# The Up Late Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2000, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697 "2000-03-05T10:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![crackwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@crackwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crackwise)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/41 "2000-03-08T10:22:00Z")
nevermind. I get it. I didn’t realize that the board updates everywhere - like it’s embedded. jeesh. where’s my brain? off to bed with me. have to get up early with the munchkin. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/42 "2000-03-08T10:23:00Z")
I don’t know. I just wanted to let you know that I’m still up! (I have the choice of either staying on the board to read the one or two replies every little while or resort to reading the National Enquirer to stay awake!) * * * I have a hobby. I have the world’s largest collection of seashells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen some of it. ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/43 "2000-03-08T10:23:00Z")
space/time continuum loop? ---
**Author:** ![fippo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fippo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fippo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/44 "2000-03-08T10:43:00Z")
Gee, looks like I’ve been missing out on the conversation! * * * Fippo- _Through our bleeding/We are one_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/45 "2000-03-08T10:45:00Z")
“space/time continuum loop?” Well, maybe Froot Loop is what I’m thinkin’ here. The lot of us ought to have been asleep hours ago . . . But, life intervenes – picture if you will, two small children stumbling out of bed and puking in the hallway nearly simultaneously . . . You couldn’t buy this kind of fun. Anybody know any good jokes? Dr. Watson ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/46 "2000-03-08T10:48:00Z")
Did you hear about the blonde couple they found frozen to death at the drive-in theater? They went to see “Closed for Winter.” * * * I have a hobby. I have the world’s largest collection of seashells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen some of it. ---
**Author:** ![fippo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fippo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fippo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/47 "2000-03-08T10:57:00Z")
…and so shall it continue that I miss out on the conversation for I know no jokes. I’m more of an improv guy, making quips spur of the moment dealing with current events. I have no prepared material. \ * * * Fippo- _Through our bleeding/We are one_ ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/48 "2000-03-08T10:59:00Z")
Oh sorry, you said _good_ jokes…can’t help ya! * * * I have a hobby. I have the world’s largest collection of seashells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen some of it. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/49 "2000-03-08T11:00:00Z")
fippo–how’d you sneak in there? ---
**Author:** ![Airbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Airbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbert)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/50 "2000-03-08T11:05:00Z")
Yea… what flippo said… ---
**Author:** ![fippo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fippo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fippo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/51 "2000-03-08T11:07:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by evilbeth: > **fippo–how’d you sneak in there?** Lots and lots of booze, if my past exploits are any indication. What’s that? Oh, you meant something totally different? I’m sorry! * * * Fippo- _Through our bleeding/We are one_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/52 "2000-03-08T11:07:00Z")
So it’s a beautiful day at the nursing home, and an old woman and an old man are sitting out on the porch. The old woman leans over and says, "I bet I can guess your age.’ The old man says, “Okay, you’re on.” The old woman says, “Just unbutton your pants.” The old man figures, what the hell, so he undoes his pants and the old woman shoves her hand in his pants and feels around for a few minutes. “You’re 83,” she says. “How the hell did you figure that?” he asks. “You told me yesterday.” Dr. Watson ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/53 "2000-03-09T09:29:00Z")
I’m frustrated because I can’t get my fucking airbrush to work, and I have a Millennium Falcon to paint. It just doesn’t look right until it get really dirty. That’s why I got on the net. Can’t paint. So who else is around this morning? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/54 "2000-03-09T09:52:00Z")
Me, as usual! I only have 1 hour and 20 minutes left of work until I am on vacation until the 19th. Whoo-hoo!! I was just sitting here understanding more and more about homicidal impulse upon reading orion\*orion’s bigoted, psychotic ramblings in GD. I just have to say that if I were to ever meet this person I would not be held responsible for the heinous things I would do to him. But back to mundane & pointless…I just ate some pretzels from the vending machine and they tasted like plastic. Yum! And I thought the only tastelss, weird food in hospitals came from the cafeteria! ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/55 "2000-03-09T09:56:00Z")
wow. last night I was so bored, I started checking out some of Opal’s weirder links. I read a whole do-it-yourself guide to trepanation. The correct tools, technique, all that stuff. Verrrry interesting. ---
**Author:** ![fippo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fippo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fippo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/56 "2000-03-09T10:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Babar714: > **I’m frustrated because I can’t get my fucking airbrush to work, and I have a Millennium Falcon to paint. It just doesn’t look right until it get really dirty. That’s why I got on the net. Can’t paint.** Man, is it one of those Testor things? I’ve gone through two of those pieces of crap. They seem like such a good deal, but they hardly last through one model! Well, my custom Starfury wouldn’t be the same if hadn’t’ve bought one, but still. Aren’t the good ones expensive, like a coupla hundred bucks or so? * * * Fippo- _Through our bleeding/We are one_ ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/57 "2000-03-09T10:12:00Z")
My Falcon is by AMT/Ertl, which isn’t so bad. I like most of Testors stuff, but you usually have to be willing to do a lot of trimmin, altering, cutting… lots of work. And as for prices, it really depends on brand and kit. The Falcon I’m painting right now is about $20-24. The most expensive model I have is a 1/4 scale figure of The Joker on his throne. It was $104. My favorite so far is The Predator by Geometric. You can get one for about $70. It’s vinyl, very good detail, easy to build. But vinyl and resin figures and stuff can get really spendy. I do all sorts, though. Cheap ones and ones that are so expensive you expect them to be your best friend when it’s finished. ---
**Author:** ![Popillia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Popillia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Popillia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/58 "2000-03-09T10:12:00Z")
Up late for me would be around 3 or 4 pm. I work from 12:00am to 8:00am and then from 9:00am to around 12:00pm is beer guzzling time. ---
**Author:** ![fippo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fippo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fippo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/59 "2000-03-09T10:21:00Z")
Babar, I guess I should have been more clear. I wasn’t asking about the model you’re building, I was asking about the airbrush. * * * Fippo- _Through our bleeding/We are one_ ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697/60 "2000-03-09T10:25:00Z")
oh. okay. Well, I use a Badger. I like it a lot, but it just seems to not want to spray a lot. The airbrush itself was about $80, and the compressor was $100. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-up-late-thread/15697.md?page=4)