Random randomness

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:14 pm

Thanks for reminding me that "pole saw" is a thing that exists and I could use. I should buy one. Or at least see if the hardware store's rental desk has them, because it's the kind of thing I'm probably only going to use once.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:26 pm

Zarathud wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:29 pm The Commodore 64 was amazing.

Absolutely!

For further contrast in the world of difference between how a typical MS-DOS game sounded back in the day vs. the Commodore 64, compare the music of the DOS-based F-19 Stealth Fighter released in September of 1988 (at least according to Mobygames) to the utterly outstanding soundtrack of The Last Ninja, released in 1987 on the Commodore 64.

Talk about a night and day difference!

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:15 am

It turns out that last week would have been James Doohan's 100th birthday.

I had trouble assimilating that.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:16 am

I could never assimilate him having a kid in his 80s.

Its been 50 years since Star Trek ended. Its my age. 53 if you count when it started. I remember the 25th anniversary. I recall Star Trek 6 coming out around then.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:24 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:34 pm One guy from a 1997 vide owas talking about how home networking was going to become a thing finally. He predicted you could use your outlets or a phone wire to hook up all kinds of item in the house like your computers , home entertainment system, printer, and appliances. Sooooooo close. We do all that wirelessly though.

Hey, I use that Outlet as data carrier thing. Powerline networking is more reliable through floors.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:36 am

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:15 am It turns out that last week would have been James Doohan's 100th birthday.

I had trouble assimilating that.

Resistance is futile

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:04 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:14 pm Thanks for reminding me that "pole saw" is a thing that exists and I could use. I should buy one. Or at least see if the hardware store's rental desk has them, because it's the kind of thing I'm probably only going to use once.

It's ~$40 to rent one for 4 hours. It's under $100 to buy a corded electric on Amazon.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:31 am

It's foreign to me to see OOs clock with the correct time.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:49 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:04 am
Kraken wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:14 pm Thanks for reminding me that "pole saw" is a thing that exists and I could use. I should buy one. Or at least see if the hardware store's rental desk has them, because it's the kind of thing I'm probably only going to use once.
It's ~$40 to rent one for 4 hours. It's under $100 to buy a corded electric on Amazon.

At my age, I'd rather be getting rid of things than accumulating more. I walk past the Tru-Value most days; I need to remember to stop in there and ask.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:57 am

At your age, you'd be better positioned to hire someone to do it for you. Unlike trees, your limbs don't grow back.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:11 am

Alternatively, if you make the news, you'll absolutely be added to one of my lectures.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:39 am

Every time I break out my chainsaw, I have nightmare visions of the tree snapping poorly or whipping back, throwing the saw into me. I handle it like I'm holding a bag of rabid wolverines.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:31 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:57 am At your age, you'd be better positioned to hire someone to do it for you. Unlike trees, your limbs don't grow back.

Tempting; I decided a year or two ago to stop trying to Macgyver home repairs myself and hire pros instead. My house is full of repair projects that sort-of almost worked out well. I'm not prepared to hire a real tree service for the limited amount of trimming that I need, though -- those companies are too expensive. Perhaps a handyman would be a good compromise.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:21 pm

Go to O'Reilly auto parts website and search for 121g

EDIT: Also A Pwincess Bwide Bwar

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:24 pm

Only 9 days until Spring. Time for that bikini wax.

EDIT: It never fails that twice a year I reset all the clocks in the home but forget the car. Then days later Ill be in it and know something is off when I look at but not sure what before it hits me. Either I think Im making amazing time or Im very late for some reason.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:29 pm

My DVR has a mind of its own. If I leave the tv on and turn the DVR off then within an hour it turns itself back on but leaves the sound off. Also it resets its guide once a week. So instead of seeing info on whats on its simply all blank except for the stock wait message. Yet it still records whats set. Strange thing. When I turn you off STAY OFF!

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 6:27 am

woke right up at 5:30 this morning and couldn't get back to sleep. Going to be a long day

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:04 am

Heard what sounded like a metallic machine gun outside near my bird feeder. Was a crazy woodpecker getting seeds off the folding chairs I have near it.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:18 am

Den of Geek

With the 42nd anniversary of Hitchhiker’s underway — a number chosen due to its particular significance in the saga — the coming months will see the release of new merchandise based on the story. The most exciting of which is the release of two long out-of-print LPs from Demon Music Group as part of this year’s Record Store Day celebrations on April 18th:

Following the success of the BBC radio series, Douglas Adams adapted his scripts for these two full-cast albums, with incidental radiophonic music provided by Paddy Kingsland. First released by Original Records in 1980, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe star Peter Jones as The Book, Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford Prefect, and Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Both albums are being paired together on three 180g colored discs by Demon for this release and it is limited to 750 copies. For fans who always wanted to get their hands on these releases but didn’t want to pay the high secondary market prices the LPs often command, this reissue is a dream come true. The records include reproduction of the eye-catching original art by British design firm Hipgnosis (who also did iconic covers for artists ranging from E.L.O. to Pink Floyd).

Cylus Maxii · Post by **Cylus Maxii** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:23 pm

For no particular reason - I got a brain worm last week with the Rock Me Amadeus song. I hadn't heard any part of it in at least a decade. Weird..

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:25 pm

Cylus Maxii wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:23 pm For no particular reason - I got a brain worm last week with the Rock Me Amadeus song. I hadn't heard any part of it in at least a decade. Weird..

RIP Falco, taken too soon.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:37 pm

I'm a danish, I'm a danish...

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:24 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:29 pm My DVR has a mind of its own. If I leave the tv on and turn the DVR off then within an hour it turns itself back on but leaves the sound off. Also it resets its guide once a week. So instead of seeing info on whats on its simply all blank except for the stock wait message. Yet it still records whats set. Strange thing. When I turn you off STAY OFF!

Could it be it's turning itself back on in order to record something?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:27 pm

Rumpy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:24 pm
Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:29 pm My DVR has a mind of its own. If I leave the tv on and turn the DVR off then within an hour it turns itself back on but leaves the sound off. Also it resets its guide once a week. So instead of seeing info on whats on its simply all blank except for the stock wait message. Yet it still records whats set. Strange thing. When I turn you off STAY OFF!
Could it be it's turning itself back on in order to record something?

I dont think so but it could be. Ill have to watch next time and turn it off on a evening with nothing set.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:44 pm

There goes the spare money. Water heater is leaking at the top connection after 4 years. So a handyman is coming out later to fix it. Going to see about fixing my kitchen cold water as Ive had a toothpick size trickle of cold for 3 or 4 years and Im tired of it. Also the bathroom has a drip that equal 1/4 a bucket every 5 days.

If nothing else Im getting the water heater fixed. that leak has gone from a small drop in Dec to a soaked bath towel every 2 days.

Also one of these days Im going to shove a Walmart idiots pickup up the aisle when the yback out without looking. Today it was either blow the horn and be hit or swerve around the yehaaw . I swerved.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:17 pm

Around here crossing your fingers and backing out without looking is often the only option. There are so many people around here who drive giant SUVs and jacked up trucks that anyone in a sedan is completely blind when they're in a parking space. It's like being parked between two walls, and you can't see until the front seat clears them. Given that many of the trucks have extended beds, that often means until you're all the way out.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:26 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:17 pmAround here crossing your fingers and backing out without looking is often the only option.

This is a crappy option, and is why I have two accidents on my driving record instead of one. Parked neatly in a grocery lot between a truck and a sedan. I get out and the sedan is a van. With absolutely no way to see beyond it or the pickup, I could only slowly back out. While crawling at 2mph, I caught a flash and felt a bump - someone was hauling ass through the lot and clipped my rear bumper.

Laws in Maine make that somehow my fault because I was backing up.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:36 pm

I had that happen to me on my last day in Maine.
I drove back to California and never heard about it again.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:41 pm

I need a new faucet. Are all faucets the same size where they fit in the sink? Same distance between the hot and cold connections I mean.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 6:28 pm

In the four times I have done it they have been.
Usually they have flexible hoses that they hook up too.

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:00 pm

Why don't y'all back into your parking spots? Or find a pull-through spot?

My work vehicle has no rear or side windows and it's absolutely what I have to do. Yes, I drive a child molester van. It's even white.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:32 pm

When I bought my house a couple of years ago, it came with a Carbon Monoxide detector.
It started beeping over the weekend and the display read Err.
Looked it up on the First Alert website and it said that was the end of life code for the 10 year battery in it
Started looking for a replacement and ran across a post that said to check the manufacture date on it. 10/15.
Called First Alert and they sent out a new one free of charge.
Got it the other day. Looked very similar to the old one.
Still had the screws and anchors in the wall. Went to pop it on and the freaking slots for the screw mounts are literally 1/16th off from the previous ones. I pictured some dude sitting in his office laughing his ass off because he designed it like that on purpose.
Had to drill new holes......

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:31 pm

Cylus Maxii wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:23 pm For no particular reason - I got a brain worm last week with the Rock Me Amadeus song. I hadn't heard any part of it in at least a decade. Weird..

I will see your Falco earworm and raise you Falco + Rick James...

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:32 am

It shouldn't be so hard to find out who owns the phone number that just called you and left no message. I can maybe find out 1 in 20 times. The net is filled with sites that either dont work or want you to pay something to know. In the older days it always worked. Also it used to be a private number cost money to have. Very annoying these days just trying to figure out who called and you missed it or refused to answer because of marketers.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:34 am

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:46 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:32 am It shouldn't be so hard to find out who owns the phone number that just called you and left no message. I can maybe find out 1 in 20 times. The net is filled with sites that either dont work or want you to pay something to know. In the older days it always worked. Also it used to be a private number cost money to have. Very annoying these days just trying to figure out who called and you missed it or refused to answer because of marketers.

Caller ID is effectively useless at the moment, anyway.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:40 pm

If I get a call and they hang up/don't leave a message/etc, it is one of two things:

1. Something important, in which case they'll call back.
2. Something unimportant, in which case I don't care enough to go looking them up.

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:44 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 11:32 am It shouldn't be so hard to find out who owns the phone number that just called you and left no message. I can maybe find out 1 in 20 times. The net is filled with sites that either dont work or want you to pay something to know. In the older days it always worked. Also it used to be a private number cost money to have. Very annoying these days just trying to figure out who called and you missed it or refused to answer because of marketers.

You're thinking in antiquated White/Yellow Pages-terms in an age when phone numbers can be freely generated with a just few mouse-clicks.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:46 pm

I've always gotten Tracy Nelson and Lori Petty mixed up.

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:51 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:46 pm I've always gotten Tracy Nelson and Lori Petty mixed up.

Get the fuck outta here!

Tracy Nelson is hot.

Lori Petty is...short haired. She's a celebrity from your town though, you can't keep her straight!?