Author Topic: Random Stuff (2024) (Read 3549 times)

varoadking · « **Reply #25:** April 08, 2024, 05:53:54 PM »

Well, we only had a partial eclipse down here, and I only captured the one shot, but I think it was a good one:

tomterp · « **Reply #26:** April 08, 2024, 09:22:57 PM »

imref · « **Reply #27:** April 09, 2024, 12:11:05 AM »

The eclipse lasted long than Aaron Rodgers first season with the Jets.

1995hoo · « **Reply #28:** May 03, 2024, 03:11:00 PM »

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #29:** May 03, 2024, 04:21:15 PM »

I'd walk on coals for stilton

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #30:** May 03, 2024, 11:12:59 PM »

I camembert it

English Natsie · « **Reply #31:** May 28, 2024, 06:43:47 PM »

Say cheese...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd11qvz436yo

tomterp · « **Reply #32:** May 29, 2024, 06:25:12 PM »

Quote from: English Natsie on May 28, 2024, 06:43:47 PM

Say cheese...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd11qvz436yo

Count Walewski · « **Reply #33:** June 08, 2024, 06:11:17 PM »

I met Sean Doolittle today! He came to Arlington Central Library to read a book ("Clifford Joins the Team") to kids, including my daughter. Before reading he took Q&A from the kids in the audience - who asked better and smarter question than the typical sports reporter - and afterwards he signed autographs. My daughter got a Sean Doolittle autograph in her fuzzy cat notebook.

imref · « **Reply #34:** June 08, 2024, 06:13:11 PM »

Awesome

imref · « **Reply #35:** June 20, 2024, 01:45:16 PM »

just getting past the worst of a terrible bout of bronchitis. I came down with the initial symptoms on Monday and slept almost non-stop from Monday night through Wednesday morning (except to cough and drink water/gatorade). I finally started eating solid food again last night.

I flew home from Las Vegas on Saturday and sat next to a guy who was coughing up a lung. Shame on him for flying without a mask. Shame on me for flying without a mask.

dracnal · « **Reply #36:** June 20, 2024, 04:08:17 PM »

Quote from: imref on June 20, 2024, 01:45:16 PM

just getting past the worst of a terrible bout of bronchitis. I came down with the initial symptoms on Monday and slept almost non-stop from Monday night through Wednesday morning (except to cough and drink water/gatorade). I finally started eating solid food again last night.

I flew home from Las Vegas on Saturday and sat next to a guy who was coughing up a lung. Shame on him for flying without a mask. Shame on me for flying without a mask.

That's pretty much my method for handling illness as well. It's amazing how much faster you recover from things when you just shut down non-mandatory functions and sleep, while letting your body use the rest of its resources to fix the issues. I usually get over stuff in half the time that friends and family do with the same bug using that approach.

English Natsie · « **Reply #37:** June 20, 2024, 06:50:06 PM »

The important one is keeping up the fluids - for once, sugary or isotonic drinks are best; when not-so-good, the body actually finds plain water to be quite harsh.

imref · « **Reply #38:** June 20, 2024, 07:13:16 PM »

Quote from: English Natsie on June 20, 2024, 06:50:06 PM

The important one is keeping up the fluids - for once, sugary or isotonic drinks are best; when not-so-good, the body actually finds plain water to be quite harsh.

I consumed a lot of the Gatorade pedialite clone.

Five Banners · « **Reply #39:** June 21, 2024, 11:36:12 AM »

I don’t know how much more random than this it can get.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/stevie-wonder-stops-prince-georges-county-bakery-snickerdoodles

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #40:** June 21, 2024, 11:46:50 AM »

Living for the cookie

imref · « **Reply #41:** June 21, 2024, 12:09:42 PM »

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on June 21, 2024, 11:46:50 AM

Living for the cookie

isn't it lovely?

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #42:** June 21, 2024, 12:28:31 PM »

Quote from: Five Banners on June 21, 2024, 11:36:12 AM

I don’t know how much more random than this it can get.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/stevie-wonder-stops-prince-georges-county-bakery-snickerdoodles

did he drive there himself?

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #43:** June 21, 2024, 12:51:00 PM »

Nah, that's what friends are for

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on June 21, 2024, 12:28:31 PM

did he drive there himself?

imref · « **Reply #44:** June 21, 2024, 01:21:05 PM »

he was there taking pictures:

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #45:** July 04, 2024, 06:32:08 AM »

nice day for ACE and DC Water to have a problem at Dalecarlia and have to issue a bottled / boiled water advisory for DC and Arlington. Got a nice tourist run on bottled water when the residents will need it too.

Enjoy the midday ballgame. don't count on the vendors for anything except bottled drinks and beer.

imref · « **Reply #46:** July 19, 2024, 07:35:18 AM »

Crowdstrike broke the internet:
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-windows-outage-crowdstrike-global-it-probems/

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #47:** July 19, 2024, 07:44:52 AM »

Funny because where I work we had a network failure on Wednesday AM where we could not connect through our network to any microsoft web application. We had to go around the network to connect (hot spots or not connecting remotely to our VPN). I wonder if it was related?

1995hoo · « **Reply #48:** July 19, 2024, 08:29:06 AM »

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #49:** July 19, 2024, 09:37:24 AM »

Flew into DCA yesterday. Good fortune. Went to the VA DMV this morning to take care of some business. Closed. Until noon they said I’m skeptical but who knows.