... your significant other says something about using the 'ISO' button on the camera and you wonder why he's trying to contact Dr. Nambu. Yes, this is a true story! Any others people are willing to share?

When you start throwing feathers from your pillow at imaginary enemies at 2 in the morning. O your yo yo!

We had a dress down day at work a couple of weeks back and I wore one of my old Gatchacon t-shirts, the 97 one that's designed to look like a rock band world tour shirt. It got a few long stares from people reading the back and presumably wondering where in the world Huntworl is, but a couple of guys I know well were giving it a really good stare and reading slowly "Science... Ninja.... Team?" You know, it'd never occurred to me before what odd words they are to have next to each other. Shows how much Gatch on the brain I've got.

You know your a Gatach on your brain when.... You spend you spare moments at work drawing pics of the Eagle and the Condor and wonder why your Eagle keeps looking like the Condor... You think...my daughter would look cute in a pink swan costume...mmm

I'm a sad case...here's mine as the swannie... *Blink* *waitaminute* YOUR daughter??? EBONY???? IS there something we should know????

I have a toy G2 on my desk at work... Ok, it's not a real G2, but over the summer my office had their big summer meeting and the theme was racing. So we got these cheapie toy race cars to put out on the tables as part of the decorations. When the meeting was over and we were cleaning up, one of the cars that was left was a black little racer with the number 2 on it's roof. Of course guess what I thought of right away... So I took it and it's now sitting on the shelf above my desk at work... right next to a bracelet that says "pit crew". Oh, gosh, I'm bad. I think I joined this board just in time.... Hinotori

Oh yes, Hinotori, you are in the right place!!! Don't know if I mentioned it here, but I was in an inservice where the guy broke us into two groups... Eagles and Swans...I was cracking up and only I knew why...needless to say, I was a Swan... *bats eyelashes*

Ok, I admit...back when I was a (silly stupid) child, I tried to dye one of my dolls blue with tempera ... and bleach it's hair with chlorine.... Of coursre the result didn't look like Ego

Originally posted by amyltrer Ok, I admit...back when I was a (silly stupid) child, I tried to dye one of my dolls blue with tempera ... and bleach it's hair with chlorine.... Of coursre the result didn't look like Ego

Hahahaha... why am I not surprised? Do you still have the doll?

Well, if mom hadn't threw it away.... I suppose it;'s smoewhere in the attic inmy parents house. That's one of the few places where even I don't dare to go

Oh Amy that is real dedication to EGo. He better appreciate you!

Originally posted by Springie I'm a sad case...here's mine as the swannie... *Blink* *waitaminute* YOUR daughter??? EBONY???? IS there something we should know????

Springie she looks cute

Thanks, FB! Regi made it for me a while ago...I thought it turned out cute!

I have an Eagle Ken miniature on my desk. Let's see if I can dig out a picture... Oh ya, here we go (sorry about the blurriness of the pics): I also have several tracks of Gatchaman music that I call my theme music these days. Cheers, Tim

Originally posted by Firebird Oh Amy that is real dedication to EGo. He better appreciate you!

Yup, I was obsessed with him I tell you. I still am, but I've cured a little since then.....

In my classroom I have a kite I stapled to a bulletin board behind my desk. It is a bird coloured in fiery colours. I tell the children it is a firebird.

I love the dolls! I have started to make my porcelain version of Jun! I'm doing her with painted eyes instead of Glass eyes... Does that also show that your obsessed!

LOL.... I have these minifigs around my computer monitor... I still don't knwo what Dr. Nambu is going to do with that pointer!

Where did you get those TJ! They remind me of the Playmobil Figures I had as a child. I didn't have gatch ones I had cowboys and indians, workmen and policemen. I remember I use to sing YMCA with them and have them move their arms.

They're not Playmobil, they're Lego mini-fig size. Actually, they're a lot like Lego minifigs, except that they don't have the holes in them that would allow them to attach to Lego. These are they: http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Yujin-Cute-Gatchaman-Gashapon_W0QQitemZ130154028115QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks for the link. I may have to get a set.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun LOL.... I have these minifigs around my computer monitor... I still don't knwo what Dr. Nambu is going to do with that pointer!

You know I wa sthinking the same thing.... Maybe the Eagle was disobedient lately. I also noticed Ryu is slimmer than usual.

They ran outta lego pieces for Ryu! I sent these to Ivory, he likes his Lego...

I often think as I'm driving and see Pontiac Firebirds or G5's..and think...hmmm doesn't look like the Phoenix.. Or going by shoe stores and seeing bright white knee-high or higher boots..the swan always pops into my mind.

Or the fact halloween is almost upon us and I think of dressing the dog up as the Condor!

OMG...that would be SOOOOOO Cute!! Speaking of Halloween...you've seen it before, but...

Originally posted by kimiko Or the fact halloween is almost upon us and I think of dressing the dog up as the Condor!

Cloud giggles imagining a Pitbull dressed as a Condor. Mine dog becomes a devil at halloween. I wonder where I put those horns.

Originally posted by clouddancer

Originally posted by kimiko Or the fact halloween is almost upon us and I think of dressing the dog up as the Condor!

Cloud giggles imagining a Pitbull dressed as a Condor. Mine dog becomes a devil at halloween. I wonder where I put those horns.

It would work for her...she's mostly brown..all she would really need is a cape and helmet (and good luck trying to keep her in it!)

Originally posted by kimiko Or the fact halloween is almost upon us and I think of dressing the dog up as the Condor!

You will have to post pictures of that, Kimi!

Originally posted by Ebonyswanne I love the dolls! I have started to make my porcelain version of Jun! I'm doing her with painted eyes instead of Glass eyes... Does that also show that your obsessed!

Will you show us when you finished Ebony?

Originally posted by Transmute Jun LOL.... I have these minifigs around my computer monitor... I still don't knwo what Dr. Nambu is going to do with that pointer!

I have a set of those too. I could never work out what that pointer was for. Maybe it is all thats left of Zark?

Originally posted by Transmute Jun

Originally posted by kimiko Or the fact halloween is almost upon us and I think of dressing the dog up as the Condor!

You will have to post pictures of that, Kimi!

Yes kimi please try get us a pic!

Originally posted by Firebird I could never work out what that pointer was for. Maybe it is all thats left of Zark?

I like that explanation!!!!

I'll try to see if I can come up with something...that and if the dog & hubby will let me. I can hear his eyes rolling in his head already!

You should have seen my husband's face last year when we asked for a Katse pumpkin!!!!

Originally posted by Transmute Jun You should have seen my husband's face last year when we asked for a Katse pumpkin!!!!

Didn't I see that posted some where? Or was that some one elses?

Yep, I posted it on the Clubhouse.

That was it. So what this year. Are you going to choose one of the Captains of the week?

I would like to, but I was voted down. The kids want an undead pumpkin like a skull. Maybe that could be a mecha.... I think Amy should do an Egobossler pumpkin!!!! Paint it blue!!!

Originally posted by Springie OMG...that would be SOOOOOO Cute!! Speaking of Halloween...you've seen it before, but...

I do like this Springie.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun Yep, I posted it on the Clubhouse.

Have to admit because I always work halloween I tend not to decorate pumpkins etc.

I think you should make a mini one for your office, FB!

That's a great job done! We'll have to start thinking about getting one soon. Finally found the Halloween decorations in the basement..now to get them up! Some folks on our street are going all out crazy! There are stuffed corpses all over some people's lawns, on roofs..etc.. Makes my little mini-light sets look rather bland. I have a spiderweb..little jackolanterns and skeleton sets that kind of resemble patio lanterns.

We don't do that much decoration either. We do have some cool Disney tapestries on our walls... the ones from the Haunted Mansion elevator ride. But they are up year-round. Then I have a bunch of stuffed spiders and bats that we throw around, plus the Window Clings. Must have the Window Clings. We have them for almost every holiday. The kids love them and they have their own special place in the Kitchen for them... But, back to you, Kimi. I think Galactor villains make EXCELLENT Jack 'O Lantern models. Why don't you give one a try?

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I think you should make a mini one for your office, FB!

Not permitted because it may cause offence.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun We don't do that much decoration either. We do have some cool Disney tapestries on our walls... the ones from the Haunted Mansion elevator ride. But they are up year-round. Then I have a bunch of stuffed spiders and bats that we throw around, plus the Window Clings. Must have the Window Clings. We have them for almost every holiday. The kids love them and they have their own special place in the Kitchen for them... But, back to you, Kimi. I think Galactor villains make EXCELLENT Jack 'O Lantern models. Why don't you give one a try?

Would love to see what you come up with.

Originally posted by Firebird

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I think you should make a mini one for your office, FB!

Not permitted because it may cause offence.

This is why Political Correctness drives me over the edge.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun

Originally posted by Firebird

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I think you should make a mini one for your office, FB!

Not permitted because it may cause offence.

This is why Political Correctness drives me over the edge.

IKWYM We are trying to get them to loosen up a bit though. so maybe one day?

Originally posted by Springie

You know seeing this reminds me...... What ever happened to the Gatch Calendar we were discussing? This was going to be our October picture. I guess RL caught up to Springie and she has run out of time to draw for it.

I know she was seriously thinking about it and planning it. I'll bet she could get one done!

Hmmmm...maybe for next year? Honestly, I don't think the drawings are good enough for a real calendar...but it's a fun thought. I like the October one...but I don't know how many would actually work...I *do* have a few Christmas ones in the works...*grin* We need the giant turkey mecha for November, too...LOL Is there a site online that can do freebie calendars?

Originally posted by Springie Hmmmm...maybe for next year? Honestly, I don't think the drawings are good enough for a real calendar...but it's a fun thought. I like the October one...but I don't know how many would actually work...I *do* have a few Christmas ones in the works...*grin* We need the giant turkey mecha for November, too...LOL Is there a site online that can do freebie calendars?

I am sure we can always do a search to find out.

I'm not sure about a freebie one, but if you upload the pics to a place like Winkflash or Photobucket you could do a group order that wouldn't be too pricey.

Originally posted by Firebird

Originally posted by Transmute Jun Yep, I posted it on the Clubhouse.

Have to admit because I always work halloween I tend not to decorate pumpkins etc.

I like that, FB. It looks just like Katze after the birdies have beat hir up again!

Originally posted by Springie Hmmmm...maybe for next year? Honestly, I don't think the drawings are good enough for a real calendar...but it's a fun thought. I like the October one...but I don't know how many would actually work...I *do* have a few Christmas ones in the works...*grin* We need the giant turkey mecha for November, too...LOL Is there a site online that can do freebie calendars?

If you have publisher you can use that. alternatively here are some sites for you. printable calenders also more printable calenders and finally make your own calender Hope these help.

Springie, I guess we're all you for the calendar, now!!!!

I was just trying to be helpful on a day off (and avoid writing for a bit longer)

Originally posted by Firebird I was just trying to be helpful on a day off (and avoid writing for a bit longer)

Day off?????? GET WRITING, FB!!!!!!!!! (I could use my loud voice again, if you'd like! )

lol no will write more on clubhouse fic shortly, hopefully get it finished today and move onto chapter 4

Originally posted by Firebird I was just trying to be helpful on a day off (and avoid writing for a bit longer)

You have a day off? I don't remember what those are! And now the manager wants to extend our hours (9 hour shift) and have an extra shift per week! It is tempting and god knows I need the cash (doesn't everybody) But I don't want to run myself down at the same time. I am just getting over some bug (infected ears, throat, lungs, and generally feeeling like I've been hit by a truck). I just finished my round of antibiotics yesterday along with a bottle of Co-Actifed cough syrup. Now the hubby is getting sick..I suppose there will be now rest for the wicked...

I hope you're feeling betterm Kimi. I suspect you are, if you're calling it the 'Wicked'! It's always nice to have extra cash, especially with the holidays coming up. I spent a lot of time yesterday trying to get materials for my kids' present... I am ATTEMPTING to make them Gatch costumes. But since my crafty skills are non-existent, I'm just tryng to cobble together some stuff.

If it makes you feel better Kimi i work 12 hour shifts to earn days off and get harassed by text messages asking me to come in and work overtime on them lol Sorry you were ill though

Text messages/ What text messages? Oh, you mean on my PHONE? The one that got run over by an angry Condor in the G2? Sorry. Nope. Never got 'em!

lol Well thats one way to be out of contact

Or you could be like me. I don't have a cell phone at all.

I have to, not just for work but for family emergencies.

I'm just too cheap...

Thanks guys! *being careful not to get germ cooties on everyone* I don't know if it's a flu or cold, but it seems to be making the rounds around here. I used to have Fido pay as you go..just for emergencies..but hubby dropped it at work off of a scaffold...so smash-o.

That certainly sounds like pay-as-you-go!!! I'll deftly avoid the germs and send you back best wishes. If you need it, I can send the Owl over with a bowl of soup...

Thanks..but I have had so much soup in the last week, I feel like my teeth are floating!

Originally posted by Transmute Jun Or you could be like me. I don't have a cell phone at all.

None for me either. Which made the contractors who worked on my house very upset as they could not reach me during the day. (The secretary would not put calls through to my classroom while I was teaching.) If anyone needs to reach me, leave a message. I will get back to you. Or better yet send me an email, then my account willnot look so lonely. *I think I need more friends, or to talk to them less in person if I want more messages.*

aww CD we can email you if you like?

You are welcome to if you want but I do enough talking on this site. If I started answering your emails I would never get to writing. Cloud does not think TJ would accept that as a good excuse for not writing.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun Springie, I guess we're all you for the calendar, now!!!!

Now we have to remember where this post is when we need to create the Calendar.

Originally posted by clouddancer You are welcome to if you want but I do enough talking on this site. If I started answering your emails I would never get to writing. Cloud does not think TJ would accept that as a good excuse for not writing.

Well it depends... are you emailing ME? You have my email address, after all. But just so you know, I tend to talk a lot about fics in emails, so you never know... and when we IM'd we talked about fic plots! I have fic on the brain.

Do I need to email you TJ? We do enough chating on the board and now I have even started PMing you. Don't you hear enough of me that way? Oh, I get it ...... you want me to email my fic, for you to read.

Originally posted by clouddancer Do I need to email you TJ? We do enough chating on the board and now I have even started PMing you. Don't you hear enough of me that way?

Oh... you're SICK of me... okay, hint taken...

Originally posted by clouddancer Oh, I get it ...... you want me to email my fic, for you to read.

Well, only if you WANT to...

Originally posted by Transmute Jun

Originally posted by clouddancer Do I need to email you TJ? We do enough chating on the board and now I have even started PMing you. Don't you hear enough of me that way?

Oh... you're SICK of me... okay, hint taken...

Originally posted by clouddancer Oh, I get it ...... you want me to email my fic, for you to read.

Well, only if you WANT to...

Cloud jumps, Oh no I did not mean I am sick of you. I was worried you would be sick of me. I will send you the fic when I get done writing it. I am making some changes to see about adding in some information from the story I decided to drop. Again it may be background information that can be revealed in a much later fic.

I could never be sick of you, CD! And I'll take the story when you get to it. I shouldn't talk... yesterday I was so busy I didn't write anything and today I've used the free time I've had looking for birthday presents for my daughter.

It is her birthday on the 21 too isn't it. Hope you found something she wanted.

Originally posted by clouddancer It is her birthday on the 21 too isn't it. Hope you found something she wanted.

Nope... in November. I have about a month. But I don't like to leave it much longer than that when I mail order on the internet.

What does she like? Maybe I can be of assistance?

LOL... she loves science... she wants to be Dr. Nambu when she grows up! I think she's ready to leave the fighting to someone else... I've been looking at various fun science kits for kids online... there are some cool ones!

What aspect of science does she like?

All different kinds. I am going to get her a circuit board kit for Christmas so she can make a doorbell, alarm clock, light switch, etc. by snapping the pieces together. I remember playing with those things in high school physics class but this is made for kids about her age. She also loves bugs and insects and 'gross' stuff... I am looking at some of that stuff too. And then I want to get her a chemistry kit because she loves the idea of being the 'mad scientist' who mixes stuff together... you know... She's also into anything about rockets and astronomy and other planets... and then she has an interest in environmental science as well... all over the map, really. I just want to keep it going.

Seems I have Gatch on the brain too...I walked by some CD section at work last night and "---mania" on one of them caught my eye...had to take a second look...

Originally posted by kimiko Seems I have Gatch on the brain too...I walked by some CD section at work last night and "---mania" on one of them caught my eye...had to take a second look...

Oh, Kimi... you're thinking of us when you're not even here... that touches my heart... sniff...

Be very, very careful about the "science kits for kids". Dad got a whole pile of them for Son, and at least half of them were total garbage. The motor boat and door bell were horrid. The wire was too fine (broke), and the connections didn't work at all. Dad had to get his soldering iron. Now, how many households getting these kits have soldering irons, and how many kids / parents would go get it, as opposed to giving up in frustration? The "brain model" was flimsy and the plastic pieces warped enough that you couldn't quite put it together. The "lots of experiments in one" was one computer chip with six different ways to wire it. The "flying plane" had warped wings. The slots on the loom were so shallow the threads kept coming off. Those all came from a major "educational" store. We were able to rescue it, turning it into troubleshooting and fixing, but the goal was to learn how an electric motor worked, not how to troubleshoot something you've never seen working in the first place. He's now building bookshelves with them, and dissecting (clean) diapers, and teaching them how to varnish, and showing them how to touch the Scottish thistle (which, if it were hard to grow, would be called a rose and highly valued, rather than a weed), and avoid poison ivy, and use triangles when building. (Son's tower in school was strongest and highest; he built a good base and used lots of triangles in the design.) I remember a 75-in-one electronics kit. The resistors and capacitors and batteries and stuff were on a board, wired to springs. You shoved wires into the springs, to make the circuit. The manual had "connect terminal 35 to 28" instructions, as well as the real schematic. I cannibalized it for a Guide demonstration, and have regretted it ever since having kids. It's one of my red buttons, giving kids stuff so they "enjoy science, do experiments" which are so badly designed and/or manufactured that the kid learns "Science is hard. I can't make it work. It's all a bunch of garbage."

Thanks for the input, Cricket. I'll be sure to check out the kits I bought when they arrive, before the kids get them.

Wow we've come a long way from the days when the most science-like gift I ever got was a microscope!

Hmm, how old is your daughter TJ? Most little girls I know love to get dolls, so how about a Barbie kit. A Barbie - Swan would be just perfect! Then again a simple puzzle for her age would be a good choice! Ah well I have no experience with kids!

You are right that she 'should' like Barbie dolls... but she's a tomboy! The only 'Barbie' style doll she ever plays with is her Condor Joe doll. Last Christmas she asked for a 'real' doll, but then she never played with it. I think she just figured out somewhere that she was SUPPOSED to have one... and once she did she didn't feel a need to play with it, KWIM? She's going to be 7 in a month, and her big interests are drawing, blocks, Warcraft/Fantasy games, science and books. Can you tell she's as geeky as we are?

OK you need GI Joanne Barbie doll all done up in Camoflage gear with the black and green goop on her face!

Originally posted by Transmute Jun She's going to be 7 in a month, and her big interests are drawing, blocks, Warcraft/Fantasy games, science and books. Can you tell she's as geeky as we are?

I used to be a tomboy as a kid too. So how about a Nintendo? If she's anything like Jinpei, she'll enjoy playstation games!

You know, funny thing is, I never wanted a handheld video game system. I see kids with them all the time. The Moms are out and their kids' faces are buried in the games and they won't talk to anyone... it's social removal. I certainly spend a lot of time in front of the computer, but when someone is next to me I talk to them. (Uh... except DH when he's interrupting my fic-writing, ) BUT... long story short, I got a free Nintendo DS Lite. And we have two VERY long plane trips coming up (to Australia and back) of 17 hours + each, so I decided to cave and give it to her, along with a couple of games. Now if she gets one, DS will want a game too, so I am picking up a Leapster for him. Oh, the shame! I'm doping my kids! But I think I'll just withhold new batteries from them until we're traveling again... After all that's said and done though, the Nintendo is likely to be a Christmas present so she doesn't get bored with it before the trip.

Well it's not like you're pumping them full of Ritalin TJ! Those are going to be very long trips and they're going to need plenty of entertainment to keep their sanity..or more like it yours!

Ah yes, sanity... economy class for 17 hours. And I have a terrible time sleeping on planes... we have the first day just for recovery, in case we need it! LOL.... Perhaps sanity is over-rated. If I just drug them with some kind of sleeping medication I can write fics the entire time and be a gibbering idiot when I get off the plane.

And then you spend recovery time at the local internet cafe. Typing what you have written onto the computer.

Originally posted by clouddancer And then you spend recovery time at the local internet cafe. Typing what you have written onto the computer.

Probably not. I'd wait until I got home. That's how I came home with the first 20 pages or so of Prom Night. It might have been more, but I spent a lot of time chatting with Springie, you see. And we did up the outline for Memoirs of a Swan.

Sounds like there is absolutly nothing wrong with your daughter TJ, Being a tomboy can be a great thing. One thing you might want to consider is getting your kids an old tv or something and allowing them to tear it apart. Just be forewarned it still has some juice to it, think it's with a transistor though. Never know, maybe someday your kids will be able to fix any appliance in the house.

Oh, they've torn plenty of stuff apart.... but usually we're not too thrilled about it!

A really good magnifying glass is more fun than a microscope; you can carry it around, and you don't have to make slides for it. (My microscope came with 50 pre-mounted slides, of squished things.) The book The New The Way Things Work is great, as are the videos. (Just love the mamoths!) She might enjoy a good kids' cookbook. I'm still looking for my copy of Betty Crocker's cookbook for kids. The one from Chirp/Chickadee was assembling pre-cooked food, like oreo cookie and icing and licorice to make a spider. Or faces out of sandwich fixings and salads. Nada on the old TV set to tear apart. I could double check with Dad if you want, but I know there were some interesting sparks as he took apart an old monitor. (He's an old ham radio nut, so he knows when and where the sparks will be.) Have you tried the RP game Toon? Compared to most dice-RP, it's really easy to learn, and you can be really silly with it. Rules are rather flexible. http://www.sjgames.com/toon/ Another good game is the "Once Upon a Time" card game. http://www.amazon.com/Once-upon-Time-Storytelling-Card/dp/1887801006 Again, lots of flexibility in the rules. Cheers!

Those sound great, Crickett! I'll have to check them out! Thanks!

Hope you find what you want TJ. If you have a science museum they might also do some stuff aime at kids