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Title: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 29, 2005, 04:53:50 PM
I would like to warn dial-up users that on their connection it might take some time for the pictures to load, since they are each about 250kB in size.

First of all, my snazzy car.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/car1.png)
The front.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/car2.png)
The back.
Title: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 29, 2005, 04:56:57 PM
My current residings:

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/housefront.png)
The front.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/houseback.png)
The back.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/garden.png)
(A piece of) The garden (taken from the roof).
Title: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 29, 2005, 04:59:26 PM
And finally, the beginning of my house-diary:

First it looked like this:

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/box.png)
Terrain with car port.
Title: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 29, 2005, 05:03:39 PM
That car port was standing on a piece of ground that was designated as a corner of the house so it had to go. So, a bit later, it looked like this:

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/terrain1.png)
Terrain without car port.

A closer look at the car port's spot:

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/terrain2.png)
Empty car port space.
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on April 29, 2005, 05:23:14 PM
Wow, CC! That IS a snazzy car! And keep us up to date on your house! ;D
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 29, 2005, 05:53:53 PM
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on April 29, 2005, 05:23:14 PMWow, CC! That IS a snazzy car!
Ofcourse, those pictures were taken mere minutes after it was washed. Most of time there's dirt on the sides (particularly the bottom part) and the back (trunk door).I'm thinking I'm going to have to take a pic of one of the sides too (after a wash), because the current pictures don't convey the situation there.

Quote from: koko_99_2001 on April 29, 2005, 05:23:14 PMAnd keep us up to date on your house! ;D
I already promised I'd do that a long time ago, before I even had a digital camera, and I'm not the person to come back on promises (if I can remember them, that is ofcourse). There's a few more in the pipeline, but I've not 'prepped' them yet for publication here. 8)
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Warlock on April 29, 2005, 05:57:50 PM


I believe this is the first time ever I say this.. but I quite like your house CC :)

Your car isn't too shabby either ;)
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on April 29, 2005, 09:46:26 PM
Nice pics! XD

The car is pretty nice, and garden too! ;D
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 01, 2005, 01:48:02 PM
Quote from: Warlock on April 29, 2005, 05:57:50 PMbut I quite like your house CC :)
See, that's why I said residings. The terrain is mine, the house that will be built on that terrain will be mine, but the house I'm currently in isn't mine. ;)
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 29, 2005, 05:03:17 PM
Time for an update!
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/terrain3.png)
The building company put a nice fence around my terrain.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/box2.png)
Look at what they did to the former carport! :o j/k on that smiley
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on May 29, 2005, 05:05:55 PM
Kewlieness! And your car is awesome :P
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 29, 2005, 05:08:35 PM
News just in! (pics taken the last few days)
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/terrain4.png)
Looks like the builders have been back, ahead of schedule even!

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/terrain5.png)
And who might that be standing in the middle of that dig? :P

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/terrain6.png)
Building blocks...
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on May 29, 2005, 05:17:16 PM
But you won't give us a close-up huh?

Keep us updated! Love watching the process :D
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 29, 2005, 05:21:06 PM
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on May 29, 2005, 05:17:16 PMBut you won't give us a close-up huh?
A close-up of what/who?
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on May 29, 2005, 05:26:35 PM
Of the person in the middle of the pic  ::)
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 29, 2005, 05:39:16 PM
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on May 29, 2005, 05:26:35 PMOf the person in the middle of the pic  ::)
And why is that important to you?
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on May 29, 2005, 08:44:02 PM
It's not. Just that you haven't posted an official pic of yourself since who-knows-when :P
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: J-ROC on May 29, 2005, 11:07:38 PM
LOVE the house.

Car is very nice as well.  I like VW's.
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 30, 2005, 03:06:31 PM
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on May 29, 2005, 08:44:02 PMJust that you haven't posted an official pic of yourself since who-knows-when :P
I don't get any official pic of myself taken that much. And it's rather hard to take a pic of myself too, since I can't see what I'm taking a picture of if I hold the photo camera with its front at me. :P
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on May 30, 2005, 05:47:06 PM
Then get someone else to take it! XD Or just look odd and take 14 pictures until your sure at least ONE of them has to be good :P
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 31, 2005, 02:05:21 PM
Quote from: Rosella on May 30, 2005, 05:47:06 PMThen get someone else to take it! XD Or just look odd and take 14 pictures until your sure at least ONE of them has to be good :P
I just thought of something. Somewhere at work there's currently a fairly recent photo of me, but that would require me to think of it when I'm there, which is always a big uncertainty. And if I took 14 pictures of myself I'm fairly sure there would be something wrong with every one of them. I'm a lousy auto-photographer. :-X
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on May 31, 2005, 04:10:12 PM
Write it really big on your forehead and then people will point at you and look at you oddly. Then you'll HAVE to remember!
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on June 01, 2005, 06:16:14 AM
Very nice car!

House looks really good too :D
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 01, 2005, 03:16:06 PM
Quote from: Rosella on May 31, 2005, 04:10:12 PMWrite it really big on your forehead and then people will point at you and look at you oddly.
Write with what? Because a) it has to come off again as soon as I am finished with the task but b) it has to stay one until I have finished it. Anyway, even withut the big text on my forehead I already managed to copy the jpg to my HDF but a) I forgot to mail it to my home account and b) it's too late now to start bringing out the floppy disc stuff and get out a floppy disk and so forth, so you'll have to wait a little longer.
Racx: which house, the one that's still in the works or the one that's finished? :P
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 03, 2005, 06:10:10 PM
By popular demand, I bring you:
CC!
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/Bob2.png)
EDIT: somehow, my image was removed. ::)
2nd edit: and I think I replaced it with the wrong one at first.
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Jafar on June 03, 2005, 07:44:45 PM
Look! It's SUPER-BOB! No Evil will be able to stand against his combed hair! :D
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Louisiana Night on June 03, 2005, 07:59:56 PM
*waves* :D

So, how did you manage to take the picture(someone took the picture for you?)? ;)
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on June 03, 2005, 09:18:33 PM
Woo! :D It's CC! :)
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on June 05, 2005, 11:19:53 AM
YAY! It took a while but we got a new picture :D

Good picture Bob, hope you start to post 'em more often :D
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 05, 2005, 02:44:50 PM
Quote from: LouisianaNight on June 03, 2005, 07:59:56 PMSo, how did you manage to take the picture(someone took the picture for you?)? ;)
As I 'touched' some posts before, a short while ago (almost) everybody at work had (to have) their picture taken and recently we learned why: to put on the intranet. So, all I had to do was locate mine, grab it and transfer it to my home pc, resize it so it didn't stretch the forum and there you go. 8)

Quote from: racx on June 05, 2005, 11:19:53 AMGood picture Bob, hope you start to post 'em more often :D
Not very likely. ::)

That's not good, Linux's thumbnails display a previous image if they come across a filename that's been used before. :-\
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 05, 2005, 03:01:56 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house1.png)
Now you see it (from the front)...

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house2.png)
...(and from the back a day later).

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house3.png)
And now you don't.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house4.png)
Inner wall construction in progress...
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 19, 2005, 03:38:04 PM
Time for another update I guess:

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house5.png)
And that concludes the inner hull.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house6.png)
Isolation may not be good for me, but insulation is good for a house.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house7.png)
The roof of the ceiling floor.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house8.png)
Reinforcement of the ceiling floor.
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 19, 2005, 03:41:35 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house9.png)
And the 'pièce de résistance' today: The ground floor of the back side has been completely 'bricked', and they've already started with the roof/ceiling-floor.
EDIT: It seems a forum-update messed around with my 'è'. :-\
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on July 22, 2005, 04:25:23 PM
Time to bring this baby back to the first page with some more updates!

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house10.png)
The roof, still under construction.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house11.png)
The chimney. However, if Saint Nic is planning to deliver presents trough there, he's going to have to make himself pretty thin to fit through there AND find a way to break through the concrete wall that's at the bottom of that chimney (it's not attached to any heating device (yet).

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house12.png)
The side of the house with the front door, completely finished (bricked).

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house14.png)
The top floor is now completely unaccessible from the oustide, and since the ladder on the inside reaching up has not been installed yet, is completely unaccessible.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house15.png)
And finally, one side of the roof is now complete.
The other side, that's another matter, because that's where a solar collector will have to be placed, but the people who have to place the solar collector don't have time before next Friday, and that side of the roof is supposed to be completely finished this Saturday. Since I can't reach the roof workers, I've left a piece of paper at the construction site telling them to call me on my cell phone when they get there. I hope they don't arrive too soon so I can get some decent sleep before that happens, because on that same day I'll have to leave for my holiday and on that holiday I know I'm going to get some sleep deprivation. :-\
Title: Re:The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on July 22, 2005, 04:34:48 PM
And now, something completely different: the snazzy car, part2!

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/car3.png)
I had to change some things due to regulatory problems (the law has been changed recently and I did not have the necessary papers to attest the changes to the car had been approved), so it's a little less snazzy (the room between the tires and the 'chassis' has increased by a rew cms). But, at least you'll get to see the darkened rear windows, and the special tires. 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on August 14, 2005, 04:26:47 PM
Small update this time, work has slowed down considerably.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house16.png)
:o They forgot a part! [size=0](By my request.)[/size]

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house17.png)
And THAT's why.
PS: Yes, I know the second picture's a lot darker than the first one, but just look at the sky and you'll see why. And yes, I already changed the brightness.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on August 14, 2005, 09:12:59 PM
What is that? XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on August 14, 2005, 09:24:07 PM
Looks like a skylight or solar power thing...
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on August 15, 2005, 03:11:13 PM
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on August 14, 2005, 09:24:07 PMLooks like a skylight or solar power thing...
Skylight? Yeah right, ain't nothing in that attic but heating equipment. ;-D
EDIT: Actually, at the moment the only thing that's up there is some roof tiles left over. If one of the tiles currently on my roof gets damaged in any way, I still have the original type to replace them with. And in the future, besides the heating equipment, it's also going to serve as a big storage room. 8)
Solar power on the other hand... almost right. Nah, this one's just for water-heating purposes. Solar power (electricity) is planned for next year. Have to take into account the limit on tax reductions after all. :scholar:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on August 19, 2005, 05:53:11 PM
And now, my 'muse' (?sp), i.e. the only one that can inspire me to produce something one might call a form of poetry. It's a shame I only see her on special gatherings of a group I'm part of, which is an average of about twice a year. :-[
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/Ann1.png)(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/Ann2.png)
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/Ann3.png)
:smitten:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on September 11, 2005, 02:37:57 PM
I'm going to try something different this time: a collage (?) of the 6 biggest rooms in my house. Some of the pictures (IIRC the middle ones)have been rotated 90% in order to not demolish the perspective completely, they are as bad as it is now. The top is the back, the bottom is the front.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/collage.png)
From top left to right bottom: living, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, bedroom, carport.

The rooms I left out:
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/washing.png)
The washing room, located between the kitchen and the bedroom.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/storage.png)
The storage room, squeezed beside the storage room, also between the kitchen and the bedroom.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/toilet.png)
The toilet, besides the one in the bathroom, sqeezed between the carport and the front bedroom.
Ofcourse, there's also a hallways, one side runs from between the bedroom at the right middle up to the bathroom on the left middle and then turns 90° to the front, where it lands into the front office room, like this (yes, I also left out the office room, but that picture is incorporated into this one):
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/hallway2.png)
Edit (x3): changed collage, corrected img-tag, corrected spelling errors. :sweating:
EDIT: An update even messed with the degree-symbol...
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Louisiana Night on September 11, 2005, 02:48:14 PM
 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on September 11, 2005, 06:26:16 PM
Wow, your house is looking good :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on September 12, 2005, 03:21:02 PM
You just wait, there's more pictures coming from the outside. ;)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on October 22, 2005, 04:30:06 PM
Tthe outside wasn't quite finished when I thought it was: the space between the bricks had to be 'closed':
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house18.png)
Left the old, right the new

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house19.png)
Either my fingers are small, or those electricity wires are thick.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house20.png)
New and improved carport (look at the floor)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on October 22, 2005, 04:34:31 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house21.png)
Watch out: multiple electricity lanes ahead

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house22.png)
Even worse: which wire goes where?

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house23.png)
Yet more wires, I just can't get over it, the sheer amount is staggering

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house24.png)
And finally, for this wire-post, is the (still rolled up) cable wire (IIRC)

EDIT: Oops, wrong link.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on October 22, 2005, 04:41:59 PM
Are we done yet? Nooo....
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house25.png)
The underbelly of the house, pitchdark, meaning I didn't know what I was photographing until I could watch it on the LCD screen afterwards


(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house26.png)
Aha, the windows are here

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house27.png)
Backside: now fitted with the doors, windows, and shutters.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house28.png)
A closer look at those shutters: but this time from the inside
Date of last photo: 2005/08/31. 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 23, 2005, 03:06:06 PM
Whilst the work on the outside is nearly done, the work on the inside is in full swing, but, let's start where we left off last time:

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house29.png)
This is the window of the bathroom. Obviously, that means you can't just look out, nor can anyone from the oustide look in.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house30.png)
It would seem they're covering up their tracks (cables), but I can still see where it's been covered up! 8)

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house31.png)l
And finally, there it is: the complete front side, but with no car port door (yet).
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 23, 2005, 03:11:23 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house32.png)
We're going back inside now: and look at the structure they need to reach the ceiling in the lbathroom

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house33.png)
A finished ceiling

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house34.png)
An unfinished ceiling

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house35.png)
Dirty work in progress, since they covered up the window, with the niehghbor's house mirrored in the background. However, I'm not quite sure they've got the right side on the oustide/inside.  ::)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 23, 2005, 03:18:38 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house36.png)
Can't have a house without heating. And no, I don't have floor heating.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house37.png)
And ofcourse, you need pipes to transport the hot water to the heating radiators.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house38.png)
Obviosuly, this is where it's all coming from

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house39.png)
Where the hot water starts its distribution throughout the house.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house40.png)
Why are all these cables going into the bathroom? And, more importantly, where do they all lead to?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: edgarnick on November 23, 2005, 03:25:17 PM
CC, It looks like this project is getting under way. When do you think it will be completed?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 23, 2005, 03:28:31 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house41.png)
Huzzah, the car port door has arrived! I was expecting it to be a bit lighter brown though. :-\

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house42.png)
I can even open the car port door and look out across the street.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house43.png)
Okay, who's been coming through here whilst the floor was still wet? :pokerface:

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house44.png)
Building garbage.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house45.png)
Yup, we're right under the roof, on the top floor, but where is this pipe coming from/leading to?

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house46.png)
And this concludes today's session: the bathroom tiles.
Date of last photo: 2005/10/25. 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 23, 2005, 03:29:57 PM
Quote from: edgarnick on November 23, 2005, 03:25:17 PMCC, It looks like this project is getting under way. When do you think it will be completed?
If all goes according to plan, work should be finished around the end of January 2006. Goodnight! :zzz:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on November 24, 2005, 06:12:43 AM
Wow, if it finishes at the end of January that would be good :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on March 06, 2006, 03:51:31 PM
Coolness!  :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on March 06, 2006, 04:10:31 PM
Is it done yet? If so, post some pics! :p
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on March 08, 2006, 06:59:26 PM
Quote from: Deloria on March 06, 2006, 04:10:31 PMIs it done yet? If so, post some pics! :p
It's done, more pictures will follow soon (as in, maybe tomorrow). 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on March 09, 2006, 03:00:33 PM
As time progressed, there was less and less work being done, so the 'release' date was being pulled back and back...

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house47.png)
Here you have the bathtub, now encased but not tiled (yet)

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house48.png)
The flooring of the kitchen is now complete.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house49.png)
The side of the bathtub is being tiled.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house50.png)
Ding dong! Who's at the front door? :P

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house51.png)
But wait, there's no 'Welcome' mat yet! :o

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house52.png)
This is even worse, they've floored up the space for the 'Welcome'-mat! ::)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on March 09, 2006, 03:04:32 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house53.png)
The washing room is now completely floored too.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house54.png)
Whoa, heating pipe insulation!

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house55.png)
The flooring of the carport, grey.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house56.png)
The bathroom cabinet (?).

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house57.png)
Who's that lurking in the dark ??? It's a heating cannon! :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on March 09, 2006, 03:12:20 PM
Nearly there, for this batch.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house58.png)
Inner doors are being placed.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house59.png)
Kitchen part 1.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house60.png)
Kitchen part 2.

This concludes the housing part today. Date of last picture: 2005/12/23.
The flooring of the living room took its time, then all the walls had to be painted, which also took some time, mainly because it was being done by an uncle of mine, in his spare time. Oh, and the ceilings had to be painted too. After the ceiling had been done, the light fixtures could be attached, and the lighting bulbs screwed in. And then, when the bedrooms were complete, we moved in, in the second half of February. Next house pictures will be of the finished product.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on March 09, 2006, 03:23:25 PM
Now for some entertainment pictures:

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/snowman1.png)
My first snowman of winter 2005/2006. Actually, it wasn't exactly winter (yet), it was only November 25! That's why you already see the remaining snow having been melted around the snowman.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/snowman2.png)
This time it's winter: December 30 to be exact. Due to the surge in temperature that was being predicted that night  the picture had to be taken the same night and not the next morning, so I had to fiddle  a bit with the brightness to make sure you can see me. As you can see, I managed to make it a bit higher than the previous one. My aim is to make one just as big as me, but since the strength in my arms is not good enough to hoist a second (big) snowball onto the first (bigger snowball, which I can roll, but at the end that's becoming hard to do too) I have to hoist a smaller snowball onto the first. Then I have to add extra snow to that second snowball so it becomes bigger. And ofcourse, I have to add snow where two snowballs attach too, because when you put two circles on each other, the top one is liable to fall off. My snowmen are all made out of three snowballs with added snow.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/hair.png)
And finally, a picture of me, I think it must have been right after my hair had been cut, otherwise I can't see why I did it.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on March 09, 2006, 04:03:24 PM
Look! It's CC! And look! A snowman! The house looks REALLY nice. ^^ This thread is making me want to take pictures of our bathroom, since it's being remodeled. :P But yeah, the house looks nice; the snowmen look fab, and you look awesome! ^^
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on March 09, 2006, 04:34:24 PM
You and the snowman bare a striking resemblance! :D

J/K ;P Nice pics though. :)  Can't wait to see the final ones! ;D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Louisiana Night on March 09, 2006, 08:45:46 PM
 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Farquhar on March 10, 2006, 05:47:38 PM
Great pics! The house is looking awesome, and I love the snowman.  ;D

I never have the patience to build a full size snowman, so they always end up being Yoda size. XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on March 10, 2006, 06:07:04 PM
I never have the planning to get the second snowball to a size I can still lift. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on March 10, 2006, 06:22:47 PM
Quote from: Rosella on March 10, 2006, 06:07:04 PMI never have the planning to get the second snowball to a size I can still lift. :P
If a snowball is too big, you can always push off a whole chunk of snow so it gets lighter. :scholar:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on March 10, 2006, 06:28:45 PM
It's packed too tightly. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on March 12, 2006, 11:46:33 AM
I can't see most of the pics on page 3.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on March 12, 2006, 11:47:50 AM
They take a while to load. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on March 22, 2006, 03:12:08 PM
Quote from: Rosella on March 10, 2006, 06:28:45 PMIt's packed too tightly. :P
Then push off a smaller chunk and push harder. :P

Quote from: Yonkey on March 12, 2006, 11:47:50 AMThey take a while to load. :P
Even if you have broadband. ::)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on March 22, 2006, 04:11:09 PM
But the the snowman has an oddly shaped body! XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on March 22, 2006, 05:33:56 PM
Quote from: copycat on March 22, 2006, 03:12:08 PM
Even if you have broadband. ::)
I think it's more because they're in .png format and each pic is almost 300kb.  If you saved them as jpg's instead they'd be a lot smaller and load much quicker. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 22, 2006, 02:47:51 PM
Quote from: Yonkey on March 22, 2006, 05:33:56 PMIf you saved them as jpg's instead they'd be a lot smaller and load much quicker. :P
I don't think so. They were originally in jpg (1600x1200 pixels). All I have done to them is:
- rotate them 90° if I photographed something in portrait mode;
- resize them to 400 pixels left to right;
- save them as png with maximum quality.
Besides that, png is open-source and jpg is patented, and Linux is all about open-source. 8)
Let's get this show on the road again!
I promised the finished product, so here we go:
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house61.png)
Did I tell y'all I used to play (church)organ? Ofcourse this is clearly not a pipe organ, but an electric one, never had enough room to fit a pipe organ. In my last year(s) of school I used to practice at school in a church on a church organ though. Started on a piano, because the first year they weren't organizing organ yet. But, that was a looooong time ago. And on top of that, you can see a blast-from-the-past radio. See it glow? That's because it's powered by light bulbs. :scholar:


(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house62.png)
The tv-corner in the living room, where you can see my stuffed/fluffy dinosaur resting.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house63.png)
The office room, where my two computers are. In the front, you see my old Pentium II. It's rarely used anymore, I daily use the one on the desk behind that one. The computer is behind the desk panel, so you can't see it. You can't see the LCD monitor either, because (most of) it's blocked by the CRT monitor. BTW, they're both 17-inch models. 8)

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house64.png)
Other side of the office room, where all of my Programs/Games/CD/DVD(-boxes), books are stacked.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 22, 2006, 03:04:55 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house65.png)
MY bed room. You can just see the top of my fluffy bear on the bed's right. There's also a (lot) smaller fluffy killer whale, and a (equal size to the killer whale) fluffy dolphin. ;D There's also a fluffy dog. I believe I already told y'all I love fluffy. :P On the wall you can see two Greenpeace-posters. At the back there's an inflated sitting bag.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house66.png)
A look at the garden in the back through the big windows.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house67.png)
The fluffy dinosour @ work watching over the work-laptop and the remote controls of the devices located on the tv-furniture (that would be a tv, two VCR's, and a DVD/HDD-player/writer). My cell phone is also on that table, closest to the camera.

Icing on the cake, even though it's a bit blurry.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/youngone.png)
Who might this young whippersnapper be? :D
Date of last house picture: 2006/03/09. The last two are bit more recent but since my camera doesn't save the date the photograps were taken and my memory can't recall when they were taken either, I can't tell.

:zzz:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on April 23, 2006, 06:25:14 AM
The house looks great! Wish I had one. XD

Also nice picture of you from when you were younger. :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on April 23, 2006, 06:35:55 AM
OMGSH MINI-CC! XD That looks like an awesome house though. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on April 23, 2006, 09:51:39 AM
Yay! Dino!  :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on April 23, 2006, 10:35:35 AM
Cute dino. <3
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 23, 2006, 02:29:37 PM
Quote from: Deloria on April 23, 2006, 10:35:35 AMCute dino. <3
Pretty cheap too. The next year they made the fair-game in which I had managed to win a flurry animals two years in a row (the bear and the dino) pretty cheap a bit harder, which rendered the method I had used thusfar unuseable and I couldn't come up with a new one that was as efficient so I quit playing that fair-game.
Next (and probably final) instalment of house-pictures will be that of the driveway leading to the carport. You see, with my snazzy cartires, I couldn't dare cross the two considerable height differences leading up to the carport. Furthermore, when it had rained, the ground was all muddy so even if there wasn't a height difference, I might get myself stuck inthere. So, until the driveway was put in place, I parked my car on a parking space beside the road. However, that parking space was so narrow on the road I needed to put one side of cartires on my (sometimes muddy) terrain. :-\
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on April 23, 2006, 08:04:01 PM
So, when are you going to install the invisible force-field? ;-D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on April 26, 2006, 01:54:33 PM
That's only for the Asylum. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 27, 2006, 02:46:53 PM
Quote from: Oldbushie on April 23, 2006, 08:04:01 PMSo, when are you going to install the invisible force-field? ;-D
My real house is pretty well protected too, but ofcourse not as good as the Asylum. The Asylum has much better financial backing than me personally. 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on April 27, 2006, 08:11:39 PM
If you had unlimited funds, what *would* you add to your house? ;)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 01, 2006, 02:28:12 PM
Quote from: Oldbushie on April 27, 2006, 08:11:39 PMIf you had unlimited funds, what *would* you add to your house? ;)
Lots of pv-panels. 8) And I'd have a big windmill in my backyard, but technically speaking, that's not part of my house. ;D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on May 01, 2006, 05:13:18 PM
Pv-panels?

And yeah, windmills are cool. :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 14, 2006, 03:49:59 PM
Quote from: Oldbushie on May 01, 2006, 05:13:18 PMPv-panels?
photovoltaic, as in generating electricity ofcourse. 8)

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house68.png)
The digging for the driveway is now complete.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house69.png)
And this is what's supposed to go in the big gap that's been dug out.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house70.png)
This is a collage(?) I made of the machines that were used during the driveway construction.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house71.png)
Follow the wire on the left.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house72.png)
The 'floor' has been cemented.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house73.png)
Don't follow that wire. :P

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house74.png)
And here we have the snazzy car on the sand-covered driveway. We have a saying in Dutch: Moet er nog zand zijn? :D
This concludes today's pictures. The last one was taken April 18. Next house instalment: the front garden.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Jafar on May 14, 2006, 05:02:24 PM
When I grow up, I want to have a snazzy car just like yours! :D XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on May 15, 2006, 12:31:08 AM
Quote from: copycat on May 14, 2006, 03:49:59 PM
Quote from: Oldbushie on May 01, 2006, 05:13:18 PMPv-panels?
photovoltaic, as in generating electricity ofcourse. 8)

Oh, neat, so a bit like solar panels then. :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on May 15, 2006, 01:56:00 PM
Not a bit, they ARE solar panels. :P

We learned about photovoltaic things in science! XD

Honestly, that house looks more and more awesome with every new picture. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 15, 2006, 03:42:30 PM
Quote from: Rosella on May 15, 2006, 01:56:00 PMNot a bit, they ARE solar panels. :P
There are also solar panels which heat water, those I've got already. 8)

Quote from: Rosella on May 15, 2006, 01:56:00 PMHonestly, that house looks more and more awesome with every new picture. :P
The house itself (on the outside) hasn't changed much at least for a few weeks now. But, thank you for that comment. ;-D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on May 17, 2006, 12:55:02 AM
I wonder what the most creative house looks like. XD

And tourist attractions don't count.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on May 17, 2006, 11:50:54 AM
Nice pics. :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 17, 2006, 03:14:43 PM
Quote from: Oldbushie on May 17, 2006, 12:55:02 AMI wonder what the most creative house looks like. XD
You mean in the world, of of the (regular) forumers?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on May 17, 2006, 05:32:21 PM
In the world. :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Aaaaaaaaagh Ughhhhh Smith on May 18, 2006, 05:43:46 AM
love the house, copycat :)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 20, 2006, 02:53:05 PM
As promised, the front garden and a little question too.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house75.png)
The front garden head on.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house76.png)
The front garden from the side.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/boots.png)
Now, what is the difference between those two walking boots, besides the fact one's for my left foot and the other for my right? Once the correct answer has been guessed, two more pics will follow with a small explanation. And yes, I positioned the left pic a bit wrong, but I'm just too lazy to correct it. :P
The garden pictures were taken May 8, 2006.
Next pics will show the progress of the grass growing on the left side of the house when facing it from the street and in the back.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on June 20, 2006, 03:04:08 PM
The heel is bigger on one. :P

And it's a pretty garden!! :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on June 20, 2006, 03:39:11 PM
Beautiful garden! :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on June 20, 2006, 07:57:22 PM
One's a high boot and the other's a low boot. XD (One covers the ankle, other doesn't as much.)

Beautiful place, it's really shaping up! :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 21, 2006, 03:04:31 PM
Quote from: Rosella on June 20, 2006, 03:04:08 PMThe heel is bigger on one. :P
Not just the heel, look closer! 8)

Quote from: Oldbushie on June 20, 2006, 07:57:22 PMOne's a high boot and the other's a low boot. XD (One covers the ankle, other doesn't as much.)
Nope, when I put my feet in, they both reach up just as high. ;)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on June 21, 2006, 03:52:04 PM
Laces are different? :P

The right boot has a lot more material at any rate.

*guesses the shoes are orthopedic*
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on June 21, 2006, 06:36:31 PM
There's a little mark on the one on the left. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 22, 2006, 03:25:37 PM
Quote from: Oldbushie on June 21, 2006, 03:52:04 PMLaces are different? :P
Nope.

Quote from: Oldbushie on June 21, 2006, 03:52:04 PMThe right boot has a lot more material at any rate.
How do you mean? Bear in mind I may have taken the  photos from a different distance. ::)

Quote from: Oldbushie on June 21, 2006, 03:52:04 PM*guesses the shoes are orthopedic*
Just regular Bad Boys© sturdy walking boots/shoes.

Quote from: Rosella on June 21, 2006, 06:36:31 PMThere's a little mark on the one on the left. :P
Markings on both shoes are mirrored, so if it's not visible on the right one, it's probably on/at the back. 8)

EDIT: And ofcourse, the ©-symbol was messed up too.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on June 22, 2006, 04:13:48 PM
The one with a bigger heel has an arch, the left one is flatfooted. :P

And, all the objects in the background are about the same size in both pictures, and the shadows from the window are in the same place. :P That doesn't account for the huge size difference.

*thinks copycat must have made some weird optical illusion* ;P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 23, 2006, 05:14:00 PM
Quote from: Oldbushie on June 22, 2006, 04:13:48 PMThe one with a bigger heel has an arch, the left one is flatfooted. :P

And, all the objects in the background are about the same size in both pictures, and the shadows from the window are in the same place. :P That doesn't account for the huge size difference.

*thinks copycat must have made some weird optical illusion* ;P
Close enough. 8) NO, it's not weird optical illusion, the shoes really do differ that much in size. They didn't at first, but they have become that way. First another picture, then some explanation.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/boots2.png)
The one of the left is the 'flatfooted', the one on the right the 'arched'.
On these pictures, you can clearly see there's something missing on the left shoe, and that's a part of the sole of that shoe. I think these shoes must have been at least 5, and probably even 10 or more years old. I only use them when I have to do a lot of walking somewhere. Last July, while I was on holiday, and when I was doing a walk of 10-15 kms (IIRC), suddenly that part came loose. Luckily, I was not alone, and another person of my walking team had found a rope a bit earlier and he used that to tie around that shoe and keep the sole part as close to the walking boot as possible. That helped a bit, but it wasn't perfect of course. It couldn't come off completely, but it wasn't held completely in place either. When we rested, I started hyperventilating, and my arm muscles cramped, which brought about the end of my walk. :-X And I had so looked forward to this walk, since it was with my 'muse' (see a few pages back for a pic of her), and only two others). :-\
So, when I came back home from that holiday, I brought it into a shop to get it fixed. Then, a few months ago, there's was another meeting, of the same group I was on holiday with and where it came loose in July 2005. There was a walk scheduled too, so (of course) I brought my walking boots. And while we were walking about, there it went loose again... Nice shoe repair... :stabs: *clip* *clip* *clip* as it flapped up and down and then suddenly, the *clip* stopped. I thought, wtf, did it re-attach itself to the shoe? And I walked further merrily. When I changed shoes at the end of the day, before I started the ride home, I saw what happened: the part of the sole came completely loose and was left behind.
So, the shoes were discared shortly after those pictures were taken, and I now have new walking shoes. ;)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Oldbushie on June 23, 2006, 08:10:07 PM
Makes sense to me. XD

*has had shoes fall apart before*
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on June 23, 2006, 08:14:42 PM
I once was having an AWFUL day and it was almost the end (only four hours of classes left XD) and I was walking into the VA where one class was...and the heel of my shoe broke on me!
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on June 23, 2006, 08:20:47 PM
We saw this movie about ultrasound and stuff. Someone used this creepy sound machine to bond her heel back onto her shoe. There was this drama thing where she was at work and steped into a grate and her arch-enemy was like "Ha." but the bond between her shoe and the heel was so strong the grate came out before the shoe broke. XD She handed the grate thing to the ebil girl and it was funny. :P They tried to test the strength by breaking it with a machine, but the machine broke before the shoe would.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on June 23, 2006, 08:22:32 PM
lol, I ended up super gluing the heel back on. Unfortunately, about two months later, it broke again. I REALLY need to take it to a shoe repair place. The trouble: no money to do so :(
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on June 26, 2006, 03:48:10 PM
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on June 23, 2006, 08:14:42 PMand the heel of my shoe broke on me!
But that's normal. With a heel you put so much pressure on it it's bound to give way sooner or later. On a side note though, it started at the back of my shoe too. 8)

Quote from: Rosella on June 23, 2006, 08:20:47 PMWe saw this movie about ultrasound and stuff. Someone used this creepy sound machine to bond her heel back onto her shoe.
Where can I buy this creepy sound machine? :P ;D

Quote from: koko_99_2001 on June 23, 2006, 08:22:32 PMI REALLY need to take it to a shoe repair place. The trouble: no money to do so :(
If you read my text carefully, you see I did, but even they could not properly attach the sole back to my shoe. :-\
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on July 14, 2006, 01:54:26 PM
Before I leave on holiday, I emptied the internal memory of my photo camera, so I have a few more pictures for you.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house77.png)
In my last picture post I promised pictures of the growing grass on the left side. This is the picture taken from normal height taken from the front facing the back. There's one from the other way round too, but it just shows the same, from a different angle, so I'm just posting this one and...

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house78.png)
EXTREME CLOSE-UP! So you see, even though it wasn't very visible from normal height, it's growing nonetheless.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house79.png)
The next day... you can now see there's grass growing from normal height.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house80.png)
And here's another EXTREME CLOSE-UP!

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house81.png)
Yet another little quiz-picture you can think about the following week. What material can you see in this picture?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on July 14, 2006, 02:06:34 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house82.png)
What? Okay, this isn't a house picture and the grass is still growing but this is a picture of the neighbor's kittycat. This was the closest I could come with my camera, if I got any closer she's just jump down on the other side. In the meantime, I've been able to come close enough for her to sniff my hands, but I couldn't pet her (yet).

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house83.png)
Here you go, a few days later we have this picture from normal height.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house84.png)
And, you got it, EXTREME CLOSE-UP! :P

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house85.png)
An update on the front garden, there's bark between the plants now.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house86.png)
A change of background now, there's now also grass growing at the back.

Grass, grass and more grass is being sown at the back. The one from the last picture has reached a somewhat normal height but with those warm temperatures and drought lately every grass plant is now frantically searching for water just to survive, so the growing has come to an (almost) complete stop.

Date of last picture: June 29, 2006.

PS: Why am I unable to preview?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Shades2585 on July 14, 2006, 02:39:02 PM
I know it's been awhile for me but I don't remember Netherlands with that type of architecture. Things must have changed a lot.  ???
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Gilgamesh on July 14, 2006, 02:58:32 PM
I live in the Netherlands, and I know what it is.

NO evil stuff will grow in the front-garden. :P
Or Wimbledon will be kept there next time. XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on July 14, 2006, 03:22:05 PM
Quote from: Shades2585 on July 14, 2006, 02:39:02 PMI know it’s been awhile for me but I don’t remember Netherlands with that type of architecture. Things must have changed a lot.  ???
I don't live in the Netherlands and never will! :evil:
I live in Flanders, Europe! (aka Belgium until further notice)

Quote from: Gilgamesh on July 14, 2006, 02:58:32 PMNO evil stuff will grow in the front-garden. :P
Or Wimbledon will be kept there next time. XD
Wimbledon? I can't even have one tennis court on my lawn (and particularly my front garden), let alone 18! Besides, that would ruin the plants! :-\

EDIT: Forgot to merge those two replies.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on July 26, 2006, 07:49:32 PM
No takers on this little quiz? :-X

Quote from: copycat on July 14, 2006, 01:54:26 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house81.png)
Yet another little quiz-picture you can think about the following week. What material can you see in this picture?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Petra Rocks on July 26, 2006, 07:54:48 PM
Looks like broken concrete or Granite, maybe ???.  Hard to tell from that distance.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on July 26, 2006, 07:59:22 PM
I don't think it's Granite. :-\ It's not shiny enough. The big block on the bottom left looks like it may be a random rock. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on July 26, 2006, 08:21:13 PM
There's something brown-looking in the middle of the picture...
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Petra Rocks on July 26, 2006, 08:30:46 PM
QuoteI don't think it's Granite.  It's not shiny enough

Some parts at the top look shiney.  But you are probably right, I live in the flat Midwest and have never seen a piece of rock bigger than a melon except when we vacationed in Maine one year, so I'm no rock expert.  Some random construction rock then.   :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Shades2585 on July 26, 2006, 08:54:35 PM
Some of that looks like clay...CC that's not part of your yard is it? :-\
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Petra Rocks on July 26, 2006, 09:03:55 PM
Hmmm.. What parts of it look like clay to you?  Clay I do know and I'm missing it.  :-\
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on July 26, 2006, 09:04:53 PM
I agree with Petra Rocks. My entire backyard is practically clay. XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Shades2585 on July 26, 2006, 09:20:59 PM
The clay I’ve seen comes in all kinds of colors. Georgia has red Florida has gray and I’ve seen multicolored clay as well as clay with pockets of sand in it. It could be stone too but there are a lot of clean flat surfaces which you wouldn’t normally find naturally unless this is from a quarry.  ??? Interesting pic.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Petra Rocks on July 26, 2006, 09:27:47 PM
I see what you are saying.  Some of those lighter colored ones are like no clay I've ever seen, but the more earth colored ones could be I suppose.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on July 27, 2006, 05:25:35 PM
Quote from: Petra Rocks on July 26, 2006, 07:54:48 PMLooks like broken concrete or Granite, maybe ???.  Hard to tell from that distance.
Distance? That photograph wasn't taken from that far away, you know. ;)

Quote from: Rosella on July 26, 2006, 08:21:13 PMThere's something brown-looking in the middle of the picture...
You mean the brown/orange thing? Yes there is, but what does that tell you?

Quote from: Shades2585 on July 26, 2006, 08:54:35 PMSome f that looks like clay...CC that's not part of your yard is  it? :-\
That picture was taken in my yard, yes. 8)

Quote from: Shades2585 on July 26, 2006, 09:20:59 PMbut there are a lot of clean flat surfaces which you wouldn’t normally find naturally unless this is from a quarry.  ???
Quarry? Not exactly, even though it's the result of some heavy construction going on. :scholar:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on July 27, 2006, 05:30:41 PM
Copper? :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Petra Rocks on July 27, 2006, 06:29:46 PM
QuoteCopper?

  Looks more like wet sand to me. 

QuoteDistance? That photograph wasn't taken from that far away, you know.

Far enough away it isn't easy to tell what it is.  That's the point of this little exercise I assume.   :scholar:

QuoteQuarry? Not exactly, even though it's the result of some heavy construction going on. 

  I'd guessed that, thus the concrete.   ;)  But I dunno, I guess I stick by my story of some rock used for construction.   8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Shades2585 on July 27, 2006, 06:58:03 PM
Quote from: copycat on July 27, 2006, 05:25:35 PM
Quote from: Shades2585 on July 26, 2006, 09:20:59 PMbut there are a lot of clean flat surfaces which you wouldn’t normally find naturally unless this is from a quarry.  ???
Quarry? Not exactly, even though it's the result of some heavy construction going on. :scholar:

A refuse pile on a construction site? ???
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on July 31, 2006, 08:09:27 PM
Quote from: Shades2585 on July 27, 2006, 06:58:03 PMA refuse pile on a construction site? ???
Strange, I remember replying to this there already is a picture of my refuse pile a lot sooner in this thread , and I can't think if any reason why such a post would be moved from my thread to another one. :-\

And there's even more missing, I also remember replying to Petra's post

Quote from: Petra Rocks on July 27, 2006, 06:29:46 PM
QuoteCopper?

  Looks more like wet sand to me.
It most definitely is not wet sand. But it's not copper either. :pokerface:

Quote from: Petra Rocks on July 27, 2006, 06:29:46 PMFar enough away it isn't easy to tell what it is.  That's the point of this little exercise I assume.   :scholar:
Of course, I took the picture in such a way it would suit this little game best. :pleased:

Quote from: Petra Rocks on July 27, 2006, 06:29:46 PMI'd guessed that, thus the concrete.   ;)  But I dunno, I guess I stick by my story of some rock used for construction.   8)
When I took the picture the heavy construction had completely ended, and it's not a refuse pile either, as you can see in my reply to Shades. :scholar:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on August 14, 2006, 02:43:43 PM
New pics? Nah, just an explanation to my little quiz-question.
Since so many heavy construction vehicles had ridden over the ground at the back, it was seriously compacted and not suitable to sow anything on (certainly not grass). So, it had to be loosened up (a bit/a lot).
On the picture you see the result of the first phase of 'loosening it up'. The ground has been 'torn' into small chunks, which is what you see. No rock/granite, or anything. If you picked it up, you could easily reduce it into normal (loose) ground.
So, after that stage, more stages followed, reducing the size of the ground chunks even further, until it was suited (small enough) to grow grass on, and the result is what you see in the grass-growing pictures. 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 05, 2007, 06:55:14 PM
New pics!
I can't decide between these 2 pictures. Both have its charm. One's with the main light on, the other one without.
Which do you prefer?
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/christmastree1.png)
Without main light

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/christmastree2.png)
With main light.

And I think you haven't seen heating setup that's upstairs in the attic either so here it is:
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/boiler.png)
At the left, you see where the hot water's stored that's coming from the solar panels on my roof. More to the right you see the device that's a) meant to heat the water to heat my house b) heat the water if the water coming from the solar panels is not warm enough. b) takes precedence over a) any time.
More pics coming soon, some with another quiz even!  8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on January 05, 2007, 08:08:08 PM
Awesome! ;D

Quote from: copycat on January 05, 2007, 06:55:14 PM
Which do you prefer?
I like the one without the main light. 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: tessspoon on January 05, 2007, 10:17:31 PM
Definitely the one without the light.

Quote from: copycat on April 22, 2006, 02:47:51 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/house64.png)
Other side of the office room, where all of my Programs/Games/CD/DVD(-boxes), books are stacked.
Is that a Diablo box I see?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Shades2585 on January 06, 2007, 05:46:17 AM
I agree with Tess I like the dark one best.

Solar? COOL! I wish I could afford to do that.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 06, 2007, 08:31:49 PM
Quote from: tessspoon on January 05, 2007, 10:17:31 PMIs that a Diablo box I see?
You have good eyes. There's definitely a Diablo-box there. 8)
BTW, I was leaning towards the dark(er) one too, the other one's just too light.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: tessspoon on January 06, 2007, 09:34:24 PM
The dark one looks like its got little sparklies around the tree.

Quote from: copycat on January 06, 2007, 08:31:49 PM
You have good eyes. There's definitely a Diablo-box there. 8)
:D I love Diablo. At least, the second one, as I've never really played the first one.

The house looks really good! It was interesting to see the steps of a house being built.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on January 07, 2007, 08:46:03 AM
I love the tree. :D Especially the darker version. :)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on January 07, 2007, 10:14:34 AM
The darker version has a mystical quality while the lighter one kind of ruins the mystery. XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 07, 2007, 03:52:55 PM
Quote from: tessspoon on January 06, 2007, 09:34:24 PM:D I love Diablo. At least, the second one, as I've never really played the first one.

The house looks really good! It was interesting to see the steps of a house being built.
In case you didn't know, that's a Diablo1-box. However, since I couldn't manage to defeat Diablo himself at the end with my ranger (always my preferred character, in any RPG-game BTW) I quickly lost intrest and didn't bother buying its sequels.
That was the general idea, to give a good overview of how a (small) house is built in picture-form.

Some quotes concerning me from the kicking-festivities at the end of the weekend chat and my comments on them, since I was afk at the time.
QuoteMode #tslgame +oooooo CC_logging_afk
Five times 'o' to someone who's afk? ::)

QuoteMode #tslgame +b CC_logging_afk!*@* by Jafar
I presume that's a ban because at the the end there's a
Quote[INFO] You are banned from this channel.
and a few lines later I read:
QuoteUnban CC please XD
Couldn't get rid of me, having configured my chatzilla in such a way every time I was booted I automatically logged on again? :P I hope the ban has been lifted by now. ::)

QuoteYOU (CC_logging_afk) have been booted from #tslgame by Rosella (Rosella)
:o You! :evil:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on January 07, 2007, 05:50:44 PM
Yeah, the ban was removed a couple seconds later.  Shame on you, Rosella! :no:

:P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on January 12, 2007, 09:30:44 PM
I didn't mean to! :'(
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 14, 2007, 01:54:45 PM
Quote from: Rosella on January 12, 2007, 09:30:44 PMI didn't mean to! :'(
We have a saying in Dutch, of which I don't know the correct translation so I'll just type it in Dutch: Berouw komt na de zonde.. :pokerface:
I've been contemplating a change in how I call you but I'm undecided between 'aggressive little genie' or 'bright little aggressor'. :evil:

Pictures!
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/bicycle.png)
My (t)rusty steel steed in front of my front yard. 8)

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/backyardautumn1.png)
A picture of the garden in the autumn, all flowery and stuff.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/backyardautomn2.png)
A bit further away.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 14, 2007, 02:10:32 PM
Quizzical pictures.

1.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/carwindow.png)
What's that bright white thing on the front window of my car?

2.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/teddy1.png)
Mr. Teddy? But more importantly, what's that text? (And no, Dutch-speaking people cannot enter this quiz.)

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/teddy2.png)
Or is this Mr. Teddy? And how well does it compare to the one from the previous picture?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Shades2585 on January 14, 2007, 03:43:41 PM
Nice Pics CC

I don't know but the first bear is cute.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on January 14, 2007, 04:21:08 PM
I think both bears are adorable!
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on January 15, 2007, 10:58:12 AM
I'm pretty sure "Knuffel mij" is "cuddle me", but that's just a guess. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on January 15, 2007, 12:41:58 PM
Maybe it's "hug me"? XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 15, 2007, 03:41:46 PM
Quote from: Deloria on January 15, 2007, 10:58:12 AMI'm pretty sure "Knuffel mij" is "cuddle me", but that's just a guess. :P
I'm pretty sure that's an educated guess, since German and Dutch are both German languages. 8)

Quote from: Shades2585 on January 14, 2007, 03:43:41 PMbut the first bear is cute.
Yes, well, my mom searched for that kind of bear but couldn't find it. :-\

Quote from: koko_99_2001 on January 14, 2007, 04:21:08 PMI think both bears are adorable!
And thus, the 2nd one, I got for Christmas. ;)

Quote from: Yonkey on January 15, 2007, 12:41:58 PMMaybe it's "hug me"? XD
The literal translation was given by Deloria, but I think yours suits this particular case better. :scholar:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on January 16, 2007, 06:14:35 AM
They're both adorable. :)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 18, 2007, 03:53:12 PM
Nobody's guessing about the car picture? :-\
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on January 19, 2007, 06:48:04 AM
Light shining through a window?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on January 19, 2007, 08:42:19 AM
I'll be unoriginal and say it's a piece of paper. ;P ::) Though I was tempted to say the same thing that Jason did, I don't think the light would have been in the same place in both pictures.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 21, 2007, 03:46:14 PM
Quote from: Deloria on January 19, 2007, 08:42:19 AMI'll be unoriginal and say it's a piece of paper. ;P ::) Though I was tempted to say the same thing that Jason did, I don't think the light would have been in the same place in both pictures.
Why would the light not be in the same place on both pictures if it was? Or did I interpret that sentence the wrong way?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Delling on January 21, 2007, 05:50:21 PM
I believe that that was a reference to the rules of refraction and whatnot as the angle at which we are viewing the car is changed, and (upon my own inspection) the position of the other lights seems changed more so than any relative change in the position of the suspected piece of paper... yes, I looked at the pictures for far too long  ::)  :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 23, 2007, 04:06:59 PM
Quote from: Delling on January 21, 2007, 05:50:21 PMI believe that that was a reference to the rules of refraction and whatnot as the angle at which we are viewing the car is changed, and (upon my own inspection) the position of the other lights seems changed more so than any relative change in the position of the suspected piece of paper... yes, I looked at the pictures for far too long  ::)  :P
The suspected piece of paper did not change its position during the time in which I relocated myself and the camera and took the picture from another angle than before. What other lights are you talking about?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Delling on January 23, 2007, 04:29:28 PM
The other ligths in the picture; other in that they are not suspected of being a piece of paper. ;) The light on the dashboard for instance changes shape (more rectangular in the second, not so much just a line of light on the dash), and the light at a weird angle (to our larger suspect) in both pictures is in the first "on" the rear view mirror and in the second clearly to the (viewer's) left of the mirror.

...before I start over-analyzing this... I should stop...
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 24, 2007, 03:41:42 PM
Quote from: Delling on January 23, 2007, 04:29:28 PMThe other ligths in the picture; other in that they are not suspected of being a piece of paper. ;) The light on the dashboard for instance changes shape (more rectangular in the second, not so much just a line of light on the dash), and the light at a weird angle (to our larger suspect) in both pictures is in the first "on" the rear view mirror and in the second clearly to the (viewer's) left of the mirror.
The light on the dashboard might have been photographed from such a sharp angle only one side of it could be seen in the first picture, and more prominent in the second. And good catch of the light first on and then on the side of the rear view mirror.
Now, do the position of those other lights confirm to you the big shape is, or is not, a suspected piece of papier?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Delling on January 24, 2007, 10:46:33 PM
All their positions confirm to me is that the suspected piece of paper is not in fact a light. It's true nature requires more analysis. I'm fairly certain that it's something more tangible (i.e.-solid) because it seems that it's a white something reflecting the light. All of which supports the idea that it would be a piece of paper...

*wonders if a study of proportions in the picture would lead to a revelation that the suspected paper is 8.5*11 :P *
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 28, 2007, 03:36:07 PM
Quote from: Delling on January 24, 2007, 10:46:33 PM*wonders if a study of proportions in the picture would lead to a revelation that the suspected paper is 8.5*11 :P *
Are those centimetres or inches? ;D

Racx, you still think the big shape is light shining through a window? ::)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Delling on January 28, 2007, 03:43:49 PM
inches... standard paper is about 8.5*11 inches :yes: :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on January 28, 2007, 11:07:25 PM
I'll say it's A4. ;D ::)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 29, 2007, 03:40:39 PM
Quote from: Deloria on January 28, 2007, 11:07:25 PMI'll say it's A4. ;D ::)
It sure looks that way, doesn't it. I don't think we have 8.5*11 inch paper available over here. :drunk:
BTW, :o you're posting! ;D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on January 30, 2007, 08:31:02 AM
Quote from: copycat on January 28, 2007, 03:36:07 PM
Racx, you still think the big shape is light shining through a window? ::)
Clearly paper, considering that the light overlaps it in one picture. Anyway, I wasn't gonna bother guessing, but seeing no one else tried I figured I'd start it off. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on January 30, 2007, 10:13:40 AM
Quote from: copycat on January 29, 2007, 03:40:39 PM
BTW, :o you're posting! ;D
Indeed. :D *goes to post in the asylum* :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 30, 2007, 03:54:07 PM
Quote from: racx_00 on January 30, 2007, 08:31:02 AMClearly paper, considering that the light overlaps it in one picture. Anyway, I wasn't gonna bother guessing, but seeing no one else tried I figured I'd start it off. :P
And the shining light was just a wild guess?

Quote from: Deloria on January 30, 2007, 10:13:40 AM*goes to post in the asylum* :D
The Asylum, always the last stop on my way back out. See you there! :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on January 31, 2007, 06:50:15 AM
Quote from: copycat on January 30, 2007, 03:54:07 PM
And the shining light was just a wild guess?
More of a pathetic guess, really.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on February 08, 2007, 03:37:47 PM
What if I told you that... (add your own ending to this question and I'll come back in a few days and post the final result)?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on February 09, 2007, 08:45:19 AM
What if I told you that your hair is on fire?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on February 09, 2007, 09:44:38 AM
What if I were to tell you I were insane? :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: tessspoon on February 09, 2007, 09:58:01 AM
What if I told you that all the asylum patients are now discharged?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on February 09, 2007, 10:10:45 AM
What if I told you to get on Goodoldadventures.com soon? ;)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on February 11, 2007, 02:52:26 PM
Quote from: racx_00 on February 09, 2007, 08:45:19 AMWhat if I told you that your hair is on fire?
I would say: what's that terrible smell? (I've had my hair set on fire at high school :o .)

Quote from: Deloria on February 09, 2007, 09:44:38 AMWhat if I were to tell you I were insane? :P
I'd say that's a rather accurate description of your forum personality, according to the Asylum Manager. :pokerface:

Quote from: tessspoon on February 09, 2007, 09:58:01 AMWhat if I told you that all the asylum patients are now discharged?
I'd tell you that decision is up to the Asylum Manager. :pleased:

Quote from: Deloria on February 09, 2007, 10:10:45 AMWhat if I told you to get on Goodoldadventures.com soon? ;)
I'd say: why?

No, seriously, it's got to do with the car window-quiz.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on February 11, 2007, 02:57:35 PM
Well, there was going to be a party of sorts. :P

What if I were to tell you that it's indeed not a beam of light? ;)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on February 12, 2007, 04:03:15 PM
Quote from: Deloria on February 11, 2007, 02:57:35 PMWell, there was going to be a party of sorts. :P
Not anymore?

Quote from: Deloria on February 11, 2007, 02:57:35 PMWhat if I were to tell you that it's indeed not a beam of light? ;)
I can tell you there's indeed light involved. 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on February 13, 2007, 04:05:37 AM
What if I told you that you are all wrong?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on February 13, 2007, 04:25:25 PM
Quote from: racx_00 on February 13, 2007, 04:05:37 AMWhat if I told you that you are all wrong?
Including or excluding yourself? 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on February 15, 2007, 07:41:20 AM
Excluding myself.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on February 15, 2007, 03:28:10 PM
In that case, you are absolutely right. Now, what is the correct answer? :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on February 15, 2007, 08:03:08 PM
Light through a window.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on February 17, 2007, 08:44:49 AM
May I say it looks as though it's mirrored light? :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Delling on February 17, 2007, 12:53:47 PM
hmm... a mirror could do it... especially if the mirror moved between photos... but then that's a random factor not an environmental one (I had been assuming that it was some effect of having the car in that locale...not something introduced by the photographer)... I don't think I'll guess again just now...
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on February 18, 2007, 03:45:25 PM
Quote from: Deloria on February 17, 2007, 08:44:49 AMMay I say it looks as though it's mirrored light? :P
If the light was mirrored anywhere, that would have been outside the room the car was in. There was no mirror present in the room, except for the car window itself.

Quote from: Delling on February 17, 2007, 12:53:47 PMhmm... a mirror could do it... especially if the mirror moved between photos... but then that's a random factor not an environmental one (I had been assuming that it was some effect of having the car in that locale...not something introduced by the photographer)... I don't think I'll guess again just now...
The only thing(s) that moved between the 2 photos were me&my camera.

Quote from: racx_00 on February 15, 2007, 08:03:08 PMLight through a window.
It was as simple as that. Do you understand now how surprised I was that the first (your) guess was already spot on and I wanted you to reconfirm after some other possible solutions had been posted? :sweating:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on February 18, 2007, 08:51:07 PM
Quote from: copycat on February 18, 2007, 03:45:25 PM
It was as simple as that. Do you understand now how surprised I was that the first (your) guess was already spot on and I wanted you to reconfirm after some other possible solutions had been posted? :sweating:
XD

Well atleast I win!
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on February 19, 2007, 03:37:35 PM
Quote from: racx_00 on February 18, 2007, 08:51:07 PMWell atleast I win!
You won't be getting any prize though. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on February 20, 2007, 05:18:18 AM
Quote from: copycat on February 19, 2007, 03:37:35 PM
Quote from: racx_00 on February 18, 2007, 08:51:07 PMWell atleast I win!
You won't be getting any prize though. :P
Do I get bragging rights? XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on February 20, 2007, 03:20:53 PM
Quote from: racx_00 on February 20, 2007, 05:18:18 AMDo I get bragging rights? XD
Don't you already have those? ;D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on February 21, 2007, 05:47:55 AM
YAY! Bragging rights! XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 26, 2007, 06:17:37 PM
I would've liked to have shown you a certain young ski champion, but there seems to have gone something wring and the picture is completely fuzzy, so that one'll have to wait a bit (longer).
It's been a while, but on February 6, 2007, I got greeted by a magnificent sight as I drove into my town, it had snowed and it had not melted (yet)! However, it was a work night, meaning I had to go back to work the next day. But, since it (the snow) would not last until the next weekend (probably not even the next day), I had to act quick. However, when I came to my own home, I saw the amount of snow/m² was not that high, meaning I would have to roll far&wide if I wanted to make a big one, and I just didn't have that much time.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/snowman2007a.png)
From this close it looks normal

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/snowman2007b.png)
However, when compared to the house, you can see how small it actually is.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/gardenspring2007a.png)
I don't think you've seen my collection of bushes and trees yet, in my backyard so here they are.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/gardenspring2007b.png)
A closer look of the bushes.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/gardenspring2007c.png)
A closer look of the trees. The one with many flowers is a pear tree.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/piratecc.png)
And finally, here he is, the only official pirate CC. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: PirateKingChris on April 26, 2007, 08:22:27 PM
Nice pics, lovely yard  ;D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on April 27, 2007, 12:21:35 AM
If I ever travel near your place, I'm so gonna crash there and annoy you for atleast a day. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 27, 2007, 05:41:38 PM
Quote from: racx_00 on April 27, 2007, 12:21:35 AMIf I ever travel near your place, I'm so gonna crash there and annoy you for atleast a day. :P
No problem, I've got a spare bedroom available at all times, unless my mom decides to crash here for a few days.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 14, 2007, 04:32:46 PM
No new pictures, yet, but I have some lovely news to share with you!
Apart from being called untrustworthy (old news), I've now also been called 'egotripper'. :yes:
Of course I didn't devise that elaborate scheme to help the other users of our accounting program to keep inputting data. And of course, I and my colleague didn't put notices in our email to them notifying them they should do some checks before they asked for our help. No, I only did it so I could show off. Yeah right. Dumbasses. :furious:
Have I mentioned yet how I definitely don't like the financial manager of our department, the one who started this all?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on May 16, 2007, 04:31:02 AM
They obviously don't know you very well if they're calling you an egotripper. :-\
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on May 16, 2007, 05:33:55 PM
To top it all, said financial manager is portraying himself as an expert in knowing me and me colleagues. :-X
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: PirateKingChris on May 16, 2007, 05:53:16 PM
Office politics suck the butt  :(
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on May 17, 2007, 01:59:40 AM
Quote from: copycat on May 16, 2007, 05:33:55 PM
To top it all, said financial manager is portraying himself as an expert in knowing me and me colleagues. :-X
He's an idiot then and needs to rethink what he's doing.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on August 12, 2007, 03:37:57 PM
Every once in a while I hook up my photo camera to my pc and copy the pictures on its flash memory to my hard drive. After that, I decide which one are worthy of showing up in my memory thread and I open them, resize them, rotate them if necessary, and re-save them as png. So, here we go, starting as far back as May:
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/venus.png)
Amazing how such a small star is actually a planet.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/scruffyclean.png)
So, which one do you prefer? The one on the left, with a moustache and beard that hasn't been shaved for two weeks, and the hair all untidy? Or the one on the right, where the beard has been shaved off, the moustache has been trimmed and the hair has had copious amounts of water applied to it to keep it down?

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/laptop1.png)
I got a new toy @ work. Not that I can do a lot with it at home, but at least this one's got more than 1 USB-slot, doesn't take ages to load, and can work on battery power a lot longer. This is when it's closed (obviously). The only downside is it's widescreen, meaning the picture that was taken of a (now deceased) kittycat can no longer fill the whole of the screen. :-\

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/laptop2.png)
And this is when it's open.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/laptop3.png)
This is its carrying bag, which brings me to another point. It's much lighter than my previous one.

Posted on: August 12, 2007, 11:29:13 PM

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/gardensummer2007a.png)
Hmm, the autofocus on my camera seems to have picked the wrong area of the screen to focus on. Anyway, here's a berry bush.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/gardensummer2007b.png)
And these must be the small pears.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/smallbuilding1.png)
So, can anyone tell me what this little building is that has been erected somewhere in my garden some weeks ago?
As last time, once I feel its appropriate, I'll post another picture, with which I will clarify.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Petra Rocks on August 12, 2007, 10:03:55 PM
The bottom one looks like an outhouse, though nowadays it is more probably a tool shed. :P What kind of berries are they? :) They look almost like the wild raspberries that grow here in great abundance, though the pic is a bit fuzzy and they flowered months ago. :)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on October 17, 2007, 04:55:34 PM
Quote from: Petra Rocks on August 12, 2007, 10:03:55 PMWhat kind of berries are they? :) They look almost like the wild raspberries that grow here in great abundance, though the pic is a bit fuzzy and they flowered months ago. :)
They're of the red kind. Yes, I know it's a bit fuzzy, that's why I said the autofocus messed up. I have no idea if it's possible to focus manually, and if it is, how to manage that. Mind you, it's a very simple digital camera. Yes, they flowered months ago. In fact, that picture was taken at least weeks ago. At that time, they were still ripening, nowadays you can't find any ripe berries anymore. 8)

(Posted on: August 13, 2007, 11:37:43 PM)


As a bonus question, if the outhouse/tool shed were empty, would it be able to contain my bicycle, as shown earlier, with both wheels on the ground and not diagonally?

You know (or not, but then you do now) about my fascination about people's hair. So, I have a picture for you, and a question.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/longhair.png)
Who does this beautiful looking hair belong to?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: PirateKingChris on October 18, 2007, 03:08:44 PM
Well it's a guy....I know that much.......
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on October 18, 2007, 06:42:15 PM
Quote from: PirateKingChris on October 18, 2007, 03:08:44 PMWell it's a guy....I know that much.......
How so?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Petra Rocks on October 18, 2007, 07:29:34 PM
(s)he is of European decent, that's about all I can tell. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on October 18, 2007, 08:34:29 PM
I think it's CC :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: PirateKingChris on October 18, 2007, 09:01:01 PM
Quote from: copycat on October 18, 2007, 06:42:15 PM
Quote from: PirateKingChris on October 18, 2007, 03:08:44 PMWell it's a guy....I know that much.......
How so?

Oops if I'm wrong....I just thought it looked like male hair.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on October 19, 2007, 07:42:17 PM
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on October 18, 2007, 08:34:29 PMI think it's CC :P
You do know I'm male and males don't usually have hair that long, don't you? ::)

Quote from: PirateKingChris on October 18, 2007, 09:01:01 PMI just thought it looked like male hair.
There's a difference between male and female hair ???
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: PirateKingChris on October 20, 2007, 02:01:44 AM
To me it looks like hair that's been grown out for the first time like this person hasn't had long hair before, thus my assumption that it's male hair. Female tends to look...I dunno...softer....My hair certainly looked bad when I was growing it out, as it grew three times as fast in the back than it did in the front.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on October 20, 2007, 02:46:57 AM
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on October 18, 2007, 08:34:29 PM
I think it's CC :P
I agree. :P Even though males don't usually have hair that long, it's hardly uncommon to see pictures of you with your hair shoulder-length.

On the other hand, I have no idea why you would be wearing a necklace/chain. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 14, 2007, 05:03:19 PM
This
Quote from: PirateKingChris on October 20, 2007, 02:01:44 AMTo me it looks like hair that's been grown out for the first time like this person hasn't had long hair before,
and this:
Quote from: Deloria on October 20, 2007, 02:46:57 AMit's hardly uncommon to see pictures of you with your hair shoulder-length.
say totally opposite things.

Uncommon to see pictures of me with shoulder-length hair? It's uncommon to see pictures of me in this thread, let alone in this forum, so it should be extremely uncommon to see me with that long hair.

Quote from: Deloria on October 20, 2007, 02:46:57 AMOn the other hand, I have no idea why you would be wearing a necklace/chain. :P
Are you not familiar with the concept of zodiac signs and people wearing necklaces with their zodiac sign around their neck?

Finally a few months ago, like late August :P , my mom, my temporary foster sister and me (of course) went on a trip organised by the company I work for. Here's a pic of me & my temporary sis on that trip:
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/outing1.png)

(Posted on: November 14, 2007, 11:55:32 PM)


Yes, double posting, and probably three-time posting too, but I don't like to put too many pictures in one post.
A few weeks ago, I went on a trip to the USA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida to be exact and since I forgot my digital camera, I had to buy & use a disposable one. The pictures I post were not taken in the same order I'm putting them, but that way it's easiest to tell the story.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/transatlantic%20plane.png)
This is the type of plane in which I travelled over the ocean. Rows 3-3-2 and everyone had his/her own video screen in the back of the chair in front of him. On that video screen they showed the safety instructions, so there's no more need for the stewards & stewardesses to show everyone how it's done anymore. During flight you have the choice: listen to one of the 20 radio stations, watch one of the 9 video feeds, one of them showing live flight information, or play one of (IIRC) 5 interactive games, like a 'Space Invaders'-clone. On those videofeeds you could even watch movies, on the flight to the US only movies that were out in Europe but on the way back movies that weren't out in Europe yet but who were in the US. That was nice. ;D

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/domestic%20plane.png)
This is the type of plane in which I flew from Newark/New York to Fort Lauderdale & back. No individual videoscreens anymore, so no more interactive games, but there were monitors spread through the plane which showed the safety instructions and a selection of the videofeeds that were available on the transatlantic flight. That plane was smaller and had 3-3 seats. You could still listen to one of the 20 radio stations though, even thought what they played was also identical to what you could hear on the transatlantic flight.

(Posted on: November 15, 2007, 12:51:13 AM)


I would like to add the transatlantic plane arrived at Newark too late for me to pass Immigration and get to the next gate, so I had to reschedule. Luckily, there was still a seat available on a later flight that day. Before I left there, I alerted the driver that was supposed to pick me up at Fort Lauderdale airport I would be arriving at a later time. In Fort Lauderdale, after I had picked up my suitcase I looked around for someone holding a sign of the company I was visiting but couldn't see anyone. I walked out, looked around everywhere and still couldn't see anyone. Just as I arrived back at my starting point and was thinking about calling him again, he was calling me on my cell phone. 'Where are you'? I was outside at that time. 'Come back inside'. 'Is that you?' Yes, this is me *wave*. I can't understand why I missed him the first time. :-\ We go to his car and I never expected it to be this big.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/limo1.png)
Wow, a real limousine and its driver. And please note, all expenses in the US were paid for by the company and the plane tickets were to be refunded.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/limo2.png)
This is me, standing in the doorway.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/limo3.png)
This is the inside of the limo. Nice soft seats.And very important when I arrived: fresh water. It was hot in those clothes. I stripped out some of my clothes at the top, rolled up my pant sleeves, and quenched my thirst. I fiddled a bit with contrast and stuff as I forgot to use the flash because I thought it was light enough.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on November 14, 2007, 05:09:48 PM
Nice pics!  Your temporary sister looks a bit like Claire from the TV show Heroes. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 14, 2007, 05:29:17 PM
Nah, the temporary sis is much prettier (and probably younger too). :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on November 16, 2007, 07:50:28 PM
Quote from: copycat on August 12, 2007, 03:37:57 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/scruffyclean.png)
So, which one do you prefer? The one on the left, with a moustache and beard that hasn't been shaved for two weeks, and the hair all untidy? Or the one on the right, where the beard has been shaved off, the moustache has been trimmed and the hair has had copious amounts of water applied to it to keep it down?
Left definitely looks better!
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Rosella on November 17, 2007, 11:40:35 AM
I'm with Jason. XP
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: icarus on November 17, 2007, 12:22:41 PM
right looks like Murdoc from the A-team  :suffer:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on November 18, 2007, 02:04:08 AM
The right would be alright with the untidy hair... but the scruffy beard just adds to the look. If you shave the beard though, definitely keep the untidy hair. :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on November 18, 2007, 06:23:30 AM
I think the untidy hair is cool, with a trimmed mustache-goatee rather than a full beard. 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: tessspoon on November 18, 2007, 08:46:15 PM
I like the style in this with the sunglasses:

Quote from: copycat on November 14, 2007, 05:03:19 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/outing1.png)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 27, 2007, 03:22:32 PM
INTERMISSION
We interrupt our current report to bring you a special news bulletin!
In collaboration with my mother and the cat pension I am proud to present:
The one, the only, the original, the ferocious(ly cute)...
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/realcopycat.png)
Real copycat! :D
We will resume our current report asap.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on November 27, 2007, 04:40:07 PM
OMG it's really you! XD :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on November 28, 2007, 05:46:10 AM
TOO CUTE! :D :D :D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on November 28, 2007, 05:54:41 AM
XD Awwww. <3 *kidnaps* :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 28, 2007, 06:03:49 AM
Quote from: Deloria on November 28, 2007, 05:54:41 AM*kidnaps* :P
'Fraid to say, you probably could, if you ventured into my house. I'm guessing she'll start stroking against someone's leg(s) as soon as she hears someone's there. However, we can't have that sort of behavior, kidnapping so:
*trips Deloria and snatches kittycat back* 8)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on November 28, 2007, 06:10:20 AM
XD Very well. :P *pets kitty without removing her* :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on November 28, 2007, 04:41:31 PM
She'll like that. ;)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: tessspoon on November 28, 2007, 05:50:17 PM
Cute! :D *also pets*
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on November 28, 2007, 09:08:21 PM
*picks up kitty and snuggles with it*
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on December 06, 2007, 04:35:16 PM
Whilst driving in the limo, the driver made a call to the person waiting for me at the hotel informing him I was on my way.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/hotel1.png)
This is the hotel I was staying at. However, since I was arriving when it was dark, I couldn't see it at the time. This picture was taken shortly before I left again. As I was nearing the hotel, I could see many lights, and it was beautiful, however, since I didn't have a camera with me at that time, I couldn't take a picture.  :-\

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/hotel2.png)
This is the main entrance of the hotel.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/guide1.png)
I was greeted by this man on the right. We went to the front desk, there was a bit of an issue about the credit card, but finally they understood the credit card that was used to reserve the room (not my own) would suffice. The guide told me there were 2 other investors there, Swedes, and they were going to watch a comedy show in a short time. He asked if I wanted to come, and of course I said yes. After all, it was all on him. After refreshing myself quickly in my room, I went to the place he said he'd wait for me and we went to the comedy club. Apart from the 2 Swedes (a couple) there was another employee from the company with his date. I had made a photo of the Swedish couple, but unfortunately, my disposable camera failed on that one. I am trying to obtain another photograph of them, but to date, with little success. The stand-up comedians that were performing in there that night, were okay, but nothing more.

On the next day, our guide had planned a visit to the company, which after all, was the main reason we were there (both the Swedish couple and I were investors in the company).
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/guide2.png)
In the front is the car in which the guide rode us around.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/company.png)
And this is the company, Scorpion Performance (http://scorpionperformance.com/newsite1/).

On a totally unrelated note,
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/beardweek3.png)
here's me with a 3-week beard (yes, my facial hair grows slow).
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on December 06, 2007, 06:01:28 PM
Nice pics! XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: awesomeasapossum on December 06, 2007, 07:01:03 PM
Nice pictures CC and I'm glad I wasn't the only person that thought this:
Quote from: Yonkey on November 14, 2007, 05:09:48 PM
Nice pics!  Your temporary sister looks a bit like Claire from the TV show Heroes. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: icarus on December 07, 2007, 02:30:48 AM
Quote from: copycat on December 06, 2007, 04:35:16 PM
..........
here's me with a 3-week beard (yes, my facial hair grows slow).
Only 3 weeks?  For me that would be a halve year.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on December 07, 2007, 03:36:34 AM
Quote from: icarus on December 07, 2007, 02:30:48 AMOnly 3 weeks?  For me that would be a halve year.
Actually I noticed it looks more on that photograph than it actually is. There's a shadow which makes it look longer than it is.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on December 08, 2007, 07:50:32 AM
I can't grow facial hair either... XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on December 08, 2007, 07:24:05 PM
I was shown around the company by the man that's interviewed when you follow this (http://www.scorpionperformance.com/southfloridabusiness/) link.
Unfortunately, Investor Relations is in another location so I can't meet the guy who calls me on the phone at regular intervals to keep me up to date on the company's doings. Before we leave (the company) we get envelopes containing the money to reimburse our plane tickets. After the tour we go to a restaurant, where the other guy from the company, the one we met at the comedy club the day before, joins us, but without his date this time. I'm going to buy a disposable camera when I get back in the hotel later that day. The next day, if the weather is good, we'll visit the Everglades. If not, we were going to visit a big shopping center. Luckily the weather was good. ;)
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/everglades1.png)
Water lily?

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/everglades2.png)
Mangroves?

We're sitting at the front of the air boat, and the 'driver' warned us we'd get wet. He did his very best, taking his corners so we'd definitely get soaking wet. Once we were, he took his turns a lot smoother, so he was doing it on purpose. At least being in the front of the boat enabled us to take pictures like these ones:

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/gator1.png)

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/gator2.png)
Gators! Can you spot 'em?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on December 09, 2007, 02:52:44 AM
Those are lovely pictures. :)
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on December 09, 2007, 08:30:28 PM
I see one, possibly two, gators!
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on December 11, 2007, 12:26:11 PM
I see but one. :-\
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on December 20, 2007, 04:01:04 PM
I think there were two, unfortunately, I think they might have been too far apart to get them in one shot.
Oops, I forgot, I also got some presents when I left the company:
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/presents.png)
Unfortunately, the t-shirts are both 'Large', and I'm not exactly that fat/wide...The cap I wore, since I forgot to bring my usual one.

I have succeeded in procuring a picture of the Swedish couple, be it on some type of wishing card, and it's been 'fingered' with. By their request I will not divulge their names,and no, you won't be able to see it via the name of the file either:
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/swedes.png)
The wife had the best accent, I don't think if you heard her talking English you could hear it was not her mother tongue. However, she didn't know much English, so the male Swede did most of the talking. Whenever the Swedes were talking amongst themselves, I couldn't understand a single word.

One of the other pictures that failed on my disposable camera was the one I took of another airboat. However, included in the message from the Swedish couple was this picture:
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/airboat.png)
That's the type of airboat we were 'riding'.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/alligator.png)
Moving on, you can see a certain individual wrestling an alligator...

After we went on the airboat, we also went on a safari truck. Due to the default widescreen feature of my disposable camera the pictures I took of certain animals showed the animal far too little to be of any use.

The last two days I spent reading and/or watching tv/listening to the radio in my room since the Swedish couple was going to rent a car to drive to some relatives, and our guide SMS-ed me he had a meeting, wouldn't be able to organize any more activities the third day but would contact me again on the fourth day. Did he contact me on the fourth day? Hell no! In fact, I never saw him again onwards from the third morning, where we exchanged cell phone numbers, I've got the one from the male Swede too. If I had known the guide hadn't planned anything for me the last two days, either I could have gotten home sooner, or I could have rented a car myself and visited some TSL members, if they were up for it. A nice touch, every morning there was that day's paper on your doorstep.

On the final day, the limo driver was only a bit late and luckily he had been told by our guide to come to the hotel several hours in advance so that was no problem. I had put on warmer clothes to compensate for the weather at my final destination, Brussels, so I sat near a small water fountain to get some 'freshness' at the hotel. The limo itself had air-conditioning of course. We arrived at Ft Lauderdale airport, someone asked if I wanted to check in outside, but apparently, that wasn't possible for international flights. Inside someone (from Continental) showed me how to check-in electronically. On the flight to the US, I had to check in my luggage again in Newark, on these flights that was not needed. There was some hold-up at Newark airport, there was a long line of air planes waiting to take off, we heard after we departed from the gate. We were number 15 in the line. At one time, some passengers left their seats, even though the 'fasten seatbelt' sign was still on, and apparently, when that happens a plane is not allowed to move anywhere. The captain ordered said persons to get into their seats asap or we would lose our 'place' in the line. Luckily, we were able to keep our place. Of course, with all that waiting, the arrival time kept getting later too, on the flight information channel. That's all we can see while taxiing anyway.Using your cell phone isn't allowed unless the cabin door is open, so there is no way I can warn those coming to pick me up at the airport I'll be an hour late. Sure, I could use the phone on board, but I wouldn't know how that works, and it would probably cost a lot too, so I'm not going there. My 'visa' was torn out of my passport before I embarked in Newark, some time before we had to get on the plane, even though it was still valid. Also, unfortunately, I was unable to recline the back of my seat to its maximum, since there was a wall behind me. That, and the fact there was a lot of turbulence during the flight, prevented me from sleeping even the slightest, and it was a night flight...
The flight information at the end of the flight said we needed some paper to get into the Shengen zone, however, if that had been the case, I would have gotten them in Fort Lauderdale, since I got the papers to get into the US in Brussels. The information did say which signs I needed to follow in Brussels airport so I did that. There's a separate line for EU-inhabitants in Brussels airport and the officer behind the desk only takes a short look at your passport, and that's it. The immigration officer for the US was completely silent, sent me back the first time because I had forgotten to fill some lines on one of the documents, and took my fingerprints.

I couldn't get used to the bed in the hotel, so I was probably looking at some sort of sleep deprivation before I left, and didn't get a chance to sleep on the plane, resulting in a huge desire to go to sleep when I arrived home. However, to counter the jetlag I have to say up until the evening. My mom is in my house making sure I don't fall asleep but apparently she falls asleep first. Not that I did sleep, mind you. However, due to that enormous sleep deprivation, I contracted a nasty cold bug, and I think something extra too. Yes, my health relies heavily on the amount of sleep I get.
Thus concludes my holiday information.

(Posted on: December 15, 2007, 02:29:17 AM)


New kittycat pic!
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/CC-peekaboo.png)
The flash seems to have been highlighting her eyes pretty well. :D

You see a part of the kitty plaid I got for my birthday too, which means, time for birthday present-pics!
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/present1.png)
The kittycat cell phone holder, with my cell phone in it.

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The kittycat birthday card.

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The complete kittycat fleece plaid.

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The solar powered, radio-controlled watch, digital. I have no idea where it stores the antenna to pick up the signal, but it's got one. The solar cells are located in the black rectangle.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on December 20, 2007, 05:10:12 PM
Quote from: copycat on December 20, 2007, 04:01:04 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/present1.png)
The kittycat cell phone holder, with my cell phone in it.
Awww! XD  Do you have a less blurry pic of it?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on December 23, 2007, 03:44:47 PM
Quote from: Yonkey on December 20, 2007, 05:10:12 PMAwww! XD  Do you have a less blurry pic of it?
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/birthday2007a1.png)
Is this better?
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: racx_00 on December 23, 2007, 04:31:00 PM
I'd do that with my house, but every cat item replaced with polar bears!
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on December 23, 2007, 08:49:53 PM
Quote from: copycat on December 23, 2007, 03:44:47 PM
Is this better?
Yup.  Now we know what Cat looks like when she's on the phone! ;P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on December 24, 2007, 05:34:06 AM
That's just mean :P FYI...I'm actually on the phone right now XD
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Yonkey on December 24, 2007, 05:39:11 AM
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on December 24, 2007, 05:34:06 AM
That's just mean :P FYI...I'm actually on the phone right now XD
XD  But you gotta admit, the cat there looks a lot like your avatar, Krystal. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on December 24, 2007, 06:49:00 PM
Quote from: Yonkey on December 23, 2007, 08:49:53 PMYup.  Now we know what Cat looks like when she's on the phone! ;P
LOL! ;D

Quote from: Yonkey on December 24, 2007, 05:39:11 AMBut you gotta admit, the cat there looks a lot like your avatar, Krystal. :P
It does! :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: koko_99_2001 on December 27, 2007, 09:05:29 AM
Ok, maybe it does look a little bit like Crystal :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: hercrabbiness on December 28, 2007, 12:16:08 AM
asfkljawqaka I can't believe you had the guts to get that cozy with the alligators! :o I could never do that... despite the fact that they look like giant pickles, alligators terrify me.


Quote from: copycat on December 23, 2007, 03:44:47 PM
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/birthday2007a1.png)
Ohhhhh, I want one! :lovegoggles:
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on February 24, 2008, 03:12:52 PM
Quote from: hercrabbiness on December 28, 2007, 12:16:08 AMasfkljawqaka I can't believe you had the guts to get that cozy with the alligators! :o I could never do that... despite the fact that they look like giant pickles, alligators terrify me.
You mean me wrestling with the alligator? If you're afraid of this little one, I wonder what you'd do/feel if you looked at the (much bigger) one that was nearby. Actually, it took some serious convincing from someone else on me before I did it too, you know. I'm not particularly terrified, but I won't say I really feel at ease either. ::)

(Posted on: January 03, 2008, 11:54:06 PM)


Gotta show this, won't be long:
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/Puzzybox.png)
Cat-in-a-box :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: icarus on February 29, 2008, 03:54:20 AM
better than buying-a-cat-in-the-bag as the dutch meaning.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Deloria on February 29, 2008, 04:01:05 AM
Ah yes. XD Mine do that too. :P They also like baskets. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on April 27, 2009, 03:43:30 PM
Okay, a lot has happened since I last posted so a few updates are in order.


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Went to see a very famous ship on November 9.

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Had an accident w/ my bike. Several of you know about it, but this is a picture taken shortly after.

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Won a new fluffy toy.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/sneeuw2009.png)
Had snow in 2008, during my accident, meaning I couldn't make a snowman then, but soon in 2009 I had another chance, and I took it with both arms (literally). Showed it so some colleagues at work, and they gave some extra pointers.

(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/20090203.png)
Not long afterwards I had a second chance, and I took the recommendations I had on my first try of the year into account.

New instalment will be: pv-panels. ;D
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: Shades2585 on April 28, 2009, 06:11:23 AM
Glad you're doing better CC. I hope this means that you will be on more. The asylum has been well.... Dead without you.

Nice pics too and a very good snowman.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: PirateKingChris on April 28, 2009, 03:20:17 PM
Sorry to hear bout the accident, glad you're doing better!
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: tessspoon on April 28, 2009, 04:50:21 PM
Quote from: PirateKingChris on April 28, 2009, 03:20:17 PM
Sorry to hear bout the accident, glad you're doing better!
:yes:

Hope you can come by more, we miss you!
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on December 07, 2009, 04:19:23 PM
Quote from: Shades2585 on April 28, 2009, 06:11:23 AMI hope this means that you will be on more. The asylum has been well.... Dead without you.

Nice pics too and a very good snowman.
Not promising anything but I'll try. However, there have been times in the past when the patients could keep themselves busy for three weeks without the Manager (currently the Manager's personal assistant) for three full pages. So, it's not my fault that place has been dead. Blame the curse instead.

When I distributed my latest snowman-picture at work I signed 'snow fannatic'. The person who gave me pointers on my previous approved my 'improvements'.

Quote from: PirateKingChris on April 28, 2009, 03:20:17 PMSorry to hear bout the accident, glad you're doing better!
My forth fracture. Third having do with the arm, but the first where my sleeping was seriously hampered by the thing that was on my back, to keep the shoulder in place. :-\ I was even hampered in my sideways movement. Took quite a lot time before the power in my right arm (I'm right-handed) was stronger again when compared to the force I could put on the left arm..

Quote from: tessspoon on April 28, 2009, 04:50:21 PM:yes:

Hope you can come by more, we miss you!
I have been notified by the Asylum's personal assistant a certain 'Official Waiter' has missed certain 'monthly sweets'-appointments. :evil:

(Posted on: May 04, 2009, 11:45:28 PM)


Never told anyone (s)he should come by more when I only came by once in a while...

Right, found out how to 'uncloak' my pv-panel gallery online, was only on invitation before.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/online.png) (http://picasaweb.google.com/copycat.bob/PvPanelen?feat=directlink)

Pay no attention to the Dutch annotations, unless you're Dutch of course. Also pay no attention to the apparent doubles, I just chucked them all on there. Enjoy!

(Posted on: July 08, 2009, 10:54:43 PM)


Last week of September went to visit a certain ex-software developer. This is where he lives and we stayed:
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The side with the front door.
(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/pict0112.png)
The carport doors, behind the rightmost being a model railroad track.

PS: The car on one of the pics is our/my rental car, not his.
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: tessspoon on December 08, 2009, 10:33:52 PM
Wows that's a nice house. :P
Title: Re: The game is afoot (aka CC's picture thread)
Post by: copycat on January 24, 2010, 11:03:23 AM
Big too, actually too big for the couple that's usually living there.  However, perfect for when you have a party visiting such as ourselves.
BTW, I'll be refraining from posting more pictures of this trip for the following weeks seeing as I've got a complicated (right) shoulder fracture this time. I'll need loads more recovery-time when I can finally remove the thing my elbow is tucked into so my upper-arm can't move (as that's where the fracture's located). Slipped when walking on icy area (which I hadn't noticed)  :-\.

(Posted on: December 27, 2009, 09:40:44 PM)


(http://home.scarlet.be/~pin22973/shoulder2009a.png)
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