Does 7 years of intermittent rambling and inactivity qualify me for the title of "old guard"?

I come around here every few weeks or so but I haven't built anything spudding related in eons. Initially, I was driven to spudding due to my inability to own actual firearms due to my status as a minor. Ever since I turned 18, I've been shifting most of my focus towards my undergraduate studies as ...

I still pop in once in a while, still love reading the quality posts on here. I'm currently an undergrad Mech Eng student so I'm usually pretty busy with that....I did however go half in on a mini lathe with a friend so we'll see how this goes .

PCGUY wrote:Is there seriously not a single post in here after all this time?

Old memories of ohh we want nerf stuff... we want nerf stuff.... nevermind now!

Perhaps we've matured enough as a forum to realize how lame nerf guns are

Maybe I'm a bit behind the times, but the smallest screen I currently own is a 17" laptop. ;) How about just using a public jabber server ? And I've got a flip phone from 2009! :D The chat we have now works as a chat but it's just so easy to miss people. I'd say it's partly because we're pretty wel...

I'm in as well, I really want to get the old chat group together, i'm not a fan of the new chat at all.

There's not a lot in my price range (~$600NZD) to choose from in terms of DSLRs, slightly better for mirrorless cameras. The best choices in that range would be a Sony NEX-5R or Alpha A5000 I think. For DSLRS, it's pretty much only the 600D and D3200/5300 (or slightly different models, e.g. 650D). ...

My brother has the former and the video function really didn't impress me. If you move too fast (not very fast at all), everything's a blur. It takes for ever to focus and is pretty bad at focussing while recording. Your brother has a t4i or t5i, the t3i does not have video autofocus. In all honest...

mark.f wrote:On my mom's iPhone posting this on the drive home from Parris Island... what's up Spudfiles?

Nice of you to drop by.

Well, it's offical I'm finally getting a mini lathe! I've been wanting one for ages, and can now afford one now that i've sold off my DSLR. Expect more posts from me, very soon :D What model? I've been so close lately to just getting the "$500" Harbor Freight (here in the U.S. at least) 7x12 that e...

Well, it's offical I'm finally getting a mini lathe! I've been wanting one for ages, and can now afford one now that i've sold off my DSLR. Expect more posts from me, very soon

Not to kill the flow of the Gun-Control argument, but I'd just like to point out we are on page 420. Hehehehe.

mark.f wrote:......and would use less resources than a flash chat. Or even IRC...

I miss talking to my spudfiles buddies.

Damn the resources! I simply desire old flashchat, that chat has a huge nostalgia value that imo. I miss talking in the chat as well.

Damn I miss the good old days.... 2006-2010 time period to be more exact - seems that most progress was done then. Now it's all stagnant. Most senior users spend time having pointless discussions in this thread (lol including me). Same, however with college and a heavy course load it's relatively h...

PCGUY wrote:Thank you for the input everyone! Should be enough to go ahead and implement the chat.

YUS!!!!!! I missed the flashchat so much.