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So You Get A Flat Tire...What Now?
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Nobody ever looks forward to a flat tire, and nobody ever says "well, that was a really good time" after having one. You can at least minimize the damage to your tire and danger to yourself, though.
Flats vs Blowouts
If you get a blowout, you'll know about it right away. Sometimes the tire can fail dramatically, with a bang as loud as a shotgun going off. Other times, it might just be a loss of air and a sudden change in your car's handling, followed by vibration, noise and a pull to one side. If it's a front tire that fails, your car might be a real handful to drive until you can get to a stop.
In either case, your first job is to pull off the road as quickly (but safely!) as you can. Don't jam on the brakes or make any sudden mo ...[more]
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BEND, Ore. - Two Bend residents were arrested on drug possession, manufacture and distribution charges late last week during a traffic stop in northeast Bend, drug agents said Tuesday.
Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team detectives contacted the pair, Jonah Schmidt, 35, and Christopher Hulgan, 39, around 8 p.m. last Thursday at the intersection of Butler Market Road and Madison Avenue, said Lt. Ken Mannix.
The pair was traveling in a Subaru station wagon at the time, Mannix said. They had been the subject of an investigation and are accused of methamphetamine sales and manufacturing in Deschutes County, he said.
At the time of the contact, a drug-sniffing dog was deployed and alerted to the presence of narcotics in their vehicle, Mannix said.
A subsequent police search led to the discovering of about 1/3 of an ounce of meth and a small amount of marijuana, both packaged for sale, the lieutenant said.
Other items seized included a gun, scales, packaging material, cash and other evidence of drug sales and manufacturing, Mannix said.
Both suspects were still being held Tuesday at the county jail, facing methamphetamine charges. Schmidt?s bail was $50,000; Hulgan was held without bail on a parole violation charge and also is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.


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ALSO I had time for the other band you emailed round (Toddlers? Todlers rule? Toddlers Rulez? Who knows) and I think they could take the fun (for which read shouting and dancing) level up a notch. Did we need them to play acoustic?
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Three games in a big weekend of fallball play -- Georgetown at UMBC, Ohio State vs. North Carolina at Calvert Hall, and UMass vs. Vermont at the Catamount Classic -- all played with experimental rules designed to increase the pace of play.
All three games played with some variation on the shot clock, which seemingly has lacrosse fans split over whether or not it should be implemented at the college level. It ended up not having much of an effect at all during Georgetown's win, while the horn-only substitution came into play most.
It had a more noticeable effect in the games where there was a straight shot clock.
At UMBC, instead of the steady flow of players subbing in on the fly, teams set up set midfield lines that would sub in and out on horns when a shot missed wide on the endline or at established breaks in the play.
"I think not being able to sub on the fly is interesting, the kids aren't used to that and it forces kids to be out there longer. Longsticks were on offense and some possession shots weren't too pretty. It did get the ball going up and down the field and that's something you gotta give them credit for. This week in practice, we just got the guys used to staying on the field more," UMBC coach Don Zimmerman said.
It appeared during the game that both teams had told their players to shoot high and wide deliberately when they knew the shot was backed up, so they could sub in the appropriate lines on the endline horn. Georgetown confirmed after the game this was its strategy.
"We talked about playing to the spirit of the rule to test it out, but then we decided that, what if this was a real game scenario," Georgetown offensive coordinator Scott Urick said after the game. "We wanted to play the situation like it was real."
One of Georgetown's shots was so blatantly a missed shot that the refs gave the ball back to UMBC. That in itself brought up a question of what type of discretion a referee would have in that scenario. Could a referee call delay of game turnover on a team that he thought was blatantly firing the ball out of bounds for substitutions?
According to UMBC and Georgetown coaches, the stall warning was called twice, once on each team, with a total count of about 11 seconds. The shot clock in this game was not implemented until the referee called a stall warning. Both of those possessions ended with a shot for save that went the other way. Both teams were playing up-tempo offense with no discernible stall periods, so it's understandable why this didn't play out in a dramatic fashion.
Georgetown mentioned after the game that, in case of a shot clock implementation the team was supposed to shoot on cage almost immediately for the rebound. Nothing so elaborate was ever able to be kicked in.
With no apparatus on hand, the refs used their own timing pieces to keep the shot clock running and there was no visible on-field clock for both teams. Overall, the shot clock was not used in any real capacity to understand its impact on pace of play.
After the final buzzer sounded, it was evident that both sides felt particularly content with the experimental rules that were in effect in Sunday's scrimmage between North Carolina and Ohio State. The two main rules in place — the 60-second shot clock and the rule that forced teams to sub exclusively on the fly — had a strong impact on the game, yet not too much that it frustrated fans, players and coaches alike.
The reaction from the coaches and players afterwards was overwhelmingly positive.
"I thought the shot clock was great; it was a fast-paced game that went pretty quick," North Carolina head coach Joe Breschi said. "The 'no horns' factor was something I really liked, the international rules type of thing."
While Saturday's UMBC-Georgetown subbing rules favored the more conditioned players, Sunday's rules gave an advantage to the teams that did a better job of running the box. The more seasoned players (i.e. Jack McBride, Marcus Holman) were especially active with helping their teammates efficiently sub, adjusting to more liberal rules of the past.
"Of course, what we all did a little bit differently is just sub quicker," Breschi said. "We were just getting out on the field fast and attacking the cage."
It should be noted that the shot clock remained at 60 seconds in the second half despite the fact that it was originally supposed to be set at 75 seconds. It wasn't clear if that was a scorekeeping error or something that was agreed on at halftime, though the 60-second clock went well. Five shot-clock violations occurred (two by the Heels, three by the Buckeyes), one of which directly affected UNC's game-tying goal with just under a minute left.
In UMass' 11-7 win against Vermont, a shot clock violation was called three times. It was a straight 75-second shot clock.
"The shot clock will not change how we play at all since we like to play at a quick tempo. If this was implemented in the regular season, we would see teams sitting back in zones so a 2-point shot would be needed," UMass coach Greg Canella said before the game.
Vermont coach Ryan Curtis also said a 2-point shot would be needed if there was a shot clock implemented. But overall, its effect wasn't that big. "The shot clock didn't really affect the game at all, but once we got farther down the depth chart, we started having more issues with our entire offense. I did like the fact that they instituted a 'backcourt' violation into the game as they helped speed it up."
In addition to the horn-only substitution and shot clock, other rules for the UMBC-Georgetown and Ohio State-UNC contests included adjusted counts, quicker restarts and adjusted rules for man-down face-offs. The adjusted counts saw a few unforced turnovers thanks to the 20-second count, but didn't have much of an eye-popping impact. The other rules didn't have any noticeable impact.
According to Breschi, a member of the rules committee, the bottom line is quite simple. "We're all trying to pick up the tempo of the game that is so beautiful to watch."
Geoff Shannon reported from UMBC, Brian Foley reported from Massachusetts and Ty Xanders reported from Calvert Hall in Towson, Md., for this story.


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text: We had two come through the door for sale today and I got my paws on one of them. I hate to say it, but I'm not all that impressed. It's got some really nice features on it and all, but it is also really heavy and I don't like the fact that you can't see the barrel at all when you aim. It also appears the ejected shells drag across the rifle. Both of ours have scars in the same place from the test firing. That bothers me a little. Leads me to believe the ejection on them is still a little poor. Anyone have one of their own or shoot one yet? What is your opinion?


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Our vision is probably the most important sense we have so it makes sense that we protect it. My business and income is dependent on my vision, without proper vision I wouldn't be able to work and provide for my family.
I'm almost scared to admit how many hours a day I spend on the computer, and if you calculate television time, my nook reader, and my iPod it's downright frightening. But for argument's sake let's just say it's probably about twelve hours a day. Yes I spend half of the day using some kind of digital device; that's about 8 hours at work on the computer, 1 hour of television, 2 hours of working at home and another hour of watching TV on my iPhone, reading with my Nook or checking email. As a result, my optometrist has advised that I wear computer glasses to reduce eye strain.
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Can O' Worms. ALL imported AK's have the serial number on the trunnion. The ATF has consistently ruled for years that the receiver consists of the trunnion and the receiver as riveted together. The two cannot be separated without destruction of the receiver. I think the ATF issued an erroneous opinion letter to Wes at Soupbowl Enterprises a few years ago. That's what this whole " the trunnion is different on the shotgun than the rifle" thing is all about. Every other AK has the sheet metal receiver as the trunnion but for some reason the Shotgun was ruled differently. My ass. Ive got an opinion letter off to the ATF tech branch to get a ruling on this because I want to build an AOW with a flat. My guess is they will affirm that the sheet metal part is the receiver and not the trunnion. It will be my ruling. It will apply to me and my case just like Wes's ruling applied to him but an entire industry has been built from that erroneous letter.
+1 for chip... you can't sepperate an imported AK receiver from a trunion with out destroying the receiver. Also you can't replace a front trunnion if damaged on a imported gun for the same reason. I seem to remember there was one company that built US made receviers and I think it was the same company that built the alternative drum for the Saiga 12. I don't think they ever sold their receiver to the public thought. I don't see the receiver that I have seen in the past on their site.
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I haven't posted much, but I've been rabidly gather info and a few Fett pieces here and there. I have a Mystery Helmet but lack the painting skills for it. I contacted Rogue Studios but he's currently taking a break from it. Is there anyone else around here who does it?
I was going to ship it off to RA, but a close contact said it was only an ok result. Anyone have any feedback on RA? Any other painters of reputation around here?
I have a local contact that has done a lot of amazing replica and model work. And by amazing I mean flippin' sweeet amazing. Although he's never done a Fett helmet I'm sure it would turn out great. The drawback is that he's asking $350! Ouch.


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I used to have a Stag M4gery. Good little gun if you're into that kind of thing. Mine wasn't any louder than any other 5.56mm rifle. Does yours have a muzzle brake or a flash suppressor? I suspect you may be stuck with the former, since you're in an Iron Curtain state.
Are you shooting inside? All centerfire rifles are super loud inside. Maybe find an outdoor range if this is the case.
Isn't Stag in New Britain? You might give them a ring and see if they can change out the barrel or muzzle device.


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Willie Kool wrote:MRandall25 wrote:Willie Kool wrote:5 people haven't voted.
Got to be at least one red there.
I think it's well established that Crank is green, no?
Well established? I'm certainly not ready to say that. For all we know, the death of his therapist may have led to a relapse. And while I haven't up to now questioned his absence today, I can't help but wonder why he killed Rylan and then disappeared.
Yes, it is well established. And the reds would be dumb to shoot him so long as he has a net in reserve.
Is nan still alive? In all seriousness, I almost forgot he was playing. Could almost say the same thing for redwill, which usually means redwill is bad.


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I'm painting my helmet and jetpack with thinned humbrol in airbrush. The problem is that it runs! In my last try, I used a lot less thinner, about 4 parts paint to 1 part thinner, and it's still just a lot of mess. I don't use thick coats, so I don't know what I can do different.
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The link below on plastic bags caused me to revisit this issue and do a minor amount of research. "Nurdles" are pre-production plastics, not trash as we commonly define it, and should certainly be kept out of the water. The plastic plates that started this thread and the plastic bags that everyone is so worried about are dealt with in the below article. It should serve, once again, as a reminder to us to not go off half-cocked based upon incomplete or erroneous information.
Series of blunders turned the plastic bag into global villain - Times Online
Idiens brings up the most relevant of facts. Most of the pollution's origin is from the shore. A fact which makes the Dog's original thesis spurious.
Utilizing biodegradable materials at sea is eminently sensible. On shore it is actually counterproductive. Plastic bags take up far less landfill space than do paper bags and neither break down within the landfill. Plastic diapers are even a better idea than cloth as they take up less landfill space and result in far less contamination of ground water supplies than do the cloth via washing.
Hydrocarbons are a naturally occuring phenomena in the ocean. The entire argument becomes facile when biologists are unwilling to say that they have no exact idea of what is truly normal in nature or what nature is able to tolerate. Again, no one is in favor of wanton pollution, but to ignore the fact that nature herself pollutes quite readily and often smacks only of human arrogance and does nothing to advance sensible policies.
We could start reducing the plastics by demanding paper sacks at the Grocery stores. The trees use in the paper are renewable and grown on tree farms. This is from a person whose home town main employer is a paper mill.
But the main thing is; that it is disheartening to see trash in the Oceans. But for most people it is out of sight and out of mind. They toss soda/beer cans, plastic bags, and all manners of other plastic as they cross the ocean. They don't think on how it accumulates and becomes a hazard to more then just the sea life. Boats have been disabled by plastics in the ocean. When you get a plastic bag sucked into your sea suction or wrapped around your propeller (there large sheets of plastic wrap floating around out there).
So folks pease keep your plastics on board and put them in the proper dumpster when you return to shore.
Keep Our Oceans Clean.
The gyres of plastic in the oceans of the world are real. The problem is a result of over 50 years of dumping plastic in and it's a problem that has a scale that is as large as atmospheric CO2. But we don't stop driving cars; and we don't stop buying plastic. We can't watchdog every country that dumps it's trash into rivers and we don't insist upon cleanup of shipping containers when they are lost at sea or a ship carrying them sinks.
20 years ago every ship at sea sent their entire volume of waste including plastic into the sea. Today that's restricted to bio-degradable waste; which is a big improvement. 99% of us on this website sail in fiber reinforced plastic boats yet if we were confronted with the removal cost of our boat from the bottom of the sea should it sink; well there goes the feasibility of sailing (or concrete hulls and teak interiors would make a BIG comeback).
As far as oeanic plastic goes; the damage is done. The 'prevention' phase has pretty much passed; the real issue is how to clean it up. At some point plastic that remains in the sea will become part of the marine sediment and get trapped/recycled in the geology of the seafloor. Other plastics will wash ashore or get coughed up by birds and collected by people who clean their shores. Plastic gill nets are a bigger environmental issue but that's another thread...
If you want to make a real difference in the amount of plastic in our environment; stop buying plastic products. It's nearly impossible to do this; but reducing the amount of plastic packaging by buying larger packages (IE big box store) is a start. It's shameful that product packaging is increasing because the products are being downsized for profit.
Buy bio-degradable paper plates to throw overboard when you have a MOB situation :-)
That thread was about MOB and plates, this thread is about plastics in the sea - I thought.
S'way - Did you get to listen to the video that Dog posted?
I found the telling point was that when they went fishing for plankton they fished up 6 times more, by weight, of plastic particles than plankton - in the Pacific Ocean. That doesn't sound healthy for the plankton eaters anywhere in the food chain.
If the solution to pollution is dilution, then conversely a steady reduction in the dilution is an increase in pollution. At some point, the general level of pollution is likely to be a problem and when the whole ocean is up to that level, it will be a bit late to do much about it.
Not that we sailors contribute much to this, at sea. It looks like the majority is entering the sea from the rivers. So my conclusion is that on the MOB thread, anything practical that helps save a MOB life is worth trying. Conversely, on this thread, regarding Dog's linked video, I think there's a problem brewing that is not solved by the assumption that there is enough water in the oceans to handle any amount of pollution.
One ship sinks and puts more plastics, chemicals, pollutants into the water than the entire cruising community does in a year (I generalise).
And IIRC, LLoyds of London record at least one sinking somewhere in the world every day (or something like that).
I agree with sway. Whilst very few sailors (including me) deliberately pollute the sea we sail on, if one of my family goes overboard I'll put a trimaran through a proverbial shredder and spread the entire result on the sea if it means my loved one gets back on board.
|I wonder if more birds ingest styrofoam at the local dump than do at sea.
I did not read the MOB thread. Is it close by?
I have never thought of using a "debris field" but it makes perfect sense.
I think I would like to try tossing 50 or so out one day just to see what they look like. I think they would be easy to see as they would pepper the wave faces.
I think 50 to 100 would be great alternating white, day-glow orange and then green.
I think they would float a lot like a swimmer. Not nearly like a surf board, kayak or RIB! We should try it and see.
Someone said something like "so what it is a human life we are talking about saving". HAH!
The human lives (so damn many of them) are worth less and less each day.
Yes I know if it is me then it means more.......spare me that retort.
If every one on the planet dumped 10 plates in the water and then killed themselves there would be far fewer fish, birds, and animals of all kinds dying almost immediately.
Humans are so smart and yet so stupid........and so full of themselves too!!
I do not throw stuff over. In fact I am one that collects on each and every outing............BUT.........I really don't think it makes a great deal of difference. There is just too much stuff thrown, lost, whatever in the waters for me to clean it up. Just look at what is human nature. Defile an area using up the resources and then move on. Harder now that there are too many of us around these days.
That is what I think.
I think it should be tried. I might just do it...........in the name of science!!
Who wants to be the MOB in the debris field and who wants to be the MOB in the control area of ocean?
It's funny you'd mention DDT which was banned based upon science since shown to be incorrect. Even PBS's and Dioxins are under re-investigation with many scientists saying, we don't know.
Your concern about ingestation may have a degree of validity to it but does nothing to address the simple reality that animals ingest many naturally occuring substances that proceed to kill them or otherwise cause the effects you cite. Hell, dogs die from choking on chicken bones, try to get them to quit eating chickens.
The gyre's you cite are hardly unusual as nature manages to "pollute" herself all of the time. Millions of tons of mud flowing down a Malibu cliff into the Pacific is a natural polluting of the Pacific ocean. Try to stop it.
Your last paragraph is mere sophistry, sufficent to outlaw whatever the current bug-a-boo of the moment might be. Running off half-cocked and banning DDT on incomplete science has done nothing for the environment and results in the deaths of millions of people annually from malaria. The entire premise of this thread and your points above are of a similar nature of foolishness. No one is in favor of pollution per se, but the idea that man is in charge of the world's ecological condition as a prime mover is delusional and arrogant. You are right about man's lack of knowledge. It's just that some men are unwilling to admit that they really don't know for sure and are willing to call their guesses and emotions immutable fact.
"detrimental to the planet" I could not let that one pass. How the hell does anyone know what is detrimental to the planet? California could have an earthquake and fall into the ocean tomorrow, would that be detrimental to the planet? Was the ice age detrimental to the planet? What is the planet supposed to look like? We know what it looks like now and we have an idea of what it looked like a few hundred years ago, and we even have some ideas on what it might look like a hundred years hence. But we have no idea on what it is SUPPOSED to look like. If the planet is struck by an asteroid the size of Delaware it's going to look a lot different the following morning, the following year, the following decade, etc... Does that make the asteroid strike "unnatural"? You might re-read the last two sentences of my post above.
And once we stop throwing styrofoam plates overboard to spot our MOB we can move on to banning windshields. Just think of all those bugs dieing an unnatural death, probably deaths detrimental to the planet. Horsefeathers!
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Going to the San Diego customs you have a tendancy of missing the channle that leads into the customs dock. When you miss it you go past up the main channel and then you see the costoms building and have to turn around and go back on the north side of the channel . It is usualy night time and you are returning from the Newport to Insanada race. Well you cannot or just don't see the shallow sighns and SQuish you go right in the mud. You can't beat local Knowledge. Well you think that moby dick should be your sailing partner and say a few bad words . You send a guy out on the end of the boom and hope you don't dunk him like a tea bag and then you heal the boat over and try and back off. Some times your are in luck, some time you are not. Well we were lucky on both counts, We didn't teabag the crew member and we backed off. The emotional damage was done, I thought I was the worst navigator of all time.
Well I did the race about 5 years later on another boat and told the skipper about my experience in the San Diego customs mud. Well I went of watch about 03:00 and was woken up at about 05:00. Well our great navigator, great captain, helm hog, found the San Diego customs mud. We were not lucky on both counts. Since I was the heavest crew member I got to go out on the boom. Well lets just say I was a little two heavy or the keel was to small, I forgot I made the keel, Well we had to wait for
the tide and a good power boat, you know the boat the smells and doesn't have that stupid thing sticking down in the mud most of the time.
There is nothing like local knowledge as long as it is on watch.
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There are more people on Welfare in Illinois than there are people working.
Claim #1:QuoteThere are more people on Welfare in Illinois than there are people working.I'm virtually certain that this claim comes out of the "death spiral" Forbes article. This distorted paraphrase includes everyone working for state and local government, and anyone that is recieving retirement benefits from having done so.So now anyone with a pension is on "welfare"?deknow
Errr, I'm not the one that is making the claim that a retired firefighter or police officer with a pension is a welfare recipient....which is the claim that Idee is making:QuoteThere are more people on Welfare in Illinois than there are people working.I'm just as disgusted by how the public sector is usually run as anyone....but retired heros (injured or not) who put their life on the line for others, and who are getting what they are contractually entitledto are not welfare recipients, and not "takers".Next up, those lazy leaches of society known as "disabled veterans" and "active duty soldiers" become the target of mindless right wing scapegoating.Give me a break.deknow
First, any pension that was not paid into, in my opinion, is welfare.Second, any ex soldier who is not disabled in or by their service, who collects benefits are both takers and criminals, unless it is a retirement pension. ""See First""Vets who were disabled in or by the service collect because the service was liable.Active soldiers do their day's work for a day's pay, which, I may add, is very low. Mine was below minimum wage at the time I was in.
Looks more like base 29,000 and with benefits 54,000 to me.And, unless it has changed, it is pre tax, unless in a combat zone.http://www.goarmy.com/benefits/total-compensation.html
NO, the benefits are post tax. The base is pre tax. Also, 60 total is a long way from 60 base and 90+ total.I do agree, tho, all volunteer makes a lot more than draftees.
""the 29k base puts you in the no tax bracket,""How do you figure that? And, if they signed up in certain states, they also pay state income tax on the base, even if based overseas.As for 401k, with interest rates at less than 1% and add in a few losses over the years, why not say 200,000 each year to get the same retirement? Not that much more ridiculous than 20,000.That's also forgetting that a vast number of civilian companies offer retirement, many after 10 years, with increasing payments for more years served.This is not exactly staying on topic, so I think we should cut it off here. I don't want to get in trouble with the mods.


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Hey guys,
This is my first post so please dont rip me apart too bad...
I'm stuck at home with a broken foot so I have working non-stop on my fett costume (and consuming copious amounts of fermented hops and barley! :cheers ). I am now in the painting phase of the armor and I already have the silver coats down. I recently purchased the liquid masking compound and tested it out. The problem is that it either:
a) won't peel off after it has been painted over
b) removes the coat of paint that it was covering when I remove it.
Is there anyone out there that can help me get this stuff off without removing the underlying paint coats???
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well hot damn it's been awhile! i've sure missed alot of action on the boards in the past couple/few months.
And i have got to say the JB/project, WOW!!! all of you came together and did ONE HELL OF A JOB! seriously amazing guys and gals. what a thread to come back to :thumbup
any how, i wanted to post up and say hey to everyone since i ended up MIA for awhile. i really dont want to babble on too much so hope this stays kind of short.
well as i posted last fall i was in a nasty car acc. that took out my lower half leaving me w/ no lumbar discs from the L-2 to the S-2 vertebre, and nerv damage. long story short i have very limited use of my lower body and limited/carful use of the upper as to not aggervate or casue further damage. i was suppose to under go surgery after the holidays, but opted-out to under go very aggressive thearpy in hopes of improvement. eventually, at some point in my life i will HAVE to have the surgery and i will try as long as i can to prolong that and fight as best i can. the outcome has been minimal sofar, not much inprovement at all. and becasue of the fact that im using my upperbody to make up for the lower half, i am now aggervating injuries in my cervical spine from a car acc. a decade ago. :rolleyes
i am still keeping very positive about all this, i still drag myself to school 2 tims a week ( maintaining highest honors every quarter mind ya ) school is a hugh deal for me, especially since my career as a carpenter is done. im taking very minimal painkillers and the docs think im crazy not only becasue i take very lil painkillers, but im not taking something w/ the strength of oxycotton and such that most would have to take under the conditions...not even close to something like that ;)
well thats the update fellas, as some of you awhile back asked me to keep all of you posted. i didnt mean to dissapear w/ only popping in/out everyonce in a great while. but i had to keep my focus on bettering my situation, and the fact that all my projects had to be left abandoned again would have kept me feeling a bit down. so i set my fett and other projects aside completly until i got over another hurdle.
im looking forward to getting all caught up on the threads and i am SO HAPPY to be back on TDH, in the fett world which i missed greatly!!!! :)
hope to catch up w/ all of ya soon!! :thumbsup :cheers


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Re: 1973 - Solar eclipse of the decade
Isn't this the cover from a movie?
Re: 1988, The Human Genome Project
In regards to the petty date debate you all are having on this forum, I feel that it is a "chicken v. egg" argument which ultimately goes nowhere. Yes, some will argue that the actual genome project began in 1990. Others will argue that the group who thought up and created the project began in April of 1988. Without the group, there would be no genome project. Actual birth versus conception. You can't have one without the other.
By the way, the hyperbolic comparisons do nothing. They are a little obnoxious and compare apples to oranges. Such as the "I swear Woodstock happened in 84."
To try and get a t-shirt disqualified on such a minor technicality, and to even bother pointing it out in the first place, is sad. The purpose of the shirt DESIGN competitions is to challenge designers to produce creative and innovative shirts. If anyone wants to buy a shirt - which I'm assuming most on this forum want to do - then why sabotage a really good design?
This week's theme, like all previous week's themes, is just arbitrary. It's only meant to challenge designers to create the best shirts possible, not start arguments better left to historians.
I'm sure the people of Woot are laughing at this argument, finding it silly and rather insignificant. I sure am.
Re: 1979 - First Publication of the Neverending story
has a shirt submitted monday afternoon ever made it into the fog?
AdderXYU wrote:technically, since the design was entirely based on clip-art, the designer didn't put any detail at all into the shirt's design, but even so, other intricate pieces have printed up quite well (look at the line-art derby, for example).
And people think -I- complain for no good reason.
It wasn't a complaint, it was a comment.
keyser520 wrote:has a shirt submitted monday afternoon ever made it into the fog?
Re: 1970 - Apollo 13
Sweet shirt. I'd wear that with pride!
superspryte wrote:Hardly a vendetta. Here's an example. Click for larger photos:
As you can see, dark brown and black don't play well, even with the presence of brighter colors. The fact that the black and brown are switched is irrelevant. (I'm an interior designer, a professional, not a student; I understand color too, but I don't think profession is important this time. ^_~)
You do know this is the most popular shirt sold on Woot right? ^_^
sentnl wrote:You do know this is the most popular shirt sold on Woot right? ^_^
Yes. And a lot of wooters bleach it too. The design was very nice. The printing was not.
Re: 1987
i like the hose
eage8 wrote:the 3.5" disk released in 1984 was 720KB later upgraded to 1.44MB...
oh really? didn't know that. been 1.4 for as long as i can remember... hehehe
eage8 wrote: Bill Gates was talking about RAM in that statement...
I know, just added it in there to give a reflection of the mindset at the times. seems these days my 2 gigs isn't even enough RAM.
eage8 wrote:Other than that though, nice shirt : )
thanks ^_^ hope i got your vote.
Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=13172]
Entries have to have a year in the title. I recommend you withdraw this and resubmit with a different title. If you check other entries, you will see that those without years are rejected.
mjsakura wrote:Isn't this the cover from a movie?
Heheh... I think you're thinking of "The Ring?"
highgrassfarm wrote:In 1982 the first artificial heart was installed in a person. This is an ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH of that heart. The man it was installed in subsequently died. Maybe he couldn't find a place to plug it in!
Bummer. You are going to have to resubmit. Woot doesn't allow actual photos. Thanks for showing it to us anyway.
ejseader wrote:Indeed. Break dancing was around LONG before 1992.
Hate to burst your bubble, kiddo, but the gentleman is correct.
But, the design is pretty sweet - I'll give you that.
*coughs* GIRL*coughs*
even with my sig being what it is, I'll let it go this time
Re: 1963 Search for the real Bobby Fischer {resub}
Why the resubmit?
Now this one I can get behind. Well played, sir.
Re: 1981 - The Year Cars Learned To Fly (re-sub)
I think a ringer type shirt would look good with the reto look of the image.
sokowa wrote:Hrm, I'm not normally good at "spoofing" something. Anyone have any good ideas that I could have done? The idea of ice cream was just an "out there" idea. ;)
Actually, I love the whole ice cream thing. Especially since you used the alien's inner mouth to hold it. I once saw an animated spoof that had an alien drinking from a straw using the inner mouth idea. This reminded me of that and I still laughed my ass off. Bravo. I also love your goat T shirt design too. It just seems like a lot of designs are being lost in the middle this week.
Re: 1988 year of the dragon take two.
this is awesome
frantix wrote:Why the resubmit?
no votes : reason...maybe to busy. no one like borders, my brush strokes too thick(way too thick in some places me was thinkin ) maybe why no votes.
anyhow/who, me gottom go to all a new make for me cause how I got no votes.
Re: 1984: Duck Hunt {RESUB}
I love this one, which means it has a 75 percent chance of not being printed.
I would state that it isn't actually direct game art. I hand crafted that and altered the colors and size. But if you think it's too close, more power to you. Not going to argue but I did want to state that I didn't ripe anything off, I did do it all by hand.
A drawing tablet! Ahh!
Thank you!
I was using Photoshop Elements. hmm, 6 I think, before my old machine crashed and I was barely able to recover much. Got a new machine, could not find my old disks, so had to re-purchase the (Current) version of PSE. Unfortunately, I am having a dickens of a time trying to figure out how to use it - it is very different from the older version thatI was used to
You've seen the most popular shirts every derby, right?
Not to say I don't own a cool breeze (I don't think the printing is that much of an issue) but to claim popularity is quality is still, as it has been, foolish. Do I own it? Yes. Is it on my top 10? Not hardly.
Re: 1978 - First Test Tube Baby Was Born
One of my friends was the first test tube baby born in the state of Delaware (82 or 83?) This gets my vote! I'll be sure to get him one if it wins.
The definition of nostalgia!
Love it.
Ok, Not to specifically support the design - or the opposite, for that matter - but I have seen things here in MUCH poorer taste.
Personally, I would not wear this shirt, but I am sure that there are others who would.
Really a beautiful design.
Re: 1973: Skylab
I realize that this is super-late as an entry, but I really had a tough time getting it to look exactly the way I wanted. Plus I promised someone I'd give a stab at a Skylab design... hope you like it!
From Wikipedia:
"Skylab was the first space station the United States launched into orbit, and the second space station ever visited by a human crew. The 100 ton space station was in Earth's orbit from 1973 to 1979, and it was visited by crews three times in 1973 and 1974. It included a laboratory for studying the effects of micro gravity and an Apollo Telescope Mount solar observatory."
On top of that, though, it was the beginning of my fascination with space and with space travel. We learned all about it in elementary school (the fall after it re-entered the atmosphere) and I was hooked... I begged my parents to take me to the planetarium to learn all about space travel. To this day I've got a special place in my heart for the space station that was launched the same year I was... 1973.
Yesssss, Buckyball!
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want to team up for 1985? errr...we'd need someone from 1985. i think that's the year back to the future came out, and marty's toyota is BADASS.
we could stick both on one shirt, add some flames, and BAM.
Figit090 wrote:want to team up for 1985? errr...we'd need someone from 1985. i think that's the year back to the future came out, and marty's toyota is BADASS.
we could stick both on one shirt, add some flames, and BAM.
That may be when the movie came out, but the first De Lorean was produced in 1981.
Re: 1963-Bobby Fischer again
61 An d I never voted for it. thats too bad stop waisting your votes on this one click my sig for the new one k.?
I remember playing the arcade version of this game called "Vs. Duck Hunt" and it was fun! It was really funny when I shot the dog by accident, then it scolded me as it sometimes jumped up in the air while trying to chase the ducks out. Damn you for reminding me of my age! ;_;
ephobia wrote:I remember playing the arcade version of this game called "Vs. Duck Hunt" and it was fun! It was really funny when I shot the dog by accident, then it scolded me as it sometimes jumped up in the air while trying to chase the ducks out. Damn you for reminding me of my age! ;_;
yep I remember, 8 ball delux too. gravitar,defender 1 &2,
Crystal Castles If I had all the quarters I waisted man...
suicidekills wrote:does no one else remember doing this?
I didn't join, although I sure do remember it happening. 22 years ago? Somehow I thought it was longer ago than that. But what do I know? :D
Wow, you've got an Elvis-thing going! heheeh
GMV - just for tenacity :D
Re: 1970 - USSR performs an underground nuclear test
this is simply amazing...the best shirt of all...i reallyy want this shirt.
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Weekend Bookworm: Iron Curtain
15 March 2013 , 10:48 AM by Rob Minshull
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 by Anne Applebaum
In the second decade of the 21st century it is hard to believe that hardly anyone under the age of 30 has any meaningful memory of communist Eastern Europe. But for those of us who visited and travelled in the region, there is no more depressing recollection of how stultifying life was in that part of the world than remembering the experience of spending time in East Germany.
The rest of the Soviet bloc - and the Russians in particular - were fond of telling jokes about the German Democratic Republic. One joke I remember was about the East German communist youth, the Freie Deutsche Junge, the FDJ or Free German Youth. They were, it was said, not very free, not very young but very very German!
Like much of the humour in the East, it has to be placed in its political content. On the one hand, it showed just how much their so-called comrades in the Soviet bloc still distrusted the Germans. When the FDJ held their first torchlight parades, eyebrows were raised in both East and West: the penchant for torchlight parades was, after all, something these new young communist Germans seemed to share with the Hitler Youth.
On the other hand, the joke was also an important way that citizens of the Eastern bloc could mock and strike back at the daily diet of lies which people were fed. If active opposition to the communist regimes was nigh on impossible, then as Anne Applebaum points out in this memorable story of the imposition of totalitarian rule on the people of Eastern Europe, 'passive opposition' through things like jokes was common in all classes and across all ages.
"Many people felt embarrassed or ashamed by the things they had to do in order to keep their jobs, protect their families and stay out of jail. Others were appalled by the hypocrisy of public life, bored by the peace demonstrations and parades ... They were stultified by the dull meetings and empty slogans, uninterested in the leader's speeches and the endless lectures. Unable to do anything about it openly, they got their revenge behind the party's back."
Applebaum's book is not so much about the reasons why the communists seized power in Eastern Europe; rather, Iron Curtain is a magnificent explanation about the nature of that takeover and of how the communists introduced a political economy to maintain their stranglehold on power. It is a damning indictment of a politics which eventually merged the diverse and distinct histories of so many countries into a drab, repressive monoculture of despair and dictatorship.
The daily monotony of propaganda and lies combined with the early years of violence to produce a system which tried - and failed - to control every aspect of society. Initial control over the secret police in every country 'liberated' by the Red Army gave minority communist parties much more influence over political events than their support warranted.
"Through the selective use of terror, [the communists] could send clear messages to their opponents, and to the general public, about what kinds of behaviour and what kinds of people were no longer acceptable in the new regime."
Non-party organisations were a threat, however benign they were. Initially keen to encourage a facade of multi-party democracy, by 1948 Stalin had moved decisively to smash any political opposition altogether. Private businesses were to follow but, more importantly, and having abandoned any pretence at owning a popular mandate, the communists were determined to destroy any semblance of civil society whatsoever.
As Applebaum puts it: "The nascent totalitarian states could not tolerate any competition for its citizens' passions, talents and free time."
Churches and organised religion was intimidated into appeasement and silence; the greatest effort, however, went into the destruction of non-party youth groups. Organisations such as the Scouts and even the YMCA were infiltrated, taken over and eventually suppressed. Any independent thought or activity following World War II was smothered at birth in Eastern Europe and never allowed to recover.
Applebaum shatters the right-wing nonsense about Jewish control of the communist parties in Eastern Europe: there were too few Jewish survivors from the Holocaust to have much an impact and those few parties which had a Jewish leadership - Czechoslovakia and Hungary being the prime examples - soon purged them and instituted anti-Semitic policies in a bid to win mass support.
Similarly, those left-wing revisionists who argue that the Soviet bloc was merely a response to Western aggression are talking twaddle. Stalin, and the communists who fled to Moscow in the face of Nazi aggression, planned their takeover of Eastern Europe in great detail.
The trusted communist agents arrived in their homelands on the backs of Soviet tanks and in the seats of Soviet aircraft. Their goal was to produce a friendly sphere of Soviet influence and a cordon of dictatorships reliably responsive to Russian orders. Although shocked and surprised by the failure to win power through the ballot box in the years after 1945, the strategy was always to obtain control over the state by force and to keep it that way.
Of course, the Red Army and their loyal minions were initially welcomed by many people. It was the Soviets who sacrificed so much and so many lives to defeat the Nazis and it was Red Army soldiers opened the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau after all. By re-opening the camps to house their own undesirables, by condoning the mass rape of women across Poland, Hungary and Germany, and with the brutal treatment of non-communist anti-fascist groups, disillusionment set in fast.
It is true, however, that a great many people - particularly those from poor and working class backgrounds - benefitted from the new regimes in Eastern Europe. Jobs were created, promotion within the bureaucracy was guaranteed and the perks of power were obvious. Many also continued to believe in communist ideology: the emphasis upon free health care and education was more than just mere sloganeering.
In the end, it wasn't enough. Almost four million East Germans fled before the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. For the vast majority of East Europeans, and for those who stayed and did not flee to the West, a compromise was found. Endless meetings and courses in Marxism-Leninism, unstinting praise for Stalin and the Soviet Union, the ubiquitous marches and fear of speaking openly had the effect of shifting politics to the informal.
"The experience of living in a society which forced everyone to sound enthusiastic all of the time, and which forced many people to say and do things they didn't believe in, [also] had profound psychological consequences ... If the genius of Soviet totalitarianism was its ability to get people to conform, this was its fatal flaw: the need to conform to a mendacious political reality left many people haunted by the sense that they were leading double lives."
As Applebaum concludes, the communist ideology contained the seeds of its own destruction. Once the Nazis and their collaborators had been defeated in the East, the communists' claims to legitimacy were based to a large extent on promises of future prosperity which were supposed guaranteed by 'scientific' Marxism. The golden future, quite simply, never arrived; living standards stagnated and fell dramatically below those of Western Europe.
"In the end, the gap between reality and ideology meant that the communist parties wound up spouting meaningless slogans which they themselves knew made no sense."
Amid the compulsory chorus of adulation, cynicism and disillusion - even among the true believers - was the order of the day in Eastern Europe. The smiling young communists of the 1950s gave way to the sullen, apathetic workers of the 1970s and the cynical students and intellectuals of the 1980s. Applebaum writes that the absurd propaganda meant the chanting masses often seemed bewitched by the cult of the leader or the party. That spell was, however, suddenly, unexpectedly and dramatically, broken.
Applebaum decided to end her superb book in 1956, just as the Poles and Hungarians decided to openly rebel against communist rule. If the spell was broken, Soviet might and the curse of communism nevertheless continued to hold the East and Central Europeans captive for another 30 years.
In the end, and as Max Frankel, a former Eastern Europe correspondent for The New York Times, has put it, that captivity and colonisation became a huge burden on the Soviet economy, and the lures of Western democracy and economic achievement produced corrosive holes in the Iron Curtain.
Anne Applebaum has written an outstanding book which illustrates how the totalitarian spell could never be sustained. It is a remarkable tribute to the millions of innocent people who were slaughtered, tortured and suppressed in the crazy pursuit of politics.
IRON CURTAIN by Anne Applebaum
Published by Allen Lane - Penguin
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Business continuity is a top concern of global business and IT decision-makers. Headline news has made these concerns all the more acute – from the political unrest that characterized the "Arab Spring" and continues to plague certain countries in the Middle East to earthquakes, flooding, and other natural disasters across the globe. Those concerns become more acute as multinationals expand into new geographies such as Africa – a trend evidenced by recent announcements by HP and IBM.
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Bonbon is a mini comic art zine of mine. Look at all the pretty cakes, candies, and ice cream that fill the pages of this mini! There is a comic all about the memories I have associated with sweets, collages, and a recipe for chocolate truffles. I have also added some super cute hand drawn artwork on a few of the pages. Each copy is unique.
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those back panels are looking sweet!
Looking awesome bro! Are you using Rafs stencils?
Well, I went for it. Here's my custom green, next to a buddy's MR. Thoughts?
May just be the photo lighting, but your green looks great. The cheeks on the other bucket look too "Minty green".
I'd say yours is much closer to the ESB color. It might be just a bit too grey, but it matches all the pics where a flash is used. I just wonder if the flash washed just a tad of the green out. I only say that when I look through the reference pics there are a couple without flashes in the SE gallery that show just a hint more green. All in all I think you are incredibly close, and I would say that without seeing the bucket in person, outdoors, to verify the true color to yourself, you have one of the closest colors I have ever seen. It looks great!
If you scroll up to the top of the screen they match the ESB Fett in the corner. And those back panels look very well done, back tracking a bit.
The color is pretty good. Assuming that you used a powerful light, I did a 'color test' using an image (made with flash light) from the TDH Gallery (photo by Britt Dietz):
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The upper set is with the unmodified light, and the colors are pretty close, but you can see that the gray weathering is much too dark and your green lack a bit of green. The second set has the light reduced with 10% and all the colors matches 95%, because I used these colors to do my stencils. I never use the brightest images as they are distorted, so I use intermediate lights: not too light and/or not too dark. The second images shows the difference between 'normal' light and a 10% reduction.
I say you are pretty close with the base green, but you might warm it up a bit.
Okay, Rafal, now you and I can get into the nitty gritty.
The gray is not the recommended Reefer Gray, but rather the Lark Dark Gray that is present in some of the paint up color lists. When a darker green is used for the cheeks, the Lark Dark Gray works fine. But since my green is so much lighter, it REALLY makes the gray color have too much of a contrast. I noticed that immediately. I'm looking into getting a bottle of the Reefer Gray, and I may attempt to redo that section. That's why I only did the lower cheeks.
I am happy to try a new mix for the cheeks and dome, but honestly, I'm nervous to do so (this IS an FPH2), but I'm confident in my eye, and although I don't expect to change the game, it is fun to go in a different direction.
TF2 ESB Paint Job for Captain Awesome) along with Jayvee's awesome helmet paint-up, both located in the Helmet Consolidation Thread.
I'm looking forward to see how the 'new' gray will work for you!
I've tried the custom mix thing before and it can be really tricky.
I'm not saying you are doing poorly at all, but when it comes to paints there are a few members who really set the bar high. I always look at their work and consult them .(you know who you are fellas)
Two things:
The real grey is pretty dark. Even darker than the SP lark dark grey. The weathering and especially the black wash must be used to darken the green up and reduce the contrast.
Who would be interested in a custom green mixed up in airbrush ready bottles ?
This color would be based on extensive study by one of those fine paint wizards and would act as a replacement to the discontinued floquil paint. It would be pretty close to the floquil POG but with more accurate hue.
Great Information boys:thumbsup
Man I have to get one of these lids.
Definitely close enough that you know when it's done it's going to look BAD *****!
That detail shot by Raf is stellar...like a repro of the Mona Lisa.
The semester is over, and I all my papers have been written and submitted, so I finally had some time to get back on my helmet.
Over the weekend, I was able to get the upper cheeks done, but more importantly, most of the dome.
As I've gotten farther along with it, it's making me sick to my stomach to deviate from the 'official' green. I like my mixture very much, but I'm in uncharted territory, and I'm still very nervous. I'm confident that after I'm finished, and the helmet gets a few generous washes, that the green base that I've used will look awfully close to the screen-used helmet. That's the hope, anyways!
I think it's turning out well, so far, but it definitely looks too 'new,' so to speak. There's tons of detail work to do. In particular, I have lots more work to do on the dent. I also had my first 'Oh No!!' moment. After laying down the Lark Dark Gray, I realized that forgot to mask two areas of silver, so I kinda went into panic mode! However, I was able to 'reverse-mask' those areas, and it came out perfect. This taught me two things:
1. Anything on this helmet can be redone/reworked/added to.
2. For a complete and proper paint-up, the technique SHOULD be a healthy mixture of layered AND topical.
Anyways, here's a few low-quality pics under poor lighting lol!
I'm waiting for several paints to come in the mail (it's been a month - argh!) and the next area is, of course, the mandibles. I'm REALLY excited for this part, since that's when Boba Fett becomes Boba Fett, in my opinion. Plus I'm DYING to see how my green contrasts to Jayvee's Humbrol mix.
Thanks for reading.
Congrats on the semester ending! My last final is tomorrow. I am excited to see this paint up since I ordered a FPH2 in early November. Looking great!
Who painted the helmet beside yours?
At this point probably very easy to get wrapped up in the tiny details. The lighting also has to play a part here . Looks like yours is too light and the next door helm is too dark. Hard to get fine hues over internet pics. Detail does look really great though....and if I paid someone for a paint up and it looked like this I'd never complain!
I have the luxury of having a buddy's Master Replicas Boba Fett helmet. So all of the comparison shots are taken alongside that. I'm hoping that when I paint the mandibles, that will help to 'darken' the dome and cheeks. I'm also thinking that a series of washes will further knock the lightness down. We'll see.
More terrible pics!
(You have no idea how much it gets under my skin to take and post such awful photos - it's just so CONVENIENT to use my phone lol)!
Got the kill stripes handled last night. I like the way they turned out, and I think that the added color really has helped to break up the brightness of the dome. I think this might turn out great!
Deadland pointed out a few areas of dark gray that I missed on the back of the dome (and some silver along the dent area - which I already knew about), but I have no fears of adding them, after the experience that I had in the post above.
The HORRIBLE company I bought some Humbrol tins from has assured me that I'll have my paint for the mandibles before Christmas - Only a month and a half after I ordered them. I won't call them out, but it rhymes with 1001MODELKITS.COM.
Anyways, I'll be (hopefully) masking the silver on the mandibles/trim after work tonight, and possibly laying down the base gray after that. We'll see (it's rainy/cold here today).
Here's the stripes:
And the crown jewel of blurriness!
Man those kill stripes just pop on that color....
I love the green tone you're using. Can't wait to see how it looks with the mandibles finished
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Good morning, my Fett friends!
I was able to get some good work done yesterday. If all goes according to plan, my Humbrols should be arriving this afternoon when I get home from work. I'm waiting for Red Wine and Oxford Blue. So in the meantime, I figured I should go ahead and get some work on the mandibles done. I decided to forego the lighter gray color that appears in a few spots, as I think it will be easier to lay it down after everything else is completed. So I went to the next color, the dark gray. And I gotta say, I thought that the back panels for the ESB (or any of the helmets, really) were the biggest pain, but I was WRONG lol. As much fun as all of this is, the ESB mandibles (the lower right mandible in particular) are a nightmare! There are sooooo many little 'flecks' of all of the colors! I'm just hoping I come close to capturing it all.
When I get home (and assuming 1001modelkits.com comes through), I should be able to begin spraying almost immediately (all that's left is to mask the dark gray of the trim/keyslots).
Still two more main colors to add. Here's a quick picture. It doesn't QUITE capture the insanity...lol!
Everything looks great Rubio !
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On November 5, the Associated Press reported that a glitch in a suburban Ohio town's electronic voting system resulted in 3,893 extra votes for President George W. Bush. While the story was reported by every major national newspaper, including The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times, in addition to major regional Ohio papers including the Cleveland Plain Dealer and The Cincinnati Enquirer, only two cable news shows reported the discovery. Network news ignored it completely.
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Sinister is not microchipped, he doesn't wear a collar inside the house or out in the yard but he does wear one when we leave the house that has all of my information on it. I know I should get him microchipped but I haven't yet.
Draco does not wear a collar inside the house or out in the yard but he does wear one when we leave the house, he was microchipped by the breeder, her information is on it as well as my information.
Heck, my kids, human children now have stickers in their shoes with contact info just incase....if I could put a chip in them I would.
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Not to steal the thread, but is there a way to remove the chip if you don't want it in your dog? I'm adopting a dog that already has a chip (the current owner never put their info on it, but have all of the paperwork for me to add mine if I want to), and I don't really like anything unnatural in their bodies. None of mine are microchipped, and none wear collars/tags (because it mats their fur). I've never had an issue, but I'm also the exception to the rule, as I tend to be overly-extreme when it comes to responsibility. I love these dogs with my life and would die defending them. So...yeah...extreme probably, but in love nonetheless! Ha.
I lived through a horrible experience that day...yes it maybe seen as rare, unlikely for most but it can happen. Stuff happens!!!
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|I can understand not wanting a microchip in your dog, but elective surgery to remove it with all the risks isn't the most natural thing either.
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Thank you all for the input. I think it's quite clear, the "pros" have it! That is until you read Momto2GSDs' story...scary. Kinda throws a monkey wrench in the whole decision making process. Over all sounds like good insurance, with odds of complications being slight. Thanks again. And Momto2GSDs, sorry you had such a horrible experience with it.
This isn't personal experience, but more then 2nd hand
Woolf's trainer breeds Bouviers. One of the pups out of her last litter had a reaction to the chip. A cyst developed around the chip, they tried draining the cyst initially, ended up having to remove the chip. The surgery wasn't the easiest for the pup since she was a high energy/drive little demon lol. She had to be kept quiet for a few days post-op.
On the other hand, both of mine are chipped with no problems.
|Thank you all for the input. I think it's quite clear, the "pros" have it! That is until you read Momto2GSDs' story...scary. Kinda throws a monkey wrench in the whole decision making process. Over all sounds like good insurance, with odds of complications being slight. Thanks again. And Momto2GSDs, sorry you had such a horrible experience with it.
|No problems here. I have had pets microchipped for years.
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So my 7+ month old Jake, isn't microchipped. When Jake was a few months old I had his eyes done (checked) at a breeders clinic that also offered microchipping. I chose not to do it. I know if he were to get lost, and say his ID tags were lost as well, unlikely but possible, there would still be info to get him home. Here's the thing...microchips just remind me of oh, say, alien implants of foreign materials. Not that I've been abducted, that I know of. But the whole idea of it gets under my skin, so to speak. So has anyone had any problems like infections from microchips or maybe abscesses? Noticed any site pain or irritation? Any adverse side effects from having it done?
I'm getting two free microchips. I have three animals I could use them on. Not going to do my older dog since she's such a homebody now, even though she escapes from any fence/enclosure... just so she can sit on the front porch and "guard" our house from birds. *rolls eyes*, but will be microchipping my cat and my puppy when the time comes.
My cat is an inside cat... BUT... he spent some time from October to December as an outside/inside cat per my parents' desire since I was living with them (I hated it). I originally had two cats. Both neutered males. My baby boy Malfoy took off a week after I moved in with my parents after my roommates kicked me out and refused to pay me over $500 in bills that were in my name... and well... a bunch of stuff. I lost the cat who I loved more than any other cat I knew. Probably should have known something like that would happen. I am great with cats I don't have a strong bond with. Those I do develop a bond with... well... the first got hit by a car (outside cat I had no control over), the second was a rescue at the vet clinic I worked at, his broken leg got badly infected and he had to be put down, and then Malfoy took off and I haven't seen hide nor hair of him since. He went missing October 7th when my mom let them out of the garage while I was at school/work... they both took off... and was only able to find Master... Malfoy is gone. Searched for months.
Still have signs up, still bump of facebook posts... but no luck.
If he had a microchip... it's not a guarantee that he would have been found... but had he been taken into a shelter at any point, he would have been scanned and I would have been alerted. Instead, my baby is gone... and my hope is waning that he'll ever be found.
So... that said, I am for microchips. Yes, if they break they can cause damage. I've heard of dogs being irritated and scratching and digging and actually do manage to get them out. But in the end... if something happens that it outside of your control, like the tornadoes that happened 30 minutes away from me, or a flood, or even a family member purposely or accidentally letting your animal out... even though a microchip isn't a guarantee of anything, if your pet does end up at a shelter or veterinarian's office, and is scanned, you will be contacted, and you can bring your baby home.
Provided you make sure the information is up to date that is.
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'Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy and Jaroslav Spacek returned to the ice at the Sabres practice this morning at HSBC Arena.'
Archives for October 2006
Three Players Return To Sabres Practice
Buffalo takes focus off streak
'For Paetsch, playing Saturday was a nice change to watching the games from the bench, though he skated in warmups for every previous game. "It sucks the way it happened because Henrik is one of the best defencemen out there," said Paetsch, who will likely be a regular starter now that Tallinder is out with a broken arm. "To go in under that situation is difficult, but I was happy to get back on the ice because I love to play hockey."'
A lonely bench
'Buffalo has exactly 18 skaters available each night. Add to the fact that several Sabres are nursing minor injuries, and Buffalo may be forced to make a roster move before Thursday's game at Boston.'
Tuesday's Rochester Coverage
Amerks hit the road for two games in New England (Amerks.com)
Pelletier's patience pays off (Amerks.com)
Amerks attend Marrow Donor registry drive (Amerks.com)
The feeling's mutual
'Goaltender Ryan Miller talked about the change since the team's springtime run to the Eastern Conference Final. He says that he is recognized around town because he's the only "skinny guy with long hair" on the team and easy to spot. But self-effacing commentary aside, Miller was very thoughtful and insightful when commenting on the buzz in the community. He welcomes all of the trappings because he feels an increased sense of passing the game on to another generation…
Several Players Miss Bills, Sabres Practices
'Defenseman Henrik Tallinder will miss 1-2 months with a broken arm, and had a plate inserted in his forearm to protect against the injury re-occuring. The surgery was successful.'
Sabres dealing with defeat for a change
'The Buffalo Sabres can put their early-season unbeaten fairy tale behind them now. Instead of worrying about setting records and such, the club can focus on winning enough games to put them in the best position come spring.'
Amerks Paille is on the Cusp
"Don't be fooled. On a Rochester team that started 7-0 and that features some of the best young prospects in hockey, Paille deserves to raise his hand in a "don't forget about me as an up-and-comer" gesture."
A peak experience
'With three shootouts, one shutout and five one-goal games, the Buffalo Sabres gave fans a thrill ride with record-tying 10 straight wins to open season.'
Sabres' magic falls a bit short
'"Hey, we got 21 of a possible 22 points in October," stressed Jason Pominville, who had one of Sabres' four come-from-behind goals and two assists. That's a bit like George W. Bush's victory speech a few months into the Iraq war.'
Buffalo, lovin' the slug?
'Sabres jerseys are the No. 1 seller on nhl.com since Sept. 23.'
Lack of defensive depth puts Sabres on thin ice
'But if the Sabres suffer another injury on defense, they have only three rookies to choose from in Rochester (Mike Funk, Mike Card and injured Andrej Sekera). Amerks captain Brandon Smith is their property, but they have never considered him to be a player on their NHL roster. "Ideally you'd like 12 defensemen who could all play in the NHL," general manager Darcy Regier said…"But you make decisions based on how much room you have in the minors, and in our case there's not a lot of room, and on the salary cap."'
The answer to Anson
'"Scotty Arniel, the coach in Manitoba, had him in Buffalo the last few years and he told us Taylor could go anywhere from being on the top line to the fourth line," Vigneault explained. "He had the potential to be a top-line player but, for whatever reason, it didn't come out in Buffalo. Scotty told us he had great size but that he didn't always use it."'
Pyatt, twins on the money
'"He had the potential to be a top-line player but in Buffalo that didn't come out on a regular basis," said Vigneault. "He's been one of our positive upsides."'
Monday's Rochester Coverage
Amerks want their revenge (Rochester D&C)
Lack of defensive depth puts Sabres on thin ice (Rochester D&C)
Crunch still upbeat after shootout loss (Syracuse Post Standard)
Rochester 2, Syracuse 1, SO (AP)
Amerks Avenge Loss (RNews.com)
Amerks beat Crunch in Shootout (Amerks.com)
Amerks help to raise awareness for Marrow Donor program (Amerks.com)
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Just wondering how many people got that survey and what they answered for the options and such????
For those that are wondering what I am taking about, the DNR sent out a survey that ask at random waterfowl hunters from the 3 zones how there season was and if they would change it. It had things on it like would you push your season back or ahead, do you like the split at the end or begining of the season, etc. It was really in depth, I was impressed! On the back was 4 maps of Michigan that had 4 different zone options on them.
1st was leave it the same.
2nd was to have three zones and they cut the bay in half with same season dates w/split season
3rd was to have three zones and they lumped all of the bay into the middle zone with same season dates w/split.
4th was to have 4 zones. North, middle, south and southwest (grandrapids dead south and west. No split season).
NO OPINIONS PLEASE, not sure why the other topic got locked but I would just like to get a feel for who got the survey and who didnt get it and which option you would have picked if they had. Please, Please, Please do not comment! There are a bunch of us that are curious to see the results from it! Dont worry, Ill make a topic to have fun with again, as long as it doesnt get locked for no reason