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sonny #3813 01/21/2023 08:26 PM
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Evening Beer and football. while doing other stuff. Have a 32" tv in the shop so I can keep up and still get some work done.


I know a lot about a lot of things BUT I still have a lot to learn.
Life is what you make of it. So, why not make a working machine to make it easier.
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Computer died posting from phone will be off internet for unknown length of time. Can't do phone at all. Keep things going til or of o get back


"A machine you build yourself is a vote for a different way of life. There are things you have to earn with your hands."
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5:16AM EST 1/23/23 -off to the laboratory for the day...diesel fuel and high voltage what could go wrong?

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Have a safe and productive day.


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cleaning up at the warehouse. Quick snack break now back to the grind


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8:50 pm 1/25/23
After 2 days fighting computer, I finally got it fixed for now, --- lost all my passwords and log in stuff for about everything. I did remember mbn and fb. imagefap and xhamster are same as they were 20 years ago, cub forums, mtf, Allis forums are work in progress and not much hope of guessing what they were.
All the log in stuff I had wrote down dont work anymore since the sites updated a lot since I wrote them down.
Anyway I did a system restore,---damn thing went back 6 years and put W-7 back in! ---well not many sites will open on 7 cause they require 10 or 11 nowdays!
We had 1 computer that Virginia got 6 years ago and it died 2 weeks later, so we set it in under the desk and forgot about it! I drug it out and took the hard drive out of it and it still had 10 but the early 10 so now gotta find the rest of the upgrades to get it up to late 10 like I had.

Bunk!,---of all things,---I remembered my you tube log in stuff! lol! ya I put it back in against my better judgement!! --- Now if stupid microsoft dont mess this 10 up I will be ok.


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I keep my old PCs when I upgrade just in case the new ones shit the bed. I think I still have XP on one over at the warehouse. Needed a new wifi card. damn laptops don't have the ability to be plugged in to a lan line any more.


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808AM EST 1/26/2023

yup I stay with the older Dell Optiplex 780 desktops,they are well built for what they are..I tried a laptop and they are junk for my use,not made to last..I get most of the desktops off eBay for around $50 then put a NEW harddrive in them-I'm running Win7Pro.XP was great in its time,very stable. The harddrive is usually what fails as they have a lifetime of 5yrs more or less. This current one ive been running problem free for more than 10yrs..unbelievable

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You know you should not have said that. Now the damn thing will crash. My desktop is only as old as this site because my old desktop shit the bed while I was setting the site up and I had to get a new one to finish. Don't use it for much else anymore researching parts for work pretty much just use the laptop in the living room now way more convenient I can carry it with me wherever I go


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11:28 am 1/26/23
Finally got a few more updates put in this hard drive ---looks like 10 is up to the same point or a tad above the other one. Some of the stuff is a bit different so gotta find my way around it again.
The Dell optiplex I took the big hd (2TB) out of is a 7010 and the one I am on is a 755. They both support the same hd so I got lucky this time.
I think either the power supply shot craps in the 7010 or the mb. I dont have any test equipment anymore to test anything. My stuff was all for w98 and wont work on newer stuff.
Its guesswork to figure out the problem and the 7010 was a refurb to start with so who knows whats wrong with it. Probably came from an office and had 10,000 hours on it! I know the hd was a new one according to the original tag on it.

The 500gb hd is still fine but just gotta "trick copy" 10 from this hd to a bootable thumb drive and transfer the copy to the 500,--kinda complicated but S'POSED to work!
Lost a lot of pix. but managed to save files with my re-sized stuff to my external hd along with the 18,000 pix I already have on the ext.

flickr wont let me back in---wont accept ANY of my log-in info, so guess I lost the 69 or so pix on there,--no biggie since I never used them that much cause it easier/faster for me to just resize in paint, save to folder and post from there.
I know Jim has the commercial flicker account but I only had the free account, ( 1,000 pix limit and must be set public display) ---probably why they wont let me back in!

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1/27/23 652AM EST

Sonny blow that Optiplex out with dry compressed air once a year,make sure to get the power supply too..every February for me..and be sure to block the fan from rotating when you blow it out or you'll blow up the bearings in the fan.. FWIW works for me

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I used to blow them out too,---havent for a couple years. A lot of dust does get in them from the house air!


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sonny #3841 01/28/2023 11:32 AM
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Yeah I just use the air hose but I'm a little tactful how I do it. Definitely have to be mindful of those little fans, they don't last long if you hit them with any pressure. They are all held together with little Teflon circlips and if you spin them too fast they come apart.


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Approved five new members this week and there's somebody sitting in the queue but hasn't verified email. it's been a couple days probably won't it'll cycle off automatically. It's nice having notifications working. I see them and approve them a lot faster now.


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11:33 am !/28/23
got my new used computer desk drug in and put together,--now to slide it in here and move all this junk over to it!


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sonny #3848 01/29/2023 06:35 PM
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Here's one for you Sonny.
This desktop doesn't meet the requirements for win-11. Laptops all updated I hate it.


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ya mine dont meet the requirements for 11 either! --- thats how they messed up the other hard drive. I got the other hd back up to w-7 and with some manipulating I can get 10 back on it, Its a small 500 gb drive and this one now is a 2tb and is working so far.
They got MOST of 11 snuck into this one now and its a bitch to find the stuff I use and like you I tried to pin the stuff I use most,
HEY,--- I did manage to finally guess my flickr log in stuff!--what I had wrote down didnt work anymore so I worked from the username and had them send a "forgot password" thingy and got it set up with a new password!


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Looong work day. Just chillin out tonight. don't look like much going on


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11:28 pm 1/30/23
didnt get much done today. Too cold out so I got more stuff to work on my computer and Virginia got her printer to work, so guess the day wasnt a total waste!


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Another Long day.. Came home & there was a envelope on the counter from Sonny.. I'll try & get it deposited asap so your books stay straight.


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Thats great Jim!!


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11:18 2/2/23
bed time here


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Need to winterize the steam Jenny this morning before that cold spell makes it all the way to the coast. Not hard to do, I just fill the reservoir with antifreeze and start it up let it run until it pumps clean water out the end of the hose. but if it's going to drop down to the 20s tonight, I need to do it NOW.


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Down to 8* here last night,---looks like one more cold night and not above 15* for today,---sun is up BUT so is 30 mph winds from the North! LOL!
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well got down to 20 last night here. Ice on the pond this morning. still only 31. water is still flowing in the shop so I guess my insulation part of the job was good any way. Need dry weather for a bit to stop the ground water filling up the pipe issue though, and warmer.


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got up to 40 here today but 30 mph winds made it feel like 10* --- had to haul 4 dump truck loads of horse manure home today! --Ya, stole the neighbors F-700 diesel truck! lol! He wasnt home, so I called him and told him I was going to use it so he would know where it was.


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only made it to 31 here. it's 28 right now.


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11:35 pm 2/6/23 bed time!


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Another long day ahead... Here we go again.


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11:08 pm 2/12/23 bed time!


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6:30 pm 2/13/23 Soup time!


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Another long day at work didn't get much done afterwards. Sanded on the car a little bit that's it. Wife made steak and potatoes for supper.
Happy Valentine's Day


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11:20 pm 2/14/23 pm. bed time!


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10:30 am 2/22/23 one more cup of coffee then out to the woodshed!


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625AM EST 2/25/23 still scrapping it up here tons of crap to get rid of..all good

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saw this sticker on a truck at lowes. Gotta get me one.

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LOL!!! Took me a second to see the meaning but YA!! funny for sure!!!!


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