Comments on: Sharing the Misery http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/ Where the good times never end because they seldom begin. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:30:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: tommyboy http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5302 tommyboy Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:12:48 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5302 water balloons - I once worked in a hospital, if you want the atomic bomb of water balloons, surgical latex gloves hold a suprising volume of liquid(does it have to be water?) You may require a catapult .... water balloons - I once worked in a hospital, if you want the atomic bomb of water balloons, surgical latex gloves hold a suprising volume of liquid(does it have to be water?) You may require a catapult ….

]]> By: Phillp http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5262 Phillp Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:32:18 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5262 BLUES, and some <i>good</i> blues, will be playing at 2 o'clock. BLUES, and some good blues, will be playing at 2 o’clock.

]]> By: Phillip http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5261 Phillip Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:42:37 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5261 I just increased the bandwidth and the frequency of the webcast. The noise outside my window is coming through now in pure digital real-o-ramic stereo (except it's in mono). Later this afternoon (it about 2 hours), I'll webcast some music in stereo at 96kbps and 44 kHz... just to see what happens. You know you've run out of good ideas when you start webcasting NOISE. I just increased the bandwidth and the frequency of the webcast. The noise outside my window is coming through now in pure digital real-o-ramic stereo (except it’s in mono).

Later this afternoon (it about 2 hours), I’ll webcast some music in stereo at 96kbps and 44 kHz… just to see what happens.

You know you’ve run out of good ideas when you start webcasting NOISE.

]]> By: Rebecca http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5257 Rebecca Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:59:19 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5257 I forgot to mention that some mornings, if I'm awake around 5, I can hear robins. I don't hear them around when my alarm goes off at 6 because there's enough traffic that it drowns out the sound of the birds. Tommyboy - archery? It might work, but I'm too far from the street for it to work properly. What I'd like to do is get water ballons to toss at the bar patio :) I forgot to mention that some mornings, if I’m awake around 5, I can hear robins. I don’t hear them around when my alarm goes off at 6 because there’s enough traffic that it drowns out the sound of the birds.

Tommyboy - archery? It might work, but I’m too far from the street for it to work properly. What I’d like to do is get water ballons to toss at the bar patio :)

]]> By: Phillp http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5255 Phillp Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:09:31 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5255 The bulldozers and backhows began working on the contruction site this morning at 7am. It's now just after 8am and they've stopped. <i>Why</i> do that do that? If they're only going to work an hour in the morning, why not wait until 9am when most of us are already awake? I don't have to set my alarm clock anymore because of them. Anyway, now that they've stopped (for now), from time to time I can actually hear birds singing. The bulldozers and backhows began working on the contruction site this morning at 7am. It’s now just after 8am and they’ve stopped. Why do that do that? If they’re only going to work an hour in the morning, why not wait until 9am when most of us are already awake? I don’t have to set my alarm clock anymore because of them.

Anyway, now that they’ve stopped (for now), from time to time I can actually hear birds singing.

]]> By: tommyboy http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5254 tommyboy Thu, 07 Apr 2005 02:24:24 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5254 Rebecca! Someone who shares my weekend sleep habits. I live in the downtown core of a small rural ontario town and when the weather warms up the wildlife emerges. I have noticed a disturibing trend to some of the noctural creatures, some are evolving and have established monetary means...yes they can obtain and operate complicated machinery...the dreaded BOOMBABOOMBA vehicles...you know the ones...the souped up Honda with an audio system with a greater cubic capacity than the engine... I have considered archery. Take a course, join a club so that I can become proficient in the delivery of sharp pointed projectiles, this is so no one will be harmed by my proposed activity..once I have mastered this I would perch atop the building some friday or saturday evening, and I figure I could get four or five vehicles with flaming arrows before the authorities arrive...the compound bows and metal arrow heads produced today would easily penetrate the hood of a car, and since these people's heart and soul are often linked to these vehicles there is no need to harm them just their annoying possesion. Of course once the police arrive I would quickly surrender before some trigger happy OPP tactical squad member takes me out. Its the once in custody part that presents the problem... I may have to postpone this fantasy until my children are old enough so that my forced confinedment as a guest of the provincial government will not be so tramatic for them..Hey but when I get out maybe I could run for municipal office, may not be able to with a conviction perhaps I could plead for a misdomener...keep my options open Did I mention I work with small children...Hey Jody do you think if I mention fbi, osama, or oklahoma I may get some adult company...its beeen a long weeeek here in stay home dad land cheers Rebecca! Someone who shares my weekend sleep habits. I live in the downtown core of a small rural ontario town and when the weather warms up the wildlife emerges. I have noticed a disturibing trend to some of the noctural creatures, some are evolving and have established monetary means…yes they can obtain and operate complicated machinery…the dreaded BOOMBABOOMBA vehicles…you know the ones…the souped up Honda with an audio system with a greater cubic capacity than the engine…

I have considered archery. Take a course, join a club so that I can become proficient in the delivery of sharp pointed projectiles, this is so no one will be harmed by my proposed activity..once I have mastered this I would perch atop the building some friday or saturday evening, and I figure I could get four or five vehicles with flaming arrows before the authorities arrive…the compound bows and metal arrow heads produced today would easily penetrate the hood of a car, and since these people’s heart and soul are often linked to these vehicles there is no need to harm them just their annoying possesion.

Of course once the police arrive I would quickly surrender before some trigger happy OPP tactical squad member takes me out. Its the once in custody part that presents the problem…

I may have to postpone this fantasy until my children are old enough so that my forced confinedment as a guest of the provincial government will not be so tramatic for them..Hey but when I get out maybe I could run for municipal office, may not be able to with a conviction perhaps I could plead for a misdomener…keep my options open

Did I mention I work with small children…Hey Jody do you think if I mention fbi, osama, or oklahoma I may get some adult company…its beeen a long weeeek here in stay home dad land cheers

]]> By: Rebecca http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5252 Rebecca Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:51:59 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5252 The voices are annoying because it's not always at the same volume - sometimes you get a couple of people yelling at each other (or, like one memorable time, fighting). Spring and fall aren't too bad because it's too cold to spend much time out there, but in the summer when it's warm enough, they spend their whole nights out there. I'm a pretty light sleeper. The beeping of my cellphone telling me the battery is low in my purse two rooms away can wake me from a dead sleep. It's an unfamiliar noise, so the scared little animal part of my brain wakes me up to go investigate. Meanwhile, the part of my brain that knows what that sound is doesn't stand a chance of making me go back to sleep. The voices are annoying because it’s not always at the same volume - sometimes you get a couple of people yelling at each other (or, like one memorable time, fighting). Spring and fall aren’t too bad because it’s too cold to spend much time out there, but in the summer when it’s warm enough, they spend their whole nights out there.

I’m a pretty light sleeper. The beeping of my cellphone telling me the battery is low in my purse two rooms away can wake me from a dead sleep. It’s an unfamiliar noise, so the scared little animal part of my brain wakes me up to go investigate. Meanwhile, the part of my brain that knows what that sound is doesn’t stand a chance of making me go back to sleep.

]]> By: Phillip http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5225 Phillip Tue, 05 Apr 2005 19:01:14 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5225 Seagulls! I can hear seagulls over the webcast now. Humph. That's something. Seagulls! I can hear seagulls over the webcast now. Humph. That’s something.

]]> By: Phillip http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5224 Phillip Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:59:18 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5224 A patio overlooking drunken revellers --- now there's a live feed for you. You know, I think if it was human voices, even drunken, stupored voices (is stupored a word?), it'd be better than the sounds of clanking machinery. Voices are something I might more naturally be able to tune out... Or I might still want to kill somebody. A patio overlooking drunken revellers — now there’s a live feed for you.

You know, I think if it was human voices, even drunken, stupored voices (is stupored a word?), it’d be better than the sounds of clanking machinery. Voices are something I might more naturally be able to tune out… Or I might still want to kill somebody.

]]> By: Rebecca http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5223 Rebecca Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:18:53 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5223 Right now, traffic. I live off the main road, which turns into the highway down to Toronto (eventually), so lots of traffic almost all day. I don't notice it as much as I do the bar next door - I overlook their patio, so I get drunken revellers all night on the weekends. I'm almost able to tune that out as well. Right now, traffic. I live off the main road, which turns into the highway down to Toronto (eventually), so lots of traffic almost all day. I don’t notice it as much as I do the bar next door - I overlook their patio, so I get drunken revellers all night on the weekends. I’m almost able to tune that out as well.

]]> By: Phillip http://steelwhitetable.org/2005/04/05/sharing-the-misery/#comment-5222 Phillip Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:07:24 +0000 /?p=1509#comment-5222 Nice. 5 minutes after I post this, the construction guys go on their lunch break. But trust me, they'll be back. They <i>always</i> come back. Nice. 5 minutes after I post this, the construction guys go on their lunch break. But trust me, they’ll be back. They always come back.

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