Many years ago there was in article (likely on Gizmodo) about how a guy took a old school pushbutton desk phone apart, put in cellphone hardware, included some large “D” batteries so he could still ring the old school metal bells in the phone, and basically made it into a cellphone. He would go in somewhere and set it…

You might have a point if a friendship is based upon nothing BUT the activity, but in my own experience these types of activities allow one to find people within this shared activity group that then move on to the NEXT step, which is becoming a friend OUTSIDE this group, if you find that you have other things in…

Totally showing my age here, but back in the early 1990s I paid $250 for 8 MEGABYTES of storage. Adjusting for inflation, the equivalent of this MicroSD card would have cost:

Totally showing my age here, but back in the early 1990s I paid $250 for 8 MEGABYTES of storage. Adjusting for…

It appears from the comments that the author (and perhaps Gizmodo) is a bit out of touch with their readers.  Huh.  Sounds all too familiar.

“nebulous reasons, allegedly stemming from her Twitter activity”

Some friends worked there at different times, and the owner was just such an arrogant shithead, and that gets around in a small town. He was also supposedly an antique dealer, but didn’t know that his “collection” was full of reproductions. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So you think that’s what I said? Interesting.

That was in the town my mom lives in!  Windsor. The whole town sort of knew he was a joke; that was crazy.

People who can take good news and try to find a way to see it in a negative light are... interesting.

All of you parents catering to your child’s every whim are setting yourself up for a disaster when they become teenagers, and beyond that, expect them to have a hard life, constantly needing to be propped up by you.

For me, Costco is for both non-perishable items and frozen items, though I also buy prime cuts of meat in bulk and vacuum seal and freeze them. Since I cook them sous-vide, I end up cooking them in the same bag they were stored in as well.

Yet another shiny bauble on food labels to attract the dim-witted new-age-y food consumer. :-/

This is what happens when they choose who to endorse based upon identity.

And the attempted buying of votes continues.

Yes, I think the “average monthly fee” gets skewed heavily by the people who have no ability to avoid overdrafts.

And this has to do with the arson fires how again?

So could just having an employment history that starts well before the age of 24.

One complaint I have that is not related to people is that the average lifespan of a scooter is TWENTY EIGHT DAYS.  How can that be seen as even remotely environmentally conscious?

Glad to see them gone from downtown Phoenix. Even though they were supposed to have dedicated “parking” zones, they never got that to work and were littered all over.

I do free basic personal finance “classes” (usually one on one or with a couple), and it amazes me how few people take a good look at the spend side of the equation when they realize that they have too much debt. I know that sounds pretty basic, but once you understand THAT side, debt is easier to pay off (as you have…