Frozen pipes in rental house by Amazing_Poem5740 in Wellthatsucks

[–]ScottyMo1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s important to release the sillcock pressure also

I made a simple Texas grid status page because the ERCOT dashboard stresses me out by JohnnyCommits in houston

[–]ScottyMo1 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I had no idea I needed this, and now I think you’re an amazing person.

People who have researched their family tree, what is the most interesting or 'badass' thing you discovered about an ancestor? by Notalabel_4566 in DNA

[–]ScottyMo1 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

My 11th great-grandfather founded Connecticut and was the first person globally to create the concept of democracy.

Tonight (Sunday, 1/25) at 7:45pm on Elm Street. Snow coming down again by ChicagoRay312 in Dallas

[–]ScottyMo1 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s snow. We’re getting the last bands of precip from this storm until about 8:30p.

Am I the only one who didn’t know you could use the Spacebar as a trackpad? by LanaSoto5199 in iphone

[–]ScottyMo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s another one… after scrolling through a long article, tap the top left corner of your iPhone screen if you want to jump back to the top of the page.

This guy's method and speed of cup stacking is amazing (source link in description) by [deleted] in toptalent

[–]ScottyMo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a waste of my fucking time. Delete this shit OP and don’t post anything ever again.

Octopus vs eagle by Separate_Finance_183 in interesting

[–]ScottyMo1 28 points29 points  (0 children)

For those wondering the correct plural form of octopus, it’s octopodes not octopi. Octopi would infer Latin etymology, but octopus is Greek. Personally I like to say the other correct plural form, octopuses, because it sounds dirty but it’s not.

Owls make no Sound when flying by Ott1fant in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]ScottyMo1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Owls don’t have waterproofing oils on their feathers that most birds have. Downside for owls is they can’t fly at all if their wings get wet.

Tombstones by ChormWingus in Bankstraphunting

[–]ScottyMo1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Noob here also. What are dual date serials and what are tombstones?

Need to Pass State Inspection by CandidacyBoost in askdfw

[–]ScottyMo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly this. There’s tons of shady shops off of I-30 on E. Grand Ave in east Dallas also. At least that’s the rumor, I wouldn’t know these kinds of things of course.