PK htiw klaw eriF Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 Well it's expected to freeze in two days so I'm trying to prep for that (and the likely infrastructure failures that accompany) while juggling work commitments. How fun. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
Gfted1 Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 Go get you a few cans of Sterno and soups. Sterno 2-Hour Green Heat Gel Chafing Fuel - Walmart.com "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: Go get you a few cans of Sterno and soups. Sterno 2-Hour Green Heat Gel Chafing Fuel - Walmart.com I've already got something like that and some food that doesn't require prep. Right now I'm probably going to need to buy or store some water and get ready for pipe drips and other things. 2 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
Malcador Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 Finally tracked down what was causing Youtube to cause FF to go nuts and use 50% CPU - ambient mode. Well that's a victory for today. 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
Keyrock Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 I got put in a new truck today, a 2022 Mack Anthem. The 2019 Freightliner Cascadia I had previously was fine, but this truck is a definite upgrade. I'd still take a Volvo as my top choice, but a Mack is a dang nice consolation prize. 5 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Sarex Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, Keyrock said: I got put in a new truck today, a 2022 Mack Anthem. The 2019 Freightliner Cascadia I had previously was fine, but this truck is a definite upgrade. I'd still take a Volvo as my top choice, but a Mack is a dang nice consolation prize. Nice. Automatic? I though that Volvo was frowned upon in the US and that Peterbilt and Kenworth were top choices? "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Keyrock Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Sarex said: Nice. Automatic? I though that Volvo was frowned upon in the US and that Peterbilt and Kenworth were top choices? Yeah, it's a 12-speed automatic. Peterbilts have good engines, I'm not a fan of everything else. Kenworths are just worse Peterbilts. Volvos are great, I don't care what anyone says. I'm pretty sure Mack is owned by Volvo, so they share some DNA. Edited December 21, 2022 by Keyrock 2 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Gfted1 Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 The tractor is loaned to you for the duration, or it can change with every haul? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Keyrock Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: The tractor is loaned to you for the duration, or it can change with every haul? It's owned by the company but I drive the same truck every day, typically for 2 to 3 years, then I get a newer model. The trailer I pull may change daily but the tractor stays the same. Edited December 21, 2022 by Keyrock 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Azdeus Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 58 minutes ago, Keyrock said: Yeah, it's a 12-speed automatic. Peterbilts have good engines, I'm not a fan of everything else. Kenworths are just worse Peterbilts. Volvos are great, I don't care what anyone says. I'm pretty sure Mack is owned by Volvo, so they share some DNA. Volvo4life 2 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
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted December 22, 2022 Posted December 22, 2022 Well I'm prepped as can be, time to bunker down and try to outlast the cold. Let's see how this **** goes. 3 1 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
ShadySands Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 Kinda cold out but not as cold as this morning. Supposedly we hit -24 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
rjshae Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 Here it's another winter snow adventure. My exit is an uphill sheet of ice that's about to get even worse with overnight freezing rain. That could knock out the power here, and it may not thaw until after Christmas. Just great. 1 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Malcador Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 Got my old work laptop, bought a mx500 ssd for it. Decided to put Ubuntu on it, although maybe should have done another distribution 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
Gfted1 Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 Its wicked cold here (currently -11F) but we only got 2-3 inches of snow. Ill count that as a win! 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 It's 15 F here and power hasn't gone out (yet), so the heat is cranking. No snow and looks sunny outside. 1 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
Keyrock Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 I think @Bartimaeussent some arctic weather down to me because the temperature is plummeting here in Cackalacky. Hasn't Aaron Rodgers hurt me enough? Et tu, @Bartimaeus? Anyway, joke's on you because tomorrow morning I get on a plane headed for southern Florida. 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
ShadySands Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 Happy Festivus! It's also my bday 4 1 2 Free games updated 3/4/21
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, ShadySands said: Happy Festivus! It's also my bday Happy Birthday and Festivus! I'll make a donation to the human fund in your name. 1 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
Azdeus Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 1 hour ago, ShadySands said: Happy Festivus! It's also my bday Happy birthday! 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
Sarex Posted December 23, 2022 Posted December 23, 2022 Happy birthday! @ShadySands 1 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Fionavar Posted December 24, 2022 Posted December 24, 2022 4 hours ago, ShadySands said: Happy Festivus! It's also my bday Happy Annual Solar Flyby Day @ShadySands 1 The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161)
Gfted1 Posted December 24, 2022 Posted December 24, 2022 @ShadySands Happy Birthday!!! Now that youre finally 21 let me buy you a drink! EDIT: Just set my out-of-office autoresponder. The world can suck it until 3 Jan 23. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Raithe Posted December 24, 2022 Author Posted December 24, 2022 @ShadySands Happy Birthday, and enjoy all those celebrations. Build up all the memories you'll never be able to tell future children about... 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gromnir Posted December 24, 2022 Posted December 24, 2022 4 hours ago, ShadySands said: Happy Festivus! It's also my bday we got moral opposition to veal given the lack o' regulation o' the industry, but am posting 'cause we suspect more than a few kids with a birthday so close to christmas identified with young frank cross, albeit to a lesser degree. regardless, nitha-anpetu waste, and may you survive yet another winter. HA! Good Fun! 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)
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