• Traffic down?

    From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to All on Wednesday, March 08, 2023 06:36:00
    Is there a hub down somewhere impacting traffic to FSXnet? Or are we
    learning that all the traffic was really just Avon and ChatGPT working overtime?





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  • From Gamgee@21:2/138 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, March 08, 2023 16:04:00
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

    Is there a hub down somewhere impacting traffic to FSXnet? Or are
    we learning that all the traffic was really just Avon and ChatGPT
    working overtime?

    I don't know the answer to either question :-) , but have noticed the
    same significant reduction...



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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, March 08, 2023 17:11:21
    On 08 Mar 2023, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

    Is there a hub down somewhere impacting traffic to FSXnet? Or are we learning that all the traffic was really just Avon and ChatGPT working overtime?

    All I'm seeing around most of the nets lately is this cricket:

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    Oh, and of course Chad Jipiti, he's a good guy.


    Jay

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, March 08, 2023 16:08:42
    Is there a hub down somewhere impacting traffic to FSXnet? Or are we
    learning that all the traffic was really just Avon and ChatGPT working overtime?

    I don't think so although it has been quiet here in the FSX_GEN area.

    Folks must be busy with their jobs or other real life things.

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Al on Thursday, March 09, 2023 09:59:24
    I don't think so although it has been quiet here in the FSX_GEN area.

    Folks must be busy with their jobs or other real life things.

    I suppose I've been noticing it being quiet, of late, too, but haven't thought of much to say.

    Though Revision (the Easter demo party) is about a month out, so hopefully the BBS ANSI artists are making their plans.

    ...speaking of, I should work on something.

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  • From claw@21:1/210 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, March 09, 2023 07:44:50
    Getting you here. What do you feel is missing?

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Warpslide on Thursday, March 09, 2023 09:11:09
    Re: Re: Traffic down?
    By: Warpslide to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Mar 08 2023 05:11 pm

    Oh, and of course Chad Jipiti, he's a good guy.

    Has Chad Jipiti posted on FSXNet?
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  • From deon@21:2/116 to Gamgee on Friday, March 10, 2023 08:56:07
    Re: Re: Traffic down?
    By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Mar 08 2023 04:04 pm

    Is there a hub down somewhere impacting traffic to FSXnet? Or are
    we learning that all the traffic was really just Avon and ChatGPT working overtime?

    I don't know the answer to either question :-) , but have noticed the
    same significant reduction...

    So I just double checked from Hub 3, and successfully polled all hubs.

    clrghouz shows a graph of traffic, and while traffic to FSX_GEN is down, traffic to FSX_DAT is up!


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  • From Gamgee@21:2/138 to deon on Thursday, March 09, 2023 16:20:00
    deon wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Is there a hub down somewhere impacting traffic to FSXnet? Or are
    we learning that all the traffic was really just Avon and ChatGPT working overtime?

    I don't know the answer to either question :-) , but have noticed the
    same significant reduction...

    So I just double checked from Hub 3, and successfully polled all
    hubs.

    clrghouz shows a graph of traffic, and while traffic to FSX_GEN
    is down, traffic to FSX_DAT is up!

    Okay, thanks for checking on that!



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Nightfox on Friday, March 10, 2023 09:50:01
    Hi Nightfox,

    Oh, and of course Chad Jipiti, he's a good guy.

    Has Chad Jipiti posted on FSXNet?

    Sadly yes *it* has. It's posts are easy to see, as they are filled with
    waffle, and no real usefull content.



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  • From Xenos@21:4/147 to Vorlon on Friday, March 10, 2023 14:06:39
    BY: vorlon (21:1/195.1)

    |05On |11Friday,March 10, 2023 at 08:50, |14Vorlon (21:1/195.1)|05 wrote:|07

    |11v|09> |07
    |11v|09> |02> Wa> Oh, and of course Chad Jipiti, he's a good guy.|07
    |11v|09> |02> |07
    |11v|09> |02> Has Chad Jipiti posted on FSXNet?|07
    |11v|09> |07
    |11v|09> |02Sadly yes *it* has. It's posts are easy to see, as they are filled with|07
    |11v|09> |02waffle, and no real usefull content.|07

    I thought it was all cheese!

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  • From Oli@21:3/102 to poindexter FORTRAN on Friday, March 10, 2023 09:20:24
    poindexter wrote (2023-03-08):

    Is there a hub down somewhere impacting traffic to FSXnet? Or are we learning that all the traffic was really just Avon and ChatGPT working overtime?

    I have the impression that some conversations have moved to the other echos, but haven't checked the stats. And there are always up and downs in traffic. We can always start talking about an orange man to improve the stats.



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  • From Vorlon@21:1/195.5 to Xenos on Friday, March 10, 2023 20:37:55

    On Friday March 10 2023, Xenos said to Vorlon :

    Oh, and of course Chad Jipiti, he's a good guy.|07
    Has Chad Jipiti posted on FSXNet?|07

    Sadly yes *it* has. It's posts are easy to see, as they are
    filled with waffle, and no real usefull content.

    I thought it was all cheese!

    Cheese on Waffle's!! %-;)


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, March 11, 2023 08:06:33
    On 08 Mar 2023 at 06:36a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

    Is there a hub down somewhere impacting traffic to FSXnet? Or are we learning that all the traffic was really just Avon and ChatGPT working overtime?

    Ha.. no GPT for me ;-)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Adept on Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:05:47
    On 09 Mar 2023 at 09:59a, Adept pondered and said...

    Folks must be busy with their jobs or other real life things.

    I suppose I've been noticing it being quiet, of late, too, but haven't thought of much to say.

    I've been busy with travel, work and family. Circling back to some admin fsxNet duties today. Also just giving myself a little break from time to time form BBSing which I think is a good thing to do, I think I risk getting burnt else otherwise and I suspect a few here are in the same boat.

    Hope you're doing well :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to deon on Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:06:12
    On 10 Mar 2023 at 08:56a, deon pondered and said...

    clrghouz shows a graph of traffic, and while traffic to FSX_GEN is down, traffic to FSX_DAT is up!

    DAT traffic for the win huh? :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Oli on Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:08:11
    On 10 Mar 2023 at 09:20a, Oli pondered and said...

    in traffic. We can always start talking about an orange man to improve
    the stats.

    But is it really an improvement?

    Here in NZ we have Orange Guy but he's a animated figure that is used to encourage folks to enroll for elections.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Vorlon on Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:08:37
    On 10 Mar 2023 at 08:37p, Vorlon pondered and said...

    I thought it was all cheese!

    Cheese on Waffle's!! %-;)

    Waffles are nice, especially with maple syrup.

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  • From deon@21:2/116 to Avon on Saturday, March 11, 2023 09:23:27
    Re: Re: Traffic down?
    By: Avon to deon on Sat Mar 11 2023 10:06 am

    clrghouz shows a graph of traffic, and while traffic to FSX_GEN is down, traffic to FSX_DAT is up!

    DAT traffic for the win huh? :)

    Should we be worried? (The computers are planning something...)


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to deon on Saturday, March 11, 2023 11:28:44
    On 11 Mar 2023 at 09:23a, deon pondered and said...

    clrghouz shows a graph of traffic, and while traffic to FSX_GEN is down, traffic to FSX_DAT is up!

    DAT traffic for the win huh? :)

    Should we be worried? (The computers are planning something...)

    I hope not, and hey :)

    Happy Saturday morning to you over there. Nearly 11.30am here with just a few weeks left of daylight savings to run.

    I'm updating a few things here for the infopack and getting on top of a few to-dos while I've been away/taking a break from BBSing etc.

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  • From deon@21:2/116 to Avon on Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:28:51
    Re: Re: Traffic
    By: Avon to deon on Sat Mar 11 2023 11:28 am

    I hope not, and hey :)

    Happy Saturday morning to you over there. Nearly 11.30am here with just a few weeks left of daylight savings to run.

    Hey...

    Beaut day today, so if it lasts, it should be coming your way tomorrow.

    I'm enjoying my Sat morning, breaky, fresh coffee and catching up on a few nerd things.

    I bought 2 x 16TB drives to put in my nas, to replace my 3 x 8s, which I plan to repurpose for something else. (Needed the 8s and not the capacity, so I thought the NAS could get new drives instead of buying more 8s.)

    Since I'm changing from RAID5 down to RAID1, its a copy operation - but I've turned on zstd compression and getting some resonable results at the same time.

    I've only got 6TB to copy, but the poor little qnap is CPU bound, has been for the last 2 days, and it'll probably take 2-3 more at this rate.

    Now off to bunnings to buy some wood - need to put up an awning for the trouble and strife.


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  • From esc@21:4/173 to Avon on Friday, March 10, 2023 20:53:02
    Waffles are nice, especially with maple syrup.

    I thought I loved waffles but it turns out in my case they're just a delivery mechanism for syrup.

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to esc on Saturday, March 11, 2023 09:42:05
    esc wrote to Avon <=-

    Waffles are nice, especially with maple syrup.

    I thought I loved waffles but it turns out in my case they're just a delivery mechanism for syrup.

    When I was a kid, that was sure true. I would not eat them unless every
    single little cell was full to the brim with syrup. :)


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  • From Elf@21:1/194 to ESC on Saturday, March 11, 2023 09:52:00
    Quoting Esc to Avon <=-

    Waffles are nice, especially with maple syrup.

    ...and butter.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Al on Thursday, March 09, 2023 06:22:00
    Al wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Folks must be busy with their jobs or other real life things.

    Lucky bastards... :)

    Been socked in with work and rain here, spending more time on the BBS
    than I usually get to.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to esc on Saturday, March 11, 2023 08:46:00
    esc wrote to Avon <=-

    I thought I loved waffles but it turns out in my case they're just a delivery mechanism for syrup.


    Can I get a "yeah" for chicken and waffles?



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  • From Xenos@21:4/147 to Esc on Sunday, March 12, 2023 03:56:25
    BY: esc (21:4/173)

    |05On |11Friday,March 10, 2023 at 19:53, |14Esc (21:4/173)|05 wrote:|07

    |11e|09> |02Av> Waffles are nice, especially with maple syrup.|07
    |11e|09> |07
    |11e|09> |02I thought I loved waffles but it turns out in my case they're just a|07
    |11e|09> |02delivery mechanism for syrup.|07


    waitaminit! aren't waffles just pancakes with more air? ;)
    now you're telling me to smother the air with syrup? :D

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  • From esc@21:4/173 to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, March 11, 2023 12:30:52
    Can I get a "yeah" for chicken and waffles?

    Oh hell yeah

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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Avon on Sunday, March 12, 2023 10:30:24
    Hi Avon,

    I thought it was all cheese!
    Cheese on Waffle's!! %-;)

    Waffles are nice, especially with maple syrup.

    Yes, even though it's been years since I last had some. #0(




    It's amazing how a comment about a bot turns into a thread about food!





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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Xenos on Sunday, March 12, 2023 10:34:23
    Hi Xenos,

    I thought I loved waffles but it turns out in my case
    they're just a delivery mechanism for syrup.|07

    waitaminit! aren't waffles just pancakes with more air? ;)

    They are, but both are so yummy!




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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to vorlon on Saturday, March 11, 2023 21:04:17
    On 12 Mar 2023, vorlon said the following...

    Waffles are nice, especially with maple syrup.

    Yes, even though it's been years since I last had some. #0(

    Just got invited from some friends to go to the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, it'll be on April 1st this year.

    https://www.elmiramaplesyrupfestival.com/

    We've been a couple of times before, it's always a good time, though it's been cold some years. Nothing quite like trying to eat a huge turkey drumstick in a dinner tent while is slowly freezes in your hand.

    Hoping this year it's a bit warmer.


    Jay

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Avon on Sunday, March 12, 2023 16:28:22
    time form BBSing which I think is a good thing to do, I think I risk getting burnt else otherwise and I suspect a few here are in the same boat.

    Yeah. Better short breaks than down for long times / leaving the scene / getting burnt out.

    Hope you're doing well :)

    Can't complain. I've been enjoying much of the sunlight we've been stealing from you.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to vorlon on Monday, March 13, 2023 12:45:01
    On 12 Mar 2023 at 10:30a, vorlon pondered and said...

    It's amazing how a comment about a bot turns into a thread about food!


    You're not wrong :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Adept on Monday, March 13, 2023 12:46:09
    On 12 Mar 2023 at 04:28p, Adept pondered and said...

    time form BBSing which I think is a good thing to do, I think I risk getting burnt else otherwise and I suspect a few here are in the same boat.

    Yeah. Better short breaks than down for long times / leaving the scene / getting burnt out.

    Agreed, much better for wellbeing etc.

    Hope you're doing well :)

    Can't complain. I've been enjoying much of the sunlight we've been stealing from you.

    heh, we're down to 3-4 weeks of daylight savings time and then we slip back into darkness again... :)

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  • From hollowone@21:2/150 to Avon on Monday, March 13, 2023 00:07:20
    I've been busy with travel, work and family. Circling back to some admin fsxNet duties today. Also just giving myself a little break from time to time form BBSing which I think is a good thing to do, I think I risk getting burnt else otherwise and I suspect a few here are in the same boat.

    I believe it is a proper "BBS philosophy". This medium is not really prepared to compete with constant online, constant scrolling attitude toward alternatives. And that is good!

    I have moments that I check BBSes on a daily basis then to forget about them for a month, only to come back hungry for more!

    It's been this way for 3 years already and the only thing I change is my primary board that hooks me in, most.

    -h1

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  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to Xenos on Monday, March 13, 2023 08:51:24
    I thought it was all cheese!

    I do like a bit of Gorgonzola.

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  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to Avon on Monday, March 13, 2023 08:54:08
    Here in NZ we have Orange Guy but he's a animated figure that is used to encourage folks to enroll for elections.


    I was wondering if he might be a Togruta, or some odd version of a blue man..

    ST

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  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to vorlon on Monday, March 13, 2023 09:01:42
    They are, but both are so yummy!

    I always thought, pancakes by nature and name, were spoonfuls of batter hurled at a red hot frying pan, and after a quick flip they're done. While the waffle was a square brick like thing that you fed into a toaster, that my parents used to snaffle down with cream and strawberry jam.

    While I understand you could start and batter and bang it into a waffle iron, I've not ever seen that as a thing, or how that might vary from the pancake batter.

    ST
    -- How'd the blind man burn his fingers? Reading the waffle iron.

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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to StormTrooper on Monday, March 13, 2023 05:21:39
    On 13 Mar 2023, StormTrooper said the following...

    I do like a bit of Gorgonzola.

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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Warpslide on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 09:44:08
    Hi Warpslide,

    Waffles are nice, especially with maple syrup.

    Yes, even though it's been years since I last had some. #0(

    Just got invited from some friends to go to the Elmira Maple Syrup
    Festival, it'll be on April 1st this year.
    [...]
    it's been cold some years. Nothing quite like trying to eat a huge
    turkey drumstick in a dinner tent while is slowly freezes in your
    hand.

    That looks like it could be fun, except for the cold. We are having summer
    make a second go around, with 28+C (C not F) for the next week.

    Last week's low was 7c for a cold couple of nights in summer. %-/



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Avon on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 09:50:08
    Hi Avon,

    It's amazing how a comment about a bot turns into a thread about
    food! ^-=>

    You're not wrong :)

    I had home made hamburger yesterday for lunch (Public holiday).
    Lettice, Beetroot, Pinapple, meat pattie, Egg, Cheese...



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to StormTrooper on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 09:54:12
    Hi Stormtrooper,

    I always thought, pancakes by nature and name, were spoonfuls of
    batter hurled at a red hot frying pan, and after a quick flip they're
    done. While the waffle was a square brick like thing that you fed into
    a toaster, that my parents used to snaffle down with cream and

    They both start out the same way, but a waffle when made from scratch is
    then put into a waffle maker to make it square and with the whole's in it.

    https://www.kmart.com.au/product/family-waffle-maker-43152742/





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  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to vorlon on Monday, March 13, 2023 23:19:44

    Lettice, Beetroot, Pinapple, meat pattie, Egg, Cheese...


    Lettuce pray its not the same pattie I met the other day :P Sweet as a pineapple she was.

    ST

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to StormTrooper on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 17:16:53
    On 13 Mar 2023 at 08:54a, StormTrooper pondered and said...

    I was wondering if he might be a Togruta, or some odd version of a blue man..

    Nope not really, have a look at elections.nz and you can see him on the homepage... family friendly guy who encourages folks to enroll for general elections etc.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Warpslide on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 17:17:34
    On 13 Mar 2023 at 05:21a, Warpslide pondered and said...

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to vorlon on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 17:19:34
    On 14 Mar 2023 at 09:50a, vorlon pondered and said...

    I had home made hamburger yesterday for lunch (Public holiday).
    Lettice, Beetroot, Pinapple, meat pattie, Egg, Cheese...

    ..pineapple ... that can be contentious at times...

    now I'm hungry...

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Avon on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 10:23:28
    Can't complain. I've been enjoying much of the sunlight we've been stealing from you.

    heh, we're down to 3-4 weeks of daylight savings time and then we slip back into darkness again... :)

    Here we're in the delightful period when the US has gone to daylight savings time, but Europe has not, so now the US time zones are all an hour closer.

    As much as I prefer daylight savings time (I'm not a morning person, but I'm awake for pretty much every sunset), it's nice to only be 6 or 8 hours ahead of family, when having a video call, rather than 7 or 9 hours.

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to StormTrooper on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 10:40:49
    While I understand you could start and batter and bang it into a waffle iron, I've not ever seen that as a thing, or how that might vary from
    the pancake batter.

    Now you're getting into the fun area of, "what happens if I put x in y?"

    A pancake batter put into a hot waffle iron will result in a waffle.

    "Best waffle ever", no, probably not, but the batters are not _that_ different.

    I've occasionally cracked eggs into a waffle iron, too. I'm not sure it's a good idea, but it's certainly interesting and different to get a waffle egg.

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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to vorlon on Monday, March 13, 2023 21:20:00
    Hello vorlon!

    I had home made hamburger yesterday for lunch (Public holiday).
    Lettice, Beetroot, Pinapple, meat pattie, Egg, Cheese...

    Pinapple on your burger? That seems strange with meat.

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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to Avon on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 08:22:49
    On 14 Mar 2023, Avon said the following...

    I had home made hamburger yesterday for lunch (Public holiday). Lettice, Beetroot, Pinapple, meat pattie, Egg, Cheese...

    ..pineapple ... that can be contentious at times...

    There's a burger joint not too far from my house that has 20 or 30 different kinds of burgers on their menu. Everything from a peppercorn crusted patty to a sheppard's pie burger. There's even one where they replace the bun with two grilled cheese sandwiches.

    One of my favourites is the burger that has a grilled pineapple ring and thick-cut peameal bacon. The burger is so tall I almost feel like I have to dislocate my jaw just to eat it.


    Jay

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to StormTrooper on Monday, March 13, 2023 06:32:00
    StormTrooper wrote to vorlon <=-

    While I understand you could start and batter and bang it into a waffle iron, I've not ever seen that as a thing, or how that might vary from
    the pancake batter.

    One of my favorite things about traveling is going to a hotel with
    continental breakfast service featuring one of those flippy waffle
    irons. In fact, it's the only thing I enjoy about traveling. :)



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Adept on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 06:42:00
    Adept wrote to Avon <=-

    As much as I prefer daylight savings time (I'm not a morning person,
    but I'm awake for pretty much every sunset), it's nice to only be 6 or
    8 hours ahead of family, when having a video call, rather than 7 or 9 hours.

    I wasn't aware of that, although I knew the US changed the DST period a
    while back. My company is based out of Paris, it's good to know it'll be
    easier to reach them for a couple of weeks.

    My company closed our local office in California and we've been remote
    since 2020. Luckily, I'm a morning person, as I work with a team in
    Houston and Boston, 2 and 3 houra ahead.

    It does mean I have quiet afternoons, though. :)




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Ogg on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 06:44:00
    Ogg wrote to vorlon <=-

    Pinapple on your burger? That seems strange with meat.

    Very Hawaiian. Pinapple, grilled onion and teriyaki sauce, it's quite
    good if you like sweet/savory.



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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to StormTrooper on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 09:33:28
    Re: Re: Traffic down?
    By: StormTrooper to vorlon on Mon Mar 13 2023 09:01 am

    hurled at a red hot frying pan, and after a quick flip they're done. While the waffle was a square brick like thing that you fed into a toaster, that my parents used to snaffle down with cream and strawberry jam.

    While I understand you could start and batter and bang it into a waffle iron, I've not ever seen that as a thing, or how that might vary from the pancake batter.

    I have a waffle iron at home. I think it makes great waffles - probably better than what you could get by heating a frozen waffle in a toaster - but I like toaster waffles too.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Ogg on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 09:37:20
    Re: It's the food
    By: Ogg to vorlon on Mon Mar 13 2023 09:20 pm

    Pinapple on your burger? That seems strange with meat.

    If people put pineapple on pizza along with Canadian bacon / ham / etc., I don't see the problem with pineapple on a hamburger. I've actually seen some restaurants make a "Hawaiian" burger with a pineapple (and often with a teriyaki or barbecue sauce).

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 09:39:41
    Re: Re: Traffic down?
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Adept on Tue Mar 14 2023 06:42 am

    I wasn't aware of that, although I knew the US changed the DST period a while back.

    I think it was around 2005 when the US changed DST to be March to November. I thought it was fine when the US was in DST from April to October.

    Actually I wouldn't mind doing away with DST altogether. I've heard Oregon has considered staying on DST permanently, though for timekeeping I'd think it would be better to stay on standard time permanently..

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  • From ogg@21:2/147 to Nightfox on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 12:01:50
    Pinapple on your burger? That seems strange with meat.

    If people put pineapple on pizza along with Canadian bacon / ham / etc.,
    I don't see the problem with pineapple on a hamburger. I've actually
    seen some restaurants make a "Hawaiian" burger with a pineapple (and
    often with a teriyaki or barbecue sauce).

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    I actually like grilled or baked pineapple. I'll have to try it on a burger. Is it raw or cooked?

    ogg
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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to ogg on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 10:12:43
    Re: It's the food
    By: ogg to Nightfox on Tue Mar 14 2023 12:01 pm

    I actually like grilled or baked pineapple. I'll have to try it on a burger. Is it raw or cooked?

    It might depend on who made the burger. Many times though, I think the pineapple on Hawaiian burgers I've had is cooked. It's at least warm.

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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to StormTrooper on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 09:25:02
    Hi StromTrooper,

    Lettice, Beetroot, Pinapple, meat pattie, Egg, Cheese...

    Lettuce pray its not the same pattie I met the other day :P Sweet as a pineapple she was.

    hahaha! @-)



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Avon on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 09:27:24
    Hi Avon,

    I had home made hamburger yesterday for lunch (Public holiday). Lettice, Beetroot, Pinapple, meat pattie, Egg, Cheese...

    ..pineapple ... that can be contentious at times...

    There is *noting* wrong with pineapple! I'm a regular eater of it!

    now I'm hungry...

    Time for breakfast...... %->



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Ogg on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 09:30:16
    Hi Ogg,

    I had home made hamburger yesterday for lunch (Public holiday).
    Lettice, Beetroot, Pinapple, meat pattie, Egg, Cheese...

    Pinapple on your burger? That seems strange with meat.

    It was cooked on the BBQ along with the meat pattie!

    Bun/Lettuce/Cheese/Pattie/Beetroot/Pineapple/Egg/Bun

    Tottaly yummy!



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Nightfox on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 09:33:16
    Hi Nightfox,

    Pinapple on your burger? That seems strange with meat.

    If people put pineapple on pizza along with Canadian bacon / ham /

    Pinapple on Pizza! YES please...



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to ogg on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 09:35:29
    Hi Ogg,

    I actually like grilled or baked pineapple. I'll have to try it on a burger.
    Is it raw or cooked?

    Cooked on the BBQ when the pattie is cooked. I like it really cooked, so
    put it in just a short period after the pattie has been on.



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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Adept on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 13:16:31
    On 14 Mar 2023 at 10:23a, Adept pondered and said...

    Here we're in the delightful period when the US has gone to daylight savings time, but Europe has not, so now the US time zones are all an
    hour closer.

    As much as I prefer daylight savings time (I'm not a morning person, but I'm awake for pretty much every sunset), it's nice to only be 6 or 8
    hours ahead of family, when having a video call, rather than 7 or 9
    hours.

    I have family in the USA and at the moment I think they have just moved to daylight savings time while we're still a couple of weeks from moving out of it in NZ. So at present a four hour difference between us but soon to move to five I think.

    Because I live in the future I also need to allow for everyone I call who is living in my past. It's just the lot that a time traveler has to deal with :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Warpslide on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 13:23:37
    On 14 Mar 2023 at 08:22a, Warpslide pondered and said...

    There's a burger joint not too far from my house that has 20 or 30 different kinds of burgers on their menu. Everything from a peppercorn crusted patty to a sheppard's pie burger. There's even one where they replace the bun with two grilled cheese sandwiches.

    gosh, sounds good, wish we had something close to that where I live. I wonder if they go to burger school to get a degree in construction ideas? :)

    One of my favourites is the burger that has a grilled pineapple ring and thick-cut peameal bacon. The burger is so tall I almost feel like I
    have to dislocate my jaw just to eat it.

    I have the same problem with burgers in general, I know it sort of feels wrong but sometimes I will tackle them with a knife and fork and ditch the top bun just to ensure I can continue to eat without a locked up jaw :)

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  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to ogg on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 00:23:13
    I actually like grilled or baked pineapple. I'll have to try it on a burger. Is it raw or cooked?

    You'll have to try popping it in your leg of ham for roasting. Works a treat, pretty old way to do it too. Along with glace cherries pinned to the top with toothpicks. Kind of gives you a glaze on the ham, and you get the caramelised pineapple to have with it afterwards.

    It might be part of the origin for putting pineapple on your pizza too.

    ST

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to vorlon on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 13:24:55
    On 15 Mar 2023 at 09:27a, vorlon pondered and said...

    There is *noting* wrong with pineapple! I'm a regular eater of it!

    Same here :)

    Time for breakfast...... %->

    It's time whenever :)

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  • From ogg@21:2/147 to StormTrooper on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 19:51:59
    You'll have to try popping it in your leg of ham for roasting. Works a treat, pretty old way to do it too. Along with glace cherries pinned to the top with toothpicks. Kind of gives you a glaze on the ham, and you
    get the caramelised pineapple to have with it afterwards.

    It might be part of the origin for putting pineapple on your pizza too.

    ST

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    My mother use to score the ham to end up with diamond shapes that she would then place a clove in the middle of. Next would be to cover the whole ham
    with pineapple rings. Then the whole thing would be placed in the oven for, as far as I was concerned, too long to bake! The pineapple would be the first thing I would go for.

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 09:02:00
    One of my favorite things about traveling is going to a hotel with continental breakfast service featuring one of those flippy waffle
    irons. In fact, it's the only thing I enjoy about traveling. :)

    And I'm always sad when the hotel is "fancy" and has nothing, or they have "interesting" options (that I then have to check if it has meat in it) when all I really want is that flippy waffle iron and scrambled eggs.

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  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to ogg on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 09:08:03
    My mother use to score the ham to end up with diamond shapes that she would then place a clove in the middle of. Next would be to cover the whole ham with pineapple rings. Then the whole thing would be placed in the oven for, as far as I was concerned, too long to bake! The
    pineapple would be the first thing I would go for.


    That's the same the old cheese used, and I still use each christmas..


    ST

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to vorlon on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 13:04:19
    Re: It's the food
    By: vorlon to Ogg on Wed Mar 15 2023 09:30 am

    It was cooked on the BBQ along with the meat pattie!

    Isn't it "patty"? I've never seen it spelled "pattie" before.

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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Avon on Thursday, March 16, 2023 12:50:17
    Hi Avon,

    Time for breakfast...... %->
    It's time whenever :)

    How about 11:59am? That's still in the morning! %->



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Nightfox on Thursday, March 16, 2023 12:52:19
    Hi Nightfox,

    It was cooked on the BBQ along with the meat pattie!

    Isn't it "patty"? I've never seen it spelled "pattie" before.

    Yeah it is, but english isn't my first language. %-O



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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to vorlon on Thursday, March 16, 2023 15:03:14
    On 16 Mar 2023 at 12:50p, vorlon pondered and said...

    Time for breakfast...... %->
    It's time whenever :)

    How about 11:59am? That's still in the morning! %->

    and like magic Avon replies.... it's almost instant. :)

    I think it's 11.59am somewhere right now, right :)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to vorlon on Thursday, March 16, 2023 06:21:00
    vorlon wrote to Avon <=-

    Time for breakfast...... %->
    It's time whenever :)

    How about 11:59am? That's still in the morning! %->

    When I was in college, a local chain restaurant used to have breakfast
    deals at night - but only until midnight. We'd get there around 11:45pm
    for the deal, and spend a couple hours drinking free coffee refills and
    doing homework. They were awfully patient, and we tipped as well as we
    could, being poor college students.



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to Avon on Friday, March 17, 2023 10:13:15
    Hi Avon,

    Time for breakfast...... %->
    It's time whenever :)

    How about 11:59am? That's still in the morning! %->

    and like magic Avon replies.... it's almost instant. :)

    Says the man in the future!

    I think it's 11.59am somewhere right now, right :)

    Yes!



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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to poindexter FORTRAN on Friday, March 17, 2023 10:21:23
    Hi poindexter FORTRAN,

    How about 11:59am? That's still in the morning! %->

    When I was in college, a local chain restaurant used to have breakfast
    deals at night - but only until midnight. We'd get there around
    11:45pm for the deal, and spend a couple hours drinking free coffee
    refills and doing homework.

    Sure it wasn't perving on the opposite sex?

    They were awfully patient, and we tipped as well as we could, being
    poor college students.

    Yes!


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to vorlon on Thursday, March 16, 2023 17:02:31
    Re: Re: It's the food
    By: vorlon to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Mar 17 2023 10:21 am

    11:45pm for the deal, and spend a couple hours drinking free coffee
    refills and doing homework.

    Sure it wasn't perving on the opposite sex?

    Unfortunately, no - it was writing VAX assembly code. Our class had 30 people, and a VAX with 8 serial ports. 4 of them connected to terminals, the other 4 went into a port selector.

    The best way to get the problem sets done was to get wired up, write the code down, then dial in at 2am to enter and run your code.

    I think that was the last class where I needed to use a campus computer; the rest could be done on a "microcomputer".
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  • From Matthew Munson@21:4/108 to Poindexter Fortran on Thursday, March 16, 2023 20:06:02
    On Thu Mar 16 00:00:00 2023, POINDEXTER FORTRAN (21:4/ wrote to vorlon <=-




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  • From tenser@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, March 18, 2023 06:25:13
    On 16 Mar 2023 at 05:02p, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

    Unfortunately, no - it was writing VAX assembly code. Our class had 30 people, and a VAX with 8 serial ports. 4 of them connected to terminals, the other 4 went into a port selector.

    Ah, VAX assembler.... movzbl (r0)+, r1

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  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sunday, March 19, 2023 10:19:06
    Hi poindexter FORTRAN,

    11:45pm for the deal, and spend a couple hours drinking free
    coffee refills and doing homework.

    Sure it wasn't perving on the opposite sex?

    Unfortunately, no - it was writing VAX assembly code. Our class had 30 people, and a VAX with 8 serial ports. 4 of them connected to
    terminals, the other 4 went into a port selector.

    What a bummer! &-{





    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen


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  • From nugax@21:1/167 to vorlon on Sunday, March 19, 2023 17:31:25
    On 19 Mar 23 10:19:06, vorlon wrote:
    Hi poindexter FORTRAN

    11:45pm for the deal and spend a couple hours drinking free
    coffee refills and doing homework.

    Sure it wasnt perving on the opposite sex?

    Unfortunately no - it was writing VAX assembly code. Our class had 30 people and a VAX with 8 serial ports. 4 of them connected to
    terminals the other 4 went into a port selector.

    What a bummer! &-{





    /orlon
    aka
    Stephen


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    VAX! I saw one ontime. with all of its tubes ans glory. lol.
    -Nugax (cbbs)


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  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, March 20, 2023 10:42:04
    ... DON'T EAT CABBAGE

    Eine bischon blau kraut mit apfel, ist sehr gut fur was ist los mit dich.

    ST

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to nugax on Monday, March 20, 2023 06:51:00
    nugax wrote to vorlon <=-

    VAX! I saw one ontime. with all of its tubes ans glory. lol.
    -Nugax (cbbs)

    I started off in computers when they stood in the center of glassed-off
    rooms, with a ramp leading up to a raised floor. Only appointed people
    were allowed to enter the room, and Never With Food Or Drink.

    Getting to go in and see a system was awe-inspiring to college-aged me.

    Later, I took a job writing code on a midrange computer (only the size
    of 2 armoires...) where I was tasked with environmental maintenance
    (e.g. sweeping all of the paper chads out from under the line printer)
    and swapping tapes for backup. I later became the Lead Acolyte.

    I ascended to full priesthood when I was allowed to hit the Big Red
    Button that engaged the Halon system as a test.



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  • From nugax@21:1/167 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, March 23, 2023 00:29:24
    On 20 Mar 23 06:51:00, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
    nugax wrote to vorlon <=-

    VAX! I saw one ontime. with all of its tubes ans glory. lol.
    -Nugax (cbbs)

    I started off in computers when they stood in the center of glassed-off PF>rooms with a ramp leading up to a raised floor. Only appointed people PF>were allowed to enter the room and Never With Food Or Drink.

    Getting to go in and see a system was awe-inspiring to college-aged me.

    Later I took a job writing code on a midrange computer (only the size
    of 2 armoires...) where I was tasked with environmental maintenance
    (e.g. sweeping all of the paper chads out from under the line printer) PF>and swapping tapes for backup. I later became the Lead Acolyte.

    I ascended to full priesthood when I was allowed to hit the Big Red PF>Button that engaged the Halon system as a test.



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    nice!

    -Nugax (cbbs)


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to All on Monday, November 20, 2023 07:10:00
    Traffic has been down across all of the nets, suppose that life is
    getting in the way.

    I'm going to be at my family's cabin in the mountains soon, looking
    forward to some time out of town. Trying to get DSL up there has been a
    pain, we're in an unincorporated community and most of AT&T's automated
    systems don't register our address.

    Our neighbors were able to get DSL but it took many many calls.

    Once I get DSL up there, I'm planning on spending more time up there -
    would love to work remotely from there in the summertime, and to keep
    track of the BBS from there.

    In the meantime, I have a 1TB card in my phone, all of my movies loaded
    onto it, and a USB-C to HDMI cable that lets me play movies on our TV.



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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 12:04:05
    On 20 Nov 2023 at 07:10a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

    Traffic has been down across all of the nets, suppose that life is
    getting in the way.

    I think you are right, oh and Hi :)

    I've been busy with family matters (unwell parents etc.) and at the end of the day after work, immediate and extended family stuff is acted on I'm kinda spent... so apologies (to all) for not being as active here in fsxNet as of late.

    I don't have any plans to depart the scene etc. but rather just need to pace myself with real life demands a bit at the moment.

    I'm going to be at my family's cabin in the mountains soon, looking forward to some time out of town. Trying to get DSL up there has been a pain, we're in an unincorporated community and most of AT&T's automated systems don't register our address.

    sounds nice :)

    I'm traveling again soon to visit one of my children. Lending a hand while there to help tidy up/sort out a storage shed... so it's going to be a busy few days of lugging and lifting, trips to the landfill to sort out rubbish/trash etc..

    In the meantime, I have a 1TB card in my phone, all of my movies loaded onto it, and a USB-C to HDMI cable that lets me play movies on our TV.

    Just remember to enjoy the views out the windows too :)

    Nice chatting, hope this finds you well.

    Best, Paul

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  • From Apam to Avon on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 13:47:00
    On Tue Nov 21 12:04:00 2023, Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I don't have any plans to depart the scene etc. but rather just need to pace myself with real life demands a bit at the moment.

    Good. You're not allowed to.. breaks are ok, but no vanishing on us :P

    Just kidding of course - though you would be missed if you left.

    Andrew

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  • From Apam to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 13:51:00
    On Mon Nov 20 07:10:00 2023, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

    Traffic has been down across all of the nets, suppose that life is
    getting in the way.

    Yeah, it comes and it goes. I think there's probably plenty of people lurking, but if no conversation starters it can get quiet.

    I'm going to be at my family's cabin in the mountains soon, looking
    forward to some time out of town.

    That sounds like fun! When you say in the mountains, is it secluded with forests and bears and wildlife around, or part of a town in the mountains?

    Our neighbors were able to get DSL but it took many many calls.

    Starlink? Might be expensive though..

    Once I get DSL up there, I'm planning on spending more time up there -
    would love to work remotely from there in the summertime, and to keep
    track of the BBS from there.

    Cool

    Andrew

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Apam on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 19:40:41
    On 21 Nov 2023 at 01:47p, Apam pondered and said...

    Good. You're not allowed to.. breaks are ok, but no vanishing on us :P

    ... yeah not planning on leaving anytime soon :)

    How's parenthood treating you? Still getting some sleep? Can you sing A B C D... in your head when you don't really want to? :)

    Just kidding of course - though you would be missed if you left.

    Right back at you.

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Apam on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 19:43:10
    On 21 Nov 2023 at 01:51p, Apam pondered and said...

    Yeah, it comes and it goes. I think there's probably plenty of people lurking, but if no conversation starters it can get quiet.

    I found a picture of a Lama and sent it to a work colleague today... it was a random thank you for a bunch of docs sent to me I had to read.

    I never knew Lamas had such dodgy teeth... I think the makers of Colgate toothpaste could have some fun with this..

    #random conversation starters :)

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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  • From Apam@21:1/182 to Avon on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 18:07:33
    On Tue Nov 21 18:40:00 2023, AVON (21:1/101) wrote to Apam <=-
    How's parenthood treating you? Still getting some sleep? Can you sing A B C D... in your head when you don't really want to? :)


    Yeah, some.

    I do know "This is my happy face, this is my sad face, this is my angry face....."

    he's really into the "super simple songs" on youtube, especially "noodle and pals" haha, we bought him a board book from amazon with those characters and he loved it.. to death. Wife being an ex-library assistant fixed it once, but the second time it was time to go... so we ordered two more of the same book :P

    Andrew

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  • From Apam@21:1/182 to Avon on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 18:07:33
    On Tue Nov 21 18:40:00 2023, AVON (21:1/101) wrote to Apam <=-
    How's parenthood treating you? Still getting some sleep? Can you sing A B C D... in your head when you don't really want to? :)


    Yeah, some.

    I do know "This is my happy face, this is my sad face, this is my angry face....."

    he's really into the "super simple songs" on youtube, especially "noodle and pals" haha, we bought him a board book from amazon with those characters and he loved it.. to death. Wife being an ex-library assistant fixed it once, but the second time it was time to go... so we ordered two more of the same book :P

    Andrew

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Apam on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 07:11:00
    Apam wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I'm going to be at my family's cabin in the mountains soon, looking
    forward to some time out of town.

    That sounds like fun! When you say in the mountains, is it secluded
    with forests and bears and wildlife around, or part of a town in the mountains?

    It's at the back end of a little community. When we built it in 1979, we
    were the only house on the block. Now we have neighbors across the
    street and next door, and it's nice having some more eyes on the cabin.

    The nice thing is that we butt up against a 5mi x 5mi area of national
    forest, nothing behind us except trees, a creek and a 9000 ft mountain.

    Our neighbors were able to get DSL but it took many many calls.

    Starlink? Might be expensive though..

    Too many trees. No line of sight.




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Apam on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 07:31:00
    Apam wrote to Avon <=-

    he's really into the "super simple songs" on youtube, especially
    "noodle and pals" haha, we bought him a board book from amazon with
    those characters and he loved it.. to death. Wife being an ex-library assistant fixed it once, but the second time it was time to go... so we ordered two more of the same book :P

    My wife and I were flipping around on the on-demand channels on Roku
    and found an "all Pepa Pig, all the time" channel. Kids these days got
    it MADE!

    I've been trying to get my grown kids to get their heads around having
    cartoons on only from 7:00am until around 10:30am on Saturdays. You'd
    be into your third hour of cartoons, sitting in front of the TV with a
    bowl of sugary cereal turned to mush in front of you when a cartoon
    would end, and the next show was something like Meet the Press.

    That's when you got on your bike and rode around to a park or your
    friends house. Simpler times.




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  • From massive@21:3/178 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 11:55:52

    Too many trees. No line of sight.

    but not at the top of that mountain? Just need a long coax cable.

    -andy

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to massive on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 09:31:00
    Po > Too many trees. No line of sight.

    but not at the top of that mountain? Just need a long coax cable.

    Or so long as you're on the right side of the mountain, a mast?


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Apam on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 16:23:41
    On 21 Nov 2023 at 06:07p, Apam pondered and said...

    he's really into the "super simple songs" on youtube, especially "noodle and pals" haha, we bought him a board book from amazon with those characters and he loved it.. to death. Wife being an ex-library
    assistant fixed it once, but the second time it was time to go... so we ordered two more of the same book :P

    he he... nice one, good to get them started early on the books, he's in good hands :)

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 09:04:33
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Apam <=-

    I've been trying to get my grown kids to get their heads around having
    cartoons on only from 7:00am until around 10:30am on Saturdays. You'd
    be into your third hour of cartoons, sitting in front of the TV with a
    bowl of sugary cereal turned to mush in front of you when a cartoon
    would end, and the next show was something like Meet the Press.

    We must have been spoiled in my area, or maybe I am a little older. Here
    you could find cartoons on until noon on at least one station. That is
    when wrestling came on. ;) I do remember the abrupt transition from
    cartoons to other programming.

    Later in the afternoon, the Muppet Show would come on for a half-hour, and another station ran a half-hour of Looney Tunes. That was handy during the winter when it started getting dark early.

    That's when you got on your bike and rode around to a park or your
    friends house. Simpler times.

    Yep!


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