| mhall119 | itnet7: ping | 02:40 |
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| itnet7 | mhall119: pong | 04:15 |
| DammitJim | anyone good at gimp or photoshop? | 05:01 |
| mhall119 | I'm alright with gimp | 13:36 |
| DammitJim | you aer? | 14:06 |
| DammitJim | are? | 14:06 |
| DammitJim | cool | 14:06 |
| DammitJim | I have a simple square that has a black background | 14:06 |
| DammitJim | and it has a word inside of it that is white | 14:07 |
| DammitJim | I want to change the color of the word | 14:07 |
| DammitJim | but since it's all one layer, I can't seem to be able to do it smoothly | 14:07 |
| DammitJim | what can I do? :) | 14:07 |
| mhall119 | you can use the magic wand to select things of the same color | 14:09 |
| mhall119 | but if the fonts are anti-aliased, you're kind of screwed | 14:10 |
| DammitJim | mhall119, I'm screwed, then | 14:22 |
| DammitJim | thanks anyway... at least I don't feel like an idiot anymore... I thought computers could do all these things for me, but I guess they can't ;) | 14:22 |
| DammitJim | hey mhall119, have you guys done any more camping? I'm considering buying a camper | 14:22 |
| mhall119 | DammitJim: not since the keys, we need to put more money into the camper before we go again | 14:28 |
| DammitJim | what do you need to do to it? | 14:29 |
| mhall119 | need to buy new tires, get the A/C recharged and possibly fixed, fix a leak in the sink...I think there was more | 14:31 |
| DammitJim | it sounds like a lot of little things, but easily doable, right? is the summer a bad time for camping? | 14:32 |
| mhall119 | not if you have a good AC | 14:32 |
| DammitJim | about how much are campsites with hookups? | 14:33 |
| mhall119 | but, with a canvas-sided popup, even a good AC might not keep things cold in the middle of the day | 14:33 |
| mhall119 | depends on the campground | 14:33 |
| DammitJim | but at night it's not bad, right? | 14:33 |
| mhall119 | can be as low as $15/$20 a night at the cheapest | 14:33 |
| mhall119 | the one we had in the keys, on the beach, was about $90/night | 14:33 |
| DammitJim | was it nice? | 14:34 |
| mhall119 | some charge per-person over a base number | 14:34 |
| mhall119 | the one in the keys? yeah | 14:34 |
| DammitJim | was that a per person? | 14:34 |
| mhall119 | some campsites are dives, others are really nice, and the price rarely correlates to the quality | 14:34 |
| DammitJim | LOL | 14:35 |
| mhall119 | no, it was per-site | 14:35 |
| DammitJim | were there a lot of mosquitoes? | 14:35 |
| mhall119 | not there, no | 14:35 |
| DammitJim | really? I don't know why every time I go to the keys, I get eaten by mosquitoes... you went 3 months ago, right? | 14:36 |
| mhall119 | there abouts, yeah | 14:36 |
| DammitJim | does it take long to set up? | 14:36 |
| DammitJim | that's the only thing that is making me doubt this popup thing | 14:36 |
| mhall119 | we were right on the beach, so we had a good breeze blowing constantly, I don't think the mosquitoes could fly against it | 14:36 |
| DammitJim | Lori can only do so much with 5 kids while I set up | 14:36 |
| mhall119 | the popup takes about 10 minutes to setup | 14:36 |
| DammitJim | noway | 14:37 |
| DammitJim | don't you have to like stabilize it and stuff? | 14:37 |
| mhall119 | probably less once I get used to it | 14:37 |
| mhall119 | there's stabalizing legs in the 4 corners, but they just swing down, those are easy | 14:37 |
| mhall119 | the biggest thing is cranking it up and pulling the beds out | 14:37 |
| DammitJim | the cranking mechanism is one of those were you spin like 20 times and the thing goes up 1 inch? | 14:38 |
| mhall119 | yeah | 14:38 |
| mhall119 | there are other kinds, depending on the make and model | 14:38 |
| mhall119 | some use electric motors and hydralics | 14:39 |
| DammitJim | man, I have to do so much to my van to be able to tow | 14:39 |
| mhall119 | ours is a simple cable and wench | 14:39 |
| mhall119 | luckily our truck was ready for towing, we just had to buy an adapter for the light harness | 14:39 |
| DammitJim | does it also control the braking system? | 14:40 |
| danstoner | popup campers have come a long way. | 14:48 |
| DammitJim | man, they are heavier than 10 years ago, though | 14:50 |
| DammitJim | danstoner, do you have one? | 14:50 |
| danstoner | No, my parents did when I was a kid. That was *not* easy to set up. | 14:52 |
| danstoner | A few years ago they bought a newer one, it went up lickedy split. | 14:52 |
| DammitJim | lol | 14:53 |
| danstoner | with air conditioning and everything. | 14:53 |
| DammitJim | what does ac prep mean? I'm reading a review on a Jayco 1206 | 14:54 |
| danstoner | Dang that's a big one. | 14:55 |
| DammitJim | it is? | 14:56 |
| danstoner | I do not know what "ac prep" means in this context. | 14:56 |
| DammitJim | I need a camper for 7 | 14:56 |
| danstoner | DammitJim: maybe this? http://gpsinformation.net/exe/rednec-motor-home.jpg | 14:57 |
| DammitJim | i love it | 14:58 |
| danstoner | This sleeps 8: http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/classc/2005-Jayco-Greyhawk-19543.htm | 15:05 |
| DammitJim | oh, I'm trying to stick to something you haul :) | 15:06 |
| danstoner | Sleeps 2 + a series of tents. The kids will not appreciate camping unless they are forced to sleep in a tent. | 15:07 |
| mhall119 | DammitJim: my popup doesn't have electric breaks | 15:08 |
| mhall119 | there's a piston attached to the tow hitch, when I brake the truck the momentum of the camper pushes against the cylinder, which redirects to the hydralic brakes on the camper | 15:09 |
| mhall119 | I think that's pretty standard for light-weight campers | 15:10 |
| mhall119 | DammitJim: mine is > 10 years old | 15:11 |
| mhall119 | found it on craigslist | 15:11 |
| DammitJim | whoa | 15:31 |
| DammitJim | danstoner, I agree, but I have 11 month olds | 15:31 |
| DammitJim | that time will come ;) | 15:31 |
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