DecemberChat: We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?

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cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

the spyder posted:

If you don't watch bigclive, you should.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYQqCw_Bk-0

Skip to the end if you want a big suprize. Nearly spit my drink out.

I just watched this last night, what did I miss?

E: I remember now.

cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 10:25 on Dec 19, 2017

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cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Tomarse posted:

Everybody please stop giving James Dyson money. Hes a twat.

I agree he absolutely is a despicable gimp but I'm not going to buy an inferior product to make a point. I'd much prefer to give my money to someone like Henry Hoovers but they don't make a cordless.

# ? Dec 19, 2017 07:21

kimbo305: Jun 9, 2007; actually, yeah, I am a little mad

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Does she still have pain or just limited movement? I can deal with the flexibility issue, it's just the non stop pain that's wearing me down. Supposedly it goes through phases and the pain stops eventually but idk, it's probably different for everyone.

Her pain went away after maybe 4 months? She was attentive about PT, but I never got the impression that it was very intensive.
Having your recovery be completely individual to you is so unnerving -- there's never anything other than broad statements about "usually" or "generally."

# ? Dec 19, 2017 07:58

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

Tide posted:

We've had our Dyson for going on 10 years now and have spent a total of 35 bucks on repairs. Works as well as the day we bought it.

I think I've spent $20 on repairs on my Eureka upright bagless (not counting consumables - filters and belts). That $20ish (a bit less) was spent on a new beater (seized up last year).

Oh yeah, I found it in a dumpster... 10 years ago. :v:

Had a clogged filter, and someone's dog had chewed through the cord. Couple of wire nuts, electrical tape, and a new filter later, and I have something OSHA wouldn't like, but it works and isn't going to shock anyone.

Not gonna say it holds a candle to a Dyson, but for lovely apartment carpet and $free, I'm not complaining. I manage to fill the canister every time I vacuum (cat hair and cat litter getting tracked out of the box :argh:

), and I vacuum every week...

DICK DICER posted:

Drop a couple cherry bombs and black cats in there too, really livens up the tank

I have a massive roll of black cats (I think 5000?) that I'm too chickenshit to set off around here (since fireworks are illegal to set off within about 50 miles, and I have a cop living in my building). Plus some ~3 year old roman candles.

Friend has some property out in the sticks of the sticks, probably go "dispose" of this stuff out there on NYE. :v:

Unfortunately her kids are a bit too young to participate in roman candle fights, but maybe her husband might be into it. :wmwink:

Darchangel posted:

So, Star Wars was good. Lots of twists and turns. I never really knew what was going to happen, in a good way. Finally some nice technique with Force+lightsaber. Definitely enjoyed it.

They've actually not failed me before this. For one thing, we have two major Amazon locations in the area (Dallas/Fort Worth.)

Saw it tonight. Not what I expected, but it was a great movie. I didn't see the last movie, so I'm sure there's a lot of plot that I missed, but a friend is in town and wanted to go see it.

And uh, Amazon has a lot more than 2 locations in DFW. If you only count locations that do delivery, there's 4, or 5, depending how you look at it. Two for Prime Now, three for "logistics" (the typical 2 day stuff that winds up getting the last mile via AMZL). The Ft Worth Prime Now warehouse is in the same building as the Ft Worth logistics warehouse, but they're separate operations at opposite ends of the warehouse. Where you're at, you're likely getting deliveries from the Farmers Branch or Ft Worth logistics warehouse, when you get AMZL deliveries.

There's other warehouses that do other stuff; I know of two in Irving that don't do their own delivery (one is dedicated to Amazon Fresh, and ships everything 2 or 3 times a day via 18 wheeler to the two Prime Now warehouses, the other used to handle Dallas Prime Now, but solely works as pick/pack/load into 18 wheelers now), there's another in Haslet, I think yet another in south Dallas County somewhere, and I think another one is about to open in Coppell. If you look on the shipping label on AMZL packages, it'll show DDA1, 2, or 3, which identifies the warehouse that handled the last mile delivery.

angryrobots posted:

But where could we find a source of reliable, consistent methane production

I hear Amtrak has the market cornered for the ne....

DICK DICER posted:

DAMNIT

the spyder posted:

Skip to the end if you want a big suprize. Nearly spit my drink out.

DOUBLE DAMNIT. Beer burns so bad exiting via the nose :smith:

randomidiot fucked around with this message at 10:11 on Dec 19, 2017

# ? Dec 19, 2017 10:08

Elmnt80: Dec 30, 2012

A word of advice, if you unstrand those black cats to light them off individually, retwist the fuse so it burns just a hair slower. Doing so has saved me a fair few burned fingers over the years.

If not, at least pull the red wrapping off, it definitely helps ease cleanup afterwards. :v:

# ? Dec 19, 2017 10:58

Fermented Tinal: Aug 25, 2005; by Pragmatica

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

I didn't see the last movie, so I'm sure there's a lot of plot that I missed

Rogue One is a one-off prequel. As for Force Awakens, just think A New Hope but with the new cast because that's essentially what it is.

# ? Dec 19, 2017 11:45

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

Corys will definitely be in there. Always liked the little buggers, plus they keep it a lot cleaner.

They were always my favourite fish of the tropicals in my dad's tank. They got rid of the tank maybe 3 years ago or more but rather than just outright murder the fish the tank was placed into the dark garage and basically left to rot (I'm not sure that's a better death really!). I'd been into the garage on and off over the past couple of years and there were always a few fish still left, recently dad decided he was going to clear the garage which was one hell of a task. He said that despite everything, being in the dark, no food, algae absolutely everywhere he found a single Cory happily swimming about the bottom of the tank feeding as if it knew no better...

I'd never actually seen any Corys in there since it was moved from the house, just other boring fish. I'm kinda bummed about the whole thing, I would've gotten a little tank purely for that hero fish and fed him stuff until he passed on. They were always the fish I liked the most, just happily digging about on the bottom feeding on scraps, swimming about chasing each other. :3:

We had some upside down ones too, those were cool as they spent 99% of their time upside down wedged under leaves and only ever flipped right side up to feed.

That's my story, thanks for listening.

cakesmith handyman posted:

I agree he absolutely is a despicable gimp but I'm not going to buy an inferior product to make a point. I'd much prefer to give my money to someone like Henry Hoovers but they don't make a cordless.

Inferior? You've had to repair a loving Dyson! I've killed 6 over the years, they're the shittiest vacuum cleaners compared to their cost.

Anyway, enough of that, just wanted to let you know your dream has come true and you should throw the Dyson away ASAP because Numatic have you covered now.

https://www.numatic.co.uk/product-view.aspx?id=456&r=4&sr=1

Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Dec 19, 2017

# ? Dec 19, 2017 14:18

Tide: Mar 27, 2010; by FactsAreUseless

Rhyno posted:

You guys wanna see something hilarious?

A friend of mine was invited to a Chinese themed birthday party. And someone thought it was a good idea to post these pictures visible to the public.

the horror of it all.

# ? Dec 19, 2017 14:51

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Inferior? You've had to repair a loving Dyson! I've killed 6 over the years, they're the shittiest vacuum cleaners compared to their cost.

Anyway, enough of that, just wanted to let you know your dream has come true and you should throw the Dyson away ASAP because Numatic have you covered now.

https://www.numatic.co.uk/product-view.aspx?id=456&r=4&sr=1

# ? Dec 19, 2017 14:52

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Inferior? You've had to repair a loving Dyson! I've killed 6 over the years, they're the shittiest vacuum cleaners compared to their cost.

Anyway, enough of that, just wanted to let you know your dream has come true and you should throw the Dyson away ASAP because Numatic have you covered now.

https://www.numatic.co.uk/product-view.aspx?id=456&r=4&sr=1

That's awesome, but no I've never had to repair the Dyson. First one still going stronk after 10-11 years, relegated to garage duty. Cordless used daily means less pet hair everywhere, family with allergies find it more comfortable to visit.

# ? Dec 19, 2017 14:59

Wrar: Sep 9, 2002; Soiled Meat

CommieGIR posted:

This kills me every time.

# ? Dec 19, 2017 15:04

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

Wrar posted:

This kills me every time.

It's so great.

# ? Dec 19, 2017 16:07

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

It's so great.

It's the fall at the end that does it for me.

# ? Dec 19, 2017 16:30

Goober Peas: Jun 30, 2007; Check out my 'Vette, bro

CommieGIR posted:

Oh Henry

# ? Dec 19, 2017 16:52

Tide: Mar 27, 2010; by FactsAreUseless

I want some really spicy chili for dinner. And it's not even cold here. The low is going to be 65 with a high of 70

Yup, it feels like 6 days before Christmas...

# ? Dec 19, 2017 16:55

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

ilkhan posted:

Nope. They gave me a fat severance and a glowing letter of recommendation. No complaints on them.

Oh, yeah, they knew they were being chickenshits firing you, and wanted to make sure you wouldn't complain.
Eh, good enough. Just the client's ficus, then.

Goober Peas posted:

Who assigns projects like that the week before Christmas? Sheesh.

The same fucks who assign reading over holiday breaks, or even summer. Geeze, let the kids be kids. They'll be downtrodden adults soon enough.

MrChips posted:

Two days left to get your answers in for the Sheep Game!

We currently sit at 47 players, which is 13 short of my stated goal of 60 players. We can do it, AI!

In!

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

And uh, Amazon has a lot more than 2 locations in DFW. If you only count locations that do delivery, there's 4, or 5, depending how you look at it. Two for Prime Now, three for "logistics" (the typical 2 day stuff that winds up getting the last mile via AMZL). The Ft Worth Prime Now warehouse is in the same building as the Ft Worth logistics warehouse, but they're separate operations at opposite ends of the warehouse. Where you're at, you're likely getting deliveries from the Farmers Branch or Ft Worth logistics warehouse, when you get AMZL deliveries.

There's other warehouses that do other stuff; I know of two in Irving that don't do their own delivery (one is dedicated to Amazon Fresh, and ships everything 2 or 3 times a day via 18 wheeler to the two Prime Now warehouses, the other used to handle Dallas Prime Now, but solely works as pick/pack/load into 18 wheelers now), there's another in Haslet, I think yet another in south Dallas County somewhere, and I think another one is about to open in Coppell. If you look on the shipping label on AMZL packages, it'll show DDA1, 2, or 3, which identifies the warehouse that handled the last mile delivery.

Wow. I was thinking the one out on the George Bush, and Fort Worth.

# ? Dec 19, 2017 17:01

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!