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Post by exoticimports on Nov 6, 2020 7:09:35 GMT -8
Off topic, but English is a horrible language. American in particular, since Americans use 1/4 the vocabulary as the Brits, indicating that the ability to accurately express a thought is depressed. And Australian, which is all colloquialisms, making it more of a Pidjin language.
Polish, you can keep all your crazy genders. Russian too. Even German. There is no value in genders. No thanks.
Mandarin makes more sense, but it would be an easier transition to Spanish.
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Post by kevinkk on Nov 6, 2020 8:38:32 GMT -8
Off topic, but English is a horrible language. American in particular, since Americans use 1/4 the vocabulary as the Brits, indicating that the ability to accurately express a thought is depressed. And Australian, which is all colloquialisms, making it more of a Pidjin language. Polish, you can keep all your crazy genders. Russian too. Even German. There is no value in genders. No thanks. Mandarin makes more sense, but it would be an easier transition to Spanish. Fair enough, my opinion- I'm doing fine with America speak, and find the speed at which many other languages are spoken going right over my head. Maybe that's simply because I don't speak them. I live next to a subdivision with mostly Latino workers, and they talk pretty fast. I have picked up some German using Actias..moonspinner, for one. Although after the revamp, some of the translated terminology is a little peculiar, context helps. Funny- after Actias's revamp, on my profile page, my surname is "potato"?? |
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Post by exoticimports on Nov 6, 2020 13:38:22 GMT -8
Well potato in German does start with the letter K.
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Post by bandrow on Nov 6, 2020 19:59:22 GMT -8
Greetings,
I too have to agree that the dark background blurs into the black margins of the specimens. It may be that the image is not as contrasting as they appear in life, but I think the white bottoms are preferable.
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by exoticimports on Nov 7, 2020 4:59:56 GMT -8
Greetings, I too have to agree that the dark background blurs into the black margins of the specimens. It may be that the image is not as contrasting as they appear in life, but I think the white bottoms are preferable. Cheers! Bandrow Well now you tell me. I glued black bottoms into three drawers! Of course it can’t be that hard to rip one out. Still, I’m thinking some genus or series has to look good on black. I’m going to try Luna. |
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Post by bandrow on Nov 7, 2020 6:47:19 GMT -8
Sorry! I, uh, ummm... I had fallen and couldn't get up!
Lunas might look cool, pierids or maybe lycaenids could look good. Unfortunately, there really aren't a lot of taxa that aren't in some part black or at least dark. A big box of gold and silver Chrysina could be striking - but who has that many of those?
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by 18duroe on Nov 17, 2020 8:48:47 GMT -8
Figured id share the cabinet I made this past summer. Normally I don't have time to build a whole cabinet and drawers myself but as a college student I also don't have the money to buy one so building it is. I used two power tools for building this, a cheap construction site used table saw and a sander. It took lots of measuring but as you can see, the cabinet turned out alright. The picture was from this summer and this cabinet is now half full of specimens. Drawers are made from scrap deck cedar, clearance glass, hardboard from some shipping containers and paint/polyurethane. Cabinet itself is made from a broken Ping-Pong table I found on the side of the road and scrap wood from a construction site. 13 drawers and the cabinet came out around 58.99$ most of the cost was from the glass, polyurethane, and paint/stain. Of course, the real cost was in the time I spent building this as it took me a month from the time I obtained the wood to the time of me putting specimens in the cases. I also prefer dark black stained wood rather than the varnished raw wood.  |
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Post by 18duroe on Nov 17, 2020 8:55:24 GMT -8
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Post by trehopr1 on Nov 17, 2020 10:56:57 GMT -8
My sincere compliments indeed !
Very innovative... Wonderful work which shows a "labor of love" for the passion which you hold dear. Amazing !
Looks like you also do some good prep work on your specimens. Could you show us another case or two ?
Thank you for kindly sharing your project with us.
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Post by Paul K on Nov 17, 2020 11:22:21 GMT -8
Pretty good for $60 !!!!
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Post by 18duroe on Nov 17, 2020 18:17:38 GMT -8
My sincere compliments indeed ! Very innovative... Wonderful work which shows a "labor of love" for the passion which you hold dear. Amazing ! Looks like you also do some good prep work on your specimens. Could you show us another case or two ? Thank you for kindly sharing your project with us. Thanks for your kind words! I will try to share more but hosting pictures can be quite a hassle. |
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