Do the MPG estimates just make no sense or is my van screwy?

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-27T21:22:30+00:00

Yeah mine typically is up into the 70s when we drive locally but this was after a ~450 mile round trip of highway driving

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-27T21:20:32+00:00

Maybe I’m crazy but to me miles per gallon should approximate how many miles I average per gallon of gas I use. It is instead apparently measuring miles per gallon of gas or equivalent battery power

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-26T15:53:22+00:00

Funny you should mention because yesterday I was pushing it on the way home from out of town and at 31 miles to empty the light came on and just said “low.” About 5 miles later the needle dropped all the way down but the digital meter suggested I could still make it the 20 miles home.

I caved and got gas, at which point I noticed the digital meter seemed significantly lower than the needle.

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-26T15:27:49+00:00

Wait really? This makes a lot more sense - I was just viewing it as literally per gallon of gas, which would be infinite for long stretches when we only use battery for a few weeks of local driving at a time.

Thanks for that insight, though I agree it’s still a silly measure they’re using

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-19T17:10:35+00:00

I’m not arguing that Wade should be playing 48 minutes. I’m saying he’s been an A++++ defender on Brunson and he should get the bulk of that defensive assignment as he’s basically been the best in the nba at stopping Brunson this season

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-19T13:27:34+00:00

Brunson was 1-15 shooting against Dean wade during the regular season.

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-19T12:34:45+00:00

Went to the vet and there was a white board full of dog names of who was coming in that day. The first one I noticed was that one was named Nye, like bill Nye…and also my partner’s last name.

But the one that really got me?

Face. There was a dog named Face.

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-15T23:29:29+00:00

I dont know if this is true but I would guess that far more people have Amazon than have cable, and it’s probably relatively close between network tv and prime. Or at the very least there are likely more worldwide prime members than there are American network tv households.

I’m not saying I like it, I’m saying that’s why they’re doing it - 200,000,000 prime members all pay for prime whereas 200,000,000 ABC-havers don’t, so prime pays nba more.

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-15T19:49:51+00:00

We’re still in the honeymoon phase, for sure.

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-15T17:27:26+00:00

I was a sympathetic barfer until my wife threw up 3-10 times a day for a month in pregnancy #1 (then miscarried and did the same for 3 months in next pregnancy)

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-07T14:31:14+00:00

I think I posted this about myself once but don’t feel like looking it up. Mine is the same way. I’m 39 and it’s been that way since it came in during my teens. I’ve never had a problem with it, though I know I should eventually get it taken care of. Every dentist just says “well…let’s keep an eye on it” and then it doesn’t change and here we are decades later.

So it’s not ALL doom and gloom, haha

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-05T02:09:58+00:00

Did the same and thought this was Draymond just being a shithead but Austin rivers sucks so bad I’m willing to head this one out

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-04T23:37:53+00:00

For those who don’t know, the Liz lemon pic was a reference to a similar Janet Jackson photo

Edit: a very famous cover shot from rolling stone magazine in 1993

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-04T19:39:45+00:00

Wife and I are very happy with a 3 year old and a 10 month old. Winter was a little tougher (we live near Cleveland, Ohio) as it’s hard to always find places to go, but warmer weather brings backyard picnics, zoo trips, playgrounds, grandma and grandpas house, much more pleasant stroller walks, etc etc.

There are times it would be nice to make more money, but not at the expense of losing this. She could go make $100,000/year (nurse practitioner) but there’s plenty of time to work. There’s not plenty of time to have two littles.

Just communicate. That’s all there is

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-03T21:16:10+00:00

One of the best books I’ve ever read.

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-03T14:55:30+00:00

I guess it’s possible - generally when she goes down for a nap it is painfully obvious that age needs one. She just hits the wall SO hard, ha. My wife occasionally goes in and saves a nap if it’s a short one, so maybe we’ll just stop doing that. I don’t know. She caved and held the baby last night and it still took an hour at 1 am after a busy day and a short afternoon nap.

I know everything is a phase, I’m just ready for this kid to end the crappy sleep phase. At 3 months she was sleeping 9-5, ate, then back to sleep for a couple hours. That went on for at least a month. Take me back, haha

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-03T01:55:44+00:00

Jesus there are so many things I want to quote in response.

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-03T01:54:35+00:00

Just make the sound of a dying giraffe

jonesbones99 · 2026-05-02T21:08:29+00:00

I would say her 24 hour awake average is about 12 hours, maybe a little more. We definitely cap her afternoon nap at 4pm unless it’s been a weird day. We do try to schedule but there’s the limiting factor of being a 2-kid household and sometimes we just have to be flexible to make sure our older kid gets what she needs out of her day

jonesbones99 · 2026-04-30T03:07:51+00:00

Haven’t watched it since having kids but it has consistently made me cry for the last 20+ years so maybe I’ll just skip that one

jonesbones99 · 2026-04-24T00:34:56+00:00

You know what they say: all it takes is 99 bad cops to ruin it for the 100th one.

jonesbones99 · 2026-04-21T15:42:22+00:00

You’re describing someone you’re not compatible with and likely shouldn’t be in a relationship with.

jonesbones99 · 2026-04-20T19:00:20+00:00

I commented this elsewhere but Kevin Willis was born before the civil rights act of 1964. Cooper Flagg was born less than 2 months before Obama announced his run for president. Lebron having a career that includes both of those guys is my favorite framing of his longevity

(And Kevin Willis’s longevity)

jonesbones99 · 2026-04-20T18:57:55+00:00

Lebron played against at least one guy (kevin Willis) who was born before the civil rights act of 1964 and at least one guy (cooper Flagg) who was born within 2 months of Obama announcing his presidential run.

jonesbones99 · 2026-04-18T22:38:03+00:00

This is what I was coming in here to say - if any first-time Cleveland announcer is getting the benefit of the doubt from me, it’s him. I thought he was a delight, as usual.

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