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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,352

    Anybody want a kitten?

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Complaint

    We are not supposed to have earthquakes in Wales.   

    Wasn't sure what it was, cats were terrified,  I was sure the house had shaken, so wasn't too happy myself. checked all round in and out, couldn't see anything. Saturday afternoon, so neightbours mostly out and about and  I just never thought to chack the news until a wee while ago.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43097113

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Chohole said:

    Complaint

    We are not supposed to have earthquakes in Wales.   

    Wasn't sure what it was, cats were terrified,  I was sure the house had shaken, so wasn't too happy myself. checked all round in and out, couldn't see anything. Saturday afternoon, so neightbours mostly out and about and  I just never thought to chack the news until a wee while ago.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43097113

     

     

    lucky wasnt giantgantuan ferris wheels in area

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Tjohn said:

    Anybody want a kitten?

     

    are they ... in a casserole dish?  

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Happy birthday Misty!!!!! :-)

    I used to think 'render buckets' was a verb, not a noun... :-/

     

    If the new machine is fast enough, it may be both for Misty!   laugh

    Dana

     

    adverb  renderly bucketsly?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Mistara said:

    birthday prezzie amazing how i knew just what to get for myself lol

     

    render buckets long row tee hee

    doin 1st render with high settings.  howie secret lake  buckets stuck on the trees awhile.  carrara estimates 1:13 minutes

    Happy Birthday.  Ooh, nice cup!  But your crate looks like it has a massive electrical short. surprise

     

     

    is some blue glowiness

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,408
    edited February 2018
    Tjohn said:

    Anybody want a kitten?

    They look more like baby 'possum than kittens

     

    are they ... in a casserole dish?  

     http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/possum-casserole-54111

    Post edited by Charlie Judge on
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    kyoto kid said:
    Mistara said:

    thank yoo smiley

    playing all weekend 

    girrls wanna have fu uunn oh ohh 

    ..why yes, yes  they do

     

     

    rule of thirds

  • Mistara said:
    Tjohn said:

    Anybody want a kitten?

     

    are they ... in a casserole dish?  

    They should stay away from the American deep south or they might end up in one. surprise

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,126
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Mistara said:

    thank yoo smiley

    playing all weekend 

    girrls wanna have fu uunn oh ohh 

    ..why yes, yes  they do

     

    Oh grrls just want to ha gu-uns...

    Yeah grrls just wanna have guns :-O

    ..that's my namesake's line.

    For Leela it's Explosives are a girl's best friend.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,126
    edited February 2018
    DanaTA said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...happy happy.....awww...B'Day pic on the old notebook with the burnt out display so can't post it.

    Ah well, looks like you got your preezzie on time. Happy B'Day and happy rendering.

     

    Why don't you pick up a cheap monitor and a cable to send the video to the external monitor?

    Dana

    ...the repair is actually a simple and relatively inexpensive fix (a new backlight element) but other jobs are in the queue ahead of that.  None of the displays I currently have use the older cables with a VGA connector or I would have hooked up to one of them (think I donated all the ones I had along with a nearly 40# NEC multisync CRT monitor a couple years ago to the local geek co-op when I thinned out a lot of stuff). 

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Complaint: I can get two two-topping pizzas from pizza hut for $16 plus delivery, but 18 chicken wings are $22!!!  I can get premium raw wings for $3.49 a pound, wing sauce for $2 a bottle, and oil spray for air frying for $2.50!!! Is feeding precooked wings into a deep fryer really that laor intensive?!?!?!

    I might be able to make pizza for less, but they'd be small due to the small interior size of the air fryer.  Likely make pizzas on flour tortillas.  Cook one when hungry.

    Three months ago the same wings were $17.99, just about a buck a wing.. still bad.  Air fryer time!!! :-O

    If accessible, Dominio's Pizza still has their Large 3-topping Pizza for $7.99 Monday thru Thursday.  Can't beat it with a stick. yes Well, you could but it makes it messy. surprise

    Two-toppings just doesn't cut it for me.  IMHO a pizza must have carbs, veggies, protein and salt.  Mushroom, Sausage, & Black Olive  plus the base dough, & sauce plus whatever little cheese gets passed over it.

    I'll check Domino's, but the last time I looked all the deaals required you go pich it up.  I'll check again....

    I've never heard that term before, pich it up.  What does it mean?

    Dana

    It's a typo, I meant pitch-up.  It's a new way to get food from a drive-through without stopping, you open your window, throw the money to the cashier, and they literally pitch you your food.  Doesn't seem to have really caught on yet... :-P

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Happy birthday Misty!!!!! :-)

    I used to think 'render buckets' was a verb, not a noun... :-/

     

    If the new machine is fast enough, it may be both for Misty!   laugh

    Dana

    LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Chohole said:

    Complaint

    We are not supposed to have earthquakes in Wales.   

    Wasn't sure what it was, cats were terrified,  I was sure the house had shaken, so wasn't too happy myself. checked all round in and out, couldn't see anything. Saturday afternoon, so neightbours mostly out and about and  I just never thought to chack the news until a wee while ago.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43097113

     

    That's super rare and likely eighter never going to happen again, or you'd better build an Ark... :-O

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Mistara said:
    Chohole said:

    Complaint

    We are not supposed to have earthquakes in Wales.   

    Wasn't sure what it was, cats were terrified,  I was sure the house had shaken, so wasn't too happy myself. checked all round in and out, couldn't see anything. Saturday afternoon, so neightbours mostly out and about and  I just never thought to chack the news until a wee while ago.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43097113

     

     

    lucky wasnt giantgantuan ferris wheels in area

    I'm sure I saw a horror movie where a Ferris wheel came off and rolled away, throwing bodies as it went.  Funny in a sick way...

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Mistara said:
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    Happy birthday Misty!!!!! :-)

    I used to think 'render buckets' was a verb, not a noun... :-/

     

    If the new machine is fast enough, it may be both for Misty!   laugh

    Dana

     

    adverb  renderly bucketsly?

    That sounds very Dr. Seuss...

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Tjohn said:

    Anybody want a kitten?

    They look more like baby 'possum than kittens

     

    are they ... in a casserole dish?  

     http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/possum-casserole-54111

    POSSUM PIE!!!!!!!!!

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    Mistara said:

    thank yoo smiley

    playing all weekend 

    girrls wanna have fu uunn oh ohh 

    ..why yes, yes  they do

     

    Oh grrls just want to ha gu-uns...

    Yeah grrls just wanna have guns :-O

    ..that's my namesake's line.

    For Leela it's Explosives are a girl's best friend.

    Explosives are always good for a bang!!! :-P

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,126
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:
    Chohole said:

    Complaint

    We are not supposed to have earthquakes in Wales.   

    Wasn't sure what it was, cats were terrified,  I was sure the house had shaken, so wasn't too happy myself. checked all round in and out, couldn't see anything. Saturday afternoon, so neightbours mostly out and about and  I just never thought to chack the news until a wee while ago.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43097113

     

     

    lucky wasnt giantgantuan ferris wheels in area

    I'm sure I saw a horror movie where a Ferris wheel came off and rolled away, throwing bodies as it went.  Funny in a sick way...

    ...I think that happened in 1941.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,126
    NVIATWAS said:
    Tjohn said:

    Anybody want a kitten?

    They look more like baby 'possum than kittens

     

    are they ... in a casserole dish?  

     http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/possum-casserole-54111

    POSSUM PIE!!!!!!!!!

    ...now that's good eatin'

  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,587
    Chohole said:

    Complaint

    We are not supposed to have earthquakes in Wales.   

    Wasn't sure what it was, cats were terrified,  I was sure the house had shaken, so wasn't too happy myself. checked all round in and out, couldn't see anything. Saturday afternoon, so neightbours mostly out and about and  I just never thought to chack the news until a wee while ago.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43097113

     

    Didn't notice it here!

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:
    Chohole said:

    Complaint

    We are not supposed to have earthquakes in Wales.   

    Wasn't sure what it was, cats were terrified,  I was sure the house had shaken, so wasn't too happy myself. checked all round in and out, couldn't see anything. Saturday afternoon, so neightbours mostly out and about and  I just never thought to chack the news until a wee while ago.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43097113

     

     

    lucky wasnt giantgantuan ferris wheels in area

    I'm sure I saw a horror movie where a Ferris wheel came off and rolled away, throwing bodies as it went.  Funny in a sick way...

    ...I think that happened in 1941.

    :-| :-O

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Tjohn said:

    Anybody want a kitten?

    They look more like baby 'possum than kittens

     

    are they ... in a casserole dish?  

     http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/possum-casserole-54111

    POSSUM PIE!!!!!!!!!

    ...now that's good eatin'

    Possum pie and Budweiser, American classic cuisine... :-|

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242

    New air fryer discovery!  If I fire it up to 300f and stick a corn ortilla in for 3 minutes, the edges get crispy, the center gets chewy, and the whole thing takes on a deep roasted corn flavor!  Doesn't even need salsa, it's amazingly tasty.

    Wii be buying lots of corn tortillas next grocery run.  Oh, if I fold the tortilla in half first, out pops a very nice semi-hard taco shell!  Perfect to hold hot dogs and refried beans!

    Beer time, wheeeeeeeeeee

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Tjohn said:

    Anybody want a kitten?

    They look more like baby 'possum than kittens

     

    are they ... in a casserole dish?  

     http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/possum-casserole-54111

    POSSUM PIE!!!!!!!!!

    ...now that's good eatin'

    Possum pie and Budweiser, American classic cuisine... :-|

     

    impossumbly deelicious?

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Mistara said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Tjohn said:

    Anybody want a kitten?

    They look more like baby 'possum than kittens

     

    are they ... in a casserole dish?  

     http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/possum-casserole-54111

    POSSUM PIE!!!!!!!!!

    ...now that's good eatin'

    Possum pie and Budweiser, American classic cuisine... :-|

     

    impossumbly deelicious?

    The pie isn't actually dead...

    ... it's just playing possum!!!!

    This bad joke brought to you courtesy of Dos Equis beer. :-p

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,126

    ...well did a major cleanout of the work system, including the CPU cooler, in preparation for the update (why I was offline for for a couple hours). About to install the 4 GB GPU card I have but need to remove the old drivers first before installing. Not a 1050, a 760 Ti (new in the box) but 3 more GB of VRAM and more than twice the cores of my old one.  so I'll be able to run test renders of characters and scene subsets/vignettes in much less time and actually be able to use dForce.  Thinking about keeping the 460 in just to add its cores to the 760 Ti for a little more speed (will give me more than a 1060 6GB).  750W PSU should handle both.  Need to do some research before choosing which way to go.

    The big part to come is the memory upgrade.  Still only have W7 home so it will only see 16 GB of the 24. I have a fresh OEM of W7 Pro which will go on a brand new drive (1TB).  Will also be doing a clean install of all the programmes (content library and runtimes are on a separate drive so I woun't have to DL and reinstall all of that all over.)  Dumping my gallery CG Utility, and general utility installer folders to a 32 GB USB stick (including the installer for FF 56.0 the as new supposedly much faster version crocks all my plugins and add ons, many which I depend on for better Net performance, convenience, and dealing with less rubbish like telemetry, adverts, & pop ups). 

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242

    I tried the newest Firefox and it's... ok.  Chrome still has better accessibility options, while FF will follow most of Windows high-contrast settings it doesn't properly over-ride font colors so, while Windows gives me an easily readable white-on-black, for no know reason FF gives me an unreadable purple-on-black.  Worthless P.O.S., glad it works for somebody.

    Now I understand why people with vision issues bitch endlessly about software, despite the tons of support in Windows for sight assistance almost nobody uses it properly.  GO GOOGLE! AND MICROSOFT! 

    If I ever code again it's going to be working on adding accessibility features to software.. U should be able to use OS-supplied accessibility features in any app.  Some apps still won't render large fonts without producing a trashed output, honestly, lots of older folks use larger screen fonts and Americans are getting older.

    Rant over. :-/ Gradma, get me another beer or bring me my scooter!!! :-p

  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670

    It is raining again.  I hope the rain doesn't freeze tonight.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776

    Morning. Dog day morning here after 24 hours of partying for new year of the dog and an overnight festival of sorts in the ‘hood :)

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