Learned'd VIII: Less Bewbs, Same Nonsense

[Hijacker]

I hope your anus was prepared.

[WDRacing]

Excellent first post for the page, Bart.

[numbnuts240]

well, my roughly 3 year old over the range microwave decided it doesn't want to heat anything up anymore. any recommendations on a replacement that will actually last, or are they all destined to premature failure these days?

also, i'm mailing out a deposit on a new puppy today. i'll try and remember to post up the pics i was sent. he's quite the cute little guy that i hope to be driving out to pick him up in a couple of weeks.

[Dattebayo]

All over-the-range versions have the same issue that they never last long for some reason, but 3 years is short even for that... My folks got one 2 years ago and got a 5-year warranty on it.

I'll post up when they tell me what brand it was.

[numbnuts240]

the one my parents have has been going strong for almost 10 years. i don't remember the brand off hand, but it's one of the major ones that everyone has heard of.

[numbnuts240]

here are the pics of the pup. american bulldog, picture taken last saturday at 6 weeks old




i'm excited.

[frapjap]

I bet he is too.
Did he s*** on your floor yet?

[numbnuts240]

he's not here yet. but i'm sure i'll have plenty of "accidents" to clean up while he gets house broken.

[Dattebayo]

the one my parents have has been going strong for almost 10 years. i don't remember the brand off hand, but it's one of the major ones that everyone has heard of.

When my folks were looking to buy one, they went so far as to look at all the reviews of practically every make and model out there. What they found is what I said earlier, that like 95% or something like that all had short lives for some reason. They ended up with a Bosch, and it's been pretty good so far.

But the "secret" (not really...) to extend their life was to make sure they vented to the outside. Putting them in air-recycle mode was what kills them.

[PEZi]

Hai... I'm still alive... I miss you guize!

[float_6969]

He's alive!!! How's it air up there?

[WDRacing]

Morning and whatnot.

Anyone ever repair their own tablet touch screen? I watched a video of the process, looks like something I might get frustrated with and smash. Worth getting repaired by someone? It's an ASUS Memo Pad 7. Brand new one is only $97 bucks on Amazon these days. Not worth fixing?

[numbnuts240]

When my folks were looking to buy one, they went so far as to look at all the reviews of practically every make and model out there. What they found is what I said earlier, that like 95% or something like that all had short lives for some reason. They ended up with a Bosch, and it's been pretty good so far.

the brand i have, that quit, is whirlpool. i ordered an amana from amazon that got rave reviews, so hopefully it performs well for more time.

[Dattebayo]

Cool, but just remember to run an exhaust tube for the fan to vent outside. Otherwise all the new ones apparently fail early somehow. Hope it helps.

[float_6969]

Morning and whatnot.

Anyone ever repair their own tablet touch screen? I watched a video of the process, looks like something I might get frustrated with and smash. Worth getting repaired by someone? It's an ASUS Memo Pad 7. Brand new one is only $97 bucks on Amazon these days. Not worth fixing?

IDK about a tablet, but I just replaced the screen on my Lumia 1020 and it was amazingly easy. There is a special tool the suggest using and I went ahead and got it and it made it SUPER easy. For kicks, I tried to remove the cracked screen without using the tool, and I got it out using a plastic butter knife, but it sucked and was a fiddly PITA. Then I put it back in an used the tool. It came out without any effort whatsoever.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Found a random HTC Evo lying in my grass when mowing yesterday. The screen doesn't work because it's been rained on and watered, but the rest seems to (notification light is blinking--probably from all the missed calls from them trying to find their own phone by calling it). I'm debating whether it's worth replacing the screen to have another outdated smartphone to repurpose.
Unfortunately, my original plan (turn it on and call the most-called contact to return it) isn't possible with a non-working screen.

However, my first thought was: "Who the f*** is wandering around my front yard when I'm not home?!" The thing was lying deep in the yard, near my basement windows. There's no through-path to or from that area because there's a fence on one end, a hedge on another, and the neighbor's yard on the third.

[MinisterofDOOM]

So... just had a knock on my door at 23:30. It was the fire department. Apparently, my curbside garbage can caught fire. Not just a little bit, either; the thing was ablaze and is no longer shaped like a garbage can. I don't recall putting anything particularly incendiary in there... Damn glad it didn't happen earlier today when it was next to my house.

[Dattebayo]

I'd turn in the phone as evidence related to the trash-can thing...

[Bubba1]

I'll betcha it was a smoker walking by that tossed his butt into your trash can. An idiot burned down a local supermarket doing something similar.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Turns out that's exactly what happened. The next day I found a bunch of cigarrette butts and (bizarrely) orange peels where my garbage can had been. I don't smoke or eat oranges, so somebody is clearly a d!ck. I reported it to the police, if for no other reason than in hopes that I won't have to pay the $95 replacement fee that the city claims I owe.

As for the phone, it showed up a day and a half before the garbage fire, so I doubt they're related. I couldn't get the screen working after an isopropanol bath, so I think it's hopeless. It rings periodically but I can't answer it since the screen doesn't work (apparently neither display nor touch digitizer).

[float_6969]

Does it have a SIM card? If it does, it's pretty simple to pull it out, and put the SIM into another phone, and then look up the phone number.

[Dattebayo]

I couldn't get the screen working after an isopropanol bath, so I think it's hopeless. It rings periodically but I can't answer it since the screen doesn't work (apparently neither display nor touch digitizer).

You could go into the phone using ADB and change the setting to answer via the power button... maybe?

[Bubba1]

Does it have a SIM card? If it does, it's pretty simple to pull it out, and put the SIM into another phone, and then look up the phone number.

Would be amusing if the phone turned out to belong to Tom Brady...

[numbnuts240]

so, yesterday was my dad's birthday. since it fell on our weekly thursday "man night", he came over, as well as my buddy, for some grilling and brews. being it was his b-day, we fed him beer until he tripped over blades of grass. it was at that point i made the courtesy call to mom to inform her that he would not be returning home for the night and that he would be crashing at my house.
now it's 10pm and i need to get some shut eye since i had to be up for work.

-ok pop, you have options. you can snooze on the couch, the spare bedroom, or you can have my bed.
-idk, wherever.
-dude, pick one. i'm not arguing with a drunk guy.

so while this is going on, he already followed me into my bedroom where i proceeded to change into some gym shorts for sleepy time. he goes into the same drawer where i grabbed my shorts from, grabs another pair and changes himself. awfully forward of you, dad.

-what are you doing?
-getting pajamas.
-do you, i don't know, want to ask first? (i don't care in the least bit. he was in rare form and i like to f*** with him).
-no.
-good answer. so, where are you going to sleep?
-where are you sleeping?
-dude, i'm not playing to parrot game with your drunk a**. pick one, so i can grab you some pillows and get to sleep.

he walks away, without saying anything, and heads to the bathroom. after that, he meanders into the kitchen to do, idk what, because he wasn't making any noise. whatevs, i'm tired and i'm going to sleep, so i turn on the a/c, close the door and lay down. btw, last night was the last night dogsitting for mark, since he went up to lake placid for the iron man.
so i'm cuddled up with the dog, having a grand old snooze. at some point, i halfway wake up, feeling an additional presence in my bed. in my drowsy state, i just assume it's my girlfriend, as she's been sleeping at my house quite often lately. so i rotisserie to face that side of the bed and put my arm around this other body.

long story short, i basically rounded second base with my dad.

he got up at 6, put his clothes on and said "i'm going home."

yes. yes you are.

[frapjap]

haahahhaha, great story man. Id of love to seen your dad schawasted.

Wheres this girlfriend come into play now?

[MinisterofDOOM]

Two questions, both rhetorical:

1: How many goddamn Cafe Rio rip-off not-remotely-Mexican crap-food-in-a-tin-smothered-in-more-crap-food factories does this world need? I swear to God they are everydamnwhere. Down the street from me there are FOUR of them within a block. Different names, different ownership, same f*** swill being slopped out behind the counter. And everyone thinks they're the greatest thing in the whole f*** universe. I almost wonder if it's really just some sick joke that went too far; someone pretended to like it one day and everyone followed suit and now they're all stuck pretending it's their favorite thing because nobody dares admit they can't stand it.

2: Am I the only person on earth who thinks IPAs are Satan's own vomit in beer form? They are terrible. They are not "subtle" and they are not "melodious" and they make me want to hurl the bottle at the wall at the merest mention. I feel like IPAs are the Kool-Aid of beer and it's weird as f*** to me that all these hipsters are convinced that pretending to like them makes them classier than everyone else.

[Bubba1]

1. I haven't seen an explosion of them around here.
2. I'm not a fan of IPA's either, though my son is a fan. I think it's an acquired taste like brussel sprouts. Not everyone's gonna love it.

[WDRacing]

I dislike IPA's. I'm not a fan of most overly hoppy beers.

[Dattebayo]

In a relevant occurrence, today I had brussel sprouts. Ugh.

Maybe it's because they were kinda burnt on the outside and cold on the inside, but they were still kinda off-tasting. Just like an IPA.

I don't think most people understand that the real reason IPAs were created was to mask the skunky taste inherent in shipping beer from the U.K. to India back when there was no refrigeration. Even then, It's kinda funny to me that they chose one skunky taste to mask another...

[float_6969]

I like IPA's but my wife can't stand them. They do take some getting used to. Obviously the bitterness is something to overcome, but once you're acclimated, they have a lot of depth and variety. Depending on the hops used, and when they're added to the boil, you get a LOT of different flavors and aromas. It also depends on the IPA. I've had IPA's that weren't nearly as bitter, but had lots of aroma.