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ducpainter

#109575
May 30, 2012, 05:00:22 AM
feels like it  ;)
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ungeheuer

#109576
May 30, 2012, 05:06:50 AM
 ;D

Building will be fun today.  After all that sleep an' all....  [thumbsup]
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KnightofNi

#109577
May 30, 2012, 06:58:17 AM
i somehow managed to get very little sleep last night.

i know i passed out as soon as i got in bed.
Life, alas is very drear. Up with the glass and down with the beer!
Quote from: RB on September 09, 2009, 05:31:47 AM
Seriously, when i am 800years old i want to rock like Lemmy! it is a religion that requires lots of determination, drugs, and Marshall stacks.

now with clavicle of steel (stainless) wrist o' steel (11/2011)

zooom

#109578
May 30, 2012, 07:20:06 AM
Quote from: KnightofNi on May 30, 2012, 06:58:17 AM
i somehow managed to get very little sleep last night.

i know i passed out as soon as i got in bed.

drinking with Futbal chics keep you up?
99 Cagiva Gran Canyon-"FOR SALE", PM for details.
98 Monster 900(trackpregnant dog-soon to be made my Fiancee's upgrade streetbike)
2010 KTM 990 SM-T

KnightofNi

#109579
May 30, 2012, 09:01:25 AM
Quote from: zooom on May 30, 2012, 07:20:06 AM
drinking with Futbal chics keep you up?

maybe in my dreams. there wasn't really much drinking last night. maybe 3 beers over 4.5 hrs.
Life, alas is very drear. Up with the glass and down with the beer!
Quote from: RB on September 09, 2009, 05:31:47 AM
Seriously, when i am 800years old i want to rock like Lemmy! it is a religion that requires lots of determination, drugs, and Marshall stacks.

now with clavicle of steel (stainless) wrist o' steel (11/2011)

ducpainter

#109580
May 30, 2012, 01:13:07 PM
Quote from: ungeheuer on May 30, 2012, 05:06:50 AM
;D

Building will be fun today.  After all that sleep an' all....  [thumbsup]
afternoon...

Today...

I was a house painter.

'cept I sprayed latex with my HVLP primer gun.

My clothes are pretty green. ;D
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


RAT900

#109581
May 30, 2012, 01:38:49 PM
Well the City of Asheville has agreed to hold off approval of an Apartment development project up the road from me pending a new impact analysis

I went to the Technical Review Committee public meeting last month

and tore the City traffic engineer and his study (conducted in the dead of February) to shreds in front of a room full of folks (I have a strong background in network traffic engineering so I get the whole busy-hour/peak period analysis bit)

It was an on-the-record meeting...I went pretty savage on what I called an "at best, amateur effort"..... which I guess was inappropriate as the guy looked like he was hurt and near tears before I was done

Too many years in NY I guess...it has left me assuming everyone is corrupt and out only for personal gain...

and since the fix is always in, in NY you can't stop them so you at least try to take a pound or two of flesh off them as they move past you

these folks are actually trying to do the right thing

Hope I can fit in eventually...I feel sheepish now
This is an insult to the Pez community

ducpainter

#109582
May 30, 2012, 01:51:11 PM
Quote from: RAT900 on May 30, 2012, 01:38:49 PM
Well the City of Asheville has agreed to hold off approval of an Apartment development project up the road from me pending a new impact analysis

I went to the Technical Review Committee public meeting last month

and tore the City traffic engineer and his study (conducted in the dead of February) to shreds in front of a room full of folks (I have a strong background in network traffic engineering so I get the whole busy-hour/peak period analysis bit)

It was an on-the-record meeting...I went pretty savage on what I called an "at best, amateur effort"..... which I guess was inappropriate as the guy looked like he was hurt and near tears before I was done

Too many years in NY I guess...it has left me assuming everyone is corrupt and out only for personal gain...

and since the fix is always in, in NY you can't stop them so you at least try to take a pound or two of flesh off them as they move past you

these folks are actually trying to do the right thing

Hope I can fit in eventually...I feel sheepish now

You really need to be careful with the locals when you come from away.

They, for the most part, are very different than the 'class' of people you're used to.

You might consider telling the guy the same thing you just told us. It would go a long way.

Or...you could apply for his job and become the City Engineer and never return to NY. ;D
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


RAT900

#109583
May 30, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on May 30, 2012, 01:51:11 PM
You really need to be careful with the locals when you come from away.

They, for the most part, are very different than the 'class' of people you're used to.

You might consider telling the guy the same thing you just told us. It would go a long way.

Or...you could apply for his job and become the City Engineer and never return to NY. ;D

nah don't need or want his job...  [laugh]

and I have given some thought to being a little more conciliatory if I am down there for the next review

all accuracy on my part aside....they aren't used to harsh, humiliating and blunt...

and I certainly am not used to dealing with genuinely decent people,

yet that was one of the reasons I bought there   :-\

This is an insult to the Pez community

ducpainter

#109584
May 30, 2012, 02:21:26 PM
Quote from: RAT900 on May 30, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
nah don't need or want his job...  [laugh]

and I have given some thought to being a little more conciliatory if I am down there for the next review

all accuracy on my part aside....they aren't used to harsh, humiliating and blunt...

and I certainly am not used to dealing with genuinely decent people,

yet that was one of the reasons I bought there   :-\


There is usually very little consolation in being right regarding a shitty situation. ;)

It's all perspective...no? ;D
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ducpainter

#109585
May 30, 2012, 02:27:53 PM
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


triangleforge

#109586
May 30, 2012, 03:39:13 PM
In my case, the move from the sprawling DC (which has earned its reputation for corrupt & self-serving the old-fashioned way) area to sort-of rural Arizona (population here's about half the size of Ashville proper) convinced me that the ratio between decent and dirty is not that much different where ever you may roam. That said, in a small town you're more likely to be able to take folks at face value - if it looks like they're trying to do the right thing, it seems they usually are, while the corrupt ones make little effort to hide it. Small town, everybody knows everything about everyone, so why bother?
By hammer and hand all arts do stand.
2000 Cagiva Gran Canyon

lethe

#109587
May 30, 2012, 03:56:20 PM
evening
rainy again out
'05 Monster 620
'86 FZ600
'05 KTM SMC 625

Monsterlover

#109588
May 30, 2012, 04:03:02 PM
Pretty nice day here.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

lethe

#109589
May 30, 2012, 04:05:08 PM
Almost forgot, I almost hit what looked to be a baby hyena that was trying to cross the highway not far from here.
Zombies showing up down south and now hyenas in PA.
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'86 FZ600
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