The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 488

montsnmags · 01-05-2010, 01:21 AM

Yvan, I would really like it if you made me a camera:

http://www.raymentkirbycameras.co.uk...ur-own-camera/

but like the creations of all superb craftspeople, I couldn't then afford to pay for it.

Also, there's not much point in me looking at DIY ideas and then GSETDI (Getting Someone Else To Do It). It looks like something for me down the track though.

Incidentally, at the markets the other day I saw these jewellery boxes made out of Australian timber called purple gidgee. They were yellowish (outer wood) and, of course, purple (heartwood). Quite nice, and intriguing design. Naturally, I thought of you.

Cheers,
Marc

yvanleterrible · 01-05-2010, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Yvan, I would really like it if you made me a camera:

http://www.raymentkirbycameras.co.uk...ur-own-camera/

but like the creations of all superb craftspeople, I couldn't then afford to pay for it.

Also, there's not much point in me looking at DIY ideas and then GSETDI (Getting Someone Else To Do It). It looks like something for me down the track though.

Incidentally, at the markets the other day I saw these jewellery boxes made out of Australian timber called purple gidgee. They were yellowish (outer wood) and, of course, purple (heartwood). Quite nice, and intriguing design. Naturally, I thought of you.

Cheers,
Marc

Wait, wait! Don't overload my order book, I'm still working on that infinite table of yours...

That guy makes excellent work. I could do the woodwork but the hardware part intimidates me a little.

Purple wood is photosensible and becomes chocolate brown in less than 6 months.

montsnmags · 01-05-2010, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Wait, wait! Don't overload my order book, I'm still working on that infinite table of yours...

Sheesh, you've been working on that for eternity!

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That guy makes excellent work. I could do the woodwork but the hardware part intimidates me a little.

Aye, me too. It's something I'd like to try sometime though.

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Purple wood is photosensible and becomes chocolate brown in less than 6 months.

I've never known anyone to be "photosensible". They all pull goofy faces if they know you're taking their picture. What, that's not their goofy face? That's their normal face? Eww.

But this explains why when I went looking online for more of that purple wood it all seemed a lot less purple than his "fresh" works, as nice as they are at the moment.

Cheers,
Marc

Catire · 01-06-2010, 11:10 AM

WTF! DAMN YOU CADIVI!!!!

It seems my bank is no longer an approved for credit card purchases in a foreign currency! Now I have to get a credit card from another bank and then wait 6 months so that I can use that card for online purchases.

WT Sharpe · 01-06-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Catire

WTF! DAMN YOU CADIVI!!!!

It seems my bank is no longer an approved for credit card purchases in a foreign currency! Now I have to get a credit card from another bank and then wait 6 months so that I can use that card for online purchases.

That sucks. Sorry to hear it.

WT Sharpe · 01-06-2010, 08:58 PM

After laying out the past two days because of a monstrous man-cold, I was planning to return to work tonight. But then I started getting achy and my temperature began to rise TWO DEGREES Fahrenheit. (Don't laugh. That's the equivalent of four degrees for a woman!)

Oh, woe is me. I am in serious need of some poor little bunny therapy.

kennyc · 01-06-2010, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

After laying out the past two days because of a monstrous man-cold, I was planning to return to work tonight. But then I started getting achy and my temperature began to rise TWO DEGREES Fahrenheit. (Don't laugh. That's the equivalent of four degrees for a woman!)

Oh, woe is me. I am in serious need of some poor little bunny therapy.

You poor thing!

phenomshel · 01-07-2010, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Catire

WTF! DAMN YOU CADIVI!!!!

It seems my bank is no longer an approved for credit card purchases in a foreign currency! Now I have to get a credit card from another bank and then wait 6 months so that I can use that card for online purchases.

Well, our situation isn't quite that dire, (at least I hope), but the bank we use has just been sold to another bank, name changes and all. At the least it'll be a nuisance, (replacing cards and checks), and at the worst, we'll be shopping for a new bank.

We're expecting 7 - 9 inches of snow before Friday morning. This is on top of what's still on the ground from the last couple of snowstorms.

In spite of all that, what I'm really ticked off about, is that I wasted two hours of my life watching the live feed of the Microsoft keynote at CES tonight. That's two hours I'll never get back, and I didn't learn anything I didn't either already know or had the slightest interest in. Blah.

Nate the great · 01-07-2010, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

In spite of all that, what I'm really ticked off about, is that I wasted two hours of my life watching the live feed of the Microsoft keynote at CES tonight. That's two hours I'll never get back, and I didn't learn anything I didn't either already know or had the slightest interest in. Blah.

That's pretty much why I haven't gone to any press conference so far. The only one I regret is missing the chance to see the Sony Chumby.

kennyc · 01-07-2010, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Well, our situation isn't quite that dire, (at least I hope), but the bank we use has just been sold to another bank, name changes and all. At the least it'll be a nuisance, (replacing cards and checks), and at the worst, we'll be shopping for a new bank.

We're expecting 7 - 9 inches of snow before Friday morning. This is on top of what's still on the ground from the last couple of snowstorms.

In spite of all that, what I'm really ticked off about, is that I wasted two hours of my life watching the live feed of the Microsoft keynote at CES tonight. That's two hours I'll never get back, and I didn't learn anything I didn't either already know or had the slightest interest in. Blah.

Always better to wait for the summary in my opinion. Nate is our Man on the Spot!

DawnFalcon · 01-07-2010, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Catire

It seems my bank is no longer an approved for credit card purchases in a foreign currency! Now I have to get a credit card from another bank and then wait 6 months so that I can use that card for online purchases.

Open a paypal account? You can probably made a good number of foreign purchases using that with your credit card as the source.

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Oh hey look flashing red light on our boiler again. Crap.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-07-2010, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon

edit:

Oh hey look flashing red light on our boiler again. Crap.

If it's a G rated boiler, there's the new cashback scheme that's been introduced this week...

Verencat · 01-07-2010, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

If it's a G rated boiler, there's the new cashback scheme that's been introduced this week...

Broke two ribs laughing - thank you!!!!!!

DMcCunney · 01-07-2010, 09:12 PM

My SO Kat and I got a call from his wife Naomi this morning that our friend Michael had died.

One of my repeated comments has been that the people I love are like precious cut gems, always displaying a new facet you hadn't known was there. Sometimes people are "diamonds in the rough" and you have to look beneath the surface to see the quality below.

That described Michael. When I first met him, in SF fandom over 30 years ago, he was firmly in the category of "people I avoid if possible", and we had only passing contact at the occasional SF con over the years. In more recent years, Kat and I became friends with he and his third wife, Naomi. Under an exterior that could be brash and offensive, there was an intelligent and caring man, passionate about things he loved. He was highly knowledgeable about classic SF, collected first editions of H. G. Wells, and had an encyclopedic knowledge of old SF films and classic radio and TV shows. His passion contributed to his prickly personality, as "tactfiul", "diplomatic", and "restrained" weren't words that applied to him, and he could be outspoken, to put it mildly, about things that upset him.

I discovered somewhat to my surprise that I liked the man. And he and Naomi completed each other. She once commented that if you combined her and Michael, you got a functioning human being. Naomi was impressive in her own right, a former top Air Force jet mechanic who switched to nursing after developing an allergy to jet fuel. Watching the pair of them together was a touching experience. She smoothed some of his rough edges, and he provided grounding she needed.

He had just put in his papers to retire from the US Postal Service last year, and he and Naomi were making plans for moving to property they owned in upstate New York, when he wound up in the hospital. It turned out to be double pneumonia with complications, and he was in intensive care for a month, with a guarded prognosis. We breathed a sigh of relief when he recovered enough to be released. He was at last Lunacon in March in New York in a wheelchair, but rapidly recovered to the point where he was up and around, with most of his former energy. He was still wearing a trache, which the doctors were reluctant to remove and close the incision in his throat till they were sure he was out of the woods, but he was active and in good spirits, looking forward to moving to their retirement home.

A week or so ago, he went back into the hospital with a relapse of pneumonia. He was released, but relapsed again at home. He was coughing up blood, and was coded in the ambulance. We got the call from Naomi that he had passed away at 8 this morning. The last words he said to her were "I love you."

Kat and I have been the contact points, putting out the word on the various channels that would reach people who knew Michael. It's not the first time we've been in this position, and I'm grimly certain it won't be the last, but it doesn't get easier, just more necessary. I expect more interesting events down the road. Right now, Naomi is operating by reflex. Some time later, the realization will fully settle in that Michael is gone, and she faces a great black void of life without him. We'll do what we can, and I hope it will be enough.

It reinforced my resolve to treasure those I know, as they might be taken from me unexpectedly, and to have patience with those I find annoying, as there might be unexpected depths hidden behind the things that annoyed me.

But if there is a deity listening who has control over such things, I'd as soon not have to do this again, ever.
______
Dennis

kennyc · 01-07-2010, 09:29 PM

Hugs Dennis!

01-06-2010, 08:58 PM	#7311
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	After laying out the past two days because of a monstrous man-cold, I was planning to return to work tonight. But then I started getting achy and my temperature began to rise TWO DEGREES Fahrenheit. (Don't laugh. That's the equivalent of four degrees for a woman!) Oh, woe is me. I am in serious need of some poor little bunny therapy. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 01-06-2010 at 09:11 PM.

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01-05-2010, 01:21 AM	#7306
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Yvan, I would really like it if you made me a camera: http://www.raymentkirbycameras.co.uk...ur-own-camera/ but like the creations of all superb craftspeople, I couldn't then afford to pay for it. Also, there's not much point in me looking at DIY ideas and then GSETDI (Getting Someone Else To Do It). It looks like something for me down the track though. Incidentally, at the markets the other day I saw these jewellery boxes made out of Australian timber called purple gidgee. They were yellowish (outer wood) and, of course, purple (heartwood). Quite nice, and intriguing design. Naturally, I thought of you. Cheers, Marc

01-06-2010, 11:10 AM	#7309
Catire Lord of the Universe Posts: 670 Karma: 737849 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maturin , Venezuela Device: Sony Reader PRS-505 / PSP	WTF! DAMN YOU CADIVI!!!! It seems my bank is no longer an approved for credit card purchases in a foreign currency! Now I have to get a credit card from another bank and then wait 6 months so that I can use that card for online purchases.

01-07-2010, 09:12 PM	#7319
DMcCunney New York Editor Posts: 6,384 Karma: 16540415 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7	My SO Kat and I got a call from his wife Naomi this morning that our friend Michael had died. One of my repeated comments has been that the people I love are like precious cut gems, always displaying a new facet you hadn't known was there. Sometimes people are "diamonds in the rough" and you have to look beneath the surface to see the quality below. That described Michael. When I first met him, in SF fandom over 30 years ago, he was firmly in the category of "people I avoid if possible", and we had only passing contact at the occasional SF con over the years. In more recent years, Kat and I became friends with he and his third wife, Naomi. Under an exterior that could be brash and offensive, there was an intelligent and caring man, passionate about things he loved. He was highly knowledgeable about classic SF, collected first editions of H. G. Wells, and had an encyclopedic knowledge of old SF films and classic radio and TV shows. His passion contributed to his prickly personality, as "tactfiul", "diplomatic", and "restrained" weren't words that applied to him, and he could be outspoken, to put it mildly, about things that upset him. I discovered somewhat to my surprise that I liked the man. And he and Naomi completed each other. She once commented that if you combined her and Michael, you got a functioning human being. Naomi was impressive in her own right, a former top Air Force jet mechanic who switched to nursing after developing an allergy to jet fuel. Watching the pair of them together was a touching experience. She smoothed some of his rough edges, and he provided grounding she needed. He had just put in his papers to retire from the US Postal Service last year, and he and Naomi were making plans for moving to property they owned in upstate New York, when he wound up in the hospital. It turned out to be double pneumonia with complications, and he was in intensive care for a month, with a guarded prognosis. We breathed a sigh of relief when he recovered enough to be released. He was at last Lunacon in March in New York in a wheelchair, but rapidly recovered to the point where he was up and around, with most of his former energy. He was still wearing a trache, which the doctors were reluctant to remove and close the incision in his throat till they were sure he was out of the woods, but he was active and in good spirits, looking forward to moving to their retirement home. A week or so ago, he went back into the hospital with a relapse of pneumonia. He was released, but relapsed again at home. He was coughing up blood, and was coded in the ambulance. We got the call from Naomi that he had passed away at 8 this morning. The last words he said to her were "I love you." Kat and I have been the contact points, putting out the word on the various channels that would reach people who knew Michael. It's not the first time we've been in this position, and I'm grimly certain it won't be the last, but it doesn't get easier, just more necessary. I expect more interesting events down the road. Right now, Naomi is operating by reflex. Some time later, the realization will fully settle in that Michael is gone, and she faces a great black void of life without him. We'll do what we can, and I hope it will be enough. It reinforced my resolve to treasure those I know, as they might be taken from me unexpectedly, and to have patience with those I find annoying, as there might be unexpected depths hidden behind the things that annoyed me. But if there is a deity listening who has control over such things, I'd as soon not have to do this again, ever. ______ Dennis

01-07-2010, 09:29 PM	#7320
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Hugs Dennis!