What's making you happy today? - Page 708

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2015, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

My wife just did our taxes (and I'll go back over it myself when I get a chance)...

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Nice! It would be funny (well, not for you, but still) if that were a red flag in someone's audit algorithm, that being so balls-on expected with the numbers is like standing a little too nonchalantly near the crime scene.

You're right about suspicions. December 31st the electric company changed my meter, so the guy took a manual reading to be added to the reading from the new meter. I get the bill and there's all this paperwork dancing around this meter and why I have to pay for it. It all this bullshit they use the example of the average household using 500 kwh. I look at the bill and it's for exactly 500.0 kwh, which I've never even been close to in 35 years. Red flags waving frantically in my head.

infinite monkey · 02-28-2015, 06:47 PM

Our electric rates went up, and apparently I missed the town meeting that was broadcast on the local cable because everyone was talking about it and people were bringing pitchforks. Good for them.

But what's making me happy today is what sustains me when I hate myself and my life...my family.

I'm currently at my brother and sis-in-law's house, have been here since Tuesday, dog-sitting. They drove to FL to see my nephew get his wings as a heli pilot in the Marines. He will be flying Hueys and will be stationed in SD (where, as you have probably heard, the weather sucks.

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I love my brothers and my sisters-in-law and my nieces and nephews. I especially love my dad, who has risen to the occasion after losing the love of his life (and the best mom I could have ever asked for) and I'm just so goddamn proud of them all. I'm the worst of them and I'm not even in prison or anything.

When things get bad my family sustains me. You've heard this before. But some things cannot be said enough.

monster · 02-28-2015, 07:46 PM

yay munkie! just keep on keeping on -I'm proud of you and you being happy makes me happy.

infinite monkey · 03-01-2015, 07:14 AM

Thanks monster! I appreciate that so much.

It's an effort sometimes to try to be happy...or to remember why I should be, anyway. I feel the negativity and the worry sneaking up on me. I try to use the cognitive behavior stuff techniques and it works but it sure is hard to do sometimes. Hey, what's that behind me, tapping me on the shoulder? Gloom! Doom! Despair! Flood! Fire! Famine!

Look at the flowers, Lizzie. (bonus points for those who get this reference.)

glatt · 03-01-2015, 07:59 AM

Glad you're feeling happy, infi. You've got a great family. Don't forget you're part of that greatness.

Gravdigr · 03-01-2015, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Look at the flowers, Lizzie. (bonus points for those who get this reference.)

'Black List'?

Reminds me of Ulysses Everett McGill:

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Think of the...lillies of the goddamn field.

Gravdigr · 03-01-2015, 03:23 PM

Heh, nevermind, got impatient, and looked it up.

chrisinhouston · 03-01-2015, 04:11 PM

I just ordered a new Canon DSLR and got a really good price. I recently sold some older camera stuff on Ebay and had been watching the prices on the new Canon EOS 7D MkII which is especially geared towards sports, action and wildlife as it is an APC sensor (1.6 factor) and can shoot at up to 10 frames per second. I have around $1900 in my Paypal account and I try to be as cost neutral as possible when I add to my gear.

The body has been selling at $1799 but I looked today and Canon dropped the price to $1699. I did some searches and found a website I was not familiar with called CanonPriceWatch and was able to get a new body from a dealer in Canada for $1499 with free shipping and no taxes or fees. CanonPriceWatch got stellar ratings at several photograpy blogs so I felt ok with them.

I will have more then enough to buy a 65gb cf card and the battery grip.

Gravdigr · 03-02-2015, 04:38 PM

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65gb cf card

Compact flash card? I didn't know they still made those. That's what my first digital camera used, almost 20 years ago. With the larger form factor, though, they probably got big gigs before the other, smaller, cards did, now that I think about it.

chrisinhouston · 03-02-2015, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Compact flash card? I didn't know they still made those. That's what my first digital camera used, almost 20 years ago. With the larger form factor, though, they probably got big gigs before the other, smaller, cards did, now that I think about it.

This body takes SD cards as well as CF cards like the more high end DSLR bodies. You can choose to write different files to different cards, like Jpegs to one and Raw to the other.

This from a webpage on the subject as I had to look up the advantages:

Secure Digital memory cards are significantly smaller than CompactFlash cards, and are equipped with a nine-pin interface as compared to the 50-pin interface of the CompactFlash. The result of having fewer interface pins means that the SD cards are limited to a four-bit data bus, whereas CompactFlash cards have a 16-bit data transfer bus. Another major difference between these two types of memory cards is the absence of a microcontroller in SD memory cards. This puts more of a load on the host device.

elSicomoro · 03-14-2015, 04:27 PM

Roadtrip begins on Thursday: Chicago, Albuquerque, Denver, Cheyenne, western KS. Good times!

Gravdigr · 03-14-2015, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

This body takes SD cards as well as CF cards like the more high end DSLR bodies. You can choose to write different files to different cards, like Jpegs to one and Raw to the other.

This from a webpage on the subject as I had to look up the advantages:

Secure Digital memory cards are significantly smaller than CompactFlash cards, and are equipped with a nine-pin interface as compared to the 50-pin interface of the CompactFlash. The result of having fewer interface pins means that the SD cards are limited to a four-bit data bus, whereas CompactFlash cards have a 16-bit data transfer bus. Another major difference between these two types of memory cards is the absence of a microcontroller in SD memory cards. This puts more of a load on the host device.

Interesting. Thanks, Chris.

What up, Sic? Bidness, or pleasure, if it's any of our bidness?

elSicomoro · 03-14-2015, 05:18 PM

Chicago is business, sorta. The Mrs is going to a painting convention, but the family is tagging along.

I'll be back home for a day, then I'm heading out west to see friends and see the country. I'll be sidelined for the summer due to surgery recovery, and the Mrs and I each take our own little vacations each year. I try to take mine earlier, but work has been crazy busy until now.

Gravdigr · 03-14-2015, 05:38 PM

Hope the surgery thing is not too serious. Vacays are always cool. I guess busy is cool, too, to a point.

Griff · 03-15-2015, 08:26 AM

You have any music lined up in those towns or is this strictly a bbq run?

02-28-2015, 07:46 PM	#10608
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yay munkie! just keep on keeping on -I'm proud of you and you being happy makes me happy. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-01-2015, 03:23 PM	#10612
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Heh, nevermind, got impatient, and looked it up. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-14-2015, 05:38 PM	#10619
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Hope the surgery thing is not too serious. Vacays are always cool. I guess busy is cool, too, to a point. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-15-2015, 08:26 AM	#10620
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You have any music lined up in those towns or is this strictly a bbq run? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-28-2015, 06:47 PM	#10607
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Our electric rates went up, and apparently I missed the town meeting that was broadcast on the local cable because everyone was talking about it and people were bringing pitchforks. Good for them. But what's making me happy today is what sustains me when I hate myself and my life...my family. I'm currently at my brother and sis-in-law's house, have been here since Tuesday, dog-sitting. They drove to FL to see my nephew get his wings as a heli pilot in the Marines. He will be flying Hueys and will be stationed in SD (where, as you have probably heard, the weather sucks. ) I love my brothers and my sisters-in-law and my nieces and nephews. I especially love my dad, who has risen to the occasion after losing the love of his life (and the best mom I could have ever asked for) and I'm just so goddamn proud of them all. I'm the worst of them and I'm not even in prison or anything. When things get bad my family sustains me. You've heard this before. But some things cannot be said enough.

03-01-2015, 07:14 AM	#10609
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Thanks monster! I appreciate that so much. It's an effort sometimes to try to be happy...or to remember why I should be, anyway. I feel the negativity and the worry sneaking up on me. I try to use the cognitive behavior stuff techniques and it works but it sure is hard to do sometimes. Hey, what's that behind me, tapping me on the shoulder? Gloom! Doom! Despair! Flood! Fire! Famine! Look at the flowers, Lizzie. (bonus points for those who get this reference.)

03-01-2015, 07:59 AM	#10610
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Glad you're feeling happy, infi. You've got a great family. Don't forget you're part of that greatness.

03-01-2015, 04:11 PM	#10613
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I just ordered a new Canon DSLR and got a really good price. I recently sold some older camera stuff on Ebay and had been watching the prices on the new Canon EOS 7D MkII which is especially geared towards sports, action and wildlife as it is an APC sensor (1.6 factor) and can shoot at up to 10 frames per second. I have around $1900 in my Paypal account and I try to be as cost neutral as possible when I add to my gear. The body has been selling at $1799 but I looked today and Canon dropped the price to $1699. I did some searches and found a website I was not familiar with called CanonPriceWatch and was able to get a new body from a dealer in Canada for $1499 with free shipping and no taxes or fees. CanonPriceWatch got stellar ratings at several photograpy blogs so I felt ok with them. I will have more then enough to buy a 65gb cf card and the battery grip.

03-14-2015, 04:27 PM	#10616
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Roadtrip begins on Thursday: Chicago, Albuquerque, Denver, Cheyenne, western KS. Good times!

03-14-2015, 05:18 PM	#10618
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Chicago is business, sorta. The Mrs is going to a painting convention, but the family is tagging along. I'll be back home for a day, then I'm heading out west to see friends and see the country. I'll be sidelined for the summer due to surgery recovery, and the Mrs and I each take our own little vacations each year. I try to take mine earlier, but work has been crazy busy until now.

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