I could not make myself
coffeetea with power out.Ok, technically I could but it would be unbelievable pain in the donkey, finding a suitable pot and boiling water in it on a gas, instead of relying on electric kettle. The difference is staggering.
That's hilarious. I filled my kettle to the usual level, transferred it to a pot on my gas stove, and boiled it. It was barely an inconvenience. Your gas stove must be far more finicky than ours.
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Your electric kettles can be used over flames?That's hilarious. I filled my kettle to the usual level, transferred it to a pot on my gas stove, and boiled it. It was barely an inconvenience. Your gas stove must be far more finicky than ours.I could not make myself
coffeetea with power out.Ok, technically I could but it would be unbelievable pain in the donkey, finding a suitable pot and boiling water in it on a gas, instead of relying on electric kettle. The difference is staggering.
"It" represented the water in the kettle, not the kettle itself.
And, it's already started.
GothBard had her very first dermatology appointment after we had to switch back to UHC. And UHC denied the claim for no reason.
*SIGH*
That's hilarious. I filled my kettle to the usual level, transferred it to a pot on my gas stove, and boiled it. It was barely an inconvenience. Your gas stove must be far more finicky than ours.I could not make myself
coffeetea with power out.Ok, technically I could but it would be unbelievable pain in the donkey, finding a suitable pot and boiling water in it on a gas, instead of relying on electric kettle. The difference is staggering.
I don't have a metal pot that would be comfortable for pouring hot water into the tea pot (yes, it can be done but it's not comfortable). The time difference is staggering and lack of signalization that water is boiling would be an issue. I'd likely forgot that I set up a pot on stove to heat water and might easily end with little to no water and potentially burned pot. I am used to the kettle turning itself off with a sound notifying me that the water is ready.
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Camping microwave
Place tea in container
Place water in container
heat an IGNEOUS rock on the stove (do not use a sedimentary rock. it may have water and might explode a little)
From a much distance as you can manage (tongs are good) Drop rock into water
Or whip out the miniature camping trebuchet that everyone must surely carry as standard.
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You could try and trade your bumbershoot for some tea.
Or just...not drink tea. That's the easiest way.
Actually the easiest way is to skip the camping portion all together.
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This happened after the new mower guy noticed I had 8 gallons of purified water I'd purchased so I could mix permaedge because the homeowner had already turned off the outside water supply at her house.
New mower guy: Yeah, I get purified water, it's not as good as spring water but at least it's purified!
Me: You know purified water is just basically tap water without the nanobots!
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I really do appreciate modesty in people.
My new manager has talked about her sons a few times, mentioning their ages, that they're sick or she's visiting them or whatnot. At yesterday's team meeting one of her sons walked in on the meeting because he needed to borrow the car. She made him come in and say, "Hi!" to everyone. He was a charming, shy young man. I immediately liked him.
Then she said, "Oh, why don't you show everyone your ring?"
I had no idea what she was talking about, then I realized that he was pulling out some kind of championship ring, and I thought, "Oh, that's really sweet! She's trying to encourage him in his sports by letting him show off his ring."
Er... it was a Superbowl championship ring. I Googled her son, and yes, he was on the L.A. Rams' championship team this year.
And I've worked for this manager for two months now and she never even mentioned that her son plays football.
Now THAT is modesty...
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"Make sure you check out a copy of Macbeth before you leave today! I don't want anyone getting out of here Scot-free!"
Or whip out the miniature camping trebuchet that everyone must surely carry as standard.
well if you're roughing it it would be a rock, a camp fire, a pot, and a stick you've bent in half for tongs.
I don't set up the water wheel unless i'm going to be there for a few days...
"Make sure you check out a copy of Macbeth before you leave today! I don't want anyone getting out of here Scot-free!"
Cookies.
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"Okay, now that you have this background on the play, write a short paragraph predicting which element will have the most interesting effect on the plot!"
"...I thought it was interesting that the king's family was divided between Catholics and prostitutes."
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Yet another reason I despise that people assume I'm good with computers:
An elderly neighbor down the street clicked or opened something she shouldn't have, and her entire computer is locked up tight with a classic viral scam. ("Windows Defender detected a trojan! Call this number to get it taken care of!")
So she went to the sidewalk looking for help (did I mention we live in a great neighborhood?), ran into my neighbor, and he came to me.
My guess is that there's a 90% chance she's going to need to do a full Windows reinstall; these viruses are nothing if not tenacious. And of course she's going to have no idea how to do it, so even if I can save her data, it's 5-6 hours of unpaid time getting as much working the way it used to as possible.
Computer issues suck. They take many, many hours to fix. And everyone assumes that since you're "good with computers", you'll just fix it all for them out of the goodness of your heart, and don't consider asking you for hours of unpaid skilled labor to be the slightest inconvenience.
You wouldn't ask a lawyer friend for free legal representation. You wouldn't ask a doctor friend for free surgery. Don't ask your tech friends for free computer repair.
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People probably think that way because of the number of times they've seen computer people solve their computer issues with a restart or ctrl alt delete or stopping the spooler or... well there goes my one rank in computer.
The worse you are with computers, the more times you run into something that DOES take 15 minutes. The better you are the more often you run into something that takes tech support 6 hours of praying to the gods and blowing on thenintendo cartridges.
So in their mind
All computer problems can be solved in a few easy key clicks if someone knows how
They're only asking for 15 minutes and YOUR BRAIN
Which isn't an unreasonable ask.. when those facts line up. When they go off kilter... not so much.
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People probably think that way because of the number of times they've seen computer people solve their computer issues with a restart or ctrl alt delete or stopping the spooler or... well there goes my one rank in computer.
The worse you are with computers, the more times you run into something that DOES take 15 minutes. The better you are the more often you run into something that takes tech support 6 hours of praying to the gods and blowing on thenintendo cartridges.
So in their mind
All computer problems can be solved in a few easy key clicks if someone knows how
They're only asking for 15 minutes and YOUR BRAIN
Which isn't an unreasonable ask.. when those facts line up. When they go off kilter... not so much.
Have to give a thumbs-up because yes, it turned out to be a rare, 15-minute fix. Though I'm going to have her run a full virus scan overnight just in case there's more.
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Yet another reason I despise that people assume I'm good with computers:
An elderly neighbor down the street clicked or opened something she shouldn't have, and her entire computer is locked up tight with a classic viral scam. ("Windows Defender detected a trojan! Call this number to get it taken care of!")
So she went to the sidewalk looking for help (did I mention we live in a great neighborhood?), ran into my neighbor, and he came to me.
My guess is that there's a 90% chance she's going to need to do a full Windows reinstall; these viruses are nothing if not tenacious. And of course she's going to have no idea how to do it, so even if I can save her data, it's 5-6 hours of unpaid time getting as much working the way it used to as possible.
Computer issues suck. They take many, many hours to fix. And everyone assumes that since you're "good with computers", you'll just fix it all for them out of the goodness of your heart, and don't consider asking you for hours of unpaid skilled labor to be the slightest inconvenience.
You wouldn't ask a lawyer friend for free legal representation. You wouldn't ask a doctor friend for free surgery. Don't ask your tech friends for free computer repair.
My tablet is getting terribly slow... You worked with mobile devices before, right? Could you look what can be done to make it work as fast as when it was new, over eight years ago?
"Make sure you check out a copy of Macbeth before you leave today! I don't want anyone getting out of here Scot-free!"
Ha!
They're French, so 10, or Dix Guys.
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You wouldn't ask a lawyer friend for free legal representation. You wouldn't ask a doctor friend for free surgery. Don't ask your tech friends for free computer repair.
Do not get me started.
Also - "I want to buy a new computer. Is this a good one?"
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Built entirely by one person in 3 weeks (yo!).
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You wouldn't ask a lawyer friend for free legal representation. You wouldn't ask a doctor friend for free surgery. Don't ask your tech friends for free computer repair.
Do not get me started.
Also - "I want to buy a new computer. Is this a good one?"
Now you're going to get *ME* started.
Relative or neighbor: Is this a good one?
NobodysHome: I don't know. I build my own.
RoN: But that means you know computers. So it this a good one?
NH: I have no idea.
RoN: Oh, c'mon, you can tell ME!
I love the way they always assume you're holding out on them if you tell them you don't know something...
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You wouldn't ask a lawyer friend for free legal representation. You wouldn't ask a doctor friend for free surgery. Don't ask your tech friends for free computer repair.
Do not get me started.
Also - "I want to buy a new computer. Is this a good one?"
Now you're going to get *ME* started.
Relative or neighbor: Is this a good one?
NobodysHome: I don't know. I build my own.
RoN: But that means you know computers. So it this a good one?
NH: I have no idea.
RoN: Oh, c'mon, you can tell ME!I love the way they always assume you're holding out on them if you tell them you don't know something...
I remember the Bad Old Days where computers were sold by shady folks, there were a lot of people who were computer savvy and helped others who were being fleeced. I think that became a big part of the social consciousness that hasn't gone away and people still expect those with computer knowledge to help those without knowledge from making an "obvious" mistake.
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You wouldn't ask a lawyer friend for free legal representation. You wouldn't ask a doctor friend for free surgery. Don't ask your tech friends for free computer repair.
Do not get me started.
Also - "I want to buy a new computer. Is this a good one?"
Now you're going to get *ME* started.
Relative or neighbor: Is this a good one?
NobodysHome: I don't know. I build my own.
RoN: But that means you know computers. So it this a good one?
NH: I have no idea.
RoN: Oh, c'mon, you can tell ME!I love the way they always assume you're holding out on them if you tell them you don't know something...
Related Subheading "I need to buy a new computer. What should I get?"
Another day, another disappointment...
I have just learned that a third Horizon game was announced.
I haven't played the second one because there is no PC version yet but I lit up... Only to learn it will be a VR-crap. Nope.
Awww! A second annoyance the same day.
I went to get some groceries to my usual (and the closest) shop (Lidl, if anyone asked, though only Limey and Jurrasic Bard are likely to recognize it).
There was some internal redecoration as a part of renovation and now it looks more like another chain - that I don't like as much.
And for some weird reason they changed the side of the checkouts. In the past you had a cashier on your left. Now it's on the right.
The changed it and now it sucks!
Earlier this year they annoyed me by moving the price tags from below the products, where is their place!, to above them like (except in places where there is no place above the products so they stayed below, argh, consistency people!) like in the before mentioned grocery chain that I like less.
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In completely unrelated news, I'll make a fine grumpy old man. I just need a cane. I don't (and won't, without unexpected lottery winnings) have a lawn, though.
Related Subheading "I need to buy a new computer. What should I get?"You wouldn't ask a lawyer friend for free legal representation. You wouldn't ask a doctor friend for free surgery. Don't ask your tech friends for free computer repair.
Do not get me started.
Also - "I want to buy a new computer. Is this a good one?"
Now you're going to get *ME* started.
Relative or neighbor: Is this a good one?
NobodysHome: I don't know. I build my own.
RoN: But that means you know computers. So it this a good one?
NH: I have no idea.
RoN: Oh, c'mon, you can tell ME!I love the way they always assume you're holding out on them if you tell them you don't know something...
You ate old enough to remember the eMachines sorta kinda/sorta not scam and other related nonsense, especially when pentium chips suddenly had competition that made computers affordable but lacked the power(or in some cases overall compatibility) with certain graphics cards resulting in semi non functional machines. Going through that nonsense once was enough. Yes I am going to pick the brain of anyone with more computer knowledge than myself when making a new purchase.
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In completely unrelated news, I'll make a fine grumpy old man. I just need a cane. I don't (and won't, without unexpected lottery winnings) have a lawn, though.
Get some astroturf, or maybe just some grass in a pot?
EDIT: UK Lidl has Polish Week; I wonder if Polish Lidl has British week? I suspect not.
I mean "hey should i buy this ibuypower computer from the wow gaming site?" I need 3 seconds of a computer persons brain and a big NOOOOOOOOO to save me 700 dollars. Which seems fair.
The problem...it's never that simple in our heads.
You: Simple question, should I buy this?
Corporate IT People: I don't know. What's your budget, what are you going to do with it, are your kids going to touch it at all, do you expect it to last more than 2, 3, 4, or 7 years, do you think there's even a remote possibility of you picking up a random hobby in that time, is it old tech that may last but can never be upgraded, is it actually too big for your desk, and...yes, please answer those questions, and that will lead to my next 16 questions...
Why?
Because too many of us have been told by more than a dozen people that they want a computer that's got more power than an enterprise-level server but they only want to spend $300 for it.
Or...
We give honest opinions that get totally ignored.
Or...
We say, yes, that's not a bad price for what you're getting...and within 6 weeks it dies because nobody mentioned it was a refurbished computer that just never recovered properly, and then we get blamed for "recommending" it.
In all honesty, it's really not much different than asking a mechanic whether or not you should buy a car without letting the mechanic actually inspect the car.
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For me, it's far worse than that.
I'm not "into" computers. I don't study them. I don't research them. If Freehold came to me and said, "Is this computer a piece of junk?", I honestly wouldn't know.
THAT'S my big problem.
When I want a new computer, I go on the web, do hours of legwork, figure out what parts I should get, put 'em all together, and have a really nice computer. But next time I build one? It's another 6 hours of legwork.
Yet people come to me and ask, "Oh, you build your own computers? Well, what do you think of xxx?"
And my answer of, "I don't know. Why don't you do some research for yourself?" is totally unacceptable to them.
When I want a new computer I go to the apple store and throw a whole bunch of money at someone and they make it happen. Ten years later I repeat the process.
It's definitely not the most economical decision but it certainly is the easiest.
In completely unrelated news, I'll make a fine grumpy old man. I just need a cane. I don't (and won't, without unexpected lottery winnings) have a lawn, though.Get some astroturf, or maybe just some grass in a pot?
EDIT: UK Lidl has Polish Week; I wonder if Polish Lidl has British week? I suspect not.
I think I saw cheddar recently, does that count?
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When I want a new computer I go to the apple store and throw a whole bunch of money at someone and they make it happen.
Wait... A computer in an apple store?! o.O
I have finished Just Cause 4. Well, I finished the main campaign and ragequit the third DLC. I haven't started one DLC at all, and the second one was supposed to be car races so I hadn't reason to get anywhere close to it.
The game was...
Oh, boy.
It's hard to say it was mediocre, it had its moments—beautiful vistas of a fictional Caribbean island, with accompanying pleasant music—calm while traveling and action movie-y while doing action.
Still, the gameplay felt somewhat tedious - the combat was mediocre, the mass destruction, while using more or less the same system as the third game, felt inferior - I think it was subpar object placement, lack of explosives, and guns that almost constantly ran out of ammo, that didn't allow to enjoy mass devastation to a degree that creators intended.
Story missions were some of the best parts of the game, but the missions to free the regions were terribly repetitive and boring.
I actually liked the characters despite the mostly superficial story - definitely liked the main character and his (former) agency handler far more than their even more shallow and superficial selves in the Just Cause 2 which I finished not long ago.
The game could have been much-much better.
When I finished the main campaign of Ghost Recon: Breakpoint I hadn't expected that I'll install it ever again, but yet, here it is. Two more episodes and a new game mode.
First, I need to finish Assassin's Creed: Syndicate or Deathloop... And taking into account ridiculous loading times for the latter, I am pretty sure it the former will be the first one to go.
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When I want a new computer I go to the apple store and throw a whole bunch of money at someone and they make it happen.Wait... A computer in an apple store?! o.O
It's actually been about ten years so I don't know if they still sell computers (our computer actually died a couple of years ago but I've been biding my time before asking Nobodyshome or Vany to come over and look at it to see what I could do with it).
My phone is my computer now.
Apparently there was a shooting this morning at the hospital/medical center in my neighborhood, just down the street from us. Still waiting to find out what happened. There are lots of police cars, but no answers.
Apparently there was a shooting this morning at the hospital/medical center in my neighborhood, just down the street from us. Still waiting to find out what happened. There are lots of police cars, but no answers.
Google provided me with this article.
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It's really telling how sick I am of the political lies.
One of the propositions on California's ballot this election is a complete "meh" for me -- I don't care one way or the other. Yet in doing due diligence and reading the whole thing over, including the arguments in favor and against, I was absolutely appalled at the bald-faced lies spewed by the opponents. Their argument was nothing but a fear-mongering pack of lies with no basis in reality.
So, the proposition gets a "Yes" from me.
Stop lying. I'm tired of it.
Google provided me with this article.Apparently there was a shooting this morning at the hospital/medical center in my neighborhood, just down the street from us. Still waiting to find out what happened. There are lots of police cars, but no answers.
WFAA usually has the best Dallas reporting. The shooter targeted two labor & delivery nurses. One has died. A hospital police officer shot the attacker and they are in custody.
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It's really telling how sick I am of the political lies.
One of the propositions on California's ballot this election is a complete "meh" for me -- I don't care one way or the other. Yet in doing due diligence and reading the whole thing over, including the arguments in favor and against, I was absolutely appalled at the bald-faced lies spewed by the opponents. Their argument was nothing but a fear-mongering pack of lies with no basis in reality.
So, the proposition gets a "Yes" from me.
Stop lying. I'm tired of it.
According to each party in these parts the other party is "radical" I don't think they realize the positive connotation radical has with our generation.
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I've found a little life hack for local e******** and c********* even when the signs aren't predictably color coded.
Take a quick drive around the city/town and keep an eye out for any abandoned properties, empty lots, or residential rental properties that aren't currently filled and are seeking a buyer or tenant. The VAST majority of these, in my area at least, will have one to ten p******** signs and in nearly EVERY case they're pushing r****-w*** c********* because... of course they are, the properties are being sold or managed by the local petite-bourgeoisie who HARD identify as rugged individualist libertarian business owners that view any form of taxation as theft.
A real quick guide for who NOT to v*** for, perfect signposting on their part, honestly.
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According to each party in these parts the other party is "radical" I don't think they realize the positive connotation radical has with our generation.It's really telling how sick I am of the political lies.
One of the propositions on California's ballot this election is a complete "meh" for me -- I don't care one way or the other. Yet in doing due diligence and reading the whole thing over, including the arguments in favor and against, I was absolutely appalled at the bald-faced lies spewed by the opponents. Their argument was nothing but a fear-mongering pack of lies with no basis in reality.
So, the proposition gets a "Yes" from me.
Stop lying. I'm tired of it.
Stereotypes to the contrary, a LOT of California politics is perfectly reasonable, "Here's a proposition, here's a reasonable argument in favor of it, here's a reasonable argument against it."
It's pretty rare to see the loonies enter the formal pro/con statements for the propositions. The candidate statements? Yep. Hoo, boy, the candidate statements can be wildly hilarious. And completely unhinged.
But the propositions? The pro/con arguments are usually written by lawyers attempting to sway intelligent voters. Because honestly, who actually reads those arguments other than intelligent voters who want to be more informed about the issue? So you want to appeal to THEM. But sometimes, you get some real hum-dingers.
I've found a little life hack for local e******** and c********* even when the signs aren't predictably color coded.
Take a quick drive around the city/town and keep an eye out for any abandoned properties, empty lots, or residential rental properties that aren't currently filled and are seeking a buyer or tenant. The VAST majority of these, in my area at least, will have one to ten p******** signs and in nearly EVERY case they're pushing r****-w*** c********* because... of course they are, the properties are being sold or managed by the local petite-bourgeoisie who HARD identify as rugged individualist libertarian business owners that view any form of taxation as theft.
A real quick guide for who NOT to v*** for, perfect signposting on their part, honestly.
One thing few people outside of the area realize is that Alameda county encompasses not only the People's Republic of Berkeley, but also some MAGA-heavy Central Valley farmland, with a whole city full of military contractors and researchers thrown in between.
If you want a lunatic statement from anyone on any end of the spectrum, just let me know. Alameda county's got you covered.
I'd love to say that having such an eclectic array of viewpoints within a single county makes for more intelligent and informed voters... but it doesn't.