What first world problem did you have today?

[highland145]

lol

 

[lxskllr]

So you're that guy ....

I run mine nearly every week.

Probably. I mow the yard, mostly, but I don't do a thing else aside from the rare bush and tree limb. The grass is longish before I get to it, but not too long cause it makes my belt squeal. I have a 'close enough' automotive belt on it cause I didn't feel like driving to the deere dealer. Cheaper and closer, so I think I'll stick with it. I don't eat weeds, and I don't blow. If it isn't practical getting with a knife or machete, it doesn't get done.

Still thinking of a way to not have lawn to mow. If my neighbors were dicks, corn or soybeans would be high on the list. Since they aren't /too/ bad, I want to keep it somewhat normal :^D

 

[highland145]

Roundup works.

 

[lxskllr]

Roundup works.

I also don't use chemicals. Salt would work, but I need something to keep the dirt in place. If I had more energy, I'd make a contained meadow. A stone wall enclosing an area I let grow up with wild flowers. It's amazing how little a big ass pile of rocks gets you. I was collecting them for a long time for my patio, and kinda sorta got it done, but it took a ton of time/energy, and my back hasn't gotten any better over time. I definitely wouldn't buy rocks. That's like buying air or sunlight.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Still thinking of a way to not have lawn to mow. If my neighbors were dicks, corn or soybeans would be high on the list. Since they aren't /too/ bad, I want to keep it somewhat normal :^D

Cheap Mexican labor.

I'm pretty sure whites in the bottom states have forgotten how to mow lawns.

 

[Zanovar]

i hiccuped and my head vanished.I hiccuped again and it came back.*Air guitar*

 

[dave_the_nerd]

The "factory calibration" (steps per millimeter setting in gcode) on my 3D printer is about -0.5-1% off on the X and Y axes, and about +3% on the axis.

To be fair, it took me ~2 years to notice. But I'm printing a bunch of computer case parts that can only be ±0.5mm off over 100+mm, which is a lot narrower tolerances than I'm used to working with.

Which also means I'm printing them all twice. :-(

 

[eldorado99]

I also don't use chemicals. Salt would work, but I need something to keep the dirt in place. If I had more energy, I'd make a contained meadow. A stone wall enclosing an area I let grow up with wild flowers. It's amazing how little a big ass pile of rocks gets you. I was collecting them for a long time for my patio, and kinda sorta got it done, but it took a ton of time/energy, and my back hasn't gotten any better over time. I definitely wouldn't buy rocks. That's like buying air or sunlight.

you could plant the wildflowers but if the seeds aren't there already you'd still have to maintain the meadow somehow, admittedly it would be less mowing, but whatever the dominant weeds are in your lawn, they will mostly take over if you do nothing.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The hydro outage site took a dump, making my job more difficult. I use that site all the time to check if there is a known power outage somewhere.

 

[Ajay]

Red flag (full stop) after 8 car pile up the Indy Car race in Texas meant I missed the last 35 laps of the race when I fired up the DVR this morning. What suffering! #technologyIsStillDumb

 

[Svnla]

It is raining right now with a lot of loud thunder so the home security/camera system at home is going nut with fault alarms (audio detection) to my phone.

 

[IronWing]

I'm trying to research oxygen concentrators for a family member. I can get basic info from the manufacturer websites but I'm batting about 95% on sock puppet review sites when I try to find reviews. Even the legit seller sites are designed to prey on old people.

I'm also impressed with the ingenuity of resellers who sell prescription-required models w/o prescriptions. One comes with an oxy-propane torch with no discernible method of using the torch with the concentrator.

Also, this:

Potential Customers:
White-collar women: Skin care,Skin nutrition and elasticity maintenance,Reduction of sub-health status.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Housemate bought her Acura in 2010, used. After a minor accident, it had been repaired by the previous owner at some cut-rate body shop, with glue, which you couldn't see and didn't show up on the carfax. (Although it was disclosed.)

But over the years, that glue has come undone, so now the bumper cover pops loose on one end. Attempts to repair with new epoxy have also failed.

As she's picked up rocks and so on, she's become increasingly annoyed by the chips and dings on the bumper cover. But because she's got a "premium" car, a replacement would cost a couple grand. So her lovely shiny silver TSX... isn't. She's even been halfheartedly looking at new cars.

Today, some guy in a delivery van with a malfunctioning parking brake and eleventy-four kinds of corporate insurance rolled into her car and cracked the bumper cover. So she's getting a new one at no cost.

 

[Ajay]

@dave_the_nerd I fail to see the problem

 

[dave_the_nerd]

@dave_the_nerd I fail to see the problem

That's what my reaction was as well.

 

[Darwin333]

$300 worth of straws is a lot of sucking.

And I know first hand just how very good she is at it.

 

[sdifox]

Buy Honor 8, activate today, learn Honor 9 comes out in two days.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I caught myself doing 71 in a 50 zone, it used to be a 60, but they changed it, I only noticed when the lights started to flash on the radar display machine which was not there before (it's a portable one on a trailer). The sign on it said 50.

Pretty sure I'll be getting a surprise in the mail... Hopefully they're nice enough and charge me for 20 over and not whatever the next step is, not sure if they round down or up. Probably up. I think 20 over you don't lose demerit points but over 20 you do. I could be wrong though, I'll just have to wait and see.

I also consider myself fully at fault for that one, I should pay more attention to my speed. I tend to drive at the speed I feel safe at based on the conditions and this is a straight road with barely any intersections or anything, but further down there is a new Tim Horton's and a cross walk, so that's probably why they reduced the limit.

 

[highland145]

And I know first hand just how very good she is at it.

:colbert;

$50 please.

 

[KMFJD]

Thought the alternator in my van died, turned out the roughly 1000km's of dirt road i've driven in the past week can shake a lot of things lose on a vehicle. Also parts are a pita to source when your around the arctic circle

 

[lxskllr]

Thought the alternator in my van died, turned out the roughly 1000km's of dirt road i've driven in the past week can shake a lot of things lose on a vehicle. Also parts are a pita to source when your around the arctic circle

What are you doing? Sounds like you're all over the world. Is it business or pleasure?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Thought the alternator in my van died, turned out the roughly 1000km's of dirt road i've driven in the past week can shake a lot of things lose on a vehicle. Also parts are a pita to source when your around the arctic circle

Sucks, where abouts are you?

 

[highland145]

AC quit at the house last evening. Couldn't have been more that an hour because it was still 75 inside. Called my guy, he shows up at 8:30. It's some big assed cap, the leakage surely wasn't good. He didn't have a spare on his truck. WTH?

edit: He just called...billed me $75.

 

[Darwin333]

:colbert;

$50 please.

Check is in the mail.

And it's June so my electric bill is going to be high because the AC runs so much to keep it nice and comfy inside.

 

[dainthomas]

My coworker asked me to put a micro sd card into her phone, and I accidently snapped it taking it out of that hellish packaging. Had to buy another.