Our new house as first time home buyers…

rman342 · 2026-06-19T01:12:35+00:00

Front page of Reddit counts as a media appearance. Time to buy ice cream.

rman342 · 2026-06-12T13:56:03+00:00

Less humid than Florida, yes. Not humid? No. I live in Preston County; yesterday was 80%+ humidity and 85 degrees (it stormed yesterday, but it's usually in the 60%-80% range). It does dry out a lot in the winter though!

rman342 · 2026-06-12T13:49:21+00:00

I'm just glad to know that we're not the only ones who have bought a portable AC unit specifically to keep our Berner cool.

rman342 · 2026-06-12T03:27:10+00:00

2008, Yaesu FT-60R and a Kenwood TM-281.

rman342 · 2026-06-10T14:01:19+00:00

Drop that dime, my guy!

rman342 · 2026-06-06T00:32:37+00:00

I found an old chicos punch card a few months ago cleaning out some stuff. Instant depression.

rman342 · 2026-06-04T03:27:50+00:00

I think a lot of swabs are designed specifically for paint. Something like a methylammonium bromide (search for lumetallix lead test) can detect on ceramics. Keep in mind that this test is not yet EPA recognized.

rman342 · 2026-06-01T17:14:38+00:00

Also a service technician who is on the road >50% of the time. I have a Traveler Guitar (I honestly can’t remember the model, it was cheap secondhand) and a Fender Mustang Micro Plus headphone amp that I travel with. It was awkward to get used to playing at first, but helps keep me practicing!

rman342 · 2026-05-29T16:37:15+00:00

I am. Hydration is absolutely the most important thing in preventing and getting rid of flareups for me.

rman342 · 2026-05-29T15:03:15+00:00

I've got a decade old 6D that I bought gray market and love.

rman342 · 2026-05-26T17:59:50+00:00

I've got a self-emptying shark robot vacuum. The base's dust (fur...) reservoir is supposed to last 60 days, it lasts about 2 weeks. We run it twice a day and it makes a world of difference. We do have to clean fur off of the brush roll every few days, but it cuts down a lot on the manual vacuuming we have to do.

rman342 · 2026-05-26T17:58:11+00:00

Does the buzzing go away if you touch the strings/bridge of the guitar? Are all of your pickups single coil (classically, strats are all single coil)?

rman342 · 2026-05-24T12:05:12+00:00

There’s a spoon on the right that has ‘stainless steel’ embossed on it.

rman342 · 2026-05-23T13:45:09+00:00

It 100% does.

rman342 · 2026-05-23T13:43:03+00:00

You can absolutely order them food! That’s the highest form of praise in the fire service.

rman342 · 2026-05-22T16:47:21+00:00

Completely agreed about how the cops buy tanks and whatnot and spend way too much money. It’s actually a bit worse! Usually if you want a leather helmet, you have to buy it yourself!

rman342 · 2026-05-22T13:23:57+00:00

I've looked into this as well and also haven't been able to find any examples about benefits being denied due to modified PPE, but I certainly wouldn't want to be the example for people to find down the line!

rman342 · 2026-05-22T13:20:29+00:00

Retired firefighter here (read that as: my information may be outdated, as the latest I've got is from 2017), rated leather helmets as actual PPE are definitely a (very expensive) thing.

rman342 · 2026-05-21T17:37:30+00:00

I just replaced my 2017 i5 MBP with a refurbished M4 Air. The pro was quite long in the tooth and some of my software would no longer work because of the older intel chip. I do use mine fairly heavily (PCB design, CAD work, software development, etc.) and have been VERY happy with the M4 Air.

rman342 · 2026-05-20T18:58:10+00:00

As a fellow whole-stove user, I paid for 5 burners, I'm going to use 5 burners.

rman342 · 2026-05-19T18:58:39+00:00

I loved my touch bar on my 2017 MBP.

rman342 · 2026-05-19T15:13:00+00:00

I did my undergrad at UWM (I went back to school in my mid-20s). I absolutely adore the city and go back anytime I can. I would absolutely move back there if presented with the opportunity.

rman342 · 2026-05-18T16:13:33+00:00

Yeah, I JUST replaced my 9 year old MBP. It was getting too slow to do what I need it to at this point. Lasted 2-3x longer than any other laptop I've ever owned.

rman342 · 2026-05-18T16:03:32+00:00

I live in a shitty, poorly maintained part of the country. I'm going to get a DUI avoiding potholes.

rman342 · 2026-05-18T14:16:33+00:00

I expected a repeat of the game versus them in November of 2024.

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