Hello

So I'm on my fourth for tonight. It's been an interesting day, so yeah, i
got a six pack to settle the nerves.

Probably not the best medicine, but it works ;P

Wife is watching doggies vs tigers on the tv (AFL game - her team is
doggies).

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's got
all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of
stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I
have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

Oh well. I've copied about 2TB off of it, and I have the most important
stuff.. photos, old projects etc. I might be able to find space for the
rest of it over various hard drives, but I'm not sure I really care that
much.

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being under
40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be
remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful when
asked. I hope. Maybe it's just the drama of other nets, but I hope others
don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that way by
someone in particular.

Sorry that was a little dark I suppose. Probably just put too much stock
in what others think.

Anyway, I'm going to get another beer and join my wife watching the footy.

Andrew

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Re: Beer
By: apam to All on Fri Apr 30 2021 08:45 pm

So I'm on my fourth for tonight. It's been an interesting day, so yeah, i got a six pack to settle the nerves.

Probably not the best medicine, but it works ;P

That's the important part. I also find "it works" :)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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apam wrote to All <=-

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being
under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to

Being "just 40" was over ten years ago for me. Before I forget to tell
you, "Have a happy birthday!"

be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful
when asked. I hope. Maybe it's just the drama of other nets, but I hope others don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that
way by someone in particular.

I care about things that matter to me -- my family and close friends.
Others and their opinions, not so much. There's a lot of hate out there,
and I avoid as much of that game as I can.

Sorry that was a little dark I suppose. Probably just put too much
stock in what others think.

Beer *IS* a depressant. And it's easy to get wrapped up in things that
just don't matter. Will it really matter in 10 years?

Hakuna matata

Take care,
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Twas Saturday, May 1st when apam said...

So I'm on my fourth for tonight. It's been an interesting day, so yeah, i got a six pack to settle the nerves.

Why I have vape in hand :)


On Saturday, May 1st apam said...

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's got all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

Oh man, figure out a way! I've lost stuff like that before and have really regreted it. I'm sure I've mentioned it a million times, but look into unRAID. I just toss my old drives in a unRAID server and have used it for years without issue -- including rebuild/repairs from losing a drive (but without data loss due to parity). That won't help you get another 5TB drive of course, but it means you can throw smaller/older ones and get the same deal.

On Saturday, May 1st apam muttered...

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable.

Always have been man, and happy pre-birthday. I actually forgot how old I was the other day (42), so I guess that isn't a good sign :)





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On 30 Apr 2021 at 08:45p, apam pondered and said...

So I'm on my fourth for tonight. It's been an interesting day, so yeah, i got a six pack to settle the nerves.

what beer do you like to drink? I quite like a larger but am not too fussed
on what sort, so long as it costs little at the supermarket!

Probably not the best medicine, but it works ;P

I have been there at times too. :)

Wife is watching doggies vs tigers on the tv (AFL game - her team is doggies).

Golly I first read that and thought is that a David Attenborough show? Ha :)

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's got
all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of
stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

Bugger. I only have 1TB drives here and mostly older too.. Hmmm there's a lesson here somewhere I think. Perhaps I'd better try and find another one
too soon. How much as 5TB drives now? Been ages since I've looked at this.

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be

you're only as young as you are today... so live each day for what it brings, well that's my general theory. I've orbited the sun 10+ times more than you. It's all good and the years ahead are fun to enjoy too. I looked back at when
I was younger the other day. Did I enjoy them yeah mostly, would I want to rerun them again. Nah.

40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful when

I think your a very helpful and approachable fellow, who like all of us, has good days and bad.

Anyway, I'm going to get another beer and join my wife watching the
footy.

Enjoy!

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On 30 Apr 2021 at 08:43p, NuSkooler pondered and said...

Why I have vape in hand :)

Afternoon / evening to you from the future :)

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apam wrote to All <=-

Probably not the best medicine, but it works ;P

It works for me too! ;)

all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of
stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

I have a drive like that too. It's a USB one and takes a lot of mucking
about to get it to mount. Mostly I leave it in a box and hope it will work when I need it too. LOL

others don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that
way by someone in particular.

I wouldn't worry about that. You've always been more then helpful with me
and anyone else I've seen ask you something in echomail.

Anyway, I'm going to get another beer and join my wife watching the
footy.

Hope your team won.

Shawn

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NuSkooler wrote (2021-04-30):

On Saturday, May 1st apam said...

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's
got all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about
5tb of stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up
the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

Oh man, figure out a way!

Maybe the crowd could fund some storage space ...? (I mean the users of the software that apam is developing).

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Maybe the crowd could fund some storage space ...? (I mean the users
of the software that apam is developing).

Nah, it's ok. I backed up the important stuff the other day, about 2TB,
the rest is just not important.

My documents and projects etc are backed up, but even those, the most
important ones (to me) are on GitLab anyway.

Andrew

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apam wrote to All <=-

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being
under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to
be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful
when asked. I hope. Maybe it's just the drama of other nets, but I hope others don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that
way by someone in particular.

I turned 50 last year. Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but something about turning a "milestone" age during a pandemic seems to make
me think more than the others did. Or maybe it is simply because this milestone is 10 years older than the previous. :) You've always been
helpful when it comes to BBSing stuff so I doubt you are much different in "real life."

Anyway, I'm going to get another beer and join my wife watching the
footy.

Hope the doggies won. Happy Birthday in a couple of weeks!


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On 30 Apr 2021, 08:45p, apam said the following...

Hi Andrew,

Oh well. I've copied about 2TB off of it, and I have the most important stuff.. photos, old projects etc. I might be able to find space for the rest of it over various hard drives, but I'm not sure I really care that much.

Might want to take a look at some of the free cloud backups, and copy some to those.

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful when asked. I hope. Maybe it's just the drama of other nets, but I hope others don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that way by someone in particular.

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

While I do know what this is in reference to, I don't think you have to worry. I, for one, will always think of you as friendly and approachable. You have helped me quite a few times, on different projects, and I greatly appreciate it.

I know I've mentioned this to you, but you are also one of the reasons I started getting into programming again. After seeing some of the great stuff you have been putting together, I was inspired to jump back in and start programming.

I may not be writing BBS programs, and Linux distros, but I hope to be, even a percentage of the programmer you are.

Keep up the great work, and remember, age is only a number. :)


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On 03 May 2021 at 10:45p, Black Panther pondered and said...

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

I'm older than you so that makes you young too :)

While I do know what this is in reference to, I don't think you have to worry. I, for one, will always think of you as friendly and
approachable. You have helped me quite a few times, on different
projects, and I greatly appreciate it.

Hear hear.

Keep up the great work, and remember, age is only a number. :)

That keeps going up. Higher number equal more wisdom and/or senior discounts
:)

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Might want to take a look at some of the free cloud backups, and copy
some to those.

I used to have an account with spideroak which was really good, maybe I
should look into that again.

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

Yeah I saw that, happy birthday :)

Not worried so much about getting older, just the milestone I suppose
made me stop to think about things. My little sister came off her
motorbike on the weekend, nothing serious, but kind of made me pause
because it could very easily have been much worse. I do worry about her
on the motorbike, but she loves it, and if you're too afraid to do the
things you love, what's the point? Still, gets me thinking about
mortality again.

Anyway, that's all a bit of a downer, so will stop with that talk.

While I do know what this is in reference to, I don't think you have
to worry. I, for one, will always think of you as friendly and
approachable. You have helped me quite a few times, on different
projects, and I greatly appreciate it.

Thanks. Appreciate it.

Andrew

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That keeps going up. Higher number equal more wisdom and/or senior discounts :)

Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive today. ;)


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On 04 May 2021 at 07:31p, Spectre pondered and said...

Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive today. ;)

always a good thing IMHO

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apam wrote to All <=-

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's got
all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of
stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

I sorted through one of those huge directories full o' stuff and sorted it into "could find on the net if I needed to" and "irreplaceable". Turned out the latter was a much smaller, manageable amount.

I have a Microsoft 365 subscription that serves as a dumping ground for the former.


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On 04 May 2021, 07:49p, Avon said the following...

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

I'm older than you so that makes you young too :)

I've been told, you're only as old as you feel. Well, yesterday I was 75, today I'm 120. ;)

Keep up the great work, and remember, age is only a number. :)

That keeps going up. Higher number equal more wisdom and/or senior discounts :)

At first I was a bit insulted when I got the senior discount. Then I started thinking, take advantage of it! ;) Now I try to get it wherever I go.


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On 04 May 2021, 06:02p, apam said the following...

made me stop to think about things. My little sister came off her motorbike on the weekend, nothing serious, but kind of made me pause because it could very easily have been much worse. I do worry about her
on the motorbike, but she loves it, and if you're too afraid to do the things you love, what's the point? Still, gets me thinking about
mortality again.

I've got two motorcycles in the garage right now. Whenever you get on one, if you don't feel a little bit scared or nervous, don't even start it up. When you're a bit scared, you'll pay more attention to what you, and everyone else around you, is doing.

I just don't take them out much anymore, as I've had way too many close calls. A couple years ago, I took the bike to the gas station, which is about a mile and a half down the road from where I live. On the way there, I was almost hit twice. On the way back, there was another close call. People just don't pay attention to motorcycles, even with loud pipes. :)


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On 04 May 2021, 07:31p, Spectre said the following...

That keeps going up. Higher number equal more wisdom and/or senior discounts :)

Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive today. ;)

I plan on living forever. So far, so good! ;)


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Black Panther wrote to Avon <=-

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

I'm going to be 61 in a week or two.

At first I was a bit insulted when I got the senior discount. Then I started thinking, take advantage of it! ;) Now I try to get it wherever
I go.

My hair started turning gray in my late 30's and by my early 40's it was.. uhh.. gray!

I am quite lucky though, most men in my family lose their hair by 50 but I still have mine.. gray as it is.. :)

I have been getting the seniors discount at Wendy's for the last 10 years or so. They don't ask my age, they just look at my hair and give me the
discount!

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Black Panther wrote to apam <=-

there, I was almost hit twice. On the way back, there was another close call. People just don't pay attention to motorcycles, even with loud pipes.

I don't think people pay attention, end of sentence.

One thing I've noticed lately is people driving with their high beams on, at night and even during the daytime. Some of the new lights are painfully bright, too.

If I see a white contractor's truck, it's almost guaranteed they're running with their high beams on.

I thought it was an oversight, but there's a big blue headlight indicator on every dash board. People must be doing it thinking that annoying or blinding oncoming drivers helps them be a little more visible. Won't make a
difference to the person driving with eyes on their phone.


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Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive today. ;

I plan on living forever. So far, so good! ;)

...or die trying?

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One thing I've noticed lately is people driving with their high beams on, at night and even during the daytime. Some of the new lights are painfully bright, too.

Hmm I find some newer vehicles seem to have bright and high, headlights as opposed to even brighter highbeams. Maybe its just my eyeballs getting to be over the hill though.

Spec


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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Black Panther <=-

there, I was almost hit twice. On the way back, there was another close call. People just don't pay attention to motorcycles, even with loud pipes.

I don't think people pay attention, end of sentence.

I don't know if maybe it is because I have not been driving nearly as much
over the past year, but it seems to me like people have gotten worse since
the pandemic started. I have had a couple of people pull out RIGHT in
front of me at lights where I have the right-of-way and they should be
stopping before they turn right. The one guy didn't even look at me until
I hit my horn and he turned his head, after already pulling half-way into
my lane.

Luckily, there are briefly two lanes EB there, and the other lane was empty.

I have not been driving when it is dark at all lately, so I have not
noticed the high-beams much.

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Hello poindexter!

05 May 21 15:39, you wrote to me:

there, I was almost hit twice. On the way back, there was another
close call. People just don't pay attention to motorcycles, even
with loud pipes.

I don't think people pay attention, end of sentence.

That's true. So many people are more interested in updating their facebook status, instead of paying attention to their driving.

One thing I've noticed lately is people driving with their high beams
on, at night and even during the daytime. Some of the new lights are painfully bright, too.

What's almost as bad, are those headlights to vary in brightness. They'll be bright, then dim, etc... When I first saw those, I thought my eyes were messing with me.

I thought it was an oversight, but there's a big blue headlight
indicator on every dash board. People must be doing it thinking that annoying or blinding oncoming drivers helps them be a little more
visible. Won't make a difference to the person driving with eyes on
their phone.

So true.


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Hello Adept!

06 May 21 03:25, you wrote to me:

Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive

today. ;

I plan on living forever. So far, so good! ;)

...or die trying?

Exactly. ;)


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Blue White wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I don't know if maybe it is because I have not been driving nearly as
much over the past year, but it seems to me like people have gotten
worse since the pandemic started.

There are people who aren't great drivers and are rusty, combined with speeders who are capitalizing on the lack of traffic to speed. Makes for a
bad combination. 50 in the slow lane, 95 in the fast lane.

I'd read that the Cannonball Run record was broken several times last summer during the lockdown. People do the run one-at-a-time now, It'd be
interesting to see a proper race again.

A recent winner had blocked off taillights and trim to make an AMG mercedes resemble a Honda Accord. Once you looked inside at the array of dash-mounted iPads, the ruse was broken.


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On 21 Dec 2021 at 12:22p, apam pondered and said...

So far so good have not touched the Christmas beer - yet... but by golly it's getting harder.

Haha, there is a six pack in the fridge for me for christmas day here, it's from my father in law. Gosh it's tempting, but I know I'll get in trouble if I touch it before then :P

this feels like a mutual support group now. perhaps we need a BEER echo :)

darn I'm feeling kinda thirsty now!

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darn I'm feeling kinda thirsty now!

Well, it's gonna be pretty hard to have Christmas beer if you drink it all now...I mean...the beer store is definitely going to be closed that day...

(o_-)

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On 20 Dec 2021 at 09:33p, McDoob pondered and said...

Well, it's gonna be pretty hard to have Christmas beer if you drink it
all now...I mean...the beer store is definitely going to be closed that day...

You make a convincing point. Hmmm ... to beer now or not to beer... and let's not even get started on the bacon.

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let's not even get started on the bacon.

You had to mention bacon, didn't you...

(p_q)

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On 21 Dec 2021, 03:38p, Avon said the following...

You make a convincing point. Hmmm ... to beer now or not to beer... and let's not even get started on the bacon.

Mmmmmm, bacon... :)


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On 20 Dec 2021 at 09:50p, McDoob pondered and said...

You had to mention bacon, didn't you...

and maple syrup... it's like a golden triangle you can get lost in.. heh.

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You had to mention bacon, didn't you...

and maple syrup... it's like a golden triangle you can get lost in.. heh.

Trust me, I know. I'm Canadian, after all. And suddenly very hungry...

(Q_Q)

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On 20 Dec 2021 at 10:31p, McDoob pondered and said...

Trust me, I know. I'm Canadian, after all. And suddenly very hungry...

I'm trying to think what New Zealand folks are into food wise at the moment. Avocados are always popular as is cheese and fish. We like our Lamb and Beef but seemingly export all the good stuff abroad and what remains is sold at crazy prices to locals. That said supermarkets here are crazy expensive too compared to other parts of the world :(

I feeling like a wine and cheese right now, it's coming up 4.40pm on a Tuesday here, hot, around 28 celcius and I'm kinda done with the working day to be honest :)

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I'm trying to think what New Zealand folks are into food wise at the

Well, shit...that's easy. Kiwis! (o_-)

Lamb and Beef but seemingly export all the good stuff abroad and what remains is sold at crazy prices to locals. That said supermarkets here
are crazy expensive too compared to other parts of the world :(

Not just your part of the world. Food prices are definitely going up here, too... (q_q)

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Hello

So I'm on my fourth for tonight. It's been an interesting day, so yeah, i
got a six pack to settle the nerves.

Probably not the best medicine, but it works ;P

Wife is watching doggies vs tigers on the tv (AFL game - her team is
doggies).

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's got
all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of
stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I
have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

Oh well. I've copied about 2TB off of it, and I have the most important
stuff.. photos, old projects etc. I might be able to find space for the
rest of it over various hard drives, but I'm not sure I really care that
much.

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being under
40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be
remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful when
asked. I hope. Maybe it's just the drama of other nets, but I hope others
don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that way by
someone in particular.

Sorry that was a little dark I suppose. Probably just put too much stock
in what others think.

Anyway, I'm going to get another beer and join my wife watching the footy.

Andrew

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Re: Beer
By: apam to All on Fri Apr 30 2021 08:45 pm

So I'm on my fourth for tonight. It's been an interesting day, so yeah, i got a six pack to settle the nerves.

Probably not the best medicine, but it works ;P

That's the important part. I also find "it works" :)

Ttyl :-),
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apam wrote to All <=-

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being
under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to

Being "just 40" was over ten years ago for me. Before I forget to tell
you, "Have a happy birthday!"

be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful
when asked. I hope. Maybe it's just the drama of other nets, but I hope others don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that
way by someone in particular.

I care about things that matter to me -- my family and close friends.
Others and their opinions, not so much. There's a lot of hate out there,
and I avoid as much of that game as I can.

Sorry that was a little dark I suppose. Probably just put too much
stock in what others think.

Beer *IS* a depressant. And it's easy to get wrapped up in things that
just don't matter. Will it really matter in 10 years?

Hakuna matata

Take care,
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Twas Saturday, May 1st when apam said...

So I'm on my fourth for tonight. It's been an interesting day, so yeah, i got a six pack to settle the nerves.

Why I have vape in hand :)


On Saturday, May 1st apam said...

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's got all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

Oh man, figure out a way! I've lost stuff like that before and have really regreted it. I'm sure I've mentioned it a million times, but look into unRAID. I just toss my old drives in a unRAID server and have used it for years without issue -- including rebuild/repairs from losing a drive (but without data loss due to parity). That won't help you get another 5TB drive of course, but it means you can throw smaller/older ones and get the same deal.

On Saturday, May 1st apam muttered...

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable.

Always have been man, and happy pre-birthday. I actually forgot how old I was the other day (42), so I guess that isn't a good sign :)





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On 30 Apr 2021 at 08:45p, apam pondered and said...

So I'm on my fourth for tonight. It's been an interesting day, so yeah, i got a six pack to settle the nerves.

what beer do you like to drink? I quite like a larger but am not too fussed
on what sort, so long as it costs little at the supermarket!

Probably not the best medicine, but it works ;P

I have been there at times too. :)

Wife is watching doggies vs tigers on the tv (AFL game - her team is doggies).

Golly I first read that and thought is that a David Attenborough show? Ha :)

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's got
all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of
stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

Bugger. I only have 1TB drives here and mostly older too.. Hmmm there's a lesson here somewhere I think. Perhaps I'd better try and find another one
too soon. How much as 5TB drives now? Been ages since I've looked at this.

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be

you're only as young as you are today... so live each day for what it brings, well that's my general theory. I've orbited the sun 10+ times more than you. It's all good and the years ahead are fun to enjoy too. I looked back at when
I was younger the other day. Did I enjoy them yeah mostly, would I want to rerun them again. Nah.

40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful when

I think your a very helpful and approachable fellow, who like all of us, has good days and bad.

Anyway, I'm going to get another beer and join my wife watching the
footy.

Enjoy!

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On 30 Apr 2021 at 08:43p, NuSkooler pondered and said...

Why I have vape in hand :)

Afternoon / evening to you from the future :)

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apam wrote to All <=-

Probably not the best medicine, but it works ;P

It works for me too! ;)

all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of
stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

I have a drive like that too. It's a USB one and takes a lot of mucking
about to get it to mount. Mostly I leave it in a box and hope it will work when I need it too. LOL

others don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that
way by someone in particular.

I wouldn't worry about that. You've always been more then helpful with me
and anyone else I've seen ask you something in echomail.

Anyway, I'm going to get another beer and join my wife watching the
footy.

Hope your team won.

Shawn

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NuSkooler wrote (2021-04-30):

On Saturday, May 1st apam said...

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's
got all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about
5tb of stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up
the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

Oh man, figure out a way!

Maybe the crowd could fund some storage space ...? (I mean the users of the software that apam is developing).

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Maybe the crowd could fund some storage space ...? (I mean the users
of the software that apam is developing).

Nah, it's ok. I backed up the important stuff the other day, about 2TB,
the rest is just not important.

My documents and projects etc are backed up, but even those, the most
important ones (to me) are on GitLab anyway.

Andrew

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apam wrote to All <=-

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being
under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to
be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful
when asked. I hope. Maybe it's just the drama of other nets, but I hope others don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that
way by someone in particular.

I turned 50 last year. Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but something about turning a "milestone" age during a pandemic seems to make
me think more than the others did. Or maybe it is simply because this milestone is 10 years older than the previous. :) You've always been
helpful when it comes to BBSing stuff so I doubt you are much different in "real life."

Anyway, I'm going to get another beer and join my wife watching the
footy.

Hope the doggies won. Happy Birthday in a couple of weeks!


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On 30 Apr 2021, 08:45p, apam said the following...

Hi Andrew,

Oh well. I've copied about 2TB off of it, and I have the most important stuff.. photos, old projects etc. I might be able to find space for the rest of it over various hard drives, but I'm not sure I really care that much.

Might want to take a look at some of the free cloud backups, and copy some to those.

I'm 40 in may. tomorrow's the 1st, so i have 19 days left of being under 40. gets one thinking about their own demise a little. I hope to be remembered as someone who was friendly and approachable. Helpful when asked. I hope. Maybe it's just the drama of other nets, but I hope others don't think I'm a complete arse just because i'm painted that way by someone in particular.

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

While I do know what this is in reference to, I don't think you have to worry. I, for one, will always think of you as friendly and approachable. You have helped me quite a few times, on different projects, and I greatly appreciate it.

I know I've mentioned this to you, but you are also one of the reasons I started getting into programming again. After seeing some of the great stuff you have been putting together, I was inspired to jump back in and start programming.

I may not be writing BBS programs, and Linux distros, but I hope to be, even a percentage of the programmer you are.

Keep up the great work, and remember, age is only a number. :)


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On 03 May 2021 at 10:45p, Black Panther pondered and said...

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

I'm older than you so that makes you young too :)

While I do know what this is in reference to, I don't think you have to worry. I, for one, will always think of you as friendly and
approachable. You have helped me quite a few times, on different
projects, and I greatly appreciate it.

Hear hear.

Keep up the great work, and remember, age is only a number. :)

That keeps going up. Higher number equal more wisdom and/or senior discounts
:)

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Might want to take a look at some of the free cloud backups, and copy
some to those.

I used to have an account with spideroak which was really good, maybe I
should look into that again.

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

Yeah I saw that, happy birthday :)

Not worried so much about getting older, just the milestone I suppose
made me stop to think about things. My little sister came off her
motorbike on the weekend, nothing serious, but kind of made me pause
because it could very easily have been much worse. I do worry about her
on the motorbike, but she loves it, and if you're too afraid to do the
things you love, what's the point? Still, gets me thinking about
mortality again.

Anyway, that's all a bit of a downer, so will stop with that talk.

While I do know what this is in reference to, I don't think you have
to worry. I, for one, will always think of you as friendly and
approachable. You have helped me quite a few times, on different
projects, and I greatly appreciate it.

Thanks. Appreciate it.

Andrew

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That keeps going up. Higher number equal more wisdom and/or senior discounts :)

Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive today. ;)


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On 04 May 2021 at 07:31p, Spectre pondered and said...

Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive today. ;)

always a good thing IMHO

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apam wrote to All <=-

Looks like my "backup" er "onlyup" drive is starting to fail. It's got
all my documents I've collected over the years. I have about 5tb of
stuff, and can't really afford another 5tb drive to back up the one I have, so it's kind of a not-backed-up-backup.

I sorted through one of those huge directories full o' stuff and sorted it into "could find on the net if I needed to" and "irreplaceable". Turned out the latter was a much smaller, manageable amount.

I have a Microsoft 365 subscription that serves as a dumping ground for the former.


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On 04 May 2021, 07:49p, Avon said the following...

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

I'm older than you so that makes you young too :)

I've been told, you're only as old as you feel. Well, yesterday I was 75, today I'm 120. ;)

Keep up the great work, and remember, age is only a number. :)

That keeps going up. Higher number equal more wisdom and/or senior discounts :)

At first I was a bit insulted when I got the senior discount. Then I started thinking, take advantage of it! ;) Now I try to get it wherever I go.


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On 04 May 2021, 06:02p, apam said the following...

made me stop to think about things. My little sister came off her motorbike on the weekend, nothing serious, but kind of made me pause because it could very easily have been much worse. I do worry about her
on the motorbike, but she loves it, and if you're too afraid to do the things you love, what's the point? Still, gets me thinking about
mortality again.

I've got two motorcycles in the garage right now. Whenever you get on one, if you don't feel a little bit scared or nervous, don't even start it up. When you're a bit scared, you'll pay more attention to what you, and everyone else around you, is doing.

I just don't take them out much anymore, as I've had way too many close calls. A couple years ago, I took the bike to the gas station, which is about a mile and a half down the road from where I live. On the way there, I was almost hit twice. On the way back, there was another close call. People just don't pay attention to motorcycles, even with loud pipes. :)


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On 04 May 2021, 07:31p, Spectre said the following...

That keeps going up. Higher number equal more wisdom and/or senior discounts :)

Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive today. ;)

I plan on living forever. So far, so good! ;)


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Black Panther wrote to Avon <=-

I just turned 50 last week. You're still young. ;)

I'm going to be 61 in a week or two.

At first I was a bit insulted when I got the senior discount. Then I started thinking, take advantage of it! ;) Now I try to get it wherever
I go.

My hair started turning gray in my late 30's and by my early 40's it was.. uhh.. gray!

I am quite lucky though, most men in my family lose their hair by 50 but I still have mine.. gray as it is.. :)

I have been getting the seniors discount at Wendy's for the last 10 years or so. They don't ask my age, they just look at my hair and give me the
discount!

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Black Panther wrote to apam <=-

there, I was almost hit twice. On the way back, there was another close call. People just don't pay attention to motorcycles, even with loud pipes.

I don't think people pay attention, end of sentence.

One thing I've noticed lately is people driving with their high beams on, at night and even during the daytime. Some of the new lights are painfully bright, too.

If I see a white contractor's truck, it's almost guaranteed they're running with their high beams on.

I thought it was an oversight, but there's a big blue headlight indicator on every dash board. People must be doing it thinking that annoying or blinding oncoming drivers helps them be a little more visible. Won't make a
difference to the person driving with eyes on their phone.


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Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive today. ;

I plan on living forever. So far, so good! ;)

...or die trying?

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One thing I've noticed lately is people driving with their high beams on, at night and even during the daytime. Some of the new lights are painfully bright, too.

Hmm I find some newer vehicles seem to have bright and high, headlights as opposed to even brighter highbeams. Maybe its just my eyeballs getting to be over the hill though.

Spec


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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Black Panther <=-

there, I was almost hit twice. On the way back, there was another close call. People just don't pay attention to motorcycles, even with loud pipes.

I don't think people pay attention, end of sentence.

I don't know if maybe it is because I have not been driving nearly as much
over the past year, but it seems to me like people have gotten worse since
the pandemic started. I have had a couple of people pull out RIGHT in
front of me at lights where I have the right-of-way and they should be
stopping before they turn right. The one guy didn't even look at me until
I hit my horn and he turned his head, after already pulling half-way into
my lane.

Luckily, there are briefly two lanes EB there, and the other lane was empty.

I have not been driving when it is dark at all lately, so I have not
noticed the high-beams much.

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Hello poindexter!

05 May 21 15:39, you wrote to me:

there, I was almost hit twice. On the way back, there was another
close call. People just don't pay attention to motorcycles, even
with loud pipes.

I don't think people pay attention, end of sentence.

That's true. So many people are more interested in updating their facebook status, instead of paying attention to their driving.

One thing I've noticed lately is people driving with their high beams
on, at night and even during the daytime. Some of the new lights are painfully bright, too.

What's almost as bad, are those headlights to vary in brightness. They'll be bright, then dim, etc... When I first saw those, I thought my eyes were messing with me.

I thought it was an oversight, but there's a big blue headlight
indicator on every dash board. People must be doing it thinking that annoying or blinding oncoming drivers helps them be a little more
visible. Won't make a difference to the person driving with eyes on
their phone.

So true.


Black Panther

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Hello Adept!

06 May 21 03:25, you wrote to me:

Hmm I set another personal record for consecutive days alive

today. ;

I plan on living forever. So far, so good! ;)

...or die trying?

Exactly. ;)


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Blue White wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I don't know if maybe it is because I have not been driving nearly as
much over the past year, but it seems to me like people have gotten
worse since the pandemic started.

There are people who aren't great drivers and are rusty, combined with speeders who are capitalizing on the lack of traffic to speed. Makes for a
bad combination. 50 in the slow lane, 95 in the fast lane.

I'd read that the Cannonball Run record was broken several times last summer during the lockdown. People do the run one-at-a-time now, It'd be
interesting to see a proper race again.

A recent winner had blocked off taillights and trim to make an AMG mercedes resemble a Honda Accord. Once you looked inside at the array of dash-mounted iPads, the ruse was broken.


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