NE Off-Topic (Catching you bench on fire and other randomness)

Rachel · 03-09-2010, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by arrutled

When was your b-day? did we miss it??

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Originally Posted by ML

Pretty certain Audra started that thread in early December.

yup, you guys all ready covered it.

it's just that I reinstated insurance on my bike today.

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Originally Posted by larryn

Dayum, you're good, Mike!

Btw, I spent about 5 hrs on my car after Andy left on Sunday. A couple nice days since then... Isn't it funny how much better you feel driving around a sparkly clean car? (off to NC tomorrow, so it's relegated to my garage to remain clean)

Maybe we'll have some cleaning days up at my place in April,if anyone is interested.

Bdh821 · 03-09-2010, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rachel

Maybe we'll have some cleaning days up at my place in April,if anyone is interested.

I'm interested granted my 1 was put away after a full Zaino job. But I can't wait to bring it out. It's going to feel like driving a go cart after driving the caddy

amybang · 03-09-2010, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Rachel

Maybe we'll have some cleaning days up at my place in April,if anyone is interested.

I'm interested.

We went topless all weekend. Orca needs her remote module reinstalled after she puts her sandals back on.

amy!

and 1 · 03-09-2010, 10:07 PM

kinda goes without saying that i'm in

windmaker · 03-09-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Rachel

Maybe we'll have some cleaning days up at my place in April,if anyone is interested.

sure I am down

larryn · 03-14-2010, 01:07 PM

Gone for the week on a busines strip, came home yesterday. Booted up desktop this AM, and learned that my hard drive failed. Lost all of my music, but more importantly, all of my family and driving events pictures and video.

After researching, I found this particular Seagate Barracuda drive had firmware issues that caused most of the drives to fail. Entered "recovery" case with them, but I doubt they'll pay for recovery services.

10 years of memories.... Feeling rather crappy. I just copied this data to this new drive a month ago, thinking it was more safe there.

and 1 · 03-14-2010, 10:21 PM

that BLOWS

pretty sure i have a few shots of you driving at AX...let me know and i'll shoot you an email

Rachel · 03-14-2010, 10:39 PM

I'm really sorry to hear that Larry. Hopefully you can get some new shots of the family, and that this doesn't happen again...

ML · 03-15-2010, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by larryn

...and learned that my hard drive failed. Lost all of my music, but more importantly, all of my family and driving events pictures and video.

Man that sucks. I've got a couple of USB drives that are dedicated to backups. I run a incremental every day and a full backup once a week. About every six months, I have to wipe the drive for space. This is a work thing however. If they didn't pay for the drives initially, I wouldn't have started doing this. I think you can buy a 1TB drive for about $100 now.

larryn · 03-15-2010, 09:38 AM

Thanks Guys! I already went out and bought a 2TB drive as a replacement for the failed one, and am shopping for a decent backup NAS. What's bad is that I already have a NAS for multimedia shares. Got all of our DVDs, HDDVDs, and some of our music on it (mostly my wife's and daughters music though).

m_thompson · 03-15-2010, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by larryn

Thanks Guys! I already went out and bought a 2TB drive as a replacement for the failed one, and am shopping for a decent backup NAS.

Most recent PCs support mirrored drives. Just add a second 2 TB drive and configure a mirror in the BIOS.

m_thompson · 03-15-2010, 12:11 PM

We got stuck in traffic more than an hour on I-95 in Attleboro late Saturday night. The shredded remains of a car were against the left guard rail. There were parts and pieces spread all over the highway. The idiot drivers tried the breakdown lane, got stopped by car parts, and tried to cut into the stopped right lane. A channel 12 SUV in the breakdown lane put on his strobe lights thinking that would make a difference in stopped traffic. Someone in a nice 5-series was driving over weaving from lane to lane in the stop and go traffic. What a mess. I was really glad I was driving the 328xi with the automatic.

ML · 03-15-2010, 01:05 PM

Hey Boston, quit sending us your cold rain!

larryn · 03-15-2010, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by m_thompson

Most recent PCs support mirrored drives. Just add a second 2 TB drive and configure a mirror in the BIOS.

That would definitely work for my desktop, but not for all of the other machines on the network. I'm thinking more globally, instead of a local RAID setup.

ML · 03-15-2010, 01:20 PM

Hey Boston, I'm getting a little tired of that cold wind, too!

and 1 · 03-15-2010, 02:18 PM

really hope this lets up today like the forecast says it's supposed to. thank god for rain x

i wanna put my windows back down again STAT

Rachel · 03-15-2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ML

Hey Boston, I'm getting a little tired of that cold wind, too!

Where are you currently?

btw, who decided the tolerance on tire sizes??

My Toyo's were 255, and my new PS2's are 255, except that the PS2's have decided to rub over bumps in the rear. Had my fenders rolled a little bit today. Helped, but not totally gone. Gonna go back for a 2nd treatment friday.

and 1 · 03-15-2010, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rachel

btw, who decided the tolerance on tire sizes??

My Toyo's were 255, and my new PS2's are 255, except that the PS2's have decided to rub over bumps in the rear. Had my fenders rolled a little bit today. Helped, but not totally gone. Gonna go back for a 2nd treatment friday.

fun

ML · 03-15-2010, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Rachel

Where are you currently?

btw, who decided the tolerance on tire sizes??

My Toyo's were 255, and my new PS2's are 255, except that the PS2's have decided to rub over bumps in the rear. Had my fenders rolled a little bit today. Helped, but not totally gone. Gonna go back for a 2nd treatment friday.

I'm back in Westfield.

I think I know someone else who is feeling that tire rubbing pain.

m_thompson · 03-16-2010, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by larryn

That would definitely work for my desktop, but not for all of the other machines on the network. I'm thinking more globally, instead of a local RAID setup.

Setup a small Linux system with mirrored or RAID drives. You can iSCSI or Samba to share the drives on your network.

arrutled · 03-16-2010, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ML

I'm back in Westfield.

I think I know someone else who is feeling that tire rubbing pain.

I got my fender tool/heat gun today!!!!

ML · 03-16-2010, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by arrutled

I got my fender tool/heat gun today!!!!

Let me go on the public record that I want no part of this.

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larryn Lieutenant General 2148 Rep 10,176 Posts Drives: '97 332ti, '21 X5 45e, '16 GT4 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Seattle iTrader: (2)	Gone for the week on a busines strip, came home yesterday. Booted up desktop this AM, and learned that my hard drive failed. Lost all of my music, but more importantly, all of my family and driving events pictures and video. After researching, I found this particular Seagate Barracuda drive had firmware issues that caused most of the drives to fail. Entered "recovery" case with them, but I doubt they'll pay for recovery services. 10 years of memories.... Feeling rather crappy. I just copied this data to this new drive a month ago, thinking it was more safe there.
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larryn Lieutenant General 2148 Rep 10,176 Posts Drives: '97 332ti, '21 X5 45e, '16 GT4 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Seattle iTrader: (2)	Thanks Guys! I already went out and bought a 2TB drive as a replacement for the failed one, and am shopping for a decent backup NAS. What's bad is that I already have a NAS for multimedia shares. Got all of our DVDs, HDDVDs, and some of our music on it (mostly my wife's and daughters music though).
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m_thompson Major 133 Rep 1,416 Posts Drives: M-Sport 128i, 328xi, 3.0CS Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New England, USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 128i [0.00] 1972 3.0CS [10.00]	We got stuck in traffic more than an hour on I-95 in Attleboro late Saturday night. The shredded remains of a car were against the left guard rail. There were parts and pieces spread all over the highway. The idiot drivers tried the breakdown lane, got stopped by car parts, and tried to cut into the stopped right lane. A channel 12 SUV in the breakdown lane put on his strobe lights thinking that would make a difference in stopped traffic. Someone in a nice 5-series was driving over weaving from lane to lane in the stop and go traffic. What a mess. I was really glad I was driving the 328xi with the automatic. __________________ '09 128i - Black Sapphire Metallic\Coral Red\Glacier Silver\N51 DISA\6MT\Navigation\Premium\M-Sport\Heated seats\Xenon\Headlights\iPod\Smartphone\Euro Delivery
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ML Change for a Nickle? 14 Rep 875 Posts Drives: 2006 M3, Mazda truck Join Date: May 2008 Location: Westfield, MA iTrader: (1)	Hey Boston, quit sending us your cold rain! __________________ "I tasted death many times on the river today. Do you want to know what it tasted like? Do you REALLY want to know? Well I'll tell you then: it tasted like BEEF JERKY." - unknown paddler 8/1/09
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ML Change for a Nickle? 14 Rep 875 Posts Drives: 2006 M3, Mazda truck Join Date: May 2008 Location: Westfield, MA iTrader: (1)	Hey Boston, I'm getting a little tired of that cold wind, too! __________________ "I tasted death many times on the river today. Do you want to know what it tasted like? Do you REALLY want to know? Well I'll tell you then: it tasted like BEEF JERKY." - unknown paddler 8/1/09
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