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**trailmaster** · March 15th, 2017, 10:35 AM

My southside neighborhood of Chicago got a total of 3 inches on Monday and then on Tuesday another 2.5 inches accompanied by 35 mph winds off the lake. The weather men said the Tuesday snow was mostly "lake effect" snow. The southeast shore of Lake Michigan often gets this phenomena. It means there is a low pressure system accompanied by high winds and a line of snow bearing clouds that go down Lake Michigan from north to south. As the snow drops the wind blows it almost horizontally inland for almost 3 miles. In just a few days temperatures will be in the 40's which should melt everything.

**cuzzyman927** · March 15th, 2017, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by cuzzyman927

Well once again the weathermen, with all their fancy and expensive computers, radar, and weather tracking equipment, laid the giant goose egg!

From what started out as a being labeled a blizzard and a severe winter storm, we ended up with a whopping 3 inches -- a far cry from the 12-18 inches prediction!

In actuality it was nothing more than a normal snowy day.

I should also mention that when it stopping snowing and turned over to rain shortly after noontime instead of 5-6 PM as they were reporting it would, in a feeble attempt to "save face" they began telling the public not to be fooled and that the worst was yet to come by way of heavy winds and gusts between 30-60 MPH.
Wrong again! When having gone out around mid-afternoon to clean off my car and do a bit of shoveling there was barely a few puffs of occasional wind.

**Arturo2nd** · March 15th, 2017, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by AmateurEmale

@Everyone: Now that you have mentioned rabbits, there's only one restaurant I know of in the German-heritage city of Cincinnati that I know to have served it. I guess that in Germany, the poorer people eat it too. But it would be weird for VEF users to eat the mascot of a certain magazine we all know of and like...

I had rabbit at a restaurant in the Napa Valley. I can see why it was left to poor people. Rabbits don't have much fat in the meat. (Probably store it in the intestines like many rodents.) So, the meat doesn't have much flavor, is a little dry and tough, and isn't very filling. And, yes, it does taste a little like chicken, but not as much as snake does.

**bloke57** · March 15th, 2017, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian249x

I had rabbit at a restaurant in the Napa Valley. I can see why it was left to poor people. Rabbits don't have much fat in the meat. (Probably store it in the intestines like many rodents.) So, the meat doesn't have much flavor, is a little dry and tough, and isn't very filling. And, yes, it does taste a little like chicken, but not as much as snake does.

Also, while high in protein, very deficient in other vitamins and minerals. Came up on QI that if you eat only rabbit (with no veg or other foodstuffs at all) you would die.

**Sir Honkers** · March 15th, 2017, 07:44 PM

News sites, owned by Television Networks, pretending that some inane reality TV show that, purely by coincidence I'm sure, shows on their network, is news.

**Wendigo** · March 16th, 2017, 06:42 PM

I know it's old hat top many but Windows 10 ---- WTF

It's taken ages to load up my PC and, I had to load MS Office details up 4 times before it worked. I've only just figured out how to view an external drive , windows 7 brought them up easily under My Computer

Windows 10 has them hidden under Disk Management

I'll get used to it over time but first impressions last

**thunderfly** · March 16th, 2017, 06:43 PM

Today, Sky (the company) has annoyed me. I received an unsolicited letter from them this morning advertising their services which I will never, ever use or subscribe to. I didn't actually open the letter because I've had identical letters from them before and knew what was inside. The things that actually annoyed me about this letter were that, apart from a return address in (probably deliberately) very very small print on the back of the envelope, there is no indication that it's from Sky on the outside. Secondly, the style of envelope (window envelope) and the way they print the address, makes the letter look very 'official'. Almost as if it's some kind of bill or utility letter so anyone could easily think that it was important and better be opened and read immediately. I didn't fall for it though and wrote RTS in thick marker pen across the front. I'll post it back to the buggers next time I go out.

**buttsie** · March 16th, 2017, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Wendigo

I know it's old hat top many but Windows 10 ---- WTF

It's taken ages to load up my PC and, I had to load MS Office details up 4 times before it worked. I've only just figured out how to view an external drive , windows 7 brought them up easily under My Computer

Windows 10 has them hidden under Disk Management

I'll get used to it over time but first impressions last

Your not alone

Windows 10 whinge fest thread

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...ght=windows+10

Useful sites for tutorials or articles on it

https://www.howtogeek.com/t/windows10/

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/easily-...re-windows-10/

Now that we have no control over windows updates
- a site that usually reports known issues as their reported by end users

https://www.askwoody.com/

**rotobott** · March 16th, 2017, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Wendigo

I know it's old hat top many but Windows 10 ---- WTF

It's taken ages to load up my PC and, I had to load MS Office details up 4 times before it worked. I've only just figured out how to view an external drive , windows 7 brought them up easily under My Computer

Windows 10 has them hidden under Disk Management

I'll get used to it over time but first impressions last

I got a refurbished laptop, sold as Win 7 pro, but with Win 10 loaded a month ago, as should have been expected it would only boot in 10, but using classic shell it's not too bad, at least you can find things

**gmcbee** · March 17th, 2017, 01:57 AM

Win 7, Win 10, et al: I miss my old XP "file explorer", which was very flexible. A friend told me about xyplorer, a util that retains much of the functionality. The vendor has stopped producing the free version, but the last free version is archived at their site. There's also a pay version, which I haven't used. Shouldn't be hard to find if you le Goog it.

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March 15th, 2017, 10:35 AM	#10111
trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,933 Thanks: 1,329,434 Thanked 707,591 Times in 60,107 Posts	My southside neighborhood of Chicago got a total of 3 inches on Monday and then on Tuesday another 2.5 inches accompanied by 35 mph winds off the lake. The weather men said the Tuesday snow was mostly "lake effect" snow. The southeast shore of Lake Michigan often gets this phenomena. It means there is a low pressure system accompanied by high winds and a line of snow bearing clouds that go down Lake Michigan from north to south. As the snow drops the wind blows it almost horizontally inland for almost 3 miles. In just a few days temperatures will be in the 40's which should melt everything.

March 15th, 2017, 07:44 PM	#10115
Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,418 Thanks: 287,352 Thanked 386,981 Times in 30,374 Posts	News sites, owned by Television Networks, pretending that some inane reality TV show that, purely by coincidence I'm sure, shows on their network, is news.

March 16th, 2017, 06:43 PM	#10117
thunderfly Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 896 Thanks: 6,620 Thanked 11,388 Times in 896 Posts	Today, Sky (the company) has annoyed me. I received an unsolicited letter from them this morning advertising their services which I will never, ever use or subscribe to. I didn't actually open the letter because I've had identical letters from them before and knew what was inside. The things that actually annoyed me about this letter were that, apart from a return address in (probably deliberately) very very small print on the back of the envelope, there is no indication that it's from Sky on the outside. Secondly, the style of envelope (window envelope) and the way they print the address, makes the letter look very 'official'. Almost as if it's some kind of bill or utility letter so anyone could easily think that it was important and better be opened and read immediately. I didn't fall for it though and wrote RTS in thick marker pen across the front. I'll post it back to the buggers next time I go out.

March 17th, 2017, 01:57 AM	#10120
gmcbee Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Clinging to the rim of a crater on the dark side of Uranus. Posts: 1,065 Thanks: 3,961 Thanked 11,052 Times in 1,042 Posts	Win 7, Win 10, et al: I miss my old XP "file explorer", which was very flexible. A friend told me about xyplorer, a util that retains much of the functionality. The vendor has stopped producing the free version, but the last free version is archived at their site. There's also a pay version, which I haven't used. Shouldn't be hard to find if you le Goog it.