my car (at 1.5 years and 25k miles) is starting to sound like shit
Anytime I give it any gas the engine sounds like I'm flooring it. Also, what little pickup it had is completely gone. That coupled with the steering column recall that they still haven't replaced makes me wish I had never bought it (2020 hyundai elantra for what it's worth).
My wife drunk bought me this chair on Amazon for like, $80, which is like $100 cheaper than what it usually sells for. It arrived yesterday and today she even put it together for me! It's ugly as fuck, but my previous chair was a cheapo office chair from Walmart that was 10-15 years old and the cats had absolutely shredded it. It's pretty comfy! Getting a new chair is always nice
if you think about it toothbrushes should have been like
the first things to have bluetooth
In the TV series Columbo, episode "Uneasy Lies The Crown", Columbo gets the murderer to admit to his crime by convincing him that the poison he used would turn his dental crown blue. From an episode summary:
Seeking further inspiration, Columbo enlists Horace to help unravel how Corman could have poisoned Evans at a secret dental appointment. They can’t figure it out until a chance discussion about the dissolving coating of pills sets off a light bulb in the Lieutenant’s head. That’s how Corman killed Evans – he coated the digitalis, hid it in a cavity, and the coating wore away hours later when Evans was lying in sin with Lydia.
The theory seems sound, but how to prove it? With Horace’s aid, Columbo sets up a trademark set-piece to draw out the killer. Summoning Corman to police HQ, the Lieutenant outright accuses him of murder by mixing digitalis with a time-release medical gel, which was subsequently absorbed through his gums, causing the fatal coronary. The body has been exhumed, and when traces of digitalis are found in the mouth, Corman will be convicted of murder.
To achieve this, Columbo needs to complete a brief chemistry experiment. He divulges that a tiny speck of digitalis will turn the porcelain enamel of a crown blue when catalysed by moisture at body temperature, and proceeds to demonstrate his point using a kiddies’ chemistry set.
When he tips warm water on a crown that he claims has been pre-prepared with digitalis, it immediately turns blue. “And you know what, doc?,” Columbo chides Corman. “When we pull that porcelain crown from Adam Evans’ mouth, you can bet your eye tooth that the underside of it is going to be stained blue.”
Horace eagerly steps forward, keen to extract the tooth that will seal his hated son-in-law’s doom. But before he can do so, Corman stops the sideshow. The habitually useless gambler folds like a concertina in a Frenchman’s hands and admits his guilt before being roughly dragged away by uniformed officers. A smirking Horace, meanwhile, leads a disgusted Lydia home.
This was the first murder solved by Blue Tooth.
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DepressperadoI just wanted to see you laughingin the pizza rainRegistered Userregular
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holy shit that summary.
"The habitually useless gambler folds like a concertina in a Frenchman's hands..."
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
That's also one of those super ancient tricks from legends and lore. I think the original version was someone finding a thief by having everyone go into a dark tent and touching a pot with a rooster beneath it, claiming the rooster would crow when the thief touched the pot. After everyone went in the tent and the rooster hadn't said anything they then said that they'd been lying and that the pot had been covered in soot, so the thief was the one with clean hands
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
That's also one of those super ancient tricks from legends and lore. I think the original version was someone finding a thief by having everyone go into a dark tent and touching a pot with a rooster beneath it, claiming the rooster would crow when the thief touched the pot. After everyone went in the tent and the rooster hadn't said anything they then said that they'd been lying and that the pot had been covered in soot, so the thief was the one with clean hands
"The habitually useless gambler folds like a concertina in a Frenchman's hands..."
"Surely there's an easier joke we could make? Something about a gambler folding too early?"
"No. The French. It must be the French."
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StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
What are the best thermoses these days, for coffees and such? Looking for something with a real tight seal, like, throw it in a bag and not worry about it seal, and also probably pretty good at keeping things warm and/or cold.
What are the best thermoses these days, for coffees and such? Looking for something with a real tight seal, like, throw it in a bag and not worry about it seal, and also probably pretty good at keeping things warm and/or cold.
That's also one of those super ancient tricks from legends and lore. I think the original version was someone finding a thief by having everyone go into a dark tent and touching a pot with a rooster beneath it, claiming the rooster would crow when the thief touched the pot. After everyone went in the tent and the rooster hadn't said anything they then said that they'd been lying and that the pot had been covered in soot, so the thief was the one with clean hands
This is the kind of thing that in ancient times would make people think of you as a "wise man" but nowadays it's all "circumstantial evidence" and "I don't know how things worked in your last precinct McFadden but that's not how we do it around here"
Been averting getting too spendy with stuff lately on account of needing to take my own car in for some stuff including a new headlight projector bulb
But I've been dialing my coffee as nice as it can go with my basic Hario mini grinder and non-temp controlled kettle - when I have a chance I would love to step up to a proper metal burr grinder and a precision kettle
If I ever have serious money to burn I want a nice espresso machine, but I'm gonna want to get my aeropress game nearly perfect before I get that level of spendy. The grinder and kettle investment for perfect aeropress/pour-over would be mid three figures (probably about $400) for some of the best possible stuff, but espresso money is another order of magnitude higher for the good long-lasting, user-maintainable machines
BaidolI will hold him offEscape while you canRegistered Userregular
Got a modest raise this year, but most of it is eaten up by rent increases, so I decided to do capitalism and spend the rest of it (plus some more) on a nice dance pad. It's super capitalism because the best quality newly-built pads are from Poland so I get the cachet of "imported".
Got a modest raise this year, but most of it is eaten up by rent increases, so I decided to do capitalism and spend the rest of it (plus some more) on a nice dance pad. It's super capitalism because the best quality newly-built pads are from Poland so I get the cachet of "imported".
What sort of hw/sw do you use with a dance pad?
Sic transit gloria mundi.
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Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
I’ve reached a point in my year long obsession with collecting these newer G1 style Transformers where I’ve bought all the ones available and now have a ton preordered from Hasbro. I have a problem.
Got a modest raise this year, but most of it is eaten up by rent increases, so I decided to do capitalism and spend the rest of it (plus some more) on a nice dance pad. It's super capitalism because the best quality newly-built pads are from Poland so I get the cachet of "imported".
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What sort of hw/sw do you use with a dance pad?
This particular dance pad connects to a PC using a USB cable. I assume it would also work with a console with USB ports, but I didn't check that. The pad is a controller, so you bind each arrow input to the appropriate button in your chosen game (Stepmania, which is free, in my case) and you're good to go.
Edit: If using Stepmania, which comes with only a handful of songs, you then need to download and import songs.
What are the best thermoses these days, for coffees and such? Looking for something with a real tight seal, like, throw it in a bag and not worry about it seal, and also probably pretty good at keeping things warm and/or cold.
Zojirushi is a really good brand also in my opinion. I don't love Contigo because eventually their standard lock valve gets all full of stale coffee flavour and is impossible to clean.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
What are the best thermoses these days, for coffees and such? Looking for something with a real tight seal, like, throw it in a bag and not worry about it seal, and also probably pretty good at keeping things warm and/or cold.
Zojirushi is a really good brand also in my opinion. I don't love Contigo because eventually their standard lock valve gets all full of stale coffee flavour and is impossible to clean.
Definitionally, Thermos makes the best thermoses. Kleenex makes the best kleenexes, Xerox the best xeroxes, and Band Aid the best band aids.
What are the best thermoses these days, for coffees and such? Looking for something with a real tight seal, like, throw it in a bag and not worry about it seal, and also probably pretty good at keeping things warm and/or cold.
Zojirushi is a really good brand also in my opinion. I don't love Contigo because eventually their standard lock valve gets all full of stale coffee flavour and is impossible to clean.
The best of the best for heat / cold is the classic Stanley thermos. When we had roofers in one had a Stanley classic that he'd had for 20 years and was still going strong, even after being dropped multiple storeys multiple times.
They're not lying about the 24-hour heat rating, either, as long as you pre-heat it. I once nearly scalded myself opening up one to clean it out
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
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Anytime I give it any gas the engine sounds like I'm flooring it. Also, what little pickup it had is completely gone. That coupled with the steering column recall that they still haven't replaced makes me wish I had never bought it (2020 hyundai elantra for what it's worth).
just the 'smart' mode that has been on since day one
and yeah, I'll definitely be bringing it up
edit: the warranty is 6 years 60k which isn't terrible really
Bad news (for my typing):
and now I'm looking at toothbrushes and why the FUCK are these things bluetooth now
So you can link them to their very specific, data harvesting app of course
Lmao if your toothbrush doesn't even come with an app for your smartphone
the first things to have bluetooth
I was promised flying cars and sex robots in our hellish dystopian future, not this
Satans..... hints.....
If your teeth have an erection lasting more than four hours, consult a doctor?
My app is concerned that my teeth brushing sessions are all well over the recommended two minutes.
It is noticeably taller than my previous mattress. Climbing onto the bed has become positively vertiginous.
In the TV series Columbo, episode "Uneasy Lies The Crown", Columbo gets the murderer to admit to his crime by convincing him that the poison he used would turn his dental crown blue. From an episode summary:
This was the first murder solved by Blue Tooth.
https://columbophile.com/2020/10/18/episode-review-columbo-uneasy-lies-the-crown/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collected_Cases_of_Injustice_Rectified
"Surely there's an easier joke we could make? Something about a gambler folding too early?"
"No. The French. It must be the French."
Stanley and GSI are pretty solid brands imo
This is the kind of thing that in ancient times would make people think of you as a "wise man" but nowadays it's all "circumstantial evidence" and "I don't know how things worked in your last precinct McFadden but that's not how we do it around here"
But I've been dialing my coffee as nice as it can go with my basic Hario mini grinder and non-temp controlled kettle - when I have a chance I would love to step up to a proper metal burr grinder and a precision kettle
If I ever have serious money to burn I want a nice espresso machine, but I'm gonna want to get my aeropress game nearly perfect before I get that level of spendy. The grinder and kettle investment for perfect aeropress/pour-over would be mid three figures (probably about $400) for some of the best possible stuff, but espresso money is another order of magnitude higher for the good long-lasting, user-maintainable machines
Now I want to bust out my PS1 and 3rd mix, but I no longer have a dance pad
What sort of hw/sw do you use with a dance pad?
This particular dance pad connects to a PC using a USB cable. I assume it would also work with a console with USB ports, but I didn't check that. The pad is a controller, so you bind each arrow input to the appropriate button in your chosen game (Stepmania, which is free, in my case) and you're good to go.
Edit: If using Stepmania, which comes with only a handful of songs, you then need to download and import songs.
Zojirushi is a really good brand also in my opinion. I don't love Contigo because eventually their standard lock valve gets all full of stale coffee flavour and is impossible to clean.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Definitionally, Thermos makes the best thermoses. Kleenex makes the best kleenexes, Xerox the best xeroxes, and Band Aid the best band aids.
The best of the best for heat / cold is the classic Stanley thermos. When we had roofers in one had a Stanley classic that he'd had for 20 years and was still going strong, even after being dropped multiple storeys multiple times.
They're not lying about the 24-hour heat rating, either, as long as you pre-heat it. I once nearly scalded myself opening up one to clean it out