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  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    McGyver said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Back in the '90s my other half and I had a "Z" scale setup on about a 2x3 foot plywood board.  No fancy mountains but we did have a double oval with a trainyard in the center.  A circus train, a freight train and a trolly along with assorted village buildings, roads, trees and power lines.  I wired all the switch controls into an empty VHS tape case.  Our plan was to build a coffee table around it under glass but he died before it was completed and I ended up selling it and other hobbies we'd done together.

    It's hard for me to think of selling anything that belonged to my husband. sad​  Lord knows, we fought like tigers, but I sure miss him.

     

     

    I'm pretty sure when I kick the bucket, my wife is gonna rent a bulldozer... Not one of those piddly little backhoes, or bobcats... I'm talking one of those big tracked D11s with the big ripper blades in the back, and she is gonna run over all my crap till its in tiny pieces, dig a big hole, push it in and set it all on fire. No maliciousness to it, I just think that after 25 years, she is sick of it all, all my junk, all my contraptions, all of the weird stuff nobody but me knows what it's for... I'm pretty sure one of my daughters is gonna take most of the tools and some of the sci fi stuff, but the rest is bulldozer fodder.

    Wow. laugh​

     

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    MistyMist said:
    Jan19 said:
    MistyMist said:

    oh, that dont sound healthy

    ​​Everybody here -- no, I'm exaggerating -- some are freaking out, all over the place.  Code Red Alerts, Stay Inside warnings...nobody down here stays inside all day.

    I don't intend to notice a thing. laugh​  Please, Universe, don't take me seriously. 

    Just give me a few minutes of calm to take the damn dog out, and I'll be ok.

     

     

    wind is making noisier. not scared yet, cautious is the feeling.

    house owner is tellin me to bring my lil patio table inside, he has worries wind could blow it and damage stuff.
    said supermarket crowded people stocking up.

    i'm worried about wifi going down.

    batteries, flashlight. charging phones.  worst case i haz mars bars non-perishable.

    Cautious -- that is a good word.  :-) 

    It's raining here.  Dog is scared, as usual. 

    Right now, my internet is going in and out.

     

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    DanaTA said:
    Jan19 said:
    MistyMist said:
    Jan19 said:
    MistyMist said:

    why do i get all jazzed thinkin about skimpy vivki outfits on gianni6?  is it a vitamin deficiency thing?

    ROFL.  That is hilarious.  Dude Looks Like a Lady. laugh 

    Lord, do let me get off the Aerosmith kick.  No, no, I don't want to.

     

     

    do it, lol  y'know yoo wanna

    I ought to, I guess.  laugh​  All right, no more dude posts.

    That song still cracks me up though.  What's not cracked already, that is.

    It is raining cats and dogs here.  Whew.

    Better stay inside...that could hurt!  Especially if one of those really big dogs lands on you!  laugh 

    Dana

    Animals love me.  wink  They would miss me deliberately.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,019
    Petercat said:

    How's this? Z Scale:

    ...those use nanomotors.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,019
    McGyver said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Back in the '90s my other half and I had a "Z" scale setup on about a 2x3 foot plywood board.  No fancy mountains but we did have a double oval with a trainyard in the center.  A circus train, a freight train and a trolly along with assorted village buildings, roads, trees and power lines.  I wired all the switch controls into an empty VHS tape case.  Our plan was to build a coffee table around it under glass but he died before it was completed and I ended up selling it and other hobbies we'd done together.

    It's hard for me to think of selling anything that belonged to my husband. sad​  Lord knows, we fought like tigers, but I sure miss him.

     

     

    I'm pretty sure when I kick the bucket, my wife is gonna rent a bulldozer... Not one of those piddly little backhoes, or bobcats... I'm talking one of those big tracked D11s with the big ripper blades in the back, and she is gonna run over all my crap till its in tiny pieces, dig a big hole, push it in and set it all on fire. No maliciousness to it, I just think that after 25 years, she is sick of it all, all my junk, all my contraptions, all of the weird stuff nobody but me knows what it's for... I'm pretty sure one of my daughters is gonna take most of the tools and some of the sci fi stuff, but the rest is bulldozer fodder.

    ...maybe I better not mention then that I have a friend who actually has a fully working vintage D4 on his property.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,019
    Tjohn said:

    Down to using names I never heard before. Have they used Throckmorton, or Wilhelmina? I've heard of them.

    ...Leela?

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,352
    kyoto kid said:
    Tjohn said:

    Down to using names I never heard before. Have they used Throckmorton, or Wilhelmina? I've heard of them.

    ...Leela?

    smiley Heard that one somewhere. smiley

  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670

    Complaint: One of my online games is downloading all of the files again.  Ugg.. I think the game is 6.5 gigabytes in size.  I need to wait for the download to finish.  In the meantime, the download is using a lot of internet bandwidth.  I think that is the right term.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,019
    edited September 2016
    Tjohn said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Tjohn said:

    Down to using names I never heard before. Have they used Throckmorton, or Wilhelmina? I've heard of them.

    ...Leela?

    smiley Heard that one somewhere. smiley

    ..yeah, she can be something of a little hellion sometimes.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,168
    edited September 2016
    Chohole said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Back in the '90s my other half and I had a "Z" scale setup on about a 2x3 foot plywood board.  No fancy mountains but we did have a double oval with a trainyard in the center.  A circus train, a freight train and a trolly along with assorted village buildings, roads, trees and power lines.  I wired all the switch controls into an empty VHS tape case.  Our plan was to build a coffee table around it under glass but he died before it was completed and I ended up selling it and other hobbies we'd done together.

    It's hard for me to think of selling anything that belonged to my husband. sad​  Lord knows, we fought like tigers, but I sure miss him.

     

     

    I am so with you there Jan. OK I know it's still very new and thus raw to me, but I do keep thinking about a clear out of some stuff.  Thinking is as far as it has got so far.  We never fought though. I think that makes it harder.

    I was a mess for months after my otherhalf died.  It wasn't till a year later that I'd stop spontaneously wailing when I heard a certain music piece.  Hugs.

     

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,352
    kyoto kid said:
    Tjohn said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Tjohn said:

    Down to using names I never heard before. Have they used Throckmorton, or Wilhelmina? I've heard of them.

    ...Leela?

    smiley Heard that one somewhere. smiley

    ..yeah, she can be something of a little hellion sometimes.

    Worked in the lab with a lady from India named Leela as well.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,168
    edited September 2016
    McGyver said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Back in the '90s my other half and I had a "Z" scale setup on about a 2x3 foot plywood board.  No fancy mountains but we did have a double oval with a trainyard in the center.  A circus train, a freight train and a trolly along with assorted village buildings, roads, trees and power lines.  I wired all the switch controls into an empty VHS tape case.  Our plan was to build a coffee table around it under glass but he died before it was completed and I ended up selling it and other hobbies we'd done together.

    It's hard for me to think of selling anything that belonged to my husband. sad​  Lord knows, we fought like tigers, but I sure miss him.

     

     

    I'm pretty sure when I kick the bucket, my wife is gonna rent a bulldozer... Not one of those piddly little backhoes, or bobcats... I'm talking one of those big tracked D11s with the big ripper blades in the back, and she is gonna run over all my crap till its in tiny pieces, dig a big hole, push it in and set it all on fire. No maliciousness to it, I just think that after 25 years, she is sick of it all, all my junk, all my contraptions, all of the weird stuff nobody but me knows what it's for... I'm pretty sure one of my daughters is gonna take most of the tools and some of the sci fi stuff, but the rest is bulldozer fodder.

    Bulldozering into a hole huh?  She's not discarding it.  She's finding a place to put it.surprise

     

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited September 2016

    oh boyy, need xtra provisions.  

    a nice mellow whisky?  keep the chills away

    Post edited by Mistara on
  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109

    Hey, everybody.  Internet's back. yes

    If you're in the hurricane path, she's moving on up out of here, I think.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited September 2016

    open a cookie

    http://www.fortunecookiemessage.com/

    smiley There is a prospect of a thrilling time ahead for you.

     

    Post edited by Mistara on
  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    Jan19 said:

    Hey, everybody.  Internet's back. yes

    If you're in the hurricane path, she's moving on up out of here, I think.

    Glad to hear that you didn't get blown away.

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    edited September 2016
    Chohole said:
    Jan19 said:

    Hey, everybody.  Internet's back. yes

    If you're in the hurricane path, she's moving on up out of here, I think.

    Glad to hear that you didn't get blown away.

    Thank you. smiley​ 

    I kinda thought you all were hoping I would. ;-) 

    Just kidding.  Thank you. yes

     

    Post edited by Jan19 on
  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,352
    Kulay Wolf said:

    Second BSoD of the night complaint

    What in the world are you doing to your computer?  I run several big applications at the same time and leave the computer running all the time, reboot seldom, and I haven't had a BSoD in over a year.  Before that maybe as long.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,352
    MistyMist said:

     

    hurricane spposedly comin.

    hermine.   her-my-knee?

    miss kulay, thinks we under same storm

    Some wind and rain from tropical storm late; otherwise, overcast

    ENE 26 km/h

    Gusts: 70 km/h

    They've been pronouncing it her-meen.  

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited September 2016
    DanaTA said:
    Kulay Wolf said:

    Second BSoD of the night complaint

    What in the world are you doing to your computer?  I run several big applications at the same time and leave the computer running all the time, reboot seldom, and I haven't had a BSoD in over a year.  Before that maybe as long.

    Dana

    in the old days, blue screens meant a driver conflict, usually video, or bad clusters on a hdd, 

    disable a comport to save the irq, irq days long gone, or do they lurk underneath all the wizzbang  lol

    that 640k of memory was so precious. forcing mouse drivers into highermemory, needed the whole 640k to play raiders of the lost ark off 1.44 floppy disk

    Post edited by Mistara on
  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,352
    Petercat said:

    How's this? Z Scale:

    Wow!  That is tiny!

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,352
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Back in the '90s my other half and I had a "Z" scale setup on about a 2x3 foot plywood board.  No fancy mountains but we did have a double oval with a trainyard in the center.  A circus train, a freight train and a trolly along with assorted village buildings, roads, trees and power lines.  I wired all the switch controls into an empty VHS tape case.  Our plan was to build a coffee table around it under glass but he died before it was completed and I ended up selling it and other hobbies we'd done together.

    It's hard for me to think of selling anything that belonged to my husband. sad​  Lord knows, we fought like tigers, but I sure miss him.

    I was not happy about selling stuff.  If I had my 'druthers I'd 'druther keep stuff.  But losing your income & home for 7 years tends to affect one's priorities.  I have photos, recordings, and memories and in the end I won't be able to take any of that with me anyway.  It was just things.  Besides, I learned a long time ago attachments are the cause of pain.  I learned to let go.

    No, no -- I'm not criticizing.  I'm sorry if I gave that impression.  I wish I could let go.  That's a huge problem.

    I'm very sorry for your loss.

    And I'm not retorting.  Sorry if I gave that impression.  Just explaining my lack of emotion over not keeping stuff.  Besides if one were able to acquire and keep everything, where would one put it? surprise  Hugs.

     

    My quandry.  I keep reorganizing and finding space...somehow.

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    the storm watch is saying 

    PREPARE FOR UP TO 2 TO 4 FEET OF INUNDATION .  
    what does that mean?  
    i thought inundation meant when you have a lot of work to do at the dayjob.

    PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 57 MPH
    is there a wind per weight ratio math?  so like, would 57mph knock down a 140lb person?

    if i stop for a cosmo on the way home, can pink up some pinot grigiot and somethin a lil stronger. smiley
    gonna have the breadmachine running all night. give me a few days of bread nomms in case power goes.

    this storm not gonna be nowhere near hurricane sandy. was out 8 days of power from sandy, but supposedly they've upgraded power line structure since then. ?

    inspired to render some rainy scenes.  carrara particles can make fun stuff happen.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,352

    Means flooding. 2-4 feet of it. What's the elevation there?

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    MistyMist said:

    the storm watch is saying 

    PREPARE FOR UP TO 2 TO 4 FEET OF INUNDATION .  
    what does that mean?  
    i thought inundation meant when you have a lot of work to do at the dayjob.

    I think that might mean rain. :-)  There is a lot of rain to this storm, but it soaked into the ground real quick here.

    MistyMist said:

    PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 57 MPH
    is there a wind per weight ratio math?  so like, would 57mph knock down a 140lb person?

    Please, stay inside during the squalls.  The heavy winds that may or may not bring rain.  One of those made me dig my heels into the ground.

    It is difficult to make a dog go outside during a squall.

    It's really not been that bad though.  No tree branches loose and blowing all over the yard, thank goodness.

     

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,168
    edited September 2016
    Jan19 said:
    Chohole said:
    Jan19 said:

    Hey, everybody.  Internet's back. yes

    If you're in the hurricane path, she's moving on up out of here, I think.

    Glad to hear that you didn't get blown away.

    Thank you. smiley​ 

    I kinda thought you all were hoping I would. ;-) 

    Just kidding.  Thank you. yes

    Figured you'd make it through.  But thought your power might be out.

    My rule of thumb:

    Category 1 hurricanes are messy but not particularly dangerous unless you live on water or shore, or in a trailer park or under big trees or are stupid.

    Cat 2 are dangerous.  You don't go for a walk or drive in them and it's a real mess to clean up your yard and the streets afterward.  Power may be out for a day or so.

    Cat 3 is hunker down and eat all the ice cream after the power goes out and be prepared for a week without power.  Have plenty of towels and buckets and mops ready for broken windows and punctured roofs.

    Cat 4 is be prepared to evacuate and have a plan to leave early in case you're in an iffy location.  There a LOTS of iffy locations.   Check your insurance policy

    Cat 5 is run!  Run away!  Be prepared to rebuild or move.

     

    UGH... a week without power in Florida in summer is no fun.  Unless you live on the beach and your house didn't blow away and you're a surfer.

     

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    well,  weekend is here in 9 minutes.

    looking forward to a cosmo on way home.

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    edited September 2016
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    Chohole said:
    Jan19 said:

    Hey, everybody.  Internet's back. yes

    If you're in the hurricane path, she's moving on up out of here, I think.

    Glad to hear that you didn't get blown away.

    Thank you. smiley​ 

    I kinda thought you all were hoping I would. ;-) 

    Just kidding.  Thank you. yes

    Figured you'd make it through.  But thought your power might be out.

    My rule of thumb:

    Category 1 hurricanes are messy but not particularly dangerous unless you live on water or shore, or in a trailer park or under big trees or are stupid.

    Cat 2 are dangerous.  You don't go for a walk or drive in them and it's a real mess to clean up your yard and the streets afterward.  Power may be out for a day or so.

    Cat 3 is hunker down and eat all the ice cream after the power goes out and be prepared for a week without power.  Have plenty of towels and buckets and mops ready for broken windows and punctured roofs.

    Cat 4 is be prepared to evacuate and have a plan to leave early in case you're in an iffy location.  There a LOTS of iffy locations.   Check your insurance policy

    Cat 5 is run!  Run away!  Be prepared to rebuild or move.

     

    UGH... a week without power in Florida in summer is no fun.  Unless you live on the beach and your house didn't blow away and you're a surfer.

    Thanks. smiley​  I did make it through just fine.  The power never went out, thank goodness.

    I don't know what category the storm was when it hit here, but the treetops whipped around pretty well.

    I guess I am stupid for taking the dog out during a squall, but it was first thing in the morning.  I knew the poor little thing was miserable though, along w/being totally freaked out.

    ROFL, my mama told me this morning she thought she had 75 cats.  I guess she was worried about them blowing everywhere.

    I asked why she didn't get the original fixed.  She said there wasn't an original.

    There is no way she has 75 cats.  No way.

      

     

    Post edited by Jan19 on
  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    Chohole said:
    Jan19 said:

    Hey, everybody.  Internet's back. yes

    If you're in the hurricane path, she's moving on up out of here, I think.

    Glad to hear that you didn't get blown away.

    Thank you. smiley​ 

    I kinda thought you all were hoping I would. ;-) 

    Just kidding.  Thank you. yes

    Figured you'd make it through.  But thought your power might be out.

    My rule of thumb:

    Category 1 hurricanes are messy but not particularly dangerous unless you live on water or shore, or in a trailer park or under big trees or are stupid.

    Cat 2 are dangerous.  You don't go for a walk or drive in them and it's a real mess to clean up your yard and the streets afterward.  Power may be out for a day or so.

    Cat 3 is hunker down and eat all the ice cream after the power goes out and be prepared for a week without power.  Have plenty of towels and buckets and mops ready for broken windows and punctured roofs.

    Cat 4 is be prepared to evacuate and have a plan to leave early in case you're in an iffy location.  There a LOTS of iffy locations.   Check your insurance policy

    Cat 5 is run!  Run away!  Be prepared to rebuild or move.

     

    UGH... a week without power in Florida in summer is no fun.  Unless you live on the beach and your house didn't blow away and you're a surfer.

    Thanks. smiley​  I did make it through just fine.  The power never went out, thank goodness.

    I don't know what category the storm was when it hit here, but the treetops whipped around pretty well.

    I guess I am stupid for taking the dog out during a squall, but it was first thing in the morning.  I knew the poor little thing was miserable though, along w/being totally freaked out.

    ROFL, my mama told me this morning she thought she had 75 cats.  I guess she was worried about them blowing everywhere.

    I asked why she didn't get the original fixed.  She said there wasn't an original.

    There is no way she has 75 cats.  No way.

     

      

     

    LOL   I do tend to empathise with her.  When I am trying to get 2 cats locked away in the back area when the shopping delivery turns up early, I am sure that they multiply 3 or 4 times.  I do ask them to phone if they want to arrive early, so I can get the cats locked up before the fascinating van man turns up on the door step.   My 2 newish cats are indoor cats, Go out in the garden on leads, and are very good at=bout having their leads put on,  However the front door and shopping deliveries are different. Cats are of course curious by nature.

  • Jan19Jan19 Posts: 1,109
    Chohole said:
    Jan19 said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Jan19 said:
    Chohole said:
    Jan19 said:

    Hey, everybody.  Internet's back. yes

    If you're in the hurricane path, she's moving on up out of here, I think.

    Glad to hear that you didn't get blown away.

    Thank you. smiley​ 

    I kinda thought you all were hoping I would. ;-) 

    Just kidding.  Thank you. yes

    Figured you'd make it through.  But thought your power might be out.

    My rule of thumb:

    Category 1 hurricanes are messy but not particularly dangerous unless you live on water or shore, or in a trailer park or under big trees or are stupid.

    Cat 2 are dangerous.  You don't go for a walk or drive in them and it's a real mess to clean up your yard and the streets afterward.  Power may be out for a day or so.

    Cat 3 is hunker down and eat all the ice cream after the power goes out and be prepared for a week without power.  Have plenty of towels and buckets and mops ready for broken windows and punctured roofs.

    Cat 4 is be prepared to evacuate and have a plan to leave early in case you're in an iffy location.  There a LOTS of iffy locations.   Check your insurance policy

    Cat 5 is run!  Run away!  Be prepared to rebuild or move.

     

    UGH... a week without power in Florida in summer is no fun.  Unless you live on the beach and your house didn't blow away and you're a surfer.

    Thanks. smiley​  I did make it through just fine.  The power never went out, thank goodness.

    I don't know what category the storm was when it hit here, but the treetops whipped around pretty well.

    I guess I am stupid for taking the dog out during a squall, but it was first thing in the morning.  I knew the poor little thing was miserable though, along w/being totally freaked out.

    ROFL, my mama told me this morning she thought she had 75 cats.  I guess she was worried about them blowing everywhere.

    I asked why she didn't get the original fixed.  She said there wasn't an original.

    There is no way she has 75 cats.  No way.

     

      

     

    LOL   I do tend to empathise with her.  When I am trying to get 2 cats locked away in the back area when the shopping delivery turns up early, I am sure that they multiply 3 or 4 times.  I do ask them to phone if they want to arrive early, so I can get the cats locked up before the fascinating van man turns up on the door step.   My 2 newish cats are indoor cats, Go out in the garden on leads, and are very good at=bout having their leads put on,  However the front door and shopping deliveries are different. Cats are of course curious by nature.

    I edited the cats out of the earlier post, but now they're back. smiley​  I hated to make my mama look irresponsible.

    How the cats got to Mama's is a sad story, so I won't go into it.  I think by the time she got concerned about the numbers, it was too  late.

    They do have a good place to live.  An old, old house, with plenty of rats. 

    I hope you don't have 75 cats one day. :-)

     

     

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