Random randomness

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:52 am

I've lived up here 25 years and have never had a trick or treater. Of course we leave the porch light off but even so there are not many kids up here and houses are few and far apart.
The first few years we kept a bag of candy just in case.
Now I keep a shotgun.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:18 am

My pole saw has started annoying me(insert joke here).

Its clean, oiled, and Ive tightened the bar bolt down as tight as I can without breaking or stripping it(insert joke here)

After about 10 cuts when Im in the middle of the work the bar will loosen to the point the chain comes off. Then I have to stop and take it apart and fix it. After that im too annoyed and/or tired to do more. So thats a day.

I got it back in March when it was on a super sale and just started using it a few weeks ago for reals. I got it at Home Depot. im sure I have the receipt somewhere too. Im wondering if I complain if I can trade it in and pay a little more for a better one. This 10 cuts crap isn't cutting it..get it?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:29 am

A lock washer might fix it. Usually a $0.50 part or less.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 2:33 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 12:32 am Well now you've just jinxed yourself. Everyone knows that not having a bag of candy means entire buses of trick or treaters pull up to your house.

Not in this pandemic they won't. For the past several years we've had record low turnouts over here, and I predict getting none this year.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:07 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:29 am A lock washer might fix it. Usually a $0.50 part or less.

Perhaps so. I shall need to find one next trip to virus town.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:29 pm

Made some peanut butter balls. Haven't made a batch in a decade probably. I didn't have any coconut or chocolate for them though. At first I made them too wet then I made them a bit dry. I gave up and started eating. Tasty.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 5:37 pm

Hey check out this cricket......Cosmoderus Femoralis

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:36 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 5:37 pm Hey check out this cricket......Cosmoderus Femoralis

apparently they make good pets (for insects, that is)

i live in a 'no pets' apartment - it says so on the lease - but i wonder if a caged giant bug would be ok.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:43 am

Just keep it under the sink and call it an infestation.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:55 am

If someone asks, what's that? Just go *crickets*

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:37 pm

Dae, where do you keep finding these things?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 2:00 pm

Rumpy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:37 pm Dae, where do you keep finding these things?

I 'think' I came across that on Pinterest. I thought it was fake until I looked it up.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:38 pm

This is gaming peripheral, but I decided to stick it in here. Tonight was my son's Halloween concert. He and his friend had coordinated game-inspired costumes:

Spoiler:

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:03 pm

I came across these two costumes online. Nice job by both.

Chris Tucker's character from 5th Element.

And this is Babe Lincoln....cannot unsee....nsfw

Spoiler:

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:36 pm

I should dig up a pic of my son's absolutely perfect Fallout New Vegas NCR trooper costume from last year...

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:18 pm

The kid mispronounced them,
so from henceforth they shall be called "barbarian creme donuts"

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:08 am

Who enjoys Halloween?...this guy......

LINK

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:06 pm

Wow, that's pretty realistic looking. Wonder if it's done by someone in the effects industry. My brother had some skeletons playing the dueling banjos along with synchronized pumpkin lights.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:07 pm

ugh only about 3 hours left until dark. I looked out last night at 6:09 and it was darker than in the summer at 9:30. Between the season change and time fall back we've lost nearly 3 1/2 hours of daylight.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:16 pm

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:01 pm

Whale Sculpture Stops Train From Plunge in the Netherlands

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:06 pm

I'd have to call that a colossal....fluke.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:08 pm

I now know what it's like to have a tire blow out on the expressway at 60+ mph.

Spoiler:

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:12 pm

Did you have on your brown pants at least?

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:24 pm

Brian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:12 pm Did you have on your brown pants at least?

I held it all in, if for no other reason than I had a six-year-old in the back seat, and I didn't want to embarrass myself. I managed to get to a wide median at an exit ramp and change the tire there (I love having a full size spare!), so I modeled being a good dad.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:00 pm

Russia's 'Sausage King' killed with a crossbow in a sauna

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:32 pm

The Lannisters send their regards.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:39 pm

Brian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:32 pm Abe Froman sends his regards.

Mortoned

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:55 pm

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:02 pm

so when my hard drive went kaput... it took my BTC wallet with it. trying now to restore... not having a lot of faith it'll work out. that was about $1000 on there. learn from my living cautionary tale.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:16 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:24 pm
Brian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:12 pm Did you have on your brown pants at least?
I held it all in, if for no other reason than I had a six-year-old in the back seat, and I didn't want to embarrass myself. I managed to get to a wide median at an exit ramp and change the tire there (I love having a full size spare!), so I modeled being a good dad.

I was a teen, but I think I was never more impressed with my Dad's cool than when he handled this highway emergency:

We were traveling at speed on I-20 between Birmingham and Atlanta when we topped a rise and realized almost without enough warning that an accident had stopped all traffic and blocked up the lanes. Dad hit the brakes and we barely avoided skidding into the car ahead of us.

That wasn't the emergency. What happened next is that a car topped the same rise behind us and wasn't as good at stopping in time. We knew we were about to be hit, so Dad turned the wheel left (aiming us towards the grassy median) *and* popped it into neutral.

The car hit us from behind, but instead of taking the full force or being thrown into the car ahead of us, we got hurled into the median and rolled until stopping. Our rear bumper was destroyed, but without that quick thinking we probably both would have been smashed between the vehicle slamming up from behind and the car ahead.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:52 pm

1. Never heard of BTC...unless its bitcoin.

2. Im disappointed that "Russia's 'Sausage King'" has nothing to do with the leader of a Russian gay porn ring.

3. The 80s decade Trans-Am was notoriously light in the rear and would lose traction if you sneezed in the rain. We were on I-75 and topped a rise when we saw traffic was stopped ahead a ways down the rise. I touched the brakes and it instantly went into sliding. Luckily it went into a straight slide. I glanced right to change lanes and let off the brakes but another car was there. We both watched as this car slowly passed us and we were sliding. We finally stopped about 2 car lengths from the stopped end of the line. It sorta felt like a comedy movie to be sliding down the highway and glace over to see a car pass us and not even take a look at us.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:01 pm

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:39 pm

I never see anything but a black screenshot Is. Even if I click it I get a blank page.

Also...

Tomorrow is the 3rd. I get my monthly stipend.
Tomorrow is election day.
Tomorrow I have to go to town as Ive been out of stuff over a week.
Tomorrow may be my last day.

EDIT: Hmmm after I posted the page reloaded and the animated video frame was working. And YES! LOL...just like that except they never looked over.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 4:37 pm

More about the Resident Evil reboot filming in town. They've got a fairly cool looking set outside, and there are a lot of industry trailers everywhere. This is a big deal for us as it's the first big budget hollywood movie to film here, but we've been slowly building up the industry over the last 15 years.

https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/sudbu ... ot-2843985

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:01 pm

Make yourself up like a zombie and wander around the area in which they're shooting the film. When someone asks if you're an extra in the film, just reply "they're making a film around here???".

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:08 pm

I like your style

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:19 pm

I called Charter about getting a promotion for my internet. You have to go 3 months without one or any changes to get one. They offered me a choice of 2. I could stay at 100/10 and save $14 so $54 a month OR stay at $69 a month and go to 400/20. I chose to speed up. I just tested it and its testing at 460/23.

They also said its good for 12 months and after that it goes up by $10 for 12 more months at which time it goes up another $10 to the normal price of $89 a month. So if I forget to slow it down or get another promotion after 12 months I get some leeway there until it dawns on me.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:37 pm

Honest question - what do you need to have speeds that high for?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:40 pm

Enjoying the fact that we don't live in New Jersey.