Keyrock Posted August 13, 2018 Posted August 13, 2018 I'm home for a few days after 5 straight weeks out on the road. Driving my passenger car felt so weird. In the semi I sit way up high and look down on the road, allowing me to see pretty much everything, including down into other people's cars; people sometimes do some... interesting things when they drive. In my Mazda I sit really low, almost on the ground. It felt so weird to see the road from such a low angle, really disorienting at first. How do you game on the road? Mostly my phone these days, that's why I'm playing Shin Megami Tensei Liberation Dx2 so much (and also because it's MegaTen and I love MegaTen). In the future, once I go solo, it will be a laptop. I might even bring my PS4 and a TV and use that, but all that is out while I still have to drive team. I tried gaming on my laptop, but the truck vibrates and rattles way too much while it's moving for that to work. 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Azdeus Posted August 13, 2018 Posted August 13, 2018 I'm home for a few days after 5 straight weeks out on the road. Driving my passenger car felt so weird. In the semi I sit way up high and look down on the road, allowing me to see pretty much everything, including down into other people's cars; people sometimes do some... interesting things when they drive. In my Mazda I sit really low, almost on the ground. It felt so weird to see the road from such a low angle, really disorienting at first. How do you game on the road? Mostly my phone these days, that's why I'm playing Shin Megami Tensei Liberation Dx2 so much (and also because it's MegaTen and I love MegaTen). In the future, once I go solo, it will be a laptop. I might even bring my PS4 and a TV and use that, but all that is out while I still have to drive team. I tried gaming on my laptop, but the truck vibrates and rattles way too much while it's moving for that to work. There is a driver at work that has just that, a ps4 and a TV in the lorry for when he's off the clock. 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Keyrock Posted August 13, 2018 Posted August 13, 2018 I'm home for a few days after 5 straight weeks out on the road. Driving my passenger car felt so weird. In the semi I sit way up high and look down on the road, allowing me to see pretty much everything, including down into other people's cars; people sometimes do some... interesting things when they drive. In my Mazda I sit really low, almost on the ground. It felt so weird to see the road from such a low angle, really disorienting at first. How do you game on the road? Mostly my phone these days, that's why I'm playing Shin Megami Tensei Liberation Dx2 so much (and also because it's MegaTen and I love MegaTen). In the future, once I go solo, it will be a laptop. I might even bring my PS4 and a TV and use that, but all that is out while I still have to drive team. I tried gaming on my laptop, but the truck vibrates and rattles way too much while it's moving for that to work. There is a driver at work that has just that, a ps4 and a TV in the lorry for when he's off the clock. Some trucks even have a built in mount that swivels for mounting a tv to the wall of the truck. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Azdeus Posted August 13, 2018 Posted August 13, 2018 Some trucks even have a built in mount that swivels for mounting a tv to the wall of the truck. Yeah, it's an option. Which he found out a month ago when a motorcyclist decided to try to limbo underneath his lorry doing 150. While the police did their mechanical investigation (Retarded given the circumstances), he had to use a spare lorry that had an extra bed instead of tv mount ^^ Interesting choice by his employer since they've never have run driver teams. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Keyrock Posted August 13, 2018 Posted August 13, 2018 ^ I'm surprised his company doesn't run teams. Here in the US a lot of companies are pushing for people to run as teams. It makes sense from the employers' point of view. Loads get to their destination twice as fast without any extra equipment. It makes sense for drivers too, since you make a bit more money, plus you always have a spotter for tight backups if you need one. That is, if you can deal with driving as part of a team. I hate it. The only reason I'm driving as part of a team right now is because I have to, it's part of my contract that I have to drive 6 months or 65000 miles as part of a team, then I can chose what I want to do. At the rate we're racking up miles now, I'll fulfill the 65000 miles way before 6 months. It's nothing against my teammate, I lucked out and got a good driver who pulls his weight and I get along with, my problem is that I have a hard time sleeping when the truck is moving (which is almost always, that's the whole point of team driving). I am looking forward to the days when the truck is parked and I'm sleeping in a bed that's stationary. 2 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Katphood Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 *advertisement* Hmmm, why not resort to a Nintendo Switch? There used to be a signature here, a really cool one...and now it's gone.
Blarghagh Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 On my way to the zoo with my lady for our anniversary. 3
Katphood Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 On my way to the zoo with my lady for our anniversary. Give my warmest regards to all manner of cats. 1 There used to be a signature here, a really cool one...and now it's gone.
Gfted1 Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 Holy cow that was a fast year passing! Congratulations, TN! 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Malcador Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 Dealing with getting closer to 40, but at least I got a nice Dyson fan yesterday :D Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 Is it the tower or circular version? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Malcador Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) Tower, beats the crappy tower one I had in terms of cleaning. But it seems weaker at middle power range. The configurable oscillation is nice though as is the filter (I assume they do something ) Also forgot, my doggo has finished chemo so that's a relief. Just have monitoring appointments now Edited August 14, 2018 by Malcador Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Keyrock Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 *advertisement* Hmmm, why not resort to a Nintendo Switch? 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Blarghagh Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 On my way to the zoo with my lady for our anniversary. Give my warmest regards to all manner of cats.The lions and cheetahs say hi, but the tigers and panthers managed to elude me. To make up for it, I offered your regards to the not-true-cat "bear cat". He didn't seem to care. 4
ShadySands Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 On my way to the zoo with my lady for our anniversary. Happy anniversary! 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
Calax Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 https://imgur.com/a/40FZ9OU That's currently my bacement less than a month after moving in mostly.] Busted pipe above the bathroom/sauna. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
ShadySands Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 That sucks Calax Today was pretty good. We swapped out the convertible we had for the first two days for a Jeep and went to some beach that was off some long and narrow dirt roads that had areas to pull to the side because two cars could not pass each other for large stretches of it. Spent a few hours there and saw a few seals and I took pictures while my wife waded in the shallows. I don't do the ocean. I leave it alone and it leaves me alone. We came back in time to grab some sushi for an early dinner and then do a little shopping before catching the sunset. We're feeling slightly sickish so tomorrow we might take it easy and then we have a helicopter tour on Thursday and a boat tour on Friday. 2 Free games updated 3/4/21
Blarghagh Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 I don't do the ocean. I leave it alone and it leaves me alone. Are you my spirit animal? 1
Malcador Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Noting the blood work lab I am at is named for the Rabie family. Can't help but think they must get one joke all the time Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Azdeus Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Noting the blood work lab I am at is named for the Rabie family. Can't help but think they must get one joke all the time Just check if they have a nurse named Ninja that can stab you. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Malcador Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Well she was Asian, so close. Best nurse I have had in a while, spotted vein, in and out with no bruise. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Azdeus Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Well she was Asian, so close. Best nurse I have had in a while, spotted vein, in and out with no bruise. That's definetly not Ninja then, but then again, I was her first. Took her several attempts just to get it in, and the bruising.. oh, the sweet memories. She did get better at it later, after I met up with her for the 5th time she actually got it in on the first try. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Malcador Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Well she was Asian, so close. Best nurse I have had in a while, spotted vein, in and out with no bruise. That's definetly not Ninja then, but then again, I was her first. Took her several attempts just to get it in, and the bruising.. oh, the sweet memories. She did get better at it later, after I met up with her for the 5th time she actually got it in on the first try. I am beginning to think we are on different pages here. Freaking hot today, kind of dampened plans as I don't want to walk about in 34+ C heat. Also as schools are stil out, all these **** young people are crowding transit. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Katphood Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 The weather is cooling down over here. It will be 3 months or so before I start bitching about how cold it is. There used to be a signature here, a really cool one...and now it's gone.
ShadySands Posted August 17, 2018 Posted August 17, 2018 Disappointed there's nothing where the Jurassic Park gate used to be. I get it if they took it down after shooting but I'm surprised no replica was built in its place. Helicopter tour was dope. 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
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