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Post by leatherneckpa on Jan 10, 2012 16:17:02 GMT -4
I can not believe it's January 10th and nobody has started the thread.
Piddlin' around with little things today. I bought one of those floor mount boot brush thingies this fall and finally got around to installing it today. Bet that'll make Cindy a little happier. It's a funny thing, I can go out to the hen house every night and not track anything into the kitchen, UNTIL the evening after she has vacuumed the carpet. One of life's little mysteries.
As I've said in the articles, I've got too many birds out there right now. Some of them have taken to roosting in the nest boxes or the railing in front of them. And they broke the top rail. So today I replaced that 2x2 with a 2x3. Bet that won't happen again.
The el cheapo lamp timer I've been using finally gave up the ghost and my light isn't working on timer anymore. Don't really want to waste the money on another cheapo when I know I'm re-wiring the shed anyway. Part of the re-wiring plan is installing a real timer box on the light circuit. Also an outlet inside to plug the water heater into and a GFCI outside just so I can run my power tools in the chicken yard/garden area with fewer extension cords.
Gonna go find some other piddlin' little task to do now. See ya.
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Post by nhlivefreeordie on Jan 10, 2012 22:56:06 GMT -4
Been trying to get caught up on things I let slide during tree season. The dang warm days and the metal detector Lynn got me are also playing havoc with all that catching up... ;D
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Post by azlonerider on Jan 11, 2012 8:55:31 GMT -4
We've been busy here and I just haven't posted. We finished cleaning out the garden, the only thing left are one broccoli, some onions and spinach, plus Trudy's herbs. We also got a new dog and had to spend some time with it. Last weekend we took some of our camping supplies and I worked on a coleman lantern that had been leaking. I've also been spending a lot of time reading my kindle and reading over at survivalblog.com.
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Post by nhlivefreeordie on Jan 11, 2012 9:20:42 GMT -4
Yep, like the trees and plants, winter is supposed to be a down time for us to recharge a good way to recharge is to read. Good idea Andy.
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Post by rAcErRicK on Jan 11, 2012 21:33:47 GMT -4
Had a little experience with computer virus/malware/firewalls/bugs, and other nasty things  , and the things (congames and scams) that are supposed to prevent same. Have been somewhat disgusted with the whole gory mess (microsoft) for quite some time now and have been reading about Ubuntu as an alternative to all that. A friend loaded me up with Ubuntu and left my windows vista intact while I try to get used to the ubuntu. Surprisingly enough, I think I just might survive this nightmare. It seems that ubuntu cares NOT about all this and allegedly ignores it all, so here I go into unchartered waters again  . I'm sick of dealing with all the scams and junk to try to protect my machine and refuse to pay the required fees for the programs to deal with it. I know enough about technology V/S counter-technology to suspect they are all related anyway. Anyone have an opinion on this matter, or experience with same, I'd sure be interested in hearing about it. We had two nites of 25* or so but my garden came through it with flying colors. Covered my maters and lettuce and left the misters on all nite both times. The ice was unreal, yet the plants survived, (the exposed ones). Took some pics of it also. |
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Post by leatherneckpa on Jan 12, 2012 8:53:48 GMT -4
I did a couple of years as a volunteer at GeeksToGo[/b] just before I retired. It was part of my retirement plan, set myself up as free-lance anti-malware agent, make house calls to clean up people's systems, and pay for my greens fees. As with so many things in my life, once I tried and found I could do it fairly well, it lost it's appeal for me. I still go there whenever I come across something I am not familiar with. I never dabbled in the unconventional operating systems, like Linux and Ubuntu. I have heard decent reports of them. The biggest factor in their safe records is that so few people use them that it doesn't pay for hackers and other ne'er-do-wells to spend time writing code to violate them. Windows, on the other hand, is ubiquitous and therefore well worth the time. And another large part of that is that MS Internet Explorer is also a prime target. One of the first things I did when I started to learn about this stuff was switch all my computers to use Firefox instead of IE. Again, it's a significantly smaller segment of the population and thus not targeted as often. They have an entire list of open source software, which means it's free, over at the GTG website. There are detailed tutorials that tell you how to submit a problem and how to get the free programs that will take care of 98% of anyone's problems. If that doesn't fix your problems they have volunteers, like I used to be, who will sit down, review your registry, and then give you specific instructions on how to clean out the nasty little bugs. I've been using the recommended software (which changes every now and then) for seven years or so and have never gotten any bugs. I am the "go-to-guy" in my family and tight circle of friends. When I first started helping them I had a lot to do. But now that I have most of them off of IE and have installed the protective software I use I very seldom get calls. Most of those come from my mother, who can just about turn her computer on by herself. For her I have installed Tight VNC, a remote desktop controller so I can just go in and fix stuff rather than try to describe the solution to her over the phone in e-mail. I've never found it necessary to abandon the Windows OS and all of the great software that is written for it. And I suppose that now I am just too set in my ways. |
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Post by nhlivefreeordie on Jan 12, 2012 9:42:26 GMT -4
One word will answer your problems.....
APPLE
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Post by capecmom on Jan 14, 2012 8:04:45 GMT -4
I second that! I love my Apple! ;D
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Post by azlonerider on Jan 14, 2012 14:35:02 GMT -4
I've worked with both. The problem I have with Mac's is the proprietary hardware and because of this it's more expensive. Although Mac's definitely have their pluses.
PC's also have their own issues. So it's 50/50 on which, just pick your poison.
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Post by Martin on Jan 19, 2012 1:12:28 GMT -4
I second that! I love my Apple! ;D I'm too cheap to own an Apple. I won't pay more than $50 for a PC (desktop or laptop), and that's only when I get $50 out of the last one I had! LOL This one I've got hooked up to 2 monitors, so I can really stay on top of things! LOL  PS: With Linux as the operating System, but I do also have Windoze XP installed via VirtualBox so I can run WebPlus and few other Windoze programs. |
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Post by rAcErRicK on Jan 19, 2012 9:08:25 GMT -4
I second that! I love my Apple! ;D I'm too cheap to own an Apple. I won't pay more than $50 for a PC (desktop or laptop), and that's only when I get $50 out of the last one I had! LOL This one I've got hooked up to 2 monitors, so I can really stay on top of things! LOL PS: With Linux as the operating System, but I do also have Windoze XP installed via VirtualBox so I can run WebPlus and few other Windoze programs. ;D It's good to see your smiling face ~Martin. |
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Post by nhlivefreeordie on Jan 19, 2012 11:44:35 GMT -4
I'm too cheap to own an Apple. I won't pay more than $50 for a PC (desktop or laptop), and that's only when I get $50 out of the last one I had! LOL This one I've got hooked up to 2 monitors, so I can really stay on top of things! LOL PS: With Linux as the operating System, but I do also have Windoze XP installed via VirtualBox so I can run WebPlus and few other Windoze programs. ;D It's good to see your smiling face ~Martin. He surely brings refreshing new perspective to conversations doesn't he? Glad you are here Martin. |
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Post by Martin on Jan 21, 2012 0:52:47 GMT -4
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Post by leatherneckpa on Jan 21, 2012 9:01:28 GMT -4
Very nice Martin, and from a $50 computer no less!
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Post by nhlivefreeordie on Jan 22, 2012 10:53:33 GMT -4
All right Martin!
Mary Anna from The Valley gave me a two year old Ginger root, she had given me starts all potted up a month or so ago to have my own, but she has so many of them she needed to unload a bunch. The Excalibre made quick work of them, I now have a whole quart of dehydrated Ginger Root. We have been having fun with the dehydrator, quart jars look very cool filled with dehydrated veggies, herbs and spices.
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, and the things (congames and scams) that are supposed to prevent same. Have been somewhat disgusted with the whole gory mess (microsoft) for quite some time now and have been reading about Ubuntu as an alternative to all that. A friend loaded me up with Ubuntu and left my windows vista intact while I try to get used to the ubuntu. Surprisingly enough, I think I just might survive this nightmare. It seems that ubuntu cares NOT about all this and allegedly ignores it all, so here I go into unchartered waters again 
. I'm sick of dealing with all the scams and junk to try to protect my machine and refuse to pay the required fees for the programs to deal with it. I know enough about technology V/S counter-technology to suspect they are all related anyway. 
