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Originally Posted by GeoffC
That weather station looks nice Marc - so does that puzzle - but 6000 pieces !!!!!
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"Go (nearly) all the way", is my motto ("nearly", because they make a 13200 piece too).
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Originally Posted by kennyc
Nice Haul Marc!
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Yeah, quite happy. Never got that Leica M9 I asked for, but I suspect that is because the "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FARKIN' MIND?!" clause applied to family budgeting.
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Originally Posted by Javed
Marc, you must of had a great birthday! How does the weather station work? It looks like the top measurement is barometric pressure. What are the other two readings under that? It really is a very beautiful thing! This must have a very special sentimental value to you also.
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Very sentimental. I have my father's two, old fountain pens (one from his early school days, given him by his father - no monetary value, but the sentimental value is through the roof!
), his tingsha he got a couple of years before the end, when Buddhist meditation was helping him through the treatments, his meditation bench, and now the weather station.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
It looks like pressure - top
air temperature - middle
humidity - bottom ....
It IS a very beautiful looking instrument ....
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That's exactly it.
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Originally Posted by thinkpadx
The puzzle looks impressive, must have taken forever to piece together.
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That photo is not my photo. That's what it will look like. At the moment it looks like two boxes of half-sorted pieces and a whole lot of edge-pieces layed out on cardboard.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
At least it's not all one colour in large areas !
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True, thought they've made the edging hard. The image on every edge piece is white to the edge, and a bit of "gold" frame on the inner side. Normally the edge is a good place to start...they've made this one hard.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
The glass should keep dust out - wonder where the temperature and humidity sensors are - perhaps in the base ?
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The dome (actually a plastic) is not sealed, and is built to rotate. It has a small arrow on it at barometer level, so you can align it with the needle and see how it changes from time-to-time. This rotational ability also leaves significant gap around the base, allowing air in. Relative to another hygrometer and thermometer, and local barometric pressure on-line, it seems pretty accurate (though allows for adjustment of hygrometer and barometer with two screws in the base).
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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
well I am dressed and waiting for everyone else to get ready for my Dad's memorial. struggling to put words on paper to say. not sure I will actually be able to speak
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I wish you comfort, and the knowledge not to worry. It won't be until later that you'll see that the memorial is another moment...one that is important to you, but one that is another in a long lifetime of memory of your father, and one where your "performance" is not an element for anyone's judgement, least of all your own. It
is about you, KK, or, more to the point your own, personal memorialisation and honouring inside your Self. You already do that memorial proud, regardless of external events. I think, though, that at that event, you will surprise yourself with your strength (also remembering that grief is
not a weakness).
My hugs to you.
Cheers,
Marc