Chat March 2018 - Cats, cars and other crap Toll Road edition

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slidebite: Nov 6, 2005; Good egg

LloydDobler posted:

Different topic: Anyone in here experienced with buying a time-share property? This would be a 4 week/yr ownership of a specific house, not a big resort type thing. I'm in the honeymoon phase of it seeming like a great idea so I'm looking for a reality smack.

I literally don't know a single person literally that has not eventually regretted a time share "purchase."

Be especially wary of fees for "repairs and maintenance" on the contract - here is a local story where it was forecast to be $500/year and it's now many, many, MANY $thousands$. The timeshare "owners" went to court repeatedly and lost.
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/timeshar...weeks-1.3776353

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 20:27

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 22:10

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I quite liked Virginia and found the people friendly. I did find the recreated native american camp at Jamestown was staffed pretty much exclusively 6' tall blonde Caucasian people that looked like they were from Sweden or maybe the Netherlands dressed in buckskin. The authenticity was a little low on that one.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2018 06:27

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ExplodingSims posted:

I'm gonna be on TV

Well? Don't leave us hanging! Did you fool them?

# ¿ Mar 9, 2018 06:55

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Whats the name of that small virus/spyware checker which is an .exe you can just put on a thumbdrive and run it on the questionable machine?

# ¿ Mar 9, 2018 20:58

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Darchangel posted:

Malwarebytes has one called ADWCleaner that seems to work well. I'm sure that there are others.

Thanks - I'll check into it. Did a search but hard to parse out which ones are legit and which ones are just malware infections themselves :haw:

# ¿ Mar 9, 2018 22:12

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Adiabatic posted:

https://jalopnik.com/true-hero-of-our-time-replaced-his-volvos-door-chime-wi-1823629350

That's fantastic

# ¿ Mar 12, 2018 20:16

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Goober Peas posted:

Quitters never prosper. You are an anamoly.

Lucky for him that he got fired!

I have no clue

# ¿ Mar 15, 2018 17:03

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90%+ of

registered JDMs I've seen are total poo poo heaps. The ones owned by people that care and properly maintain them go for a significant premium. The others are owned by teens/20 somethings that can't afford their insurance, let alone proper maintenance... especially if the parts need to be imported.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2018 18:42

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Video that was on my linkedin feed (not car related unless it's tangentially due to messy but tasty fast food)

I'll take 1000 donairs please. Sure, I'll wait 5 minutes.

https://youtu.be/BlYbvek3WAk

# ¿ Mar 16, 2018 18:08

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Just think of it as a Jewish Nazi.

I dunno. I'm assuming they're using Liberal in the same way communist countries like to use "Democratic?"

# ¿ Mar 17, 2018 14:46

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Beverly Cleavage posted:

Being a relative newb to watches beyond battery powered quartz movement, I could use some input...

My better half bought me a Victorinox Automatic as an engagement present (we've been married 6 years now) which I really love, but it's been picking up more and more time (in the realm of 5+minutes a week). I sent it in to get serviced, and they come back with $375 to rebuild. With the cost of shipping (another $35), that puts me just $100 shy of buying a brand new version of the same watch. Digging around, it looks like they expect this every 4-6 years anyways. I like it enough to pay it this time..but do it again in another 5 years? Ouch. Is this common amongst automatics?

Ultimately, I need to decide to either decline the work and keep the watch as is and constantly adjusting it, or shelling out and getting it fixed now, and re-evaluate later on down the line. I can afford it which is nice, but that's still a lot of $$$ to fix something that I wouldn't expect to be a problem after a few comparatively short years... What would you do, goons? Sentimental value is pushing me towards the latter right now but I'm open to outside perspective.. FWIW, the better half doesn't care so much and just wants me to be happy. Have I mentioned she's awesome?

I have a atomic radio synch citizen and I absolutely :love:

it. It's not overly garish and does an atomic synch everyday. Basically keeps perfect time.

https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Eco-...85%3A2470955011

# ¿ Mar 17, 2018 15:45

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Olympic Mathlete posted:

~5 minutes a week is something I could live with personally.

As someone who typically has meetings several times a day, it would drive me bananas... especially once you experience a watch you don't have to gently caress with, ever.

slidebite fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Mar 17, 2018

# ¿ Mar 17, 2018 15:55

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A relative of mine inherited a beautiful $22K Rolex, and she can't stand wearing it because it can't keep time. After several services/checks at the Rolex dealer, she basically got a :shrug:

that it's within spec to drift 7 minutes every few weeks.

So now it languishes in a sock drawer and she wears a $85 Citizen.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2018 16:42

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As a middle aged guy, Mrs and I are finally doing our official wills up this week. When my sister in law passed away intestate a couple years back, made me realize I never want to do that to anyone.

How many of you have wills, personal directives and power of attorney poo poo ready to go.....just in case?

# ¿ Mar 18, 2018 20:14

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Keep in mind when you kick it, or are incapacitated, there is a lot more to affairs that need to be taken care of than just assets. My sister in law had meager assets, but gently caress me what a pain in the rear end to deal with poo poo.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2018 20:41

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Dagen H posted:

Care to elaborate? I've never had to deal with an estate so I honestly don't know.

Sure, to be clear I'm not a lawyer but I do have a bit of experience navigating this. I assume most western countries are similar.

Just to be clear - intestate=dying with no legal will. This is just a quick skim of what I can think of off the top of my head.

When you die, everyone pretty much thinks of the assets and who gets what. That's the easy part.

What if you are alive but incapacitated, what are your wishes/personal directives? Heroic measures? DNR? If you kick it, what do you want done with your body? Traditional North American burial? Cremation? Eco friendly? Donate it for science? Do you care? Who is deciding this? Do you have enough cash in your estate to pay for your wishes? If not, then what? The funeral home isn't going to want to keep your body on ice until assets are liquidated and cash is available.

If you are married or common law, you're *probably* going to want to leave everything to your spouse (and vice versa) and let them be executor/power of attorney, but not necessarily.

Especially if you are single, someone has to take control and go through your poo poo, as in your actual, physical stuff in addition to bank accounts. If you get hit by a bus, do you really want your mom or dad to go through your personal effects (which is *everything* - including your collection of 70s hair porn in the back of your closet) Best friend? Do they even live in the same city as you? The person you think you want to do this - do they actually have the time to do this? Do you really want your kid sister that has 3 toddlers and an abusive alcoholic husband have to deal with this? Your senior citizen parents? What do you want done with the personal effects that are almost worthless? Are they personally cleaning out your house/apartment? What about your social media accounts? Does anyone have immediate access to your bank accounts to keep your estate running while this gets figured out? Do they know where to find the info they'll need? Do you have any insurance? Life or otherwise? If they can't get easy access to your accounts, do they have the financial ability to take time off work and look after everything as this gets sorted out? If something comes up that needs to get paid (like aforementioned funeral) - do they have the resources to do so?

Also, and this is the stuff that people forget, your estate is still going to be in existence for a while to wrap everything up. Just because you are dead doesn't mean Visa or other creditors don't get their money. Your taxes (yes, income taxes with the added bonus of estate taxes) still need to be done. Who is doing that? If you have a house and house insurance, who is paying the premiums? Who is watching the house? Who is paying the taxes? Do you have a mortgage? Who's dealing with them? Does the insurance company need someone to monitor the house to retain coverage? Who is dealing with your utilities? Your estate needs to go through probate and the courts. Who is driving that bus? The same guy that you want to get all your stuff? Do they know that? Does this person get paid for dealing with all this? Lots of paperwork. It's a big responsibility. Everything needs to be documented. If you don't have a will, this is far more painful and slow than it need be as everything needs to be approved by the courts (as in literally, going to the courts) and there is a good chance the person trying to deal with all your poo poo has never had to do it before. My sister-in-laws took more than a year and we had the help of the bank she worked for, which thankfully did estate planning (although she didn't get her poo poo together on her own and left it to her family to deal with it). A co-workers sister passed away intestate almost 2 years ago, and my he is STILL loving around with her estate getting poo poo straightened out, although there is finally some light at the end of the tunnel for that one.... and that is with the help of a lawyer.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2018 02:16

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everdave posted:

Thoughts on if this would be stupid to consider:

I have a brand new car, only has 1500 miles on it. Would it be idiotic to rent a car for $175 or a SUV for $250 for a week to keep from putting 1500 more miles on it next week on vacation?

Also the rental would have full coverage with no out of pocket from my credit card protection. Thoughts? I am not a rich man but would this cost seem to be a worthy expense?

That...sounds odd. I've never thought of that. You have already bought the car, paid for insurance, tags, etc so that's sitting in your driveway with value being lost every single day either way.

You're going to have to pay for fuel on a rental so lets call that a wash (assuming they are similar).

I guess the simple way of looking at it is your rental costs higher or lower than 1500 miles of wear and tear on your new car. My total guess is $175 is more than what 1500 miles of wear and tear would do to your car, so my vote would be likely not.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2018 19:08

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Any of you guys do a webinar with gotomeeting.com?

I might be attending one next week, but I need to record the streaming video. Is it possible to do that?

# ¿ Mar 22, 2018 20:04

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Thanks guys - I've never used any screen capture software before. Anything cheap/free that can be recommended? I realize this isn't the software forum but figured you guys would have some ideas.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2018 21:12

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I think it's just going to go-to meeting.com and logging in with credentials there, they are not asking for any software to be installed.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2018 23:18

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In case you haven't seen it before, the Volvo pedestrian collision avoidance system in action

https://youtu.be/_47utWAoupo?t=15s

# ¿ Mar 23, 2018 14:17

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Christ, I think I have a toothache coming on in a tooth that has a 25ish year old filling in a top left mollar. Whelp, this is going to throw a wrench in my next week.

Dull continuous ache and I think a bit of swelling...feels like my top and bottom teeth are touching earlier than they should when I close my mouth.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2018 05:06

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I would rather work in -40 than +40C. You can dress for the cold, but you can only do so much for the heat.

e: Plus, no bugs when its cold :v:

# ¿ Mar 28, 2018 20:03

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It's a Chrysler auto. It would be more of a surprise if it didn't need a total rebuild or re&re.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2018 03:29

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ilkhan posted:

Found out we lost my grandmother this morning. Glad I got to visit her a few weeks ago at least. Mid 90s and bedridden for years and about 65 pounds; so at least not unexpected.

Sorry to hear that. We're going through the same thing with Mrs. Slidebites grandma right now. She's the last of that generation anywhere in our family. 97 I think and going to palliative care today. I suspect she'll likely be gone by the end of next week. She's had a good run (going on motorcycle rides right up until a year or so ago) but she's basically completely out of it right now.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2018 16:03

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Metal Geir Skogul posted:

Open a new chrome tab and go to:

chrome:flags/#autoplay-policy

And change it to "require user input."

Solves maybe 90% of autoplaying video problems, even on CNN.com.

Hey, thanks for this and I did that, but still get autoplays on yahoo - for example:

https://ca.style.yahoo.com/warning-issued-13-year-old-b-c-girl-dies-strep-throat-162805071.html

Any way to get those to stop (other than not visiting Yahoo which might be the ultimate way to do it?)

# ¿ Mar 30, 2018 16:09

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 22:10

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Ether Frenzy posted:

I'm in Bermuda. The view this morning from the villa is nice.

Bermuda is nice. Did you hit the aquarium?

# ¿ Mar 31, 2018 19:09

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