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[Kari]

Only has 109887 miles in 10 years so that is pretty damn good.

The car I crashed a month ago, as told earlier this thread, was 11 months old. I had 112,000 km (about 70,000 miles) on it.

Luckily you can drive fast here; I need normally about 3 hours 45 mins to drive to our second home, 515 km or 320 miles away. That's with a 15-20 minutes break to fuel and snack at a halfway rest stop.

Kari

 

[96accord]

^ Where the hell do you drive to? WOW!

 

[Zidane24]

The car I crashed a month ago, as told earlier this thread, was 11 months old. I had 112,000 km (about 70,000 miles) on it.

Luckily you can drive fast here; I need normally about 3 hours 45 mins to drive to our second home, 515 km or 320 miles away. That's with a 15-20 minutes break to fuel and snack at a halfway rest stop.

Kari

I would love to drive fast but the highest speed limit I have seen in NC is 70 MPH...I have escaped two speeding tickets with nary a sign of them on my record (Mother is an ADA). Even with family help...I still had to pay attorney fees as punishment. It could be worse...1st ticket was driving 80 in a 55...had to sign a paper at Wendy's ASAP before going to school...the fact that I made really good grades in HS and I offered free tech support to the DA's son was what got me off that one

 

[Kari]

^ Where the hell do you drive to? WOW!

Germany. Over 65% of "Autobahn" (highway / motorway) still without speed limit. Luckily, this trip from here in Leipzig to Düsseldorf is mostly without limits; 130 kmh (80 mph) limit at both ends about 30-40 km (18-27 miles) and then one place where it is only 100 kmh (62 mph) about 10 km (6 miles). The rest, over 420 km (260 miles) you can legally drive as fast as you can.

When there is a limit, it doesn't cost so much. Last one for me was 28 kmh over the limit of 130, I paid 39 euro and 1 point. The bigger problem is points you get. I have now 11 points. At 15 points I have to do evening classes about traffic rules, at 18 you lose your licence.

Kari

 

[Barman58]

Today I dismantled an Xbox 360 without breaking any plastic tabs - can I have a medal please

 

[Zidane24]

Today I dismantled an Xbox 360 without breaking any plastic tabs - can I have a medal please

Not bad...care to share how you did it...might be useful in the future

 

[Barman58]

My friend Google showed me

About the best step by step I've come across here ....

AnandTech: Inside Microsoft's Xbox 360

After all that though there's nothing obvious wrong just keeps giving a generic error 79

Think I'll stick to PC's in future, only agreed to have a look as a favor

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Today I dismantled an Xbox 360 without breaking any plastic tabs - can I have a medal please

How's this for a medel? :shock:

 

[Barman58]

Thanks Ted

I'll wear it with pride

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

You're welcome mate!

 

[chuckr]

, was 11 months old. I had 112,000 km (about 70,000 miles) on it.

Wow,
When do you find time to do your keyboarding ?

 

[Barman58]

Wow,
When do you find time to do your keyboarding ?

who Knows?

 

[Kari]

Wow,
When do you find time to do your keyboarding ?

I suffer from two things: living and working in two places 500 km apart, and living abroad.

Not counting short local trips, in an average month I make three round trips between homes = 3,000 km per month and two trips to southern Germany and Switzerland to keep in touch with customers = 3,000 km per month. One day every week I work in Berlin = 1,200 km a month. This every month. Two yearly car holiday round trips to Finland to see my folks and friends = 6,000 km a year. Add normal daily trips and that's it.

We both love to drive (fast!) and we like to make our European holiday trips with car. European highway / motorway system is super; you move fast but you are never far away from sights and places worth to see. A good example is these trips to Finland. We could fly in a bit over two hours. But we do it rather in our way; day and a half to drive via Denmark and Sweden to Stockholm, then a 16 hour ferry to Helsinki, Finland through the most beautiful archipelago in the world (subjective opinion!).

We, my wife and I, we just love driving

Kari

 

[Zidane24]

who Knows?

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OMG...did you break into my house...AND YOU USED MY JOHN!!!!!

I feel unclean now...

 

[chuckr]

who Knows?

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I TOLD them not to print that !!!!

 

[Kari]

who Knows?

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Yes, that's my rig in my Relaxation Center. My rig in study looks like this:



Always been a HP man!

Kari

 

[chuckr]

But we do it rather in our way; day and a half to drive via Denmark and Sweden to Stockholm, then a 16 hour ferry to Helsinki, Finland through the most beautiful archipelago in the world (subjective opinion!).

Lovely,

Miss that continental lifestyle...

FYI:
US 'Interstate' highways were copied from the Autobahn,
but we're not allowed to actually 'drive'...

But then, we have General Motors, Ford, etc.
You guys got Mercedes, Porsches, Volksies, etc, Autobahn "qualified"...

 

[chuckr]

Yes, that's my rig in my Relaxation Center. My rig in study looks like this:

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Always been a HP man!

Kari

You runnin' XP or Win 7 on that?

You might want to consider a 'wireless' mouse - very "In" these days...

 

[Kari]

You runnin' XP or Win 7 on that?

You might want to consider a 'wireless' mouse - very "In" these days...

DrDOS 3.5, couldn't find Windows 7 drivers for my CGA graphics card.

 

[chuckr]

CGA?
Here's my first home computer, better graphics than CGA:
Dual processors, S-100, 384 K, 8087, and other goodies.
Keyboard like butter, 'built like a tank': (Low-profile Z-110)
Z-100 (computer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Check out that documentation, 14 vols, made me feel like a professional.
Sweet and easy 'programming' on this honey:
DigiBarn Systems: Zenith Z-100 Original Desktop Computer

Standard US Air Force desktop, etc.
Zenith Data Systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia