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Went to the footy today with my daughter. On the way out had to stop at the gent's. some young lads were kind of trying to chat her up whilst I was absent, nothing rude or lewd.
The looks on their faces when she said 'Hey dad' and I stood there towering over them.
Kind of feel bad for their egos, but watching them scurry away was pretty comical.
Don't mess with the elevator's daughter after a whizz because the only floor is THE BASEMENT
I love Brunswick
And now for something completely different , it's a Led Zeppelin night 🤭 🧙♂️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7fdZnuCY6A 🧝🏻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_AfMHCVoxA 🐉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwG9iRFmY1I
So this is all in (rest of chillos and the end of the season).
4L of I hope it ferments correctly and doesn't explode.
The rules are you need to eat the ones that float on the first night, the rest we leave Drowning
Brings us to a rave choon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V42l7t4iDM&list=RDe4HIsOUKXfI&index=9
😱
My wife would buy a whole kilo of chillies from the market and blend the whole lot with a few herbs. Chef's kiss.
😵💫
Would you like some?
Hmm. Potential problem. I dropped my bowl of ice cream on the floor and told it it was an arsehole. My computer wasn't a fan of that and turned off. Then it got stuck on a black screen and I had to switch it off at the PSU to make it stop. Then it booted up perfectly normally like nothing ever happened which I don't know is meant to be better or worse than a BSOD.
I dug through the event logs and the 2 errors I noticed were both related to graphics card issues. I really hope it's not a graphics issue (at least one I can't fix) because I do not have new GPU money, and my CPU doesn't have integrated graphics. But like most errors in windows, it can either be a direct or refered error. Apparently although the error comes from the GPU, it can be caused by anything stretching from a minor driver glitch to memory (RAM) problems.
It's never done it before and hasn't done it since, but I suspect it's probably because of the damage the fan sustained the other day. As far as I can tell, the wifi card only damaged the fan, so my suspicion is perhaps the fans not doing a very good job anymore so it overheated and shut down. But because windows doesn't believe in descriptive errors I can't really confirm or rule out anything
^ leaked footage of me trying to get any useful info out of windows
(That was meant to be a gif but uploading gifs to Aussie zone turns them into webMs for some reason so I just embedded the MP4. You'll probably need to click on it to animate)
TL;DR: I dropped my ice cream on the floor and called it an arsehole. My computer heard that and was like "mate if that's how you treat your people I'm going on fuckin strike you don't pay me enough" and windows is covering for it
Not my field of expertise but can you replace just the fan? Might be cheaper than the graphics if you suspect damage and subsequent overheating. Then if issues persist it's possibly something else
Not my area of expertise either, it looks like it is possible. Voids the warranty, apparently, and I'll need to redo the thermal paste at the same time. I've redone my CPU thermal paste before and although I hate it and probably don't do it very well, it still worked afterwards. Although I'm not sure if GPU fans are soldered or not. If they are that'd way beyond my level of technical skill and I'd have to take it to a shop
A GPU upgrade has been on the cards for a while now, but stalled because the people at centrecom said I wouldn't notice any performance increase with an upgraded GPU as it'd still be bottlenecked by my mobo and to a lesser extent my CPU. I might look at upgrading GPU anyway and worry about bottlenecks later
Ah sorry didn't even think about warranty. Thought you built it
Nah, this one's a pre-built from scorptec. Honestly not sure the GPU would still be under warranty, I got it a while ago
If something ever happens to this one you might be able to get a low cost computer from Computerbank
Edit: They have secondhand parts for sale too
I did not end up making the korma, because just the stew turned out to be So Much Food.
Four meals worth in the freezer. Three meals worth in the fridge. Plus dinner tonight, and the realisation that I’m out of plastic tubs with lids.
If you'd made the korma food, you might just be in a food korma
spoiler
Koma (coma)
Boooo
I know that was a really bad one. I think I've turned into a dad
You are way too young for that. However, never hurts to practice a bit ahead of time.
Yeah lol, that was another awful joke
Whenever one of us is eating, little dog makes it a point to show us he's a good boy by sitting inches from you with some very intense staring. He even does it if I'm putting lip balm on or hand cream.
Ok I tried to watch the godfather and I just couldn't get behind it. I managed to get an hour and a bit in but then I started nodding off. Finished off the other half of crocodundee, now that's a movie I can get behind
Try the book. It's one of my favourites. Read it basically in one sitting whilst solo camping in the Daintree about 20 years ago.
The book ruined true movie for me.
Read it before watching and thought the movie was overrated.
Godfather II is better anyway
🎼🎵*Uranium fever has gone and got me down,
Uranium fever is spreading all around,
With a Gieger counter in my hand,
I'm going out to stake me some guv'ment land,
Uranium fever has gone and got me down. 🎶
That's a real song!!
All the songs on the Fallout radio are real! There's so many amazing ones!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Fallout_series
Civilisation and Personality are definitely my favs, and I always sing along to Undecided by Ella Fitzgerald. All of them (the radio songs) are just so good!
I've tried out the new stick vacuum briefly, and it's not too bad. It is reasonably quiet and I'm glad of not needing to wrangle the cord.
Party two doors down and over the back fence. Two bouzoukis and a mandolin are having it out live and kicking, and the guests are cheering them on. Who needs recorded music???
I'm really enjoying it.
same, but no music, just thumping bass makes the place shake
i hate it
Several hours later, things smell goooood
I watched border security for the first time in yonks. I don't know what it is about "woman tries to bring in 9kg of undeclared rotting food" of "man tries to bring in 17 dead lobsters" that's so fucking funny but this and highway patrol are like peak television. Who needs strange things or blue is the new beige, people breaking the law and getting in deep shit is all you need
Haven't watched border security many times but every time I have I have been astonished by the number of people who try to bring pork into the country. Like wtf it's pork, we've got plenty here! It's not like it's a rare commodity or anything.
I gave Ted Cat a small serve of prawn pate in a bowl , the bowl being placed on top of his new harness on the floor. This is to train him and was not his dinner.
Now Bill is yelling at me, telling me his dinner of fresh beef mince meant for cats is not good enough.
They are now both asleep under the heater after a busy day of sleeping under the heater or yelling.
Spoiled.
I'd put the harness on for some prawn pate.
Brothers... maybe Bill cat should wear the harness so Ted cat will want it
I tried that first. They both hate it but at least Bill let me put it on him.
