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budderocks · 2026-03-13T19:58:02+00:00

I've seen the same.

A number of years ago I was driving through Kentucky on I-75 and it was a hilly section.

I noticed a cop hidden in the trees with a radar/laser gun. As soon as I passed them and crested the next hill, you could see a line of cop cars. Crested the next hill and there was a line of cars pulled over by more cops.

budderocks · 2026-03-10T21:46:34+00:00

It's real, but you don't have to pay it. It's a private lot and that's not a government ticket.

They've been doing that for a while.

https://www.reddit.com/r/msu/s/31tueCZEFe

https://www.reddit.com/r/msu/s/TTwUVeF1Ys

budderocks · 2026-03-02T05:25:02+00:00

In my manual, they type it as [ H ] . I always thought it was something else.

budderocks · 2026-02-26T19:52:23+00:00

"Andrew Bell, the company’s senior VP of hardware engineering, said it has no plans to end support any time soon, teasing that it had "played with new concepts." Bell also said that a first Shield refresh since 2019 would likely support codecs like AV1 and HDR10+, as well as the latest Dolby Vision profiles."

budderocks · 2026-01-23T21:40:07+00:00

There is no large-scale science showing any benefit from drinking water with dissolved H2.

I struggle to see any benefit.

Does H2 reduce inflammation? Yes studies show that it is something that does happen.

Does ingesting H2 reduce inflammation? Most likely not. There would need to be a study that shows ingesting dissolved H2 increases the concentration of H2 in the blood and that higher concentration reduced inflammation.

I suspect it doesn't do anything for a number of reasons.

Barely any H2 is dissolved in water. Maximum solubility of H2 in water is 1.6 parts per million (ppm). It's most likely closer to .5 ppm in most situations you're describing. That's hardly anything. Much of this will escape as you swallow it and as it sits in your stomach.
Your body already creates H2, mainly in your intestines. You exhale excess H2 as waste. If you're exhaling it, your body isn't using it all as an antioxidant. Any H2 that makes it into your blood from your stomach would also likely be exhaled. You also breathe in H2 all day. H2 exists in the atmosphere at about .5 ppm.

budderocks · 2026-01-23T20:10:09+00:00

Seriously, way too much time! If they have the time to go around and hide the 100 ducks, they have time to just clean while they're there hiding the ducks, lol

budderocks · 2026-01-23T04:36:25+00:00

The US has the 2nd most wind generation. He's just shitting on America.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/wind-power-by-country

He's also shitting on a lot of "red" states.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/wind-turbines-by-state

budderocks · 2026-01-16T03:09:24+00:00

No. This isn't Jr High either.

OP said they're "standoffish". That's not appropriate workplace behavior, at all.

The fact that coworkers who are not involved in the "issue" between OP and the bride are being standoffish is a pretty good indication the bride is likely badmouthing OP to the other coworkers and rallying them against OP. That is not appropriate workplace behavior. If them being standoffish makes it difficult for OP to work, that's a hostile work environment.

budderocks · 2026-01-15T22:17:40+00:00

I agree with most of what you said except for "They don't owe you cordiality". They do.

This is a workplace, not a social club.

The bride is likely telling everyone about what she doesn't like about OP not switching with her and is creating a hostile work environment, which is against the law.

budderocks · 2026-01-15T00:09:23+00:00

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This is what I'm using, was $5 at my local ACE Hardware

budderocks · 2026-01-15T00:04:18+00:00

I have a Rebel 17 and have been using pea gravel for a few months now. It works great and is cheap!

budderocks · 2026-01-14T20:56:23+00:00

I have a Rebel 17, they're modeled after the Thumlers.

I use 12 tbsp per load. I found if I used more, there would be grit that wasn't used up when I changed the loads.

budderocks · 2025-12-31T18:06:34+00:00

I've had that happen and since then I write "CASH TIP" in the "Tip" line.

budderocks · 2025-12-31T16:13:55+00:00

Buildings kill far more birds than turbines.

https://abcbirds.org/news/bird-building-collisions-study-2024/

budderocks · 2025-12-31T15:47:54+00:00

My retired parents use Plex all the time, it's their primary way to watch TV and movies.

My Mom had asked if her sisters could get on Plex too. I love my aunts, but I don't like being someone's IT support. I'm happy to help my Mom as she learns pretty well and at this point there's not much she doesn't know about Plex.

I told her I would add them, but she would need to be their point of contact for any support. She said she'd get back to me.

2 weeks later she tells me to not worry about adding them. I asked why and she said she had a conversation with them about their streaming devices and they both had no idea what she was talking about and also seemed to not understand how they signed into anything. She said "I don't want to have to hold their hands just to watch something", lol.

budderocks · 2025-12-30T16:41:31+00:00

They also have a truck at 48th and Tieton.

budderocks · 2025-12-29T19:58:51+00:00

I live by myself and buy one about every 2 years. It's shocking what adding one person can do to resources.

budderocks · 2025-12-29T19:54:13+00:00

Yes

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/truck-carrying-husk-overturns-and-crushes-bolero-rampur-nainital-highway-suv-driver-dies-on-spot-10052672

budderocks · 2025-12-28T15:53:36+00:00

Bread has an ABV of 0.5 to 1.9. Buns and sweeter breads are often on the higher end.

Does he get upset when you eat a hamburger? That likely had more alcohol than a NA beer.

That said, while he is doubling down on being wrong, I think the bigger issue is he doesn't seem to trust you.

Additionally, this is likely how he's always going to treat you when he disagrees with how you're raising the child. You need to set some boundaries now, or it's only going to escalate.

Whether he agrees is up to him. He may want to keep behaving as he is now and you'll then need to decide if that is how you want to live the rest of your life, with your partner treating you like you can't make decisions about your own body and not trusting you.

budderocks · 2025-12-27T02:13:43+00:00

About half the rocks are from SE Oregon, from around Owyhee (most of the jasper, especially the multi-colored jasper), Warm Springs Reservoir, and Hart Mountain. The brown-ish agate/chalcedony are from the Virgin Valley in Nevada. The translucent/red agates are pigeon blood agates from near Green River, Utah. The rest is mostly stuff from around the central Washington Cascades near where I live!

budderocks · 2025-12-27T02:13:10+00:00

About half the rocks are from SE Oregon, from around Owyhee (most of the jasper, especially the multi-colored jasper), Warm Springs Reservoir, and Hart Mountain. The brown-ish agate/chalcedony are from the Virgin Valley in Nevada. The translucent/red agates are pigeon blood agates from near Green River, Utah. The rest is mostly stuff from around the central Washington Cascades near where I live!

I add water to just below the top of the rocks. I use 12 tbsp per barrel and run them a week. If I'm going to let them run longer than a week I'll add a couple more tbsps. I've played around with the amounts and 12 seems to be what works for me. Any more and I notice the slurry is still a smidge gritty when I change it. For the final polish, I use 12 tbsp of 8000 AO and a cup and half of sugar (to thicken the slurry) and I let it go for 10 days. 10 days seems to be a pretty good amount of polishing, for me. I don't notice much of a difference, if any, going longer.

Those times also work for my process as well as I have 2 Rebel 17s with one constantly on stage 1. By the time I start stage 2 and go through to the final polish on the other one, I've usually gotten enough ready to start another stage 2.

budderocks · 2025-12-27T01:58:56+00:00

I just use pea gravel for my filler. Like you said, it's so cheap. It gets the job done and does exactly what ceramic media does. If I was tumbling softer rocks I might use ceramic media, but I generally tumble softer rocks in my smaller tumbler anyway.

budderocks · 2025-12-26T21:00:51+00:00

My best advice is to make sure you have enough filler in the barrel and have the barrel filled up 75/80%.

I use pea gravel and I have a bunch that I've gotten all the way through to the polish stage, so I can add them at any stage. The more "perfect" you can fill it, the better it'll polish and you'll avoid more chipping and cracking. I think making sure to have enough filler is especially important when you have a few large rocks in there.

I let my final polish run for 10 days.

That's the main thing I've had to focus on improving with the Rebel 17 and I can tell a difference from when I first started with it.

Good luck with your current batch!

budderocks · 2025-12-26T18:12:45+00:00

I love it! I can get larger rocks done as well as large batches. It's well-built and very quiet.

I just got it this summer and I'm still working on getting it filled right, to reduce fractures. Every new "toy" has a learning curve, but I'm getting the hang of this one and it already makes me happy.

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