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Post by adui on Nov 23, 2022 20:51:31 GMT -5
Released to full duty today, it will be good to hit the wide open spaces soon. Glad to hear it Charlie! You must've been going stir crazy by now. |
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Post by Gypo on Nov 24, 2022 10:48:22 GMT -5
We got rained out that turned into snow a couple weeks ago. The young guy on the crew went and got a big paying winter job down in San Diego. So I drive the work truck now and then Boss tells me just take it home so I don't have to drive over and pick it up in the morning. 2010 2500 crew cab long bed of course 4wd Cummins but what I really like is it is a manual with low geared rear end great work truck for the mountains.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 24, 2022 10:53:53 GMT -5
We got rained out that turned into snow a couple weeks ago. The young guy on the crew went and got a big paying winter job down in San Diego. So I drive the work truck now and then Boss tells me just take it home so I don't have to drive over and pick it up in the morning. 2010 2500 crew cab long bed of course 4wd Cummins but what I really like is it is a manual with low geared rear end great work truck for the mountains. That does make a difference. |
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 24, 2022 10:58:03 GMT -5
Sciurus niger “hanging out” to soak up the sun…  |
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Post by trailboss on Nov 24, 2022 14:01:06 GMT -5
Released to full duty today, it will be good to hit the wide open spaces soon. Glad to hear it Charlie! You must've been going stir crazy by now. Actually I have been able to get a lot done with the new manager on-site to benefit the crews that before as a satellite operation was a pain in the butt. I pretty much streamlined and put into place a lot of things that make life easier. I will miss my free time surfing the net on the boss’s dime though. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 24, 2022 23:58:36 GMT -5
The Diet of Worms is COMPLETELY different than it sounds.
I didn't realize that September 11 was exactly 318 years after the Charge of the Winged Hussars against the Ottomans in relief of Vienna.
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 28, 2022 10:32:46 GMT -5
The Deluge! For a while now, and particularly the last coupla days, my email inbox has seen an avalanche of “deals” fill it up. Every morning I have to dump 30 or so mails I don’t need and don’t want. Goes with the “digital territory” I reckon. I look forward to it being over.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 28, 2022 11:19:52 GMT -5
The Diet of Worms is COMPLETELY different than it sounds. I didn't realize that September 11 was exactly 318 years after the Charge of the Winged Hussars against the Ottomans in relief of Vienna. That historical fact somehow escaped me, as well. Those bothersome Turks! For those who do not remember: At around 6:00 pm the Polish king ordered the cavalry attack in four groups, three Polish and one from the Holy Roman Empire—18,000 horsemen charged down the hills, the largest cavalry charge in history. Sobieski led the charge at the head of 3,000 Polish heavy lancers, the famed "Winged Hussars".They actually wore wings to terrify the Ottomans. Angels coming to kill them. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 28, 2022 11:51:21 GMT -5
The Deluge! For a while now, and particularly the last coupla days, my email inbox has seen an avalanche of “deals” fill it up. Every morning I have to dump 30 or so mails I don’t need and don’t want. Goes with the “digital territory” I reckon. I look forward to it being over. When I was working it took me 1 to 2 hours to clear my email every morning. Then I had to keep up with it all day. Most of it was stuff I needed because I put strong filters on what got through. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 28, 2022 11:53:08 GMT -5
The Diet of Worms is COMPLETELY different than it sounds. I didn't realize that September 11 was exactly 318 years after the Charge of the Winged Hussars against the Ottomans in relief of Vienna. That historical fact somehow escaped me, as well. Those bothersome Turks! For those who do not remember: At around 6:00 pm the Polish king ordered the cavalry attack in four groups, three Polish and one from the Holy Roman Empire—18,000 horsemen charged down the hills, the largest cavalry charge in history. Sobieski led the charge at the head of 3,000 Polish heavy lancers, the famed "Winged Hussars".They actually wore wings to terrify the Ottomans. Angels coming to kill them. Musical history lesson: |
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 29, 2022 10:18:56 GMT -5
Snow. Forecast 6” overnight and another 6” today. But… we have about 1/2” on the ground, nothing falling, and radar shows it’s gone by noon. Once again the boffins got it wrong (hooray!) as they do about 3/4s of the time for this little pocket of the outback.
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Post by trailboss on Nov 29, 2022 11:25:01 GMT -5
The Deluge! For a while now, and particularly the last coupla days, my email inbox has seen an avalanche of “deals” fill it up. Every morning I have to dump 30 or so mails I don’t need and don’t want. Goes with the “digital territory” I reckon. I look forward to it being over. When I was working it took me 1 to 2 hours to clear my email every morning. Then I had to keep up with it all day. Most of it was stuff I needed because I put strong filters on what got through. It amazes me how many emails people in offices have to deal with, when I worked in hazmat, my supervisor said that he averaged 150 emails to deal with when he got into the office. That sucks pretty bad, and he was letting us know what challenges he faced while working from home. He didn’t get much sympathy from us though, it was in the middle of the pandemic, us technicians were on the road all of the time dealing with an enormous amount of work, in the middle of the pandemic. I imagine that a lot of emails are generated needlessly though. |
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Post by sperrytops on Nov 29, 2022 11:30:11 GMT -5
Temperatures cold here (but not below freezing) and rain expected starting Thursday for about four or five days. Just reading a few good books. Going to take a look at the Napoleonic Wars, I think. 3 million soldiers died in those wars, perhaps half as many again civilians. Compared to World War 2, more than ten times those numbers. Perhaps 50 million in total. Hard to imagine numbers that large. Lots of crazy cavalry charges, though.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 29, 2022 12:21:27 GMT -5
Temperatures cold here (but not below freezing) and rain expected starting Thursday for about four or five days. Just reading a few good books. Going to take a look at the Napoleonic Wars, I think. 3 million soldiers died in those wars, perhaps half as many again civilians. Compared to World War 2, more than ten times those numbers. Perhaps 50 million in total. Hard to imagine numbers that large. Lots of crazy cavalry charges, though. It was also a time of social upheaval. It finally started the end of serfdom and later slavery. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 29, 2022 12:25:02 GMT -5
When I was working it took me 1 to 2 hours to clear my email every morning. Then I had to keep up with it all day. Most of it was stuff I needed because I put strong filters on what got through. It amazes me how many emails people in offices have to deal with, when I worked in hazmat, my supervisor said that he averaged 150 emails to deal with when he got into the office. That sucks pretty bad, and he was letting us know what challenges he faced while working from home. He didn’t get much sympathy from us though, it was in the middle of the pandemic, us technicians were on the road all of the time dealing with an enormous amount of work, in the middle of the pandemic. I imagine that a lot of emails are generated needlessly though. I quit keeping track after it got over 200 emails a day. A lot were automated information from the server software and such. A lot could be cleared in a couple of seconds. Usually a couple of dozen took a few minutes and a couple more were really needing attention. The last 6 months I worked it was all email all day. |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Nov 29, 2022 14:24:52 GMT -5
Had to hire some help this afternoon. These drywall patches are just too much for me to handle. It cost me 1 Kinder Joy egg and a Lolipop  |
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Post by Darin on Nov 29, 2022 14:29:19 GMT -5
😊😊😊
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Post by trailboss on Nov 29, 2022 14:33:30 GMT -5
Good looking kid there!
The one with the curly hair… with the age difference between me and Josh, just wanted to be clear.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Nov 29, 2022 14:37:37 GMT -5
Good looking kid there! The one with the curly hair… with the age difference between me and Josh, just wanted to be clear. Hahaha. You're still young at heart. And I'm still old in aches |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Nov 29, 2022 15:03:23 GMT -5
 Love it!
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Post by trailboss on Nov 29, 2022 15:07:18 GMT -5
This is crazy! SanDisk 1TB Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Memory Card with Adapter - Up to 150MB/s, C10, U1, Full HD, A1, MicroSD Card - SDSQUAC-1T00-GN6MA a.co/aVvLI1s |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Nov 29, 2022 15:31:58 GMT -5
And CHEAP!!
My first PC had a 3 gb hard drive and cost my parents $3500. That 16 mb of RAM was killer too.
A TB on a small little card is just crazy. Imagine what that chip from the COVID shot has in it!! 😂😂😂
(Kidding)
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Post by trailboss on Nov 29, 2022 16:14:33 GMT -5
It was $99.00 on Black Friday, didn’t need one so I passed.
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Post by adui on Nov 29, 2022 16:50:00 GMT -5
It was $99.00 on Black Friday, didn’t need one so I passed. I am sure I could find a use for it. The problem is I don't think any of my devices will read that big a microSD |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 29, 2022 17:41:50 GMT -5
This is crazy! SanDisk 1TB Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Memory Card with Adapter - Up to 150MB/s, C10, U1, Full HD, A1, MicroSD Card - SDSQUAC-1T00-GN6MA a.co/aVvLI1sYep, heck of a deal. I don't have any devices that would handle it. I put a 256gb card in my camera and it recognized it, though it's only rated for 64gb. A terabyte is a LOT of data. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 29, 2022 17:42:55 GMT -5
And CHEAP!! My first PC had a 3 gb hard drive and cost my parents $3500. That 16 mb of RAM was killer too. A TB on a small little card is just crazy. Imagine what that chip from the COVID shot has in it!! 😂😂😂 (Kidding) My first PC had a 5mb hard drive. |
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Post by trailboss on Nov 29, 2022 18:34:10 GMT -5
My first computer I bought from a guy running a computer store in Hollister Ca. It was patched together with surplus parts, an old Apple monitor, and all kinds of adaptive devices to make it function, a frankenputer my brother called it when he dropped by. It was loaded up with all the goods! freeware that had no use. I think the windows program was pirated, and a virus magnet.
$1,500.00!
I had no business buying a computer at that time.
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Post by Gandalf on Nov 29, 2022 19:16:27 GMT -5
My first computer was a Timex-Sinclair ZX81 with a 16K RAM module and thermal printer. Later added an (almost) full size keyboard. A TV was your screen. Stored programs on a cassette tape/recorder! $100 new in 1981 or 1982. For scale: It's about 8 or 9 inches wide. Thermal paper was 4 or 5 inches wide.   (Stock photos) Later bought a Timex 2086. Then an Apple IIc. (Swore off Apple forever after that.) Then an IBM PS/2 series desktop. Then various Gateway and Dell desktops. Somewhere in there was a Radio Shack laptop. Then various Hewlet Packard desktops and laptops. Now an ASUS laptop. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 29, 2022 22:48:54 GMT -5
My first computer was a Timex-Sinclair ZX81 with a 16K RAM module and thermal printer. Later added an (almost) full size keyboard. A TV was your screen. Stored programs on a cassette tape/recorder! $100 new in 1981 or 1982. For scale: It's about 8 or 9 inches wide. Thermal paper was 4 or 5 inches wide. (Stock photos) Later bought a Timex 2086. Then an Apple IIc. (Swore off Apple forever after that.) Then an IBM PS/2 series desktop. Then various Gateway and Dell desktops. Somewhere in there was a Radio Shack laptop. Then various Hewlet Packard desktops and laptops. Now an ASUS laptop. I forgot I had a Timex - Sinclair. I think it was the second model. My first PC I built from parts. It was a 80286. Ran DOS. I tested Windows versions 1 and 2 on it. |
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Post by Darin on Nov 30, 2022 9:43:12 GMT -5
My first computer was a Texas Instruments TI-99 ... taught myself basic DOS.
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Love it! 