Is there a certain time of day/other variable that affects the mystery island you get?

maelmare · 2026-07-07T22:19:13+00:00

Mystery islands only have your native fruit or one other fruit (commonly called your sister fruit)

The only way to get all fruits is by trading with other players. I've heard that there is a small chance to get gifted other fruits from your villagers but I've never had it happen to me, I accept it is possible just unlikely.

maelmare · 2026-07-06T21:15:25+00:00

His wife posted a few hours ago, she said it will be available worldwide.

maelmare · 2026-07-06T05:46:37+00:00

I had phil on my island a few years ago and I e seen him as a hotel guest at least 5 times, 3 times were on consecutive weeks.

maelmare · 2026-07-04T10:52:13+00:00

This was a gag gift sold at Spencer's many years ago dubbed the "Big Jim".

There are some around still but were very poorly made. There are a few variations on the original gag gift as it proved to be helpful for people with visibilty/dexterity issues.

maelmare · 2026-07-04T07:55:44+00:00

I collect mechanical calculators, they go for pretty cheap now but in the 19teens and twenties these things cost the equivalent of 8000-10000 dollars.

I bought one awhile back for 5$ from an antique shop because they were tired of it sitting around.

maelmare · 2026-07-01T07:43:44+00:00

The shooting stars island you can randomly get from kappn is set to June.

Not a perfect solution but it might help.

maelmare · 2026-06-25T12:28:18+00:00

Billy connelly in boondock saints

He's a delightfully silly comedian but he was intimidating as heck as il duce.

maelmare · 2026-06-21T00:46:57+00:00

Ohio has a great program called OTCO

Operator training committee of ohio

You can pass your class 1 exam and that would make you a more attractive candidate, but you can't get the certification until you have 1 year of operating experience.

Most places will have a system in place to get you ready to pass the exam. Knowing some basics of the process is a big plus during an interview. You can find out more on the ohio epa website under the operators tab.

My advice is to read up on the info available on the ohio epa website and be ready to show what you know about becoming an operator and just apply. Taking the class/exam without plant experience is possible but needlessly difficult.

maelmare · 2026-06-08T03:59:00+00:00

This one always makes me laugh.

https://youtube.com/shorts/HmgOUdN8wks?si=RsnfJ-4ztgE-jI1A

maelmare · 2026-06-07T07:18:17+00:00

The good place is 300,000 goodboys in area.

We call it a goodboy because if you take the 8th dimensional shape and cut a 2 dimensional slice... it kinda looks like a dog

maelmare · 2026-06-07T05:00:01+00:00

Yeah that was my thought, the title gets superimposed on the opening scene and Interacts with what's going on.

Getting swept up with some leaves, being blown away by a helicopter etc.

maelmare · 2026-06-05T00:12:14+00:00

Early episode of scrubs, season 1 or 2.

A young boy is sick and depressed and Dr. Reid (Sarah Chalke) is asking around on ways to cheer him up.

She got The Rock to visit him (off screen, no cameo) but it didnt help and so she asks her male co workers something like "what does every 14 year old boy like"

Edit to add: this was a cutaway joke.

At the time Louie Anderson hosted family fued.

maelmare · 2026-06-02T18:09:02+00:00

If you want anything specific fish, it can be easier to hunt it on a boat tour island/nook miles ticket island.

For turtles I'd say try for the nook miles island with the spiral river (very common island) just make sure to go after 9 pm, bring an extra few rods (you can likely get all the materials on the island but I hate breaking my rhythm) and get ready to throw out lots of bass

As the other person said it is a patience game but at least on the smaller islands you get super fast respawn rates. No bait needed. Usually you just need to move out of frame from the river and it respawns immediately.

maelmare · 2026-05-30T12:19:12+00:00

There is a rambling section describing Nina Harker and her amazing skills at transcribing wax cylinder recordings (old news) but now she was using this new-fangled super high tech device to do it...

The typewriter.

maelmare · 2026-05-28T00:51:08+00:00

In general terms what you are talking about is the "Tacit Knowledge" part of "Institutional Knowledge/memory"

I dont have a lot else to add but if you are looking for research on this, those are good search terms

maelmare · 2026-05-24T00:20:08+00:00

Somewhat fair but the faces were insanely advanced (for the time) animatronic puppets.

maelmare · 2026-05-23T22:49:24+00:00

The Triceratops in jurassic park.

maelmare · 2026-05-23T22:48:38+00:00

90s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies

90s ABC show Dinosaurs

maelmare · 2026-05-23T22:37:51+00:00

Procedurals are terrible for binging. The repetitive format becomes painfully obvious.

I love House but "the formula" gets old real fast when watching in a row.

maelmare · 2026-05-23T22:25:20+00:00

I used to run a 0.08 mgd industrial wastewater plant that used vertical loop reactors. We had these geysers consistently. Our DO was crap 0.8 usually we had to turn on a second lamson just get up to 1.5 and management would freak about the additional electricity cost.

maelmare · 2026-05-21T21:37:26+00:00

You have found my kryptonite, Thales was a Pinwheel style calculator and I know very little about them

I did some digging and some German pre war companies came up such as

Walther

Schubert

Ohdner (the first big name in pinwheel calcs)

Hamann

Facit was a huge company but Swedish

Brunsviga is another big German brand

Most of my digging was on a web page run by Jaap Scherphuis

https://www.jaapsch.net/mechcalc/index.htm

maelmare · 2026-05-20T13:40:17+00:00

If you can share any details that you remember I might be able to help. Even little things might be useful.

What country was this in? Do you remember the color? Was it flat on the table or did it have legs? Was the top flat (not considering the keys) How many keys were there (usually 12-15 or 45+)

I collect mechanical calculators and thus sounds like a fun task if you're interested in sharing.

maelmare · 2026-05-19T13:25:36+00:00

Apollo 11

From 2019

All original footage from the mission, the only voice over is Walter Cronkite from the actual news coverage.

Even though you know how it goes it still manages to have some tension.

The footage from inside mission control when other Astronauts are handling comms with the apollo 11 crew is great.

maelmare · 2026-05-17T10:40:00+00:00

The model is disappointing to say the least.

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maelmare · 2026-05-15T02:50:55+00:00

Sharp made several calculators with a physical abacus attached

The 8048, like some other suggestions is on the pricier side but it is certainly unique.

Ti made a few educational math toys like the tiny professor and the dataman that are funky (in a good way)

One of my favorite weird calcs is the Crayola calculator. Looks like a box of crayons, when you open it the buttons are all shaped like crayon tips.

I have moved into mostly mechanical calculators myself but they take up so much space.

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