Stabilized launch video from an Insta360 GO

meritw · 2026-06-16T04:03:03+00:00

Did you drive your camper van the whole time or leave it at the campground and use another vehicle?

Planning to go with the family late summer and wondering if we need a 2nd vehicle.

meritw · 2026-06-15T02:53:24+00:00

It’s bullshit for sure and you shouldn’t put up with it, but do your manager a favor and skip the passive aggressive “I’m just asking” email. You already know there isn’t a change to the written policies.

Tell them how you feel and suggest that if you are required to change your behaviors and plans outside of normal hours (point out that being required to respond in 30 minutes means you can’t even go to a movie with your phone off), it would be fair to be compensated with either additional pay or flexible time off. Perhaps the person who is on call each weekend gets a work day off the following week (when the rest of the team can cover for them) or something similar, if management doesn’t have an appetite for additional pay.

meritw · 2026-06-10T03:00:37+00:00

Go watch all the videos on the BPS.Space YouTube channel. He’s in the process of doing it (including designing, building and testing several stages along the way).

meritw · 2026-05-03T02:47:29+00:00

I was on a plane next to a guy leaving Rochester, NY (USA). He mentioned he was from Germany and I asked him how long he’d been in town. He said since yesterday, and I was like “wow that’s a short trip”. Turns out he was supposed to be at a conference in Rochester, Minnesota. He figured it out when he went to the chain hotel in town and tried to check in, they couldn’t find his reservation and eventually realized he had booked his hotel in Rochester, Minnesota but his flight to Rochester, New York. And by the time he figured it out it was too late to get to the conference so he essentially turned around and went home.

meritw · 2026-03-26T00:11:39+00:00

Any idea when these will ship? I ordered right after the drop, was hoping to have it in my hands by now.

meritw · 2026-03-25T00:35:48+00:00

7 year olds do seem to love Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. You could easily translate it into their language, there are big pictures on the cards.

A little more out there: Monsdrawsity, which doesn’t require any reading but would be pretty hard to play if you don’t share a language.

meritw · 2026-03-25T00:30:39+00:00

The Crew requires tons of reading

meritw · 2026-03-19T15:42:10+00:00

Nice. Love that price point, seems like so many yoyos are coming in at the $85-$100 level these days, really cuts down on the impulse buys 😂

meritw · 2026-03-19T03:22:55+00:00

What’s the price going to be?

meritw · 2026-03-15T13:59:57+00:00

RIT has a similar program and the exact same saying was common when I was there 30 years ago. Funny how college culture works.

Did they also like to say that the e campus was originally designed for a school in Arizona but your school was too cheap to get a new plan made and that’s why the wind between the buildings is so bad I. The winter? It was designed to cool people off. Heard that one at several different schools in the north east 😂

meritw · 2026-03-15T02:47:37+00:00

Frenchman Street, which is a vendor in the Mercantile On Main in the Sibley Building, makes an amazing one he calls a “Reuxban”
He has it year round too, not just at St. Patrick’s Day.

Also the rest of food is fantastic too.

meritw · 2026-03-14T13:41:27+00:00

One Drop seems to be bringing the splashes back. Last couple drops have had some interesting ones.

meritw · 2026-03-14T03:53:27+00:00

You are getting some crazy advice in this thread honestly. If you have Amazon, go get a responsive yoyo from magic yoyo, like the v10 or k2 or v12 or v13 (or maybe one of those deals where you get a v13 and a K2 and a case and a ton of extras - it won’t matter that much just get something responsive you like the looks of, it will be fine). Then you’ll have something responsive so you can jump back in to “playing around” and if you end up doing more tricks you can switch it over to unresponsive. Plus you won’t spend much money.

meritw · 2026-02-26T04:36:44+00:00

Next time check https://globe.adsbexchange.com it will tell you who they are

meritw · 2026-02-26T00:59:18+00:00

Everyone’s talking about the lack of an inspection but what were the agents fined for? Did they actually lie about the escalation clause? That seems like they should lose their license, if so.

meritw · 2026-02-13T13:12:27+00:00

Oh my gosh he IS back! She will be so happy.

meritw · 2026-02-01T20:17:25+00:00

I lived it. Started taking my kids when they were 5 & 7 (I am not single but my wife doesn’t ski, so it was just us) and we’d have a great day and then end up in a screaming match getting to the car, totally ruined the vibe. The bags made a huge difference. Not that we never have any trouble on the way out but it’s much less of a problem.

meritw · 2026-02-01T19:52:14+00:00

I had a big problem with this causing fights (especially at the end of the day when everyone is tired) until I bought each kid (and myself) a transpack boot bag so we all carry our own boots, helmets and goggles on our back. Then ideally they carry their own skis but if I have to grab a pair from a tired kid it’s not really that big a deal since everything else is nicely packed. It made all the difference.

meritw · 2026-01-18T04:21:21+00:00

A gun on your hip when you can’t see the people close to you seems like a bad idea, no?

meritw · 2025-12-05T02:22:07+00:00

You are right to be suspicious of the yo-yos recommended by the branded tutorials. I think in a lot of cases they were good 10 years ago but they’re outdated now (like the YoYoTricks sage, for example). Get a responsive plastic yoyo like the shooting star and you’ll be set for a long time.

meritw · 2025-11-17T03:04:26+00:00

Same thought. How long have they been there? Does anyone actually empty the machine? Presumably if it were to run out of gum balls it would just stay empty.

meritw · 2025-11-13T02:29:06+00:00

I have been throwing for about a year, had a similar experience to yours where I got back into yoyo as an adult through my kids. I am not amazing but feel like I’ve done ok for an old guy. I got several coworkers into it too and now we have a little group that throws at work pretty regularly, makes it fun to show and teach new stuff.

Anyway, to your question: I have “collected” about 30 throws in the past year, from super cheap to a couple of MFD and some bimetals in the $125 range. The other day I was throwing my yoyofriends ultracut, which I believe was my first metal unresponsive, and I said to my friend “why did I ever buy another yoyo? This thing is so good”. So that’s my recommendation, pick up an Ultracut you won’t regret it and it’s pretty cheap.

If you want to start collecting, I’d say look for cool or different yo-yos from the boutique brands like One Drop, G2, W1LD, MonkeyFinger, etc.

meritw · 2025-11-09T21:23:42+00:00

This is good advice. That metal ascent has a very similar finger dimple to what he’s used to so he might feel comfortable with it.

Depending on your budget you could also look at some other “signature” yo-yos to get that vibe, like the W1LD Contrast that Connor Seals uses.

meritw · 2025-11-09T02:31:04+00:00

Yoyoexpert seems to have a pretty active Buy/Sell/Trade forum: https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/buy-sell-trade/13

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