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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,220
    Mistara said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:

    ides of march

    et tu brutus day?

    I want to know what Brutus et two of.  Donuts? Tacos? :-/

    Perhaps brutus is not the eater, but the eaten? surprise  i.e. I had a great breakfast, et tu brutus today.

     

    wasnt he a character on popeye?

    mebbe he was eatin that hamberger guy's hamburgers, and that's why he always needed to borrow money for hamburgers

    "Bluto" vs "Brutus" https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1548/is-popeyes-nemesis-named-bluto-or-brutus/

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,361
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    ALLIEKATBLUE said:

    Another nor'easter on Tuesday.  This makes 3 in about 2 weeks. First one knocked out power for 5 days and came on just in time for the 2nd one.  I'm so over winter already.

    Someon has ticked off Mother Nature... :-/

     

    it not nice to fool mother nature.

    heard a mourning dove this morning, was a mournful complaint about the cold.

    Mourning doves are very successful birds around here.  There's a large tree outside my window that is a favorite location, right before dawn I get 3-4 of them cooing away.  Very pretty birds, as well. :-)

    ...I miss the sound of their cooing, very comforting. Heard only one in all the time I've lived here and it was near the business park where I used to work on the far west side of the metro area.

    Awww. :-( Right now (8:05am) I hear mourning doves, a hawk in the distance, and a few crabby grackles.  The grackles ruin everything... :-/

    They're kind of cool looking, with that irridecent blue, green or purple...but they swarm and eat all the seed in my bird feeder.  They seem to go away for the winter, but they're back now.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,361
    NVIATWAS said:

    Somewhat overcast this morning at 8:15am.  67f, should hit mid-80f's today.  Time to make more ice cubes, iced coffee already chilling in the fridge!

    Complaint: sore legs and hips.  Very annoying.

    Non-complaint: Tostadas for breakfast!!  So yummy... :-)

    36f right now, at 1:51 pm.  Expected to top out at 37f.  Yay.

    Dana

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,417
    edited March 2018

    I let iray do its think for almost an hour and I realized I do not like it as it needs more lights or something.

    edit: it was 15% done when I stopped it.

    Post edited by TSasha Smith on
  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242
    Chohole said:
    Mistara said:

    ole man winter  catankerous curmudgeon

    glue some gears on it
    rap about tea

    surprise thought i was being healthy at starbucks, bought a water and turkey 1/2 sammich
    just flipped the package over, 960 sodiums
     

    actually, this freezing weather makes for crockpot cooking this weekend.

    1st step is to make home made veggie broth, cuz the prepacked stuff trying to kill me with sodium.

    what soup greens should i throw in?

    I use a soupmaker.  One of my fave recipes is minestrone, using Onion, Carrot, Courgette or celery, Spring Greens, tomatoes a little garlic, black pepper, chopped parley and organo.

    Th greens of young crrots can be used, taste first as not all greens are the same.  Turnip greenss can also be good.  Make sure the greens go in first so they soften enough and add flavor to the broth.  Salt sparingly.

    So sayeth Chef Ed. :-p

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

    Another nor'easter on Tuesday.  This makes 3 in about 2 weeks. First one knocked out power for 5 days and came on just in time for the 2nd one.  I'm so over winter already.

    Someon has ticked off Mother Nature... :-/

     

    it not nice to fool mother nature.

    heard a mourning dove this morning, was a mournful complaint about the cold.

    Mourning doves are very successful birds around here.  There's a large tree outside my window that is a favorite location, right before dawn I get 3-4 of them cooing away.  Very pretty birds, as well. :-)

    ...I miss the sound of their cooing, very comforting. Heard only one in all the time I've lived here and it was near the business park where I used to work on the far west side of the metro area.

    Awww. :-( Right now (8:05am) I hear mourning doves, a hawk in the distance, and a few crabby grackles.  The grackles ruin everything... :-/

    They're kind of cool looking, with that irridecent blue, green or purple...but they swarm and eat all the seed in my bird feeder.  They seem to go away for the winter, but they're back now.

    Dana

    Ours here in Austin make odd noises, like shorting elecrical transformers.  Very alarming! Bzzzzt crackle CAW! :-O

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

    Somewhat overcast this morning at 8:15am.  67f, should hit mid-80f's today.  Time to make more ice cubes, iced coffee already chilling in the fridge!

    Complaint: sore legs and hips.  Very annoying.

    Non-complaint: Tostadas for breakfast!!  So yummy... :-)

    36f right now, at 1:51 pm.  Expected to top out at 37f.  Yay.

    Dana

    Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I'd snd some heat if I could, 83f outside now.

  • NVIATWASNVIATWAS Posts: 1,242

    Yaay, 83f outside and no A/C.  Sitting in front of the computer with my Vornado blowing on me, drinking iced coffee, insulated curtains closed with a very slightly opened window for air circulation.  Towel ready to be dampened and draped on the fan for evaporated cooling if needed.  Shirt off, socks off, Webcam taped over.

    I learned this neat trick in California: take 3 glasses.  Fill each 1/2 way with water and freeze.  When the first one is frozen, take it out and fill it the rest of the way with water.  Instant ice water!  And when it's empty, fill it 1/2 way and freeze it while you drink from the next frozen glass.  Rotating through the glasses, you can keep yourself in ice water most off the time, depending on your freezer.  Working really well so far! :-)

    Cold refried beans and salsa in the fridge to eat, no need for the air fryer.  Keeps the room temp down during the day.

    Low on ice coffee.  Iced Earl Grey next.

    So happy for the insulated curtains and the cool LED lamps.  LED bulbs add very little heat to the room. :-)

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,361
    NVIATWAS said:
    DanaTA said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    ALLIEKATBLUE said:

    Another nor'easter on Tuesday.  This makes 3 in about 2 weeks. First one knocked out power for 5 days and came on just in time for the 2nd one.  I'm so over winter already.

    Someon has ticked off Mother Nature... :-/

     

    it not nice to fool mother nature.

    heard a mourning dove this morning, was a mournful complaint about the cold.

    Mourning doves are very successful birds around here.  There's a large tree outside my window that is a favorite location, right before dawn I get 3-4 of them cooing away.  Very pretty birds, as well. :-)

    ...I miss the sound of their cooing, very comforting. Heard only one in all the time I've lived here and it was near the business park where I used to work on the far west side of the metro area.

    Awww. :-( Right now (8:05am) I hear mourning doves, a hawk in the distance, and a few crabby grackles.  The grackles ruin everything... :-/

    They're kind of cool looking, with that irridecent blue, green or purple...but they swarm and eat all the seed in my bird feeder.  They seem to go away for the winter, but they're back now.

    Dana

    Ours here in Austin make odd noises, like shorting elecrical transformers.  Very alarming! Bzzzzt crackle CAW! :-O

    Yes, sort of a metallic kind of klink.  Very odd.  They scare away nicer looking and smaller birds from the feeder.  But they scare easily themselves.  I just go to the kitchen window and wave an arm, off they go.  Once I saved one that was caught in my neighbor's stockade fence.  He apparently slipped off his perch on top of one of the pickets ans down between two of them.  His leg was caught.  I tried to reach for him to lift him up, but it pecked at me and tried to scratch me with the loose foot.  So I came back, got a table knife and a piece of cardboard (as a blinder) and slid his foot up and out from between the pickets.  Off he went, withough even a thank you!   cheeky

    Dana

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,361

    Our refrigerator has a water tap that gives pretty cold water, filtered, and an ice maker...crushed or cubes (well, not really cubes, sort of partial slices of a cylinder).  I like it crushed.  Never been a big ice person.  But I like water best very cold.  

    Dana

  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,126

    I have a question ...can anybody complain here or is it a private complaint thread?

     

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108
    edited March 2018
    NVIATWAS said:
    kyoto kid said:
    NVIATWAS said:

    SAGA ALERT

    When I was younger (5 years ago) I never thought that a trip to the grocery store on foot would be a death-defying ride or nightmarish terror! PREPARE FOR A SAGA!!

    The day dawned dim and overcast, perfect weather for my eyes - light enough to see, but no direct sun to blind my one semi-iffy eye.  Weather said overcast all morning, so I sucked down a cup of coffee and munched some kielbasa to fuel myself.  Little did I know what was in store for me...

    About an hour after waking, I suited up (Levis, prosthesis, hoodie) and prepared to head out.  Popped on my backpack and went to close th window while I was gone.  Much to my dismay, I discovered that the clouds had burned off and the outdoors was lit with a stark, laser-bright light! Well, I was too low on food to survive being stuck at home, so I put on y cowboy hat, girded my loins, screwed my courage to the sticking-place and headed out.

    Note that sunglasses don't work for me.  First, they're not prescription or snap-on so everything is a massive blur without y high-magnification readers. Not to mention light comes in the sides and wipes out my vision.  Feh.

    Now, in the morning the Sun blasts in directly from my direction of travel.  This means that all the way to the grocery store light is blasting in from the left, above the houss but below the brim of my hat, or right into my face.  In this situation I have to hold one hand up to block the Sun for close to a mile, with a few small spots of bright light that I can't seem to block.

    Even in perfect circumstances modestly clear vision range is from 3 to 5 feet, after that it's ranging from blurry to acid nightmare kaleidoscope.

    So, every road and driveway crossing is a potential trip to the ground. There's almost no depth perception so I have to tap my cane around to fine strp-offs and curbs. Crossing a busy street, even with lights, is pants-wettingly frightening.  Plus, s KK has known for some time, a lot of drivers are <expletive deleted>.

    But somehow, despite the depressing reality of it all, I made it there and back in the same shape I woke up in.

    Non-complaints from the trip:

    - Whomever invented those dark colored knobby ramps to/from the street should be knighted.  So easy to tell where there's no curb to deal with.

    - Those crossings with beeps on both sides are a blessing since I can't see the walk/don't walk signs.

    - The newfangled crossings that say 'ok to cross' as voice, despite sounding smarmy, are a wonderful invention.

    - Helpful employees at the grocery store.  Several times I couldn't find what I was looking for, an employee came by to help without me asking! When you have to use a magnifying glass just to read prices and labels, this kind of thing is seriously appreciated.

    - Kneeling buses.  'Nuff said.

    I guess it's not so bad.  Even 10 years ago I'd be in a State nursing home, but here I am still puttering around on my own, at least for now.

    So endeth todays saga.

     

    ...glad it ended up a safe journey even with the frightening parts. Sad when heading to the market seems almost fraught with as much danger as going into the wilds as one gets older and less mobile these days.

    Those knobby things we have at intersections here are bright yellow, but just as welcome.  For me, I need my sight as I have terrible tinnitus and thus have lost a fair amount of spatial recognition and directional hearing.  I can still listen to music fine, but certain frequencies tend to blend into the cacophony of ambient city noise and those audible crosswalk signals are one of them. I'd need those ones like in Bladerunner that actually talk and tell which the street has the green light (we have a few but not many here).  Sadly they still don't help when there are cars with the green light that make turns (or those scofflaw cyclists that think stop signs and red lights don't apply to them).

    Speaking of two wheel moving hazards, because of the heavier traffic in this area and a number of one way streets, there is a greater profusion of cyclists who take to the sidewalks, again none of whom warn you they are coming up from behind.  There are also many areas (particularly to the west of where I am) with outdoor cafe seating or sale tables which makes for less walking space (Northwest 21st and 23rd having the most) so dodging them can become an exercise of extreme agility (something that as you grow older, diminishes measurably).  Between them, the impatient uncaring mouth breathing motorists (often on their phones), and high population of hyper skittish ankle biters (I miss all my kitty friends on the old 'hood), being an older pedestrian here with declining mobility can be a real challenge.

    I feel a need to start a 'Lesser Portland" campaign to discourage any more people from moving here so it doesn't become any worse.

    At least my bus fare is cheap.  Oh and our transit system's entire fleet are now the low rider types which can lower even more.

    ...just needs custom wheels and dingleballs around the windscreen

     

    Nice bus!  Ours are decently modern, last update the city added double-long express buses, super comfy.

    We had the yellow markers in California, I like the yellow better but I'll take brown.

    Arrogant cyclists were a plague in California.  They'd organiz e 'protest rides' in San Francisco where they'd block streets and ride slow.  Tons of arrests, when the city sued the orrganization for the cost of police time, it stopped.  Here in Austin 2/3 of the cyclists are decent, the other 1/3 are raging <expletive deleted>s. Thankfully in this neighborhood most riders are decent folk, many older people.

    The danger here is street racing.  We had a hit--and-run a few weeks ago, a street racer hit a pedestrian crossing and took off.  This area has a large Hispanic population and there's a deep fear of the cops, I've read reports of fenderbenders where the Hispanic driver simply abandons the car and runs.  A very sad state of affairs, but the police here have well-documented issues (many of which have made national news, sigh). :-(

    ..actually not one of our buses, I just posted that as I was amused that the driver was doing his best to "hop" the bus with it's hydraulics.

    These are the ones we have and are getting more of (built by Gillig)  Actually pretty nice to ride as they have a few more seats and are use brighter colours for the interior. The front end also lowers as well.

    These are the lightly older ones (New Flyer).  Some are still in the old fleet colours with dark somewhat depressing interiors, but those are slowly being retired. The front ends of these also lower as well.

    No "Bendies" (articulated buses) though we could really use them.  The last ones we had were these but they were very poorly built and the commission actually won a suit against the company regarding serious manufacturing defects. They were eventually retired in 1999.

    60' bendies will return but only on a BRT line that will go though the previous neighbourhood I lived in (Richmond on the SE side) from Downtown to the eastern suburb of Gresham.  Most likely this will be the type they will use (New Flyer).

    Yeah, these could be useful and so welcome on a number of routes I've ridden where overcrowding has become chronic issue, even on weekends.  While it is good to see people riding instead of driving, it would be nice if an old codger like me could get a seat instead of have to stand.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,220
    edited March 2018

    No restrictions on membership.   New members encouraged. 

    It's no use complaining to one's self.   We're listening.

     

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,126

    Then my complaint is family members who do what They want to help you rather then what you want ........and then get pissed if you aren't grateful ....

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108
    NVIATWAS said:

    Somewhat overcast this morning at 8:15am.  67f, should hit mid-80f's today.  Time to make more ice cubes, iced coffee already chilling in the fridge!

    Complaint: sore legs and hips.  Very annoying.

    Non-complaint: Tostadas for breakfast!!  So yummy... :-)

    ...been feeling that for the last couple days now. hence been not getting out of bed as early as I usually do.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    I let iray do its think for almost an hour and I realized I do not like it as it needs more lights or something.

    edit: it was 15% done when I stopped it.

    ...part of the reason I have been going back to 3DL as I don't have a powerful GPU card (which is what Iray really needs for improved render times) and waiting 45 min to an hour or more for a test render (instead of 5 - 10 min with 3DL) kind of throttles the ol' workflow.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108
    DanaTA said:

    Our refrigerator has a water tap that gives pretty cold water, filtered, and an ice maker...crushed or cubes (well, not really cubes, sort of partial slices of a cylinder).  I like it crushed.  Never been a big ice person.  But I like water best very cold.  

    Dana

    ...I have a big glass jug in the fridge.  Need to get a cube tray before summer for those tall drinks and my whiskey.  Found one that makes really big cubes (the pub I used to go to in the old 'hood called them, "Icebergs") which are great for putting in a bucket glass of whiskey.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108
    carrie58 said:

    I have a question ...can anybody complain here or is it a private complaint thread?

     

    ...complain away, that's what it's here for.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108
    carrie58 said:

    Then my complaint is family members who do what They want to help you rather then what you want ........and then get pissed if you aren't grateful ....

    ..very complaint worthy.  Been there myself.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    Chohole said:
    Mistara said:

    ole man winter  catankerous curmudgeon

    glue some gears on it
    rap about tea

    surprise thought i was being healthy at starbucks, bought a water and turkey 1/2 sammich
    just flipped the package over, 960 sodiums
     

    actually, this freezing weather makes for crockpot cooking this weekend.

    1st step is to make home made veggie broth, cuz the prepacked stuff trying to kill me with sodium.

    what soup greens should i throw in?

    I use a soupmaker.  One of my fave recipes is minestrone, using Onion, Carrot, Courgette or celery, Spring Greens, tomatoes a little garlic, black pepper, chopped parley and organo.

     

    mmm sounds good. and healthy

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    kyoto kid said:
    carrie58 said:

    I have a question ...can anybody complain here or is it a private complaint thread?

     

    ...complain away, that's what it's here for.

     

    and mostly moji non-haters here smiley

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Mistara said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:

    ides of march

    et tu brutus day?

    I want to know what Brutus et two of.  Donuts? Tacos? :-/

    Perhaps brutus is not the eater, but the eaten? surprise  i.e. I had a great breakfast, et tu brutus today.

     

    wasnt he a character on popeye?

    mebbe he was eatin that hamberger guy's hamburgers, and that's why he always needed to borrow money for hamburgers

    "Bluto" vs "Brutus" https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1548/is-popeyes-nemesis-named-bluto-or-brutus/

     

    neither of those spell the same backwards and forwards

    hannah

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,220
    Mistara said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Mistara said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    Mistara said:

    ides of march

    et tu brutus day?

    I want to know what Brutus et two of.  Donuts? Tacos? :-/

    Perhaps brutus is not the eater, but the eaten? surprise  i.e. I had a great breakfast, et tu brutus today.

     

    wasnt he a character on popeye?

    mebbe he was eatin that hamberger guy's hamburgers, and that's why he always needed to borrow money for hamburgers

    "Bluto" vs "Brutus" https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1548/is-popeyes-nemesis-named-bluto-or-brutus/

     

    neither of those spell the same backwards and forwards

    hannah

    True, but they also have nothing to do with the price of tea in China. indecision

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,220
    NVIATWAS said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Dust, I don't believe, was my problem. surprise Although it's been 6 months since I moved my primary computer, it sits on top of the desk and had actually only a little dust on top of it, and none visible inside.  I think the issue was resolved by any or all of the following actions: a) moving the CPU fan blades manually, b) removing/replacing the power plug, c) turning off/on, the powersupply switch, d) jiggling the CPU fan connection, e) petting the case lovingly and talking to the spirit of the machine or f) emanating concentrated forceful mental waves. enlightened

    Maybe Mercury is retrograde! :-P

    No, mercury is still in the thermometer. indecision

     

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,417

    I ran a script that closed down my scene.  Hopefully my saved version is still good enough.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108
    LeatherGryphon said:
    NVIATWAS said:
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Dust, I don't believe, was my problem. surprise Although it's been 6 months since I moved my primary computer, it sits on top of the desk and had actually only a little dust on top of it, and none visible inside.  I think the issue was resolved by any or all of the following actions: a) moving the CPU fan blades manually, b) removing/replacing the power plug, c) turning off/on, the powersupply switch, d) jiggling the CPU fan connection, e) petting the case lovingly and talking to the spirit of the machine or f) emanating concentrated forceful mental waves. enlightened

    Maybe Mercury is retrograde! :-P

    No, mercury is still in the thermometer. indecision

     

    ...I thought it was a division of Ford.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108

    ...hey hey hey kids it's that day again.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108

    ...agh thinking about the old hometown again. In spite of many changes they managed to save some incredible architecture there.

    This is the "federal" building...

    This is the main atrium inside...

    This is the City Hall...

     

    This is the entrance under the tower...

    This is the interior...

     

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,108
    edited March 2018

    ..more cool old milwaukee architecture:

    The Mitchell Building (looks more like it belongs in Vienna)...

    The Milwaukee Soldiers Home...

    The Tripoli Shrine...

    Wisconsin Gas Building...

    ..and yes the flam on top lights up at night...

    The Central Public Library (originally the City's museum)...

    The Imposing County Courthouse...

    The Pabst Theatre...

    Inside...

    In spite of some of my faves being lost to the wrecking ball and a lot of new sometimes ugly development that tried to change the face of the city, a good number of really classy buildings remain and have been restored.

    ...guess reminiscing comes with the territory of getting old...and maybe just a touch of home sickness after four decades.

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  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,417

    I wanted to sleep in today,

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