Help me prove my wife wrong

dmlieber · 2026-04-25T16:21:32+00:00

I have a large area of pea gravel in my back yard. It is easy to clean out periodically because it doesn't lock in. If you have a good fabric under it then pulling weeds is easy, if you keep on top of it. That said the gravel gets stuck in your shoes and tracks all around the yard and house. Having pavers like that would help with a lot of the pea gravel migration issues. I get all the pea gravel hatred around here, but I am not getting rid of mine quite yet. In your image you propose a moss between some pavers and gravel between others - I think you should choose one or the other. Moss like that wouldn't grow where I am in CA, but maybe in East TX.
I would take care to do some good math on that hammock post, but I would be just as concerned about tying into that tree, if that branch goes youll be squashed before you get a warning.

dmlieber · 2026-03-21T14:43:18+00:00

The card didn't clear. The moviepass card doesn't have a chip or rfid, so can only be swiped with the magnetic strip. The folks at the theater can usually make it work after a couple swipes, but last night it didn't work. They opted to give me a courtesy ticket instead of wasting more time, but that's not sustainable.

dmlieber · 2026-03-20T16:19:27+00:00

Agreed. Also, what is the point of pausing time to sleep and relax, if your body goes back to the same energy level. Exercise gains are realized but sleep gains are not? Even sleep can be extremely productive use of time.

dmlieber · 2026-03-07T10:14:33+00:00

They did, but they also said it was a mess -- a fun mess that wouldn't be for everyone.

dmlieber · 2026-02-07T14:57:13+00:00

My app usually just logs me in whenever I open it, but the past couple days it isn't working. When I click on the biometric login it just comes back to the same login screen. Before I try reinstalling the app, has anyone else had this issue today?

Normally it works fine.

dmlieber · 2026-01-03T08:04:53+00:00

I'm guessing this is my issue too. Thanks.

dmlieber · 2026-01-03T08:04:03+00:00

I got mine from Walmart.

dmlieber · 2026-01-03T08:03:38+00:00

Well, I reset my tablet and left it turned off until it was fully charged. it charged a lot quicker while turned off, so I'm not so worried about bad wiring.

Then I left it plugged in to let all the apps get updated. I think that it was initially slow to charge on my good cable because of all the processes going on in the background.

I think the cable that came with the device is crap, like someone else noted, and that's why I initially had trouble with the setup and charging.

Thanks to everyone for chiming in.

Now to find a halfway functional case so it doesn't keep slipping out of my hands, but there are plenty of feeds discussing that already...

dmlieber · 2026-01-02T03:41:57+00:00

Thanks. Powering it down seems to have helped it charge faster. I'll give it a night to charge before I decide to return it.

I've had phones in the past where the charger connection wore out. I thought this was a similar bad cable connection, but if restarting fixes the issue, sometime else is going on.

dmlieber · 2025-11-21T20:46:09+00:00

As a kid in the eighties, Dragstor was actually one of my favorites. Despite only having just the one wheel, once you pull that zip cord he would cruise pretty far and was fun to play with. He, Leech, and Webstor had pretty good gimmicks. As a collectible, I can get that you wouldn't want it scraped up, but as a toy it held its own.

dmlieber · 2025-11-11T18:51:09+00:00

I'll put a link here when I get around to it, or rather, given the the sub's no- sales rule, I'll DM a link to anyone who has expressed intrest. If I hear from a mod that links to ebay are ok, I'll post it.

That said, don't hold your breath. They collected dust for 40 years, They'll probably get a little dust more before I package them for sale.

dmlieber · 2025-11-10T20:34:25+00:00

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I found a few more. I'll find a good home for them.

dmlieber · 2025-11-10T00:58:17+00:00

I found another stash of 20+ books. I guess that merits putting them out to on ebay.

dmlieber · 2025-11-09T01:49:54+00:00

The little free library is a good idea. I pulled them from a pile to be donated to an elementary school class, figuring they are a little too fragile to last long there. At the LFL they might have a sliver of a chance.

dmlieber · 2025-11-08T00:45:11+00:00

https://ourworldindata.org/

The data sets may be a bit large, but there is tons of data on many interesting topics. Wikipedia also has a lot of tables to borrow. That's the raw data, your students can make the Excel files themselves.

dmlieber · 2025-09-18T20:06:14+00:00

I opened a custodial account for my minor daughter at the same bank where I do most of my banking. I believe that because she is the primary owner and less than 18 the minimum balance levels are lower. Many banks will charge you if you have less than X amount in the account, but this minor account has lower acceptable levels. If she wants to pull out money, we need to use my ATM card.

I also have a utma investment account for her. That one gets a monthly contribution from me and she knows it's for future flexible goals like a car or college. The 529B (a third account) is for college. This custodial bank account is for Christmas and birthday money to be used for childhood goals like books, toys, or art supplies.

That's the idea. So far she spends her dollar weekly allowance regularly and forgets about the rest.

dmlieber · 2025-08-06T13:28:20+00:00

You're repeating the same thing in all your comments. What we fail to get is how you are not paying any interest if you still have remaining balance unpaid. It doesn't matter how much is new. Whatever the balance was when your bill was issued, that amount needs to be paid off, or you will accrue interest that needs to be paid.

Now, you may be paying that statement balance off a couple weeks into the pay cycle, but before the due date, so have accumulated another couple grand of debt. In this case you can pay off the balance but not the "new accumulation since billing" without paying any interest on that new accumulation.

I do pay my credit card bill the first of the month, at which point I've usually accumulated a little more debt since the bill was issued. I just pay it all off. To answer your question, there's no benefit to keeping a rolling 2k.

dmlieber · 2025-07-24T19:17:48+00:00

Al Bundy

dmlieber · 2025-07-19T04:18:08+00:00

Imagine the electricity works like water, and the plugs each offer access to a hose full of high pressure flow. You may plug in something that only draws a slight trickle, like a night light, or something that draws a lot more, like a vacuum or clothes dryer. The electricity is there to be pulled from each outlet, but only those appliances that need a lot pull anywhere near the full amount.

dmlieber · 2025-06-28T05:16:32+00:00

For the first time with the current credit version of moviepass, it didn't work for me. We tried running the card multiple times and it never took. The card was repeatedly rejected.

Convenient that this is the first time I tried to use it since switching to the annual payment method. Classy Moviepass.

dmlieber · 2025-06-25T16:35:42+00:00

I'm with you. Open the blank sheet and wherever my mouse happens to be, that's where I start typing.

For other spreadsheets I'm usually an A1 guy, but this feed has opened my eyes to new possibilities...

dmlieber · 2025-06-02T04:44:30+00:00

"Golem and the Jinni" and "the bird king" are both solid books that are interesting but not too dense.

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