Healthy. Alive. Slept well.
Today looks like another fine day. (Which reminds me of Don Martin, yes, the one from MAD magazine and his “One fine day…” etc headlines.
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You have scissors, though… right?
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Gas Attendant.
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Mom home yesterday. Now it’s time to tell at her for overdoing it.
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When my father broke his hipfemur, his PT yelled at him a few times for walking too much too soon.
Edward Scissorhands? Is that you?
The official work week is 60% over. I wish I could quietly bury the remaining 40% in some quiet place where it won’t be found.
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Vacation cabin booked! Just under three months and I’ll be taking a long weekend in the middle of nowhere. And minimal cell service, even better. 
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Yeah? Where’s “middle of nowhere” for you?
We like Hocking Hills - quiet, lots of woods and rocks and gorges and waterfalls 'n stuff.
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Noticed our NAS (Thecus NAS) was running a bit hot (between 40degC/104degF and 50degC/122degF) and there was a notice saying the CPU fan failed.
Crapped my pants (figuratively), shutted everything down, removed the NAS for a physical inspection.
CPU fan is still good. No wobbly or noisy bearings.
But I suspect that the hot air does not get dissipated properly, so I installed two PSU fans (50x50) that I salvaged from an old server. Had to desolder a molex connector from an old stiffy drive so that the fans can draw juice from the stiffy molex connection, I don’t want to cut any wires since the unit still is under warranty.
Success, temperatures now are much better (between 30degC/86degF and 40degC/104degF).
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Dad and MIL invited us to go to the Lowveld (https://goo.gl/maps/fidmhfxHhtS2 on google maps). Lovely place even if a bit on the dry side.
Sometime in September, which makes it just before the rain season.
We were there about 4 or 5 years ago. Kids will be loving it (they love being in the nature) and we hope to see ellyphants, giraffes and all the other assorted wildlife.
I consider that to be “middle of nowhere”. There’s a cell signal, but it’s more wobbly than anything else.
+1 for Hocking Hills. I did a lot of … things … there in my youth.
Converted a physical Server2k8 PC over to a Hyper-V VM
All went well, it is up and running now, busy busting a gut loading drivers etc.
Now for reliability tests.
You can’t just say that and not follow it up. C’mon, I’m making popcorn 
Bah. Network and mouse is FUBAR’d.
Other than that, it works. Have shutted it down until I can figure out a way to get the hyper-v guest programs/additions installed on it.
Fun times.
Edit : a repair reinstall may be the way to go as this specific server have an asset tracking database installed. Will have to try it and see.
Good for experience.
That’d be the place. And this cabin is in the middle of hundreds of acres. All alone. Can’t wait.
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Enjoy your vacation! 
Costs a few buck, but if you and DH would like some time away from kiddos… this is a REALLY nice place to stay:
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Spend a couple more bucks to endure the real, impossibly rainy Scotland
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Viking no longer haz “friends with benefits”
Viking iz much happier
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