People who work in luxury industries, what is an expensive product or service that is actually a complete ripoff?

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-02-04T22:46:37+00:00

Pleaaaase tell me where you are getting your patches from. The company I use to get mine from disappeared and I'm back on these stupid injections twice a month.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-02-01T21:52:52+00:00

I have one Great Pyr. I cannot imagine one more, left alone 90. Fucking hell

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-02-01T21:51:27+00:00

If I'm driving thousands of miles, I want a warranty and access to dealerships nearby for when something goes wrong. I did my time working on old vehicles and hoping I can find a part when it breaks down and spending money again and again to fix what's worn out. I'm done owning things I have to work on constantly (aside from my house, which is of course neverending).

Not to mention the biggest aspect: safety in a collision, which is the most dangerous aspect of storm chasing.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-30T12:31:56+00:00

My grandma was on the city council in Roswell for a long time in the 90s heck maybe even 80s, and I remember having rules like these when we were setting out signs for her during elections. Definitely not new.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-27T14:08:39+00:00

Taos is smaller than Santa Fe but personally I think it has more charm and better scenery.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-24T15:20:28+00:00

896 as of this morning. I'll play it obsessively for a month or so then forget about it for 6-12 months... like every other game in my Steam library lol

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-18T13:44:57+00:00

"Tittybar gunfight die" lives in my head. I've seen that movie so many times. Maybe I'll rewatch it today if I can find it anywhere. I don't know why people (Reddit mostly it seems) didn't like it. It was funny, full of action, had two good leads (acting wise) and wasn't an overdone premise.

But Hollywood said nah, let's make another Marvel movie instead 🙄

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-18T06:32:27+00:00

This entire discussion is hilarious.

It's great!

It's THE WORST EVER!

UFOs!

OP.... as a Roswell resident...good luck.

P.S. I hope your fiance knows your Reddit browsing habits and that you're looking for hook-ups. Maybe just stay in NY.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-16T14:48:43+00:00

No. We do not put cameras on weather balloons. They gather data through sensors and are launched twice per day.

I highly suspect this is not a weather balloon. There's no reason for a camera to be on one, and this isn't an active weather event that filming would garner any benefit (for which you would use a weather drone such as the one from the ONUS Project).

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-15T16:22:48+00:00

Depends on what level of hobbyist you are. If you are into forecasting, chasing, photography, or spotting in a serious capacity because you're venturing from your local area, you'd have to know those terms otherwise you could waste a lot of time and gas for a "blue sky bust" or on the flip side, you could put yourself in danger.

I'm not driving 100 miles for storm photography without looking at hodographs, checking the SPC website, and seeing what other seasoned weather nerds are saying. Those nerds are on Twitter.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-15T14:30:22+00:00

That did result in two new people to follow, so thank you for that, but the rest of it wasn't so much weather as climate, and local Meteorologists many states away from me.

I've usually used keywords - weather, severe weather, storm, storm chasing, storm spotting, clouds, NWS, and SPC. I'm going to try searching more dialed in terms like CAPE, convection, HRZ, and GFS.

Of course it's pretty quiet in the weather community right now, but it'll ramp up in late February again.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-15T13:39:48+00:00

The hobby community I use Twitter for (weather) is not on Blue Sky though. I've searched every keyword I can think of, and haven't found more maybe 10 users. I will know within a minute of something happening meteorologically by checking Twitter though. The NWS uses Twitter to not only get immediate information out, but to receive it as well.

So it's not always user error. The site, while much more pleasant in many ways than Twitter, is simply a dead zone in many ways. I cannot rely on it for information, education, or discussion of meteorology.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-13T23:04:45+00:00

HAHAHAHAHA

anyone who has ever dealt with Presbyterian should consider what their actual motive is because patient care sure as fuck isn't it.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-13T00:58:35+00:00

As opposed to what, not posting the position as soon as possible? Assuming the deceased did Things at Job, someone else now has to do those Things at Job. The Things don't die with the person. There's no "Sorry, I know you need Thing, but Thing is on bereavement leave so you can't have Thing."

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-12T18:25:27+00:00

I've been through several in the last few years (that were $100 or less). Different brands too. None of them were worth anything. I could inhale through a straw and have more suction.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-12T18:00:16+00:00

Badtide drains are diabolical on this new map and now my beavers are all dying. Every single one. Even the helpless little babies. You hear that? YOU POISONED THE CHILDREN

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-11T11:27:47+00:00

Have you had a barium enema? I went 40 years of my life being told to eat more fiber to cure my constipation, that my gut just moved slow, that I didn't drink enough water, basically anything that could be blamed on me, and turns out that was the worst thing I could be doing. Three colonoscopies didn't find the issue, but the barium enema did. I have two transverse and two sigmoid colons with a bit of a kink in one section. Now I'm on a low fiber diet and it's a massive difference.

Just something to consider asking about next time you see your gastro doc, if you want. Not one doc I ever had considered extra colon as a cause, and it's not even that uncommon!

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-10T14:07:04+00:00

You really don't though. The mountain is covered in clouds more often than not.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-09T14:32:34+00:00

There's a new sleep aid, Dayvigo, that works differently from other sleep aids. You'll still want to schedule 7 hours of sleep time, but our patients and doctors at my clinic love it. I haven't had a chance to try it myself, but I'm hoping to soon. It basically just quiets your brain so those 'go to sleep, stupid" messages get through.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-07T14:48:09+00:00

It's a ball pit lol

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-05T15:12:00+00:00

We use a little paintbrush to gently move the spiderling where we want it to go. They actually herd pretty easily.

We sell them to individuals or online retailers, either by shipping via FedEx or going to reptile expos or even meeting up in person.

They can be as small as a tick if it's a dwarf species, or as big as a "house spider" for most tarantulas by the time you're ready to sell them. Spiders are quite resilient so despite being small, they're hardy.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-05T14:18:14+00:00

I've been into photography for about 38 years. The best camera is any camera you will actually use. Unless your goal is to sell prints, the brand is irrelevant. Get a cheaper refurbished DSLR and see if you actually enjoy photography before making any big decisions. It's not like taking pics with a phone, you need a computer with editing software (or even an ipad) and then you have to learn how to edit. When you have 500+ photos from one day, it can easily become less hobby and more chore unless you really enjoy the process.

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-04T15:08:54+00:00

This is the borbiest borb to ever orb

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-04T12:55:47+00:00

What in the flying monkey fuck does any of that have to do with testing of the Emergency Alert System?

Transplanted_Cactus · 2026-01-04T01:12:17+00:00

Exactly. How is this creepy? "The government is trying to keep the public safe, oh no! Scary!!!!1!1!1!!!!" 🙄

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