....
Thanks for the good cheer and hope your afternoon and evening will be a SUPPER one.... :yesway:
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Hands PDG a large coffee with double shot of Creek enjoy
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Thanks for the phone call my friend....now I'm "unworried" :woohoo:
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TL, the hearing in my right ear is only at 30% on my best days. I get 90% or better in my left ear, but my hearing problems cause me no end of troubles, because I miss a lot of what is being said, even when I want to hear it. All it takes is for there to be any type of other noise to be unable to hear it. Other noise either makes what I hear garbled, or it just drowns out what I am trying to hear.
I think one other contributing factor to my hearing loss is the fact that I had to wear earplugs in the textile mills I worked in. I suffered a lot of ear infections because of that.
My nephew bought me a hearing aid, and when I opened the package it was one that requires you to stick the business end in your ear canal! Well I tried it for a bit, then like I knew would happen, I developed an infection. Had to cease using it. If I had the money I'd try the new bone conductor hearing aid, as you don't stick that in your ear canal. Maybe that would work better for me, as long as it has no metal that touches my skin. I have a reactive allergy to metals against my skin.
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Most of the time I'm glad I can't hear what is being said LOLOL.....and all know if they don't speak up...I will not ask them to repeat what they said...I just shrug and go on my merry way.... :yesway:
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Dayum, I must have gotten really lucky. Being on tanks is not exactly hyped for its "quiet" qualities. 'Course, wearing that Comm helmet does help. Even if you're sitting in the driver's position with the hatch open. The muzzle flash, on the other hand . . . OY!!!!!
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Of course its not all beer n' cookies. Sorry to say we had one guy leave his hatch open while running downrange at Orogrande tank range during gunnery test way back when. Rolled on out, engaged first target no problem. Same with second. The third . . . . We saw a brighter than normal flash and then the calls to cease fire and summon the dustoff came up on the net. Heard later that the round - a LIVE High explosive, not a training round - had gone off inside the tube. Just clear of the front of the turret. Directly in front of the driver's position. Main gun turned into a derringer and what was left of the barrel flew back up and over the turret, missing both the Commander and the AI aboard by going between them. Landed in the dirt behind the tank and in front of the personnel carrier following. One KIA and one WIA.
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All metals, Agent, or just the nickel?
I know my Mom has an allergy to the nickel.
For my part, I attack the nickel, it ends in a pink tone after few times :tearlaugh:
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got hearing aids i do but they ain't got no metal involved the parts that go in the ear canal are made of high impact plastic and work great no infection and i take them out at night easier to sleep and put them on charge
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be beef stew with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' all. Have to do some balcony work after the race this morning. Got a little stormy here yesterday. Had to shut everything down for a while. McG's heat made it here and when it hit my Great White North air mass and we ended up with 70 mph winds in the city. Golf ball size hail. Thousands of power outages. The same weather Michigan had the day before with the same downtown tornadoes. Climate change?
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. Coffee if you would, please, Fafnir. Sorry to hear about the bad weather, PDG.
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Morning. Have to work today sadly.
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Good morning!
Today is a back in season sky. Many clouds, but the air stays warm.
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Good Morning to all....A very nice cool Sunday morning....with one neighbor out mowing already....and this neighbor NOT mowing. Sunday is a day of rest....and I just got done with my mowing not to long ago...
Hope all have a great day. I'll be popping in and out as the day goes on. Might get more of my comics cataloged. We shall see.
Enjoy the day....with :java: in hand....
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All metals, Agent, or just the nickel?
I know my Mom has an allergy to the nickel.
For my part, I attack the nickel, it ends in a pink tone after few times :tearlaugh:
Yes, all metals that I know of. Had a 24 carat gold ID bracelet, back in my teens. The wrist turned a weird greenish color. My doctor told me to stop wearing metal against my skin. He said I can work with metal things but no more metal jewelry. Yeah, I know, 24 carat gold is supposed to be nonallergenic. There's an exception to every rule, and I'm the exception to that one.
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Actually have same issue. It's not that uncommon. Was told I have acidic skin was the reason for it.
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Actually have same issue. It's not that uncommon. Was told I have acidic skin was the reason for it.
I've never met anybody else that have that condition. At least now I know I'm not alone. Most folks I tell about it say I'm delusional. Well if they want proof, the only way is to let them see what happens to my skin, and I will not go through that again.
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:OMFG: I too Have Corrosive Skin I have to use Fabric Watch bands!
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked oven roasted ham with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. I'll take a 40 Creek and skip the coffee. It's a holiday. Not that I ever needed an excuse for a drink. It's "The May 24". :happydance: Statuary holiday that falls on the last Monday before the 25th. Actually Victoria Day or Fete de la Reine. Essentially; the birthday celebration for the current Monarch, irregardless of when they were actually born. Reality is there are 24 beers in a box and 24 hours in a day. The solution to a day off and the official "Unofficial Start of Summer" is quite obvious. You can take the empties back for a refund on the way to work tomorrow and grab a bottle of headache pills with the cash refunded.
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Good Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
Sounds like you're going to have a very enjoyable day today PDG.....I'm sure Fafnir has something stronger then coffee that he can share with you LOL....
Don't have much going on today. Was going to clean the sheds but to damn chilly out today....even with the sun shining bright....it's that darn wind that gets to me. I have plenty to keep me busy though....
So for now....I'll grab a :java: and take a tour to see what is what and who is who and why is where....
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:OMFG: I too Have Corrosive Skin I have to use Fabric Watch bands!
When I was wearing a watch my band was a wide leather-crafted one. That kept all metal from being in contact with my skin. Now I just use my smartphone to see what the time is. Would like to get another good watch, and a leather band like the one I had.
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hands PDG a bottle of 40 Creek enjoy
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Good Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
Sounds like you're going to have a very enjoyable day today PDG.....I'm sure Fafnir has something stronger then coffee that he can share with you LOL....
Don't have much going on today. Was going to clean the sheds but to damn chilly out today....even with the sun shining bright....it's that darn wind that gets to me. I have plenty to keep me busy though....
So for now....I'll grab a :java: and take a tour to see what is what and who is who and why is where....
Been out on my rather cool balcony enjoying the sun myself. Till the chainsaws and the wood chipper fired up that is. There is still a lot of clean up happening after the storm. Two trees in front of the building came down and one in the park to the south. Haven't been out to see the rest of the world.
Ed is coming by later this afternoon to pick me up for a BBQ at a friends. After two years of COVID I get to blow things up again. Ed will have to go into the fireworks store to grab them though. I might be the one with the licences to purchase and demonstrate explosives but I'm also the one smelling the most of alcohol.
I wonder if I can lose my drone licence for drinking and flying? I know I can lose my licence to fire rocket engines. All these pieces of regulated paper and I am not a licensed automobile driver. It lapsed almost 40 years ago and I never bothered getting it back.
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hands PDG a bottle of 40 Creek enjoy
Ohh.. That might not be a good idea... I have to stick to beers for now. At least till after 10:30 tonight or so. Explosions start at 10. :fireworks: :fireworks: :fireworks:
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When I was wearing a watch my band was a wide leather-crafted one. That kept all metal from being in contact with my skin. Now I just use my smartphone to see what the time is. Would like to get another good watch, and a leather band like the one I had.
I pawned a watch in Miami for gas in 1978. I've never worn one since. Till cell phones came along people thought I was strange for not wearing one and couldn't figure out how I function without one. Now that everyone has a smart phone (except me) people stopped asking about a watch and started asking why I don't wearing a Fit Bit or other such health monitoring device.
I did come across an old Timex on a wide leather strap that rather resembles a leather armour bracer more so than a watchband, in the bottom of the kitchen junk drawer that everyone has a number of years back. From my 70's biker days. Tossed it somewhere safe cause the wide strap on it says Harley Davidson and I thought it might be worth something some day. It was stolen from the "safety" of the basement lockup along with a bunch of other collectible things like my two signed Frazettas.
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Been out on my rather cool balcony enjoying the sun myself. Till the chainsaws and the wood chipper fired up that is. There is still a lot of clean up happening after the storm. Two trees in front of the building came down and one in the park to the south. Haven't been out to see the rest of the world.
Ed is coming by later this afternoon to pick me up for a BBQ at a friends. After two years of COVID I get to blow things up again. Ed will have to go into the fireworks store to grab them though. I might be the one with the licences to purchase and demonstrate explosives but I'm also the one smelling the most of alcohol.
I wonder if I can lose my drone licence for drinking and flying? I know I can lose my licence to fire rocket engines. All these pieces of regulated paper and I am not a licensed automobile driver. It lapsed almost 40 years ago and I never bothered getting it back.
I watched some of the vid feeds last night and damn...that sure was one hell of a storm. They showed one where this guy was recording the trees bending in his yard when hale came down fast and furious....he didn't waste time to turn his phone off and you could see his feet as he ran to his house and his screaming OUCH all the way... Watch a few others and damn... that storm sure raised hell with the trees and rooftops in some areas.
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I pawned a watch in Miami for gas in 1978. I've never worn one since. Till cell phones came along people thought I was strange for not wearing one and couldn't figure out how I function without one. Now that everyone has a smart phone (except me) people stopped asking about a watch and started asking why I don't wearing a Fit Bit or other such health monitoring device.
I did come across an old Timex on a wide leather strap that rather resembles a leather armour bracer more so than a watchband, in the bottom of the kitchen junk drawer that everyone has a number of years back. From my 70's biker days. Tossed it somewhere safe cause the wide strap on it says Harley Davidson and I thought it might be worth something some day. It was stolen from the "safety" of the basement lockup along with a bunch of other collectible things like my two signed Frazettas.
That is just not right! People have no respect for others when they do crimes like that.
I have a Leather Crafting kit that I can use to make a band for a watch. Got into Leather Craft about five years ago.
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Good afternoon!
:OMFG: I too Have Corrosive Skin I have to use Fabric Watch bands!
I destroy them, no matter the material used for: leather, false leather, synthetic, plastic... The metallic one was in nickel, it ended pinky but the closing part stopped to close pretty quickly.
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i don't wear metallic jewelry cause of acidic/corrosive skin as well and when i was commercial fishing you didn't want anything that could get you hung up in cables or ropes like watches or rings
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And here I was thinking that I was the only one that ever happened to. Fortunately, stainless and plastics have no effect. Gold plate and brass on the other hand? There will be no survivors. I had bought a nice dress watch - gold plated - for when I went out on the town while in the service. After a couple of wearings I noticed that the corners had rounded and that the inner metal was showing ... also melting. Then the winding stem self-destructed. That was the last "dress" watch I have ever owned. Sticking with the nylon/plastic/stainless watches from here on out.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib and fried grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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I watched some of the vid feeds last night and damn...that sure was one hell of a storm. They showed one where this guy was recording the trees bending in his yard when hale came down fast and furious....he didn't waste time to turn his phone off and you could see his feet as he ran to his house and his screaming OUCH all the way... Watch a few others and damn... that storm sure raised hell with the trees and rooftops in some areas.
Still a few thousand around the City without power this morning. That will change before day's end. We were lucky. Environment Canada is still figuring out how many actual tornadoes from here to the Quebec border hit. 10 dead from mostly falling trees. A tour boat out on the lake capsized with about 20 or so on board. As far as I know all are well. No injuries. Lots of flooding and a subway train crashed into a downed tree exiting a tunnel so it was evacuated through the tunnel back toward the station as they couldn't exit the tunnel itself due to trees and stuff. Subway service was back to normal by yesterday.
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Just coffee and a lot of it please Fafnir. There is a little drummer boy doing his thing behind my eyes and it isn't even Christmas.
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there is plenty of coffee hands PDG a steaming mug
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Just a quick tidbit in reply to wearing watches, jewelry etc. In the sub service you could not wear ANY jewelry...not even your wedding ring...nor could you wear your dogtags...you had to pocket them and have them on your at all times. We had someone lose a finger when they were coming down the hatch and his wedding ring got caught. He was reprimanded and discharged from the Sub Service and ended up on a Air Craft Carrier.
I've never wore any jewelry on my hands or wrist after getting out of the service...but I do wear a chain with my cross and wedding ring on it...
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Good Morning to all.....
Yesterday was a chilly one but by midday it got up to the low 60's...so after I filled the bird feeders...I said "What the hell" and pulled out the mower and got the yard done... The exercise felt good...the body said "WHAT felt good???
Anyway...Hope you all have a great day....I'm grabbing my :java: and taking a tour
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Still a few thousand around the City without power this morning. That will change before day's end. We were lucky. Environment Canada is still figuring out how many actual tornadoes from here to the Quebec border hit. 10 dead from mostly falling trees. A tour boat out on the lake capsized with about 20 or so on board. As far as I know all are well. No injuries. Lots of flooding and a subway train crashed into a downed tree exiting a tunnel so it was evacuated through the tunnel back toward the station as they couldn't exit the tunnel itself due to trees and stuff. Subway service was back to normal by yesterday.
Just read this: "The derecho in Canada on Saturday took at least ten lives, one of the largest derecho-related death tolls in North America in recent memory. The derecho also brought down countless trees and cut power to more than 950,000 customers, likely representing well over one million residents. Given Canada’s population of around 38 million, it’s a fair bet that around 3-4% of Canada’s entire population was hit by power loss, a huge percentage for any natural disaster."
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Good afternoon!
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Good afternoon, Aelin. I hope your day has been pleasant.
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With so many of us with trouble with metal in contact with skin, perhaps we should post an advertisement:
Do you destroy anything metal that touches your skin? You might be an artist! Call 1-800-FANTASY-ATTIC. Operators are standing by.
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Good afternoon, Aelin. I hope your day has been pleasant.
Was a "guard" for a spectacle with children like spectators this afternoon. They were pretty calm, perhaps because it wasn't so far after the lunch :tearlaugh: The only problem was a light during the show I took in 1 eye. Ended the job half in the dark in my deskroom, but that's fine now.
I like your FA advertising :thumb_up:
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hope you are having a great day Aelin
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Yea Show lights are Drawn to me I keep a pair of Shades for any show I have to work cause they just find me! o.o :nopanic;
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Glasses not always work, and in the dark outside of the scene it would be suicidal, in case I had to move to the children if some became too excited.
And being behind one of the teachers wasn't enough for me. He hadn't enough a big head :tearlaugh:
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Do you destroy anything metal that touches your skin? You might be an artist! Call 1-800-FANTASY-ATTIC. Operators are standing by.
The way our announcements have been working of late, we'll have a lot of "Metal Destroyers" on hold
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I don't actually destroy metals against my skin; rather my skin is reactive to metals, so that I have problems with breakouts of hives, or the metal changes the color of my skin where it has touched by the metal. This is not instant, instead it takes metal against my skin for long periods for it to affect my skin that way. I suppose there is a bit of corrosive in my skin that causes it, but the real danger is what it can do to me personally. If metal is changing things in my skin, it is also getting into my body, which might not be good for me at all. I know trace amounts are essential for good health, but the ways it can get into my system could cause there to be too much of any one or more metals to get in, and I would suffer for it.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be whole roast pig done in an underground oven with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Just read this: "The derecho in Canada on Saturday took at least ten lives, one of the largest derecho-related death tolls in North America in recent memory. The derecho also brought down countless trees and cut power to more than 950,000 customers, likely representing well over one million residents. Given Canada’s population of around 38 million, it’s a fair bet that around 3-4% of Canada’s entire population was hit by power loss, a huge percentage for any natural disaster."
Yep. That sounds about right. There are still some without power for a while yet. Up to a week I hear. Cant replace those high tension steel towers in a hurry. Need specialized chopper pilots to assemble them. I've seen it done. Four guys on a tower while the heli hovers above them holding tower sections to be assembled.
The derecho ran a good thousand klicks, 630 miles or so, dropping tornados and 5 minute storms for about 4 and a half hours. First time I had heard that term from the Weather Network. Not looking to see another.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be whole roast pig done in an underground oven with all the trimmings and tater wedges
Mornin' Fafnir et al. Hope everyone is doing alright this fine morning. I'll take a coffee my good man and a shot of the old Creek as well.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C enjoy
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Good Morning to all.....
I'll take a pot of coffee Fafnir....Restless night...very little sleep....I have those nights every now and then...woke up twice and just sat in the living room with the kitties and Oz for a bit...and watched the wind and rain raise hell.
Might do something I haven't done since my last surgery....take a nap later today.
PDG....The last Derecho we had was in 2020....and it was wicked. Don't want to see another one anytime soon.
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Good afternoon!
This morning at job, when talking with a colleague I suddenly realized that starting tonight I'm in a 4 days weekend :happydance: :woohoo: So be ready to see me a little more in the corridors the next days!
TL, I had a night recently where I had many difficulties to sleep. Mind simply didn't want to stop thinking. I have no idea how finally I ended by sleep, but I woke up several times.
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way back in the 1970's I spent two years in Austin Texas at a boarding school (I had a few emotional problems at that time). While there I saw something I never thought possible in weather, five tornadoes, all in a row, as though they were marching like an army. The clouds were tubular shaped, and rolling across the sky. It was the most weird thing I ever witnessed. Now I see this description of a derecho, so I researched it. I found pictures of the derecho type of weather, and read the articles explaining what they are, and it fits perfectly into what I witnessed in Austin. I feel a lot of sympathy for those that suffer from the effects of such a storm system.
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Good News on the time off.....
On a good note.....I rarely have problems sleeping through the night....but every now and then I just have to have a bad night to remind me of what they were like LOL
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Trade you my tinnitus which wakes me every couple of hours every night, to have a night of straight through sleep.
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So that's what sang me to sleep. Had a great night. Just listening to the rain and the hailstones clatter on everything. Seemed to come in waves. Oh well, good sleepin' weather.
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O.o Mom got a set of Hearing aids for Tinnitus software on them that Help her. Not sure if You need those.
https://www.hearingtracker.com/best-hearing-aids-for-tinnitus
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Jerrith, I too have Tinnitus in both ears. Sometimes the ringing is so loud I can't hear other sounds clearly, even with my good ear. It does keep me awake at night quite often. I know what you are going through, because I am going through it too.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be lasagna with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. Haven't had lasagna in years. I'll take a coffee and drop back later for some of that cheesy goodness.
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Never heard of a derecho before the weekend. The damage remaining, and the length of time required to repair it; hopefully I won't hear about another.
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Good morning!
Here the vegetarian lasagnas are the simple thing we eat for Christmas or New Eve. And I like that for my bday too.
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Hi all !
I hope you all go well with the sun or with the gray sky, whatever.
Take care of yourself, your families, your loved ones and if you are not morale, listen to music or watch something comic.
Have a nice day!
:havefun:
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Trade you my tinnitus which wakes me every couple of hours every night, to have a night of straight through sleep.
Yup...you and I talked about that a number of times....I've had it all my life...I found when I relax a bit it simmers down...it surely doesn't go away....but it goes into a less annoying phase for a little bit LOL...
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We get a few Derecho's PDG, but as luck has it....we don't get the full monty .... but we do get is wicked...Last one was in 2020 and it came from our neighbor Iowa....Iowa really really got walloped hard....we only got 60-70 MPH winds...but it was enough to knock over several mobile homes in our park, move my heavy heavy stairs into the middle of the yard, and pull trees down like toothpicks....
If you have time....this is a Derecho clip from that Derecho Iowa Derecho 2020 (https://youtu.be/uQztuT-ZrJs) The strange thing is...it took them a LONG time to realize it just wasn't severe thunder storms....but a Derecho
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Yup...you and I talked about that a number of times....I've had it all my life...I found when I relax a bit it simmers down...it surely doesn't go away....but it goes into a less annoying phase for a little bit LOL...
In my case, thankfully, my tinnitus becomes less when there is other noises happening that can counteract against the sound of the ringing. Otherwise I would be unable to hear anything important clearly or coherently.
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We get a few Derecho's PDG, but as luck has it....we don't get the full monty .... but we do get is wicked...Last one was in 2020 and it came from our neighbor Iowa....Iowa really really got walloped hard....we only got 60-70 MPH winds...but it was enough to knock over several mobile homes in our park, move my heavy heavy stairs into the middle of the yard, and pull trees down like toothpicks....
If you have time....this is a Derecho clip from that Derecho Iowa Derecho 2020 (https://youtu.be/uQztuT-ZrJs) The strange thing is...it took them a LONG time to realize it just wasn't severe thunder storms....but a Derecho
Yeppers; that's about what happened here. There are still about 170,000 without power from here to Ottawa. Going to take another week for some towers to be replaced. Lots of houses without roofs. A lot of houses without houses. It blew through any given spot in a few minutes. Really moved fast.
Well I'm grabbing some of that lasagna and watching the rest of this.
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Good morning, Coffee Shop. I hope everyone has a good day!
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Mornin' coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning everyone. I'll take a coffee before I hit the grocery store. Lasagna yesterday was good. Haven't had lasagna in a while.
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hands PDG a steaming mug of good coffee mayhap some 40 Creek later
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Good morning!
After a morning with a lot of clouds, we have sun! Yet, it's still chilly today. Puce profits to be on the legs.
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Good Morning to all.....
A wet morning but I'll not complain...we need the rain.... Nothing planned for today though I will be getting back to the Comic Books this afternoon. Might get them all cataloged before 2030 :thud:
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir
Good Morning Aelin.....Our weather is cool also...and, as mentioned, wet....Nothing more comforting that a kitty on the lap....snuggled up....and purring away.
PDG....Glad you're watching the vid....I found it interesting and just shows how fast something that looked typical turned out to be something else and then some.
You were the early bird today Sir Knight....Hope your day is a grand one.
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Interesting vid. Think I may have lived through a couple and not even known it.
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I was indeed, TL. A day with little pain has me up and about. Got to act while I can.
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LOL....I hear you on that one.....I have to take inventory to see which body parts are going to function
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Or not function. :whattodo:
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Or missing...
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or wore out and need replacing
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Waves and swallows full bottle of Advil. Brain seriously hurting after dealing with Amazon over a Kindle purchase. 2 hours and 4 different CSRs
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. I hope everyone has a great weekend. I hear it is a holiday south of the border. Enjoy one and all.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG!
PDG, it's Memorial Day on Monday remembering those who have died while serving in the US armed forces.
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Good morning! It's another day with clouds in the morning and sun in the afternoon. But this time, temperatures are better. Only wished that rain fell when there were clouds, because Nature needs it.
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We had serious rain yesterday. This morning all the birds say that was a good thing. There are perhaps ten varieties of birds, all cheeping their hearts out.
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I love to listen birds singing :yes:
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Good Morning to all....
Tis a sunny Saturday....cool though....which I don't mind at all. Had some rain yesterday which was truly needed....just wish it didn't come down so hard so it could soak in the ground more... More runoff then soaking...but the birds watering bowl got refilled fast LOL....
No special plans for this Memorial Day. The Grands and Great Grands are all up north camping...which I DO NOT DO :tearlaugh:
So I'm grabbing a :java: (Thanks Fafnir) and getting things going in here.
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we had some rain but still need more as the ground is still dry and the farmers ain't too happy
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I so wish I could take an A-10 and completely unload on the Amazon HQs.
And good evening ..
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Morning all. Hope your holiday is going well.
I know Memorial Day Sir Knight. We do the same Nov 11. but I indeed left myself open to that.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C Mornin to you
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Good morning!
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Morning now the churchladies battle done let's see if we can get some renders done.
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Apologies, PDG. It would be a surprise if you weren't already in the know. Just trying to be helpful.
Good morning, Fafnir, Aelin and Noshoba.
Noshoba, have you called for a low yield nuclear strike on Amazon HQ yet?
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Good Morning to all.....
Looks to be a fairly nice day....And it's going to be a NON COMPUTER day today.... Right now I'm relaxing and watching the A-Team on Tubi. Love Tubi...it's free and has so much to choose from.... There is actually a Tubi Original called "Corrective Measures" starring Bruce Willis that is insane...and it has plenty Villians with Super powers....
https://youtu.be/HKsrw-LXxHY (https://youtu.be/HKsrw-LXxHY)
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Nah nukes are boring. No time for screams. The effects of the Avenger rounds would be so much more satisfying.
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see rendo is pushing daz stuffs not to much for poser guess it is what the market wants
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Or the makers make. for a brief time most products were Poser\Daz. then when rendo took over it was either Poser Or Daz, lately depending on item could be either. Chara are mainly DAZ, clothes are dForce..... *sigh* Environments and props, Poser mat adjust for Daz etc...
Cheers
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I am generally thinking the other way around.
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It's possible, my grasp of reality is a bit loose....... so I'm told.
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Cheers
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Hi everybody. Was gone for the weekend, but now I'm back! Scary, huh? Yes it is early in the morning for me to be up and posting. Just wanted to let you guys know I'm still around.
My Term of the Day: "Cultivated Ugly" - When a person grooms and/or dresses to look ugly in order to chase others away. LOL
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Or the makers make. for a brief time most products were Poser\Daz. then when rendo took over it was either Poser Or Daz, lately depending on item could be either. Chara are mainly DAZ, clothes are dForce..... *sigh* Environments and props, Poser mat adjust for Daz etc...
Cheers
It's the evolution of the market to where the money is. We all remember the DAZ / Poser wars on Rendo a while back. There was a concerted effort by DAZ to wipe Poser from the marketplace and it worked. Mostly because Smith Micro wasn't interested in anything that couldn't be shoehorned into a mobile phone.
As a merchant you are not going to produce for a small market when the same amount of work, in theory; will net a larger income in another market. As a merchant you want to maximize your sales. That leads to protection of your merchandise. File formats are like encryption. Poser, DAZ, Carrera, Blender. It doesn't matter. They all do the same thing. It's just the encryption, file format, that really matters and keeps them from being inter-operational.
I have yet to see something done in DAZ that cannot be done in Poser or Blender. Volumetrics included. Your Ford and GM do the same thing. They use the same fuel, in varying amounts; to take you to the same place by way of similar, though not quite interchangeable; parts. A car is a car. Might be a Yugo or it might be a Lambo but bottom line is, it's a car. Now exactly how you paint your car and accessorize it is up to you. The parts you purchase will depend upon the vendor. You can put Lambo seats in a Yugo or a Yugo engine in the Lambo. As they say "Your results may vary."
There are options for file format conversion for most any DAZ product. Character, pose, materials. Some tools are free. Some cost. I suspect, though do not know for sure; that there are tools to go the other way as well. Poser to DS. DAZ pi$$ed me off years ago. Many years ago when they were still getting their sh!t together, and as such do not go to their site or purchase their products. That of course extends to their merchants. Guilt by association. Sorry folks. I'm an elephant. I don't forget what upsets me and I can hold a grudge till death do us part.
Now, after that diatribe; let me wish all a good morning and where applicable, a happy (?) Memorial Day. I'll take a coffee Fafnir before I head out for the day. Ed's birthday today and the start of his vacation. Supposed to be a hot one so it's party on the patio. I don't think the pool behind his building is happening yet this year but not an issue.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket link sausage and smoked ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Hope every one has a happy Memorial Day stay safe
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There are options for file format conversion for most any DAZ product. Character, pose, materials. Some tools are free. Some cost. I suspect, though do not know for sure; that there are tools to go the other way as well. Poser to DS. DAZ pi$$ed me off years ago. Many years ago when they were still getting their sh!t together, and as such do not go to their site or purchase their products. That of course extends to their merchants. Guilt by association. Sorry folks. I'm an elephant. I don't forget what upsets me and I can hold a grudge till death do us part.
Now, after that diatribe; let me wish all a good morning and where applicable, a happy (?) Memorial Day.
Seconded
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Good Morning.....
Was a busy Morning with Memorial Services but I'm done with the outside for the day....Way to windy and it's going to be a scorcher... No other plans so all is good. Hope you all have a wonderful day ......
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I can understand your step PDG. Mine's a few stairs down, due to a fairly large memory leak. I remember the render wars though, there was always that one guy saying "Maya, 3D Studio Max, Vue...". Ok ok, but I didnt yell, just offered as alternatives. Poser to studio was pretty easy, mainly a few material changes, Studio to Poser was kinda easy till gen 7-8. then they were indecypherable. Kinda Nose, face, meet knife.. Smith-Micro sponsored the last good version of Poser, [Personal opinion] ver 11, then Bondware took over and dinnae bother to change the version, though they added a call home feature\bug. Now theres 12, I do all my setup and rendering offline, saves on memory allowing for fewer crashes. plus no distractions...."Powerpuff Girls Z?, Cool!" Cheers and enjoy your day whether holiday or justaday.
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Good afternoon!
It was a looooooong afternoon here at job. A meeting which was on almost all my hours of work. It stayed only 30 minutes for the usual tasks :thud: It was... interesting but scary at the same time. Like it's a matter internal to the job, I can't tell more. I wish I could, it would be a good therapy :tearlaugh:
So, on another topic. Are you confident that France is able to receive Olympic Games in 2024? :tearlaugh:
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I think they can handle the games....as long as they don't go overboard. A lot of these Olympic Structures that are built sit and rot away after the games....which is a terrible waste of money...and so many can be used in other ways like housing. But that's just me I guess LOL...
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Just finished Memorial Day feast: hamburger, hot dog, brat and salad. Now it's time for a Memorial Day nap. :woohoo:
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LOLOL.....Enjoy the nap.....Sometimes these Holidays are ROUGH :tearlaugh:
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Anyone heard from McG? He was last in the Forum nine days ago.
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Morning and no knight now that you mention it.
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Morning folks. Hope all are well and that McG is found.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roasted country ham with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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hope we here from McG soon
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Good Morning to all....
Hope those that celebrate Memorial Day enjoyed the festivities. Quiet here. Had a couple memorial services to attend to .... other then that....homebound.
And today is STORMY....My kind of day....
I just sent McG a E-Mail to see what is up....Normally he would respond in a timely manner....we shall see...
Got some items to get done in here....so with :java: in hand....I shall start....
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Good afternoon!
I wondered in my end of afternoon if I would survive. I was ending my day job already later than the supposed hour, and suddenly I had a "oh by the way, you have those folders to print" :thud: People said it in the meeting of this morning when I was busy with a phone call :thud: and nobody thought to told me during the rest of the day.
In addition, the printer decided it was the exact moment to ask to change colors :OMG:
I just hope I didn't print stuff for nothing, or I'm not sure of my reaction tomorrow.
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LOL....a typical office environment Aelin.....Nothing is ever right or wrong by your actions....but by those who choose to see if your actions benefit them or not.... Glad to see you made it through the day....
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Not so typic for office, at least never from those I knew.
I was on a big structure, a "départementale" one (which means an administration in an admin in an admin in... from the government) until late in 2020, and we never was so much last minute.
I know world of spectacle is different, but come on! We have weekly meetings, and everyone knew about the one of tomorrow since 3 weeks. We talk of everything in weekly meetings, including to anticipate the next ones.
I understand there was one document I could do before the end of the afternoon, I knew it, I made my job ready for that moment and had talks with the concerned person to end it.
But the rest? Frankly, those who want documents should print them by themselves. It's lost papers, a lot, and it's not like if they could not read them on the common internal service during meeting.
I know after a day like that I have the right to had that additional time to a partial day off, but that's annoy me because I won't be there in time for phone calls for example; and the one who will take the phone calls in place of me is already head below the surface. And no one of us can help her...
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I always call days like that "One of those days" that sometimes come twice a week.... :odd:
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Noooooooooo :retreat!:
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:(ROFLMAO: :havesum:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled steaks with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning one and all. Another hot one but they say rain is coming. Maybe tornadoes? Really. When did the Earth axis shift again? I've been here since '78 with a 4 year gap. Regular tornado forecasts have been non existent in all those years. I've had five this year. All in the last month and a half. Two of them have had actual tornadoes touch down near town and that derecho deal spawned three in it's leading edge. Glad I don't live down south where there are obviously more.
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We seem to be in a precessional wobble, dunno how many degrees off kilter that is. Nor even what "kilter" ought to be. Could be a regular weather cycle, PDG. They do come in 50 year packages too. :OMFG:
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IT's been hot here in the panhandle. And also have some days of rain. Really cool things off, about 40 degrees worth of cooler!
Was musing in Poser few days ago, and realized suddenly I graduated High School 50 years ago on May 26. Been lots of stuff crammed into that 50 years!
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Ahh, Good Morning! We got a rash of Thunderboomers passing through right now. One cut off our power a few seconds, then came right back up. Computer dropped too. Happily these new ones do the old hard restart thing in seconds now rather than minutes!
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Good morning one and all. Another hot one but they say rain is coming. Maybe tornadoes? Really. When did the Earth axis shift again? I've been here since '78 with a 4 year gap. Regular tornado forecasts have been non existent in all those years. I've had five this year. All in the last month and a half. Two of them have had actual tornadoes touch down near town and that derecho deal spawned three in it's leading edge. Glad I don't live down south where there are obviously more.
I've been keeping track of this for years now....great place to get the info about the poles.... Earth.com (https://www.space.com/43173-earth-magnetic-field-flips-when.html)
And I just saw on the news that Tampa Bay area had a tornado warning.....
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Good to see you back McG..... and it's 54 years for me LOLOL.....
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June Contest gallery is now open for your creations.....Go HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24913.0) for details
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Hey McG; wondering how you been.
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Good afternoon!
It was a huge but 'normal' day at job :happydance:
June Contest gallery is now open for your creations.....Go HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24913.0) for details
Thank you, I was ready to tell about it
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Good morning one and all. Another hot one but they say rain is coming. Maybe tornadoes? Really. When did the Earth axis shift again? I've been here since '78 with a 4 year gap. Regular tornado forecasts have been non existent in all those years. I've had five this year. All in the last month and a half. Two of them have had actual tornadoes touch down near town and that derecho deal spawned three in it's leading edge. Glad I don't live down south where there are obviously more.
Yeah, we get a lot of tornadoes in the South. I'm in Georgia, and can say without a doubt that I've been through a few of those storms. Wicked killers, is what I call them.
Hey! How'd you like to come visit me here, this tornado season?
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Awesome to have you back, McG!
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Welcome back, McG! We missed you!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pork chops and sweet taters with grilled corn and tater wedges
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Yeah, we get a lot of tornadoes in the South. I'm in Georgia, and can say without a doubt that I've been through a few of those storms. Wicked killers, is what I call them.
Hey! How'd you like to come visit me here, this tornado season?
I used to live in Florida a long time ago. I know all about summer in the South. "Tornado Alley" is not that far to my west and we get them from time to time. Hurricanes really don't make it to me and we have the same season. June to November.
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I used to live in Florida a long time ago. I know all about summer in the South. "Tornado Alley" is not that far to my west and we get them from time to time. Hurricanes really don't make it to me and we have the same season. June to November.
A great reply, my friend. I was expecting the "Um, No Thanks!" response, but you think your responses through before writing them. Well done. :toast:
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butterfingers yummie yummie
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Good afternoon!
According forecast weather, we are supposed to start with 3 days of thunder storms tomorrow. So why I see such clouds already coming here tonight? :OMFG:
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We just had a thunderstorm roll through: intense rain, thunder, lightning and ... it's clearing up. :woohoo:
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They used to make a peanut butter cup butterfingers a long time ago that rocked lol. Pity they poofed.
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yea they were yummie too seems like when you get good candy they quit making it or change it
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Well the one miss the most was a seasonal one. A cinnamon apple Carmel milky way bar that only came out during Halloween. Generally would sell out in days of hitting the shelves.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I hope you have a great day! Coffee if you please.
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Morning let's see if we get rained out.
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Good morning everyone. Hope you don't get rained out if that is the forecast in your area. Coffee please Fafnir. Got some file sorting to do today. Think I'll break my brain and build out a responsible library system for Blender. The Asset Browser in 3+ is a start; but man is it a pain to operate. It is really a drawback when you have to sort through innumerable .blend files to find the thing you want. First thing now is to build out the categories. What a waste of a nice day.
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Good Morning to all......
Had a busy day yesterday.....A Spinal Tap and then Doctors visits for both Lorna and I....
And since I really didn't think sitting would be a great thing....I stayed off the computer....
Hope all had a great day though. It's a beautiful day today....Temps in the lower 70's and a wee bit of a breeze....I'm thinking it's lawn mowing day....and yes...the back feels fine....but man, it took them three times to hit the sweet spot. Same thing happened last time at UW Hospital......
And I feel for you PDG....I've been sorting files for years now and I still am.... :thud:
Oh yes.....Here is another reason why I love our small town.....
Concerts & Live Music on the Square (https://www.mainstreetmonroe.org/concerts-live-music)
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Wow Fafnir, I thought you would have donuts for National Donut Day :hug2:
I :donated: a donut, to Rita my lovely meter maid.
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LOL......I forgot all about Donut Day.....which my Doctor will be thankful for :tearlaugh:
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Good Morning to all......
Oh yes.....Here is another reason why I love our small town.....
Concerts & Live Music on the Square (https://www.mainstreetmonroe.org/concerts-live-music)
I seem to recall you pointing this out one time before; but you never know. I've been wrong in the past.
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Wow Fafnir, I thought you would have donuts for National Donut Day :hug2:
I :donated: a donut, to Rita my lovely meter maid.
There was a Trivial Pursuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial_Pursuit question a recall. What did the Beatles say Rita did for a living? The person who got the question kept singing "Lovely Rita; Rita May" trying to come up with the answer while the rest of us all but collapsed upon the floor in laughter. The poor guy kept getting more and more frustrated that the song lyric didn't contain her job description.
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I seem to recall you pointing this out one time before; but you never know. I've been wrong in the past.
Could be....somedays I don't recall getting up in the morning LOLOLOL
Two of the bands this year I've never heard of so it should be interesting.
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Good afternoon!
I was happy because my clouds were big but white for my tonight... but a part is starting to change for dark. So surprise surprise! I have no idea if I'll stay all the evening.
Yesterday I left pretty quickly after my message here. But we were luckier than few other places. At least I took time for reading :tearlaugh:
I'm glad to be in weekend. It was an intensive day, specially the part where you have to send mails to a list of people, and 1/3 of the concerned people gave a mail undelivered :thud: After a fight of the half of the afternoon it was in fact a problem of size limit for documents :OMFG: A very short limit. I'm even surprised those administration receive any email in general :shrug:
Monday is a day off for many people, but we should be 2 or 3 at job. A slower time to work on a lot of things - well slower maybe :tearlaugh:
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Sounds like a fun time at work Aelin.... Hope your cloudy skies mean a nice rain and not a Stormy night....
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well now it seems like there is a tropical storm warning for some counties below where i live ah well we shall see what happens
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and i didn't know it was national doughnut day else the girls would have made some to serve up
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well now it seems like there is a tropical storm warning for some counties below where i live ah well we shall see what happens
I read this earlier on....
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- Lakeland
- Winter Haven
- Bartow
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: Bel...More
Expires in 5 hr.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I hope the weather has treated you better than it looked like it was going to. :java: this morning, if you please, sir.
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Mornin' all. Nice to see you haven't blown away Fafnir. I'll grab a mug.
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Good morning!
Yes we had thunder storm last evening and a part of the night. Had to rush out of internet.
When the sun has risen, there were few little white clouds in the sky. With our morning continuing, we won many more clouds and they are no longer white. Turned for some in a dark blue. Sun is still here, but who knows how it will go at the end of our afternoon? :shrug: That's life, and Mother Nature is happy, so all is well.
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Good Saturday Morning PDG, Sir Knight, Aelin, Fafnir, and our guests....
Guess we are going to have a stormy weekend....but that is fine....I did my outdooring earlier on this week.
Thanks for the :java: my friend.....I'll give you a buzz later in the day when I get done in here...
And now to get out winners up....woooohooo
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Good morning, TL. Seems there are storms everywhere. :nopanic;
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Yup....Right now it's just pouring like hell....later in the day should be the fun stuff LOLOL. I love Thunderstorms....as long as their are no winds, heavy heavy rains, Tornadoes, Lightning, etc etc etc..... LOLOL
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Dinner was with a thunderstorm. I come here, but I suspect I won't stay a long time. Another is coming on the horizon. :shrug: We had a lot of rain earlier too.
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:rainy: :rain-rain:
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Yup....same here....Rain Rain Rain and chilly....Actually had to turn the heat on to get rid of the chill in the air....and it wasn't me who turned it on....LOLOL.....
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cloudy cool and spitting rain hope we get more rain
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didn't get blown away Sir Knight storm was southwest of me didn't make it here
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Well boys and girls....been a long day in here and got a lot accomplished...so on that happy note I bid you good night....
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Hello Folks! I am in and out, the docs had me in and out of clinics, radiology etc. several days a week for a bit. Then, this past week, nothing! Yaay! I slept a lot. :) So catching up on chores is tons of fun from the wheelchair. Grrr! But I am minding my Doc. Staying off the foot. Give it a real chance to heal. Yep. So, HI! :oD
@ Agent 0013 - I think the lyrics are "Lovely Rita, Meter Maid!" Yup, she was a uniformed BOBBY Meter Maid! Can't forget she was in England!
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didn't get blown away Sir Knight storm was southwest of me didn't make it here
Good thing. I saw Miami.
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Hello Folks! I am in and out, the docs had me in and out of clinics, radiology etc. several days a week for a bit. Then, this past week, nothing! Yaay! I slept a lot. :) So catching up on chores is tons of fun from the wheelchair. Grrr! But I am minding my Doc. Staying off the foot. Give it a real chance to heal. Yep. So, HI! :oD
@ Agent 0013 - I think the lyrics are "Lovely Rita, Meter Maid!" Yup, she was a uniformed BOBBY Meter Maid! Can't forget she was in England!
That was me. Glad to see you're out and about; and yeppers that is the lyric. That's what made it so funny as the guy kept singing the wrong thing every time thinking he was correct. There are a lot of misheard or misunderstood song lyrics. "Lovely Rita; Rita May." was one. He thought it was her name that was being sung and not her job description. Guess you had to be there.
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Hiya PDG! Yup, though we wuz teenagers we did have our little spending money jobs so we had our music. I kept thinking 'Abbey Road' but it was released in Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. The lyrics were in a double fold 'fly in' sheet with all the songs, in the album jacket. Me and my best bud collected Beatles music. Lots of us did in SE Texas I guess. When he died in an accident, he was buried with his entire Beatles collection. Me and other friends stood guard until we saw his casket buried and 'turfed' over. I hope the groundskeeper didn't get him back up to steal his collectibles. Whenever there was a question about the lyrics, we looked it up. We argued about 'Lovely Rita' lyrics all the way home from the music store. He had it right. The sheet said Meter Maid clear as day!
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning everyone. Waiting on the rain. Maybe.
After a coffee and a doobie I'll decide if I really want to throw the computer off the balcony or maybe just the SSD I'm trying to set up a Blender library upon. I finally worked out a functional workflow for identifying assets, dropping them in a mapped holding file, concatenating them into a single file, and finally having them show up in the Asset Browser where they are dropped into their final categories. Sound convoluted? Damn straight. The whole purpose of an asset collection is to make your life easier. The boffins over in the Blender camp never really figured that part out.
I spend over a week getting my sh!t together before I started this project. Carefully working everything out on paper. I created three practice libraries. One after another to be assured my concept would work and I completely understood the warped process. After all; Blender just keeps appending stuff together. Terrible way to do things in my opinion but one that can be exploited, or so I thought.
My brilliance of brain determined a filing system for textures/shader networks that would keep the overhead down. I would place all my shader networks on single sided one poly planes. One master file with all these little squares of colour and texture. Each one a single poly in the file itself, while Blender builds a preview for each one on a sphere in the Asset Browser. Sounds great. I try it. Works. Great. Try again with different assets. Works great. Third time is the charm they say and poof there ya go. Works fine. I'm happy. Time to spend a day or two building the library and populating it for real. So I did.
Now I fire up Blender this morning to put my brilliance to practice and actually use this browser I've worked so hard to set up. Nope. Damn. A small portion of mats are not showing up. Their spots are there in the library assets, titled correctly but invisible none the less. Well that's no good. Back to the drawing board. Hummm; maybe a different word is in order there. Back to the grind then.
Many more hours over night and a lot of coffee I have found the problem. CyclesX. Don't use experimental features. Displacement is experimental in Cycles yet some show and some don't. Why? Man, it took a while but I figured it out. Adaptive subdivision. Anything that uses adaptive sub-d doesn't show. I tried dividing the crap out of an ico-sphere and ran a displacement on it in the mat. It shows up in my Asset Browser.
Why, you ask; don't you just use the Texture Library to store this stuff and stop breaking your brain? Because the damn texture library ( tit useless ) is almost beyond usability and never really functioned in a way that is conductive of usefulness. Especially for artists.
So; all my work is for naught and a new concept is required. At least for textures. My mesh catalogue on the other hand, is working exactly the way I expected it to.
More coffee please Fafnir. Add in a double.
I'm gonna sit here in the corner and puzzle this out. I either have to rip out the texture asset library and repopulate it over a large number of hours after I figure out how to hook up my preview images instead of the dynamically generated ones that Blender cannot display or figure out a different system all together. Now that I see what the combined brain trust over at Blender.org came up with, I can probably recreate it capable of doing what I want. I just don't want to put in that much work.
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Damn. Maybe too much coffee already Fafnir. I just saw the blinding wall of text I've just typed.
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Good morning!
:rainy: :rain-rain:
It was pretty that for the rest of the evening and night :tearlaugh:
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Hands PDG a steaming mug with a double pour of Creek this will help
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Good Morning to all....
And yup PDG....that looks like the "Coffee Typing" but normally it's seen by midday....not this early in the morn LOLOL....
Another rainy day and it's supposed to stay this way until Wednesday....which will be sunny but cool....and then start up again on Thursday into the weekend. Temps in the Low 70's for highs. The heat actually clicked on last night...low was 42 outside...
Morning Aelin....Got a few things to get done in here....will send you something shortly....
Morning McG....good to see you out and about....whooohooo
And Morning Fafnir....Thanks for the coffee....will give you a buzz later on....... :java: Ahhhhh
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Good morning, PDG. I've had that experience (things look good with code at night and broken in the morning) more times than I can count.
Good morning, Aelin. Sorry to hear your evening was so wet!
Good morning, TL. Looks like you and Aelin are sharing the rain. That's a long stretch of rainy weather for you!
And good morning, Fafnir. Coffee is definitely needed today.
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Hi TL! Rendez-vous at one of our corner corridors :yesway: I have also something to see with you
Hi Sir Knight! Well at least I read in place to do computer time. And I think Puce has only realized the rumbles come from sky when clouds are so dark and threatening. It was about time after more than 15 years on this planet :tearlaugh:
Today we'll see how things will turn.
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Thanks Fafnir. I'll take another.
As said in my best Monty Python voice "My brain hurts." As far as my Python programming. Well that's hurting my brain too.
Hope Puce continues to play nice Aelin.
Looks like the rain here gave up the ghost and stalled out. Glad for that. A little warmer and I might open the balcony door and get some fresh air in here.
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At least you guys got some of the rain that was promised. The weather weenies here keep telling us that rain is expected. All we got was a bit during the night/early morning and then zip. Just a few splashes. Didn't even get my windshield dirty.
On the other hand, things are definitely looking up. Got my receiver hitch for my Baja and Bo is coming by to get me hooked up. Gave up on the idea of a hitch carrier for my elec scooter. When I tried, it turned out to be a drag. Literally. So, plan B is now in effect. Getting a tiny utility trailer minus bed and setting carrier on it minus the hitch support. Its a bitch when your large transporter is 10-7 and you have to use a couple of little four bangers to transport your gear. Not that its a bad thing. Just need to do a little engine/exhaust work and I've essentially got a "new" car.
:cheer: :woohoo: :cheer:
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Sounds like your plan will work out great HS....Good Afternoon....
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rrkknight3, Wizzard thank you for your comments on "Among the Peaks"
95% of the clouds are from the HDRI I used the other 5% are in the foreground around the "peaks" which are from a set of rocks with foliage scaled to fit :peek:
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Seamlessly and skillfully done! Thanks for the behind-the-scene information.
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Seamlessly and skillfully done! Thanks for the behind-the-scene information.
You are welcome. Its a deceptively simple scene set up that is very effective
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My favourite aminal. 8 ) I did the Poser fog thingy for one of my images, pretty good but a bit thick in the mid, hiding a drake. Love what you did Dream, you have a good eye for nature and supernature. 8 )
Pray continue creating art and astounding me! 8 )
Cheers
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Glad things are working out for most of the denizens of the Attic. As has long been postulated, any plan seldom survives first contact. Oh well, back to the drawing board. And Poser . . . .
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Morning Attic people. I hope everyone survived the weekend and the weather that came with it. Lots to do today so I'll say hi and bye.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning Aelin hope you have a great day
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Morning let's see what Monday brings. Already in Garfield mode.
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Good Morning to all....
I'm thinking we are no longer in a drought in my neck of the woods. Rained like heck last night and more rain is coming today and most of the week. I think Wednesday is the only dry day of the week. Thankfully no bad storms....just a nice rain and some winds.
Thanks for the chat yesterday Fafnir and the coffee today :java: Ahhhhhh
Got to head out for some of the day. Running low on supplies.
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Hello Folks! I am in and out, the docs had me in and out of clinics, radiology etc. several days a week for a bit. Then, this past week, nothing! Yaay! I slept a lot. :) So catching up on chores is tons of fun from the wheelchair. Grrr! But I am minding my Doc. Staying off the foot. Give it a real chance to heal. Yep. So, HI! :oD
@ Agent 0013 - I think the lyrics are "Lovely Rita, Meter Maid!" Yup, she was a uniformed BOBBY Meter Maid! Can't forget she was in England!
Um? Did I post something about that? I used to perform that song in a band I was the front man for in Austin Texas. It was just our own high school band, but we were good. You are correct that the lyrics are Lovely Rita, Meter Maid. It was a fun song to sing. I'm a really big Beatles fan, and I had a large collection of their vinyl records both LPs and 45s. Apple Records! Their own recording studios! Yeah!
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That was me. Glad to see you're out and about; and yeppers that is the lyric. That's what made it so funny as the guy kept singing the wrong thing every time thinking he was correct. There are a lot of misheard or misunderstood song lyrics. "Lovely Rita; Rita May." was one. He thought it was her name that was being sung and not her job description. Guess you had to be there.
Hey man, I saw that episode too! Laughed so hard, I was in tears and rolling on the floor! Then, being one who performed that song a lot, I wished I had been on that episode in his place. I could have won!
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Good afternoon!
TL, that depends if plenty of your rain entered in the ground, or just washed the top of the ground.
But I liked how last Friday the forecast weather was already declaring that June is the dryer June from history, with pretty no rain. Are they seers? Because it's just the beginning of the month, and we had rains, a lot of. Soft and bigger. :whatthe:
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Hah! I realize you folks won't be as excited about this as I am, but I finally got time to put Blender on The Tower of Power I built a short time ago. I just cobbled together a procedural brick with all the adjustments. Nothing too fantastic there. Start with a brick texture node and away you go. What blows me away is doing complex experimental feature cycles in real time. This is a simple icosphere primitive. The material may be a bit complex, but not really. Look at my modifier stack. Adaptive subdivision. That's it. Icosphere and a single modifier and look at the detail on that low poly brick. Cycles X is rendering LOD subdivision surfaces, in the viewport, no lights or cameras, 2k HDRI lighting only, in real time; and my machine couldn't care less. The fans on the rads for the water cooling kick in hard every once and a while. But that's it. :happydance: :woohoo:
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I absolutely don't know how Blender works but :congrats: It's always such a joy when we are able to play with our favorite toys :yes:
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The actual icosphere is only a few dozen polys. There are both displacement and bump maps being calculated. It is the default 1 metre prim. and it is just zoomed in on so I can see the material as I work on it. The closer I get, the more geometry generated on the fly to provide the detail. Pull back and the poly count drops as you don't really see the detail. The dicing rate is the default 1 because I really don't think I need more subdivision. Absolutely fantastic for animation.
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I absolutely don't know how Blender works but :congrats: It's always such a joy when we are able to play with our favorite toys :yes:
I am very happy. I have never mastered Blender because everything keeps changing every revision but the physics simulations are very good and pretty easy to use. I animate with Poser and do the odd still with Blender because of the newer version of Cycles. P11 is Cycles 1, and P12 is Cycles 2. Blender is Cycles X.
Poser is easy to animate with, though it has a couple of issues. Blender is just not intuitive at all, though it is trying. When Poser gets a newer version of Cycles I will probably stop rendering in Blender. I just can't translate some Blender shaders to Poser until that happens. I know everyone is waiting for "true unimesh" in Poser. I couldn't care less. I can use Poser figures in Blender for the animation stuff that can't be done in Poser yet. Same as I used to use them in Vue years ago. I just usually get bored before I get through the process of conversions to make sure everything matches up between shots.
HDRI lighting, PBR texturing such as Cycles or iRay, Poser's camera tracking directly to Blender, and a few other things; make the actual software used irrelevant. Everything is transportable if you follow the recognized standards used in the industry. It's all about comfort level. Some people will try and model a box with Blender and not have a good experience. I was one of those at one time. I was just too poor to spend money on a modeling program. I found a free cover disk of Rhino before it was released as a final product. I liked the nurbs approach. Much more like clay modeling. I had zBrush for the same reason. That and there was a zBrush->Poser bridge that worked. I am not sure that GoZ still functions.
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There's every reason to be both happy and proud, PDG. We'll ask the Knight what he thinks: :grenade:
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C great job with the brick and gettin blender to work as you wanted it to
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be lasagna with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Thank you for greeting us each morning! Coffee if you please.
I've never found two people who are not deliberately making the same to have the same lasagna. What's in the girls'?
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The girl's lasagna last week got me making one over the weekend. Seafood, bechamel,
a little white wine. Shrimp, scallops, crab meat. Freezes well. Good thing as a lasagna at any size is usually too large for a single person to consume.
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well the girls make a beef lasagna with plenty of cheese and the addition of goat cheese they also make a shrimp and scallop lasagna too
the lasagna they made today was using smoked brisket pieces and cheese with homemade sauce
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also might taste a little rum in their lasagna not much tho
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Glad you got things working your way on Blender PDG...Looks great....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Have a couple pots ready....gonna be one of those days I think.
Hope your workday goes fast Sir Knight....Looks like we are sending rain your way. It's been every other day here...but it's needed. And I think we are sending you our temps...Mid to lower 70's for a high...
And now to take a quick tour. I'll be back later in the day....
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PDG, I'm happy that you are having good success with Blender. Which version do you have? I think mine is an older one; 2.82.
I like seeing the bridges between several applications we can have now. DAZ Studio can have up to 8 different bridges. It has had one to Bryce since I first got into 3D rendered art. It still works after 12 years, even though the Bryce application has not been updated since version 7.1. Makes getting content from one to the other so much easier. And all the bridges work both ways, eliminating the need to export and import. They use existing models and texture maps directly bridged to the target application. Bryce's procedural materials won't cross the bridges, but they don't survive intact on exported models either. I think it's the nature of procedurals in most applications to only be of use in their native applications. I recall wondering many years ago why I could make a model in Bryce, and put procedural mats on it, and then either bridge the model or export and import it into DAZ Studio, but the procedural mats would not work in DAZ Studio.
I'm sure you know that Bryce can be used for modelling, but it has no UV mapping feature. Still I do quite well modelling with it. I especially like using heightmaps on Symmetrical Lattices or Terrains to create my Starship or city models that look pretty good with the procedural textures on them. I can also use my own self generated textures to make procedural files as content for Bryce. Different files can be combined to make even more procedural mats. My TOTW win for the previous week was done in Bryce using some of my favorite features in the application. The Starship Model is the same one that was in an image I uploaded to our gallery here before I did the winning one. That win was totally unexpected, but it did make me happy. Good to see that you are happy with what you are doing!
Cheers!
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Good afternoon!
PDG, I must confess I opened once Blender, and was completely lost in. I have too much tendency to click to do stuff like in Wings3d, so I think I'll keep that program only. And that's ok like I don't need to animate stuff.
Even now, while I started to modelize with Bryce, I would no more be able to play in for that aspect. ANd I don't talk about Hexagon :panic:
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And Aelin is now in the house.... :woohoo:
Just got done commenting in the gallery...some cool stuff in there...
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PDG, I'm happy that you are having good success with Blender. Which version do you have? I think mine is an older one; 2.82.
I like seeing the bridges between several applications we can have now. DAZ Studio can have up to 8 different bridges. It has had one to Bryce since I first got into 3D rendered art. It still works after 12 years, even though the Bryce application has not been updated since version 7.1. Makes getting content from one to the other so much easier. And all the bridges work both ways, eliminating the need to export and import. They use existing models and texture maps directly bridged to the target application. Bryce's procedural materials won't cross the bridges, but they don't survive intact on exported models either. I think it's the nature of procedurals in most applications to only be of use in their native applications. I recall wondering many years ago why I could make a model in Bryce, and put procedural mats on it, and then either bridge the model or export and import it into DAZ Studio, but the procedural mats would not work in DAZ Studio.
I'm sure you know that Bryce can be used for modelling, but it has no UV mapping feature. Still I do quite well modelling with it. I especially like using heightmaps on Symmetrical Lattices or Terrains to create my Starship or city models that look pretty good with the procedural textures on them. I can also use my own self generated textures to make procedural files as content for Bryce. Different files can be combined to make even more procedural mats. My TOTW win for the previous week was done in Bryce using some of my favorite features in the application. The Starship Model is the same one that was in an image I uploaded to our gallery here before I did the winning one. That win was totally unexpected, but it did make me happy. Good to see that you are happy with what you are doing!
Cheers!
I used Bryce a long time ago. When it was owned by Metacreations then I think.
I got tired of going between tonnes of software. This machine has Poser 11 and 12, Blender 3.12, a few various Mickysoft paint and video programs that came with Win 11 and that's about it as far as graphic software goes.
The newly built box has Poser 12 and Blender 3.12. Mickysoft Paint and that's about it.
I have licence keys for Vue, zBrush, Substance, and a whole lot more. Too much like work juggling them and the updates and dreaded client/server hell I rebelled against in the 70's. Windoze and Poser are bad enough in requiring occasional attention, and I am tired of everything being obsolete with the next big advance, that is neither big; nor advancing.
So; it's a single path through Hell for me. I'm taking a ride on Blender for now. I used it on and off as a free modeling tool when I needed something in a hurry. They added Geometry Nodes in Version 3. That's what sold me, though I don't know too many "old skool" programmers that liked VRML programming. I "get it" and have no problem modeling via spreadsheet stemming from a single vert.
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Good afternoon!
PDG, I must confess I opened once Blender, and was completely lost in. I have too much tendency to click to do stuff like in Wings3d, so I think I'll keep that program only. And that's ok like I don't need to animate stuff.
Even now, while I started to modelize with Bryce, I would no more be able to play in for that aspect. ANd I don't talk about Hexagon :panic:
I have a copy of wings around in the archives. I haven't used it in a few years.
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I keep up to date with Wings 3D. It has some awesome additions to the tools now. That said, I also keep a much earlier version in case I lose the use of the latest one. Wings 3D is my go to application for Modelling and UV Mapping. I've pretty much worked out a modelling method for Wings 3D that I think works well. If I am making a model that needs textures mirrored, I model only one side of the model, and UV map that. Then once it is UV Mapped, I can just mirror the model itself to create the other side of the model. When I make the textures and apply them in the application I want to use it in, the mirrored texture is automatic, and it looks good.
I'll go to Blender.org to look at the specs on the latest version of Blender. Then I'll decide whether or not to upgrade to it.
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Good morning everyone. Cool day here today. I think the rain is done.
Blender suffers a bit from the too many cooks syndrome Agent. Too many ways to do the same thing and they are not always similar. With so many contributors the software is near the leading edge, but there are no warning signs when you get too close so many fall over it in the confusion. I am not entirely sure that looking at YouTube and other instructional aids helps. It actually got rather confusing for me when I tried.
Our friend Ed (Heddheld) tried for years to get me into Blender. He failed because of the use of shortcut keys to do everything in Blender, and the insane, (at the time); navigational gizmos made my brain hurt. I really needed the GUI.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning! I pass quickly from a tablette- not the cup of tea from my big fingers, sée u
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Good morning everyone. Cool day here today. I think the rain is done.
Blender suffers a bit from the too many cooks syndrome Agent. Too many ways to do the same thing and they are not always similar. With so many contributors the software is near the leading edge, but there are no warning signs when you get too close so many fall over it in the confusion. I am not entirely sure that looking at YouTube and other instructional aids helps. It actually got rather confusing for me when I tried.
Our friend Ed (Heddheld) tried for years to get me into Blender. He failed because of the use of shortcut keys to do everything in Blender, and the insane, (at the time); navigational gizmos made my brain hurt. I really needed the GUI.
Have you been able to keep contact with Heddheld? I miss his friendship. Yes he was a user of Blender, knowing it better than most people I know that have it.
I only use it for models I cannot make in Wings 3D. The problem with Wings 3D is the way it runs, needing the Erlang file up while in use. It makes models have to be under a certain polygon count, and if your model requires more, you either have to model in parts to assemble later in another application, or do subdivision and other polygon increasing operations in another modeler, such as Blender.
I'm not complaining about Wings 3D, because I have created some great models with it. The context sensitive menus are very easy to use and understand, where Blender and other modelers tools are usually harder to find, and in some cases use. Wings 3D just has a limit on the amount of polygons it can handle without crashing, but as that limit is in the 60 to 75 thousand count, a lot can be done to make fairly decent looking models. As for UV Mapping, I prefer Wings 3D, because of how it works. Blender's UV mapper is like Greek to me, (no offense meant to that country).
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Good Afternoon to all....
Busy morning....and still not finished....so thought I'd stop in for a quick HELLO. Another rainy day but that just means I now have a reason to stay indoors and get other projects done....and believe me....I have a list of them....
Fafnir...thanks for the :java: You might want to start a couple more pots....I'm on a roll....
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Good night to most of you, and good morning!
I'm coming now because I won't be here in my evening. I'm between the 3 who work tonight, because we have a spectacle made by high school students. Still no exact idea of when it will be over :tearlaugh: And the worse part? Not the teenagers, no. It's to be able to force parents to stay for all the spectacle, not just until their child has over on the scene :thud: I don't understand that mind at all like it's a theater spectacle like any other...
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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I was cleaning my PMs and :OMFG: it was about time! Don't forget to clean your own PM corner, those you received and also "Sent Items" if you ticked the box to keep copies. That would be great for the server :yesway:
See you tomorrow!
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Good morning, Fafnir. Biscuits and bacon sounds wonderful. But it's coffee for me this morning.
Aelin, I had the same experience. Oh my goodness! Thanks for the suggestion.
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Good Morning to all.....
Aelin...When the girls had their plays, band concerts, etc....it was when we lived in the small village of Albany WI.....and if anyone left before it was all over....the whole town would know....and they had better have a good explanation why they left LOLOL
I cleaned my PM's a few weeks ago...better check them again....I do get chatty at times LOLOL
Good Morning to all....a beautiful day today...but still wet from yesterdays storms...so no lawn work today....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....I needed a pot to get me going :java: Ahhhhh
Have a great day Sir Knight....
And now I'm off to finish what I was soing....just not sure what that was LOLOL
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So, have you figured out what you are soing yet? lolol
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Thanks, TL. I hope you do as well. That rain that you sent arrived overnight. :rainy: Looks like relatively smooth sailing for a few days here.
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So, have you figured out what you are soing yet? lolol
LOLOL....Nope....Don't know which is going bad faster...the eyes or the mind LOLOL
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Well, I lied....after we got done shopping I went out and did the mowing.... :thud:
And yes, I'm worn out....still waiting for the ol heart to settle down....sometimes it not very keen on yardwork....but I do fine after some resting....
Hope everyones day has been a good one....
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Mornin coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. It's going to be a long day for me. Coffee if you please. I hope your day goes well.
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Morning folks. It's the dreaded laundry day.
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Good Morning to all.....
I'll grab a :java: and have another pot on hand Fafnir.... My body is rebelling over yesterdays mowing.
Hope all had a good night and being Friday...getting ready for the weekend.
Looks to be another rainy day here...on and off...which is why I decided to do the lawn yesterday. I'm amazed when the weather forecast at 6AM has no real relevance to the actual weather at noon time....which is what happened yesterday. And it was forecasted to be a SUNNY and DRY day today....LOL
How much are gas prices where you live? In Monroe the highest gas price is $4.89 and the lowest is $4.83 per gallon. We have 8 gas stations in town.
And now to grab a :java: to see what else is going on....
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Have fun with the laundry PDG....to me...folding the clothes is the worst part of doing laundry LOLOL
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Good morning!
:woohoo: I just saw in my morning at job it was the day I could go home earlier. So here I am!
But I had the heart broken today to cross 2 cats who are probably street cats. The first was a very dark with a belly which suggest a sooner Mama :sigh: The second, I just crossed him (or her) when opening the door of job to go back home. It's also teh second time I cross that one, always with the tongue out of the mouth - either a natural born thing, or he had an issue in his life.
Both didn't want to stay close of humans.
TL, concerning the spectacle, we are also a little town, with high school students from the town and villages around. That doesn't prevent parents to be rude sometimes :tearlaugh: But all of those who wanted to leave stayed until the cut between the 2 parts of the spectacle of the evening.
I saw the first part "en salle" and was with the older from the high school, very well educated, which is a change compared to many nowadays. They appreciated the performance of youngers - "Le Petit Poucet" made in a short and normal way of the story. Then the same actors with this time a crazy funny way: white stones were ping pong balls, the oger's outfits were from a fairy, the boots where sandals :tearlaugh:
After them, we had a summarize of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by middle High Schooler. It was very fun.
But if parents respected to don't leave in the middle, they were horrible on an aspect: the timing. They were late for the first part. 15 minutes, it's nothing indeed but still. But then the second part started late... of 45 minutes! Yes, some parents found the way to be even more later :thud:
Here the gas is €2,113 for 1 liter. I think you should multiply by 3,8 or something like that for equivalent of a galon. Note we are supposed to have a temporary cut of 18 cents on the price but with such prices nobody see that...
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Just got back from making space in my shed for a new Hot Water Heater that the Grandson is going to install next weekend. And finally convinced myself that I've got to get rid of some of my Christmas Decorations that's I've had since I owned the House in Albany. I only put up 1/3 of what I have now....The Grandson said he'd take some off my hands LOL.
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:whatthe: Is it bad that mine takes over half a two car garage?! :nopanic;
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Aelin, that sounds like it would have been fun to watch, particularly the second rendering of Le Petit Poucet. In the US we call that Perrault story The Tale of the Seven League Boots and the collection Mother Goose Tales. I do miss small towns.
TL, just filled up. $5.499 / gallon. :nopanic;
Radkres, not in my book. :beer:
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Hi folks Great to see y'all. Congrats PDG, excellent brickwork in Blender.
Gas prices here are about $4.39.9 per gallon. Whew!!!
Next doctor visit will have to fill up. Wish the GC got 40 mpg. But it gets 17 to 22, depending on headwind.
Time for sleep, goodnight!
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You wouldn't like the gas prices there then, we are paying roughly $7.68 a gallon.
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Gas is $6.38 per gallon in so cal. I love watching the evening news and seeing the interview with people at the pump. As for me I hop on a bus and worry how the gas prices are inflating everything else I buy. :sadder:
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Yikes Dreamer.....That is ..... well..... YIKES.... :nopanic;
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Morning folks. Supposed to be nice this morning and crappy this afternoon. Sounds about normal.
Gas prices? Let me convert it out. Just over US $8.65 per US (120 fl oz) gallon. That's almost 12 canuk bucks for a baby gallon. Real (Imperial) gallons come in at just under $13 canuk bucks. Prices went up again last night but I haven't seen just how much yet. Ed'll no doubt tell me all about it shortly as today is grocery day and at 6:20 am, he's running late. Must've worked late this morning.
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Hi folks Great to see y'all. Congrats PDG, excellent brickwork in Blender.
Gas prices here are about $4.39.9 per gallon. Whew!!!
Next doctor visit will have to fill up. Wish the GC got 40 mpg. But it gets 17 to 22, depending on headwind.
Time for sleep, goodnight!
And two days later the experimental adaptive displacement features in Cycles X are part of the regular build. Blender 3.2
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir.
Just got back from the grocery. The happy joy from Ed is add a quarter to the price I gave you earlier and it doesn't end there. Apparently gas prices are supposed to go up another 3 cents a litre at midnight. 13 cents or so a gallon.
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Good morning!
It's a full sunny Saturday with no cloud, and temperatures are very good.
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Good Morning to all
Ouch on the gas prices PDG...Shopping is no better of late....anyone notice items having less quantity but the price went up. So we get a double whammy.....
I guess it's going to be a another rainy day but no storms "YET" .... it depends on which Weather Source I view....one says partly sunny for the day the other says chance of Thunderstorms later in the day...and both sources are out of Madison, WI.
Oh well, doesn't matter....Only thing I have planned is the Grandson coming down to drop off that water heater...Plenty of room in the shed now...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Hope your day is a great one my friend.
And now to start the fun...with :java: in hand....
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I got away cheap today. About $20 less than normal. Bought the usual stuff but looked for on sale stuff. In general groceries are up. From what I hear so is everything else. Glad I don't have payments. House, car, credit card, or any of that stuff. I'm like the Kinks tune, low budget.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbCZJbPcJFI&list=OLAK5uy_mGRkjDs8gvvSS535A9bf7YOseTomlMYqE
or possibly this one from the same album might hit a chord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2DJ5g1LmuA&list=OLAK5uy_mGRkjDs8gvvSS535A9bf7YOseTomlMYqE
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Thanks, PDG. Both good memories.
Happy Saturday, everyone! I hope it's a good one.
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Great songs PDG....Great Group also....
Good Afternoon Sir Knight...as long as there is Sunlight left....it's afternoon.....I don't want to rush "Evening" on anyone.
Had a good day today....rain let up...Grandson got the Hot Water Heater here and checked on the other one to see how much trouble he will have replacing it...He thinks things will go smoothly.
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Good morning, Coffee Shop. TL's rain has arrived in full force and is supposed to be here for two days.
I hope all have a good day!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled steak with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
We passed from a sunny start of morning to a cloudly midday with one unexpected rumble during midday :panic: Now to see how everything will turn :shrug:
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Good Morning to all.....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir..... Not sure which way the weather will go today...but it IS foggy and then some and it's 52 out right now. Then on Tuesday they are saying 95 degrees and 90 degrees on Wednesday....and then it drops down to 75 on Thursday...which means TROUBLE...
Sir Knight.... Just think of it as a relaxing day at home thanks to the rain....No outdoor chores, no running about, just you and relaxation.... (and as use to say...."In My Dreams") since it never happened that way LOLOL
Good Afternoon Aelin....Hope you have a great evening....
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:OMFG: Please, let me profit of the afternoon before to be in the evening! It's just 3PM here!
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"relaxing day at home" "relaxing day at home" "relaxing day at home"
Nope. Not working. :shrug: :rainy: :viking:
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug with double pour of bourbon this should help
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:OMFG: Please, let me profit of the afternoon before to be in the evening! It's just 3PM here!
That's why I said good Afternoon and not Good Morning.... LOLOL
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Thank you, Fafnir. That'll do it. :deal:
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Belated morning or now afternoon... Had it rough this morning with the churchladies. Had to call in backup.
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LOLOL......I bet they had to go back to church to pray for help LOLOL
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I can see how that would be persuasive, Noshoba. I certainly wouldn't want to argue. :nopanic;
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be lasagna with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. :java: if you please, kind Sir. I hope you have a good day!
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Good Morning to all.....
Took Lorna to get her blood drawn this morning for a appointment later in the day....got home...sat down...got ready to say good morning, and the Clinic called and asked Lorna to come back in because her blood congealed due to vein collapsing when they drew the blood....just got back.... :thud:
So GOOD MORNING.....and now we are under a severe thunderstorm warning...so the day is going great....
More Coffee please Fafnir :java: Ahhhhhh
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Good afternoon!
It was a pleasant day, with sun mainly, but the wind helped to keep a good amount of temperatures.
Take care TL with your weather!
If you didn't see the topic, don't forget we are already preparing Halloween and Christmas seasons :ifonly:
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.0
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Afternoon Aelin.....
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning was a bust. A couple of pop of thunder...a few flashes....some wind....and it was done in a 1/2 hour. Got more in the future heading our way...but glad this one petered out in our area....North of us got 1-1/2"
and 2" hail.
I was just getting out of the computer room computer when I saw your post....Hope your day is a great one...
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Yep it's despite the slow internet we have tonight :sigh: But it was pretty the same for a moment at job, so at least it's not my connection only.
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Good afternoon!
It was a pleasant day, with sun mainly, but the wind helped to keep a good amount of temperatures.
Take care TL with your weather!
If you didn't see the topic, don't forget we are already preparing Halloween and Christmas seasons :ifonly:
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.0 (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.0)
Points to WIP thread. Working on Halloween now. Actually pretty much finished but for QAing it.
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Seems I can't respond in thread.
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* puts on best confused face *
*Realizes its not that different from normal face*
KO, ermmm... Hoi? Cheers
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Looks to be locked Thread.
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.0
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Apparently, once looked at. hrrrmmm.... Dustbunnys misbehaving methinks.
Chewed through the cables again....
Cheers
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings, hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Count me in for later! Goodness that sounds wonderful.
Hope everyone has a good day!
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Looks to be locked Thread.
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.0
Unlocked Now....
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What a day it was yesterday. I mentioned that we had storm warnings and we got hardly anything....that's because Madison (North of us) got beat up pretty bad. Trees down, power out, street lights down, large hail and WINDS....and it was a super quick storm....which is a good thing but even so....a lot of damage done.
And today it's a stay inside day....High of 98 degrees...breaking a heat record....and of course pea soup humidity...which means
I ain't going outside unless I have to LOLOL....and it's a Iced Coffee Morning....Thanks Fafnir
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And here I thought we had it bad here in Tx. Weenies "suggesting" blazing hot with just a touch of thunderboomers on the morrow. If I only had a dime ...
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gas here is 483 .9 now figure 5.00 soon
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Yup...the way it's jumping in price...it will be $5 here by next week for sure....
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Good afternoon!
It was another of those sunny days here. With wind, I guess thanks to the river not far away.
I didn't notice the locked part for the thread, but I'm glad I talked about.
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Yesterday our temperatures climbed well into the 110s, and being in a camper trailer with such thin insulation, it was like baking in an oven! I sweated so much it had my pants soaked! There were most likely other parts of the world where the temperatures were higher, but here in Georgia it was a record breaking day for sure! Glad today has not been that bad, we are in the low 90s and upper 80s today.
Whew! Can't take many more days like yesterday!
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I remember the temps in Georgia and Virginia....though they were never as high as they are getting to be nowadays....but 90 degrees in Georgia with the humidity is like 110 degrees at times.
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I lived in Virginia when I was a kid, 1960s and 1970s. My dad was career Navy, and served 21 years 7 months before he retired. I got to see some of the biggest ships in the world. He served aboard the USS Independence when it was the biggest. He also served aboard the USS Newport News, a medium heavy battlecruiser. I was aboard her for a day cruise through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, and out to beyond sight of land. That was exhilarating for me. I was placed astride one of the big guns of a three gun turret. That was awesome to me.
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Don't forget the weekly Art Challenge! I'm the only one submitting some weeks. I'm enjoying the Streets theme but it's lonesome in there. :insist:
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Hmm have had a few ideas. Plus little miss backup there was kind of a street one
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Sorry. Not in the mood for art Sir Knight. I've not really been able to deal with much the last few days. My daughter, my only child; passed on Monday. She had just turned 56 less than two weeks ago. I'm off to the Coast later today for the funeral. SIL is in pretty bad shape. The GKs are devastated. I've suffered a lot of loss over the last three and a half years since my wife passed. Less joy every day and harder to create artwork that isn't overly dark. No wonder I drink. Well, on that joyous note; I wish you all a good day and weekend to come. I most likely won't be around for a bit.
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PDG sorry for your loss i will keep you in my thoughts and prayers
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My condolences as well. I am sorry for your loss especially that one.
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My heartfelt condolences go to you and your family PDG.
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Morning to all....
Agent.....
Spent a lot of time in Newport News Virginia. Our sub was converted from Polaris Missiles to Poseidon missiles at the Newport News Shipyard and then after I got out of the Navy I worked as a Shipfitter in the Shipyard. That was in the 70's. Hampton Roads was the place to go for shopping and dining...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
Morning Noshoba
And thanks Sir Knight for the plug in the Art Challenge. Hope the next challenge gets a better reception and more participants.
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PDG, I'm so sorry to hear it. My family will pray for yours.
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PDG, my condolences for your loss. It is always hard for parents to lose their children. I will pray for you and your family in this time of mourning.
TL, I knew you were in the Navy aboard at least 1 submarine or more. Turns out you were there when I was there, so I'll say we were neighbors. Yeah!
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Good afternoon!
Don't forget the weekly Art Challenge! I'm the only one submitting some weeks. I'm enjoying the Streets theme but it's lonesome in there. :insist:
Sure I had no idea how streets can be abandonned :tearlaugh:
You and Rad nailed pretty well the theme. For which one it will be sooner the end, to let the place to another in July. Will be back sooner to you for that guys.
PDG, I'm so sorry to read about your loss. The only consolation - if it can be one - is she is with her Mom now, and they must look on all the family. But that's rarely a relief for all the staying relatives. :peek:
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Anyway, thank you Sir Knight for trying you too to push the streets on the front of the scene :grenade:
The goal with Art Challenge is to have a kind of "your art", but this time with a theme but trying to have a larger theme than we have for our monthly contests.
Third theme has just been announced, but take care about the dates!
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24682.msg423949#msg423949
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good afternoon!
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Wow Sorry for Your Loss!
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TL, I knew you were in the Navy aboard at least 1 submarine or more. Turns out you were there when I was there, so I'll say we were neighbors. Yeah!
Yup....When I worked for the Shipyard I lived on Wickham Ave and could walk to work. When I was there during the retrofit I lived on the barge in the shipyard...and yes....right outside the gate of the shipyard was every kind of Honkytonk you could think of LOL.
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Good afternoon!
and a Good Night to you Aelin....Enjoy...
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I hope all is well with you and yours. :java: for me this morning.
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Good afternoon!
It was a hot and sunny day, even the wind stopped to work after a while. Fortunately, window stores works well at job - at home too :woohoo:
We passed from a thunderstorm warning for yesterday to one for today. Then forecast weather has decided the next warning is for Tuesday; we'll see if Mother Nature celebrates Summer that way :tearlaugh:
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Good afternoon, Aelin. We're doing the same thing: torrential downpour one day and very hot and sunny the next.
As you said it must be summer.
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we ain't gettin' enough rain
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So I heard. Will hope for better! I thought it was supposed to be a wetter than usual summer this year.
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thank you we do need bunches of rain
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In France they say we have missing rain. But then why today it was accepted that for the Hell fast festival they can use "curtains of water" and sprayers to refresh people?
And why at least a school near Bordeaux was allowed to water the bitumen, when by hight temperatures they are even not supposed to keave children outside?
And during this time, we have to refrain ourselves to use water even for daily life :whatthe: :coffee3:
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Does anything that "municipal authorities" do make sense any longer?
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Good morning, Coffee Shop. I hope everyone has a good day.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all.....
I have the Grandson and his Fiance` and Great Grands here...Came over yesterday, we went bowling for a bit, walked around our downtown square, hit the Confectionary shoppe, Antique Shop, Art Gallery, and Ice Cream Parlor.... Then Travis and I got things ready for todays project of replacing a water heater....So I'll be in here later on I'm thinking...but will get the winners up now for our Weekly Contests....
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Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Much needed today LOL
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Does anything that "municipal authorities" do make sense any longer?
Absolutely Not.....
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In France they say we have missing rain. But then why today it was accepted that for the Hell fast festival they can use "curtains of water" and sprayers to refresh people?
And why at least a school near Bordeaux was allowed to water the bitumen, when by hight temperatures they are even not supposed to keave children outside?
And during this time, we have to refrain ourselves to use water even for daily life :whatthe: :coffee3:
Same here Aelin....Last year when we had the severe draught Swimming pools were open, water parks still operated, folks could fill up their swimming pools....but we had to be careful of our household use....which most ignored. I'll be darned if I have to refrain from taking a shower while the neighbors down the street are filling up the pool for their kids LOL....
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Good morning!
Another sunny hot day.
Sir Knight, it's beyond the city halls - even if all of them try to have derogations for few or many things. Nope. It's the "préfets" of départements or régions that decide what and who can use many water. I saw enough in a previous job to tell people with already swimmming pools? No, they can't fulfill. People having a swimmingpool under construct? Of course, you can use as many water as the constructor wants to take :thud: You are a farmer? Nope, you can't use more water than the decret says. You are a wind turbin owner? No problem, use water as you wish...
Golf and soccer people have no problem to use water most of time, they can go beyond the amount allowed. But rugby stadium can't. Go figure :shrug:
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Good morning, Fafnir and TL.
TL, that sounds like quite a day. Good luck!
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Thanks Sir Knight...I'm hoping the project goes smooth....
And good Morning Aelin.....Good timing LOL....
And yes....The Great Grands are still sleeping....I don't even know what time they went to bed since I was sound asleep before anyone....
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It's holidays, who cares when children go to sleep or wake up? :psycho:
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Aelin, I'm sure it makes sense to them when they make those rules. I suspect no one except those of us who actually use the water notice that their rules are completely inconsistent. I do sometimes wonder if they realize making rules that people ignore (if they can) encourages not following other rules... :whatthe:
And of course the rules do not apply to the préfets of départements or régions. Bien sûr.
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It's holidays, who cares when children go to sleep or wake up? :psycho:
They even try that when there is NO Holidays :tearlaugh:
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It's right there in the Kids Operating Manual, page 2: Sleep is for the weak. "I'm not sleepy" is essential vocabulary.
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full belly = sleep
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I think I understand why your text was cut the other time, Sir Knight. It happens when you post an image. It seems suddenly the area with text has a limit :OMFG: But once you have posted and you click to edit, you can add as many text as you wish :hypno:
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Thanks, Aelin. Yes, I didn't pay attention as I was adding five images at at time. :nopanic; I guess it's a new feature of the gallery update.
I went back and fixed the cut off text that I noticed. It only needed two more words but I'll check them again when I go through and add the story navigation.
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I post only few those last times, and didn't add many text since a while, so I don't know when it started. But it wasn't limited before.
I warned Dark Angel about that too.
The only advice I think about is 'check your text each time you add something'. I have tendency to do that since day one in the gallery, but it's a reflex to keep despite laziness :tearlaugh:
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Well, the hot water heater has been installed and is working great. No problems with the installation at all... My Grandson is the Chief Maintenance Engineer for the Holiday Inns in the Lake Geneva, Delevan and Elkhorn area.... He made it look easy though I know it wasn't...
Got the old one in the shed...I have a guy who comes around the neighborhood picking up metal for scrapping....
And it was great having the Great Granddaughters spend the night....We had fun...
And now to see what I missed.....with :java: in hand....
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With me, I'm afraid it's check your text again even if you've proofread it all several times. Three misspellings. One addition to clarify the referent to a pronoun. Could probably use yet another pass. :OMFG: Done for now.
The Skull and Spike Inn (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=42512)
I very much appreciate all the kind and funny comments. Go read it if you haven't yet. Adventurers, zombies, Celtic mystery, and a participant that might be the source for a Robin Williams TV character. What could go wrong?
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Never ask that question Sir Knight because we all can provide an answer to it LOLOLOL
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Good morning!
It's another sunny day, yet with wind and this time few clouds.
Sir Knight, don't worry about misspellings, I don't notice them most of time when I cross them. But to say the least, my English isn't the best :tearlaugh: It's same with the French sometimes :psycho: I'm making more than ever before dyslexia on keyboard since several weeks.
TL, glad to read all was well with the hot water heater.
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Good morning, Aelin.
Me, too, on the inability to type without scrambling the words. The coming of summer is making my fingers lazy.
TL, you're right. So right.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee if you please.
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Morning no churchladies today on road to Richmond.
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Excellent end of day!
I have no idea when I'll be back on the forum. The latest joke of the forecast weather is to say that we'll have 3 full thunderstorms days :shrug: Like that they are almost sure to be right for a moment, even shortly :tearlaugh:
So like that, you know I wasn't eaten by the nurse - I hope :worried?:
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With me, I'm afraid it's check your text again even if you've proofread it all several times. Three misspellings. One addition to clarify the referent to a pronoun. Could probably use yet another pass. :OMFG: Done for now.
The Skull and Spike Inn (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=42512)
I very much appreciate all the kind and funny comments. Go read it if you haven't yet. Adventurers, zombies, Celtic mystery, and a participant that might be the source for a Robin Williams TV character. What could go wrong?
Loving the story so far
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Aelin, we'll look for you when we see you. Stay safe!
Dreamer, thanks very much!
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Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's in here....Hope your day was a pleasant one.
It's warm, windy and sunny here....but I did enough "outsiding" these past three days....
This morning it was 54 outside....and now it's 81....Screwy weather LOL...
Just got done talking to the Grandkids in Maine. Evan, the oldest, sounds like a full grown man ....He's 18 in September...But it was great talking with them. Both hinted around to what games they like to play on their game consoles...both have Birthdays coming up LOLOL...
And now I just got done talking to my Brother in Rhode Island...
So, on that note I'm going to say...have a great night, day, morning or other...
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But before I leave....One other reason why Wisconsin is a great place to live :yesway:
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The World Naked Bike Ride returned to Madison Saturday.
Hundreds of naked bikers rode through James Madison Park as part of the clothing-optional event that’s held in cities all over the world.
A press release from the organization said it’s the 12th year of the event.
Onlookers planning for a quiet day at the beach were surprised by the view, but not appalled by it.
“I think it’s to show everyone to be themselves, and everyone has a body,” Maddie Mintz said.
“Yeah, no shame. Just do what you want when you want,” Naomi Herbsman agreed.
The ride is also meant to highlight a more environmentally clean way to travel — by bicycle or other human-powered machine, rather than cars or other modes of transportation that transmit toxic fumes.
The naked bicyclists were encouraged to wear only sunscreen.
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Bike riding like that could set a bad example for others if they were not wearing helmets. :OMFG:
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And two days later the experimental adaptive displacement features in Cycles X are part of the regular build. Blender 3.2
Heading for the DL's now!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Hi folks, laterz!
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Bike riding like that could set a bad example for others if they were not wearing helmets. :OMFG:
Believe it or not....they all were wearing helmets.....and that's it....well, almost it. All had some sort of footwear on also....
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Good Morning to all......I'll be here for a wee bit....'
Got the ol blood draw this morning and have some appts this afternoon. So my visit is short. Still straightening out the place now that the clan is gone LOL...
Hope you all have a great day....and now to take a quick tour...with :java: in hand.
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Good afternoon!
Do you remember when I said yesterday about thunder storms before to leave the Coffee Shop? Well in the next half hour we had one... when it was supposed to start only today. Forecast weather in action, like usual :thud:
Night was pretty inhabited by thunderstorms, and the latest was sounding like one without rain when lightning reached the ground. Yet the rain came :shrug:
Today was mainly full of sun but clouds helped to keep good temperatures. That doesn't prevent the possibility for more thunderstorms according some clouds visible above the horizon. But Nature is happy!
TL, do your grandsons come for holidays in Wisconsin sooner?
:tearlaugh: Kind of riding that J could like. And you wonder why he sends so often Kianna to you?
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Thank you folks. I'm back now. Returned from the coast last night.
Mc G take a look in the sci-fi gallery. I just threw a couple of renders in there. Blender 3.2. Cycles-X renders. I've a small project I was asked to do and there are a couple of WIPs there that will give you something to think about.
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Glad to have you back, PDG.
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Welcome Back PDG....It's never easy...that's for sure.
Aelin: For the Major Holidays, yes....He's working two jobs now so they can save up for a house so it's tough to make it here that often...and with the price of gas....I'm not going anywhere LOL....That's why we have video chats....wooohooo
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Thanks guys.
I hate Zoom and am no fan of Web-Ex either. Well; in reality if I have to deal with either it usually means work. I'm old, tired, and not really a fan of work. I've never done the video call thing simply for the sake of a chat.
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Hi Y'all! I know I've been scarce around the Coffee Shop and Gardens, but I'm here now! Hope you all are doing as well as can be expected.
I had a bout with mini-strokes Sunday due to extreme stress. All I can say about that, other than I have recovered fully from the episode. Will not be dealing with the source of my stress anymore. My strokes happen because of extreme emotional stress, so I have to be careful to remain as stress free as possible. But I'm good now.
Cheers!
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glad your back PDG hands a steaming mug of C&C enjoy
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I hope you have an easy day. Back to the office for me. Hopefully this current project will finally, finally, finally move on. Need your most powerful coffee this time.
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Mornin' all.
Glad you're feeling better Agent.
Thanks Fafnir. I'd love a coffee this morning. If we get the weather they keep threatening us with it will be iced coffee for the first day of summer.
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Morning the withdrawals are already rough being away from my desktop. Only blessing to being in Richmond 60 degrees in the Morning vs 80. Look like Chucktown going to be breaking records for heat this week.
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Good morning, PDG and Noshoba.
I carried my desktop to the back porch yesterday to clean it. When I got it back to its place, I realized I should weigh it.
65 pounds! Whoa!
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I had to weigh mine after I built the new one. Even with the water cooling it is only 45lbs. The Shanghai Cathouse is just over 50. I never considered weighing my machine till recently. It was only after seeing the shipping weight of new machines when I built the new one I realized they were getting so heavy.
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Mornin' all.
Glad you're feeling better Agent.
Thanks Fafnir. I'd love a coffee this morning. If we get the weather they keep threatening us with it will be iced coffee for the first day of summer.
Thanks PDG. As long as I stay away from the source of the stress, I'll be OK. At least until another one comes along.
Seems my SS Leviathan series is getting popular. I uploaded my 3rd image of it yesterday to DA, and in just 15 minutes, it already had a Favorite. Fastest any of my images have gotten one. Not sure how many more it has today, but it did get another about 1 hour later. I go soon to check on it and any other of my images being added to Favorites or Collections. I'm checking here and at PFDLives as well.
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Good Morning to all.....
Almost done with my Clinic Visits....I'm on a "IN BETWEEN APPTS" Break. So far I've been told I'm alive....which is always good news.
Stress will always do it Agent....which is why I take the Alfred E Newman statement of "WHAT, ME WORRY?" to heart....and yes....I still have some of the older Mad Magazines. Hate the new ones so I stopped getting them years ago...I just reread my old ones.
I've never weighed my computers....Not sure if I want to know what they weigh....LOL
I'm in agreement with you PDG....Iced Coffee is the drink of the day. Going to be 91 today and then STORMS tomorrow....Last storm produced 5 tornadoes here in Wisconsin....
And thanks for the reminder Sir Knight....I've been going to clean my computers out also....but something always comes up....So now I'll have to set a firm date to do them...once it's on my Calendar...I do it....If it's not on my Calendar...I'll forget what I said in less then two minutes :java:
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....a couple ice cubes and I'm set to go...
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Morning the withdrawals are already rough being away from my desktop. Only blessing to being in Richmond 60 degrees in the Morning vs 80. Look like Chucktown going to be breaking records for heat this week.
Looks like most of the East Coast may be breaking "High Temp" records....we are getting the heat today and sharing it with many through out the week....Don't want anyone to feel left out ya know...
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Thanks, TL. Just what we need. :OMFG:
PDG, I suspect that the weight is strongly affected by the fact that it has 4 10 TB drives in it. :shrug:
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Good afternoon!
And great Summer! :grenade: We had a cloudy day mostly but clouds droped only 2 or 3 tears here or there in few occasions.
But we are supposed to have again thunderstorms during the night. We had last night around 1AM. Heard it coming then simply slept until the wake up time :tearlaugh:
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I like it when I can avoid the storms by sleeping. :thumb_up:
And good afternoon to you, Aelin.
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Only time I don't like storms when I sleep is when there are high winds or tornado warnings...other then that...I love it when storms lull me to sleep
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Thanks, TL. Just what we need. :OMFG:
PDG, I suspect that the weight is strongly affected by the fact that it has 4 10 TB drives in it. :shrug:
Dear Lord man. :OMFG: My NAS box only has 16TB before the RAID. That's not the type of backup and storage I need; but it's the kind everyone wants. :woohoo: Too many fires and the like in this building. I'd be afraid of losing everything at least twice a year. My heart couldn't take it. I'm so paranoid I have a firebox for old drives even though I'm running out of machines that can even make use of the software on them anymore. I just don't want to lose the data.
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TL you can keep your storms to yourself. The heat is just arriving today into tomorrow. Should be OK after that if your bloody derechos and tornadoes stay north of me. Can't say the same for those north of the 401 highway.
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And while you are all cooking over there I had to scrape ice off the car to go pick up the weekly shopping :sno3:
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Well will be in 90s tomorrow in Richmond but low humidity so won't be miserable.
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And while you are all cooking over there I had to scrape ice off the car to go pick up the weekly shopping :sno3:
Depends where you are here. We're having a heat wave of sorts but I still have seen frost warnings and snowfall warnings within an hours drive of here over the last week. The temp here will drop about 20c by tomorrow according to the weather chickie chirping the morning outlook.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG.
I hope everyone has a great day.
Fafnir, extra strong coffee if you and the girls have it available.
PDG, a lot of that space is taken by publicly available data so I don't need to back it up although I do have copies in Glacier, just in case.
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of XX fortified coffee this should help
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Good afternoon!
Yesterday I left pretty quickly after the sky seemed in fire :OMFG: I saw a lot of sunsets with or without clouds, but never such a light like that! Minutes after, a thunderstorm came but I wasn't surprised and it was the reason for why I left.
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Good Morning to all....
Done with appts for a few days. I'm wearing a Monitor to keep track of my heart beat. I had to wear one of these devices a couple of times....and they get smaller and smaller. First one I wore had wires all over the place and I had the leads taped on in various places....I had to wear a belt for the battery and memory pack.... Second one had the same leads but a much smaller memory and battery pack ...This one here is put on my chest with no leads or battery packs and I don't even know it's there.... The old ones I had to wear for a week. This one I wear for two days.... :woohoo:
Anyway....A cozy day today. Highs in the 80's with a nice breeze. Got my "outsiding" done and over with and glad of it. The Pollen Count is SKY HIGH....
Good Afternoon Fafnir...thanks for the Coffee....I'll use it to make some Iced Coffee..
I'll try to keep the storms under control PDG.....
Sir Knight that is one hell of a lot of Memory but who am I to talk LOLOL....
And Dreamer....YIKES...Keep the cold please...
Noshoba....I think that's the temp we had the other day and decided to share it with everyone...
And now to see what is what....and try to stay calm so I don't set off the device LOLOL
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Afternoon all. Finally, I can get back on the net and everything else. Seems my gear needed an update that I wasn't aware of. Called the Spectrum office and got a really helpful young lass to help out. System now up and running, so we shall see how it all comes out.
Sorry I have been AWOL for a good bit. Had issues with self, wife and daughter. Not to mention her critter. Seems the poor wee beastie - 57+lbs looks like a barrel with legs. He's a Shepard/Border Collie mix. The unfortunate critter has an allergy to something or other - a REALLY bad allergy. When Connie saw it she freaked - which made Aliene freak. Me, I try not to freak. Not a good sight. Ended up taking him to the emergency vet hosp. Poor thing had literally chewed the hair off is ass and most of his tail. As well as his legs. Got him some pills that Aliene has to give hm. Better her than me.
As Corbin Dallas said in Fifth Element .... "other than that, everything is just peachy. . . . " Even managed to get my son here so we could FINALLY assemble the little utility trailer I got for my elect scooter. The bumper carrier I couldn't use on our buggies fit perfectly. :woohoo: . Don't have anything planned for the next few days so I'm a'chillin' and trying to catch my muse so I can get a couple of the more pleasurable things done.
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Welcome back and YIKES on the pooch...they figure what the allergy was? Glad the pooch will be on the mend...
Just watched the 5th Element on Tubi....One of my favorites....and now it's on Peacock also and probably 50 other streaming channels LOL
Sounds like all that could go good went good...which is really a good thing.
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:rat-atat: :thud: :rat-atat: :sadder:
That moment when you realise that last 22+ hour render was saved in the wrong format and now you have to re-render :thud:
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:ummm: There is no cached renders available? Then all you would do is open it back up and save it how one desires.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and fried snapper with all the fixings hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Thanks for the extra strong coffee yesterday! Just one of your regulars today, please.
Dreamer, been there and done that. You have my sympathies but I don't have much to offer in terms of recovering it.
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:ummm: There is no cached renders available? Then all you would do is open it back up and save it how one desires.
Nope, had run a number of spot renders for fixing small things before I caught that ir was saving to the wrong format. Jpg instead of png, so anything cashed would only be one small spot not the whole render. On the plus side I now won't need all the spot renders, just have to wait another 22+ hours
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Good morning, Fafnir. Thanks for the extra strong coffee yesterday! Just one of your regulars today, please.
Dreamer, been there and done that. You have my sympathies but I don't have much to offer in terms of recovering it.
Only thing to do is re-render and try not to go mad(er) with frustration while I wait, good thing I'll be sleeping for most of the time it's rendering
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Only thing to do is re-render and try not to go mad(er) with frustration while I wait, good thing I'll be sleeping for most of the time it's rendering
Know all about it. We all do when it comes to this stuff. I have a new rule. I put renders on while I sleep. If they are still running when I wake then they are killed off and I rework the scene. With the amount of money I put into these computers you would think the render should be done in minutes; not days. Still, back in my Vue days; I had renders go for over a week. I had one 10 second animation over on PFD years ago that took 19 and a half days running 24/7 to kick out the frames. I truly know your pain.
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Dreamer, if the image you saved is complete, open it in either Photoshop, Gimp, Paint, or other image editing software, then save it in the format you want. I convert images that are in PNG, BMP, and other formats to JPG using Windows Paint all the time. It takes just seconds to do, and the results are good enough for uploading.
Before I figured that out, I was doing exactly the same as you are describing. The use of other software to convert images to other formats sure has saved me a lot of time.
Spot renders I do are for seeing what different parts of the image look like before doing a full render. 22+ hours to re-render an image is too much time for me to invest. Of course I've only had perhaps 3 images that took even half that much time to render.
I now have my rendering software set to render in JPG format automatically. That way, when I save, it is already the format I need.
Hoping you can use what I advise to save a ton of time. :blownaway:
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Good Afternoon to all.....
Hope the day, evening, or morn is going good for you. A very nice sunshiny but not to hot day here today. Highs in the low 80's but with a nice breeze. Windows are open....nice to air out the place every now and then...Between the kittens, the cat, and the human fart machine the air is not breathable at times.
Sorry about your render Dreamer....
Thanks for the coffee Fafnir....a few ice cubes, and I'm set for the day....Use to have my iced coffee with cream and sugar....but that's a no no anymore....so it's black with ice...and I'm happy.
Nice to see you popping in "J".....
Afternoon Agent, PDG and Sir Knight...hope the day is going well...
And now to see what is what and who is who...with :java: in hand...
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Good afternoon all. Had a bit of an issue with gear here, but it seems the internet FINALLY cleaned up its act.
*fingers AND toes crossed*
I have found that it is not a good idea to challenge Mother Nature. In any form.
Yeah, TL. The critter is supposedly doing better, as reported by daughter. In any case, we shall see. Still attempting to catch up to muse, but the little tease pops in and out as she pleases. Thought of spreading a little peanut butter about, but my dogs keep licking it up!!!!!
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Good afternoon!
Not sure how I can stay, we are under warning for thunderstorms again. A big one when I was at job in my afternoon and a lot of rain - enough to clean streets :woohoo:
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Good Afternoon Aelin....
Getting warmer here...might be time to finish the airing out, close the windows and switch the A/C on....we shall see.
We need more rain but I don't see nothing coming our way in the future...but that's todays forecast...by tomorrow all that was said today is long forgotten and a new forecast comes about LOL
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Know all about it. We all do when it comes to this stuff. I have a new rule. I put renders on while I sleep. If they are still running when I wake then they are killed off and I rework the scene. With the amount of money I put into these computers you would think the render should be done in minutes; not days. Still, back in my Vue days; I had renders go for over a week. I had one 10 second animation over on PFD years ago that took 19 and a half days running 24/7 to kick out the frames. I truly know your pain.
My machine is rather underpowered for what I am doing so 90% of the time no amount of reworking is going to make it any faster, plus I am rendering with an eye to printing so size and quality are pretty high. One of these days I'll get the money together to get a computer that will render in less time.
I think the two worst were both poser pro 2012 renders, one render that took 3 days as I had to render in patches. Every time I tried to render the thing whole it would get to one spot and hang. Not a complex scene either, the other one took about two weeks to put together as I could only work on it for about 5 min before it would crash. I have a feeling both of those were hardware related as not long after that computer failed wiping four years plus of work. That was the last time my art computer doubled as my everything else computer, things have been much more stable since taking the art station off line.
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Dreamer, if the image you saved is complete, open it in either Photoshop, Gimp, Paint, or other image editing software, then save it in the format you want. I convert images that are in PNG, BMP, and other formats to JPG using Windows Paint all the time. It takes just seconds to do, and the results are good enough for uploading.
Before I figured that out, I was doing exactly the same as you are describing. The use of other software to convert images to other formats sure has saved me a lot of time.
Spot renders I do are for seeing what different parts of the image look like before doing a full render. 22+ hours to re-render an image is too much time for me to invest. Of course I've only had perhaps 3 images that took even half that much time to render.
I now have my rendering software set to render in JPG format automatically. That way, when I save, it is already the format I need.
Hoping you can use what I advise to save a ton of time. :blownaway:
Yeah converting from jpg to png is not an option for me as I am rendering for print I need the high quality, uncompressed image I get with png. I am often using spot renders to fix things, either because the only way to fix something is hiding something that would look odd away from the spot being fixed or its small stuff that was just not visible until you do the final full sized one. Luckily spot render take and hour max so normally not a problem and being on a transparent background when saved as png easy to blend into the main render.
Long render normally don't bother me as I let them run while I am sleeping, just this time its not worked out so well and is only really frustrating me as I have another idea I want to work on
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Good Afternoon to all.....
Sorry about your render Dreamer....
Eh it happens, if I wasn't wanting this printable I'd just roll with it
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I can't tell you the number of times I've worked on something in PSP and forget to save the final take before shutting down the program.... The Great Grands are now using my PSP and have yet to do that LOLOLOL
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I'm working on an image that includes a lady, a bear, a canyon pass and a Skydome HDRI. The bear has a lot of fur which takes a lot of time for DAZ's 3DL render engine. My PC won't handle IRay. my first render attempt has the bear and the lady not quite on the surfaces they should be standing on, and to me, that is unacceptable. LOL
So I saved it as a Scene Subset to ensure being able to get back into it and make as many adjustments as needed. Then I'll render it again. Using spot renders will show me if things are right or still need fixing.
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Mornin' all. The end is nigh yet again. Horrah for the weekend.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pork roast with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, PDG and Fafnir. Vacation day so lots to do here. :(ROFLMAO:
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Thank you folks. I'm back now. Returned from the coast last night.
Mc G take a look in the sci-fi gallery. I just threw a couple of renders in there. Blender 3.2. Cycles-X renders. I've a small project I was asked to do and there are a couple of WIPs there that will give you something to think about.
Yah! I took a long look. My comment speaks. WOW! I got ideas about modeling in it, ZBrush and even Poser. Never crossed my mind to go THERE man! Yeah gives me ideas about all sorts of procedurally generated things now. ONE game that kinda fascinates me is No Man's Sky, as whatever you see in space, planets, galaxies, nebulae etc. is ALL procedurally ganerated. Seems a bit big for just an itty bitty Blender eh? HEH! So I got about 1200 hrs in No Man's Sky now. Not bad for the money! There IS some cool stuff in it.
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Simple model. 6 poly cube. The shader is just a bunch of really complex noise driving a volume. Three lights. Red Yellow Blue illuminating the noise. Renders pretty quickly because there is no shader on the cube itself. The three lights have no physical presence. Thus, there are no polys in the scene to render. Everything is math calculations. Without the stars I can get it down to about a nine minute render.
The stars on the other hand are expensive to render. 7500 8 poly mesh lights. I've got that down to a little over 3 hours with the ship and station meshes in place. Still too long for animation, but I don't need that screaming high quality a render and with a little motion blurring; well I might get it down to around an hour. Plus or minus a bit depending on the frame. One second of animation data a day. I need about 4 or 5 seconds. It should render in under a week (7 days) and I can live with that.
As for doing it in Poser; I've done similar in the past bit there is no Principled Volume shader for Cycles in P12. There is Absorbtion Volume and it can work, but requires a crap load of Math and Vector Math nodes. The Firefly Colour Ramp can replace the Blender one but doesn't fine tune too well without chaining a few together. I'm neither competent enough, nor dyslexic enough to do complex Blender Cycles <=> Poser Cycles translations. The reverse way of laying out the nodes between the two messes me up.
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Good morning, PDG and Fafnir. Vacation day so lots to do here. :(ROFLMAO:
Do I note a little sarcasm here Sir Knight?
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Yeah McG. I should take a look at No Man's Sky. You've mentioned it before. I've gone back to playing Red Dead Redemption Online lately. I haven't played in a long time and I see the "modders" are in full swing. Rather annoying to tell the truth.
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Good afternoon! It's weekend :happydance: Tonight is full of sun, but we had most of day with clouds, and even a big rain in the middle of the afternoon. I love that, specially like the "experts" were telling to us June 1st that it was the driest June of the history :tearlaugh: I still wonder how after not even 24 hours in a month you can tell what it is :shrug:
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Good Afternoon to all....
A clinic morning and I live....so all is good. Enjoy your "Vacation Day" Sir Knight....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Today I'll drink it HOT. Don't know why they think they need to keep the Clinic colder then my freezer is...but then again...they may gain more patients by giving them Pneumonia :OMFG:
Good to see you back in action McG.....
Good Afternoon PDG and Aelin......
And now to see what is what and who is why before I shut down the puter to do some rearranging and cleaning of it the computer area...
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Do I note a little sarcasm here Sir Knight?
Who, me? Sarcastic? :shrug:
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:happydance: finally some rain for the past 2 afternoons :happydance:
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Good afternoon! "Vacationed" for 9 hours so now ready to have some fun. Happy Friday, everyone!
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Rain? Nope. Haven't seen it. Thought I was gonna get a splash from TL the other day but it never came.
Aelin they keep telling me how this June is colder than normal, yet it has been over 30 for a week. More like high 40s with the humidex. Yep colder than our normal average this time of year of 23 for sure.
Yeppers Sir Knight; that too was sarcasm. :iminnocent:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Ahhhhh! *COFFEE* !!!! :java: Thanks Fafnir!
(Santa leaves tip for the gals on way out)
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Red Dead Redemption eh. Gonna go look at that on Steam. Hey they even got my original QUAKE on Steam so why not all the modern hot games? :D
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Mornin' Fafnir. I'll grab a fast cup and then it's off to the grocery when my lift arrives. Hope the rain worked out for you.
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Good morning, Fafnir, McG (!) and PDG. A round of your extra strong if you please, Fafnir.
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Morning ..have to knock out a job and then can get back on road to Charleston
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Good morning!
We have a part of the sky with stormy colors, so don't be surprised if I run out of the Coffee Shop :shrug:
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Hi all!
I wish you a very beautiful summer. Take care of yourself and your families and enjoy the beautiful light of these magnificent days.
:happydance:
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Good Morning.....
Stay Safe Aelin......I'll finish up what you started if you're not in here soon....
Woke up to Thunder and Lightning and 3 kittens and one cat on the bed...typically...they are not afraid of storms....but these storms have been impressive so far....What I call "Window Rattling" thunder and "Starbright" Lightning...Hope some gets your way PDG but not looking good thus far. Have a safe shopping trip...
Morning McG....Relax and have some fun gaming.....or just relaxing...
So how did your "FUN" part turn out yesterday Sir Knight....
Glad you got your rain Fafnir...... :grenade:
Drive Safe Noshoba.....
And GOOD MORNING EarwenM....have a MARVELOUS day today....
And now to grab a :java: and start my Attic Day.....Wooohooo
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Whoa, OK! Red Dead Redemption 2 is that game, right PDG? Steam is having a 50% off sale on thousands of games. Think of one, go to the search box and whamo! Ya got yer game on! Cyber Punk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption 2 are Hyper Realistic "Normal" 3D space (NOT VR ONLY!) and oughtta do fine on my dinky li'l 32" monitor. Both for $59.98 Red Dead 2 trailers and screencaps look stunning man. No demo for it but at half off? It's MINE babayyyy!!!! LOL! So, I know well in advance these are both 'Mine Bending Shoot Em Ups', and I cool with dat. gonna be no complaints. Might be looking for a new sooper vid card though. One that will have to be RTX or greater. My GTX 1650 4 gig DDR6 is the highest thing under RTX, soooo.... it was also $400 less than the lowest RTX.
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Hey y'all! Good Morning and, for anyone interested in games, and you do have Steam installed, go to the Steam Store and enjoy a storewide 50% off sale even on most recent releases! I just did, now to get them new giga quads downloaded! Bwa HA HA ha ha ha haaaa!
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Sit back, relax and enjoy your day McG....Been a while since I've played games. But, I still have all of my game consoles LOLOL....
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Will do, specially since two of the games total over 200 gigs! Glad I got those two empty 2 TB drives. ;o)
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yep space helps McG glad you got some goodies and going to have some fun
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Well I'm back but not sure it will be for all my evening :shrug:
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We're glad to have you when you're here. Being cautious is the right thing to do about bad weather.
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Nothing like a loud boom and a bright flash to convince you that offline might be a good idea. A pleasant day to one and all, enjoy.
Cheers
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Good afternoon All. Once again AWOL a bit, but this time its not my fault. Internet going crazy. I would like it if I could just stay ONLINE!!! It'll stay on for a bit, then its 'Asta la vista Baby!!!! I had enough of that so I returned my equipment to Spectrum for a new set. FINALLY got it up and running. Stayed that way for the rest of the evening (yesterday). Got up this afternoon and found it deader 'n Biden's chances of getting reelected. Keeps coming back on then going out. I got with tech support and they couldn't get it up and operation either, so they're sending a tech out on Monday. Here's hoping it stays up for at least today.
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Whoa, OK! Red Dead Redemption 2 is that game, right PDG? Steam is having a 50% off sale on thousands of games. Think of one, go to the search box and whamo! Ya got yer game on! Cyber Punk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption 2 are Hyper Realistic "Normal" 3D space (NOT VR ONLY!) and oughtta do fine on my dinky li'l 32" monitor. Both for $59.98 Red Dead 2 trailers and screencaps look stunning man. No demo for it but at half off? It's MINE babayyyy!!!! LOL! So, I know well in advance these are both 'Mine Bending Shoot Em Ups', and I cool with dat. gonna be no complaints. Might be looking for a new sooper vid card though. One that will have to be RTX or greater. My GTX 1650 4 gig DDR6 is the highest thing under RTX, soooo.... it was also $400 less than the lowest RTX.
Yeppers; RDR2. Play the story all the way through before you do anything online. Great story. I stood in line the night the game went on sale to get the actual physical disks and a bunch of bonus stuff. Only time I ever did such a thing and I've never regretted it. The online game is good but a lot of stuff that came out in the beginning is unavailable to newer players and the Story Mode keeps you away from online idiots till you're ready for them. If ever. It's a very complete game world.
I saw the sale. No Man's Sky is 35 canuk bucks till July 7. I looked the other day when we were talking about it.
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They are still telling me that my mid 30s, humidex to the mid 40s is part of my colder than normal June. They have been threatening me with wind, rain, and the wrath of Khan on a daily basis, but I have yet to see single drop from the sky. The beans on my balcony are sucking up about 2 and a half gallons of water a day and I am still waiting for the first flower; let alone bean.
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Good afternoon All. Once again AWOL a bit, but this time its not my fault. Internet going crazy. I would like it if I could just stay ONLINE!!! It'll stay on for a bit, then its 'Asta la vista Baby!!!! I had enough of that so I returned my equipment to Spectrum for a new set. FINALLY got it up and running. Stayed that way for the rest of the evening (yesterday). Got up this afternoon and found it deader 'n Biden's chances of getting reelected. Keeps coming back on then going out. I got with tech support and they couldn't get it up and operation either, so they're sending a tech out on Monday. Here's hoping it stays up for at least today.
I wish you luck. My internet might be expensive; but at least it hasn't failed in a couple of years. I took a couple of slowdowns last fall for a day or two; but they worked themselves out without any more than an irate phone call and the threat of going to the only other company. The one I left years previously after threatening to go "to the other company" if they didn't get their sh!t together. If I ever have to carry out that threat again I'm screwed.
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Good morning!
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Mornin' coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be stakes on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all....
A coool coooool morning...59 degrees....and we'll have a high of 71...Debating on mowing or get back to cataloging the comics. We'll see.
Anyone have fiber optics for their internet connection?
We have a weekly war here in Monroe where the Spectrum truck and the TDS Telecom truck are trying to win folks over to their internet service. I've been with Spectrum (Charter) for eons....but like everything else...they are pricey....but I will say I hardly ever have problems with the net.
Now....TDS Telecom is trying to push their Fiber Optics service which IS faster in speed then what charter offers....and is half the cost of what Spectrum charges....but I don't know how reliable it is...thus my question.
Anyway....hope all have a great day today. I was tempted to mow the lawn but I'll stick with the old saying..."Sunday is a day of rest"......
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
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Here fiber optics are the same price than the usual connection... for 1 year. After the price litterally double :OMFG: And for everyone who passed to fiber optics around me, no one is happy, the connection is even worse.
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You know how they push stuff nowadays...they give it to you at a discounted price for 2 or 3 years and then boom....they increase the price. But then again....Cable does the same thing. Got rid of Cable TV. I stream every thing now...and more choices then I ever had with cable...and free channels like Pluto TV, Tubi TV and Local Now. They all have great shows.
And I picked up indoor antennas for the local channels and news....Got them at Walmart and they work great....MOST of the time...but on bad weather days...forget it...LOL
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I have Verizon fiber optic service. It works well. For the first day, I thought it might be a little faster. After than I didn't notice but that was probably me rather than it as my usage tends to expand to the size of the pipe. :whattodo:
My brothers in Alabama have "fiber optic" service but have reported the same troubles that Aelin is. I think it matters more on the provider than whether it's fiber optic or not.
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My connection is speedy with Spectrum....it's just the cost that bugs me LOL... But then again...my Mother use to say..."If it's not broke....Don't try to fix it.....because it will be broke when your done with it".....
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The two major providers are going at it again here in the effort to grab customers. It is quite funny. Each claims to be 10x faster than the other. Literally. Identical commercials with identical claims. The prices are specifically written in such a way that you cannot really tell who is faster or cheaper or more reliable or what have you. I've wanted to get a new provider for years in an effort to get a better price. It keeps going up and up without restriction but like TL if it ain't broke I am not sure I want it to be. That's how they get us. Fear of being screwed yet again.
With that out of the way; good morning everyone. I'll take a cup please Fafnir.
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Mornin' hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be lasagna with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good Morning indeed....
Thanks for the coffee Fafnir.....Going to need it. Woke up and it was 57 degrees out....not getting much warmer...so a perfect day to mow the lawn....and wake up the neighbors who like to sleep late LOLOL....
Be back in about 3 hours.....
Enjoy your day folks.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
I knew I should have waited for your biscuits and bacon, the ones I got early this morning were packy, and the bacon so thin you could barely taste it. Plus when they put the bacon on the biscuits, they mashed the biscuits as they wrapped them. A mashed packy biscuit is worse than one that's just packy! LOL
I did get a good dark roast coffee though. :whattodo: :shrug:
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Can't handle such breakfast(?) food either Agent. Might dive into a McD's Egg Mcmuffin though.
On the other hand, I am now back. DUH!!!!! The tech just finished with the cable. Seems the squirrels aren't all in the trees. Cable runs frayed, chewed and otherwise screwed. Also had a bad splitter up in the attic. A really good, strong signal. At last. Won't have to listen to Connie's verbal explosions when the signal dies.
:woohoo:
Not bad for having the same cable service for over seven years.
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Glad everything worked out favourably Hipshot.
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Good afternoon!
The day started under clouds and chilly temperatures but finally our afternoon ended with good temperatures and sun. Still sun btw, like Sun isn't yet ready to sleep.
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Good Afternoon....I think it can be called afternoon....since the Sun is still out in force.
My body is rebelling....but....the yard is finally done.....and it looks great....
Great talking to you today Fafnir and McG..... Fafnir...what treat did you finally give to Molly?
And McG....keep up the good work....you're on the rebound...
Yup Agent....I hate changing anything just for change....has to be a damn good reason and then I triple check to see if what I'm going to do is worth the doing....
And Aelin...still sunny here....and warm....not HOT....I love WARM....can't stand HOT....
Squirrels are the troublemakers no matter where they are located HS. Found one of my birdseed feeders on the ground the other day and I know it was that "Wascally Squirrel" who figured out how to get it down
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Just a quick hello! Five hour meeting, three hours of travel and four additional 20 minute walks have me tired. More tomorrow!
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Yeppers; RDR2. Play the story all the way through before you do anything online. Great story. I stood in line the night the game went on sale to get the actual physical disks and a bunch of bonus stuff. Only time I ever did such a thing and I've never regretted it. The online game is good but a lot of stuff that came out in the beginning is unavailable to newer players and the Story Mode keeps you away from online idiots till you're ready for them. If ever. It's a very complete game world.
I saw the sale. No Man's Sky is 35 canuk bucks till July 7. I looked the other day when we were talking about it.
How the hell do ya install 119 Gigs, and tell em NOPE don't wanna do a damn thing ONLINE and ain't EVEN interested in stats and competitions and damn game social rooms and the idiots think to FORCE me TO use that crap, register with ALL my personal info and NOPE! I uninstalled their filth and got my money back. THESE jokers are as bad as UBISOFT! If I can just play the game (like I do No Man's Sky!) fine. If I GOT to jump through all the frikkin social hoops and throw more money and personal info at ya so you can sell it to whoeveah....BYE! So no RD2R man. Sad huh. I paid the money, and spent the hours downloading their stuff. And THEN they tell me I HAVE to do this? Wanna bet?
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Good Morning to all....
A coool coooool morning...59 degrees....and we'll have a high of 71...Debating on mowing or get back to cataloging the comics. We'll see.
Anyone have fiber optics for their internet connection?
We have a weekly war here in Monroe where the Spectrum truck and the TDS Telecom truck are trying to win folks over to their internet service. I've been with Spectrum (Charter) for eons....but like everything else...they are pricey....but I will say I hardly ever have problems with the net.
Now....TDS Telecom is trying to push their Fiber Optics service which IS faster in speed then what charter offers....and is half the cost of what Spectrum charges....but I don't know how reliable it is...thus my question.
Anyway....hope all have a great day today. I was tempted to mow the lawn but I'll stick with the old saying..."Sunday is a day of rest"......
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
Um, TMobile offers High Speed Home Internet, $55 a month, no fiber, no coaxial, no phone wire. 100 megabits guaranteed. I see from 170 to 320 megabits, even at high noon. And this is Over The Air man! So far, it is WAY more reliable than AT&T DSL or NTS DSL. That was the two choices for this area until TMobile sent me a email invitation promotional thing. I said, sure I'll try it. Now, it's NO NO YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BACK! IT'S MINE! MINE MINE MINE! ;o)
Steam downloaded just about 200 GIGS of stuff at an average speed of 32 MegaBytes per second. Yeah. Over The Air !!! 5G don't suck!
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Good MORNING all ye Denizens of Ye Ol ATTIC! I'm here, it's 1:00 am, yep, it's morning! LOL! Sooo yesterday morning I wake, get ready and at 6am, just at daybreak here, Me and BroInLaw leave for Amarillo. I know that 60 measly little miles should take 45 mins to drive at 75 to 80 mph. But, I have to drive thru two little towns on the way with slow downs there. Then once I am IN Amarillo city limits, gotta drive clear from East side to far West side of town...30 to 40 mins to drive THAT 30 miles! Speed zones from 30 to 50 mph, construction bottle neck, and the 10 traffic lights you can not time for a non stop run through town. I got 12 years of "I'm used to it!" so yeah. Normal stuff. Just leave two hours before appointment time to get there at the requisite 30 mins early! Yeah stopped fill gas tank, grab a sammich and keep going. Was there 20 mins early! Ha!
The nice Doctor was very perturbed this Wednesday past. She thought the known, expected and very normal CHRONIC Osteo-Myelitis (bone infection) had suddenly turned ACUTE. Oops! Bery Bad Stuff that. SO, she shoo'd me off for labs (vampires!), XRays and another foot MRI. Monday Morning. 0830 sharp the Doc strolls in and talks happy stuff, sits down to the now readied foot and commences examining, debriding, trimming etc. And tells me her suspicion was happily not happening at all. Just swelling and inflammation (fever in foot) from being up, ON and using that poor ol foot. She ordered me another round of anti-biotics, and had a nurse fetch a 'boot' to encase my right foot. So, McFrankenstein's Monster wheeled out of the clinic and to the car! I had informed Doc of ALL my activities, my Up times, my Down times (bed!) my use of desk chair and computer, the Home Care nurses attendance and work...she liked ALL that stuff. Final verdict: WHILE I AM clearly taking care of my foot/wound, it is still aggravated from what use it does see. Therefore, The BOOT! it inflates inside to immobilize the foot to the ankle and keep weight off the sole. And, it does this! No way ya can drive with that thing on though. Hm.
THESE are McGrandpa's Adventures In DIABETIC CONDITIONS! Constantly learning and coping, I must NOT get tired of nor fed up with it all, because this is The Path to me keeping my feet and lower legs attached to me and reasonably healthy. The Doctor is not playing any sort of game at all. So neither am I. She speaks, and I DO it. Period.
Every Nurse and Doctor I have known since being diagnosed as diabetic in January 2012 says the same thing about this disease. You can do everything right, keep blood sugar low, get some exercise, get plenty of bed rest, and inspect (see and touch!) every spot of my feet daily; and things can still go plumb haywire with Diabetes. They weren't kidding.
Thanks for putting up with me y'all, I sure appreciate you guys. Now, I hope I can get more of the last year and a half of stuff I have gathered up (freebies, paids from Rosity and DAZ!) *INSTALLED*, sorted and zips stored properly. Yup, got hundreds of zips to install now! LOL! But I bet I still don't beat TL and his finding all those freebies he does! :oD
So ON with the day! :oD
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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good to hear you are doin' better McG keep on doing so and yes diabetes is wicked unpredictable disease
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How the hell do ya install 119 Gigs, and tell em NOPE don't wanna do a damn thing ONLINE and ain't EVEN interested in stats and competitions and damn game social rooms and the idiots think to FORCE me TO use that crap, register with ALL my personal info and NOPE! I uninstalled their filth and got my money back. THESE jokers are as bad as UBISOFT! If I can just play the game (like I do No Man's Sky!) fine. If I GOT to jump through all the frikkin social hoops and throw more money and personal info at ya so you can sell it to whoeveah....BYE! So no RD2R man. Sad huh. I paid the money, and spent the hours downloading their stuff. And THEN they tell me I HAVE to do this? Wanna bet?
Wow man. Easy on the stress levels. Not too good for the heart. You refunded the game so it doesn't matter; but you do not have to do anything online and after almost 4 years of daily play I have yet to deal with any online, social,or pay wall stuff I don't care to deal with. I do play online as well. I have yet to need to supply additional cash for anything I've done over the last 3 years online. RDR2 isn't a Zynga browser game like Farmville. I'm as anti-social as it comes in real life. My gaming isn't any different. Your "Social Club" page is really just your stats and is only visible to others if you want to brag on your achievements to the unwashed masses. As for selling info. In all the years I've dealt with Rockstar (20 at least) I have yet to have my info sold to anyone for marketing or any other purpose. Finally, the online mode doesn't happen by default. The game starts in Story mode and doesn't change unless you wish it too. It's of no matter. You refunded your money and I'm not out to sell anything to anyone.
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Um, TMobile offers High Speed Home Internet, $55 a month, no fiber, no coaxial, no phone wire. 100 megabits guaranteed. I see from 170 to 320 megabits, even at high noon. And this is Over The Air man! So far, it is WAY more reliable than AT&T DSL or NTS DSL. That was the two choices for this area until TMobile sent me a email invitation promotional thing. I said, sure I'll try it. Now, it's NO NO YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BACK! IT'S MINE! MINE MINE MINE! ;o)
Steam downloaded just about 200 GIGS of stuff at an average speed of 32 MegaBytes per second. Yeah. Over The Air !!! 5G don't suck!
I have a Samsung A 51 Smartphone on 5G (IF THE FREAKING SIGNAL IS AT FULL STRENGTH). Even at lower strength I get unlimited data. I am on T-Mobile too. I use my smartphone as my WiFi Hotspot, and can also tether to my PC for a more direct connection. I like the WiFi because of no wires to trip my long fingers over. LOL
Good Morning (well almost Noon here now). Things are looking good today.
TL, I noted that the voting is now closed, but that's good! The one I chose is going to be what we compete with. Just gotta dig deep in my Clouds to find what I hid there several years ago. LOLOL
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Good Afternoon to all.....
Had a very busy morning and I'm already pooped....and I'll leave it at that.....
Great chatting with you on the phone yesterday Fafnir and McG.....So what did you finally give Molly for a treat Fafnir.....and McG....keep up the good work and behave....healing is a two way street my friend.
Today I'm continuing on with my cleaning up the externals. I've got crap saved for things that no longer exist or are relevant LOL.
And yes McG....There are a ton of freebies to go through LOLOL.....
A beautiful day today....but I had enough "Outsiding" yesterday.....
And now to see what is what and who is why and where is when....with a :java: in hand
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I have a Samsung A 51 Smartphone on 5G (IF THE FREAKING SIGNAL IS AT FULL STRENGTH). Even at lower strength I get unlimited data. I am on T-Mobile too. I use my smartphone as my WiFi Hotspot, and can also tether to my PC for a more direct connection. I like the WiFi because of no wires to trip my long fingers over. LOL
Good Morning (well almost Noon here now). Things are looking good today.
TL, I noted that the voting is now closed, but that's good! The one I chose is going to be what we compete with. Just gotta dig deep in my Clouds to find what I hid there several years ago. LOLOL
I still have my Samsung SM-G95U 4G ....I don't use the phone enough to worry about 5G...
And yup...gotta do a write up about "In the clouds"....that's relevant but not exact :ifonly:
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Good afternoon!
Just a quick hello! Five hour meeting, three hours of travel and four additional 20 minute walks have me tired. More tomorrow!
Good luck with that today again :panic: I'm glad I had only almost 2 hours of meeting today.
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Just a quick hello! Five hour meeting, three hours of travel and four additional 20 minute walks have me tired. More tomorrow!
Yikes.....And I know the travel times in your area can be longer at times....
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Thanks, Aelin and TL. I did survive. One two and half hour meeting today but I'm now on vacation until next Tuesday.
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glad to hear things are getting better Sir Knight
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning everybody. A cup if you please Fafnir.
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hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C
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Good afternoon!
I survived a day I though hard at the beginning but going worse through hours :OMFG: You know, that kind of day where one or the other of your colleagues asks for something being your job (between many other tasks) and which is "of course" an emergency. And you have to play the game each time because "it's your job" :thud: It would be faster to do by yourself but :shrug:
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Good Afternoon to all....
I did type out a great Greeting this morning...but one problem....It's still on the computer in the bedroom and I didn't hit the "ENTER" key LOLOL...Yes, I'm in the office right now....The kittens talked me into it...they are a nosey lot and the road is in full view from my office window :tearlaugh:
A beutiful day out but I did enough outsiding of late.
Other then that...not much happening. Still working on my sorting and deleting...not much deleting going on .... but a lot of sorting ...
Have a great afternoon....got to check the Email now...haven't done that either in a few days :thud:
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Don't forget that we have a new contest description for our "Art Challenge" weekly contest....You can read all about it
HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24682.0)
Or
Here:
Mad Scientist~Weird Inventions => theme for third quarter
Our new Art Challenge is about what your Mad Scientist has invented or is inventing. We are asking that your creations shows your Mad Scientist in whatever environment you choose (fantasy is very welcome), along with their invention in progress or complete. The Mad Scientist can be any character of your choice.
Warning: the theme is given to you now, for that you be ready to think about. But all entries for that theme before Saturday June 25th (USA East Coast timing zone) won't be taken in count. It's only from that date they can be ok.
The first winner with that theme will be Satuday July 2nd.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Always enjoy biscuits and bacon. Coffee this morning, if you please.
I hope all is going well with you.
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Mornin' everyone. Hope the day goes well.
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Good morning!
I won't stay too much, we had a thunderstorm around midday (it's after 1PM now here); and I have an invitation for the spectacle of tonight at the theather. So see you tomorrow if weather is ok with that.
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day is going well fridge service scheduled for today
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Good Morning to all....
Hope they figure out the problem Fafnir...
Enjoy your spectacle Aelin....and try and stay dry....
Good Morning Sir Knight....Enjoy the coffee
and Good Morning PDG....have a Marvelous Day...
Got to take Lorna to Wally World to pick up her scripts and then pick up cat food, bird seed and suet....then I'm going to drag out the comics and continue on with the rating and cataloging. Only got 7,478 to go....on a good note...I have FUN doing it....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
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Good morning, PDG, Aelin and TL. Readying my submission for the Art Challenge. Goodness ray tracing takes a lot of power.
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PDG: it was by their own words to me while Installing that game I scrapped it and got it refunded. I never even started the game at all. Rockstar told me in their 'Continue' dialog I would have to have that 'Social Room' installed, and what it would do, including run on win 10 start and continue as long as the machine was on. That isn't going to happen. The other part is what got me. Their unilaterally involving me with their Social Room and telling me to say HI to every one. They said its mandatory I participate. That is not for me, THAT is what made me kill it and scrape it out of the system man.
And it looked so good too! Hyper Realism is the term I think. Old West environment. I could do that and hope they got horses to ride! I used to ride a bit IRL. Long time ago RL but still, yaknow?
Yeah on the anti social thing. I am sociable enough in the world, but don't go to bars, get drunk, and so on. Heck most of my socializing is here and out at the hospital. I think Rockstar NEEDS YOU to talk to others about what really happens with the game. If I'd known that simple stuff before I got ticked off at their "social child lures" I'd have ignored that stuff and gone on to play the game. And I'd have left the financial stuff blank, as well as phone number and other unnecessary trivia about ME.
Hello Games wants people to socialize, to play Multiplayer, to join up with others and have COMMUNITY. Nope. Too many kids out there and I won't hang with em. There was an 11 yr old that found and dropped in on me the first week I played in No Man's Sky. He or she needed help and game guidance from others, and nobody wanted to take time out for a pesky little kid. I just told them 'Bye' and found the Multiplayer setting in Options and disabled it. DUH.
I want 'social' I get into Half-Life 2 Deathmatch! LOL! For real, that is what I do. Outlaws Wild Bunch is the server. I was in that for a while yesterday and kept thinking about how real the graphics were in RD2R. DANG that is the best looking game I have seen yet!
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Thanks Fafnir, I really do want this foot to heal, and I know it's gonna take quite a while to see that happen. So, I mind the doctor and nurses. I stay OFF this foot, don't go walking around at all. I roll around in my wheelchair, and I am getting even stronger in my "3 Limbed Mode". All that therapy in the rehab unit was to teach me just that exact thing.
And I even try to eat right! LOL!
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good for you McG you can do it
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I have a Samsung A 51 Smartphone on 5G (IF THE FREAKING SIGNAL IS AT FULL STRENGTH). Even at lower strength I get unlimited data. I am on T-Mobile too. I use my smartphone as my WiFi Hotspot, and can also tether to my PC for a more direct connection. I like the WiFi because of no wires to trip my long fingers over. LOL
Good Morning (well almost Noon here now). Things are looking good today.
TL, I noted that the voting is now closed, but that's good! The one I chose is going to be what we compete with. Just gotta dig deep in my Clouds to find what I hid there several years ago. LOLOL
Nearly noon now here too! I used to use the phone as a hot spot. TMobile still allows that but you will pay for blocks of gigs to use for Hot Spot. The PHONE itself has unlimited high speed data. My plan has that. BUT, the phone isn't used as a hot spot in that 'unlimited' at any speed. I needed that though. So, kept the phone, kept the plan, kept TMobile. And the consolation prize was their offer for High Speed Home Internet, $50 for life (gotta have auto pay or its $55 a month). THeir offer was too good to be true I thought. Told em so. "Well you can try it one month on us! If you like it, you keep the gateway and pay us every month. That's all!" Ok, I'll bite. Send it. They did, I set it up in 10 minutes, and even with TWO BARS signal strength, it's a clean solid two bars of weak signal. That gives me over 150 megabits per second download speed. Somehow, that 32 megabytes per second translates to a smidgen higher than 150 megabits! Like, um, twice that? My phone is a LG Stylo 6, and it's a 4G phone. So? That don't seem to make a difference to the phone calls. It would to the movies I watch, IF I watched them much on the 6.7" phone. Rather use the 32" or 40" TV's! Heh! But whenever I am out and need to do something on the interwebs, I got it on the phone, no problemo! Even watch occasional vids or movies while chafing in waiting rooms. ;o)
The TMobile internet gateway is a gray cylinder less than a foot tall, and 4.5" in diameter. The only wire going to it is its power wire from its little power brick. It is all about WiFi, and top end at that. ALL my devices connect to it easily, and Gateway looks after them too. BadMoonRYZEN, Lennie the Lenovi Laptop, two BluRay players, The D-Link Router, the TMobile TV block (think Rokor but FREE!), anything that is WiFi I have and want connected....gets connected! Even the BluRay Smart player in the living room, no problem. I watch my VUDU movies through that too. I am definitely enjoying this level of Internet Connectedness man! :oD
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Lots of horses McG. You can rope wild ones and break them as well, selling them for a profit or keeping them for yourself in Story ( single player) Mode.
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Good morning, PDG, Aelin and TL. Readying my submission for the Art Challenge. Goodness ray tracing takes a lot of power.
You got that right. :nopanic;
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Had to step away for a bit. Actually Sir Knight I found an overlay in Blender that tells me the execution time in milliseconds for each node calculation in my tree. Texture, geometry, whatever. Raytrace calculations are costly. I've got the .png stack to render the animation for that last gallery sequence at about 30 minutes per frame without perceptual loss before the motion blur and down to 20 minutes a frame for production but never would have done it without tweeking the Raycast settings. I don't think I could have done it in Poser with the current iteration of Cycles. I suspect raytracing with VOBs in DAZ is hard on the computations if that's the way you are going.
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Hey PDG, I may well buy that one again then. I got this other Run n Gun shooter from Bungie, Destiny 2. No slack, no peace, no exploring. Another shooter on rails. Sigh. I just want to explore, discover cool things, and not kill people or critters. That got old SO fast man. QUAKES and Half Life's fixed me for life on that part!
Got another one that fired up without no damn front end socializer. But while you can explore a bit, it is still a story shooter, and it's on rails too. Cyberpunk 2077.
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At about 7:50 I woke up, saw the time and freaked. I was gonna be late for my doctors appointment! Nooo! I hurried up, got ready, even got Frankensteins boot on and pumped up by myself! Got me and all my stuff to the car, got it loaded, got car warmed up and AC cooled the cabin off and here comes Alan. He tells me I am only 12 hours early. It is Thursday night, 8:30 *PM*. My clock don't give a AM or PM dammit!
Happy Birthday TO MEEEEE! Ha! :happydance: :grenade: :woohoo:
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Mornin' everyone. Happy Birthday McG and Happy Canada Day to any Canuks about.
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Good morning. Happy birthday McG
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked BBQ ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C Happy Canada Day to you!!
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Happy Birthday to you McG!!!!!
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Good Morning to all....
Happy Birthday McG.....Enjoy the day...but stay OFF of your feet....
And Happy Canada Day PDG and all of our Northern Neighbors...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....now to get the Birthday List up.....Was going to get in here earlier but was busy putting up flags in the yard...I do it every year.
Good Morning Noshoba.......
Be back in a minute...or two.....or three....LOLOL
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Nearly noon now here too! I used to use the phone as a hot spot. TMobile still allows that but you will pay for blocks of gigs to use for Hot Spot. The PHONE itself has unlimited high speed data. My plan has that. BUT, the phone isn't used as a hot spot in that 'unlimited' at any speed. I needed that though. So, kept the phone, kept the plan, kept TMobile. And the consolation prize was their offer for High Speed Home Internet, $50 for life (gotta have auto pay or its $55 a month). THeir offer was too good to be true I thought. Told em so. "Well you can try it one month on us! If you like it, you keep the gateway and pay us every month. That's all!" Ok, I'll bite. Send it. They did, I set it up in 10 minutes, and even with TWO BARS signal strength, it's a clean solid two bars of weak signal. That gives me over 150 megabits per second download speed. Somehow, that 32 megabytes per second translates to a smidgen higher than 150 megabits! Like, um, twice that? My phone is a LG Stylo 6, and it's a 4G phone. So? That don't seem to make a difference to the phone calls. It would to the movies I watch, IF I watched them much on the 6.7" phone. Rather use the 32" or 40" TV's! Heh! But whenever I am out and need to do something on the interwebs, I got it on the phone, no problemo! Even watch occasional vids or movies while chafing in waiting rooms. ;o)
The TMobile internet gateway is a gray cylinder less than a foot tall, and 4.5" in diameter. The only wire going to it is its power wire from its little power brick. It is all about WiFi, and top end at that. ALL my devices connect to it easily, and Gateway looks after them too. BadMoonRYZEN, Lennie the Lenovi Laptop, two BluRay players, The D-Link Router, the TMobile TV block (think Rokor but FREE!), anything that is WiFi I have and want connected....gets connected! Even the BluRay Smart player in the living room, no problem. I watch my VUDU movies through that too. I am definitely enjoying this level of Internet Connectedness man! :oD
I'm paying 90$ a month for my unlimited data, WiFi/Tethering, and insurance on my smartphone. For me the unlimited data includes the internet connection for all devices I can connect, and there is no limit on my use of it. I got a sweet deal on the Samsung Galaxy A51, and the insurance has paid for a new undamaged one, as the first one was dropped in the store after purchase, cracking the screen. My new one has no cracks, and is better protected from such accidents.
The reason so many Smartphones get dropped so easily if there is no jacket or screen protector is because the default casing is slippery. It will slip right out of the hand, if you don't hold it right.
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Good afternoon! It's weekend! :happydance:
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Enjoy your spectacle Aelin....and try and stay dry....
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When you said that, it was too late for :tearlaugh:
Happy Bday McG!
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LOL....with weather...you can't guess whether you'll be right or wrong about the weather... :OMFG:
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Good afternoon, Aelin and TL.
And Happy Birthday, McG! I hope it is a good one!
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Hello there Sir Knight....
I was busy downloading update 26.1 for my Comic Colletorz (https://www.collectorz.com/comic) program....Checking out the updates...they keep making this program better and better...LOVE IT....
Anyway....I think I have everything I needed to update updated in here. Now I'm going to get my August, Sept and October Birthday Templates ready....with :java: in hand....
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Wow, thank you all for the great Birthday wishes folks! I did have a pretty good day of it too. The Doctor visit was good, she and the nurses are pleased with how the problems are improving. I AM staying offa this foot. I live with my butt parked in the wheelchair for my time up. Then there is the bed time. Can't avoid either of these, so we minimize damage with devices like the "Cam Boot", Post Op shoes, compression wraps for the feet and legs, and so on. All help, and so do the meds. I can't beat it, so I learn how to manage it. :)
Had a birthday meal at Sonic. My favorite "Slop Burger". . . two beef patties, two cheezes, tomatoes and BACON! Onion rings, a med Coca Cola and last but not least - - a med CHEESECAKE Shake! Oooh that was good. That took care of HONGRY for a long time! LOL!
Now I am sitting back, still not hungry, and sipping one of Fafnir's great COFFEE's !!! Yup, very pleasant day indeed! :java:
Since it is also BadMoonRYZEN's birthday (its second!) I will figure out a nice present for it too! ;o)
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all.....
Tis a Saturday Morning and it looks to be a nice one here. Right now it's 56 degrees but should get up to 81 by the afternoon.
Looks like Dane County got their first case of Monkey Pox. Not sure if it was in Madison or the outskirts...But it's only one case thus far.
Thanks for the :Java: Fafnir....
And now to get things started in here. Won't be around this afternoon....Going to be a busy day here LOL...
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Glad you enjoyed your Birthday McG. Looks like you'll be starving yourself for the next for days so your body can get back to normal....that was some meal....but every once in a while doesn't hurt....
You and Ryzen enjoy the day....
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Good morning!
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And Good Afternoon..... :yesway:
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Good morning, Fafnir, TL and Aelin. Overcast day here with predictions of "Heavy Rain" for the afternoon.
Need some of your coffee today, Fafnir.
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You stole our rain Sir Knight....LOLOL.... Wouldn't you know they are forecasting rain for the 4th...but then again...they've been forecasting rain and missing the mark...
PS...Good Morning....Enjoy your Holiday Weekend. When I was working at Industrial Combustion we use to get to vote on which days to take our two floating Holidays. One was normally during the 4th if it landed on a Friday or Monday. Made for a 4 Day weekend LOL.
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Well, thanks, I think. :OMFG:
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Quick! get that man a copy of "Mr. Blue Skies"!!
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And the weirdest thing is that ... now the skies are blue. You must be a wizard, Wizzard!
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Well, thanks, I think. :OMFG:
Oooooops
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I was going to take my Oooops back Sir Knight but figured I'd better leave it up just in case LOLOL....
Not sure what we are going to get at the moment. It was a beautiful day until an hour ago...had to run out to take my flag down because the winds really started blowing....If I had hair it would have really gotten messed up.... :java:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin', Fafnir. Lots and lots of :java: this morning, please.
TL, still no rain, only threats here. I hope the winds ended up treating you more kindly than it sounded like they were going to do.
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Good morning everybody. Hope your long weekend, where appropriate; is going well.
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Good morning!
It's only a sunny day here.
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Good morning, PDG and Aelin!
Aelin, I'm glad to hear you have sun. :thumb_up:
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Good Morning to all.....
It is a absolutely gorgeous morning .....no wind....cool temps....plenty of sunshine.....and I was out at 6Am filling up the birdfeeders, changing the water in the bird bath, putting suet up for the squirrels, and feeding Blacky, Blacky 2 and Stripes...(the outside strays)
Then I put some of the little stars and stripes flags I have in the yard....and hung out my big flag...
But wouldn't you know....they are talking about some big storms coming in on the 4th....but then again...we ARE talking about weather people....though the new one on our Local NBC weather show is very lovely...and smart....it was funny yesterday when she showed the view of Madison with one of the viewcams...but on the lens there was a spider...and she actually went eeeeeek and stepped back LOLOLOL
Anyway....enjoy your day.....I'm enjoying mine already....
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On another note....I want to thank Sir Knight for being the first to enter Aelins newest Art Challenge. I'm sure Rad and some others will also join in the fun. The contests are for you folks....we love to give prizes away....
This Has Been A Public Broadcasting Announcement....
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If the stuff I look on internet is right, you can have something tomorrow around 8PM - but I have no idea of it's your 8PM or mine (which means in the last case your 1PM).
I see nothing going to Pennsylvania.
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I'm one of the rare ones who stays at home during the festivities. I watch all the fireworks from across the US on Youtube LOLOL....Don't like getting bit by bugs, screaming kids, drunk adults, outrages prices for items you don't need...but that's just me.
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Yeah, drunk adults are the worse. It's the reason for why we don't go for the feast of music since many many years when Summer comes. And same for July 14th.
I received my Digital Art issue recently (if only I had time to really read that :tearlaugh: ) and another email which talked about a Blender session for next Saturday. It appears it's mainly for beginners. But perhaps somebody will be interested.
https://digitalartlive.com/event/scene-creation-blender-for-beginners-session-1-introductory-session/
It's only 30 minutes. So if you want to look inside Blender but don't know yet if you really want to play with, here is a chance. It starts at 7PM from BST time.
You can look also their events (1 passed, the others to come) until next weekend.
https://digitalartlive.com/events/
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You forgot one TL. Falling bullets...
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Yup....those also Noshoba....LOLOL
Cool link Aelin and for some reason I have it in my bookmarks....but don't remember going to it LOLOL....Go figure...
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There are some weird videos on the net:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffi1gTmzfdQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffi1gTmzfdQ)
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That was cute Sir Knight!
Birthday done. :woohoo: Now on with the year! :D
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Cute card too, TL! Thanks :o)
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There are some weird videos on the net:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffi1gTmzfdQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffi1gTmzfdQ)
Indeed.
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The imagination at work with that vid Sir Knight....Loved it....
Good Morning to all....Hope your day is a safe one and the day stays dry. Not happening here...but as mentioned...I'll be viewing fireworks on the screen....
Doing Laundry right now....Just got in from feeding the critters...Put the smaller flag up this morning since the winds will be starting up...
Glad you liked the card McG...Love that place...some great cards.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Had one coffee....but one pot just doesn't cut it....more coffee :java: Ahhhhh
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Good afternoon!
It was a cloudly day at first, even rain after midday when I was on the way for the job. But finally we are ending with a lot of sun. But we are not far away from the closest are under a warning weather (thunderstorms, with possibly hail). We'll see :shrug:
EDIT: I forgot: Happy Independence Day! :happy4th1: :happy4th6:
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We just got done with round 1 of Thunderstorms...though the forecast was for them to start around 7 or 8 PM LOL Not even 2 O'Clock yet ... but I guess we ARE getting more later on...we shall see...
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I wanted to show you one of the tapestry being exposed where I work
https://www.cite-tapisserie.fr/fr/cr%C3%A9ation-contemporaine/appels-%C3%A0-cr%C3%A9ation/la-famille-dans-la-joyeuse-verdure
With my colleagues, last week we had the privilege to discover the exposition in our building before the people.
It's one of the modern "verdures" of Aubusson, made those last 10 years. We saw also tapestries old from several centuries.
I suggest you to click on the second little image, it shows the tapestry with its true colors.
And that is the next tapestry from Miyazaki's universe.
https://www.cite-tapisserie.fr/expositions/limaginaire-de-hayao-miyazaki-en-tapisserie-daubusson
That is just the "carton" made to create the tapestry, which will be ended next year.
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very interesting work Aelin
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Hi!
Happy 4th of July!
Enjoy!
Take care of yourself and your loved ones!
:fireworks:
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Looks interesting indeed....Something you enjoy is always a plus when you work....Thanks for sharing.
And Thanks for the greeting earwenM
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Indeed.
SO weird; I watched that one yesterday too!
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Nice artwork in those tapestries, Aelin! That second one, *MAX* Ernst is what that minds me of! He was the first to paint in 'surrealism', so I guess ALL surreal paintings remind me of him! Even if it's a tapestry! LOL!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for layer on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee if you please, kind sir.
Still recovering from my trip to the auction. We came back with a lot of bird houses and good memories of visiting with Amish friends. And, for me, a realization that I'm probably too old to be doing that sort of thing. :shrug:
Aelin, that tapestry to which you pointed is remarkable. I try to look at an artwork for a while before I read any accompanying written material to form my own idea of it. I kept finding new animals. But I missed Piolin for a long time. :(ROFLMAO: And the work is apparently in HIS museum! Thanks very much. I'll bet it was a joy to see in person. What a great place to work.
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Morning and Happy Birthday to J.
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Indeed. Although he seems to have lost his taste for coffee and / or gardens. Nevertheless,
:bday3:
J!
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Good Morning to all....
Yard cleanup this morning after last nights rolling thunderstorms. Started at 4PM and stayed with us until 2AM this morning. But on a good note...my lawn got much needed rain...
I'll take a double :java: Fafnir.
Almost lost my birdfeeders last night Sir Knight. One got blown off the HOOK I put it on but was full of seed so it didn't get far...Winds lifted it right off the hook....The second one stayed on the hook but got twisted up pretty good. Other then that...just a lot of branches, trash from across the street, and 6 trash barrels with the trash in someone else's yard...
Who needs to go to watch fireworks...though no one around here could anyway...
Hope you all had a great day yesterday....
And now to see what is what and who is who and why is where...with :java: in hand....
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Good afternoon!
I survived to an afternoon going from "Charybde to Scylla" :OMG: It was definitively not my afternoon :tearlaugh:
Nice artwork in those tapestries, Aelin! That second one, *MAX* Ernst is what that minds me of! He was the first to paint in 'surrealism', so I guess ALL surreal paintings remind me of him! Even if it's a tapestry! LOL!
In fact, there were some artists from the beginning of XX century who made "cartons" for tapestries: Picasso is one of them. I'm not totally sure, but between other kinds of artists there was perhaps Jean Cocteau too. I read too much on tapestry recently that I mix a lot :psycho:
Sir Knight, the age is in the head... until the body tries to say differently :tearlaugh:
That tapestry isn't in his museum (which I discovered only last night because no one told us during the visit) but it's very well in the building where I work currently. It's only for few weeks, after it's back in the archives of the "City of the Tapestry" in Aubusson. It doesn't seem the tapestries for the exposition come from far away around the world; from few collections in France yes. But that tapestry was a ask by the City of the Tapestry for the new "Verdures" in this century.
Unfortunately, the search (https://www.google.fr/search?q=verdures+d%27aubusson&hl=fr&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=614&ei=K4bEYqyyLIrGgQbYhYqABw&iflsig=AJiK0e8AAAAAYsSUO8ZAEuNOw4EU9a-zCXmPyrXJdB3_&ved=0ahUKEwjs86LCs-L4AhUKY8AKHdiCAnAQ4dUDCAY&uact=5&oq=verdures+d%27aubusson&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAgAEIAEELEDOgUIABCABDoECAAQAzoECAAQHjoGCAAQHhAFOgYIABAeEAhQswJY1Btgzx1oAHAAeACAAYICiAH9FpIBBjEuMTQuNJgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nsAEA&sclient=img) gives mainly the same tapestry again and again but if I have time I'll try to find more, and who knows perhaps 1 or 2 we have currently in the building.
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Here is the link to my favorite "verdure" from their exposition
"Verdure fine aux armes du comte de Brühl" (https://www.cite-tapisserie.fr/fr/ressources-th%C3%A9matiques/la-verdure-fine-aux-armes-du-comte-de-br%C3%BChl/un-chef-d%C5%93uvre-du-xviiie-si%C3%A8cle)
Not my cup of tea, but I can't find the 2 tapestries in the expo, there are by Marcel Gromaire, Summer and Winter. In all the 3 tapestries by hime I know now, there is always something related to North America. In the "Summer", which is supposed to be in Bretagne (western region of France), there is a turkey for example. And generally, the design on animals remind me some Native art. The wolf on the "Winter" is like a totem. Alas even the site of the City isn't showing a part.
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Indeed. Although he seems to have lost his taste for coffee and / or gardens. Nevertheless,
:bday3:
J!
Burned out is more accurate. Many thanks for the birthday wishes from you and Noshoba and everyone else. Now back to editing corrupt code plugs for the local hotel chain. :sigh: :thud:
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Looks like things are getting Cloudy in the Gallery! LOL
Loving the 15th Anniversary Contest Theme! It leaves a lot open to interpretation! Many different types of Clouds!
:rainy:
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Happy Birthday J!!!!!!!!
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Thank you
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Yes, indeed. Happy Bday J.
Now back at home. Went to son's house for a cookout/in. Too hot to stay outside. Good meal, good talk, good friends. Can it get any better than that? Evening was spent recovering from heat treatment and then we had to comfort our critters as they don't like loud noises. Like firecrackers and M80s. Paddy, out border collie/German Shep mix attempted to hide in our bed. Tinkerbelle, one of our chihuahuas was having none of it. Tried to bite his nose. Princess, the other chihuahua just said meh! and let it go. Rest of night good though. Paddy laid down on my side of the bed and just settled in.
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LOL....Sounds like a fun time...and a crowded bed.....
Got storms moving in right now....So I'll be out of here shortly...
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Another year closer to retirement. Happy B-Day "J"
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Happy Birthday, J! Try not to look back the way you came; it's just history trying to catchup with you!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' folks. Hope all are well.
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Good Morning to all....
Well, survived the night of storms and more yard cleanup but a lot less of it. The winds weren't that bad but the lightning was wicked...
Other then that...not sure what is planned for the day....with the price of gas, it sure won't be going for a ride in the country...oh wait...everywhere I go here in Wisc is a ride in the country LOLOL...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir and Good Morning PDG
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Sir Knight....I think we sent the storms in your direction...Just saw the weather report on the Today Show (NBC)...
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
Had to sneak in and get a big mug of your Dark Roast at double strength! Hope I didn't get all of it! Some really good wakeup liquid! LOLOL
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Past morning time here so now it's Ice Coffee time LOLOL
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Aw man what would we do without our * C O F F E E * ?!?!???! Last week had to fill up the Jeep, was $75.00 at $4.999 per gallon. Today I paid over a dollar a gallon less! Wow. My 22 oz vacuum insulated tumbler full of COFFEE kept the peace! Yessir, I got COFFEE, don't sweat the small stuff. Heh! :woohoo:
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Good afternoon!
Glad you are fine after storms; and hoping they won't be bad for Sir Knight.
Here was another sunny day. A tiny lizard profited of it near job, perhaps the one I almost crushed under my foot yesterday :thud: I think the little one was making too much confidence in humans to see him.
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TL we got some rain up here, and we sure needed it. Rained on us driving out to Amarillo for us both to visit a doctor. Went great. Jeep got a bath, the RainX wiper blades got used finally, and the temps stayed around 72F all morning. Time to leave the hospital, temp was headed for 3 digits. OK, Jeeps air conditioner works fine now, nice! :o)
TL, the wound care/podiatry visits will never end. IT's the nature of the various conditions my diabetes has treated me to. The work for me to do right by ME is For Always and Ever man. I am cool with this.
OK, time for bed! ZZZZZ zzzzzzz ZZZZZZZ zzz
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Aelin, it probably has been handled a few times by humans already. Otherwise, they usually disappear on sight!
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Aw man what would we do without our * C O F F E E * ?!?!???! Last week had to fill up the Jeep, was $75.00 at $4.999 per gallon. Today I paid over a dollar a gallon less! Wow. My 22 oz vacuum insulated tumbler full of COFFEE kept the peace! Yessir, I got COFFEE, don't sweat the small stuff. Heh! :woohoo:
Yeah; gas here has dropped at least a buck a gallon over the last few days. Another 45 cent per gallon drop tonight they say. Meanwhile the govt dropped about 40 cents a gallon or so in taxes. I don't drive so the price of fuel doesn't directly affect me as a travel cost. The loss of govt tax dollars does affect me. My bitch has been all along that a little pain is good for the soul. Drive less where possible. Save money. Save the planet. Win.Win. Dropping gas taxes just give you the placebo effect of seemingly saving while it is actually costing. Here municipalities rely on gas tax transfers from the govt to run their towns, fix their roads, build their schools and hospitals. They are not allowed by law to run deficits and must balance their budgets in order to get the cash.
Think about it. The price of fuel is now lower than it was before the taxes were removed. In other words, the govt is sacrificing 6 months of income needed to run the municipalities by appealing to the greed of the populace whining about a cost increase that was whiped out at the production level before the gas tax removal ever when into effect. Fuel is cheaper than it has been since before Christmas. Back when it was cold and we used more fuel.
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As long as you keep have it being taken care of McG...that all that counts...
Glad you got some rain....
I haven't got gas in a while. Don't do much traveling except to the clinic and the grocery stores...and maybe once every now and then to Lake Geneva to visit the Grandson and Great Grands...
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TL, yep. We got 'em.
Aelin, wasn't too bad. My work has a secondary generator and the data center has three levels of power protection so I could keep working during any excitement.
Thanks for the good wishes!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Love BBQ pork. I hope you have a good day. Coffee, if you please.
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So I was wrong. Gas didn't fall by 11 cents a litre last night. It fell by 12 and is going to drop another 8 or 10 tonight. Meanwhile the govt collects nothing and the city is going to fill 25,000 potholes this weekend. Don't come to TO on the weekends. Road closures every weekend for repair work. Subway service is shut down on at least one line every weekend and has been since 2009. No BS, 2009. We've only had full service on the weekends over Christmas these last number of years. I won't discuss CafeTO where the City has allowed bars and restaurants to plant tables in live traffic lanes. You can't drive here but at least you can afford to put fuel in the vehicle you can't find a place to drive or park.
On that happy note; good morning every one. I hope your days go well. I'll grab a coffee while I peruse the corridors please Fafnir.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C
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Mornin Sir Knight
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Good Morning to all.
Late start....Had a ton of stuff to do this morning and I think I got it all... In the meantime...hope you're going to get the weather we have now Sir Knight...Nice and cool, no rain, and low humidity....for today....Their not telling us what tomorrow will be like...at the moment it's only guess work...and our weather folks aren't afraid to say that LOLOL
PDG....once Spring hits here...it's road repair time...more lanes closed then Carter has liver pills. When I was traveling I can honestly say it was a tie between PA and NJ for the most roadwork each and every year. It's like they repair the roads one year and the next they say..."Oppps, this isn't working out...time to redo them" Especially on I80/90....:thud:
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Cool enough for hot coffee today...
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Good afternoon!
Against all forecast weather predictions, the sky is changing with dark grey clouds :shrug:
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Greetings, TL. Just at the tail end of the previous weather.
My office is in a effective island. There are only four roads that lead into the town. Naturally, as Spring hits, they start work on all four at once. Yep, New Jersey.
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I'm beginning to wonder if you're the one sending me all of this crappy weather of late Aelin LOLOL....No sun here today but it's a nice, calm, semi cool day thus far....
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Hi, Aelin. I'm afraid I might have sent you those. I blame TL. :ifonly:
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LOL Sir Knight.... I had to visit my Distributors in Union NJ, Sommerset NJ and Fort Lee NJ...and nothing but road work from one end of the State to the other .....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roasted BBQ chickens with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good afternoon! It's weekend :dancingknight:
Next week is my last at work before my holidays, then the official and forced August close time for the structure.
It was almost in thunderstorm format this morning for weather, but after the middle of that part of the day, it became sunny and it's still.
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Greetings, Aelin. Storms here again tonight. I have UPS's on the computers and network gear so I'll have a little time before I'm kicked off the net.
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Good Late Afternoon to all....
Had things to do this morning....and they are now officially done.... then I'm resting....after I get done in here LOL...
So Aelin, When you say "Forced August Close Time" does that mean closed for the season? or just August? You probably told me 100 times but sometimes things said don't stick around long in this noggin :tearlaugh:
Been raining a nice steady rain all day....Needed it...knocked off some of that 7.9" deficit from our draught numbers
Other then that...not much happening...
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Take care Sir Knight!
Good Late Afternoon to all....
Had things to do this morning....and they are now officially done.... then I'm resting....after I get done in here LOL...
So Aelin, When you say "Forced August Close Time" does that mean closed for the season? or just August? You probably told me 100 times but sometimes things said don't stick around long in this noggin :tearlaugh:
Been raining a nice steady rain all day....Needed it...knocked off some of that 7.9" deficit from our draught numbers
Other then that...not much happening...
I didn't tell you before in fact. The place has the legal obligation to close for August. I have not really idea why for, but you know administrations in general they don't leave you the choice.
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Do any other business do that in your part of town?
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Depends of the owners and their activities. But that happens, and it's sad with the tourists coming around :shrug:
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Strange...but then again...maybe there is a logic behind the decisions... :OMFG: :nopanic; :tearlaugh:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning.. Let's see if the newbie shows up. Might pass out if he does lol. 4th time he has been scheduled to be with me.
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Good morning, Fafnir and Noshoba.
Coffee for me, please, Fafnir. It's going to be another one of those days.
Noshoba, from the heat?
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Good morning!
It's a full sunny day this time, no clouds (yet) in the sky.
Back from the "braderie" we have monthly, and I loved to find pants at only 10€, when it was at the beginning 79€. I know that because it's a new one, with its sticker. Since 1 or 2 years, there is a law that stuff not sold by shops have to be given to associations or "second hand" shops, and no more destroyed. I who don't like to go to shop I never bought to so much clothe in m life :tearlaugh: I'm ready to hold a seat :psycho:
Strange...but then again...maybe there is a logic behind the decisions... :OMFG: :nopanic; :tearlaugh:
Decisions decided by state are rarely logical. Do you find a logic to have all museums in France forced to close their doors each Tuesday? That's the rule :shrug:
For us it's pretty the same way. "you stop that time and that's all". It will be time to go in the woods on the hills around to visit really, not just mainly admire most of them. One of my colleagues gave me few indications for a path starting from the castle hill - the hill of Chapitre.
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No shock he actually shows up to work.
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Good Morning Sir Knight, thanks for the :java: Fafnir, good morning Noshoba, Dreamer and DLL
The sun is shinning....the coffee is hot....and my mind is less foggy then yesterday.....which isn't saying much :nopanic;
Right now I'm in the office and I have Pluto TV on. Just got done watching "My Favorite Martian" and next up...The Carol Burnett Show....I have the TV on just for sound...but every now and then I'll take a peek...
Anyway...no plans today but tomorrow I start my regiment for my Stress Test on Monday...Gotta find my sneakers, figure out what pills I can and can't take and what I can and can't eat and drink...
And now ON WITH THE SHOW...with :java: in hand....
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Good morning fine folk. My provider failed yesterday so I've not been around. Landline, tv, and internet. Down. Wi-Fi, banking, Customs, hospitals and 911 service. Down. There's going to be a lot of questions that need to be answered. The outage was pretty much country wide and affecting crap internationally. There are still businesses closed this morning as they cannot take payment or access POS systems as I noticed on my morning grocery walk. I skipped Ed today as I wasn't sure they would be open and didn't want him driving downtown through traffic hell for no reason. Nice morning and the exercise was good. Even if it took about 10 times as long as normal due to lots of stopping to catch my wind, amongst other things.
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Any idea what the cause was PDG. And yup...todays world would have to shut down if the electronics failed. One of my favorite movies is one called "Delete" It's a two part movie but I can see this happening some time in the future.....
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PDG, that's a remarkable outage. Were there trouble with traffic lights as well? Or is traffic always that bad?
According the Associated Press, Rogers still hasn't said what happened.
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I was reading some articles about the outage also Sir Knight...What a mess....and they were in the middle of some sort of deal.
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Ooh. Is there any good news today? I'll have a try! WE'VE had light rains off and on for just at a month now, pretty near every day or night! Results in afternoon steaminess as the poodles evaporate, but hey it delays the thermometer hitting 100°F by two or three hours most 0f the time. That's nice! I am glad I got my groceries at Walmart early the other day. I got all but two items I ordered, and we found where a grocery bag filled with pouches of Sugar Free MENTHOL Cough Drops fell down the gap back of front seat, which gave me TEN pouches steads of 5! So the total of 700 drops might last me a bit. Heh! The food items mostly mix well with rice, so I'm good till August I guess. Gasoline dropped price yet again, it is now about $3.50 a gallon again.
On a sour note, my desktop PC, BadMoonRYZEN, didn't want to fire right up when I pushed START the other day when I got home from Dr visit. Back 10 years ago, I would have been checking my HD's and moving stuff around, just in case. So, what are the warnings with only SSD's? And more, what to DO about it IF one is becoming an issue?
So the health stuff is still healing, my normal work on that continues like always. Stay off the foot. Keep sugar down. Take all my meds. Yep. Always!
Been a pleasure folks, great seeing everyone again!
McG. :oD
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Have you added any new programs that may have slowed down your start up time. I've gone in and cleaned my startup config a number of times due to newly added programs that think they have to startup when the computer turns on. Use to be a time way back when they would ask if you wanted it to be included with startup.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning everyone. Looks like Rogers got their crap together and service is back to normal. Still no real answer as to what went down. The usual conspiracy theories abound. Russians, Chinese, Hackers, God. Ask whom you wish and get a different answer.
Sir Knight traffic direction seams to be a completely different system all together.
Rogers is waiting on approval for a merger with Shaw. There is little choice as to provider here. There are three. No area has three choices. There are two providers in some areas, but it drops to one depending upon your location. This merger will bring it to two national carriers. All smaller service providers are leasing space on the major carriers equipment.
McG; when SSDs fry it is usually instantaneous and I have yet to see a recovery program to access the info stored on the drive. It should be possible though. I suspect, like TL stated; that you may have more stuff added into your startup routine by driver software or those foolish RGB lighting programs that seem part of everything these days.
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Good afternoon!
Another sunny day here. They continue to pretend we didn't have enough water, that we are worse than previous year. Yeah, so why the grass stays so green this year and isn't yellow like last year - or the years before? :whatthe:
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Good Morning to all....
Aelin, Looks to be a beautiful day today. Our grass is green once again...we are still below our normal but not by much...
Gotta do some grocery shopping this morning and then get the lawn mowed this afternoon. That will get me ready for my stress test tomorrow...Starts at 12PM and gets over at 3PM....I'm thinking I'll be all worn out after that LOL.
Read articles about the Rogers outage yesterday PDG...and yup...many theory's tossed around and they made mention of the upcoming merger...but can you imagine if something like that happened world wide.
That's why I love that movie I mentioned "DELETE" ..... Some of it is "Uh Huh...Righhht"
Anyway...gotta get the day started...thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
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Afternoon all. Back again. Yesterday was sort of a blur as had to visit Wallyworld. Had to get a few supplies for Connie and food for the critters. Car was nice and cool, not so much when had to get out. Returned home and laid down to take a nap. Lasted a good four hours. Felt kinda/sorta so didn't do all that much. Did finish a nice render for my adopted son. Works as a manager for the Dead Lobster so I put Samantha to work as a waitress for the pic.
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Nice one, Hipshot!
And good afternoon. Good to see you.
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pretty she is nice work Hip
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I'm also on the worn out list.... Shopping done....yard FINALLY done....and I'm done also :thud:
Great render HS.....Love the "Dead Lobster" name.
Hope all had a grand day.....I think after mowing this lawn of mine....a stress test will be a piece of cake LOLOLOL.....
Have a great night folks...see you in the morning....for a short time...
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be seafood gumbo with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. :java: to start the week, I think. Did the girls use okra in that gumbo?
I wish you a good day!
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Mornin' everybody. Hope your day goes well. Looks like rain but I'll believe it when I see it. Today is watch the ground shake day as I put the network on bake the sim mode. When all the fans get cranking I can feel it through my feet in the next room. Glad electricity is included in my rent.
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yes they use okra in their gumbo and celery onion and bell pepper and if their spices ain't enough they can add dried chili peppers to taste
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Sounds yummy Fafnir.
Mornin' all. Got up a bit ago. Seems there has been a change of plans with a good friend. Connie won't be going up to see her sister for a good bit. Hate those early mornin' calls, but can live with them. On the other hand . . . . .
So far the telemarketers are behaving themselves. Only good thing is that if call has a NM area code its one of ....... THEM!!!!! :rat-atat: I know its not nice ....... but I would still like to do that to the lot of them. On the other hand, I am awake and mobile. Think I'll work on some more poser, then might edit/write a bit more.
Was going to vent on my #!%^&&* grandson, but I'm in too good a mood, though that is subject to change if he calls back.
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Good afternoon!
It was a sunny sunny day with good temperatures.
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Well the weather stayed relatively cool and I got my sims run and rendered. For the most part anyway. Dr. Ho and his foot massage pads got nothing on this desk with all the boxes cranked up. The fans are in balance. There are just a lot of them. Sounds like the inside of an industrial HVAC unit sitting here. I need the cool weather to do the work. This apartment doesn't have air-con and there is little circulation. Keeping everything under 45c in these boxes is easier said than done.
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:ifonly: Came across this I have found thelufias Theme Song!
COFFEE COFFEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZBffDupBw0
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Have you added any new programs that may have slowed down your start up time. I've gone in and cleaned my startup config a number of times due to newly added programs that think they have to startup when the computer turns on. Use to be a time way back when they would ask if you wanted it to be included with startup.
Right, I call those 'nuisance programs'. No new ones in startup. If I shut the rig down, power off, every day it would be easy to pinpoint the cause. I don't. So, I deal with not so simple. :)
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McG; when SSDs fry it is usually instantaneous and I have yet to see a recovery program to access the info stored on the drive. It should be possible though. I suspect, like TL stated; that you may have more stuff added into your startup routine by driver software or those foolish RGB lighting programs that seem part of everything these days.
Good to know in advance what the SSD's are likely to do when they head off to Neverland. No moving parts is great. They "should" last forever, right? Ha. Right.
The only RGB lightshow thing I still use is the same one that controls the CPU Fan. Can't do without that one. There is one motherboard LED bank that runs on its own. Through the BIOS, and I have no applet to mess with that, so I leave it on. (shrugs) no biggie right?
I am to the place there is an unidentified malicious program that's slipped in. Knowing how they can be, I will take it all offline and do the long deep scan to find whatever gremlins it can.
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Though I was about to nod off in fatigue, having just got home from a long tiring visit to the VA Med center.... I forgot to mention that it was Windows that balked on startup. So, I told it to fix itself, and that it DID. Took a while. Maybe ten minutes. For BadMoonRYZEN that seems slow to me. Normal cold start is about 30 seconds to usable desktop. When it just hangs around with the BIOS screen showing for a minute, I know something's wrong. Windows did not say exactly what was messed up, and I can't find it in the logs. Hm. All my stuff did start when it fixed whatever went wrong. I just wanna know what it actually fixed!
Sir Knight, PDG, any thoughts? Ah, one more thing. I have not shut off, down, put to sleep nor restarted the rig since it finally started that time. The counter shows 5 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes, 0 seconds UP time (since last BOOT up) right now.
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Could your Bios Battery be dead?
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be oven roasted ham with all the fixings and sweet tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Glad to hear they make real gumbo. :woohoo: Coffee if you would. It was a rough night.
McG: Did you check the startup repair log?
C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt
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Morning All.
McG, A game stub? You were downloading games the other week. Check to make sure whatever was uninstalled was indeed, totally uninstalled. Might be something floating around the registry still. Some uninstallers can mess registries and Windoze will try to do some repair when prompted to do so, though success is limited.
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Good morning, PDG. Any cooler by now?
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Good morning Folks!
Fafnir, a double strength mug of your dark roast :java: Please.
I know I have said I won't do really long renders, but this In the Clouds theme for this month is inspiring, to say the least. So I used a Bryce Volumetric Cloud slab, edited it in the Materials Lab, resized it to make the cloud tall and big. Next I built my scene with a water plane, Hermineo Nieves' Millennium City, retextured with Bryce Procedural Mats, and a very large spaceship coming out of the cloud modeled using a Bryce Symmetrical Lattice shaped with a personally generated heightmap, and textured using a Bryce Procedural Mat. The Procedural Mats I used were created in Bryce by me, using the Bryce Deep Texture Editor.
I just had to have at least one image that has volumetric clouds to upload for this month's contest. Most of the effects I wanted to achieve in the image worked better than I was expecting, though some inherent render anomalies were unavoidable. Still, I have to say the image looks pretty good, for an application that has not had an upgrade in more than a decade. Bryce can do a lot of great stuff even now, so I'm proud of how well it still works.
:happydance: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
The image is now up in the gallery here.
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Good Morning to all.....
Got done with all of my appointments yesterday and I still live....somewhat LOLOL....That stress test was a 3 hour deal...
Then had to see a few specialist...and then I was done for the day....and was NOT in the mood for the net....I never take naps but by gosh...I did yesterday...that treadmill reached level 4 before they stopped the test....:thud:
Anyway....McG...if you keep the computer on all the time....when's the last time it actually got a good inside cleaning....Dust and Pethairs are a computers enemy.....no matter if you have the best cooling system in the world.
A beautiful day here today......but not going anywhere or doing anything LOLOL...
And I'm getting off net shortly and continue deleting unwanted items from the computers....Been cleaning the externals up for a bit now....and consolidating....
So...on that note....have a great day....
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Good afternoon!
Tomorrow, I'll try to pass during my midday because I'm going to supervise a spectacle with a colleague. And who knows? Perhaps there will be a firework after that, like most of the towns, villages or cities have forgotten since almost 20 years the national celebration is July 14th :shrug:
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Life is good Sir Knight.
I was looking yesterday for the original video for Rad Gumbo by Little Feat. Reminds me of here; the Coffee Shop, but I just couldn't find a legit link.
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I'll take a look Agent.
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I'll take a look Agent.
Thanks PDG. I read your comment for the image. The other comments mentioned the movie "Independence Day", and truth be told, it does have that flavor; though I was not thinking about that when I composed the image. LOL As the US was born in this month, July 4, 1776, it is fitting that one image brings that day to mind, even if the film was not about the "Revolutionary War". Then again, my image was not about that either. But I'll let it be what the people want. :shrug: :thumb_up:
An 18 and a half hour render, for that one. Longest render time I have ever done!
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World saved by a computer virus. Visually a good movie but otherwise ? Maybe it helps to be American because I had issues with that film.
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Good morning everyone. Hump day yet again.
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Good morning!
I pass quickly like I said yesterday because I'm working tonight.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs and pulled pork with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all.....Still recovering from yesterdays tests LOL..... A rather chilly start to the day today...but it's going to get up to 75 degrees later in the day. No plans for the day but got many projects half finished ...... as always....but such is life....
Thanks for the coffee Fafnir.....Waving at Aelin as she passes by....and a good morning to you PDG....Hope the day goes good.
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Good afternoon!
The show was a little after 6:30 PM for us. Like it's something less than 1 hour, we had time after. But the firework at Aubusson will start sooner and a part of the streets at the foot of the castle must be closed, so we were back sooner than I expected :smile:
The spectacle was at Saint-Georges Nigremont and I discovered that little village. Wonderful view on the landscape, but with all the stairs between the visitors' parking and the top, you have to do sport :tearlaugh:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Could your Bios Battery be dead?
No, BIOS check is good. If that was dead, it wouldn't go into BIOS, or remember its settings. Such as they are, it remembers them.
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Thanks for the help guys, it gives me direction(s) to go in.
@ PDG - am looking at the Win Programs and Features in Settings, got to uninstall some parts of the games they left behind. Specially Revolver. GRRR. Its 'front end' is still there. There are others to round up too. THX for that!
@Sir Knight - I don't have that folder as named. So, am using Computer Management tool to find logs. Did find one that does not state which drive it's for, I assume it's for C:\ the boot drive. Error 154, starting on June 18 ending July 12 when it had trouble starting up from a cold shut down. No errors since then, that is when Win 10 stepped up and offered to repair Windows. It ALSO put itself online disobeying my explicit order NOT to auto update...and fully updated Windows 10. Took it about a minute. Dammit.
Wondering why I don't have a \\System32\...\Logs kinda folder. Will go look for that one pronto.
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Good morning everyone. Coffee and Creek if you please Fafnir. So; I found out why I couldn't track down the Little Feat video I was thinking of. There isn't one. I was remembering something that was never published. The tune was part of the Road House soundtrack. A bad Patrick Swayze movie; or so I've been told. I've never seen it. I did however know Jeff Healey quite well. He was the house band in the movie. Ed's wife Kim reminded me that we had seen a lot of raw footage for that film when I asked Ed if he remembered a Rad Gumbo release video.
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Dirty Dancing was good. Period. Roadhouse, in spite of having Sam Elliot as Patrick Swayzes mentor and fellow butt kicker...flopped.
I think Independence Day and Independence Day: Resurgence were absolutely preposterous. But fun to watch anyway. I don't recall anything in either to give serious thought to except for possible technology advances. It's a popcorn flick to me. No matter how much ya eat of it, you still got room for supper! ;)
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Good morning everyone! Hey PDG, I recall now this hard start didn't happen till after I uninstalled (and got refunded) two of those 4 games. So, I'm looking!
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Good morning!
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and McG.
Fafnir, some of your strongest coffee, please. Rough night and long day ahead.
PDG, glad you've located the song, even it's in a sound track. I quite enjoyed Road House. Has some great quotes:
“I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead.”
“My way...or the highway.”
and lots more. Is Jeff really blind?
McG: Glad you found the file. The location that I suggested is where it puts the file when there's a BSOD. We should probably move further discussion to another forum to avoid boring the uninterested.
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Or worse...
Interesting the bored.
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Cheers
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Good morning everyone! Hey PDG, I recall now this hard start didn't happen till after I uninstalled (and got refunded) two of those 4 games. So, I'm looking!
Some games seem to have a residual affect on a computer when they are uninstalled. Kind of like the nasty surprise left behind when you kick a bad dog out. Trouble is when you step in it... :whatthe: :ARNOLD:
No, it don't even smell like chocolate! Yyeck!
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and McG.
Fafnir, some of your strongest coffee, please. Rough night and long day ahead.
PDG, glad you've located the song, even it's in a sound track. I quite enjoyed Road House. Has some great quotes:
“I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead.”
“My way...or the highway.”
and lots more. Is Jeff really blind?
McG: Glad you found the file. The location that I suggested is where it puts the file when there's a BSOD. We should probably move further discussion to another forum to avoid boring the uninterested.
Yes, he was. His family still manages a web site for him if I recall correctly. He had a bar of his own till he died; where of course, he and the guys were the house band. It was underneath a biker dive bar I managed back in those days till i took over running a three story night club for the Ballanger brothers on the opposite side of the street. If you remember Kevin Costner's Dancing With Wolves, Grahame Greene was another regular patron of mine when he got too crazy for Jeff downstairs. I knew a lot of people in those days due to being a ACTRA (actra.ca) member as a film extra, and the band booker / manager / head bar tender for the clubs I ran over the years.
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Dirty Dancing was good. Period. Roadhouse, in spite of having Sam Elliot as Patrick Swayzes mentor and fellow butt kicker...flopped.
I think Independence Day and Independence Day: Resurgence were absolutely preposterous. But fun to watch anyway. I don't recall anything in either to give serious thought to except for possible technology advances. It's a popcorn flick to me. No matter how much ya eat of it, you still got room for supper! ;)
A very long time ago McG I had a lady that would claim that buttered popcorn was supper. Carbs, salt, and dairy. Add a coke for the sugar and caffeine and that was all a girl needed for supper. I never convinced her otherwise. I last saw her about 20 years ago. She weighed over 220lbs at 5'4'' and had diabetes. Sitting all her day at an office desk job probably didn't help.
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<--waaaaaaaves to everyone... I just found out this is the place to 'chat'... I'm wavin'... and chattin'... :)
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good to hear from you welcome to the coffee shop Llola
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Hi, Llola. Glad to have you here.
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good to hear from you welcome to the coffee shop Llola
Thanks Fafnir... name seems familiar... I think we've met??? If not... Nice to mee'cha ;) :happydance:
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Hi, Llola. Glad to have you here.
Thanks rrkknight3... Nice to be here.... and ... Nice to mee'cha too :)
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I am trying to get caught up reading some of the 220+ pages... but I can see the subject changes almost page by page... LOL.
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yes the subjects change daily and sometimes more
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be shepherds pie with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' all. Just passing through. Honda Indy weekend so I'm a busy boy. Track is only a 10 minute or less walk from here. I haven't missed one since it's inception and now with restrictions lifted the "Roar on the Lakeshore" is back after a 2 year break.
Howdy Lola. Long time no "see".
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Llola !!!!! Huge huggles. at the other home first typoing in the forums was restricted, then a logout\login to reset the cookies...... well.... got halfway through that. now its back to "timedout try again fool!"As a result I only see you guys here...
Agent comes in now and then, pretty regular, check his images in the gallery. Missed ye cutie.
CHeers
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Good Morning, everybody! Welcome to the Coffee Shoppe and Gardens thread Llola! Good to see you found your way in!
Yes the subject here changes several times a day, and sometimes we have what I call 'Cross Commenting'; several subjects being discussed at the same time, often within the same comment.
Now, getting back to the topic... Ummmmm... :peek: :odd: :whatthe: :java: :lostme: ;perplexed: :doc:
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<--waaaaaaaves to everyone... I just found out this is the place to 'chat'... I'm wavin'... and chattin'... :)
Well, good to see you here my friend....Would have said "HELLO" earlier but yesterday was a turbulent day....every now and then one has to have one of those LOLOL...
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Good Morning to all....
As mentioned...yesterday was a very busy day but it's good to have one of those every now and then. But then again....my "Now and Thens" have been coming up more and more of late....but as the old saying goes.... "Such is Life"
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...need one today. Got to go out again this afternoon...but only for a short time.
Raining cats and dogs today...with a few pups and kittens thrown in for good measure...
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Good afternoon!
Hey Llola, glad to see between all our corridors you finally managed to find the Coffee Shop :woohoo: Go for a well deserved :java: made with love by Fafnir!
And yes, we have chaning topics according what one or the other says, and/or according the mood. Any new topic is possible any time.
TL, hope the day is less turbulent, despite the weather. But at least your farmers have water and they must appreciate it in a good mesure.
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Hi Llola, good to see you here. Oh don't worry about the odd rummbles and grumble coming from the dark corner in the back, its only me hiding in the shadows and making the odd bottle of rum vanish from time to time :phfft:
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Good afternoon!
Hey Llola, glad to see between all our corridors you finally managed to find the Coffee Shop :woohoo: Go for a well deserved :java: made with love by Fafnir!
And yes, we have chaning topics according what one or the other says, and/or according the mood. Any new topic is possible any time.
TL, hope the day is less turbulent, despite the weather. But at least your farmers have water and they must appreciate it in a good mesure.
Yup on the rain Aelin...only time I'd really complain about the rain is if I'm in a rowboat with my laptop telling everyone about the rain.... :nopanic;
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Yup on the rain Aelin...only time I'd really complain about the rain is if I'm in a rowboat with my laptop telling everyone about the rain.... :nopanic;
I believed the rowboat was only when somebody was drooling? :tearlaugh:
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I'm not sure I'd want to sit in a rowboat full of drool :nopanic; :tearlaugh:
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<--WAVEzzzzzzzzzz to everyone... Such wonderful hellozzzzzzzzz... THANK YOU one and all. I am getting notices to my email so I was able to read wha'cha all said... greetingz n such...
Sorry I couldn't get back sooner... Today was my day to volunteer at our local animal shelter... Some of you know me on FB and follow me. I'm a cat person and working at the shelter gives me the chance to give back to the cats... purrrrrrrrrrrrr.... I am also a foster mama to kittens... Hubby and I have fostered 40 cats/kittens so far this past 4 years... We usually take a break in the summer to do camping n such. We have 4 'foster failures' of our own with Weeble being our special needs cat. He has Cerebellar Hyperplasia. He wobbles when he walks... Don't worry he isn't in pain... He's just a bit clumsy and messy.
Well that's a little about me... NOT that you asked for it.. lol.
Do peeps post artwork to this thread or is it just for chatting? I didn't read all the pages... Be well everyone... I'll try and check back once a day at least.
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art goes in the gallery link found on the left side bar of this page
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Mornin' all. In and out. Off to the track for the day. No rain from TL so all is good.
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Good morning, PDG. I hope that you enjoy the race!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir! I could use some of your good :java: this morning. I hope all is well with you and yours.
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Good morning!
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I visit your FB place often Mary(Llola).....and always enjoy the pictures of the kitties and cats you and you husband take care of....Hugs to you both for doing that...
As for images....You post in those in the gallery....go HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=14559.0) for the guide on how to put them in.
Good morning to all...after a hell of a rainy day yesterday....it looks to be another one today....but not as heavy. We shall see....
Thankfully....no place to go today....nothing to do outside...so after I'm done in here I can get back to cleaning up drives...
And now for a :java: and a quick tour..and get some weekly winners posted...
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Good Morning Aelin, PDG, Sir Knight, Agent, Dreamer and thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
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Good Morning,...Well almost Noon here, but still morning for 27 more minutes. LOL
Having hot tea for the sinuses. The aroma has benefits! :feelgood: :thumb_up:
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<--wavezzzzz to the gang...
I know about the gallery... unfortunately if I click on my gallery it shows no artworks for me (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/index.php?cat=11287 (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/index.php?cat=11287))... From what I understand things before 2019 got deleted and it may be that long since I've posted... lol. I will try and get some new stuff up this weekend. Not sure if peeps look at the gallery here.
This seems to be a 'man' thread... Where are all the women??? LOL... Oh wait.. they must be working and keeping house :P
Thanks thelufias for visiting my FB page. I will be posting a slide show of my artworks from the Daz Contest as soon as we know the winners. I am so proud of myself... I created 50 new artworks for the month long challenge. A render-a-day and some days 2! (sorry to be bragging... I'll quit now)... lol. I need a render rest!
No big plans today for us here in Ohio... just church later and dinner... The rest of the day we are putzin' around the house. Oh... and I have laundry in the washer to dry and fold later. Woo hoot... Big day! LOL
Stay well everyone... Hugzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Llola, that's because you didn't put art in that part of the gallery.
I think each of us much has a folder with his or her name. But we rarely use them for real.
In place, look for https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/profile.php?uid=1287 which is your profil with (at left) your images and (at right) the comments you made.
The most recent image you added is in "FREEBIE Show Off Area" folder in the gallery. Even I should say the 2 most recent.
All our images are still linked to our name, but not necessarilly in 'our' folder.
That means, if you participate to a contest, you will post the image(s) in the dedicated part of the gallery, and the image(s) will be linked anyway to your name.
Nope, men are doing the house stuff, after drooling all the day before the nurse of the Attic :iminnocent:
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<--wavezzzzz to the gang...
I know about the gallery... unfortunately if I click on my gallery it shows no artworks for me (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/index.php?cat=11287 (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/index.php?cat=11287))... From what I understand things before 2019 got deleted and it may be that long since I've posted... lol. I will try and get some new stuff up this weekend. Not sure if peeps look at the gallery here.
This seems to be a 'man' thread... Where are all the women??? LOL... Oh wait.. they must be working and keeping house :P
Thanks thelufias for visiting my FB page. I will be posting a slide show of my artworks from the Daz Contest as soon as we know the winners. I am so proud of myself... I created 50 new artworks for the month long challenge. A render-a-day and some days 2! (sorry to be bragging... I'll quit now)... lol. I need a render rest!
No big plans today for us here in Ohio... just church later and dinner... The rest of the day we are putzin' around the house. Oh... and I have laundry in the washer to dry and fold later. Woo hoot... Big day! LOL
Stay well everyone... Hugzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I'll admit, I'm a man. No, not into wearing a woman's wig; especially with how it would look with my long beard. Truth be told, I used to have very long hair that I kept pulled back in a ponytail. Had to cut it off when my bald spot got too big.LOL
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Nope, men are doing the house stuff, after drooling all the day before the nurse of the Attic :iminnocent:
:nopanic;
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Huh, I thought we were just disproving that women are chatterboxes, and men as talkative as a rock. 8 )
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We definitely disprove that!
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:OMFG:
Mulan- I'll make a man out of you (with lyrics) (HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10KGEAcRy-c
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:OMFG:
Mulan- I'll make a man out of you (with lyrics) (HD)
That's wonderful Radkres... but I think I'll stay a woman ;)
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Llola, that's because you didn't put art in that part of the gallery.
I think each of us much has a folder with his or her name. But we rarely use them for real.
In place, look for https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/profile.php?uid=1287 (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/profile.php?uid=1287) which is your profil with (at left) your images and (at right) the comments you made.
The most recent image you added is in "FREEBIE Show Off Area" folder in the gallery. Even I should say the 2 most recent.
All our images are still linked to our name, but not necessarilly in 'our' folder.
That means, if you participate to a contest, you will post the image(s) in the dedicated part of the gallery, and the image(s) will be linked anyway to your name.
Nope, men are doing the house stuff, after drooling all the day before the nurse of the Attic :iminnocent:
I'll figure this all out one of these days... But if someone wants to see my art... clicking on my profile is the only way they have to see it... So I best put my artworks there. :thumb_up:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Folks. Quick visit and a coffee and I'm off to the track. Busy day with four series races plus the Indy Car race at 3:30.
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Good morning!
Guys, it seems you have no idea how talkative the rocks are :winks:
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Good morning!
Guys, it seems you have no idea how talkative the rocks are :winks:
Kind of depends on where the rocks are sitting. In a babbling brook the rocks use the voice of the water. In Death Valley, they might not talk, but they do move under specific conditions, (not by any means made by man). If they are in pile, they chatter when they are disturbed by outside forces, using the voice of their collisions with each other. Really big rocks can talk by means of weather, erosion, or tectonic activity. Rocks do talk, but not all of the time.
Good Morning Aelin, and the same to everybody else. Got me some strong coffee, and a bowl of Raisin Bran. I'm good to go!
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<--yawnzzzzzzzzzz-n-wavezzzzzzzzzzzzz ... Is it morning already??? (sips coffee)... It was SUPPOSED to rain over night... this morning... today... and everything is missing us... :( We could use the rain. It happens a lot... We call it the Elyria Split! I think we have a wind tunnel that splits the rain clouds where we live. Lots more on radar... but we didn't get a drop last night. (sighs)... Oh well... I guess I'll git renderin'... I have my VALENTINES challenge artwork to finish then post. Be well everyone! Hugzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Good Afternoon to all.....Twas a busy morning....Lorna and I were babysitting the new neighbors 3 little girls while they were moving things in...plus we had our old neighbors little girl over here also with the two boys...
My art supplies came in handy to say the least...as did the WiiU, Game Cube and Nintendo....:thud:
Then it took an hour or so to put the place back in order.....
And here I am....worn out before the day begins....
Good Afternoon Llola, Agent, Aelin, Fafnir, PDG and anyone else I missed....
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Good afternoon, TL. Greetings to anyone else who's actually here. The forum thinks that PDG is around but he said he was going to the track.
I hope everyone is having a good Sunday!
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And a good afternoon to you Sir Knight.....
I'm trying to find some good music for us LOLOL
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And here I was going over my files for next semester's class
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Have fun with that "J". I've been cleaning up and sorting externals....Been doing that for a long time and I'm finally seeing a little clear space in a few of them LOL...
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Not even going to try and read back. Afternoon ended up sleeping day away.
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Rest is always a good thing...especially on the weekends....
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<--wakes up and wavezzzzzzzz... Just had a little nap after dinner... Just a lazy rainy day in Ohio. (Yawnzzzzzzz).... Hubby and I watched a good movie last night... A Quiet Place II... So excited they are working on a III.
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I liked the first one ..... forgot they were making a second one ..... thanks for the reminder.....and I'm sure after I watch the second one I'll forget that they are making a third one.... :java: LOLOL
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I liked the first one ..... forgot they were making a second one ..... thanks for the reminder.....and I'm sure after I watch the second one I'll forget that they are making a third one.... :java: LOLOL
From what I read the 2nd one did better than the first and Hubby and I sort of like it better... Lots of suspense. Let me know how you like it once you see it .. lol
According to the Wiki they are making 2 more... One called DAY ONE... when the aliens land... Due out in 2023... and the 3rd A QUIET PLACE III is due out in 2025.
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and McG.
Fafnir, some of your strongest coffee, please. Rough night and long day ahead.
PDG, glad you've located the song, even it's in a sound track. I quite enjoyed Road House. Has some great quotes:
“I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead.”
“My way...or the highway.”
and lots more. Is Jeff really blind?
McG: Glad you found the file. The location that I suggested is where it puts the file when there's a BSOD. We should probably move further discussion to another forum to avoid boring the uninterested.
Switch's line, The Matrix! :D OR the song from Pretty Woman
Sir Knight, that might be my problem, there was no BSOD, no nothing for a couple minutes and then Win 10 Pro said "Windows 10 will attempt to repair itself now . . . " and then did so, in a narrow green bubble. OK was the only option. Now I am scared to turn it off. The system takes a lot longer to open/load files from all the SSD's now. Files that should take a second, now take 30 seconds for instance.
I wonder if I might be better off starting fresh with one of the new 2 TB drives. They are WD BLUE 3D NAND SSD's, and the ports are all SATA3 (6 bgps). I better find my W10 Pro 64 boot DVD!
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<--waaaaaaaves to everyone... I just found out this is the place to 'chat'... I'm wavin'... and chattin'... :)
Hiya Llola, waving back! :oD
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<--WAVEzzzzzzzzzz to everyone... Such wonderful hellozzzzzzzzz... THANK YOU one and all. I am getting notices to my email so I was able to read wha'cha all said... greetingz n such...
Sorry I couldn't get back sooner... Today was my day to volunteer at our local animal shelter... Some of you know me on FB and follow me. I'm a cat person and working at the shelter gives me the chance to give back to the cats... purrrrrrrrrrrrr.... I am also a foster mama to kittens... Hubby and I have fostered 40 cats/kittens so far this past 4 years... We usually take a break in the summer to do camping n such. We have 4 'foster failures' of our own with Weeble being our special needs cat. He has Cerebellar Hyperplasia. He wobbles when he walks... Don't worry he isn't in pain... He's just a bit clumsy and messy.
Well that's a little about me... NOT that you asked for it.. lol.
Do peeps post artwork to this thread or is it just for chatting? I didn't read all the pages... Be well everyone... I'll try and check back once a day at least.
Sometimes informational bits and bobs get included in the posts, mostly everywhere. But regular images, renders, all like that do go in the gallery...start with "Our Gallery" link on de LEFT side! :D
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<--wavezzzzz to the gang...
I know about the gallery... unfortunately if I click on my gallery it shows no artworks for me (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/index.php?cat=11287 (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/index.php?cat=11287))... From what I understand things before 2019 got deleted and it may be that long since I've posted... lol. I will try and get some new stuff up this weekend. Not sure if peeps look at the gallery here.
This seems to be a 'man' thread... Where are all the women??? LOL... Oh wait.. they must be working and keeping house :P
Thanks thelufias for visiting my FB page. I will be posting a slide show of my artworks from the Daz Contest as soon as we know the winners. I am so proud of myself... I created 50 new artworks for the month long challenge. A render-a-day and some days 2! (sorry to be bragging... I'll quit now)... lol. I need a render rest!
No big plans today for us here in Ohio... just church later and dinner... The rest of the day we are putzin' around the house. Oh... and I have laundry in the washer to dry and fold later. Woo hoot... Big day! LOL
Stay well everyone... Hugzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Hey! Aelin is a woman! And the women go where ever they want to I reckon. Shows what most females are NOT interested in I suppose. I might be somewhere around the top of that list, but no matter.
I too am a cat person these days. I love LIFE, and dogs, birds, various reptiles have called HOME with me through my life. Right now, I am the proud and happy critter parent to two Cats. Tattoo and Mogwai. Both neutered males, and they truly are FAMILY to me!
We have this place here, called The Pet Shop, and we love talking about our critters there.
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=17782.1010
HIH!
McG.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' all. Yep, I was at the track all day despite whatever it may have had to say above. A good time was had by all and the rain held off till last evening. We're supposed to get quite a bit over the next couple of days.
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Hey! Aelin is a woman! And the women go where ever they want to I reckon. Shows what most females are NOT interested in I suppose. I might be somewhere around the top of that list, but no matter.
I too am a cat person these days. I love LIFE, and dogs, birds, various reptiles have called HOME with me through my life. Right now, I am the proud and happy critter parent to two Cats. Tattoo and Mogwai. Both neutered males, and they truly are FAMILY to me!
We have this place here, called The Pet Shop, and we love talking about our critters there.
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=17782.1010 (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=17782.1010)
HIH!
McG.
Thanks.. I found it!!!
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Good Morning to all....
Been in here for a bit already catching up....and now I'll have another :java:
Glad you had a good time at the track PDG.
Morning Llola, thanks for the :java: Fafnir....and Morning to you McG and all others who are said to be in here...but aren't present LOL.... It's always been that way if you don't sign out...it will show you in the last place you commented...
One more quick tour and then let's see what kind of trouble I can get into today...
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Don't forget to go HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24976.0) to put your theme ideas in for our August Contest....
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Good afternoon!
It was a sunny and warmy day, I litterally felt the temps from outside were double from inside at job :thud: But it's like that and worse on the concret ground than on the good old soil.
Thanks for the topic TL, I completely forgot the date despite the fact I saw it all the day on the job comp :tearlaugh:
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Yup on your heating up over there....I think everywhere is heating up of late. Many States are going to have temps in the high 90's and 100's
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We were supposed to have thunderstorms tomorrow during the day and even the day after. Then they are telling it will be tomorrow around 11PM and for a part of the night.
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Our highs for the next 10 days look to be in the low and mid 80's....and a chance of rain from Friday to Sunday...but only a 25% chance....
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We're going to be in the mid to upper 90's through Sunday. :nopanic;
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:o_go_on: radial segment of a baked confection
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Indeed. Only problem is the 84% humidity.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
WOW Fafnir... you all sure eat a lot of biscuits and bacon! You must live in Europe??? All I had was a bowl of cereal, half a peach, and my coffee... Lunch time soon! lol. Today is Tuesday so it's our breakfast/egg day. :) and... btw... 80+ already here in Ohio... and BOY is it muggy... ughh... I'm staying home in the air conditioning!
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Indeed. Only problem is the 84% humidity.
Yeah. Humidex is how it's referred to here. Sucks.
<edited to add> The tube tells me it's 41 here with the bloody humidex as compared to the actual 31 degree temp. <edit added>
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So true. Humidity does suck. Big time. Feels like stepping into an active blast furnace when going out. Usually I stay inside as much as possible, but HAD to go out yesterday. Connie and I both had appointments at the VA. Turns out she did, and I didn't. Canceled mine. OH well. Stopped for fuel than over to Golden Corral for a good dinner/lunch. Back home then vegged the hell out.
Now up and about so think I'll snag a cup o'coffee from Fafnir, then work on Poser for a bit. Working up another CatGirl for some planned renders.
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Good afternoon!
Indeed. Only problem is the 84% humidity.
I exchange your humidity with the climat we have here. It's dry even if less than yesterday. But tonight we have the smoke of several from many fires of France. See the map around the middle of the page if you can
https://www.rtl.fr/actu/meteo/incendies-en-france-ou-se-situent-les-differents-feux-en-cours-7900172570
It's doubtful that even one fire is an accident... We had the habit in 90's to have plenty fires. Then all suddenly almost none, but at that time suddenly the Greece had many. Then Portugal. Now back in France. I guess it's time to leave more new ground for villas...
Puce is stressed by the smell coming with the smoke outside.
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Good Morning to all....or afternoon I should say....
Had clinic appts this morning....it would have gone quickly if it wasn't for the fact that my Doctor ordered some new blood tests....and the wait for blood test was an hour or so...and he needed the results today....so I sat and waited with a crowd of folks who were also waiting. Normally this does not happen.
Anyway...in for a quick visit.....with :java: in hand....thanks Fafnir...I needed it today.
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I was just reading about your fires while waiting for my blood tests Aelin. I always bring my cell phone. Due to covid...No magazines or Newspapers are around in the waiting area....they even took down the TV...and I have no idea why...no one could reach the darn thing to change channels or turn it on or off.
Anyway...I see that the fires are all over the place in your neck of the woods. England has a ton of fires also...
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Plenty of humidity here also PDG, Sir Knight and PDG....I'm not going out again so all in good. The A/C feels great in here...
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I bet they took the tv for no one start to argue with another about what is on the screen. Nowadays it's wiser alas :shrug:
Yep for England too, even if I heard only about London here. But you know how news are given piece by piece. I had to search a lot to find a map with all fires. And in the process learnt that a guy made a fire not far away from what stays from Brocéliande and almost 'won' by putting the fire to that forest.
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Afternoon Llola. When I traveled for the Company I had to make stops in Sandusky, Akron, and Youngstown....Loved them all....Then I'd continue on and visit folks in PA and up and down the East Coast.
As for weather...Yup...a stay in day for sure. I had enough fun this morning LOLOL. Have a great day....
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I bet they took the tv for no one start to argue with another about what is on the screen. Nowadays it's wiser alas :shrug:
Yep for England too, even if I heard only about London here. But you know how news are given piece by piece. I had to search a lot to find a map with all fires. And in the process learnt that a guy made a fire not far away from what stays from Brocéliande and almost 'won' by putting the fire to that forest.
They still have TV's going in other parts of the Clinic....so I have no idea why they did it. Plus...most folks didn't even look up at it...they were busy looking down at their cell phones....me included LOL...
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So you have your anwer for "why" :tearlaugh:
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Hummmmm.....You do have a point there LOLOL
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Never seen a fight over the channels. Might be nice to see once in a while. Couple of old farts going at it with canes. Interesting thoughts. On the other hand, the VA here is pretty laid back. Just in case the video choices "float my boat", so to speak, I always have my cell phone. Got some nice Youtube videos recorded on it. Not to mention a couple of old scifi movies.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked stuffed grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' all. Yep fires everywhere and no water to put them out. Believe in climate change or not; the heat has been building for years now. It is what it is. I have become rather inured to it all now. Lots of things to kill us off.
On that happy note I'll have a Creek, skip the coffee. Too hot.
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Good Morning to all....
We have a nice cool breeze coming in right now...
Our high for the day will be 84....Once the humidity starts up the windows get closed once again and on with the AC.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...and thanks for the phone call. Glad you all are enjoying your mini trip to GA. Nice to get away every now and then...Even if Molly doesn't agree...give her a wooof wooof from me LOL....
I do the same thing HS....Youtube is my entertainment in the waiting room...even though people watching is sometimes more entertaining LOL...
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Good afternoon!
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Just got back in....sooooo....Good Afternoon....
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Good to see someone else made it safely home. Heat was brutal. Like stepping straight into Hell. Had to go to the VA for an EKG for Connie. No issues, thank the Great Maker. Hit the Golden Corral for a good lunch on the return, then back to the casa. Thought we'd have a couple days to chill, but I think I need to take our Paddy to the vet. He's like 16 (border Collie/German Shepard) and looks like he's feeling his age. Got an appoint for tomorrow so we shall see.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I think iced coffee for me today. Already hot by Northeastern US standards.
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Mornin' all. Coffee Fafnir if you please.
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Morning Fafnir, PDG, and Sir Knight
I'll have a hot coffee for now...but most likely to be changing that to Iced Coffee by the afternoon. Right now it's 66 out with 84% Humidity....
Almost tempted to get the lawn done today...emphasis on "ALMOST"....we shall see....When it gets this hot I hate to mow...not because of me but because the lawn turns brown if no rain comes...I'd rather have a tall grass jungle then a burnt brown yard......
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Hi, TL. I suggest you lie down until that temptation goes away.
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LOLOL......I've tried that many times but always end up in the middle of the yard with a lawnmower ready to go....How I got there....I'll never know....
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not doin anything today but rest and recuperate from yesterday long trip home from Georgia peach place it was
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Yeah, Sir Knight. Iced coffee sounds real good. Don't know about the yard bit tho'. I'd be lucky to get out to the middle of my yard.
Don't really want to contemplate that. Be like stepping into a microwave set to "Terminate!" Still, I have to brave the heat. Still got Paddy to take to the vet. Ol' Goldeneyes could use a check - wellness or otherwise.
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Had to grab a big mug of coffee, Faf! Hope you don't mind me getting the last of the pot. LOL :java:
Was seeing that you came to Georgia, for peaches was it? Do you remember the best peach ever? It was called Elberta Peaches. It had a deep red heart that separated the pit from the fruit, and the taste was extremely awesome. Those peaches no longer exist.
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A lot less heat today. Well; enough that I can crank out test animations without frying something. I usually just render random frames and hope the final guestimate works out. Then I curse and make an adjustment or two before I kick out the final animation.
Throw a few simulations with a half dozen forces or more working on them; maybe 100,000 to 1,000,000 particles to add a little flavour and the poor radiator fans go crazy. Lift off in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.... meltdown. No not really, but you could cook breakfast on the top of the tower if only the damn bacon grease would stop spattering on the floor. Makes it slippery.
Actually; I started with a volume simulation thinking I might use a vortex and make something funky for a deep space setting. That changed when I decided to add particles to simulate planetary rings.
Particles in a volume is where the last couple of frames I posted came from. Nothing new there. So I was thinking; liquid sims and particle sims are both really particle sims. I'll do something with particles. Glass particles. Lovely stuff so let's go with my dispersion shader and we'll see what happens. Well the frame render time went from 9 seconds to close to a minute a frame and at frame 129 of 250 as I type this Blender crashed.
I'll post a frame or two of the WIPs in the gallery.
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Good afternoon!
It was a nightmare day and it will be tomorrow I'm already of this :thid: I had - between other tasks - to prepare a personnalize letter for many more than 200 people. I don't want to know the exact count. So, since a part of yesterday, I made searches to be sure the list was still the good one, removed the no longer working here or there, added those I could when they had a replacement... And this afternoon when I was finally able to start the list (of course of 1 by 1 mails)? There are already several no longer on their job, despite the "actualized" organigrams :thud: :thud: :thud: I think I have still 2/3 of the list to send tomorrow. More another big task waiting for me and I can't wait to be back at job another day. Tomorrow at the end of the afternoon I'll be in holidays for 3 weeks.
In addition,at the beginning of the afternoon an idiot was with loud "music" outside, before the swimming pool building; he left after a while. But when I tried to continue to work after my end of day it was impossible: the ******[choose your favorite word for] was back with louder "music". Impossible to think so forced end of the day...
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TL made the first round to vote for August theme
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24977.0
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Hi, TL. I suggest you lie down until that temptation goes away.
To late....after I was done with the morning posting in here...I marched to the shed and unleased the monsters called "MOWER"....and off we went...with his evil companion "Whacker" not to far behind... I wish Mower would name his companion with some other name....like "Weedy"...but that also may be taken out of context.
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TL made the first round to vote for August theme
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24977.0
Thanks for putting this up Aelin...I had all intentions of doing it but "Mower" got in the way...
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TL; it's worse than you think. There's a men's grooming company I see advertised on the tube. Manscape; with such products as Lawn Mover and Weed Wacker. Sorry my man, someone got there before ya. Scary isn't it?
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Good Afternoon PDG....sounds like you are going to have a fun day creating...hopefully it will be fun...I know at times "Frustrating" comes to mind when creating.
Love the shot of "Paddy" HS....Looks like a very happy pooch....Try and stay cool.
You know you love it when you keep busy at the Job Aelin.....
That's a long "Time Off" Is that something they always do? Mandatory time off? But no matter....I'm thinking your are enjoying what you are doing...
PS...Find some cotten balls for your ears to keep the Music Away LOLOL
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TL; it's worse than you think. There's a men's grooming company I see advertised on the tube. Manscape; with such products as Lawn Mover and Weed Wacker. Sorry my man, someone got there before ya. Scary isn't it?
LOLOL......Go figure..... Never heard of Manscape .... thankfully :tearlaugh:
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A lot less heat today. Well; enough that I can crank out test animations without frying something. I usually just render random frames and hope the final guestimate works out. Then I curse and make an adjustment or two before I kick out the final animation.
Throw a few simulations with a half dozen forces or more working on them; maybe 100,000 to 1,000,000 particles to add a little flavour and the poor radiator fans go crazy. Lift off in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.... meltdown. No not really, but you could cook breakfast on the top of the tower if only the damn bacon grease would stop spattering on the floor. Makes it slippery.
Actually; I started with a volume simulation thinking I might use a vortex and make something funky for a deep space setting. That changed when I decided to add particles to simulate planetary rings.
Particles in a volume is where the last couple of frames I posted came from. Nothing new there. So I was thinking; liquid sims and particle sims are both really particle sims. I'll do something with particles. Glass particles. Lovely stuff so let's go with my dispersion shader and we'll see what happens. Well the frame render time went from 9 seconds to close to a minute a frame and at frame 129 of 250 as I type this Blender crashed.
I'll post a frame or two of the WIPs in the gallery.
PDG, what is that you want the planetary rings to do in your animation? It seems to me that particles may not be the way to go. I think pasting an image of planetary rings on a flattened torus, or a 2D disc might help. Just a suggestion.
In Bryce I can make planetary rings from flattened tori. Bryce even has a ready made material for planetary rings. And yes Bryce can do animations, though I never found a need for that in my work. Of course I don't do animations very often anyway.
Hope you can find a solution that works for you.
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Damn I hate Mickeysoft Edge. I don't surf the net with this box so I've not delt with it lately. I keep logging myself off everything, everywhere, all the time. Not on purpose. Soon as I connect links to the pics I posted a few minutes ago I'm getting the other box back online.
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You know you love it when you keep busy at the Job Aelin.....
I love that job, but I prefer to have not activities inside coming at almost the last second. I'm talking about the more than 200, but not only.
Supposedly I even have something else "emergency" but that one will have to wait after holidays :shrug: I can't become 3 parts of myself :shrug: I already lost time in the morning with another "emergency" I hadn't the right to deny. Everyone has access to the same infos than me on the common server but no! it was my task to check errors made while I gave the good stuff several times... And it's not supposed to be me reading that stuff but several others in the compagny who have their emergencies ok, but one of them could manage because her hours that week were for teh reading part only.
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Got my votes in for picking the next month's theme. :happydance:
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PDG, what is that you want the planetary rings to do in your animation? It seems to me that particles may not be the way to go. I think pasting an image of planetary rings on a flattened torus, or a 2D disc might help. Just a suggestion.
In Bryce I can make planetary rings from flattened tori. Bryce even has a ready made material for planetary rings. And yes Bryce can do animations, though I never found a need for that in my work. Of course I don't do animations very often anyway.
Hope you can find a solution that works for you.
Naw. Not an issue. I can crank them out with a simple rotational vortex force on the particles, maybe a bit of gravitational set to a really tiny value. Like the noise volumes I was working with earlier (coloured clouds in space) I need to move through the environment with the environment moving in both time and space.
These are the wip glass particles. I got a little side tracked into something else. I was thinking that I could run particles along the noise and get strings of stars being born in the hydrogen clouds of space. ie The coloured clouds with a string of stars following the noise pattern. Think recent James Webb images. That's why I never post anything. I have lots on the go and still images don't really have anything to do with a lot of whatever I am messing with at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5t4TGWyxYw Looks too much like water and not enough like glass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqs6gIpQrF8 Added a mesh light so it doesn't.
I'll show you a planetary ring tomorrow afternoon. I'll have to build a collection of rocks and dust to use as the instances (particles) later on tonight and I'll run a sim while I do laundry in the morning. The heat's not due back till afternoon so I shouldn't have to throttle back the box.
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That looks awesome PDG....
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I love that job, but I prefer to have not activities inside coming at almost the last second. I'm talking about the more than 200, but not only.
Supposedly I even have something else "emergency" but that one will have to wait after holidays :shrug: I can't become 3 parts of myself :shrug: I already lost time in the morning with another "emergency" I hadn't the right to deny. Everyone has access to the same infos than me on the common server but no! it was my task to check errors made while I gave the good stuff several times... And it's not supposed to be me reading that stuff but several others in the company who have their emergencies ok, but one of them could manage because her hours that week were for the reading part only.
Ahhh yes....the "OFFICE ENVIRONMENT" never changes.... We use to call it the "Pass The Buck" policy ......
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Ahhh yes....the "OFFICE ENVIRONMENT" never changes.... We use to call it the "Pass The Buck" policy ......
Yep, sounds pretty that :nopanic; Unfortunately I'm at the end of the line.
This afternoon, for the first time I made like if I didn't hear a colleague calling to ask something when usually, even with work above the head, I answer.
Tomorrow will be one of those rare days where I'll wish to see the time slowing for I make more :panic:
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Yep, sounds pretty that :nopanic; Unfortunately I'm at the end of the line.
This afternoon, for the first time I made like if I didn't hear a colleague calling to ask something when usually, even with work above the head, I answer.
Tomorrow will be one of those rare days where I'll wish to see the time slowing for I make more :panic:
When you have your own work to do....they should not be bothering you...but we know how that works LOL
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Yep, sounds pretty that :nopanic; Unfortunately I'm at the end of the line.
This afternoon, for the first time I made like if I didn't hear a colleague calling to ask something when usually, even with work above the head, I answer.
Tomorrow will be one of those rare days where I'll wish to see the time slowing for I make more :panic:
At least tomorrow starts the week end. A short respite.
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like your animations PDG they are great
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yes i remember the elberta peaches Agent it's a shame we cant get them anymore
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Yeah, Sir Knight. Iced coffee sounds real good. Don't know about the yard bit tho'. I'd be lucky to get out to the middle of my yard.
Don't really want to contemplate that. Be like stepping into a microwave set to "Terminate!" Still, I have to brave the heat. Still got Paddy to take to the vet. Ol' Goldeneyes could use a check - wellness or otherwise.
Great looking pooch man! I had one looked a lot like your Paddy. She was named Penny, for her copper colored nose and eyes. Nose was freckled too, like your Paddy. She being a heavy boned lady, was lean and 60 lbs. She passed about 12 years ago. She was my friend. I miss her sorely too. Close to her end, her nose darkened a lot. No longer bright coppery, but still freckled!
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Heat. Yeah we get that here in the Tx panhandle. What we usually have with it is low humidity, though! That makes it bearable-ish. Folks still do the 'run from one AC'd building to another AC'd building quick!" here. Yesterday was the weekly clinic visit to the VA Med Center. My wound is looking even better and *SMALLER* !!! Love that part. Still have issues to deal with, and will be in the wheelchair a long time, just like the lovely Doctor lady told me back when all this was done. OK, so I still can make the best of it. I decided to do the whole grocery shopping, pickup and stow all away by myself this morning. WHEW! Maybe I shoulda hollered for a hand bringing it all in. But, nope, I dood it, all by myself. Then I sat me right down in the roll around and sorted all the goodies out, stocked freezer, fridge and pantry nicely. Then opened one pack of John Soules Beef Fajitas for me and my boyz brunch. This was their first try with that beef, and they loved it. Ah, cool, so they got a bit more variety to their diet this way.
Yesterdays heat wasn't so terrible here. It only got up to 97 with 28% humidity. AND it clouded up and even sprinkled some water on us, temp dropped to low 80's right away. Humidity shot right up of course. But Tuesday, I was not so surprised when the NOAA Local Forecast page showed me a prediction of 109°F for the high. That happened. And the humidity? 8%. WOW! But I went outside to just feel it, and WHACK! Even with low humidity, that kind of heat stings man. So, back inside, and my AC was really working to keep it cool. All freon based AC's lose efficiency when the temps hit 95F. So, 109? Yeah, they struggle. But, they do still work! :D
YES folks, again, thank you all for the prayers, well wishes and positive energy you send up! Because it helps. It is still helping!
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yes i remember the elberta peaches Agent it's a shame we cant get them anymore
We used to go peach picking every year, getting peach fuzz on our skin and itching because of it. We knew some farmers that had the Elberta peaches, and that made it worth all the itching! I even scratched the blood out of my arms one time because of the peach fuzz. Most folks these days don't know about that kind of thing, but I grew up in the 60s and 70s, and that's when we got the best peaches. There were still some in the 80s, but they were harder to find.
The closest we can find to Elberta peaches is (I think) called Fuji. it has that red heart, and the taste is close but not as intense, and the pit does not separate from the fruit so easily. I think those are from Japan.
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Ate a lot of peaches as a kid. They grew nearby. I don't have any idea what type they were but they had red hearts. I thought that was the only way they came as that was all I knew.
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like your animations PDG they are great
Thanks. Sidetracked from my original intent as usual.
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Crap I almost forgot. Not unusual. This won't require rendering so I can do it real time.
Agent: Transmapped planetary rings. Funky shader time. And away we go.
Sphere with a noise texture and an edge blend centre outwards to give the gas giant.
Rip a strip of polys off the equator of the sphere. Scale top of poly strip smaller and drop flat with other edge of poly row. Same noise as sphere and stretch the uvs on purpose to make "rings." Rings can be loop cut for adjustment in spacing.
Noise clamped tight on a black background to make "stars" and a single light for a "sun."
Drop a small rock or two in the ring gaps as shepherd moons and maybe a bright light or two to be distant but background separate stars. I won't do that for this image. Not necessary.
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Simple and faster than I type as there are no real shader nodes to process. Problems using this for animation are that there is no movement. I would have to keyframe planet, rings, moons and more. Not a chance. I'm a big believer in automation. Why should I put tons of time into keyframing something my software will do by itself. OK, laundry opened 15 minutes ago and I'm out of here. I'll stop back in a while.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be whole roasted island pig done in underground fire pit with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C this should help with the laundry i do like the gas giant
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Morning, PDG and Fafnir. Hope the day goes well for you.
Really like the animations, PDG.
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Mornin' Sir Knight hands a steaming mug of strong coffee hope you have a great day
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Thanks for the coffee Fafnir. Laundry is in and it will soon be ready for the dryer. Functional gas giant made from volume is simming a few rotations now.
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your welcome would like to see next phase of gas giant
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Good Morning to all.....
Not sure what we have coming for weather today but they are calling for storms tomorrow...we shall see.... Lorna and I both have Clinic Appts today....Mine is to talk to my heart Doctor about the Stress Test Results...should be interesting LOL. As for Lorna's...I think it's also a consultation one. They should be short visits.
Great picture of the Doggy Mc-G....Memories captured are always a good thing
Loved peaches as a kid..and yup PDG...Red Hearts. When you're a kid..a peach is a peach....no other names attached LOLOL. You almost done with your laundry yet. Worse thing for me about laundry is the folding part....
Morning Sir Knight and Agent.....Hope the day goes good for you both....
And thanks for the :java: Fafnir....I'm cutting down to one pot this morning so I don't get to riled up at my Doctors Appt LOLOL....
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your welcome would like to see next phase of gas giant
Well the asteroids/shephards/moons anim is cooking now. I'll post something to the gallery or wherever.
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Good Morning to all.....
Not sure what we have coming for weather today but they are calling for storms tomorrow...we shall see.... Lorna and I both have Clinic Appts today....Mine is to talk to my heart Doctor about the Stress Test Results...should be interesting LOL. As for Lorna's...I think it's also a consultation one. They should be short visits.
Great picture of the Doggy Mc-G....Memories captured are always a good thing
Loved peaches as a kid..and yup PDG...Red Hearts. When you're a kid..a peach is a peach....no other names attached LOLOL. You almost done with your laundry yet. Worse thing for me about laundry is the folding part....
Morning Sir Knight and Agent.....Hope the day goes good for you both....
And thanks for the :java: Fafnir....I'm cutting down to one pot this morning so I don't get to riled up at my Doctors Appt LOLOL....
Laundry is finished and folded. Called the doc and set my appointment for the 5th. Lots of time for C&C before that.
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Enjoy the day and the C&C PDG....I think I've gotten everything caught up in here for the time being...if anyone ever spots anything amiss...just give me a shout...
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Ate a lot of peaches as a kid. They grew nearby. I don't have any idea what type they were but they had red hearts. I thought that was the only way they came as that was all I knew.
If the flavor was as intense as the Elberta, it was most likely that breed. The only other peach I know that has those features is the Fuji.
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Crap I almost forgot. Not unusual. This won't require rendering so I can do it real time.
Agent: Transmapped planetary rings. Funky shader time. And away we go.
Sphere with a noise texture and an edge blend centre outwards to give the gas giant.
Rip a strip of polys off the equator of the sphere. Scale top of poly strip smaller and drop flat with other edge of poly row. Same noise as sphere and stretch the uvs on purpose to make "rings." Rings can be loop cut for adjustment in spacing.
Noise clamped tight on a black background to make "stars" and a single light for a "sun."
Drop a small rock or two in the ring gaps as shepherd moons and maybe a bright light or two to be distant but background separate stars. I won't do that for this image. Not necessary.
You didn't forget, my friend. That looks Awesome. Guess I'll have to do one to show you my Bryce versions. I can do shepherd moons in Bryce also, though usually I don't, as they are normally so small you'd need to zoom in to see them.
Thanks for doing that image PDG.
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I ran the asteroid and hurried off to watch practice for the French Grand Prix this weekend. Like that dog in UP. "Squirrel!!" and away I go. I just came in to upload an quick image and I see I forgot to add in the random particle rotations before the render. Dumb. Anyway at 3.91 seconds per frame it'll be done in a couple of minutes. It has already cranked out 150 frames as I type this.
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Good afternoon!
It's holidays :grenade: and I survived that day. I ended one of the task after the half of the morning. The other took until late in the afternoon but that was partially because... it was added job on me :OMG:
The bright side is the chief confirmed a part of the "emergencies" can wait until I'm back at job after holidays. And like I'll be alone in the rooms that day :woohoo: I'm half confident to move ahead easily. Depends how many people will rush for phone call.
TL, we were supposed to be under thunderstorm warning all the day. We had few rain, that's all. Absolutely no idea for tomorrow, I'm also in holidays to check the forecast weather :tearlaugh:
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Hurrah Aelin. :woohoo:
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OK Agent; here are the raw particles as seen revolving in orbit around the camera. If seen from a lower or steeper angle you would see that they are an actual volume of ring material circling the void where the planet goes. If the camera is directly pointed down from above you can see there is a patterning radial spokes from the particles as they spread away from the planet. These are the shepherd moons doing their thing with the volumetric dust that will fill in the ring structure and provide the apparent ring separations.
I need to start a thread separate from the Coffee Shop for this. I have no idea where, if at all; this type of illustrative WIP stuff goes in the gallery and I'm just cluttering it up with my junk. Question is where in the maze of hallways do I find a corner safe from the ministrations of our nurse who must surely think I am going off meds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wjPqgM9h_8
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The asteroid collisions which are another simulation, and they need the odd close up interaction happening for everything else in the scene to look believable. I'll do in the morning. It's getting entirely too hot in here to keep my toes from cooking under this desk with the fans cranking out.
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I didn't take theeh time to follow all the talk about your work :thumb_up: But you are using Blender, right? So even if it's not a tuto you can still talk about your program here
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?board=270.0
After all, this year we changed the location for programs by calling it "our beloved programs".
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OK, here is my version of a ringed gas giant planet. I used an astro-photo for the stars in the backdrop. It was pasted on a 2D square, pushed way back in the environment and brightened using Bryce's default Sun. The planet has two tori each with the ring textures applied, and each a different color, overlapped a bit to make it more interesting. I created two shepherd moons and embedded them in the rings. The rings have a bit of transparency, so that the shadow of the planet falling on them allows one to see stars through the shadowed part of the rings. You can also see stars through the lit part. The texture I used for the planet is called 'Jupiter'. There are other textures for gas giants in Bryce's library, but I chose it because it looks great for a ringed world. My PC would be unable to handle particles, so I do what I can with what I have.
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I didn't take theeh time to follow all the talk about your work :thumb_up: But you are using Blender, right? So even if it's not a tuto you can still talk about your program here
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?board=270.0
After all, this year we changed the location for programs by calling it "our beloved programs".
Thanks Aelin.
All this is applicable to Poser as well. Up to the particle part. The method and shaders for the gas giant and rings will work in Poser without having to leave the program. Any version with the Grouping Tool/ Group Editor. I don't use DS but the shading method will work in their older render engines. Superfly/Cycles and iRay would use a different method. That would be similar to how I am doing it for inclusion to a new thread.
Particles were available for free via Particles 3+ in Poser versions previous to Superfly. Snarrly and I ported (with permission) the Particles 2 scripts when the product was discontinued and released Particles 3+. Sadly the addition of additional shader roots messed it for Poser versions after that. There is a work-a-round though. Poser actually instances objects. You can have a large number of duplicates with very little memory overhead. Scatter would be the way to go there. Scatter the obj files over a particular area. I think Ken over at Hivewire might have something like that for sale though it is possible via a few math nodes and python tricks.
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OK, here is my version of a ringed gas giant planet. I used an astro-photo for the stars in the backdrop. It was pasted on a 2D square, pushed way back in the environment and brightened using Bryce's default Sun. The planet has two tori each with the ring textures applied, and each a different color, overlapped a bit to make it more interesting. I created two shepherd moons and embedded them in the rings. The rings have a bit of transparency, so that the shadow of the planet falling on them allows one to see stars through the shadowed part of the rings. You can also see stars through the lit part. The texture I used for the planet is called 'Jupiter'. There are other textures for gas giants in Bryce's library, but I chose it because it looks great for a ringed world. My PC would be unable to handle particles, so I do what I can with what I have.
Yeah. Transmaps. That's the method for the gas giant I mentioned ad naseum above. A method everyone can use. Keyframe a few rotations and away you go. I would "edge blend" the planet or use a mask to accomplish the same thing to give a little translucency around the edges.
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Unfortunately I have never the occasion to stay very long on my good old Poser (P10) because it's now on an external being the "brain" of the Windows 8.1 laptop. So even with the fan it's at random I can work with.
Good old DS3, I'm too far to manage it enough to try something, still scratching my way in some occasions :psycho:
And I'm not sure of the power asked to a comp in general?
Ken is no longer on Hivewire like the shop is closed. I think he is on Rendo now, but not sure about what he has or hasn't there.
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I have up to date P11 and P12 though I am falling out of practice. Blender is something new for me with Blender 3. I started using it to make models and morphs for Poser and shaders as Poser has a version Cycles, 1 or 2; depending upon the version. I used to do tutorials but the Poser / DS thing tired me out. I'll stick to keeping my mind active with new things that don't cost me any money. Blender fits that bill.
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Except power supply, I don't use money to buy stuff, except the money offered for surveys at daz for example. I love freebies - and my own models too :iminnocent: I wish I had time to work on renders AND models in the same time :tearlaugh:
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I love freebies - and my own models too :iminnocent: I wish I had time to work on renders AND models in the same time :tearlaugh:
You and me both. I have long term projects and things that strike my fancy. Being easily distracted, the "shiny" things that strike my fancy take away from the time I should be spending on the real work.
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Gorgeous shot Agent. Can easily place my mind in an approaching spacecraft for an upcoming landing.
Yep, McG. I can definitely sympathize with you. I'm sure that you, like many of us, have had many four legged companions over the years that we've had to say goodbye and good journey to. Thank the maker that Paddy will be with us for a long while yet. All tests came back well within normal parameters. Just a bit of a bladder infection. He's back in his usual position, either to the side or to the back of my office chair.
For some reason - strange or otherwise - have been stuck on a catgirl kick. Got some ideas brewing in the back of noggin . . . so grab one of Fafnir's famous coffee . . . . with perhaps a bit of fortification, then on to work?
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I love my critters, even when they are being super needy and cling like painful felcro and bury their little faces in my beard. Tattoo did that yesterday, so I just held him close and let him just hang in there till he felt better, then relaxed. I chopped up some of the beef fajitas for them, and let em have at it.
PDG and Agent, those are some cool gas giant images guys! There are a couple vendors on Renderosity that have made some planetary stuff that works great in Poser. I have fun with that stuff now and then. Powerage, or the vendor that used to go by that moniker, made an asteroid belt and a spaceship graveyard that are pretty cool too.
PDG, I keep Poser Pro 2014 installed and even put up with the Library having to be manually sized and positioned every run because it works better than PP 11 and Poser 12 for me. IT can use Genesis and Genesis 2 with DSON just fine. YEAH. I still have PP11 and P12 installed and up to date. I just despise J Blake for stomping down and forcing HER 'figure' as better than any Genesis 8. So, when I wanna use Genesis 2 I never bother with 11 or 12.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast turkey with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' folks. Movin' a little slow today but the world keeps on turnin' none the less. More coffee. Less rye. I need to get it together. Ed's on his way by to take me grocery shopping and with the weather lately I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth or VW in the air con vents. Whatever. It'd just too damn hot to be dragging a bundle buggy fully of mostly liquids. Frozen food wouldn't be.
Sometime between the grocery shopping and the qualifying for tomorrows French Grand Prix I'll start up a thread so I don't keep cluttering up the area around my little table here with crumpled papers and broken crayons as I try and figure out a few things.
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Morning getting ready for another trip to Richmond. Trying to get one more render in before I get stuck in withdrawals for a week lol. And yeah freebie finished just need a few testers to make sure it will load
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Good morning!
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Good Saturday Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...I need it today...
I was totally glad that yesterday ended on a early note. Heart Doctor gave me some meds that KNOCKED me out last night...He says I'm to "Wired" and need to relax more. Uh Huh... That will work....NOT. But on a good note...I still have a heart...though worn out a wee bit more.
Aelin....I think you sent us your storms.... TODAYS WEATHER (https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/WCK9F3laYT3On4L.bwmo4g--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM5NztjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/xBueNwDtiAdkFOYMsKxFPQ--~B/aD0zNjY7dz02NTA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/accuweather_297/58e1d08e2c8030eaf7651ab8c1da4035) and if I'm reading the Map right....Some of my Canadian Neighbors will be getting some of this....
Have a safe trip to Richmond Noshoba. Loved that area way back when. Probably has changed a lot since the late 70's and early 80's
And yes on loving the pets McG. I wake up each morning with Puss Puss and Bootsy fighting to get closer to me. Henrietta is the Diva...You need to have your dance card punched before you can get near her or pet her...She is lovable...but on her time and her terms. And of course Oz....he loves Henrietta and she loves him..both are fixed...but look adorable when they are laying together...I was worried about him getting along with them...but no problems at all.
And now...on with the show....with :java: in hand...Thanks Fafnir...gonna have to put a couple extra pots on please....Got to flush those meds away...
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Morning Aelin....
You snuck in whilst I was typing. Plus had to give the pets a treat for not wrecking my desktop while I was getting coffee. They think my desk is their play area....
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As longer as you'll gift them for them don't use like a play ground, they'll continue :iminnocent:
I pretty think somebody stoles our storms for now. Only clouds since yesterday, even if during 2 hours we had sun today.
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Click on the link in my above post and you'll see where they went LOLOLOL
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Hi to all!
I wish you a very beautiful weekend. Enjoy time with your families, your friends for those who can ... and don't forget families with four paws, two paws, scales, shells, feathers, sweet furs...etc... Take care of yourselves!
:java: :flying-dove: :happydance:
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PDG I look forward to visiting your new thread!
TheLufias the board just refuses to keep me logged in even while I am IN the forums here. Any idea about that one?
Thanks for the coffee Fafnir, needing that this morning for sure! :java: :java: :java: :java: :java: :java:
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I'll look into it McG....
Is anyone else having this problem...the reason I ask is because it might not be just McG having problems but we have another glitch...and you know how we HATE glithes..
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Good Morning earwenM....
Hope you have a very lovely day today..... :3flower;
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I'm staying logged in no matter where I go on forum. Are you McG that the urls you are looking for are in
https://wwwon the forum?
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I love my critters, even when they are being super needy and cling like painful felcro and bury their little faces in my beard. Tattoo did that yesterday, so I just held him close and let him just hang in there till he felt better, then relaxed. I chopped up some of the beef fajitas for them, and let em have at it.
PDG and Agent, those are some cool gas giant images guys! There are a couple vendors on Renderosity that have made some planetary stuff that works great in Poser. I have fun with that stuff now and then. Powerage, or the vendor that used to go by that moniker, made an asteroid belt and a spaceship graveyard that are pretty cool too.
PDG, I keep Poser Pro 2014 installed and even put up with the Library having to be manually sized and positioned every run because it works better than PP 11 and Poser 12 for me. IT can use Genesis and Genesis 2 with DSON just fine. YEAH. I still have PP11 and P12 installed and up to date. I just despise J Blake for stomping down and forcing HER 'figure' as better than any Genesis 8. So, when I wanna use Genesis 2 I never bother with 11 or 12.
Both of our cats do the same thing yours do McG, bury their faces in my big long beard. McCartney loves my beard so much, he tunnels his head through it, meanwhile kneading his claws on my chest. He doesn't puncture my skin, and I will tolerate it while he is showing me how much he loves me. Cookie Baby has done the kneading thing since she was a kitten, but she does puncture. When she buries her head in my beard, she finds a spot where she is content, and goes to sleep on my chest. As for the desktop thing, both cats think my keyboard is a bed for them to lay on. Ever try to read what a cat types? Very few correctly spelled words with mostly gobbledygook. Problem being how the sentences are arranged;... if you can call them sentences, that is!
:tearlaugh:
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Ok folks; If I've figured this out correctly the space stuff thread is here:
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24985.msg425143#msg425143
It's entirely too hot and muggy here to do much. I rediscovered the beloved Tom Collins early this morning and I've been sucking back the gin like it's a new invention. I'm hoping TL's rain gets here tomorrow like they say. 30% chance is better than 0% chance. Ed backed out at the last minute due to a shift change and dragging the bundle buggy in the sweltering swamp of the overheated body odour of the stumbling masses and taunting smell of restaurant recycling cooking in it's plastic fermentation tanks to protect it from the four footed masked bandits that appear each night. Cold gin time again. Wait, isn't that a KISS tune?
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Yeah, can definitely feel for ya there PDG. Still the same here in Killeen, though there have been a few clouds rolling in now and again to tease and tittilate. Just chillin at home and planning next render. Watched a video of the theme from the movie Delta Force and got a few ideas.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings, homemade peach cobbler and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I hope you have a great day. :java: if you would, please.
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Good morning!
I see you found your way in the forum PDG :thumb_up:
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I've time for a coffee and Creek before my racing starts. Bring on TL's rain. I can only hope. My poor balcony garden is cooking my veg before I pick it.
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Good morning!
I see you found your way in the forum PDG :thumb_up:
Thanks to your fine directions I made it to a safe place before I got caught roaming the hallways after hours.
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Good Morning to all.....
A wild and wooly night last night. Thunderstorms with high winds, hail, torrential rains, and a few tornadoes popped up just for the hell of it. But....everything looked fine this morning at my place though some trees are down across the way. Had to go out and pick up all the fallen branches and add them to my tinder pile... Had no net for a bit but power stayed on for us here...A lot of homes in Monroe had no power due to lines taken down by trees or tree limbs...
But, it could have been worse...so all is good.
Got my tour done in here....so let's see what other troubles I can get into....with :java: in hand
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You know how we have been complaining about not getting notification in a timely manner when sent out....Well....it's not just us. Got a FB notice this morning about a post that Lorna put up yesterday.
Facebook <friendupdates@facebookmail.com>
To:
Dan Benway
Sun, Jul 24 at 6:03 AM
Dan, here's Lorna L Benway's new photo that she recently posted.
Facebook
📷 Lorna L Benway added a new photo.
July 23 at 1:37 PM
View Photo
Notice the date and time she put up the photo....notice the date and time it was sent out to me...
I'm going to do a little more digging to see what other programs delay messages...
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Bettre than dropping messages into the aether for no reason, like some sites.
8 )
Cheers
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Very true ....
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I think it's happening at several sites where regular commenting is happening. PFDLives has been sending notifications out from previous threads I created. I was getting them from over two weeks prior to when I received them. This month's thread is sending them from at least more than a week ago. I pop in and find that the comments are some I've seen already, and the artworks that were posted are from a lot earlier as well.
I don't think it has anything to do with our sites. If it is happening at other sites, (as I know it is), it must be something bigger going on. It may be that the people that maintain the internet are failing at their jobs; perhaps not as knowledgeable about what they are supposed to do as the ones that had it before them.
:OMFG: :rat-atat: :whattodo:
Faf, I grabbed a big mug of your dark roast :java:! Sure needed it. Thank you, my friend.
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Well TL I got your rain. The tornado warning and the rest ran north.
I've had no problem with FB notifications. A few too many actually. If I went to a tenth of the event invites I could stop paying rent as I'd never be here. My far flung relatives are big on letting me, whom they haven't seen in more than 20 years; know every minute detail of lives I can little to nothing about. I know entirely too many musicians and entertainers personally so they feel it is their duty to keep me (and who knows how many others) entirely apprised of their upcoming schedules. Yep; no problem getting FB notifications. I clear them every morning much to the ire of those that feel their missives need to be instantly acknowledged with an icon of appreciation weather or not I have even actually read their post.
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Glad you got the rain and the not the rest of it....my neighbor is putting up a new storm door. When his girlfriend came home from work last night it ripped out of her hands and unhinged itself.....Had that happen to me a couple of years ago...but I'm frugal...and I hammered mine back into place...somewhat :tearlaugh:
As for notifications...I delete more then I read LOLOL
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Oh that was fun. Mostly asleep then hear an all mighty crash/smash. Get out the the kitchen to find clock has fallen off the wall and there's smashed glass and plastic everywhere. Guess I will be needing a new clock now :thud: :rat-atat:
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Time flies :iminnocent:
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Oh that was fun. Mostly asleep then hear an all mighty crash/smash. Get out the the kitchen to find clock has fallen off the wall and there's smashed glass and plastic everywhere. Guess I will be needing a new clock now :thud: :rat-atat:
I have 35 clocks of various sizes, shapes, styles and method of winding, weight driven, key wound and even battery
:thud:
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Time flies :iminnocent:
Well that clock just had a smashing time :java:
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I have 35 clocks of various sizes, shapes, styles and method of winding, weight driven, key wound and even battery
:thud:
I only have the one and it needs replacing ASAP
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Always a mystery to me Dreamer when something that's been hanging for a long time finally decides it time to give up and drops to the ground....be it hanging from a nail or those sticky tape hook things they have nowadays. It's like "Phew, I've had enough of this...time to let go" Plop
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I got a clock, battery died years ago. So, its right every day, twice! I use the one on the phone now. :o)
It is 5pm, 102F @ 20% humidity. Cranked up the ac fan!
Got your new thread bookmarked too PDG!
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When I was living in Austin Texas (early 1970s), my group and I went to San Antonio. We visited a clock tower, and I decided to climb all the stairs to the top inside it. My best friend Eric went up with me. As we got to the top, we heard a loud metallic calamity sound, and that clock stopped on 7:13 and no seconds. Everybody called me the Clock Stopper after that day. My therapist, who happened to be with us, but did not climb the stairs with Eric and I, said it was like I was bad luck for clocks. We all had a laugh from that. Don't know if that clock was ever fixed after that day.
Well! The clock was well over 150 years old at that time! I swear I did nothing to it to make it break! Really I didn't!
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I am an electrician. Mechanical watches just stop working if I wear them. I got this pretty nice Elgin Skeleton Watch I like. It's like a tank! Solid, heavy stainless and crystal case and band. I never wear it, and as long as I wind it, it still works! I enjoy watching its innards move. Heh! I now also have a Virmee fitness watch. That one keeps right on working, as long as it's charged of course. Pretty cool how they have this 'sensor pad' in the wrist side with LED's flashing all kinds of colors. Various sensor elements I guess. They do NOT 'do' blood sugar nor blood pressure. YET. Mine does do blood oxygen, pulse rate, and will do various histories if I let it. I don't. See, it also tells time! LOL!
it's erm early? 1:35 am. :OMFG: My UP time. I Got COFFEE! :java: :woohoo:
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June here is the end of spring. July here is the barest beginning of summer. It is not hot yet. The Hot Spot for here is end of August and beginning of September. Usually on October 1st, we have the expectation of a 'cool day'. We feel that first cool day marks the beginning of Autumn! That is still the whole summer away folks. I do remember the day I moved up here from the sweltering sweating mosquito slapping misery of a Houston summers END...October 10. Left Houston, and it was a 80F day with little cool wafts of refreshing air! Did not sweat at all that day. Sigh. Such a nice, sunny and COOL day! :D A pleasant memory!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib on the grill with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir! The string of 100° weather and high humidity has finally broken. :happydance: I can go outside with my coffee. :woohoo: A large one to celebrate, please.
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Morning Fafnir! Thanks for the breakfast and :java: !
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Mornin Sir Knight and McG we were gettin some rain but it's back to hot and humid for us got to mow grass early this morning
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Still nice and cool here but "they" say that's over. "They" should have done a better job at forecasting the storms last night. I still have power. Many do not.
I'll take a coffee despite the fact I've been here an hour or so without one. Maybe that why I'm so slow today. Not enough coffee yet. That or the damn dogs the drug dealer across the hall uses to protect herself.
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Good morning!
No work today, so in place decided to go on one of the hills, the one near the castle, in the forest. Well it seems a forest full of passages from the bottom. In fact, you barely find a old little path to go on your feet (no problem I didn't want to go with the risk of cars) to arrive at the top of the hill. Few trees on a side, void and bushes on the other. Definitively a surprise... and not a way I'll be back.
So in place to go back home just after, I looked when back in streets for a street I didn't follow until then. I was pretty certain it was a dead-end but nope; yet the stairs I thought were coming from (that I noticed from the bottom when going to the monthly "braderie") are the good ones. At the crossroad, the choice was the good one. Another little path, still with void on a side, but for walking people or horses (according a 'souvenir' left by one :tearlaugh: ). It's on another hill and I don't know yet how long is that path. I stopped because the morning started to be old. But definitively, next time I try my way in the hills, it will be that portion :yes:
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Great to hear you had a good time exploring your area, Aelin. And you didn't step on the 'steaming divot'! (road apples!)
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An addition to the today menu from the Coffee Shop: Final August theme voting (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24987.0)
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Good Afternoon to all....Been in here for a bit but forgot to stop by the coffee shop. But on a good note, I've already had a pot or two of coffee today LOL.....
Been a very busy day which is why I wasn't in here earlier on. Always busy when the unexpected happens....but as they say...such is life...and we move on.
Going to finish my tour in here and then get the vittles ready for the kittens and cats....wooohooo....
Enjoy the rest of your afternoon..
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pork chops with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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I'll take a mug Fafnir.
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Hi, y'all! Just doing a brief drop-in from my computer to say "Howdy" Sorry I hadn't posted in a while. My computer died briefly but because I was a computer tech during my youth and my godsis who is also a computer tech (who goaded me into action), I decided to go ahead and fix it. Finally, my muse came back briefly and I decided to start my 7th decade on this planet doing what I like to do. So I hope to log on from my computer and tablet. :OMFG:
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Good morning, Fafnir, Aelin, PDG and FrahHawk (!).
Glad to have you back, FrahHawk.
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Glad to have you back, FrahHawk.
It's good to be seen again, Sir Knight and a Good morning to you!
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Hi, y'all! Just doing a brief drop-in from my computer to say "Howdy" Sorry I hadn't posted in a while. My computer died briefly but because I was a computer tech during my youth and my godsis who is also a computer tech (who goaded me into action), I decided to go ahead and fix it. Finally, my muse came back briefly and I decided to start my 7th decade on this planet doing what I like to do. So I hope to log on from my computer and tablet. :OMFG:
Hi Fran! And, Happy Birthday !!!! Great to see you :o) :woohoo:
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Welcome back Frah, so the computer will behave and let you do things you like.
Annoying when the bios gets suicidal and decides to end it all taking years of work with it...[ Poor Mean Green].
Looking foreward to your art and conversations.
Cheers
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Welcome back.
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Hi Hawk! Nice to see you around! I started to believe you were one of the nurse's victims :winks:
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Well, her computer COULD have been! ;o) :OMFG:
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Good Afternoon to all.....
Howdy Hey Hawk....Glad you dropped by...but you and I bump into each other often in FB LOL...Good news on getting the puter going.....Have fun my friend...
Wasn't in a computer mood this morning so I tore apart the kittens water fountain and cleaned it out....Hard water is a PITA with those things. Had to also tear the pump apart and clean that all out also...Now all is fresh and clean....
Thanks for the Iced Coffee Fafnir...I needed it....
Hope all are having a great day thus far....
And now to see what I missed.....
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welcome back Hawk you were missed
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Oh yep having a fun day, about to hit the hay and it is 101°F, clear sky and 21% humidity. I can feel the ol AC struggling. Well, better it than me! :D G'nite folks!
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I feel sorry for ya McG. Glad we don't get those 3 digit temps often in my neck of the woods. Today started out great...Mid 60's.....now it's about 81 but high humidity..so the A/C is on to suck up the water LOL
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Hi Hawk! Nice to see you around! I started to believe you were one of the nurse's victims :winks:
Oh so she should be just unlucky... :woohoo: :ifonly: Nope, not going to happened on my watch. BTW, Been watching you all posting on Facebook. So I could keep up even when I had just my tablet. Thanks y'all for the welcome back. Let's hope that my muse is somewhere nearby and not behind a locked door. :ifonly:
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Welcome back, FrahHawk. Was hoping you were not having really big troubles. Happy to see you got it fixed, and you're back with us.
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Well now! Looks like I'll be changing the way I model in Wings3D! There are new tools in the latest versions, the best of which is called the Boolean TEST Tool. This is a tool on the Object Mode Menu that allows you to do Boolean operations in Wings3D. The cool thing is that I can now create an exterior model that has all of what I want on the outside, then I can create another model to use for a Boolean operation that excavates the interior, with all rooms doorways and window frames included already in place. Furthermore, the materials and other special data are preserved in the resulting object1
I have a tutorial; planned that will explain how to use the Boolean TEST Tool in Wings3D. Once you learn how it works, you will definitely want to add the method to your repertoire. It has saved me time and hard drive memory, as the new models can have far less polygons that what you get with other modelling methods. Be on the look out for the tutorial. It will be in PDF document form, as I don't know how to do video tutorials.
Cheers!
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roasted chicken and dressing with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. Just passing through. I'll stop by later for potatoe wedges.
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Good morning!
Since the time Wings3d has the boolean tool, I think it's working enough for it's no longer called 'test'. :yes: I use it with joy since the end of 2019 at least.
EDIT: in fact, I use it since May 2019
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?board=61.0
The tool I can't manage is the "Curve tool", despite the few tutos about it.
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Good Morning to all.....yup....early bird this morning....that's because I'll be out and about later on. A gorgeous day...not to hot, not to cool, light breeze, and all of this will last until 1PM or so....and then it's back to "WHO KNOWS" forecasting :nopanic;
Morning Aelin....Fafnir and PDG..... You know what PDG...Potato wedges DO sound great this morning. Save a few for me Fafnir...But of course....I'll need my pot of :java: to start the day
And now to see if anything new is going on with :java: in hand
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Good morning!
Since the time Wings3d has the boolean tool, I think it's working enough for it's no longer called 'test'. :yes: I use it with joy since the end of 2019 at least.
EDIT: in fact, I use it since May 2019
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?board=61.0
The tool I can't manage is the "Curve tool", despite the few tutos about it.
It is definitely working really well. I think they just have not got around to changing the name of the Boolean Tool. No matter the name of it; I love using it. Have been searching for tutorials concerning it, and have found none. So I think since I have explored it extensively, why not do a tutorial myself? Will be working on it over the next few days at least. As I go, I'll identify things I did not think of before, and if they are relevant, I will have them in the tutorial.
Cheers!
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Mornin' coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and the rest of those here for a quick break.
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Greetings, Fafnir and PDG. Have a good day!
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Good morning!
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Good Morning Fafnir, Sir Knight, PDG, and Aelin....and of course our guests........
A gorgeous start to the day....Temps in the low 60's for the start of the day and highs will be in the mid 70's for the rest of the day.... Love it. Rained like hell last night but no storms...So the grass is happy, the car is washed, the birdbath filled and the humidity is LOW....
No plans for today....got things I can do so I'll be in and out of here today.
Hope all have a wonderful day.... :java: AHHHHHHH
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I'll take a double 40 Creek Fafnir. Hold the coffee. Been a long day and it isn't even 2pm. Long weekend crazyness started early with the neighbours. Government cheques come in today so it'll get worse before it gets better. Lots of beating on doors and cries of "B!tch; where's my money." as everyone has to pay off the drug debts. The dogs are going off everywhere like so many little wind up toys and the cops have been here a half dozen times already since I've gotr up. Lord knows how many times they were here last night judging by the EMS unit. Ah well; another day in the life..
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Greetings all. Now back on computer. Had to take Connie over to Temple again the other day. Goodnews/badnews type thing. Meh. Other than that, just having to deal with daughter/grandson. Both a RPITA. Connie was advised take it easy with no stress, and Aliene keeps trying to blow up her phone. She won't call me as she knows she can get around that by bugging her mom.
Double Meh!!!!!!!! :whattodo:
In other news still working on my catgirls. Will have something to post shortly.
Now, where did I leave that high powered catnip . . . .? :ifonly:
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The last time the tripod (3 legged cat) got into my catnip she slept for two days. She never went near it again thank goodness.
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I found that there is at least one RPITA in every family....emphasis on "AT LEAST" Some families have more...but never less LOLOL
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I have lost the count in my own family :shrug: :tearlaugh:
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:tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Now, where did I leave that high powered catnip . . . .? :ifonly:
Watanuki :iminnocent:
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It got really hot today earlier, then we had a Thunderstorm that cooled things down. Now the Sun is back, and it is really hot again! :OMFG:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. :java:, please kind Sir!
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Morning gentlemen and those in the shadows my bleary eyes cannot see. C and C while I wait for my F1 practice session to start.
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Ugh, we are looking at severe thunderstorms (RAIN!) and a heatwave included. Guess we are to be parboiled huh :OMFG: Got an early visit to VA med center this morning, so I'll be skedaddling on my way now. Stop for a quick bite at Sonic on the way in. Heh!
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Mornin Sir Knight hands steaming mug of strong coffee
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Mornin PDG hands a steaming mug with double shot of C&C this should help
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good luck with your VA stuff McG
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Good morning!
We had a surprising rain during the night, absolutely not saw by any forecast weather. Nature is happy and that the principle. Clouds have decided to stay since, despite the sun tried to pass through.
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Hi, there! Be by later to pick it up this afternoon. :woohoo: .
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Good Morning to all.....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Need about a pot or two today...
The Weekend is near Sir Knight...enjoy your day....
Morning PDG....I do think I'll be sending you some cool and less humid weather soon...This morning we were at 59 degrees and our high will be 71 degrees today. LOVE IT....
Morning Aelin....We had rain last night also...didn't hear it at all...was out like a light LOL...
Morning Hawk...have a great day....
I'll be in and out today....Debating on mowing....but hope I lose that debate LOLOL
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Yeah we each have our share. Anyway, up early - for me that is - and paying bills. OY!!!!! Going out later to do a tad bit of shopping and pick up a few things. Puppies need to eat. Still considering next project to be squeezed in among all the binge writings. I see that Cybertenko is it again. Got a nice turret to go along with his latest Russian APC. Nice.
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Yeah TL; weather is reasonable today. Splashed a bit of rain last night to wake things up and break the humidity. Going to be nice for the long weekend and for the masses the rush to Cottage Country is on. Traffic trashed at 9:30 am as everyone races to be the first to the lake. Like you; we have 1000's of lakes. I guess everyone has their cottage on the same one. :whatthe:
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LOL......I think you're right about the cottages PDG.....I'm not fond of lakes so I have no Cottage on one. Spoiled by the ocean....Though I do enjoy the Great Lakes...at least you get SOME waves on them LOL
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Good Afternoon Folks!
Faf, I snuck in this morning to get some very strong :java:! Hope you don't mind.
Well I picked up more than $300.00 worth of DAZ products for free earlier this morning. One of the items had been on my wish list for a 'coon's age; Keiko 6 Pro Bundle. It has Keiko 6, a morph and textures pack for her and G2F, 2 pose packs, 2 hairs, 5 outfits for G2F, plus a couple of other items. And that's just one pack I got. I also got Monique 6 for G2F Starter Bundle, which includes 5 product packs. Then there are a few other products I got for free. One pack was a texture pack for an outfit I had in my wish list; Sorority Skort. I find that it is on sale for less than half the original price, so I buy it for Genesis. I can fit it to G2F with the fitting system I already own, making it even more useful.
I'd say I made out like a bandit on this deal, and it's almost as good as I did in June, when I picked up 3 or four Mega Bundles for free! This Summer has been great for freebies!
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
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LOL...I just put up a post in the Daz Freebies section about that....I picked up a ton of stuff also...and was going :woohoo: whilst downloading them all. I trust NO cloud LOLOL
Just got a notice today that Amazon will no longer allow anything other then Pictures and Vids on their cloud. No more paperwork, zips, etc......Glad I didn't transfer all my stuff to Amazon from one drive...:thud:
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Thanks Fafnir, the visit was a good one. We got rained on all the way out there. But, the heatwave didn't materialize. It's 84 now, was 68 all morning. :o) And everyone out at the VA seemed to be in a good mood too. Great weather helps!
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Hey y'all, has anyone else noticed that MAXXON bought up ZBrush? No more free updates. AND they are offering their "subscription" (for one year?) at 50% off. Well I guess that's that. I wonder how they will try to negate our perpetual licenses?
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The Weekend is near Sir Knight...enjoy your day....
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I can feel it closer all the time. I hope that you've enjoyed yours as well.
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I saw that McG....and the perpetual license will work just like most things work nowadays...Ignored...it's all about the buck. But I guess we'll see.
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4R4. That's the last zBrush I've used. It was free from the site way back when and I downloaded it. Installed it. Played for about a month and forgot about it. Same with iClone. They gave away a version years back and it didn't turn my crank. Character creator was a seperate purchase and I seem to recall there were a few more additions like rigging that a person needed to purchase to really make it work and so, like zBrush it fell by the way. I liked Vue, but again found that was a money grab after time. With the Plant Factory included now it may be a better tool, but I seem to recall that Vue is subscription now as well.
How many years did we rant and rave about being controlled in our software usage, being controlled by "The Server" (Insert dramatic music "boom boomm boommmm"). That evil corporate entity of which we were but clients left to the whims of the evil tyrants who controlled our software usage. "We will be free. Information must be free. Down with yolk of corporate servitude. We will build the "Personal Computer" (Insert angelic twittering harps or possibly "Fanfare for the Common Man") and become free from "The Server". Free from the yolk of oppression to spend 3 months income every two years, to retire and replace that umbilicalled to the cloud hunk of no longer "personal" computing?
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Just because this is the Big O. Olympic Stadium in Montreal. I was at those shows in August of '77.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2zurZig4L8
The Emerson, Lake, and Palmer in Concert album that was released in '79.
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I had a reason to drop by but I forgot what it was. Think I'll go listen to that album.
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Hey y'all, has anyone else noticed that MAXXON bought up ZBrush? No more free updates. AND they are offering their "subscription" (for one year?) at 50% off. Well I guess that's that. I wonder how they will try to negate our perpetual licenses?
Had a free trial version of ZBrush, and could do hardly anything with it, so dropped it from my hard drive. I have other applications that I can use for what it does, should I have a need for that. :nopanic;
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be homemade beef stew with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Thanks for the strong coffee yesterday. I'm afraid I'll need another this morning.
What do the girls put in homemade beef stew? I'm thinking a Datil Pepper might make it pretty exciting.
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Good morning!
McG, I guess they'll do a "soup" like the current owner of Poser did for licences.
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Good Morning to all....A GEOURGEOUS morning....Brisk is a good word for it. Went out and fed the outside cats and filled up the bird feeders and put up the flag....in shorts....My knees are still knocking...tis a wee bit chilly LOL..but I LOVE IT.
Anyway....Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Like Sir Knight, the stronger the better.
And I see where someone has the winning ticket for PowerBall in PA Sir Knight.... I don't buy them but the Daughter picked up a couple.
And yes on all that you have said PDG. And it's more extreme nowadays with everything...always a tab on the tab...
Good Morning Aelin.....I'm heading over to the Winners Circle now....and they don't need a lottery ticket to win.... :grenade: :woohoo:
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Just because this is the Big O. Olympic Stadium in Montreal. I was at those shows in August of '77.
The Emerson, Lake, and Palmer in Concert album that was released in '79.
Looks like it was a wee bit chilly ..... Great Group...love their songs...
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Sir Knight in large dutch oven add beef carrots potatoes celery bell pepper onions beef stock make a thick brown gravy/rue add big red dried chili pepper or 2 to season depending on heat level desired and cook
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we got plenty strong coffee ready for you all with spirits added as needed
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PDG, remember the fairly large electronic unit that plugged into a serial port, and frequently fell out during critical processing? Known, affectionately and angrily as a dongle. High end 3d graphics proggies were notorious for them.
Eventually they were phased out, cost and loss of customers, as well as software bypasses. Cheers
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Sir Knight in large dutch oven add beef carrots potatoes celery bell pepper onions beef stock make a thick brown gravy/rue add big red dried chili pepper or 2 to season depending on heat level desired and cook
How did you get my recipe? That's what I do for my Beef Stew, except the Chili Peppers. Now I'm up for trying one or two in mine. Yeah, the gravy is all important to make it a great meal. I like to get a good sourdough roll to put some of the gravy on. YUM!
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well Agent it seems you copied my recipe as i have had that since i was a wee babe but then i don't mind sharing now for a different take on the stew use deer meat but enjoy
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well Agent it seems you copied my recipe as i have had that since i was a wee babe but then i don't mind sharing now for a different take on the stew use deer meat but enjoy
I actually got my recipe from my Mother. As I was the one that took a bigger interest in cooking than even my 3 sisters, Mom made sure to teach me her ways of doing things in the kitchen. Mom's Beef Stew was famous among our family and friends. Another thing Mom taught me was how to season iron skillets and pans, and because I did it right the first time she gave me four of her old iron pans and skillets, all Lodge brand. Heavy, but very good ones for sure.
If I am correct, you live in Florida? I am in Georgia. Lots of folks from Florida and Georgia are really great cooks. I would like to claim that distinction also, but there are still some things I cannot do. Still, what I can do, I do well.
I would love to talk recipes with you sometime. :urock:
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PDG, remember the fairly large electronic unit that plugged into a serial port, and frequently fell out during critical processing? Known, affectionately and angrily as a dongle. High end 3d graphics proggies were notorious for them.
Eventually they were phased out, cost and loss of customers, as well as software bypasses. Cheers
Indeed. CuBase (synth sequencer) might still have one. I haven't used it in years. It used to be the creame de la creame with muscisians at one time.
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Looks like it was a wee bit chilly ..... Great Group...love their songs...
It's the Great White North. It used to be chilly in July and August. Now I don't think it gets chilly anywhere anymore.
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Same as the beef stew I grew up on with the exception of celery and bell peppers. They didn't grow where I'm from. We occasionally had a wilted celery in a glass of water in the fridge around Christmas as cheese spread on celery was a fancy item for guests that my old lady had a hard time screwing up. I never had a pepper till I was in my 20's. At the grocery this morning, bell peppers are $1,25 ea. I'll stick to growing my own.
Agent; my sister never did learn to cook. Her husband did all the cooking till her kids married and moved out. After that it became a life of take out Chinese food and pizzas as her husband retired from work and discovered golf.
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Indeed. CuBase (synth sequencer) might still have one. I haven't used it in years. It used to be the creame de la creame with muscisians at one time.
I was performing in a band in the late 1970s, and one of the members had a synth sequencer. It kept falling out of the connector, and he would throw a fit. It did something to our sound that we liked, so we kept using it. I was the front man (lead singer) as I could sound like several famous ones. Paul Stanley of Kiss was the one I acted as in one band, but we did songs from other bands too. My favorite person to emulate was Phil Lynott, as I could sound just like him. I was a big fan of Thin Lizzy, more so than Kiss.
Yeah, the old tech we used was great when we were using it. Now we wonder how we got by with it. LOL
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PDG, I'm a man that enjoys cooking a lot. I see that Fafnir is also, judging from how he posts about what's cooking each day. He makes me lick my lips with how good he makes it sound! Oh Yeah!
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ZBrush has grown quite a bit since the 4R4 days, PDG. If you got nice bandwidth, I suggest you go on and DL/UPdate to the ZB 2022.0.5 version, it's still free at this time. I THINK all the updaters might leave their servers in August, going by their little warning TO get 2022 ASAP.
But, your license will always exist and (by Intntl Law) be respected. ZBrush does all kinds of great things these days. Lots of folks do their character and figure morphs in ZBrush, the rest seem to use C4D. Which is a Maxxon product.
I have the 15 updates/upgrades after ZB 4R4. I have only 6 from 3.5 thru 4R4. Yeah, lots of updating upgrading through the years there.
Agent, sounds like you might have picked up some version of Sculptris rather than ZBrush proper. When Pixologic acquired Sculptris, and incorporated its engine into ZBrush, that was like turning on the light switch and firing up a powerful racing engine at the same time. 4R4 might be the first 64 bit ZBrush too. I know for sure it IS now, at ZB 2022! I just checked, TL is right, my license is still there, still good, and the current version is 2022.0.5 like I thought. The DL is about 1.5 gb
Y'all might ask DRaX about ZBrush, as he is the one that is an adept at it here (that I know of!).
Me, I am just an absolute piddler in ANYTHING, especially these days. That keeps me smiling though, so I will keep doing it. Well y'all s'cuse me now, I'm gonna stick my nose back in Poser for a while. :)
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Hey Agent, Fafnir's victuals do make me wanna throw rocks at Dominos. That's what I had for supper. While thinking about better things to eat! :D
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I did myself proud for our meal tonight. Made a casserole using all the ingredients for beef stew, except for the rue to make gravy. It turned out awesome just the same. I had planned doing something with ground beef rather than stew beef, but when Faf mentioned Beef Stew, I had to change my plans. I could not make it in a Dutch Oven as I don't have one, nor could I use a pot, as I only have small pots at this time. So I used my Pyrex Casserole dish, and put the meal in the oven. It was delicious, and quite filling. Since I had no gravy, I did not have a sourdough roll with it. That would have made the meal more complete.
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ZBrush has grown quite a bit since the 4R4 days, PDG. If you got nice bandwidth, I suggest you go on and DL/UPdate to the ZB 2022.0.5 version, it's still free at this time. I THINK all the updaters might leave their servers in August, going by their little warning TO get 2022 ASAP.
But, your license will always exist and (by Intntl Law) be respected. ZBrush does all kinds of great things these days. Lots of folks do their character and figure morphs in ZBrush, the rest seem to use C4D. Which is a Maxxon product.
I have the 15 updates/upgrades after ZB 4R4. I have only 6 from 3.5 thru 4R4. Yeah, lots of updating upgrading through the years there.
Agent, sounds like you might have picked up some version of Sculptris rather than ZBrush proper. When Pixologic acquired Sculptris, and incorporated its engine into ZBrush, that was like turning on the light switch and firing up a powerful racing engine at the same time. 4R4 might be the first 64 bit ZBrush too. I know for sure it IS now, at ZB 2022! I just checked, TL is right, my license is still there, still good, and the current version is 2022.0.5 like I thought. The DL is about 1.5 gb
Y'all might ask DRaX about ZBrush, as he is the one that is an adept at it here (that I know of!).
Me, I am just an absolute piddler in ANYTHING, especially these days. That keeps me smiling though, so I will keep doing it. Well y'all s'cuse me now, I'm gonna stick my nose back in Poser for a while. :)
I did have Sculptris for a bit, but a little later I had ZBrush. Neither of them were of much use to me. I don't recall how I got ZBrush for free, unless it was through Giveaway of the Day. Cannot say for sure on that, but I know I had it for free. I don't know which version I had. I just put things like that out of my mind, if I decide to get rid of something.
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sounds like a good casserole Agent i might try that or add dumplins but then have to add liquid we shall see
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I took inspiration from you, Faf. Thanks for that.
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your welcome Agent
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the trimmings cornbread and tater wedges
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McG I've been told before to update my zBrush but as I said, I don't use it and I've have enough crap around here on drives just waiting for the day I will suddenly become an artist and need it in order to express myself. I would take me a month or more just to figure out the interface again. I may download it while I watch the race.
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Good morning!
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Good Morning to you too, Aelin! :woohoo: :grenade:
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McG I've been told before to update my zBrush but as I said, I don't use it and I've have enough crap around here on drives just waiting for the day I will suddenly become an artist and need it in order to express myself. I would take me a month or more just to figure out the interface again. I may download it while I watch the race.
Hmmm, perhaps I should download it also, and then we could explore it with each other's help? If it is a really big file, I'll download it during my break from the computer, which will be sometime in the evening, may-haps as I prepare a meal for my brother and I.
What do you think about that?
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homemade peanut butter cookies yummie!!!!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Need serious coffee again this morning. :whattodo:
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of good strong coffee
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Good morning!
In holidays but with administration issues :sure:
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Good Morning to all.....
Had all intentions on getting in here yesterday..especially since today is the start of a new month and a Monthly contest...which I have to do the write up for....
But I convinced myself to get the lawn done...and after 4 hours...it was done....and after that...I wanted to do NOTHING...so that's what I did....NOTHING....
Anyway...Good Morning Aelin....so that means you have the day off or you don't have the day off? When I hear Administrative issues....It means someone screwed up.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....keep them coming...
Morning Sir Knight....
And good morning to all those who have not shown up yet...coffee is free....conversation is free....not sure about the donuts though :java:
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Hi TL! If I was you, I wouldn't keep donuts in that corner :iminnocent:
I'm in holidays, but I don't feel in holidays when admin issues for personnal life fall on my head. Not impossible to go above that, but annoying to lose time with.
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Been there...done that...so I can relate....Hope all falls into place.....
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And the August contest has started! :woohoo:
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24993.0
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fire roasted ham with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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Good morning, Fafnir. I'm slow to start today. Some of your good strong coffee would be most welcome.
Good morning, Aelin. I hope things are going well for you.
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Hands Sir Knight a big cup of strong coffee this should help
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Hi, y'all! Just a brief drop by to say howdy! Something is seriously wrong with the msgs. Never got the notifications. Anyhoo, I'm trying to catch up. See y'all later!!! :nopanic;
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Hi, y'all! Just a brief drop by to say howdy! Something is seriously wrong with the msgs. Never got the notifications. Anyhoo, I'm trying to catch up. See y'all later!!! :nopanic;
That's because messages come slow down to everyone on emails. Here and on PFD, for people who have choosen that option. My suggestion can be to come on the forum by logging yourself and check the "Recent unread topics"
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?action=unread
All the topics where somebody has talked since the last time you came are in that area. Once you'll log out, they should be removed of the list. And "new" topics where somebody will talk after that will fulfill the area. And so on and so on.
Good morning, Fafnir. I'm slow to start today. Some of your good strong coffee would be most welcome.
Good morning, Aelin. I hope things are going well for you.
It's on the process. But there is always another annoying party with administrations :sure:
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Well, I got the notification that someone posted a reply to my post. ( it was you, DA... LOL)So it's working. Thanks for the advice. :happydance: :grenade: :woohoo:
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As I am an administrator for PFDLives, I create the new Monthly thread there, but for some reason, when I send out the notifications to all members, they are not being received as quickly as they used to be. I've noted a delay of more than 2 weeks, to which I start getting notifications from the new threads; and will still be receiving from the older threads at least a week after that. The server we are on seems to be super slow, and I don't know of anything I can do to fix that. It's odd to me that these trouble started not long after the Covid 19 debacle started. I personally do not think that is the cause though. Rather I think people are using it to have an excuse for not doing what they are supposed to do to keep the internet running smoothly. It's also a problem because the users have no way to contact people that can get things fixed. At least I can find no one to contact about it. Just posting complaints wherever you have a place to put one up does not get those complaints to the actual fixers. Meanwhile the fixers do know what's happening, but obviously they only care to fix it for their own use, but still not for other users. Fair treatment has flown out the window.
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All this talk of food makes me a bit hungry. As with many here, I also have been tasked with the cooking. Mom was always good about teaching those who wanted to learn. Unfortunately, that did NOT include my sisters. I picked up a few things here and there from my buddies while out in the field and the folks in Korea and Germany. Its amazing what you can come up with when all you've got are C-rations and a few things from the neighboring farmers' fields. Of course, I tried to keep a well iced cooler with plenty of groceries when going to the field. Or when headed out for Graf for tank gunnery.
On the other hand, I have found that some of the simplest things go over best. My brother showed me one simple dish that only needs a handful of noodles and a couple cans of condensed mushroom soup, some onions or onion powder and a splash of milk. Another one uses leftover pinto beans. Put beans and liquid in a low boiler, add butter and garlic and cook down to a nicely thick sauce.
Great for an olfactory offensive against those you love. :woohoo:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried snapper with all the fixings, hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. My employer owes you a huge debt. If it weren't for your and the girls' morning coffee, I'd never get started.
Hipshot, my mom always made things with cream of mushroom soup. Maybe five different dishes. One of the oddest named ones that I remember was African Chow Mein.
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Good morning!
We'll see if I have as much similitudes with DA as yesterday :tearlaugh:
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Good Morning to all....
Had a Clinic Day Yesterday and didn't feel up to doing anything afterwards....
A wonderful day today...Thunderstorms, Rain, Tornado Siren went off just a minute ago but weather alert didn't go off nor does my weather station say anything about a Tornado. We do have a weekly test on Wednesday but normally it "Screams" at 12 noon. I love where you can use live Radar nowadays to track the storms. So no idea what the Siren was for.
Use to be a time when it went off when there was a fire to get all of the Volunteer Fire Personal to the Firestation...but I would think that's all done by phone nowadays. But in this small town... who knows.
Now to grab a :java: and see what is what and who is who and why is where and when...
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By gosh I think I'm all caught up with my posting in the Attic and my commenting in the Gallery and I won my Battle with the Gallery....so it's a good day indeed...and yes...it's still Storming out...so that makes it a very very good day.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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Good Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.....and a Jolly Good Morning to you Aelin.....
A LOVELY start to the day....Cool temps, light breeze, no rain in the forecast....and then comes late morning and the afternoon where ants wish they could take something off to stay cool and birds don't even fly to the Birdfeeders but stay on the ground and peck at the seeds on the ground, and the outside cats just lay there and watch them....
So you can bet my outside activities will be limited to NONE....Unless Lorna's scripts are finally filled and we have to go and pick them up...
Grab a hot coffee and I see Fafnir has some pitchers of Iced Coffee already made....and enjoy the day....
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Finally made it in here. Early afternoon. Decided to skip the java and head straight to tea and scones. See y'all later! :happydance:
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Morning Fran....or afternoon...depending on the mood LOLOL
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We've had some showers the last couple days. It's nice, cools things down some. Trying to get some sleep starting about 7am, AC is off cause temps are very pleasant, in 60's. But the heat woke me at 4pm, yikes it's in the 90's! So I get up, crank up the AC, go get ice water, COFFEE!, and my supper. And meds! Now back in here and feeling 'pleasant' again! :woohoo: :happydance:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Thanks for your daily coffee and breakfast. I hope you have a good day filled with many blessings!
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Good morning!
We were supposed to have thunderstorms yesterday in our afternoon. Then it was supposed during the evening. Then it was supposed during the end of the night. We are currently 2PM here, and still nothing. But don't worry, forecast weather tells us we had anyway :hypno: and that now the thunderstorms are supposed to be for the other side of Massif Central. Yeah, but what is the reason for a threatening sky just presently?
So we'll see if something happens or not. I don't care if we have, like it's good for the Nature. And it would be an excuse to read :tearlaugh:
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We have threatening skies all the time, Aelin. Once in a while it actually rains! We have been getting little showers every day now this week. That's wonderful! At least it isn't a torrential rain! :o)
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Ah, Good MORNING everybody! :woohoo: :grenade: :happydance:
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Good Morning to all....
A quick trip in here and then I got to drop Lorna off at the clinic and then do some shopping. Cat and Kitty supplies this time...
The day is starting out beautiful...Nice cool temps with a little breeze and humidity not so bad yet...then, like yesterday....Hell comes to visit once again. In the 90's with HIGH HIGH humidity...which is why I want to get all that needs done, done in the morning...
Talked to my Brother in RI yesterday and he said it was 96 degrees with HIGH humidity amd that was at 5PM in the afternoon....That is rare for RI but not this year...They've been heating up worse then we have here in WI.
Anyway...Hope all stay cool....Thanks for the :java: Fafnir and the conversation yesterday...always great talking with you my friend.
Good to see you up and about McG...You had me worried for a moment there....
Morning Sir Knight and Aelin....Have a great day....
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Argued with the homecare nurse, the doctor had misworded her orders for them to go by. So we got it straight, the nurse working with Dr. Perez told her exactly what to do. No problem then! She wasn't gonna go by my word though.
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Got me a bowl of Cheerios today, but as I was eating I noticed that all of them looked like Mr. Bill's mouth: "Ooooooo!" Just doesn't look that Cheerie to me..... :OMFG:
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Sounds like something you may not want to munch on Agent. Ugghhhh! Think I'll stick with my Sugar Frosted Krispies. On a higher note ..... *channels in nut case with bad French accent from History of the World - part 1* Sorry Aelin ....... Got news that stove will be installed in about an hour. Been doing without as the renovator the owner hired was a real dumbass. Dropped a cabinet and snapped off a couple of the burner control knobs. Oh well. Been roughing it for a week while situation gets straightened out. Nice to eat out a lot, but a good home cooked meal trumps it all.
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Don't worry Hip. If most of French are like me, we have an excellent accent in our mind, the one we hear from native English talking people (in series for example); but when it's time to talk for real the good accent don't come outside of the mouth :tearlaugh:
Isn't the series named Apocalypse, talking about WWII?
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CheeriOooooos!!!!
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Wait Mr. Hand, Sluggo is being mean again.
That's all right Mr. Bill I have a rolling pin that will take care of this...
OH NOOOOOooooooooooo.....
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LOLOL....I walked into Cartoon Hour it seems.....
Glad you got what needed getting straightened out straightened out McG...
Just got back in. Decided to get some other items taken care of while we were out...
And now the HEAT is on outside...so I'm glad I'm back home in the A/C .....
LOL at Wizzard....Sluggo.....Mr. Hand....brings back memories....LOLOL...
Glad they are replacing the stove HS....Sometimes things don't work out that way...
And now to take a quick tour and get some things I need to do INSIDE today...
Cheeeeerio Agent....and tut tut and all that stuff...
Afternoon Aelin....Thankfully no one speaks American in America.... :java:
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Wait Mr. Hand, Sluggo is being mean again.
That's all right Mr. Bill I have a rolling pin that will take care of this...
OH NOOOOOooooooooooo.....
My favorite Mr. Bill Skit was "Mr. Bill Goes to the Health Spa". The things that were done to him in that one made me laugh so hard I was crying! :tearlaugh: Some of the best moments on 'Saturday Night Live'! :woohoo:
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This one?
https://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78mmrbill.phtml (https://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78mmrbill.phtml)
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Love how you find these things Sir Knight....Never been there...at least I don't think I have...and if I have...I don't remember it....but I'm thinking I haven't been...which means I have it in my links now...if I can ever find it again...which I should be able to...depending how I saved it....which means I probably will never find the link again.... :java:
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This one?
https://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78mmrbill.phtml (https://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78mmrbill.phtml)
That is one of the best, but not the one I was thinking of. He goes to a spa and gets a few massage treatments of different kinds. In that one he gets flattened by a waffle head hammer, or maybe it was a waffle iron. He comes out looking like a Mr. Bill Waffle. OOOOooooo!
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Been so long since I've eaten cereals man. I like em, specially Grape Nuts. But as I got older, I came to experience the aftertaste of milk as, well, terrible! Sometimes I get a box of Grape Nuts and just use water steads of milk. Hey, it works! :woohoo:
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Anytime I hear the name "BILL" these days, I recall instantly "Kill Bill" 1 and 2. AND how Uma Thurmans character takes the top of Lucy Liu's head off! Did she finally "Kill Bill" ??
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ beef ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. A rough one last night. Perhaps a bit of something extra in my coffee this morning, please.
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Hands Sir Knight a good strong coffee with a double shot of good bourbon in it
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Good morning!
Hope you won't fall sleeping with your armor Sir Knight, it's never easy to go back on feet after that.
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Thanks, Fafnir. I need that!
Aelin, a truth. Perhaps a squire will end up using my horse to lift me if I doze off. :woohoo:
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Good Morning to all....
Looks to be a HOT one here today and I have no plans of doing any "outsiding" Did enough of that this morning LOL.
Thanks for the Coffee Fafnir.....Do you have any Ice Coffee ready to go for this afternoon? Our highs here will be in the upper 90's...Our humidity right now is 84%....
Morning Sir Knight....hope the day goes better for you then the "Rough Night" did....
Morning McG. My Mother had the same problem with milk...she loved it most of her life but when she hit her 70's it left a bad taste in her mouth.
Morning Aelin.....are we ready to get our winners up....I'm on my 2nd pot of coffee so I'm really ready to go LOLOLOL
And now to get started with :java: in hand.....
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Yep, ready for winners :grenade:
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TL, it has already improved. The Attic always cheers me up. Better to not do a lot in the heat.
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Yup....I love coming in here also my friend....and I have NO plans of doing anything else outside.
As mentioned to Aelin, outside cats are fed, birds are fed, flowers are watered, flag is up, and we have two crazy baby squirrels running around here lately so I left some treats for them also. Best part is...the outside cats, Blacky, Blacky II, and Stripes just lay around looking at the birds eat the seed on the ground that spills from the feeders and they watch the two crazy squirrel babies racing doing not much of anything but having fun LOLOL.
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Last week, when visiting a street I never looked in, I was surprised to cross a squirrel. No time to take the camera for a photo. But I assume he made his way from the forest hill behind, crossed several gardens despite cats and dogs, when was there, checking other gardens :psycho:
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They are fun to watch....Lorna and I have a ball watching them zip from one tree to another, jumping off the tree to roll on the ground, jump in the air...and take off again.
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Yup, Sqwerls! lots of fun. I like them better than TV! But have not seen many up here. The ones here, I think were deliberately transplanted. Remember "God may have made the panhandle for folks didn't much like trees". The trees were brought here. Means the sqwerls had to be!
Down in Houston, there were TONS of trees and lots of sqwerls. There was a mama sqwerl living in an old oak behind us. We had an alley, bu t really it was a utility right of way. So sometimes the treetops would get in the power lines. Well, our alley had just a single wire on top of the poles. But it was some 23,000 volts. One day I was sitting on the back porch, with coffee, enjoying the early morning. I heard a crack, saw a little flash of light, from the top of one of the poles, saw a brown patch fall to the ground under it. I go look and it was a sqwerl. Still breathing! I left it alone, and directly, the (now) 3 footed critter went merrily on its way. I think it was the moma sqwerl. The babies would chase each other, play, wrestle and if something new was happening they peered big eyed at it side by side. My dogs would eat them if they could catch em. Same for any birds in the yard. Happily the dogs couldn't climb trees!
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Hey PDG, how did your race go?
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ref: cereal, when I wore a younger mans clothes, a box of cornflakes and a quart of milk was brekkie. When I got older and milk began to cause "problems" regular bowl and coffee as wetting agent. It worked....
ref: McGrampy & Kill Bill, Yes she did.
Ref: Armoured knights, If fitted properly, getting up wouldn't be a problem. however the phrase "Hot as an oven" comes to mind.
ref: today, Have a sparkling day and enjoy the weekend.
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Been so long since I've eaten cereals man. I like em, specially Grape Nuts. But as I got older, I came to experience the aftertaste of milk as, well, terrible! Sometimes I get a box of Grape Nuts and just use water steads of milk. Hey, it works! :woohoo:
Tried that once. Was the only time I ever did, and won't be doing that again. Of course I love milk for lots of things, cold cereal being just one of them. For hot cereals, like oatmeal, cream of wheat, rice, and grits, I sometimes use milk, while most times I just put butter in it and then add whatever else I feel like having in it. Yes, I like all of those hot cereals, and I like Ralston (a special whole wheat hot cereal that has a special taste).
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Yup, Sqwerls! lots of fun. I like them better than TV! But have not seen many up here. The ones here, I think were deliberately transplanted. Remember "God may have made the panhandle for folks didn't much like trees". The trees were brought here. Means the sqwerls had to be!
Down in Houston, there were TONS of trees and lots of sqwerls. There was a mama sqwerl living in an old oak behind us. We had an alley, bu t really it was a utility right of way. So sometimes the treetops would get in the power lines. Well, our alley had just a single wire on top of the poles. But it was some 23,000 volts. One day I was sitting on the back porch, with coffee, enjoying the early morning. I heard a crack, saw a little flash of light, from the top of one of the poles, saw a brown patch fall to the ground under it. I go look and it was a sqwerl. Still breathing! I left it alone, and directly, the (now) 3 footed critter went merrily on its way. I think it was the moma sqwerl. The babies would chase each other, play, wrestle and if something new was happening they peered big eyed at it side by side. My dogs would eat them if they could catch em. Same for any birds in the yard. Happily the dogs couldn't climb trees!
McG, have you ever been to Austin Texas? There is a place there called Peace Park, and it is a sanctuary for squirrels. If you go there and sit in the grass with some nuts of practically any variety, the squirrels will come right up to you and take the nuts right out of your hand. They also run and play around you, and will climb all over you. I was there in the mid 1970s, and that was one of the most exciting experiences I've ever had.
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Agent; not been to Austin yet. Want to go. We'll see how the future pans out! I imagine that was a lot of fun man, having the little guys playing ON you. :o) Some folks I knew in Arkansas would say "Having breakfast play on you is fun?" Me , I never saw them as food.
Sitting on my back porch in Houston is where I came to see that sqwerls, though animals, are still "folk". They aren't just animate creatures. They do live, think, feel, dream. They show the full set of emotions we recognize, even though they are little folk. They have a sense of humor for sure. Yeah, I spent a lot of time out on my back porch. I took a laptop out there with me. Had me coffee, camera, etc. And the girls, Nelly and Penny, greeted me happily every single day. That was a pretty good life. I guess that all things change. Now, I refuse to allow my kids access to anything of mine. I learned that is a sure fire way to lose it all. Sigh.
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I get that. Learning that people you thought you could trust are untrustworthy is a very hard lesson to learn. I've recently had to back away from a certain relative, because that person did something to me I never thought they would do. As much as I'd like to call that person out on what they did, to keep the peace, I'll stay away from them.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
I was in a huge "vide grenier" in town, with dozens of people selling old stuff. I wish I had a house, and even one with a garden, because there were really treasures. But I found anyway a little book which is a treasure: "Mico mon petit ours" (Miko, my little bear") which was used in schools until the year where I entered in the class to learn to read. I was lucky, because the method used since is a catastrophe that I saw in action when I worked in a school. In itself, Mico was only at €1 this morning... last time I checked online, it was beyond €50 so the wallet is very happy :tearlaugh: And in a very good shape.
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Don't worry Hip. If most of French are like me, we have an excellent accent in our mind, the one we hear from native English talking people (in series for example); but when it's time to talk for real the good accent don't come outside of the mouth :tearlaugh:
Isn't the series named Apocalypse, talking about WWII?
That would be a negative. Movie ref was Mel Brooks "History of the world part 1" A very good comedy. Circa 1789, just before the French Revolution. Just a rather bad example of an accent - on purpose for comedic purposes. I just happen to be a fan of the various accents you will find when speaking English. That and how much they can be mangled. While I was in Germany, many moons ago, we got a few good lessons in speaking the language. Just enough to get you out or perhaps into trouble. That's where you can hear some very strange accents as folks from the varying states attempt to duplicate the sounds they heard. We even had a boy from deep in the heart of Texas. That very obvious Texas drawl was something else. Listening to him attempting to speak proper German was well worth the price of admission.
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(waves) Good Evening folks! :woohoo:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked BBQ pork roast with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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Good Morning to all......
Had a No Net Sunday and didn't miss it at all. Nice to get away from the puter for a while. Hope your weekend was grand. We had some minor flooding from the storms that came through...but I do enjoy my Rainy Days and Sundays....they don't get me down.
I'll have a :java: Fafnir...and I thank you.
Good Morning Aelin....
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TL; Karen Carpenter says you got one word wrong in the title: Mondays, not Sundays! LOLOL
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I was hoping someone would catch on to that LOLOLOL :grenade: :yesway:
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Mornin' Y'all! Got real industrious yesterday with my cooking. I did an oven baked Hickory Smoked Ham, a Macaroni and Cheese Pie, Blackeyed Peas, and Buttermilk Cornbread. I also made a gallon of my double strength Lipton Tea. All foods were prepped and concocted by me from recipes I keep in my head. The first meal out of it was fantastic.
I now have some great ham to grill for breakfast biscuits, and half of that ham was wrapped in aluminum foil and frozen again. It will make a great future meal for something; mayhaps, Grits with Fried Eggs, and Grilled Ham!
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I was hoping someone would catch on to that LOLOLOL :grenade: :yesway:
The Carpenters were one of my favorite music groups. They had plenty of great harmony. Karen passed way too early in her life, and I had a crush on her.
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I agree...I saw them in concert at Hampton Roads Coliseum (Not sure if it's still the same name) way back in the early seventies when I lived in Newport News.
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I just heard that Olivia Newton-John dies.
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https://www.facebook.com/olivianewtonjohn/posts/621793035977328 (https://www.facebook.com/olivianewtonjohn/posts/621793035977328)
Even with stage 4 breast cancer that had spread to her back, she was still sunny.
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Loved her talent....loved her personality....She was one of the "Good Ones" But she will live on in our hearts and her movies and her music...
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I agree...I saw them in concert at Hampton Roads Coliseum (Not sure if it's still the same name) way back in the early seventies when I lived in Newport News.
You were in that part of Virginia, well known to me during that time, and I was a tween in Virginia Beach. I remember Hampton Roads Coliseum. I went to a concert on a student pass with my class at the place. I think it was Simon and Garfunkel. I was studying music at the time, and the teacher had designed her curriculum around events like that, so we could take in some culture. We got the tickets at a big discount.
Funny you mentioned Newport News, as my Pop served aboard the Naval ship by the same name: a Medium Heavy Battle Cruiser. I got to go on a day cruise aboard the Newport News with my Mom, oldest sister Tammie, and of course Pop! We went out beyond the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Tammie got sick, hanging over the side rails losing her lunch. LOLOL I was having a ball!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
Was in a walking in forest this morning, and it was great despite the noise of the main road from the other side of the valley :thud: Ended finally by following another which brought to one of the highest district in town. From there, easy to go back home.
Another stroll probably somewhere next week, in another part of the hills :dk2:
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You two were running around Norfolk, VA Beach, Hampton Roads, Little Creek same time I was. Gee. Small world! Weird we never met up! Could have had fun! :D
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Uh, well, folks, I got Covid now. Wow. Feels rough, aches, pains, joints and bones and SKIN all hurts! Ugh. I take Acetaminophen and Benadryl, its what is allowed and it helps. Another week I should be cleared of this stuff. I hope! I can't go to my doctor visit tomorrow, and I hate that. I guess I will sleep through it! ;o)
Yes, it;s for real, I was swabbed yesterday by my nurse, and the lab reported POSITIVE. Ugh.
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get well soon McG and after you get well get vaccinated it helps
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:OMFG:
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWz9VN40nCA
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You two were running around Norfolk, VA Beach, Hampton Roads, Little Creek same time I was. Gee. Small world! Weird we never met up! Could have had fun! :D
Pop was stationed at NOB, then just before he retired from the Navy, he was stationed at Cheatam Annex. He retired in April of 1975. I was 17. Before being stationed at NOB, he was stationed at the Charleston SC Naval Base, and before that he was at NOB for his first stationing. He served in the Cuban Missile Crisis, aboard one of the Stockade Destroyers. He served in the Philippines, Japan, Puerto Rico, the Mediterranean Sea, etc..... When you are Career Navy like Pop was, you serve in many areas of the world. Pop's Navy career was 21 years and seven months. He even had a chance once to get an old Captain's Gig for personal use.
A question here for all of you military types: in which of the US Armed Services is there a position in which the holder of that position is the only one that can salute with the left hand, and what is that position called? I know the answer, but I wish to see if anybody else here knows it. Hint: the left handed salute is only allowed during a certain type of occurrence, because of what is being done with the right hand at the same time.
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Only the Navy and Marines can as far as I know...but only in certain circumstances...
But....Boatswain’s Mates are authorized to salute with their left hand when piping a senior officer aboard a ship in either the Navy and Coast Guard.
Not sure about the name...
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You are correct, except the Marines have no Pipers, thus do not practice the procedures. The Navy and Coast Guard do, and yes it's called Boatswain's Mate, aka Bosun's Mate. Pop was one from early on in his Navy career. I watched him Pipe high ranking officers aboard many of the ships he served aboard. On the day cruise aboard the USS Newport News, he Piped the Captain and several dignitaries aboard. I was enthralled!
Excellent that you know the answer to my question!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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Good Morning Fafnir, Aelin and whoever else is roaming the Attic Halls....
Great start to the day...temp was 59 when I got up...And very little humidity today...It's now 70 degrees (Thank you Mr. Sunshine) and I just cracked the windows open for the Furry Tribe...Feels good.
No surprises on our election day yesterday. All those that were predicted to win, won...Unfortunately. Oh well....I did my part....
Hope all have a great day. I'll be in and out of here. Training the Daughter how to use Office for her new "At Home Job" for Colony Brands...which includes Ginny's, Montgomery Wards, Swiss Colony, Midnight Velvet, Seventh Avenue, Monroe & Main, Country Door, The Tender Filet, Ashro, and The Wisconsin Cheeseman. As mentioned before...The Swiss Colony is the dominate local business in Monroe....
Wish my luck.... :nopanic;
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausages with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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Good morning, Fafnir and Aelin.
TL, Luck!
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I spent the better part of two days now, selecting my prizes for winning the July Contest What makes it especially hard is trying to remember if I already have certain products. The extensive searching on my computer to see what I have is daunting, to say the least. But I finally have it done, and I have a nice list of great prizes chosen. I have submitted my choices to DA now, so just waiting to receive notification that they are ready to download.
On a personal note, considering the contest:
I thought the second place image was going to be the winner. I like all those wind power towers peeking out of the tops of the clouds. A very well thought out and executed image indeed. My image was good also, but to me, not as good as that one. But who am I to judge? :shrug:
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Good morning!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be stuffed grouper with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good Morning Boys and Girls....or Girls and Boys....or Folks and Folks.....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir and a good morning to you Aelin....
Gave my eyes a rest yesterday....and my nerves also LOLOL. Got a feeling I'll be hearing that four letter word from Lorna often..... H E L P..........
Anyway....Looks to be a rainy day today. Which means my plans to mow the lawn are shot to hell. Did you hear the disappoint in my voice..... No? I didn't either LOLOL
Got so many projects that need to get done around here but years ago I was given an "A+" for procrastination. This will be the first time in my life that I want to lower that grade a wee bit.
Now to see what is what and who is where and why is when with :java: in hand.
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made macaroni salad this morning no rain and we need it bad send some this way Luffie
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I love Macaroni Salad....Haven't made it in a long time.... My wife use to make it often....hers was a LOT better then mine....Maybe that's why I haven't made it in a long time LOL....
As for rain....I'd try to send it your way Fafnir....but then it would have to go through those other States that don't need anymore rain.... Besides...we share most of our rain with Sir Knight and others that live on the East Coast...
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I love Macaroni Salad....Haven't made it in a long time.... My wife use to make it often....hers was a LOT better then mine....Maybe that's why I haven't made it in a long time LOL....
As for rain....I'd try to send it your way Fafnir....but then it would have to go through those other States that don't need anymore rain.... Besides...we share most of our rain with Sir Knight and others that live on the East Coast...
Our wet weather usually comes from the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean, while winter weather comes from the Upper Mid West, and Canada. I live in Georgia, just north of Fafnir, so if we get rain from the Gulf and he does not, it either did an end run around him, or decided to hold it till it got to us. LOL
Fafnir, why is wet weather afraid to be near you? LOL
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Macaroni salad is definitely a fav. Like 'tater salad. I like the store bought "original" but would rather make it meself.
Hang in there McG. Covid can get you down, but don't let it win. Had it twice meself. No picnic, but survivable.
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Folks, The DAZ Weekly Freebies is refreshed today, so if you have not taken advantage of them, I'm sure you know where to go. I made out like a bandit yet again, this time. I got in total $264.35 worth of products, calculating all full priced product packs if none were in bundles. The Bundles provide a discount anyway, but truth be told, knowing what the real value is according to the full prices of each pack in a bundle, let s me know exactly how much I'm really saving. I did not get every freebie offered, as a couple are for things I will never have unless they are offered for free in the future.
They have been putting some products up that are for Cararra, which I do not have, and would really like to get someday. Problem being, it is the one big application that is not ever offered for free at DAZ 3D; at least not since I have been using DAZ apps. I have DAZ Studio, Bryce, and Hexagon; all of which I got for free. Hexagon proved to be way too difficult to learn; especially since there are several free to download 3D modelling apps that are much easier to learn and use. I think the community of 3D modelers like myself must not like Hexagon very much, as tutorials concerning it are nowhere near as many as what is available for most of the other modelling apps. That was one of the things that turned me away from Hexagon. My number one modelling app is of course Wings 3D. It has everything I need, including context sensitive menus that appear according to what you have selected in your modelling project, an awesome UV Mapping system that allows you to edit the UV map before exporting it, and you can even apply textures you make from those UV maps, directly in Wings 3D. Now it won't show the effects of bump or displacement, but at least you can use it to test how well your textures are fitting your model. The UV mapping feature also lets you UV map according to several different mapping projection modes. Not sure how UV mapping works in Hexagon, but why care, when Wings 3D can do it with ease?
Believe it or not, Bryce has modelling capabilities too, though it does not do UV mapping. Even so, if you give models you will be importing into Bryce material zones, you can texture them OK(ish) in the Bryce Deep Texture Editor, and make them look good. Another thing Bryce can do is model from greyscale heightmaps. For this, you either create a terrain or symmetrical lattice object, take that into the Bryce Deep Terrain Editor, and use a heightmap to shape it. In the image that won me the July Monthly Contest - "In the Clouds", the ship that is emerging from the cloud is made from 2 symmetrical lattices, each shaped in the Deep Texture Editor. And you will not believe how quickly I modeled it. From start to finish, with textures applied, no more than 20 minutes! How is that for a model that looks that complex?
OK, I'm Monologuing here. I'm done. LOL
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled steaks with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
Another full sunny day but I don't care, I stay at home :tearlaugh: We'll see if the forecast weather told the truth with thunderstorms for tomorrow.
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Good Morning Fafnir and anyone else roaming the halls.....
A 59 degree morning when I got up at 5:30....Now it's all the way up to 63 degrees....LOVE IT. Kitties and Oz want me to crack the windows open....but I won't do that till it's a wee bit warmer LOLOL...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....I'm in a weird mood. Got my Mocha Iced Coffee, my hot coffee and a glass of OJ on the desk...going to enjoy all three. That should get my motor started.
You're right Agent...that was a great haul on Daz Freebies...
Hope all have a grand day today...and now to get things started in here...with :java: in hand.
I got those freebies also Agent....good batch of goodies indeed.
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Morning Aelin...I would have gotten my post up sooner but had Bootsy in my lap whining about something...don't know what....but a hug and a kiss on top of the head seemed to satisfy her for now LOL....
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Before to start with comp, I was doing something I couldn't stop, then Puce (like by chance) started to meow again and again, like if she was lost - and o sad. At the sound of my voice, stopped. Then restarted. Only a capricious moment for I go with her, not her coming with me :tearlaugh: She was disappointed I didn't obey.
And so the meows close of me, I know too. No reason, just a need of meows. And a little kiss helps a lot; I guess like the magical kiss of Mommies on bobo of childrens :tearlaugh:
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Or Daddy's LOLOL
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got some rain last night finally YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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got some rain last night finally YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did it make things cooler? I hope it did. You need it there more than I do here in Georgia. I'm happy the rain decided to grace you with its falling.
:happydance:
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yea it helped some but need more thanks Agent
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled pork chops with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
We had thunderstorm mostly on the horizon, but at least we had rain. Yet it was earlier than supposed in the schedule. Not that in the night or in the night makes many difference when you are sleeping :tearlaugh: We are still with a threatening weather, so no idea if I'll stay this afternoon, or even if I'll be back tonight. But as longer as Nature is happy, I'm too.
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Good Morning,
A beautiful morning out...Cloudy, cool (62 degrees), low humidity for the moment....and then later on some showers on and off...maybe. Forecasters are not sure where the rain will land...which is normally the case LOL.
Got a lot done this morning already....and when Sleepy Head wakes up...we have to make a trip to Wally World for Cat Litter and a few other items.
Other then that...debating on which project I should continue with....which is always mind blowing since I have many half done projects :tearlaugh:
Have a great day...and I'll be in here later on....maybe...with :java: in hand
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:woohoo:
You have to See This!
THE LEGEND OF PIPI - ANIMATED SHORTFILM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cFBi02O34
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Interesting vid Rad. Nice. Anywho, back in for a bit. Been getting ready for a few more renos here. Supposed to be tearing up the linoleum and replacing it with tiles. Owner did not like the work done by earlier person. Can't even call him a "contracter". Oh well. Waiting for the AM and chillin' for right now. Had daughter and her son over to help and neither was that big a help. Grandson spent most of his time attempting to get his phone straightened out. Daughter was playing with critters. Oh well.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
We finally had thunderstorm last evening, and it was even on a part of the night. Great for Nature with rain :grenade:
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Hi, y'all!! Just dropped in for some java and a bit. Have to race out the door for the rest of the day. Enjoy this break from the heat and humidity. :java:
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Good Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
No storms for us but some nice cool temps today which means I've got a lawn to mow and weedwhack.... Just waiting for the morning dew to dry up. Then I'm out of here.
I even have the windows open to let in the cool breeze...which is rare for this time of year...
Morning Hawk....I'll be following you out the door....with :java: in hand
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Yeah, they're not the only ones. Connie's got errands to run and have to gas up buggy.
AGAIN!!!!!!!
I swear, that girl costs me more time and money than anyone else! Not to mention that dingbat grandson. Kid lost his own vehicle, not working tho no fault of his ..... nudge, nudge, wink, wink . . . . and Aliene just doesn't want the hassle of maintaining driver's license, maintenance, insurance, registration, etc. So, she's stuck taking Uber to work and back. Don't mind being the designated driver for myself and Connie, but I try to draw the line where they're concerned.
Oh well. Just need to take Connie on small errand, juice up buggy then a return home for hopefully rest of day. That way I can work on a few more ideas for Poser. Connie keeps telling me that I should try making calendars with the girls. Might try that later. Meanwhile, Fafnir's :java: is sounding real good.
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Ugh. That was rough. I think it's over now. I can eat again. I can enjoy more than water and coffee. But not much more. A nurse finally came and redressed my foot. Just two changes overdue. I go see my doc Wednesday again. Thanks Fafnir, HipShot! I uh was vaccinated already. Maybe time for another one? My sister was in hospital with Covid while I was home sick with mine. One of the baby boys has covid too. Damn that sucks. I feel weak still, I hear that's normal. Never felt any congestion at all. Did have and still do allergy symptoms. Hay Fever. Benadryl helps that!
I do feel for my bro in law. He goes all out for others, but who does anything for HIM?
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
Was walking around the town once again, in a way totally unexpected. Alas the stroll was stopped by a barrer with "forbidden passage" because it was at that place an area owned by somebody. Otherwise, I think it was a way in the past to go until a village between us and another little town.
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We had thunderstorms in our afternoon which made me quit internet earlier than expected. It seems, according the colors and lights of the sunset sky that perhaps we can have another one. At least it was rain for Nature earlier and must be in a moment again :woohoo:
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At least you're getting said thunderboomers. Weather weenies here have been promising rain for days. Got a little, but no cookie as far as I'm concerned. Just enough to add a bit more dust to the windshield. Today, I had to take Connie to Temple for VA visit. The vamps there had a go at her. Luckily, she got one of the good ones. One hit, move a bit, and all done. All she had left to do was tinkle in the cup. Nice when you can. Not so nice when wee tank is running a tad bit low. On the other hand, when she hears running water, that usually does the trick . . . . as it did today. Returned home after a visit to WallyWorld and now back home and taking it easy. Will head over to Fafnir's for a good :java: and then head out to see if I can't catch one of my muses.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked ham and sweet taters with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Back from Colorado. And really need some of your good :java:, please.
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Good morning!
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Hands Sir Knight a steamin mug of good strong coffee
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Hi Aelin
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Good Morning to all.....
Sorry for being MIA for a bit but this time the lawn mowing, weedwhacking, and moving lawn furniture around got the best of me. Haven't felt that crappy in a long time.....but I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW. That use to be a punch line on a comedy show but I'll be damn if I remember which one. Curiosity go the best of me....It was John Astin who played Buddy on Night Court.
Anyway...got that Trivia moment done and on with the show.... Didn't take long to get caught up in here which is a good thing...Getting away from the screen is a good thing.
Looks to be a great day today...and I'm staying inside and view it's glory through my window. Woke up to 56 degrees this morning...But I guess the high will reach 80 by later in the day...
I owe you a return Phone Call Fafnir...I see you called last night....My phone was in the car....I wasn't.... :thud: Grabbed it this morning and now it's charging up. Shows you how often I use it LOLOL...I didn't even miss it last night.
What part of Colorado Sir Knight. I have relatives who live in Eugene. Hope your trip was a good one.
Morning Aelin......Got your messages and will see what I will work on first LOLOL....So much to do....so little time.... :thud:
And now....let me see where to travel next in here...with :java: in hand.
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TL, it was Boulder. Four days of hiking. My feet are sore. The scenery was beyond beautiful.
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Good morning!
I come in my morning because I have the time and because I have stuff to do this afternoon. Not sure I'll have the time to pass another head here before my evening.
It seems a great place Sir Knight. I did some walks around in the valley during holidays (back to work next Tuesday) but our valley isn't as large as yours on your photo.
And everyone, it's time to remember we coming ever closing of Halloween :ifonly: So keep an eye on that topic
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.0
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked stuffed grouper with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
Aelin, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to see pictures of your valley.
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Greetings, Fafnir. I hope you're doing well. Coffee if you please, kind sir.
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Good Morning to all.....
A nice brisk morning today. But looks to be in the low 80's today. That's the warmest it's been all week.
Morning Aelin....Have a great day and enjoy your time off. Tuesday is right around the corner....LOL
Was in Boulder a couple times for Business trips Sir Knight...a beautiful place....Only hiking I did there was visiting job sites that had our Burners in them. That is a great shot...
Have to take Lorna to her Clinic Appts today so I'll be in and out of here. It's never ending it seems :thud:
Great :java: Fafnir...and yes...I owe you a phone call...it will be later in the day.... Ahhhhh
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Good morning!
Aelin, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to see pictures of your valley.
I would love to see some also Aelin.
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Just click on the picture.
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yes i would like to see some pictures too Aelin
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I want to see pictures of your valley too, Aelin.
I also want to visit Colorado, to see the best of the Rocky Mountains. I think that may be the most beautiful State in the entire U.S. I'd be there with my Sony HD digital Camera, and shoot photos and videos. It shoots very high resolution images and videos, has limited zoom with the default lens assembly, and can accept a 128 MB micro SD card. It is a very high quality camera. My Samsung A51 Smartphone does HD Images and Videos too, and can accept a 128MB Micro SD card also, but the resolution is not as high as that of my Sony.
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I have just to be less lazy guys for photos :tearlaugh: I didn't sorted the latest bunch, from last Tuesday. The others, very very most of them are under the trees. From last Tuesday, the same way too anyway.
Presently, I see dark clouds above one of the hills, probably just full of rain. We'll see if it's for us or for neighbors.
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Hi Fran...that was a cool Gif....Waving right back at you.... :cwave: (That's as good as it gets LOLOL)
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Hi Fran! (waves back!)
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Covid is now GONE...thankfully...Dr. visits back on track. Doctor is very pleased with the progress of my foot. There might never be an actual 'graft' applied though. 'Chronic Osteo-Myelitis' sees the grafts simply as food. Yuck. BUT the wound will close. Eventually! The Charco-foot problem is now gone too. foot resembles the left one, again. "Normal". That really did make Dr. Perez happy! She gets excited and bounces in her chair. I know things are good then! LOL! She is also telling me I can now safely walk on that foot some. Still means with much care! but I am relieved now. We passed a dangerous place, finally. And yes, TL, I WILL continue to mind the Dr.s and Nurses! :oD
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
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Oh Fafnir, you're making me hungry man!
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Good Morning, Aelin!
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Good Morning to all...or afternoon in some cases...
Forgot that I had to take Lorna to Madison for her Doctors appointment....Left at 7AM...the appt was for 9AM...but during rush hour it takes an hour of snail driving to even get into Madison...thus the early departure. Typically I can get to SSM in an hour... The drive back was not bad at all.
So...time to take a tour with :java: in hand...And yes...it's great coffee Fafnir....
McG...glad things are going good for you and your foot....BEHAVE is the key word....
Aelin...got to run out and do some errands but will be back in a bit.
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I beat my lazy moments to post 1 photo from July
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=42857
The only one that worked well to show the valley.
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Meals On Wheels brought us lunch today. Chicken tenders, mashed taters, white gravy, carrots, and diced fruits. I tried not to think of your Prime Rib while eating my lunch, Fafnir! LOL!
Copy that, TL!
Aelin, that is a very beautiful scene! You live in a wonderful place now. :o)
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My mother use to love her Meals On Wheels McG. The folks delivering the meals use to come in and check on her and make sure all was good...They'd help her out whenever something was amiss...
Glad you enjoyed your meal and you are behaving....For a change LOLOLOL
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Morning... haven't disappeared
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Good Morning Noshoba.....
Seems like I'm making the coffee this morning...unless Fafnir has the girls doing it. But in either case....Good Morning to anyone else who is up and "at em" on this Rainy Saturday Morning...at least here it's raining.... I guess it's going to be doing this all day long which bothers me not.
Hope all had a grand night.
Nothing new to report so off I go to see what else is happening...with :java: in hand....
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Good morning!
All our morning was under the clouds, but now it's 2PM and the sun is present.
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Good morning, Noshoba, thelufias and Aelin.
Glad to see you, Noshoba.
TL, we'd love some of that rain.
Aelin, thank you for the picture. As McG said, beautiful!
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I see that Sir Knight....They are showing some of the draught conditions in the east on the Today show....and Yikes....it really is a bad one....and on the other end of the spectrum....Flash Flooding at Death Valley.... :thud:
My Brother Jimmy said their pond that they visit daily is almost gone...It was a huge pound fed by streams and had all sorts of wildlife...including geese and ducks that Carol and Jimmy would feed. Mother nature is on a rampage it seems
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready and the girls had the pots set to auto so whoever came in early had coffee and they made biscuits and bacon too. for later on there will be baked ham with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning Fafnir.....the girls had to make a couple of new pots of coffee for us early birds LOL....Hope your day will be a awesome one my friend
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I see that Sir Knight....They are showing some of the draught conditions in the east on the Today show....and Yikes....it really is a bad one....and on the other end of the spectrum....Flash Flooding at Death Valley.... :thud:
My Brother Jimmy said their pond that they visit daily is almost gone...It was a huge pound fed by streams and had all sorts of wildlife...including geese and ducks that Carol and Jimmy would feed. Mother nature is on a rampage it seems
Many of us humans expect things on and within the Earth have already settled into what they will be like for a very long time. Then the Earth does something so out of sorts that we must wonder what we were thinking.
I don't believe the Earth is out of surprises for we humans. :nopanic;
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready and the girls had the pots set to auto so whoever came in early had coffee and they made biscuits and bacon too. for later on there will be baked ham with all the trimmings and tater wedges
Oof! I did steamed Cabbage and Stewed Potatoes with Baked Ham, just yesterday. The ham was particularly good! :thumb_up:
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I think we get surprised at Nature, but that is because of unrealistic expectations. But, um, how to have REALISTIC expectations these days huh?
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Slow start here. Need coffee.
Hope you have a great day!
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Morning...off to Richmond for about a week and a half.
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Good morning!
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Good morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....that goes in hand with my morning Tomato Juice. Love that stuff....
No plans for today, at least "I" don't have plans...and we know how long that lasts when others become involved :thud:.
Weather is still soggy but cool, which I enjoy. So far this Summer we've had the windows open more often than the A/C on...which is a good thing. Comfortable temps, low humidity makes for a great combination. It didn't start off that way if you remember....We were breaking heat records.
Have a safe trip Noshoba....I'd say "enjoy" but not sure what the trip is for so I'll forego the "Enjoy" part...
And Good Morning Aelin....Hope you have a pleasant day today....
Now to take a quick spin in here...not sure what project I want to start but I know it will be a no net day if I can get away with it. Which I doubt will happen :thud:
Did you ever get any of our rain Sir Knight....Don't remember if you told us....or if you did...I forgot...which is probably the case....
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Perhaps for today you should plan to stay locked in your room, with headphones on the ears. That way, no plans are done for you :iminnocent:
Day is fine, clouds, sun, clouds... Not a bad Sunday at all.
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The trip is for work . They still have their thumbs stuck up their arse about just moving me up there.
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So you use your own vehicle to make the trip?
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Nope company vehicle. Fortunately.
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Yup...that's a plus for sure....But that's still a heck of a drive...are you on your time when you drive or their time? Yes, I'm nosey today LOLOLOL
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No significant rain yet, TL. Some predicted for this afternoon and for tomorrow. We'll see. At least it's 80's not 90's most days.
I'm with Aelin: "La, la, la -- I can't hear you" can work pretty well.
Safe travels, Noshoba.
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We got rain here. Still getting it too!
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So far no one has asked for anything yet except the kittens Sir Knight. They are always asking for treats...and they've learned to use the "Poor Me" meow from Ozzie....
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Glad to see you out and about McG..... :yesway:
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So far no one has asked for anything yet except the kittens. They are always asking for treats...and they've learned to use the "Poor Me" meow from Ozzie....
As longer as they don't use the big bold meow than Puce is doing those last days... She will be disappointed Tuesday when she will find I'm not in the range to hear her doing that :tearlaugh:
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My time that's one of the little battles I'm having with them considering it is the only day off I have a system making my travel day
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Yup....I'd battle them also Noshoba.....sad thing is....they most likely know they are taking advantage of you...that's the world nowadays...
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Indeed. Was a miserable trip..eta was 300 arrival was 530...
Observations
All NC driver need their licenses revoked and immediately sentenced to public transportation when weather is bad.
Had an SUV try to run me off the road and then rear ended a 18 wheeler. karma's a bitch. Rain was super bad border to border with low visibility.
Changing idea for Xmas freebie. Hint go read Alan Dean Foster's short story "Why Johnny Can't Speed " for a hint.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee please!
Noshoba, glad to hear you've arrived in at least good enough state to write.
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Morning. Well I was going to make it just fine. I keep the road rage in check with thoughts of the truck equiped with a Bushmaster...
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of strong coffee Mornin Nosh glad you got there safely
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Good morning!
Last day of holidays for me!
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Glad you made it safe and sound Noshoba...Despite the NC drivers. We use to say the same thing about the Mass Ass Drivers when I lived in RI and in Wisconsin we blame the Illinois folks for their lousy driving....On the flip side...I'm sure they all say the same about us LOLOL.
Good Morning Aelin....enjoy your last day off...find something fun to do
Morning Sir Knight.....
Just got back from the Vampires (Blood Draw at the Clinic) Good new is...they only had to use one arm...bad news is...took three tries before hitting the jackpot :thud:
I'll be gone tomorrow...It's Transfusion time once again....Hope they do better with the vein search then this guy did LOL....
Today I have to run out and stock up on Kitty and Cat food....dry and wet...and then I might get the lawn mowed if the grass dries up....we shall see...
Fafnir...thanks for the coffee my friend.... And take a peek here for the info on that tower I told you about Miantonomi National Park Tower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miantonomi_Memorial_Park)
When I was growing up everyone had access to it...we use to climb to the top and no one ever got injured...Now they have it gated up and no one is allowed to go in it for fear of injury lawsuits :thud:
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Nice it is thanks TL
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Glad you made it safe and sound Noshoba...Despite the NC drivers. We use to say the same thing about the Mass Ass Drivers when I lived in RI and in Wisconsin we blame the Illinois folks for their lousy driving....On the flip side...I'm sure they all say the same about us LOLOL.
Good Morning Aelin....enjoy your last day off...find something fun to do
Morning Sir Knight.....
Just got back from the Vampires (Blood Draw at the Clinic) Good new is...they only had to use one arm...bad news is...took three tries before hitting the jackpot :thud:
I'll be gone tomorrow...It's Transfusion time once again....Hope they do better with the vein search then this guy did LOL....
Today I have to run out and stock up on Kitty and Cat food....dry and wet...and then I might get the lawn mowed if the grass dries up....we shall see...
Fafnir...thanks for the coffee my friend.... And take a peek here for the info on that tower I told you about Miantonomi National Park Tower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miantonomi_Memorial_Park)
When I was growing up everyone had access to it...we use to climb to the top and no one ever got injured...Now they have it gated up and no one is allowed to go in it for fear of injury lawsuits :thud:
TL, it might be that you are a person that has what is known as 'floating veins'. I had them until I reach puberty way back in the mid 1970s.
I remember a doctor that tried taking blood from me, and he kept missing the vein. when he missed he would wiggle the needle around trying to find it. OUCH BIG TIME!!! After his third attempt, I balled up my left into a fist and threatened him with it. "LET THE NURSE DO IT!" I told him loudly. He looked at me and saw that I was seriously ready to punch him. He gave the needle to the nurse, and she did it with no trouble, as she actually knew about my veins and how to hit one every time. I never let any actual doctor take blood from me anymore, because it turns out that most of them are poorly skilled in that department. :OMFG:
Thing is, I learned about floating veins, early on because I had them. I later learned that some people have them all their lives! Are you one of those people?
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My wife had floating veins and so does Lorna.... Mine are just "Used Up" veins due to all of the surgeries, transfusions, etc etc etc. Plus...this guy was a newby...I could tell...He was overly polite :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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My wife had floating veins and so does Lorna.... Mine are just "Used Up" veins due to all of the surgeries, transfusions, etc etc etc. Plus...this guy was a newby...I could tell...He was overly polite :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
Hmmm. That's a problem I never had, but I understand how it could be painful. I see that you do know about floating veins, as you wife had them and your daughter has then even now. I must say I feel for your daughter, as I know how bad that can be for a patient that is being jabbed by an inexperienced professional. I'm sure your wife and your daughter must have suffered through that at sometime or more in their lives. I feel for you also, concerning the problem you must live with.
As I indicated in my previous comment, I grew out of the floating veins syndrome, as I happened to be among the lucky ones that do so. Nowadays, when a phlebotomist sees my arms with their popping out veins, they wish I was their patient. LOL The ones that do get to take blood from me have it very easy these days, no trouble hitting the vein first time! Please, don't be jealous. LOLOL
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It was always a hassle for Linda thus her reluctance to go to the Doctors when needed...She passed away at a young age...at least young by my standards since she was only two years younger then me.
As for Lorna...Yup...it's a hassle for her each and every time...even with the "Expert" Nurse who we both have faith in....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Just a quick stop by. I totally forgot Lorna had a appt at the clinic today also.......
Just took a stroll and commented here and there....
Have a great day folks if I don't get back in here today....
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Good morning, but just barely. We finally got some rain! Thank you, TL. :rain-rain:
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You're more then Welcome Sir Knight.....Want some cool temps? Got plenty of that to share also.... :woohoo:
See you folks later....Just picked up Lorna from her Appt....got to get ready for my Clinic Adventure...
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:OMFG: Got 6.5 inches here :thud:
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Good afternoon!
I expected a flood of messages on the phone when arrived to job. Finally only 2 messages... which were empty. Probably the kind of calls which imagine you'll rush to call them back when they hang off :shrug: The phone was pretty quiet, only 4 calls during my afternoon. I guess most of people imagine we were in vacations today included :tearlaugh:
That allowed me to end several of my tasks, and between them a major one. Now to see a part of my colleagues back tomorrow. One already with an emergency waiting for her :tearlaugh:
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Glad to hear the first day back was easy, Aelin. A gift!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steak and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Afternoon. Had a rough night with my bladder going crazy. Had to wake and go almost every hour last night. Got very little sleep because of it. Still trying understand how one can have so much liquid waste in a container that does not hold anywhere near the amount I put out last night. I mean, I look at a 5 gallon container, and then at my abdomen, and the 5 gallons is way bigger than my abdomen! HOW? And what is really bad is that I have that problem way too much. Makes me wonder why I'm not dehydrated after all that I released last night!
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Got a question for anybody that knows the answer:
What is the best free Download Manager for Windows 10?
To explain, I am having trouble getting my prizes downloaded. I am talking about the prizes for the 1st place win in the July Monthly contest "In The Clouds". Google's downloader is glitching big time these days, have given me trouble in the two previous wins as well. Those were for the April Monthly Contest, and an Artist of the Week Prize award. My internet connection fluctuates in strength, which as we all know can affect whether or not a file gets fully downloaded. Google's downloads page is supposed to save the amount of a file that has been downloaded only partially, if it is interrupted during the download; but recently, when very large files get interrupted, it acts as though the download is already completed. I look at the size of the downloaded file, and compare it to the actual size of the complete file, and it will not match; having several MB of data not taken. Of course this makes the file useless, and I must start the whole download all over again, after I delete the incomplete one. Very frustrating to say the least!
So I need to get a download manager that will save interrupted files at the point of what is already downloaded, and allow the download to be resumed without having to start the process all over again. I've looked at a few, but I cannot be sure how well any of them work. This is where you guys come in. I will appreciate good info on which one to get. I think part of the problem might be from where I am downloading, but it seems to me that it is more due to my fluctuating internet connection strength. If I can get the files from where they are provided, without the interruptions causing me to have to restart the download, it will be a big help to me, and end my frustrations at the process. As it is right now, I'm banging my head against the immovable wall, so to speak.
Thanks for any info you can provide, especially any good review on the ones being recommended.
Cheers!
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Good afternoon!
It was another good day at job. Only one phone call in the afternoon, and it was one of those platform calling and hanging off when you take the phone. Well, I don't care as longer as they don't try again to call :tearlaugh:
We were only 3 in the morning, most of the team having not indicated on the planning they are always in vacation because taking the days off they still have :thud:
I had a fight with all the letters also. Most than a full crate for fruits :thud: It took me in all half of the day but at least it's done.
Don't forget to vote for next month contest
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25023.0
Agent, that can happen by period. I have no explanation for.
Concerning your issue with downloading, don't you have periods in the day where your connection is best? I know I have issues in the beginning of the afternoons, and sometimes during a part of the beginning of the evenings - sometimes half an evening :panic: It can be at home, but also at job.
I don't think that changing from google for another stuff will change the thing, it's just the connection.
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My internet is through my Smartphone WiFi which works for any other device I choose to connect to it. What happened about four months ago was the closest cell phone tower got moved about a mile further away, so that now it is mostly beyond the horizon. I have Unlimited data on my smartphone + 5G. I only get 3 bars of signal strength on my phone, because the closest tower is now where it is.
It's a problem I'm having with all downloads coming through Google now, and to be for real, that was still a problem when the tower was closer. But it was not as bad. If a download manager won't work, I need a different way to get my prizes. For DAZ files I have at least three ways to get files downloaded if I purchased them at DAZ, and the one I use is the DAZ Install Manager (DIM). If I could get the DAZ prizes I win here through the DIM, it would at least help with that. The other sources would need a different way to get to me. Perhaps I could have the prizes uploaded to my DropBox? I'd be willing to provide Dark Angel with a code to do that, if she is willing. I have no reason to distrust anybody at Fantasies Attic, so that could be a better way to receive my prizes.
When you have to restart a download from the beginning several times, it can be way too frustrating. That's what is happening now for me. And it does not matter what time of day it is, as my experiences have shown.
Thank you for your comment Aelin. It lets me know you care like DA does. It's what makes this site among my favorites. This goes for all members here. Everybody here are great friends.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried snapper with all the fixings and tater wedges hushpuppies too
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Greetings, Fafnir. Coffee, please. I'm conducting four interviews for open positions today. I think I'll need something stronger by the end.
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Good Morning to all.....
Sorry for being MIA yesterday without notice but it ended up being a busy day instead of a resting day which I was suppose to have after the transfusion....and then I get a message from the clinic saying that they have round two set up for today. Hummmm....I didn't realize I had a round 2 coming, unless I missed it in the excitement :nopanic;
That is the one part of the job that I dreaded at times Sir Knight. Many times what the resume said, did not match the answers they gave when interviewed. Especially when it came to job skills.
Thankfully I lucked out and ended up with a great long lasting staff. I hired Patty, who was my assistant, when she first married Steve...and now they have 4 grand children...She retired 3 years ago as the head of the Shipping Department.
Enjoy your day folks....I'll be spending the morning with my Fire tablet while getting "refilled" LOL
But I can have a :java: or two....or three or.....well, just keep a couple pots handy Fafnir.
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Morning Agent.....
As Aelin said, typically download times and problems are due to your connection and not what program you use to do the downloading. I don't try any crazy downloaders..I stick with either Edge or Chrome. Both have the same speeds, are safe, (at least safer then most of the other downloaders), and easy to use.
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Good afternoon!
I have no idea if I'll stay all my evening or not, due to the threatening of thundertsorms we have since after our 4PM... when forecast weather told us we are under thunderstorm warning since yesterday morning :tearlaugh:
It was another pretty quiet day at job. I ended with the major task I still had, didn't expect to end today :grenade:
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I'd send you some of our Sunshine but I think folks towards the East of me would keep it instead of forwarding it to you.
Have a peaceful night if you can LOL.
I'm going to close down the First Round Voting soon and then call it a day.
Got Round 3 of the infusions coming up on Sept. 1st....Been a LONG time since I've had 3 rounds...
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Glad you've had work mercies, Aelin. And even better that you've finished a major task.
Ooh, TL. Thanks for the reminder. I'll dash over and vote.
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Morning Agent.....
As Aelin said, typically download times and problems are due to your connection and not what program you use to do the downloading. I don't try any crazy downloaders..I stick with either Edge or Chrome. Both have the same speeds, are safe, (at least safer then most of the other downloaders), and easy to use.
I suppose I should look into why the Google Download page won't save an interrupted download to be resumed later?
I've had worse connections than what I get through my phone's mobile hotspot, and in those days, the download page was saving everything that got interrupted, despite the connection strength problems. Even had some power outages, and it saved the interrupted download to be resumed once the connection came back up. This indicates to me that a Google update or more in recent history has disabled the automatic saving of interrupted downloads. What is really odd is that it does this at random, but more often than not. In the prizes I have chosen for my most recent contest win, only one interrupted item was saved for resuming, and it was a small file containing ten poses for V4. All of the rest of my prizes this time have also been interrupted, but not saved for resuming. It puts partial downloads on my hard drive as completed downloads, and that corrupts the files so that extraction will not work correctly, or in many cases, not at all. I need to do some research on this to determine what direction I need to take next. Yet another reason for frustration.
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I'd send you some of our Sunshine but I think folks towards the East of me would keep it instead of forwarding it to you.
Have a peaceful night if you can LOL.
I'm going to close down the First Round Voting soon and then call it a day.
Got Round 3 of the infusions coming up on Sept. 1st....Been a LONG time since I've had 3 rounds...
Hey, no sun until tomorrow, thank you! I want to sleep! :tearlaugh:
But no, rain is fine, Nature needs it. With or without thunderstorm when it will come, that is the only question.
Yeah Sir Knight, I profit well of that 'rest', before a back to crazy times :tearlaugh:
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Um, how do I get to the Monthly Contest Theme Voting Thread? Cannot find a link.
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I gave it few days ago in Coffee Shop, here it is again
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25023.0
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I gave it few days ago in Coffee Shop, here it is again
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25023.0
I missed it the first time. LOL
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Final round of voting is up for next months contest....
TO VOTE GO HERE: FINAL VOTE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25024.0)
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Not sure how many of you are interested in watching the Artemis I Moon Rocket Launch but if you are....you can go to NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/) to see when, what, where and why....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Thanks, TL. I am and I did.
Good morning, Fafnir. Easy day today: just one interview. Coffee, if you please, generous sir.
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Good Morning to all.....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.....Ahhhhhh
A nice day coming up though the humidity is already high...Got the kittens asking for the windows to be open but not doing it...I was out earlier feeding the outside cats and it was like walking into a wet blanket...
Glad you only had one interview yesterday Sir Knight. Most times one is enough to wear you out :tearlaugh:
Hope your day is a grand one Aelin...
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Thanks, TL. I am and I did.
Love that site...also enjoy the Space X (https://www.spacex.com/) site (Though sometimes their front page looks like an ad)....They do a good job
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Good afternoon!
It was a pleasant day. I even ended my tasks in the morning. So what to do in the afternoon? :panic: I finally found a list of contacts to update and it's a huge one, so the afternoon was fulfilled :grenade:
Monday, almost all the team is back from vacations.
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That has been on my "To Do" list for 3 years.....and yes....the list has increased in size since then :tearlaugh:
But then again....maybe it has shrunk in size .... most folks I know are my age and older :thud:
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Our students started moving onto campus today. Traffic was snarled everywhere.
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Finally. Back in the door and ready to just crash. Had the boys in to do their reno thing this morning and early afternoon, then I had to take Connie for her and my VA appoints. The vamps were kindly today. Only one stick and hardly felt it going in. Just two tubes. Then over to nutrition to wait for Connie then homeward bound. Except I had to take a small break as she had to run for the border. (We ate at Olive Garden yesterday and she had that salad) The oils and her must not get along. Got back to the casa and pretty much ready to call it quits for the day, Will have to move some furniture over the weekend so the lads can get on with their work, but it is what it is. So is looking good.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be tacos with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
At the theater, we have an Afghan refugiee who will enter at the university in Paris next week. She is stressed and excited all in the same time, but at least she enters at the university in a program for Afghan people and she will find back few of her friends. Here she is
https://www.lamontagne.fr/aubusson-23200/loisirs/une-autre-histoire-a-partager_14152302/
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Good Morning Fafnir...Thanks for the :java:....
That is something else Aelin....Love her bio....She's going to be an asset and I can tell she's excited by what she wrote. Thanks for sharing.
And good morning to you HS....Glad to have you back and all is well.... Our Olive Garden is in Madison but with all the Road Construction going on...I take NO TRIPS to Mad City. The drivers are bad enough when the roads are good...they really suck when they have to think about what turn to take next :nopanic; :thud:
And that's another reason why I don't travel to Madison at this time of year Sir Knight...UW is filling up with college kids...and it's a madhouse on University Row...Most of the off campus housing is on the main drag to Downtown so that is full of U-Hauls according to my Nurse friend who lives up there.
Got to take Lorna to the Clinic for a Covid test today so she can be cleared for her procedure on Monday...and yes...I'll have to stay there on Monday until she's ready to come home...I'd tell you what the procedure is...but I can't even say it let alone spell it :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Ugh! I didn't like driving about when I lived up there. Luckily, I had an AMC Eagle at the time. So, no worries there. I lived in Pell Lake for a while. Buddy(Brother) of mine lived up there so we went and visited before returning to El Paso. Served better'n three tours together in the Army.
Anyway, what I didn't like were the whiteouts that occured on occasion. Even though I had lived through such in Germany and Korea - try driving a tank with your head out of the driver's hatch in a blizzard! - it was not as much fun. At least there I had the heater's blast on my face and goggles so it was easy to keep clear. Not so easy in car even with the interior heater/defrosters AND wipers going batshit. Windows all around still snowed up so bad I could barely see out.
And getting back to dumbass drivers . . . They're no better anywhere else. Mo matter where you live. Personally, I like to stop when the light is changing to red. Had too many DAs try to get a jump on the light. Many is the times when I no sooner come to a halt than the nutjob in the crossstreet is midway through the intersection.
The other day I was on my way back from Temple VA. Traffic was all snarled up owing to an accident and all the stupid rubberneckers we have here, and was on the access road and slowing down for a yellow when I heard the roar of an engine coming my way. A moment later, this HUGE Dodge p/u rips through the intersection ... must have bounced a good foot in the air hitting the dips ... about two seconds AFTER the light changed. To RED. Must have had a hot date somewhere. Anyways, the Force must have been with him. Got through no issues ... and no cops ... and sped on down the road.
Luckily Karma has a way of biting you in the ass when you least expect it. On my way home a few years ago when this . . . . street racer . . . *snicker snicker chortle chortle* . . . runs a red light, hangs a left down the main drag right in front of me doing his version of "Fast and Furious". Not so lucky was the fact of an unmarked police car rolling right in front of me. He lit the DA up and the chase was on. Passed them a couple of blocks later.
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Good Morning Fafnir...Thanks for the :java:....
That is something else Aelin....Love her bio....She's going to be an asset and I can tell she's excited by what she wrote. Thanks for sharing.
And good morning to you HS....Glad to have you back and all is well.... Our Olive Garden is in Madison but with all the Road Construction going on...I take NO TRIPS to Mad City. The drivers are bad enough when the roads are good...they really suck when they have to think about what turn to take next :nopanic; :thud:
And that's another reason why I don't travel to Madison at this time of year Sir Knight...UW is filling up with college kids...and it's a madhouse on University Row...Most of the off campus housing is on the main drag to Downtown so that is full of U-Hauls according to my Nurse friend who lives up there.
Got to take Lorna to the Clinic for a Covid test today so she can be cleared for her procedure on Monday...and yes...I'll have to stay there on Monday until she's ready to come home...I'd tell you what the procedure is...but I can't even say it let alone spell it :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
TL, I worked in three different hospitals, the second of which I was the pathologist's assistant. I learned to spell, write, and pronounce some very big medical words. When I was assisting the pathologist, I had to be there for all autopsies, even doing some of the cutting myself. He wondered why I did not get into surgery, as he said I had the most steady hands he had ever seen. Even his hands shook more than mine which still to this day do not shake at all, unless I have an ailment. My steady hands are what made me such a good sketch artist.
At one poolroom/bar I used to draw people's faces for a beer. I would get one done in 15 minutes. I could even make the person look younger. One woman I drew had me make her look younger, and after I got it done, she took a photo of her younger self out and we compared it. It was strange seeing how close I got to her actual younger self. The way I worked was to have the person sit for me while I did the drawing. They did not have to remain still and stiff for me, I could capture their features even as they moved and talked with me and others. The owner of the poolroom dedicated a wall to all the drawings I did like that. That wall filled up fast with more than 200 of my drawings. That wall got me art commissions which netted me some substantial payments for services rendered. And drawing was just a small part of my artistic skills. I also am a painter, and a sculptor, and working in wood, I am an accomplished cabinetmaker and furniture maker.
OK. I'm getting too wordy here! LOL
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LOL.....Yup HS...Karma
My Grandson goes to Pell Lake a lot....He lives in Delevan...Sometimes Lake Geneva gets a wee bit crowded for him.
And yes, driving anywhere in Wisconsin is a PAIN.
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TL, I worked in three different hospitals, the second of which I was the pathologist's assistant. I learned to spell, write, and pronounce some very big medical words. When I was assisting the pathologist, I had to be there for all autopsies, even doing some of the cutting myself. He wondered why I did not get into surgery, as he said I had the most steady hands he had ever seen. Even his hands shook more than mine which still to this day do not shake at all, unless I have an ailment. My steady hands are what made me such a good sketch artist.
At one poolroom/bar I used to draw people's faces for a beer. I would get one done in 15 minutes. I could even make the person look younger. One woman I drew had me make her look younger, and after I got it done, she took a photo of her younger self out and we compared it. It was strange seeing how close I got to her actual younger self. The way I worked was to have the person sit for me while I did the drawing. They did not have to remain still and stiff for me, I could capture their features even as they moved and talked with me and others. The owner of the poolroom dedicated a wall to all the drawings I did like that. That wall filled up fast with more than 200 of my drawings. That wall got me art commissions which netted me some substantial payments for services rendered. And drawing was just a small part of my artistic skills. I also am a painter, and a sculptor, and working in wood, I am an accomplished cabinetmaker and furniture maker.
OK. I'm getting too wordy here! LOL
You.....Wordy......Never :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: But that's great that you can do what you do....And the only thing I could draw while folks were playing pool was a Draft Beer for the pool players.....
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I don't drink alcohol anymore, but back then I was getting pretty drunk, because of how popular I became as an artist. Funny thing is I never had trouble drawing, even when I was drop dead drunk. My art on the wall was proof of that, as I sometimes had as many as 6 to 8 customers to draw.
I took my girlfriend to the poolroom, and got her a couple of beers by drawing other people while she watched. I wanted to draw her, but she refused to let me. Not sure what was up with that, but I respected her wishes. She was quite a looker, that one; but she was also quite shy about her looks.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I hope you have a great day!
How far are you from Kennedy Space Center? My brother lives just down the coast and has several house guests for the Artemis launch.
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Good morning!
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Hi folks! Well now; I have been busier than TL with clinic and Dr. visits past month. Covid over, some things caught up, Doctor Perez is very pleased with my healing. Even said after working with the right foot a bit, "This is beautiful!" I know you have been staying off the foot. I can see it! Yep. I live in the wheel chair! But the lift gate is stuck so my chair stays home and I borrow a 'lobby chair' for the visit. Not so bad a deal IF there IS a lobby chair available. So I have been given the go ahead with using the right foot/leg more. Just wear my post op shoes or cam boot. All that is doing great, and I still like staying OFF the foot as pain is a good indicator when I do too much. Next visit Wednesday. Home care nurses come out two times a week again. Supplies and meds are rolling in too. So nurses have no complaints. And I ain't fussing with anyone neither. Heh! Also, I get to send the wound vac back to 3M! Finally done with it. If it's needed again, they will order one for me. :woohoo: :happydance:
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North of the cape by Daytona Beach get to see most launches depending on cloud cover
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Good Morning to all.
Had some stuff to get done this morning but now the doneing is done...and we are stocked up once again.
A beautiful day today....it was in the 60's this morning but now the humidity is HIGH HIGH and HIGH....So I'm in for the day....
Thanks for the Coffee Fafnir....I remember you telling me that you saw the launches...you lucky devil. But I do like watching them on TV or on Youtube and then cast it to the TV...
Sounds like a launch party going on for your family and their friends Sir Knight....
Hope all goes smoothly....
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Glad everything is going good for you McG...except for the stuck lift gate....Keep up the good work......
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yup. liftgate=1 small non-medical thing to deal with. No biggie DAH! :woohoo:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good Morning indeed....It's :java: time...Thanks Fafnir. Gotta take Lorna for her appt and I need to stay since she'll be groggy when she's done...It will take a couple of hours....so I need a couple pots of coffee Fafnir.
And I see the Launch has been cancelled due to a crack on the inner fuel tank...and then their is a fuel flow issue also. Good thing they caught it...but one would think that would have been caught much sooner then the day of the launch :thud:
Anyway...see you when I get back....Since I have to sit in the room she'll be in after she gets back from her procedure....I'll have my Fire Tablet and my phone to keep me entertained...
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Good afternoon guys!
It was a great day at job. Team doubled in size compared to last week but we still aren't all there. One other member is back tomorrow, the rest will be the day after.
Crack was perhaps visible at the last moment because the stuff was put under climat change outside a hangar. Or, can we think to somebody who tried to do something and the 'problem' was caught anyway?
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Good afternoon, Aelin. Glad the team is finally assembling.
Love the pictures in the Gallery.
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Good Afternoon to all.....Yup, I'm back....Twas a LONG day for sure and just stopping in for a short HELLO....I'm worn out.
Aelin...so far they have come up with 6 or 7 reasons why they have the fuel leak. We'll have to wait and see. But then again...that was this morning....I just now got back on line...
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Ok we are back. Definitely putting a Garfield sticker in truck. Being Monday and due to bad weather and a serious brain fart almost ended up in Savannah instead Charleston SC
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Not so hard to do, both on 95 yeah? See a sign for I-20, ya overshot home!
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So no launch yet? Quick check; next earliest launch day, Friday. They had not resolved the engine fuel leak problem. Launch scrubbed for today. Better safe than sorry!
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A serious problem like a fuel leak, and something is cracked! Methinks, the launch will be a lot further away than Friday! There needs to be a thorough checkup done for the entire Launch vehicle. We don't want what happened to the Challenger Space Shuttle to happen again. Such checks should be done at least three times for every part of the ship. Then the results of every check must be fully evaluated. If not, the ship should not launch.
You guys may not believe this, but I had a premonition that this would happen. After checking the internet this morning, I learned that my premonition was right? Had to pinch myself to see if I was awake! I was!
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No it was I 26 ramp I missed lol. 20 is way before that and that's when the deluge started. Got more focused on watching out for the other drivers than my exits.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all.....
I'll have a pot of coffee Fafnir and save me some of those Crab Legs.... Love them...and love the claws also....especially to play with LOLOLOL....
A beautiful 60 degrees out .... Already feed the critters and now have the windows open for the inside baby's....and Oz...a nice gentle breeze has them preening themselves LOLOL
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Good morning, Fafnir and TL. Can really use a :java: this morning, Fafnir.
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Morning Sir Knight.....
Been a busy morning of catch up since I missed a day yesterday.... Had to believe so much crap mail still makes it into my Email even when I've already marked them as spam...But I look at it this way....It's a fun way to start the day.....Banishing those into Never Never land...at least for 24 hours :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
Was debating on doing yardwork today but after yesterday....I don't think so LOLOL....
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A serious problem like a fuel leak, and something is cracked! Methinks, the launch will be a lot further away than Friday! There needs to be a thorough checkup done for the entire Launch vehicle. We don't want what happened to the Challenger Space Shuttle to happen again. Such checks should be done at least three times for every part of the ship. Then the results of every check must be fully evaluated. If not, the ship should not launch.
You guys may not believe this, but I had a premonition that this would happen. After checking the internet this morning, I learned that my premonition was right? Had to pinch myself to see if I was awake! I was!
Before I went to sleep, I hear a loud, deep, brassy voice say. "Remember Challenger?" I sat bolt upright with a slivering tingle down my spine. My cat slept close to me. I swore, I was uninterested in the launch, til then. I must have crossed every toe, fingers and eyes while I waited for them to scrub the launch, I really don't want them to launch that missile. It's not really reusable, despite what they advertise.
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Good afternoon!
Another day passed and we start to feel we are almost fully back to business. Day ended a little crazy and I know it will be tomorrow.
TL, I have 2 or 3 sources of emails I passed in spams since last week at job, and they continue to be back between the normal mails :whatthe:
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I am glad they scrubbed that launch. It was well on the way to being a live demonstration of why the launch pads are way out there where they are. It would likely have busted windows out in the nearest towns. That rocket 'stack' is not much different than some chemical plants that explode, usually with people in them.
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hey McG i have seen most of their Ka boom moments as i live not to far from the cape and fished off shore of there too
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Oh, can you imagine that in your final moment, you got a rocket exploding up your bloody a$$ and there's not a bloody thing you can do about it? They ought to focus on making future launches more escapable and scrub those awful rocket thingy. No matter how hard they try to check for cracks, human nature, being imperfect, can't always make imperfect things, perfect. There is always some error down the line.
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Someone was on their side....this time
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from what i heard it was an unmanned launch and hopefully they will solve their problems before the next launch
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Yup....They'll be doing a few more "Road Tests" before the actual launch to put someone on the moon. But still...that would have been damaging and then some if it blew...
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled steak and shrimp with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee would be welcome!
Aelin, I can't tell if having work back to normal is an enjoyable thing for you.
IIRC, SpaceX builds factories to build rockets rather than just building rockets which is how they manage to do tests so quickly even when they lose one in a test. That allows more tests if one ignores the (absurd) expense of building them.
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Good Morning to all....
If anyone East of me needs some cool weather....I think we are sending some your way. Woke up to 54 degrees this morning.....It's now 61 degrees...Love it...Windows are open once again and the kits and kat are enjoying the fresh air....
To me, Space X beats any countries Government Owned Space program. Rockets that land back on platforms and are reusable and have a 87% success rate with those landings...and very little rework to reuse the rockets again...It's a no brainer. Each launch they do for "Customers" reaps enough money to replace 4 of their rockets each and every time. And the best part is...The "Customers" also have to pay the fuel bill.
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WOW Fafnir, you've seen some serious stuff go off then! In the mid 70's I did see a few underwater (near shore) launch tests of missels that sure looked a lot like the old AJAX g to a guided rockets. Launched from underwater. Right along Oceanview Drive! Oh, in Virginia. Navy has a lot LOT of stuff all along there. That was just North of the AMPHIB Base. But I didn't see any KABOOM's NAVY stuff splashed and they retrieved it. They Got 125 footers with hoists patrolling that stretch.
Been a good many of those moments, then, eh?
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we had a test nose cone floating near shore went and recovered it cops wanted it told them that it was mine until the navy came to get it and i would give it to them not the cops who had nothing to do with it navy sent a truck from their sub base at the cape to pick up their nose cone said thanks and went back to base with it
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WOW Fafnir, you've seen some serious stuff go off then! In the mid 70's I did see a few underwater (near shore) launch tests of missels that sure looked a lot like the old AJAX g to a guided rockets. Launched from underwater. Right along Oceanview Drive! Oh, in Virginia. Navy has a lot LOT of stuff all along there. That was just North of the AMPHIB Base. But I didn't see any KABOOM's NAVY stuff splashed and they retrieved it. They Got 125 footers with hoists patrolling that stretch.
Been a good many of those moments, then, eh?
I know a lot about the bases in Virginia. The Amphibious Base is Little Creek. There was an experimental military aircraft standing on its tail at the entrance to the base. It had 2 very large counterrotating rotors. We went to Little Creek to do grocery shopping at their Commissary.
Much of my medical care was done at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Pop was stationed at NOB in Norfolk, and finished out his Navy career at Cheatam Annex.
Yeah, I grew up as a Navy Brat, as did most of my siblings. We went to wherever Pop was stationed in the Continental U.S.; all on the East Coast, as far north as Providence RI, all the way down to Charleston S.C. Going aboard ships was always a privilege my friends did not have, unless they had a parent who was also in the Navy.
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee would be welcome!
Aelin, I can't tell if having work back to normal is an enjoyable thing for you.
IIRC, SpaceX builds factories to build rockets rather than just building rockets which is how they manage to do tests so quickly even when they lose one in a test. That allows more tests if one ignores the (absurd) expense of building them.
Elon Musk is a very smart man, and the governments could take lessons from him and his Space X corporation. He not only has the factory building reusable rockets, he also has a large research and development department , dedicated to advancing the technology of space flight.
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we had a test nose cone floating near shore went and recovered it cops wanted it told them that it was mine until the navy came to get it and i would give it to them not the cops who had nothing to do with it navy sent a truck from their sub base at the cape to pick up their nose cone said thanks and went back to base with it
Faf, how long ago was that? I seem to remember something about that in the news. That was you? You did the right thing, for sure.
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Good afternoon!
It was an intensive day at job, specially the afternoon. End of the round of fight with a document tomorrow :woohoo:
Sir Knight, I enjoy and fear the normal side of the job all of the same time. But as longer as they keep me it's good. Working in a cultural place is so much better than working in an administration. When I worked in administrations, each time I ended to wonder "does my work have a use?" And I know it's not good to think like that. Even at school the second year I worked in I started to think like that; but I guess there it was only because of the few horrible kids punished at each break.
Working in a theater is good to keep an eye on culture, meet many different people, keep a link with high schoolers having theater option for school... For now, I'm far away to have done the round of the year (started only at the end of April) but I don't think I'm ready to wonder one day what I'm doing there - even when I'll meet administrative people :tearlaugh: I know it will happen later in September. I'll tell you then.
TL, Space X is definitively beyond everyone and I like the fact than somebody finally had the idea to reuse stuff. Not like our Ariane program :thud:
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back in the late 60s research rocket of some kind
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I agree Aelin. It's easier to repair than to build new....and the landing of them on the platforms is brilliant....now THAT is technology. I still say the Space Shuttle was the best thing they ever had but after so many successful launches they got lax on their inspections...which caused explosions and death.
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I recall in late 50's an animation, episodic, called "Space Angel!" It was high tech of the day. A fat needle like spaceship, 3 wing fins. It landed just like the Space X Heavy boosters. It sat down, upright, on its fins. Make it silver, smooth and shiny, with 2 teardrop shaped bubble windows. About midway down, a hatch opened and a ladder went down at 45°. That was all the rage back then for space ships. Buck Rogers landed or crashed on its belly mostly. Space Angel always did a perfect landing! Characters were Scott McCleod, captain. Taurus, the engineer. Crystal, the navigator. So, maybe the engineers at Space X watched the same show on TV I did! LOL! The rocket motors 'inertial guidance' systems make all that possible. It tells the guidance computer where it is, what its attitude is, the range to target, etc. And, if it does its job right, it lands upright where ever Space X tells it to!
VERY cool stuff!
Breaking news! Alan just walked in with TATTOO! WOW! Talk about relief, happy and just wonder about where he has been for 4 days!
Nobody has been feeding him that is for sure. I got him some Soules chicken fajitas out and he dug right in. He was talking to me and purring at same time. Wow, it is so good he is HOME now! :woohoo:
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glad he got home safe McG
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back in the late 60s research rocket of some kind
There was something that happened around that time, and the ship Pop was assigned to was involved in the recovery of something very dangerous. It was around that time you are talking about, and it was in that area. The Navy had several ships involved in the operation. I was a kid about 8 years old, maybe 9. I remember Mom was worried sick about Pop. Obviously it was something really serious, to have so many ships involved.
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I recall in late 50's an animation, episodic, called "Space Angel!" It was high tech of the day. A fat needle like spaceship, 3 wing fins. It landed just like the Space X Heavy boosters. It sat down, upright, on its fins. Make it silver, smooth and shiny, with 2 teardrop shaped bubble windows. About midway down, a hatch opened and a ladder went down at 45°. That was all the rage back then for space ships. Buck Rogers landed or crashed on its belly mostly. Space Angel always did a perfect landing! Characters were Scott McCleod, captain. Taurus, the engineer. Crystal, the navigator. So, maybe the engineers at Space X watched the same show on TV I did! LOL! The rocket motors 'inertial guidance' systems make all that possible. It tells the guidance computer where it is, what its attitude is, the range to target, etc. And, if it does its job right, it lands upright where ever Space X tells it to!
VERY cool stuff!
Breaking news! Alan just walked in with TATTOO! WOW! Talk about relief, happy and just wonder about where he has been for 4 days!
Nobody has been feeding him that is for sure. I got him some Soules chicken fajitas out and he dug right in. He was talking to me and purring at same time. Wow, it is so good he is HOME now! :woohoo:
:happydance: :happydance: :happydance: Tattoo is home! :woohoo:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all...
Good news on Tatoo McG...hope he stays inside from now on. Glad none of mine even want to go out. Open windows is enough for them. Wouldn't let them out anyway. No need. They play, eat, sleep and cuddle fine in here.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...and great talking with you last night....
I'll be gone this afternoon. Next refill is on the schedule. And now to start my day in here...by getting our new contest up....with :java: in hand
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I have a question for everybody here. Are there any members that have Carrara? The current versions are 8.5 and 8.5 Pro.
I ask because I have never seen any renders or animations done using Carrara, to know them as such. I have to wonder if they get much in the sale of the Carrara application, as I have never seen it on sale at DAZ 3D. From what I can determine, it uses a lot of the same content that is used in DAZ Studio and Poser, which are the two applications that are used more by most digital artists that I know. I just have to wonder how popular Carrara is?
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Good afternoon!
It was an intensive day at job. Made a mistake I'll have to fix tomorrow but nothing too bad.
Glad to read that Tattoo is back with his daddy! :grenade:
Agent, no idea about Carrara.
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Yeah! Tattoo has returned!
Agent, I have Carrara and used it quite a bit long ago. It's been so long that I can't find renders in my local backups and would have to search more remote locations to find any. Version 8.5 was produced in 2013, IIRC. It is a modeller as well as a renderer. The DAZ vendor HowieFarkes has an extensive back catalog of Carrara products that are quite beautiful. These days, one can achieve the same effect in Studio.
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It's true that DAZ Studio is not a dedicated modeler, but it does have tools for shaping, and creating morphs. I understand that Carrara is a modeler and staging app, but for me, my modelling will be done mostly in Wings3D. DAZ's Hexagon is supposed to be their dedicated modeler, and I have it; however, the learning curve for that app is very big, so I never use it. Bryce 7.1 Pro is also a modeler and a staging app, and I do use its modelling capabilities a lot. It has Boolean operations that are hard to beat. Its Deep Terrain Editor can be used to shape a terrain or symmetrical lattice, using greyscale heightmaps. Then for textures, one can go into the Deep Texture Editor and create unique textures to use on those models.
If 8.5 was the last upgrade, released in 2013, that means that, like Bryce, it has pretty much been abandoned. That said, I still find Bryce to be quite capable for doing what I do with it. It is likely the same with Carrara, as the Genesis and Genesis 2 figures are available for use in it, plus a large amount of other content also available for DAZ Studio and Poser. I just don't know many digital artists that can tell me much about Carrara. I will be researching it in the near future, to try learning how relevant I would find it, compared to the other apps which I now use. maybe someday I'll knuckle under and get serious about learning to use Hexagon. It too has not been upgraded in a few years.
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It's true that DAZ Studio is not a dedicated modeler, but it does have tools for shaping, and creating morphs. I understand that Carrara is a modeler and staging app, but for me, my modelling will be done mostly in Wings3D. DAZ's Hexagon is supposed to be their dedicated modeler, and I have it; however, the learning curve for that app is very big, so I never use it. Bryce 7.1 Pro is also a modeler and a staging app, and I do use its modelling capabilities a lot. It has Boolean operations that are hard to beat. Its Deep Terrain Editor can be used to shape a terrain or symmetrical lattice, using greyscale heightmaps. Then for textures, one can go into the Deep Texture Editor and create unique textures to use on those models.
If 8.5 was the last upgrade, released in 2013, that means that, like Bryce, it has pretty much been abandoned. That said, I still find Bryce to be quite capable for doing what I do with it. It is likely the same with Carrara, as the Genesis and Genesis 2 figures are available for use in it, plus a large amount of other content also available for DAZ Studio and Poser. I just don't know many digital artists that can tell me much about Carrara. I will be researching it in the near future, to try learning how relevant I would find it, compared to the other apps which I now use. maybe someday I'll knuckle under and get serious about learning to use Hexagon. It too has not been upgraded in a few years.
Agent I know of one user over on the old HW forums that uses Carrara exclusively for everything and has done some pretty amazing stuff with it, have a hunt for Stezza and see what he has done
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Thank you Dreamer. I'll have a look into his work.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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I have a question for everybody here. Are there any members that have Carrara? The current versions are 8.5 and 8.5 Pro.
I ask because I have never seen any renders or animations done using Carrara, to know them as such. I have to wonder if they get much in the sale of the Carrara application, as I have never seen it on sale at DAZ 3D. From what I can determine, it uses a lot of the same content that is used in DAZ Studio and Poser, which are the two applications that are used more by most digital artists that I know. I just have to wonder how popular Carrara is?
I own Carrara 8.0, but because of the way DAZ now force using their data mining duo, CMS and DIM, I don't even have any of their 'bigger' software installed. That's BRYCE DS and Carrara. They do not function unless they can log into the CMS with it logged into DAZ. Seems that the general popularity of everything of theirs went out the window. But they depend on the popularity of their content for success. Not the software.
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Yes! Tattoo IS back home, and despite his still being in discomfort with his allergies it is me he wants to be with. So I hold him, love him, speak with him...he talks back you see. I don't really understand him, but the tone of his speak tells me where he is at.
Yes, that is one of the many interesting traits of the BENGAL. They are hybrids, and this breed just has to be right in their chosen humans koolaid! The more time he is with me, the happier he is. Tattoo and I have been together now almost 13 years. Most of his entire life. I learned a lot from him. I learned a lot because OF him too! To me, he is absolutely part of my family. He is a major part of MY life! And I love him, about like he is one of my children. I am so happy and relieved he is OK and HOME again! So is he, he is in his favorite cardboard box sleeping right now. Heh!
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Thanks you all for the well wishes and positive energy sent up for Tattoo. He is home and I know I had you all helping get him here! Thank you so much!
Just realized I don't need a dog. I got a Tattoo! :D Where I go, so will he. When I used to go walking, around the block or to the corner store, he would shadow me all the way, to there, and back home. Pretty cool cat! He don't do well with a leash. Collar with his tags is ok. No leash though. If I can't see him, I call his name and he shows himself. We both miss those walks. Someday I will walk around the block again. Maybe with a cane or walker, but I will!
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Good Morning to all.....
Glad you and Tattoo are together again McG....but....do get him chipped. If you go for walks and Tattoo just follows...then once again a wanderer can Tattoo be. Anyway...Nothing says you can't wheel around with Tattoo in your lap...
Another beautiful cool start to the morning...but alas...that to will pass....High humidity and heat is on it's way for this afternoon...after the "Stray Showers". But that is all fine by me...I have nowhere to go and still recuperating from yesterdays Clinic Visit....:thud:
Labor Day Weekend....ahhh yes....I did my Labor the other day when I got the yard done. I have nothing going on but Lorna is heading down to Illinois to spend some time with her friends...which is like a Vacation for me....LOLOL
Anyway..time to take the tour...with :java: in hand...Thanks for the coffee Fafnir...
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I own Carrara 8.0, but because of the way DAZ now force using their data mining duo, CMS and DIM, I don't even have any of their 'bigger' software installed. That's BRYCE DS and Carrara. They do not function unless they can log into the CMS with it logged into DAZ. Seems that the general popularity of everything of theirs went out the window. But they depend on the popularity of their content for success. Not the software.
I have Bryce, and DAZ Studio, and neither of them have to be online for me to use. Granted I do not yet have the latest version of DAZ Studio, but talking with other users at the different sites I visit, I found that even the latest version can be used without being online. The CMS is just the Content Management Service, and has been part of the apps that use it for several years now. It just helps keep your content in order, from what I understand. The DAZ Install Manager (DIM) is just a downloader and installer, and only needs to be online while in use. That's just for the downloading, which you can set the app to do nothing else but download while online, and while offline you can use it to install content to the apps you have set for installing. Once installed, you can go to what you have installed to see what you have ready for use.
Not sure where you learned about having to be online to use DAZ Studio and Bryce, as I have never had to. Bryce has not had an upgrade since at least 2010, possibly even 2009.
I was hoping for an upgrade for Bryce, because I really love the way it works, There are still some things about it I do not know, but the discovery of those things will no doubt be awesome. For my July Contest win here at The Fantasies Attic it was Bryce that I used to do the winning image. For an app that is more than 12 years old, that is pretty impressive, I think.
Not trying to tell you what you can use. Just giving you some info you may like knowing. Who knows, maybe you'll give it another look see?
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Studio only needs to be online for those models\figures that store info upstream.
When Poser left SM, and the current took over, it became useless, I never work nor play with 3D whilst online. The latest keeps "calling the kommisar" and refuses to work without contact. According to people who "upgraded". CMS doesnt connect outside the programme, DIM easily bypassd by manual download. removing the online access tabs, gets rid of that problem, out o sight out of access. Customizable interface one of the best things done. Cheers
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Good afternoon!
We had thunderstorms in our day, plenty rain with. And skies are still threatening.
I can work with DS4 offline. And I still prefer to download stuff by myself than use their central thing. Bryce can play offline too.
Guys, don't forget our monthly contest
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25030.0
And next month, we are in Halloween zone, so don't forget it and spread teh word around. It's still time to come and do something too if you desire
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.0
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Good afternoon!
We had thunderstorms in our day, plenty rain with. And skies are still threatening.
I can work with DS4 offline. And I still prefer to download stuff by myself than use their central thing. Bryce can play offline too.
Guys, don't forget our monthly contest
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25030.0
And next month, we are in Halloween zone, so don't forget it and spread teh word around. It's still time to come and do something too if you desire
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24881.0
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I own Carrara 8.0, but because of the way DAZ now force using their data mining duo, CMS and DIM, I don't even have any of their 'bigger' software installed. That's BRYCE DS and Carrara. They do not function unless they can log into the CMS with it logged into DAZ. Seems that the general popularity of everything of theirs went out the window. But they depend on the popularity of their content for success. Not the software.
This is not true, I run my art computer offline so nothing can be logged in anywhere and DS works just fine without being logged into my Daz account. The CMS is not something outside of your own computer anyway but a background part of DS that has nothing to do with the website/store but is what allows the DS application to find where on your system the content is, C=content M=managment S=system. I don't use DIM, you don't need it to download and install content. I still download and install all content by hand, downloading to a USB stick on the laptop and then transferring it to the main computer. There are now and then odd things that can only be downloaded through DIM, mostly plugins I think, so for those I have DIM on the laptop and only use the download option again putting the file on a USB to be transferred. If I can't run a program offline I won't use it, this is why I stopped using Poser and have walked away from other applications I would have liked to use too.
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Just popping in for a bit to wish everyone a truly great and wonderful day. I know I haven't been around much. I have been fighting off more than a bit of depression so I have been isolating myself for a while. I hope everyone is well and may all of you receive all of the happiness you deserve today.
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Sorry McG but they are right. Daz works perfectly just click work offline on start up and off you go. Haven't had home wifi for a couple of years now and obviously been posting up renders in the gallery.
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Depression is not helped by Isolation! :peek:
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Feel for you Zeus.....depression is a struggle for sure.
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Good morning!
It's a sunny day, despite the forecast weather who said the contrary.
Zeus, glad to see you! We have all our ups and downs and it's never easy to go through the downs.
EDIT: and a little something for your wallet
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25031.0
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Glad to have your visit, Zeus. Come back as often as you can. We always like seeing you!
Good morning, Aelin. Glad you have better weather than predicted.
Fafnir, tell us about the roast beef preparations. I'm already hungry. Oh, I think I'll need an extra pot of coffee today. :OMFG:
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LOLOL....Now you sound like me Sir Knight...but yes Fafnir....I'm thinking we need a bigger coffee making machine in our Coffee Shop or a few MORE machines...either works for me.
Had some Fabooomers move through this morning....Window rattling, kitty terrifying, awesome ones....I had a kitten blanket and they would not move till the storms rolled by. Oz sat by the window enjoying the storm.
And yup Aelin, I'm about ready to "Rock and Roll" in here to get the day started....Let's find some winners...Woooohoooo....
Damn....I almost forgot..... "With :java: in hand"
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Roast beef is slow cooked over a wood fire in big open pit so it comes out tender and juicy seasoned with salt and pepper and a little homemade rub that the girls keep locked away [ they won't tell me whats in it] that is their version of roast beef course there is a pot of AuJus simmering on the open pit too
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seems like the girls went shopping and got two 5 gallon pots for coffee so you all will never run out
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And I'll say :woohoo: :grenade: :happydance: on the new purchases.....
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No complaints here, either, Fafnir.
That sounds like a great way to make roast beef. I've tried commercial rubs but always have returned to my own home made one. I did a quick check in Recipe Heaven and didn't see one but could have missed it.
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Good morning all. It is overcast here with a high probability of rain. (so nothing unusual for the area.) Thank you all for the kind words. Your empathy is indeed appreciated. It has been a long road for me lately. I have been struggling health wise and have almost had my legs amputated due to massive infection on two different occasions over the last year. I suppose as I get older more and more things will start to fail. Nothing really anyone can do about that. It's just called getting old. But it does take a toll on my good spirits.
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It does indeed.....Sometimes the mind can hurt more then the body...but you do with your mind what you try to do with your body....The Best You Can.
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Agreed. It is never a good thing Zeus. But you have friends here at the Attic. And when you have good friends, you are never alone.
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Good Morning to all....
As mentioned...storms rolled through last night and this morning....Kept the kittens active for sure....and now the heat and humidity will start....LOL
Got our winners up...and now to hit the Social Sites that normally aren't so Social nowadays....which is why I only visit them on Saturdays. Briefly......
Hope you all have a great day...and don't forget to Congratulate today's winners....
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I know a lot about the bases in Virginia. The Amphibious Base is Little Creek. There was an experimental military aircraft standing on its tail at the entrance to the base. It had 2 very large counterrotating rotors. We went to Little Creek to do grocery shopping at their Commissary.
That aircraft was the XFY Pogo I believe. This was created when the Navy was flirting with the idea of Vetical TakeOff and Landing craft. Problem with them was the pilot, rather than a computer had to judge the distance to the ground while juggling thoughts of proper attitude. Computers were pretty much idiots back then. Same problems the Germans had with their Treibvogel - guess I spelled it right - VTOL. Great idea but lacking a bit in practicality department.
On another side note, glad I got something to take my mind off things for a bit. Got the bad news a couple of days ago that Connie's Uncle Coe passed beyond the vale last Monday. My son and I had to scramble a bit to see that she got there in time for the funeral. As well as a good visit with a sister she hasn't seen in a long time. So there was a bit of a silver lining there as well. They're still doing a reno on the house so I am still here. They should be done in the next couple of days so I will be glad of that.
That idiot who ran the original bits I really felt sorry for. The crew he had looked more like a couple of refugees from the west coast than honest workers. Even argued over what the "crew boss" wanted them to do. Appeared to be beneath them. Oh well. Don't know how much work he'll find, but I don't think it'll be that much with the idiots he has working with him.
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Sorry to hear about the families loss....It's always tough. My condolances to all.....and more then glad to hear of the sisters enjoying time together. Funerals are for the living also...many folks don't realize that...glad the sisters do.
And you are only as good as those who work with you....and not for you....and glad it's over in the next couple of days....
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Good MORNING folks! Fafnir I sure need some of your fresh brewed COFFEE man! Happy 4th of September, and it is still hot here in Texas. Well, not AS hot. But we haven't had the First COOL Day here yet. Where it don't be above 70F. This reminds me, I gotta launder all my jackets and Flannel shirts! :D
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Did anyone know MAXON now owns ZBrush? Seems real sudden and kinda hostile . . . to me. And their flurry of emails have been pushy to get us to SUBSCRIBE to their entire lineup it seems. DAMN I hate scenes like this.
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That aircraft was the XFY Pogo I believe. This was created when the Navy was flirting with the idea of Vetical TakeOff and Landing craft. Problem with them was the pilot, rather than a computer had to judge the distance to the ground while juggling thoughts of proper attitude. Computers were pretty much idiots back then. Same problems the Germans had with their Treibvogel - guess I spelled it right - VTOL. Great idea but lacking a bit in practicality department.
On another side note, glad I got something to take my mind off things for a bit. Got the bad news a couple of days ago that Connie's Uncle Coe passed beyond the vale last Monday. My son and I had to scramble a bit to see that she got there in time for the funeral. As well as a good visit with a sister she hasn't seen in a long time. So there was a bit of a silver lining there as well. They're still doing a reno on the house so I am still here. They should be done in the next couple of days so I will be glad of that.
That idiot who ran the original bits I really felt sorry for. The crew he had looked more like a couple of refugees from the west coast than honest workers. Even argued over what the "crew boss" wanted them to do. Appeared to be beneath them. Oh well. Don't know how much work he'll find, but I don't think it'll be that much with the idiots he has working with him.
You are correct about what that VTOL was called, and yes it never got out of the experimental stage of development. It just wasn't practical with the technology they had in those days. As for the man running his business with idiots for employees, I've seen quite a few of those teams in my lifetime. What is really idiotic is a business owner of a store here in High Falls Georgia! He had an historic rock removed from the parking area, thinking that once he has a good paved parking lot, his store will get a lot more business. Thing is, I've lived here for over 12 years, and never have I seen more that three or four vehicles parked in front of that store, and I visit in that area more than five times a week. Not only that, he has raise all of his prices to higher than any prices within 20 miles, and there's a lot within that distance. He thinks he'll get a lot more business with that kind of business thinking? We have the Dollar General store just down the road from his place, and we see as many as 15 or more vehicles parked there all the time, because their prices are far less than his! What's more, he won't post the actual price of things he sells, and I think it is because he knows people will walk out if they see the price before it is rung up at the register. The only reason he gets any sales is because a lot of folks don't want the hassle of having to shop for the same items elsewhere. Still it does not make them or me happy to pay such high prices. I have to walk to the stores around here, because I don't have a working vehicle. If I had one, I would buy nothing at his store.
I must say that the rock he had removed was one of the big attractions to the High Falls Park. I used to play with my old Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars on that rock back in the 1960s. Now it is no longer there, and I have talked to some youngsters that wish he never had it removed.
Yeah, the new store owner is an idiot, and he's clueless as to why he's not getting much business, or making enough sales to pay the bills!
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For the sake of all reading your words Cleve, I will repeat this bit. BRYCE can NOT be installed without it going to DAZ 3D for update, and when it does, you get the stuff I was talking about in the long reply to you. There is no mistaking what program does this and now all the DAZ software goes to the DAZ site and updates to this tailored version that forces use of CMS/DIM and will not function without the CMS running and logged into DAZ.
Wow, seems you're having troubles I'm not experiencing. What I described in my comment to you was not designed to jump down your throat. I apologize if it felt that way. I was just describing how things work for me. As for Bryce, I have no need for it to be online or connected to the CMS. It works fine without those supposed requirements. Most of what I do in Bryce is done with content I create myself in apps like Wings3D, JSPlacement, Blender, and yes Bryce itself. I never have to be online to use it, or DAZ Studio. I don't have Carrara, and see no need to get it since it is not as well supported by DAZ as DAZ Studio is. Hexagon is not on this PC, as when I had it on a previous one, it was far more difficult to learn than the other similar apps in which serious modeling can be done. I own Hexagon, and wish I didn't! LOL
As for having to be connected 24/7. I cannot do that with my PC because my Smartphone is my connection to the internet. I have unlimited 5G data, and unlimited connection to the internet, but I take my phone with me when I leave the home.
Hey, I count you among some of my best friends online, same as virtually everybody here. I never mean to offend anybody, and if and when I do I apologize sincerely. I just don't let some things go is all. It's never meant to be an attack; rather it is me trying to set the record straight. If you are experiencing the issues you described here, I understand how you must feel. The driver's license thing was surely a big surprise to me. One has to wonder how they got that information. I would worry over that, myself; so I get where you are coming from on that. Someone must be trying to hack your accounts. I would play my cards close to the vest, if I were you. I'm sure you are likely to be doing so already, and if that is so, I commend you for getting on top of it as quickly as possible. I don't think DAZ wants a big lawsuit on their hands, it would hurt the business and lots of customers to boot.
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McG do you need the manual installers for earlier version of Daz? I run 4.15.32 . My rig freaked on 4.20..so had to roll back. Must have thought it had the nurse after it.
To keep it from doing that click WORK OFFLINE box on log in.
If you need it happy to pass it on to you.
And Morning....just woke up and and said hell no to fully reading those long posts... so if I am wrong.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Noshoba and Fafnir.
Fafnir, :java: if you please.
I hope everyone has a great day.
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Hands Sir Knight and Noshoba steaming mugs of coffee Mornin to you both
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What version of DS has to be used to get the new DAZ file format AND Genesis 8, 8.1? Cause I still want to work with Genesis 8 stuff.
And the pow(d)er (puff) that BE refuses to get her fat foot off Posers neck and let their own Python 3 module be compiled and distributed with Poser 12. I do believe it has existed for about 4 years now....since 12 beta.
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Good morning!
For the sake of all reading your words Cleve, I will repeat this bit. BRYCE can NOT be installed without it going to DAZ 3D for update, and when it does, you get the stuff I was talking about in the long reply to you. There is no mistaking what program does this and now all the DAZ software goes to the DAZ site and updates to this tailored version that forces use of CMS/DIM and will not function without the CMS running and logged into DAZ.
When you install a program such as Daz or Bryce, you need to load the dowloader. Then all you need to finalize the installation when you decide to do it, it's to enter online the serial number. That's all. I can use Bryce or DS4 offline. After, I admit I didn't go further than DS4.8, and even with help I was able to find back the installer for DS4.6 - the only one working version for me, like it's not calculating all moves I do in the program, even a simple move of camera.
For Poser 11, yes you have to be connected to launch it each time you have closed the program or your comp from internet. That's why I'm using Poser 10.
I think it must be DS4.8 or 4.9 for Genesis 8; probably the 4.9.
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I use Poser Pro 2014 all the time now. Because even Genesis 2 M/F is way better than ALL Poser Figures are. While they CAN look good it does not hold up going from pose to pose or angle to angle. I bought ALL the Poser Figures, and compared to Genesis 2, they are all low grade. Genesis 2 thru 8 have had over 25 years of experience poured into their methods of deforming mesh and texturing. There is not a single Poser figure that can lay claim to all of that. DSON works fine in PP 2014, and Genesis 2 does great. I USE IT. !!! :happydance:
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Good Morning to all.....
Not going to ban you McG LOL.....BUT....we do have a Daz Progam section (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?board=43.0) where you can put your Statements, Questions and Answers about Daz in our Beloved Programs Section (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?action=forum#c6)
And on that note....Let me start by saying...what a great morning it is here....Nice and cool...and it will remain that way for most of the day....I have NO PLANS but Lorna is going to a cookout with some of her High School friends (All who are 50+ like she is)
I'll be here with Oz and the kittens....doing something productive....maybe....but nothing to do with the computer....I get trapped on it and nothing else gets done LOLOL
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I think that is a common curse for all of us. I work from home on my computer so I literally get buried in so many rabbit holes it isn't even funny. It is a beautiful morning here. The sun is hiding behind the clouds and it will probably rain. Good morning everyone
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Good Morning to you....and yes....Rabbit Holes are a good way to describe it. But I hate to admit it....I love many of the places the Rabbit Holes take me :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Hi Zeus!
I'll be back later in my evening. If the weather is fine with that. We passed indeed from a sunny morning to a cloudy afternoon; but Nature is happy that's all matter.
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Good morning, Zeus. It is still warm here, although TL has threatened to send some cooler weather soon.
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Coffee wasn't in time ..fell back asleep in my chair not long after posting that lol. Been too long without a day off Richmond trips tend to put me on 20 days straight working including the travel days. But in middle of three off for the Holiday so body said zzzzz. Been catching up on anime and render projects.
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Enjoy the evening Aelin...
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Morning Noshoba.... Just the driving on those Highways and Byways would wear me out...let alone the work.....Rest and enjoy....
And Good Morning to you Sir Knight....It certainly will be coming your way...It's 11:09 and still in the low 60's here....63 degrees to be exact...
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Ever watch something that you can't get enough of so you watch it over and over again....
Well, today I'm watching DELETE (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316306/) once again....but this time...with no interruptions since she's at the cookout :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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So does it strike any of the rest of you funny that in the place someone named Zeus lives it rains almost on a daily basis? It's almost like I planned it.
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A little lightning a little thunder and you're set my friend. Olympus issn't bad... but... a little dull. now Midgard is the place to be! those humans are so funny!
Cheers
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You know, I do have the old files backed up bro! Thanks for offering, and, are there any you see you could use? I clicked on one for example. ;o)
DS would show only grayed out functions unless it was logged into the CMS and IT was logged into DAZ 3D site. Seriously. I tried this like dozens of times any way I could think of. So, what program is it with the "WORK OFFLINE" box, and where is that 'log in' as in what program? DS or CMS?
McG, are all of those versions of DAZ Studio just stored on your machine, or do you have more than one installed? I have to say you have a very impressive collection of DAZ Studio versions.
Me? Well I have to remove any old version I have installed to save memory space. I never thought to save all of the older versions I've had, which started with 4.0. I'm still running 4.10 something 64 bit, which does support the Genesis 8 figures, but not well. My PC does not have the NVidea graphics system in any version, so using the latest content is out for me. That means D-Force, nor any of the other high functioning content will work for me. It's what I have to live with that I use. I use my own imagination to think up ways to get the most interesting images I can do. No, I am not doing many animations, though for some things I'm sure I could. Anything that is Genesis 2 or earlier can be used on my PC, but Genesis 3 and up bogs it down, especially while the rendering process is going.
Anyway, seeing the list of what you have on Bad Moon Ryzen, I am completely impressed!
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Got some unfortunate news today. My Brother in Law, husband to my oldest sister Tammie is on his death bed. He has perhaps another couple of hours before he passes. He is the best thing that has ever happened to her, and I love him as much as I do my biological siblings.
I would like to request that you my friends here at the Fantasies Attic send up prayer for him, my sister, and her children. She is not in the best of health herself, having life threatening conditions of her own. I wish to ask or prayer on behalf of my sister and her husband. I know he won't live, but I want it to be as painless as possible, because we all are here to feel pain for him, if you understand what I'm saying here. Just send healing and calming thoughts out, and I really believe it will get to where it needs to be. I thank all of you for being there for me through the years I've been here at the Attic. I love all of you!
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Prayer and positive vibes going up, Cleve.
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Agent my thoughts and prayers for you and your family
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We're praying for your brother-in-law, sister, children and you.
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Prayers and positive vibes going to all Family Members Cleve...
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Prayers for Your Family!
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Thoughts and prayers my friend.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be stuffed baked grouper with all the fixings hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee, please.
Looks like TL's weather will arrive tonight. Rain and much lower temperatures.
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Good afternoon!
I'm here for now, but we are one more time under thunderstorm warning by the forecast weather. And I must admit the number of big clouds on the south horizon is growing, and the clouds and coming closer. We have even the Moon above them but not for long. I wish I'm more lucky when taking shots of the Moon, I would have shared one with you because it's very cool to see.
Day was intense, specially with dozens and dozens of phone calls to do :hypno: Short calls but necessary. I'm glad it's over, but it's like that at that part of the year.
Agent, I'm sorry to read what happens to your brother-in-law. All my thoughts to your family. :peek:
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Good Afternoon to all,
Been a very busy morning and it will be a very busy afternoon...be back in a bit....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be pork roast done on open pit BBQ with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee would be most welcome this morning. The rain is making me sleepy.
Wow, Aelin. I'm impressed that you managed to stay cool with that barrage. Le début du semestre?
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Good Morning To All.....
Well, I never made it back in here....Pat, Mel and Shannon stopped by for a bit...and by the time they left...I was worn out LOL...Hope all had a great Labor Day Weekend.
Heard that RI got pounded with heavy heavy rain...and still a chance for more today....Will check in with my Brother later today to see how he's faring.
We had beautiful weather....Sunny, cool (actually darn chilly), and breezy day and today is starting out cool also....52 degrees when I got up...already up to 61...
Lorna had fun with her former classmates at their cook out also. So all and all a great weekend.
And now to great a cup of Fafnirs :java: and see what else is going on in here....
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Fafnir, I deleted my part yesterday. Couldn't get to the forum.
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Good afternoon!
I'm later than usual because I was a spectator for a "sortie de résidence" at our 6:30PM. Basically, it's a theather company (in rare occasions groups of music) that we welcome for several days, to help them to create a show, or to end the creation. The "exit" is the moment where they propose a part of their show, to obtain critics of the public - who come to see for free.
This time it was a peculiar "exit". The company played the full spectacle! They were supposed to play in Québec, but the festival was cancelled.
Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee would be most welcome this morning. The rain is making me sleepy.
Wow, Aelin. I'm impressed that you managed to stay cool with that barrage. Le début du semestre?
Nope, we are preparing the beginning of the season. The spectacle of The Tartuffe. It's also the 400 years of the Molière's birth; and we celebrate the 30 years of a french label, the Scène Nationale. So we are busy busy busy!
That's also why I'll pass only in my evening Sunday 18th. The spectacle will be at that moment. I'll work, but I love Molière's shows.
Tonight I don't know how many time I'll stay here. Again a race Moon/clouds. And during the show we hear the rain outide - but not the thunder!
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Greetings Attic Denizens. I'm back. Well maybe front. The back is still trashed. Had all three rods replaced after a car accident. Kim, Ed's wife; came by to take me over for a BBQ at their place and we gathered up a Dodge Ram 1500 with the door on the passenger side. My door. Bastard ran a red at full bore. Ed needs a new VW and I need reconstruction yet again. Might take a while to get mobile without assistance. Wish my nurse was a woman. He comes by twice a day to make sure I'm not face down on the floor somewhere in a pile while while my smoke sets the place on fire.
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Damn.....You certainly have the luck of the Irish....Both their Bad Luck and Good Luck....
On a good note...."You Live", even if you do have a Male Nurse....
Fafnir just asked about you the other day....I'm thinking I better pester folks more often if they are MIA for longer then a wee bit...but I hate being a pest...though not meaning to be a pest....
Hope your friend gets a new vehicle after this...if Canadian Insurance works that way...and THANKS for letting us know about this...We DO worry about all of our Attic Family Members....
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Rain is normally a great thing Aelin....but not like what they got in RI Yesterday. 11" of rain hit Providence and I-95 was flooded out in many places. My brother said they got 9" of MUCH NEEDED rain and had no major flooding. He's hoping it will help the lakes out that were drying up this year due to lack of rain...
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@ PDG good to hear you are back now get well
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thanks McG
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Don't know if many of you know about Pluto TV (https://www.pluto.tv/where-to-watch#smart-tv) but I tell you what....It's great....
Just found out today that they will be streaming the Ed Sullivan Show 24/7....and some in here know I do love the Musical Guests that were on the show....
It's free and I've been using it for a long time and never had any problems with it...Best part is you can use it on puters, laptops, phone, Cast to TV or stream on Tv...
This Commercial has been brought to you by the FANTASIES REALM MARKET (https://fantasiesrealm.com/market/)....The place to go for your artistic needs
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hehehehehe
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yeah Fafnir; dust off the rye. I'm still here. Not kickin' yet; but still alive. Sometimes I wonder.
TL Ed'll get a new VW 'cause that's all he's driven for years. He's not in a big hurry though. Wants a better settlement from the No Fault crap they have for insurance here because it wasn't no fault; it was Ram's fault. Problem is he was DUI? DWI? Had more than 2 beers within an hour and blew over .08 on the Breathalyzer. Barely; but that is enough for buddy's insurance to claim he voided his policy so hence he is uninsured and thus Ed would have to claim against his No Fault policy which, while it isn't supposed to; will raise his rates. Especially with the wife listed as an occasional driver on the policy to keep the rate lower. We have the highest rates in the country.
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Damn...that's tough. Insurance Companies charge us a mint but fight not to pay out if they can get away with it.
And your right...unless the other driver was also drinking....it will be a hard sell to get any claims one way or another.
Sorry about your injuries....You've been through enough hell.
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Hands PDG a steamin mug with a double shot of Creek
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Something Like that happened to Music teacher Friend of ours Guy in a Stolen Car Plowed into them. Cause it was a stolen car the insurance would not pay! :OMFG:
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insurance companys just insure you get screwed
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steak and shrimp with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Welcome back, PDG. You've been missed. Sorry to hear about all the troubles.
Good morning, Fafnir. Back to the office today so please give a strong one.
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Damn...that's tough. Insurance Companies charge us a mint but fight not to pay out if they can get away with it.
And your right...unless the other driver was also drinking....it will be a hard sell to get any claims one way or another.
Sorry about your injuries....You've been through enough hell.
Sorry TL. You misunderstand. Kim wasn't drinking; the guy in the Ram was.
In this Province all insurance claims are no fault 50/50. You fix yours and I fix mine. Insurance pays. You pay for the other guy if the cops are called and they feel that it was your fault for causing the accident in the first place.
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insurance companys just insure you get screwed
You bet.
Coffee and a shot if you please sir.
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Something Like that happened to Music teacher Friend of ours Guy in a Stolen Car Plowed into them. Cause it was a stolen car the insurance would not pay! :OMFG:
Any excuse they can use. He (the car thief) isn't paying to insure the car, they are not paying out. The guy who had the car stolen on the other hand, well he's doing fine with his new ride.
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Welcome back, PDG. You've been missed. Sorry to hear about all the troubles.
Good morning, Fafnir. Back to the office today so please give a strong one.
Thanks Sir Knight. I saw your PM from a while back when I logged in yesterday evening. Going to be messed up till about Christmas or so judging by the last time I had rod work done. I'm older now. Might not heal as fast as before but I have my canes and a lot of will power. I refuse point blank to use a walker or a chair. If I have to use a damnable chair they better start fitting them with a lot faster electric motors that they currently have. I wonder if I could get a Banshee to fit.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/heres-how-dodges-800-volt-banshee-ev-system-could-be-faster-than-a-hellcat
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Hi, y'all! Just stopping by briefly to check in on what's happening in the Attic. What's the latest on the contest? Haven't been getting notices lately. Strange! :nopanic;
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Sorry TL. You misunderstand. Kim wasn't drinking; the guy in the Ram was.
In this Province all insurance claims are no fault 50/50. You fix yours and I fix mine. Insurance pays. You pay for the other guy if the cops are called and they feel that it was your fault for causing the accident in the first place.
I only get confused once every 10 minutes....I must have read that just at the end of my "Not Confused At This Time" period. But on a good note....I'm glad I read it wrong and I feel MUCH BETTER NOW....for you and your friend...
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Good afternoon!
This time the Moon has fully lost the race, clouds won all the day. And the last night too, with a thunderstorm. A little or two also this morning.
The rain is fully taken by the soil, which is good.
SOrry to read about your problems PDG.
Frah, there is still the left column to find the Monthly contest area, but anyway annoucements aren't passing quickly with the host. Perhaps you'll receive the annoucement in the next week :shrug:
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?board=531.0
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Frah, the current rumour is that the dust bunnies are intercepting the outgoing mail, and randomly dropping an occasional missive in to the stream.I've recieved e-mails for the beginning of contests that ended last week. interesting time sequences. 8 ) Cheers
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I was just sending her a EMail Aelin to make sure we had the right one LOLOL....
I'm still typing it....got interrupted 4 times by Lorna with the "How Do I" questions she has for her new at home job she has using my office computer...which she is still learning to do.
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For you the problem is we always are learning something :tearlaugh:
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Very true...every time you think you got it right....they change something....and we got to learn it....and they change things a lot....
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Hawk.....Take a peek HERE (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=17782.msg426509#new) if you want a Kitty Fix..... My morning and evening visitors....
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Rain is normally a great thing Aelin....but not like what they got in RI Yesterday. 11" of rain hit Providence and I-95 was flooded out in many places. My brother said they got 9" of MUCH NEEDED rain and had no major flooding. He's hoping it will help the lakes out that were drying up this year due to lack of rain...
11 inches of rain, and there was no flooding? In Rhode Island?!!! Must have been an extremely low tide at the time. I know about our eastern coastal states and how susceptible to flooding along the coast they are. While Pop was in the U.S. Navy, we lived near where he was stationed for any long period. At high tide we got flooding where we lived, and the deepest flooding was during what is called neap tide. We could go swimming in the streets and parking lots! LOL
Of course without a good undercoating for vehicles in the area, a vehicle would start rusting and getting corrosion, which was never a good thing for their owners. So when you get a vehicle along the East Coast, you better get the undercoating as well. What we got in our flooding was brackish water, which is fresh water and salt water mixed. Salt and water works to promote rust and corrosion. I reiterate, Make sure your vehicles are undercoated!
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They got flooding as stated....but not where my Brother lives...Northern RI...Near the Mass border...No ocean there ...... No High Tide...... and they had a very dry summer which meant the rains filled the lakes and the lakes didn't overflow...So no....No Flooding....
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Hmmm. Such a small state. The last time I was there was when I was about 6 months old. At least that's what my parents told me. I don't have any memory of it. LOL
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Morning all. Supposed to be a good day according to the weather weenies. Let's hope for the best. Coff and a shot of Copper Creek if you will Fafnir. Need to get the bones moving. I'm a little stiff. Damn in-home won't be here for another hour and a half to help me get my day together. Entirely too late in the day for an old guy that only sleeps a couple hours a night. I'm on the go by 4:30 or 5 am each day. Mind you if I keep rolling out of bed onto my feet (easier said than done) buddy won't be coming back to assist. Follow the rules pdg. Yeah right.
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He really is back! Great to have you posting again, PDG.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C this should help
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked pulled pork with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning, y'all! I got the missive, TL. Thanks. As long as I get messages from this forum, I know I won't be missing anything, at least, til I get in here. :woohoo: Just glad it didn't flood where I live. Always flood when it rains heavily. My house is in a sunken part of the Bronx. All water runs downhill. So you can imagine it when we have downpours. UGH!!! Anyway, just glad that PDG is back, but not happy to read about the accident. Too much reminder of my time in Texas and how I almost wound up in the morgue. UGH!!! Glad I had my GA at my back when it happened. You could have seen the other car! :OMFG:
Thanks for the cutie kitties fix. Popeye, my cat, loves to wait behind the door when I go out and will try to get out but... As soon as I come in, she will quickly do a 180-degree turn and hightail it back inside. Of course, it helps if I give her a short angry grunt. LOL :(ROFLMAO:
Fafnir, I'll take my :java: to go. Need to get cracking on my renders. See y'all later!!!
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Good afternoon!
Well last night finally a thunderstorm came so I turned off internet.
Today was a sunny and cloudy day, depending of moments.
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Thanks Sir Knight. I saw your PM from a while back when I logged in yesterday evening. Going to be messed up till about Christmas or so judging by the last time I had rod work done. I'm older now. Might not heal as fast as before but I have my canes and a lot of will power. I refuse point blank to use a walker or a chair. If I have to use a damnable chair they better start fitting them with a lot faster electric motors that they currently have. I wonder if I could get a Banshee to fit.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/heres-how-dodges-800-volt-banshee-ev-system-could-be-faster-than-a-hellcat
Really glad you're still an ornery sort, PDG. Shows you are probably mending well! Still, bad stuff that happening man.
About the article you linked to about electric cars. I'm an electrician/mechanic man. I have helped set up a golf cart with 36 volt DC motor to go 50+ mph easy. AC takes a bit of planning, and supply voltage is a whole lot important to output power. We can spell 'dinverter', but they have completely redesigned the 'induction' (AC squirrel cage) motor entirely. I mean hey OHM's Law still works. So it is at the top line in every formula you can use to work out power, current, voltage, resistance. You can get modern brushless DC motors that will operate your 'disability chair' real well. You'd need a megaphone to yell "Comin in HOT" to all the neighbors. Might also need a switch, one setting for Sane Outdoor Ops, one for Indoor Ops, and another setting for INSANE IMPATIENT OUTPATIENT!
I am in a wheelchair most of the time right now. Foot IS healing, and even when I go and get fitted for some special shoes, I will keep this chair handy. Powered by me! Heh!
I wish you the best in healing, PDG! You take care of you man.
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Queen Elizabeth has died.
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I'm unfortunately prone most of the time now. Not supposed to be trying to sit upright for too long. Sucks. Ed says he's bringing over the rental later on the way to work. Tells me I won't believe him unless I see it. Inquiring minds want to know.
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The newest ones I've seen at the VA are interesting. I still marvel at how they can carry an 800 lb one legged man without flipping up on him!
And then I see a very normal sized woman using a similar one, and I realized one thing about both: They were quiet! I didn't hear gears growling or whining. Dang. Ah, I think both were direct drive is why. Now that is something.
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Hey Sir Knight!! You looked at any of that text to image ai? I've been playing with StableDiffusion using a text to type to input prompts while I'm stuck laying around. It's eating a hell of a lot of hard drive space with crappy output I have to constantly trash, but it's actually a lot of fun and I've got fairly good at tuning output into something I can live with. Scary tech. if they fine tune the model weights.
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God save the Queen. She'll be missed.
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The newest ones I've seen at the VA are interesting. I still marvel at how they can carry an 800 lb one legged man without flipping up on him!
And then I see a very normal sized woman using a similar one, and I realized one thing about both: They were quiet! I didn't hear gears growling or whining. Dang. Ah, I think both were direct drive is why. Now that is something.
I'm surrounded with the latest and greatest mobility devices the Govt. pays for and I have no idea how some of these units even get into the building. There is one guy with an electric "Rascal" type unit. It has a roof, stereo, and seating for three plus a trunk for groceries. Damn thing is almost as wide as the sidewalk and as long as a Prius.
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Just found it online. It's a Mobility Plus Pro. Heated and air conditioned. Not supposed to seat three apparently but the thing easily fits an adult and his two grandkids from what I've seen pile out of it.
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God save the Queen. She'll be missed.
Indeed. I've been watch events unfold all day. Sad.
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Queen Elizabeth has died.
Oh no
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RIP Queen Elizabeth. She seemed a pretty good ol gal to me. Yeah, she will be missed all over the world.
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Wow, PDG the ones I've been looking at are way smaller than that one! Their owners put baskets on them. One behind the seat, one on the front. These ones are much like the ones that can easily get through the 'wheelchair doors'. Something like THIS (https://shop.mobilityworks.com/shop/power-wheelchairs/heavy-duty-power-wheelchairs/pride-jazzy-1450-heavy-duty-power-wheelchair/)
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Good Afternoon to all....
The Queen has passed indeed but what a ripe old age with so many accomplishment and so much history. Loved everything about her....Pure Class...Not a big fan of Charly Boy but we shall see.
Well, I've been tackling Windows 11 most of the day and testing everything out. Yup...just got the long awaited download this morning and said...What the hell, Why Not.... Checked some of my programs and they work fine. Got to get use to a lot of changes made but so far nothing major to deal with...but still got a bunch more to check LOLOL...
Hi Hawk....Been to your neck of the woods a number of times. The Company I visited at least 4 times a year is on Washington Avenue in Da Bronx.
A beautiful day today,,,,,not that I got outside much....fed the cats and kitty, put up the flag, filled up the water bowls, and got the mail....that was it...then back in to Win 11...but as mentioned..no major problems at all....
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win 11 ain't hard at all luffie works well it does
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sorry the Queen is gone she did a lot for England
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Hey Sir Knight!! You looked at any of that text to image ai? I've been playing with StableDiffusion using a text to type to input prompts while I'm stuck laying around. It's eating a hell of a lot of hard drive space with crappy output I have to constantly trash, but it's actually a lot of fun and I've got fairly good at tuning output into something I can live with. Scary tech. if they fine tune the model weights.
I've been resisting so far. You should drop one or two into the Gallery if you haven't already. I'm very interested to see what you've done.
My friends from other forums have gone crazy with it. I'm working on annual performance reviews instead. :OMFG:
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Yup...working good for me also Fafnir....Just making sure some of my ancient programs works with the new technology LOL....As mentioned...so far...so good. Finding things has been my biggest PITA....but I'm getting there.
I won't put it on the Laptop or the Office Computer.....She's in the office taking online classes from Swiss Colony on how to work from home using their system...and I don't want to mess up anything on the office computer....The Laptop is to old for Win 11 LOLOL
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Yes, the Queen is dead. Long live the King(?). I thought they were still arguing over who would take the crown. I guess that not so bonny prince Charley won the toss.
Had several days of rain here and it was lovely. Not so lovely when the light show special effects started. Had only a couple of mini-brownouts that shut off my clock but didn't affect the 'puter. Meh.Was out getting my Subie's brakes checked out when it really came down for a while. Luckily, I had just returned from a dinner at IHOP when it finally decided to come a crashin' down.
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My Brother in RI said Providence is still having problems from the recent flooding they had. He had appts at the VA Clinic/Hospital but he couldn't make it due to I-95 being shut down in some spots
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Hey y'all, we may get our first 'cool' day a little early. Normally, here in Texas, we see that day after October 1. Looks like next week might see a high in the 70's. SO, two or three weeks early. Could spell a hard cold winter, could mean just a nice day a bit early. Heh! Time will tell, yeah? :)
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hope it ain't a hard cold winter
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ beef ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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I've been resisting so far. You should drop one or two into the Gallery if you haven't already. I'm very interested to see what you've done.
My friends from other forums have gone crazy with it. I'm working on annual performance reviews instead. :OMFG:
I find it makes disposable art if there is such a thing, but it is fun to play with.
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Yup...working good for me also Fafnir....Just making sure some of my ancient programs works with the new technology LOL....As mentioned...so far...so good. Finding things has been my biggest PITA....but I'm getting there.
I won't put it on the Laptop or the Office Computer.....She's in the office taking online classes from Swiss Colony on how to work from home using their system...and I don't want to mess up anything on the office computer....The Laptop is to old for Win 11 LOLOL
I will say that I have had zero issues with W11 after I turned off a lot of the usual spyware I don't need. I have had it run stuff from almost 20 years ago without issue, but I believe that may be more on the software than on Windows
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Yes, the Queen is dead. Long live the King(?). I thought they were still arguing over who would take the crown. I guess that not so bonny prince Charley won the toss.
No arguments. The decisions were made by history and design. The transition of power has been set up for years. The transition plan itself is called "London Bridge". The transition was instantaneous and invoked with the message "London Bridge is Down." The interesting thing to me is that the "Queen Consort" title for Camilla. That is a big break with tradition.
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Sir Knight; as per request. Check the gallery.
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Good Morning to all...or Early Afternoon...whichever is best....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....UmmmUmmm Good
A lovely day out there today but I'm thinking it will be a hot one by late afternoon...at least hot for this time of year....
Anyway...Got some stuff I have to do but will be back in later in the afternoon.
And pdg...No problems yet...so I'm thinking all is good with Win 11 and this computer.
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PS....Queen Elizabeth announced she wanted her daughter-in-law to be Queen Consort before she died.
"Queen" is typically reserved for reigning female monarchs, not the wives of kings.
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PS....Queen Elizabeth announced she wanted her daughter-in-law to be Queen Consort before she died.
"Queen" is typically reserved for reigning female monarchs, not the wives of kings.
hehehehehe yer swimming in too much coffee. ya sped right by that.
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That I did...and there is NEVER to much coffee :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Good afternoon!
We had another day with rain :grenade:
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Actually the title was last used by Elizabeth's mother. So has a recent history.
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See that...I learn something new everyday....and what I put up was a quote from NBC/CBS and FOX LOLOLOL
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No rain here but a 84 degree day is now in the making...Sunny, windy and HOT....glad I'm back home :woohoo:
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Sir Knight; as per request. Check the gallery.
Thank you! Those don't look throw-away to me. I understand better what you were tuning.
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Thank you! Those don't look throw-away to me. I understand better what you were tuning.
This should probably start another thread but I'll keep it as basic as it gets. Start with a prompt. "A fantasy castle in the woods" and let the ai generate a random image. Probably trash it and try again with the same prompt and get another random output. Trash that too. It's the 1000 monkeys banging on typewriters. They keep typing pages you keep tossing out, while you wait for the one sentence of sanity that will never be repeated.
Actually, in reality the page is full of noise and all the monkeys try and make a single picture out of it by pushing it around all together and hope they get it right. They usually don't. Disposable artwork. Hundreds of images to maybe get one or two keepers from the lot.
Now the secret. Bananas. Train the monkeys. Only give bananas to the ones that give you the right response and let the rest starve. Keep the parts of a prompt that work for you and trash the rest. Offer new monkeys jobs pushing pixels and decide if you want to feed them. Soon you have a whole barrel full of monkeys and we all know how much fun that can be.
So using our example above, "a fantasy castle in the woods"; I generate 10 random images and take a look. If I see something that the monkeys cobbled together I like, I grab the random image seed. With the seed in hand I can generate the exact same image every time as long as I use the exact same prompt. Change a monkey get a new image variation on the one the tribe has made you before. The more you change the prompt the more you change the output. Duh! Same goes for image size and orientation. Changing one of those parameters is the same as changing the out your whole tribe of monkeys and ordering an other bunch of bananas. Capitalization does not matter but spaces and punctuation do. Damn monkeys.
Tune the image one parameter at a time. Try adding "beside a lake" and see what happens. Maybe just "lake" will give a more pleasing result or possibly "beside a lake, stands a fantasy castle in the woods" Order of words and spelling matter when determining importance like any python programming.
I work in styles as much as content. One need not be full of appliances.
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Love this one....wow...
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It's all in the way you hold your nose as the expression goes. A little imagination and a lot of patience. Sadly; little skill other than wordsmithing. I'm making an ai illustrated graphic novel for a lark, just to illustrate the point.
I have to cut back on the happy pills; that last comment was almost as esoteric as the barrel of monkeys reference. I am way more hilarious in my own mind that I am on this page.
Fafnir; I'm grabbing a night cap from one of your lovely ladies, sans the caffeine; and I'm out of here any more this evening.
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Have a great night....I'll be leaving soon also...Just a few more chores to do and then it's dinner time....
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:iminnocent:
Nathan Evans - Wellerman (Sea Shanty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP-7GNoDJ5c
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Love it. I live Storm Seeker's version, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krCvFULcT-A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krCvFULcT-A)
Gotta love Pirate Metal.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I think coffee with a shot this morning, please. It is the weekend, after all.
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:iminnocent:
Nathan Evans - Wellerman (Sea Shanty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP-7GNoDJ5c
Didn't know this tune but there sure are a lot of versions on the internet. Being from the middle of the north atlantic I know a lot of these.
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Coffee and a little fortification if you please Fafnir. I need a little lubrication to get moving and a reason for being upright besides a trip to the bathroom.
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Hands Sir Knight and PDG steaming mugs with double shots in them this should help the day go better
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Good morning!
I'm back from the monthly "braderie" we have in town. More I made a stop for a free spectacle we organized, "Les Fenêtres marionnettiques" ("the puppet windows"). There was a 'season one' last year at the same time but I didn't know. And like I work at the theater, I decided to stop for one of the sessions of the 'season two'. I'll try to post few photos in the next days; but before I have to end my series with my walks in the hills.
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Good Morning to all.....
I'll have a coffee with a double shot of Coffee Fafnir. That's about as strong as it gets for me LOL...
A chilly start to the day....But I kinda like it....Chilly I don't mind....Damn Cold I do mind...
Got the Blacky's fed...though Blacky II is limping....but he's not as friendly as our Blacky who is the Kittens Daddy...Don't know what happened but he is a scrapper so who knows.
Anyway...got a lot to get done in here so off I go with :java: in hand....Haaaaa
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
Thanks, Fafnir, but I'll have just a cup of tea :tea: with my cream cheese sandwich to go. Be back later for the delicious trimmings.
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Had to reach into Florida from Middle Georgia to grab a big mug of your extra strong coffee, Fafnir! Thanks.
I have a funeral to go to today. My brother in law, (oldest sister's husband) passed away two days ago. I thought I had posted something about that then, but could not find what I had written. Must have forgot to hit the 'Post' button. Anyway, he lasted a few days longer than the doctors thought he would. My oldest sister has cancer, and she was having to care for him in her condition. I think God decided to go ahead and take him home! He was the best thing that ever happened to her, but his health in later years was taking its toll on both him and her. Even so, it is in the nature of my family to sacrifice a bit of ourselves to help loved ones, and others. That's what was happening with my sister caring for her husband, and I agree whole heartedly that she had to do that. Even in her condition, she would do it, just as I and my other siblings would do also.
Now it is our turn to be there for our sister in her time of need and to support her in her grief. I grieve also as do the rest of us, because we all love him, and we all will miss having him around. I had him as a friend long before my sister met him. It made me happy when he and she decided to marry. He will be missed by all of us dearly.
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Sorry for your loss Agent. There's been a lot of loss everywhere these last couple of years.
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Sorry for the loss in your family Agent :peek:
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Agent, I extend my condolences to you, your family, and your friends. May he rest in peace.
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So sorry to hear it, Agent. We have been praying for you all. You mentioned that he was having trouble back on the 4th.
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My prayers are with you and yours over the loss.
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sorry to hear of your loss Agent
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I got bored feeding the chimps. Doc says I need more potassium anyway. "fantasy castle beside a lake, white with gold, stone, stormy weather, god rays" and a lot more minor descriptors to tune
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You take care....I'm not much for funerals either, but one has to do what one has to do...for the family...Hugs to all...and my condolences to all...
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I got bored feeding the chimps. Doc says I need more potassium anyway. "fantasy castle beside a lake, white with gold, stone, stormy weather, god rays" and a lot more minor descriptors to tune
Looks Great
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All done with my FB posting....and touring....now I need a pot of coffee :java: Ahhhhh
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Coffee; yeah. Need some.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, PDG and Fafnir.
May I have a strong black coffee this morning please, Fafnir? Going to be a long haul on the project on which I'm working.
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Good morning!
I got bored feeding the chimps. Doc says I need more potassium anyway. "fantasy castle beside a lake, white with gold, stone, stormy weather, god rays" and a lot more minor descriptors to tune
Very nice castle! It's with the AI from discord that I heard for since few weeks?
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Hey good MORNING all ye denizens of The Fantasy ATTIC! Yep, I am in one of those occasional (rare!) Very Good Moods. Reason? Well, let's see; I felt pretty decent when I woke This Morning at 5:00 am. Normally I'd be UP all night, then crash sometime after dawn. I was asleep before 10:00 pm last night. Also, what I told TL and y'all what we were looking at for this coming week actually happened yesterday. IT Was and IS a Cool Day! Yep, 53°F, cloudy and sprinkling all around. 93% Humidity on a cool day isn't bad at all. The same on a 101°F day is miserable for sure. So, I moseyed (in me wheelchair) to the kitchen, greeted my boyz, made them breakfast. Then saw they didn't make a move for it at all. Their talk was greeting me, happily, was all. They were parked on the counter, just laying out and purring. Yes, Tattoo is purring again! Yaaay! The pill stuffed into the bit of chicken does the trick. He knows it's in there, but eats that chicken anyway.
Yep, I am happy and feeling good today! :woohoo: :happydance: I am even playing around in Poser today! :D :yippee: :java:
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Good Sunday Morning to all......
We are under a flood watch but I doubt if it will come to actual flooding...but as mentioned...we needed the rain...but I guess from now on when I say that I better specify how much we need LOL....So far we have had 2" of rain....and it's suppose to be like this all day on and off.
Anyway...Got some big storms coming along with the rain later in the day so I'm going to sign off and get some other projects done today...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.... Have a good Sunday Folks.
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Oh man. I was back-reading, Cleve, and learned about your Brother in Law. I am so sorry, man.
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Glad to see you feeling better McG.....Enjoy your day..... We had storms last night so I woke up with 3 kittens and Oz cuddled around me......
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Glad to see y'all. Woke up a dozen of times this morning not because of Popeye, but because my mind was racing about a render. It's good to be artistically creative again. Fafnir, I just take the :tea: again today on the run. Want to get cracking again on the render.
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Hey, hopping someone can help me out here. Do any of you remember the TP Swan Barge from RDNA and the set of throws that went with it? I have the barge but apparently not the throws and I really want them for a render so I was wondering if anyone had stumbled on them? (pic of the barge to help memory)
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked baked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Dreamer and Fafnir.
Dreamer, I'll give it a more thorough search when I get home from work.
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Good morning!Very nice castle! It's with the AI from discord that I heard for since few weeks?
Probably Aelin. I don't do discord.
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I,ll take a coffee please Fafnir. I'll be around today. Yesterday was just too much for me. I had to take a day off from moving. Took too much out of me to sit here. Caught crap for being up and about when my muscle arrived, but that's the point of all these pain killers isn't it? I refuse to lay here like a lump unless I am unable to move under my own steam.
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Good morning to y'all! Taking my :tea: to go, Fafnir. Making dinner at home with stuffings from the meal delivery people. Ahhh, Dreamer, if you have DAZ account, try checking in your products listing. Almost all RDNA stuffs were moved over to your account if you have them.
PDG, I know what you mean. I caught flack from my own "keeper" when I had surgery on my neck and was ordered complete bed rest. Chair and computer were off limit. Took PK, look, ma, no pain! Moved about for about a couple of hours and then slept the rest of the day. :tearlaugh:
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Fun, fun, fun, and not a T-bird in sight. Oh well. Still in the middle of a reno. Owner is still catching up on all the things a previous seller was supposed to have done to make the house saleable. Just glad that I couldn't buy it when I had the chance. Those bloody repairs. On the other hand though, someone else has to pay for them.
Still working on my own renders but might try something for the monthly contests. Haven't even checked on it since we got so much going on. Got to come back down to earth sometime.
Agent, you are not forgotten. Just took me a bit longer. My condolences Brother. Just know that he is not forgotten and will always live on in the heart. Which is a pretty good place to be.
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Good morning!
Probably Aelin. I don't do discord.
I haven't discord and don't plan to enter in that place one day. Read too often there are malwares in. Which is sad with Midjourney onto.
Dreamer, can't help you. I remember I saw the barge, but never had it.
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Good morning, Dreamer and Fafnir.
Dreamer, I'll give it a more thorough search when I get home from work.
Thanks
Ahhh, Dreamer, if you have DAZ account, try checking in your products listing. Almost all RDNA stuffs were moved over to your account if you have them.
Saddly that and the throws appear to have been some of the things deemed too old to be kept
Dreamer, can't help you. I remember I saw the barge, but never had it.
All good, it was a long shot asking
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Sorry to have raised hope, Dreamer. I have neither the barge nor the throws. Good luck in your search! I have had very poor luck finding any of the Transpond items that I did not buy.
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To any members here that are also members at PFDLives:
PFDLives is now back up and working correctly. We were having an issue in which attachments would not get through, and that would prevent the comment from posting as well. After several test upload attempts over the past few days, I finally got it to upload an image. To clarify, the attachment feature is now working correctly. So come on over to PFDLives and post some images in our current monthly showoff thread!
Cheers!
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Sorry to have raised hope, Dreamer. I have neither the barge nor the throws. Good luck in your search! I have had very poor luck finding any of the Transpond items that I did not buy.
All good, I will just see what I can do with a textures Deforce plain for throws on the barge. Should work just fine
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be a seafood lasagna with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Probably Aelin. I don't do discord.
Me neither. They insisted I give them my phone number. Site? SHIFT DELETE
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Only about a third of the stuff I bought from RDNA (not counting the beta team freebies) even show up over at DAZ. Then too some of my stuff does appear at DAZ store, but not in my account. Stuff em. I am tired of messing with all of that and them.
Ahhh me and my misspent youth... Dreamer, for general props I do have RDNA firmly in their own folders. But, for other stuff, like TRANSPORT, all vehicles and vessels are in that. No matter where they are from. I have the AVALON BARGE. And it is a TransPond DNA item. Readme is there. Throws? No word about that in the Avalon zip. I do like props like that, but where I would have put that one is a big "?".
it IS A 2002 vintage item, and I stumbled into DAZ3D in Sept 2004. I will keep looking though. Re-found some things not installed on the "new" old HD!
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Mornin' everyone. I'll take a coffee please Fafnir. I missed my potato wedges.
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Good Morning to all,
Hope all had a great weekend. Mine was BUSY so I missed yesterday completely :thud:
But I see we weren't all that busy in here so I don't feel that bad about it.
Time for some :java: Thanks Fafnir....
Other then that....oh wait....Dreamer...Let me look in my stash to see what I have....
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Mornin' all. Hope things are going well. Rough night last night. Connie had a bit of a problem having to "run for the border" several times. Must be that Taco Bell we had.
Note to Dreamer. Have been checking my DLs and still pruning. No sign of Swan Boat yet, but I have goodies from back in the stone age when I still had p4. OY!!!!!
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I was expecting it to get darker...but it kept getting lighter! Good Morning All! :woohoo:
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Throws, as in pillows? or, sweeps oars paddles?
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Went to bed last night, and it was a pleasant enough temperature to sleep in. Was doing good; UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED! Had a fan and AC on, but had to get up and turn them off. Did not help much with me only under a cover sheet. My feet felt like they were gonna freeze off!
TL, did you send that my way? I'm in middle Georgia U.S.A. If you did, I would like it taken back, please. LOLOL
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:blownaway: Soon it will be pouring. Glad I got my walking done earlier. So, Fafnir, I'll just have the :tea: to go and some wedges. Gonna be messy today for me. :ifonly:
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Good afternoon!
We are currently under thunderstorm warning. Had a rumble for our 7PM but it's ok now. We'll see :shrug:
Many of the 'old' RDNA stuff never followed despite the merge. Transpond's stuff like Dreamer is looking for are in that way alas.
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I still use several of the Transpond pieces, particularly the church.
Jean-Luc Godard has died. :insist:
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Yeah I saw a title on web that left thought that a celebrity died, but no name until in the article. Be sure if it was a tele'reality' people there would be many articles with the name on all titles...
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I have the actual Swan Barge just not the throws/blankets that were done for it. No matter though I am having good luck putting a texture on a plain and using Deforce to get it to drape. Thanks every one for having a hunt though
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Good, glad you have it Dreamer. Checked my archives but no luck. Checked one of the download sites I use and saw they "have" it, but it shows "the file not found". WTF????? Oh well. Par for the course.
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I have the actual Swan Barge just not the throws/blankets that were done for it. No matter though I am having good luck putting a texture on a plain and using Deforce to get it to drape. Thanks every one for having a hunt though
Sooo the boat in the thumbnail weren't the SWAN Barge, Dreamer? Well, good stuff was done whilst hunting, was a useful bit of time!
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Sooo the boat in the thumbnail weren't the SWAN Barge, Dreamer? Well, good stuff was done whilst hunting, was a useful bit of time!
Yes it was, it has been the throws that were made for the Swan barge I was looking for.
That looks like another one though and rather cool too
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I checked all my folders for the DNA Swan Barge and Barge and even Boat. DAZ has a royal Egyptian barge but none of these. So the DAZ and DNA stuff is checked. That is the lions share, now today sometime I check Renderosity folders. I have no throws or other accessories for that boat, nor any other except the Egyptian barge. There was one kit for that, and no throws. I still have another third of my stuff to go through. But I wouldn't get yer hopes up on the Rendo stuff.
FYI, from DAZ; I have Drakkar (Viking longship), Sacred Barge (Egyptian) and Sampan (Chinese). All three are nice, but that Sampan is really very nice work. Love using that one!
Don't get envious of us old folks, Allison. See I have just at 20 years of collecting 3D stuff done. TL has more than that I am sure, same for a few others round here. ;)
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and all. A coffee if you please this morning.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. I'm one for coffee this morning as well.
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Morning to y'all and Fafnir, you can tell the girls to pile on the ribs with the fixings for lunch later for me. I'll be by later to pick it up this afternoon. It's finally beginning to look like fall around here! :woohoo:
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I still use several of the Transpond pieces, particularly the church.
Jean-Luc Godard has died. :insist:
I saw that, but 91 is a milestone in life and his works will be remembered by many. "Assisted Death" should be a option everywhere....but that's just me.
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Good Morning to all.....
A most wonderful day today...temps right now is 62 degrees but it's suppose to get up to 80 or so today...we shall see....and Nope Agent....My weather normally heads towards Sir Knight and my Brother in RI LOL....
Glad you found something you can use Dreamer...I have the Swan Barge but not the throws...
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Good afternoon!
We had a thunderstorm just before I leave job for the day. A lot of rain with it :grenade:
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Good Morning to all.....
A most wonderful day today...temps right now is 62 degrees but it's suppose to get up to 80 or so today...we shall see....and Nope Agent....My weather normally heads towards Sir Knight and my Brother in RI LOL....
Glad you found something you can use Dreamer...I have the Swan Barge but not the throws...
Sometimes it dips south, but only rarely. I am expecting colder weather here anyway. Just not so sudden. LOL
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It's been a pleasant day here. Cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon. A string of them the next few days.
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The great debate is going on in my head...to Mow or Not to mow LOL. But....We'll see what tomorrow brings....and yup Sir Knight....Nice and brisk in the morning...and warm in the afternoon....and not HOT....which I love...
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Just follow my mom's advice: lie down until the debate goes away.
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To mow or get the brolly,
that's the question
whether tis nobeler to reduce the height of yon grass,
or avoid getting soaked.
Alas, the computer beckons and needs must.
Cheers 8 )
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I'm normally done by now but I had to drop in for this. Have a little cheer my friends and imagine if you will, pdg propped up on a hand truck (dolly?) getting a tour of TIFF. I was down at the Toronto International Film Festival for the Press and Industry showing of The Greatest Beer Run Ever with Ed wheeling me in on a dolly because it was the easiest way to navigate the crowds. Hilarious. An old tye dye hippie with a doobie in the corner of his mouth being rolled into a film called The Greatest Beer Run Ever on a hand truck. Some time I just gotta wonder.
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Truly a wonderful image, PDG. Thanks for it!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Smoked turkey! Something to look forward to. Coffee, if you please.
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Mornin' guys. Need a hot coffee this morning as it's a little chilly around here this morning. Leaves are changing colour on my balcony pot plants.
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PDG, pretty clear who the designated driver was! ;o)
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Still giggling insanely with PDG's pic in mind. Now, if only I could get rid of it.
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Good afternoon!
It was a slow but productive day. And like yesterday, I was back at home with my vest above my head, because rain fell :tearlaugh: But that's fine!
I tell you now, Sunday I'll be here only in my evening. We have a show for the official launch of the season at the theater. The show itself is in our afternoon, but we celebrate also the 30 years of the "Scène Nationale" label; and it's the 400 years of the birth of Molière. We'll have some local officials in addition of the public.
You can find a photo of our team on that page
https://www.snaubusson.com/la-scene-nationale/l-equipe/
I won't tell you which one I'm on the photo :tearlaugh:
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Can we guess? I vote for lower left.
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I say the cutie right there.....
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Good Afternoon ..... I'm already past my coffee quota for the day but I guess another pot or two won't hurt. Great talking to you this morning Fafnir...and no...I didn't mow the lawn....I put away my outdoor summer decorations to get ready for the Autumn ones LOL....
Slow and productive days are great Aelin....and I'll go and see if I can make a guess on that picture...
PDG....Sounded like a fun time LOL.....
How was you day Sir Knight....Great I hope....
Good Afternoon HS and McG....
I can't see anyone else in here with my Romper Room Magic Mirror
But if someone else is in here.....GOOD AFTERNOON to you also
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Good Afternoon to you also Wizzard....
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How was you day Sir Knight....Great I hope....
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It was indeed. Every day on this side of the grass is a good one.
I think skipping mowing is a good decision. Much better to prepare for changes of the seasons. We'll be there too soon.
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*In my best Bela Lugosi* Good Evening.....
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Had fun doing it...Just takes me longer nowadays LOLOL....
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my guess lady in white blouse/sweater lower right
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Good Evening to you also Wizzard....and hello Fafnir..
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Quite obvious that who you are I have no idea, Aelin. :lostme:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the trimmings, hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Ok. I give up. This is going to get me into trouble no doubt, but just what the heck are hushpuppies? There used to be shoes by that name. They had a beagle or a weiner dog or some such thing as a logo. Just what exactly are you deep frying and why do they need to be silenced?
Maybe I should stick to the coffee this morning. I'm getting a little out there for this early in the am.
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Good Morning PDG.....
Go HERE (https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/hushpuppies/) for your Hushpuppy question....and they ARE delicious....
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And good morning to all who are awake at this hour of the day....whatever hour "this" is
I was hoping for rain today but alas...none in sight...so in all probability....the lawnmower will most likely beckon me sometime during the day....and the question will be....Do I heed the call....we shall see....
Hope all have a great day today.....and now to take my tour with :java: in hand.
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yea they are yummie and you can add anything you want to them
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Our New England treats are Clam Cakes and Stuffed Quahogs. Love them both. I make my own clam cakes but got to have the Stuffed Quahogs shipped. My Brother and Nephew and Nieces all make sure I get some for Birthdays and Christmas.
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And Aelin....One lesson my mother taught me growing up is...if you don't know....don't guess...but that is a great group shot...and I do love the performance schedule...
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make my own crab cakes salmon patties conch fritters and crabmeat/shrimp stuffing with oysters added clam cakes and chowder too
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Though I do love my Clam Cakes....I never cared for Clam Chowder. I think I ate so much of it when I was younger....that I lost the taste for it. But one never gets tired of Stuffed Quahogs or Clam Cakes...they were a "Treat" and not a meal so to speak....so you didn't get them very often...
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also like to make a fish/ seafood chowder or stew however you want to call it we used to make it on the boat with whatever came up in the nets that looked good to add in to the chowder base
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Yup....had my share of those also LOL. To this day I hate Lobster....but love Crab. As mentioned...pulling up lobster pots as a Summer Job was neck breaking work for a kid and then to be paid part in cash and the other pot in lobsters really put the kabosh on my liking lobster LOLOL.. My mother, Grandparents, Brothers and other relatives loved that I got free Lobsters...the thing is...the were alive....and had to be handled with care...so I got a lot of chuckles when I gave them the lobsters :tearlaugh:
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PDG, if you want, I can give you my recipe for hushpuppies. It is really simple to make, very few ingredients. If you're not wanting to do them yourself, there are some decent ones frozen and ready to deep fry at many grocery stores. I personally like making my own.
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Perhaps some here know the answer to this question:
Is there this line, "In the shadow of a rainbow" in a Jack London story? I seem to recall that it was in "Call of the Wild".
The line is actually a translation from a Native American tribal language, which describes a relationship between a man and a wolf.
As a singer songwriter, I wrote a song that was inspired by a story I once read titled "In the Shadow of a Rainbow". I do not yet have it copyrighted, or I would post the lyrics here for you all to see. I have performed it for several of my friends at parties, such as wedding parties, engagement parties, and the like. Most of them think it is a great song.
The reason I want to confirm the story it is in is because it will let me give credit for the inspiration where it is due. I want folks to know how I came to write that song.
I am currently working to break into the music business with a lot of original works that I and my oldest brother have written over the years. Step 1 is to get our works copyrighted. If we can do that, we can then go on tour and perform them without the fear of any of our work being taken from us through plagiarism.
Thanks for any info you can provide.
Cheers!
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In the Shadow of a Rainbow by Robert Franklin Leslie
The True Story of a Friendship Between Man and Wolf
Help any Cleve?
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Good afternoon!
It was a fight all the day to go on internet. At job, but I know also in homes all around the town.
I just given the photo but I won't give clue to find me. One day maybe, but not now. We even passed in the journal today and no, no possible clue from there :psycho:
Team is ready but in the same time we have still details to end Sunday before the beginning. Cross fingers for us!
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Well, I have announced the next theme for Art Challenge, as well as the dates linked with
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=24682.msg426807#msg426807
Please read the text. All images not following the theme won't be qualified, like usual.
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Ok. I give up. This is going to get me into trouble no doubt, but just what the heck are hushpuppies? There used to be shoes by that name. They had a beagle or a weiner dog or some such thing as a logo. Just what exactly are you deep frying and why do they need to be silenced?
Maybe I should stick to the coffee this morning. I'm getting a little out there for this early in the am.
PDG you are not the only one thinking shoes when ever you here Hushpuppys lol
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I always wondered why they named a something that tastes so great after shoes.... :iminnocent:
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Left over dough, meat, and sometimes gravy, mixed together, deep fried, cooled. Kept on the table so when your dogs start complaining their not getting "table food", you toss one of the biscuits and say Hush puppy.
1800's Mid-Atlantic and southern Untied states mostly. Some northerner ate one, asked what it was, was told Hushpuppy. Anecdotal, unsure of veracity, but "commonly" held.
Cheers
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In the Shadow of a Rainbow by Robert Franklin Leslie
The True Story of a Friendship Between Man and Wolf
Help any Cleve?
I found that on Google, as it is a true story. I did not read that story though. I read a Jack London story that used it as part of the tale.
Apologies. Not disputing you, as you are right about that. Just not what I am looking for. Just do not wish to read all the stories by London over again just to see where I first found the line. To give proper credit for the inspiration for my song, I need to know which story it was that I read.
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OK I got it. Lot like deep fried corn bread.
Love me my crab cakes. Clams I used to eat steamed or deep fried in batter. Mmmmmm Deep fried clams in batter. Damn; I'm getting hungry. Clam cakes would be good. Used to dig them on the beach behind the house. Just look for the holes in the sand when the tide is out.
Like lobster but I won't go out of my way for it. Used to feed it to all the friends and relatives that visited when I still lived back east. Scallops and lobster came from the back yard. Literally. We had a scallop bed in the bay behind the house and set lobster pots in the sea beyond the bay. I gave up the licences to my nephew years ago.
Lobster and shrimp were "poor people" food. When we were in school we used to trade sandwiches made with lobster or shrimp on thick home made bread for those plastic cheese slices on sliced "Wonder" bread. "Rich people" food. By the time I got to grade 10 I just ate in the local tavern. I had a job so it was a big dinner plate of fries and gravy with a picture of draft for lunch. Two pictures and I didn't go back to class and would have to hitch hike home if I stayed too long and missed my bus. It happen often till I got my license and just drove. No drinking and driving lectures please. That was more than 60 years ago. Times have changed.
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No worries Cleve. However, considering sub-titular meaning, I'd check Londons "Call of the Wild". If memory serves, there's a scene where the protaganist understands the neaby wolves. might give you a starting point. Cheers
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Yup...use to go Quahogging on Saturday mornings with my stepfather....Easy to do, but a pain to prepare LOLOL...not really...but when your a kid...everything is a pain...
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Just found:
At the Rainbow's End by Jack London - The Literature Network
Might that be it?
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HALLOWEEN THEME IDEAS WANTED....BOOOOOOOO
Grab a broom, or a skeleton and visit our HALLOWEEN THEME SUGGESTIONS (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25041.0) area.....
I already got Halloween Candy for the Candy bowl before they jack the prices up.... I hope we'll have at least 9 or 10 kids this year....got 5 bags of candy...that Lorna and I like...not sure how that happened... :iminnocent:
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All I could see was the blotch of shadow and the rainbow flashes
from
The Shadow and the Flash by Jack London
https://americanliterature.com/author/jack-london
https://americanliterature.com/author/jack-london/short-story/the-shadow-and-the-flash
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No worries Cleve. However, considering sub-titular meaning, I'd check Londons "Call of the Wild". If memory serves, there's a scene where the protaganist understands the neaby wolves. might give you a starting point. Cheers
That is the story I believe it to be in. Still, I have to be sure, so I won't inadvertently mislead people while giving credit for my song inspiration.
Thank you for your responses here. Gotta check some way without having to read the whole book over again. I did read other stories by London, most of them short stories, as he did write several.
Seeing your other comments concerning this makes me unsure which one. I do recall At the Rainbow's End, which was a great work also.
As a young adult, I could not get enough reading material, as I'd checkout several books each week at the public library. London's works were a must read for me, as his tales made me picture the scenes and events in my mind. Great imagination deserves that kind of dedicated reading. Still I'd have all of the books I checked out read before the end of each weekly period. Like I said, I could not get enough to read each week.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be a chicken sausage gumbo with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and any others relaxing in the darkened corners my feeble eyes cannot see.
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Hunh? Oh, good morning, Fafnir and PDG. Very late night .... back to sleep.
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Good morning!
It's sunny, it's chilly
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Good Morning to all.....
Not to chilly out but it's "blah" out there....
Thanks for the coffee Fafnir....Did the guy show up as promised?
Morning Sir Knight....Enjoy your well deserved rest my friend....
Good morning PDG....I can relate to the feeble eyes comment....Hope your day goes well...
And Good Morning to you Aelin....I do think it's going to be one of those "My Days" where I don't feel guilty for not doing something outside because the weather figures I need a break :tearlaugh:
And with :java: in hand...it's time to start the day in here....
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Good Morning... :coffee-gal: :coffee-gal: :coffee-gal:
Sorry for emptying all your coffee pots, Faf! Had a sleepless night! :snore:
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Can't help it! I'm sleep messaging! :snore:
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yes they showed up and are doing a great job pictures when they are done
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Cleve you can hit The Literature Network,
http://www.online-literature.com/london/callwild/1/
But a scan through the novel, "Call of the Wild",rainbow isn't mentioned.
might be the other I mentioned? Cheers
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Cleve you can hit The Literature Network,
http://www.online-literature.com/london/callwild/1/
But a scan through the novel, "Call of the Wild",rainbow isn't mentioned.
might be the other I mentioned? Cheers
I tried a quick scan also. If it is in there, I cannot find it without reading it until I do. Maybe it is another story, after all? Might even be by a different author. I could swear it was a Jack London tale, as he wrote a lot of tales concerning dogs and wolves.
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Well I tried a scan of "At the Rainbow's End" and it cam back as follows:
About 0 results (0.48 seconds)!!!
Ouch and Re-Ouch! Never thought this would be so hard to find!
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The song I wrote is about falling in love with someone. it starts with the refrain:
"In the Shadow of a Rainbow"
(Refrain)
In the Shadow of a Rainbow,
I found you!
In the Shadow of a Rainbow,
Our love is true!
I love you so,
I love you so,
Because I found you in the shadow,
In the Shadow of a Rainbow!
There is a lot more to the song, but that is the part that got me longing looks from ladies in my audience. Made me feel wanted.
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Good afternoon!
Well we had our launch of the season yesterday, and it worked very well :woohoo: The sun was shining, and temperatures were perfect for the outside spectacle.
The actors used for real the main door of the place, and it was really better than with any exit door usually behind the scenes in spectacle rooms.
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Hey everybody, the Coffee Shop[ and Gardens thread is back! Seems I was the last to post before the maintenance interruption, and I'm the first to post when we came back. What are the chances? LOLOL
Anyway, I'm sure you guys want to get back into things here, so start posting again! :happydance:
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Well! Looks like Aelin beat me to the first new post! :shrug:
Welcome back, Sweetie! :woohoo:
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Too late to be the first :iminnocent: :tearlaugh:
I pass so often before the nose of TL that now I start to do it with everyone :tearlaugh:
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Well! Looks like Aelin beat me to the first new post! :shrug:
Welcome back, Sweetie! :woohoo:
And this time you beat me :psycho:
Hi! Welcome back! And glad to see you and some others at home!
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Too late to be the first :iminnocent: :tearlaugh:
I pass so often before the nose of TL that now I start to do it with everyone :tearlaugh:
I wonder where the others are?
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And this time you beat me :psycho:
Hi! Welcome back! And glad to see you and some others at home!
I'm waiting to see other's posting here. :snore:
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Probably bouncing on the log in, Usename failed, zap-mail addy worked.
Sometimes it takes a few to get in.
torch shiny bright, now to wander the corridors
Cheers
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I'm here, just drowning under a mountain of fabric so can't reach the keyboard. Kitt may be asked to post I my behalf so keep your cat to human dictionary handy :3flower;
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I sort of arrived this morning. I got lost in the foyer and ended up in a cloak room or something. It was dark, lonely and apparently deserted. Maybe it was some type of trap set by the nurse. Damned if I know. I'm afraid of the dark and the things that lurk there in so I split.
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well i am back and the girls say hi
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I sort of arrived this morning. I got lost in the foyer and ended up in a cloak room or something. It was dark, lonely and apparently deserted. Maybe it was some type of trap set by the nurse. Damned if I know. I'm afraid of the dark and the things that lurk there in so I split.
Oh sorry, it sounds like you stumbled into my sewing room/stash PDG. It wouldn't have been deserted I would have been somewhere in the back swearing at either the sewing machine or the fabric. Hmm or maybe just passed out a drooling in a corner, that is always an option too
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See you tomorrow guys!
Waiting, I see the shadow of TL around!
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I was out mowing the lawn.......then showered....then weed whacked because I forgot to....and then showered....again... :thud:
So far so good ...Good job Mary...
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Take care Aelin....
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I was out mowing the lawn.......then showered....then weed whacked because I forgot to....and then showered....again... :thud:
So far so good ...Good job Mary...
"then weed whacked because I forgot to" the story of my life. Maybe that's how I got stuck in Dreamers sewing room?
And completely agree. Good job DA.
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I've been getting E-mail for a while now but it just let me in after I dumped absolutely everything from the browser.
Greetings!
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"then weed whacked because I forgot to" the story of my life. Maybe that's how I got stuck in Dreamers sewing room?
And completely agree. Good job DA.
Sometimes I just get so excited that the end is near that I tend to blank out that there is more to be done LOLOL....
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I've been getting E-mail for a while now but it just let me in after I dumped absolutely everything from the browser.
Greetings!
Hummmm.....That is odd....
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"then weed whacked because I forgot to" the story of my life. Maybe that's how I got stuck in Dreamers sewing room?
And completely agree. Good job DA.
Well at least you now know if you stumble back in there there is nothing scary or dangerous, just a slightly frazzled and potentially sleep-deprived humanoid cat that keeps grabbing the wrong end of the pins (https://www.cosgan.de/images/kao/tiere/a020.gif)
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And yes go DarkAngle, she is amazing
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I saw weird stuff in that place last night. Weird strange sick twisted eerie godless EVIL stuff! And I want in! :woohoo:
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I saw weird stuff in that place last night. Weird strange sick twisted eerie godless EVIL stuff! And I want in! :woohoo:
What place, where? :nopanic;
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Well I thought I had a good image to upload to the gallery. Then upon inspection I noted anomalies that cannot be post worked out. Gotta redo it before I post it.
Oh well!
Gonna at least see what is being uploaded.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Bacon wrapped scallops. We're livin' large today. Good mornin' all.
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Good moring, Fafnir and PDG.
E-mail deliveries are much closer to the time the response is posted. :happydance:
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Good Morning to all....
My body is totally reminding me that I once again abused it with manual labor....Damn....Payback is a bitch LOLOL
Only thing not sore are my fingers :thud:
Morning Agent, Sir Knight, PDG, and thanks for the :java: Fafnir...might need a pot or two today...Getting out of bed was a chore by itself...Moving about is another story :tearlaugh:
Now to see what is what and who is why and where. I'll be gone in the afternoon. Going to do some shopping...and nope...once again...not my idea.
:java: Ahhhh....I do love the java Fafnir...
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Hey, y'all!
Well, I made it in, today! Glad things worked out.
Was wondering about the contest. Glad to see that party is still on.
:happydance:
Got to go out and collect some batteries for the various remotes that are in my household.
For the first time, in years, I can breathe a sigh of relief.
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Good moring, Fafnir and PDG.
E-mail deliveries are much closer to the time the response is posted. :happydance:
I just received the one telling me of the impending shutdown. Interesting considering I got one yesterday telling me everything was back up.
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I still haven't gotten that one. :OMFG:
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Good afternoon!
It was a pleasant day, with a lot of sun. We feel each morning now that we are going to Fall, but that's life :shrug: After midday, the outside stays warm if the wind doesn't come.
ANd despite the warm sun during the day, there are neighbors already petitioning to have the heating! Sure, and it's the same who will keep it at maximum and in the same time leave the hall door opened during the cold times :thud: Clever people for sure...
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Good afternoon!
It was a pleasant day, with a lot of sun. We feel each morning now that we are going to Fall, but that's life :shrug: After midday, the outside stays warm if the wind doesn't come.
ANd despite the warm sun during the day, there are neighbors already petitioning to have the heating! Sure, and it's the same who will keep it at maximum and in the same time leave the hall door opened during the cold times :thud: Clever people for sure...
I have electric space heaters because this building is so old that the boilers seldom supply heat. They added another boiler during lockdown. Hopefully I won't need the electric heaters. Surprisingly they check to see if I have a dishwasher or air conditioner so they can increase the rent, but they never check for heaters. Electricity is included in my rent.
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:OMFG: Schrödinger's cat Attic!
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Yahoo Mail gave me a lot of trouble as I tried signing in after a cleaning of my browser history! It took more than two hours to get signed in, and had to create yet another password to do so! The ones I was already using were good enough as I had no trouble from internet chicanery concerning my accounts. Hate when they hold you for ransom like that!
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Anybody here gonna pop in at DAZ Tomorrow at 1600 MDT for the announcement? Something big is supposed to be announced, and those that pop in to see it will get a free gift.
If you decide to pop in, I'll see you there, I hope.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be lasagna with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir et. al.
Agent i have 8 Yahoo email accounts that I check every day. Along with pdg's gmail and my personal real name account that sits outside prying eyes. I got emails from yahoo for years telling me about the class action settlement that all you Americans are/were getting from the Yahoo hacks a decade ago. I get the "unusual action on your account" flag every now and then though I know for a fact that there is nothing. They have been trying to connect the dots between those accounts for years. I find it a game to keep them in the dark.
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Anybody here gonna pop in at DAZ Tomorrow at 1600 MDT for the announcement? Something big is supposed to be announced, and those that pop in to see it will get a free gift.
If you decide to pop in, I'll see you there, I hope.
Yeah; I get a kick out of the Rosity thread that asks if this big announcement is DAZ releasing Dawn2. It isn't. Dawn2 will release for both Poser and Studio at the same time. People were getting their panties in a knot.
I'm willing to bet that the big news is G9, and the gift will be the G9 base mesh. Just a guess. I have no knowledge about anything DAZ.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug with a double shot of Creek
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Thank you sir.
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So I just wandered over to DAZ for the first time in years. NFTs. Really. This is a thing for DAZ? Give me a theme. I'll give you as many as you want in minutes. It's stuff like that I really cannot bear. The "masks" and the like on display really irk me. A "year lovingly crafting" them? Well; maybe I'll go back in a few years from now and look again.
<sarcasm> G20 will probably be amazing.</sarcasm>
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I just reread that post. Don't get me wrong; I'm not hating on DAZ particularly. It's the NFT crap that makes me crazy. For a guy that's been playing with the text to image thing, and ai inpainting; (outpainting next) it just makes them even more worthless than they already were. Variations on a theme is how the whole text to image thing works. Every prompt can give unlimited results. A whole NFT minting. With the Huggingface weights publicly available anyone can set up a fast python gui to generate one offs for people wanting to "mint" an nft. License to have fools print you money.
Think I better have another Fafnir. Skip the coffee though. I seem to be getting riled up. Not good for my current constitution.
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Yeah; I get a kick out of the Rosity thread that asks if this big announcement is DAZ releasing Dawn2. It isn't. Dawn2 will release for both Poser and Studio at the same time. People were getting their panties in a knot.
I'm willing to bet that the big news is G9, and the gift will be the G9 base mesh. Just a guess. I have no knowledge about anything DAZ.
G9 might be it, but they did not do this for G8. Perhaps they will this time, but I think this is something much bigger. We shall see.
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I just reread that post. Don't get me wrong; I'm not hating on DAZ particularly. It's the NFT crap that makes me crazy. For a guy that's been playing with the text to image thing, and ai inpainting; (outpainting next) it just makes them even more worthless than they already were. Variations on a theme is how the whole text to image thing works. Every prompt can give unlimited results. A whole NFT minting. With the Huggingface weights publicly available anyone can set up a fast python gui to generate one offs for people wanting to "mint" an nft. License to have fools print you money.
Think I better have another Fafnir. Skip the coffee though. I seem to be getting riled up. Not good for my current constitution.
As I have nothing that I do concerning NFTs, I don't let it bother me. My own preferences are not being affected by that.
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Good Morning to all.....
Been trying to get the Main computer going but running into some problems.... Now is the time for fun....I love tearing things apart. The laptop hasn't been used in a bit anyway...so this will work out fine....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....and now to take a quick tour....and battle a computer afterwards...
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No man; I know nfts aren't your thing. Like a cat I'm curious to find the source of a noise. Suddenly I see all this "big DAZ announcement" stuff everywhere. That required I go check out just what's happening over there; or the bloody scratching behind the wall that sounds like a mouse will never go away. I was just surprised to see the push. The big front page article was dated yesterday and presented with great fanfare. I thought people were over that by now.
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Good Morning to all.....
Been trying to get the Main computer going but running into some problems.... Now is the time for fun....I love tearing things apart. The laptop hasn't been used in a bit anyway...so this will work out fine....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....and now to take a quick tour....and battle a computer afterwards...
I was a little surprised to see a big new W11 update went through last evening. I don't remember authorizing it. Another round of killing Spotify and resetting startup crap slowed me down this morning.
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They still sell stuff as though you're at a carnival. You remember, volumn set just right, watching a decent movie, then J Philip Sousa at 150Db increase, shaking the china, scaring the pets, making your ears ring.
Just to sell you something you have no interest in.
As for Daz? could be anything fron New texture mapping (to invalidate all the textures you have),
New mesh, (ala Anton Kissiel), New (old) render tech. *shrug*
We'll see later na?
Cheers
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Had the computer off last night....Turned it on...and bombs away LOL.... I enjoy a challenge....but I bet Win11 might have had a hand in it....but then again.....who knows...I don't have it on any of the other computers and laptops because they are older...
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I'm still running Windows 10, as I don't trust Windows 11. Why can't they let well enough alone?
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Good afternoon!
No popup for me. And I don't think I'll be online at the hour you said so :shrug: And I'm no longer in the newsletter stuff - for the second time this year. They put me back without I ask (I didn't plane to ask anyway) and here we go again. I don't care.
NFT is everywhere around PDG, alas. Daz made a huge move on, and during that time I saw more and more issues with their own shop.
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22H2 The big box just did it's thing. Cosmetic changes, side by side viewing in the photo app again. No more vertical phone screen thing, not that I use the app. Spotify is back trying again and they updated the damn widgets so that wants to live on the task bar again beside Spotify. New emojies. "Oh joy", he says. Well, not really. I couldn't care less. The damnable Microsoft store is trying to insinuate itself in my life. Nope. That has to go. Microsoft Edge yet again and somehow Mickeysoft found out that I write Python log files in Excell format and tried to sell me a copy of Excell, or at least try a 30 day free trial of Office when a python project tried to write a log this morning as the utility does on every startup. This was a new one on me. The machine seems a lot faster on the net even though I use Firefox.
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I got all of the announcements but not really interested in taking a Daz tour at the moment....
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Good afternoon!
No popup for me. And I don't think I'll be online at the hour you said so :shrug: And I'm no longer in the newsletter stuff - for the second time this year. They put me back without I ask (I didn't plane to ask anyway) and here we go again. I don't care.
NFT is everywhere around PDG, alas. Daz made a huge move on, and during that time I saw more and more issues with their own shop.
Good afternoon/evening Aelin. Really want a laugh? There is a high ranking government official here that got his position by campaigning on changing 75% of the countries currency to crypto. Just makes my mind boggle.
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22H2 The big box just did it's thing. Cosmetic changes, side by side viewing in the photo app again. No more vertical phone screen thing, not that I use the app. Spotify is back trying again and they updated the damn widgets so that wants to live on the task bar again beside Spotify. New emojies. "Oh joy", he says. Well, not really. I couldn't care less. The damnable Microsoft store is trying to insinuate itself in my life. Nope. That has to go. Microsoft Edge yet again and somehow Mickeysoft found out that I write Python log files in Excell format and tried to sell me a copy of Excell, or at least try a 30 day free trial of Office when a python project tried to write a log this morning as the utility does on every startup. This was a new one on me. The machine seems a lot faster on the net even though I use Firefox.
I get you there, my friend. I have a full suite of MS Office Professional 2007. Works great for me, and yet MS is trying to sell me the latest version which is hooked into their online service! Not gonna trust that; no way, no how! LOLOL
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Good afternoon/evening Aelin. Really want a laugh? There is a high ranking government official here that got his position by campaigning on changing 75% of the countries currency to crypto. Just makes my mind boggle.
They are trying to take all real currency away from us, which would destroy free trading amongst the citizens. If that happens, no one will be able to use the wealth they have built up through the years. We must fight to keep our own money!
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and freedom too!
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So Agent; did you get your new G9 from the stream or is it something else? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Genesis 9. AND Jenn Blake still has her LaFemmeeee FOOT slammed down hard on Posers neck. Fine, I did buy P11 and P12, but for that mess I use Poser Pro 2014 still. BLEAH!
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Victoria 9 doesn't look any better to me than Genesis 2. I can use Genesis 2 fine. Nothing newer though. Mid October for Genesis 9 release.
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High poly Gen5? not too bad. looks pretty good. naturally I would like to know what they used as computer. I mean, a Cray 7 is out of our price range right?
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Cheers
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DAZ is hosting a LIVE YiouTube event right now. But the guy is about to end his transmission. DUH. So, it's gonna be a lot like Genesis (n) has always been, with the Starter Packs free.
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Base figure free, characters extra. might toss in panties and bra. 8 )
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Exactly. And they have pre-release order items in the store right now. I see nothing yet on Starter Essentials packs. DUH! Well of COURSE not! It hasn't been released yet even! ;o)
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If You got the money for a Cray then You can use the New G9 /V9 8K Textures!
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Well he did say mid Oct, which would suggest the next iteration of studio might be out the same time.
Took a guess on the latest Cray, last I paid attention they were building the Cray 5. Still... 8k textures? pfft. Cray would crunch that in milliseconds. 8 )
Cheers
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You did Hear the Mini Cray he was using to show her off Cost more than I Make in a Year. :OMFG:
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Okay back in Richmond and out of little Texas. Genesis 9 has me interested but yeah the computer requirements will kill me. had planned to start thinking about upgrading in the next year or two due to the video card no longer being strong enough. Bad part is prices are through the ceiling for everything.
As for Genesis 9 they're going for a more and more realistic look I guess for gaming.
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G9 will be released with DAZ Studio 4.21 in mid October. That's what the man said. Also there will be the Victoria 9 figure for Genesis 9.
Looks like Your first guess was correct in part, PDG. Particularly the G9 upcoming release, which will be free with a hair product included as well as a fairly nice bikini bathing suit. Details concerning the release are not as many as I would have thought, considering all the hype about a BIG announcement. LOLOL
As for the free gift, I think it's an outfit for Genesis 9, and you can bet it is only optimized for the Iray renderer, which my old PC cannot handle as it only has a rudimentary graphics card. I cannot afford a new PC with the NVidea Graphics system.
Heh! A free gift I cannot ever use unless I start making a lot more money! Don't see that happening any time soon.
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They are aiming For Studios Etc.. Not hobbyist. that most of us are.
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Considering the price of a Cray would buy 4 new high end cars, a house, and put 6 people through doctorates..... and have change leftover for a G4 jet, maybe.
8 ) one reason they're bought by countries lately.
Cheers
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Well tempted to pre-order it just for the price savings but without knowing what exactly is in the bundle I'm not touching that.
Heck had not needed a new rig for so long I haven't even kept up with what the minimum requirements are.
It's the hobbyist that are buying their stuff. Will admit I've been mostly buying over at Rendo versus Daz of late. Still going to be curious about the vendor reaction. The real reaction not the publicly acceptable.
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:woohoo: Cray's XC30-AC is only $500,000. in May 7, 2013. o.O
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UNsure, I kinda like the one figure many characters concept the Genesis promised, and sorta delivered on. That versatility, at Gen8 resolution, would be impressive.
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Hmm. About the 8K textures. I have a utility called JSPlacement that generates 8K textures, which I have used in DAZ Studio 4.10 (my current version), but not optimized for Iray. It works for 3Delight. I added the images to some 3Delight Shaders to make HD Shader Mods. Slows the render time down a bit, but nothing my computer cannot handle. I can also reduce the pixel size to lower sizes. such as 4K and lower, using Windows Picture Manager, or Windows Paint. Seems PD Howler 11.4 cannot import such high resolution images, but even so I can handle up to 6K. But since DS4.10 can handle the 8K size, I decided to try it with the 3Delight versions of textures, and was pleasantly surprised. You guys may have seen some of my work using them. I'm planning to create my own set of shaders to offer up soon for other users to grab soon.
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Nothing Wrong with the Original Genesis Figure was how they marketed that drove people away.
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1 Figure 5 8K Textures for one Skin :OMFG:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. A large mug today for me, if you please.
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Hands Sir Knight a large steaming mug of Kona coffee
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Morning need more coffee than your pot can hold lol.
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Mornin' all.
G9 it is then, just as I supposed. The new Hivewire figure is ready to drop and DAZ isn't a fan of competition. 8K textures with 5 maps per character? That's a lot of RAM and you haven't done anything yet. If both sexes are in the same mesh there must be a lot of extra polys one won't use at any given time hiding beneath clothing. My guess is the want their mesh to work well for industry. Hobbyists need not apply. After all, most vfx these days are game engine. Take a look at house of the wyvern (I refuse to call a 2 legged winged beastie "dragon") which is full of vfx almost entirely done with Unreal engine.
Agent for a guy that says his laptop is under powered; if you are using 5 8k maps per character before loading anything other than the figure and can still work effectively when you add other stuff to your scene; you aren't that hurtin'.
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Park My rig isn't that underpowered but the real hold up for me is it took one try at 4.20 and crashed on loading. May grab the presale anyway just because that price going forward will be ridiculous. And I do plan to upgrade my comp soon. Made the mistake of skipping in the past and my wallet badly regretted it later lol.
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there is always plenty coffee Nosh
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Good morning, y'all! Took a gander at what DAZ is attempting to sell, and it got me wondering... If not for the hobbyists, then it's for those high level corporate studios that do all those fancy SFX for the commercials and movies industries. (*SMH*) OH well, it's their business plan/gimmick. I'm sticking to Poser. Thought about upgrading to 12, but for what now? Soon, Poser 11 EOLs will be announced as a mean to move the users up(?) to the next level of technical obsolesce. I'm reminded of an old Twilight Zone episode about a librarian on trial for Obsolesce.
On another (healthy) note, I found out that if I drink at least 4 cups of tea per day, I can prevent getting Type 2 diabetes. (In my family, that is genetically inherited). Man! I can't get through drinking just 1 cup or mug of tea per day. And I am the tea drinker of the family. Fafnir, please pass me that teapot, thanks! :tea:
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1 Figure 5 8K Textures for one Skin :OMFG:
He was showing a menu item in DS that puts the "quads" Templates in ONE image, so to use ONE 4K image map? I'd rather see that too. But Noooooo..... not with Blake killing Poser we won't.
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Park My rig isn't that underpowered but the real hold up for me is it took one try at 4.20 and crashed on loading. May grab the presale anyway just because that price going forward will be ridiculous. And I do plan to upgrade my comp soon. Made the mistake of skipping in the past and my wallet badly regretted it later lol.
I get you on the computer upgrades. My production machine is a beast. The cost was a pain but the results more than worth it.
I must admit to buying almost nothing over the last few years from DAZ, Rendo, Hivewire; or anywhere else. Here included. P12 was pretty hard on the machine I'm typing on but it was faster than P11. Both are still on here. The production machine has only P12. The higher and higher machine specs of graphics software over the last number of years slowed down software purchases. The new box I built has more than enough oumphf to run the latest toys; I just don't have the money to buy them. Blender has become a dear friend that I constantly rag upon about it's behaviour; but it stays with me none the less.
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I mentioned 'first cool day of the year' a few days ago. Well, seems today is that day. It is noon, and the temp has stayed under 60F. I am seeing 58F right now. Gee, might have to put a shirt on! :nopanic;
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Good night folks, time for me to hit the sack! :happydance: :woohoo: :snore: :java: :tearlaugh:
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Mornin' all.
G9 it is then, just as I supposed. The new Hivewire figure is ready to drop and DAZ isn't a fan of competition. 8K textures with 5 maps per character? That's a lot of RAM and you haven't done anything yet. If both sexes are in the same mesh there must be a lot of extra polys one won't use at any given time hiding beneath clothing. My guess is the want their mesh to work well for industry. Hobbyists need not apply. After all, most vfx these days are game engine. Take a look at house of the wyvern (I refuse to call a 2 legged winged beastie "dragon") which is full of vfx almost entirely done with Unreal engine.
Agent for a guy that says his laptop is under powered; if you are using 5 8k maps per character before loading anything other than the figure and can still work effectively when you add other stuff to your scene; you aren't that hurtin'.
I did not say I was working those kinds of textures on 5 layers. I am only plugging one into one existing layer, more or less replacing the image used in it, if it has one. Only the displacement channel or layer, which I adjust to get the depth of the effect I want. In just 1 project I used an 8K color image in the diffuse channel, to make the texture look interesting, plus I did a greyscale version on that one in the displacement channel. That one taxed my rig, as you call it, with the render taking well over 18 hours to complete, at a low final image resolution of 1600 x 900 px. She got rather hot for that render, but it eventually completed without interruptions. I could not do other things on the computer during that render. Thank the powers that be that there was no scheduled brown out on our power at that time.
As I did say, those were experiments I was running, trying to see how far I could push it. While the results were fantastic, I know it probably could burn out something, if I continue along that direction.
The textures I generate in JSPLacement are all 8K, but only in .jpg format, and I use a different utility to resave them at that resolution, which reduces the memory footprint significantly. Now I know doing that also reduces the quality of the image somewhat, but it is only noticeable if I zoom in to the area it occupies a lot. For normal viewing, those problems are too small to see. Once one is applied to a surface, I'm not zooming so close to the surface to see how it looks. Rather I want to see what it looks like by normal viewing of the entire surface; more often than not, with the item the surface belongs to pushed back into the scene a good bit, so other things are also visible.
I only did this as an experiment, and will not be doing it much more, unless I can get a better rig, like I want. The one I want is definitely out of my price range at this time. I deal with a computer repair and custom builder, and he has a rig he built from a 7 year old gaming computer that he upgraded with extra ram and a nice Nvidea graphics system, that I tried out. It ran a game that looked utterly fantastic graphics-wise quite smoothly, FF7 Remake. Everything in that game looks great to me, graphically speaking.
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Hands Hawk a big teapot enjoy
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Good afternoon!
Well, not a figure I'll use, already that I'm back in version of DS4 with the .6.
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I'm using Genesis 3 only sparingly. Most times I go no higher that Genesis 2. I have several characters for Genesis 2 now, more so that for any other base figure, almost all of them are female morphs and textures. I can also mix the morphs up for unique shapes and I switch out textures between them to get the look I want. Some have what is called the HD suffix on their name, but that can be gotten around through the shaping editor. HD textures are on some of them also, but nothing my computer cannot handle in 3Delight. I cannot use Iray at all.
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Hands Hawk a big teapot enjoy
Takes the pot. :tea: Thanks, kind sir!
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I get ya Agent. A single texture for the entire figure. That texture is 4k.
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Damn...I was in here early in the morning but forgot to say good morning....Alas...Been busy trying to find a replacement for the puter that got friend. Had nothing to do with Win 11 update....because the puter is to old and win 11 won't download to it...fried something I guess...I'm working off my refurbished Laptop that I've had for 9 years...or so...Works like a charm...KNOCK ON WOOD....but also can't update to Win11 nor will Chrome update itself LOLOL....Anyway...let me get some voting going on here for our October Contest...with :java: pot in hand
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4 months ago, M$ updated my new (less than a year old is still new!) Lenovo Laptop to W11 and made it absolutely USELESS for anything I want to do. AND M$ sez it cannot be rolled back. I didn't ask for it to do this, M$ just DID IT.
SO I also discovered an interesting nasty little setting that allows M$ to turn on WIFI even when I have it set to Turn On MANUALLY. In Updating, see if you got this one little choice "Use other PC's on the Internet to get updates". Yes, that really is in there and the default is ON and it complained with dialogs I had to get through for that setting to actually be OFF. You might want to turn that OFF instantly. Because that setting lets M$ do whatever it wants to, no matter what other settings you make anywhere.
Time to study the W11 Registry too.
Grrr. :phfft: :explode: :java:
Stuff em.
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DAZ has a new Stonemason urban type set in the store. It's on sale too, for the low LOW price of $25.00 (USD). Though, it has to be said, it IS a Stonemason item and it looks amazing! Since I hadn't bought anything content wise in months, I splurged and got it. :woohoo:
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4 months ago, M$ updated my new (less than a year old is still new!) Lenovo Laptop to W11 and made it absolutely USELESS for anything I want to do. AND M$ sez it cannot be rolled back. I didn't ask for it to do this, M$ just DID IT.
SO I also discovered an interesting nasty little setting that allows M$ to turn on WIFI even when I have it set to Turn On MANUALLY. In Updating, see if you got this one little choice "Use other PC's on the Internet to get updates". Yes, that really is in there and the default is ON and it complained with dialogs I had to get through for that setting to actually be OFF. You might want to turn that OFF instantly. Because that setting lets M$ do whatever it wants to, no matter what other settings you make anywhere.
Time to study the W11 Registry too.
Grrr. :phfft: :explode: :java:
Stuff em.
The "remote assistance" I've been turning off since Win 7 or maybe WinME? Can't remember if remote assistance was there in Win95. No Mickeysoft can't turn on your wi-fi without your allowing it to and remote assistance is just for scammers to access your machine in my opinion. Real purpose is for the corporate IT Dept. to have someone work on your machine without leaving the break room.
Don't know what OS was on your laptop to get upgraded, but even the new W11 version that came out 3 days ago 22H2 will reach end of life in OCT. 2025. Take your laptop offline permanently if you are not willing to keep it up to date. No ragging, just saying.
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Good morning everyone BTW. I'll take a coffee with a double this fine but frost filled morning. Keep the chill out of my old and creaking bones. He!! I had to turn on a heater for an hour when I got up. Going to be propping myself against the balcony wall and cutting down a plant or two I think. Couple of frosty nights and that's it for my little garden.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C double enjoy
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roasted turkey with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Remote assistance is one of the first things I turn off. M$ can and does set the OS up to do what they want by default. THAT was just a setting I missed.
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Good morning, PDG, Fafnir and McG.
PDG, check out https://github.com/krea-ai/open-prompts (https://github.com/krea-ai/open-prompts)
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There is a lot going on in this space at the moment Sir Knight. Thanks for the link.
Now I do need to say this in general about the text to image thing. I am in a bit of a quandary ATM regarding it. I have no issue with the generation in and of itself. I completely understand the scrape and have maintained for years that data scraping is being used a lot more than people may understand. I used to mine Google when training ML/AI with OpenCV myself. They put a limit in the API now limit that type of thing to folks that don't pay them.
I have two issues. My first problem is with the way people blend styles of existing or well recognized artists to flavour the result; using them by name. I am not sure who's art is cheapened by that type of thing, but it makes me a little uneasy. An example would be "A naked Vicky in a temple with a sword in the style of Frank Frazzeta and Boris Vallejo, trending on Artstation" Don't know what it would generate on a first pass without tweeking; but it wouldn't feel right to me. I don't do that, and I find that has become the favourite way of operation for many.
The other thing is speed. Stuff that would take me days to make and an hour or more to render happens in seconds. If I was illustrating some of the stuff I generate it would take ages to finish to the level of detail these generators produce. Still, I haven't used actual physical media, like charcoal or oils, in years; and can do it quicker on the computer myself so I that argument may not carry a lot of weight.
Now; one the plus side, I use it like photoshop on meth. Screaming fast and highly unstable running head long into madness. I find it quite addictive to artfully craft a prompt with a pretty good idea what I am going to get out of it depending upon the sampling method used and the generation parameters tweeked.
I've worked a lot with computer vision so I know how these diffusion GANS function. I understand why a prompt will generate or compose an image in a particular way based upon the sampling criteria.
For a guy that always hated doing post work and usually didn't; I find myself strangely addicted to this. The worst thing is it is post work. Post work in the highest degree.
In-painting to replace a part of the image that needs work. Putting a hat on a character that never had one to start with.
Out-painting to replace an environment a character is currently in.
The notorious img2img used for fine tuning a diffuser and creating "Deep Fakes" amongs't just general image manipulation and trippy morphing video.
It's all post work if you actually look at it. Otherwise it's just parroting a prompt and hoping for the best random seed result.
Again; thanks. I'll digest this over lunch.
Good morning, PDG, Fafnir and McG.
PDG, check out https://github.com/krea-ai/open-prompts (https://github.com/krea-ai/open-prompts)
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I'm liking this database Sir Knight. Good find. :woohoo:
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"Text to Image". Hmmm. Is this about NFTs?
From what I gather, one uses text prompts to define what a project will have, and then allows to computer to do all the actual work putting the project together. Am I right here? Or is this something else entirely?
When I get to work on a project, say a piece of art I want to do, I don't want the actual work composing it and either painting, drawing, sculpting, or working in CGI taken away from me. I do it because I enjoy doing the work myself. The more difficult a project is, the more I enjoy doing it, as it challenges me, and I love a challenge. Challenges keep the mind sharp.
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Good afternoon!
I have no envy to put W11 on any comp, that's enough it tried since the first days it was launched to install itself on my W8.1. Between that and the fact preinstalled McAfee was acting like a virus, I don't wonder too much why my hard drive failed after 2 years...
McG, your trick was one thing I found online in the first week I obtained the W10 comp. Otherwise, it was useless for me in all time to work properly, even only writting. It was fully using the fans over and over. Once the comp was with a lot removed of useless stuff, suddenly it was almost the silence and fans are working only when it's necessary for them to do their true job.
I also go each day in services.msc to stop Windows Update.
And no possible update when I'm not online with comp, because I simply turn it off.
Good luck to you with the W11.
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"Text to Image". Hmmm. Is this about NFTs?
From what I gather, one uses text prompts to define what a project will have, and then allows to computer to do all the actual work putting the project together. Am I right here? Or is this something else entirely?
When I get to work on a project, say a piece of art I want to do, I don't want the actual work composing it and either painting, drawing, sculpting, or working in CGI taken away from me. I do it because I enjoy doing the work myself. The more difficult a project is, the more I enjoy doing it, as it challenges me, and I love a challenge. Challenges keep the mind sharp.
No nothing to do with nfts.
Text to image is just as it sounds and you surmise.
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Agent look at Wambo, DALL-e, Midjourney, Stability ai, Huggingface; and any other number of others.
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By curiosity looked also for the little Craiyon, or NightCafe.
I still fell i's too bad Midjourney is on discord :sigh: Not that I want to do art with, but sometimes to create a quick background for our images would be good that way. Rarely I find what I need when I can't do it.
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And you seem to forget that my time upright atm is minimal and motion limited. You forget why I looked at it in the first place.
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By curiosity looked also for the little Craiyon, or NightCafe.
I still fell i's too bad Midjourney is on discord :sigh: Not that I want to do art with, but sometimes to create a quick background for our images would be good that way. Rarely I find what I need when I can't do it.
Exactly Aelin. It's fun to play with and it is fine as a texture toy when tiling the images or as a background maker. A quick and dirty way to make a lot of artwork for a gallery scene or library shelves full of books. On it's own without modification the resulting images are not ready for prime time, but they are perfect to take into photoshop.
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An example Agent. These images on their own are pretty bad. They can make good background images however with minimal work in one's paint program of choice. I did space as you do sci-fi images and I never refined my prompt, but you get the idea.
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Agent look at Wambo, DALL-e, Midjourney, Stability ai, Huggingface; and any other number of others.
These are like resources for Text to Image?
I do collect some images for artistic resource purposes, but mostly just for backgrounds. My SciFi space images use astronomical photos from the best telescopes, which I collected over the years from the internet. I compiled my collection through my own searches. Yes, I do find some versions of the same images that are low resolution in my searches, but I never ever grab those. I want as high a resolution as possible for my backgrounds. When pasting them to a plane I make the aspect ratio match that of the image being used. Not hard to do at all. Once the image is pasted, I can scale it up making sure the aspect ratio is preserved, or adhered to. I also try to keep the resulting image size within the limits of the original image size, to preserve the quality of the image. I don't go beyond the pixel size of any image I use.
Another resource I use is my own HD cameras:
My Sony Digital camera is my main resource, as it takes 6K images, which is great for the way I use them. Nature shots, rural shots, and city shots, are most of what I use from it.
My Samsung A51 Smartphone has five different lenses, and it takes images in at least 5K resolution. I use images from it too in pretty much the same way.
Thus far, I've not used my camera images as textures for anything, but do have plans to explore that option. I could see using a good Sprewell's Bluff Georgia image as a texture on a T-Shirt, or a mural on a wall, among other ways of using it.
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It has been a long time since the last time we were more than 500 online in the same moment during a day :woohoo:
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An example Agent. These images on their own are pretty bad. They can make good background images however with minimal work in one's paint program of choice. I did space as you do sci-fi images and I never refined my prompt, but you get the idea.
What is the actual resolution of individual images in what you showed me here? Those look gorgeous, and yes they could be used by me, if in high enough resolution. I would of course choose to use them manually rather than let the computer decide.
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Use an ai up scaler. There are all kinds around for free as I know you haven't such a plug-in for Howler, tho they do exist for Krita and other public domain image editors, in addition to photoshop which I do not own.
Try video2X. Free and does stills as well as video. It contains sampling methods for anime, gibli, and a couple others in addition to a couple of REALGans for photo realistic up scaling. It's the one I use as a stand alone. There are others out there for free as well but I have no recommendations as I am happy with Video2X. The latest version is 4.8.1 as far as I know.
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Cross posted Agent. That image was shrunk to fit the forum without looking. Give me a sec to look in the trash on the other machine....... Individual images were 1088x512. I had no reason to save them. Just an example of quick backgrounds. Images for control panel screens on a main ship deck where you wouldn't really notice them in detail. Crank out a mess at once instead of making an image for each screen yourself. Big time saver. That's what I'm getting at. It's not about something doing "art" for you. It's about bringing out your creativity. Remember my "disposable art" comment.
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It has been a long time since the last time we were more than 500 online in the same moment during a day :woohoo:
Hurrah!! :happydance:
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Thus far, I've not used my camera images as textures for anything, but do have plans to explore that option. I could see using a good Sprewell's Bluff Georgia image as a texture on a T-Shirt, or a mural on a wall, among other ways of using it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4NTf0hMjtY
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As for the Bluff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b84MwuupHKg
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Of the sites you directed me too, I have to say the main page at Midjourney (spiraling galaxy of text in motion) looks the most awesome. As most of the site want you to sign up, I won't be using them. Like I said already, I would rather do the work myself, putting images together.
I do not own Photoshop either, but I do have the free Gimp, which is quite comparable to it. I rarely use it either. The way I do my art is mostly by using in app tools. Bryce has a Deep Texture Editor that works great, and its Deep Terrain Editor can be use to create 3D models from height maps. Even color images can be used as height maps in it, as it will auto-assign greyscale values to the different colors and shades of colors. Many of the spaceships I have in my Bryce images were made that way, and I used color version of the same images to assign textures to them. No UV maps needed in Bryce for those models. It even lets me tile the textures in the Deep Texture Editor, up to 200 tiles in each direction. The image that won the July Monthly Contest here was done in Bryce using the methods I'm describing here. Another image done the same way won a weekly prize for me here.
For an app that has not seen an upgrade since before I got into digital art, Bryce is still relevant in my mind. I like it a lot, and have dug deep into it to find unique ways to use it. If DAZ ever decides to bring Bryce back into the development lineup, and releases a new version that is more than 32 bit, I'll jump at the chance to get it ASAP.
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Agent; you wanted to know so we pointed you to resources. No one is telling you to change what you do. Have fun.
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Cross posted Agent. That image was shrunk to fit the forum without looking. Give me a sec to look in the trash on the other machine....... Individual images were 1088x512. I had no reason to save them. Just an example of quick backgrounds. Images for control panel screens on a main ship deck where you wouldn't really notice them in detail. Crank out a mess at once instead of making an image for each screen yourself. Big time saver. That's what I'm getting at. It's not about something doing "art" for you. It's about bringing out your creativity. Remember my "disposable art" comment.
For folks that want to save time, that would be great, but I would be one that wants to do each screen individually. Yes it is a lot slower, but for me, personally satisfying. I get to decide which screen gets which image.
There's a similar thing to what we are discussing here called Instancing. What it does is load extra instances of a model into a scene, in some apps not using as much memory as the first instance of the model (the one that was originally loaded. In Bryce and DAZ Studio, the new instances can be repositions in whatever way the artist desires. The textures of the original will also be on the new instances, and you can decide how many instances you wish to be loaded. This saves on memory, because the original model's memory size is used only once, with little more generated to load the extras. I only use instancing if I want to populate my image with several of the same model. Seems like the use you described is quite similar to that.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4NTf0hMjtY
I've actually been looking into that aspect of modeling. DAZ Studio has a new tool that lets you do that for characters, allowing you to photo-sculpt a human figure to look like a real person. To me, that is some very amazing technology. Imagine how one could make it look like someone is able to do something impossible, by using that technology and as realistic textures as possible from photos of the same person.
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Gonna keep this up at YouTube to let the buffer fill up before watching. My internet connection is not among the better ones. LOLOL
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Agent; you wanted to know so we pointed you to resources. No one is telling you to change what you do. Have fun.
Not a problem. I like that we are discussing this. It is very interesting to me even if I am not looking to use it myself. I can see how useful it is for people that need to save time.
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Use an ai up scaler. There are all kinds around for free as I know you haven't such a plug-in for Howler, tho they do exist for Krita and other public domain image editors, in addition to photoshop which I do not own.
Try video2X. Free and does stills as well as video. It contains sampling methods for anime, gibli, and a couple others in addition to a couple of REALGans for photo realistic up scaling. It's the one I use as a stand alone. There are others out there for free as well but I have no recommendations as I am happy with Video2X. The latest version is 4.8.1 as far as I know.
Gonna look into this one, as I am very interested to see how it works. Could give me a new set of tools to use.
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As for the Bluff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b84MwuupHKg
That is one of my favorite places I have never visited on Earth! LOLOL
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For folks that want to save time, that would be great, but I would be one that wants to do each screen individually. Yes it is a lot slower, but for me, personally satisfying. I get to decide which screen gets which image.
There's a similar thing to what we are discussing here called Instancing. What it does is load extra instances of a model into a scene, in some apps not using as much memory as the first instance of the model (the one that was originally loaded. In Bryce and DAZ Studio, the new instances can be repositions in whatever way the artist desires. The textures of the original will also be on the new instances, and you can decide how many instances you wish to be loaded. This saves on memory, because the original model's memory size is used only once, with little more generated to load the extras. I only use instancing if I want to populate my image with several of the same model. Seems like the use you described is quite similar to that.
Instancing has been around for a while Agent. Poser has had it since PP2014 though it wasn't mentioned as something most people would specifically seek out as it was implemented by default. Most users never noticed that duplicating an object in Poser just wrote another memory pointer and updated a counter. It happens behind the scenes without any need to pay attention. Ken1171 wrote a script to exploit this for P11. 3dCheapscate did a free interface script for pp2014 and P10. I do not know if there is a specific script available for P12 but I really don't see the point. Blender and Vue only work with instances. Memory load is high these days and instancing has been used for a very long time by most software.
What I meant above is you build a ship. The bridge has ten ready stations. Each station has one or more monitors. Or better still. You have a security station with a wall of 50 monitors for your character to be monitoring. You are going to need 50 different security monitor screens at any given time. You personally can design 50 different renders to use as monitor textures or you can have an ai kick out 50 in just over 1 minute.
If those screens are central to your story then by all means make 50 different screens. If only four or five are central to the plot then just do those. Let the ai create all the screens that are just image filler. It will give you a selection of screens done in the same style at a given resolution to just drop onto the screens in your main image. They may not be perfect, but they will never be stared at enough to tell the difference. Spend the extra time on your story, or your composition, or what ever you wish; leave the grunt work.
Some of these ai images can help out a person with the composition of something they have in their head but it just needs a little nudge. Generate a large number of space backgrounds for instance and think about placing your latest ship or alien in one. You don't need to keep the background and most probably won't, but it very well may spark bit of creative juice. A little nudge to the muse.
I haven't gone anywhere near mentioning just what this tech is capable of as it might lead to some rather heated discussion. BTW, if you use the GIMP, there are stable diffusion plug-ins available for you. Sadly you would need a GPU with at least 8 gig of RAM to use them.
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Rye no coffee please girls. I waiting for the pain pills to kick in. Been too mobile today but the apartment smells like a cross between a skunk and a newly clipped lawn, "...and that's a good thing."; as Martha would say.
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Gonna look into this one, as I am very interested to see how it works. Could give me a new set of tools to use.
The current background on my monitor is a 2895x1404 image up scaled from the original 704x384. You could never tell the image is up scaled from anything. It took 9.83 seconds. Slow because it is a very detailed image.
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Instancing has been around for a while Agent. Poser has had it since PP2014 though it wasn't mentioned as something most people would specifically seek out as it was implemented by default. Most users never noticed that duplicating an object in Poser just wrote another memory pointer and updated a counter. It happens behind the scenes without any need to pay attention. Ken1171 wrote a script to exploit this for P11. 3dCheapscate did a free interface script for pp2014 and P10. I do not know if there is a specific script available for P12 but I really don't see the point. Blender and Vue only work with instances. Memory load is high these days and instancing has been used for a very long time by most software.
What I meant above is you build a ship. The bridge has ten ready stations. Each station has one or more monitors. Or better still. You have a security station with a wall of 50 monitors for your character to be monitoring. You are going to need 50 different security monitor screens at any given time. You personally can design 50 different renders to use as monitor textures or you can have an ai kick out 50 in just over 1 minute.
If those screens are central to your story then by all means make 50 different screens. If only four or five are central to the plot then just do those. Let the ai create all the screens that are just image filler. It will give you a selection of screens done in the same style at a given resolution to just drop onto the screens in your main image. They may not be perfect, but they will never be stared at enough to tell the difference. Spend the extra time on your story, or your composition, or what ever you wish; leave the grunt work.
Some of these ai images can help out a person with the composition of something they have in their head but it just needs a little nudge. Generate a large number of space backgrounds for instance and think about placing your latest ship or alien in one. You don't need to keep the background and most probably won't, but it very well may spark bit of creative juice. A little nudge to the muse.
I haven't gone anywhere near mentioning just what this tech is capable of as it might lead to some rather heated discussion. BTW, if you use the GIMP, there are stable diffusion plug-ins available for you. Sadly you would need a GPU with at least 8 gig of RAM to use them.
My current Pc just has 4 gigs of RAM. I cry! Makes me wonder if I can use certain of the other things we discussed.
As for the 3D Photo Scan, the video you linked to indicates that with a certain downloaded free plugin or something I can do what is being done in that video. I don't have to have a high powered PC to do it, and I have the perfect Smartphone camera for 3D Photo Scanning.
2010m is when I joined the computer using community, and I got Bryce 7.1 Pro for free about three weeks after I bought my first computer. It was a Toshiba Laptop, 64 bit Windows 7 OS, 500 gig Hard Drive, and 4 gigs of RAM. I got into digital art as quickly as I could, using MS Office 2007 PowerPoint. About a year later I learned from David Brinnen how to use the Instancing feature of Bryce. 2011 was a year that I was studying heavily in the use of several apps from DAZ 3D; Bryce, and DAZ Studio mostly, plus Hexagon, which I abandoned when I discovered Wings 3D and Blender, both of which were easier to learn and understand. Modeling in Hexagon was not learner friendly to a mind that works like mine. I'm sure you remember HeddHeld. He was the one that turned me on to Blender. He also gave me some great advice and instruction in that app. I have often wondered whatever happened to him. He was a great friend to us all at PFDLives. If he is still around, it would be nice to get back in contact with him.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled steaks with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin Fafnir. Welcome to the weekend. C and C please my good man.
Agent the whole point of those two videos was to introduce you to photo scanning using the camera you have, to do something you mentioned an interest in attempting. There is nothing there that is beyond your ability or out of your budget. The same budget I have. Zero.
Hedd will not be returning to the fourms. :cry2:
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Good morning!
It's a sunny day despite predictions of forecast weather.
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and Aelin. :java: if you please, Fafnir.
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Morning off to job in chilly ole Richmond.
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Good afternoon!
I have no envy to put W11 on any comp, that's enough it tried since the first days it was launched to install itself on my W8.1. Between that and the fact preinstalled McAfee was acting like a virus, I don't wonder too much why my hard drive failed after 2 years...
McG, your trick was one thing I found online in the first week I obtained the W10 comp. Otherwise, it was useless for me in all time to work properly, even only writting. It was fully using the fans over and over. Once the comp was with a lot removed of useless stuff, suddenly it was almost the silence and fans are working only when it's necessary for them to do their true job.
I also go each day in services.msc to stop Windows Update.
And no possible update when I'm not online with comp, because I simply turn it off.
Good luck to you with the W11.
WIn 11? Nope, they are going to put WIN10 back on it!
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Good Morning to all....
A quick stop today....still haven't got the other computer going yet....but really didn't have time. One of the connections to the hot water heater blew yesterday so you can imagine the mess...
Got it fixed temporarily but since I've got to leave town today to go to Elkhorn for the Grandsons Second Wedding.....Hope this one last longer then the First Marriage..Staying overnight since I'm not a Nighttime Driver....especially this time of year when the Deer and the Buffalo roam...>Well, not so much Buffalo....but deer up the yang yang this year.
So off I go to pick winners....I'll most likely bring the laptop with me...or my tablet...either one will work....I don't drink so I'll be in the Hotel room early me thinks LOL
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Hey guys, that is some really remarkable imaging stuff. AGENT- I do still use my DSLR for taking many kinds of photos, even snapshots. Once in a while I Shoot The Moon still! 1,000mm focal length means lots of real nice craters. But, using my own textures for trees, bark, leaves, flowers, alien plants, and backgrounds etc. is lots of fun, and sometimes lots of work. I collected bird feathers for a while, photographing or scanning them. They can make interesting leaves for trees. Even hair styles.
I kinda drew a blank while looking at the AI text to image stuff. Very cool stuff, but I do enjoy grinding out me textures the hard way!
:woohoo:
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C double pour
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Mornin Fafnir. Welcome to the weekend. C and C please my good man.
Agent the whole point of those two videos was to introduce you to photo scanning using the camera you have, to do something you mentioned an interest in attempting. There is nothing there that is beyond your ability or out of your budget. The same budget I have. Zero.
Hedd will not be returning to the fourms. :cry2:
Thank you big time for those two great finds! I will be looking for something to experiment on, using the 3D Photo Scan, and hopefully develop a nice product for giveaway or sale. I have so many choices to choose from. I think I will try to keep my first one simple.
Good Mafternoon!
Well it ain't morning anymore for either you nor I! :odd:
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Hedd? :OMFG:
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Hedd? :OMFG:
Short for HeddHeld. He is a friend that used to be an active member of PFDLives.com. He is still in the list of members there, but has not been active for several years now. If anybody knows a lot about Blender, it would be him. Not sure what he's doing now, nor if he is still with us.
About PFDLives: I am a moderator and administrator there. It is another site that is overseen by DarkAngel. Our active membership has dwindled in the last few years, but we are still up and running.
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Hey, y'all! Can't stay long. Suffering from severe neck pains in the area where I had surgery years ago. Don't want to see the MD. Afraid they will say, "Let go back under the knife, and fix the problem". That's what started the problem in the first place. Should have listened to my mom. Oh, well! A pot of special potent tea :tea: to go, Fafnir. I am trying to do September contest. Having problem getting it right. :sadder:
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Ah ok Did not know.
Anyone else burn their finger today? o.O
Or am I just a Kluts! :OMFG:
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Sorry folks. It's been a little hectic here today. I'm trying to get info shuffled around amongs't the family. We're spread coast to coast and I'm in the middle.
Most of the Maritimes are down, and a few places are gone altogether. The kid sister has some property damage. A couple of cousins have lost homes, My nephew had his house (my old one) sucked into the sea. It's gone. The old aunt (103) is in a shelter in Charlottetown. The police took her out going door to door evacuating folk. My niece is in Bermuda for a vacation. Went last Monday. They got caught as well I hear; though not too bad. She'll have to wait till probably Tuesday to get a flight back and check her place outside Dartmouth. There is no power in PEI at all. Nova Scotia is back to just 85% down after being 90%-95% at one point and the whole grid about collapse like PEI's did.
From what I see of Cape Breton there aren't going to be any ferries to NFLD any time soon. North Sydney is trashed. I've an uncle in a retirement home there. They lost the roof and have been moved to a hockey areana. That's where the NS side terminal is. The town on the NFLD side is gone. The are at least 30 houses and an apartment building near the terminal that got sucked out to sea so I doubt the terminal will be functional. The airport in Cape Breton is trashed that I have seen, and gone has been reported; though I haven't personally seen that.
There are obviously no ferries over to PEI and no flights. The bridge to NB remains open though the part of NB where the bridge connects has had major flooding and storm damage is still being tallied. Full mood so the tides are going to be really high in the Bay of Fundy and storm surge up the St' Lawrence Seaway.
Lot's of cold dark relatives ATM and it's a little hard keeping everyone in the loop as their batteries die. Those that can access cell towers. Most landlines are gone.
More coffee please girls and put on another pot. It's going to be a long night.
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Hey, y'all! Can't stay long. Suffering from severe neck pains in the area where I had surgery years ago. Don't want to see the MD. Afraid they will say, "Let go back under the knife, and fix the problem". That's what started the problem in the first place. Should have listened to my mom. Oh, well! A pot of special potent tea :tea: to go, Fafnir. I am trying to do September contest. Having problem getting it right. :sadder:
Sorry to hear of your neck pain. Believe me when I say that I know all about it and can commiserate completely.
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Ah ok Did not know.
Anyone else burn their finger today? o.O
Or am I just a Kluts! :OMFG:
Hedd (Ed) has been here in the past. In the dark recesses of the board here, where the spider eating cobwebs dwell; you may see dust trails of his past travels. He and I were online drinking buddies for years. He will be missed.
Haven't burnt my finger today, but I did Tuesday putting out a smoke in the balcony ashtray. Serves me right for still smoking after 60 years.
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Turning over a Grilled Cheese Sandwich and missed the Bread and got the Skillet. o.O :odd:
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Hope everyone is ok Park. Yeah I still have the habit too. Stay away from the vape to try and quit. Along with the fruity tuti flavors that made me gag , let's add in gave me Chest pains to the negs.
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I feel your pain.. right up there with putting your hand on the hot muffler of a running pressure washer.
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looks like we gonna get a blow as well comin from the gulf
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I smoked for about 30 years, but was able to quit in my forties. Have been smoke free since that time. Cool thing is, I've had people blowing smoke i my face trying to get me back into it. It did not work, as my determination has been to resist temptation. Now it does not bother me at all, and I've been smoke free for 24 years.
:woohoo:
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good for you Agent
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Mornin' all.
I saw that Fafnir. Delayed the Artemis launch again. Strangeness is: The storm that hit the East made landfall at Canso. That is where they are building launch facilities in Canada. All the devastation that occurred didn't touch the facility or the town beside it. The nearby shipworks where I was so gainfully employed all those years ago was not so lucky.
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I smoked for about 30 years, but was able to quit in my forties. Have been smoke free since that time. Cool thing is, I've had people blowing smoke i my face trying to get me back into it. It did not work, as my determination has been to resist temptation. Now it does not bother me at all, and I've been smoke free for 24 years.
:woohoo:
Not your friends were they.
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Morning. Still trying to quit. We shall see.
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Hope everyone is ok Park. Yeah I still have the habit too. Stay away from the vape to try and quit. Along with the fruity tuti flavors that made me gag , let's add in gave me Chest pains to the negs.
I will neither defend nor detract from the smoking argument. I smoke. My late wife quit and was smoke free for 10 years. She died of cancer. "If the thunder don't get ya than the lightning will." I do agree that the vape thing is not a plan. It was on my list a couple years back before my wife died. I said I'd give quitting a shot in the new year. That's when all of a sudden people were being hospitalized for using them. Screw that. Cig/vape = thunder/lightning
Vaping stores and products are all but extinct here. I think the "head" shops still sell vape units for THC vape consumption. I have no idea. I've been in a legal pot shop once in my life. To purchase papers. Mistake.
Me: "I'd like to purchase a book of papers please."
Them: "Well do you want double wide or double long?"
"Neither. I just want a book of plain ol' cigarette papers."
"We have a sale on strawberry and banana flavoured today."
"I just want a book of plain old, everyday, single width, unflavoured cigarette papers."
"What about these? They are new to the store. Tiger stripes!"
"Do you have any normal papers or are they all gimmicked?"
"I'm sorry sir?"
"Thank you; I'll use my pipe."
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Yeah that was how I felt about it lol. When they first came out they did have real tobacco flavors but then the millennials wanted everything to be like a smoothie. Don't hate them but they have one nasty little "side effect ". If you quit and go back to regular cigarettes you will end up smoking more than before. Partly due to they have a higher nicotine content than cigarettes. I actually quit for four years and went back. Will get it done eventually. Probably if they ever get me back to Richmond lol. Smoke about a quarter of what I do in Charleston. Stress is a wonderful thing lol.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roasted turkey with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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seems they still speculating on the track of the storm it's coming this way but...... stay tuned
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Morning..Yeah I will be getting back to Charleston about when it will start effecting the weather there.
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Good morning, Fafnir. That storm (Ian) looks like it might be serious.
PDG, I'm sorry to hear about all the troubles that your family have had from Hurricane Fiona. They'll be in my prayers.
Your experience at the pot shop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1JWzyvv8A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1JWzyvv8A)
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Good morning!
I saw about storm Ian for Miami next week. But didn't hear about Fiona reaching Canada :thud: In fact, nobody is even talking here about Fiona reaching Guadeloupe and all destruction there.
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That's mind blowing, all those homes and buildings getting sucked out to sea. Gone. Sure hope all the people got out ok!
Wishing the best for all your people, PDG.
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Not your friends were they.
I just didn't let it bother me. They were jealous, I think, because the could not do what I was able to do. By the time I quit, I was down to one cigarette a day. That made quitting easier for me. I tried getting my friends to try that method of quitting. Only one did, and she is smoke free to this day like me. All the rest are either still smoking, or already gone due to heavy smoking, and lung cancer. Not a pretty or good way to go.
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Well have been down to half a pack in past. Truthfully really is a stress thing. I don't even touch one when I am home with family in Atlanta. So can make it at time a week without one but the annoyance and stress with work in Chucktown and it skyrockets.
Keeps me from answering yes it is on a daily basis.
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Good morning, Fafnir. That storm (Ian) looks like it might be serious.
PDG, I'm sorry to hear about all the troubles that your family have had from Hurricane Fiona. They'll be in my prayers.
Your experience at the pot shop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1JWzyvv8A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1JWzyvv8A)
Family seems all good. Property damage mostly amongs't the family. Two properties lost completely to the sea. Power is returning to those on mainland NS slowly but surely. They are only about 75% down right now. PEI is still off the grid and very hard to communicate with. Cell coverage is spotty where it exists at all.
Yeppers. A lot like the Cheese Shop. Always been a big Monty Python fan.
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Good morning!
I saw about storm Ian for Miami next week. But didn't hear about Fiona reaching Canada :thud: In fact, nobody is even talking here about Fiona reaching Guadeloupe and all destruction there.
If it doesn't impact the US East Coast or the Gulf States, weather events like this get little attention. Porto Rico and the DR got slammed as well as Guadeloupe by Fiona. It was a powerful storm.
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That's mind blowing, all those homes and buildings getting sucked out to sea. Gone. Sure hope all the people got out ok!
Wishing the best for all your people, PDG.
Yes and no. Bystanders managed to pull one woman from the surf when her house was sucked out into the harbour, but there are still reports that there may have been another woman sucked out as well. There was no way to check at the time. Search and Rescue (Coast Guard and Military as well) are trying to get out now.
The Maritimes is full of archipelagos and islands. Most communities are at a distance form each other with limited connections to their neighbours or others. It will take some time to assess just what exactly has happened. There is major infrastructure damage and many communities are unaccounted for.
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If it doesn't impact the US East Coast or the Gulf States, weather events like this get little attention. Porto Rico and the DR got slammed as well as Guadeloupe by Fiona. It was a powerful storm.
Yep, but Guadeloupe and Martinique are islands still considered like France, like they are "départements" of our country (could be considered like counties for USA - I have no idea of an equivalent for Canada). So sure that won't help them to feel like any other citizen, and I understand them.
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I realize that Aelin. St.Pierre and Miquelon are territories of France as well. They are just off the coast of NFLD but were on the leaward side for this storm so they took minimal wind and rain damage. I just meant that there isn't a lot of media attention on Hurricanes here that do not impact the Gulf Coast of the States or their Eastern Seaboard.
There are a couple of small French speaking islands that are part of Canada that we have yet to hear from.
Porto Rico is a territory/protectorate or some such thing of the US.
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All this sinking island talk is giving me an idea. Think I'll head for the gallery.
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Atlantis, all over again. And again. And yet again! ClickMe! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-oqgIZGhbU)
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Back to the office today so :java: please!
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of dark roast Kona coffee this will work well
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Mornin' all. Waiting impatiently for building maintenance to arrive. A coffee if you please Fafnir.
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Good Morning to all....
Well, the wedding was a blast and went smoothly...No fights, arguments, or pouting by anyone...Even the kids behaved...somewhat....But I guess doing somersaults on the dance floor while in a dress is a form of celebration...the good thing is....girls no longer wear "Panties" under their dresses...they got smart...they wear shorty shorts...(That is what my great granddaughters told me they were)....
But I can tell I'm certainly an old fart....Danced a lot ....The Bride (Mindy) was the first dance, all the BridesMaids wanted to dance, so they were next, The flower Girls (which consisted of my Great Granddaughters and their friends, and then Travis and Mindys friends wanted to dance because their husbands don't dance. Those dancing lessons my Grandmother made me go to at Arthur Murrays paid off LOLOL. By the time Lorna and I were ready to go to the hotel, my body was completely shot :thud:
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I'm posting in sections today...don't want a two mile post.....
PDG....That was such a terrible storm that hit Nova Scotia and related areas. Hope you get more news from them...sounds like they've all had a rough time of it.
I have a very dear friend who lives in Nova Scotia and I haven't heard from her yet. I've known Doreen for many many years. She makes homemade soap and when the wife was alive she loved getting it. Since Cleaver Brooks was somewhat in the area, I paid her a visit to pick up some more soap for Linda...and we've been close ever since and I visited many times and became her daughters Godfather. Hope I hear from her soon.
Good talking to you last night Fafnir....Remember what I said...Buckle done, but if they say GO....then GO...And thanks for the :java:
I'll be in and out of here today. Still working on getting the dead computer back to life.....Love it...any mind challenge at my age is a fun thing. I may get electrocuted or blow all the circuits and components up...but just think of all the fun I'll have. :woohoo: :grenade:
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C hope all your relatives are safe and well
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Good Morning to all....
Well, the wedding was a blast and went smoothly...No fights, arguments, or pouting by anyone...Even the kids behaved...somewhat....But I guess doing somersaults on the dance floor while in a dress is a form of celebration...the good thing is....girls no longer wear "Panties" under their dresses...they got smart...they wear shorty shorts...(That is what my great granddaughters told me they were)....
But I can tell I'm certainly an old fart....Danced a lot ....The Bride (Mindy) was the first dance, all the BridesMaids wanted to dance, so they were next, The flower Girls (which consisted of my Great Granddaughters and their friends, and then Travis and Mindys friends wanted to dance because their husbands don't dance. Those dancing lessons my Grandmother made me go to at Arthur Murrays paid off LOLOL. By the time Lorna and I were ready to go to the hotel, my body was completely shot :thud:
So a good time was had by all! Excellent! I love seeing weddings go as planned! Looks like this one really did! :woohoo:
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C hope all your relatives are safe and well
Thanks and watch out for yourself.
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I'm posting in sections today...don't want a two mile post.....
PDG....That was such a terrible storm that hit Nova Scotia and related areas. Hope you get more news from them...sounds like they've all had a rough time of it.
I have a very dear friend who lives in Nova Scotia and I haven't heard from her yet. I've known Doreen for many many years. She makes homemade soap and when the wife was alive she loved getting it. Since Cleaver Brooks was somewhat in the area, I paid her a visit to pick up some more soap for Linda...and we've been close ever since and I visited many times and became her daughters Godfather. Hope I hear from her soon.
Good talking to you last night Fafnir....Remember what I said...Buckle done, but if they say GO....then GO...And thanks for the :java:
I'll be in and out of here today. Still working on getting the dead computer back to life.....Love it...any mind challenge at my age is a fun thing. I may get electrocuted or blow all the circuits and components up...but just think of all the fun I'll have. :woohoo: :grenade:
I hope you hear something soon. I believe that Cleaver Brooks is in Dartmouth. My kid sister is near there. Mostly wind damage in that part of the Province. Trees down and power out but it's all coming back up in that area.
The bad stuff is from waves. Fifty foot or higher storm surge waves. Water higher than a 5 story building slams into the front of your home and crashes over it. Not good. Lots of homes had the waves break down doors and windows on the sea side and rip the back walls completely off the rear of the house on the lea side coming out.
Lot's of places are solid rock under less than 2 inches of soil. Homes there are on posts drilled into the bedrock. The sea just came in and lifted them up, only to crash back to earth a hundred feet from shore. If you were lucky. Elsewise, you are swimming when your house gets sucked out to sea.
I was lucky with making an image too large for the gallery to take. Made me rethink it a bit. The original has a lot of flotsam and jetsam in the waves and on the rocks. It was a little too stark upon further reflection and uploaded an earlier version.
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Good Morning to all....
Well, the wedding was a blast and went smoothly...No fights, arguments, or pouting by anyone...Even the kids behaved...somewhat....But I guess doing somersaults on the dance floor while in a dress is a form of celebration...the good thing is....girls no longer wear "Panties" under their dresses...they got smart...they wear shorty shorts...(That is what my great granddaughters told me they were)....
But I can tell I'm certainly an old fart....Danced a lot ....The Bride (Mindy) was the first dance, all the BridesMaids wanted to dance, so they were next, The flower Girls (which consisted of my Great Granddaughters and their friends, and then Travis and Mindys friends wanted to dance because their husbands don't dance. Those dancing lessons my Grandmother made me go to at Arthur Murrays paid off LOLOL. By the time Lorna and I were ready to go to the hotel, my body was completely shot :thud:
Glad you had fun. No fights at the reception is hit or miss at most weddings. I refuse to be drawn into a discussion about the girl's panties however. :nopanic;
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I wonder about CaliVee. FeralWoman I think elsewhere she is known. She was in NFLD last I heard and in a mobile home. That could be problematic.
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Good afternoon!
It was a foggy then cloudy day. The supposed rain didn't come. ANd tonight the wind is blowing.
St.Pierre and Miquelon come in the news once in a while, worse than for caribbean islands.
Years ago, no matter where it was, we had news with hurricans/typhoon, earthquakes, volcanoes... Almost not a news without that. Now, if it's not in the "hexagon", no news.
Glad to see you are back at home TL. And see the bright side: you have 4 little massagists there, ready to help your body - at the condition they can sleep on you after they walked on :tearlaugh:
Didn't see CalieVee (Faeryl Womyn) since July. Hope she is fine, and same for the most of people there.
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A big steaming mug of :tea: for me, Fafnir. Thought I could get this month theme done but...NO!!!! Seems inspiration has eluded me once again. Typical flunky muse! OH, well! Maybe next month contest will bring a subject that I can use a few of my Poser collections. :woohoo: :OMFG:
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Have not heard from Faeryl Womyn in about three years. Had been wondering if she was still around. Now I am worried about her, because of the storm damages.
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I think the last post I saw from her was in one of the manga/anime threads.
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She was in the DAZ forums yesterday so I'm hoping that means she's all right. :woohoo:
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I'm posting in sections today...don't want a two mile post.....
PDG....That was such a terrible storm that hit Nova Scotia and related areas. Hope you get more news from them...sounds like they've all had a rough time of it.
I have a very dear friend who lives in Nova Scotia and I haven't heard from her yet. I've known Doreen for many many years. She makes homemade soap and when the wife was alive she loved getting it. Since Cleaver Brooks was somewhat in the area, I paid her a visit to pick up some more soap for Linda...and we've been close ever since and I visited many times and became her daughters Godfather. Hope I hear from her soon.
Good talking to you last night Fafnir....Remember what I said...Buckle done, but if they say GO....then GO...And thanks for the :java:
I'll be in and out of here today. Still working on getting the dead computer back to life.....Love it...any mind challenge at my age is a fun thing. I may get electrocuted or blow all the circuits and components up...but just think of all the fun I'll have. :woohoo: :grenade:
Exactly!! SO remember when I pushed the START button on my PC for my birthday two years ago? The build was such enormous FUN! Lots of little info challenges along the way to READY! And when it actually did start, I laughed myself silly. Totally Herman Munster laughing! LOL! Oh me, if it didn't cost so much I'd do it again this week!
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A big steaming mug of :tea: for me, Fafnir. Thought I could get this month theme done but...NO!!!! Seems inspiration has eluded me once again. Typical flunky muse! OH, well! Maybe next month contest will bring a subject that I can use a few of my Poser collections. :woohoo: :OMFG:
Muse? I look often up at that big screen TV in my mind to see what my Muse is up to, and looking at a blank screen for a while now. Not that there aren't plenty of Life scenes I could create. No, me living them stifles the urge to 3D em. Sigh. That's what's up here, FrahHawk.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. C and C if you please.
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She was in the DAZ forums yesterday so I'm hoping that means she's all right. :woohoo:
Good to know. If she was in the forums, she is good.
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Good morning, Fafnir. Thanks for the Kona yesterday. Kept me going. Another today, please!
PDG, since we all use handles rather than names, one can't be sure but the handle that I have associated with her was active.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C double
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of Dark Roast Kona enjoy
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Blue Tea for me, this morning, Fafnir and make it to go.
Hi, y'all!
Have to run today. Taking Popeye to the groomer for her spa day. She needs it badly!
Time to go!!! :tea: See y'all later!
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Good morning, Fafnir. Thanks for the Kona yesterday. Kept me going. Another today, please!
PDG, since we all use handles rather than names, one can't be sure but the handle that I have associated with her was active.
Spelled the way she spells it, I don't think any others use that handle. So that makes me feel good that she is still around. Besides, I have communicated with her a few times at the DAZ Forums, and know is is actually her.
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Good afternoon!
Twas a cloudy day today, very much in the morning, but then the low clouds disappeared to leave the blue sky showing itself between the highest clouds in the afternoon.
She was in the DAZ forums yesterday so I'm hoping that means she's all right. :woohoo:
Glad to hear about her, Sir Knight. ANd yes, on Daz she is Faeryl Womyn. I think last time I crossed her there she ahd the same avatar than here.
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Mornin coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be beef tacos with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. I would welcome some coffee this morning.
Please know that you, Janet and Molly are in our prayers for safety.
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Mornin' guys. Fafnir I see the weather is heading your way. Be safe.
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Good Morning to all.
Been in here for a bit but forgot to "Check In" LOL. Anyway....I'll be in here on and off. Got to take her to the clinic and then we have to go to Freeport.
I see that the Hurricane is building up force....Stay Safe Fafnir and "J" and whoever else we know that lives in the area....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...remember what I said.....
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Hands Sir Knight and PDG steaming mugs of good Kona Coffee we will hunker down or leave if necessary and do our best to stay safe
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thank you for your thoughts and prayers
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Take care my friend....Give Molly and Momma a hug for me...
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Arrrgh! Been keeping an eye on the weather and it don't look good. Hope this time they can handle it. PR came out a solid 2nd place finisher with that first one. Now Fla is getting hammered once again. Not keeping too good a track as is most depressing. Can't do a thing but watch a few old stamping grounds get stamped. And not in a good way. Prayers and good thoughts going out to all that are in the target zone.
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Good afternoon!
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By gosh it IS afternoon. I've been busy taking apart one computer to put the pieces into another computer since it looks like the harddrive on the Big Boy petered out. But I'm not going to complain...I've had that thing going for a long time...and it lasted longer then I thought it would. Had windows 8 in it when I got it LOL.....
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Just checking in here.
I am worried about the area Fafnir is in, and that hurricane. It seems his place is in its crosshairs. Looking at the projected path, it seems to have shifted further east, but I still don't trust that. I am in Middle Georgia, and right next to I 75. I've seen quite a few Florida tags on vehicles at the nearby stores, most of them headed north. The path of the storm had been projected to more or less follow I 75 out of Florida. If that happens, (and it still can), my area will be hit by some of the strongest weather. I expect at least category 2 by the time it gets here. Not as bad as what will hit Fafnir's area, but still, bad enough to do some significant damage. As these storms are known to spawn tornadoes, that to will be a danger. I'm praying Fafnir does not suffer any damages at his place, and also that my area does not get hit so hard. We shall see. At this time, I don't know the current location of the storm, and as close as it was to the West Coast of Florida this morning, It may have already reached landfall. Will be checking into it as soon as I get done here.
To all within the area of the storm and in its path:
STAY SAFE,PLEASE!
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Looks like the storm has made landfall, and Naples has been hit with a strong storm surge. I'm praying for everybody in that area and its surrounding extended area. The pictures I saw showed automobiles in about three feet of water, and you know that's not the worst of it.
Again I say "Stay Safe, Please!" to all in the area!
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The outer bands of the storm have reached my area, but we don't have strong winds here thus far. I'm holding out hope that the path will not shift back to the west.
If you look at the sattelite images of "Ian", you can see a long trail of weather just off the Eastern Coast of the country, that appears to be feeding into the storm. That is scary to say the least!
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Last I heard it's going to get out over water and then hit Savannah for a second landfall. Although should only be a tropical storm by then. Went from being it's effects being only tropical depression to tropical storm for us in Charleston.
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according to the forecasters?? it has hit down round Fort Myers Naples area with bad flooding from tidal surge and rain winds 155 or so as it tracks NE it will diminish in strength and supposedly be tropical storm strength when it gets here we shall see
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Hope it stays that way....Tropical Storm is a lot better...(Most of the time) when it comes to your types of weather...Still....be careful my friend
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i will be
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be homemade beef stew with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee, if you will, good sir. Did the girls have to use storm water today?
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of Kona coffee they had regular spring water for their coffee pots this morning
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got tropical storm winds plenty rain lots of limbs down ain't been out side yet but soon as i can go see i will but for sure the rain is here wind gusty to 65 knots but that aint so bad supposed to be offshore round 2 pm we shall see
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Mornin' Fafnir. Glad you and the girls managed to get the place opened up this morning. Not too much water to squeegee out the door I hope.
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water in yard is up to Molly's stomach when she went out to potty
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C place inside is dry so all good
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Morning. Well looking like we are on the bull eyes now. Landfall South Carolina coast hopefully east not west of us. It keeps shifting east. Got up to now coming in a few hours ,not heavy, and main stuff coming in late Thursday and into early Saturday.
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my place high water looking at neighbours trailer
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Oh my goodness! Is the water still rising?
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a little this stuff supposed to be outa here round 2 pm today storm not water
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:OMFG: How much Higher are you from your Neighbor!
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a bunch trailer is sitting on blocks tied down of course but i got water in my utility shed
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@ Agent most like you going to get some of this rain hope it ain't a lot like we got
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Good afternoon!
Poor Molly, it wasn't a joy for her I suppose. Take care Fafnir!
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Glad you came out OK my friend...sorry to hear about your Son's flooding problem....Hopefully all will work out.
Good Afternoon to all. Been a very busy couple of days....so not much net time.
Woke up to frost this morning.....right now it's a balmy 63 degrees....and I have the windows open. It's a beautiful breeze.
I'll grab a :java: as I go though....and see what is what and who is where and why....
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@ Agent most like you going to get some of this rain hope it ain't a lot like we got
If it goes offshore from Florida into the Atlantic, and come back ashore in Savannah, It will likely come north from there and we will see some wet weather at least. I like hearing that it is losing strength faster than I thought it would. The last hurricane that did a lot to my area was the one that merged with a winter storm from the north. It wasn't the storm that hurt us, it was the epic melting of all the blizzard snow and ice that caused epic floods across Georgia. When the flood reached Americus Georgia, it practically inundated the entire city. I had lived in Americus before that flood, but was not living there at the time of it. Even so, where I was living, the roads became impassable, and many of the bridges in the area were washed out. Some died while trying to drive at that time.
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Glad to see all are well. Wet but well. Take care folks.
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For you lot that are in Florida or for that matter anywhere, the scammers are back at it since IAN has left the house.
Scam phone call saying that the CBP has a trespassing warrant against you please dial one to be connected to an agent ... really
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yes the scammers will be out thanks J
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My phone warns me of possible scams.
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Mornin' to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be oven roasted ham with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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water that was standing in the yard and road is mostly gone so now the cleanup of limbs begins and see what got messed up in my utility shed { read junk pile} might have some pics later
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Morning... Let's see how close the water gets this time.
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Well Fafnir I was wondering if we were going to have gator for lunch, or maybe snake, but if the water is dropping that possibility lessens. Good thing.
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Ahh nothing like the sounds of transformers blowing up. Gators aren't a problem on my side of town but I am sure they are up on people's decks to the west of me.
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Great to hear that the water has receded, Fafnir.
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Good Morning to all...
A damn COLD morning today....not chilly but DAMN COLD.....even the cats and the kitten hurried up with their food so they could seek someplace warmer to roost. Blacky II has now made one of the houses I got for the cats and kittens his own...Funny to see him crawl off his comfy cushion and stretch...."Ahhh, what a great nights sleep" LOL
Got to take Lorna to get some lab work done and then off to Wally world so she can pick up her meds....
Glad the water is going down for you Fafnir...and take care all of you folks who are still in the hurricanes path
Come to find out that Win 11 update has done what it did to my computer to many other folks I've chatted with. Crash and Burn...But, I don't give up that easily. I've got a plan....when I have time I'll implement it LOLOL
While she's taking a shower I'll take a quick tour. With :java: in hand Ahhhhhh
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Good afternoon!
Glad to see Fafnir and J walking around the Coffee Shop :coffin:
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Good Afternoon Aelin.... :gday: :woohoo:
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Well, it's almost evening around my neck of the wood. Was out for most of the day. Popeye (my cat) was happy to see me. Of course, she was looking for her lunch. Fed her, and now I am about ready to feed my stomach. Need to get 2 locks on my garage door changed. Looks like the handyman, I thought I could trust all these years, had taken liberty with my trust and helped himself to some items in my garage. :whatthe: He is getting up in the years, and well, getting around, is getting harder for him. I'll have to find a way to let him go easy. Tea to go, Fafnir, please. :tea:
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Still daylight here Fran but ended up being a pleasant day temp wise. This morning was Brrrrrrrr....But got the windows open now...
It was a long day today and will be glad when it's done. I am pooped.
And on that note....Have a great evening folks...see you tomorrow
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on they will be serving up fried gator tail and gator gumbo because a gator made the mistake of coming to close to the coffee shop there is also Cajun rice and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. Glad to see life is getting slowly back to normal. I like gator BTW. I'll be popping in for lunch after the qualifying from Singapore.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. Love gumbo and Cajun rice. Coffee, please. Will be by later for some that gator.
Don't mess with the coffee shop!
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Good Morning to all,
Outside critters all feed...even baby Cali, inside critters all fed, and I just had two cans of Tomato Juice with plenty of pepper in it to start my day. Right now it's 43 degrees but that is pretty good for a October Morning.
Any Donut Holes in our Coffee Shoppe today Fafnir...I'm in the mood for some cinnamon or chocolate ones....Haven't had them in a long time....but every now and then the craving sets in.
Got to get the new contest posted and then pick this weeks TOTW winner. Aelin has double duty this month picking the SAOTW and Art Challenge Winners. We take turns with the SAOTW....
Anyway...off to the races with :java: in hand Ahhhhhhh
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Good morning!
We have clouds and a bit of rain and wind. But a normal Fall day finally
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Been a long while since anything "NORMAL" has happened with the weather.... :nopanic;
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got both chocklet and cinnamon donut holes TL
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Wooohoooo....I'm in Donut Hole Heaven now.....Hummmm, for some reason that kinda sounds strange....but the Donut Holes are GREAT...Thanks Fafnir...
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your welcome Luffie
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Fafnir, glad y'all weathered the storm ok! That pic sure reminded me of the view of hurricane IKE in '08 from the mid landing of the garage apartment I was in 14 years. The garage itself was 9' above the street, the long driveway going up to the 3 bay garage was steep but great. So, I wasn't too worried about rising water there.
Oh a big coffee please!
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Hey TL, around the Gulf Coast, hurricanes from July through December are 'normal' weather! ;o)
Down here, we do not get the kind of violent weather we did during the 80's. We do not get the consistently hot and humid years with no wind to cool us down that we did in the 80's. The younguns are all complaining. That is; those that were born during those days! The elders (us!)? Well me I am glad the weather has been so nice the last 25 years! Maybe I just live in a sweet spot? :o)
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Well I'm sure that you know by now that middle Georgia did not get any rain from Ian; not even one raindrop. We got gusts of wind from it, but other than that, nothing. Not saying that is bad. I'm glad it took a bypass around my area. I'm not happy about the amount of damage it has done, especially in Florida. I pray that there was no loss of life, though I've heard of some people missing. Hopefully they will show up soon.
Fafnir, I hope you faired well in the aftermath.
Have not checked the status of Ian yet, and it will be some time before I can, as I have a lot to do in the next few hours.
Good Morning , everybody.
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By the looks of the path it's taking now it can send some of the rains and a little bit of the wind up the East Coast. My brother in RI might be getting a little of it. But officially it would be over and the rest is just residue
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Saw some last night and this morning but it seems to be over by now, here in Pennsylvania.
It's October! :coffin:
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Yup....love this time of year...just got to get off my butt and get some of the fall decorations up.... :thud:
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got to many lawn decorations now cleaning up blow down limbs
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Yep. Putting summer stuff away and starting on the Fall stuff. Big wheel keeps on turning. [Apologies to John Fogerty for misusing his lyrics.]
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Proud Mary keeps on burnin,
And the local fire department wants a word or two...
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got to many lawn decorations now cleaning up blow down limbs
hehehehehe
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and any others I don't see. C and C for me. I'll take a bit of that gumbo to go if there is any left. My race starts in a few minutes and I may not get back for the roast beast.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. :java: if you would, perhaps with a little Old No. 7 to fortify it. :batty:
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Morning... Laundry mat the usual..almost enough to start singing Ode to Joy...
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C doubled and a large bowl of leftover gumbo
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of Kona and double shot of Old NO. 7
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hands Nosh Coffee and Glenlivit
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Good morning! Sun is shining
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Appreciates the scotch..passes him a bottle of Macallans single malt to add to the bar.
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Proud Mary keeps on burnin,
And the local fire department wants a word or two...
:(ROFLMAO: :tearlaugh:
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Good Afternoon to one and all.
Been a very busy morning and now I'm going to relax for the rest of the day...after I take a nice long HOT shower....
But....decided to stop in here quick to see what was what and who was where and why....with :java: in hand.
Hope you all enjoy your day. The Daughter is the Football Fan so she's in her room enjoying the games. Peace and quiet for me LOLOL (Well, unless her team makes a touchdown or goofs up)
Be back in a bit with more :java: in hand
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What's her team TL?. My Aunt shocked me last trip to Richmond by being a Cowboys fan lol.
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We live in Wisconsin and she turns out to be a Bears Fan LOL....My wife was also a Bears fan so I think that is where that came from. When Linda passed away Lorna got her Bears stuff from hats, coats and autographs to pictures on the wall of the new stadium. I love it when the Pack beats them...but being from New England...the Patriots are my team...
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dolphins hurricanes tampa bay and the gators
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I do love our Badgers.....LOLOL
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Falcons, GT Yellow Jackets, and VCU Rams. Root for the Bills since HS in Rochester and real dad from there. Bears , Vikes and Giants get a shout too since I lost close friends that were big fans of those teams. Like hockey too but not a fan of any team.
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Is sleeping a sport? If so I am a big fan :snore:
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Manchester United, though I am fond of Exeter.
Cheers
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I like that team also and thought it was cool when it was mentioned in one of the movies I like to watch...The Day After Tomorrow
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Well never thought I would be rooting for the Pats ..but I really can't stand Aaron Rodgers
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My Brothers Neighbor is a Cheese Head. :OMFG:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried red snapper with all the fixings, hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Some of your good coffee, please.
Have things started to settle down for you?
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Mornin' all.
Nothing to add to yesterdays football talk. I have no interest in football (or soccer either), as I was never exposed as a child. Hockey and auto racing are my sports.
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yep Sir Knight things are getting back to normal least for us south west coast of fla is another matter keeping those folks in my thoughts and prayers
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Well never thought I would be rooting for the Pats ..but I really can't stand Aaron Rodgers
Nor can I of late....His new "Hippy" phase and his arrogance has put him in the shitter with many folks...me included. I feel for the team and still cheer them on...what can one do...punish the whole team for one bum. LOL
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Good Morning to all.....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
Got some appointments this morning and later in the afternoon....after that I'll take a tour and see what is what and who is why and where....
It's 39 degrees...but we consider this a warm morning in Wisconsin for this time of year LOL. Only had one cat outside today...and he feasted on what was out there for all LOL.
Now for a quick tour with :java: in hand
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Good afternoon!
I regret I didn't have under my hands my camera, because it was gorgeous this morning while I was waiting my colleagues to enter at job. Sun was obviously near the top of a hill, but the fog was everywhere on the hill and in the sky. There was anyway the place where the sun was which was very shiny, and the edges of the hill could be seen like a play of a shadow behind the mist. I never saw that at that point. I loved that spectacle by Mother Nature.
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I bet you did....I've got a camera on my cell phone but by the time I get it all set up to take a picture...the view I had is long gone :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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good pics = right place right time camera in hand ready to shoot pic
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Greetings my Attic family. I know it’s been ages but I’m here, still alive and kicking :coffin: !! I hope everyone is doing well and so are your families. We are doing good, iolana(for those who don’t know, she’s my daughter) turned 24 in August, yeah she’s old, not me :dracula: . My son Eddie is doing good, still working for UPS. Junior(my hubby) is also well, trying to stay busy ever since he retired(early retirement 5yrs ago). And as for me, I’m trying to stay busy besides working. Don’t know if I mentioned this before…I got full time at the library so I quit the supermarket job after almost 13 years(this was last year in February). Finally after 11 years at library I’m an official full-timer. Oh and next Monday I will be turning 50! Holy shit, I’m going to be 50! Don’t feel like it, I’m still young at heart! This Saturday we fly down to Orlando 🤞🏻🤞🏻 for vacation…. I’m at work still so will check back later tomorrow or during week. Love ya’! :hartz:
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I get ya with the cold TL. I don't like it but it's back for another year. Frost the last couple of nights. Yech. Only reason I'm on the comps is because I want a little heat.
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I wish you luck with your vacation TI. Glad you are doing well. We're all getting older; and like cheap wine, maybe a little less sour.
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good to hear from you TI you have been missed
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be chicken and dumplins with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. Glad to hear the world is slowly coming back to normal around you.
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Mornin PDG we doin ok still working with fema and flood ins folks about kids house
Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C double shot
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Good Morning to all
First off.....HUGS TI.....You've been missed my friend....and glad to hear all is going well for you....Love hearing the good things from folks.... as for age....You ARE still a youngster..... Enjoy your vacation...and the hurricane must have known you had the vacation booked...because that part of Florida was spared from the worst part of the storm. Plenty of rain and flooding...but for the most part...not to much damage...
Morning PDG....right now it's a lovely 45 degrees out...which is the last time we'll see this temp this early in the morning for a while I guess....we got a cold front coming on Wednesday night and frost is predicted...I don't feel like mowing again so that is a good thing as far as I'm concerned...
And good Morning to you Fafnir....a double cup of java extra strong with a twist of coffee added please. And good luck dealing with the government...it's like playing scrabble with a 3 year old. But I think the 3 year old would do better then the government would....Be it Federal, State or Local....
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Good morning everyone! My mom and my brother were here in New York when hurricane Fiona hit them they went back home a week after. My mom just got electricity about 3 days ago. My brother got some damage on his house rooftop and materials but everyone is ok.
Thank you for the welcoming back, I really really miss this place and you guys.
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Your return brings sunshine, warmth and smiles Twist! Pleased to hear things are going well for you and yours,as for old? I have socks older than you luv. 8 )
Welcome back mind the dust bunnies till they recognize your scent again.
Cheers
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Good Afternoon, Folks!
I was browsing through my E-mail, after culling the unwanted ones out, and went past the DAZ newsletter with a quick once-over. Got on the second E-mail after that one and had to do a virtual rubberneck. I thought I had seen something new from a favorite content creator, and had to backtrack to the DAZ Newsletter. I found that it was indeed a new product from my favorite content creator at DAZ; Kibarreto! What's more, it's a newer version of the first of his products that I ever bought; the Stinger! As good as the old one is, and it really is a great product, he reworked the vehicle, giving it new features, and upgraded several of the parts, including the seating! He also made sure to include texture materials for both of the render engines in DAZ Studio! It is now in my Wish List at DAZ! I will definitely be grabbing it as soon as I can.
Yes, I'm EXCITED!
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Good afternoon!
I profit that internet is working to pass. Because since our gentle dictator passed in town (and even in the days before), internet is a mess. It was a little better last days. But today, the cellphone network doesn't work good.
Funny, I crossed for job artists from Africa and one of them told me it's the same when african dictators want that their population doesn't know for strikes and all of that. And today? Tada! Yep, a strike in France.
But like the government left here and there whispers they want to shut down the communications this Fall, don't be surprised if I'm not back one day.
If by miracle we can keep our connection, know that Saturday 22th I'll try to pass in my morning, because we have a concert and I'll be out for most of my afternoon to work. Then back in the late night at home :thud:
Glad to see you TI! :woohoo: And that surely the job you could prefer between the both you had :yes:
You're right your daughter is old, at 42, while you have only 5 :winks:
TL, I like your sign image. Can see it all the year without problem!
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And Good Afternoon to you Aelin.....
Yup on the interference on the net due to politics. I don't care what anyone says....we have that same problem here in the US....maybe not as extensive....but a pain in the neck when it wants to be depending what region you live in and WHO the provider is.
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Good Afternoon, Folks!
I was browsing through my E-mail, after culling the unwanted ones out, and went past the DAZ newsletter with a quick once-over. Got on the second E-mail after that one and had to do a virtual rubberneck. I thought I had seen something new from a favorite content creator, and had to backtrack to the DAZ Newsletter. I found that it was indeed a new product from my favorite content creator at DAZ; Kibarreto! What's more, it's a newer version of the first of his products that I ever bought; the Stinger! As good as the old one is, and it really is a great product, he reworked the vehicle, giving it new features, and upgraded several of the parts, including the seating! He also made sure to include texture materials for both of the render engines in DAZ Studio! It is now in my Wish List at DAZ! I will definitely be grabbing it as soon as I can.
Yes, I'm EXCITED!
I got an email from Rendo today referencing some sale or another. Don't really care. I haven't bought anything from any one in years. It was the little green box half way down that had me go back and look. They were happy to tell me that if I spent another $6.30 adding things to the order already in my cart, I would save $7.00 on the total. Huh? I don't have anything in my cart. As mentioned; I haven't purchased anything in years. A set of morphs for LaFemme I think was my last purchase, shortly after purchasing the P12 advance copy from Rendo. They are starting to remind me of DAZ. Buy the bundle for a discount, but you really need this addition to your bundle to get the advertised bundle price. I hate daily advertising. I get it from both DAZ and Rendo. I don't even use DAZ, but I've had an account there since they opened. Same with 'Rotica. I was a member at Rendo before the split in two. I have no idea what my Deviant Art account is. EON has been trying to get me to subscribe to VUE for years now. I get a beg from them at least once a month. Screw them. I still have a functioning Ultimate version from 2019. As much as I like a lot of the product on offer from all these fine folks; I just don't make enough "art" anymore to justify purchasing an item I will use once, and then forget after making the image I purchased the asset for.
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And Good Afternoon to you Aelin.....
Yup on the interference on the net due to politics. I don't care what anyone says....we have that same problem here in the US....maybe not as extensive....but a pain in the neck when it wants to be depending what region you live in and WHO the provider is.
Here too.
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Hi, TI!!! Hadn't seen you in eons. I had been missing in action. Glad to see that you and family are doing well.
Fafnir, thanks for the meals. Now I'll take my pot of tea :tea: to go. Got to build an ark. Not flooding, but the occasion is just right for it nowadays. Don't mind me now... :peep:
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On another note PDG....My friend "Newfigirl (Doreen)" has moved to Peterburg Ontario...she still has family in Newfoundland though and visits often.
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I got an email from Rendo today referencing some sale or another. Don't really care. I haven't bought anything from any one in years. It was the little green box half way down that had me go back and look. They were happy to tell me that if I spent another $6.30 adding things to the order already in my cart, I would save $7.00 on the total. Huh? I don't have anything in my cart. As mentioned; I haven't purchased anything in years. A set of morphs for LaFemme I think was my last purchase, shortly after purchasing the P12 advance copy from Rendo. They are starting to remind me of DAZ. Buy the bundle for a discount, but you really need this addition to your bundle to get the advertised bundle price. I hate daily advertising. I get it from both DAZ and Rendo. I don't even use DAZ, but I've had an account there since they opened. Same with 'Rotica. I was a member at Rendo before the split in two. I have no idea what my Deviant Art account is. EON has been trying to get me to subscribe to VUE for years now. I get a beg from them at least once a month. Screw them. I still have a functioning Ultimate version from 2019. As much as I like a lot of the product on offer from all these fine folks; I just don't make enough "art" anymore to justify purchasing an item I will use once, and then forget after making the image I purchased the asset for.
Most of the content I have is acquired for free. I've only paid for about one tenth of what I now have. What I paid for was always on sale for at least 50% or more off. I cannot complain. I rarely do any piece of art using everything that is included in a themed bundle. Rather I use what I want only from even a single product pack, choosing to put things together in ways no one else has thought of. I prefer using my own imagination in composing my scenes. I have several lighting sets that I never use, because I choose to create my own lighting, as presets never quite work like I want. I also choose to use textures I put together myself, and for that, the more material zones an item has, the better I like it.
I know DAZ and Rendo both send out daily advertisement newsletters, but as I don't have to buy anything from either, it does not bother me to receive them. What is a bother to me is how ShareCG has items for sale, but are not helping content creators get their products known. I follow several at ShareCG, and have not received notifications in over 3 years from the site when they uploaded something new.
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I see it. Kibarreto is one of my faves.
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Hi guys. Once again back in. These days are just nuts. Thankfully, the home reno is about done. Now waiting on ceiling fan for living room. Temps have actually gone down 'round here. Haven't had a three digit day, or even that close for a good bit.
*knocks on wood . . . . gets a bit of a headache . . . !*
Connie is attempting to get the living room back in order. Still moving stuff around and around. typical wifey thinking . . . put it here then think around it, then try over there and think about it. Or just think about putting it somewhere else . . . OY!!!!!!!!
Muse even went and hid so no appreciable output, though I am reworking a couple of figures. :coffin: Not to worry, will get it together soon enough. Meantime, will see if Fafnir has any vittles left and get a bite then back to ... work. :grave:
by the by . . . . :witchgetya: Y'all
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. I'll take a cup.
Peterbourough possibly TL? Nice place. Not as sleepy as it once was.
Agent I forgot about Share. Haven't been there in years either. Maybe because they don't email me?
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Good Morning everyone! Thanks for that :java: Fafnir, I need it this am. Got a 9am doctor visit this time.
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Nope PDG, she said Petersburg (https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g7659648-Petersburg_Region_of_Waterloo_Ontario-Vacations.html) (yes, I misspelt it the first time LOL) Her son in laws mother passed away and left him properties on a lake that had two houses...so he Rents one out to Doreen at a cut rate and does all the yardwork and snow removal... I'm sure if he doesn't he'd be cut off for a week or two by Doreens daughter LOLOL
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And on another note PDG....Share has changed once again. I still get notices from a few of the folks but I'm thinking since they changed their format to a "Store" and Free site....folks have got frustrated...I don't get many notices anymore either...but I go in and check on my favorites...which are MANY. I was going to delete all my favorites that changed up to a "Store Format with Pricing" but every now and then they do come up with a great freebie or two.
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Good Morning Fafnir and McG....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir. The Kitty Clan and their Leader Oz decided that 3:30AM is the new RAISE HELL hour....So I'm wore out. After a half hour of their antics I gathered them all up and put them in a "Bathroom Time Out" for 15 minutes....once I opened the bathroom door they all climbed into my bed and decided it's best to go back to sleep LOL.
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Hope all goes well with your Doctors Appt Mc-G....but you've been behaving....RIGHT.... :grave: I've got to take Lorna to another one of her appts at 10AM....
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Glad things are coming together for you HS....and your wife will be moving things around for about a year I'd say....Nothing is right, until it's right in her eyes LOL
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flippin rat is just too cute Luffie
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LOL...I thought so also....Love Gifs...got a ton of places bookmarked that have free gifs...well, maybe not a TON but a lot for sure...
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Mornin' Fafnir. I'll take a cup.
Peterbourough possibly TL? Nice place. Not as sleepy as it once was.
Agent I forgot about Share. Haven't been there in years either. Maybe because they don't email me?
I only visit ShareCG when I'm looking for something I cannot find elsewhere. The most recent owner does not maintain the site very well. If a product description contains a link to a competitor site, that owner will ban that product. Crazy thing is that other sites provide links to products at ShareCG!
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Good afternoon!
I passed most of my day between letters to receive and send, and between numbers - didn't see so many numbers since last year, when I was working at the fiscal mad house!
TL, I feel about the clan deciding of the hour. Perhaps it's just the season, because Puce is doing the same all the long of the night to wake me. The first time, it was few after 1AM :thud: She is meowing by night since almost a week :thud:
Agent, they ban the product, or even the person! Remember Eblank!
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Hey TL, yes the Doctor visit went great. I learned things, as usual. This new staph infection is new, but not surprising with the size of the wound and the time it's been open (but still closing, healing). The OLD stuff, we know about that and we deal with these issues as they pop up. You bet I am behaving myself. I LIKE my old foot! I wanna keep both of em on for a long time yet. Dr. Perez is actually happy with it, my staying off it (not walking!), taking my meds, getting good sleep, and getting to my appointments. YEP! I really am doing the stuff, TL! And the doc and super nurses can SEE that I am. Bloodwork shows it, the foot itself shows it. Yes they really pay attention to all the details.
Happy Halloween y'all! :batty: :witchgetya: :woohoo:
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Hey Cleve, I just went and picked up Kibarretto's Super Stinger and the Space Carrier's Main Deck to go with my Carrier. :D
:woohoo:
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Howdy Aelin.....Been busy with new updates for my Collectorz Comic program. Looks like I no longer have to look up values on my comics in the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide based on my gradings .... a new program called Coverprice will put the value in the Collectorz Comic program based on my grading...But got a LOT of work to do yet...I haven't graded many as of yet...so I see this a a two year job LOLOL
As for the kittens and the kitty squad leader Oz.....don't know what it is...but payback is sweet. Every time they tried to take a nap today....I woke them up :woohoo:
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Good News on your foot and you behaving...always helps when we do as we are told to do. Sooooo Good Job....
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Good afternoon, Coffee Shop. I hope everyone has had a good day. I'm doing my best Sergeant Apone imitation today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woB1zvaSXag (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woB1zvaSXag)
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Gotta love Aliens LOLOL
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Good afternoon!
I passed most of my day between letters to receive and send, and between numbers - didn't see so many numbers since last year, when I was working at the fiscal mad house!
TL, I feel about the clan deciding of the hour. Perhaps it's just the season, because Puce is doing the same all the long of the night to wake me. The first time, it was few after 1AM :thud: She is meowing by night since almost a week :thud:
Agent, they ban the product, or even the person! Remember Eblank!
Yes, I remember! Made me so mad!
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Hey Cleve, I just went and picked up Kibarretto's Super Stinger and the Space Carrier's Main Deck to go with my Carrier. :D
:woohoo:
Awesome! Let's see what you do with it, please.
I plan to break the Stinger out and put it on the deck of the Star Carrier. A couple of characters added, perhaps some interesting props... Might make a good image or two.
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These model makers do make it eazy to make a good image! :hallosign:
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Mornin' folks. Just passin through as Mr. Crumb used to illustrate.
TL I had to look up Doreen's place. Never heard of it.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be lasagna with all the fixins and tater wedges
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Morning Fafnir. Need about a gallon.
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Good morning, y'all! Just a spot of tea, Fafnir, to go and some biscuits. Hold the bacon. My doctor wants me to stop imbibing the pork kind. Seems it's making my blood sort of rich (her words, not mine. I am still poor in the bank, tho.) Everybody have a GGGGRRRREEEEAAAATTTT day!!!! :peep:
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Good Morning to all.....
First off...HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nemesis.
I had to look the place up myself PDG.....Went to the satellite maps...Looks like a interesting place with about 5 or 6 lakes there.
Morning Hawk...Yup...I'm told to hold the bacon also....so I let it cool off and hold it for about two seconds...and then find a place to get rid of it...and the mouth says HERE....so I oblige...and it works out well.
A beautiful morning thus far...sun is shinning, clear skies, but still a wee bit chilly. Debating on one last time cutting the grass. I'm probably going to have a no vote on that one, but we'll see.
Glad you gave Noshoba his coffee first....now I have a new pot to pour from....Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...
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Good afternoon!
We are back to Fall weather, with rain. And that despite the forecast weather telling this morning "France is avoided by the rain" :tearlaugh: Of course they don't must look by their windows often.
Happy Bday TL!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' all.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. It's Friday. Just two more days of work this week! Coffee, please.
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of Kona coffee
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Hey Fafnir, is that Kona Coffee anything like the Green Mountain? We can get that GM here. At Walmart I am lucky to get plain old Folgers these days. And any kind or size of peanut butter! PB goes great with coffee!
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100% Kona coffee only comes from Hawai'i and is like nothing else in the selection of coffees that can be bought in stores and can be ordered online from sellers in Hawai'i not cheap tho dont know if any stores carry Kona least not the 100% stuff
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Good Morning to all...
Another day ...... another night ....... then ..... another day....with :java: in hand Ahhhhh
Good coffee Fafnir. If you want to buy Kona Coffee from Hawaii McG, it's only $73 per lb on Amazon....I'll stick with Folgers LOLOL
And good morning to you PDG and Sir Knight. Working on Saturday Sir Knight? Use to do that plenty of times...some by choice LOL. Got me out of many home "You need to do this" projects LOLOL
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Hi, TL. Until we hire the real person for whom I'm presently doing the job, there's work every day. :nopanic; And it does avoid any excessive home projects. You know, like making renders.
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Wish my mine were that way back when....it was the old "Honey Can You" projects...From shopping to whatever else the kids and her had planned LOL...Most times I didn't mind as long as they realized that my Atari Time came next...:tearlaugh:
But on a serious note...Finding help is hard to do nowadays. Our local stores are using all sort of agencies to find help. Use to be you put an ad in the local or free newspaper and you'd find folks knocking on your door. Now they are paying bonuses if you get the job.
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Good afternoon!
What a day! I went at job earlier this morning, because we had a show for children. But I crossed at the bottom of our building a lost dog. Mom was there, she took him at home for the morning and a good part of the day. The guy of the city hall taking lost animals is in holidays, the vets didn't want to come at home (home is far and the big dog seemed too old to walk until there). The local association can't take lost animals because of administrative stuff even if they wished they could help.
At the end, I took photos of the dog during midday and wanted to show them at a colleague who has a dog, in case she knew him. But I talked with another colleague, showed photos on my camera and immediately he said "but that's the dog of the Mayor, lost since this morning"! Yep, good doggy has finally found back his home after an escape.
My Puce stayed in my room all the time the dog was here. Even if he is a friend of cats from what we know now. But Puce? Not a friend of dogs, she slapes them.
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Sounds like a very adventurous morning....and good for you on taking the dog in...And now the Mayor will have you on his Christmas list...right.... :iminnocent: :ifonly:
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Wish my mine were that way back when....it was the old "Honey Can You" projects...From shopping to whatever else the kids and her had planned LOL...Most times I didn't mind as long as they realized that my Atari Time came next...:tearlaugh:
But on a serious note...Finding help is hard to do nowadays. Our local stores are using all sort of agencies to find help. Use to be you put an ad in the local or free newspaper and you'd find folks knocking on your door. Now they are paying bonuses if you get the job.
Ah yes; the Honey Dew list as it was called here. Wonder why there was no cantaloupe list?
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Good afternoon!
What a day! I went at job earlier this morning, because we had a show for children. But I crossed at the bottom of our building a lost dog. Mom was there, she took him at home for the morning and a good part of the day. The guy of the city hall taking lost animals is in holidays, the vets didn't want to come at home (home is far and the big dog seemed too old to walk until there). The local association can't take lost animals because of administrative stuff even if they wished they could help.
At the end, I took photos of the dog during midday and wanted to show them at a colleague who has a dog, in case she knew him. But I talked with another colleague, showed photos on my camera and immediately he said "but that's the dog of the Mayor, lost since this morning"! Yep, good doggy has finally found back his home after an escape.
My Puce stayed in my room all the time the dog was here. Even if he is a friend of cats from what we know now. But Puce? Not a friend of dogs, she slapes them.
Good for Puce, keep them in their place I say; and good on you for looking after the Mayor's pooch.
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Just got back from taking Lorna out to do some chores....While checking the mail box one of our neighbors came walking by with her two Irish Setters who love to pounce on me and Lorna when we see them...so of course they get petted....and when we enter the house...we are greeted with squinty eyed kitties who smell the doggies on us...LOLOL Oz just ignores us...he's use to us petting the doggies....
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Ah yes; the Honey Dew list as it was called here. Wonder why there was no cantaloupe list?
Because the word "Can't" is in there LOLOLOL
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Sounds like a very adventurous morning....and good for you on taking the dog in...And now the Mayor will have you on his Christmas list...right.... :iminnocent: :ifonly:
:tearlaugh: I don't think so. But as longer as the doggy is safe and in his family, that's enough a gift for me.
Your poor babies :psycho: Perhaps they'll never accept the smell of the dog, but that's their business.
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:tearlaugh: I don't think so. But as longer as the doggy is safe and in his family, that's enough a gift for me.
Your poor babies :psycho: Perhaps they'll never accept the smell of the dog, but that's their business.
Thankfully they only pass by once in a great while LOL
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Light rain for the last few days, and now the temp is down to 52F. At only 10 pm. It's a chilly weekend that arrived! Got to get winter things out now.
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32 feeling like 29 and the sun has yet to come up so it will get colder still this morning McG.
I've had winter out of the closet for a week. Think it's almost time to start carrying a little flask of warmth when travelling outside. I don't have a St. Bernard with a cask to come rescue me from frostbite.
Good morning Fafnir and anyone else out so early on a weekend.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin Hands PDG a steam mug of Kona coffee with a double pour of Creek to ward off the chill
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. :java:, please, this morning, Fafnir. And please thank the girls for their faithful preparation of a good breakfast for the attic each morning.
October is sailing by. First full week already gone.
Aelin, glad to hear you continue your animal rescues. The Mayor's dog! I've know cats who react as Puce did to other animals and sometimes, rarely, to people. At least it wasn't a days long experience for her.
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Good Morning to Fafnir, Sir Knight, and PDG and anyone else lurking about,
I'll have a :java: Fafnir to warm up a little....Went out to feed the outside cats and kitten and they were all huddled in one of the little shelters I got them. I don't blame them...it's 32 degrees out at the moment. Got frost on the windshield but don't see any on the grass as of yet...
But they are saying it will be in the mid 50's today but will get as high as 60-70 degrees midweek...we'll see.
Anyway...time to start things up in here with a :java: in hand....ahhhhhh
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Good morning!
Well after I wrote here, Puce made me feel she wasn't happy for having missed a part of the day, and her daily 'candies' - similar to dry food, but to take care of her teeth. Meowing like hell :panic: She can't have them the evenings, her stomach doesn't support them passed a certain hour :shrug: And with the dog, it was impossible to enter easily in my room.
But today she is a sweet baby, even in my lap currently.
We had few drops of rain this morning, but the sun is showing itself since midday. Temps aren't bad at all, even if it's not an indian summer.
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All the kitties except for Bootsy are now sleeping....They should be...they were raising hell on my bed at 4am this morning.... :thud:
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Well TL you the one let the whole kittygarten stay on your bed! That's ok, Mogwai is lonely. Tattoo got in his spot and is sawing logs, and Mogwai is wanting me to give him his attention. His raspy meowing at my door got me up It's 8am, I am gonna go back to sleep now. After I give him some love, at least. :gday: :OMFG: :woohoo: :grave:
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Yup....I have a BIG bed and they all have their spot at night...but it's the mornings that kill me. I'm a sound sleepy and don't move much while sleeping (thank you meds) but when those rascals decide to raise Holy Hell....I grab hold of the trouble maker and cuddle he or she closer...and then all is calm for about an hour or so LOLOL
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HI, y'all! Glad to see that the kitty groups are thriving. LOL! Popeye had her exam and grooming done. Now it's time for her to get her dental done. So we'll see.
Thanks, Fafnir, for the :tea: and whatnot. I'll take it to go
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Yup....I have a BIG bed and they all have their spot at night...but it's the mornings that kill me. I'm a sound sleepy and don't move much while sleeping (thank you meds) but when those rascals decide to raise Holy Hell....I grab hold of the trouble maker and cuddle he or she closer...and then all is calm for about an hour or so LOLOL
Woah! Did we run out of virtual red ink? LOL
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Halloween Colors for October...haven't made my mind what Colors I'll be using for November yet...anything but white...that's boring LOLOL
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HI, y'all! Glad to see that the kitty groups are thriving. LOL! Popeye had her exam and grooming done. Now it's time for her to get her dental done. So we'll see.
Thanks, Fafnir, for the :tea: and whatnot. I'll take it to go
Yup....THE ADORABLES have their own section....now I'm waiting on the doggy folks to get some pics up of their brood LOL
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So when will we get multicolored ink?
:iminnocent: :odd: :tearlaugh:
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Man; I must need the coffee this morning. I came by, perused the board, commented in my feeble mind and not the forum; and thus left to wander around the net. I came back when I realized I was wandering aimlessly but forget why I came back. Not a good morning.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roasted whole pig with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning.. the church ladies battle wouldn't be so bad if they spoke English
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and Noshoba.
PDG, perhaps it was too early or too little light? By now I have to give it 30 minutes before I start to type or my writing is even more incoherent than it is usually. :toast:
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Good Morning to all,
I have no choice in what time I wake up....but it's always fun when I'm up before the furry crew and get to wake them up....they DO not like that :tearlaugh:
No frost this morning, but still a wee bit chilly. I love my morning NBC Weekend Local News. The guys have off and the two female interns take over...and they are pleasant to the eyes...and their mistakes are comical and love hearing them laugh. They air at 6AM so they know they can have fun since the viewing crowd will be minimal...unless you're a pet owner :tearlaugh:
Anyway....wish the news was just as fun but no such luck...oh well, such is life and we move on...with :java: in hand....which I will thank Fafnir for.... Cheers Fafnir :java: Ahhhhhhh
Good Morning Sir Knight, PDG, and Noshoba.... Hope the day will be smoooooth sailing for all. Have fun with the Church Ladies Noshoba....entertainment 1-O-1.....
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Good morning!
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I woke up...so yes it is :ghost:
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And a GOOD MORNING TO YOU Aelin.... :coffin:
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:gday: all. Semi-early morn for me. Had to let critters out to do their thing. This AM the neighbors' critters were also out. Princess dashes out, followed by Tinkerbell and Kibitz. They go to the back fence and run back and forth for a few seconds with the dogs out back. Then the dogs out back run the fence with the other neighbors dogs along the side where my bunch can't go. Then they'll do it all again until they get tired. Kibitz and Tink will just amble away while Princess will stop in mid yard to bark some more. Challenging them to come back and do it again.
One of these days I will think to bring my camera along to film it for posterity . . . . . not to mention a good laugh.
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Sounds like fun for all the critters plus viewing entertainment for the two legged critters LOLOL
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:gday: hello everyone... early evening here in Melbourne but for a change no rain and a beautiful day.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be a chicken and sausage gumbo with Cajun rice and tater wedges
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Good morning Fafnir, and a fine morn to any I've yet to notice. Thanks for the fine Kona coffee yesterday, but I'll stick to a more common brand if you don't mind. I feel it's a waste of fine coffee to crush the nuances of the Island with the oak and vanilla of a good rye like Copper Creek
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Good morning!
We are almost at 1:30PM here.
I have a night job this Thursday, so I profit to do stuff this midday in place.
See you later!
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Good Morning Aelin, Fafnir, PDG and Pendraia and any ghosts and goblins lurking about.
A brisk morning but had a full house at the outside dinner table. Stripes and Cali were there along with Blacky and Blacky II... Haven't seen the full clan together for a few days....Blacky is always there but the others come and go. Cali "Allowed" me to pat her head for the first time.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...much needed this morning...
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Enough said.
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LOLOL
Loved Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies ..... Looks like she's had her share of :java: already....but yup, it's Monday so you better grab a pot or two...
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Irene Ryan comedic genius. Thanx Nosh 8 )
Cheers
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I keep getting emails from a site that is supposedly associated with Lowes offering a Dewalt Generator gift for participating in a survey. When I click to do the survey, I get a warning from my online antimalware, that the site appears to be suspicious! I even unsubscribed to the site, even though I never subscribed, yet they continue to send the messages out to me. I want them to cease and desist! These site that hound you like that are definitely desperate to get into people's info, likely for nefarious purposes. So far I've not suffered any ill from such, but that is because I'm not drawn in by too good looking a prize as they claim to offer for participation. Funny thing is they would not get much, if anything out of me. I don't have much at all, other than my "old as the hills" PC, and I don't keep sensitive info on it or my smartphone!
You'd think they would get a clue that I won't bite the bait they are dangling in front of me.
Anybody else getting these types of email?
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scam!!!
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My anti spam catch those and remove them. I find a lot of "you have won" e-mails in the spam folder just before I delete them.
Cheers
hover over the from address, odds are they arent from who they claim.
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I agree that these things are scam attempts. The one I am talking about here will place what is known as PUP files on a device. My antimalware warns me of that possibility. Thing is, I suffered through getting rid of all the PUP files found on my PC a few years ago. Took me about three weeks to rid them all. Evil little devils they are.
Yes, I get them supposedly coming from other well known corporations as well, including Sam's Club, Walmart, Kroger, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and several others; many of which I have never darken their doorsteps with my shadow. These people just assume that I have visited those places, and use the names of those companies to try and reel you in. If I was not a smart person, I might get taken in; however, I am a smart person, and I can recognize when something is too good to be true!
Not meaning this in a bad way, but it is good to know I'm not the only person receiving such messages. Also that I am not the only person that is smart enough to know not to get taken in by these scams!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning.. debating partitioning my external HD to create a lighter loaded copy of Daz Studio to do character builds and such. Honestly not sure it will work
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Mornin' folks.
Partitioning drives. I haven't done that in so long I forgot about all about it. I must be getting soft in my old age. I'm starting to think so. There are a few 2tb ssd externals attached to machines here, but I've not partitioned them.
Big caveat; I don't use DS, but why would a smaller disk partition help with running Studio? Does it try and load your entire library on launch? Can you just run a smaller library structure with a blank G(whatever) and fill in the library with your created content only as you indeed, create it?
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Oh yes it read all of it. Why I want to build a smaller copy and point it at just that when I am doing character building. Right now I am using an 16tb hard drive to hold everything. Why I was debating a partition.
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In theory you should be able to tell Studio, "just here", keeping it on one drive where the actor file is. I.E. f:\Daz3d\studio\etc...\heynonnynonny.duf.
it'd only look in f:\Daz3d\studio\etc...\ or so I read a while ago. There's always the script that only loads what you consider a base figure. leaving all the chara files behind.
Cheers
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y'all ought to read what DAZ3D wants to do to/with your system, whether you want it or even know it. Went through this with Richard Haseltine many moons ago when DAZ popped the CMS on us all. It cost me my 1TB spinner, that I kept installed content on. I still have that drive. Dead. I never do things DAZ way anymore either.
What they want, they can't have. From me.
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Oh yes it read all of it. Why I want to build a smaller copy and point it at just that when I am doing character building. Right now I am using an 16tb hard drive to hold everything. Why I was debating a partition.
I remember the Genesis in Poser fiasco. Every thing you owned was exported with the base figure. I forget what G2 figure I purchased and sent to Poser so as to get a workflow for the PFDLives folk years ago. I got a starter stack with G2, a shape (HRmorph), an outfit, and a couple of accessories. Oh yeah, a texture as well. Everything for the character ported over, all the shapes, everything. If the figure was any heavier going to Poser, smoke would have come from my machine.
I see why you want a sandbox to play in. Loading the works to do character dev is indeed overkill.
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Good afternoon!
I'm a little later than usual, with my Puce in my laps, happy to have Mom for herself alone. Because today, things went fast: 2 babies born in July were proposed to us and we accepted them.
They have left their Mommy but not before they have tried everything to avoid to be 'trapped'. Back at home took near 30 minutes and once here they prefered not to leave the transport cage so we dismantled it :tearlaugh: Not afraid at all by that but when they thought we didn't look at them, they rushed below a furniture. Then one of them decided to check around, the little boy.
They are very cute. Puce has 'met' them in my arms and was interested by the boy looking around. I put her in her cat tree. But the time I left (they weren't alone), it seems she had a bad look on. When I was back, I took her and put on the floor but still keeping her. She made... her cat with bad behavior. The little boy, despite all that noise, wanted to come to her but it was too earlier and risky. Anyway, no fear!
The little boy is Nenya. The little princess is Harmony. We decided to rename them. We'll see if they accept that, but until now even with their old names they don't answer.
Puce is still on me but interested by the door and what can be behind. She looks on regularly but purrs a lot. I take it for a good sign even if she can be stubborn. A family sign :winks:
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Good afternoon, Attic!
Aelin, new babies! How wonderful! What are their replacement names?
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Morning all...sitting here with my coffee as I read the forums.Good afternoon!
I'm a little later than usual, with my Puce in my laps, happy to have Mom for herself alone. Because today, things went fast: 2 babies born in July were proposed to us and we accepted them.
They have left their Mommy but not before they have tried everything to avoid to be 'trapped'. Back at home took near 30 minutes and once here they prefered not to leave the transport cage so we dismantled it :tearlaugh: Not afraid at all by that but when they thought we didn't look at them, they rushed below a furniture. Then one of them decided to check around, the little boy.
They are very cute. Puce has 'met' them in my arms and was interested by the boy looking around. I put her in her cat tree. But the time I left (they weren't alone), it seems she had a bad look on. When I was back, I took her and put on the floor but still keeping her. She made... her cat with bad behavior. The little boy, despite all that noise, wanted to come to her but it was too earlier and risky. Anyway, no fear!
The little boy is Nenya. The little princess is Harmony. We decided to rename them. We'll see if they accept that, but until now even with their old names they don't answer.
Puce is still on me but interested by the door and what can be behind. She looks on regularly but purrs a lot. I take it for a good sign even if she can be stubborn. A family sign :winks:
Kitties! When do we see pics?
Anyone interested in tested some pz2 pose files for Gruggle Monk? I have 6 plus a zero figure pose. I used pfe to create them but they work nicely for me in Poser.
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Aelin; this sounds like a wonderful scene. I hope Puce will not be too uncomfortable till everyone learns to get along.
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Morning all...sitting here with my coffee as I read the forums.Kitties! When do we see pics?
Anyone interested in tested some pz2 pose files for Gruggle Monk? I have 6 plus a zero figure pose. I used pfe to create them but they work nicely for me in Poser.
I don't know if I have the figure any longer. I remember him, but that doesn't mean much. I'll look in the archives tomorrow. It's getting late for that type of thing.
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I don't know if I have the figure any longer. I remember him, but that doesn't mean much. I'll look in the archives tomorrow. It's getting late for that type of thing.
thanks! Much appreciated...
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Sounds like a house full Aelin .... but then again...who am I to talk :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: And yes...I agree with Pendraia, we have a pet section that is waiting for some pictures...
Had a busy day today so haven't been on much. And now I'm worn out...so I'll be out of here shortly.
Hope all had a great Day, Night, Morning, Afternoon, Evening and what ever else if left....
I think I need another :java: Ahhhhhh
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Sounds like a house full Aelin .... but then again...who am I to talk :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: And yes...I agree with Pendraia, we have a pet section that is waiting for some pictures...
Had a busy day today so haven't been on much. And now I'm worn out...so I'll be out of here shortly.
Hope all had a great Day, Night, Morning, Afternoon, Evening and what ever else if left....
I think I need another :java: Ahhhhhh
Pet section? How did I miss that. I'll need to post some images of my own kitties...
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After being on Discord as an Administrator the small group I was in grew to over 1000 people. It started to run me ragged, especially with young people and their pronouns. So I left the group and took a vacation from the internet for a while. So I decided to come back here and do some rendering. However it is not a bad concept where they teach, the young to generate income with NFTs.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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After being on Discord as an Administrator the small group I was in grew to over 1000 people. It started to run me ragged, especially with young people and their pronouns. So I left the group and took a vacation from the internet for a while. So I decided to come back here and do some rendering. However it is not a bad concept where they teach, the young to generate income with NFTs.
NFTs a good way for youth to generate income? I must have misinterpreted that. I haven't figured out what part of Non Fungible Token best describes the "product." Non existent money representation. When DAZ sent me the first email about their NFT initiative I thought it was an April Fools joke. Seriously. I don't even see original art being used for the most part. Folk are using ai to generate a slew of images in a similar vein and selling the seeding results as NFTs. DAZ had an issue with recent contests being won by ai art that they themselves encouraged by going down the NFT route. I at least marked the ai posts I made to the gallery here. Others posting to the gallery here don't. But I digress. I would like to point out that crypto as a secure income stream, wither from NFTs or coins is anything but, and with way the cost of power is going, it is going to be even harder to justify purchase as an inflation hedge. Just look at all the high end nVidia cards out there for sale on the secondary market and you can see the future of crypto and by extension; NFTs.
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Should have had my coffee before I posted. I sound all angry and I am far from that. Better double up on the Creek Fafnir. That or I better roll one up and mellow out.
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thanks! Much appreciated...
Damn; I knew there was something I forgot. I'm on this now.
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee, please. I hope your day is a pleasant one.
M-Callahan! Great to see you. Glad you've come back to the Attic and looking forward to your renders.
Pendraia, I'd be glad to test your poses on DAZ Studio if you have interest. I haven't installed Poser on this new machine yet.
PDG, the file name was "3duMonsterGruggleMonk.zip" and was still on the 3D Universe site at Halloween, 2016. If you store the file some other way than by file name, the MD5 sum was 99595d900e38a18ea96a2a11089eb04d.
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Greetings, PDG. Although the poserdazfreebies thinks the figure is gone:
https://poserdazfreebies.miraheze.org/wiki/Gruggle_Monk (https://poserdazfreebies.miraheze.org/wiki/Gruggle_Monk)
Our own Aelin points to a site on the web that still has it:
https://www.3duniverse.co.za/blank-1/gruggle-monk (https://www.3duniverse.co.za/blank-1/gruggle-monk)
(from https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?action=tportal;sa=download;dl=item37 (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?action=tportal;sa=download;dl=item37).)
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Morning.. ok Got the sandbox set up. Only mistake I made out of habit was putting it in the useless C drive that is a SSD. Meant to put in the internal D drive that is a normal 1 tb with practically nothing in it lol. Been awhile since I blinked and the scene loaded vs the usual 20 minutes.
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Morning everyone yet again. I see others have awoken.
Sir Knight thanks for the links but I found the figure in my archives and was just dropping back in to announce same. I have massive archives and a massive data log to go with them. If I have it; I can find it. Thus, success.
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Pendraia, as you can see; I have found the figure so if you want me to check test in P11 or P12 can do. I don't keep anything older installed.
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Wow....A very busy morning in here....Better make more coffee Fafnir....I'm in a two pot mood this morning :java: Ahhhhh
Had some wicked early morn thunderboomers with rain that sounded like hail...or maybe it was hail...in either case I wasn't getting up to check...couldn't even if I tried....Had Oz and the Kitty Squad on the bed doing their "Storm Cuddle"
Great to see you back M-C .... The gallery has been beckoning you for a while now.....
Morning Sir Knight, PDG, Noshoba and our 499 guests....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.....How are they making out with the sons place?
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C with a double shot of Creek and one already rolled up goodie to help mellow out
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got plenty coffee at least 5 pots going at any given time
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of coffee
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Mornin Nosh hands steaming mug of coffee
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good to see you back MC you were missed
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Thank you Sir.
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I decided to stray from my norm this morning; rather than :java: I chose :tea:!
Thanks Fafnir.
Welcome back MC. Can't wait to see what you post in the Gallery!
Cheers to everyone!
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This?
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/cpg/displayimage.php?pid=43061
Might want to Refresh cause the Gallery does not always load new.
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I have a question, and I'm hoping someone here has the Grim figure and knows what to do, so I can get a good answer:
Is there any clothing for any other figure that DAZ Studio figure 'Grim' can wear other than the pants he loads with?
I was thinking that Michael 3 was the base figure of Grim, but when I try fitting M3 clothing to Grim, it just won't fit. So I tried M4, and the results were even worse. I'm wondering what figure Grim is based on, or if it is a stand alone figure. If it is a stand alone, that would make him a very limited possibility figure. I mean he just has the pants he loads with. I can delete the pants, but if there is nothing else he can wear...
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For Grim you have to go way back to Michael 2 & 1
http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/read_me/index/945/start
Based off of Michael, Grim uses a new reshaped mesh and new joint parameters tailored specifically for his thin proportions. Grim can share Michael's textures and MATs as well, making him flexible enough to be used as an elderly man or sinister villain. Grim is loaded with most of the Millennium face morphs and is MIMIC compatible.
Because of the custom shape and improved joint parameters, Grim cannot wear Michael's conforming clothes. A pair of trans-mapped pants has been included with Grim. To use items from your favorite clothing figures such as helmets, belts, etc. just attach as props.
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Agent if you want conforming cloths just for him, I wouldn't count on much. I would look to see if you have the Wizard Robe for M3 or the Hooded Cloak maybe.
Poser is just so much easier. Throw a doner rig from Grim into any OBJ robe of other cloth and away you go. Not perfect but good enough for personal renders. He doesn't have enough bulk for dynamic cloth. You would have to put collision objects on his arms like old school "water wings" to keep the cloth from collapsing. I don't know if you still have Poser installed however.
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For Grim you have to go way back to Michael 2 & 1
http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/read_me/index/945/start
Based off of Michael, Grim uses a new reshaped mesh and new joint parameters tailored specifically for his thin proportions. Grim can share Michael's textures and MATs as well, making him flexible enough to be used as an elderly man or sinister villain. Grim is loaded with most of the Millennium face morphs and is MIMIC compatible.
Because of the custom shape and improved joint parameters, Grim cannot wear Michael's conforming clothes. A pair of trans-mapped pants has been included with Grim. To use items from your favorite clothing figures such as helmets, belts, etc. just attach as props.
And there ya go. :thumb_up: Cross posting.
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Good afternoon!
The internet box survived the night, even if Nenya was obviously the one who moved the protection. Whence the little 'boom' I heard in the night but I decided to stay with Puce :tearlaugh:
The welcome by Nenya and Harmony shows they really don't have the habit to sleep just together. High little and cute meows. And apparently, they understood during the morning they'll never again their Mom. At midday, they still were with sad face. Tonight it's better.
Puce still doesn't like them. I left her on her paws this midday, under a close watching. At a moment, she turned her back, just at the moment Harmony jumped down of the cat tree, and Puce didn't realize the baby was just behind her. The time I catch again Puce, Harmony came toward us but ready to spit (?); Puce showed she was stronger for that :tearlaugh: I think Harmony had that behavior because she was upset that Puce didn't see her.
The poor Harmony was stressed after that, trying to rush out of the other protector arms.
Puce spit very close of the Nenya face, the second time they were almost nose to nose. He was a little shocked on the moment, but finally he didn't care.
Tonight, I ended my dinner with Puce in my arms. She spit again, and made bad meows... but specially when she saw they were playing! This time Nenya was totally afraid and ended under a furniture for a moment. Harmony installed herself in a couch and looked at Puce all the time.
Good afternoon, Attic!
Aelin, new babies! How wonderful! What are their replacement names?
Nenya is the replacement for Eddie. Harmony is the replacement for Vivienne. Today, they still didn't react to their 'old' names when I tried them. So new ones are good to go.
Sorry Pendraia, I won't show them. For now, I'm still cold feet for that, because for years each time I showed a photo of one "baby" (no matter the age) at home, it wasn't long he or she was gone. I know, probably just superstition but...
And sorry too but with job and kitties, I won't have time to test your product for Gruggle, despite the fact I like that little guy!
PDG, Puce is back to her bad behavior of last times: meows by evenings :shrug: :tearlaugh: I think perhaps it will go smooth during the weekend, like I won't be at job but with her - and longer times with babies for both of us!
TL, I hoped secretely that Puce would be as nice as Oz was with your little trio. But I know her too and that it was just a dream :tearlaugh:
Hi M-Callahan! Good to see you back! It's perhaps time also for the young ones fly from her own wings?
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Well that makes Grim a limited figure for sure! Was hoping to do a well dressed zombie in a 3 piece suit. I'll check sites like Share CG and Renderosity to see if there are any 3rd party products made specifically for Grim. Not holding out much hope for that. One other possible solution would be to use the EvilInnocence Cross Dresser, but I don't know if there is a Grim Cross Dresser license? Kind of wishing I never grabbed Grim when he was up for free.
Perhaps I should look for a zombie morph and texture set for M3 or M4.
PDG, I do still have Poser 10 installed. I just don't use it much.
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I'm sure they will all get along well Aelin....just takes a wee bit of time. You're the expert so I'm sure you'll find ways to get them to trust each other. As for my clan....I've got Henrietta sleeping in her cushy sleeper under my desk, Puss Puss is sleeping on my bed, Bootsy is in her favorite spot on the couch and OZ is on the back of the couch guarding her.
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Pendraia, as you can see; I have found the figure so if you want me to check test in P11 or P12 can do. I don't keep anything older installed.
That would be terrific! Just waking up but as soon as I've had some coffee I'll send you a link. Dropbox okay?
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Oz, great brother!
Most of cats at the shelter weren't sleeping near each other when I adopted Puce. And it's something she never experimented too much with Giro, even in their better days together; that was because of the welcome that Giro made to her. They stayed in the dominative/dominated cat system, despite teh fact Giri tried to do better with Puce: Puce simply never forgot.
And now, even if she isn't doing the horrible face that Giro made for her, is doing bad. I hoped she was less harsh with them. But when they'll be bigger, she'll maybe change her mind because of obvious reasons!
Babies at the contrary are really sleeping together when they can. At the end of afternoon/beginning of evening, when I was back at home, they were in a couch together, all paws mixed on the body of each other :tearlaugh:
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My Cookie Baby shows me her love in many awesome ways. My favorite is when she climbs into my arms while I'm standing. She will also seek out my hand and push her head into it, and she comes to me when I'm sitting working on my PC or watching something on TV, and crawls into my arm to cuddle. She will also turn over onto her back and expose her belly for me to rub. Cats usually don't like humans messing with their bellies, but I have a way of getting them to like it. I even pet their backs from tail to neck, rather than neck to tail. I have a knack for being able to do things like that to my kitties, and them liking it. You could say I have magic hands! There's a right way to rub someone the wrong way!
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All cats, except Giro, always loved I ply with their bellies - in case of Giro it would have been ok, in exchange of the lost of my hand! :tearlaugh: She had difficulties sometimes to remember the games weren't true fights.
Anyway, Puce and I we play regularly that way. I started today with Nenya, he liked once he understood it was a game, not so different than a ball of any other toy. His sister was just looking with interest.
Puce accepts the tail to neck if it's a style of massage in circles, back and sides. She asks for!
I wish you all an excellent end of day, when it will be your turn. With babies, I'll probably don't pass tomorrow at my midday like I expected. And the evening, I'm going to be at my job for a show.
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That would be terrific! Just waking up but as soon as I've had some coffee I'll send you a link. Dropbox okay?
No problem. Just getting supper together.
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Well, good luck Aelin....I'm sure they will all get along....someday...I'm glad the kitties have each other though..that makes a big difference...
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Should have had my coffee before I posted. I sound all angry and I am far from that. Better double up on the Creek Fafnir. That or I better roll one up and mellow out.
You don't sound angry to me. Sound like you are cautious when it comes to money. Right now the market for cryptocurrency in unstable some days it is up and other it is down. Sort of like a roller coaster. I have invest a very small amount in there but it is a hobby and not an income for me. Just like the stock market however it seem like very thing is crashing there. Glad I don't depend on stock for money either invested small amount since that is a hobby too.
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No problem. Just getting supper together.
Thanks...
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Done. Reply and test img sent.
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Good Evening,
Hope everyone had a good day. Looking forward to doing more renders and seeing what is happening around the Attic.
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Done. Reply and test img sent.
thanks again...much appreciated.
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All cats, except Giro, always loved I ply with their bellies - in case of Giro it would have been ok, in exchange of the lost of my hand! :tearlaugh: She had difficulties sometimes to remember the games weren't true fights.
Anyway, Puce and I we play regularly that way. I started today with Nenya, he liked once he understood it was a game, not so different than a ball of any other toy. His sister was just looking with interest.
Puce accepts the tail to neck if it's a style of massage in circles, back and sides. She asks for!
I wish you all an excellent end of day, when it will be your turn. With babies, I'll probably don't pass tomorrow at my midday like I expected. And the evening, I'm going to be at my job for a show.
What I'm doing with my cats is not playing with their bellies, but petting them with a nice belly rub. Both Cookie Baby and McCartney have learned to love that, and now want me to do it during petting sessions. They will turn over on their backs and expose their bellies for me. LOL
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You don't sound angry to me. Sound like you are cautious when it comes to money. Right now the market for cryptocurrency in unstable some days it is up and other it is down. Sort of like a roller coaster. I have invest a very small amount in there but it is a hobby and not an income for me. Just like the stock market however it seem like very thing is crashing there. Glad I don't depend on stock for money either invested small amount since that is a hobby too.
Personally, I have nothing invested in any market. I have a marginal pension income from the Govt. and that's it. I can't complain. I've never going to lose my apartment.
My gripes are twofold however. The current Govt. Leader of the Opposition ran on a platform of changing the countries currency to crypto. He recommended everyone in the country invest half their wealth in Bitcoin and avoid the current inflation. He got elected and will most probably become the next Prime Minister the way things look here. I just think it is a bad idea to say such, and a lot of people without your savvy may have lost a lot of their funds on those statements. This isn't about the government. It's about giving desperate folk hollow straws to grab on to. Fund your retirement through lottery tickets type of rhetoric.
NFTs on the other hand. Non Fungible and I'll leave it at that. I've yet to see anything I would pay real money for, just to say I'm the owner of the original; despite your ability to distribute unlimited copies of it.
And here I go sounding all negative again. I've really got to work on that.
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Non-Fungible PEOPLE
10 beautifully rendered women and non-binary avatars algorithmically generated using the leading character generation tech on the market, with proof of ownership stored on the nonexistent pdgcoin blockchain.
Sorry couldn't help myself. I just looked at DAZ to get their advertising. Took me longer to type this than to mint 10 poorly created avatars.
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Enough idiocy for one sitting. Time to turn these boxes off for the night.
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Last out and first in. That's not good. Gives me a chance to see what I was up to last night. Old and feeble with a debatable memory. Oh; the quick pics last night, they can be 3D characters in Blender, iClone or Poser11 without issue. Takes about 10 minutes from initial image to finished character.
P12 has removed the Face Room due to limited figure compatibility sadly. Too much like work there to do it now. I am not delicate enough with the morph brush. I shake a little and it makes it hard to do fine detail though zBrush or the P12 morph brush would work just fine to do it. The "secret sauce" is the ability to manipulate the AI to give you what you want and not some random image based solely on loosely associated text prompts.
I promise to find something else to whine about. Variety is always good.
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And after all that foolishness... May I have a coffee please Fafnir and a Good Morning to all.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all,
Yup, you're the early bird this morning PDG. My mornings are always busy and today was no exception LOL.....
Good talking to you yesterday Fafnir....Let me know how you make out finding the items you need. And thanks for the :java: Much needed this morning. The laptop was in the middle of doing a update when Puss Puss decided to walk across the keyboard...and now it's been restarting for about a 1/2 hour...but I've had this happen before and I wait...and it comes back to life on it's own...
We'll see how accurate Charlie the weatherman is today....Yesterday he bombed out and then some.... It's chilly but clear...I don't mind that.
Now to see what else is going on in our humble home...with :java: in hand.
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And the laptop is alive and well. Updates installed....and Malwarebytes and McAfee are checking things over.
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Hurrah!!
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I do love my HP laptop.... Got it as a refurbished from Walmart 9 years ago. It's been good to me...and I protect the hell out of it LOL. It's got a 17" touch screen and now has Windows 10....and will NOT accept Windows 11 which is a good thing.
My brother got one also that was refurbished and his is going on 7 years since he got it. I told him that refurbished means no assembly line manufacturing...Every item has to be checked and a tag has to be signed by each person doing the checking.
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Good Morning,
Another great day in the desert, with clouds dotting the blue skies. The ducks and geese are making their way south now as they stop for the night here and fly off in the morning.
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Of late I'm thinking the migrating birds have been a bit confused. We've had a ton of geese here since June, which is rare...and ducks also for that matter. We have a number of man made ponds and streams that were made to slow the water flow into the Rock River which use to overflow onto the major highways when heavy rains came... Walmart has one and it's typically full of Ducks and Geese.
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My PC is an All in One HP with a 17 inch screen (not touch), and also will not accept Windows 11, which like TL I do not want. Mine also has Windows 10, and yes, it was updated last night.
Had a rough and sleepless night last night, due to stormy weather causing our power to kick off several times. Had to search for the cause each time, and fix it,... IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! Three times was due to water kicking the breakers off, so had to shield the power connection against that. It took 2 hours just to get that done. The other times were cascade effects from the same problem. So this morning I decided to take a nap, and got about two hours of fitful sleep. Still tired from all the chaos of the night. Crazy thing is now we have just an overcast sky, with the Sun shining through occasionally.
My brother and I were worried about our refrigerator/freezer, as it was not making its characteristic sound. We thought it had given up the ghost, and we cannot afford to lose the groceries we have in it, especially in this outrageous economy our idiot president has ushered in! There is over $400 worth of food in it. I told my brother that it only comes on when the temp gets to a certain point (too warm). Turned out I was right. Thanking God for that! Buying another refrigerator/freezer is not going to be easy on our meager funds.
So Fafnir, hope you don't mind me grabbing a particularly strong double cup of :java:! Need that mud today, as I still have lots of RL work to do this day.
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Glad to hear the Fridge/Freezer is OK.... Nowadays everything is expensive.
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So TL, looks like you found a bit of red virtual ink to use. LOLOL
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Glad to hear the Fridge/Freezer is OK.... Nowadays everything is expensive.
You're right about that! Way worse than just a few years ago.
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My mind slips sometimes :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
Would you believe it's SNOWING OUT.....Not sticking on the ground....but it certainly is snowing :thud:
That better Agent :tearlaugh:
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If you want to cheer yourself up....and just have a little humorous fun.... Take a trip to GoComics (https://www.gocomics.com/)
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Thanks, TL. Several of my favorites there.
Good afternoon / evening, Attic!
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I'm in a Calvin and Hobbes mood....Love it....been a fan of this place since I first found it. Use to comment a lot...but now I view and chuckle LOLOL...
And Good Evening to you ..... Hope your day went well. Stopped raining and snowing here...LOL
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Haven't heard from Wizzard of late...hope all is well...
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Morning everyone, after massive rain and flooding (luckily not close to me) the sun is shining.
I'm sitting here with a coffee trying to decide if I should do some more painting in our house or play on the computer...
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I do the 80/20 thing....20% says you should do what you feel is best.....80% says do what you feel is fun. I always vote for FUN...which is why I have so many unfinished projects....that will be considered fun someday...but not at the moment.... :java: Ahhhhh
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Thanks thelufias...sounds like what I do. Which is why the painting is taking forever. We will see if the good or bad angel on my shoulder wins by the end of the day.
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*Waves a flag from the corner with an urn connected to a rapid drip IV.*
Hoi thel! just contemplating the potentiality of hamsters on the moon......
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That's better then me wondering if Hot Stuff the little devil, would enjoy a trip to Mercury....
Glad to see you out and about my friend....
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Of late I'm thinking the migrating birds have been a bit confused. We've had a ton of geese here since June, which is rare...and ducks also for that matter. We have a number of man made ponds and streams that were made to slow the water flow into the Rock River which use to overflow onto the major highways when heavy rains came... Walmart has one and it's typically full of Ducks and Geese.
No wonder the population of Duck and Geese flying south has gotten smaller over the years. They get larger over fall before it get cold out here and continue south towards Mexico but the population is nowhere what they were 10 years ago.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried red snapper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Hope things are more settled for you by now. :java:, please.
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Morning everyone. Hope everyone's work week ends quickly and happily.
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Good Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....a chilly start to the day so I'll most likely need a pot or two.
No big plans for today as of yet...but then again...the day has just begun.
Oz and the Kitties are sleeping....I guess they partied hard last night. Thankfully I don't hear them when they are raising hell. The good thing is...they break NOTHING... (Knock on wood) Just race up and down the hallways, jump on the couch or chairs and run off chasing each other.
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Good Morning,
Getting ready to go to the dentist this morning. Will be gone for a while, visit my sister be back way later today.
See you all later.
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I'd say "Have fun at the Dentist" but I know better LOL..... Enjoy the rest of the day though....
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Say "Hi" to your sis for us.
Should really confuse her 8 )
Cheers Mike, take care
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Good afternoon!
The spectacle was a good one last night. It was played again but this time for schools and children liked it too.
Waiting, it's weekend! :coffin: Kittens are little devils when the sunset comes. Puce is more or less in bad mood when with us all, but it's specially because she is blocked in my arms. Nenya is almost twice the size of his sister :thud: and with the appetite of an oger!
TL, here we had our first broken object with kittens. A statue of a dog, which was enough big and heavy for we believed it was safe. Bad guess! Harmony (the tiniest!) put it on the ground. It was obviously her, like Nenya was quietly installed at the other side of the room, and she was until him. I guess dogs aren't her cup of tea! :tearlaugh:
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Yikes......The only real problem I've had is the one I mentioned before...Puss Puss jumping on top of one of my curios that houses my Betty Boop and Fantasy figurines...He jumps onto my TV Stand Curio and then does the high jump to my figurines curio. I better knock on wood now...because he hasn't done that in a while....
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Glad the kids enjoyed the show......and that it went so well...
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Our four don't normally break things they just pat us until we wake in the morning some days or chase each other around the house like crazy things.
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We've had a few things ruined by our kitties, but nothing we could not easily replace. As for communication between us humans and them, they know exactly how to make us understand what they want. It is almost always about what they want when they do the things that tells what they mean to say. Kneading on my or my brother's stomach means "I'm hungry! Feed me, please!" Getting up on our knee mean's "Can I have a Snick Snack, please?" Pushing their head into our beards, means "I love you!" Climbing into my arms means, "Hold me, please! I want to cuddle!"
There's much more of that kind of language my brother and I have learned to understand. Of course each of our cats have some things they say to us in their own particular way. The beard thing is solely McCartney, while Cookie Baby will say the same thing by pushing her head into my hand. The climbing into my arms thing is Cookie Baby only, but McCartney will look at me in the eyes and meow sweetly.
There's no doubt in our minds that our kitties understand us. They respond to our spoken words according to what we say. If I say "Are you hungry?" Cookie will run to her dish, and McCartney will look at me and coo so sweetly.
So you can see we have good communications with our fur babies! :mwah: :mwah:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ smoked pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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don't have any kitties just got Molly but she does get along with her neighbour cats guess i shoulda got her a kitten to grow up with but didn't
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Morning...no churchladies on a Saturday lol.
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Good morning everyone. The weekend has arrived and with it the trip to the grocery. Not Noshoba's churchladies for sure. Just a few dottering old people like myself faithfully following arrows on the floor while the rest of the folk wander aimlessly pushing and shoving, trying to be first in line at the checkouts. I liked it when the first hour of opening was for us old folk back during the beginning of the pandemic. No younger people allowed. Now the store just opens early and it's a free for all.
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Our four don't normally break things they just pat us until we wake in the morning some days or chase each other around the house like crazy things.
:gday:
LOL.... Ozzy does the patting on the head, Puss Puss nibbles on the toes, Herietta eggs the two boys on, and Bootsy just sits and watches it all happen....and yes on the running around like banshees...especially after they use the litter boxes...
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Good morning!
Puce hopes I won't wake up, except if she is the one who wake me up :tearlaugh: This morning was one of the rare in the case 'stay to sleep Mom'.
During midday, I took her and this time used another chair to put my feet on, like that there was room for her and one (or even two) of the babies. Nenya came quickly and smelt her on the tip of her tail. Then he stayed on my legs, few centimeters from her. Suddenly, Puce noticed him so close to her and on 'her' Mommy. She had a sound not good but didn't try to break from my arms. They stayed a while together, him even putting his paw on the tail of Puce, very delicate. But the charm was broken when Harmonie saw them and jumped down from where she was to try to join them. Puce wasn't happy and told it. Harmonie was sad and stayed on the cat tree, alone. Nenya saw here like that, and decided short after to join her before to go to play.
Finally, Nenya went back with his sister, they were installed to sleep together atthe very end of lunch. Puce was allowed to go on the ground, and first thing? Nope, she was no more in the way to go outside the room, but tried to steal their dry food :tearlaugh: She tried to plead her cause when the food was removed. Babies just looked at her, they didn't try to come to her, nor to follow her in my room.
The little ones are now sleeping together, while Puce is near to me.
For communication Agent, we have plenty purring moments since yesterday with the little ones. I think they have adopted us :winks: Many 'rrrrrrouuuuu' to communicate with us or to each other.
Puce has her own 'rrrrrrrrrrrrrou' since years to show she is happy. Even developped them more than before since few weeks. Most of time to welcome me back home from the job, or when I help her to go under her favorite cover.
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Good Morning to all,
It's below freezing here at the moment....and the heat is on.....first time for this season. So in saying that....A couple pots of :java: will be welcome Fafnir....which means you only have three left so more is needed :grave:
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We lucked out with Ozzy....The kittens and him are a Hell Raising Team now....well, except for our little Bootsy who is a little lost most of the time...but she is my cuddlebug. She won't sit on laps, only chirps and does not meow, wraps herself in my arms when in bed and does not eat wet food...only dry food...but drinks plenty of water. And she purrs like a machine when I call her Beautiful, Cute, my Cuddlebug, and especially when I call her gorgeous...that brings out the motorcycle purrr...
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Yeah, they have their little names they learn to know and love.
Puce loves also when we sing songs to her.
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Good Morning,
Great day so far, the sun is up and it is getting cooler here, presently it is 64 degrees F and the high will be 87. It has been a very mild summer this year out here not too many days gone beyond 103 degrees.
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Yeah, they have their little names they learn to know and love.
Puce loves also when we sing songs to her.
Believe me....they'd hide if I sang. Use to be able to sing great....but things change :tearlaugh:
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Good Morning,
Great day so far, the sun is up and it is getting cooler here, presently it is 64 degrees F and the high will be 87. It has been a very mild summer this year out here not too many days gone beyond 103 degrees.
Still chilly here I think we are above freezing now...and yes...a very mild summer here also...had a few days in the upper 90's and that was it.
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Still chilly here I think we are above freezing now...and yes...a very mild summer here also...had a few days in the upper 90's and that was it.
Glad to hear that you summer was mild too. Being originally from Nevada if it wasn't for the humidity I think I would have stayed in Kansas, since summers seems hotter with humidity than the dry heat of the desert. Other than that I really liked being in the Midwest when I lived in Kansas.
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I use to take trips for the Company to Hutchinson Kansas to visit Superior Boiler Works. We made Burners for their Boilers...the drive from Wisconsin to Hutchinson was one of the most boring drives I had LOL....and the heat was enough to roast me. The building where they built the boilers was an open air building.... But I did like Hutchinson...some neat places to eat and visit.
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I lived in Junction City, Kansas when I was stationed at Ft Riley. ETS from their, and went back to Nevada when Route 66 was a major hi way travel it from Oklahoma to Arizona, Even then their was a lot of interesting things see and do on the hi way.
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Well, I left internet because there was noise starting in the complex. Sound of a drill :thud: You know, the kind of 'I drill a few, I stop a very long moment, I drill a few again, several hammer knocks, silence, drill again...'
I passed the rest of ther afternoon in the living room with Puce and Nenya and Harmonie; usually we are two to check in case of Puce becomes suddenly mad. She never was a dominative cat, but who knows?
But perhaps I'm the one who had more trust in her behavior, because she is my baby. And I'm happy of the result.
The little ones were in a 'couch', together - at least parts of Nenya able to go with his sister :tearlaugh: Like they didn't move, I left Puce go in the room. She checked their food area, unfortunately for her, I followed to remove the tiny dry food :tearlaugh: so she made quickly the turn of the room and passed not far away of them, to go on the closest cheir where they were. For most than 1 hour, she said nothing to them, they looked at her (not sleeping!) and she made alone several times the turn of the room.
Then finally the babies moved when she was on the little table. She went back on a chair, and felt suddenly invaded by their moves, even far from her. So she made her bad behaviour by 'spitting'. But they weren't really concerned by that. And like they were tired, they were back too sleep soon after.
But during her time in the living room, for the first time, Puce showed to them she was able to play. And also to have a good behaviour.
She also made a joke. One of teh times she was on the closest chair of them, I could cuddler her and them in teh same time. When she saw that, she jumped down of teh chair to go on another :tearlaugh:
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Morning all, for some reason I'm up before 6 this morning as I couldn't sleep. Looks like another rainy day... Good morning everyone. The weekend has arrived and with it the trip to the grocery. Not Noshoba's churchladies for sure. Just a few dottering old people like myself faithfully following arrows on the floor while the rest of the folk wander aimlessly pushing and shoving, trying to be first in line at the checkouts. I liked it when the first hour of opening was for us old folk back during the beginning of the pandemic. No younger people allowed. Now the store just opens early and it's a free for all.
I'm still shopping online for my parents and myself. I remember over here when that happened there were lines as all of us elderly people didn't want to risk covid. Go figure... there was probably more chance waiting in the line to get into the store to get covid and now noone seems to care.
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It's 83F here in the Texas Panhandle, a very nice day actually. Supposed to be all cloudy and thunderstorms, but it's just nice out. :woohoo:
Had a triple header 3 doctors appointments Thursday. Went well enough but totally wore me out. Got home, went to bed, slept 10 hrs!
We are forecast for rain and coolness, tomorrow. Might get up to 60F, and the rest of the week, looking at 41F to 59F. Clear and dry!
:coffin: :grave: :woohoo: :batty: :jacko:
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Puce will come around Aelin....I think Oz was bored with Lorna and I and decided the kittens are more entertaining...Oz is still the king so when he sees someone on what he wants to be on...they move as he trots near them.....but then they go right back to where he is and they cuddle up for a bit...
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Good to see you out and about Mc-G. I would have been in here sooner but just got done with my FB postings....
Rest is always a good thing....someday I'll learn how to do it....hummm....Might be the :java: but they haven't convinced me of that yet :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Indeed McG not used to the speed lol. If I can get the freebie finished up already have 7 add-ons completed lol. Ankle Biters and their Seniors rolling along nicely. At least got something accomplished before 9 days in Richmond and withdrawals setting in.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
It's a beautiful sunny day.
Puce was with kittens a little before midday. On me. When Nenya tried to join us on my legs, Puce didn't spit but made him understand she didn't want to. Ok, Nenya didn't insist, he just jumped down... and came on the chair at my side :tearlaugh: Puce saw him but told nothing. Harmonie was sleeping in the cat tree.
Puce came back with us after the lunch. She tried to go in the cat tree. I caught her just in time. Harmonie started to move toward the enter and she and Puce ended almost nose to nose. Puce spit but it was against me: Harmonie wasn't shock by the spit in her face, so that prooves this.
Puce ended on a chair, didn't try to come on me. Nenya felt in sleep while looking at her. Harmony saw Puce making her own wash, so she imited Puce while still inside the cat tree. No more spit, no more greeeeeeewww, just a silent behavior of Puce, until the living room door was opened AND we told to her if she wanted, she could come back in my room. She left immediately :tearlaugh:
We have said to Puce she will be the chief of cats. I think she will be able to do that job, even if she saw yesterday how it was when kittens can move a lot: you come faster to be exhausted :tearlaugh: But she didn't see them earlier this morning, playing again and again and again. The reason for why they were very tired at midday :tearlaugh:
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Good Morning,
Looks like another great day.
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Hi, y'all! It's that time of the year, when the weather turns cool then warm and then a cold snap! Brrrr. Right now, it's cool but sunny, and you don't get those chills. Still mild. :jacko:
Hi, Fafnir! I'll take a pot of :tea: to go. Need it to warm up the inside tummy. :(ROFLMAO:
Aelin, love those cat and kitten posts. Reminds me of my first encounter with a pregnant feral cat who decided that I would be her kittens' caregiver. That was 7 years ago. Still have her runt. LOL. Always underfoot. :(ROFLMAO:
Well, that's it for now. Got to catch up on my forum readings. Something I've been neglected to do these days. Just don't have the time to sit still and read. Be back soon
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Hi Fran! Don't ya just LOVE it when it goes from months of sweaty heat to a very nice cool day? I sure do. Even dripping rainy ones like today. It's 53F and wet! LOL! :woohoo: :java:
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Hi Fran! Don't ya just LOVE it when it goes from months of sweaty heat to a very nice cool day? I sure do. Even dripping rainy ones like today. It's 53F and wet! LOL! :woohoo: :java:
Nope, not really... I like it when it's warm, not roasting. :tearlaugh: Just waiting for the other shoe to drop, i.e. hurricane "whatever-the-heck-they'll-name-it-next". I'm sitting in my office area, with my sweater on as it's the only thing I got in my closet at the moment, with long sleeves. Have yet to look at my wardrobe. :tearlaugh: In the meantime, I'm putting the kettle on the stove to make me a late breakfast snack.
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Good Afternoon to all.....
Gave my eyes a good rest this morning and did some sorting out with the Winter Cloths vs Spring, Summer, Fall Clothes. Damn cold this morning...30 Degrees with 15 MPH winds. Blacky II was in the house and I was surprised to see Cali come out the house also when it was the AM feeding time. Blacky I, as always, was on the stairs...and Stripes showed up later on.
Sounds like fun with the Furry Family Aelin. My crew had me up at the normal time...5AM....but I do not feed them until 6AM...I tell them just because you woke me up does NOT mean I have to feed you....you're on MY time now LOLOL
Now to take a quick tour and see what is what and who is why and what is where with :java: in hand....
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Morning all...at the moment in Melbourne it's blue skies. I hope it stays that way as the state has had lots of flooding recently.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be island pig cooked underground with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir! The work week begins. Coffee, please. The evening meal sounds great!
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Mornin' everyone. Cold cloudy and a chance of rain. No problems. Beats the snow that's been falling around the Province the last few days.
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Morning from a very Richmond .. let's see if we need to reschedule things. Definitely need coffee.
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Good Morning. It is dawn out here and the temperature is 62 degrees F out here, for us their is a chill in the air. The day will be sunny with a high 84. Hope there is some coffee left since there is a two three hours difference from here to back east.
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Good Morning to all.....
A very Brrrrrrr morning but what the heck....no snow on the ground so all is good.... I told the outside cats to hurry up with their food before the wet food freezes. I give them Dry food on the bottom and top it off with a little wet food on top...that way they have the dry food to munch on during the day.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir. Got to have a few more before I head off to the clinic. Another day...another set of tests LOL...
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always plenty of coffee here so no danger of running out
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Morning y'all! Time for me to be up and about. :tea: and Toast for me today. I got weighted and found out the hard way, warm weather dieting isn't for me. :tearlaugh: :OMFG: :jacko:
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always plenty of coffee here so no danger of running out
Sound great, Thanks Fafnir.
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Good Morning! Oops, missed it again. Oh well on with the Monday! Dr. visit at 4pm, and it's with a Dr. who is :ahhhh: retiring. Hope he's ok!
Thanks for the coffee, Fafnir!
:comehere: :ghost: :OMFG: :grave: :woohoo:
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Good afternoon!
I was unable to be back last evening and to log off, because all suddenly, without reason, internet connection was no longer working :thud:
Puce said nothing to Harmonie and Neny when she saw them face to face at midday. Each of babie was trapped 'in' our hands. They were confident in us, and Harmonie was glad that Puce said nothing to her.
Nenya jumped during midday too on the same chair than Puce. In her back. Then walked on her. Like I had my hand on Puce at the same time, I'm not sure she understood what happened :tearlaugh:
Tonigh, she wasn't happy to be with us. She even growled on Nenya who was following her - I admit he can be annoying that way, but nobody is perfect :shrug: She also was shocked at a moment, being with Nenya following again, and Puce almost ended nose to nose with Harmonie who was just lying in a cat couch :tearlaugh: Harmonie didn't care at all about the behaviour of Puce despite that.
So finally, a weekend, many progresses. Alas, next weekend, I won't be at home all the time. I have to work one afternoon and the evening. But all the team is required.
We had clouds in the morning, we had rain then sun in the afternoon.
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Morning everyone...sitting here with a coffee slowly waking up and it looks like another lovely spring day.
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Morning everyone...sitting here with a coffee slowly waking up and it looks like another lovely spring day.
Much the same here Pen, its a bit cloudy and meant to have showers later but for now its nice and finally warm enough to think about getting the summer sheets out
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And I just dug out the winter comforter for the bed this weekend.
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And I just dug out the winter comforter for the bed this weekend.
Knowing my luck, I'll put the lighter bedding on and it will turn cold again lol
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Well I got up about half an hour ago. The winter covers were a great idea. It's just below freezing and it snowed last night. It will be gone by the time the sun rises. Good thing. I have to go out later this morning.
Oh. Good morning everyone BTW.
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Good morning, PDG. It's good to stay warm. Sunrise here in about one hour 15 minutes. I hope it's comfortable when you go out.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C this will help
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hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of coffee enjoy
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Hi Dreamer hope it warms up for you
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Thank you, Fafnir. A good morning to you.
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Good Morning to all,
Damn cold here this morning....and I'll leave it at that. But I had my furry bed warmers with me so all was good. Below freezing here also PDG....And damn WINDY which makes it worse. Only had Cali and Blacky II to feed this morning...I'm sure the others will show up later on.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...much needed this morning...
Morning Sir Knight....hope the day goes smoothly for you.
Hell of a long day at the Clinic....but I live.....and after another infusion, I got my Flu shot and 2nd Covid Booster. Had to wait for those until they figured out if another infusion was required...I take no chances...
Sounds like the little ones are doing fine so far Aelin....and glad Puce is coming around ...at least a little. :thud:
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Good Morning,
Looking at the weather Sunday it will be getting cooler out here will be down in the 40s F at night, for us thin blooded desert dwellers it is starting to get cold. Sometime in December is when it will dip down to around 28 degrees in the mornings that when I will say it is freezing. Summers are hot out here but the winters are mild compared to other places in the world. It snow here about every 14 to 16 years out here we are about due and with a mild summer it could be this year.
And now for some coffee. :coffeemaker:
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Yes, I saw that on the Morning show...COLD for many that aren't use to the cold this early in the season......Still below freezing here...it's up to 28 degrees right now. No birds on the feeders yet either...
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supposed o be round 43 here in the morning if the weather folks are to be believed J will be freezing his butt off mayhap Kianna will keep him warm
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LOLOL....He gets cold at 60 degrees.....:tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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I get cold at 75' F must be a thing thing. 8 )
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Hi Dreamer hope it warms up for you
Very much spring weather here, can be quite hot one day then the next its back to cold and wet.
Looks like it rained overnight but is trying to clear up for a nice day.
I think I just have time for an extra large coffee before I go pick up the groceries, no food though, apparently my body does not like being fed too early in the day
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Good afternoon!
We had a cold morning and a pretty warm afternoon.
Today there were ups and downs for Puce with Nenya and Harmonie. But nothing too hard.
We have works inside the complex which started, I'm glad the 3 of them aren't alone all the time, because it's the elevator which will be removed to be replaced. The workers don't care to let down stuff from the top to the ground... Not counting thecutted metal noise. And before I left, the truck with material was making shaking everything in the flat. I swear.
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If it isn't one thing in that place where you live it's another LOLOL.....At least the Puce and the kids won't be bored....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixins and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. My usual if you would, kind sir.
First frost last night and it frosted hard.
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Morning. Yep all nice and frosty here as well. Had to buy a jacket since it seems I left mine in Charleston instead of the truck where I thought I left it.
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Hands Sir Knight and Nosh steaming mugs of Kona coffee stay warm got a little cooler here it did
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Well at least not washing any houses today. Currently 35°
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Good Morning to all....Tis a balmy 23 degrees here at the moment....I'll need 2 hot chocolates and 3 pots of coffee Fafnir in order to warm up. But even as cold as it is...had the two boys outside waiting for their chow. Just dry food today...I'll give them some wet food later on....maybe some hot oatmeal LOL...Cali will be here when it's lighter out.
Anyway...feeling a wee bit better today. Tell you what...getting two shots at once is not going to be on my agender again for a long time. Kicks your ass and them some.
Now to see what is what and why is where and who is when... :java: Ahhhhh
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Good morning, Noshoba and TL.
TL, I hope you feel better soon!
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Getting there my friend....this age thing sucks :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Good morning, Fafnir! A pot of steaming hot tea with a dash of dark rum to go. It got cold overnight. Even Popeye slept, cuddled up to my backside. :tearlaugh:
Good morning, y'all! Just got on the computer to finish doing the graphic for this month contest. Believe me, it's no picnic with my left hand (my art dominant hand) in a brace. Could anything be so wrong??? Anyway, I am determined to get it done! Got a load of things to do before the end of my 6 decades comes in about 11 days. Got to get a plumber, then hire a kid (relatively speaking) to finish some of my cleaning chores, since it's a no-no and moot point at this time with my hand. Typing this with one hand, or 2, is slow and cumbersome. :OMFG:
Well, I gotta go and get ready to make a run to the store. Need to figure out what I am going to treat myself to on that day.
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Good Morning Hawk.... Never fun trying to get things done with one hand....be it the good hand or the bad hand....but, sometimes the not so dominate hand learns new tricks that will stay with it for future use.
Good time to go shopping....I stay away from late morning, noontime, and shopping after 4PM....Nutty people with no common sense out and about at those hours LOL....
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Good Morning,
Still in the mid 60s in morning and the afternoon mid 80s in the desert out west. Sure beats the summer with morning in the 90s and the afternoons at 105+.
And now for some hardtack and fatback.
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Makes Hawk a large pot of hot tea with some Barbados dark rum in it this should help
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Thanks, Fafnir! Gonna need some of the same, tomorrow, but with along with a slice of ginger root. Yum, yum!
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Makes Hawk a large pot of hot tea with some Barbados dark rum in it this should help
Sound good. I remember eating ham hawks and lima beans when our family was low on money back in the 60s. We may not have been rich but we never went hungry.
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Good afternoon!
I was supposed to help to do food shopping this morning because it was a half day off for me. But finally I was the baby-sitter for Puce and the babies, because of the works. Puce wasn't happy to be with us, but at the end of the morning? She wanted to longer to go outside the room, at least for a while.
She was shocked anyway to see how many little ones can play and sooo fact! She jumped in the cat tree and stayed a moment, which she didn't really do for weeks. Nenya and Harmonie had full eyes for her when they decided to stop balls and all other toys. Washing? They washed the same zone. Going somewhere? One was following. Until teh music made Nenya to sleep. Harmonie was the most replicant of what and how Puce did things during her time with us. I guess it's because they are 2 girls.
Tonight, Puce wasn't happy officially to come for the dinner. Yet, when she crossed them on teh ground, she said nothing bad. Even when Nenya was following her very very close. And at the beginning, before dinner, Harmonie trotted to her while Puce was looking Nenya. Turning back to continue her way, she almost ended nose-to-nose with the little one: no bad reaction, voice, mouth or paw.
Puce is enjoying now her moment alone with me.
We are supposed to have thunderstorms during the night, or perhaps tomorrow. No one forecast weather agrees with the others.
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At least you are having fun :tearlaugh: But by the sounds of it.....baby steps are a good thing with your crew.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Makes Hawk a large pot of hot tea with some Barbados dark rum in it and some ginger root slices on the side this should help
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Hi Dreamer and Nosh
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Mornin' everyone. Winter's coming like that tv show kept going on about. Cold, snow, miserable. At least it is supposed to get up to the low to mid 60's for the weekend. "The Tripod" isn't too happy with the cold concrete balcony. "Outside" is slowly becoming off limits for another year.
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Morning Fafnir. I see Daz is following the Games Workshop business model now. Not adding lol because I don't find it funny...
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Good Morning to all....
Had a early morning appointment and now I'm home for the day....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir. Typically I'm allowed to drink Black coffee that has nothing in it before a lab visit (which is how I drink my coffee...nothing in it but COFFEE)...but not today, darn it all. So I'm here to make up for it. You say you have 5 pots going all the time...well, that will be 3 pots shortly. Lorna complains all the time that she misses her morning coffee when she has a lab appt....and I tell her when one puts in a 1/2 cup of sugar and a pint of milk into their coffee...one must suffer. :java:
Anyway...Tis a nice 33 degrees out but I did have frost on the windows when I left for the clinic..Didn't take much to clear if off...
And let me get our Magic Mirror out (Borrowed from the Romper Room)....Who has been here and are here now...I see Fafnir, Sir Knight, Noshoba, PDG, Dreamer, and our 235 guests. Hope you all have a great day....
And PDG....yup...suppose to be in the upper 60's here this weekend......
Now to get some other items done in here with :java: in hand
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Good Morning,
Another beautiful sunrise this morning, blue skies with a sprinkling of clouds against the mountains. Then again waking up on this side of concrete is great too. Depending on how you look at it. Hope everyone's day is a great one.
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Temps already climbed to 42 degrees here....sun is shining...and leaves are messing up my yard.... :nopanic; :blownaway:
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When one thinks of raking leaves one should not think of them as pile of leaves. It is an adventure zone for children, after the fun, then make it a fun event where the children can race each other by seeing who can rake piles of leave the fastest.
Either you will have your lawn raked or have one big mess.
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LOL....My 50+ Child lives with me and has no desire to even help me with the leaves :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
But no big loss there.....I got a Combination Leaf Blower/Vacuum/Mulcher that i use. Then I use the mulch for the gardens...that makes for great spring planting soil...
Back in the day the girls and neighbor kids always had fun with the leaves. But they helped rake them up into the piles and when done...we'd burn them...Damn...such a long time ago....
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Hi Dreamer and Nosh
Morning Fafnir, a large coffee please and an extra one to go when I have finished the first. Its going to be a long day
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Fafnir, thanks for the :tea: and rum! Especially that Delicious Dark Rum! Made the day extra special and warm inside. :tearlaugh: I'll hold off on it til the 30th. That's a real special day for me to indulge. ;-) Anyhoo, today, I'll just take a plain ol' tea with just a dollop of cream and some sugar to go :tea: .
Y'all, Howdy!!! Just drop in to see what's up and to vote in the Theme picking for November. Y'all know what's fast approaching, right? Anybody for expensive turkey with tomatoes to match, pricewise? Tomatoes gave me a sticker shocker yesterday. $2.49/lb! :OMFG: You got to be kidding me! Well, there goes my BLT now... Now it'll just be BL without the T. :tearlaugh: Maybe I'll just sub an egg, and it'll be BLE(?) Hold the mayo! :tearlaugh:
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I'm really cheap Fran.....I only have a B, B & M Sandwich.... Bread, Bacon and Mayo.... Can't eat lettuce...and as you mentioned...Tomatoes are overpriced....and I don't need them LOLOL....
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Good afternoon!
Another usual day with babies and Puce. Except that tonight I have discovered that Puce... is afraid by babies! :panic: I saw already tiny reactions if one (generally the shy Harmonie) was moving a paw. Well, before dinner I presented Harmonie to Puce, and Harmonie decided to put distance between herself and Puce (she stays rarely near Puce like if she doesn't want to annoy her) and just put the paw on the chair. Puce backed away. She backed again with Nenya. She is bigger but with her behavior you could swear they are the bigger ones :thud:
She accepts them on the chair (I stayed close for a control) but if they don't leave, she leaves. I know it wasn't always easy with Giroflée but it happened they shared the same space on a bed or on 2 close chairs or armchairs. But at the shelter or even before, I'm not sure she has known one day the way of cats, to share a good sleep together in full trust. That's a new lesson in life she has to take and I'll help her like I can. Babies understand there is a reason she doesn't want them, so during the dinner they just took a chair close, together. But even that, Puce ended by walking around the table to pass the time.
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It does take some time....We were lucky with Oz...He had a rough road to our place after being displaced due to Hurricane Harvey and then being flown all the way to Wisconsin Shelters with a large group of other displaced animals... But he's been a good boy ever since we got him...He even got along with Phils Puppy...and now the whole tribe sleeps together on my bed LOL...And I haven't accidently kicked any off the bed....yet....emphasis on "Accidently"
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Did you in purpose? :OMFG:
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Naw....Only time I've come close is when Henrietta wants to nibble on my big toe when it's out from under the covers....Have no idea why she does that...and only SHE does that...but reflex does the rest :tearlaugh:
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Perhaps he'll do as my brother did along ago. I was spending the night at his place. He had dogs, cats and a ferret. About 2 in the morning, there was a huge to-do in the closed door bedroom. The door opened and he ejected the entire lot, closing the door firmly afterwards. I learned in the morning that the little devil ferret had bitten one of the dogs that clearly thought it was one of the cats.
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LOL....Put the blame on the innocent...way to go dogs :tearlaugh:
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sounds like a fine ruckus at 2 am just thinkin bout it ROTFLMAO
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Morning all...
@Aelin your cat sounds like my Vesper when we first brought the kittens we found in our yard inside. Give her time and she will adjust.
Doing a happy dance this morning as I managed to get a dress that I created for Dawn 2 to work on Genesis.
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Congrats.
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When McCartney chose us as his family, Cookie Baby was not very happy about it, but he won her over by being subservient to her. 2 years later, and they are like the best of friends.
Cats are very cautious when they first meet each other, but given enough time they learn to love each other if enough time is spent together.
Give Puce some space and time to grow accustomed to the little ones. She will grow to love them soon enough.
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Congrats.
It's very different to previous characters. They have new developer tools built into Genesis that you find under the parameter tabs. It's listed as utilities.
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Getting there my friend....this age thing sucks :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
Don't get old, there's no future in it! (gee sounds a bit like something Wizzard would say! heh!)
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It's 11pm now, been waking up since 10pm. Got any coffee in them pots still, Fafnir? I need all of it tonight! :coffee3:
Last two weeks, it's been real hectic for me, with all the trips out to the Amarillo VA, multiple appointments in many of the days, and still got one appointment for the month of ACK!tober. Have to get Tattoo in to the veterinarian clinic by 8am in the morning, for his surgery. Sheesh. Almost 1000 miles behind me, in just one months worth of VA Med Center visits.
(Fran I know about being a slow keyboardist too. It's 11:30 now! ;o) )
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It's very different to previous characters. They have new developer tools built into Genesis that you find under the parameter tabs. It's listed as utilities.
I am happy for you. I hope the new tools keep you in good stead. I will never know as it is "developer" issues that I had all those years ago with DAZ and thus no longer use Studio. An unnecessary rant is being choked down even now.
Quick Fafnir; C&C if you please. Got to get the hands busy and the keyboard pushed away. Too early to roll one and still make it to the grocery in an hour or so.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C double shot this will help
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be oven roasted ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Daz is not a usable program for me either
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Morning. Ran both Fafnir but now Poser isn't a usable program for me now lol. Don't keep an internet connection at home any more.
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yes poser gotta be connected why is a guess
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Yeah I have a strong suspicion Daz will follow with 5.0; which will tick me off.
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Good Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir. Not sure what is planned for the day but I'm sure something will come up. This morning temps make it seem like we are having a heat wave....it's 40 degrees right now. Hummm, that IS a heat wave...sorta....
One project I keep neglecting is going through my bookmarks that I just keep adding to though I know many sites are gone and forgotten...
We shall see....
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Good Morning,
Great Coffee Fafnir.
When it comes to Spring and Fall they call it the cold and flu season because the weather can't make up its mind to be hot or cold.
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It's 11pm now, been waking up since 10pm. Got any coffee in them pots still, Fafnir? I need all of it tonight! :coffee3:
Last two weeks, it's been real hectic for me, with all the trips out to the Amarillo VA, multiple appointments in many of the days, and still got one appointment for the month of ACK!tober. Have to get Tattoo in to the veterinarian clinic by 8am in the morning, for his surgery. Sheesh. Almost 1000 miles behind me, in just one months worth of VA Med Center visits.
(Fran I know about being a slow keyboardist too. It's 11:30 now! ;o) )
:tearlaugh: Ain't that the truth and the spellchecker thingy don't help any either with the grammar checker built in. Dabnabit! I know how I speak and what I wanted to say. it's colorful and this here grammar thingy thinks it knows me. Awww sometimes I'll let it fix things. Other times, I would ignore it. Anyway... I was never a fast typist to begin with. :tearlaugh:
You really have been a busy beaver these days. Hope things slow down for you to relax a bit.
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Hey, Fafnir! Thanks for the tea and the trimmings. I'll take it to go. Got to go and get the rest of the stuff for the birthday menu. :woohoo:
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it's the on the 30th...Right Fran.... :woohoo:
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it's the on the 30th...Right Fran.... :woohoo:
Yeah! :cool: And this time, I will be dining alone. With my brother, now 6 ft under along with the rest of the family, this has got to be the loneliest, coldest, milestone reaching day of decades of my life. Still grateful to be alive, tho. I think, a celebration is in order! For someone who wasn't supposed to live this long, I'm darned tooting lucky! :grave: :tearlaugh:
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We'll all be celebrating with you in Spirit .... and come in and chat on your Birthday....You're never alone in here :woohoo:
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Speaking of DAZ Studio and Poser, I have DS4.10 and Poser 10, neither of which require a connection to the internet. I can use up to Genesis 3 in DS4.10. Poser 10 does not get used much, if at all. I have Poser 11 Pro ready for download from Renderosity, but have not yet done so.
Call me retro if you wish. I will accept that moniker without protest. The older versions of those applications still have plenty of use for me, and I won't be wanting for using them.
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I don't care if my software validates every once in a while, but I am against renting software on a monthly/yearly basis and having it only accessible via the net. I refuse to have my data on the cloud for anything other than encrypted backup of a clean install should I have another HD failure. I studied the fledgling science of computers in the early 70s for the explicit purpose of shedding the yolk of client - server and freeing my fellow serfs from the grip of same. I really have no wish to go back there. Young folk and Apple users "just want everything to work together" and are happily giving up their freedom from "Big Corporate (insert company name/business type here)" for the ability to do such; and Big Corp just finds a new way. Rent a render farm for the new Vic Chick for instance. Manipulate your camera pictures (fix faces, remove others) using remote server side software that would never run on the actual phone itself. If you knew that you wouldn't have spent so much on the phone and the 5G connection. Every time your laptop updates you get another offer to use remote office software when you click on a spreadsheet document made by other software. Browser updates trying to become the one ring, I mean service; to rule them all. No one is a Luddite anymore. Even if they claim to be such. Your phone, computer, laptop, automobile and every other damn thing in one's life beg to differ.
And yes; I'm bitter today. Spent my morning stressing with Revenue Canada. The IRS for comparison for those to my south. Seems that my dismal stipend has decreased yet again. They have, in their infinite wisdom; decided that because I live rent geared to income (yep, I'm poor) that they will now no longer give me the Senior's Tax Credit for my rent. Seems that my Province changed eligibility without telling anyone and the Fed audited my taxes because of it. I won't owe anything or have to pay anything back after being audited. They just won't be giving me a quarterly cheque for $200.
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Thanks for the coffee and Creek earlier BTW Fafnir. I'm gonna go hide in the corner with my head out the window after "wrapping up a little paperwork" if you will. I'll take a rye without the coffee this time thanks.
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We'll all be celebrating with you in Spirit .... and come in and chat on your Birthday....You're never alone in here :woohoo:
Aww, thanks, TL... I'll be alright. Have planned to be out and about on that day, A hike to the Museum of Art or something of that nature. Popeye will be alone for a spell, but not too long. :tearlaugh:
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Good afternoon!
Well no improve today for the reason that Puce is sick. So she won't be with babies for days. They were sad to don't see her this morning, but there is no choice. Otherwise, they played a lor and did many fooleries.
I said the other day we have works around. And like 'by luck', Puce's allergia is back. Like it appeared when we lived the other town, because of works around, in the district or not far away.
I woke up during the night because I perhaps heard in my sleep that she had suddenly difficulties to breath. She hadn't problems the evening, except tears in her eyes but that's regular in this season for her.
She had her usual treatment in early morning, essential oils. She breathed better after that. But was amorphous when I left for job, was again when I was back for midday. Was still a little at the end of afternoon. But the "Mommy at home" effect worked.
She doesn't know that yet, but to help her this time, she will have still her dry food all the day (she had difficulties to eat that today) but she will have in addition several times in the day wet food. Already, her portion of this evening was finally at the very end of the afternoon and she smelt it; this night, it would have been impossible.
She is now resting with me and even on me.
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Age is a state of mind,
You mind?
Move to another state.
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Cheers
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Well have been perfectly happy with Daz 4.15 but probably will do a separate install of 4.20 just if I can run it. Now that I have separated out my runtimes we shall see if it is the machine or the fact I just had too much crap in the one single runtime after all these years lol. Set up a separate library for 9 only at that. Unless something fantastic comes out not in mood to build a library like I did with 8/8.1..lol.
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Morning all, it's a wet, wet morning here in Australia. I'm worrying about the stray that I've been feeding that's found a place to sleep under our house and hope it's nice and warm under there.
Coffee is needed...I am happy for you. I hope the new tools keep you in good stead. I will never know as it is "developer" issues that I had all those years ago with DAZ and thus no longer use Studio. An unnecessary rant is being choked down even now.
Quick Fafnir; C&C if you please. Got to get the hands busy and the keyboard pushed away. Too early to roll one and still make it to the grocery in an hour or so.
thanks...sorry to hear you had issues with Daz.
They totally annoyed me when they went back to 2 figures so much that I've hardly used any of the previous genesis characters. I can rant about that if you like and keep you company?
The new tools are fun I just have to explore them more so I fully understand how best to use them.
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My computer is so old it won't run the latest versions of DAZ Studio or Poser, and since they want you to be online for them to operate, I will not be grabbing them. I am happy enough with what I have. If I get a better computer, I will only move my installers over from my existing one, if possible. I think they should let the customer choose the version they want to use, rather than discontinue the older versions in favor of the latest supposedly greatest! DS 4.15 would be the latest version I'd want. As for Poser, I don't know how they do things concerning it at Renderosity, but since you pay for it, I think you get what you bought only. DAZ Studio is free to download, but they seem to abandon the older version as soon as a new one is released. I know for a fact that they could do it so that you could choose which version you want, as another app I have, known as Wings3D, has even the earliest version still available. Wings3D is always free, like Blender, but not as full of features. It is really just a modelling program, that includes UV mapping tools, so you can UV map what you model, or import a model to UV map.
I suppose I should go ahead and download my newest version of Poser, so that I can use my Terradome product in it. Poser 10 is just 32 bit, but my pro version is 64 bit, and will be able to handle Terradome. DAZ Studio still does not yet have anything that compares to Terradome, and Terradome won't work in it.
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I suppose I should go ahead and download my newest version of Poser, so that I can use my Terradome product in it. Poser 10 is just 32 bit, but my pro version is 64 bit, and will be able to handle Terradome. DAZ Studio still does not yet have anything that compares to Terradome, and Terradome won't work in it.
There is a Terradome 3 at Daz that was made for Daz studio, I have it and some of the add ons. I don't use it much but it works well. Or there is a product called Ultra Scenery and there are a ton of addons for that. The combination of the two is what I used in my Arthur images and a couple of others in my gallery. For me Ultra Scenery is way better than Teradome ever was but I guess it depends what you are wanting out of it
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I see "Shop Talk" going on so I'll skip to you PDG...Governments weren't made for the people...they were made for the Politicians and their cronies. That will never change.
Sending Puce positive vibes Aelin....and sending what's left over to you and the Kitties.
Been outside most of the day. Got the rest of the fall decorations up and a few Halloween Decorations also. I use to go all outdoors for Halloween but where we live now....well...I made 50 bags of candy when I first brought this place thinking they'd go in no time...That was 8 years ago....and to date, the most candy I've giving away on Halloween is 10 bags...6 of them to the next door neighbors kids and their friends. Maybe my floating witch with her hysterical laugh and glowing eyes scare them away... :java:
Good Afternoon or is it evening Pendraia....Let me check.....Looks like it's Saturday, 8:55AM at the moment...so GOOD MORNING to you....Good Afternoon PDG, Hawk, Agent, Noshoba, Wizzard and guest.
Now to grab another pot of :java: and continue what I was doing...what ever that is ....
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I see "Shop Talk" going on so I'll skip to you PDG...Governments weren't made for the people...they were made for the Politicians and their cronies. That will never change.
Sending Puce positive vibes Aelin....and sending what's left over to you and the Kitties.
Been outside most of the day. Got the rest of the fall decorations up and a few Halloween Decorations also. I use to go all outdoors for Halloween but where we live now....well...I made 50 bags of candy when I first brought this place thinking they'd go in no time...That was 8 years ago....and to date, the most candy I've giving away on Halloween is 10 bags...6 of them to the next door neighbors kids and their friends. Maybe my floating witch with her hysterical laugh and glowing eyes scare them away... :java:
Good Afternoon or is it evening Pendraia....Let me check.....Looks like it's Saturday, 8:55AM at the moment...so GOOD MORNING to you....Good Afternoon PDG, Hawk, Agent, Noshoba, Wizzard and guest.
Now to grab another pot of :java: and continue what I was doing...what ever that is ....
Yep...definitely Saturday morning.
I used to do Halloween but the last few years none of the kids have come round. Not many kids in the street these days as the community get older. Now I just buy some lollies to hand out if any turn up.
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There is a Terradome 3 at Daz that was made for Daz studio, I have it and some of the add ons. I don't use it much but it works well. Or there is a product called Ultra Scenery and there are a ton of addons for that. The combination of the two is what I used in my Arthur images and a couple of others in my gallery. For me Ultra Scenery is way better than Teradome ever was but I guess it depends what you are wanting out of it
Which DS Render engine is Terradome 3 for? I ask, because I cannot use the Iray render engine on my current machine. Never heard of Ultra Scenery. The most I have for DS is the HDRI products.
I think Terradome lets you morph the environment to look the way you want it, which is why I bought it, and the other Terradome products I found interesting. To tell the truth, I did not know it would not work in my currently installed version of Poser. Seeing as I am looking at getting my newer version downloaded and installed, I am not so worried though. It is such a large file to download, it would tie up my internet connection for hours, so I have a Download Manager ready so I can get it in spurts, by pausing, and then resuming the download later, for as many times as needed.
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Which DS Render engine is Terradome 3 for? I ask, because I cannot use the Iray render engine on my current machine. Never heard of Ultra Scenery. The most I have for DS is the HDRI products.
I think Terradome lets you morph the environment to look the way you want it, which is why I bought it, and the other Terradome products I found interesting. To tell the truth, I did not know it would not work in my currently installed version of Poser. Seeing as I am looking at getting my newer version downloaded and installed, I am not so worried though. It is such a large file to download, it would tie up my internet connection for hours, so I have a Download Manager ready so I can get it in spurts, by pausing, and then resuming the download later, for as many times as needed.
I think Terradome 3 is for Iray but there was someone on the forums that shared how to get the shaders/materials to work in 3DL, sorry its been a while.
Ultra Scenery is Iray only sorry, but it might be worth looking at and having on your radar just incase you ever have a computer that can do Iray, https://www.daz3d.com/ultrascenery--realistic-landscape-system
Some interesting threads on it: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/380431/ultrascenery-commercial/p1
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/408551/ultrascenery-experiments-and-experiences/p1
Feel free to Pm me if you want to chat about it so we dont bor the the rest of the shop to sleep lol
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Yep...definitely Saturday morning.
I used to do Halloween but the last few years none of the kids have come round. Not many kids in the street these days as the community get older. Now I just buy some lollies to hand out if any turn up.
I make sure I get Candy that both my Daughter and I like...that way we don't feel so bad about not getting Trick or Treaters :tearlaugh: And yes, we take our time eating them.....got to... I use to give the left over candy to the Great Grands...but they are Teenagers now so they got watch their complexion.. LOL....
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Your return brings sunshine, warmth and smiles Twist! Pleased to hear things are going well for you and yours,as for old? I have socks older than you luv. 8 )
Welcome back mind the dust bunnies till they recognize your scent again.
Cheers
LOL! Dust bunnies my kick me out for good for being away for too long! Thanks for the warm welcome 🤗
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I make sure I get Candy that both my Daughter and I like...that way we don't feel so bad about not getting Trick or Treaters :tearlaugh: And yes, we take our time eating them.....got to... I use to give the left over candy to the Great Grands...but they are Teenagers now so they got watch their complexion.. LOL....
lol...I still have grandchildren young enough but they have to beat my son to getting it...he has a sweet tooth.
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Rats n mice, left the furnace door open again.....
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Wizzard, sounds like you need our cat McCartney. Today he caught and ate 5 rats and mice in less than 30 minutes! I'm not kidding. The cat is perhaps the best mouser in the world.
One day about 2 months ago, he caught and ate 8 of the critters, that we witnessed. He may have caught more, but that's what we witnessed. His average is about five a day. He has grown fat from all the meat he kills and eats. Cookie Baby catches them too but is nowhere near being the mouser that he is.
McCartney is worth way more than his weight in gold!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steak and king crab legs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and any others here on a Saturday. Sun's coming up and the sky's clear. At least on my left screen. On my right it is partly cloudy. I can't figure it out. There are two machines here. They both go through the same router to the net and yet they seldom agree on the weather. The machine on the left is usually a degree or two warmer than the right machine and they seldom agree on the cloud cover. If you don't like the weather on one side of the desk, slide sideways to the other.
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Good Morning,
It is getting closer to Halloween, then Thanksgiving and next Christmas and then it will be next year. Looks like time wait for no one as it marches forwards. We will then have another year for drinking coffee and making pictures.
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Good Morning to all....
A beautiful Morning out there...53 degrees, and the yard looks spiffy. Of course I had the outside clan clambering for food...including little Cali, which I had ready to go... All of the inside baby's are sound asleep after a hearty breakfast...and OZ is on my lap making my legs go numb. Gotta put him on a diet...LOLOL
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....and now to start the morning fun
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Good morning!
I pass quickly before to go at job.
We were with Puce this morning to see the vet. Her second part of the night was terrible for her, like if she was no longer able to breath. Almost as worse as the previous night, where everything started. Thank you NOT the works which must stay for 10 weeks minimum at the foot of our building :thud: The first allergia she had started in our previous town because of permanent works everywhere around in the district. Once, I think it was at Fall 2019, I almost lost her because in addition of the allergia she caught something else.
So I woke up around 4AM when I felt in my sleep she had problems, and I'm not in my bed before more than 1AM :thud:
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Glad you got Puce to the Vet and good to hear all went well....You stay safe and take care....Hugs to all...give Puce an extra hug for me.
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I'll do!
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Good morning all ye of merry ole ATTIC! :woohoo: Tattoo is home, and, while not exactly "happy", he IS in better shape!
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Aelin, I send hope and prayer up for Puce and your family. And you get a special request, you ARE One Of US! :)
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Glad to hear about Tattoo McG....now the both of you take care....and get some rest...
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Good almost Noon, Folks! Had a better night than the previous week of them. Our heater and other electronic heat based devices went belly up on us, during the coldest nights. The only thing that was working was a small hotplate with the better element coil (old style, and easy to repair). So we were having to rely on it with a mini fan to blow the heat around. It did better than I thought it would. Our neighbor brought us a nice little space heater to borrow. We used it last night, and it did really well. I'm thinking about asking the neighbor if he will sell it to us. At least I did not have to be wrapped up in thick blankets last night. Our Kitties slept against me, sharing our body heat with each other. It was a good night for me at least, and I think it was good for them also.
Was trying to get Poser 11 Pro downloaded yesterday, and the serial number for it is somehow invalid.
I went "Huh? What's up with that?"
So I contact certain people to see what can be done to fix that problem. I should get what I own! Right? I think so, and my dark side does too! LOLOL
Anyway, I am actively working to resolve the issue, and will not let up until it is resolved to my satisfaction. If they have to assign me a new serial number or whatever, I demand that they do so! If they don't, I'll send 'Grim_G1M' to haunt them in their dreams! "Bwah Ha Ha Ha!"
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Good morning!
I pass quickly before to go at job.
We were with Puce this morning to see the vet. Her second part of the night was terrible for her, like if she was no longer able to breath. Almost as worse as the previous night, where everything started. Thank you NOT the works which must stay for 10 weeks minimum at the foot of our building :thud: The first allergia she had started in our previous town because of permanent works everywhere around in the district. Once, I think it was at Fall 2019, I almost lost her because in addition of the allergia she caught something else.
So I woke up around 4AM when I felt in my sleep she had problems, and I'm not in my bed before more than 1AM :thud:
Sorry to hear about Puce with her allergia. Must be something happening in your area causing it. Hopefully, Puce won't catch something else during her problems with her allergia.
Show her you love her, and do whatever you can to support her in her time of need.
Cheers!
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I wish you luck Agent. If you never downloaded it when Smith Micro owned it then there may not be a functional code in Rendo's database. If you bought it from Rendo after they resurrected it from Smith Micro then they have you covered. After all; P12 has finalized and P13 (or what ever it gets called) is well underway as is Dawn2 and some other stuff. There is no further work going to be done to P11. It's outdated Python and original superseded Cycles implementation have been left behind. I suspect; though have no inside knowledge, that the P11 serial number verification servers will be shut down when P13 ships. It is only kept up now because there are a lot of scripts that were not, or are not going to be; updated to Python 3.x for any number of reasons. After all, the older outdated pieces of Poser such as the Face Room have been removed in order to move the software forward instead of fading into obscurity due to old dead end code and workflow.
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Morning everyone, its a slightly chilly Sunday morning here but looks like it should be a cracker once it warms up a bit.
I have another day of hand sewing fur trim ahead of me for a big medieval gathering next weekend :nopanic;
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Actually turned out to be a very warm day here....76 degrees right now....glad I did all my yard stuff yesterday instead of today. I always enjoy the pictures from those gatherings Dreamer...I have friends that attend them also....
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Actually turned out to be a very warm day here....76 degrees right now....glad I did all my yard stuff yesterday instead of today. I always enjoy the pictures from those gatherings Dreamer...I have friends that attend them also....
If I get any pic I can post I'll put them up for you :)
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Excellent...and thanks
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I wish you luck Agent. If you never downloaded it when Smith Micro owned it then there may not be a functional code in Rendo's database. If you bought it from Rendo after they resurrected it from Smith Micro then they have you covered. After all; P12 has finalized and P13 (or what ever it gets called) is well underway as is Dawn2 and some other stuff. There is no further work going to be done to P11. It's outdated Python and original superseded Cycles implementation have been left behind. I suspect; though have no inside knowledge, that the P11 serial number verification servers will be shut down when P13 ships. It is only kept up now because there are a lot of scripts that were not, or are not going to be; updated to Python 3.x for any number of reasons. After all, the older outdated pieces of Poser such as the Face Room have been removed in order to move the software forward instead of fading into obscurity due to old dead end code and workflow.
It was a prize for winning or placing in a monthly contest here at FA, and yes it was just before Renderosity acquired it. From what you are saying, it may be that I won't get it. If so, that's not good. There should be a way to get Poser 11 Pro downloaded and installed to my way of thinking. Poser 10, which I have the 32 bit version, (don't know if there was a 64 bit version), is working well on my machine, but the point of getting Poser 11 Pro, was to be able to use the tools Poser 10 does not have access to, and content that will not work in 10.
I wish Smith Micro had never gone belly up.
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One thing about the desert is those dust storms, like we have now, and getting cooler. Looks like the Hurricane off of Mexico is making the weather change from the forecast.
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From the Hurricane call Roselyn, it will rain his soon, the heaviest from the western great lakes down to mid to east Texas Most of Louisiana and up to most of Wisconsin, mild rain will hit eastward of that. Could snow if the temperatures are right in some parts of the country. Since I am in the desert the mountains usually make things like this pass by, things might look threatening, only few times a year dose it rain here, and about every 14 years it snow here. Roselyn will make landfall around 7 am PST tomorrow morning.
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It was a prize for winning or placing in a monthly contest here at FA, and yes it was just before Renderosity acquired it. From what you are saying, it may be that I won't get it. If so, that's not good. There should be a way to get Poser 11 Pro downloaded and installed to my way of thinking. Poser 10, which I have the 32 bit version, (don't know if there was a 64 bit version), is working well on my machine, but the point of getting Poser 11 Pro, was to be able to use the tools Poser 10 does not have access to, and content that will not work in 10.
I wish Smith Micro had never gone belly up.
You are probably the only person in the entire Poserverse that has a positive thought for SM. They haven't gone belly up. They just didn't care to develop the software any longer after the initial purchase. It didn't really fit into their ecosystem the way they thought it would. It faded away due to apathy.
You seem not to realize that P11 is no longer a product. It is not for sale any more. Not by Rendo. Not by anyone. Dead end. P12 is the flagship product. I could try and download stuff in my DAZ history of purchases, but there is no way they are going to allow me to download a 3.X version of Studio. It's 4.x or nothing. Stuff like the Poser Exporter which is in my history is also no longer available. Gee. I wish Zygote had never sold off their model division to become DS. Same sour grapes my friend. Complaining that something you got for free is no longer available to you because of your inaction won't get a lot of sympathy. Especially when the product is no longer available and has been wiped from the store. Add it to the protests that Bryce isn't being updated. It will get the same response.
The world rolls along and we can't jump off. There is no way to stop it turning. You don't have to update everything you own as we all point out, but you can't complain when the world passes you by when you aren't trying to keep up.
You want P11 to use stuff that won't work in P10? Like what? I am not aware of anything that works specifically in 11 that doesn't work in 10. That's a long way back so I may not remember it correctly. There was a 64 bit version. All the "pro" versions were 64 bit.
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From the Hurricane call Roselyn, it will rain his soon, the heaviest from the western great lakes down to mid to east Texas Most of Louisiana and up to most of Wisconsin, mild rain will hit eastward of that. Could snow if the temperatures are right in some parts of the country. Since I am in the desert the mountains usually make things like this pass by, things might look threatening, only few times a year dose it rain here, and about every 14 years it snow here. Roselyn will make landfall around 7 am PST tomorrow morning.
Hope this doesn't impact the F1 in Austin this weekend. So far so good.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C probably the F1 in Austin will go as planned
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee with something to brighten up gloomy day, please, sir.
Looks like Roslyn will still be in central Mexico for a while. Fingers cross for the F1!
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GOod morning!
It was cool to see the stars without lights of the town when back at home after 1AM. The only bad side of the coin was even with a torch you can't check everywhere if you are followed or not. FOrtunately, not the case.
Puce had to do her treatment at that time. I met my bed somewhere after 2AM :thud: Today she is still better, even if her eyes are back to not clear drops.
Nenya and Harmonie are still active a lot. I passed a part of the morning with them.
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Glad Puce is recovering. That's a late night!
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It was necessary for the job. A concert thing. I know a part of the team stayed after the end of teh service but I couldn't no longer stay, with or without the health issue of Puce
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Good Morning,
Glad to hear that Puce is getting better. For the F1 race here is AccuWeather account. By early next week, Roslyn's circulation is expected to be ripped apart by Mexico's mountainous terrain. Forecasters say it's possible some of the storm's lingering moisture will be pulled into the south-central United States. "A storm moving out of the Rockies will pick up some of the tropical moisture later this weekend into the following week," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Bill Deger explained. This could result in some much-needed rain, which will include the risk of gusty thunderstorms, from Texas into the central Plains, he added.
And now for some coffee.
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Hey, y'all! Just passing thru, catching up on the news. Had a blast yesterday. First time, I have gone out to see a Halloween parade in my borough ("da Bronx") and it was fun! :happydance: Took a lot of pictures and even manage to get a video of the participants. Went alone, but did meet some nice folks there. My next To-Do item on my list is to go to the movie theater and see a good movie. Any recommendations? Really wanted to see "Wakanda" but that's in November. Also wanted to see "The Woman King", but that's not showing in my neck of the woods at this time. I might just take a bus to NJ to see it. LOL! :ifonly: :iminnocent: On that note, Fafnir, hit me up with a pot of Earl Grey :tea: with a dash of Irish Cream. It'll take the chill and gloom right off the day. See y'all later! (Counting down the days.)
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Good Morning to all,
So far it's a beautiful morning...though the "Furry Clan" decided Sunday Morning was NOT for sleeping in.... but .... now that they are fed...they are all sleeping. I could be a meany and wake them all up...but they'd only get back at me for doing that :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
Looks like it's going to be a warm day again today...but I've done enough "outsiding" these last two days. It's Sunday...a day of rest....
According to our local weather channel....We'll get some much needed rain the next couple of days. Today will be partly cloudy with winds at 30MPH..and 75 degrees... :thud: I'm hoping my Wicked Witch doesn't get blown off the tree I have her attached to...
I just saw on the news that a farmer in Waupun WI has just got a prize for his 2000 pound Pumpkin....it is HUGE...
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That pumpkin reminds of postcards many years back where they had grown very large watermelons and pumpkins. Make you wonder how they do that.
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As mentioned Fran....I use to visit our Distributor in the Bronx about every 3 months since they were our biggest Distributor for Burners and Boilers. They were located on the corner of Washington Ave and East 187th Street...Loved all of the little shops that were near by
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That pumpkin reminds of postcards many years back where they had grown very large watermelons and pumpkins. Make you wonder how they do that.
He was saying "Lots and Lots of fertilizer and TLC" (Tender Loving Care)
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C probably the F1 in Austin will go as planned
Thanks for the java. There was some wind for qualifying yesterday but I hadn't thought about it's cause.
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You are probably the only person in the entire Poserverse that has a positive thought for SM. They haven't gone belly up. They just didn't care to develop the software any longer after the initial purchase. It didn't really fit into their ecosystem the way they thought it would. It faded away due to apathy.
You seem not to realize that P11 is no longer a product. It is not for sale any more. Not by Rendo. Not by anyone. Dead end. P12 is the flagship product. I could try and download stuff in my DAZ history of purchases, but there is no way they are going to allow me to download a 3.X version of Studio. It's 4.x or nothing. Stuff like the Poser Exporter which is in my history is also no longer available. Gee. I wish Zygote had never sold off their model division to become DS. Same sour grapes my friend. Complaining that something you got for free is no longer available to you because of your inaction won't get a lot of sympathy. Especially when the product is no longer available and has been wiped from the store. Add it to the protests that Bryce isn't being updated. It will get the same response.
The world rolls along and we can't jump off. There is no way to stop it turning. You don't have to update everything you own as we all point out, but you can't complain when the world passes you by when you aren't trying to keep up.
You want P11 to use stuff that won't work in P10? Like what? I am not aware of anything that works specifically in 11 that doesn't work in 10. That's a long way back so I may not remember it correctly. There was a 64 bit version. All the "pro" versions were 64 bit.
My apologies concerning the status of Smith Micro. I truly did not know what you just told me. As for my complaint that I am not getting what I won, yes a good portion of that is on me, however I did do the work that won me the prize.
You are saying I will never get it, and perhaps you are right. I like saying where there is a will, there is a way, and I am currently working to find it. I don't call it a complaint so much, but my exploring options to see if anything will work for me.
As for Bryce not being updated in a long while, that is water over the dam, and I am OK with that. I am still able to do things with it that cannot be done with my other applications. It is still quite useful, and I know things about it that most other users do not.
To be specific about the things that do not work in the 32 bit version of Poser 10, it is the Terradome product that I have. I tried using it in Poser 10, several times, and it just won't work. If you or someone else knows how to use it successfully in Poser 10, I would be most appreciative to be directed to any tutorials that show me how. Then I can get into using it right away. Of course it may be that this computer cannot handle the product, but I hope that is not the case.
Thank you for the information that there is a Poser 10 Pro. Yes I know all the Pro versions are 64 bit. I've known that for several years now. I also seem to recall that certain versions of Poser Pro went by different numbers than the 32 bit version that were current at the time. If that is not the case, I'm sure you will inform me.
And now for your first statement in your comment here; yes I do tend to be positive about such things. I see potential where others may not, and I tend to think of companies as being run by mostly good people. I do know that is not always the case, but I believe in giving people a chance to do what is right, so long as they have not done wrong to me in a big way. Yes it does come back on me, but that's the way I am. I give them three chances, and if they strike on each, then I abandon them; having no more to do with them. It's why I don't do FaceBook or Twitter, nor will I since they struck out on me long ago. If I find that someone is putting things I did on those social network sites, I will call them out on it and demand that they remove it an never do that again. I value what I do, and work diligently to make it the best I can make it, and I do not want it stolen from me.
Sorry about adding that last bit there, but I felt the need to get it said.
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My apologies concerning the status of Smith Micro. I truly did not know what you just told me. As for my complaint that I am not getting what I won, yes a good portion of that is on me, however I did do the work that won me the prize.
You are saying I will never get it, and perhaps you are right. I like saying where there is a will, there is a way, and I am currently working to find it. I don't call it a complaint so much, but my exploring options to see if anything will work for me.
As for Bryce not being updated in a long while, that is water over the dam, and I am OK with that. I am still able to do things with it that cannot be done with my other applications. It is still quite useful, and I know things about it that most other users do not.
To be specific about the things that do not work in the 32 bit version of Poser 10, it is the Terradome product that I have. I tried using it in Poser 10, several times, and it just won't work. If you or someone else knows how to use it successfully in Poser 10, I would be most appreciative to be directed to any tutorials that show me how. Then I can get into using it right away. Of course it may be that this computer cannot handle the product, but I hope that is not the case.
Thank you for the information that there is a Poser 10 Pro. Yes I know all the Pro versions are 64 bit. I've known that for several years now. I also seem to recall that certain versions of Poser Pro went by different numbers than the 32 bit version that were current at the time. If that is not the case, I'm sure you will inform me.
And now for your first statement in your comment here; yes I do tend to be positive about such things. I see potential where others may not, and I tend to think of companies as being run by mostly good people. I do know that is not always the case, but I believe in giving people a chance to do what is right, so long as they have not done wrong to me in a big way. Yes it does come back on me, but that's the way I am. I give them three chances, and if they strike on each, then I abandon them; having no more to do with them. It's why I don't do FaceBook or Twitter, nor will I since they struck out on me long ago. If I find that someone is putting things I did on those social network sites, I will call them out on it and demand that they remove it an never do that again. I value what I do, and work diligently to make it the best I can make it, and I do not want it stolen from me.
Sorry about adding that last bit there, but I felt the need to get it said.
Terradome? Wasn't that a RDNA item. They were bought out by DAZ and Poser versions stopped at 1 & 2. DAZ developed the product after that till at least a version 3 that was for DS and I think iRay. Sorry man; If the Poser version you have doesn't work in Studio then I'm of no use to you. Versions 1 & 2 would have worked in DS at the time DAZ bought out Runtime, but now? Couldn't tell you. If I recall correctly P10 was PP2014. That's Flash/Air and Firefly at best. Sorry man, I'm not going there. Too much work finding and installing stuff to run it. You realize that if you have a simple modelling program, and you do. You just need to make a hemisphere and map your textures to it. That's all it is. A simple world dome with a floor. You have the talent and the tools to make your own "terradome" that works in the software that you use.
Remember; I am no authority representing anyone. You may very well get your copy of P10 for all I know. I wish you luck.
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Yup...RDNA..Got it somewhere in the collection I think...
Terradome (https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/366281/terradome-users-guide)
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(SNIPPITY SNIP)
Poser 10, which I have the 32 bit version, (don't know if there was a 64 bit version)
I dunno about P-10. The versions I have installed and usable are Poser Pro 2014, Poser 11 Pro, Poser 12. OH and DS 3.1 Advanced and also the earliest 2004 version of DS "Beta". Both work perfectly, but nothing I have installed will even see the "new" DS file format, nor Genesis 3, 8 and 9. Poser Pro 2014 is the MOST functional of all the software mentioned. It will work with all the Poser figures, even LaFemme2 Pro. AND, the clincher for me, it handles Genesis and Genesis 2 M\F perfectly. IF the product comes with Poser Companion Files. Er, anyone know what the 32 bit version of PP 2014 is called?
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Terradome? Wasn't that a RDNA item. They were bought out by DAZ and Poser versions stopped at 1 & 2. DAZ developed the product after that till at least a version 3 that was for DS and I think iRay. Sorry man; If the Poser version you have doesn't work in Studio then I'm of no use to you. Versions 1 & 2 would have worked in DS at the time DAZ bought out Runtime, but now? Couldn't tell you. If I recall correctly P10 was PP2014. That's Flash/Air and Firefly at best. Sorry man, I'm not going there. Too much work finding and installing stuff to run it. You realize that if you have a simple modelling program, and you do. You just need to make a hemisphere and map your textures to it. That's all it is. A simple world dome with a floor. You have the talent and the tools to make your own "terradome" that works in the software that you use.
Remember; I am no authority representing anyone. You may very well get your copy of P10 for all I know. I wish you luck.
WHEN Adobe killed off Flash, it did not make it necessary to get other software to run PP 2014. All it did was stop the positioning and sizing of the Library window, which you have to do one time each time you run PP 2014. Everything else is great, and the Library functions perfectly and retains all its parameters while it is running. AFAIK, La Femme/LHomme do work in PP 2014. I dislike the Gumby-ness of the arms and shoulders so much that I just don't use it. Genesis 2 is a MUCH better Figure than any other Poser compatible Figure. Caveat: ero Genesis One is actually an excellent Figure, though. Its face morphs provide amazing expressions and its default morph deformations are terrific. Perhaps this one is actually the best looking of them all. It is also the most complex, disorganized (IMO) and difficult to use Figure of the lot. Still, it can look pretty incredible!
For Agent: I bought and use Teradome 1 & 2, and ALL the modules I wanted for them. Pretty amazing landscaping and atmospheres, and makes Poser get a tad closer to Vue in quality of scenery. And all PDG said about it being an RDNA item, and what happened after DAZ bought it all up, I do agree with. It's sad what DAZ did dumping on Poser again. But the owners of RDNA probably benefited greatly from the deal.
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Be lated good morning. Just got back to Chucktown. Usual junk mail including the one that made my ribs hurt from the Jehovah's Witnesses. Now to not let work know I got back early so they don't try and schedule me to work tomorrow. They think travel days are days off. Sorry I break 4 hours in travel time it's a work day. Only took 7hrs this time vs the usual 8. Navigator says 5.5. pfft. They don't factor in driving through the new Orange Barrel State...North Carolina lol.
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The VA sez that the 62 mile drive from Pampa to Amarillo is One Hour. Even if I did 80 all the way in TO Amarillo, it still takes another 30 mins to drive all the way through Amarillo to the VA campus. The drive from house to appointment is 1.5 hours. :OMFG:
I am glad the VA don't reimburse travel by the time. Just the miles!
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Got lucky this time. None of the roadwork was going so didn't have to slow down at all. State troopers were being nice for a change and just letting people drive. Could have tagged me and quite a few others with work zone speeding tickets. And they were definitely out and about.
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LOL....don't you just hate that Noshoba.....Makes you wonder what clock they are on :tearlaugh:
Glad you get reimbursed for your mileage McG. My Brother in RI doesn't get reimbursed. He lives in Manville and his VA is in Providence...a good hours drive depending on Traffic on 146 or 295. Is that something they typically do. As mentioned many times....our VA Hospital in Madison sucks... It has the 1950's feel...and has very poor ratings from the medical community...I want to live so I avoid the place.
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Terradome? Wasn't that a RDNA item. They were bought out by DAZ and Poser versions stopped at 1 & 2. DAZ developed the product after that till at least a version 3 that was for DS and I think iRay. Sorry man; If the Poser version you have doesn't work in Studio then I'm of no use to you. Versions 1 & 2 would have worked in DS at the time DAZ bought out Runtime, but now? Couldn't tell you. If I recall correctly P10 was PP2014. That's Flash/Air and Firefly at best. Sorry man, I'm not going there. Too much work finding and installing stuff to run it. You realize that if you have a simple modelling program, and you do. You just need to make a hemisphere and map your textures to it. That's all it is. A simple world dome with a floor. You have the talent and the tools to make your own "terradome" that works in the software that you use.
Remember; I am no authority representing anyone. You may very well get your copy of P10 for all I know. I wish you luck.
I have Poser 10; it's Poser Pro 11 I'm working on getting.
Yes Terradome is from RDNA, which was bought out by DAZ. I think I have either 1 or 2, and it is installed in my Runtime. I tried using it in DAZ Studio, and it would not load. Yes I could do the work to create my own, but I want to use what I have already. I have several sky domes, including the one that comes with the Dystopia City Blocks. I do not have all of the city blocks in the set, though I was working on getting the rest. DAZ decided to discontinue them, so if they get pulled from the vault, I'll need to jump on getting the rest when they do. Certain older products that were discontinued have reappeared in the store at DAZ, so perhaps they will too. Now if the floor of the Dystopia City Block Skydome could be morphed, I would work on using that for my makeshift Terradome.
Come to think of it, I think I'll look into creating a version of my own, and see how well it works. If I can create morph targets for it, that would make a product I could sell. I have the skill to make stone shaders for it, which may require a bit of material zoning, but I already know how to do material zoning.
Thanks for the suggestion, PDG. It gives me a project to work on, and something to explore and learn from. I do need to learn how to create sky dome maps that can be applied to the various sky domes I have. I actually have a Spherical Sky that would even be a better challenge. Making cloud layers that can move in multiple ways around the sphere or dome would be quite fun. That might be a product folks would love to have.
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As mentioned Fran....I use to visit our Distributor in the Bronx about every 3 months since they were our biggest Distributor for Burners and Boilers. They were located on the corner of Washington Ave and East 187th Street...Loved all of the little shops that were near by
Will post a few pictures here as soon as my left hand stops throbbing. OUCH!!!
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That would be cool Fran....and no hurry....Healing first....Fun secondary....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked stuffed grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning,
Well it is Monday the great thing about it their is a Friday attach to it, but you need to get through Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to get to the attached Friday. Unless you work weekends and then Your Monday, might be another weekday and your weekend maybe on weekday as well depending on you work day. However if you are a contractor you set your week as work needed demands, as well as farmers too. If your retired it seems that everyday could be a weekend day, however those doctor visits, people needing help, and volunteering make it seems like you are back working again.
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Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.... A warm 62 degrees here this morning....but as with all good things...this heat wave is coming to an end very soon. But I'm fine with that... I like the cooler fall temperatures. It did rain this morning and they say more is on the way...and I'm fine with that also. Good to get that moisture in the ground before the "Big Freeze"
So far, nothing planned for the day....but you all know how that goes....Something will come up one way or another...
And now to take my tour with :java: in hand. Not much to see I'm thinking since it was awfully quiet in here last night.
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Good Morning M-C....yup....always something going on when retired...There are days I need to take a rest from retirement. But I do have many things that keep me busy...always...
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Looks like someone traded the temperatures here, it is 42 degrees F now and the high will be 64 degrees today..
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Yup...they say our high today will be 75 Degrees....as mentioned....I'm done with outdooring so I'll enjoy the heatwave with the windows open...unless the predicted rain comes. Had one bunch of storms come by around 3AM....not sure when the next will show up...But love it...We need a late rain
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Funny how things change over the years, like this Hurricane Roslyn. I remember when weather like this on the Pacific Ocean was called a Typhoon instead of a Hurricane.
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Hey, y'all! Good Wet Morning to y'all! It's damp over here in New York. I don't mind it, tho. Like elsewhere and everybody, we could use the rain. Not the flood, tho. That I could do without. Well, I am happy to get an early MD appointment over the weekend. So tomorrow, I'll be in the Dr. office, probably sitting on my a$$ for 2 hours for a 15 minutes audience with the MD. :tearlaugh: Something tells me, I'll be doing the stress test. My email reminder came with this little blurb, "Please come with your assistive walking device, and if possible, one assistive visitor." For me, at this time, that last part, is a moot point. Where and who will I get an assistive visitor??? No HHA over here. :tearlaugh: Anyway, I am doing good. Parade still shot pictures are no-good. Some videos are good. I'll post it over on my gallery here, if permissible, or in here on a separate post.
Well, that's it! :woohoo:
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At my clinic you can register via your phone...which is fine...but you still have to register at the front desk which is like a assembly line. Reason being....they assign you a room to go to and you wait, by yourself until a nurse comes in and takes the vitals and ask their standard question...and then you wait for the Doctor. Thankfully the cell phone keeps me entertained...and yes...they have a internet service you can use at the clinic ..
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Morning now have freebie finished. Ugh that took way too long. Well can now can get ready for Christmas.
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Funny how things change over the years, like this Hurricane Roslyn. I remember when weather like this on the Pacific Ocean was called a Typhoon instead of a Hurricane.
In the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific, the term hurricane is used. The same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a typhoon. Meanwhile, in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, the generic term tropical cyclone is used, regardless of the strength of the wind associated with the weather system.
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either cane hurricane or tropical storm blow is used too
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Good afternoon!
Tonight, Puce had the right to come with us for a moment. She profited to visit the empty (except tiny pieces) plates of the babies. She said nothing to Nenya despite teh fact he was near her and even smelt her during the process. Harmonie profited to smelt her head.
But... Puce didn't liked to be smelt by Harmonie and told it to her :sigh: Obviously she has no problem with the big guy, but won't be easy with the small one. I don't think to a fight, but she won't accept Harmonie without grewwwww and other sounds for a while.
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Ozzie only had problems with Puss Puss who is the other male. But they all gather on the bed now and play well and sleep together. Just took a little bit of time.
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Right now they are all HIGH because they've been playing with a Catnip Banana :tearlaugh:
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Good afternoon!
Tonight, Puce had the right to come with us for a moment. She profited to visit the empty (except tiny pieces) plates of the babies. She said nothing to Nenya despite teh fact he was near her and even smelt her during the process. Harmonie profited to smelt her head.
But... Puce didn't liked to be smelt by Harmonie and told it to her :sigh: Obviously she has no problem with the big guy, but won't be easy with the small one. I don't think to a fight, but she won't accept Harmonie without grewwwww and other sounds for a while.
Well she's at least beginning to accept the big guy. It may take a bit longer to accept Harmonie as she is a female like Puce.
I got another female cat named Itty Bitty as a kitten when I was living at the other camp, and Cookie Baby had to get used to her. After a couple of months, Cookie Baby decided to take her in, and they became best friends. When I moved to where I am now, Cookie Baby did not like it and was treating Itty Bitty as though it was her fault. One day I came home, and as soon as I opened the door, Itty Bitty slipped out and bolted. I never saw her again. I hope she found another good forever home.
It was about 6 months later that McCartney took up with us, choosing us as his family. Again, Cookie Baby had to get used to him, but now they love each other. When I go to bed both She and He sleep in my lap right next to each other.
My point is that cats need time to learn to trust each other.
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I have a question concerning a movie my brother and I like watching. The movie is "The Legend of 1900". It is a movie about a person who was born aboard a cruise ship named 'Virginian' that was being use to transport immigrants from Europe to The U.S.A. He grows up aboard that ship as his mother had abandoned him in shame for giving birth out of wedlock. When he was exploring the upper decks he discovered a piano player practicing in the ship's ballroom. He sneaked into the ballroom later and began playing that piano as though he knew how without lessons. Later when he was grown, he had become the main piano player for the parties that went on night after night. He was quite good at it.
Now there was one man there that was usually in the crowd who wore a nice suit and had his eyebrows strangely styled, with a few wisps pointing upward and they were long. I did a search trying to learn who the actor was that portrayed that part, and there is no information I can find anywhere. Even Wikipedia does not have the information!
So first you need to have seen this movie so you know who I am asking about. Here is the question:
What is the name of the actor that portrayed the man with the strangely styled eyebrows in "The Legend of 1900"?
You might think that the ending credits would show his name, but alas, it does not. We have the movie on DVD, and we have checked all of the ending credits to no avail. It is a big mystery for us, and we are at odds trying to find that information. I will be putting the disc into my PC disc drive to find him in the movie. When I do, I'll pause the movie and grab a screenshot. Then perhaps my research will produce results.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later there will be chicken and sausage gumbo with cajun rice and all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all,
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir. I have no adventures in mind for today. It's colder and wetter and more windy today...but glad we had the nice weather before this...and it's a perfect excuse to sit on my butt and do nothing outside LOL...
Don't know if this will help Cleve.... The Legend of 1900 Cast (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120731/fullcredits)
And now to see what is what and who is why and where is when with :java: in hand
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Good Morning
Very cool this Morning. It is 47 degrees F and with the wind blowing it is reported to feel like it is 44 degrees, wish we were not so thin blooded, since this is cold for people who are use to waking up to a 90+ degree morning temperatures and temperature reaching in to 100 + degrees during late morning and afternoons to evenings. Looks like the high will be 68 degrees out here. Which is close to a 40 degree change in temperature from summer. No wonder why people from colder climate go swimming during our winters out here, it is like spring temperatures compared to other parts of the world. And now for that world greatest cup of coffee from Fafnir shop.
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Good afternoon!
Well Puce is back to her grumpy mood. Nenya decided just it wasn't worthing to check on her like that so he just slept in the cat tree. Harmonie tried several approaches but like it didn't work, she ended by only trying to play with the big toy tail :shrug: Which made things worse of course.
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Get some extrac strong Catnip and get them all high....see what happens then.... :iminnocent: :grave:
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is Rods ok? o.O I Heard something about him going to Hospital? But can't find it now? Maybe Someone know something?
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Good news! I am in the process of downloading all the files associated with Poser 11 Pro. I already have the application downloaded and installed, and it is working well. Seems there are several other files I need to download, and they are very large files. One of the content zips is over 2 GB. My internet connection is too weak to get the files as fast as I could if I was getting a good signal from the cell tower. I have a 5G Smartphone which acts as my connection for my computer. At full signal strength it can handle up to about 6MB per second, but at the strength I have here, due to the distance the cell tower is from my location, averages about 65 KB per second when downloading to my computer. Sometimes the speed jumps up to around 500 KB per second, and about 4 times it jumped to 2, 3, and 4 MB per second, but each time it jumps in speed, that speed lasts no longer than 3 to 4 seconds. Still that gives me a significant boost for that amount of time.
Anyway, I am getting it all downloaded, though it will take days to get all of what I need. In the meantime, I'm exploring Poser 11 Pro, learning what I can about how it works.
The site I go to to get my files is the Renderosity Bond Works division. I just enter my serial number there each time I go there to download the next zip file, and I can start another download. Seems the old SMDM (Smith Micro Download Manager) does not handle these particular downloads.
So :happydance: :cheer: :grimdance: :dancingknight: :grenade: :knelvis: :knightcheer2: :knightcheer: :dk2: :fireworks: :fireworks: :fireworks:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Tater Wedges!! I'm in the mood for those today.
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Agent, glad to hear you've persuaded them to give you access. Good news, indeed.
Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. :gday:
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Good Morning to all...
Good news on your quest Agent....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....That's my substitute for Potato wedges....and a lot of other things for that matter LOL..
Well, Fall weather is finally here...A COLD morning though not below freezing yet.
Nothing planned for today...but I'm sure something will come up...it always does.
Morning Sir Knight and PDG....
And now to see what is what and who is where and why is when with :java: in hand
:boofairy: :comehere: :jacko:
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Good morning, TL. It's in the 60's here today. Go figure.
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Hi, y'all!
Well, the doctor's visit went okay. Did another round of ECG. Am scheduled for an echocardiogram and something else. Had a headache and my BP went high. But that's par for the course. I hate doctor's office visits.
Fafnir, I'll skip the tea today and all the great fixin's. Need to lose some weight. Not a lot, just enough to get me back under the 125 lbs range.
See y'all later!!! :jacko:
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Sounds like a productive Doctors Appointment Fran...Sorry about the headache. As for blood pressure....As long as you have some I call that a good thing.....be it high or low...
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Good Morning,
Looks like we have hit the Apex of the Week hopefully it will be good down hill ride from here to the weekend.
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As long as it's not a sled ride downhill....I'm fine with that.
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That reminds me of my winter car I had in Kansas, a 1946 Oldsmobile. Back then consider a 30 year old klunker, had fun sliding on the ice with it. To get to the main highway was to slide downhill in order to go to work and hope one on was on the road. Only one thing bad about it no seat belts. Those sudden stop when you hit a guard rail it kind a hurt . Being young back then, in a day or two you would be able to recover.
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I loved my 1965 Jetstar 88......Great car.....Always fun to drive
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Did a test run of Poser 11 Pro, composing a scene that only includes LaFemme with a tightsuit, shoes, hair, pose, expression, and lighting. I used the default render engine. The image is just the size of the workspace window in the app. Image memory size is just a few hundred KB.
It looks pretty good, but you guys be the judges, please.
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I loved my 1965 Jetstar 88......Great car.....Always fun to drive
Is that George Jetson's Flying Car? LOLOL
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LOL.....Nope....It was a tank that keep on going....age did it in LOL
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Good afternoon!
Well during dinner Puce was at a moment at one top of teh cat tree. Nenya couldn't resist to start to go up toward her. Puce didn't liked that, felt like trapped... and for the first time I saw her using a paw like a threatening. Not her thing. I took her in my arms just before Nenya reached her, because I think really it wouldn't be good for each of them, ending by a fall on the ground - even with rugs below that's never good.
Radkres, I don't know about Rods.Hope he is well but last image he made in the Rendo gallery was to tell he was back in a couple of weeks.
https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3083651/maple-plank-roasted-salmon
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This is the last post Rod had in FaceBook:
I had to take Jo to the emergency room at St. Jo Med Ctr this afternoon. She just wasn't feeling right, had no energy at all, and slept most of the time. She seemed rather unresponsive, and couldn't move around very well.
She was diagnosed with COVID. The Dr. said we did the right thing by getting there when we did, and we are able to self-isolate at home. He did prescribe medication for it. I will probably have to get tested as well.
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Is the Legacy content an absolute necessity for Poser 11 Pro to work properly, and if so, why? Seems like a lot of content that I'd never use, mixed in with some that I might find uses for. The largest Legacy Content zip is 2 GB. That would have my computer downloading that one zip for about 12 or more hours, based on the speed I get for downloading. Most of the other Legacy zips are very large also. Why can they not break those really large zips down into more manageable zips. it would make more zips to download, but the time would not be so bad for each. I do not have a strong connection to the internet. Average download speed is around 65 KB per second, and during peak use hours that speed is even lower. The 2GB zip would likely be unattainable, as I'd need to personally monitor it for the entire download time. The Google Downloads page does not like to hold such incompletely downloaded large files for a long period of time on pause. I need a good free Download Manager that can save the incomplete files until I can resume the downloads.
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Morning all, finally able to sit and have a cup of coffee after fasting for some blood tests this morning...I've been absent the last few days as my parents had lots of medical appointments. It's nice to have time to sit and check the forums.
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I can relate with the appointments part Pendraia....If it isn't me having Appointments it's the Daughters turn next.
As for Coffee....our clinic allows us to have BLACK COFFEE (No Cream, Milk, Sweetners or whatever else) Just the Coffee itself, which is the way I drink it. Lorna has a little coffee with her Milk and Sugar so she can't have any until after her appointments.
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definately black coffee here as well so i can go get fasting blood tests early morning
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I can relate with the appointments part Pendraia....If it isn't me having Appointments it's the Daughters turn next.
As for Coffee....our clinic allows us to have BLACK COFFEE (No Cream, Milk, Sweetners or whatever else) Just the Coffee itself, which is the way I drink it. Lorna has a little coffee with her Milk and Sugar so she can't have any until after her appointments.
You're lucky over here you're only allowed water. I can drink coffee black in a pinch...prefer milk and sugar but I have drunk it without.
That said had a conversation with the lady doing it and she says it doesn't really matter either way and that if she has bloods she refuses to fast which I found interesting. Also had a discussion about the acceptable levels for cholesterol which she was saying is much higher in Italy than what the standard in Australia is.
I spent a huge chunk of yesterday with mum and dad getting a nurses assessment done and a doctors appointment...at the moment it feels like my life revolves around appointments and sorting stuff out for my parents. Just to be clear I love them both dearly and don't begrudge it as they have always been there for me when I've needed them.
The nurses wanted to adopt them...
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No issues with fasting before blood tests for me. I no longer have a doctor to set me up for them. He didn't make it through the first wave of the pandemic. No more family doctor and getting a new doctor is an exercise in futility and frustration. I just hope that I don't get sick. The car accident didn't require any specific doctor as electronic health records make it easy for most any doctor to see your medical history.
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Agent, there is no reason to download everything in one fell swoop. It may have changed, but the old Poser download was a download manager in and of itself. I have no idea now. It's taken you years to get this far. Should a few days or even weeks make such a difference in your life to cause you such strife? Relax a bit. You are going to make yourself nuts stressing over a virtual dress-up dolly. Free content is free content. When you start playing and want more to play with, the lack of toys will upset you too no doubt. If you will never use the content (future vision?) then don't download it.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried red snapper with hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Good Morning to all....
Late start...I wait for the Garbage Collectors to finish emptying my barrels so I can take them back to their roost....but alas...they were late this morning and I hate stopping in the middle of anything to bring the barrels in LOLOL...
Morning Fafnir...thanks for the :java: and great talking to you last night....Maybe all that hurricane debris will be picked up before 2525. You never know...they might even make a song about it.... :java:
PDG...In our clinic they have a lack of registered Nurses. Many gave up Nursing during or after the Pandemic. But I don't mind....they have a slew of nurses in training now working at the Clinic. Smiling faces, a little confused, but fun to talk to.
Pendraia....I bet your folks appreciate all you do for them. My folks have passed away but lived long happy lives. Both were in their 90's. My Brother acted as caregiver for them. They lived on the East Coast...I live in the Midwest. But I visited often.
And now to see what is what and why is where and who is when with :java: in hand....Ahhhhhh
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Morning to y'all! A little bit on the late side due to planning my BD festivities. It's fun to plan by oneself on what you want to do and how you want to do it. I agree it's more fun to share, but hey, nobody around me to wonder about. Not complaining, just stating facts. Now I got to plan just how am I going to have my dinner while at the movies. No restaurant for me. Don't trust the cooks in the back, and definitely don't trust the wait staff. But that's just me. When I solve that little bump, I just know, I am in for a good time!
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Agent, there is no reason to download everything in one fell swoop. It may have changed, but the old Poser download was a download manager in and of itself. I have no idea now. It's taken you years to get this far. Should a few days or even weeks make such a difference in your life to cause you such strife? Relax a bit. You are going to make yourself nuts stressing over a virtual dress-up dolly. Free content is free content. When you start playing and want more to play with, the lack of toys will upset you too no doubt. If you will never use the content (future vision?) then don't download it.
I figured you would have a good answer for me.
No, I'm not really stressing about it. I'm just wondering why they say Poser 11 Pro may not work correctly without those Legacy Content zips. Poser 10 was not that way, and I see no reason that 11 Pro would be. Rather than follow those instructions they give you, I am working to get what I have already installed. I need to get a good Runtime library setup, and I'm trying to learn how to do that by looking at the folder structure of my existing Runtimes. No need for tutorials on that. I plan to drag and drop my chosen content into the one I create. I already have a ton of content I can install. As for adding a Runtime library to P 11 Pro, there are tools for that in the default interface, and it will be easy to do. Just hovering over a tool tells me what that tool is, and then I know exactly all I need to know about it. One lets a Runtime be added, while the other removes one.
Poser 10 was not seeing the Runtimes I have for it, due to the Adobe thingy that is no longer of use, so I did a search on how to fix that, and found instructions that tell three or four different ways to fix it. I chose the one by BagginsBill, and it worked. Now I need to fix the problem with Content Paradise, as it seems I cannot load an item from the Runtimes, in 10. Once I am able to get it all back up and running correctly, I can then add the existing runtimes to 11 Pro. After that, I will eventually uninstall Poser 10, to free up disc space. I'm also uninstalling other apps I don't use anymore. Got rid of three or four yesterday. After I get that done, I'll run Glary Utilities to remove the temp files that were associated with those apps, if any. Then I'll run Malwarebytes to ensure my PC is free of malware.
Thanks for your comment. Cheers.
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As some of you have seen, I am on a fan art binge, doing Catwoman images. I would love to get a morph for Genesis or Genesis 2 Female(s) that looks like Eartha Kitt, as she is my all time favorite Catwoman! Her way of speaking as the iconic character in the Batman series of the 1960s made her the best version to me. She had the purr in her speech nailed down perfectly.
So if there is a morph for Eartha Kitt available, I would love to find it. My skills creating morphs are not so great as to be able to make a figure look like her on my own. Maybe someday, but not right now.
Don't get me wrong; I like all the other versions also, including the voice acting in the cartoon series. Of course two others fit the character quite well for me. Number 2 on my list is Halle Berry, and number three is Michelle Pfeiffer. Each brought a great perspective of who Catwoman really is to the screen.
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Good Morning,
Well it is Thursday one more day until Friday and four more days to Halloween. :hallosign: Next thing you know it will be 2023.
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Good afternoon!
Well Puce went with babies tonight, and it was fine. She made her claws on the bit tree, which she didn't do since they are at home (she has another little cat tree in my room). She went like a big girl on the middle platform of the cat tree, just below Nenya and she knew he was there. He didn't try anything.
Puce also came to a chair not far away of Harmonie. Jumped on and out regularly - specially once, when Harmonie decided to come on the same chair.
When the door was opened for Puce come back in the room after dinner, she refused and stayed longer with babies. For them, for the come back of their food? We have no idea. Anyway, it was a time without a grewwwww... until it was the moment to catch Puce to bring her in the room. At that moment, she grewwwwed Harmonie which was in front of her; but Nenya was smelling Puce on her side, so my guess is it was for both of them.
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Morning...I thought we were going to get a nice day for a change but it's clouding over again.
No issues with fasting before blood tests for me. I no longer have a doctor to set me up for them. He didn't make it through the first wave of the pandemic. No more family doctor and getting a new doctor is an exercise in futility and frustration. I just hope that I don't get sick. The car accident didn't require any specific doctor as electronic health records make it easy for most any doctor to see your medical history.
So sorry to hear that. So many people died in the first few years before there was a vaccination to help lessen the risk. Still are unfortunately just doesn't make the news these days.
Doctors are in short supply everywhere and too many go into speciallizing as that's where the money is.
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AGENT: I think P11Pro works fine without the LEGACY content. Might be a script or too that gets flustered about not finding a thing from Legacy. But that's all. Poser 11 Pro works fine with NO "content" installed at all, other than what comes with the program itself. Primitives and stuff.
I am SO glad you got it, and it works great for you! IT's about time huh?!?! Now, *ENJOY* using it man! The LaFemme render looks good, keep messing with the lighting, you will be loving the new lighting in P11.
That movie, "The Legend of 1900", with Tim Roth as 1900. That might have been an inadequate scene for the unnamed actor. Try another? I see one (just one) guy with unusual eyebrows. Thick, arched to a point, guy looks like a wax figure to me. He also looks a lot like Luke Evans. Has the right face shape, ears, size. He is holding a violin by the neck, at a closeup of the band up near the back wall.
It is image 113 in the IMDB's Photos for the film. This one crop seems to fit your description. I do not know that it IS Luke Evans, and Evans is not credited in this film. It just looks like him, to me. I have not seen the movie, yet. It looks kinda interesting though. So I will see it soon!
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The Medical Stuff. I am reminded now that everyone is unique, and their experiences with the Medical professionals are both, unique to their own self, and also share quite a lot with everyone else. Like the Hurry Up and Wait thing. Shortages of everything and everyone on staff. The VA here has seen the loss of some of the veterans, and some of the staff as well. Some staff have retired from our VA. Some of the doctors do still help via tele-conferences with the patients, in clinic exam rooms. Reminded me totally of The Jetsons! LOL! I bear in mind, the number of patients has increased, while the numbers of doctors and nurses has decreased. Those still working are overloaded. I am glad to get the appointments, even if the doctor might be a little late getting to it sometimes. Most of us try not to grumble about that. Can't be helped.
My own issues are still improving! Yaaay! While my old body will never be 'perfect', it will be GOOD! And, that is great! [[GRAFTS coming this way soon!]]
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good to hear McG i wish you well with the grafts and keep doing as your docs and nurses say
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Like TL is always saying , Fafnir: I only get better when I do what they tell me! :java:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be oven roasted ham with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good Friday Morning to all...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Was catching up on posts
A foggy morn but they say it will be a warmer then normal day today...59 degrees for the high today...and guess next week will be in the 60's....Not your typical November Weather. But I certainly don't mind. Saves on the heating bill.
Mc-G, from the day we are born our bodies are not perfect. If we don't find a flaw, someone else is sure to point one out LOL...But yes, you are doing great now in taking care of yourself...as you said..."Lesson Learned...the hard way"
Sounds like the furry clan is doing much better getting use to each other Aelin. Right now Oz and Puss Puss are cuddled up on their corner of the couch.
I'm sure whatever you come up with will be great Fran. Two more days to go...wooohooo...
And now to grab another :java: and see what is what....
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Another Victoria 3: https://acoup.blog/2022/10/24/miscellanea-victoria-iii-confirmed-first-impressions/ (https://acoup.blog/2022/10/24/miscellanea-victoria-iii-confirmed-first-impressions/)
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GOod afternoon!
Slow internet tonight, with ups and downs :sigh:
Well Puce was also up and down with babies today. I can understand tonight, like the both wanted at all costs to play with her. She fled them as much as she could, without a grewww until it was no longer possible. Nenya was the most asking for and was so disappointed he ended by sleeping on one of teh tops of the cat tree. Harmonie decided to stop a few before to try again - without success of course!
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On a good note Aelin...it doesn't sound like the kittens are afraid of Puce, which is a good thing. Tomorrow is National Cat Day here in the States. I brought an extra bag of treats for our clan so they can celebrate LOL
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Another Victoria 3: https://acoup.blog/2022/10/24/miscellanea-victoria-iii-confirmed-first-impressions/ (https://acoup.blog/2022/10/24/miscellanea-victoria-iii-confirmed-first-impressions/)
I remember seeing discussions earlier on this venture. Love the concept. Brings back memories of a game called Pirates for Nintendo...almost the same type of overhead view...but much more advanced in graphics and game play.
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Yawns and gets up . . . . finally. By George, I think I'm going to live!!!!!!!! Been awol . . . again. Never can seem to catch a break lately. Between house reno and Connie getting sick, oral surgery, etc . . . etc ... OY! :nopanic; However, I think that things are now under control . . . . crosses fingers and legs, toes and whatever else comes to mind.
Anywho . . . . Was reading some old posts I hadn't read yet . . . and yes, it was a LOT of them. Note to Agent. I concur with McG. That legacy stuff is nice to have, but not really needed. I also have a copy of P11 Pro that I've been using and have not had any issues with it. As long as I have A3 as well as a couple other figures to play with and XD4 to keep their butts covered and whatever freebies or items I choose to buy, I'm good to go. Still playing around with the lighting myself, so rock on buddy.
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Happy Friday,
Let the weekend commence.
Gee what happen to the time a minute ago it was 6:00 am.
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AGENT: I think P11Pro works fine without the LEGACY content. Might be a script or too that gets flustered about not finding a thing from Legacy. But that's all. Poser 11 Pro works fine with NO "content" installed at all, other than what comes with the program itself. Primitives and stuff.
I am SO glad you got it, and it works great for you! IT's about time huh?!?! Now, *ENJOY* using it man! The LaFemme render looks good, keep messing with the lighting, you will be loving the new lighting in P11.
That movie, "The Legend of 1900", with Tim Roth as 1900. That might have been an inadequate scene for the unnamed actor. Try another? I see one (just one) guy with unusual eyebrows. Thick, arched to a point, guy looks like a wax figure to me. He also looks a lot like Luke Evans. Has the right face shape, ears, size. He is holding a violin by the neck, at a closeup of the band up near the back wall.
It is image 113 in the IMDB's Photos for the film. This one crop seems to fit your description. I do not know that it IS Luke Evans, and Evans is not credited in this film. It just looks like him, to me. I have not seen the movie, yet. It looks kinda interesting though. So I will see it soon!
Thanks for confirming not needing the Legacy Content for Poser 11 Pro to work correctly. My trial runs have confirmed that as well. About the lighting system, I'm already liking it. I especially like the ball control with the individual lights represented on the ball. If you understand lighting the way I do, that is perhaps the best way to control direction of illumination for each light used.
On the character I was talking about in "The Legend of 1900":
I know that character you have posted from the movie also, but that's not the character I'm speaking of. I have done extensive searches online trying to find just one still of the guy in his roll. He was one of the party goers, dressed in a black suit, tall and skinny, dark wavy hair, and the eyebrows were even weirder than the ones on the man you posted an image of. I think he did use mustache wax to shape his eyebrows, but he had them combed upward, with about five or six spiked points on each brow pointing up. Yes! It is Weird! LOL
I plan to stick the movie in my computer's disc drive, find the scene and grab a screenshot. Once I do, I'll post the image for you guys to see. Maybe the nurse will see him and fall in love with him. He's weird!
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Morning all...AGENT: I think P11Pro works fine without the LEGACY content. Might be a script or too that gets flustered about not finding a thing from Legacy. But that's all. Poser 11 Pro works fine with NO "content" installed at all, other than what comes with the program itself. Primitives and stuff.
I am SO glad you got it, and it works great for you! IT's about time huh?!?! Now, *ENJOY* using it man! The LaFemme render looks good, keep messing with the lighting, you will be loving the new lighting in P11.
That movie, "The Legend of 1900", with Tim Roth as 1900. That might have been an inadequate scene for the unnamed actor. Try another? I see one (just one) guy with unusual eyebrows. Thick, arched to a point, guy looks like a wax figure to me. He also looks a lot like Luke Evans. Has the right face shape, ears, size. He is holding a violin by the neck, at a closeup of the band up near the back wall.
It is image 113 in the IMDB's Photos for the film. This one crop seems to fit your description. I do not know that it IS Luke Evans, and Evans is not credited in this film. It just looks like him, to me. I have not seen the movie, yet. It looks kinda interesting though. So I will see it soon!
I have P11Pro installed but I don't have the legacy content installed yet. It seems to be working fine.
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By the By Hon. Nice to see some fresh meat here. Maybe it will help keep the dust bunnies and other assorted wildlife under control, though I doubt it. Have fun looking around, just be careful of the nurse.
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see rendo offering a grab bag of poser freebies BUT only if you buy something not good :bs:
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Mornin coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ smoked beef ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good Morning,
The Nurse prefers her dust bunnies well done, with a touch of vinegar.
Have a great weekend.
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i will have the girls fix some well done dust bunnies for the Nurse
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Good Morning to all....
Not to bad out there this morning....I can live with 41 degrees. I think we are going to be getting our last hurrah of warm weather all next week. In the 60's.....which is unheard of in November...and living in Wisconsin....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...got a lot to do today so it's needed.. I haven't been over to Rendo in a while...Last time I visited is when Aelin pointed out some great freebies to me...
Good Morning to you M-C.....I always thought she liked the dust bunnies with ketchup. Enjoy your weekend also.
Just a reminder to our Cat/Kitten Lovers....It's National Cat Day today....My tribe have been up since 4AM celebrating :thud: which means I'll be requiring more :java: then normal today Fafnir.... :java:
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Agent...if the person your looking for was one of the many party goers...your not going to find his name or picture anywhere....he's a stand in....not an actor.
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But then again...it depends on whose doing the credits....Good luck on your search..I tried as did McG
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Good morning!
I'm late because was busy between babies and Puce. Everyone is now sleeping in their designated rooms - the only way for Puce to really sleep.
TL, it seems your ones knew too much it was 'their' day :tearlaugh: How many times did you tell to them for they know?
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Yes indeed....and they know it :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :coffin:
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see rendo offering a grab bag of poser freebies BUT only if you buy something not good :bs:
Trick and treat. I don't think they get the concept.
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The Rendo thing exists since a long time.
Tonight was an excellent dinner. Puce said nothing to the babies, even when they decided her tail was a toy.
And after the dinner, Puce was walking on the ground and Nenya tried to play with her. So he put himself on his back feet... and he lost his balance and felt on the back of Puce! Her reaction was to simply continue her way, even partially against the ground. No greeewwww, no hiss, she stayed fully calm.
I'm proud of her.
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Wonderful news, Aelin. Glad to hear of a peaceful interaction.
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Agent...if the person your looking for was one of the many party goers...your not going to find his name or picture anywhere....he's a stand in....not an actor.
That's true. He has no speaking part. He is like an odd eye catching member of the crowd. Still I will do a screenshot, just because... :iminnocent: :zipit: :i-beback:
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Morning all...it's a beautiful day here in Australia. Nice blue sky...
Really happy this morning as the stray cat I've been feeding allowed me to sit on the step about 2 metres away while it ate. I'm gradually making progress.
I'm trying to get it to the point where I can get it in a carrier and take to 2nd chance. They're a shelter over here with a no kill policy. I'd take it but we already have 4 beautiful kitties.
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The Rendo thing exists since a long time.
Tonight was an excellent dinner. Puce said nothing to the babies, even when they decided her tail was a toy.
And after the dinner, Puce was walking on the ground and Nenya tried to play with her. So he put himself on his back feet... and he lost his balance and felt on the back of Puce! Her reaction was to simply continue her way, even partially against the ground. No greeewwww, no hiss, she stayed fully calm.
I'm proud of her.
Making progress...that's great!
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There....Got all that needed posting on our winners and commenting on our Social Sites....Yes...it takes me all day because in turn...I comment on all of their creations....which I love viewing. Anyway...one more tour and then it's time to feed the critters...and figure out what I want for dinner.
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Trick and treat. I don't think they get the concept.
I'm in full agreement with you. I normally just go to Rendo to get freebies from the vast library of them already there! Who needs the grab bag anyway?
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I'm glad to hear they are making headway with each other Aelin....You're doing it the right way by not making Puce be friends with them....but allowing all of them to figure things out. There are times when Oz wants no part of the kittens...but it's rare anymore...and there are times when the kittyclan want no part of Oz....but for both sides...it's short lived. They play, sleep, and cause mischief together now :tearlaugh:
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Didn't bother to even add it too the cart. Sorry I have been absent. Yeah either already owned it or nothing I wanted. Think last time I got a lefemme product and don't use poser lol.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee, please, this morning.
I love fried chicken. We used to cook it in Crisco. I think that's against the rules these days. :sadder:
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Good Morning to all....
A nice 39 degrees out right now...guess highs will be in the low 60's which is great for this time of year.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...
Sir Knight....I have a deep fryer and yes, I use Crisco when cooking my fried chicken. As long as it's not something that you do everyday of the week or more then twice a month, all is fine. I love my Doctor LOLOLOL.
More often then not I'll air fry it. Got a rotary basket in my air fryer so the everything cooks evenly. But I still enjoy the old fashion way of cooking chicken.
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Good morning!
We changed our hour last night, so we'll have a shifting between you and me for a while. It's currently 2:22PM here.
Thank you guys!
Midday was a little challenge, with babies fully playing below the rugs :shrug: :tearlaugh: And Nenya at a moment decided to come to Puce which was on a chair and to put her with them at all costs. She answered by a big hissing. But later, she left Harmonie to jump in her back and stay for a while on the chair on her side.
All of three are now sleeping. Puce in my room, babies in the living room.
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Good Morning,
My cardiologist would go nuts if he saw how I cook. I use bacon grease to fry some of my meals. Most of the people I knew who lived to their late 90s and early 100's ate differently than we do, and they ate what was available and some of it was very greasy foods, vegetables and ruffage. I miss some of the older places that served food, we knew them as greasy spoons.
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M-Callahan, 40 years ago I'd go into our local cheese steak shop and order "A cheese steak, extra meat, extra grease". And they would oblige without a blink.
TL, I didn't know about air fryers until my son made some "firecracker beef" in one that he'd bought for the occasion. They are good things!
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Q) My biggest problem with air fryers?
A) I don't have one!
LOLOLOL :iminnocent:
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I use my air fryer a lot. I don't have to use the oven that way. Takes less time, cooks evenly, grease goes into the drip pan.
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I'm like Mike... I recall fondly the "Greasy Spoons" of the 60-70's. There are still a few up here, owned and run by locals. Fare is WAY better than Micky D's and all the chain feeders. 'Cept Sonic. They got Super Sonic BACON Double Cheese Burgers that are outta sight for taste! The bacon makes all the difference. Just like bacon grease does for any meals! Like, Toasted Cheese Sandwich, with bacon it's a MEAL!
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Yeah I know I know, those Super Sonic #3 Combo's are bad for me. Part of the reason I like em so much is I have one like every two weeks. Hey, I am overdue!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and later on there will be BLT's with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. I'll have a cup while I figure out how few treats I get at the grocery for Halloween. There are way more drug dealers than children on my floor these days and I don't eat candy. Maybe I'll just grab one of those boxes full of little bags of potato chips. Everybody likes potato chips.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. Lots and lots and lots of :java: today, please.
PDG, my wife has followed a similar approach: chips. I guess great minds think alike.
And today this works :hallosign:
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all.
Late start today. To many things to get done this morning....but all are completed. Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.
:draculaflight: :witch: :ima-getcha: :howling: :wolf: :carve: :grimdance: :dracula: :witch2: :oh-snap: :wolvie:
I made up around 25 candy bags for the kids. A mix of everything except for hard candy. I don't give that out anymore.
Tried giving out chips once when my wife was alive. We lived in the Village of Albany at the time and she insisted the kids would love them. Word must have gotten around that we were handing out chips because we ended up with all but 4 bags of chips. When one lives in a small village word gets out fast.... On a good note...I happen to love chips...so it worked out fine.
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Now that's an idea. Chips. And not the ones from Cali either.
Happy Halloween all. Just got back from VA for Connie. Had to trade in her CPAP as they had a recall. OH well.
:grave: She's currently napping and I'm *well DUH!!!!!* working on the computer. Been thinking of dropping in another HD. Got a nice little gizmo from WallyWorld that lets me hook HDs in without having to install them on the inside. Nice being able to check older HDs to look for data.
Slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things. Been working on Felinia and a couple other of my catgirls. Starting to shape up pretty good. By the By, does anyone have the New Girl from Darkseal? I had her for a good while then she just sort of . . . . wandered off. Been checking around but we still have things in storage . . . . now in garage . . . . that still need to be gone through. Hoping that one of my laptops might have her squirreled away somewhere.
:witchgetya: Damn, wish I could appear and disappear like that on occasion.
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Has anybody here grabbed the 2 Free DAZ Originals offered at DAZ 3D for Halloween? I see the promo and it just say "Celebrate Halloween with 2 Free DAZ Originals". It is not providing a link, so I'm assuming you just add the 2 packs you want to your cart, and you get the price adjusted to $0.00 at check out? Of course they must be DAZ Originals. Will test that and see.
I'll report my findings here.
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I went in there and couldn't find crap for free. Found where you had to buy something in order to get the freebie. So you put two items you like in your cart...as long as they are Daz originals...put the code in...and one you pay for and the other is free...At least that is what I'm thinking is happening. But I might be wrong....I don't waste time with the gimmicks
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Grab Your Halloween Treat
Choose From Thousands of Daz Originals
Get 1 FREE* with Coupon Code HALLOWEEN-TREAT
https://www.daz3d.com/a-special-daz-treat#order=popular^1&filtered=1
The other "Free" is the :grave:
Today Only: Get M3D Zombie Horse for Daz Horse 2 FREE*
when you buy any New Release over $5!
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I knew it was some code, couldn't think of it LOL...but I knew you had to buy something to get the freebie...
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So Fran....how did your Birthday go....Did you do all you had planned to do? Hope so...and I hope it was enjoyable...
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Good afternoon!
We had rain and thunderstorm durin our own afternoon, in fact just before I leave the job. I was fortunate to exit during the time teh rain wasn't above us :tearlaugh:
Puce and babies have done nicely today, even if they aren't yet the best friends.
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Every tiny step they take is a step towards the road to success....Every now and then this gang will get into little spats...but they kiss and make up quickly....Most of the time it's over the toys they play with :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
A very gorgeous day here. Here we are on the road towards November and I've got all my windows open...
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Well, I'm here, y'all! Finally!!!! My poor aching body! Hit the theater yesterday, saw The Woman King and Black Adam. Both comes highly recommended! Had a grand old time with part of my dinner. Must remember when you got a piece of expensive steak, simple is better. Never mind the marinade and all those fancy doodads. Just salt, pepper, a little rub with some liquid smoke and oil and pop it in the broiler. (Got to get me a grill! That's next on my agenda.) Anyway, got a cake from a nearby bakery, stuck 2 candles on top and wished myself a happy birthday and all hope for a brand-new life. Blew out both candle with one blow. First time in my life this has happened.
So, I begin year 1 of my 70th decade.
Pretty good for someone who was told she'll never live past 5 years old. Well, guess what? I buried the 3 doctors and my mother. Heck, for a disabled person who was told she'll be an invalid for the rest of her life and need special care, I turned out pretty good! LOL!!!
:jacko: The numbers on the cake are real! :jacko:
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Grab Your Halloween Treat
Choose From Thousands of Daz Originals
Get 1 FREE* with Coupon Code HALLOWEEN-TREAT
https://www.daz3d.com/a-special-daz-treat#order=popular^1&filtered=1
The other "Free" is the :grave:
Today Only: Get M3D Zombie Horse for Daz Horse 2 FREE*
when you buy any New Release over $5!
The Coupon Code is not working for me. I never received the coupon, and what you posted here looks nothing like what was sent to my email. Your link takes me to a store page that has lots of DAZ Originals on it, but I tried the coupon code, and I got the message "Coupon Code is not valid."
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https://www.daz3d.com/trick-or-treat-from-daz
Scroll Down till you get to
Grab Your Halloween Treat
Choose From Thousands of Daz Originals
Get 1 FREE* with Coupon Code HALLOWEEN-TREAT
Use That link Cause the one I put in Does not go to the right Place as the last part in not working.
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Worked for me, was able to finally get The Adventurer for Hiro.
I'm presuming you're signed up for the email. the code has to be placed exactly ( copy\paste )
HALLOWEEN-TREAT
Got an error, but loaded back with an 100% discount. must be logged in of course. 8 )
Thanx Rad, couldn't find the link, now I know.
Cheers
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I tried it after I said hello in the Coffee Shop. Worked for me. But the link given by Radkres, because of unusual signs in teh url, wasn't fully taken in account by the forum. I suggest you eitehr to copy/paste the full url, or to check the advertising on Daz.
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Sounds like you had a marvelous time Fran and that cake looked damn good. I'm glad you made a day of it my friend...
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Sounds like you had a marvelous time Fran and that cake looked damn good. I'm glad you made a day of it my friend...
Yes, I did! And the cake is gooooooddddd!!! Too bad tho. I'm going to have to put some of it in the freezer for a while. At least I can eat it around the New Year.
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My bad folks....I read the Daz Script wrong...but keep in mind...it was DAMN EARLY and my eyes and mind don't work hand in hand at that time of the morning....But I finally got what I wanted....so all is well...
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So far I've had 3 trick or treaters...my neighbors little girls....They were so proud of their costumes and makeup and their eyes popped out when they saw that I was giving out candy and toys in a little Halloween Bag :tearlaugh: :coffin:
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Happy Halloween!
:jacko: :hallosign: :jacko:
:singing2:
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:coffin: Got Exactly 20 :OMFG: :woohoo:
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I got 7. More chips for me. There were 24 bags in the box so I get 10. I wasn't expecting many kids. The scary old man with the three legged cat is a draw for parents more than kids these days.
Morning everyone. A coffee if you please Fafnir before I take the launder down stairs.
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In total I ended up getting 8. The three girls next door, the two kids from across the street, and Jenna's 3 kids who were our previous next door neighbors. But that is fine....This means we won't have to go and buy candy for our candy bowl that the kids dive into when they stop by...
A nice morning and Cali and Blacky II appreciated the weather. Didn't see Blacky 1 this morning, or Stripes. But then again I was a wee bit early in the feeding time. Blacky II sleeps in the little house I got for them and I'm thinking Cali is trying the other one out.
And now to see what is what and who is where and what is why with :java: in hand...
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It sounds like y'all had a very good Halloween night or eve with the youngsters. It was quiet over in my corner of the world, and I am glad. Didn't buy any treats because I would be eating them instead of handing them out. All of my family members are now grown adults. LOL! :tearlaugh: Each of them have their own little grandies and teens. Some of the grandies are even married with children. Oh, boy! :fainting: Yikes!
Anyway, some tea to go, without the dark rum and make it sweet and light, Fafnir. I am in a sweet craving mood after last night's temptation.
Oh, for those who follow the Spanish/Latin American culture. "¡Feliz día de los Muertos!"
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning Fafnir.....
I'm on my second pot of :java:
Morning Fran....I'm just glad I don't go overboard anymore with the decorating. The only ones that appreciated the decorations were the outdoor cats and kittens :tearlaugh:
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Good morning!
It's a day off at job for anyone. I hope you had a good Samhain or Halloween, whatever you celebrate. I know after I was back at home there were twice the ding-dong of the flat door in action. But no thank you. The only little girl I know for the building is a monster able to be heard on several levels when she decides to scream or knock the walls, even in the middle of the night.
And there are almost no activities around Halloween in town. For tracks of Halloween, you need to go in villages elsewhere in Creuse.
Now, why I'm hearing about a cake since last night at another table of the Coffee Shop? Each time my stomach enters in action :tearlaugh:
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Morning Aelin.....
That was another convincing point in us moving out of the Apartment....SCREAMING KIDS....that screamed LOUDER when the parents told them to STOP SCREAMING. :thud: Now all we hear is whining kittens...which is cute...and they only whine...well, when they want to whine....
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Good Morning,
Looks like we are headed towards Thanksgiving next as the time journey continues.
I miss the the 8 bit days when micro computer where new and not to many people had them. When being a number cruncher and programmer help a lot to get things working. The only thing we had was the EBB that we modem in on and thought how fast 9600buads was before the internet. My how things have change in a short time.
https://youtu.be/uIfD2BKaD2k
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Everything gets changed on purpose...to confuse us older folks :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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I think you have a good point there. Remember when people could not set the time on the VCRs.
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LOL.....Yes indeed....I was always 9 hours ahead or behind...and would do the math to set the recorder :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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I was a sysop back in those 8-bits days, and I remembered living in an apartment in Galveston, TX. I was on the first floor and working evening shift at the local hospital. Of course, kids and adults were well-behaved and polite in those days. Since I wasn't home during the event, Security would keep an eye on my place and when I got home, I would meet a few late-nighters. If I wasn't tired, I would give out a few prepared bags and ohhh, and ahhh, the kiddies and parents' costume. On this particular Halloween, I was wearing my lab coat over my western suit, complete with Stetson hat, ropers and Big Buckler belt. You could see the eyes light up as they saw what a cowgirl I was. Anyway, there was an elderly couple next door to me, who couldn't program the VCR. So I would go over and try to help them out. I got a voice message from them, asking me to drop by afterwork. I knocked on the door. The door slowly opened, and a hand reached to pull me inside. The lady explained that they were trying to keep a low profile because they didn't have any candy. When I was finished, I went home, got my stash and gave it to them. (Of course, I kept a little bit because of my sweet tooth :tearlaugh: ) On my BBS, I posted in the sysop's arena/forum, a plea to help these folks. They got overwhelmed by the response, and were very happy. The following year, they had more candies and could give those trick-and-treaters the goodies. Me? I still got scheduled to work the evening shift. :tearlaugh: No Halloween off. LOL :tearlaugh: :jacko:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be spaghetti with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. Must be warm out this morning as there is a lot of pre dawn fog. The annoying, and usually wrong; little weather icon on the corner of my screen say it's cloudy. No idea of the temperature.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C this should help weather icons usually don't get things right
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Good morning those who're still here. I hope you have a good day!
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Good Afternoon, y'all! Thanks for the :aaah!:, Fafnir! That was mighty fine. Just drop by to catch up on the news in FA and elsewhere.
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Good Morning from the Southwest.
Spend most to the day and night downloading music loops at a very good price now have over a gig of loops. Will be setting up a storyboard next; writing simple dialogue, then creating the animations to go with it. The video will be kept at 5 minutes or under, that should be enough time to tell a simple story. It will be based on something like Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers in the 1930. Basically I am going to keep it simple and with editing and retakes of animation I am planning to have it done in two months or less.
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Good Afternoon to all....
Was outside finishing up what I started yesterday....I think I'm caught up now with the yardwork. Got the Halloween Decorations down but got all of my Fall items still up.
Then came the battle....Cleaning out Ozzies and the Kittens ears......and I still have my fingers and hands left....somewhat.
I'll have a coffee now Fafnir....:java: Ahhhhhh
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glad you done with the ear cleaning and still got all your fingers
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LOL.....they are all squirrely critters and hate when they get their ears cleaned...But I live...and they are all enjoying their treats for being somewhat good...
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Good afternoon!
AT least, as longer as I have internet going outside of the country... See you in that topic
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=21030.msg414168#new
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Somehow, I was locked out of my email account for over a day and a half. I could not even see my email page! It had me up in arms, and was thinking something not good was about to happen to me. But the expected bad never occurred, and now I am back to getting my email again. But I will be on the lookout for other events of such strangeness!
No, I've not done anything, or posted anything that could be seen as some kind of threat. I keep such thoughts where they belong, beneath my scalp! Of course those they are directed at would deserve what I want to do to them! LOLOL But I'm not going to write something and post it, making myself appear dangerous to society. None of the stuff I think about doing like that will ever happen, as I am not that kind of man. I just have my complaints against the establishment, like everybody else, is all!
Anyway, that's why I have been absent here, until today!
Cheers! :toast: :viking: :beer: & for me -> :tea:
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Remember I was looking to find out who the man with the strange eyebrows was in "The Legend of 1900"?
Well after watching the movie, and taking care to find all scenes with him in them, I found he does have a speaking part. He is the Band Conductor, and does announcements and introductions concerning the music played in the Ballroom. I have a few screenshots available, and will post a good one here, so you can see what I mean about his eyebrows. I still need to find the best image of him in the movie, but this one will show you how odd he looks. This man is very tall, thin, with a gaunt face, lantern jaw, large nose, and about forty-something in age. Here is the screenshot, cropped just to focus on him:
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C this should help weather icons usually don't get things right
Tell me about it. The screen on the left never is the same as the screen on the right. They are on the same Windoze 11 version and update together on the same day. They are both hard wired to the same router. The only router. That is the only net connect out of here. No wi-fi or bluetooth network connections. The physical machines are two feet apart. The one on the left says it is 10C and partly cloudy. The screen on the right says it is 8C and there is a big yellow triangle warning sign proclaiming that the fog has brought the visibility down under 50 meters. That one is more likely closer to the truth. I can't see crap outside. Not even individual streetlights. Just some random glowing haze.
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Good Morning from the Southwest.
Spend most to the day and night downloading music loops at a very good price now have over a gig of loops. Will be setting up a storyboard next; writing simple dialogue, then creating the animations to go with it. The video will be kept at 5 minutes or under, that should be enough time to tell a simple story. It will be based on something like Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers in the 1930. Basically I am going to keep it simple and with editing and retakes of animation I am planning to have it done in two months or less.
I look forward to viewing it.
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Remember I was looking to find out who the man with the strange eyebrows was in "The Legend of 1900"?
Well after watching the movie, and taking care to find all scenes with him in them, I found he does have a speaking part. He is the Band Conductor, and does announcements and introductions concerning the music played in the Ballroom. I have a few screenshots available, and will post a good one here, so you can see what I mean about his eyebrows. I still need to find the best image of him in the movie, but this one will show you how odd he looks. This man is very tall, thin, with a gaunt face, lantern jaw, large nose, and about forty-something in age. Here is the screenshot, cropped just to focus on him:
https://www.zhihu.com/question/20456607/answer/358450009
you're going to need a translator though. google probably. There are at least three shots of him there. Online Chinese movie database cross between wikipedia and rotten tomatoes.
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Yep, there are a few pics of him there. What about those eyebrows?
:whatthe:
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Yep. Bushy indeed. I don't know the movie.
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Good morning one and all. Hope the day goes well for you.
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Mornin to you all coffee coca and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ smoked pork ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Hi, y'all! Thanks for the tea, Fafnir! I'll skip the pork ribs. Gave up pork for the year. If it's beef, I'll take a load and a half of that. Wedges along with it, seems like a good idea. Going out in a bit. I expected it to be all morning and part of the afternoon. Y'all have a good day, today and every day! :aaah!:
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Good Morning to all....
A marvelous 51 degrees out already...Should hit 71 sometime during the day. But I'm still worn out from my outdooring the other day.
Morning PDG....seems like your temp is about the same as ours........
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...Just got done with my tall glass of Tomato juice so coffee is a chaser this morning...
And now for a quick tour. With :java: in hand
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Morning Fran...we must have been typing at the same time LOLOL....enjoy the day
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Morning Fran...we must have been typing at the same time LOLOL....enjoy the day
:tearlaugh: It seems that way. :tearlaugh:
You, too, enjoy the day
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Good Morning,
It was trying to snow in the Mountain this morning and rain a little down here. Had internet connection problems earlier this morning, but it is working now, but slow.
Testing animation capabilities in DAZ Studio and learning about the newer timeline. Also worked on loops to make back ground music.
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We dare not mention snow here in Wisconsin else Mother Nature thinks we are asking for it and delivers :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Mother Nature has been delivering it already. About an hour north of here. Just glad I don't live in the "Snow Belt" where they are thinking they will open the ski hills in about another two weeks or so. WI isn't so far from the snow flying through the prairies either.
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I saw that this morning....thus my statement about not even mentioning snow :tearlaugh: Both of us know how it works...think it, say it and next thing you know....it's "SEE IT"
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Hee Hee Hee! I have that ability too. I have ancestors that were Cherokee Medicine Chiefs. So if I don't want to call up a weather event, I don't mention it aloud or written. LOLOL
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Go to some of the States that need the rain and they'll pay you a mint to make it happen.... :rain-rain:
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Good afternoon!
It was raining today, hurray for Mother Nature.
We were afraid during our midday because suddenly a big hissing was made on the cat tree. Turning heads to see what happened to Puce, we saw... Harmonie in the box of the tree and Nenya ending to jump down. The poor little guy had an issue with his leg and it was the reason for why he hissed. Walking badly. Few hugs later he was really good, no more problem so no vet required. Tonight, back to do the same things than usual: making us crazy :tearlaugh:
Puce and Nenya made kisses yesterday.Nothing formal but no need of help (by keeping an hand on Puce to encourage her to stay) with that. Tonight, there were up and down.
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At least they are not beating each other up Aelin LOLOL....Progress is being made though...so that is good thing.
And glad nothing serious happened with the Nenya....
Some of the stunts these kittens do makes me wonder if the tale about cat and kittens having 9 lives is a real LOLOL.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. Took me a while to get through the fog to find the place. I've been in a ground level cloud bank for 3 days now.
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Good Morning,
Right now it is 41 degrees F out side, with the wind chill it feels like 34 degrees and the day will be clear. It snowed in the mountains yesterday but has melted away. I say it is getting a little chilly out here.
This might be the year we get snow in the valley again. Glad I am retired and don't have to go anywhere most of the time, since there are quite a few people who don't know how to drive in the snow out here.
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Good Morning to all....
Late start this morning....Had to run out and tie everything down. Winds were terrible and the strong stuff is yet to come. And now it's raining...and I think I hear thunder in the distance...that was not predicted to be here until LATE IN THE DAY.... :OMFG:
Anyway...this is my FIRST cup of coffee of the day Fafnir :java: In here and at home. My body does not know how to act with this late caffeine infusion.
And this is the mild part of the weather...worse is yet to come later today and all day tomorrow :thud:
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hopefully the weather will do no harm
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On a good note....the leaves will be flying off the trees faster and that will cut down the number of times I'll have to mulch them. I keep reminding myself that today is the mild weather day :thud: :nopanic;
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It better be warm. The weather weenies tell me tomorrow will be the best we can hope for this month as the midwest warmth passes over us fogged in folk by the lake.
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Good afternoon!
It's weekend! We had rain too, TL, but I'm glad for the Nature; we had also yesterday a short not announced thunderstorm. No storm today, but babies are a storm in themeselves :tearlaugh: I think I never saw them like that before, during and after dinner! :hypno: Even Puce wasn't able to stay on her place, the poor one. She ended in a corner of the room, 'stealing' their couch.
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Good Evening....Had a busy day today....but I think I'm caught up.
Aelin...Ozzy steals the kittens spot on the couch all of the time....but after a bit, they gang up on him and he goes back to his spot LOL
PDG...Yup...it's going to be warmer tomorrow then it was today. Our weather alerts kept going off today with severe storm warnings and tornado watches. Where I am we got one big storm thus far but the winds have been between 40-45 MPH all day today. One storm did flow through but it was fast paced.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be lasagna with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. TL's windy warmth has reached me which has resulted in a humidex reading. It's currently 55.5 feeling like 59. It will be 70 this afternoon. That's not anything to complain about. It is windy though. Warm wind. Oh well; a quick coffee and it's off to the grocery. Ed's got a new VW Tiguan after we got demoed in the last one. Side impact airbags in this one. :thumb_up:
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Good Morning To All.....
Morning Fafnir....I'll have a double coffee with a little coffee on the side please :java: Ahhhhhh
We still have the mild temps PDG but they are saying we'll have some heavy storms and winds up to 70 MPH....we shall see.
And now to start my day in here...with :java: in hand....
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Good Morning,
Need more coffee, trying to wake up. Looks like a good weekend is starting here.
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Everyday I wake up I consider a good start to the day :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Good morning!
Well, it's a mixed day, mainly clouds. But during our morning trip at the "braderie", teh sun came for a while.
TL, when babies came to Puce, she fled teh location :shrug:
Durin midday time, she was almost in panic in my arms when Nenya came to her and started to rub against her. She never experimented that with Giro and I doubt she had many possibilities before to enter in my life. Last evening, he licked the tip of her ear and she was very anxious to that mark of sympathy.
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Had to make a trip to Walmart so Lorna could pick up her meds and on the way back we had a typhoon LOL....That wind and rain came ripping at us something wicked so I drove around the block a couple of times until it simmered down....When she goes to Wallyworld to pick up her meds...she grabs a cart....and puts items in it...that has nothing to do with Meds... thus the reason for driving around the block a few times...I hate getting soaked :tearlaugh:
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well least you got home safe and sound
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Yes indeed....and that wind is HOWLING now. Hate it when you get some sun and you see the big black clouds heading straight this way....you know what they are up to.. :nopanic;
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Take care TL.
When we eat, there are empty chair in teh room. 2 chairs, 3 cats. Unsolvable problem usually for Puce, who can't stay on the same chair than even one baby - nor all the time on the chair near the chair of the baby(ies).
Yet, tonight, she took on her to stay on a chair near the one where was Nenya. Then he decided to sleep half on a chair, half on the other... and teh head against the back of Puce. She didn't move even if she wasn't fully happy - and it's something she hasn't the habit. Then suddenly Harmonie saw her brother sleeping like that, jumped on the chair near and ended partially on the paws of her brother but also against the side of Puce. Puce took again on her to stay a moment before to leave. I'm glad of her effort.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges hushpuppies too
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:bs: time change is a pain wish they would leave it alone
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Our province passed a law to stop the time change, but it won't take effect until the same thing happens on both sides of us and in NY State so I'm not holding my breath.
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Morning.. yes it can be a pain. Maybe it will annoy me more once I stop working..pfft like that will ever happen lol. Only advantage to me is it finally hits the office people in the head we can't schedule jobs for after 5pm. Little hard to chemwash a building in the dark.
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well i wish they would leave it alone but you know the old saying wish in one hand SH*T in the other see which one comes to pass so i guess we stuck with time change
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well thats a plus Nosh
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Good Morning to all.
Try having a time change with one cat and three kittens wanting to eat...and you make them wait an hour....because I'll be damn if I'm getting up any earlier to feed these critters. Even the outside ones were whining when I didn't feed them right away.
Aelin....if you have an empty box or something other then a chair, see if one of the clan will make it theirs. I got something from Amazon and the box was a good size...and now it's Ozzies resting place...just to prevent the kittens from making it theirs LOL. But the kittens don't mind...they now have all the rest of Ozzies resting spots as theirs.
Well, the storms and winds were wicked....but the only thing that flew away was one of the cat shelters...which I ran out and secured before it could go any further down the street :thud: Haven't checked my fall decorations out front...and won't until the wind simmers down. And now for a tour with :java: in hand...Thanks Fafnir
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Never thought about this that much....but it does bring up a good point:
According to a new study in the journal "Current Biology," if the U.S. kept daylight saving time year-round, drivers would hit and kill 37,000 fewer deer each year, which would mean 33 fewer human deaths and more than 2,000 fewer injuries. It would also save drivers $1.2 billion.
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Good morning!
Idiots in EU said we should stop the change of timealso... to keep the Summer hour. Which means to be 2 hours ahead the sun. Stupidity, specially with that way the sun risen around 10AM during Winter! But for now, they aren't in a hurry to stop the changes.
A box won't be enough TL. When Puce goes in the cat tree, the babies follow her. If she is walking in the room, at least one is following her. When she is on the little table, at least one goes with her. When she is on a chair, well at least one, when not the 2, come close then on :shrug: Even when she went in their stuff they ended by going after her.
She asked to flee the room during midday. We left her doing that, because babies were a little too much in action. And Nenya was whining because Puce left. But I think he played so much this morning, it was also part of too much tired. You know, like young children crying when they are tired but don't fell in sleep. Now he is sleeping well.
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Good Morning,
When it come to the time change I think the best method for ending it is put time in the middle of changes. This means putting in between summer time and winter time. This time change dose nothing to save power like they thought it would during WWI and we have been doing the same thing since then. Sounds rather silly to me.
I am one of the millions that did not realize that the change was today. If it wasn't for the computer, my phone and this forum I wouldn't have know about it. It is not on my top ten list.
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Thankfully my VFW Calendar had it marked for today....so I knew last night that I would be changing them. But to tell the truth...I don't recall any of the News Outlets I listen to even mention it like they use to.
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Time change? huh.... must have been buried under all the climate change talk.
End of ice age, things get warmer.
Cheers
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Time change started with Ben Franklin folks thank him for the rubbish .... we have certainly moved forward since then and no longer require the extra daylight hours to bring in the harvest
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Actually...Not so.... Benjamin Franklin on Daylight Savings Time (https://www.ushistory.org/franklin/science/daylight.htm). Like you, I thought it to be true also...apparently our teachers were not as brilliant as we thought LOLOLOL
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teachers teach what is in the books they have on the subjects we are supposed to learn most of what they teach is not the actual events that the subject matter is on case in point Chris Columbus did not discover America the Vikings and Native Americans were here long before Columbus came here
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Here is an interesting article on time change.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/weather/2021/02/24/why-daylight-saving-time-
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Fascinating. Never knew all that. Never really delved into it. Nice to know.
Anyway, the weather here is finally back to normal. If you can call it that. Had a couple of real foggy days. One of which coincided with a trip to Temple VA. That was interesting. Then it was supposed to rain and didn't. Just pissed down for a bit. Then it was not really supposed to rain and we got a small thunderboomer that had me critters cowering under the bed. Go figure. In any case, things are supposedly back under control now. Just got to deal with the house reno that is still ongoing.
OY! :fainting:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. TL's windy warmth has passes and it's back to oncoming winter.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. Still very warm here, for Pennsylvania anyway. Almost 80 yesterday.
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in the high seventy's here
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Hi, y'all! Looks like it's going to be a good day, after spending half the day, yesterday, in the ED. Nothing was broken, or any blood clots, but my left leg was swollen. Still swollen today and I will go to my doctor, hopefully soon. Supposed to keep it elevated, etc. (HOW??? :OMFG:) And apply the RICE therapy. (again, how?) How does it feel to walk on it? (Rod Serling mode on): Submitted for your approval, the scenario when one wakes up and discovered one's leg has been replaced by a walking appendage from the Tin Man, attached by the heel joint to the foot. (Rod Serling mode off) Now there's an idea for a render... :tearlaugh: Guess I am really a movie nut. :tearlaugh:
Guess I'll be taking that pot of tea, today, Fafnir. :tea: Thanks!
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Now that does sound like an interesting idea for a render FH. Anyway, now dealing with the weather weenies once again. Can't make up their minds if its supposed to rain .... slightly .... or not. Maybe we'll thrown a little fog down Killeen way? Whatever. Don't think I'd like to be a weatherman. I'd have trouble showing my face in public. :OMFG:
Meantime, think I'll be 'avin a nice cuppa tea. . . . . .
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Good afternoon!
Back from job in cold weather tonight, cooler than in the morning. If you don't have gloves, you suffer a lot!
Apparently, Puce asked to go earlier tonight with babies. Not that she was close of them. Even almost ended in a fight with Nenya, but the little guy shaked his paw to her, so she isn't to fight but after a while the patience must end I guess. Perhaps at that rate she will pass from dominated to dominative cat :shrug: :tearlaugh:
Anyway when I was home, there was a moment where she crushed the tail of Nenya and stayed on until their wet food was arrived :psycho: A progress to stand with him - but her way this time! Harmonie and Puce crossed, no bad words from Puce. She was able to stay patient while Harmonie pulled her tail since the bottom of the chair.
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Good Afternoon to all.
Today it was Lornas turn for Appointments and then a quick trip to Menards in Freeport Ill... Nice day for a ride...Finally....Sun is out, temps in the upper 40's and NO WINDS....
Now to see what is what with :java: in hand
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Sounds like progress has been made with the Furry Gang Aelin. Oz and kids are sound asleep after a morning of raising hell while we were gone. :tearlaugh:
Glad you're getting the warmer weather Sir Knight....and hope you don't get the winds. But I don't think that will happen...ours came from the South and headed towards the Upper Peninsula.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...only had one BIG CUP this morning.
Afternoon HS...Rain is a good thing as long as it's not a lot all at once LOL...
Sorry to hear about your swollen leg Fran. Take care and get it looked at as soon as possible my friend.
And now to see what else is going on with :java: in hand...
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Hello from the West,
Looks like rain tomorrow followed by more rain two more days of rain. Nice and cool out here.
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got another Blow headed our way dont know what it is gonna do but the weather folks?? {bless their hearts} are at their best with all the hype they are spouting
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Is that what you call it?
Searching through dictionary and thesaurus attempting to find proper words.
Hmmm, I guess that'll do, he says channeling in Shrek. On well. First off, a nice cuppa to take with me and then try to see what up with the contests this month. :aaah!: Missed it all what with this crazy reno and all that.
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sub tropical storm is correct name for Nicole we shall see what she becomes
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be oven roasted ham with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. My usual, please, kind sir.
Aelin, thank you very much for the updates on the babies! I rarely comment but always read and continue to cheer the progress.
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Mornin' folks. Solar eclipse is ending and I could use another coffee.
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Hands PDG a steamin' mug of C&C
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hands Sir Knight a steamin' mug of good coffee
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Good Morning,
Well the weather people said it will start raining around 9 am my time. The cloud are over the mountains now moving very slow. Look like it is snowing in the higher elevations. Maybe it will stick this time. Well it is time for a good hot cup of coffee.
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Good afternoon!
Job was very intensive last days and it will continue for few times. I like to have always something to do, but I don't like when everything starts to come together or almost :tearlaugh: But it's the problem with little teams and you have to manage or be crushed by the weight of stuff :tearlaugh:
Like the night falls, it seems Puce continues to ask to be with the babies. Even not interacting fully with them. Yet tonight I saw Puce and Nenya together waiting at the living room door for their respective wet food. Puce left when Harmonie made from their duo a trio.
Yet, during the dinner, the 2 chairs for cats were occupied, 1 by Nenya, the other by Harmonie. Puce decided anyway to jump and to go with Harmonie. I'm glad she did that with her sister and not with Nenya, who shared a moment earlier on the same chair than Puce. Puce stayed with Harmonie until the little one moved to change her 'angle'.
Still, Puce isn't confident when they come to rub against her.
M-Callahan, we have rain too. Didn't wait for 9PM here :iminnocent:
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Grrrrrrrrr. Bloody windows updates. I'm trying to train an AI model and my machines are crying about updates. I really have to stop doing machine intensive work on Tuesdays. Yes I know I delay the damn things, but it is still annoying to have them my workflow.
Think I'll have another C without the c. Night's still young and I've a project to complete. I have some time till my next epoch is complete.
On second thought maybe just the coffee and forget the Creek. I'm starting to type rhymes.
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Oh come on.... Another update? I'm gonna go roll a smoke. See everyone in the morning.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be gumbo made with gator and sausage with cajun rice and tater wedges
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Mornin Fafnir. A c&C if you please while I peruse my email
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Hands PDG a large C&C with a double shot of Creek enjoy
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Good Morning to all,
Ended up being a busy day yesterday after the voting so the computer remained idle for the day. And now I'm playing catch up LOL.
Good talking to you yesterday Morning Fafnir...Voting went smooth, well organized, and loved the volunteers who were there. Living in a close knit community is fun...you know most everyone and they know you....
Morning PDG and Sir Knight.....another day in lala land for all.
I'm thinking my Mailbox will now be back to normal. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years sales ads and Bills...No more political items LOL...
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Good Morning,
Rained all day yesterday off and on and really rained last night, clearing now and left snow on some of the higher mountains. Chilly today. Looking for more rain in the forecast. Cloud are on the other side of mountains west of here. I with you on the mail, I never seen that much political mail in my life before.
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Morning all. And, dare I say . . . .ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! All this talk of updates and my system is reminding me of same. Got done with voting yesterday. Pulled into parking lot and was offered a vote from my car by those standing by. I politely declined and rolled my walker on inside to do the deed.
Damn, but I love living here in Killeen. Makes Ruidoso seem like getting trapped in a leper colony. Anyway, all done. Except for daughter calling 'round 0025 this AM. Don't know who I'll hang first. My grandson, son or just my daughter. Meh. Think I'll just set the decision wheel to spinning and just throw a dart.
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The computer room computer, the one that Lorna uses for her part time job with Colony Brands, just got done doing 3 updates...and it took a good hour for them to finish...
I keep the bedroom computer on 24/7 and let it do auto updates....so when I get on...I have nothing to bitch at LOLOL
As for weather....It's beautiful today...63 degrees, a little breeze but cloudy...TOMORROW is a different story. Severe Storm Watch with winds up to 70MPH once again but they added a possibility of 1" hail. So as I always say...we shall see...
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Good afternoon!
Trip in the world of cats wasn't easy today. Puce was not bad this morning, avoided babies mostly at midday. And tonight, it was the war in her voice. They were excited, sure, and asked to play but it was worse on her side than teh other times. Even when Harmonie tried to go with her in teh couch she wasn't happy and left. Later, Nenya went in teh couch too while Puce was in, and she wasn't happy.
I finally was able to keep Puce close to me on a chair. Then Nenya profited to come with her. Puce voiced but accepted with my hand (she could easily flee) to stay for a little moment.
Otherwise, we had a lot of rain today.
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LOL....Puce in Boots....the new Story......
Got my turkey today and will keep it in the freezer until the week before Thanksgiving...then take it out for thawing.... 69 cents a pound for a Butterball. It was 99 cents a pound if you didn't have a Pic N "Fresh Perks" Card. They didn't have Jenni-O's out in any of the grocery stores...I like Jenni-O better then Butterball....but this price was to good to pass up.
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Oooooooooh ....... turkey ...... Glad we all here got invited to a friend's house for nibbles. Don't have to deal with any of that. Not that a mind . . . . The only thing I'll miss about that is the yummy leftovers.
Connie is currently in a rearrangement mood so I'm hiding in the background.
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Good morning everyone. Good deal on the turkey TL. Luckily, I live alone now so there was no turkey at Thanksgiving here. Had ham. A lot cheaper than the gold plated turkeys for sale here. I can't tell if the bird flu or the people flu is driving up the price. Chickens are around $10-$12 a piece on average when on sale. Turkey, I don't have the sacrifices to placate the Gods to purchase one of those.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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right smart of breeze and driving rain in bands here this morning heard some tin shed/awning parts being warped/blown off up the street but wind is blowing away from us so all good on the tin blowing not daylight yet know more later
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG.
Fafnir, please keep us on it! :nopanic;
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so far so good still windy some rain don't see no flooding like the last time not much damage but then i aint out driving around no need to be out
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Good Morning to all,
Just now watching the news on your Hurricane Nicole Fafnir. Washed out roads, high winds, beaches underwater, even though it's a Cat 1. But the reason is...damaged areas from the last Hurricane are getting pounded again...Stay safe my friend....
Looks like Nicole will travel all the way up to Maine....
I was surprised that the price for a Butterball Turkey was so low also PDG. The Kroger Brand turkeys were 54 cents a pound as a regular price....but I'm not to keen on Store Brand items. Got burned a couple of times.
Have a good day at work Sir Knight...If possible.....
And now to see what is what...and who is where and when is why with :java: in hand
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Good Morning,
Nice thing about thing about being retired is that when the weather is bad, most of the time you don't have to be out in it. The only thing that would get me out in bad weather is a doctors appointment other than that I will stay home. No need to have more cars in traffic on a bad day.
For Thanksgiving this year it will be a toss up between Pizza, or Roast Beef followed by the number on drink Coffee.
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I've been known to cancel Doctors Appts if the weather is to bad...I figure as long as I'm not dying that day...I should be good. Especially during snow storms.
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They say we're going to get some snow here in the City on Sunday. The cold is already on the return so winter it is. I do my grocery shopping on Saturdays normally so, "Let it snow. Let it snow . Let it snow." he sings in an off key drone. I don't care.
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They are talking about snow for us also. Todays high...Mid 70's...tomorrows high...38 degrees.... :thud:
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Did anyone said snow?!!! Hello Attic family! Hope all is well. Weather is crazy everywhere. Hope you all are taking care of yourselves and being safe. We went up to Lake George for 3 days and it was completely dead up there(off season). It was our first time going during Autumn. We always go for late spring or summer, so we wanted to see it during this season…. It was still beautiful, not many autumn trees since its changing to winter, but all the same beautiful. It was like 95% a ghost town and same for places(stores, restaurants, etc…). We enjoyed it either way, the place we stayed was like a cabin/lodge style and gorgeous inside.
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Sounds like a fun time indeed.......
But yes...snow was mentioned. Today it's the 70's plus storms....tomorrow, 30's with chance of snow.... But glad the cold starts tomorrow and not today....we are suppose to pick up 4-6" of rain :thud: Keep in mind, the baseline ratio of rain to snow is 1 inch of rain equals 10 inches of snow.
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Here it is 63 and will drop to 31…..
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I've been known to cancel Doctors Appts if the weather is to bad...I figure as long as I'm not dying that day...I should be good. Especially during snow storms.
I'd be careful about cancelling or not going to doctor appointments. Many will still charge you the full amount for the appointment, claiming it messes with their schedules. I know, because it happened to me.
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Here it is 63 and will drop to 31…..
If I remember correctly...You're in New York....so yup....We love to share our weather with our East Coast neighbors, and our Canadian neighbors, and New England Neighbors....and whoever else that gets in the way :tearlaugh:
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I'd be careful about cancelling or not going to doctor appointments. Many will still charge you the full amount for the appointment, claiming it messes with their schedules. I know, because it happened to me.
I let them and Medicare and my supplemental insurance go at it when that happens. And I remind them about the number of times they canceled MY appointments due to one reason or another. To date...Never had to pay anything....and believe me....my second home is the Clinic/Hospital....
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If I remember correctly...You're in New York....so yup....We love to share our weather with our East Coast neighbors, and our Canadian neighbors, and New England Neighbors....and whoever else that gets in the way :tearlaugh:
Yes in New York, lol 🤣
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I let them and Medicare and my supplemental insurance go at it when that happens. And I remind them about the number of times they canceled MY appointments due to one reason or another. To date...Never had to pay anything....and believe me....my second home is the Clinic/Hospital....
I have VisionWorks trying to get me to come in for another eye exam, and the glasses they made for me are not as good as the reading glasses I was wearing before. I think they design specific flaws into their prescriptions to make your eyesight get progressively worse. I told them when I went the first time that the readers were working great for me. My last pair of readers were working well when I went to VisionWorks for that first eye exam. The bifocals they made for me have made my eyes worse, and the readers I had before had lasted me four years with no problems like that. They are still sending me email telling me I am due for another exam. I refuse to go, as I wish to go back to readers. Thing is my eyes were no so bad before VisionWorks. Now, just a little over a year later, if I take the bifocals off there is just one distance I can see clearly and sharply. Compared to how my eyes were before VisionWorks, I'd say something isn't quite right about that company. Proving it in a Court of Law would be nigh impossible, and I would be paying court costs to boot. So I choose to severe all ties to VisionWorks, and try getting back to using readers. They want to charge me for the appointment I already missed, but as I don't have med insurance, they can't get anything from me. Why do I not have med insurance? Premiums are way higher than I can afford. Am I worried? Not at all. My medical issues are few, and none are super serious at this time.
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Glasses are tricky. When you get your eyes checked and then they take readings on your eyes for prescriptions....do they ever stop to think that they messed with the eyes and should not base prescriptions on a reading right after the tests. I'm wearing a older pair of trifocals that work better then the new trifocals I got last year.
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Good afternoon!
It's the weekend :dancingknight: We are celebrating 11/11 for the WWI, so it's a day off. Like that, more time with Puce and the babies.
And TL :thumb_up: ... but that's not Puce who has the boots at home. Harmonie and Nenya have them, cute white boots :tearlaugh:
Almost forgot to tell that this midday, Puce was on a chair and Nenya decided to come with her. And ilcked her back of head and neck. She accepted for a moment the treatment, even if she finally left, not used to that.
Tonight, it was wild because Nenya walked on her side. And Harmonie on her elbow a moment after.
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Aha...so they are like our Bootsy and PussPuss. They both have white "Boots" Oz and Henrietta are Jet Black...
It sounds like progress is being made.
The one thing that Ozzy does that annoys Lorna is his trying to dominate things that he thinks are just his...like half of the toys, the catnip bags, any place they lay, any place they sit, etc etc etc....but they put up with it because they know that he can't be all places at once :tearlaugh:
Our Veterans day is tomorrow but I wanted to get a early start...Not sure about how strong the storms they are predicting will be. I know one thing for sure...the temps dropped awful fast. Oh well, I didn't plan on going anywhere.
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Remembrance/Veteran's Day is tomorrow here as well. The 11th hour of the 11th day and all that. Sadly; no longer a holiday as it was when I was young.
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It's a Federal Holiday here....at least I think it still is. I know businesses and schools don't shut down...but the Government does...which is no big loss.... :java:
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Good Morning Attic! We had 0.00 Trick or Treaters here! Didn't even see any on the street at all, in fact. Most folks round about make the event a private thing. That's ok! As long as all are safe.
We had snow # 1 already. Oct 31 in fact!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be slow smoked pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and any others in the shadows.
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Good morning!
I'm profiting now of our afternoon with Puce only. She was pretty upset to be in the living room with babies during the morning, like it's not an habit for her - and yet the second time I can do it. Babies were full of energy but after a moment, they made their best to leave Puce in peace. Harmonie then a moment after Nenya went to kiss Puce at the end of the morning, but she didn't like to be woken up that way. Nenya tried also to stay to sleep with her, in vain.
Midday round was peaceful in all sides.
Next round tonight!
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Good Morning to all,
HAPPY VETERANS DAY to all our Veterans in here....Thanks for your Service...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....AND....Thanks for the phone call....
Good to see you out and about McG...we worry when one of our own goes missing for to long.
Been a busy morning already. But on a good note....the "STORMS" did not show up. Just a lot of rain and very little wind. That's about it. Today looks to be peaceful...though I have to take Lorna to get her Hep B shot and pick up her scripts at Walmart....They weren't ready yesterday...and I was in no mood to hang around and wait.
I'm thinking the Cali the Kitty and Blacky II sheltered in the Houses I got for them. They were both dry this morning...but Blacky was soaking wet. He could have shared the house with Cali because she likes him...but then again...maybe he likes the rain...who knows.
and now on to see what else is going on...with :java: in hand
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Good Morning Aelin,
Every little step they take to getting along is progress. I think where we lucked out with Ozzy and the kittens is he was use to other critters since he was one of those rescued from Hurricane Harvey in Texas and flown to a shelter here in Wisconsin. So he had plenty of company in the shelter. Even though he had this place to himself for a time...he does good with them...except for the things I mentioned he does to irritate Lorna :tearlaugh:
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Puce was also in a shelter, after 2 failed adoptions. She was 1 year old when I took her. And she was skinny. I suspect other cats didn't allow her to eat as much as she should, so she never had real luck with other cats. She never ended fat since, but she was better in shape after a while at home, like we always watched for her and Giro when they ate together, each her own portion.
She lost weight again with her latest big allergia - and works are far away to end. Maybe they will at December 23rd! :thud: So we did her an inhalation today, just to be sure to help her system. And she has also something in her wet food once a day to help also.
Otherwise, Nenya became wild ealier today, against a sleeping stuff. He even bit me. Not for play, but pretty real. He has such a moment like that each day since 2 days. I think next week he will go to lose a little portion of his anatomy :tearlaugh:
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That will tame any male cat down :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: The kittens and Oz do pick on each other at times....but nothing to violent and we let them work it out. No one gets hurt so all is good.
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The dreaded "trim". Do be careful Aelin. Those bites can hurt! Only got one cat here and he's already been snipped. Thank Goodness. His problem is that he likes to sleep while laying on Connie. When he head butts her, she has to refrain from puttin' a boot in his caboose.
We're having a few storms here in Killeen. Nothing serious, thank the Great Maker. Son Bo called just to warn us and to make sure we were all right. Think I'll mosey over to Fafnir's for a good :aaah!: or :aaah!: :aaah!:
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Yes in New York, lol 🤣
YaY! We are... Neighbors! I'm in the City! Where are you generally?
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Happy Veterans Day,
Did some running around today and visited my sister. Not too much going on other than that.
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That's what I had to do today with Lorna......Go here, there and everywhere.... :thud:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked turkey with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Hey all you Brothers and Sisters in arms! I thank you all for your service. And not just on Veterans Day!
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Morning everyone. A little PSA for MC and maybe a few others. MC I saw the comment in the gallery and I thought you might want to wander over to Deviant Art if you have an account there or posted your art their in the past. They have their own ai generator on site. They claim no past images have been scraped but won't guarantee it.
The PSA is simple; if you don't want your artwork scraped it's time to get your butt over there and sign the opt out.
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@ Aelin: at the young tomcat :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: at him becoming a neuter and MUCH more peaceful! :thumb_up:
I had to get that done for Mogwai at 4 months. He has been a wonderful kitty since then!
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I'll take a coffee while I wander the halls, but today is grocery day so I won't be 'round long. Gotta beat the snow.
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Mornin McG. You up early or late?
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Ahh on time? For me, it's on time. Got up 11pm heh!
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Good Morning to all....
Went out to feed the outside cats and damn near slid down the stairs....I DID NOT expect icy steps....but then again....I did not expect 32 degrees for this mornings temps. That damn Charlie the weather guy said nothing about that....he predicted 37 degrees for this morning lows. Oh well, I saved myself...and put on my shoes instead of going out in my slippers....
Anyway, I have nothing planned for the day...did all my outsiding yesterday...and I don't want to bust my ass.
Have fun shopping PDG....Nowadays, with the prices the way they are, it's NO FUN at all. :thud:
Good Morning McG...good to see you up and at um....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....and now...ON WITH THE SHOW.
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG, McG and TL! Wow! Hail, hail, the gangs all here. :Hi5:
A bit of action at work so I'm late getting here. Somehow Saturday is often the day for IT crises.
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Good morning!
The sun is shining a lot!
@ Aelin: at the young tomcat :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: at him becoming a neuter and MUCH more peaceful! :thumb_up:
I had to get that done for Mogwai at 4 months. He has been a wonderful kitty since then!
They'll be 4 months Tuesday. Time for an 'anniversary gift' for Nenya :tearlaugh: but we'll profit also for Harmonie in the same time.
It was fine between the 3 until now today. Not many interractions in the morning, but pretty peaceful. At midday, Puce refused to stay on the same chair than Nenya, but a moment later she was back on the chair next. Harmonie was in the cat tree already. Finally, Puce decided to go on the cat tree and passed the rest of the midday there.
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Morning Sir Knight....I use to love going to work on Saturday Mornings. Got more done in one morning then I did for most of the week. No phone calls, no one popping into my office with questions, no meetings, etc etc etc...just me and my coffee :java: Ahhhh The girls would be home watching Cartoons and Linda would sleep in LOLOL.
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Sadly the grad students have been teaching and doing other research during the week and come use the supercomputers on the weekend. :sure: So things usually break starting Friday at about 5pm and continue on into the very early morning of Monday.
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Yikes.....Children and their toys......or is it....children who BREAK their toys :tearlaugh:
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Time to update the PSA.
DevArt has rewritten their policy on ai artwork, due to rebellion by the artists; to automatically opt out all current work on the site. Future work must be opted out on an individual piece by piece basis. There is an opt out for you to be used as a style generator as well.
The trolls and fear mongers are out in full force over there ATM. Just wait till they see what Mickeysoft, Apple, and Android are doing. Come Christmas some of these folk will have their heads explode.
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Sadly the grad students have been teaching and doing other research during the week and come use the supercomputers on the weekend. :sure: So things usually break starting Friday at about 5pm and continue on into the very early morning of Monday.
Loooong ago when I was in University, it was exactly those hours I chose to get lab work done. The rest of the students were out partying on the weekends and burnt the midnight oil.
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Thanks for the HU, PDG. Deviant Art has changed a bit. It is more cryptic than ever figuring out how to get around over there. I found a couple my images I can't delete. Someone else put it on there.
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Good MORNING everyone!
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By gosh, I thought you were in here earlier on.... :nopanic; Maybe I had to much :java: :aaah!: But I don't think so :tearlaugh: In either case...good morning.
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Good Morning to all....
Went out to feed the outside cats and damn near slid down the stairs....I DID NOT expect icy steps....but then again....I did not expect 32 degrees for this mornings temps. That damn Charlie the weather guy said nothing about that....he predicted 37 degrees for this morning lows. Oh well, I saved myself...and put on my shoes instead of going out in my slippers....
Anyway, I have nothing planned for the day...did all my outsiding yesterday...and I don't want to bust my ass.
Have fun shopping PDG....Nowadays, with the prices the way they are, it's NO FUN at all. :thud:
Good Morning McG...good to see you up and at um....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....and now...ON WITH THE SHOW.
Never trust a weather prediction! As for what nearly happened to you when you went outside; you might want to think about the name of the type of footwear you were wearing, "Slippers". The makers don't tell you that they not only slip easily onto your feet. They also slip easily on wet or icy surfaces! Ouch! My experience with that was much worse. I landed on my backside, went over the edge of the deck I was on, and tumbled down a rocky slope. Did not break any bones, but did suffer several bruises all over my body, and a couple of knots on my head! Taught me a lesson really fast. Now I never go outside wearing my slippers. I'll go these days barefoot, if I don't have my walking shoes or boots handy, and need to get outside fast.
It is good that you caught yourself. I did not, and it hurt really bad.
On the way our economy is these days; yes the prices are outrageous, but what really bites hard is the fact that a lot of things are out of stock, and you spend too much extra time searching the store for good alternates. Often, these days, even the alternates will be out of stock too. Also, some products that were popular in the stores are not being produced anymore. Makes me growl as I am shopping. Winding up with less than I wanted or needed is never good.
Enough of that!
Greetings, my friend. Got me :java: warming me innards! LOLOL
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Yup, Slippers....didn't see the ice...as mentioned....and no ice was in the forecast....I was startled by it...but so were the cats and kitten...
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Almost afternoon here as I'm a bit later getting on the computer...so I'm not sure whether to say good morning or afternoon.
Sorry to hear you almost slipped thelufias. The weather is so all over the place at them moment.
I'm probably going to be very sporadic in posting for a while especially in the mornings as I have to go over to my parents and give mum here meds twice a day. She's in her 90's and unfortunately isn't able to do it for herself anymore. Still checking in but it will be every couple of days rather than every day.
Aelin, I hope your okay and the bite wasn't too bad.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ beef ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. C&C if you please my good man. It's cold this morn and it snowed last night. I need a little internal warmth.
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Morning having fun with the churchladies. Me and all the other single males lol.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. BBQ beef rib ares one of my favorites! I'd better start the day with :java:, though, if you will, kind sir.
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Good morning!
It was a morning to clean the house, and partially check that the babies didn't do foolish things. They are now sleeping... after Nenya excited again a lot! Puce had to calm him during breakfast then lunch by threatenin to slap him because he was a little too much gluing around her.
Don't worry Pendraia, it's not my first bite, not my last I bet. The risk with cats!
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Sorry to hear you almost slipped thelufias. The weather is so all over the place at them moment.
I'm probably going to be very sporadic in posting for a while especially in the mornings as I have to go over to my parents and give mum here meds twice a day. She's in her 90's and unfortunately isn't able to do it for herself anymore. Still checking in but it will be every couple of days rather than every day.
Aelin, I hope your okay and the bite wasn't too bad.
Good Morning Pendraia~Thanks for the concern but twas a good wake up call LOL...Check before stepping out.
I had to call my Mother every night and morning to make sure she took her pills, but mostly to make sure she was taking the right ones at the write time. She was also in her 90's but has since passed away. She was ready.
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Good Morning to all....
Damn chilly out this morning...22 degrees when I woke up. It's now 26 degrees. But the furry ones were waiting for their food and I put "Pet Friendly" Ice Melt on the stairs yesterday and it was still working this morning.
Have fun with the church ladies Noshoba. Hummm....that doesn't sound right....
Morning Sir Knight....I'm almost done with my first pot of coffee...LOL
Good Morning PDG....How was you shopping day yesterday?
Morning Aelin....So Puce thought Nenya was a little to frisky hummm....But it sounds like Puce is finally getting use to them...somewhat...maybe. All of mine are sound asleep...but then again...they start raising hell with me at 5AM and I don't get out of the bed till 6AM...which means they get even more agitated because they want to be fed...NOW
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir. Going to be a LONG DAY so I'll need at least 3 or 4 pots of it to keep the energy flowing ...
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Good Morning to all....
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Morning Sir Knight....I'm almost done with my first pot of coffee...LOL
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Right behind you, TL. It's better than sleeping on the keyboard or in church.
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TL you are right that did sound wrong lol.
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:peep: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Good Morning,
Woke up this morning and wondering why they don't use crub feelers on cars anymore? LOL.
A little chilly at 42 degrees F outside tody but clear and had a great sunrise today.
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Good morning, Y'all! Thanks for the :java:, Fafnir!
I think we had our first temp below freezing this morning, here in High Falls, Georgia. The wind kept the frost from sticking, but I could feel the cold deep in me bones! LOL My thin blood carries the cold into them, especially my legs.
I finally got a good deal on Ysabeau Hair at DAZ. Wound up paying nothing out of pocket, due to a special Coupon code coupled with Store Credit, and it being on sale for a significant amount off. Still have $2.10 left on the latter. Will save it for something great. :happydance:
Ysabeau Hair is for G2F, but the package also has an installer for V4/A4, plus the Companion File for Poser. Nice little surprise there. :thumb_up: The reason I wanted it is because it is Gloriously Gorgeous! It also has some great working movement morphs. As I cannot use any dynamic hair in DAZ Studio, due to the power of my machine, movement morphs in hair is a plus for me. I have used it in a render already, on a character for G2F named Beau. Not my best, but good enough. The lighting I created for the render worked perfectly. Will have it uploaded to the Gallery here soon.
Cheers & Salutations! :toast:
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Good Morning MC and Agent...
I remember curb feelers MC .... we still have them nowadays...but they are computerized :tearlaugh:
Good shopping Agent. The remains of that hurricane is up by my Brothers neck of the woods now....Going to give him a call later on. I never call in the morning which officially ends at 12:01PM for him and Carol :thud:
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Re: curb feelers...
Too many people walking too close to cars and getting poked in the ankles.
Nateralich, blame the curb feelers. Well, that and the sound was horrid. 8 )
Cheers
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They did my grandfather no good....I could hear it against the curb but he was somewhat deaf and we'd end up with one tire on the rode and one on the curb...and he didn't care.
His favorite phrase was "We'll only be a minute" and we never were gone "Only a minute" Especially when he let me pick out two comic books...which took a while since I wanted to make the right choice...and try to remember which ones I had already... LOLOL....and yes, I still have the comics he let me buy in my collection, aged, but so am I :tearlaugh:
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Good Morning MC and Agent...
I remember curb feelers MC .... we still have them nowadays...but they are computerized :tearlaugh:
Good shopping Agent. The remains of that hurricane is up by my Brothers neck of the woods now....Going to give him a call later on. I never call in the morning which officially ends at 12:01PM for him and Carol :thud:
Nicole dumped plenty of rain on us, and was a good bit windy, but nothing to cause much damage. Yes the shopping at DAZ was a success.
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Tried getting ahold of my Brother and Sister in Law but they must be out and about. Sometimes after storms they head toward Newport to make sure everything is still there LOL.
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Telephone tag. Remember when answering machine came out and there was an advertisement on television that showed people trying to call each other, but never connected.
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As for cars and truck I think they over do it with computerization. Makes the cars cost more to buy and repair, since the average person nowadays has a harder time to work on a car. Especially if they don't have a scanner to see what is wrong with the car. I think if they just computerize the engine and the transmission that would be fine so that it will burn the gasoline efficiently and reduce pollution. The other stuff should be optional, and have the controls for other things like heater and air conditioning go back to mechanical operation.
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Nowadays you can play the "Bug them till they give in" mode....
Phone them, leave a message, Text them, Leave a message, E-mail them, leave a message, Leave a message in Facebook, Instgram, Twitter, and whatever else is handy...and start the routine all over again.... :(DEVILISH):
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LOL, never thought of that. I guess I just haven't totally adjusted to the 21st century.
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You could always write them a lettre expressing concern at the lack of connection.
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Anyone hear any news about the Wings Over Dallas / Veterans Day celebration midair collision? The accident took the lives of the six crew members of the two aircraft. P-69 King Cobra and B-17G.
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Saw the video a couple days ago. They played the accident from two different angles on the national news feed about an half hour after it happened and they have been showing just the fireball for the rest of the day. Now it no longer makes our news for obvious reasons.
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Oh; good morning everyone else. Forgetting my manners.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be homemade beef stew with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning,
Well it is Monday, one nice thing about it is that there is a Friday attached to the end of the week. Something to look forward to during the week.
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Good Morning folks! I got no plans of going anywhere today, as we are beginning to see snow. Gonna get snow showers all through the day I figure. I ain't gonna drive in the stuff. So, will watch a bit of TV then saw some logs. :)
Phone Tag: It is what happens when you get a call and it goes to voice mail, then call that caller and that goes to voice mail. Repeat a bunch of times for Phone Ping Pong! ;)
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Good Morning to all.....
Been in here for a while now but had some Admin stuff I had to get done....and now it's complete....so on with the show.
I saw clips of the air accident again on the Today Show this morning. Heard about it in the news over the weekend.
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I'm back.......had my neighbor stop by to let me know how his wife was doing. She was taken to the Hospital by Ambulance last night. She's in ICU right now.
I'll be in and out of here for a bit. I offered to drive him over to the Hospital and then I'll pick him up when he's done with his visit. His nerves are shot so this would be best. He agreed.
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Good afternoon!
I'm glad to be back home, not so much because of job (even if hard today) but because we have - again :sure: - works in the flat building. I'm glad babies weren't alone, because they were terrified. And the works aren't yet at our level. From what I saw on the wall of teh elevator, they'll cut the wall. Oh joy! And by men not enough polite to say hello when they cross you (I lived that at midday when coming back from job), and having such pants that they lose them and you see their butts when they are bening to the ground - what I saw when leaving for job this afternoon.
It's again like that for next 5 weeks. I wonder how many old people with cardiac issues won't live to see Christmas in our corner...
Puce doesn't care about the noise, she has the habit of works again and again (not counting the messy neighbor where we lived before). She slept. But I'm concerned by the dust of all that, because of her allergia.
The change of elevator was said to us all, but it was never question to change by removing also parts of wall.
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Weren't they working on the other place you lived at also? Hope that Puce and the kitty's don't get to riled up because of all the noise and stuff floating around. Been a long day already.... Don's wife is doing no better then she was this morning. So sad....but our Hospital is good so I've got my fingers crossed.
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I hope your friend does better TL.
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I second the motion on that. Never good when a loved one falls ill.
Aelin, am I to assume that you have the same genotype of idiots we have over here? Meaning the Darwin rejects that run about with the britches at half mast? Watched some kid paradin' around Wallyworld like that. It was all fun and games until he took his hand out of his front pocket to do something or other. The low slingers took advantage of the lessened support and promptly headed for the deck. . . . followed thereafter by Darwin reject when he attempted to take a step. I imagine its hard to maintain one's poise when sprawled undignifyedly upon the deck.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings tater wedges and hushpuppies
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Mornin Fafnir. Just passin through. Got a work crew coming by in an hour and a half if they show up on time.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG.
TL, we'll be praying for Don and his wife. So sorry to hear she's still not improving.
Most of my co-workers are at
https://sc22.supercomputing.org/ (https://sc22.supercomputing.org/)
this week, so things are quieter than usual. :heeheehee:
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Good Morning,
Coffee time already! Hope everyone will have a fantastic day.
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Good Morning,
Sir Knight, It great when you have time to yourself at work LOLOL....
If I was still working this is where I would be: ASHRAE (https://www.ashrae.org/about/news/2022/2023-ashrae-winter-conference-technical-program-released) I went to one after I retired but it was like visiting all of your friends in the Industry but not being invited to any of the gatherings. So I wandered around. A waste of money, and time...and lesson learned LOLOL...This is next years Winter Gathering
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And Good Morning to all....
A snowy day today....Have two inches on the ground and more coming down....but....on a good note....it's not sticking on the Sidewalks so no shoveling required...yet. The roads are a wee bit sloshy though... I went out to feed the outside cats and Cali the kitten and poor little Cali was wondering what was that white stuff on the ground. She was ALMOST...emphasis on ALMOST afraid to eat.
Anyway, hope all have a great day.....
PS...Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...it's needed today and then some.
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Good Morning Everybody! Just stooped in to let my brother see all the emoticons we are privileged to use; especially the ones made by RRKKnight. Just saw a new image you made, RRKKnight, posted at DeviantArt.
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Morning Agent....Yup...some cool ones indeed... :cwave:
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Good afternoon!
We passed from a cloudly day to a rainy evening when I left the job. At least there were less high schoolers on the way for I come back home :tearlaugh:
It was another hell day for the cats family. Yesterday, Puce was able to sleep, and apparently she slept this morning. BUt this afternoon the noise was so hard that she was awaken and she was taken in the living room with terrified babies. The fact that Puce was with them helped a little; and she looked less to ask to be back in the bedroom.
BUT they still aren't on our level! And when I told hell, I can tell it because I heard it when I left to go back at job this afternoon.
Tomorrow, I have the morning off. Hoped to profit for food shopping, but I'll be the cat sitter. I'll try to listen sweet music for the trio, and to read LOTR if they allow me. Otherwise, only talk and trials for play with kittens.
TL, how is the wife of your friend today?
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Good evening all. Getting caught up on a couple of things. Had to take Connie to the VA yesterday so the vamps could have a go at her for a change. That and to wee in the bottle. . . . . why is it so difficult for some women to do that? Oh well, just a passing thought that tried to touch n go inside me mind. Didn't work though. Just kept on going through. On the brighter side, Golden Corral had its Military Appreciation Day. Not too many folk showed up though. Must be the weather. In any case, Connie and I got a great free feed and quick return to the casa as it was starting to get a bit cold.
On a more sour note, had to get up this morning as Aliene, the waiter to the last minute person, needed to go to the bank. True to form, my daughter waited until the last minute to get things done. Got her to the bank then was able to drop her off at work just in time. She's supposed to be off for the next two to three days so I shouldn't be bothered too much by her.
Now feeling like crap so will work on the 'puter for a bit and call it quits for the evening.
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i woke at 1am. took me till 1:07 to get out of bed. went to kitchen, got coffee, then to desk and see it is now 2:30am. [does the Lurch Groan]. Gonna b 1 O them daze folks . . .
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Good mornin folks. The never ending drama that is pdg is ongoing. I got my bathroom work done followed by a shootout between the drug dealer across the hall and the cops. Two deal in the hall. One against my bullet riddled door and the other about a meter/yard from my door. One made it to hospital and was arrested there and a fourth arrested on the corner of the street. The cops are still parked outside my, yet again; broken door. It took them more than 8 hours to clear the bodies from my hallway. Cops have to get a straight story together so the SIU can investigate. They have yet to canvas the floor for info and probably won't till they get their stories together. One of the dead guys is naked except for his boxers so they will have to figure out how he was a threat to an officers life since he was shot by the cops. They still won't let anyone onto the floor or out of their apartment.
Oh well, bring on the Copper Creek. It's going to be a long day of cops digging bullets out of my wall and door. They took two out of the wall yesterday and left one for some stupid reason. I wonder how long it takes me to get a new door this time after they remove the slugs from it?
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Hands PDG a bottle of Copper Creek this should help
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled pork chops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Wow And I thought the SLS getting off the pad was Exciting! :OMFG:
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Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Need it this morning.
Damn PDG....I remember the last time you posted about bullets flying at your place and it took them a long time to fix your door....at least I think it was your door......Hope they don't take that long again....I remember that you couldn't even lock it last time...and in your place, that is not a good thing. But....Glad your OK
Hey McG...did you do a ALL NIGHTER or did you fall asleep in front of the puter.
I'm worn out before the day even gets really started. Had another 4" of the heavy wet snow on the ground this morning...Had to shovel a path in order to feed outside furry clan. I was going to clear the sidewalks and car but said the hell with it. No one walks on the sidewalks and I'm not going anywhere LOLOL
My Daugher got a free bowl of Chili from Culvers on Vets day HS and I got a free Milkshake LOL. It was too early for me to eat anything.
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Morning Aelin,
She's still in ICU and no improvement as of yet. Because of restrictions due to Covid and whatever else is floating around, Don is only allowed to be with her for a very limited time and no one else is allowed to visit at all.
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Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Need it this morning.
Damn PDG....I remember the last time you posted about bullets flying at your place and it took them a long time to fix your door....at least I think it was your door......Hope they don't take that long again....I remember that you couldn't even lock it last time...and in your place, that is not a good thing. But....Glad your OK
Hey McG...did you do a ALL NIGHTER or did you fall asleep in front of the puter.
I'm worn out before the day even gets really started. Had another 4" of the heavy wet snow on the ground this morning...Had to shovel a path in order to feed outside furry clan. I was going to clear the sidewalks and car but said the hell with it. No one walks on the sidewalks and I'm not going anywhere LOLOL
My Daugher got a free bowl of Chili from Culvers on Vets day HS and I got a free Milkshake LOL. It was too early for me to eat anything.
The bodies were carted out after midnight last night. The cops are still in the hallway and building "security", and I loath using that misnomer; is sitting on a chair beside the door waiting for a locksmith. Again. The cops are here to protect the crime scene. Officer (3 uniformed and a narc) involved shooting and all that. The building guy is to make sure he gets a key to the new lock across the hall when the door gets replaced. I may or may not get a new door. They may just screw a stainless plate over the bullet holes. Three holes. Good grouping. They took the slugs out of the wall about a foot and a half from where I'm sitting.
We got a couple of inches of snow as well. It's still falling on and off. Will for another day or two. Better than across the lake. Buffalo has 3ft coming by tomorrow.
I hope Don's wife will be ok. Hospitals everywhere have Covid/RSV/flu and all the rest criteria now. It can be hard on loved ones being separated.
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Wow And I thought the SLS getting off the pad was Exciting! :OMFG:
Was pretty cool. I watched it live despite the hour. Too much drama going on to get much sleep.
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Hands PDG a bottle of Copper Creek this should help
Better order in another for the stock. I'm denting this one kinda hard today.
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The bodies were carted out after midnight last night. The cops are still in the hallway and building "security", and I loath using that misnomer; is sitting on a chair beside the door waiting for a locksmith. Again. The cops are here to protect the crime scene. Officer (3 uniformed and a narc) involved shooting and all that. The building guy is to make sure he gets a key to the new lock across the hall when the door gets replaced. I may or may not get a new door. They may just screw a stainless plate over the bullet holes. Three holes. Good grouping. They took the slugs out of the wall about a foot and a half from where I'm sitting.
We got a couple of inches of snow as well. It's still falling on and off. Will for another day or two. Better than across the lake. Buffalo has 3ft coming by tomorrow.
I hope Don's wife will be ok. Hospitals everywhere have Covid/RSV/flu and all the rest criteria now. It can be hard on loved ones being separated.
You take care and try to stay safe....and yup...SSM (Sisters of St Mary's) Hospital/Clinic still has EVERYONE mask up...which is a good thing...and yes....they are FULL and understaffed.
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Morning,
I guess the best thing about this morning is being able to get up from sleeping. Hope everyone is doing well as can be.
The weather is down in the high 30s this morning and the high will be 54 degrees F, and it is clear today. It is starting to get cold out here.
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Good afternoon!
Reading what you said PDG, I feel pretty lucky to have only noisy works around. Another hell day for cats. I only heard for the morning, like I worked in the afternoon.
We have wind tonight.
I forgot to tell you. We called to snip Nenya. No place before December 6th :thud: Nenya is still excited a part of the day. Lucky we are, so far Harmonie isn't responding.
EDIT: don't forget to prepare December contest
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25133.0
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Hey TL, I woke at 12:30'ish. Stayed up. Had a pleasant surprise at the clinic today. Dr. thought it all looked SO good, she decided to put grafts on it. The infection showed gone, in the lab work. Great time to do it she said.
PDG, so sorry to hear about all that mess at your building man. They may be drug dealers, but still, they are people.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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good to hear McG keep on doin' good
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Mornin folks.
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Good Morning to all....
A brrrrrrr morning. Still snowing, woke up to 18 degrees but now it's 24....I see a heat wave in the making :tearlaugh:
Cali the kitty is having fun in the snow so far. I have to limit the wet food since it tends to freeze up after a bit. So now they'll get it twice a day. A little in the morn...a little at night.
Morning PDG.....You still getting our snow? I see that Upper NY is going to get pounded.
That's not that far away Aelin for the clip clip.... Because we live in Farm Country we have 9 Veterinarian locations near us...and four are open 24 hours. But like I said...this IS farm country.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir and as always...good talking with you yesterday.
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Hey TL, I woke at 12:30'ish. Stayed up. Had a pleasant surprise at the clinic today. Dr. thought it all looked SO good, she decided to put grafts on it. The infection showed gone, in the lab work. Great time to do it she said.
PDG, so sorry to hear about all that mess at your building man. They may be drug dealers, but still, they are people.
That's great news about the foot McG....Glad to see things finally heading in the right direction....
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Good afternoon!
Well we perhaps aren't a farm country but we are a little town in the countryside. The vet office is the only one in town. Only 2 vets in. But teh one who saw Puce few times ago said "when you need to snip one or the other, just call and we'll do that the day after". So between the call and December 6th, I didn't know there were only 24 hours :tearlaugh: :thud:
Today it was an Harmonie's crazy day. Nenya was pretty quiet all time I saw him - except for our happy fun hour at midday.
We haven't snow, but the rain is cold, and so is the wind :OMFG:
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PDG, I have been thinking about how things seem to be happening where you live, and to be honest, it scares me on your behalf. It seems like the area you live in has too much going on that is dangerous for you. I worry now that something could happen to you. I pray that nothing will, but with a bad element like the one that fought it out with the police, you can never be sure of your own safety. Doors can be replaced, but your life cannot. I think if I were you, I'd look for another place where it would be safer to stay. I understand that you probably don't have the means or funds for a move, but life is a precious thing, not to be taken lightly.
I ask that you at least do all you can to keep yourself safe, and out of harm's way. I ask this because I consider you to be a good friend, and I care about all my friends.
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Thanks folks, for all the prayer, good vibes, and encouragement! :aaah!: :td2:
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PDG, I concur with Agent. From your description of the event or events that took place in your area, I realized that your area is high crime and is unlikely to get better. The hole in the wall can be spackled, painted over and appeared brand new, but your life can not once a bullet makes its home in your flesh.
You're in my daily prayers and incense offerings more so now. Please, please stay safe.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked ham and sweet taters with all the fixings and sweet tater wedges
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Stay safe PDG you are in my thoughts and prayers
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Mornin' all. Yeah; it's getting rather bad 'round here. The cops were finally by to remove the slugs from the wall night before last.
Then yesterday came around..... Just before lunch I hear a commotion at my door. I look through the peephole and see building management affixing something to my apartment door. I listen for the drill that would announce the addition of a plate to cover the holes in the door and .... (crickets). After about 10 minutes I open the door to see what's up. Maybe there is a notice of entry. A new door instead of a repair job. Good news. With joy I throw open the apartment door and look for the note. There it is on the floor in the dried blood. I grab it and look to see when they are coming and boom. I lose it.
The note lying on the floor, was placed by the building management in my door; and it informed me about the mental health options available to me due to "recent events in my neighbourhood." I lost it. Off to the building office I go with a demand I can barely utter due to the stress and anger I am feeling.
"What the Hell are you thinking? Support for my mental health? Clean up the blood. Clean up the damn floor that I retrieved the note from. Take away the evidence markers. Wash the damn walls from all the blood." I was shaking so much I could barely express my concerns. "Clean the damn hallway in front of my door! Hell clean my door! The hypocrisy of the whole thing. You require me to open my door into the very scene that is causing me anguish and distress in order to pick up, from the bloody floor; a notice on how to access mental health. Mental health that is unavailable unless I am suffering self harm." The main point of the notice in my door. "Clean up the FUC$ING HALLWAY."
Excuses were made and stress was expelled. The air was thick with a blue haze of expletives describing the state of Housing and their inability to secure a building full of vulnerable people. After all that's why we get access to affordable housing to begin with. A few hours later they were mopping the walls. Yes, it was that bad.
My mental health is currently maintained by way Copper Creek whisky and extremely potent balcony bud. The bud I was saving to give out to friends as Christmas presents. I need it more than they do.
Will this incident make me move? Nope. Can't afford to move. The average rent in this town for a one bedroom apt. is $1800-$2100 per month. $1800 gets you very very little and a debatable landlord. I'm retired on the old age pension. I can't afford the cheapest place available in this city. That's one reason why I am eligible for rent geared to income to start with. The wait list to move within the system was just over 7.5 years last I looked. That was when the dealer across the hall set the place on fire and I spent 9 hours trapped out on my balcony after the Darth Vader Firefighter broke through my door.
And yes TL; we're getting your snow. Not as bad as upstate NY.
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Morning... Have to get a new computer. This one is letting me know it's going. Rather go with a desktop but with the traveling I have been doing going with a laptop. Price and specs are good..now let's see if this one lasts til I get the delivery. Save the old one and see about gradually rebuilding it piece by piece.
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Wow! :ahhhh:
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Good Morning to all.....
Late start....Had to scrape off the ice from the car windows....got a script to pick up and some last minute items for Thanksgiving. Got the Grands and Great Grands coming over.
That's a shame that there are so many folks in this world that have that NCS disease PDG... (No Common Sense) I remember the last time this happened and you had the same problems with those folks.
Morning Noshoba...Better to be ahead of the game then behind the game..
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir and Good Morning Hawk and guests
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Good Morning Hawk and guests
Good Afternoon, TL! Yes, I migrated to the top floor of my house to type this on my computer. Save me tears and hairs, typing on the tablet. UGH!!! Just dropped by briefly to catch up on things. Emails!!! You can't live with them or without them! Anyhow, hit a dead spot on this month contest submission. Can't come up with anything Alice-in-Wonderland-y. So I'll wait til inspiration hit and try for another contest. Perhaps in December????
PDG, Maybe a petition to the town's mayor? Or to the newspaper, alerting them to the sad facts of life in your area? Broadcasting might or might not get the problem solved. Isn't there a Legal Aid department or something of that nature in your area to take up suing the management?
All I can say, is keep and stay safe, PDG
McG, glad to see you here. Every time you post, I'm like 3 pages behind, trying to catch up with the topics. :tearlaugh:
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I've had enough media at my door for the next little while. It's easy to see whom to pester when your door is full of holes. The camera light shining through them makes for some cool "God Rays" with all the smoke in here.
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I've taken to playing with fluffy kitties in Blender. Takes my mind off things while I wait for Ed and his wife to drop by and get me out of here for a bit. I've got an ai running in Blender as a texturing and animation tool. I had to go to a more toon look as my more realistic furry cat was a little un-nerving as it played with life in the Uncanny Valley. I'll give it another rework later this evening.
https://youtu.be/0yYVTfweEic
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I've taken to playing with fluffy kitties in Blender. Takes my mind off things while I wait for Ed and his wife to drop by and get me out of here for a bit. I've got an ai running in Blender as a texturing and animation tool. I had to go to a more toon look as my more realistic furry cat was a little un-nerving as it played with life in the Uncanny Valley. I'll give it another rework later this evening.
Looks like a great start to the animation.
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Good afternoon!
It was a cloudly then sunny then cloudly day. Chilly when the night felt and I had to be back home. But it's fine, that's the way the Nature is supposed to take in that season.
PDG, I feel for you. I always was able to move before it was too late. Not that the rent isn't higher than the previous, but we can call that "inflation" or "greedy" of landlords. Anyway, had finally to leave the town where I lived because no one was in a hurry to take my case in consideration, despite a dangerous neighbor - and the district changing that way. I was lucky to was able to keep money aside (which wasn't easy when I started to be adult), otherwise I would have been like you, no move possible.
We call the kind of landlord you have "marchand de sommeil" here. Because they take money but do nothing for the people in their flats. Sometimes one ends before justice and a city hall for example takes his flats for rehabilitation. Alas, a law rarely used.
I hope somebody in your area will take things in hands and will care about what happens in your quarter, that things change positively.
I like your animation!
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Good Morning,
Another day at the Attic. Starting to get use to the cooler temperature here. It is 55 degrees F now at mid day. Some people in colder regions would think this is a summer paradise.
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Looks like a great start to the animation.
Not quite coherent enough. It's more about trying to develop a workflow and making a reasonable determination as to wether or not it's even a road worth travelling. The workflow and, when completed; the scripts; will automate the transfer of a Blender scene to ai render. I can use Blender instead of DeFourm or some other ai animating software to control the animation flow. Blender's built in postwork settings still need to be incorporated in order to fine tune the output more. This would allow me to modify the frames and feed the altered image back into my script to allow for more coherence.
All of this is just redundancy of operation. There are lots of ai tools that do what I want. They just come as individual experiments by folk trying to do a single thing. I want a complete package that doesn't require me to run a ton of machine level programming and python scripts arriving from China, amongs't other less visible sources. I put a lot of money into my production machine. Money I can't replace. If anyone trashes it I want it to be me. I run virtual machines here instead of paying for Google Colab.
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Good afternoon!
It was a cloudly then sunny then cloudly day. Chilly when the night felt and I had to be back home. But it's fine, that's the way the Nature is supposed to take in that season.
PDG, I feel for you. I always was able to move before it was too late. Not that the rent isn't higher than the previous, but we can call that "inflation" or "greedy" of landlords. Anyway, had finally to leave the town where I lived because no one was in a hurry to take my case in consideration, despite a dangerous neighbor - and the district changing that way. I was lucky to was able to keep money aside (which wasn't easy when I started to be adult), otherwise I would have been like you, no move possible.
We call the kind of landlord you have "marchand de sommeil" here. Because they take money but do nothing for the people in their flats. Sometimes one ends before justice and a city hall for example takes his flats for rehabilitation. Alas, a law rarely used.
I hope somebody in your area will take things in hands and will care about what happens in your quarter, that things change positively.
I like your animation!
Everyone talking about their kitties made a cat the subject of the day.
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Good Morning,
Another day at the Attic. Starting to get use to the cooler temperature here. It is 55 degrees F now at mid day. Some people in colder regions would think this is a summer paradise.
The people 'round Buffalo to start with. Feet of snow and counting.
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Good Afternoon to all....
Been a busy day which was totally unexpected but sometimes "Busy" just pops up and you have to abide to it. And now that I'm officially worn out...I'll make my trip in here brief LOL...
Right now we are at 15 degrees. Tried to wrangle Cali in but she wouldn't have any of it. Guess she needs more time. Speaking of which....Great Animation PDG...
And now to see what else I missed....
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Yeah I loved your animated Tuxedo, PDG! Cool kitty. :o)
I really am gonna have to give Blender a go. Just to see.
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Good Morning to all...
18 degrees at the moment....and not sure if we are going to have a high temperature today LOLOL... Only had Blacky-1 out front for breakfast this morning. But left "DRY" food for the others. No sense putting wet food out if they are not there...it turns rock solid in no time and they'll have no teeth left if they try to eat it :nopanic;
Other then that....another day, another.......Day.....with :java: in hand ahhhhhhh
You have strange hours Mc-G....not sure if you're still up yet...but if so...good morning or good night....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Just in time Fafnir my friend....I just ran out of coffee so fresh coffee is welcome :java: Ahhhhh
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Good morning!
I'm late today because I had to do an answer for an administrative stuff. They are real PITA when they ask for domcuments then "no we gave you the bad one, you have to fulfill that one". Then an answer that isn't what you are supposed to have when you fit with the rules of what you are asking for.
Brief, it's weekend, and even if it's grey today, it's good to be in weekend.
I didn't told you last days. But Puce gave few kisses to babies, mainly when she thinks we don't see her. Even last evening I surprised her when I came back at home smelling the ass of Nenya with insistance :thud: :tearlaugh:
But 2 days ago, Harmonie stressed Puce. That one was quietly on a chair when Harmonie came and tried to pass above her sister. Puce was in a position that was too high for the little one, who given up the move at the end. And suddenly I noticed that Puce was breathing really quickly; in fact, she didn't dare to move, she was certain her sister was on the point to fight her - some souvenirs of what would happened with Giro. Harmonie decided by herself to leave the chair, Puce became better quick after, back to a calm breathing.
She has still issues to make confidence in them, but it's specially with Harmonie. Not a jealousy by the fact she is a girl, just the remembering of what she lived for 14 years with a sister fighting so much in the previous flat, and always dominative even here. She really try her best, and sometimes accepts to be near her, specially at dinner time, but there is that obstacle to pass at some moments.
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But it does sound like things are getting better. You and I both know "Perfect" will never be a word used in the Cat and Kitty world.... LOLOL....
Had the troops sounding like elephants this morning. They were playing tag and running up and down the hallway jumping over each other and then jumping on my bed and springing off the bed to start the race again :thud: BUT....they all were playing and having fun...Even Ozzy...who eventually figured out he can't keep up with them and rested on the bed with me...this was 4:30 AM folks :thud:
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But the "perfect" word hasn't the same definition in our language and in cats' language :tearlaugh:
Ah, it's the new way to be certain to wake up Daddy :psycho:
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Thankfully it doesn't happen all the time because they know I can get back at them....The earlier they wake me up....the longer it takes me to fix them breakfast :(DEVILISH):
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Good Morning,
Well the temperature was in the hi 30s F earlier this morning and looking for a high of 61 degrees. Clear so far today.
Presently it is 41 degrees outside and weather service said it feels like 34 with the wind chill. Looks like we are going to have an old normal winter this year instead of the new normal winter we have had recently. LOL.
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I'm just glad I don't live on the East side of the Great Lakes...Buffalo and area is still getting pounded with snow... 5ft already...and more to come
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
We have a grey day, but that will perhaps help the crow of the rugby match to come to flee faster after the end of the match, specially if it starts to rain :tearlaugh:
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Morning Battle with the Church ladies complete. Now we play the waiting game for the new laptop. May have to grab a second job. They are taking our rent up 30% at the first of the year. Merry Christmas yeah right.
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they upping the lot rent here to Nosh not good but i hope things will get better for us
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Honestly it isn't the amount but more the timing. My line of work literally dies right after Christmas and won't pick up again til February early spring. So more a case of if it was the spring would be fine.
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Good Morning to all. At least it's warmer this morning...21 degrees....and it's not snowing....
Already a very busy morning with me trying to find all my items I use to make Thanksgiving Dinner. And what I can't find I need to get. Got the Turkey and all the makings already but need to pick up some pies (I'm NOT a good pastry chef) So far it's a short list. So my wallet is HAPPY about that.
Had little Cali the Kitten in my arms for a very brief moment this morning. Temptation is still there but she seems to be weathering the weather far better then I thought she would. We shall see. The Animal Shelter is overloaded with Kittens and Cats so they are not taking any more in. And I've got a tribe already....but.....and we'll leave it at that. :java:
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do the best you can for her and take good care of her add one to the tribe will work :td2: :aaah!:
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We do what we can and then wait and see....Blacky and Blacky II are frolicking around and Cali is basking in the sun...Temp is now 29 Degrees....a heat wave for sure....
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A good move from little Cali to you already. Even if she doesn't end in your house, perhaps she can have the snip snip stuff with the help of the shelter, and live in your garden if it's what she prefers?
There are cats liking humans but not wanting to live in houses.
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If it gets below zero, she'll be inside...Blacky and Blacky II and Stripes have made it through a number of Winters fine...Plus the two shelters I got them are being used occasionally by them.
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as i said a new addition to the tribe good on you
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Next thing you know Cali will be in running around with the rest of the tribe!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roasted ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. A bit of the girls' ever ready coffee for me this morning, please.
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Mornin all. Cold here this morning. Hot coffee is good. The whisky doesn't hurt either.
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Hands Sir Knight a steaming mug of good coffee
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C double shot
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Good Morning to all. Had to de-ice the stairs, walkway and sidewalk...damn cold out...but warmer then yesterday...if that makes any sense :tearlaugh:
Anyway...thanks for the :java: Fafnir...already been through a pot here and got one brewing.
Had Cali in my arms for a brief moment this morning. She was purring away...briefly...then got flustered so I put her down...a little step each day...Thankfully it's above freezing the rest of this week.......so they all should be fine.
Gotta go out again today. I forgot some needed items for the Thanksgiving Dinner I'm making for all.
Be back in later on...
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Good Morning,
Low this morning was 37 degrees F and we are looking for a 63 today. It is sunny and no clouds. It is a great time to have some of Fafnir coffee.
Really like my condo, heater dose not come on that is set to 62 degrees F but it is so well insulated that is stays around 70 degrees inside during this time of year if I close all the doors inside the place.
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That certainly is great insulation.
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I'm wondering if they had something occur with this years blueberries. None of our stores had any full size Blueberry Pies. They had plenty in October but none of the stores could get any after the first week of November. I buy the little Table Talk pies and they did have Blueberry ones, along with Cherry, Lemon and Pumpkin. But the 9" Blueberry Pies couldn't be found anywhere.
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ain't seen no blueberry pies either but plenty fresh blueberrys in the stores
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Very Very Strange....I wonder if the Blueberry Pie Making Elves are all sick or stricking.... :peep:
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My thoughts on why you cannot find the 9 inch blueberry pies in stores:
1. 9 inch pies make less money than multiple small pies.
2. It has become more expensive to make the 9 inch pies, making them have to be sold at too high a price. (Not as likely.)
3.Lay offs of employees at the production plants, due to inflated pay, leave the plants running at far less that full production. This could make more popular types of pie be focused on being produced more.
My point is that since 2020 inflation has hit us really hard. If you go to the grocery stores these days, you always see a lot of shelves that are mostly barren of products. This is because what was on those shelves is now sold out, and it costs a lot more to replenish the stock. We can thank our illustrious government for that!
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Good afternoon!
I'm later than usual because of a new round to write to an administration. You know the kind of things where they ask you a lot of papers, to end by "you aren't qualified for". When one of the supposed criterias was obvious in your case, and the person #1 ti talk to you could explain it.
Anyway, to pass to more pleasant talks.
I'm glad to see that little baby coming easier to you TL. Even if it's for a while only, she profits to warm with you in those moments.
Our babies were monsters all the morning for what I know. Water on the floor (the bowl has issues each day with the games, but it was worse than usual), cats jumping on the furniture with TV (we managed to put a lot of books to protect DVD reader, not always enough obviously), the curtains are no longer suffering in teh bottom but also in the middle... and I know I'm forgetting a lot of what I learnt. Oh, yeah, and a chair was sent on the ground. Obviously Nenya, like he has a way to do that with chairs, in action or not. This time, nobody was around to stop the chair - and fortunately Harmonie wasn't under.
They passed all their afternoon to sleep it seems :shrug: :tearlaugh: Don't know if their behavior has a link with the storm which was partially hitting our area this morning and during midday. Perhaps, perhaps not.
Puce wasn't always in a pleasant mood with them. But when she was with, she said nothing at midday when Nenya decided so smell her tail, then to sleep on. It was more tonight in fact she wasn't happy with them :shrug: BUt no paw flying on them, just the voice.
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The Table Talk pies are always plentiful year round, so nope...that's not the reason Agent
Very few folks want to buy Table Talk pies that equal ONE slice of blueberry pie 8 times and would cost MORE then the 9" pie.....I didn't.... LOL
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Sounds like a great time for you Aelin....NOT ..... I'm so glad cats and kittens were made to sleep a lot....less damage to the household. Ours are all sleeping at the moment.... I love it that we can go places and not come back to a damaged household LOLOL...
And yes, little Cali was purring away when I held her this morning for a very brief moment.... Right now she's out front playing with the toys I gave her LOL...Comical as hell.
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Just found out that this years Wisconsin Deer Hunt has 824,475 registered Hunters. That means the hunters out number the entire population of these States...
Wyoming—585,501
Vermont—624,594
North Dakota—755,393
Alaska—741,894
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Isn't that joyful news. Glad I'm not a deer.
Kitty cay talk reminds me. Coherence. This should be better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Duxv2WFnI
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I know what you mean. I didn't realize there was that many till they had it on the news this morning. Thankfully, I'm not one of them...I hate the cold as it is and to spend all day hoping to get lucky is not my idea of a fun day.
But in reality...vehicles kill more deer in Wisconsin then hunters do.
It also shows you just a small fraction of the gun owners here in Wisconsin...
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The Table Talk pies are always plentiful year round, so nope...that's not the reason Agent
Very few folks want to buy Table Talk pies that equal ONE slice of blueberry pie 8 times and would cost MORE then the 9" pie.....I didn't.... LOL
You're right about nobody wanting to pay extra to get several table talk pies to equal one 9 inch one. I would add that the table talk pies don't have the same taste usually. What makes buying pies difficult for me is my preference for the less sweet ones. Most pies you get in stores that are already made are way too sweet for me. I don't even like buying ready made cornbread, because nearly everybody thinks you have to have sugar in the recipe. I call that "Cornbread trying to be Cake". LOLOL I have my own recipe for really great buttermilk cornbread, and I don't put sugar in it. Everybody that has tried it came back for seconds. When I make pancakes, I use my mom's buttermilk pancake recipe rather than the one I found online that calls for the addition of sugar. Why would there need to be sugar in the pancake, when the normal way to serve it is with maple or cane syrup? It's diabetes waiting to happen, I tell you. My tea is way less sweet than most, and so is my coffee. I just don't like having so much sugar in my food. I eat unsweet cereal as well.
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I stopped with the sugar and salt many years ago and mostly eat vegan. I lost my sweet tooth many years ago. For years I lived on puffed pastry with jam and cream filling washed down with a cream soda. Daily lunch for years. I drank at least six or eight cans of Coke a day till Jolt Cola came along and I switched for a bit. Then I just quit it all. I have maybe one or two Cokes a year and haven't had a Flaky https://www.vachon.com/marque/passion-flakie since the early 80's. My teeth hurt just looking at the pictures. They are really good though. Used to get them for 10 cents at the corner store and a Coke (or Cream Soda) was 7 cents. You got 2 cents back when you returned the bottle. Lunch for 15 cents a day. I made $2 an hour back then. Good deal in my cash starved mind at the time.
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looks yummie i can see why you liked them
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be spaghetti and garlic bread with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. We didn't have Twinkies or much that cake type of snack here when I was young. It was more pastries and tarts that were sold as snack foods.
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Good Morning to all....Finally, a day above freezing....wooohooo...and the sun is beaming.....
I'm not much of a sweets eater. Never was....but due to illness I lost my teeth when I was in my late 30's. Lost my hair at the same time...the hair came back...somewhat...but never the teeth LOLOL....But Dentures work for sure. I can eat ANYTHING with them...including my favorite...Walnuts. The trick is, never use the bottom dentures to eat with...just wear them for show. Those devils have a habit of popping out no matter what superglue you use on them LOLOL
Our treats when I was growing up was my Grandmothers homemade treats...
I'll be back shortly
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try sea bond mine stay put even knawing rib bones
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When I was a child, my mother would make homemade fudge, from scratch. No pre-combined ingredients. She used about 1/3 of the sugar it supposedly required, and because of that, all the kids in the neighborhood would come Trick or Treating at our door, because Mom's fudge was the best tasting. The sugar did not overwhelm the taste of the chocolate. That was the way I grew up, keeping our sweets low in the sugar.
The sweetest treat I ever made was when I was in Home Economics in high school (Austin Texas). I had to make and bake a cake that was to go to the Cake Walk. I decided to do an Angel's Food Cake, but with an awesome twist; adding home made peppermint to the recipe. I made that part of it too, in a double boiler. My cake won "Best in Show". It was so good, I barely got a sliver of my own cake! Everybody that tasted it loved it. I named the cake "Fallen Angel's Food Cake", and my grade for it was an A+!
One of my classmates decided to copy what I was doing, and she failed miserably, allowing the oven door to slam shut at the most crucial point during baking. Her cake 'fell', and it earned her an F-. LOL
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Good afternoon!
It was a sun-rain-ny day. Yep, the both in the same time by moments :shrug:
I noticed a lot of dust in Puce's water at midday, which means the joy of works continues. They have placed in teh morning a dumpster of a truck under my window. Sweet! Dust in the water = dust passing by somewhere in my room = Puce with high risk of her allergia. She had her essential oils a moment ago. I also opened the window when I was back home, and I thanks the rain for having been there at that time, avoiding teh dust to come to me at that moment. But I guess Puce will share most of her tomorrow with babies - she already passed the afternoon with them today. Not same food for her and them, so no food under the paw at each moment. But they are able to manage and ask if necessary.
I hope also Nenya hasn't allergia to the dust. Because usually what goes out of his nose is dry, tonight it was wet.
Otherwise Puce was kind with them today. Even Nenya has a scratch at the entry of his ear, inside. Don't know if it was made by himself or during a play-fight with Harmonie. He has tendency to bend the ear tonight, but he manages to don't scratch it. A brave baby! Puce kissed him a little, perhaps because she recognized also what we used for him, that she had few weeks ago on her own ears, against her allergia to the sun. It's sweet and ok for kittens.
PDG, does your cat ready to do tricks in your video? ;)
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I'm back..finally...but then again...spent a while outside since it's 44 degrees. Played catch with Cali and Blacky for a short period after all the outside stuff was done. They both just chases the toy....and play with it...I go and get it and toss it again....They seemed to enjoy it....and so did I LOL...
I had all of the dust floating also when I lived in the Apartments Aelin...Not fun at all for anyone...human or beast...
Agent....I remember my mother making fudge for us...out of Jello Chocolate Pudding. Don't know how she did it...but she did it LOLOL
Got Sea Bond here for Lorna Fafnir....Works for her but not for me...and in reality....I don't mind....I eat nuts, gnaw on ribs, and eat anything I want without the bottom ones...Lucked out is how my Doctor describes it LOL. I do use the Sea Bond for the top false teeth if we are going out to eat..otherwise the stay in fine.
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PS....As for scratches on the ears....I have seen Oz and kittens scratch their ears to the point of bleeding....and we clean their ears out often...Sometimes it's just their own hair near the inside that irritates them....Just like us guys who get hair growing in the ear or on the ear and if it gets to long...it bugs the hell out of us. I get rid of mine swiftly with my electric ear trimmer LOLOLOL
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Looking forward to Thanksgiving?
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Good Morning to all.....
Got the turkey in the sink thawing out, did a double check of all the things I was suppose to get to make sure I got them....Looks good thus far. Finally.... Was going to make instant potatoes like I did last year when I wasn't feeling up to par....but decided on real potatoes...a little extra work...but taste better. Got Lorna's Blueberry Pies (Walmart gog some more in...None of the other stores did)..so she's all set...only thing lift is the cooking, which I start tonight.
A BEAUTIFUL day out there. Cali is having a ball playing with her toys and Blacky is sunning himself on the porch. Life is good.
And now to see what else is going on and then head out for the day...maybe...we'll see how the day goes.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir and Good Morning Sir Knight...
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Hi Sir Knight yes we are looking forward to thanksgiving got the bird mostly thawed out and in reefer till tonight he will get cooked after midnight went and got 5# of 16-20 shrimp this morning to go with bird dressing and rice and gravy is thanksgiving dinner couple of pies too
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Mines still defrosting also Fafnir. Almost ready to be put in the fridge until I start cooking tomorrow Morning. If I time this out right...we'll be eating around noon...
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Fafnir, shrimp and turkey sounds absolutely amazing. Another benefit of living where you do.
TL, I think our challenge is going to be the competition for the one oven. We have at least three cooks and possibly as many as five for the day. I'll do my part by making sure to eat some of each of the preparations. :dk2:
Did I miss Aelin's and TL's kitten update for the day? I really look forward to them!
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Good afternoon!
Well Nenya went to vet but not with me. Verdict: mites in the ear. A lot of! Despite a lot of rain, Nenya wasn't upset to go outside. He had the right to go and back in taxi. Apparently the driver was a true gentleman. Good to know for the surgery of Nenya and Harmonie December 6th.
Nenya has also a little beginning of infection to his ear. But he has the necessary medicine for now.
He made an excellent impression on the vet, the "stagiaire" (our youngs of 14/15 years old have the obligation to training for a week to see if they trully went to do a job of another), and several people with their animals. Even a big dog was kind and wished to kiss him. Nenya didn't complain, in car or in cabinet, and he didn't try to bite.
No welcome back by his sisters, they just made like if he didn't leave :shrug:
Yet, tonight, it's Harmonie giving us the worry feeling. She has a fang which changed of orientation, giving her a little pirate face; happened somewhere in the end of the afternoon probably. We'll call the vet tomorrow to check if he thinks he needs to see her quickly, or if he'll wait the day of the surgery. But perhaps it's only her definitive teeth starting to come.
That doesn't prevent her to eat dry food.
In the Puce's world, well she passed most of her day with them because of dust. She is now snoring near me. She made a kiss to Harmonie at midday, willingly and Harmonie made her one back. That's why we trusted them to be together while Nenya was at the vet.
The only true grumpy moment she had today was at the breakfast, because Harmonie wanted to play with her and she wanted not. That was enough for Harmonie understood it wasn't possible.
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Fafnir, shrimp and turkey sounds absolutely amazing. Another benefit of living where you do.
TL, I think our challenge is going to be the competition for the one oven. We have at least three cooks and possibly as many as five for the day. I'll do my part by making sure to eat some of each of the preparations. :dk2:
Did I miss Aelin's and TL's kitten update for the day? I really look forward to them!
I was writing for :aaah!:
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LOL....I was getting all my items ready for the feast tomorrow...plus dehairing the place. Pet owners will understand that one :tearlaugh:
But they are all doing fine SirKnight...Cali is now at the point where she sleeps on the topstep which is the sunny place in the afternoon right along side of Blacky...our older outside cat. They get along wonderfully. Blacky II on the other hand is a pain sometimes but a stern word calms his jets...somewhat. Stripes makes a occasional visit. All will be treated tomorrow to a Turkey Dinner....
Thankfully this week is going to be warm and then some. Right now it's 52 degrees...compared to our low 20's yesterday
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Mites in the ears are a pain. I clean all of their ears out once a week and have medicine for any infections which is common when they scratch their ears enough to make them bleed. Ozzy is the worse one. I keep telling Lorna it's because his ears are bigger...Sounds logical to me...
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my bird will be done round 530 or 6 in the morning
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my bird will be done round 530 or 6 in the morning
Just in time for my morning coffee.
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yes coffee should be ready by then Creek too
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To All:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast turkey with all the fixings and tater wedges
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wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!
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Morning and Happy Thanksgiving. Feels weird not working lol.
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Happy Turkey Day to those down south. Good morning/afternoon/evening to all the rest. Good morning Fafnir. I'll take a c&C thanks. The bird smells good. Hope you enjoy.
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Good morning, Attic denizens and, for those who celebrate, :td1:
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
The Bird is on the Table, and it's FARCTATE; You can see!
Pretty soon we're all gonna get FARCTATE; All My Family!
FARCTATE is a word! Look it up!
Good Morning to ALL!
:td1: :td2: :gday2:
:coffee-gal: :coffeemaker:
Apologies for the coffee pot raid, Fafnir! You make it so well! LOL
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Good afternoon!
And :td1: while I'm thinking about!
It was a good day here, despite rain and cold. The dumpster of a truck was removed from below my window earlier this morning. No dust of all the day apparently. Puce was able to pass her afternoon in the room alone.
Harmonie lost her fang during the morning, she has a new definitive tiny one in place. She has no longer her pirate style that way :tearlaugh:
Nenya just passed most of his day to sleep, play or annoy one or the other of his sisters. Despite his ear, he is really back to himself :tearlaugh:
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Good to hear Aelin.
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Morning.. thought it odd was getting no notifies in my emails.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steak on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Noshoba. Everyone is still asleep so no one is posting? :td2:
Good morning, Fafnir. :java:, if you please.
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Well Thanksgiving is the holiday with the most DUIs lol. So anyone's guess.
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:nopanic;
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Mornin Sir Knight and Nosh got plenty coffee hands two steaming mugs to Nosh and Sir Knight
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Been up about 36 hrs now so we shall see if it keeps me up lol
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Good Morning,
Well it is Black Friday. So I wonder if people still stampede the stores nowadays? Always got my shopping for the Holidays before this time of the year. Like a month before.
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Well it's now after 11 AM hear in Georgia. Fafnir, I decided to get the last of your Dark Roast :java:! You may want to make more.
We had a full day waiting for the Thanksgiving Dinner to get done. Was slated to start the meal at 4 PM yesterday, but it was 8 PM before we finally got to eat. The guest list was almost 20, and the cooking got out of hand. Once it was done, we all got farctate, (Yes it is a word. It means full, or stuffed.)
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Good Morning to all. Had company all day yesterday and by the time all went home I was totally worn out. Started cooking around 5:30AM....All came out great, plenty of leftovers....and Oz and the kitties even made out with a great meal....as did the outside cats and kitten....TURKEY for all LOL. Still feeling tired...but in a good way.
Hope all enjoyed their day also...Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....I'm late so I'm hoping you have at least two pots of coffee left.
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*Looks at the multiple urns, brewers, perculators and Bunns along the wall*
Running low? Bwahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!
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Good afternoon!
I'm bacl from the beginning of an exposition of photos we have until almost the end of January. People making a discipline of circus in our nature, around one of our lake, but also around our town.
I'm sad to notice than most of those who came for the "vernissage" were there mainly for food.
Believe it or not, but I only notice now that our cats had turkey wet food yesterday :tearlaugh:
Harmonie was in a day to do a lot of tricks. Like exploding the systeme keeping the bar at the top of a curtain :thud: Nenya was in a day to try to cover stupidities of his sister.
And Puce? She passed most of her morning with them, like the workers were back for a part of this morning. At midday, she was in the couch and Harmonie decided to come with her. Puce looked me, hesitated to leave but I convinced her to stay. Nenya saw teh situation and put himself between his sisters. The poor Harmonie was crashed in a corner :hypno: and she finally abandonned the place. Puce stayed a moment in addition, before to leave too. But it was a good moment to see them all three together.
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*Looks at the multiple urns, brewers, perculators and Bunns along the wall*
Running low? Bwahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!
LOLOL....Already emptied those...like I said.....I'm damn tired and need perking up :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Sounds like an exciting day Aelin for the animals :nopanic; :OMFG: :tearlaugh:....Our clan are the most finicky wet food eaters....Most days it's hit or miss on what flavor they like for the day...The good news is...what they don't like....the outside cats and kitty LOVE...so it all works out in the end.
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I think what girls don't like, Nenya is ready to end it :thud: For now it's only for Harmony, but at time they'll eat like adults, we'll have to hide the Puce's wet food!
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Bootsy still does not eat wet food....but did eat turkey yesterday...so that's a start. She won't eat chicken though which makes no sense :nopanic; :OMFG: :thud:
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When Tania had to have her special diet, she ate mainly fish and turkey and chicken, but cooked by us. Giro always wanted to eat turkey... but once she had in her plate, she refused it :OMFG: Chicken, she could.
Must depends of the taste of each one.
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I agree....but as long as they eat something and drink plenty of water....All is fine.
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Mornin' all. I popped in yesterday but it was still a little dark and lonely so I left. I see I'm in early today as well. Won't be staying though. It's grocery day.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled pork chops with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning..dodging the church ladies today since I will be on the road to Richmond tomorrow. New laptop working well. Only complaint getting used to a small screen again lol.
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Good Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...been up for a while now and got my second pot going here at home LOLOL.
Church Lady's on Saturday....? :nopanic; Glad you are enjoying your laptop....
A beautiful morning. Though it's suppose to shower today but at least it's not snow....
And good morning PDG...Mr. Early Bird LOL....Enjoy your shopping trip, if possible....with todays prices the three bags of groceries you use to get now equals one.
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Good morning!
I'm late today because of Nenya. He was fully terrorized at the wake up. He sleep the nights with his sister in the living room. I thought firstly he was afraid because he made big vomits. But apparently there were a lot of wild gees outside on the end of the night. I woke up around 5:30AM and heard few, that's true, but nothing to be in a rush for me - I like my 7AM the weekend!
But Nenya, it seems he believed the all troup of gees was to eat him! There were not few like I heard, because in fact I heard only the latest of the troup, and always going to the horizon. Nobody has idea of when exactly they arrived in the night, but they landed on the 'stadium' field at maybe 50 meters from here.
In fact, it's the first time I hear about birds in migration by full night.
Nenya was so upset he refused to eat until 30 minutes ago. Before that, he didn't slept until late in our morning, and the most far away of the window than he could. No play for him at all today.
Harmonie launched on the ground one of the curtains 2 days ago. We had decided to change curtains by electrostatic stuff because of that. For Nenya, when he saw that, it seems it was a relief. He is now sleeping near not far away of the window, under the cat tree.
Harmonie almost didn't play too; she has the envy, but she doesn't want to play while her brother doesn't share.
Puce didn't care at all the gees. She was upset to pas the morning with babies, but at the end, she kissed Nenya when he came to her.
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Sounds like an adventurous morning indeed....Poor baby....loud noises do get the kittens going here also...but they get more nosey then scared....Ozzy just looks up and then goes back to sleep LOLOL... Hope all goes well for the rest of the day and evening...
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ beef ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin Fafnir. I'll take a coffee while I look around. Got a little bit to do before Canada loses it's next World Cup game in a couple of hours. Not a soccer guy but my late wife was European and a huge soccer fan.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. I hope you both have a good day even if Canada does lose.
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Morning... Off for another week in Richmond. At least this time I can keep working on things now that I have a laptop lol.
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Safe travels, Noshoba! I know the Church Ladies will miss you. :sure:
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Good morning!
No new gees around during the night, so an usual day with babies - except there are no longer curtains for they go in, specially Harmonie :tearlaugh:
Puce is fine too. Btw, the vet said (when Nenya visited him) that she suffers of asthma, in addition of the allergia. He didn't precise when Puce was at his office.
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Good Afternoon to all,
Late start to the day....Not up to par today but such is life...and we deal with it. Raining like heck but at least it's rain and not snow....so that gets a big WoooHooo from me.
So, do they have meds for the Asthma and allergies Aelin?
Good afternoon to you PDG, Sir Knight, MC, Noshoba, and all others who are out and about...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir........and now to see what is what...
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No meds, except an injection when she needs to go to the vet. Otherwise, we continue with essential oils when necessary and the vet knows that.
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Greeting, TL, Aelin and those still loose in the Attic's corridors.
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Well, that's good that they can do something Aelin....
And Good Afternoon Sir Knight....was busy filling up my freebie folders thanks to Aelin. Never to sick to do that LOLOL.
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Great Coffee here at the Attic.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be whole pig cooked in underground oven with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. I'll take a cup. A little damp here this morning but not too cold.
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Nice one, M-Callahan!
Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. Main office storage system (22 PB) has failed and there's much sound and fury. I think I'll need a pot today, Fafnir.
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Hands Sir Knight a big pot of coffee
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Very cool coffee advertisement for Fafnirs Coffee Shoppe M-C....Well done
Fafnir, I'm in the mood for a pot or two or three and I think you have that covered :java: Ahhhhh
Good Morning Sir Knight....Hell of a way to start the week...I'm thinking you'll be having a two or three pot day also. Hummm, somehow that doesn't sound right...but I can't put my finger on it....
Morning PDG......How goes the day thus far? You still getting our warm weather? That ends soon I think.
And good morning to anyone else lurking about....It's COFFEE time....woooohooo :java: Ahhhhh
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And good morning to anyone else lurking about....It's COFFEE time....woooohooo :java: Ahhhhh
You must have seen me jump in and out briefly, TL. :peep:
Just trying to catch up with news. Nope to the :java: but YAY! to :tea: Now it's back to :peep:
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I thought I saw you peeking in here LOLOL..... Enjoy your tea.....and the day....Now I'm heading back to put my thinking cap on for next months Steampunk Challenge....My head hurts already :tearlaugh:
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Just make it simple and sweet?
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I've tried that approach but it seems that my idea of simple isn't as simple as what others think simple is...Damn...that hurt my head :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Good afternoon!
Who knows TL, maybe that will allow you to have growing hair back :tearlaugh:
The week started in the kingdom of dust :thud: with the works for the elevator. Puce passed most of her day with the babies, and tonight she even wasn't ready to leave them for the night. But like they don't have the same food, that means to leave them without food for the evening, so it's no.
But I learnt, when back from the job, that they passed the afternoon to sleep together. First Puce and Harmonie; then Nenya came to them. And finally Harmonie left and left them together. The babies quiet with Puce, and Puce accepting them to sleep is a huge step - specially like Puce never trusted Giro for that, because of all their fightings, even when there was somebody near them both.
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That's good news. Times heals all it seems. Oz and Henrietta are sound asleep on my bed since I can't use my Computer in the Computer Room because Lorna is using it for her job. Love saying that... "Her Job"....My wallet loves hearing that even better then I love saying that :tearlaugh: Now where was I....Oh yes...
So I either use my computer in the my bedroom or I grab the laptop and go and relax in the living room. Today it's the bedroom LOL.
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PS....No hope on the hair growing back LOLOL....my hairdo looks like this guys... :aaah!:
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Hi folks! Hope all your Thanksgiving's were great ones. Mine was fine, the Pesters went out of town for the day! Ahhh peace!
I had some Turkey/Dressing dinner for TG breakfast, then a Ham dinner for TG dinner, and lots of great coffee! I had a great Thanksgiving!
Now . . .
Merry Christmas to all!
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Sounds like you had a good Thanksgiving indeed McG. I love the cooking but I'm not much of an eater...but what I do eat....I enjoy....
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So TL when I finally do cut this ponytail off should I send it to you instead of Locks for Love lol. Not a hint of gray in it
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LOL!
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So TL when I finally do cut this ponytail off should I send it to you instead of Locks for Love lol. Not a hint of gray in it
That's been tried....the super glue I used to hold it in place just didn't hold out that long. Had to use fingernail polish remover to get the remaining super glue off of my head...after that...I gave up with trying and stuck with "Bald" ...
I tell you what though, that Nail Polish Remover is excellent to have around. I use superglue on many things that break, because I'm cheap...and clumsy....so I know my damage level and my accuracy when using superglue. It sucks...So many times I have to deglue what I didn't want glued with Nail Polish Remover...works like a charm.
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For hair, you still can ask to the nurse to help you
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For hair, you still can ask to the nurse to help you
She's the reason it doesn't grow back.... :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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:ahhhh: Just putting up Lights! :gday:
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So TL when I finally do cut this ponytail off should I send it to you instead of Locks for Love lol. Not a hint of gray in it
That was my plan before the grey started taking over. Now it is mostly grey and falls below my belt. Cut the beard over the summer. It fell to half way down my chest due to a couple of years of pandemic barber scarcity. Just one big ball of hair.
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:ahhhh: Just putting up Lights! :gday:
Nice. Big fan of Christmas lights.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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did anyone besides me see that the vendors over to rendo are making products mostly for use in daz?? not seeing much stuff for poser
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Truth was seeing it more the other way around at least amoung the older vendors. The other thing you may be seeing is Daz vendors that have been leaving there and moving to Rendo creating that impression. And Morning lol
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Mornin Nosh
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:ahhhh: Just putting up Lights! :gday:
That looks Awesome Rad....wow. I haven't started yet due to weather....Hope it clears up soon and the cold stays away for a bit...
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Good Morning to all...
Going to be a chilly, wet, windy and possibly snowy day...and yup...it looks like it may be heading your way PDG....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir .... Much needed to day....
Morning Noshoba...and I agree...a few of my favorites jumped ship and went to Rendo.
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did anyone besides me see that the vendors over to rendo are making products mostly for use in daz?? not seeing much stuff for poser
I don't shop much at Renderosity, but I do drop in to have a look, occasionally. I had noticed that many products for sale there seem more oriented toward DAZ Studio, but it could also be that it is the nature of what I look for while there. It is no secret that I use DAZ Studio a lot more than Poser, though I am working on bringing Poser more into my often used applications. If you check the DAZ 3D store, you can find products that are more for Poser. The .mc6 materials format is Poser only, and any product that is designed to be textured by .mc6 is not really meant for any other application. I found that out the hard way. LOLOL
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Good afternoon!
If people making Daz format don't want to (or can't because they don't have Poser) make for Poser format, they still can share their products in .obj. Plenty people are using a program or another using that format. That means more customers.
I'm not sure if it was mc5 or mc6 which work(ed) in DS4 when I tried it once.
It was a day back to many noise at home with the works. So Puce passed most of her day with the babies. And when I was back at midday, she was sleeping, and Nenya was near her. She even didn't come for her 'candies' (kind of dry food for healthy teeth) but waited I come.
I learnt that Nenya licked her during a while on the head, and she didn't flee. So the step of yesterday confirmed, and another one made.
But this afternoon, it seems the little ones made a lot of ravages, and Puce wasn't able to rest correctly. She is now in my lap.
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That's great news Aelin... Oz still has his days with the kids but for the most part...they all get along together. He never bothers my Bootsy (who is confused all of the time...I think her mother dropped her on her head) but she is so lovable and is my cuddle bug...She'll bless Lorna with her presence occasionally :tearlaugh:
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Yeah TL; cold rain and snow. Lots of wind. Worse tomorrow. I think I'll just hide away today and avoid the outside.
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Indeed a complete wash out here too. Morning
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried snapper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Here in Georgia, we have had all night gully washer rain from that monster storm in the center of the continent of North America! Seems the rain comes down the most during the early morning hours! I looked at the map and saw that it was like a giant hurricane, but more or less sitting right in the middle, affecting the surrounding areas with torrential rains, tornadoes, thunder, and lightning! Places I go to walk have had the fallen leaves washed away, even in the woods! Last night was rather scary at certain points, with the high winds shaking the trailer we live in. We think a tornado might have been near us. If not, it was working up a spin for a bit!
:nopanic; :aaah!: :java:
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And to think that I used to live out that way . . . . . . :nopanic;
Here in Killeen, it is the total opposite. Nice and sunny, yesterday and today. Got warm enough I had to open the windows on the car. But, I'm sure the weather will return to its normal pattern. At least, not as bad as last year. Thanks giving feast was over at a friends casa. Quite yummy. Almost had to roll me out of the car and put me to bed. Turkey always does that to me. Specially when I go a little nuts. But then I am already a good bit nuts.
:aaah!: 'ere's to ya Mate. To one and all, a very Merry Christmas. :peep:
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Good Morning from the Southwest,
Finally a few clear days we had clouds but no rain, the usual in the desert. Down in the 40s in the morning now and look like it will be in the 30s next week. The temperature shift out here is usually shift of 15 to a 20 degrees in the morning to afternoon. So today we have the low of 40 and the high will be 58. Tomorrow more clouds will come in. The problem is that it rain on the west side of the mountains and by the time it gets here the clouds are just plum tuckered out. They do get a rest and then pickup more water as they move eastard to rain some more back east.
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Good afternoon!
Another day of works, another day for Puce with babies. And another day where she accepted to sleep not far away of one or the other. I learnt Nenya ended to sleep a paw on her head and she continued to sleep. I hope the close to close sleep very soon.
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So TL when I finally do cut this ponytail off should I send it to you instead of Locks for Love lol. Not a hint of gray in it
mine is ALL gray, and down to my waist! :D
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:ahhhh: Just putting up Lights! :gday:
The lights look great, but I LOVE your TREE!
Merry Christmas!
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That was my plan before the grey started taking over. Now it is mostly grey and falls below my belt. Cut the beard over the summer. It fell to half way down my chest due to a couple of years of pandemic barber scarcity. Just one big ball of hair.
My kids asked me if I was trying out for Cousin Itt. Pah, bumhug!
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did anyone besides me see that the vendors over to rendo are making products mostly for use in daz?? not seeing much stuff for poser
Until that "one" over Rendo ways gets their foot out of Posers throat and allows "That Damnable Module" (in Python2 and 3!) to go public, that 'one' stands accused of MURDERING POSER!
{And there is no contract in the USA that can bind the owner of Authors Rights, preventing them of resurrecting the dead program himself!}
Yes, Fafnir, I have seen for some while now that Rendo is really just another DAZ Junior.
Rendo has rules the vendors products MUST be judged by over time. Said rules are !SALES! figures. Supposedly, ONLY !SALES! figures factor in on 'the one' persons judgement. Which BE and IS: whether that product is allowed to be kept in the store. It may be displayed, but is marked 'unavailable'. SOME few (VERY few) vendors say the item has been Retired. Even fewer own that they themselves did the retiring. Seriously. LOTS of POSER items have disappeared from store display. AFAIK, NO DAZ items have.
Merry Christmas All! {especially 'the one' at Rendo}
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and any others sitting in the shadows. Windy cold snow. Glad I'm not going anywhere today. I have to get used to icy spots on the sidewalk again.
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[For the first timem in a long while i woke up not feeling hungry. I'lltake a spot of tea and some biscuits. Ta ta, :peep:
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and FrahHawk.
:aaah!:, thanks, Fafnir.
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Mornin everyone hope you have a great day
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Good Morning to all.
It's damn cold here also PDG...14 degrees....Now to show you how screwed up our weather is...our high today...25....Our predicted high for tomorrow...51 degrees :thud:
I see coffee is made Fafnir so I'll have a pot or two to start off the day.
Didn't do much computing yesterday. Eyes were acting up again.... Got different eye drops and they are a pain.
I wasn't going to go out today either PDG but had to take the garbage container out...and yup..it was slick since it rained yesterday.
Morning Sir Knight and Hawk....Hope you both have a marvelous day.
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Good Morning,
With nothing on my mind, I think I will go back to work. Have a great day.
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I always have nothing on my mind....it's safer that way....Good Morning....enjoy your day
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Good afternoon!
Nenya started well, giving a slap in the face of Puce during our breakfast :thud: Puce answered immediately by sending back the slep and hissing - and had a look on our reaction. She obtained the 'bravo'. Months ago, she would simply have fleed.
She passed apart of the morning and the full afternoon with them. Only a hissing by Puce when I came back from job tonight. Probably one or the other trying to force her to play. Otherwise, she slept the afternoon with Nenya, almost fully body to body.
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Well that's great news. All of the critters here are sleeping after a morning of raising hell LOL....
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Better and better, Aelin. Glad to hear it!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Morning..nice and frosty in Richmond. Truck looks like a popsicle lol. And yes nuke the coffee with some serious peppermint schnapps
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hands Nosh a steaming mug coffee with healthy pour of peppermint schnapps this should help
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Mornin' all. Movin' a little slow today so just some caffeine for me this a.m.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of good Kona coffee
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What I used to drink in mornings for classes at Ga Tech lol.
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and Noshoba. Only two meetings today. I think I'll be OK with :java: with perhaps a bit of Old No. 7 to fortify it. :iminnocent:
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Good Morning.....
A chilly start to the day but it's supposed to warm up...but we pay for the warmth with winds blowing close to 25 MPH and gusts up to 50 MPH. But...it WILL BE warm LOLOL.
I'll have a coffee with a shot of Coffee if you don't mind Fafnir...that's about as strong as it gets for me :tearlaugh:
Good Morning Noshoba, PDG, Sir Knight. I have no clue what's planned for the day but I'm thinking it's going to be what I do everyday. Not to plan....because plans always change....and not due to anything I do :tearlaugh:
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Good Morning,
Great morning to drink coffee. Wind is blowing some and cool outside. Temperature is 49 F degrees. With a high of 59 degrees. This is winter out here sometime is dips down to 28 degrees in late December and January. However our summers run constants in the 100s usually tops out at 115+ one or two degrees in the shade. I think the summers back east feel hotter with all the humidity added to the heat so I guess that is a trade off for summer. So I think the weather is realtive to where you live since my blood is thinner than people living in colder regions of the country.
:bettyb:
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Good Morning M-C
I can honestly say I don't mind the cool or cold temperatures. I can always dress properly for warmth....
With the heat though, you can only undress so far before getting arrested ... unless you live in a nudest colony LOLOL....
We are actually above our normal temps for this time of year so I don't mind that...
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Presently I am working on animations, simple now and will be more complex later. 1st one uses two rendered pictures and then edited in video editor which show a neon light coming on. The next is a rocket ship moving through space. The rocket is stationary and placed in a sphere and is turned to give an illusion of forward motion.
https://youtu.be/-w_uH13FAwU
https://youtu.be/10OTtsmvteo
Working towards a making a video that will tell a story in the future under 5 minutes. But now I am just learning a few things to make a better video from what I have made before. Will be posting later in another section of the forum so not to clutter up the coffee shop.
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My kids asked me if I was trying out for Cousin Itt. Pah, bumhug!
Pah, bumhug?
LOLOLOL!
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That came out great MC....I'm signed up to see more.....
And Mc-G.....I'm thinking they are right :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Good afternoon! It's weekend!
At midday, Puce and Nenya were almost together, him in a couch near Puce on a rug, but that's great. In fact, she waited for me. Once she had herstuff for teeth, she went back to her usual place to sleep.
She passed most of her afternoon with Nenya, him still in the usual couch, and she comforted him by her presence. Because the poor baby isn't well. Is made vomit and didn't eat since. That after in the morning there were works AND a stupid a****le army fighter passing very low above the town TWICE. We had it already last night.
The other time, he was disturbed by the gees, this time by all the noise. He wasn't alone at home, with his sisters, but still the human wasn't in the room to help at those moments today. He is definitively a sensitive cat.
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Nenya sounds like my Bootsy. I think Stripes (Momma Cat) dropped him on his head when she dropped them off under my door jam. But he is the most lovable of the three but afraid of EVERYTHING...but loves to play also....Surprisingly, none of the others pick on him...they kinda keep him from getting in trouble. And yes, he's the one who will NOT eat wet food...but loves treats, hardfood, and water.....
So your place is in the path taken by Fighter Jets and Geese :thud: We still have a ton of geese up here in WI. One would have thought that they would have headed out to the south.... But even Fafnir said he hadn't seen that many around...but he said that a while ago...who knows now..
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Fools around here feed the damnable geese. They never fly south any more. I've a school yard full of them across the street.
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Presently I am working on animations, simple now and will be more complex later. 1st one uses two rendered pictures and then edited in video editor which show a neon light coming on. The next is a rocket ship moving through space. The rocket is stationary and placed in a sphere and is turned to give an illusion of forward motion.
https://youtu.be/-w_uH13FAwU
Nicely done. I'm a big fan of animations and the techniques used to create them.
https://youtu.be/10OTtsmvteo
Working towards a making a video that will tell a story in the future under 5 minutes. But now I am just learning a few things to make a better video from what I have made before. Will be posting later in another section of the forum so not to clutter up the coffee shop.
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Pah, bumhug?
LOLOLOL!
That flew right by me yesterday. It's quite cute.
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BTW Good Morning everyone. Feeling better today Fafnir. C&C if you please my good man.
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TL we're getting that warm up now. 6am and it's 48 degrees already. High wind gusts 60 to 70 mph and on and off rain. Going to make the skating rinks they opened last weekend a little swampy and this morning's grocery run a mite damp. No Ed today to drive. It's push the buggy day. I really need one of those that has the little seat on it so I can take a break or two along the way.
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Hands PDG a steaming C&C
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Thanks Fafnir. I'm back for more after my trip to the grocery. Damn windy but I dodged the rain. Hot coffee and warm whisky. Works for me.
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Fools around here feed the damnable geese. They never fly south any more. I've a school yard full of them across the street.
The area where the geese are is fenced off. The city knew folks would do that also so they made it harder for them to do so....But I'm sure some folks through items over the fence. But then again...The geese fly into the freshly harvested farm fields nearby and have a feast of whatever. Not sure what the whatever is...but the fields are loaded with them...and they they fly back to the Walmart Stream...
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TL we're getting that warm up now. 6am and it's 48 degrees already. High wind gusts 60 to 70 mph and on and off rain. Going to make the skating rinks they opened last weekend a little swampy and this morning's grocery run a mite damp. No Ed today to drive. It's push the buggy day. I really need one of those that has the little seat on it so I can take a break or two along the way.
I wish it stayed longer here. Winds blowing at 40 MPH and the temp is 15 degrees....With the wind chill it feels like "DAMN FRIGGING COLD" You take care and take your time.... I see a lot of folks around here with those seated ones.
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Good Morning to you all.....
And thanks for the chat last night Fafnir...Glad "back to normal" is the phrase of the day in your household LOLOL.
Plus...thanks for the :java:.....I had to clean out my coffee maker with vinegar this morning (Twice a month chore...I drink a LOT of coffee) and now it's working great again. I've had this coffee maker for 8 years now. Maintenance is the key to it's longevity.
And now to get the chores done in here....with :java: in hand
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Good morning!
We have full clouds in the sky, but that's the season. I'm glad anyway to be at home for the weekend and not forced to make my way without sun, a way or another of teh day; I have in those cases the feeling to frozen on my feet :tearlaugh:
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I have no plans on going anywhere today....but with Lorna here....My plans don't mean much LOLOL....She'll come up with somewhere we have to go to get whatever no matter if we need the whatever or not. :thud:
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As most know...I truly do enjoy the Christmas Season....Never really had much of one as a kid so I made sure my family and friends were always part of my Christmas.
In saying that.... We've got a Music Room that features Christmas Classics Videos, Rock n Roll Vids, Oldies But Goldies Music Vids and many other interesting and fun videos. So click on the link below to visit our Music Room. It's buried pretty good and I'm thinking I'm going to change that....but for the time being, follow
THIS LINK : Music Room (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=22875.850)
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Interesting/ Just checked out said music room. Need to go back there another time. For the moment though, just need a good slug of coffee to fortify, then on to work - with a short break to run daughter Aliene to work.
:ahhhh: :nopanic; :ahhhh:
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Hope you have time to enjoy the day my friend.
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Good Afternoon,
I guess it is start of indoor weather for most activities on this side of the equator, as winter is coming soon to our part of the world. Hope everyone is having a great day.
:all-lit-up:
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It's so cold here at the moment, I'm going to have to go out and buy fur coats for the outside cats and kitties...
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why i live in florida
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My parents always had a heating pad in the outside (sheltered) boxes for the cats for that reason.
It just crack me up thinking of you trying to put clothing on the outside cats. Ouch!
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:peep: Have you seen these? o.o
https://thekittytube.com/
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now that you mention it Sir Knight it would be fun to watch coats for outside cats
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:peep: Have you seen these? o.o
https://thekittytube.com/
Barn cats? Although I see a small condo community of these things stacked up in the back yards of some of our members.
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Morning everyone. Cold ,cold, cold indeed TL.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=little+feat+cold+cold+cold#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:248bab75,vid:H29UNZCYQbg
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Good morning!
We have rain only, but it's enough cold to think the snow isn't so far. Also, the behavior of the babies is crazy. Last dinner, we had flying babies, specially Nenya! But at midday today we had Harmony close of that flying moment. And Nenya decided to was time to fight his 2 sisters if they didn't want to play :thud:
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Aelin, full moon in three days. Lunatic cats? :whattodo:
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I wouldn't be surprised :tearlaugh:
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Howdy, everybody! Just trying to catch up on the latest! Taking a pot of :tea: to go. Cold start, this morning and colder end, this evening. What a start in December! Staying away from the city as much as I can. Crazy!!!
:all-lit-up:
:glittery:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Hello,
Another great morning at the Attic. Hope your day is great too.
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Evening all. Today has been a good day. Weather not bad, a bit overcast, but not too cold. Mid to low 50s. Not too bad. Other than that, got a good bit done on my entrant for this month's contest. Will be able to post before too much longer.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning all. It's dark. That's about all I got today.
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Good morning, Fafnir and PDG. I have to wait for the sun to rise before I can drive to work. It's rising later and later (into January, anyway) so work at home stretches further into the morning.
I hope everyone has a good day!
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Morning finally home..and off to work again lol
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Good Morning to all,
Had a "Computer Day Off" yesterday. My eyes were acting up so I found other things to occupy me. Was tempted to go out in the below freezing temps to get my Christmas Stuff out of the shed and start decorating the inside but my body talked me out of doing that also. It's going to be above freezing for a few days this week....I'll get the stuff up then.
Sooooo....I'll grab a cup of Java that was made by the Coffee Shoppe staff and see what I missed yesterday...
Have a MARVELOUS DAY folks.
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Good Morning,
Was tempted to go out in the below freezing temps to get my Christmas Stuff out of the shed and start decorating the inside but my body talked me out of doing that also. It's going to be above freezing for a few days this week....I'll get the stuff up then.
Sooooo....I'll grab a cup of Java that was made by the Coffee Shoppe staff and see what I missed yesterday...
I can understand not going outside with temperatures like yours. Our bodies have change over the years. I remember lived in places where it snowed. Going out in the snow dressed in jeans, tee-shirt, combat boots and a CPO shirt on, not button because it was too hot to have it button up. Also every time it just got above freezing I would get out to the wash rack and wash the underside of my truck and winter car to keep the salt from rusting them out. Now is a different story.
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Good afternoon!
Cats are still crazy, specially babies. But no issue today, despite a fight-to-play-too-much-fight at midday between babies. Puce made her best to stay of marble even while it was just behind her back :tearlaugh:
Tomorrow it's finally the surgery for the babies have never babies. I cross fingers for really they have made nothing since. We looked them carefully, but it's impossible to separate them the nights or when there is nobody home.
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Mornin coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be beef ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. Back to the office this morning. :java:, please, kind sir.
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Good afternoon!
Cats are still crazy, specially babies. But no issue today, despite a fight-to-play-too-much-fight at midday between babies. Puce made her best to stay of marble even while it was just behind her back :tearlaugh:
Tomorrow it's finally the surgery for the babies have never babies. I cross fingers for really they have made nothing since. We looked them carefully, but it's impossible to separate them the nights or when there is nobody home.
I thought you had kittens; not bunnies. hehehehehe
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Good morning to everyone as well. C&C please my good man. I don't have to go anywhere. Par for the course.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of C&C double shot
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Good Morning to all,
Snow in the forecast, but at least it's warmer then it was yesterday.... All the critters are fed...next up...birdfeeders to be filled.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...much needed this morning.
Morning Aelin....poor little one will be having the conehead look for a while I guess....Good luck to you both....
Morning PDG and Sir Knight.....Have a marvelous day....
And now to see what is what and who is who and what is where with :java: in hand
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Still nursing my coffee here at 1:05 PM. Had lots to do to get things out of the way so I can at least play at making texture maps for my latest project. As it is too easy for others to do, I more than likely won't upload it for other people to use. If it turns out to be a good product pack, that will likely change. Keep your finger crossed!
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Fingers crossed and have another cup of :java:
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Good afternoon!
Well babies believed we were on the point to abandon them. No food for the night, no food in the morning, them 'packaged' in a cage... They had assassin looks :tearlaugh: and Harmonie ended by hissing in my face from behind the grid.
Assassin looks were still there for their escort in the afternoon, before they realized it was signifying they would be back home!
Puce was upset this morning, before I left home, when she realized she was alone. But she slept apparently when they came back; they smelt her but she didn't wake up, until she heard them eating at the other side of the room :tearlaugh:
I thought you had kittens; not bunnies. hehehehehe
Who knows with them? :tearlaugh: But in town, the vet knows the case of a 5 months cat and she had 3 times the envy to meet a "boyfriend" before the surgery.
TL, no conehead here. I'm surprised for sure, but it seems the vets have changed their way in France those last years. One point on each "old pockets" for Nenya. One point for Harmonie.
The hardest part is to convince them to don't play too hard together. But they warn the other early than usual when they feel they start to take risk for their post-surgery thing.
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Good Afternoon,
Thought I would share how I feel when waking up before and after Fafnir's Coffee.
https://youtu.be/d8szceStqZI
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Glad everything went well Aelin. That is odd about the cones. Our vets put the cheap ones on them when they send them home. Then we doll them up with cute ones...which is probably more torture to them :ahhhh: :peep:
That is me most of the day M-C....with our without Fafnirs Extra Strong Coffee :tearlaugh:
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The area where the geese are is fenced off. The city knew folks would do that also so they made it harder for them to do so....But I'm sure some folks through items over the fence. But then again...The geese fly into the freshly harvested farm fields nearby and have a feast of whatever. Not sure what the whatever is...but the fields are loaded with them...and they they fly back to the Walmart Stream...
Simple, they get a little grain, but a lot of bugs! :D Heh!
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Sounds like a normal day for the Attic. Still working on first render, however when I XD4'd V4's Steampunk outfit, got a bit of a nasty surprise. The dress separated at the "toes n feet". And not in a good way. No worries. Might use LittleFox's Infamous skirt as a replacement. Will find out in the next day or two since now running amok attempting to get Aliene into a place of her own . . . . one that doesn't call for us all to pay her bills for her. UGH!!!! :ahhhh:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be chicken and dumplings with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin Fafnir. Could use a coffee this morning. Maybe two.
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Hands PDG a big steaming mug of coffee X2
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Good Morning,
With nothing on my mind, and nothing to really say. Hope everyone is having a Great Day.
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Well, I made it back! Went walking to the store for both groceries and exercise and back home. The left leg was a bit swollen and achy. Not to worry, tho. Have Dr. Appt in the morning. So should see what's up. Feels like it's in a robot boot.
Right now, I'm sitting down, watching The View. I was going to watch some Disney+ shows, but decided not to. Next month or year, I'll get down to cleaning up my office area. I really let it go, pigsty style. LOL!
No tea for me today, Fafnir. Got to cut down on eating, too. My clothes are beginning to fit really snug on my behind and bod. :sadder:
:glittery:
:all-lit-up:
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Asking this on behalf of my brother, though I don't know if it can be answered. My brother is using an iPhone, and it has so many problems that he and I both are hating it with an unholy passion! One really big problem is the absence of the X button for closing tabs. How do you close a tab when there is no X button on the tab? I did a bit of research to try understanding why it does not have such a simple to use feature that every other OS I have seen features. What I found is that on iPhone, only the active tab will have the X button. But the problem we seem to have is the fact that it occurs even when only one tab is open, which to my way of thinking would have to be the active tab! In other words, when there is just one tab open the X button still does not appear!
This morning, my brother's iPhone started downloading something he never wanted or asked for. He tried several ways to stop it, to no avail, as there was no way to close that out, or even stop it. Now I have a Samsung A51, and have never even wanted any Apple device of any kind; thus I know nothing about their OS for whatever device it is on. My brother did not want the iPhone he is using, and so he does not know much about iOS either. The operating systems of Apple products are like an alien language, not of this Earth, to myself and my brother. We think their systems are prone to several types of glitches, and we don't wish to learn a whole new way of doing what we do well on Android and Windows devices.
We HATE iPhone!
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Good afternoon!
Babies were very tired today. Thanks God! Because last evening, just before we left babies, Harmonie found the way to destroy a rug and tried to feed of it :thud: It was the most recent and bigger rug, bought just for them if they felt from a side of the cat tree :sigh: Well, no longer for them anymore :shrug:
This morning, they were unavailable to stay one without the other. If they weren't in the same room, they started to call each other. Tonight, they don't care to be separated, like usual. It was probably a "temporary side effect" of their separated surgeries yesterday.
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Good Afternoon to all....Was in here much earlier but Lorna had to pick up a few items and then one thing lead to another....again....and yes Fafnir....It's still coffee time for me :java: Ahhhhh
Aelin....always keep in mind....for cats and kittens...>Rugs were made to be destroyed.....and anything else they can get their claws into....
Thankfully Agent....I know nothing about iPhone. My Brother in law had one for a week....brought it back...got a Samsung which was 30 times easier for him to figure out then the iPhone...according to him.
When it's Winter time Hawk...I spend a lot of time in Walmart...Just Walking around, putting some items in the cart...putting most back...and when I'm done with my rounds....I go to check out with my $2 item :tearlaugh:
Hope your day went well PDG and M-C....
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Good morning all. Wish I still drove. Not really but the price of gas went through the floor last week, and it is still dropping. Dropped back to last year's prices last week, and still falling. Makes me want to break out the Barracuda from storage.
Weather has been fair. Snow is gone and we'll have a high of 5 today. A balmy 41F.
They busted a guy last night for the shootings across the hall.
Double up the Rye my good man. It is turning out to be a great day and the sun has yet to rise. Awh heck Fafnir; might as well put a little coffee in there as well.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Oh and Agent; I wish you luck with your Apple product. I might suggest that the download your brother got was an OS update. They are forced on Apple products, just like Windows these days. The fact you are paying for the bandwidth matters nought. I can't help just commiserate.
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Good morning Fafnir. Hope all goes well so far.
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of mostly Rye with some coffee in it enjoy
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so far so good Mornin PDG
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Good Morning Fafnir and PDG
I'll have a double :java: with a little :java: on the side Fafnir.... A chilly start to the day but looks to be above freezing so that is good.
But tomorrow they are calling for some heavy snow and ice...and PDG...not sure if it will heading into your neck of the woods...hard to tell right now. Good to hear they busted the shooter.... and yes, I filled up the tank yesterday because I'm sure before the Christmas travelers hit the road...prices will go up again for one reason or another...for reasons that can't be proven, for one reason or another.
Hope all have a great day....Gotta bug my judges for last months contest results...always tough gathering anything from them this time of year...but I will prevail.
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Oh and Agent; I wish you luck with your Apple product. I might suggest that the download your brother got was an OS update. They are forced on Apple products, just like Windows these days. The fact you are paying for the bandwidth matters nought. I can't help just commiserate.
My brother is working on getting another android to replace that infernal device known as iPhone! Should be rid of it within the next week. The download that was coming in was from the play store, and it was one that would have to be paid for. We finally got that resolved, after several hours fighting with the iOS! Felt like a "knock down drag out" fight! We had to get T-Mobile involved in solving the problem. Somehow they fixed it, but we won't be keeping that phone! My brother told T-Mobile he will let them have the iPhone, so long as they honor their commitment to the customer's and their agreement, as written in the contract. LOLOL
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Good afternoon!
We are in warning for snow since 6AM, and we'll be until tomorrow 9AM. Or once they'll stop to shift the end of the alert, like with thunderstorms :tearlaugh:
Cats are in their daily stuff, Puce pretending to be grumpy and babies in all sort of hard moves like if they never had a surgery :thud:
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Ours is a warning also Aelin....so like I said...we shall see....
Every now and then Oz gets grumpy, but not often....and it's always when we pet one of the kittens first...and him last....but that's because they run up to us...and he lays there and waits for us to come to him... :tearlaugh:
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The same here. Puce wants to be the first when I'm back home. Yesterday, Harmonie was faster than her so this time I made an exception and saw the shooting eyes :tearlaugh:
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And believe you me....there are times, as rare they may be, that Oz let's them know he's the first to be petted LOLOL...
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Mornin' folks. Cold and dark, so; normal I guess. Waiting for Ed to drop by and give me a lift to the grocery store. His kid needs the car for work tomorrow so groceries are a day early this week.
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Good morning, PDG. Ed is OK by now? Good luck shopping!
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steak on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning to all....
Tis a windy, cold, snowy world out there today....and I'm staying in. Fed the outiside critters quickly.....just before the snow began.
Need that coffee this morning Fafnir...and then some :java:
Morning PDG...have a safe Shopping Trip. As mentioned yesterday....snow might make it's way to you soon....so maybe it's a good thing today was your shopping day....
Morning Sir Knight....Have a marvelous day ......
And thanks for the :java: Fafnir...Tis a brisk morning so it's welcomed....
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Good morning, TL. Stay warm! At least you have a lot of furry friends to help with that.
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Wow! I do a Star Trek image and post it at DeviantArt, and it gets lots of favorites in just a couple of days! This one also got me 3 more watchers! Star Trek is a real big favorite subject for art at DeviantArt, for sure! I'm still getting favorites for Star Trek images I posted there as long ago as 10 years or more! Even those old images are getting me new watchers, as well!
Lets me know that Star Trek really is awesome!
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Anything to do with Space is cool to me....real or fictional. On the "Local Now" network they actually have a Star Trek channel
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Sir Knight; Ed is doing well. Thanks for asking.
TL I'm getting lake effect snow now. Don't think it will amount to anything. Tomorrow we're expecting a somewhat larger dump of the stuff.
I took advantage of Ed's car and went for the yearly ritual tree killing. Well not exactly. I went to Canuk Tire and bought an "evergreen" one. Grrrr. Plastic damn it. It's plastic. Politically correct crap. Never owned a fake tree in my life, nor an LED Christmas light; and now I have a tree made of plastic with LEDs in the end of each branch. Progress they call it.
I finally just gave up on having a real tree any more. Due to crap I'd rather not relive; I didn't get a tree last year. I did grab a few spruce boughs at least. This year I kept seeing about tree shortages and high prices. Like 3 digit high prices. For a tree? In Canada? No way I say. Yes way I find out. Screw that. Off to Canadian Tire. At least I won't care next season.
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Good on you Agent. Been a Star Trek fan from the beginning. In fact I ran L.O.S.T. and S.T.A.R. back in '70 and '71. They are long extinct but their legacies live on in the form of the modern "Fan Expo" type events. I was thinking about that on the weekend. My kid sister sent a box of correspondence she found in the basement with a note from Roddenberry in it among other things like an autographed shooting script for The Trouble With Tribbles signed by David Gerrold and some letters with Asimov after I presented him with a Hugo and a Nebula for The Gods Themselves at Hal-Con back in '73.
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Sir Knight; Ed is doing well. Thanks for asking.
TL I'm getting lake effect snow now. Don't think it will amount to anything. Tomorrow we're expecting a somewhat larger dump of the stuff.
I took advantage of Ed's car and went for the yearly ritual tree killing. Well not exactly. I went to Canuk Tire and bought an "evergreen" one. Grrrr. Plastic damn it. It's plastic. Politically correct crap. Never owned a fake tree in my life, nor an LED Christmas light; and now I have a tree made of plastic with LEDs in the end of each branch. Progress they call it.
I finally just gave up on having a real tree any more. Due to crap I'd rather not relive; I didn't get a tree last year. I did grab a few spruce boughs at least. This year I kept seeing about tree shortages and high prices. Like 3 digit high prices. For a tree? In Canada? No way I say. Yes way I find out. Screw that. Off to Canadian Tire. At least I won't care next season.
More than likely, there is no real shortage of trees. They just say that to drive up the prices. Had that happen here a couple of years ago, and decided I don't need a tree that bad. Artificial trees don't ever last more that a couple of years, and are never worth buying at the prices they want because of that. Plastic? I won't go for one. Real trees are so much better, and can serve as fireplace fuel after the holidays are over. Neither plastic nor the other types of artificial trees can serve as fireplace fuel, and fumes from the chemicals in them can be harmful to your health.
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More than likely, there is no real shortage of trees. They just say that to drive up the prices. Had that happen here a couple of years ago, and decided I don't need a tree that bad. Artificial trees don't ever last more that a couple of years, and are never worth buying at the prices they want because of that. Plastic? I won't go for one. Real trees are so much better, and can serve as fireplace fuel after the holidays are over. Neither plastic nor the other types of artificial trees can serve as fireplace fuel, and fumes from the chemicals in them can be harmful to your health.
I have no idea what it's actually made from. Heck; I haven't even seen it. It's still in the plain brown cardboard box and will be for another week yet. I can't rely on auto access so I do what needs to be done when the doing is good.
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Good on you Agent. Been a Star Trek fan from the beginning. In fact I ran L.O.S.T. and S.T.A.R. back in '70 and '71. They are long extinct but their legacies live on in the form of the modern "Fan Expo" type events. I was thinking about that on the weekend. My kid sister sent a box of correspondence she found in the basement with a note from Roddenberry in it among other things like an autographed shooting script for The Trouble With Tribbles signed by David Gerrold and some letters with Asimov after I presented him with a Hugo and a Nebula for The Gods Themselves at Hal-Con back in '73.
Woah! You presented a Hugo Award to Isaac Asimov? That is awesome! Of all science fiction authors, he is my all time favorite! It must have been an honor to shake his hand!
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He wasn't a fan of flying. I picked him up at the train station. Sat at the banquet table that night with him, Ben Bova and Anne McAffery was there promoting To Ride Pegasus. She had just released her second Dragon book the year before. Dragonquest or something like that. It was a long time ago. I know and knew a whole mess of folk Agent. That's why the WWE's hubby (Wicked Witch of the East) sent the box. Try and depress me over Christmas, but that's an entirely different conversation.
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Wow! Ben Bova and Anne McCaffrey are favorite authors too. You ran in some circles that I would have enjoyed running in also! To tell the truth, I am a bit jealous, but not in a bad way! LOLOL
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Anyway; I kicked up a steampunk type image for the monthly contest. Not really my genre but I'm trying to grow. I'm out of here till later. Time for a rye and doobie out on the balcony. I like watching the snow when I don't have to deal with it.
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BTW, my favorite series by Anne McCaffrey; "Dragon Riders of Pern". I especially like how she wrote a whole history into the series.
I also like "The Crystal Singers" and the "Damia" or "Rowan" series!
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Wow! Ben Bova and Anne McCaffrey are favorite authors too. You ran in some circles that I would have enjoyed running in also! To tell the truth, I am a bit jealous, but not in a bad way! LOLOL
That was just '73. I was one of the originators of Hal-Con, which BTW still runs. My original Hal-Con registration number was 007. It was down to an honorary 001 by the time I stopped participating in '81 or '82. I'd have to look it up.
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I don't even put a tree up anymore...well, not in the general living area. I put a small one up in the Computer Room and do a Christmas Village scene. Got a window there so folks can see that I'm not a scrooge. And I bet all can guess why I don't have any sort of tree in the general living area....:tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
I do put all of my Santas in the curious and decorate somewhat in the kitchen. Already have my Lit up Candy cans out...that's enough for lights. My electric bill went up again...and not due to usage...that's 3 times this year.
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Good afternoon!
Still no snow here but a cold weather for sure!
I stopped my visits to deviantart since a long time Agent, the site trying to :explode: my processor. But if I have the opportunity to be back in one day, I think I'll just remove my profil. They no longer worse the trouble.
No Christmas tree here this year. We have a fake one since years and that's fine. But the problem is the babies. It won't stay in place for 30 seconds :hypno: and that without decorations!
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I learned a very long time ago that the bottom yard/meter of the tree needs the unbreakable ornaments to be hard wired on to the tree. No silly little "S" shaped wires from the Dollar Store. Cats are pretty determined.
My poor old girl has no interest in tree climbing. She can barely jump up on the couch. Missing a back leg never slowed her down when she was young, but she's getting on in years now. 16. I have to lift her on to the top of the computer case now. She sleeps there for the warmth.
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I was thinking last month about doing a kitty in a tree if that turned out to be the theme this month.
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Hi all this is were the wedding will be held at 9am on mountain Sandia Crest NM Sunday :ahhhh:
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Morning all, sorry I've been missing in action. I've been busy looking after my parents who are in their 90's. So visits will probably be infrequent at the moment.
Just in case I want to wish you all the best for the holidays!
:xmas11: :all-lit-up:
I hope everyone has a terrific Christmas...
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Hi all this is were the wedding will be held at 9am on mountain Sandia Crest NM Sunday :ahhhh:
Damn; I thought NM was warm. Cheers!
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Morning all, sorry I've been missing in action. I've been busy looking after my parents who are in their 90's. So visits will probably be infrequent at the moment.
Just in case I want to wish you all the best for the holidays!
:xmas11: :all-lit-up:
I hope everyone has a terrific Christmas...
Take care of yourself also....Have a Marvelous Christmas....
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Well, PDG, looks like you rubbed elbows with a lot of fine folk. Met Ms McCaffrey at a convention once, autographed my Dragonriders books for me. She was the only author at the Dragoncon I attented while in Fla. Would have liked to have met Keith Laumer, but time was against me. Him and of course Fred Saberhagen. Oh well.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked BBQ pork ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin Fafnir. Cold and snowy out. Glad I did the shopping yesterday.
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Good morning!
I went to the 'braderie' this morning, and I'm glad because I found little treasures in my eyes. No book alas.
We still haven't snow, even if exiting from the building of the braderie there were 3 tiny white things coming from the sky.
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and Aelin.
We've still had no snow here other than a fall that melted as soon as the sun was on it. Strange to be in December with serious snow in other parts of the US and none here. I understand from the University weather guys that it's La Niña. It's still weird. :shrug:
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Good Morning to all,
A damn chilly and foggy morning...which means it's SLICK out there also.... See some flakes coming down...not many though....but enough to irritate me LOL...The outdoor cats and kitten are all fed and resting in their shelters...
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.... Morning Sir Knight, Aelin and PDG.... Glad you had a good shopping trip Aelin.
And now to get started with :java: in hand...
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Good Morning to all! Grabbed so of your dark roast :java:, Fafnir! Thanks! It's the smack in the face I need to get the sleep knocked out of me!
Here in Georgia, we rarely get snow. Last year, if we got any, it lasted only minutes on the ground. Our temps have stayed above freezing mostly. Only had frost this year maybe four times.
Anyway, I'm alive and kicking!
Now to go and get some things done while here!
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was cooler and foggy here this morning
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Mornin all. Hope your weekend is going well.
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Good morning, PDG. Church and then cleaning up the basement. Oh joy! Hope your day is enjoyable!
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got the candied fruit soaking will add more bourbon in a while sample and see how much longer it needs to soak
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be baked stuffed grouper with all the fixings and tater wedges
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That sounds like an excellent plan, Fafnir. Particularly the sampling. :thumb_up:
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yea for sure gotta sample then add the leftover soak to the cake recipe makes it better
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Morning no need for the ax hammers today. Now can spend the day just relaxing .
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Good morning!
It was a chilly night and I don't care because I'mstaying home all the day. But static electricity is all around, it doesn't matter polar matter or not. If that continues, I'm thinking babies and Puce will end like Manny in the latest Ice Age!
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take pictures Aelin
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Good Morning to all,
I'll have a coffee with a dash of coffee to go with my coffee Fafnir.... :java: Ahhhhh
Morning PDG....Not sure what weather I'm sending your way...it's a weird day. Above freezing yet snow flakes are trying to come down...and it's FOGGY...
Aelin....My grandmother use to take pans of water and place them on top of the radiators to help keep some humidity in the air. She even had something she put in the water so her place smelled like flowers...not a strong smell, but a faint smell that was nice. She did that on all of her radiators and the static shock syndrome was rare... My mother used to do the same thing by putting pots of water near the heater vents on the Floor...she had no pets to bother them...just five boys that were very very careful not to run into those...else all hell would break loose :tearlaugh:
Morning Noshoba....relaxing and enjoying the day sounds like plan....
Have a marvelous day Sir Knight....Oh wait....that would be hard unless you ENJOY cleaning up the basement :thud:
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As it turns out, cleaning the basement will be enjoyable. It's time for a lot of it to go -- I've no need for the number of 3.25 inch floppies that I have, for example.
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Good Morning,
Have you ever notice how good coffee smell in the morning cooking on the stove? I still do it the old way here, and it smell good when I use the old percolator, and even my old drip pot. I guess I just don't want one of those coffee makers when I have other ways of making coffee.
Have a fantastic day!
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As it turns out, cleaning the basement will be enjoyable. It's time for a lot of it to go -- I've no need for the number of 3.25 inch floppies that I have, for example.
Bwaaahaaahaaa....Indeed. The only ones I kept were the 20+ to install Poser 2. Nostalgia
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Good Morning,
Have you ever notice how good coffee smell in the morning cooking on the stove? I still do it the old way here, and it smell good when I use the old percolator, and even my old drip pot. I guess I just don't want one of those coffee makers when I have other ways of making coffee.
Have a fantastic day!
I like my coffee maker....Besides, I don't give it time for me to smell the coffee being made. As it's being made...I'm filling my cup up and drinking it down LOLOLOL......
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While we are on the subject of :java:, here is a question:
What do you get when you mix hot coffee and hot chocolate in equal amounts?
I want to see your own ideas concerning this. :aaah!:
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Mocha
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While we are on the subject of :java:, here is a question:
What do you get when you mix hot coffee and hot chocolate in equal amounts?
I want to see your own ideas concerning this. :aaah!:
A base for Irish Cream Liquor.
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Good Morning,
Have you ever notice how good coffee smell in the morning cooking on the stove? I still do it the old way here, and it smell good when I use the old percolator, and even my old drip pot. I guess I just don't want one of those coffee makers when I have other ways of making coffee.
Have a fantastic day!
My coffee maker is on a timer. I wake to the smell of fresh coffee each morning. Gives me a reason to get out of bed.
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That sounds like an excellent plan, Fafnir. Particularly the sampling. :thumb_up:
Completely agree, though it's dark navy rum for the fruit and cake here.
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TL; the weather is indeed "weird." Barely freezing but an inch or so of snow so far and indeed, a crap load of fog. I watched a chopper try and make a run for it from the Island Airport. It gave up and returned almost instantly. No visibility at all over 150 feet.
Weather seems pretty nice in Baja however. I've the Orion splashdown on NASA TV on a screen beside me.
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I love that stuff.... SpaceX/Nasa (https://www.nasa.gov/spacex) is a cool place for space....wooohooo
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Speaking of Chocolate and Coffee.... Every now and then I'll have a bowl of Chocolate Ice Cream and pour some Autocrat Coffee Syrup over it. Talks about DELICIOUS....
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Some interesting answers to my question. I like all of them.
Now what I say as my answer to my question is this: Choke-Off-Ee! Ee is a scream, rather than the cream! LOL
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Hi folks, checking in. Merry Christmas! :all-lit-up: :xmas9:
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Bwaaahaaahaaa....Indeed. The only ones I kept were the 20+ to install Poser 2. Nostalgia
And do you still have a drive than can READ those 20 floppies? :iminnocent:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be oven roasted ham with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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And do you still have a drive than can READ those 20 floppies? :iminnocent:
Yepp, and 1.44s, and zip tape carts.......
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Mornin' Fafnir. Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start.
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And do you still have a drive than can READ those 20 floppies? :iminnocent:
Ummmmm....NO :tearlaugh: But they are the only ones I saved so all is good. I had loads of them that got hammered. Hummmm...that sounds like a night out LOLOLOL
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Good Morning to all. Early today...got Clinic appointments. Had to starve myself for the lab work :thud: But at least we can drink coffee now...BLACK....no additives allowed. There was a time when they said only water was allowed.
And in saying that...Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...UmmmUmmmmGoood
Had a Ditto Tape Drive for backups at one time PDG. Loved that thing. Got a hell of a lot more storage then you did with the floppys. Amazon still sells them for $85.
Hi McG...good to see you out and about.....
LOL Agent......Coffee is coffee....nowadays...straight with no additives is the only way to go....:java: Ahhhhhh
Well, time to get ready for the Appointment. Then tomorrow is a day of tests. :thud:
See you later this afternoon....Got to do some grocery shopping since I've got to go out.
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Good Morning,
Snowed yesterday in the mountains and the foothills and rained in the valley. Snow still is in the foothills and mountains this morning. Presently it is 34 F degrees outside. The high is expected to be 49 degrees. Really looks like coffee drinking weather to me.
Hopefully everyone will have a great and fantastic Week.
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Good afternoon!
We are under the warning for snow but it seems it's pretty close of the town this time. Anyway, still no snowflakes to show to the babies.
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Agent, sorry about being late to the discussion. Coffee with chocolate syrup in it is called "Café Mocha" No need for sugar or any other sweeteners. In my opinion, That coffee with added sugar will make your sugar buds go into hyperdrive. LOL :tearlaugh: The manager at my local Starbucks told me that at one time. Been doing it ever since.
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I have my coffee with NO additives....Except for Coffee for my Coffee... :java: Ahhhhh
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Hi All Just got Back From o.o 23 Degrees Outdoor Wedding! :peep:
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Agent, sorry about being late to the discussion. Coffee with chocolate syrup in it is called "Café Mocha" No need for sugar or any other sweeteners. In my opinion, That coffee with added sugar will make your sugar buds go into hyperdrive. LOL :tearlaugh: The manager at my local Starbucks told me that at one time. Been doing it ever since.
When it comes to adding sugar to certain things, I'm a minimalist. I don't like the sugar overwhelming the other flavors. I make a gallon of Lipton Tea, double strength, and only one cup of sugar. Otherwise it tastes like tea flavored sugar water. :OMFG: For my coffee, I make it extra strong, and add just a minimal amount of cream, and just a level teaspoon of sugar. Hot cocoa tends to be too sweet anyway, so if I want chocolate in my coffee, I add 1 semisweet dark chocolate Hershey's miniature candy bar to a 2 cup by measure coffee, with no extra sugar added. It is a very rare thing I only do once in several months. So that is why I said it's Choke Off Ee, because it makes me scream due to how sweet it tends to be! I would rather add peppermint to my coffee, (not Peppermint Schnapps).
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Hi All Just got Back From o.o 23 Degrees Outdoor Wedding! :peep:
Looks a slight bit warmer than your earlier pic. Glad everything happened without issue.
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Morning' all. Hope everyone's day goes well.
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Good Morning to all....
A quick stop before I have to get ready for todays Clinic adventure.
Great picture Rad....Great looking couple.... But that photo shoot didn't last long with those temps LOL.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir and the phone call. Glad the fruit cake is coming along great....Are you sure you have enough booze left to share with PDG and others LOLOLOL
Grabbing a :java: and heading off to the shower....Gotta look good for the Nurses...and no Aelin...Not our nurse :tearlaugh:
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Today is the last 13th day of the month for this year! Too bad there's just 12 months! :zipit: :danceelf: Santa never saw an elf this hot before! :dancesanta:
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Yea this After the Wedding The Cold Est 23 Degrees Was When We Got there at 7 am Setup the Arch and runner, chairs the "Slip and Slide" Ice and Snow down from the road to the Sandia Mountain trail.
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Yea this After the Wedding The Cold Est 23 Degrees Was When We Got there at 7 am Setup the Arch and runner, chairs the "Slip and Slide" Ice and Snow down from the road to the Sandia Mountain trail.
Saw the bride in one of the pictures. How did she survive without the fur coat? Was the ceremony a quickie? I hope the marriage will last a vvvvvvvvvverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyy long time. Here's to the bride who braved the icy weather to hitch up with a hot stud! Lucky fella! :champagne: :champagne: :foru: :congrats:
:glittery: :all-lit-up: :xmas9:
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Good afternoon!
Well the snow avoided our town :shrug: We had a white soil few after the sunrise, but it was only "solid white thing" coming on the ground like that. No snowfall, just cold air giving that, like small seeds. It melted during the day.
Tonight, we had stars when I was back home. But after the dinner (less than 2 hours after I was back) we had and still have fog. That was said to come during the night.
Congrats to the couple, Rad.
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As My Mother Would Say as She was there Freezing along with My Father Who was Preforming the Wedding it was around 20 minutes!
They Where Cold She Wore a Thin Dress Thing She Was Wearing a Heavy Coat on her Way Down to the Carpet Took it off and walked down the Aisle With Her Father, Her Mother Took the Coat and the the Hand off to her New Husband Who took off her Gloves to place the ring exchange So they where Holding it together with Youth and Hormones! Then Coats went on and off to Take pictures O.o
They Went Skiing in Colorado For their Honeymoon! :ahhhh:
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That was great Radkres! LOL! Sandias! Had to cross those on I-40 to get to the Raymond G. Murphy VA Med Center in Albuquerque. A BUNCH of times! Loved that place too. Haven't been out there in a few years now. The Gov.'t rearranged all our districts and with my Home VA being Amarillo, Albuquerque is now out of our district. Bleah!
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Seeing those pictures reminds me of our neighbor girl, Jenna, who was determined to have an outdoor Birthday party for her oldest boy Daniel. It snowed the night before...temps were just above 0, none of the kids ever ventured outside and she tried EVERYTHING to get them to come out LOL. Some of her crazy friends did...for a SHORT TIME....but got their sanity back quickly. I was invited to the party but did not go...but had a fun time watching it from the warmth of my place :tearlaugh:
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Good Evening to all,
Had a marathon day at the Clinic....then when I got home I decided to work the meds they pumped in me out of my system so I finally got the living room decorated. I must say...it looks pretty good.
Only room left to decorate is the Computer Room/Office which is now occupied by Lorna with her Work At Home job for Colony Brands. She's doing very well with it for being computer illiterate. She's learning quickly.
Anyway...have a great evening...I think it will be early to bed tonight. See you in the morning.
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Mornin' all. It's another day of fun in the sun. No wait. That's not right. I got it. It's another day of a blow in the snow. Yeah; that's more like it. Well, maybe now that I reread things there is a slight problem with that expressed vision. Help!! Fafnir I need a coffee. Mind is a little slow this a.m.
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Thank you for the pictures, Radkres. :sno3: Beautiful bride!
Your mind seems sharp from here, PDG. Good morning.
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mornin to you all it is a late morning due to back issues the coffee pots are set to auto the girls did the biscuits and bacon and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good Morning,
Just got back from the Doctors Office, they pronounce me healthy for my age.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
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Good morning, Fafnir and M-Callahan.
Fafnir, so sorry to hear your back is giving you trouble.
Thank goodness for automation!
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Good Morning Fafnir....Sorry to hear you back is still aching ....any word from your quack yet? Hope it gets to feeling better my friend Thanks for the :java:
Good morning Sir Knight...Hope your day goes smoothly.
That's great news M-C. I visit the Doctors so often they invite me to their family Christmas Parties... :thud:
Looks like Mother Nature is on a Rampage. Super Cell storms down South and us folks in the Northern part of the world are in for a hell of a storm. For some....Blizzard conditions...for some just snow and wind....and others, like us here in Southern Wisconsin...a hit or miss scenario. Depends on what mother nature wants to do....and then it moves on to the East coast New England area...
Morning PDG....I think you neck of the woods is included in this Blizzard/Snow Storm/Screwed up weather system........
Now to see what is going on with :java: in hand
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Good Afternoon.
I am receiving emails that are supposedly from FedEx and UPS claiming that I have a delivery pending, and that when they arrived at my location, no one was there to sign for the package. I have never ordered anything from anywhere to be delivered to my location, yet my inbox continues to be flooded with these emails. Apparently these emails are coming to me through a site called Kbdrun Info. When I did a search to learn more about the site, I find a lot of odd looking data that makes no sense to me. I do not understand what the site exists for. So I contacted the site to ask that they cease the flood of emails to my inbox. I also have sent replies to the sites claiming to be FedEx and UPS that are asking for my info so that they can deliver the supposed package. I asked them to cease sending emails to me, also. I am trying every way I am able to stop this. It takes more than an hour to clean all those emails from my inbox, which is time I could use for more productive purposes. If the package is legitimate, why are they unable to find my location so that I can sign for and receive it? Furthermore, I would like to know what is supposedly being delivered to me?
I know you guy could not know the answer to the latter question. You may be able to tell me something about Kbdrun Info, if you know anything, that is. That would certainly be appreciated.
Sometimes I wonder if I am missing out on something that has great value, or that I would find very useful. Until I am sure though, I choose caution; because this just may be a Phishing attempt, or a scam to grab and use my info to steal from me.
Are any of you here getting this type of thing?
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Good afternoon!
Agent, I had the same today at job on one of the mailboxes I have to look on. A 3 letters name for a deliverer - or at least a supposed one.
But since weeks I have warning for the bank account of the company being blocked because we didn't do a manoeuver. It's already the third bank giving us warnings. Knowing that I'm not supposed to receive such emails, it ends each time in the spam area (where I can look safely), then dumpster.
The fact is the site links are changing from an email to another.
It doesn't help to ask them to stop, Agent, they are just scammers. Spams and forget them.
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Does anyone know if finally Rendo is doing the annual Giveaway page?
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And our school holidays are off to a rollicking start, its cold and wet, (meant to be summer here), I have a sore throat and no voice and the teenager is coughing :thud:
:xmas9: indeed. I am going back to bed
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You don't open them Agent...right? They are data collectors...and they don't have to ask you a thing. When I see something suspicious I just hoover over the senders email addy (even if it looks legit like U.P.S. which we all know is not what they use on their notifications. 99.9 of the time it's a jumbled up mess that has not relating to the product or whatever they are telling you about and you add them to your spam box...DONE
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And our school holidays are off to a rollicking start, its cold and wet, (meant to be summer here), I have a sore throat and no voice and the teenager is coughing :thud:
:xmas9: indeed. I am going back to bed
You both take care...Hugs to you both
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Good afternoon!
Agent, I had the same today at job on one of the mailboxes I have to look on. A 3 letters name for a deliverer - or at least a supposed one.
But since weeks I have warning for the bank account of the company being blocked because we didn't do a manoeuver. It's already the third bank giving us warnings. Knowing that I'm not supposed to receive such emails, it ends each time in the spam area (where I can look safely), then dumpster.
The fact is the site links are changing from an email to another.
It doesn't help to ask them to stop, Agent, they are just scammers. Spams and forget them.
You just posted the reason I don't trust these emails. I just wish there was a way to block them from making it to my inbox. I get hundreds of unwanted emails each day, sometimes as many as 500 or more. A couple of time it exceeded 1,000! Imagine having to sort through it all to manually mark each unwanted email for deletion! Yeah, it takes way too long to do that, because mixed into all of that is the emails I find important to me. Only one way to find the good ones out of all that! Usually, the good ones are outnumbered by all the bad ones by a factor of 5 to 10 or more times. It is so time consuming to have to do all that.
I am very cautious concerning my internet activities, trusting only a few sites. Less than 30 sites are all I trust; The Fantasies Attic and PFDLives being among them. I do not trust FaceBook or the Google social networks, because they are swamped with scammers and phishers. I am still not sure about Twitter, but since Elon Musk has taken control of it, I am starting to gain some respect for it. He is cleaning those types out of Twitter as quickly as he can. That does not mean I will join or create an account there, but I am watching the activity with great interest.
What I want to know is how these scammers and phishers get my email address? And why do they use it to order products to be delivered to me, if that is what they are actually doing? I personally think it is a ruse to get me to reveal personal and private information. Not gonna happen!
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Apologies for steering the subject of the day to my email problems. I know you guys have better things to do. It is just a frustration I have grown annoyed and tired of.
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You don't open them Agent...right? They are data collectors...and they don't have to ask you a thing. When I see something suspicious I just hoover over the senders email addy (even if it looks legit like U.P.S. which we all know is not what they use on their notifications. 99.9 of the time it's a jumbled up mess that has not relating to the product or whatever they are telling you about and you add them to your spam box...DONE
Thank you for confirming what I was thinking. My problem arises from the fact that they use different email addresses to send these attempts to me. It's like they think I won't recognize what they are doing! These people doing this must be idiots. I have online protection from such things that warns me concerning them. Even if it is looking legitimate, but my online protection is warning me against it, I will not open it. I need to have an actual email address I know I can trust from the actual true organizations named to even think about opening one. If I do not recognize the address, I delete the email out of hand.
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I'd change your E-Mail address if you get that many a day...that means your out there in the Dark Web and Spammerville for sure. I average 3 or 4 a day now that I put anything I don't know in Spam
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They have your adress simply: there are sites selling their lists of customers. And don't forget the companies at the other side of your real life bills.
At work, I have to place in spams to look carefully when I have a doubt (images and links are then all inactives). At home? I simply put in the spams and remove all of them because there are things I'm not waiting to receive, no way.
If you don't wait for a package, you aren't concerned so you can put them immediattely in spams. End of story.
Concerning Twitter, the cleaning house will take time. But the thing is, Musk a business man, if selling list of emails to another company is offering money to him, he will probably do that.
Understandable frustration before the number of emails your have. But put them in spams. It will take you a while before to see the difference, but at the end you will.
You know, at job there is a dedicated email for invitations, newsletters... which are proposed to us; true ones, from real theather companies (or just from theaters). But we have another old email receving a lot of those things in doublon. And since September, the third email I have to look on, the one I'm using for daily job, is having a lot of those things coming. No reason, but most of time it's written in the bottom "you received that email because you suscribed on the site" which is false of course. I unsuscribe because I never asked for. And I put the adress in the spams, because most of time they are back very quickly with their newsletters and invitations anyway. Since one week, I finally managed to save that box from the flooding, it's finally calm on.
For the other flooded that should no longer to be, I'll see next year - if I can.
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I do not handle my real life expenses online, choosing instead to handle all of the few I have in person, and face to face if possible. I have no water or power bill, as all of that is included in my rent. As we are not on gas for heating or cooking, no bill there either. No insurance payments either, and I have no vehicle to drive at this time, though I am looking for something, so I can stop having to rely on friends and family to get around. My bills are just for my cellphone service, my rent, and I cannot think of anything else, so just the two! I handle both the way I described already. The selling of my email address by sites that have it profits them very little as soon the buyers learn they won't get anything from me. I do the work I must to rid my inbox of these emails, though it does consume way too much time. If I change my email address, it will mean a ton of work to inform my trusted friends and sites of the new one. That includes this site and the other trusted sites I visit. I have included the threat of lawsuits in my request for this to cease, but it will likely not do much good for me, because these scammers and phishers usually remain anonymous.
What would really be awesome is if I could scam and phish their info and turn the tables on them; showing them what it is like, and making them pay by suffering loss in the same way they make others suffer.
Live by the sword, die by the sword. LOL :grin:
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Does anyone know if finally Rendo is doing the annual Giveaway page?
I know that the freebie link in the newsletter I saw in my inbox goes nowhere. Tried 3 times on three different newsletters. Yeah; after more than 20 years on Rendo and the earlier site before the Rotica split; I've more than one account.
As for the 12 Days of Christmas they used to do I have heard nothing.
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I do not handle my real life expenses online, choosing instead to handle all of the few I have in person, and face to face if possible. I have no water or power bill, as all of that is included in my rent. As we are not on gas for heating or cooking, no bill there either. No insurance payments either, and I have no vehicle to drive at this time, though I am looking for something, so I can stop having to rely on friends and family to get around. My bills are just for my cellphone service, my rent, and I cannot think of anything else, so just the two! I handle both the way I described already. The selling of my email address by sites that have it profits them very little as soon the buyers learn they won't get anything from me. I do the work I must to rid my inbox of these emails, though it does consume way too much time. If I change my email address, it will mean a ton of work to inform my trusted friends and sites of the new one. That includes this site and the other trusted sites I visit. I have included the threat of lawsuits in my request for this to cease, but it will likely not do much good for me, because these scammers and phishers usually remain anonymous.
What would really be awesome is if I could scam and phish their info and turn the tables on them; showing them what it is like, and making them pay by suffering loss in the same way they make others suffer.
Live by the sword, die by the sword. LOL :grin:
Musk is not making Twitter a "better" place in any way. I will not discuss that any farther unless you want to go to the Politically Inclined threads so I can say how I really feel regarding that.
Agent lose your email address as suggested earlier. If you only use a couple of dozen sites get a new address and change your passwords at those sites so you can't be spoofed. It will save you hours, if not days; pruning your inbox and your old account can't easily be used against you by someone attempting to use your identity on those sites.
If you need an email address to temporarily sign in somewhere, or you want to check out something you may not want to leave a connection to; use disposable email like Spam Gourmet. It will delete itself after a set length of time or number of emails transmitted.
You are on a laptop if I recall correctly. Logged in through a wi-fi hotspot to your phone no? If I recall that correctly then I would also check to see how much info you are sharing between devices. There are a lot of package delivery scams going on via text message on phones these days. You could be getting them as emails as well.
I really suggest that you have more than one email address. I have six for parkdalegardener that are for different sites and different vocations. If I get a graphics email in a horticulture account for instance; I am pretty sure I want to check it out before I open it. The same way as getting a question about the latest Intel One API shouldn't pop up in my Farcebook email. Nobody but family has the email that runs under my real name. Sensitive emails go through a privacy server in Switzerland where they are stored. Online gaming (really full of a$$holes) gets an email address I never check because I value my sanity.
I have never given online contact information to my banks. "I have no online presence because I am old and don't understand the technology." That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. The Government can only correspond with me by landline, snail mail, or direct deposit to my account. I'm stickin' to my story. Over the last number of years one Government department or another reports some form of data breach every couple of months. I just make it harder for them.
And Agent; scammers couldn't care less about your financial status, your threats; or anything else. They never heard of you and never will. You are not even a number. You are mass data. You are nothing. You do not matter. They do not care. They are not even aware of your existence. They rely on the law of averages and probabilities. There is a small possibility that someone will respond. The more spam sent; the greater the probability that someone will fall for it. Creativity in the teaser (subject line) increases the average response that some groups may have to clicking; but it's all a numbers game and your number is zero.
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Hope you back gets to feeling better Fafnir and for most the rest of the folks around stay safe in the stormy weather. I'm taking a rye and coffee to go. Something to wrap my hands around to keep them warm on my trip back to my domicile. The rye is to ward of the cold inside. Just in case.
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Musk is not making Twitter a "better" place in any way. I will not discuss that any farther unless you want to go to the Politically Inclined threads so I can say how I really feel regarding that.
Agent lose your email address as suggested earlier. If you only use a couple of dozen sites get a new address and change your passwords at those sites so you can't be spoofed. It will save you hours, if not days; pruning your inbox and your old account can't easily be used against you by someone attempting to use your identity on those sites.
If you need an email address to temporarily sign in somewhere, or you want to check out something you may not want to leave a connection to; use disposable email like Spam Gourmet. It will delete itself after a set length of time or number of emails transmitted.
You are on a laptop if I recall correctly. Logged in through a wi-fi hotspot to your phone no? If I recall that correctly then I would also check to see how much info you are sharing between devices. There are a lot of package delivery scams going on via text message on phones these days. You could be getting them as emails as well.
I really suggest that you have more than one email address. I have six for parkdalegardener that are for different sites and different vocations. If I get a graphics email in a horticulture account for instance; I am pretty sure I want to check it out before I open it. The same way as getting a question about the latest Intel One API shouldn't pop up in my Farcebook email. Nobody but family has the email that runs under my real name. Sensitive emails go through a privacy server in Switzerland where they are stored. Online gaming (really full of a$$holes) gets an email address I never check because I value my sanity.
I have never given online contact information to my banks. "I have no online presence because I am old and don't understand the technology." That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. The Government can only correspond with me by landline, snail mail, or direct deposit to my account. I'm stickin' to my story. Over the last number of years one Government department or another reports some form of data breach every couple of months. I just make it harder for them.
And Agent; scammers couldn't care less about your financial status, your threats; or anything else. They never heard of you and never will. You are not even a number. You are mass data. You are nothing. You do not matter. They do not care. They are not even aware of your existence. They rely on the law of averages and probabilities. There is a small possibility that someone will respond. The more spam sent; the greater the probability that someone will fall for it. Creativity in the teaser (subject line) increases the average response that some groups may have to clicking; but it's all a numbers game and your number is zero.
My computer is an All in one; basically the same hardware as a laptop but not very portable. It does not have a chargeable battery for power. As for the other info you are talking about, I know all of that. my email has been in use almost from the first day I started using the internet, and only in the beginning did I get hacked, and all of the hacking was due to FaceBook! I dropped my account at FaceBook, and even refuse to look at anything on FaceBook. I don't do any of the big social networks, because like you said I am just data to them. As for changing my email, the only time I did that was right after I was hacked a third time by people that got my info from Facebook. That was six months after I began using the internet. I studied and researched all I could find about how to protect my computer from the hackers, and what I learned was actually not as good as my own practice that I have developed over time. I don't put anything I don't want others to see online or on my computer or my smartphone. They cannot steal info they cannot access. I have had no losses in that department since I created the email address I now use. I do plan to change my email address in the beginning of the coming year, as I have been using this one for almost 13 years now. It is old, and I know it is likely the reason I get so many unwanted emails.
Someone told me not to change my email address, but instead encrypt my data to make it hard to steal. I knew right away that that was not a good way to handle things, as I knew a guy when I was in college that could break into encrypted files. I went to college late in life, and was lucky enough to have a great computer professor, and some very helpful college friends that liked showing me the ins and outs of the technology. I learned fast about most of it. No I could not even begin to know how to build one, but as for using one, I have a thing about digging deep into the applications I use, and I am able to do things in those programs that other do not even know about, even though they have been using those same programs a lot longer than I have. As for online gaming, I can honestly say, I have never done it. If I cannot download a game I want and play it offline, I don't want to play it or have it on any of my devices. I know how people get hacked via the the online gaming community, and I won't travel down that road. Even if I were to finally try gaming online, my private info will never be available for hackers to steal, as I will never put it on my devices. Also, I keep my online security software up to date, and it is what has helped me to avoid hackers, scammers, and phishers. If my online protection suddenly gets sloppy, I switch to one that isn't. I once had AVG for online protection and for virus protection; the only antimalware software I ever paid for. It was good when I bought it, and was upgrading on a regular basis, but after a couple of years they got sloppy with their upgrades. By that time I had discovered a free to download one called MalwareBytes. I grabbed it about six months before I uninstalled AVG. MalwareBytes has been great since I first got it. I also use Glary Utilities to clean my system of built up temporary files that are no longer needed, including pups, cookies, and other such files. I was using C Cleaner, but it is no longer available, so far as I can find. I do have other protection software as well. Windows Defender scans my computer twice daily, and has only found malware four times. I think it is because I lagged behind with running MalwareBytes for a couple of days, but even Defender was able to remove the malware that was found. Most times when I run MalwareBytes it finds nothing, and I know I can trust the assessment. My online protection is at this time McAfee, but in the coming year I will be changing that. It is beginning to get sloppy now. McAfee has been good about keeping me alerted to suspicious websites, though I have had to let it know that certain sites are not harmful. PFDLives and The Fantasies Attic have never been a source of anything bad for my computer, so I know I can trust them. When I first joined PFDLives, Sanbie contacted me to ask questions about who I am, and why I wished to join. Some folks might be put off by that, but that fact confirmed to me that I would not have to worry about people at the site abusing their membership to steal from me or other members. Of course you know I was able to join after she contacted me. I have grown fond of all the members of PFDLives, and The Fantasies Attic. I cannot say that about any other website. All of you guys are great friends, willing to help others if possible whenever needed. These sites are perhaps the best of their type because of that and so much more. I thank everybody for the help I have received through the years. We have a great time with each other socializing better than any of the big social networks!
PDG, I want to thank you for your no nonsense approach to this problem I have been having of late. I think of you as one of my true friends. You don't mince for words, saying what you actually mean, rather than beating around the bush on a subject. To me, that is as good as it gets!
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Mornin' all.
Hi Agent. Do what ya got to do man. I only offer insights. I spend a half hour each morning while I suck back my coffee checking my email list. I like organization and structure. Compartmentalization works for me and keeps me safe from myself and others.
Now for another C&C.
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Hands PDG a steamin mug of C&C
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be grilled pork chops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Back is a little better taking anti spasm meds and pain pills and stayin in bed course got a bottle of Jim Beam to help too
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Do you use a Heating pad? O.o Have you tried a Warm pool Soak?
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I don't know what happened for sure, but it seems something changed concerning my inbox. After running MalwareBytes on both of my devices, I checked my email. for the first time in several months, I have not received those unwanted emails. As I wrote in a previous post, I had sent emails out to the sites those emails were coming from telling them to cease flooding my inbox with unwanted email. Well checking my email showed me that there were none in my inbox from those sites. Got through my email in record (for me) time. I know it's really too early to know for sure, so I will keep watch to see if they return. Maybe they actually stopped, but I'm not gonna claim a victory this soon. I can hope it's true though. (Fingers Crossed)
Thanks to all that responded concerning my dilemma. YOU GUYS ARE GOLDEN! :thumb_up: :thumb_up: :thumb_up:
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Good afternoon!
Well today new snow alert, but we have just fog and by moment few drops. And tomorrow the holidays! :xmas:
I know that the freebie link in the newsletter I saw in my inbox goes nowhere. Tried 3 times on three different newsletters. Yeah; after more than 20 years on Rendo and the earlier site before the Rotica split; I've more than one account.
As for the 12 Days of Christmas they used to do I have heard nothing.
Yep, the Giveaway or the 12 days. Or any other shape they can have; I remember of an Advent calendar few years ago. I'm less checking on freebies those last times, due to be drained by work the evenings (and lazy the weekends) but where I look for I see nobody talking about Rendo usual yearly freebies.
Thank you for your answer! :peek:
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heating pad helps too
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Mornin' all. It's another day of fun in the sun. No wait. That's not right. I got it. It's another day of a blow in the snow. Yeah; that's more like it. Well, maybe now that I reread things there is a slight problem with that expressed vision. Help!! Fafnir I need a coffee. Mind is a little slow this a.m.
Har! I will be wearing a TShirt, basketball shorts, a wind breaker and a wheelchair to the podiatry clinic tomorrow for a 'wound redressing'. She double grafted it yesterday! :D :D :D :gday:
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Good Morning,
Just got back from the Doctors Office, they pronounce me healthy for my age.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
That's fantastic M-C!
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Good Afternoon.
I am receiving emails that are supposedly from FedEx and UPS claiming that I have a delivery pending, and that when they arrived at my location, no one was there to sign for the package. I have never ordered anything from anywhere to be delivered to my location, yet my inbox continues to be flooded with these emails. Apparently these emails are coming to me through a site called Kbdrun Info. When I did a search to learn more about the site, I find a lot of odd looking data that makes no sense to me. I do not understand what the site exists for. So I contacted the site to ask that they cease the flood of emails to my inbox. I also have sent replies to the sites claiming to be FedEx and UPS that are asking for my info so that they can deliver the supposed package. I asked them to cease sending emails to me, also. I am trying every way I am able to stop this. It takes more than an hour to clean all those emails from my inbox, which is time I could use for more productive purposes. If the package is legitimate, why are they unable to find my location so that I can sign for and receive it? Furthermore, I would like to know what is supposedly being delivered to me?
I know you guy could not know the answer to the latter question. You may be able to tell me something about Kbdrun Info, if you know anything, that is. That would certainly be appreciated.
Sometimes I wonder if I am missing out on something that has great value, or that I would find very useful. Until I am sure though, I choose caution; because this just may be a Phishing attempt, or a scam to grab and use my info to steal from me.
Are any of you here getting this type of thing?
Just like, 150 a day to my JUNK folder, then mark read and DELETE. Never ever open them. kdbrun is a junk spamming outfit, apparently jointly funded by Microsoft Apple and Google. If you do not like getting JUNK MAIL, don't ever check your mail. Nuff Said.
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Good afternoon!
Well today new snow alert, but we have just fog and by moment few drops. And tomorrow the holidays! :xmas:Yep, the Giveaway or the 12 days. Or any other shape they can have; I remember of an Advent calendar few years ago. I'm less checking on freebies those last times, due to be drained by work the evenings (and lazy the weekends) but where I look for I see nobody talking about Rendo usual yearly freebies.
Thank you for your answer! :peek:
We were supposed to have a gigantic storm today. 1-3 cm freezing rain buildup followed by 15-20 cm snow. We had a bit of "black ice" on one of the Skyway bridges that had a 17 car pile up. Then the rain came. It's still raining. All the snow we had on the ground is gone. Everyone around me is having a big storm but my little corner of the city is by the Lake and we are getting the wind across it form the south. NY State. The Lakes are still pretty warm so I get rain and the folks as close as a kilometre away get ski hill amounts of snow.
Have a Joyeux Noel and enjoy your holidays.
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ye gotta love "lake effects", either nice rain, strong breezes or 10 ft of snow.
Seems nature takes a left on the opposite shore.
Stay warm PDG.
Cheers
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Well by now I think if I were going to receive emails from the sites I was having issues with, there would already have been some in my inbox. They were coming in several times each day, flooding in actually. But today, I've not seen even one from those sites. Still not sure if they have actually honored my request for them to stop sending email to me, but it does seem that way. The next few days will tell the real story about that. Again I am hoping it has stopped, but still not really expecting it.
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Morning all. Hope everyone has a wonderful day.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Well by now I think if I were going to receive emails from the sites I was having issues with, there would already have been some in my inbox. They were coming in several times each day, flooding in actually. But today, I've not seen even one from those sites. Still not sure if they have actually honored my request for them to stop sending email to me, but it does seem that way. The next few days will tell the real story about that. Again I am hoping it has stopped, but still not really expecting it.
:all-lit-up: :xmas9: :all-lit-up:
Actually, the website has been shut down and hopefully the miscreants will be apprehended. But they are like the cockroaches. As soon as one is killed, about a hundred more pop up. Your best protection against these scourges is to use disposable addresses.
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Good Morning to all....
PDG...that storm turned off the power for 70,000 + folks here in Southern Wisconsin. Ours stayed on but I got some early morning visitors who had no power and camped out here. By early morning I mean 3AM.
They got power back on around 4PM. I have an app on my phone for Alliant Energy (which they have since downloaded onto their cell phone) that showed all outages in Wisconsin. Needless to say I was worn out so it was a early to bed night LOL. Got more snow this morning and it's WINDY WINDY WINDY.
And in saying that....Thanks for the :java: Fafnir.... Glad the back is feeling a wee bit better...
McG....Good news on the foot....I'd say stay warm but with that outfit I'm thinking you're just giving us Norhtherners a hard time LOLOL...
Good Morning to all others lurking about....have a marvelous day with :java: in hand
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[Delurk] Hi, TL! And ... Yikes! [Re-lurk]
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Yes...Yikes was the right word. There are still schools in the Mad City area that have no power and other nearby communities also. Monroe has full power restored according my app. It was a VERY VERY HEAVY snow causing tree limbs to fall on power lines...that was the majority of the problem. Add the wind to that and it was just a "Good Night Irene" moment for many.
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On another note....I see where Miss Wisconsin was crowned Miss America (https://people.com/human-interest/miss-america-2023-winner-grace-stanke/?utm=newsbreak). Don't pay much attention to these competitions anymore but glad she won.
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:all-lit-up: :xmas9: :all-lit-up:
Actually, the website has been shut down and hopefully the miscreants will be apprehended. But they are like the cockroaches. As soon as one is killed, about a hundred more pop up. Your best protection against these scourges is to use disposable addresses.
There are other out there, no doubt. But learning that the ones hounding me were finally shut down, is music to my ears? eyes? Whatever. LOL
A new one came in this morning supposedly from Starbucks; a supposed survey about my dealings with a company I never had any with! :tearlaugh: I deleted it out of hand. When I create my new email address, I figure it will take a while for the miscreants to zero in on it.
As for the disposable email addresses. I have nothing going online that would make that worth doing. The sites I visit often are always the same ones, none dealing with real world business. Like I said before, I never order real life products online, choosing instead to visit the actual shops. I'm old fashioned in that way. My only online purchases are at sites like DAZ 3D, Renderosity (rarely), and The Fantasies Realm Market (part of our suite of sites). Just those three, and none else. For a short time, I was dealing with HiveWire3D, until they went belly up. :thud:
To be frank I am also old fashioned concerning virtual or software products. I have the very old MS Office 2007 business edition, so no account at Microsoft. The suite of apps that are part of that version work for me with no troubles. I subscribe to the old adage "If it ain't broken, don't fix it!" My version of Office ain't broken. LOL
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There are other out there, no doubt. But learning that the ones hounding me were finally shut down, is music to my ears? eyes? Whatever. LOL
A new one came in this morning supposedly from Starbucks; a supposed survey about my dealings with a company I never had any with! :tearlaugh: I deleted it out of hand. When I create my new email address, I figure it will take a while for the miscreants to zero in on it.
As for the disposable email addresses. I have nothing going online that would make that worth doing. The sites I visit often are always the same ones, none dealing with real world business. Like I said before, I never order real life products online, choosing instead to visit the actual shops. I'm old fashioned in that way. My only online purchases are at sites like DAZ 3D, Renderosity (rarely), and The Fantasies Realm Market (part of our suite of sites). Just those three, and none else. For a short time, I was dealing with HiveWire3D, until they went belly up. :thud:
To be frank I am also old fashioned concerning virtual or software products. I have the very old MS Office 2007 business edition, so no account at Microsoft. The suite of apps that are part of that version work for me with no troubles. I subscribe to the old adage "If it ain't broken, don't fix it!" My version of Office ain't broken. LOL
I still have the old version of Office on my new computer. Like you, if it ain't broken, don't worry about it. As long as you don't allow it to make contact with the internet, you are good to go.
:peep: :all-lit-up: :xmas9: :all-lit-up: :peep:
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I still have the old version of Office on my new computer. Like you, if it ain't broken, don't worry about it. As long as you don't allow it to make contact with the internet, you are good to go.
I know it is possible to connect with MS through it, but I've never had that need, nor will I ever.
:peep: :all-lit-up: :xmas9: :all-lit-up: :peep:
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Good afternoon!
Finally the freedom! And still not snow :shrug:
Tnak you for the Joyeux Noël McG!
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Got about two more inches since my last check and it's still coming down. At least the wind is looking like it eased up a little.
I'm not going out to shovel until I know it's done with...I'll just get the broom and sweep the steps off for the cat/kitty family before feeing time...
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Good morning!
It's a sunny day this time, but the babies are crazy like when snow is there. Too bad we haven't it yet to calm them down!
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Good morning, Aelin. We have the first sunny day in quite a few. :woohoo:
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Good Morning to all. It's 18 degrees, windy but no snow coming down yet...but it's predicted to later in the day....and I went out and already shoveled the drifts I get in my driveway and cleared the paths for birds, cats, kitties, and whatever critters are out and about.
And I'm worn out before the day really begins.
Anyway...I'd send you some of our snow Aelin but it's heading East/Northeast...
Good Morning Sir Knight....Not sure if you're in the path of these storms....I don't think so...but I'm not Mother Nature :tearlaugh:
Guess I'll grab a mug of java and start the day :java:
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Good morning, TL.
There was threat of ice, snow and rain on Thursday. It was just an idle threat. Well, we got rain. Not that I'm wishing for snow! By no means!
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My least favorite song in the world is "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"...I've NEVER wished for snow of any kind at any time LOLOL. Don't get me wrong...I don't mind it...but I certainly don't wish for it :thud:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be oven baked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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back is some better but not 100% yet
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Growing up in the South, that was an almost fantastic concept. I only recall one snow fall before I left for college.
Pennsylvania, not so much. :sure:
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LOL....I've traveled through many of blistery snow storms in your neck of the woods...and many times I've had to just find a place to hibernate till the storms were over...and then wait another day until they got the cars plowed out in the Motel Parking lots LOL. Thankfully I made my own travel schedules and allowed time for delays....
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back is some better but not 100% yet
Glad to hear it's feeling better Fafnir. And glad you got more coffee brewing...it's going to be a LONG DAY me thinks...
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back is some better but not 100% yet
You'll be in our prayers. Glad to hear there's some improvement.
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Thanks Sir Knight
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Hi, everybody! It snowed for a bit during the week, but it didn't stick around. Right now, the temperature is supposed to be in the 40's, but with the windchill factor it feels like 30's. Went out for a bit. Had to get some honey and antibiotic ointment and start prepping for cooking. Fafnir, glad you're getting better. It's hard to stay still and let the back heal, isn't it? I am supposed to be off my foot, but if I need things done, who can I depend on. My brother isn't here, and the cat certainly hasn't mastered the human language, yet. :tearlaugh:
I'm trying to get some work done on my contest entry, but at the moment, inspiration is lacking. Guess I am not really into the holiday spirit as I thought I would be.
Aelin, your cats sound just as cute as my once bodacious bunch about 8 years ago. They really do keep you on your toes at times. Even 1 is too much for me at the moment. I have to close my bedroom door to get a full night sleep without interruption. :tearlaugh:
TL, the snow you would have sent my way, missed me by this much :thissmall: :tearlaugh: Not enough to stick around and cause havoc. Haven't gone into the city, by the way. Steering clear of all those large throngs.
Now with a mug of hot white cocoa and a plate of gingerbread cookies, I'm on my way to the gallery. Maybe I'll see something there that will spark inspiration.
TTYL, y'all!
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Our cat McCartney is sitting on my computer table watching me. I had to ask if he was giving me a cat scan. He meowed his affirmation. LOL
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Glad the snow missed you Hawk...We got some this morning and now it's snowing once again. Just had to drive Lorna to pick up her scripts at Walmart Pharmacy. DAMN COLD out 15 degrees and DROPPING.
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Our cat McCartney is sitting on my computer table watching me. I had to ask if he was giving me a cat scan. He meowed his affirmation. LOL
They understand when it suits them LOLOL
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried snapper with all the trimmings hushpuppies and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir. Glad you are feeling a little more spry. Hope everyone's day goes well.
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Morning getting ready for another trip to Richmond. Ugh going to be frozen lol.
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Good morning, Fafnir, PDG and Noshoba. I am glad to find you here as well, Fafnir.
Noshoba, safe travels!
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Good morning!
Hawk, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to sleep with even one of teh babies. Yet, I started years ago to sleep alternatively with Puce and Giro before the both accept to sleep together with me. Today, only Puce stays, but very few before we adopt the babies she ended by sleeping in the living room, meowing any time :thud: I missed her so much I know I can no longer sleep without a cat. Yet, this morning she raised hell by meowing a long time before it was the hour for :panic: No way she stopped, and the worse was the babies started to be crazy in their own room. Too bad for sleeping longer just one day a week :shrug:
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I finally beat TL to the :coffee-gal:
Thanks Fafnir. Needing the hot liquid to help keep the cold outta me bones. lolol
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Good morning!
Hawk, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to sleep with even one of teh babies. Yet, I started years ago to sleep alternatively with Puce and Giro before the both accept to sleep together with me. Today, only Puce stays, but very few before we adopt the babies she ended by sleeping in the living room, meowing any time :thud: I missed her so much I know I can no longer sleep without a cat. Yet, this morning she raised hell by meowing a long time before it was the hour for :panic: No way she stopped, and the worse was the babies started to be crazy in their own room. Too bad for sleeping longer just one day a week :shrug:
Both of our cats usually sleep with me. I think it's to share our body heat. I like that, because my thin blood does not do a good job keeping me warm. Some nights though, they get in the mood to sleep alone. I double up on blankets when they do that.
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Last 10 nights, Puce is more in mood to sleep on a side of the bed, not on me, except in the middle of the night. Otherwise, if I dare to put a blanket on her, she moves and go further. On me, she accepts a blanket, but not otherwise. I stopped to try to convince her or to try to understand why :shrug:
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I'm impressed that you both, Aelin and Agent, are able to sleep with your cats. We've never managed with our cats to make it more than a hour or so before there were head bumps, kneading or purring right next to our ears. It was less sleeping and more resting for short periods. :shrug:
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Molly has her chair in the bedroom which she sleeps under but her main den is under the bed and she is happy there
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For our cats, the decision is still according to what they want. Usually they want to sleep next to me, but if they want to sleep alone, nothing I do will get them to change their minds. That's cat independence for you. lol
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Good Morning to all
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
A brisk 11 degrees at the moment...woke up to 17 degrees.... And what sucks is...the sun is out finally..yet the temperature keeps going down.... :thud:
Oh well.....maybe the lock on the shed won't be frozen today. And the lock was made to keep moisture out and was called WEATHERPROOF. NOT....so I went in, grabbed a coffee mug, poured some water in it...juiced it for 1 minute in the mircowave, went outside lifted the cup up so the whole lock was immersed...worked like a charm...glad everything is stainless steel though LOLOL. I'm going out in a few minutes to fill the birdfeeders which means I'll have to unlock the shed....hopefully with just the key and not the coffee mug this time :tearlaugh:
I wake up with all of the critters in my bed...in their own place always. Bootsy next to my chest, Oz between the legs, Puss Puss Right side of my legs and Henrietta on the Left side. Now what happens between the time I fall asleep and the time I wake up is unknown...Maybe they have a "That's My Spot" war. LOLOL
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Good Morning to all
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....
A brisk 11 degrees at the moment...woke up to 17 degrees.... And what sucks is...the sun is out finally..yet the temperature keeps going down.... :thud:
Oh well.....maybe the lock on the shed won't be frozen today. And the lock was made to keep moisture out and was called WEATHERPROOF. NOT....so I went in, grabbed a coffee mug, poured some water in it...juiced it for 1 minute in the mircowave, went outside lifted the cup up so the whole lock was immersed...worked like a charm...glad everything is stainless steel though LOLOL. I'm going out in a few minutes to fill the birdfeeders which means I'll have to unlock the shed....hopefully with just the key and not the coffee mug this time :tearlaugh:
I wake up with all of the critters in my bed...in their own place always. Bootsy next to my chest, Oz between the legs, Puss Puss Right side of my legs and Henrietta on the Left side. Now what happens between the time I fall asleep and the time I wake up is unknown...Maybe they have a "That's My Spot" war. LOLOL
Cookie Baby and McCartney often compete for position with me. Sometimes he wins, other times she does. Depends on which one has the greater determination to be in that spot. LOL
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Speaking of the cats, they just now did what I described. Cookie Baby is the winner this time.
:tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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:tearlaugh: Hurrah for Cookie Baby.... Anyone in the mood for Christmas Music...some not ordinary...take a trip to our MUSIC ROOM (https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=22875.850)
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When Giro was still with us, she liked to take teh place where Puce wanted to sleep. On me or near me. It was her fun before to sleep. Only once or twice I was awaken by them if Puce tried to 'resist' - meaning simply hissing but not moving until the moment Giro was pushing her. Once I was awaken by the beginning of a fight between them. I guess Puce definitively didn't obey.
Giro had her long period anyway by sleeping between my legs. Hard beginnings of mornings for me then :tearlaugh:
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These critters here could be wrestling with each other on the bed and I wouldn't even know it. The blessing of nightly meds or curse...depending how you look at it.... :tearlaugh:
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The "Tripod" sleeps in my spot on the couch at night and on top of one of the computer towers during the day. She never did sleep on the bed.
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I'm looking for some free Steampunk Christmas Decorations to download for DAZ Studio or in .obj format. When I do a search at the sites I go to, I get everything but what I'm looking for!
HELP!
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She sounds like she's content with that PDG....
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Did you look in "Share" Agent....Do a search and see what comes up.
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O.o
https://www.renderosity.com/search/freestuff?keyword=Christmas
https://www.renderosity.com/search/freestuff?keyword=Steampunk
https://www.renderosity.com/search/freestuff?keyword=Victorian
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Sorry it took so long to respond to you guys.
No, I have not checked ShareCG yet.
I'll have a look at those Radkres. Thank you.
As I was not finding anything, likely due to my bad search skills, I have been working on modeling my own. Already have a nice gear, a star, and a Holly leaf with berries. I also exported the leaf and berry separately. All of the models have UV mapped templates. I just need to model at least one more gear. All the modeling work is being done in Wings3D. Once I have the models completed and the textures made, The pack will be available as a giveaway, for the Holiday Giveaway here at Fantasies Attic. I will also provide the .wings files, in case someone wishes to do more with it using Wings3D. The awesome thing is that the models look great, even though all of them are low poly. The low polygon count will make them easier to work with even on low power computers.
Cheers!
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Morning all.
I feel for you Agent. Steampunk isn't my thing so I had a hard time trying to come up with a "steampunk tree" for the contest. I modelled one in the end, as well as some decorations, and a "steam type" tree topper.Ultimately, I said screw it as I wasn't happy with the outcome. I'm having a hard time keeping it together these days and can't hold myself to complete many projects. I have more and more unfinished stuff laying around here every day. If it takes more than the Christmas kitty image I posted in this thread a week or so back it probably won't get finished before I forget what my motivation is and wander off to look at some other shiny object in my field of view.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
Agent, I was working on a steampunk Christmas deco before the theme for December was choosen. Yet, with job, I'm no further than the .obj uvmapped but not in good size, and without texture.
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For lovers of freebies, check the update of that topic :snowlady:
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25151.msg430205#msg430205
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Good Morning to all.....
Damn cold....1 degree when I woke up...it's now 3 degrees...No wet food for the critters today...just dry food. And it looks to be a humdinger of a week weather wise. Blizzard Warning right now with temps plummeting. Oh well....It will officially be Winter on the day the Blizzard is suppose to hit.
Thanks for the link Aelin....How are the Kitties and Puce doing today?
Good Luck with your appointments today Fafnir...Hope the back improves and let me know how you made out with your wireless hookup.
Not sure how far and wide this storm is going PDG...but I've got a feeling you'll be getting a wee bit of it for sure.
And now for a :java:....
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Good morning all. Had a good weekend - until my bloody phone rang. My daughter telling us she locked herself out of her phone - again - and couldn't access my son's phone number.
WHAT?????? :thud: :ahhhh:
How does one lock themselves out of their phones????? Yet she manages to do it on a somewhat regular basis. And she has a nasty tendency to wait until the very last minute in order to get something done.
Like getting ready for work?
Yes she does, why do you ask?
Shaddup!
Oh well. 40+ years and still acts like a 6yr old.Oh well, enough of venting. On a brighter note, had to take my 16yr old Shepard/Collie mix to the vet. Thought we might have to book passage on the Rainbow Bridge for him, but the Force was with us. Spinal inflamation/pain. Gave us some meds and he's prancing around - after a fashion - once again. Would have hated to lose my shadow. Also, don't know if any of you heard it, but I head a rather loud pop. Like the sound of someone pulling their head out of rectal defilade. Seems my daughter got the apartment after all. Nice dealing with a ... sweet ... realtor. In a good way. Now, if I can only get her set up in a new job.
:aaah!: :aaah!: :aaah!: Need more than one this day Fafnir. Hope you've got plenty on hand.
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I've got a 50+ year old daughter living with me so I can relate LOLOL....Though she may be a PITA at times....it works out well for the both of us. Hate getting old alone...
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Babies and Puce are fine. They passed the afternoon with me, altogether. Harmonie was even a part of that time on me. Then she decided to join her brother - Puce being moving at that moment. Then Puce came on me, vefore to go and take the place left by Harmonie, not far away of Nenya. A moment later, I looked to see if she was well installed... to find she was in the couch and Harmony was near her, and even partially on Puce! And Puce said nothing, she was awaken and with a calm and relaxed face. Harmonie pushed a little more the advantage and made her washing to Puce in the back of her neck. Like usual, too much washing in that area was the signal for Puce to leave her, but without a hissing or groan moment.
Glad to see you still have good moments to come with your 16 years old baby, Hips!
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Sounds like a calm time for all...somewhat.
I'm thinking all of the outside cats and kittens are huddled up somewhere. Blacky one is now 7 years old. He's the one I once tried to bring into the house when he was a wee kitten but damn near clawed me to death when I picked him up...I let him loose...but he still came around...and has been hanging around my place ever since...So he knows all of the warm spots...
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Good Morning to all.....
Damn cold....1 degree when I woke up...it's now 3 degrees...No wet food for the critters today...just dry food. And it looks to be a humdinger of a week weather wise. Blizzard Warning right now with temps plummeting. Oh well....It will officially be Winter on the day the Blizzard is suppose to hit.
Thanks for the link Aelin....How are the Kitties and Puce doing today?
Good Luck with your appointments today Fafnir...Hope the back improves and let me know how you made out with your wireless hookup.
Not sure how far and wide this storm is going PDG...but I've got a feeling you'll be getting a wee bit of it for sure.
And now for a :java:....
Yeah. It's been cold for days with the odd snow fluffy. No real amounts of snow is good because the wind is brutal and the drifting a real pain. White Christmas for sure though if the maps are to be believed.
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That's what have been getting on and off also...tidbits of snow...but strong winds PDG .... a prelude to the Storm coming....
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Morning all. Cold this morning. I need a warm whisky this mor..... Coffee. Yeah. That's it. Cold this morning. I need a hot coffee this morning. That's better. Now if there were a few drops of warming the "Water of Life" added to such liquid I wouldn't turn it down.
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Getting old alone. oops. With a P in front!!
FraHawk, I have had this email addy for about 30 years now. Have had many others, but can't lose this one.
It is the only one my kids know. :OMFG: :java:
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Good morning!
I'm apssing the beginning of my afternoon without cats. They are altogether in the living room. Puce didn't wake up when I exited, at the contrary of usual. Good for me to be alone with myself :tearlaugh: Last time I saw them, Puce was near the radiator, Nenya was close of her and Harmonie was close of Nenya.
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Mornin to you all offee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Hands PDG a steaming mug of coffee with a double shot of Creek to help warm up
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Good man your own self Fafnir. I'm ready for another.
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Mornin to you all offee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be prime rib with all the fixings and tater wedges
I had to try some of that offee. Looks and tastes like coffee. lol
Don't ya just love those odd typos? Happens to me all the time, and I proofread everything I write. Still miss some of them, and then find them later. Some of them give me ideas, and I'll put them into my personal made up words dictionary. Then I will use them when I am talking to others, just for laughs. LOLOL
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Hands PDG another C&C this will help
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Anybody know where I can find a free western style hat for M4, V4, Genesis, or Genesis 2 Males and Females? I thought I had at least one in my content for DS & Poser. The Share CG search engine is broken, showing everything but what I want when I enter my search words "western hat". Renderosity has whole western style outfits, but only for Poser exclusive figures; and the hat is not looking that great.
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cowboy hat
10 gallon hat
Stetson hat
I don't have a hat for you but try changing your search terms. Can't hurt.
<edit> Can't find crap on Share. You are right about that. Try looking for "cowboy hat" on Rendo freestuff. You will get suitable results </edit>
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Good Evening to all. Was in here early but decided to go out and push the existing show back to make room for the new onslaught of snow...and I'm worn out...so I'll see you in the morning
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Anybody know where I can find a free western style hat for M4, V4, Genesis, or Genesis 2 Males and Females? I thought I had at least one in my content for DS & Poser. The Share CG search engine is broken, showing everything but what I want when I enter my search words "western hat". Renderosity has whole western style outfits, but only for Poser exclusive figures; and the hat is not looking that great.
https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/66816/sav-famous-hat-collection-for-m4
Best colection
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Thanks PDG and Dreamer. I will be looking into those. Yeah, changing the search words will likely help.
After I posted my query here, I got busy and made one. I UV mapped it so that it can have textures made for it, and it can use shaders. It looks great, so once I get some textures made, I'll offer it up for free here. The shaders I used look awesome on it. It will need some scaling adjustments for different figures, and will need to be positioned to sit where it belongs on the head of each figure it is used on.
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Glad you found something suitable Agent, even though you had to do it yourself. I prefer to make my own stuff.
Good morning to everyone else.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be BBQ pork ribs with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Good morning Fafnir. Hope the back is more in shape today.
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a little better but still needs to improve
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Good Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Good chatting with you...Hope the "Cable Guy" is a better one then the last one they sent. Let me how it turned out...
Morning PDG....It's a balmy 1 degree this morning. The State is getting ready for the "Blizzard" as they are now calling it. I truly don't mind the snow...it's that damn wind that makes the temp seem like you're in the Artic Circle...not that I've ever been there mind you...
Morning Agent...Sounds like your having fun...
I've got a lot of things to get done today so I'll be in and out of here all day....Enjoy
:java: Ahhhhh
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Good morning! I completely forgot I had Christmas shopping to do. But looking people around, most of them have faces like if it was funerals next weekend :peep:
No snow, only rain. But at least no more wind like yesterday evening. It was stormy. After, I didn't care too much, I was at home :tearlaugh:
Agent, what Dreamer said. I was looking for them then I saw her answer. That person made a lot of great freebies.
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Good Morning to all....
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir....Good chatting with you...Hope the "Cable Guy" is a better one then the last one they sent. Let me how it turned out...
Morning PDG....It's a balmy 1 degree this morning. The State is getting ready for the "Blizzard" as they are now calling it. I truly don't mind the snow...it's that damn wind that makes the temp seem like you're in the Artic Circle...not that I've ever been there mind you...
Morning Agent...Sounds like your having fun...
I've got a lot of things to get done today so I'll be in and out of here all day....Enjoy
:java: Ahhhhh
Yeah; they are calling it that and more here. Ed and the fam are supposed to drop by tomorrow. Hope they make it. I've added one more to the Field Guide gallery using your comment on the first as an excuse to upload another. They will come at a much slower pace in the future though as I don't want to bore everyone.
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Oh; and as for the Arctic Circle... I spent a month in/at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert,_Nunavut for the Govt. back in the 70's. Never went back. Not planning a return trip in the future.
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Getting old alone. oops. With a P in front!!
FraHawk, I have had this email addy for about 30 years now. Have had many others, but can't lose this one.
It is the only one my kids know. :OMFG: :java:
Understood! I have had several email addresses over the years, starting from CompuServe Era to the present time. I just use the one least likely to get the most attention for my family and friends.
:all-lit-up: :xmas9: :all-lit-up:
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https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/66816/sav-famous-hat-collection-for-m4
Best colection
This one freebie is the best for the hats if you're looking for hats. Really! I have used it for both V4, M4 and with some tweaking, K4. Can't go wrong, Agent
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Oh; and as for the Arctic Circle... I spent a month in/at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert,_Nunavut for the Govt. back in the 70's. Never went back. Not planning a return trip in the future.
:tearlaugh:
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URGH!!!! Closest I ever got to the Arctic Circle was a trip into Fairbanks on the way to Korea. Nuff said.
Good afternoon all. Just got finished rendering and posting. Should do. Other than that, finally got a day off. Got finished with daughter and her situation. New apartment in hand and financing proceeding nicely. Get her into a new job in area and should be good to go. At home with Connie and prepping to go out in order to get a little something for my son. Last one on our Christmas list. Then come back and veg out with a vengeance.
Just need a good cup of Fafnir's excellent coffee and I'll be good to go. This month's contest is still stirring things about upstairs so hope to have a couple more renders ready in a day or so.
:aaah!: :woohoo: :aaah!: :coffeemaker: I think that should do.
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https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/66816/sav-famous-hat-collection-for-m4
Best colection
Best collection I've ever seen! So many different styles, all with nice brims. That Blondie one is actually the style I was looking for. The model I made is similar but not so worn.
Incidentally, when I modeled it, I did not use any character's head as a reference, or test for it. I just took a guess as to the proportions of the fit. It turned out so close that just minor adjustments were needed. Probably could not do that again in a million years. LOLOL
TL, whenever I have to model something I need, or I get the desire to do so, I always have fun with it. There's something about being able to make something yourself that is so satisfying. This one worked so well, I'm overwhelmed with satisfaction.
:woohoo: :happydance: :cheer: :knightcheer2: :knightcheer: :cheer:
This Cheerleader squad needs to get it together, doncha think?! LOLOL
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Best collection I've ever seen! So many different styles, all with nice brims. That Blondie one is actually the style I was looking for. The model I made is similar but not so worn.
Incidentally, when I modeled it, I did not use any character's head as a reference, or test for it. I just took a guess as to the proportions of the fit. It turned out so close that just minor adjustments were needed. Probably could not do that again in a million years. LOLOL
TL, whenever I have to model something I need, or I get the desire to do so, I always have fun with it. There's something about being able to make something yourself that is so satisfying. This one worked so well, I'm overwhelmed with satisfaction.
:woohoo: :happydance: :cheer: :knightcheer2: :knightcheer: :cheer:
This Cheerleader squad needs to get it together, doncha think?! LOLOL
That has been my go to hat collection since I first found it lol and you can get it to fit most heads. Glad it was helpful. If I remember corectly there was a free add on texture set too, I'll see if I can find it for you
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That has been my go to hat collection since I first found it lol and you can get it to fit most heads. Glad it was helpful. If I remember corectly there was a free add on texture set too, I'll see if I can find it for you
That would be awesome! The pack does include the UV Templates, so I can make textures myself, which will be a lot of fun! Already got some interesting ideas, some making use of my Tech Cloth textures.
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There are textures for indeed
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=6540.0
At least the only one pack I know. But if you do textures for one or several hats Agent, perhaps they can become a freebie for next Halloween or Christmas?
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That would be awesome! The pack does include the UV Templates, so I can make textures myself, which will be a lot of fun! Already got some interesting ideas, some making use of my Tech Cloth textures.
I had a good hunt but can't find the add on textures sorry, looks like they are no longer around. Or at least not in any of the places I looked, when I get a chance I'll have a look and see if I have them in my backups
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There are textures for indeed
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=6540.0
At least the only one pack I know. But if you do textures for one or several hats Agent, perhaps they can become a freebie for next Halloween or Christmas?
Heh cross posted. Not the texture set I had been thinking of but still handy
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That's interesting to know there are/were more textures. Sometimes, I'm looking on the Poser Daz Wikia, if there is more than what I found years ago; unfortunately, I don't find track for Famous Hats on their pages.
But perhaps the pack you are thinking about already no longer existed when I looked for in 2016.
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The textures pack is just for one of the hats, but they are awesome looking. Got the Hat collection downloaded, and the texture pack for the one hat. Looks as though I'll be having fun making textures for the other hats. I'll be making them for the one the textures pack is for also.
:woohoo:
Gotta get my scene render started.
Cheers.
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The textures pack is just for one of the hats, but they are awesome looking. Got the Hat collection downloaded, and the texture pack for the one hat. Looks as though I'll be having fun making textures for the other hats. I'll be making them for the one the textures pack is for also.
:woohoo:
Gotta get my scene render started.
Cheers.
Good stuff. Glad your project worked out and now you have some hats to texture in the future.
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That's how I feel about it. Good food. Bad booze. No fun.
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URGH!!!! Closest I ever got to the Arctic Circle was a trip into Fairbanks on the way to Korea. Nuff said.
Good afternoon all. Just got finished rendering and posting. Should do. Other than that, finally got a day off. Got finished with daughter and her situation. New apartment in hand and financing proceeding nicely. Get her into a new job in area and should be good to go. At home with Connie and prepping to go out in order to get a little something for my son. Last one on our Christmas list. Then come back and veg out with a vengeance.
Just need a good cup of Fafnir's excellent coffee and I'll be good to go. This month's contest is still stirring things about upstairs so hope to have a couple more renders ready in a day or so.
:aaah!: :woohoo: :aaah!: :coffeemaker: I think that should do.
Never been to Alaska or Hawaii. Been to Africa, Europe, Asia, and South America; but never to Alaska even having lived in Northern BC for a while. I still have relatives along the Al-Can near the border. The own a gas station that is the Post Office, grocery, and local tourist trap. Now they turned the mining cottages they used to rent out (half size Conex containers) into wilderness retreat B&B rentals. Environmental regulations over the last number of years make gold mining harder and harder despite what the Discovery Channel shows seem to portray. Much like the crab industry.
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Gotta love the weather weenies. There is a guy on the tube next to me; standing outside of course, explaining how frostbite will set in in less than 2 minutes with the miserable wind chill of about -40 or -50 F. that is currently occurring. It's going to get worse over the next two days he hisses through clenched jaw and chattering teeth. "Stay home and stay safe." he says. Good advice but not enough for the anchor back at the news desk baking under warm studio lights. "How about driving conditions?" The poor icicle of a reporter responds shaking more dramatically with no way to stop the shaking. "And now;" asks the talking head back in the studio; "how hard is it to get a tow truck? With the cold CAA (AAA in the US) is predicting it may take hours to get serviced due to the number of dead battery service calls they are receiving." The reporter in the field is shaking so bad, blowing on his hands holding the mike and repeatedly tugging his hat over his ears that all he can do is gasp out some monosyllabic sputtering. "OK then" says the talking head. "I guess we should let Peter get back into the CP24 satellite news van and warm up." "We'll get back in touch with him at the bottom of the hour."
Poor Peter is most probably not returning in 15 minutes.
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Oh; and as for the Arctic Circle... I spent a month in/at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert,_Nunavut for the Govt. back in the 70's. Never went back. Not planning a return trip in the future.
LOL...Good idea on not planning another trip....Not a place I'd have on my agenda either....
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Gotta love the weather weenies. There is a guy on the tube next to me; standing outside of course, explaining how frostbite will set in in less than 2 minutes with the miserable wind chill of about -40 or -50 F. that is currently occurring. It's going to get worse over the next two days he hisses through clenched jaw and chattering teeth. "Stay home and stay safe." he says. Good advice but not enough for the anchor back at the news desk baking under warm studio lights. "How about driving conditions?" The poor icicle of a reporter responds shaking more dramatically with no way to stop the shaking. "And now;" asks the talking head back in the studio; "how hard is it to get a tow truck? With the cold CAA (AAA in the US) is predicting it may take hours to get serviced due to the number of dead battery service calls they are receiving." The reporter in the field is shaking so bad, blowing on his hands holding the mike and repeatedly tugging his hat over his ears that all he can do is gasp out some monosyllabic sputtering. "OK then" says the talking head. "I guess we should let Peter get back into the CP24 satellite news van and warm up." "We'll get back in touch with him at the bottom of the hour."
Poor Peter is most probably not returning in 15 minutes.
LOLOL....I'm agreeing with you on that one. There are some folks who are long time Wisconsin residents who don't realize that Wind Chill is based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by the effects of wind and cold. As the wind increases, the body is cooled at a faster rate, causing the skin temperatures to drop. And many don't realize that the wind chill does not impact inanimate objects like car radiators and exposed water pipes, because these objects cannot cool below the actual air temperature.
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Man! I think that news anchor was enjoying making the poor field reporter suffer in the cold. I think if I were the field reporter, I'd have a few words for that anchorman, and quite possibly a couple of flying fists! My body would suffer greatly in such weather, as my blood is almost like water; very thin. So I'd make the anchorman's blood spill from his lip! You just don't make people suffer like that without repercussions!
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If anybody wants to see the hat I modeled, the image is uploaded to Our Gallery as part of "Teen Julie - Truck Driver". There is a story that goes with the image, but I cannot upload all of it. I provide links for those that wish to read the whole story.
Cheers!
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Man! I think that news anchor was enjoying making the poor field reporter suffer in the cold. I think if I were the field reporter, I'd have a few words for that anchorman, and quite possibly a couple of flying fists! My body would suffer greatly in such weather, as my blood is almost like water; very thin. So I'd make the anchorman's blood spill from his lip! You just don't make people suffer like that without repercussions!
I watch the same thing every time there is a storm. The station is immaterial. I see the remote reporter being blown away in hurricanes, swept up in flood waters, cooking eggs on sidewalks in stifling heat and throwing coffee into the air to make snow in the freezing cold. If it's dumb to place a person in a situation, your local news has done it. Peter was back for the weather hit on the half hour. He didn't look very happy.
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Good morning everyone. Well it should be a good morning. Storm or no storm, the days are getting longer so Spring is coming.
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Good morning, PDG. Storm predicted here for today but mostly rain.
The days will continue to start later until January 6. That's my main challenge as it makes me later to work. Glad the days are starting to be longer overall, though. :Hi5:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be tacos with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning, Fafnir. All ready for Christmas there? How's your back?
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Good morning!
Take care of you all with your weather
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The textures pack is just for one of the hats, but they are awesome looking. Got the Hat collection downloaded, and the texture pack for the one hat. Looks as though I'll be having fun making textures for the other hats. I'll be making them for the one the textures pack is for also.
:woohoo:
Gotta get my scene render started.
Cheers.
Yep, the Rocky hat. Rocky BALBOA's hat that is! :D
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Good Morning to all....
Was out at 6:30AM Shoveling so I could bring my Trash Barrels back into their spot before they got blown away....Garbage Day on the day of a Blizzard...not a good combination. But the winds weren't bad as they are going to get yet and only had about 4" of snow on the ground. It's coming down hard now....
Got a ton of stuff to get done in the next few days so I'll be in and out of here.
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...I'll need at least 2 or 3 pots of coffee today....
Have a fun day every one...
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Got all my shopping ect. completed. Except for the cooking, Christmas is a wrap.
Storm's a comin'. Got lot's of rye and Boneshaker IPA. I'm good to go.
https://amsterdambeer.com/products/boneshaker-ipa-473ml-can
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Had that brew a couple of times in my drinking days when I visited your neck of the woods....It's kickass good :tearlaugh:
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Hi y'all! Merry Christmas! Last night, my bro-in-law and I were just talking about how nice a day it turned out to be, and how bloomin' COLD the NOAA Local WX site said it was gonna be this morning. They was right, wow! WINTER is HERE now, too, neighbors! I woke at 2 am, was right cold. I got up to go to bathroom, and just left my rooms door open and cranked that gas heater up some more. Got fresh coffee and back at desk, saw NOAA warning us to take steps to protect pipes, plants and all the pets. YUP. -1°F (real) with 25 mph winds and snow with wind chill at something like -28°F. I see too tomorrow will be a bit warmer, low of +18°F. I pick up the last groceries of the year tomorrow. WOW. From running around in TShirt and basketball shorts to that kinda freezing, overnight. So I am sitting here with a fleece throw over my legs, and that feels great! :D
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There have been times in the past two decades here in the Tx. Panhandle that heavy and constant snow fall "banks up" real bad, banking off medians with trees and the overpasses. I have seen where some roads were totally impassable till the utility trucks came in and used big heavy dump truck mounted snow blowers to make tunnels through so cars could pass. Made quite a sight!
I still think it all looks beautiful. But now, I have to leave it to the younguns to get out and play in it!
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There have been times in the past two decades here in the Tx. Panhandle that heavy and constant snow fall "banks up" real bad, banking off medians with trees and the overpasses. I have seen where some roads were totally impassable till the utility trucks came in and used big heavy dump truck mounted snow blowers to make tunnels through so cars could pass. Made quite a sight!
I still think it all looks beautiful. But now, I have to leave it to the younguns to get out and play in it!
In 1974 I was in a boarding school in Austin Texas. That year we had a heavy snowstorm that banked up like you described, McG. We decided to have a snowball war between all the dorms. The night before the event, we went out and use sprayed water to freeze our snow fort solid. We had tunnels through the snowbanks nearby that we made use of. I came up which a snowball slingshot that could launch snowballs a long way. I made it from an old bicycle innertube. Needless to say, our team won the war! We were accused of cheating, but we told everybody that was butt hurt over it "All's Fair in Love and War!" LOL
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Right now we are at 0 degrees with winds at 35-40 MPH. No more shoveling for me today....not now at least LOLOL I'll wait till the winds stop blowing and the snow stops snowing.
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supposed to get a mite chilly here in the next day or so guess Christmas gonna be chilly without the snow altho the sky looks like it gonna snow
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Better grab your gloves, scarf, and overcoat Fafnir...
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tee shirt shorts mayhap a flannel shirt me
thinks
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LOLOLOL......A Southern Winter Outfit for sure
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Better grab your gloves, scarf, and overcoat Fafnir...
Me and my brother too! Here in Georgia the temperature is supposed to drop to the low teens F. Not sure if our heat will be adequate. Gonna be trickling the water to save our pipes. Our place is not well insulated. We are worried for our cats also. We will be trying to keep ourselves and them warm. Gonna need to put another pair of pants on over the two I'm already wearing, and will be wearing my jacket and thick beanie for the duration.
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On a somber note, I just found out about two hours ago that my oldest cousin on my mother's side of the family suffered a massive heart attack and has died. He was younger that me. We had just reconnected with each other about two months ago, and now suddenly he's gone. May God rest his soul. I am mourning for him now. I'm not in the mood for doing any art on my computer at this time. The news just took it out of me. He has now only one surviving immediate family member; his youngest sister. I know she is feeling bad about it now. His twin sister died about 3 decades ago, from complications in childbirth. Both of their parents are now gone also.
In the last year my family has lost four members. The one before my cousin was my oldest sister's husband, who was a good friend to me and my cousin that just passed today. That was two months ago. My cousin and I had reconnected at his funeral.
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On a somber note, I just found out about two hours ago that my oldest cousin on my mother's side of the family suffered a massive heart attack and has died. He was younger that me. We had just reconnected with each other about two months ago, and now suddenly he's gone. May God rest his soul. I am mourning for him now. I'm not in the mood for doing any art on my computer at this time. The news just took it out of me. He has now only one surviving immediate family member; his youngest sister. I know she is feeling bad about it now. His twin sister died about 3 decades ago, from complications in childbirth. Both of their parents are now gone also.
In the last year my family has lost four members. The one before my cousin was my oldest sister's husband, who was a good friend to me and my cousin that just passed today. That was two months ago. My cousin and I had reconnected at his funeral.
Oh, wow! Condolences to you and your family. It just sucks, these holidays' transitions. I understand how you feel right now. I am still grieving for my brother who was killed 2 years ago. They say that as time passes, it gets easier to bear. They lied! It doesn't, but you carry on the best way you can and try to honor their memory.
Once again, my Deepest and Heartfelt Condolences.
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Sorry for your loss Agent
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be oven baked ham with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
Sorry to read about Agent. :peek:
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I join with our other forum mates in extending my condolences, Agent. We will pray for strength, comfort and acceptance for you and your family.
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I would also like to add my condolences to all the others Agent. There is nothing that can be said that will heal such hurt, just the sure knowledge that it will eventually just turn us numb.
Not to PDG- Only that one time to visit Alaska. Got to visit Hawaii once. Was returning home as mom was quite ill and the Red Cross obliged. Stop off in Honolulu to refuel and then got on with it. Finally returning to the States after tour got to fly in the extreme luxury of a MATS C-141. Joy and Yummies.
Yesterday was a real wakeup call. Temperature previous was quite warm. Then the weather weenies must have done the weather dance from HELL!!! Dropped from the 60s to the low 20s and under as the night progressed. Even last year wasn't as bad. Almost reminded me of being back in Korea while up in the hills. Nothing to break the force of the wind but what you're wearing. Wind gusting so bad that my Forrester was shaking in the parking lot like a ship at sea in a BAD storm. Now in the mid teens and expected to climb over the next few days.
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Sorry for Your Loss!
20 Here :peep:
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Cleve, so sorry for your losses man. IT is tough when you reconnect and they suddenly pass.
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Was +2 F this morning at daylight, it's noon now and warmed up a lot, it's now 16°F! :oD
Seems the warming was assisted by the wind coming to a stop.
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Hi, McG. We're having a bit of weather fun ourselves. 60° at 1 AM. Currently 30°, headed for 7°. So far today, it has rained and snowed. Wind up in the 40 mph range when it gusts which it is doing regularly. :sno3: :blownaway: :rain-rain:
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Sorry about your loss Agent....My condolences to all...
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Good Afternoon to all....
Well, maybe not good...but it IS a afternoon. It is WICKED out there. My Vehicle wouldn't even turn over...so it sits until the grandson gets here tomorrow. It's his year to have the Girls on Christmas Eve and the other parents to have them on Christmas Day. So I've been busy getting everything set for Tomorrows Christmas. And I'm pooped.
I think I mentioned that I'm serving up my Spaghetti, Meatballs and Chourico for brunch tomorrow. Spent the morning preparing my homemade sauce and my homemade Meatballs. I still get my Chourico from the same Company I did when I lived in Newport RI....Gaspar's....North Darmouth, MA (https://gasparssausage.com/)
Anyway...this is a quick visit. Still got some wrapping to do and then got to dehair the place. Pet owners understand this term :tearlaugh:
I'm going to try and get in here early in the morning to post my TOTW winner...but if not...Aelin will take care of it for me .... hopefully.
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See you tomorrow when I can!
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Got a feeling we'll both be late in putting our winners up Aelin LOLOL....But we shall see.
I'm heading out....Enjoy the rest of the day or night or morning or afternoon or time travel....
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Agent; I'm sorry for your loss. This is a hard time for a lot of people.
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Weather? Sucks. "Nuff said.
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LOL....Yes indeed....
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12 hours later and I'm looking for coffee. Take care out there doing your last minute running around. Everyone appears in a deep freeze.
Thanks for the card TL. I like them.
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Morning Park. Very much so was only a few years ago we were 91 on Christmas lol. Only running I am doing today is laundry and then holing up the rest of the weekend. Spending it avoiding the people who think the candle smells like a Fireball vs cinnamon.
Sorry for your loss Agent.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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:all-lit-up:
I wish each of you and your families, a Merry Christmas.
The most beautiful day of the year, joy and sharing of heart for you all.
Merry Christmas!
:xmaskiss:
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Good morning! And pre-Merry Christmas! :all-lit-up:
I won't stay as longer as I do the afternoons of weekends, like we have to prepare the dinner. And you won't see me my tonight, nor the next 2 others, because it's trilogy time for celebrations.
I didn't tell you, but yesterday Puce accepted to have the head of Nenya on her a good part of the afternoon. She even accepted he washed her and she didn't flee, because he stopped 'before it's too late'.
Then when sunset came, Puce decided to go on a chair. And when I looked at her, Harmonie was near Puce on the chair and even partially on Puce. They stayed a long moment like that.
They still were that way when the firework (despite the rain of the afternoon) started, at 7PM. I hoped the hill between the square and us, more the distance, would help to crush the noise. Not at all, it was even worse than when they do a firework from the ruins of the castle! Like if the firework was almost at the bottom of our building. Puce didn't care, she saw and heard enough fireworks in her life. Babies were a little upset, but Harmonie trusted Puce and stayed with her. Puce was enough kind to wait the end of the firework before to leave the chair. Nenya was between fear and interest for the noise. I wasn't able to show him, the noise passing above the hill but not the firework itself. He passed the next 10 minutes in his Mom's arms and that was perfect for him.
Today, Puce doesn't pass her afternoon with them and they were disappointed when they saw her leaving the room. Harmonie tried to attract attention for she came back :tearlaugh:
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Had a hard freeze last night that froze the feed water pipes to the entire line of campers. Those pipes are not as deep in the ground as they are supposed to be, only about six inches. I suspect we will see where the break in the line is when they thaw, but when that will be is questionable. So had to go to the nearby public restroom to fill some gallon jugs with water. We won't be cooking or drinking that water, but we can wash hands and dishes with it. Gotta go later to fill more jugs, so that we will have six jugs full. If we keep them filled, we should be OK.
Was barely able to sleep last night, as our little space heater could not handle the low teen temperatures. Bundled up in several blankets, three pairs of long pants, three shirts, my insulated hoodie, and my double thick beanie. Even with all of that, the cold got to my feet; making them feel like two big blocks of ice, even though I wore my shoes and socks. Not supposed to be as cold tonight according to the weather forecast, but we all know how inexact that can be.
On top of those troubles, my bladder kept me running to the bathroom all night.
I'm OK for now, but I worried that our cats would not fair so well. We and they survived it though. I would not want either of our cats to catch the distemper. Had one three years ago that passed because of it.
While the temperature here outside is tolerable, we are still having trouble getting that to be the case inside our camper trailer. These things are not insulated much at all, and our power system leaves a lot to be desired. more than half of it is not working at all, so we have to improvise to have enough power to live at least a little comfortably. Now with no running water, we are struggling, and we still need to be able to cook our Christmas Dinner.
What a bad time for the weather we are having!
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:all-lit-up: :bettyb: :all-lit-up:
Its christmas day here and looking to be a rather warm one
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be bacon wrapped scallops and king crab legs with all the fixings and tater wedges
Oh I wanna come over to your place for lunch, Fafnir! :oD
May you and your Family have a wonderful Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas Dreamer! Hoping you and yours have a wonderful one! :all-lit-up: :snowlady: :dancesanta: :xmas:
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Hey Cleve, I do feel for you man. I totally commiserate your situation. Even with the big living room gas wall heater that's almost big as a fireplace, it got COLD in here. The saving bit was my queen size quilt I bought last year, and the Church folks gift of a fleece throw in a big bag of goodness they were passing out to Meals On Wheels customers. That throw is a fantastic insulator! Freezing cold in my room and it keeps my legs and feets warm man! Get some of those things, they are fairly cheap these days.
I do wish you and yours all the best, and a very Merry Christmas! :glittery: :all-lit-up: :xmas11:
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And to ALL the Attic denizens, Merry Christmas, may you be warm, full of good things, and Happy!
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Wishing you all a merry Christmas filled with many blessings plenty to eat with family and friends stay warm and safe
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About seven minutes to go till 12:00 AM Christmas Day. :bettyb: All!!!
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Morning and Merry Christmas on this side of the dateline now.
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Good morning and a Merry Christmas to all.
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Good morning and Merry Christmas! :xmas: :all-lit-up:
It seems TL wasn't able to come here yesterday. Either too much preparation for his dinner, or Kianna made him a surprise visit :tearlaugh:
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Mornin to you all and a Merry Christmas the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and later on there will be roasted turkey with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Just wanted to say Happy Holidays to y'all. Got up early this morning because Popeye wanted me up. Can't hide from her. Did do one render, tho. Not steampunk, but Xmas. Was waiting to use the captain. Enjoy! Going to put it up in the Gallery later. My last render of the year.
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Good Morning to all....
Yesterday was our Family Christmas as mentioned in a previous post since. I was up at 5AM Cooking the Christmas Meal...Spaghetti, Meatballs and Chourico. It came out great and all enjoyed. Travis just wrote me they already finished off the bunch I gave them to take home yesterday LOL. Lorna and I have some left for us also.
Anyway.....
Travis and Mindy and Taylor and Chevy and Lorna and the Critters Oz, Pusspuss, Bootsy, and Henrietta and I had a wonderful time.
Hope yours will be awesome today.
Lorna and I did ours today...just a few gifts to open for Christmas day. And now a quick tour and then take the vehicle for a ride...Yup...Travis got it going for me...WOOOHOOOO
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:all-lit-up: :xmas11: :xmaskiss: :xmas: :xmas10: M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S T O A L L :snowlady: :dancesanta: :danceelf: :bettyb: :all-lit-up:
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Replying here for Rad since the gallery doesn't let me know when someone makes a comment. Yes Rad I love the LNs and the manga. If I could have pulled it off would have done one with her dragging her bag of heads and getting her tray of cupcakes as a reward.
As for what...
https://myanimelist.net/manga/121165/Shinigami_ni_Sodaterareta_Shoujo_wa_Shikkoku_no_Ken_wo_Mune_ni_Idaku
Sorry for the hijack.
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Have you Read?
The Faraway Paladin ; Paladin of the End ; Ultimate Paladin
https://www.mangaread.org/manga/saihate-no-paladin/
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Actually did see the first few episodes of the anime but went meh at that point. So yes I know of it but read/watched it no. Actually happy by the Reincarnated as a Sword is getting a second season. Read/watched all three there as well manga/light novel and anime.
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Christmas dinner was a success. Succulent Cornish Hen baked with special seasoning, Brussels Sprouts in Butter, and Rice, Tea to drink. Just a few hours left here in the day.
Merry Christmas to All!
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Mery Christmas Agent
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Merry Christmas All! :all-lit-up:
Here is an Updated Wallpaper!
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Good morning!
Noshoba, it's the way the gallery will do, because the mod sending us the gallery comments warning is no longer adapted and will never be updated by its creator it seems.
So except if there is a new one one day, we have to check comments on our images by our own profil. In the gallery, click somewhere you see your name. Go in the part talking about images you added. And check if you see there was a comment on one of your (most recent) images.
Rad, I like your scene.
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Morning. Why I just bookmark the page and then check it when I remember. Let's see how much can get done in the cold today.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be roast beef with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Oh the aches and pains of the day after a busy Christmas Day! But a very peaceful one! I hope everyone had a great day yesterday (now) too! Gosh, 1am the 27th already! I got a VA appointment at 2 pm. Best get me another nap! :D
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Mornin' all. Hope everyone has a good day.
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked BBQ brisket and link sausage with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Good morning!
It's a crazy day with babies. Even Puce asked early to be alone in her - sorry my - room :tearlaugh:
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EDIT: If somebody has an ideato help Sanbie with png in DS4
https://www.thefantasiesattic.net/attic/index.php?topic=25187.0
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Good Morning to all.....
Took yesterday off from the net to get things back in place after the tribe left. Still a mess...but a Happy Mess....if there is such a thing. Another chilly day out there...but then the big warmup comes. Temps in the 40's later in the week...Right now it's -4 degrees....and I'm not going out anywhere just yet LOL.
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I was watching the results of the January Contest Theme Voting, and began to think "If there's a tie in the vote between Winter Pinups and Egypt, I'll do a Snowcapped Great Pyramid of Giza, with a pinup of Aiko 5 or 6 in winter clothing, ancient Egyptian style." LOLOL
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be tacos with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Mornin' Fafnir and everyone else staying warm or cool as your climate allows. Getting warmer here. In fact it will be down right balmy as we get up to around 0 (32).
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Good morning!
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Good Morning
Rain last night, now storm is heading eastward. Hopefully we will have more rain and put an end to the twenty year drought. However I don't think these people realize we live in a desert :thud: and we don't have that much water here except what comes off the mountains and collects underground in the fishers. We do have the lake, and the river but other states have their straw in it too. Nevada has the smallest portion of everything since the population was very small in the 1930s when the dam was put in the Colorado river.
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Good Morning to all
Well, Afternoon now...by one minute....Anyway....Had to clear wind blown snow from everything and am totally worn out....that wind is still ripping but had to do something else we wouldn't be able to bet out now move the vehicle LOL.
I think my body is telling me I'm to damn old to be doing all of this stuff....but my mind refuses to believe it.
Anyway...a quick stop by. Have a ton of things I have to get done today and being on the net is not one of them.
With :java: in hand...I take my tour....
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Hi, y'all! Just a brief stop to check in and see what's up. Eqypt? Now that's a theme I could really get behind. Of course, I'll be stuck behind a pyramid-size block. LOL!
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Afternoon Hawk...Aren't you glad you live in da Bronx and not in Buffalo...Many of those folks will be snowbound for days...what a mess....
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Afternoon Hawk...Aren't you glad you live in da Bronx and not in Buffalo...Many of those folks will be snowbound for days...what a mess....
Not to jinx it, but it's coming. It's still winter, and we have 3 more months of this season. For the moment, I'll count my blessings. It's Nature's brute force warning, we need to be ready for whatever comes our way. I remember the early 2000's when we had brutal storms but luckily, my mom had me and my brother to help. Now she and my brother are gone, and it's just me. But I am determined not to let it stress me out. I'll be prepared!!!
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When I first moved to WI we had some terrible snow storms and they were constant through out the Winter. Nowadays...it's a "Every Now And Then" event and believe me, I'm not complaining.
I remember one Winter when visiting Hev-E-Oil Burners Inc (Now Wymbs Inc) we had to drive from where Todd Wymbs lived (White Plains) to the Bronx and what normally was a 1/2 hour to 45 minute drive in morning traffic took 2hours with only one inch of snow on the ground LOL :thud:
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A very good morning to all and I do hope that all had a Merry Christmas. Was a bit puny so missed out on the food, but not the goodies. Though I did get a much better Christmas present. Just about all of our monetary problems with Ailene have now been seen to. Just a bit of help from my son and we get get her moved into her new digs.
:fireworks: :fireworks: :fireworks: :fireworks: :fireworks: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :happydance: :happydance: etc, etc.
In case you can't tell . . . . *channels in Droopy the Dog* . . . . I'm happy.
New year's looking pretty good. And I hope it stays that way. Slowly getting my 3D mojo back so I hope to produce a bit more. Meantime . . . . Fafnir, it you would please, A HUGE coffee to go and whatever else you've got on tap.
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When I first moved to WI we had some terrible snow storms and they were constant through out the Winter. Nowadays...it's a "Every Now And Then" event and believe me, I'm not complaining.
I remember one Winter when visiting Hev-E-Oil Burners Inc (Now Wymbs Inc) we had to drive from where Todd Wymbs lived (White Plains) to the Bronx and what normally was a 1/2 hour to 45 minute drive in morning traffic took 2hours with only one inch of snow on the ground LOL :thud:
You think NY traffic is bad with just 1 inch of snow on the ground, you should try Galveston, TX, traffic when it is just a coating on the ground. People, all of a sudden, couldn't handle the road with snow tires. :tearlaugh: I was (and still am) a seasoned NY driver and to save my own life, I decided to leave my apartment and car, in the early daybreak (5:00 am) to get to work by 7:00 am. I had to take, what passes, as mass transit (buses) to work. Mind you, Galveston is not a big place, it's only 10 minutes drive from the west end to the east end and back again. :tearlaugh: But I digress. 1 inch would cause a traffic jam for non-New York drivers. :tearlaugh:
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be smoked BBQ beef ribs with all the fixings and tater wedges
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Morning, y'all! Just a quick cup of :tea: wìth drop of dark seasoned rum, Fafnir.
On another note:
:new_year_3: :ny-clock: :new_year_3:
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Good morning everyone. Hope your day goes well.
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Good morning, Fafnir, FrahHawk and PDG. I hope all of you have a good day and are staying warm. 2022 is almost gone...
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Good morning!
And 2022 seems to have decided to leave with rain here. But I was lucky to go outside this morning with the few sun we had :tearlaugh: Now it's just pretty dark, the mass of clouds must be height.
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Good Morning to all
Thanks for the :java: Fafnir...
The big warmup is on. 42 degrees out at the moment and it will be in the upper 40's and low 50's until Saturday. And then we bomb out and back to Winter we go...
But I know that it's a prelude to the "Winter Once Again" scenario LOL....
Anyway...got some errands to run...clinic visits for Lorna....and some other stops to make so it will be a on and off visit day today.
Have fun and enjoy the day..with :java: in hand....
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be fried chicken with all the trimmings and tater wedges
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Aelin, I'll take rain over snow any time.
TL, that sounds like bathing suit weather, at least until New Years. 50's yesterday and near 60 here today.
Good morning, Fafnir. Coffee, if you would.
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Mornin" all. Looks like rain here as well and around 10 (50) already this morn. I'll be dodging raindrops doing the shopping in a bit. I feel tomorrow will be a little more busy in the grocery than I would like so shopping is this am instead.
I might splurge and take a cab. Christmas was gift card day. I have a couple hundred bucks for my grocery store and related chain stores. Since groceries will be free today I feel I can swing the cab. Got a couple for Timmies (Tim Horton's, a coffee and donut place) Don't eat donuts but I drink a lot of coffee. Too bad the liquor store isn't open this early. I've a couple for there as well. Might buy a good bottle of bubbly for New Year's.
The only things I got besides those gift cards are 6 cases of beer from Ed and his family when they were by last week. I might seem strange to get so much beer but they moved my Beer Store out of the neighbourhood a couple of years ago when they moved the Liquor Store in to it.
This is Ontario folks. Can't buy beer or liquor except from beer or Liquor stores run by the Province. No 7-11. No corner store. No gas station. A trial balloon has really really expensive craft beers selling in a single grocery chain in the more remote areas where there are no outlets.
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Good morning!
We had a little moment of sun in the beginning of afternoon. Otherwise, just rain and it's not ended, far away.
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Good Morning to all....
Sir Knight...It's a dreary day with temps no where near what they predicted they would be earlier in the week. They said it would be in the 40's and here we sit at 31 and it will go down as the day goes on. Oh well...I think we are in for the day anyway...
PDG....If I remember right....I think Virginia still has State Run Stores that are the only places that sell liquor but Wine and Beer can be purchased in other business as long as they are licensed to sell it. And I also think that Bars also have to sell food in order to serve beer and wine...I forget what the percentage is.
I just looked it up and I was right...State run Liquor stores are still there and I found this...."Virginia bars must make at least 45% of their revenue from food sales. Therefore there are no strict "bars" in the traditional sense - every establishment is a bar/restaurant."
This is a cool place "State Liquor Laws" (https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/alcohol-laws-by-state)
Good Morning Aelin....Not sure what I have in store for the day....I'm thinking my body is crashing after all of the Holiday "Bliss" LOLOLOL....
Morning Fafnir....Glad your back is feeling a weeeee bit better. Good chatting with you yesterday.
And good morning to anyone else hanging out in here...Enjoy the day....
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Oops! :shrug: :o_go_on:
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Just stopping by to clear PMs. Eyes are a little burnt today so I'll see everyone tomorrow.
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Have a great night .... and I'll be heading out soon also....
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Mornin' all. Warm and wet. Snow is gone and it's going to be wet for the fireworks tonight. Hope everyone enjoys the day.
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Good Morning indeed....
Right now we are at 20 degrees PDG, which I consider warm for this time of year....and perhaps a shower (be it rain or snow) later in the day. We shall see. Yesterday was beautiful. Only snow left on the ground is from the snow that was piled up...and even those mounds are shrinking. Then 40's and 50's for Monday and Tuesday...and then back to Winter...Maybe....too early to tell LOL
Other than that...not much going on. I celebrate New Years by not celebrating New Years. And I feel great the next day. I may watch some of the specials.....we shall see.
I'll grab some :java: and get things started in here.....
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Good morning!
We have another piece of sun today, in the middle of clouds.
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Not sure if we'll see the Sun today...but I'm in for the day so I'm not too concerned LOL
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Good morning!
Warm and wet here, too. 47°F (8°C) and warming by the hour. :ny-fathertime:
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Good Morning,
Temperature out here is presently 46 degrees F, and partly cloudy skies. High 58F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Rain starting today at 3 pm covering 87 percent of the valley and going into Sunday. I guess Las Vegas might not have fireworks tonight.
Happy New Year!
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Good Morning Sir Knight and M-C....
It warmed up here already...it's 21 degrees now...woooohoooo
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Mornin to you all coffee cocoa and tea are ready the girls made biscuits and bacon for this morning and for later on there will be steaks on the grill with all the fixings and tater wedges
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warm cloudy not to much wind here hope every one has a great day and a great new years eve
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I'm ringing the New Years in with Coffee and Popcorn... :ny-fathertime:
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I'm ringing the New Years in with Coffee and Popcorn... :ny-fathertime:
Coffee sound great for bringing in the New Year. It is my number 1 drink, next to water and tea.
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I don't drink much regular water but I do drink a ton of Clear and Propel. Our water here in Green county is terrible. The only way to drink it is to boil it...thus my coffee addition :tearlaugh:
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I don't drink much regular water but I do drink a ton of Clear and Propel. Our water here in Green county is terrible. The only way to drink it is to boil it...thus my coffee addition :tearlaugh:
Quite understand about the water, I filter mine in a water pitcher we are not bad off like you and the people who live where you are, but they put a ton of chlorine in the water and you can smell it coming off out of the faucet. It taste terrible when water should not have a harsh taste to it.
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We tried filters but in the end...it cost more to buy the filters then it did paying the water bill :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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wishing you all a Happy New Year filled with many Blessings!!!!!!!!
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EDIT: room was cleaned for a new year full of joy and talks
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