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And They Cook Themselves
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 73 Comments › )Filed under Open thread at June 1st, 2026 - 12:54 am
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
I heard the burgers got glowing reviews…..
I like to be on topic here. So a food post.
There are two types of food poisoning where your body reacts violently to bad food.
The first one is where raw meat has been left at an unsafe temperature for enough time for bacteria to breed on it. Bacteria produce toxins. Even after cooking that tainted meat to a USDA safe temperature the toxins that the now dead bacteria produced remains.
The result of eating any food that has been allowed to be exposed to bacterial toxins is you throw up, get the screaming shits and generally don’t like partying any more. But the bacteria has been killed during the cooking process so the so it is a short lived event.
The second type of food born illness is when you eat something containing nasty bacteria, such as lettuce, watermelon, etc that is NOT cooked to kill any bacteria.
That nasty bacteria then enters your intestines, and lives there happily producing toxins that make you sick, but it happens a day or so later.
Why am I posting this? Fridge/freezer yet again threw a fit. The meaty stuff in the freezer got soft but still cold.
So, when I got freezer running again I feel safe eating my salmon, shrimp, sausage and chicken if I cook it well. Worst case I get the shits for an hour.
The stuff in the refrigerator part got dumped. Eating any of that food that I do not cook could land me in hospital.
@ Possum:
And this is why I used to like Grok until I was limited to 20 questions per 24 hours.
I gave it the above post and it came back with this. Looks like my theory on food poisoning is correct.
And a cat post. We all like cat posts.
A week or so I made Natasha a very nice cat bed, well nothing elaborate just an empty cardboard box, but she loved it.
Tonight Glen ( the asshole ) discovered her nest and is now claiming it as his.
Looks like I am going to have to place an order with Amazon or Chewy tomorrow to buy Natasha a new box.
Winter is great here, they both sleep on me. No need for boxes.
37 more days to count mail-in ballots in CA. Eric Swalwell still has a chance for the run off election – he’s got over a thousand votes so far even though he dropped out in April.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I don’t know how they count votes in the UK now, but it used to be by hand on the day of the election. Thursdays.
Now, people will yell and scream ” But! the population of the UK is only one sixth of the USA. Six times more ballot papers to count! ”
My answer is, as always, there are six times the amount of people available in the USA to count ballots.
Anyway I REFUSE to vote for ANY Republican, ever.
Oh a food post, the thawed out ground beef and thawed out slightly slimed shrimp I cooked and ate last night did not give me the 1 hour shits and I still feel OK today so it seems it was OK.
Looks like we are go for the chicken breasts tonight. Fingers crossed.
( really I should just dump them but I hate wasting food )
LOL cats!
We are watching Chicago PD Season 2 Episode 10 and those brave police persons poked one of those snaky camera things under a garage door and she went at it, like a lion attacking an antelope!
Now she is obsessed with Chicago PD just waiting for them to use that snake thing again.
Did I ever mention the time when we were watching some show and that big fluffy microphone they use accidentally was shown descending from the top of the screen?
I had to rewind it to see what triggered her.
Cats see things humans do not.
Natasha got bored and went to sleep somewhere.
I miss her, I know she absolutely loves Deadpool and I just searched for a free version. No luck.
Possum wrote:
And I refuse to vote for any marxist, communist, fascist, socialist, liberal, progressive ever.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
BINGO.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
LOL that one never gets old and you guys fall for it every time!
If I voted Republican it would be a felony, I would get five years in federal prison, ;oose my green card and be deported.
So, NO I am NOT ever voting for any Republican!
Lunch will be slightly suspicious Italian sausage that got thawed then re frozen, With mushrooms that suffered a severe heatwave. The sour cream and cottage cheese did not survive the trauma. I think the Brussels Sprouts will be fine though.
I am OK though, a twelve pack of Angel Soft just arrived.
A boring cat post.
It is raining, so cats are inside. No mice or roaches or dragons or antelopes need chasing so Natasha went to sleep.
Glen also needed a nap, and he could not have picked a worse place for his nap!
If Natasha wakes up first he is going to be in deep shit.
https://x.com/Lucy_Dynamite/status/2062555029467218382
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Over 19 thousand votes and counting.
This Windows 11 update doesn’t sound like fun, especially because my old bytegrinder can’t handle it and I’ll need a new one.
Well, damn it.
The kitty we inherited from Mrs. RW‘s friend has serious kidney failure. We’re going to have to let her go tomorrow.
@ right_wing2:
Sorry to hear that.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Thanks.
She’s an incredibly sweet girl who will put her paws on each of your shoulders and rub her face first one side and then the other against you.
@ right_wing2:
Our stray is still in the “don’t touch me just look at my butt” mode… at least with me. It calls to me at night to scare away the raccoon that likes cat food.
“An Assistant US Attorney is now INSIDE the Los Angeles ballot processing center, as @USAttyEssayli announces MULTIPLE federal investigations into voter fraud in California.”
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2062947950620230129
The race for L.A. mayor is already into the statistical
improbabiilityimpossibility zone.Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Cats are assholes.
So, moving forward, make friends with the raccoon. They are assholes too, but they like grapes, sliced apple, big roaches, banana and cat food.
If you make the raccoon your friend make sure you have a large bowl, and I mean like a large 4 quart bowl filled with fresh water next to where you feed it.
They like to wash their food before they eat it.
@ Possum:
That’s occurred to me, but since the raccoon is nocturnal and doesn’t always announce itself that might be a problem. On the plus side, I haven’t noticed the skunk around, but then they’re nocturtles too.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
You are going to have to work on this with the asshole cat. It may take days or weeks of sleepless nights.
First step is name the raccoon, then call it by name and give it treats when the asshole cat is looking.
The cat will eventually take an interest in what you and the raccoon are doing and he will want some.
When I call for Natasha so we can both watch Russian car crash videos, or the swirly Windows update thing then Glen shows up as well. He wants to be involved too. He knows her name.
He also knows his own name by the way.
His time with me is when I am in bed on the $50 tablet for half an hour before I sleep for my afternoon nap and the night time thing. I only have to yell ” Glen ” and into bed he jumps.
So, make asshole cat jealous. Or buy a cuddly stuffed animal and just sit there stroking it and telling it you love it.
LOL you ain’t going to win this battle are you?
Anyway, a food and a cat post.
Lunch is going to be bacon and mushroom sandwiches. No seasoning applied to the mushrooms like foreign people do. Mushrooms taste really nice naturally.
The bread is very fresh Walmart sliced Italian, and it will not be buttered but fried on one side in the bacon and mushroom grease.
Why is this also a cat post inquiring minds demand to know?
Well after eating a shit load of bacon and mushroom sandwiches it will be time for an afternoon nap. And a certain cat knows when it is nap time and will jump on the bed and kneed my tentacles while I watch car chases.
Some sandwiches don’t need all that mayo, ketchup, lettuce, tomato and jellipino crap.
Bacon and mushroom is the one!
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
I would look into getting a refurbished PC from Amazon. If you remember I got two last year, Bought one and my cat pissed on the back of it and killed it, so three weeks later bought another, same model.
Got the cat piss one running again so then I had two!
Last month cat scored a direct hit on the power supply on one, pretty yellow sparks.
Anyway just bought two more. Same base model, but now they come with Windows 11 Pro. TECHNICALLY they cannot run Win 11 but Grok says they used a trick to allow them to run it.
I advise you to look into refurbished or pre owned or whatever they call it PCs as very often they come from a large corporate office building where they upgrade every year or two.
Some come with a keyboard, mouse and monitor for about $200. So, you can put your old Win 10 machine in the guest bedroom and let the grandkids use it for games and you get a nice shiny old one that runs faster than you do for work.
This is the thing I just bought two of. I am buying the same model deliberately so as long as cat pisses on different parts at least I can fix it using parts from the dead ones.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY4Y22HS
@ Possum:
Actually sorry for that post. I was assuming you are as broke and tight with money as I am.
Anyone rich can buy a brand new, state of the art, as fast as shit off a chrome shovel Windows 11 gaming system for about $3000 ( mouse is extra )
Lucy busted me….
https://x.com/Lucy_Dynamite/status/2063564996785606690
Now I have explaining to do.
On a personal hygiene post.
My hair need cutting and I have been doing it myself but it ends up looking like I got attacked by a swarm of moths.
In order to go to a professional place to get a hair cut I need a shower.
I can tell you with 100% certainty last time I washed my hair and took a shower was 03/02/2023
How can I be so sure? That is the renewal date on my driver license, Got an Uber to get an hair cut, then Uber to the DMV/DPS got a license then Uber home.
Since then just walk to the store and back and have a fear of showers and bath tubs since I fell and broke my fibula.
Hey these things work out. People stay away from stinky people that look like bums.
Embarrassing thing is local charities offer me food and water.
LOL watching Chicago PD. I am perfect to star in an episode as a street person, working under cover.
A 1950s movie.
“The day the crawfish fought back ”
1 dead, 1 critically hurt after shooting at crawfish boil in northeast Houston, HPD says
https://x.com/KPRC2/status/2063591855078494515
Well breakfast is te rest of the mushrooms fried in bacon grease with some bacon, mayo and maybe a slice or two of tomato on buttered fresh Italian bread before it expires.
Some sausage and egg would also be perfect. Also black pudding but that is illegal in the USA.
Well breakfast is the rest of the mushrooms fried in bacon grease with some bacon, mayo and maybe a slice or two of tomato on buttered fresh Italian bread before it expires.
Some sausage and egg would also be perfect. Also black pudding but that is illegal in the USA.
Possum wrote:
I think about the lump sum spread over years and it makes me feel a little better. What I dread is transferring all my archives, reinstalling programs (I refuse to call them “apps”) and reconfiguring them all.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
You are lucky, you still have a working Win 10 machine so with that and the Win 11 one on the home network it will be boring but you can do it.
That is also a benefit of splashing out $200 on one that comes with a monitor, mouse and keyboard! You can run them side by side when migrating.
You are an elite blue check person and Grok loves you. I am a peasant and only get 20 asks per day. However Grok knows when I am cheating by asking two or more questions at a time.
This is what it said however.
On a different subject I have a Codd bottle which I dug up from a Victorian era garbage dump.
How does someone find a garbage dump from the 1800s to 1900s without using the Internet 50 years ago?
You go to the library. Look at old maps. It was like a treasure hunt!
Anyway, I have scars on my hands still from my excavations in Victorian era shit, slime, trash and other stuff. Dug up many things from over a hundred years ago. Warming! If you see blue glass in the hole you are digging then stop digging and run away.
Blue glass bottles were restricted to only holding poison.
Well, in all my worldly travels, marriages and divorces and homes across two continents and lost everything many times it seems the only thing from my childhood I own is, a fucking Codd bottle I dug up!
And, I also have my great great grandmother’s bottle opener.
Why do I still have them?
@ Possum:
Thanks. I’ll run that thru Google Translate.
I have a WD MyPassport Ultra 900+GB that backs up files continuously. It’s got a little blinky light when I know it’s doing something, but I don’t recall ever having to do anything with it.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
What does “migrate cruft” mean?
morning y’all
happy monday
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Fucked if I know. All I know is cats pissing on the back of a computer means instant death. Not for the cat as he runs really fast, but the computer!
Good luck with the migration from an old computer to a new one whatever you buy.
I cannot emphesise how much easier it is if you are running them side by side.
Now, off to eat a fishy lunch. Lucy tells me I need more omega things.
rain of lead wrote:
You are not retired are you?
Days are meaningless, except on 1st of the month wen bills are due
Possum wrote:
I need to figure out how to get them to talk to each other. I don’t remember what I did years ago when my old rusty trusty couldn’t handle 2016 AutoCAD and I was forced to abandon WindowsNT for Windows10.
rain of lead wrote:
Sure about that?
Now moved into new apartment. No food and a thousand boxes to unpack. So fun.
Well we finally got Mrs. RW’s friends last cat here. He is going to be a challenge.
This little guy is petrified. And it’s not just from the move. He was hiding under the blankets on the bed when I got there, and when Mrs. RW pulled the cover down so he and I could look at each other from the far side of the room, he looked at me wide eyed, then started to jump off the bed and go under it. She put the covers back over him and I backed out.
When she got him home, he managed to get out of the carrier and out of the house so we were lucky to even catch him. He’s in our front bathroom now, and I guess for a while I’m just going to be talking to him through the door and putting a shirt in there with him so he can get used to my scent.
Mrs. R W can pet him a little bit. But it’s going to be a long trip.
@ right_wing2:
Cats are likeable because they are so independent.
I know you have many cats and this is not financially an option on a large scale but my two go nuts over Fancy Feast Gems Pate Cat Food Mousse Chicken or beef and a Halo of Savory Gravy Wet Cat Food.
Expensive per ounce. But cats love them as a treat and I am sometimes tempted to spread it on buttered toast!
I think goose liver pate is not politically correct to eat in the USA
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
You taken the plunge yet? Connecting the two together is easy.
@ Possum:
Not yet. I suppose I connect them with a firewire or something. My existing set up is all hardwired – I don’t go through wifi. I haven’t researched my options much.
Food post before I eat lunch and take an old people’s afternoon nap.
Delivery just arrived, mushrooms, personal sized pizza and coleslaw. I absolutely love coleslaw on supreme pizza but it has to be eaten the British way with a knife and fork. Pictures and videos demonstrating this technique can be supplied if requested.
I also have two slices of bacon in stock, and some fresh bread and combined with fried mushrooms makes perfect sandwiches.
But as usual lacking one ingredient. Out of coconut oil. So may have to fry the fried mushrooms in butter.
Also 5 liters of box cabernet and a 30 pack of beer seems to have been delivered so lunch and supper and breakfast until Saturday afternoon is covered.
*burp*
( plan is attempt bacon and mushroom sandwiches and not burn apartment down )
Late last night I heard chirping outside, thought something goosed the mocking bird, but then it continued. Flipped on the patio light and found a skunk at the screen door calling for more cat food.
@ Possum:
Oh and before you think I am nuts for eating pizza with a knife and fork then it is the way it is done in a civilized country when not a “street food”
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Skunks are really great animals. They make good pets if you have them de-scented. They do not live long though.
As to wild skunks, you really REALLY have to piss them off or scare them before they spray.
They actually warn you before spraying by stomping their feet like a petulant 3 year old that wants more ice cream.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
You can share a whole drive or even a folder on a drive and then designate it as say the X drive to keep it away from the other physical drives.
Then if you turn on network sharing both computers can see it.
I think Bordm is the eggspurt on this.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
LOL if your existing setup is hardwired you are a 100% professional!
The ethernet cables in the back of your roooter thingy.
Wireless is like a slug. You compete with anyone else in your home for bandwith.
I( am nosy, and with my toys I can see 35 bluetooth devices and over 26 WiFi things on the 2.4 Giggly Hurts band. All fighting!
Direct wired is the way to go.
Oh, we do not do religious or political things here but…
I don’t know if anyone here is even the slightest bit interested in the many hundreds of years of things on the Island of Ireland where they are divided into Protestants in the North and Catholics in the South.
It now seems Ireland ( Eire and Ulster ) became united for a common cause.
@ Possum:
Supporting data.
When watching TV shows or Movies on my PC I plug my wireless, bluetooth headphones directly into the thingy at the front of my PC marked headphones. Why?
The fraction of a second lag from when peoples mouths move to when I hear what they say is annoying.
When in bed and watching movies and tv shows on Natasha’s tablet I go wireless.
Why, because the images on the screen are so small I cannot see the actors lips move.
We all like the Internet, and we all have smart phones and this is the new way to go.
The washing machines and dryers in my apartment complex got converted to some high tech scan the qr code on your phone and hit start thing.
It used to be go to the apartment office, stick a card in a machine and then insert $20. Simple.
So, why am I bitching and moaning about this wonderful new leap in technology?
My phone is dumb as a rock and cannot scan the QR code on the washing machine.
Looks like I am doomed to washing my panties and socks in the bath tub for the rest of my life.
Of buy a $1000 iPhone.
@ Possum:
LOL I did the calculations.
If I change my underwear once per month and also my socks it is cheaper than doing laundry!
A six month supply of panties just arrived. Onimisc Men’s Boxers Underwear 100% Cotton Woven Boxers for Men Pack Boxer Shorts Assorted Colors, 6 Pack
$19.99, I am all set until Christmas!
Possum wrote:
The aggravation of my printer going to a coma every few weeks created a cartoon lightbulb over my head and I connected it directly instead of following HP’s wireless instructions. Everything’s simpler with a cable.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
P.S. I appreciate your input, got them copied into a Word file. When I’m ready to go I’ll have more dopey questions.
Last night supper was in fact a personal sized pizza, microwaved for 3 minutes at 700W then placed in a hot skillet just long enough to crispy the bottom.
The microwaving cooked the toppings, the skillet thing got rid of the sogginess of the crust. Then off it went into the air fryer, those little pizzas are an exact fit!
Then when in there it was topped with thinly sliced mushrooms and some finely shredded Mexican blend cheese and a slight dusting of black pepper.
Air fried at 400F for 5 minutes to melt the cheese. Then left to cool down. Why leave it to cool down you may ask?
Well, removing a mini pizza out of an air fryer that was at 400F without getting fingers, arms, legs or naughty parts burned ( depending if you are cooking naked or not ) is impossible.
The pizza was then cut into four slices, you could also cut it into six slices but as I was not that hungry four was enough. Cut it with scissors.
Served with a huge dollop of coleslaw and it was perfect!
Notice the cooking tip here. Buy a pizza ( this one was $1.17 ) and add your owns stuff to it.
One pizza I make that will cause involuntary vomiting at the mere mention of it is….
Tuna and onion. First had at a restaurant in Piombino in Italy where I spent a few weeks fixing computers and doing training at a steel works. Now it is my favorite pizza. But you will not see it on any USA menus
A cat post. Easy to make cat treats that may make your cat a friend.
First take half a packet of tuna in water or oil. Great Value Chunk Light Tuna in Water, 2.6 oz Pouch $0.88 works well.
Place half the packet in a dish, or a small plate. Add about a teaspoon of hot water to bring it up to the temperature of a freshly killed mouse then add about half a teaspoon of mayo and mush it all up.
Warning, only use occasionally as a treat. Not all the times as it lacks stuff cats need.
Glen likes it, and it distracts him when I am trying to cook things that I know he will not eat.
Reason I mention this is I just made him some because he was being a fucking pest getting his face into some mushrooms I was slicing.
Oh supper at 7am is probably bacon and mushroom sandwiches. Hence slicing mushrooms.
An artificial intelligence post.
Free Grok now limits interactions to 20 per 24 hour time period. Actually it is now useless to me when I am programming things.
Just played with the Microsoft Copilot, asked a few stupid questions about cats, tuna, mushrooms etc and it came back with valid answers.
Then did asks about programming, specifically ESP32 and Arduino and again it came back with correct answers.
Next I asked if there was a limit per hour or day as to how many times I could use it and it replied none.
So, looks like Copilot is my new AI buddy. I know we all do not like big corporations such as Microsoft but Grok is X which is xAI which is Starlink. A big corporation.
@ Possum:
And Copilot is just as strange and creepy to use as Grok.
I threw the above post at it, and after a few exchanges when I made it look like I was interviewing Copilot for a job this happened.
Me:
The AI replied, and as to use it from a Microsoft account it knows your name so my name redacted.
So, I am dumping Grok. But being very careful as to what I say or use a Microsoft tool for.
Use tools, don’t let the tools use you.
Now, mushrooms needs eating.
Due to the very efficient work of ICE there seems to be a shortage of lawn mower and leaf blower operatives in this area. The grass is so long here it tickles my testicles when walking to the store.
BUT, at 7:32am it seems like a team of all American patriots arrived to mow down the grass.
True American citizen patriots doing jobs that illegals won’t do!
@ Possum:
It’s probably been done already, but it would be fun to see a Grok vs Copilot pissing match.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I went out several months ago and bought a new, small sized H/P desktop w/ Windows 11 as I only have 9 gig left on my current large H/P gaming desktop, its at least 7 years old now. the 11 still sits in the box and this 10 is like a pet to me, one I can’t party with. I’ve always bought H/P desktops with wireless keyboard/mouse and I LOVE, LUV, LOVE them. My fingers are too big for the phone and laptops are a pita (have owned a few). I’m all set up with Chromecast so with the click of a key, whatever’s on my 21″ monitor is on my large Panasonic TVs in an instant and my sound card is routed to my vintage Sansui amp w/ JBL L-112 speakers, or 110s in the other rooms, also with Sansui old school power. If it all could work analog I’d be in heaven, ya know ?
I think my problem is gonna be that when I hook up the 11 machine, nothings gonna work right. I know, silly me. It comes from a life time of neg experience. I really need to transfer the old Library of movies, photos and music while this sucka is still spinning. I never turn it off, only power down when I need to do a complete update or the power goes out, not infrequent in my area. Keep them vacuumed out, keep the fan free of dust and they last for … ah, me thinks I better better shut up … and quick.
Well, been nice talkin’ to ya Bunk 🙂
@ 4_Sticks:
Well as you have a current gaming windows 10 machine and you just bought a new win 11 one then obviously what you bought was not a $200 refurbished one.
Look into file sharing. You can designate a folder that contains stuff you want to save and transfer to the new computer. And designate a drive letter.
As I said to Bonk it is easier if you run both side by side, but you need two monitors, keyboards and mice.
Once you set up the new Win 11 machine there is something called remote assistance where you can control one computer from another.
@ Possum:
Fed the above to Grok and…
Possum wrote:
Easier than remote assistance, if you have them side by side just get a decent KVM switch. Share keyboard, mouse, and display.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
My two ” new ” windows 11 machines are now back in the box as I managed to fix one of the cat piss windows 10 ones.
91% isopropyl ( aka rubbing alcohol ) and a paint brush is my friend.
LOL and the two keyboards and mice and monitors are also back in the boxes. One monitor is a “new” made in 2012 Dell and it is sweet. Built like a brick shit house.
I don’t like win 11. Not because it does computery stuff any different but Microsoft changed the look and feel.
I suppose I can get used to it eventually but it is like when you accidentally put your underwear on backwards. Does the job the same but does not feel right.
As to running a PC headless, that is no mouse, keyboard or monitor and using remote assistance the AIs I have been playing with say some PCs do not like being started up with no monitor as they don’t have a clue as to what screen resolution to use as a remotely assisted machine.
AI says there are things you can plug into the monitor port to fake a monitor.
LOL not needed in my case as I now have three times the monitors than I have eyeballs!
@ 4_Sticks:
@ Possum:
Copied for reference. Thanks.
I’m debating whether to go side-by-side or just copying everything to my portable drive and pass it over that way. Then I guess I’ll have to reload programs and stuff (yeah I have the old installation passwords).
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Although it’s been a year since I got off chemo, there are some residual mental effects that mess with me.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
We got your back buddy!
Your job is to get your new computer out of the cardboard box. The rest of the team here will do the rest.
🙂