Rant for the Day (keep it clean)

[Magus]

My local PC shop can yank info from a busted drive and put it on another for 50$

 

[Snowman]

Don't know, don't care, I have reentered everything and backed it up this time
The computer is a 15 some year old HP I bought refurbished for like $50 about 15 years ago. I am not even going to try fixing it daughter can fix computers , she could probably fix it, but this one is not worth it. Not sure what else was on there I might need, all the previous tax stuff is printed out before we sent it to the accountant

My local PC shop can yank info from a busted drive and put it on another for 50$

YYY...?!?

 

[Haertig]

Don't know, don't care, I have reentered everything and backed it up this time

I was more interested in trying to save your data, not the computer it was hosted on.

The silver lining to this is that you have learned the value of always keeping good backups.

 

[Magus]

YYY...?!?

Y! the dude can drain a busted HD and transfer it over to another one, I've had it done twice now.

 

[zannej]

Don't know, don't care, I have reentered everything and backed it up this time
The computer is a 15 some year old HP I bought refurbished for like $50 about 15 years ago. I am not even going to try fixing it daughter can fix computers , she could probably fix it, but this one is not worth it. Not sure what else was on there I might need, all the previous tax stuff is printed out before we sent it to the accountant

If you know what type of hard drive is inside the laptop you can have your daughter take it out and use an inexpensive transfer case to transfer the data to another drive. We had to do this for Mom's computer and for mine a few times to upgrade to better SSD drives.

I bought the wrong size cinch rings for fixing my plumbing and had to make a trip to the hardware store this morning. Then I realized that the fitting I was trying to connect to was 3/4" to 1/2" and I thought it was all 3/4" so I got the wrong adapters. Fortunately I dug up 1/2" elbow fitting I could use. Hopefully it will hold.

Gonna suck cleaning the toilet in Mom's bathroom. It got pretty nasty with my brother using it.

My chronic fatigue has been hitting me again so I'm going to need a nap soon.

 

[Patchouli]

I like cats, however…
This street has now become like a carnival for cats. There are too many intact male cats in this neighborhood. Small young cats pregnant. I’m sure some of these are stray and a couple of them feral. The local shelter is full, so they say. I see a new cat almost every day.
I’m not asking for advice. Our dog tolerates one cat. Our cat doesn’t tolerate other cats. They are both seniors and should be collecting social security.

 

[Pearl]

I like cats, however…
This street has now become like a carnival for cats. There are too many intact male cats in this neighborhood. Small young cats pregnant. I’m sure some of these are stray and a couple of them feral. The local shelter is full, so they say. I see a new cat almost every day.
I’m not asking for advice. Our dog tolerates one cat. Our cat doesn’t tolerate other cats. They are both seniors and should be collecting social security.

It happens FAST!! If you live in city limits, they should help!!

 

[Patchouli]

@Pearl We haven’t seen most of them around here but I think they’re drawn here for all the partying.
The small pregnant one isn’t shy!
I’ll try to talk to the city shelter people. They have helped out when there are dog issues.

 

[Neb]

I like cats, however…
This street has now become like a carnival for cats. There are too many intact male cats in this neighborhood. Small young cats pregnant. I’m sure some of these are stray and a couple of them feral. The local shelter is full, so they say. I see a new cat almost every day.
I’m not asking for advice. Our dog tolerates one cat. Our cat doesn’t tolerate other cats. They are both seniors and should be collecting social security.

On my trip to Jerusalem I was surprised how many cats were there. Under every bush everywhere. I was passing a dumpster and there were a half dozen cats walking on the upper edge of the dumpster. I looked in wondering what was so interesting in the dumpster.

Cue the scary Alfred Hitchcock music...

The dumpster was a writhing mass of hundreds of cats! Creepy!

Ben

 

[Pearl]

@Pearl We haven’t seen most of them around here but I think they’re drawn here for all the partying.
The small pregnant one isn’t shy!
I’ll try to talk to the city shelter people. They have helped out when there are dog issues.

Out here the the population naturally stays low! Very sad, but necessary! I hate to see critters suffering! There aren't enough predators in town!

 

[Haertig]

There aren't enough predators in town!

 

[Magus]

I like cats, however…
This street has now become like a carnival for cats. There are too many intact male cats in this neighborhood. Small young cats pregnant. I’m sure some of these are stray and a couple of them feral. The local shelter is full, so they say. I see a new cat almost every day.
I’m not asking for advice. Our dog tolerates one cat. Our cat doesn’t tolerate other cats. They are both seniors and should be collecting social security.

Birth control pills and a pound of funky, cheap hamburger.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Antifreeze?

 

[Magus]

Nah, you'd feel really dumb if your dog got it. BCPs are free at the clinic.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Nah, you'd feel really dumb if your dog got it. BCPs are free at the clinic.

Seriously, I would never recommend using poison to control feral cats. There are many other more effective control methods.

 

[Magus]

Birth control pills! they're free and fairly harmless.

 

[Peanut]

Our dog tolerates one cat. Our cat doesn’t tolerate other cats. They are both seniors and should be collecting social security.

Get OFF my lawn!

 

[Magus]

Get a super-soaker and plow them, they'll avoid the place like the plague.

 

[sonya123]

I was more interested in trying to save your data, not the computer it was hosted on.

The silver lining to this is that you have learned the value of always keeping good backups.

do you know how to turn off automatic updates on windows 11?

 

[Haertig]

do you know how to turn off automatic updates on windows 11?

Sorry, no. I am a Linux person, not a Windows person.

 

[sonya123]

Sorry, no. I am a Linux person, not a Windows person.

I think I am about ready to install that too