Played all those and a TON of Doom 2 four player LAN action, all hail the WAD manager and IPX!
LAN gaming was awesome with Quake and Unreal.
These days it's Horizon Zero Dawn, Farcry 5 and The Division on PS4. Patiently waiting for Fallout 76.
LAN gaming was awesome with Quake and Unreal.
These days it's Horizon Zero Dawn, Farcry 5 and The Division on PS4. Patiently waiting for Fallout 76.
Would an artist paint brush work ? They have small wide from 1/4 down to about 1/8 I think. It would be a slow go, but in that tight of a space slow is good.to me it is
possibly i ignored that strip the last time around but the new wall color is darker - no two ways about it, i need to get in there. 2 4-ft windows, one 5' - drat!!!!
My college-age daughter is into a game called Overwatch. It's a team-based FPS, and they have a professional league. Go figure. I'm told the Philly team made it into the season finals the other day.
well, i forced myself and did the ceiling first
I use a 12" drywall knife for a paint shield in tight places.
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What? Don't tell me that I am the only one that remembers all of this? Well not the horse and buggy part (although a neighbor a few miles away still offers rides by horse and buggy), but just the rest of it. We would spend 2 to 4 weeks at the hunting cabin during the summer. My grandfather, two uncles, and my dad built the place. No electricity (miles away from electricity). They drove a point into the ground (think pipe with a point attached) and hit an underground spring just over 20ft deep. And that pipe was fitted with a hand pump in the kitchen. Being the only boy, it was my job to pump water if anybody needed any.
There was two cylinder shaped tanks that I would guess today was 18 inches by 4 to 5 feet on the side of the cabin (maybe somebody may correct me). That was for propane that ran the stove, refrigerator, and the wall lighting. There was a couple of kerosene lanterns for portable lighting too (plus a few flashlights). Both propane and kerosene lighting used these sock like things (I was a little kid and called them socks - today I have no idea what the real name is). I think it was the same sock for either one. It was a cloth that was screen like. I don't recall if they got brittle after first use or had taken a number of uses. but they got very brittle. Don't touch them and they last a long time. Otherwise they turn into white ash.
Outhouse? Yes the cabin had a two seater outhouse. Probably like 25 feet away from the side of the cabin in the woods. I remember originally there wasn't a door (and facing away from the cabin or anything). But after a few years the women would complain (you know how they can get), so a door was added. Since it wasn't just us that would use the cabin, someone started to add signs inside. Signs like no parking, 5MPH speed limit, and my favorite was don't use because I am painting under here.
I remember, fond memories. Gma and Gpa's house was a cabin, sitting on 300 acres in a remote area in AR. When I was 8 or so (1970) they were still using a well bucket, outhouse, wood heat, oil stove, kerosene lamps and had no electrical service. I remember laying in bed and seeing stars through gaps in the cedar roof shingles and remember them burning dried cow patties to drive mosquitoes out of the house just before bedtime. The milk and butter was lowered down the well in the well bucket for cool storage. Almost everything they ate they grew. They owned one pickup truck and several horses and a buck board for transportation. Milk cows and goats, a few pigs and a ton of chickens were there too, you know, all the amenities of a 19th century homestead..
ETA: My father and his 7 siblings grew up very poor. Hearing stories of their childhood made me feel spoiled, I mean, wearing underwear made from flour sacks? Come to think of it my father and all his siblings ended up being very successful in later life. Two of the girls married Engineers, one married a pro baseball player, one became a DA, then a Judge, then ran for Governor of AZ. The boys all became Engineers. Being raised poor sure can put a fire under your ... I guess.
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i decided to tape the window frame and angle the small brush away from the ceiling - did one of the 4' windows and then my nerves were shot. most aggravating - while the line under the ceiling is not bad it still shows a teeny tiny stripe of the lighter original color above the window frame .... sigh
Overwatch is a bit too fast paced for me.My college-age daughter is into a game called Overwatch. It's a team-based FPS, and they have a professional league. Go figure. I'm told the Philly team made it into the season finals the other day.
Professional gaming has been a thing for quite a while, you can make some fine quid if you are good at it.
Did I mention she drinks a lot of coffee?Overwatch is a bit too fast paced for me.
When it comes to PC Games my youngest is on a whole different level!
He's 17 & spends all his free time playing, what ever is popular with his friends
He Played "OverWatch" for a long time. He plays Genji or Mercy.
Back when it first came out & He was playing it all the time, He was ranked in the top 8%, of all OverWatch game Players!
He's 17 & spends all his free time playing, what ever is popular with his friends
He Played "OverWatch" for a long time. He plays Genji or Mercy.
Back when it first came out & He was playing it all the time, He was ranked in the top 8%, of all OverWatch game Players!
Yeah but the chances of anyone noticing it is slim, you know it because you painted it, most others won't give it a second look. Think I told this before, years ago I painted the living room ceiling and walls, I fussed and fussed over the line between the two and wasn't happy with it, our friends came over and asked "How did you get such a straight line?" At first I thought they must be making fun of my paint job but no, they were serious, all I could think was, Really? When they left I said something to my wife and she replied, "I told you it was fine, I don't know why you were unhappy with it."
Apartment dweller so I'm more into headphones and IEM's...
Playing around with a cheap Soviet octal in the amp.
Apartment dweller so I'm more into headphones and IEM's...
Playing around with a cheap Soviet octal in the amp.
Oh, how cool is that!!
Good one
When I was a young man, me & a few friends had a stereo competition going.
We would one up each other with better equipment constantly!
My friend had a pair of Boston Acoustic Speakers that were real good, so I got a pair of Klipsch Heresey's I was on top for a bit, till He got the Klipsch La scala's
Turns out He got transferred to another town for His job! He had to sell me the la scala's
I still have them 35 years latter! No one has ever one up'ed my Stereo Since BTW I haven't played a video game since Grand Theft Auto on the PS2
Me too. Back when I played in bands I was the sound guy too. I had a golden ear and was an audiophile by every definition of the word. At one point I had some very over-the-top audio gear, about 30K worth, but as time went on I realized my hearing was going so I sold everything and downgraded to an Onkyo Surround Unit, NHT Sub Amp, NHT and Infinity Speakers and a 12" Velodine Sub. Last weekend I threw in my old Rush "Time Machine" dvd recorded live in Cleveland and had a nice listen at -13db. At 0db it's like being there, waaaaay too loud. I must be getting old.
Quite a bit of fun as you get to scour FleaBay for the relics at a decent price...
OpAmps too..
Can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be...
Like this rectifier that has a cult following, it's just a rectifier that turns AC to DC.
Western Electric Rare Vintage 274A Engraved Triangle Tube | eBay
Gee... I never graduated passed my Marantz 4400 quad with four Sansui SP-X9000 speakers.Me too. Back when I played in bands I was the sound guy too. I had a golden ear and was an audiophile by every definition of the word. At one point I had some very over-the-top audio gear, about 30K worth, but as time went on I realized my hearing was going so I sold everything and downgraded to an Onkyo Surround Unit, NHT Sub Amp, NHT and Infinity Speakers and a 12" Velodine Sub. Last weekend I threw in my old Rush "Time Machine" dvd recorded live in Cleveland and had a nice listen at -13db. At 0db it's like being there, waaaaay too loud. I must be getting old.
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