General Discussion Thread

[fija]

I'm on my 2nd course of prednisone to treat inflammation after first throwing my back out and then the next week getting what the doc called "a patch of pneumonia on one lobe" after spending my last three days at work with the flu. That damn steroid works but always makes me feel all twitchy.

Oh no, that doesn’t sound very good. Get well soon!

[Buteo]

Oh my gosh, the thread for me (since I can’t bring any intellectual or clever observations regarding the comic due to lack of both of those traits)!
My mom threw away my embroidery needle and I have to wait the entire weekend to get myself new ones *deep sigh* my fingers are twitching! I’ve already bought a few moulins for SSSS-themed embroidery. We’ll see how it works out (IF it does).

Sympathy on the loss of the embroidery needle! I understand the twitching of the deprived, restless fingers. When you have some projects under way or completed, there's a topic here for pictures of them! ( I need to learn how to post pictures myself, so I can spam that topic - er, show everyone my own efforts.)

[Róisín]

Fija, that can be really annoying, can't it? I have had somebody accidentally throw out a half-finished embroidery project of mine once, and had to start a very complex scene again from the beginning. It came out better the second time, but still..... I work freehand, without a pattern, so it's different every time. It's a pity my hands are growing stiff with arthritis, makes embroidery and even knitting so much harder and slower.

Midwestmutt, I hope you are better in time for the next rendezvous! Camping out when you are ill is a lot less fun. I hate using steroids, but sometimes it can't be avoided.good luck!

[fija]

( I need to learn how to post pictures myself, so I can spam that topic - er, show everyone my own efforts.)

I think I can help. They way I’ve learnt is to post the image on imgur or photobucket and choose „direct link” from link options somewhere next to the photo (the one that ends with .jpg or .png, not an actual link). Then on the forum, when making a post, you click on the Mona Lisa button and paste the link between the [ img] [/ img].
I will definitely give the artistic threads a try sometime soon

Róisín, it can be and it is! I’m so sorry to hear about your project... I would be so mad! I don’t know if I had the patience to start over again.
Argh, I can imagine the arthritis must be a pain. I hope it doesn’t stop you completely from doing what you like.

[Lenny]

Friendly notification that this exists for those who need help with inserting images :> (it basically goes over what you said, fija, but with more general explanation)

[urbicande]

Is it time to go home yet?

[Róisín]

Lenny, thanks! It still doesn't work for me, but I have forwarded it to a friend who understands a lot more about computers than I do. They may be able to do something with it.

[thorny]

Is it time to go home yet?

Are you listening to somebody read power point slides aloud, slowly?

I just got home from a session of that (planning board training).

[urbicande]

Are you listening to somebody read power point slides aloud, slowly?

I just got home from a session of that (planning board training).

Sounds like a great time for a nap

[wavewright62]

Are you listening to somebody read power point slides aloud, slowly?

I just got home from a session of that (planning board training).

Grggghh.
10 hours of invoicing is preferable. 

[Iceea]

I've just done about 10-12 hrs, over 3 days, of comparing two lists that won't sort in any meaningful fashion. Items to be gotten rid of. But they have to be treated in a very special manner. Gaah!!!!!

[JacobThomsen]

I don't know if it has been mentioned here before but Netflix is making a scandinavian post apocalyptic series called The Rain, that takes place in Denmark. It'll premiere on May 4. I don't know if it'll be good but it looks interesting, and the setting is somewhat similar to SSSS.

[urbicande]

I don't know if it has been mentioned here before but Netflix is making a scandinavian post apocalyptic series called The Rain, that takes place in Denmark. It'll premiere on May 4. I don't know if it'll be good but it looks interesting, and the setting is somewhat similar to SSSS.

It's one of those shows that's been made a few times   See, for examples, Survivors and The Tribe.

[soggy]

I don't know if it has been mentioned here before but Netflix is making a scandinavian post apocalyptic series called The Rain, that takes place in Denmark. It'll premiere on May 4. I don't know if it'll be good but it looks interesting, and the setting is somewhat similar to SSSS.

The idea is a bit common, but I dig the setting and this part of the description caught my interest-

In their struggle for survival, they discover that even in a post-apocalyptic world there’s still love, jealousy, coming of age, and many of the problems they thought they’d left behind with the disappearance of the world they once knew.

I'm always a super strong proponent for moments of beauty existing despite the worst scenarios, and whenever art manages to capture that I generally fall for it immediately. Despite the cold, there's always solace by a flame, despite the dead there's still the living, etc.

[Buteo]

Fija and Lenny, thanks for the image posting pointers. I had forgotten about that tutorial.
What I really need to do is write everything out on paper, so that I can look at it as I work. In-skull memory is flipping useless for more than ten nanoseconds....