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STEED

03-19-20, 12:36 PM

OK guys so we are all facing or in lock down at home so what are you doing to raise a smile. :DL

I bet reece is holding a farting contest. :haha:

I had a hunt around in my loft and found a load of graphic novels, jackpot. :D

ALIENS, X-FILES, T2 PRESENT AND FUTURE WAR. :)

Not read these in years, woohoo this lot going to be a boredom buster. :)

And anyone like me likes turn of the century ghost stories check this out...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwLSA3pDeSve120Pu9NaNyw/videos

There are some other stories in the mix and well read.

mapuc

03-19-20, 12:45 PM

The positive is, it's almost spring which mean gardening.

Used approx. one hour in my flower garden today...
There's many hours work there before I can say...now it's time to sow/plant flowers.

Thereafter the next job is my kitchen garden-prepare it for different types of vegetable, like potatoes, carrot a.s.o.

Then we have my lawn, it need some extra care this year

Rest of the time i use in front of the tv..watching history program and science program.

In the evening I use my computer to discuss worlds problem with friends and play a lot of simulation games.
(I need a decent Steering wheel with pedal and a decent joystick)

Markus

STEED

03-19-20, 12:54 PM

Rest of the time i use in front of the tv..watching history program

Markus

This may interest you short history docs were checking out. :)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6TPU-PvTMvqgzC_AM7_uA/videos

Catfish

03-19-20, 01:13 PM

Tons of books here, some not read yet.

Maybe should look into John Seymour's "The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency". "He was a one-man rebellion against modernism"
That and Edward Abbey should keep one afloat :03:

STEED

03-19-20, 01:31 PM

That reminds I picked up on sale down from £25 to £7 RAF BOMBER COMMAND 1939 to 1945 Operations Manual by Haynes. Get reading that over the weekend. :)

Eichhörnchen

03-19-20, 03:20 PM

I've got a load of garden to knock into shape as well, plus dozens of plastic kits I still have to build some day... well maybe that day is now

mapuc

03-19-20, 04:12 PM

OK guys so we are all facing or in lock down at home

I had a hunt around in my loft and found a load of graphic novels, jackpot. :D

Ask our American Preppers and they will tell you that it ain't time for such a thing...

To survive you need to work hard and have a strong discipline :D

Markus

STEED

03-19-20, 04:17 PM

Miserable bunch. :)

ET2SN

03-19-20, 06:09 PM

Dangerous Waters/RA needs new missions and campaigns. :hmm2:

If you all get that bored, come up with something nasty and upload it. :Kaleun_Wink::Kaleun_Periskop:

nikimcbee

03-19-20, 06:21 PM

Going fishing in my boat tomorrow:Kaleun_Periskop::Kaleun_Binocular:

Reece

03-19-20, 10:30 PM

OK guys so we are all facing or in lock down at home so what are you doing to raise a smile. :DL

I bet reece is holding a farting contest. :haha:

You must have ESP, I am truly embarrassed!! :oops: (I won though. :yep:)

Catfish

03-20-20, 02:43 AM

^ :haha:

vienna

03-20-20, 04:01 AM

The whole experience must have been a gas...

<O>

Reece

03-20-20, 04:56 AM

My pulling finger is a bit sore though! :salute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koTVfm31QUY

Jimbuna

03-20-20, 06:23 AM

Lock down? Never heard of it.

STEED

03-20-20, 06:47 AM

Lock down? Never heard of it.

Yes you have been advised by Bojo and on its way will be harsher measures. :03:

So chill out as the world breaks down. :D

Jimbuna

03-20-20, 07:00 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/vBCd23xX/blinking-eye.gif (https://postimages.org/)https://i.postimg.cc/vBCd23xX/blinking-eye.gif (https://postimages.org/)

STEED

03-20-20, 07:26 AM

:haha: :haha:

mapuc

03-20-20, 03:27 PM

You can also do this if you should be bored

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8npcs42_P8

There are many more videos which may give you some ideas

Markus

STEED

03-21-20, 10:13 AM

I hear jigsaws sales have suddenly increased. Not my thing but must admit they will make time fly by. :)

Aktungbby

03-21-20, 12:00 PM

Eichhörnchen

03-21-20, 12:40 PM

I could still give you rabies

Aktungbby

03-21-20, 03:03 PM

:Kaleun_Cheers: "HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT ME"!:D

Catfish

03-21-20, 03:54 PM

I don't fear viruses, i use Linux.

ET2SN

03-21-20, 04:40 PM

And then I mowed the lawns

I need to get my eyes checked. At first glance I thought you said you moved the lawns. That would be some pretty strong boredom. :o

ET2SN

03-21-20, 05:26 PM

Oh no, we're screwed..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8xZQnAnOoE

:o

The original shows were so good, they had to be taken down from YouTube. :haha:

nikimcbee

03-21-20, 10:32 PM

I don't fear viruses, i use Linux.

:Kaleun_Applaud::Kaleun_Cheers:

vienna

03-22-20, 02:11 AM

With both wife and I retired! its been an interesting realignment to 'romance 24/7' :timeout:but now under lockdown...JEEZE! We spent the evening putting together a new TV stand for our Cosco TV (50") as the old stand was too narrow. And then I mowed the lawns just TO get out of gaol from my cellmate!:O: Thank god for :subsim: I can socialize and 'keep my social distance'!:arrgh!:

Could you take a few steps back, please?...

...and face the other direction, too?...

...and move further in that direction?... :D

Down here in SoCal, we can still walk around if we please, so the chance of getting "stir crazy" or having "cabin fever" isn't really an issue unless a person is one of those sort who just has to be in a group; in fact, its a bit refreshing to walk about and not have to deal with crowded sidewalks or traffic in the streets...

<O>

JU_88

03-22-20, 06:50 AM

catching up on some gaming,
retro gaming technically, as im playing though Doom 64 and Age of Empires 2 complete edition (campaigns)

Jimbuna

03-22-20, 07:10 AM

Thank god for :subsim: I can socialize and 'keep my social distance'!:arrgh!:

Nice one :salute:

ExFishermanBob

03-22-20, 10:23 AM

catching up on some gaming,
retro gaming technically, as im playing though Doom 64 and Age of Empires 2 complete edition (campaigns)

Same here - Red Orchestra: Ostfront (and SH3 ofc). Some old friends from COD:UO days have been popping up on Steam Chat now they are stuck at home.

Also, gardening: just planted lettuce, spinach and so on. Sadly, cannot plant quorn-burgers. Or Lavazza coffee.

A load of people (from Dundee, I think) turned up in the village today, to walk in the park and on the hills: nice and sunny. Can't say I blame them: if you are facing being locked in for weeks in a city centre...

Keeping fingers crossed for aged relatives and friends in Italy... and everyone, really.

At least if we can't be there... we can watch.
https://www.vedetta.org/locations/webcam-live-streaming-roma-torvaianica/

STEED

03-22-20, 10:30 AM

Way I just found my old school Mega Drive with the games and it works! :)

raymond6751

03-22-20, 02:31 PM

For those who are stuck inside or not:

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Information available on boardgamegeek

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Free to play. Manual download there in the files section.

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Thanks

Aktungbby

03-22-20, 04:47 PM

I need to get my eyes checked. At first glance I thought you said you moved the lawns. That would be some pretty strong boredom. :oIn 'quake prone Napa, the lawns move by themselves!:O: Bad news: we now have a confirmed case of corona virus! Now, I'll dash to the Lucky's mkt at 1145 PM just before midnight closing, to avoid crowds and blitz shop...wearing a mask for the next two weeks.:ping::ping::hmmm:

Reece

03-22-20, 06:18 PM

Not much fun with this lock down at all, and its just begun!! :doh:
Cafe's, pubs, anything to do with entertainment closed, even churches closed!! The state borders have closed as well, they say it will be this way for at least 6 months. Even the hospitals and medical centers are closed, you have to phone them if you feel crook.
I'd take a drive but where?? even parks are closed, this is going to be a very long 6 months, especially just starting the winter period. Only supermarkets are open and petrol stations, most schools closed as well. :nope:

Sailor Steve

03-22-20, 11:42 PM

...even churches closed!!
Wait a minute...All powerful, all seeing, all knowing God, but the places where He is worshiped are closed because one of his followers might be carrying the virus. Makes sense to me.

Even the hospitals and medical centers are closed, you have to phone them if you feel crook.
That's normal. Nobody wants to catch the thing. Except for the occasional appointment all my transactions have always been done by computer.

I'd take a drive but where?? even parks are closed, this is going to be a very long 6 months, especially just starting the winter period. Only supermarkets are open and petrol stations, most schools closed as well. :nope:
I can't even do that; my car broke down. Not a single store has toilet paper. Nothing much to do.

Catfish

03-23-20, 02:11 AM

In 'quake prone Napa, the lawns move by themselves!:O: [...]
:haha::up:

Hope you got the mask, all the best!

Catfish

03-23-20, 02:22 AM

[...] I can't even do that; my car broke down. Not a single store has toilet paper. Nothing much to do.
This car really seems to give you headaches.. do you have a market in the vicinity you can reach by foot?
I still do not get that toilet paper thing, has the world gone mad just because of this virus :doh:

STEED

03-23-20, 04:02 AM

I still do not get that toilet paper thing, has the world gone mad just because of this virus :doh:

A percentage of the world has. :)

Come on guys smile, if you let this get to you your mental and physical health will go down the tubes. We all know how serious this is, Keep calm and carry on and follow the guidelines to the letter.

Catfish

03-23-20, 04:34 AM

I am not depressive (yet), nor am i bored at all.

I just wonder why there 23647 rice corns in one 500 g package, and 23623 in another :hmmm:

STEED

03-23-20, 04:39 AM

I am not depressive (yet), nor am i bored at all.

I just wonder why there 23647 rice corns in one 500 g package, and 23623 in another :hmmm:

Good question, Nigel Farage will look into this as he has nothing else better to do. :haha:

Reece

03-23-20, 04:48 AM

Some grains are thicker than others!! :yep:

Platapus

03-23-20, 05:01 AM

I am starting my second week of mandatory Teleworking.

The problem is that with my job, there is absolutely nothing I can do remotely.

"So do some online training" is the direction I have

So I have to be sitting at my home computer for 8 hours a day doing online training. That actually sucks a lot.

If I can get it to work, I am going to try to log in to an online PMP training class otherwise it is more US Government work place safety or some such crap.

But at least I am still getting paid which is more than what is happening to a lot of people, so I am one of the lucky ones.

STEED

03-23-20, 05:08 AM

Some grains are thicker than others!! :yep:

Nigel thick...:hmmm:

I will let Catfish come back with a witty remark. :03:

Hang in there reece, you could write a book all about farting. :) :03: :up:

Catfish

03-23-20, 06:18 AM

Some grains are thicker than others!! :yep:
Oh you :wah: Wait.. i can take 'em all out again and measure the diametres :yep:

Jimbuna

03-23-20, 07:42 AM

u crank

03-23-20, 08:04 AM

Must feel like living in a penal colony all over again :hmmm:

:O:

:har:

STEED

03-23-20, 08:21 AM

In the Red corner all the way down under shark wrestler Reece and in the Blue corner Brexit Jimbo....Seconds out round one.

DING DING

3 minutes in and both remain in their corners.

DING DING

End of the boxing match...And the winner all the way from Germany stinky old catfish.

Jimbuna

03-23-20, 08:30 AM

Quite disturbing what some people thrive on :hmmm:

STEED

03-23-20, 08:36 AM

Quite disturbing what some people thrive on :hmmm:

What humour?

:O: :haha: :03:

Jimbuna

03-23-20, 09:22 AM

Now that is rich coming from the SubSim pseudo curmudgeon :shucks:

STEED

03-23-20, 04:08 PM

Time to kick back and decide what book to read. :)

Fubar2Niner

03-23-20, 05:06 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/6pSd1rXX/Isolation.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ZW8BWyn7)

STEED

03-23-20, 05:18 PM

:har: :har:

mapuc

03-23-20, 05:21 PM

If you get to bored then play tic-tac-toe with your cat/hamster

Markus

d@rk51d3

03-23-20, 05:31 PM

I'd take a drive but where??

I think you'll find even that's prohibited.

Unless you're heading to work, doctor, shopping or other essentials, they want us off the roads.

Reece

03-23-20, 06:40 PM

How can you spread germs sitting in a car, they can get stuffed!! :nope:

d@rk51d3

03-23-20, 08:45 PM

How can you spread germs sitting in a car, they can get stuffed!! :nope:

I guess it starts with a drive.............. then a stop for fuel, pop into a bakery, duck into the public toilets.....

ET2SN

03-23-20, 09:41 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Aw37owf8E

:o

Gomez Addams is impressed. :hmmm:

STEED

03-24-20, 05:34 AM

Spot of house work today then some light reading and dip in and out of the internet. And latter some comedy which we all need more so now. :)

vienna

03-24-20, 05:46 AM

Went out earlier Monday evening to do a couple of errands I'd put off and to recon possible sources of needs; took the local buss to Beverly Hills and found that they are now requiring passengers to board the buses from the rear doors, ostensibly to minimize driver exposure to the public (the drivers are all now wearing face masks); The streets were virtually deserted and Beverly Hills was like a ghost town, a sight I had only seen back in the late 70s when I would leave my office in the wee hours of the morning working late; if there was any consolation, the chain drugstore in BH was stripped as clean as the stores in the much lesser income areas...

Strange thing riding the buses now; people are trying to keep the 6-foot 'social distancing' thing while on the bus, but the confines make it difficult; amusing, though, watching the expressions on passengers' faces when a new rider gets on and starts looking for a seat: [looks at new rider and thinks]: "No! Not the seats around me! Back off!"...

<O>

raymond6751

03-24-20, 05:49 AM

Must feel like living in a penal colony all over again :hmmm:

:O:

Be glad you/I/we are not among all those refugees that nobody wants around. They have zero to do also.

Jimbuna

03-24-20, 07:40 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/6pSd1rXX/Isolation.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ZW8BWyn7)

Saw that on FB the other day :)

Jimbuna

03-24-20, 07:52 AM

I'd take a drive but where??

Went out an hour or so ago in the car with the wife due to a tip off there was beer in a certain store (something I consider an essential) and enroute actually saw a mobile Police unit in my rearview mirror.

Shortly thereafter my attention was drawn to (once taught you never forget the art of statement writing) three black male pedestrians and the wife says "Look at them I thought the government lock down limited groups of people outdoors to two"

I replied "It did but don't get overly concerned because this mobile unit behind me will sort it out"

Did it? did it flange. The guys were either blinkered or intentionally avoiding any additional workload.

The moral being....if the authorities aren't going to enforce the lock down then don't put the entire blame on those who blatantly ignore it.

Catfish

03-24-20, 08:07 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/6pSd1rXX/Isolation.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ZW8BWyn7)
@Fubar2Niner: Use a hammer.

Skybird

03-24-20, 10:50 PM

My lock down fun in recent days has been the sales at Steams for the DeLuxe Pack of Dirt Rally 2.

I really love it. For 28 coins I got 13 rally locations with 6 tracks each that are driven in both directions, making that 156 rally tracks driven by day, sunset, and night, in clean and rainy weather; and then 13 rally-cross locations, if one is into that. Plenty of car classes and cars. VR works very, very good. The menu in VR with wheel works like crap, but crap menus are what Codemasters excels in since long time. The driving and looks and the mere content volume of it delivers most escellent bang-for-the-buck ratio.

Excellent package, to be had for smile price in sales ending April 5th.

Yesterday the probably last stage, Scotland, was released. Its a car wrecker, I got mauled up pretty badly, the tracks hate people in cars, and it lets them know. :D As buyer of the DL pack a few days earlier, I got it for free.

STEED

03-25-20, 05:49 AM

Scotland, was released. Its a car wrecker, I got mauled up pretty badly, the tracks hate people in cars, and it lets them know. :D As buyer of the DL pack a few days earlier, I got it for free.
So you did not use the cheat, put porridge on the tyres. :03:

Jimbuna

03-25-20, 06:04 AM

Skybird

03-25-20, 07:03 AM

I was looking at that and decided against, I much prefer tanks on land.
I did not know you were a tank guy. Steel Beasts?

I am a vivid sim racer since a few years now. Assetto Corsa Classic, AC Competizione, Raceroom, Wreckfest and now Dirt Rally 2 are my poisons. All in VR (Wreckfest on a virtual movie screen). Gaming does not get more immersive than this.

Jimbuna

03-25-20, 07:56 AM

I did not know you were a tank guy. Steel Beasts?

I am a vivid sim racer since a few years now. Assetto Corsa Classic, AC Competizione, Raceroom, Wreckfest and now Dirt Rally 2 are my poisons. All in VR (Wreckfest on a virtual movie screen). Gaming does not get more immersive than this.

I've always been more into the strategy element like the Blitzkrieg game series.

ET2SN

03-25-20, 08:32 AM

I've got a model building project I've been working on for a couple of years, now. :doh:

https://cdn3.volusion.com/bmfcy.fjqhr/v/vspfiles/photos/RG7412-2T.jpg?v-cache=1533738074

I call this "the impossible Peterbilt" because the basic kit has been around for a long time. I managed to find the kit on Amazon at a pretty fair price but I already knew there would be many challenges.

Like I said, the basic kit had been around for a long time (its actually a Pete 379 that was equipped for heavy haul loads) and Revel (Germany) had kept the molds in a basement somewhere. :doh: The molds have been worn out for quite some time and Revel would just re-release the kit when they felt like it. Really, every part has molding flaws (dirt and dust in the molds) that meant each part required filing, sanding, and polishing.

The kit was well designed but it was well designed in Germany. Meaning, things like engine and running gear detail look great, but they are wrong for an American truck. :doh: Luckily, AMT re-released their old school Peterbilt 359 so I snagged one to donate parts. :yeah:

There were other challenges that cropped up during the pre-building phase. The interior of the cab and sleeper came out better than I had hoped (the bunk features a really nifty Mexican blanket and some cabinets I re-purposed from other kits plus a neat coffee maker) and it got me to thinking, which is always dangerous. :doh:
What if I added a driver figure and maybe a passenger? That meant finding the right figures and re-learning how paint them. :doh:

So, fast forward and things aren't built but many of the sub-assemblies are ready for paint. The engine and running gear are quite detailed and accurate for a "working truck". Things like the "fifth wheel" trailer coupler can actually move like the real article and there's even a trailer or two to hook to the truck. :D Hoses, air lines, and chains are ready. Tires and wheels are ready. The opening doors have been re-designed with working photoetched piano hinges and small magnets to hold them closed.
I finally decided on painting the cab and sleeper in a light blue metallic, overall, to give it a 1980's look and now its down to a decision I keep fighting with. Paint the frame rails semi-gloss black or in a darker "utility" blue? :hmmm:

Really, I can't decide. :o

Thanks to the lock down the kit is now staring at me, as if its saying "Well, get on with it already!".

:D

Catfish

03-25-20, 09:53 AM

Hah, nice problem to have :up:

Sry to hear the kit is so bad, cutting, sanding, filling.. it has been some time i built a kit from Revell or Airfix. I found that kits differ very much in cast quality, plastic quality, and details.
I built (or tried) Airfix' B17 two times because i thought that there was something wrong with the plastic material - it was impossible to glue parts together with polystyrene glue, also they would come apart days or weeks later. Second kit was as bad as the first and i gave up, but this was 40 years ago lol.
I found the later ItalAerei models manufactured by someone else but sold by Revell to have a very good quality overall, and then of course there is Wingnuts by Peter Jackson (!!) as the shiny example.

How do you glue those chrome-plated parts, or does one generally use superglue instead of polystyrene glue nowadays?

Whatever, wish you fun and good luck with the project :yep:

ET2SN

03-25-20, 01:14 PM

How do you glue those chrome-plated parts, or does one generally use superglue instead of polystyrene glue nowadays?

Well, no glue is eternal. :03: Old school model glue tends to break down after several years and that stuff is supposed to dissolve the plastic slightly to form a bond. My 1/350th scale submarine kits tend to go back in for over haul every 4-5 years or so. :D

How do I glue chromed parts? Carefully. :O: "Super" glue is bad for chromed and clear parts, it has a bad habit of leaving a nasty fog in its wake. "Super" glues (cryo's) also have what is known as "ping factor". The bond is strong but its also very brittle, so parts may look solid until they get hit with enough force and they "ping" off and fly across the room. :o What I do with chromed parts is the old school method. Scrape the chrome off the parts where they need to be bonded or painted and apply just enough glue. Tamiya has released some glues recently that have upped the game, well kinda. Their Extra Thin liquid cement is incredible until you figure out its just old-old school Plastruct Bondene, which is nothing more than straight acetone. :up:

BTW, don't get the wrong idea about the truck model. I knew what I was getting into when I bought it and I knew it was going to be a bear and half. That was the challenge, was it still build-able despite its flaws? I also wasn't planning to knock it out in a weekend, rather take my time and figure out how to do some things as I went along. :D

Aktungbby

03-25-20, 01:20 PM

I've got a model building project I've been working on...
The kit was well designed but it was well designed in Germany. Meaning, things like engine and running gear detail look great, but they are wrong for an American truck. :doh: Luckily, AMT re-released their old school Peterbilt 359...
Thanks to the lock down the kit is now staring at me, as if its saying "Well, get on with it already!".

:DAs we old Freightliner trukkers say: "Old truckers never die...they just get their Peterbilt!:D" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Peterbilt_logo.svg/220px-Peterbilt_logo.svg.png (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peterbilt_logo.svg)

Fubar2Niner

03-25-20, 01:45 PM

As far as kits go, Monogram were always reliable. Again I go back some years, still got a boxed Mono B-29 kit waiting on the shelf. Built the B-17, 1/48 scale, class, pure class. Even tried Sheperd Paine diorama, never pulled it off. Re purchased and rebuilt it sometime later.

Interest switched from A/C to armour, Tamiya was the way to go, several small scale, (can't remember scale size) their first released high detailed Tiger Mk1 kit, then Their R/C Leopard . Then the kids arrived, and models became a thing of the past, but I still marvel at guys skills these days and how things have progressed.

Great kits all but hella expensive. Then I started drooling at Armortek.

However I'm not yet a millionaire ;)

ET2SN

03-25-20, 01:50 PM

As we old Freightliner trukkers say: "Old truckers never die...they just get their Peterbilt!:D" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Peterbilt_logo.svg/220px-Peterbilt_logo.svg.png (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peterbilt_logo.svg)

:up:

That was the other challenge, I don't want to build it "showroom" or like it just escaped a tank battle in a swamp, but like its driven by an owner/operator who still needs to pay the bills and haul freight. :D

Jimbuna

03-25-20, 01:53 PM

Fubar2Niner

03-25-20, 01:55 PM

Tamiya 1/35 just about built them all over the years.

Just taken a look at their catalogue Jim, seems real limited these days :(

Jimbuna

03-25-20, 02:27 PM

Just taken a look at their catalogue Jim, seems real limited these days :(

You do realise the 1/35 military vehicles section is sixteen pages long?

https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/archive.htm

Fubar2Niner

03-25-20, 02:48 PM

Ahhh....... missed the archive :oops:

Aktungbby

03-25-20, 04:46 PM

:up:

That was the other challenge, I don't want to build it "showroom" or like it just escaped a tank battle in a swamp, but like its driven by an owner/operator who still needs to pay the bills and haul freight. :DIn that case, take styrofoam and carve it to look like accumulated winter: massive accretions of snow and ice hangin' off the undersides; all in pure road crud grey. Or springtime:....With a fine pin or needle do the entire front in tiny red & black dots all together in a solid coat to represent the living 1/2" carpet of dead and dying mayflies(they hatch enmass every 7 years or so creating a living blizzard) from a night of drivin' I-40 through Arkansas; the windshield should reflect the wiper arks of blades trying to see through the mess! The flies are attracted to the headlights. The truck stops issued full buckets and long mops to deal with it at the pumps...a miserable task at 02:00 in a 20 hr workday. https://media.wired.com/photos/5926befccfe0d93c474313ff/master/w_1920,c_limit/Potyo.jpg< I recall the codriver declined to do his turn at the mop task....and found is suitcase and a bus ticket back to truck HQ waiting at the pump. Tomato paste for the pizza chain's pizzas, in cans from CA, made it on to lower Manhattan w/o his mutinous ass!:yeah: On a sleeper team, the 27 yearold lead driver is master and commander!:Kaleun_Salute:

mapuc

03-25-20, 06:52 PM

I have a few models myself.

A Trumpeter F/A-18E Superhornet 1:32
and
A Constructor wooden ship models Pilar 1:27
and
a few embroidery.

Those is winter project now it's spring..which mean garden work.

Markus

Jimbuna

03-26-20, 06:09 AM

The frau is going to tidy up the garden today seeing as how it is unusually warmish and sunny.

I'll go into the beer emporium and do a bit sorting out regarding 'best before' dates.

STEED

03-26-20, 11:13 AM

I fired up my old Video recorder and it works! :DL

Still got VHS bought and recorded tapes that will help.

Watched Patric Thouton Dr Who The Mind Robber last night. :yeah:

ET2SN

03-27-20, 12:30 AM

A Trumpeter F/A-18E Superhornet 1:32

Was that a good kit or did it require a lot of repair/fitment work?
Inquiring minds want to know. :D

Buddahaid

03-27-20, 01:22 AM

I'll go into the beer emporium and do a bit sorting out regarding 'best before' dates.

I can help with that....

Still building props without let up. I made a Morta to go along with the Troglyte visor for my Mardi Gras costume and it's turned out to be popular. I'm working on one to add to the "Star Trek Original Series Set Tour" now.

https://www.startrektour.com/

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/924/9XleTG.jpg

Mortae
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/921/2etmy0.jpg

mapuc

03-27-20, 11:52 AM

Was that a good kit or did it require a lot of repair/fitment work?
Inquiring minds want to know. :D

I bought the model a few years back.

I haven't started on the airplane yet.

I have plan on building it as pro as possible. I have therefore bought a package of photo-etch to the model. Eduard's Big-Ed for this model was available anymore, so I had to buy them as single package.

At start I went through the parts of the model, this to see if any part would be missing or had got any damage.

Then I bought some paint to the models, brushes and other things, like decal fix.

The only thing I have done so far is glued the weapon together and painted them. Later I will add decal to these bombs, rockets and missiles

There are some more tools I need.

Reading some of the build thread on the internet, have showned me there are some minor adjustment who need to be taken care when building the model.

Markus

Aktungbby

03-27-20, 01:40 PM

Reading some of the build thread on the internet, have showned me there are some minor adjustment who need to be taken care when building the model. As in: don't sniff the cement/glue within the confines of your lockdown mancave! :O:
I'm finally working on an old Revell VII U-boot model thats been glaring at me for a decade or so; as time is heavy on my hands in the Napa lockdown with 7 confirmed corona cases currently.:arrgh!:

Jimbuna

03-27-20, 02:39 PM

Jeff-Groves

03-27-20, 03:09 PM

I'm building a Cat House from old boxes of Beer containers.
I call it the KeyStone Castle.

Fubar2Niner

03-27-20, 03:17 PM

Tonight because of my rapidly dwindling stock of peppermint cordial I am going to experiment with what other mixer I can add to my rum, coke being the obvious alternative favourite prior to experimentation.

@Jim

I have it on good authority that Dry ginger ale is a good mixture. My lad drinks Kraken, Diplomatico, Cpt Morgans Spiced, and Mount Gay among others. Try it mate, who knows it may be an enlightner ;)

Fubar

vienna

03-28-20, 04:21 AM

I can help with that....

Still building props without let up. I made a Morta to go along with the Troglyte visor for my Mardi Gras costume and it's turned out to be popular. I'm working on one to add to the "Star Trek Original Series Set Tour" now.

https://www.startrektour.com/
...

When Star Trek: the next generation went off the air, the original set for the bridge was housed in a short-lived museum up on Hollywood Blvd. I went to the museum not knowing the set was installed there, so it was a bit of a pleasant surprise. I got to sit in Picards's chair and I resisted the urge to intone "Engage!'...

The Hospital Ship USNS Mercy just docked today in the Port Of Los Angeles and I thought maybe I'd go down to see her, but the news says the ship is under very heavy security and you can't anywhere near it; there is a very wide perimeter set up and they aren't welcoming, as they put it, "looky-loos"...

I went out today to get a few things at the store(s) and all of them have pretty much settled into a process to handle the customers and manage the store inventories. People seem to be going along with the procedures and I didn't see any signs of stress. A local news reporter did relate something she witnessed early on when thing were a bit more chaotic: a guy pulled up to the check out stand with a cart loaded with way more than the maximum allowed by the store policy and, when he was told he would only be allowed to purchase a fraction of his haul, he demanded they sell to him and he pulled out some bills, licked them individually, and slammed them down on the counter. The reporter didn't say what the final upshot was, but I would imagine the store exercised its "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" sign, accompanied by the forceful ejection of the cretin...

I have a lot of DVDs I've accumulated over the many years, so I do not want for entertainment; that and the music I have are serving me well...

One thing that occur just yesterday; I got a voicemail message telling me my doctor's appointment for next Wednesday will now be a "tele-visit" and the doctor will "see" me over the phone; at least there won't be a chance of them either drawing blood or injecting me with anything, so as Bill Murray would say, "I got that working for me"...

<O>

Jimbuna

03-28-20, 07:40 AM

@Jim

I have it on good authority that Dry ginger ale is a good mixture. My lad drinks Kraken, Diplomatico, Cpt Morgans Spiced, and Mount Gay among others. Try it mate, who knows it may be an enlightner ;)

Fubar

I most certainly will Martin but first I'll need to source some and pretty quickly because I'm now down to my last two 1 litre bottles of the peppermint cordial.

I've a couple of 24 can multi packs of coke in the garage so that currently remains my fall back position.

u crank

03-28-20, 07:43 AM

The self isolating gives rise to old pleasures. The Fender strat is getting a real workout these days.

When the wife ( who is now working from home) isn't hassling me. :O:

STEED

03-28-20, 09:02 AM

Got my entertainment ready today, just got to take a break from the only news item on at the moment.

Jimbuna

03-28-20, 09:16 AM

The self isolating gives rise to old pleasures. The Fender strat is getting a real workout these days.

When the wife ( who is now working from home) isn't hassling me. :O:

For me it is obviously more time in the computer room but also making Indian and Chinese curry in larger than usual quantities so the kids can be given some.

u crank

03-28-20, 09:53 AM

For me it is obviously more time in the computer room but also making Indian and Chinese curry in larger than usual quantities so the kids can be given some.

This is what my wife is now doing. When she makes a meal she makes lots and does up a couple of plates for my daughter and her beau. My daughter will come in, chat but keep her distance. No hugs. Mark stays in his truck and is very careful as he is an RCMP officer and is in contact with the public.

We miss the meals and socializing that we had before all this started. Mark always has interesting stories to tell as I'm sure you can relate. Also had planned to go to Halifax for Easter to see son and our two young grandchildren. That's not happening. Very thankful for Facetime. :up:

Jimbuna

03-28-20, 10:52 AM

This is what my wife is now doing. When she makes a meal she makes lots and does up a couple of plates for my daughter and her beau. My daughter will come in, chat but keep her distance. No hugs. Mark stays in his truck and is very careful as he is an RCMP officer and is in contact with the public.

We miss the meals and socializing that we had before all this started. Mark always has interesting stories to tell as I'm sure you can relate. Also had planned to go to Halifax for Easter to see son and our two young grandchildren. That's not happening. Very thankful for Facetime. :up:

Yep, forgot to mention Facetime, what a God send that is right atm.

Tomorrow is my daughters birthday so she'll come up to 3 metres away from the door leaving her husband and our granddaughter in their car at one end of the drive and my lad will be in his at the other end.

We'll sing her 'Happy Birthday' then Ann will leave her presents, cards and presents on the doorstep. I'll probably be behind Ann sobbing my bloody eyes out.

It will be our granddaughters first birthday come May and it sickens me to the pit of my stomach that it'll be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

Aktungbby

03-28-20, 11:05 AM

Ran out to the store near closing time last night, avoiding people and wearing my mask, to get flour for my wife's lockdown bread-baking and lotto tickets-haven't missed since 1980!:rock:-absolutely no flour on the shelves at two super-markets; so I hit another Lucky's and scored a ten lb. of Gold Medal white flower, leaving the other four for similarly minded customers-no flour hoarding!! Noted all other baking supplies were ample:sugar, yeast salt; just no flour....The TP shelves are still empty. I saw absolutly no other cars...on Friday night in Napa??!:hmmm:

u crank

03-28-20, 11:25 AM

Tomorrow is my daughters birthday so she'll come up to 3 metres away from the door leaving her husband and our granddaughter in their car at one end of the drive and my lad will be in his at the other end.

We'll sing her 'Happy Birthday' then Ann will leave her presents, cards and presents on the doorstep. I'll probably be behind Ann sobbing my bloody eyes out.

Who's crying? I'm not crying, you are. :D

That's a tough one Jim. Hopefully birthday number two will be a better memory.

:salute:

Jimbuna

03-28-20, 11:56 AM

Cheers Marcel :up:

STEED

03-29-20, 08:45 AM

Nothing to watch on TV so its time to fire up the old girl my VHS recorder, young folk on here are scratching there heads in wonder. :haha:

Still held on to a few tapes recorded and bought so let the Dr Who marathon begin, kicking of with Jon Pertwee as the Doctor in...Planet of the Daleks. :DL

Fubar2Niner

03-29-20, 11:07 AM

@STEED

Remember Beta Max and Laser Disk? Ooohh for a return to b/w and wind up tv's :)

Jimbuna

03-29-20, 01:36 PM

@STEED

Remember Beta Max and Laser Disk? Ooohh for a return to b/w and wind up tv's :)

Before those my father purchased a 35mm movie projector.

Fubar2Niner

03-29-20, 02:11 PM

mapuc

03-29-20, 02:51 PM

Same here.

Remember I got one of these 35mm movie projector and some three legs stuff to have this white curtain on.

I also got a parcel with lots of "funny" 35 mm movies

Markus

STEED

03-29-20, 03:48 PM

@STEED

Remember Beta Max and Laser Disk? Ooohh for a return to b/w and wind up tv's :)

Yep sure do. :)

I remember they said Laser Disk would sink VHS Tapes oh how wrong they were. :haha:

Jimbuna

03-30-20, 07:31 AM

OOh I can remember them days........ "Wife clear the table, close those curtains, we are going to watch films!"........... Gives me the shudders mate ;)

Now I have to try copy old family stuff from vhs to dvd/BluRay...... HELP !!!

I purchased this about twelve years ago for about a fiver from our local Lidl store and still have it to this day.

In fact it was only two days ago I put the cd of my wedding into the disc drive for a sharp reminder of what used to be :03:

https://i.postimg.cc/TPXH2dHj/Image.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Platapus

03-30-20, 09:11 AM

I also have one of those. One of these years I will actually start converting some of my out-of-print VHS tapes to digital.

Probably right after I finish (start) converting my LPs to MP3.

Jimbuna

03-30-20, 09:39 AM

I forgot to post the contents of the box.

https://i.postimg.cc/HnN4jmd9/Image.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Aktungbby

03-30-20, 11:04 AM

Same here.

Remember I got one of these 35mm movie projector and some three legs stuff to have this white curtain on.

I also got a parcel with lots of "funny" 35 mm movies

Markus'funny movies'...hopefully the projector could be operated with one hand while munching a danish!:D

Jimbuna

03-31-20, 11:43 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/QMRyqF9T/0-ETTI4u-NXs-AAIqmj.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Jeff-Groves

03-31-20, 11:49 AM

Thinking I'm gonna build something to put on my mail box so when the mail is delivered it fogs the thing with sterilizer.
Plus a motion detector that yells at the mail Guy.
"HEY! WHERE THE HELL'S YOUR GLOVES?"
:har:

Jeff-Groves

03-31-20, 11:58 AM

Now would be a great time to lay all the Halloween Skeletons out in the front yard.
Then post a giant 'Under Quarantine' sign on the house.
:har:

STEED

03-31-20, 03:19 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/QMRyqF9T/0-ETTI4u-NXs-AAIqmj.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Poor spacing, reported to Boris. :03:

My old VHS is keeping me happy, they don't build tech like that anymore. :haha:

Platapus

04-01-20, 08:11 AM

Now would be a great time to lay all the Halloween Skeletons out in the front yard.
Then post a giant 'Under Quarantine' sign on the house.
:har:

That's terrible
Really funny
but terrible :D

Jimbuna

04-01-20, 08:37 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/tJ1D2Cz8/waiting-for-lockdown.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

STEED

04-01-20, 03:13 PM

Time to jig things up, need to plan out the week doing some thing different every day. :03:

Skybird

04-01-20, 03:18 PM

Now would be a great time to lay all the Halloween Skeletons out in the front yard.
Then post a giant 'Under Quarantine' sign on the house.
:har:
:haha:

Jimbuna

04-02-20, 04:59 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eATxrkw7eeI

Catfish

04-02-20, 06:22 AM

Berlin airlift is up again :yeah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJFqEQPLo7Y

vienna

04-02-20, 08:54 AM

Berlin airlift is up again :yeah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJFqEQPLo7Y

"Hans!! The bratwurst for dinner is on again!!..."...

<O>

Jimbuna

04-02-20, 09:38 AM

Berlin airlift is up again :yeah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJFqEQPLo7Y

:haha:

STEED

04-04-20, 07:54 AM

^What video....:hmmm:

Jimbuna

04-04-20, 08:11 AM

Well it was good while it lasted :)

Jeff-Groves

04-04-20, 03:48 PM

^What video....:hmmm:

You missed it Mate!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxHQQD6CEAAbRs7.jpg

Reece

04-04-20, 06:48 PM

So did I, STEED must be running XP like me! :up:

Buddahaid

04-05-20, 01:26 AM

https://archive.org/details/78_its-drunk-out-tonight_butterball-brown-and-his-orchestra-johnson-butterball-brown_gbia0001255b

This archive is awesome!

Fantastic C6 tuned lap steel in that song.

Jimbuna

04-05-20, 05:37 AM

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

Catfish

04-05-20, 06:10 AM

^ What the police said:
"Go home, you're out of era!"
or
"No High five for you!"

Poor T. could not even wash its hands for disinfection ... extinct :(

STEED

04-05-20, 09:22 AM

^^ There was a picture of someone in a dino costume standing in line outside a supermarket, think it was on the bbc news site.

Jimbuna

04-05-20, 10:05 AM

https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail/videos/251697512676146/?v=251697512676146

STEED

04-08-20, 05:31 AM

My good old VHS Recorder really has saved the day for me. :yeah:

Good old tech built to last unlike now's throw away tech. :03:

Jimbuna

04-08-20, 05:36 AM

At long last....goats are feeling safe in Wales.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcDvM3PdVsc

Jimbuna

04-08-20, 07:08 AM

Not only in Wales apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCoB0xlkxVs

Catfish

04-08-20, 07:14 AM

found it again, let's see how long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1OYinG38K0

I could not edit my original post any longer(?)

Aktungbby

04-10-20, 04:47 PM

https://www.military.com/off-duty/2020/04/09/7-battlefield-tested-tips-us-army-sniper-how-not-lose-your-mind-isolation.html (https://www.military.com/off-duty/2020/04/09/7-battlefield-tested-tips-us-army-sniper-how-not-lose-your-mind-isolation.html) https://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2020-04/sniperlead2000.jpg?itok=Ao96CJQN
On the battlefield, snipers often find themselves isolated from the rest of the force for days at a time, if not longer.
With people around the world stuck at home in response to the serious coronavirus outbreak, Insider asked a US Army sniper how he handles isolation and boredom when he finds himself stuck somewhere he doesn’t want to be.

Obviously, being a sniper is harder than hanging out at home, but some of the tricks he uses in the field may be helpful if you are are starting to lose your mind. MEETS Thank god for :subsim: I can socialize and 'keep my social distance'!:arrgh!: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10818

Jimbuna

04-11-20, 07:14 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYacuti3EAE

Catfish

04-11-20, 12:30 PM

:haha: plenty in the cupboard at 40 seconds..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYacuti3EAE

Jimbuna

04-11-20, 01:18 PM

:haha: plenty in the cupboard at 40 seconds..

Nah, he's just an amateur :03:

Jeff-Groves

04-11-20, 03:21 PM

https://www.military.com/off-duty/2020/04/09/7-battlefield-tested-tips-us-army-sniper-how-not-lose-your-mind-isolation.html (https://www.military.com/off-duty/2020/04/09/7-battlefield-tested-tips-us-army-sniper-how-not-lose-your-mind-isolation.html) https://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2020-04/sniperlead2000.jpg?itok=Ao96CJQN

Not bad for a VERY basic explanation non-combatants can kind of understand.
Drawing sketches of the terrain in your AO goes much deeper though.
Did that piece of brush move a few feet? Could be a Counter-Sniper on the move.

Lots of books on the mind of a Sniper. But I've never seen one that fully explains it. Some say it's in the Genes. Some say it's in the mind set.
I believe it is mostly in the mind and how one controls their thoughts.

To many people are dependent on close social interactions now days.
Me?
I plan to be the one to pick through others stuff when they are gone!
:har:

Jeff-Groves

04-11-20, 03:58 PM

Knowing we get spied on by the NSA and other Agencies while on line?
I spent hours searching for delusions, psychotic break downs,
how to dispose of bodies, and how to change identity.

Figure that would be good for a day or so out of the house at Government expense!

Jimbuna

04-12-20, 06:57 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbQqvP9GR4o

Catfish

04-12-20, 10:54 AM

Knowing we get spied on by the NSA and other Agencies while on line? I spent hours searching for delusions, psychotic break downs, how to dispose of bodies, and how to change identity.
Figure that would be good for a day or so out of the house at Government expense!
:rotfl2:

Catfish

04-12-20, 10:57 AM

https://i.imgur.com/GnENV5Yl.jpg

Jimbuna

04-12-20, 11:13 AM

Taken far more seriously in some countries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RusEB-zTdeU

Platapus

04-12-20, 02:21 PM

Instead of calling it Social Distancing, Try using the phrase Out of Melee Distance.

"Honey, I am going to the store."

"Be careful and stay out of melee distance":D

Jimbuna

04-13-20, 05:52 AM

They've all gone crazy over there :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNE2gZ9KHc8

Jimbuna

04-14-20, 12:06 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlzXTMWa2Nc

Catfish

04-14-20, 02:46 PM

^ Day 7 must be Skybird :O:

Jimbuna

04-15-20, 06:32 AM

^If so, I hope you weren't the van driver :)

Jimbuna

04-15-20, 06:36 AM

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

Jimbuna

04-15-20, 10:20 AM

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

Jeff-Groves

04-15-20, 02:17 PM

I took a hint from the joke thread.

I've been calling Best Western Motels all over the USA.
When they answer the phone and say
"Best Western."
I quickly yell "True Grit with John Wayne!"
And then hang up.
:har:

Jeff-Groves

04-15-20, 03:05 PM

I'm think about donning my Ghille and standing down by the river crossing early tomorrow morning.
Maybe BigFoot sightings will go up around here.
:haha:

Platapus

04-15-20, 05:08 PM

This lock down has not affected my usual antisocial schedule.

Go to work Telework. After work play video games, go to bed

Rinse and repeat.

Being an introvert paid off :D

I mean really, the government is telling me that I need to reduce contact with people. :D:D:D

Jeff-Groves

04-15-20, 05:11 PM

I'm anti-social myself.
Only thing I had to cut back on was body tackling idiots on the street.
I think I have enough stuff to build a robot to do that.

Jimbuna

04-16-20, 07:28 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSxuWS962s

Jimbuna

04-24-20, 08:43 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoi8Us7ME4M

Sailor Steve

04-24-20, 08:55 AM

I'm anti-social myself.
Only thing I had to cut back on was body tackling idiots on the street.
I think I have enough stuff to build a robot to do that.
Yep. My personal doctor asked how I was handling self-confinement. I said "Are you kidding? They're making me stay away from people and don't talk to anyone except on the computer! I finally get ordered to live the way I've been trying to for ten years now. Now instead of being the apartment weirdo I've become a "good example".

Aktungbby

04-24-20, 12:36 PM

Yep. My personal doctor asked how I was handling self-confinement. I said "Are you kidding? They're making me stay away from people and don't talk to anyone except on the computer! I finally get ordered to live the way I've been trying to for ten years now. Now instead of being the apartment weirdo I've become a "good example".My God! At age 70 you've finally become the "new normal"!!:k_confused::Kaleun_Goofy::Kaleun_Party: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2665099&postcount=8981