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When realators upload photos of houses or apartments in the order they were taken as they were walking around the propery, navigating through them kinda feels like playing an old point-and-click adventure. It's like really boring Myst.

I laughed out loud when I read that. Was looking at photos yesterday that some realtor had put up of a rural lakefront property. It was undeveloped, except for a dirt road that ran in at an angle off the public road for about a quarter-mile and then just came to an end somewhere in the deep woods.... spooky! Also, no turnaround, so even spookier.

On my mind: the fall equinox and how long the light already was here at 1pm today. Funny how this time of year I suddenly abandon catch-as-catch can breakfasts of a banana and a handful of grapes and half a mini-naan after the coffee... and resume breakfasting on more substantial things like oatmeal (or even a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich), as if my body is trying to tell me "better stock up, winter is coming." It must have to do with the shifting light and not the temperature outside, because we're having a lingering stretch of summer weather here, which is welcome.
 
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My god, what have I started.

I laughed out loud when I read that. Was looking at photos yesterday that some realtor had put up of a rural lakefront property. It was undeveloped, except for a dirt road that ran in at an angle off the public road for about a quarter-mile and then just came to an end somewhere in the deep woods.... spooky! Also, no turnaround, so even spookier.

Haha, that sounds like a far more interesting level than the ones I’ve been playing, which heavily feature wide-shots of the entrance, a slightly closer shot, a slightly closer shot, and then switches things up with… an even closer shot!

Apparently, at the turn of the century, some realtors recreated their available properties in Maxis’ The Sims, and they’d distribute game data to to people interested in their properties. I’m pretty sure there was a version of Windows XP that came with the game included, so it seems like an equally funny and pragmatic way to show off real estate without expending bandwidth on raster images likely captured with fledgling digital cameras.
 
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I wish it was Saturday night instead of Sunday, but I am giving myself permission to sleep almost an hour extra tomorrow morning so I'll get into work closer to my check in time, rather than an 90 minutes before. 🙄

Also thinking about white noise machines because the dog noise has become a chorus of several dogs in several houses now. And the family next door with their pigeon coup is not helping that at all. I am beginning to think to escape all this noise I'll have to be dead. :eek:
 
I wish it was Saturday night instead of Sunday, but I am giving myself permission to sleep almost an hour extra tomorrow morning so I'll get into work closer to my check in time, rather than an 90 minutes before. 🙄

Also thinking about white noise machines because the dog noise has become a chorus of several dogs in several houses now. And the family next door with their pigeon coup is not helping that at all. I am beginning to think to escape all this noise I'll have to be dead. :eek:


I can so empathize... and not top it but adorn it in your imagination by noting that how I banished the noise of someone taking six hours to tune up a dirt bike in a concrete-walled hobby shop next to where I was house-sitting one weekend was to put the Berlioz Requiem and a few other richly orchestrated CDs into the homeowner's rack system, then cranked that up to a 9 and spent the rest of the time banging pots and pans around in the kitchen while I canned a couple bushels of tomatoes (for a price) for the absent homeowners.

(Ah the perils of building a home in the boondocks where there are no zoning laws in the township, never mind nuisance laws.)

Honestly I felt like taking some of those tomatoes next door and decorating the shop walls but I didn't actually want to end up dead.

With barking dogs I always feel badly for them,,,,, for awhile. Then I start thinking about becoming a writer of murderous fantasies, and then I do finally have to put on loud music to banish that idea.
 
@LizKat 🤗

I know whereever I might live there is a potential for this.

rant on...

Yesterday I finally verbalized that murderous intent about the dogs snd their owners. Mom was not pleased.

Asking nicely and leaving notes does nothing.

I heard an audible gasp when I yelled out the window to shut the dogs up too. As if they should be surprised (The barking doesn't stop, and if I do not go Marvin the Martian about it, these dogs would bark 24-7.)

I think I've mentioned I have to go into a very loud, curse strewn dialog about the ongoing dog barking being illegal noise disruption (It is), and magically everyone quiets their animals. So I have to disrupt everyone to get them to quiet their animals.😖

Of course, the pigeon coup with those red eyed demon birds is making things worse.
One dog starts, and then everyone in the pool.

Alas, I wish loud music still worked. Everyone has become immune to death metal (except mom) 😂, so I think my onlyrecourse now is to buy a white noise machines. My super duper fan does not block out dogs, loud neighbors etc.

Anyway, a stress that could be avoided if people were responsible and considerate.

Rant over...
 
@LizKat 🤗

I know whereever I might live there is a potential for this.

rant on...

Yesterday I finally verbalized that murderous intent about the dogs snd their owners. Mom was not pleased.

Asking nicely and leaving notes does nothing.

I heard an audible gasp when I yelled out the window to shut the dogs up too. As if they should be surprised (The barking doesn't stop, and if I do not go Marvin the Martian about it, these dogs would bark 24-7.)

I think I've mentioned I have to go into a very loud, curse strewn dialog about the ongoing dog barking being illegal noise disruption (It is), and magically everyone quiets their animals. So I have to disrupt everyone to get them to quiet their animals.😖

Of course, the pigeon coup with those red eyed demon birds is making things worse.
One dog starts, and then everyone in the pool.

Alas, I wish loud music still worked. Everyone has become immune to death metal (except mom) 😂, so I think my onlyrecourse now is to buy a white noise machines. My super duper fan does not block out dogs, loud neighbors etc.

Anyway, a stress that could be avoided if people were responsible and considerate.

Rant over...
I hear you. One of the reasons we are moving to get away from inconsiderate neighbors. Blocked our drive Saturday night/Sunday morning rather than park on their own front. Why? Because they just don’t care.
 
I hear you. One of the reasons we are moving to get away from inconsiderate neighbors. Blocked our drive Saturday night/Sunday morning rather than park on their own front. Why? Because they just don’t care.

It would be a really weird coincidence if the cars parked inconsiderately caught on fire in the middle of the night ...
 
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So much :D

- New Mini kicks ass, never slows down, never makes any noise
- Wife's new setup with my '15 MBP 15" is awesome
- Presented a project, after 7+ years of development (on/off/on/off ...)
- Really into Old Fashions using rye (and Angostura orange bitters)
- BMC GT350 wing coming in tomorrow for the GT
- Weather was __nice__ today, mid-70s for our trip to the gym this morning
- All sort of exterior projects kicking off
- Halloween plans: HHN at Universal, some new stuff for the house involving motors :D

Side note for peoplez: Schiit has a fresh batch of B-stock, DACs, solid state and tube amps, I don't think there's a better combo under $750 than a Vali 2 + upgraded tube + Modi 3 (plus, decent headphones of course) :cool:
 
Glad all is good @D.T. 👍

Hope everyone else is having a good night too.

Now I have to eat.


I hope you get some kind of resolution with the animals in in your area! FWIW, there are some great "ambient sound" videos on YT, and many have black screens, so it's really just the sound. We often put on a thunderstorm/rainstorm, create a little bit of a sound cloud (especially when the weather means the AC isn't running as much).
 
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I hope you get some kind of resolution with the animals in in your area! FWIW, there are some great "ambient sound" videos on YT, and many have black screens, so it's really just the sound. We often put on a thunderstorm/rainstorm, create a little bit of a sound cloud (especially when the weather means the AC isn't running as much).

I love the rain storms.

Alas, I've tried those YT, sadly not enough in this case (Ditto earplugs, loud music etc). I think a white noise machine may work. It's super duper fan until I can order said machine.

Thank you though. :)
 
Happy to say i met 6 famous people face to face and it felt so overwhelming 🙂

Did you came across any famous people ?
 
Please define what you mean by the word "famous".

Any famous people in our society like singers, actors, sports people, presidents/prime ministers, famous Tv presenters....etc...
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I met 3 singers, 2 sportswomen including Sabatini if you can remember from 90's and 2 big Tv stars.
 
Met others too but it wasn't one to one like face to face.

Writers?

Scientists?

Artists?

Are they included in your definition of what it means to be considered "famous"?

And, why is it overwhelming? Because they are famous, because they are well known (in certain fields, as I'm sure, for example, that most Europeans wouldn't know "TV stars" from the US), or because you admire them for their achievements.
 
And, why is it overwhelming?

Well...don't ask me , ask my feelings. I don't have control over my feelings. I met someone that i really love and admire so its natural response to the situation.

Are you going to ask the same question to the fans that faint when they see a mega singer?

I am sure you would be overwhelmed if you had seen princess Dianna, Margaret Thatcher or the Queen ?
 
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