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cc_in_oh · 02-27-2023, 10:35 AM

My PC is by a window that overlooks a pond, and I'm watching a pair of ducks perched on the drainage ring apparently enjoying the weather (It's 38F with fairly heavy sleet).

Hitch · 02-27-2023, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by cc_in_oh

My PC is by a window that overlooks a pond, and I'm watching a pair of ducks perched on the drainage ring apparently enjoying the weather (It's 38F with fairly heavy sleet).

Hmmm....them's some tough-ass ducks! :-) I guess, to them, everything is...just ducky?

(sorry, sorry, go ahead, pelt me with bad puns...)

Hitch

timebug · 03-02-2023, 03:34 AM

Wondering why the family opposite,always put out the wrong items for waste collection. They did it again this wek; the bins were emptied yesterday but the pile of wrong stuff they heaped beside it, is still there, waiting to be distributed along our street by wind, foxes and passing yobboes!

DNSB · 03-02-2023, 02:47 PM

Perhaps in their minds, it is the job of the waste collectors to manually pickup those items?

I have a neighbour who despite being told that they must use the city supplied containers for garbage, compostables, glass, etc. which can be picked up by the arms on the truck, still insists on placing items beside them. If nothing else, most of the stuff such as an old CRT television and a microwave are not permitted in residential garbage.

timebug · 03-03-2023, 03:26 AM

DNSB, my neighbours have the same attitude; dump it beside the bin and they will take it away. In fact, over the years we have had many circulars from the local council, explaining in detail what WILL and what WILL NOT be picked up!
Basically, if it is loose beside the bin and not actually IN the bin, it will not be removed. But some people seem oblivious to these directions and as I said, it usually ends up beig strewn along the road by our trong prevailing wind, or wildlife or drunks on their way home from town. We live on the edge of town so that is common behaviour!

Hitch · 03-03-2023, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by timebug

DNSB, my neighbours have the same attitude; dump it beside the bin and they will take it away. In fact, over the years we have had many circulars from the local council, explaining in detail what WILL and what WILL NOT be picked up!
Basically, if it is loose beside the bin and not actually IN the bin, it will not be removed. But some people seem oblivious to these directions and as I said, it usually ends up beig strewn along the road by our trong prevailing wind, or wildlife or drunks on their way home from town. We live on the edge of town so that is common behaviour!

Y'know, it could also be something that we discovered--unintentionally, mind you--in Scottsdale. We'd put out things for bulk pick-up days (legitimate ones, mind you!) and those times, every single last one of them, would disappear long before the bulk pickup truck showed up. It was sort of a running joke, in our neighborhood--put your unwanted crap out and somebody would abscond with it. I'm not kidding, it was...boggling.

One man's trash, another man's treasure, I guess!

Hitch

Greg Anos · 03-03-2023, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

Y'know, it could also be something that we discovered--unintentionally, mind you--in Scottsdale. We'd put out things for bulk pick-up days (legitimate ones, mind you!) and those times, every single last one of them, would disappear long before the bulk pickup truck showed up. It was sort of a running joke, in our neighborhood--put your unwanted crap out and somebody would abscond with it. I'm not kidding, it was...boggling.

One man's trash, another man's treasure, I guess!

Hitch

My response to those picking up things like that here - Mazel Tov! (Much good may it do them!)

DNSB · 03-03-2023, 11:17 PM

Installing a secondary hard drive to see just how close I can come to the promised 7,450/6,900MB/s read/write speeds for the 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and how much better the random read/writes IOPS are than the current SSD (500GB) which claimed a 3,200/1800MB/s speed. If all goes well, I'll be migrating the system to the new drive and moving the old one to an external Thunderbolt enclosure to be added to my backups.

We all have our own idea of what is fun to do on a Friday night.

issybird · 03-04-2023, 10:38 AM

Shoveling snow. Well, not exactly right this minute. But I put in two solid hours and I could have just stayed out there; it's coming down so fast. So I'll be shoveling most of the day, but at least the next passes won't be as back-breaking and time consuming as dealing with the overnight accumulation was. Fingers crossed on keeping power; heavy wet snow and gusty winds are a bad combination.

poohbear_nc · 03-04-2023, 01:43 PM

Taking many walks in 60's F temps, sunny & breezy.

Predicted severe weather for last night didn't happen - apparently it took a sharp turn north to arrive at issybird's house

You're welcome

DNSB · 03-04-2023, 01:53 PM

Hmmm... taking many walks RIGHT NOW? Perhaps a change of user name to "I am legion".

issybird · 03-04-2023, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Taking many walks in 60's F temps, sunny & breezy.

Predicted severe weather for last night didn't happen - apparently it took a sharp turn north to arrive at issybird's house

You're welcome

I'm too knackered to resent this.

That's some heavy snow out there. Someday -- May, maybe -- we too shall have temps in the 60s.

My favorite day of the year is a week from tomorrow and I'm too apathetic to care. Gotta muscle through this first.

poohbear_nc · 03-04-2023, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

I'm too knackered to resent this.

That's some heavy snow out there. Someday -- May, maybe -- we too shall have temps in the 60s.

My favorite day of the year is a week from tomorrow and I'm too apathetic to care. Gotta muscle through this first.

We'll be even then - you probably remember my past rants over DST

issybird · 03-04-2023, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

We'll be even then - you probably remember my past rants over DST

I must say my comment was intentional, not a random shot.

DNSB · 03-04-2023, 04:23 PM

Watching France vs. Japan in the HSBC Rugby Sevens in Vancouver.

03-04-2023, 01:43 PM	#43510
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,638 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Taking many walks in 60's F temps, sunny & breezy. Predicted severe weather for last night didn't happen - apparently it took a sharp turn north to arrive at issybird's house You're welcome Last edited by poohbear_nc; 03-04-2023 at 01:49 PM.

02-27-2023, 10:35 AM	#43501
cc_in_oh Bob's my uncle Posts: 985 Karma: 17073086 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: NE OH Device: Kindle	My PC is by a window that overlooks a pond, and I'm watching a pair of ducks perched on the drainage ring apparently enjoying the weather (It's 38F with fairly heavy sleet).

03-02-2023, 03:34 AM	#43503
timebug Ancient Sage Posts: 14,585 Karma: 15493448 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Derby U.K. Device: Kobo Reader	Wondering why the family opposite,always put out the wrong items for waste collection. They did it again this wek; the bins were emptied yesterday but the pile of wrong stuff they heaped beside it, is still there, waiting to be distributed along our street by wind, foxes and passing yobboes!

03-02-2023, 02:47 PM	#43504
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,718 Karma: 169712580 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Perhaps in their minds, it is the job of the waste collectors to manually pickup those items? I have a neighbour who despite being told that they must use the city supplied containers for garbage, compostables, glass, etc. which can be picked up by the arms on the truck, still insists on placing items beside them. If nothing else, most of the stuff such as an old CRT television and a microwave are not permitted in residential garbage.

03-03-2023, 03:26 AM	#43505
timebug Ancient Sage Posts: 14,585 Karma: 15493448 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Derby U.K. Device: Kobo Reader	DNSB, my neighbours have the same attitude; dump it beside the bin and they will take it away. In fact, over the years we have had many circulars from the local council, explaining in detail what WILL and what WILL NOT be picked up! Basically, if it is loose beside the bin and not actually IN the bin, it will not be removed. But some people seem oblivious to these directions and as I said, it usually ends up beig strewn along the road by our trong prevailing wind, or wildlife or drunks on their way home from town. We live on the edge of town so that is common behaviour!

03-03-2023, 11:17 PM	#43508
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,718 Karma: 169712580 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Installing a secondary hard drive to see just how close I can come to the promised 7,450/6,900MB/s read/write speeds for the 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and how much better the random read/writes IOPS are than the current SSD (500GB) which claimed a 3,200/1800MB/s speed. If all goes well, I'll be migrating the system to the new drive and moving the old one to an external Thunderbolt enclosure to be added to my backups. We all have our own idea of what is fun to do on a Friday night.

03-04-2023, 10:38 AM	#43509
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,343 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Shoveling snow. Well, not exactly right this minute. But I put in two solid hours and I could have just stayed out there; it's coming down so fast. So I'll be shoveling most of the day, but at least the next passes won't be as back-breaking and time consuming as dealing with the overnight accumulation was. Fingers crossed on keeping power; heavy wet snow and gusty winds are a bad combination.

03-04-2023, 01:53 PM	#43511
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,718 Karma: 169712580 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Hmmm... taking many walks RIGHT NOW? Perhaps a change of user name to "I am legion".

03-04-2023, 04:23 PM	#43515
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,718 Karma: 169712580 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Watching France vs. Japan in the HSBC Rugby Sevens in Vancouver.