GasBandit
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Me too! Not a lot, but I had full size candy bars to reward the very brave.
Minor victory thread
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I didn't splurge on them this year, due to them going to waste in prior years. But I did give them all 3d printed fidget toys in addition to the 'fun size' candy.
You know it's a good day when you wake up and immediately know how to start the next chapter of the book you started writing yesterday.
We might hear @Dave's panicked heavy breathing around the world when he reads this, but...
SPALT!
This has been the adventures of Dilbert Dashiell Augustus Pinkerton: mutant armadillo private detective (he dug for the truth).
Now you have to find a way to work this line into your book.
I went into work early this morning and sat in the cafe to write.
500 words later, and Dill is already in trouble again.
God, I missed this feeling.
500 words later, and Dill is already in trouble again.
God, I missed this feeling.
I want you to know I envy that feeling. I have stories in my head that I know will never be realized simply because I know I will never have enough free time to commit them to media, and at the same time I know they will never get loud enough in my head that I will be forced to commit them to media.
--Patrick
Got all of my Halloween decorations taken down this weekend - before it started raining again - so that everything can dry out in my garage after rain earlier last week. As things dry out, I get to put them in their storage containers.
My neighbors were teasing me because I did this same thing Friday morning. My reasoning was that we haven't had rain almost all October, and it was supposed to rain later Friday morning, so if I did it then, I didn't have to wait a week for things to dry in the garage to put them away. I almost never get this lucky, so I took the chance, even if it mean a hard stop on spooky season.
I waited until Saturday as I had to work on Friday... but at least everything is in - getting down there on things that have to dry - down to 1 of the 7 inflatables that still needs to dry out (the sandbags are the only thing still wet).
That would drive me absolutely insane. But it’s not my house, to each their own, etc.
GasBandit
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To be fair, my halloween decorations consist of 3 artificial jack-o-lanterns (one ceramic two metal) and a spooky sign on my gate, and much of it isn't visible from the street.
Some of the people near me just spray-painted propane tanks orange and then cut out the shapes. If past history is any indicator, I don't know as they plan to ever take them down.
--Patrick
Mr. Z tried to convince me to leave the pumpkin decorations out by doing the same thing. While valid, he was over-ruled.
My Halloween came down Nov 1. I went out to check the mail, and brought in the decorations when I came back in.
so, the friend that loaned me her 3d printer all that time ago decided she was hyped at all my 3d printer posts and she got into it. Fine and fun, and I've been helping her along.
So, she decides she wants to sell prints. Fine and good. She's not selling the same stuff as me.
Now she's directly targeting places I already sell to, and in the chats where I do custom work, she's jumping up trying to take those jobs before I can reply. Less fine.
So, she grabs this job I know she won't know how to do without asking me--taking a jpg of some guy's logo and transforming it into a print. 2 days later, she asks me for help, and I decline. A week later, I ask her how it's going and she said she still hadn't figured it out.
So I pinged the guy, worked up a mock-up, and got paid. All in under an hour.
So, she decides she wants to sell prints. Fine and good. She's not selling the same stuff as me.
Now she's directly targeting places I already sell to, and in the chats where I do custom work, she's jumping up trying to take those jobs before I can reply. Less fine.
So, she grabs this job I know she won't know how to do without asking me--taking a jpg of some guy's logo and transforming it into a print. 2 days later, she asks me for help, and I decline. A week later, I ask her how it's going and she said she still hadn't figured it out.
So I pinged the guy, worked up a mock-up, and got paid. All in under an hour.