Octopus Overlords

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:22 am**

The thing with the Ridge wallet (or others of similar design) is that pretty much everything is 'quick access.' Now that I'm used to it, I can pop out any card very quickly. I keep my two most frequently used cards inside, one on top and other on the bottom, and can access them much faster than my old tri-fold. I have seven cards inside, and can have any of them out in seconds. Of course the biggest thing about a minimalist wallet is that it breaks the habit of carrying around junk that you don't really need.

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:56 am**

Not sure why you guys have trouble with wallets. My trifold is easy..open and take money....open take card....they're all right there. And my money is safe on the inside. Seconds. 3 seconds is basically the same as 2.

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:20 pm**

Not a "problem" per se, but more of a personal statement and one of the most "personal" items since watches are no longer in vogue.

I've removed most things l don't consider necessary. It's pretty much 1 ID, 1 debit card, 1 credit card, medical insurance card, my ZIPCar membership card (and unlocker) some emergency cash, and some stuff I need with me (like Google emergency pass code). I should also add my Yubiekey to that.

99% of the time, I only ever use the credit card.

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:23 pm**

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:56 am Not sure why you guys have trouble with wallets. My trifold is easy..open and take money....open take card....they're all right there. And my money is safe on the inside. Seconds. 3 seconds is basically the same as 2.

Trifolds aren't really an option for the front pocket.

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:31 pm**

Decided to buy a bone conduction headphone... Aftershokz Sportz wired version. Somehow, this one actually fits me quite well, just barely. My ears can still hear stuff, but the sound quality is not compromised too much. My existing bluetooth headset is nice (actually cheaper than this wired one), but wearing only one earbud means I keep losing the eartips and I still don't get all the sound from outside. This will change that.

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:32 pm**

The Meal wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:03 pmBig skinny

I don't know who made this recommendation originally (was it you?), but I' started using one shortly thereafter and have never looked back. According to Amazon, that was 8.5 years ago, which is amazing. Wallet is barely worn out.

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:08 pm**

Kasey rolling in da monies

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:15 am**

Kraken wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:54 am [...] so I graduated to a trifold, which I carry in my right rear pocket, as God intended, because I don't hate America.

OK I'm going to blow your mind here.

Back in my 20s I kept getting annoyed at jackets that would get shiny and even wear down in the region of my butt. I assumed this was a byproduct of sitting on them, so I started taking special care to lift my jacket tail before I sat. This didn't help, and I went through another whole cycle of damaging a barn jacket and a pea coat before I realized the problem.

I always carry a satchel slung across my shoulder, hanging down on the right. With a leather wallet in my right rear pocket, the satchel and wallet were rubbing against other and wearing down the fabric of jacket between them. After a year or so, the damage would be noticeable. You might see similar wear in the pants' wallet pocket itself.

I switched my wallet to my left rear pocket. It took about a week to get used to, but after that it was automatic. And I haven't rubbed a hole in a jacket in 20 years.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:12 pm**

Latest grumble: It has become impossible to find book shelves anymore. Ten years ago you could be a functional particle board bookshelf, 6 feet tall or so, from Wal-Mart (or similar stores) for $20-30. Now the only shelves they stock are designed for decorations, not books. Online, anything over 4' seems to be $100+. I have a collapsing book shelf that I need to replace, and I really need to squeak an extra shelf in somewhere, and they're just not available.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:18 pm**

Home Depot, $16-33.

You might also try Big Lots.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:19 pm**

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:12 pm Latest grumble: It has become impossible to find book shelves anymore. Ten years ago you could be a functional particle board bookshelf, 6 feet tall or so, from Wal-Mart (or similar stores) for $20-30. Now the only shelves they stock are designed for decorations, not books. Online, anything over 4' seems to be $100+. I have a collapsing book shelf that I need to replace, and I really need to squeak an extra shelf in somewhere, and they're just not available.

I thought my Google Fu was just weak. I've been looking for something similar without success. Sorry for not being able to help, but I'm glad it's not just me.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:21 pm**

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:25 pm**

I'd imagine trying to buy DVD or CD racks is also difficult unless you go to a antique store. My dad asked for DVD movies for Xmas and I had to go to Ebay to find them. Amazon wanted to sell me digital versions or resellers were offering them at 10x the price. What a strange world we live in.

There are local FB groups in my area where people give away or sell things ultra cheap - I guess they're the online equivalent of garage sales that run 24/7. I've seen quite a few book shelves / cases, though of course you always need to be able to get them from someone's house. Maybe try that?

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:36 pm**

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:32 pm
The Meal wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:03 pmBig skinny
I don't know who made this recommendation originally (was it you?), but I' started using one shortly thereafter and have never looked back. According to Amazon, that was 8.5 years ago, which is amazing. Wallet is barely worn out.

I think it was Remus West. I did the same as you and am still impressed with the product.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:50 pm**

That's a purty shelf, except that it isn't really meant for book storage. It is rated at 25 pounds per shelf. My books would crush it into kindling. That's the problem I get with most shelves that are affordable. They're intended for a few books mixed in with nick-nacks to bring the total weight down. I pack my shelves like a library!

Putting in my size needs (~6' tall, at least 27" wide) I get nine shelves, five of which aren't practical ('decorative' ladder shelves, staggered shelves, etc), and one sets off my Peter Tingle for being junk. One is 20 lbs per shelf, another is 15lbs per shelf. Again, kindling. Another doesn't specify weight, but the shelves are very thin pressed wood.

I'm starting to think that I may end up having to go with ugly storage shelves that will make my bedroom look like a garage.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:03 pm**

ORE International at Amazon.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:10 pm**

That one's almost tempting. It's narrower and has one shelf fewer than the one I need to replace, but there just aren't that many options anymore. I'd just need to figure out what to do with the books that don't fit.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:17 pm**

Yours has six?

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:18 pm**

Five plus the top, so... sort of.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:36 pm**

Ikea, Billy bookcase, $79, Max load/shelf: 66 lb

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:28 pm**

I got mine at Walmart too years and years ago. Got one around 2000 and one about 2008. They are heavy ass things and 5 shelves plus the top. But like I said that was over 10 years ago I got the last one. We still needed two more we never got. I think at the time they were $32.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:36 pm**

I have some low-rise (2 shelf) particle board book shelves that hold books not taller than 10" or so. Then I have a wire rack shelving unit that I probably bought 2 decades ago, shelves are spaced to handle the many tall books I have, I'm sure it's holding more than 100# per shelf.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:11 pm**

I use mine for all my old pc games in boxes. All my hundreds of books are stored in a out building hehe. Even with little weight I notice the oldest shelf is starting to bow just a teeny bit on the shelves. But its probably from their own weight.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:44 pm**

$25,000 for a head cold doc visit

The visit was quick. Kasdan got her throat swabbed, gave a tube of blood and was sent out the door with a prescription for antibiotics.

The news was that her insurance company was mailing her family a check — for more than $25,000 — to cover some out-of-network lab tests. The actual bill was $28,395.50, but the doctor's office said it would waive her portion of the bill: $2,530.26.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:52 pm**

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:36 pm Ikea, Billy bookcase, $79, Max load/shelf: 66 lb

I was excited there for a second, but holy balls, the shipping!

Spoiler:

The nearest store is 130 miles from here, and the box wouldn't fit in my car anyway.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:58 pm**

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:44 pm $25,000 for a head cold doc visit

The visit was quick. Kasdan got her throat swabbed, gave a tube of blood and was sent out the door with a prescription for antibiotics.

The news was that her insurance company was mailing her family a check — for more than $25,000 — to cover some out-of-network lab tests. The actual bill was $28,395.50, but the doctor's office said it would waive her portion of the bill: $2,530.26.

'Merica!!

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:25 pm**

Blackhawk wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:36 pm Ikea, Billy bookcase, $79, Max load/shelf: 66 lb
I was excited there for a second, but holy balls, the shipping!

Spoiler:
The nearest store is 130 miles from here, and the box wouldn't fit in my car anyway.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:32 pm**

I told you it was troublesome. The factors: Low budget, small town, sedan. I can't get the expensive good stuff, can't find the cheap stuff locally, and can't transport the cheap stuff from elsewhere (and if I could, it would turn the cheap stuff into expensive stuff.)

I really want to move.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:55 pm**

The first time I put one together I did it in the middle of the floor then filled it up with my games. I could barely move it into place. But I wasn't about to empty and reload it

Was about 30 then.

Walmart shows as still having some cheap shelves but they seem to be about 5" narrower than their old ones like mine.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-71 ... ected=true

$35 ...Supports 50 lbs.

Assholes set free delivery at $35 so this wont qualify by 12 cents...don't think they count tax. Not sure though.

Target also has them.

https://www.target.com/p/5-shelf-bookca ... nk=sametab

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:49 pm**

Good lord, twin 6-year-olds the day before Christmas are the very definition of spastic energy. We've gone Christmas shopping, we've taken them to see Santa, we went to the Harry Potter holiday thing at the mall...and they're still just climbing the goddamn walls right now.

I'm about to lose my fucking mind.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 6:26 pm**

Re: bookshelves

Don't forget to check Craigslist. Apartment-movers doing it themselves would often rather unload their shelves cheap than transport them to a new city.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:07 pm**

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:36 pm Ikea, Billy bookcase, $79, Max load/shelf: 66 lb

They still sill the Billy? I'm pretty sure that's the same bookcase I bought (two of) for my first apartment after I graduated (about 30 years ago). I think we kept them for almost 20 years, until we moved.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:21 pm**

It is estimated that every five seconds, one BILLY bookcase is sold somewhere in the world. Pretty impressive considering we launched BILLY in 1979. It’s the booklovers choice that never goes out of style.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:41 pm**

Id like one but they are costly and heavy as hell at 80lbs. But they look nice and have 7 shelves if you count the top.

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:16 pm**

If there's an unfinished furniture place anywhere nearby, you can get real wood for about the price of particle board. 'Course, then you'd have to finish it. We've got three huge oak bookcases that I finished myself, back when I used to enjoy doing projects like that.

Posted: **Wed Dec 25, 2019 12:41 am**

There isn't. There is a small form Wal-Mart nearby. That's it.

Posted: **Wed Dec 25, 2019 2:18 am**

The the bookcases I finished will outlive me by decades, or even centuries, meaning I left a small anonymous mark on the world, because nice bookcases are forever. I hope that the other mark I left on the world is still anonymous and will come out with enough bleach.

Posted: **Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:06 am**

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:32 pm I told you it was troublesome. The factors: Low budget, small town, sedan. I can't get the expensive good stuff, can't find the cheap stuff locally, and can't transport the cheap stuff from elsewhere (and if I could, it would turn the cheap stuff into expensive stuff.)

I really want to move.

What about a simple cube storage system like this? The size of each unit is 14"x14"x14" (so it's ideal for tabletop games) and each cube holds a max of 44 lb. You can configure 'em into whichever shape is most convenient, and you can always use zipties to err on the side of caution for maximum support.

Posted: **Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:01 pm**

Huh, that's a good idea. That'd be great for board games, too.

Posted: **Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:07 pm**

Nothing better for an olde Vietnam vet than to get woken from his nap by the sound of gunfire.
I really love that convicted felon step grandchild of mine and his guns.

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