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9 months ago
Hello all you good FA Friends, Artists, Writers, Composers, Crafters, Musicians, and All other highly creative people.
Christmas day I got up early and fixed "Chipped Creamed Beef on Toast" following my Dad's recipe which I and all three of my siblings like to prepare for Holiday mornings. Most of those who have served in the military refer to the stuff as "S. O. S." or commonly, "Sh** on a Shingle." The only thing that makes my family version different is that we add chopped up boiled eggs into the mix, which adds a bit more flavor and a touch more protein. (Besides. It helps induce a torpid state which helps parents catch up on their sleep after staying up all night preparing for the visit from Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny.)
So, I fixed breakfast for Schirm, Noah, Bob and myself, using sourdough toast instead of biscuits or English muffins. This was part of my "Gift" to my friends in being able to cook for them. I am happy to report that morning's session was most likely the happiest this old house has seen in quite a while. Schirm supplied two bottles of Martinelli's sparkling cider and about a gallon of Orange Juice. After we finished our breakfast, we enjoyed conversation and caught up on old news. Bob recalled my problems with the light tablet, and since he is a lot more "Internet Savvy" than I, he got on Temu, and ordered a new light tablet for me. It should be arriving here, sometime next week. (Cross fingers.)
Bob informed me that he's had pretty good luck with Temu, so we'll just have to see how things work out with this Japan based online order site. I have seen quite a few plastic model kits and tools that have caught my interest, including 1:30th scale cargo containers and 3-D printed miniature tools and oil drums. Bob even told me he uses the cargo container he has as a pen holder on his art desk. So, if this works out, that might be my next order.
Thank you all for your helpful advice. One of my FA friends that responded to my previous journal says he might try to fix the broken tablet. I'm half tempted to send it to him just to see if he could diagnose the problem and repair it. I owe him some artwork anyway, so this will certainly help keep the channels of communications open.
Happy New Year, and as always...
"Peace."
Christmas day I got up early and fixed "Chipped Creamed Beef on Toast" following my Dad's recipe which I and all three of my siblings like to prepare for Holiday mornings. Most of those who have served in the military refer to the stuff as "S. O. S." or commonly, "Sh** on a Shingle." The only thing that makes my family version different is that we add chopped up boiled eggs into the mix, which adds a bit more flavor and a touch more protein. (Besides. It helps induce a torpid state which helps parents catch up on their sleep after staying up all night preparing for the visit from Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny.)
So, I fixed breakfast for Schirm, Noah, Bob and myself, using sourdough toast instead of biscuits or English muffins. This was part of my "Gift" to my friends in being able to cook for them. I am happy to report that morning's session was most likely the happiest this old house has seen in quite a while. Schirm supplied two bottles of Martinelli's sparkling cider and about a gallon of Orange Juice. After we finished our breakfast, we enjoyed conversation and caught up on old news. Bob recalled my problems with the light tablet, and since he is a lot more "Internet Savvy" than I, he got on Temu, and ordered a new light tablet for me. It should be arriving here, sometime next week. (Cross fingers.)
Bob informed me that he's had pretty good luck with Temu, so we'll just have to see how things work out with this Japan based online order site. I have seen quite a few plastic model kits and tools that have caught my interest, including 1:30th scale cargo containers and 3-D printed miniature tools and oil drums. Bob even told me he uses the cargo container he has as a pen holder on his art desk. So, if this works out, that might be my next order.
Thank you all for your helpful advice. One of my FA friends that responded to my previous journal says he might try to fix the broken tablet. I'm half tempted to send it to him just to see if he could diagnose the problem and repair it. I owe him some artwork anyway, so this will certainly help keep the channels of communications open.
Happy New Year, and as always...
"Peace."
I hope you get your new tablet in good condition!
My dad certainly never made S.O.S sound very appetizing...
Sourdough makes everything better, though.
I'd be curious to hear if your old tablet ended up being repairable, and what the issue ended up being, if so.
Hope you're having a great solstice season!
It's not a "graphics tablet" in the sense of having any actual display or drawing functionality, where you plug it into a PC and it becomes recognized as an active display or input device, nor is it a self-contained touchscreen "tablet computing" device like an iPad.
It sounds like the "plug it into the PC to add functionality" kind of "graphics tablet" is what you're looking for. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-PTH660...../dp/B0B9M59MMF
If you want the kind that has a built-in graphics display, so that you can actually "draw" right on the screen, then what you want is something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Draw...../dp/B0C2C22BTD
If you want a self-contained computer in a tablet form, then what you're looking for is either something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Dust...../dp/B0CCX11JT6
Or, if it simply must run Windows programs, something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Latitud...../dp/B09QJPN7F3
(Refurbished model here, about $500 cheaper: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QK47NH4 )
Really, the first thing you (and he, since he's the one who'd actually be using it) need to do is figure out exactly what you're going to use it for, where and how you intend to use it, and what program(s) you need it to run or be compatible with. This will help narrow down your choices by a lot, especially the "what programs?" question. If he needs it to be capable of running Adobe Photoshop, for example, then that eliminates any kind of Android or Apple-based tablet from the running and some kind of Windows-based tablet PC is the only direction you can go.
Until you fully define your intended use cases, though, you really won't know what you're actually looking for.
Thanks so much.
I have a few cans of sausage gravy on hand. Maybe I should try it over toast, although I could make powder biscuits out of tradition.
I've ordered a few things from China. They take forever to show up, but generally do.
My previous girlfriend spent almost a year in Air Force Security before they discovered she had half an Erector Set in her right thighbone. They politely bounced her (but paid for her college -- she's an RN now). Anyway, she refers to that foodstuff as Crap on a Cracker; apparently in the Air Force it was served on a cracker-like starch.
Best to you and yours for the coming year. Keep us entertained!
it might be an idea to give the other device away for possible repair once the replacement has come in; you never know when the other might come in handy. :) and as it sometimes happens, if you have a replacement handy, the other never breaks.
Very glad to see this Journal post! I was becoming a bit concerned and was going to note you because I hadn't heard from you since I posted the picture that you inspired of my bear OC Ralph swatting salmon out of a stream.
Best for 2025 from another grey muzzle!
Delisle