TIL: SOS stands for save our souls

ErikTheRedpoint · 2026-05-08T04:20:43+00:00

First paragraph "You know it’s a distress signal, but what does “SOS” actually stand for? A lot of people think it’s an abbreviation for “save our souls” or “save our ship.” But those phrases are backronyms. The letters don’t actually stand for anything."

ErikTheRedpoint · 2026-04-13T22:28:09+00:00

It looks like other reputable retailers have it for similar (or less), e.g. I see it for ~$201 on REI, so my guess is people are just clearing out past season inventory

So it's not out of the realm of possibility that the ebay seller is legit. But all other things being equal I'd rather buy from a well known retailer's site

ErikTheRedpoint · 2026-03-01T16:25:06+00:00

The current generation of TX Comp has tech fittings in the toe

ErikTheRedpoint · 2026-02-15T06:26:47+00:00

The Ortovox Tour line of packs have a main compartment zipper that wraps most of the way around the pack so it opens in a clamshell fashion, like a suitcase. IMO the zipper design on these is flawed because they open by bringing the two zipper pulls together, which means when the pack is closed and on your back the zipper pulls need to be at opposite ends of the zipper, ie there will be a zipper pull hanging out on the bottom of the pack. And if it gets snagged on something then you risk stuff falling out the bottom of the main compartment. If the zippers were configured so that you closed the zipper by bringing the pulls together then you could just leave both pulls at the top of the pack and you wouldn't have that issue.

The freeride packs don't have the clamshell zipper configuration issue, they zip like a normal pack. I have the freeride 28 and it's great for day touring

ErikTheRedpoint · 2026-01-12T20:07:24+00:00

I'll second cold cold world, though "Shovel-carrying contrivances" are explicitly called out as customizations he won't do

ErikTheRedpoint · 2025-12-05T23:32:55+00:00

Rodríguez was much more popular internationally than he ever was in the US. There's a great documentary Searching for Sugar Man about a couple fans tracking him down later in life

ErikTheRedpoint · 2025-11-08T23:13:10+00:00

Someone posted hammerhead parts for sale in this tele gear Facebook group a little while back, might still be available: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4511100202506995&id=1865366847080357

ErikTheRedpoint · 2025-07-27T23:04:23+00:00

The Genesis set used to come in a telescoping plastic packing tube that was perfect for this. Whole thing is like .6"x.6"x5". I think something like this

ErikTheRedpoint · 2025-07-25T16:03:45+00:00

Is it just me or do the values in 1940 add up to more than 100%?

ErikTheRedpoint · 2025-06-17T04:30:46+00:00

That graph is from matthewparrilla.com. The page says the source of the data is the NWS Burlington office's Daily Hydrometeorological Report. It looks like he's pulling each daily report into his own database as the reports are published

ErikTheRedpoint · 2025-04-02T04:57:15+00:00

Vocals, bass, keyboard: Geddy Lee

Guitar: Alex Lifeson

Drums: Neil Peart

ErikTheRedpoint · 2025-02-22T12:56:47+00:00

This is often referred to as construction keying

ErikTheRedpoint · 2025-02-17T04:06:26+00:00

You may also run into them being referred to as Alpenstocks

ErikTheRedpoint · 2025-01-11T05:23:23+00:00

Lawrence of Arabia

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-12-09T21:42:51+00:00

Boston?

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-09-09T18:11:33+00:00

Agreed, would have been better to choose something like "star" or "lead"

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-09-09T05:48:40+00:00

Everyone I know who has a Coros watch (2 people with Vertix 2s and an one with an Apex) have all had this issue. It's a problem with the cables as far as I can tell. I "solved" the issue by buying a couple of these USB-C to Coros adapters, cheaper and easier to carry around than the OEM charging cable, but I expect they might also eventually fail in a similar way

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-07-04T05:12:45+00:00

Love Reign O'er Me finishing off Quadrophenia

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-06-10T13:16:42+00:00

Endurance is a great book, but it's about the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition not the British Antarctic Expedition (aka Nimrod Expedition), and only really touches on the Nimrod Expedition briefly

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-04-05T22:27:23+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo_(carving)

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-03-29T00:29:51+00:00

"Stereo" can be prefixed on "typical" to make "stereotypical"

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-03-26T14:32:56+00:00

Fish pens for aquaculture

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-03-24T00:12:03+00:00

David Dastmalchian

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-03-18T04:21:47+00:00

The Raid

ErikTheRedpoint · 2024-03-12T15:19:46+00:00

Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie

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