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=== sharp1 is now known as akelling
=== sharp1 is now known as akelling
gamerchick02how's everyone faring with the snow?13:59
jrwrentoo scared to go try and shovel.14:46
jrwrenhow about you?14:46
gamerchick02i 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 afternoon14:46
gamerchick02i wish i'd brought my stupid work laptop home this weekend so i'd be prepared for something like this. ugh, i'm so dumb14:47
gamerchick02i was smart and went grocery shopping friday night. :-P14:48
brouschA paper?14:49
gamerchick02newspaper14:50
gamerchick02a 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:-P14:50
gamerchick02and comics.14:50
brouschhttp://www.quickmeme.com/img/98/98b39b21ff008afaa5cba1e79fc611b2ddb64b3f44f57e792397c517768f4433.jpg14:50
gamerchick02hee14:50
gamerchick02at least i don't get it delivered!14:51
gamerchick02:-P14:51
gamerchick02for those of you that have a Keurig 2.0: http://boingboing.net/2015/02/01/free-freedom-clip-turns-of.html14:51
cmaloneymorn15:20
gamerchick02howdy cmaloney15:20
cmaloneyWe did our grocery shopping last night15:20
gamerchick02smart15:20
cmaloneyso we had big breakfast and are now chillin'15:20
gamerchick02i figured it was gonna be crazy-crazy at meijer yesterday so i bucked up and went Friday night after work.15:21
cmaloneyJoDee and I used to like to read the paper: http://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/846-02796722em-1950s-COUPLE-MAN-WOMAN-READING-NEWSPAPER---.jpg15:22
gamerchick02hee!15:23
gamerchick02do you have those awesome glasses?15:23
cmaloneyBut the kids now and their Internet these days: http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY_5a19812u.jpg15:23
gamerchick02and are you a dapper dan man?15:23
gamerchick02LOL the screen so he can't see the TV. nice!15:24
gamerchick02and to think we now have TVs that cover a wall15:24
cmaloneySo yeah, this morning we decided to have breakfast: https://thiswastv.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/lucy05.png15:24
gamerchick02(i love the vintage photos. for real though.)15:25
gamerchick02i might listen to my record player later.15:25
cmaloneyhttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/04/73/a3/0473a37a29c63d0ce188923d6a951366.jpg15:32
cmaloneyhttp://siarchives.si.edu/sites/default/files/blog-attached-images/14434749379_03c76f6e7c_z.jpg15:32
gamerchick02exactly. though i don't have that awesome hair15:32
gamerchick02:)15:32
gamerchick02you don't have a record player?15:32
cmaloneyI have one. It's in the closet15:34
* cmaloney is a digital man15:35
* gamerchick02 is too but i also like traditional media15:35
cmaloneyhttp://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e2012876d29738970c-800wi15:35
cmaloneyhttp://www.vinmag.com/online/media/gbu0/prodlg/AP1695-technics-cd-player-1980s.jpg15:36
gamerchick02for pure convenience i love digital but i like to have the options to pick up an older record and know that i can play it15:36
gamerchick02is that a CD drive?15:36
cmaloneyThey're all CD players15:37
gamerchick02nice.15:37
gamerchick02i don't have a portable cd player anymore15:37
cmaloney"1980s cd player" in google15:37
cmaloneyof course you don't. You have a phone that is 10x capable15:37
gamerchick02:)15:37
cmaloneyhttp://www.acquris.se/images/sony_d-50_portable_cd-player_9.jpg15:38
cmaloneyWhy would you carry around a single-purpose device?15:38
gamerchick02and 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
gamerchick02sometimes the single purpose device does a good job (think a trusty timex watch that gives the time and date).15:39
cmaloneyMy 5 disc changer is in storage at the moment15:39
gamerchick02i've got a 6-disc changer in the car15:39
cmaloneyYeah, I di like my 5 disc changer15:39
gamerchick02i WISH i had a bluetooth adapter or an aux in for my my car so so so bad15:39
cmaloneybut http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNTk5/z/uBgAAOSwa39UvZAp/$_35.JPG15:40
cmaloneyThat's the one I have15:40
cmaloneyBest player I've ever owned15:40
gamerchick02that's your car radio?15:41
cmaloneySounds amazing15:41
cmaloneyNah, that's a separate CD player for my stereo15:41
gamerchick02oh cool15:41
gamerchick02i have a sony three piece that i got in college. i love it.15:41
cmaloneyProblem is I have the Squeezebox now so I never use it15:41
gamerchick02i can't do "loud" in my apartment lest i piss off my neighbors15:41
cmaloneyunderstood15:42
cmaloneybbiab15:43
gamerchick02how do you like the squeezebox?15:43
gamerchick02ok!15:43
cmaloneyI <3 it16:25
cmaloneyUnfortunately Logitech discontinued the hardware, but you can still find them rather inexpensively16:25
cmaloneyand there are computer-based clients so you can play your library on your computer16:25
gamerchick02ooo16:26
gamerchick02so it's like a hard drive that streams to speakers?16:26
cmaloneyIN a sense16:26
cmaloneyit's a whole eco-system comparable to iTunes or Sonos16:26
gamerchick02ah16:26
cmaloneybut with a heavier OSS component16:26
gamerchick02itunes is evil16:26
cmaloneythe server / clients are OSS16:26
cmaloneyeven the hardware models16:26
gamerchick02nice16:27
cmaloneyIt's a little clunky to get set up but once you have it set up it's quite nice16:27
cmaloneyso 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
gamerchick02hrm 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
cmaloneySupports internet radio16:28
gamerchick02ooo16:28
cmaloneyand Pandora (with MySqueezebox, iirc)16:28
gamerchick02i have so much to listen to it's insane16:28
cmaloneyhttp://www.linuxjournaldigital.com/linuxjournal/201209?pg=73#pg7116:29
cmaloneyI wrote an article for Linux Journal describing the Squeezebox16:29
gamerchick02woo thanks16:36
cmaloneynp16:36
cmaloneyIf you have any questions LMK (PM me, or email: craig@decafbad.net). I love to wax eloquent about the Squeezebox16:36
gamerchick02hee. i might give it a go16:36
gamerchick02or i might not. i'd love to get this kind of thing going in my mom's house16:37
cmaloneyIt'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 else16:37
cmaloneyand I've used it for parties to play music16:37
gamerchick02oooh yeah16:37
gamerchick02yeah no disc switching!16:38
cmaloneyYep16:38
cmaloneyGreat for Wagnerian Opera16:38
gamerchick02great for... anything really. hah16:38
cmaloneyThere's also a Smart Mix plugin that I use for creating automatic playlists16:39
gamerchick02that's only if your music is tagged properly *snerk*16:39
cmaloneyso i tell it what genere I want it to use and tweak a few parameters and it'll play my library16:39
gamerchick02i'm working on that with Musicbrainz Picard16:39
cmaloneyI try to tag everything with Musicbrainz. :)16:39
gamerchick02+1 to Musicbrainz16:40
cmaloneyBut 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 drive16:40
gamerchick02hee yes.16:40
cmaloney(You can set it to use external sources, or your own library)16:41
gamerchick02very nice!16:41
cmaloneySo I won't have to worry about someone thinking that Nickelback is Dath Metal16:41
gamerchick02oh lordy. Nickelback is horrible16:41
cmaloneyIt scratches an itch that I don't have nor care to ever explore.16:41
cmaloneyWorks for some, not my taste16:42
gamerchick02it's... boring16:42
gamerchick02i dunno16:42
cmaloneyIf 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 itch16:42
cmaloneybut none of that is relevant to me16:43
cmaloneyI'm already the asshole I want to be.16:43
gamerchick02you need that on a t-shirt16:43
gamerchick02"I'm already the asshole I want to be."16:43
cmaloney;)16:43
gamerchick02gonna restart to fix something brb16:58
gamerchick02back17:13
jrwrenshovelling session #1 done.17:23
gamerchick02success?17:23
jrwrenyes.17:26
gamerchick02awesome. i'm going out later and i'll clean the car off and shovel behind it17:26
gamerchick02i mean i'm not going out but i'll go out to clean the car off.17:26
gamerchick02sorry i'm unclear. ahem17:26
cmaloneySadly I think I'm going to need to shovel soon18:17
cmaloneyunless a band of feral children happen by my house loooking for alms18:17
gamerchick02HAH18:17
gamerchick02good luck18:18
akellingHOw much snow you guys get up in MI?18:20
gamerchick02depends on location but Auburn Hills is due for 4 to 7 inches18:20
akellingwow18:20
gamerchick02south of 59 probably 6-1018:20
akellingWoke up with 4 inchs here in Colorado. Was not expecting that.18:20
gamerchick02south of 94, i think they said 9-1218:20
akellingThats some snow18:21
gamerchick02yeah18:21
akellingMy dog was not ammused this morning to say the least18:21
gamerchick02LOL18:22
gamerchick02i can see it "yay outside"18:22
gamerchick02"WAIT WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?"18:22
akellinglol that about how it went down.18:25
gamerchick02:)18:26
akellingblurry pic but here she is this morning. https://content-na.drive.amazonaws.com/cdproxy/templink/BxAVY3L6kxI5FW71hYBMK3K4c2Fiz-8MW6kqqKrchBULAYspN?viewBox=136618:26
gamerchick02:) cute dog!18:28
akellingThat she is.18:33
cmaloneyAlas, no feral children in the neighborhood19:12
cmaloneySo I'm going to need to shovel19:13
cmaloneybah19:13
gamerchick02at first glance that looked like "ferel chicken"19:13
gamerchick02anyway, enjoy your shovelling!19:13
cmaloneyHeh19:57
cmaloneyIf they know how to shovel I'll take it19:57
cmaloneyJoDee's making hot cocoa. It's all good19:59
gamerchick02:) yay for cocoa!20:14
cmaloneyhttps://plus.google.com/+CraigMaloney/posts/D1E9P2Lig7520:14
gamerchick02what's it been named?20:16
cmaloneyOur winter storm20:16
cmaloneyapparently they went and named it20:16
gamerchick02oh joy20:16
cmaloneyWell, my shoveling went *poof*20:39
gamerchick02yeah, it's getting crazy out there20:46
gamerchick02after 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
havenstance2greetings from Pittsburgh everyone :)21:19
havenstance2cmaloney I noticed they named that... I kinda chuckled didn't know we were naming storms now21:20
cmaloneyYeah I think I'm working from home tomorrow21:33
cmaloneyNext door just fired up their snowblower21:33
gamerchick02i forgot my computer21:56
gamerchick02yay another day of no pay!!!21:56
gamerchick02>_<21:57
gamerchick02i hate hate hate missing work21:57
gamerchick02i've actually set my alarm 45 minutes early so maybe i can make it in for normal time21:59
havenstance2what's the weather like in MI today?22:22
havenstance2I imagine its pretty bad looking out my window22:22
gamerchick02it is22:24
gamerchick02it's been snowing on and off. right now it's "on"22:25
gamerchick02and 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
havenstance2yeah I moved to Pittsburgh, its been freezing rain here all day22:26
gamerchick02*nods*22:26
gamerchick02sorry about that. it's almost worse.22:26
havenstance2worst part is nobody knows how to drive here...22:27
gamerchick02ugh22:28
havenstance2I thought Michigan had the worlds worst drivers, until I came to Pittsburgh22:28
gamerchick02i'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
gamerchick02Ohio. my ex is a shit driver22:29
havenstance2I'll hand that to you too Ohio is pretty bad22:29
havenstance2worst part about Pittsburgh is you get Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia drivers all in one place22:29
gamerchick02oh no!22:30
havenstance2its 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 car22:30
gamerchick02good god22:30
havenstance2forcing you to lock up the breaks or hit the edge of the road22:30
gamerchick02time to invest in that hummer you always dreamed of22:30
havenstance2im thinking of buying a F350 and putting a brush guard on it :)22:31
gamerchick02hah!22:31
gamerchick02get a Ram 450022:31
gamerchick02dualie.22:31
gamerchick02that'll stop em.22:31
havenstance2yeah lol, unfortunately the Ram's transmissions aren't the most reliable in the world.22:32
havenstance2dodge usually stands beside them though so I'll give them that22:32
gamerchick02they're much better than they were22:32
havenstance2fair argument, I'd actually consider buying a dodge today22:32
havenstance2friend 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
havenstance2understandable22:32
gamerchick02BUT i do know they've been working super hard on the quality22:33
havenstance2one thing I'll hand Chrysler though, when those transmissions go bad now, they have been helping replace them22:33
havenstance2even the old ones, my buddy had a 2006 dodge ram, lost the transmission because a mounting bolt failed.22:33
havenstance2Chrysler replaced it for him22:34
gamerchick02ooo22:34
havenstance2I was impressed22:34
gamerchick02good on Chrysler!22:34
gamerchick02good luck getting that out of GM22:34
gamerchick02hah22:34
havenstance2Dealership 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 still22:35
havenstance2it worked and he didn't have to pay for it, i was exteremely impressed.22:35
gamerchick02yeah, they usually will replace with rebuilt in an old truck.22:36
havenstance2I have been contemplating buying a Dodge Charger tho :)22:36
gamerchick02i'm proud they're staying by their work. even if it was crap before.22:36
gamerchick02i think that's RWD. not good in this snow22:36
havenstance2yeah, sand tubes help with that though22:36
havenstance2I was born and raised by Traverse City, Michigan22:37
havenstance2so snow is nothing new to me, but its like people out here don't understand anything about it22:37
havenstance2and 3-4 inches, is a major deal apparently22:37
gamerchick023-4 inches is nothing round here22:38
havenstance2lol I don't even panic up north until I hear 2-4 feet :)22:38
gamerchick02well in the metro detroit area they can't handle 6 much less anything related to feet.22:39
gamerchick02i'm hoping things will be cleaned up tomorrow afternoon but that might be a pipe dream.22:39
gamerchick02ugh22:39
havenstance2town i lived in was in the snowbelt22:40
havenstance2wasn't uncommon to wake up to a foot of fresh snow22:40
havenstance23-4 inches was almost daily though22:40
gamerchick02well i don't have 4WD so i may not be leaving tomorrow.22:41
havenstance2home depot sells sand tubes22:42
havenstance2put 6 of them in your trunk in the winter, and it helps alot with the snow22:42
gamerchick02i don't have a truck. i have a Mazda 322:42
havenstance2it wont cure all your RWD Woes, but it does help quite a bit :)22:42
gamerchick02hah yeah, it will!22:43
havenstance2I did it with a Lincoln Towncar :)22:43
gamerchick02also kitty litter22:43
havenstance2yeah Kitty Litter works too22:43
havenstance2but the sand tubes are easier to manage22:43
gamerchick02yeah22:44
havenstance2easier to store in the summer time22:44
havenstance2Mazda 3 though, you could probably get away with 2-3 sand bags, iirc those aren't very heavy cars22:44
gamerchick02true!22:44
havenstance2I'd just put em in the trunk around the Spare Tire Compartment :)22:45
gamerchick02my car is FWD. i'm usually ok as long as the snow is lower than the clearance on my car22:45
havenstance2yeah, you have a foot of snow on the ground yet?22:45
gamerchick02i don't think so. not yet.22:46
gamerchick026 inches probably but it's been blowing around.22:46
gamerchick02depends on where you measure it. :-P22:46
havenstance2typically with a FWD anything, usually around a foot of snow can cause problems22:46
havenstance2especially when it drifts22:46
gamerchick02yeah22:46
havenstance2I have a Cavalier and a Malibu Maxx22:47
havenstance2the Cavalier was my favorite car for the winter22:47
gamerchick02:)22:47
havenstance2the Mailbu is surprisingly okay in the snow22:47
havenstance2but 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
havenstance2all you could see was the back half the car sticking out LOL22:48
gamerchick02i've never gotten stuck with the MAzda.22:48
gamerchick02no i take that back22:48
gamerchick02i was stuck in the lot because of the ice. i couldn't get any grip to get out of my spot22:48
havenstance2that's understandable, I'm learning here when they say freezing rain, they mean it22:49
gamerchick02yeah. i prefer snow to freezing rain.22:49
havenstance2these mountain roads are flat scary in the mornings after Freezing Rain22:49
gamerchick02geez22:49
havenstance2now 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 nuts22:50
havenstance2they plow here with pickups basically, and salt with converted trash trucks22:50
gamerchick02:) we'll see if i can get out tomorrow.22:50
gamerchick02it's times like that when i wish i had a 4WD Jeep22:50
havenstance2I think you should be fine :)22:50
havenstance2I'd buy one just to keep in the yard lol22:50
gamerchick02lol!22:50
gamerchick02jeeps are cool22:50
gamerchick02shit gas mileage but cool22:51
havenstance2newer jeeps get between 20-25mpg22:51
havenstance2not great, but not bad for a jeep22:51
havenstance2considering some of the older ones you were lucky to see 10 LOL22:51
gamerchick02i 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
havenstance2yeah, I get about 29 in the malibu22:52
havenstance2I got over 30 in the cavalier though22:52
havenstance2was pretty close to the saturn22:52
gamerchick02they were the same car after saturn merged totally with GM22:53
havenstance2I came through Detroit last weekend, hit Telegraph Ave on 75 at 5:02pm22:53
havenstance2took almost 3 hours to get from Telegraph to Royal Oak...22:53
gamerchick02like i said though, quality was crap. engine mounts rattled off pretty much every two years.22:53
gamerchick02ugh. three hours. welcome to rush hour22:54
havenstance2yeah that Cavalier was the same way, I eventually put a lock washer and 2 nuts on it to hold it22:54
gamerchick02that would work!22:54
havenstance2Wayze said there was an accident up by 8 mile but when I got there all I saw was a car going on a flat bed22:54
havenstance2anyway, off to the Super Bowl party, have a good night :)22:55
gamerchick02ok have fun!22:55

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