Random Drunken Thoughts Thread

[BongoYodeler]

Of all the things that taste like chicken, it's weird that eggs aren't one of them.

 

[Agent]

In that vein - a chick is just an egg cooked very low and very slow.

 

[balrog]

Some days be like:
I don’t know how many cups of coffee it takes to be friendly, but so far, 11 isn’t it.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Condoms do not guarantee safe sex! A friend of mine was wearing one when he was shot by the woman's husband.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

further proof that weapons don't kill people, it is the husband coming home early that does...

(Modified to not booted to another thread)

 

[balrog]

If it's called a "bathing costume", why isn't the term "business costume" used?

 

[day_trippr]

2024 shall finally be the year of the cross-over from magnetics to solid state on-line media for mainstream use.
If you buy a new anything other than an off-line backup device (eg: a NAS) it definitely should have nothing but SSDs inside.
Even for a local backup device...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

2024 shall finally be the year of the cross-over from magnetics to solid state on-line media for mainstream use.
If you buy a new anything other than an off-line backup device (eg: a NAS) it definitely should have nothing but SSDs inside.
Even for a local backup device...

Cheers!

I guess that explains this.

 

[Agent]

But if I don't hear the gentle whir of a 5400rpm HDD spinning up, how do I even know my computer is thinking about something?

 

[balrog]

But if I don't hear the gentle whir of a 5400rpm HDD spinning up, how do I even know my computer is thinking about something?

pretty soon we won't have to hook up the front panel HDD indicator lights, which take up the space where the DVD used to go, which took up the space where the CD used to go, which took up the space where the compact flash/sd card reader used to go, which took up the space where the floppy (first 3-1/2 and before that the 5-1/4) used to go.

 

[day_trippr]

"HDD indicator lights"...a quaint concept that takes space away from even more front USB ports!

The only indicator my new system has is a lit power button. No DVD or BD, either. I have a slim portable for that if ever needed, which since I built this thing has only been used to make a recovery disc. And even that was a duplicate of a bootable USB stick which I'd much more likely use first...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

 

[Broken Crow]

2024 shall finally be the year of the cross-over from magnetics to solid state on-line media for mainstream use.
If you buy a new anything other than an off-line backup device (eg: a NAS) it definitely should have nothing but SSDs inside.
Even for a local backup device...

Cheers!

I read this and then had a few beers so I could meet the criteria to respond in this thread.... I've been out of the tech loop for 10 years now because of the brain injury, but here you're touching on a subject that was of utmost importance to me in my old life from which I stll have shelves full of hard drives and DVD-R's containing years of other peoples projects that I worked on and maintain Fire-Copies for...
Are SSD's finally rated reliable for archival purposes?

 

[mac_1103]

But if I don't hear the gentle whir of a 5400rpm HDD spinning up, how do I even know my computer is thinking about something?

I'm surprised they haven't got a program to generate that sound. Sort of like EVs and engine noise.

 

[Broken Crow]

I'm surprised they haven't got a program to generate that sound. Sort of like EVs and engine noise.

Maybe they do have one, but Janet Jackson's lawyers suppressed it?

 

[day_trippr]

Are SSD's finally rated reliable for archival purposes?

I would not rely on off-line SSDs for archival purposes, but for on-line backup usage they're good to go. I use a 6Gb SATA SSD in my new system as its primary backup device, but I use a Synology NAS box with mirrored WD Red magnetic drives for automatic archiving...

Cheers!

 

[GrogNerd]

one of my all-time favorite movie lines. Rocky is a judges' decision away from the heavyweight title, beat up, bloody, he doesn't want to be interviewed, he doesn't want a rematch, he's just looking for his girlfriend.

first thing he says to her? not "I love you" or "let's GTFOH" it's...

"where's your hat?"

 

[balrog]

one of my all-time favorite movie lines. Rocky is a judges' decision away from the heavyweight title, beat up, bloody, he doesn't want to be interviewed, he doesn't want a rematch, he's just looking for his girlfriend.

first thing he says to her? not "I love you" or "let's GTFOH" it's...

"where's your hat?"

 

[Brew_Dude41]

While at the block party tonight, I spent considerable time watching all the interactions of the children there and came up with a few conclusions:
1. Why am I putting money away into a 529 account?
2. OMG! We have some Really ugly kids int the neighborhood!

That is all...

 

[balrog]

 

[Rish]

Moving the sentence I posted last night to where it belongs. To prove it belongs in the drunken thoughts thread, I originally posted it in the wine making thread.
**********
If I had known about apple juice and bread yeast back in the late 60s and early 70s in my dry county in MS, I could probably have made more money than I did bootlegging booze from wet counties.

 

[Agent]

With a couple beers and one tool*, you too can transform discount ball lock posts to fit your discount pin lock kegs! Savings!!

*an expensive, hulking tool with bits that burn and dull easily when you do stupid **** on stainless steel.

 

[day_trippr]

Bridgeport?

 

[Agent]

Bridgeport?

Better believe it. Took me all spring to find the time to clean it up a little and figure out the important parts to fix.

Now it's play time.

 

[day_trippr]

That is so cool! When I first encountered a fully outfitted Bridgeport I immediately wanted one.
But I don't think I've owned a home with high enough ground floor ceilings for one though

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

More tools == better

 

[balrog]

"Come to the Tuscan coast and bicyle" she said

So I followed
And wen on a hike
And fell nearly off a mountain
And ripped my rotator cuff

But the wine is awesome.

 

[pvtpublic]

And ripped my rotator cuff

But the wine is awesome.

*slurring* What cotator ruff?

 

[seatazzz]

Fun fact: In almost (a month about) 57 years of living I've only broken one bone, big toe on right foot trying to do a fancy vault in 8th grade gymnastics. Rules? Broken way too many.....

 

[GrogNerd]

61 years, only a cracked sternum.

contribution to the thread:

if you've ever donated blood, it might be inside someone's boner right now.

 

[balrog]

At least it might get some action that way.

 

[GrogNerd]

who was it here on HBT had something in their sig about having SWMBO shower with a bad batch of homebrew, so it at least touches a naked woman?

 

[balrog]

I was once a people person.
Now, I am a coffee person.

I am slowly becoming a bourbon person.

 

[Dland]

Save the drama for the alpaca.

(This is not related to any above posts, but something going on now in my house.)

 

[VTX1300]

I am a animal person, and a beer person, and a Bourbon person. But definitely NOT a people person. Too many anxieties for my liking.

 

[balrog]

Save the drama for the alpaca.

(This is not related to any above posts, but something going on now in my house.)

Dibs on making the hat with that brand.

 

[balrog]

If you occasionally blow on your cup of bourbon during a Zoom call, they will think it’s coffee.

follow me for more meeting tips.

 

[Kent88]

Why do we never hear about women who escalate their affairs to the point where they have secret families?

 

[lumpher]

If you hold the glass outside the vehicle while driving, should you really be pulled over for open container?

 

[GrogNerd]

National Geographic says The Lion King is not factually correct

Now, I'm having a hard time wrapping my noodle around the thought that a cartoon version of Hamlet with talking critters isn't REAL