latest conquest - Macintosh ED

[jsarchibald]

Vegemite is a yeast extract, some people eat it every day on toast or a sandwich but peanut butter is more common. We keep Vegemite in the house for mouth ulcers, the yeast clears them up pretty quickly!

Let it be known that we do call people mate, but I rarely hear g'day - ever. You'll hear a 'how you doin', or 'what's up', but again, we are very 'Americanized', so we say a lot of stuff you guys say. It's funny, I now refer to a windscreen as a windshield, the footpath as the sidewalk, and an accident as wrecking out, purely because of the time we've spent in the US.

I've seen that restaurant, but would never eat there. Way too cliched and OTT for me. It would be like us walking into a restaurant over here with bears, rifles, American flags, and a guy with one tooth greeting us with a 'How y'all doin, pardner?'. It's all hammed up to get people in and isn't very accurate of life for 95% of Australians. Yeah, we do have people who may be like that, just like you have people who live in swamps and chase gators, but it is a very small minority. We don't talk about the Outback, we call it the bush, and we never refer to ourselves as being down under - this is a very American thing to say. Don't get me wrong, I'm not picking at all, and find it humorous, just telling a few truths. We were following Woz on Twitter and he always seems to check into Ruth's Chris - that guy must love a steak!

PS - Sorry Dave for the MASSIVE thread creep!

 

[TheIanMan85]

and an accident as wrecking out

Haha around these parts you hear accident more, I think "wrecked" is more of a southern thing...like y'all. And the gator wrestling. I call it "I ****ed up my ****ing car."

As for the bear head and flag covered joint with the one toothed dude...I just had dinner there. I drove there in my lifted old rusty truck painted orange with the rebel flag on top to look like the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard (Google it if you don't get that there) with a loud exhaust, 9/11 terrorist hunting permit bumper sticker, "Don't tread on U.S." sticker, "These Colors Don't Run" American Flag sticker, naked lady side silhouette sticker, and a "My Other Truck Is Also A Truck" sticker, fake inspection sticker, truck nuts on the tow hitch, and honked my custom horn that plays the first five notes of the National Anthem (instead of Dixie, 'cause y'know, I'm original) as I came to a screeching stop across three handicapped spaces so hard three of my five rifles came off the gun rack in my rear window. I then continued to talk loudly on my cell phone through the entire meal. Afterwards I did a wicked burnout as I left and floored it so fast out of the parking lot at least twenty empty beer cans fell out of the bed. Too bad about the cans, I was gonna put those in my retirement fund...my 401k. I call it that because I estimate there's about 401,000 cans and bottles I have saved up in the old school buses in my back yard. You can pick those things up cheaper than an you can build a real shed you know.

OK so I made that last rambling mess up, but it has always been a goal to get at least five people in five different time zones to fall out of their chair laughing.

And yeah, sorry macman for encouraging the off topicness....still jealous of the 512k Platinum Macintosh ED.

 

[jsarchibald]

LOL! Very good, I laughed the whole way through. Maine is such a pretty state, glad I've been there if only for one day on the way through to Canada.

 

[TheIanMan85]

I like it here. Still gotta make my way down there. All the Aussies I met while selling boat parts were always laid back and cool Except for one. There's always the exception. Don't get me started on that one. Worse then the ones here who think you're supposed to drink a six pack before attempting to do an engine repair you have no knowledge on. Then they call me. Reason # 117 why I don't work there anymore...clueless people. I just deleted the beginnings of a big rant right here. Even further from the original topic. The sun seems to be up so it really must be past my bedtime. To the sleepatorium...

 

[macman142]

Permission granted to remain off-topic.

A good laugh and moderately insightful

Go on....

 

[Scott Baret]

I know how it feels to have places go over the top with your heritage. I'm from Pittsburgh, where there's a certain dialect called "Pittsburghese". Look it up sometime and you'll see many people think of Pittsburghers as people who can't speak proper English. There's also this notion that every man, woman, and child in the city lives and breathes Steelers football. Pittsburghers are also associated with drinking beer, hunting deer, eating Primanti's sandwiches, holding on to the past too long, hating Cleveland, loving zombies, and using local names to refer to roadways instead of what they're actually marked as. If they made a Pittsburgh restaurant, it would probably follow this exact formula.

Now, time for the myth busters:

1. I probably know about 3 people who speak Pittsburghese. Everyone else speaks fluent, proper English.

2. Most people do love the Steelers, myself included, but I do know a few people who don't really follow football.

3. I don't drink--never have touched alcohol in my life. I actually know a lot of people who don't drink or drink very little, although Pittsburghers, in general, do enjoy beer.

4. I don't hunt either, but it seems the majority of guys here do it.

5. Primanti's sandwiches are awesome, but again, I know a lot of people who would never eat one. (The reason these things are special--they put meat, cheese, cole slaw, tomatoes, and french fries on a sandwich all at once--OPEN WIDE!!!)

6. Some Pittsburghers do hold on to the past too long (namely with old buildings), but that seems to be changing lately. I'm one for rebuilding if necessary, and it seems more and more are thinking like me.

7. I've been to Cleveland a few times and don't mind it at all. We do have a rivalry with the Browns and some people do get carried away, but I think most Pittsburghers respect everything else Cleveland has to offer.

8. I can't say I know anyone who gets into the whole zombie thing.

9. The ones most at fault for referring to roadways are the news anchors. I've lived here my entire life and still don't know the difference between the three roads they call "Parkway _____" (with the blank being a cardinal direction other than south). This is a shame, since a visitor would have no idea what they're talking about (and many locals really don't either).

Yeah...that just got this post even more off-topic, but since macman142 gave permission, I thought I'd share...

 

[tmtomh]

Lived in Pgh for 5 years and loved it!

Scott - don't forget that they call the tunnels "tubes," and that the Primanti's sandwiches are all-in-ones (like the Mac! :beige: ) because it was easier for the steel workers to pick up and carry back to the factory, back in the day...

As for Pittsburghese, when I lived there (20 yrs ago) there were a lot of "Yinzers"; maybe the population has changed these days.

Great people there, very friendly, and a great place to live.

 

[TheIanMan85]

While watching the end of the Super Bowl I find it funny they call the Giants "World Champions" while it's limited to US teams. Kind of like the baseball World Series. Are we the only country that does this?

 

[Scott Baret]

At least in baseball there is one team in another country (the Toronto Blue Jays).

 

[jsarchibald]

Yep, it's an American thing!

 

[macman142]

Opened up the Macintosh ED yesterday evening (haven't bothered "testing" it yet as I wanted to check it visually first). Was sold to me as "defective" anyway.

It's got a fair amount of dust inside, moderately greasy dust too! I will strip it down and clean it eventually...

On inspecting the analogue board, it visually has several broken solder joints on both J1 and J4. Easily repaired but I wonder if that's the cause for the crowbar though? Suppose it could be?

Will repair the solder joints tonight and report back...

 

[macman142]

Just re-soldered a whole bunch of joints on the ED, as well as fiddled with R56 - no luck though. Oh well, I should have kept one of my "spare" Mac Plus for the analogue board...