Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 2490

Rumpelteazer · 03-28-2014, 06:18 AM

About to cycle to the garden centre. The weather's lovely today but still a bit too cold to go to the pancake house and have lunch outside so the garden centre (with a small indoor restaurant/café) is a good alternative.

After that I'm going to get a marker pad, I bought a set of Letraset Promarkers yesterday but the colouring book I've got hasn't got the right paper. So I want to cut out the drawings I like, scan them and print them on marker paper.

cromag · 03-28-2014, 11:01 PM

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Just finished installing an OEM webcam in a Lenovo T410 that didn't have one. The only problem was that it's missing a required screw. The computer came without a camera, so it didn't have the installation screw, and the webcam part included ... just the webcam part. I'll stop by a PC repair shop later this week and see what they've got.

And done. My Friday writers' group meets at a coffee shop near my old college. There were two shops on the same block. First one came up empty, but the guy at the second shop fished two screws out of a can marked "laptop screws." Not sorted or identified, of course. The first was too big, but the second fit perfectly. The camera is sharp, and especially good in low light. All ready to Skype with the kids.

Gazella · 03-30-2014, 05:49 AM

I'm fishing. And I just caught a big one! Seriously, felt like my arm popped out when it pulled.

Spoiler:

red_phoenix · 03-30-2014, 06:37 AM

Well done.

Gazella · 03-30-2014, 06:40 AM

Thanks

Caught two more small ones but I let them go.

kindlekitten · 03-30-2014, 09:15 AM

What is it

Gazella · 03-30-2014, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

What is it

Brown spotted reef cod (fish)

kindlekitten · 03-30-2014, 10:12 AM

Ah! Ok, thanks

kindlekitten · 03-30-2014, 10:20 AM

I wish I knew what it was going to do today, so far the weather has been completely erratic. Torrential rains that have kind of been mixed in with brilliant bouts of sunshine. I had to run errands and then work all of yesterday, most of which was completely horrid anyway. I've plenty to do both inside and out, but purr therapy and reading seem to be a fine option as well. It's not yet eight, maybe a bit more reading then I'll get going.
I guess I'm feeling a little pressure knowing that surgeries are soon on the horizon

WT Sharpe · 03-30-2014, 11:20 AM

It's currently 50° F and that's as high as the temperature is going for today. It's all downhill from here, until we reach 30° F tomorrow morning. The reason I'm posting that here, instead of the weather thread, is that what I'm currently doing right now is wishing I could take a nice, warm shower, but my son painted the living room yesterday, and my wife has the windows open to air out the paint fumes, and I have little wish to step out of a shower into 50° temps.

Gazella · 03-30-2014, 11:38 AM

There's a weather thread? Haven't come across it.

WT Sharpe · 03-30-2014, 11:42 AM

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There's a weather thread? Haven't come across it.

It's here. It's titled, "What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ?" Why there's a space between "day" and the question mark, I don't know.

poohbear_nc · 03-30-2014, 12:53 PM

After freezing off my tail feathers whilst gassing up the car, I returned home & vacuumed to warm up - which always induces the cats to vanish. Anointing the scratching boxes with catnip makes them reappear ... Sammie & Stella are now happily stoned. Goldie is one of those cats completely unaffected by nip.

Gazella · 03-30-2014, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

It's here. It's titled, "What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ?" Why there's a space between "day" and the question mark, I don't know.

Lol. Thanks. Had no idea about this thread.

Rumpelteazer · 03-30-2014, 02:59 PM

Earlier this week I bought my first set of "real" markers (followed quickly by me buying a second set and ordering a third set online). Today I've been experimenting with them. Blending is still hard because even if I have several in the same colour group the colours are not close (pastel, mid-tone and dark). But I'm starting to get the hang of layering/shading with one colour.

I've also been looking for storage solutions. I've seen a lot of cool and practical ideas, but for now I decided my next marker-related purchase will be an Artbin marker box so they're also easy to take with me.

03-30-2014, 11:38 AM	#37346
Gazella Wizard Posts: 1,705 Karma: 4619474 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kindle Scribe, Kindle Paperwhite	So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? There's a weather thread? Haven't come across it.

03-28-2014, 06:18 AM	#37336
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,350 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	About to cycle to the garden centre. The weather's lovely today but still a bit too cold to go to the pancake house and have lunch outside so the garden centre (with a small indoor restaurant/café) is a good alternative. After that I'm going to get a marker pad, I bought a set of Letraset Promarkers yesterday but the colouring book I've got hasn't got the right paper. So I want to cut out the drawings I like, scan them and print them on marker paper.

03-30-2014, 05:49 AM	#37338
Gazella Wizard Posts: 1,705 Karma: 4619474 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kindle Scribe, Kindle Paperwhite	I'm fishing. And I just caught a big one! Seriously, felt like my arm popped out when it pulled. Spoiler:

03-30-2014, 06:37 AM	#37339
red_phoenix Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,417 Karma: 445850508 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Well done.

03-30-2014, 06:40 AM	#37340
Gazella Wizard Posts: 1,705 Karma: 4619474 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kindle Scribe, Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks Caught two more small ones but I let them go.

03-30-2014, 09:15 AM	#37341
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	What is it

03-30-2014, 10:12 AM	#37343
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Ah! Ok, thanks

03-30-2014, 10:20 AM	#37344
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I wish I knew what it was going to do today, so far the weather has been completely erratic. Torrential rains that have kind of been mixed in with brilliant bouts of sunshine. I had to run errands and then work all of yesterday, most of which was completely horrid anyway. I've plenty to do both inside and out, but purr therapy and reading seem to be a fine option as well. It's not yet eight, maybe a bit more reading then I'll get going. I guess I'm feeling a little pressure knowing that surgeries are soon on the horizon

03-30-2014, 11:20 AM	#37345
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.	It's currently 50° F and that's as high as the temperature is going for today. It's all downhill from here, until we reach 30° F tomorrow morning. The reason I'm posting that here, instead of the weather thread, is that what I'm currently doing right now is wishing I could take a nice, warm shower, but my son painted the living room yesterday, and my wife has the windows open to air out the paint fumes, and I have little wish to step out of a shower into 50° temps.

03-30-2014, 12:53 PM	#37348
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,768 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	After freezing off my tail feathers whilst gassing up the car, I returned home & vacuumed to warm up - which always induces the cats to vanish. Anointing the scratching boxes with catnip makes them reappear ... Sammie & Stella are now happily stoned. Goldie is one of those cats completely unaffected by nip.

03-30-2014, 02:59 PM	#37350
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,350 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Earlier this week I bought my first set of "real" markers (followed quickly by me buying a second set and ordering a third set online). Today I've been experimenting with them. Blending is still hard because even if I have several in the same colour group the colours are not close (pastel, mid-tone and dark). But I'm starting to get the hang of layering/shading with one colour. I've also been looking for storage solutions. I've seen a lot of cool and practical ideas, but for now I decided my next marker-related purchase will be an Artbin marker box so they're also easy to take with me.