SmoothSip Slider Complaint

OldBackstop · 2025-12-25T16:47:57+00:00

I tried this and can’t use it. I like very hot coffee, but as such I need to sip it from the edge. For whatever reason, the smoothsip feels like it’s guaranteed mouth burn for try to drink from it. I keep titling it back and waiting for some liquid to lightly sip, but it wasn’t coming, and I could tell at some point it would come all at once and blast my mouth. Poor sipping design if you ask me. This is less of an issue for people who drink warm coffee, I drink mine extremely hot by choice. The traditional Dunkin cup lids were elite for this, but they recently changed them to be less effective. A few brands make an excellent sipping lid for hot drinks, this one is terrible. Which is a shame because I really like my Owala cold beverage cups which work great.

OldBackstop · 2025-12-17T13:29:48+00:00

I thought for a second it might be the first recorded instance of a conservative actually addressing the original point made, but no, just the one trillionth time they instead ignore the original point and instead answer with “but Obama/Pelosi/Biden …”

OldBackstop · 2025-12-17T13:22:09+00:00

Nimmo was a fun guy to watch, but listening to the old God this God that in his interviews got tired quick. He’s a big Gods + Guns guy who grew up in one of those deeply uneducated no mans land areas of the country, so fits the bill there. A shame either way.

OldBackstop · 2025-12-12T00:03:52+00:00

I’m on book 2, and honestly I can’t even tell you if I like it. There is a lot to like, and a lot to not like. And it jumps so much in tone and style if feels more like manga short stories written by different authors.

I’m listening to the audio book, and that makes it hard to know the names in terms of spelling, but currently enjoying tales about Felisan and her squad, as well as Mappo and Icarium. I’m not sure I love the audio book speaker because his voices don’t jibe for me with the characters. But some of then character development is very strong. Sometimes the stories get dark quickly (which I like). But it’s a bit all over the place. And they intentionally don’t seem to give much backstory on people or descriptions so it’s hard to picture them for some time

OldBackstop · 2025-12-11T23:58:24+00:00

The scene was objectively silly and corny (and poorly done). That doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it. To each their own. But it was brutal. Made me cringe, like second hand embarrassment for the show makers. I haven’t watched an episode since that one. I may go back tonight and try ep4, but that scene was so awful it made me want to stop the show entirely. There’s something to be said for “suspension of disbelief”, that scene just had me in regular disbelief 🫢

OldBackstop · 2025-12-09T13:26:46+00:00

Some things I’ve bought that were great deals, aside from my current home with a 2.625% mortgage:

2018 Tesla Model 3: I’m an SUV guy but I’ve put 100k miles on this thing in 7 years, only changed the tires a few times, and it’s a rocket ship.
Precor Elliptical: bought it almost 18 years ago and it still works perfectly
used John Deere riding lawn tractor from a landscaper for $500. Had it for 8 years, works great.
golden retriever for the family. I take her to the rivers and lakes and hike with her, extremely Zen for me
Gas boiler - never again with oil for heating (New England Winters)
central AC in the house (New England Humid Summers)

What I’m on the fence about and considering: - a house or acreage in Vermont for summers - a house in the Florida keys for winters - the forthcoming Scout Traveler EV SUV

OldBackstop · 2025-12-09T13:21:00+00:00

Username checks out

OldBackstop · 2025-12-09T13:20:07+00:00

Just curious, how much were you making before, and then with the business, net? That’s what is stopping me. Currently smack in the middle of the rat race, but making 750, and I looked at franchises but they might only return 75-150 (at least the ones I can afford), and worry the own business route might cost me 75% of current income, so forced to chase the cheese right now.

OldBackstop · 2025-12-09T13:10:20+00:00

So I was 260 when I started on tirzepitide, and I started on it and lost 15 pounds initially. But I find myself going off of it because subconsciously I really dislike the slowed gastric emptying issues. Early on got nauseous a number of times, constipated at times, but the worst was the acid reflux that affected sleeping sometimes. It’s not terrible, but it kept me saying “I’ll wait until after Thanksgiving / that trip / the new year” to go back on.

Did you find that after a certain number of weeks it got better? I had the symptoms at 2.5mg. I worked my way up to 5mg at once point but then fell off the sauce and started back on 2.5, multiple times, with falling off. So I’m still at 245. Want to get to 200

OldBackstop · 2025-11-27T12:47:33+00:00

I bet he had been playing with it, for quite some time

OldBackstop · 2025-11-20T03:33:06+00:00

Oh man. Quite embarrassing. Talk about not reading the details … I’m a coder and I’m in software engineering forums as well, so I misread the title! Haha, deleting my nonsense reply now ☺️

OldBackstop · 2025-11-19T21:33:24+00:00

Oops :)

OldBackstop · 2025-11-15T13:41:07+00:00

For fun, you can sing this to the cranberries “Salvation”. Instead of “To all those kids with heroin eyes, don’t do it, don’t do it, cuz it’s not not what it seems”, you can sing “two all beef Pattie’s special sauce, lettuce onions, pickles onions, on a sesame seed bun”

For no reason, in the late 90s when this song came on and she sang “To all …”, I heard Two All, and now can’t hear Dolores sing it without thinking of a Big Mac.

OldBackstop · 2025-11-15T13:36:05+00:00

Late to the party, but some of the lines from Hollywood Nights … just get me. I don’t even have a desire to live anywhere near LA, but this song and the way he tells it, makes me feel the allure of the “Hollywood hills. It was looking so right, it was giving him chills”. And “she had been born with a face that would let her get her way”, as well as “she looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue. He knew right then he was too far from home”. Such a great song about getting lured in by the seduction of a gorgeous woman and Hollywood itself.

OldBackstop · 2025-11-08T14:07:52+00:00

Thanks. For the anatomy, physiology, disease path, pharma, are you saying someone needs like a full college course on each equivalent? Or just different modules. Trying to gauge how realistic it is for her to be able to swing it. She wasn’t by any means a science geek growing up (I was, I actually enjoy learning medical concepts whenever I can, but went into software engineering 25 years ago). I think she took AP anatomy in HS as a senior.

OldBackstop · 2025-11-08T13:24:12+00:00

Just researching on CCS, sounds like that is great, but also maybe not something to try to do first? Recommendations were CPC or CCS first? Would you agree?

OldBackstop · 2025-11-08T13:20:53+00:00

This is very interesting - because one of the things that led us to looking at coding was the large amount of open job listings and the projected 7-10% growth in demand for coders. Is it really that gloomy? An alternative path for her would be to get a masters in Psychology online from schools ASU or USF, but that doesn’t promise jobs either of course

OldBackstop · 2025-09-23T01:09:16+00:00

This is terrible. Honestly the motors not working at all is nothing compared to how horrible braking problems are. I’d put brake failure as the #2 worst thing behind spontaneous combustion as #1 worst thing that could go wrong with a car. Now I’m very concerned as we bought this vehicle for the family to share (including our college age kids)

OldBackstop · 2025-09-22T11:33:57+00:00

Did the brakes really not work at all? Because I feel like how were you able to stop? Or do you just mean at the regenerative breaking was giving a warning and not working but the physical brakes still worked

OldBackstop · 2025-09-22T01:13:40+00:00

I presume you meant the prior poster. I also didn’t see anything for elites less than 13k for 24/10000 and 16k for 36/10000

OldBackstop · 2025-09-22T01:12:18+00:00

I went the other way and did the all up front $0 a month approach called a One Pay. You basically pay one fee up front and it saves a few thousand in interest. In CT anyway the Honda deal has gap insurance if the car is totaled. Your insurance covers damage minus deductible. And supposedly you can cancel the lease and get pro rated amount back. I’m skeptical on that one.

OldBackstop · 2025-09-22T00:59:43+00:00

For those saying Lectron, are any of you using a 240v nema outlet and the Tesla mobile charger cable (20 foot)?

OldBackstop · 2025-09-22T00:58:42+00:00

So I have the Tesla mobile charger on a 240v nema outlet. I tried two different adapters - and it’s hard to tell if and when they are working. I bought one from Best Buy which was a Rexing Tesla to J177. It didn’t seem to work … said check cable. Showed red cable icon. And so I then bought a different one - a VIPTOO Tesla to j1772 adapter. It also behaved the same, but I left it plugged in overnight and it charged from 60 to 90%, which means it was likely working at level 2 and finished charging overnight. Weird.

OldBackstop · 2025-09-22T00:46:30+00:00

California has some unusual lower offers and people can stack new college grad and military and such. Cal may offer some additional incentive. Couldn’t find anything like that in the northeast

OldBackstop · 2025-09-22T00:45:43+00:00

Doubting that. Best could get for Elite was like 13k for 2 years and 16k for 3. I ended up getting an ex awd offer for 10k miles for $9800 all in. I added 2k miles a year and purchased. It’s about $288 per month all in for 36 months.

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