The CoronaVirus WTF are you doing with yourself while being isolated thread

[highland145]

@purbeast0
need to adjust the vertical hold.

 

[purbeast0]

@purbeast0
need to adjust the vertical hold.

Yeah as I mentioned, I haven't messed with the remote control board or done any calibration at all. I'll get to it today. Trying not to do everything at once so I have stuff to do while quarantined lol.

EDIT:

And are you saying the v-hold will fix the ghosting type issue I am seeing? I honestly don't even understand what half the monitor controls actually "do". I mean I know if the v-hold is not set right it will scroll the pic all squished, but like, from a technical stand point, I don't "get it" as to what like half of them actually are doing.

 

[shortylickens]

I have not adjusted a vertical hold since 1999.

 

[highland145]

Yeah as I mentioned, I haven't messed with the remote control board or done any calibration at all. I'll get to it today. Trying not to do everything at once so I have stuff to do while quarantined lol.

EDIT:

And are you saying the v-hold will fix the ghosting type issue I am seeing? I honestly don't even understand what half the monitor controls actually "do". I mean I know if the v-hold is not set right it will scroll the pic all squished, but like, from a technical stand point, I don't "get it" as to what like half of them actually are doing.

I was being a smart ass. Sub 30 y.o. probably have never heard of v hold.

What shorty said.

As a kid, I remember having to wack the side of the tv when it acted up.

 

[purbeast0]

I was being a smart ass. Sub 30 y.o. probably have never heard of v hold.

What shorty said.

As a kid, I remember having to wack the side of the tv when it acted up.

Oh lol okay. I mean it's one of the knobs on my remote board so thought you were serious, but you may also be right too lol.

 

[IronWing]

Oh lol okay. I mean it's one of the knobs on my remote board so thought you were serious, but you may also be right too lol.

The strobing effect of making a video of a CTR mimics the effect of the v hold being out of whack.

 

[purbeast0]

The strobing effect of making a video of a CTR mimics the effect of the v hold being out of whack.

Well kind of. You can still see the picture just fine, which when the v-hold is out of whack (at least on my arcade games) is not the case. The picture scrolls with the flicker when it's out of sync.

But I get it

 

[Stopsignhank]

I was being a smart ass. Sub 30 y.o. probably have never heard of v hold.

What shorty said.

As a kid, I remember having to wack the side of the tv when it acted up.

He obviously needs to take the tubes out and take them down to the drug store to see if they are working.

 

[highland145]

He obviously needs to take the tubes out and take them down to the drug store to see if they are working.

You are old.

 

[sdifox]

You are old.

I remember B&W CRT packed in wooden crate with straw bales as packing material.

 

[highland145]

I remember B&W CRT packed in wooden crate with straw bales as packing material.

Takes a while to get the good shit in Canada.

 

[sdifox]

Takes a while to get the good shit in Canada.

This was in Taiwan.

 

[highland145]

This was in Taiwan.

One of these?

 

[Stopsignhank]

You are old.

That is the pot calling the kettle black.

 

[highland145]

That is the pot calling the kettle black.

lol so true but I'm working my back into diapers.... Hope my CNA is hot.

 

[sdifox]

One of these?


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Just the tube.

 

[dasherHampton]

I got back to my video baseball career.

I figured out what I was doing wrong. The game keeps on stressing that you have to change speeds so I was trying to vary the power I threw my pitches with, especially the changeup. That wasn't correct (lol it only took me like 7 seasons to figure that out; I never claimed to be a gaming genius). You still have to to throw pitches full power almost all of the time.

I got traded around like a cheap hooker (like 5 times). But I finally made the majors, signed a 4 year 20 million dollar deal with the Padres, and promptly imploded during Spring training ( 98.00 ERA).

So I'm back in AAA. But at least I'm starting instead of mopping up blowouts.

God the 2010 Padres suck balls. Their record is like 5-26. They need me to come back up and bolster the rotation.

 

[shortylickens]

The local water board just dumped a whole bunch of chlorine in the water supply.
Now it tastes like shit and its messed up my filter. I have to order another filter from Amazon. They are taking a month to fill orders.
So I'm sitting around miserable and crying like a little girl with a skinned knee.

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Nice spring day today and I was doing yard work. Some brush removal, fixing the roof of my shed, little painting. Sounded like my entire neighborhood had the same idea. At least half the houses within earshot were doing something outdoors with power tools. Neighbor on one side fixing gutters and downspouts, other side was hedge trimming. Guy across the street was doing his brakes, heard a weed whacker, a chainsaw, drills and hammers, leaf blower, it was a really productive day around here. Gonna rain for most of the weekend, so everyone got outside as much as possible.

 

[Captante]

There were absolutely zero paper towels or toilet paper though, but there was bread and hamburger buns!

That will work in a pinch.

I'll stick with ketchup and mustard myself thanks!

 

[mopardude87]

Been cleaning the entire yard and house whenever my hypomania triggers and i get a burst of energy.Did a bunch of yard work and various other stuff but keeping busy. Cleaned stove cause this person i live with is so lazy he left insane amounts of cheese on bottom to burn out. I had to clean that and i guess the omega king himself who believes in flat earth,smarter then neil tyson and Bill Nye he claims yet got defeated when he decided to remove the racks i had relocated accidently he couldn't get them back in.....

How can be a person be so smart yet so stupid? Oh i got woken up at 3:26am for this. I thought it was a emergency. I figured i would share cause yeah a real rocket scientist lives with me and a new past time may be finding out how "smart" he really is. That should keep me busy during this time.

I hope my misery with the worlds smartest stupid person has been enjoyable to someone, the best comedy is from a tragedy honestly and well i hope someone enjoyed this little rant LOL.

 

[shortylickens]

https://imgur.com/tEDNU9k

 

[mopardude87]

https://imgur.com/tEDNU9k

Hmm, go to a Pub with the other drunks or stay home run folding@home and blare some tunes through my headphones with a nice cup of milk and some nice indica? Geez let me think about this its a tough choice!

 

[shortylickens]

 

[shortylickens]

This is like seven japans.