OT - NO POLITICS Turn back the clocks edition

[NeelyDan]

electrical scares the shit outta me

plumbing too, to a degree, tho I'll mess around with that more

 

[shelbysdad]

electrical scares the shit outta me

plumbing too, to a degree, tho I'll mess around with that more

I was told once you only need to know 3 things to be a plumber

1) Payday is Thursday
2) shit flows downhill
3) never stick your fingers in your mouth

 

[Gee Wally]

Thanks again all. Ordered this one from Amazon. No matter where same price but as a gift Amazon allows return up to January 31st.

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[TD Charlie]

I’ll replace outlets, lights, fans, and switches. But I won’t ADD or move anything. Hell no.

 

[GordonHowe]

Parking wars have begun at the new house. The street is very narrow, worse than most one way roads in the city, yet it allows two way traffic. Our neighbors across the street suddenly have 3-5 box trucks/vans parking on the street. Some are faced the wrong way. Some block their own driveway (which is rarely used). Sometimes they will use the driveway and hang over the pedestrian sidewalk and into the road.

Why do I care? Someone is gonna get side swiped, soon. A bumper is gonna get torn off. Doors are gonna be pushed in. There just isn't room in the road to get in\out of the driveway. It becomes a huge hassle.

Then to the side of us, there's now a car butted RIIIIGHT up against the edge of our driveway. It makes it literally impossible to enter/exit the driveway to that side when the trucks and the car are in this configuration. Today I noticed there is a fire hydrant up ahead of this car, which might explain why he/she pulls back to the edge of our driveway.

I looked up city parking violations:
Wrong way parking. Check.
Blocking sidewalks. Check.
Within 5 feet of a driveway. Check, and check.
Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant. Borderline

Yay for city livin

Sounds like useful information to me.

What are you going to do with it?

 

[GordonHowe]

Personally I'd saw awful

It's the parts of the pig that are leftover.....lips, etc that are ground up to make a spam like thing...but terrible texture.

FIL loved it , was from Philly area...I think it's big down there and NJ

They sold it at Giant Eagle in Cleveland when I cashiered there.

Yerk.

I was told once you only need to know 3 things to be a plumber

1) Payday is Thursday
2) shit flows downhill
3) never stick your fingers in your mouth

Understand these things, and you will be a rich man. Or woman.

 

[TD Charlie]

Sounds like useful information to me.

What are you going to do with it?

I’m gonna play nice for now. I don’t wanna be the dick neighbor

 

[GordonHowe]

I’m gonna play nice for now. I don’t wanna be the dick neighbor

Suburban politics.

Lovely..

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Suburban politics.

Lovely..

There is nothing suburban of what they speak.

It is reason number 46 why I have never lived in a city.

 

[shelbysdad]

There is nothing suburban of what they speak.

It is reason number 46 why I have never lived in a city.

Or a place with a crazy HOA

FIL got letters for...
Snowman decoration in Jan. It was considered a Christmas decoration and needed to be removed.

Having a kayak within 15 ft of pond shoreline

Leaving mulch in his driveway when he went inside to get lunch.
Our land in Maine has a HOA that is $235 year, which covers the road maintenance, part is dirt, and plowing. We have rules such as no poultry , would pollute lake, no cars on blocks....

 

[chizzler]

Depends on what they want, manual, semi-auto, auto, or super-auto. We will skip manual, because those don't even have a pump.

Semi-auto you have to tamp the beans and pull the shot yourself. Gives the greatest control, but a lot more work.

Auto grinds, you tamp, but just push a button to pull the shot. Both semi and auto can come with a manual frothing wand for milk drinks, which takes a while to learn.

Super-auto does it all at the touch of a button, including models that foam and dispense milk.

For an auto machine, the Breville Barista Pro is my choice, or the DeLonghi La Specialista Prestigio (I own a DeLonghi super-auto, they are built like a tank). The work/learning curve with both is a medium. Tamping and frothing take a little time to learn and are a little more work in the morning (Which is why I changed to a super-auto). But some people like that ritual.

For a super-auto, you are on the lower side of the budget for most brands, but the Phillips 4400 is a well reviewed machine that does milk drinks for around $999. You can also get the next model up, the 5500 for less than $1K on sale (Williams-Sonoma has it at $899 right now). Also, the DeLonghi Magnifica Evo is right at $999. Of the two brands, you will get more options with the Phillips, and better quality from the Delonghi, IMHO.

None of them make regular coffee, and in my experience, combo machines either make bad espresso, or bad coffee. I agree with the other poster that for regular coffee, another machine is needed (or drink Americanos).

Nesspresso makes awesome machine if you don’t mind using pods. Best frothy expresso also with many different types of blends. I looked for a long time 12 or so years ago. Willing to spend $1K. I’m telling you, my little machine will put the big ones to shame. Plus… it has a nice milk froth maker for $270 at the time.

 

[TD Charlie]

Nesspresso makes awesome machine if you don’t mind using pods. Best frothy expresso also with many different types of blends. I looked for a long time 12 or so years ago. Willing to spend $1K. I’m telling you, my little machine will put the big ones to shame. Plus… it has a nice milk froth maker for $270 at the time.

When I worked for Wayfair, pre-Wayfair rebranding, nespresso came in for a full product line demo. I don’t drink the stuff, but was super impressed with their presentation.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Or a place with a crazy HOA

FIL got letters for...
Snowman decoration in Jan. It was considered a Christmas decoration and needed to be removed.

Having a kayak within 15 ft of pond shoreline

Leaving mulch in his driveway when he went inside to get lunch.
Our land in Maine has a HOA that is $235 year, which covers the road maintenance, part is dirt, and plowing. We have rules such as no poultry , would pollute lake, no cars on blocks....

Never lived in one of those either. Just as bad

 

[DarrenBanks56]

wtf. the bottom one is just messed up.
How would anyone get that other than elimination which i did.

 

[TD Charlie]

wtf. the bottom one is just messed up.
How would anyone get that other than elimination which i did.
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That is beyond obscure. They’re just making shit up now

 

[caz16]

They are blocking and banning people on Bluesky, it is such a good feeling. I don't even understand how Twitter could take away the blocking feature but then again, Musk is a billionaire who thinks he is above the law.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

wtf. the bottom one is just messed up.
How would anyone get that other than elimination which i did.
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Same. It was just the last group left. I never would have got that!

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Same. It was just the last group left. I never would have got that!

What is that? I am not familiar with it.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

What is that? I am not familiar with it.

It's a game called Connections. You have to create groups of four words that are thematically linked.

 

[shelbysdad]

28 degrees outside
61 in house

14 days to go !!!!

Until wife says we can turn on the heat