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Dumb 19 year old me drove into Canada to drink and my first thought was: "Holy shit, gas is cheap here!" I proceeded to pull into a gas station and promptly remembered they were on the metric system when the amount in liters quickly rocketed past my tank's capacity in gallons. Probably a good...

It's good to see he's all grown up now. Added the missing caption.

It's hard for me to offer advice there - I didn't have any coursework, was just sort of thrown to the wolves and forced to figure it out. I know of some people that used The Learning Pit — LadderLab Temporary Sales Pause but it's currently down while they update the courses or something. I'd...

Have you considered something like industrial controls? I'm sure you could easily pick up something like Logix on an Allen Bradley PLC with your background. You honestly wouldn't be taking much of a pay cut if you got good at it.

Yeah, one. Try dozens. Women put out some of the dumbest possible signs. I went on a first date with a girl, she rebuffed any advances I made, but it went well (so I thought), ended with a pretty g rated kiss. She texts me and says it's not going to work out. I ask why, she says "after that...

My son is suddenly really into Curious George. I found an episode compilation on YouTube from the official Curious George channel. Turns out it's an edited compilation that only has the set up of George causing some issue, but never shows the resolution. The fuck is this bullshit? What kind of...

I googled this and was severely disappointed it wasn't an arm wrestling simulator set in the 80s. No sale for me!

That's definitely supposed to be a dick those people are dancing around, right? Oblig: GIS for dumbest outfit

I think those whole home arresters are a good additional step for most houses. That's probably as far as I'd reasonably go (whole home at service entrance, surge protection power strips for sensitive electronics). For convenience, your utility can even install them in the meter if they're not...

I get that, was more talking about stuff I've read about it like the submarine garage, the hospital with hyperbaric chambers, and the whole research wing that allegedly is on the ship. The stuff they focused on just seemed like generic yacht stuff - oh wow, they have a nice kitchen, who would...

Service entrance is where the power comes into the house - it's installed at the meter or in your main electrical panel on a dedicated breaker. If it's old, I wouldn't necessarily count on it to protect things and it might be worth replacing even if a status light is still on.

The metal oxide varistors in there degrade as they soak up overvoltage events. They typically have a thermal fuse in front to protect from bursting in a high energy event or overheating as their leakage current gets too high. If the light is off, my assumption is the fuse tripped and there is no...

Given how big he is into diving, I was disappointed how little they touched on that aspect of the ship. I hope that wall of names is the people who bought the most while playing the least hours.

So I didn't know anything about that JP Morgan boss lady thing when I read this. I still laughed because I always thought he dressed like a finance douche.

That stuff is great, I felt like such a sucker buying those tubs of spackle all those years before that. Don't forget to keep in mind the drying time is also affected by water temperature and hardness. My old place had pretty hard water, the first batch of 45 I mixed up was more like 10 or 15. I...

I guess it's too late to talk you out of getting boxwoods. I actually did the opposite of you, I ripped out boxwoods and replaced them with azaleas (granted in my case my porch is south facing and full sun). I couldn't stand the fucking bugs that hang around the boxwoods (boxwood leaf miners). I...

I think it was better unreadable.

A guy I work with thought he was being pretty smart and built up a little rental fleet of vehicles for Turo. He ended up losing his ass on the whole thing - one car got totaled and the rest absolutely trashed. They'd always come back reeking of weed and dirty, somehow treated worse than a Hertz...

Dumb thing to factor in for granite is it's typically very mildly radioactive. I don't think it's enough that it would ever matter, but for new construction, I'd avoid it. Reason being: in the age of alarmist Facebook bullshit, all it takes is one influencer dipshit to latch onto that fact and...

I'd look into a 2nd Gen Nissan Leaf - they've depreciated to all hell, so, you could probably find one for about the same price as that Veloster if you try. A commute like that would be about the perfect use case for the vehicle - you could even charge exclusively at work (except maybe in the...

John Stalvern waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway. John was a space...

I'd had a greenworks 40V mower since 2014, it gave up the ghost in 2024, but that was mostly due to my father in law smoking the bearings because he kept mowing early in the morning with dew still on the ground. Same experience, was maintenance free up to that point outside of sharpening. The...

Where does The Simpsons land? Technically the shorts were firmly in the 80s and the debut of the actual show was just before 90, but all of the best seasons were in the 90s.

That looks like something designed by a person that thinks the d-pad should go on the right and the buttons on the left. Oblig: AI N64 controller

You're probably OK leaving it, but if it was me, I'd probably get a bag of easy sand 90 and patch up the holes. If you follow this guy's instructions, and buy like 20 bucks worth of materials/tools he recommends, you'd have it done in under an hour and you'd never have to worry about it in the...

We'll know in the draft. If they don't overreach for skill players that put up big 40 times at the combine, maybe they've turned over a new leaf.

Don't worry, I've got you covered. They're still selling helium balloons at the grocery store.

Not bad, it's although it looks like they're not selling the batteries along with it. I'm slightly leery of a solution that series's batteries together, but at least it's a big brand. If you already had a bunch of dewalt tools and 20v xr batteries, I'd say it's a no brainer. I wouldn't trust...

You're sort of out of the normal time range to get deals on mowers. Best I could come up with is this: https://slickdeals.net/f/19326288-89-99-lawnmaster-clm2413a-cordless-13-inch-lawn-mower-24v-max-with-2x4-0ah-battery-and-a-charger-at-woot This thing might be what the doctor ordered since...

BRB. Buying a Puka jersey...

Some companies have zero respect for your time. I had one company that actually had multiple phone screens with HR recruiters. Then, after getting through that bullshit and a couple of video interviews, they wanted to set up on-site interviews (at the same location) 3 different days. I'm not...

I'm with you. I'm selling the original and building up a kit car with a fraction of the proceeds using modern creature comforts such as a better radio and brakes that can actually stop the vehicle. Oblig: kit car

If I own that house, I'm ripping out that fucking tail the first time I bash my head on it, which is to say within the first hour. More great design:

So the Steam spring sale is on now through the 26th. Got the stuff below to never get around to playing. Anything else I should look at? https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/39425/Kerbal_Space_Program_Complete_Edition/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33658/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Bundle/

I didn't watch, but the rosters look kind of wonky on the defensive side for both the "NFL" teams. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/fanatics-flag-football-classic-rosters-092002412.html I doubt Logan Paul, Terrence Crawford, and whoever the fuck IShowSpeed is are really fast enough to keep...

Not super familiar with boiler setups, but do you have hard water? My sister has a heat exchanger with her boiler and needed to descale/flush it when that happened to her.

Am I the only one who thinks that looks fun as hell? Price is a little steep for the gear, guess I'll keep an eye on the used market. I wonder how dirty a look I'd get buying one.

Like the hot dog guy... Joey Chestnut

I've used this stuff in the past - was during summer and mostly to repel a red squirrel though. Wife's car was parked in the driveway and I was watching the little fucker climb up the wheel well and systematically removing the sound deadening fabric under the hood. It did work. Some guys swear...