Hvward Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 You don't visit Banter very much do you, James? Cool trip Burg & Haha who doesn't love a good first world gripe about technology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 BTW, guys, I am actually recording something tomorrow night. Yes, recording a program on TV. Like, with a tape. On a VHS. OMG! When was the last time you heard those words uttered? Problem is that I don't have a DVR, but have to work tomorrow night and really want to record something, so the VHS tape is back in style, baby! I'm very much in favor of this. I'm proud to say I still have two working VCR's and a big library, including almost all final round Masters going back to 1985, not too long after when VHS became big. I never had Beta. I have some friends who are very proud that they have still not bought a smart phone. They had never even had any cell phone til their daughter forced them to take one of her flip phones for free a few years ago due to concern about them when they travel. Their main phone by far is still their landline. They almost never use their cell except to call me on occasion. They never have to pay for usage because it is some kind of bonus on their daughter's plan. Anti technology is so cool though I'm embarrassed to say I've had a smart phone since 2009. I had to get it for business reasons. If not, I may still not have had one and would be able to brag about it. I guess I'm a traitor of sorts. Getting 2nd thunderstorm of day here in SAV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 I'm in the ATL right now , about to peep the Garth Brooks concert! Anybody know a good restaurant around Phillips Arena or world of coke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 A 2.6 earthquake hit just south of Aiken today around 4:35. Did anybody feel it? Is the big one on the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Until James and Larry weighed in, I thought I was the last VCR user around. Glad to know I've got some good company. Now, if we can get Mack to give up his laser disc and go back to tapes, we'll have us a little band. By the way, awesome pix, Burg! Hope you're getting your rest. You're gonna need it with all the pbp you'll be doing this winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I'm in the ATL right now , about to peep the Garth Brooks concert! Anybody know a good restaurant around Phillips Arena or world of coke You're gonna make Brick jealous, seeing Garth and experiencing earthquakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I'm in the ATL right now , about to peep the Garth Brooks concert! Anybody know a good restaurant around Phillips Arena or world of coke It's more of an icon than a great place to eat but the varsity is always a good place to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 My fiancée and her mom are going to the Garth concert as well. Hitting up the second show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazdaddy Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Good evening from Zermatt, Switzerland. Getting to see all the snow capped mountains here is amazing. Interestingly enough it might snow here Sunday night but I'll be in Interlaken by then! Really gets you ready for the winter season. I propose we all do a meetup in the Alps. These pictures were taken from the balcony of my room today which has a great view of the Matterhorn. These two were taken from the train going up to Zermatt. The first is a almost glacier type thing on top of one of the ridgelines. I guess techcnically it's a glacier? This was melting creating a nice waterfall which leads into the picture of the stream. This water was blueish green and clear, the cleanest looking water I have ever seen in my life. Only way to describe is that from 20 feet up I could see individual leaves floating in the water! Those are beautiful. I was in Lucerne in 06' one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 My fiancée and her mom are going to the Garth concert as well. Hitting up the second showYeah, we are too. Just hope he can put on two good shows in a day?!CR, I will see if I can get some pics to post for Brick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Burger, the pics look great. The Swiss/Austrian/French Alps have always been at the top of places I would most like to visit. CR, your daily avatar changes are a trip! James, sign me up for your awesome-sounding freezing rain expedition. I'll do without the HD...SD...analog VHS tapes, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Until James and Larry weighed in, I thought I was the last VCR user around. Glad to know I've got some good company. Now, if we can get Mack to give up his laser disc and go back to tapes, we'll have us a little band. By the way, awesome pix, Burg! Hope you're getting your rest. You're gonna need it with all the pbp you'll be doing this winter! LOL! I do have a working VHS player that I use on occasion (as in maybe once per year). I have some old tapes I occasionally pull out, though it's really rare these days. I have a lot of VHS tapes from my childhood, mostly. Some of those still interest me (like this train tape... I'm somewhat of a rail fan). I think every major movie I had on tape I now have on DVD or Blu-Ray as I finally got a Blu-Ray player recently (actually, I think I still need to get Summer Rental, maybe). There's still a lot of old tapes in the cabinet, though. I think I only have Volcano! on VHS! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano_(1997_film) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxictwister00 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I still had a grey Magnavox VCR from 2003 that was sitting in my room just collecting dust until last month when I gave it away along with some old clothes to the American Kidney Foundation. It was still in excellent condition, but since I don't have the large collection of VHS movies anymore there was really no point in keeping it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Those are beautiful. I was in Lucerne in 06' one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. Yea it's been amazing out here. Went up to the highest point in Europe by cable car. 13,000 feet where there is snow all year round. Even crazier was how light headed you get from being that high up. This was the view about halfway up. Here is where the snow is and where you can actually ski in June. Going up there were cliff faces made by banks of snow that looked every bit of 30 feet high. I would guess the snow base at the top for skiing there was around 2 feet or so. Also another pic of the Matterhorn and a chain of the Alps from a higher elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 ^ Dude, that volcano is a bout to go! Get out of there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 ^ Dude, that volcano is a bout to go! Get out of there!! It really does look like it when the clouds roll in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 Well, the Garth concert was good,he went on an hour late! That place was a madhouse , I think 16000+ plus were there! He played a new song or two, but mostly classics! Then he had to let Trisha sing a few songs, and it was her bday, he got her a Dale Murphy jersey and a few other things on stage and we all sang happy birthday to her while she was on stage! He went from about 1135-150 or so, and did all the hits except " Thunder Rolls" , for some reason? Maybe he doesn't like weather!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 ECU 70 unc 41 Just making sure all the unc fans out there who may have turned it off got the final score........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 ECU 70 unc 41 Just making sure all the unc fans out there who may have turned it off got the final score........ Good game, props to ECU they were the all around better team today. You guys have our #. Was surprised the weather wasn't more of a factor with that tropical mess off the coast. I would have loved to of seen a muddy mess because that would have played more in unc's favor but I am not sure it would have mattered. Good win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Good game, props to ECU they were the all around better team today. You guys have our #. Was surprised the weather wasn't more of a factor with that tropical mess off the coast. I would have loved to of seen a muddy mess because that would have played more in unc's favor but I am not sure it would have mattered. Good win! Actually weather was really nice, enough clouds to keep the temp down, and a steady N to NE wind that was cool with the cloud cover......perfect weather for a game.....now the rain is working in just now starting to fall here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 No Carolina blue sky over Dowdy Ficklen today instead it was painted purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Spent part of the day at the NC Zoo trying out a camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Spent part of the day at the NC Zoo trying out a camera. You sure you were not in Waycross ? The climate there supports all those animals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 You sure you were not in Waycross ? The climate there supports all those animals! The only animal in Waycross is....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Lol^ The only bugs here are lovebugs. There are so many it's ridiculous. Jburns what kind of camera do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Found this pic. It was the event the day before the " big one" last Feb. A decent event in its own right, but had the yard stick out for the next days event, lol! Turns out I would only need a third of a regular ruler for both events total! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Lol^ The only bugs here are lovebugs. There are so many it's ridiculous. Jburns what kind of camera do you have? I have more than I need. The one I was testing is the new Panasonic FZ-1000. I'm tired of carrying all my heavy DSLR lenses around and this one has a good zoom and above average image quality for a compact. It also has the advantage of taking 4K video. It's a pretty nice all in one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Lol^ The only bugs here are lovebugs. There are so many it's ridiculous. Jburns what kind of camera do you have? Unlike the webworms, there have been a good number of lovebugs in Savannah this September. A lot of them are apparently brought up here from Florida via northbound cars on I-95. They generally linger stubbornly until the first significant cold front comes through. Because of the stubborn warm, humid air, the lovebugs have had favorable conditions to linger. It is finally cooling off this evening on the backside of the offshore low. Perhaps, that will lead to a significant reduction of lovebugs. I did finally see one web from webworms. That compares to 100's of them one year ago and an infestation of the worms (caterpillars) all around the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Don't know why my yardstick is sideways!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazdaddy Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 ECU 70 unc 41 Just making sure all the unc fans out there who may have turned it off got the final score........ I just got home from the game. Wow...and the purple sunset over Dowdy Ficklin was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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