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35:00 <gremlinz> pfft 29GB of porn
35:00 <gremlinz> amatuers
35:00 <gremlinz> :D
47:00 <electrohead> lol
47:00 <electrohead> hey man :p
52:00 <gremlinz> yo
09:00 <Devil45> ;o
11:00 <Bonny> hey Devil45
14:00 <Devil45> howdys
14:00 <Devil45> 2 days ago. we had a blackout.
14:00 <Bonny> ahhh
14:00 <Devil45> it beats the 2016 record - 3� hours
14:00 <Devil45> in 2016 it was 3 hours.
14:00 <Bonny> how long was the blackout?
15:00 <Devil45> this one was 3� hours
15:00 <Bonny> ok
15:00 <Devil45> according to SAPN - the blackout happened at 2 am thursday and power restored by 5.30 am
15:00 <Devil45> equipment damage was the cause
15:00 <Bonny> that's 3.5 hours
15:00 <Devil45> yup
15:00 <Devil45> too long
15:00 <Bonny> yup
15:00 <Devil45> but not their fault
16:00 <Devil45> i spent a good half hour speaking with them about it - and we agreed "shit happens but they are on top of it"
16:00 <Bonny> cool
16:00 <Devil45> and it wasnt a hot summer night
16:00 <Bonny> true
16:00 <Devil45> otherwise people would complain about spoilage
17:00 <Devil45> no food loss in my case
17:00 <Bonny> good
17:00 <Devil45> they are set to cut the power again next week
17:00 <Devil45> scheduled work :)
17:00 <Bonny> ok
17:00 <Devil45> should be about 4 or 5 hours tops
17:00 <Devil45> but thats a planned cut - not a blackout.
17:00 <Bonny> that's long
18:00 <Devil45> they call it an interruption to service
18:00 <Devil45> but for safety they have to do that
18:00 <Bonny> uhuh
18:00 <Devil45> since you have close to 50,000 volts on the lines
18:00 <Bonny> yah
19:00 <Devil45> id rather they did the job safely and move on alive than being fried
19:00 <Devil45> and rushing it
19:00 <Bonny> yup
19:00 <Devil45> be thankful you werent in sa 2 days ago when the blackout affected no less than 5 suburbs
19:00 <Bonny> where I am we don't get blackouts
20:00 <Devil45> maybe you dont get fruit bats interfering with power lines.
20:00 <Devil45> sa gets them
20:00 <Bonny> as the power is embedded here.. what that means is the apartment electricity supplier buys the power ahead of being used
20:00 <Devil45> because some bats have a wing span of a meter or so,
20:00 <Devil45> they get caught in lines
20:00 <Devil45> and cause short circuits
21:00 <Bonny> the power here is called non mains cos we don't get out electricity from the mains
21:00 <Bonny> our*
21:00 <Devil45> pre paid power
21:00 <Bonny> yup
21:00 <Devil45> solar doesnt have blackouts
21:00 <Bonny> true
21:00 <Devil45> but SAPN is on this
21:00 <Devil45> dealing with trees and crap
21:00 <Bonny> yeah we don't deal with that
21:00 <Devil45> usually trees cause the most hassle
22:00 <Devil45> roots damage drains - branches bring lines down in storms
23:00 <Devil45> i smelled weed burning the other night
23:00 <Bonny> uhuh
23:00 <Devil45> my first thought was "someones having a party"
23:00 <Bonny> smells good lol
23:00 <Devil45> second thought "cops having a party doing a burn off"
23:00 <Devil45> they do those when they seize illegal crops
23:00 <Bonny> yes I know
23:00 <Devil45> im guessing it was a burnoff
23:00 <Bonny> who knows
24:00 <Devil45> no way would a single household have a party "that big"
24:00 <Bonny> are the cops close by you?
24:00 <Devil45> yea
24:00 <Bonny> ok
24:00 <Devil45> but with a breeze
24:00 <Devil45> it drifts the aroma
24:00 <Bonny> yah
24:00 <Devil45> great high without actually smoking it
24:00 <Bonny> uhuh
24:00 <Devil45> just walk outside - breathe in
25:00 <Devil45> sad about prince philip
25:00 <Bonny> yup his funeral is tonight
25:00 <Devil45> 99 years old
25:00 <Bonny> but he was 99.. so he had a good life
25:00 <Devil45> vera lynn was 102 or 103 when she died
26:00 <Bonny> yeah
26:00 <Devil45> the queen mother was 100 or so when she passed
26:00 <Bonny> yup
26:00 <Devil45> only one person i read cannot attend the funeral
26:00 <Bonny> the queen probably reach her mother's age
26:00 <Devil45> and thats meghan
26:00 <Bonny> yeah cos she's heavily pregnant.. can't travel
26:00 <Devil45> shes pregnant and doctors orders
27:00 <Devil45> too risky.
27:00 <Bonny> brb
29:00 <Bonny> back
30:00 <Devil45> front side and center
32:00 <Bonny> cool
32:00 <Devil45> 20 gb ram 4 gb video
32:00 <Devil45> windows 10
32:00 <Bonny> oh I thought just the case
32:00 <Devil45> nah
32:00 <Devil45> complete tower means a working pc
32:00 <Bonny> ok
32:00 <Devil45> i havent used it
33:00 <Bonny> why did you give it away?
33:00 <Devil45> because i have plenty of rigs already
33:00 <Bonny> cool
33:00 <Devil45> and cannot sell em
33:00 <Devil45> and id bought that one in 2019
33:00 <Bonny> ok
33:00 <Bonny> so it was old
33:00 <Devil45> its a 2014 model
33:00 <Bonny> yup old
34:00 <Devil45> with win 8.1 originally but upgraded to 10
34:00 <Bonny> cool
34:00 <Devil45> i dont like windows 10
34:00 <Bonny> I don't mind it
34:00 <Devil45> but he can figure it out himself. hes cluey and loves music.
34:00 <Devil45> i mentioned sam broadcaster and he was "uh?"
35:00 <Bonny> obviously he has no clue about broadcasting online
35:00 <Devil45> hed never heard of that program. it is like a radio station or a double cassette deck.
35:00 <Bonny> I know what it is
35:00 <Devil45> i used to do shoutcast years ago.
35:00 <Bonny> same
35:00 <Devil45> sam is a good proggy for local listening offline too :) his face was "wow"
36:00 <Bonny> yeah
36:00 <Devil45> i have sam installed on all my rigs
36:00 <Bonny> cool
36:00 <Devil45> we did agree on games
36:00 <Devil45> TDU being the best
36:00 <Bonny> I don't play games
36:00 <Devil45> hes into forza
38:00 <Bonny> I've never heard of TDU or forza
38:00 <Devil45> forza is a driving game same as TDU
38:00 <Bonny> ok
38:00 <Devil45> TDU = test drive unlimited
38:00 <Bonny> cool
39:00 <Devil45> he named one of his cats after a game series
39:00 <Devil45> "forza"
39:00 <Bonny> lol
39:00 <Bonny> poor cat
39:00 <Devil45> yea since the cat is female
40:00 <Devil45> yea i had to go to his place to give him the tower - but hes not far away
40:00 <Devil45> so i saw his cat
40:00 <Bonny> cool
41:00 <Devil45> he was thankful and said "gives me something to play with"
41:00 <Bonny> true
41:00 <Devil45> i dont like ebays seller fees - they CHARGE people to sell on there.
41:00 <Bonny> yeah I know
42:00 <Devil45> so i figured "if i cant sell it ill give it away"
42:00 <Bonny> fair enuff
42:00 <Devil45> so i never sell on ebay
42:00 <Bonny> ok
42:00 <Devil45> after 14 years as a buyer...
42:00 <Devil45> i wont sell there
42:00 <Bonny> yeah I don't sell either
43:00 <Devil45> one tape had music express on it
43:00 <Bonny> cool
43:00 <Devil45> i miss that 80s program
43:00 <Bonny> yeah
43:00 <Devil45> mention was made on it about duran duran
43:00 <Bonny> I used to love duran duran
43:00 <Devil45> and a poster to promote their "new moon on monday" song (obviously 1984)
44:00 <Bonny> yup
44:00 <Devil45> whyelse would marilyn "calling your name" be on it
44:00 <Bonny> yeah
44:00 <Devil45> someone actually taped the tv audio on it
44:00 <Bonny> cool
44:00 <Devil45> but they didnt know (when they wrote on the index card) about annie lennox
45:00 <Devil45> so they put " ? " as the artist
45:00 <Bonny> she would have been unknown back then
45:00 <Devil45> in 1980 yes
45:00 <Bonny> yup
45:00 <Devil45> she did a cover of dusty springfield
45:00 <Bonny> ok
45:00 <Devil45> as 'the tourists'
45:00 <Bonny> cool
46:00 <Devil45> she became known after 1982
46:00 <Bonny> yup
46:00 <Devil45> and i cant believe the same index card had another ? on it for bucks fizz
46:00 <Bonny> lol
46:00 <Devil45> how can you not know bucks fizz.
46:00 <Bonny> yeah
46:00 <Devil45> and the vocals of cheryl baker in the song
47:00 <Devil45> even i knew this when i was a teenager in 1984
47:00 <Bonny> yeah
47:00 <Devil45> the song "rules of the game" but yea. easy to miss if you havent heard of them
47:00 <Bonny> yup
47:00 <Devil45> and get this - they wrote "boy george" instead of marilyn
47:00 <Bonny> lol
48:00 <Devil45> i saw the video of his song
48:00 <Devil45> and was like "im not gay but he looked better than some girls i knew back then"
49:00 <Devil45> quality of the recording is good in spite of index errors on the tape
52:00 <Bonny> boy george was a good artist
58:00 <Devil45> was? isnt now eh?
58:00 <Bonny> he doesn't perform much these days
58:00 <Devil45> ah.
58:00 <Bonny> he is a coach on the voice
59:00 <Devil45> its like sara dalling of bananarama she doesnt sing much now either.
59:00 <Bonny> yeah
59:00 <Devil45> she was the blonde
59:00 <Bonny> yup
59:00 <Devil45> how did i know that
59:00 <Bonny> no idea
59:00 <Devil45> probably due to the fact that lots of teen boys thought the 3 girls were hot back then
59:00 <Bonny> probably
00:00 <Devil45> and a few had posters of bananarama
00:00 <Bonny> there were a lot of good artists in the 80's
00:00 <Devil45> and yes they could sing.
00:00 <Devil45> listen to venus and you will see how well they harmonized
00:00 <Devil45> very rare now
00:00 <Bonny> yeah
01:00 <Devil45> even ed sheeran and justin bieber cant do that
01:00 <Bonny> nup
01:00 <Devil45> i hate to admit it
01:00 <Bonny> I like justin bieber's new song.. it shows maturity
01:00 <Devil45> but taylor swift is a better singer than ed sheeran
01:00 <Bonny> she is
01:00 <Devil45> and shes better looking
01:00 <Bonny> lol
02:00 <Devil45> so is taylor momsen (of the pretty reckless)
02:00 <Devil45> she makes goth rock sound good
02:00 <Bonny> I don't know her
02:00 <Devil45> shes the lead singer
03:00 <Bonny> I guess could be cos I don't have much to do with the goth scene
03:00 <Devil45> think of evanescence
03:00 <Devil45> the pretty reckless is similar but more goth
03:00 <Bonny> ok
04:00 <Devil45> taylor momsen is the 2020 version of amy lee
04:00 <Bonny> ok
04:00 <Devil45> i almost put taylor hanson
04:00 <Devil45> but thats a guy
04:00 <Bonny> lol
04:00 <Devil45> ugh now im hearing mmmbop
04:00 <Bonny> eeeks
04:00 <Devil45> that song sucked
04:00 <Bonny> yup
05:00 <Devil45> so did barbie girl
05:00 <Bonny> yup
05:00 <Devil45> because it insulted blonde women
05:00 <Devil45> made them out to be dumb
05:00 <Bonny> yeah
05:00 <Devil45> they arent. but you cant tell aqua that
05:00 <Bonny> only the bottle blondes are dumb
05:00 <Devil45> yea
06:00 <Devil45> fake blondes - fake brain according to a friend of the wife
06:00 <Bonny> I agree
06:00 <Devil45> my old man liked natural blondes
06:00 <Bonny> yeah
06:00 <Devil45> such as olivia newton john
06:00 <Devil45> agnetha from abba
06:00 <Bonny> nothing wrong with natural blondes
06:00 <Devil45> and that other girl...
06:00 <Bonny> olivia newton john is one smart lady
06:00 <Devil45> very bright
07:00 <Bonny> yup
07:00 <Devil45> and i read shes friends with travolta
07:00 <Bonny> yeah
07:00 <Bonny> since they made that movie together
07:00 <Devil45> grease
07:00 <Bonny> yah
07:00 <Devil45> which still gets overplayed on radio as a soundtrack
07:00 <Devil45> next to abba
07:00 <Bonny> that movie was a big hit
08:00 <Devil45> actually grease did better than olivias follow up
08:00 <Devil45> xanadu
08:00 <Bonny> yup
09:00 <Devil45> xanadu? xana-dont
09:00 <Bonny> I've met olivia newton john.. she bought ice cream from my ice cream van at flemington racecourse
09:00 <Devil45> ? wow
09:00 <Bonny> yah
09:00 <Devil45> everyone wants to meet her
10:00 <Bonny> well I was privileged
10:00 <Devil45> shame you didnt get her autograph
10:00 <Devil45> and a pic taken
10:00 <Bonny> yeah
10:00 <Bonny> couldn't do that
10:00 <Bonny> against work ethics
10:00 <Devil45> when culture club came to adelaide in 1984 - they were not originally slotted to perform
11:00 <Devil45> my mother at the time met boy george and molly meldrum
11:00 <Devil45> because it was part of countdown
11:00 <Bonny> yeah I met molly meldrum too
11:00 <Bonny> I even met effie
11:00 <Devil45> the chick from acropolis now?
11:00 <Bonny> yup
11:00 <Bonny> she hillarious
12:00 <Devil45> i read somewhere that mary coustas and nick giannapoulous had a chemistry on set
12:00 <Bonny> someone called her out and said you're beautiful and her reaction was I know
12:00 <Devil45> yet in character she was smarmy and sarcastic toward him
12:00 <Bonny> she's brilliant
13:00 <Devil45> then nick does that movie
13:00 <Bonny> nick has done more than 1 movie
13:00 <Devil45> instead of casting effie he gets derryn hinch
13:00 <Devil45> hes done a couple that i know of
14:00 <Devil45> i believe he did the wog boy and housos vs fat pizza
14:00 <Bonny> he has done wogboy 2
14:00 <Devil45> the kings of mikonos (or whatever it is)
14:00 <Bonny> yes that's one of them
14:00 <Devil45> wasnt as good as the original wog boy
15:00 <Bonny> nah
15:00 <Devil45> the original had a good soundtrack
15:00 <Bonny> yeah
15:00 <Devil45> especially in the scene where he says sorry to his valiant when the cops try to roadblock him
15:00 <Bonny> yeah lol
15:00 <Devil45> nothing like cranking patrick hernandez
15:00 <Devil45> born to be alive
17:00 <Devil45> best line is when hes stopped by the cops and the translation of how well his car looks "nice car for a dole-bludger"
22:00 <Bonny> lol
22:00 <Bonny> yeah
22:00 <Bonny> hello ^bozojim
23:00 <^bozojim> hello Bonny
55:00 <doggyrat> hello
55:00 <doggyrat> hello ^bozojim 
55:00 <doggyrat> hello Bonny 
56:00 <Bonny> say goodbye, doggyrat
56:00 <^bozojim> lol
58:00 <JedStar> Evening all
55:00 <gremlinz> interesting
08:00 <JedStar> Howdy there gremlinz
11:00 <gremlinz> howdy
21:00 <JedStar> How are you?
26:00 <gremlinz> pm :)
14:00 <doggyrat> hello 
14:00 <doggyrat> what did happen before
14:00 <doggyrat> ^bozojim:  hello
14:00 <doggyrat> hello electrohead 
14:00 <doggyrat> hello Bonny 
15:00 <Bonny> you were zlined for spamming another network
15:00 <JedStar> howdy doggyrat
16:00 <Bonny> I had warned you that would happen
16:00 <JedStar> Howdy Bonny
16:00 <Bonny> hey JedStar
16:00 <JedStar> How are you doing?
16:00 <Bonny> not too bad thanks yourself?
16:00 <doggyrat> how was i spamming 
16:00 <JedStar> Yah doing alright for a Saturday night
16:00 <JedStar> :)
17:00 <Bonny> cool
17:00 <Bonny> hey electrohead.. :)
17:00 <^bozojim> hi JedStar
17:00 <electrohead> heya :)
17:00 <^bozojim> hi electrohead
18:00 <doggyrat> i was lucky to have access to the makerspace today
19:00 <doggyrat> it turned out very shortly that way i could not prepare anything
20:00 <electrohead> hey ^bozojim, sup 'n' stuff :p
21:00 <^bozojim> I am good thanks
22:00 <doggyrat> JedStar: to be honest i was alway the guy who could be on IRC on saturday night, but my life was quite boring
22:00 <electrohead> I need to get to the food store, will be back then o/
23:00 <Bonny> ok
23:00 <electrohead> I'll get sushi for everyone but gremlinz 
23:00 <electrohead> :p
23:00 <Bonny> lol
23:00 <Bonny> yum
23:00 <electrohead> <3
44:00 <doggyrat> my 3D print failed the led stripe does not fit in because of the soldering points
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