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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:35 pm
by Smith1776
Seen outside my gym.
Me too, buddy! Lol!

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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:21 pm
by yankees60
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:35 pm
Seen outside my gym.
Me too, buddy! Lol!
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Since 2018 I have been going to this festival - RPM (Rock / Punk / Metal -- mostly the latter) Fest which is held right on my street, 2 miles / 3 minutes from my house. It is now every Labor Day weekend - Friday to Sunday, so upcoming this week.
I describe many of the people who go there as being in "costume".

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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:31 pm
by Smith1776
yankees60 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:21 pm
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:35 pm
Seen outside my gym.
Me too, buddy! Lol!
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Since 2018 I have been going to this festival - RPM (Rock / Punk / Metal -- mostly the latter) Fest which is held right on my street, 2 miles / 3 minutes from my house. It is now every Labor Day weekend - Friday to Sunday, so upcoming this week.
I describe many of the people who go there as being in "costume".
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Cutie!

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:09 pm
by dualstow
Agree. She has a beautiful nose and eyes. Is that bearded guy like a young Vinny?
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 1:33 am
by Vil
I find most of those costumes funny, especially the ones that go way beyond what you can normally day-wear i.e. Kiss-style. Personally, while I am great trash/death metal fan, do own just a single Sepultura hoodie. Like the one on below, art of the "Beneath the remains" is astonishing, isn't it ??

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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:57 am
by Smith1776
https://www.amazon.com/Be-Useful-Seven- ... 593655958/
Schwarzenegger has a new book coming out in October! Definitely getting this!
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:47 am
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:09 pm
Agree. She has a beautiful nose and eyes. Is that bearded guy like a young Vinny?
Only in the sense that we both have long beards. However, I am a confirmed Ectomorph while he looks like an Endomorph so completely different body types. Me small size; him large size.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:49 am
by yankees60
I would read it. But only a library copy or one I could buy cheap ($7 and under (delivered)).
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 12:13 pm
by dualstow
dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:09 pm
…Is that bearded guy like a young Vinny?
yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:47 am
Only in the sense that we both have long beards. However, I am a confirmed Ectomorph while he looks like an Endomorph so completely different body types. Me small size; him large size.
Fair enough, but I would say he’s a mesomorph. Dom DeLuise was an endomorph.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 12:14 pm
by dualstow
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:01 pm
Lunch from my favourite noodle place in Edmonton: Mogouyan Hand-Pulled Noodles.
If any of you guys are ever in town, get the signature stir-fried noodles. They're damn good.
I had dim sum this morning. So nice. Three people and everything came in threes.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 1:34 pm
by Smith1776
dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 12:14 pm
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:01 pm
Lunch from my favourite noodle place in Edmonton: Mogouyan Hand-Pulled Noodles.
If any of you guys are ever in town, get the signature stir-fried noodles. They're damn good.
I had dim sum this morning. So nice. Three people and everything came in threes.
Dualstow be sittin' at the dim sum table like...

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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:01 pm
by dualstow
Btw, Thanos and i have the exact same body type.
Well, same number of appendages.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:10 pm
by Smith1776
dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:01 pm
Btw, Thanos and i have the exact same body type.
Well, same number of appendages.
Dualstow = Thanos confirmed.
Official forum canon.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:50 am
by dualstow
The front page of wikipedia mentions the Baker Street Robbery of 1971. Pretty interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_robbery
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:37 am
by yankees60
Thanks for this!
Hopefully, get to read the whole extensive Wikipedia on this.
Just quickly scanned it.
Cannot remember if I saw the movie mentioned regarding this.
Would definitely read the book (if there is one).
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:11 pm
by dualstow
yankees60 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:37 am
..
Just quickly scanned it.
…
There are some videos on youtube. History channel, etc.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:25 pm
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:11 pm
yankees60 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:37 am
..
Just quickly scanned it.
…
There are some videos on youtube. History channel, etc.
I'll read. Can at least also be listening to music or having a sports game on at the same time. Videos are too all consuming of too many of my senses.
But thanks again for the Wikipedia entry. That is itself a big first reading and once I do it I'm sure it will provide me other reading sources, preferably books.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:52 pm
by dualstow
yankees60 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:25 pm
I'll read. Can at least also be listening to music or having a sports game on at the same time. Videos are too all consuming of too many of my senses.
Why do I get the feeling that if you had to subdue a burglar, you would pause to put a baseball game on (or C-SPAN) before finishing.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:14 pm
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:52 pm
yankees60 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:25 pm
I'll read. Can at least also be listening to music or having a sports game on at the same time. Videos are too all consuming of too many of my senses.
Why do I get the feeling that if you had to subdue a burglar, you would pause to put a baseball game on (or C-SPAN) before finishing.
My focus goes to what is most compelling.
I did read that entire Wikipedia entry.
Did confirm that I did see the movie that was somewhat based upon it. Was a good movie.
Did not, though, seem to be any books written about it. There were two books written about diamonds that we stolen.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:18 am
by dualstow
From the VP\ARM thread:
yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 7:26 pm
dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 7:16 pm
Perhaps. I use Standard Notes myself, but it’s got a lot of warts. Like, a *lot.*
I think Drafts (iOS) was the software I mentioned to you directly.
What {..} I use in my iPad {..} that works quite well {is the Notes app}
I could easily take notes in it and just as easily email those notes to myself.
I didn’t realize that ios/ipadOS Notes could be saved as PDFs. Takes a lot of button presses, but that’s handy.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:43 pm
by Smith1776
dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:18 am
I didn’t realize that ios/ipadOS Notes could be saved as PDFs. Takes a lot of button presses, but that’s handy.
I didn't know either till now. Good to know. Thanks.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:41 pm
by dualstow
Pretend you’re going to print and then hit (yet another) share button to save it as a PDF instead.
Btw, on my ipad I noticed that in Notes there’s also the option to scan pages. I scanned a piece of newsprint, and it added it as a page to my note in progress. Instantly searchable (OCR), not just a “dumb” image. We’ve come a long way.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:59 am
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:18 am
From the VP\ARM thread:
yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 7:26 pm
dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 7:16 pm
Perhaps. I use Standard Notes myself, but it’s got a lot of warts. Like, a *lot.*
I think Drafts (iOS) was the software I mentioned to you directly.
What {..} I use in my iPad {..} that works quite well {is the Notes app}
I could easily take notes in it and just as easily email those notes to myself.
I didn’t realize that ios/ipadOS Notes could be saved as PDFs. Takes a lot of button presses, but that’s handy.
It has been years since I did this. I don't think I ever saved as PDFs. I thought I was doing a copy of all the contents in front of me in Notes and then pasting it into an email to myself so that I could get at it on this computer? But not clear on details since it's been so long since I've done it.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:03 pm
by Smith1776
Takoyaki is extremely yummy.
That is all.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:15 am
by dualstow
^ Nice ^ I feel guilty about eating octopus after watching ‘My Octopus Teacher’ on Neflix, but I still partake occasionally.
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