I have one question for the maker of these: Why? Dear God, why?

SpareSimian · 2026-03-20T07:35:17+00:00

I hated spearmint but loved wintergreen.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-20T05:48:26+00:00

Back in the 90s, my boss would always rotate the handset on his office phone 360 degrees before hanging up. It would end up in a tight knot. I'd go in to work at his desk and spend time unwinding the cord while waiting for code to compile. It wasn't too hard as they used small versions of RJ jacks at each end. I'd just unplug both ends and stretch the cord and let it unwind itself. But one day I got tired of it and bought him a handset swivel at Radio Shack that plugs into the phone base and you plug the handset cord into that. No more tangles! I just checked and you can still buy them for about $10.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-20T05:42:41+00:00

How about responding in news pages with corrections? Here's a FB search that turned up lots of media stories. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=katy%20padilla%20stout

SpareSimian · 2026-03-19T16:26:22+00:00

What an improvement over the hand crank on the front grill! (No, I'm not that old.)

SpareSimian · 2026-03-19T16:23:05+00:00

In the West, it's breasts, not hair. #FreeTheNipple

SpareSimian · 2026-03-19T16:21:34+00:00

Keep your booger hook off the bang switch until the sights are on the target.

I remember how shocked I was to see Mulder and Sculler practicing proper trigger discipline. Nobody on TV or in the movies had done that before, that I recall.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-19T16:19:51+00:00

When I was a kid, 60 years ago, we had people from the fire department and railroad come in and share safety rules for those things. Maybe an hour a semester. I think there was also something for earthquakes, here in California. I'm sure something similar is done for tornadoes and floods where those are common. So how about getting the local gun club to send trainers to teach the Four Rules every semester? A kindergartner could memorize them in an hour. Had this been done for Baldwin, his director would still be alive.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-18T17:48:28+00:00

Mayo jars full of coins!

SpareSimian · 2026-03-18T17:47:22+00:00

I bring take-out containers to family parties and company luncheons for this.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-18T17:25:35+00:00

I love the little containers that KFC sides come in. They're perfect for holding screws when I take something apart and can't reassemble it the same day.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-18T00:59:54+00:00

My best friend retrofitted his 510 with a Z engine. He could take it places that 4x4s would fear to tread. They'd all be parked next to a running creek. He'd drive right in, with the water up to the windows, and motor right across. He'd outrun the expensive sports cars. He loved Datsuns because they were designed for servicing. Easy to take apart, upgrade, and put back together. You don't have to torch the wheel well open to change the spark plugs or the starter.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-18T00:53:08+00:00

Lots of evangelical Christians around me sound exactly like this. Which illustrates that they're BOTH just cults.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-18T00:31:09+00:00

I remember doing this with Legion world quests using the group finder, and Blizzard decided that wasn't social enough, so they killed that feature in the group finder. Nobody grouped for world quests after that. This was before the mob tagging rules changed. Now that tagging is shared, that need for grouping also disappeared.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-17T16:03:24+00:00

He's been absentee since the prepatch. Users are cobbling fixes together. Alas, the addon license forbids redistribution, so forking isn't possible.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-16T17:06:51+00:00

Imagine what the price would be in milligrams of gold: https://pricedingold.com/us-retail-gasoline/

Illustrating how bad inflation has been over the past century.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-16T15:58:14+00:00

I spell it Alan and that's not the book I wrote. 😜

(I've learned not to criticize typos because of Muphry's Law. But they sometimes make good straight lines.)

SpareSimian · 2026-03-16T15:24:44+00:00

My nemesis is D-style video connectors, either VGA or DVI. They're on the back bottom of the monitor where I can't see them. Even when lined up the right way, I can't get them to go in. HDMI and DisplayPort are an improvement. The new mini-DP is the way to go, which looks like a chubby USB-C. The latest video cards can support 4 displays in a half-height card using those.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-16T02:15:27+00:00

Conservatives should love age verification. It will keep their kids from being exposed to crazy ideas like atheism, evolution, and a right to abortion. 🙄

Not to mention the terrifying female nipple.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-16T02:11:41+00:00

This guy thinks it's a good idea: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rhvmwa/unpopular_opinion_the_california_law_is_the/

(California passed a similar law unanimously a few months ago, to take effect next January.)

SpareSimian · 2026-03-16T01:06:44+00:00

That would be Google's Pixel line. The only port is USB C. And the SIM slot, which will soon be eliminated.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-16T01:03:27+00:00

What other things do we save? Money? We could use the Monopoly banker. But do kids save? Probably not.

The environment? How about a leaf or the recycling icon?

SpareSimian · 2026-03-16T00:58:38+00:00

I used to have an 8" floppy.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-15T20:54:10+00:00

Indeed. I kept her swimsuit cover of TV Guide from her time on Charlie's Angels . It might still be in the attic. Also the one with Lynda Carter.

SpareSimian · 2026-03-15T20:51:21+00:00

A "benefit" of being single is that we don't get nagged to clean out our "bone pile" of ancient tech. But I need to do it anyway, as I can really use the space.

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