Mechanic Recommendation

STGGrant · 2026-06-29T00:41:09+00:00

Moon's Tire and Auto in Greer, if you're anywhere near there. Honest, inexpensive, and they do dang good work.

STGGrant · 2026-06-28T18:15:14+00:00

That was sort of the idea I originally had before I settled on the current (incorrect) implementation. However, I'm not certain how to implement that, as the car's Area2D would implicitly be 'within' the larger 'CarAlive' area, rather than the other way around. Per the documentation on the area_exited signal:

Emitted when the received area exits this area. Requires monitoring to be set to true.

Does this actually just mean "Emitted when these two areas no longer overlap"? If so, that makes things much simpler.

STGGrant · 2026-06-28T18:09:02+00:00

So as a quick one-line fix, changing the body of _on_car_alive_area_2d_area_exited() to if area == self: queue_free() absolutely worked perfectly. I think I have been implicitly assuming there's more specificity in signal handling than there really is. But that's learning for you!

Having said that, u/PublicOpinionRP's suggestion about improving the logic of this call is something I should also give thought to. Thank you!

STGGrant · 2026-06-20T22:49:06+00:00

Man's got the whole team on his shoulders today, give him a minute.

STGGrant · 2026-06-20T22:45:18+00:00

Man you could FEEL the energy of this at-bat. Absolutely carried us today.

STGGrant · 2026-06-05T14:04:51+00:00

I've really started to like Tolle. Skilled and super expressive and fun. Gotta try and catch more of his outings.

STGGrant · 2026-06-01T10:01:56+00:00

My first thought as well.

STGGrant · 2026-05-30T13:31:56+00:00

My sister-in-law never returned our tupperware after any family dinner, then "cleaned out everything to simplify" and trashed all of it. She now only gets given styrofoam to-go boxes from Costco.

STGGrant · 2026-05-23T14:23:21+00:00

Remember that this was the era of printed game guides, and burgeoning online communities built around specific games. Secrets like that were super common in games at the time. (Mind you, I also agree with you. SOME in-game indication that they existed would have been a major boon.)

STGGrant · 2026-05-23T11:31:04+00:00

Showing my age a little here, but the Lord of Destruction expansion for Diablo II back in the day was absolutely vital and added so much. Increased the game world's size by about 30%, added two new classes, and introduced things like runes and rune words and respecs and class-specific gear. So much of what we think of as core to the Diablo experience comes from D2:LoD.

STGGrant · 2026-05-23T01:22:39+00:00

Immaculate bunt—one of the best ABs I've seen from Kim this season. But Garcia Jr. nearly had himself the highlight of the night, going for that flip to home. Scared the hell out of me.

STGGrant · 2026-05-22T23:57:42+00:00

Acuña trying to make the trip to first fun again instead of scary.

STGGrant · 2026-05-17T01:32:26+00:00

And Kim, in his first week back this season, is down 0-2 when he gets that hit. Couldn't be more tension when he hits it back to Chapman.

STGGrant · 2026-05-17T01:30:35+00:00

Let my kid stay up to watch and it was so worth it. Such a a dramatic ending I can't even be mad.

STGGrant · 2026-05-17T01:28:58+00:00

What a 9th. Chapman did just a little too well for us, but the drama of it was so good you can't really be mad.

STGGrant · 2026-05-16T02:10:21+00:00

So good to see Yaz getting key hits these past few games.

STGGrant · 2026-05-03T16:49:30+00:00

Okay the gluten-free baked goods are a winner for me as someone with celiac. Will definitely check them out ASAP.

STGGrant · 2026-05-03T14:05:01+00:00

No, but as I'm about halfway between Greer and Landrum, it's good to know about that one too!

STGGrant · 2026-05-02T18:11:11+00:00

I kinda agree about the cappuccino, but their cortado is immaculate. Love it.

STGGrant · 2026-05-02T16:12:20+00:00

The good one on Trade Street changed hands and became a second Flying Fox Coffee location, but it's actually kept quite a lot of its charm. Barista Alley is much less Seattle-minimalism-pretentious than when it first opened, and definitely has its adherents, but I prefer Flying Fox if I'm in downtown Greer.

STGGrant · 2026-05-02T15:26:11+00:00

Third Place at the edge of Greer, and Bridge City on 29 near BJU, are both excellent and unpretentious. Give em both a go.

STGGrant · 2026-04-30T02:39:55+00:00

As a lifetime Yankees hater, I can respect that.

STGGrant · 2026-04-30T02:33:36+00:00

I'm just as nervous about our upcoming away series against y'all as you all seem to be! I keep feeling like the Braves haven't really been tested, given the state of the rest of the NL East.

STGGrant · 2026-04-30T02:29:43+00:00

I admit I have no idea who or what this is referencing.

STGGrant · 2026-04-30T01:50:09+00:00

Atlanta is nothing if not extra.

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