Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[soundman98]

OVERTIME!!!

[reni]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I had a 95 Dodge Neon. Never has there been a greater piece of shit.

It was actually a pretty good car by 1995 standards....

the second gen otoh seemed to actually get worse when everything else was improving

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Welp, you may not get old, but, several years from now you may start telling stories -

soundman98's story.

"I remember just a few days ago, when I was 6 years old, my father gave me a few pieces of old siding that had fallen off the chicken house, a piece of tar paper that had blown off the corn crib, a hammer with a broken handle, a dull hand saw and a handful of bent, rusty nails and told me to build a dog house …."




humfrz

it helps that i didn't grow up on a farm!

when i was 5, i used to get the "LED assorted pack of 20" from radioshack with my allowance, and then i would take them home and connect them to a 9v battery. i learned that different colors took different amounts of time to blow up, and if i connected multiples in series, i could make them light up longer before blowing up.

it's how i taught my self about series/parallel circuits, and forward voltages of diodes.

then there was the "smashing rock" i kept when i was 4-15/16. i would drag any electronics i could find in the trash back home, and break them open to study the insides, many times, the circuit board had the names of the components on it. it's how i learned basic through-hole component names.

yeah, not as exciting as a humfrz story

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

Ah no, Arecibo Observatory is in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. It is operated by University of Central Florida, Yang Enterprises and UMET, under cooperative agreement with the US National Science Foundation The observatory is the sole facility of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), which is the formal name of the observatory.From its construction in the 1960s until 2011, the observatory was managed by Cornell University.
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope nicknamed Tianyan. ("Sky Eye" or "The Eye of Heaven") is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression, a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, southwest China.
Google is my friend. (Even though it tracks my every move and keystroke.)

Yeah it looks almost exactly like Arceibo! The Chinese steal everything.

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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

............The one I posted was designed, built, erected and used by my father for over thirty years. He won several awards for it. He participated in ionospheric physics testing during the International Geophysical Year plus, it was the cover shot for an issue of CQ magazine.
I don't get to brag much as I have few accomplishments of my own. However, my father had many and they're all the more impressive knowing he was self taught.

Interesting and impressive -


humfrz

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by reni

It was actually a pretty good car by 1995 standards....

the second gen otoh seemed to actually get worse when everything else was improving

It was a bad car by any standard.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by humfrz

So, did you dock your own pay by two hours -


humfrz

Actually, I was so pissed I forgot to fill my time out today...

Also lol no, I won't.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

Ah no, Arecibo Observatory is in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. It is operated by University of Central Florida, Yang Enterprises and UMET, under cooperative agreement with the US National Science Foundation The observatory is the sole facility of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), which is the formal name of the observatory.From its construction in the 1960s until 2011, the observatory was managed by Cornell University.
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope nicknamed Tianyan. ("Sky Eye" or "The Eye of Heaven") is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression, a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, southwest China.
Google is my friend. (Even though it tracks my every move and keystroke.)

I was saying my picture is of the Chinese one. If I was gonna win I needed the biggest.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

OK boys, put your antennas back in you pants before @ichitaka05 brings out the ban snips and cuts some cables.

What the worst that can happen? People suddenly start leaving because they bought pickup trucks?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Actually, I was so pissed I forgot to fill my time out today...

Also lol no, I won't.

Well, I can see why you wouldn't dock your pay …. because, according to your time sheet, you didn't work today - sorry -


humfrz

[Face_Plant]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

That is one of my top 5 favorite South Park episodes. Having an antenna that grows out of my ass like that would definitely be handy in some occasions.

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

House isn't selling. Had to cancel house away today. All the conservative white people want to leave. 84 homes for sale in my zip code. too many homes. 42% percent increase in homeless in San jose in the last month. I love this place.

47 homes for sale in my zip, but 21 are pending. The market goes into lulls now and then, and all this trade stuff going on isn't helping. Also you're hitting the summer sales glut, when many more houses go on the market.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Spuds

What the worst that can happen? People suddenly start leaving because they bought pickup trucks?

I've already got my pickemup truck. YeeHaw!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

House isn't selling. Had to cancel house away today. All the conservative white people want to leave. 84 homes for sale in my zip code. too many homes. 42% percent increase in homeless in San jose in the last month. I love this place.

Well, @Sapphireho , your house has been on the market for over 30 days now and no final sale. I understand that it's a buyers market down there at this time.

Although your house is tastefully updated, it doesn't have a forth bedroom nor central air conditioning.

My foggy real estate crystal ball suggests a price reduction is in order.

Yes, at least a $50,000 price reduction should get you closer to a sale.

I know, you didn't want to hear that, but, I wouldn't hold out any longer at your present list price in that market.

If you have any questions, come back or PM me.


Good luck!


humfrz