tater Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 It's funny, my ability to work on cars has improved over the last couple years, but entirely on 100 year old supercars, there's little overlap with what I actually drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I was chatting about it with a guy while I was waiting in line at O'Reilly's, and he was all, "Man, I wish my dad had taught me to work on cars like that." And that's the amusing part for me: My dad never worked on a car his entire life. I only started doing this about six years ago. Uncle Sam's Canoe Club taught me which end of a wrench is which, and Haynes manuals and Youtube videos taught me the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Yesterday was the flock's first real snow day. And they were having NONE of it. The chickens just sat huddled in the one little corner of the run that wasn't snow-covered or hid in their heated (!) roost. The ducks, as usual, gave no... cares. Opened the door to the paddock and the ducks waddled right out, grumbling under their breaths the whole time, as is their way. The chickens just... pouted. So, like any responsible flock-keeper, I did the only decent thing I could do at that point. I rounded them up and threw them out. Gotta build character, y'know? And here's where it got interesting... and funny. 2020's birds, the Peeper Trio and the Tiny Velociraptors, they adjusted pretty quick once they realized there was food to be eaten, but the OG chickens from the year before, they just kind of... stood there. Like they were, well, frozen. Just look at this majestic, tailless, Flock-of-Seagulls-haired ball of anger and aggression: He never lets me get that close. At least not without a fight. I couldn't even herd them back into the run, they stumbled one step at a time or jump-flew, as if they couldn't figure out they could walk in the snow. I had to grab them one at a time and move them back inside. Where they went back to huddling and pouting. Except the ducks, who just went to sleep on the snow. Also, this: tho I can't take credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 My city is seeing snow for the first time in at least 3 years. As of my writing there is an INCH!! of the stuff on the ground. I know technically its not a lot but for my town an eighth of an inch of ice shut us down earlier this evening, so, for me its positively delightful to see! We are expecting upwards of 4 inches, again for us thats extreme! Snow, here, whod have thought! 011702152021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 31 minutes ago, AlamoVampire said: My city is seeing snow for the first time in at least 3 years. As of my writing there is an INCH!! of the stuff on the ground. I know technically its not a lot but for my town an eighth of an inch of ice shut us down earlier this evening, so, for me its positively delightful to see! We are expecting upwards of 4 inches, again for us thats extreme! Snow, here, whod have thought! 011702152021 It's a time to update the set of memes. google, pictures, "meme i survived the blizzard" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, kerbiloid said: It's a time to update the set of memes. google, pictures, "meme i survived the blizzard" Id settle for my power staying on right now. Ive lost power 3 times over the last hour. Its 10 or so degrees outside and my city as unequipped to deal with this as they are seem to be rolling black outs that last 10-15 min. Im sick of the power failures tbh. I want to play ffxiv or watch netflix but i cant... 025402152021 for anyone following along my power just return at 0300... so far it went out at 0205, 0240, 0254... will update as things progress 030202152021 well its 0423 and my power failed again. This is ridiculous. 042502152021 currently 0650 and power still down, wind is blowing.... i want to thank those who are following my frigid lil saga. 065102152021 we are now 3 hours in. Its now 12 degrees F (-11.1111 degrees Celsius for you @kerbiloid) and still no power... 072302152021 072402152021 This will be my last edit for a while as im gonna try to sleep. As i write we have passed 3 hours 30 minutes since my power went down. It has fallen to 10 degrees F again. 075202152021 075302152021 brief update then going back to sleep. In just 3 minutes i will not have had power or heat for 7 hours. 18 degrees f outside. Very windy. 111902152021 and this 8 hours no power... 18 degrees F outside, windy... going to sleep some more lol 123002152021 Edited February 15, 2021 by AlamoVampire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Something I did not know I needed in my life: https://www.designedbycave.co.uk/2020/LEGO-Interface-UX/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 It's magnificent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 5 hours ago, kerbiloid said: It's a time to update the set of memes. google, pictures, "meme i survived the blizzard" 5 hours ago, AlamoVampire said: I know technically its not a lot I counted about a foot where I am. At least one station recorded 69 cm. Moar: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 hours ago, DDE said: I counted about a foot where I am. At least one station recorded 69 cm. Moar: Hide contents My friend in Katy, TX got an inch of snow, paralyzed his entire city. He called in snow and is "working from home" today. I believe in his case working from home involves XBox and day drinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razark Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, TheSaint said: My friend in Katy, TX got an inch of snow, paralyzed his entire city. It only happens once every few years, so no one here knows how to drive in it, and there's no infrastructure for dealing with it. 16 minutes ago, TheSaint said: I believe in his case working from home involves XBox and day drinking. Is that not what it means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoidSquid Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, razark said: TX got an inch of snow, paralyzed his entire city. What can I say, we're living in Switzerland... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Spoiler How many times has she shuttled to the shop and back again to make such deep trench? Spoiler Snowpiercer, season 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 15 minutes ago, razark said: Is that not what it means? I work from home every day, so...NO! Of course not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 11 hours ago, AlamoVampire said: Id settle for my power staying on right now. Ive lost power 3 times over the last hour. Its 10 or so degrees outside and my city as unequipped to deal with this as they are seem to be rolling black outs that last 10-15 min. Im sick of the power failures tbh. I want to play ffxiv or watch netflix but i cant... My wife says the hospital is hosed here in NM (and others around the country) because they use EPIC, and the datacenter is in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 4 hours ago, TheSaint said: I work from home every day, so...NO! Of course not! No XBox? PS4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: No XBox? PS4? PC! Duh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Every time I hear about all those PS2..PS4 consoles, I flinch. Because PS/2 is imprinted in my mind, even while I have never seen it irl. I imagine they play on Spoiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_System/2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Well i have power back. It has been back 4 hours. Here is hoping it stays back! 11 hours 20 minutes no power grand total. 194102152021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 5 hours ago, AlamoVampire said: Well i have power back Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 hours ago, AlamoVampire said: Well i have power back. It has been back 4 hours. Here is hoping it stays back! 11 hours 20 minutes no power grand total. 194102152021 Reminds me of the great ice raim of 2010. Luckily, we had a generator by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 It's Fat Tuesday. Going to give up the firewater for six weeks again this year. Starting tomorrow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 It's not Fat, it's Horizontally Radially Challenged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 My friend at Johnson MCC said that when they made the building, there was no need for heat since the computers made so much waste heat... space heaters. NASA has space heaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I was driving home from work down the highway with the Sun and blue sky at my back, with a dark wall of menacing grey ahead (turned out to be a blast of enough hail to coat roofs). The road got steadily wetter until the trucks were throwing waves of spray into the sunlit air. It was like driving through a rainbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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