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Engine n00b
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Austin
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one of those career over hobby things.
Instead of a new engine, i have a new computer and new network attached storage at home.
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: CASA GRANDE AZ
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
Yeah but the engine will get its turn next time
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Between Trucks...
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA.
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
That's a bummer. What kind of computer did you get?
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Central PA
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
How about a wife over hobby thing...
here is my paint job!
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Engine n00b
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Austin
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
Built up a Hyper-V box. x3220 proc, 8GB ram, 3x1tb in a RAID5. Also migrated the home NAS from 4x500GB to 4x1.5TB
1.5TB->4.5TB overall. hehe - feel you there. Well, I will soon enough. |
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Location: Ozark, MO
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
Your wife is officially never allowed to complain about laundry. EVER. Man, I'm glad mine is happy with the extra-large cheapos.
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Tot Roddin'
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mid-MO
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Midlothian,TX (DFW)
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
HAHA ... BTDT!!!!!!!
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
....career....two week vacation, right now; 10-week vacation every summer. All unpaid. Oh, another week off at spring break w/o pay. The price I pay for driving a school bus and getting 6 hour lunch breaks, every day.
Get it all while you can. Anyone who says there is no age discrimination in hiring is younger than I am. When you list your employment history, they can read it and I can weep. Nice-sounding computer, but most of what you described went over the top of my thinning hair. I get some of it, but not enough to understand the tech side. The washer/dryer, on the other hand, I get. Loss of paint job and engine replacement....I get. Life sucks....then, you die.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South Florida
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
all that computer I dont know what went right over my head.....Thank God I have my own IT department I just tell them make sure it works
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Austin
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
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The Servers (2) are running Microsoft Hyper-V with 8 guest machines on one (quad core, 8GB ram, 3x1TB) and the other is VMware ESXi 3.5 (AMD FX-55, 4GB RAM, 2x250GB) which is not in use yet (waiting on a compatible NIC card) My desktop and my g/f's desktops are both Intel Q6600 quad cores with 8gb of ram running Vista 64 bit. I have 3x74GB 10k drives in a RAID5, she has 5x250GB in a RAID1 and a 3 disk RAID5. I have a better video card for gaming than she does though. Mine has dual 20" flat screens and hers is a single 25" wide screen. So yea, basically a fire in my house = grab the NAS and run out. All is backed up to it, and all can be recovered from it. All the parts and ****, I have insurance to replace/improve it. Quote:
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
I think if hard earned money is going to be wasted on appliances there should at least be some sort of compromise!
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chrome makes it go FASTER!
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
Currently placing order for custom Chevy Washer and Dryer....
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hole in the woods Florida
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
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Dude....That is a awesome set of appliances there !!! ![]() When you going into production ? ![]()
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: sa tx
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
Why do you need so much "computer firepower"??? DO you host websites or something 4.5TB is a lot (tons) of storage.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lake Stevens, WA
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
That... and the amount of RAM! With that setup you should be good to go for whatever you're doing for 3 or 4 more years.
This summer suspension work took the shape of new exterior paint on the house. (at least you can see the difference) Last edited by Indyuke; 12-23-2008 at 12:00 AM. |
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Lemme show you something!!
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: St.Helens, OR.
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
...ain't life grand? I took a couple weeks off of work here @ the end of the year to swap out the SM420 for a 700r4, convert the leaf-spring rear of the GMC to coils and relocate the fuel tank. As luck would have it I spent my "truck" money on a new 4L60E transmission for the wifes 'burban a couple weeks ago. Frick! Frick! Frick!
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STOLEN
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
Career is always more important than the hobby. I was unemployed from June till November and the Company I went to work for is already making cuts and I'm not even through my 3 month probation. God help me, I already went through my families savings to survive the last run of no work. Good luck to everyone struggling like me out there.
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
My trucks intertwine with my career.So...as long as the money`s there,they get it.
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I wish I was a cowboy
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
I'm a network engineer during the day, father of 4 (and a PITA dog, too) at night. I used to care about my home tech gear, but since my kids take over EVERYTHING that has ever been mine, I stopped caring. Not like I have time to play, anyway. My kids just got a Wii from their grandparents (I fought it, I think kids should play outside), and all I got to do is set it up so I don't have wires and controllers all over my living room. They won't let me play!
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Engine n00b
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Opdyke, IL
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
Here is my frame work, suspension, and engine rebuild. The wife has wanted one since she was a kid. This isn't the exact horse we're getting but it's a close copy. Guess I can't complain too much though. Now she'll have her hobby and I'll have mine. I keep trying to tell her though that MY hobby doesn't have to be fed every day
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I wish I was a cowboy
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
So mvfd50, do think it'd be a problem if I had two hobbies (horses and trucks), and my wife still hadn't figured hers out? I've wanted horses since I was a kid, too, growing up on my grandpa's ranch. He used to break them like he was born to do it and to this day is still my hero.
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Re: one of those career over hobby things.
That'd be between you and your wife.
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