Posted on 11/26/2024 11:19:27 AM PST by Red Badger
Good morning, everyone. Happy Humph Day!
No matter how big the kitteh, they lovez they boxes!
We have rain this morning. The official temp when I walked The Princess was 58 fs with a guessed high of 64 fs. Not much of a spread there.
I had to replace the external drive I use to back up my computer yesterday. According to all the reports the mechanics were failing. So I bought myself a new SSD backup drive. It’s hard to believe how cheap that was, comparatively speaking.
Since I couldn’t mount the physical drive to wipe it I took it apart so I could recycle the electronics and scrap the data plate. I’m getting pretty good at finding the screws those drive-makers hide under stickers. If you like to have fun with strong magnets, those magnets that move the drive heads so precisely are really something.
I had a decent Wordle outing today, once I was able to actually think of something to guess for that last try.
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It is ready to go in to Fall mode here as well... I guess it will take a bit more time...
Yes, some very bright light out there with deep moon shadows...
Good Midweek Morning!
Need to drop off a couple of returns at the UPS Store this week so I plan to go to town a day earlier than normal... the fact that this is a notable change (at least for me!) makes me realize how much of a creature of habit I have become...
Struggled with this one...
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Holy Cold Snap Wednesday... 29 degrees outside my house this AM... It was 87 on Saturday... Only supposed to hit 64 this afternoon...
Also... Felt bad this morning... Ordered something from a company in England that was supposed to take 4-6 weeks for delivery. It’s been a bit over two months, so I sent a polite inquiry asking if I had missed some communication about a delay in order fulfullment or some other import/tariff nonsense that may have slowed up the order.
Nope... Got a nice email from them saying that their Father had gotten ill and died and this is a family run business... But that my order has now been shipped...
I sent sincerely wordeed condolences back, but was unsure if I should include an apology for intruding on their time of grief...
Ah, the weird dichotomy of being both a modern, and a traditional, Man at the same time.
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I think that it’s good that someone’s death, even the death of someone you didn’t personally know, can matter to you.
It shows you’re not a Democrat.
Well... I already knew that. :-)
Conservative libertarian min-archist. What we used to call a “small government conservative”. Rare as hens teeth these days.
I’m actually looking forward to the technology that allows Robert Heinlein’s “Coventry” to work. I want to be sentenced there.
Pretty sure we’re already in New America now... I kinda wanna join up with Fader and go back...
As far as I can tell, those Sci-Fi writers from the 40s through the 60s really thought social science was a science, and that someone would come up with a scientific way to make government work.
We may be in New America now, but the “science” of government needs a serious kick.
L. Neil Smith. The Probability Broach. Probably one of my favorite “political” sci-fi books. Easier to swallow than Rand’s some times clumsy prose.
Word is my uncle once met Rand. She was asking him about the feasibility of completely blowing up a copper mine as was described in “Atlas Shrugged”. He explained to her it would be impossible. She wrote it in anyway.
True... but Francisco was able to destroy all the equipement, holdings, ect... everything of worth to keep the Looters from getting any value from it.
Sure... the dirts still there... but good luck getting anything out of it.
Wow, that is quite a morning low!
I recall running into a similar situation many years back... I can’t recall what the product was that I was purchasing... but I remember getting an email message from a woman telling me that her husband had taken ill and ended up dying... I had the similar feelings that you expressed... she even offered to refund my money and send the item when she could.. I told her to keep the payment and just ship it when she was able...
“Word is my uncle once met Rand.”
The older I get, the more people I lose.
Howya, Bob!
Doing fine, Chick. Just more reading than writing most days.
I’ve been reading Brandon Sanderson novels. Takes a lot of time.
I would presume my novels are shorter, if you want to take a short break in the task. (Remember, pen name Brian B. Hawthorne.)
Almost all novels are shorter. The Unabridged Dictionary could be shorter.
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