analog_kidd

I finally got to use my "Chicken Nipples"   :dropjaw:   They are a little gizmo I installed in the bottom of a bucket, and then you fill it with water. The chickens touch the little plunger and get a drink. Don't know why they call them chicken nipples, but I think it's funny. I've been telling people it's what they cut off the end of the chicken breast.   Here's what they look like:  http://www.amazon.com/Poultry-Chicken-nipple-chickens-hatching/dp/B004NEIS1M/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1410565577&sr=8-3&keywords=chicken+nipples

The wife and I started a Square Dancing class. I'm not really all that interested in square dancing, but she wanted to do it, and I'm always dragging her to my silly activities, so I agreed.   It was actually fun, right up until the lights went out and they sent everyone home. I thought it might be more fun to Do-Si-Do in the dark  :cool:

A few months ago, I was driving home from work. I don't now the details of what happened, but this woman was absolutely enraged at a man in a different vehicle. She was honking and shaking her fist, and rocking the car by holding the steering wheel. I noticed this at a stop light we were all at. When the light changed, the man got the jump on her and somehow a car ended up between them. She became so enraged, that she started driving very erratically. She did a two lane sweep into oncoming traffic across a solid yellow line, jumped back around and cut me off, nearly clipping my bumper, floored the gas, and locked up the brakes at the next red light, right behind the guy, but not fully in her lane. She was taking up both lanes.   She then proceeds to get out of her car and pounded on the guys window, kicked his tires, and dropped all kinds of profanity that made even me uncomfortable. Meanwhile she's screaming at him about what a horrible driver the guy was.   Oh, the irony

  I think I'm back in. Someone posted a link to the new group, and I followed that and joined. No biggie either way, Facebook is a distraction that I barely give a second thought to.Besides, there's too much good stuff to read on TGO. Who has time for FaceBook?

  So you did that? I just signed up for that page a week or so ago, and saw that it went to "Secret". I thought to myself "Wohoo; in before the lock"  :up:

Sounds like you got a solution, but I'll mention what I bought anyway. I got a stereo that is called a "switching receiver". It has one HDMI output, and several other inputs, consisting of HDMI in, component in, RGB in, etc. The receiver has several modes such as Cable, DVD, Game, PC, etc. I can configure each of those modes for what ever type of input it uses, so my Cable is HDMI, vcr is RGB, etc. The receiver handles converting everything to the one HDMI output that goes to my TV. All I have to do is select "Cable" on my receiver remote and the receiver takes over and makes all the connections. Want to watch a DVD? Just hit the DVD setting on the Receiver remote.   It also does all the fancy surround sound stuff, plus connects to my network so I get Pandora, can connect to my den PC to get music, and does  a bunch of other stuff I never use. I forget exactly what I paid for it, but it was in the $400-$500 range.

I read that the range is a popular tourist destination outside Las Vegas, called Burgers and Bullets. I guess you can shoot just about any kind of gun you want there, and enjoy a tasty burger afterward. One thing they specialize in is teaching youth about firearms. I also read that the instructor did have the girl shoot a few times with single rounds loaded, to get the feel for it.

Can't tell your location from your profile, but if you live near Knoxville, I have a full body beekeeping suit you are welcome to borrow if you want to try taking it down.

A quick Googling of "WRT310N access point" indicates that others have had success doing exactly what you are after, with that model. Good luck.

The WiFi extender will cut your speed in half. They can't transmit and receive at the same time, so they take an outgoing packet, receive it, then forward it, then wait for an incoming packet, receive it and forward it on. Your router can transmit and receive at the same time.   One option for you, since you have the Ethernet cable run, is a wireless access point. Plug one end of the cable into one of the ports on your router, and the other end of the wire at the other end of the house is where you plug in the access point. It's kind of like the range extender, but you get the full speed, and you get WiFi at both ends of the house.   Many routers can be configured to act as an access point, you just have to go into the config and set it. I think some manufacturers even sell dedicated access points, so there's no monkeying around with settings to make it work. If you find a router that supports something called DD-WRT, it's almost certain that it can be configured as an access point. DD-WRT is open source code that can be installed on a router that enables all kinds of functionality not included in the manufacturers default configuration.

To me, he seemed like that annoying guy that used to smoke, and would do it anywhere, anytime, and didn't care who's face the smoke blew into. The world be damned, it's my right to smoke if I want. Then for whatever reason they decide to quit, and they never shut up about how everyone else should quit too.   He has his ideas about how life should be and likes to share them, and that's fine, but sheesh, sometimes you gotta give it a rest.   I remember him from a couple of years ago when he did the AT. I really enjoyed reading his posts. Since he came back to TGO, his posts immediately got under my skin. It's like he's a completely different person.

My truck has some notches in the sides of the bed liner, just forward of the tailgate by about 18". I cut a 2x4 to fit in it side to side. Whenever I'm carrying something, like groceries, I put the 2x4 in and it keeps all my stuff from sliding around. Best $2 truck accessory I ever bought.

Chrome froze up for me a few days ago. It would open, but would never load any pages. I found this tech note: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142059?hl=en and it fixed my problem. It did, however, clear out all of my settings, so I had to re-enter things like saved passwords on TGO, etc.

When my wife was preparing to get her HCP, I discovered that the place giving the class used IDPA targets for the shooting test. I Googled IDPA Target Dimensions and there are several images with all of the dimensions. I made a template from a piece of poster board then traced it onto scrap cardboard and made my own.   For her, she just had to put a hole in the paper to count. You may want a more official one, but if the DIY route is OK for you, look them up.

It looks like the wreck happened just outside a turn. Any driver at that point would be unable to swerve left to avoid him. Plus coming through the turn, most drivers probably would not have seen them until the track straightened out, at which point they would not have had time to react. Going further into the center of the track, he signed his own death certificate.

For me everything was fine, parts wise, until I turned 40. I still am in great health with the 50 looming now, but right after 40, things just hurt that wouldn't normally. Now, I spend a day whitewater kayaking and I feel it the next day, when I didn't used to. I seem to get tendinitis a lot more now, and joints just hurt a little.   At 40, you really should start thinking about a prostate exam and have your blood tested for a PSA score. :ugh: The exam sucks, but it's a part of modern life. Just go to your happy place and it'll be over soon. Oh, and find a Doc with skinny fingers  :up:.   I'll leave you with this quote from Hunter S. Thompson: I put that on my wall at work and read it almost every day.

I thought it was going to be the one where the kids asks how much the box of condoms are? The clerk says "$10 bucks". Kids says "I'll take them". Clerks rings it up and says "That'll be $11". Kid says "I thought you said they were $10. What's the extra dollar for?" Clerks says "That's for the tax". Kid says "Oh, I always wondered how you kept them on".   (Clerk said tax, kid heard tacks. The joke translates better when spoken)

We took the grand daughter to Pigeon Forge to see WonderWorks for her birthday on Saturday. There were bumper to bumper cars from 441 through to  Pigeon Forge, with about 90% of them turning into the parking lot at the Outlet Mall. The 10% savings fighting all those shoppers would not be worth it to me.

I can't believe the advise being given here. This guy has an awesome life! He is living rent free in grandparents house, he's got a sugar-momma taking care of his financial needs, gets to play video games all day, and has a sweet car.   Maybe he should follow the girlfriends lead and get a little side action going too.   /sarcasm

Drove past the early voting spot in Oak Ridge this past weekend, and it was so littered with yard signs, it was beyond ridiculous. Some candidates put out dozens in a row side by side. Then their opponent put out dozens of their own. It was, quite frankly, an embarrassment, and an eyesore. I'll be glad when election season is over and all those signs come down.   Another rant: Sunday night, during the storm, we tried watching a show we like. Before it even got started, the local news broke in over the show and gave storm updates for thirty minutes. When the weatherman returned us to "regularly scheduled programming" they went into a 15 minute loop of local political ads, which was just enough time to get us caught up to the national commercials normally attached to the show. In the local commercial loop, I must have seen the same half dozen or so ads 5 or six times. 

  I have witnessed this great feat one time. I have tried myself many times, but never succeeded. 

Saw this on Facebook and it reminded me of this old thread. Thought I'd revive it...       http://youtu.be/Lq14KIgdJOA

We recently signed up for just Internet service from Comcast. When they came to install it, they dropped off a couple of the set top boxes. We said we weren't getting tv and he said that we would get the most basic tv service included in the just internet service, so they give out the boxes. He also said, "By the way, HBO is included for you for fee."   We never even hooked up the boxes, so i don't even know if it really works or not.

I've talked about it before, but I'll mention it again: Google Voice is awesome for this.   GV is a free service from Google where they give you a phone number. You can even pick it from a list of available ones, and they can be from any area code you like.When registered, you go in to the account settings and add all of you real phone numbers, such as your cell, home, work, etc. When anyone dials the GV #, all of those phones ring at the same time. Which ever one answers first, that's where the call is routed to.Picking a different area code is handy if you have family out of state, you can pick a number local to them, and it doesn't cost them long distance to call you, and the call is routed to you for free.   The feature pertinent to this thread is that you can set up contacts and group them into categories like, family, friends, work, etc., then set up ruleyous. The rules can be like: Family always rings thru to the phones. Friends only between 8:00am to 9:00pm. Work only on weekdays. And so on. But, you can also set up one that says if the number is not in my contacts, go to voicemail. There is an option where they have to announce who they are, then google calls you, plays their announcement adn you decide if you want to talk. You can also set up block lists, where the call never goes thru, and the caller is told they are on the block list.   The other feature I use alot is, if you call your own GV # from one of your own phones, it's smart enough to recognize that and it gives you a menu. One of the choices is to place a long distance call. You enter the # you want to call, and GV routes the call through, but all you have really dialed is your local GV# (assuming you picked a local area code). Free long distance for land lines. I use it from work, where personal LD calls are frowned upon.   Another nifty feature is any voice mails left are translated into text and sent to your email. Although I will say the translation code is mediocre at best. A lot of time the written text makes no sense at all because GV didn't understand what was said, and it makes a best guess.

Yep, this is not about "sanctions", but rather just furthering an agenda. If they wanted to impose real sanctions they would have stopped the import of Russian Vodka.