I’ve built another thing!

"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
03/05/2019 at 22:59 • Filed to: None

And I have a request. Err, t wo requests:

Firstable (/s) please ignore the wall that needs repainted.

Second, please suggest your favorite podcast for my 19-ish hour drive to and from west Texas.

Thank you muchly (or yes, much love works too, thanks phone!)

DISCUSSION (42)

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:09

99 Percent Invisible

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Radiolab

This American Life

Criminal

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History (episodes are like 6 hours long)

Aremmes > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:10

Podcast? LOL no. For long car trips it's better to have Phish or Grateful Dead, preferably recorded from live shows.

MrDakka > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:12

What is that? A Hogwarts for ants? XD

Forget podcast, you need an audiobook.

smobgirl > Aremmes
03/05/2019 at 23:18

That’s... my personal hell

smobgirl > MrDakka
03/05/2019 at 23:20

It’s actually the only LEGO set I’ve ever built that’s scaled for microfigures, so basically yes.

I might be able to snag something through the library for the drive home - thanks for the idea!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:28

Audio book, Clive Cussler novels featuring Dirk Pit. He drives a vintage Bugatti.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:29

This LEGO thing, you can afford all the cool sets when you are an adult. I have enough Star Wars to re-enact the battle on Hoth.

Chariotoflove > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:33

I’m glad you finished the castle.

That table cloth is amazing.

I don’t generally do podcasts. I suggest Pandora for road trips. I’ve been on a stand up comedy kick lately.

Chuckles > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:34

Partially because it’s geographically relevant* , I’d recommend “I only listen to the Mountain Goats.” Each episode has John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats sit down with Joseph Fink and discuss the story behind a Mountain Goats song. Each episode includes a cover version by another artist, and it’s a neat look at what makes a go od cover song.

*season 1 is about the album All Hail West Texas

smobgirl > Chariotoflove
03/05/2019 at 23:38

I’m headed to some really rural territory, I’m curious to see how my phone signal holds up. I packed an old iPod just in case!

And the tablecloth...like most of my projects, the table is something I know how to halfway repair so I’m delaying the project. I can sand and refinish it but need to look into enhancing the structural integrity. It’s an old drop leaf but the leaves are too heavy. So for now I just hide it!

smobgirl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
03/05/2019 at 23:39

Ooh, those sound good.

smobgirl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
03/05/2019 at 23:41

If I didn’t have a ridiculous amount of VIP points from race car sets I couldn’t have afforded this, but I’m really glad I got it. It’s been a good distraction this winter.

Chariotoflove > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:42

“enhancing the structural integrity”

I like the way you made that sound professional. It’s been a long time since I’ve been anywhere cell signal wouldn’t reach, but they would be in West Texas if they’re anywhere. The iPod is a good idea.

Have a safe trip.

jminer > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:43

Excellent build it’s been too long since I’ve built a large and difficult set. That also looks like my kitchen wall!

My favorite podcasts for long plane rides or drives are:

LeVar Burton Reads - amazing series where he reads a work of short fiction. You’ll laugh, cry, and think while going through the episodes on it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - you have to pick the right episodes on this one to listen to. Some are amazing, some are thoroughly meh.

Marketplace - there’s several made by the same group, great if you want to learn something about economics.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:45

Crimetown is probably the best I’ve ever heard. Deadcast I find funny and a couple history ones.

InFierority Complex > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:45

Aubiobooks would be my choice. There are quite a few Discworld books that I have really enjoyed.

I haven’t listened to many podcasts in awhile but Hardcore History is good, Overthinking It is good too if you like pop culture analysis kinda things.

TheRealBicycleBuck > smobgirl
03/05/2019 at 23:56

While I won’t argue with Bman76's list, I highly recommend a good book from Audible. Your first one is free.

Here are a few titles I’ve enjoyed:

The Martian

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

11-22-63: A Novel (Stephen King)

All of these are unabridged, so the shortest is about 5 hours, the longest, over 30 hours.

Future Heap Owner > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 00:05

My favorite podcast is Revolutions, a podcast about r evolutions. Very well-researched and with a strong narrative to tie events together. Start with the series on the French Revolution (episodes starting with “3.”) , because the French Revolution is absolutely nuts and thoroughly fascinating. That series alone is fifty- some episodes, and each one is about half an hour long, so that’ll be more than enough.

Future Heap Owner > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 00:33

Also, it’s unnerving to me how much the LEGO Hogwarts castle (which is quite impressive!) looks like old P hong-shaded CGI. It makes the photo look surreal. It’s kinda freaking me out, honestly.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 00:35

This American Life

www.thislife.org

These, specifically:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/513/129-cars

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/510/fiasco

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/419/petty-tyrant

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/634/human-error-in-volatile-situations

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/647/ladonna

Also, when you do get around to painting that wall, please choose a different color.

facw > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 00:35

Get some audiobooks!

Full disclosure: I have family at https://www.audible.com/

Though if you don’t want to buy, check your library, most have some sort of online audiobook checkout.

facw > Future Heap Owner
03/06/2019 at 00:37

Makes sense given that un-textured Phong-shaded stuff looked like plastic, and Lego is... plastic.

Dusty Ventures > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 03:09

There is no better road trip podcast than Alice isn’t Dead, which is literally a suspense thriller based on road tripping.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 04:48

The best thing I ever did for a long drive was listen to stand up comedy. Mitch Hedburg, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Jeffries, Dave Chappelle...made the time fly by.

Kiltedpadre > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 06:29

Any particular interests that we may not know about to help with the selection? I often listen to

- stuff you missed in history call; pretty self explanatory it’s about historic events and people

-sawbones; a medical history show done by a doctor and her comedian husband

-Alton Browncast; an interview show done by the host of Good Eats

-Wait wait don’t tell me; a comedy/trivia show by NPR

I also listen to old episodes of Car Talk through the NPR app.

As others have suggested an audiobook might be a great bet. Check your local goodwill store. The one near me often had them pretty cheap.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
03/06/2019 at 06:31

That’s why you have kids. So then you have a built in excuse to go nuts on toys that you would’ve wanted when you were a kid. It’s awesome! I’m just waiting for the next double VIP day to pick up the new Porsche and mustang sets, and I’ll probably breakdown and add the Aston Martin too, I’ve been putting that one off, but once I load up a cart it gets way too easy to grab sets. It does allow for some good father sons time while we assemble the sets, so I can justify it pretty easily.

barnie > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
03/06/2019 at 06:58

The reader is as important as the book. Anything read by Scott Brick. James Lee Burke’s Robicheaux series read by Will Patton. His voice, accent and pacing are perfect. Also whoever it is that reads Janet Evonovich’s books are good. I get mine from the local public library.

shop-teacher > Aremmes
03/06/2019 at 07:11

That would make me very into a bridge embankment.

shop-teacher > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 07:13

Dinner with Racers

WTF, with Mark Maron

Either one of those could easily kill a 19-hour drive.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 08:36

The Adventure Zone! Make sure you start at the very beginning. Also My Brother, My Brother and Me. That one you can start wherever.

smobgirl > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/06/2019 at 08:54

Not a fan of blood red?

Even thinking about what it will take to cover that up is exhausting.

smobgirl > Kiltedpadre
03/06/2019 at 09:04

All good suggestions! I can read and (hopefully) listen to just about anything. New job is likely to be more road tr ips than flying so I’m looking to branch out from the couple of car-ish related podcasts I’ve followed until now.

punkgoose17 > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 09:09

Podcasts.

shift+F1 (f1.cool)

Critical Role

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > barnie
03/06/2019 at 09:36

Jimmy Lee, I read his books too. Since he lives in Montana most of the time the local knowledge is fun.

CaptDale - is secretly British > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 13:03

podcast: ALICE ISN’T DEAD

It is fucking amazing !

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > smobgirl
03/06/2019 at 13:32

Hit it with a coat of Zinsser B ullseye primer first. Then choose your topcoat color and get a can of regular primer tinted to 50% of your topcoat color.

MattHurting > barnie
03/06/2019 at 13:42

Fair warning: Robicheaux books are often super violent and in graphic detail. I love them, but damn, they can be savage.

ST80MND > smobgirl
03/09/2019 at 10:33

The Joe Roman Experience, mysterious universe, Bill Burr's Monday morning podcast, hotbox with Mike Tyson. These are good pods...

ST80MND > ST80MND
03/09/2019 at 10:34

Also, Adam Corolla's car cast

Clown Shoe Pilot > smobgirl
03/14/2019 at 23:41

needs repainted? are you a yinzer?

smobgirl > Clown Shoe Pilot
03/15/2019 at 01:26

Sighhhhh

I have no idea where that phrasing comes from. I’m a VA native but my mom’s from outside Cleveland-ish, so maybe that’s it? I’m always surprised when it draws attention.

Clown Shoe Pilot > smobgirl
03/15/2019 at 08:59

Ohio makes sense. It’s very common in western PA and some bleed over into Ohio wouldn’t surprise me. I went to school in Pittsburgh but I wasn’t FROM there, so when I got there and nobody said “to be” any more, I noticed.

More recently, I went to work at a new job and all the written documentation from the guy I took over from has the construction in it too. I mentioned it and asked if he was from western PA and was told that indeed, the guy I replaced is from Erie.