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BuckyB93 Offline
#351 Posted: Mon, Dec 12 2022, 2:31 PM EST
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Most of the computers the kids use for school are Chrome Books (from remote learning during the COVID thing) and mostly cloud based. From that point of view there probably wont be much hardware issues other then network connection issues, fixing connection problems with projectors, smart boards and stuff.

We just built a new elementary school in town that is located near both the middle school and the high school. Kind of like a mini campus.

https://tinyurl.com/4wj44827

So I'd be likely stationed there on most days for in person tech/help desk support. Maybe need to travel to one of the other smaller surrounding school districts every now and again.

Stogie1020 Offline
#352 Posted: Mon, Dec 12 2022, 3:36 PM EST
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The printer keeps saying "PC Load Letter"...
BuckyB93 Offline
#353 Posted: Mon, Dec 12 2022, 4:00 PM EST
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^ LOL

Printer issues are my main support thing with my Mom (along with email connections from both her computer and tablet) Trying to diagnose them with not being physically there is frustrating.
Note: she just got a cell phone about 8 months ago when I bought one for her and added her to my family plan. She's probably used it once to confirm that it works.

Diagnosing printer problems:
Mom, is it plugged in?
Mom, does it have paper?
Mom, does it have ink?
What blinking lights do you see?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6EaoPMANQM

Fast forward to about the 1:00 minute mark
"I could spend the rest of my life on this conversation, please try to understand before one of us dies..."



BuckyB93 Offline
#354 Posted: Mon, Dec 12 2022, 4:08 PM EST
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Random post.

Faulty Towers is a great series. John Cleese is classic
deadeyedick Offline
#355 Posted: Mon, Dec 12 2022, 5:48 PM EST
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Bucky I hear cbid could use some help with log ons.
Palama Offline
#356 Posted: Mon, Dec 12 2022, 7:28 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Sunny Monday. Got about 2" of fluffy snow yesterday. Not enough to plow but enough for people to practice winter driving. It's pretty much melting away now.

My son (Sr in High School) got a letter. Two year scholarship for full tuition for any university, college, community college in the U-Mass system. Only 2 yr scholarship but it's a start.

Had a video conference call/interview with a IT company that has contracts for local and surrounding towns for IT support (school districts, town municipalities, police, fire, EMT). Most of the work would be on site IT support for the local schools. Next step is a face to face interview next week.

Keeping my fingers crossed, I think it would be a good gig. I'd be starting out at ground level with the new IT degree but ya gotta start somewhere.


Great to hear about your son! Applause

And good luck with the snow and FTF interview.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#357 Posted: Mon, Dec 12 2022, 8:50 PM EST
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Good luck and congrats, Bucky
MACS Offline
#358 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 6:13 AM EST
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Yep... great news Buckaroo.

Mornin' dudes.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#359 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 6:52 AM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Had a video conference call/interview with a IT company that has contracts for local and surrounding towns for IT support (school districts, town municipalities, police, fire, EMT). Most of the work would be on site IT support for the local schools. Next step is a face to face interview next week.

Keeping my fingers crossed, I think it would be a good gig. I'd be starting out at ground level with the new IT degree but ya gotta start somewhere.



Awesome.

Never know where anything will lead.

Good news on the son too!
Sunoverbeach Offline
#360 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 6:56 AM EST
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Morning, peoples
izonfire Offline
#361 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 7:54 AM EST
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Mernin y’all
DrafterX Offline
#362 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 8:19 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
Gene363 Offline
#363 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 8:26 AM EST
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Good Tuesday Morning! It's a clear 41° on the way to 57° today. We are going to the range for some practice this morning.
corey sellers Offline
#364 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 8:39 AM EST
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Morning gents
MACS Offline
#365 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 9:03 AM EST
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Trying to dig up a bit of motivation to go to the gym. Not really feeling it.
Ram27 Offline
#366 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 9:20 AM EST
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Tuesday greetings peeps. ram27bat
deadeyedick Offline
#367 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 10:19 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Trying to dig up a bit of motivation to go to the gym. Not really feeling it.


Slacker.
I did 5 miles, cleaned off the front walk, took the wife's car to get gas and now headed to the gym. Can't come home until noon due to the wife having her girlfriends in for "game day."
MACS Offline
#368 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 10:58 AM EST
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Certainly not slacking... at that point I had already walked 3 miles with the dog.

Ate a danish and found the motivation. 3 more miles of interval training on the treadmill. 14k steps and 6.8 miles.
RiverRatRuss Offline
#369 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 12:43 PM EST
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Moenin Ya'll...

You guys doing all this exercise & Chit is wearing me our reading about it all.. Herfing
Stogie1020 Offline
#370 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 1:13 PM EST
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All I heard was "Danish"...
Gene363 Offline
#371 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 1:32 PM EST
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Someone has a taste for Vikings? Shame on you
MACS Offline
#372 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 2:45 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
All I heard was "Danish"...


An apple danish. It was delicious.
Stogie1020 Offline
#373 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 3:09 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
An apple danish. It was delicious.

I read that in Farva's voice from Supertroopers...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ38PGV_3wg
Ram27 Offline
#374 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 4:28 PM EST
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Hello 👀
tonygraz Offline
#375 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 4:50 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
An apple danish. It was delicious.


Hope it didn't delay your early bird dinner.
rfenst Offline
#376 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 4:54 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
... My son (Sr in High School) got a letter. Two year scholarship for full tuition for any university, college, community college in the U-Mass system. Only 2 yr scholarship but it's a start.

Mazel Tov!!!
MACS Offline
#377 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 5:03 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
Hope it didn't delay your early bird dinner.


HA! That's funny... I was just wondering if 5pm was too early to put on my PJ's.
Ram27 Offline
#378 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 5:59 PM EST
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Never to early for Pj's .Applause
tonygraz Offline
#379 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 7:09 PM EST
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or slippers.
DrafterX Offline
#380 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 8:56 PM EST
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Freaks... Mellow
8trackdisco Offline
#381 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 9:06 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Slacker.
I did 5 miles, cleaned off the front walk, took the wife's car to get gas and now headed to the gym. Can't come home until noon due to the wife having her girlfriends in for "game day."


My dogs are a-bark in’. 21,000 steps has me feeling stepped ON.

Going to downshift a couple gears.
danmdevries Offline
#382 Posted: Tue, Dec 13 2022, 10:52 PM EST
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Haven't killed any raccoons recently, mostly because I haven't set the traps.

But the mice. I'm approaching 2 dozen in 2 days. Those fuggers ate an entire 40lb bag of chicken feed. I went to go feed the chickens and the still sealed bag was empty with a mouse hole in the bottom. I always have a ton of mouse poison in the shed, but they don't go for that when there's chicken feed too. So I reset the dozen or so snap traps I had out there and pnut buttered em. Filled every trap. Reloaded and had another 6 this morning.

Decided I needed something for mass murder mouse. Took a 5g bucket and drilled a hole on either side, put a rod through it and a PVC pipe over the rod. Filled it with 4 inches of water and put pnut butter on the middle of the pvc pipe. Leaned a piece of wood against the bucket and just an hour ago there were 4 drowned mice in there.

I should set the coon traps too. I'll go do that now.
Ram27 Offline
#383 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 12:19 AM EST
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Kill those basturds danm. Need a Kitty cat 🙀. Jessie the cat 🙀 has 5 kills.
MACS Offline
#384 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 5:43 AM EST
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Yeah, when I had a kitty cat (Phoebe, Lord rest her soul) we never had an issue with mice.

Mornin' dudes. Need coffee.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#385 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 6:28 AM EST
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Same. The only mouse I saw for years was the one Freddy & Jason trapped in a closet and couldn't get to. The first catless winter, I trapped around a dozen in a week.

HHD, humpers
DrMaddVibe Offline
#386 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 6:39 AM EST
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I've got 3 barn cats for protecting the tack room. Occasionally I might see evidence of mice, but they don't last long. Any feed I have (horses, dogs and chickens) are in old olive barrels I bought at feed stores with covers. I store the feed buckets on top of the lids with the scoops inside.

Your contraption will solve your issue to a degree. You have to protect the bags against those varmints.
deadeyedick Offline
#387 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 7:01 AM EST
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Morning ya varmint killers. First morning in the high 30's in a long time here. About 10-12 degrees below normal. HHD.
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#388 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 8:12 AM EST
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I had a cat that would only eat the heads of mice.
And leave the headless corpses strewn about.
I suppose as a warning to the other mice…
Gene363 Offline
#389 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 8:23 AM EST
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Put that feed in a trash can with a tight-fitting lid. Put a squirt of dish detergent in water in the bucket.

You have at least 30+ pounds of mice to get rid of, and the chickens will, and probably have been eating them.


Good Wednesday Morning! It's a cool and overcast 45° on the way to 51° today. Back to the range before it rains this afternoon.
Ram27 Offline
#390 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 9:35 AM EST
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Happy Hump Day gang. Herfing


Where is our Kitty Cat Poster gone !?!
HockeyDad Offline
#391 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 9:44 AM EST
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Happy HockeyDad! HHD
8trackdisco Offline
#392 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 10:48 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:

But the mice. I'm approaching 2 dozen in 2 days. Those fuggers ate an entire 40lb bag of chicken feed.


Not sure if this will work, but find an animal that eats mice.
I think racoons do. Eh?
BuckyB93 Offline
#393 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 11:31 AM EST
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Get a couple barn cats. Or go reptilian with some rat snakes. A barn owl would be cool too.

Three pronged attack: mammal, reptile, and a bird of prey.
8trackdisco Offline
#394 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 11:39 AM EST
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Shpo Info: Get Your Oil Changed.

The mileage matters much more that the time frame. 3,000 for conventional, 5,000 for synthetic. Prior to yesterday, I just knew it was the right thing to do for the engine. There are timing chains\belts implications.

Guy came pizzed because he's getting this timing chain/belt replaced for the second time in three years, trying to say the second replacement should be on us. Looking at the vehicle records, they went 9,000 miles without an oil change and filter. This time, over 10,000. Older oil gums things up. The even if the oil could be good for 9-10,000 miles, the filter can't handle it.

The 3 or 5k miles or 6 months is a bit of a Big Auto messaging. Putting less than 3 or 5 k in miles, you can still get away with having the oil changed once a year.*

* I'm not a mechanic, I'm relaying what I heard, how I heard it. Not a doctor either. Or a lumberjack, or plumber, etc.
Stogie1020 Offline
#395 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 12:10 PM EST
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Danm, any chance you could dig a moat around the feed and fill it with pirhannas? I know, complicated, but man would that be fun to watch.

Or, put the feed bag on a pedestal and grease the column it sits on. You get to watch the mice try to climb a greased pole all day long. Good times...

I need to get out more.
HockeyDad Offline
#396 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 12:39 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Shpo Info: Get Your Oil Changed.

The mileage matters much more that the time frame. 3,000 for conventional, 5,000 for synthetic. Prior to yesterday, I just knew it was the right thing to do for the engine. There are timing chains\belts implications.

Guy came pizzed because he's getting this timing chain/belt replaced for the second time in three years, trying to say the second replacement should be on us. Looking at the vehicle records, they went 9,000 miles without an oil change and filter. This time, over 10,000. Older oil gums things up. The even if the oil could be good for 9-10,000 miles, the filter can't handle it.

The 3 or 5k miles or 6 months is a bit of a Big Auto messaging. Putting less than 3 or 5 k in miles, you can still get away with having the oil changed once a year.*

* I'm not a mechanic, I'm relaying what I heard, how I heard it. Not a doctor either. Or a lumberjack, or plumber, etc.


Buy an electric vehicle. Learn to code.
8trackdisco Offline
#397 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 12:49 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Danm, any chance you could dig a moat around the feed and fill it with pirhannas? I know, complicated, but man would that be fun to watch.

Or, put the feed bag on a pedestal and grease the column it sits on. You get to watch the mice try to climb a greased pole all day long. Good times...

I need to get out more.


Making a good idea better- Dan can set up CoopCam or CoonCam and we can watch in real time.
8trackdisco Offline
#398 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 1:51 PM EST
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The Moroccans (or Moor-occans) have captured the Iberian peninsula and are heading north, skipping Andorra and going right to the French.

In 8 minutes..... Viva Le France!
HockeyDad Offline
#399 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 4:53 PM EST
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Defending champion France is in the finals again.

It is great day for the world and all mankind.
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#400 Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2022, 4:57 PM EST
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What about da Somali Pirates..?? Nobody ever thinks about the Somali pirates... Sad
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