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That's actually true: "sich abseilen" is commonly used as "to leave" - often with the perspective to do something better!WWGD said:Abseil away with me? Back to 90s?
That's actually true: "sich abseilen" is commonly used as "to leave" - often with the perspective to do something better!WWGD said:Abseil away with me? Back to 90s?
fresh_42 said:That's actually true: "sich abseilen" is commonly used as "to leave" - often with the perspective to do something better!
EDIT: "Maybe you are the one who makes it seem like there are infinitely many": bizarre statement: is it good, bad? I love these fence-sitters that seem to make sense but really don't and throw people off.nuuskur said:So there are finitely many women I am not? Sounds reasonable![]()
Why? Just because this congressperson hailed a taxi and told him: "Quick, take me to the Internet"?fresh_42 said:What do you expect? It is the same thing across the world: Those in the parliaments have absolutely no clue how internet works, they only pretend or even think they know. In fact they are preschool kids judging about the final exams.
I had to gave up with the name (+ unclear id numbers, + too small fields, + ambiguous passport number).WWGD said:My friend is Armenian. But his closure is Russian.
Maybe they prefer Tiberius.fresh_42 said:They even asked for my parents parents names like in ...
"McCOY: I am ...McCoy, ...Leonard H., ...Son of David."
Damn, I'm going to tell them they shall meet in Toronto instead.
Some of the stories this guy writes are absolutely hilarious. . . here's one of them.corporate pilot said:Hey, is that your helicopter?
As the airspeed indicator crept lower and lower, my friend sat straighter and straighter in his seat.
DennisN said:I'm preparing to build a 1:600 scale version of the Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise (a Revell model, about 48 cm in length assembled). I am thinking of painting it using airbrush, trying to get close to the original series studio model colors, where the hull color actually is a blend of gray and green. I am also considering putting in LEDs at all the windows/viewports if possible, which will be quite a job to do, since there are many of them on the ship:
(Edit: By the way, https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/model-starship-enterprise-television-show-star-trek, which is about 3 meters (11 feet) long.)
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Thanks for the idea! That sounds interesting, particularly if they are flatter than the small diodes I was thinking of using and/or of I can split the strips to fit them to the individual viewports. I will check it out!pinball1970 said:You can get very small different coloured strip LEDs that are pretty cheap on E-bay
I'm actually not a Trekkie (but I am a big fan of science fiction) so I have to look that uppinball1970 said:A Red LED where the engine/lithium crystal is obviously.
I willpinball1970 said:Please take some images when you have finished it. Suspend it from the ceiling turn the lights down/off and switch her on.
pinball1970 said:It’s great to know this is what educated, qualified, professional grown men do in their spare time!
DennisN said:I've also got a whole bunch of Star Wars models (ships) which I will remove the previous paint from (they were painted by hand by me) and airbrush them instead.
By the way, here is the same model built by another person, where he has fitted in lights. It seems he used "cold" white LEDs instead of warm white, while I am thinking of using only warm white or perhaps a mix of warm white and cold white, I don't know. But I think the "rotating" LEDs (or whatever it is) on the thrusters on his ship look very good. I wonder how he did that*. Maybe I should contact him and ask.pinball1970 said:Suspend it from the ceiling turn the lights down/off and switch her on.
You can generalize your advice so that she is at least aware of things that should be considered. Clearing up simple misconceptions can help a lot. For example, I have known people who think that they can't afford to contribute to their 401K. They don't get the impacts of pre-tax vs. taxed money. They often think that contributing $100 will reduce their paycheck by $100 - which is clearly wrong. I have also seen a complete lack of understanding of the long-term tax benefits of 401Ks such that when the money is withdrawn, a person's income is typically lower - which means that they will pay less tax on the money when they eventually withdraw it. Add that to the added growth of the money that would have initially been given as taxes and you end up with an awesome return on your money.WWGD said:My friend keeps asking me for financial advise. I guess if you know Math, some science, you should know finance. Thing is I have done some research and any useful advice I could give requires me to have way too deep and personal knowledge of her finances, something I am uncomfortable with. But she insists, as if any useful advice could cover every/any conceivable financial situation. Sigh.
Thanks , this is more about investing some extra cash she has. She asks, e.g., what bank has the highest interest rates. I tell her that is a dead starter, she won't get much beyond a hundredth percent. I know nothing about investing.Borg said:You can generalize your advice so that she is at least aware of things that should be considered. Clearing up simple misconceptions can help a lot. For example, I have known people who think that they can't afford to contribute to their 401K. They don't get the impacts of pre-tax vs. taxed money. They often think that contributing $100 will reduce their paycheck by $100 - which is clearly wrong. I have also seen a complete lack of understanding of the long-term tax benefits of 401Ks such that when the money is withdrawn, a person's income is typically lower - which means that they will pay less tax on the money when they eventually withdraw it. Add that to the added growth of the money that would have initially been given as taxes and you end up with an awesome return on your money.
While it's true that banks don't have decent interest rates, that doesn't mean that you can't get them elsewhere. For example, Charles Schwab offers an SWVVX investment that is basically an interest account with no real risk. It has account minimums and technically pays a dividend (not interest) but it pays better than the bank. They also offer a bank account with smaller fees and limits than regular banks. Start a new thread if you want to get into more details on investing and I'm sure you'll get more ideas.WWGD said:Thanks , this is more about investing some extra cash she has. She asks, e.g., what bank has the highest interest rates. I tell her that is a dead starter, she won't get much beyond a hundredth percent. I know nothing about investing.
Yes, it is a crapshoot. I have gotten really good deals from thrift shops but a few really bad ones. Bought some shoes for $20 that have lasted me some three years, among other good deals. Overall good deals but also bought something that fell appart right away.Jonathan Scott said:I find it hard to believe how much the quality of cheap stuff has declined recently here. Even though I'm always sceptical about buying cheap stuff, I often fail to anticipate quite how bad it can be.
Today I bought two 12 inch desk fans and a 16 inch pedestal fan (from Argos in the UK) to prepare for the summer, as our old fans are getting unreliable and making more noise and getting hotter than they used to. What I did not expect is that the three speeds on the new fans are approximately 90% full speed, 95% full speed and full speed, as the pitch of the sound is less than a semitone (6%) apart for those settings. None of them is particularly quiet, and certainly not suitable for use in a bedroom or for example when listening to the TV. One of the new desk fans doesn't even start on speed 1 or 2, but merely hums unless it is first started on speed 3, but once it gets going all of its speeds are faster than speed 3 on the other fan!
In comparison, the old fans, which were also cheap and bought many years ago, are whisper-quiet and gentle on speed 1, more powerful but still fairly quiet on speed 2, and much more powerful on speed 3, which is many times faster than speed 1, not just around 10%.
The packaging was also quite surprising, as each desk fan came with a tiny nut and bolt loose separately in the cardboard box in which they came. It took me a while to find one of the nuts, which had worked its way under a flap and nearly fallen out.
Yeah, I even started to eat salad!WWGD said:Sad thing of winter ending is the end of heavy, rich meals. They keep you warm in winter but knock you down when weather is warmer.
It's revenge for the 47-letter words in German : Goterdamerungesheidterwursterarbeiter...fresh_42 said:Yeah, I even started to eat salad!
Strange thing this English language. I have been taught that what we usually write in one word is written in two (or more) in English. But this spell checker knows better and frequently forces me to remove blanks. Couldn't you make a final call? And then there are these nasty words which are the same, but have a different meaning. How mean is that?
C'mon! What difference does it make whether you write football stadium or footballstadium? You did it with foot and ball but excluded the arena.WWGD said:It's revenge for the 47-letter words in German : Goterdamerungesheidterwursterarbeiter...