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  1. BrutulTM

    1883

    I kinda thought American Primeval sucked, although it was better than Godless. Seems like Netflix is trying to outdo itself by making westerns where everyone is some kind of murdering psychopath philosopher and they're just trying to one-up each other as to who can be the most cruel while...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Do people have a problem with bacon being tough? Can't say I've ever seen that as a problem.
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    Elderly Parents and Looking Out for Them

    My Mom is 74 and she's determined that she's not old but a lot of shit is getting hard to ignore. She still goes horseback riding fairly regularly and wants to be out on the 4 wheelers fixing fence and chasing cattle and whatnot. She can still do it pretty well but it surprises me how weak and...
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    Home Improvement

    You can buy it pretty easily here. I guess I've just cleaned enough carburetors that I just don't want any stored gas around for more than a couple of months or to keep track of how old it is. If I was to get a whole house generator, I would definitely go propane since I have a 500g tank in my...
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    Home Improvement

    Don't leave gasoline in it. So many people have a generator for emergencies and when they need to use it there's bad gas in the carburetor and it won't run. At the very least, shut off the fuel and let the carburetor run dry rather than using the kill switch and if possible don't have gas in...
  6. BrutulTM

    Car ?'s

    Yeah if it's just two wires then you just have to figure out what is positive and negative on both the fan and the harness and make sure you connect positive to positive and negative to negative. Even in you don't figure it out you have a 50/50 shot.
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Does this mean the 36" CRT TV that is still taking up space in my basement for some reason is going to be my retirement plan?
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    The Bear

    I really liked season 1 and 2. I didn't hate s3 but I'm having a hard time getting through s4. 90% of the show is just people sitting around talking about their feelings in a way that doesn't really happen in real life, at least outside of a therapist office. The under the table scene took...
  9. BrutulTM

    The Astronomy Thread

    I think there's reason to disbelieve that. Getting the rocket into orbit and deploying satellites is one thing, but it's a far cry from hundreds of missions to Mars. SpaceX and Starlink are profitable, but not *that* profitable. I feel like there has to be another step in between unless Elon...
  10. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    Something like that. I don't remember the number now.
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    Home Improvement

    My girlfriend has a ceiling fan with a frosted globe that puts out a retardedly small amount of light. It also uses odd sized bulbs so you can't just go buy bigger bulbs to put in it. Pretty stupid.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    And they're building a factory to up their production capability to 1 starship per day. That's a stunning number of rockets, especially considering that they are reusable and carry a silly amount of payload. I can't imagine what they would use all those starships for, but I've seen too much...
  13. BrutulTM

    Elderly Parents and Looking Out for Them

    I can understand being pissed off at the local hospital but they should probably realize that it's the whole health care system that sucks ass and wherever they move will probably also be terrible.
  14. BrutulTM

    Laptop Computers

    My Lenovo Chromebook is a piece of junk. Crashes randomly, can't use it for video conferences because of constant feedback if the mic isn't muted. I hate the trackpad, but I kinda hate all trackpads. It was a cheap ass computer so I shouldn't have expected much but I thought Lenovo had a...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    I went to Chik-Fil-A in Billings a while back. It's the only franchise in Eastern Montana. It kind of blew my mind. I think it's the biggest fast food place I've ever been to and it was absolutely packed at lunch time. Like 15 cars in the drive through and 15 people in line inside. Never...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    They could really use a win. After the last explosion I saw multiple articles speculating that Starship might not actually be doable, at least by Spacex. That's going to get a lot louder if this one fails as well.
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    Home Improvement

    A lot of the older schools here (Montana) don't have air conditioning. Most of the school year it's not necessary but the first couple of weeks of school really sucked some years.
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    Home Improvement

    Where is this? I'm assuming somewhere it doesn't get too cold?
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    AI images

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    AI images

    AI can do some amazing things but then it makes a water gun with 2 grips for some reason..
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    I was thinking about buying a motorcycle when I was in my 20's because of course I was and I went to some motorcycle message boards and newsgroups and it was nothing but people talking about crashes and close calls with cars (they called people driving cars "cagers" :rolleyes:). By the time I...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    They will definitely eat your fingers, and the little safety thing that some of them come with is a joke, nearly impossible to use in an efficient manner. You just have to pay attention and stop before you get to fingers. Of course I have also made bloody onions with a knife before trying to...
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    This. 40 times as likely to die per mile driven as you are in a car. Steep price to pay for the wind in your hair or to tell yourself you're not old or that women are impressed with you.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I tend to put regular red radishes in it, sliced on the julienne grater and carrots as well. I don't think it changes the flavor or texture that much, but the flecks of color in it are nice.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    There are times when it would be nice if it was a little bigger. It's the secret ingredient to my coleslaw that everyone loves. I think having the cabbage sliced super thin gives it a really nice texture. The other secret is using way more sour cream and mayo than the recipes call for. If my...
  26. BrutulTM

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I bought a fancy ass $60 mandolin once and the thing was absolutely terrible. One of the few times I've actually taken the time to write a bad review on amazon. Replaced it with this one, based on Alton Brown's recommendation...
  27. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    Honestly, I can see why they would do it. In a shower like that there's no way to adjust the water temperature unless you are standing under it. Not being able to adjust the temperature during the shower would be a downside though. It would be better if the door was hung the other way so you...
  28. BrutulTM

    The Fast Food Thread

    Taco John's is worse. Regular soft/crunchy tacos are $2.99 there.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Any tips? I'm always trying to take a picture of the moon and failing.
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    Yeah, all that "management" is overrated and the fees don't seem that bad when you're paying them but when you consider what they would add up to compounded over 20 or 30 years it will really piss you off. This is definitely the case for me. I own half of a cattle ranch that is probably worth...
  31. BrutulTM

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I would just buy a love seat off of Facebook marketplace, spray paint the words "masturbation station" across it, and have it delivered to his apartment.
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    I think it runs the gamut. I played EQ with a fair number of people who were barely employed or living with their parents because they were playing video games all the time, some that were stuck in the house because of some disability, and some that were on the downward spiral with drugs and...
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    I'm not one of the millionaires but I logged off of EQ for the last time in 2008 and haven't played a "serious" video game since. Aside from the odd time waster puzzle game on my phone I haven't been a gamer for nearly 17 years now.
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    Yeah, that's true. I sometimes make the mistake also in thinking that what is being posted by half a dozen people is what everyone on the board is thinking. It also stands to reason that a thread on retirement would attract people who are putting a lot of thought into that topic and lots of...
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    I really hate to agree with Kirun. I mean really. But this is a pretty astute observation.
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    The Paranormal, UFO's, and Mysteries of the Unknown

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said it best...
  37. BrutulTM

    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    That's fine. For the vast majority of people it's a terrible way to invest your money and whether or not Burren is doing it, other people are aggressively marketing it to people who barely have anything to invest and they are getting sold on "infinite banking" horseshit that is being advertised...
  38. BrutulTM

    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    Selling shitty products isn't illegal.
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    If he only sells to people with over $28M in the bank then perhaps he's not a bullshit peddler. Is that the case?
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    Later in life when you want to invest your money at a worse rate than a high yield savings account for some reason.