tyrion Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Crazy Fingers, a Dead cover band that has been around here fir a long time. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Lee Boys with Oteil and Kofi Burbridge. These fucking Rock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarroyo Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Took out the soldering iron and re-terminated an old AKG pigtail to use on an old receiver. I wish I had better eyesight to do better soldering. Of course my old eyes could use a replacement ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Optivisor is the friend of solders with old eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 birthday/halloween party for 4-year old in our building, then parent/kids friends over for drinks. Nice, but I think that Halloween generally sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimless1 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Mowed about half the yard before the transmission on my lawn tractor died. Hope my next door neighbor (neighborhood mechanical guru) can determine what's wrong tomorrow ... and hoping for a cheap and easy fix. At least I got the worst of the leaves mulched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Finally took proper measurements on the K1000 filter board, may do some tweaking to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Spent as little time at home as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Trying to get accustomed to these damn progressive lenses glasses. I feel old, tired and cheated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarroyo Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Finally took proper measurements on the K1000 filter board, may do some tweaking to it. The AKG Meister at work! Brilliant ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarroyo Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Optivisor is the friend of solders with old eyes. Thanks for the reminder, item has been ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Recovering from 12 hours of some amazing jams, yesterday finishing with a kick ass set from JJ Grey and Mofro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Trying to get accustomed to these damn progressive lenses glasses. I feel old, tired and cheated I've been wearing them for years and still can't get used to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I gave up on progressives a while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Hahahaha, this is very encouraging fellas I'll give these damn things a few days, weeks eventually, and if I can't get used to them, I'll go the old two different sets route. This thing of the very narrow focus area which makes you move the whole head to read wide text lines, is beyond annoying. And these are supposed to be very good offering among the widest focus areas available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I could never get used to having to move my head to look in a particular direction. Fortunately my eyes are not bad so I can get away without glasses for distance. Reading is a problem but I can either use reading glasses, stretch my arms or wear contacts (one for reading and one for distance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimless1 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Guess we're all different. Beginning with my first pair of progressive lens I adapted to them right off and have never looked back. Perhaps I move my head and don't realize it, but it's more a matter of moving your eyes until you find the right plane to look out, then locking in with "binocular" vision. Sounds more difficult than it is, but when your eyes choose the right plane of focus you maintain it. Clear to see that I love mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming oranges Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I had anawesome vreakfast: fresh cheese, fresh eggs, "cafe con leche" (coffee with milk), and fresh ground-corn tortillas, while I saw the sun rise from my uncle's humble farm in a mountainous region in Nicaragua. The ISP is up and running on their home now, so now I can talk to them when I get back home. Already Skyped with my family back in the States. This. Is. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I got my left eye operated when I was 6. I've been wearing glasses since I was about 3 or the like, more than I can remember. I'm 46 now, and I should be thankful for not developing presbyopia earlier (for a longsighted I'm about 6-10 years late). I've always had pretty good vision using glasses (I'm also astigmatic), and those glasses allowed me to have a very wide vision field. I could read just by moving my eyes. I could even drive looking at the sides back mirrors without moving my head. So heaving to move the head just to follow 40-50 cms text lines in the PC screen is a big no-no. I've got very quickly the far-near thing on the top-bottom sides of the lenses, but the width of field focus is extremely annoying. I suppose I can get used to this, but it's kinda trade off. I probably prefer having to use two different glasses and still enjoying my normal wide vision field than having all-in-one, but being "boxed" into a extremely narrow (for me and my usual field of view) one. I'm rather good assuming things that have no alternative, but this one, which can be probably improved just by using 2 different eyeglasses... Anyway, just a bit of ranting Thanks for being there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozebuttons Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I recently got 2 pairs of progressive lenses,I only needed glasses for reading but lately I need them for distance ,especially for driving at night.I wll be 59 in two months & started needing reading glasses in my late 40s. Tough to get used to them for reading ,I ended up buying a third pair just for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Do you Americans have a special dinner (a la Thanksgiving) for Halloween? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 That's what I believed, but for your comment I thought it might be different. Here there are some special sweets for this time depending on the area. They make "huesos de santo" (saint bones) and "panellets" (small cookie-like sweets made of almond flour) for this defuncts day. Tomorrow most Christian believers will go to the cemetery to pay respect to their dead beloved ones. Here there was no tradition of dressing customs, nor going over the neighborhood houses doors asking the trick or treat thing, but kids by seeing it in the movies and TV series, have been doing that for the last 5-10 years. Now they even sell plastic pumpkins at the department stores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 yesterday Thomas and I drove to the Delaware coast for a hockey game 15 miles from the Dogfish Head brewery. They won, we went out for pizza, then drove home. I left the house at 11am and returned at 10pm (and didn't even manage to stop at dogfish, despite the proximity). I then watched the first 2 periods of the caps/flames game. Today, I went to my church's day of the dead ceremony, and am spending the rest of the day watching my daughter play soccer. They won the first game 4-0. Next game is in 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Day 5 of this sinus infection. I'm about ready for the glue factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 we eat the heads and hearts of our enemies. at least here in the Midwest. seriously though, we don't have any such traditions for Halloween. the religious right would probably consider such a thing to be the work of the Devil. There is Reformation Sunday, but I'm not sure how far right that falls on your scale Reks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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