AX builder's thread Off topic split

[Sandy H.]

What's the current avatar, Fred? On my screen, it looks like a cactus. You're Texas, right? I loved West Arkansas when I was there on a trip. The food was so much better than in NC.

Back to the avatar. . . I preferred Cartman thus far. Hey. Respect my au-tor-i-tah!!!

Sorry for the OT, but Fred's avatar sometimes seems topical to me.

Sandy.

[Coulomb]

You guys are starting to make the dearly departed Julian Hirsch look more subjective rather than objective by comparison.

ADT

[Fred Dieckmann]

From Sandy- "What's the current avatar, Fred? On my screen, it looks like a cactus. You're Texas, right? I loved West Arkansas when I was there on a trip. The food was so much better than in NC.

Back to the avatar. . . I preferred Cartman thus far. Hey. Respect my au-tor-i-tah!!!

Sorry for the OT, but Fred's avatar sometimes seems topical to me.

Sandy."

From Grey- "The starred word above is p.r.i.c.k.l.y, as in a cactus."

Grey was lamenting the fact that filter forced him to add the l.y. While the epithet was not directed at me (much to my surprise), I was ........... well, inspired would be the closest I can come to describing it.

Cartman was Jocko's. We often get blamed for each other's transgressions. Strange....... I have no difficulty telling us apart at all. Giving credit where credit is due, as they say.

F.r.e.d.l.y.

* Sorry, looks like I ran out of room on the subject line!

[pinkmouse]

Originally posted by Fred Dieckmann
Sorry, looks like I ran out of room on the subject line!

I suspect that was a good thing for all concerned!

However, entertaining as these chats are, can we keep this thread on topic please. We want to make this a bit easier to follow, so building and relevant theory issues only please.

Thanks all!

Edit: cleaned up a bit anyway, feel free to carry on discussing irons and avatars

[ingvar ahlberg]

[QUOTE

I did a test with my wifes iron,(I thought it was a good idea until my wife saw it)QUOTE]

Really impressed by that use of iron. My wife collects irons, most of them antique and not broken by me, they look really nice sitting around the fireplace. So- i built a pair of behind the bar speakers for a lokal pub, seeing the use i did´nt feel like using real wood vener for finish so i bought some "black ash vinyl iron on vener". Using my wifes brand new steem iron i comenced to put this on the boxes with a nice result whit the cat watching.
Then a friend rang and after a few minutes conversation i felt the smell and hung up. This made a much more impressive mess than just forgetting the iron on a shirt. The cat got tangled up a few of those half melted threads of vinyl but otherwise i managed to thoroughly clean up the iron with isopropanol. The wife comes home and instantly takes the iron out and starts working on an offwhite linendress She´s planned to wear to work tomorrow.After a few moments a grey/black vinyl residue ejects out of the steam holes in the iron making a pretty nice dress look like a fake zebra, she instantly recognise the culprit and i start saying: i was just making a pair of speakers for Peter when.....
realising this won´t work i left and bought a new iron, a nicer new dress and as many roses i could carry, the matter was forgotten under friendly terms, the cat still looked a bit strange.
That iron did´nt make it for the collection either.

[GRollins]

Interesting Rorschach test of Fred's psyche.
What I said bore no relation to the spin he's trying to put on it.

Grey

P.S.: And I know just the perfect Rorschach image for Fred's next icon...

[Sandy H.]

I re-read the comment referring to the cactus and didn't see the relation to Fred either. I guess that's why I missed it.

I would like to apologize for making a comment which in the end resulted in a split thread which could be considered "the good stuff" and "the other refuse which shouldn't have been there in the first place." I guess I need to watch my etiquette more. However, Pinkmouse, thanks for taking the action and trying to keep the builders thread clean. It is the obviously correct choice.

I think I'll refrain from posting in a 'builders' thread until I actually am building!

Sandy.

PS: Please don't let this post kick off any more Fred vs. Grey. We all have our opinions of each person and for many, I doubt that either is negative.