The Summer of Chuff 2016

[yotsuya]

This is the year of fixing up the house so maybe I can sell it (and move to AZ?)

Yesterday, a plane flying to Phoenix from Houston turned around and relanded in Houston because the Phoenix runway was so hot they thought the tires would explode.

When your city is so hot it's scaring Houstonians, it may be time to reconsider your city.

If it gets over 120 planes aren't allowed to take off because their engines aren't rated for that kind of heat.

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[pbj]

[ChadTower]

One of them was a 28 year old personal trainer. Madness.

An actual personal trainer with a degree and license?  I know more than a few who call themselves that and let's just say they don't have any clients for more than one session.

[yotsuya]

One of them was a 28 year old personal trainer. Madness.

An actual personal trainer with a degree and license?  I know more than a few who call themselves that and let's just say they don't have any clients for more than one session.

I don't know the woman personally, so I don't know. The news did say she was with two doctors, so I assume she was legit.

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[ChadTower]

I don't know the woman personally, so I don't know. The news did say she was with two doctors, so I assume she was legit.

It would seem that way until you consider that three well trained medical professionals, including two doctors, decided to go hiking on a 118 degree day.

[yotsuya]

Well, even smart people do dumb things.

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[pbj]

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Please disable this. 

[Malenko]

It would seem that way until you consider that three well trained medical professionals, including two doctors, decided to go hiking on a 118 degree day.

Please disable this.

[yotsuya]

Tapatalk does it by default if I quick reply. PITA, I know.

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[yotsuya]

Oh wait, I found the setting. Thanks for the prodding, Jimbo.

[BadMouth]

Go figure out your Ticket Master passwords and check your accounts for vouchers.  They lost a class action.  Details are still pending but I've got 10 'free' tickets on my account.

I've got 6, but the link to the available event list just goes to LiveNation's lawsuit settlement page.
Any luck on finding events these are good for?

I assume it's only livenation events.  There are only two livenation events locally all year (KISS and Kanye West).
So I'll have to drive 2 1/2 hours to a livenation owned club to use my free tickets. 

[ChadTower]

It would seem that way until you consider that three well trained medical professionals, including two doctors, decided to go hiking on a 118 degree day.

Please disable this.

I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request.


Means "no".

[Malenko]

Can someone go update the chad hat thread?

We need to add "personal trainer requirement expert"

[pbj]

I, for one, welcome renewed chaddles vs rape dungeon master slap fights.

[BadMouth]

Go figure out your Ticket Master passwords and check your accounts for vouchers.  They lost a class action.  Details are still pending but I've got 10 'free' tickets on my account.

I've got 6, but the link to the available event list just goes to LiveNation's lawsuit settlement page.
Any luck on finding events these are good for?

To answer my own question...

the events have not been finalized as of yet, as there is no list.

It says new events will be added over time.
I bet they wait until ticket sales for an event slack off completely before listing it.
There probably won't be anything good enough to resell on stubhub.

[HaRuMaN]

14 free tickets on my Ticketmaster account, but no available events for it yet.  :/

[yotsuya]

Ticketmaster seems to be overloaded. I saw a "Do you have free tickets from Ticketmaster?" article on the front of my local news website, so every yahoo is trying to score Adele tickets.

Had a good afternoon. Working on a wonky Unisystem board, I used schematics and crap to find that a resistor array had been swapped out with an incompatible one. Digikey order for the win.

[HaRuMaN]

In other chuff-news...  I'm pretty close to having my truck back on the road.  Was able to get the snapped-off bolt out of the crankshaft using an easy out, and that let me put the new flexplate on (old one had shattered basically). 

Replacing the torque converter tomorrow, the old one got pretty tore up by the bolt that snapped off and got lodged between it and the flexplate. 

After that, it's all just re-assembly.  Put the transmission back, driveshaft, exhaust, and starter and she'll be good to go again.   

[Slippyblade]

Wife and I went out to StarFighter's Arcade the other day.  Place was PACKED.  We played through CarnEvil - first time ever playing that one.  I have to say, Evil Marie was the hardest of the three bosses, maybe as hard as the TokenTaker...  The baby was easy-mode though.

[yotsuya]

Wife and I went out to StarFighter's Arcade the other day.  Place was PACKED.  We played through CarnEvil - first time ever playing that one.  I have to say, Evil Marie was the hardest of the three bosses, maybe as hard as the TokenTaker...  The baby was easy-mode though.

I'm always impressed how busy it is there.

We're doing a Monestary / StarFighters meetup on July 1 if you're free.

[Slippyblade]

Just talked to the wife, we will be there!

[pbj]

So, the free concert list has been updated.  And Def Leppard is on it....

http://concerts.livenation.com/microsite/settlement#colMainWrap

[BadMouth]

So, the free concert list has been updated.  And Def Leppard is on it....

http://concerts.livenation.com/microsite/settlement#colMainWrap

I'm surprised there are some decent shows on there.  Unfortunately, none within 2 hours of me.
My vouchers show an expiration date of 2020 though, so plenty of time to wait for something worth driving to if I don't decide to just buy and resell tickets.

[yotsuya]

The Go-Go's are playing here in September. I'm hoping they get added to the list.

[BadMouth]

A lot of smaller shows added to the ticketmaster list today.  Still nothing near me or worth driving hours for.

If I were PBJ, I'd have to blow some free tickets on these for ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- and giggles:

June 24, The Dan Band, House of Blues Houston

Sept 9,  Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine, House of Blues Houston

[Malenko]

Sept 9,  Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine, House of Blues Houston

Richard Cheese is awesome , their "Shake it Fast" cover is down right amazing.

[pbj]

Hey, thanks for the heads up Houston finally got on there.  I had a feeling it was going to be House of Blues.

Vouchers appear to be worth $69.50 each.  If the tickets are "$25" the fees bring it up to $34.75, which means you can get two tickets with one voucher.

Going through all the bands but I've already used one voucher on Stephen Marley. 

[yotsuya]

So earlier this spring I picked up an untested UniSystem board for dirt cheap. When I got it, I plugged in my CPU and PPU and tested it and found that it pretty much worked, except for one annoying glitch where when you hit the B button, it would keep repeating the action or completely ignore input from that button and affect gameplay until the machine was restarted, only to happen the next time the button was pushed.

Obviously that was unacceptable, so I put the board aside. Flash Forward to earlier this summer, where I got a Castlevania daughterboard and wanted to have a dedicated Castlevania set up. So I downloaded the UniSystem schematics, checked out the board, and found that a resistor array that somebody had changed out was the wrong one. I also found a couple spots where they had done some repairs and lifted some traces. So I ordered what I needed from Digikey.

I got the parts today, went through and changed some stuff up, socketed some chips, and redid some traces... fired it up, and boom! A perfectly working Nintendo UniSystem board. Man, I love figuring stuff out. This hobby has taught me so much.

[HaRuMaN]

Got a new pinball coming my way... well, new to me.  This will be my 2nd pin, and my first modern (not EM) pin.   

[DeLuSioNal29]

Some random person at work who knows I like retro stuff dropped off three pages from a game catalog from 1988. I still don't know who it was, but I will thank them once I find out.

In the meantime. I found nice $5 frames and put them in them. What's cool is when I show people I can take them off the wall and look at the back of them which also has cool stuff on both sides of the page.

If you look closely you will see a mail in rebate needs to be postmarked by a certain date in 1988. Cool!









DeL

[pbj]

Currently sitting in the woods in a tent on the Texas coast.

Last night it started raining at 3am.

One brief journey was made to a favorite restaurant..



Been a sauna since I got here.  This is probably how I die.

Send air conditioning.

 

[Howard_Casto]

Some random person at work who knows I like retro stuff dropped off three pages from a game catalog from 1988. I still don't know who it was, but I will thank them once I find out.

In the meantime. I found nice $5 frames and put them in them. What's cool is when I show people I can take them off the wall and look at the back of them which also has cool stuff on both sides of the page.

If you look closely you will see a mail in rebate needs to be postmarked by a certain date in 1988. Cool!









DeL

That's a cool idea man.  I've got a bunch of messed up Nintendo powers that I might take a map or two out of.  Where did you get the frames?

[Malenko]

That's a cool idea man.  I've got a bunch of messed up Nintendo powers that I might take a map or two out of.  Where did you get the frames?

Judging by the close up of the price tag, The Christmas Tree Shops?

[Howard_Casto]

Hmm.... I'm not sure we have those around here.

[BadMouth]

I've bought the same ones at JoAnne fabrics.
http://www.joann.com/11x14-wood-float-frame-white/12531463.html#q=floating+frame&start=3

[yotsuya]

I've bought the same ones at JoAnne fabrics.
http://www.joann.com/11x14-wood-float-frame-white/12531463.html#q=floating+frame&start=3

It's a Michael's and you know it, you son of a ---smurfette---!!!

[Howard_Casto]

Could be worse.  It could be a Dress Barn.  Yes nothing makes your lady friend feel more petite, beautiful, or special than shopping for her clothes in a frikkin barn. 

[ChadTower]

Could be worse.  It could be a Dress Barn.  Yes nothing makes your lady friend feel more petite, beautiful, or special than shopping for her clothes in a frikkin barn.

Ever been shopping with a woman at Lane Bryant?

[harveybirdman]

Chuffed cause my wife's procedure went off without a hitch today.

[yotsuya]

Chuffed cause my wife's procedure went off without a hitch today.

Good to hear!


I've spent the better part of a week learning how to program for the Atari 2600. Fun stuff.