Random randomness

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 8:38 pm

Great Value isn't the generic product of old. They are consistently low quality crap. But they're so profitable that Walmart keeps removing other brands and replacing them with GV. Some sections are more than half GV now.

It's a big part of why I quit doing our regular grocery shopping there.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 8:45 pm

Blackhawk wrote:Great Value isn't the generic product of old. They are consistently low quality crap. But they're so profitable that Walmart keeps removing other brands and replacing them with GV. Some sections are more than half GV now.

It's a big part of why I quit doing our regular grocery shopping there.

Costco 's Kirkland Brand is the exact opposite, of course. Really high quality stuff.

Recently had their Kirkland Rutherford Reserve Cab and it was Excellent for less than $20/ bottle.

Went back and our Costco only had two bottles left - snapped them both up immediately.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:19 pm

The biscuit may be sawdust formed and shaped with resin.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:38 pm

Got my truck fixed today. $350. At least it's working good. Still waiting on the car.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 6:42 pm

SciTech

The discovery of the first millipede with more than 1,000 legs is reported in Scientific Reports this week. Prior to this, no millipede had been found with more than 750 legs.

Paul Marek and colleagues discovered the millipede 60 meters underground in a drill hole created for mineral exploration in the mining area of the Eastern Goldfields Province of Australia. It has 1,306 legs — more than any other animal — and belongs to a new species that has been named Eumillipes persephone. The millipede’s name derives from the Greek word eu- (true), the Latin words mille (thousand) and pes (foot), and references the Greek goddess of the underworld, Persephone. The authors measured four members of the new species and found that they have long, thread-like bodies consisting of up to 330 segments and are up to 0.95mm wide and 95.7mm long. They are eyeless, have short legs, and cone-shaped heads with antennae and a beak.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 6:59 pm

What are they doin down there?

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:31 pm

Looking for millipedes.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:53 pm

It's cool that people drilling for commercial minerals still take the time to even notice an interesting scientific specimen.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:58 pm

I’m picturing them cracking into a bad bad Z layer in Dwarf Fortress

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:12 pm

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:19 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 6:59 pm What are they doin down there?

...we cannot get out. The end comes soon. We hear drums, drums in the deep. They are coming.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:38 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 8:45 pm Costco 's Kirkland Brand is the exact opposite, of course. Really high quality stuff.

Yep, same as Canada's President Choice brand sold by Loblaws. They're a store brand that was marketed as high-end that has become quite revered. At one point, the brand was also sold in several U.S states, including certain things like the Cola and their chocolate chip cookies being sold at Walmart under a different label.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s_Choice

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 9:22 pm

Any body else root for Harry and Marv in Home Alone ?

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 5:18 am

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 9:22 pm Any body else root for Harry and Marv in Home Alone ?

+1

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 6:41 pm

Rewatching the death of Boromir because that's how men cry.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:03 pm

The telegram scene from We Were Soldiers and the aircraft scene from The Incredibles are the ones that usually get me.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:31 pm

The one that get's me is in Almost an Angel where at the end the film the girl turns on the remote to watch the cross lights up and it does and then she checks the batteries in the box and there isn't any.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:31 pm

The opening of Up, for sure.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:09 pm

wonderpug wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:31 pm The opening of Up, for sure.

I do not watch Up. I did so once. Now I do not.

But songs have that effect on me more than movies.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:18 pm

Damnit I did it again. I bought the wrong antacid. Im supposed to get the smoothies ones that melt in your mouth.....not the hard chalk ones that cut your mouth. How many times do I have to do this to nail it down??

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:19 pm

The Iron Giant. Movies don't make me cry but The Iron Giant does it to me. shrug And with that I still will watch it again. shrug

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:28 pm

The ending to Philadelphia. After his passing its the music that plays as its showing him growing up in pictures.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale. Hachi old and feeble still going to the train station to wait for his master one last time and him finally appearing to get him and take him home.

Futurama: Jurassic Bark Frye's dog Seymour waiting all his life for Frye to come back to him.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:29 pm

Spock's bagpipes.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:33 pm

God yes. When that orchestra kicks in with it.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:36 pm

LordMortis wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:19 pm The Iron Giant. Movies don't make me cry but The Iron Giant does it to me. shrug And with that I still will watch it again. shrug

Superman...

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:29 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:09 pm But songs have that effect on me more than movies.

+1. Even though this song is kinda schmaltzy, I choke up a little every time my playlist offers it up.

I've been with Wife for 40 years.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 11:35 pm

Also cheesy, but always gets me. There are lines that hit particularly close to home for me:

And not cheesy at all, but the content is powerful. And yes, this is my favorite version.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:02 am

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:58 am

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:32 am

The first time I heard this I laughed because of the crassness of the title and main lyric. But these days its meditation on aging and death tends to make me tear up. Sometimes a broad vulgarity is the best/only way to describe life's pain and sorrow. There's also the fact that it somewhat foreshadowed Zevon's own untimely death.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:38 pm

Brian wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:36 pm
LordMortis wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:19 pm The Iron Giant. Movies don't make me cry but The Iron Giant does it to me. shrug And with that I still will watch it again. shrug
Superman...

Don't know why but it really gets me in the

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 8:21 pm

LordMortis wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:38 pm
Brian wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:36 pm
LordMortis wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:19 pm The Iron Giant. Movies don't make me cry but The Iron Giant does it to me. shrug And with that I still will watch it again. shrug
Superman...
Don't know why but it really gets me in the

I've been thinking about this song all week. It's hitting me differently now than it did 20+ years ago.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:34 pm

That song really doesn’t work when you substitute Paste Pot Pete for Superman.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:46 am

I have a tiny little mouse in my house. Ive seen his evidence for a couple weeks. I originally sat out a trap but went back later and removed it. Im really tired of killing anything at all. I asked it to leave but it has ignored me. This last week Ive caught movement out of my eye of the little blur. It is so little. Even for a mouse I think its a juvenile. Not very old.

Tonight I came back to the bedroom to get ready for bed and he crawled out from behind the dresser that is almost head height and along some dvd boxes. He stopped to look at me not more than a foot from my face. Then he walked on across and behind some clothing. I was standing there grinning at how cute it was and he came out from those and crossed behind my PC. He is amazingly brave or just doesn't take me as a threat.

Ive noticed he comes in here each night. Im not sure if its because its warmer in here or he is finding food tidbits around the PC or in my garbage. Maybe he has a house behind my PC's warm PSU lol. I dont have the heart to hurt him. Wish he was a pet.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:37 am

I was looking at household gadgets and an ice cream maker caught my eye. There was the Ninja Creami which makes pretty good ice cream for $200. Or I can get Cruisinart ones for like $70. Then I realized I'm being stupid as I can order ice cream delivered to my house for like $3 for a 1.5 qt tub (The cheap Amazon Happy Belly brand. If I want Dreyers they are $5 or $6. Why should I have to stock ingredients and whatnot and make my own and add to my collection of "gadgets I will never use again"?

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 6:15 am

It comes down to what itch you're trying to scratch: creating it or just eating it.

Madmarcus · Post by **Madmarcus** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:17 am

If I could get the right consistency I'd love my ice cream maker because it does satisfy an itch to play around with flavors. But even with a relatively well rated and not cheap one it comes out of the machine too soft and gets too hard if left in the freezer.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:29 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:46 am I have a tiny little mouse in my house. Ive seen his evidence for a couple weeks. I originally sat out a trap but went back later and removed it. Im really tired of killing anything at all. I asked it to leave but it has ignored me. This last week Ive caught movement out of my eye of the little blur. It is so little. Even for a mouse I think its a juvenile. Not very old.

Tonight I came back to the bedroom to get ready for bed and he crawled out from behind the dresser that is almost head height and along some dvd boxes. He stopped to look at me not more than a foot from my face. Then he walked on across and behind some clothing. I was standing there grinning at how cute it was and he came out from those and crossed behind my PC. He is amazingly brave or just doesn't take me as a threat.

Ive noticed he comes in here each night. Im not sure if its because its warmer in here or he is finding food tidbits around the PC or in my garbage. Maybe he has a house behind my PC's warm PSU lol. I dont have the heart to hurt him. Wish he was a pet.

They seem to have an annual tradition of coming in for the winter to my house. I hate killing them but they are a menace and I have not successfully been able to do a catch and release. I bit of me is horrified every time I catch one in a trap.

(I was surprised "The Superman Song" never made it back in its day, given the times it was release and the musical landscape around it)

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:39 am

I've owned 3 houses in my lifetime.
Never had to buy or replace a furnace or a/c unit.
Has it always been a racket?

Got a quote from the first place I contacted. Was recommended by a person at work.
Came in at $4800. Did some research and found this wasnt a bad price. Pretty typical.
Just for comparison, got a couple more estimates.
Both came in around $7200.........

The one place that asked if I got other quotes magically decided they could match the $4800.
W.T.F.

Sure....I'll hire you after you JUST tried ripping me off for $2400...........

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:33 am

stimpy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:39 am I've owned 3 houses in my lifetime.
Never had to buy or replace a furnace or a/c unit.
Has it always been a racket?

Got a quote from the first place I contacted. Was recommended by a person at work.
Came in at $4800. Did some research and found this wasnt a bad price. Pretty typical.
Just for comparison, got a couple more estimates.
Both came in around $7200.........

The one place that asked if I got other quotes magically decided they could match the $4800.
W.T.F.

Sure....I'll hire you after you JUST tried ripping me off for $2400...........

I got off cheap, but then I live in a cheaper CoL with a 1,000 sq ft home and got in on some tax efficiency rebates. Furnace, a new coil and pan for my AC and a chimney liner came around $1,500 after tax rebate. $1,900 before. I feared a lot worse.