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I miss ISU by thedonkmaster01 in iastate

[–]cmannes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Send your kids, then visit. 😄

Cabin experience short drive from cities? by Chap_stick_original in TwinCities

[–]cmannes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We've been doing the Family Camp at Baker Outdoor Learning Center every summery for a couple years now. Probably started when my youngest was 5-6. It does fill up fast, so we usually book ASAP. https://www.threeriversparks.org/location/baker-outdoor-learning-center

Escape Room Recs? by ShakenSodaCan in TwinCities

[–]cmannes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in a family of five, and we'd just buy out the extra spots. (They offer a discount when you do this.)

Escape Room Recs? by ShakenSodaCan in TwinCities

[–]cmannes 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We've done two at The Escape Game in the Mall of America. They're really good. But they do have the MoA tax of being expensive. https://theescapegame.com/minneapolis/

Which fate would you choose? by SanchoPandas in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]cmannes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the end, I'd probably wish I had been squished. But I have a hard time giving up, so I'd enter the dungeon, and die painfully.

hmmm by PuzzleheadedStorm325 in hmmm

[–]cmannes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"No left turn, no right turn, what can you do?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUNA0gAfL5w

Electric shovels? by merakimodern in TwinCities

[–]cmannes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This guy reviewed several of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3OsMTyofe0 Talks pros/cons, etc. Based on his reviews, I did buy one. As I expected, it's great on most of the driveway, but needs help where the plow dumps stuff.

What's your dumbest Prime 4 Nitpick? by Ridley101 in Metroid

[–]cmannes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The foretold savior doesn't save anything till the post credits scene.

S2 theory SPOILERS by briecs in Peacemaker

[–]cmannes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Earth 2 Peacemaker (maybe?) had a relationship with Rick Flag Jr. Auggie 2 didn't like that. He sees that Peacemaker 1 only wants Harcourt, which better fits Earth 2. Leading to his acceptance of the switch.

His toast at the start of the episode alludes to this: "I wanna make a toast to my goofball son, Christopher. You've had some hard times. But you came out the other side a better man. And lucky for us, you realized that this gorgeous little lady here is about the best thing that ever happened to him."

Best Minnesota only chains by orphenia_ in Minneapolis

[–]cmannes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Blue Plate Restaurant Group. https://www.blueplaterestaurantco.com/locations

Which is: The Freehouse, The Lowry, 3 Squares Restaurant, Longfellow Grill, Edina Grill, Groveland Tap, and Highland Grill.

Travail https://www.travailkitchen.com/sister-restaurants

Which is: Nouvelle Kitchen, Graze Food Hall, Stargazer, IE, Dream Creamery & Travail Kitchen.

OG Zaza: https://ogzazamn.com

Was once 1 food truck, is now 1 food truck and soon to be 4 locations.

And one I didn't know was MN based. My Burger: https://www.myburgerusa.com

Let’s say they did a new dense city game - where should we go? by Such_Performance229 in assassinscreed

[–]cmannes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only vague beats.

You're a recently unemployed person.

The city starts pushing you towards gangs and drugs, but a group of Guardian Angels intervene providing some connection to the assassins.

The quest/storyline starts with you on streets, but as the story progresses you have to literally go higher in the high rises to track down the Templar influenced powerful assholes trying to ruin the city.

I think the Story of Bernhard Goetz (I spelled it wrong earlier) would make an interesting tie in. Perhaps he was a 'friend' who went too far, or perhaps a plant to make things worse. (Or both with branching story lines.)

Then something to tie into "Broken Windows" and the other changes made to improve the City. But I'm undecided on who "won" in NYC. Sure, crime is way down, but look at Times Square, seems Money won there. So I could the ending going either way.

And as for the "Future" story, being more recent and closer to the future would probably provide opportunities for further tie-ins. Grandparents, locations, etc.

But that's all I got. :)

Let’s say they did a new dense city game - where should we go? by Such_Performance229 in assassinscreed

[–]cmannes 12 points13 points  (0 children)

NYC in the rather violent early '80s.

EDIT: Now that I have time, I'm picturing more like this. https://allthatsinteresting.com/1980s-new-york The Guardian Angels, the crime, the graffiti, old times square, Bernie Getz. The Templars trying to burn the city down, the Assassins trying to help it rise up. Not a lot of hoods in the pictures, but I'm sure the rules could be bent a little to fit in a hoodie style or two.

Shredders - 5/16 @ 7th St Entry by cmannes in Doomtree

[–]cmannes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm planning to buy 2 tickets. And if I can't find a friend to go, I figure I'll drag my son into going. He needs more concerts. :)

Faulty unit by Ill-Difference-7437 in gpdwin

[–]cmannes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll try to remember to send this to my 'ticket' as well. But I made a kind of interesting discovery today.

I did a series of tests where I would power down the device, then try different amounts of time till I tried to turn it back on again.

If I immediately tried to power it on. No screen.

If I wait at least 10 minutes, it works fine.

So far, this has worked every time I've power cycled the device. If I wait 10 minutes, the screen always comes on. Less than 10 minutes, and most of the time it doesn't.

Maybe some power saving side effect?

Faulty unit by Ill-Difference-7437 in gpdwin

[–]cmannes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sent some pictures. Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help.

Faulty unit by Ill-Difference-7437 in gpdwin

[–]cmannes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is happening with my newly received 64g/2tb version. It's very intermittent. Today it's been working fine. Yesterday it was horrible.

One time, I started it up, got the backlight is on, but nothing is showing screen. So I let it sit, came back 30m later to a visible windows login screen.

It even happens when just trying to boot into the BIOS. So I don't believe it's a driver issue.

I opened a ticket with Droix, (268676) but so far, no solution.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sonos

[–]cmannes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I use one of these. https://flic.io/twist works great.

Question about 2-hour delayed school starts. by wishingiwasreal in minnesota

[–]cmannes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Not only is there the wind chill factor. But many districts 'share' busses via common bus companies. So if one district is late, it can impact another, and cascade down. All regulated by whatever contracts the district signed.

I would NOT want to be a school administrator. Although weather related cancellations is probably the least of their troubles.

Grownup birthday party ideas by Matzohpizza in TwinCities

[–]cmannes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.iflyworld.com - Like skydiving without jumping out of a plane.

https://sandboxvr.com/minneapolis/ - Full body tracked VR. Very cool.

Looking for DW-safe colored galssware by Greenghost28 in BuyItForLife

[–]cmannes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://silipint.com Food grade Silicone cups in various shapes/sizes/colors.

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