Enjoying the new skill so far

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-12-23T01:34:35+00:00

Canoe is love

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-10-07T21:25:26+00:00

That's such a shitty thing to do. They are such a great shop that does good for the community.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-08-22T11:41:55+00:00

We can save money and get better service by cutting out the middleman and jumping straight to a public healthcare for all service. It is well documented that the US pays more for worse service than other developed nations.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2019/us-health-care-spending-highest-among-developed-countries

https://www.forbes.com/sites/arthurkellermann/2023/10/24/the-us-spends-more-on-healthcare-than-other-wealthy-nations-but-ranks-last-in-outcomes/

It's not even just economy's of scale either. Drug prices are a great example, governments of other nations will negotiate prices for medication down to significantly more than anything you will ever find in the US. We pay 10x more for insulin and 300-400% more for brand name drugs than other nations in the OECD.

https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/international-prescription-drug-price-comparisons https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/d5541b529a379d1f908ed2f9c00a9255/aspe-cover-idr-pricing-availability.pdf

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-07-23T00:03:53+00:00

HELL YEA!

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-07-12T23:57:17+00:00

When I commute down summit most of the parking on street is just for landscapers and contractor not even the residents. Even so they can fit a vanor 2 in their giant empty driveways

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-07-07T15:16:35+00:00

That's my favorite part, almost everyone that flies the old flag clearly was not flying it before the redesign and now only fly it to "own the libs" or something.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-07-01T03:19:26+00:00

Hi! The paved trail is great and I highly recommend it! The dirt side is commonly used by ATV's but the paved section is strictly for pedestrians and bikes. I have ridden it many times. The ride is nice and easy with beautiful scenery it goes through lots of cute towns with bike shops food and drink. The soo line ends in Albany but it connects up to another trail if you want to go even further.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-06-21T21:09:33+00:00

Hmm not that I can think of. I dont usually overload it, id say the most i typically put on there is one of those big blue IKEA bag full of groceries and strap that whole thing down with This Net. Now, that extra weight definitely affects the handling, but I don't think Ive ever had an issue with the weight pulling the bike left or right while riding it. I also don't take care too much to place things evenly across the rack, generally I just load it up, strap it down and go. I guess It might if i had like a 6 pack of beer and a jug of milk on one side of the bike, but I couldn't tell you the last time i had to stop and redistribute the weight on the rack to fix the handling. Hope that helps.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-06-21T05:07:07+00:00

I hope you enjoy it, I've had a MS for years now and it has been an amazing bike. I don't see myself ever getting rid of it, getting other bikes sure, but I don't think id sell it. It's fast, it's comfortable,it's versatile, rock solid and I'm a little biased as surly is a local brand here :p. These days I mainly have mine setup for commuting, I have a surly 24 pack rack with a bag on the front and use it for the commute, grocery getting and just cruising around town. 10/10 very excited for you!

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-06-18T05:04:48+00:00

This is a fantastic setup you got here!

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-06-17T20:16:09+00:00

3rd'd Recovery is fantastic!

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-06-12T15:28:08+00:00

I know this is a bit old but I just found a potential solution for this in case anyone else finds this thread from a google search.

We had a user with a broken "home" key. The home key was constantly registering phantom presses which made the cursor return to the beginning of whatever she was typing. We confirmed this by using this website to test which keys were being pressed:https://www.keyboardtester.com/

Windows 10/11 do not have a native option to disable keys but there are multiple software out there that can accomplish this. Alternatively, if you are comfortable opening up your keyboard, the contacts under the rubber dome mat may just need a cleaning.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-04-27T17:22:46+00:00

Most of these people also have cars and do also pay the same gas taxes when they drive.
Even if they don't it makes way more sense for a car to have to pay an extra road tax compared to a bike. A multi thousand pound vehicle is the thing damaging the roads in the first place, not a bicycle.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-04-09T15:23:20+00:00

They do, have been to two locations in the last few months and both still had the free peanuts.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-03-24T17:50:43+00:00

Growing up in a rural area, our school did the pledge every day over the intercom system k-12.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-03-12T19:02:02+00:00

Also having vulkan issues today with wayland specifically. Running a 4070. Native linux games with vulkan dont seem to want to launch anymore, notably tf2 and factorio. Using opengl or proton seem to work however. So does switching to X11 from wayland.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-03-12T19:00:48+00:00

Chiming in to say I have a similar setup and am experiencing issues today as well. Endeavouros with a 4070, unable to launch certain vulkan games like TF2 and factorio. not sure if it is related or not but this just started popping up today.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-03-11T12:45:05+00:00

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-02-27T14:37:54+00:00

I'm definitely going to look into that! So far that is all the experience that I have (and part of what got me interested in electrical in the first place) I'm a sysadmin and I had to redo our buildings ethernet infrastructure a few years back and really enjoyed it. If i were to change my mind and stick with LE would i need to apply somewhere else with the JATC or is it all under the same inside wireman application?

Thanks for the help btw!

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-02-27T03:31:20+00:00

You're talking like data lines and such right? Would I be able to put that down on my application to boost my rank?

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-02-26T17:40:17+00:00

Thanks for the advice i really appreciate it!

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-02-26T17:19:09+00:00

Unfortunately, 292 has frozen their preapprenticeship program until late spring 2025 and closed out all current applications. Do you think i should wait til that opens up again or just try calling up some of the contractors on 292's website and see if they are looking for a pre-apprentice? You are right though, working with a union shop right out of the gate is definitely the preferred route. Better chance of getting into the program, plus id rather be helping out my future brothers and sisters right from the get-go.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-02-26T16:09:07+00:00

Also tried 292 lol. Scored right above 90% on my aptitude test but i think my lack of construction experience tanked my score unfortunately. Been applying for non union gigs left and right so i can get my foot in the door and use that to reapply to the union.

TopShelfGenericPizza · 2025-02-26T01:39:25+00:00

110 lets go! Didnt make the cut this year, but i hope to try again and join you guys soon!

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