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  #121  
Old March 14th 15, 10:55 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:48:13 -0400, Alek wrote:

Stormin' Norman wrote on 3/13/2015 5:51 PM:
On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:58:53 -0400, Alek wrote:

OK. Suppose you have 25 thumb drives. How do you organize them? Store
them? I find that CD/DVDs in a storage case are much easier to deal with
than a Tupperware container of thumb drives.


I can't speak for everyone else, but I always buy flash drives with a key style
hole at one end. I attach a tag to the drive and store them in a lockable key
safe / cabinet.

They also sell flash memory storage cases. See:
http://amzn.to/1GBom6z


Holds 10 drives. Not easy to ID each.


Make a list, e.g. in a spreadsheet, with each lien corresponding to a
slot.

And desktop caddies. See:
http://amzn.to/1EImCv0


Holds 15. Same comment.


Same comment.

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  #122  
Old March 14th 15, 11:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 21:54:35 -0000, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 21:42:13 -0000, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:22:13 -0000, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 23:28:39 -0000, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:54:53 -0000, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On purpose? Or did your radiator explode?

Neither. I opened the radiator cap too soon. A beginner's error, though
I wasn't really a beginner.

I've opened it "too soon" loads of times, you hear it hiss and stop turning till it stops hissing. Easy enough. Just like opening a bottle of cocacola.

That's no help to me - I haven't opened a bottle (or can) of coke in
decades.

I do know how to open a radiator, but only when I'm attentive. :-)

On that note, what's the easiest way to remove a (house) radiator without bleeding the system or letting too much water into the house? Any clever techniques?


I haven't even *seen* a radiator in years, i.e. since I moved to the SF
Bay area (I'm exaggerating, but they are rare in my circles).

I'd stick with drain & bleed, myself.


Way to much hassle for one radiator.

It also would have helped if I'd let it cool off, but I was trying to
get somewhere which was still 30 miles away. It was also in the days
before overflow tanks.

I once poured water into my Espace's header tank, not realising it had NO water left in it at all. It boiled immediately, spraying everywhere, much to the amusement of everyone else on the campsite.

Damn - I just realized I've never *tasted* antifreeze.

Good reaction speed.

Nah, just a limited range of spray, i.e., I was lucky. Luckier than I
deserved :-)

Did much skin get damaged?

No, mostly just some embarrassing water on my clothing :-)

Lucky it didn't spray me there, the campsite mentioned above was a nudist one.


I once spilled a cup of hot coffee into my lap. Really hot - it was
still brewing in a cup-top cone filter. I was clothed, but I didn't like
the experience very much. No damage, though. At east, less than I
deserved :-)


No roasted nuts then?


Haven't you learned that puns are not allowed in this NG?

I haven't either :-)

Anyway, they would have been parboiled...

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  #123  
Old March 14th 15, 11:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Tough Guy no. 1265
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On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 22:48:00 -0000, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 21:54:35 -0000, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 21:42:13 -0000, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:22:13 -0000, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 23:28:39 -0000, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:54:53 -0000, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

On purpose? Or did your radiator explode?

Neither. I opened the radiator cap too soon. A beginner's error, though
I wasn't really a beginner.

I've opened it "too soon" loads of times, you hear it hiss and stop turning till it stops hissing. Easy enough. Just like opening a bottle of cocacola.

That's no help to me - I haven't opened a bottle (or can) of coke in
decades.

I do know how to open a radiator, but only when I'm attentive. :-)

On that note, what's the easiest way to remove a (house) radiator without bleeding the system or letting too much water into the house? Any clever techniques?

I haven't even *seen* a radiator in years, i.e. since I moved to the SF
Bay area (I'm exaggerating, but they are rare in my circles).

I'd stick with drain & bleed, myself.


Way to much hassle for one radiator.

It also would have helped if I'd let it cool off, but I was trying to
get somewhere which was still 30 miles away. It was also in the days
before overflow tanks.

I once poured water into my Espace's header tank, not realising it had NO water left in it at all. It boiled immediately, spraying everywhere, much to the amusement of everyone else on the campsite.

Damn - I just realized I've never *tasted* antifreeze.

Good reaction speed.

Nah, just a limited range of spray, i.e., I was lucky. Luckier than I
deserved :-)

Did much skin get damaged?

No, mostly just some embarrassing water on my clothing :-)

Lucky it didn't spray me there, the campsite mentioned above was a nudist one.

I once spilled a cup of hot coffee into my lap. Really hot - it was
still brewing in a cup-top cone filter. I was clothed, but I didn't like
the experience very much. No damage, though. At east, less than I
deserved :-)


No roasted nuts then?


Haven't you learned that puns are not allowed in this NG?

I haven't either :-)

Anyway, they would have been parboiled...


I haven't played with enough nuts to know about parboiling.

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  #124  
Old March 15th 15, 02:16 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:58:22 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/14/15 11:46 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

Thinking about this topic overnight, the only real advantages I could come up
with for optical discs over flash memory a

1. The damaged discs make good coasters.

2. The damaged discs work great as a bird deterrent in my wife's vegetable
garden. We melt a hole through them with a soldering iron, tie fishing line to
them and suspend them from bent wire hangers. The twist and spin in the wind
and the dumber birds are scared of them. Unfortunately, we have a younger
generation of rather bright birds who don't give a crap, so the dogs have to
chase them off.


Just to be my normal smarta$$, disks are harder to lose because of size.
ROFL


You must have loved 8-tracks. :-)

  #125  
Old March 15th 15, 06:33 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 3/14/2015 9:16 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:58:22 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/14/15 11:46 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

Thinking about this topic overnight, the only real advantages I could come up
with for optical discs over flash memory a

1. The damaged discs make good coasters.

2. The damaged discs work great as a bird deterrent in my wife's vegetable
garden. We melt a hole through them with a soldering iron, tie fishing line to
them and suspend them from bent wire hangers. The twist and spin in the wind
and the dumber birds are scared of them. Unfortunately, we have a younger
generation of rather bright birds who don't give a crap, so the dogs have to
chase them off.


Just to be my normal smarta$$, disks are harder to lose because of size.
ROFL


You must have loved 8-tracks. :-)


Can we at least stay on topic here?

http://i59.tinypic.com/f1cpcm.jpg

No THAT is a disc.
  #126  
Old March 15th 15, 06:37 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 3/15/2015 1:33 AM, Ron wrote:
On 3/14/2015 9:16 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:58:22 -0600, Ken Springer

wrote:

On 3/14/15 11:46 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

Thinking about this topic overnight, the only real advantages I
could come up
with for optical discs over flash memory a

1. The damaged discs make good coasters.

2. The damaged discs work great as a bird deterrent in my wife's
vegetable
garden. We melt a hole through them with a soldering iron, tie
fishing line to
them and suspend them from bent wire hangers. The twist and spin
in the wind
and the dumber birds are scared of them. Unfortunately, we have a
younger
generation of rather bright birds who don't give a crap, so the dogs
have to
chase them off.

Just to be my normal smarta$$, disks are harder to lose because of size.
ROFL


You must have loved 8-tracks. :-)


Can we at least stay on topic here?

http://i59.tinypic.com/f1cpcm.jpg

No THAT is a disc.


How is Google so damn smart. I put the pic URL into Google and it pulled
up terminator 2. How in the hell does it do that?
  #127  
Old March 16th 15, 05:04 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 3/14/15 7:16 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:58:22 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 3/14/15 11:46 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

Thinking about this topic overnight, the only real advantages I could come up
with for optical discs over flash memory a

1. The damaged discs make good coasters.

2. The damaged discs work great as a bird deterrent in my wife's vegetable
garden. We melt a hole through them with a soldering iron, tie fishing line to
them and suspend them from bent wire hangers. The twist and spin in the wind
and the dumber birds are scared of them. Unfortunately, we have a younger
generation of rather bright birds who don't give a crap, so the dogs have to
chase them off.


Just to be my normal smarta$$, disks are harder to lose because of size.
ROFL


You must have loved 8-tracks. :-)


Never owned one. And never owned cassettes for a long time either. For
my home stereo, reel-to-reel, which wasn't too popular in cars. LOL


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  #128  
Old March 16th 15, 09:44 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 01:37:48 -0400, Ron wrote:

On 3/15/2015 1:33 AM, Ron wrote:
On 3/14/2015 9:16 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:58:22 -0600, Ken Springer

wrote:

On 3/14/15 11:46 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

Thinking about this topic overnight, the only real advantages I
could come up
with for optical discs over flash memory a

1. The damaged discs make good coasters.

2. The damaged discs work great as a bird deterrent in my wife's
vegetable
garden. We melt a hole through them with a soldering iron, tie
fishing line to
them and suspend them from bent wire hangers. The twist and spin
in the wind
and the dumber birds are scared of them. Unfortunately, we have a
younger
generation of rather bright birds who don't give a crap, so the dogs
have to
chase them off.

Just to be my normal smarta$$, disks are harder to lose because of size.
ROFL

You must have loved 8-tracks. :-)


Can we at least stay on topic here?

http://i59.tinypic.com/f1cpcm.jpg

No THAT is a disc.


How is Google so damn smart. I put the pic URL into Google and it pulled
up terminator 2. How in the hell does it do that?


Ve are alvays lookink ofer your shoulder. Ve know vot you are doink and
vot you are searchink for.

Ve also know how to make mein spell checker unhappy.

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  #129  
Old March 17th 15, 12:41 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:44:38 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:


Ve are alvays lookink ofer your shoulder. Ve know vot you are doink and
vot you are searchink for.

Ve also know how to make mein spell checker unhappy.



So the two passengers got off the cruise ship in Honolulu and rushed
to talk to the first person they could find.

"We have a bet on this," one of them said. How is pronounced, Hawaii
or Havaii?"

"Havaii" came the reply.

"Thank you very much. I win my bet!"

"You're velkum."

  #130  
Old March 17th 15, 12:48 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:41:31 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:44:38 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:


Ve are alvays lookink ofer your shoulder. Ve know vot you are doink and
vot you are searchink for.

Ve also know how to make mein spell checker unhappy.


So the two passengers got off the cruise ship in Honolulu and rushed
to talk to the first person they could find.

"We have a bet on this," one of them said. How is pronounced, Hawaii
or Havaii?"

"Havaii" came the reply.

"Thank you very much. I win my bet!"

"You're velkum."


Do you have any idea how old that joke is?

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  #131  
Old March 17th 15, 02:48 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Per Gene E. Bloch:
"Havaii" came the reply.

"Thank you very much. I win my bet!"

"You're velkum."


Do you have any idea how old that joke is?


I heard it when I was living in Hawaii in the seventies... and I'm
pretty sure it was old even then.
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  #132  
Old March 17th 15, 04:33 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:48:10 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:41:31 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:44:38 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:


Ve are alvays lookink ofer your shoulder. Ve know vot you are doink and
vot you are searchink for.

Ve also know how to make mein spell checker unhappy.


So the two passengers got off the cruise ship in Honolulu and rushed
to talk to the first person they could find.

"We have a bet on this," one of them said. How is pronounced, Hawaii
or Havaii?"

"Havaii" came the reply.

"Thank you very much. I win my bet!"

"You're velkum."


Do you have any idea how old that joke is?



I've probably known it for fifty years or so, so it must be older than
that.

But that doesn't mean everyone here knows it.

  #133  
Old March 17th 15, 06:56 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:33:31 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:48:10 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:41:31 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:44:38 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:


Ve are alvays lookink ofer your shoulder. Ve know vot you are doink and
vot you are searchink for.

Ve also know how to make mein spell checker unhappy.

So the two passengers got off the cruise ship in Honolulu and rushed
to talk to the first person they could find.

"We have a bet on this," one of them said. How is pronounced, Hawaii
or Havaii?"

"Havaii" came the reply.

"Thank you very much. I win my bet!"

"You're velkum."


Do you have any idea how old that joke is?


I've probably known it for fifty years or so, so it must be older than
that.

But that doesn't mean everyone here knows it.


Well, they finally do now!

Your point is well taken.

BTW, sounds like you and PeteCresswell heard it before I ever did.

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  #134  
Old March 18th 15, 08:46 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:33:31 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:48:10 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:41:31 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:44:38 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:


Ve are alvays lookink ofer your shoulder. Ve know vot you are doink and
vot you are searchink for.

Ve also know how to make mein spell checker unhappy.

So the two passengers got off the cruise ship in Honolulu and rushed
to talk to the first person they could find.

"We have a bet on this," one of them said. How is pronounced, Hawaii
or Havaii?"

"Havaii" came the reply.

"Thank you very much. I win my bet!"

"You're velkum."

Do you have any idea how old that joke is?


I've probably known it for fifty years or so, so it must be older than
that.

But that doesn't mean everyone here knows it.


Well, they finally do now!

Your point is well taken.

BTW, sounds like you and PeteCresswell heard it before I ever did.

I've heard it before...and always wondered why the second to last reply
wasn't
"Thank you very much, I vin my bet'



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  #135  
Old March 18th 15, 11:07 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:46:18 -0700, "...winston‫" wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:33:31 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:48:10 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:41:31 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:44:38 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:


Ve are alvays lookink ofer your shoulder. Ve know vot you are doink and
vot you are searchink for.

Ve also know how to make mein spell checker unhappy.

So the two passengers got off the cruise ship in Honolulu and rushed
to talk to the first person they could find.

"We have a bet on this," one of them said. How is pronounced, Hawaii
or Havaii?"

"Havaii" came the reply.

"Thank you very much. I win my bet!"

"You're velkum."

Do you have any idea how old that joke is?

I've probably known it for fifty years or so, so it must be older than
that.

But that doesn't mean everyone here knows it.


Well, they finally do now!

Your point is well taken.

BTW, sounds like you and PeteCresswell heard it before I ever did.

I've heard it before...and always wondered why the second to last reply
wasn't
"Thank you very much, I vin my bet'


By which you gave me the idea

"Thank you wery much, I vin my bet"

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