The "Complaints 'R' Us, complaint thread"

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,221
    edited March 2018

    Complaint:  The alabaster cement on my porch has been dealt with by slogging to the car and carving an entry through the snow enough to open the door and get the snow shovel out of the back seat.  I have access to/from my porch now but the 10 inches of white cake icing that fell on the driveway has compressed first to 4 inches of alabaster cement and then semi-melted into 2 inches of gray glazed granite the whole length of the driveway.

    Non-complaint: Still no need to go anywhere for the time being.  HOWEVER, I see no chance for the ice to melt away in the coming week.

    'Nother non-complaint:  It's Easter candy time and I've taken advantage of the sale on chocolate bunnies.  Mmmm, Dove solid dark chocolate bunnies.  I couldn't resist and performed the obligatory ear-eating ritual first.

    Yet another non-complaint:  I've discovered that NetFlix has added another season's episodes of Versailles to their offerings.  Sort of a historical "Game of Thrones". or perhaps more accurately "How the one-percenters behave when forced to live in the same building."  Poison anyone lately?

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  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,587
    edited March 2018
    McGyver said:

    You have remove the feathers yourself with crow, and the sauces are limited... Chicken comes in nugget form and uncooked, they make great alarm clocks.... Only it's considered animal cruelty if you throw them across the room for waking you up early... And there is no snooze button.

    Have you seen Peter Rabbit?  There is a rooster in that movie that is so funny!

     

    Complaint: Not out here for another 2 weeks sad

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  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,398
    kyoto kid said:

    ...wondering if these are for 3DL.

    https://www.daz3d.com/glamorous-glasses

    Based on the serial number I suspect they are 3DL only and predate Iray. If not, you could return them

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Complaint:  The alabaster cement on my porch has been dealt with by slogging to the car and carving an entry through the snow enough to open the door and get the snow shovel out of the back seat.  I have access to/from my porch now but the 10 inches of white cake icing that fell on the driveway has compressed first to 4 inches of alabaster cement and then semi-melted into 2 inches of gray glazed granite the whole length of the driveway.

    Non-complaint: Still no need to go anywhere for the time being.  HOWEVER, I see no chance for the ice to melt away in the coming week.

    'Nother non-complaint:  It's Easter candy time and I've taken advantage of the sale on chocolate bunnies.  Mmmm, Dove solid dark chocolate bunnies.  I couldn't resist and performed the obligatory ear-eating ritual first.

    Yet another non-complaint:  I've discovered that NetFlix has added another season's episodes of Versailles to their offerings.  Sort of a historical "Game of Thrones". or perhaps more accurately "How the one-percenters behave when locked in the same building."  Poison anyone lately?

    I so empathise with you about the time it takes for ice and solid snow to melt.  Postie managed to make it to my front door to post a letter, but I am no closer to dealing with the solid stuf to make it possible for me to actualy step outside my door as 1) I don't have a snow shovel   2) the garden spade is in the shed on the side of the patio that is also blocked by a solid snow drift   and 3 Solid snow takes a lot longer to go away than it took to arrive.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,418
    kyoto kid said:

    ...wondering if these are for 3DL.

    https://www.daz3d.com/glamorous-glasses

    Not sure

    kyoto kid said:

    ...wondering if these are for 3DL.

    https://www.daz3d.com/glamorous-glasses

    oh do you want me to test them with iray or 3DL?

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,111

    ..3DL.  pretty much stopped working with Iray because of the ludicrous prices for GPU cards and long render times on the CPU so I'm searching for good 3DL shaders

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,361
    kyoto kid said:

    ...partly sunny and heading to a high of 57° here. 60s by the weekend

    Another snow storm coming Wednesday into Thursday morning.   angry

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,361
    edited March 2018

    ​Damn double post.  The forum has been acting up on me lately.  Slow, signing me out for no reason, general weirdness.

    Dana

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

    luau party on a blizzardy day sounds like fun

    malibu + pineappy juice

    fruit salad.  strawberry waffles

    no poi

    coconut bra

    NO POI?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

    What the hell is wrong with you, no poi?

    Next you'll say no SPAM and eggs, no mokoloco?!?!???!?!?

    There is somethng seriously wrong here... :-|

    nope, no poi

    does marshmallow fluff come in a no sugar version?

    i'm making home made no sugar added whip cream,  just whipping cream in one of these doodads

    That's how whipped cream is dne right, not with 5lbs of sugar in it! :-)

    I prefer whipped cream to poi, anyway. ;-P

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Mistara said:

    couldnt resist it anymore, resisted for a whole weekend  doh

    ordered the hd cloner  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M7P1YRJ

    looks like a toaster

    Sweet.  Son't overcook your data!! :-O

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242

    Complaint:  The alabaster cement on my porch has been dealt with by slogging to the car and carving an entry through the snow enough to open the door and get the snow shovel out of the back seat.  I have access to/from my porch now but the 10 inches of white cake icing that fell on the driveway has compressed first to 4 inches of alabaster cement and then semi-melted into 2 inches of gray glazed granite the whole length of the driveway.

    Non-complaint: Still no need to go anywhere for the time being.  HOWEVER, I see no chance for the ice to melt away in the coming week.

    'Nother non-complaint:  It's Easter candy time and I've taken advantage of the sale on chocolate bunnies.  Mmmm, Dove solid dark chocolate bunnies.  I couldn't resist and performed the obligatory ear-eating ritual first.

    Yet another non-complaint:  I've discovered that NetFlix has added another season's episodes of Versailles to their offerings.  Sort of a historical "Game of Thrones". or perhaps more accurately "How the one-percenters behave when forced to live in the same building."  Poison anyone lately?

    Ah, the happy delight of bunny ear eating!  Very time-honored tradition, like biting the head off a Peep.

    Nothing like the simple pleasures in life... :-p

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    DanaTA said:

    ​Damn double post.  The forum has been acting up on me lately.  Slow, signing me out for no reason, general weirdness.

    Dana

    I'm sure it's no consolation, but it's not just you... :-|

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,111

    ...feeling kind of bleah the last couple days. Went to the market to get some ginger beer and something with rice for dinner that would be a bit easy to digest. Found these Chinese dinner kits in the freezer dept on sale (about as expensive as a pound of raw chicken and makes two dinners worth).  Now normally I don't go for convenience foods but just didn't feel like putting a lot of effort into cooking anything today . Decided on the General Tso (used the oven method instead of the MW). Took about 20 min, served it over my home cooked sticky rice. and it was surprisingly very tasty and not greasy at all as it was baked rather than fried.

    Seems to have also settled the the gut grumbles down I've been experiencing since yesterday.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    dunno, is this an actual image of Jupiter?  

    wary of artist interprettion/representation images

    New image from NASA’s Jupiter mission @NASAJuno This image captures the swirling cloud formations in #Jupiter’s terminator – the region where day meets night.

    #JunoCam

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    kyoto kid said:

    ...feeling kind of bleah the last couple days. Went to the market to get some ginger beer and something with rice for dinner that would be a bit easy to digest. Found these Chinese dinner kits in the freezer dept on sale (about as expensive as a pound of raw chicken and makes two dinners worth).  Now normally I don't go for convenience foods but just didn't feel like putting a lot of effort into cooking anything today . Decided on the General Tso (used the oven method instead of the MW). Took about 20 min, served it over my home cooked sticky rice. and it was surprisingly very tasty and not greasy at all as it was baked rather than fried.

    Seems to have also settled the the gut grumbles down I've been experiencing since yesterday.

     

    been meaning to try gingerbeer

    i like ginger and i like beer, gingerbeer sounds like a win/win

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    NVIATWAS said:

    Complaint:  The alabaster cement on my porch has been dealt with by slogging to the car and carving an entry through the snow enough to open the door and get the snow shovel out of the back seat.  I have access to/from my porch now but the 10 inches of white cake icing that fell on the driveway has compressed first to 4 inches of alabaster cement and then semi-melted into 2 inches of gray glazed granite the whole length of the driveway.

    Non-complaint: Still no need to go anywhere for the time being.  HOWEVER, I see no chance for the ice to melt away in the coming week.

    'Nother non-complaint:  It's Easter candy time and I've taken advantage of the sale on chocolate bunnies.  Mmmm, Dove solid dark chocolate bunnies.  I couldn't resist and performed the obligatory ear-eating ritual first.

    Yet another non-complaint:  I've discovered that NetFlix has added another season's episodes of Versailles to their offerings.  Sort of a historical "Game of Thrones". or perhaps more accurately "How the one-percenters behave when forced to live in the same building."  Poison anyone lately?

    Ah, the happy delight of bunny ear eating!  Very time-honored tradition, like biting the head off a Peep.

    Nothing like the simple pleasures in life... :-p

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    DanaTA said:

    ​Damn double post.  The forum has been acting up on me lately.  Slow, signing me out for no reason, general weirdness.

    Dana

     

    the random sign outs.  luv those.

    sure, i visit the forum just to sign out.

    ai develope twisted sense of humors

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    kyoto kid said:

    ...feeling kind of bleah the last couple days. Went to the market to get some ginger beer and something with rice for dinner that would be a bit easy to digest. Found these Chinese dinner kits in the freezer dept on sale (about as expensive as a pound of raw chicken and makes two dinners worth).  Now normally I don't go for convenience foods but just didn't feel like putting a lot of effort into cooking anything today . Decided on the General Tso (used the oven method instead of the MW). Took about 20 min, served it over my home cooked sticky rice. and it was surprisingly very tasty and not greasy at all as it was baked rather than fried.

    Seems to have also settled the the gut grumbles down I've been experiencing since yesterday.

    Ugh, gut grumbles are the worst!  Glad things are better, and esy food sounds like a good idea...

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

    ​Damn double post.  The forum has been acting up on me lately.  Slow, signing me out for no reason, general weirdness.

    Dana

     

    the random sign outs.  luv those.

    sure, i visit the forum just to sign out.

    ai develope twisted sense of humors

    What I'm super hating on is 'silent signouts' - used to it was easy to tell if the forum just screwed me.  Now, it'll look like I'm stillsigned in until I try to reply or new post, then the page refreshes and it shows me as signed out.

    This forum software was written by a tech school dropout!  Whatever happened to human factors engineers?  I guess none of 'em live in Utah... :-|

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242

    59f and brightly sunny outside.  Window open about a 1/2 inch to let in fresh air.  Still looking to bake on Saturday, no wet stuff predicted until Sunday.I have someone interested in my Raspberry Pi kit, if it sells it'll be a grocery run before the weekend.  Maybe some ground pork or chicken thighs!  Certainly more soup.

    Should be mild and nice all week, hopefully I can try getting a few mid-day walks in!

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,096
    edited March 2018

    Mmmm... Raspberry Pi... Technolicious...

    (You have to say that like Homer Simpson, while drooling copious amounts of slobber) 

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  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    McGyver said:

    Mmmm... Raspberry Pi... Technolicious...

    (You have to say that like Homer Simpson, while drooling copious amounts of slobber) 

    I'm not really down with the slobber thing...

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    complaint - i'se gonna be snowed in with no cake or yogurt shakes.  crying

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,221
    edited March 2018

    Snow and rain today and tomorrow but freezing temperatures for next whole week. sad

    Non-complaint:  I just turned on the radio and was captured by the piece being played.  I was familiar with it but couldn't remember the name.  Lots of fun melodies building to a grand finish.  Ah, must be Tchaikovsky I thought.  A quick check on the radio station's web site, and sure enough it was Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien". yes  Damn, he wrote so many fun pieces. smiley

    Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio Italien" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5qmAj9XX4

    Major mood changes every few minutes.  Check out 0:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:30*, 8:00, 9:00*, 10:00, 12:00, finale begins about 13:00

      * <probably familiar>

    Complaint:  Upon checking I discovered that I don't have this piece in my CD library. surprise  Yea! another item to add to my Amazon wish list.  Yeah, yeah, I know CD's are old technology, but so am I.  When I pass to the great concert hall in the sky I want to leave someone a ton of CDs.  It's far more valuable than leaving them a cloud full of vaporware.  At least when the next war sends everybody back to the stone age, someone will be able to burn the CD notes for a little bit of heat and can make  table legs out of the CDs and knives from the CD cases.

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  • Complaint: I've finally succumbed to illness. Everyone in my house has been sick for the past 3 weeks and now it's finally got me. A bad cough for the past few days and now the sneezing and runny nose. This sucks.

    Non Complaint: At least I don't have a fever!

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,221
    edited March 2018

    Complaint: I've finally succumbed to illness. Everyone in my house has been sick for the past 3 weeks and now it's finally got me. A bad cough for the past few days and now the sneezing and runny nose. This sucks.

    Non Complaint: At least I don't have a fever!

    No fever yet?    Just wait. surprise  And remember: "Time heals all wells." frown  (Or at least I think that was the expressionOr was it "Time yields all wounds"? indecision)

     

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Snow and rain today and tomorrow but freezing temperatures for next whole week. sad

    Non-complaint:  I just turned on the radio and was captured by the piece being played.  I was familiar with it but couldn't remember the name.  Lots of fun melodies building to a grand finish.  Ah, must be Tchaikovsky I thought.  A quick check on the radio station's web site, and sure enough it was Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien". yes  Damn, he wrote so many fun pieces. smiley

    Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio Italien" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5qmAj9XX4

    Major mood changes every few minutes.  Check out 0:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:30*, 8:00, 9:00*, 10:00, 12:00, finale begins about 13:00

      * <probably familiar>

    Complaint:  Upon checking I discovered that I don't have this piece in my CD library. surprise  Yea! another item to add to my Amazon wish list.  Yeah, yeah, I know CD's are old technology, but so am I.  When I pass to the great concert hall in the sky I want to leave someone a ton of CDs.  It's far more valuable than leaving them a cloud full of vaporware.  At least when the next war sends everybody back to the stone age, someone will be able to burn the CD notes for a little bit of heat and can make  table legs out of the CDs and knives from the CD cases.

    And vases and dishes from my vinyl collection

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,111
    Mistara said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...feeling kind of bleah the last couple days. Went to the market to get some ginger beer and something with rice for dinner that would be a bit easy to digest. Found these Chinese dinner kits in the freezer dept on sale (about as expensive as a pound of raw chicken and makes two dinners worth).  Now normally I don't go for convenience foods but just didn't feel like putting a lot of effort into cooking anything today . Decided on the General Tso (used the oven method instead of the MW). Took about 20 min, served it over my home cooked sticky rice. and it was surprisingly very tasty and not greasy at all as it was baked rather than fried.

    Seems to have also settled the the gut grumbles down I've been experiencing since yesterday.

     

    been meaning to try gingerbeer

    i like ginger and i like beer, gingerbeer sounds like a win/win

    ...there are both hard and non alcoholic varieties. My favourite hard Ginger Beer is Fentimans my favourite NA ones are Fever Tree (imported from the UK) and Cock & Bull both with a nice sharp "bite" to them. 

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,111

    Snow and rain today and tomorrow but freezing temperatures for next whole week. sad

    Non-complaint:  I just turned on the radio and was captured by the piece being played.  I was familiar with it but couldn't remember the name.  Lots of fun melodies building to a grand finish.  Ah, must be Tchaikovsky I thought.  A quick check on the radio station's web site, and sure enough it was Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien". yes  Damn, he wrote so many fun pieces. smiley

    Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio Italien" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5qmAj9XX4

    Major mood changes every few minutes.  Check out 0:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:30*, 8:00, 9:00*, 10:00, 12:00, finale begins about 13:00

      * <probably familiar>

    Complaint:  Upon checking I discovered that I don't have this piece in my CD library. surprise  Yea! another item to add to my Amazon wish list.  Yeah, yeah, I know CD's are old technology, but so am I.  When I pass to the great concert hall in the sky I want to leave someone a ton of CDs.  It's far more valuable than leaving them a cloud full of vaporware.  At least when the next war sends everybody back to the stone age, someone will be able to burn the CD notes for a little bit of heat and can make  table legs out of the CDs and knives from the CD cases.

    ...ah those little silver discs with liner notes you need a jeweler's loupe to read.

    I still love records. Nice big slipcases, sometimes duo fold, with easy to read notes even for my tired old eyes. Yeah you had to get up every 20 - 25 min or so to pickup the tonearm flip the record over but a small annoyance for the lovely warm more natural sound.  Never never used one of those auto changers, bad for the records (and turntables with that feature are usually cheaply made).  Next to open reel tapes, the best method for archiving for a record collection is Hi-Fi VCR tapes as you can use the entire tape width and the rotating heads produce a fast tape to head transient speed which allows for much improved fidelity over cassettes. I wonder if I can even find one as well as a bunch of blank unused tapes any more these days.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,361

    Complaint: I've finally succumbed to illness. Everyone in my house has been sick for the past 3 weeks and now it's finally got me. A bad cough for the past few days and now the sneezing and runny nose. This sucks.

    Non Complaint: At least I don't have a fever!

    No fever yet?    Just wait. surprise  And remember: "Time heals all wells." frown  (Or at least I think that was the expressionOr was it "Time yields all wounds"? indecision)

     

    Both are true.  Plus, no good deed goes unpunished!

    Dana

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