The Summer of Chuff - Chufftober 2014 - PBJ'S Moldy Meat

[yotsuya]

This will probably kill me around the holidays.  Please mark your calendars and make preparations to send my corpse off around thanksgiving.

That a batch of your custom hootch?

[pbj]

Yes, sir.  That is my "alcoholic grape and strawberry" wine.  I've been saving topo Chico bottles all week.

 

[Slippyblade]

Nice PBJ!  Looks like you did a pretty good job of filtering.  I don't see any sediment floating in there.  How's it taste?

[pbj]

No idea.  My high tech filtration system was a coffee filter in a funnel.  Threw away the bottom three inches from the milk jug.

 

[Howard_Casto]

Now I don't drink myself but seeing as how I'm moonshine adjacent....

What you want to do is find the dog in the neighborhood that you hate... you know the one that's always crapping in your yard?  Give him a swig.  If he doesn't go blind then you are good to go. 

[Nephasth]

Now I don't drink myself but seeing as how I'm moonshine adjacent....

What you want to do is find the dog in the neighborhood that you hate... you know the one that's always crapping in your yard?  Give him a swig.  If he doesn't go blind then you are good to go.

[pbj]

The cure for methanol poisoning is to drink ethanol.  Put simply - it will not happen with fermentation.



My one man war to bankrupt Amazon continues.  Had this delivered today:



The peasant delivering it chunked it on my front porch as angrily as possible.  He's going to see a lot of my porch in the next three weeks.

 

[Howard_Casto]

Yeah it's funny how the delivery guy gets pissed when he's asked to do his job and you know, deliver things.  I get that every once in a while. 

If anything he should be HAPPY.  You are keeping him in a job. 

You have got to clue us in in regards to what you are doing to exploit amazon.com.  That goes beyond point cards.

[yotsuya]

Last night I was cleaning out my car, and I found a flashdrive under the seat that I though I had lost long ago. I was worried I had lost it on the campus that I worked at because it had some photos of one of the teachers at the school in a bikini during a boating outing with another girl (long story, don't ask - nothing chuffy on my part about it). Never heard anything about it, so I figured that it stopping working - it was on the fritz anyway. But I was happy to find it.

Brought it in the house, plugged it in, nothing. I was able to disassemble it and see that the contacts between the USB header and the board had been stressed and broken. The drive was on my lanyard, and after years of use, the stress of the keys on the drive when plugged in probably caused it to happen. I fired up the Hakko FX-888D, resoldered the connections, plugged in the flashdrive, and instantly the drive was recognized.

It stuff like that that I love about what this hobby has taught me!

About a week until Labor Day, then the Summer of Chuff - 2014 ends! Post your cool stuff here!

[Slippyblade]

About a week until Labor Day, then the Summer of Chuff - 2014 ends! Post your cool stuff here!

Screw that crap, this is Phoenix.  Summer aint over till beginning of November.  You know, when the highs get down to the low-mid 90's.

[yotsuya]

About a week until Labor Day, then the Summer of Chuff - 2014 ends! Post your cool stuff here!

Screw that crap, this is Phoenix.  Summer aint over till beginning of November.  You know, when the highs get down to the low-mid 90's.

Hahahahaha! True. And here I thought the first response to my post would be a request for the photos!

[Slippyblade]

Nah - I just need more time to get my projects in order.  Not as if it will make any difference, I'm always waist deep in projects.

[yotsuya]

Nah - I just need more time to get my projects in order.  Not as if it will make any difference, I'm always waist deep in projects.

Don't worry, bro... Chufftember is right around the corner!

[pbj]

You don't get to tell a story like that without sharing the pics, dude.

[yotsuya]

You don't get to tell a story like that without sharing the pics, dude.

I'll go ask her right now if she's cool with that. Wait right here...

[PL1]

Hahahahaha! True. And here I thought the first response to my post would be a request for the photos!

Pics or it didn't happen.     

I don't believe that you repaired the drive. jk


Scott

[Malenko]

got this:


so it IS my chufftember already.

[yotsuya]

Nice! Now find the Maximum Speed cart and you can have two games in one!

[yotsuya]

It's been 24 years since I beat ActRaiser on the SNES. Tonight, I repeated that accomplishment.

[Malenko]

It's been 24 years since I beat ActRaiser on the SNES. Tonight, I repeated that accomplishment.

LOVE that game. Shame the sequel axed the cool overhead "sim" part and stuck with just the side scrolling platformer part.  And I picked up a Maximum Speed cart per your advice, should be here in a  couple days. TWO racing cabs in 1 

[Howard_Casto]

I'm still having health issues atm, but in spare moments when I feel ok I've been overhauling my old console collection. 

I took apart my NES the other day and washed it and the disassembled controllers in the sink.  They look frikkin amazing and I pulled the pins on the cart connector while I was at it.  I'm currently looking into rgb out on my snes that doesn't involve some ridiculous 300 dollar up-scaler.  I think my lcd can handle 240p component.  I'm wondering if the vga port might be a more viable solution?

Long story short, it'll be a Gradius III marathon for me... once I feel up to it. 

[yotsuya]

I'm still having health issues atm, but in spare moments when I feel ok I've been overhauling my old console collection. 

I took apart my NES the other day and washed it and the disassembled controllers in the sink.  They look frikkin amazing and I pulled the pins on the cart connector while I was at it.  I'm currently looking into rgb out on my snes that doesn't involve some ridiculous 300 dollar up-scaler.  I think my lcd can handle 240p component.  I'm wondering if the vga port might be a more viable solution?

Long story short, it'll be a Gradius III marathon for me... once I feel up to it.

---fudgesicle--- that, dude. Unless you're playing it on an ASUS ROG PG278Q, it ain't worth ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. 

[Malenko]

I guess I'm alone in playing my SNES on a nice 27" CRT :/

[pbj]

So you've talked her into a courthouse wedding?

[yotsuya]

I guess I'm alone in playing my SNES on a nice 27" CRT :/

Yep- I played it on a 50" widescreen Samsung TV on an xBox running CoinOPS.

[HaRuMaN]

I guess I'm alone in playing my SNES on a nice 27" CRT :/

That's how mine is set up.  Can't beat it.

[Howard_Casto]

My back says otherwise.  I don't lug around 25+ lb tvs anymore unless I've got a real compelling reason. 

Also all the crts I had with svid or composite finally went out on me.  What I had left was those horrid 100 dollar specials that came out just as lcds were coming out.  So eh, I dumped em all but a tiny 19 incher in case I get the urge to play duck hunt. 

[Malenko]

Yep- I played it on a 50" widescreen Samsung TV on an xBox running CoinOPS.

I'll bet you I can play Time Crisis (2, 3, and Crisis Zone) and Vampire Night a lot better on my set up than you can on yours   Also, I had my XBOX hooked up to my tiny 62" TV:
Ignore the red ring, the XBOX is hard modded and I set the red ring for custom BIOS  I'm running CoinOps 5 cause I have no idea how or where to update it. NHL Open Ice runs like crap on it unless you play without the sound

[pbj]

Also, I had my XBOX hooked up to my tiny 62" TV:

Neat!  You had money and spent it on things!  How wonderful for you!


 

[Malenko]

Neat!  You had money and spent it on things!  How wonderful for you!

 

Isnt that what this entire forum is about? Wasting money on a hobby?

 

[pbj]

IT'S ABOUT PRESERVING THE CLASSICS, MAN!


 

[PL1]

Two sides, same coin.   


Scott

[Malenko]

IT'S ABOUT PRESERVING THE CLASSICS, BY WASTING MONEY ON THIS HOBBY, MAN!


 

FTFY 

Got the TV for a song, waited for Best Buy to bring in the newer TVs and they cut the price of my TV by like HALF. 120 Hz , SMART TV, no 3D ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---, 4 HDMI inputs and even a dual component/composite input. I was happier than a pig in ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. Its when I decided to stay off the bleeding edge of tech and hang out on the scabby end of it instead.   Its why my PC is 2 years old and why I dont own a PS4, XB1, or WiiU. Well, its not the only reason I dont have a WiiU (but damn if that Zelda DLC for Mario Kart 8 doesnt make me want to get one)

[Louis Tully]

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[Vigo]

What are you gonna ride?

[Louis Tully]

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[yotsuya]

Way to go, Louis! That's what I'm talking about! The Summer of Chuff!!!!!

[Vigo]

Ooh I always thought the shadows were pretty slick bikes. Enjoy, They look like fun bikes. 

I ride an old Honda CB750. Not mine, but for reference:



And the Wife rides a 86 Suzuki Intruder 850. Since she is a tiny Asian woman, she gets a lot of looks. 

[Howard_Casto]

Neat!  You had money and spent it on things!  How wonderful for you!

 

Isnt that what this entire forum is about? Wasting money on a hobby?

 

For the record, NO, not it is not.  This is why I'm so grouchy all the time around these parts. 

You don't throw money at the problem, rather time, skill and effort.  Every time you spend too much money a David Foley gets his wings. 

[yotsuya]

You don't throw money at the problem, rather time, skill and effort.

A----smurfing----men.