ratsmitglied Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Kangaroorex said: Garfield was an optimist. I certainly understand the motivation issue. we are in the process of shifting over to outsourced IT support. Currently going through the first of many meetings to transition this. If you can tell, I am so motivated and also I am discovering that I have the wrong job... again. Outsourced IT - I'm so glad that most of our IT is still insourced, it means things actually get fixed...and we get a product actually built to our specifications rather than whatever crud we're told we have to use 3 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: I want zero Siris existing. I'll add everything else that attempts to emulate Siris to this list ! 2 hours ago, NebulousMissy said: If we had zero Siris I wouldn't have to run my "I dare you" routine at work where I dare people to accuse me of using my phone for music and pull out this junky-elf vending machine mp3 player. I may have to get a new one. How does an mp3 player skip? Bad memory, corrupted file, if it's an old HDD based one because it's been dropped... 3 minutes ago, Gadgetman! said: (We've had a couple of those on our helldesk also. I'v read them the riot act. If they restart one of the servers in my region without asking me first, I will get in the car and come visit them, WITH my 'problem solver'... My 'Problem solver' is a 4lbs hammer... The fact that they're 400Km away just means they get 6hours to flee the country... ) 6 hours...surely you can do it in 4, or less 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetman! Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 My car is a Citroën Berlingo 1999 model(google it. It has aerodynamics that are slightly better than a brick wall The fabric sunroof doesn't help...), and the 20 years+ old 1.4i that's supposed to have 75bHp... isn't completely all there. Just the 10Km long uphill to get over the mountains from the west coast to the east is going to slow it down... a lot... since I'll probably have to stop and let it cool off... I don't think my boss will let me take the office runabout for such an errand. Not that I'd want to drive a VW Caddy that far... 400Km in 4 Hours would be 100Km/H on average... That's not even classed as 'flying low' on those roads. It's 'about to wrap your car around something really unmovable' speed. (there's underpasses under a railway track that's listed as 30Km/h max. faster and you go splat... ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WHH4dtbjAc At 1.54 you see the intersection where you turn off for the 'trollstigen' road. At 3 minutes is a bit rest stop with a (now closed) truck weight and control station, and a good view of a place where Base jumpers used to smack into the mountainide... At 6 you can see one of the underpasses. Enjoy the rest of the video... (Nope, not mine) 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangaroorex Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 3 hours ago, NebulousMissy said: If we had zero Siris I wouldn't have to run my "I dare you" routine at work where I dare people to accuse me of using my phone for music and pull out this junky-elf vending machine mp3 player. I may have to get a new one. How does an mp3 player skip? I have a couple of old IPODs for situations like this (actually one of them is connected to my car because what i don't have is spare memory in my phone and some of the places I go signal is pretty trashy and my phone battery live is also pretty miserable at this point. 38 minutes ago, Gadgetman! said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WHH4dtbjAc At 1.54 you see the intersection where you turn off for the 'trollstigen' road. At 3 minutes is a bit rest stop with a (now closed) truck weight and control station, and a good view of a place where Base jumpers used to smack into the mountainide... At 6 you can see one of the underpasses. Enjoy the rest of the video... (Nope, not mine) Poor road design is no excuse for some adventurous driving But that would be some interesting driving, especially at night. Reminds me of some of the roads I have run into in North Carolina (well maybe not run into, but its been close... the one where there is a sharp 90 degree turn in the road and the cliff face you are driving at reads 'danger sharp turns' comes screaming to mind) Does look like pretty country though. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratsmitglied Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Much more interesting than the road I normally drive on - and yes, the 4 hours was deliberately in purple because I figured that it wouldn't be possible based on the very little I know about Norway! Here, on the other hand, it's quite possible to average 100km/h for 4 hours. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuldGrump Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 7 hours ago, PaganMegan said: BD had a bad night last night, waking everytime thunder went BOOM. And this morning was grouchy because the weather is yuck. Grump went out, looked up to let the rain land on his face and said "Oh, this is nice". Because Grumpy is nuts. She wasn't afraid of the thunder - she was running to the window. Over. And over. And over. Grumpy isn't nuts (<- He's lying) Grump is just Irish - it was a fine, soft rain. The Auld Grump 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetman! Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Nope, not a bad road design. I believe the road was there first, and the sharp turns and the underpasses were added when the railway was built. There are plans for upgrading the road, but it's a narrow valley, so it's not all that easy to untangle them. Incidentally, there are a few roads with a 110KM/h speed limit here in Norway, and yes, my car CAN get up to that speed... but with the profile it has, it's very sensitive to sidewind. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monster Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, ratsmitglied said: Much more interesting than the road I normally drive on - and yes, the 4 hours was deliberately in purple because I figured that it wouldn't be possible based on the very little I know about Norway! Here, on the other hand, it's quite possible to average 100km/h for 4 hours. If you're only doing 100Kph on the main highways here, you're going to get your doors blown off, and you risk being pulled over for blocking traffic. GEM 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangaroorex Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Gadgetman! said: Nope, not a bad road design. I believe the road was there first, and the sharp turns and the underpasses were added when the railway was built. There are plans for upgrading the road, but it's a narrow valley, so it's not all that easy to untangle them. Incidentally, there are a few roads with a 110KM/h speed limit here in Norway, and yes, my car CAN get up to that speed... but with the profile it has, it's very sensitive to sidewind. Still not great design. road or rail. with a little bit of extra work that curve could have been a lot softer, but I am sure there were reasons and what's done is done, it doesn't look like anyone is going to be changing it. I like my roads where 110km/h is a good starting point. I used to have a car that took a while to reach speed but it was reaching 290KPH... and I was only there for about 30 minutes before I took the tank of gas from half full to empty 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratsmitglied Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 20 minutes ago, Green Eyed Monster said: If you're only doing 100Kph on the main highways here, you're going to get your doors blown off, and you risk being pulled over for blocking traffic. GEM Yes, but that's because your authorities have perhaps half a brain when it comes to speed limits ours, on the other hand, subscribe to the theory that 'speed kills', therefore every km/h over 20km/h is dangerous and we can't possibly have speed limits that are reasonable for the road surfaces - major highways have a speed limit of at most 110km/h when many of them are more than capable of supporting 130km/h (I wouldn't say more than this because I know just how bad our road maintenance is). 11 minutes ago, Kangaroorex said: I like my roads where 110km/h is a good starting point. I used to have a car that took a while to reach speed but it was reaching 290KPH... and I was only there for about 30 minutes before I took the tank of gas from half full to empty sounds like a good starting point to me. Fastest any of my vehicles have managed is a touch over 200km/h...and that was partly because the road started getting a bit more windy after that point and I ran out of room to accelerate (not sports cars by any stretch of the imagination either, 110kW/360Nm and 132kW/280Nm engines) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Kinda wish they'd bring back old-timey waitress outfits. There's just something about a uniform. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, TheAuldGrump said: She wasn't afraid of the thunder - she was running to the window. Over. And over. And over. That's the little girl that loves Curry so much ! 1 hour ago, ratsmitglied said: Yes, but that's because your authorities have perhaps half a brain when it comes to speed limits ours, on the other hand, subscribe to the theory that 'speed kills', therefore every km/h over 20km/h is dangerous and we can't possibly have speed limits that are reasonable for the road surfaces - major highways have a speed limit of at most 110km/h when many of them are more than capable of supporting 130km/h (I wouldn't say more than this because I know just how bad our road maintenance is). Speed does kill. MV squared (at the moment of collision). Speed is very killy. The accident investigator will multiply by it twice. The road surface has not a lot to do with it, it is the nearby stationary objects like oak trees or bridge abutments that need worrying about. And other vehicles on the road surface… Edited June 29, 2020 by TGP 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) On 6/29/2020 at 6:01 PM, Marvin said: Kinda wish they'd bring back old-timey waitress outfits. There's just something about a uniform. Like ^ that? (not sure what happened to my picture) Edited July 1, 2020 by TGP 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratsmitglied Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, TGP said: Speed does kill. MV squared (at the moment of collision). Speed is very killy. The accident investigator will multiply by it twice. The road surface has not a lot to do with it, it is the nearby stationary objects like oak trees or bridge abutments that need worrying about. And other vehicles on the road surface… Yes, but fatigue also increases the likelihood of having that accident, and artificially low speed limits mean that you're on the road for longer, and more likely to have that accident. I don't have a problem with lower limits in built up areas and areas of heavy traffic, it's dual carriageway highways and roads that are designed for higher speeds (and where most people are driving 100+ km when using them) where I would like to see higher limits 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowley Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Okay, work done, dinner consumed, dishes washed. Time to write a session report and then try to get some painting time in. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) On 6/28/2020 at 2:12 PM, Adept Legacy said: Game yesterday went well. Boy am I tired. I was not expecting "put the King in a sack" as a valid tactic. But my players pulled it off. So, if anyone sees a bag at 28ish mm scale that can hold roughly one humanoid, I will probably need that in the future. Mot really a hard thing to sculpt... Dismember a Bones mini and reglue it into roughly the position you want the King to be in inside the bag, then just start stuffing putty onto it until you've got a bag-with-a-body-in-it shape, then let it cure and sculpt the tied-shut top on it... 10 hours ago, PaganMegan said: Grump went out, looked up to let the rain land on his face and said "Oh, this is nice". Because Grumpy is nuts. I've been known to run outside in apocalypse-level thunderstorms to dance... (And sometimes chant songs to the Thunder Gods in languages never spoken by humans...) Edited June 30, 2020 by Mad Jack 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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