Post by: yotsuya on May 22, 2015, 10:51:05 am
What are your arcade-related summer projects? Other summer project plans? Vacations? Post them here! Love to see what you guys plans, and if they come to fruition by the end of summer.
My main summer project is going to be a finishing the restoration of that free Nintendo cab I got from The Wolfman a while back. I'm going complete resurfacing the sides, then install the thin brownboard to finish them off. Then I'll paint, add the components, and hopefully be done fairly quickly.
Side project, I want to build a new shed/workspace. That one is iffy. :laugh:
Post by: wp34 on May 22, 2015, 11:17:13 am
We are also going to tear off and replace our deck. That should be interesting.
Post by: JimmyU on May 22, 2015, 01:02:35 pm
Post by: BorgDog on May 22, 2015, 01:19:21 pm
Today is the last day of the 2014-2015 school year,
We are not out until June 18th! :badmood:
But, full line up after that. Finish the former laundry room to master bath conversion, take a couple week motorcycle trip through Banff and the Canadian Rockies, maybe start on my Pi powered vertical bartop, get some more ink, relax at the cabin, read books, and most importantly spend time playing with the grandkids :applaud:
Post by: dkersten on May 22, 2015, 03:05:24 pm
What I CAN do is go in for a series of back injections, physical therapy for my back, my shoulder, and my wrist, so that is likely going to be the extent of my summer.
Well, that and trying to finish my second novel. Gotta wait until I can type again... I had to stop and rest 3 times typing this little message, lol.
Post by: BadMouth on May 22, 2015, 04:34:44 pm
Already done (all in the past month ChuffMay? with only two days taken off work ):
Jacked up the main beam of the house a little at a time to slowly level the floor.
Still waiting on the structural engineer's official recommendation, but it will most likely just be reinforcing the beam by adding 2x10's to one side.
Removed all exterior windows from their frames, scrubbed mildew off all sides, repaired various hardware. They are vinyl, so it wasn't that bad. Still took all day.
Re-caulked between the frames and flashing to fix water leaking into walls in a couple places (redid them all just to be safe).
Did drywall work in 3 bedrooms consisting of removing popping nails, screwing it down (everywhere) and redoing the seams, including ceilings.
Added ceiling lights to two rooms and a ceiling fan w/o light to the master bedroom. Also added an outlet and bulk cable pass-through behind the tv in the master bedroom.
Painted walls and ceilings. Installed new interior window trim. Replaced all the outlets and outlet covers because the old ones look..old and a couple didn't have ground.
The living room and hallway need the same treatment before having all the hardwood floors redone.
Tore down the ceiling tile and furring strips from the living room, hall, & bathroom ceilings, but have been reluctant to start up with the drywall mess again.
To most people who never really paid attention to how crappy the house was, it looks like I haven't done anything but repaint the bedrooms. :'(
Been lazy this week. Just wanted to enjoy a clean dust free house for a week.
I did manage to mount a small tv antenna on the roof which didn't need to be done this soon, but it's what I felt like working on.
To do:
I need to hit the living room and hallway drywall (including ceiling) hard this holiday weekend, measure for replacement interior doors, and put up some blinds on a few windows.
The bathroom fan also died this morning (again), so I either have to repair it or install the new one that wasn't going to be installed until gutting the bathroom...which will involve cutting a hole in the roof and running new ductwork. The bathroom is getting rearranged, so I need to write up plans to get the permit before doing too much in there. I'd like to just hire someone to redo the bathroom, but in reality I'm not going to be able to afford what I want unless I do a lot of it myself.
There are a million other things to do, but this post is enough of a wall of text already.
I've resolved to just not have a life this year for the sake of the renovations not draggin on indefinitely.
Hopefully I don't run out of chuff. :-\
Post by: Slippyblade on May 22, 2015, 06:41:46 pm
Finish up my SNES retro console (R-Pi based in an SNES case)
Finish up older kid's bartop
Redo failed Vigolix for younger kid's room. (used cast off lumber and it warped out badly)
Build 4 player MAME pedestal for use in my office/cave
Thinking of doing an HTPC for the back room as well
Post by: harveybirdman on May 22, 2015, 07:48:43 pm
Looking for a horizontal Jamma project to start as well but the wife support factor is low and the CL prices are sky high.
Post by: pbj on May 22, 2015, 09:34:43 pm
If the monsoon season will ever stop in OK I'd like to at least Finish the entire exterior of BulletReign
Man, you aren't kidding. We went from year five of a "20 year drought" to constant rain in Houston. Raining so much the roofer won't seal my chimney so the living room has been wet a month.
:angry:
<Silly comment removed - Let's keep it family friendly. :cheers: >
:dunno
Post by: Howard_Casto on May 22, 2015, 09:41:38 pm
Our weather had been bonkers bananas as well. Yesterday it was 50.... the week before memorial day it was 50, yeah and it's going to get up to 90 again real soon. We are having 20+ degree jumps over the course of a single day.
I need to clean out my work area... I'm tackling that tomorrow hopefully... maybe I'll actually get to do some arcade related stuff this summer.
Post by: lcmgadgets on May 22, 2015, 10:56:21 pm
Lots of roller skating. Master a 1 foot spin (any kind), and get some real full revolution jumps down. Get my weight down more, & drive some of this arthritis back.
Find some investors/loaners/donaters to help us get a real roller rink here in London up & running by the fall (we're running out of time if we want to open by November, which is the present plan).
Post by: RetroGreg on May 24, 2015, 01:52:06 am
Post by: pbj on May 24, 2015, 08:46:00 am
(http://i.imgur.com/zxuqG4el.jpg)
Yesterday was nice.....
:cheers:
Post by: Le Chuck on May 24, 2015, 09:32:23 am
- Coming out of Company Command in July so that's a job change and a potential move. Lots of details to iron out with that one in the next 45 days. Could be sticking around, could be having to sell the house and move cross country/overseas. Always an adventure.
- Third baby, first girl, due June 19thish. Still need to paint the room and sand/prime/paint all her furniture
- Family coming in town for birth of the above, always a trainwreck of an event lol
- Gotta remulch the play area in the back yard and do some needed weed control in the deadfall area
- Few sign jobs that need doing for the wife
- A metric asstonne of pictures that need framing
Arcade related:
- Figure out what I'm doing with the Daytonas - don't really like how they look in the lineup
- Spacebase stuff - pending IDS right now but I have lots to do on my end
- Kids need/want/whatever a 4p pedestal - may not get to that this summer
- I need/want/whatever a lowboy just for shumping - really hope I get to that this summer
- Maybe finish the Idle Hands STUN Runner retheme - just need art...my hands are decidedly unidle lately tho
Post by: ark_ader on May 25, 2015, 12:43:15 pm
Lose the wires in my PC lab
Build a new desk/ ED cockpit.
Start a butterfly collection.
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on May 25, 2015, 04:40:59 pm
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=329444;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=329446;image)
My second project would be to get my newly acquired Nintendo cabinet in shape. But it may or may not happen this summer as I'll be moving into my new home and will be busy painting, repairing and settling in.
DeLuSioNaL29
Post by: yotsuya on May 25, 2015, 04:42:53 pm
Looking to re-vamp my Total Carnage/Smash TV conversion. I'm finally giving it some love by changing out the control panel with a properly lined up joystick setup.
DeLuSioNaL29
Ugh..... you should be beaten with that old panel. Repeatedly. >:D
I do like the look of the new panel. Redemption. :cheers:
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on May 25, 2015, 04:44:55 pm
Yeah, wasn't my choice. I bought it that way. If it was up to me I would not have converted a Gauntlet to Total Carnage. Yikes! The only plus to it was that the joysticks were not mounted angled... Heh!Looking to re-vamp my Total Carnage/Smash TV conversion. I'm finally giving it some love by changing out the control panel with a properly lined up joystick setup.Ugh..... you should be beaten with that old panel. Repeatedly. >:D
DeLuSioNaL29
I do like the look of the new panel. Redemption. :cheers:
D
Post by: Ond on May 25, 2015, 06:44:34 pm
Anyway, I still have final stuff to do on our home cinema, some exterior timber clean up, repair and paint and I'm done. I have a date of September 1st for our home to go on the market regardless of anything left to do.
We've lived in this home for over 10 years and for most of that time we left it incomplete from when it was built. I was happy to spend my time in blissful ignorance in my garage working on my hobbies. I sympathize with those giving up their time to work on their own homes. With perseverance it's not endless and there are rewards. For me that will be a year or so of relative freedom to get back to creative endeavors and some travel to interesting places ;)
Post by: pbj on May 25, 2015, 06:49:31 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/O4s6sNIl.jpg)
/renter4life
Post by: Ond on May 25, 2015, 06:53:36 pm
Yeah, so, I spent the day here while roofers replaced the flashing around my chimney. Perhaps my living room will stop floating in a pool of endless rain.
(http://i.imgur.com/O4s6sNIl.jpg)
/renter4life
Heh, I never thought I'd say it, but I can't wait to be renting (for at least a year or so).
Post by: pbj on May 26, 2015, 08:07:16 am
(http://i.imgur.com/ECyBA23.jpg?2)
:banghead:
Post by: yotsuya on May 26, 2015, 12:09:51 pm
Hella chuffed this morning - at the beginning of summer, I get myself a gift. Two years ago, it was the table saw. Last year, my solder/desoldering kit. This year, I got myself an EEPROM burner and UV Eraser. Looking forward to using it! :cheers:
Post by: harveybirdman on May 26, 2015, 07:18:47 pm
Humidity is the devil when you want paint to dry. The only thing keeping me going is the payoff of posting the final results here.
Post by: pbj on May 26, 2015, 09:44:25 pm
That sucks, James. I had a leaky roof, but changing the AC unit on it fixed that right up.
Well, wife's coworker on the other side of the bayou had two feet of water in his house this morning so I'll try to quit bitching about skim boarding in the living room this morning. And the tornado that struck half a mile away.
At least the new job is going okay. More money, less people yelling at me, but adios big corner office.
:dunno
Post by: wp34 on May 26, 2015, 11:24:15 pm
---smurfing--- rain!
Humidity is the devil when you want paint to dry. The only thing keeping me going is the payoff of posting the final results here.
Dude you are so right. I didn't wait long enough to sand and ruined a long-weekend's worth of painting. :banghead:
Post by: yotsuya on May 29, 2015, 02:57:14 am
During the course of looking and and reseating all the chips back on to the NHL board, I noticed the graphics chip was in there the wrong way. The chip has a cut corner, yet it was loaded incorrectly. I popped it out, reloaded it into the socket the correct way, booted the board - and instead of a black screen, I got the same graphics that I got on the UMK3 board with the NHL EPROMS! So the board DID work, but the issue was clearly with the EPROMS.
I put in an order for some clean pulls of the EPROMS on ebay (to replace the ones with the bad legs). I also got my EPROM burner in today, so I'll use that to test and replace the bad chips. But the sockets was still going to be an issue. I didn't want to put clean new chips in those dirty, corroded sockets, so tonight I whipped out my trusty Hakko desoldering gun and I removed all the bad sockets that I would be needing to use and ordered replacements off eBay. After an hour and a half, I was here:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=145546.0;attach=329538)
You can see the empty spaces on the board where the sockets were, and said bad sockets off to the left.
The goal is to take my time replacing all the sockets, then burn the EPROMs and finally have a working NHL Open Ice board, which I will then throw into my NBA Jam cab using a switcher, or I will sell it to Malenko for an obscene amount of cash. Either way, it's a pretty good learning experience.
Post by: Slippyblade on May 29, 2015, 05:46:06 pm
Post by: yotsuya on May 29, 2015, 06:06:36 pm
That is cool, I need better tools. Good luck on this one! Think you'll have it done by the 6th?Thanks. It all depends on when all the parts come in. The sockets are coming from Thailand, and the chips are coming from China. So who knows when I'll get everything together. All I know is I'm going to take my time on this, because I really want to be one of those guys that says, "Yeah I can fix my own stuff."
The ROM burner has been fun to play with. It was kind of neat verifying the ones that were working on it, and seeing how many bad chips I really have.
Post by: wp34 on May 29, 2015, 06:20:05 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on May 29, 2015, 08:59:42 pm
---smurfing--- rain!
Humidity is the devil when you want paint to dry. The only thing keeping me going is the payoff of posting the final results here.
Tell me about it. I've got some fenders on the car to finish, but the paint just orange peels on me in this crazy weather, so I'm going to wait.
Post by: wp34 on May 29, 2015, 10:15:53 pm
---smurfing--- rain!
Humidity is the devil when you want paint to dry. The only thing keeping me going is the payoff of posting the final results here.
Tell me about it. I've got some fenders on the car to finish, but the paint just orange peels on me in this crazy weather, so I'm going to wait.
Have you ever tried running dehumidifier where you paint? I'm going to try that this weekend.
Post by: harveybirdman on May 29, 2015, 10:30:47 pm
---smurfing--- rain!
Humidity is the devil when you want paint to dry. The only thing keeping me going is the payoff of posting the final results here.
Tell me about it. I've got some fenders on the car to finish, but the paint just orange peels on me in this crazy weather, so I'm going to wait.
Have you ever tried running dehumidifier where you paint? I'm going to try that this weekend.
Let smelly know how it works. Also anyone that has any smart masking tips let a brother know.
Post by: Howard_Casto on May 30, 2015, 12:05:00 am
---smurfing--- rain!
Humidity is the devil when you want paint to dry. The only thing keeping me going is the payoff of posting the final results here.
Tell me about it. I've got some fenders on the car to finish, but the paint just orange peels on me in this crazy weather, so I'm going to wait.
Have you ever tried running dehumidifier where you paint? I'm going to try that this weekend.
I hear good things but then again be careful.... too dry a room can cause an entirely different set of problems.
Post by: wp34 on May 30, 2015, 12:29:46 am
Good point.---smurfing--- rain!
Humidity is the devil when you want paint to dry. The only thing keeping me going is the payoff of posting the final results here.
Tell me about it. I've got some fenders on the car to finish, but the paint just orange peels on me in this crazy weather, so I'm going to wait.
Have you ever tried running dehumidifier where you paint? I'm going to try that this weekend.
I hear good things but then again be careful.... too dry a room can cause an entirely different set of problems.
Post by: wp34 on May 30, 2015, 01:55:17 pm
I will be repainting the front of the cabinet today and that will be a better test.
---smurfing--- rain!
Humidity is the devil when you want paint to dry. The only thing keeping me going is the payoff of posting the final results here.
Tell me about it. I've got some fenders on the car to finish, but the paint just orange peels on me in this crazy weather, so I'm going to wait.
Have you ever tried running dehumidifier where you paint? I'm going to try that this weekend.
Let smelly know how it works. Also anyone that has any smart masking tips let a brother know.
Post by: Howard_Casto on May 30, 2015, 04:55:19 pm
http://youtu.be/EcXT1clXc04 (http://youtu.be/EcXT1clXc04)
(note: replace "tuff" with "chuff")
Post by: Howard_Casto on May 30, 2015, 05:54:47 pm
You know I almost forgot... obligatory:
http://youtu.be/EcXT1clXc04 (http://youtu.be/EcXT1clXc04)
(note: replace "tuff" with "chuff")
Post by: pbj on May 30, 2015, 07:02:24 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/myTCaudl.jpg)
Here's my neighbors house. One of many.
(http://i.imgur.com/G7XvVxol.jpg)
It's raining again, so here I went...
(http://i.imgur.com/TEB60Lkl.jpg)
Post by: Slippyblade on May 30, 2015, 07:53:43 pm
Post by: yotsuya on May 30, 2015, 08:59:56 pm
You know I almost forgat... obligatory:
http://youtu.be/EcXT1clXc04 (http://youtu.be/EcXT1clXc04)
(note: replace "tuff" with "chuff")
Love that whole album. Chuff Enuf, Indeed.
My EPROMS showed up today. Just successfully burned and verified my first one. :cheers:
Post by: Howard_Casto on May 31, 2015, 03:01:21 am
I'm out of room in my workshop building... literally... I mean it's hard to walk in there. So before I can start on any major projects I've got to make more room. I've got all kinds of pipes and connectors from some 200 dollar car ports (don't buy those, they are crap, thus all the parts) so the plan is to assemble one side of a car port and attach it onto the outside wall of the building and cover the whole thing with tarp. Then I can put scrap metal and non perishable stuff outside, including the old 4 wheeler.
Pulled the pipes out today and it wore me out. This weather is killer. Remember when we used to have a spring? Good times.
Post by: 05SRT4 on May 31, 2015, 03:31:07 am
Post by: yotsuya on May 31, 2015, 12:41:14 pm
I was going to convert my UMK3 board to NBA Maximum Hangtime by erasing the UMK3 EPROMs and burning them as NBAMaxHT. MK3FAN has been sharing on KLOV a rom hack that will allow you to use any Midway Wolf Unit games on a different board, regardless of security chip, so I was going to do that. Instead of erasing the UMK3 roms, I ordered enough EPROMs from the same eBay supplier, and I'll just burn a new complete set of NBAMaxHT roms and put the UMK3 roms aside. That way, I have the option of three different games with two Midway Wolf Unit Boards. :cheers:
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on May 31, 2015, 03:14:27 pm
Now you have me seriously thinking about getting a .vs board for my Nintendo restore so that I can swap roms as needed. :-)
D
Post by: wp34 on May 31, 2015, 07:01:20 pm
(I've not read a single book in that picture either)
I got on a roll EPROM burning and did them all for Open Ice. It was so easy and even fun. I also relabeled them because most of them were missing the stickers (I did keep the originals on two, just because). It was so easy that I've decided to do some more.
I was going to convert my UMK3 board to NBA Maximum Hangtime by erasing the UMK3 EPROMs and burning them as NBAMaxHT. MK3FAN has been sharing on KLOV a rom hack that will allow you to use any Midway Wolf Unit games on a different board, regardless of security chip, so I was going to do that. Instead of erasing the UMK3 roms, I ordered enough EPROMs from the same eBay supplier, and I'll just burn a new complete set of NBAMaxHT roms and put the UMK3 roms aside. That way, I have the option of three different games with two Midway Wolf Unit Boards. :cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on May 31, 2015, 07:02:17 pm
Yotsuya. You're the man! Glad you are enjoying the experience and sharing it with us! I had always wanted to dabble with stuff like like that ever since I used a programmer for the Executer chip way back when in the original Xbox days.If you need chips burned, let me know. :cheers:
Now you have me seriously thinking about getting a .vs board for my Nintendo restore so that I can swap roms as needed. :-)
D
Post by: yotsuya on May 31, 2015, 07:05:24 pm
That is really cool. :cheers:Heh. They're either art books, biographies, or novelizations of the show "Robotech". I'm a man of varied interests.
(I've not read a single book in that picture either)
Post by: Malenko on May 31, 2015, 07:34:54 pm
UMK3 is next
Replaced all the pots on Faster Than Speed, designed new bezel art for it too. Im building an ultimate widescreen for my boss then asking for a raise.
Just ordered a new expansion IO for the atomiswave board too. Game is turning into a money pit.
Post by: Slippyblade on June 01, 2015, 05:34:55 am
Heh. They're either art books, biographies, or novelizations of the show "Robotech". I'm a man of varied interests.
Except for that Bruce Sterling book there. Loved Hacker Crackdown.
Post by: yotsuya on June 01, 2015, 08:56:26 am
Heh. They're either art books, biographies, or novelizations of the show "Robotech". I'm a man of varied interests.
Except for that Bruce Sterling book there. Loved Hacker Crackdown.
Yes, that is a great one. It's been almost 20 years since I first read it, too.
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 01, 2015, 09:15:56 am
Post by: pbj on June 01, 2015, 12:24:34 pm
I think pbj is renting...
Eternally.
Turns out that white stuff was just dried out carpet padding dust. I got suspicious when it hadn't changed size, shape, or color in three days. Whew.
Post by: yotsuya on June 01, 2015, 12:32:25 pm
I think pbj is renting...
Eternally.
Turns out that white stuff was just dried out carpet padding dust. I got suspicious when it hadn't changed size, shape, or color in three days. Whew.
I bet it was live anthrax.....
Post by: pbj on June 01, 2015, 02:57:13 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 02, 2015, 10:52:16 am
<------------------------
Started July 2010 - only took me about 5 years to get there.
So to all my friends here (and the few enemies I've probably made), this one is for you:
(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x444/SeveraSlyth/Reaction%20GIFs/BillMurraytoast.gif)
Post by: Malenko on June 02, 2015, 11:13:09 am
Post by: wp34 on June 02, 2015, 11:17:07 am
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 02, 2015, 11:21:07 am
Post by: yotsuya on June 02, 2015, 11:29:05 am
Looks like 9999 to me... >:D
Stealing my moment, bro? No Bueno.
Post by: Vigo on June 02, 2015, 11:32:31 am
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 02, 2015, 11:38:08 am
Looks like 9999 to me... >:D
Stealing my moment, bro? No Bueno.
Nah, I'm just letting you have your moment again. You're welcome. :cheers:
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 02, 2015, 01:53:22 pm
Post by: pbj on June 02, 2015, 01:55:53 pm
Man I never looked at the post counts before. My question is... what does Chad do... sign in every day and make 100 posts? ;)
Not anymore. Thank god.
Post by: harveybirdman on June 02, 2015, 09:23:40 pm
Post by: Vigo on June 03, 2015, 03:16:50 pm
Post by: wp34 on June 03, 2015, 06:12:37 pm
My summer plans include setting up my backyard for the kids to have a playset, start restoring a vintage speedboat I got for $200, and convincing my wife I need a 3d printer.
Vintage speedboat made of wood?
Post by: Ond on June 03, 2015, 08:01:31 pm
Also picking up a few bits and pieces for my arcade machine. Exzited!
Post by: Vigo on June 03, 2015, 09:23:10 pm
My summer plans include setting up my backyard for the kids to have a playset, start restoring a vintage speedboat I got for $200, and convincing my wife I need a 3d printer.
Vintage speedboat made of wood?
I wish I could find a wood speedboat to work on, or even had the talents to really do a wooden boat justice. The one I bought was a 1950's Shell Lake fiberglass boat. I suppose I should have used the term "classic." So far it is just the floor that is rotted and most the interior work that is missing, but there might be more severe damage when I rip out the floor. It has a 80's motor that needs a touch of work, and I will leave it in. It is hard to get period accurate when on a budget.
This is not mine, but a similar boat:
(http://images1.allboatlistings.com/nlarge/motor_-_8000_watersmeet_mi_22423981.jpg)
Post by: pbj on June 03, 2015, 09:37:37 pm
BOAT = bust out another thousand
The happiest two days of your life are when you buy a boat and when you sell it.
:lol
Post by: Vigo on June 03, 2015, 10:02:56 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 03, 2015, 11:51:41 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 04, 2015, 12:29:03 am
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 04, 2015, 01:59:35 am
Heh, you are probably right, but I bought it for a steal at $200.
That's because the other guy wanted out. A boat is kind of like that curse in The Ring.... the only way to survive is to pass it on to another. ;)
Post by: Vigo on June 04, 2015, 09:32:59 am
The sailing Vigo... Captain Vigo... Commodore Vigo...
I'm a sailor! I sail! Ahoy!
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/41/ee/27/41ee27476665cd5f26e17eb1564b69a3.jpg)
Post by: wp34 on June 04, 2015, 03:28:53 pm
My summer plans include setting up my backyard for the kids to have a playset, start restoring a vintage speedboat I got for $200, and convincing my wife I need a 3d printer.
Vintage speedboat made of wood?
I wish I could find a wood speedboat to work on, or even had the talents to really do a wooden boat justice. The one I bought was a 1950's Shell Lake fiberglass boat. I suppose I should have used the term "classic." So far it is just the floor that is rotted and most the interior work that is missing, but there might be more severe damage when I rip out the floor. It has a 80's motor that needs a touch of work, and I will leave it in. It is hard to get period accurate when on a budget.
This is not mine, but a similar boat:
(http://images1.allboatlistings.com/nlarge/motor_-_8000_watersmeet_mi_22423981.jpg)
That still looks pretty sweet. Sounds like a fun project. :cheers:
I've wanted a wooden boat ever since seeing Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Post by: BorgDog on June 04, 2015, 03:48:25 pm
Fun project though, where's the build thread? In the Restorations category?
Post by: yotsuya on June 04, 2015, 06:22:12 pm
Post by: harveybirdman on June 04, 2015, 08:27:24 pm
Personal best...
Post by: yotsuya on June 04, 2015, 11:50:19 pm
Hit me up if you need any algorithms bruh!
Personal best...
I hate you! :)
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 05, 2015, 12:23:50 am
Post by: PL1 on June 05, 2015, 12:34:13 am
I can shave off 30 seconds if I use the really stiff screwdriver. ;)https://youtu.be/OeLnS8O08ng?t=32 (https://youtu.be/OeLnS8O08ng?t=32)
Scott
Post by: harveybirdman on June 05, 2015, 12:59:24 am
Then learn 2 look OLL
Then 2 look PLL
Then all the PLLs
I have yet to put the time commitment into learning all 72 OLLs because I have no desire to compete and 30 seconds is plenty fast to make non cubers assume you are a genius.
Post by: Malenko on June 05, 2015, 07:26:53 am
I can do one in one minute, 30 seconds flat. I can shave off 30 seconds if I use the really stiff screwdriver. ;)
I was gonna ask how you remove and re-apply all the stickers so fast.
When I worked at comcast we had a guy who would have you twist up the cube then he'd solve it in 30 seconds; one day at break we twisted it up and then moved stickers around. He didnt think it was as funny as we did.
Post by: wp34 on June 05, 2015, 10:28:01 am
When I worked at comcast we had a guy who would have you twist up the cube then he'd solve it in 30 seconds; one day at break we twisted it up and then moved stickers around. He didnt think it was as funny as we did.
Hilarious! :cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on June 05, 2015, 04:57:59 pm
Heh, you are probably right, but I bought it for a steal at $200. The trailer is meant for a much heavier boat and has hydraulic brakes. I could sell the trailer alone for probably at least $400. The motor is IIRC, 90hp and has a working hydraulic steering system, and just needs some wiring fixed. also $400 minimum. I am half tempted to part it out, money wise that makes sense, but I really want to see the boat fixed up.I bet it just needs a cap kit or a fuse, bro.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 05, 2015, 05:29:50 pm
The best part, so far I've spent $3.99 on the whole thing. No trading, no dealing... just using up all the spare junk in the yard. I had to buy a box of screws, which sucks as otherwise it would have been free. I think that makes me the master miser for right now. I mean that's pbj levels of cheap.
Post by: Slippyblade on June 05, 2015, 05:54:57 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 05, 2015, 06:29:51 pm
Post by: BadMouth on June 05, 2015, 08:40:46 pm
So that shed I mentioned.... it's all done but the roof, which will be tarp (that thick carport stuff) that I have to cut and seam tonight. (Blargh!)
The best part, so far I've spent $3.99 on the whole thing. No trading, no dealing... just using up all the spare junk in the yard. I had to buy a box of screws, which sucks as otherwise it would have been free. I think that makes me the master miser for right now. I mean that's pbj levels of cheap.
Take me home, country roads! ;D
Post by: BadMouth on June 05, 2015, 09:13:59 pm
Probably wouldn't be chufftastic for a professional, but for me it was clearing some major hurdles.
(I'm remodeling a long neglected house that was poorly built to begin with)
I removed an 80's era window air conditioner that had been "permanently" installed in an old original window frame.
That sucker was in there with extra bracing, flashing around it, the works. The kicker is that the state will give me $25 for it to make sure the Freon is recycled properly.
The window for this frame is long gone and the view would suck anyway, so I busted out the frame, reframed, insulated, etc.
Now I got solid wall, just need to drywall the seams which luckily are just two standard vertical seams since the window was located in the center of a 4x8 sheet. ;D
The big box stores didn't have vinyl siding to match what I have now, so tracking that down will be something I do while trapped at work.
The other big accomplishment was widening the bathroom door without damaging the surrounding drywall. It originally only had a 24" door.
Now it's framed for a 28". Part of this involved ripping out the bathroom closet, which I planned to do as part of a bathroom renovation later.
So I guess the bathroom renovation has started also.
The major point of both these was so that I could move forward with patching up the drywall and painting the living room and hallway.
Then I'll be done with the dust for a while. :applaud:
I also mowed the yard and did all the laundry today.
I was sick of working inside the house, so this evening when I got a second wind I removed the clothesline posts I'll never use and set a new mailbox post in quickcrete.
On top of that, a $116 check from a class action lawsuit came in the mail today.
I think I'll go have me a late steak dinner. ;D
Post by: yotsuya on June 05, 2015, 10:09:11 pm
I took two days off from work and it's been chufftastic (and there are still two more days before I have to go back!)Awesome job, man. You're bringing chuffy back.
Probably wouldn't be chufftastic for a professional, but for me it was clearing some major hurdles.
(I'm remodeling a long neglected house that was poorly built to begin with)
I removed an 80's era window air conditioner that had been "permanently" installed in an old original window frame.
That sucker was in there with extra bracing, flashing around it, the works. The kicker is that the state will give me $25 for it to make sure the Freon is recycled properly.
The window for this frame is long gone and the view would suck anyway, so I busted out the frame, reframed, insulated, etc.
Now I got solid wall, just need to drywall the seams which luckily are just two standard vertical seams since the window was located in the center of a 4x8 sheet. ;D
The big box stores didn't have vinyl siding to match what I have now, so tracking that down will be something I do while trapped at work.
The other big accomplishment was widening the bathroom door without damaging the surrounding drywall. It originally only had a 24" door.
Now it's framed for a 28". Part of this involved ripping out the bathroom closet, which I planned to do as part of a bathroom renovation later.
So I guess the bathroom renovation has started also.
The major point of both these was so that I could move forward with patching up the drywall and painting the living room and hallway.
Then I'll be done with the dust for a while. :applaud:
I also mowed the yard and did all the laundry today.
I was sick of working inside the house, so this evening when I got a second wind I removed the clothesline posts I'll never use and set a new mailbox post in quickcrete.
On top of that, a $116 check from a class action lawsuit came in the mail today.
I think I'll go have me a late steak dinner. ;D
Post by: wp34 on June 05, 2015, 10:32:34 pm
I took two days off from work and it's been chufftastic (and there are still two more days before I have to go back!)
Probably wouldn't be chufftastic for a professional, but for me it was clearing some major hurdles.
(I'm remodeling a long neglected house that was poorly built to begin with)
I removed an 80's era window air conditioner that had been "permanently" installed in an old original window frame.
That sucker was in there with extra bracing, flashing around it, the works. The kicker is that the state will give me $25 for it to make sure the Freon is recycled properly.
The window for this frame is long gone and the view would suck anyway, so I busted out the frame, reframed, insulated, etc.
Now I got solid wall, just need to drywall the seams which luckily are just two standard vertical seams since the window was located in the center of a 4x8 sheet. ;D
The big box stores didn't have vinyl siding to match what I have now, so tracking that down will be something I do while trapped at work.
The other big accomplishment was widening the bathroom door without damaging the surrounding drywall. It originally only had a 24" door.
Now it's framed for a 28". Part of this involved ripping out the bathroom closet, which I planned to do as part of a bathroom renovation later.
So I guess the bathroom renovation has started also.
The major point of both these was so that I could move forward with patching up the drywall and painting the living room and hallway.
Then I'll be done with the dust for a while. :applaud:
I also mowed the yard and did all the laundry today.
I was sick of working inside the house, so this evening when I got a second wind I removed the clothesline posts I'll never use and set a new mailbox post in quickcrete.
On top of that, a $116 check from a class action lawsuit came in the mail today.
I think I'll go have me a late steak dinner. ;D
Post by: Le Chuck on June 06, 2015, 12:44:00 am
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 06, 2015, 01:16:03 am
(Oh obligatory)
http://youtu.be/JAzTnsSgs2s (http://youtu.be/JAzTnsSgs2s)
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 06, 2015, 08:22:07 am
Post by: eds1275 on June 06, 2015, 08:15:53 pm
The gravel is a compromise. I had big dreams of a paved patio but the funds just aren't there. At least if the time comes that I want to upgrade, I have a very nice base! Just add sand and pavers!
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 06, 2015, 08:34:14 pm
Well it's two chuffs forward two chuffs back for me. Prepped the tarp for the shed and hung it...managed to make a new hole in my thumb drilling the final screw (it's my spacebar thumb dang-it!) Now that it's up I'm fairly certain I used the wrong tarp and this one is "water resistant" and not waterproof. I'll get out the hose tomorrow.
Oh and obligatory:
http://youtu.be/xweiQukBM_k (http://youtu.be/xweiQukBM_k)
Post by: eds1275 on June 06, 2015, 08:43:43 pm
Yeah anything other than gravel costs a small fortune if you've got any size to your walkway... been looking into it myself.... gravel it is!
I used road base for the base, 3 inches. And then heavy duty weed barrier, and topped it with 3" of "golf cart path"
Over 700 square feet, about 800 bucks.
Post by: yotsuya on June 07, 2015, 02:40:59 am
Post by: Slippyblade on June 07, 2015, 02:27:59 pm
It's so cool to see something you created on location in an actual arcade.
Congrats!
Post by: eds1275 on June 07, 2015, 03:32:56 pm
Post by: 05SRT4 on June 07, 2015, 05:05:57 pm
Not exactly a dream yard yet, but definitely better than the bramble bushes and morning glory that occupied that space previously. Where the truck canopy and kayaks are it will one day be a 10x13 shed for my tools that take up more of the basement than they are welcome to.
Nice setup, is there no fence between the back neighbors?
Post by: 05SRT4 on June 07, 2015, 05:17:37 pm
(http://s19.postimg.org/hau0s5n1v/0313151410a.jpg)
Also my little sister and husband finally moved out of our basement so I was able to rip up the carpet, prep and paint. We wanted to make the room into a small home gym so I ordered some foam mats. Was easy to install and seem to hold up well. Had to put some extra scrap pieces under the treadmill and stationary bike as it dented the foam. Just standing or doing stationary work outs didn't seem to deform the foam.
(http://s19.postimg.org/gzckfe6lv/0606152222.jpg)
Post by: eds1275 on June 07, 2015, 05:24:43 pm
Nice setup, is there no fence between the back neighbors?
There used to be but it was ripped up in a windstorm. We put in the trees last summer, by next summer I think it will be a little more private. Until then, I'll be crashing all his parties and he will be crashing all of mine.
Post by: yotsuya on June 07, 2015, 05:50:45 pm
Now that I actually have a truck I was able to clean up the Banshee and take it out. I think its been sitting in my garage for the last 2 years. This is in southern Utah. I still need to do a little tuning, seem to sputter at the top end.I'm redoing our home gym while my wife is away. What are you doing for decor?
(http://s19.postimg.org/hau0s5n1v/0313151410a.jpg)
Also my little sister and husband finally moved out of our basement so I was able to rip up the carpet, prep and paint. We wanted to make the room into a small home gym so I ordered some foam mats. Was easy to install and seem to hold up well. Had to put some extra scrap pieces under the treadmill and stationary bike as it dented the foam. Just standing or doing stationary work outs didn't seem to deform the foam.
(http://s19.postimg.org/gzckfe6lv/0606152222.jpg)
Post by: wp34 on June 07, 2015, 06:29:59 pm
(http://s19.postimg.org/gzckfe6lv/0606152222.jpg)
Post by: 05SRT4 on June 07, 2015, 06:59:22 pm
Post by: eds1275 on June 07, 2015, 07:07:42 pm
Honestly this is about it, I might install some mirrors on one wall. I plan on setting up a mall mounted TV in the corner so we can do P90x or insanity. Still thinking about getting a bench and some weights. Don't want to over crowd the room though.
Did a realtor take that photo? lol
Post by: pbj on June 07, 2015, 07:11:25 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/sgvQtPq.jpg)
Post by: 05SRT4 on June 07, 2015, 07:34:38 pm
Honestly this is about it, I might install some mirrors on one wall. I plan on setting up a mall mounted TV in the corner so we can do P90x or insanity. Still thinking about getting a bench and some weights. Don't want to over crowd the room though.
Did a realtor take that photo? lol
Pro snaps huh, nah I was trying to use the panorama thing on my phone.
Post by: eds1275 on June 07, 2015, 07:56:47 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 07, 2015, 10:02:38 pm
Post by: dkersten on June 08, 2015, 10:43:57 am
The kicker is that the state will give me $25 for it to make sure the Freon is recycled properly.Wow, that really pisses me off. Here it COSTS $25 to get rid of anything with Freon in it. When I did my game room, I 86'd the old in wall unit and an old refrigerator that wasn't quite working and it cost me $50 to dump them. I suppose I am just glad I am not a taxpayer in your state, paying not just to recycle it, but paying you to bring it in in the first place.
:angry: /rant
In other news, a facebook friend posted his brand new ebay purchased 60-in-1 cocktail cab that he can "play 60 of the best games from the 80's" on. He had more responses from fellow 80's graduates saying how utterly awesome that was than I have facebook friends. Of course, the second comment was "Does it play elevator action?" to which he answered, "no, but it plays Galaga".. Instead of commenting that Galaga was all he would ever play on it after the first month anyway, I posted a couple pics of the cabs I built, which spawned a sub-comment section with some dude who is building his first cab using an r-pi. I will direct him here if he hasn't already been here.
I did manage to help my son put a new door on his 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse this weekend. Found one on ebay for less than $300 shipped (200 lb door, probably cost $200 just in shipping. local junk yard wanted $650 for the same door). Changing the wiring harness, window glass, tracks, handles, mirror, trim, and one body panel is a little more work than I expected, and with limited use of my right hand I wasn't as much help as I wanted to be. On the other hand, he learned a lot doing it. Took around 10-12 hours total to get it perfect, but it was worth it. Saved around $1500 compared to a body shop.
All other projects are still on indefinite hold until I have full use of my hand. The past week I figured out I can remove my splint and play games though, and I have been putting in some hours on Heroes of the Storm, Blizzards new League of Legends knock-off. Summer finally arrived here though, went from 50 degree days to 90 degree days in a matter of one day, so I will likely shift some priorities back to finishing some stuff on the deck, like a sunshade for late evening (the west side of my yard is the only spot with no tree cover and the sun is brutal between 7 and 9 each night) and the rest of the pergola I started over the fire pit last year. The projects never end.
Post by: yotsuya on June 08, 2015, 10:57:18 am
Of course, the second comment was "Does it play elevator action?" to which he answered, "no, but it plays Galaga"..
In the end, that's all the ever care about anyway.
When I had my performance review this past school year, it was done not by my principal but by the head of IT (long story). We were small-talking before the post-conference, and he asked about my hobbies. When I mentioned arcade collecting, his eyes got wide and he asked me if I had... yep.
Post by: yotsuya on June 08, 2015, 11:02:37 am
Summer finally arrived here though, went from 50 degree days to 90 degree days in a matter of one day, so I will likely shift some priorities back to finishing some stuff on the deck, like a sunshade for late evening (the west side of my yard is the only spot with no tree cover and the sun is brutal between 7 and 9 each night) and the rest of the pergola I started over the fire pit last year. The projects never end.
I'd be interesting in seeing the sunshade and/or the pergola. Living in Arizona, you can imagine what we need to do to combat the sun.
Post by: BadMouth on June 08, 2015, 11:26:17 am
The kicker is that the state will give me $25 for it to make sure the Freon is recycled properly.Wow, that really pisses me off. Here it COSTS $25 to get rid of anything with Freon in it. When I did my game room, I 86'd the old in wall unit and an old refrigerator that wasn't quite working and it cost me $50 to dump them. I suppose I am just glad I am not a taxpayer in your state, paying not just to recycle it, but paying you to bring it in in the first place.
:angry: /rant
Oh, I don't have to bring it in. They come to my house and pick it up. :D
Thanks for the reminder. I need to schedule that today.
https://www.jacoinc.net/LandingPage/Index?programId=80 (https://www.jacoinc.net/LandingPage/Index?programId=80)
EDIT: crap, looks like they might not come for just an air conditioner....
DOUBLE EDIT: Yeah, they'll only pick up an AC if they're already there to pick up a fridge or freezer. :-\
It's still free to take it to the local transfer station. I wish I'd taken it there on Saturday and been done with it.
Post by: dkersten on June 08, 2015, 11:47:55 am
:timebomb: :timebomb: :timebomb: :timebomb: :angry:The kicker is that the state will give me $25 for it to make sure the Freon is recycled properly.Wow, that really pisses me off. Here it COSTS $25 to get rid of anything with Freon in it. When I did my game room, I 86'd the old in wall unit and an old refrigerator that wasn't quite working and it cost me $50 to dump them. I suppose I am just glad I am not a taxpayer in your state, paying not just to recycle it, but paying you to bring it in in the first place.
:angry: /rant
Oh, I don't have to bring it in. They come to my house and pick it up. :D
Thanks for the reminder. I need to schedule that today.
https://www.jacoinc.net/LandingPage/Index?programId=80 (https://www.jacoinc.net/LandingPage/Index?programId=80)
EDIT: crap, looks like they might not come for just an air conditioner....
It's still free to take it to the local transfer station.
Oh well.. lol.
Post by: dkersten on June 08, 2015, 11:56:25 am
I'd be interesting in seeing the sunshade and/or the pergola. Living in Arizona, you can imagine what we need to do to combat the sun.For the sunshade I just plan on attaching some 4x4's that are 10 foot above the deck line in 8 foot increments across that west side of the deck, then run some 2x6's across the top and bottom, then get some black nylon screen that I can roll up at the top and roll down to the bottom (attach with Velcro at the bottom and sides) when I need it, roll it up when I don't. The screen will allow the wind to pass through and darken the sun enough to not be so annoying.
I will post pics when I get started on it.
The pergola is mostly done, I just need to fill in some slats for the shade part. It is above a recessed firepit area though and a pain to get ladders up there, plus I complicated the hell out of the angles, so it will be one hell of a tough project. With my son now doing district management work for his company and traveling a lot, I don't have much of a window for getting the help I need either, so I will just be happy if I complete it before the end of the summer...
Post by: Generic Eric on June 08, 2015, 01:51:18 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 08, 2015, 01:56:01 pm
Nearly complete.
Wow, that looks great, Eric!
Yesterday, I had a former teacher/mentor bring his sons over to come and see my gameroom. The boys are 18 and 16 or so, and they played everything, but really gravitated towards the fighting games on my MAME cab. Good times.
I also picked up a non-working Ms. Pac board that I plan to switch back to Pac, then burn some eprom hacks for it. I need a missing daughtercard and I need to get the ROMs to switch it back to Pac-Man, but you can buy replacement daughtercards and I can do my ROMs.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 08, 2015, 03:50:54 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on June 08, 2015, 04:02:25 pm
Nearly complete.
What the hell is all that green stuff around the patio? and those tall, wood structures all over the place? I think I've read about something like that...
SOOOOOOOOO jealous.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 08, 2015, 07:09:25 pm
I've gotta take pics of what I did today and post them... not sure if my chuff points have increased, but +100 hillbilly for me. I decided to make a door for the shed (the tarp IS waterproof in case anyone was in suspense). Now I could have used some good lumber to make it, but that's no fun. So I made it out of my scraps and spare screws... ALL of my scraps and spare screws. This is some Sanford and Son/ Oscar the Grouch engineering. It looks terrible. You know a normal person would put some sheathing on it or something or paint it with thick paint and try to cover it up..... so I think I'm going to use up all my scrap paint and stain and do each piece of wood a separate color. ;)
Post by: yotsuya on June 09, 2015, 12:53:31 am
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on June 09, 2015, 01:04:28 am
As for me, I haven't had much time to work on my Total Carnage "updated" CP. I did manage to trace and cut a new piece of the wood underneath using the old one as a template though. I haven't drilled anything yet.
Instead I got sidetracked with replacing my rotors and brake pads. I only did the front ones today but will finish up the rear ones tomorrow depending on the weather. That's me on the left and my neighbor watching in awe... LOL.
DeLuSioNaL29
Post by: dkersten on June 09, 2015, 01:24:44 am
Even so, I dig it. :applaud:
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on June 09, 2015, 01:34:04 am
Post by: wp34 on June 09, 2015, 09:43:52 am
Nearly complete.
Post by: dkersten on June 09, 2015, 10:26:34 am
Yeah. I am planning to order the G2 paint kit soon. I'm going to go all out and sand the calipers down first and then apply the paint. I need to design a custom decal too. I plan on painting them red with white lettering. It should look badass with the stock SLS rims.Yeah that will look nice. I was surprised how much time it took to paint mine, but it was worth it in the end. I used a brush on epoxy paint that was a pain to do but the results were fantastic.
Before:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=329999;image)
Paint:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=329995;image)
After:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=329997;image)
Unfortunately the only "after" pic I can find was taken at night so it isn't a great comparison, but it made a nice difference. I never got further before having to sell the car and all my money at that point was in the supercharger, suspension, and engine dress.
When I got the Porsche a couple years later, the clear coat on the Porsche Brembo calipers had flaked off and the red paint had oxidized, so I had plans to clean them up nice and use the V2 paint on those, but I ended up selling that the next spring so I could help my son. Now I only work on my 86 Nissan Hardbody 4x4. A couple months back I did all the front suspension (new bushings, re-indexed the torsion bars, shocks etc.) World of difference. That old pickup now has a new engine with 7 year 100k mile warranty, the trans is only 4 years old, brakes are all good, all new front suspension, and all I have left is to do the rear bushings and find some new seats for it and it will be a good little pickup. Of course I will drive it 4 times per year, lol. It went from a $1500 truck to an $8000 truck, but that is a whole other story, lol. When I did the front suspension I was SOOOOO tempted to get the 3" lift UCA's and blocks for the back and make it a mini monster truck, but I already have so much into it and need to save my money for my daughter for College (as well as the other projects I have planned around the house). Maybe in a couple years, lol.
Post by: yotsuya on June 09, 2015, 11:15:22 am
Nice! And congrats on your success! I forgot to ask though: Do you have a UV eraser too?
I do. All the EPROMs I've bought have been blank, but I've used it to erase some of the good ones I had from the Open Ice board.
Here are some shots of the progress:
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Roms relabeled, pulled and safely stored:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330011)
New NBA Maximum Hangtime ROMs burned:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330009)
Populated board with the new ROMs:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330007)
I waited nervously as it did the ROM check... each green indicator was a sigh of relief...
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330013)
Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330005)
Quote
As for me, I haven't had much time to work on my Total Carnage "updated" CP. I did manage to trace and cut a new piece of the wood underneath using the old one as a template though. I haven't drilled anything yet.
Yeah, get that done ASAP! :cheers:
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 09, 2015, 11:17:13 am
Post by: yotsuya on June 09, 2015, 11:23:59 am
:o
When your daughter gets bored with Rampage World Tour and you want to turn it into something else, let me know. :cheers:
Oh, and props/shoutout to MK3FAN for his work on KLOV in getting the ANY-U64 modification done. :cheers:
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 09, 2015, 11:25:41 am
Post by: Vigo on June 09, 2015, 11:26:29 am
Post by: yotsuya on June 09, 2015, 11:30:02 am
Hmm. You could burn Phoenix chips for CPS2 now, couldn't you?
Yeah, I suppose so.
What I love about the burner is that it's pretty fast and foolproof. I have it set to ID the EPROM, then do a check to make sure that it's blank, then write the MAME rom to the chip, then verify everything was written correctly. I did 26 chips in one evening, and that was while painting a room.
Very nice, yot! :cheers: Very interesting stuff. I was talking to my brother the other day and he happened to mention he had a rom burner and for a few years now. Why he failed to tell me, I don't know. :whap Hopefully, the rom burning project I got planned will be as awesome as I imagine it will be.
Can't wait to see it. Lemme guess - you're going to edit the graphics in Snacks 'N Jaxon so it's the Carpathian eating stuff?
Post by: wp34 on June 09, 2015, 12:02:09 pm
Yeah. I am planning to order the G2 paint kit soon. I'm going to go all out and sand the calipers down first and then apply the paint. I need to design a custom decal too. I plan on painting them red with white lettering. It should look badass with the stock SLS rims.Yeah that will look nice. I was surprised how much time it took to paint mine, but it was worth it in the end. I used a brush on epoxy paint that was a pain to do but the results were fantastic.
Before:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=329999;image)
Paint:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=329995;image)
After:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=329997;image)
Unfortunately the only "after" pic I can find was taken at night so it isn't a great comparison, but it made a nice difference. I never got further before having to sell the car and all my money at that point was in the supercharger, suspension, and engine dress.
When I got the Porsche a couple years later, the clear coat on the Porsche Brembo calipers had flaked off and the red paint had oxidized, so I had plans to clean them up nice and use the V2 paint on those, but I ended up selling that the next spring so I could help my son. Now I only work on my 86 Nissan Hardbody 4x4. A couple months back I did all the front suspension (new bushings, re-indexed the torsion bars, shocks etc.) World of difference. That old pickup now has a new engine with 7 year 100k mile warranty, the trans is only 4 years old, brakes are all good, all new front suspension, and all I have left is to do the rear bushings and find some new seats for it and it will be a good little pickup. Of course I will drive it 4 times per year, lol. It went from a $1500 truck to an $8000 truck, but that is a whole other story, lol. When I did the front suspension I was SOOOOO tempted to get the 3" lift UCA's and blocks for the back and make it a mini monster truck, but I already have so much into it and need to save my money for my daughter for College (as well as the other projects I have planned around the house). Maybe in a couple years, lol.
Post by: wp34 on June 09, 2015, 12:02:48 pm
Hmm. You could burn Phoenix chips for CPS2 now, couldn't you?
Yeah, I suppose so.
What I love about the burner is that it's pretty fast and foolproof. I have it set to ID the EPROM, then do a check to make sure that it's blank, then write the MAME rom to the chip, then verify everything was written correctly. I did 26 chips in one evening, and that was while painting a room.Very nice, yot! :cheers: Very interesting stuff. I was talking to my brother the other day and he happened to mention he had a rom burner and for a few years now. Why he failed to tell me, I don't know. :whap Hopefully, the rom burning project I got planned will be as awesome as I imagine it will be.
Can't wait to see it. Lemme guess - you're going to edit the graphics in Snacks 'N Jaxon so it's the Carpathian eating stuff?
Post by: yotsuya on June 09, 2015, 12:03:46 pm
So when can I send you my Total Carnage PCB for repair? >:D
Ship it all out to me and I'll see if I can do anything with it. :cheers:
Post by: wp34 on June 09, 2015, 12:05:40 pm
That is some cool stuff you are doing with EPROM's. Gives me something to aspire to. I'm getting really, really bored with trying to configure front ends and mame.
So when can I send you my Total Carnage PCB for repair? >:D
Ship it all out to me and I'll see if I can do anything with it. :cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on June 09, 2015, 12:07:49 pm
I appreciate the offer but I'm just giving you the business.
That is some cool stuff you are doing with EPROM's. Gives me something to aspire to. I'm getting really, really bored with trying to configure front ends and mame.So when can I send you my Total Carnage PCB for repair? >:D
Ship it all out to me and I'll see if I can do anything with it. :cheers:
Yeah, I love MAME like I still love my first girlfriend (we're still friends to this day), but I'm all about expanding my skillset.
And I'd be happy to look at it for you. Offer always stands. If you need EPROMS burned, too, lemme know.
Post by: yotsuya on June 09, 2015, 12:09:36 pm
Hmm. You could burn Phoenix chips for CPS2 now, couldn't you?
Just researched it. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I can.
Post by: wp34 on June 09, 2015, 12:15:48 pm
Yeah, I love MAME like I still love my first girlfriend (we're still friends to this day), but I'm all about expanding my skillset.
And I'd be happy to look at it for you. Offer always stands. If you need EPROMS burned, too, lemme know.
That's a great analogy. It isn't that I don't like MAME anymore but tweaking the software is a little too much like what I do all day at work.
Post by: yotsuya on June 09, 2015, 12:33:56 pm
Yeah, I love MAME like I still love my first girlfriend (we're still friends to this day), but I'm all about expanding my skillset.
And I'd be happy to look at it for you. Offer always stands. If you need EPROMS burned, too, lemme know.
That's a great analogy. It isn't that I don't like MAME anymore but tweaking the software is a little too much like what I do all day at work.
I have a MAME setup that I can put in any cab. It works for me, it's like .146 or so and it plays everything I'd ever want to play. Why screw up a good thing? I even have the same setup working in both Hyperspin and AtomicFE, so I just need to choose my flavor. As long as it plays Galaga (regular or fast bullets), I'm golden.
But desoldering sockets and programming EPROMs? That's where sexy is at right now.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 09, 2015, 12:40:04 pm
Yeah, I love MAME like I still love my first girlfriend (we're still friends to this day), but I'm all about expanding my skillset.
And I'd be happy to look at it for you. Offer always stands. If you need EPROMS burned, too, lemme know.
That's a great analogy. It isn't that I don't like MAME anymore but tweaking the software is a little too much like what I do all day at work.
With recent events I think a better analogy would be that MAME is like a first girlfriend.... that got really fat..... and started prostituting herself. ;)
Post by: yotsuya on June 09, 2015, 12:48:12 pm
With recent events I think a better analogy would be that MAME is like a first girlfriend.... that got really fat..... and started prostituting herself. ;)
Well, I like big butts and I cannot lie, but I draw the line at prostitution.
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 09, 2015, 12:54:11 pm
With recent events I think a better analogy would be that MAME is like a first girlfriend.... that got really fat..... and started prostituting herself. ;)
Well, I like big butts and I cannot lie
Confirmed
Post by: Vigo on June 10, 2015, 11:51:24 am
My summer plans include setting up my backyard for the kids to have a playset, start restoring a vintage speedboat I got for $200, and convincing my wife I need a 3d printer.
Wife convinced. :afro: 3D printer shipping to my house. Lots of random tinkering in my future.
Post by: pbj on June 10, 2015, 11:59:28 am
My summer plans include setting up my backyard for the kids to have a playset, start restoring a vintage speedboat I got for $200, and convincing my wife I need a 3d printer.
Wife convinced. :afro: 3D printer shipping to my house. Lots of random tinkering in my future.
Make sure you ventilate the fumes coming off that thing.
Post by: Vigo on June 10, 2015, 12:20:04 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 10, 2015, 12:35:50 pm
Yeah, my wife is overly sensitive to that stuff, so it might be a garage machine. I haven't seen firsthand how bad they get. I hear the PLA plastic is better than ABS for fumes, so i might try to use PLA for certain projects.
I have a friend who runs one in his house with no issues.
Post by: pbj on June 10, 2015, 01:31:41 pm
Yeah, my wife is overly sensitive to that stuff, so it might be a garage machine. I haven't seen firsthand how bad they get. I hear the PLA plastic is better than ABS for fumes, so i might try to use PLA for certain projects.
I have a friend who runs one in his house with no issues.
Sure, and leaded paint is fine until you start eating the chips.
Post by: yotsuya on June 10, 2015, 01:35:22 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 10, 2015, 01:42:13 pm
Yeah, my wife is overly sensitive to that stuff, so it might be a garage machine. I haven't seen firsthand how bad they get. I hear the PLA plastic is better than ABS for fumes, so i might try to use PLA for certain projects.
I have a friend who runs one in his house with no issues.
Sure, and leaded paint is fine until you start eating the chips.
Sweet, delicious, paint chips. Memories. :D
Post by: Le Chuck on June 12, 2015, 12:52:23 pm
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81zL8N8BeAL._SL1500_.jpg)
And am in the middle of tackling all the baby furniture - it's a huge set and I took it all apart so I could paint interiors and whatnot so it's taking forever (10+hrs sanding alone) but all that prep seems to be paying off and I have no idea how or why I ever painted anything without this little badass. Totally chuffing, makes short work of the actual painting part. Finish is amazeballs! Less overspray than other breeds of sprayer, great with enamels, just stir in a bit of thinner and you're off to the races!
Of course with so many pieces to do I'm juggling dry times and available space so it will probably take me the rest of the weekend to get it all done but at least I don't have to worry about getting paint into all those damn nooks and crannies. All future cabs will be painted with this and they will take ~3 minutes to paint.
Post by: yotsuya on June 12, 2015, 01:18:18 pm
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 12, 2015, 01:25:09 pm
Does it spray evenly, or does it splat the paint? I bought one years ago but was never happy with the spray. Of course, this was almost two decades ago, so I expect some improvement on the design.
I have that exact same one. Works like a dream. Even, no splats. Just make sure you get the paint to the right consistency before you start.
Post by: Le Chuck on June 12, 2015, 01:29:36 pm
I have heard latex is a ---smurfette--- with it, it's a dream with oils so far tho.
Post by: yotsuya on June 12, 2015, 01:41:58 pm
I didn't even really do any practice with it, just enough to adjust the spray to the right pressure for my paint and then started getting after it. No sags, no drips, so splats. Just silky smooth finish.That's probably the issue- I was using latex.
I have heard latex is a ---smurfette--- with it, it's a dream with oils so far tho.
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 12, 2015, 01:59:50 pm
I didn't even really do any practice with it, just enough to adjust the spray to the right pressure for my paint and then started getting after it. No sags, no drips, so splats. Just silky smooth finish.That's probably the issue- I was using latex.
I have heard latex is a ---smurfette--- with it, it's a dream with oils so far tho.
I did both. Oil based primer, followed up with latex final coat. Came out really well. :cheers:
Post by: BadMouth on June 12, 2015, 02:20:08 pm
Does it spray evenly, or does it splat the paint? I bought one years ago but was never happy with the spray. Of course, this was almost two decades ago, so I expect some improvement on the design.
Same here.
I have this cheap little Graco:
(http://images.lowes.com/product/converted/501650/5016501001762lg.jpg)
The texture looks good on my metal shed, but I wouldn't want my trim painted that way.
The paint goes on in little spit balls. I kept thinning the paint and it just changed into runny spitballs.
I think one issue is that the air spraying the paint gets hotter and hotter the longer it's been running.
I sprayed epoxy paint through it to refinish a shower, but switched to a roller when I realized the paint was drying before hitting the wall.
(it wasn't sticking)
Post by: Vigo on June 12, 2015, 04:32:48 pm
Does it spray evenly, or does it splat the paint? I bought one years ago but was never happy with the spray. Of course, this was almost two decades ago, so I expect some improvement on the design.
I used an old wagner. It splatted. My guess is design has improved a bit.
Post by: dkersten on June 12, 2015, 04:40:13 pm
With lacquer, I would use a catalyzed lacquer and an agent that would smooth it out nicely. I could shoot a coat on whatever woodworking project I was on, and 20 minutes later hit it with some steel wool, then shoot another coat. The second I would let cure for about 45 minutes, then another hit with 0000 steel wool, and the final coat and it was like glass. You can handle it after a few hours, roughly handle it after about 24 hours, and 48 hours after the last coat it was rock hard.
I don't like messing with oil based paints because of the cleanup, but I imagine an oil based would shoot just as good as lacquer when using a decent HVLP sprayer.
Post by: Vigo on June 15, 2015, 12:56:23 am
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330203;image)
Besides a few random experiences with modeling software in the past, 3d design is pretty new to me. I was happy to see that other than needing to ream out the bolt holes a tad, this was a perfect fit. I am using the stock filament, so I will just paint it instead of waiting to buy some black filament.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330204;image)
This is for a 10 cm X 13 cm bill validator hole, if anyone wants to download and use, the file is attached.
Post by: BorgDog on June 15, 2015, 01:15:08 pm
Spent a little time Sunday afternoon to build a classic picnic table for my grand-daughters 6th birthday next weekend. 40" long, 24" tall, made with 5/4 cedar deck material.
Post by: harveybirdman on June 15, 2015, 01:20:28 pm
Post by: pbj on June 15, 2015, 03:28:01 pm
Post by: Vigo on June 15, 2015, 04:17:25 pm
Looking nice Vigo. I may have missed it somewhere, but what 3D printer did you go with?
Spent a little time Sunday afternoon to build a classic picnic table for my grand-daughters 6th birthday next weekend. 40" long, 24" tall, made with 5/4 cedar deck material.
Thanks, Borgdog! Love the Picnic table. Looks really well built! Here is to sunny weather at your grad-daughter's birthday. :cheers:
For 3d printers, I went with a Da Vinci 1.0 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828840001). For the price, I don't think you can find any printers, especially with a heat enclosure and an 8" bed for the price. The original model had some design flaws, and I heard they they fixed them a couple months ago, so I took a leap of faith on it, and have been happy so far. A $450 printer, and I was able to snag it from a Newegg sale for $350. It has gone on sale a couple times, you just need to look out for the sales. (still on sale for you impulse shoppers!)
The big downside of these printers is they force you to use their 1st party software and filament as a trade off for the low price. It is good quality filament, but they charge about $5-10 bucks more a pop. The silver lining is these are very hackable machines and can be modified to take open source firmware, software and ignore the propritary filament securities. I am waiting until I understand the basics a bit more before I make the jump to hacking it.
(https://www.igo3d.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1200x1200/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/D/a/DaVinci_1.0A_3D-printer_iGo3D_3.jpg)
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 15, 2015, 04:21:01 pm
Post by: BadMouth on June 15, 2015, 04:28:46 pm
For 3d printers, I went with a Da Vinci 1.0 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828840001).
I also had my eye on this one. I came to the conclusion that the volume of stuff I made would be so small that paying an extra $5-10 for a roll of filament wasn't that big of a trade-off.
I haven't bought it because I don't think I'll have any free time to learn how to use it for the foreseeable future.
Post by: BorgDog on June 15, 2015, 04:44:16 pm
For 3d printers, I went with a Da Vinci 1.0 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828840001).
I also had my eye on this one. I came to the conclusion that the volume of stuff I made would be so small that paying an extra $5-10 for a roll of filament wasn't that big of a trade-off.
I haven't bought it because I don't think I'll have any free time to learn how to use it for the foreseeable future.
Yeah, I've also seen this come through on the NewEgg flyers several times, reviews kind of scared me off, but I'm not looking to buy anytime soon. someday. Look forward to seeing what you do with it Vigo.
Post by: Vigo on June 15, 2015, 05:33:42 pm
The original models had flaky extruders, which was thankfully fixed on the 1.0a model that I have. They also redid their pcb board, i think some chip was commonly cracked on the originals, I think those two issues drove a bunch of the negative reviews. Well, besides the proprietary filament thing.
The other major issue is leveling the bed is beyond confusing with their "calibrating utility". I put my machine so far out of calibration using it that i lost sleep trying staying up late and trying to fix it, only to make it worse each time. I didn't realize before getting the printer, but print quality relays heavily on an even bed. Once I learned to calibrate by just sliding a business card between the extruder and the bed as a spacing tool, my nightmare ended and prints started coming out perfectly.
Printing stuff from the internet is surprisingly easy. Just download from a site like thingiverse. Open it up in the slicer program and print. A few decisions you need to make on whether or not to make supports, how fast you want it to go and how fine of a print, but for the most part it is pretty straightforward unless you want to get crazy with the settings.
My biggest surprise right now is how much my wife has been into 3d printing the minute she saw it go. And she called me a dork for wanting one. :lol My kids a very little but they love it, too. I made some playdoh cutters for my boys and they have been enjoying them like crazy. They like to just watch the 3d printer go. (Another BIG reason why I needed an enclosed 3d printer. Little fingers that like to grab anything that moves.)
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 15, 2015, 05:42:56 pm
Also on the 3d printing side of things, check this out:
http://hackaday.com/2015/06/10/astoundingly-great-60-3d-printer-called-chimera-bests-your-printer/ (http://hackaday.com/2015/06/10/astoundingly-great-60-3d-printer-called-chimera-bests-your-printer/)
My guess is the things it prints tend to be a bit brittle due to the technique, but damn!
I got rained out just a few minutes ago. I was building a metal brake for working with sheet metal and the heavens opened up. Since I just swept the building I'll wait until another day.
Post by: Vigo on June 15, 2015, 05:51:10 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 15, 2015, 06:01:38 pm
Yeah, I would love a CNC. I gave up my big workshop for a nice backyard, so I am thinking smaller these days. 8)Just do like Gameroom Designs Canada did, and turn your kitchen into the workshop. You'll be eating MDF sandwiches for the rest of your life, but, like bowties, it's cool.
Post by: Vigo on June 15, 2015, 06:22:25 pm
For now, I'll have to settle for being a 3d printed bow-tie wearing hipster.
(https://d36c0vbvwjb9cx.cloudfront.net/uploads/image/file/70484/span4_THINGIVERSE_IVAN_1_preview_featured.jpg)
Post by: drventure on June 15, 2015, 06:58:15 pm
Plus, I've now got a nice room I can dedicate to the buffet and my jukebox and steampunk the hell out of it :afro:
Post by: yotsuya on June 15, 2015, 07:38:38 pm
Mmmmm. MDF sammiches!That beard is so... so... semi-bulbous.
For now, I'll have to settle for being a 3d printed bow-tie wearing hipster.
(https://d36c0vbvwjb9cx.cloudfront.net/uploads/image/file/70484/span4_THINGIVERSE_IVAN_1_preview_featured.jpg)
Post by: Le Chuck on June 15, 2015, 08:11:33 pm
Mmmmm. MDF sammiches!That beard is so... so... semi-bulbous.
For now, I'll have to settle for being a 3d printed bow-tie wearing hipster.
(https://d36c0vbvwjb9cx.cloudfront.net/uploads/image/file/70484/span4_THINGIVERSE_IVAN_1_preview_featured.jpg)
(http://media.giphy.com/media/Hqk5KCMTwTF3W/giphy.gif)
Post by: Vigo on June 15, 2015, 08:37:34 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 16, 2015, 12:17:43 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_5uVdy5YmA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_5uVdy5YmA)
Post by: yotsuya on June 16, 2015, 12:12:41 pm
Post by: Vigo on June 16, 2015, 12:39:23 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 16, 2015, 12:49:16 pm
:cheers: Awesome project. You gonna put it back in a cab if all goes well?
I have two empty Midway cocktails. One is a Pac-Man, the other a Ms. Pac. The Ms. Pac is going to be turned into a Super Pac-Man (I bought a boardset from Smalltownguy2 and a set of control panels with original sticks off KLOV). I was originally going to MAME the Pac, but now I'm going to install the Pac-Man board in it. I also have a 6-Pac kit coming which allows me to play Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Pac-Man Plus in addition to the speed hacks for each. I'm finding much more satisfaction tinkering with original PCBs nowadays.
Post by: Vigo on June 16, 2015, 12:57:32 pm
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4b4amD2ec1qi8wet.gif)
Post by: yotsuya on June 16, 2015, 01:05:51 pm
Pac-Mania! That is some prime chuff right there! :cheers:
Yeah, it's funny, I look at these as learning experiences more than gaming opportunities.
Post by: 8BitMonk on June 16, 2015, 04:31:52 pm
Arcade projects in the works:
4player game pillar
Super Mario Strikers
Mini-pin
Atomiswave refurb, bought it for $100!
Think I'm getting close on finishing the Super Mario Strikers mini-cade, posting a build thread soon. Turning out well, Chuffed!
(http://www.eightbitmonk.com/shared_images/Mario Super Strikers/IMG_1333_zpspghwftzg.JPG)
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 16, 2015, 04:46:06 pm
Post by: 8BitMonk on June 16, 2015, 04:57:30 pm
This is the one I was going to buy from you but decided to build myself since you were backlogged a little. Since I was doing it I figured I'd go all-in, I've wanted to try a metal CP for awhile. It has some of the parts you sent me in it, those magnetic latches rock. :cheers:
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 16, 2015, 09:30:18 pm
Post by: Le Chuck on June 16, 2015, 10:24:03 pm
Ya know what's Chufftastic about my summer? NOTHING! I'm away from my family on business and have a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- ton of time on my hands but nowhere to build any cabs. Its super! :applaud: :P :timebomb: I'm about two seconds away from ordering a kit.
Well, then this thread isn't for you ;) Come back when you have something to chuff about ::)
Post by: yotsuya on June 16, 2015, 10:56:38 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 16, 2015, 11:09:03 pm
Post by: pbj on June 16, 2015, 11:10:24 pm
I'm about two seconds away from ordering a kit.
Do it.
Post by: Generic Eric on June 16, 2015, 11:24:13 pm
So I built that brake today. I think it still needs some tweaking, but it works pretty well as-is. I started the "great work building cleanout of 2015" hopefully it'll be done before 2016. Also built a scrap wood cart for all my scraps so I can actually move them out of the way when I need to sweep or drop a pen behind them or something. Also I found a lot of pens! ;)got pics?
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 17, 2015, 12:21:59 am
If you are talking about the brake, they are surprisingly easy to make. Two pieces of angle iron, one mounted on the edge of a board with thumbscrews and one on a hinge... nothing to it really.
Post by: Generic Eric on June 17, 2015, 12:43:56 am
Eh if I would have brought a camera with me it would be gummed up with a thin layer of sawdust by now. Once I get a bigger chunk done and things are more clean-ish I'll take pics.Derp
If you are talking about the brake, they are surprisingly easy to make. Two pieces of angle iron, one mounted on the edge of a board with thumbscrews and one on a hinge... nothing to it really.
Originally, I was inquiring about the scrap wood cart.
Is it something like this?
http://youtu.be/nZtIEFa3Ofk (http://youtu.be/nZtIEFa3Ofk)
Either way, I'd be curious to see pics of it.
Regarding the brake: Are you going to use that for bending control panels? If so, I'd enjoy knowing more about that too.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 17, 2015, 02:03:22 am
The brake is more for misc projects, but yes I intend to use it with control panels. I've been experimenting with hybrid panels, where you make a thin wooden sub-frame and skin it with super thin tin/metal. If you laminate it via glue you'd be surprised how much it strengthens thinner plywood like 1/4 inch. I'm still not 100% there yet, but the goal is to be able to get that metal control panel look and finish without having to out-source it to a machine shop.
Post by: BorgDog on June 17, 2015, 12:46:56 pm
Problem with the scrap wood box is I have no where to put something that big.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 17, 2015, 12:47:34 pm
Ya know what's Chufftastic about my summer? NOTHING! I'm away from my family on business and have a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- ton of time on my hands but nowhere to build any cabs. Its super! :applaud: :P :timebomb: I'm about two seconds away from ordering a kit.
Well, then this thread isn't for you ;) Come back when you have something to chuff about ::)
Yeah, bro, don't harsh the chuff.
(http://rs1139.pbsrc.com/albums/n546/guttedc0rpse/Tumblr/tumblr_m8f28jg5DU1rnqx8i.gif~c200)
Post by: yotsuya on June 17, 2015, 12:48:43 pm
***chuff-harshing***
Weren't you going to buy a Ms. Pac-Man while you were there to work on?
Post by: Vigo on June 17, 2015, 01:44:34 pm
Ya know what's Chufftastic about my summer? NOTHING! I'm away from my family on business and have a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- ton of time on my hands but nowhere to build any cabs. Its super! :applaud: :P :timebomb: I'm about two seconds away from ordering a kit.
Well, then this thread isn't for you ;) Come back when you have something to chuff about ::)Yeah, bro, don't harsh the chuff.
(http://rs1139.pbsrc.com/albums/n546/guttedc0rpse/Tumblr/tumblr_m8f28jg5DU1rnqx8i.gif~c200)
Your posts are naff, and naff destroys chuff. Go find some chuff and come back when you have it.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 17, 2015, 02:07:09 pm
I third the request for brake pics, I've been thinking of making one, scrap angle calling my name.
Problem with the scrap wood box is I have no where to put something that big.
Well I didn't build a super huge box... in fact I just had a scrap piece of plywood and some casters lying around and went... "hmm". I think the inner dimensions of the cart are around 2'x3'
I'll take some pics of the brake this evening, but seriously... just two pieces of angle iron... nothing to see. About the only advice I can give is if you don't have a drill press or a welder, you aren't making one because it's unlikely you'll be able to drill through the iron.
Post by: BadMouth on June 18, 2015, 11:41:13 am
I skim coated everything to eliminate variations in texture.
still have most of the (formerly tiled) ceiling to sand and lots of individual spots to touch up. :-\
I can't wait until the chuff dust goes away for good.
(sorry about the crappy pic quality. cell phone pic quality has degraded over time despite disassembling and cleaning)
Post by: Generic Eric on June 18, 2015, 12:28:39 pm
I have neither of those.I third the request for brake pics, I've been thinking of making one, scrap angle calling my name.
Problem with the scrap wood box is I have no where to put something that big.
Well I didn't build a super huge box... in fact I just had a scrap piece of plywood and some casters lying around and went... "hmm". I think the inner dimensions of the cart are around 2'x3'
I'll take some pics of the brake this evening, but seriously... just two pieces of angle iron... nothing to see. About the only advice I can give is if you don't have a drill press or a welder, you aren't making one because it's unlikely you'll be able to drill through the iron.
Post by: Vigo on June 18, 2015, 01:39:40 pm
Post by: BadMouth on June 18, 2015, 02:21:22 pm
A drill press is a workshop "must". Add it to your tool shopping list. :afro:
+1
I have a crappy one that came from Big Lots. IIRC, I paid $50 for it.
Not sure I have seen one there since.
It's probably comparable to the cheapest one Harbor Freight sells.
The head of it moves around way too much, but if you pre-drill with smaller holes first you can still achieve decent accuracy.
I use the crap out of it. Just last week I used it to drill holes in 3/4" aluminum box to make mounts for a TV antenna reflector (got a 10 percentage point gain across all channels ;D ).
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 18, 2015, 02:34:53 pm
The main differences you are going to see are the increased rpms, a bit more torque and square, even pressure compared to a hand held drill. If you need consistent holes or the ability to drill through tough wood or metal it's about your only option.
To people in this hobby it's the difference between using a dremel and a cut-off wheel to make t-molding grooves compared to a proper router and tri-wing bit. Simply put one works and the other doesn't, but you won't realize the other method isn't working until you have the better option.
Post by: Slippyblade on June 18, 2015, 02:40:56 pm
I have a crappy one that came from Big Lots. IIRC, I paid $50 for it.
Same one here - my wife got it for me for Christmas many years ago. It lives on the back porch, exposed to the elements and I use it 3-4 times a week, at a minimum. Best X-mas gift EVER.
Post by: yotsuya on June 18, 2015, 03:09:04 pm
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 18, 2015, 03:11:10 pm
Yeah, a drill press is definitely my next tool purchase. :cheers:
Make sure you mount it to the dining room table... :cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on June 18, 2015, 03:38:32 pm
What kind of Canadian do you think I am?Yeah, a drill press is definitely my next tool purchase. :cheers:
Make sure you mount it to the dining room table... :cheers:
Post by: pbj on June 18, 2015, 03:56:52 pm
;(
Post by: harveybirdman on June 18, 2015, 04:32:23 pm
Oh you need that hole one millimeter to the right? No problem adjust a knob and boom ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- gets holes in it exactly where you want.
Post by: Le Chuck on June 18, 2015, 04:51:39 pm
Here's the furniture that has been occupying a lot of my time. Her room isn't 100% done yet but we're ready to recieve. Now I just have to go clean overspray off the garage floor, the kids' bikes, the shelves, maybe a game or two lol.
Also, I should be able to start doing hobby related stuff again so I'm excited about that!
Oh, and we made that little name banner using the Cricut Explore. I totally love that little cutter but haven't used if for anything hobby related yet.
Post by: Slippyblade on June 18, 2015, 04:55:33 pm
Oh, and we made that little name banner using the Cricut Explore. I totally love that little cutter but haven't used if for anything hobby related yet.
Is that one limited to the cartridges or will it take custom files?
Post by: Generic Eric on June 18, 2015, 04:57:51 pm
Oh, and we made that little name banner using the Cricut Explore. I totally love that little cutter but haven't used if for anything hobby related yet.
Is that one limited to the cartridges or will it take custom files?
From manufacture web page.
Easy design software
Designing is easier than ever. Cricut Explore machines work hand-in-hand with our free Cricut Design Space™ software for PC, Mac®, and iPad®. You can save projects, browse images, upload your own designs, and purchase individual images. And it’s cloud-based, so all your projects and images are linked on your computer or iPad.
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I was curious too, so I looked it up.
Post by: Generic Eric on June 18, 2015, 05:00:53 pm
A drill press is a workshop "must". Add it to your tool shopping list. :afro:
Word.
I just used my miter saw for the first time last night. I didn't mention it, but I bought a corded circular saw awhile back too. I need another battery for my drill. That pocket kreg jig. Its on the list, along with a lot of other stuff.
:cheers:
Post by: Le Chuck on June 18, 2015, 05:01:18 pm
Oh, and we made that little name banner using the Cricut Explore. I totally love that little cutter but haven't used if for anything hobby related yet.
Is that one limited to the cartridges or will it take custom files?
Custom, I haven't paid for anything. The interface needs some work and it is webbased (blah!!) but I expect an offline upgrade is in the works, but aside from that minor annoyance it cuts whatever I want.
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 18, 2015, 05:08:29 pm
Oh, and we made that little name banner using the Cricut Explore. I totally love that little cutter but haven't used if for anything hobby related yet.
Is that one limited to the cartridges or will it take custom files?
My wife has a Cricut, I upgraded it's firmware and use a software called Sure Cuts a Lot, can cut vector files with ease. Just leave a cartridge in, and it works like a champ.
Post by: Le Chuck on June 18, 2015, 07:20:36 pm
Oh, and we made that little name banner using the Cricut Explore. I totally love that little cutter but haven't used if for anything hobby related yet.
Is that one limited to the cartridges or will it take custom files?
My wife has a Cricut, I upgraded it's firmware and use a software called Sure Cuts a Lot, can cut vector files with ease. Just leave a cartridge in, and it works like a champ.
Does Sure Cuts work with the Explore? I don't even own a cartridge.
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 18, 2015, 10:07:15 pm
I have to see what my wife's is. I know it accepts 12 x 6 sheetsOh, and we made that little name banner using the Cricut Explore. I totally love that little cutter but haven't used if for anything hobby related yet.
Is that one limited to the cartridges or will it take custom files?
My wife has a Cricut, I upgraded it's firmware and use a software called Sure Cuts a Lot, can cut vector files with ease. Just leave a cartridge in, and it works like a champ.
Does Sure Cuts work with the Explore? I don't even own a cartridge.
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Post by: RetroGreg on June 19, 2015, 12:15:27 am
Post by: yotsuya on June 19, 2015, 12:30:53 am
I have extra steam keys for Torchlight 2 and Aqua kitty if anybody wants them.I'll take 'em.
Post by: yotsuya on June 19, 2015, 12:35:22 am
I also burned the two EPROM chips I needed to in order to convert the board back to regular Pac. Hopefully the daughtercard I need shows up tomorrow so I can test this mofo.
Post by: RetroGreg on June 19, 2015, 12:46:26 am
I have extra steam keys for Torchlight 2 and Aqua kitty if anybody wants them.I'll take 'em.
I'll send you a PM
Post by: Le Chuck on June 19, 2015, 12:49:38 am
Ok, Pac - to - JAMMA adaptor finished. Fun moment - my soldering iron slipped from my hand, I instinctively reached for it, burned my finger, it flipped up, hit my chin and fell to the ground. So I have a little burn on my chin and finger. Good thing it's the one I cut with my table saw and therefore numb already.
Which chin did you cut on the tablesaw? I keed, hope your chins are okay tho!
Post by: yotsuya on June 19, 2015, 01:20:25 am
Ok, Pac - to - JAMMA adaptor finished. Fun moment - my soldering iron slipped from my hand, I instinctively reached for it, burned my finger, it flipped up, hit my chin and fell to the ground. So I have a little burn on my chin and finger. Good thing it's the one I cut with my table saw and therefore numb already.
Which chin did you cut on the tablesaw? I keed, hope your chins are okay tho!
I threw some Neosporin on the chin, should be ok. Finger, who knows? :cheers:
Building the adaptor was fun, but always challenging. I usually pull a Griff and have to redo some part of it, and this time around was no exception. Should be good to go now, I just need the Sync Bus card to show up. I've really had a lot of fun with the EPROM programmer. The board I have is technically a Ms. Pac missing two cards, so I swapped it back to Pac for testing purposes (reverse-Jennered it, if you will). If all goes well with the 6Pac, I'll be able to do either on this board.
Tomorrow is hopefully the day I get to do SuperPac-to-JAMMA, and then later this weekend I'll be able to finish resoldering those sockets to my Open Ice board. Chuffed, indeed.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 19, 2015, 02:49:21 am
Not so much on the hardware end these past couple days, but I finally got around to updating the firmware on my DS flash cart so it'll play the newest games. I'm going to put a full set of all the portable system roms on the thing. Too bad DS games are too large... I'll go with a top 20 for them.
I'm going to order flash carts for my consoles as well and finally get around to making a nice setup. Gonna write software so when you put the sd cards in a pc, you get a nice front-end and emulator that auto-configs based on what gamepad is plugged in. So you guys might get something out of that one as well.
Also took the cat to get his allergy shot and his nails clipped. I didn't get any major lacerations this time when I held him down for the vet, so I'm quite chuffed about that. (Vet got slashed pretty bad though.)
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 19, 2015, 02:52:04 am
http://youtu.be/pW68T84RLHw (http://youtu.be/pW68T84RLHw)
Post by: yotsuya on June 19, 2015, 11:19:33 am
Hey man... ever thought about burning some genesis carts? Unlike nes/snes carts they don't have any special chips or security or anything. I think there is even a blank pcb you can buy floating around somewhere.
I would love to do something like that. I don't have a working Genesis, though. But I definitely would love to roll my own with some of these things. I have a spare Centipede board that has graphic glitches, but if I can get it working, I want to install the "Atari $50,000 Challenge Centipede" EPROMs on the board. It makes it so that the game only runs for 3 minutes. The goal during the competition was to get the highest score in that three minute time period. I'd also like to get another Pac board but install some of the hack variants by burning new EPROMS. :cheers:
So my wife I and were killing time at the mall last night. She wanted to go into Old Navy. I said sure - after I stopped into Best Buy. It's been YEARS since I've been in Best Buy. Not much to see. I picked this up. Say hello to my little friend:
(http://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/covers/scarface-blu-ray-cover-79.jpg)
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 19, 2015, 11:39:58 am
I don't have a working Genesis
You're harshing my chuff, man...
Post by: yotsuya on June 19, 2015, 08:16:59 pm
The adaptor is sure easier to make then the regular Pac-Man to JAMMA. Plugged it in, waited for smoke... it worked! Hella chuffed.
Post by: harveybirdman on June 19, 2015, 08:26:25 pm
Brilliant!
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 19, 2015, 09:55:16 pm
***chuff-harshing***
Weren't you going to buy a Ms. Pac-Man while you were there to work on?
Yeah. I'd regail everyone with the story on what happened but it sounds like I would harsh the chuff.
(I feel like Im watching Encino Man while reading this topic.)
Post by: yotsuya on June 19, 2015, 10:07:29 pm
Do tell...***chuff-harshing***
Weren't you going to buy a Ms. Pac-Man while you were there to work on?
Yeah. I'd regail everyone with the story on what happened but it sounds like I would harsh the chuff.
(I feel like Im watching Encino Man while reading this topic.)
Post by: yotsuya on June 20, 2015, 03:33:24 pm
And instead, I got a game of Pac-Man!
Which chuffed the ---fudgesicle--- out of me because I had no guarantees the board itself actually worked with the missing parts replaced. Switching the roms back to Pac-man certainly helped.
Feeling bold, I installed the 6 in 1 kit, started up, and got an error message. Inspecting closer, I saw I had accidentally bent a pin- I easily straightened that out, rebooted, & I got perfection. This has been a fantastic day for Pac-Man and family in my household.
Post by: wp34 on June 20, 2015, 04:13:06 pm
Post by: harveybirdman on June 20, 2015, 04:26:45 pm
:cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on June 20, 2015, 11:25:05 pm
Super Pac doesn't come with a high score save setup, but for $40 you can buy one... or for $15 and a ROM burner, you can DIY. Guess what mofo now has a Super Pac that saves high scores?
All you need to do is burn two EPROMS of code for one side of the board, then swap out one chip with a battery backed Dallas NVRAM on the other side. I did that, installed it... success!
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 21, 2015, 12:18:53 am
Post by: yotsuya on June 21, 2015, 03:03:33 am
Hella Chuffed!What you working on there, brother?
:cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on June 21, 2015, 03:04:35 am
Great work man. I'm tempted to get you to have a go at my Gorf boards, but I wouldn't wish that kind of punishment on anyone.
What's wrong with it?
Post by: harveybirdman on June 21, 2015, 11:07:52 am
Hella Chuffed!What you working on there, brother?
:cheers:
Fixing paint imperfections caused by last coats applied above acceptable humidity levels.
Hopefully close to a thread update after several months
Post by: yotsuya on June 21, 2015, 06:11:49 pm
I soldered all the sockets back on the Wolf PCB, loaded the Open Ice ROM, plugged it in...
Nothin'.
It basically acts like it did when I got it. I'll do some cleaning and reseating and see what happens.
Since I was on a roll with my irons and wanted to take a break from the Wolf board , I grabbed a Centipede board that I have that has graphical glitches, & a non working Centipede board I have. I did some research last night and found the location of two chips that might cause some graphic glitches, so I took them off the bad board, and swapped them onto the glitchy board. Booted it up, and the glitchy board works perfectly now. So now I have a back up working Centipede board.
All in all, a good day.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 21, 2015, 07:17:03 pm
Great work man. I'm tempted to get you to have a go at my Gorf boards, but I wouldn't wish that kind of punishment on anyone.
What's wrong with it?
It's gorf, that's what's wrong with it. Seriously though they are dead as a doornail and probably need a full rebuild.
Post by: yotsuya on June 21, 2015, 07:24:24 pm
Hahaha. I'll probably be busy trying to fix the stupid Wolf board.Great work man. I'm tempted to get you to have a go at my Gorf boards, but I wouldn't wish that kind of punishment on anyone.
What's wrong with it?
It's gorf, that's what's wrong with it. Seriously though they are dead as a doornail and probably need a full rebuild.
The Centipede board has me chuffed, though. That's the first time I ever fixed a truly broken board that wasn't replacing a part easily or swapping a socketed chip. I had to desolder the RAMs off the bad board, then desolder the RAMs off the glitchy board, then swap them and cross my fingers. I bought that glitchy board as is off eBay for pretty cheap, so I'm happy I finally got it working. Like I stated before, I'm going to burn the $50,000 Atari Championships Centipede timed eproms and install them on the board, and have it there for competitions.
Post by: pbj on June 21, 2015, 09:36:20 pm
It was bound to finally happen. Caught something today, promptly tossed it back in.
Post by: yotsuya on June 21, 2015, 09:42:39 pm
Okay, I just left my buddy Jawhn's house. Jawhn is the patron saint of arcade gaming here in Phoenix. You need anything Arcade related, you go ask Jawhn. Anyway, he asked me if I would burn him a Galaga rapid fire chip and a pair of chips to do attract mode on freeplay in Pac -Man. I had the spares, so I burned them, and I just went over to his house right now to install them. We loaded them onto the respective boards, fired them up, and both worked exactly as we expected them to. What a great day to be in this hobby.
Post by: BadMouth on June 22, 2015, 10:53:46 am
chuffed, but tired. very tired.
Gotta wire for a ceiling light and a couple wall sconces before painting.
Been lucky so far about feeding wires without having to cut open any walls.
The sconces are going on an insulated wall, so I may not be as lucky this time around.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 22, 2015, 12:20:34 pm
I finally hooked up the indicator light wire to my keyless entry yesterday evening since I had the dash apart anyway. (It's in a strange spot) I think I paid 8 dollars for the unit and all the Camaro guys were telling me what a mistake I had made and how I should have spent $250 for a fourth gen gm unit and retro fit it as that hunk of junk would never work. Well that was in 2012, so I'm quite Chuffed on how wrong they were and how much money I saved.
One of these days people are going to learn that nearly everything we buy is cheap Chinese junk anyway, so you might as well cut out the middle man and buy the stuff from China.
Post by: BadMouth on June 22, 2015, 12:22:47 pm
Nice.
I finally hooked up the indicator light wire to my keyless entry yesterday evening since I had the dash apart anyway. (It's in a strange spot) I think I paid 8 dollars for the unit and all the Camaro guys were telling me what a mistake I had made and how I should have spent $250 for a fourth gen gm unit and retro fit it as that hunk of junk would never work. Well that was in 2012, so I'm quite Chuffed on how wrong they were and how much money I saved.
One of these days people are going to learn that nearly everything we buy is cheap Chinese junk anyway, so you might as well cut out the middle man and buy the stuff from China.
This makes me miss my old Trans Shazamm.
Post by: yotsuya on June 22, 2015, 12:26:27 pm
Nice.
I finally hooked up the indicator light wire to my keyless entry yesterday evening since I had the dash apart anyway. (It's in a strange spot) I think I paid 8 dollars for the unit and all the Camaro guys were telling me what a mistake I had made and how I should have spent $250 for a fourth gen gm unit and retro fit it as that hunk of junk would never work. Well that was in 2012, so I'm quite Chuffed on how wrong they were and how much money I saved.
One of these days people are going to learn that nearly everything we buy is cheap Chinese junk anyway, so you might as well cut out the middle man and buy the stuff from China.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v3CzvQ9e_w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v3CzvQ9e_w)
Post by: dkersten on June 22, 2015, 01:12:28 pm
I did some more planning on the sun shade for the deck, and I might work on that this week if I can find the right materials.
I also helped my son get my garage back into working order and cleaned up. Even went through some of the old scraps of wood and such and did some organization there. The garage was a disaster since the last 2 vehicles we worked on, and now it is organized enough for a new woodworking project. Now that I have 60% use of my right hand and my back isn't taking me out after 20 minutes of standing or working, I am considering tackling a new entertainment center for my theater room that I have been considering. I have some cherry plywood and hardwood I bought about 6 years ago (about $1,000 worth) that I was going to use to build some bookcases, but it would be ideal for building this piece of furniture.
Finally, I got my sprinkler system fired up and ran the well for a few hours into the storm drain to flush out the rust and sediment from over the winter. I still have a couple minor repairs, but I ran out of juice after the other projects.
Summer is just beginning for me and after over 6 months of feeling like an invalid, I am finally starting to get some stuff done.
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 22, 2015, 01:42:57 pm
I want pics of the entertainment center... going to build something similar soon so maybe I can rip it off... err... I mean you can inspire me. ;)
Post by: yotsuya on June 22, 2015, 01:44:58 pm
Now that the doc has given me the go ahead to not wear my splint any more and to use my right hand and the injections I got in my back seem to have eliminated 80% of the pain there, I dove into some projects this weekend. My deck has a tree growing up through the middle, and when I built it 10 years ago I left about 2 inches all the way around the trunk. Now the tree was touching on two sides and was getting close to the others. So I pulled up some decking, reframed around it, and cut new pieces to surround the trunk and trim it off. I didn't take pics, but it was the most manual labor I have done in almost a year, and I did it almost 100% pain free, which was VERY satisfying.
I did some more planning on the sun shade for the deck, and I might work on that this week if I can find the right materials.
I also helped my son get my garage back into working order and cleaned up. Even went through some of the old scraps of wood and such and did some organization there. The garage was a disaster since the last 2 vehicles we worked on, and now it is organized enough for a new woodworking project. Now that I have 60% use of my right hand and my back isn't taking me out after 20 minutes of standing or working, I am considering tackling a new entertainment center for my theater room that I have been considering. I have some cherry plywood and hardwood I bought about 6 years ago (about $1,000 worth) that I was going to use to build some bookcases, but it would be ideal for building this piece of furniture.
Finally, I got my sprinkler system fired up and ran the well for a few hours into the storm drain to flush out the rust and sediment from over the winter. I still have a couple minor repairs, but I ran out of juice after the other projects.
Summer is just beginning for me and after over 6 months of feeling like an invalid, I am finally starting to get some stuff done.
Good to hear, brother. Finish the pergola and post photos!
Post by: dkersten on June 22, 2015, 02:48:02 pm
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330595;image)
Post by: Vigo on June 22, 2015, 03:39:21 pm
Good for you man. It's the same deal with me... spent a year barely feeling human and now that I'm getting some relief I can't help but tear through projects like a bull in a China shop. My advice is keep at it. The more you do the better you'll feel even if it does hurt a little.
I want pics of the entertainment center... going to build something similar soon so maybe I can rip it off... err... I mean you can inspire me. ;)
I was thinking that you must be feeling a lot better than last year to be tearing through these projects. :cheers:
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 22, 2015, 03:40:31 pm
Post by: lcmgadgets on June 22, 2015, 04:44:07 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on June 22, 2015, 05:44:10 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 22, 2015, 06:29:26 pm
Man, you guys are making me feel like a slug. All I've done is figure out Attract-Mode and started compiling screenshots for every damn retro game out there. Takes a surprising long time, even WITH the scraper that A-M has. I've got NES done and about 1/4 of SNES. Then on to GameBoy!
That's some mind-numbing, tedious work right there. If you are getting proper shots of all the games, that's something to chuff about.
Post by: Slippyblade on June 22, 2015, 06:34:00 pm
That's some mind-numbing, tedious work right there. If you are getting proper shots of all the games, that's something to chuff about.
Yeah, tell me about it. TheGamesDB.net has a lot of good stuff, but many of them are literally, "Load the game, play for a minute or two, screencap, exit, rename, move, repeat for next game". When there are hundreds to go through... yeah. Eyes bleed. And since I am doing it for almost the entire library - I'm having to play titles like "Barbie: Fashion Model" and "Elmo's Fun With Numbers", at least long enough to grab a screenie.
Post by: pbj on June 22, 2015, 07:09:08 pm
Now that the doc has given me the go ahead to not wear my splint any more and to use my right hand
What was the first thing you fapped to with your new lease on life?
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 22, 2015, 07:17:53 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 22, 2015, 07:20:26 pm
That's some mind-numbing, tedious work right there. If you are getting proper shots of all the games, that's something to chuff about.
Yeah, tell me about it. TheGamesDB.net has a lot of goo stuff, but many of them are literally, "Load the game, play for a minute or two, screencap, exit, rename, move, repeat for next game". When there are hundreds to go through... yeah. Eyes bleed. And since I am doing it for almost the entire library - I'm having to play titles like "Barbie: Fashion Model" and "Elmo's Fun With Numbers", at least long enough to grab a screenie.
Maybe when you are done we can compare notes. I want to do some "one shot" front-ends for the consoles. I figure unlike mame and what have you, most of your emulators don't require an update every two months to run all the games, so make a front-end specifically for a console, stick it on a thumb drive with a pre-configured emulator and some artwork and you are good to go.
Post by: Slippyblade on June 22, 2015, 07:22:35 pm
What was the first thing you fapped to with your new lease on life?
Barbie: Fashion Model... I thought we already covered this!
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 22, 2015, 07:43:53 pm
Shed addition complete with white trash door (I still have to paint it Technicolor dreamcoat style)
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 22, 2015, 07:46:06 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 22, 2015, 07:48:53 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on June 22, 2015, 08:19:53 pm
Love the door "locks" up top!
Post by: yotsuya on June 22, 2015, 08:31:29 pm
So guess what mofo now has a Centipede board running the $50,000 Atari Championships ROMS? This mofo!
(http://www.rockartcreations.com/scott/images/posters/atari_world_champ_poster.jpg)
Instead of a P2 score, there is a timer up in the corner (time is set with the DIP switches). You have X amount of time to score as many points as you can. Once time runs out, the game is over. I have a lot of friends and family that like to play Centipede, and this will definitely be a hoot.
Post by: yotsuya on June 22, 2015, 08:36:35 pm
Man, you guys are making me feel like a slug. All I've done is figure out Attract-Mode and started compiling screenshots for every damn retro game out there. Takes a surprising long time, even WITH the scraper that A-M has. I've got NES done and about 1/4 of SNES. Then on to GameBoy!
Dude, if those screenshots aren't at least 7400x2324 1080p, you're wasting all our time. /me cracks open a Pabst Blue Ribbon
Post by: harveybirdman on June 22, 2015, 08:41:35 pm
Man, you guys are making me feel like a slug. All I've done is figure out Attract-Mode and started compiling screenshots for every damn retro game out there. Takes a surprising long time, even WITH the scraper that A-M has. I've got NES done and about 1/4 of SNES. Then on to GameBoy!
Dude, if those screenshots aren't at least 7400x2324 1080p, you're wasting all our time. /me cracks open a Pabst Blue Ribbon
:laugh2:
Post by: Malenko on June 22, 2015, 08:44:04 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 22, 2015, 08:49:42 pm
:woot
Love the door "locks" up top!
Note that I've got a actual lock on the thing even though it's 90% tarp and anyone could break in with a sharp knife.
Country Roads......... :burgerking:
Post by: Le Chuck on June 23, 2015, 04:24:48 pm
(http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr155/vonjett/1367FA5E-7506-444F-AF72-BEF6595CCC50_zpsy8z0dojo.jpg)
Post by: Vigo on June 23, 2015, 04:44:53 pm
:cheers: Congrats!!!! :cheers:
My third is on the way in November, and I just got back from the ultrasound appointment today to find out the gender. It looks it will be a third boy in the Vigo household.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 23, 2015, 04:53:18 pm
Madilyn Harper Le Chuck entered the game yesterday and we are as CHUFFED as can be. This makes three so I finally get to finish the four player cab Blake has been asking for lol.
Heluva Fathers Day Gift! ;D
Post by: Slippyblade on June 23, 2015, 05:26:18 pm
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 24, 2015, 12:06:57 pm
I had a great Fathers Day. My wife came down to West Virginia with the baby and spent the weekend with me. I got a portable Dewalt Jobsite Radio and she cooked me a pan of beef enchiladas, chicken enchiladas, fish tacos, and smothered chicken. And all I have to do is heat them up. Home cooking away from home. And to really elevate the chuff here is a picture of my daughter and I.
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10150640_10153958701408222_4438749607462433334_n.jpg?oh=9302bd931676e4b8bfa1fcee2a3f2658&oe=562F4ECA)
And to make this post even chuffier I am at the top of page 8. Chuff to all and to all a good day.
Post by: yotsuya on June 24, 2015, 12:13:08 pm
Here you go fellas. Since I was harshing the chuff.
I had a great Fathers Day. My wife came down to West Virginia with the baby and spent the weekend with me. I got a portable Dewalt Jobsite Radio and she cooked me a pan of beef enchiladas, chicken enchiladas, fish tacos, and smothered chicken. And all I have to do is heat them up. Home cooking away from home. And to really elevate the chuff here is a picture of my daughter and I.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm....
And the photo doesn't show. But thanks for sharing. :cheers:
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 24, 2015, 12:45:34 pm
But thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing? Man. You are a teacher. :lol
Post by: yotsuya on June 24, 2015, 12:51:25 pm
I pay you a compliment, and you dis me. Why you gotta PBJ, bro?But thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing? Man. You are a teacher.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 24, 2015, 12:54:30 pm
I pay you a compliment, and you dis me. Why you gotta PBJ, bro?But thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing? Man. You are a teacher.
I wasn't trying to dis you my friend. I just know I would get a C+ if I was doing a report. :lol
Post by: yotsuya on June 24, 2015, 01:04:10 pm
I wasn't trying to dis you my friend. I just know I would get a C+ if I was doing a report. :lol
Let's get back to all this food. I didn't know your wife was Mexican.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 24, 2015, 01:21:28 pm
I wasn't trying to dis you my friend. I just know I would get a C+ if I was doing a report. :lol
Let's get back to all this food. I didn't know your wife was Mexican.
You didn't know I was married to Selma Hayek? Now that would make for a chufftastic summer!
Post by: yotsuya on June 24, 2015, 01:25:05 pm
I wasn't trying to dis you my friend. I just know I would get a C+ if I was doing a report. :lol
Let's get back to all this food. I didn't know your wife was Mexican.
You didn't know I was married to Selma Hayek? Now that would make for a chufftastic summer!
I would totally watch.
Post by: Vigo on June 24, 2015, 01:35:26 pm
I ask for so little. :angry:
Post by: pbj on June 24, 2015, 02:13:59 pm
Post by: dkersten on June 24, 2015, 02:24:26 pm
My son has been a cook for 2 Mexican restaurants and loves to cook (he currently manages a Qdoba). However, I don't like Mexican food, so I never have him cook for me.
Post by: Vigo on June 24, 2015, 02:27:01 pm
Post by: pbj on June 24, 2015, 02:27:27 pm
My son has been a cook for 2 Mexican restaurants and loves to cook (he currently manages a Qdoba). However, I don't like Mexican food, so I never have him cook for me.
Sweet, mas chips for me.
Post by: dkersten on June 24, 2015, 02:29:54 pm
Sweet, mas chips for me.He brings home big bags of freshly made chips all the time.. I enjoy them but don't like the queso.. Warm chips with fresh lime squeezed over them.. mmm..
Post by: pbj on June 24, 2015, 02:38:25 pm
Lemon or lime juice on the chips along with some salsa verde. Now that is chufferiffic. And gives you 10 more minutes to find a toilet.
Post by: yotsuya on June 24, 2015, 08:19:35 pm
Here you go fellas. Since I was harshing the chuff.
I had a great Fathers Day. My wife came down to West Virginia with the baby and spent the weekend with me. I got a portable Dewalt Jobsite Radio and she cooked me a pan of beef enchiladas, chicken enchiladas, fish tacos, and smothered chicken. And all I have to do is heat them up. Home cooking away from home. And to really elevate the chuff here is a picture of my daughter and I.
And to make this post even chuffier I am at the top of page 8. Chuff to all and to all a good day.
The photo shows up for me now. How cute!!!
Did you get a conjugal visit out of it, too? :laugh:
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 25, 2015, 09:46:34 am
Did you get a conjugal visit out of it, too? :laugh:
Oh. so you're one of those guys? Heh. heh.
I got a little more chuffed over the past couple days. I finally decided I wanted to make one of these (http://www.geekwire.com/2012/waste-rest-friday-atari-2600-online/) from my NUC and Maximus Arcade. I haven't started work so you guys will have to tell me what you think. I also want to mod a PS3 controller to match it. I want to go with the idea for the controller shown below.
(http://cdn1-www.craveonline.com/assets/uploads/2013/12/266801-atarips4.jpg)
I want to replace the PS3 home button with one that has an Atari symbol and work up a sticker that I can place in the center that says Six Axis Controller or something of the sort and model it after the driving sticker that used to be on the Atari Paddles.
And a quick thank you to Delusional for posting a shortcut on how to load Flash Games through MA. Found a quick tutorial he posted back in '10.
Post by: yotsuya on June 25, 2015, 01:07:41 pm
I have a deal in the works to get my 14th and final game for my gameroom (final because I truly have no more room). Keep your fingers crossed, it's going to be a chuffy ride!
Post by: Vigo on June 25, 2015, 01:11:00 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 25, 2015, 01:13:02 pm
(http://cdn.meme.am/instances2/500x/449374.jpg)
True. I'm already figuring out ways I can squeeze one more in. If I move/sell my Megatouch, I can replace the slot with another cab...... just don't tell Mrs. Yotsuya what I'm scheming...
Post by: Slippyblade on June 25, 2015, 01:18:25 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 25, 2015, 01:26:25 pm
It amazes me how well your gameroom is organized. I was blown away that you've actually got a sit down cab compressed into the corner over there. Yer arcade is a freakin TARDIS!
Yeah, it helped creating a SketchUp model. :cheers:
Oh, and if this comes to fruition (and it should), you should make plans to come pick up that Pac cocktail from me. :cheers:
Post by: wp34 on June 26, 2015, 12:39:33 pm
I thought I fried my Total Carnage PCB by plugging it into a cheap Jamma 2-way switcher. The game didn't have sound when I bought it either. Cleaning the edge connector and pins going to/from the sound card fixed both problems. Chuff that!
Post by: yotsuya on June 26, 2015, 12:46:34 pm
Some Chuff by request of yotsuya. ;D
I thought I fried my Total Carnage PCB by plugging it into a cheap Jamma 2-way switcher. The game didn't have sound when I bought it either. Cleaning the edge connector and pins going to/from the sound card fixed both problems. Chuff that!
(http://cdn.meme.am/instances2/500x/470333.jpg)
Post by: wp34 on June 26, 2015, 02:21:11 pm
Some Chuff by request of yotsuya. ;D
I thought I fried my Total Carnage PCB by plugging it into a cheap Jamma 2-way switcher. The game didn't have sound when I bought it either. Cleaning the edge connector and pins going to/from the sound card fixed both problems. Chuff that!
(http://cdn.meme.am/instances2/500x/470333.jpg)
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 26, 2015, 02:24:47 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 27, 2015, 12:58:22 pm
Post by: Malenko on June 27, 2015, 01:18:50 pm
Post by: Le Chuck on June 27, 2015, 02:00:18 pm
So Dave is not the only one bringing another woman home.
No totally hoopty ass trailer? I am disappoint lol
Post by: yotsuya on June 27, 2015, 02:02:49 pm
Bro, not while the fuzz are still looking for that thing!So Dave is not the only one bringing another woman home.
No totally hoopty ass trailer? I am disappoint lol
Post by: wp34 on June 27, 2015, 02:37:47 pm
Nice. Just keep driving until you get to Iowa.
So Dave is not the only one bringing another woman home.
Post by: Generic Eric on June 27, 2015, 05:48:28 pm
Slight pre-noon chuffie
Post by: wp34 on June 27, 2015, 07:28:49 pm
Some Chuff by request of yotsuya. ;D
I thought I fried my Total Carnage PCB by plugging it into a cheap Jamma 2-way switcher. The game didn't have sound when I bought it either. Cleaning the edge connector and pins going to/from the sound card fixed both problems. Chuff that!
The board is still having issues so looks like this was just Semi-Chuff.
Post by: yotsuya on June 27, 2015, 09:36:42 pm
(http://cdn.meme.li/instances/250x250/53527872.jpg)Some Chuff by request of yotsuya. ;D
I thought I fried my Total Carnage PCB by plugging it into a cheap Jamma 2-way switcher. The game didn't have sound when I bought it either. Cleaning the edge connector and pins going to/from the sound card fixed both problems. Chuff that!
The board is still having issues so looks like this was just Semi-Chuff.
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on June 28, 2015, 11:40:59 am
Not as fun as arcade stuff but hey...
Del
Post by: pbj on June 28, 2015, 07:54:27 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/tEjh2Pyl.jpg)
Also went to Walmart and spent $150 on sunscreen, mosquito coils, bug spray, and bird seed.
This hobby can wait until fall.
:cheers:
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 28, 2015, 10:02:30 pm
The board is still having issues so looks like this was just Semi-Chuff.
This summer has not been that Chufftastic. My wifes beef stroganoff made up for it yesterday though.
Good to see you got your Pac Man Yots. Makes me less chuffed I couldnt get the one I was after.
I really need to go to the anti chuff thread so I quit harshin' the chuff here.
Post by: yotsuya on June 28, 2015, 10:03:26 pm
It's all good, brother. You never told us what happened with the Ms. Pac.The board is still having issues so looks like this was just Semi-Chuff.
This summer has not been that Chufftastic. My wifes beef stroganoff made up for it yesterday though.
Good to see you got your Pac Man Yots. Makes me less chuffed I couldnt get the one I was after.
I really need to go to the anti chuff thread so I quit harshin' the chuff here.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 28, 2015, 10:05:13 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 28, 2015, 10:16:11 pm
I got no response. No to email. No to phone calls. No to texts. Oh well.That sucks. Mine was a homeboy deal, so I didn't have to track it down. I only got it since I got that Pac board working.
Post by: dkersten on June 29, 2015, 11:27:44 am
Project: Shade for the west side of my deck.
I have several trees in my back yard which provide nice shade pretty much all day, at least right up until about 6 pm until about 8 pm. That afternoon sun drops below the neighbor's tree and there is a gap until the neighbor's house takes over in blocking the sun. Unfortunately this happens right around the time I like to have dinner out there, and half the people at the table get blasted in the face and the other half get sunburned on their neck. I don't know if it is the pollution free skies around here or the higher elevation, but the sun just seems so intense here.. We don't have a lot of humidity, but 100 degree days in the summer are common despite the elevation and latitude.
Anyway, on top of this, I have some asshat neighbors that have those super bright halogen spots in their garage light and they have it angled so it comes right up the alley and lights up my backyard like a prison searchlight. When we are sitting in the backyard trying to enjoy some beers and good company in the evening, we have to put up with the harsh light coming from a half block away. While one of my friends has gone over and used a dumpster to climb up and unscrew the bulb twice now, I figured a more permanent solution was needed. This guy is an old coot who believes it is his right to light up about 4 blocks of the neighborhood with his million candlepower lights. Since I could probably get in trouble for shooting them out with a .22 (although after some beers it is a tempting proposition), this shade is a much better solution.
So on to the pics:
First, I took up 4 rows of the decking and started putting in 10 foot 4x4's. They run just about 8'6" tall above the deck. I ended up with redwood because the treated stuff at Home Depot was crap and had been picked through pretty thoroughly. It cost a little more, but I can stain it up sooner and it was easier to work with. Nice straight grain too so I am confident it won't twist or bow. I have some treated fence posts that look like they defy the laws of physics after they dried out.. So here are some shots of the bracing. I braced them in two directions after securing them to the joists in the deck.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330939;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330943;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330941;image)
That last one was a bear. Even after measuring like 7 times, I somehow ended up missing by 1.5" and landed it square on a joist. So I cut the joist off, put in my cross brace, and did it that way. Unfortunately, that 4x4 was very wet, so it weighed about 100 lbs. Then once I got it in place, I realized the joist was in the way of the stove bolts, so I had to drill new holes at an angle. Eventually I got it solid but it was tough and I pushed my right hand way too far in doing it. It is still pretty sore today.
Here are shots after the 3 4x4's are up, and then after the decking was cut and put back down.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330945;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330949;image)
While working, the GF was taking pics of me that were unappealing (sweating, bending over, etc.) so I got her back by snapping some pics while she was sweeping up, lol. No makeup, no hair done, etc.. she was like "Are you f'n kidding me?"
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330947;image)
OK, just to make it fair, here is one of the pics she snapped of me sitting down hunched over notching out the decking:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330965;image)
After the posts were up, I simply capped them with a 2x6 and 2x8, cut a detail into the ends to match the other details on the deck, and hung the sun shades. I went with crank controlled roll up shades made by Coolaroo. 8 foot by 8 foot on Amazon for $69 each (free 2 day shipping with Prime of course). I looked at other options, but these fit exactly what I wanted. I went with the medium fabric so it shades nicely but still allows some light to pass. The color matches my house well and works well with the gray and red on the deck and woodwork/fence. The gazebo and these posts will be stained later this season to match the fence, which is a little darker red color. Here are pics of the finished product:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330957;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330953;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330959;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330951;image)
The shades come with bungies to tie them on bottom, and hooks for the bungies to snap into. This keeps them from waving so much in the wind.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=330955;image)
Finished this Saturday, took about 8 hours total (mostly working solo, little help from the GF. My son was out of town). Total cost was just over $300. The redwood 4x4's, 2x6's, and 2x8's along with the galvanized stove bolts (12 total used) cost around $170. The shades were about $140. I could have saved about $50 if I had used the treated lumber instead of redwood. I had also considered using chain link fence posts and hardware, which would have been fairly cheap, but in the end the wood was easier and matches the rest very well. I might have been able to save a little on the shades if I had used just a roll of the shade fabric like I originally intended, but the roll up hardware was not terribly expensive and works really well for what I wanted. Overall I am very happy with the results.
On Sunday I went on a spree and bought all new ceiling fans for my rooms (4 total), as well as some other things I have been meaning to get to for a while. The fans in the upstairs bedrooms were all 25+ years old and were super cheap to start with, and the one in my basement master was too big for the 7 foot ceiling, so I got a low profile for it. I spent about 6 hours yesterday hanging fans and getting my spare bedroom finished off (got guests coming tomorrow). It will be over 100 degrees today, but between the shade on the deck and the fans in the rooms, everything is a little more comfortable.
Post by: pbj on June 29, 2015, 11:39:31 am
:lol
Post by: Generic Eric on June 29, 2015, 01:01:26 pm
Post by: Vigo on June 29, 2015, 01:18:52 pm
Been tackling a problem of the opposite nature. My house is so shaded, I spent hours cleaning moss off my roof this weekend.
Post by: yotsuya on June 29, 2015, 01:24:16 pm
Post by: eds1275 on June 29, 2015, 02:34:26 pm
Been tackling a problem of the opposite nature. My house is so shaded, I spent hours cleaning moss off my roof this weekend.
I didn't have much moss, but I did use a chemical that killed it in a week or so, and the bits washed away in the rain. Is that how you did it, or did you bust your ass manually? I don't think the chemical would work so well if there was a lot.
Post by: Vigo on June 29, 2015, 02:57:51 pm
Post by: Malenko on June 29, 2015, 03:01:22 pm
Post by: Le Chuck on June 29, 2015, 03:47:25 pm
Off to Hawaii!
Happy trails ya bastard! Love me some Hawaii, enjoy!!!
Post by: wp34 on June 30, 2015, 09:28:54 am
I did something similar in San Antonio. Lived in a duplex and my side of the slab was shaded. Neighbor's wasn't. After living there approximately 15 minutes, I tacked up outdoor fabric from our porch roof to the fence. Blocked the sun and his view of my backyard. He was VERY offended.
:lol
I always wondered where the term "throwing shade" originated. :cheers:
Post by: jdbailey1206 on June 30, 2015, 06:50:34 pm
Post by: yotsuya on June 30, 2015, 09:27:38 pm
Post by: Le Chuck on June 30, 2015, 10:01:52 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on June 30, 2015, 10:44:41 pm
USA beat Germany 2-0! Pretty ---smurfing--- chuffed about that!!!! USA USA USA!!!
Yeah too bad it was in Soccer, so absolutely nobody cares. ;)
Post by: wp34 on June 30, 2015, 11:07:38 pm
After the afternoon I had, this Mexican remembered why people hire other Mexicans to do their tile work.
Nice. I'll be tiling a backsplash in our kitchen this weekend.
Post by: yotsuya on June 30, 2015, 11:22:39 pm
Backsplash are pretty easy to do. You have a plan in mind, or is this the first time you're doing it?After the afternoon I had, this Mexican remembered why people hire other Mexicans to do their tile work.
Nice. I'll be tiling a backsplash in our kitchen this weekend.
Post by: wp34 on June 30, 2015, 11:30:30 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 12:00:06 am
I've only done one other backsplash. My wife planned that one perfectly and I didn't have to cut one tile. This one is an Arabesque style and there will be a ton of cutting. I'm renting a tile saw so hopefully that helps.
Eek!! Post photos, bro.
I bought myself a tile saw. It's paid for itself in spades already. I'm redoing my daughter's bathroom. I did the floor today. Tomorrow I'll grout it and then put in the floorboards, sink, and toilet. Then I plan to tackle the shower (tiled, of course).
Post by: wp34 on July 01, 2015, 12:09:24 am
You make a good point about it paying for itself. The only reason I didn't buy a tile saw was that I didn't want to have to store it. If I had room I would have bought one. Still might because the one I'm renting does not work like a chop saw and I think I would prefer that option for some cuts. I've never used one though.
I've only done one other backsplash. My wife planned that one perfectly and I didn't have to cut one tile. This one is an Arabesque style and there will be a ton of cutting. I'm renting a tile saw so hopefully that helps.
Eek!! Post photos, bro.
I bought myself a tile saw. It's paid for itself in spades already. I'm redoing my daughter's bathroom. I did the floor today. Tomorrow I'll grout it and then put in the floorboards, sink, and toilet. Then I plan to tackle the shower (tiled, of course).
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 12:27:14 am
I bought a little one. It really functions like a table saw. However, for the kind of work you're planning, a chop saw might work best. I'm mostly dealing with huge tiles. What size are you planning?
Are you doing the shower with the same tile you did for the floor? I need to do our shower at some point.
You make a good point about it paying for itself. The only reason I didn't buy a tile saw was that I didn't want to have to store it. If I had room I would have bought one. Still might because the one I'm renting does not work like a chop saw and I think I would prefer that option for some cuts. I've never used one though.I've only done one other backsplash. My wife planned that one perfectly and I didn't have to cut one tile. This one is an Arabesque style and there will be a ton of cutting. I'm renting a tile saw so hopefully that helps.
Eek!! Post photos, bro.
I bought myself a tile saw. It's paid for itself in spades already. I'm redoing my daughter's bathroom. I did the floor today. Tomorrow I'll grout it and then put in the floorboards, sink, and toilet. Then I plan to tackle the shower (tiled, of course).
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 01, 2015, 02:13:04 am
I also repaired a broken faucet by flipping the metal valve washer in the stem cartridge, which saved me from going to lowes at 11pm.... super chuffed about that. Now there's no rush... I'll fix it later this week.
Post by: wp34 on July 01, 2015, 09:27:22 am
I also repaired a broken faucet by flipping the metal valve washer in the stem cartridge, which saved me from going to lowes at 11pm.... super chuffed about that. Now there's no rush... I'll fix it later this week.
Awesome. That is like hitting the "snooze" button on a nagging repair. :cheers:
Post by: wp34 on July 01, 2015, 09:29:39 am
I attached a pic of the tile we are installing. They are meshed backed but since they are not square it is going to mean a lot of cutting. Should look nice when we are done.
I'm going to use 12x24 in the shower as well, but a much lighter grey color.
I bought a little one. It really functions like a table saw. However, for the kind of work you're planning, a chop saw might work best. I'm mostly dealing with huge tiles. What size are you planning?Are you doing the shower with the same tile you did for the floor? I need to do our shower at some point.
You make a good point about it paying for itself. The only reason I didn't buy a tile saw was that I didn't want to have to store it. If I had room I would have bought one. Still might because the one I'm renting does not work like a chop saw and I think I would prefer that option for some cuts. I've never used one though.I've only done one other backsplash. My wife planned that one perfectly and I didn't have to cut one tile. This one is an Arabesque style and there will be a ton of cutting. I'm renting a tile saw so hopefully that helps.
Eek!! Post photos, bro.
I bought myself a tile saw. It's paid for itself in spades already. I'm redoing my daughter's bathroom. I did the floor today. Tomorrow I'll grout it and then put in the floorboards, sink, and toilet. Then I plan to tackle the shower (tiled, of course).
Post by: 8BitMonk on July 01, 2015, 11:07:03 am
Yeah too bad it was in Soccer, so absolutely nobody cares. ;)
As the person building a soccer themed cab (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145989.0.html)right now I feel the need to defend my sport. ;D Last Superbowl viewership was 100 million vs. 900 million for the World Cup. Even if you just look at only the US numbers the last World Cup final broke records with 26 million viewers which beats both the NBA finals and the World Series at 15 and 19 million respectively. Yes, nobody cares about soccer. ;)
Post by: Vigo on July 01, 2015, 11:19:34 am
Yeah too bad it was in Soccer, so absolutely nobody cares. ;)
As the person building a soccer themed cab (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145989.0.html)right now I feel the need to defend my sport. ;D Last Superbowl viewership was 100 million vs. 900 million for the World Cup. Even if you just look at only the US numbers the last World Cup final broke records with 26 million viewers which beats both the NBA finals and the World Series at 15 and 19 million respectively. Yes, nobody cares about soccer. ;)
I'll defend this position further. 8bit is stuck in the same state as the MN Vikings. That is enough to turn just about anyone off from watching football. ;D
Post by: 8BitMonk on July 01, 2015, 11:30:11 am
I'll defend this position further. 8bit is stuck in the same state as the MN Vikings. That is enough to turn just about anyone off from watching football. ;D
haha, ouch! That wouldn't hurt so much if it wasn't true. Comeon Vikings!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Things are looking up though, we got a decent rookie QB and Adrian Peterson is back all rested up and likely with a chip on his shoulder. Plus a brand new stadium being built and the Super Bowl in 2018. :applaud:
Post by: Vigo on July 01, 2015, 11:54:47 am
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 01, 2015, 12:21:33 pm
Post by: pbj on July 01, 2015, 12:22:45 pm
And WCS 94 is basically my favorite pinball machine...
:dunno
Post by: 8BitMonk on July 01, 2015, 12:32:05 pm
Soccer ain't my thing but I don't understand the incessant need some fun to ridicule it. I'd say the last round of the World Cup demonstrated that there are Americans that are genuinely interested in it and not just trying to appear European.
It's a common generalization, like saying everyone who likes video games has no life and lives in their parents basement. I don't take either too personally.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 01, 2015, 12:54:25 pm
Grown men go and play a child's game and other grown men actually go to watch them play the child's game and pay such ridiculous amounts on tickets and merchandise that these grown men get paid millions upon millions to play the child's game. I don't fault the athletes, they are just getting paid, but I can't quite understand what is so much more appealing to watching "pros" as compared, to, say, a pee wee league. I saw some kids playing the other day and if anything, they are far more entertaining..... one little guy finally got the ball after begging for it all day, only to run towards his own goal.... another decided halfway through that the game was boring and started making sand castles in a mud puddle, good times. :D
So if you were thinking I'm one of the football lovers think again, I don't like it nor do I like soccer. Surprisingly I kind of do like hockey. Two guys get to beat the crap out of each other with sticks and then get to go rest in a box for a few minutes... what's not to love? ;)
Post by: Vigo on July 01, 2015, 12:57:15 pm
Post by: pbj on July 01, 2015, 12:59:48 pm
Post by: 8BitMonk on July 01, 2015, 01:18:28 pm
It's cool bro. I was picked last in gym class as well. :burgerking:
:laugh2:
I'm a big soccer and football fan, moderate hockey fan and little interest in baseball or basketball. I'd agree with pbj that it's no more or less ridiculous than any other hobby.
(http://youtu.be/2fraSdN-PG8)
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 01:34:32 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 09:11:56 pm
Post by: Le Chuck on July 01, 2015, 09:13:43 pm
Floor grouted, wainscoting installed. My goal is to be able to take a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in here by tomorrow.I could ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in there right now...
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 09:14:33 pm
So could I, but I'd rather use a toilet... :cheers:Floor grouted, wainscoting installed. My goal is to be able to take a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in here by tomorrow.I could ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in there right now...
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 01, 2015, 09:24:42 pm
Floor grouted, wainscoting installed. My goal is to be able to take a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in here by tomorrow.
Dangz. Thats sharp. The shower looks readily accesible also.
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 09:25:59 pm
Thanks, bro. The shower is the final phase. ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, shave, then shower.Floor grouted, wainscoting installed. My goal is to be able to take a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in here by tomorrow.
Dangz. Thats sharp. The shower looks readily accesible also.
Post by: 05SRT4 on July 01, 2015, 09:26:40 pm
Floor grouted, wainscoting installed. My goal is to be able to take a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in here by tomorrow.
Dangz. Thats sharp. The shower looks readily accesible also.
I wonder what he got from Amazon...
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 09:51:51 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 09:52:27 pm
I'll tell you one thing I did get today - this bad ass JAMMA harness from Twisted Quarter that is a definite upgrade to the $10 cheapie you can find online. Less than $20 shipped. The wires are bundled and labeled for conveneince. No quick connect ends, but I'm using it in my Ms. Pac-Man and the controls and coin door already have the wiring and Amp connectors. I'll join the wire ends to the Amp connectors that I have, so I don't need and QD ends (and the few I do need, I have already).Here's a pic
Post by: harveybirdman on July 01, 2015, 10:00:29 pm
8)
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 10:02:01 pm
Thanks for the tip bruh cause DHL is delivering this to my place tommorowSweet! Does that have the No-mote upgrade done to it?
8)
Post by: harveybirdman on July 01, 2015, 10:07:58 pm
Gonna solder me up some resistors bitches and get chuffed.
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 10:09:29 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 10:10:50 pm
And miss out on rolling my own? Hell no!/me starts playing "Gangsta's Paradise"
Gonna solder me up some resistors bitches and get chuffed.
Post by: wp34 on July 01, 2015, 11:31:21 pm
Floor grouted, wainscoting installed. My goal is to be able to take a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in here by tomorrow.
That looks fantastic!
Post by: yotsuya on July 01, 2015, 11:50:34 pm
Since the last post....Floor grouted, wainscoting installed. My goal is to be able to take a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in here by tomorrow.
That looks fantastic!
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 02, 2015, 06:48:48 am
Since the last post....Floor grouted, wainscoting installed. My goal is to be able to take a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in here by tomorrow.
That looks fantastic!
Okay I lied. Now THAT looks sharp!
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 02, 2015, 09:34:15 am
After the afternoon I had, this Mexican remembered why people hire other Mexicans to do their tile work.
So... wanna come do some tile work for me? ;D
Post by: pbj on July 02, 2015, 10:33:49 am
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 11:12:24 am
Maybe it's my big banana hands, but faucets like that guarantee the wall behind the sink is getting wet.
It's my 12 year old daughter's bathroom, so we don't have to worry about big banana hands. However, I am planning on sealing and caulking the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of the back in a tasteful manner to avoid such a thing.
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 11:13:55 am
After the afternoon I had, this Mexican remembered why people hire other Mexicans to do their tile work.
So... wanna come do some tile work for me? ;D
Ugh.... wood flooring I can do no problem. Tile? GTFO.
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 02, 2015, 11:15:00 am
After the afternoon I had, this Mexican remembered why people hire other Mexicans to do their tile work.
So... wanna come do some tile work for me? ;D
Ugh.... wood flooring I can do no problem. Tile? GTFO.
Yeah, I did tile work as a teenager during the summer. Forget that stuff...
Post by: BadMouth on July 02, 2015, 11:16:28 am
Since the last post....Floor grouted, wainscoting installed. My goal is to be able to take a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- in here by tomorrow.
That looks fantastic!
My bathroom currently.....
Has no door, no electric except for the exhuast fan that stopped working this morning(again), a hole in the floor where the heat register came through, bare subfloor where a closet used to be, and a nasty looking mustard yellow ceiling that was previously covered up by tiles. The holes in the ceiling are patched with housewrap tape at the moment.
There is a window in the shower who apparently nobody before me thought to put a shower curtain over.
When I first moved in as a renter, there were mushrooms growing on (in?) the window frame.
Not just fungus, full blown mushrooms with stems and caps! The window frame was mush, so I removed it and replaced it with PVC "wood".
That's all I did because it was a rental that I didn't own. Just sealed it up for someone else to deal with later.
Not looking forward to opening up that wall.
Going to be a total gut job, including subfloor and ceiling.
I'll buy you two cases of beer, but we have to work fast since it's the only bathroom in the house.
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 11:20:53 am
There is a window in the shower who apparently nobody before me thought to put a shower curtain over.
When I first moved in as a renter, there were mushrooms growing on (in?) the window frame.
Not just fungus, full blown mushrooms with stems and caps! The window frame was mush, so I removed it and replaced it with PVC "wood".
That's all I did because it was a rental that I didn't own. Just sealed it up for someone else to deal with later.
Not looking forward to opening up that wall.
Going to be a total gut job, including subfloor and ceiling.
I'll buy you two cases of beer, but we have to work fast since it's the only bathroom in the house.
I have to do the same thing with the window in my main bathroom. In my case, it's a cast iron frame that's rusted, so I'll probably need to cut it out with my angle grinder, reframe it, and put in a new window.
And I would totally help if you lived here! I remodeled our main bathroom back in November, but at least I have two other bathrooms. :cheers:
Post by: BadMouth on July 02, 2015, 11:41:07 am
There is a window in the shower who apparently nobody before me thought to put a shower curtain over.
When I first moved in as a renter, there were mushrooms growing on (in?) the window frame.
Not just fungus, full blown mushrooms with stems and caps! The window frame was mush, so I removed it and replaced it with PVC "wood".
That's all I did because it was a rental that I didn't own. Just sealed it up for someone else to deal with later.
Not looking forward to opening up that wall.
Going to be a total gut job, including subfloor and ceiling.
I'll buy you two cases of beer, but we have to work fast since it's the only bathroom in the house.
I have to do the same thing with the window in my main bathroom. In my case, it's a cast iron frame that's rusted, so I'll probably need to cut it out with my angle grinder, reframe it, and put in a new window.
And I would totally help if you lived here! I remodeled our main bathroom back in November, but at least I have two other bathrooms. :cheers:
I plan to have a very experienced tile guy do the shower walls just to make sure there aren't any issues. I also want him to pick out the new window rather than hear "this other window would have worked much better".
At this point I'm ready to just take out a loan and pay someone to do the whole bathroom. What holds me back are the quirks and custom built ins that I want, but don't want to pay someone else to take the time to work through. It's a standard cookie cutter 5x8(maybe 9) bathroom. I'm ditching a closet so I can move the vanity away from its current spot across from the toilet. To make up for the loss of storage, I'm doing in-wall storage behind the door. I've figured out that I only need 3 3/4" depth for big shampoo bottles, etc.
The wall behind the toilet is 6" deep for no apparent reason, so doing a recess there with shelves to hold towels. Something like the attached pic, but the shelves will extend out over the toilet a few inches. Of course, the galvanized vent for the plumbing needs moved.....
I'll think about it when I get to it. Working on final prep to paint the living room and hallway at the moment.
Hoping to go full chuff on Friday; painting and hanging light fixtures.
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 11:45:04 am
I'll think about it when I get to it. Working on final prep to paint the living room and hallway at the moment.
Hoping to go full chuff on Friday; painting and hanging light fixtures.
I like those inset shelves. Those are tight.
Anyone here use a Wi-Fi thermostat? I'm thinking about getting a Nest for my house and wanted some feedback.
Post by: pbj on July 02, 2015, 11:55:03 am
(http://i.imgur.com/y1GPJpX.jpg)
Post by: BadMouth on July 02, 2015, 12:00:09 pm
Anyone here use a Wi-Fi thermostat? I'm thinking about getting a Nest for my house and wanted some feedback.
Not using a Wi-Fi one, but discovered that allowing the temp of your house to fluctuate too much can cause a lot more "settling noises" at night.
While researching my own structural issues I came across a blog post where someone tried for 2 years to eliminate the crackling noises their house was making at night.
3 different structural engineers found nothing. Redoing the drywall helped, but didn't eliminate it. Their fancy thermostat quit working so they threw the old one back in temporarily.
The house stopped making noises.
I experienced the same thing with a weekly timer type thermostat. I still use it, just don't let the house get as cold.
I was looking at the "Z-Wave" compatible stuff for the remodel, but decided I'd rather have simple things that don't require any time spent configuring and are simple to fix when they stop working.
EDIT: I can see myself losing weeks of my life configuring this: http://www.amazon.com/Mi-Casa-Verde-VeraLite-Controller/dp/B007005364/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435852434&sr=8-2&keywords=home+controller (http://www.amazon.com/Mi-Casa-Verde-VeraLite-Controller/dp/B007005364/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435852434&sr=8-2&keywords=home+controller)
..... but that's the way I'd go.
Post by: wp34 on July 02, 2015, 12:07:41 pm
I'll buy you two cases of beer, but we have to work fast since it's the only bathroom in the house.
:laugh2:
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 12:08:19 pm
EDIT: I can see myself losing weeks of my life configuring this: http://www.amazon.com/Mi-Casa-Verde-VeraLite-Controller/dp/B007005364/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435852434&sr=8-2&keywords=home+controller (http://www.amazon.com/Mi-Casa-Verde-VeraLite-Controller/dp/B007005364/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435852434&sr=8-2&keywords=home+controller)
..... but that's the way I'd go.
Yeah, but can I install Retropie on it?
Post by: dkersten on July 02, 2015, 01:22:26 pm
I have that z-wave controller and it is pretty darn easy to set up and maintain. There are TONS of apps for the phone to control it, or you can use theirs which works just fine.Anyone here use a Wi-Fi thermostat? I'm thinking about getting a Nest for my house and wanted some feedback.
Not using a Wi-Fi one, but discovered that allowing the temp of your house to fluctuate too much can cause a lot more "settling noises" at night.
While researching my own structural issues I came across a blog post where someone tried for 2 years to eliminate the crackling noises their house was making at night.
3 different structural engineers found nothing. Redoing the drywall helped, but didn't eliminate it. Their fancy thermostat quit working so they threw the old one back in temporarily.
The house stopped making noises.
I experienced the same thing with a weekly timer type thermostat. I still use it, just don't let the house get as cold.
I was looking at the "Z-Wave" compatible stuff for the remodel, but decided I'd rather have simple things that don't require any time spent configuring and are simple to fix when they stop working.
EDIT: I can see myself losing weeks of my life configuring this: http://www.amazon.com/Mi-Casa-Verde-VeraLite-Controller/dp/B007005364/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435852434&sr=8-2&keywords=home+controller (http://www.amazon.com/Mi-Casa-Verde-VeraLite-Controller/dp/B007005364/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435852434&sr=8-2&keywords=home+controller)
..... but that's the way I'd go.
The fiddling comes in when you start to add more and more stuff, and want to start creating "scenes" or start making complex tasks, like tying a keypad doorlock to your thermostat so when you come home the t-stat turns up.. or having motion sensors that trigger different lighting depending on the time of day. Plus z-wave is awesome if you have the range, but if it is more than about 40 feet away with a wall or two in between, it gets hit or miss. Then you end up putting devices in between to increase the range (most devices also are repeaters) that don't really do anything, lol.
Post by: pbj on July 02, 2015, 02:07:05 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 02, 2015, 02:13:52 pm
Post by: pbj on July 02, 2015, 02:29:19 pm
But then again, I'm one of those guys that's thrown away a programmable coffee maker because I want one I can turn on and forget to turn off by myself. I'd rather risk an unlikely kitchen fire rather than the possibility of cold coffee.
Post by: BadMouth on July 02, 2015, 02:55:43 pm
I also hate it when you walk into someone's bathroom and there are five ---smurfing--- switches on the wall.
It's a ---gosh-darn--- bathroom, not the bridge of a starship.
It always takes me until the last couple switches to figure out which are the fan and the one light I want on.
Post by: pbj on July 02, 2015, 03:03:52 pm
No...? :D
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 02, 2015, 03:14:34 pm
Does anyone else always reverse the direction of someone's toilet paper when you use their bathroom?
No...? :D
I haven't before... but now that that thought is in my head... hehe >:D
Post by: BadMouth on July 02, 2015, 03:20:14 pm
Does anyone else always reverse the direction of someone's toilet paper when you use their bathroom?
No...? :D
bastard! .....unless you are correcting it to the "overhand" position.
My boss is always flipping them around backwards because he read somewhere it makes people use less.
I flip them back around even if I'm not using any toilet paper.
Just one of our many passive aggressive dysfunctional games.
Post by: eds1275 on July 02, 2015, 03:38:37 pm
Yeah that's always been my sentiment. Mind you controlling your lights and such with your phone or a remote seems cool..... but then we have these things called "wives" that seem to be located conveniently right where a person would want to control a device.
Since we're talking about bathrooms and such...
Before.
(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/p720x720/10857240_10155722290855246_8301343265887691440_o.jpg)
After. Yay!
(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/p600x600/11713753_10155722301035246_8044589127392323970_o.jpg)
Post by: pbj on July 02, 2015, 03:55:17 pm
bastard! .....unless you are correcting it to the "overhand" position.
Nope, not correcting. Just flipping regardless of its original state.
Post by: eds1275 on July 02, 2015, 03:57:43 pm
My boss is always flipping them around backwards because he read somewhere it makes people use less.
because if you are clean, you are less productive. Also the aggressive inflation of toilet paper pricing is causing many small to mid size companies to go belly up. Tell your boss some random guy on the internet doesn't like him.
Post by: wp34 on July 02, 2015, 04:11:44 pm
Does anyone else always reverse the direction of someone's toilet paper when you use their bathroom?
No...? :D
bastard! .....unless you are correcting it to the "overhand" position.
My boss is always flipping them around backwards because he read somewhere it makes people use less.
I flip them back around even if I'm not using any toilet paper.
Just one of our many passive aggressive dysfunctional games.
I seem to recall the direction of toilet paper being one of the most heated "Dear Abby" subjects BITD.
Post by: wp34 on July 02, 2015, 04:12:52 pm
Yeah that's always been my sentiment. Mind you controlling your lights and such with your phone or a remote seems cool..... but then we have these things called "wives" that seem to be located conveniently right where a person would want to control a device.
Since we're talking about bathrooms and such...
Before.
(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/p720x720/10857240_10155722290855246_8301343265887691440_o.jpg)
After. Yay!
(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/p600x600/11713753_10155722301035246_8044589127392323970_o.jpg)
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 02, 2015, 04:14:50 pm
Yup, and add to that the added complexity of troubleshooting when something stops working.
I also hate it when you walk into someone's bathroom and there are five ---smurfing--- switches on the wall.
It's a ---gosh-darn--- bathroom, not the bridge of a starship.
It always takes me until the last couple switches to figure out which are the fan and the one light I want on.
I don't get that one. You walk into a bathroom and regardless of what you are doing the correct amount of lights you want is "ALL" and the fan should be on because it's a bathroom and even if you aren't pooping they are stuffy as hell. So wire it all up to one switch and be done with it.
I would complain about the toilet paper one as well, but honestly tp rolls are so huge now I haven't threaded one on a roll in years.... not a fan of having something that's going to end up on my butthole rubbing against the dirty bathroom wall.
Well I mentioned poop and buttholes in one reply, my work here is done. (Bathroom looks great wp24)
Post by: eds1275 on July 02, 2015, 04:17:20 pm
Post by: wp34 on July 02, 2015, 04:32:49 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 05:06:15 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 05:06:46 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 05:16:01 pm
At Lowe's getting hopefully the last piece.---fudgesicle--- Lowe's. On my way to Home Depot.
Post by: eds1275 on July 02, 2015, 05:52:19 pm
I like the way you did the woodwork around the window with the little extender to the ceiling. That is a neat touch.
The trimwork hides the edge of the tub surround. My 1954 home is looking very modern these days, with the final exception of the kitchen. It's got tan walls (like full on clay colour) and red countertops. But I'm going to wait out the summer and get back to renos in the winter.I'm gonna keep the cupboards and build all new doors to save money but then new countertops and appliances should spruce it up a bit.
Also I agree with yots. ---fudgesicle--- Lowes. And Home Depot. They always answer my questions with a question. For example: Where are the brad nails? Answer: Well, what are you trying to do?
FIND THE NAILS
Post by: Slippyblade on July 02, 2015, 05:55:39 pm
They always answer my questions with a question. For example: Where are the brad nails? Answer: Well, what are you trying to do?
FIND THE NAILS
I've worked a ton of retail and have to defend them on this one. The overwhelming majority of customers are idiots and actually have no idea what they are looking for, or are looking for the completely wrong thing for what they are doing. They've heard a few "buzz word" type phrases and toss them around as if they know what they are doing. These are also the idiots that are most likely to complain about you to your boss when you show them EXACTLY what they are asking for - which happens to be the wrong thing.
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 06:25:23 pm
You can actually find someone to help you at Home Depot? Kudos.I like the way you did the woodwork around the window with the little extender to the ceiling. That is a neat touch.
The trimwork hides the edge of the tub surround. My 1954 home is looking very modern these days, with the final exception of the kitchen. It's got tan walls (like full on clay colour) and red countertops. But I'm going to wait out the summer and get back to renos in the winter.I'm gonna keep the cupboards and build all new doors to save money but then new countertops and appliances should spruce it up a bit.
Also I agree with yots. ---fudgesicle--- Lowes. And Home Depot. They always answer my questions with a question. For example: Where are the brad nails? Answer: Well, what are you trying to do?
FIND THE NAILS
Done for today, bitches. It's my burfday today, time to relax.
Post by: eds1275 on July 02, 2015, 06:42:15 pm
You can actually find someone to help you at Home Depot?
lol that's what I was thinking. Your home depot has someone that knows the product? Like if you are such a wizard plumber why are you making $14 an hour at the 'depot?
That bathroom looks slick. I didn't prime enough on my wainscotting and it has raised grain that grabs any dirt, dust, or even fibre from the rag I tried to wipe it clean with. Looks like you did a good job!
Post by: pbj on July 02, 2015, 07:01:13 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 07:14:55 pm
Had that same above toilet cabinet. Lol lowes $100 special.Paid half that at HD.
Post by: harveybirdman on July 02, 2015, 07:15:40 pm
Post by: wp34 on July 02, 2015, 10:11:48 pm
Done for today, bitches. It's my burfday today, time to relax.
Happy Birthday! Those fireworks Saturday night....consider them a birthday present from me. :cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 10:31:18 pm
Thanks, bro. We're actually feasting at Fuddruckers right now.Done for today, bitches. It's my burfday today, time to relax.
Happy Birthday! Those fireworks Saturday night....consider them a birthday present from me. :cheers:
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 02, 2015, 10:33:49 pm
amateur hour. You need to go ZinburgerThanks, bro. We're actually feasting at Fuddruckers right now.Done for today, bitches. It's my burfday today, time to relax.
Happy Birthday! Those fireworks Saturday night....consider them a birthday present from me. :cheers:
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Post by: wp34 on July 02, 2015, 10:39:19 pm
Thanks, bro. We're actually feasting at Fuddruckers right now.Done for today, bitches. It's my burfday today, time to relax.
Happy Birthday! Those fireworks Saturday night....consider them a birthday present from me. :cheers:
How is their "arcade". Last time we were at our Fuddruckers they had gotten rid of the Cruisin' games and replaced them with redemption machines. They still have a sweet Nascar game out front though.
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 10:43:59 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 10:49:48 pm
Thanks, bro. We're actually feasting at Fuddruckers right now.Done for today, bitches. It's my burfday today, time to relax.
Happy Birthday! Those fireworks Saturday night....consider them a birthday present from me. :cheers:
How is their "arcade". Last time we were at our Fuddruckers they had gotten rid of the Cruisin' games and replaced them with redemption machines. They still have a sweet Nascar game out front though.
Post by: wp34 on July 02, 2015, 10:50:55 pm
Thanks, bro. We're actually feasting at Fuddruckers right now.Done for today, bitches. It's my burfday today, time to relax.
Happy Birthday! Those fireworks Saturday night....consider them a birthday present from me. :cheers:
How is their "arcade". Last time we were at our Fuddruckers they had gotten rid of the Cruisin' games and replaced them with redemption machines. They still have a sweet Nascar game out front though.
Post by: yotsuya on July 02, 2015, 10:51:49 pm
Looks nicer than ours. I'm impressed they could fit a Batman in there.They used to have an Area 51 here for the longest time.Thanks, bro. We're actually feasting at Fuddruckers right now.Done for today, bitches. It's my burfday today, time to relax.
Happy Birthday! Those fireworks Saturday night....consider them a birthday present from me. :cheers:
How is their "arcade". Last time we were at our Fuddruckers they had gotten rid of the Cruisin' games and replaced them with redemption machines. They still have a sweet Nascar game out front though.
Post by: yotsuya on July 03, 2015, 04:07:38 pm
Post by: BadMouth on July 03, 2015, 06:51:09 pm
Bought and hung a bathroom door while waiting for primer on ceiling to dry.
. I haven't had a bathroom door in weeks!Post by: eds1275 on July 03, 2015, 10:27:21 pm
Unplanned chuff......
Bought and hung a bathroom door while waiting for primer on ceiling to dry.
Not a problem for you, just everyone walking bye...
Post by: harveybirdman on July 04, 2015, 12:08:10 am
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 04, 2015, 03:49:31 am
Post by: yotsuya on July 04, 2015, 12:15:56 pm
Whats up with thay shower curtain Yots?
What do you mean?
Post by: shmokes on July 04, 2015, 01:36:41 pm
Before and after pics attached
Post by: Le Chuck on July 04, 2015, 03:13:59 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 04, 2015, 03:17:17 pm
I moved into a new apartment with a horrible kitchen. I sanded everything down and painted and added new hardware. I love it. I also started writing a novel. That's so much more difficult than the kitchen. The level of discipline required . . . I pretty much have to stop being me if I ever want to finish it.
Before and after pics attached
You did a nice job there, brother! :cheers:
Post by: pbj on July 04, 2015, 04:08:59 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/kDvEsfml.jpg)
After pumping laboratory animals full of experimental drugs, 4th was kicked off with tacos, as is the style in Texas
(http://i.imgur.com/Hffn7Cal.jpg)
Supposedly going to some massive fireworks and country western concert tonight.
:embarassed:
Post by: shmokes on July 04, 2015, 04:22:57 pm
Holy schnikes! Wassup shmokes!
Haha . . . hi
Post by: Slippyblade on July 04, 2015, 04:53:01 pm
The wife REQUESTED it.
You know how everyone has that one cab they remember from when they were a kid? Well her's is a Ms Pac-Man cocktail from Pizza Hut. When I started in this hobby that was the one thing she wanted. I had to promise her that she'd get a Ms Pac cocktail someday. Well, here we go! I'll be starting a project thread shortly.
Post by: yotsuya on July 04, 2015, 05:53:18 pm
Well, I'm chuffed. Picked up a gutted cocktail last night, thank you very much Yots! It needs a lot of work, but it's gonna be nice for one major reason.
The wife REQUESTED it.
You know how everyone has that one cab they remember from when they were a kid? Well her's is a Ms Pac-Man cocktail from Pizza Hut. When I started in this hobby that was the one thing she wanted. I had to promise her that she'd get a Ms Pac cocktail someday. Well, here we go! I'll be starting a project thread shortly.
Glad to help out, brother. I have templates for the control panels if you want to try making them out of metal sheets. Hell, depending on your timeframe, I might even be able to help cut them for you.
I talked to my neighbor this morning. I thanked him for keeping an eye on the place. He said he hadn't see your car before, so he wanted to make sure nothing fishy was going on.
Post by: eds1275 on July 04, 2015, 07:33:42 pm
Glad to help out, brother.Any time I read the word brother, in any context, it is said in the voice of Hulk Hogan or Randy Savage.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 04, 2015, 08:12:24 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on July 04, 2015, 08:53:39 pm
Wha cha gonna do? When YOTSUYAMANIA runs wild! On YOU!
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 04, 2015, 09:26:45 pm
Whats up with thay shower curtain Yots?
What do you mean?
It seems out of place mah friend.
Post by: yotsuya on July 04, 2015, 09:28:36 pm
It's for my 12 year old daughter's bathroom. So it fits.Whats up with thay shower curtain Yots?
What do you mean?
It seems out of place mah friend.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 04, 2015, 09:44:47 pm
Werd.It's for my 12 year old daughter's bathroom. So it fits.Whats up with thay shower curtain Yots?
What do you mean?
It seems out of place mah friend.
Post by: yotsuya on July 04, 2015, 11:17:46 pm
Heh. I like using "brother" instead of, say, "man" or "bro".Glad to help out, brother.Any time I read the word brother, in any context, it is said in the voice of Hulk Hogan or Randy Savage.
Post by: eds1275 on July 05, 2015, 01:15:04 am
Post by: pbj on July 05, 2015, 09:18:15 am
(http://i.imgur.com/1UPTGkrl.jpg)
I draw the line at Garth, though. He's 90s target #4 if I ever get a time machine.
Post by: yotsuya on July 05, 2015, 01:48:12 pm
One of the great ironies of my life is I don't care much for country music, yet have seen most big names live. Many of them twice. Those cheap tickets are hard to resist and I like rodeos. Houston fireworks show was a pretty good deal for $10 and now I can mark Clint Black off the list.Back in the early 90s, I had a pretty serious girlfriend who was into country, so I went from not liking country at all to owning a pair of Wranglers and getting a pair of boots for Christmas. I saw all those acts live, too - Clint Black, Garth Brooks (twice), George Strait, Reba, Brooks and Dunn, Alan Jackson, you name it. Once we broke up, that ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- went into the trash (I will admit I still like a lot of those songs from that era, though) .
(http://i.imgur.com/1UPTGkrl.jpg)
I draw the line at Garth, though. He's 90s target #4 if I ever get a time machine.
The things we do for ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?---. Raises a good post - July 4th question: what dumb things have you done for a girl?
Post by: pbj on July 05, 2015, 02:01:11 pm
"incredible" is how both of those performances were described by every woman in attendance. Only time he partially lit up was when hawking his tacky merch. Has a book called "man stuff." Whatever, I got an old fashioned for $20 out of pocket so I won.
On the other hand, I dragged my wife to Billy Joe Shaver and that 74 year old sang his heart out for two and a half hours about getting drunk and shooting people.
Isn't my genre but I can appreciate that.
Post by: wp34 on July 05, 2015, 02:36:23 pm
The only Country I listen to now is Waylon with a little Merle Haggard thrown in. Waylon is great cabinet building music. :cheers:
Post by: Slippyblade on July 05, 2015, 02:50:56 pm
Post by: pbj on July 05, 2015, 03:17:56 pm
I can't stand most country music, but I'd not pass up a cheap/free show. Concerts are just fun to go to, I'd attend almost anything. Except rap. That ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- is just garbage.
You know, I used to say I quit listening when Eazy E died but it did permeate my 90s more than I thought. Houston has a classic hip hop radio station now and I find myself clicking over whenever the classic rock station gets stuck on Supertramp. The rap station is owned by Radio One and is frequently a welcome change up to the IHeartRadio crap. Lowry Mays is on that time machine hit list, too.
Post by: dkersten on July 05, 2015, 03:34:48 pm
I also started writing a novel. That's so much more difficult than the kitchen. The level of discipline required . . . I pretty much have to stop being me if I ever want to finish it.Keep at it, it took me 6 years to finish my first, and while I have a really good reason to finish the second (money, now that I am selling books), some months I just don't want to write. It is tough, takes hundreds or even thousands of hours.
If you ever decide to finish, drop me a message, I would be happy to help you with publishing and marketing.
Post by: yotsuya on July 05, 2015, 06:13:12 pm
I would love to see Clint Black live. I don't care for his music but Garth Brooks would be an awesome live show.
The only Country I listen to now is Waylon with a little Merle Haggard thrown in. Waylon is great cabinet building music. :cheers:
Clint Black is pretty good. I'll still listen to his old stuff.
Post by: shmokes on July 05, 2015, 06:40:49 pm
I also started writing a novel. That's so much more difficult than the kitchen. The level of discipline required . . . I pretty much have to stop being me if I ever want to finish it.Keep at it, it took me 6 years to finish my first, and while I have a really good reason to finish the second (money, now that I am selling books), some months I just don't want to write. It is tough, takes hundreds or even thousands of hours.
If you ever decide to finish, drop me a message, I would be happy to help you with publishing and marketing.
That's extraordinarily generous. What did you write, if you don't mind divulging your real name (assuming you don't use a pseudonym)?
Post by: yotsuya on July 05, 2015, 07:08:43 pm
That's extraordinarily generous. What did you write, if you don't mind divulging your real name (assuming you don't use a pseudonym)?
He writes under the pen name Margaret Mitchell.
Post by: yotsuya on July 05, 2015, 07:18:07 pm
I'm going to do some touchup painting on it, but for the most part, I'm going to leave a lot of the patina on it. Something about this girl looking the way she does is kind of sexy.
Post by: Malenko on July 05, 2015, 07:30:48 pm
Post by: wp34 on July 05, 2015, 08:58:38 pm
Ok, spent the day rewiring the Ms. Pac-Man cab I got. It's using that original board I fixed with a JAMMA adaptor, so I wired it for JAMMA. Fired it up, all is well with the wiring and the board. I just need to do a cap kit on the G07 (already ordered, thanks Bob Roberts).
I'm going to do some touchup painting on it, but for the most part, I'm going to leave a lot of the patina on it. Something about this girl looking the way she does is kind of sexy.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 05, 2015, 09:23:27 pm
Post by: wp34 on July 05, 2015, 11:00:51 pm
I have to say I cant get into country. Its just to pop based to me. Hank Williams III and Long Black Sedan. Dat sounds good to my ears. That and anything old school. Patsy Cline, Hank I, Cash. Artists of the sort.
Post by: BadMouth on July 06, 2015, 09:26:43 am
I have to say I cant get into country. Its just to pop based to me. Hank Williams III and Long Black Sedan. Dat sounds good to my ears. That and anything old school. Patsy Cline, Hank I, Cash. Artists of the sort.
Give Linda Ortega a spin.
I saw her open for Social Distortion.
http://youtu.be/DTXigPYel6w (http://youtu.be/DTXigPYel6w)
I'm afraid her newer stuff will be ruined by moving to Nashville.
Hell, the new Halestorm album even has some weird pop country vibe that makes it suck.
If Lzzy Hale had any twang in her voice it would be getting mad airplay on all the obnoxious country stations right now.
Post by: dkersten on July 06, 2015, 10:48:08 am
There's a link to my novel in my signature at the bottom of this post. The book is called "The Freezer" and is a Post Apocalyptic sci fi that deals with cloning. It is about 400 pages if in a typical paperback size, 318 pages in the 6x9 paperback format (with small print because I was trying to keep costs down), and comes in just a hair under 160,000 words. I also wrote a short story called "The Paradox Cycle" if you enjoy stories about time travel. That one is just OK, a fun one to write but more an exercise in my ability to crank out a book in a week.I also started writing a novel. That's so much more difficult than the kitchen. The level of discipline required . . . I pretty much have to stop being me if I ever want to finish it.Keep at it, it took me 6 years to finish my first, and while I have a really good reason to finish the second (money, now that I am selling books), some months I just don't want to write. It is tough, takes hundreds or even thousands of hours.
If you ever decide to finish, drop me a message, I would be happy to help you with publishing and marketing.
That's extraordinarily generous. What did you write, if you don't mind divulging your real name (assuming you don't use a pseudonym)?
I publish exclusively with Amazon and have been marketing it for about 6 months now. I am no David Baldacci or Stephen King, but I have sold 2000 books now and made enough for a couple fun vacations each year (did Vegas a few months ago and am planning a Florida vacation for the Fall). About 30,000 new books come on Amazon each week, and around 3.8 million ebooks are already published. My novel averages right around the 20,000 rank overall and I tend to hover around the 400th best selling Post Apocalyptic book on Amazon. I'll never get rich writing books but I can't complain, I have had far more success at it than I ever imagined. If things keep going the way they are going, I will make close to $6k this year, and frankly when writing it that was beyond my wildest dreams. It is very rewarding to be able to have "published author" under my belt even if I didn't do it the traditional way, and having checked off "write a book" from the bucket list is even more rewarding. I am around 56,000 words into the next novel, but between surgery on my right arm and summer keeping me from wanting to sit in my computer room typing all day, I haven't touched it in 2 months. Besides, there are too many other chufftastic things to do in the summer, like fixing up the back yard or putting new windows in the house... :)
Post by: Vigo on July 06, 2015, 11:27:05 am
The only Country I listen to now is Waylon with a little Merle Haggard thrown in. Waylon is great cabinet building music. :cheers:
Right there is about my only genre of country as well, yeah great work music. I like Willie and Mr. Cash and a few other, Jeff Bridges is even a surprisingly good country musician. Not much else the genre has to offer me.
Post by: pbj on July 06, 2015, 01:45:09 pm
I used to listen to Third Coast Music Network and Hillbilly Hit Parade while drinking beer and playing pinball out in the garage. Third Coast puts an emphasis on Texas artists but I think some of you might enjoy it...
http://sacrtfnet.alamo.edu/ksym/schedule.htm (http://sacrtfnet.alamo.edu/ksym/schedule.htm)
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 06, 2015, 04:32:21 pm
"So...eh what kinds of music do you guys get here?"
"Oh we play all kinds... yes sir! Country AND Western!"
:D
*edit* As of this my post count is "12345" That's kind of neat... I guess...
Post by: Le Chuck on July 06, 2015, 05:01:09 pm
*edit* As of this my post count is "12345" That's kind of neat... I guess...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JNGI1dI-e8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JNGI1dI-e8)
Post by: dkersten on July 06, 2015, 05:03:10 pm
Sure, most of what is on the radio is "Modern Country", and just about anything before about 1980 is more "Country Western"..
I grew up in a house where the old man would put Willie and Waylon, Neil Diamond, or Kenny Rogers on the turntable every Sunday. These days I listen mostly to Country on radio, and on Pandora my favorite stations are Zac Brown Band radio, Kid Rock radio, Red Hot Chile Peppers radio, and Crazy ---smurfette--- radio, in no particular order.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 06, 2015, 06:05:54 pm
Country is anything produced and recorded in Nashville as opposed to L.A.
No it's not. Willie Nelson has been out of the Nashville scene since the early 80's. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, records there regularly. Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case.
Post by: dkersten on July 06, 2015, 07:09:19 pm
And Willie hasn't produced a mainstream song since the early 80's and Taylor Swift was played on all the country stations for her first 3 albums.Country is anything produced and recorded in Nashville as opposed to L.A.
No it's not. Willie Nelson has been out of the Nashville scene since the early 80's. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, records there regularly. Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case.
Post by: shmokes on July 06, 2015, 07:32:25 pm
There's a link to my novel in my signature at the bottom of this post . . . .
I publish exclusively with Amazon and have been marketing it for about 6 months now. I am no David Baldacci or Stephen King, but I have sold 2000 books now and made enough for a couple fun vacations each year (did Vegas a few months ago and am planning a Florida vacation for the Fall).
Congrats! That's super impressive. Here's to hoping that my dedication and discipline will hold up and that I too will be able to cross this one off my bucket list before too long. I'm very early on, though. So far I'm only a little over 3000 words, plus a large chunk of detailed outline (and an even larger, far broader outline in my head). But it's writing really well, I think. And the outline helps tremendously (though it was also a tremendous amount of work.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 06, 2015, 07:54:06 pm
And Willie hasn't produced a mainstream song since the early 80's and Taylor Swift was played on all the country stations for her first 3 albums.Country is anything produced and recorded in Nashville as opposed to L.A.
No it's not. Willie Nelson has been out of the Nashville scene since the early 80's. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, records there regularly. Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case.
And your point? They don't play country on the radio anymore and it isn't popular anymore.... new country is.
Post by: yotsuya on July 06, 2015, 09:35:02 pm
My relatives from Texas (who were here for my Grandmother's 85th birthday) came by today to see my game room. They were thoroughly impressed. My cousin (who I am exactly twice as old as - I'm 42, she's 21) was flying back tonight to go to Rice but really wanted to see it before she left. It was good to see them and share my hobby in person. They had seen it on Facebook many times, and it was fun to watch them play the racer and Galaga on my HaRuMaN special.
Post by: wp34 on July 06, 2015, 10:30:40 pm
Here she is playing some R-Type.
Post by: ark_ader on July 07, 2015, 12:26:11 am
There's a link to my novel in my signature at the bottom of this post . . . .
I publish exclusively with Amazon and have been marketing it for about 6 months now. I am no David Baldacci or Stephen King, but I have sold 2000 books now and made enough for a couple fun vacations each year (did Vegas a few months ago and am planning a Florida vacation for the Fall).
Congrats! That's super impressive. Here's to hoping that my dedication and discipline will hold up and that I too will be able to cross this one off my bucket list before too long. I'm very early on, though. So far I'm only a little over 3000 words, plus a large chunk of detailed outline (and an even larger, far broader outline in my head). But it's writing really well, I think. And the outline helps tremendously (though it was also a tremendous amount of work.
Treat it like you are doing a dissertation. That way you can ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- all year long and end up spending two weeks acting like a madman to get it all finished. :lol
Post by: wp34 on July 07, 2015, 09:09:46 am
Post by: dkersten on July 07, 2015, 10:19:07 am
They DO play country music, it has just changed, as has "pop", "rock", and even "rap".. Everything has evolved. But if a station is "country", they primarily play stuff that was produced in Nashville. That includes Taylor Swift who started out as a country artist and has won some country music awards.And Willie hasn't produced a mainstream song since the early 80's and Taylor Swift was played on all the country stations for her first 3 albums.Country is anything produced and recorded in Nashville as opposed to L.A.
No it's not. Willie Nelson has been out of the Nashville scene since the early 80's. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, records there regularly. Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case.
And your point? They don't play country on the radio anymore and it isn't popular anymore.... new country is.
The country music from the 80's and up is pretty much all the same with some exceptions (like Big and Rich). Stuff from before the 80's is very different, as is stuff from before the mid 60's. If you really wanted to get picky, you could classify country music under several classes or sub-genres, but in general if you are talking "Country" music, you are talking about music produced in Nashville. It is like classifying books. You can break it down to things like Science Fiction, but even Sci-Fi has dozens of officially recognized sub-genres, and even within those sub genres there are different types of stories that some people recognize. Music is the same way.
Post by: BadMouth on July 07, 2015, 10:35:43 am
From your guys posts I think there is some confusion on what country is. If you like the older artists and can't stand what they are playing on the radio, rest assured, you do, indeed like "country" music. What they play now is "new country" which is a pop-riddled mess. Garth Brooks was the turning point.... he was a revolutionary, much like Cash was in his day redefining the genre... unfortunately he also killed it because every act after him tried to be the next Garth Brooks and stupidly focused on the pop-centric sound of his music instead of the old country core with more modern sounds.
Eh, I'd disagree. I don't care for the genre, but I think Garth Brooks is brilliant and has written a lot of clever and interesting songs.
I'll even give Taylor Swift credit for at least having unique lyrics.
It's the generic shovelware with a chorus taken from bumper stickers that I don't care for.
Stupid people like things that are familiar, so it sells. Just keep repeating the catch phrases.
http://youtu.be/BJ36ZI2aMAg (http://youtu.be/BJ36ZI2aMAg)
EDIT: and if general motors sponsors your tour, you'll use the word "Silverado" instead of just "truck" :lol
Post by: BadMouth on July 07, 2015, 10:45:48 am
http://youtu.be/FY8SwIvxj8o (http://youtu.be/FY8SwIvxj8o)
Post by: yotsuya on July 07, 2015, 11:59:07 am
Post by: dkersten on July 07, 2015, 12:16:26 pm
It's the generic shovelware with a chorus taken from bumper stickers that I don't care for.You drinking your PBR while writing that?
Stupid people like things that are familiar, so it sells. Just keep repeating the catch phrases.
Post by: Vigo on July 07, 2015, 12:18:35 pm
(http://flash_back.zip.net/images/kenny.jpg)
(http://i60.tinypic.com/1e6rug.jpg)
Hells yeah! Dat Bee Gees Music.
Post by: yotsuya on July 07, 2015, 12:22:15 pm
(http://flash_back.zip.net/images/kenny.jpg)
Hells yeah! Dat Bee Gees Music.
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MGx4sBseM-Q/hqdefault.jpg)
Post by: wp34 on July 07, 2015, 12:27:10 pm
(http://flash_back.zip.net/images/kenny.jpg)
Hells yeah! Dat Bee Gees Music.
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MGx4sBseM-Q/hqdefault.jpg)
That's some hair there. :cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on July 07, 2015, 12:29:28 pm
That's some hair there. :cheers:
Dolly's hair and bewbs are fake. :o
Post by: Vigo on July 07, 2015, 12:37:22 pm
Post by: wp34 on July 07, 2015, 12:39:22 pm
The Lion's Mane of Gibb is 100% real. :cheers:
Word.
Post by: yotsuya on July 07, 2015, 12:42:15 pm
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 07, 2015, 12:56:42 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 09, 2015, 08:28:47 pm
This is a Midway coin door that I had that Neph powder coated for me. I just put on a Bally/Midway plate. This is going on my Ms. Pac. I just got the repro bezel I ordered from Phoenix Arcade as well. Chuffed, I say!
Post by: harveybirdman on July 09, 2015, 11:31:44 pm
I know that after the last three months I wont be painting for a long ---smurfing--- time.
But on a chuffier note, this is what I've been doing....
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 10, 2015, 07:22:37 am
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/496/18954402933_302c5331d8_z.jpg)
Post by: BadMouth on July 10, 2015, 12:13:55 pm
Ceiling tiles and furring strips ripped down, water damage around window fixed, lumpy misshapen archway ripped out and redone, 80's in-wall air conditioner removed, paneling removed from "accent wall", ceiling light added, sconces added (both on dimmers), drywall smoothed out, new outlets/covers.
I'm chomping at the bit to replace the interior doors and get the floors redone, but have to wait until the main structural beam in the basement is replaced.
Actually I should have waited to do the drywall, but if it cracks when the house is jacked up to install the beam, then it will just be a few small spots to fix and the rest will already be done. The contractor I have lined up is falling behind on his other jobs and nobody else is available.
Gonna take this Saturday off. :)
(...and then Sunday start reorganizing the basement for the beam repair)
Post by: yotsuya on July 10, 2015, 01:42:02 pm
If you guys don't here from me this weekend, it's 'cause this mofo is....
(http://www.jofincham.com/assets/gonefishing.jpg)
Post by: eds1275 on July 10, 2015, 07:21:46 pm
Post by: wp34 on July 10, 2015, 09:03:25 pm
Looks great, BM.
If you guys don't here from me this weekend, it's 'cause this mofo is....
(http://www.jofincham.com/assets/gonefishing.jpg)
They have fish in Arizona?
Post by: wp34 on July 10, 2015, 09:05:01 pm
Quite chuffed to be done with the dust.
Ceiling tiles and furring strips ripped down, water damage around window fixed, lumpy misshapen archway ripped out and redone, 80's in-wall air conditioner removed, paneling removed from "accent wall", ceiling light added, sconces added (both on dimmers), drywall smoothed out, new outlets/covers.
I'm chomping at the bit to replace the interior doors and get the floors redone, but have to wait until the main structural beam in the basement is replaced.
Actually I should have waited to do the drywall, but if it cracks when the house is jacked up to install the beam, then it will just be a few small spots to fix and the rest will already be done. The contractor I have lined up is falling behind on his other jobs and nobody else is available.
Gonna take this Saturday off. :)
(...and then Sunday start reorganizing the basement for the beam repair)
Post by: harveybirdman on July 10, 2015, 11:24:35 pm
Here's a tease of the next project update
Post by: pbj on July 10, 2015, 11:38:09 pm
:cheers:
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 11, 2015, 07:45:20 am
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 11, 2015, 11:06:44 am
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Post by: pbj on July 11, 2015, 08:01:51 pm
Went fishing.
Post by: yotsuya on July 12, 2015, 11:13:51 am
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on July 12, 2015, 05:05:48 pm
D
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 12, 2015, 06:48:14 pm
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on July 12, 2015, 08:17:54 pm
I'm ordering a cap kit tonight. We shall see.
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 12, 2015, 09:56:23 pm
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Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on July 12, 2015, 11:17:16 pm
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 13, 2015, 09:22:00 am
Phoenixed? Or is that a custom "all in one board" that eliminates that problem?
It's a custom board that you attach to a suicided CPS2 board via the chip sockets.
Post by: pbj on July 13, 2015, 10:09:57 am
Post by: BadMouth on July 13, 2015, 02:01:16 pm
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/766f4a43ed06b522c3e7d585b08fe897/tumblr_inline_nmwfwerGco1ri07jv_400.jpg)
Had enough amazon credit to get the basic seat without any money coming out of my bank account.
Only fixture left to buy for the bathroom is the tub and tub drain (Toto 1525).
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 13, 2015, 02:07:23 pm
Fully licensed?
Doesn't come with any roms, so sure.
Post by: JMB on July 13, 2015, 02:48:47 pm
I'm chuffed to get a deal on an elongated Toto Drake toilet with G-Max flushing.
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/766f4a43ed06b522c3e7d585b08fe897/tumblr_inline_nmwfwerGco1ri07jv_400.jpg)
Had enough amazon credit to get the basic seat without any money coming out of my bank account.
You didn't get the soft close seat? Great toilets. Replaced both of my old units with them last year.
Post by: BadMouth on July 13, 2015, 03:23:00 pm
Had enough amazon credit to get the basic seat without any money coming out of my bank account.
You didn't get the soft close seat? Great toilets. Replaced both of my old units with them last year.
I got the soft close seat. I called it the basic one because it doesn't wash your butt.
http://youtu.be/U8KyBlGWI2k (http://youtu.be/U8KyBlGWI2k)
I'm debating on placing an outlet between the toilet and vanity for the sake of possibly adding a washlet in the future.
Post by: yotsuya on July 13, 2015, 03:30:02 pm
Post by: BadMouth on July 13, 2015, 03:56:42 pm
You didn't get the ass-washing feature? The humanity!
Well the ass-washing seat with the wireless remote costs over 4x what I paid for the toilet it fits on, so no.
They make an ass-washing seat that costs half that much, but the controls are attached to the side like a little diving board.
I don't want the mounted controls because that's how they are on my ijoy massage chair and it bugs me.
The cheaper version has a wired remote that's easier to use while laying back in the chair.
An insurance company had a bunch of them set up at a motorcycle rally. I said "I'm buying one of these when I get home"...and I did.
I'd rather had the cheaper cloth model with the wired remote, but this is the one I came across for a good price.
I bought it "NIB" from a local shady electronics reseller for $275 IIRC. It had paperwork in the box that led me to believe it was a Costco return.
The top layer of the pleather is also pealing the frick off, but it still gives a pretty nice neck and back massage.
EDIT: For anyone interested, this is the massage chair I have: http://www.amazon.com/HT-Massage-Chair-iJoy-2580-Espresso/dp/B0029PGLGG (http://www.amazon.com/HT-Massage-Chair-iJoy-2580-Espresso/dp/B0029PGLGG)
It sucks as a regular chair, but does give good massages. I bought the foot/calf massaging ottoman and was disappointed in it, so resold it.
Post by: Slippyblade on July 13, 2015, 04:00:03 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 13, 2015, 04:08:15 pm
Post by: BadMouth on July 13, 2015, 04:12:09 pm
Holy crap. That toilet probably costs more than my car.
I paid $183 for the toilet. Could have got it for $170 on Friday if I hadn't been caught slackin.
I was planning on paying around $250 for it.
The soft close seat is $40.
The seat in the video goes for around $750.
I buy Delta toilets because I like how tall they sit. If I got an ass washing toilet, I'd probably have orgasms every time I went poop.
A friend of mine keeps going on about the comfort height toilet in the house he bought.
Post by: yotsuya on July 13, 2015, 04:13:55 pm
It might sound silly, but I definitely prefer a toilet that sits higher.Holy crap. That toilet probably costs more than my car.
I paid $183 for the toilet. Could have got it for $170 on Friday if I hadn't been caught slackin.
I was planning on paying around $250 for it.
The soft close seat is $40.
The seat in the video goes for around $750.I buy Delta toilets because I like how tall they sit. If I got an ass washing toilet, I'd probably have orgasms every time I went poop.
A friend of mine keeps going on about the comfort height toilet in the house he bought.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 13, 2015, 04:41:13 pm
I buy Delta toilets because I like how tall they sit. If I got an ass washing toilet, I'd probably have orgasms every time I went poop.
(http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA3LzEyL2Y2L1RNSVBhcmVudE1vLmMxNDg1LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/2fbe918b/095/TMI-Parent-Moments-on-FB.jpg)
Post by: Le Chuck on July 13, 2015, 04:54:30 pm
http://youtu.be/U8KyBlGWI2k (http://youtu.be/U8KyBlGWI2k)
So that's what Aerith has been doing ever since here FFVII gig, shilling toilets.
who knew?
Post by: PL1 on July 13, 2015, 04:55:11 pm
It might sound silly, but I definitely prefer a toilet that sits higher.Cue the "Yotsuya enjoys being high on pot" jokes. :lol
Scott
Post by: yotsuya on July 13, 2015, 04:58:21 pm
It might sound silly, but I definitely prefer a toilet that sits higher.Cue the "Yotsuya enjoys being high on pot" jokes. :lol
Scott
I'm a clean liver, ---maternal-smurf---. :cheers:
Post by: pbj on July 13, 2015, 05:06:32 pm
Post by: PL1 on July 13, 2015, 05:18:50 pm
I'm a clean liverLikewise, brother. ;D :cheers:
Scott
Post by: yotsuya on July 13, 2015, 05:19:52 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 13, 2015, 05:22:21 pm
Post by: Vigo on July 13, 2015, 06:24:02 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on July 13, 2015, 06:33:24 pm
...hurricane jets to ass blast you clean for times when a spackle knife would work better than toilet paper
Oh god, the visual! It burns!!!!
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 13, 2015, 06:44:58 pm
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Post by: pbj on July 13, 2015, 08:32:17 pm
Damn it, now I can't stop thinking about ass washing toilets. I still have one more bathroom to redo...
Just go to the neighborhood pool in your loosest trunks and adjust the pant leg in front of a water jet when no one is looking.
Feels good, man.
Post by: dkersten on July 14, 2015, 10:50:23 am
I had a big halogen flood lamp on the peak of my roof facing the back yard, but it was only really good for illuminating the back yard when taking out the trash, and with so much into the deck, I wanted a nice soft light system to add some atmosphere in the evenings. So I picked up two packs of 8 feet of tea lights from Costco, an outdoor outlet, and ordered a z-wave light dimmer switch.
First, I replaced the Halogen lamp with the outlet. Then I went to work hanging the lights from the peak of my roofline to the corner of the pergola over the firepit, then around the pergola perimeter, then across the new sun shades, then back to the house and along the eve of the house back to the peak. I then cut the last 10 feet of lights off the string and capped it off and tucked it away in the weatherproof outlet cover.
When the z-wave controller comes in, I will be able to turn the lights on and off or dim them up and down with my phone or tablet from anywhere, or of course from the switch inside the game room. Even at full on (just a switch right now) the lighting is fantastic, changes the feel of the deck in the evenings dramatically. Now with the sunshades I can block the neighbors spotlight he aimed at my back yard, block one of the street lamps that lights up my back yard, and with this new lighting the other street light that intrudes will be washed out enough that it doesn't distract.
Here are pics, one at dusk and one after dark.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=331872;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=331874;image)
Post by: BadMouth on July 14, 2015, 11:22:00 am
Post by: dkersten on July 14, 2015, 11:26:20 am
You could just set up some Christmas lights around your bedroom and get the same effect, lol.
Post by: yotsuya on July 14, 2015, 12:08:30 pm
Post by: BadMouth on July 14, 2015, 12:17:13 pm
Thanks!
You could just set up some Christmas lights around your bedroom and get the same effect, lol.
I wouldn't be able to look at them without Three Days by Jane's Addiction playing in my head constantly.
I got a couple candle sconces flanking a 50" tv that puts off a nice glow. :)
Post by: yotsuya on July 14, 2015, 12:19:01 pm
I wouldn't be able to look at them without Three Days by Jane's Addiction playing in my head constantly.
Saw them in concert back in 1990. Good times....
Post by: BadMouth on July 14, 2015, 12:41:07 pm
I wouldn't be able to look at them without Three Days by Jane's Addiction playing in my head constantly.
Saw them in concert back in 1990. Good times....
Saw them in concert (again) last year at the Shindig in Baltimore. End of the show kinda bothered me. Chicks with meat hooks through the skin of their backs swinging around.
Wasn't one of these deals where there were a bunch of hooks evenly distributing the weight. It was two big hooks and a fair amount of bleeding.
It made me nauseous. And the fact that it made me nauseous made me feel old.
It was anti-chuff at the end of being chuffed that I could still hang though a 12 hour music festival.
Hanging ability proven last year, I bought VIP tickets this year which gets me access to couches and air conditioned bathrooms. ;D
(chuff re-attained)
Post by: pbj on July 14, 2015, 12:52:11 pm
I still cringe thinking about it.
Post by: Ond on July 15, 2015, 08:56:49 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 15, 2015, 09:42:33 pm
The Ms. Pac I got was untested monitorwise, so once I got everything fired up, the game worked perfectly, but the screen looked bad - it was wavy, with streaks and jitters all through it. I ordered a cap kit and replacement pots from Bob Roberts, but when he had his accident, I told him not to worry about it, and I ordered the cap kit from Twisted Quarter. I did the cap kit and the streak and waviness went away, but it still cut out jittery sporatically. While I was doing the cap kit, I noticed that the horizontal width coil was broken. So I placed an order with Twisty Wrist Arcade for the horizontal coil, a new flyback (because hey why not) and a cool kit he sells, that G07 Remote Pot Kit (http://www.twistywristarcade.com/monitor-components/1076-go7-remote-pot-kit.html), that allow you to do all your adjustments from the front of the cab like on a lot of the newer 25" CRTs. It also replaces the B+ pot, so I decided to go for it!
They came in today, so I took off the coil and pots with no issue, but the flyback was giving me issues, so I went to Fry's Electronics and bought a larger desoldering nozzle. That did the trick! Flyback came right out, I tinkered with the new one to line up the pins. I soldered in the Remote pot kit and coil, put it all back together, fired up the monitor and dialed in the B+ to 120, then adjusted the screen with the remote pots to get it to my liking. It's probably at a 90 out of 100. I need to do some degaussing, but nothing that is a dealbreaker. I just need to do some touch up painting on the front, and this baby is done!
Post by: dkersten on July 16, 2015, 10:56:19 am
Also, last night my Z-Wave light switches came in and I got the one hooked up to the new tea lights out on the deck.. works really well and is very responsive to the controller. It maybe takes .5 seconds to respond to a command once the software is connected to the controller. Now I can turn on and dim the lights on the deck from anywhere in the world.. lol. I have 2 more to install, one in my theater room (was tired of getting settled in on the couch only to realize the lights are up too high) and one outlet that I am only putting in as a repeater to speed up the response time on the door lock and back lights. Any AC connected zwave devices act as a repeater to strengthen the network range.
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 16, 2015, 10:58:29 am
Leaving the kids (16, 18, 22) at home
Your house while you're gone:
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/431632469936e91123fb3dc4e7261197/tumblr_n9hbnwJa9I1ssjkcoo1_500.gif)
Post by: wp34 on July 16, 2015, 12:54:19 pm
Airfare is a killer, and those Disney tickets seem expensive until you buy Universal Studios ticket.. holy hell.
Word on that. Universal Studios is crazy expensive. Furthermore I made the mistake of buying our Universal Studios tickets at the gate. Talk about buyers remorse.
Post by: Vigo on July 16, 2015, 01:02:42 pm
Post by: dkersten on July 16, 2015, 01:55:31 pm
Word on that. Universal Studios is crazy expensive. Furthermore I made the mistake of buying our Universal Studios tickets at the gate. Talk about buyers remorse.I was down there about 7 years ago with my family and me and my son went to Universal and bought tickets at the gate with the front of the line passes and it was like $200 total. Now for the same thing it's $511 with taxes for ONE DAY! Disney with park hopper is nearly half that for one day.. And Disney has a heck of a lot more to offer.
The upside to Orlando is you can stay just about anywhere for CHEAP!.. You can rent 3 bedroom houses with private pools for $130 per night. You can get a nice room at the Waldorf Astoria for $220 per night! If you are planning a Disney vacation well in advance and want the benefits of the Disney Vacation Club members without the price, you can actually rent points through a website and get rooms for 25% of the "rack rate" (I was trying to score a $450 per night room for $700 for 5 days but it was already sold out)... There are deals to be had, just not on airfare or gate tickets, lol.
Post by: dkersten on July 16, 2015, 01:57:04 pm
lol!! Not this time... :)Leaving the kids (16, 18, 22) at home
Your house while you're gone:
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/431632469936e91123fb3dc4e7261197/tumblr_n9hbnwJa9I1ssjkcoo1_500.gif)
Actually, daughter will stay with her mom, middle daughter will be at college, and son is on Felony Probation and if he did that would go to prison for 3 years, so I think I am OK this time.. :cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on July 16, 2015, 02:38:07 pm
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/431632469936e91123fb3dc4e7261197/tumblr_n9hbnwJa9I1ssjkcoo1_500.gif)
That's HaRuMaN's house every Friday night. That was the ZapCon '15 Afterparty.
Here's HaRuMaN:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d6/30/fb/d630fb1f357526cbd30d2f32c8cb6d48.jpg)
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 16, 2015, 03:18:14 pm
Post by: wp34 on July 16, 2015, 03:46:57 pm
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/431632469936e91123fb3dc4e7261197/tumblr_n9hbnwJa9I1ssjkcoo1_500.gif)
That's HaRuMaN's house every Friday night. That was the ZapCon '15 Afterparty.
Here's HaRuMaN:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d6/30/fb/d630fb1f357526cbd30d2f32c8cb6d48.jpg)
Post by: yotsuya on July 16, 2015, 04:00:00 pm
Finally got to test out the router table I got for xmas. Works great! I think I need a better shop vac though because it doesn't power the evacuation system well enough... I have sawdust in places saw dust isn't meant to go. :dizzy:You and Rick can make us MDF sandwiches.
Post by: Malenko on July 17, 2015, 08:06:10 am
pix are from the seller's garage, not my rape dungeon
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 17, 2015, 10:04:34 am
pix are from the seller's garage, not my rape dungeon
Awwww...ok.
Post by: shmokes on July 17, 2015, 10:57:20 pm
Post by: 05SRT4 on July 18, 2015, 01:38:55 am
Post by: Le Chuck on July 18, 2015, 01:41:28 am
I researched the everloving ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of discount Orlando amusement park tickets. There is one way. If you know anybody in the military, or a veteran, who is willing to go with you when you buy the tickets there's a huge discount, at least at Disney. Of course, it has to be someone in Orlando. And you have to buy him or her a ticket, but the overall cost will still be way lower.
As a vet I equate this morally to theft. Disney doesn't owe me ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- and I'm no hero just because I wear a uniform but my integrity isn't for sale. It's great that they give that discount but unless you took an oath to write a check on behalf of your government payable upto and including your life then that discount isn't for you.
Post by: shmokes on July 18, 2015, 12:11:49 pm
Post by: dkersten on July 18, 2015, 09:06:55 pm
I wouldn't ever do something like find a vet and use them for the discount, but we did see if my girlfriends son, who is in the Army and stationed in Ft.Hood right now, could join us. Not because of the discount (although if he joined us I would gladly have used it) but because she gets to see him twice a year at most, and in Feb he is going on his second tour to S. Korea and will be gone a year. If he had been able to go, I would have also invited my 22 year old son who gets along with her son rather well. I could have rented a 3 bedroom house for the same price as the hotel we are in, so airfare would have doubled (they each would have had to come up with that part) but the tickets would end up being a wash, and it would have been nice for about the same cost for me and free except for airfare for them.I researched the everloving ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of discount Orlando amusement park tickets. There is one way. If you know anybody in the military, or a veteran, who is willing to go with you when you buy the tickets there's a huge discount, at least at Disney. Of course, it has to be someone in Orlando. And you have to buy him or her a ticket, but the overall cost will still be way lower.As a vet I equate this morally to theft. Disney doesn't owe me ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- and I'm no hero just because I wear a uniform but my integrity isn't for sale. It's great that they give that discount but unless you took an oath to write a check on behalf of your government payable upto and including your life then that discount isn't for you.
I have a friend in a wheelchair and we often get to take advantage of that. I have no qualms, it isn't like I only hang out with him because of the benefits, but when I go to Seattle to go to Penny Arcade Expo with him and we get to walk in in front of 70,000 people and get in an hour early and have our run of the place while it is practically empty, I don't feel a single bit of guilt for getting in on his handicap. However, he's been my closest friend since High School, and I am not one of those people who were hiring people in wheelchairs so they could get in the front of all the lines at Disney either.
It is one thing to take advantage that way, it is something completely different to use a service that is available when it is legitimate.
Post by: Vigo on July 20, 2015, 12:38:18 am
Just ordered a PrintrBot Simple (http://printrbot.com/shop/assembled-simple-metal/) 3d Printer. I will let you guys know how it works out.
Welcome to the 3d printing club (assuming this is your first printer). I've been at it for a little over a month and loving it.
Post by: 05SRT4 on July 20, 2015, 04:43:12 am
Just ordered a PrintrBot Simple (http://printrbot.com/shop/assembled-simple-metal/) 3d Printer. I will let you guys know how it works out.
Welcome to the 3d printing club (assuming this is your first printer). I've been at it for a little over a month and loving it.
Thanks! I am really excited, this will be my first. I heard its a rough learning curve at first. May I ask, what printer did you go with?
Post by: Vigo on July 20, 2015, 11:28:51 am
I can't say I was ever overwhelmed, but it has been a matter of me taking a lot of time, doing things slow and gradually trying to accomplish more and more until I understood the different problems and learned how to fix them. A few points of aggravation, but I am getting to the point that I know what will cause problems and what to do about it.
I went with a da vinci 1.0a, mostly because I needed something enclosed to keep moving parts out of reach from my children's hands. For the price, I have been very pleased. They do force you to use their proprietary software and filament, and charge a premium on the filament as well. I bought it knowing that because it is also very hackable so it can take any filament and use any slicing software. I haven't attempted to hack it yet. Soon.
The big thing I am still trying to figure out is good design software to make my own parts. I have used FreeCAD and 123d design, and I feel both are lacking in opposite ends. FreeCAD is very precise, but not user friendly on some simple things. Shapes get irritating to work with after you make certain changes, and the undo function doesn't even work as expected. 123d design is easy to make a design with, but i get angry trying to position things with precision, and even changing viewing angle irritates me.
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on July 21, 2015, 12:35:17 am
I've been looking for a PLASMA HDTV for the game room for quite some time (even before I closed on the house) for movies. Struck gold on Craigslist tonight: $74 for a 50" Panasonic Viera. Woot!
DeLuSioNaL29
Post by: pbj on July 21, 2015, 09:48:01 am
(http://i.imgur.com/DZmlbdK.jpg)
This is what passes for excitement in my life now.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 21, 2015, 12:56:43 pm
I discovered that this comes in gallons yesterday:
(http://i.imgur.com/DZmlbdK.jpg)
This is what passes for excitement in my life now.
The Stars at night.... are big and bright...
Post by: yotsuya on July 21, 2015, 12:59:39 pm
You can chug that stuff in the basement of the Alamo...I discovered that this comes in gallons yesterday:
(http://i.imgur.com/DZmlbdK.jpg)
This is what passes for excitement in my life now.
The Stars at night.... are big and bright...
Post by: pbj on July 21, 2015, 01:03:11 pm
The Stars at night.... are big and bright...
Deep in the heart of the Dominican Republic where this jug is from??
Talk all the smack you want. More garlic lemon orange marinade for me.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 21, 2015, 02:30:22 pm
Post by: pbj on July 21, 2015, 02:34:00 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 21, 2015, 03:26:09 pm
Post by: pbj on July 21, 2015, 03:35:37 pm
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 21, 2015, 03:36:48 pm
In Texas, many supermarkets have a Goya aisle. It's glorious. Anything they make is better than their competitors.
Yeah we get a bunch of Goya stuff here in AZ, too. Adobo is a good general seasoning...
Post by: pbj on July 21, 2015, 03:52:11 pm
And it's a glorious misappropriation of a name that refers to an entirely different type of seasoning, the likes of which are rarely seen outside the confines of Huy Fong Sriracha.
Also a big fan of their pimento stuffed olives.
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on July 21, 2015, 04:12:52 pm
D
Post by: pbj on July 21, 2015, 04:36:26 pm
Being Puertorican I grew up on Goya stuff. I can vouch. That stuff is good.
Can confirm. Was introduced to adobo by Puerto Ricans in the USVI. They mixed it with corn meal, rolled everything in it, and fried in peanut oil. And by everything I mean EVERYTHING. Octopus, shark, endangered species, tuna, etc.
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on July 21, 2015, 04:46:09 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 21, 2015, 06:18:53 pm
You're making me hungry.
Wait, you're Puerto Rican?
Post by: Malenko on July 21, 2015, 07:10:39 pm
Post by: pbj on July 21, 2015, 08:08:40 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/mtpoNa9l.jpg)
Post by: Malenko on July 22, 2015, 07:49:58 am
Little bit of google, little bit of asking my dad and my cousin and BAM! FIXED!
The compressor would turn on but the fan wouldnt. The coils would overheat and the AC would trip the thermal protection, end result 86 degrees inside.
Turns out this giant rusted capacitor was bad:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=332347;image)
$12.09 later:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=332345;image)
Cool air and I saved at least $87
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on July 22, 2015, 08:15:19 am
Wait, you're Puerto Rican?100%
As for the central A/C: Same thing happened to me right after I bought my house last week. Swapped the old bulging capacitor and it fixed the problem.
D
Post by: pbj on July 22, 2015, 09:32:38 am
Wait, you're Puerto Rican?100%
What was your favorite slide at Las Plazas Aquaticas?
Quote
As for the central A/C: Same thing happened to me right after I bought my house last week. Swapped the old bulging capacitor and it fixed the problem.
I'm amazed you guys found someone willing to sell you a capacitor. That's the biggest scam going in AC repair.
Post by: Malenko on July 22, 2015, 09:40:20 am
I'm amazed you guys found someone willing to sell you a capacitor. That's the biggest scam going in AC repair.QFT
I got one from a company called RE Michel ( http://www.remichel.com/ (http://www.remichel.com/) ) . They don't sell to the general public, but my cousin is a HVAC guy with a commercial account. So I bought the cap using his account number. The cap I spent $12 on costs $75 from Sobieski, and they charge $25 to install it (so roughly $300 an hour)
Post by: pbj on July 22, 2015, 09:45:26 am
Post by: BadMouth on July 22, 2015, 11:08:49 am
You're making me hungry.
Wait, you're Puerto Rican?
Wait, you're Mexican?
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 22, 2015, 12:07:47 pm
You're making me hungry.
Wait, you're Puerto Rican?
Wait, you're Mexican?
I don't care who's what. Somebody make me something covered in Goya!
Post by: yotsuya on July 22, 2015, 02:08:09 pm
We established that a long time ago.You're making me hungry.
Wait, you're Puerto Rican?
Wait, you're Mexican?
I picture you all as being older white guys.... so when another minority posts, I get excited, like when I found out rablack97 was really black....
Post by: BadMouth on July 22, 2015, 02:20:18 pm
We established that a long time ago.You're making me hungry.
Wait, you're Puerto Rican?
Wait, you're Mexican?
I picture you all as being older white guys.... so when another minority posts, I get excited, like when I found out rablack97 was really black....
I had genetic testing done at 23andme for ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- and giggles....
Also 3.2% Neanderthal, which apparently is really high.
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 22, 2015, 02:24:25 pm
Post by: Vigo on July 22, 2015, 02:29:14 pm
Post by: BadMouth on July 22, 2015, 02:29:56 pm
Where do you get 3.2% Neanderthal out of that chart?
I didn't. It's a separate, overlapping thing.
EDIT: As an aside, though they're not allowed to give you any medical related info anymore, you can use your raw data to get the medical stuff elsewhere.
Post by: yotsuya on July 22, 2015, 02:36:27 pm
Post by: pbj on July 22, 2015, 02:37:39 pm
Post by: pbj on July 22, 2015, 02:37:53 pm
I'm going to make you an honorary Mexican with that 0.2 unassigned.
One drop rule!
Post by: BadMouth on July 22, 2015, 02:49:39 pm
I'm going to make you an honorary Mexican with that 0.2 unassigned.
Awesome. Maybe I can finally take that motorcycle trip down South America now.
If anyone hassles me, I'll just explain my honorary 2%.
Post by: Vigo on July 22, 2015, 02:53:01 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 22, 2015, 03:05:37 pm
Woah, slow down, eh. That's only 0.2%. At a full two percent, I have to let you marry my sister.I'm going to make you an honorary Mexican with that 0.2 unassigned.
Awesome. Maybe I can finally take that motorcycle trip down South America now.
If anyone hassles me, I'll just explain my honorary 2%.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 22, 2015, 05:07:15 pm
Post by: eds1275 on July 22, 2015, 06:16:58 pm
Post by: harveybirdman on July 22, 2015, 07:24:47 pm
like when I found out rablack97 was really black....
Mental image shattered
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 22, 2015, 10:31:16 pm
Casto sounds more Transylvannian than mexican to me!
That's probably closer to the mark yeah....although I'm not exactly a pure bred.
Post by: yotsuya on July 23, 2015, 12:06:49 am
Post by: Malenko on July 23, 2015, 07:46:13 am
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 23, 2015, 09:49:20 am
...demolition the walls...
Demolition? That's my shtick.
https://youtu.be/We9oy5mrXds
Post by: wp34 on July 24, 2015, 12:47:22 am
Post by: Nephasth on July 24, 2015, 12:55:22 am
I get excited, like when I found out rablack97 was really black....
:o
Man, I missed some ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
Post by: yotsuya on July 24, 2015, 01:14:36 am
BYOACation over!!!I get excited, like when I found out rablack97 was really black....
:o
Man, I missed some ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
Post by: Nephasth on July 24, 2015, 01:18:30 am
BYOACation over!!!I get excited, like when I found out rablack97 was really black....
:o
Man, I missed some ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
What happened to yours, Mr. >10,000 posts?
Post by: yotsuya on July 24, 2015, 01:22:08 am
I took a few days off... :)BYOACation over!!!I get excited, like when I found out rablack97 was really black....
:o
Man, I missed some ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
What happened to yours, Mr. >10,000 posts?
Post by: pbj on July 27, 2015, 10:51:00 am
Stayed here:
(http://i.imgur.com/fZzcPb0.jpg)
Bought enormous shrimp raw and wriggling off this boat:
(http://i.imgur.com/RXLRKer.jpg)
Have learned that cocky, competitive, know it all jackass fisherman don't know what the hell they're talking about, just like those types in every other hobby. Despite using the "wrong" bait, poles, hooks, and being out at the wrong time of day, my wife and I were reeling them in on almost every cast. And releasing them without cutting them up to "attract sharks" as our new friend kept wailing about.
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 27, 2015, 11:00:15 am
Post by: yotsuya on July 27, 2015, 01:12:05 pm
Went to one of the casinos here in Arizona this past weekend. Put $50 in a Wheel of Fortune progressive slot, got all the way up to $590. Gave up and cashed out when I got back down to $450. :cheers:How much is that in HaRuBuCks?
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 27, 2015, 01:17:24 pm
Went to one of the casinos here in Arizona this past weekend. Put $50 in a Wheel of Fortune progressive slot, got all the way up to $590. Gave up and cashed out when I got back down to $450. :cheers:How much is that in HaRuBuCks?
Eleventy
Post by: yotsuya on July 27, 2015, 01:18:48 pm
Great exchange rate!!!!Went to one of the casinos here in Arizona this past weekend. Put $50 in a Wheel of Fortune progressive slot, got all the way up to $590. Gave up and cashed out when I got back down to $450. :cheers:How much is that in HaRuBuCks?
Eleventy
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 27, 2015, 01:51:42 pm
Have learned that cocky, competitive, know it all jackass fisherman don't know what the hell they're talking about, just like those types in every other hobby. Despite using the "wrong" bait, poles, hooks, and being out at the wrong time of day, my wife and I were reeling them in on almost every cast. And releasing them without cutting them up to "attract sharks" as our new friend kept wailing about.
They day we know anything about fishing is the day we can peer into the mind of a fish. That will be a wonderful yet terrifying day indeed.
Post by: yotsuya on July 27, 2015, 03:38:39 pm
They day we know anything about fishing is the day we can peer into the mind of a fish. That will be a wonderful yet terrifying day indeed.
(https://awlnetwork-static-theawl.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/01/incredible-mr-limpet.jpg)
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 27, 2015, 04:34:45 pm
Post by: pbj on July 27, 2015, 05:43:24 pm
We usually hit up a fish market on the coast and get a pound or so of table shrimp for $5. I keep it on ice and whatever the little ---daisies--- don't steal off my hook gets boiled and eaten when I go home.
Post by: Vigo on July 27, 2015, 06:07:43 pm
I understand fish quite well. What do I want? More shrimp. When do I want it? Now.
I guess everyone was right when they say I have the brain of a fish. :dunno
Post by: yotsuya on July 27, 2015, 06:50:33 pm
Be careful now, he's one of our proud state heroes. :afro:The mother of a lady I used to work with from West Virginia went to high school Don Knotts. She was going to get me his autograph, but sadly, he passed away before she could get it.
Post by: pbj on July 27, 2015, 07:08:58 pm
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on July 27, 2015, 10:11:28 pm
- Painted the walls and installed new industrial type carpets with the thickest moisture barrier they had.
- Bought a new dehumidifier (a heavy duty one) that works AMAZINGLY well. It keeps the basement bone dry.
- Bought a 50" flat screen plasma for $75 on Craigslist. Works perfectly (I was looking for plasma for movies)
Still to do:
- Mount TV
- Change all outlets to white color.
- I may need to upgrade power lines (I will see how it goes for now with my current machines).
- Buy and install surround sound system
- Collect more machines.
D
Post by: yotsuya on July 28, 2015, 02:14:56 am
Been busy moving and getting the new Game Room foundation up to par.
- Painted the walls and installed new industrial type carpets with the thickest moisture barrier they had.
- Bought a new dehumidifier (a heavy duty one) that works AMAZINGLY well. It keeps the basement bone dry.
- Bought a 50" flat screen plasma for $75 on Craigslist. Works perfectly (I was looking for plasma for movies)
Still to do:
- Mount TV
- Change all outlets to white color.
- I may need to upgrade power lines (I will see how it goes for now with my current machines).
- Buy and install surround sound system
- Collect more machines.
D
How many machines, D? I had to upgrade mine because it was tripping the circuit breaker if I turned everything on.
Post by: eds1275 on July 28, 2015, 02:57:03 am
2 months ago my wife rolled over in bed and said "I don't love you anymore, and it's over."
WTF
So she suggests I move out, and lets it be clear that there's nothing I can do in the world to save our marriage. I stood my ground and said if she needs space, she is welcome to go find it elsewhere. As far as I was concerned, we've had a very good marriage. Our lives are great. We do a lot of stuff together, maybe too much. Long story short, last November she started having a bout of depression, something she has been struggling with since her early teen years. Not any real reason for it - just the feeling of helplessness and impending doom, but nothing actually wrong. This is the first time she ever went on anti depressant medication, and at first it was working miracles. But ever since february things have been going down a dark path. Nothing really changed, except I moved to the next bedroom over. She still wanted to hang out and do stuff together - I never tried to exclude her from things, but I did make a decision to not intentionally include her either. If she wanted space, that was as far as I was going out of my way to give it to her. Today I got her help in cleaning up the main areas of our home to perfection. And then I got out my camera and started snapping pics. It was a risky bluff, but I said they were real estate pictures now that it's over, that was the only thing left to do.
She suggests going to her doctor, and having her medications reassessed. Also perhaps counselling for her, and counselling for me to further understand her depression. It's not ideal, but given the hell my life has been for the past two months I am glad. We sat close on the couch and played lego batman 3. Feels like the first steps back to normal.
Post by: Mike A on July 28, 2015, 07:43:06 am
Well, this is SORT OF a good thing. More like the worst thing ever is starting to come around.
2 months ago my wife rolled over in bed and said "I don't love you anymore, and it's over."
This is my first post and I have never posted in a forum before. Your post compelled me to start. My wife battled depression and medication addiction for many years. It was a nightmare at times. I knew she loved me even when it seemed like she did not. She fought like hell against her demons. In the last few years things were great. She emerged from her depression and our marriage and our love grew stronger. There were still normal ups and downs, but she handled them well with the skills she learned from a great therapist. My wife died from a heart attack in her sleep on January 3rd. She was 36 years old. It was due to a previously undiagnosed heart defect. Her past medication addiction contributed to her weakened heart.
I meant to post this to encourage you that things can get better. I guess it sounds depressing now that I am reading it back. My wife and I lived in a nightmare, but with help, support, and the right medications for her, we pulled through it. I hope and pray that things will get better for you. It is important that you take care of yourself. I nearly got lost in my wife's problems and I started to feel sorry for myself. I was no good to her in that state. I just made a decision that I was going to be the best person I could be and that helped both of us.
Post by: Le Chuck on July 28, 2015, 08:00:11 am
I only say that because I think you're awesome and I hope you can salvage your marriage, as I'm sure you do too, and that would be something that counseling could help to remedy. You have all my best wishes and hopes - and your wife does as well.
Oh and Lego batman is great but nothing stands up to Lego Star Wars.
Post by: eds1275 on July 28, 2015, 08:14:31 am
Oh and Lego batman is great but nothing stands up to Lego Star Wars.
Yeah I find those games are getting further from their roots. I enjoyed the first few. Harry Potter was the worst. But we play them all.
I think things will be back to normal in the next few months. This is the first big deal in our 13 year relationship. I think she just can't handle problems, and little things eat her alive inside and she doesn't know what to do and perhaps the easiest thing might seem like nuking everything in her life and starting over?
The good thing is that despite much temptation, I kept it in my pants.
Post by: yotsuya on July 28, 2015, 09:14:47 am
And Mike A, welcome to the forums.
Post by: wp34 on July 28, 2015, 09:45:24 am
Welcome to the forums Mike A. Any relation to BobA? ;D
Post by: Mike A on July 28, 2015, 09:52:33 am
Post by: Le Chuck on July 28, 2015, 10:12:32 am
(http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr155/vonjett/FJ%20Bruiser/F23F1F62-01A0-4EDA-AF64-1F11EC54D76C_zps1xi9tjc4.jpg)
I have a huge punch list with this beast so it will be fun to trick her out. The previous owner did some serious mods but stripped off a bunch of the goodies when he traded her in. That's fine by me, as picking out and installing all the tackle is half the fun.
Needless to say, I'm chuffed as ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. I need help naming her, recommendations?
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 28, 2015, 10:16:40 am
I need help naming her, recommendations?
Marengo
Post by: dkersten on July 28, 2015, 10:23:57 am
2 months ago my wife rolled over in bed and said "I don't love you anymore, and it's over."I'm sorry to hear that. My only advice would be to be honest with yourself and asses the situation for what it is, not what you want it to be. Fighting to keep something because it was once great does not necessarily lead to happiness. That being said, if you look at the situation from ten feet back and take off all blinders and see that things are truly good between you when she is not all messed up from depression, AND understand that the depression part isn't something that will just go away (it can be treated but often the treatment causes even more issues, like non-existent sex life), then by all means, fight with every inch of your body, heart, and soul. Don't hold anything back.
Frankly, divorce was probably the best choice I ever made. It wasn't easy to go through, the kids had a tough year or two from it, but in the end it was better for everyone. (Well, maybe not for her, but that is 100% her own fault, I did everything to set her up to succeed, she took herself to rock bottom.) Good luck, I truly hope things work out for the best, whichever way that ends up being.
Post by: harveybirdman on July 28, 2015, 10:54:56 am
Well, a little over a week ago I traded in my Tundra so I could get back my one true vehicular love, my FJ Cruiser
(http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr155/vonjett/FJ%20Bruiser/F23F1F62-01A0-4EDA-AF64-1F11EC54D76C_zps1xi9tjc4.jpg)
I have a huge punch list with this beast so it will be fun to trick her out. The previous owner did some serious mods but stripped off a bunch of the goodies when he traded her in. That's fine by me, as picking out and installing all the tackle is half the fun.
Needless to say, I'm chuffed as ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. I need help naming her, recommendations?
Oola
Post by: Le Chuck on July 28, 2015, 11:22:39 am
I need help naming her, recommendations?
Marengo
I'm not that short... that's hilarious tho!
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 28, 2015, 11:23:21 am
I need help naming her, recommendations?
Marengo
I'm not that short... that's hilarious tho!
;D
Post by: pbj on July 28, 2015, 11:42:12 am
Post by: Le Chuck on July 28, 2015, 11:45:04 am
Today I learned people actually want those FJ Cruisers. Toyota was trying to give them away for $26,000 in San Antonio. My favorite part was the plastic diamond plate on the door panels and the fact it was extraordinarily uncomfortable in the back despite the vehicle's size.
This is my second one, I had immediate buyers remorse after selling my '07 4wd Voodoo Blue. Love these beasts, even despite their quirks and faults.
Post by: pbj on July 28, 2015, 11:51:46 am
Post by: harveybirdman on July 28, 2015, 07:50:10 pm
That's cool, I'm just a mouthy dick. Really wanted to like them, though, as that was freaking cheap for a Toyota SUV. Ended up with a Scion fartbox which isn't winning any awards but starts when I turn the key.
Message board gold!
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 28, 2015, 11:07:12 pm
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 28, 2015, 11:19:45 pm
Pretty sure pbj now needs "Mouthy Dick" above his avatar now.
Saint won't let me change custom text anymore... :'(
Post by: Nephasth on July 29, 2015, 12:05:20 am
Pretty sure pbj now needs "Mouthy Dick" above his avatar now.
Saint won't let me change custom text anymore... :'(
So I'm stuck with this ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---?
Post by: yotsuya on July 29, 2015, 12:07:50 am
Post by: knave on July 29, 2015, 01:16:14 pm
Saint, can I get a custom text title???
You have to be clever or dumb enough in your posts to catch the attention of the Title Lords.
Good luck, I haven't managed to say anything clever in 8 years.
Post by: Le Chuck on July 29, 2015, 01:20:51 pm
Pretty sure pbj now needs "Mouthy Dick" above his avatar now.
Saint won't let me change custom text anymore... :'(
So I'm stuck with this ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---?
Have you tried drunk posting? Has worked for me on other forums...
Post by: Vigo on July 29, 2015, 01:26:13 pm
I haven't managed to say anything clever in 8 years.
I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up being your title. ;)
Post by: Malenko on July 29, 2015, 01:27:44 pm
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 29, 2015, 03:15:45 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 29, 2015, 03:35:26 pm
Anyway.... The body work on the Camaro is nearly complete. I can get it painted soon! Working on the black trim (which they never paint) as we speak.
Post by: pbj on July 29, 2015, 04:43:48 pm
Post by: Nephasth on July 29, 2015, 04:45:41 pm
Is it just me or is the number of arcade projects this year far fewer than it was last year?
Makes your UCA chairman job easier...
Post by: yotsuya on July 29, 2015, 05:01:35 pm
Is it just me or is the number of arcade projects this year far fewer than it was last year?I don't think there's as much variety. Everybody wants to build a 4 player widescreen cabinet.
Post by: Vigo on July 29, 2015, 06:53:46 pm
Post by: eds1275 on July 29, 2015, 07:23:21 pm
Anyway.... The body work on the Camaro is nearly complete. I can get it painted soon!
How much $$$ are we talking here? My wife has a car that needs a paint job, and I don't really feel like going around getting estimates at this point because I'm in no position to do so. Online estimates range from $3000 to $15000 but I could have made an estimate like that myself. The clear coat is flaking quite a bit, and we were thinking of doing either a flat black with gloss black flames, or gloss black with really dark purple flames. Although personally I love the white on front fading out to colour as it is now. It's just a bit too much.
Post by: harveybirdman on July 29, 2015, 07:25:56 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 29, 2015, 07:33:50 pm
I blame Chance. Love that guy but damn his Flynn's build.#yousaiditnotme
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 29, 2015, 09:32:25 pm
Anyway.... The body work on the Camaro is nearly complete. I can get it painted soon!
How much $$$ are we talking here? My wife has a car that needs a paint job, and I don't really feel like going around getting estimates at this point because I'm in no position to do so. Online estimates range from $3000 to $15000 but I could have made an estimate like that myself. The clear coat is flaking quite a bit, and we were thinking of doing either a flat black with gloss black flames, or gloss black with really dark purple flames. Although personally I love the white on front fading out to colour as it is now. It's just a bit too much.
As little as humanly possible. I'm getting it painted the same factory color, so that helps a lot with the price, but it also means that inside the doors and all the jazz I have to paint myself. There isn't a whole lot of surface area in those places though, so rattle cans of color match do just fine. I don't have a choice really... my paint isn't fading or just starting to look bad, it's virtually non-existent.
In terms of what you were wanting to do, the same base color is always cheapest. If you change it though flat black is a lot cheaper than gloss black which is literally the hardest, most expensive color you can get if you want a perfect finish.
Post by: yotsuya on July 29, 2015, 09:47:33 pm
Post by: pbj on July 29, 2015, 09:51:11 pm
Earl Scheib is fine if you can do basic prep.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 29, 2015, 10:17:59 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on July 29, 2015, 11:11:20 pm
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 30, 2015, 09:25:32 am
I blame Chance. Love that guy but damn his Flynn's build.#yousaiditnotme
Why blame Chance? He should be a bar that all builders should set their own goals to. The days of using marble wallpaper to cover our machines is over. We should all strive to make our machines to the best of our capabilities. Chance is just a little over the top.
Post by: yotsuya on July 30, 2015, 10:07:14 am
Did you leave your sense of humor back home? Tell her to bring it next time she brings you some Mexican food.I blame Chance. Love that guy but damn his Flynn's build.#yousaiditnotme
Why blame Chance? He should be a bar that all builders should set their own goals to. The days of using marble wallpaper to cover our machines is over. We should all strive to make our machines to the best of our capabilities. Chance is just a little over the top.
Post by: Generic Eric on July 30, 2015, 11:18:44 am
bumping for pic - is it anything like this?I third the request for brake pics, I've been thinking of making one, scrap angle calling my name.
Problem with the scrap wood box is I have no where to put something that big.
Well I didn't build a super huge box... in fact I just had a scrap piece of plywood and some casters lying around and went... "hmm". I think the inner dimensions of the cart are around 2'x3'
I'll take some pics of the brake this evening, but seriously... just two pieces of angle iron... nothing to see. About the only advice I can give is if you don't have a drill press or a welder, you aren't making one because it's unlikely you'll be able to drill through the iron.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f3/57/6f/f3576fdbabae3f12c72cda47a8ef77cc.jpg)
Post by: Generic Eric on July 30, 2015, 11:59:29 am
Is it just me or is the number of arcade projects this year far fewer than it was last year?I don't think there's as much variety. Everybody wants to build a 4 player widescreen cabinet.
I dunno. I like my ideas. Not to bring in naff in the chuff thread, but nothing else is working out for me to pursue ideas. Real Life TM Live & on location. I've finished the patio, except the staining. The camper is sitting on the left over rock and its all boardered with paver stones. There will be time later for arcade building I suppose. I didn't follow the plans for my lowboy and it shows. I use the computer for surfing. My workspace is not organized and I haven't been efficient in the past, so I'm going to work on that first.
When I do bring a finished arcade project to the forum, it'll probably be with my aftermarket jamma ms pacman. Or MAME Lowboy. Or something different. I'd like to see an N++ arcade cabinet.
Obligatory chuff. I'm down 25lbs since last winter/ this spring and I've started to go to the gym. I have 4 bags of clothes that don't fit and only 1 or 2 pairs of jeans and 3 pairs of slacks that do fit.
/edit
Retail Denim ~$~ Sheet of plywood or MDF. I'm just having to choose my power per $ for awhile. We aren't even talking about tools yet.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 30, 2015, 12:11:20 pm
Obligatory chuff. I'm down 25lbs since last winter/ this spring and I've started to go to the gym. I have 4 bags of clothes that don't fit and only 1 or 2 pairs of jeans and 3 pairs of slacks that do fit.
Good for you Eric. I used to work out but I discovered being lazy was much more rewarding. If you ever need a good cd to jam out to while working out I would recommend the selection below.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSRfoOcUe4Z3Vc7bX1BzGtQfTWkWV3UK (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSRfoOcUe4Z3Vc7bX1BzGtQfTWkWV3UK)
Post by: Generic Eric on July 30, 2015, 12:24:47 pm
Obligatory chuff. I'm down 25lbs since last winter/ this spring and I've started to go to the gym. I have 4 bags of clothes that don't fit and only 1 or 2 pairs of jeans and 3 pairs of slacks that do fit.
Good for you Eric. I used to work out but I discovered being lazy was much more rewarding. If you ever need a good cd to jam out to while working out I would recommend the selection below.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSRfoOcUe4Z3Vc7bX1BzGtQfTWkWV3UK (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSRfoOcUe4Z3Vc7bX1BzGtQfTWkWV3UK)
Thanks. I'll have to edit my post. I got sidetracked on my tangent. Retail Denim ~$~ Sheet of plywood or MDF. I'm just having to choose my power per $ for awhile.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 30, 2015, 12:34:09 pm
bumping for pic - is it anything like this?I third the request for brake pics, I've been thinking of making one, scrap angle calling my name.
Problem with the scrap wood box is I have no where to put something that big.
Well I didn't build a super huge box... in fact I just had a scrap piece of plywood and some casters lying around and went... "hmm". I think the inner dimensions of the cart are around 2'x3'
I'll take some pics of the brake this evening, but seriously... just two pieces of angle iron... nothing to see. About the only advice I can give is if you don't have a drill press or a welder, you aren't making one because it's unlikely you'll be able to drill through the iron.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f3/57/6f/f3576fdbabae3f12c72cda47a8ef77cc.jpg)
Pretty sure I posted a pic, but yeah, it's almost exactly like that. I just used plywood for the clamping block instead of steel.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on July 30, 2015, 02:04:13 pm
Did you leave your sense of humor back home? Tell her to bring it next time she brings you some Mexican food.I blame Chance. Love that guy but damn his Flynn's build.#yousaiditnotme
Why blame Chance? He should be a bar that all builders should set their own goals to. The days of using marble wallpaper to cover our machines is over. We should all strive to make our machines to the best of our capabilities. Chance is just a little over the top.
I'm sorry I didn't hear you over the mountain of this delicious Mexican food my wife makes. ;D|
If there is a way to bring it to you at Zapcon I'll see what I can do.
Post by: yotsuya on July 30, 2015, 02:13:41 pm
I'm sorry, I only eat authentic Mexican food. :afro:Did you leave your sense of humor back home? Tell her to bring it next time she brings you some Mexican food.I blame Chance. Love that guy but damn his Flynn's build.#yousaiditnotme
Why blame Chance? He should be a bar that all builders should set their own goals to. The days of using marble wallpaper to cover our machines is over. We should all strive to make our machines to the best of our capabilities. Chance is just a little over the top.
I'm sorry I didn't hear you over the mountain of this delicious Mexican food my wife makes. ;D|
If there is a way to bring it to you at Zapcon I'll see what I can do.
Post by: pbj on July 30, 2015, 03:51:23 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/asdkBUG.jpg)
Today I had to go back into the belly of the beast (Texas Medical Center) for a meeting and decided to find a conference to crash.
Four course lunch ensued....
(http://i.imgur.com/E7jOVyq.jpg)
Act like you know, folks. And always be carrying something.
/thisiswhyiamfat
Post by: Baumer on July 30, 2015, 04:01:15 pm
We sold our townhouse and bought a house with an unfinished basement. That means work on planning a
I'm thinking of a stand-up cabinet with 27" LED monitor and CP with 2 joysticks and 6 buttons plus a trackball and a few admin buttons. Since this will be my first and hopefully not last build I figured I'd start fairly basic. Next cab might be 32" with 4 player controls but we'll see how this first one goes. I have access to my fathers workshop that has all the woodworking tools I would need so it'll make a good project for us to work on.
Anyways rest of my summer shall be packing and moving and planning the
Post by: pbj on July 30, 2015, 04:02:14 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 30, 2015, 04:08:57 pm
Please stop using the term 'mancave.'
+1
That was literally a marketing term made up by a company that milks men going through a mid-life crisis of all their money in exchange for road signs and car parts to hang on their wall.
We aren't cave men, it's not a man cave. You might as well call it what it really is... a play room.
Post by: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 04:44:05 pm
Oh, and welcome, Baumer!
Post by: Baumer on July 30, 2015, 04:53:30 pm
Please stop using the term 'mancave.'
+1
That was literally a marketing term made up by a company that milks men going through a mid-life crisis of all their money in exchange for road signs and car parts to hang on their wall.
We aren't cave men, it's not a man cave. You might as well call it what it really is... a play room.
I hear you guys loud and clear haha. What is really will be is place where I can have a wet bar, big screen TV and an arcade cabinet.
Post by: pbj on July 30, 2015, 05:17:41 pm
Occasionally you'll hear a good one that exactly nails the right connotation, though. 'Tramp stamp' is the recent winner of that list.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 30, 2015, 05:41:07 pm
(http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.102367!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_1200/gal-pee-wee-theatre-jpg.jpg)
Oh, and welcome, Baumer!
Hey did you hack into my family album?
Post by: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 05:59:48 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 30, 2015, 06:02:16 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on July 30, 2015, 06:40:32 pm
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on July 30, 2015, 06:51:12 pm
I thought it was just me.
D
Post by: yotsuya on July 30, 2015, 06:57:44 pm
I just bought my home too and I've had to correct a few people on a number of occasions. Man cave sounds immature. I prefer a more refined Game room / Home theater.It's my arcade, I tell people. Nothing else.
I thought it was just me.
D
Post by: Nephasth on July 30, 2015, 07:08:14 pm
I just bought my home too and I've had to correct a few people on a number of occasions. Man cave sounds immature. I prefer a more refined Game room / Home theater.It's my arcade, I tell people. Nothing else.
I thought it was just me.
D
In the mouth of madness, down in The Hollow!
Post by: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 07:29:21 pm
Maybe I will call it "The Machine Shed" in honor of the arcade from my youth.
Post by: Le Chuck on July 30, 2015, 07:40:05 pm
Hell, at least men with mancaves have seized back some small portion of their homes for their own use.
Post by: Nephasth on July 30, 2015, 07:50:39 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 30, 2015, 07:59:03 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on July 30, 2015, 08:25:21 pm
Hobbits and Gnomes are where my name comes from, just so ya know.
Post by: dkersten on July 31, 2015, 10:41:10 am
Hell, at least men with mancaves have seized back some small portion of their homes for their own use.I'm with Le Chuck on this one. Anyone who has been married for a long time understands how women will take over the house, declaring each and every room for themselves (or for the kids), not leaving any space for the man. Usually they end up "conceding" to give the man a space in the garage or a dark and musty basement - both places they won't go and no guests will inadvertently see. Hence the term "cave". It ends up being a place men can be comfortable in. Not a formal living room without a television (wtf), not a dining room, kitchen, clean bathroom, or bedroom, but a LIVING space that has everything a person who doesn't care about fashion, décor, or impressing the neighbor ladies would want in a room. Usually the women of the house are ashamed of it.
At the same time, however, the term gets overused. If you are simply converting a room into an arcade, it isn't a "man cave", it's just a game room. If there is a lot of natural light in the space, it certainly isn't a cave, and if it's in any of the main living space, it definitely isn't "man cave" material. Hell, if it is decorated with style, it isn't a man cave.
It took me several years to convert my home back to what I wanted after my divorce. For nearly 20 years I had been conditioned to just expect to make the house the way SHE wanted it, and at first any changes I was making were difficult to make without input from a woman. Then I got in the swing of it and started redecorating for ME. I don't need a man cave because the whole house is mine to do what I please. I built a 300 sq ft game room out of the back porch. I converted the basement family room into a theater room. And the rest of the house is set up the way I like it, even if some women walk in and shake their head. (Actually aside from comments like "masculine", most women are impressed with my house, and quite surprised that a man would be capable of designing, building, and decorating rooms the way I did. Of course if any of them ever moved in with me they would be changing things, lol)
Post by: Le Chuck on July 31, 2015, 10:54:58 am
Post by: BadMouth on July 31, 2015, 11:02:45 am
:dunno
Post by: pbj on July 31, 2015, 11:06:24 am
Post by: Malenko on July 31, 2015, 11:08:58 am
My mame cab is in my living room, right next to my wifes touch screen bartop.
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 31, 2015, 11:18:19 am
I should have specified downstairs, but that's my fault... :banghead:
Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 11:30:39 am
Dude comments on a word, other dudes start writing NO MA'AM manifestos...
Post by: Malenko on July 31, 2015, 11:42:14 am
I have my own space. Just don't call it a mancave. It's a stupid word.
Dude comments on a word, other dudes start writing NO MA'AM manifestos...
Dont you ---smurfing--- DARE try to imply that dk is somehow in the same league as Al Bundy. He scored FOUR touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, "Spare Tire" Dixon!
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 31, 2015, 01:48:49 pm
Seriously though, man cave is a product name, it was conjured up for marketing reasons. It was a company that hosted "Tupperware parties for men", selling over-priced nick-knacks and condiments all under the disguise of "male pride" that coined the phrase. To use the term gives such a shady business validity. Grown-ass men aren't forced into one room in the house and even if they are, unless they are really unhealthy it shouldn't be a he-men woman haters club, no broads or kids allowed, which is what man cave sounds like.
As it should though because it was conjured up to make men a "brand" because men like football and nascar and air hockey because we are eternal frat boys. All men like that stuff, no exceptions, according to them. What about women and children? Well they just aren't manly enough to understand.
I think maybe people don't know the origin of the word and maybe that's why they use it, but it's a marketing campaign. To me an actual human being using that term sounds like some guy walking around exclaiming how he's gonna "Do the Dew" for lunch.... utterly ridiculous.
I don't remember the name of the company anymore, they are probably out of business by now, but we need to nip this in the bud people. There are plenty of valid words... play room, rumpus room, den, home theater, game room....ect let's not use the one that helps some ---meecrob--- sell 45 dollar hot sauce and 400 dollar rims...to hang on your wall.... okay?
Post by: pbj on July 31, 2015, 02:34:20 pm
Seriously though, man cave is a product name, it was conjured up for marketing reasons. It was a company that hosted "Tupperware parties for men", selling over-priced nick-knacks and condiments all under the disguise of "male pride" that coined the phrase.
You know, when you're going to go around telling people how they're idiots and it's time for you to drop some truth on them.... you might want to get your facts straight.
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 31, 2015, 03:12:05 pm
Post by: pbj on July 31, 2015, 03:36:55 pm
Post by: Le Chuck on July 31, 2015, 03:45:32 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on July 31, 2015, 03:53:24 pm
Then, by all means, show us your primary sources that demonstrate that mancave was invented as a marketing term by a company looking to shill decorations and condiments.
I can't scoop out my own brain and recall a tv special I saw on it 15+ years ago, sorry. I don't have to prove everything I say. If you don't trust me that's your own loss.
Le Chuck: That could very well be true. I just know that there was a company that was actively pursuing a copyright on the term, used it in their parties to sell crap, and claimed that they came up with the concept.
Post by: pbj on July 31, 2015, 04:07:50 pm
Post by: BadMouth on July 31, 2015, 04:50:52 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 05:16:50 pm
This thread is running out of Chuff.
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Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 05:18:08 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 05:21:54 pm
Origin: The origin of this phrase is not entirely clear. Some say it was born of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray. In the book, Gray discusses the propensity of men to "retreat" to their caves, or safe havens, to sort out their problems.
Why it sucks: Man-cave is less a word and more a marketing term, created to sell pool tables and sports memorabilia to guys who feel they need a masculine refuge from their nagging wives. Here's a fun statistic: 90 percent of people who see my home office call it my man-cave. It being in an attic and full of vintage paperbacks and computer equipment, I don't know what makes it a cave, or manly. Here's another statistic: I don't live in a damn cave.
(https://litreactor.com/columns/top-10-words-that-need-to-die-immediately)
Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 05:24:30 pm
Post by: Le Chuck on July 31, 2015, 05:26:59 pm
Can we just all agree that, whether or not you have a PROBLEM with the term, that "mancave" is a stupid ass word?
(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/4605937/luke-noooo-o.gif)
Post by: Slippyblade on July 31, 2015, 05:29:13 pm
Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 05:33:44 pm
Can we just all agree that, whether or not you have a PROBLEM with the term, that "mancave" is a stupid ass word?
(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/4605937/luke-noooo-o.gif)
Epic fail, brah. Our bromance might be over.
Post by: Le Chuck on July 31, 2015, 05:36:38 pm
Can we just all agree that, whether or not you have a PROBLEM with the term, that "mancave" is a stupid ass word?
(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/4605937/luke-noooo-o.gif)
Epic fail, brah. Our bromance might be over.
Oh please, you know you love me. Now if you'll excuse me I have go make a large custom Male Hominid Subterranean Dwelling sign for my private space.
Post by: Nephasth on July 31, 2015, 05:41:02 pm
Can we just all agree that, whether or not you have a PROBLEM with the term, that "mancave" is a stupid ass word?
(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/4605937/luke-noooo-o.gif)
Epic fail, brah. Our bromance might be over.
Oh please, you know you love me. Now if you'll excuse me I have go make a large custom Male Hominid Subterranean Dwelling sign for my private space.
The Wang Bunker?
Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 05:48:15 pm
Oh please, you know you love me. Now if you'll excuse me I have go make a large custom Male Hominid Subterranean Dwelling sign for my private space.
When I hear the term Mancave, I feel like I should be drinking an IPA and downing wings with Guy Fieri wearing some shirts with ---smurfing--- FLAMES on them, bro. To me, this is a mancave:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PB8NXNtNeg/Tx6UM9LXMCI/AAAAAAAABdY/Z0P4EMLuvik/s1600/man+cave+6harley-bar.jpg)
Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 05:50:09 pm
Post by: Vigo on July 31, 2015, 06:06:20 pm
Oh please, you know you love me. Now if you'll excuse me I have go make a large custom Male Hominid Subterranean Dwelling sign for my private space.
When I hear the term Mancave, I feel like I should be drinking an IPA and downing wings with Guy Fieri wearing some shirts with ---smurfing--- FLAMES on them, bro. To me, this is a mancave:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PB8NXNtNeg/Tx6UM9LXMCI/AAAAAAAABdY/Z0P4EMLuvik/s1600/man+cave+6harley-bar.jpg)
pfft. Seahawks fan, go figure.
Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 06:13:39 pm
My biggest factor when we bought our house was that I had to have own space.
I should have specified downstairs, but that's my fault... :banghead:
That's a dudeloft if I ever sawed one.
Post by: BadMouth on July 31, 2015, 07:36:28 pm
Oh please, you know you love me. Now if you'll excuse me I have go make a large custom Male Hominid Subterranean Dwelling sign for my private space.
When I hear the term Mancave, I feel like I should be drinking an IPA and downing wings with Guy Fieri wearing some shirts with ---smurfing--- FLAMES on them, bro. To me, this is a mancave:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PB8NXNtNeg/Tx6UM9LXMCI/AAAAAAAABdY/Z0P4EMLuvik/s1600/man+cave+6harley-bar.jpg)
Both the description of activities and pic are close to myself and my friends' home bars.
None of us would ever use the phrase man cave.
My place wasn't quite that motorcycle centric.
I decided that I like making stuff more than partying, so converted it into a workshop.
Post by: dkersten on July 31, 2015, 07:59:31 pm
And he likes Coors Light. That's a chick beer, lol. Real men drink Bud Light.Oh please, you know you love me. Now if you'll excuse me I have go make a large custom Male Hominid Subterranean Dwelling sign for my private space.
When I hear the term Mancave, I feel like I should be drinking an IPA and downing wings with Guy Fieri wearing some shirts with ---smurfing--- FLAMES on them, bro. To me, this is a mancave:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PB8NXNtNeg/Tx6UM9LXMCI/AAAAAAAABdY/Z0P4EMLuvik/s1600/man+cave+6harley-bar.jpg)
pfft. Seahawks fan, go figure.
(you craft beer snobs might want to find your ironic glasses and turn on your record players while considering a response 8) )
Everything in that room is something a "real woman" wouldn't allow in any room of the house where one of her girlfriends might see it. And if you happen to be "lucky enough" to marry a girl who likes games and sports, hang on because in 10 years you will be coming home from work, getting her a beer, and being told to start a load of laundry before cooking dinner while she watches the game.
And I find it quite ironic that a bunch of Arcade gamers are arguing about the term. Call it what you want, the stereotype fits all of us perfectly. How many married men here had to ask their wife for permission to build/buy/restore and arcade cab? If you raised your hand, your man card is down in the basement next to your favorite recliner.
Post by: BadMouth on July 31, 2015, 08:11:15 pm
And he likes Coors Light. That's a chick beer, lol. Real men drink Bud Light.
(you craft beer snobs might want to find your ironic glasses and turn on your record players while considering a response 8) )
I take offense while drinking an IPA from my new mug made from an ox horn.
I'm glad the IPA craze is over and I'm not a fan of IPA's, but I needed something strong to stand up to the wet cow taste the horn imparts before it's been used enough to be seasoned.
Of course, both coors and bud light taste like wet cow water to begin with. ;)
Post by: yotsuya on July 31, 2015, 08:13:38 pm
Post by: Malenko on July 31, 2015, 08:23:36 pm
How many married men here had to ask their wife for permission to build/buy/restore and arcade cab? If you raised your hand, your man card is down in the basement next to your favorite recliner.
If she has to ask me for big purchases, I have to ask her. Its called mutual respect and compromise. My MAME cab is in my living room but our bedroom is painted dark purple. I'll take what I can get.
Post by: pbj on August 01, 2015, 09:20:23 am
Promptly had party.
I found out it's cheaper to get wings from the Chinese place down the street rather than cooking them myself.
(http://i.imgur.com/oI16L4Jl.jpg)
So my fridge is packed with those.
Hopefully I get air conditioning back today. :-\
Post by: yotsuya on August 01, 2015, 10:14:21 pm
Post by: vwalbridge on August 03, 2015, 04:39:32 pm
How many married men here had to ask their wife for permission to build/buy/restore and arcade cab? If you raised your hand, your man card is down in the basement next to your favorite recliner.
If she has to ask me for big purchases, I have to ask her. Its called mutual respect and compromise. My MAME cab is in my living room but our bedroom is painted dark purple. I'll take what I can get.
+1 Malenko. If there is one thing I have learned. A happy wife is a happy life. ;)
Post by: pbj on August 03, 2015, 04:57:05 pm
If there is one thing I have learned. A happy wife is a happy life. ;)
lol cucklord
Post by: vwalbridge on August 03, 2015, 05:23:45 pm
If there is one thing I have learned. A happy wife is a happy life. ;)
lol cucklord
LOL. I just went on a wild google adventure looking up "cucklord"....turns out it's spelled "cuckOLD" .....and now I'm sad. :'(
Post by: yotsuya on August 03, 2015, 05:37:19 pm
If there is one thing I have learned. A happy wife is a happy life. ;)
lol cucklord
LOL. I just went on a wild google adventure looking up "cucklord"....turns out it's spelled "cuckOLD" .....and now I'm sad. :'(
Jim meant to spell cocklord.
Post by: opt2not on August 03, 2015, 05:39:39 pm
Any of you Canucks have a line on a Boler Travel Trailer? I know someone who would pay good $$$ for one.My brother has one of those. They're pretty bad-ass, and very easy to modify the insides. I asked him if he would ever sell it, which he quickly responded "Hell no numb-nuts. I love this baby and ain't never getting rid of it!". So I guess that's that. :lol
Nah, I never ask her permission for these kind of things 'cause I don't ever want her to think she has the power that I have to run things by her.How many married men here had to ask their wife for permission to build/buy/restore and arcade cab? If you raised your hand, your man card is down in the basement next to your favorite recliner.
If she has to ask me for big purchases, I have to ask her. Its called mutual respect and compromise. My MAME cab is in my living room but our bedroom is painted dark purple. I'll take what I can get.
+1 Malenko. If there is one thing I have learned. A happy wife is a happy life. ;)
Instead, I just make a judgement call on how this would effect her, or how much nagging and bitching I want to endure, then decide on whether it's worth it or not. 'Cause in the end, whatever I decide, someone ain't gonna be happy...and honestly, I've learned long ago that trying to tip-toe around my wife doesn't do anything but make me feel like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- and that I'm here to cater to her needs 100% of the time. I'm not subservient, I do not condone the princess-mentality. Ain't no one got time for that.
Luckily my wife and I have a mutual understanding when it comes to our interests, and I'm happy to say that after 10+ years we still regard each other as equals -- both of us "pulls our own weight" in our relationship.
I work in a creative field with many introvert-types, and time and time again I see my fellow nerds being subjugated by their great-looking wives for fear of pissing them off. They think if they don't go out of their way to make their ladies happy 100% of the time, they'll just leave. It always makes me sad because they're all good, intelligent, successful men who do not deserve to be under the iron-fist of a pretty tyrant.
If a woman is going to leave or berate you for doing things that make you happy, then I say let them go. You're better off without, and as the old cliche says: there are many fish in the sea... as long as you have the skills to catch a fish, you'll be fine.
(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/ma96782/AR15dotcom/PussyOnPedestal.jpg)
Post by: vwalbridge on August 03, 2015, 05:44:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LGEiIL1__s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LGEiIL1__s)
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 03, 2015, 05:45:27 pm
Post by: BadMouth on August 03, 2015, 06:17:27 pm
I think the summer of chuff has ended. :'(
Post by: yotsuya on August 03, 2015, 06:42:07 pm
Are we merging the chuff and anti-chuff threads?
I think the summer of chuff has ended. :'(
I went back to work today. My Sweet Sweet Summer of Chuff 2015 has ended.... :'(
Post by: pbj on August 03, 2015, 06:50:35 pm
Best piece of marriage advice I can give is to be sure and tell them "if you get up to a size 8, I'm divorcing you" early and often.
Post by: dkersten on August 03, 2015, 07:11:06 pm
I've always been under the mentality that if your wife really loves you then she should be happy about your hobbies and even if she doesn't like them personally she should respect them. So if you've got a wife that you have to convince to let you do something you enjoy, you married the wrong woman and a divorce is in your future.Being happy for you and supporting what you do is all good.. as long as it doesn't cut into your "mutual money". To most women, "mutual" means "all".
If you are very well off, this is usually not an issue, particularly if you are the primary breadwinner. If it even comes close to approaching where you equally pull your weight and she either wants that money saved or spent on something "better", then the whole "happy wife, happy life" thing comes into play in a major way. If you agreed ahead of time on an amount of money you could each waste on hobbies, or have an excess that makes it irrelevant, or you make all the money and have a pre-nup, or you lied about how much it cost, or you have a wife who doesn't believe she "dated down" and hence puts YOU on a pedestal, then spending money on hobbies that women typically despise is just fine.
It's all stereotype, but that's the funny thing about stereotypes - they are based on reality in general. There aren't a million jokes about miserable married men, ball and chain, marriage sex, etc. because people are inventing stuff that could be funny in that oddball situation, those jokes exist because 99.9999% of married men know EXACTLY what they are talking about and can laugh because they reflect their miserable lives.
On that high note, I started seeing some posts in facebook about kids going back to school, summer being over, etc. WTF. I feel for kids who get 6 weeks off before school starts again. Summer's over when the snow starts to fly, which for Montana should be in about 3 weeks, lol. In the meantime, it's still 100 degrees every day here, and hence summer is NOT over. It will get down to about 98 degrees in 3 weeks, then the next morning it will be 10 degrees and snowing. If we are really lucky we will get 4 or 5 hours of Fall where the temperature is nice enough to sit outside and actually enjoy being outdoors before the cold comes in and we laugh about "global warming" for about six months.
I still have projects planned, although with the decision to blow all my money on vacations I probably won't get around to any of them again this year. But the shop is heated, I am acclimated to living 99% of my life indoors anyway, and lately I have been madly working away on my second novel, so the chuff won't end anytime soon here. If it's over for you, cheers, I hope it was good. ;D
Post by: opt2not on August 03, 2015, 07:31:49 pm
This year my wife and I went to a country I've wanted to visit ever since I was a kid. Peru.
Such a beautiful country, with an incredible history, landscapes and diverse micro-climates that rivals any other beautiful country out there, including our very own majestic True North.
Being an outdoorsy couple who has a love for hiking to gorgeous vistas, we decided to embark on the Inca trail's 4-day hike from beginning to end!
The trail length itself is only 25 miles, but length is not the difficulty here...it's the elevation.
You start at about 9000 ft above sea level, then up to it's peak at 13780 ft (incredibly beautiful up there), then all the way down to Machu Picchu which is at 7272 ft.
(http://www.adventure-life.com/peru/images/incatrail_elevation_map.gif)
The hike itself is not for novices due to the constant inclination/declination throughout the path, even for us there were points where we had to take it slow...and we consider ourselves seasoned hikers. But the trail is incredible, with many many viewpoints of the surrounding mountains, ruins left by the Incas, waterfalls, rivers...and not to forget all the unique flora and fauna of the Peruvian rain-forest. Llama's are so fricken cool!
I am glad we decided to do the entire hike, rather than just taking a train to see Machu Picchu, because every ruin we saw were just as elaborate, as well as empty of tourists and you really can take it all in and relax without having to navigate around the hordes of people jocking for a photo-op (which is what disappointed me about Machu Picchu).
This was probably my most favourite hiking trips we've taken, beating out our Grand Canyon hike, and the much shorter Yosemite Half Dome.
Aside from the Inca trail, Cusco and Lima were great cities to visit. The food was incredible, the people were friendly, and everything was cheap! People had concerns with safety and crime in Peru before we left, but while we were there we didn't encounter any kind of danger other than the 2-foot wide trails on the side of the mountain cliffs. The cities felt safe enough, and the people seemed to have an overall happy welcoming vibe.
This trip really made me want to explore more of South America...I just gotta learn more Spanish first. ;)
Post by: Malenko on August 03, 2015, 07:58:59 pm
Noted, but unless I've misread this thread, none of that was on topic for this thread, and once it started to turn unpleasant I just nuked the thread derail entirely, as I do on any other thread that turns unpleasant and is off topic, leaving the original meat of this thread intact.
If you want to complain about moderation, please do it in the forum discussion forum.
Also, I'd be just as happy if you didn't, not because I don't care about your opinions, but because I've heard them enough that additional discussion on it won't add anything. However, if you feel strongly, feel free in the appropriate forum.
I've said and I repeat that I won't close this forum down until the last visitor stops visiting, to the point where I've made arrangements with my wife if something should happen to me, but sometimes folks can make it hard to stick to my guns. Not a threat, just a lament.
This is a topic about complaining about things naffing on your chuff, in the everything else section, so my post was on topic. Nothing was derailing or unpleasant. No personal attacks or genuine shittiness. Complaining about Scott has fallen on deaf ears, so as you said complaining more in the forum discussion would change nothing........ hence me just venting in here. Sorry to see that suddenly(?) I'm considered a problem user, but that doesnt change that Scott isnt a good moderator.
Post by: yotsuya on August 03, 2015, 10:20:11 pm
Any of you Canucks have a line on a Boler Travel Trailer? I know someone who would pay good $$$ for one.My brother has one of those. They're pretty bad-ass, and very easy to modify the insides. I asked him if he would ever sell it, which he quickly responded "Hell no numb-nuts. I love this baby and ain't never getting rid of it!". So I guess that's that.
Yeah, they're even harder to find here in the Southwest.
Post by: BadMouth on August 04, 2015, 10:51:26 am
suddenly(?) I'm considered a problem user
hmmm......xiauo exchanges, mod drama, Howard getting pissed off and leaving....
What do these things have in common?
You've never done anything to me, but you are a compulsive ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- stirrer.
Post by: pbj on August 04, 2015, 11:07:24 am
suddenly(?) I'm considered a problem user
hmmm......xiauo exchanges, mod drama, Howard getting pissed off and leaving....
What do these things have in common?
You've never done anything to me, but you are a compulsive ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- stirrer.
(http://i.imgur.com/bLkbkNI.gif)
Post by: yotsuya on August 04, 2015, 11:36:29 am
At least, that's how I see it.
Post by: Vigo on August 04, 2015, 12:07:26 pm
Post by: knave on August 04, 2015, 12:28:03 pm
Post by: dkersten on August 04, 2015, 01:04:54 pm
Looks like I have 2 options: wait it out, or disable windows updates permanently (or until I have a solution to avoid this one download). Unfortunately I don't have a full Active Directory network where I can just modify one group policy and push it out to all 135 computers, so instead killing windows update would mean contacting 135 users and walking them through it individually. 60 of them are on the road and are connected to the internet so infrequently this could plague them for months.
Joy. I just love Microsoft. They are such forward thinkers.
Post by: Malenko on August 04, 2015, 01:24:12 pm
hmmm......xiauo exchanges, mod drama, Howard getting pissed off and leaving....I would say they all have X2 in common, except the whole HC thing.
What do these things have in common?
You've never done anything to me, but you are a compulsive ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- stirrer.
X2 is a problem user, I have him on ignore. I am not the only person to have multiple issues with him. You'd be hard pressed to find a recent "flare up" between us thanks to my due diligence.
I assume by mod drama, you mean me giving my opinion that PL1 is a bad moderator. That was caused in part by your 3rd example.
Howard getting pissed off and leaving was none of the above, he left for medical reasons and PL1 publicly blamed me for him leaving and called me a tool. Scott eventually redacted his statement, admitted he was wrong, but never apologized.
So if by compulsively stirring the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- you mean putting a user that annoys me on ignore, and a bad mod incorrectly blaming me for a user leaving, then yes, 100% guilty. That being said, yes, I do mess with people sometimes. I often irritate people back. I think the good Ive done here far outweighs the bad. I mean genesim doesnt post here anymore and you are welcome!
Post by: BadMouth on August 04, 2015, 01:40:44 pm
hmmm......xiauo exchanges, mod drama, Howard getting pissed off and leaving....I would say they all have X2 in common, except the whole HC thing.
What do these things have in common?
You've never done anything to me, but you are a compulsive ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- stirrer.
X2 is a problem user, I have him on ignore. I am not the only person to have multiple issues with him. You'd be hard pressed to find a recent "flare up" between us thanks to my due diligence.
I assume by mod drama, you mean me giving my opinion that PL1 is a bad moderator. That was caused in part by your 3rd example.
Howard getting pissed off and leaving was none of the above, he left for medical reasons and PL1 publicly blamed me for him leaving and called me a tool. Scott eventually redacted his statement, admitted he was wrong, but never apologized.
So if by compulsively stirring the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- you mean putting a user that annoys me on ignore, and a bad mod incorrectly blaming me for a user leaving, then yes, 100% guilty.
So in this thread from earlier this year you couldn't read any of his posts, and the back and forth personal attacks that I had to prune were just coincidental?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144309.msg1500161.html#msg1500161 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144309.msg1500161.html#msg1500161)
There was another one from around the same time where saint had the ban hammer ready for both of you.
Post by: Malenko on August 04, 2015, 01:47:27 pm
So in this thread from earlier this year you couldn't read any of his posts, and the back and forth personal attacks that I had to prune were just coincidental?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144309.msg1500161.html#msg1500161 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144309.msg1500161.html#msg1500161)
There was another one from around the same time where saint had the ban hammer ready for both of you.
That was the thread that lead me to re-blocking him. You pruned HIS personal attacks at me, I kept reporting him ,not the other way around. 5 months ago is recent?
I guess you can add this to my mod drama reputation.
Post by: pbj on August 04, 2015, 02:40:02 pm
Post by: BadMouth on August 04, 2015, 02:58:16 pm
I find it really bizarre that BadMouth is cataloging all of this. It's just a message board, dude.
You find it bizarre that I can remember things?
It's not like I'm writing stuff down.
All I had to do was search the driving cab subforum for "Hard Drivin" ;D
Hoping for some more back and forth for entertainment?
Eh, nothing to gain and have better things to do at the moment.
Post by: Malenko on August 04, 2015, 03:23:30 pm
All I had to do was search the driving cab subforum for "Hard Drivin" ;D
or just both of our user names. I got no problem admitting that HD/RD is big easily pushed button of X2s and I used to rapid fire on it. How else will get hotdog car analogies?
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 04, 2015, 04:31:44 pm
There are personal things that were going on in my life at the time besides the medical issues and that was more of the cause of my bad mood and departure than anything else. I'm still dealing with them, but because I'm in a better place medically I'm also in a better place emotionally.
Pbj is right, sometimes Malenko does tend to aggravate things BUT, I find it ironic that pbj is the one pointing that out... depending upon his mood he can be far worse. In both cases it usually isn't malicious though. Malenko and I are good, we get along fine. Pbj and I are good and we usually get along pretty good as well. If PL1 said that I don't think it's necessarily appropriate, but it sounds like he was upset over me leaving and was just defending me and that sounds like good intentions so nobody should be sore over it. Saint's been really good to all of us as well. Remember, at the end of the day it's his site, so if he feels the need to moderate something it's his prerogative.
X2 is a special case, and let's just leave it at that. Even ignoring that, I've managed to get along with him pretty well most of the time so it is possible.
I was asked to chime in on this and now I have. For the record I like all parties involved and it would make me happy if everyone could just get along... I don't think any of you deserve the grief that you are laying on each other. Most of us have interacted with each other for a decade or longer so our relationship is like a bizarre old married couple at this point. Fight if you need to, but please make up soon.
Post by: knave on August 04, 2015, 05:20:53 pm
I don't think any of you deserve the grief that you are laying on each other. Most of us have interacted with each other for a decade or longer so our relationship is like a bizarre old married couple at this point. Fight if you need to, but please make up soon.
+1
Well said Howard
Post by: yotsuya on August 04, 2015, 05:31:57 pm
Post by: ChanceKJ on August 04, 2015, 06:36:33 pm
People take things too seriously. And if you ever think I am, then you clearly don't get my brand of humour or sarcasm.
The new project bashing, mod slanging, site trolling gets to be too much for even those of us who really could give a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. Someone wants to angle their joysticks? Let them. You have a problem with a mod? put it in the right forum or tell saint and let him deal with it. You don't like me, or something i said? Realize I really don't care.
After that let the rest of us use this site for what it was meant for, sharing ideas and projects related to building and restoring arcade machines. THATS IT.
(http://media.giphy.com/media/amZfgEVrf84Xm/giphy.gif)
Post by: harveybirdman on August 04, 2015, 07:04:30 pm
After that let the rest of us use this site for what it was meant for....
Rippping on your art, making fun of your project code names, and laughing at your complexion. ;D
Post by: ChanceKJ on August 04, 2015, 07:10:53 pm
After that let the rest of us use this site for what it was meant for....
Rippping on your art, making fun of your project code names, and laughing at your complexion. ;D
THAT TOO!
;)
Post by: Ond on August 04, 2015, 07:41:12 pm
The most brilliant part about this internet thing is: If i don't like whats being said, i can simply click the little red button in the top corner of the window and walk away.
People take things too seriously. And if you ever think I am, then you clearly don't get my brand of humour or sarcasm.
The new project bashing, mod slanging, site trolling gets to be too much for even those of us who really could give a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. Someone wants to angle their joysticks? Let them. You have a problem with a mod? put it in the right forum or tell saint and let him deal with it. You don't like me, or something i said? Realize I really don't care.
After that let the rest of us use this site for what it was meant for, sharing ideas and projects related to building and restoring arcade machines. THATS IT.
(http://media.giphy.com/media/amZfgEVrf84Xm/giphy.gif)
I agree with this guy 100%.
Post by: yotsuya on August 04, 2015, 08:05:29 pm
I agree with this guy 100%.
I don't. He's so full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- he cries brown tears.
:duckhunt
I will say this... I appreciate people who give honest feedback and who can take honest feedback. I hate, more than anything, people blowing sunshine up someone's ass. Honest, true feedback can be critical and maybe even harsh if the situation calls for it, but it it's given with good intentions, then hopefully it will help improve upon people ideas and projects. Simply giving out gold stars for ANY ideas just because you don't want to hurt their feelings just lowers the bar for the group as a whole. I don't think having a reasonable expectation of quality is a negative thing.
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Post by: Ond on August 04, 2015, 08:12:41 pm
I agree with this guy 100%.
I don't. He's so full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- he cries brown tears.
:duckhunt
I will say this... I appreciate people who give honest feedback and who can take honest feedback. I hate, more than anything, people blowing sunshine up someone's ass. Honest, true feedback can be critical and maybe even harsh if the situation calls for it, but it it's given with good intentions, then hopefully it will help improve upon people ideas and projects. Simply giving out gold stars for ANY ideas just because you don't want to hurt their feelings just lowers the bar for the group as a whole. I don't think having a reasonable expectation of quality is a negative thing.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8499205674_8061563ddd_z.jpg)
Sure, constructive feedback is just that. Trolling and bitching is also what it is and I still prefer Chance's brown tears to that any day.
Post by: yotsuya on August 04, 2015, 08:17:09 pm
Sure, constructive feedback is just that. Trolling and bitching is also what it is and I still prefer Chance's brown tears to that any day.
A) I hope you saw the laughing dog indicating that was a joke.
B) Trolling and bitching are one thing, but "Someone wants to angle their joysticks? Let them." No. That's generally accepted as not a good design decision. So I should just not say anything because.... it's not nice? It's harshing the builder's vibe? That's the kind of thing I don't agree with. If we're providing feedback on projects, that's good feedback. If the builder chooses not to follow it, so be it, but why sit on that kind of advice? That I think is counterproductive to what I think we as builders and enthusiasts want to do here.
Post by: Ond on August 04, 2015, 08:21:00 pm
Sure, constructive feedback is just that. Trolling and bitching is also what it is and I still prefer Chance's brown tears to that any day.
A) I hope you saw the laughing dog indicating that was a joke.
B) Trolling and bitching are one thing, but "Someone wants to angle their joysticks? Let them." No. That's generally accepted as not a good design decision. So I should just not say anything because.... it's not nice? It's harshing the builder's vibe? That's the kind of thing I don't agree with. If we're providing feedback on projects, that's good feedback. If the builder chooses not to follow it, so be it, but why sit on that kind of advice? That I think is counterproductive to what I think we as builders and enthusiasts want to do here.
A) I hope you saw the laughing dog indicating that was a joke. I saw your dog buddy, it's all good.
B) Trolling and bitching are one thing, but "Someone wants to angle their joysticks? Let them." No. That's generally accepted as not a good design decision. So I should just not say anything because.... it's not nice? It's harshing the builder's vibe? That's the kind of thing I don't agree with. If we're providing feedback on projects, that's good feedback. If the builder chooses not to follow it, so be it, but why sit on that kind of advice? That I think is counterproductive to what I think we as builders and enthusiasts want to do here.
I count solid advice against angled joysticks as constructive criticism, no disagreement there. :cheers:
Post by: Nephasth on August 04, 2015, 08:55:30 pm
You have a problem with a mod? put it in the right forum or tell saint and let him deal with it.
But if we all posted in the correct forum, wouldn't that put the mods out of a job? :duckhunt
Post by: ChanceKJ on August 05, 2015, 12:13:20 am
Post by: yotsuya on August 05, 2015, 12:25:05 am
:duckhunt has to be my favorite smiley on this site.That and :gobama
Post by: Nephasth on August 05, 2015, 12:30:16 am
Post by: Vigo on August 05, 2015, 12:59:24 am
Post by: ChanceKJ on August 05, 2015, 01:10:43 am
Anyone else notice there are 3 :embarassed: smilies on the toolbar?
Yes, and that's sad. :embarassed:
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 05, 2015, 09:01:15 am
Post by: pbj on August 05, 2015, 09:16:24 am
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 05, 2015, 09:36:46 am
Any of you Canucks have a line on a Boler Travel Trailer? I know someone who would pay good $$$ for one.My brother has one of those. They're pretty bad-ass, and very easy to modify the insides. I asked him if he would ever sell it, which he quickly responded "Hell no numb-nuts. I love this baby and ain't never getting rid of it!". So I guess that's that.
Yeah, they're even harder to find here in the Southwest.
(http://in1.ccio.co/4F/4A/33/79219fe7db10332d41ba371ea3618b49.jpg)
Post by: yotsuya on August 05, 2015, 09:51:56 am
Yep, that's the one. My brother in law really really wants one.Any of you Canucks have a line on a Boler Travel Trailer? I know someone who would pay good $$$ for one.My brother has one of those. They're pretty bad-ass, and very easy to modify the insides. I asked him if he would ever sell it, which he quickly responded "Hell no numb-nuts. I love this baby and ain't never getting rid of it!". So I guess that's that.
Yeah, they're even harder to find here in the Southwest.
(http://in1.ccio.co/4F/4A/33/79219fe7db10332d41ba371ea3618b49.jpg)
Post by: Rick on August 05, 2015, 11:09:54 am
What the Hell? This is turning into a Summer of Chuff thread! Where's all my Anti Chuff?!? Words like positive don't belong here!Ok here goes.
I'm having knee surgery soon, but have to stay on crutches until my MRI next months. Not fun trying to work on assembly with those damn things always in the way.
That anti chuff enough for ya?
Post by: yotsuya on August 05, 2015, 11:14:28 am
Post by: pbj on August 05, 2015, 11:15:45 am
Post by: knave on August 05, 2015, 11:21:49 am
Too bad I would need at least 20 ft. 10 ft and 400 lbs would look pretty silly behind my big truck.
Post by: Nephasth on August 05, 2015, 01:22:09 pm
Huh never heard of those...cool but really small. Look at that there is one on CL for $6K.
Too bad I would need at least 20 ft. 10 ft and 400 lbs would look pretty silly behind my big truck.
Gotta maintain that image man... ::)
Post by: yotsuya on August 05, 2015, 01:26:12 pm
Huh never heard of those...cool but really small. Look at that there is one on CL for $6K.
Too bad I would need at least 20 ft. 10 ft and 400 lbs would look pretty silly behind my big truck.
My brother-in-law wants to tow it with a Jeep.
Post by: pbj on August 05, 2015, 01:57:16 pm
Post by: yotsuya on August 05, 2015, 02:07:38 pm
What does he tow his Jeep with?
YOUR MOMMA!
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 05, 2015, 02:14:01 pm
What does he tow his Jeep with?
YOUR MOMMA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT_GuE5bcyc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT_GuE5bcyc)
Ahhh...T Dog Jenkins...Wait a ---fudgesicle---! T-Dog? RIP!
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Post by: pbj on August 05, 2015, 02:36:05 pm
Post by: vwalbridge on August 05, 2015, 03:27:13 pm
Meh, laugh all you want, they're one of the most over priced and unreliable cars on the road.
I heard that. One of my friends bought a brand new 2012 4-door Jeep wrangler. I'll spare you the details and skip to the spoiler...it has so many fundamental problems with it that the dealership just gave him a new 2014 after a year of having that thing in and out of the shop.
I've never heard of a dealer doing that before.
Also, I live in Colorado and Jeeps are damned near everywhere. Everyone thinks they need one to drive in the mountains.
Post by: Nephasth on August 05, 2015, 03:40:01 pm
Also, I live in Colorado and Jeeps are damned near everywhere. Everyone thinks they need one to drive in the mountains.
On my trek to Zapcon, I drove I-70 up and over in my Corolla during a crazy snow storm. Only saw 2 types of vehicles make it to the top: Subarus and Pickups. Feel pretty lucky making it over in my go-cart.
Jeeps suck. As a matter of fact, all Mopars suck. Cheapest hunks of junk I've ever worked on.
Post by: dkersten on August 05, 2015, 03:52:37 pm
That being said, my "anti-chuff" for the week is... weak, but I went to the doc yesterday suspecting a sinus/ear infection and sure enough I have one, so I get the pleasure of a round of prednisone and antibiotics. Had 3 headaches that stemmed from this and turned into migraines in the last 2 weeks, the first had me vomiting for several hours so badly that my face was dark red the next day and hundreds of capillaries had popped on my face, leaving little red dots all over for several days. I have suffered headaches all my life and only had a dozen or so migraines, and while I get nauseous from them this was the first that ever made me throw up. Stuff like this just sucks. Since I got meds and should feel better in a few days, it's not too anti-chufftastic, but it's the best (worst) I got, aside from Microsoft screwing over every IT admin in the world, which is about to push me over the edge. @#$!$%#!#$% :banghead:
Carry on
Post by: dkersten on August 05, 2015, 03:56:44 pm
There was a recent stir about this on the internet, listing the jeeps they are replacing for free.Meh, laugh all you want, they're one of the most over priced and unreliable cars on the road.
I heard that. One of my friends bought a brand new 2012 4-door Jeep wrangler. I'll spare you the details and skip to the spoiler...it has so many fundamental problems with it that the dealership just gave him a new 2014 after a year of having that thing in and out of the shop.
I've never heard of a dealer doing that before.
Also, I live in Colorado and Jeeps are damned near everywhere. Everyone thinks they need one to drive in the mountains.
In other Mopar news, the newer jeeps were hacked, allowing the hacker to remotely change the speed of the cruise control as well as mess with the heater/ac/radio/instruments. It turns out it was a hacker that complained to Jeep about the vulnerability and was ignored, so he did it and published proof that he could do it. Recalls are coming.
Post by: yotsuya on August 05, 2015, 03:58:11 pm
Post by: pbj on August 05, 2015, 04:06:00 pm
Which was very strange and sad as we had grown up around unkillable 70s and 80s Jeeps in the Caribbean. I guess you can limp them along forever if you never go over 35mph.
Post by: Nephasth on August 05, 2015, 04:26:25 pm
Which was very strange and sad as we had grown up around unkillable 70s and 80s Jeeps in the Caribbean. I guess you can limp them along forever if you never go over 35mph.
Those were AMC Jeeps. Built to a different standard than Mopar. But I hate that short ass wheelbase regardless...
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 05, 2015, 04:48:43 pm
I ordered some vinyl to fix my dashboard and I went through the process of removing the cracked plastic to expose the foam padding like everyone did on the Camaro forums.... except my foam is so rotten it turns to dust in my hand..... so now I've got to figure out how to build it back up so the vinyl has something to lay on. Tried memory foam... too soft. I'm on to cardboard now and it isn't looking great.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 05, 2015, 05:14:54 pm
OK, ---fudgesicle--- the Jeep, still interested in the Boler.
Here is my Boler Sir!
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Post by: Nephasth on August 05, 2015, 05:25:48 pm
Post by: dkersten on August 05, 2015, 05:50:54 pm
You too? I had been doing good this summer since my meds were stabilized, but my headaches are starting to come back. Not as bad as you are talking about thankfully, but it's still pretty bad. It keeps me from sleeping and makes it hard to concentrate more than anything else.Thankfully my usual headaches have always been manageable.. plus I just got used to them enough to just ignore the little ones. The bigger ones usually just mean some ibuprofen and maybe going somewhere cool and dark for a while. Unfortunately my back has kept me from getting more than a few good nights sleep in the past year. Last night I think I woke up at least 20 times, probably more, to change positions. If I take some ibuprofen I can go the first few hours without waking up, but after that I make it maybe 20 minutes before I have to move again. Sometimes I take Nyquil just to sleep through the night, but I pay for it the next day. By the end of a day at work sitting at a desk, I can only go 2-3 hours in front of the computer at home, so my writing has suffered too. Sitting down on the couch doesn't help much, but then standing and moving doesn't either, lol. So I just live with it. Gonna try doing the medial branch block with nerve ablation on the left side at the end of this month. Had the right done but it only lasted about 2 weeks (not the 6-18 months it's supposed to last). This stuff is all a crap shoot anyway. I'm actually hoping the prednisone I am on will alleviate some pain and allow me a couple good nights of rest before getting worse again. Oh well, if I'm lucky I'll get to deal with this for forty more years, lol. At least I can type again without too much pain.
I ordered some vinyl to fix my dashboard and I went through the process of removing the cracked plastic to expose the foam padding like everyone did on the Camaro forums.... except my foam is so rotten it turns to dust in my hand..... so now I've got to figure out how to build it back up so the vinyl has something to lay on. Tried memory foam... too soft. I'm on to cardboard now and it isn't looking great.
Wow, I guess I did have a little more anti-chuff in me :)
Oh, and on the foam, If you want it somewhat soft try the high density stuff upholsterers use to shape lumbars and bolsters in seats. you can shape it with electric knives, files, rasps, and even sanding blocks. If you just want it barely spongy maybe do spray foam and then shape it after it is completely hardened. The stuff in the can might be too porous to get a good wrap on it though. When I used to make panels for car audio, we'd use anything from wood covered in straight vinyl, wood with 1/4 or 1/2" high density foam over it then wrapped in vinyl, spray foam trimmed down and wrapped, wood skeletons wrapped in stretch cloth (speaker grill cloth, fleece, or even jersey fabric) and fiberglass resined then filled with bondo, or even just wood with angelhair bondo filler to shape it before wrapping it in vinyl. I think those old dash panels were injected high density foam that was put in a mold then wrapped in vinyl, but the foam they used is higher density than the stuff they sell in the can at the hardware store. Still, that stuff does work and if you get any big voids you can always touch it up with more foam, it's just messy and takes overnight to harden up. You can always get some quarter inch high density foam at a fabric store and wrap it before the vinyl to cover up the smaller air pockets and still get a smooth wrap with the vinyl... Any way you do it you have to have some decent sculpting skills to get it to look uniform.
Post by: yotsuya on August 05, 2015, 05:59:42 pm
Post by: harveybirdman on August 05, 2015, 06:01:28 pm
Post by: HaRuMaN on August 05, 2015, 07:08:11 pm
Can we get a mod to move all the anti-chuff related posts moved over to the appropriate thread? That'd be great. Thanks.
Sound like work. That's harshing my chuff.
Speaking of chuff, just gave a presentation at work in front of a big customer and NAILED it. I've been sweating it for weeks now. :cheers:
Post by: saint on August 05, 2015, 08:20:25 pm
Oh, look at that. Another post deleted.
Yeah - you've got quite the collection. Some people might appreciate that I just pulled your part of the thread instead of bouncing your butt out of here for the language used. I don't think it's a terrible burden to ask you to mind your language on what is supposed to be a family friend forum and not work around the profanity filter. It's even a posted rule.
Go ahead and explain why I'm wrong and a horrible censoring 1st amendment hater here now.
--- saint
Post by: Rick on August 05, 2015, 08:21:08 pm
OH SNAP!Oh, look at that. Another post deleted.
Yeah - you've got quite the collection. Some people might appreciate that I just pulled your part of the thread instead of bouncing your butt out of here for the language used. I don't think it's a terrible burden to ask you to mind your language on what is supposed to be a family friend forum and not work around the profanity filter. It's even a posted rule.
Go ahead and explain why I'm wrong and a horrible censoring 1st amendment hater here now.
--- saint
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 05, 2015, 08:42:32 pm
Can we get a mod to move all the anti-chuff related posts moved over to the appropriate thread? That'd be great. Thanks.
Sound like work. That's harshing my chuff.
Speaking of chuff, just gave a presentation at work in front of a big customer and NAILED it. I've been sweating it for weeks now. :cheers:
Nailed the customer or the presentation?
Post by: HaRuMaN on August 05, 2015, 08:43:50 pm
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Post by: jennifer on August 05, 2015, 09:08:22 pm
Post by: jennifer on August 06, 2015, 04:05:01 am
Post by: Malenko on August 06, 2015, 07:58:27 am
And she does.... I have got no idea what a chuff is, But I do know overmodding is a form of censorship, and explains the nosedive in creative content here at the BYOAC. The people complaining are the users of this site and to bounce them out to the parking lot only compounds the problem. This really surprises me about you Saint, someone who once believed in freedoms of expression. Before you get all "family orientated" and numbers are up on me, take a cold hard look at the creativity and sharing amongst todays users as compared to days of old.... Whats changed in the last few years?
Chuff - To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive. But in this instance I guess the best synonym would be "excitedness"
Over moderated is a bold statement. I think in this particular instance, I was moderated without a good reason but that doesn't make it the norm. More often than not when I am moderated (especially by Saint) I deserve it. Saint is a good moderator. Haruman is a good moderator. Even though BadMouth thinks Im a piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, he's still a good moderator of the racing section. I dont really have an opinion on delusional. The end.
Post by: saint on August 06, 2015, 08:20:32 am
And she does.... I have got no idea what a chuff is, But I do know overmodding is a form of censorship, and explains the nosedive in creative content here at the BYOAC. The people complaining are the users of this site and to bounce them out to the parking lot only compounds the problem. This really surprises me about you Saint, someone who once believed in freedoms of expression. Before you get all "family orientated" and numbers are up on me, take a cold hard look at the creativity and sharing amongst todays users as compared to days of old.... Whats changed in the last few years?
We will have to respectfully disagree. I haven't bounced anyone to the curb for content posting other than the very rare exception (for instance, DriverMan).
Post by: saint on August 06, 2015, 09:04:06 am
Post by: pbj on August 06, 2015, 10:03:43 am
Before you get all "family orientated" and numbers are up on me, take a cold hard look at the creativity and sharing amongst todays users as compared to days of old.... Whats changed in the last few years?
Oh, I think the answer to that is rather obvious. The audience interested in this hobby primarily consists of people born in a very defined range, that I'd peg as 1970-1990 with a smattering of exceptions on either end of that. There's nobody new beating down the gates and everyone here has already done everything. JAMMA beater into a MAME cab? Found your holy grail? Restored a dedicated machine? Flirted with pinball? Bartops? Pedestals? We've all done it already. Now you can just throw money at someone to CNC them for you, so you don't even need a saw anymore.
Have been kind of surprised that the driving and dance machines never really got big around here, but console and PC gaming were so far along that the home versions can easily be superior for anyone interested. Maybe with Golden Tee finally emulated we'll see some more action there, and I think it's a matter of time before all of us mess around with an active marquee.
Post by: yotsuya on August 06, 2015, 10:17:34 am
Before you get all "family orientated" and numbers are up on me, take a cold hard look at the creativity and sharing amongst todays users as compared to days of old.... Whats changed in the last few years?
Oh, I think the answer to that is rather obvious. The audience interested in this hobby primarily consists of people born in a very defined range, that I'd peg as 1970-1990 with a smattering of exceptions on either end of that. There's nobody new beating down the gates and everyone here has already done everything. JAMMA beater into a MAME cab? Found your holy grail? Restored a dedicated machine? Flirted with pinball? Bartops? Pedestals? We've all done it already. Now you can just throw money at someone to CNC them for you, so you don't even need a saw anymore.
Have been kind of surprised that the driving and dance machines never really got big around here, but console and PC gaming were so far along that the home versions can easily be superior for anyone interested. Maybe with Golden Tee finally emulated we'll see some more action there, and I think it's a matter of time before all of us mess around with an active marquee.
Interesting question, Jennifer, and I don't disagree with your alter ego. I think a lot of builders either find a new hobby they want to get involved in and move on, or more likely, they go from MAME cabs to dedicated cabs and have this (in my opinion) misguided sense that MAME cabs are for filthy infidels and so they stop coming here. Also, based on the past year or so, I think some guys getting in today don't love classic games as much as they simply want the ability to play old games and don't really care about authenticity. Not saying they're wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's why we're seeing a lot of 4P Widescreen cabs today.
Post by: BadMouth on August 06, 2015, 10:21:33 am
[Even though BadMouth thinks Im a piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---,
I called you a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- stirrer, not a piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---
---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- stirrer = button pusher
Was just calling you on the BS claiming you are an innocent angel :angel: who "suddenly" became thought of as a problem user.
Post by: harveybirdman on August 06, 2015, 10:49:18 am
Not saying they're wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's why we're seeing a lot of 4P Widescreen cabs today.
I wish I could just bring some of these dudes over and let them play vertical games on actual hardware if full CRT glory, there is no freaking comparison to a vertical game on a horizontally mounted LCD (I don't care how big it is)
And I mean with multi-player, your talking to a dude that on family vacations to Six Flags back in the day, instead of riding rides I would wait for hours for my turn on X-men 6 player. Heck I'd even be Dazzler just to get quarters into that machine. I remember those days fonder than most, but I still would never let that govern build design.
Post by: Malenko on August 06, 2015, 12:00:14 pm
Was just calling you on the BS claiming you are an innocent angel :angel: who "suddenly" became thought of as a problem user.
Nahhhhh NEVER claimed innocence but never considered myself a problem user either. I dont like getting lumped in with PBJ! The best most recent thread you posted as an example of me....stirring, was where X2 was the stirrer and I was cordial and non engaging from 5 months ago. The closest thing to an attack on X2 was TacticalChaos' hard drivin FAQ.
Ive been on my bestest behavior pretty much all year. The one thread where I was purposely being an ---uvula--- was this one : http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145734.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145734.0.html)
and in that thread I was actually quite helpful to everyone except fr_303 and a moderator posted in the thread without any hubbub about it.
Any fart, enough about me, this thread needs other peoples naff not mine. Ive accepted that Scott is going to be a moderator, and Ive accepted that he'll most likely continue to not care about improving, but I tried to do something about it and it didn't come to pass. I'm over it. :cheers:
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 06, 2015, 12:20:23 pm
I think a lot of builders either find a new hobby they want to get involved in and move on....
That is their problem. I find myself not wanting to build another cab as the days go on. I stay because I have found a good group of people that not only talk about arcade machines but also take the time to listen and ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- within the forum about a wide variety of issues. If anyone feels they are being censored unjustly then I suggest they find another place to be. The internet is a large place. It's like getting mad when someone asks you not to swear in their house. You may find it commonplace to swear within your own house but some people may not share the same idea.
Post by: jennifer on August 06, 2015, 01:55:05 pm
Yes it could be said age range/interest in building cabs has leveled, But that is just as disturbing, That would indicate total lack of interest making and this site only worth its historical content.... As for the censorship yes it is a thing, selective, but there, I have seen it.
Post by: Nephasth on August 06, 2015, 02:07:33 pm
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 06, 2015, 02:14:44 pm
Post by: eds1275 on August 06, 2015, 02:25:41 pm
Post by: yamatetsu on August 06, 2015, 04:19:37 pm
Yes it could be said age range/interest in building cabs has leveled, But that is just as disturbing, That would indicate total lack of interest making and this site only worth its historical content....
Another factor might be that the quality of the builds here is so damn high. People who are new to this, having zero experience, might be a bit intimidated by the awesome builds floating around here. I certainly was.
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 06, 2015, 04:28:00 pm
I think a lot of builders either find a new hobby they want to get involved in and move on....
That is their problem. I find myself not wanting to build another cab as the days go on. I stay because I have found a good group of people that not only talk about arcade machines but also take the time to listen and ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- within the forum about a wide variety of issues. If anyone feels they are being censored unjustly then I suggest they find another place to be. The internet is a large place. It's like getting mad when someone asks you not to swear in their house. You may find it commonplace to swear within your own house but some people may not share the same idea.
I find myself widening my scope as the years roll on. I used to be all about mame and emulators... these days I could care less. All the games I wanted to play from my youth were emulated over 10 years ago... and I've played them... over and over and over. So now you see me working on stuff like pc games and what-not. I've gotten into racing cabs because those were the few games I couldn't play on the old mame cab due to control limitations. As for cabs... I don't have a lot of interest anymore. LCDs have *almost* superseded arcade monitors at this point so making a big 200lb cab to house 5 lbs and 2 cubic feet worth of gear doesn't make as much sense now that I've gotten the nostalgia out of my system. I've got a vertical crt cab, my main one and the upcoming driving cab.... I'm done with that side of things.
About the moderation and stuff... I can remember when that policy was implemented. There was a time when we all used to gather in the chatroom of the evenings... there were 20 or 30 of us some nights and Saint would flat out ask us what we thought about certain stuff. At the time, the reasoning behind not swearing was that we were all adults (for the most part) and if we kept the language polite younger builders could frequent the forums without worry. These days I'm not sure how necessary it is as the average age seems to be 30+ but I still think the intention was good and I do my best to abide by the rules out of respect. And that's the issue when you get down to it. Do you respect the people who run the forum or not? If you don't then maybe it's time to take a break and re-evaluate why you hang around here.
Post by: harveybirdman on August 06, 2015, 05:22:42 pm
Yes it could be said age range/interest in building cabs has leveled, But that is just as disturbing, That would indicate total lack of interest making and this site only worth its historical content....
Another factor might be that the quality of the builds here is so damn high. People who are new to this, having zero experience, might be a bit intimidated by the awesome builds floating around here. I certainly was.
Yeah except your build was freaking awesome....
Post by: yamatetsu on August 06, 2015, 05:47:00 pm
Post by: BadMouth on August 06, 2015, 05:58:39 pm
Shortly after discovering this forum, I planned to throw together a cab that weekend. I wasn't even aware emulators existed before discovering byoac via searching for megatouch info. Then I looked at the builds for ideas and decided I was not ready. It was 2 or 3 years of soaking up info on here before I felt I was ready. I did use an xarcade tankstick during that time. Part of me wishes I'd just threw together a crappy cheap cab. I'd probably played it more than worked on it. And if I wanted to change something, I wouln't have nice artwork or paint to worry about. I'd just keep hackng it up.Yes it could be said age range/interest in building cabs has leveled, But that is just as disturbing, That would indicate total lack of interest making and this site only worth its historical content....
Another factor might be that the quality of the builds here is so damn high. People who are new to this, having zero experience, might be a bit intimidated by the awesome builds floating around here. I certainly was.
Post by: yamatetsu on August 06, 2015, 06:30:56 pm
And if I wanted to change something, I wouln't have nice artwork or paint to worry about. I'd just keep hackng it up.
That's why people don't change their cab, but go on building second and thirds :) I dunno. I couldn't just throw together a cab. My reasoning is that if I'm going to put a lot of work into it, I might as well give it my best shot.
Post by: yotsuya on August 06, 2015, 06:44:42 pm
Amen.And if I wanted to change something, I wouln't have nice artwork or paint to worry about. I'd just keep hackng it up.
That's why people don't change their cab, but go on building second and thirds :) I dunno. I couldn't just throw together a cab. My reasoning is that if I'm going to put a lot of work into it, I might as well give it my best shot.
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 06, 2015, 09:39:45 pm
Post by: ChanceKJ on August 06, 2015, 11:50:16 pm
I'm strangely fine with that. ;D
Post by: jennifer on August 07, 2015, 04:56:43 pm
Speak for yourself, Because I still skip lunch for weeks on end to buy that "new part", I still stay up days on end for some silly project, I still cut everything on antique equipment, I still work on these games every day.... So yes so maybe I have done most everything on my list, But just don't believe others can just "Be done" at some point without sacrificing the love for it they once had.Before you get all "family orientated" and numbers are up on me, take a cold hard look at the creativity and sharing amongst todays users as compared to days of old.... Whats changed in the last few years?
Oh, I think the answer to that is rather obvious. The audience interested in this hobby primarily consists of people born in a very defined range, that I'd peg as 1970-1990 with a smattering of exceptions on either end of that. There's nobody new beating down the gates and everyone here has already done everything. JAMMA beater into a MAME cab? Found your holy grail? Restored a dedicated machine? Flirted with pinball? Bartops? Pedestals? We've all done it already. Now you can just throw money at someone to CNC them for you, so you don't even need a saw anymore.
Have been kind of surprised that the driving and dance machines never really got big around here, but console and PC gaming were so far along that the home versions can easily be superior for anyone interested. Maybe with Golden Tee finally emulated we'll see some more action there, and I think it's a matter of time before all of us mess around with an active marquee.
Post by: pbj on August 07, 2015, 05:10:46 pm
Post by: Nephasth on August 07, 2015, 05:21:03 pm
Post by: Malenko on August 08, 2015, 07:26:04 pm
Also sold my UMK3 for $650!
Post by: pbj on August 09, 2015, 12:28:11 am
(http://i.imgur.com/aewmBbul.jpg)
Some weird bar in the gay part of Houston. Pray for me:
(http://i.imgur.com/bN3fu4vl.jpg)
Post by: yotsuya on August 09, 2015, 02:00:12 pm
Some weird bar in the gay part of Houston. Pray for me:
We love you and accept you for who you are, James. You better work it girl!
Post by: Nephasth on August 09, 2015, 02:08:01 pm
Post by: yotsuya on August 09, 2015, 08:29:53 pm
Post by: Malenko on August 09, 2015, 08:33:07 pm
Post by: yotsuya on August 09, 2015, 08:38:37 pm
Boomshakalaka!
I've got some orange t-molding I need to throw on this bad boy to finish the cosmetic part. I still need to order the JAMMA switcher, too.
Post by: Nephasth on August 09, 2015, 11:50:51 pm
But it's gotta be dual screen action. :-\
Post by: pbj on August 11, 2015, 09:52:12 am
Post by: HaRuMaN on August 11, 2015, 10:04:01 am
Turns out ipads don't like being used in 100 degree weather and then taken inside. At least replacement glass is cheap...
Seriously? It cracked?
Post by: drventure on August 11, 2015, 10:33:54 am
Another factor might be that the quality of the builds here is so damn high. People who are new to this, having zero experience, might be a bit intimidated by the awesome builds floating around here. I certainly was.
True enough. there's a lot of great builds here.
But people shouldn't let that stop them. Heck, my build got quite the reception when it ended up cross posted on KLOV ;) . I'd wager it's more a demographic thing, like others have said.
For anti-chuff, ugh. Same as it has been for the last 3 years. Unbelievably greedy, narcissistic ex. Saw a few signs, didn't put one and one together till it was too late.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 11, 2015, 10:40:24 am
Another factor might be that the quality of the builds here is so damn high. People who are new to this, having zero experience, might be a bit intimidated by the awesome builds floating around here. I certainly was.
True enough. there's a lot of great builds here.
But people shouldn't let that stop them.
Tru dat. My first build was a weecade. It was okay but the great builds on here convinced me I could do better. So I built a Nintendo cab that I am very pleased with. But there are some folks who take it to extremes... *cough* *cough* Purple wire that matches their cab... *cough* *cough* :laugh:
Post by: drventure on August 11, 2015, 11:19:50 am
Tru dat. My first build was a weecade. It was okay but the great builds on here convinced me I could do better. So I built a Nintendo cab that I am very pleased with. But there are some folks who take it to extremes... *cough* *cough* Purple wire that matches their cab... *cough* *cough* :laugh:
Hey, that green and purple bell cord wire was awesome! :)
I used to really like arcades when I was a kid, but I wasn't a fanatic about them.
What drew me into the forum was the idea of building something really nice, and when I was done, having something that would do more than just serve as a place to set my drinks.
The build itself is the fun part. I think everyone else in my house loves the games more than I do :D
Post by: jennifer on August 11, 2015, 11:33:18 am
Post by: drventure on August 11, 2015, 11:36:05 am
Post by: Malenko on August 11, 2015, 11:50:29 am
Other than 404 trolling me there , I cant really complain.
Post by: jennifer on August 11, 2015, 11:55:27 am
Post by: Malenko on August 11, 2015, 11:56:40 am
Post by: yotsuya on August 11, 2015, 12:43:26 pm
You may have a good point there Malenco.... But still, Jennifer refuses to grace them with my awesomeness. ::)
Baby, they would have you crying, mascara flowing down your cheeks in about 1 hour there at KLOV.
KLOV is where you go if you really love arcade cabinets and games. If you just want a machine that plays video games, you stay here.
Post by: Malenko on August 11, 2015, 01:21:36 pm
Post by: ChanceKJ on August 11, 2015, 02:04:49 pm
Another factor might be that the quality of the builds here is so damn high. People who are new to this, having zero experience, might be a bit intimidated by the awesome builds floating around here. I certainly was.
True enough. there's a lot of great builds here.
But people shouldn't let that stop them.
Tru dat. My first build was a weecade. It was okay but the great builds on here convinced me I could do better. So I built a Nintendo cab that I am very pleased with. But there are some folks who take it to extremes... *cough* *cough* Purple wire that matches their cab... *cough* *cough* :laugh:
Haha! :cheers: I wouldn't say that's extreme. People roll their own wire harnesses all the time. I just got lucky the wire I could buy matched my paint. And in my defence, FLYNN's and my Donkey Kong cab are my first and second builds respectively.
Post by: yotsuya on August 11, 2015, 02:11:46 pm
I think it's extreme. But I tell Neph the same thing. :cheers:Another factor might be that the quality of the builds here is so damn high. People who are new to this, having zero experience, might be a bit intimidated by the awesome builds floating around here. I certainly was.
True enough. there's a lot of great builds here.
But people shouldn't let that stop them.
Tru dat. My first build was a weecade. It was okay but the great builds on here convinced me I could do better. So I built a Nintendo cab that I am very pleased with. But there are some folks who take it to extremes... *cough* *cough* Purple wire that matches their cab... *cough* *cough*
Haha! :cheers: I wouldn't say that's extreme. People roll their own wire harnesses all the time. I just got lucky the wire I could buy matched my paint. And in my defence, FLYNN's and my Donkey Kong cab are my first and second builds respectively.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 11, 2015, 02:13:39 pm
My anti-chuff is going to craigslist...
Werd. Not a big fan of craigslist myself...
Post by: BadMouth on August 11, 2015, 02:35:40 pm
My anti-chuff is going to craigslist...
Werd. Not a big fan of craigslist myself...
It's ok for sitting stuff out on the curb for free and getting rid of it.
I get emails from people asking me to hold free crap for them though, so there is still a level of annoyance.
That's the only thing I use craigslist for.
Post by: vwalbridge on August 11, 2015, 02:40:46 pm
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=333659;image)
Post by: yotsuya on August 11, 2015, 02:42:11 pm
Speaking of junk on Craigslist. I just ran across this little gem this morning. Can this guy be serious?
Have you seen some of the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- that gets proposed around here? Of course he is. >:D
Post by: HaRuMaN on August 11, 2015, 02:42:33 pm
Post by: pbj on August 11, 2015, 02:43:57 pm
Nothing changes.
Post by: vwalbridge on August 11, 2015, 02:45:45 pm
Quote
Have you seen some of the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- that gets proposed around here? Of course he is. >:D
:laugh2: True.
It looks like a ATM machine?!
Post by: yotsuya on August 11, 2015, 02:52:52 pm
Post by: Malenko on August 11, 2015, 03:07:51 pm
I'd throw one of those trivia games from MAME into it.
and or mahjong
Post by: yotsuya on August 11, 2015, 03:11:26 pm
http://www.video-games-museum.com/en/game/MTV-RockNRoll-Trivia/5/1/20267 (http://www.video-games-museum.com/en/game/MTV-RockNRoll-Trivia/5/1/20267)
(http://www.video-games-museum.com/en/screenshots/Mame/1/20267-title-MTV-RockNRoll-Trivia.png)
Post by: yotsuya on August 11, 2015, 03:14:05 pm
http://www.video-games-museum.com/en/game/Sexual-Trivia/5/1/20352 (http://www.video-games-museum.com/en/game/Sexual-Trivia/5/1/20352)
(http://www.video-games-museum.com/en/screenshots/Mame/1/20352-title-Sexual-Trivia.png)
Post by: BadMouth on August 11, 2015, 03:19:45 pm
(http://www.thedoteaters.com/images/photos/DLthayers_kbd.jpg)
Post by: harveybirdman on August 11, 2015, 04:19:31 pm
Hm.. hadn't pulled up Craig's List in at least a year until this thread. Clogged up with the same idiots that don't live within 250 miles trying to hustle their crap on us, people wanting $1,000+ for JAMMA junk, multi-cades, and "I BUY PINBALL MACHINES" ads.
Nothing changes.
Look at this great deal you're getting on LED controls and ALZ THE GAMEZ.... merely $2500!!!!!
It makes me want to vomit.... ESPECIALLY when they hack up cabs to do it!
Post by: Nephasth on August 11, 2015, 05:15:15 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 11, 2015, 08:05:16 pm
Post by: vwalbridge on August 11, 2015, 08:07:04 pm
Where is that at? The reason I ask is somebody stole a atm near me, it was just on the news.
It's listed in the Denver area:
https://denver.craigslist.org/ele/5157097135.html
Post by: ChanceKJ on August 11, 2015, 08:19:42 pm
Post by: Nephasth on August 11, 2015, 08:38:06 pm
Post by: vwalbridge on August 11, 2015, 08:53:45 pm
That's not an ATM. I looks like one of those old pay for internet time computers that used to be in airports and ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. ATMs don't have bill acceptors...
That's a really good point. It also has a keyboard and some ball mouse on it. Is that a webcam above the screen?
Either way, that thing is weird as hell.
Post by: dmckean on August 11, 2015, 11:19:38 pm
Post by: Nephasth on August 12, 2015, 12:23:57 am
Considering what it is and the computer he has in it, I don't even think it's worth half what he's asking.
Bill acceptor... $100. No brainer.
Post by: PL1 on August 12, 2015, 03:41:51 am
Most signed up here using e-mail domains like "new-purse.com" and "louisvuittondesignerbags.info". :lol
~27,800 non-posting accounts left to check. :dizzy:
Scott
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 12, 2015, 06:31:22 am
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 12, 2015, 12:15:49 pm
Post by: yotsuya on August 12, 2015, 12:20:41 pm
Man new-purse.com is going to be mad. Man I loved listening to his stories.... good times but he was oddly obsessed with handbags. Eh whatever you're into I guess.
I thought it was tacky when he added LED buttons to that Louis Vuitton, though. Had to be said.
Post by: BadMouth on August 12, 2015, 12:24:22 pm
Ban-hammered ~4,500 sleeper spam accounts this week. :woot
Most signed up here using e-mail domains like "new-purse.com" and "louisvuittondesignerbags.info". :lol
~27,800 non-posting accounts left to check. :dizzy:
Scott
Thank you. :cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on August 12, 2015, 05:44:57 pm
Post by: ChanceKJ on August 12, 2015, 05:53:51 pm
Ok, no more advice, feedback, or opinions from me for the rest of the year. Sorry I'm not a "Gee, champ, you're a rockstar!!!" kind of guy, but I hate unproductive feedback, and but it seems like honest opinions aren't welcome if it may hurt someone's feeling. Since I am a bad judge of that, I just won't offer any. What do I know, anyway?
i know you don't mean you're holding back on giving me advice with this too. i'd hate for you to group me in with the rest of this scum.
Post by: yotsuya on August 12, 2015, 05:54:16 pm
NOT A PEEP!!!!Ok, no more advice, feedback, or opinions from me for the rest of the year. Sorry I'm not a "Gee, champ, you're a rockstar!!!" kind of guy, but I hate unproductive feedback, and but it seems like honest opinions aren't welcome if it may hurt someone's feeling. Since I am a bad judge of that, I just won't offer any. What do I know, anyway?
i know you don't mean you're holding back on giving me advice with this too. i'd hate for you to group me in with the rest of this scum.
Post by: ChanceKJ on August 12, 2015, 06:04:04 pm
Post by: yotsuya on August 12, 2015, 06:10:59 pm
(http://dailytv.ru/video/rqooba63kwg8 (http://dailytv.ru/video/rqooba63kwg8) @00:13:40)You're my bro, bro. I'll just bust your nuts via PM.
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 12, 2015, 08:08:50 pm
(http://dailytv.ru/video/rqooba63kwg8 (http://dailytv.ru/video/rqooba63kwg8) @00:13:40)You're my bro, bro. I'll just bust your nuts via PM.
I support your lifestyles regardless, but come on guys, keep that sort of thing to yourselves. Nobody wants to know about your "nut busting" in PM. ;)
Post by: yotsuya on August 12, 2015, 08:09:53 pm
You have ChanceKJ confused with Malenko. Malenko is the one that does the sexting.(http://dailytv.ru/video/rqooba63kwg8 (http://dailytv.ru/video/rqooba63kwg8) @00:13:40)You're my bro, bro. I'll just bust your nuts via PM.
I support your lifestyles regardless, but come on guys, keep that sort of thing to yourselves. Nobody wants to know about your "nut busting" in PM. ;)
Post by: Malenko on August 12, 2015, 08:11:51 pm
So my new anti-chuff is my signature keeps getting removed here :badmood:
Post by: BadMouth on August 12, 2015, 08:45:40 pm
I'm pretty good at it too!I was suprised that your last avatar flew under the radar.
So my new anti-chuff is my signature keeps getting removed here :badmood:
Post by: Ond on August 12, 2015, 09:00:52 pm
1. Fractured right knee, my dog ( a big Red Heeler), whose head is made of concrete ran full-on into the side of my knee while playing with his best mate (a Staffy Bull Terrier) down at the park. I heard and felt a pop as I went down only to have the two dogs jump and slobber all over me. My Meniscus is ruptured and a bone fractured. I've had an MRI and have to wear a brace for six weeks.
2. Stubbed left small toe on a metal desk leg - torn ligaments, bruising & swelling not a big deal, lucky it didn't break but still hurt like hell though.
3. Yesterday I came off my pushbike, going at speed down a hill, I went over the handle bars onto the concrete path and grazed up my arm and shoulder, this could have been a lot worse, I guess I just rolled the right way when I hit :dizzy:. My helmet has a nice dent in it now.
Blah, the leg brace is kinda cool with a Mad Max hinge type thing going on. Too cavalier, old age or both :dunno.
Post by: yotsuya on August 12, 2015, 09:11:16 pm
I got some Anti-Chuff :badmood: I keep damaging things.......on me. My tally so far over the last few weeks is:Get well, my friend!
1. Fractured right knee, my dog ( a big Red Heeler), whose head is made of concrete ran full-on into the side of my knee while playing with his best mate (a Staffy Bull Terrier) down at the park. I heard and felt a pop as I went down only to have the two dogs jump and slobber all over me. My Meniscus is ruptured and a bone fractured. I've had an MRI and have to wear a brace for six weeks.
2. Stubbed left small toe on a metal desk leg - torn ligaments, bruising & swelling not a big deal, lucky it didn't break but still hurt like hell though.
3. Yesterday I came off my pushbike, going at speed down a hill, I went over the handle bars onto the concrete path and grazed up my arm and shoulder, this could have been a lot worse, I guess I just rolled the right way when I hit :dizzy:. My helmet has a nice dent in it now.
Blah, the leg brace is kinda cool with a Mad Max hinge type thing going on. Too cavalier, old age or both :dunno.
Post by: Malenko on August 12, 2015, 09:17:38 pm
I was suprised that your last avatar flew under the radar.
Whats wrong with Matt Foley?
(http://www.teamschuman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/matt-foley.jpg)
@Ond, replace the helmet Ive found they are usually only good for one solid impact. Get Well Soon!
Post by: Nephasth on August 13, 2015, 12:48:58 am
So my new anti-chuff is my signature keeps getting removed here :badmood:
The rules do state no signatures directed towards other members... But if your current sig gets deleted, that's ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---.
Post by: Ond on August 13, 2015, 06:04:02 am
Get well, my friend!
@Ond, replace the helmet Ive found they are usually only good for one solid impact. Get Well Soon!
Thanks fellas, yeah I will toss out that helmet, it's done its job :)
Post by: BadMouth on August 13, 2015, 07:14:54 am
Well, being the quote below it said "I live in a van down by the construction site" and you created it after X2 posted that he was living in a van and got fired for being at job sites after hours to use the bathroom and such, one would conclude that it was meant to make fun of X2.I was suprised that your last avatar flew under the radar.
Whats wrong with Matt Foley?
(http://www.teamschuman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/matt-foley.jpg)
@Ond, replace the helmet Ive found they are usually only good for one solid impact. Get Well Soon!
Matt Foley lived down by the river. Construction site was not chosen at random.
Post by: saint on August 13, 2015, 07:52:39 am
So my new anti-chuff is my signature keeps getting removed here :badmood:
The rules do state no signatures directed towards other members... But if your current sig gets deleted, that's ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---.
There is no reason to delete his current sig. No rules are being violated.
Post by: Malenko on August 13, 2015, 08:16:20 am
Well, being the quote below it said "I live in a van down by the construction site" and you created it after X2 posted that he was living in a van and got fired for being at job sites after hours to use the bathroom and such, one would conclude that it was meant to make fun of X2.Then I supposed I can say you concluded wrong. The quote wasn't there long (a week?), and the changes were made to highlight LeChuk's post not X2. I'd link you to it, but its gone. It was probably hands down the single funniest thing ever posted on the internet. Just a great spot on reference and hilarious all around. I did see how someone could come to the same conclusion as you did and that was why I removed the aforementioned text and left the avatar for the last 2 months or so.
Matt Foley lived down by the river. Construction site was not chosen at random.
Are you going to complain about my new avatar too? Spoiler, its blank.
There is no reason to delete his current sig. No rules are being violated.
Saint, how was my previous signature violating any rules? No text was altered and the quote link took you to the post in question. It was another member making fun of me in my sig, not me making fun of another member. I got thick enough skin to fund humor in insults directed at me.
Post by: Malenko on August 13, 2015, 08:17:40 am
I'm now anti-chuffed because I sold my TMNT restore and they are picking it up in an hour. Probably going to regret it like I do selling my Killer Instinct.
Post by: saint on August 13, 2015, 08:32:24 am
never mind, I dont even care. Lets stop bringing me up , I dont like the attention.
:cheers:
I'm anti-chuffed because my new upright classic Star Wars cabinet is still plastic wrapped in my garage, waiting for a sane day in my schedule where I can move things around.
Post by: pbj on August 13, 2015, 09:31:49 am
Post by: eds1275 on August 13, 2015, 09:48:04 am
I'm chuffed that for once I'm not the person stressing out the moderators.
I miss your he-man/supersoaker avatar
Post by: yotsuya on August 13, 2015, 10:17:12 am
never mind, I dont even care. Lets stop bringing me up , I dont like the attention.
I'm now anti-chuffed because I sold my TMNT restore and they are picking it up in an hour. Probably going to regret it like I do selling my Killer Instinct.
You will!!!!
Post by: BadMouth on August 13, 2015, 10:49:02 am
http://york.craigslist.org/vgd/5167021650.html (http://york.craigslist.org/vgd/5167021650.html)
Post by: Malenko on August 13, 2015, 10:56:01 am
Hopefully you didn't let the KI go for less than $1800?
http://york.craigslist.org/vgd/5167021650.html (http://york.craigslist.org/vgd/5167021650.html)
Ha, well mine was a KI1 and it went for Rampage + $200 so about $700 total , I turned the Rampage back into a TMNT and that went for $1200 + $450 in neogeo carts. So I honestly have no idea exactly how much money Ive lost so far. Just dont tell my wife, kk?
Post by: BadMouth on August 13, 2015, 11:03:44 am
Machines around here either sell for $200 or they are some ridiculous price and get relisted once a year by the same person who "won't take less than it's worth".
Post by: Malenko on August 13, 2015, 11:18:03 am
You're coming out further ahead than I thought you would.
Machines around here either sell for $200 or they are some ridiculous price and get relisted once a year by the same person who "won't take less than it's worth".
Well my Galaga is now in Michigain, and my TMNT is on its way to Alabama. I think its the local folks around here that are cheap skates. I have a Blitz in an NBA Jam cab for $300 (medium res monitor, 49ways,etc) super low price just to get rid of it and Im still getting lowballed.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 13, 2015, 12:50:41 pm
I'm anti-chuffed because my new upright classic Star Wars cabinet is still plastic wrapped in my garage, waiting for a sane day in my schedule where I can move things around.
Sounds more like first world problems than anti chuff to me saint.
Post by: harveybirdman on August 14, 2015, 01:32:22 pm
Post by: yotsuya on August 16, 2015, 01:35:43 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on August 16, 2015, 03:44:58 pm
Post by: yotsuya on August 16, 2015, 04:27:41 pm
Wow, that's pretty impressive. So you just replaced the micro-switch in the trigger? or was it something more involved?
I gotta source two of them before Friday. They're micro micro-switches.
Post by: pbj on August 17, 2015, 11:13:18 am
Friday - one of my white friends showing his inability to hang:
(http://i.imgur.com/GhkD5BX.jpg)
Saturday - beach:
(http://i.imgur.com/7LC5Jve.jpg)
Sunday - pre-game warm up ritual:
(http://i.imgur.com/CDR7sTb.jpg)
Then this:
(http://i.imgur.com/nDtdqNZ.jpg)
Then off to Montrose for this:
(http://i.imgur.com/fD53OSE.jpg)
Later, as it gets dark, I see transsexual prostitutes gather below this billboard across the street:
(http://i.imgur.com/fnJxa1O.jpg)
Lot of stuff to do in this city.
Post by: pbj on August 23, 2015, 01:02:50 am
(http://i.imgur.com/hRqD6Xql.jpg)
Weird band covering daft punk with a ukulele and beating on a wooden box:
(http://i.imgur.com/2xaiD6Wl.jpg)
But it was for a good cause:
(http://i.imgur.com/BY5hZegl.jpg)
:cheers:
Post by: Nephasth on August 23, 2015, 01:05:51 am
Post by: JMB on August 23, 2015, 11:32:38 am
(http://i58.tinypic.com/2e4k953.jpg)
In with the new
(http://i62.tinypic.com/js23jn.jpg)
Post by: yotsuya on August 23, 2015, 02:37:42 pm
Out with the oldNice! I've been wanting a new shed for years.
(http://i58.tinypic.com/2e4k953.jpg)
In with the new
(http://i62.tinypic.com/js23jn.jpg)
Post by: 05SRT4 on August 23, 2015, 04:17:03 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 23, 2015, 04:17:31 pm
Post by: pbj on August 23, 2015, 05:44:06 pm
Post by: JMB on August 23, 2015, 08:31:46 pm
So thieves and grabby neighbors know what's inside at all times.
The old piece of crap shed was never locked anyway. I'm just glad not have to move 6 things to get the mower out or hit my damn head every time.
Post by: pbj on August 25, 2015, 01:29:33 pm
Walked out with a steak for 1 cent.
(http://i.imgur.com/9KSNJgU.png)
And I ran it on my card. :D
Post by: pbj on August 25, 2015, 09:17:15 pm
God bless Nolan Ryan Beef, Astros coupons, and sweet Lady Propane.
Post by: yotsuya on August 25, 2015, 09:18:38 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/l8UKCukl.jpg)For a one cent streak, that looks damn good! :cheers:
God bless Nolan Ryan Beef, Astros coupons, and sweet Lady Propane.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 26, 2015, 09:39:02 am
Stacked multiple discounts and a coupon today.
Walked out with a steak for 1 cent.
(http://i.imgur.com/9KSNJgU.png)
And I ran it on my card. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jRhbiRqI-c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jRhbiRqI-c)
Post by: vwalbridge on August 26, 2015, 10:40:25 am
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=334577;image)
But I realized that the keyless chuck can be removed and easily replaced with a $18 model (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00002N7TK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER) from Amazon. I now have some chuff. :)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=334575;image)
Post by: jdbailey1206 on August 26, 2015, 12:16:36 pm
Post by: pbj on August 26, 2015, 12:28:33 pm
Today I discovered where the janitor sleeps it off:
(http://i.imgur.com/Z0YRvRM.jpg)
Post by: harveybirdman on August 29, 2015, 08:11:02 pm
Aero Fighters $65 to the door.
Twin Eagle II $89 to the door.
Post by: yotsuya on August 30, 2015, 08:08:47 pm
So cool to see something you made and gave to the community getting out there for people to enjoy...
Post by: Nephasth on August 30, 2015, 09:57:55 pm
There's a retro gaming con going on today in the Phoenix area. I saw a photo posted on Facebook. It looks familiar...
So cool to see something you made and gave to the community getting out there for people to enjoy...
I'd give you rep, but this forum is dated...
Post by: yotsuya on August 30, 2015, 10:54:41 pm
I just repped this post in Tapatalk.There's a retro gaming con going on today in the Phoenix area. I saw a photo posted on Facebook. It looks familiar...
So cool to see something you made and gave to the community getting out there for people to enjoy...
I'd give you rep, but this forum is dated...
Post by: vwalbridge on August 30, 2015, 11:08:01 pm
I just repped this in my own heart.I just repped this post in Tapatalk.There's a retro gaming con going on today in the Phoenix area. I saw a photo posted on Facebook. It looks familiar...
So cool to see something you made and gave to the community getting out there for people to enjoy...
I'd give you rep, but this forum is dated...
Post by: yotsuya on August 30, 2015, 11:15:22 pm
If you come to ZapCon next year, you can play it!I just repped this in my own heart.I just repped this post in Tapatalk.There's a retro gaming con going on today in the Phoenix area. I saw a photo posted on Facebook. It looks familiar...
So cool to see something you made and gave to the community getting out there for people to enjoy...
I'd give you rep, but this forum is dated...
Post by: vwalbridge on August 30, 2015, 11:26:55 pm
If you come to ZapCon next year, you can play it!I just repped this in my own heart.I just repped this post in Tapatalk.There's a retro gaming con going on today in the Phoenix area. I saw a photo posted on Facebook. It looks familiar...
So cool to see something you made and gave to the community getting out there for people to enjoy...
I'd give you rep, but this forum is dated...
Yep, I'm in. That game is definitely unique and has some sweet sound effects. Isn't there some urban legend out there that this game becomes addicting and makes you crazy. Some kind of mind control. LOL Something like that?
Post by: pbj on August 30, 2015, 11:34:32 pm
Yep, I'm in. That game is definitely unique and has some sweet sound effects. Isn't there some urban legend out there that this game becomes addicting and makes you crazy. Some kind of mind control. LOL Something like that?
http://bfy.tw/1YQy (http://bfy.tw/1YQy)
Post by: yotsuya on August 30, 2015, 11:44:42 pm
Yep, I'm in. That game is definitely unique and has some sweet sound effects. Isn't there some urban legend out there that this game becomes addicting and makes you crazy. Some kind of mind control. LOL Something like that?
Jim Gotta Jim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(video_game)
Post by: vwalbridge on August 30, 2015, 11:51:03 pm
Yep, I'm in. That game is definitely unique and has some sweet sound effects. Isn't there some urban legend out there that this game becomes addicting and makes you crazy. Some kind of mind control. LOL Something like that?
Jim Gotta Jim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(video_game)
Haha...It's all good. I face-palmed myself for getting my first "since you can't be troubled by Google" :)
Post by: pbj on September 02, 2015, 09:51:51 am
(http://i.imgur.com/I0GjpW7.jpg)
Last gasps of summer. Cling onto them.
Post by: eds1275 on September 02, 2015, 10:36:00 am
(http://michaelgmunz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/thats-a-paddlin-30027.jpg)
Post by: jdbailey1206 on September 03, 2015, 12:19:26 pm
If anyone, including me, puts their tongue on my guitar that's a paddlin'.
eds wins rep for using this reference.
Post by: Vigo on September 03, 2015, 05:33:02 pm
San Antonio was alright, we both miss it. Just big enough to have everything, not so big as to be constantly painful. If the career options for us had been better, we would have stayed. It is very family oriented so probably a good place for kids, too. You could do a lot worse on a transfer.
San Antonio is a place I have spent a total of 3 hours in, but I personally had a great impression of it. I like the area.
I guess I wasn't clear though, they would fire me and rehire down in Texas. I don't make enough money to be worth transferring. I talked with my supervisor about how the meeting went. The overlords will still review my job, but it sounds like they want to offer me a more difficult position for less pay and worse job title.
(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--pl0BT03---/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1348195555808264773.jpg)
Eh, no worries though, it is all good.
I don't plan on sticking with the company, this is just me bitching since I am forced to get off ---my bottom--- and find a better job.
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on September 04, 2015, 01:14:57 pm
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on September 04, 2015, 01:18:39 pm
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,146015.msg1519110.html#msg1519110 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,146015.msg1519110.html#msg1519110)
Lovin' the new look and feel (Dominux Joysticks - Thanks Randy!) And if you're attending this years RetroWorld Expo in Wallingford, CT you can try it for yourself! :applaud: http://retroworldexpo.com/ (http://retroworldexpo.com/)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=335039;image)
DeLuSioNaL29
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 04, 2015, 01:19:45 pm
If anyone, including me, puts their tongue on my guitar that's a paddlin'.
eds wins rep for using this reference.
We'd all be repping each other left and right if Saint wasn't allergic to having a bit of fun. ;) I kid man.... big e-hug from me.
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 04, 2015, 01:20:13 pm
By the way I'm pretty much done with the Total Carnage CP facelift I started earlier this summer:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,146015.msg1519110.html#msg1519110 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,146015.msg1519110.html#msg1519110)
Lovin' the new look and feel (Dominux Joysticks - Thanks Randy!) And if you're attending this years RetroWorld Expo in Wallingford, CT you can try it for yourself! :applaud: http://retroworldexpo.com/ (http://retroworldexpo.com/)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=335039;image)
DeLuSioNaL29
NICE!
Post by: yotsuya on September 04, 2015, 01:49:13 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/l8UKCukl.jpg)
God bless Nolan Ryan Beef, Astros coupons, and sweet Lady Propane.
Damn, I just scrolled past this photo, and now I'm ---smurfing--- hungry.
Post by: pbj on September 04, 2015, 02:42:44 pm
The 'secret' is this stuff:
(http://i.imgur.com/eanj2lV.jpg)
However, the age old problem with using Bolner's Fiesta seasoning is that every damned restaurant in Texas uses it. When I lived in Missouri, I finally accepted the fact I would never find acceptable carne guisada and did the unthinkable - made it myself rather than pay someone else $5 to do it. I found a grocery store sketchy enough to carry these spices, made up a batch, and it was like lightning struck when I realized carne guisada tastes EXACTLY the same in every restaurant in South Texas and I was holding the reason why in my grubby paws.
Tuesday night, while watching a Chinese man lick a guitar, I was feasting on "cheap steak night" where a 1 pound rib eye was plunked on my table for $12. It was great and everything... but tasted exactly like the ones I make at home.
These are serious Texas problems, folks.
Post by: pbj on September 04, 2015, 02:44:07 pm
(http://in1.ccio.co/4F/4A/33/79219fe7db10332d41ba371ea3618b49.jpg)
This looks exactly like a Casita, btw.
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 04, 2015, 03:44:10 pm
Tuesday night, while watching a Chinese man lick a guitar, I was feasting on "cheap steak night" where a 1 pound rib eye was plunked on my table for $12. It was great and everything... but tasted exactly like the ones I make at home.
These are serious Texas problems, folks.
Meanwhile I ate at Bob Evans yesterday and they actually sent me a really good hamburger. These are the end times.
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on September 06, 2015, 09:25:43 pm
Post by: BadMouth on September 07, 2015, 07:01:39 am
Accidentally backed up into one yesterday and brought it down. Nothing breakable, but boxes flew everywhere. Although it took no balls on my part because it was an accident, I still feel chuffed for finally knocking one over.
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 07, 2015, 07:35:38 am
Post by: pbj on September 07, 2015, 08:15:43 am
(http://i.imgur.com/YcP3c5Dl.jpg)
I never, in a million years, thought my group would be the liveliest bunch at a concert. I only had to tell the neuroscientists to STFU about astrocytes 4-5 times. 95% of the crowd stood there motionless and enraptured as Erk Aicrag of Hocico spent two hours yelling and running around a stage.
Post by: eds1275 on September 07, 2015, 12:53:39 pm
I've always been annoyed by cardboard displays blocking grocery store isles. I have thought about knocking them all over until the store stops allowing them. It would probably just get me banned though.
At my grocery where I buy my coffee beans the dispenser has a long neck. The handle is at the top. When your bag is full, the neck is full of beans and there is only one thing to do - run.
Post by: yotsuya on September 07, 2015, 04:04:59 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 07, 2015, 04:25:24 pm
If I had some money to burn I'd buy out a failed sheet metal factory and go to town selling misc brackets and mounts to the community.
Post by: yotsuya on September 07, 2015, 05:20:42 pm
Yup you are right... ran into a similar issue.
If I had some money to burn I'd buy out a failed sheet metal factory and go to town selling misc brackets and mounts to the community.
If I had the exact measurements, I'd fab them at work for cost for my bros here.
Post by: yotsuya on September 07, 2015, 11:12:54 pm
Post by: pbj on September 08, 2015, 10:11:54 am
Anyway, a few highlights:
(http://i.imgur.com/MJ78eXV.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/fF4d25D.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/5wd8ymv.jpg)
Post by: HaRuMaN on September 08, 2015, 10:16:05 am
Post by: dkersten on September 08, 2015, 10:31:42 am
The weekend was nice and quiet, with the microwave install being the only real excitement. Daughter's away at college, younger daughter been spending time with her mom, and son has been working a lot, and the girlfriend been working days, so got all three days pretty much alone and managed to get about 20,000 more words done in my next novel. Pretty chuffed about it too, getting close to the end (up to 95,000 words now) and the scenes are starting to practically write themselves. Late last night I was waiting on the GF to get out of the shower so we could watch Ray Donovan and got on a scene and next thing I knew it was 2 hours later and my fingers were getting sore from pounding out nearly 6,000 words in one nonstop shot. It's almost like going to a movie the way it just comes out of my head and onto the screen. Days like that I love writing.
Post by: pbj on September 08, 2015, 10:39:50 am
pulled the trigger on the rest of the appliances for my kitchen.. all so they can match the new fridge
Gonna get the fumble fingered boy to ding all the doors on those, too?
Post by: dkersten on September 08, 2015, 11:02:35 am
Since my stove and dishwasher work fine I'm not in a hurry to get them into the house, so I can use the free delivery. I can't blame the boy though, that fridge was heavy..pulled the trigger on the rest of the appliances for my kitchen.. all so they can match the new fridgeGonna get the fumble fingered boy to ding all the doors on those, too?
I did the microwave alone, which pushed my still healing wrist to the limit.. it's a bit stiff and sore today, but I managed just fine.
The anti chuff on all this is Lowes wouldn't let me use the 10% coupon and the 5% for using their card at the same time, and after shopping around I ended up doing this all online. To find out if the card would work I had to check out and complete the order. When it didn't I wanted to switch to my 1% chase card ($18 is $18 after all), and it took calling and redoing the order. Thankfully when I went to pick up the microwave, the lady at the store was reviewing my order and the lady I called online hadn't cancelled the first order before rewriting the order to use a different card, so I had 2 stoves and 2 dishwashers on order. She got it squared away and got the delivery set up. Oh, and on the fridge they tried to charge me a late payment fee and interest ($78 total) because the billing month ended the day after I bought the fridge, but I never got a statement and it was due 2 weeks later. I paid it about 30 days after it was due (online) and when I got the statement I saw the charges and called them a bitched out the poor lady and she refunded it. Since I changed cards, I haven't used that $78 credit yet, but I'll eventually get a check if I don't spend it on other things (always something I need at Lowes anyway, so I'll probably spend it eventually).
Now that my fridge is working right again and I have ice and the freezer is all frozen, I'm happy with the appliances. The whole problem with the fridge was a neutral wire was disconnected inside the chassis from the factory, so the heater never worked and it couldn't defrost.. the frost built up after a few weeks and blocked the vents where the cold air could blow into the fridge and was even hitting the fan causing the thing to sound like a twin prop Cessna winding up. A little cleaning up and I will have a full set of decent white appliances to sell... Gonna get the fridge fixed and sell it too since it's in really good shape. Might recover six or seven hundred total on all 4 appliances, and with all the sales and discounts it only cost around $4k for the top of the line Whirlpool Gold, so making some money back is gravy.. Figured in the beginning it would take $5k or more to transition to stainless. if I can come out at $3500 total I'll be happy.
Post by: wp34 on September 08, 2015, 02:22:37 pm
What's with the mice?
They look like gerbils to me.
Post by: yotsuya on September 10, 2015, 08:45:23 pm
Post by: harveybirdman on September 10, 2015, 09:29:04 pm
Quite chuffed to get this today...
Lol was that buried in Alamagordo?
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 10, 2015, 09:29:45 pm
Post by: pbj on September 10, 2015, 09:34:36 pm
Super Mario Maker arrives tomorrow.
Ahh...
:cheers:
Post by: yotsuya on September 10, 2015, 09:51:30 pm
Can you please send me that? One of my table legs wobble.
Post by: wp34 on September 10, 2015, 10:08:38 pm
Quite chuffed to get this today...
Game Topper? >:D
Post by: yotsuya on September 10, 2015, 10:09:13 pm
For my Atari 2600. Fsck emulation!Quite chuffed to get this today...
Game Topper? >:D
Post by: wp34 on September 10, 2015, 10:11:03 pm
For my Atari 2600. Fsck emulation!Quite chuffed to get this today...
Game Topper? >:D
Ha ha! I'm just jealous and am suffering from Moon Patrol Envy.
Post by: vwalbridge on September 10, 2015, 10:16:39 pm
Super Mario Maker arrives tomorrow.
Ahh...
:cheers:
This is the first time in my life I didn't get any of this generation's consoles. But THIS game could get me to buy a Wii U.
Post by: yotsuya on September 10, 2015, 10:19:10 pm
I would have been all over this at age 18. But now? Meh.
Super Mario Maker arrives tomorrow.
Ahh...
:cheers:
This is the first time in my life I didn't get any of this generation's consoles. But THIS game could get me to buy a Wii U.
Post by: pbj on September 10, 2015, 10:23:21 pm
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 10, 2015, 10:25:06 pm
The price point is the only thing that worries me..... 60 bucks is a bit much for Mario Paint 2
I'm super excited about it, but because of the price I think I'll wait till my Birthday in October. Even if you can't see yourself making levels, having a Mario game with a constant stream of new levels is like.....well ........it's the greatest thing ever.
Post by: yotsuya on September 10, 2015, 10:27:56 pm
Nah man... I have a feeling Mario Maker is going to EXPLODE. It's going to make Mario Kart 8, Splatoon and Smash look like wet dog turds in terms of sales.Maybe it's just me. I haven't played a Mario game since Super Mario All-Stars.
The price point is the only thing that worries me..... 60 bucks is a bit much for Mario Paint 2
I'm super excited about it, but because of the price I think I'll wait till my Birthday in October. Even if you can't see yourself making levels, having a Mario game with a constant stream of new levels is like.....well ........it's the greatest thing ever.
I'm not saying it's not going to be a hit, I'm saying I would have been more excited by this a quarter of century ago.
Post by: pbj on September 10, 2015, 10:57:00 pm
:cheers:
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 11, 2015, 01:22:55 am
Post by: yotsuya on September 11, 2015, 01:30:23 am
I think it's going to be really good for kids, not just in terms of enjoyment but for broadening their horizons. Looking back Mario Paint was what got me into modding and programming in a time when those weren't really a thing yet. Any game that tricks kids into learning procedural problem solving is good for their little kid brains.I'm still holding out hope for Moon Patrol Maker... :-)
Post by: yotsuya on September 11, 2015, 12:31:37 pm
Post by: pbj on September 11, 2015, 12:41:43 pm
Post by: wp34 on September 11, 2015, 12:59:12 pm
Post by: yotsuya on September 11, 2015, 01:07:37 pm
I have to sit in a crappy meeting right now. Boo!!!
Post by: yotsuya on September 11, 2015, 04:04:20 pm
Post by: saint on September 11, 2015, 04:26:54 pm
Post by: Vigo on September 11, 2015, 04:32:20 pm
Weird, my **sigh** message was posted in the Anti-chuff thread....
We jumped timestreams. When the Chuff and Anti-Chuff were combined, scientists at CERN were also hyper accelerating a naff ion. The two events created a reality flux and your post jumping topics is collateral damage. Sorry, were are now stuck in the timestream where 50" TV's make great arcade monitors for cocktail cabinets.
Post by: PL1 on September 11, 2015, 05:06:40 pm
Scott
Post by: Vigo on September 11, 2015, 05:08:37 pm
Post by: yotsuya on September 17, 2015, 09:55:01 pm
Post by: pbj on September 17, 2015, 10:22:21 pm
Post by: yotsuya on September 17, 2015, 10:36:23 pm
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on September 17, 2015, 10:40:54 pm
Post by: Slippyblade on September 17, 2015, 11:40:27 pm
Post by: BadMouth on September 18, 2015, 12:19:04 am
I think my regular meter is a Sperry, but it's a cheap one.
Post by: jdbailey1206 on September 19, 2015, 06:39:22 am
Hoo-RAY for birthday gift cards to Amazon! Finally got a nice one!
Who's the white dude in the picture?
Post by: jennifer on September 19, 2015, 10:07:16 am
I know, RIGHT!.... I passed on a cab for 400.00, because I got "too many" But dumb girl me, OMG... I love moon patrol and don't have one, I even tried to Mame it after the fact, but that sucked, and just wasn't the same. :-[For my Atari 2600. Fsck emulation!Quite chuffed to get this today...
Game Topper? >:D
Ha ha! I'm just jealous and am suffering from Moon Patrol Envy.
Post by: yotsuya on September 20, 2015, 12:24:21 am
I drove from Phoenix to San Diego and back for mine and love it.I know, RIGHT!.... I passed on a cab for 400.00, because I got "too many" But dumb girl me, OMG... I love moon patrol and don't have one, I even tried to Mame it after the fact, but that sucked, and just wasn't the same. :-[For my Atari 2600. Fsck emulation!Quite chuffed to get this today...
Game Topper? >:D
Ha ha! I'm just jealous and am suffering from Moon Patrol Envy.
Post by: yotsuya on September 20, 2015, 12:26:28 am
Those HF meters are... ok. I've got like three of them kicking around. They get the job done well enough, but they are SLOW on the response... Not to mention the lack of a continuity beeper - that little "extra" is worth a meterss weight in gold.Yep, I used the continuity functionality of my Fluke to find three bad wires in my JAMMA harness. Recrimpted them, and all was golden.
Post by: pbj on September 20, 2015, 11:20:04 am
(http://i.imgur.com/D1DAIsdl.jpg)
:cheers:
Post by: BadMouth on September 28, 2015, 04:33:09 pm
Now I just need to stop being a lazy slob and get back to work.