The random thought thread

**blackcat4866** · 11-28-2016

Originally Posted by Lagonda

It's Monday morning and the new job booking system inflicted on me by our wonderful IT department has sunk without trace and f#@%&d my week completely.

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Can't I go back to giving people written instructions on a piece of paper?

It works.

I've always liked paper:

I can read it as many times as necessary.
I don't have to log in to see it.
I don't have to re-write it if the information isn't saved.
It doesn't cost thousands of dollars to buy and/or maintain.
It doesn't generate reams of statistics to be rubbed under my nose.

When I first started in this business the call center faxed over a list of calls that came in the previous day. We would sort the calls out, primarily based on geography, then we would leave the office with 5 slips of paper in our pockets. The next morning we would fax the calls into the main office, get 5 more, wash rinse repeat.

It worked just fine, for years. =^..^=

**Iowatech** · 11-28-2016

Meet the Laundroid!

I heard that Panasonic doesn't make MFDs or printers any more, which if true is a shame as I liked the Panasonic equipment I got to work on back in the analog days.
But hey, maybe they'll do better with this.
As usual, open the link at your own peril. Also, the video at the link doesn't explain anything.

**TheBlueOrleans** · 12-03-2016

Random thought thread random thought. Technically a quote if you're a stickler.

God damn these electric sex pants.

**nottoosharp** · 12-05-2016

Originally Posted by Phil B.

omg! Shocking!

... go home freelance hack

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**Iowatech** · 12-06-2016

Got the first measurable snow yesterday (5", no big deal), so I changed my avatar accordingly.
If you're driving a car or pickup that is not terribly stable in the snow, a sixty pound tube of sand or two in the back might help. Five is kind of an excess though. I tried that when I was driving my little 2WD Ranger pickup years ago. It had the non-crew cab and the extended bed (fits a standard sheet of plywood), so storage space wasn't an issue.
(The last tube of sand I cut open was full of crushed limestone.)

**allan** · 12-06-2016

Can you believe there is people like me who never touched snow before. Seen some from miles away.

**allan** · 12-06-2016

Hehe

ZOMBO

**ZOOTECH** · 12-07-2016

"Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it."
Lily Tomlin

**NeoMatrix** · 12-07-2016

Originally Posted by Iowatech

Got the first measurable snow yesterday (5", no big deal), so I changed my avatar accordingly.
If you're driving a car or pickup that is not terribly stable in the snow, a sixty pound tube of sand or two in the back might help. Five is kind of an excess though. I tried that when I was driving my little 2WD Ranger pickup years ago. It had the non-crew cab and the extended bed (fits a standard sheet of plywood), so storage space wasn't an issue.
(The last tube of sand I cut open was full of crushed limestone.)

Re Snow droppings:
We had a problem with the neighbourhood trees and the birds leaving little white droppings everywhere, a huge mess. The trees have now been removed which has the added blessing of causing the noisy birds to move on.

I can remember looking towards the sky where the nieghbours trees once where with sincere thankfulness and true appreciation while I meantioned something to the affect of "thank christ cows don't fly"....