Round Four… Drink!
Well, my local liquor store doesn’t carry Dickel’s rye, just their bourbon. Fortunately, there was something new there that fit the criteria for inclusion… and then there was a fifth that I wasn’t even sure belonged in the tastings, but in the spirit of ecumenicalism I added a fifth slot for tonight.
The condition for tonight’s tasting are similar to the previous ones. 72 degrees room temperature, so a bit warmer than the past ones. Distilled water for opening overproof offerings, 70% Lindt chocolate. I’m a bit lacking on neutrals, with just some meh English muffins and crackers available if I need to reset the palate. Johnnie Walker Black for a calibration check. Tonight’s cheeses are a good 3 year old Sconnie cheddar and a ripened double-rind from Lee Hennesy, who has mutual interests with me of cheese, open-mined women, and Subarus.
It stands alone
Woodford Reserve “Distiller’s Select” – A little harsh on the nose. Enough so that I set the glass down and sniffed my hands to make sure I didn’t have some sort of cleaning solvent on them from earlier. I don’t. First sip is very sweet. There’s an initial spice hit, but then it fades (or is drowned out) by the sugar. There’s not a whole lot of wood flavor here, and the lack of charred taste coupled with the rather dark color makes me wonder if this has had caramel color added. It’s very drinkable, and I like it, but I can’t say it’s a “good” whiskey. It’s unsophisticated and I think this was pushing the limit of the prices I was willing to pay for this series. However, it is tasty, and something to introduce your non-whiskey drinking friends to.
Catoctin Creek “Roundstone” – Double Gold Medal New York World Wine and Spirits Competition. A blurb praising it from… Better Homes and Gardens? Seriously? That’s still around and they review booze? You learn something new every day. Distilled form 100% rye, never chill filtered. Wait, I thought chill filtered was a good thing? Don’t I have some bottles where they brag about it being chill filtered? *checks Scotch cabinet* Nope, I was wrong, they have “non-chill filtered” on the labels. Ok then. Well, this is interesting. Good lord, there is all sorts of stuff coming up into the vapor phase. I’m getting grapes and chocolate, liquorice, capsicums… this is as complicated as the Basil Hadyen’s Dark, and that got its complexity from having port added. In the mouth, it’s surprisingly subtle. More spice notes, exceptionally smooth, could use a bit more bite *checks label* ah, it’s only 80 proof. This one is a winner. Compared to the Woodford Reserve above, I would consider this one to be much “better” if not as immediately accessible. Though considering how smooth it is that might be a plus if introducing non-drinkers and it’s definitely more of a rye. I had some of the cheese with this one and homergurglingnoises.gif
Wheel Horse – Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, bottled by Ocean State Distillers in Woonsocket RI. Which I guess means there are tankers of this moving down the highway? Or intermodals? Probably not isotainers, I can’t imagine that the plastic liner would do good things for the taste. 101 proof. I have to say, I generally prefer 100 proof whiskies since they typically have such different flavor profiles as you dilute them down that I can customize the drink to my mood. Straight, it has the typically mild nose as the flavor compounds stay in solution. What is in the scent is herbals — grass and melon. Oh, that is fantastic. I thought the Catoctin was going to run away with it tonight, but maybe not. I might have to have a second round to decide. Damn, I’ve emptied out so much of the glass it’s going to be hard to get it to exactly 80 proof, I’ll get a sharpie and a spoon. Oh, this stuff opens up so nicely. The scent now bears a much closer resemblance to the taste, and that taste is goooood. Still with the melon, but with Concord grape, chalk… there’s a noticeable wood/char component here that honestly needs to be otherwise why TF are you aging in charred barrels? Yeah, if I have any tongue left, I’m going to need a runoff, just as an excuse to drink more of these.
Saint Lawrence Spirits “Rye Knot” – New York makes some excellent beers. And decent, drinkable, but in nobody’s top 100 list spirits. At least not mine. Let’s see if this does better. Although, why would you spell out “Saint?” The name barely fits on the label. And “Spirit of the River on Every Bottle (R)?” You got that registered? WTF does that even mean? When I think of the St. Lawrence river, I think of Montreal, wrought-iron bridges, and mayflies so thick they can bring down jets. Distilled from 100% New York rye. I haven’t seen any NY grain fields yet, but I’m OK with that since the type of land that lends itself to grain production is typically very boring. I’m just vamping here to let my palate recover. I don’t think I’ll be able to make it through all five in one go — having delicious 101 proof beverages can be a problem if you want to keep all your senses sharp. OK, ready. The JW black tastes like JW black. And… flipping iodine? Whyfore iodine? Are you peat smoking your rye malt? Is that what the spirit of the river is, pharmaceutical plant discharge? Dude, I can smell band-aids with the glass sixteen inches away from my face. Now, drinking it, that’s not bad at all. At all. Yeah, I’m going to have to stop here because the only tasting notes I’m coming up with are “tight” and “whiskey” and “put on the shelf and never open again because it’s good enough to offer to guests as something local but there are always going to be better options unless there’s a severe supply disruption.”
*Time Passes*
Ok, so tonight things are a little bit cooler (69 degrees) and there’s a little more sodium isn’t going to be quite identical (as a sip of the JWB confirms). However, that just means I’ll need to do a runoff after I try…
Kilbeggan “Small Batch Rye” An Irish rye? Is that allowed? And does the word “rye” even mean the same thing when applied to an Irish whiskey? I am not a labelling guy, so I have no idea. The bottle label doesn’t say exactly what the grain bill is on this either. However, it was in the store, was under $40, so I’ll give it a shot (so to speak, I’ll actually be sipping, obviously). If it turns out too dissimilar I can always disqualify it. Well, the nose is interesting, Definitely pear, some… dandelion? It does seem to anesthetize a bit quickly, so I’ll move on to the drinking. Oh I like that. Definitely on the lighter side, sharper than the other offerings, a bit ashy. Less of the fruit flavors when drinking it, and definitely less sweet. And honestly, not too far off from some of the other ryes I’ve tasted along the way. I’ll allow it.
After drinking another portion of the two I was uncertain of, the winner for this round was:
Wheel Horse 101 proof Straight Rye Whiskey
I may have bias towards 100 proof whiskies. Next time — the Final Round!
I don’t handle hard liquor well, but tastes sooo good,
Just give me some beer.
And maybe some good Tequila.
::drools:: I’ll take that and the cheese. You can have my share of the rye.
Also, dare I ask…what are “open-mined women”?
$20, same as downtown.
Women that work at strip mines, obviously.
Like this?
With cover art produced by the Hart-man!
Well, definitely on their Greatest Hits…
Welcome at my place anytime.
Very capable of making bad decisions?
This lady.
WTF does that sign mean?
“Run far far away”
Lindt chocolate is the best. Suck it, See’s.
My favorite are the Lindor chocolate “bars” that are really a bunch of delightful chocolates in convenient square form.
Lindt chocolate is the best.
YES
I love those.
Ritter – while not as good chocolate – is easy to find now and has a marzipan version so I heart.
Gotta have dark chocolate, with cashews or macadamias. Then okay, no fight.
Ugh. I meant “no argument” in the last sentence.
But I’ve been drinking lots of whiskey.
Lindor chocolate
Reminds me of a fictional character named Felix “The Filth Fiend” Lindor.
Bet no one can name the novel that came from, though it was a bestseller 40 years ago and spawned a musical theater adaptation.
It isn’t the same. U.S. law requires a grain bill of at least 51% rye to be labeled as a rye whiskey, while the Kilbeggan is only 30% rye, with the remainder of the bill being barley, per their website.
only 30% rye-
HISS
open-mined women
I love this typo.
Like this?
“Sister Golden Hair” is the better song of the two.
Agreed.
Negatory.
Good list because I haven’t tried any of these. Definitely backing you on the 100 proof train.
Related: Crusty Juggler’s Scotch Reviews:
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Still good over ice.
21 yr Glenfiddich, always good, hold the ice.
You have cash, we get it McDuck.
No, I just drink less of better whisky.
I don’t like whiskey. I know about it because I was a bartender forever, but it just disagrees with me.
Gay.
Cheap whiskey is the opposite of gay.
Trust me, I make up for it in Stellas.
No, I just drink less of better whisky.
^^THIS.
The pricey stuff’s worth it if you’re not guzzling a fifth of it every damn day.
Elijah Craig single barrel select.
No Canadian?
An obvious flaw, of course. I love you guys, but not even talking about Canadian ryes is tantamount to the ultimate tunnel vision. And don’t give me any of that “we can’t get that stuff here” shit — the United States is probably the one country in all of human history that can obtain examples of anything its citizens damn well want to. If your local Total Wine says they can’t get it in, the pimply-faced stock manager’s just being lazy.
Three Canadian ryes that, if you haven’t tried them, you do not know the available universe of ryes:
1. Alberta Premium; the only rye available in a plastic bottle (and also glass, natch) that’s actually made rye aficianados with their 100-point-scales and their “a cheeky little rye” go “Got-DAMN, that’s good!”;
2. Dark Horse; it’s what American ryes should be given their bravado, but aren’t; and
3. Danfield’s Limited Edition 21-year-old rye whisky. No longer made, I have one bottle left from my stash, close to 40 years old now. I will kill anyone in hand-to-hand combat that attempts to take this off of me. Actually, you’d have to get past my spousal unit first (good luck with that). If you find a bottle on the secondary market, buy it without question or hesitation. And then congratulate yourself. You’ve earned it. My last bottle’s being saved for something amazing, like one of my god-daughters’ weddings or perhaps the Apocalypse (which, given the way things are going, might mean I’m cracking it next week).
The ass backwards monopoly of the Pennsylvania State Liquor Control Board disagrees, we’ll only get what they can be bothered to buy first. Checking their website, I’ve got 14 Canadian whiskeys available to me. I could get a wider selection if I go across the border to New Jersey, but then I’d be in New Jersey.
Why are they selling a “premium” whiskey in a plastic bottle? I’d be tempted if it’s in glass.
It’s in both (the plastic’s actually a recent innovation), and reviewers have been astonished at the quality given (insert the massive sniff of disdain that always comes with this statement) that it’s available in a plastic bottle.
And it’s not “premium” (it certainly isn’t priced that way) — it just fools people into thinking it is, because it’s that good.
I’m sipping a big glass of Old Grandad 100 right now.
That sounds kind of pervy.
But you do you.
?
https://southpark.cc.com/clips/153491/suck-it-out-of-a-hose
Old Granddad was a busy man,
Cooked his grub in a frying pan,
He picked his teeth with his hunting knife,
And he wore the same suit all his life.
Does anyone know of a good way to label uSD cards? They are black, so it is difficult to write on them, and paper sticky labels are too thick.
Metallic silver sharpies work pretty well.
They would need a fine point because there isn’t mush room to write.
mush room to write.
oh_you.jpg
Check B&H Photo for storage options. It’s a common photographer problem these days.
Lots of storage cases, couldn’t find any labels.
Their prices on cards are way better than Amazon.
B&H is the best. I’ve been ordering from them since the 80’s.
I keep forgetting about them. They were great for audio stuff back when I did that, but I haven’t bought any gear in ages.
It looks like their SD cards are half the price of Amazon.
As long as you don’t want to order on the sabbath.
-1 J&R Music/Computer/etc. World 🙁
B&H is the best.
Seconded. B&H is the only reason I would consider going to NYC. I would prostrate myself inside the entrance, moaning “I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!” over and over.
I visited the B&M place in person for the first time last November.
Brick and mortar version of B&H
Where did you buy Wheel Horse? I don’t see it listed at TotalWine.
Oh, and that cheese looks interesting.
I need to visit our favorite cheesemonger.
You have a cheesemonger? Do you also have a cobbler and blacksmith?
My town does have a shoe repair shop!
And I have a preferred local gunsmith. Does he count?
Is he a short, stocky man with huge forearms?
Short and stocky? Hell yes. Never took notice of the forearms.
Our little town also has had a shoe repair shop for the 21 years we’ve lived here, but just in the past two weeks people just realized it’s black-owned and NextDoor is jammed with people saying you MUST patronize them immediately!
The owner is a good guy and does a great job on shoes. He must be giggling to himself right now as the Karens flood his shop, dropping to their knees and begging him for forgiveness and also to resole their flats.
There’s a knife maker and blacksmith in Hellertown, PA. Bucks County has always had fine craftsmen. My gggrandfather owned a cigar making shop in Perkasie – fine, hand rolled ‘backy; mechanical rolling put a lot of those places out of business.
I don’t know what I’m more excited about, the whiskeys, or the cheese.
The answer, of course, is ‘yes, please’.
Random stray thought: Manners maketh man. Unless you’re antifa, then might makes right.
I just finished off a bottle of Catoctin Creek Roundstone rye last night. I loved it. Although I did probably blow two-thirds of the bottle making Old-Fashioneds and Manhattans. I’m gonna have to see if I can find the Wheel Horse in VA.
Apparently, IG doesn’t like my VPN.
Horowitz is investigating you?
I think the best rye I ever had was the Sagamore Spirit Barrel Select.
That being said, as much as I love bourbon and whiskey, I won’t touch it. It’s too damn addicting and potent, I’ll stick with beer. If you can stop from drinking a half or an entire bottle at a time, periodically, then good for you. I typically will just have a couple of shots with a beer. But occasionally, I feel the need to drink the entire bottle, and at my age, that results in a horrific hangover for a couple of days.
I’ve settled on the fact that I don’t much care for the whiskey family – except rye, in Manhattan form. And even then there is zero chance I would drink anything close to a bottle in one evening. Also, I pretty much get headaches from any enjoyable amount of alcohol these days.
I told you Sagamore was good.
A few bottles later, I agree.
It took me four days to drink down that Sagamore,
I’ve come to look for America.
The best rye I’ve ever had was a Lock Stock & Barrel 13 – stupid expensive but awesome. Tried some at a local, promptly bought an (expensive) bottle and then promptly drank it over the next couple of weeks.
Has anyone posted this?
What the fuck?
In the current atmosphere, I have to think this is a test case. Google, Youtube, etc, are watching closely. If they get away with this, expect it to become common practice and for nothing to be done about it.
I wonder what the real story is. They seem like nobodies and the eBay execs like immature kids. On what planet did any of that sound acceptable? And not just one psychopath, but a handful?
Sounds British.
Wot m8?
Wot?
I would be disappoint if nobody posted that.
Sounds great with the missing comma.
The bloody pig face was a nice touch.
First, can anyone just start an Adam and Eves sex toy franchise? Second, that is still around? and how do I subscribe.
Yup–last night
They aren’t going to get away with it. There is very likely an excellent electronic and paper trail back to them. They couldn’t be less sympathetic. This will go badly for them.
Leftover yakisoba from dinner…now I just need some hot dog buns.
I just ate a frozen yakisoba steak TV dinner – it was surprisingly good.
They honestly don’t understand what hotdog buns are designed for. I’ve seen them filled with cream.
I’m starting to see why they didn’t take over the world.
Concord, NH health official harassing restaurant owner
If you find yourself in Concord, NH, the restaurant is Makris.
Set out to pay 4 medical bills online. 45 minutes later, I have paid 1 medical bill and set aside a stack of 3 to pay by phone tomorrow because one has no online payment option, another says I have an account but won’t let me retrieve the username, and the last one doesn’t have an invoice number to look up in the system.
I’m gonna blame it all on Ocare, because just about everything medical started sucking when Ocare passed.
Just wait until the three that won’t let you pay them put you in collection. I suspect that medical administration is where all the future gulag guards work while waiting for the revolution.
I have a bill that’s I dunno a couple months old and I added my insurance to the website and haven’t heard a thing. These things move glacially slow.
Hold off until the defund the police.
Everything medical sucked before Ocare though Ocare made everything worse.
Nah. We sucked before OCare.
That cheese looks…..*drool*. Checks link,
*looks at picture* That is a funny looking goat.
I thought it was Brie. Was the cheese goaty or sheepy? I am not a big fan of the short stature hooved animals cheeses. I have an open mind though.
Made a list of the Ryes. I will see if my local liquor dealer has any of them.
Can’t figure out if brilliant trolling or future lightning strike.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eap6zx3WoAII0Ie?format=jpg&name=medium
Did you try the website?
God no.
a person believing in Jesus is living a lie and is thusly in some respect a dysfunctional member of society;
Seems he is also going after Islam too so……Don’t know. Sounds like a rabid atheist.
I have had the words, “Christianity has killed more people than any government” spoken to my face. I am not a big believer in lighting strikes but I do believe it is a legit feeling.
If he parsed it as “religion has killed more people…”, Ill agree
I would guess WW II killed more people than all religious conflicts combined before it.
Nah. The commies killed way more, I think.
Be interested to see a serious accounting, though.
He claims Jesus will condemn non-believers to “burn in eternity.” Where did Jesus say that? A Presby minister recently admitted to me that he
has no idea what the afterlife is like for non-believers, so I assume there’s nothing in the New Testament that describes otherwise.
I hate to be that guy, but….a “Presby” minister isn’t usually a font of theological knowledge. Not from an orthodox Christian point-of-view.
So, him not being aware is both sad, and, all-too-common
Well, I’ve never been preached or read a passage that says anything about hell (except some stuff from Revelations). I don’t know the verses or what-not, but I do recall Jesus descended to hell, to free the prophets of old, because until the New Covenant Heaven still had an ‘Opening Soon’ sign.
The guy should actually learn about Christianity, and the tenets thereof, before going to all that trouble to look like a fool.
A Presby minister recently admitted to me that he has no idea what the afterlife is like for non-believers, so I assume there’s nothing in the New Testament that describes otherwise.
The New Testament is actually rather explicit about the afterlife for the “unrighteous” being rather harsh* (these passages are what gave rise to the whole fire and brimstone category of preaching), but I guess whether the “unrighteous” includes all non-believers or merely a subset of these who are both extremely bad and unrepentant could be up for interpretation, so perhaps the minister takes the latter view.
*See for example the numerous mentions of “Gehenna” as well as the parable of the sheep and the goats (which references “eternal punishment”)
Very nice tone to this article.
General question: how old were you when you finally learned what the black moldy stuff on the trees in that one spot way behind Papaw’s house that went away after a while was?
sláinte mhaith !
Lechyd da i chi!
Celtic fight!
The Welsh and the Irish getting into a drunken row is how the world was cursed with my family, probably best we call it off.
It has turned to fly season here. I have about four projects going but damnit if I don’t want to build a bug zapper hat.
55gal drum of
lubeDEETCContemplate this on the Tree of Woe: https://youtu.be/tQHM1Zq7NLk
I have an odd admiration for that guy. He did crazy but effective advertising and risked his own ass in all those stunts.
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/06/city-of-portland-will-make-juneteenth-a-paid-holiday-day-of-remembrance.html
That light switch Drake posted in the last thread is getting closer.
Imma totally lobby for adopting this holiday in L.A. We only have twelve and two floaters. I want one more, dammit. Next week, I’m back at work and my new goal is to get this passed.
“To this day, navigating life as a Black American in our city and country does not come with the same privileges experienced by others.”
I was just in Portland today. I saw black, white, Asian, and Native American crumbums, bumming it up. It was a beautiful sight. All the races of the world, united in decrepitude.
Yeah, you know what I found funny? The bums all set up camp sites, just like down here, but it’s so green and foresty everywhere that they look like they’re actually camping. Crop out the high rise behind them and you’d never know, LOL.
The bums up here in Seattle have some pretty nice camping gear. Like, top quality, name brand, high tech shit. Not like the bums in LA with an old hotel blanket and a piece of cardboard.
Slavery officially ended when the 13th amendment was ratified on 12/6/1865. Wasn’t the Emancipation Proclamation just an Executive Order enforced by the Union Army but without color of law?
The Emancipation Proclamation only applied to areas that were not actually under Union control. It did not apply to the states that did not defect, only as a war time proclamation over Confederate lands conquered by the Union. Some of the border Union states had legal slavery after the proclamation, because an executive order did not have the power to do such within the country. So really, it was propaganda. Kind of like if Trump signed an EO making Burger King Illegal in North Korea.
But the EP was enforced by the Union armies as they started slicing up the CSA in 1863. It greatly expanded in 1864 and 1865, much to the annoyance of MG Sherman.
I’m sure they will get rid of a different paid holi— hahahahaha. I almost made it.
It’s difficult to source, but one of my favorite sippers is from Copper Fox in Virginia. When I drive at VIR a couple of times per year, I always stop at one of the ABCs in Danville (even though I detest the idea of government-run likker stores) and pick up a couple of bottles.
1/3 barley, 2/3 rye, smoked with apple and cherry and aged in ex-bourbon barrels. Think of the spiciness of rye, with the body and smoke of an island scotch. Not everyone’s cuppa, but that’s okay.
Those cheeses look delicious.
I like a little Blue Cheese https://youtu.be/1Bqgw8t1zkU
Thanks for the rye reviews. My wife is the rye aficionado around here. I’m a bourbon and vodka guy. Sipping Smirnoff and pineapple juice, Perrier. Thanks to Suthenboy for the suggestion.
Facebook aims to help voters, but won’t block Trump misinfo
Facebook’s free speech stance may have more to do with not wanting to alienate Trump and his supporters while keeping its business options open, critics suggest.
FB is only supporting a human right because they hate human rights.
Never change, AP.
” …just as it doubles down on its policy allowing politicians like President Donald Trump to post false information on the same subject.”
Why, that seems reasonable!
I must be missing something here–what “misinformation” about voting by mail is there? How much actual info is there?
We need to get some fact checkers on those questions stat.
Comin’ straight from the
undergroundAP.It took the AP to make me like Mark Zuckerberg.
In your case, I say we rebrand Father’s day as “War Criminals Day”.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaqHxywX0Acs3jG?format=jpg&name=medium
My Mom died in 2006, sooooo I need a label.
But neither of my parents burned down the USS Forrestal and killed 146 servicemen.
Every day is Narcissist Day on Twitter.
Montgomery County [OH] Commissioners declare racism a public health crisis for the county
::facepalm:: Please don’t decide you need to shut down the local economy again until there’s an anti-racism vaccine.
Can’t wait to see how the Montgomery County I live in tries to out stupid the Ohio Montgomery County.
They did that just hoping…oh, whatever. Burn it down. Have you seen NW Plaza? Have you see ‘Consumer Square’? Bitch (Nan Whaley), have you seen whats left of Salem Mall and Hara Arena?
Torch it all, and Ill move back to almost Lewisburg. I can run a 20-row planter; I can raise hogs, chickens, and cattle, and get them all cut up. I can sit in a tractor playing RUN-DMC.
And that cunte Liberman skated on a solid DUI a couple years ago and got ‘diversion therapy’. Fuck them all.
A Daytonian is someone who’ll give you directions based on where things used to be.
“The resolution passed aims to commit current and additional resources to help bridge the equity gap and make investments where they are needed most in the community.”
Kiss my dick. Marxist. You didnt even take the time to say “equality gap” it’s “equity”. You just want money.
Hell. Yeah.
I can sit in a tractor or combine all day with a dip in my lip playing RUN-DMC, Rakim, or Hank III. If you have a CB and you’re channel 8 in SW Ohio Im….TresCool
I’m nowhere near, and doubt I’d ever own a CB, after maknig it through the 70’s. But as long as Raising Hell is in the mix, I’m wit’cha in spirit.
Hara Arena. Damn haven’t thought of that place in years. My bro and I used to go there and watch IHL hockey back between 82-86. Good times.
Dayton Gems !
That would still have been the Dayton Gems, right? As I’ve often mentioned, I learned to drive in the Arena parking lot, and my high school commencement ceremony was there. It was already standing empty when the tornado pretty much wiped it out last year.
I saw AC/DC there and Cheap Trick
I’m jealous.
I saw Cheap Trick and ZZ Top last year. Both were surprisingly still very good.
We were Indianapolis Checkers fanbois. Would go to see them at the Indiana fairgrounds arena. What a great awful place. But we’d go to Dayton to see games, too. My bro would buy a sixer, and drive the back roads through East-Central Indiana/Ohio.
I still do that when I go back to visit. Just drive the 36 or the 40. Sippin beer. Taking rural routes. Listening to the radio.
Dead giveaway – you’ve been living on one coast or another too long! ; )
Damn, you’re right. Picked it up in LA, I guess?
West Coasting since 01/01/1993.
A friend of ours grew up in Muncie, IN, before living in LA for years. After he moved back to the family homestead, he invited us to visit and gave us the directions, “Take the 70 to the 1…”
That is a left coast thing. Here it’s root-whatever or rout if you’re from PA.
One half of it. North of the Siskiyous, only carpetbagger use “the”.
Indeed – it’s “route X” unless it’s an interstate highway, in which case it’s just the number “take route 2 to 90, then take 395 to 95”.
Oxycontin doesn’t count? I think you can find a way to inject it.
Hostages will say anything.
this
“Dont burn our shit down!”
You are correct, sir! /Ed McMahon
Ok, if there are any computer nerds left, I’m in a quandary. I built my new PC and it has worked flawlessly for the last ~month. The cameras I use for my video work are old and use Firewire (IEEE-1394) so I needed to add an expansion card. Bought a PCI-e card and installed it today. Computer booted up, but the card wasn’t functioning or showing in Device Manager, so after reinstalling the driver I restarted the computer….and nothing, it wouldn’t even post BIOS. Tried some more hard restarts and disconnecting the power cable for minutes at a time. Nothing. I took the card out and it restarted back into Windows. Shutdown and reinstalled the card to a different PCI-e slot and it posted to BIOS, but would not load Windows. Took the card out again and it started up correctly.
So obviously it is something to do with the card or my PCI-e slots, but what? I don’t have any other PCI-e cards to install to see if they run. Do I just blindly buy a new card?
(Luckily my slide-out shelf I installed to put the PC on works, it got tested out quite a bit today.)
Is a “connector” cable a possible work-around? As in, old connection/new connection?
No such thing, only expansion cards.
This wouldn’t work? https://www.amazon.com/Firewire-IEEE-Female-Adaptor-Converter/dp/B018108GTW
ThunderBolt isn’t Firewire, they can be adapted, but Thunderbolt is Mac only; USB and Firewire have no adapters.
Also, this article: https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115000137805-Focusrite-product-compatibility-with-USB-3-1-and-Thunderbolt-3-ports
What specific make and model of motherboard and expansion card are you attempting to use? Do you have any other hardware attached to the computer besides the CPU, RAM, video card, and storage?
ASI B450 MB, LinksTek PCIE-1394A card. Nothing other than ‘CPU, RAM, video card, and storage’ direct to MB. USB keyboard, mouse, printer and game controller.
Hmmm. Not an IRQ issue then. Without having another PCI-e card to test the slots it’s hard to tell if it’s the MB or the card. You can try doing a hard reset of the board by shutting everything down, unplugging the computer, and then removing the CMOS battery for a few seconds, or try flashing the bios if a newer version has been released; looks like version 7B86v1D is the most recent from MSI and it specifically mentions improved PCI-e compatibility.
Thanks. I’ll take that into consideration. The only thing Google brought me was setting the BIOS to whatever rev the card is, but it doesn’t say which one it is. I’m not sure which BIOS I have, so I’ll check and see. My guess is it’s the card, it was the cheapest one on Amazon and didn’t come with much documentation, and the fact that Model is literally PCIE-1394A, how generic can you get?
At least Amazon is pretty good with returns. This one is a few bucks more, but it has some solid reviews.
Roswill is a name I trust. I’ll prolly end up just trying that, even though it won’t be in stock for another week and then won’t get to me for another week that might be the safest play. If nothing else for the time being I still have my old build around and I can get it up and running if a client needs something faster.
You need to up the compression to run that much cam and it’ll kill off your low end torque but come on much stronger in the higher rpms. Oh, you’re talking about your computer? Nevermind.
I was going to change the alternator, but I didn’t have the new fangled tool required.
It’s been nearly an hour and no one said check the thermostat?!? I’m very disappointed in all of you.
“if there are any computer nerds left…” What?! Are we endangered?!
If you can enter bios, check for PCI / Card configuration, maybe the mobo is treating the card like a video card, and thus screwing up?
I’m fairly good at trouble shooting hardware issues, but without being in front of the thing, it’s just soooo hard.
Not accepting the social contract shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Ironically, invoking a ‘social’ contract should be.
I know this is pissing in the wind but adios to everybody. The overwhelming feeling of having to agree with the accepted truth here is just as strong as with the communists. Disent is frowned upon. Good luck with your isolated, completley irrelevant viewpoints. keep pissing in the wind. I’m sure having urine covering you is much better than being a part of society. Working with computer programmers made me learn that autistic folks aren’t the best to get advice from. The circle jerk here is strong.
That “overwhelming feeling” is literally all in your head.
Yeah, I’ve seen more knock-down-drag-out arguments here than probably any other place on the ‘Web.
Please just don’t bring up pizza!
Especially With
Especially With anchovies!
They’ll go extinct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxnlx7JoAP4
When you begin that fragmented paragraph with “topnotchtole on June 16, 2020 at 10:17 pm I know this is pissing in the wind but adios to everybody.” I feel compelled to say, “Fine- take a dive. I dont give a fuck.” To steal a phrase I learned here- you slack-jawed meat-slapper…
But when you try to ice your maudlin cake about how shitty life is with “The circle jerk here is strong.”?
It is. We’re kinda a community.
Oh…and the kid in that pic is ugly. Either his mom liked drinking for 9 months, or its been sippin Maumee water down from Flint.
At least in other circle jerk communities they’d care enough to try to track him down and get him fired.
Right? I’ve never confused Glibs with being some political activist group.
shut up, Preet
I’d have to arrest myself for my own handle.
I do have a question- being an ex-pat, if you typed something anti-Preet (we wouldnt think of if, Preet) or any US official, from wherever you are (Psssst-hey Preet? Straff is really John Macafee!) and you were called it, could you get any asylum from the host country ?
IIRC Japan has a rather broad extradition agreement with the US. That being said, dickheads like Preet are more interested in terrifying people in country than they are those outside.*
*Assange and Snowden notwithstanding
Yeah, they sure extradited a shit load of electronics back in the eighties.
Id think that if you actually provided a service to your employer- they may stand up a bit more if it was on the d/l. If you’re a Snowden or Assanage- Im gonna guess most best are off. Too much attention.
Wait, who the fuck agrees with me?
Not me!
INORITE?
I did that one time, but in my defense I was incredibly drunk.
$20 same as in town
I was just whiteknighting to get close to Rachel Stevens.
::kicks rock down the road::
Exactly.
So….you aren’t gonna be popping up from time to time, anymore, to shit up the comments???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR4qU
Also, funny that you think your insults are cutting, or, come from a place of insight.
Enjoy being a part of that society you think is so great!
Well, bye.
Did you stop lurking just to let everyone know you won’t be lurking anymore?
Good luck with your isolated, completley irrelevant viewpoints.
Thanks, you too!
Personally, I just dont have the energy for long, drawn out arguments in comment sections anymore. Getting too old I guess, and it’s usually a waste a time.
I’m mostly here for the community.
Everyone is oh so glib and wont miss me yet you still feel the need to try and diss me even though you dont know me and dont know what I stand for. That’s all I need to know that I’m done here
You haven’t offered any specific example to support your assertion. Boring.
Whelp…Reason.com need ditch-diggers, too. Maybe you can hold Robbie’s hair or change his tire. All good.
Hahahahahaha
Well, it is right there in the name.
I hope you feel better tomorrow and come back around. The world needs more levity.
I’ll bite. I’ve seen you post on occasion. I’m not aware of any knock down drag out argument you’ve been in. So, what brought this on?
HOLD UP……someone named ‘Cacciatore” was crying about leaving a couple weeks ago
“delete my shit’
“I hate you all”
“get rid of me!”
Seems similar
While that did happen (give or take), Cacciatore was, for the most part, an active commentor, and fit in. IOW, he didn’t seem to be here just to bellyache or harass others. Something happened with him that he wouldn’t talk about.
IF tnt fit that bill in the past, then, something has also happened with him/xir/whatever. But, Cacc didn’t draw shit out, and come around on multiple occasions, just to bitch.
Toledo has been around longer than Caccitore was. The only confrontation I’ve seen from Toledo was about not liking Yusef’s poems or lyrics or whatever the fuck they are. Not my cup of tea, but I’m polite and just post OT when they show up. Toledo posted a complaint, and some Glibs complained back, because bullshitting is what we do. I guess that makes a monolith now. I had no idea there were so many celibate 37 year old catholic Constitutional Property Rights Minarchists who make cartoons making fun of Trump, but I guess you’re all me and I am you.
Turns out we were all Rich Evans all along.
If you’d have joined the Zoom chats you’d know just how close to the truth you are.
Nobody wants my hippy looking ass messing up the vibes.
I am the walrus.
John is. duh.
Toledo was the one complaining about Yusef’s contributions? You can just not say anything about things you don’t like.
Complaining about other people’s tastes is just stupid and (dare I write it?) wildly un-libertarian.
“This free content does not meet my standards”. Seriously – contribute what you think is better or just fuck right off.
Clearly, it’s option 2, with a “you guys suck” farewell.
Wow, we’re guilty of…chatting. What horrible pieces of shit. You’re right to leave this hive of scum and villainy.
I come here specifically for the scum and villainy.
I/we have seen your posts, and presume, in good faith, that they accurately reflect your “stance(s)”; especially since you never rescinded them, or claimed they were a joke.
You shit on peoples’ efforts around here, while offering nothing of your own. When you commented, it was weak, whinging crap, that was neither funny, insightful, nor, added to any discussion (even if it’s to ask questions/learn). In fact, I would say your petulance in this particular interaction is the closest you’ve come to doing any of that–at least recently.
To be honest–we’ve lost much better than you.
To be honest–we’ve lost much better than you.
*pours out a 40 for Lord Humungus*
I regret that loss, though I had naught to do with it.
You know me–I admit I miss Edward the Great.
I don’t know, or care what prompted your decision. But I try to link topical punk rock songs, so Glad to See You Go https://youtu.be/mDhCoxhl6hc
The Ramones must be the only band where the drummers are then living members.
Dee Dee’s number one bass is up for auction https://www.guitarworld.com/news/hey-ho-you-can-go-bid-on-dee-dee-ramones-1975-fender-precision-bass
Somebody called me on the phone
They said, “Hey, is Dee Dee home?
Do you wanna take a walk? You wanna go cop?
You wanna go get some Chinese Rocks?
I’m living on a Chinese Rock
All my best things are in hock
I’m living on a Chinese Rock
Everything is in the pawn shop
https://youtu.be/P-M9Ymvgd0A
I got nothing
Did you try maybe offering an alternative view point then? Since that’s what you seem to accuse others here of not entertaining?
Good luck with your isolated, completley irrelevant viewpoints…
keep pissing in the wind…
I’m sure having urine covering you is much better than being a part of society…
autistic folks aren’t the best to get advice from…
The circle jerk here is strong…
[next post]
you still feel the need to try and diss me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF2ayWcJfxo
Maybe make a long-form post/submission about whatever issue you’re fretting about? I haven’t been around much the past few weeks, so I must have missed the oh-so-important comment section drama.
My A/V receiver is updating its firmware thru WiFi for 20 minutes. What the hell?
Does it have a robust processor, and have a strong connection? I would think a receiver would be on the slower end of update crap.
next election- receiver is stealing gospodin
When did Teen Vogue buy Popular Mechanics?
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/16/popular-mechanics-has-scientists-recommend-the-best-way-to-topple-statues-you-decide-you-no-longer-like/
Why would you ask scientists how to remove a statue? Engineers would be better if you want an “official” way of doing. But all you really need is a blowtorch or jackhammer and a crane.
Scientist would know how because it ain’t all that hard to do, but there are other people who pretty much do that sort of thing every day.
They’re not turning to scientist-scientists but to priest-sicentists.
I’m sure there’s at least 5 DIY statue toppling videos on youtube.
San Diegans–get the hell out, while you can.
Jeez US and Europe are neck and neck in the competition to out retard each other., I though Europe was ahead but if it is it is not by much
Every government and quasi government agency wants to fire everyone it can right now. I know we all just got jacked, where I work. 10% pay cut and close to the same schedule. Pisses me off because I work for the people who volunteered us for this bullshit. Those guys at the utility are just trimming fat in any way they think might fly.
Considering CA’s rather ‘generous’ workers benefits/rights, I wonder if he has standing for a lawsuit.
All things considered, I haven’t seen what you’ve described on this end of things. A hiring freeze, for a bit, but they are actually paying people not to work (not me, though).
It’s a bold strategy, Cotton…
Yeah, I’ve been on paid leave since mid March. Just now going back. I guess we’ll see, but They’re so tightly controlled here, firing is not easily done. I’m guessing these guys are getting it while they can. Otherwise, this don’t make any sense other than begging the “protesters” to not burn down their building.
2020 is certainly interesting, but, I’m holding out for the fun of ’21.
The post gym reopening morning, my DOMS is not to bad, I think I was to conservative coming back after 3 months, I could have pushed a bit harder.
Good Morning GLibs.
You squat 350?
Wait….he’s not talking about his Master??
That was my understanding. NTTAWWT (big fan of “Secretary”)
MmmmmmmmmmMaggie!
I do not. My highest squat ever was a little under 300 of your American pounds. But that was a while back when I was thinner and stronger. Yesterday I did 90 kg for 10 reps. Which is sadly for me body-weight 🙁
Congrats, you can…stand up!
I’ve been doing some lifting for the first time in a couple years, just sad reps with sad weights on the old bench out back. It’s not the same, I prefer the pulleys and bars. I don’t want to have to learn form, I want to lose a little weight and tone a little and listen to podcasts and not think about it too much.
Maybe it is still early but where are the four standard pics of naked ladies which are to be found in the morning thread?
You
heardread the man–MAKE WITH THE TIDDIES!!Are you trying to have Q enact your labor? Jeez.
I assume he’s busy doing science / jerkin’ it
It’s night you vampire and you’re right.
The German ZDF morning show has completely abandoned its policy of fake social distancing on the set. Their anchors now sit as close to each other as in the before times. It was not the same even last week.
When I think of ZDF
https://youtu.be/aDqtIoZHDQY
I knew the Germans went for his music. What’s up with the French?
Better ZDF.
Guilty myself of forgetting the maxim, “Don’t feed the trolls”.
I thought it was Mogwai, and only after midnight, but I defer to your knowledge of Eastern
MagicScience.That kid form The Jungle Book?
[TraumatizedGizmo.gif]
hehehehehe
If I had 220k to spend on a car, it would not be this one, but I would love to drive it. I opened a garage today to see this McLaren.
https://imgur.com/a/2cUOro1
Did they lose the garage key, or, some other mishap?
The garage I had a code to get in, but was expecting it to be empty like the last time. I thought the residents were out of the country, I had to replace a bad gate electric strike. I’ve driven many ,many vehicles, but never a super car.
Did you have to unlock the garage or the car? If it were the car you could have spieled something about they might not run right after you had to do a manual hard reset on the diode in the lock, so to make sure you have to drive it to see if the Van Hauser locked up the Equilibrium circuit.
Van Hauser on the circuit, Van Halen’s Fair Warning on the stereo. Foot mashed to the floor, interspersed with quick gear shifts.
I opened a garage today to see this McLaren.
Wait, what?
Refresh, refresh.
I go to different properties every day, everything from the most ghetto ass situations you can imagine to extreme high end real estate. Sometimes in the same day.
Nice to see the very wealthy also have shitty garages.
Jay-sus, paint your door already.
You……noticed the door?
Bruh?
The car is sweet, but I got wildly sucked into ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive’ on Netflix, so I’ve been blasé about McLaren pictures.
Hey Slum, did you enjoy Senna?
I did – sad, because you knew what was coming.
Senna himself came off as a bit of an ass, but my impression is that’s standard for top-flight drivers.
Ah! Understood.
Yes they do sometimes, sometimes they have have car lifts though and other very cool things. The best garage I know of is of a customer that built himself up from working in gas stations to owning them, to owning prime real estate. He usually has a Ferrari, Lambo and something else interesting in his garage. He actually works on them himself too, although he sends them out for major repairs. Last time I was there he was taking out the Lambo’s engine, which evidently you have to do in order to properly change the clutch. Those things are a money sink.
It looks like F1 is gonna start on July 5 in Austria. I’m excited to see some racing.
One of my besties does pool maintenance for his cousins, who have many, many hihg-end clients in the Metroplex. As in, major auto dealer dynasties, various Cowboys players and staff–you get the idea.
Apparently, one is a guy who supplies all the McD’s in this region with all of their paper products. According to Broseph, the guy has his house over his hamgar/garage, with many fine auto specimens. If their interactions are any indication, seems the guy’s a decent dude, with boatloads of cash and cars.
And, a pool, too. Of course.
I was fishing on Saturday and we saw a massive frigging yacht on the Bay a quarter mile from us. My brother looked up the image and it belonged to Jerruh Jones. That thing must cost ten grand to start the motor on.
If I had that kind of money I would also have a stable of fine automotive specimens.
I’m not really much of a car man. I just want something super-comfy, that runs smoothly. I think I’d rather have a few houses (coughcompundscough), or one big f-off Lair of Doom.
But first, THE WHORES!!!
The crew from Iroquois (owner: John Henry, Red Sox principal owner) was at my then-local a bunch of years ago.
They were much fun but all were serious about not even saying what boat they were on – we figured it out over the course of the night, but their contacts were pretty strict.
Most expensive sports car I’ve driven was an Acura NSX (80K+). Amazing performance and immediate response. The worry about crashing it outweighed the thrill of driving it.
I’ve pretty much never driven anything “nice” but my parents had a great but old BMW when I was still at home – 1976 3.0 L, direct import – gauges still in German.
This was in the late 80’s, so it was an old car at that point. But it had dual carbs and when you put your foot down it moved (even with a 3-speed automatic).
I let off the gas when I hit 130 MPH on the Seaford–Oyster Bay Expressway one morning. I suspect it had more to give but my exit had arrived shockingly fast.
Over 110mph and it doesn’t really matter anymore. You die at 110 as fast as you die at 150. Ok, maybe a split second slower.
My workplace announced to the media that are opening on the 29th. I still haven’t heard anything, the 29th will be after my current 2 week lay-off, so I’m guessing that will be the earliest I go back to work. No idea what shift or anything. Thanks Karen.
Huh…..well, at least you have something of a target in the mix, now.
Gotta be sure to get that holiday $$, ya know. “Come on down, as we celebrate July 4th, Indepen-…oh, sorry.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/06/portland-protesters-march-on-fremont-bridge-southbound-i-405-traffic-blocked.html
Second time I’ve seen this mentioned yet zero curiosity from the reporters about how these cars ended up there, the level of coordination and preplanning, or why the police aren’t ticketing those drivers for intentionally obstructing traffic.
They have been starting doing this shit again in the Bay Area after a few years off. Years ago some DJ on a radio station pulled a stunt for ten minutes and ended up getting fined hundred of thousands of dollars. These clowns just get arrested and charges dropped. Blocking people on a bridge for hours should be a serious crime, you are essentially being maliciously detained.
At the end of the article: https://www.theblaze.com/news/seattle-bans-police-chokeholds-tear-gas
That’s why there’s no curiosity, or, ticketing.
Here’s a poppy little basher from Providence, RI.
Velvet Crush “Drive Me Down”
https://youtu.be/at4RukeSbTc
You may like this little gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TyNdTgjgKY
Looks like I picked the wrong time to stop Night Shift posts…
Something something poo from Pooh….
That could sell… Say, did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College, too?
I went to Hollywood’s Next MagaCity to the east Film School, good enough for government work.
Hollywood…next…east… Ahahahaha–gotcha.
The scare mongering is getting a little tiring.
Well, ya hit people where it hurts most. Considering the former scarcity of TP, I can see how this will get played up. Plus, it makes biological sense that this could be a real issue for fighting COVID. But, media.
Fuck.
And people wonder why I dont like to leave my house….
Has this been posted yet?
Free AR-15s in CHAZ
WA anti-gunners passed an initiative which requires a special permit, 21 minimum age, and 10 day waiting period for ALL semi-automatic rifles (including .22LR).
I find myself hoping that, the moment him and/or his lackeys use them in aggression, someone with a Barrett set up in the regular city, pops whoever.
Where my night shift at??
Just got back from running 5 miles… Nice having the whole town to yourself (it’s almost 4AM here). Now about to eat tuna patties and steamed spinach and probably finish up with a glass of gin before going to bed.
The talk of tuna and spinach ran us off.
But the gin didn’t bring you all running back??
If it were tequila, or, beer? Possibly. Otherwise, I’ll pass.
Holy crap–some Scandinavian dude got an early copy of The Last of Us 2, and put some gameplay up on YT! It looks pretty damn good, graphics-wise.
But, even early on, he wokeness is apparent.
*the
Morning Glibs.
Morning, UCS. I’ve refrained from checking the national/world news headlines so far, so I’ll even go so far as to say GOOD morning. How’s life in your corner of the world?
I made the mistake of arguing with idiots online.
But since that was the worst thing to happen, I suppose I’m okay.
But…but…they were WRONG!!! What else could you have done??
There’s a lot of that going around, as you may have noticed up-thread. Enh – c’est la vie.
…but most important of all, did you win?
It depends on the criteria of “win”.
No minds were changed.
If they were unable to counter your final point with a valid argument and had to resort to calling you a big ol’ poopyhead, I’d count that as a win. These days, I go with a very low threshold of “win.”
It’s not worth it to get worked up over something irrelevent.
Good morning.
Good morning, JD. (Or afternoon for you now, I believe.)
Rapper samples Chipmunks covering Supertramp. A bit too far removed for my taste, but you do you! : )
Better Salutation – https://youtu.be/Yu6–WBPBHo
Morning all y’all.
I’m at work. Yay.
Morning, Sean. I’m frequently bored or frustrated when I’m at work, but I try to remind myself that it beats not having it. Hope your day goes well.
I am our Pandemic Safety Officer.
??
*points no contact thermometer at GT*
*removes batteries from thermometer*
*tapes paper reading ‘98.6’ on screen*
Fixed it for you.
Yeah…I’m the one who got stuck doing that, too. : /
My employer has no need to know my temperature.
I wasn’t going to do it, but my boss told me to. I make sure to harass him every time he comes to work.
My employer still hasn’t even announced when offices are opening back up, or when we’re ending full WFH status.
This nonsense was the prime motivator for my two-week vacation in May, hoping things would get back to normal soon. Oh, well…
We lost another one last night. TopnotchToledo just did a baby version of Cacciotorre. Glibs is in a state of balance. For every snark gained their must be another one lost… https://youtu.be/i0BTdo6qGwo
…or for every troll lost an angel gets their wings…or something.
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/06/children-and-youth-services-agencies-cant-force-people-to-undergo-drug-alcohol-testing-pa-supreme-court.html
Libertarian moment.
Almost forgot to report back with my review of Jimmy Dean’s Simple Scrambles. Just a bit more prep required than for your typical frozen breakfast item. (This actually says “Keep Refrigerated,” but I’d found it shelved with other frozen entrees.) Two raw but beaten eggs sealed in a cup, which you start cooking in the nucrowave. Then you stir in the good stuff – in this case, bacon bits and shredded cheese – and cook for a bit longer. Pretty good, and a buck cheaper than a frozen Atkins breakfast (though that’s not saying much.) Works for my habitual breakfast-at-work, and keeps me away from the Pop Tarts….at least for a while.
Multi-step and microwave don’t mesh in my mind. Anything more than “cook for X minutes” and I’m wondering why it’s using the microwave.
Cool. I’m already a fan of their frittatas.
^^^ This is how we gauge our freedom! Hot and delicious pre-packaged snacks versus anarchy. I wonder how many of the denizens of CHAZ Bono get to eat Jimmy Dean’s?
It seems like it would be just as easy to cook up some bacon, crumble it, and portion it out with shredded cheese in little containers to mix into some scrambled eggs. But I usually just skip breakfast anyways.
I make myself eat twice per day just to keep my energy up.
No stovetop in the office break room, so it works for my purposes. Admittedly not the most economical option.
As long as you’ve got a microwave proof container, you could prep out the crumbled meats and cheese ahead of time and do the same thing. But I understand that convenience can trump cost quite frequently.
Used the second can of dough to make a “calzone”, now I can’t find the right knife to cut it.
Isn’t that always the way?
I get the feeling that you’re a “glove for every knife” kinda guy.
Short review – the canned dough is not suitable for calzone style applications. The bready texture means that by the time the outside is threatening to burn, the interior dough is still raw.
There are other inconveniences for this use case, but that one is enough to preclude it.
Nobody is ever going to ask to sit at our table, are they? 🙁
Probably not.
That’s okay, at least it’s not crowded.