ny_yankee_25 wrote: I see alot of people are alrighty setting things up! I'm a newbie who will be doing his first 32 channel display. I still have to hook up my controllers to my computer for the first time. I thought if I start now it would be to early. than I still have to figure out how to do sequences. Well I need to figure out how to edit them to work for me. I have a felling I will not be ready for this year.
Don't give in so easily. I had a 48 channel show with about 8 songs sequenced in less than 6 weeks, all lights up and the show running!
I hate to whine, but this isn't one of the better days I've had in recent history... I have the flu while on vacation, it's cold and I still don't have the furnace installed in the house, the worst possible canidate in history is now Governer Elect, and the Phils are second in the World Series. At least the Yanks can afford the parade...
Jeff
PS On a happier note, Fletcher is slowly teaching himself to walk with his hind legs again. They are supporting his weight part of the time, until he gets tired and just drags them. He was able to walk about ten steps this morning before he had to rest. He's back to being able to roll over and lift two legs to get his belly rubbed again.
____________________ Evan... Are you at home resting yet? I'm very glad you're feeling better!
Jeff Millard wrote: I hate to whine, but this isn't one of the better days I've had in recent history... I have the flu while on vacation, it's cold and I still don't have the furnace installed in the house, the worst possible canidate in history is now Governer Elect, and the Phils are second in the World Series. At least the Yanks can afford the parade...
Jeff,
Sorry to learn that you're sick and cold - definitely a bad combination. I do admit to being a bit surprised to learn that you're unhappy to be getting rid of one of the most corrupt governors ever elected. I would have thought that would be reason enough to be celebrating. As for the Phils being second in the World Series, I can't say that I have even one iota (or fraction thereof) of compassion for you. At least they're the best team in the National League. Unfortunately, being the best team in the National League isn't nearly enough this time around. As Jeets said last night, the Commissioner's trophy is where it belongs! What more is there to be said?
____________________ Dear, please stop referring to me as "the mad scientist"... How many times do I have to remind you I'm NOT a scientist! http://www.clearwaterlights.org
George Simmons wrote: As Jeets said last night, the Commissioner's trophy is where it belongs! What more is there to be said?
Quoting a somewhat infamous Mets fan from an also infamous New York radio show now sequestered to Sirius Satellite Radio "There are only so many grains of sand in the hourglass that is "last year"" Although money bought Corzine a Governership and New York the Commissioner's trophy neither change is good for anyone. The world series result, purchased with astronomical amounts of money has a ill effect on our child fans. It shows them that the hard working atheletes who are just, kind, skilled and have heart can be easily beaten by arrogance and hatred funded by millions of dollars of out of control spending. The altered photos of Philly players plastered across New York newspapers makes me sick to my stomach. I had to refrain from visiting friends tailgating the games at The Park, to keep from randomely assaulting Yankme's fans. The Philly papers had fan photos of "our" players, not a fake of Jeter in a dress. Besides, there were pictures of him from a couple years ago, actually in a dress. Girl! Guess that's why we're called "the city of brotherly love" As for the Governor, the Gov elect will cost the citizen's of New Jersey Billions of dollars. Just as the last one did, and the 'sweet' one before him, and the one before him, and the one before her... that one was a model for the one stepping up to the plate. I fear for our health care, I fear for woman's rights, I fear for racial issues (something Corzine strived to improve) I fear what will be lost as this turd tosses homestead rebates totalling a pennance at people to get re-elected. ...and the stupid people that get the checks will re-elect him again. Calling a politician corrupt, is like saying Jeter is good at baseall. Corruption comes with the job. I have always understood that 85 cents of each dollar I pay in tax is pocketed by turds. After you get through dealing with that, what do you get for the other 15 cents. With the current Governor we here in Jersey kept our heads above water. With the next, we'll be just underwater as the rest of the nation crawls out of the crud. I do have to say that I think this post should be in another thread. Nothing about it has anything to do with progress. Money bought arrogance a Trophy. Stupidity and laziness prevented an incumbant that didn't suck like the last twenty from being reelected. They came out in droves to vote for the last Jackass, but stayed home for this one. ...and he stood up for their rights.
Oh well, at least money helped to get the dog walking again. It's not such a dismal day after all. He's the best little buddy you can imagine... Oh yeah, and gas is much cheaper here than in New York. Take that Yankme's!
Jeff
____________________ Evan... Are you at home resting yet? I'm very glad you're feeling better!
Yes, Jeff, you're probably right that this should be in a different thread, but we're here now so we might as well duke it out. I agree with much of what you say regarding corruption in politics. And not living in NJ I'm in no position to disagree with your assessment of who's more crooked - that seems more endemic to NJ than to most other places, although its something I could never get used to. But what boils my sap is hearing people crying over how much the Yankees spend and how its so unfair to everyone else. That's just about the biggest crock of BS going. (Editor's note - I'm originally from upstate NY and have been a Yankees fan since I was six years old. Mickey Mantle was my boyhood hero.) I now live in Minnesota and all I hear is the crying and moaning from Twins fans. They rail against the Evil Empire in NY but turn a blind eye toward (the late) crooked Carl Pohlad. According to Forbes, Pohlad was agruably the wealthiest man ever to own any major league sport franchise. He could buy and sell George Steinbrenner many times over. Why then was he sucking on Steinbrenner's teat for so many years all the while crying poverty? Shouldn't it have been the other way around? Why didn't he use the revenue sharing and luxury tax money that he was pocketing from Steinbrenner to improve his own ballclub when that's what the money was supposedly for? Why are the residents of and visitors to Minnesota footing the bill for his new stadium? We're paying for a billionaire's new building in which he'll employ millionaires to make even more billions. Is it just me or is something not right with that equation somewhere? The reason why the Phillies are former champions isn't because the Yankees outspent them - didn't that occur last year also? Convenient excuse for crybabies is all that is. The reason why the Phillies didn't win was because they made too many mistakes and didn't get the timely hits when they needed them. Let's not make it any more complicated than it is.
PS - glad to hear your dog is doing better. Amazing how resilient those beasts are, isn't it?
____________________ Dear, please stop referring to me as "the mad scientist"... How many times do I have to remind you I'm NOT a scientist! http://www.clearwaterlights.org
George Simmons wrote: PS - glad to hear your dog is doing better. Amazing how resilient those beasts are, isn't it?
Yes it is. I expected it to take many weeks of rehab, but he's back on his feet about 25 to 30% of the time now. I convinced her to stop using the sling as he just drags and doesn't even try. When he's on his own he actually does pretty good. It won't be very long before he's 98% again. (The other 2% has been stolen by the local politicians)
PS I didn't make any excuses for the Phils. The pitching was marginal, and the errors in two of the four losses were excessive. But that doesn't change the fact that the Yankees are a bunch of arrogant jerks, owned and managed by a bunch of greedy jerks. Money is the reason they're the winners. If they didn't have the money, all the best players wouldn't be in one place. I'm proud of my Phils. I grew up in Cubbie land and hated baseball because of it. Now I've actually got a team to respect. ...and gas is cheaper here than in Minnesota too. Take that!
Jeff
____________________ Evan... Are you at home resting yet? I'm very glad you're feeling better!
Jeff Millard wrote: If they didn't have the money, all the best players wouldn't be in one place.
Actually, all the best players aren't in one place. I think the Yankees would do well to pick up Chase Utley - I like his style of playing and unlike Robinson Cano he isn't afraid to get his uniform dirty. And Jayson Werth would be a definite upgrade over Nick Swisher in right field. I need to send a memo to Brian Cashman...
____________________ Dear, please stop referring to me as "the mad scientist"... How many times do I have to remind you I'm NOT a scientist! http://www.clearwaterlights.org
Oh goodie...a thread I can enter, after my unexplained absense over the past year (my problem is I have too many hobbies, and never commit 100% to any of them!).
Phillies: I was hoping. I was dreaming. I was waiting to see if Ultey could top his post-World Series speech from last year. But at least we can say we were repeating National League Champions, if not World Champions. Where I work (I'm a 'hated' state employee), there are many Yankees fans along with us Phillies fans...and a few (snicker) Mets fans (snicker snicker). Thus, they've been very happy over the past few days!
Corzine/Christie: I think Corzine decided to pick the wrong time to become Governor. He was the first governor in decades to reduce spending from the year before. He managed to balance the budget without a whole lot of one-shot gimmicks. That said, he had to manage the state during the worst economic period in 70 years. He raised the sales tax, applied it to more items, and took away the property tax rebates for many. The campaign against him included stuff he *didn't* do - such as the 800% toll increase he proposed. If anything, one of the most iconic images of his governonship was the infamous motor vehicle accident where his vehicle, estimated to be driven at 91 mph in a 65 zone, hit a guardrail and an unbuckled Corzine was thrown about the vehicle, nearly killing him. I'm not happy about our new governor either. He's presented nothing in his campaign (other than killing off, er, I mean laying off, state workers) that will help the state in the next 4 years. Heck, his whole campaign ran on the theme of People Hating Corzine. In any other time period, he would've failed miserable.
BTW, which WS game were you at Jeff? I had a small season ticket plan this year shared with my parents, and was fortunate enough to have tix to Game 3 - the rain delayed game that we eventually lost.
Well, Yesterday I got all my new cords made, got all the lights up and checked, moved everything over to the show computer. Hooked up controllers and ran my shows, everything worked fine. Waited till dark , double checked all shows and sequences. All looked GREAT!! No problems at all. Went in had a nice dinner with my family, and sat back and relaxed.
And then I woke up, looked outside, chuckled ,and went out and got started on my first string of lights. Aren't dreams a good way to put a smile on your face?
This was a good weekend. Great weather an a lot of progress. I got the roof completed and FM transmitter up and running. All window lights on and 3 of my 6 foot trees done. All above hooked up and tested all is good.
Last edited on Mon Nov 9th, 2009 02:46 pm by redsea300
