+Lee Stewart Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 ... I suspect that the 1cm thick steel plate that I bolted to the basement ceiling to absorb random flash/flame output is still in the house too--it was about one square meter in size, and perfect for the task. I found it in an old steel mill and had a devil of a time lugging it the two miles back to my house (I balanced it on my bicycle seat and walked the bike home), ... Wow! At 170+ pounds, that is impressive! ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 I really wanted to take the plate with me when I moved out, but the work involved in bolting it to the ceiling joists was not something I was interested in repeating for the removal. The weight of that monster was probably sufficient to dissuade any subsequent inhabitants of the house from messing with it. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 I need a Gremlin exterminator! It seems that the refrigerator has decided that it doesn't want to dispense anything - the lever won't move. Also the water dispenser doesn't work. But, that was yesterday and today everything has started working again. Then, one of my disk drives refused to work but today seems to be fine (I'm still going to replace it). The only thing the I can figure out is that there are Gremlins in the machinery. Anyone know how to exterminate them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Here is an eight minute tutorial on how to eliminate gremlins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 When I looked at this awesome photo I lost count of how much money went into making it. Just the cost per plane and fuel expense alone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I need a Gremlin exterminator! It seems that the refrigerator has decided that it doesn't want to dispense anything - the lever won't move. Also the water dispenser doesn't work. But, that was yesterday and today everything has started working again. Then, one of my disk drives refused to work but today seems to be fine (I'm still going to replace it). The only thing the I can figure out is that there are Gremlins in the machinery. Anyone know how to exterminate them? It's best to leave them in Evanston or wherever the most recent TI gathering was held 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Several hours of hard work by the 3 kiddos took this average-looking White pine and turned it into something special. That time of the year again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 our living room isn't big enough for a tree, really- we still need to clean up the room a bit and get the old four-footer out. It sits on an end table that's by the couch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 Several hours of hard work by the 3 kiddos took this average-looking White pine and turned it into something special. That time of the year again. Something was missing, so I took a liberty with your photo... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 First laugh this morning ... https://newsthump.com/2018/11/26/german-experiment-on-nasas-insight-robot-lays-beach-towel-on-surface-of-mars/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 “A towel, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.” 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 First laugh this morning ... https://newsthump.com/2018/11/26/german-experiment-on-nasas-insight-robot-lays-beach-towel-on-surface-of-mars/ Just to remind, I don't know how well-known this cliché still is: German tourists are infamous for putting their towels on sunloungers early in the morning, as if casting a non-touchable protective spell on them. (It does not apply for me, since I am not the typical pool or beach tourist.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 that's interesting! i didn't know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Just to remind, I don't know how well-known this cliché still is: German tourists are infamous for putting their towels on sunloungers early in the morning, as if casting a non-touchable protective spell on them. (It does not apply for me, since I am not the typical pool or beach tourist.) While I have heard the joke, this happens on US beaches, as well, and is not limited to German tourists. I still got a good chuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 @digdugnate: I suggest that you read the linked text once more. @OLD CS1: There is so much "Germanness" in this behavior that I guess the other tourists simply copied it by now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 You can tell it is getting close to the end of the year - the mailbox is starting to fill up with seed catalogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkraft Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 The towel thin isnt limited to Germans. Its happens every day at any popular Vegas hotel pool. Tourists go down on the morning and put a towel, book, or something on a chair to save it then go back to sleep and come back later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 If you remember this song then you came of age with the TI 99/4 computer! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 The towel thin isnt limited to Germans. Its happens every day at any popular Vegas hotel pool. Tourists go down on the morning and put a towel, book, or something on a chair to save it then go back to sleep and come back later. Yup. I did that while vacationing with the family in St. Thomas. Would get down to the beach early morning and stake a few lounge chairs on the first row with towels. Amazing what $20 would get you from the beach attendant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Hey Omega.. I have an idea for you... how about a TI hotpot decal. https://www.etsy.com/market/instant_pot_decal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Interesting. What did you have in mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 First laugh this morning ... https://newsthump.com/2018/11/26/german-experiment-on-nasas-insight-robot-lays-beach-towel-on-surface-of-mars/ Is this real... or conjured? (only search result). Oh and... by the way, does anyone know if Saddam Hussein attended Ithaca State? Seriously... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Interesting. What did you have in mind? Nothing really, my creativity isn't along those lines..I just know you have a knack for coming up with stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Is this real... or conjured? (only search result). Oh and... by the way, does anyone know if Saddam Hussein attended Ithaca State? Seriously... The fact is that one of the main experiments, a device drilling into the soil of Mars, equipped with various sensors, comes from the DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt = German center for aeronautics and space). The towel is a joke on the mentioned tourist behavior. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Do you want to know how this woman affects your daily life? << CLICK HERE >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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