What You've Done Today - But you… have elected… the way of… pain!

[melkathi]

What?

We'll need more details.

[Malcador]

Just dozed off unexpectedly, guess I am pretty tired of late.  These things are beyond pointless, but we reverted to our Super Lumbergh esque management, so skipping gets me nagged at.  Seems to be a very British thing to have soulless micromanagers

[uuuhhii]

pc couldn't connect ot internet and have to restart

really need a new pc at this rate

[Guard Dog]

I turned the garden soil and laid a light fertilizer. It's not a job I particularly enjoy but it isn't hard work. The Kubota does all the work. I just try to steer in straight lines. But it was a little sad thinking it might be the last time. 

[Gromnir]

am all in favor o' selling, seeing as how am planning to sell off as much as possible in the near future. however, we don't need to buy simultaneous. also, unless you really need the money, if you got a place you genuine love, am suspecting the pros v. cons analysis you do as part o' your decision regarding selling is gonna have a substantial con which needs countering, yes?

well, good luck regardless. 

HA! Good Fun!

 

Edited October 30, 2021 by Gromnir

[majestic]

A couple of days ago I thought my water heater got leaky because water dripped down from under it. Turned it and the water off, drained it, went looking for new ones to replace it, all that jazz. Turns out that might have been a bit premature. It's not the heater, considering the ceiling above it is now all wet and drippy. It probably was wet and drippy before, but it now reached a maginutude where it's visible.

I'd rather have to buy a new heater and have it installed than having to deal with that again. Nothing like having construction work done at home in November with all the windows and the door open, and my upstairs neighbor is, uhm, difficult to deal with, and that's me being all nice, because she's half a lose marble away from belonging in an isolation ward.

It's going to be miserably cold, dirty, dusty, wet and having to deal with insane people. Great, this could not get any better, nor come at a better time, really. Sigh.

[Guard Dog]

10 hours ago, Gromnir said:

am all in favor o' selling, seeing as how am planning to sell off as much as possible in the near future. however, we don't need to buy simultaneous. also, unless you really need the money, if you got a place you genuine love, am suspecting the pros v. cons analysis you do as part o' your decision regarding selling is gonna have a substantial con which needs countering, yes?

well, good luck regardless. 

HA! Good Fun!

 

You are right. Objectively thinking it's an asset that is at peak value. That value is only going to go down and it may be years before the opportunity to sell at this value comes again. But the big con is it's been home since 2008. A lot of good times and a few bad ones. But mostly a lot of work and upgrades. But I think if things in my personal life were not going the way they are I'd still be a hard "no" on selling. Thanks!

[BruceVC]

Tomorrow is a public holiday in SA because its our official municipal election day, yay for any public holidays 

 

[ShadySands]

Waiting by the door with two buckets of candy and there's not a soul on streets

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

7 minutes ago, ShadySands said:

Waiting by the door with two buckets of candy and there's not a soul on streets

I've had less than ten kiddos show up so far.

[ShadySands]

2 hours ago, KP the meanie zucchini said:

I've had less than ten kiddos show up so far.

Our final tally was 5 kids.

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

1 hour ago, ShadySands said:

Our final tally was 5 kids.

I had much more come by, but I still have too much candy left over.

[Bartimaeus]

On 10/31/2021 at 3:18 AM, majestic said:

A couple of days ago I thought my water heater got leaky because water dripped down from under it. Turned it and the water off, drained it, went looking for new ones to replace it, all that jazz. Turns out that might have been a bit premature. It's not the heater, considering the ceiling above it is now all wet and drippy. It probably was wet and drippy before, but it now reached a maginutude where it's visible.

I'd rather have to buy a new heater and have it installed than having to deal with that again. Nothing like having construction work done at home in November with all the windows and the door open, and my upstairs neighbor is, uhm, difficult to deal with, and that's me being all nice, because she's half a lose marble away from belonging in an isolation ward.

It's going to be miserably cold, dirty, dusty, wet and having to deal with insane people. Great, this could not get any better, nor come at a better time, really. Sigh.

You never know when they'll strike!

@Halloween: Had approximately 400 kids come by. Live in a very small town, but the particular street I am happens to be where most of the Halloween action goes down, so kinda get caught in the crossfire because of it. Was shocked to see a number of kids in some anime-related costumes, including a few girls in Sailor Moon outfits - again, small and rural town, so that was a little unusual to me. There must be some closet weeaboos around here somewhere... My own nieces went as Mario & Luigi (don't @ me, they adore those silly plumbers, my youngest niece is always telling people she wants to be a plumber when she grows up...and/or a princess, and yes, I really do mean she's said she wanted to be a "princess plumber" before), and we saw another couple of kids that also went as them, plus a couple of Bowsers and a Peach as well. Sadly, my own favorite Mario character, Princess Daisy, was utterly unrepresented as always...what a scam, .

Edited November 1, 2021 by Bartimaeus

[Amentep]

14 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said:

Sadly, my own favorite Mario character, Princess Daisy, was utterly unrepresented as always...what a scam, .

Sounds like you can remedy that with a costume for yourself next year...

...had no trick-or-treaters locally.  For years now most kids go to local stores/malls/churches to trick-or-treat.  

[Bartimaeus]

4 minutes ago, Amentep said:

Sounds like you can remedy that with a costume for yourself next year...

I literally nearly made that exact joke, as I originally was going to have "...maybe something I'll have to remedy next year, " at the end of that post instead, but I thought better of it, .

[Gfted1]

I had a lot more trick-or-treaters than previous years. Luckily I was well stocked so I could give it out by the fistfull and still have a good stash at home for myself. w00t!

[Guard Dog]

Well I am happy to say I am officially employed again. I will no longer be a parasite living off the body of the state by drawing unemployment. Not that I had any qualms about that! A friend and former business partner has started a new company designing and building private 5G networks. He just signed me to a one year contract as a RF Performance consultant. Plus I’m buying a 10% ownership stake in the business. Our first zoom meeting is today and I will get to meet the design team. There are three design engineers and one performance guy. One of the engineers on the design team I’ve known for years. The other two I’ve never met. I have been doing a lot of reading catching up on the intricacies of n260 mmWave 5G. When I last worked  in cellular 4G LTE was just rolling out. It has come a very long way in a very short time since then. A lot of catching up to do.

Edited November 1, 2021 by Guard Dog

[Sarex]

36 minutes ago, Guard Dog said:

Well I am happy to say I am officially employed again. I will no longer be a parasite living off the body of the state by drawing unemployment. Not that I had any qualms about that! A friend and former business partner has started a new company designing and building private 5G networks. He just signed me to a one year contract as a RF Performance consultant. Plus I’m buying a 10% ownership stake in the business. Our first zoom meeting is today and I will get to meet the design team. There are three design engineers and one performance guy. One of the engineers on the design team I’ve known for years. The other two I’ve never met. I have been doing a lot of reading catching up on the intricacies of n260 mmWave 5G. When I last worked  in cellular 4G LTE was just rolling out. It has come a very long way in a very short time since then. A lot of catching up to do.

 I hear Huawei has great 5g equipment.

[Guard Dog]

3 minutes ago, Sarex said:

 I hear Huawei has great 5g equipment.

LOL who needs that hassle. They are already in contract with Ericsson.

[Sarex]

25 minutes ago, Guard Dog said:

LOL who needs that hassle. They are already in contract with Ericsson.

Are these two the only players for 5G? I haven't heard about anyone else.

[Guard Dog]

6 minutes ago, Sarex said:

Are these two the only players for 5G? I haven't heard about anyone else.

Nokia , Fujitsu, and Samsung all have 5G base stations. Those are all pioneering ORAN solutions for hub to node connectivity. I think that is a great concept because you were not compelled to buy everything from a single vendor. You can actually use a Samsung spider cloud, Nokia base station, and Fujitsu radio. Ericsson however is still completely proprietary from hub to node. But because it is a hardcoded fiber-optic link it is completely secure. That is a requirement for the businesses target customer base.

[LadyCrimson]

When you finally have to renew your drivers license in-person (vs. mail) and you put it off and off ... and you haven't been inside one in years...

"I want to renew my license."  "Real ID?" "No."
"You need to get a number, walk past the panels, there will be green boxes, fill out a form, write the number on this piece of paper, come back here with number."
...what panels? What boxes? There is no green anywhere...
"Hi I am lost and confused..."
"Go over there where those green screens are and..."
"What green screens?"
"Over there (vaguely pointing), input your info." (a couple more vague exchanges)
"Those computer screens? (that are white and yellow, btw). Do something with those?"
...finally go back to original line with number in hand...
...guy behind booth says next, I walk up. Guy starts talking to someone else (random customer), then walks away with that person. wtf?
...I stand there for a while (the line I was in has grown long), wondering if he's coming back.

...a while later, lady at counter with very heavy accent. Everything she says I'm "What?" "What?" "What?"

To be fair, actual time spent waiting wasn't very long but j.f.c, I hate the DMV.

Edited November 1, 2021 by LadyCrimson

[majestic]

20 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:

Was shocked to see a number of kids in some anime-related costumes, including a few girls in Sailor Moon outfits - again, small and rural town, so that was a little unusual to me. There must be some closet weeaboos around here somewhere...

Decent chance they got the idea from Crystal if that's a new thing. Scary thought, really.

[Raithe]

Getting interviews, yes.  Then getting the email they decided to go with someone else and never getting any feedback on the interviews, not so yes.

Slogging my way through all the applications and seeing where it goes.

And none will ever respond to a polite email requesting any useful feedback on my interviews.

[BruceVC]

22 hours ago, Guard Dog said:

LOL who needs that hassle. They are already in contract with Ericsson.

The last thing you want is Huawei 5G kit, and if you do ignore all the security concerns dont complain when you wake up on day and you notice your laptop default language is Mandarin 

Let Zora keep learning Mandarin, he is fine with Huawei equipment