Happiness, in three words: Brand New Socks. It wouldn’t even take a huge lottery, just a modest one, or even a chunk of “disposable income” for those lucky childless people who have it.

For the love of god, it’s “Psych!”, not “Sike!”

It’s not precisely what you asked, but what you want is a 1984-5 Toyota Pickup. They come in 4WD (get the manual lock hubs, the autolocks suck), and the 22R engine in them is legendary. You’ll probably have to get one with a replacement bed, because the steel they used on the beds was terrible and they’re notorious…

My personal favorite quote of the night:

He looked like a man who was going to go home and either disembowel a pet or beat his wife senseless.

“She has been reborn as Hillary the White, and returned to us at the turning of the tide.”

Google Start or iGoogle. I started a thread earlier about it.

I think you mean iGoogle or Google Start. Google+ is the Facebook replacement that is still around but only used by people who play Ingress.

I’ve never heard of this site. I’ll definitely check it out. I think the make/break for it is widget support - the great thing about Start was how well integrated it was to pretty much everything else. Sort of an early version of the Chrome plugin store. It also had the trust - take that as you may - of being a core…

Same thing, different name. I think it started as one and got renamed, but could also be reached by going to start.google.com.

Everyone’s bringing up Google Reader, but the Google service I miss most is Start. The customizable Start page that let you put EVERYTHING you could possibly need on one page, or two pages, or a whole stack. It was wonderful. I never understood why they shut it down.

If you get crumbles, it just means you didn’t rub enough. You’ll take off a lot of what you put on, but each time you do it it adds another layer. The more you rub, the thinner (and more durable) the layer.

I was Army Reserve, Signal Corps - field radio repair (29E). I went inactive two months before my unit was called up for Desert Storm. To the best of my knowledge, none of my former unit sustained anything but sunburn for their trip to SA. I don’t often claim “veteran” status, because there are too many people out…

When I was in boot camp, the trick was knee-high nylons under your normal issue socks. Never had a single blister after being let in on that secret.

Yeah, tell me about it. I can see pending activity on my account on the web (now), and at least now they’re processing them as they come in. Would be nice if they processed income before outgo, just as a rule, but I’m not holding my breath.

Theoretically, yes, unless employers change their process to prevent the paychecks from leaving their own accounts until the last possible moment so they arrive in the employee’s account at the same time they always have. Many of the employers I’ve worked with in the past want every last cent in their accounts for as…

Luckily I’m no longer in the type of situation that would be threatened by this, but I know it’s not unusual to “float” payments a day before payday (or pay by check the day before a deposit clears). A lot of people living paycheck-to-paycheck may have to watch themselves. And it seems like there are a higher…

100W, 12V AC? 12?

100W, 12V AC? 12?

Boy did I read that headline wrong the first time around. Amazing how substituting one ‘e’ for an ‘a’ can change the whole tenor of the article.

Boy did I read that headline wrong the first time around. Amazing how substituting one ‘e’ for an ‘a’ can change the…