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Ackmed

Diamond Member
Oct 1, 2003
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Never pay full price for Ruth's Chris. At Costco, you can buy Ruth's Chris $100 giftcard for $80. It's available all the time. Most of the fancier steakhouses, the sides are shared. If it wasn't on the menu, your server should've noticed and told you when you ordered so many sides. That's poor service on the part of your waiter and I would've took it out of the tip.

I don't have a Costco membership but probably should.

Normally I would agree with you. That was her one blemish. My wife thought that she was enamored with me. She fumbled her words, dropped silverware on my feet, blushed. Thinks she may have just forgot. Whatever the case, she had a helper and they both went to college. The restaurant is on campus at a large university, and they were working on a Saturday night. I don't care to help people like that, who are trying to better themselves. I have given a $20 tip on a $20 bill, or $5 on a $80 bill. Very few times I have tipped $0. To me it is not the price of the check, but the quality of the service. Why should I tip more for ordering a $50 steak as apposed to a $10 salad? They still bring a plate, doesn't matter what is on it. Of course tipping in itself is a hot topic around here anymore. Other than that one blemish, they both did well. Made my daughter feel special on her special day. That was worth it to me.
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
41,912
2,146
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the technique employed by Peter Luger's is mindboggling. yet somehow it works for them...

They go through a lot of rigmarole...hand selected prime beef, dry aging, cooking it twice, pre-slicing...bathed in kidney blood...it's all very fancy. But honestly, it didn't taste that different from the prime ribeye I get from Costco in a cast iron pan, 4.5 minutes on each side, then basted in rosemary brown butter. I can get the same crust, same tenderness, and same flavor at 1/10th the price. Was a nice experience, but don't think I'd go back.

Honestly, for the money, one of the best steak bargains around is the Longhorn chain's cowboy bone-in ribeye. They cook it on a searer, it's actually a decent quality steak, and it's like $25 for a 24oz. If you want a steak out, go there
 

rh71

No Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
52,844
1,049
126
Recently upgraded from a 27" LCD monitor to a 34" IPS ultrawide. I don't see a huge improvement but it wasn't ungodly expensive at least. I thought I would be able to take advantage of the wider screen with multiple windows but at the 2560x1080 res, it's not so wide that I can have 2 windows open at decent width anyway. Maybe the QHD at 3440x1440 would be much better. In short, it's a let-down.
 

slag

Lifer
Dec 14, 2000
10,473
81
101
Buying "The Division" on XB1 and playing it for about 20 minutes. Never played it again. Just don't like the interface.
 

dullard

Elite Member
May 21, 2001
25,488
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Recently upgraded from a 27" LCD monitor to a 34" IPS ultrawide. In short, it's a let-down.
Paying more money so they can chop off the top of the monitor is usually never a good idea. Remember in monitors, "wide" really means "short". That said, 1280 horizontal pixels per window is usually enough for most common software (internet browsing and Word for example). The 1080 pixel height in a monitor that large though would give me a headache.
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
48,707
5,462
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Recently upgraded from a 27" LCD monitor to a 34" IPS ultrawide. I don't see a huge improvement but it wasn't ungodly expensive at least. I thought I would be able to take advantage of the wider screen with multiple windows but at the 2560x1080 res, it's not so wide that I can have 2 windows open at decent width anyway. Maybe the QHD at 3440x1440 would be much better. In short, it's a let-down.

fwiw, DisplayFusion lets you do virtual monitor splitting:

https://www.displayfusion.com/Features/MonitorConfig/

I've found it to be pretty useful on ultrawides & 4K screens because you can divide up the screen for auto-snapping of windows.
 

JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
29,391
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Recently upgraded from a 27" LCD monitor to a 34" IPS ultrawide. I don't see a huge improvement but it wasn't ungodly expensive at least. I thought I would be able to take advantage of the wider screen with multiple windows but at the 2560x1080 res, it's not so wide that I can have 2 windows open at decent width anyway. Maybe the QHD at 3440x1440 would be much better. In short, it's a let-down.
34" 2560x1080 makes baby jesus cry.
my Dell 27" that I got 3yrs is 2560 x 1440.

34" 3440x1440 sounds amazing but honestly, dual 21" 1920 x 1080 would be easier for multiple windows.
(and cheaper)
 
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PricklyPete

Lifer
Sep 17, 2002
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Yesterday I stopped by a junkyard to get a dpare wheel for my truck. I ask if they have any mid 2000s dakotas in the yard, and there's an 03 out there somewhere, and my truck's an 05. Great!

You have to pay $2 to get in the yard(grumbles...), and you can't drive back there :^S

So... I walk my ass .25m to the back of the lot where the trucks are, and look through rows of trucks arranged in no particular order. After 15 minutes of walking, I find the dakota. Steel wheels, but it doesn't matter. I just want something that'll get me off the side of the road. The slip the guy gave me said it would fit my truck.

So... I walk my ass .25m back to the office to get my lugwrench, then walk .25m back to the truck to remove the wheel...

Did I mention all the vehicles are up on 'blocks'? They use a naked wheel set perpendicular in another naked wheel, and the car sits on that. Looks squirrelly as shit, but apparently it's pretty solid. Didn't see any fallen cars.

So... any of you have tried to break a lugnut on a spinning wheel can see where this is headed... I'm trying to find shit to stick in the wheel to keep it from spinning, and I'm not finding anything. Get a tire, and try to stuff it against the wheel. That works; kinda... Between that, and holding the wheel between my knees, I get three of the nuts off. Some clever motherfucker used more than one kind of nut on the wheel, and my lugwrench doesn't fit the last three.

So... I dig around in the backs of these vehicles, trying to find a shitty factory lugwrench, and ~15 minutes later come up with something that'll fit.

I get the last three nuts off. Did I mention I have a bad back? Fucking around with that stupid truck has my back tweaked. I pick up my newly freed wheel, and start my .25m walk back to the office. Halfway there, one of the lot guys drives by, and takes the tire/wheel the rest of the way. I get to the office, pay my $47(grumbles...), and load the wheel in the back of my truck, back's throbbing...

Get to the next job, and I'm looking at the wheel; 6 lug. I then look at the wheel on the truck; 5 lug #@$!

I'm out $50, the wheel's in an old van at the office, and I still don't have a spare.

I regret that purchase

I bought a brand new spare wheel for my 2013 4Runner for $115 over the internet...seems worth the extra $65 after hearing your story.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
70,231
28,943
136
I bought a used computer from a neighbor. It stopped working so I opened it up to see what the problem was. The video card was misaligned like someone installed it using a rock for a hammer. I re-seated the card but still no luck. I called the seller who referred me to his technician. The technician has been giving me nothing but lip. Now the neighbor and his technician are finger-pointing at each other and neither will take responsibility for the bum machine.
 

dullard

Elite Member
May 21, 2001
25,488
3,981
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I bought a used computer from a neighbor. It stopped working so I opened it up to see what the problem was. The video card was misaligned like someone installed it using a rock for a hammer. I re-seated the card but still no luck. I called the seller who referred me to his technician. The technician has been giving me nothing but lip. Now the neighbor and his technician are finger-pointing at each other and neither will take responsibility for the bum machine.
I bet he won't even give you the Windows key or admit that the PSU was on its last leg.
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
48,707
5,462
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you can do that in the free version?

hm.. 4 windows of 1720 x 720

Looks like only the Pro version does it (under "Precise Monitor Controls")

https://www.displayfusion.com/Compare/

The feature set is huge & crazy...monitor splits, really good multi-monitor wallpaper controls, mouse wrapping, desktop icon layout memory (SUPER useful if you have a laptop that docks to multiple screens & have your icons scattered), etc.
 

Ackmed

Diamond Member
Oct 1, 2003
8,487
533
126
34" 2560x1080 makes baby jesus cry.
my Dell 27" that I got 3yrs is 2560 x 1440.

34" 3440x1440 sounds amazing but honestly, dual 21" 1920 x 1080 would be easier for multiple windows.
(and cheaper)

That is where I am, Asus 34" curved. Do not regret it at all, very amazing. One thing I try not to skimp on is screens, which usually requires me not to skimp on other parts to keep up though. Similar for TV, have a 65" curved OLED. Its just so much better.
 

slag

Lifer
Dec 14, 2000
10,473
81
101
One example of that is my garage door. While my opener would open the door, I had no idea that the spring was actually far too loose... until the garage door refused to open. I never knew about the "drop test" with garage doors (detach it from the opener, raise it halfway and let it go... it should stay in place). Chances are that the door failed when I bought the house, and I ended up having to pay to get it fixed.

I just replaced the torsion springs in my garage door and the documentation said the door shouldn't stay in place. It should be able to be lifted rather easily but not stay up unless pushed up all the way. You want some "weight" to the door, it should not be neutral. Different rules for different doors maybe?
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
41,912
2,146
126
fwiw, DisplayFusion lets you do virtual monitor splitting:

https://www.displayfusion.com/Features/MonitorConfig/

I've found it to be pretty useful on ultrawides & 4K screens because you can divide up the screen for auto-snapping of windows.

100% recommend DisplayFusion. NVidia Surround is annoying without it. Not sure why it's not built into the drivers.

HINT: If you're buying DisplayFusion, go to purchase and then back out of the cart. You'll get a discount.
 

preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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63
91
Man all this steak house talk makes me want to get an annova

Though, I make a really good prime rib roast with a reverse sear.
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
48,707
5,462
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Man all this steak house talk makes me want to get an annova

Though, I make a really good prime rib roast with a reverse sear.

Anova makes steaks super-tender, but reverse sear is awesome too. If you plan on doing chicken with it, I'd invest in one, and pork too, but just for steak, reverse sear is great. My BSCB goes into a lot of other dishes tho (salads, pizza, paninis, etc.) so it's pretty useful for me to get zero-effort, ultra-moist chicken breast from the Anova.
 

desura

Diamond Member
Mar 22, 2013
4,627
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Generally speaking Samsung products are good on paper but in practice kind of suck overall. But they have the materials science down with their AMOLED tech and not one can match that. and they can make impressively skinny phones. But everything else is the worst in the industry.
 

poofyhairguy

Lifer
Nov 20, 2005
14,612
318
126
Generally speaking Samsung products are good on paper but in practice kind of suck overall. But they have the materials science down with their AMOLED tech and not one can match that. and they can make impressively skinny phones. But everything else is the worst in the industry.

Eh, I really like my Samsung Smarthings hub. It is great for home automation.
 

AznAnarchy99

Lifer
Dec 6, 2004
14,695
117
106
Man all this steak house talk makes me want to get an annova

Though, I make a really good prime rib roast with a reverse sear.

I like Anova for the simplicity of it if I have to do batches. If I just do one or two steaks, the old fashioned way has this just different feel to it. I think it might be cause the sense of accomplishment of doing it right lol.
 
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