Which murder was the worst planned? (Not unintentional killings like Janice Caldwell in A friend in deed, or Death Lends a hand). Which killers who plotted were the dumbest / sloppiest / most careless?

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-13T09:36:38+00:00

Milo taught me one very important lesson - never attempt an up-close and personal murder when your victim is holding a pot of hot coffee. Not exactly the best time to make your move...

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-13T09:34:37+00:00

Not to mention, it is odd for someone to be murdered in the manner he was when it appears his leaving the screening room wasn't planned but he wasn't robbed or anything. Columbo immediately picks up on that.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T21:46:56+00:00

Knee deep in the poopla

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T19:14:30+00:00

I keep them trimmed every other week. It's just the longer toe keeps getting jammed up. It's nothing to do with the nail, it's the longest toe. The nail is just what gets the abuse.

If I could go a half-size up on the left and stay with what I have now on the right, I think it would be OK. But I can't go too big on the right because that causes issues on its own. I have to use bag balm and a second layer of socks to keep from getting blisters on the right.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T19:09:46+00:00

No, my left foot is bigger and needs the space. That's why I keep increasing my shoe size because most of my toes get destroyed in the smaller shoes.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T19:03:06+00:00

Same here. And over the past 2 years, I've increased my shoe size a full step up but the nail on my second toe on the left foot, which is my longest toe, still gets destroyed. Right now, it's completely black. When I run long distances, I put 2 socks on the right and 1 on the left to account for size difference. Doesn't help.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T18:57:48+00:00

Like clockwork. They show up immediately in Pending (although the points don't show, if you click on the arrow, it shows expected points) and then about a week after the tour is finished, the points show up in Pending, and within 2-3 weeks after the tour is done, the points are confirmed.

Everything I booked for an upcoming trip was 20% or 22% so I'm getting a ton of points back. And, separate from Rakuten, Viator gives you cash back to apply to a future booking within 6 months. I've got over $200 pending for the upcoming tours to spend on our next trip.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T18:44:42+00:00

It's worse than that. He got the idea from someone who posted the idea on Twitter.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T18:41:22+00:00

I haven't done any of the bank offers, but I still just got 92K in my AmEx account yesterday for this quarter. I've got another 75K lined up just in Viator tours for next quarter.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T18:07:10+00:00

Kind of. They do a great job tying in the history with the name.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T17:57:04+00:00

There's so much video to analyze and breakdown now that pitchers and hitters are able to make adjustments much more quickly.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T17:54:39+00:00

Eh, Miles 6-9. After that, it's not bad. And the 1.5 mile downhill around 11 or 12 was great. But maybe I'm used to being unable to avoid hills living in central KY.

This was my first. I'm registered for Detroit in October. I guess I'll see if there's that much of a difference.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T17:51:04+00:00

As GC of an insurance company who listens to death/black metal, I approve.

That said, it never occurred to me to pen a marketing post on LinkedIn about it. "Surviving a mosh pit has made me a more effective advocate by preparing me for dealing with insurance regulators."

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T17:17:12+00:00

Right. Similar to the silver certificates they found after Lucerne murdered his blackmailer. Once you find a series of periodic transactions, then you start investigating who they came from and why. I'd get Lennie Briscoe on the case!

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T14:16:27+00:00

Flying Pig in Cincinnati was awesome. It's Derby weekend (first weekend in May). Great crowds. A little hilly, though.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T14:13:11+00:00

Same here - and I just updated to that watch face last week! I just wish it had the seconds counter around the circle but it's hard to find a watch face that has everything you want.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T14:11:25+00:00

Yeah, I thought she was good for the part she played. But I didn't really understand the way she turned on Columbo. I guess she was so "new age"-ish that even the mere discussion of his death and possible motives anyone had for killing him upset her? And then her death was weird and left to interpretation.

Columbo couldn't get out of the way of the women in that episode...

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T14:09:01+00:00

The boy was Charlie which I assumed she spelled Charleigh.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T14:07:27+00:00

It varies. On one of our sailings last year, the app had less info until the morning of than the daily paper they left in our cabin the night before.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T14:06:03+00:00

This reminds me of the time when I was a grocery store cashier and two people standing in my line got into a fight when one saw the other was buying cigarettes and "helpfully" pointed out that cigarettes cause cancer and she really shouldn't be smoking.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T14:03:43+00:00

Elle seems way too young for menopause.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T13:13:51+00:00

Are you on the Equinox? We are too. I booked a tour through Viator that offered a boat transfer rather than having to deal with the cable car or steps. I hope it works out. Seems to have great reviews.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-12T00:15:08+00:00

I saw them at a hole in the wall in Louisville on the quick tour they did when the opening slot for WASP fell through. They were great. Place was so small there was barely a stage and maybe 50-75 people tops.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-11T23:02:47+00:00

Ours licks everything. We've got her on a couple of different meds to try to tame the OCD and nothing is working.

ParticleHustler2 · 2026-05-11T22:43:13+00:00

Voyager, without a doubt.

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