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BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/9/24 1:51 p.m.

What is it with certain people having to relitigate every decision that's already been made that they don't like?

"No means no", for crying out loud.

Ashyukun (Robert)
Ashyukun (Robert) GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
5/9/24 1:56 p.m.

I've now had to either catch and relocate or chase two snakes out of our yard today. The first was a small garter snake, which we see often enough, and I just had to shoo it toward the fence line with the poop scoop. The second, which The Bat found in the gravel the hot tub sits on, was I think a Dekay's Brownsnake- and that one was actively striking trying to bite her and (when I intervened) myself and required my grabbing a small plastic container to trap and relocate further from the yard (I may have been rude and dumped it by the crawlspace entrance to a nearby house where a bunch of feral cats like to hang out).

Frankly I don't care much- nothing I've seen in our yard is venomous and they likely keep the rodents and larger bugs under control, but I don't want The Bat getting comfortable with any of them since there are venomous ones out where our cabin is and The Dancer reaaaally doesn't like snakes, so knowing there have been several around in just one day would not make for a happy Dancer.

Dusterbd13-michael
Dusterbd13-michael MegaDork
5/10/24 8:18 a.m.

Taco bell Breakfast: neither a good financial or culinary decision. 

How do they stay in business?

Mr_Asa
Mr_Asa MegaDork
5/10/24 8:24 a.m.
Dusterbd13-michael said:

Taco bell Breakfast: neither a good financial or culinary decision. 

How do they stay in business?

Hey man, someone's gotta Live Más

Peabody
Peabody MegaDork
5/10/24 8:49 a.m.
Dusterbd13-michael said:

How do they stay in business?

I've wondered the same thing.

Our local one closed, and somebody else moved into the traditional Taco bell looking building. Then about 3 years later they built two new ones. Whenever we go by we make a point of looking, and there's never anybody in the parking lot. PW was a big fan when we were dating 40 years ago. In the years since they've completely gutted the menu, and there's nothing worth eating.

In the Canadian ones you can get neither rice or beans, but you can get french fries, and they're E36 M3. GTFO.

gixxeropa
gixxeropa GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
5/10/24 9:26 a.m.

In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :

The app only $5 combo is a staple for me. Crunchwrap, taco, cinnamon twists, Baja blast zero. I can't comment on breakfast

Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos)
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/10/24 10:33 a.m.

There is a suspension clunk on the Honda Element that manifested after I changed out the suspension. I've been unable to locate it. My next step is to disconnect the anti-sway bars to see if it's the end links. That's been the next step for about a month, even though it will take 10 minutes.

My work stream keeps getting interrupted by larger, unplanned, and more important items. I guess that's just life.



 

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse UltimaDork
5/10/24 10:36 a.m.

When the berkeley am I supposed to cut the field that is my lawn?

iansane
iansane GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/10/24 10:59 a.m.
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) said:

There is a suspension clunk on the Honda Element that manifested after I changed out the suspension. I've been unable to locate it. My next step is to disconnect the anti-sway bars to see if it's the end links. That's been the next step for about a month, even though it will take 10 minutes.

My work stream keeps getting interrupted by larger, unplanned, and more important items. I guess that's just life.
 

My jag has had a low speed clunk in the front end since I bought it. For the life of me I can't figure out what it is. I've replaced everything but the steering rack. Suspension noises annoy the crap out of me.

RevRico
RevRico GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/10/24 11:20 a.m.

Well that's a new one. Stalling out going in reverse? 

Yes, I'm getting rid of this excursion soon.

Toyman!
Toyman! GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/10/24 11:54 a.m.

I get it. You are selling a product relating to trucks. Your videos are going to have trucks in them. It's to be expected. They should have cool music. They should be eyecatching. 

Here's a hint though. You are selling a tonneau cover. However, your video mostly shows how fast your Raptor can do donuts in the sand interspersed with tiny little second-long flashes of an attractive girl and manly guy using your product. Out of the 1:13 video, you showed product-specific information for less than 10 seconds. The rest was just a Ford truck driving fast in the sand. By the end of the video I was wondering what you were actually trying to sell, the tonneau cover or the truck. You might consider making your product the focus of the video instead of the truck it's mounted on. I'm sure Ford appreciates the press but you're pushing the wrong product. 

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/10/24 12:50 p.m.
Dusterbd13-michael said:

Taco bell Breakfast: neither a good financial or culinary decision. 

How do they stay in business?

$5 for 75 cents (retail) worth of Mountain Dew

RacetruckRon
RacetruckRon GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/10/24 3:23 p.m.

I was really hoping my favorite dogE36 M3 supplier wouldn't E36 M3 the bed for the 6th Friday in a row.  I'm going out to the garden, I'll yell at their VP of Quality on Monday.

Toyman!
Toyman! GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/10/24 3:44 p.m.

2020: Quote to repair doors. Suggest replacement of the operators due to age and condition. No response. write it off as a lost bid and move on. 

2021: Receive request to replace existing swing doors and automatic operators with sliding automatic doors. Provide an estimate with a notation that the paint colors will not match due to fading differences between the exterior and interior of the storefront and age. Suggest changing the color to standard bronze or silver. No response. Again?

2023: Receive request to replace existing swing doors and automatic operators with automatic swing doors. The request requires paint matching. Provide an estimate with a notation that paint colors will not match due to fading differences between the exterior and interior of the storefront and age. I could possibly match the interior color or the exterior color but not both. The doors would also have to be custom painted and would be more expensive. No response. 3rd time is the charm?

2024: Receive quote request to replace existing swing doors and automatic operators with aluminum storefront swing doors with a clear aluminum finish. What? did you forget about the automatic function or do you plan on people opening the doors manually while they push shopping carts through them? The entire point of replacing the doors is because the automatic function is broken and borderline obsolete. How have we gone from solving the problem to spending money to not solving anything? Now things are becoming clear...

The odds are high, I'll quote this as requested, and it will get approved. Then there will be a Q&A as to why the doors don't open automatically. This is where I will point out the RFP, my estimate, and the shop drawings. Then it will go back to the RFP stage and maybe, just maybe, 4 years later the original problem will be solved. I just love working with the government. 

Pounds head on desk. berkeley this place, I'll deal with it Monday. 

 

Jerry
Jerry PowerDork
5/10/24 4:09 p.m.

FedEx Ground hasn't picked up at work all week. We called again today and Apu from customer service made up some E36 M3 and said we'd have a pickup today.

Their website now says we've had pickups every day at various times, today 30min ago while these are sitting here as far back as Wednesday.

Shadeux
Shadeux GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/10/24 4:46 p.m.

Why do clients foam at the mouth on Fridays? Nothing's going to happen until Monday at the earliest anyway. Sheesh.

My sister is expecting and will be replacing her forlorn 2011 Sonata with something a bit more family friendly. She has been texting me cars her and her husband are looking at. So far the list has included:

2020 Ford Edge ST

2020 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring Reserve

2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio

2021 Audi Q5 Quatro

They all have similar mileage and prices. She drove the Audi today and really liked it but they live in a small town in Kansas. Neither her or her husband are car people. They need reliability and serviceability. Which is the opposite of the Alfa and Audi lol.

Her husband, my BIL, is a great dude but makes horrible automotive decisions. To say I'm nervous is an understatement lol.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
5/11/24 8:28 p.m.

In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :

They'll buy the exact opposite of what you recommend. And you'll be blamed when it implodes.

In reply to Appleseed :

This will be EXACTLY what happens sad.

Their budget is $26k. I suggested a 2020 and up Ford Escape Hybrid. I found a 2020 Titanium AWD Hybrid with only 12k miles for under their budget. 

Her response?

It's too slow.

They live in Junction City, KS. She doesn't drive on the highway and if they travel anywhere, they take her husband's current generation F150. 

But I guess 8.7 seconds 0-60 is too slow for city driving in podunk KS ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/11/24 11:11 p.m.

My laptop battery hit zero while I was working on some emergency phone surgery tonight.

This means it lost all its UEFI/BIOS settings, including putting the keyboard lights into uber-annoying uber-l33t rainbow cycle mode. The only options to switch it back (to solid white) are through Windows or an experimental openrgb package I'd have to compile for Linux. I plug in my Windows gaming drive, wrong password. There's no way in hell I forgot it or set anything unusual, I even tried with the on-screen keyboard in case the layout was set wrong. Use chntpw, still can't log in, says wrong password when it should be blank. Probably some weird Windows profile corruption, just don't ask me how it happened when the drive it runs from had been sitting on a shelf since it was last used...

A few minor rants:

Rant 1: The ugly, 3 bladed ceiling fan in the master bedroom died. It was installed by the contractors that we bought the house from so it's less than 6 months old. The light works but the motor just clicks when using the remote. I was eventually going to replace the fan because I hate it. It's ugly and the built in LED light module isn't very bright.

We don't have the big orange home improvement store in town and I couldn't find a ceiling fan that I liked at the big blue home improvement store that is here. So I ordered a nice ceiling fan from the big orange store online. It was shipped via FedEx.

Rant 2: FedEx sucks a bowl of phalluses. The ceiling fan is being shipped from 430 miles away. It was supposed to be here Friday but it's been delayed twice. I berkeleying hate FedEx.

calteg
calteg SuperDork
5/12/24 9:21 a.m.

In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :

It helps to remember that, despite living in the information age, car buying is still 90% emotional. When folks come to you for "advice", they're looking for affirmation, not information. 

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
5/12/24 11:06 a.m.

There's a commercial running on TV these days for Kellog's Frosted Flakes.  In it, there's a terrified looking guy flying a fighter jet, when Tony the Tiger appears in the cockpit from behind his seat, and he hands the pilot a bowl of Frosted Flakes.  Over it all, they're playing the 'Everybody Knows Your Name' theme song from the TV show Cheers.

Why is the pilot so terrified?  How does Tony fit behind the pilot's seat?  How can the pilot fly the plane while he's holding a spoon and a bowl of cereal?  What does the music from Cheers have to do with anything?  Nothing about it makes any sense.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
5/12/24 1:23 p.m.

In reply to stuart in mn :

It did its job. Perfectly. Because you are remembering it. And talking about it.

Outpost.com, a long dead dotcom boom/bust site from 25 years ago lives on, rent free, in my head to this day because of the absurd hilarious commercials.

Antihero
Antihero GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
5/12/24 4:20 p.m.

Mothers day when your mom isn't around anymore sucks

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