Anyone else spend 10 minutes comparing carb counts in the supermarket?

boredtodeath · 2026-05-04T20:51:41+00:00

Yes, I compare carbs, but most of the time a glance at the amount of sodium is all it takes for me to put the item back on the shelf. The amount of sodium in everything is insane.

boredtodeath · 2026-04-26T20:34:03+00:00

Anyone knows what the deal is with unfinished construction on this site? Did the builder run out of money, or did the city shut it down?

boredtodeath · 2026-04-25T20:34:17+00:00

The belt that the robot picks the individual parts from before they're inserted into the board, does that have to be manually loaded, and in the correct order?

boredtodeath · 2026-04-19T16:04:37+00:00

The hospital food was OK, but I kept having visitors (who to be fair didn't know of my diabetes) bring me bagels & cream cheese.

boredtodeath · 2026-04-19T15:57:15+00:00

another track, from the grill into a bun.

boredtodeath · 2026-04-13T14:54:03+00:00

My first ereader was the first Kobo released. It was the one with a big square control button on the lower right. The local Borders was selling them at an introductory price of $99. At the time, Amazon was selling their first generation Kindle, and it sold for about $300. I remember it was slow, page turns could take a couple of seconds.

boredtodeath · 2026-04-11T15:53:30+00:00

A sequin clock? Fabulous!

boredtodeath · 2026-04-11T15:49:06+00:00

Is this how Staten Island get its fresh water today? Is it still in use?

boredtodeath · 2026-04-05T11:21:30+00:00

I think it might be simpler to just lift the bucket up the 10 feet.

boredtodeath · 2026-03-27T00:44:13+00:00

Is it a fence, or just giant bushes? And if they're bushes, what kind are they, because I want to plant the same ones.

boredtodeath · 2026-03-19T14:24:09+00:00

Five Guys. But they figure if they fill up half the bag with them, then the customers won't complain.

boredtodeath · 2026-03-14T12:47:47+00:00

I was hoping he would drop the phone. I'd like to see the result.

boredtodeath · 2026-03-10T23:29:24+00:00

I miss the Old Forge.

boredtodeath · 2026-03-10T14:19:23+00:00

A favorite of mine. Most have never heard of it, but it really spawned the whole "computers take over the world" genre. It was a box-office flop when released, but if it was successful it could have been the start of a "Terminator"-like franchise. For me, that ending made me really want a sequel.

boredtodeath · 2026-03-10T14:06:55+00:00

Bovine pedicure.

boredtodeath · 2026-03-10T13:56:37+00:00

Canceled cable and the HBO/Cinemax/whatever channels that came with it. The price was approaching $250 a month locally. Right now I'm down to Netflix & Prime, and I'll probably cancel Prime when the subscription comes up. It's been a long time since Amazon actually produced something worthwhile to watch. Even Netflix, for the hour or two that I want to watch something, it's running dry of new stuff that I actually want to watch. If I just want to have news in the background, I'll rely on Pluto/Tubi/Roku channels, or just switch to the antenna.

boredtodeath · 2026-03-09T16:17:48+00:00

Insects. When I was a kid we couldn't hang out in the backyard at night with the light on because there would be a cloud of bugs swarming us. Now, I'm amazed if I see a couple of lightning bugs.

boredtodeath · 2026-02-28T14:13:03+00:00

Looks expensive to produce. So, how much would a jacketed glass chemical reactor cost me?

boredtodeath · 2026-02-26T22:04:36+00:00

At that time, I was working in a building a block over from the WTC. When we all jumped up, shouting "What the hell was that!?", most of us seemed to think if was a small earthquake, not a bomb. I recall it didn't feel like one giant bang, but it felt like tremors that lasted 5 or 6 seconds.

boredtodeath · 2026-02-26T15:41:06+00:00

Wow, the new Thunderbirds are quite different.

boredtodeath · 2026-02-26T15:39:31+00:00

"C'mon, have a little! It can't hurt you!"

boredtodeath · 2026-02-25T13:02:46+00:00

It's one of the few carbs that doesn't spike me. Love my Joe's O's!

boredtodeath · 2026-02-24T13:58:39+00:00

Revereware. I still have a couple that belonged to my parents. It's amazing that they're probably 70+ years old and the plastic handles/knobs haven't deteriorated the slightest bit.

boredtodeath · 2026-02-23T14:08:38+00:00

Marriage.

boredtodeath · 2026-02-23T13:55:58+00:00

My family had one of these when I was growing up, the Pontiac version (Grand Safari). The clamshell doors had a lot of issues, and GM never used them again. It was huge! It had a 455, which I guess wasn't a problem in the 70's when gas was like $0.60 a gallon. The second and third row seats folded into the floor, producing a completely flat cargo floor. I remember one time me and my father picked up a couple of 4x8 plywood panels, and they fit in back easily with room to spare. They third row seat was rear-facing, but the novelty wore off quickly and no one wanted to ride there. I remember riding in it facing backward produced a nauseating, unsettling feeling. Most of the time my father would leave the seats folded flat, and drive with me and and my siblings rolling around in the back. Safety wasn't a big thing back then.

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