AndreTheGiantBoned posted:

Cool cat! But why don't you let her roam around without a leash? I had 2-3 cats already and they actually slept and lived outside. Never had an issue finding their way home.

Einbauschrank posted:

I know the cute Kitty is supposed to be the star, but as as citizen of a Ballungsgebiet I am more triggered by the sight of the huge balcony that my boomer forefathers called a "garden" until we were expelled from it for our sins. My god, it's full of grass.

Zwille posted:

Nice! Looks like a veritable jungle there.

Hopper posted:

Yeah I'll go jogging to tonight or tomorrow, luckily I live on the outskirts of town right near a forest. If you make it 500m in you leave all people behind.

I also got some Lego coming in to keep me busy as I have next week off and well... not much to do. Still need to buy a PS4 game to binge through, thinking Ghost of Tsushima, but that is surprisingly hard to find for a decentt price, so maybe I'll just play though Judgement, which I already started anyway.

oliwan posted:

Ah, of course there are Adults Playing with Lego in the German thread lol

pidan posted:

I increasingly see people wearing masks outside where it's not required, so I guess the general feeling is "taking things seriously".

oliwan posted:

Ah, of course there are Adults Playing with Lego in the German thread lol

Libluini posted:

So, on our Discord I was asked to bless this thread.

As the God of Awesome, I of course immediately stepped down from my high horse to dispense blessings:




As a reminder, my new cat Amber. (Right now she sleeps on my desk instead of my bed, but same thing really.)




Still too young and inexperienced to just go outside alone, but I also didn't want to keep her imprisoned for the 3-4 weeks I'm supposed to eingewöhn her. So I got her this Katzengeschirr.




She learned to "accept" the thing pretty drat fast (probably because she's still very young), but the first few times, I had to carry her out into the garden like a baby before she started moving out of her own free will.




Bad news kitty, the world is just a larger cage around the cage we're living in.




Luckily for Amber, our fence has a huge hole in it were part of it is just missing. I think this happened when a storm killed the huge Tannenbaum we had. That thing flattened a lot of real estate out here in garden world. Though it also looks like at one time, both of these gardens may have been connected? Anyway, the leash was far too short and she protested very loudly when she suddenly noticed how unwilling I was to just trespass into a foreign garden.




In another part of our garden, neighbors built this contraption, spanning both sides of the fence. It leads upwards a tree just off-screen and to a bunch of linked-up bird feeders and playgrounds. (She is hiding inside the brick-looking thing on this pic. It's hollow!)

And then she managed to climb and fall off that contraption, forcing me to climb it up until I could help untangle her. Ironically, without her Katzengeschirr stopping her, she would have bumped a lot of stuff on her way down and I don't think falling on your paws will help if branches keep hitting you in the face.




Second attempt, days later: After Autumn and Work combined to form Captain Darkness, I was forced to either do this, or keep her inside. Well, at least Amber could now scout around a lot more, thanks to a longer leash. (This is yet another garden on yet another side of our one. It's like gardenception over here.)




Third attempt, from today: Now she's really getting into it, and I've learned enough to keep her from getting into trouble!




Interesting fact: Having a long leash doesn't really help if your pet tries her best to get it caught up in everything she comes across.




Most of today she spend watching birds and making weird bird noises. Fun for her, but thank god I had my smartphone. Watching cats is fun, but after 30 minutes of looking at a sitting cat you have to be a professional animal watcher or your concentration will be shot.




Though to be fair, Amber also did a lot of exploring. There's apparently an old Sandkasten here, too. I'd totally forgotten what was under those weird wooden planks until she crawled under them. I suddenly remembered it's not just naked stone under there. Completely unrelated to this story is this shot of Amber reacting to her name. A rare pic of this plus me being fast enough with the shot happening at the same time.

Hopper posted:

^^^ Tell me about it, the living room is full of all the London stuff, and I recently built the Mustang and the VW Bus. Got the bug coming in, and have you seen the UCS Ecto1 that will come out soon?

Libluini posted:

Man, I spend most of this year slowly filling my tiny apartment with Lego, it's ridiculous. Now I can't build more Lego anymore, I've run out of places to put those things down. (Also as an aside, I'm amazed that Amber just leaves all my huge Lego crap alone. She rubs her head on some of the larger ones like my original MAERSK LINE Container Ship, but that's it. She's really a sweet kitty. )

elbkaida posted:

Doesn't it get really messy to have a bunch of lego stuff all over your place? Seems like keeping it all in the box and taking it out only when you want to play with it would be the better option.

Zwille posted:

Ugh, I almost bought the Bug and mustang too. How do you stay up to date on the Lego stuff coming out? I just read about the batwing by accident from an Instagram ad.

Lunar Suite posted:

My bank (DiBa) has started collecting a cool five euros a month for the privilege of having all my money lie with them (and them making profit by loaning it to others) so I'd like to change to another bank, with a free account, with 0 ,- EUR Kontoführungsgebühr, even if I never pay in.

Google claims Santander does so - are they reputable? I don't need ATMs or a credit card from them, just a place to keep Euros.

Lunar Suite posted:

My bank (DiBa) has started collecting a cool five euros a month for the privilege of having all my money lie with them (and them making profit by loaning it to others) so I'd like to change to another bank, with a free account, with 0 ,- EUR Kontoführungsgebühr, even if I never pay in.

Google claims Santander does so - are they reputable? I don't need ATMs or a credit card from them, just a place to keep Euros.

cant cook creole bream posted:

How do you feel about jigsaw puzzles? Lego is basically that, but with detailed instructions. The perfect German game.

I will design a jigsaw puzzle with numbers on the back, so people will know how to do them step by step.

oliwan posted:

Hey, if you as a grown rear end adult want to order Lego sets for yourself and play with them in your own home, be my guest. There are also adults who put on diapers, dress up like a baby and sleep in a huge crib, and that's cool too.

cant cook creole bream posted:

How do you feel about jigsaw puzzles? Lego is basically that, but with detailed instructions. The perfect German game.

I will design a jigsaw puzzle with numbers on the back, so people will know how to do them step by step. Correctly in an ordered fashion.

Now how can you include complicated probability tables?

Greatest Living Man posted:

elbkaida posted:

Doesn't it get really messy to have a bunch of lego stuff all over your place? Seems like keeping it all in the box and taking it out only when you want to play with it would be the better option.

GABA ghoul posted:

Nice normative, judgmental opinion you have there, op. Very bougie, very conservative, very nice

Have you also considered thinking that a grown rear end man 10 years out of uni shouldn't be doing dissociatives anymore and instead have a family, kids and at least five weisse bürohemden?

pidan posted:

Giving lego to your kids is the middle class version of a pony.

Just give them sticks and leaves, healthy and free!

Hopper posted:

Here's a place for all your lego needs: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3328496&pagenumber=1&perpage=40

pidan posted:

Giving lego to your kids is the middle class version of a pony.

Just give them sticks and leaves, healthy and free!

Greader posted:

Heh, look at these people playing with legos. Meanwhile, I will be off engaging in a real man's hobby: modded minecraft

Jokes aside, I finally convinced some friends to set up and play on a modded server together and while I was initially worried, it has been going pretty well so far. Add in the fact that in a couple hours my one week of vacation starts and I will be off in virtual lego land for a while. Just gonna hope no major events happen in the world while I am gone

GABA ghoul posted:

Lego and minecraft are gateway drugs to a STEM studium, great success and happiness in life. If you give them leaves and an ast they might turn out to be a Gärtner or something or even worse

oliwan posted:

Ah, of course there are Adults Playing with Lego in the German thread lol

AndreTheGiantBoned posted:

Like, I have this friend who is close to 40, lives with his girlfriend in Geneve, spends his time at home, does not want to meet new people, and his only hobby is to play Magic the Gathering, he spends loads of money in it.
He is depressed

I cannot help feeling that he could be a bit more "grown up"

pidan posted:

I don't disagree that the man-child demographic is growing, but I'm not sure it's that much of a problem? Like, of you're going to sit in your house alone and depressed, surely playing with legos is no worse than hate-reading Foucault. If you're going to go outside with friends, surely playing quidditch in full costume is no worse than mud biking or whatever.

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The work-for-money aspect of our lives isn't affected anyway, unless you're lucky enough to work in one of those offices that have slides and a ball pit.

pidan posted:

I don't disagree that the man-child demographic is growing, but I'm not sure it's that much of a problem? Like, of you're going to sit in your house alone and depressed, surely playing with legos is no worse than hate-reading Foucault. If you're going to go outside with friends, surely playing quidditch in full costume is no worse than mud biking or whatever.

The work-for-money aspect of our lives isn't affected anyway, unless you're lucky enough to work in one of those offices that have slides and a ball pit.

GABA ghoul posted:

Yeah, 60 years ago that magic the gathering dude would have been collecting briefmarken or something and it would have been just as unhealthy. There is a general trend towards less social interaction and that's the actual problem.

And there is nothing inherently wrong with collecting briemarks or building legos or whatever compared to other solitary hobbies. I guess some are somewhat better than others. Like, learning to draw gets you to acquire a complicated skill and gives you a positive feeling of accomplishment, but not everyone is artistically gifted or interested. Some people are just born with nerdy tendencies/talents and there is not much that can be done about it.