Random questions to which you seek an answer

[seawolf]

I was 12. I was at a restaurant that showed me food in ways I had never seen before, and at that moment, I decided I wanted to be a chef. That was 20 years ago.

[Snowy]

I've tried and failed 3x at doing what I love. Each time I'm thankful for the opportunity and go back to the drawing board. For now, it's more about the attitude and baggage I bring (or don't bring) with me to the job. It's been this way for the last 2.5 years, but was based on much deep/long meditation in my early 20's (took quite a few years to sink in)

[Qinhan]

Still searching.

[Mild7]

Mediation Snowy, for real?

This is something I have wanted to get into for some time.  Yell out if you can assist in pointing me in the right direction.

[Snowy]

For reals, spent months living in monasteries around the world. It's worth doing, it's a practice I've used for so long it's just part of what makes me up these days.

In terms of pointers, the answer is yes, but it depends :). It depends on what style of person you are. I spent the first few years trying out many different schools / types of practice before I found one that worked for my method of being (Zen). Which are you (pick 1) visual, logical, story-drive? From there I can start looking for the right practice in your area. Feel free to PM me your reply at this point, as the next question is where do you live (suburb level)

[Mild7]

Cheers Snowy. Ill PM shortly.

[Megatron1505]

35, I am 36 now.

[mclaincausey]

Almost 30. I'm closer to 40 than 30 now…

[Arabit]

Thanks for answering you guys.

[DougNg]

35 next week, still no idea what I want to do when I grow up

I've had four very distinct careers in my life, I've changed gears from medical research to law enforcement to investigation/quality control and now to training. I've been fairly successful at three of them, hated one of them

I've been pretty lucky in my professional career

[Megatron1505]

Where did the "Party, Party, Party" thread go?

[Giles]

It was merged into Haraki hits Europe thread…

[Megatron1505]

Ah right, well in that case I will post my random question here too.

If anyone fancies a beer and a burger in the Gosport/ Portsmouth locale tomorrow evening, get in contact with this guy.

[toddjcoley]

This guy is hoping to get there around 10ish, hit the dockyard for the day then burger time!

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[Seul]

So… My Western Digital external HD is fucked... Well: one of two, but the one I used most (not the back-up one)... About 500 GB worth of data I'd like to recover... Anyone up for it (will pay ya)?.. Just a standard 1 TB model... Three years old, perhaps a bit more?.. Still works, doesn't make any noise, just isn't recognised by any of my PCs anymore...

[mclaincausey]

I know this doesn't help you, but for future reference I use a RAID and an online backup service.  At the very least a small array configured with redundancy helps, though a disk outage during a rebuild without a hot spare and you're toast.

If you're not techy the Drobo is probably the way to go.

[Seul]

Most stuff is backed up through uploads on the net… Other stuff (The Precious Goods) is backed on two other disks, and online... The "lost" stuff is mostly music, recently downloaded shows, and of course lots and lots of pr0n…

[mclaincausey]

Some hot pig-on-pig action eh?

[Seul]

Babe on Babe and Babe Sex in the City…

[Snowy]

(RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Disks).

Seul, let me have a think about it, maybe, I'm not good @ platter transplants but am good at swapping the other bits around, and some can talk you through. 20-30% says I can do it, so low chance. Will likely be tomorrow night before I think on it…