I'm still working on getting sketchup working in Linux (no luck), but have
it (SU6) up in a old version of W2K. Looks pretty good, but I'm curious
about Google's hold on this product.
My question: Can Google Sketchup (freebie) create drawings in any format
other than Google's proprietary file extension (skp). What is .skp and how
can it be printed, exported, etc, into other formats likes tiff, jpeg, etc?
Or can it? In short, what can I do with a SU drawing other than edit and
view it on my computer screen or give it to Google? Thank you.
nb
"Leon" wrote
>
> This place has pretty good prices.
> http://frys.com/
>
If you happen to be near one of their retail stores, you will be in geek
paradise checking out their computer parts. But be warned, just because
Fry's carries it, doesn't mean they have it in stock. They are often out of
an item. But the selection is good and if you just want standard items, you
will do just fine.
"Robatoy" wrote ...
On Jun 3, 3:16 pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Swingman" wrote:
> > In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
> > "Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ... 12% alcohol,
> > and, as he was wont to say, "wine costs less". Some of my earliest
> > memories are the Hadacol signs on the sides of barns.
>
> Remember the story about the sparrow that drank Hadacol?
>
> Raped two eagles and took off after a B-29.
>
> Now that's old.
>
> Lew
I don't believe that really happened.
=================================
You would had to be drinking Hadacol at the time.
On Thu, 28 May 2009 15:20:57 GMT, notbob <[email protected]> wrote:
>My question: Can Google Sketchup (freebie) create drawings in any format
>other than Google's proprietary file extension (skp). What is .skp and how
>can it be printed, exported, etc, into other formats likes tiff, jpeg, etc?
>Or can it? In short, what can I do with a SU drawing other than edit and
>view it on my computer screen or give it to Google? Thank you.
Haven't looked at all the replies, so this may be a duplication of
effort. The free version has little or not export capability, maybe
import is a little better, since several formats are listed in the
import drop down, but I've never tried anything but JPG.
The "Pro" version (~500$) adds a number of vector graphics formats to
the list.
http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/product/whygopro.html
Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
USA
"Steve Turner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> HeyBub wrote:
>> Steve Turner wrote:
>>> notbob wrote:
>>>> I need to buy some new computer hardware. It's that simple. :|
>>> TigerDirect is a pretty good resource for that.
>>
>> Or walmart.com.
>
> Walmart doesn't sell things like motherboards and power supplies though.
> Assuming, of course, that "I need to buy some new computer hardware" means
> "I want to build a system" rather than "I want to buy a system", which may
> be a poor assumption on my part. Even so, TigerDirect is a pretty good
> resource for any of that stuff, complete systems included. Besides, I hate
> "Walmarts"*.
>
> * One of the many words that are always pluralized in Tex-English.
This place has pretty good prices.
http://frys.com/
I buy most of my hardware from www.newegg.com these days. You sort of have
to know what you're after, but they've got all the good stuff at decent
prices.
Tom Dacon
"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2009-05-29, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This place has pretty good prices.
>> http://frys.com/
>
> That's why I'm so spoiled. I used to live withing driving distance of
> half
> dozen Fry's. Now, I'm in remote CO. I have to use mail-order. I
> wouldn't
> even know where to go if I drove to Denver.
>
> nb
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Jun 3, 2:34 am, Tom Veatch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:21:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
> >"Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ...
>
> I haven't thought of old Dudley J. and Hadacol in many, many years.
> When I was just a kid in the piney woods of North Louisiana in the
> late '40s and early '50s, most all the little old ladies were staunch
> Baptist and would raise Holy Hell if a bottle of whisky crossed their
> threshold. But an awful lot of them had a bottle of Hadacol sitting
> around somewhere in the house.
>
> Tom Veatch
> Wichita, KS
> USA
Those are the people/relatives I talk about.
My buddy's mom, when I was growing up, had a knitting club. The local
neigbourhood moms would sit around, knit, gossip, and eat
'boerejonges'. Those are brandy-soaked raisins. Innocent enough,
right?
You take a litre of brandy, throw in a bunch of dried raisins and put
it on a shelf for (I'm guessing) months.
Then, 3 or 4 moms would eat the whole lot.... and I could tell from
the tone of 'chats' they were having, that the raisins possessed
magical powers..<G>
Raisins or no raisins, a litre of brandy is a litre of brandy.
By coincidence, whilst flipping channels, I just happened to catch a few
minutes of an 'I Love Lucy' episode where she's doing the commercial for
"Vita-Veggie-Something-or-Other" and gets shitfaced in the process of
numerous takes.
And, how many of us had relatives (elderly?) that kept a jar of
Mentholatum on window sills in the bedroom(s)?
Dave in Houston
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Steve Turner wrote:
>> notbob wrote:
>>> I need to buy some new computer hardware. It's that simple. :|
>>
>> TigerDirect is a pretty good resource for that.
>
> Or walmart.com.
>
Actually desk top computers have become pretty cheap. If yours is "that
old" an entry level $300 computer may look like a screaming machine. :~)
On Jun 3, 2:34=A0am, Tom Veatch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:21:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
> >"Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ...
>
> I haven't thought of old Dudley J. and Hadacol in many, many years.
> When I was just a kid in the piney woods of North Louisiana in the
> late '40s and early '50s, most all the little old ladies were staunch
> Baptist and would raise Holy Hell if a bottle of whisky crossed their
> threshold. But an awful lot of them had a bottle of Hadacol sitting
> around somewhere in the house.
>
> Tom Veatch
> Wichita, KS
> USA
Those are the people/relatives I talk about.
My buddy's mom, when I was growing up, had a knitting club. The local
neigbourhood moms would sit around, knit, gossip, and eat
'boerejonges'. Those are brandy-soaked raisins. Innocent enough,
right?
You take a litre of brandy, throw in a bunch of dried raisins and put
it on a shelf for (I'm guessing) months.
Then, 3 or 4 moms would eat the whole lot.... and I could tell from
the tone of 'chats' they were having, that the raisins possessed
magical powers..<G>
Raisins or no raisins, a litre of brandy is a litre of brandy.
On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:21:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
>"Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ...
I haven't thought of old Dudley J. and Hadacol in many, many years.
When I was just a kid in the piney woods of North Louisiana in the
late '40s and early '50s, most all the little old ladies were staunch
Baptist and would raise Holy Hell if a bottle of whisky crossed their
threshold. But an awful lot of them had a bottle of Hadacol sitting
around somewhere in the house.
Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
USA
On Jun 3, 8:40=A0pm, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in news:6e5532f6-07c5-4150-9ff6-
> [email protected]:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 3, 2:34=A0am, Tom Veatch <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:21:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
> >> >"Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ...
>
> >> I haven't thought of old Dudley J. and Hadacol in many, many years.
> >> When I was just a kid in the piney woods of North Louisiana in the
> >> late '40s and early '50s, most all the little old ladies were staunch
> >> Baptist and would raise Holy Hell if a bottle of whisky crossed their
> >> threshold. But an awful lot of them had a bottle of Hadacol sitting
> >> around somewhere in the house.
>
> >> Tom Veatch
> >> Wichita, KS
> >> USA
>
> > Those are the people/relatives I talk about.
> > My buddy's mom, when I was growing up, had a knitting club. The local
> > neigbourhood moms would sit around, knit, gossip, and eat
> > 'boerejonges'. Those are brandy-soaked raisins. Innocent enough,
> > right?
> > You take a litre of brandy, throw in a bunch of dried raisins and put
> > it on a shelf for (I'm guessing) months.
> > Then, 3 or 4 moms would eat the whole lot.... and I could tell from
> > the tone of 'chats' they were having, that the raisins possessed
> > magical powers..<G>
> > Raisins or no raisins, a litre of brandy is a litre of brandy.
>
> Boere Jongens: =A0Literally, Farmers' (or farmer's) boys:
>
> Current recipe:http://www.familycookbookproject.com/view_recipesite.asp?r=
id=3D26200&uid=3D
> 1617&sid=3D3493
>
> I would guess that the original hard liquor used was jenever, not really
> whiskey, and certainly not brandy. =A0Nother guess: =A0Drinking the jenev=
er
> straight was too harsh for the knitting club ladies. =A0A little dilution
> and more flavor and you're good to go ...
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid
Ahhh yes, the wicked task of translation. The mix-up from my part was
in the word brandewijn. You are correct, it is not brandy that gets
the knitting club hammered, it is grain alcohol, affectionately called
brandewijn. I sit corrected, ^hic^
"Steve Turner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> HeyBub wrote:
>> Steve Turner wrote:
>>> notbob wrote:
>>>> I need to buy some new computer hardware. It's that simple. :|
>>> TigerDirect is a pretty good resource for that.
>>
>> Or walmart.com.
>
> Walmart doesn't sell things like motherboards and power supplies though.
> Assuming, of course, that "I need to buy some new computer hardware" means
> "I want to build a system" rather than "I want to buy a system", which may
> be a poor assumption on my part. Even so, TigerDirect is a pretty good
> resource for any of that stuff, complete systems included. Besides, I hate
> "Walmarts"*.
>
> * One of the many words that are always pluralized in Tex-English.
>
> --
> See Nad. See Nad go. Go Nad!
> To reply, eat the taco.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/
I buy some computer parts from computer geeks.com. Haven't been
disappointed yet.
On Jun 4, 7:07=A0am, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote innews:74735082-b9be-4ac1-b2e8-44=
[email protected]:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 3, 8:40=A0pm, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in
> >> news:6e5532f6-07c5-4150-9ff6-
> >> [email protected]:
>
> >> > On Jun 3, 2:34=A0am, Tom Veatch <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:21:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
> >> >> >"Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ...
>
> >> >> I haven't thought of old Dudley J. and Hadacol in many, many
> >> >> years. When I was just a kid in the piney woods of North Louisiana
> >> >> in the late '40s and early '50s, most all the little old ladies
> >> >> were staunch Baptist and would raise Holy Hell if a bottle of
> >> >> whisky crossed their threshold. But an awful lot of them had a
> >> >> bottle of Hadacol sitting around somewhere in the house.
>
> >> >> Tom Veatch
> >> >> Wichita, KS
> >> >> USA
>
> >> > Those are the people/relatives I talk about.
> >> > My buddy's mom, when I was growing up, had a knitting club. The
> >> > local neigbourhood moms would sit around, knit, gossip, and eat
> >> > 'boerejonges'. Those are brandy-soaked raisins. Innocent enough,
> >> > right?
> >> > You take a litre of brandy, throw in a bunch of dried raisins and
> >> > put it on a shelf for (I'm guessing) months.
> >> > Then, 3 or 4 moms would eat the whole lot.... and I could tell from
> >> > the tone of 'chats' they were having, that the raisins possessed
> >> > magical powers..<G>
> >> > Raisins or no raisins, a litre of brandy is a litre of brandy.
>
> >> Boere Jongens: =A0Literally, Farmers' (or farmer's) boys:
>
> >> Current
> >> recipe:http://www.familycookbookproject.com/view_recipesite.asp?r
> > id=3D26200&uid> 1617&sid=3D3493
>
> >> I would guess that the original hard liquor used was jenever, not
> >> really whiskey, and certainly not brandy. =A0Nother guess: =A0Drinking
> >> the jenev
> > er
> >> straight was too harsh for the knitting club ladies. =A0A little
> >> dilution and more flavor and you're good to go ...
>
> >> --
> >> Best regards
> >> Han
> >> email address is invalid
>
> > Ahhh yes, the wicked task of translation. The mix-up from my part was
> > in the word brandewijn. You are correct, it is not brandy that gets
> > the knitting club hammered, it is grain alcohol, affectionately called
> > brandewijn. I sit corrected, ^hic^
>
> I hope you're enjoying the recipe!
>
> Me, I stay with Stella Artois. =A0Proost!
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid
I like Stella. It is high on the list.
Erdinger Weiss or Grolsch. Those are my favourites. I will drink what
is offered so not to offend the host(ess), in most cases.
I have tried many brews from 'artsy-crafty' breweries. but I don't
want chocolate or fruit in my beer..or nettles, that's just weird
shit.
Guinness I can drink, but I still wonder what the hubbub's all about.
Alexander Keith on draught is nice. Really nice. IF they pump it with
CO2 and not ' beer gas'.
Budweiser in a bottle isn't too bad for yard-work, mowing the lawn. Ol
Milwaukee isn't too bad, even though my beer-snob frieds poo-poo it.
Serve one up in a glass and they LIKE it. A lot of that crap is in
their heads. Do a blind test on your friends one day... it is fun!
Which brings me to the conclusion that there is NO beer I cannot get
down. <G> It is called conditioning.
Marty <[email protected]> writes:
> Hey, go to geeks.com, they have some good buys on refurb'd computer
> hardware (all P4s) and often include a copy of WIN XP. You have
> a monitor,keyboard, mouse so it may be worth a look.
Looks good. Thank you.
nb
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
> If it's Miller, Bud, or Coors, it is very much over priced and under
> peckered, IMHO.
Canoe beer. A waste of water and yeast and whatever else they use to
make that crap (rice, corn, etc). Anyone who thinks it's real beer
has not been educated.
nb
Turbocad 15/16 has some limited interchange capabilities with Sketchup.
Tom Dacon
"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm still working on getting sketchup working in Linux (no luck), but have
> it (SU6) up in a old version of W2K. Looks pretty good, but I'm curious
> about Google's hold on this product.
>
> My question: Can Google Sketchup (freebie) create drawings in any format
> other than Google's proprietary file extension (skp). What is .skp and
> how
> can it be printed, exported, etc, into other formats likes tiff, jpeg,
> etc?
> Or can it? In short, what can I do with a SU drawing other than edit and
> view it on my computer screen or give it to Google? Thank you.
>
> nb
Hey, go to geeks.com, they have some good buys on refurb'd computer
hardware (all P4s) and often include a copy of WIN XP. You have
a monitor,keyboard, mouse so it may be worth a look.
notbob wrote:
> On 2009-05-28, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I did not realize that 7.0 would not work on Linux.
>
> Actually, I think it might, Leon. The problem is, I've been hanging on to
> my old hardware for too long. My ancient PII w/ linux runs so good, why
> upgrade. I have a legit copy of XP, but the PII ain't got the cpu pwr. I
> think I could get SU7 to run w/ linux, but my video card has fallen into
> driver limbo. Matrox made drivers for Xfree86 x-window system (linux), but
> when it changed to to xorg system, Matrox didn't bother to follow.
>
> I need to buy some new computer hardware. It's that simple. :|
>
> nb
notbob wrote:
> On 2009-05-29, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This place has pretty good prices.
>> http://frys.com/
>
> That's why I'm so spoiled. I used to live withing driving distance of half
> dozen Fry's. Now, I'm in remote CO. I have to use mail-order. I wouldn't
> even know where to go if I drove to Denver.
>
> nb
We have a Fry's here in Austin; it's great fun to visit and they carry
zillions of computer parts, but my experience is that they can't match
TigerDirect in price. Just had a 500GB Western Digital Caviar delivered
to my door for $59 plus shipping ($67), and it got here in three days.
The best Fry's could do was $89 plus tax.
--
"Our beer goes through thousands of quality Czechs every day."
(From a Shiner Bock billboard I saw in Austin some years ago)
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/
HeyBub wrote:
> Steve Turner wrote:
>> notbob wrote:
>>> I need to buy some new computer hardware. It's that simple. :|
>> TigerDirect is a pretty good resource for that.
>
> Or walmart.com.
Walmart doesn't sell things like motherboards and power supplies though.
Assuming, of course, that "I need to buy some new computer hardware"
means "I want to build a system" rather than "I want to buy a system",
which may be a poor assumption on my part. Even so, TigerDirect is a
pretty good resource for any of that stuff, complete systems included.
Besides, I hate "Walmarts"*.
* One of the many words that are always pluralized in Tex-English.
--
See Nad. See Nad go. Go Nad!
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/
"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm still working on getting sketchup working in Linux (no luck), but have
> it (SU6) up in a old version of W2K. Looks pretty good, but I'm curious
> about Google's hold on this product.
>
> My question: Can Google Sketchup (freebie) create drawings in any format
> other than Google's proprietary file extension (skp). What is .skp and
> how
> can it be printed, exported, etc, into other formats likes tiff, jpeg,
> etc?
> Or can it? In short, what can I do with a SU drawing other than edit and
> view it on my computer screen or give it to Google? Thank you.
>
> nb
You have many more options available with SU 7.0. If you print to PDF files
which most any one can view and you can print to scale which IIRC was not
possible with the previous free version.
You can use http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php for a free PDF
creator.
*
How do I print to scale?
Print
1. Switch to paraline mode by turning perspective mode off. To turn
perspective mode off, open the "Camera" menu and click "Perspective" (so
that a check mark is not displayed next to it).
2. Select a standard scalable view: Iso, Top, Front, Right, Back, or
Left. To select a standard view, open the "Camera" menu, point to
"Standard," and then click one of the views. Note: The scalable edges are
those aligned with the axes.
Standard scalable view
3. PC: Open the "File" menu, and then click "Print."
Mac: Open the "File" menu, and then click "Document Setup."
4. In the "Print Size" section of the "Print" dialog box, clear the "Fit
to page" option.
5. If you are in paraline mode (step 1) and have selected a standard view
(step 2), the scale options in the "Print Size" (Mac: "Print Scale") section
are enabled when you clear the "Fit to page" option. Set the scale you want
to use.
6. PC: Click "OK" to print your model.
Mac: Click "OK" to save your document settings, and then print your
model by opening the "File" menu, and then clicking "Print."
"Swingman" wrote:
> In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
> "Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ... 12% alcohol,
> and, as he was wont to say, "wine costs less". Some of my earliest
> memories are the Hadacol signs on the sides of barns.
Remember the story about the sparrow that drank Hadacol?
Raped two eagles and took off after a B-29.
Now that's old.
Lew
Tom Veatch <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> The "Pro" version (~500$) adds a number of vector graphics
> formats to the list.
>
> http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/product/whygopro.html
>
And for those interested in the Pro version, you can save $100.
http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2009/05/save-some-cash-on-
sketchup-pro.html
Larry
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in news:6e5532f6-07c5-4150-9ff6-
[email protected]:
> On Jun 3, 2:34 am, Tom Veatch <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:21:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
>> >"Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ...
>>
>> I haven't thought of old Dudley J. and Hadacol in many, many years.
>> When I was just a kid in the piney woods of North Louisiana in the
>> late '40s and early '50s, most all the little old ladies were staunch
>> Baptist and would raise Holy Hell if a bottle of whisky crossed their
>> threshold. But an awful lot of them had a bottle of Hadacol sitting
>> around somewhere in the house.
>>
>> Tom Veatch
>> Wichita, KS
>> USA
>
> Those are the people/relatives I talk about.
> My buddy's mom, when I was growing up, had a knitting club. The local
> neigbourhood moms would sit around, knit, gossip, and eat
> 'boerejonges'. Those are brandy-soaked raisins. Innocent enough,
> right?
> You take a litre of brandy, throw in a bunch of dried raisins and put
> it on a shelf for (I'm guessing) months.
> Then, 3 or 4 moms would eat the whole lot.... and I could tell from
> the tone of 'chats' they were having, that the raisins possessed
> magical powers..<G>
> Raisins or no raisins, a litre of brandy is a litre of brandy.
Boere Jongens: Literally, Farmers' (or farmer's) boys:
Current recipe:
http://www.familycookbookproject.com/view_recipesite.asp?rid=26200&uid=
1617&sid=3493
I would guess that the original hard liquor used was jenever, not really
whiskey, and certainly not brandy. Nother guess: Drinking the jenever
straight was too harsh for the knitting club ladies. A little dilution
and more flavor and you're good to go ...
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in
news:74735082-b9be-4ac1-b2e8-4473a3dd4244@s16g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
> On Jun 3, 8:40 pm, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:6e5532f6-07c5-4150-9ff6-
>> [email protected]:
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 3, 2:34 am, Tom Veatch <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:21:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
>> >> >"Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ...
>>
>> >> I haven't thought of old Dudley J. and Hadacol in many, many
>> >> years. When I was just a kid in the piney woods of North Louisiana
>> >> in the late '40s and early '50s, most all the little old ladies
>> >> were staunch Baptist and would raise Holy Hell if a bottle of
>> >> whisky crossed their threshold. But an awful lot of them had a
>> >> bottle of Hadacol sitting around somewhere in the house.
>>
>> >> Tom Veatch
>> >> Wichita, KS
>> >> USA
>>
>> > Those are the people/relatives I talk about.
>> > My buddy's mom, when I was growing up, had a knitting club. The
>> > local neigbourhood moms would sit around, knit, gossip, and eat
>> > 'boerejonges'. Those are brandy-soaked raisins. Innocent enough,
>> > right?
>> > You take a litre of brandy, throw in a bunch of dried raisins and
>> > put it on a shelf for (I'm guessing) months.
>> > Then, 3 or 4 moms would eat the whole lot.... and I could tell from
>> > the tone of 'chats' they were having, that the raisins possessed
>> > magical powers..<G>
>> > Raisins or no raisins, a litre of brandy is a litre of brandy.
>>
>> Boere Jongens: Literally, Farmers' (or farmer's) boys:
>>
>> Current
>> recipe:http://www.familycookbookproject.com/view_recipesite.asp?r
> id=26200&uid> 1617&sid=3493
>>
>> I would guess that the original hard liquor used was jenever, not
>> really whiskey, and certainly not brandy. Nother guess: Drinking
>> the jenev
> er
>> straight was too harsh for the knitting club ladies. A little
>> dilution and more flavor and you're good to go ...
>>
>> --
>> Best regards
>> Han
>> email address is invalid
>
> Ahhh yes, the wicked task of translation. The mix-up from my part was
> in the word brandewijn. You are correct, it is not brandy that gets
> the knitting club hammered, it is grain alcohol, affectionately called
> brandewijn. I sit corrected, ^hic^
>
I hope you're enjoying the recipe!
Me, I stay with Stella Artois. Proost!
--
Best regards
Han
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"Robatoy" wrote:
=================================
Budweiser in a bottle isn't too bad for yard-work, mowing the lawn. Ol
Milwaukee isn't too bad, even though my beer-snob frieds poo-poo it.
Serve one up in a glass and they LIKE it. A lot of that crap is in
their heads. Do a blind test on your friends one day... it is fun!
Which brings me to the conclusion that there is NO beer I cannot get
down. <G> It is called conditioning.
=========================================
If it's Miller, Bud, or Coors, it is very much over priced and under
peckered, IMHO.
Lew
On May 29, 9:16=A0am, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> HeyBub wrote:
> > Steve Turner wrote:
> >> notbob wrote:
> >>> I need to buy some new computer hardware. =A0It's that simple. =A0:|
>
> >> TigerDirect is a pretty good resource for that.
>
> > Or walmart.com.
>
> Personally I'm on my second Gateway and both have been happy campers. =A0=
I can
> see where they've cut corners that I wouldn't have cut building my own bu=
t I
> can't build 'em for the same price.
You only need a "barebones" setup as you have the OS already. Should
be very cheap. Or there is always Craigslist.
-Jim
"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2009-05-28, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> You have many more options available with SU 7.0. If you print to PDF
>> files
>> which most any one can view and you can print to scale which IIRC was not
>> possible with the previous free version.
>
> OK. Thnx for the info. Unfortunately, I'm running ancient computer
> hardware. It's fine for linux, but not enough horsepower for XP. Maybe
> when I upgrade, but I'd rather spend my money on tools. Got 3 new DeWalt
> woodworking tools and I'd like to get one of those multi-tools. ;)
>
> nb
Sorry, I did not realize that 7.0 would not work on Linux.
On Jun 3, 3:16=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Swingman" wrote:
> > In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
> > "Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ... 12% alcohol,
> > and, as he was wont to say, "wine costs less". Some of my earliest
> > memories are the Hadacol signs on the sides of barns.
>
> Remember the story about the sparrow that drank Hadacol?
>
> Raped two eagles and took off after a B-29.
>
> Now that's old.
>
> Lew
I don't believe that really happened.
On Jun 3, 11:55=A0am, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> > Those are the people/relatives I talk about.
> > My buddy's mom, when I was growing up, had a knitting club. The local
> > neigbourhood moms would sit around, knit, gossip, and eat
> > 'boerejonges'. Those are brandy-soaked raisins. Innocent enough,
> > right?
> > You take a litre of brandy, throw in a bunch of dried raisins and put
> > it on a shelf for (I'm guessing) months.
> > Then, 3 or 4 moms would eat the whole lot.... and I could tell from
> > the tone of 'chats' they were having, that the raisins possessed
> > magical powers..<G>
> > Raisins or no raisins, a litre of brandy is a litre of brandy.
>
> I think this was before liters.
Centre, litre, theatre etc. My spell-checker says so.
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> If you have a business license and live in the same town with a Tech Data
or
> Ingram warehouse it's likely worth getting an account--you won't do enough
> volume to get the kinds of discounts that Newegg and the like get, but the
> account doesn't cost anything and you can pick stuff up same day at the
> warehouse.
I used to have an Ingram account and they cancelled it when I didn't place
an order in a six month time period. When I tried to renew the account, they
said I'd have to pay a $250 account fee and have to resubmit all my credit
information. I told them to shove it. The same thing happened with Supercom.
I don't know if they're still doing the same thing with the current economy,
but I now only deal with distributors that will let me have a cash only
account and not insist on all the credit information crap. This might be a
Canadian distributor cash grab. Do they do the same thing in the US?
On Jun 2, 7:22=A0am, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Seen top posted:
>
> > According to Google, SU will run on Linux using Wine:
> > Note: A Linux version of Google SketchUp isn't available at this time.
> > However, you may be interested to see how others have had success
> > running Google SketchUp on Linux using Wine.
>
> Operator runs SU on wine every night ... prefer a good Texas red from
> the Ft Stockton area, chilled to 65, in a big bowled wine glass.
>
I enjoy a little wine while I plunk away at the keyboard myself. It is
very relaxing. Funny thing about wine though....
Some of my family members are not 'drinkers'. All you have to do is
ask them. "We are not drinkers."
Yet the recyclers complain of back-pains every time they pick up the
glass bottles at my aunt's place...and that's not counting the gallons
which are bought in cardboard bladder boxes.
Somehow, wine doesn't count.
A local contractor, an Italian and one helluva of a nice guy, makes
his own wine. It is fabulous. Usually a Chianti style.
Him and his brother and their sons wouldn't THINK of drinking beer or
a shot of scotch. "That'sa drinkingk!"
Yet, on Sunday, after mass, they're so hammered, they're throwing
bocce balls at each other and groping what they can.
A regular riot and fun to watch.
Angela, at the stroke clinic, always asks what the alcohol intake of a
referred patient is. She then multiplies that answer by 4....unless
the patient is there with his/her spouse, then she multiplies the
answer by 2.
Like most things, moderation means different things to different
people. An uncle of mine, since deceased, used to put 'a little vodka'
in his orange juice. He would then wander into the kitchen a few
times, and every time he came back, the orange juice became more and
more see-through. I took a sip of it once and it kinda reminded me of
a dog, at full full speed, hitting the end of his chain, it almost
knocked me on my ass...LOL
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dave in Houston wrote:
>> And, how many of us had relatives (elderly?) that kept a jar of
>> Mentholatum on window sills in the bedroom(s)?
>>
>
> Don't you mean Vaseline?
No, Mentholatum.
Dave in Houston
notbob wrote:
> On 2009-05-28, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I did not realize that 7.0 would not work on Linux.
>
> Actually, I think it might, Leon. The problem is, I've been hanging on to
> my old hardware for too long. My ancient PII w/ linux runs so good, why
> upgrade. I have a legit copy of XP, but the PII ain't got the cpu pwr. I
> think I could get SU7 to run w/ linux, but my video card has fallen into
> driver limbo. Matrox made drivers for Xfree86 x-window system (linux),
> but when it changed to to xorg system, Matrox didn't bother to follow.
>
> I need to buy some new computer hardware. It's that simple. :|
>
> nb
Its my understanding that SU doesnt Port to linux at all. Are you trying to
run SU with Wine or some other crossover?
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586
Website Address http://rentmyhusband.biz/
HeyBub wrote:
> Steve Turner wrote:
>> notbob wrote:
>>> I need to buy some new computer hardware. It's that simple. :|
>>
>> TigerDirect is a pretty good resource for that.
>
> Or walmart.com.
Personally I'm on my second Gateway and both have been happy campers. I can
see where they've cut corners that I wouldn't have cut building my own but I
can't build 'em for the same price.
Tom Dacon wrote:
> I buy most of my hardware from www.newegg.com these days. You sort of
> have to know what you're after, but they've got all the good stuff at
> decent prices.
Me too as a rule. Way backalong I used to have an account with Tech Data,
which is a major wholesaler. Newegg was beating wholesale on the same
product, and one day I discovered that it was shipped from the same
warehouse--they were just passing the order along to Tech Data's online
order entry system. Note that Provantage, Amazon, and many other vendors do
the same thing, instead of having stock on hand they just pass the order
through to the wholesaler.
If you have a business license and live in the same town with a Tech Data or
Ingram warehouse it's likely worth getting an account--you won't do enough
volume to get the kinds of discounts that Newegg and the like get, but the
account doesn't cost anything and you can pick stuff up same day at the
warehouse.
Robatoy wrote:
>
> Those are the people/relatives I talk about.
> My buddy's mom, when I was growing up, had a knitting club. The local
> neigbourhood moms would sit around, knit, gossip, and eat
> 'boerejonges'. Those are brandy-soaked raisins. Innocent enough,
> right?
> You take a litre of brandy, throw in a bunch of dried raisins and put
> it on a shelf for (I'm guessing) months.
> Then, 3 or 4 moms would eat the whole lot.... and I could tell from
> the tone of 'chats' they were having, that the raisins possessed
> magical powers..<G>
> Raisins or no raisins, a litre of brandy is a litre of brandy.
I think this was before liters.
Seen top posted:
> According to Google, SU will run on Linux using Wine:
> Note: A Linux version of Google SketchUp isn't available at this time.
> However, you may be interested to see how others have had success
> running Google SketchUp on Linux using Wine.
Operator runs SU on wine every night ... prefer a good Texas red from
the Ft Stockton area, chilled to 65, in a big bowled wine glass.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)
Steve Turner wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>> On 2009-05-29, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> This place has pretty good prices.
>>> http://frys.com/
>>
>> That's why I'm so spoiled. I used to live withing driving distance of
>> half
>> dozen Fry's. Now, I'm in remote CO. I have to use mail-order. I
>> wouldn't
>> even know where to go if I drove to Denver.
>> nb
>
> We have a Fry's here in Austin; it's great fun to visit and they carry
> zillions of computer parts, but my experience is that they can't match
> TigerDirect in price. Just had a 500GB Western Digital Caviar delivered
> to my door for $59 plus shipping ($67), and it got here in three days.
> The best Fry's could do was $89 plus tax.
>
http://www.frys.com/product/5478279?site=frysecampaign
http://www.frys.com/product/5891013?site=frysecampaign
According to Google, SU will run on Linux using Wine:
Note: A Linux version of Google SketchUp isn't available at this time.
However, you may be interested to see how others have had success
running Google SketchUp on Linux using Wine.
On Thu, 28 May 2009 18:52:24 -0700, evodawg <[email protected]>
wrote:
>notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2009-05-28, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, I did not realize that 7.0 would not work on Linux.
>>
>> Actually, I think it might, Leon. The problem is, I've been hanging on to
>> my old hardware for too long. My ancient PII w/ linux runs so good, why
>> upgrade. I have a legit copy of XP, but the PII ain't got the cpu pwr. I
>> think I could get SU7 to run w/ linux, but my video card has fallen into
>> driver limbo. Matrox made drivers for Xfree86 x-window system (linux),
>> but when it changed to to xorg system, Matrox didn't bother to follow.
>>
>> I need to buy some new computer hardware. It's that simple. :|
>>
>> nb
>Its my understanding that SU doesnt Port to linux at all. Are you trying to
>run SU with Wine or some other crossover?
On 2009-05-28, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> You have many more options available with SU 7.0. If you print to PDF files
> which most any one can view and you can print to scale which IIRC was not
> possible with the previous free version.
OK. Thnx for the info. Unfortunately, I'm running ancient computer
hardware. It's fine for linux, but not enough horsepower for XP. Maybe
when I upgrade, but I'd rather spend my money on tools. Got 3 new DeWalt
woodworking tools and I'd like to get one of those multi-tools. ;)
nb
On 2009-05-28, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry, I did not realize that 7.0 would not work on Linux.
Actually, I think it might, Leon. The problem is, I've been hanging on to
my old hardware for too long. My ancient PII w/ linux runs so good, why
upgrade. I have a legit copy of XP, but the PII ain't got the cpu pwr. I
think I could get SU7 to run w/ linux, but my video card has fallen into
driver limbo. Matrox made drivers for Xfree86 x-window system (linux), but
when it changed to to xorg system, Matrox didn't bother to follow.
I need to buy some new computer hardware. It's that simple. :|
nb
On 2009-05-29, evodawg <[email protected]> wrote:
> run SU with Wine or some other crossover?
Yes, wine. I got SU6 to load ok, but the driver script to detect my
X-window system choked when it couldn't find Xfree86, which has been
replaced by the x.org window system. I know my card will work (there was
some question about OpenGL with my card) but I got it working on W2K just
fine. Prob with that is W2K is a copy and I'm on an M$ partnered dsl
provider. Not gonna go there. I need to have net access while I'm
learning.
I've got a couple other tricks up my sleeve. ;)
nb
On 2009-05-29, Steve Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Besides, I hate "Walmarts"*.
Agreed. The few components WM does carry are insanely overpriced. I will
be updating components only. No point in buying new case (I've got several),
audio card, P/S, NIC, CD drives, etc. A mobo, cpu, vid card and memory
should do it.
nb
On 2009-05-29, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
> This place has pretty good prices.
> http://frys.com/
That's why I'm so spoiled. I used to live withing driving distance of half
dozen Fry's. Now, I'm in remote CO. I have to use mail-order. I wouldn't
even know where to go if I drove to Denver.
nb
Robatoy wrote:
> I enjoy a little wine while I plunk away at the keyboard myself. It is
> very relaxing. Funny thing about wine though....
> Some of my family members are not 'drinkers'. All you have to do is
> ask them. "We are not drinkers."
> Yet the recyclers complain of back-pains every time they pick up the
> glass bottles at my aunt's place...and that's not counting the gallons
> which are bought in cardboard bladder boxes.
> Somehow, wine doesn't count.
> A local contractor, an Italian and one helluva of a nice guy, makes
> his own wine. It is fabulous. Usually a Chianti style.
> Him and his brother and their sons wouldn't THINK of drinking beer or
> a shot of scotch. "That'sa drinkingk!"
> Yet, on Sunday, after mass, they're so hammered, they're throwing
> bocce balls at each other and groping what they can.
> A regular riot and fun to watch.
>
> Angela, at the stroke clinic, always asks what the alcohol intake of a
> referred patient is. She then multiplies that answer by 4....unless
> the patient is there with his/her spouse, then she multiplies the
> answer by 2.
>
> Like most things, moderation means different things to different
> people. An uncle of mine, since deceased, used to put 'a little vodka'
> in his orange juice. He would then wander into the kitchen a few
> times, and every time he came back, the orange juice became more and
> more see-through. I took a sip of it once and it kinda reminded me of
> a dog, at full full speed, hitting the end of his chain, it almost
> knocked me on my ass...LOL
In South Louisiana we came by it honestly(?), at a young age ...
"Hadacol". Ole Dudley LeBlanc's "vitamin drink" ... 12% alcohol, and, as
he was wont to say, "wine costs less". Some of my earliest memories are
the Hadacol signs on the sides of barns.
IIRC, it tasted like dirt, but after the first slug you didn't care.
And, as they say - "Hadacol it something"
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Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Leon" wrote
>>
>> This place has pretty good prices.
>> http://frys.com/
>>
> If you happen to be near one of their retail stores, you will be in geek
> paradise checking out their computer parts. But be warned, just because
> Fry's carries it, doesn't mean they have it in stock. They are often out
> of an item. But the selection is good and if you just want standard
> items, you will do just fine.
>
>
I live less than 1 mile from a BIG one.
Depends on the brandy. Good stuff comes from France and has a king name :-)
Distill it and live in one region only - call it Cognac, only from France.
Martin
HeyBub wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>> Those are the people/relatives I talk about.
>> My buddy's mom, when I was growing up, had a knitting club. The local
>> neigbourhood moms would sit around, knit, gossip, and eat
>> 'boerejonges'. Those are brandy-soaked raisins. Innocent enough,
>> right?
>> You take a litre of brandy, throw in a bunch of dried raisins and put
>> it on a shelf for (I'm guessing) months.
>> Then, 3 or 4 moms would eat the whole lot.... and I could tell from
>> the tone of 'chats' they were having, that the raisins possessed
>> magical powers..<G>
>> Raisins or no raisins, a litre of brandy is a litre of brandy.
>
> I think this was before liters.
>
>