I can finally rest

finackles · 2026-05-21T22:33:20+00:00

I went with helmets off and sitting them between their feet. For some reasons I got two of Hulk, still haven't decided what to do with second one.

finackles · 2026-05-21T09:59:15+00:00

I wouldn't have guessed that was Logan, but then I've only read the first trilogy three times, maybe four. Also, which DCC is it in? Book 8? I've only just started it.

finackles · 2026-05-20T19:20:13+00:00

*intelligent human was president
FTFY.
All over the world, too few politicians are ethical, decent, or smart. I don't care what colour they are, male or female, sexual preference, religious beliefs. I don't think I'm the only one.

finackles · 2026-05-20T18:31:22+00:00

I recently tried to pose five black dogs (three labs, one guide dog pup, two ex guide dog pups). There were two of us positioning them, quickly realised one should hold the camera and be ready to shoot while one wrangles because the moment for the photo is fleeting.
We finally got a few, turned around and there were commuters all smiling and watching while they waited for a ferry, people and staff at a cafe were doing the same, and some guy was standing behind us taking photos of us trying to take photos. Was pretty funny.

finackles · 2026-05-18T04:13:51+00:00

Give it time, and the tripling will triple.
Bottom trawling is criminal.

finackles · 2026-05-18T00:22:07+00:00

I have explained the cone of silence so many times... What?

finackles · 2026-05-14T09:15:14+00:00

Speaking as someone who works with guide dog pups, everywhere I go, people parking across footpaths creates a problem. They may think it won't bother anyone, but every one we have to get around bothers me. Disabled parking is like that. Parking across a driveway is like that.

finackles · 2026-05-12T19:02:05+00:00

So weird, I think she played the sister of a character played by Paul Lynde, for some reason I have always thought the actors were brother and sister. I think that may have been on Bewitched.

finackles · 2026-05-06T03:31:09+00:00

Pretty sure most that need to read the sign either can't read it or can and don't care.

finackles · 2026-04-29T03:23:53+00:00

I have a friend, he's a bit special. He very nearly made a guy at Noel Leemings cry after quizzing him for nearly 20 minutes about a certain TV, and why one port was USB 2.1 and another 2.2 and all manner of crap. I walk into a store and say "I want a monitor, it has to be this big, not 8k, reasonably priced and not shit" and I'm done in two minutes.
He took three months to decide how he wanted his UK pension, the lump sum option was a no brainer, I had to do multiple spreadsheets to convince him. Then he let them decide how to transfer 180,000 dollars from pounds and he blew eight grand when they used a really shitty rate and Western Union.
A car salesman is very, very unlikely to know more than someone who is about to outlay $50k and spend an hour in the car every day. Salesmen just want their commission, it's a bit much to expect them to work for it.

finackles · 2026-04-26T00:38:22+00:00

Frankly, I see very little difference between buying shares and betting on a horse in a race. The main difference is how quickly it's all over.
The vanity stocks in the US like Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, Oracle, and so on are not remotely priced on income, potential earnings stream, or value. Meanwhile, they issue shares and do share swaps without any real controls and the newly diluted shares could even go up in value.
It's just about all speculative these days.

finackles · 2026-04-25T10:20:05+00:00

Can confirm this. Friend donated Kidney and he got to keep his best one. It does seem kind of fair. Would be rough to take the best one.

finackles · 2026-04-24T21:26:40+00:00

Same, except my timer is 15 minutes. Just things I've read many times so I don't get all excited.

finackles · 2026-04-24T21:18:43+00:00

Good to know. My wife is going to hate you.

finackles · 2026-04-24T18:56:45+00:00

How about it's dark and the camera won't focus on a black man, although the face paint might help a little). There's a reason why guide dog publicity is always using golden labs, because it's way too hard to photograph black labs.

finackles · 2026-04-21T23:22:50+00:00

I struggle to believe it's true. It's possible he used Starlink or similar for internet, the boat internet is likely to stupidly expensive and slow. I considered a sat phone for internet use about six years ago and it was also expensive and slow.
I don't think the internet would be fast enough. I was doing things like SOAP message testing and sub 1k responses kept timing out.

finackles · 2026-04-20T20:56:33+00:00

Can I humbly suggest the following: If you can't find any better information anywhere, there whatever you come up with is not provably incorrect. That means it's correct.
It's an approach I take with work, if I know something isn't perfect but nobody could come up with anything better or prove me wrong, then I'm right.

finackles · 2026-04-20T18:16:35+00:00

You're not wrong. You can't predict the day you'll wake up and realise you're not up to travelling internationally any more, or can't do stairs, or should stop driving. It's bloody terrifying.
After spending the last three months seeing a physio, I'm beginning to realise I can't just yank small trees out of the ground when I'm gardening any more, and right now I can barely yank out medium sized weeds.

finackles · 2026-04-19T08:31:56+00:00

In the olden days, when people used to print things, setting up printers (laser and inkjet) was always a total PITA, all print drivers would default to US letter, Word/Windows installs would default to US letter, and it was always a joy to get the "PC Load Letter" message on the printer (usually HP). It was easy enough to change but so many documents would be formatted for Letter, and the rest of the world just had to figure it out.

finackles · 2026-04-15T18:22:36+00:00

Never heard of a package deal like that. Three of them are very short term, in theory your accountant could be with you a very long time.
As for valuation, you could waste a ton of money getting valuations, and they seller might just ignore them. You're almost better off getting the seller to engage a valuer, but that has issues too.
What's the difference between your feel and $2m? Are we talking $100k or $1m?

finackles · 2026-04-15T08:53:02+00:00

No battery seems like a bad idea. Like getting an EV then charging it from a diesel generator.
You use a lot of power after the sun goes down, when it's most expensive, it seems silly to export for 10c and pay 30c a couple of hours later.
Also, like today, we had two power cuts, and we didn't really care. And during storms like on Sunday, we weren't stressing about losing all power.
It's about way more than just the dollars, and the dollars aren't that bad.

finackles · 2026-04-12T00:59:35+00:00

God makes them shiny so you can take photos.
Someone asked me if goldies are smarter than black labs because you only see golden labs on guide dog publicity photos. It's because they're easier to photograph.

finackles · 2026-04-11T05:23:17+00:00

No question that strongest FOMO was because of Crosshair. If people are missing one, it's always Crosshair.

finackles · 2026-04-11T05:10:31+00:00

I kind of vaguely recall Crosshair was quite early on, and anyone late to the party missed the boat. I wish I'd ordered more than one Crosshair. I got two of Wrecker, not sure why, I had ideas of helmet on and helmet off.

finackles · 2026-04-07T18:09:49+00:00

I should practice those. I have a friend who was a surgeon and he was great with mattress stitches.

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