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Main Floor => Getting Acquainted => Coffee Shoppe and Gardens => Topic started by: thelufias on December 23, 2022, 03:12:09 PM

Title: McG's Place...Stop on by....
Post by: thelufias on December 23, 2022, 03:12:09 PM: Here you go McG...Your own home...
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Post by: thelufias on December 25, 2022, 10:44:20 AM: Hope your day is a grand one McG... HO HO HO HO HO and HO....
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Post by: thelufias on January 04, 2023, 01:24:12 PM: HEY....MC-G.....HAPPY NEW YEAR.....
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Post by: thelufias on January 25, 2023, 10:36:30 AM: Ohhhhhh McG.....are you home?
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 26, 2023, 01:20:18 PM: Yo ho ho and a :I FOUND it, FINALLY!: LOL!
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 26, 2023, 01:24:23 PM: Yessir, I am HOME now! :peek: :shock: :explode: :icu: :phfft: :whereizit: :happydance: :woohoo: :i-beback: :cool: :yippee: :java:
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 26, 2023, 01:25:48 PM: Hey yeah, it is a great place to be!
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Post by: thelufias on January 26, 2023, 03:52:10 PM: I heard "K" is coming over to visit and do some decorating. I don't say type the name anymore...it gives me nightmares :tearlaugh:
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 26, 2023, 05:05:40 PM: yeh, well, this be MY home! LOL!
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Post by: thelufias on January 26, 2023, 05:10:10 PM: Indeed it is....Enjoy....
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Post by: Jherrith on January 27, 2023, 06:13:20 PM: Sissies :kianna:
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 28, 2023, 04:07:20 AM: Where is that piano wire weed whacker! (the one that cuts through most anything!) ;o)
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 28, 2023, 04:11:10 AM: Hey Mary, I got it, finally!
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Post by: thelufias on January 28, 2023, 06:50:06 AM: LOL....Looks like you're being visited by your new interior decorator :tearlaugh: :tearlaugh:
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 28, 2023, 10:44:27 AM: Oh I hadn't noticed :sure:
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Post by: FrahHawk on January 30, 2023, 10:44:54 AM: :starrywelcome: :(ROFLMAO: :tearlaugh:
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 02, 2023, 09:00:54 AM: EEEK! Um, well Fran at least you ain't Kianna! :D
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Post by: FrahHawk on February 02, 2023, 09:51:11 AM: :(ROFLMAO:
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 07, 2023, 09:43:40 AM: Love that Lemons proverb, Fran! Ha!
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Post by: thelufias on February 08, 2023, 07:41:14 AM: Hi Ya McG....have you got your new place all dolled up with the help of Kianna? :peep:
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 09, 2023, 10:15:07 PM: RIP Tattoo McCollum
15 JUNE 2009 - 02 DEC 2022

Good friend, in spite of himself!
I love ya Ol Man, always will.
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 09, 2023, 10:16:34 PM: Yeah TL, I will get a few pictures up on the walls, and it will feel more homey again! :)
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Post by: parkdalegardener on February 10, 2023, 04:53:41 AM: Bummer McG. Sorry to hear about Tattoo
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Post by: thelufias on February 10, 2023, 03:34:57 PM: A great looking cat who'll be with you forever in heart....and mind..... Place is looking great thus far...
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 15, 2023, 11:08:16 PM: Thanks fellas, yeah Tattoo will always be with me.
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 15, 2023, 11:13:54 PM: How Tattoo got his name:
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Post by: sanbie on February 16, 2023, 02:21:04 AM: He sure was a great looking cat...he will still be with you always...good memories are wonderful things to have.
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Post by: thelufias on February 18, 2023, 08:27:10 AM: Love the shots....Thanks for sharing....great memories are a good thing....
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 20, 2023, 03:21:07 AM: Yeah, the memories are great. Mogwai learned a LOT from Tattoo. And Tattoo was happy to teach him. But, personality has a lot to do with how they communicate, and how much they "speak". Tattoo would sit and hold conversations with me. Like in this photo of him sitting on a night stand. Him in my lap he is just purring up a storm. Yeah that is the beard he loved jamming his head up in while holding onto my chest with both paws. That was a "Tattoo Hug" I call it. Heh!
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Post by: sanbie on February 20, 2023, 03:43:00 AM: What a great photo of the both of you...memories they are with you forever. I remember when my corgi Tia died, she was a lovely dog and my other dog was a terrier...she missed Tia so much. One day Suzi (the terrier) was scratching at the front door to come inside, as I was cooking dinner at the time I called to the kiddies to let her in...not sure if they had done it I turned to check...Yep Suzi strutting in with Tia right behind her...I nearly dropped the knife I was holding...when I looked back all I saw was Suzi...So I know they keep an eye on us!
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Post by: thelufias on February 20, 2023, 11:40:09 AM: Awesome shots my friend...and yup...great memories are always keepers...especially with the help of a great photo...
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 21, 2023, 05:19:38 AM: The photos help, sure do.
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Post by: thelufias on February 21, 2023, 09:29:17 AM: I was going to put up a picture but have to go out and get more cat litter. Guess we go through a lot with 5 critters :tearlaugh: See you when I get back
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 21, 2023, 08:05:46 PM: Anytime you feel like it, go right ahead TL!

Sanbie I know you're right! I feel like half a dozen cats and four dogs are sitting round Mogwai and me right now. And they are all sending happy thoughts to us.
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Post by: sanbie on February 21, 2023, 09:21:51 PM: Awww I believe that
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 21, 2023, 10:39:58 PM: :shiv2: :coffee3: Oh Noooo! We've lost a global treasure, less than a month ago, Lisa Loring died. She played Wednesday Addams in the first series in the 60's. Even in her 60's she was a nice looking woman too!
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Post by: Hipshot on February 27, 2023, 06:43:32 PM: Hmmmm, gonna have to check that one out. Very lovely lady. In any case, thought I'd come by and check out your new digs. Nice. I was actually expecting more of a nautical theme. But I guess that Kianna has her own ways about her. That girl can give you hugs like you wouldn't believe. That's if you don't mind looking a couple dozen snaketacles in the eye.
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Post by: thelufias on March 04, 2023, 09:45:36 AM: Here you go McG. Cali is now home...though at times she whines for the outside...but that's not often. And yes....the scratch board gets really worn out with 1 cat and now....4 kittens :tearlaugh:
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 08, 2023, 11:22:44 AM: Make a scratching post TL, just put a 4' tall pine 2x4 on a flat 2' square board, with gussets. Stand it near the common foot path. My two have nearly clawed their way through two regular 2x4's! I'll get a pic of one of them for you. Tattoo started that on one of the kitchen counter legs. Alan loves it that the cats love using that steads of the furniture. Ha! As a little kitten, Mogwai saw Tattoo doing his thing, then started doing his on it too!
one, Curled up, that is Mogwai at 12 days old, that is when I brought him n his mom into the house. Warmer, safer there.
two, rolley polley, Mogwai is fighting, you see. Paws are spread wide, and claws showing. Dangerous!
three, Scratching Post! Kitty DO, kitten SEE, kitten DO!
Then there is Tattoo, just proud as he can be! His 'training' Mogwai paid off. ;o)
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 08, 2023, 11:44:19 AM: Mogwai was the runt of the litter of 5. He is also the only one of that litter, Blackies first, that survived even a week. Even with Blackie busy cleaning and stimulating them, Mogwai was the only survivor. She was a great Mom, and took good care of her baby. At three months, she weaned him. He was eating kitten chow and drinking from their bowl, so why not? But he did get her milk daily for three months. Then, she wanted outside again. She allowed Mogwai to 'visit' her, just as long as he didn't try to nurse off her. She died a few years ago. She'd had a bunch of litters after Mogwai's! So now Mogwai is the Old Man. He's just a few weeks away from 11 years old.
Yeah, I do love my critters. Now, plural has become singular. Sigh. IT IS the Way of It, yeah.
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 08, 2023, 11:46:05 AM: Mogwai, on his favorite pillow, on the sofa arm.
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Post by: thelufias on March 08, 2023, 12:02:45 PM: Love all of the shots.....and I may try making my own scratching post. They do wear them out fast...even with their nails trimmed by lorna.
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 10, 2023, 02:06:28 AM: 12 years ago we moved up here. Then Tattoo started clawing away at that upright 2x4. From the first time he saw it happening, Alan said let him have at it, he can't hurt that board. Later he said maybe he can hurt it after all, but it is interesting seeing him work at it! Mogwai is still trying to claw his way through that one 2 x 4 counter leg! Eventually I think he will make it. LOL!
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Post by: thelufias on March 10, 2023, 01:05:39 PM: As mentioned.....Lorna does trim the nails on all of them...Just the front ones....but they do have fun with their toys.... Right now they are all sleeping after watching me shovel all of that snow LOLOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 18, 2023, 11:59:18 AM: Mogwai still thinks he's a kitten sometimes. Then, when he is all tuckered out, he plops down for a nap. I'd read they only purr for their human. EH? WOT! Well, this is likely a scientist with poor observation skills. Cause I have known both Tattoo and Mogwai to purr in their sleep too!

Mogwai's birthday is coming soon. April 5 he will be ELEVEN years old! We gonna have a party!
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 18, 2023, 12:00:38 PM: Hey at least your Purrbies view your shoveling with respect! I bet they have visions of them trying to do it.
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 18, 2023, 12:02:25 PM: I learned as a kid about trimming a cats nails. The more ya do it, the more they scratch!
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Post by: thelufias on March 18, 2023, 03:48:38 PM: Yup....but they don't scratch you as hard LOLOL....

Ozzie also plays with the kittens. He gets along best with Herietta and Puss Puss. Bootsy is to paranoid and not sure what she is yet...
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 19, 2023, 03:03:17 PM: Kinda sounds like Mogwai now. But I am all there is for him to play with now. Well, his stuffies too!
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 22, 2023, 02:25:28 PM: Hmm. Right now would be pretty bad timing for getting a new critter. Specially a baby one. Kitten. I'd like to, and I THINK Mogwai would like that too. Just so long as I don't give him reason to get jealous of the baby stealing HIS time with me.
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Post by: thelufias on March 22, 2023, 02:51:39 PM: Cali is finally warming up to the others.....a slow process. She and my little Bootsy seem to be closer of late...
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 24, 2023, 01:52:23 AM: It's amazing to me how much we human beans get out of our cats socializing! LOL!
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Post by: thelufias on March 24, 2023, 08:18:43 AM: Actually it would be a good thing. Mogwai is use to a companion and one can never give enough love to a cat or kitten in their eyes. Ozzie did fine with the 3 younguns we brought in and is doing fine with Cali...though Cali is trying to adjust to the houseful of critters. Every now and then Cali will give one of them a swat or two...but I think once they swat back, all will be fine LOLOLOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 26, 2023, 05:44:31 AM: Heh! Good point! :D
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Post by: McGrandpa on May 11, 2023, 10:38:36 AM: Currently, NetFlix is airing a program about 'What Cats THINK?'. I think all the segments within that one have been shown through the years. But this puts em all together, in order and very sensible speak from several experts. And finally, some of these performing cats are shown with their own Humans! That made it work for me. I see the men and women with their beloved cat folk all over and around them, just like me and the Boyz have been for more than a decade. It's GOOD to SEE other cat folks at LIFE together! :happydance: :woohoo: :mwah: :madfun: :thumb_up: :havesum: :ty04: :3flower; :ty2: :ty02: :psycho: :grenade:
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Post by: thelufias on May 11, 2023, 11:02:41 AM: Yup...they do...it's called "Inside the Mind of a Cat" and it's pretty cool.
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Post by: McGrandpa on May 12, 2023, 11:29:08 PM: I will watch it again tomorrow. With Mogwai. When he recognizes something he likes on the TV, he goes right up to it, sits down and watches whatever it is like a hawk. Cats doing tricks and talking cat talk must be pretty cool stuff to him!
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Post by: McGrandpa on May 20, 2023, 10:57:21 AM: Quote from: thelufias on May 11, 2023, 11:02:41 AM
Yup...they do...it's called "Inside the Mind of a Cat" and it's pretty cool.

Yup, I watched that already, several times. Found some New Kitty shows! Here is the current one. I like to do all the searches on BadMoonRYZEN. PC + internet with Mouse & Keyboard are MUCH easier, faster! Oh I did a simple quick search for "CAT". :D
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Post by: thelufias on May 20, 2023, 11:33:02 AM: Alrighty then....All that typing I did in your BMR thread gone to waste LOLOL....Now remember you have this page....:tearlaugh:
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Post by: McGrandpa on May 20, 2023, 12:01:07 PM: GOT IT! :D
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Post by: McGrandpa on May 27, 2023, 06:34:23 AM: I'd been saving my coppers for a while now, and getting fed up with washing a very few clothes in the kitchen sink for years now...unless I take em to laundrymat. I sprung for a new apartment size portable washer and dryer. The dryer looks and acts just like you would expect it too. But with modern control pad. Hey, it does the job well. The little washer, now that is something new on me. It has two lids, the big lid on left is for the washing. It has this weird agitator in the bottom, and the 'tub' is more of an octagon shape. But, surprise! Ya put clothes in, fill it with water, add TIDE ULTRA! Turn it on for 15 minutes and let her run. Then ya gotta turn the Mode Selector to DRAIN, and make sure the hose is IN a drain cause it will cover the floor in seconds! So it empties the first tub. Move some of those soggy clothes to the second tub. The spin tub. Much smaller than the first. But, it just takes a minute to have the clothes nearly dry. Meanwhile, you can wash while the other is spinning. Then the dryer does its great job and so far, I'm the only part of that system that folds and or hangs the finished clothes up! Wow, it is so nice not to have to use the sink for anything but the drain! :thumb_up: :feelgood: :mwah: :viking: :woohoo: :coffeemaker: :java:

BTW - that weird agitator on the bottom? Along with the pile of corners to break the water up, does an excellent job getting the clothes clean! Brand for both, Costway. From Walmart!
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Post by: thelufias on May 27, 2023, 07:46:36 AM: That's great McG...and now all you have to do is find a way to make doing laundry FUN :sure: :tearlaugh:
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Post by: sanbie on May 27, 2023, 04:15:50 PM: Sounds like my hoover washer I used to have many...many...many moons ago...actually it used to get my clothes really clean and the spin on the other side worked better than the spin cycles today...

found it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAko-tRbbw8
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 02, 2023, 05:21:32 AM: Sanbie you were lucky, your Hoover was an automatic one! But that main washer agitation looks about like what this one does. IT really does get the clothes clean. Way cleaner than a hand wash in the kitchen sink! And that spin dry tub, mine sounds like it's going 5000 rpm. Seriously. It don't leave a lot for the electric dryer to do. But it all gets done :)
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 06, 2023, 04:12:23 AM: TL you are so right about that! I just ordered some kind of hose kits for the washer. Dryer? Done and happy! I got to get that washer 'adapted' to both inlet and drain somehow. For whatever reason, the washer fascinates Mogwai. The dryer? Ignores it. Cant see through the dryer door. But can see through the washers lids. There it is, the motion.
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 10, 2023, 09:44:09 AM: I used to keep a 'front page' to DAZ and Rendo open, just to pop over and see whats up over there at each. Now, I gotta talk myself into just going over for a visit to either one. YETCH! It is all DAZ crap now.
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Post by: thelufias on June 10, 2023, 10:33:37 AM: Only time I go over is when Aelin let's us know of new freebies....
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 18, 2023, 09:13:00 AM: I been wanting to move my conversation about BadMoonRYZEN to this thread. I mean, it's 3 years old now!

TOday is Fathers day, so Happy Dads Day y'all Dads! I am really enjoying mine.

I took ol BMR and shut it down. Pulled the power cord plumb out. Made a bit of room, then pulled it out towards me and laid him over. He is a mid tower ATX case, so that ain't bad. Took me a minute to figure out the release tab on the 16X PCIE 4.0 slot. It is a super simple slotted push to release tab. Gosh. Got the GTX 1650 S 4 gig out, and got the old vid cables off the monitors and out. Plugged in the two brand new ones and laid em handy for the video card. While the slot was vacant, I did a tad of dust n hair removal. It amazes me how much of Mogwai gets into the computer! Got it all cleaned up, mobo shining like new, and carefully inserted the thicker and longer PNY RTX 3060 12 gig DDR6 Verto card. Then plugged the monitor cables in. First time I ever used a Display Port, um, PORT. The damn thing CLICKED when I plugged it in! Means somehow, it locked itself in. Sheesh. The old types all used thumb screws. These don't So, as I was now stuck with it, Hi HO Hi HO, On with the show I go OH OH! Got all fixed up, laid the internal cables around neater, and plugged the secondary power plug(s) in. This one uses 8 pins! Got it all upright again. Checked the card for any sign of looseness. Non e at all. OK, monitors ON... horsepower ON! All the fans spin up. Blank screens. Kill the rear rocker power switch. Start up, hit power button, got the ASUS TUF GAMING logo on the wrong screen, hit DELETE to get into BIOS, had it reset its OPTIMAL Performance thing, click Save and Reboot. Voila! I got stuff on both screens, and 5 secs later there is the Windows 10 Pro login screen. Takes longer for me to type the password than it does for this rig to reboot! (chuckles happily at that!) Log IN, Selected the new 531.61 regular driver, Run As Administrator! Oh yeah! It instantly saw the new card and set the drivers up for it. Happy Daze! Heh heh heh!
Now to go saturate myself in some sort of intense video game, see if I can push on the new card a bit. :D
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 18, 2023, 09:22:05 AM: The new vid card is: a PNY VERTO GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x16. See it HERE (https://www.walmart.com/ip/PNY-VERTO-GeForce-RTX-3060-12GB-GDDR6-PCI-Express-4-0-x16-Video-Card-VCG306012DFBPB1/1474721811). This thing is a CHUNK of hardware! It weighs in at a couple POUNDS! It is longer and even thicker than the old but nearly as huge GTX 1650. I thought it was big, and it is. This one is even bigger though! Well, it's IN and running! Happy me!
:mwah: :woohoo: :java:
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Post by: thelufias on June 18, 2023, 09:33:41 AM: Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy......and Wooooohoooooo
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 18, 2023, 03:38:32 PM: Is it bad ass? Let's put it in real and visual terms. The Game, No Man's Sky. The game(s) (most of them!) wanna put my game screen size at a max of 1920 x 1080. This LG's native res is 2560 x 1440. So I wanna play in that res. I set it. Game sez Restart the game. Did so. Now I go to the Graphics and Video settings, and hit the "DEFAULTS" button. It did show the new card fine. Suddenly, all the settings went from mostly turned down or even turned off to all of them on ULTRA! AND at 75 Hz. AT 2560 x 1440. Smooth as silk man. THAT is what I am talkin about! :viking: :CLINTE: :happydance: :woohoo: :Hi5: :havesum: :java: :hubbahubba: :mwah: :grenade:
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Post by: thelufias on June 18, 2023, 05:01:19 PM: That is bad ass and then some....WOOOOOHOOOOOOO
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 19, 2023, 11:32:57 AM: It be even MORE fun now! LOL!
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Post by: thelufias on June 19, 2023, 11:35:43 AM: LOL.....Have Fun......
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 21, 2023, 12:40:29 AM: Playing No Man's Sky, all the pretty stuff maxed out, all the bells and whistles turned on, and the rig don't even hiccup now. WOW! loving that! Well let's see, there is The Last of Us to try out, and Cyber Punk 2077 too. The older games did fantastic on the GTX 1650. These newer ones I named just stuttered quite a bit. But, mostly playable still. But now, with the RTX 3060, none of that mess going on. And it's quiet! :D
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Post by: thelufias on June 21, 2023, 10:08:43 AM: Oz has been really good about that. Going from the lone cat to the elder of the clan of 5....he does pretty good with them. Right now he's laying on my feet while I have them on my hassock that's under my desk. The morning is his time with me. The little ones are all sleeping also. And as I was typing about the little ones....Calie jumps on my lap...and not gracefully....OUCH....
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 21, 2023, 02:07:58 PM: :OMFG: :happydance: :ummm: :woohoo: :tearlaugh: :(ROFLMAO: :java: :gday2: :mwah:
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 22, 2023, 07:03:48 PM: DAMN. Went down to renew my driver license today. Instead, was ordered to surrender it. My first time without a drivers license since 1968. :ahhhh: :sadder: :cry2: :coffee3: :phfft: :hypno: I is NOT a happy camper. :thud: The Tx DPS is granting me a State ID instead. GRRRR! Wasn't driving anyway, but being ordered to surrender my license is a dire insult!!!!!!
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Post by: thelufias on June 22, 2023, 07:21:24 PM: If you have a big lap...no worries on that point...right... :whattodo: My lap is not big and can have 3 of the 5 on my lap comfortably.
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Post by: thelufias on June 22, 2023, 07:37:33 PM: Quote from: McGrandpa on June 22, 2023, 07:03:48 PM
DAMN. Went down to renew my driver license today. Instead, was ordered to surrender it. My first time without a drivers license since 1968. :ahhhh: :sadder: :cry2: :coffee3: :phfft: :hypno: I is NOT a happy camper. :thud: The Tx DPS is granting me a State ID instead. GRRRR! Wasn't driving anyway, but being ordered to surrender my license is a dire insult!!!!!!

Damn...that's rough.....Especially with no warning. By the way...that's the same year I got my license..

Why don't you check with the VA and see what they can do anything to help you get it back.
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 24, 2023, 08:16:17 PM: Quote from: thelufias on June 22, 2023, 07:37:33 PM
Damn...that's rough.....Especially with no warning. By the way...that's the same year I got my license..

Why don't you check with the VA and see what they can do anything to help you get it back.

They will, assuming I am fit TO drive again. 6 months to a year maybe? Pisser is I gotta go in and take both the written and road tests again.
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Post by: thelufias on June 25, 2023, 10:25:38 AM: Yup....that would be a pizzzzer.....and then some.
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 28, 2023, 05:54:32 AM: OK, while I am out of commission, I will be getting ye ol Jeep GC rolling, inspected and registered again. Getting it started is the first step!
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Post by: McGrandpa on June 28, 2023, 07:21:36 AM: Hey TL, your brain in that GIF is looking like my "hyperbaric boot" (airbag!) when the session is over. Psssss---ssssss---sssss!
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 01, 2023, 04:20:57 AM: Happy Birthday ME! I hereby choose to be lazy today. I put away all the laundry and machines, so I will do the lazy thing!
:yippee: :java:
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Post by: thelufias on July 01, 2023, 07:35:48 AM: Enjoy your day my friend. At our age it's always a good thing to have "Another Birthday"
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 02, 2023, 02:55:39 AM: I did enjoy my day, now to get on with the rest of the 4th holiday thing. I gotta say, the Govt. Employees really do milk certain holidays to the hilt! There are a few doctors taking the whole week off. My podiatrist, my endocrinologist, my urologist and most likely my oncologist too. That ain't the worst of it. See each of them has their own 'entourage', which is spelled TEAM in VA Speak. THEY are off along with the doctors heading up their "teams". eh-HEM! Did we not get One Paid Holiday for the 4th, TL? How did that grow to 7 days?!
Well anyhoo, it gave me a week off too! LOL!
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Post by: thelufias on July 02, 2023, 08:46:01 AM: With the company I worked for we had 4 floating holidays. The Union voted on when to use two of them and the company picked when to use the other two. When I worked in the plant I was a Union Steward so I was part of the process. If the Holiday landed in the middle of the week we would pick either the two days before or the two days after so we all would have a 5 day weekend. When I was in Management...It didn't matter.
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 02, 2023, 09:55:37 PM: Yeah but that was cool! 5 day weekends! LOL!
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 02, 2023, 09:56:42 PM: l mostly gauge my weekend sizes by others work weeks that I have to depend on. Sometimes I get 7 and even 14 day weekends now!
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Post by: thelufias on July 03, 2023, 07:59:17 AM: LOLOL.....same here..
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 07, 2023, 05:46:16 PM: Since this porch is mine . . .

I share a Remembrance, of my Father.

My Daddy loved ball games. It never matters what time of year it is, there is some kind of professional sports with BALL in the name. Baseball, Basketball, Football. Even tennis and ping pong are ball games. And while I was growing up, there was always a ball game on Sunday afternoon television. If he was off that day, he watched a ball game. Daddy also loved to fish. Didn't matter where, as long as he might catch a fish. Fresh water, salt water. Fishing. Rod and reel. He would have loved Jeremy Wade. So, often during spring and summer, we family would find ourselves out with him, fishing. I never really caught onto catching fish though. I could bait a hook, cast out, and it would sit for an hour, no nibbles. Then start to reel it in BANG something struck it. And a few times, took my rod and reel away from me. But this is about Daddy. He would stand in one spot, cast out, occasionally slowly reel in a bit, then wait a while. He had pocket transistor radio's, two of them, in his pockets. And an earphone in each ear, listening to two games at one time. Fishing.
Most of my life, he worked in a Sintering Plant in a steel mill, making klinkers for the blast furnace. Any of you familiar with Steel Mills, such as lined the Ohio River the first 70 years of last century, know exactly what I speak to. Everyone working in one of those plants went home red. Clothes, skin, red. Reduced iron. Ferrous Oxide. Gets everywhere. I worked there 3 years, and it took 5 years for me to stop sweating red. Not kidding folks. Daddy near killed himself working that job. The whole crew did. I was a part of that for 3 years. Then I bid out to an apprenticeship. Instrument Repair. Didn't complete that one but I DID get my 4 year letter (Apprenticeship Complete!) from a different Steel Company Electrical Engineer/Supervisor. I was so pleased to earn that one. Journeyman Electrician. For me, THAT was worth all the blood, sweat and tears it took to earn it. My daddy was pleased with that too. VERY pleased. Surprised the heck outta me. "Son, it ain't college, but it is a great thing you have done. It is like a degree, and will get you work anywhere." From my Dad, that was a great thing. And I remember being shocked in hearing that.
I guess I did learn somewhat from my Daddy. A work ethic that I still hold to. Honesty. Above all, honesty. Always speak the truth, no matter what the results may be. Truth matters. Any persons Honor *IS* their Word. You Give your Word, you Keep your Word. One other thing that actually pushed me to push my own abilities in every direction. SEEK to LEARN! Then APPLY what I learn, somewhere, somehow. I taught myself to read, before I started school. The summer before 1st grade, I read The Son Of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Thanks to my dad, I learned to read. Spelling? I'd ask what a word meant, or how to spell something. He tossed me a dictionary. Oh he still talked about words. Grammar, syntax and the rash of 'nymns'. I got intensely interested in paleontology. He wasn't so thrilled with that, asked why not more recent history. So, I loved seeing what kind of creatures belonged to those old fossilized bones people dug up around the world. He also found it mildly fascinating. His love was for living animals though.
My daddy was also an Artist. He used conventional media only. Pastels, pencil/graphite, oils and water colors. He loved flowers, but even more, birds. It was through HIS love for birds I came to 'see' animals as folk. You can't spend years and decades with a creature and not see it has a personality. It IS a Person!
I was still angry with my father, and he passed in 2009. I was still angry on Fathers Day in June. Today, I am not as angry with him. I am trying to give a positive, respectful tribute to him in this remembrance of him. Now I have slowly come to realize that my closest sister is the one really to earn my anger. As she has manipulated me our entire lives. All Daddy's artwork? SHE took it. All the family's photographs? SHE took 90% of it, and sold it off on EBay. All their possessions? SHE was there first, took whatever she wanted and the rest went to trash. Well, I can't change what has been done, nor do anything about who got what. I CAN change how I look at things NOW. And the one thing neither she or anyone else can take from me, is my memory of LIFE, and everyone I have shared some life with. That is quite a lot of people, and quite a lot of memory! SO, it is ok for me to choose to remember my Dad fondly, even with something akin to Love. And it is ok for me to not be angry with my sister for all the crap she has done. I will keep my distance from her though. A few thousand miles is a help. And nobody can stir me to anger. Only I can do that. And today, I choose a different place, a happier place. Thank you Daddy, for teaching me that first rule of psychology. It is MY choice, always!

Plus, in his way, he is responsible for my having learned digital electronics, computers, ART in any form I might do, even on computers, in 2D and 3D.

If you, my neighbor, read this page, I thank you. While you didn't get a prize for doing so, you win my appreciation. Specially if ya drop a line below saying you read it!

Michael "McGrandpa" McCollum
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Post by: thelufias on July 07, 2023, 05:50:05 PM: Great writeup my friend. A very interesting read....
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 07, 2023, 05:53:34 PM: Thank you! It is also pretty incomplete. As it should be whatever was foremost in my mind and heart when written. Tomorrow it would be different. :) As well it should be!
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Post by: thelufias on July 07, 2023, 05:55:16 PM: Indeed
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 22, 2023, 07:43:14 PM: It's the WEEKEND! Yaaay! Or, as Neil Diamond sang . . . It's another Saturday night , and I ain't got nobody! I got some money cause I just got paid. And so on. :)
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Post by: thelufias on July 23, 2023, 12:59:41 PM: Went to many Neil Diamond concerts.....He is one of my favorites....well, my number one favorite singer. I have his very first album....and many more LOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 23, 2023, 01:27:36 PM: Ahhh the one with Sweet Caroline! Cracklin Rosie. That was about when Booker T and the MG's came out with Time's Tight and Green Onions! AND, Credence Clearwater Revival released Cosmos Factory album! Oh and Marilee Rush released that ONE song for her husband: Angel of the Morning! Oh man how many times have I bought THAT single! AND Melanie with Brand New Key! Gosh that opened a floodgate of great memories! :D Same time frame: Iron Butterfly: Innagodda Da Vita. Joni Mitchell coming up with a long list of great songs too. Including one written for Woodstock; Both Sides Now, by Joni Mitchell and sang by Judy Collins. This one was my "angst anthem!" for SO many years man. I am not sure when that part of me drifted into a neatly folded and stowed bit in my baggage area, nor has it quite been replaced. I love MANY great songs and a bunch of them are from current artists. Like, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. I think Lady Gaga (Stefani) has stepped up to Barbara Streisand's rostrum! OH Steppenwolf with Magic Carpet Ride!
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Post by: thelufias on July 23, 2023, 06:29:04 PM: I loved Lady Gaga in "A Star is Born" ........ She is one talented young lady.
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 24, 2023, 09:39:59 PM: I heard THAT! Yeah, A Star is Born - Stefani (Lady Gaga's given name) did an incredible job with ALL the music. Piano and voice!
Um, Top Gun - Maverick, she did the music in THAT movie too! The end song, "Hold My Hand", I cried. Seems Maverick is heading off to the sunset with Penny. I think she might have been that first Admirals daughter....that admiral he pissed off...about Penny, on a joyride with Mav in a Tomcat. (shrugs) IT would be something if he turned out to be Amelia's father!
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Post by: thelufias on July 25, 2023, 07:49:38 AM: With some movies, the music is better then the movie LOLOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 27, 2023, 05:03:31 PM: SO true that!

Some movies are truly made great by the music.
'A Star Is Born'?
'The Princess Bride'?
'Fiddler On The Roof'?
'The Sound Of Music'?
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 30, 2023, 04:38:49 AM: So here is where i mention that it is obvious now why J has the Work Entertainment thread going!

Getting old is NOT for sissies! I now see I began getting "old" the day I was born. Seems to be an accumulative process. But never fear, it does snowball! So, the more time invested in growing old, the faster it happens. Did not see that when I was in my 50's. And now, as I have tried mightily to slam on the brakes as I am zooming up to 70 (years not miles per hour!), I do see it. And, with a wistful tear in my eye, I realize that with all the great equipment we are blessed with, those 'BRAKES' were never part of the package! So you think there might be a tight turn up ahead? Heh! I am amused!
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 30, 2023, 04:40:33 AM: This latest rash of realization awoke in my mind this morning about 2:00 am as my mind awoke. AND, I found me sitting in a pile and a puddle. Pile of wet clothes, puddle of pee. SOMETHING leaked! (Ya THINK ?!?!?! DUH!) Well the bed has to dry out now. I did learn from my wound care nurses that our pee and the rest of us are all exactly the same PH factor. So, my pp won't eat me alive like I once thought it would. Seems diaper rash comes from a fungus, not our pp. eh HEM! Yes. SO that is why said Wound Care Nurses give me bottles of anti-fungal powder to use as needed for my diaper rash, when it happens to occur. OK. I use it. No diaper rash. STILL got loads of wetness to deal with at times. WHY?! All detectable exits accounted for and DRY, so it is just one of the Great Mysteries of Life I guess.
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 30, 2023, 04:44:05 AM: EH? Hm. Just noticed that the desktop has my Moonbeam Centauress on display. Means that BadMoonRYZEN did a hard RESET while I slept. Gosh, I betcha that ASUSUpdateCheck.exe is, once again, the culprit!
So after dealing with wetness issues, I sit here at the desk and find that little bugger IS the culprit. Grrrr! Three years of procrastinating about the issue, I sleepily take charge and may have ended that issue, finally. THIS instance of that tiny .exe file is generated by and used for the ASUS Armory CRATE. Which is a short list of ASUS programs created to appeal to little gamer children. While I AM a Gamer, and do use ASUS machinery, I am neither little nor a child. And nothing at all in that short list appeals to me, nor is even of any use to me, at all. So, I deleted it all. BUT did NOT realize that mess is enabled in the first place in my motherboards BIOS! I Googled it. Surprised? Yaknow, so MUCH happened, changed, in the 12 years I ran that old Intel Q9550 (CPU) rig. It still amazes me just HOW capable the modern system BIOS is now. You used to have to have "The Main Three!" to even get to the Power On Self Test (POST screen). Now, you don't have to have a discrete video card, or RAM, or even a freaking CPU installed! Just hook a monitor up to the motherboards built in Display port, plug in a keyboard and/or mouse, push the GO button and it DOES come up! But enough of my being infatuated with and fascinated by the motherboard. I reset machine from Windows Power choices, found that little rascal under TOOLS in the Advanced area in my BIOS. Sure enough, Armory CRATE is the only entry in that drop menu and it was enabled. I set it to DISABLED, saved and reset, and the W10 desktop popped right up. This time, Windows allowed me to utterly REMOVE that little program, completely! Yaaay!
Another instance where the (now) old saying, "Google Is your Friend!" is actually true.
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 30, 2023, 05:24:13 AM: Moment of introspection here. A lot did change in the time since I built that last computer. 16 years ago, I took a week of vacation time that covered my birthday. I had saved back over $2000 to build a new computer. Friday came, was wished well and a happy vacation by my boss and co-workers. I went to the Computer Parts store (that is the name of the store, btw!) paid for and picked up a big cardboard box full of my parts. The store owner, Haung, talked me into opening up one box, then another. And in two hours WE had built my new system in the store, and Ol King George XXVII fired right up, and I was happy. SO I took a working PC and a lot of empty boxes home. Heh! Back then, THE place I socialized with any of you was in the usenet news group alt:binaries.3d.poser. The Poser News Group! I had been a regular in there for quite a while already. And, Chaser (Laura Haskell), who had been a HUGE help to me when I de-lurked and hollered for HELP!, built herself a new Render Beast at the same time. Hers was honestly better than mine. But, I was so happy I now had eight gigs of RAM! a true Quad Core CPU! And so on. We had fun back then. And we were not even the OLD crew there. I was one of the NEW crew. Most of the groups Elders had moved on. Chaser didn't. I appreciated all her help, and the hard work she poured into creating the "3D Dollies" she made for sale. I bought every one of her character sets for Victoria 4.2. While I do have some favorites of hers, I do use all of them. I make it a point to.
I wax nostalgic folks. I used that Usenet group more than 20 years. And I miss it. Though when the latest server died, and the owner didn't resurrect it, I haven't found it again on the newsgroup software I have. There might be a couple of people here that used the group at all. Not many though. Sigh. I guess the things people make and use pass on by, like water under the bridge. Here one second, gone the next. So now, my current social hangout is here, at Fantasies Attic. While I do play with all my 3D stuff, including a nice pile of 3D programs, Photoshop CS 4 Extended, Paint Shop Pro X and The GIMP for PC are my 2D imaging programs. I have fun with all this. And once in a while I even create and render a scene I like. So I save the image, and sometimes post one here at the Attic. I truly do enjoy having the toolbox with all the programs I have. I also enjoy having all the content I have acquired over the last 25 years. Especially the character sets for two Figure groups. Generation 4 and Genesis 2. Poser can't see the new .DUF nor anything Genesis now. As of Poser 12, it all went to Python 3 and ET Phone Home. I spit on that one. Meanwhile, I enjoy the occasional "artistic interaction" with any of you that will talk about it!
Now, off to play!
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 30, 2023, 05:26:19 AM: Whilst Jherrith has his Work Entertainment thread going, and it IS rather well established, I conjure it is best I have my own thread(s) for this sort of speak. THUS: The existence of McG.'s Place! :yippee: :java:
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 30, 2023, 05:37:34 AM: Did I mention anywhere in these forum threads that I now use Poser Pro 2014 as my MAIN 3D build/render tool? Yes! I do! While I own Poser 11 Pro and Poser 12, they do NOT use Genesis anything. So I hate using them. Other than offering LaFemme they offer me nothing I want at ALL. They even took away things I DO want and love using. And, since JENN BLAKE parked her heel solidly in Posers throat, I won't be buying any more Posers. Sigh.
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Post by: thelufias on July 30, 2023, 10:53:20 AM: Haven't ventured that way yet....I'm always a "Wait and See" person....
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Post by: McGrandpa on July 30, 2023, 11:20:11 AM: Well I can tell ya this: Poser Pro 2014 is still an excellent program, even if I got to position and size the Libraries every time I run it. But, after it, Poser 11 Pro does OK, but still has bugs that never got fixed before Poser 12 was released. I have that too, and it works fine, as long as you won't even think about any Genesis and higher DAZ Figures. that is why I don't use it.
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Post by: McGrandpa on August 04, 2023, 12:28:46 AM: I have to admit I DO use Poser 11 and 12, as LaFemme won't work in PP2014. That sucks.
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Post by: thelufias on September 01, 2023, 10:09:57 AM: That's too bad...I'm a LaFemme fan also...
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Post by: McGrandpa on September 07, 2023, 10:30:08 AM: Yeah, you can get some of the prettiest characters with LaFemme. Too bad Jenn Blake chose these nasty things for Poser.
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Post by: thelufias on September 08, 2023, 10:53:37 AM: Poor Ozzy ended up with 4 new kitties here....but he gets along with them all...even Calie our newest member LOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on September 08, 2023, 06:19:09 PM: It is sorta like Ozzie adopted all of them as his own, right? He grew his Den! Nice job Oz! :D
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Post by: thelufias on September 08, 2023, 06:54:51 PM: I'm sure there are days when he says to himself... "What the hell did I do?" :nopanic; :thud:
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Post by: McGrandpa on September 08, 2023, 08:39:20 PM: Ha ha! Yeah, Tattoo had a few of those days himself. But, he and Mogwai grew very close through the years.
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Post by: thelufias on September 09, 2023, 07:38:54 AM: It takes time. Cali still has a wild side since she is the newest member of the clan. But she has learned to cuddle and feel safe with Oz and Henrietta. But picks on poor Bootsy and tries to pick on Puss Puss....but typically he just ignores her.
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Post by: thelufias on September 09, 2023, 07:41:47 AM: PS...Almost had one of the little babies from outside make it in here this morning while feeding them. Temptation was there....but.....thought better of it LOLOLOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on September 09, 2023, 11:57:29 AM: Awww that new little one might be the best of the bunch of newbies! Let her/him in, and say "Wake up Cinnamon, get off da floor!" tony orlando and Dawn? Cinnamon? 70's!
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Post by: thelufias on September 09, 2023, 01:08:49 PM: I've got 5 critters that need to vote on that.....and Lorna....who would say yes after 20 no's....But...They are still attached to their Mommy Stripes, so I'll let the wee one be... PS...the little one didn't give a hoot about me...but was eyeing the bowls I was carrying out....Yup BREAKFAST....LOLOLOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on September 09, 2023, 02:01:16 PM: Ahh yes! Here come the FOOD! :D
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Post by: thelufias on September 09, 2023, 04:22:27 PM: Indeed....and only had Whitey and Mommy here for dinner...
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Post by: thelufias on September 09, 2023, 04:23:02 PM: The rest will come over when Blacky decides he's hungry.... :sure:
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Post by: McGrandpa on September 14, 2023, 01:21:26 AM: Still not hungry eh? :nopanic;
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Post by: thelufias on September 14, 2023, 11:32:14 AM: They all showed up later....I sat on the porch with them after they ate. Those wee ones are so much fun. Stripes and Blacky just sit back and relax while we are playing LOLOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on September 16, 2023, 11:11:40 PM: Alan came and got me to quietly look out the back door at what the current crop of kittens were doing for fun. The back porch is just planks on 2 x 4 frame. It has lots of holes in it now, needs replacing. But the kittens were playing what looks totally like the PC game, GOPHER. There are half a dozen kittens in this litter, so whichever got 'tagged' last was IT. IT has to tag another kitten. So we'd see a head pop up, then drop, then another pops up from a different hole and so on. GOPHER! I sat at that door window for half an hour watching those kittens. Then their momma rang the dinner bell and they made a mass exodus straight over to her. But that tickled me and Alan both to see them playing that way.
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Post by: thelufias on September 17, 2023, 07:40:50 AM: Love watching the little ones here also. They are here at 6AM on the nose for their breakfast....with Mama included and Blacky also. Had one of the wee ones in here briefly yesterday. The rest of the clan had gone under cover when the thunder and lightning and pouring rain started (FINALLY>>>>WE GOT RAIN...short lived though) and little GW (Grey and white) was whining on the steps.

So...went out and picked the little fella up...took him inside, dried him off. I put him down for a second and he was petrified when our clan got curious. He wanted out...So I put him inside one of the houses I have for outside cats and kittens, along with a bowl of food. And he was still in there this morning with Mama and the other kittens. So all worked out well.
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Post by: McGrandpa on September 21, 2023, 07:24:50 AM: Glad to hear that! After thinking on it, you have like 4 or 5 indoors now? And, they are all at least a year old, right? That's 4 or 5 full size cats in the house, plus the two humans. Bit of a crowd methinks!
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Post by: thelufias on September 21, 2023, 12:34:34 PM: Ya think LOLOLOL......but somehow....I'm thinking....Lorna will sneak that little Fluffy White in here :tearlaugh:
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Post by: McGrandpa on September 30, 2023, 01:05:43 AM: You're gonna let her too, aren't ya? ;o)
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Post by: thelufias on September 30, 2023, 07:07:58 AM: Of course.....but it's not firm yet. She's the one who cleans and changes out the litter boxes LOL.... But we do have a plan. Three of them now sit in our laps when outside, and play with the toys they have outside, so before winter we'll try to gather them up and bring them to our animal shelter. They make sure all healthy animals find a home....None are ever put down unless they are to injured or sick.
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Post by: McGrandpa on October 08, 2023, 12:58:01 AM: That is how it is here now, TL. For cats, Texas requires animal control to cage capture, neutering and shots, then re-release in same area where caught. Rodent control. :)
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Post by: thelufias on October 08, 2023, 09:18:42 AM: All of the farms here have cats that have been on the family farm for generations....and if the Animal Shelters are full, they always take in cats and kittens....they stay safe, dry, warm, and can eat whatever they catch...which is plenty on a farm...and they get fresh milk every single day....and a lot of loving. Farm kids name them all.
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Post by: McGrandpa on October 08, 2023, 10:23:26 AM: That IS cool! :o) :mummy: :hallowoops:
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Post by: McGrandpa on November 08, 2023, 03:02:15 AM: The Front Porch. This is where we should all be friendly. Wave hello to our neighbors and passers by. And smile more (if we can find our teeth!). Even if we can't find em, smile anyway!
The Back Porch. It's a four letter word. Most four letter words ought to be spouted here, if at all. If one must be cranky, grousing and such, The Back Porch is better for all that.
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Post by: McGrandpa on November 08, 2023, 03:06:02 AM: Gonna be another long day today. Got a 3 appointment trip to the VA today. The last visit, I showed up plenty early for the single appointment I had, and they tell me at the check in window they'd cancelled it! I check my phone, no voice mails or texts. I do not get reimbursed for their assininity. :shock:
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Post by: thelufias on November 08, 2023, 10:35:14 AM: No worse then going to your doctors Appt and wait for an hour only to be told he went home an hour ago.... :thud: This generation is lacking in communication even though they have more ways to communicate then we did in our time. And that calls for another :thud: just for the hell of it....
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Post by: thelufias on November 08, 2023, 10:36:59 AM: PS....I hope all goes well for you today my friend....if there are any Doctors around LOLOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on November 08, 2023, 09:05:37 PM: It did go well, and there were plenty of doctors around. It being Wednesday, I sure hope there are! The follow ups with General Surgery are now done and over with. The leg is completely healed up and doing great. Got shrinkers in the mail, using one even now. Just compression for the nub. Next step is sign up for that prosthetic leg! Woohoo! That visit will be next Thursday. Maybe, if I am lucky, by Christmas I will have the wonderful gift of WALKING again!
:yippee: :woohoo: :Hi5: :yes: :precious: :java:
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Post by: thelufias on November 09, 2023, 11:11:45 AM: Keep up the good work on your end and I have no doubts you'll be up and about very soon...
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Post by: McGrandpa on November 22, 2023, 08:27:50 PM: not if I keep falling! Mad rush to get up, in wheelchair and to the bathroom. Emergency Poo Doo! Nope, not that a way! Instinct had kicked in and I tried to stand on right foot. Uhhh HUH! FLOP! I did manage to make it to the Throne Room for its job. Yep.
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Post by: thelufias on November 24, 2023, 08:00:05 AM: I learned when it's time "To Go" .... Don't think about it....do it LOLOLOL....Lesson learned the hard way....
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Post by: McGrandpa on November 28, 2023, 06:48:19 PM: That is what I did. Maverick sez: DON'T THINK, JUST DO! Which is exactly why I ended up like a heap of taters between the desk chair and the beds footboard! Gotta remember there is no foot there now! 69 years and 1.5 months of having a foot there is now giving the brain a fit. Occasionally.
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Post by: thelufias on November 29, 2023, 08:54:34 AM: Indeed....the body knows the part is missing but the brain has not got that far yet. After my Grandmothers foot was amputated she could swear it still felt like it needed to be itched.....(Yes, she would itch her foot constantly....comes from all going barefoot all those years as a youth I guess)
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Post by: McGrandpa on November 30, 2023, 12:47:23 AM: Yup. I realize all the ghost pains are just the brain trying to adjust to the new difference. SOME of it is real though, like the muscles in the stump, the skin over the end of the stump (was back of the calf), all that stuff still has feeling. And lets it be known too! LOL!
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Post by: thelufias on November 30, 2023, 08:34:50 AM: No doubt and then some.....
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Post by: McGrandpa on December 05, 2023, 01:22:59 AM: I bump the bottom front of the stump on the shelf under the desk and I feel like it is the back of my calf, which is where that used to be! Ha!
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Post by: thelufias on December 05, 2023, 08:30:05 AM: Personally, I think you've been handling it very well and that's a good thing....
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Post by: McGrandpa on December 11, 2023, 02:59:17 AM: That is exactly what my Nurse, Physical Therapist and Doctor all said. I am not growling whining crying screaming at all about the amputation. I had a year and a half to prepare for that. Six months before the Bad Weekend, Doctor Perez prepared me for the worst. Well, DYING would be THE worst. So, having to say goodbye to my leg lets me say in the race a while longer. She told me the conditions that have added up to BAD. And told me the next conditions that add up to GO to the ER *NOW*! And the week that those occurred she even had a warning talk with me. She wanted to admit me to hospital right then, but one of the conditions hadn't happened yet. So she allowed me to come home that day. Two days later we called for the ambulance. I ended up in the VA ER, and was immediately admitted. Dr. Perez ordered that done from the OR she was working in that day. That is one BUSY Lady!
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Post by: thelufias on December 11, 2023, 07:49:38 AM: Lessons in life.....All the bitching in the world changes nothing....Actions do.... And all know :ny-fathertime: is not on our side....Can't put off anything until tomorrow...because who knows what tomorrow brings. You are doing great and I know you will continue to do so....
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Post by: McGrandpa on December 24, 2023, 02:17:46 AM: Thank you, Dan. I have to keep working on it. Nobody is gonna do it for me! ;o) :ny-fathertime: :glittery:
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Post by: thelufias on December 24, 2023, 09:25:16 AM: And :glittery: to you and your furry companion. I've got our newbie BooBear in my lap SNORING away....
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Post by: McGrandpa on December 28, 2023, 01:34:15 AM: So you call him Boo, for short then? ;o) Gee, had that Podiatry visit Friday the 22nd, both legs and foot looked great to Dr. Perez. So now I won't go to see her until May!
I do have an Endocrinology appt in January, and Wed Jan 03 I go see the Orthopedic guy for a 'diagnostic fit and tests' for a new leg. Then, two weeks after that, I go get that New Permanent Leg! :D I can't wait! Oh I am not expecting perfection on first wearing. But then, knowing Chad, it might just BE! :D It is a family business, Chad grew up in the business, and it is the one thing he really loves doing. Getting people WALKING again! This guy knows a LOT about the mechanics of legs and feet. Woohoo! :D
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Post by: thelufias on December 29, 2023, 12:42:37 PM: LOL....Nope....I call him BooBear....A shortened version of Boo Boo the Bear from the Yogi Bear Cartoon. He always has that "But Yogi" look on his face....
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 07, 2024, 07:12:39 AM: I go pick up my new leg this WEDNESDAY! He really liked the way I stood and stepped around on the diagnostic leg, and he put himself right in my way so I couldn't just take off walking away. I would have too! HA! I felt the pressure points, and knew I would have to take some time getting the stump used to it. I will use the walker now, and a cane. Can't have blisters yaknow!
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Post by: thelufias on January 07, 2024, 07:23:35 AM: You'll do fine....Don't rush it....a little at a time....but I'm sure you'll do great....
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 10, 2024, 03:37:49 AM: They had to cancel todays visit, they didn't get all the parts in yet. OK, so we reset and try when they are! :hug:
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Post by: thelufias on January 11, 2024, 10:43:40 AM: Hopefully it will be soon....Anticipation is great....Reality is better...
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 12, 2024, 08:14:40 PM: At 5am Alan called me from the hospital. My baby sister passed away just before that call. We were kind of expecting it, the way she'd been feeling. Still, when it does happen, it hits hard. Goodnight, Little Sis. Sleep well. We will all be along soon enough.
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Post by: sanbie on January 13, 2024, 01:58:40 AM: Oh how sad McG...may she R.I.P.
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Post by: thelufias on January 13, 2024, 03:33:28 PM: My condolences to you and your family my friend.....Always hard when a relative passes away...but harder yet when it's part of the immediate family. Memories are a great thing at times....may yours bring a smile to your face when you look back at them.
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 13, 2024, 03:51:20 PM: Thanks, I appreciate y'all a bunch.
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 15, 2024, 04:20:49 PM: Yeah, even the sad and bad memories with the siblings seem downright cheerful now. I recall the great times we had when I took the Clans Wimmins out garage sale-ing. I had to call it a day when the ol Jeep was crammed full of STUFF the ladies had rummaged out and there was a lively discussion among them the whole way home. Then I stopped at a Taco Bell, everyone ran inside, and I treated em to whatever they wanted. That was great fun. And Li'l sis Becky led the way, cause she knew ever sale in that area already. I got the fake Persian rug that day and it's on my floor right now. :o)
Yes, there are lots of great memories of times shared with my baby sister.
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Post by: thelufias on January 16, 2024, 09:11:55 AM: Pictures with Memories are always a great thing when a loved one or friend has passed on....
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 29, 2024, 09:45:34 PM: Quote from: thelufias on January 16, 2024, 09:11:55 AM
Pictures with Memories are always a great thing when a loved one or friend has passed on....

Me and Becky used to sit and go through boxes of family pics and enjoy seeing everyone doing everyday life. Now I look at em alone, and cry sometimes. I miss her, and always will. Oh she could be a raucous sort at times, but mostly she was happy and loving to everyone.
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 30, 2024, 07:15:56 AM: Time to shut er down and get on to Amarillo. Leg adjustments :OMFG:
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Post by: thelufias on January 30, 2024, 07:20:52 AM: And I'm sure all will go well.....
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Post by: McGrandpa on January 31, 2024, 01:19:05 AM: It did! Got the adjustments, and learned a few new things that are helpful. Yaaay team! :D
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Post by: thelufias on January 31, 2024, 11:12:50 AM: Ozzy loved all of the new critters we brought in. He had his favorites of course....He loved Bootsy and Calie....he played with Puss Puss and Henrietta....and let little Boo Bear cuddle up next to him at night.
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 02, 2024, 08:07:11 AM: MUNCHKINS - they be hauling ash, and getting nowhere in a hurry!
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 12, 2024, 08:43:13 AM: Aw TL why'd ya change the pacified muchkin for! He was fun! Can I have it pleaze?
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Post by: thelufias on February 12, 2024, 09:08:09 AM: Here you go....take your pick KITTENS AND CATS (https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrFFszjMsplL1MRGahXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Nj?p=kitten+gifs&fr=mcafee)
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Post by: thelufias on February 12, 2024, 09:09:08 AM: Let me know if the link works....McAfee has this new thing when it comes to posting items...not sure I like it yet...
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 13, 2024, 03:06:41 PM: The search link worked, TL! But I didn't find your Munchkin in there.
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Post by: thelufias on February 13, 2024, 04:48:00 PM: Try:

https://tenor.com/search/halloween-cat-gifs (https://tenor.com/search/halloween-cat-gifs)

or

https://www.fg-a.com/ (https://www.fg-a.com/)
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Post by: McGrandpa on February 17, 2024, 06:47:42 PM: Not there neither. Thanks for the try!
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Post by: thelufias on March 01, 2024, 01:29:39 PM: LOL.....It's around somewhere.....I'm changing gifs today...maybe I'll spot it....
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 01, 2024, 07:12:11 PM: I should have realized that when it was up, all I had to do was save that image to my hd and done! Michael you old dummy!
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Post by: Radkres on March 01, 2024, 07:31:47 PM: :3flower;
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Post by: thelufias on March 02, 2024, 07:31:23 AM: Don't feel bad McG....I never remember to save them either....
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 09, 2024, 03:05:55 AM: If you run across it again and put it up live, I think I'd remember to RT-CLK-SAVE-IMAGE-AS this time! :D
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Post by: thelufias on March 09, 2024, 07:19:20 AM: LOL....I've been looking....So many of them out there and with my mind of late....I'm surprised I remember my first name.... It's Chuck....Right? :toast:
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 09, 2024, 07:29:05 AM: Yeah it's ". . . CHUCK, and he lives in his Mommas basement, in Detroit, and he weighs 300 pounds!" (Ready Player One, scene where Z and AECH are talking about Artemis right after she leaves Aechs Shop and Aech is getting onto Z about falling for a total stranger)
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 09, 2024, 07:29:45 AM: Darn. Can ya tell I been up all night? Again!?
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Post by: thelufias on March 09, 2024, 08:14:45 AM: LOLOL.....Yes indeed......a few of these will put you to sleep.... :toast: But, if your like me.....that stuff does me no good anymore LOL.... It's been 29 years since my last drink....and believe me....I was an expert of drink....I bartended for many years when I was younger....
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 10, 2024, 05:06:12 AM: I never tended bar, though I did keep the bartenders busy for some years! Been a LONG time since I walked up to a bar. Nowdays I just buy a bottle of wine, or brandy. Every few years or so. 5 am, time to fix breakfast! :D
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Post by: thelufias on March 10, 2024, 08:28:01 AM: I enjoyed Bartending.... :toast: :toast: :stpatcheers: :stpatcheers:
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 10, 2024, 11:49:33 AM: I can tell you enjoyed bartending, TL. You tend to get along with everyone and you were a SALES! Manager! (heh!)

oh

AND fixing breakfast is when I discovered we did the Time Change last night. The phone said 9am, the microwave said 8am. Fell Foreward! :D
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Post by: thelufias on March 10, 2024, 11:58:44 AM: Yup....I set all my clocks before I went to bed last night...but the damn critters didn't understand the time change..
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 11, 2024, 01:16:39 AM: Neither did mine. Sigh.
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Post by: thelufias on March 11, 2024, 09:11:13 AM: They are learning though.....Now they bug me in shifts.....
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 18, 2024, 11:39:28 AM: Goodness, that is just like my foot since the last Dr.'s debriding. It has these sharp stinging burning pains in different areas, and don't hurt all areas at once. It is like they work in shifts, and sometimes chase each other around my poor ol foot! Sheesh!
:OMFG: :whatthe: :sadder: :whattodo: :cry2: :yeow:

:shock: :explode: :huggy: :tearlaugh: :yippee: :java:
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 18, 2024, 11:41:54 AM: hey Mary, the emojies "explode" and "yippee" have fallen off, while "yeow" and "happydance" are totally missing. Thanks!
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Post by: thelufias on March 18, 2024, 01:12:53 PM: Sounds like neuropathy-
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 23, 2024, 06:37:49 AM: Oh? Between the ears, I guess?
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 23, 2024, 06:42:32 AM: SO, yesterday morning this time, me and Alan loaded up and headed out for Amarillo VA. The Dr, the Nurse Practitioner, and two regular nurses bared my foot, cleaned it all up, and guess what? It's still there! Ha! Pretty ratty looking but it shows noticeable healing and overall improvement in the 3 wounds. That was sweet music to my ears! Keeping the glucose down to near non-diabetic levels is a BIG help. I am spending most of my time laying down, foot elevated. It is happier, the Dr is too! :D
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Post by: thelufias on March 23, 2024, 06:55:45 AM: That's great news indeed.....Keep up the good work....
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 23, 2024, 04:38:22 PM: [Oops! moved to here]

Problem, and why I will *NOT* use either the DAZ Content Mangler System or the DAZ Instigator Mangler. See, 15 years ago, DAZ wanted CONTROL of where things went, and the CMS was (and is) consistently inconsistent in where to put which type of file. Whereas Posers system of file management is HARD systematic. Though, you ARE able to move things where you like it, even if you want to mix file types, and Poser will use it all just fine. BUT, the Library module won't show you things put in wrong folders.
I learned to organize the entire file system in Posers original way. It is sensible, and easy as pie to keep straight. DAZ file system seems designed to confuse the human mind. But not the digital mind. This makes it easy for DAZ to maintain control as most people won't even try to actually organize the mess. I DO .
Then, with the advent of DS 4.0, the DUF was put in use. And inside the DUF, is every thing concerning that particular item. EVERY thing. And of course, Poser cannot read it. And MOST of the time, the DUF is not human readable either. So I hung it up for DS after DS 3.0 Extended. That was the only version we ever had to pay for and I bought the whole enchilada.
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 23, 2024, 04:57:50 PM: OK, I guess. I like the big external. But I wanna try a lot of capacity internally. I have collected a bunch of SSD's. Most are now 2 TB. It is a pretty good size for doing this idea I have had for a while now. To continue from Coffee Shop:

16 TB !?!?! Is it kinda full? Also, it is one of the reasons I like using just 2 TB internal SSD's. Yes, the Runtimes do overflow one SSD, but three or four will work out great for just the Runtimes. I do like organizing by type. Such as the set of V4 runtimes, with one each for clothing, one for character sets, and the one for V4 itself and all its morph packs and textures. Then of course one SSD just for prop sets like Environments, such as Jack Tomalin and Stonemason and DM. THEN there is the one for Transport. I am sure you get the picture. How many internal SATA3 SSD's can I have now? Got SATA ports for 14, enough mounting slots for 12. One Spare. The odd one is the BluRay ReWriter. Using 2.5" form SSD's makes it wonderful! I have a mid tower case that works fine with all this.
What does that make in 2 TB drives? 28 TB! Yeah I know, it's a headache. But, I think I will like it getting to reorganize my entire PC file structure. :)
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Post by: thelufias on March 23, 2024, 05:06:42 PM: If anything....it will certainly keep you and your mind occupied for quite a while LOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 23, 2024, 07:00:15 PM: Yeah for sure! But y'all ain't gonna get a thrill outta that. Get bored in 20 sec flat! LOL!
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Post by: thelufias on March 24, 2024, 06:33:40 AM: LOLOL
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 30, 2024, 09:49:55 AM: Would you pray for me Dan?
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Post by: thelufias on March 30, 2024, 10:16:57 AM: I always do my friend....but will add another layer of prayer. What's happening?
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 30, 2024, 10:39:23 PM: sorry I was asleep when you called.
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Post by: thelufias on March 31, 2024, 07:20:13 AM: Got your message......I know you let them know what is happening...so when do you go in for them to check it out?
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Post by: McGrandpa on March 31, 2024, 06:34:23 PM: I have to see a vascular group in town that does different things than the VA does. Damn.
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Post by: thelufias on April 01, 2024, 10:34:12 AM: As long as things get fixed....Doesn't matter whose doing it.... Keep me up to date...
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 03, 2024, 08:24:21 AM: I'll do my best to. No idea what will happen today.
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Post by: thelufias on April 03, 2024, 08:31:11 AM: We'll all send you positive vibes....that always helps it seems......and if you behave....you can have ONE piece of candy.... :havesum:
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 03, 2024, 04:40:06 PM: candy is like a bomb to me, so nope. Unless it's sugar free! :D
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 03, 2024, 04:42:48 PM: Met the new doctor, he examined me, looked over my scans and xrays, then talked about what he could do to help my issues. I got much happier because he wanted to get this going next week. Angioplasty. He told me what he would be doing, I nodded as i got the picture. Made good sense to me. I said OK! So, that was todays visit.
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Post by: sanbie on April 03, 2024, 11:06:55 PM: WooHoo sounds like great news McG
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 04, 2024, 01:05:26 AM: Thanks Sanbie! A ray of sunshine!
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Post by: thelufias on April 04, 2024, 10:25:43 AM: I'm living proof that it works McG. I had angioplasty done on me when I was 55. Also got stints in my legs and other parts of the body.
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Post by: thelufias on April 04, 2024, 10:31:06 AM: And to ease your mind....."surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery:
"one of the commonest operations performed in the US is angioplasty" A quote from Mayo Clinic where I had mine done.
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 04, 2024, 11:43:59 AM: om, Doc wants to do this Tuesday at 3pm. I am pre-admitted now too. SO, we'll be OFF to see da WIZZARD!

:whereizit: :cheer: :c-cat: :hug: ;oD :java:
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Post by: thelufias on April 04, 2024, 01:31:46 PM: There you go....I'd wish you luck...but that's bad luck....so I'll just say.....You'll be fine....
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 06, 2024, 11:40:18 AM: Yesterdays visit to Wound Care was great. They were real busy and low on some supplies so had a home nurse come this morning too. The bad wound is WAY smaller, no necrosis, and looks great. Thanks for the prayers! I am sure that is why the wounds went from minimal amount of healing to lots of it! And Tue is the angioplasty day. Might mean the whole leg gets to more normal!
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Post by: thelufias on April 06, 2024, 01:01:27 PM: I always pray for friends who need a helping hand....and so glad that things went well....it will only get better.

I'm a Veteran but have only been to a VA Hospital once....and it was enough to convince me to change Hospitals. Never been in one since...that's 40 years ago....

I know some are great...like the one my brother in RI goes to...But some are like Hospitals folks went to in the 1930's....LOL

Anyway...You take care....and FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.....I'm thinking you do a little cheater more often then not LOLOL...
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 10, 2024, 09:48:29 PM: oh I did that 'little cheating' thing before, but not since the first work on me by Dr. Perez. Then the Indo Dr. Carrizo, got me glucose control and my A1C dropped 3 FULL points! Then I lost my rt leg. Nope, no cheating. I do grumble at times, but no cheating on The Plan, whatever it is. More major improvements now expected!
None of the Docs at my VA were able to do what this Doc in town can, that is why the VA referred me to him. And this one, he won't call it quits until The Job is DONE to his own persnicketyness! He found more problem spots than he originally figured. That OK, simply work till they are done. He DID. They are DONE! WOW!
I was still covered in orange iodine wash, had magic marker spots all over leg and belly, no worries, the WORK is done now! And I am grateful!
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 10, 2024, 09:52:31 PM: May 3, I go for followup at Podiatry. Next week, I go back to Dr. Trinidad for followup to yesterdays work!
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Post by: sanbie on April 10, 2024, 10:49:26 PM: I went to my podiatrist yesterday McG...love getting my feet done.
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Post by: thelufias on April 11, 2024, 07:57:54 AM: Glad he is helping McG.....and make sure you do your part also....Watch that diet my friend....Food is a two way street....It's healthy and heals....and it's bad and kills....You need to make the right choices.
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 12, 2024, 12:42:04 PM: When I know there is serious healing to be done, I go to High Protein, otherwise, it is a balanced meal plan. Glad I love my veggies!
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 12, 2024, 12:43:17 PM: Oh yes, the Podiatrist and their blessed footwork! Shaving caluses, trimming nails. All the goodies. :oD
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Post by: thelufias on April 13, 2024, 07:30:57 AM: Excellent.....You're the only one who has control of how you survive....all others just give you directions...you pick the path....
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 14, 2024, 03:27:13 PM: Ain't any candy or sugar in this old mans home any more! I have shaved back my grains or carbs, give way to the complex carbs and proteins! Like green veggies, beans, lean chicken, turkey, beef and a little pork/bacon. Keep taking ALL my meds as prescribed. They exist for a reason, yaknow? The angioplasty appears to still be working, yaaaaay! :D
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Post by: thelufias on April 18, 2024, 09:20:07 AM: Keep up the good work....You benefit you when you do......Hey....That rhymed.....
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Post by: sanbie on April 18, 2024, 03:16:29 PM: :woohoo: :thumb_up: Great news McG
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Post by: McGrandpa on April 21, 2024, 01:36:43 PM: Thanks Sanbie!