Thanks Bryan

Appreciate it !

@cotty said:

Nice! The original has a smooth surface, maybe it is more comfortable that way?

Yes, you're probably right. I may have gone a bit overboard with the joint pushpull.

Hi

I finally had some time to spare so I decided to dust off my sketchup-skills (if you could call them that ).

I saw a picture on Pinterest that attracted my attention a while ago.

(Apparently it's from the 'Giancarlo Zema Design Group' => http://www.giancarlozema.com/bright-woods-collection-2/')

I thought it would be a great excercise. This is what I came up with ...

Original Pictures (Pinterest):

My attempt:

Rendered in Kerkythea:

It's not an exact match, but it's as close as I could get.

Any remarks/comments/suggestions ?

Flapsy

@electrodo said:

Muchas gracias por compartir este modelo de silla!!! estoy en el proyecto de hacer una para mi casa y no encontraba en ningun lados los planos.

Un saludos desde la patagonia Argentina.

Glad to be of help !

Have fun with it ...

Flapsy

It's been a while since my last post, but I' ve been watching the forum on a regular basis. I saw some amazing stuff last year.

Despite a chronic lack of spare time, I managed to sketch our new dining table.
The last couple of years we were looking for a new dining table but never found one we liked (and if we found one, we couldn't afford it.) So finally we decided to call in the help of a friend who is quite handy. To give him an idea, I drew the table in SU.

Here's the result. It's nothing complicated, but we 're very pleased with the result. It gives great satisfation to sketch out an idea and then see it come to life.

(www.dabbler.portfoliobox.me)

Hope this wasn't already posted ...

*A rather confident man walks into a bar and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman. He gives her a quick glance, then casually looks at his watch for a moment.

The woman notices this and asks, "Is your date running late?"

"No," he replies, "I just bought this state-of-the-art watch and I was just testing it."

The intrigued woman says, "A state-of-the-art watch? What's so special about it?"

"It uses alpha waves to telepathically talk to me," he explains.

"What's it telling you now?" she asked.

"Well, it says you're not wearing any panties." he said.

The woman giggles and replies, "Well it must be broken then because I am wearing panties!"

The man explains, "Damn thing is an hour fast."*

This one is maybe worth a try ... http://sketchfab.com/

@unknownuser said:

:bounce:

You got me ... It took me three clicks before I 'got' it

Flapsyd

@pugz1983 said:

Then the Diabolo will be a toy also not known to children nowadays. It's like yo-yo-ing but with sticks. Might be a good game to port to the Nintendo Wii

Are you kidding. My son (10 yr) and daughter (6yr) are crazy about their diablo's. They are doing tricks with that thing that amazes me every time I see them practising. (I can't even keep the damn thing rollin ...)

Richard

I bought these (http://www.cubit-shop.com/en#2) a few months ago. I don't know if they ship to the other side of the world though.

David

@roger said:

It seems like this debate has become the ultimate source of renewable energy and could easily replace petroleum, coal and other forms of stored solar/nuclear energy. The only down side is that it is all heat and no light, but free energy is free energy and the fact it does not die proves it is renewable. I think, like Elvis, God has left the building. Unfortunately so has Christoper Hutchins (or is it Hitchens?).

Its well known that architects are believers because both the phrases "god is in the details" and "The devil is in the details" originated with Architects.

Yeah, I know I capitalized Architects and not god. However, it is because when I
was small and someone referred to the "Creator," I thought they were talking about an architect.

--Roger

They must be Godlike, they even have songs written about them ...

(from a world famous - - Belgium band)

(How do I embed a video ? tried several things but must of missed something)

Flapsy

Maybe this is an old one but couldn't resist ...

A little boy comes down to breakfast. Since they live on a farm,
his mother asks if he had done his chores.

"Not yet," said the little boy.

His mother tells him no breakfast until he does his chores.

Well, he's a little p*ssed, so he goes to feed the chickens, and he kicks a chicken.
He goes to feed the cows, and he kicks a cow.
He goes to feed the pigs, and he kicks a pig.

He goes back in for breakfast and his mother gives him a bowl of dry cereal.

"How come I don't get any eggs and bacon? Why don't I have any milk in my cereal?" he asks.

"Well," his mother says, "I saw you kick a chicken, so you don't get any eggs for a week. I saw you kick the pig, so you don't get any bacon for a week either. I also saw you kick the cow, so for a week you aren't getting any milk."

Just then, his father comes down for breakfast and kicks the cat half way across the kitchen. The little boy looks up at his mother with a smile, and says,

"Are you going to tell him, or should I?"

A first-grade teacher, Ms Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, 'Harry, what's your problem?'

Harry answered, 'I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!'

Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's office.

While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed.

Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test.

Principal:
'What is 3 x 3?'
Harry:
'9.'

Principal:
'What is 6 x 6?'
Harry:
'36.'

And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know.
The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, 'I think Harry can go to the 3rd grade'
Ms. Brooks says to the principal, 'Let me ask him some questions..'
The principal and Harry both agreed.

Ms. Brooks asks, 'What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?'
Harry, after a moment: 'Legs.'

Ms. Brooks: 'What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?'
The principal wondered why would she ask such a question!
Harry replied: 'Pockets.'

Ms. Brooks: 'What does a dog do that a man steps into?'
Harry: 'Pants.'

The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
Ms. Brooks: 'What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?'
The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer, Harry replied, 'Bubble gum.'

Ms. Brooks: 'What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?'
Harry: 'Shake hands .'
The principal was trembling.

Ms. Brooks: 'What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?'
Harry:
'Firetruck.'

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the
teacher, 'Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong.

Not so dumb blonde ...

A blonde and a lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from Los Angeles to New York.

The lawyer asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde, tired, just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer
persists and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun.

He says, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me five dollars, and vice versa."

Again, she declines and tries to get some sleep.

The lawyer, now agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500."
This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring there will be no end to this torment, agrees to the game.

The lawyer asks the first question: "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?"

The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches into her purse, pulls out a $5.00 bill, and hands it to the lawyer.

"Okay," says the lawyer, "your turn."

She asks, "What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four legs?"

The lawyer, puzzled, takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references ... no answer. He taps into the air phone with his modem and searches the Internet and the Library of Congress ... no answer. Frustrated, he sends e-mails to all his friends and coworkers but to no avail.

After an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $500.

The blonde thanks him and turns back to get some more sleep.

The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, stirs the blonde and asks, "Well, what's the answer?"

Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep.

Flapsy

@unknownuser said:

458 (!) days after the last elections it's finally happened: the Flemings and the Walloons have found common ground. Which means there will be no need for new elections - thus the rise of the nationalists is, at least temporarily, thwarted. I didn't think it would happen.

I could not be happier.

@mitcorb said:

Send me some chocolate--NOW!!!

Sorry, we're out. My girlfriend ate it all.

Well, I sent the negotiators your quote ("Now, if Ghent were to become independent ... that'd be fun.") and it seemed to do the trick...
(luckily you didn't wrote Antwerp or we would be separated by now )

On a serious note, I really thought we were heading for new elections. Very happy that that 's out of the way (at least for now) and i don't think I'm the only one who feels that way.
I'm glad I never had to explain to people outside our country what B-H-V is/ was (!) all about because I probably wouldn't be able to (and I live in that area, so you can imagine)

Flapsy

Yeah !

Finally we won something ! Is there a prize ? ( a governement ? a national soccer team that can actually qualify for a championship ? a crown prince with an IQ over 75 ?)

(This is even better than our victory on the eurovision songcontest somewhere in the eighties)

Belgium, land of surrealism ...

Flapsy

(Nevertheless, it's a great place to live though ...)

I'm confused ... what's the fuzz about 'naked guy'.

Weren't you the guys who originally invented streaking ?

Anyway, great picture !

No need to be shy ... the pictures are worth posting

I'd suggest uploading them to the forum though.

Keep posting !

Flapsy

Found this one on another forum...

A Russian and Ole the Norwegian wrestler were set to square off for the Olympic Gold Medal. Before the final match, the Norwegian wrestling coach came to Ole and said, "Now, don't forget all the research we've done on this Russian. He's never lost a match because of this 'pretzel' hold he has". Whatever you do, do not let him get you in that hold! If he does, you're finished'. Ole nodded in acknowledgment.

As the match started, Ole and the Russian circled each other several times, looking for an opening. All of a sudden, the Russian lunged forward, grabbing Ole and wrapping him up in the dreaded pretzel hold. A sigh of disappointment arose from the crowd and the coach buried his face in his hands, for he knew all was lost. He couldn't watch the inevitable happen.

Suddenly, there was a scream, then a cheer from the crowd and the coach raised his eyes just in time to watch the Russian go flying up in the air. His back hit the mat with a thud and Ole collapsed on top of him making the pin and winning the match. The crowd went crazy. The coach was astounded.

When he finally got his wrestler alone, he asked, "How did you ever get out of that hold? No one has ever done it before!"

Ole answered, "Vell, I vas ready to give up ven he got me in dat hold, but at da last moment, I opened my eyes and saw dis pair of testicles right in front of my face...I had nuttin' to lose so wid my last ounce of strength I stretched out my neck and bit dose babies just as hard as I could."

So the trainer exclaimed, "That's what finished him off!"

"Vel not really.
You'd be amazed how strong you get ven you bite your own nuts!"

Flapsy

I thought PS was difficult but with this kind of tutorials: I'm in !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVEEWWAWu78

Flapsy