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Stitchawl · 10-04-2012, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Here are some in your colour. And you don't have to worry about losing or gaining weight or hemming anything. A win win win win pair of pants.

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

And they're comfortable. Stretch pants are all I ever wear around the house.

Me too... but not like that. My all-time favorite pants are stretch cargo pants made by Sportif USA, and I have them in tan, navy, and sand colors, in both long pants and shorts! Because of the stretch fabric it's easy for me to lift my leg over my motorcycle! These are almost as rugged as jeans but look just a bit more formal. But they are not really 'winter' pants. Too much breeze... That's where the Dickies work pants work so well, right down to freezing temps. Then I have to go with flannel-line chinos from LL Bean. But inside the house, I'm back into the Sportif stretch pants or shorts. In fact, I'm wearing a pair of the shorts right now. But if I open my belt and stand up, they will fall to my ankles. Yippee!!!

Stitchawl

SneakySnake · 10-04-2012, 03:24 AM

ProfCrash · 10-04-2012, 06:40 AM

I love me some yoga pants. Comfy, stretchy, and nicer looking then sweat pants.

Rumpelteazer · 10-04-2012, 03:13 PM

Lexie got an unintended new toy for World Animal Day.

One of the hallways in our house hasn't got any daylight coming in and most of the day a LED light is on because the switch is on the wrong side of the hallway. Yesterday we got some new products in to sell in our store, one of them was a light fixture with a build-in LED (can't be changed when broken) and a motion detector. To test it out (colour, durability, etc) he put it in place of the simple light fixture in the hallway.

Soon Lexie discovered a great new game: turning on the light. She turns it on by moving, then sits still for the couple of minutes the light burns and moves again when it goes off. She can keep this up for hours (we used to have a cat who played the same game with a computer screen; moving the mouse when the screen turned off).

It isn't too bad she discovered this game: the leaves in the trees have started to fall and falling leaves drive her crazy, in an OCD kind of way.

Dylrob · 10-06-2012, 08:09 AM

Reading up on the history of the British plug and why it is so much bigger than plugs used in most other countries.

Stitchawl · 10-06-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Reading up on the history of the British plug and why it is so much bigger than plugs used in most other countries.

Is it bigger than the Singapore plug? That thing is massive!

Stitchawl

pdurrant · 10-06-2012, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Is it bigger than the Singapore plug? That thing is massive!

Singapore uses the British plug, BS 1363. It is an extremely safe electrical plug in its latest version. The earth connects first, and the live and neutral plugs are insulated near the plug to ensure that bare metal can't be touched with the plug partly inserted. The live and neutral outlets has a shutter that is only opened when the earth prong is inserted into the socket.

Rumpelteazer · 10-07-2012, 09:04 AM

Attempting to engrave my mechanical pencils using my father's Dremel. It is probably very anal but I'm engraving the hardness of lead on the pencil so I can keep them apart. I tried using labels but they get dirty quickly and a list isn't working too well either.

Engraving is harder than I thought. The Dremel has a tendency to skip away and I'm afraid to push too hard. Maybe I put in on a too slow speed.

I've also engraved my initials on a couple of USB sticks. When I lend them out to someone and ask them back people have a tendency to say that it's their USB stick (especially my mom), this way it's clear they're mine.

Stitchawl · 10-08-2012, 02:50 AM

Kicking back with a mug of Yorkshire tea while uploading date from my GPS Navigator to the mapping software. We left early, early, early this morning for a 190km ride through the Fall mountain colors. Today is a National Holiday in Japan, it was the first really perfect-Fall weather-sunshiny day we've had, and we knew the main roads would be jammed. So we left home early to beat the traffic, and got ourselves into the mountain roads. I think every mother's son and daughter who have motorcycles chose today to make a mountain ride. We rode with hundreds of other bikers, on and off as we passed each other. We planned to picnic but it never warmed up and when we got to a major rest area with a restaurant, the parking lot was packed with bikes! Fantastic day all around! Oops! Upload is done. Gotta plot the route for next time!

Stitchawl

pdurrant · 10-08-2012, 07:58 AM

Coke Zero #3.

qlob · 10-08-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Coke Zero #3.

wrong thread? i did the same thing earlier...

pdurrant · 10-08-2012, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by qlob

wrong thread? i did the same thing earlier...

Luckily, announcing that I'm drinking my third coke zero of the day could be argued to be on-topic for this thread.

But yes, it should have been in another place.

Just now I'm blushing!

red_phoenix · 10-08-2012, 04:06 PM

We all make mistakes...that is what the "edit" button is for.

WT Sharpe · 10-08-2012, 04:40 PM

I've never seen a mouse blush. But speaking of meeces (points if you catch the reference)....

Last night we had a visitor in the control room. As I was looking for something in one of the cabinets, I saw a mouse scurry from behind the cabinet to a location under my workmate's desk. Did I tell her? Are you kidding? A couple of years ago someone found a small, harmless, non-venomous snake outside the control room. After she found out about it she was seeing snakes everywhere for the next two weeks. Nah, sometimes ignorance is bliss.

pdurrant · 10-08-2012, 05:14 PM

My less refined relatives have been known to gnaw through the insulation on electrical cables. I suggest you find someone who can live trap and release.

10-04-2012, 03:24 AM	#34592
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis

10-04-2012, 06:40 AM	#34593
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I love me some yoga pants. Comfy, stretchy, and nicer looking then sweat pants.

10-04-2012, 03:13 PM	#34594
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,505 Karma: 27926918 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Lexie got an unintended new toy for World Animal Day. One of the hallways in our house hasn't got any daylight coming in and most of the day a LED light is on because the switch is on the wrong side of the hallway. Yesterday we got some new products in to sell in our store, one of them was a light fixture with a build-in LED (can't be changed when broken) and a motion detector. To test it out (colour, durability, etc) he put it in place of the simple light fixture in the hallway. Soon Lexie discovered a great new game: turning on the light. She turns it on by moving, then sits still for the couple of minutes the light burns and moves again when it goes off. She can keep this up for hours (we used to have a cat who played the same game with a computer screen; moving the mouse when the screen turned off). It isn't too bad she discovered this game: the leaves in the trees have started to fall and falling leaves drive her crazy, in an OCD kind of way.

10-06-2012, 08:09 AM	#34595
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	Reading up on the history of the British plug and why it is so much bigger than plugs used in most other countries.

10-07-2012, 09:04 AM	#34598
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,505 Karma: 27926918 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Attempting to engrave my mechanical pencils using my father's Dremel. It is probably very anal but I'm engraving the hardness of lead on the pencil so I can keep them apart. I tried using labels but they get dirty quickly and a list isn't working too well either. Engraving is harder than I thought. The Dremel has a tendency to skip away and I'm afraid to push too hard. Maybe I put in on a too slow speed. I've also engraved my initials on a couple of USB sticks. When I lend them out to someone and ask them back people have a tendency to say that it's their USB stick (especially my mom), this way it's clear they're mine.

10-08-2012, 02:50 AM	#34599
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Kicking back with a mug of Yorkshire tea while uploading date from my GPS Navigator to the mapping software. We left early, early, early this morning for a 190km ride through the Fall mountain colors. Today is a National Holiday in Japan, it was the first really perfect-Fall weather-sunshiny day we've had, and we knew the main roads would be jammed. So we left home early to beat the traffic, and got ourselves into the mountain roads. I think every mother's son and daughter who have motorcycles chose today to make a mountain ride. We rode with hundreds of other bikers, on and off as we passed each other. We planned to picnic but it never warmed up and when we got to a major rest area with a restaurant, the parking lot was packed with bikes! Fantastic day all around! Oops! Upload is done. Gotta plot the route for next time! Stitchawl

10-08-2012, 07:58 AM	#34600
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 75,032 Karma: 319562998 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Coke Zero #3.

10-08-2012, 04:06 PM	#34603
red_phoenix Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,417 Karma: 445850508 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	We all make mistakes...that is what the "edit" button is for.

10-08-2012, 04:40 PM	#34604
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.	I've never seen a mouse blush. But speaking of meeces (points if you catch the reference).... Last night we had a visitor in the control room. As I was looking for something in one of the cabinets, I saw a mouse scurry from behind the cabinet to a location under my workmate's desk. Did I tell her? Are you kidding? A couple of years ago someone found a small, harmless, non-venomous snake outside the control room. After she found out about it she was seeing snakes everywhere for the next two weeks. Nah, sometimes ignorance is bliss.

10-08-2012, 05:14 PM	#34605
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 75,032 Karma: 319562998 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	My less refined relatives have been known to gnaw through the insulation on electrical cables. I suggest you find someone who can live trap and release.