BronxWench

A fast and durable hard drive is never a bad thing.  As for *nix, you will want to be VERY COMFORTABLE with the “normally hidden wires” of an operating system before using it.  I have experience with SCO Unix, Intel Solaris, Linux, and post-Intel Apple OSX.  If you have to try *nix, get an iMac.  All the unix stuff is in there, but stays “hidden” unless you go looking for it.

@Wilde_Guess I read the "fast and durable hard drive" way too fast, started to think latex and naughty thoughts (this is AFF after all) 

@Wilde_Guess I’m an old DOS user, so I’m very much at home with working in the command prompt arena. The daft one and I were tidying, and ran across our ancient notes on tweaking HIMEM on our--really—IBM PS1. We’re hopelessly geeky, and the daft one has at least one laptop that runs Linux (don’t ask me what flavor) and one that still runs DOS.

@Desiderius Price Very good! You get to move to the front of the spanking line.

...of course, I'll be more impressed when I actually read it I except

...expect. ffs.

Heh,congrats. I'd be spinning down in flames if I wasn't already preoccupied.

You can have it if you can take it.

When you need someone to dig you out of miles-thick snow, you know who to call.

Anytime, paladin mine!

Have a great day, KoKoa!

Happy birthday, Kokoa.

Thanks, guys! I had a wonderful day!

Not entirely. That would be... less than optimal. He's going to be a bit cautious for a while, which is never a bad thing.

and it will teach him to be careful with the question, "How are you?"

Indeed.

heh, worked a full shift the 14^th, went back later that same day and covered third shift, ended up working 13 hours, then 13 hours the next day, then a split double for 16 hours on Thursday.  Thankfully, I only worked 11 on Friday.  LOL

thank you all for the birthday wishes!

Dear gods, woman….  

It’s been worse, so I’ll manage

*can only fantasise about a weather that cold*

*can only fantasize about never having to endure such cold again*

Apparently, the answer is, move to Iceland, wench, move to Iceland. Only that cold a few days a year these days

The world shrinks to an alarming size without the internet!

Good yer back!

Glad to hear that you’re safe and sound, power loss or not.

Somebody keep an eye on Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart.

bite your tongue!!!

I feel like cuffing DEATH around the lughole... *repeats: "..there's no such thing as The Rapture.."*

rain yesterday, snow tonight. bipolar weather.

It'll never be spring again. This forecast brought to you by Jadis industries.

GAH!

Godiva, was it?

Of course!

sounds nice to me!!

Happy Birthday, DG! 

Happy Birthday DG

Happy birthday! Hope the coming year is less hectic than the last one.

Happy birthday DG! I hope this year proves far more relaxing than the last.

Happy birthday to DG! 

Happy birthday, DG  Hope you had a good day, and that the coming year will be better. 

Mmm key lime pie… 

And thanks, everyone, I appreciate it 

Happy Birthday, @Melrick.

Thank you, kindly. 

Thank you all!

Excellent Indeed!

glad to hear it!

Ack, shit comes in threes, huh?

So apart from that, everything is fine?

JD,  I’m beginning to think it comes in a baker’s dozen around here. I don’t make lemonade; I make lemon tarts. 

Mom’s advanced to antibiotics, the corgi is about to go on her rescue meds because she had another seizure in the wee hours, and I’m not on speaking terms with the daft one at the moment (which will make getting some actual sleep in the car on the way to Boston easier). So, everything’s pretty much fine, and business as usual. 

*makes pretty blond imp tap dance in a pink fundoshi with a sparkly tiara, and the boink a pretty blond elf* does that help? *blinks innocently*

;:is not writing, but is highly amused by indignant elf as he reduces the offending pink thing to ash::

*enjoys the shrieks of panic as imp sees things THAT close to his precious jewels incinerated*

Got it. And I'll mind the garden statuary as well.

AND 10-14 inches of snow by morning, and well below freezing. It's 13F now (that's -11C) and it feels like -4F (-20C). She's here.

At least she's got a good deal on Turkish Delight imports!

*wonders briefly if the plumbing industry helped Google come up with this one to boost their house calls...*

I'm still snickering over the nanobots that can install it for you....

I want nanobots!

Thank you and same to you, love

Blessed be, my Wench.

Hope you had a wonderful celebration and tons of fun in your area, Bronx.

Yes, Happy Birthday!

Of course there's naked J-bois!!!

Thanks, JayDee

...and from me!

Happy belated, DG!

As my dad always used to say sometime after my birthday, "Happy Unbirthday!" This may be the only reference to fantasy literature that he has made in his lifetime.

God, I just loved that scene. The way Sansa and Arya played it. And Bran being all creepy in the corner. But especially Sansa and Arya. Will need to watch on demand just for that scene.

Though I do think they made one tiny goof. The shot of the Night King after the wall comes down should have come after the army marched through, not before. Would have made a good end to the season. 

I can’t believe we have to wait 2 years for the next season …  Bran finally got interesting but dammit man, take control of that dragon and ice the Night King already.

Agree with all… but a political angle occurred to me. With Tyrion as Daenerys’ Hand, and Jaime having marched off to take his men north to fight the army of the dead. The “Lannisters” are actually with Daenerys. Cersei is now isolated in King’s Landing, and has lost the authority conferred by ‘family’ in facts on the ground as they stand.

Also, there’s this “I can’t have children” thing that is going to turn out to be a load of rubbish. Because any author who’s gone to all the trouble of having the recurring motif of incest > insanity, and of setting up Snow and Daenerys in such a fashion, fully intends to have that play out all over again (if nothing changes).

Happy birthday, PW!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear @pittwitch , happy birthday to you!

Thank you all!  Another adventure filled trip around the sun indeed!  I’m healing nicely from the surgery.   

Lachesis: “Hard to top? Hold my wine I got this...”

Nah, I got my fingers crossed for ya

I’m sorry to hear that, and I hope the coming week is better for you.

Sadly, I can sympathise.  This has been a nightmare 2 months for me and it’s not getting any better.  Now we have to find out why mum has lost vision in her right eye.  Here’s hoping things improve for the both of us!