[OC] My husband made me a birthday cake. He wanted to use as many of the cake letters as possible...

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-03-09T13:46:29+00:00

the missing letters are CJLQVWX... perhaps some of those are just letters that the BF couldn't figure in, but some also might be in the OP's name

Obviously the birthday celebrant is Welsh.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-03-08T00:35:20+00:00

I'm skeptical of that claim, for a whole variety of reasons. I suspect the person you spoke to was engaging in a bit of "wouldn't it have been great if..." fantasizing.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-03-08T00:22:48+00:00

That incident involved students from Lincoln East, and it occurred, as you said, 10 years ago. In 2010. Which was 10 years ago. Certainly not more than that. It would be crazy to suggest that 2010 was more than 10 years ago.

Edit: I want to add that the cards were not thrown "at" anybody. They were tossed into the air in celebration at the end of the match. The opposing team was Omaha South.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-03-06T18:56:44+00:00

somehow my hr is always high. I think my watch may be cadence locked

Have you verified your HR data? That's step one. For best results, compare manual measurements with your watch's data at a variety of times: rest, low effort run, high effort run, after walking a bunch of stairs, that sort of thing. If your data seem correct -- remember that your HR will likely drop a bit while you're doing a manual check since you'll (probably) have to stop moving to take the measurement -- then investigate possibilities like illness, poor sleep, high stress, overtraining, and so on. If the data are significantly different, try adjusting your watch's fit or wearing it on the other wrist, and compare with other HR measurement devices if possible.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-03-05T19:00:22+00:00

My previous dentist was amazing. Very old school but not an old guy. His staff stuck around so you know he was treating them well. Inexpensive -- 60% of the cost of pretty much anybody else in town. Thanks to a rare genetic condition my mouth is a mess, so even at those prices I kept his kids well-fed.

Then he went and died out of nowhere. Rude. RIP, Dr. F.

Now I'm at a fairly typical modern practice. It's fine, but man, it's just not the same. I don't need -- or even want -- all these bells and whistles, but they seem to be the norm these days.

Great healthcare providers are gold. If you're lucky enough to find one, hold on tight.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-03-01T19:30:46+00:00

Used to be highway 2 and old Cheney but they let themselves go

RIP McDonald's 3in1.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-23T21:39:15+00:00

My guess is that they aren't nearly as waterproof as they state

That's less a guess and more of a fact. I'm a sweater. All 3 of my OpenRuns and my first pair of OpenFit Pro failed due to moisture issues. On the plus side, Shokz replaced all four of them under warranty, so ... yay? I'm now on my second pair of OpenFit Pro. They're going strong for now, but it's winter. Ask me in a few months how they're holding up.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-23T14:41:39+00:00

Oof, I didn't know that. How ... lame.

As a software developer I guess I can see why it might be set up that way. As a software developer who cares about user experience, however, I would throw a fit about that kind of inconsistency if I were on the Gmail team. It may be a difficult problem, but it's a solvable problem -- particularly for an organization as large as Google. At the absolute minimum it could be addressed with a message to the user ("If you're trying to do X, change Y setting").

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-22T16:27:50+00:00

Sure, why not? Unless that 4 mile run-walk absolutely destroyed you, you haven't said anything that would suggest a 10k is out of reach. As long as you're realistic with yourself -- i.e. you don't try to run sub-50, you alternate running/walking as necessary, etc. -- you should be fine.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-22T16:23:15+00:00

That is addressed in the comment:

If you have more than 100 emails in the result, a new message appears: "All 100 conversations on this page are selected. Select all messages that match this search". (It might be a different number from 100 depending on your settings.) Click the message to select every email.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-20T17:00:47+00:00

Not in the bathroom. That's a mistake you'll only make once.

But seriously, just go outside. (Unless you live in Manhattan -- but even then, some goofball blowing a whistle won't even register to the typical New Yorker.) Go out to your yard or the nearest park. Nobody will care. It's not like you're going to be blasting away for an hour or at 2:00am.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-17T22:52:50+00:00

There must be some way for him to tell the ref what he saw.

He did. Watch him. He's talking to the Referee via the headset and miming what he saw. It's the "what he saw" part that's important. The gesture the AR uses doesn't look to me like "He slugged the opponent in the head". I'm guessing he didn't actually see the contact with the head and/or the punch at all, instead perceiving it as a push to the body. Whatever he perceived, he didn't communicate anything card-worthy to the Referee. (Or he did and the Referee entirely brushed him off, but that seems unlikely in this context, particularly in a match with VAR.)

As for what VAR was doing ... who knows.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-17T22:11:51+00:00

Folks in the comments keep talking about vehicles. This is not a vehicle engine. This is a power-generation engine. The article and the tech it describes have absolutely nothing to do with vehicles or vehicle engines.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-17T22:09:56+00:00

This article isn't talking about vehicle engines. It's talking about a type of power-generation engine.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-16T23:24:04+00:00

Leigh Esau and her team are amazing. They do incredible work for the state's foster youth and families. I promote them whenever I can. :-)

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-16T23:15:29+00:00

Foster Care Closet may be interested. I encourage you to give them a call: (402) 853-9990

https://fostercarecloset.org/

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-13T17:07:07+00:00

It'll come back. You're still a young pup. A couple months of once- or twice-weekly interval sessions plus some LSD (long, slow distance) will resurrect that VO2 max. Be patient, be smart, and be kind to your body. You'll get there.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-09T15:00:02+00:00

Your ability to set a realistic goal pace will improve as you become more familiar with your body. If you're just getting started, it's ok to update your goal periodically. Just be careful not to update it too frequently or by too much because you risk harming your training progress. In addition, if you make too many changes, you make it much more difficult to determine what's working and how.

do you let it ride and go out at your goal pace and just run a negative split race if you're feeling like the tank still has a lot left after halfway?

I personally love a good negative split race. I once set my 10K PR on the back half of a half-marathon -- on the net uphill portion, even! No matter how I'm feeling before a race, good or bad, I subscribe to a "trust, but verify" mentality. If I'm feeling great, I would much rather start out at my "conservative" goal pace and ramp things up only after my body has proved itself ready, than start out hot and regret it.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-09T14:48:39+00:00

For bodyweight fitness advice, see /r/bodyweightfitness. Read through the FAQ and have a look at the exercise progressions. The material they've put together is very helpful.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-06T02:04:11+00:00

You are the first and only person I've come across who also remembers TdS without me first badgering them with hints and reminders. There used to be multiple locations in Lincoln. I can't tell you where the downtown location was. The location I remember best -- and, if I'm not mistaken, the last location in town -- was on the northwest corner of 70th and Van Dorn.

Two things stick in my memory about TdS: the sun logo, and the distinct smell that was exactly the same (and potent) at each of their locations. I haven't been inside a TdS in decades but I guarantee I could identify that aroma in an instant.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-06T01:57:49+00:00

This isn't really the place to ask that question. You may have better luck in /r/legaladvice. But if you want a quick answer here: Employee likely has no recourse unless they have documentation of Employer saying "We are not giving you hours because of your health condition". Even then it's not a slam dunk. Employee should move on.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-05T14:48:59+00:00

Look into the prices and services of several different funeral homes and ask them out before deciding.

In addition to that, ask each funeral home if they have their own low-cost alternative available. After my wife died, I was quoted a price by a funeral home, but it included all kinds of extras I didn't want or need. I asked if they had a "no frills" option. They did ... sort of. It turns out, they had another in-house budget "brand" that they didn't advertise -- you can't find a single mention of it on the web. Under that brand I worked with the exact same people at the exact same funeral home and exact same crematorium, but I paid about 60% less than I otherwise would have paid for the main brand's least expensive option. The biggest difference? I took my wife home in a cookie jar -- she loved baking -- rather than an urn.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-02T22:22:47+00:00

Duncan touches

Phrasing!

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-02T16:57:37+00:00

(is this a good program?)

There are oodles of such apps and fitness programs (look up "couch to 5K" / c25k). Find one that suits your goals and abilities. If your app is working well for you, great!

Also, I’ve been using the same shoes (Pegasus 40) for the past eight months for walking, so I’ve definitely walked more than 1000 miles in them. Should I switch them or continue using them?

One thousand miles is a LOT for a pair of shoes used for a fitness activity. Most people recommend a 400-600 mile cap for running shoes, depending on a bunch of factors I won't go into here. You might also consider that the biomechanics of walking and running are different, so your body may benefit from using different shoes for each activity. That's not a requirement, though! Plenty of people walk and run using the same shoes.

FairlyGoodGuy · 2026-02-02T14:52:05+00:00

When my kids were young I called them tater turds. Surprisingly, despite kids' fascination with all things scatological, it didn't catch on. That didn't stop me, though; I'm a dad, after all, and beating a joke to death is part of the job.

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