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  1. fris

    Home Improvement

    lots of reviews you'll hear are from LVP that's years old. shit that's out now is very durable and fully water proof. you can do every room and around the toilet and never think about it again. i've been debating pulling out my carpet for that for a few years and just can't pull the trigger...
  2. fris

    Home Improvement

    It's basically Romex with approved connectors on either end. The wire behind the wall will stand straight up 6'
  3. fris

    Home Improvement

    I have a few wall mounted tvs in my home, but they all had power cords hanging down... For years. I recently picked up this kit and it was pretty painless. I didn't want to try to pull Romex and go through studs, this was a good compromise. https://a.co/d/3SnPxB3 The mounting screws are 1...
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    Cheap Meals: Eating on a budget.

    ya, but it's not perfect. not bad enough for my cheap ass to buy another vacuum sealer lol
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    Cheap Meals: Eating on a budget.

    because i don't have a real vacuum sealer, having some fluid in the bag helps get all the air out. no homo, i do my best to either suck out the air or hold it under the water of the pot holding the sous vide. my problem now is cooking chicken almost any other way risks over cooking. chicken...
  6. fris

    Car Insurance / Home Insurance

    How much of a pain in the ass is it to switch if my car and home are through state farm? I've basically had the same account with them since I turned 16 and rates are just bananas now. Do they need to do an inspection to switch my home over? Do I need to do anything with my bank? They have an...
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    Cheap Meals: Eating on a budget.

    Butter on steak is pretty common in restaurants, Pan or grilled You're right about too much oil fat in sous vide though. That much can coat the tongue and prevent you from tasting anything. Like Homer at that chili contest But pesto is also a lot of strong flavors, and it's folded into plain...
  8. fris

    Cheap Meals: Eating on a budget.

    I sous vide chicken about 2x a month. Either breasts or boneless thighs. I add a small jar of pesto to the bag, then cook for 2 hours. Poor the juices over pasta, easy dinner. My kids love it, call it green chicken
  9. fris

    Do you qualify for Hyperphantasia?

    I can still relive dreams I had as a kid. I can close my eyes and watch some if my favorite movies. I can still taste and smell some of my favorite meals, some going back to when I was a teenager. Audio is probably my weakest. I can "hear" Bohemian Rhapsody anytime I want. And I can tell...
  10. fris

    Health Problems

    My doc agreed to put test on my blood work, he didn't seem very inclined that it had anything to do with my symptoms. I didn't realize doc prescribed was only $55 a month. Those clinics near me seemed much higher
  11. fris

    Health Problems

    Anyone else have trouble apnea? I got the balloon procedure a few years ago, with the mouth scrape and chopping off the uvula. Then 2 years ago, I went back for a draining. Back again, so finally went with the CPAP machine. Guess it's getting better. When I went to my ENT a few months ago...
  12. fris

    Twitch.tv

    I saw one steamer had " star fish cam" in her title. She had a salt water tank and 1 cam showing a star fish. Then another can pointed up at the bottom of her chair, which was see through plastic....
  13. fris

    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

    took my boys to it today. it was good. not as good as the last one but that's hard to beat
  14. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    it's useless though. they don't have to disclose their trades for 30 days and are egregiously outside of compliance to that window
  15. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    This is my confusion. We're 3 + years of high inflation. Sure, it started cause of momentary policy reacting to COVID ( increasing demand) and reduced inventory due to factories closing ( reduced supply). So the first year we had crazy inflation. Then still higher than 2% the next year...
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    Investing General Discussion

    My cost basis is 9.34, I don't remember buying this.....
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    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    Let me guess. As a young girl, she showed signs of the force. But a sexist man wouldn't let her train. So she was taken in by a sith and vows to hunt down all Jedi in revenge
  18. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    na, these are companies that went IPO. those founders get some option to buy stock at like a 99% discount. and only those founders can buy the stock at that price. and they can buy it at that price in their roth. i think Jeff Bezos or Elon did that w/ just 6k the year something went IPO and...
  19. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    there was a list posted here a year or 2 ago, listing a few Roths that had millions. The winning play is to be founder/startup status for some company and buy stock for pennies on the dollar in your Roth. i htink there was a bill proposed to stop just that.
  20. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    energy use by man has always inclined. think wood, whale oil, etc. the fact that the gov't is trying to force energy change that prevents this trend is just crazy to me. eventually, we'll all be dead or we'll have a dyson ring.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Is this good or bad?
  22. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    Pltr is my ride or die. I bought any time if IPO. I regret not buying more when it dipped before for awhile.
  23. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    my roth ira has a sizeable chunk now, i'm considering being more aggressive with this account. I have a tiny brokerage that i'll probably never really mess with. i have a standard 401k that's much bigger than my roth ira. given the tax advantages of my roth, how can I take advantage? For...
  24. fris

    Online Hearts / Spades

    Anytime my family gets together, we like to play various card games. I'm trying to find an online version where you can play with specific friends. There seems to be a million single player versions that I rather not install every one trying to find one that's works
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    Interesting. He's got a major problem though, he can't seem to stick with something. We keep hearing it's but it's fault, and I'm inclined to believe everything I've heard so far. Still, this will be the foundation of X-Men going forward, so I hope he's fully committed.
  26. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    Jesus
  27. fris

    Enshrouded

    has anyone played this, and Scum or Icarus? looking for a survival game that's solo friendly. I might have a duo that jumps in occasionally. looking for something i can play, progress, and not have it wiped out if I log out for a while.
  28. fris

    Oppenheimer (2023)

    maybe i missed something, but this similar to how i felt when it was over. it went from yay we made a bomb to somehow he's the bad guy. i didn't get it. and i couldn't not see tony stark anytime RDJ was on screen.
  29. fris

    Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

    Is it 2 Godzillas or is he sometimes blue and sometimes pink? I'll rewatch the one with all the other monsters and the moth gives some powers to Godzilla. Maybe that upgrade comes and goes. My boys are 11 and 14, this is right up our alley.
  30. fris

    Aquarists unite: fish are friends, and food

    Everything eats shrimp. If not fully grown over, the baby's are super tiny and can even disappear into your filter. There's 2 main types of shrimp. Carodina and neo carodina. I forget which is which But the cooler looking and more expensive kind are weak and will die easily sure to water...
  31. fris

    Marvel Universe stuff

    I see what you did there
  32. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    I actually suggested gold to a friend who's looking at a potential divorce. They are very cash oriented, due to credit cards frequently being maxed. I suggested he started using petty cash to buy small gold bars, then have his mother store in a bank lock box in a neighbor state.
  33. fris

    Echo

    why does everyone else that signs but can speak have to whisper? it's like asking actors to not act and just do a script reading.
  34. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    I was referencing Joe's first January. I can't remember the specific dates, but my money quickly took a dive. Time in the market beats timing the market. Usually. Think I'll continue to dollar cost average, sticking money in every paycheck vs dumping from savings at the start of the year...
  35. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    More tongue in check, but yes, I had the funds to fully fund my Roth on Jan 1 and it was the worst Jan in years to do so.
  36. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    Retail therapy. I have it, but as bad as others but it's there. Years ago, I molded that into debt and then retirement spending. Oh duck yeah, your gonna get me outta debt. jpg It took a minor step back 2 years ago when I maxed my Roth IRA on Jan 1 and dumped 90% of it into a broad fund and...
  37. fris

    Reacher

  38. fris

    Blade (2025)

  39. fris

    Echo

    Watching people talk really slows down the conversation. 1st episode down, hopefully the signing is less of an issue going forward. It almost pains me to say that. I used to be ok with American sign. As a waiter, I had a call table of a dead couple, and we loved that I could check in on them...
  40. fris

    Student Loans and the SAVE plan

    Wait, if I had good status, I could thread ban someone from a thread? Like forever? How does one get such power?