Packy's Place

Lately I've been fixing things with tiny screws. My graphics card cooling fan started making noise. I removed that and used sewing machine oil to quiet that down. Petroleum jelly helps to hold tiny screws to tiny screwdrivers when you are putting the screw back in. This is the second time I've had to take the card off and oil the fan. I may investigate a better oil to use. I seem to remember using 3in1 oil on the old cpu fans on my 486, either that or wd-40, and that had to be repeated also. I also recently repaired a PS4 controller. A tiny tab on a trigger broke off. Evidently this happening quite frequently with these controllers. After I had started taking it apart i found out that you could send the controller back on warranty. Unless of course there were tool marks on the screws. Shoot foot self.

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: "A democracy is always Temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent Form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until The time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous Gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority Always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from The public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally Collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a Dictatorship." "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the Beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 Years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to grea...

  I’m liking Manhattan , the story of the development of the Atomic Bomb. This is out in the middle of nowhere in the desert. In a town created and controlled by the military. I’m liking Outlander, a lady gets sucked back two hundred years in Scotland after touching a druid stone. I’m liking Gotham , early Gotham City, Bruce Wayne aka Batman has just lost his parents. I’m liking Scorpion, a group of geniuses help to solve some interesting problems. Watched the first episode of Bad Judge, this has the potential for being very entertaining. Too soon to get all excited. Watched the first episode of Selfie, this also has the potential for entertaining and amusing. I’m watching The Mysteries of Laura, critics are not impressed or they weren’t with the first episode. I’m not sure. I think this can work. A divorced mom with twins that gets her called to school too often is also a police detective. The husband is also with the police department.