You know you're old when...

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Kowalski2011

That empty field next to the cemetery in your home town when you were a kid, not so empty anymore.

Better get your plot while there's still some room.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Better get your plot while there's still some room.

Ashes don't take up much space.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Buug959

Ashes don't take up much space.

Yep, that's the way I will do it.

[UncleWede]

You kneel down to see the front panel on the NAS box in the bottom of the rack, and end up with spinal x-rays, a brace, 4 prescriptions, and a workers comp case

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

You kneel down to see the front panel on the NAS box in the bottom of the rack, and end up with spinal x-rays, a brace, 4 prescriptions, and a workers comp case

Oof! Time to rearrange the rack. Maybe get someone younger to do it.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Oof! Time to rearrange the rack. Maybe get someone younger to do it.

I always place UPS units and batteries in the bottom of every rack when I build one...and we don't even have to deal with earthquakes where keeping the heaviest mass close to the floor is a consideration.....

[UncleWede]

This is just a 2-post rack. All the others have the UPS fill the bottom third. Although that, when it comes time to change battery packs, has it's own issues.

The NAS just sits on the bottom attachment to the floor, so it's TECHNICALLY off the ground in case of water intrusion.

I wasn't involved in the purchase of said NAS. But when the kind gentleman with a gun on his waist said I needed these items connected to the network, I did as asked. We have a racked replacement, but the thought of moving GIGs of data using xcopy32, to maintain names and rights, is daunting.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

This is just a 2-post rack. All the others have the UPS fill the bottom third. Although that, when it comes time to change battery packs, has it's own issues.

The NAS just sits on the bottom attachment to the floor, so it's TECHNICALLY off the ground in case of water intrusion.

I wasn't involved in the purchase of said NAS. But when the kind gentleman with a gun on his waist said I needed these items connected to the network, I did as asked. We have a racked replacement, but the thought of moving GIGs of data using xcopy32, to maintain names and rights, is daunting.

Ah, this why retirement is so sweet.

Although having said that, yesterday I had to use some old contacts at the university to help fix an email issue Wifey was having and today the FIL called because he's having problems logging into his laptop. So the struggle continues.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I always place UPS units and batteries in the bottom of every rack when I build one...and we don't even have to deal with earthquakes where keeping the heaviest mass close to the floor is a consideration.....

One of the items on my ever-increasing task list was to replace the sealed batteries in our APC UPS backup battery units at our university. Some of those backup units were big. Occasionally, the sealed lead-acid batteries would swell up, making them difficult to remove from the case. There were many times I had to drill out the rivets in the steel frame to get the batteries out.

On one memorable occasion, I had to make a special extraction tool to help a fellow remove some swollen batteries while the units were still in a steel rack. The batteries had swollen so much, we couldn't get the APC units out of the tight-fitting rack. Heh!

[vreihen16]

Ask me why I don't have an APC-brand *anything* in my house, and why I now let the junior staff change the batteries at work? At least two of them have caused non-trivial injuries to me...one by exploding in a plasma ball and the other by shorting out and burning three of my fingers bad enough to need medical treatment.....

[iminhell1]

You feel Linkedin is the best dating site.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by iminhell1

You feel Linkedin is the best dating site.

Get off our lawns, kid.

You're old when Carbon-14 is your best dating site.....

[sygazelle]

....when your son drives a Tesla!

[sygazelle]

...when your son is talking about retiring.

[sygazelle]

...when you used to use Jade East and Brut.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when you used to use Jade East and Brut.

I used Brut.

And Skin Bracer...

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I used Brut.

And Skin Bracer...

If you have any left I'd like to borrow it to kill the weeds on my lawn!

[Dpc2u]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I used Brut.

And Skin Bracer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W0PReCRg6Y

Got any more of that Hai Karate?

[M_Six]

Old Spice

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Old Spice

Didn't she replace Victoria Beckham in the group at one point?????

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Didn't she replace Victoria Beckham in the group at one point?????

I always thought "Posh Spice" was the cutest Spice girl.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when you used to use Jade East and Brut.

I just ran across this ad for Jade East from back in the day.