=== sharp1 is now known as akelling | ||
=== sharp1 is now known as akelling | ||
gamerchick02 | how's everyone faring with the snow? | 13:59 |
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jrwren | too scared to go try and shovel. | 14:46 |
jrwren | how about you? | 14:46 |
gamerchick02 | i went out for a paper and coffee at 8-ish and it's gotten worse. i'm chillin like a villian in my apartment and will probably go out and make sure my car still runs this afternoon | 14:46 |
gamerchick02 | i wish i'd brought my stupid work laptop home this weekend so i'd be prepared for something like this. ugh, i'm so dumb | 14:47 |
gamerchick02 | i was smart and went grocery shopping friday night. :-P | 14:48 |
brousch | A paper? | 14:49 |
gamerchick02 | newspaper | 14:50 |
gamerchick02 | a publication that comes out daily or weekly with news in the form of print. usually has local and national news in it. | 14:50 |
gamerchick02 | :-P | 14:50 |
gamerchick02 | and comics. | 14:50 |
brousch | http://www.quickmeme.com/img/98/98b39b21ff008afaa5cba1e79fc611b2ddb64b3f44f57e792397c517768f4433.jpg | 14:50 |
gamerchick02 | hee | 14:50 |
gamerchick02 | at least i don't get it delivered! | 14:51 |
gamerchick02 | :-P | 14:51 |
gamerchick02 | for those of you that have a Keurig 2.0: http://boingboing.net/2015/02/01/free-freedom-clip-turns-of.html | 14:51 |
cmaloney | morn | 15:20 |
gamerchick02 | howdy cmaloney | 15:20 |
cmaloney | We did our grocery shopping last night | 15:20 |
gamerchick02 | smart | 15:20 |
cmaloney | so we had big breakfast and are now chillin' | 15:20 |
gamerchick02 | i figured it was gonna be crazy-crazy at meijer yesterday so i bucked up and went Friday night after work. | 15:21 |
cmaloney | JoDee and I used to like to read the paper: http://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/846-02796722em-1950s-COUPLE-MAN-WOMAN-READING-NEWSPAPER---.jpg | 15:22 |
gamerchick02 | hee! | 15:23 |
gamerchick02 | do you have those awesome glasses? | 15:23 |
cmaloney | But the kids now and their Internet these days: http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY_5a19812u.jpg | 15:23 |
gamerchick02 | and are you a dapper dan man? | 15:23 |
gamerchick02 | LOL the screen so he can't see the TV. nice! | 15:24 |
gamerchick02 | and to think we now have TVs that cover a wall | 15:24 |
cmaloney | So yeah, this morning we decided to have breakfast: https://thiswastv.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/lucy05.png | 15:24 |
gamerchick02 | (i love the vintage photos. for real though.) | 15:25 |
gamerchick02 | i might listen to my record player later. | 15:25 |
cmaloney | https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/04/73/a3/0473a37a29c63d0ce188923d6a951366.jpg | 15:32 |
cmaloney | http://siarchives.si.edu/sites/default/files/blog-attached-images/14434749379_03c76f6e7c_z.jpg | 15:32 |
gamerchick02 | exactly. though i don't have that awesome hair | 15:32 |
gamerchick02 | :) | 15:32 |
gamerchick02 | you don't have a record player? | 15:32 |
cmaloney | I have one. It's in the closet | 15:34 |
* cmaloney is a digital man | 15:35 | |
* gamerchick02 is too but i also like traditional media | 15:35 | |
cmaloney | http://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e2012876d29738970c-800wi | 15:35 |
cmaloney | http://www.vinmag.com/online/media/gbu0/prodlg/AP1695-technics-cd-player-1980s.jpg | 15:36 |
gamerchick02 | for pure convenience i love digital but i like to have the options to pick up an older record and know that i can play it | 15:36 |
gamerchick02 | is that a CD drive? | 15:36 |
cmaloney | They're all CD players | 15:37 |
gamerchick02 | nice. | 15:37 |
gamerchick02 | i don't have a portable cd player anymore | 15:37 |
cmaloney | "1980s cd player" in google | 15:37 |
cmaloney | of course you don't. You have a phone that is 10x capable | 15:37 |
gamerchick02 | :) | 15:37 |
cmaloney | http://www.acquris.se/images/sony_d-50_portable_cd-player_9.jpg | 15:38 |
cmaloney | Why would you carry around a single-purpose device? | 15:38 |
gamerchick02 | and an ipad and an ipod (but i'm not using the ipod much anymore since i got a 32gb microsd card for my phone. | 15:38 |
gamerchick02 | ) | 15:38 |
gamerchick02 | sometimes the single purpose device does a good job (think a trusty timex watch that gives the time and date). | 15:39 |
cmaloney | My 5 disc changer is in storage at the moment | 15:39 |
gamerchick02 | i've got a 6-disc changer in the car | 15:39 |
cmaloney | Yeah, I di like my 5 disc changer | 15:39 |
gamerchick02 | i WISH i had a bluetooth adapter or an aux in for my my car so so so bad | 15:39 |
cmaloney | but http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNTk5/z/uBgAAOSwa39UvZAp/$_35.JPG | 15:40 |
cmaloney | That's the one I have | 15:40 |
cmaloney | Best player I've ever owned | 15:40 |
gamerchick02 | that's your car radio? | 15:41 |
cmaloney | Sounds amazing | 15:41 |
cmaloney | Nah, that's a separate CD player for my stereo | 15:41 |
gamerchick02 | oh cool | 15:41 |
gamerchick02 | i have a sony three piece that i got in college. i love it. | 15:41 |
cmaloney | Problem is I have the Squeezebox now so I never use it | 15:41 |
gamerchick02 | i can't do "loud" in my apartment lest i piss off my neighbors | 15:41 |
cmaloney | understood | 15:42 |
cmaloney | bbiab | 15:43 |
gamerchick02 | how do you like the squeezebox? | 15:43 |
gamerchick02 | ok! | 15:43 |
cmaloney | I <3 it | 16:25 |
cmaloney | Unfortunately Logitech discontinued the hardware, but you can still find them rather inexpensively | 16:25 |
cmaloney | and there are computer-based clients so you can play your library on your computer | 16:25 |
gamerchick02 | ooo | 16:26 |
gamerchick02 | so it's like a hard drive that streams to speakers? | 16:26 |
cmaloney | IN a sense | 16:26 |
cmaloney | it's a whole eco-system comparable to iTunes or Sonos | 16:26 |
gamerchick02 | ah | 16:26 |
cmaloney | but with a heavier OSS component | 16:26 |
gamerchick02 | itunes is evil | 16:26 |
cmaloney | the server / clients are OSS | 16:26 |
cmaloney | even the hardware models | 16:26 |
gamerchick02 | nice | 16:27 |
cmaloney | It's a little clunky to get set up but once you have it set up it's quite nice | 16:27 |
cmaloney | so not something that I'd give my non-technically adept relatives but something that once they had some help setting up it works nicely. | 16:27 |
gamerchick02 | hrm that sounds neat. i'd love to be able to stream my music on my computer to a set of speakers in my living room (my computer is in the second bedroom in my apartment) | 16:28 |
cmaloney | Supports internet radio | 16:28 |
gamerchick02 | ooo | 16:28 |
cmaloney | and Pandora (with MySqueezebox, iirc) | 16:28 |
gamerchick02 | i have so much to listen to it's insane | 16:28 |
cmaloney | http://www.linuxjournaldigital.com/linuxjournal/201209?pg=73#pg71 | 16:29 |
cmaloney | I wrote an article for Linux Journal describing the Squeezebox | 16:29 |
gamerchick02 | woo thanks | 16:36 |
cmaloney | np | 16:36 |
cmaloney | If you have any questions LMK (PM me, or email: craig@decafbad.net). I love to wax eloquent about the Squeezebox | 16:36 |
gamerchick02 | hee. i might give it a go | 16:36 |
gamerchick02 | or i might not. i'd love to get this kind of thing going in my mom's house | 16:37 |
cmaloney | It's great because I can listen to my stuff at work and JoDee can (and has) turned on the radio in the basement and listened to something else | 16:37 |
cmaloney | and I've used it for parties to play music | 16:37 |
gamerchick02 | oooh yeah | 16:37 |
gamerchick02 | yeah no disc switching! | 16:38 |
cmaloney | Yep | 16:38 |
cmaloney | Great for Wagnerian Opera | 16:38 |
gamerchick02 | great for... anything really. hah | 16:38 |
cmaloney | There's also a Smart Mix plugin that I use for creating automatic playlists | 16:39 |
gamerchick02 | that's only if your music is tagged properly *snerk* | 16:39 |
cmaloney | so i tell it what genere I want it to use and tweak a few parameters and it'll play my library | 16:39 |
gamerchick02 | i'm working on that with Musicbrainz Picard | 16:39 |
cmaloney | I try to tag everything with Musicbrainz. :) | 16:39 |
gamerchick02 | +1 to Musicbrainz | 16:40 |
cmaloney | But yeah, if I hear something I don't want to hear in my mix it's my own damn fault for having it on my drive | 16:40 |
gamerchick02 | hee yes. | 16:40 |
cmaloney | (You can set it to use external sources, or your own library) | 16:41 |
gamerchick02 | very nice! | 16:41 |
cmaloney | So I won't have to worry about someone thinking that Nickelback is Dath Metal | 16:41 |
gamerchick02 | oh lordy. Nickelback is horrible | 16:41 |
cmaloney | It scratches an itch that I don't have nor care to ever explore. | 16:41 |
cmaloney | Works for some, not my taste | 16:42 |
gamerchick02 | it's... boring | 16:42 |
gamerchick02 | i dunno | 16:42 |
cmaloney | If I were a frustrated 12 year old who thought Axe cologne was awesome and needed some inspiration on how to be an asshole in my later years I think Nickelback would fit that itch | 16:42 |
cmaloney | but none of that is relevant to me | 16:43 |
cmaloney | I'm already the asshole I want to be. | 16:43 |
gamerchick02 | you need that on a t-shirt | 16:43 |
gamerchick02 | "I'm already the asshole I want to be." | 16:43 |
cmaloney | ;) | 16:43 |
gamerchick02 | gonna restart to fix something brb | 16:58 |
gamerchick02 | back | 17:13 |
jrwren | shovelling session #1 done. | 17:23 |
gamerchick02 | success? | 17:23 |
jrwren | yes. | 17:26 |
gamerchick02 | awesome. i'm going out later and i'll clean the car off and shovel behind it | 17:26 |
gamerchick02 | i mean i'm not going out but i'll go out to clean the car off. | 17:26 |
gamerchick02 | sorry i'm unclear. ahem | 17:26 |
cmaloney | Sadly I think I'm going to need to shovel soon | 18:17 |
cmaloney | unless a band of feral children happen by my house loooking for alms | 18:17 |
gamerchick02 | HAH | 18:17 |
gamerchick02 | good luck | 18:18 |
akelling | HOw much snow you guys get up in MI? | 18:20 |
gamerchick02 | depends on location but Auburn Hills is due for 4 to 7 inches | 18:20 |
akelling | wow | 18:20 |
gamerchick02 | south of 59 probably 6-10 | 18:20 |
akelling | Woke up with 4 inchs here in Colorado. Was not expecting that. | 18:20 |
gamerchick02 | south of 94, i think they said 9-12 | 18:20 |
akelling | Thats some snow | 18:21 |
gamerchick02 | yeah | 18:21 |
akelling | My dog was not ammused this morning to say the least | 18:21 |
gamerchick02 | LOL | 18:22 |
gamerchick02 | i can see it "yay outside" | 18:22 |
gamerchick02 | "WAIT WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?" | 18:22 |
akelling | lol that about how it went down. | 18:25 |
gamerchick02 | :) | 18:26 |
akelling | blurry pic but here she is this morning. https://content-na.drive.amazonaws.com/cdproxy/templink/BxAVY3L6kxI5FW71hYBMK3K4c2Fiz-8MW6kqqKrchBULAYspN?viewBox=1366 | 18:26 |
gamerchick02 | :) cute dog! | 18:28 |
akelling | That she is. | 18:33 |
cmaloney | Alas, no feral children in the neighborhood | 19:12 |
cmaloney | So I'm going to need to shovel | 19:13 |
cmaloney | bah | 19:13 |
gamerchick02 | at first glance that looked like "ferel chicken" | 19:13 |
gamerchick02 | anyway, enjoy your shovelling! | 19:13 |
cmaloney | Heh | 19:57 |
cmaloney | If they know how to shovel I'll take it | 19:57 |
cmaloney | JoDee's making hot cocoa. It's all good | 19:59 |
gamerchick02 | :) yay for cocoa! | 20:14 |
cmaloney | https://plus.google.com/+CraigMaloney/posts/D1E9P2Lig75 | 20:14 |
gamerchick02 | what's it been named? | 20:16 |
cmaloney | Our winter storm | 20:16 |
cmaloney | apparently they went and named it | 20:16 |
gamerchick02 | oh joy | 20:16 |
cmaloney | Well, my shoveling went *poof* | 20:39 |
gamerchick02 | yeah, it's getting crazy out there | 20:46 |
gamerchick02 | after rathole radio i'm going to see if i can clean off the car and clean behind it but if i can't get out tomorrow i'll call it in. this sucks. | 20:46 |
havenstance2 | greetings from Pittsburgh everyone :) | 21:19 |
havenstance2 | cmaloney I noticed they named that... I kinda chuckled didn't know we were naming storms now | 21:20 |
cmaloney | Yeah I think I'm working from home tomorrow | 21:33 |
cmaloney | Next door just fired up their snowblower | 21:33 |
gamerchick02 | i forgot my computer | 21:56 |
gamerchick02 | yay another day of no pay!!! | 21:56 |
gamerchick02 | >_< | 21:57 |
gamerchick02 | i hate hate hate missing work | 21:57 |
gamerchick02 | i've actually set my alarm 45 minutes early so maybe i can make it in for normal time | 21:59 |
havenstance2 | what's the weather like in MI today? | 22:22 |
havenstance2 | I imagine its pretty bad looking out my window | 22:22 |
gamerchick02 | it is | 22:24 |
gamerchick02 | it's been snowing on and off. right now it's "on" | 22:25 |
gamerchick02 | and the piles are getting deeper in front of my apartment building. not sure if i should get up at the arse-crack of dawn tomorrow or beg off, but i'm going to at least try to get in. | 22:25 |
havenstance2 | yeah I moved to Pittsburgh, its been freezing rain here all day | 22:26 |
gamerchick02 | *nods* | 22:26 |
gamerchick02 | sorry about that. it's almost worse. | 22:26 |
havenstance2 | worst part is nobody knows how to drive here... | 22:27 |
gamerchick02 | ugh | 22:28 |
havenstance2 | I thought Michigan had the worlds worst drivers, until I came to Pittsburgh | 22:28 |
gamerchick02 | i'm debating. if i can't get out i'll text in. my boss is cool about that. i feel bad that i left my laptop at work though. i could at least get started at 7 if i had it with me... | 22:28 |
gamerchick02 | Ohio. my ex is a shit driver | 22:29 |
havenstance2 | I'll hand that to you too Ohio is pretty bad | 22:29 |
havenstance2 | worst part about Pittsburgh is you get Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia drivers all in one place | 22:29 |
gamerchick02 | oh no! | 22:30 |
havenstance2 | its not a normal day if I don't get cut off at least 5 times on the way to work.... and I'm not talking the car merge in front of you, I'm talking they start when they are only half way passed your car | 22:30 |
gamerchick02 | good god | 22:30 |
havenstance2 | forcing you to lock up the breaks or hit the edge of the road | 22:30 |
gamerchick02 | time to invest in that hummer you always dreamed of | 22:30 |
havenstance2 | im thinking of buying a F350 and putting a brush guard on it :) | 22:31 |
gamerchick02 | hah! | 22:31 |
gamerchick02 | get a Ram 4500 | 22:31 |
gamerchick02 | dualie. | 22:31 |
gamerchick02 | that'll stop em. | 22:31 |
havenstance2 | yeah lol, unfortunately the Ram's transmissions aren't the most reliable in the world. | 22:32 |
havenstance2 | dodge usually stands beside them though so I'll give them that | 22:32 |
gamerchick02 | they're much better than they were | 22:32 |
havenstance2 | fair argument, I'd actually consider buying a dodge today | 22:32 |
havenstance2 | friend of mine had one of the BAD ones.... | 22:32 |
gamerchick02 | (i work at Chrysler so i might be biased) | 22:32 |
havenstance2 | :) | 22:32 |
havenstance2 | understandable | 22:32 |
gamerchick02 | BUT i do know they've been working super hard on the quality | 22:33 |
havenstance2 | one thing I'll hand Chrysler though, when those transmissions go bad now, they have been helping replace them | 22:33 |
havenstance2 | even the old ones, my buddy had a 2006 dodge ram, lost the transmission because a mounting bolt failed. | 22:33 |
havenstance2 | Chrysler replaced it for him | 22:34 |
gamerchick02 | ooo | 22:34 |
havenstance2 | I was impressed | 22:34 |
gamerchick02 | good on Chrysler! | 22:34 |
gamerchick02 | good luck getting that out of GM | 22:34 |
gamerchick02 | hah | 22:34 |
havenstance2 | Dealership discovered it was a broken bolt that they had supposidly replaced once before.... so they gave him a new trans, I'd bet it was rebuilt but even still | 22:35 |
havenstance2 | it worked and he didn't have to pay for it, i was exteremely impressed. | 22:35 |
gamerchick02 | yeah, they usually will replace with rebuilt in an old truck. | 22:36 |
havenstance2 | I have been contemplating buying a Dodge Charger tho :) | 22:36 |
gamerchick02 | i'm proud they're staying by their work. even if it was crap before. | 22:36 |
gamerchick02 | i think that's RWD. not good in this snow | 22:36 |
havenstance2 | yeah, sand tubes help with that though | 22:36 |
havenstance2 | I was born and raised by Traverse City, Michigan | 22:37 |
havenstance2 | so snow is nothing new to me, but its like people out here don't understand anything about it | 22:37 |
havenstance2 | and 3-4 inches, is a major deal apparently | 22:37 |
gamerchick02 | 3-4 inches is nothing round here | 22:38 |
havenstance2 | lol I don't even panic up north until I hear 2-4 feet :) | 22:38 |
gamerchick02 | well in the metro detroit area they can't handle 6 much less anything related to feet. | 22:39 |
gamerchick02 | i'm hoping things will be cleaned up tomorrow afternoon but that might be a pipe dream. | 22:39 |
gamerchick02 | ugh | 22:39 |
havenstance2 | town i lived in was in the snowbelt | 22:40 |
havenstance2 | wasn't uncommon to wake up to a foot of fresh snow | 22:40 |
havenstance2 | 3-4 inches was almost daily though | 22:40 |
gamerchick02 | well i don't have 4WD so i may not be leaving tomorrow. | 22:41 |
havenstance2 | home depot sells sand tubes | 22:42 |
havenstance2 | put 6 of them in your trunk in the winter, and it helps alot with the snow | 22:42 |
gamerchick02 | i don't have a truck. i have a Mazda 3 | 22:42 |
havenstance2 | it wont cure all your RWD Woes, but it does help quite a bit :) | 22:42 |
gamerchick02 | hah yeah, it will! | 22:43 |
havenstance2 | I did it with a Lincoln Towncar :) | 22:43 |
gamerchick02 | also kitty litter | 22:43 |
havenstance2 | yeah Kitty Litter works too | 22:43 |
havenstance2 | but the sand tubes are easier to manage | 22:43 |
gamerchick02 | yeah | 22:44 |
havenstance2 | easier to store in the summer time | 22:44 |
havenstance2 | Mazda 3 though, you could probably get away with 2-3 sand bags, iirc those aren't very heavy cars | 22:44 |
gamerchick02 | true! | 22:44 |
havenstance2 | I'd just put em in the trunk around the Spare Tire Compartment :) | 22:45 |
gamerchick02 | my car is FWD. i'm usually ok as long as the snow is lower than the clearance on my car | 22:45 |
havenstance2 | yeah, you have a foot of snow on the ground yet? | 22:45 |
gamerchick02 | i don't think so. not yet. | 22:46 |
gamerchick02 | 6 inches probably but it's been blowing around. | 22:46 |
gamerchick02 | depends on where you measure it. :-P | 22:46 |
havenstance2 | typically with a FWD anything, usually around a foot of snow can cause problems | 22:46 |
havenstance2 | especially when it drifts | 22:46 |
gamerchick02 | yeah | 22:46 |
havenstance2 | I have a Cavalier and a Malibu Maxx | 22:47 |
havenstance2 | the Cavalier was my favorite car for the winter | 22:47 |
gamerchick02 | :) | 22:47 |
havenstance2 | the Mailbu is surprisingly okay in the snow | 22:47 |
havenstance2 | but that cavalier I only ever got it stuck once so I don't know how much snow exactly was its nemesis but a 3 foot drift buried it :) | 22:48 |
havenstance2 | all you could see was the back half the car sticking out LOL | 22:48 |
gamerchick02 | i've never gotten stuck with the MAzda. | 22:48 |
gamerchick02 | no i take that back | 22:48 |
gamerchick02 | i was stuck in the lot because of the ice. i couldn't get any grip to get out of my spot | 22:48 |
havenstance2 | that's understandable, I'm learning here when they say freezing rain, they mean it | 22:49 |
gamerchick02 | yeah. i prefer snow to freezing rain. | 22:49 |
havenstance2 | these mountain roads are flat scary in the mornings after Freezing Rain | 22:49 |
gamerchick02 | geez | 22:49 |
havenstance2 | now the snow, I do fine in, in fact 3 inches of snow I'm heading to work getting looks from plow drivers like I'm nuts | 22:50 |
havenstance2 | they plow here with pickups basically, and salt with converted trash trucks | 22:50 |
gamerchick02 | :) we'll see if i can get out tomorrow. | 22:50 |
gamerchick02 | it's times like that when i wish i had a 4WD Jeep | 22:50 |
havenstance2 | I think you should be fine :) | 22:50 |
havenstance2 | I'd buy one just to keep in the yard lol | 22:50 |
gamerchick02 | lol! | 22:50 |
gamerchick02 | jeeps are cool | 22:50 |
gamerchick02 | shit gas mileage but cool | 22:51 |
havenstance2 | newer jeeps get between 20-25mpg | 22:51 |
havenstance2 | not great, but not bad for a jeep | 22:51 |
havenstance2 | considering some of the older ones you were lucky to see 10 LOL | 22:51 |
gamerchick02 | i get 25/30 in the Mazda. got 36/40 in the Saturn (granted it had a shit engine in it and the quality was crap. but good gas mileage) | 22:52 |
havenstance2 | yeah, I get about 29 in the malibu | 22:52 |
havenstance2 | I got over 30 in the cavalier though | 22:52 |
havenstance2 | was pretty close to the saturn | 22:52 |
gamerchick02 | they were the same car after saturn merged totally with GM | 22:53 |
havenstance2 | I came through Detroit last weekend, hit Telegraph Ave on 75 at 5:02pm | 22:53 |
havenstance2 | took almost 3 hours to get from Telegraph to Royal Oak... | 22:53 |
gamerchick02 | like i said though, quality was crap. engine mounts rattled off pretty much every two years. | 22:53 |
gamerchick02 | ugh. three hours. welcome to rush hour | 22:54 |
havenstance2 | yeah that Cavalier was the same way, I eventually put a lock washer and 2 nuts on it to hold it | 22:54 |
gamerchick02 | that would work! | 22:54 |
havenstance2 | Wayze said there was an accident up by 8 mile but when I got there all I saw was a car going on a flat bed | 22:54 |
havenstance2 | anyway, off to the Super Bowl party, have a good night :) | 22:55 |
gamerchick02 | ok have fun! | 22:55 |
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