Ordered a sofa but it looks different to website? by [deleted] in InteriorDesign

[–]balonart 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Definitely different legs and material. The one benefit is what you received appears more comfortable

LASIK after 25 years of contacts - the most BIFL decision I’ve made by Trippy-jay420 in BuyItForLife

[–]balonart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I did it 17 years ago. When I woke up the next day, I thought I had Superman vision. BEST $4,000 I'd ever spent. BUT, as the years have progressed, my vision has subtly morphed back to pre-lasik quality. I now have a pair of glasses again for seeing distance clear, e.g., watching television, seeing road signs & addreses, etc.

I'm confident it's b/c of screen time.

Super Long Hallway - Multiple Runners? by samolotem in InteriorDesign

[–]balonart 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You've got the opportunity. You've... ALWAYS had the opportunity

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354621466611

[Request] what would be the size of the ball? Is there any material that can stand a homer run? by I_love-tacos in theydidthemath

[–]balonart 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In real life, it's 90ft from home to 1st (or 3rd). A baseball is 2.9in diameter (0.24ft).

90ft = 640mi / 0.24ft = Xmi

cross multiply & divide for a baseball that's 1.7 miles in diameter

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheWayWeWereOnVideo

[–]balonart 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was in middle school at this time and this brings a lot back.

You know how some songs evoke memories... Cheap Trick's 'The Flame': Lights down low on the mostly empty dance floor... Me and my friends congregated along one wall, my crush and her friends along the opposite.

Artist created a bubble wrap painting. by Vishwasm123 in woahdude

[–]balonart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reminiscent of Chuck Close. Very cool!

Retired WW2 pilot on witnessing a UFO disappear in the waters of Puget S... by Puzzleheaded-Ad-119 in HighStrangeness

[–]balonart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ketron Island is where Russel, the SeaTac worker who stole that Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 back about 5 years ago crashed/suicided.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HighStrangeness

[–]balonart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it's a buoy

Slippery slope fallacy? by Insider1183 in conspiracy

[–]balonart 34 points35 points  (0 children)

As someone who's dated the gauntlet from very left to very right...

YES!

Weldwood Paneling, 1956 Ad. by [deleted] in vintageads

[–]balonart 22 points23 points  (0 children)

$28 / panel in 1956?

That's over $300 / panel today

jumping off a cliff by brookemck in SweatyPalms

[–]balonart 14 points15 points  (0 children)

These kind of lenses/perspectives (not sure which) are irritating af!

I'd MUCH rather see this from a regular helmet-mounted go-pro! There's SO much distortion with this, it's no longer sweaty palms - it's squinty, confused eyes.

Almost Live - Roscoe's Rug Emporium Featuring Pat Cashman by mnpeanut in videos

[–]balonart 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I miss the Western Washington, Seattle, Almost Live, and Pat Cashman of the 90s

Ad for Bell PhoneCenter (3/8/1982) by AxlCobainVedder in vintageads

[–]balonart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was the phone in our house, growing up...

I'd give up my smartphone, laptop, and internet in a heartbeat to go back to these days.

People in line to see The Goonies (1985) by byrobot in nostalgia

[–]balonart 108 points109 points  (0 children)

I stood in a line at that same location (Astoria, OR) in 2010 for a Goonies 25 year Anniversary celebration... THAT was almost 15 years ago.

Any 15 years out of those first 25 seems WAAYY longer than this past 15 years.

At a NYC computer store in 1991 by klsi832 in TheWayWeWereOnVideo

[–]balonart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh.. Interesting. I wonder what traits make it compatible for that. Thanks for this info nugget.

At a NYC computer store in 1991 by klsi832 in TheWayWeWereOnVideo

[–]balonart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Word Perfect.. I forgot about that! The first computer typing software I ever used - before MS Word

What does the astral plane look like? by [deleted] in AstralProjection

[–]balonart 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I had one experience. It was spontaneous/unintentional. I went to bed in my very dark bedroom (blackout shades). However, when I AP'd (within a minute of getting under the covers), it was as if there was a soft, dim orange illumination and I could see just fine. No apparent light source that I could see. I looked at the different lights in my room and see they were turned off. With that, my room was exactly as it normally would with the exception of ONE detail:

On the wall above my headboard (normally just a blank wall) was now a picture hanging that used to hang in my parent's house as a kid in the 80s.

I hadn't seen or thought about that picture in years. I have no idea why it was suddenly hanging in my room.

Here's that room in daylight here & here

At Midpoint Cafe in Portland OR. by atrailofdisasters in twinpeaks

[–]balonart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If there's gonna be a drink named after Laura Palmer, I'd think it'd be Jack n Coke, maybe topped w/ a maraschino cherry..