In reply to NY Nick :
Carry-on is a pain.
Wallet, keys and passport are carry-on. Wear slip-on shoes and a belt that comes off easy.
If my luggage is lost I have a credit card in my wallet. You'll find that their travel insurance can be quite good and they have better lawyers than the airline.
In reply to NickD :
I think one and three look similar, but the other two are easily distinguishable. The grill, it's 1000% better than any Toyota product. Not great, not particularly offensive.
But it's funny you posted this at about the same time I drove past the Mazda dealer in town thinking, wow they finally have a lot full of vehicles, yet they have nothing. They had a lot full of what looked to me to be one model of a generic looking SUV, and nothing else.
I wonder if this will be considered the modern malaise era?
A good reason to do things as early as possible in the morning that you might not have thought of is that it gives you less time to receive bad news that makes it hard to hide your depression and saps your willpower to do anything.
Pulled into the shop because my tire light was on. There are three houses being built on my street, so I wanted to check for nails too.
So they balanced the tires, and shipped it.
Light is still on. Two tires are 5lbs low. I guess if you want something done right....
Currently sitting in the doc-in-a-box. The FNP listened to my lungs for a long time and she thinks my pneumonia is coming back. They are ordering a chest X-ray.
I don't wanna be on this ride anymore. Can I get off please 😞
The apartment that I have lived in for 2 years (and been a model tenant, if I say so myself) will lease it to a brand new tenant for almost $500 less than they will let me renew my lease for. Apparently a corporate policy to be complete scumbags to current tenants.
In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
Yep, confirmed pneumonia. Now I get to pay for a bunch of prescriptions and a nebulizer.
It's funny how once you turn 40, your body just kinda goes "BERK YOU"
NickD said:"Welcome to Buick, where our entire lineup is just four crossovers. They all look identical, but good news, they're absolutely identically hideous, except for the Envista, which has that coupe roof line to make it exceptionally heinous, and they all have names that are near identical."
Seriously, I'm not gaslighting you, those are four images of four separate models. Encore, Enclave, Envision, and Envista. That grimacing visage about matches my expression when the first of these gruesome foursome rolled off the transporter and into the dealership. This is what the Buick name has been reduced to. We really are living in the worst time line.
Look at the 1977 Buick Regal and Century. Identical except for a marginally different fascia.
They did it again in the late 90s ish, where they were (as far as I can tell) identical except for badging.
eastsideTim said:Toyman! said:In reply to NickD :
They aren't building them for you or anyone else who lives in the US.
80% of their market is Chinese. Anything sold here is just icing.
Part of their cachet in China is that they are an "America luxury brand". If they stop selling them here, the sales there would likely drop.
The rest is because some historical monarch preferred Buicks for his royal transportation, so Buick is a special name there.
Same for Rolls Royce and Daimler in England. Not Daimler-Benz, the English manufacturer Daimler.
R-R at least has the advantage that England still has its monarchy. I can't explain China.
So far today's death toll is 1 truck radiator, a water heater, a skylight, fiberglass resin roller, duster detail job and possibly passenger seat, and a fender on my tow dolly.
I'm afraid to touch my dick.
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Anti-seize?
stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) said:In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
Yep, confirmed pneumonia. Now I get to pay for a bunch of prescriptions and a nebulizer.
It's funny how once you turn 40, your body just kinda goes "BERK YOU"
I've had to use a nebulizer here for a bit too, right after 40 too.
Amazon has some cheap battery powered ones that work well as long as you clean them every time
A Rage Against the Machine reference went completely over the heads of people when commenting on a book banning video on YouTubes. The replies I got were from people who I likely agree with on the idea of book banning, but, Iguess I shouldn't be surprised by ignorant responses, its YouTubes after all.
If I'm eating lunch, I'm not going to answer the phone. I'm going to take my 15 minutes to choke down my lunch in relative peace and quiet. Leave me a message and I will happily call you back as soon as I'm done.
Calling me multiple times back to back does not encourage me to answer the phone, it just encourages me to turn off the ringer. Six calls in a row without leaving a message means there is a good chance I don't want to work with you because you rather obviously have some personality issues. There is a chance I will ignore your calls until you do leave a message.
The good thing about not leaving a message is now I don't have to call you back.
Appleseed said:A Rage Against the Machine reference went completely over the heads of people when commenting on a book banning video on YouTubes. The replies I got were from people who I likely agree with on the idea of book banning, but, Iguess I shouldn't be surprised by ignorant responses, its YouTubes after all.
The only possibly relevant quote I can think of is actually from 1984. (He who controls the past controls the future...)
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
They don't gotta band the books
...they just remove em.
In reply to Toyman! :
I have that rule - don't leave a message? I ain't calling you back.
Exception; wife and my inside sales person, Sandy. If I see caller ID and it's one of these two I'll call back.
Ten voicemails a week from my inside sales person; hey, it's Sandy from the office, I have a question, please call me back.
Antihero said:stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) said:In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
Yep, confirmed pneumonia. Now I get to pay for a bunch of prescriptions and a nebulizer.
It's funny how once you turn 40, your body just kinda goes "BERK YOU"
I've had to use a nebulizer here for a bit too, right after 40 too.
Amazon has some cheap battery powered ones that work well as long as you clean them every time
Luckily (or unluckily really), my deductible had already been met from the August kidney stone and bout #1 of pneumonia so I paid $0 for the nebulizer. The nebulizer is a decent home-use unit that plugs into the wall. I've already used it for the first time today with the Albuterol. It seemed to help.
I guess the antibiotics are starting to work as I'm starting to hack up lung butter. My abs are so damn sore from hacking every 30 seconds. It's a hell of an ab workout.
And now the central A/C in the house is not blowing cool air. The outdoor unit is running but the compressor is not cycling.
berkeleying wonderful
Win 11.
Gone are the days you can just hook your phone up to your computer and they automatically "see" each other.
Now you have to add an app for that. And turn the app on when you want to use it. What the heck.
You do realize that some of us are in awe of your ignorance.
More than likely not. (Not related to this tread. Another one).
Gout pain intensifying, guess I'll go to the ER today instead of everything else I planned on doing
Earlier in the week, my daughter's school mentioned in either the weekly newsletter or in a specific email that they would be testing their emergency notification system. Yesterday, they sent out an emergency alert that said there was an internal threat and the school was under lockdown. About 10 minutes later, they sent out a second notification indicating that this was a test.
Now, I happened to be at the school at that moment and I also remembered that they were talking about doing this test, so no big deal for me. Apparently, however, several parents did freak out a little bit. Perhaps when you're going to send a test message you should indicate that it is a test in the message. Or maybe send out the "hey we're just testing things, there's no threat at the school" ten minutes before the test instead of 10 minutes after.
Noddaz said:Win 11.
Gone are the days you can just hook your phone up to your computer and they automatically "see" each other.
Now you have to add an app for that. And turn the app on when you want to use it. What the heck.
I don't have this problem with my phone and Win11 at all. I do hit a button on my phone to allow the connection as a storage device, though.
My rant: When you're copying and pasting things and somehow put one fancy quote mark in your code instead of the regular quote marks and you have to spend a while debugging things.
Facebook Marketplace. So sometimes when you list in groups the location is kinda hidden from view.
When I'm a buyer looking at stuff if I can't find it, I use my berkeleying brain look for license plates or view the persons profile for location or clues.
Trying to sell wheels. Guy interested and asks, "Where are you near?" I look at his profile. Lives in LA.
And about a month ago when I had a part out listing open had great messages with one person. Had a pile of parts for him. Day setup for him to come too. Finally he's about to leave and asks for full address. "Oh I thought you were in Bridgewater NJ, too far for me."
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