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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Mine was three wires. Fan, heat, power. They do say on the packaging that you should pop off your old thermostat and see what wires are back there to ensure a Nest will be compatible. Choose your country | Nest
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    I'm actually 100% fine with just opening up the app and changing the temp really quick. 100% easier than trying to change the temp on the fly on the stupid programmable Honeywell thing from the 90's. On the smoke detectors the idea of being able to pull up an app and say "hey, I'm cooking...
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    Spectre (2015)

    Just watched this, wasn't a fan. I agree it had a lot of Bond elements, but what it felt like to me was that they made a checklist of Bond things and just went down the list writing a scene for each item on the checklist without bothering to fill the rest of the movie with enough plot to tie it...
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    49ers have to lead the league in going for it on 4th down, actually completing the pass, but getting stopped 1 yard short of the sticks.
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    49ers/Lions game actually shaping up to be somewhat entertaining. Guys on their respective offenses don't seem interested in losing their jobs to some top-5 draft pick.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Yeah, my cock is probably one of the cleanest things in a restroom, it is everything else you might touch that is disgusting. If your cock is so gross that you need to wash your hands every time you touch it what girl (or dude if that is your thing) is ever going to want to whip it out for a...
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    I didn't buy it, but got a Nest Thermostat for X-Mas. So far I like it, but it's been a day. Super easy to install and set up. Going to be real interesting to see how well the "learning" works since my wife work nights and is one week on, one week off basically. Thought about also getting the...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    FWIW my future sister-in-law never asked me to make her a special dish, she usually is happy just eating the sides. I was only thinking of doing it to be nice, especially since they just got engaged like a couple of days ago.
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    The Martian (2015)

    Yeah, the entire 3rd act of the book went into details of Watney's drive from his location to the other launcher, could have easily done another 60-90 minutes on that alone. Obviously you get a bunch more details all around in the book and if you enjoyed the movie you will love the book, worth...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    Nope, pretty much from after X-Mas to mid-March is my slowest time of the year. As far as using a person's name, for me it is all about the sincerity. Guy at the homebrew shop knows me by name because he cares about me as a customer, I like this. Checker at the grocery store uses my name...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    In a word, no. From about 2008 till 2013 (so pretty much all of the recession) my sales were comping negative, flatted out in '13 finally started to turn it around and saw positive comps starting in '14. It was not a fun 5 years but thankfully this wasn't my first rodeo with a bad economy so I...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I would love to, but she is also a bartender at my favorite bar and hooks me up with free beer all the time so she has bribed my acceptance.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Anyone have a semi-simple vegetarian main dish idea for X-Mas dinner? Serving Prime Rib to the non-heathens but my brothers fiance doesn't like meat...
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    Parent Thread

    Sorry to hear that Noodle, family members make drama during the holidays are the worst. Especially in your situation with a new baby. My father-in-law and step-mother-in-law always cause drama as well. He was pretty much an absentee father when my wife was growing up and that has continued on...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Being in the PNW I get access to a ton of fresh seafood, but most of my other proteins are from Costco. I'd estimate for a yearly average 1-2 meals a week are fresh seafood of some sort, with most meals being during whatever happens to be in season. One of these days I plan on efforting a...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    So an Au Pair doesn't just do childcare and they typically cook and clean and do all that maid shit as well?
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    Smartphones

    I don't know what PushBullet does specifically, but Hangouts allows you to text from your computer.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I was actually going to ask on a serious note if Noodlewife might not have a touch of postpartum depression...
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    Ah, for some reason I thought if they lost this last weekend they were done, my bad.
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    I see it the same way, he redirects himself towards Norman and probably would have either avoided the pile all together or at the very least had a better chance at making a meaningful block (had the runner not already been going down) had he not changed direction. But at this point Arcaus is...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I finally (more or less) stopped my wife from playing that game by designating a certain restaurant as our default one. If I ask her what she wants and I get anything other than "I want to eat X" from her I just head to the default restaurant. It's about a 15-20 minute drive to get there so she...
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    The Auto Repair Thread

    Every vehicle I've had with TPMS, the reset has been in the glove box and even if the pressure is currently correct the light won't turn off until you do something with that button.
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    Pretty much every analysts I've seen discussing that game agrees that OBJ was way worse.
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    Your entire argument against OBJ deserving a suspension is Norman was bad too? Yes there was dirty plays on both sides but the worst, most egregious act was OBJ lowering the crown of his helmet and launching right into the the side of the head of Norman. All parties involved in this deserve...
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    I didn't claim that Norman was innocent in this whole thing. But my view is that particular play in a vacuum probably is only fine-worthy, but in the context of everything else that went on a suspension is probably warranted. Yeah, he put a knee in the chest of the guy who just turned himself...
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    Yeah, you need to see that within the context of the entire game. OBJ was throwing punches/fighting all game long as was flagged 3 times for unsportsmanlike conduct and could have gotten several more. I think 3 USLC in one game alone is worth an ejection...
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    My point is if the Seahawks are going to go on a deep playoff run Wilson and especially the O-line needs to prove this recent stretch isn't fools gold, because they were kind of terrible not that long ago.
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    NFL 2015-2016 Season Thread

    No doubt Wilson has been playing great, but let's not pretend he's been doing it against stiff competition. His last 5 games: 49ers (especially terrible defensively on the road) Steelers Vikings (who were down what, 5 defensive starters that game?) Ravens Browns Now Wilson is doing...
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    Parent Thread

    Pretty much everything you need to know about raising a baby/kid right here, especially in regards to CIO.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    If you want to vacuum seal up something with liquid/marinade in it, and your sealer isn't fancy enough to do it w/o sucking up a bunch of liquid, just freeze it before you vacuum seal it. I do it with flank steak I like to sous-vide with an Asian marinade all the time.
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    Parent Thread

    There is none? Starting at 6 months we did it with my daughter and it went great. Did the method where we'd let her go increasing lengths of time between visits from us (5min then 7min then 10 minuets for each subsequent visit) and as I remember it, it wasn't more than a week before she'd put...
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    MLB 2015 Season

    Not really. Baseball continues to have (arguably) the greatest amount of parity out of the 4 major pro sports leagues. I think a salary floor would be more beneficial to MLB than some sort of cap. Major League Baseball: The standard bearer of parity in pro sports | FOX Sports Think the NFL...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Babies (infants) do sleep a lot, but generally you are holding them 90% of the time they are awake and a majority of their naps also involve you holding them or having them sleep on you in some fashion. By the time you are able to set them down on their own for longer periods of time and they...
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Normally I buy fresh-made brats from a local place but they tend not to carry them this time of year (no one but me is grilling in the winter apparently), so I was forced to go the Johnsonville route. Whichever asshat decided to only put 5 brats in a package despite the fact that every package...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    My wife works nights every-other-week so I generally have our now 15 month old while she sleeps. Now don't get me wrong, I love spending that time with my daughter, but after 8+ hours of basically non-stop entertaining her I am just as wiped out as if I worked a full day. I can sympathize with...
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    Smartphones

    I've held both a 6p and 5x side-by-side and the difference in screen real estate is so miniscule I can't imagine being disappointed from that end. About the only thing I'd miss going from my 6p to a 5x would be the very minor photography stuff the 6p is able to do over a 5x. Even those are...
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    The Auto Repair Thread

    Your car starting should be weather independant. If it was "weather related" you should probably still figure out why it was happening and make sure the issue gets fixed. Outside of extreme cold it probably is battery related exasperated by the weather.
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    Star Trek Beyond (2016)

    What is really sad is they laid the groundwork last movie to go full on into the the Federation v Klingon Empire but I guess they are just skipping that.
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    Star Trek Beyond (2016)

    Both the reboot movies are very good sci-fi action popcorn flicks, but they are barely Star Trek.
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    Star Trek Beyond (2016)

    Looks like a generic action movie with a Star Trek skin over the top. So pretty on par with the reboots so far.