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polydigm - 17-3-2019 at 08:39

I thought it was about time I demonstrated one of my fully produced works, so I've published my first YouTube video of the first cut of one of my recently fully produced compositions.

Take It Or Leave It

aquagoat - 17-3-2019 at 18:10

That sounds really good, Poly. Keep 'em coming.

BBP - 18-3-2019 at 13:36

Nice job Poly!

Unfortunately it looks like a terrorist attack in Utrecht... :crying:

polydigm - 19-3-2019 at 13:33

Thanks guys!

polydigm - 19-3-2019 at 13:38

Quote: Originally posted by BBP  
Unfortunately it looks like a terrorist attack in Utrecht... :crying:
The thing that gets me is that the alert involves posting paramilitary police at mosques. Maybe there's some rational, probabilistic reason for doing so but it still smacks of profiling. Imagine what it must be like to be a muslim in today's world.

BBP - 19-3-2019 at 18:52

Don't forget that media outlets are quick and the suspect Turkish.
People have been quick to retribute in the past. A namesake of a guy who shot a politician in 2002 found a mob ready to lynch him outside his door later that evening.

BBP - 19-3-2019 at 22:03

Had fun with this:
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2018/apr/2...

Guess the city from the Soviet spy map!

polydigm - 21-3-2019 at 14:21

Quote: Originally posted by BBP  
Don't forget that media outlets are quick and the suspect Turkish.
People have been quick to retribute in the past.
Yes, I get the logic behind it, but it's none the less tough on Muslims.

We've got this ridiculous arsehole of a politician here called Fraser Anning, who said Muslims were to blame for the recent mass shooting in NZ. The other day he was talking to the press and a young kid in the crown sidled up to him and smashed an egg on the back of his head. Anning then turned around and punched the kid in the face and tried to continue bashing him, but others in the crowd pulled him off. Two of his cronies then tackled the kid to the ground and he was having trouble breathing because one of them had him in a choke hold around his neck. Meanwhile the other one was giving him this absurdly ridiculous lecture about what was wrong with what he did. It was all caught on video. Fraser Anning is a horrible man.

BBP - 21-3-2019 at 19:41

Don't forget to check out today's Google Doodle.

BBP - 22-3-2019 at 07:19

Off to BF again!

punknaynowned - 24-3-2019 at 09:56

called in sick to work again tonight
napped a bunch
Probably said this before but I've been reading Balzac and love it.
Also reading American John Dos Passos' U.S.A. trilogy.
It will take me thru summer...
reminding me of how much has changed and how much things stay the same.
It's really brilliant and I highly recommend it!

BBP - 24-3-2019 at 22:12

Great to hear!
I've tried my hand at Dickens (The Old Curiosity Shop) on the way to and from the train but found it hard to get stuck into.

polydigm - 24-3-2019 at 23:52

I'm reading a book called "How Will Capitalism End?" by Wolfgang Streeck.

I hope your new boss is okay, Bonny.

BBP - 25-3-2019 at 16:31

New boss?

Stomach ache, flat tire...

Days like that... :(

aquagoat - 25-3-2019 at 19:43

Sorry you had a bad day, Bonny. Mine was pretty aweful, too, I should have stayed in bed.

polydigm - 26-3-2019 at 04:34

Quote: Originally posted by BBP  
New boss?

I was commenting on this.

BBP - 26-3-2019 at 10:42

Oh thanks!

I enjoy working for Belvilla, since it's a product you can really back and I get to look at pretty pictures of holiday homes all day.

BBP - 3-4-2019 at 07:31

Birthday tomorrow...

BBP - 4-4-2019 at 21:13

Had birthday and am pooped.

aquagoat - 5-4-2019 at 16:32

Happy birthday, Bonny, hope it was a good one.

BBP - 8-4-2019 at 20:57

Sure was! Got an oblie maker (stroopwafels, here I come!) and a baguette form.

My best friend and I went to visit theme park Efteling yesterday, which left me exhausted and voiceless but it was great catching up!

polydigm - 9-4-2019 at 14:01

Belated happy birthday wishes from me!

BBP - 9-4-2019 at 18:10

Thanks Poly! And a belated Happy Birthday to you too!

aquagoat - 10-4-2019 at 08:11

Quote: Originally posted by BBP  
Sure was! Got an oblie maker (stroopwafels, here I come!) and a baguette form.

My best friend and I went to visit theme park Efteling yesterday, which left me exhausted and voiceless but it was great catching up!
I'm glad you had fun. I know I shouldn't ask, but how old are you?

BBP - 10-4-2019 at 17:08

36.

BBP - 11-4-2019 at 18:06

It's weird but I find myself spending less and less times on forums, Zappa and SHP all seem to be sliding downhill...

aquagoat - 12-4-2019 at 17:14

Forums are about dead, now. Everything takes place on facebook, instagram, etc. I remember the days when I used to spend hours discussing various subjects on different forums. Yours and buckethead.tk are the only forums I still visit. I left Zappa a loooong time ago, when there was a kind of redesign, with the appearance moderators, beings who'd been, until then, completely absent from the forum.

And, by the way, 36 is a great age.

BBP - 12-4-2019 at 20:44

Not only that but I find the discussions a lot less interesting.

Or maybe I don't have enough time to delve into other people's experiences.
The mods are largely gone at zappa.com. Except for the deletion of JPFunk (which took way too long) there doesn't seem to be any moderation at all. There've been some trolls since then that make me lose interest.

BBP - 15-4-2019 at 22:51

My condolences to you and all Frenchmen, Aqua...

aquagoat - 16-4-2019 at 20:53

Yeah, that really sucks! Damn! Thanks, Bonny.

polydigm - 18-4-2019 at 02:54

Something woke me up in the middle of the night around 2:00am on the 16th here in OZ and I checked my phone and saw the live stream of the cathedral burning. Very disturbing.

BBP - 18-4-2019 at 18:26

I sat up until the message came through that the structure core could be saved... :(

Easter's a busy time. We fortunately got our easter packages today: a huge chocolate egg! Yumyumyum!

polydigm - 21-4-2019 at 02:18

Now that my wife's a consultant, she no longer gets school holidays, so she's currently enjoying the Easter four day weekend. We've had little family get togethers every day so far and one more today, so some food prep is coming up shortly. Tomorrow we'll just put our feet up.

BBP - 21-4-2019 at 08:30

That's lovely!

I've found a little art project to do with all those perler beads I have.

BBP - 24-4-2019 at 17:10

Went to town today, had a bicycle breakdown and had to walk home. The usual.

Will be at BFs over the weekend!

polydigm - 25-4-2019 at 00:19

You and bikes - what is that all about?

BBP - 25-4-2019 at 06:18

A bike is with ease the best way to get around with distances under 10km in these parts. And they're tiny Rube Goldberg machines with a lot of parts. If one fails on you, they'll all fail.

polydigm - 26-4-2019 at 23:54

I understand the value of a bike, but you do seem to have a lot of bad luck with bikes. That's a funny joke about them being Rube Goldberg machines, but modern bikes are engineered to be very efficient in their purpose - localised circular motion in, transverse motion out. I haven't ridden a bike since I had my nasty accident last year.

BBP - 29-4-2019 at 06:13

Is true.

Just got back from BF. Instead of Christmas the family gets together at Easter, so that was fun. Left me exhausted though. For some reason I couldn't get much sleep and I got up at 6:30.

BBP - 29-4-2019 at 21:36

A sad day for Zappa fans. Both John Smothers and Bruce Bickford have passed away. :crying:

BBP - 2-5-2019 at 20:53

My holiday started today. Hurray!

polydigm - 3-5-2019 at 05:06

Yay!! - to your holiday - of course.

BBP - 3-5-2019 at 23:49

I used my stroopwafel iron for the first time today. It's a waffle iron for thin waffles, oblies, ice cream horns and such, and the ideal tool for making the infamous Dutch delicacy.

I unfortunately started too late. I had 25 balls of dough that needed to be baked, and each took 4 minutes to bake, so you can do the math. I'll have to do the treacle tomorrow.

aquagoat - 5-5-2019 at 08:01

Happy holiday, Bonny.

BBP - 5-5-2019 at 13:20

Thanks! At BFs now, he's lovely as always!

polydigm - 8-5-2019 at 00:24

Nothing beats a relationship that actually works.

BBP - 8-5-2019 at 12:24

Hurray!
Still at BFs having a great time! :cool:

BBP - 12-5-2019 at 10:10

I came home two days ago but found I forgot my laptop cable (dunce dunce dunce)

So now I'm quickly doing all the necessary stuff online. BF sent me a new one but it won't be here before Monday.

polydigm - 12-5-2019 at 14:37

There's always something.

BBP - 13-5-2019 at 21:12

Got my laptop cable! Three cheers for my boyfriend! :bouncing::bouncing::bouncing:

BBP - 19-5-2019 at 09:09

Worked an extra day because of the work overload we're having (it's like coming back from vacacion and finding your housemates left a huge washing-up) and watched The Netherlands win Eurovision - something akin to watching Hell freeze over.

polydigm - 19-5-2019 at 14:49

Congratulations.

I've had a complaint from the neighbours about the thumping noise from my studio, which is already pretty well sound proofed. The problem is the low frequency contact vibrations of the bass drum, so I've got to work out a solution.

BBP - 19-5-2019 at 22:24

Sorry to hear that, hope you can fix it...

aquagoat - 20-5-2019 at 17:52

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm  
Congratulations.

I've had a complaint from the neighbours about the thumping noise from my studio, which is already pretty well sound proofed. The problem is the low frequency contact vibrations of the bass drum, so I've got to work out a solution.
kill your neighbours!! problem solved!! LOL

BBP - 21-5-2019 at 17:14

Nah, then you'd get new neighbours. Just pierce their eardrums.

aquagoat - 21-5-2019 at 17:50

Good strategy, Bonny!

BBP - 24-5-2019 at 07:14

On the list of stupid things I've done I've just added "participating in the work-organized bootcamp."

aquagoat - 25-5-2019 at 05:56

And how did it go?

BBP - 25-5-2019 at 07:07

I couldn't even make the jog to the park and I'm really sore.

polydigm - 29-5-2019 at 00:40

Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat  
Quote: Originally posted by polydigm  
I've had a complaint from the neighbours about the thumping noise from my studio, which is already pretty well sound proofed. The problem is the low frequency contact vibrations of the bass drum, so I've got to work out a solution.
kill your neighbours!! problem solved!! LOL


I have a temporary solution, which involves filling the bass drum with quilts and blankets. This cut the transmitted vibrations more than half. I'll eventually have to build a raised platform for the drum set at one end of my studio.

BBP - 29-5-2019 at 06:30

The bootcamp pain's subsided.

Sorry to hear about that Poly, but I'm glad you found a temporary solution.

polydigm - 2-6-2019 at 00:12

Quote: Originally posted by BBP  
On the list of stupid things I've done I've just added "participating in the work-organized bootcamp."
Hadn't you done one of those before?

BBP - 2-6-2019 at 10:40

That wasn't a bootcamp training, that was a survival programme. The first was an obstacle course and the last part of the programme was a nightmare but inbetween we had relatively mild activities.
Bootcamp is a collection of extremely intensive exercises, planking, push-ups, tossing a 6kg ball around, kettlebells, boxing, squats... Bootcamp is genuinely not for the people who aren't in shape.

polydigm - 3-6-2019 at 00:03

Indeed, it's not a good idea to push yourself too hard without adequate build up. Sounds like your employer thinks it's cool to have these events but doesn't really think through the full ramifications.

BBP - 4-6-2019 at 08:42

Considering one of my colleagues is getting a replacement knee because of her tennis playing I'm not convinced that sports are healthy.

BBP - 5-6-2019 at 18:23

So our nation's largest bank ING, with whom I have had an account ever since they took over Postbank, has decided to use people's bank account data for targetet advertising

(searches new place to get bank account)

polydigm - 5-6-2019 at 23:45

Quote: Originally posted by BBP  
Considering one of my colleagues is getting a replacement knee because of her tennis playing I'm not convinced that sports are healthy.
I used to play squash regularly, which kept me very fit, but over a period of time, a right shoulder wall impact injury reshaping my collar bone, having my left shoulder dislocated twice and rapidly deteriorating knees, I figured I'd better find another way to keep fit. Since then, I'd been riding a bike regularly, for a along time, but after a nasty accident, I decided that swimming for about 45 minutes, a little over 1km, three times a week is the best thing for me.

BBP - 7-6-2019 at 18:29

It's almost Pentecost. I have Sunday to Wednesday free, so I'll be visiting BF! Hurray!

polydigm - 8-6-2019 at 02:47

Nothing like a break. Ours is coming soon.

BBP - 9-6-2019 at 16:38

Now at BFś. Hurray!

BBP - 12-6-2019 at 21:54

Back and exhausted!

BBP - 14-6-2019 at 07:06

Spent all evening looking for something. I hate it when that happens.

aquagoat - 14-6-2019 at 16:55

Glad you had a great week-end, Bonny.

BBP - 14-6-2019 at 22:22

Had a fun day: as I usually say, I have a good day when I end up speaking Dutch, English, French and German. Usually I'm on the German lines only (because German speakers are scarce and Dutch are ample). Today I had an Austrian-based Brit on the line. Which was a bit of switching but went fine. I also had a Dutch caller when the Dutch lines got overcrowded.

At the end of the day, the lines close. If there are still people on hold by closing time, they will need to be dealt with by and after closing time. We cannot shut down the system if there are still people on hold.
We're supposed to stay on the lines until all the queues are clear but some people have trains to catch or family to come home to so that's not easy, especially if you work till 6 because by then you are getting hungry.

Turned out there was a French speaker in the queue, but all French-speaking colleagues had already left! I'm not on the French lines because I cannot juggle French and German and I was needed most on the latter. Plus my French needed coaching but my German was fine. But I was literally the only one who spoke French to such a degree that I could deal with the client. After some stuttering I agreed to take the client.

And then of course it was a cancellation. I immediately apologized for my French and asked her for her reservation number.

And then she wanted to cancel her booking. Difficult procedure but I managed somehow by the skin of my teeth. Fortunately for me she was aware of the cancellation costs.
Unfortunately the reason for discontent was dissatisfaction with our service - she wanted to bring her dog and had asked if it was possible to bring him a week earlier, and the home owner still hadn't been asked! So being there as an obvious non-native speaker, after the client's been on hold for at least ten minutes, cancelling because of our service... oh dear.

polydigm - 16-6-2019 at 01:13

Fun and games!

BBP - 21-6-2019 at 21:09

Yay!

I'm considering another trip up north to BF tomorrow, since it'll be difficult for us to meet during the high season...

polydigm - 22-6-2019 at 23:13

BBP - 24-6-2019 at 06:40

:bouncy:

Went to my BF over the weekend. It ended in a most unusual fashion when we had to clean a car. An owl had vomited on the windscreen.

Owls cannot digest parts of their food (hairs and bones). They vomit these. The piles of vomit are dry, making them uniquely studyable objects. I had to dissect them on several occasions. This one'd obviously eaten mouse.

Was slightly nauseating.

polydigm - 24-6-2019 at 14:26

Curious.

BBP - 24-6-2019 at 19:23

Well, maybe for a big city girl like me but Friesland still has quite a few places where there's actually some nature left and Wergea is at the edge of civilization...

Mind you it was gross, especially because it was still warm...

polydigm - 26-6-2019 at 00:07

Quote: Originally posted by BBP  
Mind you it was gross, especially because it was still warm...

Yummy!

polydigm - 26-6-2019 at 00:18

I finally made that Echidna's Arf video yesterday and posted it on YouTube.

BBP - 26-6-2019 at 20:51

Good job! That's a very difficult song!

polydigm - 26-6-2019 at 23:30

Thanks Bonny.

aquagoat - 27-6-2019 at 17:34

Good job, Poly! We want more of them!

polydigm - 27-6-2019 at 18:06

Thanks Aqua.

BBP - 28-6-2019 at 17:15

Just bought my concert ticket for Dir En Grey in Dortmund!

punknaynowned - 28-6-2019 at 19:18

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm  
I finally made that Echidna's Arf video yesterday and posted it on YouTube.



::forumsmiley183:
that's FANTASTIC!!!
Well done!

I didn't know anybody could do that!
and u friggin nailed it!
wow!

polydigm - 29-6-2019 at 15:14

polydigm - 29-6-2019 at 15:16

Enjoy the concert, Bonny.

BBP - 30-6-2019 at 21:24

Looking forward to January!

For more than one reason. We're melting here! :) It's hard to get anything done. I sleep with a frozen bottle to keep cool.

polydigm - 30-6-2019 at 22:58

What are the temperatures like?

BBP - 1-7-2019 at 06:20

Hothothot. Because thid country's quite himud, it's not a pleasant heat.

polydigm - 1-7-2019 at 13:19

Is it like that throughout July or are there some cool periods?

BBP - 1-7-2019 at 16:47

The weather in The Netherlands is as unpredictable as (insert clever joke here, my brain has melted). We've had an intense heatwave last year that caused massive droughts all over Europe. The current European heatwave has set record after record. But we've had summers with 8 weeks of rainy days on end, at least in 2006, 2011 and 2016 (which doesn't mean there'll be another one of those in 2021).

polydigm - 2-7-2019 at 23:54

What actual temperatures have you been getting? I guess it would be cooler in Amsterdam than where you are?

BBP - 3-7-2019 at 15:27

Yes, Amsterdam is closer to the sea and therefore slightly cooler. We've had temperatures in the mid 30s. But right now they're back in the pleasant category. Plus we bought a fan!

aquagoat - 4-7-2019 at 14:17

Damned computer is dead. I have to use my exgirlfriend's old laptop, and I can't buy a new pc before a while. It sucks! And mp3 player is dead too.

Edit: Great, I can't even remember the passwords for my email accounts. what a great day.

BBP - 4-7-2019 at 19:12

Sorry to hear that Aqua, that blows...

polydigm - 5-7-2019 at 00:56

Hey Aqua, computer and mp3 player dead at the same time and forgotten passwords (for use on your phone I guess) - that's bad luck! I hope your luck improves soon.
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