I’d appreciate and explanation of something I’ve never gotten about this kind of merger event.

Same. It took me a while to get over the fear instilled in me in childhood that any food not refrigerated would kill me, but once I got past it my toast quality got so much better. Room temp butter is the only way to go.

...aim for cars under $30,000-ish

I’m going to go ahead and object to #3. I don’t work there and haven’t had the training the people on the other side of the counter have. Don’t expect me to remember how all that gets put together. You’re the professional here, not me. I’ll repeat the order as many times as you need to get it all down. That said, I’ll…

C’mon, who of us hasn’t been left somewhere by some exhausted parents who lost count of how many hellions they stuffed in the family truckster or got distracted by an argument with a stranger over a bill? Highway rest stops, gas stations, restaurants...airports, apparently. It happens.

I just wrapped up Stargate Universe. Of all the various spin-offs from the movie I absolutely loved this is the only one that held any interest for me. Clear central theme that didn’t seem forced or contrived, storytelling instead of simply stitching action scenes together with spots of dialog, excellent editing, cgi…

I’ve recently stepped up the hotel tips. I was on $5/day for a decade or more, but it’s 2023 and inflation is killing us all. I don’t feel right walking out of the room at the end of a weekend stay leaving less than $20, especially knowing some of you animals make plumb stupid messes and don’t leave these folks nuthin…

Yeah, you’re right. Accuracy and journalistic integrity...pfft! What was I thinking? My bad.

VW axle nut tool

Wait...so the hack is that instead of taking an hour or two to sort scroll through the roll you drag it out over the course of a year? I take a chore that I’ve been putting off because it is such a chore and turn it into an actual daily chore?

Scary Movie 3, 2003 (HBO)

In the flavor department, true enough. But the gelatin gives the soup a satisfying richness that the MSG can’t quite deliver.

My #1 tip is to use unflavored gelatin. When you get a soup that seems almost perfect, has the right flavor, spiced just right, “maybe it needs salt but it doesn’t seem like it”, and “something is missing” - that something is gelatin. Dissolve a pack or two or three (depending on volume in the pot) of unflavored…

I clicked in to rail against any form of retribution from workers in the name of ‘customer always right, just do your job’, but those first two are actually pretty great. They reflect the asshattery back at the flinger. Self-inflicted wounds. Nice. Have at it. More of those, please.

Oh, that’s easy. It was the...umm... No, wait, I know this one. It was definitely the... uhh... Crap. I forget.

I’ll allow it.

Cars bedazzled in Autozone Fast & Furious mods and accessories. That stuff is fine in itself, but the person who put it on fancies themselves to be some kind of outlaw racer or something. They’ve been beating on that thing and now that they’ve worn it smooth out they’re looking to dump it.

Absolutely right on the sandwich layer. I discovered this embarrassingly late in life. It makes me sad to think of all the chipless sammies I’ve eaten up till then.

I finally found the best tool for port cleaning just this week. Well, maybe not the best, but it’s the highest effectiveness:safety ratio I’ve found to date - interdental brushes

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