Hammer Time: Part 2

[klytus.livejournal.com]

[Cross-posted to my private LJ]

So I had left a hard drive with the Security Chief over the weekend, hoping maybe he could pull some data from it. Today, he dropped it on my desk, informing me that it was fried.

"So, there's no help for it?" I asked.

He picked up the sledgehammer, "This is about all that can help that drive."

Then he did a double take, and the look on his face said: "Um... why does the Help Desk have a sledgehammer??"

I'm getting a lot of mileage off of this :)

Comments

[falnfenix]

pish. we ALL have Tools of Destruction in case we need to destroy things.

one of our hardware folks tends to throw dead monitors till the screen/casing cracks. it's funny to see this 110 lb man with a Grizzly Adams-esque beard jumping up and down on a dead piece of hardware...

then there's the +5 Hammer of Destroying in the boyfriend's department...

[jecook]

Yep.

My 10/22 has logged a few things that needed destruction.

Interstingly enough, At that time, I only owned the 10/22. the rest of the firearms were borrowed from several very friendly people who let me set up next to them, and got me hooked on the 7.62x54R round. And the AR. :)

[major-error.livejournal.com]

You need to get video of that ;)

I have the +10 screwdrivers of drive dismantling. The only screw I can't crack is the one holding the platters in. Red locktite is difficult to overcome with only a T5 driver...

[falnfenix]

awww, plinker rounds. they're really only useful for putting holes in things at the range. at least you found a good use for them! :)

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

I prefer the CZ-52/7.62 Tokarev (http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg58-e.htm). Makes a nice end to PI processors at 25'.

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

MAPP gas torch!

[falnfenix]

if i were permitted to do so, i would. sadly he's in an office about 20 minutes away from me, and folks from my office aren't permitted to go to the hardware office anymore. :(

[major-error.livejournal.com]

nah...
Actually, I'm thinking of taking the various dead drives collecting on my desk and do the speaker mod (http://www.google.com/search?q=hard+drive+speaker&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) :D

[mouser.livejournal.com]

"Um... why does the Help Desk have a sledgehammer??"


If you have to ask, you've never worked a help desk.

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

hmm.. i've got more than enough hard drives around here... an entire bankers box full of them somewhere.

[klytus.livejournal.com]

Well, this is the first time such a tool of destruction has been at *this* help desk before. And to suddenly have a sledgehammer be there... it throws people :)

[major-error.livejournal.com]

every once in a while you need to play a certain Peter Gabriel song ;)

[falnfenix]

heheh, understood.

[snarl817.livejournal.com]

I blew up a dead monitor with a .50cal black powder rifle.

It was WAY awesome.


(I also shot several mags of .40cal ammo at it, but my pistol seems to lack the recoil and awesome smoke cloud that the .50cal rifle had)

[jecook]

I almost bought one a while back. I might still buy one, except that the ammo is as expensive as the 9x18 makarov that I feed the CZ82...

[jecook]

They are good as pest control, for several definitions of pests. :)

I know if someone bastid dumped 10 rounds of .22 LR over my head, I'd be disinclined to try robbing him...

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true. I have a couple boxes left but don't really shoot it any more. Lately, it's been my .22 Ruger and Kimber .45. Now, if I can just find a cheap, good Garand...

[jecook]

http://www.odcmp.com

Once qualified, it's ~$650 or so for a shooter grade.

I am fortunate as I can have one sent right to my door (I have a C&R FFL)

[falnfenix]

heh...in Baltimore, they'd laugh at you. ;) hell, i'd earn myself a giggle or two for my .380, but i think that's the pistol's physical size coming into play.

[jecook]

The .22 is the "scare off the non-serious" rifle. The M44, with the bayonet extended, would do the rest of the talking. At least it would until I get a barreled upper for my AR.

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

I had picked up a nice CMP Garand (http://www.odcmp.com/Services/Rifles/m1garand.htm) years ago (loved getting a gov't issued 'assault rifle' with a certificate signed by Pres. Clinton) but ended up selling it to a friend getting into WWII re-enactment. Since then, I've moved and don't belong to a sanctioned club. I really need to get back into competition shooting and such. Makes such things easier.

[falnfenix]

mmmmm M44, how delicious.

i intend to get my hands on a nice revolver for the "HOLYSHITGIRLWITHGUN" reaction. the pistol just doesn't cut it.

...and if i could handle it, i would spring for a coach gun as my "long gun" of choice (the sheer simplicity of it astounds me, really...), but it will literally throw me against a wall. i know a little too well - tried it with the boyfriend's shotgun.

[falnfenix]

please tell me you got that on video.

[falnfenix]

have you considered SASS? it's at least got the feel of reenactment with sharpshooting as the focus.




*edit* stupid code...

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

I live 6 miles from Edgewood, New Mexico (Founder's Ranch). I've gone out to a couple of their events, just checking things out. Would like to get into it. And thinking a Henry Rifle in .45 Colt (http://www.henryrepeating.com/h006_bigboy.cfm) and some kind of break top revolver (Schofield (http://www.sam-hane.com/sass/schofield/)) would make a nice set. Maybe one day. We're building a house just up the hill from Edgewood and will have no excuse not to play after that's done.

'Course, I also want a Garand, M1 Carbine, and WWII era .45. So many guns, so few dollars.

[falnfenix]

So many guns, so few dollars.

i hear ya. i keep eyeing up so many different guns (rifles, shotguns, revolvers - already have my pistol) that i'd love to own but just can't afford.

my other half was going to do SASS until he realized just how much it would cost to get into it...at this point he only has a coach gun, so he'd need to get the remaining firearms PLUS the garb.

then again, he really is an overgrown kid in the body of an adult. :)

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Yup! Wife and I met in SCA, which is fairly cheap, unless you're into fighting.

We figure we can get into SASS and share gun, but with costumes and such, we'd have to layout over $2000. Ouch!

[falnfenix]

yeah, the clothing sure isn't cheap! i used to be a renfaire nerd, and i had to force myself to hold back every year. had to remind myself that whatever money i put towards my costume wouldn't make its way into whichever car i had that particular year.

now, i have a double whammy: motorcycle AND car, both of which i'd like to improve (the bike needs cosmetics and maintenance, the car "needs" a new WRX or STi motor, tranny, clutch...). of course, toss in a track helmet for racing the car, new gear for riding the bike...

bleh. money, i hate it so...

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Ooh, hear you on the car stuff. I blew up the tranny in my '70 Impala (454 c.i.) twice in 2005. Haven't had cash to replace it. I've tweaked the engine to where it's approaching 500 ft/lbs and really need to get a race level tranny. So far, wife says no. Maybe after I build her a ceramics studio...

[falnfenix]

ooooh that sounds lovely (the numbers, not the asplody tranny).

i just want more oomph in my little Subaru, at this point. i was told i'm not allowed any hot rods until after the man builds the garage (and of course, being the good girlfriend, i offered to pay for the purchase and install of a good post lift and full air system for tools and hydraulics and such...). that, of course, would lead into an even larger money pit as i start aquiring toys. he wants his CelicaSupra, i want a Dart (to start...haha), and we'd both like to be able to work on the bikes without having to rely on friends or *shudder* the shop for workspace. at least he has the knowhow with oldschool toys...i have a bit of knowhow with newer stuff, so between the two of us we shouldn't have too many problems. :)

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Hm... garage... drool!

Am hope that once my cousin has his house built, we can go in together on a place with a lift. I've pulled tranny's on the ground, but that was when I was much younger.

I've been looking at upgrading my beast to EFI and maybe twin turbo. But that would be too much, I think.

[falnfenix]

you know post lifts are getting more and more affordable, right? ;) *is an enabler*

i think i got spoiled when i worked for a stealership service department...they'd let me do all my maintenance work myself, in-house, so now i can't dream of doing anything with a lift. getting on the ground is just so damned annoying. if i had the tools/lift/insulated workspace, i'd rarely (if ever) use a shop for work again.

twin turbo = front wheels leaving the ground often. :) not terribly useful if it's been used as a street car, but holygoddamnsexy regardless of the vehicle's purpose (especially on a car with that kind of power - twin turbo on a 4banger, not so much).

[kerberos.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to cleaning the cosmoline of of my Enfield and then after having it looked over by someone better then me(I ain't a gunsmith) I wanna take it out and put some .303 through something deserving.