What Are You Doing In Real Life II

[Tango589]

My wife's had a lot of trouble with earwax in one ear. She bought this electrical gadget that's supposed to suck it out (two AA batteries). Last night I told her not to push it in too far or she might suck her brains out, and when she eventually declared it wasn't working I said "Well that was a waste of money, wasn't it?"

"What??" she said

Tell her to try something with a bit more oomph, like Henry or Dyson. That should get the lumps out!

[Eichhörnchen]

How's the job going?

[Tango589]

How's the job going?

Busy, unrewarding, as soon as something else turns up I'm jumping this rotten ship. Apart from that, great!:-)

[Onkel Neal]

Week long training session. They do feed us well :)

http://subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=994&pictureid=9295

[Eichhörnchen]

I managed to get Comprehensive driving cover today for just £45 per month. Spawny or what?

[STEED]

Full house at work last night, tonight's agenda normal with one additional thing and not much chance of a 9:30pm finish tonight. Should get out hour latter I hope.

[Commander Wallace]

I'm a student in Berlin:)

Welcome to Subsim Georgemeister. :sunny: Good to have you aboard.


Today is the anniversary of my fathers passing so tonight after work I sit and reminisce with a glass or three.

Sorry about the loss of your father Jim. May your good memories of him pull you through the holiday season.

[Jimbuna]

I managed to get Comprehensive driving cover today for just £45 per month. Spawny or what?

Are you driving a Ferrari?

I pay £260 a year for comprehensive cover and that includes business use and fully protected NCD.

[Jimbuna]

Sorry about the loss of your father Jim. May your good memories of him pull you through the holiday season.

Thank you sir, it has been seven years now but it still feels like it was yesterday :salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

Are you driving a Ferrari?

Been insuring my wife as she was younger and cheaper (but no longer) so I have no NCB... just classed as an "experienced driver" with a clean record.

[Jimbuna]

Been insuring my wife as she was younger and cheaper (but no longer) so I have no NCB... just classed as an "experienced driver" with a clean record.

If I were you I'd be adding another 'experienced' driver to the policy. My kids have added me since they both passed their tests and I estimate they save 50% off the original quotes each time.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Had to call my credit union today as there were some fraud charges totaling up to some $573. Sometimes I wish there was an international law that dealt with hacking and ID theft where the punishment was either life imprisonment without chance of parole or death.

[Tango589]

I've just had an appalling thought. At 35, I'm potentially halfway through my life already! *sobs quietly I'm the corner*

[Catfish]

I managed to get Comprehensive driving cover today for just £45 per month. Spawny or what?

Please remind me to better not use the roads in the UK next time.. :D

[Eichhörnchen]

It's not me, it's all the others

[Tango589]

It's not me, it's all the others

That's what they all say!

[Catfish]

I've just had an appalling thought. At 35, I'm potentially halfway through my life already! *sobs quietly I'm the corner*

Hey no problem, maybe you reach the 71 :03:

[Aktungbby]

I've just had an appalling thought. At 35, I'm potentially halfway through my life already! *sobs quietly I'm the corner*
Nah! you've got 51 years left .... then your 86'd!:O:

[Mr Quatro]

I've just had an appalling thought. At 35, I'm potentially halfway through my life already! *sobs quietly I'm the corner*

Sometimes things don't always work out the way we think they will:

http://www.cdc.gov/injury/images/lc-charts/leading_causes_of_injury_deaths_unintentional_inju ry_2014_1040w740h.gif

[STEED]

Resting up my dodgy Back today after popping out for some shopping.

[Jimbuna]

Sometimes things don't always work out the way we think they will:

http://www.cdc.gov/injury/images/lc-charts/leading_causes_of_injury_deaths_unintentional_inju ry_2014_1040w740h.gif

Unintentional Poisoning!! :o

[Aktungbby]

Unintentional Poisoning!! :o

Indeed By way of one current example : with the recent rains, people make very bad mistakes here in California; of late, due to the explosion of fungi, the media is issuing warnings. https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/02/23/this-mushroom-starts-killing-you-before-you-even-realize-it/ (https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/02/23/this-mushroom-starts-killing-you-before-you-even-realize-it/) And of course there was Heath Ledger's accidental overdose error with prescribed medications.https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/02/Death_cap_mushrooms_mature-800x450.jpg (http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/02/Death_cap_mushrooms_mature.jpg)

[THE_MASK]

Magnet fishing .

[ivanov.ruslan]

Sounds good, we never know what will be on the other end of the line :03:

[Platapus]

Suicide starts at 10 :o That's pretty young. :nope:

But then in the US, we kill ourselves more than we kill others.

Homicide in 2014 is at an all time low of 4.5 per 100,000 but suicide is still high at 12 per 100,000. And those are only for successful. Attempted numbers get a bit more complicated.

About 117 people are successful in suicide every day and about 44 people die of homicide every day.

So, yes, it can be said the the US is a violent society, but we are violent more to ourselves than to others.

[u crank]

In Halifax N.S. visiting granddaughter and her parents for our Christmas. Won't see them on the 25th.

She's cuter than ever. :03:

[STEED]

South of the UK is back in t-shirts and shorts, summer is back. Spot of ironing later today as no one else is going to iron my shirts. :03:

[Von Due]

Enjoying an oncoming cold and listening to ATC recordings and Kennedy Steve.

[Jimbuna]

Tidying up a few loose ends with regard to christmas shopping but in all honesty the wife has done the lions share by a long way.

[STEED]

Tidying up a few loose ends with regard to christmas shopping

That is something I never ever do, need the money for bills. Ironing done so I can relax and take my pills and later today more Back exercises.

[Jimbuna]

That is something I never ever do, need the money for bills. Ironing done so I can relax and take my pills and later today more Back exercises.

You just make sure you keep yer mits out of the collection plate :)

[STEED]

You just make sure you keep yer mits out of the collection plate :)

To busy doing my rounds. :)

[STEED]

Rotten Tuesday morning with this and that, just made my appointment to see my GP which ended on being told I may have a burst sciatica so a need a X-Ray and a possible steroid injection. Got stuffed with a £28 subscription for strong pain killers and anti inflammatory pills and the bus home was a nightmare.

[eddie]

Really hating the thought of going up town to run some errands, its 22 below zero outside,lol

[Onkel Neal]

Yikes! It's 77f here

[eddie]

That's the wind chill temp here Neal, supposed to be colder over the next 2 days. We have a chance to jump all the way up to 24 degrees above zero this weekend. Rub it in about the 77 degree temp down there,lol

[Eichhörnchen]

I just located (online) the drummer from the band I was in over 30 years ago and he says he was talking to someone about me just the other day: I drew some cartoon caricatures of them back then and he says he just had them mounted and framed. We've got a lot of catching up to do...

[Commander Wallace]

I just located (online) the drummer from the band I was in over 30 years ago and he says he was talking to someone about me just the other day: I drew some cartoon caricatures of them back then and he says he just had them mounted and framed. We've got a lot of catching up to do...

Sounds like it will be a great time / reunion. Maybe you can get the other members together as well and have a jam session.

[Eichhörnchen]

Yeah, I'll be playing toilet paper and comb... I waved goodbye to my saxophone donkeys years ago :haha:

I just emailed him a bunch of photos (I left and moved right away after I got married). They formed a new band called "Dakka Dakka Dakka", about which I think there are still scraps online, if you dig around.

[Jimbuna]

^ Is this them?

http://i.imgur.com/xgxpuNo.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes that's them... Andy (drummer) is on the left in both pictures. Been uploading some photos he's never seen this afternoon, so he can post them on his blog. He well remembers the night we narrowly escaped a lynching by an angry crowd in Cranbrook.

Just noticed a typo: Phil's name was "Alamo"... a cool name to have, I always thought. But I was very sad indeed to learn yesterday that he's no longer around; he was a lovely, gentle chap, and the last time I think I spoke to him at any length was when he came bowling up in his soccer kit as my wife-to-be and I passed a match being played at the Sports Ground in Tonbridge, just before I left the town for good. He bought me an ancient copy of "Flight" magazine once (I still have it) and was also the only one ever to return a borrowed LP to me.

Here's a photo I took at one of their first gigs (at "The Rose & Crown" Tonbridge) and before Phil joined:

http://i.imgur.com/rnw7C5D.jpg

[Commander Wallace]

Great moments in your life Eichhörnchen . There isn't much better than to be making music with your friends. Thanks for sharing the pictures and your musical past. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Eichhörnchen]

Last night my wife and I watched "Doom" again. As the opening shot lingered over Dwayne Johnson's muscular tattooed back, she asked me: "Eichhörnchen, why you no look like that?"

[Jimbuna]

Just received an email from one of my aviation suppliers informing me the long awaited and pre-ordered Firebirds Lightning is now in stock.

http://i.imgur.com/Fz0PGFO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/VqJB5R4.jpg

Santa is coming early http://i.imgur.com/DUrwLxM.gif

[STEED]

Last night my wife and I watched "Doom" again. As the opening shot lingered over Dwayne Johnson's muscular tattooed back, she asked me: "Eichhörnchen, why you no look like that?"

You are way too hairy and wrinkly. :O:

Busy night at work last night, tonight looks normal with a chance of getting out a bit early.

[u crank]

Home today and trying to keep warm. Nasty day out there. Wind is gusting to 90 k and the wind is chill minus 30C this morning. And it's snowing.

Hope it's not like this next Friday. Catching a plane to Florida for the holidays. :ping:

[Eichhörnchen]

It's nice, isn't it, when the mail comes at this time of year and one of the big handwritten ones is addressed just to you... not you and your other half.

I was excited to get one today and when I opened it I found inside a Patient's Copy of the letter my Bum Doctor wrote to my GP about my appointment a week ago.

He finished by saying "he knows he can get in touch directly if he is having problems with his arse" (I made that last bit of the sentence up)

[Aktungbby]

Last night my wife and I watched "Doom" again. As the opening shot lingered over Dwayne Johnson's muscular tattooed back, she asked me: "Eichhörnchen, why you no look like that?"

You are way too hairy and wrinkly. :O:

. For the jaded sasquatch (shades of sean connery:o in everyman since she'll never ever hot wax you!:O: https://cdn1.sharperimage.com/si/img/productImages/200141/200141-p1.jpg (https://www.sharperimage.com/si/view/product/Men's+Electric+Back+Hair+Shaver/200141#)

[STEED]

Went for a X-Ray yesterday and now have to wait three weeks to hear from my GP.

[Tango589]

He finished by saying "he knows he can get in touch directly if he is having problems with his arse" (I made that last bit of the sentence up)

I would have thought Dyno-rod would have been more suitable! (Either that or one of those vehicles that hoovers the crap out of the drains and gutters...):haha:

[Jimbuna]

Went for a X-Ray yesterday and now have to wait three weeks to hear from my GP.

Good luck with the results on that lobotomy :03:

[Tango589]

Good luck with the results on that lobotomy :03:
They would have to charge a search fee for that.:D

[Eichhörnchen]

I would have thought Dyno-rod would have been more suitable! (Either that or one of those vehicles that hoovers the crap out of the drains and gutters...):haha:

I already had that last year

[u crank]

Waiting at Charlottetown airport for flight to Orlando. Temp here is -2c. Temp there is 26c. I like it.

[Oberon]

Hoping that the news I've heard about Carrie Fisher is incorrect. :hmmm:

[STEED]

Good luck with the results on that lobotomy :03:

:o :haha:

Tell you this Jim as I was ushered into the cubical I was told to drop my trousers! I nearly said we only just met. :rotfl2:


Popped out to the Co-op and found it just as I like, quite. Bet the supermarket will be wall to wall of panic buyers stocking up on food because the shops will be closed for one day! I remember a time they were closed up to five days.

[Jimbuna]

Hoping that the news I've heard about Carrie Fisher is incorrect. :hmmm:

Sadly, not but she is stable and on the mend.

:o :haha:

Tell you this Jim as I was ushered into the cubical I was told to drop my trousers! I nearly said we only just met. :rotfl2:


Popped out to the Co-op and found it just as I like, quite. Bet the supermarket will be wall to wall of panic buyers stocking up on food because the shops will be closed for one day! I remember a time they were closed up to five days.

Reminds me of quite a few years ago when I'd be Christmas grocery shopping with the wife and harp on at her to buy two of this and three of that....most stuff never got eaten and would go in the bin when out of date.

What a waste :nope:

[Jimbuna]

Sadly, not but she is stable and on the mend.

Ignore the above, I've just seen on the news her condition is now critical.

[STEED]

While the rest of you unwrap your presents get drunk and stuff your face today I on the other hand have been sorting a slight problem out for a friend, just been watching his pipe cam and I saw no rats. :03:

[Jimbuna]

End of a pleasant day in earlier with daughter and fiance then at wifes family for the evening.

Always a bonus to be drinking someone elses beer :03:

[STEED]

Monday is here and the traditional crash bang wallop has started by the neighbours waking up with a hang over. Not long before they start their traditional slagging each other off before one of them storms out. :haha:

As for me just took some pain killers for my sciatic pain and now posting here then go for a walk and spot of reading later. :)

[STEED]

Not long before they start their traditional slagging each other off before one of them storms out. :haha:

Yep at 13:55pm they went off like fire crackers at each other. :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Yep at 13:55pm they went off like fire crackers at each other. :haha:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FsDwwhQvFc

[STEED]

^Fat Chance..

Listening to the radio most of last night into the early hours of Tuesday.

[Sailor Steve]

Bought a new bass guitar today. Seven strings. It should be here within the week. :D

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/LyxElvv.jpg Eating mince pies for breakfast

[STEED]

Cup of black coffee no sugar for lunch and cucumber and tuna for tea. Relaxing day listening to the radio most part.

[Tango589]

http://i.imgur.com/LyxElvv.jpg Eating mince pies for breakfast
It would be rude not to, wouldn't it?:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[u crank]

Soon as I finish my coffee I'm getting in the pool.

[Eichhörnchen]

In complete contrast to that, I just went out on the bike; there's no breeze but the air is still freezing. Lots of fieldfares in a hawthorn bush, near to the RSPB reserve entrance.

http://i.imgur.com/ZtehjIm.jpg

[Tango589]

In complete contrast to that, I just went out on the bike; there's no breeze but the air is still freezing. Lots of fieldfares in a hawthorn bush, near to the RSPB reserve entrance.

http://i.imgur.com/ZtehjIm.jpg
How I imagined you on your bike:http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/MvTJQLM.png

[Eichhörnchen]

I only ride my bike naked in the Summer

[Jimbuna]

Looking at the way the thread is developing and wondering if it is too much to ask that people stay on topic and use the PM function if the continual and now predictable post for post replies are going to continue.

[STEED]

Went out for a walk this morning and I noticed something very odd. It was freezing cold, wow I nearly forgot we had winters after last winter of 15/16 which was nothing more than extended Autumn/Spring. Question is this just a blip? :hmmm:

[Sailor Steve]

Went out for a walk this morning and I noticed something very odd. It was freezing cold, wow I nearly forgot we had winters after last winter of 15/16 which was nothing more than extended Autumn/Spring. Question is this just a blip? :hmmm:
Same here, but in a good way. Last winter was relatively mild, but this month we've had several nice snowfalls. There's about six inches (150 cm) on the ground right now, and skies are overcast looking for more. I'm not complaining. I grew up in southern California, and the snow is one of reasons I've stayed here my whole life.

[Aktungbby]

I only ride my bike naked in the Summer wondering if it is too much to ask that people stay on topic and use the PM function if the continual and now predictable post for post replies are going to continue.:agree::sign_yeah:

It was freezing cold, :hmmm:

Same here, but in a good way. I grew up in southern California, and the snow is one of reasons I've stayed here my whole life. Sorry Steve but that was a 'predictable post for post response'; now prohibited! Lets go with ....Unpredictable:03: shall we as per Jimbuna's exceedingly reasonable request!:O: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/ea/c2/06/eac2067b249c4fcc955fd68081b3baf3.jpg Actually having to cover the wife's car to prevent frost build-up in 32 degree weather this AM in Napa CA! myself. Having escaped the frigid wasteland of Minnesota and driven 18-wheelers in Iowa I-80 blizzards and icy Donner or Parley's Pass (Utah) both over 7000 ft elevation... I don't miss snow one bit! I do miss taking a sauna and jumping (starkers:yep:) in a snowbank though! :timeout:

[Sailor Steve]

Sorry Steve but that was a 'predictable post for post response'; now prohibited! Lets go with ....Unpredictable:03: shall we as per Jimbuna's exceedingly reasonable request!:O:
The thread is 'What Are You Doing Now In Real Life'. Steed talked about going for a walk and noticing it was freezing cold. I commented that it's snowing here, and that I was enjoying the snow. How exactly is that off-topic?

[Eichhörnchen]

Discovering how to use "Facebook"

[Von Due]

Discovering how to use "Facebook"

http://i66.tinypic.com/291f9cg.png

[Von Due]

Feet up enjoying a nice Belgian double, waving this year's christmas mayhem goodbye.

[STEED]

Discovering how to use "Facebook"

No don't do it, a mate of mind keeps telling me to sign up to which I say no thank you.

Another cold day today which did not stop me going out for a walk. Having a walk everyday has helped to loose some weight that at my time life is bad big time. Feel better for it must get rid of the rest of the flab, the battle goes on. :03:

[Jimbuna]

Just replaced two bulbs in the car that went off last night and my fingertips are totally numb with the cold.

Next time I may consider going to Halfords and pay their fitting fee.

[STEED]

Just replaced two bulbs in the car that went off last night and my fingertips are totally numb with the cold.

Next time I may consider going to Halfords and pay their fitting fee.

£25 a bulb fitting fee. :) :03:


In last hour did my Back exercises and now listening to the radio drinking coka~cola.

Before anyone posts that's full of sugar, not the one I'm drinking its coke zero. :)

[Aktungbby]

Just replaced two bulbs....Next time I may consider going to Halfords and pay their fitting fee. It'll B worse for me; the new kitchen has lots of lights incl. the cabinet's "puck' lights and 'indirect' counter lighting (what the bride ordered??!!):k_confused:: problem is: can I keep up with it all? Yesterday the custom-cut quartz counters arrived; not properly beveled to into the copper sink...so back to the shop for a rehab. 10 days more at least of no progress.:o https://media.giphy.com/media/kZJ9Q1KzgAvVS/giphy.gif

[eddie]

Waiting for the mailman to drop off a couple of WW II board games. Haven't played them in years! Thought I would take a break from looking into a monitor and try to see the writing on game pieces for a while. First on the list is Enemy Coast Ahead, Operation Chastise. Get to take 613 Squadron and try to take out the dams, can't wait!

[Catfish]

Made a long walk with friends yesterday, 24 kilometers through a natural reservate, this was really nice. Lots of discussion about archeology and natural science, and science fiction stories :)

Discovering how to use "Facebook"

Trying to do the same since a few days (not only of course).

Please tell me if you find out how this mess works without F...book selling all i write or like/dislike, or what i bought, or not bought, to companies, and the NSA. Then I get "tailored" advertisements of what whoever thinks i'd like to buy or need. Screw you F'book and Google!

Also i do not really want all FB-friends to read what another FB-friend writes, but it is virtually impossible to turn that off, because as soon someone "likes" the article or text, the others are able to read it and the whole thread even if the original person was blocked out.
And there is not even a real (!) dislike button, ridiculous!

This is an asocial network. Back then an idiot on a soapbox in the park could just be passed by and did not have a real audience. Now every weirdo is able to access millions with no problem. And i am not interested in what every dummy ate and have a photo of it.

I remember i had wished to read other people's minds a long time ago, but not after after Facebook happening. You can certainly suppress all the Nazi or AfD or other stuff you do not like, but then it only echoes your own opinion.

[Eichhörnchen]

I started using it shamelessly to boost my online profile for business; true, you have to consider what you do and don't want people to know, but the privacy settings are there for this, as well as your own discretion. I've set my profile so that anyone, friends or otherwise, can see my pictures, but these are all photos of my paintings and my neighbourhood, so nothing sensitive on there.

But it's amazing how many old friends have been in touch, and I'm now busy exposing all their secrets from their youth which they've largely forgotten but which I remember with razor sharp precision.

[Catfish]

[...]
But it's amazing how many old friends have been in touch, and I'm now busy exposing all their secrets from their youth which they've largely forgotten but which I remember with razor sharp precision.

It is good for finding old friends, true. And i like this twist.. :D i just think about what i can do to turn this around and use it against themselves, i mean FB and Google (and else).

[u crank]

At Amalie stadium in Tampa getting ready to watch Toronto play the Lightning.

Go Leafs go!

[Platapus]

Discovering how to use "Facebook"

Learning how to use Facebook, to me, is like learning how to hit yourself on the head with a hammer. Yeah, it is good to learn something new, but why learn that? :D

[Eichhörnchen]

Like I said, it's mostly about raising my profile and hits on my website. In fact, I'm thinking it might be a good idea to export "Whac-A-Squirrel" to Facebook... what do you think?

[Jimbuna]

Waiting for the mailman to drop off a couple of WW II board games. Haven't played them in years! Thought I would take a break from looking into a monitor and try to see the writing on game pieces for a while. First on the list is Enemy Coast Ahead, Operation Chastise. Get to take 613 Squadron and try to take out the dams, can't wait!

Never played any board games for years so I looked the one you're referring to Eddie and I must say, my interest has been piqued :yeah:

Interesting review below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTMlqSFs00c

[STEED]

I hear its going to get colder latter today, you will not catch me outside singing in the new year just no point. Got the radio on at the moment and may do a spot of reading my book latter.

[Eichhörnchen]

Okay... what are you reading?

[STEED]

Okay... what are you reading?

Operation Typhoon - Hitler's march on Moscow, October 1941

By David Stahel

Third book in his four part series, started months ago then put it down for some time. Picking up where I left off.

Fireworks have been going off around here and its not midnight yet! :doh:

Not long back in after visiting a mate for a couple of hours.

[Eichhörnchen]

Operation Typhoon - Hitler's march on Moscow, October 1941

I suppose with your back, you have to stick to something that's not got too many laffs in it :)

[Aktungbby]

Really camping out now: kitchen remod has us camped out! Now the inducer motor on my Bryant house-furnace has utterly died: motor bearing shrieking and too hot to touch!.. the 3'' plastic cooling fan (spinning black wheel-rim in video) melted and flew off right in front of me! No part is immediately available and the local furnace man not able until Monday! Damn motor was replaced three years ago on the furnace which was itself replaced 20 years ago.... built in obsolescence right on schedule!:k_confused:I'm opting for a new furnace in lieu of motor re-repair!:doh: I note the video guy is replacing his motor after only a year- hey! mine lasted three! The ironic upside is, this AM I had routinely called for a half-cord of firewood 2 B delivered tomorrow !!!:up: Said wood-stove replaced original brick fireplace/chimney (to code) destroyed in earthquake epicentered 500 yards NW of the house twelve years ago!:wah: Now that I've no other heat source, I can burn even on "Spare the Air" days!:yeah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8wjXgWQAfo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8wjXgWQAfo)

[Eichhörnchen]

You guys have had had one hell of a Christmas and New Year... I wish we could've had you round to stay but it's, what... 5000+ miles?

[STEED]

Well I am not 12 hours into the new year and the neighbours have gone off the deep end shouting at each other and slamming doors. Happy new year as if, same old stuff continual's. :rolleyes:

[Eichhörnchen]

Discovering how to use "Facebook"

Getting to see how it works now. All these women are wanting to be friends...

[Jimbuna]

Well I am not 12 hours into the new year and the neighbours have gone off the deep end shouting at each other and slamming doors. Happy new year as if, same old stuff continual's. :rolleyes:

I think by now I'd be having a 'quiet' word in their ear or having one of the local chaps doing that.

[STEED]

I think by now I'd be having a 'quiet' word in their ear or having one of the local chaps doing that.

Their low life riff raff jim, last time I went round and told them to give it a rest I got a visit from the police receiving a complaint I threaten to kill them. If telling some one to stop slamming doors and screaming at each other is a death threat then there is no hope.

Just to add that happen a few years ago, as I understand it now the police do not come out for that sort of thing any more now handled by the council and my council is useless.

Good news they all gone out so I am making the most of the piece and quite. :03:

[Aktungbby]

Your going at it wrong: I assume your a renter and the offenders may be also? One term of a rent implied or otherwise is:' U have the right to the 'peaceful use of the premises'. These people have denied U this. If you have the same land lord Withhold the rent till he solves the problem. Make sure the landlord knows the money's available upon his timely action. If not SUE 'EM! That's hardly a 'threat to kill them' all nice and legal too! I'm sure English procedures must B similar Can I sue a noisy neighbor?
If your neighbor keeps disturbing you, you can sue, and ask the court for money damages or to order the neighbor to stop the noise ("abate the nuisance," in legal terms). For money damages alone, you can use small claims court. For a court order telling somebody to stop doing something, you'll probably have to sue in regular court.
Of course, what you really want is for the nuisance to stop. But getting a small claims court to order your neighbor to pay you money can be amazingly effective. And suing in small claims court is easy, inexpensive, and doesn't require a lawyer.
To win, you'll need to show:


There is excessive and disturbing noise.
The person you are suing is either creating the noise or is the landlord and therefore responsible.
Your enjoyment of your home is affected.
You have asked the person to stop the noise.

To prove your case, use police reports, witnesses, your own testimony, or even a recording.
How much money should you sue for? In most states, small claims courts limit judgments to between £ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sign)2,500 and £ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sign)7,500. (For the amount in your state, see How Much Can I Sue for in Small Claims Court? (http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/small-claims-suits-how-much-30031.html)) Requesting £ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sign)20 a day for your trouble would probably be considered reasonable. If the noise problem is really severe -- keeping you from sleeping or working and making you completely frazzled -- make it £ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sign)100 a day.
Quite naturally With your back being the more aggravated etc:D I'd throw in 'pain and suffering' as well. When U win possibly by default for not contesting, B sure to garnish their waqes from their employer, They'll really hate that! Bottom line; you're yankin' their chain they're not yankin' yours!:arrgh!: Word of caution : never approach a domestic squabble while ongoing; I've done so in uniform and they can be extremely dangerous-fingernails and kitchen implements at close-quarters. ..and they'll both turn on you:oops:

[Eichhörnchen]

The other element of this which the offenders wouldn't wish to invite is that it would leave them with a besmirched record, which might go against them in all kinds of ways in the future.

[Jimbuna]

Their low life riff raff jim, last time I went round and told them to give it a rest I got a visit from the police receiving a complaint I threaten to kill them. If telling some one to stop slamming doors and screaming at each other is a death threat then there is no hope.

Just to add that happen a few years ago, as I understand it now the police do not come out for that sort of thing any more now handled by the council and my council is useless.

Good news they all gone out so I am making the most of the piece and quite. :03:

I know what you mean and I appreciate the dilemma you potentially face but if I had reached the end of my tether I would be seeking the assistance of those 'local chaps' who had the ability to convince them that going to the police was the far more dangerous course of action.

If they are the 'riff raff' you say they are, they will fully understand the possible implications of non-compliance. Of course, all that depends on whom you choose to pass the message on :03:

[STEED]

Cold day today, just open the window let some fresh air in and its all quite out there. I suspect people are sobering up and coming down from the end of year high, yes its back to reality. :)

I think I will pop out later for a walk, give it time for the ice to melt. :)

[Jimbuna]

Cold day today, just open the window let some fresh air in and its all quite out there. I suspect people are sobering up and coming down from the end of year high, yes its back to reality. :)

I think I will pop out later for a walk, give it time for the ice to melt. :)

Get to a nice cosy bar with Sky Sports and watch the TOON :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Get to a nice cosy bar with Sky Sports and watch the TOON :yeah:

I hope you never bothered, the buggas got beat :oops:

[Von Due]

Realizing
1) it's been ages since I played FSX, too long in fact and
2) real weather I was not ready for...

Anyone near Friday Harbor, Washington? What's up with your winter weather, guys?

[Eichhörnchen]

It takes most people ages before they can play FSX, owing to the load-time :)

[Von Due]

It takes most people ages before they can play FSX, owing to the load-time :)

Load time isn't too terrible here but the CTDs are quite annoying. Oh the joy of aaaalmost reaching Moose Jaw quite a few real life breaks away only to have the whole flippin thing crash to desktop. One day I might reach Newfoundland. Or not.

[Eichhörnchen]

My friend nailed a pipe and flooded his kitchen on Christmas Eve, so I've got him this huge Pat Mustard mallet to go in his giant Pat Mustard toolbox; all he'll need then will be some rubber nails. You'd think he'd know where all the pipes are in his house, being a bloody architect :haha:

http://i.imgur.com/VNpZkCM.jpg

I wrapped it, so he wouldn't guess what it is

http://i.imgur.com/0rHMp7f.jpg

[Aktungbby]

...this huge Pat Mustard mallet to go in his giant Pat Mustard toolbox; Not to a true son of St OLAF BBY!- Norwegian Lutheran Collegehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/Thor_494.jpg/220px-Thor_494.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thor_494.jpg)Extremely durable weapon forged from the Asgardian metal Uru by the command of Odin (http://marvel.com/universe/Odin); favored weapon of Thor (http://marvel.com/universe/Thor_(Thor_Odinson)). Only those of sound moral character and integrity may lift Mjolnir. :timeout:The hammer can summon the elements wind, rain, thunder, and lightning for the wielder to use at their discretion. It is able to open interdimensional (http://marvel.com/universe/Glossary:I#interdimensional) portals, such as the one to Asgard (http://marvel.com/universe/Asgard). Ol time religion meets politics even today:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/T%C3%B3rshavn_Insigna.svg/591px-T%C3%B3rshavn_Insigna.svg.png
Seal of the capital of the Faroe Islands:yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2433007&postcount=6898

[STEED]

Had a nice walk today out in the cold, not many folk about on the first day back to work. Not for me I go back Thursday..Lol.

[Eichhörnchen]

You better not say that word (you know... back)

[Jimbuna]

Had a nice walk today out in the cold, not many folk about on the first day back to work. Not for me I go back Thursday..Lol.

The gargoyles better start getting worried then :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

Opened my Facebook page this morning and was greeted by this:

http://i.imgur.com/8QAqM9N.png

[Aktungbby]

Opened my Facebook page this morning and was greeted by this:

http://i.imgur.com/8QAqM9N.png Hey you'll B 'good 2 Go! http://www.mckenziesp.com/Assets/ProductImages/HK32.jpg
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[STEED]

Back to work tomorrow just what I need, really not joking looking forward to going back. :)

As of the norm went out for a walk did my Back exercises part one, part two latter tonight and in about ten minutes I shall be tuning in to the radio as TV is a disgrace full of rubbish. Give me the radio any day. :)

[Jimbuna]

Back to work tomorrow just what I need, really not joking looking forward to going back. :)

As of the norm went out for a walk did my Back exercises part one, part two latter tonight and in about ten minutes I shall be tuning in to the radio as TV is a disgrace full of rubbish. Give me the radio any day. :)

Be sure to pass on my best wishes for the new year to Quasimodo :):03:

[Eichhörnchen]

I get a crick in my back from all the junk my wife piles in the bed, this being the latest:http://i.imgur.com/nWC8PVP.jpg

[Catfish]

You sure have big and strange-looking mites :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

:har::har::har:

[Aktungbby]

Anyone near Friday Harbor, Washington? What's up with your winter weather, guys?
Big storm taking aim at Napa County
Napa County is amid the calm before a big weekend storm, raising questions of whether the area will experience flooding and enough runoff to trigger the Napa flood control bypass for the first time. The quarter-mile-long bypass completed in summer 2015 (Army Corps of Engineeers $18 million$) has yet to do more than serve as a park.
“We have seen and heard reports of anything from an event like the one we had a day or two ago to the storm of the century or something akin to that,” said Richard Thomasser, who keeps an eye on the bypass for the Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.

He and other flood control officials keep a watch on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration postings of Napa River levels at Oak Knoll Avenue between Yountville and Napa. When the level there hits 22 feet, they think the bypass about five miles downriver will carry storm waters..levels expected at 1/2 in. every hour for twelve hours. Get out the shovels! Landslides and road closures expected. A highly amplified upper-air pattern in the Pacific Ocean, featuring blocking high pressure near the Bering Sea and Alaska, and a downstream plunge of the jet stream off the Pacific Northwest coast, will likely park an AR over the state for what could be two to three days starting Saturday.
When these ARs stall over land and are lifted by mountain terrain, significant flooding often results. About 80 percent of California's major flood events can be traced to ARs (http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2409/), according to NASA.
The bottom line is: the threat for more widespread river, urban flooding and landslides will rise substantially this weekend, particularly over northern and central California. https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/calif-wet-pattern-jan2017.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0<This is aimed at me??! They're sand bagging downtown along the River as well.:k_confused:>THE GOOD NEWS IS: the CA drought is over!

I myself am plastic-sheathing/duck taping a leaky thermal window with poor flashing on the storm South side of the house and battening-down the hatches.. permanent solutions can wait. Fortunately the furnace was quickly replaced on Tuesday; the temp this AM was 29 degrees F.... Frost everywhere! The new (Wife's retirement) kitchen is nearly completed: still awaiting back-ordered dishwasher. The carpenters are hard at it again today. https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbKQ3---c3BsniLmiO3iWZnORmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true< particularly pleased with the new garage door; the original had a small-pet aperture and was thus not to fire-delay code. https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbPCJegIYYq5aNkv 3H-qH1RaRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbFmkX83MzoZzCCo yF4FObKuRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=trueParticularly like the tile backsplash over a hammered copper basin: https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbBZuOfq_cjctoN3 FgVF0PtWRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbCEID4r40XUVhRT 5g6tzcTmRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true
Gas range/electric oven(better for baking) Egad! now to read all the manuals so I can live in my own kitchen! Should be done...in time for the next earthquake!:timeout:

[Catfish]

^ Looks very nice, congrats! :up:
We also get a new kitchen in april, but it takes some time until they deliver it. Wanted to make it myself, but then i intended to since five years and someone became ..ahem.. impatient :timeout:

I hope you are spared of upcoming disasters like floods and earthquakes :o

[Fubar2Niner]

https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/calif-wet-pattern-jan2017.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0<This is aimed at me??! They're sand bagging downtown along the River as well.:k_confused:>THE GOOD NEWS IS: the CA drought is over!

I myself am plastic-sheathing/duck taping a leaky thermal window with poor flashing on the storm South side of the house and battening-down the hatches.. permanent solutions can wait. Fortunately the furnace was quickly replaced on Tuesday; the temp this AM was 29 degrees F.... Frost everywhere! The new (Wife's retirement) kitchen is nearly completed: still awaiting back-ordered dishwasher. The carpenters are hard at it again today. https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbKQ3---c3BsniLmiO3iWZnORmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true< particularly pleased with the new garage door; the original had a small-pet aperture and was thus not to fire-delay code. https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbPCJegIYYq5aNkv 3H-qH1RaRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbFmkX83MzoZzCCo yF4FObKuRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=trueParticularly like the tile backsplash over a hammered copper basin: https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbBZuOfq_cjctoN3 FgVF0PtWRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbCEID4r40XUVhRT 5g6tzcTmRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true
Gas range/electric oven(better for baking) Egad! now to read all the manuals so I can live in my own kitchen! Should be done...in time for the next earthquake!:timeout:


"Kitchen"..... "Kitchen", you say? Looks more like a bloody ballroom, (as you might guess, I'm pretty bloody jealous old mate ;) ) Hope you keep safe Bby.

All the best

[Sailor Steve]

Finally got some pictures of my new bass.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/DSCF2005_zps5uuxufot.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/DSCF2005_zps5uuxufot.jpg.html)

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/DSCF2006_zpsibom4d1a.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/DSCF2006_zpsibom4d1a.jpg.html)

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/DSCF2007_zpsaxqdsdqd.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/DSCF2007_zpsaxqdsdqd.jpg.html)

[Aktungbby]

^ Looks very nice, congrats! :up:
We also get a new kitchen in april, but it takes some time until they deliver it. Wanted to make it myself, but then i intended to since five years and someone became ..ahem.. impatient :timeout:

I hope you are spared of upcoming disasters like floods and earthquakes :o

"Kitchen"..... "Kitchen", you say? Looks more like a bloody ballroom, (as you might guess, I'm pretty bloody jealous old mate ;) ) Hope you keep safe Bby.

All the best
Precisely! my wife was getting impatient with the month long campout and it is a ballroom...https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbPXYZ5PZKgFBnKN Ir5pV-ayRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true <Bronze handles and knobs to accent copper sink basin. The new stove is where the old one was: but without a non-bearing wall 'twixt the Dining and kitchen as all the original tract homes had. That wall was taken out in my own original remodel, 25 years and 2 'quakes ago, and replaced with 2 hanging lights and ceiling vent-fan. This really open'd up the 'great room': dining, kitchen, and family-fplc. area. The new quartz counters, with a third light, are now expanded slightly out into the slab-floor family room; shoe-moulding & pedestal to match the original hardwood floor dining area & half-step both cannibalized from a back-bedroom floor.>https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbGeDUymuR4V2hXU 33UAoH_yRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbGVawwZeDg2iomC 9Sgqv8hKRmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true-the whole aspect is one of light and open space (bloody ballroom:up:) as a result.

[Von Due]

Come to realize I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing while trying to land the TF-51D in DCS World. Not even the slightest hint of idea. So much for 30 odd years with virtual flight.

[Fubar2Niner]

Trying to get BMS 4.33 U3 working seems the new update somehow broke HD monitor resolutions with nvidia. Anything above 1920x1440 gives me a CTD :/\\!!

[Von Due]

Trying to get BMS 4.33 U3 working seems the new update somehow broke HD monitor resolutions with nvidia. Anything above 1920x1440 gives me a CTD :/\\!!

I only ever played Allied Force so what would you say is "the thing" so to speak with BMS? Worth getting for someone strictly single player no TIR kinda guy?

[STEED]

Spot of shopping in the morning followed by pills and lunch and a relaxing afternoon reading the newspaper. :)

[u crank]

@ Steve.

That's quite a weapon you have there.:D How much does it weigh?

:rock:

[Mr Quatro]

That's a nice instrument Steve ... why do guitar's have a hole in the middle and bass guitar's don't?

So your neighbors mind you playing that thing?

@ Aktungbby Wow! that's some kitchen ... is that a revolving SS pantry I saw?

Now you'll have to stay at home and cook more with a kitchen that nice plus not to mention to justify the price.

Do you like Chinese food? I'm available for an invitation for Chinese :up:

[Sailor Steve]

Come to realize I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing while trying to land the TF-51D in DCS World. Not even the slightest hint of idea. So much for 30 odd years with virtual flight.
I have a simple solution for that. Let's put you up in a real one. If you land it safely, no problem. If you don't? No problem! :O:

[Sailor Steve]

How much does it weigh?
Twelve pounds. A bit on the heavy side, but you get used to it.

That's a nice instrument Steve ... why do guitar's have a hole in the middle and bass guitar's don't?
Acoustic guitars have a hole because they are designed to be used without electricity. The guitar is hollow, which amplifies the sound naturally, and the hole projects the sound outward. Electric guitars also don't have holes, and you can't hear them unless they're plugged in. There are also acoustic basses, and these days acoustic guitars may also come with electronics. Even when plugged in the sound is different from that of a regular electric.

So your neighbors mind you playing that thing?
At home I have a practice amp with a headphone jack. When the 'phones are plugged in it shuts the speaker off so only I can hear it.

[Catfish]

This new bass looks really nice! :up:

Can we have an acoustic example at some time, with you and your band? :)

[Fubar2Niner]

I only ever played Allied Force so what would you say is "the thing" so to speak with BMS? Worth getting for someone strictly single player no TIR kinda guy?

Two words mate, "Dynamic Campaign", yes I know you've heard that phrase before. In Falcons case it truly is dynamic, and BMS is built around the original. BMS takes the original to new heights, realistic flight dynamics, weaponry etc. Plus a ton of aircraft now available to fly. The best thing of all ? It's free !

Take a look on youtube some time.

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[STEED]

Winter is over and Spring is here, last week freezing cold and now wet and mild so at this rate it should be summer by next Tuesday. Another relaxing day reading books and listening to the radio and wondering what to have for lunch.

[Schroeder]

and wondering what to have for lunch.
In your case pot noodles.:03:

[STEED]

In your case pot noodles.:03:

Nah...too many calories.

Tuna salad sounds better to me.

[Jimbuna]

Nah...too many calories.

Tuna salad sounds better to me.

Try the fisher fingers, I hear they are good :up:

[Tango589]

At home I have a practice amp with a headphone jack. When the 'phones are plugged in it shuts the speaker off so only I can hear it.

Never mind that, turn it up and SOD THE NEIGHBOURS!!!:rock::rock: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F89KosfBg2Q)

[u crank]

Just in from a bit of light shoveling.:03:

Wife's car cleaned off, daughters not. :D

http://i.imgur.com/T5ZV780.jpg?2 (http://imgur.com/T5ZV780)

I miss Florida so much. :O:

[Aktungbby]

Just in from a bit of light shoveling.:03:

Wife's car cleaned off, daughters not. :D

http://i.imgur.com/T5ZV780.jpg?2 (http://imgur.com/T5ZV780)

I miss Florida so much. :O:
Why I left Minnesota!:O: Napa's 'Storm of the century' is turning into ''the big drizzle'': upside: helps (But does not end) the drought and there's no snow just AM frost and Rime ice. Tourist R touring; Weddings R ongoing; Waders and raingear useful:o: the latest River watch so far so good: NAPA RIVER NEAR NAPA
8:00 AM STAGE: 17.9 FT - 8:00 AM ESTIMATED FLOW: 5380 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND
THE STAGE IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE MONITOR STAGE OF 22.0 FT SUNDAY NEAR NOON
THEN FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 25.0 FT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THEN FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 26.7 FT LATE SUNDAY EVENING
THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 25.0 FT EARLY MONDAY MORNING
THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW MONITOR STAGE OF 22.0 FT MONDAY MORNING
THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 18.8 FT LATE MONDAY MORNING
MONITOR STAGE: 22.0 FT, FLOOD STAGE: 25.0 FT

:Kaleun_Binocular:

[Catfish]

[...] I miss Florida so much. :O:

But i thought you were there.. :O:

Does anyone drive electric cars around Canada? I can imagine some problems storing electrical energy in batteries, under such circumstances :hmmm:

[u crank]

But i thought you were there.. :O:

I was over Christmas. In hindsight, leaving seems like a mistake. :O:

Does anyone drive electric cars around Canada? I can imagine some problems storing electrical energy in batteries, under such circumstances :hmmm:

Not sure about other parts of the country but I haven't seen any around here.

[Aktungbby]

In hindsight, leaving seems like a mistake.
That is the official motto on the state seal:03:

[u crank]

That is the official motto on the state seal:03:

:haha::up:

[Jimbuna]

Finally mastered the flight controls of a miniature remote control UFO (one of my xmas pressies off my daughter) :salute:

Two broken ornaments and one light bulb too late :oops:

[Sailor Steve]

Wife's car cleaned off, daughters not. :D

An old friend of mine was once asked by his kids "Why do WE have to do all the chores?" He said, "That's why we made you in first place."

[Sailor Steve]

Spending the day recovering from a little stomach bug that showed up in the middle of rehearsal. I was glad to make it home with no trouble, but the rest of the night was not fun.

"The horror. The horror."

[Eichhörnchen]

Just been building a Facebook Business page and wondering: if Adolf had one, would he also have had "Like or Else" buttons?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Just copying some Steam games onto a recently cleared drive. Thought about getting SH3 and SH5 out of the dark recesses of the wardrobe to install.

And then I remembered.

No optical drive. :wah:

[Moonlight]

Buy a USB external DVD drive they're cheap enough. :up:

[Eichhörnchen]

He's right, you know...

[Catfish]

Just been building a Facebook Business page and wondering: if Adolf had one, would he also have had "Like or Else" buttons?

I didn't know he had a girlfriend named Else :hmmm:

Like in FB now, he would have had no dislike button.
But maybe he would have had an "angry" button, with the clicker IP address directly transmitted to the Gestapo HQ..

[Eichhörnchen]

Harr harr :) Are you on Facebook yet? I tried the same joke on there and my sister didn't get it :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Just off the phone with my lad who is celebrating his 28th birthday with a day off his boat (in San Juan, Puerto Rico).

He and four others were in a taxi enroute to some bar or whatever when a guy jumped in front of the taxi shouting at the taxi driver to run him over....the driver duly obliged, striking him a glancing blow and continuing on the journry.

Could only happen to you James :doh:

[Von Due]

Reading up on electrical and hydraulics systems on a ka-50 computer game version. DCS has gone to great lengths to confuse the heck out of the players. It does make me feel a little better to put blame on DCS instead of doing something useful, like doing the dishes.

[STEED]

Stinking ice last night was no joke at work and coming home and tonight will be a very late finish. Sooner this snow and ice melts the better.

[Tango589]

Suffering from the "Johnnie Cashs'" after last nights' curry. Maybe I should have put the loo roll in the freezer last night...:hmmm:

[STEED]

Better last night coming home due to very little ice thankfully, now for a relaxing weekend listening to the radio and reading books. :)

[Jimbuna]

Just been informed I'm working all seven nights next week. So much for post retirement part-time work.

[Mr Quatro]

Playing Battlefield One on my new Christmas present X Box One S 1TB model

The game was free, but I sure am having a hard time flying the old WWI bi-plane ... I keep running into a mountain. I can try and blame the flight controls or put it down on easy from normal.

Never give up:D

I did down load the free Horizon 3 sports racing game and wow is it great for arcade racing that is.

[Jeff-Groves]

Gearing up for a big job in Norfolk.
Nice thing is?
USS Wisconsin is about 10 minutes from the job site!
:rock:

[Oberon]

Reading up on electrical and hydraulics systems on a ka-50 computer game version. DCS has gone to great lengths to confuse the heck out of the players. It does make me feel a little better to put blame on DCS instead of doing something useful, like doing the dishes.

If in doubt, Check EKRANS.

[STEED]

Just been informed I'm working all seven nights next week. So much for post retirement part-time work.

No weekend! :o

Go on strike. :)

[Catfish]

If in doubt, Check EKRANS.


The Kamov can sure take a beating :haha: (from 1:30 on):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYsBBXpq1vM

[Von Due]

If in doubt, Check EKRANS.

Never watch the EKRAN, worst tv show ever, never anything good.

The Kamov can sure take a beating :haha: (from 1:30 on):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYsBBXpq1vM

Puts a new meaning to bumpy ride, doesn't it? Good grief, wonder what unholy kraken caused that.

[Aktungbby]

Just got back home from my folks house in Napa. What a mess! No structural damage but the furniture moved 1-3 feet and toppled just about anything that wasn’t low. Books, knick-knacks, pictures, mirrors, etc. all busted and all over the floor. A couple of water pipes broke and I had to bypass the water softener to get water pressure again. Still no hot water as the pipe broke that feeds water to it and I couldn't fix that one. The pool lost about a good foot of water and the cover tore loose. Power was restored about 3PM and PGE will come out sometime tomorrow to check the gas lines.
Kitchen is complete!:yeah: carpenter arrived for finishing critical touches; ie earthquake latches for all overhead dish cabinets (prevents the ankle deep china shards in two previous quakes-one 5.2 epi-centered 500 yard from the house twelve years ago (30k chimney destroyed) and a 6.0 just 2 years ago (wall damage)-we're still recovering from>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/2014_South_Napa_quake_-_Stones_Fallen_From_Face_of_Sam_Kee_-_1_%2815014707736%29.jpg/260px-2014_South_Napa_quake_-_Stones_Fallen_From_Face_of_Sam_Kee_-_1_%2815014707736%29.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2014_South_Napa_quake_-_Stones_Fallen_From_Face_of_Sam_Kee_-_1_(15014707736).jpg) )....https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbMQ1OF164rObNZA 1zoE-zC-RmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true https://buildertrend.net/HttpHandlers/GetFile.ashx?f=fYLFcWYHErkkQh2iDbyjbKgo5cyqA-roezwaOC91xi6RmHVnALX3pg&fl=1&ia=1&e=.jpg&hideStamp=true FYI: I have my 'druthers; CA earthquakes (in wine country-2 dead, 200 injured) are preferred over childhood Minnesota tornados-spent in the SW corner of the basement :o ANYTIME!!>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/22_May_2011_Joplin_tornado_damage.jpg <Joplin MO 2011; 161 dead 1150 injured...

[Von Due]

A "relaxing" evening with classic games. Play TIE Fighter, they said. It will be fun they said... Tell you what: A T-Ford can outpace these damn Gunboats I'm stuck with and T-Fords were never known for being superior space crafts.

[STEED]

Got out early tonight due to no events as for tomorrow looks like 9:30-9:45 depending how long these folks take to leave after their bookings. Freezing cold coming home but have to say no ice so that has to be a up side.

[Red October1984]

Relaxed today. 70F in the middle of January? I'll take it!

Went for a drive, saw a friend from out of town and worked on a few things with the window open.

[STEED]

Relaxed today. 70F in the middle of January? I'll take it!



Rub it why don't you! :hulk:

Joking, lucky you. :)

Off out later this evening better wrap up warm. :arrgh!:

[Red October1984]

Rub it why don't you! :hulk:

Joking, lucky you. :)

Off out later this evening better wrap up warm. :arrgh!:

It's okay. It's cooled back down quite a bit.

January resumes when the week does.

[Jimbuna]

Just finished making the final preparations for the wifes 60th on Wednesday.

My daughter sure has an uncanny knack of spending her old mans money.

[Commander Wallace]

Just finished making the final preparations for the wifes 60th on Wednesday.

My daughter sure has an uncanny knack of spending her old mans money.


Happy Birthday in advance to Ann. I hope you both enjoy her day.

As far as your money Jim, I'll keep it for you if you like and hide it. She will never find it. :D

[Jeff-Groves]

My daughter sure has an uncanny knack of spending her old mans money.

You raised her so you have no one to blame but yourself.
Blaming the Wife is not gonna work with out repercussions and you know it!!!
:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Happy Birthday in advance to Ann. I hope you both enjoy her day.

As far as your money Jim, I'll keep it for you if you like and hide it. She will never find it. :D

Thank you Sir for the kind wishes but the money offer I'll not take you up on :)

You raised her so you have no one to blame but yourself.
Blaming the Wife is not gonna work with out repercussions and you know it!!!
:haha:

True that Jeff :yep: :03:

[Fubar2Niner]

Many congratulations on your sixtieth birthday young lady.

Jim, give her all my families best, enjoy a great day together, and remember it. Salutations mate, hit the rum. Buy some Champers you old dog :Kaleun_Party::Kaleun_Party:

All the very best for a great day.

[Catfish]

@ Jim: Congratulations and all the best to your wife! :sunny:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Happy birthday to the missus Jim. :Kaleun_Cheers:

Got some new windows being fitted upstairs, so wearing my hoodie inside as the door is open and the windows are gone!

Whilst I'm here, got a 3m deep hole dug in the road outside my house - adding sewerage capacity for some new houses being built up the road. Oh, and obviously they went through a gas pipe :D

[Eichhörnchen]

Happy Birthday to Mrs Jim

[Eichhörnchen]

I just got back from my vitamin B jab at the doc's and I'm so glad I went because as I watched the digital noticeboard I saw (oh, joy) that the lady who got up and went in ahead of me was "Mrs Squelch"... swear to God.

[Sailor Steve]

The new band played out for the first time last night. A local club hosts an Open Mic Night for whole bands. You show up with your instruments, use their amps and drums, play three songs and you're done. Adjusting the sound was a pain, and doing all that on the fly is not easy. That said, it went fairly well.

I also ran into a couple of musical acquaintances there and got caught up on some old business, so it was a worthwhile experience.

[STEED]

Popped down to the fish shop for some fish only and asked for a large cod no chips which was met by a strange look as to say...WHAT NO CHIPS ARE YOU MAD?

Point one I am on a diet.
Point two I have gone off chips, all that starch in my stomach no thank you.
Point three my fish shop has no small portion.
Point four regular portion is king size which is enough for four to five people.
Point five I hear point four from my mates about other fish shops.

Anyway after the strange look I was asked twice are you sure you want no chips to which I said no chips and finally I got my cod. :arrgh!:

[Aktungbby]

The new band played out for the first time last night. A local club hosts an Open Mic Night for whole bands. You show up with your instruments, use their amps and drums, play three songs and you're done. Adjusting the sound was a pain, and doing all that on the fly is not easy. That said, it went fairly well.

I also ran into a couple of musical acquaintances there and got caught up on some old business, so it was a worthwhile experience.
R U thrumming that new seven string Bass?:yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

Popped down to the fish shop for some fish only and asked for a large cod no chips which was met by a strange look as to say...WHAT NO CHIPS ARE YOU MAD?

After handing over your fiver you should've said "Wot... no change?"

[Sailor Steve]

R U thrumming that new seven string Bass?:yeah:

No. It's so heavy that after a month I'm getting a stiff neck and headaches. Definitely not a stand-up-and-dance-around instrument. I've come to a point where I'm chalking it up to a mistake and looking to sell it again. The sixes are good enough.

[Jimbuna]

Many congratulations on your sixtieth birthday young lady.

Jim, give her all my families best, enjoy a great day together, and remember it. Salutations mate, hit the rum. Buy some Champers you old dog :Kaleun_Party::Kaleun_Party:

All the very best for a great day.

@ Jim: Congratulations and all the best to your wife! :sunny:

Happy birthday to the missus Jim. :Kaleun_Cheers:

Got some new windows being fitted upstairs, so wearing my hoodie inside as the door is open and the windows are gone!

Whilst I'm here, got a 3m deep hole dug in the road outside my house - adding sewerage capacity for some new houses being built up the road. Oh, and obviously they went through a gas pipe :D

Happy Birthday to Mrs Jim

Thank you all very much. The night was a big success, only wish the boy had been home but he did ring from the Dominican Republic (I think that's where he said he was, the line wasn't the best).

Two days to recover then the surprise party including the relatives at a friends restaurant in the town.

Happy days :sunny:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/6a3JTit.png

Best wishes to my friend Reece.

[Aktungbby]

No. It's so heavy that after a month I'm getting a stiff neck and headaches. Definitely not a stand-up-and-dance-around instrument. I've come to a point where I'm chalking it up to a mistake and looking to sell it again. The sixes are good enough.

Only use it when U do this song:O: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue2OA33jZac (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue2OA33jZac)

[Commander Wallace]

I don't know what the 7 string bass weighs but i have a pair of Les paul's that tip the scales at 14 pounds a piece. 14 pounds may not sound like a lot but you feel it after having a strap over your shoulder connected to either of them and play for 2 hours or more.

I had a Luthier put together a solid ash bodied custom Stratocaster copy with a floyd rose Trem / bridge. It weighs in at 4 pounds. :D It uses a Jackson neck with medium jumbo frets with an Ebony fingerboard and the scale is a 25.5 instead of the regular Stratocastor 22.5 .

[Sailor Steve]

I don't know what the 7 string bass weighs but i have a pair of Les paul's that tip the scales at 14 pounds a piece. 14 pounds may not sound like a lot but you feel it after having a strap over your shoulder connected to either of them and play for 2 hours or more.
Fourteen pounds?! :o
I can't imagine that. The seven-string Wolf bass weighs just over 12 pounds. My Peavey sixes weigh around 10 pounds each, and they're considered heavy.

I had a Luthier put together a solid ash bodied custom Stratocaster copy with a floyd rose Trem / bridge. It weighs in at 4 pounds. :D It uses a Jackson neck with medium jumbo frets with an Ebony fingerboard and the scale is a 25.5 instead of the regular Stratocastor 22.5 .
That's more like it. I'm not sure what my Giannini 12-stirng weighs, but it's not much. It's funny comparing guitars and basses. Most 5-and-6-stings have a 35" scale to get maximum effect out of the low B-string, but even a "short scale" bass is 30". One of the things I like about the Peaveys is that not only to they have 24 frets but I can easily reach the top fret without being a contortionist.

[Von Due]

I don't know what the 7 string bass weighs but i have a pair of Les paul's that tip the scales at 14 pounds a piece. 14 pounds may not sound like a lot but you feel it after having a strap over your shoulder connected to either of them and play for 2 hours or more.

I had a Luthier put together a solid ash bodied custom Stratocaster copy with a floyd rose Trem / bridge. It weighs in at 4 pounds. :D It uses a Jackson neck with medium jumbo frets with an Ebony fingerboard and the scale is a 25.5 instead of the regular Stratocastor 22.5 .

I hear you. I used to have a Les Paul and it was a hernia maker if I ever saw one. Never weighted it but it was not a favourite of mine to play for the weight alone. Much happier with the Strat I got later. Only issue is, that one couldn't cope well with 0.13 gauge normal tuning. Broke the nut it did. Was a bit amusing though to buy 2 more springs for the bridge just to hold it down and not pop up to right angle :D

[Commander Wallace]

Fourteen pounds?! :o
I can't imagine that. The seven-string Wolf bass weighs just over 12 pounds. My Peavey sixes weigh around 10 pounds each, and they're considered heavy.


That's more like it. I'm not sure what my Giannini 12-stirng weighs, but it's not much. It's funny comparing guitars and basses. Most 5-and-6-stings have a 35" scale to get maximum effect out of the low B-string, but even a "short scale" bass is 30". One of the things I like about the Peaveys is that not only to they have 24 frets but I can easily reach the top fret without being a contortionist.

I didn't weight it but the specialty shop did when they fitted it with a different neck. There was nothing wrong with the old one but i didn't want to ruin the value of the guitar and neck as I wanted to make some modifications, to the frets for one. I wanted meaty Jumbo frets in it which facilitates easier string bending if you are doing bluesey songs. I don't envy you with the weight penalty of your wolf bass guitar. Our guys always take their older 4 string Fender p and jazz bases and they still sound great, especially through a Fender Bassman amp although they sound great through most anything.

I hear you. I used to have a Les Paul and it was a hernia maker if I ever saw one. Never weighted it but it was not a favourite of mine to play for the weight alone. Much happier with the Strat I got later. Only issue is, that one couldn't cope well with 0.13 gauge normal tuning. Broke the nut it did. Was a bit amusing though to buy 2 more springs for the bridge just to hold it down and not pop up to right angle :D

You must be an aggressive Stevie Ray Vaughan kinda guy if you are breaking strings. :D

Fender makes what's known as an LSR roller nut. It's made of metal and is essentially a cage with which the string goes through. It has ball bearings and the strings go through them individually. It's usually used in conjunction with Fender / Schaller locking tuners. They are about $ 30.00 dollars so they are reasonable. Check them out if you get a chance.

https://reverb.com/item/256959-genuine-fender-lsr-roller-chrome-guitar-neck-string-nut-with-mounting-hardware/similar?gclid=CMnF4dKf49ECFci1wAodKXMOHg

https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M4aa78d01c7120a9b74d099ea1703de11o0&pid=15.1&P=0&w=406&h=180https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M4aa78d01c7120a9b74d099ea1703de11o0&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300 (https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pPvuItYewIADRAunIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIzZD dyMXZzBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM3ODBjZTE1ZGE5MTQw MzFkOWY3YjVkZTZjZDE0OGQxNQRncG9zAzEwBGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2 Fsearch%3Fp%3DFender%2BLsr%2BRoller%2BNut%26fr%3Dy hs-mozilla-004%26hsimp%3Dyhs-004%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D10&w=750&h=331&imgurl=www.mojotone.com%2FFender-LSR-Roller-Nut-2119083.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mojotone.com%2Fguitar-parts%2FTruss-Rod%2FFender-LSR-Roller-Nut&size=41.0KB&name=%3Cb%3EFender+LSR+Roller+Nut%3C%2Fb%3E&p=Fender+Lsr+Roller+Nut&oid=780ce15da914031d9f7b5de6cd148d15&fr2=&fr=yhs-mozilla-004&tt=%3Cb%3EFender+LSR+Roller+Nut%3C%2Fb%3E&b=0&ni=21&no=10&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1246csj38&sigb=144qs352n&sigi=11i435h71&sigt=10s2gd58g&sign=10s2gd58g&.crumb=nBwQlle7EKK&fr=yhs-mozilla-004&hsimp=yhs-004&hspart=mozilla)

As far as the bridge, I retrofitted a number of Floyd Rose Tremolos to my playing guitars that really were of marginal value. I used to break strings a lot during string bending with standard Stratocastor bridges / trems but haven't that I can remember since using the Floyd Rose. It's incredibly responsive as well. Prices vary from $ 83.00 to almost $ 200.00. The floyd rose is used in conjunction with a claw type locking nut and you tune guitars so equipped at the bridge, the opposite of Fender and Gibson setups.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Floyd-Rose/Special-Series-Tremolo-Bridge-with-R3-Nut-Chrome-1315931602950.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWRWXGP&gclid=CKmIxtig49ECFZC6wAod4i0E8g&kwid=productads-adid^57619015002-device^c-plaid^142911061461-sku^1315931602950@ADL4GC-adType^PLA

They used to be standard equipment on Ibanez Electric guitars which are high quality guitars. You get more bang for the buck from the Ibanez than you do with Fenders although I have a number of Fenders .

[Eichhörnchen]

I just was told that your post sack is full again. What are you keeping in there... your nuts?

[STEED]

After handing over your fiver you should've said "Wot... no change?"

It will be some months before my next visit.

Glad that Arctic blast of frozen fog has now gone.

[Von Due]

You must be an aggressive Stevie Ray Vaughan kinda guy if you are breaking strings. :D


Hah! Nah a SVR I never was :D nor a string breaker of notice but the nut is still chipped after years of negligence. See, I stopped playing years back but keep the strat and the amps. Can't sell those! I haven't fired up the amps in dunno 6-7 years now but the sound of the old Gibson tube amp with a turbo rat as only company is too mean to kick out of the house. That combo, with the 0.13-0.56 set and I could swear a church organ on crack couldn't sound more massive :har:

[Commander Wallace]

I just was told that your post sack is full again. What are you keeping in there... your nuts?

Excuse me Eichhörnchen, but only people of the Squirrel persuasion do that. Know anybody like that ? :03:


Hah! Nah a SVR I never was :D nor a string breaker of notice but the nut is still chipped after years of negligence. See, I stopped playing years back but keep the strat and the amps. Can't sell those! I haven't fired up the amps in dunno 6-7 years now but the sound of the old Gibson tube amp with a turbo rat as only company is too mean to kick out of the house. That combo, with the 0.13-0.56 set and I could swear a church organ on crack couldn't sound more massive :har:

I never liked solid state or hybrid amps. I always preferred the older tube amps and had my techie guys do surgery on them to modify them a bit. Lots of heavy metal guys would hunt for tube amps and then use all sorts of distortion units with them. I never understood that. For a while, it was difficult to find replacement tubes. Today, they are much easier to find although in some cases, the quality has suffered. Joe Satriani and Stevie Vai cranked it up like you said at a concert and I couldn't hear for a week. :doh: It was a great show what I remember hearing of it though. :)


Keep in mind the LSR roller nut. I'm sure you will like it. It may help bring your old rig back to life. I have used the LSR roller nut instead of the claw type locking nut and Locking Schaller tuners with the Floyd Rose trem. The claw type nut has drilled holes going throughthe head stock which weakens and compromises the structural integrity of the neck and headstock and on occasion, i have had headstocks crack.

* The LSR roller nut is not to be confused with the nuts Eichhörnchen is talking about * :haha:

[Von Due]

I never liked solid state or hybrid amps. I always preferred the older tube amps and had my techie guys do surgery on them to modify them a bit. Lots of heavy metal guys would hunt for tube amps and then use all sorts of distortion units with them. I never understood that. For a while, it was difficult to find replacement tubes. Today, they are much easier to find although in some cases, the quality has suffered. Joe Satriani and Stevie Vai cranked it up like you said at a concert and I couldn't hear for a week. :doh: It was a great show what I remember hearing of it though. :)


Keep in mind the LSR roller nut. I'm sure you will like it. It may help bring your old rig back to life. I have used the LSR roller nut instead of the claw type locking nut and Locking Schaller tuners with the Floyd Rose trem. The claw type nut has drilled holes going throughthe head stock which weakens and compromises the structural integrity of the neck and headstock and on occasion, i have had headstocks crack.

* The LSR roller nut is not to be confused with the nuts Eichhörnchen is talking about * :haha:

If I ever get back to playing, which I doubt, I'll keep the LRS in mind for that. As for distortion or other effects, I never liked the heavy metal kind of distortion. Neil Young on the other hand, he has the right idea and it is that sound I have attempted to achieve without ever succeeding. This combo is disturbingly close though. Only time it was more surreal was the time I managed to mix pre-gig drinking with soldering and got the polarity wrong resulting in the most astonishing recorder (flute) sound! The fact that a non-grounded guitar is not particularily healthy is another matter entirely but the SOUND...! Apart from the turbo rat, I don't think I ever had greater distortion than the one I got from a Radionette cassette/radio ghettoblaster between the guitar and the amp. I kid you not (really) but I had to sit on the amp while playing or the bastard would trundle across the floor from the vibrations!

EDIT: As for the topic: Having a taste of my bro's home brew, a belgian double. Decent! Then there is the DIY label on the bottle. The clever but not so wise sod asked his 5 y.o. girl what to call the brew and it is a given: For a 5 y.o. the most amusing thing in the world is poo, fart etc so the beer will forever be known as "double poo". So, belgian double waste and looking forward to a frustrating weekend with the game TIE Fighter.

[Sailor Steve]

I Our guys always take their older 4 string Fender p and jazz bases and they still sound great, especially through a Fender Bassman amp although they sound great through most anything.
Nothing sounds like a Fender Jazz Bass. Unfortunately I've gotten used to having six strings. I could get by of five, the Jazz 5 costs a small fortune. The Peaveys sound good...just not the same.

[Eichhörnchen]

I was just sat waiting at a roundabout in the car when I suddenly heard the sound of breaking glass to the nearside. I looked in the wing mirror... no mirror in it... it seemed to have just fallen out. So there I was for the next 20-25 minutes picking up bits of glass, bleeding onto the road. Has this ever happened to anyone else? The mirror was just glued onto a backplate (they are the electrically adjustable type).

[Von Due]

I was just sat waiting at a roundabout in the car when I suddenly heard the sound of breaking glass to the nearside. I looked in the wing mirror... no mirror in it... it seemed to have just fallen out. So there I was for the next 20-25 minutes picking up bits of glass, bleeding onto the road. Has this ever happened to anyone else? The mirror was just glued onto a backplate (they are the electrically adjustable type).

You wouldn't happen to drive a Fiat Panda now would you? That thing fell apart if you looked at it funny.

[Eichhörnchen]

:haha: No, a 6 year-old Astra

[Commander Wallace]

Nothing sounds like a Fender Jazz Bass. Unfortunately I've gotten used to having six strings. I could get by of five, the Jazz 5 costs a small fortune. The Peaveys sound good...just not the same.

I know a number of musicians and I come across people now and then who try out equipment like guitars, lead and bass, drums, etc... and now and again, they sell them off, most usually, un-played. I'll keep you in mind if I hear of anything close to what you are looking for and you can contact them directly.


I was just sat waiting at a roundabout in the car when I suddenly heard the sound of breaking glass to the nearside. I looked in the wing mirror... no mirror in it... it seemed to have just fallen out. So there I was for the next 20-25 minutes picking up bits of glass, bleeding onto the road. Has this ever happened to anyone else? The mirror was just glued onto a backplate (they are the electrically adjustable type).

No, but I had a girlfriend once build a snowman on the hood of my car because I kept her waiting. :doh: The weight distorted the hood a bit and I replaced it.

As far as your situation, the glue holding the mirror in place was probably affected by the cold or maybe just broke cause you were looking into it too much. :haha:

Seriously, I hope you weren't hurt or cut too bad.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Just installed SH3, downloaded NYGM, dug out my GWX download from a couple of years ago, LSH and WAC to go. Then 5, and mods (previous excursions were unmodded so it's all new in 5).

Also just started watching the Westworld series. Loved the original film, this is looking sleek and the potential is good. Drinking Cobra. Skål :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Jimbuna]

Recovering slowly after the family party last night for the brides 60th and trying to hold together a coherent conversation with Steve on Skype :doh:

[Mr Quatro]

Thinking two months ahead of time to build an enclosure for the blueberry bushes ...

http://blueberryhillcrafting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DSCN4131-1024x716.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

I think you guys were right: I just opened my Facebook page and there's a box of kittens...

[Herr-Berbunch]

Popped down to the fish shop for some fish only and asked for a large cod no chips which was met by a strange look as to say...WHAT NO CHIPS ARE YOU MAD?

Point one I am on a diet.
Point two I have gone off chips, all that starch in my stomach no thank you.
Point three my fish shop has no small portion.
Point four regular portion is king size which is enough for four to five people.
Point five I hear point four from my mates about other fish shops.

Anyway after the strange look I was asked twice are you sure you want no chips to which I said no chips and finally I got my cod. :arrgh!:

Being from a fishing town you'd get that look by asking for cod. Haddock is the fish of choice around here, and my village does the best fish and chips I've ever had (and at a bargain price, too). If you ever get this far I'll treat you.

[Jimbuna]

Haddock being the second choice to Cod up here in Gods country :03:

[Aktungbby]

Rain on Wednesday meant sailing today. Great winds but heavy overcast and cold put a damper on an outing plus my own ignorance: In pretrip-tinkering with a stodgy recently overhauled Nissan outboard that sat too long during the recent rains, We cleaned the dual spark plugs and lubricated the control cables. In checking the short plug wire caps on the plugs while the engine was turning; I held the engine casing with my left, wearing sailing gloves, and pushed down on the rubber spark cap with my right finger....thinking the thing safely insulated: upper plug ok.... lower plug.....::oops: I completed a serious 800+ voltage-circuit through both arms, my back and....strangely felt good the rest of the afternoon...having effectively defibrillated myself:timeout: Fortunately my writing hand is still operational; the contractor to arrive at 'high noon' later today to resolve final upgrade/alteration costs on the kitchen remodel and the final check#12 (signed:O:) is due.

[Catfish]

^ the ignition coil tension is really something different to the "normal" 12/24 V circuits, the extreme high tension coils in modern cars can even kill you :timeout:

Also funny with one Triumph Spitf. 1500 back then, as an improvement Triumph had located the Overdrive switch from a lever at the steering wheel, to the head of the gear lever. Starting the engine on a misty morning would instantly wake you up when engaging O/D in damp conditions .. :yep:
(full engaging tension for the solenoid going through the knob, no relais back then..)

[STEED]

Haddock being the second choice to Cod up here in Gods country :03:

Really?...I shall check with the big boss tomorrow. :03:

[Jimbuna]

Really?...I shall check with the big boss tomorrow. :03:

I await your call :smug:

[STEED]

I await your call :smug:

I asked and now waiting for a answer.

Got out of work early tonight but as the saying goes that will be balanced out and sure enough it will. Friday is going to be a late one. But the upside over time more money. :)

[Jimbuna]

I asked and now waiting for a answer.

Got out of work early tonight but as the saying goes that will be balanced out and sure enough it will. Friday is going to be a late one. But the upside over time more money. :)

http://i.imgur.com/Gzqz4hU.jpg

[Fubar2Niner]

Perusing the threads and drinking a well earned beer :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Mr Quatro]

Rain on Wednesday meant sailing today. Great winds but heavy overcast and cold put a damper on an outing plus my own ignorance: In pretrip-tinkering with a stodgy recently overhauled Nissan outboard that sat too long during the recent rains, We cleaned the dual spark plugs and lubricated the control cables. In checking the short plug wire caps on the plugs while the engine was turning; I held the engine casing with my left, wearing sailing gloves, and pushed down on the rubber spark cap with my right finger....thinking the thing safely insulated: upper plug ok.... lower plug.....::oops: I completed a serious 800+ voltage-circuit through both arms, my back and....strangely felt good the rest of the afternoon...having effectively defibrillated myself:timeout: Fortunately my writing hand is still operational; the contractor to arrive at 'high noon' later today to resolve final upgrade/alteration costs on the kitchen remodel and the final check#12 (signed:O:) is due.

There was a man, that my brother swears he saw, have a wreck while drunk and got out with the engine still running and pissed on his engine, because he was pissed off.

He got pissed off alright about ten feet off the open hood of the car when the fluid hit the distributor. :haha:

[Red October1984]

Killing time, deciding whether or not I should buy Rainbow Six Siege after playing it during the free weekend. :hmmm:

This week has kicked my ass. Looking forward to relaxing.

[Aktungbby]

There was a man, that my brother swears he saw, have a wreck while drunk and got out with the engine still running and pissed on his engine, because he was pissed off.

He got pissed off alright about ten feet off the open hood of the car when the fluid hit the distributor. :haha:

That's "pißed off" Kamerad!:D naturally if that poor fellow was circumcised...we'd consider that an 'arc of the covenant'!:o

[Herr-Berbunch]

Wife's away gallivanting with the Red Arrows, Professor Brian Cox (not the actor), my flight commander from about 15-18 years ago, and a whole host of other people at the National Space Centre in Leicester. Me, I'm at home with the girl, some Cobra beer and was looking forward to a late night of SH3 until "SH3 stopped working' on loading.

Can't find much in the threads here and I know it's the wrong place for asking for help (or being told to search the forum), but that's what I'm up to in real life right now.

:Kaleun_Crying:

[Fubar2Niner]

Bummer HB :(

Stopped working for what reason?

(PM if you like)


Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[Eichhörnchen]

"Piglet-Riding Simulator has stopped working"... that's the worst message of all to get, and then you're asked if you mind a report being sent to Microsoft, as if they bloody care.

[Herr-Berbunch]

"Piglet-Riding Simulator has stopped working"... that's the worst message of all to get, and then you're asked if you mind a report being sent to Microsoft, as if they bloody care.

Haha. I'm sure it's a graphics card issue. It does make me laugh that they'll somehow let you know when a solution has been found.

Off to bed now, with the lappy to watch the second half of Final Destination. Hmmm Ali Larter.

[Jimbuna]

Just heard of the passing of my last remaining aunt, so know where one of my two days off next week will be spent.

[u crank]

Sorry to hear that Jim. Condolences.

[Commander Wallace]

Very sorry to hear of you loss Jim. Condolences to you and your family.

[Fubar2Niner]

Sorry to hear your bad news Jim. Heartfelt condolences to you and your family mate.

Best regards.

Fubar

[Jimbuna]

Thanks guys, she was the last of the line so I suppose this moves me closer to the top of the bereavement list :hmmm:

[Eichhörnchen]

Driving home along a country lane yesterday we found sheep all over the road. Moira was just in the process of reporting it when we saw the white roof and blue flashing lights of a police car racing our way... but they'd sent just one poor guy to deal with it. However, there are always people on hand to help the police in such circumstances in this country, I'm happy to say

[Tango589]

Getting my ass handed to me on a silver platter by the Russians in Armada: Modern Tanks.

[STEED]

Driving home along a country lane yesterday we found sheep all over the road. Moira was just in the process of reporting it when we saw the white roof and blue flashing lights of a police car racing our way... but they'd sent just one poor guy to deal with it. However, there are always people on hand to help the police in such circumstances in this country, I'm happy to say

So you sat in your car and pulled funny faces? :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

That's about it :)

[STEED]

That's about it :)

:har:

[Mr Quatro]

So you sat in your car and pulled funny faces? :03:

That's about it :)

Take a camera next time so we can all have a laugh ... sounds like a far side cartoon in reality.

[STEED]

I await your call :smug:

Yes all of it the whole planet. :)

So you are right. :03: :)




Resting up my dodgy Back and wondering to stick a film on later.

[Fubar2Niner]

Now into day five of a gout flare up and still not easing.

[Tango589]

My rabbits are destructive little sods! Pinky has just got behind the tv stand and chewed the optical lead linking the tv to the hi-fi. Does anyone want to buy rabbits?

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah196/Brendansheahan/1334694205441_zps9cowddhx.jpg

They may look cute, but they'll nibble everything you care about!

[Fubar2Niner]

My rabbits are destructive little sods! Pinky has just got behind the tv stand and chewed the optical lead linking the tv to the hi-fi. Does anyone want to buy rabbits?

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah196/Brendansheahan/1334694205441_zps9cowddhx.jpg

They may look cute, but they'll nibble everything you care about!

RUN AWAAY !!!!!

[Tango589]

They can only be defeated by this:

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSg4Sfc3Sl5_djDqj67o68zN6Cbz6zRx dOHBhdZ6hz3_O_m9Abs

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTiYfBtYxq1aWWZV3LnWVsUdNgIKHMBK _P4xVwZPHo_Z-z5BF9etQ

[Eichhörnchen]

They may look cute, but they'll nibble everything you care about!

Keep them away from your nuts, then. Tell me, do you play with them on your lap?

[Aktungbby]

Now into day five of a gout flare up and still not easing. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/0d/98/ea/0d98ea49f8e4afb3e7bbfb44ffcf6718.gif^ "I'll send U my physicians!" Ol' chum! Hopin' for a speedy recovery :up: I Had a near disaster myself. I got summoned forth to San Francisco at 9PM-50 miles- with rain to-beat-the-band and 30+mph cross-winds to match across three major toll-bridges and Corolla's front-drive wheels slipping, even in low torque. For the toll-free return direction, I first called my boat captain who monitors road and weather to inquire about returning the toll free direction across the Golden Gate Bridge, and avoiding the windy Bay Bridge I'd arrived on. The route has been closed for flooding this month for several days. I finally get to a one-lane route at Sonoma around midnight approx 15 mile from my home and am following the vehicle in front, when the road disappears...70 yards of six-inch very brown deep water from a nearby creek and I'm in it! Real sudden-like (Flash really means Flash BBY!) with utterly no chance to turn around; and I can't see the deep ditches on both sides anyhow. (note: flood water/sewage does not smell good at all)With no options: I managed to punch through, creeping in second gear w/o stopping(fatal) and got back onto the dry road. I called the road condition into to 911 and made it home by 00:45. It's till pouring rain as I post and 31 road closures R in effect in Sonoma County today. It's gonna rain all week...there goes my golf game!:wah: A break for sailing on Saturday is predicted.

[Mr Quatro]

With no options: I managed to punch through, creeping in second gear w/o stopping(fatal) and got back onto the dry road. I called it in to 911 and made it home by 00:45. It's till pouring rain as I post and 31 road closures R in effect in Sonoma County today. It's gonna rain all week...there goes my golf game!:wah: A break for sailing on Saturday is predicted. [/COLOR]

Glad you made it Mr A ... tell your wife what to say to us in case you don't finish your appointed rounds ... :o

Love all of you here at subsim I think we should say it more :up:

[Tango589]

Keep them away from your nuts, then. Tell me, do you play with them on your lap?

No, they prefer to he floor bunnies.

[Fubar2Niner]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/0d/98/ea/0d98ea49f8e4afb3e7bbfb44ffcf6718.gif^ "I'll send U my physicians!" Ol' chum! Hopin' for a speedy recovery :up:

Thanks mate, but they look like the amputate first, ask questions later type :03: Glad you made it thru the muck bby. We'd all be buggered without your wisdom :salute:

[Fubar2Niner]

They can only be defeated by this:

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSg4Sfc3Sl5_djDqj67o68zN6Cbz6zRx dOHBhdZ6hz3_O_m9Abs

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTiYfBtYxq1aWWZV3LnWVsUdNgIKHMBK _P4xVwZPHo_Z-z5BF9etQ

What! No feasting first !!!!!?