Posts made by SchreiberBike

Granted. You asked Paul above and after he fixed it he had a breakdown.

I wish that just because I listen to people respectfully they would not talk my ear off.

I have a model I've worked on for a while and after I finished the components I added them to a main model and rotated them in three dimensions to look right in their final location. I may have also done a little editing after I moved them.

Now, I try to pull a component out out to work on it some more and the axes are confusing me terribly. I was unable to rotate the model back to it's original position, so I moved the axes based on some right angles in the model.

You can see the problem below. Note that in the first screen print the sides of the box are colored by axis. In the 2nd, where I've made it into a group, the group highlighting is not parallel with the boxes sides. When I make a mirrored copy of the box it looks like the third picture.

How can this be?

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You guys are actually doing 30,000 posts by hand? There's got to be some way to automate at least most of it with an external macro.

I feel your pain, but hope there's a better way.

Kevin the Office Tea Boy (We know what that is now) reflected on the fact that his favorite panini bar now reflected the interests of the news media. Trampy-looking celebrities with chihuahuas are all he can find reflected on TV. As he reflected on this reflection of society in the media and the panini bar, Kevin saw his reflection in the mirror. He said . . .

psychedelic drugs (and SketchUp) may help expand your horizons. Seeing that the horoscope was true this time, he read on. It said . . .

Pop through the bubble and join Kevin the tea boy (I guess now we know what that is) in THE SKETCHUP ZONE. Looking at each other and marveling at the detail they realize that they are extremely high poly models and have trouble moving from scene to scene without gaps. They try to communicate their needs for a better graphic card, but they seem to be unobserved in a giant warehouse. Soon they see someone looking in on them.

the leaders of the movement settled down for a nice cup of tea. Fortunately, they had a nicely drawn model of a cup, but no model of tea. SU experts all, they quickly . . . .

Having been dreaming of women in SU, our office tea boy (whatever that is) went straight to the computer and began modeling a . . . .

and the speed from the caffeine in the coffee made all the difference. Then, understanding how to use an array, he . .

used his j-phone (the next model) to call the other members of the Secret Society of the Sketchucation Seven. The Sketchucation Seven arrived from where they were resting in their Hall of Sketches in time to . . .

Ingabord's super-human sensibilities have already tipped her off to Tim's extra curricular activities. She knows that Tim and Carla have been working on a SketchUp model of their entire town and that their inability to let go of details has taken them over the edge of sanity. She realizes that she is going to have to stop them from . . .

Tom's long tail, hands with no opposable thumbs and arms which reach to his knees seem to give away the fact that he will not be very good on the computer, but Bob, being in MANAGEMENT, only notes that Tom has long toes and should be able to keyboard at twice normal speed. He can also control the mouse with his tail. Tom is brought in to replace Tim and two other employees. All that and he works for bananas.

and calls Tim. Tim expecting to be threatened again is more than a little worried about his future.

Fortunately, Bob, his boss, is a closet Teletubbies fan and only wants Tim to replace the generic office characters in his model with new models of Tinky Winky, La La, Dipsy and Po.

I used to run a front break on my fixie, but it was a 30 year old Mafac center pull, so it was close enough to muscle braking only. Single speed is for people who compromise, and I'd run two brakes on those too.

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It's always a hard day for me.

I appreciate the sacrifices made by solders on behalf of their country; my country. But I mourn the unnecessary deaths in unnecessary and immoral wars. And I know that the solders did not make the decisions that caused those wars. And I know that in those wars, many perform with excellence and dignity. And I know that war also brings out the worst in people and that the great evil done in war is understandable, even if not acceptable.
And I know that as a (not-absolute) pacifist, I am unwilling to take their place.

I feel the same way when I see a solder. I want to support them in the challenges they face, but I am ashamed of what they are doing in my name.

It's hard for me.

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I'm glad he built a 1/4 scale Ferrari. Because with that kind of talent and determination, he probably could have taken over the world if he wanted to, and I wouldn't want to be one of his subjects.

And the background! I'm in love with SketchUp all over again.

Looks great Dave. The grain is especially nice. I do notice that the shadow lines are sharper than the rest of the model.

Those Fox News anchors had way too much fun with the story. And they look like the kind of guys who kept reaching into my pants when I was a kid.

@sorgesu said:

. . . Hell, if the government legislated a proper minimum wage for service workers, we wouldn't have to do this. . . .

It's a matter of respect. In the USA, we do not show respect for people who serve others. In the USA, no one will admit to being a waiter. They are all doing the job temporarily until a real job comes up. Same for a cab driver or most other service jobs. We don't value people because they are people. We only value them for what they can do for us.

I remember how the "rude French" changed into the nicest people after I learned that I was treating them rudely. They expect, perfectly reasonably, that they are first acknowledged as as fellow humans. It also taught me how I treated my fellow Americans like machines. I don't think most Americans see much difference between a gas station cashier and a sophisticated vending machine.

Off topic, but related.