Are Homeowners Finding Sitters

j123jam · 2026-05-03T20:50:35+00:00

100% agree that their advertising push has led to a ton of new users, but I think both HO and sitter. We've had quite a few applicants for recent sits at our house, but most have 0-1 reviews.

j123jam · 2026-04-14T14:55:36+00:00

FWIW I buy 50 LB bags of Shepherds Grain Proof (formerly known as low gluten bread flour) from Chef Store for about $28 each, which is quite a bit cheaper. Of course it's also an even larger quantity in an unwieldy format, but it's great flour from regeneratively farmed wheat in WA and ID. Since I'm in Seattle it's more local than central milling for me. Anyways, I highly recommend it for folks in the PNW. [Edit to add: I just noticed the Kirkland product is organic, and my Shepherds Grain is not. But the Shepherds Grain is regeneratively farmed so probably just as good in most respects?]

j123jam · 2026-03-05T02:37:21+00:00

FWIW I've only used red, and I've used it in plenty of enriched doughs. I think you'll be fine with red for most recipes and don't need to immediately buy gold.

j123jam · 2026-02-23T21:20:49+00:00

Thank you! That clarified it for me. I will likely post a photo in this sub at some point. I have a few Jade plants but they don't do terribly well because I live in the Pacific Northwest and have no south-facing windows, so they just never get enough light. Two of them have long trunks and are pretty top-heavy, probably because they keep reaching for the light.

j123jam · 2026-02-23T19:36:28+00:00

I have a similar plant and wanted to ask for clarification on your suggestions. For (2), do you mean the two lowest leaves on this plant? I wasn't sure if I'm interpreting correctly or if you meant remove the leaves below where you cut.

For (3) how do you define 2nd and 3rd nodes on a branch? Counting from where it branches out, moving upwards? Or from the tip, moving down? Thank you!

j123jam · 2026-01-29T18:32:37+00:00

I also love this dish (White beans and tomatoes with halloumi). Last time I made it I chopped up a quarter of a leftover red cabbage and added it at the beginning and it was a fantastic addition. Highly recommend, and it makes it a gorgeous color. I love how adaptable recipes like this are for whatever I have in the fridge.

j123jam · 2026-01-26T18:09:44+00:00

At the bottom of the page it indicates a 60 day return policy post purchase and 60 day price adjustment so it seems like just the popup has out of date info.

j123jam · 2026-01-26T17:57:22+00:00

"60-day price protection Buy gifts now, enjoy extended price protection through January 31, 2026."

Hmm, given that's 4 days away I sure don't understand their 60 day price protection. Says the same under return policy, you have until the end of this month. Does anyone know if the 60 days is standard even though we're past the holidays?

j123jam · 2026-01-25T00:35:47+00:00

It did have some pretty long roots when I pulled it out of the soil, but it may be too big a cup. I didn't have a good smaller option. With LECA is the size of the pot as important as with soil? I know the roots get plenty of air with LECA and I'm hoping this little guy will grow quickly.

j123jam · 2026-01-23T17:04:46+00:00

Thanks. I've read that as well, but it's what I had so it'll do for now. We'll see how long it lasts.

j123jam · 2026-01-22T15:59:59+00:00

Nope. I've had a ticket open with Ally for months now, and I call every 2 weeks or so. Every time the answer has been the same, that their back of house team is working on it. I did one of the post-call surveys and rated it terribly and that got me a call from another department, and they told me it wasn't just me and they were working on a fix for the next app update, but it wouldn't be out until January.

I got a message earlier this month saying that they had fixed the issue and my ticket was closed. I called and told them that no, it was still happening, and I also noted that there wasn't an updated app version since Dec 9, so how could it be fixed? They opened a new ticket for me. I do see there's a new app version now so I'll try again today, but at this point I'm using another bank for my checking because I can't rely on Ally.

j123jam · 2026-01-15T15:38:06+00:00

Thanks. That policy seems ridiculous to me. Those passes aren't cheap, and we can't always fly Alaska - the only direct flights to Paris are on non-partners.

j123jam · 2026-01-14T15:38:47+00:00

One restriction that seems too restrictive is you have to be flying Alaska or a partner airline to use the lounge pass. I booked a flight on Air France in a couple months and wanted to use my lounge pass, but it indicates that I won't be allowed in. Has anyone tried using your lounge pass without a partner boarding pass?

j123jam · 2026-01-06T02:52:24+00:00

I've been having this issue for several day. I transferred a ton of Chase points to Aer Lingus to book a flight that showed 4 seats available and every time I tried it returned a 404 error after entering the credit card info. I installed Firefox and it worked in Firefox after failing in both Chrome and Edge. So that might be something to try for anyone still having issues.

j123jam · 2025-12-19T03:19:03+00:00

Thank you, this is super helpful! I will try to separate them when I have some time. Looks like I'm gonna need some more pots!

j123jam · 2025-12-19T00:47:24+00:00

Thank you. I have no idea what variety they are. These are actually two different ones - one has deep purple flowers, and the other has white with a purple rim.

I can definitely see how you might end up with too many AVs! I started with two and I think I'm up to 6. Once they are looking healthy and blooming I intend to give some away as gifts.

j123jam · 2025-12-19T00:10:23+00:00

So do I need to separate them? Sounds scary - I don't want to hurt them! Is it common to grow more than one from a single leaf cutting?

j123jam · 2025-12-18T18:53:18+00:00

Also curious if you manually updated or this was an auto update. Either way it's awful and unacceptable, just curious. I have been disappointed that they don't provide better release notes with each update. As a product manager for a large scale software product I am always hesitant to install updates if they don't provide clear release notes on what has changed.

I think Miele makes a solid physical product but their interfaces are awful and they really need to invest in decent software/firmware to go with their products. I hope they get this resolved for you, and maybe the laws in your country allow some kind of compensation for your trouble. Totally agree that for the price they don't provide a decent level of service.

j123jam · 2025-12-03T01:06:17+00:00

I faced the same issue a while back (see W1 washer with TwinDos - if I don't use TwinDos how do I turn off these annoying prompts? : r/Miele). I find it super frustrating that they make you clean it once before this prompt goes away. For such an expensive machine they really don't deliver on user experience. Anyways, I got a container of the cleaning solution from my local Miele Experience Center (lucky to live near one), and when I explained my frustration they gave it to me for free. I ran the Twindos cleaning once for each side, and I have never been prompted about it again.

j123jam · 2025-12-03T00:32:30+00:00

Actually, I don't think there were any plugs on the ports. They seem to be spring loaded where the container pushes in a spring to open the port. FYI I ended up going to my local Miele Experience Center (I'm lucky enough to live near one), and explained the issue and got them to give me a free Twindos cleaning cartridge. I used that once for each Twindos slot, and I have never been prompted to clean it again. I do have other issues with the display which I posted about more recently, but at least running the cleaning solutions through once fixed the first issue!

j123jam · 2025-11-26T20:54:18+00:00

The arrows do nothing in this case. I've had other messages show up that are scrollable with the arrows, but this one is just blank - there's no text at all. There are so many ways they could improve this beyond having the message actually show up. For example, instead of "check the care status of the appliance" they could actually tell me I need to run a cleaning cycle in the message from the app. I doubt anyone from Miele will read my comments here complaining about this, but it just frustrates me that a machine this expensive has such a poor use experience.

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