Good luck man, stay safe. Hope it end well for you guys

6 hours ago, Katphood said:

Went to Tehran. It's war over here, folks! In every major city people are fighting security forces with bare hands.

If you guys don't see me here again it probably means I died on the streets fighting some religious nut jobs.

The government is on the verge of collapse though. 

Wish us victory! ✌

i am conflicted. on the one hand i am sincerely hopeful that in the thick of the chaos just beyond your door you are seeing something more dramatic in the events around you than that which is actual playing out, because that would mean you, and many like you, face less imminent danger than believed.

converse, i would welcome this moment as one o' those instances of real change, but rare do such social, cultural and military revolutions occur w/o the blood o' villains, heroes and innocents being spilled indiscriminate and beyond measure.

regardless, good luck.

 

Edited September 23, 20223 yr by Gromnir

@Katphood stay safe mate 👍

9 hours ago, Katphood said:

Went to Tehran. It's war over here, folks! In every major city people are fighting security forces with bare hands.

If you guys don't see me here again it probably means I died on the streets fighting some religious nut jobs.

The government is on the verge of collapse though. 

Wish us victory! ✌

Keep safe Katphood and I hope you achieve the political change you want 

Keep us updated, we will be following developments 

 

 

literal outside our office window at this moment

no respect.

HA! Good Fun!

4 hours ago, Gromnir said:

literal outside our office window at this moment

no respect.

HA! Good Fun!

Man  thats convenient, it makes hunting so easy 

I'm attempting to grow szczaw, or sorrel, as it's known in English. Zupa szczawiowa, aka sorrel soup, is one of my favorite dishes, but I rarely get to eat it because sorrel isn't exactly easy to find in Murica unless you live somewhere with a sizable Polish community, like Chicago or New Britain. I'd probably find it eventually if I spent a day driving from farmer's market to farmer's market, and I can definitely get it pickled in a jar, but I'd rather use fresh sorrel, so I decided to try growing it on my balcony.

The plants are sprouting now.

We'll see how it fares here in Cackalacky, it naturally grows in colder climates in Europe and the summer heat here might be too much for it, thus I think it will fare well in the spring and fall. It's a perennial so it should keep growing back and it will have no problems surviving the hilariously mild winters in this region, but I might wind up needing to drag the planter inside for the summers.

Driving on the highway, rightmost lane, 55 mp/h speed limit, @majestic's is driving pretty much exactly 55 mp/h behind another car (with a more than comfortable distance between us) which is directly behind a truck with like half a yard between the two. Nobody's behind me. Exit coming up, the car before me is driving off the highway, I can see the idiot accelerating on the exit lane as he passes the truck, only to break hard before the upcoming corner. Yeah, so, I guess gas is still not expensive enough.

Someone else is suddenly coming up from behind, takes the exit, accelerates past me, flips me the bird, then breaks hard before the corner. I'm a little unsure what the hell her problem was. I suppose she was sitting comfortably in my dead angle on the left lane and found it difficult to switch lanes. With, you know, the entire right lane empty, except that truck and the idiot in front of me.

#Ihatedriving

@majesticAs someone who drives for a living, I feel your pain. My favorite ***hole maneuver is when someone is on an interstate or other large highway driving in the passing lane, they suddenly realize that they are about to miss their exit, so instead of just safely going to the next exit and turning around, losing probably about 4 or 5 minutes, they instead sharply cut across 2 or 3 lanes of traffic, potentially causing a giant pile up. Bonus points for no turn signal.

Yeah, it's something weird that happens with people when getting in the drivers seat, I think the steering-wheel calls forth their inner ****, sort of like a werewolf and the full moon. My favourite would be people going from an onramp to the overtaking lane while doing 65km/h instead of 100..

Edited September 25, 20223 yr by Azdeus
Some real weird **** going on with my posting, can't quote people or start a new line...

Rained a lot, so spent time clearing storm drains with a rake. Probably looked weird to everyone

That feeling when someone from your friends family sends you an email, from the friends account, asking to call them. It's either something terrible or they are throwing him a party. Sadly it was something terrible... He died in an accident while on vacation.

We were not that close, at least in the manner where we were constantly in contact, but then again I am not that close with any of my friends. Although I cared about him enough, it seems, that I am feeling terrible after the news. He was too young, but then again I guess many people are.

Rest in peace my friend.

Edited September 26, 20223 yr by Sarex

23 hours ago, Keyrock said:

@majesticAs someone who drives for a living, I feel your pain. My favorite ***hole maneuver is when someone is on an interstate or other large highway driving in the passing lane, they suddenly realize that they are about to miss their exit, so instead of just safely going to the next exit and turning around, losing probably about 4 or 5 minutes, they instead sharply cut across 2 or 3 lanes of traffic, potentially causing a giant pile up. Bonus points for no turn signal.

My favorite **** move is when someone weaves in an out of traffic at 10+ over the speed limit causing everyone else to hit their brakes in order to not slam into the driver. Bonus points for doing all that only to end up at a stop light less than 30 seconds early.

My best day of hand cannoneering yet. I had a couple of my tightest groupings. 4" grouping at 15 yards:

5.75" grouping at 25 yards:

Set up my new 3D printer over the weekend, spent some time leveling it, testing out some benchy prints.

Then decided it needed a proper test of a large chunk of armour, and tried printing out the Mando chest piece I designed up.

Was working very smoothly, but at some point it the night it had a glitch...

Relative in the US passed away, just collapsed.  Sad, although he had a motor neuron disease and wasn't living a good quality life.  Not directly involved in the fun to get him buried back home, especially with my **** relatives.

After watching hubby watch some tech-babble video for a little bit, I remarked something along the lines of "Remember when you used to scour all those stores hunting for a book, any book, on some specific tech-thing?"  To which he said yes, then drily remarked that he also remembered how many of them were out of date as soon as they hit the store shelf.

Guess he doesn't miss those days, then.

This month: relative passes. Another relative in above average crisis. A non-relative suddenly scary symptoms/hospital/ongoing tests.

...we sit around musing on the patio in evenings. We are now contemplating moving to far southern California to be closer to some family. It's not a rush thing. Or a given. But at this point in time we might actually like or prefer to live down there anyway so .... here we go again with the research and trips.

Edited September 30, 20223 yr by LadyCrimson

I'm having that mildly surreal experience with the new job.  About 2 and a half months into it, but due to various reasons (brushes with covid, the August / September period for folks doing chunks of annual leave, etc) my on-boarding has been a touch messy and I'm still not really loaded down with any work.

Both my team leader and the technical authority guy have repeatedly turned around to me and made comments along the lines of "we keep hearing good things about your work from people"...   and I'm having that blink and "um.. what? I'm pretty much not doing any work just lots of background reading...??" reaction.

blackout again.pretty short this time.this building have some problem twice a month

Managed to fine tune the new printer, and successfully printed my Mando chest plate

To put in perspective against the flak-vest:

Now to spend some time cleaning, sanding and prepping it...

I'm not sure how many other females visit this forum (especially this section of it, heh) these days but I'm going to put this here anyway.

Even if you aren't interested in having children yourself, if you have irregular cycles, maybe all your life, it still would be worth going to a doc to check for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. because while not having regular menstrual cycles can feel like a boon (unless one wants to have a baby, ofc), there's a whole lot of other risks/increased risks with it. It's not uncommon or anything, but I believe it's something often overlooked as a possible issue/explanation until a woman is actively trying to get pregnant or whatever. I think if you don't have extra-hair or aren't overweight, some docs may not check for/think about it at all (kinda like how some docs think t2 diabetes/pancreas etc = alcoholic...).  Or perhaps birth control hides/hid it for ages. And if you do have it, the earlier you make lifestyle changes (there's no "cure"), the more you might prevent those future complications.

And yes, I have finally been confirmed that I have it. It (partially) explains a lot of things. 😛 

Health PSA end.  
Keep healthy, folks.

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by LadyCrimson

Warhammer 40k Squats are back!

 

No, I'm not going to collect a Squat army. I have piles of unpainted miniatures, lots of them still in blister packs or shrink wrapped boxes. Collateral damage from constantly moving interstate/internationally. I sort of get along well with the local Games Workshop staff and the local manager gave me one of the new Squat miniatures to try out. I said yes, with the caveat that I haven't actually painted a single miniature for more than a decade. Shopped for some paint, dusted off my old brushes and settled on an orange colour scheme. Because why not? I can now check something off list. I've never in my 30+ years of playing Rogue Trader/Warhammer/WH40k etc. painted anything orange. Not even a Dwarf Slayer (and I do have a box with Gotrek and Felix). GW did change the name though, they are no longer called 'Squats', but 'Leage of Votann', because that is apparently a much cooler name for Squats (aka Dwarves in space). My first real paint job in 10+ years  😁

 

 

 

Getting ready to go to Texas for funeral. With luck won't get COVID from this trip (not for myself but family are all vulnerable).

45 minutes ago, Malcador said:

Getting ready to go to Texas for funeral. With luck won't get COVID from this trip (not for myself but family are all vulnerable).

You're gonna need luck and a good measure of safety precautions.