Jackstraw

I love Ireland lol.

One BIG very important thing is to make sure that its not the battery keeping it from closing. Older Lithium Ion laptop battery's can swell up and possibly catch fire, especially if they are plugged into AC power for long periods at a time. Pull it out look and feel up and down it, you'll be able to tell. If its swollen get it out of there. You can get refurbished ones for most laptops on Ebay for 20 bucks or less. I've got one like that (am actually typing this on it, kinda). If it's like mine (and not the battery) it's probably got a couple three broken tabs that hold the clam shell together. No easy fix (that I know of) unless you feel comfortable removing the guts and putting them in an identical (if you can find one) clam shell off of Ebay. It's a common "break" on older laptops and isn't a big deal unless you are still very mobile with it. Or you could do what I've done with mine. Mine is the original version of the Intel Core I5 (late '08) and it does the same thing as yours, on 2 sides lol. Hell, half the keys on the keyboard are gone and the screens broken lol. I just put a piece of duct tape (with a small slit to enhance cooling on the old bird) on it to secure it where it pops open. . Mine is plugged via HDMI into my TV with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse on the coffee table. It was my work PC for 10 years. It's been through hell and back including sliding off the top of my car while getting on I95 just N of Savanah GA because I forgot to put it into my bag lol. Scratched up but still fired right up. Still works like a champ to this day even though it's in nearly 16 years old. Takes most anything I throw at it, in it or on it lol (except gaming stuff of course). I'll use it until it smokes. One of the best 2k bucks I ever spent. Old Acer's where rock solid laptops.

So I was in a Big Box store today buying dumb stuff I don't need. There was a younger couple in there buying GMO veggie plants for their garden. I'm sure they try and show off to their neighbors, who both probably live in 700k dollar 3 designs, 6 colors available cracker box's in a 200 unit HOA'd subdivision with 3ft trees close enough together the husbands can toss toilet paper back and forth from the bathroom windows and probably plant the exact same genetic hybrid squash, complaining about the weather. I'm also sure (yes I'm sure again) they were driving one of the 50 80k dollar SUV's that crowded the lot (I recently complained about "storm related driving" in the area I just happened to be shopping in, its why I'm sure ). I heard them tell the cashier they lost some plants this year. They always plant 3 weeks before Memorial Day. (WT holy F!! this is Indiana people!!) I had to chuckle to myself. I mean do they not get that Memorial Day is about 2 days earlier every year until it isn't? People like that are why there's GMO tomato plants for sale in July around here lmao.

Awesome. Means another $50 dollar electric bill instead of $150.

I know I'll take it lol. As a matter of fact I'll take a cool summer even though we're probably gonna have to pay for this weather at some point. I fear the sauna is nigh

I said me who lives here not you. Personally I'll take 2 days of potential rain along with 60'-70-/40's-50's for 7-10 days over a damn sauna. And they are backing off of the Wed rain as they always do this far out with E/SE oriented precip . Precip from that direction is usually very light for this area. I should know, I live here

I'd like to place an order for this upcoming week to finish out the month please

Hell ride omw home from the track. Got stuck on 31 around Carmel with idiots flipping out because sirens were going off. Saw one moron stop in the middle of an 8 lane 65 mph interstate. Those drivers were safer going 240mph than I was. Somebody needs to pass Xanax out to these people for Christs sake. Get off the freaking Interstate, there's exits every half mile for 10 miles in that area. Stressful. Weather was cool though.

Off to the track. We got sprinkles over night. Should be quite warm and windy which could make things interesting. We could get a quick hit tonight with the frontal passage. Par for the course with strong kinematic driven systems around here as they usually split N/S. Hard to get a really nice EML push like that one this far East. The forecast for the next week anyway is looking stellar. Keep those muggles at bay as long as we can

Yeah could be a long night with the dogs lol. We'll see how long that line can sustain itself. Some pretty spooky soundings on the HiRes NAM for the N half of IN and lower MI through midnight. I'm gonna bank on my Climo that they die out was they pass LAF for my area.

Looking like a N/S splitter here which is fine with me. Took a break from the track today, back at it tomorrow thru Sunday

Uber drivers in Indy be prayin' for cool rain Memorial Day weekend. Have the The Fever at home, then the 500 AND Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals (sorry to any of our OH brethren that had hope ) Sat and Sun respectively. Naptown be wakin up Memorial Day lol

06Z GFS throwing out wacked precip totals for the next 10 days with upwards of 7- 8 inches near the Chicago area, 3-4 around here. It needs to back off the shrooms

I'll be at the 500 that Sunday so fingers crossed. I've been to 25 of them. I've seen every type of weather there, 90's fry you like an egg, 40's and 50's freeze your ass off all weekend. Back in the70's and 80's when it was really fun, like no rules fun, you could camp outside the North 40 until 5am Saturday morning then they'd let us into the North 40 to drink all day and night then go into the infield at 5am Sunday and never remember who won. You didnt have to leave until Monday. Think it was 83 when they let us into the infield for the race at 5am Sunday it proceeded to absolutely pour rain off and on for 2 days. They didnt finish the race until Tuesday. They couldn't kick us out. It was absolutely insane. Saw some Canadians fishing from the top of their motorhome with a dildo on the end of a fishing pole by the ladies restroom. Hey 50k bored drunks shits gonna happen lol. (sorry that 5 day weekend was a memory of a lifetime lol). It even snowed (didn't stick) the night before one year. The shit we used to get away with. I ramble.........

37 here this morning. Last sub 40 day until October? lol