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tnf wrote:Reading all this makes me wish things could be as simple as they were in the early 2000s...

Back in the zeroes: "I wish things could be as simple as they were in the eighties".

Re: What is new in your little world....Hardly new but needed to share Today, 35 years married

congrats!

Yeah, congrats to you and the missus, Whiskey

gg whiskers

35 years ago... I was 4 years old then
Congrats Whiskey!

Whiskey 7 wrote:Re: What is new in your little world....Hardly new but needed to share Today, 35 years married

Congrats! 35 years is quite a milestone!

Lots of money to be made in the event-branche post-Covid during these months in Germany. Be it lighting-, sound-, media-technician. Concerts, faires, conferences. Fuck me, companies all over are looking for capacities at the moment.
Well, most of the event-companies fired a lot of their people around March.
I've used the momentum to negotiate a 15% salary increase with the employer I've worked for for just 1 year now. Salary was normal, now it is "good normal" .

raw wrote:

Whiskey 7 wrote:Re: What is new in your little world....Hardly new but needed to share Today, 35 years married

Congrats! 35 years is quite a milestone!

Thanks all for the wishes
35 years gone in a snap but still lovin' life

.... but re what is new in your little world: Me, I've been offered full time employment (perm/part time) adds holidays and leave
I am still considering the transition as I still feel like a 40yo
Life is good.

Fantastic updates! Keep 'em coming!

Eraser wrote:Here's some pictures of the BMW M1000RR Lego set I built back in April

[lvlshot]https://i.imgur.com/J3WmP4g.jpeg[/lvlshot]

My thanks Eraser

I had been looking for this and it just appeared as a 'special deal' as it retails here for $389 AUD and I've scored it just now for $234 AUD and free delivery.

Might be a Christmas present or investment. Dunno!

Investment inschmesment. Lego needs to be built, not kept in a box:p

Any tennis players here? I never played a single round of tennis in my life but took my first try-out tennis lesson today. I'm going to sign up for their winter lessons programme, just so I got to get up and actually go do something. I go out and run twice a week but it gets a bit boring. Tennis seems fun.

Tennis is fun as I remember and the memory is still fine.
Remembering... I played tennis at school 50+ years ago where I was in the B Team in the ladder but never represented the school. Wish I'd kept it going. Young people, even then, I don't know

Good idea the coaching/lessons. An active sport like this makes for a good physical workout

Eraser wrote:Investment inschmesment. Lego needs to be built, not kept in a box :p

And yes, I do agree here. I don't think (from what I see of in your build pictures) that it will last any time 'in the box'
Reminds me to do a stock-take of all my Lego Technic and City Train sets. I do have to stop buying but there are still two to get and that's the new Cargo Train 60336.

Attempting to sort through a mountain of pk3 files to figure out what's missing, what's lost, what's a duplicate.

6250 files to go :owned:

If you feel like making my week worse, and you have a stash of obscure quake 3 levels hidden on an old HDD, please get in touch. Maybe you have something I don't have.

Torrent coming soon for fellow masochists that love box rooms and missing textures.

Probably not obscure, but all of the levels me, my bro and our friend made under the Engines of Creation flag are still available here: http://www.theenginesofcreation.com/addons.php

Eraser wrote:Any tennis players here? I never played a single round of tennis in my life but took my first try-out tennis lesson today. I'm going to sign up for their winter lessons programme, just so I got to get up and actually go do something. I go out and run twice a week but it gets a bit boring. Tennis seems fun.

When I was young I played quite a bit. Get good shoes that support your ankles.

Eraser wrote:Probably not obscure, but all of the levels me, my bro and our friend made under the Engines of Creation flag are still available here: http://www.theenginesofcreation.com/addons.php

Thank you, I had all of these (mostly via the map pack) but it's always good to trade out .pk3 files with the .zip file that they originally came in, often with an extra readme.

Turns out it's harder to find levels than you would think, past a certain point. The amount of sites that google just doesn't index is staggering, and it's less common to find the more searchable file extensions (.pk3, .bsp) uploaded outside of an un-indexed container archive.

Ironically the Elite Force community seems to have a larger stash of obscure q3 levels than the q3 community does.

Hmmm, now that you mention it, I spotted some in a directory the other day when I was making space. Lemme see what I've got.
None of it mine of course. I was a filthy Mac head when I started getting in to Q3, and so didn't have access to mapping tools.

Foo wrote: .......... the Elite Force community seems to have a larger stash of obscure q3 levels than the q3 community does.

Now I saw mention, here I think and recently, of Elite Force. I recall visiting the site and seeing some (I thought rare/unusual) :q3: maps.
Anybody got a link please? I just have to load and run about them

Whiskey 7 wrote:

Foo wrote: .......... the Elite Force community seems to have a larger stash of obscure q3 levels than the q3 community does.

Now I saw mention, here I think and recently, of Elite Force. I recall visiting the site and seeing some (I thought rare/unusual) :q3: maps.
Anybody got a link please? I just have to load and run about them

https://efservers.com

They have a pk3 search and a general map list that you can use to find and DL a lot of content.

Foo wrote: https://efservers.com

They have a pk3 search and a general map list that you can use to find and DL a lot of content.

Cheers Foo from across the ditch
On my list to check out

........... and re: What is new in your little world,
• watching 3 (maybe pods of) whales breaching off our balcony at lunch time right now
• booked in for new tyres for the auto - 5 years and 70K klms not too bad off the originals
• and cooking a pork roast in a halogen oven, first time

...and near forgot (old people) Hobie Cat sailing tomorrow in the beautiful local weather :p

Whiskey 7 wrote: • watching 3 (maybe pods of) whales breaching off our balcony at lunch time right now

You have a big balcony!

Off not on Eraser

Might be a large patio/balcony (all subjective anyway) but luckily close to the Pacific Ocean.

We are only approximately lust 2 kilometres (a mile and a bit) from the area where later 4 pods, yes 4 pods of whales were up to there antics breaching and 'carrying on'.

Just a lovely sight and as the Mrs says, like seeing dinosaurs in the garden (but not so close).

Whiskey 7 wrote:Just a lovely sight and as the Mrs says, like seeing dinosaurs in the garden (but not so close).

Heh, I like that.
Would love to see dinosaurs... I mean whales like that myself some time.