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Commander Wallace

03-21-21, 11:15 AM

I guess I am a grandfather again. This morning at 5:54 am Murphy Andrew was born. He weighed 7lbs 9oz. Murphy and mom Riley are doing great. We made a quick trip to Halifax this morning and will be here when the little guy gets home tomorrow.

Everybody is pretty excited. :D

Congratulations Marcel to you and your family. :Kaleun_Applaud::Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Jimbuna

03-21-21, 11:55 AM

Eichhörnchen

03-21-21, 02:13 PM

Good for you, mate :):Kaleun_Salute:

Eichhörnchen

03-26-21, 01:02 PM

My wife's mother is like Mrs Malaprop on steroids. Her mutt came back from the vet's yesterday... she has a "fantasy pregnancy" :har::har::har:

Kaye T. Bai

04-03-21, 02:58 AM

Started dieting back in December 2018 in order to join the Navy and lost 47 kg since then; I leave for training on the 5th of April.

Aktungbby

04-05-21, 02:28 PM

I noticed in my tablet messages this AM, that a David Cooper:hmmm: had purchased a Springfield Armory Hellcat .9mm pistolhttps://img.officer.com/files/base/cygnus/ofcr/image/2021/03/hellcat_smsc_spring_cover.603d4c699f295.png?auto=f ormat&w=720 for $799 and it showed up with a long account # on my https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/PayPal.svg/230px-PayPal.svg.png account E-messages :hmmm: Since I buy nothing online with PayPal, except for :subsim: dues, steam games and the wife's ever-expanding yarn/knitting stuff, I called Paypal and could not understand the representive's thick Indian accent; so then I called Springfield Armory in Massachusetts 309-944-5631 and talked to Penny, who advised: "they are aware of the fraud which is apparently designed to access Paypal accounts...."...since a lotta :subsim:ers also got Paypal, I'm just passing on the event so all may be on alert.:salute: :oops:

Catfish

04-09-21, 03:42 PM

Just watching the "Heute Show". :hmmm:
:har:

Eichhörnchen

04-16-21, 08:41 AM

I got some garden tools out of the shed just now and found that one of the blades on the long-handled pruners has been snapped off. I quizzed the other two as gently as I could... my son said "The mice did it" and Moira just gave me a mystified look. I said "These couldn't have been snapped in normal use... they must've been used to lever something

But I've seen my wife at work with a chisel. You know... a chisel, one of those things you use to prise screws out if a screwdriver doesn't work

Anyway... who do you think did it?

Mr Quatro

04-16-21, 09:51 AM

Aktungbby

04-16-21, 12:13 PM

try to solve this domestic whodunnit mystery would be shear nonsense...

Mr Quatro

04-19-21, 02:39 PM

For all of you English chaps ... :yep:
I didn't know you had that many National Parks in the UK :up:
Have you visited them?

Ran into this fact when Win 10 opened this morning with an image from one of your parks:

https://th.bing.com/th/id/Rb41bc304d14525029144c16c4d490ad6?rik=4tPemJvPTNDr 9A&pid=ImgRaw

Honister Pass is a mountain pass in the English Lake District.

https://www.bing.com/maps?q=honister+pass+lake+district&filters=IsConversation:%22True%22+BTWLKey:%22Honis terPassEngland%22+BTWLType:%22Trivia%22&FORM=EMSDS0

Jimbuna

04-21-21, 07:20 AM

The Lake District is a great place to visit and the Honister Pass is a 'must drive'

Only problem with the Lakes is the weather, beautiful when sunny but the exact opposite when subject to what is often torrential downpours.

Eichhörnchen

04-24-21, 10:22 AM

https://i.imgur.com/hvtDvHt.jpg

I took this one today as he sat in Moira's crab apple tree

Aktungbby

04-24-21, 11:13 AM

/\ Does Moira know how to do canning? My mom used to make crabapple jam; my wife just made me 12 jars of marmalade from the neighbor's orange tree; and our raspberry jam from our own raspberries goes over very well with the neighbors awaiting their annual jam ration! Canning day is always a big do in our remodelled kitchen! The neighbors are generous and I've got gleaning privileges on any number of trees that would otherwise go to waste-and the donor always gets a jar or his own produce! :yep::Kaleun_Salivating:

Eichhörnchen

04-24-21, 04:43 PM

Sonny Sanford

04-26-21, 05:27 PM

"I guess I am a grandfather again. This morning at 5:54 am Murphy Andrew was born. He weighed 7lbs 9oz. Murphy and mom Riley are doing great. We made a quick trip to Halifax this morning and will be here when the little guy gets home tomorrow.

Everybody is pretty excited."

I'm a little late to the party (I haven't been online in quite a while), but congratulations, u crank! Indeed, amongst all the craziness in the world right now, there are these little miracles.

So anyway, what did I do in real life today? Watched a couple more 90's movies with the kids, worked on my truck, mounted those new tires from 4WheelOnline I bought a few weeks ago, and even cooked lunch for today.

Catfish

04-27-21, 02:06 AM

Yes, she makes fruit cheeses rather than what we call jam (you call it Jelly) and wines, also chutneys but she doesn't do so much nowadays. She just said that while making her last chutney she fell asleep and burned it (probably too much home made wine)
We call jelly Gelée (sometimes without accent), it is usually more or less transparent, while marmalade (Marmelade) is usually thick with fruits and has another consistence. So jam and marmalade are not the same in english? Or does it depend on the region?
We also "produce" some marmalade and Gelee, and exchange it or give it as presents to others. Usually we get alot more than we like.. i almost eat none of it, too sweet. I do like the slightly bitter orange marmalade by Wilkins or Koo though.
Since we sometimes get oranges directly from Sicily or Mallorca i wondered whether i could make some bitter one myself :hmmm:

Thinking of Moira i am sure she also loves fruitcakes .. :D

Aktungbby

04-27-21, 02:34 AM

Since we sometimes get oranges directly from Sicily or Mallorca i wondered whether i could make some bitter one myself

Thinking of Moira i am sure she also loves fruitcakes .. No wonder u guys lost WWII; nuthin' really jelled and u got in a serious jam! My neighbor's oranges are very sweet; so I do add a little lemon to the purèe to give it it's piquantness. And quit picking on poor ol' Eich! were all fruitcakes here at :subsim:!!:yeah: :O:

Eichhörnchen

04-27-21, 05:45 AM

@ Catfish: Marmalade is what we call any 'jam' preserve made with citrus fruits. If it's made using other fruits such as strawberries blackcurrants, raspberries etc, then we call it Jam. Fruit Cheeses are made from sieved cooked fruit pulp and different from jam

Yes, it's confusing. No wonder I am nuts :)

Catfish

04-27-21, 06:29 AM

No wonder u guys lost WWII; nuthin' really jelled and u got in a serious jam! My neighbor's oranges are very sweet; so I so add a little lemon to the purèe to give it it's piquantness. And quit picking on poor ol' Eich! were all fruitcakes here at :subsim:!!:yeah: :O:
I did never lose WW2 :hmph: You are comparing apples to citrus fruits, time-wise :O:
I did not mean harm by "picking" on Eich, if there's any fruitcake here it's me :oops:

Eichhörnchen

04-27-21, 08:03 AM

He knows you were only kidding me, mate:up:

Eichhörnchen

05-05-21, 03:39 PM

And here I am sitting in DC outside the Smithsonian in the summer of '82. I was there with a woman, too

https://i.imgur.com/ThNteaV.jpg

Aktungbby

05-05-21, 04:40 PM

Off to get my '05 Toyota Corolla's driverside mirror replaced. Someone 'clacked' mirrors in passing my parked ride yesterday, leaving the plastic housing intact on the car body but springing the mirror out/off from its movemotor. (It'll make a great shave mirror)...the cost, after trying futiley to replace the mirror to the motor...$316.47!!!:wah: not incl. the car dealer's install mechanic's charge.

Aktungbby

05-08-21, 12:01 AM

/\ which came to an additional $190. Additional previously unnoticed scrape damage to front bumper indicates someone probably backed into the very front left corner of me, with very minor paint damage and black plastic bumper scrapes to an already battered but reliable old patrol '05 Corolla...causing the mirror to simply pop out of its undamaged housing. That mirror is vital to an old road warrior; two days of driving to the marina to tape, & paint boat trim stripes (2 coats)was tedious and sore neck inducing: having to look over the left shoulder to do lane changes w/o the mirror! My boat captain just laughed-while appling #4 coat of teak trim varnish to the Catalina's cockpit trim- his '96 Mazda Miata mirror ran him $600!:oops:

Eichhörnchen

05-12-21, 12:03 PM

I've seen my wife at work with a chisel. You know... a chisel, one of those things you use to prise screws out if a screwdriver doesn't work

I started tidying my shed today and pulled out some half empty paint cans. I checked the contents and what did I find inside when I opened one of them? A brush... left inside and the lid replaced :hmmm:... who on earth would have done that?

Mr Quatro

05-12-21, 01:42 PM

I started tidying my shed today and pulled out some half empty paint cans. I checked the contents and what did I find inside when I opened one of them? A brush... left inside and the lid replaced :hmmm:... who on earth would have done that?

Remember the hedge clippers? :hmmm:

Eichhörnchen

05-12-21, 06:33 PM

/\ I'm compiling a dossier to be sent to ICTA (the International Court for Tool Abuse)

Buddahaid

05-12-21, 08:14 PM

Trying to forget everything I've read about rotary engines....

Aktungbby

05-12-21, 08:53 PM

/\ I'm compiling a dossier to be sent to ICTA (the International Court for Tool Abuse) Infering that our favorite grey-eyed Athena abuses yer tool ...is a Freudian slip lad!:O:

Jimbuna

05-13-21, 08:29 AM

Trying to forget everything I've read about rotary engines....

:haha:

Eichhörnchen

05-13-21, 08:32 AM

@ Aktung: no that's your mind, mate

Aktungbby

05-13-21, 10:01 AM

Nah! I was just living up to my 'cheeky sod' billing!:arrgh!:

Mr Quatro

05-13-21, 11:24 AM

Nah! I was just living up to my 'cheeky sod' billing!:arrgh!:

Why don't you go sailing or something Aktung :up:

Aktungbby

05-13-21, 12:14 PM

I would but my wife, the gardener-in-chief of stately Aktung Manor,:O: has drafted me to clean/reorganize her toolshed.:wah: We're just getting past putting in the veggie garden boxes, timed sprinklers etc. during the 15% imposed drought cutbacks for Napa. All meticulously rototilled by me. I like eating three meals a day...so I do what I'm told or I'll B a :dead: cheeky sod! Such is the nature of nuptial bliss after 41 years!:salute: :O:

Aktungbby

05-31-21, 10:41 PM

Having an enjoyable weekend :subsim:wise; caught Pursuit of the Graf Spee, Destination Tokyo, Up Periscope, Run Silent Run Deep, and next is my favorite: The Enemy Below:yeah::arrgh!: They're all somewhat patriotically hoakie,(cinematic poetic license??:03:) but at least in Destination Tokyo, Cary Grant is using an iswas to compute the torpedo setup! ...and there are no dud Mark 14 torpedos in the Bungo Strait for Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster in RSRD??!!:yeah:

Mr Quatro

06-01-21, 09:18 AM

You left off Submarine Command 1951 War with William Holden, Don Taylor, Nancy Olson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0PCuSqxASI

Eichhörnchen

06-04-21, 01:43 PM

I always liked Don Taylor (Don Who? I hear some of you younger guys ask) and I have his autograph on an old photo somewhere. He was very entertaining as Robin Hood in "The Men of Sherwood Forest" (1954)

https://i.imgur.com/guBmFOq.jpg

Moonlight

06-04-21, 02:46 PM

You must be a right old bat Mr Squirrel, I've never bloody heard of him. :haha:

Catfish

06-04-21, 03:07 PM

Trying to forget everything I've read about rotary engines....
following Jim.. :haha:

Catfish

06-04-21, 03:10 PM

I would but my wife, the gardener-in-chief of stately Aktung Manor,:O: has drafted me to clean/reorganize her toolshed.:wah: [...]
I hear you, am in the process (ordered) of building a tool shed or little 'machine shop' for home repairs, little does she know it will become a dedicated man cave .. :03:

Eichhörnchen

06-05-21, 05:46 PM

https://i.imgur.com/2IjE4ZP.png You can get a shed for anything these days

Catfish

06-06-21, 06:10 AM

^ Goodall primate sheds.. "It's a baboon!" :har: monkey-proof means it would even withstand my efforts :O:

My wife even met Mrs. Jane Goodall twice, i suspect there's a connection to me :hmmm:

Eichhörnchen

06-10-21, 11:12 AM

Aktungbby

06-10-21, 11:42 AM

Remember to be charitable now that U R a "desirable artist".:O: I used to keep all my loose quarters in a small can on the passenger side of my patrol Corolla for parking meters in San Francisico. Since the meters now only use credit cards, I use the quarters to bribe any indigent sidewalk dwellers to not break into my wheels when on a call in the city: usually $2-3...cheaper than a broken window, such as happened one night on graveshift duty at my Appeals Court post! My Xmas gift for my captain was stolen out of the back seat! Whoever got it enjoyed Cutty Sark whisky in two engraved glasses!:Kaleun_Cheers:

Mr Quatro

06-10-21, 01:05 PM

I sometimes think even a movie scriptwriter wouldn't believe my life:

I was just sat in the ASDA car park for over an hour waiting for Moira and Lawrence, and although I'm still jittery about having the windows wound down with other people around it was so hot that I had little choice. I've learned how to keep away from people most of the time but here I am, listening to the radio, when just seconds before the other two return and I can make my getaway there's a vagrant at my car window (upwind) asking me for my spare change

I'm the same way and yes they can sneak up on you ... I had just finished eating a nice lunch of a Mexican taco plate that I couldn't finish (it was so big) at a nice restaurant (paid for by my pastor by the way) and as we were leaving the restaurant with the carry out doggie bag still in my hands a street person shows up before we could get in his car and asked for change. So I just gave him the whole thing (it was heavy too) and he said, "thanks".

A year later my pastor said to his church lets take up an offering for Mr Quatro. I was more than compensated with love.

Remember to be charitable now that U R a "desirable artist".:O: I used to keep all my loose quarters in a small can on the passenger side of my patrol Corolla for parking meters in San Francisico. Since the meters now only use credit cards, I use the quarters to bribe any indigent sidewalk dwellers to not break into my wheels when on a call in the city: usually $2-3...cheaper than a broken window, such as happened one night on graveshift duty at my Appeals Court post! My Xmas gift for my captain was stolen out of the back seat! Whoever got it enjoyed Cutty Sark whisky in two engraved glasses!:Kaleun_Cheers:

The Bible says that we should give to everyman that asks ... I've only encountered a few that ask for more than change or food.

The Bible also says that we should not forget to entertain strangers for some have entertained angels unawares.

Hebrews 13:2

"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares"

Eichhörnchen

06-11-21, 11:01 AM

I prefer to give my 'spare change' to buskers, who I see as actually doing something to earn it, but also I didn't want this guy getting any nearer to me because of covid

Kaye T. Bai

06-11-21, 11:10 AM

Joined the Navy but had to get out after 2 months since the doctors there discovered a spinal condition that DQ'd me. Going to try to get back in after getting that sorted out.

Mr Quatro

06-11-21, 11:16 AM

Joined the Navy but had to get out after 2 months since the doctors there discovered a spinal condition that DQ'd me. Going to try to get back in after getting that sorted out.

Never give up ... it's worth it for you soul development :up:

Aktungbby

06-17-21, 01:02 PM

staying low and indoors today. Tempuratures R predicted at 104 F. for two days...:o and we're already into the California fire season already;:hmmm: but pretty well burned out already undergrowth-fuelwise from last year's infernos.:ping::ping::ping: EDIT:make that 109F. on my Corrolla's temp gauge!...and it's a "spare the air" day; so no BBQ tonight.:wah:

Eichhörnchen

06-23-21, 02:13 PM

This afternoon, out for a walk just 10 mins from the house, we were greeted by this. I've never seen a field full of poppies before... only in magazine photos. The bank yonder is alongside the Haven, which empties into The Wash about a mile further on

https://i.imgur.com/01U2UKS.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/5ahTMOW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kGS4YSr.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zrqlO32.jpg

Aktungbby

06-23-21, 04:16 PM

https://i.imgur.com/kGS4YSr.jpg In Haven's field she lies; a languorous Helner to your photographic MacCrae; Magpies still bravely squawking, fly; She does not sleep; though poppies grow; My petty rondeux; without refrain! :arrgh!:

Mr Quatro

06-23-21, 07:03 PM

^ Aktung the poet :up:

Aktungbby

07-17-21, 12:39 PM

Watching 1946 movie: Danger Green with Trevor Howard on TCM channel over my coffee, crumpet and today's W.S.J. I'm glad I'm not in Germany at the moment::o https://images.wsj.net/im-370469?width=1260&size=1.5 <Flooding in Rhein-Erft. Some homes in Germany have collapsed or were severely damaged by the flooding. California could use all that water just now https://www.wsj.com/articles/floods-in-germany-belgium-leave-at-least-100-dead-as-rescuers-race-to-find-survivors-11626427590 Currently the Dixie Fire near the devasting Paradise Fire that killed 85 three years ago, is underway. Napa has sent crews to help out :https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/21/01/02/21237924/18/ratio3x2_1200.jpg God is a comedian; no asteroid for us dinosaurs this time. Our own stupidity, overpopulation and global warming will get the job done this time....

Eichhörnchen

07-17-21, 01:35 PM

I've been sprucing up the outside of the house in this fine weather. The thing is, I hate going up the ladder to the top. But I'm thinking maybe if I have a couple of pints of lager first it won't bother me so much

Jimbuna

07-17-21, 01:52 PM

Catfish

07-19-21, 03:20 AM

[...] Currently the Dixie Fire near the devasting Paradise Fire that killed 85 three years ago, is underway. Napa has sent crews to help out : God is a comedian; no asteroid for us dinosaurs this time. Our own stupidity, overpopulation and global warming will get the job done this time....
Nooo it is never "our" fault, fake news, weather has been like this all the time, snowflakes.

Seriously, hope you and the region are safe :o

Eichhörnchen

07-28-21, 12:50 PM

When I was sixteen I reluctantly followed my brother and his mate into the local YMCA club after our Army Cadet parade night (I knew the reputation the place had)

No sooner had we walked in than a thug jumped me from behind and pounded his fist into the side of my head. He was quickly grabbed by a bunch of guys (as was I) intent on separating us and avoiding any more violence. I wouldn't have lasted long against this enormous moron so they did me a big favour

Today, after acceeding to a Facebook friends request from a bloke I only vaguely remember from my home town and who numbers quite a few historical bullies from that town on his friends list, I was gladdened to see a photo of my attacker (that he'd posted himself) lying in a hospital bed with tubes coming out of his fat body, the bastard

You see, it seems that what goes around really does come around

Catfish

07-28-21, 03:18 PM

When I was sixteen [...] I was gladdened to see a photo of my attacker (that he'd posted himself) lying in a hospital bed with tubes coming out of his fat body, the bastard
You see, it seems that what goes around really does come around
You sure are a vengeful lot :yep: :D

Jimbuna

07-29-21, 09:27 AM

Eichhörnchen

07-29-21, 05:54 PM

^:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up::haha:

Eichhörnchen

08-04-21, 12:28 PM

Mr Quatro

08-04-21, 01:50 PM

^ I would say that is very top quality ole chap :up:

Eichhörnchen

08-04-21, 04:52 PM

^ Thank you, Mr Q

Aktungbby

08-04-21, 05:14 PM

Facebook can be a wonderful thing. I recently posted in an aviation group my painting of Lt Alden P Rigby mixing it with German 'Bodenplatte' raiders. Then before I knew it I was being hailed by both his son and his grandson!

https://i.imgur.com/u2jxTJu.jpg

This has now been published on a large greetings card so I'm very pleased to be able to send them one each, since they are both avid collectors of anything connected with their illustrious relative

^ I would say that is very top quality ole chap :up:Now you really are a desireable artist!:O:
Silver Star Citation reads:

For gallantry in action against the enemy, 1 January 1945. Lieutenant Rigby, with his Squadron, was taxiing down the runway for a take off at an advanced airbase on the Continent when approximately fifty (50) enemy fighters attacked. Although taken completely by surprise and handicapped by full fuselage fuel tanks, he engaged and destroyed one (1) FW-190 almost before the wheels had retracted. When his gunsight ceased to function while pursuing another enemy aircraft, he closed in and opened fire at point blank range, observing the plane crash in some trees. Returning over the airbase, he assisted a fellow pilot in destroying a ME-109 and then expended the last of his ammunition in shooting down an enemy fighter which was damaged and being pursued by two P-51's. The fearless initiative, zealous fighting spirit, and exceptional bravery evinced by Lieutenant Rigby in attacking such a vastly superior force is in keeping with the highest traditions of the Army Air Forces. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/media/media-26700.jpeg

Eichhörnchen

08-04-21, 05:41 PM

^:Kaleun_Salute:

Jimbuna

08-05-21, 01:40 PM

Well deserved Glynn :up:

Catfish

08-05-21, 02:19 PM

Had not heard this before, 50 enemies while only starting .. :o
Very good painting of the blue nose, with the aluminium shimmering in the winter sun :yep:

Eichhörnchen

08-07-21, 09:59 AM

This B-17G flew over our road about 25 minutes ago and headed for Boston, seemingly to do a flypast at some event in the park because it came straight back. It was quite a way up but I didn't want to risk missing the moment whilst operating the zoom, so I settled for a few long shots. I've no idea where it's from but it headed south towards Norfolk

https://i.imgur.com/iVfBBJH.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/yKFBpZl.jpg

When I told Moira what it was she said she did hope that we get to see at least one more special bird in the garden before we move. I said maybe a Golden Eagle will swoop down and take one of her mother's yappy mutts when she visits one day. I'll say "Quick, Moira... get the bird book so we can tick it off"

Aktungbby

08-07-21, 10:18 AM

Get a longer lens! :Kaleun_Binocular::Kaleun_Binocular:The only B-17 not on static-display in England is # 44-85784 out of IWM at Duxford, restored as the 'Sally-B'. Only 2 flight-worthy B-17's are in all of Europe. The aircraft bears the livery on one side as #41-24485 'Memphis Belle'https://www.sallyb.org.uk/images/inflight.jpg used in the movie in 1989.https://www.sallyb.org.uk/images/memphis_bell_cast.jpg https://www.sallyb.org.uk/history.htm

Eichhörnchen

08-07-21, 07:07 PM

Thanks, Aktung. I saw the aircraft on their way to film at Binbrook in 1989. Again they crossed our road but at the other end that time and going north; I was carrying picnic chairs around to our neighbours' house for a bbq

Amazing how these machines are still flying when you think of how many cars you've sent for scrap in that time

Eichhörnchen

08-09-21, 04:16 AM

https://i.imgur.com/1djiZuj.jpg 9th August 1986 Shipbourne church, Kent

Aktungbby

08-09-21, 11:07 AM

This being a naval forum:hmmm:...you would get married at 'Shipbourne' Church, Kent!:arrgh!: SHIPBOURNE (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Malling, hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent, 3¾ miles N from Tonbridge. https://www.explorechurches.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image/public/2020-04/KentSHIPBOURNEStGiles%28paulbrittonSTAFF%295.JPG?i tok=CCBhcZf0I always hit old churches and cathedrals when touring the British Isles:shucks:

Catfish

08-09-21, 01:06 PM

https://i.imgur.com/1djiZuj.jpg 9th August 1986 Shipbourne church, Kent
Congratulations! Nice picture :)
You are both looking gorgeous!

Jimbuna

08-09-21, 01:07 PM

Congratulations to you both Glynn :up:

Mr Quatro

08-11-21, 10:12 AM

Found a new way to relax, enjoy :up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfDYMngJeE

Jimbuna

08-11-21, 02:22 PM

If only I had the time :03:

Mr Quatro

08-12-21, 10:46 AM

If only I had the time :03:

Don't you have two monitors Jim?

Put on your headphones and watch youtube while you work on subsim :yep:

Aktungbby

08-12-21, 11:33 AM

That's called multitasking!?.

Jimbuna

08-12-21, 12:35 PM

Don't you have two monitors Jim?

Put on your headphones and watch youtube while you work on subsim :yep:

It's a 'time' thing with me, especially as we provide the childcare for the granddaughter most days.

Commander Wallace

08-12-21, 01:02 PM

https://i.imgur.com/1djiZuj.jpg 9th August 1986 Shipbourne church, Kent

Congratulations to you and Moira, Eichhörnchen. You both look happy and dapper. That's quite an accomplishment being together for 35 years. I hope you both have many, many more years together. :Kaleun_Applaud::Kaleun_Thumbs_Up::Kaleun_Salute: :Kaleun_Cheers: :Kaleun_Party:

Eichhörnchen

08-14-21, 09:53 AM

^ Thanks, fellas :up:

Red October1984

08-16-21, 11:47 PM

I realize it's been a decade since I joined this site. Absolutely insane to me to be honest.

This site was there for me through some rough spots in my earlier life and I'm currently chasing a lifelong dream.

Thanks to you guys. It's been a ride but I wouldn't have it any other way. Thanks for the support over the years. :salute:

Eichhörnchen

08-17-21, 04:44 AM

^ Keep us informed, mate. And yes, Subsim is a good place

Catfish

08-17-21, 05:04 AM

I realize it's been a decade since I joined this site. Absolutely insane to me to be honest.
Yes, and it's 20+ years here :o

Hope you catch that dream, all the best :)

Platapus

08-20-21, 08:34 AM

I just got back from a trip to a foreign land with a significantly different culture than I was used to.

Due to pissing someone off at work, I got voluntold to lead a review team at Robbins AFB, GA... in August. :o:wah:

The team we were evaluating was very nice and let us know that they tend to dress casually, especially in August. I, unfortunately, had to tell them that our policy is that we need to wear coats and ties and even socks!

Especially since I would be working with an O6 and briefing an O7, casual attire was simply not gonna happen.
For those who may be unfamiliar with this strange land, it tends to get a bit hot and humid in August. Oh well, they ain't paying me my salary just because I look good.
The operations went smoothly, but while I was sweltering in the lovely base housing, which I was required to stay in), I had some opportunities to experience some of the local culture via the Televiewer in my room.
I saw a rather long commercial on "Miracle Water". Evidently if you send this televangelist a lot of money, he will send you tap water that will, according to testimony, make your life wonderful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl1Nnnb213Q

This was not the actual commercial I watched, but it is very close
There were actual people testifying that after drinking this Miracle Water that they were now drug free, stopped drinking, had their cancer cured, and a multitude of other benefits. Well they can't put anything on TV that is not true, so this must be good stuff.

At the end of the commercial was a personal message from Peter Popoff who sells this Miracle Water. If he is willing to put his personal endorsement on this product, you just know it is not a scam.
I mean, how can you not trust this face?

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6n4LmIy8P9yiC8KilLDzUVDnSOLs-jglFDA&usqp=CAU

No way a guy like this would be involved in a scam. :nope:

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No sooner than after I placed the first of many orders for Miracle Water, and upon serious consideration for also purchasing his Miracle Seeds, the commercial ended and the next program came on.
I was fortunate enough to be able to catch part of the North American Chuckwagon Race Championship. This was sponsored, of course, by the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association.

A confusing sport, but the announcer was acting like this was the finals of the World Cup. I wonder who won?

Strange culture down there. Natives were nice. Even the guy who "aggressively" tried to hit us up for money had some of that well known southern charm.

I wonder what other swell places they will send me. :o:o:wah::wah:

Jimbuna

08-20-21, 11:31 AM

My miracle water comes almost exclusively from the Caribbean :)

Catfish

08-20-21, 03:38 PM

My miracle water comes almost exclusively from the Caribbean :)
^ :haha: :up:

@Platapus if the well dries, he will make a fortune as a televangelist.. or become some "leader" in the bible belt

Aktungbby

08-26-21, 12:17 PM

YIPES!!?? after 8 years at :subsim: where I'm typically the left of the long thin line:Most Captains ever in port was 6,913, 01-19-2021 at 09:20 AM.
Aktungbby , 3catcircus , AdmeralMax999 , adrianstu98 , aingeriiiuu09 , AlexAbdulov , Alpheratz+ , Argeus , Arlo , astvitaliy1982 , Atoka220 , AVGWarhawk+ , Badger343rd , Bilge_Rat , blackswan40+ , Brodaga222 , btruwo , buck , Buddahaid+ , CapZap1970 , cimo77 , CKG56 , claretabroad , clodio04 , Coral , Cyborg322 , CybrSlydr , Dariiem , dex , Dieselglock , dike_marksman , EmeAzul , felipehw , Flyboy29021992 , Franck Heler , goldmastersims , GrenSo , herkan , Izaías Carlos de Souza , JapLance , jaxa , Jimbuna , jimmynopants , johntoul , Jonnyjonjon , jrblyth , Julhelm , Katze , Ketchak , les green01 , ling43235 , Ludwig van Hursh , Lukop100 , MADLOU , mapuc , Marksoldier , Maseda , Michael Wood , Mios 4Me , Mister_M , motherbrain , Muyed , NavyGuy570 , NeonsStyle , Niume , Noobicum4Ever , OldStyleGamer , Onealex , p7p8 , palmic , pedalboat , Pedestrian , Polak2 , q65 , RampantParanoia , Randomizer , Rhodes+ , Right_Seat , Rockstar+ , rpitt , Runt , s7rikeback+ , Sangamon Taylor , Scotch75 , serhiyafanasyev , Slammer597 , snake_ , Sniper450 , SnipersHunter , stormaple , Strykr , SubHoellenbote , swanhtet , TheIrishSubmariner , theozman84 , thpapak , Toastman , TomcatMVD , Torpedo , u crank+ , U301 , UglyMowgli , VonDos , Wakeman , wessie , willo , wolf6567 , Woozle But today, seen just out of the corner of my eye, I'm the right of the line; ...always the position of honor!:arrgh!: http://cdn3.volusion.com/txjma.raguz/v/vspfiles/photos/4501749-2T.jpg Donor's Corner: Subsim stays afloat to serve you thanks to
the support and generosity of these magnificent fellows:
Morrissey, MGR1, totorwing, Kng, Witchcraft, Glock_17, lllluke1, bonkser,
Slyvison, MagneticMonkey, Eikson, Lillebror54, BlackThunder, CaptainMasi96,
easy, svejseko, holohw, zorro_5608, katastrofis, DerKalte, Crinius, kobe56,
Jimbo4905, Szajs, dpile690, wingcruzr, GeneralDeath99, Nubwagon, B3boy,
jollygreen07, bmw18299, T-Bone Brown, Nazmainian, CAPFlyer, alehound,
platypusguy1, KremitLeFroge, Pilot_76, GhengasCon, Mith79, denimchicken,
f300ss, ironcross84, Zepheron, uscg2015, Darkstar130, PCloadletter, cmikec48,
DevilDogGamer, CodJac, PoSM, Cpt.Demar, KingKaleuna, Strykr, ahahthunder,
Meridian, kfan77, StreetGlider64, Silent Warrior, fo694013, Atronic, CmputrBlu,
gilbert giel, LeRodent, Crash1952, Icechuck, Bystryi, wolfbaron, captgeo, gray,
croff01, AdmiralWaterford, rafterman2a, SubHamster, Niandaren, Grayson, piji,
dubina90, PrinzAlexander, saramek8, Seaman Jones, patt57, Slammer597,
jimcarrel, BradR, kondor999, roadrunner00105, BRUTIS, Knightmare67,
Stoker First Class, crlcw21, & that master of ship-sinking, Aktungbby :Kaleun_Party:

Kaye T. Bai

09-11-21, 03:31 PM

Just counting out the days for my six month post-service period to elapse so I can reenlist again.

Eichhörnchen

09-18-21, 12:59 PM

https://i.imgur.com/qOBZx34.jpg

The other day I told Moira I'd like to get our boy a new game for his Nintendo 'Switch'. It would cost around £30 so I suggested she might like to go halves

She told me she owed me £15 for some shopping she'd done online, so if I paid for it myself then she wouldn't have to pay me back. I looked up at the ceiling for a bit and then said I was happy with this solution

Next day I was getting the car out and started thinking about this whole deal again... something still didn't seem right

Jimbuna

09-19-21, 07:01 AM

^ Here was me thinking your bath towel had slipped :O:

Texas Red

09-27-21, 07:29 AM

Well, I’d just like to introduce you all to me and what I have been doing for the past few months.

As you may know, I am a Cadet in the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps. I graduated from boot camp in late July and am enjoying the non-recruit life. I have some pictures of me y’all might like to see.

https://i.postimg.cc/8zvW74Qn/D6-DA5-B87-57-C8-4859-B017-B88-F945755-D0.jpg
And this is of me right before the labor day parade. My dad wanted a picture of me for his Facebook.
https://i.postimg.cc/Bn5bWVGs/C559-B63-B-5-F67-4590-8-E7-A-3-EA61-D81-FDE2.jpg

And here’s the whole unit marching. I am in the middle with the two yellow chevrons on my sleeve.

Finally, some boot camp pictures coming up.
https://i.postimg.cc/yxX6qDwj/F9-B0013-A-D152-45-C4-B5-A7-0185612-A6972.jpg
Me operating “The Jaws of Life” with the local fire department as part of our fire fighting training.
https://i.postimg.cc/CLBJ4jpb/880-A0-C2-D-E30-B-479-E-83-DF-D3-DE74-BFFA89.jpg
And here is me folding the flag during Evening Colors. I am in the blueberries.
https://i.postimg.cc/g0THRJtg/B2-B3-C41-F-3-AC8-4064-8-D0-D-9-A62-AAF44-C67.jpg
This is me tearing apart my rack and turning it into a smiley face in less than 4 minutes.

Part 2 will come later today.

Commander Wallace

09-27-21, 08:42 AM

^ all the best in your endeavors. :Kaleun_Applaud:

Don't beach any ships or vessels lest you be put on the beach with a little shovel and bucket to make sand castles. :D

Seriously, Hoping for all the best for you.

Eichhörnchen

09-27-21, 10:47 AM

Great photos, shipmate :Kaleun_Salute:

Aktungbby

09-27-21, 12:23 PM

Great photos, shipmate :Kaleun_Salute: U don't suppose We've influenced this young 'Corporeal entity" in any way do U??!!:O: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=1140&pictureid=9696 + https://i.imgur.com/SawjfKA.jpg

=https://i.postimg.cc/8zvW74Qn/D6-DA5-B87-57-C8-4859-B017-B88-F945755-D0.jpg:arrgh!::Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: :Kaleun_Wink: :Kaleun_Salute:

Jimbuna

09-27-21, 12:44 PM

Keep up the good work :salute:

Texas Red

09-28-21, 06:31 PM

Thank you all!

And no, I am not a Corporal haha. The NSCC took some liberty with their rank designs.

I just finished up my E-3 Seaman coursework, so when I pass my PRTs and go to a training this winter I should be able to rank up a spot.

The XO was adamant that I finish my coursework so that way they could give me leadership positions, so I stepped on the pedal. So far the only real job I have is maintaining the classroom and being an "assistant" instructor. It isn't as cool as it may sound, but I'll take it.

Aktungbby

09-28-21, 06:42 PM

Of course If you'd focus on your baseball talent, you can eschew a poor paying naval career and play for the SF Giants and still wear that sailor hat! https://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/giants-captain-sailors.jpg < 'Captain' Brandon Belt and SF Giants rookies returning from roadtrip

Texas Red

09-28-21, 11:02 PM

Hard pass. Wouldn't even think twice on that one.

Jimbuna

10-03-21, 09:55 AM

Not quite one mile away from my current abode (as the crow flies) there is a river and in it this beauty is currently berthed.

https://i.postimg.cc/VsFBfqWw/IMG-3542.jpg (https://postimg.cc/s1vZKZLH)

mapuc

10-03-21, 10:02 AM

Is it QM2 ? It doesn't look like it is her.

Markus

Jimbuna

10-03-21, 10:35 AM

Sorry Markus I should have named her.

You are quite correct she is not the Queen Mary2 (150,000 GT) but in fact the smaller Queen Elizabeth (91,000 GT)

mapuc

10-03-21, 10:39 AM

Sorry Markus I should have named her.

You are quite correct she is not the Queen Mary2 (150,000 GT) but in fact the smaller Queen Elizabeth (91,000 GT)

Cunard Line has three cruise ships. QM2, QE2 and QV

QM2 Queen Mary 2.
QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2.
QV Queen Victoria.

My dream is a world cruise on QM2.

Markus

Jimbuna

10-03-21, 10:49 AM

That's quite a dream Markus and I sincerely hope you achieve it some day.

Aktungbby

10-03-21, 11:40 AM

My dream is a world cruise on QM2.
MarkusJust make sure U travel P.O.S.H-first class; not steerage! https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-437b42821d7a4829cb661c1eb7c6a84c:O::oops::nope::de ad: https://img.thriftbooks.com/api/images/m/c23acd2b99e48deb17c6c98ab5468027ae9dba79.jpg

mapuc

10-03-21, 11:54 AM

Just make sure U travel P.O.S.H-first class; not steerage!:O::oops::nope::dead:

Now I'm curious what is P.O.S.H ?

Secondly If I win the jackpot in Euromillions the trip will be in the Queens suite

But it is and will only be a dream.

Markus

Jimbuna

10-03-21, 11:57 AM

Now I'm curious what is P.O.S.H ?

Secondly If I win the jackpot in Euromillions the trip will be in the Queens suite

But it is and will only be a dream.

Markus

https://www.lexico.com/explore/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-posh

The story goes that the more well-to-do passengers on ships travelling between England and India used to have POSH written against their bookings, standing for 'Port Out, Starboard Home' (indicating the more desirable cabins, on the shady side of the ship). Unfortunately, this story did not make its appearance until the 1930s, by which time the term had already been in use for some twenty years. Added to this, the word does not appear to have been recorded in the form 'P.O.S.H.', which would be expected if it had started life as an abbreviation.

Despite exhaustive enquiries, including interviews with former travellers and inspection of shipping company documents, researchers for the 20-volume historical Oxford English Dictionary have found no supporting evidence for this explanation of the origins of posh.

mapuc

10-03-21, 12:18 PM

Thank you Jim and Aktungbby :salute:

Markus

Aktungbby

10-03-21, 12:24 PM

Profound experience from one who practiced good seamanship:D in the pool of a not-so-P.O.S.H. Banks-Line freighter off the sweltering 112+F. Malabar coast! https://bankline.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_73c1.jpeg:k_confused: :Kaleun_Salute:

mapuc

10-03-21, 12:33 PM

Good Seamanship is A & O at sea, it saves life

Markus

Sean C

10-08-21, 02:03 AM

Using technology to create art from photographs I took eleven years ago.

https://i.imgur.com/dDTtywVh.png

https://i.imgur.com/JTp19kch.png

Skybird

10-08-21, 03:53 PM

Did another long - and probably last of the year - bicycle tour today, starting in foggy greyish weather and temps of 7°C, towards the region around Osnabrück, to the Rubbenbruchsee, and city centre following on. What set today's tour apart was that the bettering weather added so much beauty to it, golden light, warmth, colours. I turned into another perfect day. At the Rubbenbruchsee I sat in a Cafe, ate lunch with well prepared Wiener Schnitzel and Pommes Frites, nothing overdone, but what there was, was well done, solid, and a nice salad, I am not a salad man, so when I mention a salad positively, it really means something. :) Then a cheese cake that pleasently surprised me with having much less sweetness than cake usually has, I like that, if the sweetness is not overdone like so many usually do. I am not even about health, its just the taste of beeing way too sweet. Sat in the open under a sunscreen, and enjoyed the growing warmth. After that, completing the round around the lake, and into the city's old town.

I have it all on film, this time not in 5x but 2x stabilised acceleration. I make the trip there another movie, uncut, but only one way (going there). The material is very nice, smooth, calm, and as I said, nice colours and light and this interesting change from grey and dark to golden colours and nice October day and 17°C from midday on. Its so lovely a region. 10 hours due to the long stays and wandering around in the old town, 130 km. The film should be around 1-1.5 hours.

Another perfect day! :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Eichhörnchen

10-10-21, 05:12 PM

https://i.imgur.com/J5K69tf.jpg I finally got myself a fez (Turkish variety)

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10-21-21, 04:17 PM

Rain, currently a steady light mist to constant drizzle, is hitting the state now; and is much needed in the yearlong drought. What is coming on Saturday is an atmospheric river of level 4-5; capable of more moisture vapor than the Mississippi has water. Capable of dumping 3' of snow in the Sierras, it will be a welcome relief to the nasty fires still burning but could also cause serious erosion of bare/scorched areas. Never pure joy with Mother Nature!:wah: Fingers crossed in trepidation as the Bay Area and Northern California are directly in the path.

Sean C

10-21-21, 10:26 PM

I bought a telescope a while back. Not a big expensive one, but it does magnify up to 120x. Unfortunately, it had a defect. If I tried to look at a planet, it looked like a comet - with a large, hazy tail about six times the diameter of the body, extending to the lower left. This made it completely useless for looking at anything other than the Moon or terrestrial objects.

Well, tonight I decided to try and fix it - even though I know very little about how telescopes are assembled. I took off the piece on the front which I can only describe as a sort of shade for the objective lens. That revealed a threaded ring which held the objective lens in place. After a brief inspection, I noticed that it was cross-threaded.

I carefully unscrewed it and re-seated it correctly. I thought to myself "If this was the only thing wrong, I'll be happy ... but mad at the same time." You see, I've gone months without using it because of this defect, and if that's all I had to do to fix it, then I've missed a lot of good observing for no good reason.

Anyway, it turns out that the cross-threaded ring was the only problem. I aligned the telescope with Jupiter, adjusted the focus and was thrilled to see Io, Ganymede and Callisto and I could even just barely make out one of the bands of gasses which make up old Jove's atmosphere! I turned the scope to Saturn and I could clearly see the rings! And the Moon looked absolutely amazing! I was elated!

I have an adapter which allows me to clamp my phone to the eyepiece so that I can take pictures and record video. However, my new phone doesn't quite fit. I'll have to find a way to make it work or use my old phone to take pics/video. Either way, if I get some good images or video I will post them here if anyone is interested. Attached below is an image of the Moon I shot before I fixed the defect. Hopefully future images will be even better.

https://i.imgur.com/WahflE6h.jpg

Side note:
While I was outside, my neighbor's wife came over and asked if she could look through my telescope. I said "Sure." After looking at Jupiter and Saturn, she hesitantly asked me if I thought the Earth could be flat. I laughed and said "No, of course not."

She did not laugh. Hilarity ensued. :shifty:

:nope:

Cybermat47

10-21-21, 10:53 PM

After looking at Jupiter and Saturn, she hesitantly asked me if I thought the Earth could be flat. I laughed and said "No, of course not.”

We all know the real shape of the Earth:

https://i.imgur.com/T4u0LCW.jpg

Looking forward to seeing more of your photos!

Catfish

10-22-21, 01:45 PM

I bought a telescope a while back. [...]
Nice! Please keep posting those pictures :yeah:

Side note:
While I was outside, my neighbor's wife came over and asked if she could look through my telescope. I said "Sure." After looking at Jupiter and Saturn, she hesitantly asked me if I thought the Earth could be flat. I laughed and said "No, of course not."

She did not laugh. Hilarity ensued. :shifty:
I did not come across a lot of people who say that the earth is flat :hmmm:
Just mention evidence of the earth being not flat is that in that case cats would have all shoved over the edge already, they will laugh and you can quickly change the subject :yep:

mapuc

10-22-21, 01:59 PM

Earth is flat at zero meter of ground-this change as you go higher and higher up in the sky. At 10.000 Feet Earth are no more flat.

Markus

Sean C

10-23-21, 12:02 AM

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10-24-21, 10:39 AM

RAIN! The atmospheric river is doing it all along the western seaboard up to Oregon! Winds in the hills are at 30+ mph and rain is in inches and expected all week long. The Napa river had been empty mud above Napa City due in part to world famous grape vineyards pumping out the underground aquifers; lowering the water-table which is not good for the fish. This will put out the ongoing California & Oregon fires which have been burning for months in rough terrain; and replenish our greatly reduced reservoirs...but probably not get us out of the serious drought we're in...:hmmm: The Sierras will have great ski conditions after this as snow will be 2+ feet! EDIT: Just called in a 911 fire-showering electric shower from the four insulators on the crosstree! The homeowner, two doors away dwelling there happens to be my cardiac nurse on my recent treadmill test last Thursday!! So, I went out in the tempest to warn her.

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10-26-21, 11:35 AM

Still drying out from the atmospheric river that zeroed in on California on Sunday. Several roads/highways are washed out; but the fire season is over!:yeah: It's the earliest fire season ending in years! Recorded rainfall amounts in a day were 5.5 in. at San Francisco up to 11 inches in nearby counties. The Napa River went from 2.6 ft to more than 21 feet in 14 hours. The flood gates and a low tide in SF Bay prevented any serious flooding. Our drought stricken local reservoirs went from 58% to 66%...all good! The Napa river is flowing from all the reborn bone-dry creeks feeding into it again. Some more rain is expected all week, but the mother load has passed into Nevada and Arizona according to my tablet's weather radar app. Technically we're still in a drought though.

Eichhörnchen

10-27-21, 05:36 AM

Still having trouble with the camera, but the view is amazing! The picture below does not do it justice, but it will give you an idea of what I am seeing. (And thank you all for the kind replies!)

https://i.imgur.com/1NfQjCah.jpg

Please do post more... I've got a telescope up in the attic but it's nowhere near this good. Look forward to seeing some more, mate

Sean C

10-27-21, 02:08 PM

Thanks! The image above is actually a still from a video. It was the only way I could get a decent image at the time. I've attached all the videos I shot that night below. I would attach the picture I took of Saturn, but it's barely recognizable. :(

https://youtu.be/tubReBqj6Yo

Sean C

10-27-21, 04:29 PM

By the way, you don't have to spend an unreasonable amount of money to get similar or even better results. Here's an inventory of everything I use:

Celestron Travel Scope 80 (https://www.celestron.com/products/travel-scope-80-portable-telescope-with-smartphone-adapter): $119.95
(Includes 20mm and 10mm eyepieces and star diagonal.)
Celestron Heavy Duty Azimuth Tripod (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007UQNY0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1): $99.95
(Original tripod was too flimsy and had no slow motion controls.)
Omni 2X Barlow Lens - 1.25" (https://www.celestron.com/products/omni-2x-barlow-lens-125in): $57.95
X-Cel LX 3X Barlow Lens - 1.25" (https://www.amazon.com/Celestron-93428-X-Cel-1-25-Inch-Barlow/dp/B00810N364/ref=sr_1_1): $92.74
Lunar and Planetary Filter Set - 1.25" (https://www.celestron.com/products/lunar-and-planetary-filter-set-125in): $44.95

Total cost: $415.54 + tax/s&h

However, you could get the same view of the Moon with only the scope and 3X Barlow.

Cost: $212.69 + tax/s&h

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12-09-21, 11:43 PM

A solid day of chores::D made the coffee, did the dishes...and got the outside Christmas lights up well B 4 the holiday!:yeah: Most of my enthusiastic neighbors do it on Friday following Thanksgiving but I'm too stuffed to climb the ladder. The 'boss' spotted me on the ladder; and handed up new traditional 2" colored bulbs as needed; some on my venerable 32 year-old 4-strand have died. I don't go for the modern glitzy white light crap. The new deep gutters totally blocking the wooden eaveends necessitated some hasty picture brass wall-hooks being tapped in around corner downspouts to hold the wire. My excited wife, dubbed 'Christmas Baby' decades ago by the inlaws, is real big on Xmas decorations incl. the mantel and tree to follow tomorrow. Mission acomplished; getting up and down ladders at 70 is not a percentage maneuver for an old guy!

ET2SN

12-10-21, 02:06 AM

OK, this will wind up sounding a bit odd.. :D

As some of you know, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis back in 2009-2010. Its why I get all of my health care done at the VA. I had really good luck with injecting Interferon (after I built up a tolerance to it) to the point where some of the old damaged areas "healed" back close to normal and my MRI scans showed either no signs or very minimal signs of MS progression.

Then the pandemic hit and I had to put the Neurology appointments on the back burner during the lock downs. I was finally able to set up a Neurology appt. a couple of weeks ago where I had wanted to talk with my Dr. about being on the same medicine vs. switching to one of the other MS meds (doing a shot of Interferon every other day for 13 years starts to take its toll).

My Dr. came back with a curve ball: "Be honest, when was the last time your MS flared up?" I had to think about that, it was something like four years after I started the shots. I ask why and he says "Its a little early with you, but I think we can take you off your meds. What do you think?"

:o
:hmmm:
:D
:yeah:

So, we set up an MRI scan appt. which happened yesterday and I got the call this morning: no signs of activity. I'm just waiting now for my Neuro to call back where we can map out a plan to get me off these meds.

This isn't a decision I'm taking lightly. As far as I know, I'm not cured. That never really happens. What does happen with some MS patients is that the disease goes dormant or "burns itself out" once the patient gets into their mid-60's. I just turned 60 last summer so that outcome wasn't even on my RADAR yet.

It is NOW. :D

To be clear, this ISN'T one of those "cruel VA stories" where they kick me into a snow drift and cut off my meds. I doubt I'll be getting off the good 'ole disability pension any time soon (my disability % is pretty high). Still, I've been able to keep my basic mobility intact and adapt to the stuff that changed.

Anyway, if any of you noticed me walking three inches above the ground in the last two weeks, that was why.

:Kaleun_Cheers:

Sean C

12-10-21, 02:13 AM

That's great! :yeah: Congratulations!

Catfish

12-10-21, 03:46 AM

[...] As some of you know, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis back in 2009-2010. Its why I get all of my health care done at the VA. I had really good luck with injecting Interferon

So, we set up an MRI scan appt. which happened yesterday and I got the call this morning: no signs of activity. I'm just waiting now for my Neuro to call back where we can map out a plan to get me off these meds.
Good to hear :)
As far as I know, I'm not cured. That never really happens. What does happen with some MS patients is that the disease goes dormant or "burns itself out" once the patient gets into their mid-60's. I just turned 60 last summer so that outcome wasn't even on my RADAR yet.
It is NOW. :DIn the relapsing/remitting form of MS the flares can happen every few years (or more often), while the inflammation is dormant in between. As you said this alone is not a sign that it will not happen again, but this 'burnin itself out' sure is good news.
Apart from Interferon there are developments involving some Ocrelizumab/Ocrevus every 6 months. Advised are also vitamine D3 and especially propione acid against the flaring-up of MS, you get propione acid in pill form. Maybe ask your doctor. Apart from the Ocrelizumab stuff all else is relatively cheap.
Anyway, if any of you noticed me walking three inches above the ground in the last two weeks, that was why.
:Kaleun_Cheers::haha: Wish you all the best! :up:

ET2SN

12-10-21, 04:30 AM

Catfish;
Trust me, you're preaching to the choir. I know all about this disease. :har:
With the other meds, I'm thinking NO meds is a better alternative as long as I can get away with it. :up:
I've heard my share of stories from really invasive surgery (debunked) to third world miracle cures that only require a visa and most of your savings. :yep:
That's where MS is dangerous. The reality is that no one knows what really triggers it so its easy to dream up miracle cures for the desperate. Let's agree to just not go there. :03:

With D3, I did a "mega dose" trial back in 2011 to get my levels back to a normal range. I still take D3 supplements to keep my levels normal and I don't plan to change that.

Catfish

12-10-21, 05:28 AM

I am getting this Ocr. stuff since 2 years, found no side effects up to now, caught no cold, not even tired or anything after infusions. Yet.
Yep, there are a lot of charlatans out there of course, however vitamine D3 and propion acid seem to have an impact: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32160527/
All the best :yep:

Jimbuna

12-11-21, 07:04 AM

Wishing you all the best ET2SN :salute:

ET2SN

12-11-21, 05:37 PM

Wishing you all the best ET2SN :salute:

I've been thinking about this quite a bit.
I can travel again.
Can I camp out on your couch for five or six weeks?
:Kaleun_Wink:

:D

Seriously, I won't be tied quite so tight to my apartment.

Jimbuna

12-12-21, 12:22 PM

I've been thinking about this quite a bit.
I can travel again.
Can I camp out on your couch for five or six weeks?
:Kaleun_Wink:

:D

Seriously, I won't be tied quite so tight to my apartment.

That wouldn't be a problem unless the family hound had an objection :)

Sean C

12-14-21, 12:02 AM

I was just out watching the Geminid meteor shower. It's a great night for it ... at least in southeast Virginia. I probably saw about a dozen meteors in a half hour.

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12-25-21, 01:52 PM

Awaiting the kids to show for Christmas brunch: quiche with mimosas; followed by daughter's roasted Duck a l'Orange late dinner! And it's continuously raining all week in a moderate 'atmospheric river' to further fill the CA drought starved reservoirs...perhaps the best Christmas gift of all!! :hmmm:

Eichhörnchen

02-23-22, 06:59 AM

First post here for 2022:

When I woke up this morning Moira told me I'd been laughing out loud in my sleep. I asked what have I got to laugh about?

Commander Wallace

02-23-22, 07:53 AM

First post here for 2022:

When I woke up this morning Moira told me I'd been laughing out loud in my sleep. I asked what have I got to laugh about?

Could it be because you watched the latest installment of animal planet ?

Dis-functional squirrels and the nuts who love them ? :03:

Jimbuna

02-23-22, 08:54 AM

Overseeing the workers replacing forty feet of fencing at the rear of the property because at a cost to me of £1350 I need it doing correctly.

Commander Wallace

03-13-22, 08:16 AM

Well, there was a rematch of the 2022 Olympic Women's hockey gold medal match-up Yesterday. It was again between the Women's Canadian and American teams. I expected a hard fought game and wasn't surprised that it was

It took place in Pittsburgh at the PPG sports arena. Pittsburgh Penguin's Mike Matheson's wife, Emily Pfalzer Matheson coached the Women's American team. This explains why the game was held in Pittsburgh. I might have made the trip to see the game if I had known sooner.

The Women's American team lost in overtime to Canada, once again. :wah:

The American team played much better in this rematch but still lost 4-3. How much more can an American hockey fan take ? :wah:

I may have a solution. :03: I'm putting together a petition. I think the U.S should invade Canada and take all of their current and future hockey players and hypnotize them into believing they are Americans.

All jokes aside, the Hockey work ethics and traditions in Canada are hard to beat. :yep:

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03-28-22, 04:02 PM

Watching Howard Hawk's 1930 classic Flight Commander on classic TMC movies and my better half: computing our taxes for the annual appointment with our taxman on the morrow.

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04-27-22, 09:05 PM

Rototilled heavy sacks of manure into our garden boxes for the spring veggie garden planting; pulled up weeds and cut down unwanted shrubs to tidy up the rear yard. The wife is making homemade crumpets on the grill!? Sorta like making pancakes..to go with her homemade jams and marmelade: all from fruit from the neighbors' trees. A week ago our on-call gardner rerouted our timed irrigation, wiring, et al for front and back yards and replace &re-engineered the aged sprinkler 25 yearold valves. The cost was steep but $ave$ water in the California drought!

Catfish

04-28-22, 02:42 AM

^ oh yes the joy of "gardening". Has been too cold, maybe this weekend..
Very sandy ground here, still the ground water level is high and due to lots of trees part is in the shadow, so it is mostly too wet.
When tending the beds (read: sand) our cat lies in the vicinity and wonders what we are doing with his toilet.

Eichhörnchen

05-11-22, 10:46 AM

What's social media doing to us? I just saw that my mother-in-law has put a 'like' on one of my Facebook photo posts - I expected it to have been the one of me and my brother, taken at his son's wedding a few years ago

Nope... it turned out to be the one of Lego's Princess Leia photocopying her arse

Gerald

05-11-22, 05:59 PM

Overseeing the workers replacing forty feet of fencing at the rear of the property because at a cost to me of £1350 I need it doing correctly.
if I remember correctly, it was painted quite a lot on the fence, and now it will be an experience again!

Aktungbby

05-11-22, 08:06 PM

Talkin' bout money!!!:k_confused: my daughter has just announced her engagement after a 5 year relationship to a Pliny the Elder beer maker!:Kaleun_Cheers: I'm about to become ...poor.My BetterHalf is poring over wedding dress patterns, having crocheted her own full-length gown ...42 years ago!!

ET2SN

05-11-22, 08:35 PM

So, a quick update. :D

Saw the Neuro again yesterday. My suspicion that he got cold feet turned out to be right. :shifty: He thinks I'm just too young (by several years) to quit the MS meds entirely. I've already switched from one type of Interferon to a (basically the same) "off label" version.
What's new is that I'll be switching again to one of the pills (I'm mis-spelling it on purpose to avoid the bots) called "Tech Federra" sometime next month after I use up all of my needles.

I'm already planning a steak dinner for the night of my last needle :yeah: then I take a two week "vacation" and clean out before I start the pills. :up:

Once that starts, I can finally go on a diet and drop 10-15 lbs since I won't need the "shot acreage" any more (Interferon and muscle tissue is NOT a happy combination). :yeah:

So, it isn't the best news but I'm still smiling. I figure another 4-5 years of a pill a day is better than having nothing change.

:Kaleun_Cheers:

Sean C

05-11-22, 08:35 PM

Overseeing the workers replacing forty feet of fencing at the rear of the property because at a cost to me of £1350 I need it doing correctly.

I was going to say that's less than we're paying, but let's see ...

£1350 ≈ $1653
$1653 ÷ 40 ft. ≈ $41/ft. (≈ £33/ft.)

Ouch.

We're getting ~181 ft. of fence replaced after a strong wind blew it down. One of my neighbors is doing the job for $4900 (≈ £4,003).

$4900 ÷ 181 ft. ≈ $27/ft. (≈ £22/ft.)

I guess we're getting a good deal. But he's giving us a discount because we're neighbors. I wonder what the price difference for lumber is between the U.S. and U.K.

[The section that is facing the other way actually belonged to another neighbor, so he paid to replace that.]

https://i.imgur.com/Wozdktdh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Lr8GBe3h.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/vWx7uiJh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mrXQrdIh.jpg

Jimbuna

05-12-22, 09:04 AM

I was going to say that's less than we're paying, but let's see ...

£1350 ≈ $1653
$1653 ÷ 40 ft. ≈ $41/ft. (≈ £33/ft.)

Ouch.

We're getting ~181 ft. of fence replaced after a strong wind blew it down. One of my neighbors is doing the job for $4900 (≈ £4,003).

$4900 ÷ 181 ft. ≈ $27/ft. (≈ £22/ft.)

I guess we're getting a good deal. But he's giving us a discount because we're neighbors. I wonder what the price difference for lumber is between the U.S. and U.K.

Add on the airfare and travel expenses for me to hire your neighbour and my deal looks the best :)

:03:

Eichhörnchen

05-12-22, 02:31 PM

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05-12-22, 05:39 PM

avoid sex, alcohol, motorcycles, step ladders and parachute lessons. Not necessarily in that order.:haha: You'll add 18 months to your lifespan!:O: Avoid diets since you'll need to avoid starving to death in WWIII, global warming and Covid 20,21 & 23. Living off yer hump is a critical concept!:hmmm::rotfl2::dead: To misquote the late great Negro League pitcher, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Satchel_Paige.jpg/330px-Satchel_Paige.jpgSatchel Paige: "don't look back..its already gaining on U! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_during_consensual_sex Talkin' 'bout "big bang theory" here!:()1::/\\chop:cry: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0922-older-adult-falls.html I'm not kidding about step ladders!
and a rather large # of guys in their 60's die on their Sunday Harley Davidson outings on scenic curvy Napa Back-roads https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-met-older-motorcyclists-getting-around-20171018-story.htmlNational statistics on motorcycle fatalities show a curious trend: Whereas in 1975, 80 percent of motorcycle fatalities involved riders 29 years old or younger, now the age group with the most fatalities is 50 and older, at 35 percent, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit highway safety research group funded by auto insurance companies. Ninety-one percent of those killed in 2015 were male.

Commander Wallace

05-12-22, 06:08 PM

^ avoid motorcycles ? Nevah !!!!! :timeout: The biggest fear and dangers we motorcyclists have are these silly little twits who can't keep their hands off of their phones while driving. Texting kills.

Life's pleasures. Motorcycles, a good cigar and a good bottle of Cognac. A good lady to share the motorcycles and cognac with are equally good too. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:
I think it's a great idea if older motorcyclists periodically take motorcycle safety courses, regularly. The idea is to not only not take stupid chances but train yourself to deal with the unexpected and train yourself to continually look for escape routes while driving.

mapuc

05-12-22, 06:13 PM

It's not about how long you have lived, but how you lived your life.

Markus

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05-12-22, 06:17 PM

^ avoid motorcycles ? Nevah !!!!! :timeout: The biggest fear we motorcyclists have are these silly little twits who can't keep their hands off of their phones while driving. Texting kills.

Life's pleasures. Motorcycles, a good cigar and a good bottle of Cognac. A good lady to share the motorcycles and cognac with are equally good too. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:
I think it's a great idea if older motorcyclists periodically take motorcycle safety courses, regularly. The idea is to not only not take stupid chances but train yourself to deal with the unexpected and train yourself to continually look for escape routes while driving. Keep the Cigar and the Cognac; but lose that big motorcycle Momma :arrgh!: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/96/08/669608c900856376d950efc1a6da0845.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_W9MC1w2_4 Logging 3 straight years 355+ daze-a-year on the Hwys. of 'Merika in the 70's on a sleeper team for Midwestern Distribution, Fort Scott; with two more intra-state and local; I noted that the ignorance of my just-outta-driving-school codriver and crazy drivers everywhere would be the main issue as "the leading cause of death is other people"... even before cell phones.. I was the driver sent out to handle company wrecks throughout N. Amerika, salvage cargo and make the arrangement for the deceased driver(s). An eighteen wheeler is essentially a huge 80,000 lb motorcycle: ie high & narrow; one wheel group set in front; and one set way in back back. In either case, big or small, gravity, speed, stupidity and #1 cause: falling asleep at the wheel are the cause of disaster.

Commander Wallace

05-12-22, 10:29 PM

^ Those sport bikes are dangerous.

I instead stick to my " old Man " cruisers with creature comforts including " running boards. " My cruisers are plenty fast and powerful. For me, it's about the ride and riding safely, not the speed.

Catfish

05-13-22, 01:57 AM

99 percent of accidents and deaths happen at home.
I'd advise to stay away from it :03:

re ET2SN
"Saw the Neuro again yesterday. My suspicion that he got cold feet turned out to be right. :shifty: He thinks I'm just too young (by several years) to quit the MS meds entirely. I've already switched from one type of Interferon to a (basically the same) "off label" version.
What's new is that I'll be switching again to one of the pills (I'm mis-spelling it on purpose to avoid the bots) called "Tech Federra" sometime next month after I use up all of my needles."No idea of your age, but you got some kind of a betaferon i guess?
Asked my Neuro the same yesterday and he also advised to get on with medication for a year or two, thogh with another stuff. Have to get infusions two times a year, so it does not interfere so much with the life, but they take 7 hours :shifty:.

@Eichhörnchen, i see what you mean, or better i feel it :03:

Eichhörnchen

06-02-22, 06:08 AM

The Red Arrows are supposed to be stooging around here about now (over The Wash). No sign of them so far but I'm ready with a camera

Eichhörnchen

06-03-22, 09:59 AM

Eichhörnchen

06-03-22, 11:28 AM

Jubilee beacon at Frampton last night and just across the fields from here. This was taken by a friend & neighbour who went to see it being lit

https://i.imgur.com/9DTnRK3.jpg

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06-03-22, 11:53 AM

^ I didn't see or hear the Red Arrows but I did get to see the flypast typhoons returning to base at Coningsby - watching from my front garden

Today, after seeing several youths fail miserably on the coconut shy at the local jubilee fair, I smashed one into tiny pieces with my second ball (I needed the first to get my eye in). And to prove it here is my prize

https://i.imgur.com/GyiZMcX.jpg Prince Louis did!:k_confused:https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Prince-Louis-Has-Adorable-Reaction-to-Loud-Planes-During-Trooping-the-Colour-Flyover-6.jpg?w=700&quality=86&strip=all

Jubilee beacon at Frampton last night and just across the fields from here. This was taken by a friend & neighbour who went to see it being lit

https://i.imgur.com/9DTnRK3.jpgLast lit in 1588 as the Armada neared the mucky murky depths of the Fens!:arrgh!:

Eichhörnchen

06-03-22, 12:35 PM

There's no place muckier and murkier than my part of the Fens :D

Aktungbby

06-06-22, 12:12 PM

enjoying The Enemy Below, D-Day the Sixth of June, and The Frogmen, & Decision Before Dawn on D-Day!

Commander Wallace

06-07-22, 01:51 PM

enjoying The Enemy Below, D-Day the Sixth of June, and The Frogmen, & Decision Before Dawn on D-Day!

Great movies. Robert Mitchum was always a great actor in all the reruns I have seen. Robert had such a commanding presence. I also liked him as Victor " Pug " Henry in the mini-series, " Winds of war " based on a book by Herman wouk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paTlrv4CpJ4

Catfish

06-07-22, 02:15 PM

Commander Wallace

06-07-22, 02:47 PM

"Winds of war" is a great book.. but it stops in the middle of the war, and i have not yet read "War and remembrance", which seems to be the sequel(?).

Yesterday and today repaired the blinking airbag lamp or better the cause for it, then moved stones from one place in the garden to another. Sysiphos was a joke in comparison :wah:

Now watching football England-Germany, with a chech Breznak :)

I have not seen War and remembrance so I really have no idea if that's the sequel but it would seem to be. Winds of War went through I believe 7 installments and it indeed did end with WW2's conclusion. The clip I included with my previous post is the end of WW2 for Victor " Pug " Henry.

Sean C

06-07-22, 08:37 PM

Cycling.

https://i.imgur.com/cZYNSfkm.jpg

Aktungbby

06-19-22, 10:59 AM

Sipping having my morning cuppa-Joe and reading the paper. I will joining my daughter and her fiànce later for a combined Father's Day and my wife's birthday luncheon. Still recuperating from a day of slaving over a hot stove making 37 jars of apricot jam (9 pints)from the neighbor's tree! I just got a message there will be no Wall Street Journal on Monday, as today is Juneteenth, now an official Federal holiday, honoring June 19, 1865 when Galveston, Texas, westernmost state of the Confederacy, was finally put into compliance with Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. As a retiree myself, I hope it's a paid holiday for those workers slaving away to pay into my Social Security stipend... :Kaleun_Salute:

Eichhörnchen

06-19-22, 11:03 AM

^:Kaleun_Salute::Kaleun_Cheers:

Jimbuna

06-19-22, 12:24 PM

Both kids and their respective husband/partner and granddaughter have not long left after their Fathers Day visit so the wife and I plan on a relaxing evening in front of tv where I'll be sure to taste some of the beers I have received.

Red October1984

06-22-22, 08:22 PM

Quarterly check-in. I'm doing well! Finishing up some training before moving on to the next evolution.

Glad to see familiar faces still cruising along here. Best wishes to all

- John

Jimbuna

07-21-22, 12:25 PM

2k on a new combi boiler for the house :oops:

Aktungbby

07-21-22, 06:59 PM

Gottcha beat! SWMBO and I are finally 'goin solar' with a backup battery. Unsure of the total price less the 10K+- Federal tax credit, 13 solar panels and the new electric fuse panel (mine is original since the house was built in 1967) It will also need to be moved at least a meter away from the gas-meter per current code rules. :k_confused: and is a potential fire hazard...so I figure 20-30K with loan. The house roof just got droned/inspected this AM to make sure the roof is up to to snuff to hold the panels. It was just replaced along with baths and kitchen; so that shouldn't be an issue. The plan is to lower the ever increasing bill from PG&E since the home system then 'sells' electricity into the grid to offset the bill. My boat captain/neighbor has a Tesla system,https://pv-magazine-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/04/powerwall-e1523453786557.jpg and except for an inverter failure early on, he is pleased with the result & bill savings; and can monitor the system and grid interaction with his phone app...

Jeff-Groves

07-21-22, 07:17 PM

I'm currently replacing the regulator and seals in an FX Streamline .22 rifle for a friend.
:yep:

Now where did I put my 11mm box wrench?
:hmmm:

stoppro

07-23-22, 02:58 PM

Flew up north for 50 high school reunion got covid came home.

Catfish

07-23-22, 03:30 PM

^ ouch. Hope it does not get too bad, wish you a speedy recovery.

Gottcha beat! SWMBO and I are finally 'goin solar' with a backup battery. Unsure of the total price less the 10K+- Federal tax credit, 13 solar panels and the new electric fuse panel (mine is original since the house was built in 1967) It will also need to be moved at least a meter away from the gas-meter per current code rules. :k_confused: and is a potential fire hazard...so I figure 20-30K with loan. The house roof just got droned/inspected this AM to make sure the roof is up to to snuff to hold the panels. It was just replaced along with baths and kitchen; so that shouldn't be an issue. The plan is to lower the ever increasing bill from PG&E since the home system then 'sells' electricity into the grid to offset the bill. My boat captain/neighbor has a Tesla system, and except for an inverter failure early on, he is pleased with the result & bill savings; and can monitor the system and grid interaction with his phone app...
This solar electric stuff sounds phantastic, and it is. Fantasy. There is no battery that can store as much as one needs, let alone how long it will be able to work in its life cycle. Four years, six if you're lucky?

You can use solar cells to lower the base consumption and sell it to the grid, but fuelling an electric oven? Run an air condition with it? You need the heater when the sun does not shine. Solar cells also do not work forever, chrystalline ones are "ok", amorph ones age in five years to less than 30 percent of their original output.

We have calculated this to and fro, thing is it only will be worth the investion after 20-30 years – most probably not even then due to battery ageing, solar cell replacement and ageing electronics.
Invest 30,000 Euros to pay 100 Euros less/month does not look as if i would ever see some return. Maybe when i'll be 110 years old, but even then :doh:

So financially it does not make much sense now. Maybe later with better technology.
What about ecological gain? Even here the building of solar cells, electronics, batteries, transport, installation, maintenance, disposal/recycling; the overall cumulative energy balance is bad, much worse than using what we have.
Does not have much impact on world climate just because your exhaust is located at the horizon.

It fuels the economy of cours. And so cool to have a smartphone gadget that gives one the illusion of control :O:

stoppro

07-23-22, 07:37 PM

thanks. pretty much over it just tired.

Aktungbby

07-23-22, 08:55 PM

This solar electric stuff sounds phantastic, and it is. Fantasy. There is no battery that can store as much as one needs, let alone how long it will be able to work in its life cycle. Four years, six if you're lucky?
We have calculated this to and fro, thing is it only will be worth the investion after 20-30 years – most probably not even then due to battery ageing, solar cell replacement and ageing electronics.
Invest 30,000 Euros to pay 100 Euros less/month does not look as if i would ever see some return. Maybe when i'll be 110 years old, but even then :doh:

So financially it does not make much sense now. Maybe later with better technology.
What about ecological gain? Even here the building of solar cells, electronics, batteries, transport, installation, maintenance, disposal/recycling; the overall cumulative energy balance is bad, much worse than using what we have.
Does not have much impact on world climate just because your exhaust is located at the horizon.

It fuels the economy of cours. And so cool to have a smartphone gadget that gives one the illusion of control :O: Being 71, I'm in the same 'return on investment' fix. I'll never see it but by sole heir will. :D The battery, approx 14K extra, is guaranteed 10 years and is necessary since the house experiences numerous power failures. It should last 25 years depending on total drainages. These are often due to convictied criminal corporation PG&E shutting down power lines in high winds to prevent further horrific fires. I just want sufficient power to run the AC, fridge and computer during the oft-daylong outages. That will constitute sufficient "off the gridness" for lil' ol me?:arrgh!: We had considered the German Sonnen or the worthy Tesla of my neighbor-captain but are going with the 14K Enphase-Encharge Ensemble 10 https://www.ecodirect.com/v/vspfiles/photos/Enphase-Ensemble-Kit-2T.jpg?v-cache=1658147776all-in-one AC-coupled storage system is reliable, smart, simple, and safe. It is comprised of three base Encharge 3T™ storage units, has a total usable energy capacity of 10.08kWh and twelve embedded grid-forming microinverters with 3.84kW power rating. Warranty > 70% capacity, up to 10 years or 4000 cycles What, with fires within 8000 meters, earthquakes epicentering 500 NW yards from the house, that my phone-app gadget illusion-control will prevent my abode's diving below its crush depth!!??:O: :doh: https://www.ecodirect.com/Enphase-Ensemble-13-4kWh-Battery-Back-up-with-Lo-p/enphase-ensemble-kit.htm?gclid=Cj0KCQjwuO6WBhDLARIsAIdeyDJ4HaGvaNsf ZAc8KN5huvHkhFbJySDOcKHT04ddzKYhtBPuSaUJ58waAgqGEA Lw_wcB

Eichhörnchen

07-24-22, 01:23 PM

I do often wonder how you're doing, Vinny - I don't know how you can stay so cool amid all this mayhem :Kaleun_Salute:

Catfish

07-24-22, 02:11 PM

I do often wonder how you're doing, Vinny - I don't know how you can stay so cool amid all this mayhem :Kaleun_Salute:
I guess it is hot in Napa valley, fires, earthquakes .. but still a beautiful region to live :yep:

@Aktungbby
we are still thinking about what to do, but next thing is the roof and that will be expensive enough. Makes no sense to install anything on a bad roof .. maybe later and with improved technology.

Still, a battery with 4,5 kw? How long is this supposed to last when fully loaded, if you add all the consuming devices? :hmmm:
We thought about an emergency generator to be driven with fuel or LPG. It would be connected to the electric fuse panel, but with a switch either using electricity from the net, or from the generator.
They also come with ATS but then current not bei9ng used is being fed to the net, and for this it would be mandatory to have a special synchronizer to adapt to the net's phases.
It is able to generate 8000 Watts continuously and setting to lowest rpm when there is no major consumer. One 20l tank is good for up to 30 hours, so some jerry cans as backup, or propane gas.

Aktungbby

08-02-22, 07:07 PM

Tadaaa! Today is our 42nd wedding anniversary!:timeout: I remembered to get my bride a card...and we're off to our favorite Napa steakkhouse for dinner. We'll probably discuss our daughter's upcoming wedding next April!!? My inlaws, most of whom are divorced, didn't expect me to last this long!:arrgh!:

Catfish

08-03-22, 01:29 AM

^ Wasn't »42« the answer on the meaning of life? Shall we congratulate, or just wish "all the best"?
:O:

Ok i am for congratulations to the Mrs and you! :)

Jimbuna

08-03-22, 11:18 AM

Congratulations, the missus needs a medal as big as a frying pan :)

Jimbuna

08-03-22, 11:24 AM

The three firesticks have been updated to allow a further years free viewing.

Mork_417

08-21-22, 12:14 PM

https://i.imgur.com/Kc95T02h.jpg

Waiting on cable management pieces to arrive. :doh:

Jimbuna

08-21-22, 01:13 PM

Waiting on cable management pieces to arrive. :doh:

That's been my downfall for years :)

Eichhörnchen

08-23-22, 09:07 AM

Been a busy month - just got back from the damp trouser clinic & my plumbing seems to be functioning again. It's been no fun at all. I suppose it'll be my arse next

Aktungbby

08-23-22, 11:38 AM

Welcome to the club; After a :subsim: member mentioned his own high PSA count a short while back, I was motivated to get a general blood test; and following an 5+ PSA count, have an appointment late in Sept for a scan. (Hurry up'n wait) Throwing in a recent 8hr. ER stint/scan due to an excruciating post-lasagna dinner diverticulitis attack :timeout:...as they say: "the plumbing goes first".:hmmm: errr....I'm sinking by the stern!??:arrgh!::yep::oops:

Eichhörnchen

08-24-22, 01:25 PM

Moira says this could've been the garlic, which it seems can aggravate diverticulitis

As for PSA levels, our GP doesn't get too bothered until this goes above 11. I had mine between 5 and 7 for a long time before any further investigations were scheduled

Jeff-Groves

08-24-22, 01:30 PM

Spending moments of time to design single shot trays for the Evanix line of Air Guns in SolidWorks.
Those designs will be used to 3D print and sell them.

Aktungbby

08-30-22, 09:38 PM

Having a lite shrimp and zucchini stir fry whilst watching th classic 1971 Andromeda Strain starring the recently (4/17/2022) deceased James Olson; in light of the now two year-old Covid pandemic...art meets reality!??:o:yep::oops:...incl. following my own 2-week security stint in 2010 on all scenes from Contagion that were shot in San Francisco! Unlike current reality! the flicks always resolve these matters...in two hours?:hmmm::woot::nope:

Aktungbby

09-06-22, 12:47 AM

A miserably hot day today hitting 111⁰F!! Thoroughly enervating to any septuagenerian. Going out twice in the evern hotter car didn't help...till the AC kicks in. It's a balmy 89⁰ F. as I post this. (10:40 PM.) Tomorrow is forcast slightly cooler; only 106⁰F. The dwelling AC could muster no lower than 81⁰F against a normal thermostat setting setting of 78!

Catfish

09-06-22, 02:01 AM

^ i hear you.. we had these temperatures around 42 degrees Celsius several times this summer. In Gerrmany!? Also there is no rain here since two weeks, and the whole summer did not see much water. Fields have dried out, a lot of crop failure.
AC in the car is dead since two months, filling up lasts for a week. Did not find the leak yet, and repair shops have no time.

Aktungbby

09-06-22, 03:48 PM

Tomorrow is forcast slightly cooler; only 106⁰F. The 42 degrees CelsiusDAMN lying weathyrmann! It's currently 111⁰F ie: (43.884⁰ C.) as of 13:45 PST; and slated to climb to 114⁰ F. anon... The AC is keeping it at 82⁰ F...for the moment...:o

Gorpet

09-14-22, 12:11 AM

Spending moments of time to design single shot trays for the Evanix line of Air Guns in SolidWorks.
Those designs will be used to 3D print and sell them.

You do know that the Government is looking at High Powered Air Guns. If it can kill a hog.

Gorpet

09-14-22, 12:38 AM

Well i'm trying to learn the Spanish language in all dialecticism.Along with the New American Wokeisim. And i will tell you as senior citizen it looks like a Bridge to Far. If i just had Joe Biden's money. I could leave this country and see Europe travel as a free person. Everyday Americans are now prisoners of the oceans that at one time protected us.

Reece

09-14-22, 02:00 AM

Sitting on my fat ass getting bored!! :doh::oops:

mapuc

09-14-22, 06:40 AM

Prevent my cat from hitting the keyboard with her paws and body..Giving me some problem in writing

Markus

Reece

09-15-22, 12:18 AM

^ but loving it still. :yep: How is she doing? :hmmm:

mapuc

09-15-22, 05:45 AM

^ but loving it still. :yep: How is she doing? :hmmm:

She's doing well-She is doing her job-Catch 1-2 mouse per night.

Markus

Reece

09-15-22, 07:16 AM

Damn!! that's better than our cat, ours just likes to eat out of her bowls and sleep!! btw, she's getting rather large and heavy, and she's only a year old!! :doh:
I guess we spoil her a bit, she has 4 beds to choose from! (spares) :D

mapuc

09-15-22, 07:23 AM

My cat does exactly the same but as mentioned before she pay for it by catching mouse.
Sometimes she works overtime and catch 3-5 mouse during a night shift

Only sadness is that during spring, summer and early autumn she also catch birds.

Markus

Jimbuna

09-15-22, 11:44 AM

Where do all the mice come from?

Reece

09-15-22, 08:48 PM

Yes it sounds like a plague over there!! :hmmm:

Aktungbby

09-15-22, 09:13 PM

I sure hope those are indoor mice and a strictly indoor cat. My remaining Burmese never goes out; reducing fleas, catfight wounds, or car hits. Mine is pampered with can and dry food and at least four beds... that I know of!?? She's solar tracker with 3 sunshine basking posts as the day progresses. She's credited with 1 mouse kill.

mapuc

09-16-22, 05:37 AM

Yes it sounds like a plague over there!! :hmmm:

It's not every night she comes home with a mouse and mostly it's only one..but it happens that she comes home with two mouse-Not at the same time though. It's especially in the harvest month she get these 3-5 mouse during a night shift.(end of July-End of Sept.)

Heck last week she got two rats within 2-3 days.

It was merely me who exaggerated a little.

Markus

Catfish

09-16-22, 06:10 AM

Rats and mice are everywhere, when you begin to see them you have a plague in full swing.

Reece

09-16-22, 06:43 AM

It's not every night she comes home with a mouse and mostly it's only one..but it happens that she comes home with two mouse-Not at the same time though. It's especially in the harvest month she get these 3-5 mouse during a night shift.(end of July-End of Sept.)

Heck last week she got two rats within 2-3 days.

It was merely me who exaggerated a little.

Markus

Rats and mice are everywhere, when you begin to see them you have a plague in full swing.

Just don't let your cat eat rats!! Not good. :doh:

Commander Wallace

09-16-22, 06:57 AM

Catfish

09-16-22, 02:36 PM

I will make sure I don't wear my Mickey Mouse ears from Disney world if I come over to visit. :yep:
:haha: :D

Just don't let your cat eat rats!! Not good. :doh:
A cat wants to be outdoors, like a dog, maybe even more. We have a cat flap so he (not "it" :03:) can go in or out anytime he wants.
Our current company (called but not listening to the name of) "Max" catches a mouse now and then, but we have trained him to "please eat them outside".
The last tom-cat we had brought a caught mouse inside now and then. I only know of one rat – "Igor" came in completely deranged, ate, drank, and laid down for two days. I found a very big 'monster rat' in the garden, dead. We had heard loud screeching at night, i went out but did not see anything.
Must have been a real fight, the rat (if it was one) was almost as big as Igor; it had very large incisors on the front of its jaw, with a body length of >= 45 cm.
We also see martens now and then, but i take it cats and those evade each other for the better.
If he gets sick we keep him in the house, but i have never seen one cat (male or female) who preferred to stay inside. Especially a tom-cat's 'district' is much larger than even the biggest house can provide.

Commander Wallace

09-17-22, 04:42 AM

^ Then again, Catfish. I don't think I Would be any safer with " Max the Cat "

If I was wearing Mickey mouse ears and visiting. :yep: Now, I just wear them If I'm working on the car or motorcycle. :haha: My lady prefers that to the " ugly " motorcycle " poker " helmet I bought on the cheap as a conversation piece. I never wear it. I prefer my solid color Shoei full face racing helmets. The poker helmet sits on a shelf in the garage.

Damn!! that's better than our cat, ours just likes to eat out of her bowls and sleep!! btw, she's getting rather large and heavy, and she's only a year old!! :doh:
I guess we spoil her a bit, she has 4 beds to choose from! (spares) :D

We have those too, Reece. They also have their own bedroom with a queen sized bed and large stuffed toys. They also have a large Serta perfect sleeper Dog / Cat bed in the office. They use it if I am working from home. To say they are spoiled is an understatement. :doh:

I sure hope those are indoor mice and a strictly indoor cat. My remaining Burmese never goes out; reducing fleas, catfight wounds, or car hits. Mine is pampered with can and dry food and at least four beds... that I know of!?? She's solar tracker with 3 sunshine basking posts as the day progresses. She's credited with 1 mouse kill.

Ours are all indoor as well. We have diverse wildlife around. We have the screen room with furniture that they take over in the summers. They don't go out there unless we are home. They are " solar trackers " as well. When I was growing up, My mum was very fond of Sealpoint Siamese cats. They are very intelligent and talkative as well. We had a number of them over the years. Most of them were sleeping and study buddies. We just have " shelter " animals now. They are very loyal. :yep:

Reece

09-17-22, 06:41 AM

We have those too, Reece. They also have their own bedroom with a queen sized bed and large stuffed toys. They also have a large Serta perfect sleeper Dog / Cat bed in the office. They use it if I am working from home. To say they are spoiled is an understatement. :doh:

:har: Now that is a tad overboard!! But I like it!! :up:
It is true, dogs have masters, cats have slaves!! :D

Commander Wallace

09-17-22, 07:03 AM

:har: Now that is a tad overboard!! But I like it!! :up:
It is true, dogs have masters, cats have slaves!! :D

That is so true and I can't argue with that at all. :haha:

ET2SN

09-19-22, 10:07 PM

Meanwhile, I'm back to Dentist shopping. :Kaleun_Mad:

I was over-due for a check up and I had a feeling my last Dentist retired (at least I hope so). Watch how this gets hopelessly complicated really fast... :doh:

Last week I started having some issues with a wisdom tooth that started barking. Basically, its time to evict this :Kaleun_Mad: thing. So, I call a local dentist's office. Then I call another and get an appointment set up for this week. Oh, did I mention I'm in :Kaleun_Mad: pain? No one in this town pulls teeth anymore. :doh: At least I'll get a cleaning and an exam of the :Kaleun_Mad: wisdom tooth. What should happen is the new office should refer me to an Oral Surgeon, somewhere..

But wait, there's more. :doh: Most of you know I used to be an ET on a couple of US subs. As it turns out, most ETs have security clearances. Some of us had really spooky sounding clearances that have been in the news lately. For me, my old clearance fully times out in 2092. :doh:

Big deal, right? Well, get ready, here comes the punch line. :yeah:
Back when I de-briefed, it was mentioned that I just can't get knocked out with Laughing Gas or Sedation unless someone with an equal or higher clearance is present while I'm all goofed up.

:k_confused:

So, what I'm going to try to do is get the tooth pulled at the VA. Except, there are very tight regulations at the VA involving Dentistry. For the most part, you had to be either wounded in combat or been held as a POW to qualify for Dental service. Thank you, ADA.. There's nothing like having a really strong lobbying organization. :up:

So, unless one of you wants to volunteer to snack me upside the head with a baseball bat, I'll probably be dealing with this :Kaleun_Mad: until next Spring.

:yep:

Eichhörnchen

09-20-22, 04:33 AM

Sorry to hear about that, mate - btw what's an 'ET' if not an extra-terrestrial?

Commander Wallace

09-20-22, 06:54 AM

I always knew you were from outer space, ET2SN. :D I'm going to bet your " pillow talk with the missus " is classified too. :haha:

Sorry to hear about that, mate - btw what's an 'ET' if not an extra-terrestrial?

ET is Navy Jargon and an abbreviation for Electronics Technician. Working on communication, navigation, etc.... equipment. They would carry a security clearance with everything they know. The one with perhaps an even higher security clearance in the enlisted ranks is a Yeoman to a Capt. or Admiral or anyone of flag rang.

These people see and read everything that goes through the office. A Yeoman can easily climb up the " haus Pipe " to be a Chief Petty officer or beyond. Most everyone on Subs have a clearance in one way or another, especially the sonar gang. Those people ( submariners ) basically operated on a war footing at all times. :yep:

Btw, sorry to hear about your teeth issues. I hope you get them straightened out in short order.

Jimbuna

09-20-22, 06:57 AM

Electronics Technician

ET2SN

09-20-22, 02:29 PM

Sorry to hear about that, mate - btw what's an 'ET' if not an extra-terrestrial?

I'll be keeping an eye on you.. :-?:nope:

:Kaleun_Goofy:

ET2SN

09-20-22, 02:35 PM

I always knew you were from outer space, ET2SN. :D I'm going to bet your " pillow talk with the missus " is classified too. :haha:

That isn't a big deal at all, although I'm always on the look out for one. :Kaleun_Wink:

Unless you meant with your missus?? :hmmm::haha:

:Kaleun_Cheers:

Reece

09-21-22, 05:52 AM

Oh I hate tooth ache!! :k_confused:
I hope you get it pulled soon, over here it's basically no waiting, a couple of injections and yank!! :wah:

Eichhörnchen

09-21-22, 01:17 PM

You still got some left, Reece?

ET2SN

09-21-22, 11:23 PM

So, a quick update..

GAH!!!! :Kaleun_Mad:

I find the Dentist's office, go in for my appointment, fill out a #### load of forms (including my medical history) have some chit chat, get a new X Ray done, meet the Dentist for some more chit chat, he looks at the wisdom tooth and says, "I don't see any problem with just yanking it with Novocain BUT I'm concerned about your blood pressure med and I want to call someone about when you stopped the Interferon Rx". :/\\!!

Now, if I had more sleep this past week I could have just said "See this spot where there used to be a tooth? I was taking all of those meds when my last Dentist yanked it at 6 PM on a Friday". Instead, we all shake hands again and go our separate ways. I pay a three figure bill :o and go home so the :Kaleun_Mad: wisdom tooth can start barking again. :/\\!!

So, the wisdom tooth is still there. :nope: They're going to "call me later". Maybe we can all get together for a game of Rummy or they can watch me twitch around on the floor for a while. :up:

Its a shame this forum doesn't tolerate swearing. There's one word I want to post in REALLY big letters right now. :yep:

Oh, not so good news about my old Dentist. No one knows for sure but the scuttlebutt is that he's had some COVID related problems. Which stinks, he's a cantankerous old guy but he was MY cantankerous old guy. :cry:

ET2SN

09-22-22, 04:05 PM

And, the last update on this chapter. :D

The pain got really bad last night and stayed that way.
Finally called the Dr's. "emergency" number early this morning and said I would be waiting for him in front of the building when he got to work.

He was cool and warned me that the Novocain shot was going to hurt like a mudda because he finally figured out the tooth was infected. He wasn't kidding. It sounded like I was 8 months late on a payment but things finally got numb. :yeah:

Got the bleeping thing extracted at about 9 AM. Pretty simple and it looked goofier than I thought it would. Remember Devil's Tower in Close Encounters?
All sides and no roots. Either way, its gone. :D

I'm taking a long weekend off. Right now it feels like I got run over by a train but that's a good thing. The pain from the extraction was brief but expected. I was over the worst part by noon. Now, I just need to get the rest of that infection out of my system and make sure the gum heals correctly.

Later. :Kaleun_Cheers:

Aktungbby

09-22-22, 05:22 PM

Reece

09-22-22, 06:48 PM

ET2SN

09-22-22, 08:46 PM

...now you'll remember to brush and floss regularly!:D I'm fortunate; I got my wisdom teeth out sometime around age thirty they were
coming in out-of-alignment and ruining the teenage braces-straightening for which the orthodontist had removed the four bicuspids behind the incisors(fangs alot doc)... thus, at age 71: lower maintenance all round!:yeah:

In all honesty, I haven't had a cavity in something like 15 years? :yep:
Same deal with the braces gig, I still have my fangs but the two teeth outside of them got yanked. To me, it still seems like it was a waste.

The Navy yanked my lower wisdom teeth mainly because I got my orders changed to the Barbel in Japan. That was where I probably got into the most trouble, Barbel was all about really serious fresh water restrictions and we'd wait until the galley served soup to brush our teeth. :arrgh!:

The chomper that got yanked today was always on the back burner. My Dentists always told me they'd deal with it when the time was right. :O:

The last wisdom tooth has always acted like it was in the witness protection program and its always kept a low profile. We checked it in the last set of X Rays and it hasn't done much of anything. The problem with digging it out is that it would require some serious oral surgery because its buried deep.

:Kaleun_Cheers:

Catfish

09-23-22, 04:41 AM

God, do not always shout "here" when there's some disease looking around to attack someone's health :timeout:

Hope all is healing, and get better soon :up:

u crank

09-23-22, 05:50 AM

Reece

09-23-22, 06:05 AM

Just batten down the hatches and keep safe mate! :k_confused:

Commander Wallace

09-23-22, 06:53 AM

Bracing for a bad couple of days. Hurricane Fiona with Category 1 winds and torrential rain is expected to make land fall here early Saturday morning. Huge amounts of rain are expected. "Rainfall rates in excess of 25 mm per hour are possible beginning tonight and will continue into Saturday ..". Wind could gust up to 140 or 150 km/h. Large storm surge is expected in coastal areas.

Wish I had a submarine. :D

Just batten down the hatches and keep safe mate! :k_confused:

:sign_yeah:As Reece said, stay safe, Marcel. I hope your area is able to weather this storm without too many problems.

u crank

09-23-22, 08:43 AM

Thanks guys.

:salute:

Von Due

09-23-22, 04:47 PM

Going full hot burrito mode wrapped up in warm blankets gulping down instant noodles... At least it seems to be a common cold. These noodles still taste like ****.

ET2SN

09-23-22, 05:29 PM

Going full hot burrito mode wrapped up in warm blankets gulping down instant noodles... At least it seems to be a common cold. These noodles still taste like ****.

If it makes you feel better, I'm breaking my "Friday Hamburger" streak today.

Solid food by Monday or bust! :up:

mapuc

09-24-22, 06:39 PM

She has been busy this evening and night. She has already caught two mice and she is out again.

Well It's Saturday so why shouldn't she get some snacks, like I do sometimes in the weekend.

Markus

Reece

09-24-22, 07:40 PM

:haha::haha: :up:

Eichhörnchen

09-26-22, 07:46 AM

Solid food by Monday or bust! :up:

Maybe we could celebrate with a game of Whack-A Molar?

Reece

09-26-22, 08:21 AM

owch!! :dead:

Jimbuna

09-26-22, 12:35 PM

Thanks guys.

:salute:

You take good care of yourselves Marcel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1s31LET1OY

Commander Wallace

09-26-22, 04:57 PM

:agree: All the best, Marcel.

Reece

09-26-22, 09:23 PM

Hope you're nowhere near the coast Marcel, keep safe. :oops::timeout:

u crank

09-27-22, 06:28 AM

Thanks guys. No power or internet. On my phone. It’s a disaster for sure but we are all safe. My son in law got me a generator so we have the basics.

mapuc

09-27-22, 06:34 AM

A generator is a very good thing to have + fuel to run it.

Secondly a kerosene stove + kerosene to heat up the room you are in is also a good investment.

Things can be replaced-Human can't so stay safe you know

Markus

Commander Wallace

09-27-22, 06:56 AM

The West coast of Florida is about to be hit with Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian is now a category three storm and could be a category 4 by the time it makes landfall in Florida tomorrow. Storm surge could be as high as 10 feet.

I have a number of friends in Florida so I worry about their safety.

Aktungbby

09-27-22, 11:43 AM

Reading the WSJ and imbibing my cuppa joe...and the front page is enjoyable for a change-side by side headlines: "China Reins In Belt and Road" lending vs "Russian Enlistment Offices Attacked as Protests Widen"...as 3rd-world nations vote with 'debt-trap diplomacy' nonpayment; and Russian callup reservists vote with their feet...and guns at recruiting stations...:hmmm: ie: all is not so harmonious in the neo-communist superpower states??!:arrgh!:

u crank

10-01-22, 06:39 AM

Commander Wallace

10-01-22, 07:57 AM

One week after Hurricane Fiona blasted our little island we have had our power and internet restored. But almost half the Province is still in the dark. The devastation is stunning.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-hurricane-fiona-damage-photos-1.6593377

We were very fortunate. No damage to our house and there were no deaths or injuries in the Province. I have a great son-in-law who found us a 5500 watt generator so we had lights and hot water. We spent most of the daytime helping neighbors clean up their yards. My wife made hot meals for neighbors that didn't have a generator. She is a wonder.

The impact of this will last for years. I will now have a deeper sympathy for others who are hit by these things.

I'm glad you and your neighbors came out of the Hurricane " relatively unscathed" Marcel. You have a great family there. I hope everyone else there is safe and able to pick up their lives and livelihood in short order. It's so great you and your wife were able to help the neighbors but hardly a surprise you would do that. :Kaleun_Salute:

I'm still waiting on word from Florida. :Kaleun_Los:

u crank

10-01-22, 09:16 AM

Thank you CW. :salute:

GrenSo

10-02-22, 12:00 PM

Done last weekend a short tripp to Bremerhaven. Here is a small selection of images:

https://i.postimg.cc/v830nqDj/signal-2022-10-02-15-24-30-601-8-Small.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/tCJ2N3xg/signal-2022-10-02-15-22-46-303-26-Small.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SxzdwmVF/IMG-0041-Small.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/QtSJpCN5/IMG-0051-Small.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/nrPKPWDh/signal-2022-10-02-15-24-30-601-18-Small.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/bN4H0KP6/signal-2022-10-02-15-24-30-601-26-Small.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/26j48Yd5/signal-2022-10-02-15-24-30-601-27-Small.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/c1gpBt80/signal-2022-10-02-15-25-43-550-Small.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/Zq5gBWSk/signal-2022-10-02-15-25-43-550-5-Small.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/W1BFtkrz/signal-2022-10-02-15-24-30-601-11-Small.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/BnTscLkX/IMG-0089-Small.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/gj2r1q9S/signal-2022-10-02-15-24-30-601-4-Small.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/jj2gqBHt/IMG-0068-Small.jpg

Jimbuna

10-02-22, 01:29 PM

Nice shots :Kaleun_Applaud:

Eichhörnchen

10-02-22, 02:38 PM

What a beautiful collection of images - well done, GrenSo! Great post, buddy

les green01

10-02-22, 10:02 PM

i been doing fur trapper/mountain men reenactments

Aktungbby

10-02-22, 10:57 PM

Flint or Percussion?:yeah: