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Fire update for Paulo et. al.

An area equivalent to over 3 million football pitches have burned.

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It's not easy to play the keyboard, but I like the stand! ?

20 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

I feel like the sanctity of the Deals forum is being violated by Coffee Haus punnery.

It's like farting in church. Or so I'm told.

Confucius say...

"He who farts in church, sit in his own pew!"

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1 hour ago, bayoubill said:

Look at the bright side 

now you don’t have to go to Mars

But doesn't the Milky Way look good from the surface of Mars though? ?

Larry might be gone, but suddenly everyone has more money!!! ?

There are over three dozen major fires going in Oregon and even more than in Washington and California (not to mention the states that border these!).  I think Mother Nature is punishing the West Coast (Left Coast?) for it's idiotic politics...

Check out this Government Fire Map!

Like Kenny, I can barely see across the street and the sun is just a little red circle in the sky!  There's finally a REAL reason to wear a mask if you have to be outside...

We have some clients that have already evacuated and others that are prepping (we're working to make sure they're backups are safe - I do IT consulting).  Between my business partner and I, we have several friends and relatives that have evacuated.  The statistic that blew me away (I'm not sure I agree with the "Worst Air Quality on the Planet one, I've seen parts of China on video!), is that 10% of the population of Oregon has been evacuated! (Over 500,000 people.)

There was a rumor going around that Antifa was starting the fires (they did double in number over night), but this was primarily due to a fake social media account that got created.  This rumor has been well OVER debunked with all sorts of media (including Snopes) saying it's just not true.  I believed this too until I learned a few things...  There was a 37-year old female from Selenas California that was arrested for starting fires (no known Antifa affiliation), then a 36-year old male from Puyallup Washington (who DID turn out to be an Antifa member), plus they were looking for a guy "with a black German Sheppard and a green SUV" who was seen starting a fire.  Now, that still didn't convince me until I heard from an ex-business partner in Willamina Oregon who witnessed some youths get arrested with "incendiary devices" on them, a client who was listening to a police scanner in Molalla Oregon about police chasing four to five cars of kids throwing Molotov cocktails, and a guy who used to be on my dart team posted a video (since removed by the censorship of Facebook) showing the arrest of one of occupants in one of those cars...  Now I'm not convinced there isn't a connection...  Even without any organized affiliation, people that are starting fires should have all the punishment possible!  There are at least four towns in Oregon  (Detroit, Pace, Talent and Phoenix) that simply no longer exist!  I have no idea what the death count is up to by now (more than 20), but MILLIONS of acres of land have burned (to give an idea of the scope, it's more than the entire size of Wales' 8,002 square miles!).

Of course, as much as most of the population just wants to get the fires put out and then figure out how to start over, the idiotic people that somehow got elected to run things are, naturally, trying to politicize things...  After repeatedly saying that the Federal government should stay out of all the "Left Coast" states, the governors are now begging for help (while complaining that it's coming too late - more "Trump's fault!" B.S.) - oh, and they're also using this as proof of Global Warming!  Really???!  Facts mean nothing to these people and they should all be put in a hole if you ask me.  (Ah, I forgot to mention some of the mishandling of fire resources where some units were allowed to be lent to other places because they pay more and, therefore, became unavailable when they're OWN neighborhoods needed to be evacuated!  Wow...

I hope they get all these fires out soon with minimal more destruction and impact on people!  We just had a very welcome change in the weather that should help.

Wibbles making the associations difficult today! ?

I'll go with...

2 hours ago, bayoubill said:

I Am a shell of the shell of the man I used to be.

things are looking up!

*** Note:  This post has been determined to NOT be random!  Please review the title of this Fred and resubmit. ***

That's one BIG mouse!

4 hours ago, bitflipper said:

But then what would hold up your coffee table?

(Before S.L.I.P. can post!?)

That's where spicy becan comes from! ?

I ignored all of this and went straight for InKomplete 13!  ?

With apologies to that "W" guy for using the "L" word. ?

Wanna trade for a pair of Behringer monitors in mint condition?

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Close!  It was actually a large concrete dome building that is put mostly underground.  Part of a much larger custom house plan, the lowest level had a full bar next to a full recording studio (set up so a partition could be opened for a band to play towards the bar from the studio).  Lots of other features (including a glass elevator that goes all the way from the lowest level to a cupola above the dome - a total of four stories!).  Hindsight being 20/20, I really regret not making it now...

They and that one I found through them (the Wagakki Band) both!

These guys live up to their nickname the Japanese Black Sabbath!  You gotta love Mr. Miyagi (the Karate Shredder Master) on guitar too! ?

Not sure about those lyric translations though... "My unclean bowels are devoured by my soon-to-be-dead mother???" (0:41)  Um, what?! ?

Finally!  A pun that scales well!  ?

Lyrics for Bob...

You'd think that people would have had enough of silly music cartoons
I look around me and I see it isn't so
Some people want to fill the world with silly music cartoons
And what's wrong with that
I'd like to know
'Cause here I go again!!!

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6 hours ago, synkrotron said:

not so sure about the latest development... more work required in both the presentation and story line department:-

 

 

Well, I like it!  Being able to create a dome you could be inside of was exactly why I originally got Blender (long story there!).

Talent and, um, er, talent! ?

So close!

I prefer becan-wrapped becan. 

This video is like two bands in one (heck, maybe it is?  I didn't try to translate...)  While the "traditional" instrument stuff is interesting, the song starting around 2:55 is WAAAAAAY more my style!  All three are very, very good and I could listen to this stuff for hours.

Oh, and a T-Girl warning for all you guys!  Yep, the bass player is actually a guy.  ?

I'm very impressed with the guitarist!  Such clean playing.  (The eye-candy is nice too!?)