What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

I disassembled my old laptop to remove destroy the hard drive. I’ve done this before, but this computer was designed in such a way as to make it needlessly difficult.

 

By "destroy" I'm assuming you break the thing into pieces?

In my working world, I had the opportunity to take some training in computer forensics, etc. The person teaching it was "the" computer forensics guy for a large regional agency. Among some of the things he taught was what he called either a DOJ or DOD, I don't remember which, hard drive scrub. In that, the hard drive was reformatted, which theoretically deletes everything, not once but multiple times. I don't remember just how many times, but it was either 4 or 10. It was a bunch though. The theory with that being that while, as I'm sure you know, some "tidbits" remain, they are so scattered/minuscule as to be insignificant. ???

 

Yes, after re-formatting it (taking no chances) I shattered it to little pieces.

 

Finished my holiday shopping today! Picked up a few planners at lunchtime and then did an Amazon order. So glad to be done - it was starting to feel like a chore... Stocking stuffers are done as well as all gifts. I know many of you all were done weeks if not months ago, but I am just not that organized.

 

Organization?

What's that??

 

Took some time to touch up the blades on my knives (although I have a friend who says that sharpen knives like a girl).

 

Got the wood splitter fixed, $15 carburetor swap.

 

I ordered a Pizza & and Sandwiches for me and my wife..

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I got the carbs cleaned up for the 1980 Goldwing. Waiting on kits. Also, removed the timing belts for replacement.

 

Wow, I sure hope you know how to sync those.

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Survived wrapping gifts with my wife ...... she was holding the scissors.

Nearly lost a finger.

 

I allowed my granddaughters to paint my fingernails. Got to be a he-man to allow that sort of nonsense. Those kids have this man wrapped around their fingers.

But later I started to rebuild a wood lathe. Got to change bearings all throughout. And yes, I did it with multi-colored nails.

 

Pictures "are needed" of that!!

Inquiring minds want to know!!

 

My brother's works in electronic security .... they literally shred and smelt all hard drives and memory devices.

 

My adventures in bathroom repair continue. The new cabinet/sink/countertop got delivered this morning. (Quite promptly- that’s why I like dealing with local businesses.). So, over the course of the day, I have spackled & sanded the wall, where the backsplash used to be, mounted & caulked the sink and now I have begun the painting.

The walls are painted in a high gloss paint, which I never wanted, but couldn’t talk my husband out of. So I have primed with a flat primer, and will later paint over it with the gloss paint which, (thanks to the color matching service at Lowe’s) I could get some more of.

 

I need a nap just reading about all that.

 

For me, at this time, the question is...What manly thing WILL I be doing today? Off to a workout shortly.

 

A nap is manly.