Gromnir Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 well, fudge. there is a dead deer in our planter box. is not a small deer. the corpse literal is w/i a metre o' our front door. HA! Good Fun! 2 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Gromnir said: well, fudge. there is a dead deer in our planter box. is not a small deer. the corpse literal is w/i a metre o' our front door. HA! Good Fun! How the hell did a carcass end up in your planter box? O.o What are you growing, nightshade? XD Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 14 minutes ago, Azdeus said: How the hell did a carcass end up in your planter box? O.o What are you growing, nightshade? XD the most likely explanation is it were alive when it found its way to our door. haven't inspected the corpse as am planning on moving it in the morning, but am assuming injury or disease resulted in the critter's death after she managed to reach our home under her own power. we suffer frequent cervid visitations, but this is the most grim and morbid hooved guest we has had to endure. overnight temps will be chilly, but it will reach almost 70F tomorrow-- can't leave a bloated corpse rotting so near our door during the holidays, eh? is just kinda weird. a dying critter typical don't seek out the lair o' a carnivore as the spot it leaves the mortal coil. then again, depending on the nature of the injury or the disease, is possible she were more than a little disoriented in the hour(s) immediate preceding her expiration. am hardly an expert. is unfortunate, but is possible we will know more tomorrow when we need drag the considerable dead meat some distance away from our doorway. not looking forward to that chore. HA! Good Fun! 2 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Happy Thanksgiving to all our Murican forumites and anyone else who celebrates it. 4 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Gobble gobble Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 another surprise, but this time positive. animal control retrieved the corpse, and on thanksgiving day no less. 'course we had just moved her, 'cause we assumed it were unlikely anybody would retrieve her before monday after the holiday weekend. given the bruising we saw, the poor thing had clear been hit by a car before she managed to limp her way next to our doorway to die. well, is back to playing nurse to our little and a-bit-less-likely-to-die-immediate dog. as odd as it sounds, am genuine thankful, and not just 'cause his 24/7 care got us out o' family thanksgiving. is hard to see much improvement from the dog, but he don't look as if he is suffering as were the case a month past. is current an unseasonably nice 66 degrees, and is only noonish, so am gonna take the pooch outside to absorb a bit o' sunlight and fresh air in just a bit. happy thanksgiving day. HA! Good Fun! 4 1 1 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 As always, I'm thankful for this forum and all the great conversations we have about weird stuff. We are cooking a 13.5 pound bird right now. We were supposed to go to my wife's brother's place, but they had to cancel last minute, so we went shopping yesterday and have thrown together a few dishes for our 5-person household. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Hurlshort said: We are cooking a 13.5 pound bird right now. An Ostrich??? There are really only two large birds down here that I'm aware of (Emus and Cassowaries, the former is sort of goofy and wants to be fed, the latter will kill you on sight) My airbrush and compressor arrived about an hour ago. Waiting for the workday to finish so I can get to the "unboxing" part. Then start assembling and priming some old obsolete plastic space marines (1995 is says on the sprue) so i can use those as disposable practise targets 2 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Hurlshort said: As always, I'm thankful for this forum and all the great conversations we have about weird stuff. We are cooking a 13.5 pound bird right now. We were supposed to go to my wife's brother's place, but they had to cancel last minute, so we went shopping yesterday and have thrown together a few dishes for our 5-person household. Thanks Hurlshot, its nice to know you appreciate all the conversations we have Its fine to agree to disagree. There is nothing more boring than echo-chambers "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Gorth said: An Ostrich??? There are really only two large birds down here that I'm aware of (Emus and Cassowaries, the former is sort of goofy and wants to be fed, the latter will kill you on sight) My airbrush and compressor arrived about an hour ago. Waiting for the workday to finish so I can get to the "unboxing" part. Then start assembling and priming some old obsolete plastic space marines (1995 is says on the sprue) so i can use those as disposable practise targets Have you eaten Emu before, I imagine its like Ostrich Here are some Emu recipes you should try https://www.recipe-list.net/emu/ "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 52 minutes ago, BruceVC said: Have you eaten Emu before, I imagine its like Ostrich Here are some Emu recipes you should try https://www.recipe-list.net/emu/ Nah, I haven't tried Emu. I have tried Ostrich though. Snake, Crocodile, Kangaroo and Shark. But no, not Emu. Maybe it's time for The Great Emu war II ? 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Trying to debug performance issues that magically resolve themselves while I am looking at it. Damn databases. 1 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 15 minutes ago, Malcador said: Trying to debug performance issues that magically resolve themselves while I am looking at it. Damn databases. Had the same thing today... Just as I was thinking it was a one off, it reoccurred. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) I once heard a pretty good line about that: problems that disappear on their own can also come back on their own. Maybe it should be corrected to "will" instead of "can". Edited November 25, 2022 by Bartimaeus 3 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Sarex said: Had the same thing today... Just as I was thinking it was a one off, it reoccurred. Yep, happened again. Then resolved itself. Always good when the user's going pyscho running the job repeatedly as well.. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Was also dealing with an issue like that on Wednesday. I also had some guy reach out to me about a ticket I created a couple weeks ago and ask if I had any updates. I'm like nope, no updates to the ticket that is assigned to you and I've not worked on. I can maybe provide some background info but definitely can't give you an update, dude. 2 2 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Incidentally, there's a virus scan running on my uncle's laptop right now. He brought me the thing saying that no matter what he does, he's constantly bombarded by pop ups featuring nude ladies. It is a Lenovo ideapad, with a lightning fast AMD A4 something or another CPU, a 1 TB Western Digital hard disk and, what's kind of weird, apparently 6.67GB of RAM, which leads me to suspect that there's something broken beyond having caught some porn adware, but maybe it's just a strange readout on the UBUNTU LTS distribution I just booted up. I had to look up which key to press to get into the BIOS to set the boot order to include USB drives. For this particular model, it is F2, and lo, it did not work the first time around. Actually, and get that, Lenovo's official support statement is to retry until it works, and to make sure that you hit F2 like mad from the moment you turn on the thing. It needed thirty minutes to boot Windows just so I could shut it down because the last shut down was incomplete and the scan software complained about not wanting to scan a Windows set to Hyperboot mode or with a pending repair. Took another 15 minutes to update virus signatures. Currently running ESET, with ClamAV and F-Secure still in the queue. I have no idea how long that will take, but seriously, I just want to accidentially spill coffee on the blasted thing so it goes where notebooks like that belong, into the great beyond of horribly slow hardware, where it and whoever designed it is forever tortured by watching it boot Windows for all eternity. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, majestic said: apparently 6.67GB of RAM, Obviously the machine has been possessed by the neighbour of the Beast 4 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I kept losing LAN connectivity. I went and replugged the network cable at the switch and at the back of my computer to see if there's any improvement (so far no more disconnects, which means the cable is up for replacement). Note to self: next time, turn off any running games before going anywhere near the Death Star's thermal exhaust port. Ouch. 2 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 57 minutes ago, majestic said: I kept losing LAN connectivity. I went and replugged the network cable at the switch and at the back of my computer to see if there's any improvement (so far no more disconnects, which means the cable is up for replacement). Note to self: next time, turn off any running games before going anywhere near the Death Star's thermal exhaust port. Ouch. That reminds me. For months we had trouble with the computers where I work, we simply couldn't get any access to our internet, so we had to use different methods of accessing the internet, I used an open wifi channel that was only supposed to work for installing and updating servers and such, the others used a guest wifi and such things. After about six months of us nagging the IT department and having their best and brightest come and scratch their chins, one of the technicians that used to be our techsupport before we outsourced went and checked the cabinet with all the switches, changed place on two of the network cables. Voila. 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Yesterday my sister and her fiancé hosted a Friendsgiving. They cooked the turkey and everybody else brought a side or dessert (I brought green bean casserole). The food was delicious, the beer was cold and I think I gained about 20 lbs. Today I finished my X-Mas shopping with some Cyber Monday deals, I also scooped up some Samsonite luggage on the cheap for myself. It feels good to have the holiday shopping burden lifted, now I can relax and look forward to X-Mas on the beach. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Two weeks ago I got new glasses. Pros: apparently the prescription of my previous glasses (that Ive worn for almost a decade) was too strong. Cons: I got the Transition lenses and they dont go perfectly clear indoors. Theres still a slight tint and thats bothering me. Last week I got a general physical (they were quite surprised my last Tetanus shot was 30 years ago ) and today I got the first round of the Shingles vaccine. Sucks getting old but I guess that wraps up my medical needs for a while. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 11 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: I got the Transition lenses and they dont go perfectly clear indoors. Theres still a slight tint and thats bothering me. I got transitions lenses too and it's close enough to completely clear that I don't notice the difference unless I'm specifically looking for it. My only complaint is that it takes a good 45 seconds for the lenses to go from tinted to clear when you walk inside from being outside on a sunny day. Still, it's a small price to pay for having built-in auto-sunglasses. I love transitions lenses overall. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I dont notice it when Im wearing them and looking through them, I notice it when I look in the mirror. But I have to agree on the auto-shades, thats awesome. I also think I should have gotten bifocals, but with no magnification at all on the bottom half of the lenses. I dont need any correction out to 5-6 feet, so now I have to prop them on my head when Im using my pc. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Gfted1 said: Two weeks ago I got new glasses. Pros: apparently the prescription of my previous glasses (that Ive worn for almost a decade) was too strong. Cons: I got the Transition lenses and they dont go perfectly clear indoors. Theres still a slight tint and thats bothering me. Last week I got a general physical (they were quite surprised my last Tetanus shot was 30 years ago ) and today I got the first round of the Shingles vaccine. Sucks getting old but I guess that wraps up my medical needs for a while. Heh, you're lucky, if I were to make one post for each of my journal pages I'd need two topics*, and that's for the past 6 years XD Edited November 29, 2022 by Azdeus 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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