xabin Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Jeez, I've only got a 1tb hard drive installed on my computer for programs like SFM, and one 1TB hard drive externally for files I want to keep, and neither of them are more than halfway full... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senior_falcon Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 They have been doing some work down the road with excavators and dump trucks. One piece of equipment has a backup alarm that sounds exactly like the sound effects in parsec, and I keep waiting to hear "alien craft advancing". 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 On 5/5/2020 at 11:57 PM, InsaneMultitasker said: Not galloping Gertie but still.... The engineers who designed it obviously failed to follow the design lessons learned from Galloping Gertie. . .although the Guangdong bridge didn't reach the terminal oscillation point like Galloping Gertie did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 On 5/7/2020 at 6:43 AM, Schmitzi said: yeah, we have this in Berlin I used to ride through that one all the time when I was stationed there. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I was just reminded by an eBay auction about my relatively strange attractions as a boy. I was just nine years-old when this catalog was released. While my friends drooled over the skimpy undies models in catalogs their parents received, I had a major crush on this girl. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 She does look... Highly Technical! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 38 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: II was just nine years-old when this catalog was released. You are only 45? You young whipper snapper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 23 minutes ago, INVISIBLE said: You are only 45? You young whipper snapper! Full of piss and vinegar, as my grampa used to say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Had some of those Triton catalogs myself BITD. Cute gal, has a little Brooke Shields going on... Another great cover from years gone by: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I'm seeing ...Carrie Fisher. Those are some long legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaredmask Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) Mom is think of the pool boy... Edited May 16, 2020 by skaredmask 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 hour ago, skaredmask said: Mom is think of the pool boy... Of course... because he had a Commodore 64. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: Of course... because he had a Commodore 64. Really? What is so good about about a... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Most of all, you've got to hide it from the kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 7 hours ago, INVISIBLE said: Really? What is so good about about a... Well, it could just be a matter of being greener on the other side of the fence. 1984 is a little too soon for the seven-year-itch, but who knows. That beefy bread-box look probably had a lot of ladies swooning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 2 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: Well, it could just be a matter of being greener on the other side of the fence. 1984 is a little too soon for the seven-year-itch, but who knows. That beefy bread-box look probably had a lot of ladies swooning. One could sure tell the TI was built to last, that was not something I could say about the Vic-20 or C-64. But then again, you only get what you pay for and the TI was more expensive to upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 The amount of sirens going by our apartment (we live near a major highway that's notorious for accidents) is staggering, this couple of weeks. It's really making me nervous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater1337 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 15 hours ago, xabin said: The amount of sirens going by our apartment (we live near a major highway that's notorious for accidents) is staggering, this couple of weeks. It's really making me nervous... I live next to a firetruck factory https://www.piercemfg.com/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 So, apparently, scientists have discovered possible evidence of a parallel universe. How could they tell? They stared into the crack between realities they found and saw Spock wearing a goatee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Time to "DUMP/VENT"! (this is the dumping thread after all) How come you can't buy a decent executive style office chair anymore? The last one I purchased lasted only a five short years. Mechanically it was fine, but that crap they call "bonded leather" starts cracking and peeling after only a few years. So now I've been forced to order my third chair in 9 years. The first was $250.00, so I figured you only get what you pay for, the last one was $450.00. Now I've given up, I ordered a fabric one for only $200.00 and figure it should wear better than the faux leather crap, but I'm not expecting a long life. If only they would build chairs like Texas Instruments built the TI-99/4A. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Watch out for the QI model chairs. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fimbulvetr Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 I use a big antique oak office chair in my home office. Stylish, comfortable, and as it has already lasted 90 years it should outlast me! As a bonus I got it free at my university 25 years ago when they were dumpstering all the solid wood antique office furniture so they could replace it all with modern crap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Yeah, the crap chair I ordered is fabric this time, and I also purchased a $20.00 warranty to go along with it in case the thing self-destructs. It's not pretty to look at, but I'm hoping it'll hold up better that that faux leather garbage. Time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I am more disappointed that I can no longer get my corner desk, and the ones I can get suck. When I closed my office and moved about 10 years ago I actually gave two of them away. Now the one I have left was in storage and the surface is bubbled a bit. Nothing like glued pressed wood. I might have to build my own desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I'm in the same boat with chairs, very disappointing. Also had trouble with desks... I've got a heavy old desk made in the 70s - it's nothing special, but it's solid and big enough. I've tried to replace it a few times now with "better" desks and keep coming back to it. But chairs.. yeah. I'm too heavy for them. I thought my current one would last as I splurged, but although I relented to replacing the cylinder every year, the surface material is falling apart after three. They just can't handle my high-intensity coding! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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