markmitchellbrown

I could never be accused of being a reader. My wife loves books and reads all the time, I've made it to age 40 with probably less than a dozen novels read. It takes something very special and very much up my alley to actually engage me, but when I get engaged I will devour the book and reflect on it fondly.

The first novel I remember being engaged by was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which I motored through in my early 20s. I immediately bought all the sequels, only to be disappointed by them. Next, for some reason I decided to read Ready Player One shortly after watching the movie when it came out, and I couldn't put it down. Read, but did not enjoy, Ready Player Two and Armad

Hello,

I'm working on making a paintjob/skin for a truck in American Truck Simulator. The traditional method of doing this is using a 2d image editor to draw onto a provided template (typically generated by an export of the unwrapped UV layout for the truck's body mesh); however, this can sometimes be tricky due to the way the mesh unwraps.

The typical template

For example, if I make a straight-line stripe across the body and the side of the hood on this template, you would expect the stripe to angle down nicely on the hood, but instead it ends up strangely curved in-g

Hello! Canadian here planning a UK trip with family in early- to mid-August. Flying direct to London, then 10 days later flying direct out of Edinburgh, so we have some freedom to work our way up.

In past travel I've always enjoyed visiting and/or staying in small cities that are not tourist traps, and aren't even necessarily expecting many tourists, but have at least enough infrastructure to support them. Generally, I mean cities in the 250,000 or less population category.

We will initially be staying in London, but afterwards, what are some thoughts based on our general projected course?

Rather than Birmingham, stay in _____
Rather than Manchester, stay in _____
Rather

I love trucks (should have become a trucker 20 years ago, but alas...) and photography, and so making photos of trucks is a fun hobby for me. However, I always wonder what truckers think of it? If I see a nice truck parked somewhere I'll ask the driver - if available - if I can take a photo, but you can't exactly do that when they're roaring past on the highway. I don't try to hide what I'm doing, but it always feels a little voyeuristic.

What are your thoughts on it? Cool? Creepy?

Hi there, I have one remaining grandparent, my maternal grandmother, who will turn 98 this year. I have tested myself through both Ancestry and Y111 (FTDNA), and have tested both of my parents through Ancestry. There’s nothing in particular I’m hoping to gain or expecting to find by testing my grandmother, but I’ve just been thinking lately that, likely in a few years, I may very well regret not testing her as well, so I think I should.

My question, however, is what test would be best? Should I go the MTDNA route since she’s on my maternal line and so old? Or would I benefit for some reason by doing another autosomal test?

Thanks!

Hi there, hope you're having a great day :-)

I've tried a pile of engine sound mods, but the vast majority are designed to emulate trucks with loud straight pipes, whistling and fluttering turbos, and angry jake brakes. While that's great for many, I like a laid back and relaxing but accurate engine sound.

My favourite I've found is the Cummins 444 by Kriechbaum, but I hate using such an old engine in newer trucks (even though it's all imaginary and doesn't really matter).

What do you think is the best mellow engine sound mod?

I'm slowly switching over to using the Familysearch shared tree, and I'd like to add some obits. I have a subscription to my local newspaper archives, and can screenshot and transcribe obits quite easily, but I don't know how best to add them to the site.

What do you folks suggest? Uploading an image of the obit to the memories, and transcribing it into the Life Sketch? Something else?

Hi there, I'm always on the hunt for good books about tractors, particularly ones on tractors from the last 50 years or so, and preferably heavy on the pictures :-)

I'm quite intrigued by Lee Klancher's "Red Tractors" books and will likely grab those, but are there others of similar style and quality that you prefer?

No idea if this should be here or in a toys sub-reddit, but my 9-year-old son is outgrowing his beloved Peg Perego "John Deere" pedal tractor. The thought has crossed my mind to find an old ride-on lawn tractor without a deck as a size-up replacement, but I'm not totally sold on the idea.

Does anyone know if there's a middle ground between the little ages 2-7 pedal tractors and real equipment? What would you suggest?

We know we're not supposed to have favourite relatives, but we all do. That aunt that always gave you extra candy, the grandparent that attended all your sports games, etc. But what about ancestors you never met?

I have two, both great-grandparents. One great-grandmother was by all accounts a lovely lady who died far too young, in 1917 at age 35, when her kids were still young. She came from a well-loved family in the area, and from the stories I've heard, dealt with her tormenting mother-in-law in a graceful and patient manner. I have very few stories of her and only one photo, but I have a real natural affinity for her.

The other is a great-grandfather that lived his whole life in S