Missing the little things, like my own desk and not wearing pants.
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So this happened a few days ago where I live. Derecho impact: Iowa continues cleanup efforts three days after storm[^] Been a right mess of a week. Anyhoo, Since my cell phone doesn't work, my internet is out and half the town is without power. I have to get myself together and drive into the office. That means putting on pants dang gummit. I have decided that I like my home office setup much better. Even if the monitor isn't as huge. Gotten used to that setup. Also, I have been thru worse natural disasters. What is the worst one you have been thru? I know mine will not compare to others. Anyway there are people worse off I know.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
After a decade of tory government, we don't really care anymore. X| X| X| Besides that, the supermarket ran out of beer. :wtf: B.T.W. Pants are overrated. :laugh:
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After a decade of tory government, we don't really care anymore. X| X| X| Besides that, the supermarket ran out of beer. :wtf: B.T.W. Pants are overrated. :laugh:
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Nothing too bad. The October hurricane was my worst: loads of trees down, roads blocked to all vehicle for days. No electricity for a week and a half (in an all electric house with one candle - shaped like a snowman) Fortunately, the local pub had both gas cookers and Tilley lamps. And beer. Lots of beer. It also had a landlord that drank far too much and played 3-card brag really, really badly. For money ... We went home most nights pretty drunk and quite a lot richer.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Well ... after the asteroid hit and all the other dinosaurs were wiped out, those of us that started off with COBOL had a rough couple of million years ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
COBOL? You guys had it easy... Don't get me started on how we used to chisel stone punch-cards.
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without teeth.
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rnbergren wrote:
What is the worst one you have been thru?
Hurricane Michael just a couple of years ago. My ISP's hub (Panama City, FL) got flattened. I live about 90 miles inland but still had lots of trees down. My power was out for only 4 days and the internet was down for about a week. My residence got through it with minimal damage but my rental suffered a large pine across the roof.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
Our situation was similar during Hurricane Fran in '96. Had a newborn at the time, got to experience the joy of having the eye of the hurricane pass over. That means the winds and rain are hellish, then it stops. Whew! We survived it! Then it starts again as the other side of the hurricane passes over ... [Actually, we knew about the eye, but it was a relief to have a break from the wind & rain] We had no power for 4 days during a heat wave. Fortunately friends are on the same circuit as a large hospital, so they were without power for 4 hours. We stayed with them and other friends until our power came back on. Some folks were without power for 2 to 4 weeks, and many homes were destroyed. Our worst damage was a fallen branch crushed my tomatoes. Fortune smiled upon us that night.
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So this happened a few days ago where I live. Derecho impact: Iowa continues cleanup efforts three days after storm[^] Been a right mess of a week. Anyhoo, Since my cell phone doesn't work, my internet is out and half the town is without power. I have to get myself together and drive into the office. That means putting on pants dang gummit. I have decided that I like my home office setup much better. Even if the monitor isn't as huge. Gotten used to that setup. Also, I have been thru worse natural disasters. What is the worst one you have been thru? I know mine will not compare to others. Anyway there are people worse off I know.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
Hurricane Katrina, and all of the other hurricanes that have hit the New Orleans area since Camille back in the 60's. Katrina was the worst, hands down. The aftermath and flooding was terrible. I did collect 176,000.00 on my flood insurance. Needed all of it to rebuild the downstairs portion of my home (which is where my office is located).
"Blown Away" - George Harrison
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rnbergren wrote:
What is the worst one you have been thru?
Hurricane Michael just a couple of years ago. My ISP's hub (Panama City, FL) got flattened. I live about 90 miles inland but still had lots of trees down. My power was out for only 4 days and the internet was down for about a week. My residence got through it with minimal damage but my rental suffered a large pine across the roof.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
Second Hurricane Michael. Ripped off my roof and blew some walls off the house plus 12 massive pines down. (Hiland Park/Springfield area). Pretty much lost everything in the house. Insurance was a PITA. Took over a year to get our claim properly paid. Our office building in Lynn Haven got messed up pretty bad but we finally got back into it earlier this year. My office at home pretty much got spread across my back yard. The one at work lost a wall. Luckily my office desktop survived. haha.
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So this happened a few days ago where I live. Derecho impact: Iowa continues cleanup efforts three days after storm[^] Been a right mess of a week. Anyhoo, Since my cell phone doesn't work, my internet is out and half the town is without power. I have to get myself together and drive into the office. That means putting on pants dang gummit. I have decided that I like my home office setup much better. Even if the monitor isn't as huge. Gotten used to that setup. Also, I have been thru worse natural disasters. What is the worst one you have been thru? I know mine will not compare to others. Anyway there are people worse off I know.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
Link not working. Since it tries to link to KCCI, I'll assume you're in DSM. I was living there when the huge floods came through in 1993 (?). Luckily for me, I was out in NW DSM, not near any water, so for me it was just a hassle--not having water for quite some time, having to go to the water truck to fill jugs. A lot of people had their houses destroyed though.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
We've had floodings and fires. Always in pants.
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"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Link not working. Since it tries to link to KCCI, I'll assume you're in DSM. I was living there when the huge floods came through in 1993 (?). Luckily for me, I was out in NW DSM, not near any water, so for me it was just a hassle--not having water for quite some time, having to go to the water truck to fill jugs. A lot of people had their houses destroyed though.
yes des moines area. Been here since 1990. I remember 93 and searching for someplace to take a shower being the worst part of it. showered once a week my wife and I did. still managed to have a child in 94. strange
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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So this happened a few days ago where I live. Derecho impact: Iowa continues cleanup efforts three days after storm[^] Been a right mess of a week. Anyhoo, Since my cell phone doesn't work, my internet is out and half the town is without power. I have to get myself together and drive into the office. That means putting on pants dang gummit. I have decided that I like my home office setup much better. Even if the monitor isn't as huge. Gotten used to that setup. Also, I have been thru worse natural disasters. What is the worst one you have been thru? I know mine will not compare to others. Anyway there are people worse off I know.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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So this happened a few days ago where I live. Derecho impact: Iowa continues cleanup efforts three days after storm[^] Been a right mess of a week. Anyhoo, Since my cell phone doesn't work, my internet is out and half the town is without power. I have to get myself together and drive into the office. That means putting on pants dang gummit. I have decided that I like my home office setup much better. Even if the monitor isn't as huge. Gotten used to that setup. Also, I have been thru worse natural disasters. What is the worst one you have been thru? I know mine will not compare to others. Anyway there are people worse off I know.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
Just got through Hurricane Isaiah here on Long Island in New York. The power company did such a bad job with their response that it took a week to get everyone's power back up. My wife and I lost power only for a few hours but we are on the hospital grid so we are always a priority in our region. Nonetheless, the power company is being seriously investigated. But it was Hurricane Sandy that demolished us a number of years ago. It was so bad that there are still parts of the Island that have never been fully repaired. Now that I am retired, I no longer have any need to leave my home-office... :)
Steve Naidamast Sr. Software Engineer Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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So this happened a few days ago where I live. Derecho impact: Iowa continues cleanup efforts three days after storm[^] Been a right mess of a week. Anyhoo, Since my cell phone doesn't work, my internet is out and half the town is without power. I have to get myself together and drive into the office. That means putting on pants dang gummit. I have decided that I like my home office setup much better. Even if the monitor isn't as huge. Gotten used to that setup. Also, I have been thru worse natural disasters. What is the worst one you have been thru? I know mine will not compare to others. Anyway there are people worse off I know.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
rnbergren wrote:
Also, I have been thru worse natural disasters. What is the worst one you have been thru? I know mine will not compare to others.
Once it rained for forty days and forty nights straight here... well, not really rain so much as drizzled.. and it does that every few years anyway.. darn, I got nothin.. nothing to see here, move along. I hear you on the office setup thing. I've been in the office a few times on and off and I'm still on the fence of which I like better. The setup is pretty similar, but I miss seeing coworkers in person, but I like not having to commute (way more free time.. to get the house ready for that forty days and nights of rain, of course.. it's been a few years so we're due)
I live in Oregon, and I'm an engineer.
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In that case, we all be speaking Russian and would have a 'working' COVID vaccination. :~
