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07-05
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JULY 2000 MINUTES ARCHIVE
 Been
a while since we've updated... Busy, busy around the Abattoir
the last little while and BTM19
is a week away. It's safe to say that BTM19
will be upstairs like normal and not in the basement as we've not even
begun to frame and wire yet. Rather than do a hack job and rush it,
we'll just play like normal upstairs, but BTM20
will be a basement bash for sure! Looks like the weather's finally
decided to emulate summer, so bring your trunks if you plan on jumping
in the dunk tank.
Spent
a day at Paramount Canada's WonderLand
-- Had a good time, but here are some annoyances I've found (...time
to write a letter to Paramount...)
a-
All day, all ride "God" passport & parking $99 for two suckers, 'er,
patrons
b-
Doesn't cover all rides (...contrary to what you'd think...)
c-
Two warm Budweiser, $10.04
d-
One hour line-up for 4 second DropZone ride
e-
Pop 5.85 times more expensive than Gas |
 After
paying to get into the park, the first "ride" we went to (...and without
a doubt, the cheapest to build...) was a giant arch... They strap
you in a harness, then tow you up and let you "Swing". The pricks
wanted another $17.95 per person for this, I almost shit. I asked
what the point was of paying at the front door, she had no answer.
Then we went to get two beers... I pull out a $5 bill and joke "Guess
this won't cover it, huh?" She smiles then asked me for $10.04!!
What the f@ck is the four cents for!? I asked her where the table
dancers come out from, cuz I want to be sure I pick a good seat...
She found no humour in that (...nor did I...). To boot, I
had to ask her for a damp cloth so I could wipe my table down, then there
were signs posted all around the place saying "Please clean off your table".
For $10.04 for two warm Budweisers (...due to lack of choice...)
I'll urinate on the tables and YOU can friggin' clean it up! (...Geez,
want me to vacuum too?..) Then at every ride, I get into an argument
with the ride crew about taking my digital camera on the ride "No camera's
allowed on the rides, park policy" -- Hey asshole, for what I spent to
get in here, I should have a video crew following me around to capture
the memories... No, they want you to purchase one of their lovely
black and white, thermal paper pieces of blurry shit snap shots they take
of you for $4 a tear. In general, I love rides, however...
Rape me hard with no lube at the front gate, Paramount... Don't slowly
f@ck me to death in the park while I'm trying to enjoy myself. The
experience left almost as bad a taste in my mouth as their $5, uncooked,
shy on toppings pizza slices... I'd hate to have a family of 6, that's
all I can say. Going again next week. :p
 Our
winner of the "Get the Dick Out"
contest,
BillyBob, took a nice photo while on vacation where he used his windfall
to purchase an entire case of beer and still have enough left over
for a lovely set of gloves, a cap and the matching tee-shirt as seen here
flippin' DickHead the bird. Rather than that anticipated trip to
Hamilton, BillyBob decided to spend the cash up north in Muskoka and share
the beer and his good fortune with his friends (...which is what non-dickheads
do...) Thanks for the photo BillyBob!
Just
a quick update on the Abattoir SuperFTP Server,
I've had a few people mention they've been unable to connect... Apologies,
that was my fault! I forgot to pass the port to the new Gateway
Server and it was just doing its job (...which
is blocking you hacking bastards...) The port's been re-opened,
FTP
your face off.
  Well,
after much work and sweat, our new "Dunk-Tank"
is all set up and ready for Robes...
The water's crystal clear (...till Slaughter
gets in...) and nice and warm (...when the sun comes out!..)
so be sure to bring your suit if you're coming to BTM19.
Our Solar Furnace
was put into service for its test run and brought ice cold water up to
a warm 80 degrees
in one pass,
not too shabby at all! If we get a day of good sunlight we're sure
the 10,600L of water will hit 90 no problems... Time to clean-up
the backyard and get ready to start work on the "Meat
Cellar" -- We've only got 22 days left till
BTM19
to move the network to the basement and get the electrical wiring in...
We're still discussing the purchase of a second
hub to cascade off and double the BTM's
size, we'll see how things go and keep you posted.
 Work
continued last night on the Solar Furnace
-- It's going to be 8'x4' and contain over 200' of black, sunlight heat
gulping hose... We're curious to see how much heat we'll be able
to pull with this beast. The back yard at the Abattoir
is slowly starting to look like Tim Allan's garage... I can't wait
to just get these little "Stupid Human Projects"
done so I can clean up! We should have it finished and up over the
weekend. We're still waiting to put the new pool in place -- Like
a moron, I over sprayed the deck with sealant and it's taking its sweet
time drying... Right now it's just become one giant 16'x16' piece
of flypaper (...you should see what it's catching!..)
For
the techies out there, you have to check this site out! Honda
in Japan has created the world's most advanced bipedal robot called "P3".
This thing can walk on two legs, navigate stairs, bumps and inclines and
can perform tasks with it's arms... Check the site out and read
all about him, it's rather amazing! Have a safe weekend.
 We're
all decked out! Spent the long weekend doing a major construction
job, our little blow-up pool was so much fun we've decided to take it up
a notch... We've grabbed a 15'x3' pool and built a deck to put it
on! The deck's a tad "over engineered", but we like things solid
at the Abattoir
-- 2"x8"x16' runners at 1' centres with 2"x6" deck boards all supported
by 16 DecBlok footings and held together with over 1,200 brass screws...
A little wash down with some deck sealant and this pressure-treated beauty's
here to stay! DickHead was out on his porch and saw us manly men
going at our manly project, we had just finished the boxed frame portion
of the deck, when I noticed him looking so I yelled over to Redneck; "Okay!
The box of the outdoor super-subwoofer's done, let's take a break!"
God, we're glad he's moving.
Looks
like Intel has posted its press release and the Pentium
4 processor (...formerly code named "Willamette"...)
is due out mid 2000, check
here for details. With the deck done, now starts construction
of the solar furnace
then we turn our energy to the basement and begin transforming it into
LAN
Central. We've already got volunteers
to help out with the wiring (...5 breakers should do it, no?..)
We'll keep you posted on our progress. Hope to have it all done by
BTM19!
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