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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Mountaineer » Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:01 am

MangoMan wrote:
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Is that where you grew up Mountaineer? Or does it have some other significance?
I grew up in north central WV, about 1 mile outside of Rachel (a thriving coal mining metropolis of about 600 ;) ), not Green Bank. I just thought it was a cool picture of some old farm buildings that were built probably well over 100 years ago. Green Bank is best known for radiotelescopes. It is quiet in electronic terms as to not have interference when listening for the alien communications at the far reaches of the universe. See link for a cool picture - part of the observatory.

https://greenbankobservatory.org/west-v ... nitiative/
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Mountaineer » Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:03 am

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Looks quiet. O0
DS, your avatar is intriguing. What is it?
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by dualstow » Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:21 am

It's a Tholian from Star Trek, original series.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Mountaineer » Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:36 am

dualstow wrote:
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It's a Tholian from Star Trek, original series.
Wow, and I'm a Star Trek fan; I do not remember a Tholian named Loskene, but possibly the Tholian web - it looked a bit familar when I looked up Tholian. I lived in Houston for the latter part of the original series. Thanks.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Mountaineer » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:47 am

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Good morning! What are you thankful for today? I like a beautiful sunrise. If I can't see one in reality, I visualize it in my mind. :)
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

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Mountaineer wrote:
Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:47 am
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Good morning! What are you thankful for today? I like a beautiful sunrise. If I can't see one in reality, I visualize it in my mind. :)
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Mountaineer wrote:
Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:47 am
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Good morning! What are you thankful for today? I like a beautiful sunrise. If I can't see one in reality, I visualize it in my mind. :)
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Apparently you have a very vivid imagination!
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by dualstow » Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:03 am

I visited a friend in Nevada and saw some sunrises and sunsets. Now I know what I’m missing.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:15 am

I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Mountaineer » Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:26 am

Smith1776 wrote:
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I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day. I will not sleep in the middle of the day.
;D ;D ;D Why not?
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:45 am

Mountaineer wrote:
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;D ;D ;D Why not?
The struggle is real.. :o ;D
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Tortoise » Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:07 pm

dualstow wrote:
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I visited a friend in Nevada and saw some sunrises and sunsets. Now I know what I’m missing.
Saturation. You're missing lots and lots of saturation. ;)
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Post by dualstow » Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:12 pm

I don't get it ???
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Mountaineer » Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:38 pm

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I don't get it ???
Tech said my imagination (picture) was very Vivid (saturated colors). Perhaps that?????
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Apr 21, 2020 2:08 pm

It's noon here and I'm powering through.

I. will. not. sleep. before. 10pm! Resilience.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Tortoise » Tue Apr 21, 2020 2:27 pm

Mountaineer wrote:
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dualstow wrote:
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I don't get it ???
Tech said my imagination (picture) was very Vivid (saturated colors). Perhaps that?????
Yup. The color saturation on that photo is off the charts. :)
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by dualstow » Tue Apr 21, 2020 3:23 pm

Ah, ok. The Nevada sunsets had some beautiful reds, but not quite that saturated. O0
In fact, knowing that image was from Mountaineer, my brain initially told me it was the Lake of Fire!
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Tortoise » Tue Apr 21, 2020 3:44 pm

On Reddit, people will often post a photo of almost other-worldly beauty, and commenters will point out that the photo has been so heavily post-processed, color-corrected, and saturated that it’s more like artwork than a photo.

Then a commenter will find and post the original, unprocessed photo, and it looks totally drab and washed out in comparison. ;D
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:19 pm

Yours truly is still up. Just 8 more hours to go.... :D
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Tortoise » Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:30 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
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Yours truly is still up. Just 8 more hours to go.... :D
So your routine lately has been to break up your sleep into two chunks instead of just one? That's pretty interesting; not sure I've heard of that before.

When I lived by myself years ago while working toward my master's degree, I could access all of my class lectures and materials online. Rarely a necessity to attend in person. For some reason, my body naturally settled into its own 25-hour cycle and not the earth's 24-hour cycle, so each day my bedtime and waking time would advance by about an hour.

Under that routine, day and night lost a lot of their prior significance.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:40 pm

Tortoise wrote:
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So your routine lately has been to break up your sleep into two chunks instead of just one? That's pretty interesting; not sure I've heard of that before.
Yes, I'm not sure how that happened. This whole quarantine thing has done strange things to a lot of people's lifestyles I suppose.

I've had the advancing-an-hour-every-night thing too. That one is also a pain to fix haha. What I'm really realizing is that when you don't have work to keep you in line, maintaining a sleep schedule requires real discipline.

I'm going to keep posting on the forum throughout the day to hold myself accountable. If I stop posting before 10pm pacific you'll know I've failed haha.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Tortoise » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:02 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
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I'm going to keep posting on the forum throughout the day to hold myself accountable. If I stop posting before 10pm pacific you'll know I've failed haha.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Smith1776 » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:38 pm

Tortoise wrote:
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As a Chinese person I find this GIF to be racist.

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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by bedraggled » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:42 pm

Smith1776,

If you wish to stay awake, watch Invasion of The Body Snatchers- either the original or the one with Donald Sutherland.

You'll find encouragement that Forum members simply cannot provide.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Kriegsspiel » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:51 pm

Or just take advantage of the fact that you can zonk out when you need to. Don't feel guilty about it.
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