George Simmons Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Uh-oh...Looks like someone is gonna have to pry that award away from GaryBo... I hope the old fart doesn't put up too much of a fight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryBo Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 George Simmons wrote: Uh-oh...Looks like someone is gonna have to pry that award away from GaryBo... I hope the old fart doesn't put up too much of a fight...George,"I'm not as good as I once "was", but I am as good once as I ever "was"."They'll have to pry that award out of my cold dead hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard M Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Whoever won the award can keep it, no problem here. I"m just having fun building mini mega trees, leaping arches and a star for christmas 2010. Last year for christmas 2009 I only had 32 channels. Now I'm going to go up to 160 channels. Last year someone( I really don't know the guy) recorded my display and put it up on youtube. I just happened to bump into it on youtube. I would put a link to it, but I don't know how to do it. If you search "dancing lights Jamestown" it should bring it up. Song was wizard TSO. It was my first time doing it. This old fart had a great time doing it. Hope I'm still around to do it again, lol. My 69th birthday is in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkcubsrule Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I'm 17, but started when I was 13. And I've even bought all my own lights + controllers, if that adds any value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Richard M wrote: Whoever won the award can keep it, no problem here. I"m just having fun building mini mega trees, leaping arches and a star for christmas 2010. Last year for christmas 2009 I only had 32 channels. Now I'm going to go up to 160 channels. Last year someone( I really don't know the guy) recorded my display and put it up on youtube. I just happened to bump into it on youtube. I would put a link to it, but I don't know how to do it. If you search "dancing lights Jamestown" it should bring it up. Song was wizard TSO. It was my first time doing it. This old fart had a great time doing it. Hope I'm still around to do it again, lol. My 69th birthday is in a few days.Early Happy Birthday and welcome to the LOR forums. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryBo Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Alas, I have been "de-throned", usurped, defeated, kicked out, etc,I reluctantly yield.Welcome Richard, and Happy Birthday, you have me beat, by about a year and a half,I will be 68 in December (appropriate).This forum is fantastic and we have a lot of fun, as you can see.I think most of us are "chomping" at the bit to get started for Christmas,and we come up with inane ideas to pass our time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 GaryBo wrote: Alas, I have been "de-throned", usurped, defeated, kicked out, etc,I reluctantly yield.Welcome Richard, and Happy Birthday, you have me beat, by about a year and a half,I will be 68 in December (appropriate).This forum is fantastic and we have a lot of fun, as you can see.I think most of us are "chomping" at the bit to get started for Christmas,and we come up with inane ideas to pass our time.Don't worry Gary, I don't think the kid at McDonalds will know that you are no longer "Official." Therefore you can probably still present your certificate for your free coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard M Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Thank you members of LOR forums for the old fart acknowlegment. You are all a great group and I am proud to be a part of it. Thank you, thank you.Right now I'm building an 8ft mini megatree out of an I V (intravenous) pole and PVC pipe. How's that for an old fart with limited skills? 3200 lights, 1600 red and 1600 clear . Old farts use what is handy. I thought that would give you guys a laugh.Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I was 15 when I started with LOR. 16 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Richard M wrote: Right now I'm building an 8ft mini megatree out of an I V (intravenous) pole...Talk about being an optimist... most old farts would figure on probably needing that IV stand for its intended purpose in the not-so-distant future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard M Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Testing my mini mega spiral IV pole tree. This old fart is still working on it.http://vimeo.com/13533928 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Looks good Richard. Hope you don't need the iv pole before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 love the mini tree how many channels did you use up on that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard M Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Total 40 channels. 16 red, 16 clear, 8 spiral, have 8 left to use. Maybe for a star or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I'll be 45 in a couple weeks. I received my 2000 led's and my high powered colored leds this week. I've been busy this week getting them wired up, still got a long ways to. Took off early from work today to work on my lights, but we got some heavy rain today and helped my neighbors do some sandbagging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmomkr Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Im 30 - Started 2 years ago. I probably would have started much sooner, but (and I would LOVE to know if there are more out there) Funny enough, Im Jewish.I couldnt really do much with a menorah, so it took a while to get into Holiday lighting.I had always been a fan of DMX lighting however and grew up running ETC consoles in the drama program. I always knew I wanted to sync lights to music, but even the old Insight 2x console required an Add on for SMPTE Time code or MIDI in/out.LOR was the first product I saw that really offered a TOTAL page with a good price point.I tink one of the reasons LOR is so widely used is the availability of Total Turn-key starter packs all the way down to build-you-own kits for the mad scientist. I think it really helps spread the appeal to young and old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I'm less than 6 months from getting my AARP card and hitting half a century old. My sense is, statistically, I fall somewhere around the median age of those doing LOR type stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hvasta Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Ok, I gotta ask.. How many started doing this when you got to be.. oh.. 50-ish? I know a lot have been doing nice displays since you could afford to, but can getting into LOR be catagorized as a mid-life crisis thing? Kids are gone, means less things to spend $$ on (freeing up disposible cash).. I know it sounds silly, and there are other avenues for the 'escapism" (like my crotchrocket and cruiser motorcycles, but I wont go there), but with the age polls here, and seems the most answers are right close to 50-ish, is it more than just a coincidence? Might make a good college Pysch paper topic, huh? TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstately Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 TJ Hvasta wrote: Might make a good college Pysch paper topic, huh? TJYou mean, Physiological Disorders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hvasta Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Thanks, wasn't sure just how to spell it, bein' a math major... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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