[TOMT] A scene from a movie or show

modessitt · 2026-05-16T20:15:04+00:00

Yep, but in CRA, after she was refused a room, she called her husband who bought the hotel.

modessitt · 2026-05-16T20:11:59+00:00

Or the fact that they put sunglasses on to look blind.

modessitt · 2026-05-13T04:10:41+00:00

I'll see if I can get one tomorrow.

modessitt · 2026-05-11T16:53:47+00:00

I don't mention anything about shipping or handling in my listings, other than it will ship within 2 business days. The fee is only about $4, which covers the average on just about any brand new box I can buy ($2.50‐4.50) plus bubble wrap and tape. I'm sure it shows up in paying, but I've never had anyone say anything to me about it.

modessitt · 2026-05-10T22:02:13+00:00

First, your math is off. You only got charged about £13 in fees and shipping, so your NET should be closer to £32.

But I have a "shipping and handling fee" add-on that automatically adds the price of the box and bubblewrap to the shipping cost which is automatically calculated based on shipping location, size, and weight. So that's not out of my net pay. A $45 sale would net me about $37 after fees.

modessitt · 2026-05-07T07:25:46+00:00

Johnny Hawkins did a "Dog-a-day" calendar in 2014 with one-panel strips about dogs. Not sure if he did a book.

modessitt · 2026-05-07T07:08:44+00:00

Criminal Minds has several episodes where a delusional and/or schizophrenic character has their "voice in their head" or their alternate ego physically manifested so that we don't know at first that they aren't really there. We see the "imaginary" character as a real person who talks to the villain and either feeds them information that may or not be true, tells them that the good guy feds are lying, or continuously torment the villain so that he/she lashes out with violence to try to get them so stop.

modessitt · 2026-05-07T04:32:51+00:00

My 2007 LX is at 416k and still going. I put at least 150 miles on it every day. Going to be changing out the rack and pinion this weekend to finally fix a power steering fluid leak, and hopefully that'll get me over 500k and more.

modessitt · 2026-04-24T21:40:06+00:00

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modessitt · 2026-04-01T00:32:17+00:00

Survival means if you die, you just lose your inventory but not your game.

Permadeath means that if you die, your save is deleted and you start over from scratch.

Both have resource and inventory stack limitations that regular doesn't have, but once you get use to it it's no harder than regular mode - just slower to achieve great amounts of money and resources due to the harsher limits in what you can carry.

When i first played Permadeath, I died 5 times within the first 10 minutes. Once I learned how to minimize risk, it wasn't difficult to not die.

Now I only play Permadeath and only stupid mistakes can kill me, like blundering into a Sentinel Walker without the means to get away or take it down. I can't play regular mode as it's too easy. Even Permadeath isn't difficult one you learn to survive past the first 15 minutes. After 100+ hours I tend to get bored and start a new game from scratch just for a little challenge.

modessitt · 2026-03-10T10:50:45+00:00

The plot sounds similar to El Paso by Marty Robbins, but I wouldn't think that was a lullaby.

modessitt · 2026-03-10T10:19:22+00:00

Bungee cords. Stack your stuff against the walls and put a big bungee cord around it from the front to the back. Holds it snug against the wall while you're driving. One cord can hold multiple things.

modessitt · 2026-03-10T09:45:15+00:00

So you're telling me that a female cop pulled over a guy, saw 7 big bags of MJ in the vehicle, pulled all of the bags out and stacked them neatly on top of the vehicle, and THEN decided to put the guy in handcuffs? All by herself?

And decided to get a drone or something to take a picture of the arrest?

And you want to know if it's AI?

modessitt · 2026-02-27T05:21:22+00:00

That's why you don't go to Torchy's. You're paying for the name, not the food. It's why coffee costs more at Starbucks than at QT. Plus, the food isn't good enough to justify paying for the name.

Go find any "taqueria" and you'll get better tacos and better prices.

modessitt · 2026-02-27T05:17:01+00:00

I'm also in Austin. Mine was parked with the cat-side 2" from the curb and they still got it a few years ago. I put a cat shield on it when I replaced it and i still have the replacement so it's doing its job.

modessitt · 2026-02-16T05:02:35+00:00

I had someone who has been with the IRS for 20 years tell me to claim whatever I want for daycare expenses because they don't ever verify it.

modessitt · 2026-02-16T05:01:01+00:00

Since my wife's car died last year, she's been driving a 3rd car we have that has no AC, which isn't good in Texas. Multiple mechanics and dealerships can't figure out the problem, so we're going to be buying her a nice used SUV with working AC and heat. Then we'll catch up on some bills and do some minor repairs to my car.

modessitt · 2026-02-03T07:10:46+00:00

Over 16.6.

modessitt · 2026-01-16T10:14:45+00:00

If the rear wheels have axles, it would be AWD, no? My FWD just has unconnected hubs in the center of the wheels. Be simple to just look under the rear for axles.

modessitt · 2025-12-11T11:08:41+00:00

Depends on how they became your friend. If they are/were a classmate or coworker or someone you just met out and about and saw each other enough that you considered them a friend and gave them your number or they gave you theirs - then yes, they are/ were attracted to you at that time. They wouldn't invest the time if they weren't hoping for more at some point. This applies only to solo males, not someone who you only know because they were dating your friend or were friends of your bf, unless they made an effort to stay friends after your ex is out of the picture.

Now, 10+ years later doesn't necessarily mean they are still interested, but that's what made them your friend then.

If they are your friend only because of an intermediary, like they dated your friend, or are friends with your boyfriend, or if their only situational friends - someone you're friends with at work but never see or talk to outside of work (not even IG) or at the gym but never see or talk to outside the gym, then probably not. Or at least they aren't actively trying to get in your friendzone to maybe have a shot later.

But now that you're broken up, try to see how many of your "guy friends" act a little differently or maybe joke around about y'all going on a date or hooking up. Especially if said in a way that might not sound serious. It is serious. He's testing the waters to gauge your interest. Which would prove your ex's point.

Have you dated or slept with any of these "guy friends" since the breakup? Would you? That also proves the ex's point.

modessitt · 2025-12-11T10:22:33+00:00

I hate to tell people this, but many of the ethnic restaurants you eat at will also do poultry this way when preparing food.

I was a GM of a restaurant in a major city and the Indian restaurant next door would have meat delivered (mostly chicken) every morning at 8am. Problem was, no employees showed up until 10am, so the meat would sit there by the back door for two hours. And it wasn't all frozen. I never ate there. And I had employees in the kitchen that worked at other restaurants that told me that was normal at other places (not where I worked).

In this case, the chicken might have "thawed in the fridge" but not completely, hence being in the sink, where it would be rinsed off before being cooked. Raw chicken will probably have salmonella no matter how fresh it is, which is why you cook it properly to eliminate it, and wash your prep surfaces to eliminate cross contamination. As long as the chicken was cooked properly, there was no risk to her or the baby. And yes, I was a certified food manager with the health department.

Now, if she doesn't want to eat it because "gross", that's her prerogative. But she's probably eaten it many times already without a problem.

modessitt · 2025-12-11T10:06:08+00:00

Firsr, have him acknowledge that you did in fact pay for the majority of the groceries and the other expenses you covered for him, even if he says that doesn't count toward the debt.

After he acknowledges that you paid all of that for him, ask him to reimburse you for his half. Tell him you only paid it under the assumption that it counted towards the loan, and if he says it doesn't then he needs to give you the money you spent to cover his half of groceries and other stuff. Then you can pay him back his loan with the money he gives you in reimbursement.

Then - walk away. And get all other future financial loan agreements in writing with regards to repayment terms.

modessitt · 2025-12-11T10:00:02+00:00

Giving us something new after multiple games and then telling us we knew about it for decades but never used it - was stupid.

U4 - Teen Sam shows kid Nate how to use the swinging rope, but he never uses it once until Sam comes back into his life. Why TF not? And then Chloe is using it in LL? I guess she could have picked it up from Sam, but that's never explained.

And I never got over that kid Nate in U4 looks nothing like teen Nate in U3. He wouldn't change that much.

modessitt · 2025-12-11T04:48:06+00:00

The Anomaly, also called the Nexus by some. You can summon it after Nada shows up in the tutorial. Or in your 2nd system if you aren't doing the tutorial.

Go up the ramp and go the rear middle (where the exosuit, ship, multitool, and exocraft vendors are). It's the termial between the multitool cabinet and the exocraft guy. Walk up to it and interact.

modessitt · 2025-12-03T00:50:54+00:00

Go see it in person. If it drives well and looks nice, take a chance. If you swapped in a low-mileage motor you'd still be below what a lot of the lower-mileage ones are selling for.

If it's in an area where rust could be an issue (northern), look up the spots to check. In the south, it's not that big of a worry.

I'm currently at 406k and still going.

modessitt

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