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I got this because I hate regular flossing and I was about out of floss so yeah... neat!
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Jan 14, 2015 05:10
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Has anyone bought a standalone food processor recently? People online have been saying that the prime was the late eighties when they were heavy and sturdy enough to kill a bear.
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Jan 14, 2015 07:16
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  Because Ultimate Tetris by Ubisoft is poo poo and this is a great version of Tetris (and Puyo Puyo) unavailable for us not living in glorious Nippon.
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Jan 14, 2015 07:52
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LTBS posted:I got this because I hate regular flossing and I was about out of floss so yeah... neat! Make sure you fill it with WARM water if your teeth are sensitive. Oh yeah, and be prepared for water EVERYWHERE 
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Jan 14, 2015 10:07
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Bottom Liner posted:This is the most meta thread. It's also the best thread. Does this - or any software like this - work well for freelancers with unpredictable/wildly fluctuating pay? I can easily earn 10 times in one month what I did in the previous (and not in a good way) and it's hard to plot a budget beyond hoarde all the money and brace for the big things. Annually, the pay often evens out to the same but definitely not month by month. I'd like to start using budget software but I'm loathed to learn it and then find out it doesn't really help people like me. echoplex has a new favorite as of 10:22 on Jan 14, 2015 |
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Jan 14, 2015 10:17
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I got this It was 30 dollars off the original price too, which was great.
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Jan 14, 2015 10:30
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Inzombiac posted:Has anyone bought a standalone food processor recently? Yes, if you make your own pasta or pestos from scratch it's a massive labour saver. And it does things a hand blender certainly can't.
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Jan 14, 2015 10:40
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Spamtheman posted:Yes, if you make your own pasta or pestos from scratch it's a massive labour saver. And it does things a hand blender certainly can't. I would rather buy a good blender (not hand) and a good mandoline than a heavy food processor using too much shelf space with all the accesories, but it's just personal preference.
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Jan 14, 2015 12:04
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echoplex posted:Does this - or any software like this - work well for freelancers with unpredictable/wildly fluctuating pay? I can easily earn 10 times in one month what I did in the previous (and not in a good way) and it's hard to plot a budget beyond hoarde all the money and brace for the big things. Annually, the pay often evens out to the same but definitely not month by month. I'd like to start using budget software but I'm loathed to learn it and then find out it doesn't really help people like me. Yes, easiest way is once you switch your habits of spending the money you think you might get this month to spending the money you set aside for this month beforehand - meaning you decouple your monthly spending from your direct income, by spending the money from last months income or a buffer amount of money each month. Takes a bit getting used to, especially if you were living paycheck to paycheck. You can of course still use it if you want to continue budgeting the current income for this period inside this period, you just need to accept that you have to update/revise your budget far more often. The way you use YNAB is usually budgeting the stuff you need to pay every month (week, bi-weekly etc). Then you add the stuff you want to buy this month. Then you try to match it up with the income you get this month. Which means of course, if you income fluctuates that you have to adjust this portion from time to time. Everything you don't spend will be available for your next budget - and ideally you accumulate such a big buffer that you don't really have to care how big your income this month is, since you budget/spend your buffer and use the income to replenish this buffer/put the rest into a savings account/stocks/whatever.
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Jan 14, 2015 12:42
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Decius posted:Yes, easiest way is once you switch your habits of spending the money you think you might get this month to spending the money you set aside for this month beforehand - meaning you decouple your monthly spending from your direct income, by spending the money from last months income or a buffer amount of money each month. Takes a bit getting used to, especially if you were living paycheck to paycheck. Those big income months would be a fantastic time to fund the various categories of discretionary spending (restaurants, vacations, home improvements, etc) so that you level out your income throughout the year. YNAB is fantastic at doing this and it'll feel like you have a consistent income because of it. There are so many times that I feel poor as I end a month but then look at the balances of my discretionary categories and see so many dollars allocated to things that feel like they're already paid for. I have nearly a thousand in my car maintenance and repair budget (I have an older car, so pad that quite a bit) and if I need a new clutch or something it is a 0 stress event, even the car rental can come out of that so I don't have to worry about that if it's going to take some time. Now apply this to every aspect of your life and you will be at peace.
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LTBS posted:I got this because I hate regular flossing and I was about out of floss so yeah... neat! I say this every time when someone posts one of these, but they're not really a substitute for manual flossing. They just can't clean between the tight areas of the inner sides of the teeth like actual flossing can. That being said, they are a fantastic tool and should be used as a supplement, especially if you've ever had any gum irritation. I own one and love it.
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Thanks guys, I will give it a try. And on that note:  Replacement clutch for my BMW  Replacement hoover (Henrys are awesome but oof)  Replacement hard drive for my MBP - it's had bad sectors and needed a repair for 4 years (!) I just never bothered as it's only ever the computer I use on set or for bedtime browsing. I thought an SSD would be a nice upgrade and then...  Replacement for the HDD in my iMac that failed after 5 years. Changing the MBP drive is easy but an iMac required taking it to Apple, mercifully the labour was only £30. Happy Christmas, me. I offset it with:  More DMC stuff for the collection  Quiet on-set shoes echoplex has a new favorite as of 16:58 on Jan 14, 2015 |
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Jan 14, 2015 16:50
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echoplex posted:Does this - or any software like this - work well for freelancers with unpredictable/wildly fluctuating pay? I can easily earn 10 times in one month what I did in the previous (and not in a good way) and it's hard to plot a budget beyond hoarde all the money and brace for the big things. Annually, the pay often evens out to the same but definitely not month by month. I'd like to start using budget software but I'm loathed to learn it and then find out it doesn't really help people like me. It works great for irregular income. That's how my income works as well and another reason why I love YNAB.
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Bottom Liner posted:It works great for irregular income. That's how my income works as well and another reason why I love YNAB. Nthing this. YNAB works because you budget the money in your account only, so you're changing it based on what you're putting in.
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Jan 14, 2015 17:23
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RangerScum posted:I got one back in 2011 and was very interested to hear why it was a lovely bag because it has worked out amazing so far...but I'm glad to see that's not the case. No marks on mine at all when I received it fwiw. It does look very nice, but the price is higher than I'd personally pay for a bag. That's partly because those type of bags don't look good on me and partly because I know that something would be not quite perfect and annoy me constantly (eg the pocket for my phone is 5mm too shallow, or one of the straps is 10mm too short) Anyone ever had a bag custom made to fit all their stuff?
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Jan 14, 2015 21:33
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A+++ buy. It wears you down a little at how insane and horrible people could be, but it's a good book.
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Amon Düül II - Wolf City came in the mail today!    
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Yeah, that's one of my favourite books ever, but god drat is it horrific.
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rockcity posted:I say this every time when someone posts one of these, but they're not really a substitute for manual flossing. They just can't clean between the tight areas of the inner sides of the teeth like actual flossing can. That being said, they are a fantastic tool and should be used as a supplement, especially if you've ever had any gum irritation. I own one and love it. I noticed that when I used it this morning. I'll still manually floss, but this thing is neat. Thankfully a friend has one and told me to make sure I didn't keep my mouth open when using it, so I avoided most of the water everywhere.
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neongrey posted:Yeah, that's one of my favourite books ever, but god drat is it horrific. Considering my dad was actually born in the Belgian Congo, I suppose I should read it. But I know how much of an absolute loving BASTARD Leopold was already and it'll just make me hate the cocksucker even more.
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I use my Waterpik for irrigating/cleaning out my ears every couple weeks, which saves me from having to make regular trips to the ENT like I used to when I was younger. Although mine just broke recently, so I ordered a new Aquarius one on Amazon the other day. It should be here tomorrow. Looks to be a more compact version of what I had. It's apparently the #1 Best Saller for oral irrigators or something and has tons of good reviews, so that's cool.
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MA-Horus posted:Considering my dad was actually born in the Belgian Congo, I suppose I should read it. I am not big on hate, but if anyone who ever lived deserves more hate, it is that motherfucker.
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neongrey posted:I am not big on hate, but if anyone who ever lived deserves more hate, it is that motherfucker. The sad thing is, the major reason why it is remarkable is the size of it all. 10 million people killed. Because the attitude itself was absolutely in line with all other powers at the time. Few outside of Germany or Africa talk or even know about the genocide the German Kaiserreich did at the same time in Deutsch-Südwestafrika (today's Namibia), because they "only" killed about 80,000 Herero and Nama, which pales in comparison, despite the evil and horror of it.
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:I would rather buy a good blender (not hand) and a good mandoline than a heavy food processor using too much shelf space with all the accesories, but it's just personal preference. When you say food processor do you picture this:  Or this?  The first I'd call a food processor and the second I'd call a stand mixer, a blender is almost always handheld. I've got one similar to the first one and it takes up at most 20 x 20cm. I rarely use it for fine cutting, I'd rather use a decent knife. Also ended up buying another case of sparkling wine, going through it at a rapid rate. 
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I use my Waterpik for irrigating/cleaning out my ears every couple weeks, which saves me from having to make regular trips to the ENT like I used to when I was younger. Although mine just broke recently, so I ordered a new Aquarius one on Amazon the other day. It should be here tomorrow. Looks to be a more compact version of what I had. It's apparently the #1 Best Saller for oral irrigators or something and has tons of good reviews, so that's cool. Has this ever caused you any problems?, how far in does the water go? My ears have been feeling kind of stuffy recently and I've been thinking I should make an appointment to get them syringed, but it would be so much easier to be able to do it regularly at home. A few years ago I had them syringed un-professionally and it caused me all kinds of problems so I'm kind of apprehensive to do anything like this.
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Spamtheman posted:When you say food processor do you picture this: I call the first a food processor too and this a not handhled blender  There is sometimes but not always a blender accessory coming with the food processor. My point is that I almost never use the food processor for slicing or chopping neither (better with mandoline or knife), and if I want to do pesto or crush ice or make smoothies I use the blender. Basically my food processor is gathering dust. And it's taking much more than 20x20cm because of all the accesories I almost never use. Long story short, I prefer a good blender and a good slicing mandoline than all this stuff. SpaceGoatFarts has a new favorite as of 13:38 on Jan 15, 2015 |
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Tea Bone posted:Has this ever caused you any problems?, how far in does the water go? My ears have been feeling kind of stuffy recently and I've been thinking I should make an appointment to get them syringed, but it would be so much easier to be able to do it regularly at home. A few years ago I had them syringed un-professionally and it caused me all kinds of problems so I'm kind of apprehensive to do anything like this. You just have to make sure the pressure is on a low setting because you don't want it to hurt you, and if it's on low, it really doesn't.
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Decius posted:The sad thing is, the major reason why it is remarkable is the size of it all. 10 million people killed. Because the attitude itself was absolutely in line with all other powers at the time. Few outside of Germany or Africa talk or even know about the genocide the German Kaiserreich did at the same time in Deutsch-Südwestafrika (today's Namibia), because they "only" killed about 80,000 Herero and Nama, which pales in comparison, despite the evil and horror of it. Geez. Yeah, I had no idea tbh. Do you know any good English-language books (preferably with Kindle versions)? I'd like to know more about it. Because apparently sometimes I just have too much faith in humanity and need to crush it in myself.
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Tea Bone posted:Has this ever caused you any problems?, how far in does the water go? My ears have been feeling kind of stuffy recently and I've been thinking I should make an appointment to get them syringed, but it would be so much easier to be able to do it regularly at home. A few years ago I had them syringed un-professionally and it caused me all kinds of problems so I'm kind of apprehensive to do anything like this. A few drops of hydrogen peroxide in each ear will help break up the wax. That was the recommended solution to my ear issues from my ent and it seems to work well.
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Rebate on my PAYE income got me a little bonus for working through the winter. Because I'm tired of slamming the back on my hand into things while carrying poo poo, and having whatever I'm lugging up stairs take the skin from my palm through two pairs of work gloves. (Actually taking the day off because I slammed a tendon into a door frame yesterday and my grip sucks today.) And  Because steel caps are freezing the poo poo out of my toes right now. I fully expect both to last about a month.
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LTBS posted:I got this because I hate regular flossing and I was about out of floss so yeah... neat! I hate flossing, do these things actually work?
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Jan 15, 2015 18:40
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jadeddrifter posted:I hate flossing, do these things actually work? It's been mentioned before, but they are NOT a substitute for flossing. Floss your drat teeth, you gross goony goons, and rinse with a flouride mouthwash.
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I use it as a substitute for flossing and also brushing because I really like the brush head. My dental hygienist seems OK with it, though. At least she hasn't complained any more than she normally does and I haven't had a cavity in a decade.
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DrBouvenstein posted:It's been mentioned before, but they are NOT a substitute for Ftfy. Goddamn
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I picked up a PS Vita. Hadn't owned a portable since my PSP several years ago. I like it. The remote play thing is kinda neat, tho somewhat limited by the fact that there are no R2/L2 triggers on the Vita. The Vita specific games I have gotten for it have all be really fun, and I got Lumines!! Mmmmm Lumines!
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Cacafuego posted:Ftfy. Goddamn
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Cage posted:Who qtips their ears every day? Do you still have gunk in your ears after you shower? Me. I like the way it feels, and also I sleep with earplugs because my downstairs neighbor snores like a failing jet engine.
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Cage posted:Who qtips their ears every day? Do you still have gunk in your ears after you shower? Pretty much and they still need irrigating once a month. If you're curious: http://i.imgur.com/53CbkeU.jpg
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