The things we do in our quest for happiness. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
That's one good thing about being old, don't have the energy for self abuse. It's crazy the things I did when I was young. I'm very much into comfort nowadays.
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The things we do in our quest for happiness. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
That's one good thing about being old, don't have the energy for self abuse. It's crazy the things I did when I was young. I'm very much into comfort nowadays.
The temperature didn't drop quite so low. It was in the 30s, but with a few clouds, it didn't reach the level of frost. Pretty nice weather, overall, though there was a fair amount of smoke Wednesday evening. The smoke had cleared out for the most part on Thursday, thanks largely to a change in the wind.
Glad you didn't get frostbite. lol
Maybe you should think about being a firefighter. That way you could be walking in the wood and making money at the same time.
And breathing a whole lot of smoke.
This photo was originally a rally car jumping, but I replaced it with a land Megalodon chasing after some surfers. I could've done better, but I wanted to get this entry in at Fark.
https://www.vbforums.com/images/ieimages/2024/08/11.jpg
What a nice change. Went from weeks of 100+ weather to multiple days in the 80's. Hardly ever have 80's in August around here. Usually high 90's.
Should be a big difference in the utility bill. Maybe I can afford that new Ferrari now.
Omg, the guy faceplanting and the other guy smirking. That does it for me.
The expressions were pretty on point. Did the original have those expressions, or did you adjust them?
@homer - did you know Scott Bloomquist? If I recall correctly, you did quite a bit of dirt biking.
The running surfer was happily jogging until I changed it with another face. The guy who faceplant wasn't a surfer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I had Dall-E 3 create the Meg. I wanted it to look like it's swimming through the Earth, not gliding over it.
Good job. The faceplant guy totally looks like a surfer, and the running guy has a very appropriate expression.
Thanks! I could've done a better job, but I didn't have time to do so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Yesterday, a 7 year old boy in Montegut got off the bus. The bus driver, who was a substitute, didn't see him cross the road and hit and killed him. Apparently the mother was hysterical and the other kids on the bus were yelling at the driver that he had just hit the boy, but driver drove off. When the police finally stopped him, he said that he was having issues with his heart and that was why he took off like he did.
Montegut isn't far away from us. Makes me realize that I took my child's safety on the bus for granted.
Well, yeah, but I've never heard of anything like that happening. Very rare events still happen with a large enough sample size. You can't protect against every risk.
Definitely no guarantees for anyone, young or old. The odds are really good you'll make through the day but no guarantee. Your kids are probably safer on the bus than when riding with you. People die in car wrecks daily and they weren't doing anything wrong. Wrong place, wrong time.
Sad story though. Always seems to have more impact when it's close to home.
Crazy weather here. Only going to be 76 today. I don't remember the last time it was in the 70's in August. Of course at my age that doesn't mean much. lol
"Wes, it was 70 degrees last week. Don't you remember?"
We're going to have highs in the low 70s for the next couple days. That seems remarkable, but when I look back over the last few years, it turns out that something similar has happened around mid-August each year. This might be the most extreme version, depending on the noontime temperature, but it's not as unusual as it feels like.
I'll have to keep that in mind. If I want to take five months to bike across the country, I need to get started fairly early if I want to still get across the cascades before it gets too cold. The deadline would be November 15th, or thereabouts, but I probably need to target about a month earlier than that.
That doesn't sound fun at all. Give me five month of a beautiful beach, reclining chair in the shade with a light tropical breeze. Add in some some good food and drinks, I'd be a happy camper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker