Search results

  1. opiate82

    Music Streaming Services

    I subscribed to Google Music when they were running a 3 months for $1 promo a few weeks back. I've had all kinds of problems with it. It plays all of my music I've uploaded just fine, but I'd say maybe 25% of the time I try to play something from their catalog it actually works correctly. Most...
  2. opiate82

    MLB 2015 Season

    ahahahaha, 3 asshats left Griffey off their ballots. BBWAA shows what a bunch of incompetent schmucks they are yet again. Bet you those 3 asshats can't wait to make the talk radio circuit to defend their omission of Griffey on their ballots and all the publicity it will get them.
  3. opiate82

    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    The Saints entertaining offers on Payton basically sounded like "wellIFhe doesn't want to be here anyways we aren't going to make him stay..." Since he's affirmed he wants to be there I think that should squash any rumors that he is going to get moved and really any attempts from teams to pursue...
  4. opiate82

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Why isn't it as good for searing steaks? (Genuine question)
  5. opiate82

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Plus a bag of pre-shred is like twice the price and it never melts right on nachos.
  6. opiate82

    You know you're getting old when.....

    I was at a NYE party and the cops showed up. I realized it had been a longer period of time since I was last at a party that the cops showed up than it was between when I was born and the first time I was at a party where the cops showed up. Also cops were only there cause we lit off...
  7. opiate82

    NFL 2016 Offseason Thread - Fins' Quest to Defend Their Crown

    This. Jerrah's grading system is probably "what will get me mentioned on ESPN the most" which makes you wonder who were his top-3.
  8. opiate82

    NFL 2016 Offseason Thread - Fins' Quest to Defend Their Crown

    So will they go L.A. Raiders and L.A. Chargers like the NY teams or will they be the San Diego Chargers of Los Angeles? Serious question though, which LA plan do you think ends up getting the nod? And what happens to the loser(s) of the LA sweepstakes?
  9. opiate82

    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    Any player touching Tony Romo's glass shoulders?
  10. opiate82

    The Ask Kuriin, A Gay Man, Anything Thread

    And a follow-up question to this, if Michelob Ultra is the official beer of gaydom, does it make me gay when I buy as many as I can carry every time I walk by Casino Royale in Vegas which sells them for $1ea? If yes, does my gayness stay in Vegas like everything else that happens?
  11. opiate82

    Parent Thread

    Oh man, I was just to opposite. I can handle the smell of solid-food poop but hated dealing with the mess of breastmilk poop. Might partially be because we cloth-diaper at home so with liquid/newborn poop you had to go wash and rinse the diapers, whereas solid poops can be contained in little...
  12. opiate82

    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    I hear what you are saying, but asking the refs to not make calls based on the fact it might trigger a review if they don't is a bad idea.
  13. opiate82

    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    I have some inside info on Kaep (I am family with someone who works with someone in his family) and apparently his shoulder injury was way worse than what we were lead to believe. The 49ers team doctor basically told him it was minor, he tried to play through it and couldn't, and finally after...
  14. opiate82

    Driverless Cars in 2016

    Are there hurdles to get over with self-driving cars, sure. But I think anyone who doesn't think that they are a big part of our future are very naive. I bet within most of our lifetimes we'll be at the point where most people don't even own cars anymore outside of hobbyist. We'll just get on...
  15. opiate82

    The Beer Thread

    If you don't care about having it at RR and one of the bars around town lucky enough to score a keg works for you, you should be able to get a taste of PTY w/o (much of) a line.
  16. opiate82

    Parent Thread

    My friends had success with what I guess was "camp-it-out" when they were crib training their then 9 month old who had co-slept to that point. The Mom just set up their air mattress in the nursery and slept on that for like a week or so till their daughter got used to the crib. I'm not sure how...
  17. opiate82

    Your Movies of the Year list

    I'll start by saying I hate movie theaters with a passion so I rarely go out to a movie, so I don't catch a lot of them until I'm able to rent/download them. So I haven't seen Star Wars, Creed, or the Hateful 8 (which I'm sure I'll love) as of yet but have snuck in a few screeners. Loved...
  18. opiate82

    Parent Thread

    I'm sorry Crone, that sounds very frustrating. I wish I had some great advice for you but I got very lucky with one of those easy-mode sleeping babies. I'll just add the every-baby-is-different caveat I guess. When I was a baby I also was an easy-mode sleeper. No issues being in a crib, slept...
  19. opiate82

    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    Oh the Niners have their shit together, they gathered all the shit they could find and all of their shit will be together and on full display on the field this Sunday.
  20. opiate82

    Art Bell - Midnight in the Desert

    Yes, but a lot of those that signed up did so for Art. Many stations were actually hesitant to sign up due to Art's serial-retiring habits. It was pretty impressive what Art and the DMRN was doing to traditional terrestrial radio business practices but fact-of-the-matter is that Art was the...
  21. opiate82

    Parent Thread

    I don't think that feeling ever goes away, only thing that changes is what you are worried about possibly killing your kid.
  22. opiate82

    Home buying thread

    My $230k refinance costs me $1450 a month with insurance + taxes on a 30yr @3.875%, and I thought we had relatively high property taxes in my area. $2k sounds really steep. House is valued at $320k FWIW.
  23. opiate82

    Prelude to Axanar (2014)

    Again, I don't know the in's and out's of copyright law, but my understanding is using it alone is not enough, you need to actively defend it. *edit: Okay, I guess I'm confusing Trademark and Copyright law, this is what some quick Googling told me:
  24. opiate82

    Prelude to Axanar (2014)

    At what point does something become worthwhile to litigate? Now I'm not well versed in copyright/intellectual property law but my understanding is unless you make an effort to protect your copyright you lose it?
  25. opiate82

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    I stub my toe on a baby toy. My wife asks me "Are you alright?" I say "No, I'm not." My wife continues to browse Facebook or shop for tights or whatever it is she was doing right before I stubbed my toe as if nothing happened. Why fucking bother even asking me if I'm alright?
  26. opiate82

    Prelude to Axanar (2014)

    Explain fan fiction.
  27. opiate82

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    The big thing for me with the Nest is that it is super easy to set to "home" or "away" with the push of a button (on my app). That alone will save me some money on my energy bills as it was a process to do the same on my current programmable thermostat (to the point where I wouldn't bother)...
  28. opiate82

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    No idea if it will work the proprietary Carrier stuff or not, but if you want a smart thermostat you should also look into theSmart WiFi Thermostats by ecobee | I actually would have prefered this option as you can add remote sensors throughout the house and base the temp on an average of the...
  29. opiate82

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    White usually is heat, green usually is fan, red usually is power. Can't tell you what the yellow is for sure. FWIW c-wire is the one that typically doesn't have a standard color.
  30. opiate82

    Prelude to Axanar (2014)

    Whether CBS can win this suit or not is irrelevant, unless Axanar can crowdfund legal support. This is a move to bleed them.
  31. opiate82

    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    Sounds like they "asked" Chip to give up GM duties and he refused.
  32. opiate82

    Parent Thread

    If he's sleeping on you on his stomach that is fine. When a baby is sleeping they have a little internal mechanism that tells them to slightly readjust their position if they aren't getting enough air. In cases of SIDS for "reasons" that internal mechanism doesn't quite work properly, kids don't...
  33. opiate82

    Parent Thread

    There definitely was a correlation between sleeping position recommendations and an increased prevalence of SIDS when they recommended all of us kids sleep on our stomachs, but that doesn't give us causation. Without a doubt more kids died from suffocating on the various apparatuses designed to...
  34. opiate82

    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    You don't need to deflate the Colts fans hope like that.
  35. opiate82

    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    San Diego and Dallas can also finish 4-12. Too many weird potential tiebreaker situations for me to sort out. Question is, do you want #1 overall in this draft?
  36. opiate82

    Weather

    Been unseasonably cold here in the PNW, especially considering that all the experts were saying El Nino was going to make things warmer than normal this winter. Skiers/Boarders are stoaked, especially after last season, but a lot of people keep getting stranded on the wrong side of the mountains...
  37. opiate82

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Yes, if you included Dante and not just the dudes on the way to the parking lot.
  38. opiate82

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    I'm not sure about weathertech specifically, but I much prefer rubber or "all weather" floor mats compared to carpeted ones. I find them much easier to clean. Are floor mats something the dealership rapes you on? Could always try that...
  39. opiate82

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    During the summer it can help cool down your house in the evenings if you don't have AC.
  40. opiate82

    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    My old one had batteries and I had no issues installing.