Carl's Corner :)

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StevieJ wrote: You and Ahimsa sound like good cooks.....maybe you guys could put on the first anual FF dinner???

Food might be a bit cold and moldy by the time it gets to the dinner...

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Carl wrote: How did this thread become a recipe swap meet LMAO

Seen as Ron ain't about to reply much... It's all his Fault!!

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Beliria wrote: Seen as Ron ain't about to reply much... It's all his Fault!!

I'm glad you've picked up on that - it's alway RONS FAULT and especialy when he is away

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ahimsa wrote: I will make the lumpia

I had to look it up - Spring Rolls

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ahimsa wrote: if someone else will pay for the plane fare to Austrailia and the luxury hotel accommadations.

I can't provide the airfare and my home isn't exactly luxury hotel but I'll leave the porch light on in case you can make it

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ahimsa wrote: I shouldn't try to spell when my brain is still in the jar on the nightstand.

LOL at least you have an excuse
They sound tasty, Zerin's mother [ they're from Cyprus ] cooks fabulous Turkish food and one of my favorites is Baklava, all her food taste nothing like Turkish takeaway / restaurant food a hundred times better...... another tasty one is green walnut cured [ if that's the right word ] in syrup, you eat the whole thing shell and all...... we have a constant supply of green and black olive she grows and cures [ there is that word again LOL ]....... there is lots of yummy meals

Did you get your memory in ahimsa?
Are you modeling yet.
I miss maya - i'll be glad when I get home.

Thirteen hours in the galleries.

I haven't had mincemeat in filo dough, but I have eaten it during the holidays a few times. I liked it.

Ron, we've all been really busy here and there seems to be no time for things like installing ram. That baby is 8 handfuls and when the kids aren't working they have him and Paul and I rest up for the next round. The kid can crawl now so he moves fast. I have lost 10 pounds in the past few weeks so that should tell you how much of a handful he is.

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ronviers wrote: google "Lee Bontecou",

Gee Man thats some far out work she's made. I know you meant for Carl to have a look but I just had to google her too . I really like this one http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/3/work_61.htm

Mind they all look way cool.

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Carl wrote: food

Sssh I've not eaten yet so I was avoiding that subject

There's plenty of options for money in SL.

1) you can upload money from your bank account/paypal etc,
2) you can camp in game or collect money from money trees that people have on their land or stores (money trees are time set though once you reach 30 SL days old you can't collect from them any more)
3) you can learn a skill, scripting, building, um texture selling etc, and rent land in world or sign up to a texture store etc, and sell your products, (or give them away, your choice)


To me theres a lot more to sl than just an interaction society. But like most online games/simulations etc, everyone comes out with different ideas of what they think of them.

I have made some pretty good friends in there, learned skills like building, using the 3d prims to create objects.
am going to use the money I have accumulated in SL from sales to buy FF, mainly cause I wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise (not saying FF is expensive just under current situation money goes on bills, had to quit my job due to ill health last year, and its bloody hard getting a new job! Argh!).

Did try to learn scripting but I just know some of the basics, just not enough time when in SL to learn everything, specially for someone that loves building.. means stopping building to learn scripting .

Anyhow..

There's a lot that goes on in second life, lots of little communities, basically cater for nearly every taste, from them that love Steampunk, to vampires, or regular Joe's like me that just love building/creating items, to singer's (or wannabes) that you can hire or go watch, DJ's, basically you can be what you want to be in SL. Be yourself or create an alter ego, or live out some bazaar fantasy you have. I mean CSI even have an island where you can go be a detective! lol

Hehe, I sound like a second life spokes person. It's not to everyones taste but exploring is really a must, if you don't explore you wont find out what SL is really like, or find your niche.

Although I am currently semi taking time out from SL (I pop in for a few hours every couple of day's rather than logging in every day), just under 2 month shy of my 2nd year in second life! Longest I have ever played an online game (well excluding a couple of text based ones).

lol and now you know a little bit more about me

um.. the recent's in the library haven't been updated since the 11th, I better stop sending in filters till they do! , might do a post with some images in though

Right have to go empty the washing machine, and grab something to um eat.

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Carl wrote: I was born with the curse of curosity

Ahh, I get that at times too .

That and oh doh! Moments like I just had in FF.

Like omg! Why is the alpha background showing as pink!! Then I remembered was in paint shop and had opened a backing image that was um pale pink.. this was after triple checking all the settings trying to figure out why... *bangs head on desk*

I like steampunk.

Do you have to hang out at this place or is there a shop where you can upload your textures and stuff for sale?

BTW...Hi!

Been working in FF for the last few hours on a new fabric filter. I like it so far.

Oh yeah, baked 4 dozen cookies tonight and will bake the rest tomorrow. Man, it's been years since I have felt good enough to do that. Very good feeling. Maybe the baby is all I needed to get well.

He doesn't call me Baboombah anymore, he calls me Mom-mom. Close enough...

O Ahimsa have you had time for your new business

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ahimsa wrote: Do you have to hang out at this place or is there a shop where you can upload your textures and stuff for sale?

Hehe, Ahimsa if your talking about Second life, no you don't have to stay in one place although some people do set the area's they own to allow only friends etc.

And you can upload textures into Second life is 10 linden dollars each which is like about um.. well it's around approx 1000LD (linden dollar) to 4 USD's. Most that do sell textures in Second life sell them for 5LD plus but with licenses/TOS saying no reselling as a texture (basically people can make something and use the said textures on them and sell that item but not the textures as is).

If you do sell textures in SL theres a few ways to go about it, buy/rent land and open your own store or join one of the existing stores as an Artist.

I signed up to a long established texture store in Second life to keep that part away from my build selling. Was how I heard about Filter forge through the group messages for that stores artists. Totally having way to much fun making filters though! Hehe, so much so I got around to buying it before my one month trail expired.

I think Rose English? Mentioned something about texture houses on a thread somewhere in here, turns out I know her in Second life.

And yep steampunk is cool I went over to Caledonian (think thats the name of the main steampunk area in SL) and was like wow. To be honest SL is worth exploring, there are some very very stunning builds, whole fantasy islands with different theme's that residents have built, using prims and textures.

Anyway if anyone does sign up and want to explore IM me in game, am the only Beliria so will be easy to find.. unless someone else has started using that name too, if so just look for the oldest Beliria . If I'm not logged in will arrange a time to meet in world and I'll show you the ropes. Mind I'll probably have to do a list of wow places to visit just in case .

Right think will go and upload some images for you lot to browse and let me know how bad/good they are

Happy Birthday to you Paul is not trying to get you out of the house is he

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ahimsa wrote: this SL place,

I think it might suck to much time

Only kidding you - did you get a birthday cake

LOL I know it's rude to ask a lady her age but I am rude ok you don't have to answer that a simple slap will be enough

Happy belated birthday Ahimsa!

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Carl wrote: I know it's rude to ask a lady her age

*coughs* easy way around this question Ahimsa is ask do they mean your mental age or your physical age?

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Carl wrote: I think it might suck to much time

Phhft.. I mean yes it can, but then so does FF lol.

When I am logged in next and not pilled under a load of builds I'll go explore and take some pictures of cool areas... or I could go web search and find some links that have peoples SL blog's in . Will see which happens first.

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ahimsa wrote: I'm 52 now, but look & feel 152

+100 Happy B-Day!!!

Curious, how come Father's Day is the same day in America as it is in England, but Mothers day is always different?

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ahimsa wrote: I kind of messed with it too much and may have broken it.

Ouch! Easy to do when messing with them, I try and do a save as when I open a filter that I plan on tinkering a lot on, just in case I mess it up or end up with a totally different filter altogether.

Mind slightly different have only been doing this for just under a month. Probably have a fraction of the filters you have in your 'my filters' list.

oo sweet filter am playing with at the mo thought I had messed up one of the presets by limiting the repeat slider! But seems it was only set to 2/1 on repeat anyway .

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ahimsa wrote: My mental age is pretty low. I think I may be mentally out of my teens now. Big grin Then again, considering my favorite Yahoo winks and sound effects are the gross ones...maybe 14 - 15 mentally

my mental age is 14-80, depending on the question, situation etc.

*coughs* have been told, sometimes I have the wisdom of ages but the maturity of a child.

But whats the rush in growing up?

Way back in March...wow, I think I like the spring date better for flowers. Not that I got any...

I usually do save these days, but I babysit my Grandson around 50+ hours a week and sometimes I get distracted.

It's still in the box.

Paul and I are resting today. The baby went home a few hours ago. Saturdays he sleeps over.

Here too. My sister was born on Mother's Day. My other sister was born on Christmas and so was my son. My birthday is the US Flag Day and my younger son and my nephew were born on that day as well. My daughter in law is a New Year's Eve baby. We have a holiday fetish...

Any more EPs?

Mothers day in the UK depends when Lent is basically, so every year it's different.

Took some time but found this on Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon

Lent falls before Easter starting at the beginning of the Lent moon cycle (late Winter moon). The next moon is the Egg moon (early Spring moon) and Easter usually falls on the first Sunday after the full Egg moon.

So depending on the date of that moon, depends when Ash Wednesday is which is the start of Lent, which has a knock on effect as to when the 4th Sunday is during the lent period. 4th Sunday = Mothers day.

much better if it's a fixed date but it's not here. Every year its like okay whens Mothers day this year! Can fall either in March/April, but am sure it has also been in early May once or twice.. could be wrong though.



Seen as I seem to be in history/whatever mode

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Carl wrote: ahimsa wrote: US Flag Day what's that for [ please don't say the flag LOL ] Quote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day...ted_States

Something to do with when the United States, commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, on the June 14?

Didn't read all of it though.. eyes glazing over from to much history.. either that or the pollen counts high today