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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 21 (2026)

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SlaveToTheGrind said:
Mrs. STTG has a package arriving soon. Here is the tracking: Summit NJ > Jersey City NJ > Newark NJ > Aurora CO > Salt Lake City UT > (50 miles away) > Cheyenne WY > Denver CO > Salt Lake City UT > (city 10 miles away) > (city 7 miles away) > (back to city 10 miles away) > (my town) > (back to city 7 miles away)...WTF?
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Summit mail routes to Jersey City, then it goes to the very large sortation center in Newark and on its way to points beyond.
 
michaelskis said:
Trying to contact someone with AAA to see about getting physical cards is impossible unless you are in a state that has their own AAA program.
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Print out the digital card on some cardstock and put it in your car.
 
Wow, I sit at my desk on a Monday afternoon and feel like signing "All By My Self..." as there is no one in here!

Granted we are closed but I had to come in to get some stuff done.
 
Gedunker said:
I may go missing - not of my own choosing - when the War with Denmark starts, given my mother was a Danish national when I and my siblings were born. MAGA will no doubt find me an enemy alien and danger to law and order.

I can tell you already, I won't look good in an orange jumpsuit.
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I have a friend who has a Germanic surname and who's deceased wife was a Danish immigrant. Oh, and he's an ex Navy Seal. Based on recent social media posts, they'd probably go after him before they went after you.
 
dandy_warhol said:
Had tacos al pastor for lunch. It was super yummy. I had to hold myself back from going back for more. More. MORE!
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New restaurant (okay, walk up stand in a gas station with a couple of tables) opened up in the edge of my neighborhood. Two menus: Mexican and Chinese, both very extensive. The daughter was plugging them on Nextdoor (heaven knows why I even check in there). Last Tuesday I got a torta al pastor (basically a Mexican sub sandwich) and it was HUGE, and included fries. And true to form, there were both Chinese and Mexican people working there. The name of the place is (incongruously) "Workhaus". Great little neighborhood spot though. I hope they stick.

Today I might try their tacos which are only $1.25 each on Tuesdays.
 
kjel said:
Summit mail routes to Jersey City, then it goes to the very large sortation center in Newark and on its way to points beyond.
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Fort Worth Alliance Airport is a hub for a lot of the delivery services, so we don't typically get too much of a runaround. I recently noticed there's a huge Amazon redemption center/warehouse on the edge of town too. I don't order too much from there but it's not uncommon to get it the same day.
 
SlaveToTheGrind said:
Mrs. STTG has a package arriving soon. Here is the tracking: Summit NJ > Jersey City NJ > Newark NJ > Aurora CO > Salt Lake City UT > (50 miles away) > Cheyenne WY > Denver CO > Salt Lake City UT > (city 10 miles away) > (city 7 miles away) > (back to city 10 miles away) > (my town) > (back to city 7 miles away)...WTF?
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Update...package is now back in NJ!
 
Still trying to figure out the new microsoft files app. What is it's purpose? Why is it different from file explorer? Why does it open automatically but work worse then file explorer? I feel this strange foreboding sense that there's about to be a third file manager app soon, that somehow merges with onedrive and loses those features commonly-mistaken for functional in the existing apps.
 
The neighbor across the street passed away a few weeks ago. This is the same neighbor who asked us not to "work in our garage" at night because of the noise. (Note: this means getting boxes down and moving them around to get to other boxes, and seasonal rearranging. Not welding or car work or anything. I measured it at our property line at 74 dB after that happened--hardly seems loud to me.) So, we have tried to limit it to daytime, which I define as 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset.

Anyway, how long is a respectful time to wait before we go back to working in the garage at night? I'm thinking six months is a decent period. Besides, by then, it'll be light until 9 p.m. or so.
 
DVD said:
I did. All 3 loaves of bread we have contain an odd number of slices. I will need to buy 1 more loaf to make it even.
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Are you reasonably assured of the math? Will buying one more loaf EVEN out the existing THREE, and leave an EVEN LOAF for the fourth? I can't get through the day till I know.
 
Re: the above: this all came about because one day a few years ago, my wife was in the garage getting a box when the shelving fell, burying her under boxes (she was unhurt). She screamed, so i came running out and threw boxes off of her and onto the driveway. I am sorry I did not do it more quietly or carefully. (It was about 9 p.m., not super late.)

Even when we had a chemical leak in that garage at night a few months ago, I didn't know how to handle it. I had to "work in the garage" to take care of the leak. It was a can of solvent that had leaked and caused a strong chemical smell in the garage and laundry room. I got it contained and fixed. Even the fire department--who we called as a precaution--said to go ahead and finish up that night, and we did. The neighbor complained the next day to us. I apologized and said we would "try" not to work in there at night, but it seems to me that was an emergency situation that needed to be handled then. It was again dark, but not that late--it was about 9:30. I even have the fire department action report where they told us to go ahead and take care of it after they had made sure there was no gas leak or danger to anything.
 
dandy_warhol said:
I think I am getting sick. 😥😭🤧🤒😷😴🫩
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Apply my dad's rule (work/life permitting, of course): ASAP, stop working. Take two aspirin or a shit-load of ibuprofen or whatever you have available. Drink a coke, take the hottest shower you can stand, for a nice long time. Go to bed for the rest of the day. Tomorrow morning, right as rain.

The problem is in the going to bed for the day. He could pull that off, people just kinda let him do whatever he wanted.
 
jumbach said:
Re: the above: this all came about because one day a few years ago, my wife was in the garage getting a box when the shelving fell, burying her under boxes (she was unhurt). She screamed, so i came running out and threw boxes off of her and onto the driveway. I am sorry I did not do it more quietly or carefully. (It was about 9 p.m., not super late.)

Even when we had a chemical leak in that garage at night a few months ago, I didn't know how to handle it. I had to "work in the garage" to take care of the leak. It was a can of solvent that had leaked and caused a strong chemical smell in the garage and laundry room. I got it contained and fixed. Even the fire department--who we called as a precaution--said to go ahead and finish up that night, and we did. The neighbor complained the next day to us. I apologized and said we would "try" not to work in there at night, but it seems to me that was an emergency situation that needed to be handled then. It was again dark, but not that late--it was about 9:30. I even have the fire department action report where they told us to go ahead and take care of it after they had made sure there was no gas leak or danger to anything.
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I'm sorry your neighbor is passed and all, but it sounds like he needed to grow up.
 
ursus said:
Apply my dad's rule (work/life permitting, of course): ASAP, stop working. Take two aspirin or a shit-load of ibuprofen or whatever you have available. Drink a coke, take the hottest shower you can stand, for a nice long time. Go to bed for the rest of the day. Tomorrow morning, right as rain.

The problem is in the going to bed for the day. He could pull that off, people just kinda let him do whatever he wanted.
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My father had the same formula, but added "eat hot peppers." That raises your body temperature enough to fight off whatever is brewing.
 
ursus said:
Apply my dad's rule (work/life permitting, of course): ASAP, stop working. Take two aspirin or a shit-load of ibuprofen or whatever you have available. Drink a coke, take the hottest shower you can stand, for a nice long time. Go to bed for the rest of the day. Tomorrow morning, right as rain.

The problem is in the going to bed for the day. He could pull that off, people just kinda let him do whatever he wanted.
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I normally can knock it out in a day or two with a mega dose of Vitamin C and tankers of water but this time I don't even have the energy to fight it. Woe is me.
 
Just found out this morning that our avian vet of the last twenty years is retiring and moving to Vancouver.

Avian vets are hard to find, but I will find a practice to establish care for our two fids.
 
ursus said:
Are you reasonably assured of the math? Will buying one more loaf EVEN out the existing THREE, and leave an EVEN LOAF for the fourth? I can't get through the day till I know.
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The math only gets worse when someone decides they only need one slice of bread for some reason or more disgusting, eats the end pieces.
 
jumbach said:
The neighbor across the street passed away a few weeks ago. This is the same neighbor who asked us not to "work in our garage" at night because of the noise. (Note: this means getting boxes down and moving them around to get to other boxes, and seasonal rearranging. Not welding or car work or anything. I measured it at our property line at 74 dB after that happened--hardly seems loud to me.) So, we have tried to limit it to daytime, which I define as 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset.

Anyway, how long is a respectful time to wait before we go back to working in the garage at night? I'm thinking six months is a decent period. Besides, by then, it'll be light until 9 p.m. or so.
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ursus said:
I'm sorry your neighbor is passed and all, but it sounds like he needed to grow up.
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I'm with Ursus.

I think a respectful amount of time to wait before getting back to work in your garage was when the neighbor reached the end of your driveway on their walk back to their house after lodging the original complaint.
 
DVD said:
The math only gets worse when someone decides they only need one slice of bread for some reason or more disgusting, eats the end pieces.
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Guilty. Sometimes, I also take maybe three pieces (including a heel) and tear them up in a glass and pour milk over them. I'm really screwing up your counts at that point.
 
The best 2 examples of a neighbor I had:
1-blow our leaves back into our yard @6:30 am on Saturdays. At one point I thought Mrs. P going to lose it. I asked him more than once to wait until a reasonable hour.
2-their carport was next to our house & he was working in their carport installing a new ceiling @ 10:00pm. I explained to him we were trying to put the baby to sleep which wasn't happening because of all the hammering and slamming wood. He kinda said sorry, but there's only a couple more boards (which took another 30 mins).
 
Decided not to renew my Planetizen Courses. I still have Passport, and I have almost all the CM credits I need for this cycle. There isn't really anything I would benefit from on Planetizen Courses for the moment.

I may re-sign up at some point, but the expense (even if it's a writeoff) doesn't seem worth it to me.

I have access until February 9, so maybe I'll take one more peek before then.

Jim
 
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