What did you do today?

[Animedragon]

On 10/12/2024 at 7:17 PM, efaardvark said:

Today I am getting hyped for SpaceX's Starship/booster IFT-5 tomorrow.  Turns out I don't have to work tomorrow* after all so I can relax and watch IFT-5 instead.  One way or another it's guaranteed to be exciting. 

 

*Currently Monday for Europa Clipper.

I've just watched that on YouTube. After an impressive launch to then watch the booster return to its launch pad and be captured by the chopsticks was absolutely amazing!  Shame it was nighttime where Starship landed because it was a bit hard to see what was going on, but the commentary said it had landed on target.  In the comments on the video someone said that Starship exploded just after landing.

[Soramee_]

18 hours ago, Sakura said:

My dad & sister are in town so we did several things today. Went out shopping, out to eat lunch, stopped by a place called "The Witches Tree", went on a walking historical/ghost tour that showed a lot of the old houses + told the tales about the hauntings that are supposed to be at them. 

This one place I really wanted to visit is called The Witches Tree. The story behind it is in 1890 there was a group of women known to be witches that would go to an old Maple tree and hold seances and chant and other activities at this tree. The city decided to chop the tree down and the witches told them if you chop down our tree in 11 months we will bring devastation to the city of Louisville. 11 months later Old Louisville had the most devastating tornado that the area had ever seen or has even seen since. It destroyed basically all of the city.

According to legend, during this tornado, a lightning bolt struck the stump of the old tree that had been cut down and a new tree started growing from it, which is the tree that stands there today. People visit now, leave offerings (there are things such as beads or crystals all over the tree), and ask it for good luck. It's supposed to be a very spiritual/connected to nature type of place and it definitely feels a bit strange around it. I left some coins inside the tree as many people do. Taking things from the tree people have left has allegedly brought curses to people who take them. 

Anyway, it was a very neat place to visit and one of the many places with a story around Old Louisville. There are some pictures of it I took today in the spoiler. It definitely looks like one of the creepiest trees I've ever seen.

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Yeah that tree looks haunted lol

[Zeref]

20 hours ago, Sakura said:

My dad & sister are in town so we did several things today. Went out shopping, out to eat lunch, stopped by a place called "The Witches Tree", went on a walking historical/ghost tour that showed a lot of the old houses + told the tales about the hauntings that are supposed to be at them. 

This one place I really wanted to visit is called The Witches Tree. The story behind it is in 1890 there was a group of women known to be witches that would go to an old Maple tree and hold seances and chant and other activities at this tree. The city decided to chop the tree down and the witches told them if you chop down our tree in 11 months we will bring devastation to the city of Louisville. 11 months later Old Louisville had the most devastating tornado that the area had ever seen or has even seen since. It destroyed basically all of the city.

According to legend, during this tornado, a lightning bolt struck the stump of the old tree that had been cut down and a new tree started growing from it, which is the tree that stands there today. People visit now, leave offerings (there are things such as beads or crystals all over the tree), and ask it for good luck. It's supposed to be a very spiritual/connected to nature type of place and it definitely feels a bit strange around it. I left some coins inside the tree as many people do. Taking things from the tree people have left has allegedly brought curses to people who take them. 

Anyway, it was a very neat place to visit and one of the many places with a story around Old Louisville. There are some pictures of it I took today in the spoiler. It definitely looks like one of the creepiest trees I've ever seen.

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This was a creepy place to visit but I felt as if they should have something outside of it telling the history. Usually in our city they have a historic sign which tells of the history of something like this in front of it and most people just pass by this tree not knowing about it. 

[Sakura]

2 hours ago, Zeref said:

This was a creepy place to visit but I felt as if they should have something outside of it telling the history. Usually in our city they have a historic sign which tells of the history of something like this in front of it and most people just pass by this tree not knowing about it. 

I think they should too, I don't understand why they don't considering lots of places have done stories and documentaries on it. 

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Today my dad and sister left to go back to Chicago so I had to say goodbye to them :c It was great having them here for the weekend though and I plan to go up to Chicago for Thanksgiving break and spend most of it at my dad's house so it won't be that long until I get to see them again ~  After they left I've mostly just been playing some games on the computer and also did some laundry, nothing special. 

[efaardvark]

9 hours ago, Animedragon said:

I've just watched that on YouTube. After an impressive launch to then watch the booster return to its launch pad and be captured by the chopsticks was absolutely amazing!  Shame it was nighttime where Starship landed because it was a bit hard to see what was going on, but the commentary said it had landed on target.  In the comments on the video someone said that Starship exploded just after landing.

That "chopstick" landing/capture was on a whole other level than anything that's been done before, including landing F9 boosters on the droneships, which itself was over the top.

Also, I have to say that I'm almost as amazed that we got multiple 4k, realtime video feeds from both 'Ship and Super Heavy continuously from liftoff to separation, into space, back down through the plasma heating, and even to the moment of splashdown.  SpaceX really made SpaceX look good.  I remember the light grey on dark grey, low-res, heavily ghosted video from Apollo days.  We've come a long way since then, and not just in rocketry.

Yes, the 'Ship exploded after splashdown. The mission for 'Ship was surviving reentry, performing the "belly flop" maneuver, and, well, targeting the landing.  Anything happening after the moment of touchdown was irrelevant.  The vehicle was designed to be caught by the "mechazilla" arms just like the booster, not land on the water.  Unfortunately they only have the one tower at the moment, and this time the focus was on the booster's first catch.  There was no intention- or even ability - to recover the 'Ship on this flight.  However, given the successful booster catch, the precision of the 'Ship's landing, and the fact that SpaceX already has most of a second tower built at Boca Chica I would not be surprised if SpaceX tries for a double-catch of both 'Ship and booster back at Boca Chica very soon.  Maybe even on IFT-6.  (Pending FAA approval of course.  ))

There's so much that still needs to be done however.  Their contract with NASA requires a version of Starship able to land on the Moon.  To do that the booster needs to first get the moon lander to orbit.  I don't see that being a problem.  But then they need to refuel the lunar lander in orbit.  That would require multiple launches, tower captures, refueling, and re-launches of a TBD "tanker" version of 'Ship.  And booster.  And of course as amazing as everything SpaceX has done to date seems, from the SpaceX point of view all this is just practice for launching Ships to and landing them on Mars!  I'm sure SpaceX still has a whole series of amazing things to show us in the next few years.

 

[Animedragon]

1 hour ago, efaardvark said:

Also, I have to say that I'm almost as amazed that we got multiple 4k, realtime video feeds from both 'Ship and Super Heavy continuously from liftoff to separation, into space, back down through the plasma heating, and even to the moment of splashdown.  SpaceX really made SpaceX look good.  I remember the light grey on dark grey, low-res, heavily ghosted video from Apollo days.  We've come a long way since then, and not just in rocketry.

Yes I remember watching those grey & grey Apollo pictures and to see such hi quality real-time images during launch, reentry and splashdown was just amazing. If SpaceX pull off the double capture of booster and ship and I'm sure they will, it'll be something amazing to watch- even if only on YouTube.

[Zeref]

Went to work, not much else. New project I'll be assigned to starting tomorrow is going to take the rest of the month and into November to complete but it's good to be starting something that will occupy me for awhile. 

[Kirika_Madeleine]

On 10/11/2024 at 7:01 PM, Animedragon said:

Perhaps you make the questions too easy , but on the other hand it will probably boost your student's confidence if they get a pass mark.

 

This morning I embarked on a quest to my local High Street to buy some more of my favourite steak pies as I only had one left, and am pleased to report a successful mission and I was able to get enough to last me three weeks .

Well after my freshman and senior quizz they'll all seem to past I'm type of teacher let quizz be easy on first two and then little harder I don't want them to be surprised, and I'm proud of my students.

 

Well speaking of Quiz I'm very busy since we are now middle of October and upcoming Halloween event in my school and also one week holiday since all souls day and all saints day.

[Animedragon]

7 hours ago, Kirika_Madeleine said:

Well after my freshman and senior quizz they'll all seem to past I'm type of teacher let quizz be easy on first two and then little harder I don't want them to be surprised, and I'm proud of my students.

You're clearly a great teacher who cares about your students.

I wish I'd had a teacher like you, most of my teachers weren't all that interested in their students, or the subject they were supposed to be teaching in a couple of cases!

[Zeref]

Tested some new features on the project I'm working on for the company I work at  Every thing went well which meant I did my job right. This aside, I also did some boring things such as a run to the post office and bank and couple of other places that needed some small things done at. 

[Sakura]

Got some results back from some testing my doctor had done today, can't say I'm really happy with the results but I'll manage. Other than this I did some GFX and studied for some upcoming exams. 

[froggy]

Walked to school. Learned stuff. Talked to friends. Then after, I went to book club and we went around the school hanging up posters my friend and I made last week. After that we all chatted, I read some more. I walked back home very slowly because I was tired. Then did homework. Which I'm still doing...(⇀‸↼‶)

[Animedragon]

After a miserable start the day turned out quite nice this afternoon so I went out into the garden and dealt with the triffid by the back gate that attacks me every time I go out. I also removed a lot of ivy from the back fence, but I think got a hopeless battle against that stuff.

[Kikyou]

I watched a movie, talked to my loved one ❤ and did some chores so nothing too major or interesting. 

[Zeref]

Really boring for me just working. Tonight I'm playing some games and working on building a plant stand with @Sakura.

[Sakura]

I guess mostly studied though we did get that plant stand finished that Pessi mentioned up there ^ 
I've been mostly trying to GFX because I feel like it helps me occupy my mind and keep me busy. I also played some OSRS with some friends ~ 

[Kikyou]

16 hours ago, Sakura said:

I guess mostly studied though we did get that plant stand finished that Pessi mentioned up there ^ 
I've been mostly trying to GFX because I feel like it helps me occupy my mind and keep me busy. I also played some OSRS with some friends ~ 

GFX making always helped me stay calm and relaxed. It helps keep my mind busy focusing on positive thoughts.

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I made a graphic for @Sakura then just trying to relax the rest of the day chores all done and accomplished. Possibly extreme color listening to Audio book at the same time.

[Zeref]

I did some chores around the house, worked a little on some project at my job, made dinner, did a workout in the gym which felt nice in this weather. This weekend I plan to go walking to see some leaves that are changing colors with some friends and have a lunch after which I looked forward to. 

I was nice today and even picked up @Sakura room and vacuumed it while she was away at class. I can be sometimes a nice roommate

[froggy]

Today I walked to school with my mom and dog. Before we went our separate ways, she entrusted with me a halloween sized bag of sour patch kids. This was a mistake. She told me to take it to the front office as she had volunteered for my home-coming dance to bring in candy. Not a huge task since it was left after all the other chaperoning spots had been taken. Anyways, I didn't take it to the office. I ate so much and gave even more to my friends in my classes. It was really fun actually. 

Unsurprisingly, she bought other bags to bring, knowing that I would not complete the task given to me. And she was valid in that judgment. I love sour patch watermelon, classic, and especially the jumbo sized ones. Yum! („• ֊ •„) 

[Sakura]

6 hours ago, Silverleaf said:

GFX making always helped me stay calm and relaxed. It helps keep my mind busy focusing on positive thoughts.

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I made a graphic for @Sakura then just trying to relax the rest of the day chores all done and accomplished. Possibly extreme color listening to Audio book at the same time.

It does me as well, that's the main reason I do a lot of graphics when I feel stressed out lol ~ And I will go check that out as soon as I leave this thread!! 
 

 

2 hours ago, Zeref said:

I was nice today and even picked up @Sakura room and vacuumed it while she was away at class. I can be sometimes a nice roommate

Yes you can be nice occasionally can't you

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Today just the same old boring stuff.. studied and right now I'm playing some games on OSRS with some friends doing woodcutting and relaxing, listening to music. 

[Zeref]

I went running this morning the weather was nice for it. I did a bit of work at my job and went out to eat for lunch at a cafe. This evening i plan to play some games and relax since it is a Friday and I have all weekend off. 

[Kikyou]

I binged watched one of my favorite series on Netflix, Also almost done with my anime, cuddled and played with my cat , talked to my loved one ❤ and lastly eat something good for dinner and hang out with my sister. 

[Kirika_Madeleine]

Sorry for reply today I didn't work yesterday and today because of toothache I will go to Dentist this Saturday to take down that bad tooth it really hurts.

[Sakura]

There was a Halloween/Fall Festival going on in my apartment building today. There was food trucks outside (that were all free!) of tacos, burgers, BBQ, wings, they had pots of chili everywhere, cocoa, candy, tons of games. They had the fountain outside filled up with rubber duckies to play the game where you try to pull 2 with matching numbers lol, there was free hayrides! There was some contest and door prizes, one of the prizes they were giving away was several huge flat screen tv's and gift cards to shops. 

I ate sooo much food lol I had to try something from all the trucks, I played some of the games, ate candy, went on a hayride and just had a really nice time. I really needed this before going to the doctor tomorrow because I've had nothing but anxiety, but this definitely lifted my mood a ton. 

[Animedragon]

4 hours ago, Sakura said:

There was a Halloween/Fall Festival going on in my apartment building today. There was food trucks outside (that were all free!) of tacos, burgers, BBQ, wings, they had pots of chili everywhere, cocoa, candy, tons of games. They had the fountain outside filled up with rubber duckies to play the game where you try to pull 2 with matching numbers lol, there was free hayrides! There was some contest and door prizes, one of the prizes they were giving away was several huge flat screen tv's and gift cards to shops. 

I ate sooo much food lol I had to try something from all the trucks, I played some of the games, ate candy, went on a hayride and just had a really nice time. I really needed this before going to the doctor tomorrow because I've had nothing but anxiety, but this definitely lifted my mood a ton. 

Sounds like you had a great time.

I hope all goes well at the doctors tomorrow.