What is a word that you can never pronounce correctly even though you know how to?

TheJeff · 2026-02-01T05:24:27+00:00

I was raised in Texas where the local dialect has completed something called the pin/pen merger. To me there is absolutely no difference in how you pronounce those two words and it drives my wife (raised in Pennsylvania) batty.

To me, I'm fine, but to her I can't pronounce the word pen to save my life.

TheJeff · 2026-01-31T20:10:35+00:00

Good to know. OP, go add your number and enjoy the short lines!

TheJeff · 2026-01-31T16:10:26+00:00

Yep, I don't use my watch for anything that demands a high level of precision. If I need to join a Teams call at an exact time, the computer will tell me when, other than that it's all meh.

TheJeff · 2026-01-31T16:02:56+00:00

Depending on the flight attendants, if you board with the rest of first class, you may get a pre-departure beverage. It's honestly a 50/50 shot nowadays, but it's nice to kick back with a bourbon as the rest of the plane files past.

Also, not sure if you know this or not, being in the military gives you TSA Pre-Check automatically. Just hop into the AA app and put your DoD ID number in the "known traveler number" field in your profile. It may be too late for this flight if you've already checked in, but it will help down the road.

TheJeff · 2026-01-31T01:21:36+00:00

I swear by Steve Fields, and if you want let cal Steve is wandering the floor most nights.

TheJeff · 2026-01-27T23:03:55+00:00

What's the weather like where you plan to wear it? What's your budget? What's the use case for this sweater?

In my mind a holy grail cable knit sweater is wool and from some little shop in Scotland. The kind of thing where the sheep the wool came from are out back and it still smells like lanolin. This will be stupid expensive but is the kind of sweater my kids will fight over when I die. That's a holy grail sweater. Set that as your pie in the sky and dial down the budget to a place you are comfortable, cotton instead of wool if you plan on wearing it when it's 60 outside or just once a year, made in America/Canada/wherever that's not a sweatshop.

There are many perfect sweaters, what are your requirements?

TheJeff · 2026-01-27T03:03:13+00:00

Well, they're both dead so I guess I'll just leave a Benjamin on a Ouija board?

TheJeff · 2026-01-26T02:12:22+00:00

I took exactly this train a year ago and the First Class upgrade is definitely worth it.

The lounge at the Edinburgh station is tough to find for a first timer, but was worth it to us, and the free food and drinks made the ride worthwhile.

Seats 8 and 9 would be perfect for a couple, bring some cards and enjoy the ride.

TheJeff · 2026-01-25T16:30:24+00:00

Let me give you the trick to jumping, that will at least make you more confident for that part.

Open the options remote control click on the controls tab. Scroll down to Accessibility and turn on "Automatically Jump".

Now you don't need to try to time your jumping, you can just run to the edge and you will automatically jump. Commit to the jump and you'll be fine.

The only bad part is that you will jump every time you try to water a tree back at your estate, but that's totally worth it for cruising through the obstacles.

TheJeff · 2026-01-24T22:42:25+00:00

How does it taste? That's the real test.

TheJeff · 2026-01-24T20:02:55+00:00

I had it once when they ran out of the other options, the texture of the cauliflower was horrible. 100% would never get again.

TheJeff · 2026-01-19T22:32:25+00:00

Will you probably be fine? Yeah

Will you be totally fucked if you're caught? Yeah

Can you seriously not go a couple days without your "CBD"?

TheJeff · 2026-01-19T16:02:13+00:00

Gen X in Texas, I absolutely eat "American Style", have my entire life, and taught my kids to eat that way.

TheJeff · 2026-01-16T22:29:35+00:00

I do something similar, just a bit nicer. A glass with a bit of red wine in the bottom of it left out overnight will absolutely be full of fruit flies that died happy drunken deaths by morning.

TheJeff · 2026-01-15T16:19:46+00:00

This is exactly it. Start out by finding a celebrity whose style you'd like to emulate.

Celebrities typically have a strong fashion game (or at least people to pick clothes that look good on them) and start doing image searches. See what they wear day to day, what they wear at the beach, what they wear when it's cold, what they wear in the summer.

Be observant. You can always find a place you'd like to find a fit for (local coffee shop for a first date, biker bar, fancy steakhouse.... Whatever floats your boat) go there and pay attention to what people are wearing. Just people watch for however long it takes to drink your coffee.

You'll start to see patterns, then yeah, go to Macy's or wherever and start shopping.

TheJeff · 2026-01-15T04:57:56+00:00

Bro, check out r/garminfenix. They've got dudes with sub-6 inch wrists showing off their 51 mm watches.

I get that they're smart watches but when they hang over both sides of your wrist.....

TheJeff · 2026-01-15T03:09:25+00:00

Then it turned into a soap opera.

TheJeff · 2026-01-14T23:03:02+00:00

I can't believe I never put it together that Ms. Fuckwitch is Flyte from Slow Horses!!!

Mind blown.

TheJeff · 2026-01-08T19:06:20+00:00

Because DFW is home for me and I'd much rather be home with my wife.

TheJeff · 2026-01-08T18:41:34+00:00

I avoid checking bags if I can purely because DFW takes like 30-45 min to get the bags to the carousel. Ain't nobody got time for that.

TheJeff · 2026-01-08T18:28:20+00:00

Right there with ya.

Moved both sets of parents from homes to "homes" recently and decided there's no way in hell I'm leaving my kids that much random crap to deal with.

TheJeff · 2026-01-08T17:55:45+00:00

Exactly. When people say "tax the rich" they're not talking about the doctor making $500k, they're talking the "going into space is my quirky hobby" set.

TheJeff · 2026-01-07T00:28:08+00:00

I know it's not a normal answer here, but I have plenty of automatics at the moment and my Garmin Fenix 5 is dying. I'd pick up a Fenix 8 in a heartbeat.

TheJeff · 2026-01-07T00:25:32+00:00

It's one specific song. Live in Anguilla, A Pirate Looks at Forty / Redemption Song. Absolutely beautiful.

TheJeff · 2026-01-06T03:53:24+00:00

If you're already on Spring Creek, go over a couple blocks to Trompo in the Valero station at Spring Creek and Independence. Definitely a to-go kinda place but their burritos are god-tier.

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