The I Miss the Old Days Complaint Thread
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it's for the Coronation chicken
@WendyLuvsCatz :
I believe I also got it for free, and if memory serves, got it from SmithMicro.
I am away from home for another week, so I can't check, but you might want to visit that site and see if you can get your SN from them.
I was just there yesterday regarding my PhotoDonut program, and they seem to have abandoned all their graphics software, so good luck -- I hope you get it.
Also, you have to filter Google/Duck Duck Go for graphics programs Smith Micro, or you will just get the default SM site which is all about investment portfolios.
I tried but no login options and a page saying Lost Marble now sells Moho which replaced it
https://my.smithmicro.com
they have downloads not serials
Yeah, you will have to find a way to actually contact someone there. Though, it seems they made it difficult for any kind of support.
Regarding now being Moho, it was always Moho -- SM just aquired a bunch of graphics software, and rebranded them. Now, that they are back in the hands of the original companies, the names are back to the respective originals (Moho, ClipStudio, etc.).
I had Moho (an early free version) from Lost Marble years before SM got a hold of it.
I hope you can get your SN from them, so you can install it on W10.
My room is hot and stuffy, but I am not allowed to open the windows anymore.
..you need your own place. Seems that these living situations you end up in are fraught with highly restrictive rules. Does the place you are in have central AC?
Did they say why they don't want the windows opened?
I must be getting old. It's Saturday morning and instead of watching cartoons I'm watching the coronation.
I've always had a connection to Charles. He and I are only a few hours apart in age. My mother used to say that when she was pregnant with me, she heard a radio report that the pregnant Queen had taken a walk in her garden. My mother replied essentially, "big whoop, I was weeding mine."
I've kept an eye on Charles my whole life, comparing his life to mine. I've not felt disappointed. But I am a little shocked to see how old looking he's gotten.
That couldn't happen to me, could it?
I figured that I had to watch the coronation. The last one was 70 years ago, I was 3, and even if I'd seen it, it would have been on a 10 inch black & white, low-res TV, days later. Today's broadcast is a marvel of modern TV. A great tool for watching, in real time, in living color and high definition, the expressions on people's faces, and twiddly movements in the crowd. I only have a moderate sized HD-1080 resolution TV but I can even count the King's eyelashes and hairs on the ermine cape.
Well, Charles finally made it to the throne. Whereas, my life is basically done. Although, I had an interesting life.
I'm not rich and don't live in a palace but I'm retired, happy, stable, and unbothered by wants of others. However, his life is 20 more years of world-class annoyances. I think I won. Wheee...
First Peasant: Who's that there?
Second Peasant: I don't know... Must be a king.
First Peasant: Why?
Second Peasant: He hasn't got s**t all over him.
I am watching it too,
the lovely choir singing is nice
I ate a spinach quiche too
I like the sword lady's teal outfit, would buy similar for Genesis 9
Dennis: ...Oh, King, eh, very nice. And how'd he get that, eh?...
By exploiting the workers!
By 'anging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. If there's ever going to be any progress with the...
Monty Python and the Holy Grail?... I don't remember the spinach quiche or the choir... I remember a rabbit... the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on... that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!... He's got huge, sharp... eh... he can leap about... there are bones everywhere!...
Quiche is a funny word... it's sounds a bit rude... like "You mangy quiche, get stuffed!"... or... "don't be such a quiche or I'll slap you with a herring"... it's not even pronounced the way it looks... it looks ruder than it's said "Kweeshe"... with a "Q" yet... Keesh... Qweeshe... "Aye you, ya silly kweeshe, put down that ferret, he's got leprosy all over him..."
I'm just saying... if I never heard the word or saw it spelled before, I'd think it was a pretty rude insult... I know the origin of the word is German and means tart or cake or something, but it sounds like the first ones were rather bad tasting and that's the sound you'd make when you bit into one... "Keeesh... this tastes spoiled... is this made with badger custard?... it may have turned..."
Choir is kinda weird too... Kwire... but looks like Chire... who comes up with these words... we just might as well start typing random letters and saying they are pronounced however we feel... Xtsrjustvhydrv... that's pronounced "Grumbuckle"... it's an old Batavian word for that bit on the front of your shoe what's for kicking peasants with... so's you don't get peasant filth on yer socks... but it's also a type of badger custard tart... very popular in France these days...
Wait... sword lady?
I probably should have slept last night... none of this is making sense... none... nun... none of the nuns... nun of the nuns... "Nun of the Nuns"... like Atilla the Nun... sounds like the title of a bad 80s barbarian movie... like one of those Conan knockoffs... but with Gary Busey as Nun the Barbarian...
I need a nap.
Raymond Luxury Yacht
Why I never... such language!
it's pronounced ‘Throatwobbler Mangrove’...
Happy Monty Python Day!
I don't suppose there is one, but there should be.
"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas. And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
both the orb and the HHG of Antioch are examples of a globus cruciger
...Elizabeth was coroneted the same year I was born
It was also the year that the "Doomsday Clock" ticked down to two minutes before midnight following the Soviet Union's first successfun hydrogen bomb test. That was the closest it's been until 2020 when it was sat at 100 seconds (1 min & 40 seconds).
Interesting year.
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Misplaced modifiers: " I only have a moderate sized HD-1080 resolution TV but I can even count the King's eyelashes and hairs on the ermine cape." from my post above.
As Groucho Marx would have said: "How his eyelashes and hairs got on the emine cape I'll never know".
Fun fact... The original Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch was made out of a gold painted toilet tank float... I made a similar one years ago but just like the original prop it was lost (technically, it's in a box somewhere with millions of other stupid props, prototypes and contraptions I have stored in my shop attic)...
Actually the original prop was recently rediscovered and put up for auction... it was supposed to sell for several million dollars, but I have no idea how that went... the python crew didn't even own the prop and they returned it after filming and it too was tossed into a box and forgotten.
Yes because it will cause the ac cost to go higher!
Public Service Announcement for today May 6, 2023
Please be aware that if you see colorful lawn signs placed on public property at intersections announcing imminent auctions of "U.S. Assets Forfeited", "Attorney Approved Bankruptcy", "Divorce Settlement", "Notice of Government Seized Property", "Estate Liquidation" or "Surgeon Bankruptcy Asset Liquidation" (Whatever TF that means)... usually listing "Rolexes, Fine Jewelry, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Picasso, Dali, Mr. Brainwash, Pino, Tarkay, Peter Max, Andy Warhol... Lamborghini, Silk Tabriz..." usually in that exact same wording...
THIS IS A SCAM!!
This is an organization that goes from state to state setting up fake auctions selling counterfeit goods and cheap prints of famous artwork... in many case they keep using the same orange Lamborghini, but in some cases they've been known to rent one as the bait car.
The auction is seeded with actors who make fake bids or win bids for things like the Lambo to drive excitement and make it seem legit.
They are almost always held on a Sunday at an airport hotel or similar venue and they lit out of town the next day...
Also, they litter because they cover neighborhoods in the signs and never pick them up.
I collected a bunch today that were placed on my neighbor's lawns (private property)... I know nobody here is probably going to fall for this scam, but if you see them around, that's what it's about...
This is a confirmed scam that's been going on for several years, it nets millions of dollars and law enforcement is now starting to pay attention to this, but the problem is most people don't come forward because they often get scammed out thousands of dollars and are too embarrassed.
The signs are usually black on yellow, white on red or white on blue, the wording is almost always exactly as above, with only the "Bankruptcy" or "Asset Forfeiture" part, the phone number and date changing... the last three years I've seen them use the exact same wording as here, in Boston, Massachusetts, Bridgeport, Connecticut and Ohio...
The more you know...
(Fun fact: The corrugated plastic sign material makes a great medium for various outdoor projects or for covering up firewood piles.)
I just heard about something that destroyed whatever shred of the notion of humanity I had,
I hope to God and all things holy I never see or hear the video.
I will not say anything at all about the actual thing
but right now I am heartbroken and devastated such people exist and hope they get doxxed
Honestly, the real scam is civil asset forfeiture itself.
...sounds like they took a page from the Magic Christian screenplay.
I can't stop thinking about the thing from my previous post and it's making me cry
I am disgusted such a human psycopathic piece of excrement exists even though the world has many of them
it's a video of horrific animal cruelty BTW just hearing about has traumatized me
And people wonder why police get wierd & callous.
But on a happier note: Music to DAZ by: It's Johannes Brahms' 190th birthday! Cake for everybody.
Oops, forget about the cake, it was too good.
But here's a snack from the maestro.
He composed more than a lullaby.** You might find some familiar tunes in this collection of his Hungarian Dances.
Brahms was an interesting character. Gruff & outspoken. He used to play piano in drinking halls when younger. Seemingly a consumate college kid. His "Academic Festival Overture" (below) is a hark back to his college days, that he composed when invited back to receive an honor from his old alma-mater and is an exposition of a familiar college drinking song. This is the piece played in the movie "Animal House" at the end during the parade, with the Lincoln Continental converted into a tank, raining chaos on the town. The conductor, Leonard Bernstein looks like he enjoys this.
He's an energetic conductor.
I like energetic conductors.
Bernstein was the pioneer of televised classical concerts. Back in the late '50s through the early '70s Bernstein's "Young People's Concerts" were first televised in b&w, low res, but it's where I started getting really interested in this type of music because I could see details of the instruments and musicians. He also gave short lectures interspersed with the music. These concert/lectures are required viewing for newbies to classical music. Thankfully they're still available on YouTube. He's an energetic conductor***.
**Note: He wanted his first symphony to be on par with Beethoven's quality.
***Note2: Speaking of energetic conductors: Did anybody notice the conductor at the Coronation yesterday? He was that guy (Antonio Pappano) who continually does that thing with his mouth.
Dame Edna doesn't even compare.
Here's another example of Pappano mouth exercises.
Are you sure about that? I have two recordings of the second, Wand and Walter, and both have the full four movemnts. I've also heard many, four movement, performances on the radio. Or is this one of those "Make sure they are paying attention" things?
Urk..., Stupid error corrected. Oh man.
Don't get old. Your brain goes fuzzy. Of course he did. It was Schubert's Unfinished I was thinking of.
I was listening to it just the day before. Oy!
Bad LG, bad! The men in the white coats will be coming soon.
However, I'm sure it was Brahms who waited to compose his first symphony. And my statement is so wrong on so many levels, please ignore everything I said about the Unfinished Symphony. Brain fart. No, brain scramble Just wrong, wrong, wrong. I'm gona go cry for a while.
But I'll remember that "Make sure they are paying attention" ploy and use it next time.