tater Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) Brisket and bourbon, and a bunch of people. In the past, just "Saturday," these days considerably more novel. Edited October 11, 2020 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 So, my oldest drew a deer tag this year, his first. Unfortunately, after a week of getting up at 4:00 and heading out to glass the hills, getting home every night at 7:30 or 8:00, we did not end up taking a deer. (We did come very close, but never lined up a shot.) All we came home with was a solid week of father-son bonding and memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selective Genius Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I finally managed to get a somewhat decent-ish picture of my kittens (even though the camera was a potato). They rarely stay still for long enough for me to take a picture, but I have found out that the optimum window to take a photo would be early morning and late afternoons when they have run out of their usual hyperactive energy. 5 kittens. The eldest of them (4 months old) is staring at your soul. She's the bodyguard/playmate/teacher for the rest of the kittens who are a month and a half old. All of them are strong and healthy, thanks to @tater's kindness and generosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Cute critters! My kids were particularly excited to see them. I'd show our cat, but I don't think she'd pay attention unless it was video with noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Did you know that mole crickets sing, too, and you can hunt them in the night with a smartphone, microphone, and a shovel? Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I spent the weekend and yesterday out in California moving my mom into assisted living. She's 88 years old, and has been independent for far longer than a lot of people her age. But my cousin (Who she is closer to than me. It is what it is.) found out that she has fallen several times in her apartment (without telling anyone), and so she convinced her that it just isn't safe for her to be on her own anymore. So we all drove out to California, and my wife an I spent three days helping to clean out her apartment. As I stated at the beginning of the project, our goal was to move the project from the "American Hoarders" category to the "slightly crazy regular apartment move" category, and then my cousins were going to come in at the end of the week, after she was actually moved out, and move out her furniture and whatever else was left. We got rid of her car, carted off four SUV-loads of stuff to donate to the local thrift store, and filled three dumpsters in the apartment complex with trash. I'm pooped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) Today I found out that my right ear is slightly worse at higher frequencies than my left ear. Nice to know. Now, that isn't really a large problem since the most important sounds happen in the lower end of the spectrum - we're talking about >15000 Hz here. However, it turns out that these high frequencies really make a huge difference with instruments such as cymbals; if they're high enough I can't hear them at all on the right. At this point, kudos to the human brain (psychoacoustics, really) for being able to adjust for that! This slight loss only becomes apparent if I cover the left ear, otherwise everything seems fine. Hope it's nothing too serious and that it won't get worse. I have no idea why, though. I keep my volume at reasonable levels, if anything it's set too quiet and not too loud... I also want to emphasize that this isn't a diagnosis or anything. I noticed that noise sound a bit strange and did some testing in Audacity. Not anything scientific. Edited October 23, 2020 by Delay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Got in car a little after five. 77°F out, car sorta warm from being in the sun. Start driving, iPod on random. Countdown by Rush comes on... Even in the hot car, instant goosebumps, still. (I can beat up on Shuttle sometimes, but what a cool vehicle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 18 hours ago, tater said: Countdown by Rush comes on... Even in the hot car, instant goosebumps, still. One of my faves, certainly my favourite Rush song 18 hours ago, tater said: I can beat up on Shuttle sometimes, but what a cool vehicle Yeah, it was much more expensive than expected and had its flaws, but it was incredibly capable and a politically-constrained engineering tour de force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 A bunch of snow. Kinda cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, tater said: A bunch of snow. Kinda cool. Nice. We got a freeze here last night but no snow. I went out for my ruck at 5:00 last night and, man, I don't think I will be doing that again until spring. Onto the treadmill I go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 On 6/18/2019 at 10:07 PM, Gargamel said: Made this major lifetime milestone today.... Ahhh yiiis..... Covers 6 email accounts, some 22+ years old. Well... the forum search function actually worked well. Lost about 8k when I upgraded my 10 year old phone this spring, but I'm back on track... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 yaaay i finished with exams now to repeat this in one month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 19 hours ago, Gargamel said: Well... the forum search function actually worked well. Lost about 8k when I upgraded my 10 year old phone this spring, but I'm back on track... I wonder what the limit for that counter actually is, and what will happen when that limit is reached. Maybe it'll go negative or something. Whatever it is, you seem to be well on the way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: I wonder what the limit for that counter actually is, and what will happen when that limit is reached. Maybe it'll go negative or something. Whatever it is, you seem to be well on the way.... Well about 20 minutes after posting the pic, my phone decided to find another 650 messages out of the blue. So yeah, I'd like to hit 100k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misguided Kerbal Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 So, it just so happened today that boredom brought me to the dark, dark bowels of the internet: DUN DUN DUN! And, I probably won't need a laugh for a long time: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Last night I dreamt I was in the Crew Dragon, pulling my helmet visor down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munlander1 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I am trying to program an enigma machine in python. Right now I am just writing another script to give me the dictionaries I need because typing out all the dictionaries does not sound fun at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munlander1 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 It is time to go to bed but I am concerned about losing my train of thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I got up at midnight to watch the Crew-1 launch. I have no regrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 4 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: I got up at midnight to watch the Crew-1 launch. I have no regrets. Same, unfortunately tomorrow was a school day, so we couldn't go any closer. Still was beautiful. We all wore masks and social distanced, don't worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Encountered this while out driving today. Thought it was a really large dog at first. It was a deer. Apparently it’s a thing around here, we have, like... Dalmatian deers... (note the derpy little smile) Also, found some folks who needed to re-home their critters, so to the Einstein-haired bunny and nosey black guinea pig, we added another guinea pig... ...and a small, oblong tribble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Awww - all the floof in one convenient location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Haired dwarf hippopotamuses are great, but don't let the deerdog hunt them. Who knows what had that deer ancested from his dalmatian father except the decals and the habit to chase unknown cars with barking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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