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Facebook/Insta are down! How do I post about the important things I normally post about?
OK, for breakfast, I had an Egg McMuffin, but with bacon instead of Canadian Bacon.
Just imagine the picture here...
(Sorry... Couldn't help it.)
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Remember, when replacing a water heater, always take the new one out of the box and check for dents/issues BEFORE you remove the old one... Even if the box looks fine.
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I keep remembering while I am at work there is something retro I need to download.
And then get home and totally forget what it was...
Yes, I should take notes of what it is when I remember it at work, but... "shut up!! stop attacking me!!" -
So, who's releasing the first Steamboat Willie video game in the new year?
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Chrome just updated. What's new page on restart?? Ohh!!!
Shopping... Deals...
WTH??? Google, this is a browser, not the new version of the TEMU app... OMG...-
It wasn't the homepage. It was just the extra page that Chrome shows you after you restart after an update to tell you about the new features.
I wasn't bothered about that. It's easy to close that. Only comes up the once to let you know about the new features.
I was just bugged that all those new "features" centered around shopping.
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Am I legally allowed to only slightly injure someone if I ask them an "either/or" question, and they reply with "Yes.."
Aarrgghh!!! (This happens at work more than I'd like to admit...)-
@GoldLeader I love a bad joke, that one stinks.
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Can't believe I never noticed before that the Atari logo is right there on the forks of Artemis' Akira-styled motorcycle in Ready Player One.
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Watching a vid on the laptop with earbuds in one ear. Notice my cat by the window with a weird look on his face... Take out my earbud and... hey, that's a weird sound... Get up and take a look, and when I lean over enough to see across the street, "Oh Sh!t, bush on on fire by my neighbors house."
Got out there, called 911 and took a look, luckily it was just the bush. As I was working on getting our hose to try to stretch that far, a cleaning guy (it's a vacation rental) came out and got a hose from that house and we put it out. Eventually fire showed up and fully soaked it.
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I'm not normally a vindictive person, but scammers need to be removed from society. My wife just got a call and they got her all worked up and convinced her daughter had been hurt.... Just as she grabbed me, they started the "don't involve anyone else" bit and we both knew it was a scam then. But they totally freaked her out first. And I can see how someone who is panicked would not be thinking straight... Evil evil people...
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I had a foreign scammer trying to convince me he was working for the IRS. I set my old modem to call back their number once every minute. I had the speaker on and I could hear them getting madder and madder. I muted it and let it run. Took them a week of 60/24/7 calls to disconnect that number.
Worse than muggers, they are.It's very fortunate that you all saw through it before any real damage could be done.
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Came back to work from lunch and a coworker had just been taken to the hospital. Wishing him the best. I mean, we all get older, but still...
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Got my cracked windshield replaced yesterday. I asked the guy and I could drive it after an hour or two, for the glue (or whatever he called it to dry). Nice, that it seals that quickly..
And then he said, make sure to leave the tape on the windshield for a day or two..
er....
If the glue is dry, why does it need the tape?
If the tape is needed, doesn't that imply the glue isn't really holding...
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Wow! A belated Christmas present from my brother just showed up. Replica 1 Apple 1 clone kit... Wow...
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Looks like one of our software vendors just added a feature the might replace a licensed (i.e. costs a lot of money) feature from another one of our vendors. Something they added just as "new features" so it won't cost us any more... Obviously have to test and such, but.. Nice...
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Well that surprised me a bit. Put in a minimum bid on a nice looking "For Parts" Atari 400. Figured since the case looks pretty good, I wouldn't get it for just the minimum bid. But I did. Betting it's missing boards/chips inside. ? At the least, it will look nice on my shelf. But I'll have to see if there's a possibility for repair...
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Got tricked on e-bay. Partially my fault for not looking close enough. The description said "Maxell C30 Cassette Tapes Lot Of 6 Brand New Low Noise/High Output Cassettes"
But when they showed up, it was 3 C30s and 3 C60s.
Went back to check the auction and the picture does show the 3 C60s and 3 C30s, so I missed that.
Oh well, better than nothing, but not what I was looking for.
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I just printed a consumables report on my laser printer, and it told me that my toner was at 0%!
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair!
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That is a nice bit of knowledge there, @Stephen , strangely comforting.
I grew up with the C64's and stuff, was only recently exposed to the Speccy via emulation, and have read a bit on it's history/creation and stuff, is a huge piece of history, for sure.
R.I.P.
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My favorite product label. I was putting away the syrup and noticed the label for the first time.
Aunt Jemima Butter Rich Syrup
Contains No Butter.
Right on the front label, not hidden on the back or anything...
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Homemade banana bread...
Simple and fast to make.
Even if you don't get it just right, it's still great...
I don't understand why this isn't a staple of living...
That is all.
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hmmm, GoldLeader, my new call sign-RedLeader... conveniently we will form up at your location on Christmas... yes the originating co-ordinates to your sisters base will be kept secret as we wouldn't want any imperial entanglements, nor would we want to have the goods confiscated and put to use for Vaders purposes.
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Some people shouldn't be allowed to use screwdrivers and wire cutters!!!
Someone gave my wife a damaged outdoor extension cord. The female receptacle, which wasn't the original, was cracked. I ordered a replacement and got it today. Opened the receptacle and .. OMG!! The Hot wire was basically loose. Not screwed in anymore and the case was basically holding it in place. And, it had been stripped to over an INCH of bare wire exposed!!! With little broken wires hanging loose!! How is that possible! <sigh> -
Got an Amazon delivery today. Box is on it's side with two arrows point up. So I am thinking he technically should have placed it sitting up!!!
Then I open it, and there is another box inside, with arrows pointing the other way.
So, the deliver guy was right after all, although I have no idea how he knew!!!! -
Wow... I had lent a Pi0w based RetroPi based system about two years ago... He returned it last week. I decided today to update it, since it has been awhile. Started it at 9:30... It's been over 3 and a half hours... Still updating... It's been a while since I updated Raspbian, so I don't remember how long it usually takes... Probably should have just done a new install...
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Aaarrggghh Telcos!!!
Cutting over some 800 numbers from one Telco to another... Did a Test. Scheduled it. Worked great.
Asked them to schedule the next two numbers and then the next two after that...
Just got a reply that they successfully moved all our lines... During the day. With no coordination... Aarrrghh!
(Good news is that it is working, but )- Show previous comments 1 more
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I'll let you know. Not off to a great start. Although at least the trunks seem to be working. The trunks in question are hideously busy. We get a huge BURST of traffic when the lines open in the mornings, so tomorrow will be a big test. We have WAY more people needing to call than agents able to handle calls. We are migrating for PRIs to SIP...
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One benefit of this whole last year or so is that I no longer feel the need to get / pay for haircuts! I've really improved around the "cutting my own hair" arena.
I mean, my hair cutting skill hasn't improved at all..
But my acceptance of my own bad haircuts has really improved quite a bit!!!!- Show previous comments 6 more
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I think I got mine in the 1990s. It looks like this:
https://www.ivory-s.com/products/vacuum_clipper_attachments_.htm
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This is the best/worst news article title I've ever seen. From a story in the New York Times. Actual story name:
"When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid from a Clap, That's a Moray..."
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