Anything noteworthy happen to you today?

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BBP - 17-4-2016 at 11:36

Friend coming to visit today!

BBP - 19-4-2016 at 11:34

Went to the zoo yesterday. It was exhausting (it's an hour of cycling away) but I took a lot of photos:

aquagoat - 19-4-2016 at 17:57

Haha! Nounours!!

BBP - 19-4-2016 at 19:26

Here's momma bear:

A dik-dik:

Oriental small-clawed otters:

aquagoat - 20-4-2016 at 16:58

Momma Bear is awesome!

BBP - 21-4-2016 at 00:37

Here they are playing:

BBP - 21-4-2016 at 18:35

Well... I made over 300 photos, so there's still more where that came from...

aquagoat - 22-4-2016 at 17:39

I love elephants too!

BBP - 22-4-2016 at 23:42

Me too!

polydigm - 23-4-2016 at 02:40

Belated happy birthday to DED.

BBP - 23-4-2016 at 21:52

Maybe DED'll drop by later...

In the mean time:

DED - 23-4-2016 at 21:57

Tnx. Everyone. Haven't been around lately.

BBP - 25-4-2016 at 09:25

Having bad headaches... {grump}

BBP - 29-4-2016 at 10:51

Got a free bouquet of roses yesterday when I went to use the hand scanner at the supermarket and had to wait over 10 minutes to pay for my cucumber and yeast.

polydigm - 30-4-2016 at 09:50

If it were me I'd be asking for free cucumber and yeast!

Did the roses make you feel better?

BBP - 30-4-2016 at 10:17

She did take the ugliest roses in the box - it was the last day these could be sold, it was running late, they don't look like the bouquet you'd give to your mother.

BBP - 30-4-2016 at 20:06

Inbetween the Zappa turmoil and Pinkerton Road closing... I've had better days...

BBP - 2-5-2016 at 23:23

It's a bit quiet here now... sorry...

BBP - 4-5-2016 at 11:20

^Aaaaanyway, the Pinkerton Road stuff...
Pinkerton Road is Jane Jensen's farm and home game studio. They had a Kickstarter back at the same moment as Leisure Suit Larry, and I found myself financially unable to support them.

Jane Jensen is the creator of Gabriel Knight,the exceptionally fine adventure game series by Sierra. She also wrote King's Quest VI, which is easily the best King's Quest and a fantastic game, and Gray Matter, which too was pretty darn good, but unfortunately like GK3 it had production hell stamped on it. GK3 ends on a cliffhanger and GK4 is much much wanted by the Sierra fans. Pinkerton Road was a way to test the water, to see if they could produce GK4 independently, to see if the market was there.
Unfortunately Pinkerton Road's first projects, another adventure called Moebius and a remake of GK1, didn't sell well enough to provide future games, even on their small scale.

So basically that's shut the door to any GK4.
It's not the first time GK4 got close, but they never got this close.

So I'm pretty bummed about that - and with the Zappa family feud that's floating to the surface now...

BBP - 7-5-2016 at 21:31

Aaaand we're back!

DED - 8-5-2016 at 07:44

I tink it was down due to back up reasons or so. Their night is our morning.

DED - 8-5-2016 at 09:35

Testing
The Packardgoose app

DED - 8-5-2016 at 10:01

Love to hear your opinion
My first app ever on
Http://www.appsgeyser.com/3010422
Android only
For Google play store it is to Early

BBP - 8-5-2016 at 22:58

Its been a wacky day here, both the local hockey team and the local football team becoming surprise champions!

DED - 9-5-2016 at 10:59

Yes it Will be a madhouse in the city center today.

polydigm - 10-5-2016 at 13:04

Yeah, sorry, I've been pretty busy with uni. Add to that some trouble with a tooth and a run of migraines. Anyway, the tooth is being dealt with in stages.

It's definitely too bad what's happening with the Zappa siblings. I'm not saying anything about it zappa.com but there are plenty who don't seem to have that trouble, unfortunately.

BBP - 10-5-2016 at 23:02

Sorry to hear about your tooth and migraines! Have a hug, I hope you'll feel better soon!

:forumsmiley8:

Normally I watch the Eurovision Song Contest every year, as professional habit for my musicology skills, and when it's over I usually have a headache and a renewed appreciation for all the music I love. This time I forgot the first half, and found that Goldfinger was aired at the same time. Still I saw about half the songs - and I have a headache from the flashing.

The Dutch entry was silent for 10 seconds - some were joking to extend that to the duration of the song, but it's nice to have a bit of quiet among all the violence of that show.

aquagoat - 11-5-2016 at 11:16

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm back!

BBP - 11-5-2016 at 17:44

Aqua! Great to see you again!

polydigm - 12-5-2016 at 13:51

So, Aqua, how was Thailand?

aquagoat - 12-5-2016 at 14:38

That was awesome, I'll post pics as soon as I've got them.

BBP - 12-5-2016 at 17:51

Great! Can't wait!

Did you see elephants?

aquagoat - 13-5-2016 at 10:13

No I didn't see elephants, cause I was on an island, called Koh Samui, where there were none. But next time I go there I think I'll stay a week in the north of the country and see them.

BBP - 13-5-2016 at 11:27

Awww...

Here's Madiba, the first African elephant born in the Benelux, in Beekse Bergen in Hilvarenbeek, NL.
The first day she could be seen by the audience it was Assumption Day and the safari park had to call on people to stop coming, there were so many!

aquagoat - 13-5-2016 at 11:40

Haha, what a cutie!!

BBP - 14-5-2016 at 10:14

Isn't she?

We had a small disaster in the backyard with the strong winds, even lost a tree...

polydigm - 17-5-2016 at 04:56

We've had some nasty weather in Adelaide. A few people have lost quite a lot. Luckily, we weren't affected.

BBP - 20-5-2016 at 13:06

Stuck at home with a bad cold and fever...

aquagoat - 21-5-2016 at 09:01

Glad to hear you had no trouble, Poly.
Cold and fever? In May? I got one last week-end, it was pretty annoying.

BBP - 21-5-2016 at 22:44

Yep... still sick...

BBP - 23-5-2016 at 12:19

Did my paper route yesterday... I feel rather sick still. And I sound hoarse.
Got my referral for the academic hospital today.

BBP - 24-5-2016 at 09:50

Caught an eye inspection on top of my cold. Whay.

BBP - 24-5-2016 at 21:03

Went to the doctors actually, it wasn't an eye infection but a side effect from the cold. Apparently, if the tear duct gets plugged, your eye can get snotty.

aquagoat - 25-5-2016 at 07:19

Yes I got that kind of thing happen to me when I was younger. Good to know it's only due to the cold.

polydigm - 25-5-2016 at 16:24

Well, I hope everyone's getting better!

BBP - 25-5-2016 at 19:13

Not today!

How are you Poly?

BBP - 26-5-2016 at 16:01

Found a blog by Shinya (Dir en grey's drummer) where he talks about Terry Bozzio! :drums:

When I went to Dir en grey, I wore my lucky Zappa concert shirt, thinking "if there's a guy in this crowd who likes Zappa he's coming home with me". Unfortunately there was no such thing as guys in the crowd. :bald:

BBP - 27-5-2016 at 21:53

Cough is still there but at least the fever is down. Went out to buy cheese today. Lots of paper folding too.

aquagoat - 28-5-2016 at 09:06

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Found a blog by Shinya (Dir en grey's drummer) where he talks about Terry Bozzio! :drums:

When I went to Dir en grey, I wore my lucky Zappa concert shirt, thinking "if there's a guy in this crowd who likes Zappa he's coming home with me". Unfortunately there was no such thing as guys in the crowd. :bald:

Hahaha, not even one????

BBP - 28-5-2016 at 09:59

Not many, and the few ones I saw were with their girlfriends. There were two nerdy guys on either side of me, one at least a head shorter than me who got in the way of my elbow most of the time (but then again, the lead singer of Diru is about that much shorter than me and he's awesome). But the bulk of them were girls, much to the enjoyment of the guitarist and bassist, who get the most screamers.

aquagoat - 29-5-2016 at 05:50

I should start a band... Definitely...

BBP - 29-5-2016 at 10:42

Need a bassist? :bald:

'Course I'd like to remind you that those guys had and maybe have to go through some intense shit for what they've got - absolutely nothing is known about their personal life, not even their names. And early on in their career they did have to resort to "fanservice", kissing each other to make the girls squeal.

polydigm - 30-5-2016 at 07:24

I'm sort of okay. I had the nerve removed from the bad tooth last Friday, but I still have to chew on the other side of my jaw. At least the continuous pain is gone. I'm busy preparing for exams at the moment, I've got four, two hour exams coming up towards the end of June.

Also, zappa.com is down.

BBP - 30-5-2016 at 10:26

They've been having a lot of technical issues for a while...

Caputh - 30-5-2016 at 19:46

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Great to hear you're doing well! I imagine it feels odd to break a couple of bad news messages. Likewise I didn't yet want to post the picture I made in the Zappa - What Happened To You Today topic yet, with all Caputh is going through.

The mushroom is the Eindhoven landmark Evoluon. I posted pictures of it before, but this one I made today is so lush with the colours...

I didn't read this at the time - you are very sweet and a truly nice person...

BBP - 30-5-2016 at 21:51

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

I'm sort of okay. I had the nerve removed from the bad tooth last Friday, but I still have to chew on the other side of my jaw. At least the continuous pain is gone. I'm busy preparing for exams at the moment, I've got four, two hour exams coming up towards the end of June.

Gosh that's serious! Poor Poly! I hope your teeth get well soon...

Nice to see you here Caputh!

aquagoat - 31-5-2016 at 09:11

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Need a bassist? :bald:

'Course I'd like to remind you that those guys had and maybe have to go through some intense shit for what they've got - absolutely nothing is known about their personal life, not even their names. And early on in their career they did have to resort to "fanservice", kissing each other to make the girls squeal.

If you become my bassist, do you think we'll have to resort to "fanservice" to make our audience squeal?

I need a good drummer more than anything else, actually.

BBP - 31-5-2016 at 11:01

Want that guy we have next-door, banging away for two hours every day Take him! Please!!

aquagoat - 2-6-2016 at 06:52

Is he good?

BBP - 2-6-2016 at 11:20

Not sure. I make sure to get headphones and music as soon as he starts.

BBP - 3-6-2016 at 14:17

How's life with the floodings down your way Aqua? We've been allright but in nearby towns streets have been flooded, especially in Boxmeer and Asten.

aquagoat - 3-6-2016 at 14:26

My town is ok, no flooding, but I've heard some other part of the country has had some problems. I don't really know since I don't watch the news and I haven't been outside for about a week. But it's pretty cold and wet for early June.

BBP - 3-6-2016 at 15:03

You may've heard that the Louvre is closed now, so they can save the artworks in the lower areas near the river... I remember how high the Seine level was when we went there.

There've been a number of casualties so far, 7 in Germany and one in Belgium, and a number in France as well. The castle Chambord has its feet in the water now. Gorgeous photos but I hope there won't be any more damage... always hoped to visit that someday...

aquagoat - 3-6-2016 at 19:53

I didn't know anything about all that, I've spent most of my week reading, watching movies and playing the guitar. It sucks though, I hope it's gonna stop soon.

BBP - 3-6-2016 at 23:39

That's a fun way to spend a week of course... mind you I preferred looking out the window over TV. Amazing storm... wish my camera got a better hold of it...

aquagoat - 4-6-2016 at 08:02

Yeah, sometimes I do that too, watch the storm, lightnings and rain, when the sky looks quite apocalyptic.

BBP - 4-6-2016 at 16:38

Weather forecast said it would be dry this weekend, but a thunderstorm with a lot of rain and hail just came down and the sky's still rumbling.

aquagoat - 5-6-2016 at 09:48

Yeah, it should pretty sunny here this week too, but looking by the window, it doesn't seem so.

BBP - 5-6-2016 at 19:04

Today was steaming weather though... when it gets real hot here, there's usually high humidity levels and a storm round the corner. Right now there's a storm in nearby Geldrop.

polydigm - 6-6-2016 at 16:42

BBP - 6-6-2016 at 18:58

Ouch... Glad you're feeling better though!

Dad's recovering slowly from the flu I gave him. Unfortunately, when my sister came round, she seemed to have caught the same bug. Beh!

BBP - 8-6-2016 at 10:29

Here's one for the arachnophobes:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/08/flood-hit...

aquagoat - 9-6-2016 at 05:33

I know someone I'm going to transfer this article to, :biggrin:

BBP - 9-6-2016 at 22:14

Here's another fun one:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/09/spider-found...

BBP - 10-6-2016 at 23:24

Phew... rough day...

Why is it I decide to go do major cleaning late in the evening?

aquagoat - 11-6-2016 at 07:40

That's something I've never understood. I lived with girl like that, once, she always decided we had to clean the flat around 6 or 7 PM, it's too late, let's do it tomorrow morning.

BBP - 11-6-2016 at 12:08

I had the idea at 10 PM. And went through with it.

DED - 12-6-2016 at 10:34

Wat a clean bathroom , time to handwash my Black socks.

BBP - 12-6-2016 at 19:17

We both got soaked when going out to a flea market.

polydigm - 14-6-2016 at 15:33

Still busy swotting, exams are looming. Got another tooth that's been having problems for a while and that's being dealt with on Thursday. Hopefully that's the last major health thing for a while.

BBP - 14-6-2016 at 18:54

Hi Poly, great to see you!

Not much news here...

aquagoat - 14-6-2016 at 19:18

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

Still busy swotting, exams are looming. Got another tooth that's been having problems for a while and that's being dealt with on Thursday. Hopefully that's the last major health thing for a while.

Take care of yourself, dude, and good luck for the exams.

BBP - 15-6-2016 at 23:29

Good luck with your teeth and exams!

Been getting another cold. Rain's been as terrible today as it's been for the past two weeks.

polydigm - 16-6-2016 at 23:23

One week to go until the first exam.

With that other tooth, the dentist, after careful study of the x-ray, had decided that the nerve seemed healthy and it was just a crack causing my problems so instead of root canal treatment, which is quite a chore, I've had a band put on the tooth instead. That didn't even require anaesthetic, was relatively cheap and seems to have gone well. We'll see. So far, I've been able to fully enjoy eating again, which is a problem in itself.

So what's going on with the weather up there, we're the ones, down here, who are having winter at the moment. It's been quite cold in the last couple of days, Australia's version of cold that is, around 4C overnight.

BBP - 17-6-2016 at 12:07

Right now it's sunny and dry, but with risks of rain and storm. We've had over 120 mm of rain in the first two weeks of June - normal would be 70 for the entire month. There have been numerous floods in the region, no casualties fortunately but the economical damage to the agriculture here is running in the millions of euros.

BBP - 17-6-2016 at 22:39

Had a migraine last night, and am not feeling too well now...

BBP - 18-6-2016 at 20:54

Why is all the Zappa Family Feuding making me so f*ing tired of Zappa? I can't bring myself to buying any of the new albums, let alone visit the concerts.

BBP - 22-6-2016 at 10:08

In Impossible News:
The Zappa-forum is getting updated and Mikey decided to let us know in advance. He advised us to backup our PMs, which I just did (Kirk ol'boy...).

BBP - 24-6-2016 at 14:20

We just had a supercell storm here. hailstones the size of tennis balls! Lucky we don't have a car...

BBP - 24-6-2016 at 14:23

And here are some impressive photos of the supercell, to take our minds off Brexit...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/omroepbrabant/sets/72157670176...

aquagoat - 24-6-2016 at 15:18

This morning I bumped into the very first woman I approached in the street last summer, I hadn't seen her for at least 8 months, we had a little talk, she's very sweet, kind and beautiful, too bad she's still with her boyfriend. :umm: :lol:

But I'm glad I saw her, it started my day pretty joyfully. I'll probably meet her again in the near future since she works close to where I live. :cool:

aquagoat - 24-6-2016 at 15:18

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Why is all the Zappa Family Feuding making me so f*ing tired of Zappa? I can't bring myself to buying any of the new albums, let alone visit the concerts.

I'm not even aware of that, what's the deal with ZFT?

aquagoat - 24-6-2016 at 15:21

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

And here are some impressive photos of the supercell, to take our minds off Brexit...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/omroepbrabant/sets/72157670176...

fuck! impressive! Well I see a roof that needs some of my professional help.

BBP - 24-6-2016 at 21:15

Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Why is all the Zappa Family Feuding making me so f*ing tired of Zappa? I can't bring myself to buying any of the new albums, let alone visit the concerts.

I'm not even aware of that, what's the deal with ZFT?

Where do we begin? Ehhhh... let's see...
Dweezil published something because he has to change the name of his band. This unearthed some conflict that has been going between the various members of the ZFT - apparently Dweezil had to pay a lot of money for his use of the name Zappa Plays Zappa to the ZFT, and hand over all the merchandise profits, which then proceeded to use the money to sue people left and right. It ends with ZPZ now being called "Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever The F@%K He Wants" and his tour is called "The Cease & Desist Tour".

I finally lost my Dweezil fanhood when he proved to be very arrogant in his blogs towards some fellow Zappa fans, and in his dealing with this I am convinced that that was a good move. It's been like looking into a sewer.

Frank's music's still awesome though...

aquagoat - 24-6-2016 at 23:03

Ha ok, I understand a bit better.

BBP - 25-6-2016 at 10:33

Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

And here are some impressive photos of the supercell, to take our minds off Brexit...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/omroepbrabant/sets/72157670176...

fuck! impressive! Well I see a roof that needs some of my professional help.

Oh yeah! One guy in Luykgestel already fell off the roof trying to fix things!

BBP - 27-6-2016 at 21:17

Haaa... builders came from all over the country to work there... they need it too!

BBP - 30-6-2016 at 21:29

Sorry for being a bit quiet... am planning a short holiday...

aquagoat - 1-7-2016 at 07:10

holiday is good, have fun, Bonny.

BBP - 1-7-2016 at 08:12

Not sure when I'll be going but it'll take at least a week...

Just then I typed awake. Which I am, but barely. I went to bed but forgot to close the bedroom window, and as such was bothered by mosquitoes. Was kept up most of the night and woke up before the alarm.

zzzzzzz

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