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[BeardyHat]

looks like their hey days were in the past... 1980's

Safeway - Wikipedia

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could be why you don't know them, or they never got to your state.

They were one of the first and only grocery stores in my small town, until about the mid 90s when Kroger rolled up.

When King Soopers was built, we pretty much stopped shopping at Safeway. King Soopers was my first job and I still feel like I was treated pretty fairly there, which is why I don't mind continuing to shop there.

Unfortunately, my nearby KS is a dump, in spite of being new. It was built right next to a local train station where unsavory types like to congregate and they've kind of crapped it up, so I only go there if I just need to do a quick run for a few items.

 

[Frindis]

Speaking of dump/dumping: Today I was doing some training in the woods and when I got back to nearest public road one of the first things I noticed was a dog waste bag with crap in it. It was literately 2 meters from the nearest public waste bin! Another time I had to call the City Operations Department because in one of the local bus sheds there was glass on the ground and a bunch of litter and it had been like that for over a year. Another time I was trekking in the woods and noticed an old chocolate plastic container. Had to bring it with me because someone did not bother. Some people just think differently.

Here is another example of just that: When I was a small kid I was riding in the car with a friend and his mother. We were eating some chocolate and when I was finished with it, I put it in the door pocket trash bin. What did the mother do? She threw the plastic wrapping out of the car window. I still remember that, still wonder what was going on in her head.

Oh, and a really interesting example of waste management: I was throwing away some stuff from my apartment and ordered one of those local garbage trucks to come pick it up. I had to sort the different garbage and there were restriction as to what they could take. They took an hourly price + some taxes. Then when the garbage truck arrived, the driver just said I could throw whatever I wanted inside, it would be crushed anyways. Metal chairs, wires, springs, screws, whole bed, TV, didn't matter. Why? Because that particular truck were driving around to different businesses and picking up everything to crush. So, I kind of stood there after I had gotten rid of the garbage, wondering why the kakapo private householdings should sort the garbage when these large companies could just throw away anything they wanted, having it crushed and just pay a larger fee for it.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Speaking of dump/dumping: Today I was doing some training in the woods and when I got back to nearest public road one of the first things I noticed was a dog waste bag with crap in it. It was literately 2 meters from the nearest public waste bin! Another time I had to call the City Operations Department because in one of the local bus sheds there was glass on the ground and a bunch of litter and it had been like that for over a year. Another time I was trekking in the woods and noticed an old chocolate plastic container. Had to bring it with me because someone did not bother. Some people just think differently.

Here is another example of just that: When I was a small kid I was riding in the car with a friend and his mother. We were eating some chocolate and when I was finished with it, I put it in the door pocket trash bin. What did the mother do? She threw the plastic wrapping out of the car window. I still remember that, still wonder what was going on in her head.

Oh, and a really interesting example of waste management: I was throwing away some stuff from my apartment and ordered one of those local garbage trucks to come pick it up. I had to sort the different garbage and there were restriction as to what they could take. They took an hourly price + some taxes. Then when the garbage truck arrived, the driver just said I could throw whatever I wanted inside, it would be crushed anyways. Metal chairs, wires, springs, screws, whole bed, TV, didn't matter. Why? Because that particular truck were driving around to different businesses and picking up everything to crush. So, I kind of stood there after I had gotten rid of the garbage, wondering why the kakapo private householdings should sort the garbage when these large companies could just throw away anything they wanted, having it crushed and just pay a larger fee for it.

Never heard of having to sort garbage except for flammable or chemical type things. We ordered a dumpster brought to the house a few years ago and just piled whatever inside of it. Now, it's possible that the company that brought the dumpster then sorted it on their end.

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Figured out why my computers all don't automatically use the "downloads" folder. There's a setting in Chrome that says, "Always ask where to download files."

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Never heard of having to sort garbage except for flammable or chemical type things. We ordered a dumpster brought to the house a few years ago and just piled whatever inside of it. Now, it's possible that the company that brought the dumpster then sorted it on their end.

It varies a bit by municipality a bit here, but we have to sort cardboard, paper, metal, glass, compost , and plastics from home. Anything else goes to burnable mixed waste and is burnt at power stations. Stuff thats not burnable has to be taken to a problem waste or recycling centre. The city will take old clothes, toys, electronics sports equipment or whatever and either recycles or sells them as is in various recycling centres around the city. You can get pretty good amps and speakers from there for decent prices for example.

 

[Zed Clampet]

It varies a bit by municipality a bit here, but we have to sort cardboard, paper, metal, glass, compost , and plastics from home. Anything else goes to burnable mixed waste and is burnt at power stations. Stuff thats not burnable has to be taken to a problem waste or recycling centre. The city will take old clothes, toys, electronics sports equipment or whatever and either recycles or sells them as is in various recycling centres around the city. You can get pretty good amps and speakers from there for decent prices for example.

Ah, we do have to sort out recyclables from garbage. I just wasn't considering that garbage.

 

[Frindis]

Never heard of having to sort garbage except for flammable or chemical type things. We ordered a dumpster brought to the house a few years ago and just piled whatever inside of it. Now, it's possible that the company that brought the dumpster then sorted it on their end.

I also thought I would get one of those or a garbage truck without the crushing thingy since I had to sort the garbage and put it in transparent garbage bags (so they could look at what was inside)

On a positive side note, the same company also has a daughter company that comes to your home and picks up items for reuse. It was very nice, because last time I moved I gave away some kitchen stuff, carpet and a couple of other things I did not need.

I also gave away a sofa through an ad and had to help the guy pressing it into his expansive Mercedes car. I had already mentioned in the ad that the sofa would be given away mounted, but off course he came in the rain and snow wondering if I couldn't screw off the legs. Not only that, his car was SMALL!.

 

[neogunhero]

Then say, "I know what would make you feel better," and start taking off your clothes while dancing sensually. If there's a pole nearby, you know how to use it...

...how far do you think you could shove a stick of pepperoni down your throat?

Laughing harder than I have all week reading this

This mattress comes with a 10 year warranty. If you've been sleeping on trash all this time, you might just get emotional if you tried this one. I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing their cheaper mattress is pretty awesome as well, and depending on how much you are spending every 1 to 2 years, this may actually save you money in the long run.

This is one of the biggest issues with buying cheap mattresses. You'd be better off spending more money at once getting a much higher quality mattress with a real warranty than something that will fall apart in two years or less.

 

[Colif]

up to date with my course in the first time in a few weeks.

It had slipped behind when I got my new PC and was more distracted making sure it worked. I would answer most of the questions each week but some were just left for "later", Kept saying I would do it tomorrow...

I had to do it this week as I didn't want to let the number grow too high. I had 8 questions to do at start of week, now down to two. They are both from this week but I don't feel like thinking about any more today, I just did 4 of them. I think about it tomorrow now.

Now course up to date, I might even play a game. I wouldn't let myself until I had answered questions.

-8c tonight so I might not bother right away.

 

[Frindis]

Soon moving into a new apartment. Can't wait to hook up my main computer! What is very nice about this apartment is that it has a large indoor storage room so I can do some prepping with it. Not really thought about doing much prepping before, but now it just makes sense with a storage room.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Was listening to music this morning and got jolted with a memory I haven't thought about in a long time. Guido almost certainly could have been a professional dancer. I would almost consider him to have been a child prodigy.

One time when he was three, we went to a restaurant. They were playing music, and as the waitress was leading us to our table, Guido was walking and dancing at the same time, keeping perfect time with the music, and it wasn't just a little jig either, he was high-stepping and wiggling his feet, all to the beat, while also doing arm movements. People were pointing at him so that others at their tables would see it.

There were a couple other instances, but as he got just a little bit older he became self-conscious of people watching him and quit dancing.

Sometimes I think that's maybe why we all are great dancers: embarrassment.

 

[BeardyHat]

Was listening to music this morning and got jolted with a memory I haven't thought about in a long time. Guido almost certainly could have been a professional dancer. I would almost consider him to have been a child prodigy.

One time when he was three, we went to a restaurant. They were playing music, and as the waitress was leading us to our table, Guido was walking and dancing at the same time, keeping perfect time with the music, and it wasn't just a little jig either, he was high-stepping and wiggling his feet, all to the beat, while also doing arm movements. People were pointing at him so that others at their tables would see it.

There were a couple other instances, but as he got just a little bit older he became self-conscious of people watching him and quit dancing.

Sometimes I think that's maybe why we all are great dancers: embarrassment.

I'm certainly self conscious about it, but I don't think I'm anywhere near amazing.. Pretty sure I'm like Elaine from Seinfeld.

My van couldn't have developed an issue at a better time. We've been using it extensively the last three weeks that my sister in law had been here (left yesterday) and it fit 2 adults and 5 kids without issue.

Well, after my wife was coming back from the airport yesterday, she got off the highway because it started hesitating and acting funny. She limped it home and I gave it a drive around the neighborhood and yeah, it's janky. Hesitating and when I jammed the throttle to the floor, it sputtered and died.

I'm thinking that it's the MAF, basically sensor is either dead or clogged and the computer doesn't know how much air is actually going into the engine, so it doesn't know how much fuel to add and it's probably leaning out. Ended up taking apart the throttle body, cleaning all it and all the sensors in there, as well as cleaning the MAP sensor and EGR, both of which were pretty egregiously dirty. The EGR being almost completely choked with carbon and the MAP being so dirty, it just looked black inside, but shiny brass after I cleaned it with sensor cleaner.

Took me about two hours to do it all and get it back together and I haven't had a chance to test it yet, so here's to hoping that the cheap fix works!

 

[Frindis]

"use discount code "KARL LOST" for 10% Off!" Man, Billy Mitchell is really roasting Karl Jobst for losing that lawsuit against him

 

[BeardyHat]

"use discount code "KARL LOST" for 10% Off!" Man, Billy Mitchell is really roasting Karl Jobst for losing that lawsuit against him

I had been following it pretty closely (albeit, only from Jobst's side) and when it came out what the lawsuit was actually about, which Jobst never mentioned, I kind of lost all respect for the guy. Will never watch another one of his videos.

Got my van all squared away (mostly) today. Cleaned up a lot of intake parts and sensors which had a lot of carbon build-up on them and now things are working great. Though all of a sudden now it's doing this shudder when it shuts off, which is odd; it runs fantastically and has better throttle response than ever, but this minor little shudder is going to drive me batty and I'm absolutely going to obsess about it until I can find a resolution.

It was 100* today and it was awful. I ended-up working on the car out in the driveway because I was too lazy to straighten-up my garage so I could pull it in and I think that was a mistake. I got a little sunburn on my arms, but nothing major, moreso I just feel beat to hell from being out in the sun all day. Hopefully sleep well tonight.

Also having a little minor disagreement with my wife, which I can 100% see her side on, but I'm tired of the fight with our city about it. Basically, our front yard is very weedy and some neighbors have reported us for it. This is fine, it's in our neighborhood and city covenants to keep things orderly, but my wife was quite happy with how it looked and how it functions as an ecosystem and a refuge for insects and other plants. She's been arguing with the city since we moved in about it and finally found some leverage against them, mainly that being that what is in our yard is a lower classification of "weed" and doesn't technically need to be controlled.

But I'm tired of seeing the emails back and forth with the City guy (who is very nice, BTW) and tired of having to talk to him when he comes out to inspect and chat with us. I started pulling the weeds myself and I've made decent progress, but today some guys came by while I was working on the car and offered to do the rest of it for $200, which I thought was fair. I consulted her and she agreed, so we pointed out what we wanted to keep and they set to work.

It took them two hours, which was pretty impressive and they kept all the nice flowering plants; we have a load of Hollyhock, which are just starting to bloom and look fantastic. But they cleaned out a lot of Cheat Grass and Bindweed and my wife is very upset about all of it; so much so that she cried when we went to lunch today.

I very much understand why she's upset; again, she liked how it looked, she likes resilient plants, she liked that it fostered an ecosystem for the bees and other insects, she liked that it gives lots of ground cover so that less hardy things can start sprouting up. She thinks it now looks dead and depressing. I 100% get her opinion on the matter and actually do agree; I love that it supplies more of an ecosystem than something like the monoculture that is just grass or whatever and it feels like we're doing our part to combat insect decline, but I still can't help but think it looks better.

I think it can be argued that we moved to a place where this stuff is enforced, but at the same time, she's good at playing the bureaucracy and understanding what we do and don't have to address. I don't know what the right answer is; I'm saddened that she's upset and I think she's fully justified, but I don't know what to do about it. I think when it cools down again, I'm going to have to start thinking about how we can redo our front yard to make it look nice for a suburban neighborhood, but also a haven for wildlife, something that both my wife and I can be happy with. Up until this point, we haven't done anything with out front yard.

 

[Frindis]

I had been following it pretty closely (albeit, only from Jobst's side) and when it came out what the lawsuit was actually about, which Jobst never mentioned, I kind of lost all respect for the guy. Will never watch another one of his videos.

I watched his apology video, it did not really change my opinion about the whole debacle. He very early in an old video mentioned (for few minutes) what the lawsuit was about, then he for years made tons of Billy Mitchell videos about cheating. It is obvious for me that he was selling audience the "Billy Mitchell cheats" concept, because THAT is what I remember and watched all of his videos about Billy Mitchell. I believe he did his audience wrong and profited of it. This is also why I unsubscribed, even if it stings a little because I really do think he makes good content.

I'm going to have to start thinking about how we can redo our front yard to make it look nice for a suburban neighborhood, but also a haven for wildlife, something that both my wife and I can be happy with. Up until this point, we haven't done anything with out front yard.

I was thinking of some type of hidden ecosystem. Like you could have a small area on the lawn enclosed with sculptures or other types of visually pleasing camouflages and nobody on the outside would be able to see what is on the other side. It made me think of this stunningly beautiful scene from one of my favorite animated series of recent years:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EITdCWYTn2I

 

[Pifanjr]

I had been following it pretty closely (albeit, only from Jobst's side) and when it came out what the lawsuit was actually about, which Jobst never mentioned, I kind of lost all respect for the guy. Will never watch another one of his videos.

Got my van all squared away (mostly) today. Cleaned up a lot of intake parts and sensors which had a lot of carbon build-up on them and now things are working great. Though all of a sudden now it's doing this shudder when it shuts off, which is odd; it runs fantastically and has better throttle response than ever, but this minor little shudder is going to drive me batty and I'm absolutely going to obsess about it until I can find a resolution.

It was 100* today and it was awful. I ended-up working on the car out in the driveway because I was too lazy to straighten-up my garage so I could pull it in and I think that was a mistake. I got a little sunburn on my arms, but nothing major, moreso I just feel beat to hell from being out in the sun all day. Hopefully sleep well tonight.

Also having a little minor disagreement with my wife, which I can 100% see her side on, but I'm tired of the fight with our city about it. Basically, our front yard is very weedy and some neighbors have reported us for it. This is fine, it's in our neighborhood and city covenants to keep things orderly, but my wife was quite happy with how it looked and how it functions as an ecosystem and a refuge for insects and other plants. She's been arguing with the city since we moved in about it and finally found some leverage against them, mainly that being that what is in our yard is a lower classification of "weed" and doesn't technically need to be controlled.

But I'm tired of seeing the emails back and forth with the City guy (who is very nice, BTW) and tired of having to talk to him when he comes out to inspect and chat with us. I started pulling the weeds myself and I've made decent progress, but today some guys came by while I was working on the car and offered to do the rest of it for $200, which I thought was fair. I consulted her and she agreed, so we pointed out what we wanted to keep and they set to work.

It took them two hours, which was pretty impressive and they kept all the nice flowering plants; we have a load of Hollyhock, which are just starting to bloom and look fantastic. But they cleaned out a lot of Cheat Grass and Bindweed and my wife is very upset about all of it; so much so that she cried when we went to lunch today.

I very much understand why she's upset; again, she liked how it looked, she likes resilient plants, she liked that it fostered an ecosystem for the bees and other insects, she liked that it gives lots of ground cover so that less hardy things can start sprouting up. She thinks it now looks dead and depressing. I 100% get her opinion on the matter and actually do agree; I love that it supplies more of an ecosystem than something like the monoculture that is just grass or whatever and it feels like we're doing our part to combat insect decline, but I still can't help but think it looks better.

I think it can be argued that we moved to a place where this stuff is enforced, but at the same time, she's good at playing the bureaucracy and understanding what we do and don't have to address. I don't know what the right answer is; I'm saddened that she's upset and I think she's fully justified, but I don't know what to do about it. I think when it cools down again, I'm going to have to start thinking about how we can redo our front yard to make it look nice for a suburban neighborhood, but also a haven for wildlife, something that both my wife and I can be happy with. Up until this point, we haven't done anything with out front yard.

How long do you think before all of the weeds grow back? I'm not sure how it is over there, but over here plants are shooting out of the ground seemingly overnight.

 

[BeardyHat]

I was thinking of some type of hidden ecosystem. Like you could have a small area on the lawn enclosed with sculptures or other types of visually pleasing camouflages and nobody on the outside would be able to see what is on the other side. It made me think of this stunningly beautiful scene from one of my favorite animated series of recent years:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EITdCWYTn2I

I'll have to remember to watch that when I've got a free minute here.

I was thinking something similar, but nothing concrete yet. My wife did say some time ago that I could redesign our entire front yard as an RC rock crawler course, which sounds fun to me. So it would be cool to incorporate a wild area for the bugs and the birds.

Problem is, I've never designed landscaping before, so I'm not sure where to start other than vague ideas.

How long do you think before all of the weeds grow back? I'm not sure how it is over there, but over here plants are shooting out of the ground seemingly overnight.

They'll come back a bit, but are unlikely to get as large as they had been. Our climate is pretty hot and dry and we're just coming out of our "monsoon" season, so it's all unlikely to get much or any water.

I'd bet I could ignore them for the rest of the year and be free of anyone complaining about it.

 

[Zloth]

Don't EVEN get me started about the tradition of trying to make our laws look like a green carpet!

Any chance of making a "garden" of the not-quite-weeds? If you stick them in a rectangle, it tends to go over better. Especially if you put the different types in rows. (Of course, if one snake decides to live there, you'll probably be accused of attempted murder.)

 

[BeardyHat]

Don't EVEN get me started about the tradition of trying to make our laws look like a green carpet!

Any chance of making a "garden" of the not-quite-weeds? If you stick them in a rectangle, it tends to go over better. Especially if you put the different types in rows. (Of course, if one snake decides to live there, you'll probably be accused of attempted murder.)

In our litigious country? Maybe. But my cat is also a fantastic huntress, so I doubt any snakes taking up residence would end-up living long.

I actually came up with an idea this morning on my way to buy more parts for my van. I saw a neighbor who had a pretty wild looking yard, but one that also looks relatively curated and takes heavy inspiration from the mountains we live very close to:

This is it. Basically a hill with loads of large rocks and then plenty of native plants and flowers; it's even a little more curated and colorful than this old Gmaps picture. I think this would work great for our yard, especially given we want to dig out a large area close to the house and create a large patio, so we could take that dirt and form ourselves and hill to put all the rocks on.

I'm sure it still takes maintenance, but the rocky ground cover and then the native plants, it should theoretically leave minimal open space for "weeds" to root. Plus I could build some cool rock steps and areas to play with my RC Crawler! These folks do actually have a small patch of lawn on the right side, but I think we'd just skip that altogether and go whole hog with this idea in the front. We have grass in the back and I like it for the dog and the kids, but it's a lot of maintenance and water in such a dry climate, it doesn't really make a ton of sense to also have it in the front where my kids aren't likely to be playing anyway.

 

[Colif]

Man proposed to AI chatbot as she was about the be upgraded and lose all "her" memory of him

This sort of thing will only get worse before people learn better.

 

[Frag Maniac]

Man proposed to AI chatbot as she was about the be upgraded and lose all "her" memory of him

This sort of thing will only get worse before people learn better.

LOL,

Virtual Pastor
"Do you _____ take_____to be your wedded bot"?

Man
"I do___n't, what the hell?"

 

[BeardyHat]

Man proposed to AI chatbot as she was about the be upgraded and lose all "her" memory of him

This sort of thing will only get worse before people learn better.

I have words for this, but I don't think I'll share them here.

 

[Frag Maniac]

I have words for this, but I don't think I'll share them here.

When I was young, some hippies were called Beatniks. I guess in today's crazy world something called Botniks might apply, because the AI will nick you for just about anything, including your virginity apparently!

 

[Colif]

LOL,

Virtual Pastor
"Do you _____ take_____to be your wedded bot"?

Man
"I do___n't, what the hell?"

I saw this video yesterday that is along same idea, except Groom wasn't even at the wedding... and didn't know he was married.

 

[Frag Maniac]

I saw this video yesterday that is along same idea, except Groom wasn't even at the wedding... and didn't know he was married.

This should remind people to not get a marriage license unless you're damn sure you want to get married!

 

[Zed Clampet]

About to have a stroke. I was supposed to buy Guido a car this weekend, but I have bronchitis again, so the wife said she would go take care of it, so I let her have my checkbook. So she leaves and later in the day Guido sends me some pictures of his new SUV. He's really too tall to be driving a starter car, so we decided to go with a large used vehicle.

Then my wife comes home and I ask her how much it cost. It was a 2014 Buick Enclave with 100k miles on it. Definitely wouldn't have been my choice, but it is what it is. I knew my wife has been obsessed with GM vehicles, so I figured that was where this was going.

But then I find out she just paid the sticker price, so now I'm sitting here stewing. In the US, you never just pay the sticker price, especially not for a used vehicle. She didn't even try to negotiate. She just took MY CHECK and paid for it. I looked it up and the vehicle, before all the add-ons, should have been somewhere around $8500 (before add-ons this was $11,000), so I just paid at least $2500 extra.