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Happy Freehold Day!
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By the Abyss... Has the YouTube made an actual improvement? You can now choose block on a specific ad to, at least in theory, not see that particular ad anymore.
Or is that just me, wearing YouTube with my policy of actually reporting scammy ads all the time?
Option to "like" an ad, though?! o.O
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This morning, Impus Major made me proud.
He was going to a friend's cookout (yes. California. We can do cookouts on the winter solstice), and, as per his tradition he was making deviled eggs to bring.
Recipe: And then add some thyme or Worcestershire sauce or something else to make this recipe your own!
Impus Major: No. Everyone knows what deviled eggs are. Everyone expects deviled eggs to taste like deviled eggs. I'm not going to ruin them my making them "my own". I refuse!
He got surprisingly heated about it. I was proud.
If you're making a classic, make it classically.
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I celebrated Freehold’s birthday anniversary by riding my motorcycle. At the time, I didn’t realize that’s what I was doing.
I did have some dim thoughts of solstice though. The sun was sticking me in the eye and I was wishing it would get back up there.
Well, my oven stopped working on Thursday night, and the repair man just came. The igniter was out. And he didn't have one with him, so he'll be back either tomorrow or Wednesday. While this is annoying, it's made less so by the fact that they replaced the igniter in March, and it had a 1 year warranty. So, I won't have to pay a penny to get it fixed again.
While I understand that pilot lights waste a small amount of gas, considering that every appliance I've owned with an igniter has seen it fail, whereas every appliance I've owned with a pilot (except one) has gone 30+ years problem-free, I'm not a fan of igniters.
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OK. That's hilarious. Shiro was eating one of his breakfast bars and noticed it had 120 calories and 19 grams of sugar. He thought, "That's a lot of sugar."
His son's visiting so he bought a box of Rice Krispy Treat bars. 90 calories. 8 grams of sugar.
Yep. I knew that breakfast bars were a scam. But wooooow...
Why not just use your kitchen flame thrower to start the stove?
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Why not just use your kitchen flame thrower to start the stove?
That's what we do, though that' s not the exact same model.
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I got the 2nd edition Starfinder player and GM core yesterday.
It is genuinely the only time I bought a paizo product and had buyers remorse.
I do not like the art direction (waaaay too cartoonish) and I don't feel like they differentiated it enough from 2nd edition Pathfinder as you can save yourself 115 bucks by just using the 2nd Pathfinder books and just tell everyone that it's in space and your bow is now a laser and your sword is whatever you want to call a lightsaber that won't get me sued by Disney).
After having a few days to look over everything more in depth I'd like to rescind pretty much everything i said.
Penny looked through it and loved the new art style and everything I criticized about it so i realized I was just being grumpy about change.
By the Abyss... Has the YouTube made an actual improvement? You can now choose block on a specific ad to, at least in theory, not see that particular ad anymore.
Or is that just me, wearing YouTube with my policy of actually reporting scammy ads all the time?
You've been able to do that for awhile.
You've been able to do that for awhile.By the Abyss... Has the YouTube made an actual improvement? You can now choose block on a specific ad to, at least in theory, not see that particular ad anymore.
Or is that just me, wearing YouTube with my policy of actually reporting scammy ads all the time?
Maybe they add over time in different regions (or maybe it depends on browser/and/or/account)? It wasn't available option for me until very recently.
This morning, Impus Major made me proud.
He was going to a friend's cookout (yes. California. We can do cookouts on the winter solstice), and, as per his tradition he was making deviled eggs to bring.
Recipe: And then add some thyme or Worcestershire sauce or something else to make this recipe your own!
Impus Major: No. Everyone knows what deviled eggs are. Everyone expects deviled eggs to taste like deviled eggs. I'm not going to ruin them my making them "my own". I refuse!He got surprisingly heated about it. I was proud.
If you're making a classic, make it classically.
That mindset came out of people bringing the same treat to the same event.
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I just cleaned and organized the flamethrower shelf at work last week.
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Personally, I don't like pilot lights because I'm nervous about a) there always being a flame, no matter how small and contained, and b) I would get randomly very nervous about "Did the pilot light go out? Is gas leaking into the house? How do I check? How do I light it if it does go out," etc. Even if I didn't worry about any of that, that would require me to buy a new oven, which I don't want to do.Well, my oven stopped working on Thursday night, and the repair man just came. The igniter was out. And he didn't have one with him, so he'll be back either tomorrow or Wednesday. While this is annoying, it's made less so by the fact that they replaced the igniter in March, and it had a 1 year warranty. So, I won't have to pay a penny to get it fixed again.While I understand that pilot lights waste a small amount of gas, considering that every appliance I've owned with an igniter has seen it fail, whereas every appliance I've owned with a pilot (except one) has gone 30+ years problem-free, I'm not a fan of igniters.
Oh, just work on a malfunctioning gas heater for a while and you'll feel MUCH more comfortable:
(1) All of the gas (main and pilot) is controlled by a thermocouple, a device that turns heat into electricity. The pilot light heats the thermocouple and the generated electricity activates an electromagnet that opens the gas valve. So no pilot = no gas at all. The only possible danger is if the gas valve gets locked in the open position.
(2) So... the main gas also has an "iris valve" that works using the heat expansion of metal. It's thus fairly indestructible. Even if the main gas valve gets locked into the open position, the only gas that'll come through is the pilot gas.
How do I know this? A lot of work trying to get our heater working. But the proof in the pudding: Our gas valve is "sticky" and the thermocouple doesn't provide enough power to open it, so I use a variable power supply to provide that extra "oomph". After a lot of experimentation, everything seemed safe so I left the power supply permanently attached instead of only touching it when I needed the heat on. Worked beautifully... until the pilot went out. Then we got a permanent gas leak from the pilot light. Which wasn't particularly dangerous unless we left it running for a week in a sealed room, but which we definitely smelled.
Things you hate and love at the same time: Morrigan has decided that my shoulders are the Best Place Ever right after I get out of the shower (mmm... warm). It only took her a day or two to learn that bare skin isn't good for claws. But she hasn't figured out "t-shirt vs. sweatshirt" yet, so she jumps on up while I'm getting dressed and sits there and purrs and purrs and rubs against me and is absolutely irresistible... .while using her claws for balance.
And yeah, I'm a sucker. I tolerate it 'cause love.
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For you furriners, here's a wonderful little microcosm of health care in the U.S.: I am on multiple maintenance drugs. All are FDA-approved. All are generic. My insurance company won't cover one of them for... reasons. So I have to pay out-of-pocket. How much does it cost me?
Safeway Pharmacy: $15.68 for a 30-day supply.
Health Insurance Mail Order Provider: $120 for a 90-day supply, but they won't actually sell it to me. (Yes, they'll give me the price, but because it's not a covered drug they won't actually give it to me.)
CVS Pharmacy: $224 for a 30-day supply.
Same drug. Same manufacturer. Same amount. Almost a 15x price difference depending on which store on Solano I go to. (They're both in Albany, and located maybe 1/3 of a mile apart from each other.)
My simple fix: If a prescription drug is FDA-approved and prescribed by an M.D., health insurance must cover it at a $0.20 per day co-pay. I'm sure insurance companies could make it work and still make a tidy profit.
Ugh. Well, my tiny walking petri dishes gave me *another* bad virus (the second in less than three weeks, and yes, i got all my shots) as a start-of-holiday present, so yesterday was the first time I was able to get out of bed and run errands since Friday afternoon.
And this morning I'm with Hermione at the dentist because we're not even going to talk about why.
And this afternoon I need to start the cleaning and the prep cooking.
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And I thought *I* was bad.
Cleaning lady is here so all the girls are in the studio. (Mephisto follows her around and monitors her every move, much to her delight. Their broom battles have become a source of much joy for both of them.) GothBard had to go out and didn't want the girls to get lonely.
So the three of them are in there, heat cranked up, listening to Patrick Stewart read Christmas stories to them.
I begin to worry our cats may be spoiled.
EDIT: And for you, "Kirk forever! Picard Never!" die-hards (if any), I'll just double-dog dare you to sit down and listen to a podcast of William Shatner reading Christmas stories. Any takers? ...Anyone?...
...actually I think it's against the Geneva conventions.
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We're going to stop doing prescriptions for chronic pain medications.
Well... what about all the people that have chronic pain?
We're giving them injections, surgery, nerve medications and physical therapy?
Do any of those WORK?
Not really but your body will learn to adjust to the new pain levels
Is there any medical evidence that that's generally a thing?
No But I'll lose my license if I tell you anything else.
I know I shouldn't be complaining about the nice weather, but 77°F is much too warm for 2 days before Christmas. I'll definitely take it over the sub-zero windchills I dealt with for over a decade, but it being this warm now just feels wrong.
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I know I shouldn't be complaining about the nice weather, but 77°F is much too warm for 2 days before Christmas. I'll definitely take it over the sub-zero windchills I dealt with for over a decade, but it being this warm now just feels wrong.
It's 63˚F and cloudy here and I'm complaining because winter break is when I do most of my hard physical labor because cool weather and no sunshine.
63˚ is not "cool"!
(Cue Freehold: "But 69 is!")
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looks outside at the snow, and hopes it stops before nightfall otherwise the raccoons will pile in the car for warmth during breaks.
Ugh. Well, my tiny walking petri dishes gave me *another* bad virus (the second in less than three weeks, and yes, i got all my shots) as a start-of-holiday present, so yesterday was the first time I was able to get out of bed and run errands since Friday afternoon.
And this morning I'm with Hermione at the dentist because we're not even going to talk about why.
And this afternoon I need to start the cleaning and the prep cooking.
Let the spawn run feral, they could catch something to eat for themselves, even if it wont be suitable for parental consumption. Less work with holidays that way.
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I know I shouldn't be complaining about the nice weather, but 77°F is much too warm for 2 days before Christmas. I'll definitely take it over the sub-zero windchills I dealt with for over a decade, but it being this warm now just feels wrong.
Truth. It's supposed to be 86 here on Boxing Day. This is why I vastly prefer the years we spend with my family in Maine to the years we stay here in Texas.
I know I shouldn't be complaining about the nice weather, but 77°F is much too warm for 2 days before Christmas. I'll definitely take it over the sub-zero windchills I dealt with for over a decade, but it being this warm now just feels wrong.Truth. It's supposed to be 86 here on Boxing Day. This is why I vastly prefer the years we spend with my family in Maine to the years we stay here in Texas.
I grew up here in DFW, so you'd think I'd be used to it, but looking back at weather records shows it was mostly in the 40s and 50s at this time of year growing up.
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Yeah, it's 46 degrees here on the tundra. I wore shorts to work today.
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The head of the mowing department pulled his truck into the barn and remarked "Hmm, I think it's a little too the left?" I said, jokingly, as I do "Yeah, you should back it out and do it over!"
And he did it! Not only that, but he also had one of his junior mowers stand in front and guide him in.
This is why I work in the shop during the winter.
And what did I do?
I drove around town all morning pushing boulders back into place that had been hit by plow trucks with a mini bobcat.
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Next week I will be helping to corral boulders from the free range boulder field.
There are 3 camps at the shop in winter, those that get s#%$ done, those that stand around complaining, and those that do busy work.
Funny enough, they are all necessary.
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I grew up here in DFW, so you'd think I'd be used to it, but looking back at weather records shows it was mostly in the 40s and 50s at this time of year growing up.I know I shouldn't be complaining about the nice weather, but 77°F is much too warm for 2 days before Christmas. I'll definitely take it over the sub-zero windchills I dealt with for over a decade, but it being this warm now just feels wrong.Truth. It's supposed to be 86 here on Boxing Day. This is why I vastly prefer the years we spend with my family in Maine to the years we stay here in Texas.
Holy crap, you're stuck here, too?
I swore I'd never come back after I finished college, but here I am. At least I didn't wind up back in Irving like everyone I went to school with.
I swear I'm going to die here and every rat in Oak Cliff is going to gnaw on my corpse.
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I swear I'm going to die here and every rat in Oak Cliff is going to gnaw on my corpse.
** Dons 150 tiny festive christmas hats **
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Big Norse Wolf gets cookies.
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I grew up here in DFW, so you'd think I'd be used to it, but looking back at weather records shows it was mostly in the 40s and 50s at this time of year growing up.I know I shouldn't be complaining about the nice weather, but 77°F is much too warm for 2 days before Christmas. I'll definitely take it over the sub-zero windchills I dealt with for over a decade, but it being this warm now just feels wrong.Truth. It's supposed to be 86 here on Boxing Day. This is why I vastly prefer the years we spend with my family in Maine to the years we stay here in Texas.
Holy crap, you're stuck here, too?
I swore I'd never come back after I finished college, but here I am. At least I didn't wind up back in Irving like everyone I went to school with.
I swear I'm going to die here and every rat in Oak Cliff is going to gnaw on my corpse.
For me stuck isn't really the word to describe it, though I do understand why some feel that way. I love the metroplex. There is virtually any store or type of restaurant somewhere in the area, and since my parents live outside city limits we get to set off fireworks every 4th of July and New Year's Eve without being bothered by the police. We'll, as long as there isn't a burn ban on. Until my recent unemployment, I was living in Glenn Heights and working in Carrolton. Now I'm back at my folks place in Johnson county.
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For me stuck isn't really the word to describe it, though I do understand why some feel that way. I love the metroplex. There is virtually any store or type of restaurant somewhere in the area, and since my parents live outside city limits we get to set off fireworks every 4th of July and New Year's Eve without being bothered by the police. We'll, as long as there isn't a burn ban on. Until my recent unemployment, I was living in Glenn Heights and working in Carrolton. Now I'm back at my folks place in Johnson county.I grew up here in DFW, so you'd think I'd be used to it, but looking back at weather records shows it was mostly in the 40s and 50s at this time of year growing up.I know I shouldn't be complaining about the nice weather, but 77°F is much too warm for 2 days before Christmas. I'll definitely take it over the sub-zero windchills I dealt with for over a decade, but it being this warm now just feels wrong.Truth. It's supposed to be 86 here on Boxing Day. This is why I vastly prefer the years we spend with my family in Maine to the years we stay here in Texas.
Holy crap, you're stuck here, too?
I swore I'd never come back after I finished college, but here I am. At least I didn't wind up back in Irving like everyone I went to school with.
I swear I'm going to die here and every rat in Oak Cliff is going to gnaw on my corpse.
All I know of Johnson County is Cleburne State Park. I took Teensy Valeros kayaking there last year. It was pretty.
All I know of Johnson County is Cleburne State Park. I took Teensy Valeros kayaking there last year. It was pretty.
Yeah. I used to go canoeing down that way with boy scouts. We live in the homesteads at the opposite corner of the county.
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I know I shouldn't be complaining about the nice weather, but 77°F is much too warm for 2 days before Christmas. I'll definitely take it over the sub-zero windchills I dealt with for over a decade, but it being this warm now just feels wrong.It's 63˚F and cloudy here and I'm complaining because winter break is when I do most of my hard physical labor because cool weather and no sunshine.
63˚ is not "cool"!
(Cue Freehold: "But 69 is!")
69 isnt cool.
69 is nice.
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Wow... I guess something is coming for Christmas eve! For tonight we have a high wind advisory, a tornado warning(!!) (2% chance of one touching down somewhere in the greater Bay Area), and heavy rains. I even got a text from Global Megacorporation, "There is a severe weather incident in your area. Please text us back to confirm you're safe and well."
Think I'll sit at home with the family and the cats and watch One Piece. Oh, wait! That was my plan anyway! :-P
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And it's started...
Got a letter from Waste Management informing me that I was being charged for an overfull recycle bin, complete with a picture... of my neighbor's recycling bin.
Yes, they fixed it. But after telling them they were guaranteed to be charging innocent people, it was nice/enraging to get vindicated.
back in the 90s I went to a filter person training class for the pool and they WERE going to skip the diatomaceous earth and sock filter because none of those PITA's from the 50s? were still working... but guess what we had...
If the tech was good enough to win WW2 its good enough for you!
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To quote my neighbor: Merry Effing Christmas.