How’s your day going?

[chattius 2,786]

My virus caused monkey bodyform was more in modern penthlaton. Short legs, long arms = swimming, long reach at fencing while low centre of gravity...  My brother did decathlon. He would disagree with the word pole jumping. It is more like push the pole mid in the rivelet and jump in a way that you make the pole falling on the other side with you 'attached'.

The long poles reach back for centuries. The tracking stick pair started with carbon fibre and skiing a mass sport.

[gogoblender 3,647]

On 2/17/2025 at 1:03 PM, chattius said:

My virus caused monkey bodyform was more in modern penthlaton. Short legs, long arms = swimming, long reach at fencing while low centre of gravity...  My brother did decathlon. He would disagree with the word pole jumping. It is more like push the pole mid in the rivelet and jump in a way that you make the pole falling on the other side with you 'attached'.

The long poles reach back for centuries. The tracking stick pair started with carbon fibre and skiing a mass sport.

when I first saw the poles the math didnt make much sense... that was a good video, I can see how it would help for depth checking and support.

The way things are these days I can also see "good" quality being a money sink... aint sports always like this 

 

gogo

[chattius 2,786]

It are not the alpes. But the forests here have only small paths. And for controlling certain trees I have to leave them. A good staff is very useful - believe me. One for me very important reason is to search for hidden roots below all the autumn leaves,

A good staff pays itself in saving two pairs of good trecking boots from getting damaged in 10 years. It is also better for your joints. So you save in salves and tinctures too.

And yes the routine walk with the dog is like this, but on the path

What was new: a carbon one.

In known territory I often use selfmade staves. But it takes one and a half year. 18 month back you should have cut the needed length but roots still in earth. Do some small cuts at the place where you want to grip it at the top. After a year you cut it, At the small cuts the main hazelnut pole has some small branches grewing out. Lay the whole pole in water for two weeks, hang it up for several weeks with a weight so it may get a bit more straight. Remove the small branches but not totally. So you have little knobs for better grip. Remove parts of the bark for decoration. And the staff you pay 50€ is done. I normally do 10-15 staves at once every two years. My nephews use them (without an iron point) as quarterstaves in real life roleplay. Amateurs, I allways win in staff combat. Two years bo-jitsu at high school and 6 years fencing at penthlaton as a teen.

Left 3 one handed, right 4 carbon, mid 3 more or less selfmade. My would be number 4 but because of my size half a metre longer.

 

[gogoblender 3,647]

On 2/19/2025 at 7:56 AM, chattius said:

It are not the alpes. But the forests here have only small paths. And for controlling certain trees I have to leave them. A good staff is very useful - believe me. One for me very important reason is to search for hidden roots below all the autumn leaves,

A good staff pays itself in saving two pairs of good trecking boots from getting damaged in 10 years. It is also better for your joints. So you save in salves and tinctures too.

And yes the routine walk with the dog is like this, but on the path

What was new: a carbon one.

In known territory I often use selfmade staves. But it takes one and a half year. 18 month back you should have cut the needed length but roots still in earth. Do some small cuts at the place where you want to grip it at the top. After a year you cut it, At the small cuts the main hazelnut pole has some small branches grewing out. Lay the whole pole in water for two weeks, hang it up for several weeks with a weight so it may get a bit more straight. Remove the small branches but not totally. So you have little knobs for better grip. Remove parts of the bark for decoration. And the staff you pay 50€ is done. I normally do 10-15 staves at once every two years. My nephews use them (without an iron point) as quarterstaves in real life roleplay. Amateurs, I allways win in staff combat. Two years bo-jitsu at high school and 6 years fencing at penthlaton as a teen.

Left 3 one handed, right 4 carbon, mid 3 more or less selfmade. My would be number 4 but because of my size half a metre longer.

 

Love the value proposition Chattius... Imagination and insight against such a rare use-case ... at least in our position here because our lack of hills and hillocks.. though I can perhaps a few years from now seeing myself getting something interesting as you display, just for purposes of prevention and promoting longevity of activity

gogo

[gogoblender 3,647]

How's yer day going folks... sunny weather gets stacked with some love from lego...  when does this toy not brighten ours our any other kids' day

 

gogo

[Hooyaah 3,236]

Well, Rommel, when it comes to ones inner child, sometimes it's just hard to "Lego."

[gogoblender 3,647]

16 hours ago, Hooyaah said:

Well, Rommel, when it comes to ones inner child, sometimes it's just hard to "Lego."

Did you see the bag? That has got to be THE single best shopping bag ever.. who cannot relate! That salesperson at the lego store was so into his job.. more like his life's calling...his team was extraordinarily polite and helpful... ready to regale us with stories of legendary past customers and their unique creations... Anything can happen at a Lego store!

gogo

[DocHoff 142]

4 hours ago, gogoblender said:

who cannot relate!

Me. Which is where some folks facepalm and say "son of a... gotta be a ballbuster in every freaking crowd!" Naw, my man, not trying to bust anything; just trying to conversate, add my own perspective. 

As a child of the 80s, I did have one LEGO set; I think it was something like the summer cottage. It had the little green board for the ground, yellow walls, green shutters, a little pine tree. You got just enough blocks to duplicate the house....and I hated it. I didn't want to duplicate, replicate, imitate; I didn't want to follow instructions. I wanted to...create! Dad flipped out and sent me to my room "He never appreciates anything! Coloring books, LEGOs, transformers: he never touches anything, just daydreams. There's something wrong with him." But mom understood. "You don't get Ryan a coloring book, you get him a sketch pad. You don't give him LEGOs, you give him modeling clay. 

You folks get it, right? LEGOs are awesome for a child, but they felt too....paint by numbers... for me. If I was going to build a house, I wanted it to be from my own imagination, not a box that gave me a picture of how the summer home should be, with an exact count of how many blocks to use for different things. Lol, perhaps I should have been an architect.

Mind you, I have no idea how LEGOS have evolved, but when I was a child, they felt too restrictive. What if you didn't want a tiny oak-looking door, what if you wanted maple double doors? What if you wanted bay windows in your living room? What if you don't want your roof to look like an acute triangle; what if you'd prefer to have half the roof flat, with part of it looking more of a scalene triangle type of deal? So, I never really had many LEGOs; I had modeling clay so I could really let creativity flow.

Unless I misunderstood "who cannot relate!" If what I'm to relate to is the joy of giving a child a gift, then I very much relate. I remember when my oldest first REALLY misbehaved, I told her "I'm a creative person; I love using creativity to figure out fun rewards. However, if you mess up this bad, I have to use creativity to figure out how to punish, and it'll suck badly for you because I'll be agitated that I have to be a "stick" parent instead of the "carrot" type". Luckily for me, I can count how many times the stick came out on one hand. 

[gogoblender 3,647]

On 3/21/2025 at 3:39 PM, DocHoff said:

 

LEGOs are awesome for a child, but they felt too....paint by numbers... for me. 

lol...they were probably in fact a little too complicated for me when I was a kid...   But...i I had a brother close in age...and there was never any lack of fun when putting together stuff...and in those days, you really had to figger stuff out... no cheating by going to a youtube channel to see how its all done in advance!

gogo

[chattius 2,786]

On 3/20/2025 at 5:52 PM, gogoblender said:

How's yer day going folks... sunny weather gets stacked with some love from lego...  when does this toy not brighten ours our any other kids' day

 

gogo

 

Is this one of new flower vases for adults? 

The twins 'play' LEGO at school for robotic and computer science classes. Over the years we got all the technical LEGO stuff at home. My last LEGO was an Unimog with hydraulics to show show how the real beast works

 

[gogoblender 3,647]

33 minutes ago, chattius said:

 

Is this one of new flower vases for adults? 

The twins 'play' LEGO at school for robotic and computer science classes. Over the years we got all the technical LEGO stuff at home. My last LEGO was an Unimog with hydraulics to show show how the real beast works

 

Yes!!

omgod Chattius I was joyed out with delight the first day I read the words...

Lego Botanicals...

I Mean...whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.... right?

Lego's supposed to be hard, dead, inert...and with a complete change in perception... Lego now is the force of life... with botanicals.. the lego world can go E V E R Y W H E R E 

 

Its amazing what an intelligent, and powerful juxtaposition can do...poetry is powerful stuff

ps the guy at the store says that the lego botanicals is such a crazy hit that they had problems keeping them in stock... now, if you walk in... you can see so many type of flowers, bonsai, petal bushes.. my mom worked in a flower store for years, and she cant help but to step close to anything green and share with it... awwww right?
this one we got was 29 USD .. I was expecting to pay WAY more...but it was pleasant surprise and my mom wrapped it up nice to give away to one of her friends who has allergies... Bam  

[Timotheus 436]

Lego totally was a "thing" for me. And when you were willing to create: your parents should have just bought you the big boxes of building blocks instead of the premade sets.

I spent years playing with Lego, and it was the one thing that made me feel home (years after I stopped playing with Lego regularly, it would be the first thing I would play with when coming home from holidays for example).

For me the Lego Botanical journey started with 10281: the bonsai tree. Then, I got 10280 - a flower set, and 10311 - the orchid. And I ended my botanical building spree with 10289 - Bird of Paradise (my favorite flower). So I have a few...

[gogoblender 3,647]

9 hours ago, Timotheus said:

Lego totally was a "thing" for me. And when you were willing to create Doc: your parents  should have just bought you the big boxes of building blocks instead of the premade sets.

I spent years playing with Lego, and it was the one thing that made me feel home (years after I stopped playing with Lego regularly, it would be the first thing I would play with when coming home from holidays for example).

For me the Lego Botanical journey started with 10281: the bonsai tree. Then, I got 10280 - a flower set, and 10311 - the orchid. And I ended my botanical building spree with 10289 - Bird of Paradise (my favorite flower). So I have a few...

Timo... you connected to the lego post!  ... I was gobsmacked the first time I saw the word lego and botanical together...and this was a new thing for me maybe a few months ago? Thats cool that an "activity" got you feeling the home sentiments... for me...that would be my mom's shrimp curry and dahl  
Where do you keep all your completed plants! Do they compete with live versions already in place?

 

gogo

[chattius 2,786]

I asked the local LEGO seller about the Unimog. He said at the floor for kids 11-16, costing a bit more than 500€. I said this is not really a price for kids and pocket money. Now when buying big LEGO parts for the grandchildren the seller smiled and thanked me for an idea. He was selling Unimogs double the amount. He had made a floor labeled: LEGO for MEN with the unimog abd LEGO for WOMAN with the botanicals...

Seems there is a change in customers

[Timotheus 436]

On 3/28/2025 at 11:59 AM, gogoblender said:

Timo... you connected to the lego post!  ... I was gobsmacked the first time I saw the word lego and botanical together...and this was a new thing for me maybe a few months ago? Thats cool that an "activity" got you feeling the home sentiments... for me...that would be my mom's shrimp curry and dahl  
Where do you keep all your completed plants! Do they compete with live versions already in place?

 

gogo

The bonsai tree spent it's first few years on my desk, now it's in a display cabinet in our home office next to the orchid. The bird of paradise sits behind me on a shelf in that same room, only because with our kiddo it was impossible to keep downstairs. 
The flower arrangement is sitting on top of a shelf in our living room.  

[gogoblender 3,647]

21 hours ago, Timotheus said:

The bonsai tree spent it's first few years on my desk, now it's in a display cabinet in our home office next to the orchid. The bird of paradise sits behind me on a shelf in that same room, only because with our kiddo it was impossible to keep downstairs. 
The flower arrangement is sitting on top of a shelf in our living room.  

ahhhhhhahhahah.. legs and kids' ever sharp eyes...they'd be able to spot a a lego-anything at half a mile distant almost

gogo

[chattius 2,786]

People with a good memory probably know that my company car was destroyed last year by a car from behind with too weak brakes. Now the new beast arrived. First thing to do is to print out the Rettungskarten in German and French.

That leads to the question what is a Rettungskarte in English. Rescue-Card, rescue sheet? Are they mandatory at your place, or is a QR-code at the wind-shield enough (fails if no access to internet at countryside) The 'rescue-sheet' can be downloaded and printed out. Then it is placed at the sun-shield or another easy place. It contains all the data firefighters need to help at a crash: where to turn of the high voltage of this model of an electric car. Where to lift the car best, where to place hydraulic presses,....

Probably too long a firefighter. Before doing a longer testdrive placing the rescue sheets. Yes it is an electric Mercedes G-class and one of the sheets is like this

[gogoblender 3,647]

1 hour ago, chattius said:

People with a good memory probably know that my company car was destroyed last year by a car from behind with too weak brakes. Now the new beast arrived. First thing to do is to print out the Rettungskarten in German and French.

That leads to the question what is a Rettungskarte in English. Rescue-Card, rescue sheet? Are they mandatory at your place, or is a QR-code at the wind-shield enough (fails if no access to internet at countryside) The 'rescue-sheet' can be downloaded and printed out. Then it is placed at the sun-shield or another easy place. It contains all the data firefighters need to help at a crash: where to turn of the high voltage of this model of an electric car. Where to lift the car best, where to place hydraulic presses,....

Probably too long a firefighter. Before doing a longer testdrive placing the rescue sheets. Yes it is an electric Mercedes G-class and one of the sheets is like this

You brought up memories of your car being hit last year .. its fortuitous that you're still here and all in good piece/peace   ... and... I've NEVER heard of a rescue card/sheet before    ..but I guess with high energy cars using batteries.. its of value to have a way for rescuers to dismantle the energy barricades to get through to help the humans within.

gogo

[pevil 125]

Same here in the UK, never heard of such a thing, but it's a great idea. I'm not a driver so might be mistaken. I know my parents don't have anything like that on their care in France either. They must keep all documentation in the car at all times, but I'm unsure if it holds info like that, or just the standard stuff like when it was last serviced, insurance and ownership details

[chattius 2,786]

I hate TV-series like 911, Seattle firefighters, ... All paid professionals in big cities. Countryside with its volunteers have less training. So you should help them as much as you can.

For most cars you can download the rescue sheet in several languages. Gas spring devices, side airbags, all that stuff that might be dangerous.

You can also have something similiar at home: a capsule with a sheet naming medicaments, contact persons, allergies. You glue a small sticker on the housedoor where to find it, mainly it is the fridge.

2 Euro for a sheet you fill with the information, a box for the sheet and placed in the fridge. Two stickers: one for the house door, one for the fridge. All in all around 10 minutes which may save your life if an amateur like me may have to rescue you

 

 

[pevil 125]

Those medication ones are a great idea. We have a few medical initiatives here in the UK, but they all fall flat because nothing is joined up. I only know of these as I've had to have my own medical alert and emergency info for a few years, though thankfully need it less so now.

The options here are:

• Emergency info on your phone: an "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) number saved, usually your next of kin, medication details saved into your phone and perhaps emergency apps related to your specific condition. Most of these can be displayed from the lock screen so anyone can access them, or you can set them as your lock photo so it's always visible
• Medic alert bracelets/dog tags: Always available on your person so if you go unconcious, they're there for members of the public or paramedics to check. Trouble is some people choose something 'pretty' so it doesn't stand out as alert jewellry. There are ones like I have that just have a few things engraved on them, or there is a nationwide scheme that is hooked up to your medical records so medical professionals can call to instantly get your details
• Emergency cards/booklets: I had two conditions I had to have alerts for. One I still have as I'm on blood thinners. This is mentioned on my bracelet, and it says my card is in my purse. Helpful, as if my dosage changes, it's far easier to write myself up a new card than it is to get my bracelet changed. When I was on warfarin, which is more temperamental than the newer thinners, I had a yellow book with all my recent blood test results for my INR and my current dose, as warfarin doses can vary weekly to ensure you're in the right range. My other condition, which I no longer have, was adrenal insufficiency. Basically without steroids, I would die, so it was important that if I had any sort of stressor to my body, I would need lots of steroids to keep me alive through the trauma. This was again detailed on a card that the NHS issues, with instructions on it as to what they should do (I.e. IV steroids asap)

The problem with all of these are whether paramedics, doctors or members of the public will check for them. Some paramedics have told me and my support group that they are not allowed to look through pockets and purses, even if a bracelet says there is medical info there. Others have said they will only look for a bracelet, some won't look for jewellry at all, some will check everything (and even look for medical tattoos). If they're not allowed to check pockets, they're also not allowed to look at a phone, even if it doesn't require unlocking it to get the info. It really is so silly. Then the system where they can call to get your records... well they only have what you tell them, so if you forgot something, or didn't update it, then it won't be hugely useful.

The stupid thing is we should have it all set up instantly. A medical bracelet should need nothing more on it than an emergency contact and your NHS number. The medical professional should be able to then put that into their system and get all your records. But that's not how it works. Everything is separate based on trust. For example, where I am, my GP is in the West Midlands health trust. They share records with my local hospital, which is in the same trust. But my endocrinologist is at a hospital in the nearby city, which comes under University Hospitals Birmingham trust. Prior to that I was also under another hospital in the same city, but under Sandwell trust. So none of those share records with each other. My GP will receive the same letters that I get, so they'll have some info, such as certain test results, but not the full details. And of course that's even worse if I was to fall ill on holiday in another part of the country, or in Scotland, Wales or Ireland, as they are run as totally separate pieces of the NHS. If our records were truly 'National' health records, none of this would be an issue. Any medical professional in the UK could access it instantly and see "Pevil has a blood clotting condition and she's on this dosage of apixaban daily."

Edited April 16 by pevil

[gogoblender 3,647]

18 hours ago, pevil said:

Those medication ones are a great idea. We have a few medical initiatives here in the UK, but they all fall flat because nothing is joined up. I only know of these as I've had to have my own medical alert and emergency info for a few years, though thankfully need it less so now.

The options here are:

• Emergency info on your phone: an "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) number saved, usually your next of kin, medication details saved into your phone and perhaps emergency apps related to your specific condition. Most of these can be displayed from the lock screen so anyone can access them, or you can set them as your lock photo so it's always visible
• Medic alert bracelets/dog tags: Always available on your person so if you go unconcious, they're there for members of the public or paramedics to check. Trouble is some people choose something 'pretty' so it doesn't stand out as alert jewellry. There are ones like I have that just have a few things engraved on them, or there is a nationwide scheme that is hooked up to your medical records so medical professionals can call to instantly get your details
• Emergency cards/booklets: I had two conditions I had to have alerts for. One I still have as I'm on blood thinners. This is mentioned on my bracelet, and it says my card is in my purse. Helpful, as if my dosage changes, it's far easier to write myself up a new card than it is to get my bracelet changed. When I was on warfarin, which is more temperamental than the newer thinners, I had a yellow book with all my recent blood test results for my INR and my current dose, as warfarin doses can vary weekly to ensure you're in the right range. My other condition, which I no longer have, was adrenal insufficiency. Basically without steroids, I would die, so it was important that if I had any sort of stressor to my body, I would need lots of steroids to keep me alive through the trauma. This was again detailed on a card that the NHS issues, with instructions on it as to what they should do (I.e. IV steroids asap)

The problem with all of these are whether paramedics, doctors or members of the public will check for them. Some paramedics have told me and my support group that they are not allowed to look through pockets and purses, even if a bracelet says there is medical info there. Others have said they will only look for a bracelet, some won't look for jewellry at all, some will check everything (and even look for medical tattoos). If they're not allowed to check pockets, they're also not allowed to look at a phone, even if it doesn't require unlocking it to get the info. It really is so silly. Then the system where they can call to get your records... well they only have what you tell them, so if you forgot something, or didn't update it, then it won't be hugely useful.

The stupid thing is we should have it all set up instantly. A medical bracelet should need nothing more on it than an emergency contact and your NHS number. The medical professional should be able to then put that into their system and get all your records. But that's not how it works. Everything is separate based on trust. For example, where I am, my GP is in the West Midlands health trust. They share records with my local hospital, which is in the same trust. But my endocrinologist is at a hospital in the nearby city, which comes under University Hospitals Birmingham trust. Prior to that I was also under another hospital in the same city, but under Sandwell trust. So none of those share records with each other. My GP will receive the same letters that I get, so they'll have some info, such as certain test results, but not the full details. And of course that's even worse if I was to fall ill on holiday in another part of the country, or in Scotland, Wales or Ireland, as they are run as totally separate pieces of the NHS. If our records were truly 'National' health records, none of this would be an issue. Any medical professional in the UK could access it instantly and see "Pevil has a blood clotting condition and she's on this dosage of apixaban daily."

zomgod...im now terrified that I should get caught in a car oO ..you're right pev...because everything's not attached together...it becomes problematic when someone has important info that needs to be communicated.

If i was gonna make a system.. what I think would work is...  everyone has a medical card right? well, if the card is able to be retrieved...wouldnt it be cool if it was attached to the person's emergency records with an alert if there needs to be on

I now that theres a lot of politics and big money involved in this now...everyone wants their infrastructure to be the main one... and we all flounder till they negotiate a deal

gogo