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wpgne

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Senior #Millennial
Interests: #Music / #sound / #audio, #fountainpen + #ink, #media, & #weather / #climate phenomena
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Some new @codysimpson pics put up earlier. Something's telling me to post and comment -- especially since he didn't give them any description. 24 days until the
Really like the second shot with the air bubble floating to the surface.
Emma has some good advice for him... "Be the butterfly"
He may have heard that one before.

Colour photo of Cody Simpson from the waist up taken underwater as he's down near the tiled pool floor, looking up towards the surface. He just blew an air bubble from his mouth, which is captured floating to the surface, with the main portion of it above his abdomen. There are a few smaller bubbles also visible around his chin. Cody is wearing his black Griffith University Speedo cap and polarised goggles.
Colour photo of Cody Simpson (from a jaunty angle) at the pool surface, with his head nearly fully out of the water. He's cracking a smile, with mostly his upper teeth showing. Cody is wearing his black Griffith University Speedo cap and polarised goggles. Behind Codes is a somewhat faded red lane separator and one of his training mates who is also wearing similar headgear, but has a neutral facial expression.

wpgne, to random
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Hopefully @Bigrigtravels can replace his "Alien tape" on the windshield that helps secure our "eyes on the road", as we've seen the phone fall down several times in the past week or so. The Blue Comet has been taking quite a few hard bumps on the roads he's been on -- so much so, that the on-board safety camera has triggered more in the past few weeks than he's had in his seventeen years of driving. I would agree with him that a recent software upgrade has maybe made the system too sensitive.

wpgne,
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Thank you to @Bigrigtravels for putting some fresh Alien Tape (as seen on TV) on the streaming phone. Just so he's aware: the "Snowman" image is not updating every fifteen seconds, at this point. Last snapshot right now is from 22 minutes ago.

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@Bigrigtravels yeah, it seems like you need to setup a rule/whitelist to allow your app (ip addresses/ports) to upload the Snowman images to your FTP server.
You did specifically say at 08:45 yesterday morning that the bonding service shouldn't have been on. Based on my observations, it was, which is why I commented.

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The transport container cover was put on the earlier today at . Thank you to @martiandennis for the heads up about it getting ready to be transported.

wpgne, to random
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Today is the 1st of 3 days for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s ( #CVSA ) 72-hour International Roadcheck commercial motor vehicle inspection & enforcement
initiative: https://www.cvsa.org/news/2024-roadcheck-underway/
This means weigh stations, provincial/state transportation officials, & law enforcement are increasing their inspection of commercial vehicles & drivers on North American roadways. @Bigrigtravels has been reminding us of this "safety blitz" for several days. Wonder if he's ever gotten a CVSA decal?

bougiewonderland, to random
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This is the cutest shit! I’ve never seen customized shipping labels like that! Why doesn’t everyone do that? It’s awesome!

@Chrishallbeck

wpgne,
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@bougiewonderland @Chrishallbeck that is pretty cool. Didn't know you can do that.

wpgne,
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@bougiewonderland @Chrishallbeck yeah, little things like that can make a big difference. Gives it that unique and special touch.

wpgne, (edited ) to random
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A one-sided verbal altercation took place on the @Bigrigtravels stream a little over an hour ago (12:24 EDT) after Steve raised his voice to (hopefully) allow the driver in front of him to hear him over the engine noise. That was not how the other driver perceived it.

wpgne,
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@Bigrigtravels yeah, kinda wondered if he was going to lunge for the door handle or window there.

KiwiEV, to random
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Interesting. Just saw this hydrogen bus for sale. Not sure they'll get what they're asking as hydrogen embrittlement (google that if you dare) means it'll need a new fuel cell system to be safe enough to be road legal, and then... where do you refill it? 🤔

wpgne,
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@KiwiEV very interesting to learn a few things about hydrogen embrittlement. Wasn't aware of this phenomena. Another reason why hydrogen isn't a viable, long-term solution, at least, presently.

wpgne, (edited ) to random
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A behind-the-scenes short compilation video of @codysimpson as he engages in a few different gym training weight exercises with less than one month to go before the start of the #AustralianOlympicTrials .
Nice touch with having "Part The Seas" as the soundtrack -- one of my favs. Tempo is sync'd nicely with many of the movements, so a great choice.

pabloniusmonk, to random
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It upsets me that I played even a minute part in this by having used FB.

Mark Zuckerberg turns 40 aboard his new megayacht.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24156199/mark-zuckerberg-turns-40-aboard-his-new-megayacht

wpgne,
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@pabloniusmonk my 10$ FB sticker pack "purchase" in 2007 was perhaps used to cover the cost of the captain's chair on that super yacht. Least I know where the contribution went...

Gargron, to random
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With @mike

wpgne,
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@Gargron @mike ahoy Capt. Masto -- taking us away from Silicon Valley

KiwiEV, to random
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Many older men like to believe they are rational thinkers first and foremost; not slaves to emotional outbursts.
But all you gotta do to disprove that theory is chuck a pic like this on their social media feed. 🤣

wpgne,
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@KiwiEV that's pretty awesome - could go for a 2024 (remastered 1970) Chevrolet Chevelle SS EV

wpgne, to music
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Made my first mix CD in about four years recently. My car is just old enough (2006 model year, but assembled in 2005) that they hadn't installed either an MP3 decoder nor an aux port in it to use phones or other devices to play music from. I do have an FM transmitter I can use, if needed.
First song I put on this new CD was @codysimpson 's demo of "Kirra", which I really like -- even in it's rawest form. Will be interesting to see how it gets arranged in the future. #music #mixCD

mitch, to random
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I wonder sometimes how much our perception of Apocalypse is rooted in Catholic catechism.

wpgne,
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@mitch the concept of "apocalypse", to me, is less about the physical world and more concerning the perceptions of it.

wpgne, to random
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Some light thundershowers very early this morning are the first, here, in 2024. Awakened to hear the action.

wpgne, to random
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's triangular sealing plate is detailed in this video by :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8coGQ9kvBas
It includes all of the inscriptions (the water voice prints are really fantastic), along with the microchip of 2.6 million names that will be affixed onto the "message in a bottle" design above the engraving of Ada Limon's handwritten "In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa".
Pretty cool to see it all here before heading on its journey.

KiwiEV, to random
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I drove this Polestar 4 but I can't tell you about it due to an embargo. But I found a cheeky way to get around it: you guys can just fill in the blanks!
The car rides like [REDACTED] due to its [REDACTED] which acts like a [REDACTED] when you [REDACTED].
Get creative! 😂

wpgne,
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@KiwiEV The car rides like a baked potato due to its potato cargo which acts like a boiled potato when you mash it.

wpgne, (edited ) to random
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With about one month to go before the #AustralianOlympicTrials, @codysimpson is nearly in the homestretch to make the trek to Brisbane. I wouldn't be surprised if we hear less from him over the coming weeks as he perhaps gets "sequestered", to some degree. But, based on how active he was prior to Commonwealth, there's no guarantee about that happening.

wpgne,
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Noticed that "The Next Golden Adventure" poem by Nep (which Codes took credit for) was moved to Cody's poetry account (should be Nep's but that one was reallocated for the clothing line). Was going to comment on it a bit. It's a nice one, although the stanza print layout is a little off (due to the printer I would tend to think). Oh well. Keeping with the writing theme... here's another recent pic of Codes -- and one of mine, for good measure, and a change.

Colour photo of a Canon AE-1 film camera atop four horizontal books (each progressively "longer"): "Prince Neptune" "The Mediterranean" "Complete Works of Rimbaud" Three plays by Ibsen: "An Enemy of the People", "The Wild Duck", and "Hedda Gabler"
Colour photo of Cody Simpson's first book, a plus sign, followed by my own paperback copy of "Complete Works of Rimbaud", an equals sign, and, lastly, "Prince Neptune: Poetry and Prose". I had a sudden urge last October to get the same edition of Rimbaud's work, like I knew Cody had. Couldn't find a hardcover one, but did get this pristine paperback. Have read through the poetry here and there, but found the letters in the back rather interesting as well.

wpgne,
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@MrAndrewD yes, thank you for catching that.

wpgne, (edited ) to random
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Had to do an emergency glue transfer into, of all things, an empty and clean Arby's Sauce bottle after the original, half-full bottle of glue cracked around and centre and began to leak. Used a putty knife to move it over. If I didn't, the remaining glue would likely dry and set inside the old bottle due to being exposed to regular air, for prolonged periods (ie: whenever I might need some next). I estimate the glue bottle is 10-15 years old, so the plastic had degraded.

wpgne,
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@pabloniusmonk yeah, the same thing crossed my mind after filling it lol. Would have been too perfect of an option, perhaps.

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