What Keeps You Off The Forum? [Archive]

Axlis

04-08-2006, 09:26 PM

I'm usually on here A lOT, but this past week I've been distracted by a new video game, Kingdom Hearts II (if you have a PS2, this and the first Kingdom Hearts is a MUST HAVE GAME if you like Disney and the Final Fantasy series)\]

So what steals your "Spyder-Time"?

Civilian

04-08-2006, 10:11 PM

Wife & Kids
work
RC club
W.O.W.
Ebay lol

smcfalls13

04-08-2006, 10:37 PM

Kingdom Hearts II (if you have a PS2, this and the first Kingdom Hearts is a MUST HAVE GAME if you like Disney and the Final Fantasy series)

Is it any good? I'm kinda torn between KH2, Suikoden 5, or Drakengard 2 right now.

Yes I'm another video game guy, but sadly, my PS2 has not gotten the attention it deserve recently. I don't think I've used it for anything more than a DVD player in months... :o

Tank

04-08-2006, 11:02 PM

For me its either work or my wife has the computer.

zenheretic

04-08-2006, 11:04 PM

Let's see family, girlfriend, Auto Assault...(looks over shoulder) uh can't claim work :o :p

UK KEN

04-08-2006, 11:10 PM

.........spending time with my family, doing my housework, getting outdoors (walking, shooting, fishing and camping) excercise/training, getting my workshop ready for knifemaking..........and the occasional sleep!

Regards, Ken

Jonny8642

04-08-2006, 11:45 PM

Usually projects, Monster, interviews, and friends when they're in town or off from school. :rolleyes:

The Deacon

04-09-2006, 12:54 AM

Work and sleep.

*Cho*

04-09-2006, 02:20 AM

Work, School, Gaming, a couple other forums, going out with my gf, and sleep.

And speaking of sleep I think I need some because I just read:

Work and sleep.

As Work and Sheep, which of course made me look at it closer. :D

vampyrewolf

04-09-2006, 02:47 AM

Soldering, memorizing notes, looking for more projects and ideas(and parts for), my hour or so of TV a day, and eating. Sleep is only for a couple hours a night anyways.

Usually though I'm either nose deep in my books or soldering away. Need to either make or find a pillow for my soldering chair(or just get a better chair to sit on for 3-4hrs straight). Spent 3hrs today at it, had to scrap a board and start fresh 2hrs in(screwed something up and I don't feel like trying to figure out what).

spydutch

04-09-2006, 03:58 AM

- My son when I have him over(we're at my place then, where there's no computer)

- CSI on TV (4 times a week over here at the moment :eek: )

- When my girlfriend is chatting on MSN :( (after all, it's HER computer :( :D )

Ging

04-09-2006, 04:00 AM

For me sleep, school, going out climbing and doing homework ;)

That is in a ramdom order, i think school is top of the list :D

Ging

04-09-2006, 04:02 AM

- CSI on TV (4 times a week over here at the moment :eek: )

CSI rules! We get two new episodes a week but I keep missing them :(

java

04-09-2006, 11:06 AM

- CSI on TV (4 times a week over here at the moment :eek: ))

CSI rules! We get two new episodes a week but I keep missing them :(

Nyah-nyah! :p CSI on Spike TV 2X per night and thrice on Friday. (With a repeat at midnight) and then there's CSI: Miami and CSI NY. :D I also have Seasons 1 and 2 of both LV and Miami and planning to obtain all the rest as soon as I can afford them. I relax with an entire shelf of books dedicated to taphonomy, forensic anthropology, pathology, ballistics and gunshot wounds, criminalistics, forensic entymology, and case studies in forensics (and Pat Cornwell, James Patterson, or John E. Douglas (and Richard Montanari for the wierd as hell deviant stuff) on the other "light reading" shelf.) I say I was CSI'd out but I still can't get enough of the stuff............started years before CSI came on.

What else????

Moving to California in May- packing up the apartment.

Taking classes for ISCET test. (Vampyrewolf take note)

Exploring the mountains in Death Valley and climbing at Red Rocks.

Camping and 4-wheeling anywhere between Las Vegas, Death Valley, and Pioche where I also go to visit Art Washburn and use his shop and cotinue my apprenticeship knifemaking........

Haven't had time to catch up here.

J

TheKnifeCollector

04-09-2006, 11:25 AM

If I am NOT here, it means a couple of things: 1. I am at work in Boston, and do not have my computer. And if I am too sick to sit at the computer. Of late, it is because I am in Boston.

vampyrewolf

04-09-2006, 11:42 AM

Taking classes for ISCET test. (Vampyrewolf take note)
J

I wonder how far this course would go towards getting me nationally acredited... making me think now dammit :p

Pete1977

04-09-2006, 03:50 PM

fishing for work :) , fishing for fun :) , Myspace (my girlfriend not me :rolleyes: ) Deadliest Catch on Discovery, using knives ;) nice weather.

Pete

Ging

04-09-2006, 04:25 PM

Nyah-nyah! :p CSI on Spike TV 2X per night and thrice on Friday. (With a repeat at midnight) and then there's CSI: Miami and CSI NY. :D I also have Seasons 1 and 2 of both LV and Miami and planning to obtain all the rest as soon as I can afford them. I relax with an entire shelf of books dedicated to taphonomy, forensic anthropology, pathology, ballistics and gunshot wounds, criminalistics, forensic entymology, and case studies in forensics (and Pat Cornwell, James Patterson, or John E. Douglas (and Richard Montanari for the wierd as hell deviant stuff) on the other "light reading" shelf.) I say I was CSI'd out but I still can't get enough of the stuff............started years before CSI came on.

Exploring the mountains in Death Valley and climbing at Red Rocks.

Thats alot of CSI :cool:

What the climbing like? Sheffield has lots of gritstone near by, the best climbing in the world!

Irish Lager

04-09-2006, 05:07 PM

Work,
School,
Friends,
Movies,
Video Games (Fable: the lost chapters) as of late,
and on the rare ocasion Sleep.
J

Stasis

04-09-2006, 05:40 PM

this past week I've been distracted by a new video game, Kingdom Hearts II (if you have a PS2, this and the first Kingdom Hearts is a MUST HAVE GAME if you like Disney and the Final Fantasy series)So was I up until Friday. :) Awesome game indeed.

Other than that, basically eating, sleeping, and school are all that keep me off the forum. :p

java

04-09-2006, 09:48 PM

Thats alot of CSI :cool:

What the climbing like? Sheffield has lots of gritstone near by, the best climbing in the world!

Red Rocks is mostly weathered sandstone. The reds and browns come from iron deposited in layers on the sandstone and leaching through the masifs. It's pretty weathered with lots of crack systems, chimneys, and chicken heads for free climbing. Climbing ranges from the 4+ scampering, to bouldering, to several canyons with tons of 5.6 - 5.9 single pitch climbs to world class climbs on Mt Wilson.

The shot below is of Mt Wilson and shows the Aeolian Wall with 4 different routes at 5.10+. I believe the shortest route is a 17 pitch ascent.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/tankajava/MtWilson800.jpg

Woman of Mountain Dreams entails a couple of overhead dihedrals guaranteed to test your faith in God and is rated 5.11a.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/tankajava/MtWilsonWoman.jpg

The climber is pinned and on the lower approach but it's obviously a direct aid climb as the ratings imply.

I wonder how far this course would go towards getting me nationally acredited... making me think now dammit

Don't know if it will do anything for your nationals but I'll take the I - as in international - cert any day. Best of luck ya Thevenin reducing 'lectron chaser........ :D

j

vampyrewolf

04-09-2006, 10:00 PM

Civilian

04-09-2006, 10:08 PM

Moving to California in May- packing up the apartment.

J
Where out here?

java

04-09-2006, 10:23 PM

Where out here?

Sunny So-Cal. Verrrry sunny. I'll be working at the Air Force Flight Test Center up around the Lancaster-Palmdale area. Will be living in Rosamond and happy to be back where I can bicycle for miles without dodging maniac drivers. It also puts me closer to the back door into Death Valley and the Panamint Range, Sequoia and King's Canyon, and my beloved Pacific Ocean. Hated diving the swamps in Texas and Lake Meade, though close and deep, didn't have the marine life I enjoy. Home again!!!!! :D

J

java

04-09-2006, 10:28 PM

It may be an international group, but I'd have to check if they do national or international accreditation. This course gives me a certificate but not accreditation unfortunalty. But then again I also plan to get into the 2yr program if I can find some way to finance it.

Stop protesting and get busy ya whippersnapper! :D It always looks good on a resume....... Certificates, accredited or not, show initiative on your part and can separate you from the other techs during interviews.

International Society of Certified Electronics Technicians (http://www.iscet.org/)

DAYWALKER

04-10-2006, 04:52 AM

Aloha ALL,

For me, it's Hell or Hell recovery...damn it. :mad:

Good things that keep me away are catching up on emails (yes, I know, I owe a LOT of you guys some replies. :o ) or just family time. ;)

Otherwise, it is possibly working on other projects that involve a Hole in the blade! :)

God bless and take care :cool:

PS: NICE PICS JAVA!!!

gordonk

04-10-2006, 09:31 AM

For me it's usually work, but not work in one sense - I test software for a living (along with all the accompanying paperwork - ISO9001 :() I can check in while tests are running, but if I'm on a deadline, like this week is going to be, with Microsoft's patch release, very little time may be available. The last little while, it's been prepping a rental property for rental after work hours and weekends, so it's been a little hectic. I like to drop in for a break :D

- gord

Mr Blonde

04-10-2006, 12:49 PM

Mainly my wife! :p

But also working on my website, my cats (seriously they 'park' on the keyboard when they feel neglected!) work, sleep, vacation etc...

Wouter

Senate

04-10-2006, 01:11 PM

other forums... :rolleyes:

Piet.S

04-10-2006, 01:16 PM

My oldest daughter when she asks me "pretty please" if she can use my computer to watch a dvd.
And my workshop.
Work, sleep and family go without saying.

Do I hear someone just married? http://www.hondenhuys.nl/forumsmilies/s32.gif

uhiforgot

04-10-2006, 02:30 PM

Is it any good? I'm kinda torn between KH2, Suikoden 5, or Drakengard 2 right now.

Yes I'm another video game guy, but sadly, my PS2 has not gotten the attention it deserve recently. I don't think I've used it for anything more than a DVD player in months... :o
I have been almost convinced that you never really STOP looking at the forums! Almost like you have a Wi-fi PDA that you can keep tabs on the forums with. You got several hundred posts (I think) in the past MONTH!!!

Anyway, school is the thing that keeps me off the most. Got 3 classes of all 400-level math this quarter, and it gets very time consuming.

-Jeff

dialex

04-11-2006, 01:08 AM

Well, I spend quite a lot of time at work (although a wise man told me once that everyone should have an activity, but this shouldn't degenerate into work), so I hardly find time for my families (here and there) :). Usually the evenings are reserved for my kids and wife and after they go to sleep I find some time to check the Forum. I also check it from the office, but only a few minutes a day :(

fret

04-11-2006, 09:57 AM

Ebay! :D Lots to look at there now. :)

raven

04-11-2006, 08:48 PM

What Keeps Me Off Of The Forum? Let's see here, Work, Teaching Class, Working Out, Training for a BMX Race, and Quality Time with My Family (but it's usually during a race, and they don't mind) :o .

God Bless :)

-raven-

smcfalls13

04-11-2006, 10:38 PM

I have been almost convinced that you never really STOP looking at the forums! Almost like you have a Wi-fi PDA that you can keep tabs on the forums with. You got several hundred posts (I think) in the past MONTH!!!

When I'm at work, I check in when I can, usually every few hours, but when I'm home, especially if I'm typing papers for school, I check in every ten minutes :p It's my way of procrastinating.

I think I average at least ten posts a day, and that's on a slow day. I'm one of those people who just can't shut up :o

I won't even tell you how often I check my email... :p

If I had a Wi-Fi PDA, I'd be even worse :cool:

zenheretic

04-12-2006, 12:12 AM

When I'm at work, I check in when I can, usually every few hours, but when I'm home, especially if I'm typing papers for school, I check in every ten minutes :p It's my way of procrastinating.

I think I average at least ten posts a day, and that's on a slow day. I'm one of those people who just can't shut up :o

I won't even tell you how often I check my email... :p

If I had a Wi-Fi PDA, I'd be even worse :cool:
Nobody can keep up with this guy. ;)

smcfalls13

04-12-2006, 12:25 AM

Nobody can keep up with this guy. ;)

You aren't far behind :p

uhiforgot

04-12-2006, 02:28 AM