What Are You Doing In Real Life II - Page 251

les green01 · 10-02-22, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Flint or Percussion?

flint

em2nought · 10-03-22, 12:55 AM

Seeing those videos from Canada makes me nostalgic for the Holy Loch, and a trip across the Clyde to Gourock on a bad day.

Just got my electric back four days after Ian went through. Having trouble finding my copy of Key Largo.

GrenSo · 10-03-22, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Nice shots

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

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

Thanks. Next time, if I can persuade my wife, we will go to Kiel/Laboe for a short tipp.

Commander Wallace · 10-03-22, 08:10 AM

@ GrenSo
As everyone has commented, great shots.

The Submarine looks remarkably preserved as well. Not sure if you knew there was a Subsim Meet at Schleswig-Holstein, Laboe with U-995. Everyone raved about how well U-995 was preserved as well.

Thanks for posting your fantastic pictures.

ReallyDedPoet · 10-03-22, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by u crank

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

We were hammered and then some with Fiona weren't we

My brother lost about 80 trees on his property. Just got power back on a few days ago. We fared better where we were at. We had power a few days after we got hit.

u crank · 10-03-22, 01:57 PM

Yea it was a hell of a ride. We were four hours short of seven full days without power but did have a 5500 watt generator. Downtown Charlottetown along North River Rd. looked like a war zone earlier in the week. The clean up is gonna be a long hard go. Glad you are alright.

ReallyDedPoet · 10-03-22, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by u crank

Yea it was a hell of a ride. We were four hours short of seven full days without power but did have a 5500 watt generator. Downtown Charlottetown along North River Rd. looked like a war zone earlier in the week. The clean up is gonna be a long hard go. Glad you are alright.

You as well .

Aktungbby · 10-04-22, 12:07 AM

Having just watched the SF Giants lose to the San Diego Padres; I'm now engrossed in Studio 666, a 2022 horror flik starring the Foo Fighters!?? I found the title a tad intrigueing somehow....

Eichhörnchen · 10-12-22, 07:49 AM

I just saw some jars of Moira's attempt at fig preserve in the kitchen. She made two batches because the first lot set like bitumen in the jar - you have to gouge it out with a knife. This I see she's labelled "thick and chunky"

Eichhörnchen · 10-12-22, 10:21 AM

Yesterday I had to attend a hospital appointment at Lincoln General. Afterwards we had time to drive the very short distance to the cathedral quarter, where Moira photographed a Roman gate which had recently captivated one of her FB friends in the US, who'd seen it pictured online and found it incredible that we can just walk up to such a thing in our own back yard. She also took a number of pics of other ruins (including me) and the cathedral - plus this great statue of Tennyson in the grounds of same

(Looks like he just caught something that bounced off his head lol)

Jimbuna · 10-12-22, 12:58 PM

The wife and I both had our fourth covid jab an hour or so ago.

ET2SN · 10-20-22, 04:15 PM

I got to fire the new Dental Office this morning.

It wasn't really going well. I showed up at first to check them out as replacement for my old, retired Dentist and get a troublesome wisdom tooth yanked that was starting to act up. The first appt. was an "eval" and the Dr. told me he'd get to the wisdom tooth eventually (I've been hearing this for almost 20 years).

"Doc, I think its infected. Can't you pull it today?"

"We'll know when its time. Not today."

The tooth really went bad that night and I showed up before the office opened the next morning for some emergency service. I told them I was in a lot of pain and it wasn't subsiding. They let me sit in the waiting room while everyone in the office went to a meeting. Two hours later the same Dr. says "Yeah, its infected all right.." and finally hits me with some Novocain. I get the tooth pulled and go home. I ask about an Rx for some kind of Penicillin and they look at me like I'm asking for Crack.

I did the follow up a couple of days ago. Two hours of X Rays and one hour for a cleaning. Bear in mind I had a tooth extracted one week earlier. No one wants to check how things are healing- until I ask.

Dr. Oz finally shows up for a quick look. He wants to pull some more teeth. I have two molars with crowns. They were done 12 years ago and about four years ago. I have no issues with them at all but they need to come out because.... reasons. He also wants to yank a cap/crown on an incisor that I paid top dollar for two years ago. Again, reasons. I tell him I have no problems with any of those teeth.

"Oh, you will.."
Right, and the Sun will turn into a Red Giant and consume the Earth. But not right now. I find out this plan will cost me somewhere between four to six thousand dollars by the end of the year.

Because...reasons.
For teeth that aren't giving me any problems.

Maybe he's peed off because he didn't find any cavities?

Keep in mind I've already paid out somewhere between 5 and 6 hundred dollars for three visits, a yanked wisdom tooth, X rays and a cleaning.

Its as if I was speaking in a foreign language the whole time, at least my bank account is good. Besides, my Momma didn't raise any fools.

But, how would I bail out of this boutique without any threats or litigation?

Even though I've paid for the work they did, handsomely, I don't want to find out about any termination fees or "Because we said so!" fees.

I called this morning and explained that I wanted to cancel my up-coming appts. and have my name removed from their patient lists. Basically, they have been fired but I'm being really pleasant and courteous about it. Naturally, I get a "Why??". This is where you need to think ahead. You're telling someone why you won't be bankrolling their new Condo or Power Boat.

"Well, I worked my budget for a while last night and I won't be able to afford it". BAM! What they hear is not that I'm cheap, I'm BROKE and there's no way you make money off the poor.

They lady on the phone sets a speed record wrapping it up. "Well,-that's-sad-and-I-hope-everything-works-out-gotta-go!".

Perfect.

Have I mentioned that I loath shopping for a Dentist?

Aktungbby · 10-20-22, 04:53 PM

I'd just tell 'em: "'I'm terminally I'll and already prepaid in full at Neptune Society; hence no further other need of their otherwise inestimable professional services!"

ET2SN · 10-20-22, 05:46 PM

Well, you don't want to lie but does it count if you lie to a sheister?

Basically, I wanted to drop them without any drama or ill-feelings.
This was one of those offices with three dentists, two dental techs, and an army of Admins and Assistants pounding the forms and paperwork. They literally have a "bullpen" next to the waiting room. Which is fine, but they are telegraphing that they aren't interested unless their patients have a sweet dental plan at their office or Union Hall.

If they see you as not being a steady source of revenue, you tend to be ignored.
They don't like or hate you, they just don't see you.

So, did I lie to them? Mostly, no. I just told them I was one of the Untouchables.

Otto Harkaman · 10-20-22, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Wow, so fascinating when you really look at all of it. Obviously the arch has been broken several times, the tales those stones could tell.

10-03-22, 12:55 AM	#3752
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Seeing those videos from Canada makes me nostalgic for the Holy Loch, and a trip across the Clyde to Gourock on a bad day. Just got my electric back four days after Ian went through. Having trouble finding my copy of Key Largo. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

10-03-22, 01:57 PM	#3756
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,746 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Yea it was a hell of a ride. We were four hours short of seven full days without power but did have a 5500 watt generator. Downtown Charlottetown along North River Rd. looked like a war zone earlier in the week. The clean up is gonna be a long hard go. Glad you are alright. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

10-04-22, 12:07 AM	#3758
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,023 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Having just watched the SF Giants lose to the San Diego Padres; I'm now engrossed in Studio 666, a 2022 horror flik starring the Foo Fighters!?? I found the title a tad intrigueing somehow.... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 10-04-22 at 12:21 AM.

10-12-22, 07:49 AM	#3759
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,403 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I just saw some jars of Moira's attempt at fig preserve in the kitchen. She made two batches because the first lot set like bitumen in the jar - you have to gouge it out with a knife. This I see she's labelled "thick and chunky" __________________

10-12-22, 10:21 AM	#3760
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,403 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Roman Arch, Lincoln Yesterday I had to attend a hospital appointment at Lincoln General. Afterwards we had time to drive the very short distance to the cathedral quarter, where Moira photographed a Roman gate which had recently captivated one of her FB friends in the US, who'd seen it pictured online and found it incredible that we can just walk up to such a thing in our own back yard. She also took a number of pics of other ruins (including me) and the cathedral - plus this great statue of Tennyson in the grounds of same (Looks like he just caught something that bounced off his head lol) __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 10-12-22 at 03:50 PM.

10-03-22, 08:10 AM	#3754
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,307 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	@ GrenSo As everyone has commented, great shots. The Submarine looks remarkably preserved as well. Not sure if you knew there was a Subsim Meet at Schleswig-Holstein, Laboe with U-995. Everyone raved about how well U-995 was preserved as well. Thanks for posting your fantastic pictures.

10-12-22, 12:58 PM	#3761
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The wife and I both had our fourth covid jab an hour or so ago. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-20-22, 04:15 PM	#3762
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	I got to fire the new Dental Office this morning. It wasn't really going well. I showed up at first to check them out as replacement for my old, retired Dentist and get a troublesome wisdom tooth yanked that was starting to act up. The first appt. was an "eval" and the Dr. told me he'd get to the wisdom tooth eventually (I've been hearing this for almost 20 years). "Doc, I think its infected. Can't you pull it today?" "We'll know when its time. Not today." The tooth really went bad that night and I showed up before the office opened the next morning for some emergency service. I told them I was in a lot of pain and it wasn't subsiding. They let me sit in the waiting room while everyone in the office went to a meeting. Two hours later the same Dr. says "Yeah, its infected all right.." and finally hits me with some Novocain. I get the tooth pulled and go home. I ask about an Rx for some kind of Penicillin and they look at me like I'm asking for Crack. I did the follow up a couple of days ago. Two hours of X Rays and one hour for a cleaning. Bear in mind I had a tooth extracted one week earlier. No one wants to check how things are healing- until I ask. Dr. Oz finally shows up for a quick look. He wants to pull some more teeth. I have two molars with crowns. They were done 12 years ago and about four years ago. I have no issues with them at all but they need to come out because.... reasons. He also wants to yank a cap/crown on an incisor that I paid top dollar for two years ago. Again, reasons. I tell him I have no problems with any of those teeth. "Oh, you will.." Right, and the Sun will turn into a Red Giant and consume the Earth. But not right now. I find out this plan will cost me somewhere between four to six thousand dollars by the end of the year. Because...reasons. For teeth that aren't giving me any problems. Maybe he's peed off because he didn't find any cavities? Keep in mind I've already paid out somewhere between 5 and 6 hundred dollars for three visits, a yanked wisdom tooth, X rays and a cleaning. Its as if I was speaking in a foreign language the whole time, at least my bank account is good. Besides, my Momma didn't raise any fools. But, how would I bail out of this boutique without any threats or litigation? Even though I've paid for the work they did, handsomely, I don't want to find out about any termination fees or "Because we said so!" fees. I called this morning and explained that I wanted to cancel my up-coming appts. and have my name removed from their patient lists. Basically, they have been fired but I'm being really pleasant and courteous about it. Naturally, I get a "Why??". This is where you need to think ahead. You're telling someone why you won't be bankrolling their new Condo or Power Boat. "Well, I worked my budget for a while last night and I won't be able to afford it". BAM! What they hear is not that I'm cheap, I'm BROKE and there's no way you make money off the poor. They lady on the phone sets a speed record wrapping it up. "Well,-that's-sad-and-I-hope-everything-works-out-gotta-go!". Perfect. Have I mentioned that I loath shopping for a Dentist?

10-20-22, 04:53 PM	#3763
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,023 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I'd just tell 'em: "'I'm terminally I'll and already prepaid in full at Neptune Society; hence no further other need of their otherwise inestimable professional services!" __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

10-20-22, 05:46 PM	#3764
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Well, you don't want to lie but does it count if you lie to a sheister? Basically, I wanted to drop them without any drama or ill-feelings. This was one of those offices with three dentists, two dental techs, and an army of Admins and Assistants pounding the forms and paperwork. They literally have a "bullpen" next to the waiting room. Which is fine, but they are telegraphing that they aren't interested unless their patients have a sweet dental plan at their office or Union Hall. If they see you as not being a steady source of revenue, you tend to be ignored. They don't like or hate you, they just don't see you. So, did I lie to them? Mostly, no. I just told them I was one of the Untouchables.