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2017 Chuff thread
« on: January 07, 2017, 11:34:21 pm »
Please no debates about politics.

"I'm bored, see you in a few hours...."

Stop 1 - electronics surplus store





Stop 2 - Dave and Busters





Stop 3 - pinball party



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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2017, 11:45:38 pm »
***Build what you dig, bro. Build what you dig.***

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2017, 12:19:28 am »
Doing some spring cleaning, found this in a closet. Gonna build a frame for it and put it in the Casa de Yotsuya gameroom.
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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2017, 09:54:51 am »
Had a friend drop off two minty 19" 4:3 LCDs that "were just laying around collecting dust".  One went into the Galaga, another is going into my SW Cabaret until I can get a CRT monitor in there.  Free screen chuffiness!

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2017, 10:34:11 am »
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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2017, 08:00:13 pm »
Doing some pre-ZapCon upgrades to the Casa de Yotsuya gameroom...

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2017, 02:27:22 pm »
Surprise cocktail pickup. $30 locally.  Just need to get monitor bezel and glass.









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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2017, 03:07:26 pm »
Today, the Army told I've been selected for promotion to Major.  Chuffed would be the word.  Very chuffed. 

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2017, 03:52:03 pm »
Today, the Army told I've been selected for promotion to Major.  Chuffed would be the word.  Very chuffed.

So I can call you a Major Dick now? sweeet, Im chuffed about that ;)



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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2017, 09:44:55 pm »
Those tacky swirling lights your neighbors had in their yard look awesome on your game room ceiling and are on clearance for $6 at Big Lots...



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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2017, 09:54:24 pm »
^ Good call!

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2017, 11:18:44 pm »
Seriously. Those things were so annoying. Put in a bit of effort and put up some real lights.

Good repurpose for sure.

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2017, 06:35:40 am »
A promotion to Major? Congratulations definitely in order. Thank you for your service, and the personal sacrifices that go along with it.
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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2017, 09:39:29 am »
A promotion to Major? Congratulations definitely in order. Thank you for your service, and the personal sacrifices that go along with it.
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Thanks man!  It's a big step, looking forward to it

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2017, 12:02:23 pm »
Those tacky swirling lights your neighbors had in their yard look awesome on your game room ceiling and are on clearance for $6 at Big Lots...



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Boom! Good idea.

I have a gaming nook and I bet this would look cool behind there.

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2017, 09:19:59 pm »
I couldn't take the occasional blinding light from that thing, so I put black duck tape on the bottom half of the lens that faces outward.  I also cut the end off the plastic yard spike, drilled a hole into a 2x4 scrap, and have it up on a little platform now.  Major improvement.



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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2017, 09:51:02 pm »
I've got that exact one, but I can't figure out where I put it last year.  It's a good idea. 

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2017, 07:53:45 pm »
Late Christmas present... Father buys me some extravagant tool every year.

Took it to my restaurateur great grandfather's meat cleaver.  (I had previously embalmed it in black paint to prevent rust... It's been used as a workshop tool for 50+ years). This thing might be ready for butchering sheep duty again.



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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2017, 04:31:46 pm »


This exists.

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2017, 05:11:05 pm »
True story:  A couple of years ago we were seriously considering having our youngest try some of that 8-Bit to scare him off alcohol.  Might be the worst tasting beer I've ever attempted to drink.   :lol



This exists.

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #20 on: February 04, 2017, 09:26:39 pm »
This sucks too. A friend of mine brought it to a party at my house. I considered revoking his friend status. I like Star Trek. This almost changed my mind.

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #21 on: February 04, 2017, 09:33:52 pm »
True story:  A couple of years ago we were seriously considering having our youngest try some of that 8-Bit to scare him off alcohol.  Might be the worst tasting beer I've ever attempted to drink.   :lol

Yeah, and it wasn't cheap, either.    :timebomb:

Still think the worst was Blue Moon Oatmeal Cappuccino Stout.  Turned out my friend had hauled it to two parties before he brought the rest to mine.  First time I gagged on a beer since I was like 9 years old.  Taking a swig of what I thought was regular Blue Moon and getting.... That.  Yikes.




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« Reply #22 on: February 04, 2017, 10:29:43 pm »
This sucks too. A friend of mine brought it to a party at my house. I considered revoking his friend status. I like Star Trek. This almost changed my mind.

Bloody synthehol.  Next time go behind Guinan's bar and get the green stuff.  That's the good stuff.

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #23 on: February 04, 2017, 11:01:08 pm »
I got the remastered version of Van Morrison's Moondance and applied for 3 new jobs this week. Hella chuffed.
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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2017, 11:43:58 pm »
True story:  A couple of years ago we were seriously considering having our youngest try some of that 8-Bit to scare him off alcohol.  Might be the worst tasting beer I've ever attempted to drink.   :lol

Yeah, and it wasn't cheap, either.    :timebomb:

Still think the worst was Blue Moon Oatmeal Cappuccino Stout.  Turned out my friend had hauled it to two parties before he brought the rest to mine.  First time I gagged on a beer since I was like 9 years old.  Taking a swig of what I thought was regular Blue Moon and getting.... That.  Yikes.

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #25 on: February 05, 2017, 03:52:09 pm »
I got the remastered version of Van Morrison's Moondance and applied for 3 new jobs this week. Hella chuffed.

What's wrong with your old job?


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« Reply #26 on: February 05, 2017, 04:10:54 pm »
I got the remastered version of Van Morrison's Moondance and applied for 3 new jobs this week. Hella chuffed.

What's wrong with your old job?
21 years as an educator, over half my life in Education. I'm getting the itch to do something new. And make money.
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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #27 on: February 05, 2017, 05:03:37 pm »
Fully vested in that pension, aren't ya?   :lol


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« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2017, 05:06:57 pm »
Fully vested in that pension, aren't ya?   
I could retire in about 7 more years at the earliest, but I've come to realize I don't want to do this for 7 more years. I'd also have to spend $8k out of pocket to move over on the salary scale, but I'd rather put that towards my daughter's own college tuition.
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« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2017, 08:00:16 pm »
It bothers me that educators aren't paid more.  It's one of the most important jobs so teachers should really get paid accordingly.  Maybe then the nation wouldn't be so darn stupid.

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« Reply #30 on: February 05, 2017, 08:22:23 pm »
It bothers me that educators aren't paid more.  It's one of the most important jobs so teachers should really get paid accordingly.  Maybe then the nation wouldn't be so darn stupid.
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« Reply #31 on: February 05, 2017, 11:54:03 pm »
Too poor for the Super Bowl though I spent hours contemplating it when the tickets hit $1,900 a week ago.  Would have been a helluva game to see in person. 

Teachers pull about $50k here for 9 months, and Texas is allegedly one of those bad states that hates everyone.  Many school teachers in my family and they did fine and have had a comfortable retirement.

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« Reply #32 on: February 06, 2017, 02:02:50 am »
Ok, look at it this way.  A lot of schooling is involved in becoming a teacher, depending upon what level you teach for of course.  Typically people with degrees bring in 60k or more easy.  In most States teachers get the same amount as a blue collar worker... they do extra work without any financial incentive to do so.  So what incentive do the brightest and best minds have to become a teacher?

Because of this good teachers are the exception, not the norm, especially in super poor areas.

It's not about teachers being in the poor house, it's their pay not rivaling doctors and the like, which it should because forming young minds is just as important as saving lives.  I mean I do my part, any prop. that comes up for vote I always vote to give them more pay, but apparently WV is a red state now, so my vote never counts.

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Re: 2017 Chuff thread
« Reply #33 on: February 06, 2017, 04:17:13 am »
I finally managed to get a Jill Valentine figure this week :)
Been searching for ages and most of them seem to fetch crazy money (most dealers want £100+!)

But I managed to snipe this one on the bay of E for £30 :)


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« Reply #34 on: February 06, 2017, 11:43:53 am »
Grading some submitted assignments. This is why you carefully spell check and grammar check as well as give a complete read through to your work before you turn it in, kids.
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« Reply #35 on: February 06, 2017, 11:48:56 am »
:lol

Grading is a funny thing, when I was in college we got the riot act about plagiarism.. and in hind sight, they didn't have the tools back then to actually catch it.  Now they do, and every semester my wife agonizes over what to do when a student inevitably gets flagged.  Generally that problem sorts itself out because if a student is deliberately plagiarizing they tend to be about to flunk out anyway. 

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« Reply #36 on: February 11, 2017, 07:18:36 pm »


Beach season has begun.  Texas wine, Texas beer, Texas beach.

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« Reply #37 on: February 12, 2017, 08:05:14 pm »
Rolled into River Oaks as the poorest person in the zip code.  Saw I Am Not Your Negro at the one theater in Houston screening it.  Very thought provoking and interesting movie and I hope all of you gve it a chance.

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« Reply #38 on: February 13, 2017, 12:01:12 am »
Never heard of it.  Documentary?

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« Reply #39 on: February 14, 2017, 10:34:14 am »
Sort of.  More like James Baldwin's thoughts on various race issues.

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