scorpion 0 Posted December 7, 2010 Thank you to everyone for your concern. In this bad economy I have to keep my nose closer to the grindstone. I cannot seem to find time to hit the forum as much as I have in the past. I sure do miss the good old days when work was easy to find, and I could hit the forum 2 or 3 times a day. If you listen to the doom and gloom about the economy then I guess it is time to buy rain barrels and hook them up to the down spout, plant a garden, and learn how to make bread from scratch! Here is to wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! For those of you who are looking for a new hobby then try this: http://www.planetchristmas.com/ http://www.planetchristmas.com/talk.htm Lots of electronic things you can do. Create animated lighting to dance in unison to music, and you can broadcast with an FM radio to the cars going by, and you can set up wireless systems and do the houses on either side! If you weld you can make your own stars, animals, snowman or a Santa and line them with Christmas lights, rope lights, or LED lights. You can take plywood and cut to shape and paint them and then drill holes to place Christmas lights through the holes. Now do you leave them static, or do you make them chase? You can take a flag pole and hang lights from them to make a giant Christmas tree. It is more fun to have individual light strings hooked up to a controller and make the tree "dance"! http://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+animated+lighting+light+o+rama&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=#q=youtube+animated+lighting+light+o+rama&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&prmd=ivfd&source=univ&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&ei=PTj-TPsYgbSVB6TSrc8I&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQqwQwAA&fp=1073dee50e2364b2 Take care! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted December 7, 2010 nice to see you back scorpion. make sure that next time you go MIA that you ask for the forums permision DONT DO IT AGAIN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vin2install 0 Posted December 7, 2010 Welcome back!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewireguys 3 Posted December 7, 2010 Welcome Back!!! Love the lights.... On top of everything else I do I also am a Night Club DJ so I have alto experience with DMX and love lighting control. http://mattsonlights.com/?page_id=264 . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted December 8, 2010 Thank you Tomcctv! Next time I will ask in writing to do so! Vin2install! How is the weather in Cal while we all freeze our butt's off? The wireguys! I wonder what he used for animation? I am guessing Light O Rama Boards? It is too cold here in Florida on this fateful day in infamy 12/7/10!! BRRRRRRRRRR! My dad called from Kentucky to let me know this small backwater town called Melbourne actually made the national news due to our record lows! I wonder how many people that watched the news asked "where the hell is Melbourne Fl? Take care everyone! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted December 8, 2010 Yeah must be cold up there its 60 degrees here and we are freezing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted December 8, 2010 60 degrees used to be my "freeze level"! Now I wish it was 60 degrees here! How have you been doing Rory? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpzle 0 Posted December 8, 2010 Welcome back! You still slangin AVtech? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sawbones 0 Posted December 8, 2010 Good to see you, scorpion... don't be a stranger. We need your big brain. You REALLY don't want rookies like me answering questions on here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted December 8, 2010 60 degrees used to be my "freeze level"! Now I wish it was 60 degrees here! How have you been doing Rory? Right here boss .. same ole same ole Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted December 8, 2010 Sawbones! LOL! Like this? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ify7vDXrDs/TC1Zh1LlG4I/AAAAAAAAGJc/P4EnL8BEHSE/s1600/big_brain_genius_line.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickA 0 Posted December 8, 2010 Hey Scorpion, thought they might have deported you!! welcome back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CCTV_Suppliers 0 Posted December 8, 2010 Welcome back bud... hope you are doing well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted December 9, 2010 RickA! That is your attempt to throw a slam? You appear to have lost your edge! Wow! It is almost like you are being nice to me! You must be slipping, or you are just starting off easy to work your way up! LOL! Take care! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted December 9, 2010 CCTV_Suppliers! How are you doing? How is the economy treating you? Are you still holding on to 100+ web URLs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CCTV_Suppliers 0 Posted December 9, 2010 CCTV_Suppliers! How are you doing? How is the economy treating you? Are you still holding on to 100+ web URLs? Hey bud, everything is fine and thanks for asking. Well, economy is not treating anyone well... Websites??? Hmmm... may be more than 200 now??? How are you doing bud?? Welcome back again and look forward to some good debates.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sawbones 0 Posted December 9, 2010 CCTV_Suppliers! How are you doing? How is the economy treating you? Are you still holding on to 100+ web URLs? Hey bud, everything is fine and thanks for asking. Well, economy is not treating anyone well... Websites??? Hmmm... may be more than 200 now??? How are you doing bud?? Welcome back again and look forward to some good debates.... Ya know... there IS such a thing as too much porn... Just sayin' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CCTV_Suppliers 0 Posted December 10, 2010 You meant too much CCTV right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fljaweiu 0 Posted February 25, 2011 Hi .. newbie here .. glad to be a part of this forum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted February 25, 2011 Hello fljaweiu! Welcome home to a group of the like minded! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted February 25, 2011 Holy smokes! Time sure does go by fast! Where am I at now? I just bought a new engine for the Jeep. Price of a long block plus core charge plus shipping to CA to FL.........(Oh boy! I do not want to look at that bill! $3700! Yikes!). I bought a used van as the Jeep Liberty is too small for the bigger jobs. I worked triple time, day, nights and weekends and the van is paid for, (4000). My next goal is to pay off the Jeep which has a balance of some $2000. I have wanted to stock up on canned goods, but I just cannot seem to scrape the money together to do so. I have been wanting to buy a large volume water filter. I do not know if I want a Katadyn, or a Berkey. I have wanted to buy some "survival items, but I cannot seem to scrape any money together to get them. At least I can use my camping equipment as a base line and add what I need. I am ready for QE3 and I am ready for super high inflation and the fall of the American dollar. I do not know if I am ready for the U.S. dollar to be taken of the world reserve. That is going to be painful if it does happen. This will place us in a situation where we will be equal to what "we" (US citizens) would call a third world country. I am a big boy, and I can pull my britches up, and take anything that comes my way. The only thing that I have to figure is what to do at that stage. Planting a garden (WWII victory garden?) is doable. I do not know if this small hole in the wall city will allow chickens, and goats in a residential neighborhood, but if we fall far enough down then I guess code enforcement will not be receiving a paycheck and they may not show up for duty, and I just might get away with it. If that is true then one has to stock up on bullets! Looks like we are in for some fun times! I just wish that I was the type to have bought gold many years ago. Now is the time to buy but at $1400 an ounce I'll just have to sit out on the gold rush! For those who read this post in the future then one has to remember that at this time the U.S.A. does not look like it has a strong military. Other Counties are testing these "new" waters to see how far they can push things as they have felt that they have been surpressed by the U.S.A. Global Muslim Brotherhood is now on the march. They are using other groups to front their agenda, and they are moving the chess pieces knowing that they may loose some pawns on the way, but the checkmate is the ultimate goal towards the U.S. http://globalmbreport.com/ Egypt has changed leaders, there are riots in Algeria, Libya, Yemen, Tunisia, Jordan, and many other countries that are not reported in the U.S. Turkey is getting ready to do another Flotilla to Gaza. How you feel about the MB, or if weapons are taken to Hamas, or your political leanings toward Israel, it is still going to be chaos that will effect everyone in some way one way or another around the world. Saudi Arabia is surrounded by enemies, or will soon be surrounded. Iran wants to attack them from the east, and they want Hamas to attack from the north, and they want Hezbollah to attack from the north. The Shiite Muslims in Yemen will attack from from the South. Egypt (whoever finally rules) will attack from the East. Somalia pirates will be embolden. The strait of Hormuz will be closed, and the Gate of Tears or called Bab-el-Mandeb strait will be closed, the Suez Canal will be close and one will have to wonder if the U.S. will receive any oil. Hopefully we can get oil from the Tupi Oil Fields off of Brazil. What will be the price of a barrel of oil then? The collapse of the dollar, and hyper inflation? If one is knowledgeable, and is prepared then it should not be to painful. http://64.92.111.122/ http://www.shtfplan.com/ This is where we sit today looking to the future and wondering if there will be riots in the U.S. or not? In the U.S. the socialist, the communist, the anarchist, and muslim brotherhood are putting their differences aside to gather their forces together for the process of bring down America from being a Republic. Your political view will determine whether you see sunshine, or storm clouds. What do you all think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted February 25, 2011 Well gas is $4.70 a gallon here now .. even in my 3 cylinder truck im easily spending $5 a day .. if I was driving my 4.0 jeep .. well probably more like $15-20 a day .. and thats all without doing any real driving .. lots of small jobs and people want us to work for pennies, or free. Glad to see Scorpion is still with us Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted February 25, 2011 Well gas is $4.70 a gallon here now .. even in my 3 cylinder truck im easily spending $5 a day .. if I was driving my 4.0 jeep .. well probably more like $15-20 a day .. and thats all without doing any real driving .. lots of small jobs and people want us to work for pennies, or free. Glad to see Scorpion is still with us should try getting your fuel from the uk................. works out at just under $14 a gallon a packet of cigarettes (20) is $10 carton $100 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted February 25, 2011 should try getting your fuel from the uk................. works out at just under $14 a gallon a packet of cigarettes (20) is $10 carton $100 Yeah i know .. but then you do get free medical, good food, and good roads, and laws that are at least generally enforced The only thing keeping me from moving back to the UK right now is the weather. The amount of money I need to save up for some medical tests and treatment though (been trying unsuccessfully for a couple years now), I might have to end up back there at some point ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanjh1965 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Don't bother moving back to the UK, our little Island will have sunk under the weight of Immigration, didn't you know our Goverment gives money away... the more Children you have the more money they give you... and a free house to live in, except for hard working Tax Payers who have to fend for themselves Sorry nothing to do with CCTV, althought we do have rather a lot of CCTV cameras here ! I feel better now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
