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« Reply #1650 on: August 05, 2012, 02:33:49 pm » |
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The misses and I got to see Buddy Valastros baking with the boss tour last night. I was actually called up on stage where I learned how to make a chocolate rose that I got to present to my lovely wife.
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« Reply #1651 on: August 05, 2012, 04:44:39 pm » |
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Went to Michael's crafts this morning to buy Sculpey.They were out of a couple of the colors I was looking for, so I went to the other side of the shopping center to see what JoAnn's had. Not only did they have the colors I wanted, they were on sale for half off, and the regular price was cheaper than Michael's anyway.
So I ended up with twice as much Sculpey as I went out for. I'm sure I'll find a use for it.
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« Reply #1652 on: August 05, 2012, 05:53:21 pm » |
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Went to Michael's crafts this morning to buy Sculpey.They were out of a couple of the colors I was looking for, so I went to the other side of the shopping center to see what JoAnn's had. Not only did they have the colors I wanted, they were on sale for half off, and the regular price was cheaper than Michael's anyway.
So I ended up with twice as much Sculpey as I went out for. I'm sure I'll find a use for it.
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« Reply #1653 on: August 05, 2012, 08:16:26 pm » |
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Things that make me happy today, I'm 90% done with my copper corset project, the Internet came back on today after being out all yesterday, and my tomato plants actually produced tomatoes this year..
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« Reply #1654 on: August 05, 2012, 10:30:37 pm » |
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Speaking of gardening!
My significant other decided he wanted to try his hand at gardening, this year. I honestly wasn't expecting much, considering he tends to leave projects half-finished, and our dead strawberry plant wasn't instilling much confidence in his gardening abilities.
But he dug up a small part of the backyard, planted cucumbers and lettuce, and I asked him to throw some cantaloupes in there, too. I was very surprised when it actually started yielding lettuce leaves (his first harvest was a full-sized salad), and some weeks after that, we were able to pick about five or six cucumbers--there's more out there ripening up, still.
But today--! I found our first cantaloupe! I'm very happy because those are the ones I was personally rooting for. In our inexperience, we planted everything too close together, so our cucumber vines are all intertwined with our cantaloupe vines, so it's been a little difficult to distinguish what is growing where. When the weather clears up, I'd like to go back out and see if any of those oddly round cucumbers might actually be cantaloupes in disguise.
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« Reply #1655 on: August 05, 2012, 10:55:51 pm » |
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I picked the last of my raspberries today. Shame that the snails had walked over most of them - but I am sure that the gloop they leave behind will wash off. Well I hope that it does.
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« Reply #1656 on: August 06, 2012, 01:39:52 am » |
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The plumber has been & the sewer pipe is unblocked! No more trekking to the public loo down the road!
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« Reply #1657 on: August 06, 2012, 04:30:09 am » |
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Got a free oscilloscope from a mate (he found a couple being chucked out at his work), it's nothing special but it's better than my old 1960's one (this one works properly for starters). It's a 20MHz analogue CRT scope from about 1986.  It took a LOT of cleaning and a number of repairs to get it functioning, but I have just completed running a few basic tests, and everythin checks out as I expected.  Took me about 8 hours to get it all sorted. The calibration is loooooong since out of spec, but that is not an issue for my purposes. I'll tweak it if needed. That saved me about £100 on flebay for a similar spec 'scope. Very happy! SS |
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« Reply #1658 on: August 06, 2012, 05:19:47 am » |
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Got a free oscilloscope from a mate (he found a couple being chucked out at his work), it's nothing special but it's better than my old 1960's one (this one works properly for starters). It's a 20MHz analogue CRT scope from about 1986. It took a LOT of cleaning and a number of repairs to get it functioning, but I have just completed running a few basic tests, and everythin checks out as I expected. Took me about 8 hours to get it all sorted. The calibration is loooooong since out of spec, but that is not an issue for my purposes. I'll tweak it if needed. That saved me about £100 on flebay for a similar spec 'scope. Very happy! SS Wow, that brings back memories I was in high school then, playing with those in Electronics class  |
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« Reply #1659 on: August 06, 2012, 09:59:14 pm » |
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« Reply #1660 on: August 07, 2012, 02:13:01 am » |
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Just discovered that Warehouse 13 has already started on its fourth series. Time to *ahem* obtain said episodes Indeed, I have been meaning to get around to... sorting that issue myself.  I just hope the previous method used is still good.... SS |
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« Reply #1661 on: August 07, 2012, 05:12:05 am » |
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Oooh, I have only seen the first season, but wish to continue on to get to season 4....
Preemptive happy: Going to visit the place of my artistic and spiritual birth tomorrow (Carlisle, Pennsylvania as strange as that sounds) and then off to visit my Grandmother. Very much looking forward to both.
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« Reply #1662 on: August 07, 2012, 05:40:00 am » |
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Oooh, I have only seen the first season, but wish to continue on to get to season 4....
Preemptive happy: Going to visit the place of my artistic and spiritual birth tomorrow (Carlisle, Pennsylvania as strange as that sounds) and then off to visit my Grandmother. Very much looking forward to both.
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« Reply #1663 on: August 07, 2012, 07:00:04 am » |
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Just discovered that Warehouse 13 has already started on its fourth series. Time to *ahem* obtain said episodes Indeed, I have been meaning to get around to... sorting that issue myself. I just hope the previous method used is still good.... SS Yep |
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« Reply #1664 on: August 07, 2012, 01:49:55 pm » |
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Oooh, I have only seen the first season, but wish to continue on to get to season 4....
Preemptive happy: Going to visit the place of my artistic and spiritual birth tomorrow (Carlisle, Pennsylvania as strange as that sounds) and then off to visit my Grandmother. Very much looking forward to both.
...you could bring your grandmother to the Civil War Museum in Harrisburg. Well, she's in Delaware, but maybe I shall stop by to say hello to a fellow Brass Goggler and history. |
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« Reply #1665 on: August 07, 2012, 02:30:32 pm » |
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Just discovered that Warehouse 13 has already started on its fourth series. Time to *ahem* obtain said episodes theres a 4th series? that means theres a series 3.... which means i am so behind!!!! but on the plus side thats two more series to enjoy!!! |
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« Reply #1666 on: August 07, 2012, 03:02:14 pm » |
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My new phone is currently making me VERY happy! |
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« Reply #1667 on: August 07, 2012, 03:08:29 pm » |
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My new phone is currently making me VERY happy! New phones ALWAYS do this ~Longeye~ |
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« Reply #1668 on: August 07, 2012, 03:35:28 pm » |
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My new phone is currently making me VERY happy! New phones ALWAYS do this ~Longeye~ so do new cameras, cars, actually everything new can make you happy! (Oops, did I say that here on Brass Goggles? Where Victorian era and everything vintage is holy?)  |
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« Reply #1669 on: August 07, 2012, 03:37:30 pm » |
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My roof* has the internet now
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« Reply #1670 on: August 07, 2012, 03:40:47 pm » |
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Even if it's vintage it is still new if you've only just got it; thus it is good ~Longeye~ |
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« Reply #1671 on: August 07, 2012, 06:16:53 pm » |
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Aside from making hilarious social commentary, yesterday I found a local mentor for my horological experiment. He's been in the business for forty or so years and seems like a nice guy-suffers a bit from that "mechanical watchmaking won't make you any money" philosophy, but old men are supposed to be grumpy and closed minded, that's what they do.
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« Reply #1672 on: August 07, 2012, 06:36:27 pm » |
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My new phone is currently making me VERY happy! New phones ALWAYS do this ~Longeye~ so do new cameras, cars, actually everything new can make you happy! (Oops, did I say that here on Brass Goggles? Where Victorian era and everything vintage is holy?) Well, I have a nixie tube clock loaded on it, and a steampunk wallpaper with a gauge showing my battery life. So even though its new, it definitely pays tribute to the past. |
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« Reply #1673 on: August 07, 2012, 09:36:41 pm » |
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This video is making me happy..
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« Reply #1674 on: August 07, 2012, 10:33:43 pm » |
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Yup - it worked for me too... SS |
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