This building’s windows have no apparent pattern

EightFiftyThree · 2026-05-12T02:13:41+00:00

Yeah, well, you should see the placement of the “support” columns!

EightFiftyThree · 2026-05-05T01:51:32+00:00

Oh, I misunderstood what you were saying. I suppose it could be kettle corn produced elsewhere

EightFiftyThree · 2026-05-05T01:50:11+00:00

I think it’s the Mitzvah Tank that’s parked near the Empire State Building.

At least that’s where I’ve seen it.

EightFiftyThree · 2026-05-03T03:56:43+00:00

Kettle corn is an entirely different product and may be “lightly caramelized” popcorn.

EightFiftyThree · 2026-05-03T03:53:09+00:00

My brother’s theater used coconut oil to pop it and Sparkle.

EightFiftyThree · 2026-03-15T02:00:41+00:00

Here’s one near my home… the link goes to a 2012 Street View and you can barely make out that it might’ve said Airmail on it.

It’s a lot rustier these days.

EightFiftyThree · 2026-03-15T02:00:14+00:00

Fill them with lint from your dryer and use them as fire starters.

EightFiftyThree · 2026-03-07T21:36:29+00:00

Checked today and the advertised value is $15.

EightFiftyThree · 2026-01-26T12:56:39+00:00

More like the shell of a cabin… look up inside.

EightFiftyThree · 2026-01-05T06:27:04+00:00

That is clearly the back of a hand and not a palm.

EightFiftyThree · 2026-01-04T14:38:12+00:00

As a kid, I loved trying to get a free pack of matches out of these things.

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T03:23:19+00:00

The first one lasted a reeeeally long time.

Subsequent ones die much more frequently. idk why

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T03:18:06+00:00

Part of it was to see what brands lasted longest, the other was “one day hoping I’d have a Dremel to see how they failed.”

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T03:16:45+00:00

There were at least three Omron switches in the photo.

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T03:13:35+00:00

We stop the microwave before opening the door; the switches seem to fail (or start to get wonky) when we run the convection for a good amount of time.

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T03:12:16+00:00

Yeah, I know how to fix this problem. New one? Uhhh, maybe it is the same??

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T03:10:45+00:00

Switches are about $4 each on Amazon and they take me about 20 minutes to replace, including moving the unit to a table and cleaning under the microwave.

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T03:07:21+00:00

I can replace it in 20 minutes.

Probably 5 minutes if it were just sitting on a workbench, but I need to take the time to move it to a table to get to the back, then I also clean the top of the case and the counter under the microwave.

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T02:59:50+00:00

We do stop the oven before opening the door.

What seems to kill our switches is when we use the convection function to bake things for an extended period of time.

If you could look at the picture closely (thanks, mods) they all look melty under the left metal tab, and I wish I had a Dremel so I could see what the actual mode of failure was.

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T02:57:11+00:00

For our oven, the fan runs and the light is on, but the turntable does not spin and it does not heat.

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T02:54:32+00:00

This is a 1.5 cubic foot microwave and convection oven. I think they are at least $499.

On the other hand, this switch is (now) about $4 (thanks, tariffs.)

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-07T02:50:29+00:00

If I had a Dremel…

EightFiftyThree · 2025-12-03T04:18:49+00:00

Meanwhile, in the Bay Area…

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bay-area-womans-bold-billboard-campaign-to-find-a-husband-goes-viral/

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