I'm a little tipsy so you are going to get the questions from the part of my mind i try to keep away from the keyboard while on this forum:
If you were to cum in a girls mouth, would you be willing to taste it when you kiss her afterwards?
Whos that girl on your avatar?
The first sight of my son was easily the most amazing thing that I've ever experienced. I was immediately marked as a wierdo by the nursing staff, because I refused to cut the umbilical cord. I told them I didn't want THAT symbolic imagery between my wife and I. I did not want to be the person responsible for her being "disconnected" from her child.
And btw- do I have to climb up your arse to ask you questions? :laugh:
The first sight of my son was easily the most amazing thing that I've ever experienced. I was immediately marked as a wierdo by the nursing staff, because I refused to cut the umbilical cord. I told them I didn't want THAT symbolic imagery between my wife and I. I did not want to be the person responsible for her being "disconnected" from her child.
I did exactly the same thing when my son was born. I refused to cut the cord. They are the pros, for crying out loud, and I don't give a shit about the symbol value.
What has been the most interesting experience of your life?
The first sight of my son was easily the most amazing thing that I've ever experienced. I was immediately marked as a wierdo by the nursing staff, because I refused to cut the umbilical cord. I told them I didn't want THAT symbolic imagery between my wife and I. I did not want to be the person responsible for her being "disconnected" from her child.
I did exactly the same thing when my son was born. I refused to cut the cord. They are the pros, for crying out loud, and I don't give a shit about the symbol value.
It isnt that hard to do, it kinda pisses me off that they don't ask the woman that just gave birth if she'd like to do it.
The first sight of my son was easily the most amazing thing that I've ever experienced. I was immediately marked as a wierdo by the nursing staff, because I refused to cut the umbilical cord. I told them I didn't want THAT symbolic imagery between my wife and I. I did not want to be the person responsible for her being "disconnected" from her child.
I did exactly the same thing when my son was born. I refused to cut the cord. They are the pros, for crying out loud, and I don't give a shit about the symbol value.
It isnt that hard to do, it kinda pisses me off that they don't ask the woman that just gave birth if she'd like to do it.
hey, waddup dawg?ummm ... errr... yeah.
know anything about audio?
I had an emergency Caesarean section, so they had to do it, I guess.It kind of sounds like a convenience thing for them. They've probably had a few women totally freak right when they were too busy to deal with them.
Going back to this question for a few minutes ...
I have put up the answer that everyone with kids expects, but it's true. Even though it seems like a cop-out, pat response to an evocative question, I can't state it any more strongly. My kids are IT!
How many children do you have? (sorry if you've answered this before somewhere else already).
Edited to add: yeah you did already say how many kids you have- sorry but I'm absolutely warn out today so my memory isn't at its best.
I sent you a PM DirtDawg with some ideas, names etc.
... So my hats off to all the mothers out there!
dawg, how did you get so much karma in so little time?hmmm ... dunno. Probably the tree fucking pic. Ya gotta admit ... that was a great find!
dawg, how did you get so much karma in so little time?hmmm ... dunno. Probably the tree fucking pic. Ya gotta admit ... that was a great find!
I'm also proud of the clever way I opened this thread.
:laugh:
dawg, how did you get so much karma in so little time?
Do you ever sleep?
Will you get rid of Hendrix and bring back the hot girl?
Will you get rid of Hendrix and bring back the hot girl?Evangeline followed by Jimi and for the new year, a short lived adaptation from The House Of Flying Daggers (cool movies).
Will you get rid of Hendrix and bring back the hot girl?Evangeline followed by Jimi and for the new year, a short lived adaptation from The House Of Flying Daggers (cool movies).
How about this, for now, Odeon?
(http://i18.tinypic.com/34yy9ox.jpg)
No, the best part isn't on the picture at all. :eyebrows:
What has been the most interesting experience of your life?
Going back to this question for a few minutes ...
I have put up the answer that everyone with kids expects, but it's true. Even though it seems like a cop-out, pat response to an evocative question, I can't state it any more strongly. My kids are IT!
I have done some fun stuff in my life, starting in music at fifteen, hiding my age, playing country music in a bar and, eventually moving into the sound reinforcement end of concerts shows. Taking long tour contracts with stars, living like I was on vacation the whole time, traveling all over the USA and Canada making music, some studio work, celebrity charity events, building my own KICK ASS sound system, and carrying a camera around my neck the whole time was "interesting", but none of it compares to the creation of life.
When the music business gobbled me up and spit me out, leaving me without any interest in continuing, I took a long vacation and switched to my camera for a way to make a living. I started learning more about people portraits at a job taking pics of families and that lead to a 'permanent studio' job, instead of a traveling job for the first time in my life. It was a large company and I had to take lots of pics, but there were moments were I got a little reminder of why I put up with all the asshole customers and evil bosses, often enough to keep going. The parent's faces ...
The look on a proud Mom's face when she sees what I've done with her kids pics is priceless. I enjoyed that reaction so much that I stayed with that company for many years. I worked damned hard for myself, outside the company also, but I kept coming back to the gravy job.
have you ever had anything climb up your arse. or be inserted?
what, kings over jacks.have you ever had anything climb up your arse. or be inserted?
It's been tried a few times ... once by a flea. I've heard that once a flea tastes ass meat there's no going back and it will always be an ass biter after that. I obsessed for an hour to make sure it was dead, before I could go back to sleep.
If I answer that question, in more detail, you and others will probably make fun of me. Let's just say two failed attempts, including the flea, and three successful attempts. That makes a full house, I think.
have you ever had anything climb up your arse. or be inserted?
It's been tried a few times ... once by a flea. I've heard that once a flea tastes ass meat there's no going back and it will always be an ass biter after that. I obsessed for an hour to make sure it was dead, before I could go back to sleep.
If I answer that question, in more detail, you and others will probably make fun of me. Let's just say two failed attempts, including the flea, and three successful attempts. That makes a full house, I think.
do you have any suggestions for a catchy title under my current avatar?
have you ever had anything climb up your arse. or be inserted?
It's been tried a few times ... once by a flea. I've heard that once a flea tastes ass meat there's no going back and it will always be an ass biter after that. I obsessed for an hour to make sure it was dead, before I could go back to sleep.
If I answer that question, in more detail, you and others will probably make fun of me. Let's just say two failed attempts, including the flea, and three successful attempts. That makes a full house, I think.
Are you gonna be joining the World Council then?
have you ever had anything climb up your arse. or be inserted?
It's been tried a few times ... once by a flea. I've heard that once a flea tastes ass meat there's no going back and it will always be an ass biter after that. I obsessed for an hour to make sure it was dead, before I could go back to sleep.
If I answer that question, in more detail, you and others will probably make fun of me. Let's just say two failed attempts, including the flea, and three successful attempts. That makes a full house, I think.
Now you've got me curious. What's the harm anyhow? We're going to make fun of you
either way. Personally, I'd like stories from someone who's tried more. I certainly had
curiosity this way (and have inserted things there regularly), but never met the
right conditions.
Wow. Where did the attack happen?
sounds like mexican machismo.Wow. Where did the attack happen?
I was from a later time, and the whole
It happened in south Texas. It was actually more of a brutalizing than a fucking. The older brother of a girl I was dating led the beating on the premise that if he fucked me in the ass, his sister would no longer find me attractive. He was very wrong, becasue it brought out the mother instincts in the girl, which I was repulsed by.
It took a while to heal.
sounds like mexican machismo.Wow. Where did the attack happen?
I was from a later time, and the whole
It happened in south Texas. It was actually more of a brutalizing than a fucking. The older brother of a girl I was dating led the beating on the premise that if he fucked me in the ass, his sister would no longer find me attractive. He was very wrong, becasue it brought out the mother instincts in the girl, which I was repulsed by.
It took a while to heal.
this all sounds like the makings of an interesting coming of age book.sounds like mexican machismo.Wow. Where did the attack happen?
I was from a later time, and the whole
It happened in south Texas. It was actually more of a brutalizing than a fucking. The older brother of a girl I was dating led the beating on the premise that if he fucked me in the ass, his sister would no longer find me attractive. He was very wrong, becasue it brought out the mother instincts in the girl, which I was repulsed by.
It took a while to heal.
Nah, all, but one were white guys. The ringleader was a roughian I had known for about four years. I wanted to fuck his sister, but had only done foreplay. It was a broken family, living with a drunken uncle, but the tough guy was the "father image" of his four younger siblings. He felt the duty and was doing what he thought was best, I suppose. The feud did not end there.
I tried to take his head off, about a year later, by stretching a cable across the path in his motocross trail. I fucked up, because he took a different angle and had more speed and elevation than normal. His chest and arm took the cable. He lost the use of his arm as a result. I was way past done with his sister by then, in fact I had hooked up with the girl who would eventually become my ex-wife, but he kept on coming.
What was his problem to begin with? Was he against you in particular fucking his sister, or anyone doing it?it was south texas.
What was his problem to begin with? Was he against you in particular fucking his sister, or anyone doing it?
Last I saw, he was pretty pissy,don't flatter yourself, you are an inconsequential nutter.
and I just aggravated him more.
I hope I didn't piss him off too
much, as I really miss him.
I'm fine.
I will check in ever day or two.
I'm not. I just felt badly, as I was in
a playful mood, and pissing everyone
off (as my pleasure invariably does).
Seemed that the only exchange that he
had on that day was with me, and he
walked away pissed. Though, I suspect
things were not going right to begin
with, and all of the spamming (not
just mine) got on his nerves, for
whatever reason.
But, I was pretty damned wound
up at the time. Anyhow, I hope things
are ok for him. He's one of my favorite
posters here.
I'm fine.
I will check in every day or two.
I hope you don't decide to fade away DD. You're one of the most interesting folk here, and I'd miss you.
I hope you don't decide to fade away DD. You're one of the most interesting folk here, and I'd miss you.Well, thanks. I have to fade away, but I'm not deleting my account. I'll try to explain. That means I'll be back, right?
I hope you don't decide to fade away DD. You're one of the most interesting folk here, and I'd miss you.
QFT
I don't have a question for you I just wanted to say Hi. :)
I'm fine.more posts by you means more times i get to randomly see your avatar. ;D
I will check in every day or two.
I hope you don't decide to fade away DD. You're one of the most interesting folk here, and I'd miss you.Well, thanks. I have to fade away, but I'm not deleting my account. I'll try to explain. That means I'll be back, right?
I think of this:
Cheap Trick ( I love the stupid song!)
"I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me"
Sorry, Dunc, but that song is not about me. In fact, the opposite of that song's sentimental message is closer to the true me. I got off the stage at an early point in my music career. I also made sure I stayed behind the camera. I am at home with the grungy pub atmosphere, here, and I prefer to be the over-sauced, drooling, red-eyed graybeard in the corner, singing to himself and bragging to everyone for half an hour about making it to the head and back, without any beer or piss spilling incidents, but not noticing that I forgot to zip my pants, or that I picked up your beer by mistake and started drinking from it, occasionally kicking the jukebox until an annoying song stops playing, all the while needing to wipe my chin, again.
Having a lot of attention or actually "praise" drawn specifically and directly to me is somewhat toxic. I never had trouble with crowds, because people in crowds are mostly like a herd of bovine or some other such unintelligent hoof-trotters, but there have been times when I was devastated by some asswipe on stage creating a scene to make me "look good". I almost had to run away once when the manager of a huge club got on the microphone and talked about how that particular local band had played that venue many times and they often closed early because no one was there to play for, but on this night it was after one o'clock AM and the people were still there dancing, standing, chanting and wanting more music. He gave me full credit for the turn-around, since it was my second night to work that club and band and my sound company was the only thing different from the previous weeks. Within about thirty seconds I had almost two thousand people cheering for me and expecting me to like it. I managed to wave back, twice, before I stumbled backwards off my sound-riser to the back and blew a fountain of bile in an atomized spray about eight feet in radius.
It literally makes me violently ill to be "made over" too much. I can't take it. My logic systems tell me that it is harmless and it is usually meant in good faith, but logic doesn't keep me from becoming overwhelmed and blowing bile. It's the only thing that makes me toss-tidbits, but it is not something I can control. Admittedly, that was an extreme case, but the feelings are still there at times when someone wants to make me the center of something.
If I am to be in the center of something, it HAS TO BE ME doing it! If I get into a fight it has to be MY fight! Really, I can take it if it is only one or two people, but several people trying to sing some high praise of me gets to me, rather quickly. When there were several people trying to get me to join the World Council and telling me that I "belonged" in it, I was getting some disturbing feelings and I had a difficult time expressing them - probably should not have tried. I suppose I'm a little embarrassed to be such a wimp, considering some realtime trauma that I have trudged through. It probably doesn't make sense, either, to post my fractal artwork and not expect to get praised, but (this is the key point) that artwork is not something I have my soul invested in. I do it for the release of stress and it is out of a childish sense of friendship that I share them, besides, it is the programs I use that deserve all the credit, anyway, not me, so it is easy for me to stow-away what is said in that thread.
The rest of the pages I post in here represent the real me - hopefully most people know the sarcastic me by now, too. It is me at my most human and fallible, not some persona I have cultivated for this site. If I was going to create a stylized likeness of myself for IntensitySquared I would not have chosen to be an old washed up, depressed, headbanging, half-schizo, jobless, dry-sponge, living off the good nature of a fine woman with little of substance left to live for except his young kids. I would have chosen some personality that would be a little more interesting, don't you think? My negative reaction is an unforeseen circumstance due to the fact that I have tried to be as honest as possible with myself and my "new friends" here (investing) and I am not hiding behind some pseudo-persona, that makes it most difficult to tolerate the excess of attention (not the right word, because I crave deliberation, encouragement, approval, and guidance, but not accolades, glory, exaltations, kudos) when it happens, like the "Newsbox" thing, which really put me off, but again, I choose carefully which battles I fight. I can't help it. It is just me, being me. With the real me, you get the real me, but even with much of the squareness knocked off my pegs I still don't fit those neat round holes very well. Scr'eap even accused me of trying to get compliments, which goes to show how far off my communication skills are at times, since I just wanted it to end.
Just so that no one thinks I'm cooking up some dramatic mystery by disappearing for a while, I should let you in on some of the unusual things that have happened this month and captured my attention. It's May in Indiana, so there's the race, of course, but I'm also up against some personal stuff. I figure if you are still with me after all that, you deserve to know some of the really scary, emotionally heavy stuff, too.
I have been in contact, over a dozen emails, with the woman I fought over, (mentioned earlier in this thread) whose brother (I fought with and tried to kill) died a few months ago. The first fight took place when I was fifteen, but it later got very serious and was not really over for more than a year. However, the lovely lady (a year younger, but looks ten years older than I do, now) who I had known since childhood, was a person I "frequented" after I split up with my first wife, in my early twenties.
She and I were both horny sluts and involved in some group activities, living wild on the beach with other hippie/doper types, etc. but she became pregnant. At the time, last I saw of her, she was going to have an abortion, because she really did not want to start a family, especially not knowing who the father was. It was a big impact to me, because it ended a good thing. In many ways it was a blessing, however, because I let her go and concentrated my efforts on my business and had some successes, followed up contacts, my dad helped me get bank financing for some expansion, etc, etc. and my "life" took off at that point. Something changed her mind, though, and she brought the child into the world, anyway, but she stayed out of touch. I had no idea she had done that, until this month, which was the first time I had heard from her since the early '80s, but with no mention of her three or four year old son at that time.
The punchline ... her, soon-to-be, twenty eight year old son looks exactly like me in the picture she sent (I really don't need a DNA test, but my wife wants me to have one, thinks it would be good for me to know for sure - she does not know what it feels like to be this sure of anything) and he has also been diagnosed with autism, about twelve years ago, when he was still in high school.
This is the second "surprise" offspring I have lived my life without knowing of. My ex-wife also has a child who is also, obviously, begotten of my begettings. I have tried to contact the son of my ex-wife in the past, but she won't budge. I have shown respect at an arm's distance, though. God only knows what he has been told about me. She wants to hold him over me in some strange way which I don't understand. Dealing with my ex-wife is very tricky, because she is a whackjob psycho, so I had let go of the agony of not knowing a child of my loins, several years ago. Now with another "surprise" kid to ponder, I am wondering if my ex-wife's middle son (my son) is also autistic. If so, that would make four autistic kids from one autistic spazcase loser with nothing to brag about but the ability to produce high motility sperm. I don't know if that is good or bad, but the whole thing is somewhat upsetting, if you can imagine. I have got to meet these two young men, if at all possible, but I am not sure how or why.
It took me a while to explain. This was not meant to be so longwinded and it rambles a bit - sorry.
... and I don't expect anyone to respond.
So you're the reason to the autism epidemic, DD. :o ;)
In lieu of having anything intelligent to say in response, I have for you a selection of inappropriate emoticons:
:arrr: :baasign: :bunny: :pie: :book: :blonde: :dunce: :GA: :bath:
And a brown ale on the bar for you next time you feel like popping in for a pint. :beer:
Take it sleazy mate.
Sorry for embarrassing you before.
Hey DD. I missed your semi-disappearance because I've been moving countries, so I'm a little late saying hello and good to see you're okay. But hello anyway, here on earth and in whatever alternate reality you've been wandering into.
Yeah, good luck with finding a reality without ghosts - I think you'll have to wait till heaven. You don't want to come near me at the moment, I've got my hands full holding off other people's ua'lima and the odd sperith or two, so I'm seeing them everywhere.
So far the move's been amazingly uneventful. Thanks to paranoia I didn't miss a single flight or connection. Now I've just got to do all the sorting out on the other end of places to live and such.
Who is they?
Psychologists.
Again, it was a bit of a joke, meaning they want to continue to diagnose you until you are tired of it or have completely exhausted your insurance coverage. That is why They would diagnose ANYONE with "any kind of SHIT" that is "Not Otherwise Specified".
... but, I'm not a psychologist. I'm a ... uh ... a joker.
BTW, PDD-NOS was the first diagnosis for my son. We agreed to "help" with her research and all ageed to be diagnosed and allowed her into our home for observation of our interactions, etc. thinking it would aide the general cause to allow her team to look more deeply into our lives. It was not fun and I knew nothing about autism at the time, nor did I suspect that I was on the spectrum or what that could imply.
Paranoia can be a powerful ally. Where is the other end?
That's a great attitude to keep. It shows strength.Paranoia can be a powerful ally. Where is the other end?
At the moment, east coast USA. In a couple months, who knows. I'm open.
Thanks.
At the moment I'm not working. I have a couple feelers out for freelance work that I could do from my home computer, but it may not work because I don't have a freelance reputation in film/game CG yet (most of what I've done was local web design and stuff in the publishing industry). The plan is to use my current spot as a base for looking for a full-time project that I could travel to, but I can't just pick up and leave here yet for another couple months because of obligations. So I'm going to be working on my portfolio and sending out apps for late summer/fall gigs.
Fine.
It was mainly something Dunc said earlier to me combined with Odeon's post to you in this thread. The conversion happened slowly, but whether the WC has won or lost is yet to be decided.
DD, an update on the JC penney portraits- we ended up getting 13 sheets for $34.55.
not too bad. last time we got just slightly more for $150.00.
everything was amicable, and i didn't even have to start yelling. ;D
Fine.
It was mainly something Dunc said earlier to me combined with Odeon's post to you in this thread. The conversion happened slowly, but whether the WC has won or lost is yet to be decided.
It has me in it; how much damage do you
think adding you will create?
I hope this works out for you the way you want it. Sometimes getting some outside help on your portfolio from a fresh set of eyes can be a benefit, if you know someone you can trust. Things like streamlining it and leaving them wanting more is usually a good idea, but it is often difficult to do for yourself when you have so much invested, personally. Portfolios are such an unfair way to judge an artist. I'm sure you know this.I figure a portfolio's more fair than a resume, and a heck of a lot more fair than judging me by who I know.
Since you are not working, you should post more.What can I say, I just haven't had much of a taste for the hunt recently.
:angel:
I hope this works out for you the way you want it. Sometimes getting some outside help on your portfolio from a fresh set of eyes can be a benefit, if you know someone you can trust. Things like streamlining it and leaving them wanting more is usually a good idea, but it is often difficult to do for yourself when you have so much invested, personally. Portfolios are such an unfair way to judge an artist. I'm sure you know this.
I figure a portfolio's more fair than a resume, and a heck of a lot more fair than judging me by who I know.
I can't tell if you meant this as offering help or not, but the portfolio's at www.studiopyraxis.com if you feel like checking it out. The purpose is to get a job in game design or film; 3d modeling, texturing or lighting. I'd actually be happy to cut stuff out of it and rearrange things. I suspect that most of the artistic angst is restricted to other aspects of the job search.
I hope this is not hormone related.Since you are not working, you should post more.What can I say, I just haven't had much of a taste for the hunt recently.
:angel:
I don't have any questions...I just want to climb up your ass.
I totally agree about being judged by the people you know. All of us have run into that in many aspects of our lives. I called it "wearing the right hat", earlier in reference to the Nashville music scene. What I really meant by another set of eyes was for someone who knows you and you trust to have a look, but I will definitely enjoy perusing your portfolio, myself. Thanks for the link.Actually there's one aspect of it you might be able to help with even without knowing what might appeal to animation folks or show off the right set of technical skills. That's telling me what kind of artistic impression it gives. I've been told that people wouldn't hire me because they couldn't get enough sense of my personality from my IRL demeanor (too awkward and stiff because the social stuff doesn't come naturally). So my hope is that I could convey myself through the art instead, enough for people to get that sense of reassurance from seeing something "real". But I've stared at these pieces for so long that I don't have much sense of what message they convey, and whether it has anything to do with either my actual self-concept or what they would find desirable.
I am also under the impression that you know far more about what makes a good portfolio than I do. I would not be so presumptuous or insolent as to criticize it myself, except in the way an "unwashed friend" might.
I hope this is not hormone related.:P Well for the fine upstanding citizens of Intensity, I may be able to make an exception.
:laugh:
I totally agree about being judged by the people you know. All of us have run into that in many aspects of our lives. I called it "wearing the right hat", earlier in reference to the Nashville music scene. What I really meant by another set of eyes was for someone who knows you and you trust to have a look, but I will definitely enjoy perusing your portfolio, myself. Thanks for the link.Actually there's one aspect of it you might be able to help with even without knowing what might appeal to animation folks or show off the right set of technical skills. That's telling me what kind of artistic impression it gives. I've been told that people wouldn't hire me because they couldn't get enough sense of my personality from my IRL demeanor (too awkward and stiff because the social stuff doesn't come naturally). So my hope is that I could convey myself through the art instead, enough for people to get that sense of reassurance from seeing something "real". But I've stared at these pieces for so long that I don't have much sense of what message they convey, and whether it has anything to do with either my actual self-concept or what they would find desirable.
I am also under the impression that you know far more about what makes a good portfolio than I do. I would not be so presumptuous or insolent as to criticize it myself, except in the way an "unwashed friend" might.
Of course, if all that is too emo for you, feel free to give me the finger. :)I hope this is not hormone related.:P Well for the fine upstanding citizens of Intensity, I may be able to make an exception.
:laugh:
What other windows do you have open on your computer right now besides this one?
How did I miss your post? I got so used to this thread being over and done long ago, that I never check. Sorry!
I will definitely offer a word or two of first and second impressions. I'm not convinced of how my comments could be of value, but I will look for some semblance of personality and give it a try.
I don't have any questions...I just want to climb up your ass.
I am assuming that this is related to my insensitivity to Starbuline a few nights ago. All I will say is that I was trying to make an underage troll go away. Many of the things I said were unnecessarily cruel and meant to put her off and make her leave. I admit that and I regret it. She stayed, though and I wish now I had done more to make her leave sooner. If you want to climb up and rip me to shreds for being an asshole, that's fine. I deserve it.
I certainly agree with what you stated, concerning "benefit of the doubt" and I would never have doubted her or anyone if I she was revealing this under a different context. I also understand your position to be that the context does not matter. I believe that in this case it does, since she had already told so many lies and was trying to tug at heart strings to stay a while longer by the time she brought it up. I actually supported her at first and if she returns at eighteen to shut us up and embarrass us or whatever, I will support her again, regardless of what she thinks of me.
I can say nothing in my defense. There was a teenage kid trolling the forum, even after having it pointed out to her that she did not belong here and will be banned immediately upon the return of someone with administrative privileges.. The thing that she was not taking into account is that if it is discovered that this site is allowing minors and porn to connect it could be shut down. It is a serious legal matter to keep kids out of here. I wish, I wish, I wish I had done more and at least mentioned the legal ramifications to her. To me losing the contacts I have made on this site would be quite a blow and I would miss this gaggle of goofballls, tremendously. So, I suppose you can put it down to my being selfish and ego-centric.
If you remember, I was alluding to having some knowledge of the issue. Some of it I can't really talk about much, but when I said I understood a little bit, it is from having relationships with three different women in my life who have been raped (FUCK, why is it always three of everything?) and one of them, I married.
I don't have any questions...I just want to climb up your ass.
I am assuming that this .......
nah. it was just a sassy/gross comment...there was nothing behind it.
I don't have any questions...I just want to climb up your ass.
I am assuming that this .......
nah. it was just a sassy/gross comment...there was nothing behind it.
I'm OK with gross and I really like sassy.
Will you take this test and tell us what results you got?
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Helps her to figure out if you are NT or not ;)
Maybe you have no right to be here and are preying on the socially retarded?
Internet friendships -- what do you think of them?
Helps her to figure out if you are NT or not ;)
Maybe you have no right to be here and are preying on the socially retarded?
Helps her to figure out if you are NT or not ;)
Maybe you have no right to be here and are preying on the socially retarded?
how does it help distinguish between NTs and not?
Helps her to figure out if you are NT or not ;)
Maybe you have no right to be here and are preying on the socially retarded?
how does it help distinguish between NTs and not?
It shows that my language skills and my motor skills are less challenged than some who are on the spectrum. It also points out how much difficulty I have planning a shower or a trip to the store. I is not really very accurate, in my opinion, because I actually have better social skills than this chart shows, at least I think I do.
I don't think it shows whether anyone is NT or not, but remember there is no well defined division in reality.
Helps her to figure out if you are NT or not ;)
Maybe you have no right to be here and are preying on the socially retarded?
how does it help distinguish between NTs and not?
Helps her to figure out if you are NT or not ;)
Maybe you have no right to be here and are preying on the socially retarded?
how does it help distinguish between NTs and not?
It shows that my language skills and my motor skills are less challenged than some who are on the spectrum. It also points out how much difficulty I have planning a shower or a trip to the store. I is not really very accurate, in my opinion, because I actually have better social skills than this chart shows, at least I think I do.
I don't think it shows whether anyone is NT or not, but remember there is no well defined division in reality.
I'm not doing it. :P
Helps her to figure out if you are NT or not ;)
Maybe you have no right to be here and are preying on the socially retarded?
how does it help distinguish between NTs and not?
SG seems to be obsessed with who has AS or if they genuinely have it.
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=2852.75
Yeah, ditto. I'm happy enough to oblige. I assume I passed. :eyebrows:
Mine's kind of spikey and out of balance, of course. I wonder if anyone gets a perfect circle or a star.
::)
I didn't mind doing that test. I knew what it would say.
Do you like fluorescent lights?
Do you like fluorescent lights?
No.
Do you like fluorescent lights?
No.
Why not?
9 is a number.I didn't mind doing that test. I knew what it would say.
I didn't do it because I didn't "get" it. I'm used to things that are very direct, like "you are going to the 9th level of hell."
I don't understand fancy things, like numbers. :P
9 is a number.I didn't mind doing that test. I knew what it would say.
I didn't do it because I didn't "get" it. I'm used to things that are very direct, like "you are going to the 9th level of hell."
I don't understand fancy things, like numbers. :P
Do you like fluorescent lights?
No.
Why not?
You and I have discussed this once, already.
I am most sensitive to the spectrum of light they produce. There are certain colors missing and other colors are too intense and seem out of balance. There are some (expensive) fluorescent bulbs which are filtered internally and include certain fluorescent elements which balance the spectrum to resemble sunlight. They are used mainly for photographic copy work. I don't mind those as much.
The noise is not really a problem, either. I have my own way of dealing with noises that distract me.
Do you like fluorescent lights?
No.
Why not?
You and I have discussed this once, already.
I am most sensitive to the spectrum of light they produce. There are certain colors missing and other colors are too intense and seem out of balance. There are some (expensive) fluorescent bulbs which are filtered internally and include certain fluorescent elements which balance the spectrum to resemble sunlight. They are used mainly for photographic copy work. I don't mind those as much.
The noise is not really a problem, either. I have my own way of dealing with noises that distract me.
I have a bad memory now. Been getting bad in the last few years.
I'm assuming you hear them all the time?
How did I miss your post? I got so used to this thread being over and done long ago, that I never check. Sorry!
I will definitely offer a word or two of first and second impressions. I'm not convinced of how my comments could be of value, but I will look for some semblance of personality and give it a try.
:) I was worried I'd offended you somehow. Thanks.
Mine's kind of spikey and out of balance, of course. I wonder if anyone gets a perfect circle or a star.
::)
I haven't forgotten you, BTW.
I have had a look several times and I see an artist with a lot to express.
I am impressed with the variety of media in which you have worked. Kind of an explosion of talent in a sunburst of directions. It seems as if your 3D work is your favorite, or at least where you have toiled most. I want to see your sculpture more clearly, some day. I have not been able to get Quicktime to work on my box, though, so I can't view your animations, yet.
That is my first impression and (I'm sure you intended this) I really want to see more and more.
You definitely need to be involved in gaming graphics and illustration!
What do you know of the mystical properties of urine?
Own feelings only, not canned stuff I can pull off wiki.
Thanks. You gave me some thoughts actually.
Plus, all the puns seem to indicate I should ask PMSElle. :laugh:
I'll take a shot.
Thanks. You gave me some thoughts actually.
Plus, all the puns seem to indicate I should ask PMSElle. :laugh:
I'll take a shot.
You do know that the ones who actually have some understanding of the processes will not answer you, right?
I know it's not a suddden interest, but are you going to divulge any whys and wherefores for including some of us in your searches?
BTW, sorry about the tacky answer, but I couldn't hold it in or stop it, once it started flowing.
Mine's kind of spikey and out of balance, of course. I wonder if anyone gets a perfect circle or a star.
::)
I am perfection, yo, regardless of form.
BTW, sorry about the tacky answer, but I couldn't hold it in or stop it, once it started flowing.
BTW, sorry about the tacky answer, but I couldn't hold it in or stop it, once it started flowing.
Uh-oh. Urine trouble.
Mine's kind of spikey and out of balance, of course. I wonder if anyone gets a perfect circle or a star.
::)
I am perfection, yo, regardless of form.
Play druid much?
This Oscope you were fiddling with, is that for work, or pleasure? What are you doing with it?
see. this is why i am terrified to ask you questions. :laugh:
Cool vid!
I don't really have a professional sound system anymore, although my DVD movie rig would make a decent full range band PA for a small club of about five hundred seats if I added more power to it. It's only fifteen hundred watts, combined, but it will make you dance. My deck stereo would put out a good acoustic band (no drums) sound for about the same size club. Sound reinforcement was my business earlier in the game. I just do a little for friends and fun, these days.
What I call my "good stuff" is really a nice, smooth, musical, warm sounding system, which uses tube power and a tube preamp. I have an old Dual turntable and three disk players in the system, also. A trusty old Garrard table for 78s and a Revox A77 that I bring in and out of the system. I also have it all hooked to my computer via an M Audio 2496 card and I use Winamp. The best sounding disk player is a Sony 365 that has been modded, followed by a Denon 2900. The amps are minimalist SET design ( not my design, I fucking wish I was smart!) which only have eight solder joints in the signal path. An audiophile's dream if you are not a power hog. If I want to rock out, though, I use my movie rig.
My real pride is in the fact that I have designed an open back di-pole speaker system using high efficiency professional drivers combined with a modern "fullrange" driver, which works in conjunction with a unique set of outboard diffusion/dispersion panels/columns. The columns, which I need a name for, sit between the cabinets and the wall. They are acoustically inert, sort of. I can tune the wall effects, reflections and out front sweet spot by moving and angling the three sided column, thus manipulating the di-pole effect to a greateer advantage. Using a spectrum analyser and a reverberation (time domain) analyser, I can "tune" the system to any room. I have amazing control of room resonances, standing waves and cancellations with this set up.
I have actually been working on this idea for about twenty years and I'm in my eleventh generation, third of the present configuration, although I haven't done much with it in about five years. It sort of resembles an upright bass instrument, but the secret (and genius - a lot of people have built open back speakers since dynamic drivers were invented in addition to electrostatic dipoles) is in the concept and architecture of the outboard diffusion/dispersion column, so that's about all I'll say about that aspect here.
The enclosures each use two fifteen inch JBL drivers, which I have custom built and matched for smooth, extended response and control rather than all out power handling. (Yes, I have been coning, reconing, customizing and correcting speaker drivers since I was a teenager, working part-time in a music store.) They are aligned with a German Visaton eight inch driver for the mids and upper frequencies. I have occasionally toyed with Heil and a few other ribbon tweeters in various positions, but not using them, right now.
About eight years ago I had become really satisfied with my open back set-up and I began work on a truly high efficiency horn loaded system from scratch. (The bass is not horn loaded - maybe some day) I was done with the math and had some computer simulations of various parameters plotted out when my son was born. It was another year before I made my first prototype of the mid-range horns out of wood. Martinelli Sound (http://www.woodhorn.com/woodhorns.htm) was my inspiration, many years ago.
Just over two years ago, I was done with the construction of the wooden midhorns, except for a fancy oil finish, which I did over the winter, and began the high frequency horns. I did much better software testing of my curves (hell, the programs are much better, now) on the highs and my first prototype was perfect, except for the phasing, which I have yet to complete, since my scope died. BUT, I got my scope up again, so I will get back to the task of perfecting the high horns and correcting the inner phasing plug inside the drivers. I just wish I could have the design perfected and hire a machinist to make the adaption/phasing pieces which mate the flare of the horns with the drivers. There is a small trick I play in this area, too, but high frequencies are much more critical anyway and a whole new set of problems rear their heads at the high compression that I am attempting. I am getting 104dB with one watt at one meter with my mids and bass cabinets.
Anyway, now you see why I seem like a complete, uncaring nutball in most ways. I am already distracted by something bigger than I and you maybe see why I need an oscilloscope.
Thats awesome Dawg. I wish I was more involved in sound sometimes. I spend too much time on games and playing acoustic (too lazy to even plug in sometimes). I listen to music mainly in my car through the iPod via the AUX jack in the front of my stereo. My PC speakers are 5.1 dolby and are fine for my room. What you have is fantastic though, especially since you can take pride in making it yourself.
see. this is why i am terrified to ask you questions. :laugh:
if you are dying to tell us about it, i am here for you, man!see. this is why i am terrified to ask you questions. :laugh:
Oops, I did get a little carried away there, didn't I?
There's just no short answer to the question, "Why do you need a scope or what't your sound system like?"
I barely even mentioned the deck system or the DVD system.
if you are dying to tell us about it, i am here for you, man!see. this is why i am terrified to ask you questions. :laugh:
Oops, I did get a little carried away there, didn't I?
There's just no short answer to the question, "Why do you need a scope or what't your sound system like?"
I barely even mentioned the deck system or the DVD system.
i am surprised that an old guy like you doesn't have a voice dictation program.if you are dying to tell us about it, i am here for you, man!see. this is why i am terrified to ask you questions. :laugh:
Oops, I did get a little carried away there, didn't I?
There's just no short answer to the question, "Why do you need a scope or what't your sound system like?"
I barely even mentioned the deck system or the DVD system.
Thanks, but my fingers are tired, now.
i am surprised that an old guy like you doesn't have a voice dictation program.if you are dying to tell us about it, i am here for you, man!see. this is why i am terrified to ask you questions. :laugh:
Oops, I did get a little carried away there, didn't I?
There's just no short answer to the question, "Why do you need a scope or what't your sound system like?"
I barely even mentioned the deck system or the DVD system.
Thanks, but my fingers are tired, now.
Cool vid!
I don't really have a professional sound system anymore, although my DVD movie rig would make a decent full range band PA for a small club of about five hundred seats if I added more power to it. It's only fifteen hundred watts, combined, but it will make you dance.....
Cool vid!
I don't really have a professional sound system anymore, although my DVD movie rig would make a decent full range band PA for a small club of about five hundred seats if I added more power to it. It's only fifteen hundred watts, combined, but it will make you dance.....
Wow. :laugh: I wish I understood more than a quarter of that. Sounds very impressive though. I assume you don't live in an apartment then! I'm waiting for the day that I'll be able to build a decent sound system. After I had built the projector, I wanted to take the next step and build some speakers so spent some time reading http://www.diyaudio.com/ (http://www.diyaudio.com/) but never was able to get around to it.
Thats awesome Dawg. I wish I was more involved in sound sometimes. I spend too much time on games and playing acoustic (too lazy to even plug in sometimes). I listen to music mainly in my car through the iPod via the AUX jack in the front of my stereo. My PC speakers are 5.1 dolby and are fine for my room. What you have is fantastic though, especially since you can take pride in making it yourself.
Wanna hear a punchline? I don't give a fuck about mobile audio. I don't even have an after market head unit in my car. I'm into live music mostly, or high quality sound, which you can not get in a car. Cars are just too noisy for decent sound without making your ears bleed.
I have built a few bad ass subwoofer boxes for acquaintances' cars, though. I'm really good with sixth order designs and getting an "SQ" sound out of them, but I would rather use them for music, not cars..
The 15 watt is fine for that, but I lent it to my friend actually. I wear headphones to not bother people sometimes anyways. My effects pedal has stereo outputs so I can run one to each of the amps and it is nice for the chorus effect. Sometimes if I am not careful I can hurt myself playing for long periods due to how I hold the guitar. I know scales and modes somewhat and that is how I build riffs when I am just fucking around. I do mess up on some songs and it isn't like I can play everything perfectly.I've looked at the HD stuff, bunches of times. I haven't seen any deals though. When I get ready, I will probably order one from a net dealer, too. Right now, I am looking for deals that I can take home immediately, in boys size nine jeans and girls dresses, size six, that INCLUDE BUILT IN SHORTS, PLEASE!!
My dad has a good deal of toys. He is a big kid at heart, even watches children's movies and crap like that lol. HDTV is a great thing imo. This is coming from a gamer though haha. The comcast box with HD and a DVR is pretty badass, it records all of his favourite shows in HD. He never uses his TiVO anymore (its standard def). If I was to have one upgrade I would take a HDTV over a sound system in an instant. If you look at HD ready monitors you can sometimes find really good deals. My dad orders his stuff online of course but shops at the store first (saves a ton of money). I really want to get my own 22 to 30 inch 720p or wishful thinking a 1080p HD ready monitor (can just use a cable box for a tuner).
As long as you have fun that is all that matters. Don't be so harsh on yourself and play what you find is fun for you to play. Just play for your own enjoyment.
I have a 15 watt Peavy, it is solid state. Having tons of effects at your disposal is fun that much is for sure. Can easily get carried away.
I agree that clothing is important, I don't shop for kids clothes ever since nobody currently in my immediate family is younger than 23. My dad gets some of his stuff at Costco/Sams. He spends a good deal of time there to buy everything, doesn't shop for clothes online. Really I don't know anyone who buys clothes online. Outlet stores around here have good deals, especially when Florida residents get no sales tax (certain time of the year). That is when people buy up shit like crazy.
MD, what is the new job you have got?
You said you ignore my PMs. What PMs have I sent you? Why do you ignore them?
I was very stimmed out last night and I was responding to every thread that popped up with some of my weirdness.
I know you are into audio,tubes and such and thought you might be interested in what I found in an attic I was working on today. They are two aluminum disks covered with acetate one almost completely peeled that are maybe twenty inches in diameter. They look like big records I believe they were recordings that were sent to radio stations but never saw anything like this. one is dated in the 1940's here are some pictures. Do you know any more?
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/record2.jpg)
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/record.jpg)
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/record3.jpg)
Thank you :) wish they were in better shape though
Thank you :) wish they were in better shape though
They were considered disposable, to the radio stations, so they rarely went to the expense to make higher quality vinyl transcriptions. As you may know acetate, which was much cheaper, does not last very long unless it is carefully stored in very specific archival conditions.
Many of the early historical photographs, which used acetate as a film backing, have been lost to mishandling and decay of the acetate. Very sad, really.
If you got through that article, yet, it mentions that many of the early "radio programs" are only available to us today, because someone at the station took very good care of their transcriptions, despite the fact that the radio station companies thought of them as disposable.
Recording was also done in those days on "wire" recorders, instead of tape, but the quality was not good for a variety of reasons and they were not permanent either. You could also save money by re-recording a wire, but the transcription discs were not re-recordable.
Thank you :) wish they were in better shape though
They were considered disposable, to the radio stations, so they rarely went to the expense to make higher quality vinyl transcriptions. As you may know acetate, which was much cheaper, does not last very long unless it is carefully stored in very specific archival conditions.
Many of the early historical photographs, which used acetate as a film backing, have been lost to mishandling and decay of the acetate. Very sad, really.
If you got through that article, yet, it mentions that many of the early "radio programs" are only available to us today, because someone at the station took very good care of their transcriptions, despite the fact that the radio station companies thought of them as disposable.
Recording was also done in those days on "wire" recorders, instead of tape, but the quality was not good for a variety of reasons and they were not permanent either. You could also save money by re-recording a wire, but the transcription discs were not re-recordable.
I got through most of it attics are not really what I'd call very specific archival conditions one the acetate fell off when I picked it up :(
My brother has a wire recorder and extra wire in the original packing in his antique store
Today I worked on an addition that had a type of cable I have not seen before. It was regular looking coaxial but it had an extra metal weave sheath over it. I have worked on lots of home theater rooms and never seen this before it seemed a bit much as it wasn't even a real theater room but the other end of the kitchen. Is this something new an what would be the advantage especially where they put it?
it's a crime not to save and take care of old recordings. stupid companies thought stuff is disposable? no it isn't disposable. >:(
good. :laugh:
cookies rule.
I am saying that I have managed to "create" a face/facade that keeps me safe, in many ways. People look away, quite often, instead of engaging me. You see it here as well. I consider it to be a sign that I am indeed as unimportant and ineffecive as I already feel.
You know, to a large extent, it's because you've ASKED
to be left alone.
I thought you wanted to be left alone. In one of my interpretations of reality, you are a person I have tried most ways I can think of to approach, and finally backed away from, thinking I had little of value to offer, and that which I thought might be valued, was a type of attention you didn't like.
In other interpretations of reality I'm nowhere near that insecure.
:laugh:
Wait a minute.
You think I am here because I want to be left alone?
Are there others who think this?
WTF!!!
Not exactly, but that you have more
boundaries, at times.
Like my videos?
"Do you care about me?" - a Jman-esque question
...
I guess that I just feel a barrier, and
was coming up with an explanation for
it, when maybe I can't express the
reason.
Funny to put it this way, as I have NO
way of backing it up, but I almost feel
as if you're in some tower, judging us
all. :laugh:
Hell, I don't know.
Maybe I'm just backpedaling
around, looking for something
that feels right. Because, you
definitely DO spill your feelings
out, as well as some pretty personal
stuff.
I guess that I just feel a barrier, and
was coming up with an explanation for
it, when maybe I can't express the
reason.
Funny to put it this way, as I have NO
way of backing it up, but I almost feel
as if you're in some tower, judging us
all. :laugh:
...
I guess that I just feel a barrier, and
was coming up with an explanation for
it, when maybe I can't express the
reason.
Funny to put it this way, as I have NO
way of backing it up, but I almost feel
as if you're in some tower, judging us
all. :laugh:
That's an interesting perspective that Calandale has, DirtDawg.
I don't get that feeling from you at all.
It's not right either. I really
don't know quite how to
put it. Hell, maybe it's just
the respect that I hold for
DD. Which he insists we not
show.
So to change the subject if you like how is work going? I heard on the radio Best Buy sales are up
Let me put it in this way...
:dawg:
So to change the subject if you like how is work going? I heard on the radio Best Buy sales are up
It seems to be going very well at times. I have alienated a few people, but hopefully none of the ones that determine whether or not I can continue to do well.
:-\
The company, at the corporate level, is very strong right now. They are definitely the leaders in most of the products they choose to sell. Our location is one of the smaller ones in our district of fourteen stores. This helps us in some ways, because they "expect less" from us.
Our store is actually number one in the nation for installations of home theater goods and also for car electronics installs, we are number four. I don't take part in any of that, but we recently got a huge banner to put up and a round of gift cards for them to divvy up among the more deserving employees (but, not managers) as a thank you. I got a fifty dollar bonus.
:woohoo:
They are very proud of their market position, too. They have a little graphic that is used on behind the scenes stuff - it is a generic fat man's ass (representing our competition) and a big boot kicking it (representing our success) :D.
So to change the subject if you like how is work going? I heard on the radio Best Buy sales are up
It seems to be going very well at times. I have alienated a few people, but hopefully none of the ones that determine whether or not I can continue to do well.
:-\
The company, at the corporate level, is very strong right now. They are definitely the leaders in most of the products they choose to sell. Our location is one of the smaller ones in our district of fourteen stores. This helps us in some ways, because they "expect less" from us.
Our store is actually number one in the nation for installations of home theater goods and also for car electronics installs, we are number four. I don't take part in any of that, but we recently got a huge banner to put up and a round of gift cards for them to divvy up among the more deserving employees (but, not managers) as a thank you. I got a fifty dollar bonus.
:woohoo:
They are very proud of their market position, too. They have a little graphic that is used on behind the scenes stuff - it is a generic fat man's ass (representing our competition) and a big boot kicking it (representing our success) :D.
Glad your doing well. Some people are afraid of people who know more than they do but they aren't the ones who usually make decisions . Congratulations on your bonus gift card ;D
*attempts to sigh in a masculine way, can't quite*
I thought you were the stand-offish one.
:D
I feel as if I have opened floodgates, mostly, especially if you compare how much I have posted about myself in comparison to how much most others post about themselves.
*attempts to sigh in a masculine way, can't quite*
I thought you were the stand-offish one.
:D
:laugh:
I am the standoffish one. It's just not always by conscious choice, so when I'm secretly scrambling not to hide, I tend to hope that others will have sufficient ESP to come interact with me anyway.
And while I have no idea of the implications of an almost masculine sigh, it's still good to know this is all in my head. :P
I feel as if I have opened floodgates, mostly, especially if you compare how much I have posted about myself in comparison to how much most others post about themselves.
I like that. I know everyone's different, but for me it would take a lot of balls to post about cremating an ant queen. I find little space for the sacred amongst the chaos of human interaction.
aural eh? that's fascinating. there was someone on an LJ aspie site who could hear colors. apparently a screaming orange wall attacked her lol.
Fascinating. I have synesthesia (color/sound) but it's pretty mild and doesn't interfere with everyday life. My hearing can be fucked-up oversensitive at times but not the kind where I could detect minute variations in pitch and tone - more like some types of sound are amplified in my consciousness to frustration levels.I call it a problem, but the reality is that i know no other way to see, hear, smell. forget taste, because there's almost nothing there. I was actually a half grown teen when i started to realize why I was always so afraid, angry and moody. nothing ever was the same from one look to the next and it was because that the sounds were also different. my answer was to look closer and listen more deeply and really try to remember and become more aware of what is happening all around me. School was a nightmare but if i could read the lesson i had it first try and often read the entire set of textbooks in the first month of school. So, i knew i was smart and if i really tried i could do better at keeping track of all that was happening all around me, instead of just halfdying of fear every time something moved or squeaked.
Loud sudden sounds are cause bright flashes in my eyes to me and can be almost paralyzing not much cross over with smell though
i don't have synesthesia, but i do get the thing with sound/colour a bit. much more with letters and numbers though. oh and days of the week, they have colours too lol
And that is me exactly too.Loud sudden sounds are cause bright flashes in my eyes to me and can be almost paralyzing not much cross over with smell though
That is the basic definition.
What's the most erotic thing you've done,
with a member of your own gender?
Here is a weird one the radio in my truck just stopped making any sound even on the CD. It still goes on and shows stations but doesn't play. No info shows on the stations like it used to so
i don't think it's getting signal either. Probably just replace it but the whole thing strikes me as weird
Here is a weird one the radio in my truck just stopped making any sound even on the CD. It still goes on and shows stations but doesn't play. No info shows on the stations like it used to so
i don't think it's getting signal either. Probably just replace it but the whole thing strikes me as weird
Mute function, maybe? Some players have wiring for hooking up a mobile phone in the car, including a mute when the phone rings, and there could be a short somewhere. Or, it could simply be a software problem and all you have to do is to cut off power to restart it?!
Here is a weird one the radio in my truck just stopped making any sound even on the CD. It still goes on and shows stations but doesn't play. No info shows on the stations like it used to so
i don't think it's getting signal either. Probably just replace it but the whole thing strikes me as weird
Mute function, maybe? Some players have wiring for hooking up a mobile phone in the car, including a mute when the phone rings, and there could be a short somewhere. Or, it could simply be a software problem and all you have to do is to cut off power to restart it?!
Good fielding, Odeon!
Then I suspect the technical term is "fucked up". :-\
Probably will get a new one getting it in will not be as easy as it was in all my other cars as it's above the heater and AC instead of under it like they used to be and it looks like a pain in the ass
I fixed it!!!!! I remembered another computerized radio that I had with a similar problem so I did the same thing. I disconnected the battery for a few hours and let it all reset :clap:
What ever happened to reset buttons on things? When I was a kid they had them
I fixed it!!!!! I remembered another computerized radio that I had with a similar problem so I did the same thing. I disconnected the battery for a few hours and let it all reset :clap:
What ever happened to reset buttons on things? When I was a kid they had them
Reset buttons are becoming very rare these days. Glad you were able to fix it. :)
I fixed it!!!!! I remembered another computerized radio that I had with a similar problem so I did the same thing. I disconnected the battery for a few hours and let it all reset :clap:
What ever happened to reset buttons on things? When I was a kid they had them
Reset buttons are becoming very rare these days. Glad you were able to fix it. :)
True, but when Odeon mentioned a posssible software problem, it never occcurred to me that you had not tried a re-booot.
Glad you were able to find the problem. You may have to do this from time to timetime.
BTW, I have an older DVD player in my third system that occassionally needds to have the power shuit off so it can heal. It's like allowing it a nap
I fixed it!!!!! I remembered another computerized radio that I had with a similar problem so I did the same thing. I disconnected the battery for a few hours and let it all reset :clap:
What ever happened to reset buttons on things? When I was a kid they had them
Reset buttons are becoming very rare these days. Glad you were able to fix it. :)
True, but when Odeon mentioned a posssible software problem, it never occcurred to me that you had not tried a re-booot.
Glad you were able to find the problem. You may have to do this from time to timetime.
BTW, I have an older DVD player in my third system that occassionally needds to have the power shuit off so it can heal. It's like allowing it a nap
Bad power supply?
What member of I2 would you most like to join me in a threesome with?
Tag-team fucking?What member of I2 would you most like to join me in a threesome with?
My answer would have to depend on whether we are talking about a matter of days or weeks on end. If I chose a female for a short time, for instance, it would be all about me, but if I chose a male over a long period of time, the game would inevitably become all about you. Could be a workable plan, if all my yet to be born, virgin selves were not "betrothed."
In either case, I might like to keep a roster of switch hitters on call.
Would giving high fives be looked upon badly?Aren't there a couple of stupid positions like that- like Eiffel tower or sommat?
I believe so.Would giving high fives be looked upon badly?Aren't there a couple of stupid positions like that- like Eiffel tower or sommat?
Tag-team fucking?What member of I2 would you most like to join me in a threesome with?
My answer would have to depend on whether we are talking about a matter of days or weeks on end. If I chose a female for a short time, for instance, it would be all about me, but if I chose a male over a long period of time, the game would inevitably become all about you. Could be a workable plan, if all my yet to be born, virgin selves were not "betrothed."
In either case, I might like to keep a roster of switch hitters on call.
Today while scavenging through bulk pick up piles I came across a box of vinyl mostly classic rock stuff. I am probably going to selll them at the flea market but was wondering if there is some way to tell if they are reprints or from when they came out. Any web site link that is understandable by a non expert would be helpfull
Thanks for the link. I have a whole bunch of rare Beatles LPs and singles I need to check, and that place seems to be perfect.
If you give me a list I can give you a rough estimate... it would depend on whether or not they are original/older prints and not newer ones.
Popsike.com is a pretty cool for records, you might find the value of some of yours on that site.
There is actually a disorganised group of members who complain constantly about there being too many Beatle threads.
There is actually a disorganised group of members who complain constantly about there being too many Beatle threads.
I'm not about to post there, but I might read a few threads. :D
I don't think she was even born when I bought most of my Beatles collection.
I don't think she was even born when I bought most of my Beatles collection.
I doubt it and I expect that she would find the place extremely boring.
I am, too.
I don't have any real rarities, though. Just good sounding LPs with warmth, depth and body.
My collection is by no means complete--there are some singles I'd die for.
My collection is by no means complete--there are some singles I'd die for.
bet my sister has them. she had all of them, in monophone, etc. she's probably chucked them out now, though.
Do you know anything about old crank record players. I have acquired a an Edison diamond disc record player and about 50 discs from the twenties the springs are busted can they be rewound
Do you know anything about old crank record players. I have acquired a an Edison diamond disc record player and about 50 discs from the twenties the springs are busted can they be rewound
Sorry, but I don't know much about them.
They are mechanical things though. Nothing can go wrong with them that can't be solved.
They can certainly be fixed. You just need to find the right artisan.
Please, no need to apologise. I do understand your posts (most of the time, as with everyone)and I like them, I find them interesting. I never skim over your posts so I don't want you to stop posting. I hope I haven't made you feel uncomfortable. Will you tell me if I have?
I just get hyper sometimes.
Sorry.
I used to not post. I would only read, but I have become more relaxed with you guys. I will try harder to calm up when I can't see the mistakes.
It does not make sense to type shit that no one can understand.
I like your posts, iam not worritfd about spelling, I thought it was your keyboard givinhg you hassles. I am a sloew two-dffinger typier and I micxx letters a lot. I have to go nback with every post to make sure I don;t make mistakes,. I am sort of pfussyty about it. I made a poiost here to show you.. Not to make fun, II just wantte d to shoe I understand what you m,ean.
I try to imagine what it would be like if I had to type my posts with thick work gloves, since I know that you tend to have these problems typing when your hands have trouble feeling. I like your posts and I don't have much trouble at all figuring out what you meant to type.thank you both for trying.
I use the goggle tool bar spell check constantly
I use the goggle tool bar spell check constantly
That doesn't work for me, nor does Firefox's spell checker. You have to at least be "close" to the word for the spell checker to help much.
I use the goggle tool bar spell check constantly
That doesn't work for me, nor does Firefox's spell checker. You have to at least be "close" to the word for the spell checker to help much.
The Firefox spell checker is quite handy since it works in real time.
I use the goggle tool bar spell check constantly
That doesn't work for me, nor does Firefox's spell checker. You have to at least be "close" to the word for the spell checker to help much.
The Firefox spell checker is quite handy since it works in real time.
what does this mean? do the others give you seventeenth century spellings, or something?
:LMAO:
my version's funnier. :P
I use the goggle tool bar spell check constantly
That doesn't work for me, nor does Firefox's spell checker. You have to at least be "close" to the word for the spell checker to help much.
The Firefox spell checker is quite handy since it works in real time.
I use the goggle tool bar spell check constantly
That doesn't work for me, nor does Firefox's spell checker. You have to at least be "close" to the word for the spell checker to help much.
The Firefox spell checker is quite handy since it works in real time.
Yeah, it catches any, "I before E, except after C" mistakes right away, but it often suggests nothing even similar to the word I need.
I keep it off most of the time, but sometimes I try it again. It serves a function, but not mine, usually.
I use the goggle tool bar spell check constantly
That doesn't work for me, nor does Firefox's spell checker. You have to at least be "close" to the word for the spell checker to help much.
The Firefox spell checker is quite handy since it works in real time.
Yeah, it catches any, "I before E, except after C" mistakes right away, but it often suggests nothing even similar to the word I need.
I keep it off most of the time, but sometimes I try it again. It serves a function, but not mine, usually.
Maybe you should look into those auto-complete programs out there? There are a few that help you write both faster andbetter.
I found Zeiss Ikon folding camera it says Nettar 515/2 in it it appears to be of WW2 vintage. Could this be worth anything? I am going to show it to my photographer brother but will not see him till the 4th of July. I believe it takes standard 120 film
I found Zeiss Ikon folding camera it says Nettar 515/2 in it it appears to be of WW2 vintage. Could this be worth anything? I am going to show it to my photographer brother but will not see him till the 4th of July. I believe it takes standard 120 film
Everything on it is in good shape even the leather I will bring it to my brother on the forth for him to check it out, he is a photographer and an antique dealer
It's a submariner's expression. When they receive no return echo, the protocol is to increase power to the ultrasonic mapping equipment. They call it "sounding." Deep-sounding is extreme use of the power potential of their systems.
It's a submariner's expression. When they receive no return echo, the protocol is to increase power to the ultrasonic mapping equipment. They call it "sounding." Deep-sounding is extreme use of the power potential of their systems.
Does increasing the power work better for you than changing the frequency?
What's the make of that camera?
I found Zeiss Ikon folding camera it says Nettar 515/2 in it it appears to be of WW2 vintage. Could this be worth anything? I am going to show it to my photographer brother but will not see him till the 4th of July. I believe it takes standard 120 film
What was your reaction (it is hard to throw up something you ate three days previous)?I like cats...
Served wrapped with masa harina, smothered in goat cheese, then baked to perfection? Enchiladas! I must agree.
(It was three days later when I learned what I had eaten, though.)
Another 'Dawg story. :) Have you thought about writing a book or equivalent? You have done some awesome things worth telling.
Damn that sucks about the legal "wrangling". >:( Stories like yours should be told, unvarnished, honest tales from the music world, instead of some glossy, bs that the "stars" put out as Biographies. Don't give up!
Sounds like your wife is wildly insecure atm. Good luck there as well! :plus:
Damn that sucks about the legal "wrangling". >:( Stories like yours should be told, unvarnished, honest tales from the music world, instead of some glossy, bs that the "stars" put out as Biographies. Don't give up!
Sounds like your wife is wildly insecure atm. Good luck there as well! :plus:
Thanks for the encouragement.
... and you're right about my domestic problems. I don't see an end in sight to it all. I don't want it to "end" with her, but it takes two and I'm probably only about one half, so to speak. The burden she must bear to deal with someone like me is much to ask.
Damn that sucks about the legal "wrangling". >:( Stories like yours should be told, unvarnished, honest tales from the music world, instead of some glossy, bs that the "stars" put out as Biographies. Don't give up!
Sounds like your wife is wildly insecure atm. Good luck there as well! :plus:
Thanks for the encouragement.
... and you're right about my domestic problems. I don't see an end in sight to it all. I don't want it to "end" with her, but it takes two and I'm probably only about one half, so to speak. The burden she must bear to deal with someone like me is much to ask.
Not really, but, she must be aware that you had a past life and your not going to just throw that away and ignore your kids by other women. Your doing the right thing by meeting them and talking to them. Your giving those kids a past and a history. :thumbup: It's not like your throwing your present family away either. SHE needs some serious counselling and that right quickly.
Damn that sucks about the legal "wrangling". >:( Stories like yours should be told, unvarnished, honest tales from the music world, instead of some glossy, bs that the "stars" put out as Biographies. Don't give up!
Sounds like your wife is wildly insecure atm. Good luck there as well! :plus:
Thanks for the encouragement.
... and you're right about my domestic problems. I don't see an end in sight to it all. I don't want it to "end" with her, but it takes two and I'm probably only about one half, so to speak. The burden she must bear to deal with someone like me is much to ask.
Not really, but, she must be aware that you had a past life and your not going to just throw that away and ignore your kids by other women. Your doing the right thing by meeting them and talking to them. Your giving those kids a past and a history. :thumbup: It's not like your throwing your present family away either. SHE needs some serious counselling and that right quickly.
I am doing my level goddamnedest to hang in there. She may just need some time to herself. I am open to her needs.
Hell! She's my best friend. I am not goint ot give up on her easily.
I can not see myself doing much more for those who grew up without knowing me or who they are.
I have to schedule everything!
We talk, my oldest and I, but I hate and can not understand telephones and can only take just so much, before I have to end a conversation. I have only talked to the middle one twice in recent times. I talked to him quite a bit when he was about twelve and I was thirty seven, but we did not know that we were related by direct blood scoring. My evil ex-wife only allowed me that much contact with him, until recently. SHE KNEW he was my son at that time or she would not have allowed even that much contact. I should be grateful for even that little, but there has been way too much blood gone under that bridge to ever forgive her, if you know what I mean.
Thanks, again Ozy, for the encouragement.
I think you may have more insight, yet to offer.
There is just no place to put these emotions in my experience. It is like a full hand of jokers, in poker.
Another 'Dawg story. :) Have you thought about writing a book or equivalent? You have done some awesome things worth telling.
I have.
Thanks, again Ozy, for the encouragement.
I think you may have more insight, yet to offer.
There is just no place to put these emotions in my experience. It is like a full hand of jokers, in poker.
Yes, unless it's jokers are wild, then the hand can be anything you want.
That is terrible. Don't you have a child with your wife? Since it is a marriage there will be lawyers involved too. Ugh, I hate lawyers.Ha. Wow. As of now I'm apparently single. I can start actually looking to get laid now, then.
I seem to be in the same boat. My marriage is apparently dissolving before my eyes.
I'm not a decent wanker/vulture, though. It doesn't work for me any more than tickling myself cheers me up when I'm down.
I may need to become an eagle/hunter, once again.
Thanks, again Ozy, for the encouragement.
I think you may have more insight, yet to offer.
There is just no place to put these emotions in my experience. It is like a full hand of jokers, in poker.
Yes, unless it's jokers are wild, then the hand can be anything you want.
So, true, but ...
You know as well as I do that, in real life, Jokers are discarded.
Thanks, again Ozy, for the encouragement.
I think you may have more insight, yet to offer.
There is just no place to put these emotions in my experience. It is like a full hand of jokers, in poker.
Yes, unless it's jokers are wild, then the hand can be anything you want.
So, true, but ...
You know as well as I do that, in real life, Jokers are discarded.
True, but, it was always my philosophy that no matter what, I was holding onto my Jokers in the event that they would pay off. Being discarded many times has given us much in common.
Thanks, again Ozy, for the encouragement.
I think you may have more insight, yet to offer.
There is just no place to put these emotions in my experience. It is like a full hand of jokers, in poker.
Yes, unless it's jokers are wild, then the hand can be anything you want.
So, true, but ...
You know as well as I do that, in real life, Jokers are discarded.
True, but, it was always my philosophy that no matter what, I was holding onto my Jokers in the event that they would pay off. Being discarded many times has given us much in common.
Yeah!
NO SHIT!
I just plussed you elsewhere, though. I owe you one.
I'm a little tipsy so you are going to get the questions from the part of my mind i try to keep away from the keyboard while on this forum:
If you were to cum in a girls mouth, would you be willing to taste it when you kiss her afterwards?
Thanks, again Ozy, for the encouragement.
I think you may have more insight, yet to offer.
There is just no place to put these emotions in my experience. It is like a full hand of jokers, in poker.
Yes, unless it's jokers are wild, then the hand can be anything you want.
So, true, but ...
You know as well as I do that, in real life, Jokers are discarded.
True, but, it was always my philosophy that no matter what, I was holding onto my Jokers in the event that they would pay off. Being discarded many times has given us much in common.
Yeah!
NO SHIT!
I just plussed you elsewhere, though. I owe you one.
We've all been discarded to some extent or other. The harsh reality of being socially blind in a mega social world. :plus:
I moved this here, Alex, because it was in PMS Elle's "problems" thread and it does not belong there.Damn you have two kids with her (which is what I thought, but didn't want to assume). It sounds like that she doesn't want to understand your side of things, and no matter what you do or say you will end up being wrong. That sounds typical of broken up marriages these days, as both have to be willing to compromise. What do I know anyways? I haven't been in a relationship that lasted more than 2 years myself lol. These two sons are from your past, and you can't go back and change your past. If you didn't know about them fully, then how could you be expected to inform her about them?That is terrible. Don't you have a child with your wife? Since it is a marriage there will be lawyers involved too. Ugh, I hate lawyers.Ha. Wow. As of now I'm apparently single. I can start actually looking to get laid now, then.
I seem to be in the same boat. My marriage is apparently dissolving before my eyes.
I'm not a decent wanker/vulture, though. It doesn't work for me any more than tickling myself cheers me up when I'm down.
I may need to become an eagle/hunter, once again.
I have two autistic children with this woman. I am not going to give up at this point ... even considering how much I would like to get laid again - NOW!.
i am focused on trying to resolve what ever the fuck is wrong. She is not my enemy - she is my best friend and has been for many years. The fact that we have lost the ability to communicate is symptomatic of marriages in our age group, whether we are talking about couples with kids the ages of ours (we are both late bloomers) or couples who have been married for as long as we have (almost seventeen years, now, with home mortgage, bills out the wazoo, changes in our respective personalities, many deaths shared in the collective family, stresses we could never have imagined ... etc.)
This past year has put a number of exterior strains on our relationship. A great deal of it has to do with the fact that I've just recently discovered that I have two other grown son's by two other women from the far past, before I even met her.
There are other things, too. None of it has to do with anything I can control. THAT part is what has me in a fucking tizzy (as my grandmother used to say). No matter what I try to do, it makes no difference, it seems.
I moved this here, Alex, because it was in PMS Elle's "problems" thread and it does not belong there.Damn you have two kids with her (which is what I thought, but didn't want to assume). It sounds like that she doesn't want to understand your side of things, and no matter what you do or say you will end up being wrong. That sounds typical of broken up marriages these days, as both have to be willing to compromise. What do I know anyways? I haven't been in a relationship that lasted more than 2 years myself lol. These two sons are from your past, and you can't go back and change your past. If you didn't know about them fully, then how could you be expected to inform her about them?That is terrible. Don't you have a child with your wife? Since it is a marriage there will be lawyers involved too. Ugh, I hate lawyers.Ha. Wow. As of now I'm apparently single. I can start actually looking to get laid now, then.
I seem to be in the same boat. My marriage is apparently dissolving before my eyes.
I'm not a decent wanker/vulture, though. It doesn't work for me any more than tickling myself cheers me up when I'm down.
I may need to become an eagle/hunter, once again.
I have two autistic children with this woman. I am not going to give up at this point ... even considering how much I would like to get laid again - NOW!.
i am focused on trying to resolve what ever the fuck is wrong. She is not my enemy - she is my best friend and has been for many years. The fact that we have lost the ability to communicate is symptomatic of marriages in our age group, whether we are talking about couples with kids the ages of ours (we are both late bloomers) or couples who have been married for as long as we have (almost seventeen years, now, with home mortgage, bills out the wazoo, changes in our respective personalities, many deaths shared in the collective family, stresses we could never have imagined ... etc.)
This past year has put a number of exterior strains on our relationship. A great deal of it has to do with the fact that I've just recently discovered that I have two other grown son's by two other women from the far past, before I even met her.
There are other things, too. None of it has to do with anything I can control. THAT part is what has me in a fucking tizzy (as my grandmother used to say). No matter what I try to do, it makes no difference, it seems.
In order to be fair to her, things have turned around a bit lately. We are at least talking about the possibility of staying together, in the last few days.
I have more than a small hope, now.
Yes.
We've had a sort of an in-house separation for about two months. It has been a miserable time.
:violin:
I moved this here, Alex, because it was in PMS Elle's "problems" thread and it does not belong there.Damn you have two kids with her (which is what I thought, but didn't want to assume). It sounds like that she doesn't want to understand your side of things, and no matter what you do or say you will end up being wrong. That sounds typical of broken up marriages these days, as both have to be willing to compromise. What do I know anyways? I haven't been in a relationship that lasted more than 2 years myself lol. These two sons are from your past, and you can't go back and change your past. If you didn't know about them fully, then how could you be expected to inform her about them?That is terrible. Don't you have a child with your wife? Since it is a marriage there will be lawyers involved too. Ugh, I hate lawyers.Ha. Wow. As of now I'm apparently single. I can start actually looking to get laid now, then.
I seem to be in the same boat. My marriage is apparently dissolving before my eyes.
I'm not a decent wanker/vulture, though. It doesn't work for me any more than tickling myself cheers me up when I'm down.
I may need to become an eagle/hunter, once again.
I have two autistic children with this woman. I am not going to give up at this point ... even considering how much I would like to get laid again - NOW!.
i am focused on trying to resolve what ever the fuck is wrong. She is not my enemy - she is my best friend and has been for many years. The fact that we have lost the ability to communicate is symptomatic of marriages in our age group, whether we are talking about couples with kids the ages of ours (we are both late bloomers) or couples who have been married for as long as we have (almost seventeen years, now, with home mortgage, bills out the wazoo, changes in our respective personalities, many deaths shared in the collective family, stresses we could never have imagined ... etc.)
This past year has put a number of exterior strains on our relationship. A great deal of it has to do with the fact that I've just recently discovered that I have two other grown son's by two other women from the far past, before I even met her.
There are other things, too. None of it has to do with anything I can control. THAT part is what has me in a fucking tizzy (as my grandmother used to say). No matter what I try to do, it makes no difference, it seems.
In order to be fair to her, things have turned around a bit lately. We are at least talking about the possibility of staying together, in the last few days.
I have more than a small hope, now.
Yes.
We've had a sort of an in-house separation for about two months. It has been a miserable time.
:violin:
:hug:
glad to hear things are better, dawg. i'm not one who subscribes to the "stay together at any cost" school, though, but you know yourself what's best for you, and everyone else. if not, keep talking, here or wherever, okay?
/more hugs.
I moved this here, Alex, because it was in PMS Elle's "problems" thread and it does not belong there.Damn you have two kids with her (which is what I thought, but didn't want to assume). It sounds like that she doesn't want to understand your side of things, and no matter what you do or say you will end up being wrong. That sounds typical of broken up marriages these days, as both have to be willing to compromise. What do I know anyways? I haven't been in a relationship that lasted more than 2 years myself lol. These two sons are from your past, and you can't go back and change your past. If you didn't know about them fully, then how could you be expected to inform her about them?That is terrible. Don't you have a child with your wife? Since it is a marriage there will be lawyers involved too. Ugh, I hate lawyers.Ha. Wow. As of now I'm apparently single. I can start actually looking to get laid now, then.
I seem to be in the same boat. My marriage is apparently dissolving before my eyes.
I'm not a decent wanker/vulture, though. It doesn't work for me any more than tickling myself cheers me up when I'm down.
I may need to become an eagle/hunter, once again.
I have two autistic children with this woman. I am not going to give up at this point ... even considering how much I would like to get laid again - NOW!.
i am focused on trying to resolve what ever the fuck is wrong. She is not my enemy - she is my best friend and has been for many years. The fact that we have lost the ability to communicate is symptomatic of marriages in our age group, whether we are talking about couples with kids the ages of ours (we are both late bloomers) or couples who have been married for as long as we have (almost seventeen years, now, with home mortgage, bills out the wazoo, changes in our respective personalities, many deaths shared in the collective family, stresses we could never have imagined ... etc.)
This past year has put a number of exterior strains on our relationship. A great deal of it has to do with the fact that I've just recently discovered that I have two other grown son's by two other women from the far past, before I even met her.
There are other things, too. None of it has to do with anything I can control. THAT part is what has me in a fucking tizzy (as my grandmother used to say). No matter what I try to do, it makes no difference, it seems.
In order to be fair to her, things have turned around a bit lately. We are at least talking about the possibility of staying together, in the last few days.
I have more than a small hope, now.
Good thoughts and best wishes heading your way!
In my case, it's illness (she has MS and OCD) which partly keeps us together. And we both recognize that we've been together too much lately and that I need time off. I'm working on scheduing that.
Honestly, though, there have been times where if she was capable of living independently (as she has in the past), I would have left. A good friend asked me recently, "Would you be all right by yourself?" And my instant answer was "Yes."
Do I love her? Sometimes. And sometimes I really hate her.
What is the harm of DNA testing?
LOL, I don't know what Peyton Place is, but I get the gist. It does make sense that asking your sons to test would be a sensitive issue though.
LOL, I don't know what Peyton Place is, but I get the gist. It does make sense that asking your sons to test would be a sensitive issue though.
LOL, I don't know what Peyton Place is, but I get the gist. It does make sense that asking your sons to test would be a sensitive issue though.
"Peyton Place" was both a racy and controversial novel and prime time soap opera long before you were born! 8)
I see Ozy, the other resident old phart, beat me to the explanation.
:D
Old enough.
OK, OK. 45. For realsies.
Yes.
We've had a sort of an in-house separation for about two months. It has been a miserable time.
:violin:
:hug:
glad to hear things are better, dawg. i'm not one who subscribes to the "stay together at any cost" school, though, but you know yourself what's best for you, and everyone else. if not, keep talking, here or wherever, okay?
/more hugs.
Thanks.
You weren't really around through the worst of it. I am also of the cloth who move on, away from gnarls in a relationship. Obviously, the kids are quite a draw to me, though, so I had more plans to make than my own needs. Not fully adequate in the resources department these days, either.
I am the one who "moved out" of the bedroom. I have slept in the garage, in the yard, under the trees, with the birds, on the back deck, on the couch, etc. It's a good thing that I don't really sleep, because I would not have been on time to work, otherwise.
It seems like I talk too much sometimes, especially here. I mostly feel like I'm among "friends" here. Can't really say why.
Realise that it is as Callaway has mentioned - our history together is a long one. We have shared literally a third of her life and over a fourth of mine together. That includes many birthdays, happy times, growth together, many deaths, lots of life, a dozen pets, mistakes, victories, confusion, insights, health and sickness ...
It is not easy to give it all up.
it's always complicated, isn't it? if i had a magic wand to wave about over you and wandrew (and others), i would. sadly, there's rarely a quick fix solution.
and you don't talk too much: that's what friends are for, to coin a cliché.
:hug:
LOL, I don't know what Peyton Place is, but I get the gist. It does make sense that asking your sons to test would be a sensitive issue though.
I see Ozy, the other resident old phart, beat me to the explanation.
:D
I see Ozy, the other resident old phart, beat me to the explanation.
:D
Just replied to Pyraxis, me, and yet I'm younger than you two old farts.
I see Ozy, the other resident old phart, beat me to the explanation.
:D
Just replied to Pyraxis, me, and yet I'm younger than you two old farts.
what d'you want, a flag on your head?
:smarty:
I see Ozy, the other resident old phart, beat me to the explanation.
:D
Just replied to Pyraxis, me, and yet I'm younger than you two old farts.
what d'you want, a flag on your head?
:smarty:
Nah, just a hearing aid and a new walking stick.
I see Ozy, the other resident old phart, beat me to the explanation.
:D
only cos i wasn't online. :P
I see Ozy, the other resident old phart, beat me to the explanation.
:D
Just replied to Pyraxis, me, and yet I'm younger than you two old farts.
Damn, compared to you methuselahs, I haven't even graduated preschool.
it's always complicated, isn't it? if i had a magic wand to wave about over you and wandrew (and others), i would. sadly, there's rarely a quick fix solution.
and you don't talk too much: that's what friends are for, to coin a cliché.
:hug:
:agreed:
I wouldn't ever say, "Stay together for the sake of the children," but in your case there is so much more to it than that. I think that it would be easier for you to amputate your right arm than it would be for you to leave your wife and children, so I'm glad that you are finding a way to fix this.
Why is the fact that you have two other children from previous relationships that you knew nothing about until recently such a problem for your wife? Would it actually make it easier for her to deal with if you did have a DNA test and proved to her that they were yours?
I fear that she wishes for the opposite. She wants to prove that they are not related to me and all this will go away.
I have yet to figure this one out. I know she has told me that she feels that I am losing interest in our family, but that's bullshit! I think most here know that's bullshit. All our problems seemed to start last year, when I fucked up and set up a meeting with the older son on "Father's Day."
I must re-state that "Mother's Day" is a very big deal around here. (You know why.)
I think that she expects that my lack of sensing some powerful emotional sentiment over a Hallmark Cards, made up "SPECIAL" day, is somehow a testament to some parallel lack of caring about my current family at large. It was quite a rough time, leaving on that night (over a year ago) to go into the unknown and meet up with a stranger, who seemed to be connected some way to my life. I had to really push past myself to do that. She has no concept of how difficult, yet how important, that trip was to me.
She has also used my horrid personal failure (meltdown or what ever the fuck you want to call it) on return home ...
(remember, I went into the hospital the next day, due to a terrible anxiety attack from melatonin abuse and the attending doctors proceeded to pump me full of Valium, which landed me in intensive care with a heart rate over two hundred BPM. I can not take those kind of drugs, but they did not ask, they followed protocol, hit me up and when I reacted badly, called the police and had them point guns at me. Now that I think of it, I may not have told the whole story about how I ripped up the room they were attempting to treat me in, flipped the table through the window, held down the security guy who was working the morning shift and stepped in to help subdue me, wrapped the hoses around the doctors throat, tore the cabinet off the wall and used it as a shield against the guns ... some other shit that I don't remember, too. When they gave me Valium, on top of the melatonin, I went a little nuts, got really fired up and broke things. It took three shots (one in the leg, one in the back and one in the neck) of some anti-psychotic (I forget what it was, now, but they also give it to schizophrenics and Alzheimer's patients who are suffering from deep panic) for six or seven people to get the straps on me and get me into a bed where they could wheel me around, take some blood, pin me with electrodes, measure stuff, give me oxygen, electrolytes, fluids, etc. It was one of my worst days. I was supposed to sleep for two days, I heard the doctor who stabbed my neck saying, but I awoke thirty minutes later, pissed off as HELL! ... but tied down.)
... as a way of demonstrating how all this is "just wrong." It has been almost impossible to make her realize that the two incidents were only related by my own inability to sleep under certain stresses COMBINED with my experimenting with melatonin during that time, coincidentally.
SHE is just fucking wrong! The two things are NOT related in any other way. I am not going to go nuts again, over having some sort of relationship with my two grown sons.
It was all due to the drugs. I HATE drugs. The only drugs I can take are alcohol (puts me to sleep), pot (wakes me up), and caffeine (puts me to sleep, relaxes me). All the others have effects that are not predictable on me. I know that seems fucked up, but that's the way it is. IT WAS THE DRUGS! It was not the trip to Texas or the meeting or the fact that I had not slept in three days.
Yet, she brings this all up, over and over again.
I wish I knew why she can not separate the two happenstances. Hell, things are really good for me, now. I'm not so depressed, I have a job again, I've lost weight, my health is decent, life is good, except for her and MY (couple) bullshit.
We will sort this shit out in a way that makes sense, though. I will not give up at this point. Not yet.
I don't think she even sees that I am happier now, than I have been in about four or five years.
She and I both have heavy baggage to bear from well before we ever met. I only briefly talked about some of mine here and not at all about hers, but her early life are as bad as mine, just different.
Even if that is what she secretly wishes for, if they are yours and it is proven with a DNA test, that might settle the issue in her mind.
I mean, most people come with some sort of baggage and it's not like you lied to her about it, since you were in the dark about it yourself.
I can see why your wife would blame your meltdown on the trip to Texas and the lack of sleep for three days. I had not realized that your meltdown was as bad as it was. I hallucinated when I got little or no sleep for several days in a row, but of course you need less sleep than I do.
Now you know that melatonin and valium suck for you. Maybe the anti-psychotic injection was Geodon. I think that the injectable form usually works pretty quickly in the way you described. I guess they could also have given you Risperdal Consta, but that lasts for two weeks in your system, not two days.
Just a thought, but if your wife can't see for herself that you are happier now than you have been for years, how could you help her see this?
Found in a junk pile a Teac A-2340. I see they are restively popular but really know nothing nobody has prices on them too :-\ What is you opinion of it and a guess at what I should ask or it
Yeah, but I can't blame my keyboard. I do too many typos, these days.Was about to say Huh? When I realised you can't see the picture. I see no problem with your typing, have posted about it to you before.
Sorry.
I try to edit them out when I can see them again. Can't see them when they are fresh, sometimes. Can't see the pic. Does it have some kind of spell check function, microphone and voice recognition built in or something?
You can put big stuff out two or three times a year here at the curb for the city to take. When they do this I drive around town and scavenge in my truck. Almost got a working pottery kiln the other day but when I got back to where it was others had already laid calm. This year has been good for me I have a knack for finding these type of things and am always lookingYou know what's stupid though? Some people say it's stealing to take stuff put out on the footpath for recycling/dumping. The previous owners have put it out there to be carted away so as far as I'm concerned, it's fair game.
:agreed:You can put big stuff out two or three times a year here at the curb for the city to take. When they do this I drive around town and scavenge in my truck. Almost got a working pottery kiln the other day but when I got back to where it was others had already laid calm. This year has been good for me I have a knack for finding these type of things and am always lookingYou know what's stupid though? Some people say it's stealing to take stuff put out on the footpath for recycling/dumping. The previous owners have put it out there to be carted away so as far as I'm concerned, it's fair game.
no.
i had to defend myself again
iwent too far
What happened?
Three assholes broke into my neighbor's house. She is an elderly widow with a boyfriend. She usually stays at his house in the country, but returns once a week to get mail, check out stuff, maintain the place and then leaves again.
I happened to notice activity over there and went over to inquire as to the identity of the "Angel" who helped my wife with some snow shoveling chores on the day we had sisteen inches of snow. The "Angel" with a Bobcat said that she knew my neighbor. I figured that there aren't that many seventy year old ladies with Bobcats going around helping women with snow removal and it would be easy to find out who she was and return some good will to her.
I walked right up into her screened-in porch, started to knock and the door was open - I said, "Hello?" then I heard a noise at my side just as a baseball bat swung at my head. I managed to duck enough and get my arm up to protect my head, snag the bat and came around with a bit too much force and hit the punk with my left hand in the temple. He went out cold, had not woke up, and was bleeding from the ear when the cops got there. I did not know at the time that he had broken my arm and another punk ran towards me out of the dark. I stabbed him in the solar plexus with the end of bat knocking his breath out as the third punk broke through the back dooor and took off.
I only saw his black coat. The second guy was recovering and trying to run away and I hit him in the femur as hard as I fucking could with his buddy's bat and he was done fighting. It was only about four minutes when the cops got there, because another woman walking by had seen me get hit and knew that "helen" would not do that, so she called the cops. Two of the punks are in police custody. I have had the entire neighborhood stop by. FUCK!
I have an air cast and a sling right now on my right arm. He hit me just below the elbow and fractured my right ulna. I did not know at first, but it got so swollen and purple that I went to the emergency room last night. I will be in the cast for four to six weeks, supposedly. It was not a complete break, just a hiarline fracture, so the prognosis is good. It all happened so fast- -in the span of about twenty minutes. I went in to the police station to make a docu-video of my statements when I was done at the hospital.
Four of our neighbors stayed with the kids while I went to the emergency room, but innedd them to go when I was done.
I got some sleep and I have taken an Oxycodone. They gave me twelve of them, but I don't really have any pain, unless I try to flex my elbow, so I will keep them for later.
We never even used to lock our house. This place has gone completely nutz!
I'm so grateful that you have those Ninja reflexes or else you might not have been able to defend yourself after getting hit with a baseball bat in the head.
The town that I grew up in has deteriorated also, I noticed when I went there to try to help my father.
My brother showed me crack houses that you wouldn't even know were there unless you drove by very late at night.
I hope the fracture of your ulna heals quickly and without pain. What's an air cast?
I'm glad you stopped them.
How come you think you went too far?
Sorry Dawg...I did not realise this shit had happened - I hope your arm heals soon, and glad they have those guys in custody.
hugs and xxx's
:-*
Thanks for your description of how you perceive the changes in air pressure around you. There was also a reference in there to nipple pinching, always refreshing!
Now, I have a question. Feel free to answer when you have time.
I went to see some live bands tonight, just a local pub, beautiful funk/soul music. And there was one particular musician who caught my eye...but I had seen him earlier in the night, didn't know he was a member of one of the bands that were on later in the night. So anyway...they finish their set, a girl starts chatting with him, kisses him once, but directly on the mouth and starts playing with his hair. I say to my friend...well that must be his girlfriend. (Devastated!) Anyway, as things panned out, clearly she was not. And I started to notice all sorts of girls giving him attention. (And yes in amongst this he does pass close by several times and smiles at me...but I'm not giving him any attention - that he knows of ;) ) Then when we are leaving I see him out on the street coming back from loading his equipment and a CARLOAD of girls are chatting to him, with one blowing a kiss as they drive off!!!
So my question is this....I can understand I suppose the attraction of the whole groupie/musician thing, though it's not my style in any way shape or form. What I did think was, it would be hard for a guy (any guy, not just Mr Gorgeous in my story above) to think he's pretty shit hot if he's a musician and constantly getting attention from the ladies.
Since you are well versed in this area...what do you think Dawg? I'm sure the ego may shrink with time, but does it give the guy some little edge....ie; does he think he can make any woman quiver with delight?
I say this because there were a lot of butt ugly, not very personable men there that were getting no doubt undeserved attention, and I put it down to the fact it was because they could play an instrument? Again, I get the concept...but this fawning all over a guy because he's a musician...mmm. I ask all of this too because a few months ago, I was seeing a guy...he used to play in bands etc....and I am kind of thinking now, me not giving him the adoration he clearly would get previously has pissed him off.
Anyway, I have probably rambled on somewhat, but wondered what your thoughts were. Generally do musos tend to keep their inflated egos for a long time?
It is because the guy whose leg I took out is severely injured.
Sorry Dawg...I did not realise this shit had happened - I hope your arm heals soon, and glad they have those guys in custody.
hugs and xxx's
:-*
Thanks for the hugs and can you put the kisses just below my right elbow?
:D
I'm OK. mostly.
All that shit comes and goes, though. To a true musician, only the music is real. We can only touch you with our music.
They might be acetates. The smallest 78's I've ever seen were no less than 10". I know that at one time there was a place @ the Empire State Bldg where you could make an acetate recording to send to your friends back home. Those acetates were about the size of 45's. Either way, I'd handle them with kid gloves and find some non-invasive way of having them transferred to CD.
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They might be acetates. The smallest 78's I've ever seen were no less than 10". I know that at one time there was a place @ the Empire State Bldg where you could make an acetate recording to send to your friends back home. Those acetates were about the size of 45's. Either way, I'd handle them with kid gloves and find some non-invasive way of having them transferred to CD.
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One of the reasons I am so excited about KIT is that in less than two weeks I may actually meet my very first son, but aside from that ...
Is this another son you didn't know about?
Pyraxis, i wish you could see thee entire process. It is amazing.Which anime series does he like?
:LOL: There is no shortage of girls.
"Slice Of Life" but I really think that is more of a genre style than an actual series. He watches Crackle (free on his tablet) quite a lot. It is loaded with Anime serials.
He takes ideas from the "good things" that happen to the characters and draws them out six or ten at a time, to be later cut into wild looking things that he folds into his own version of 3D origami pieces or simply just starts cutting out some totally random-looking shape, drawing in details and folding to stand on its own later. He likes to make scenes of multiple characters, all laughing, partying and having fun - enjoying life.
If you could see what he draws, to be later cut out and folded, you would be amazed. "How can this crazy thing you are drawing turn into a human?" The other side is just as amazing. He just cuts a blank sheet into some random shape going at lightspeed, almost then starts filling in details and it just comes to life. He has a kind of deep vision into perspective and dimension that I have never seen. And I have lived my whole life around artists. His art is different.
I hate the fact that I posted in this thread accidentally and NOW have totally hi-jacked the thing for my own use.
GO BACK to LAUGHS, everyone!!
Just now he is doing laundry to earn allowances against the horror of the world and goes immeiately back to his worlk.
I am an evil father
I make themmd do chores; I am evil..
I knew this thread was in here somewhere.Pyraxis, i wish you could see thee entire process. It is amazing.Which anime series does he like?
:LOL: There is no shortage of girls.
"Slice Of Life" but I really think that is more of a genre style than an actual series. He watches Crackle (free on his tablet) quite a lot. It is loaded with Anime serials.
He takes ideas from the "good things" that happen to the characters and draws them out six or ten at a time, to be later cut into wild looking things that he folds into his own version of 3D origami pieces or simply just starts cutting out some totally random-looking shape, drawing in details and folding to stand on its own later. He likes to make scenes of multiple characters, all laughing, partying and having fun - enjoying life.
If you could see what he draws, to be later cut out and folded, you would be amazed. "How can this crazy thing you are drawing turn into a human?" The other side is just as amazing. He just cuts a blank sheet into some random shape going at lightspeed, almost then starts filling in details and it just comes to life. He has a kind of deep vision into perspective and dimension that I have never seen. And I have lived my whole life around artists. His art is different.
I hate the fact that I posted in this thread accidentally and NOW have totally hi-jacked the thing for my own use.
GO BACK to LAUGHS, everyone!!
Just now he is doing laundry to earn allowances against the horror of the world and goes immeiately back to his worlk.
I am an evil father
I make themmd do chores; I am evil..
I hadn't heard of Crackle. I used to have a Crunchyroll subscription for getting series and then bought films on DVD.
What he does sounds really cool. I'm kinda curious to see it. I can imagine though it takes skill to start with a blank sheet and cut the outline before doing the drawing.
I knew this thread was in here somewhere.Pyraxis, i wish you could see thee entire process. It is amazing.Which anime series does he like?
:LOL: There is no shortage of girls.
"Slice Of Life" but I really think that is more of a genre style than an actual series. He watches Crackle (free on his tablet) quite a lot. It is loaded with Anime serials.
He takes ideas from the "good things" that happen to the characters and draws them out six or ten at a time, to be later cut into wild looking things that he folds into his own version of 3D origami pieces or simply just starts cutting out some totally random-looking shape, drawing in details and folding to stand on its own later. He likes to make scenes of multiple characters, all laughing, partying and having fun - enjoying life.
If you could see what he draws, to be later cut out and folded, you would be amazed. "How can this crazy thing you are drawing turn into a human?" The other side is just as amazing. He just cuts a blank sheet into some random shape going at lightspeed, almost then starts filling in details and it just comes to life. He has a kind of deep vision into perspective and dimension that I have never seen. And I have lived my whole life around artists. His art is different.
I hate the fact that I posted in this thread accidentally and NOW have totally hi-jacked the thing for my own use.
GO BACK to LAUGHS, everyone!!
Just now he is doing laundry to earn allowances against the horror of the world and goes immeiately back to his worlk.
I am an evil father
I make themmd do chores; I am evil..
I hadn't heard of Crackle. I used to have a Crunchyroll subscription for getting series and then bought films on DVD.
What he does sounds really cool. I'm kinda curious to see it. I can imagine though it takes skill to start with a blank sheet and cut the outline before doing the drawing.
Yeahhhh the drawing is awesome
but the follding is is whar reaaly freaks undone our!!
sorrroyuuut even the spiellll check does not owerork.
I amm seriuou9osly goinff to dstop tryining.l to post until I can ylaer aNG D Or i mrnat about how now is tought= SHIT SWEE AAI CAN POST SHIT##!@
I will try to take some pics of his origami
What is the show cesium and iodine love watching together?