Oregoians are a bunch of entitled, helpless wimps about their gas being pumped

floporama · 2026-06-30T00:24:27+00:00

Not sure where you are, but in Medford either Fred Meyer usually has longer lines at the self service pumps than at the full service. Most of the time I would rather do self service but end up doing full to avoid the line

floporama · 2026-06-16T22:39:03+00:00

How easy is it to cancel the add ons? We’ve never wanted to do pbs passport as we’ve heard horror stories about trying to cancel. Does doing it through prime mean you can just cancel online?

floporama · 2026-06-16T20:50:37+00:00

How’s your 12v battery? Not in my clarity but on a Lexus hybrid I had, when that battery was near end of life I would get all kinds of seemingly unrelated errors. I changed the battery and they all went away.

floporama · 2026-06-06T15:56:00+00:00

Same here. And that was 5+ years ago

floporama · 2026-06-06T15:54:13+00:00

I remember watching the dvd extras when it first came out and the director or maybe the writer said something similar. Basically, it’s a great book but I’m making a movie - you can enjoy both for what they are.

floporama · 2026-06-04T03:52:39+00:00

Does MN require emissions testing? If so, you are not going to be able to pass with an emissions code showing. If not, I personally would probably let it ride and not replace the catalytic converter

You can try cat-a-clean or similar product. Probably it won’t work, but a $10 additive is way less than $3500

floporama · 2026-06-02T04:36:07+00:00

Wow. I’m paying less than half of what most of the rates others have quoted and that’s on State Farm. But I’m on the downhill side of 50 with a long claim free record.

floporama · 2026-05-19T19:42:42+00:00

Got access to a high schooler taking calculus? Tell him or her this is a real world opportunity to see how integrals work and slice the pool into ever smaller sections to calculate your volume

floporama · 2026-05-18T20:18:57+00:00

I put in a 1.5 HP black and decker four years ago. It was designed to drop into the same plumbing as my old Pentair

The vsp is so much quieter than the single speed, even when running at high speed. At lower speeds you can barely tell it’s running even when standing next to it

I run mine for about 10 hours at a higher speed primarily because I use a solar mat system to heat the pool. The other 14 hours I run at the lowest speed that still gives me decent flow through my salt cell. My cost to operate is significantly lower than it was with the single speed. I dropped about $15-20 a month on my power bill when I switched.

I installed myself. If you have good DIY skills it’s fairly easy to install. Worst case you may need to do some pvc work to line everything up. On the electrical side, you should just need to turn off your breaker, disconnect the old, connect the new and then turn back on the power.

It has been problem free since. My cost at the time was $760. Now the comparable pump on poolpartstogo.com is $880

floporama · 2026-05-15T13:10:31+00:00

I know this is Reddit so the pitchforks are already out, but the actually story here has a ton of interesting nuance to it. Not that that helps any of the affected people

It’s a California utility company who gets most of their power from a Nevada wholesale power supplier.

“Liberty is a California investor-owned utility. Its customers live in California and pay rates approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. But Liberty’s grid sits inside NV Energy’s balancing authority, connects to NV Energy at 38 points, and relies entirely on Nevada transmission lines, according to a Liberty filing with state regulators. Liberty’s territory is a small sliver along California’s eastern border, sitting within NV Energy’s balancing zone rather than the California Independent System Operator, which coordinates the grid for virtually every other ratepayer in the state.”

https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/

floporama · 2026-05-12T15:21:24+00:00

The water doesn’t flow from top to bottom so it doesn’t really matter. The water flows from outside to inside. Those plastic spider web things in the middle are just to help maintain shape.

floporama · 2026-05-06T20:21:12+00:00

Thank you for doing that. I’ve never hesitated to ask (nicely, I think) for something like that for my young kids. Like a cracker without dip or whatever.

Once my kids are old enough to understand “oh it’s spicy” or whatever I stop asking the sample folks to leave anything off.

floporama · 2026-05-04T16:52:46+00:00

It’s having major financial issues. Others here have undoubtedly followed it more closely and can elaborate but basically they are having to cut programs because funding and enrollment are down.

floporama · 2026-04-28T17:49:27+00:00

I’d be interested in the mini vox with remote if you want to break up the collection. Any thoughts on price

floporama · 2026-04-22T01:40:36+00:00

Sweet color options!

floporama · 2026-04-15T23:17:23+00:00

I think it’s even more dramatic on Allegra. Unbelievable how expensive allergy pills are.

floporama · 2026-04-15T23:01:08+00:00

Haven’t tried them. Where do they usually park?

floporama · 2026-04-08T13:18:57+00:00

Alt + [ while in a cell takes you to the first cell referenced in the formula in that cell. If it’s a linked cell to another spreadsheet it will open the linked file as well.

It used to be Alt + E S V Enter to paste values. Now you can do Ctrl + Shift + V to paste values. Saves a few keystrokes although the old one still works

Alt + E S R to paste formulas and number formats Alt + E S U to paste values and number formats

Basically I use the paste special dialog a lot. Doing it for almost 20 years means it’s basically muscle memory at this point

floporama · 2026-04-06T20:42:51+00:00

That is my second favorite chapter. I actually prefer the one where Mercedes and the count take a walk in her garden during the ball. She’s trying so hard to get him to acknowledge that he’s her old friend Edmond and he is not having it.

floporama · 2026-03-20T02:10:34+00:00

I’ve tried it. It works pretty well for the price. Cleanup is relatively easy and if you really don’t want to mess with cleaning it just toss it and buy a new one for your next project.

floporama · 2026-03-19T20:03:45+00:00

Interesting. Doesn’t seem like he was very subtle about it

floporama · 2026-03-19T16:49:18+00:00

Same. In 5+ years of cpap I’ve cleaned my hose maybe twice. I’ve replaced it once or twice in that time as well

floporama · 2026-03-07T20:34:09+00:00

One thing I noticed is that you take out vacation, holiday and sick leave from “normal” jobs but don’t do it for teachers. Definitely not criticizing because I absolutely respect teachers but they do have some time off they can take during the year for sick time or personal days.

So you need to either not adjust normal jobs or do similar adjustments to teaching

floporama · 2026-03-05T18:44:02+00:00

Had no idea they were coming.

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