It can't end soon enough...

Atreyu

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Atreyu wrote to All <=-

It can't end soon enough...

You got that right!

Did I tell ya we got 8.5" of SNOW here in Pensacola, Florida about 3
weeks ago? Not kidding. Most in 135 years, previous record was 3"...



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Hello Atreyu!

17 Feb 25 20:47, you wrote to all:

It can't end soon enough...

I've had my fill of aching joints and swollen limbs. I'm ready for spring.

-- Sean

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On 17 Feb 25 23:24:35, Sean Dennis said the following to Atreyu:

It can't end soon enough...

I've had my fill of aching joints and swollen limbs. I'm ready for spring.

Supposedly happening here in about two weeks.

Atreyu

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Atreyu wrote to All <=-

It can't end soon enough...

It's been cold here in California over the past two weeks, looking
forward to sunnier, warmer days.

Not that much snow in the mountains, though. Going to be a dry summer.



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On 18 Feb 25 06:45:35, Kurt Weiske said the following to Atreyu:

Not that much snow in the mountains, though. Going to be a dry summer.

Are you still taking trips up here to Canucksville?

Atreyu

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Atreyu wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:

Supposedly happening here in about two weeks.

Yeah? That would be nice. Over the last 4 days with this damn snow I'm first name basis with 4 different tow companys and all their dispatchers.

I stopped counting when we broke two thousand in winch fee's.

I have had all the winter I can take, we haven't had any in what? 3 years?

Shawn

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Re: Re: Winter sucks
By: Atreyu to Kurt Weiske on Tue Feb 18 2025 04:21 pm

Are you still taking trips up here to Canucksville?

No, my responsibilities have changed, and I'm not supporting wind farms any more. Too bad, Port Hardy BC was some beautiful country!
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On 18 Feb 25 17:14:12, Shawn Highfield said the following to Atreyu:

Supposedly happening here in about two weeks.

Yeah? That would be nice. Over the last 4 days with this damn snow I'm fi name basis with 4 different tow companys and all their dispatchers.

My wonderful neighbor doesn't shovel his driveway at all, was hilarious to watch him have to get a flatbed tow for his precious Tesla.

Atreyu

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Hi Atreyu,
On <Wed, 18 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

My wonderful neighbor doesn't shovel his driveway at all, was
hilarious to watch him have to get a flatbed tow for his precious
Tesla.

I've never understood people who don't shovel. It sucks yes, but you
need to do at least a path to the door and a path to get your car out.

I don't see as many Tesla's as I did before the snow started. Now that
the cold snap it here I guess they are all tucked into their garage with
a nice new natzi flag to keep them warm.

Shawn

... Been through Hell? And what did you bring me?


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My wonderful neighbor doesn't shovel his driveway at all, was hilarious to watch him have to get a flatbed tow for his precious Tesla.

There was some footage on YT (or one of the other platforms) of a Tesla
truck stuck in the snow... while a Toyota Prius drives right past it. ;)

Mike


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On 18 Feb 25 14:48:11, Kurt Weiske said the following to Atreyu:

Are you still taking trips up here to Canucksville?

No, my responsibilities have changed, and I'm not supporting wind farms any more. Too bad, Port Hardy BC was some beautiful country!

One of my parents lives in Victoria...

Atreyu

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On 19 Feb 25 06:24:00, Shawn Highfield said the following to Atreyu:

I've never understood people who don't shovel. It sucks yes, but you
need to do at least a path to the door and a path to get your car out.

He does NONE of that. Our driveway is shared...

The other day I learned a new word I've seriously never heard before... "windrow". That is the word that describes the mess at the end of the driveway that Mr. Plow leaves behind from the street.

I shoveled my windrow mess for me to bring my car in, but not his.

so I go to work and come home, I see tire tracks from the end of my side of the driveway... to his garage. He doesn't bother to shovel AT ALL.

Lazy bastard all the way.

Atreyu

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Hey Atreyu!

On Tue, Feb 18 2025 22:00:02 +0000, you wrote ..

My wonderful neighbor doesn't shovel his driveway at all, was
hilarious to watch him have to get a flatbed tow for his precious
Tesla.

And to think, the battery probably discharged 30% just while waiting for that tow truck. :P

I have a buddy that bought one of those new electric Ford Lightnings, and returned it within a few months for the sole reason that the battery drains almost twice as fast in cold weather. Those EVs are not made for our winter conditions, at all.

Regards,
Nick

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Atreyu wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

so I go to work and come home, I see tire tracks from the end of my
side of the driveway... to his garage. He doesn't bother to shovel AT
ALL.

Reminds me of the neighbor of mine who would go banging on doors if
someone parked in front of her house. Including my house, when my mother
was taking care of my sick daughter.

I came home on a holiday to find her parked in my driveway. She had a
party and wanted to reserve her streetside parking for guests. Since I
couldn't park in my driveway or garage, I blocked her in.

Waited for a knock that didn't come, apologizing and attempting to
explain herself. Instead, she got up early and drove over her own
flowerbed and a curb to get out.

Some people...



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Hi Atreyu,
On <Thu, 19 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

He does NONE of that. Our driveway is shared...

Sigh. That sucks.

so I go to work and come home, I see tire tracks from the end of my
side of the driveway... to his garage. He doesn't bother to shovel AT
ALL.

Oh FFS. Time for a rumble strip on your side of the driveway? LOL When
I had my townhouse the neighbour I shared the driveway with was a nice
older guy, so I would shovel his side at the same time, once he moved and
a new person moved in who had teenagers at home, I just did my own side.

They complained to me that I should have done their side too and it wasn't right.

The next night we had the band over for a jam session. They never bothered
me again.

Lazy bastard all the way.

Sounds like it.

Shawn

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Atreyu wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Supposedly happening here in about two weeks.

There was about 2" of snow that fell overnight at my place last night.
Nothing to get excited about but I have to go to a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I am hoping that with the high temp being 36F (2C) that the sidewalks will be clear enough for me to safely use my mobility scooter on.

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On 20 Feb 25 20:31:00, Tiny said the following to Atreyu:

Oh FFS. Time for a rumble strip on your side of the driveway? LOL When
I had my townhouse the neighbour I shared the driveway with was a nice
older guy, so I would shovel his side at the same time, once he moved and
a new person moved in who had teenagers at home, I just did my own side.

I had a nice neighbour like that when I lived in Collingwood long ago... an old fart that talked almost exactly like that scene in Fargo where the old
man does the "so I says, then he says" routine. Hilarious random comments
with a hint of widsom and a hint of senility.

Atreyu

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On 20 Feb 25 21:25:09, Sean Dennis said the following to Atreyu:

Supposedly happening here in about two weeks.

There was about 2" of snow that fell overnight at my place last night. Nothing to get excited about but I have to go to a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I am hoping that with the high temp being 36F (2C) that the sidewalks will be clear enough for me to safely use my mobility scooter on.

Do you have a property management outfit that does the sidewalks?

Atreyu

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On 20 Feb 25 07:43:32, Kurt Weiske said the following to Atreyu:

Waited for a knock that didn't come, apologizing and attempting to
explain herself. Instead, she got up early and drove over her own
flowerbed and a curb to get out.

Bahaha... since my recent move to "suburbia" I swear theres some American Beauty stuff going on.

Just weird quirks of neighbours. Not a big fan of dog owners. Very nice houses on the street with large snowbanks... and lovely patches of piss on them.

Seems everyone has this obsession with parking their rediculous SUV's backing into their driveways. Every one of them. One house across the street has flashing lights from their bedroom at night. Not a TV from what I can tell.

Best I can figure, the occupant is phoning home to Remulak.

Atreyu

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Atreyu wrote in a message to Tiny:

Fargo where the old man does the "so I says, then he says" routine.

I worked with an older women who "so's I turned around and I said, I turned around and I said" I once asked if she got dizzy, but she didn't hear anyone when she was talking as she was too busy spinning in circles.

Hilarious random comments with a hint of widsom and a hint of
senility.

Sounds like a conversation with me.

Shawn

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Atreyu wrote to Tiny <=-

I had a nice neighbour like that when I lived in Collingwood long
ago... an old fart that talked almost exactly like that scene in Fargo where the old man does the "so I says, then he says" routine. Hilarious random comments with a hint of widsom and a hint of senility.

When I moved to the coast, I moved into a nice community. We all know
each other by running into each other walking dogs. We had an elderly
man who'd had a stroke living alone on our street, and we all took turns bringing in mail, moving garbage cans out, and keeping an eye on him. It
was nice to know people around me are looking out for each other - it's
the first time I've seen that since moving out of my parent's house way
back when.

He passed away, donated a ton of money to the local JC that he
taught at, and it turned out that a former student bought his house.
Tight community.





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Re: Re: Winter sucks
By: Atreyu to Tiny on Fri Feb 21 2025 00:10:08

I had a nice neighbour like that when I lived in Collingwood long ago... an old fart that talked
almost exactly like that scene in Fargo where the old
man does the "so I says, then he says" routine. Hilarious random comments with a hint of widsom and a hint of senility.

That's hilarious... HEY.. you making fun of me? :-)




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On 21 Feb 25 11:11:52, Daotha Guy said the following to Atreyu:

with a hint of widsom and a hint of senility.

That's hilarious... HEY.. you making fun of me? :-)

Ha!

"Geez I'm goin' crazy up there at the lake..."

Atreyu

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On 21 Feb 25 07:49:57, Tiny said the following to Atreyu:

I worked with an older women who "so's I turned around and I said, I turned around and I said" I once asked if she got dizzy, but she didn't hear anyone when she was talking as she was too busy spinning in circles.

Do older women in the Shwa have all their hair and teeth?

Atreyu

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On 21 Feb 25 07:58:43, Kurt Weiske said the following to Atreyu:

He passed away, donated a ton of money to the local JC that he
taught at, and it turned out that a former student bought his house.
Tight community.

Sounds nice. I'm sure this neighbourhood is nice and with nice people... just haven't seen the ritual sacrifice yet or an invite to buy a party mask.

Atreyu

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Atreyu wrote in a message to Tiny:

Do older women in the Shwa have all their hair and teeth?

Not as a rule. Mostly the hair and teeth fall out around 14 after 4 years of meth addiction. I think The mayor gives cocaine and meth to the children on their 10'th birthday. Get 'em addicted young!

Shawn

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On 21 Feb 25 17:00:04, Tiny said the following to Atreyu:

Do older women in the Shwa have all their hair and teeth?

Not as a rule. Mostly the hair and teeth fall out around 14 after 4 years o meth addiction. I think The mayor gives cocaine and meth to the children on their 10'th birthday. Get 'em addicted young!

I'm not too crazy about Brantford so far... (pronounce it with a dracula voice). Some parts are okay but a lot of leftovers from that armpit Hamilton.

If Warpslide chimes in, maybe he can direct me to the human female population clean and devoid of such "features".

Atreyu

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Hi Atreyu,
On <Sat, 21 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

I'm not too crazy about Brantford so far... (pronounce it with a
dracula voice). Some parts are okay but a lot of leftovers from that
armpit Hamilton.

My cousin lived in Brantford when my daughter was born and she helped
a lot in the first few months due to my wife (at the time) being sick.
So that was in early 1992, I haven't been back since. (Cousin moved to
Alberta)

Shawn

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On 22 Feb 25 07:15:00, Shawn Highfield said the following to Atreyu:

My cousin lived in Brantford when my daughter was born and she helped
a lot in the first few months due to my wife (at the time) being sick.
So that was in early 1992, I haven't been back since. (Cousin moved to Alberta)

Some friends of mine had suggested I move to Calgary or thereabouts. I've been out there a few times, its nice.

If it wasn't for some aspects of work and a few other things I'd be a
"digital nomad"; able to live and work anywhere with a laptop and Wifi.

Atreyu

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Re: Re: Winter sucks
By: Atreyu to Tiny on Fri Feb 21 2025 17:25:33

I'm not too crazy about Brantford so far... (pronounce it with a dracula voice). Some parts
are okay but a lot of leftovers from that armpit Hamilton.

Brantford is a long drive to bye old network equipment.
Pats his new Mikrotik on the head.




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On 22 Feb 25 15:28:42, Daotha Guy said the following to Atreyu:

Brantford is a long drive to bye old network equipment.
Pats his new Mikrotik on the head.

Meh, I can't even give away all the tech crap here.

Atreyu

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Hi Atreyu,
On <Sun, 22 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

Some friends of mine had suggested I move to Calgary or thereabouts.
I've been out there a few times, its nice.

I haven't been that way in a long time, but I did like it.

If it wasn't for some aspects of work and a few other things I'd be a "digital nomad"; able to live and work anywhere with a laptop and
Wifi.

I have a new OM starting this week, so once she's all settled in I'm going
to work on getting permission to work from home. Everytime I connect the
work laptop it goes through their VPN anyway so all their keyboard trackers
can continue to watch me work. LOL

I'm getting ready to drive into the office now (Sunday) but I could easily
do everything from here.

Shawn

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Hi Atreyu,
In a message to Daotha Guy you wrote:

Meh, I can't even give away all the tech crap here.

Opens closet and looks at the yellow no frills bag
filled with hard drives (or a bomb I haven't opened it
to see).

Shawn

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On 23 Feb 25 07:13:00, Shawn Highfield said the following to Atreyu:

Meh, I can't even give away all the tech crap here.

Opens closet and looks at the yellow no frills bag
filled with hard drives (or a bomb I haven't opened it
to see).

Speaking of tech crap, I never did recap that Tandy...

Atreyu

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On 23 Feb 25 07:12:00, Shawn Highfield said the following to Atreyu:

I have a new OM starting this week, so once she's all settled in I'm going to work on getting permission to work from home. Everytime I connect the work laptop it goes through their VPN anyway so all their keyboard trackers can continue to watch me work. LOL

Is there a good chance your employer overlords will approve that? That would be very cool if you could work remotely.

I'm getting ready to drive into the office now (Sunday) but I could easily do everything from here.

Two customers on my particular contract require onsite visits on a regular basis. If it wasn't for them I would probably never leave the house.

Atreyu

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Hi Atreyu,
On <Mon, 23 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

Speaking of tech crap, I never did recap that Tandy...

I haven't fixed the Coleco yet either. I am going to attempt it this
weekend using Andrea's (I don't know what it's called) medical lamp that
is really bright.

My issue is I can't see anything anymore, even with glasses and a mag
glass. Getting old sucks.

Shawn


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Hi Atreyu,
On <Mon, 23 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

I have a new OM starting this week, so once she's all settled in

Is there a good chance your employer overlords will approve that? That would be very cool if you could work remotely.

I don't see why they wouldn't... Everything is tracked on the laptop, and
if I don't do my job no one get's paid so I'm quite sure they would know.

The worst part of my job is driving HOME every day. Sure it's just Ajax
to Oshawa, the drive to work is 15 mins. Coming home is an hour or more,
and I've tried every road there is from west to east. :)

Two customers on my particular contract require onsite visits on a
regular basis. If it wasn't for them I would probably never leave the house.

It's just better that way. I hate when people are at my desk and they
tend to come in long lines and all of it can be answered easier with a
email or a text message.

Shawn

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On 24 Feb 25 06:22:00, Shawn Highfield said the following to Atreyu:

The worst part of my job is driving HOME every day. Sure it's just Ajax
to Oshawa, the drive to work is 15 mins. Coming home is an hour or more, and I've tried every road there is from west to east. :)

Thats brutal... Even if you took Victoria st south of 401?

Atreyu

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Shawn Highfield wrote to Atreyu <=-

The worst part of my job is driving HOME every day. Sure it's just
Ajax to Oshawa, the drive to work is 15 mins. Coming home is an hour
or more, and I've tried every road there is from west to east. :)

Why is it different from one direction to the other?



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Atreyu wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

If it wasn't for some aspects of work and a few other things I'd be a "digital nomad"; able to live and work anywhere with a laptop and Wifi.

I've been thinking about that, myself. Then I remember I have a
mortgage, kids and a dog. :)

"My wife and I decided we don't want to have kids. We're going to tell
them tonight at dinner, I bet they'll be angry..."

--someone on Twitter


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Daotha Guy wrote to Atreyu <=-

Brantford is a long drive to bye old network equipment.
Pats his new Mikrotik on the head.

I miss the location of one of my old jobs. There was a "Goodwill
Outlet" nearby, I don't quite know the logistics. It might have been
items that didn't sell, or items that went there first, I wasn't sure.
Most likely the former, since I saw things that looked too good for the
usual thrift shop fare.

I picked up a nice Netgear R6400 router and two Linksys WRT1900ACS
routers there, flashed them with OpenWRT or DD-WRT and used them
various places - in fact, I'm still using one of the WRT1900ACSes as an
access point.

The twist? The outlet sold items by weight. All 3 routers were
something like $12.

I'd love to go back, but it's around 30 miles away, and those places
are best when you can check in occasionally since you don't know what's
going to be there or how long it'll last.



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Shawn Highfield wrote to Atreyu <=-

Opens closet and looks at the yellow no frills bag
filled with hard drives (or a bomb I haven't opened it
to see).

I have an old NAS chassis, I should throw all of my old drives in it and
use it to back up my current NAS. What else am I going to do with a box
of 2TB drives with 8-10 years of spin time on them?



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Atreyu wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

Two customers on my particular contract require onsite visits on a
regular basis. If it wasn't for them I would probably never leave the house.

I've started working 1 day a week in the head office in a leadership role, and last week I decided to go to a branch office. At the end of the day, I
got an email from someone who was waiting for me to be in the office to
help resolve her smartphone issue.

I suggested she try someone else's charger and cable first, then let me
know if that worked.

It did.

It was a shame that she self-triaged and assumed that the problem
required a face-to-face visit, she was without her phone for a week.

I've worked with bosses who manage remote teams well, and some that do
so poorly. I think it all has to do with organization, the better
organized managers can schedule time around comms and lessen the
importance of running into their direct reports as a means of
communication.



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Hello Atreyu!
24 Feb 25 07:20, you wrote to me:

Thats brutal... Even if you took Victoria st south of 401?

Oh yeah. That doesn't work anymore it's packed, I jsut stay on highway 2 and it's as fast as any other way. The 401 is useless.

Shawn

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Hello Kurt!
24 Feb 25 09:00, you wrote to me:

I have an old NAS chassis, I should throw all of my old drives in it
and use it to back up my current NAS. What else am I going to do with
a box of 2TB drives with 8-10 years of spin time on them?

Laugh exactly! My 3 x 2TB drives all have 8.5 years of spin time on them and they have all my data. I'm hoping they give me warning before they crap out.

Nothing super important but some TV shows I have would be hard to replace. (Max Headroom and the Chris Isaac show to name 2 of them - very hard to find.)

Shawn

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On 24 Feb 25 17:36:36, Tiny said the following to Kurt Weiske:

Nothing super important but some TV shows I have would be hard to replace. (Max Headroom and the Chris Isaac show to name 2 of them - very hard to find

I agree, those were hard to find.

Atreyu

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On 24 Feb 25 17:39:25, Tiny said the following to Atreyu:

Oh yeah. That doesn't work anymore it's packed, I jsut stay on highway 2 an it's as fast as any other way. The 401 is useless.

As much as one must hold their nose and vote Ford... he's an idiot.

Tunneling under the 401... gimme a break... reminds me of the Simpsons mono-rail project he was yacking about for Ontario Place.

Atreyu

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I agree, those were hard to find.

I've been trying to find "Quincy, M.E." for years, including the three made-for-TV movies which were a prequel (sp?) to the actual show.

I have some oddball shows but my favorite is the one-season wonder called "Manimal". I used to have "Automan" but I lost it in a hard drive failure.

"Manimal" and "Automan" were by Glen A. Larson who came up with Knight Rider and Battlestar Galactica.

I've been looking for "Kojack" and "The Streets of San Francisco" lately but have been coming up dry.

-- Sean



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The worst part of my job is driving HOME every day. Sure it's just
Ajax to Oshawa, the drive to work is 15 mins. Coming home is an hour
or more, and I've tried every road there is from west to east. :)

Why is it different from one direction to the other?

Don't know about Shawn's experience, but mine was that the traffic was
always worse coming home than going. It took about 10 minutes going, and nearly always at least twice that coming back. A small part of that was
due to one way streets and an extra couple of stop lights as a result of
the slight route change, but there were most certainly more cars.

I attributed that to the fact that, going in, I was much more likely to be encountering people on their way to work while, by going home time, it was
late enough that there were a lot of others out on the road who maybe don't work (or not full time or other non-traditional shifts) that wouldn't have
been out before 7AM in the morning.


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On 25 Feb 2025, Sean Dennis said the following...

I've been trying to find "Quincy, M.E." for years, including the three made-for-TV movies which were a prequel (sp?) to the actual show.

https://www.limetorrents.lol/search/all/quincy-season/

shows all 8 seasons with ~10 seeders

i like this cheesy show "The Lost World" and ended up having to buy dvds for that one.. also ended up getting an external enclosure for a full-size bluray/dvd/cd burner drive .. trying to future proof if some of that stuff gets hard to find..

of course everything that goes in there i try to rip to the hard drive too.. might as well rip it while you watch it ;)

"Manimal" and "Automan" were by Glen A. Larson who came up with Knight

https://www.limetorrents.lol/Manimal-S01-DVDRip-XviD-ARCHiViST-torrent-2815147. html

i do rather miss the ease of flipping tvland on and watching a lot of this type of stuff but it's not worth the monthly bill..

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Hi Atreyu,
On <Tue, 24 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

As much as one must hold their nose and vote Ford... he's an idiot.

All his "important" changes are about making booze cheaper. Since I
quit drinking in 2023, that doesn't concern me at all. :)

Tunneling under the 401... gimme a break... reminds me of the Simpsons mono-rail project he was yacking about for Ontario Place.

The GD 407 is empty most days. I bet we could buy it back for less then Douggie insane tunnel idea.

Shawn

... If I'm so wrong, why can't you prove it?


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Hi Sean,
In a message to Atreyu you wrote:

I've been trying to find "Quincy, M.E." for years, including the
three made-for-TV movies which were a prequel (sp?) to the actual
show.

I haven't found that yet, but I added it to my list of things to keep
a watch out for. If I find it I'll hook ya up.

I have some oddball shows but my favorite is the one-season wonder
called "Manimal". I used to have "Automan" but I lost it in a hard
drive failure.

I have Automan on my "server". Send me a netmail or email and we can
work out how to get it to you.

Shawn

... Heads will have to roll!


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Re: Winter sucks
By: Tiny to Atreyu on Mon Feb 24 2025 17:39:25

Thats brutal... Even if you took Victoria st south of 401?

Oh yeah. That doesn't work anymore it's packed, I jsut stay on highway 2 and it's as fast as any
other way. The 401 is useless.

How about Taunton? I lived in North Oshawa before I was transferred to Ottawa during my suit days. At the time Taunton Rd was my goto. :-)

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Re: Re: Winter sucks
By: Atreyu to Tiny on Mon Feb 24 2025 19:40:54

As much as one must hold their nose and vote Ford... he's an idiot.

Tunneling under the 401... gimme a break... reminds me of the Simpsons mono-rail project he was
yacking about for Ontario Place.

CAN YOU SAY MONORAIL??? It starts with 'M' and that stands for MOVE lol

Mick Manning
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On 24 Feb 2025, Atreyu said the following...

Tunneling under the 401... gimme a break... reminds me of the Simpsons mono-rail project he was yacking about for Ontario Place.

What about us brain-dead slobs?

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Hi Mickey,
On <Wed, 25 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

How about Taunton? I lived in North Oshawa before I was transferred to Ottawa during my suit days. At the time Taunton Rd was my goto. :-)

Too many car on Taunton. Plus the time it takes to get to Taunton. :)
I live downtown and work on highway 2 in Ajax. It's not a long drive in
the morning, just coming home.

I tried leaving the office an hour later at 5pm and that does help with
some of the traffic, I've also tried leaving early. If I can get out by
3:30pm at the latest (I mean I'm in my car and sitting at the driveway
to turn onto Harwood by 3:30) that also cuts down a lot of traffic.

I think the issue is no kids walk to to school anymore so there are all
those parents on the road to drive them home.

Shawn

... To much thinking only leads to delay!


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Tiny wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

Nothing super important but some TV shows I have would be hard to
replace. (Max Headroom and the Chris Isaac show to name 2 of them -
very hard to find.)

If your array crashes, I can send you Max Headroom.



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Sean Dennis wrote to Atreyu <=-

I agree, those were hard to find.

I've been trying to find "Quincy, M.E." for years, including the three made-for-TV movies which were a prequel (sp?) to the actual show.

I have some oddball shows but my favorite is the one-season wonder
called "Manimal". I used to have "Automan" but I lost it in a hard
drive failure.

"Manimal" and "Automan" were by Glen A. Larson who came up with Knight Rider and Battlestar Galactica.

I've been looking for "Kojack" and "The Streets of San Francisco"
lately but have been coming up dry.

I've had good luck with dvdua.com - they can be a little pricey for an
impulse buy, but sometimes worth it.



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On 25 Feb 25 01:12:07, Sean Dennis said the following to Atreyu:

I've been trying to find "Quincy, M.E." for years, including the three made-for-TV movies which were a prequel (sp?) to the actual show.

I've been looking for "Kojack" and "The Streets of San Francisco" lately bu have been coming up dry.

I have all three.

Atreyu

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On 25 Feb 25 06:24:00, Shawn Highfield said the following to Atreyu:

The GD 407 is empty most days. I bet we could buy it back for less then Douggie insane tunnel idea.

Its been near empty even during rush-hour... I swear the ENTIRE route.

Atreyu

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On 25 Feb 25 20:06:39, Mickey said the following to Atreyu:

Tunneling under the 401... gimme a break... reminds me of the Simpsons

mono-rail project he was

yacking about for Ontario Place.

CAN YOU SAY MONORAIL??? It starts with 'M' and that stands for MOVE lol

Ha! It moves... into bankruptcy.

Atreyu

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On 25 Feb 25 22:30:30, Jay Harris said the following to Atreyu:

Tunneling under the 401... gimme a break... reminds me of the Simpsons mono-rail project he was yacking about for Ontario Place.

What about us brain-dead slobs?

You'll be given cushy jobs...

Atreyu

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On 26 Feb 25 06:16:00, Shawn Highfield said the following to Mickey:

I think the issue is no kids walk to to school anymore so there are all those parents on the road to drive them home.

I'm part of that "You will walk a mile to school and back" generation.

Parent never drove me to school, ever.

Ohhh, and its -30 outside? Guess you better bundle-up then.

Atreyu

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Atreyu wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

I think the issue is no kids walk to to school anymore so there are all those parents on the road to drive them home.

I'm part of that "You will walk a mile to school and back" generation.

Me too. And don't forget: "and you'll like it".

Parent never drove me to school, ever.

Same. Never once.

Ohhh, and its -30 outside? Guess you better bundle-up then.

Gawddam right, and for me it was uphill both ways.



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Atreyu wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

Parent never drove me to school, ever.

The only time I didn't ride the bus when I was in public school when my
family was living with Dad's mom temporarily in his home town. So my dad
and I both attended the same high school. But I enjoyed the walk in any weather. That was back when I was so skinny you could see me next to a telephone pole.

These days, I -am- the telephone pole. XD

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Hi Atreyu,
On <Thu, 26 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

Its been near empty even during rush-hour... I swear the ENTIRE route.

It's so expensive now. I know a few years ago when my son was living
in Guelph, we took it one way due to the traffic on the 401 and when
the bill came in I thought my wife had taken it again to drive him home.

After that if I drove him home the rule was "Be ready to leave the apartment
at 4am."

Shawn

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Hi Atreyu,
On <Thu, 26 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

I'm part of that "You will walk a mile to school and back" generation. Parent never drove me to school, ever.

Same with us. I could count on one hand the number of times we got a ride.

Ohhh, and its -30 outside? Guess you better bundle-up then.

We were allowed to call Nana at -32. Not -30, but -32. She may tell us
to wear a warmer jacket, but mostly if we called she would come drive us.
The trouble you'd get into if it was only -31 though....

Shawn

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The GD 407 is empty most days. I bet we could buy it back for less then Douggie insane tunnel idea.

Buy it back? Did they sell it to some private firm?

Mike


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Atreyu wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

I'm part of that "You will walk a mile to school and back" generation. Parent never drove me to school, ever.

Same here, but when I turned 16 I did get a beater car and drove to
school. The last year and a half of high school was all about car
culture.

The shrewdest kids took Auto Shop as an elective class and got to fix
up their cars for class credit. Me, I took Computer Problem Solving.

This was in California, no -30 degree winters. And, we had drive-in
movies!




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Kurt Weiske wrote to Atreyu <=-

The shrewdest kids took Auto Shop as an elective class and got to fix
up their cars for class credit. Me, I took Computer Problem Solving.

When I was in the Army stationed at Fort Hood in the mid to late 90s, they
had "Auto Repair Shops". Large buildngs with 6-8 full-size auto bays in
them, omplete with hydraulic lifts and tools or toolboxes you could rent.
To rent a bay for a day was cheap, like $10. I spent many a weekend there fixing my own car or helping others.

The money made went direct into the post's MWR (morale, welfare, and recreation) fund. Somthing I wish I had access to now.

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Re: Re: Winter sucks
By: Atreyu to Shawn Highfield on Wed Feb 26 2025 16:36:23

I'm part of that "You will walk a mile to school and back" generation.

Parent never drove me to school, ever.

Ohhh, and its -30 outside? Guess you better bundle-up then.

I certainly did and it was uphill both ways. Oh well, it was 40 below and I don't give a fuck.

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Hi Mickey,
In a message to Atreyu you wrote:

I certainly did and it was uphill both ways. Oh well, it was 40 below
and I don't give a fuck.

Got a heater in my truck.

Shawn

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Sean Dennis wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

When I was in the Army stationed at Fort Hood in the mid to late 90s,
they had "Auto Repair Shops". Large buildngs with 6-8 full-size auto
bays in them, omplete with hydraulic lifts and tools or toolboxes you could rent. To rent a bay for a day was cheap, like $10. I spent many
a weekend there fixing my own car or helping others.

There was an attempt to make shops where you paid by the hour and got a hydraulic lift bay and access to some tools. I think that insurance took
them down.




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Re: Re: Winter sucks
By: Tiny to Mickey on Fri Feb 28 2025 07:40:00

Hi Mickey,
In a message to Atreyu you wrote:

Got a heater in my truck.

Shawn

Ya got that brother. :-)




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