The How Much Does A Kilo of Chocolate Weigh Complaint Thread
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Life is good non-complaint - just got back from the local Irish pub, fish & chips and Smithwicks consumed while watching football (the real kind where you use your feet).
I would KILL for a good plate of fish and chips with malt vinegar.. or even in a rolled up newspaper.. sigh.
Footie is good, except for the hooligans. Ugh.
I had sausage with peppers and onions
...officially hit 91° yesterday. 87° right now but still about an hour or so from the hottest time of the day here (usually around 17:00 - 17:30).
whohooo! Summer is finally here! Woke up with no no aches, pains, or stiffness. Maybe I need to move to a more tropical clime.
Zoiks! 107° where you are. Stay cool and drink plenty of "fluids".
Yeah, the wife and I love this pub. Traditional pub food like fish & chips with the real malt vinegar, chicken curry, bangers & mash, shepherd's pie, a shepherd's pie made with Guiness gravy, corn beef & cabbage. The jukebox is never to loud and is all classic rock, 3 or 4 TV's with sports on them but none with the volume up so you can actually carry on a conversation.
I am so glad to make a complaint. It was 101F in sunny California. Tomorrow is predicted to be higher, UGH! Our 10 year old a/c are chugging away. Frozen water bottles for the pets to lean on. All the curtains are drawn, I keep turning off lights that hubby leaves on, and the tv is off. Even trying to do digital graphics is no fun. My laptop is hot. I put my dental freezer packs under an aluminum stand, but they are melting in 10 minutes. I have 2 since my recent oral surgery, so I alternate 1 in freezer one under. Hubby knows the stove will not be turned on. I am making finger sandwiches and cantaloupe for dinner. Fortunately he picked up a 6pack Lucky Buddha beer, and some India Pale Ale for himself. There will be no stove turned on for the duration. It's cold food or dining in a restaurant. At least if it were raining, I could find shelter, if it were cold I could put on more clothes. When it's hot like this, I dry off in the shower in 4 minutes. That ain't gonna work for upcoming jury duty. I'd cry if it didn't make me feel even warmer.
...and the saga continues.
Let us hope Olaf fares better with his feathered foe than Sir Robin did in Bristol.
...and the saga continues.
Let us hope Olaf fares better with his feathered foe than Sir Robin did in Bristol.
This might be a bit of a spoiler, but Olaf is actually a nice guy.. he just needs to get out more.
This saga is somewhat autobiographical. In meta way think Inception for epic poetry.
Kind of.
...here the mice comfort index is bordering on "unhealthful", so one must make sure they are kept in a shaded area and have plenty of water.
Olaf?
"An Epic Saga of Epic Proportions!!" - Poetry Today
"Makes Beowulf Look Like Mary Had a Little Lamb!" - Rolling Stone
"The Greatest Parody of Poetic Sagas Ever Written by me!" - Woolyloach, Poet Lariat
...is that a title unique to poets who live in Texas?
I wonder if she could be strawberry'd with though (`.`)>...
*smacks you with an inflatable trout*
...at least it's not an unflateable trout, those are on the endangered species list.
I thought I was the only person who still uses Windows XP on a desktop PC. Or are you using Windows 7 without Areo?
I wonder if she could be strawberry'd with though (`.`)>...
*smacks you with an inflatable trout*
...at least it's not an unflateable trout, those are on the endangered species list.
It was bad enough with the unflatable pony!!!!!
Not an unflatable trout!!! OMG OM GOMG OMGOMGOMGOMGOGMGMGGMGGGG
:p
...well thanks to the big Genesis DO sale (and that Vicky6 coupon I thought I'd never use), built my own "Custom" David5 Starter Bundle for about the same cost as the one in the store. Finally, I have my favourtie male figure for Genesis.
Going to rework the project I have been slaving over for the last couple weeks for I feel this will be a big improvement.
I thought I was the only person who still uses Windows XP on a desktop PC. Or are you using Windows 7 without Areo?
it's wxp on a leetle Acer netbook. :D is only for email and internet.
and recording ambient noise from outside. got lots of rumbly thunder sounds lately.
yayy coupies!
i'm tempted to use it for the noggins iguana.
...make sure you have a minimum of 30$ in your cart to use the coupon.
Olaf?
"An Epic Saga of Epic Proportions!!" - Poetry Today
"Makes Beowulf Look Like Mary Had a Little Lamb!" - Rolling Stone
"The Greatest Parody of Poetic Sagas Ever Written by me!" - Woolyloach, Poet Lariat
...is that a title unique to poets who live in Texas?
Yep, you got it. SIC. : )
Morning. Sunlight to stretch in and big blue sky to sit under amongst all the winter gold and brown in our garden today :o)
..evening, sun slowly sinking in the west after another very summery day here. Time to get home and install all the D5 goodies I got today.
Sun slowly disappearing behind the next mountain ridge over as it sets over the ocean here. Windows open to catch the cool breeze flowing up the valley out back. Whew... A little cooler this evening compared to yesterday.
the coupie worked on pc items. whee
went a little knuts. didn't really need a new texture for the smoking room, but Mike looked so good standing in it.
I wonder if she could be strawberry'd with though (`.`)>...
*smacks you with an inflatable trout*
...at least it's not an unflateable trout, those are on the endangered species list.
I was thinking he was very lucky that it was an inflateable trout!
An unflateable one probably would have hurt more due to the lack of air cushioning.
What coupon?
it was an email daz sent. 6 off 30. expires the 29th. it was in email about Victoria6.
...well bad news.
Got home to turned on the workstation to discover that my display croaked. There's a large white rectangular area that takes up about 20% of the lower left of screen with some random lines and what looks like a black "splash" on one end as well as several small red artefacts along the top edge of hte screen. There also appears to be a few dead pixels.
Definitely is the unit and not my GPU or the cable for it persists even when I have the system shut down and the video cable disconnected.
It's one I had for a while (wasn't brand new) so probably just reached the end of its life.
So much for getting any new work done for a while as I really cannot afford a new one right now given I'm still looking for new employment, and have no backup. Also being the weekend no way to get to Frys to get even a cheapie replacement for the time being as this is a rather delicate component that I don't care to purchase online only to find it was damaged in shipping when it arrives.
Bummer too as it was a nice 20" one. Not 1080P but still pretty decent resolution.
oh mann. that bites. technology lets you down.
..yeah, that's sometimes the breaks particularly with used equipment.
So been doing some fast and furious window shopping at Newegg & Frys. Newegg beats Frys out price wise and has includes customer feedback, both pro & con, on most items sold. Also the experience I had with Frys shorting me on hardware for my Antec P193 case (it was one of their "open box" items) pretty much soured me on doing business with them. Besides, I can't get down there until Monday at the earliest anyway.
Never had an issue with Newegg and because they are in California turn around time is usually about 2 - 3 days to where I live. Still not overly enthused about having what I consider a fairly delicate item handled via UPS, however so far, everything I ordered from them has made it to me intact. Even the outer cartons had no dents or crushed corners.
So I pretty much know I'm not going to get better than I already had for under 100$ I settled on a choice between these two:
Both are 21.5" (a tad bigger than the one I have) 1900 x 1080 resolution, and are IPS displays which, as I understand, are superior for CG work due to better colour quality. Both get pretty good reviews as well as a few small knocks, but overall, the reviews are rather favourable.
Dell S2240L
This one doesn't come with an HDMI cable (6 - 7$ extra) or DVI-D The cable is small potatoes.
Not sure what the difference/advantages between DVI-D, D-sub and HDMI are for the type of work we do.
ASUS VS229H
While a bit more expensive, This one has all three video formats and includes the optional cables though apparently according so some comments it needed to be recalibrated out of the box. Also there was a lot of concern that the stand is rather wobbly. There is however a special promo code for ASUS IPS displays that knocks another 10% off the price so it comes in pretty price wise comparable to the Dell unit (though the Dell monitor is a 50% off special weekend deal for what lists as a more pricey unit - I'd have to order that one by tomorrow).
Shipping for both is free as long as I don't request expedited service.
Kind of a "six of one half dozen of the other" situation.
There's a way to use Windows 7 WITH Aero? ;)
(I have it turned off. Too distracting, consumes too much computing power for my taste, I'd rather spare every bit I can muster for render-work.)
..agh. and now I get a newsletter about being able to apply my 30% discount to several PA stores through Monday.
Talk about bad timing as I would have loved to pick up several of Eva1's shader packs that are on my wishlist. Going to have enough trouble juggling rent and getting a new monitor at the same time.