The Summer of Chuff 2015

[pbj]

If there is one thing I have learned. A happy wife is a happy life.   

lol cucklord

[vwalbridge]

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. 

[yotsuya]

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.

[opt2not]

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.

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.   

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.

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.

[vwalbridge]

I am now reminded of this:

[Howard_Casto]

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. 

[BadMouth]

Are we merging the chuff and anti-chuff threads?

I think the summer of chuff has ended. 

[yotsuya]

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.... 

[pbj]

It's 102 outside.

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.

[dkersten]

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.   

[opt2not]

Right, more chuff less fluff.

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.


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.

[Malenko]

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.

[yotsuya]

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.

[BadMouth]

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.

[pbj]

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.

[yotsuya]

In Malenko's defense, he just calls it like he sees it, both good and bad. No pussyfooting around with him. He's always been one to help with parts, artwork, and advice.

At least, that's how I see it.

[Vigo]

there have been fights between M and X2 in the past, but I am pretty sure Malenko has had x2 on ignore for a couple years now.

[knave]

It kinda naffs my chuff to see all the fallout but have no clue as to what is going on...

[dkersten]

The other day, Microsoft decided to start sending a 4.3 gigabyte update to all windows 7 and 8.1 computers, just in case they want to take advantage of the free windows 10 upgrade.  Unfortunately, I have 135 computers in 14 locations, most locations have a T1 for internet and 4.3 gigs takes a while at 180 kb/s.  This all hit on Monday.  Now I have dozens of computers downloading this update even though we don't want it, bringing my network to its knees.  Does MS care?  No, they want everyone on Win 10 so they can stop supporting older software (even if most businesses won't upgrade for at least 2-3 years), so they simply made it so the wait for tech support is many hours, and they are ignoring the thousands of IT admins screaming about all their bandwidth being consumed by files they don't want. 

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.

[Malenko]

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.

I would say they all have X2 in common, except the whole HC thing.

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!

[BadMouth]

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.

I would say they all have X2 in common, except the whole HC thing.

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

There was another one from around the same time where saint had the ban hammer ready for both of you.

[Malenko]

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

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.

[pbj]

I find it really bizarre that BadMouth is cataloging all of this.  It's just a message board, dude.

[BadMouth]

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" 

Hoping for some more back and forth for entertainment?
Eh, nothing to gain and have better things to do at the moment.

[Malenko]

All I had to do was search the driving cab subforum for "Hard Drivin" 

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?

[Howard_Casto]

Malenko wasn't the only reason I left, but I would be lying to you all if I didn't admit that he was the straw that broke the camel's back.  At the time the doctors weren't sure exactly what was wrong with me, but they did know that stress was a big part of it and my blood pressure was out of control.  I was told to remove any and all sources of stress from my life and honestly, with the amount of hobby projects I had going at the time and Malenko poking the stick I just had to leave BUT I would have had to have left anyway.... I wasn't at all well and for a while there I had a hard time putting my thoughts to text properly.  It never once went into my mind that Malenko was the reason, I just needed to leave period.

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. 

[knave]

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

[yotsuya]

[ChanceKJ]

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.

[harveybirdman]

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. 

[ChanceKJ]

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. 

THAT TOO!

 

[Ond]

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.

I agree with this guy 100%.

[yotsuya]

I agree with this guy 100%.

I don't. He's so full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- he cries brown tears.



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.

[Ond]

I agree with this guy 100%.

I don't. He's so full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- he cries brown tears.



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.

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.

[yotsuya]

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.

[Ond]

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. 

[Nephasth]

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?

[ChanceKJ]

  has to be my favorite smiley on this site.

[yotsuya]

has to be my favorite smiley on this site.

That and

[Nephasth]

Don't forget