You should already be drunk enough by 12:30PM that it is not an option to travel anywhere else at all. A good drunk is a prepared drunk - no one ever said “man I think we brought too much alcohol to this party.”

Savings account here, and way too small. Currently I’ve got about 1-2 months of rent and basic expenses in there.

I can’t recall if I was left in the car at an age where I needed a carseat (I literally have no memories of that age), but there definitely came an age where I requested to be left in the car if my parent were going to do something boring like the bank or grab something from the dollar store - I think that age…

Most of us live in a community and not a personal island, meaning our actions affect those around us. See a few other comments in this thread (including my own) that go into more detail about why allowing the indiscriminate collection of runoff water can be a bad thing.

It depends on the location, but generally the rainwater is vital to the local ecosystem such as feeding rivers/reservoirs and providing for the habitat of local wildlife. Other interests downstream from you rely on (and have paid for) access to that runoff water for purposes such as agriculture/irrigation. I’ve…

If it’s anything like the number of people who don’t blow dust out of their computers and AV equipment (something I experience almost daily) then I don’t think it’s that unbelievable, unfortunately.

I always thought it was just a basic thing that you did as part of owning and operating an appliance, akin to defrosting your freezer or changing an air conditioning filter - i.e. easy and fast enough for it to not be worth paying someone else to do it, as opposed to something like changing (and disposing of) the oil…

I didn’t realize that people bought new vacuums instead of replacing the belt on their existing one - but then again I don’t shit money so maybe I’m out of touch. Don’t most manuals even include a step by step on replacing the belt? This is expected maintenance.

Someone else posted a link to a PDF that shows laws in different states for this. I didn’t look back, and you may be correct, but I wasn’t aware that this post was Michigan-specific and it is indeed not a lie in many places just in the US.

I’m pretty sure you’re already in a literal coma before you hit .8%

I agree, deaf people should not be allowed to drive amirite

Re: drunk bicycling - most jurisdictions I’m aware of consider a bicycle to be a vehicle that is not allowed to be ridden on sidewalks if the rider is above a certain age (usually around 12). As a legal street vehicle, all street laws apply. I know several people who have gotten DUIs for riding a bicycle while drunk…

I call my agent at State Farm every year or so and ask how much he can lower my rates or if he can negate whatever rate increase they are trying to implement; has worked every time so far without me having to say “well your competitor is offering $x.” Disclaimer: I have no accidents or tickets for over a decade and…

Lutron and others make these.

Re: “Is it a date?” - I guess I go on dates with my male and female friends a lot - we get fancy, talk about deep shit, insist on paying for each other, hug and physical contact etc. On the flipside, IMDB is a frequently used reference source during dinner dates with my wife. If you don’t know if it’s a date, just…

I did the same thing but with Street Fighter II, except I only had 1 VCR so instead had to use my dad’s big over the shoulder camcorder as the source player. Anyway this video kicks ass.

I’m with you - I wouldn’t use a RP to run a NAS as a first choice, but it’s a very cheap way to upgrade an external USB drive to a NAS until you have enough incentive to get a better-performing purpose-built NAS. And obviously you can install some other widgets on it like Sickbeard/Couchpotato*, FTP server, etc.

Well this statistic is for New York County, which basically just means Manhattan - I have a feeling that the average rent would drop significantly if the other boroughs were included. Sure there are a lot of stupidly high end condos for $15,000/month of whatever, but there are a shit ton more that go for $3-4000/month…

That really depends on the specific firmware capabilities of your router/firewall. Consumer level routers will typically only expose controls for prioritizing traffic to a particular device/IP (e.g. your computer, your phone, someone else’s laptop), or a particular protocol (e.g. FTP, HTTP, torrent), and some even…

And of course it would be worth a mention (if not a tutorial) that there are several higher-powered enterprise-level routers available that are designed with this capability, no custom firmware required (e.g. Cisco ASA), and can be found used online at great prices.