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kaffo posted:I haven't bought a suitcase.... Ever and the one I inherited from my parents is about to bust at the seams I have a couple hundred thousand miles on my TravelPro carrymax rollaboard. If you can't fit enough clothes in there for two weeks you need to up your traveling skills. Dividers, etc are nothing but wastes of space. Carry a laundry bag and nothing else besides your clothes. "Smart Bags" with batteries in them are stupid and immediately cause problems when you get to the gate intending to carry on and they are out of space and need to gate check (because LiOn batteries can't go in the cargo area). This poo poo isn't hard, but people who don't travel for a living make it hard because they get sucked in on either being too cheap or too complicated with what they think they need. There is plenty of advertising to convince you that you need these things that you absolutely do not. tuyop posted:Whatever you buy, just make sure it’s way under $100. It’ll just get destroyed in a few years regardless of what you spend. Interesting conclusion to draw from "cheap poo poo is cheap and gets destroyed." Sounds like you've never had a decent bag and probably don't travel much. Note: this message posted from Estonia, after a week in Sweeden, all with nothing more than my rollaboard + a backpack. I'm doing just fine on clothes and will continue to do so until my return later this week.
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I’ve traveled a little bit, just usually for hiking trips so I just carryon a 25l pack with all my hiking stuff and buy food at the destination. Otherwise when I use a suitcase it’s domestic flights once or twice a year and they’ve consumed two suitcases so far, each was around $50 iirc. A fancy suitcase would take many years to pay for itself at that rate.
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Motronic posted:Interesting conclusion to draw from "cheap poo poo is cheap and gets destroyed." Sounds like you've never had a decent bag and probably don't travel much. Maybe they treat suitcases like that gorilla in the old Samsonite commercials.
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Jun 18, 2018 14:55
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Hipster_Doofus posted:Maybe they treat suitcases like that gorilla in the old Samsonite commercials. The guy who made that commercial has to be simultaneously so proud that it's still remembered almost half a century later, and utterly mortified that everyone mis-remembers what brand it was advertising. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C-e96m4730
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Jun 18, 2018 17:25
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drat that Mandela anyway.
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Jun 18, 2018 20:10
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If an owner of the company doesn't pay that person on time does it a day late, then does it only in cash, and then says he's going to need some of that back later when he figures out the taxes. Can you still get unemployment if you quit? What if that same order, has made it clear at an unspecified time, that he will be expecting the "taxes" back, and that he still has to calculate them? Then if a personal friend / employee of the company owner says you stole 80$ out of the till, but have no proof? In this weirdly specific hypothetical, in California, Sacramento Area, can I just quit.
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Jun 18, 2018 21:21
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I just chased a mouse into my guest bedroom. It is probably temporarily stuck there or in the attached closet by some metal filing cabinets I moved to block the door out. What should I do?
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Jun 18, 2018 21:28
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LLSix posted:I just chased a mouse into my guest bedroom. It is probably temporarily stuck there or in the attached closet by some metal filing cabinets I moved to block the door out. What should I do? um, pick it up and throw it outside. Then call an exterminator immediately, because if they're in the walls ones gonna die in the walls, and that's not fun.
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Jun 18, 2018 21:38
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Turtlicious posted:If an owner of the company doesn't pay that person on time does it a day late, then does it only in cash, and then says he's going to need some of that back later when he figures out the taxes. Can you still get unemployment if you quit? This suggests "maybe" in California. More detail. This is a restaurant, iirc? My guess is he isn't paying employee taxes at all, and "means to" catch up but never will. So common in the restaurant and bar industry. AlbieQuirky fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Jun 18, 2018 |
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Jun 18, 2018 23:02
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It's a phone repair place now, but yeah.
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Jun 18, 2018 23:20
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Turtlicious posted:It's a phone repair place now, but yeah.  Yeah, he's not paying your taxes.
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Motronic posted:I have a couple hundred thousand miles on my TravelPro carrymax rollaboard. If you can't fit enough clothes in there for two weeks you need to up your traveling skills. Dividers, etc are nothing but wastes of space. Carry a laundry bag and nothing else besides your clothes. "Smart Bags" with batteries in them are stupid and immediately cause problems when you get to the gate intending to carry on and they are out of space and need to gate check (because LiOn batteries can't go in the cargo area). This is great advice, my only recommendation to add to it is to get a fluorescent pink or orange ribbon to tie to the handle of your bag to make it more visible at the carousel. Probably 70% of the luggage coming off my last flight was either that bag or something very similar to it.
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I'm 25, half middle-eastern background, father can grow a strong beard. I get about 7 hairs on each cheek. the only places lots of hair comes out is on my chin and moustache, my chin is a lot thicker than my moustache, and if I leave it for a couple weeks, it's just patchy and thin. am I poo poo outta luck, or is there hope for me yet to grow a beard before I hit 30?
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Qubee posted:I'm 25, half middle-eastern background, father can grow a strong beard. I get about 7 hairs on each cheek. the only places lots of hair comes out is on my chin and moustache, my chin is a lot thicker than my moustache, and if I leave it for a couple weeks, it's just patchy and thin. As someone who couldn't grow a proper beard before 30, the situation has not improved after 30. I consider it a good trade for not being bald or hirsute
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LLSix posted:I just chased a mouse into my guest bedroom. It is probably temporarily stuck there or in the attached closet by some metal filing cabinets I moved to block the door out. What should I do? Put out traps. Avoid the fancy, complicated ones where the mouse has to crawl inside because, in my experience, they never work. I've had the best luck with the simple, old fashioned wood-and-metal kind and the kind where the mouse has to step onto a platform to get to the food and that's the trigger. If you have an enclosed yard and no outdoor pets then you can put out poison, but if you don't, and there are mice living near your house somewhere, then you'll probably just have to have traps out forever because unless you make your house airtight they're going to keep coming in. If you can find a specific place where mice are getting in, eg. a hole in the back of a cupboard, then you can fill it and keep them from coming back that way, but they can always find another way in.
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I have a small fridge in my apartment - one of those ones that are four feet tall. A few days ago I opened my fridge and everything was frozen. I thought maybe something happened with the temp gauge so I adjusted it. This morning I checked again and the new food I put in felt soggy like it froze then unfroze again. Is my fridge broken?
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Busy Bee posted:I have a small fridge in my apartment - one of those ones that are four feet tall. A few days ago I opened my fridge and everything was frozen. I thought maybe something happened with the temp gauge so I adjusted it. This morning I checked again and the new food I put in felt soggy like it froze then unfroze again. Is my fridge broken? Sounds like it.
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Qubee posted:I'm 25, half middle-eastern background, father can grow a strong beard. I get about 7 hairs on each cheek. the only places lots of hair comes out is on my chin and moustache, my chin is a lot thicker than my moustache, and if I leave it for a couple weeks, it's just patchy and thin. Confirming was syscall girl said, the only real difference is that those 7 hairs will grow faster and darker so it'll be even more obvious that you can't grow a beard if you skip a couple days with the razor.
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Memento posted:This is great advice, my only recommendation to add to it is to get a fluorescent pink or orange ribbon to tie to the handle of your bag to make it more visible at the carousel. Probably 70% of the luggage coming off my last flight was either that bag or something very similar to it. Oh yeah....that's a good one. I actually braided some red paracord on the handle of mine so it's different than the markers everyone else with a bag that is either exactly this or indistinguishable from it ties on theirs for the same reason. I think you're about right at 70%. Another traveling tip: if you need to open that rollaboard at any point other than in your own home or at your destination hotel/room/whatever you done screwed up. Keep at least a mini kit (toothbrush/toothpaste/razor/medicine/etc) and a change of underwear/socks/shirt in your hand luggage (I carry a backpack). This is also the place you put your USB battery pack (again, smart bags are dumb, even the smart backpacks - seriously nobody needs that either) and anything else you might need before you reach your destination. Don't be that person (well, one of those people) that are bent down on the floor in front of the gate with their bag open and clothes spilling out everywhere trying to find poo poo in there. And for the love of god figure out when you are supposed to board and through what lane (hint: if you don't already know this is sure as poo poo isn't the one you see the business travelers going through) and SIT THE F DOWN until you are called. Crowding the gate so nobody else can get through who boards before you is not helping anyone. And no, you shouldn't be jealous about us boarding before you: you travel ALL THE drat TIME and this one of few kindnesses we get from the airline does NOT make up for the fact that out native habitat is an airport. And when you get to your row/set on the plane GET THE HELL OUT OF THE AISLE. Immediately. No, really. Get out of the way. And don't talk on your drat phone. You aren't that important. Text your wife girlfriend that you are boarded, put it airplane mode and find something to do. The dude sitting next to you with the noise isolation headphones on readying a book/watching a movie on their tablet does not want to talk to you. Whoops. Nice meltdown.
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Turtlicious posted:It's a phone repair place now, but yeah. Report him to the labor board for paying you in cash and not deducting taxes. That is illegal and he will be in a world of poo poo for it.
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Trastion posted:Report him to the labor board for paying you in cash and not deducting taxes. That is illegal and he will be in a world of poo poo for it. This is America, not socialism-land.
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a hotel concierge service booked me a bus shuttle to the airport, but the concierge hosed the date up (despite me verbally communicating that I was flying later that night). I didn't think to check cause I'd just told her my flight was later that night as she was booking it. pickup was for 6:10pm, I called the shuttle company at 6:30pm and they informed me the pickup was for tomorrow. I then went to the concierge and asked them what I can do, since there were no available buses to pick me up that day. she told me I can use another bus shuttle company and buses leave on the hour and every half hour. I ran 20 mins to Grand Central and arrived at 6:58 or something, only to be told the last bus had left for the day (7pm), something the concierge had not made me aware of. so I had no internet, wasn't confident in using the subway to get to the airport, and time to my flight was ticking down, so I decided to get in a taxi instead. the fare was $58, so I'm $34 out of pocket for a mistake that wasn't mine. I've emailed the concierge and made a formal complaint, but they're being jerks and only issuing a refund for my $24 bus ticket. is there anything else I can do? it's not even about the money at this stage, it's more the fact they made a mistake but are being assholes about it, that's what annoys me. they have admitted fault, but are doing the bare minimum. I asked them if I can write a formal complaint to the hotel, but they said they're a different company and it won't do anything???
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That sucks, but these things happen. You can make that experience more miserable (and extended indefinitely) by continuing to complain or just laugh it off and forget about it, I guess.
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Jun 19, 2018 18:56
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I guess. That sucks.
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Qubee posted:a hotel concierge service booked me a bus shuttle to the airport, but the concierge hosed the date up (despite me verbally communicating that I was flying later that night). I didn't think to check cause I'd just told her my flight was later that night as she was booking it. pickup was for 6:10pm, I called the shuttle company at 6:30pm and they informed me the pickup was for tomorrow. I then went to the concierge and asked them what I can do, since there were no available buses to pick me up that day. she told me I can use another bus shuttle company and buses leave on the hour and every half hour. I ran 20 mins to Grand Central and arrived at 6:58 or something, only to be told the last bus had left for the day (7pm), something the concierge had not made me aware of. so I had no internet, wasn't confident in using the subway to get to the airport, and time to my flight was ticking down, so I decided to get in a taxi instead. You can give them lovely TripAdvisor and Yelp reviews. I recommend two-star rather than one-star.
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nah not really bothered, just really lovely business practice to strongarm a customer knowing they can't fight it cause they're rushed for time. I straight up said I'd stay and argue it properly but I had to leave. wouldn't give a poo poo if I was able to catch the 7:30pm bus, but I was either lied to or misinformed again by concierge.
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Idk where you live, but where I live the concierge has literally no power, and can not decide anything. e: I have never had a concierge buy me a bus ticket.
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it was in NY and the hotel suggested it so I went with it. seemed like a common thing, shuttle would pick you up and drop you off at whatever main airport.
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Tiggum posted:It's almost certainly not there any more. Mice can get through amazingly tiny gaps that you didn't even know were there. I'd also add, we had luck in the past using peppermint oil to ward off mice. We used so much that it pretty much warded us off, but supposedly they're really sensitive to it, and if that's the case any mouse within ten feet of that room would have had a brain aneurysm. I don't think it will get rid of them at all, but it stopped them coming in our bedroom at least.
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Qubee posted:the fare was $58, so I'm $34 out of pocket for a mistake that wasn't mine. I've emailed the concierge and made a formal complaint, but they're being jerks and only issuing a refund for my $24 bus ticket. is there anything else I can do?
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Thanatosian posted:He will get a slap on the wrist for it, and fire you. He's not paying taxes. He's stealing from the government. They will care.
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I have a Windows 10 PC being used exclusively for gaming. What’s a slim way to ensure all my hardware drivers remain up to date? I don’t want to install the software suites for my video card, motherboard, etc individually since they come with all sorts of included software and it’s a pain in the rear end to keep having to visit the sites to find and download things. I can update from Device Manager but I have to do each one individually. Is there a better option?
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Does anyone remember the story from a Goon in the Us who had a great job, but actually never worked a day in his life, he just kind of slipped under the radar? Anyone have a link to it?
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Where/how can I get a pair of socks with custom text on them? Nobody say "learn to knit" or "make friends with someone who can knit."
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bad-yeti posted:Does anyone remember the story from a Goon in the Us who had a great job, but actually never worked a day in his life, he just kind of slipped under the radar? Anyone have a link to it? americandream.txt
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Is it considered assault if I pick someone up, moved them to another location, and placed them down? I've had this thought after watching videos of bouncers dealing with unruly people. If the bouncer had the ability to pick someone up, let's say like this:  or  Assuming the person being picked up doesn't suffer any injuries like a fractured rib from a bear hug — is it assault?
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Generally, assault refers to any sort of unwanted touching, but if you picked someone up, moved them, and put them down without injuring them, I doubt you could find a prosecutor that would bother to charge you with anything. (Don't pick people up without their permission regardless of the legal status in your jurisdiction)
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Jun 20, 2018 22:54
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What's the distinctive instrument being used in this part of this song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpFcHTxjZs&t=123s
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According to someone on reddit, a Yamaha DX7 trying to sound like a chromatic harmonica.
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Big Bad Beetleborg posted:According to someone on reddit, a Yamaha DX7 trying to sound like a chromatic harmonica. Wow, I never would have guessed that was supposed to be a harmonica. I always thought it was some weird Australian instrument or something.
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