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I'm happy that it snowed so much, i got the day off - and got to chat with papa this afternoon, who also had the day off of work today.
IHB my knee stopped hurting finally. It's 3am but still.
I'm happy Tod's knee stopped hurting. I have knee issues as well. *shakes fist at sky* I'm also happy because our clothes dryer stopped heating but I was able to fix the problem simply by fixing the little dryer vent hose on the back. I'm not keep to calling pros who rip you off when sometimes a youtube video and ebay/amazon parts can get 'er done. In this case i was lucky.
I'm happy because I found a weather map at
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/exper/nationalforecastchart/map.php
that seems to meet my need. It's experimental, so I have to figure out some
comments to make it stick around. (The NOAA is running a survey to solicit
comments on the new format.)
IHB joe shared that link - cool find
I'm happy because we managed to pull off a last-minute Thanksgiving dinner for the family (just three of us this year) wIth a delicious pot roast, baked potatoes, salad, and wine! Deo gratia!
IHB I finally saw MI:Fallout (thanks Bezos)
IHB the pumpkin pie I made the next day came out well, too. :)
IHB I have that 'after dinner glow' and all is well with the world. :)
resp:131 Good times.
It's been a year since anyone was happy? I'm happy that my new machine is working. I had to install Auristor to get access to afs, but all of my other programs seem to be working. I set up the new machine from a Time Machine backup of the old one, which was running El Capitan. The new machine is running Mojave, so I'm really surprised that everything is working, especially Quicken 2007. mh works, too. :)
re #133 Congrats! That's very surprising you could make the jump including Quicken'07 IHB We sold our company to a public traded one and now have merged into a swiss army knife of the same caliber.
I'm happy because I have a Raspberry Pi running nicely with NetBSD/evbarm 8.0. This one is a (single-core) model B with 512M RAM. I would like to be able to use my Raspberry Pi 2 model B (quad-core, 1G RAM) but so far that one only works with Linux.
Nice! I've got a couple Pi's here I want to put to use but I don't really have the time.
IHB I got an SSD drive working in an old dual-core computer a couple days ago. It speeded it up quite a bit and is a lot quieter than the mechanical hard drive it replaced.
I'm happy to be an official member of Grex! :)
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Today IHB we finally delivered part of the study tables and listings that we've been working on for the last few months. Of course after passing everything, the statisicians wanted to change several tables and listings. We got it all fixed and sent out by 8 p.m. So that's that. Now next week we have the other half to send out, which will be another slog. However we don't have to work the weekend, so I can get some rest.
Congratulations.
Thanks. Projects here are like 3 steps forward and 2 back, but you eventually get to the end.
#137 Nice! I have put SSD drives in old machines. Huge speed boost and more reliable.
IHB watching Phantom of the Opera at the Pantages wasn't as painful as I'd expected
Eating a huge bowl of Captain Crunch now. I find that lowering the expectations bar brings the happiness levels higher.
IHB this weekend I can stock up on gifts for my sons for their birthdays later this year. $1 for mugs with slogans on them such as "Best Dad" "Best Dad Ever" "My Hero Dad" "Hey Dad, You're Great" File under Whimsy
It took a while but I finally convinced my kids to skip the gifts for b-day and fathers day. It's almost as if by magic I tend to accumulate more stuff than I want. Once I have something, I'm illogically reluctant to part with it ... I might need it at some unspecified time in the future. My next step is to convince them that on my b-day and fathers day they have to accept something from me that I no longer need :)
I ask my sons for good grades for my birthday. Sometimes they remember.
IHB today is the 50th anniversary of humanity's first landing on the Moon. Thank you Neil (R.I.P.), Buzz, and everyone else who contributed to Project Apollo.
The first airbrush was patented in 1876 (Patent Number 182,389) by Francis Edgar Stanley of Newton, Massachusetts. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7458/9457418031_6883d341ec_o.jpg
To infinity AND BEYOND
IHB I met a fellow-Grexer in the flesh for the first time -- mijk in London last Saturday.
re #152 Thaqt's pretty neat. Where in London?
resp:153 At the gruesomely named Hung, Drawn, and Quartered pub across the street from the Tower of London.
re #154 I remember the place. Fish & chips sign caught my eye...every where else curry or something pretending to be Thai
resp:155 I remember the first time I visited London in the 1990s that one had to look to find fish & chips instead of curry. Today it seems they take a little more pride in traditional pub food.
I spilled some curry fries on my shirt while driving M50 in Ireland. That's the part of the experience discovering that the Launderette at the Top gas station takes 3 hours to dry clothes.
On one my work trips to the UK my boss (from the UK) told me to pass (overtake) in the middle lane (suicide lane), and do it fast! Apparently, in the UK if there are broken squiggly lines and three lanes, either direction can use the middle lane for passing. On top of that the middle lane was extra narrow, so while I was passing oncoming cars had to make way. Not really a good move for a visitor. I think by boss my testing my wits.
Carriageway Confessions
IHB it's FRIDAY!
Happy Christmas!
To you, your family, and all Grexers, too!
Wow, has it really been five years since this .cf was rolled? Is tod the FW here as well? lol
We could roll it but it would take 5 years to build it back up again, probably. I have the roll instructions just not the time.
IHB lar has single-handedly Made BackTalk Fun Again!
re #163 If I was FW here then 5 would seem like yesterday
IHB today I fixed an issue in a reporting system that few understand and certainly not the person who set it up for their study. Curiousity sometimes pays off when debugging weird issues.
People protesting the corona lock-down are domestic terrorists. People rioting, looking and setting buildings on fire in MPLS have had enough and are merely expressing themselves. Social media must fact check conservative ideas. Social media are not the arbiters of truth. You can get corona virus in a bar. You can't get corona virus in Walmart. Welcome to 2020. No admittance without a mask. Please keep your distance.
The seatbelt sign has been turned off for your convenience. Feel free to move about the capitalist cabin to spend money on Chinese products. If there is a sudden change in economic pressure you will be kindly asked to go back to quarantine until the captain has given the textile and media all clear. Thank you for flying Red Propaganda Airlines.
Love is a burning thing And it makes a fiery ring Bound by wild desire I fell in to a ring of fire I fell in to a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire The ring of fire
Rioting, the unbeatable high Adrenaline thootsss your nervess to the thsky Everyone knows this town is gonna blow And it's all gonna blow right now Now you can smash all the windows that you want All you really need are some friends and a rock Throwing a brick never felt so damn good Smash more glass Scream with a laugh And wallow with the crowds Watch them kicking people's ass But you get to the place Where the real slavedrivers live It's walled off by the riot squad Aiming guns right at your head So you turn right around And play right into their hands And set your own neighborhood Burning to the ground instead Get your kicks in quick They're callin' the national guard Now could be your only chance To torch a police car
I see what you did with the lisp thootsss lmao I saw multiple videos on YouTube showing elderly black people crying because their neighborhoods were destroyed. It is so sick and sad. In the meantime, the governor of Minnesota is saying the riots are the fault of white supremacists. 2+2=5 Welcome to clown World. https://nypost.com/2020/05/30/white-supremacists-cartels-add-to-george- floyd-chaos-governor/
That klansman on fire with the afro had a stellar costume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en1uwIzI3SE
re #174 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ormQQG2UhtQ
resp:170 God bless Johnny Cash.
IHB SpaceX Demo-2 launch and dock with ISS were successful. Congratulations to astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, and the whole SpaceX team.
I'm happy because we got another project that takes me into mid-July for work now. After that, I'm might have more work.
resp:178 Congratulations.
Thanks!
Sometimes the squeaky wheel does get the grease. I had a 1:1 with my boss's boss (vice president) a couple weeks back and he asked if I was having any problems. I said 'yeah, my laptop keeps me from doing my job productively.' He said he had no problem getting me a better laptop and today it arrives. It's still not the highest end of the models but it's not a dual-core. Thus I'm happy applications will run faster and not crash so much (knock wood).
https://tinyurl.com/yae5bkzz
Golf clap...and yes, it is a much better laptop and I've already seen difference: I'm not waiting 2 min. for files to load. And I don't have all the issues with programs that I had with the other ones. So, getting more done and spending less time in the chair now.
Still working at this place. My boss quit and I took over her work. Might got into October now. So, from an income point of view that makes me happy.
IHB yesterday evening I solved a program problem between SAS ODS and the RTF file a program was creating. I was able to help the programmer without even seeing the code, so after determining that RTF was the type of output being produced, we dug into the structure of the program and found it had multiple parts. Fortunately we could add the right code in the right place to achieve the result the programmer wanted.
Justice? We'll see... I'll be happy if there are arrests. https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/6/netflix-indicted-child-porn -charges-over-cuties/
The Sequel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl4UtpahWjM
Shhhh He never does that. Doctored video. Also, he does not support the green new deal and he never said he will ban fracking. He will not pack the supreme court. He never threatened that prosecutor in the Ukraine. If you say otherwise, you'll be investigated. Netflix will never be punished. 30k emails, wiped phones, Weiner's laptop, fake dossier, illegal spying, on and on and on and on and on. There should be a GI Joe doll dressed in USSR Olympic running clothes that has a pull string that says: 'Some people did something' 'The new normal' 'It's been debunked' 'We are the winning team' 'it's a vast right wing conspiracy' 'we came, we saw, he DIED'
'The deal is this...'
gpupdate /force -reboot- Sessions replaced with Barr "nothing is happening" format c: -reboot- "system not found" vote for Trump -reboot- "syntax error: trump not found" -reboot- -riots- -rape- -chocolate cake- -american idol- ...system update... "greetings we are your new leaders"
Hi all. I heard about grex from SDF's bboard.
I'm happy because I have a working virtual network connection to a VAX that I'm emulating in simh, so I can get files and data in and out of it.
resp:191 Welcome, kj8am! Now you really are elite!
resp:192 Congratulations! An accomplishment to be proud of.
resp:192 Very good! Nice that you still can use a VAX and make it work!
Happy Veterans Day to tod and all the other veterans here at Grex!
Agreed! Happy Veterans Day (belated).
IHB because I interviewed for a position in another project at my current company and got the job. And better yet, this department says they generally don't have to work overtime. I guess, we'll see about the overtime, but less than we work now would be nice. It's another manager job, but just people this time, no need to help the programmers like I do currently. Hopefully will be good for another couple years or so.
Congratulations on that new position!
re #199 Congrats, Kent! Sounds like you can finally breath
Thanks! Looking forward to learning a new area and if people are reasonable that would be a big help.
Re. 199: Well done!
Thanks, Andy.
I'm happy because NetBSD/evbarm 9.2 seems to work on my Raspberry Pi 2B!
resp:205 Congratulations! :)
I used a Raspberry Pi 4 with Raspian as a full desktop replacement for a year with no real issues. Great little devices!
It's not as tiny as the NUC I had my eye on but I am happy because I was able to get NetBSD/amd64 9.2 onto a PC by burning it onto a CD-RW and installing from that.
IHB Christmas is tomorrow! Merry Christmas 2021 and a happy 2022 to all my fellow Grexers. Hang in there! It's almost over. ;)
Merry Christmas you to papa!
Tradition!
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