The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 07

[NotWise]

I have gone to battle with the Dell monster, and I've emerged victorious with but minor casualties.

The computer guy from our Santa Fe office brought me an old Dell that had been their file server some years ago. I needed something as a temporary replacement for my two office computers that went out within a couple days of each other.

I blew the dust bunnies out, gave it a graphics card that at least has a digital interface and a wireless card to replace the three ethernet cards it had before. The thing had been equipped with a single hard drive and a CD/DVD RW drive. I pulled the old hard drive and replaced that with the boot drive from my dead work station, but had to use the SATA connection to the CD/DVD to run my second hard drive. I lost the CD/DVD drive, but I don't have much need for it, anyway.

I'm not sure why I had to lose the CD/DVD drive. The Bios shows four SATA connections. I see five on the motherboard, but only two of them seem to work.

 

[NotWise]

Four posts in a row. Maybe I'm talking to myself.

We haven't seen hide nor hair of TxRad since Thursday (12/16). Certainly hope that everything's alright over there.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Four posts in a row. Maybe I'm talking to myself.

We haven't seen hide nor hair of TxRad since Thursday (12/16). Certainly hope that everything's alright over there.

If you talk to yourself in a forum, does it really exist?

Hopefully it's just a result of this time of year. Things have gone a little crazy in Eastern Oz since lockdowns seem to have been banished.

Oh, and g'day to Sweet_n_SpicySprite. Be careful of the blanket fort. You never know who's in there...

 

[sirhugs]

If you talk to yourself in a forum, does it really exist?

Hopefully it's just a result of this time of year. Things have gone a little crazy in Eastern Oz since lockdowns seem to have been banished.

Oh, and g'day to Sweet_n_SpicySprite. Be careful of the blanket fort. You never know who's in there...

If you keep talking to yourself, are you requited to get alts?

 

[AahhWhattheHell]

I have gone to battle with the Dell monster, and I've emerged victorious with but minor casualties.

The computer guy from our Santa Fe office brought me an old Dell that had been their file server some years ago. I needed something as a temporary replacement for my two office computers that went out within a couple days of each other.

I blew the dust bunnies out, gave it a graphics card that at least has a digital interface and a wireless card to replace the three ethernet cards it had before. The thing had been equipped with a single hard drive and a CD/DVD RW drive. I pulled the old hard drive and replaced that with the boot drive from my dead work station, but had to use the SATA connection to the CD/DVD to run my second hard drive. I lost the CD/DVD drive, but I don't have much need for it, anyway.

I'm not sure why I had to lose the CD/DVD drive. The Bios shows four SATA connections. I see five on the motherboard, but only two of them seem to work.

Sounds like a lot of work but worth it. Now back to Christmas shopping on Amazon?

PCB shopping on Ebay?

 

[Rustyoznail]

Four posts in a row. Maybe I'm talking to myself.

We haven't seen hide nor hair of TxRad since Thursday (12/16). Certainly hope that everything's alright over there.

It is getting a bit of a worry. I’ve had to find his stash of spare coffee.

Hopefully it’s nothing much.

 

[Handley_Page]

My old {PC Tower had quite a number of vacant slots. I think it has only one, now.
Not that it works very well any way; and it's on Win 7 pro.
But for the most part, it does what I need. . . .
Time for a brew.

 

[Rustyoznail]

My old {PC Tower had quite a number of vacant slots. I think it has only one, now.
Not that it works very well any way; and it's on Win 7 pro.
But for the most part, it does what I need. . . .
Time for a brew.

Sounds like a plan.

I've got a 10 yo HP laptop with an I7 chip. Still works but the battery has died, and I think all the heat sink paste has gone hard as the cooling fans roar their blades off. Still good for photo and video processing.

Coffee's on, but to my taste. Shortbread is in the bikkie jar. Have at it.

- Hope TXrad comes back soon. This is hard yakka...

 

[AahhWhattheHell]

Sounds like a plan.

I've got a 10 yo HP laptop with an I7 chip. Still works but the battery has died, and I think all the heat sink paste has gone hard as the cooling fans roar their blades off. Still good for photo and video processing.

Coffee's on, but to my taste. Shortbread is in the bikkie jar. Have at it.

- Hope TXrad comes back soon. This is hard yakka...

We could have a side hustle with jam and pastries to go with this wonderful coffee.

hope TXrad is ok.

 

[LAHomedog]

Re tx: Well, it is the holidays and people get involved and disappear. Do you have his personal email that you can write?

Me? We finally got the darn tree trimmed. It gets more challenging every year. Damn back.

 

[Handley_Page]

This coffee's good; thanks.
We got cold and dry-ish (it ain't raining).

 

[oggbashan]

Last night was the first proper rost of this winter. I had to escape the ice of the car's windscreen. Because we are so close to the sea, we rarely get severe frosts - but the tide went out during the night.

I will need coffee when I can see well enough to trust myself with the kettle...

 

[Handley_Page]

Last night was the first proper rost of this winter. I had to escape the ice of the car's windscreen. Because we are so close to the sea, we rarely get severe frosts - but the tide went out during the night.

I will need coffee when I can see well enough to trust myself with the kettle...

If you'll settle for a 'virtual' coffee, there's one to your left hand. . . .

It's turned bloody cold round here; and it's getting worse.
Coffee & Toast is on my horizon right now

 

[ElectricBlue]

Dawg, you asked about the 2022 Contest schedule.

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1557831

 

[oggbashan]

Christmas Lights.

Today our handyman who comes every Wednesday put up our Christmas Lights. I know it is late but we don't put them up until after the wife's December birthday.

We have a large 'Merry Christmas' sign that goes in an upstairs window. I have been trying to replace it but couldn't find one online two weeks ago. Today? There are dozens but they sre all small - about twelve by six inches for the largest.

Our sign now reads 'Merry Christma' because the final S has failed. But I need one about three feet by two feet. Do they exist?

 

[NotWise]

Our sign now reads 'Merry Christma' because the final S has failed. But I need one about three feet by two feet. Do they exist?

Probably none that you can get for this year.

Indoor lights mostly max out at 24" wide -- I saw one at 37". Outdoor lights can be used indoors, and they get much larger.

 

[oggbashan]

Probably none that you can get for this year.

Indoor lights mostly max out at 24" wide -- I saw one at 37". Outdoor lights can be used indoors, and they get much larger.

But apparently not in the UK. The largest seem to be about a foot wide.

 

[Handley_Page]

Today our handyman who comes every Wednesday put up our Christmas Lights. I know it is late but we don't put them up until after the wife's December birthday.

We have a large 'Merry Christmas' sign that goes in an upstairs window. I have been trying to replace it but couldn't find one online two weeks ago. Today? There are dozens but they sre all small - about twelve by six inches for the largest.

Our sign now reads 'Merry Christma' because the final S has failed. But I need one about three feet by two feet. Do they exist?

A suggestion:
Switch off all of "Merry", and the 'Ma',
What you get left is what Christmas should be all about

CHRIST !

 

[Rustyoznail]

Boring breakfast of toast, peanut butter, and coffee. Very suitable for the last day of work for the year.

I sent TXrad an email, but no reply as yet.

 

[oggbashan]

A suggestion:
Switch off all of "Merry", and the 'Ma',
What you get left is what Christmas should be all about

CHRIST !

I can't. It is a continuous neon strip that has failed at the end.

But I have a nativity scene in a window.

 

[TxRad]

Sorry, I didn't mean to worry people but the ladies and I got an offer we couldn't refuse.

About 4AM last Thursday morning I got a call from an old friend wanting to know if I wanted to come down to her place in southwestern Mexico for a few days. There was a private plane coming through my area about 6 and if we wanted to come we had to be at the local airport.

It was a wild time as we packed, hunted passports, and got to the airport. I didn't pack my laptop because where the ranch is doesn't have much of cell signal much less wifi.

We had a blast to say the least. The weather was warm and clothing was optional. The young couple who flew down with us were so cute. It was their first time in such a place. It was also their honeymoon.

I'll make the evening coffee.

Supper is ham sandwiches and chips.

We'll be in bed shortly. It has been a long day.

 

[NotWise]

Welcome back! It sounds like a good time was had by all.

 

[TxRad]

Welcome back! It sounds like a good time was had by all.

And then some.

The plot bunnies run rampant.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Well, that sounds like a great early Christmas present.

Glad you all had fun!

 

[NotWise]

We have a storm coming in for Christmas eve. It won't leave us with a white Christmas because it'll be too warm. We might get rain, but the weather service expects the mountains north of here to get up to 30 inches of snow.