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Author Topic: The last person who posts here wins Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-17-2009 06:57 PM                     If they would just put urinals in home bathrooms the problem would be solved completely. Women would never have to worry about the seat being up. Men wouldn't have to worry about getting up in the middle of the night with a piss boner. If you put a waterproof glow-in-the-dark decal at the back of the urinal, nobody would have to worry about turning on the light in order to just take a leak. Everybody would be a winner!  |  IP: Logged Clint Koch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1435 From: San Luis Obispo, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-17-2009 09:57 PM                     Them Crooked Vultures!!! ROCKS!!!  |  IP: Logged Clint Koch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1435 From: San Luis Obispo, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-18-2009 12:57 AM                     After a second and third listen...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It may not be for everyone but for me this shit FUCKING ROCKS!!!  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-18-2009 03:42 AM                     It's a slap-bang 1,800 mile road chase that jams all 40 channels with laughs!  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-18-2009 08:19 AM                        Hey! How did Clint get to post two consecutive replies? I tried that once and the site wouldn't allow it.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-18-2009 08:44 AM                        Ya gotta have friends in high places. Oh, and by the way, I solved the, "blinded by the light" problem getting up in the middle of the nite...for the 3rd time. I hated it so much that I told her, we put carpet on the floor so when we get out of bed we don't get our feet shocked by cold, why are we letting our eyes get blasted by light? In the bathroon I just got one of those plug-in night lights that has a motion sensor built in. I am not even at the door of the bathroom and it goes on -- a gentle, 7 watts of light. The outlet is, as you can find in many a bathroom design, up at the mirror height, there for the shaver and hair drier. So the light is not at floor level and it lights up the room nicely -- enough to see if the damn seat is up or down and where you are aiming. I never even turn on the regular light. In the bedroom I got a one of those rope lights that can be had fairly cheaply on line. At first I just layed it against the base of the bed, the length perfectly matches the length of three sides of the bed. It is connected to a readily available sensor device which is a small box that plugs into the wall outlet and the rope light into it. I liked it so much (she didn't) that I improved it by gluing the plastic tube to the underside of the overhang of the platform. Now when I get out of the bed, just swinging my legs over the side will trigger the rope light on and light my entire pathway with indirect light. Problem is, when she gets out on her side, the sensor can't see her. The only solution that I could come up with -- the obvious of putting a sensor on her side was too complicated; you can't combine the AC outlet of the two as that will blow both of them up. The easier solution which works fine is just to use a second rope light and operated by a second sensor placed on her side of the bed. Very sweet, AND she actually love it. I happen to HATE ever walking into dark rooms so all the rooms in our apartment have lights somewhere that are always on. They are on dimmers so they are just barely lite, but every room has a soft glow, so even at night we don't have to turn the regular lights on to go from room to room.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-18-2009 09:49 AM                     If you work in a theater you should be used to walking around in the dark. I put little, 1/4" square, pieces of glow tape on each door handle and on the edge of the door jamb. I'm used to finding my way around in the dark, plus I know my way around my house at night. All I need is to know if a door is open or shut. If I come to a door and I only see one little glowing dot of light I know the door is closed. If I see two glowing dots I know the door is open an I know how far it is open. I almost never stumble into things in the dark unless I come home drunk, which is only like twice per year.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-18-2009 10:09 AM                        Ya but Randy, it's BECAUSE I work in theatre that I have everything on dimmers. It's not that I don't know my place well enuf to do make my way around it in the dark, call me crazy, but it's just I am very, VERY uncomfortable, even anxious, walking into a dark room. And dimmers are less expensive than a shrink or medication or both. BTW, I wanted to change that rope light image to one of Greg -- but not only won't it let you double post, but it won't let you dilly-dally either -- don't get your edit done quickly enough, it will not let you do it at all....pretty intolerant of InfoPop, I'd say!  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-18-2009 11:21 AM                     quote: Frank Angel Ya but Randy, it's BECAUSE I work in theatre that I have everything on dimmers. Ward-Leonard plate dimmers. Right? I tried to install those too but my wife made too much of a fuss. After working in movie theaters and stages for so many years I am used to the dark. Not saying I like it any more than other people. I'm just used to it. You learn to navigate by memory and you learn how to pick out objects, not by looking at them but by discerning outlines of things by the light of the exit signs. People get all freaky about walking in the dark. I just tell them to stand still while I go turn on the house lights but they still panic and try to feel their way around. I usually don't worry about it, myself. The only time this becomes a problem is when the orchestra pit is open. Most of the time there is a ghost light on stage but there are times when it goes out or it's right before a show when it won't be used. That's the only time I worry about people fumbling around in the dark. They could end up, bloody and broken, lying in a heap at the bottom of the orchestra pit!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-18-2009 11:55 AM                        Ooh, a wed wose...how womantic.  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-18-2009 12:24 PM                        That's an LED rope light in my profile picture. I bought a few strings of that stuff specifically because I wanted to use them as accent lights along the floor. I'm pretty happy with them because A) they don't heat up and B) they use such a little, tiny bit of electricity.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-18-2009 03:45 PM                  Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-18-2009 05:12 PM                        Less than 50 to go, eh?  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-18-2009 05:39 PM                     Cavitate! Cavitate! Right full rudder! Sound the collision alarm! Try saying that when you're about to bone your girlfriend. When she looks at you like you've lost your mind, just say, "I'm on the Hunt for Pink October!"  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-18-2009 06:38 PM                        I think Bobby needs to find a girlfriend...quick.  |  IP: Logged

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