The Coffee House

[waday]

Congrats on the new car, @JonA_CT !

 

[jcdeboever]

Gary thinks that in a wet environment like a bathroom, the more sealants the better. But Gary also wears a belt with suspenders. JC has a lot of expertise in this area. (Personally, Gary wouldn't prime, but Gary is lazy.)

Thanks Lazy.....Gary and hubby are correct. Bathrooms require washing the walls with a mild bleach cleaner. Then apply a latex moisture vapor barrier (SW B72), followed by 1 to 2 coats of 100% acrylic topcoat. This prevents the moisture from escaping through the walls /ceilings, eliminating the formation of black mold behind drywall. Many people do not paint properly but if you were to hire a real professional, this is the method they would execute.

 

[smoke665]

Windows has been bugging the crap out of me to update for the past month. Finally suckered me into doing it this afternoon. 8 hrs later I'm still updating. First time it kicked out because of corrupted data, spent the next hr cleaning up and starting over. Only at 65% on the second round, what a PITA.

 

[ceemac]

Whenever I sit in front of the computer, the dogs goes in another room. It's usually when I try to print something. No idea why !!

 

[jcdeboever]

Whenever I sit in front of the computer, the dogs goes in another room. It's usually when I try to print something. No idea why !!

Oh, the dreaded windows print system. Enough to drive a man to drink. Oh, the updates as well. Then the updates break something. I could never figure out why people love that operating system. I absolutely loath Windows. The only good version was 2000 professional. That didn't last long, then came XP, then Vista. Vista wasn't actually that bad if you knew how to configure it to run properly but still. People never gave Vista enough ram and the default install was loaded with un-needed running services. Windows 7, puke, 8 was funny, 10 is like cancer.
Windows created a lot of IT jobs.

 

[ceemac]

We have a very cold spell, well below -10 Celsius (equals 14 Fahrenheit)

It's all about perspective, Frank. We've just warmed up to -10C (at night) and it's really quite pleasant. But we're running out of places to put all our snow. haha

 

[Fred von den Berg]

Very cold again today: thermometer in the car said -13°C as I drove my daughter to school.

Lots of cold gold about...once more unto the breach!

 

[Fred von den Berg]

Whenever I sit in front of the computer, the dogs goes in another room. It's usually when I try to print something. No idea why !!

Oh, the dreaded windows print system. Enough to drive a man to drink. Oh, the updates as well. Then the updates break something. I could never figure out why people love that operating system. I absolutely loath Windows. The only good version was 2000 professional. That didn't last long, then came XP, then Vista. Vista wasn't actually that bad if you knew how to configure it to run properly but still. People never gave Vista enough ram and the default install was loaded with un-needed running services. Windows 7, puke, 8 was funny, 10 is like cancer.
Windows created a lot of IT jobs.

No need for me to worry about things not working nor about updates causing havoc: my Apple has no worms

 

[davidharmier60]

I do my web browsing with Mozilla Firefox.
Today is my Friday if you will.
I was told heavy rain is coming.
But neither Accuweather nor Weather Channel see things quite as bad as I was told.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

 

[smoke665]

I finally went to bed with Windows still updating. Got up in the middle of the night to find it had crapped out again, with data corruption error. if I could figure out a way to stop it from trying to update I'd be a happy camper but everything so far I've tried only works till I reboot. Never ever had a problem with XP Pro. Despite my reluctance to switch I may have to look at an Apple in my future.

 

[JonA_CT]

You pay a premium, Smoke, for sure...but it always works when I need it to, and the components don’t crap out the way that my precious Windows machines have.

 

[smoke665]

You pay a premium, Smoke, for sure...but it always works when I need it to, and the components don’t crap out the way that my precious Windows machines have.

Unfortunately I'd have to dig into my new K1 II fund to replace with anything. Will be trying the manual install route today.

 

[JonA_CT]

The local meteorologists are starting to froth at the mouth while talking about the coming storm for Thursday through Saturday. That usually means crushing snow, incredible wind, inches of rain, etc. Based on the current forecast, looks like we will get all of the above.

Sounds fun.

 

[waday]

The local meteorologists are starting to froth at the mouth while talking about the coming storm for Thursday through Saturday. That usually means crushing snow, incredible wind, inches of rain, etc. Based on the current forecast, looks like we will get all of the above.

Sounds fun.

Ugh.

We’re supposed to get an inch and a quarter of rain. Not bad, but we’re soaked already, and streams and rivers are pretty high.

 

[JonA_CT]

Just took a look at the tide forecasts here. Current thinking is several feet over flood stage. Luckily, most of the susceptible places are still battened down for the winter.