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Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Today at 12:36 AMI know the feeling... I got 3 fractured vertibre..

Three compressed vertebrate here. Lower back. Sucks.

Getting old is when you just sit around and complain about the pain in your joints and muscles. Well: stenosis (smashed disks) all the way up, and down, my spine. So, there - I'm older than you guys. 

What do you call it, when you stand and complain about pain?? lol

Quote from: granz on Today at 03:01 PMGetting old is when you just sit around and complain about the pain in your joints and muscles. Well: stenosis (smashed disks) all the way up, and down, my spine. So, there - I'm older than you guys. 

Well, I'm sure some of my issues are age related...however, I injured my back and knees at my last job. At this point, I'm trying to decide how much hassle I want to go through for these injections into my back and knees. I hear mixed results from those I know go through that.

These things would cause me to miss work, but then might only last a month or so, but you can't get it done any sooner than three months. Right now I am trying to decide if it's worth going through this every three months for lost wages and limited relief. My back has gotten worse, so unless something else changes, I will be doing this. The back thing requires x-ray assistance, so that can't be cheap having that done every three months on back and knees.

This is pretty good. I downloaded it to show Marilyn, she'll get a laugh from it.

Quote from: Chris Savage on Today at 08:39 AM

Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Today at 12:36 AMI know the feeling... I got 3 fractured vertibre..

Three compressed vertebrate here. Lower back. Sucks.

Getting old is when you just sit around and complain about the pain in your joints and muscles. Well: stenosis (smashed disks) all the way up, and down, my spine. So, there - I'm older than you guys. 

Very funny! For the Red Line / Blue Line, I would've said, "What is the Delta?" LOL

Quote from: Jeff_T on Today at 12:17 PMI don't have a particular project but I did get interested in model railway control, I started looking at electronic turnout control using servos and ESP NOW where many servos could be controlled using a wireless system so assembly and disassembly of a layout would be considerably easier. This led me to look at DCC which superimposes a signal onto the track to  control engines and accessories from a central controller. Of course these things have already been done and there are many variations of the theme available even an Arduino DCC controller. So I wanted to see if I could do something similar in Micropython at a significantly lower cost and I thought how cool it would be to have a 10 inch touch screen with an overlay of the track where you could set a point or several points and get a visual of the red/green signals and crossing gates etc. You can see I am getting carried away here lol but that is how my mind works and what keeps me happy. I will let you know when I eventually get my P4.

Very ambitious. If it ever does become a project, feel free to start a thread in the member projects section. In the mean time, if you have successes at the various stages, you can post in the appropriate forum about your various experiments. I know I always keep track of the experiments others are doing. I often learn from them myself.

I don't have a particular project but I did get interested in model railway control, I started looking at electronic turnout control using servos and ESP NOW where many servos could be controlled using a wireless system so assembly and disassembly of a layout would be considerably easier. This led me to look at DCC which superimposes a signal onto the track to  control engines and accessories from a central controller. Of course these things have already been done and there are many variations of the theme available even an Arduino DCC controller. So I wanted to see if I could do something similar in Micropython at a significantly lower cost and I thought how cool it would be to have a 10 inch touch screen with an overlay of the track where you could set a point or several points and get a visual of the red/green signals and crossing gates etc. You can see I am getting carried away here lol but that is how my mind works and what keeps me happy. I will let you know when I eventually get my P4.

lol

Quote from: Jeff_T on Today at 10:50 AM@Chris Savage , I am just recovering from the holiday getting ready for the next one lol. Regards to all forum members I hope y'all being good.

I think that's how many of us feel when the holidays seem stacked and various family are spread out.

I looked at your links. Very nice. Looks like a lot for minimal investment. Is there a particular project you're hoping to realize out of this platform?

As a note, not everything has to be a serious project. I rather enjoyed your posts documenting the experimenting you were doing. People sometimes find that interesting, enjoyable and good for project ideas.