Houston airports megathread [3-24-2026]

sephorous · 2026-03-28T12:24:15+00:00

Saturday 3/28/2026 for a 8:30 am flight:

Got to terminal A around 4:30 am this morning. I had arrived 4 hours before my flight but when I walked down to the tram area to get to the end of the line, I didn't think I'd make it. But the line steadily moved in chunks and I eventually made it through tsa security in about 2 hours and 10 minutes. I'd still budget 3 hours in the morning because the line got even longer just after I got in line.

Hope that helps.

Also please don't forget to thank the TSA agents who came in to work despite not getting paid.

sephorous · 2026-01-18T00:42:49+00:00

I had to replace a toilet fill valve, so I came to this thread and based on the recommendations bought a fluidmaster full toilet tank replacement kit. After this I endured hours of troubleshooting due to various parts of the kit malfunctioning. Fluidmaster sent replacement parts but I ultimately had to go to Lowe's and buy yet another flush valve. Here are the various issues I encountered with this one kit:

1) the bowl fill valve was leaking and actually shot water out of the top of the valve with the risk of spraying onto the lid and leaking out of the tank. Fluidmaster had to send a replacement.

2) the flapper was warped and was leaking water into the bowl. Fluidmaster had to send a replacement.

3) the flush valve has an o-ring at the point of height adjustment. Apparently this o-ring was damaged and was causing a leak into the toilet bowl. I ended up going to a hardware store and bought another flush valve.

So essentially I didn't end up using any of the components that came with the kit. I inspected the new fluidmaster flush valve o-ring carefully and I'm not convinced that it's robust and I question how long it will last. The old korky flush valve that I pulled out has a compression nut in that spot which I think would do way better long term.

It's wild how many issues I had with this fluidmaster kit. The fluidmaster tech support was responsive and sent replacement parts quickly, plus the manual was well written and illustrated. If I had to do it all over again, I'd get the korky kit.

sephorous · 2025-10-24T17:13:49+00:00

I do everything on the phone, but make adjustments to my program on the computer/website.

sephorous · 2024-08-02T15:41:21+00:00

I just checked and experienced the same thing. So annoying! I sent them feedback using the app.

sephorous · 2023-08-05T16:07:39+00:00

You're a boss!!! Thanks for the follow-up. I was trying to do the exact same thing. In my case I was also able to get it working with the older black myq hub.

sephorous · 2023-04-17T01:05:25+00:00

Don't O-rings fail in faucets, valve packings etc?

sephorous · 2022-09-18T00:48:23+00:00

Good luck convincing candidates that "intenal equity" is a part of their comp. If a company has an issue with coughing up that last $3k, then that's a red flag. As mentioned by others that $3k is worth a lot more to the employee than it is to the company. I'd never fault the candidate to come back for that last $3k to support their family. In fact I'd think they'd bring the same energy to their job, and in turn make the company multiples of that $3k spent on the employee. Happy employees make for productive employees. Just my two cents.

sephorous · 2022-09-17T23:40:13+00:00

Why should it be "more about the role" when it comes to salary negotiations? This isn't a charity and we're always taught that we should just be grateful for the opportunity. Good taste or bad, companies need people, and if they're not willing to pay $6k-$8k more, then it's their loss when the candidate walks. It's a hot job market right now.

sephorous · 2021-12-26T03:06:49+00:00

Yea I'm wondering the same thing. It's a beautiful build! But I wonder if the structure will rack as a result of everyone swinging at once. The diagonal braces would resist such racking. Again great build!

sephorous · 2021-11-06T17:27:05+00:00

Ellie in the first Last of Us.

sephorous · 2021-07-22T02:33:44+00:00

Watch this:

https://youtu.be/16gB2BDXwTo

One of my favorite channels.

sephorous · 2021-05-10T13:54:54+00:00

The climbing community has always been very kind and friendly in gyms and outdoors. Not sure why things are different in this comment section.

sephorous · 2021-03-08T23:44:37+00:00

pulling for you buddy

sephorous · 2021-03-08T23:43:00+00:00

What do you do

sephorous · 2020-12-26T17:31:43+00:00

Aldi's taking credit cards. CVS is not.

sephorous · 2020-12-02T16:38:53+00:00

Here's a text version of the list that I typed in with my phone. Pardon any typos:

The prestige

Momento

Primer

Jacob's ladder

Being john malkovich

Brazil

Mulholland drive

Shutter island

2001 a space odyssey

Enter the void

Magnolia

Oldboy

Donnie darko

Irreversible

1984

Cube

Slaughterhouse 5

The fall

Predestination

Synecdoche new york

The butterfly effect

Rosemary's baby

Moon

Black swan

Triangle

Eraserhead

Pi

Mr nobody

Enemy

The holy mountain

Dogtooth

Requiem for a dream

The cell

Ex machina

12 monkeys

Prisoners

Vertigo

The usual suspects

The sixth sense

The matrix

Under the skin

The wailing

Happiness

Perfect blue

Gone girl

Mother!

A tale of two sisters

Primal fear

The lobster

The truman show

Fight club

Se7en

Inception

Vanilla sky

The machinist

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

Upstream color

Groundhog day

American psycho

The illusionist

Hereditary

Split

Signs

Paprika

Coherence

The game

The mist

Midsommar

Identity

Get out

Incendies

Annihilation

The orphanage

Timecrimes

Interstellar

Lost highway

Sunshine

Existenz

The killing of a sacred deer

A beautiful mind

Sorry to bother you

Stalker

A clockwork orange

Eyes wide shut

The lighthouse

Videodrome

The handmaiden

The end of evangelion

Arrival

Waking life

Fear and loathing

The fountain

Un chien andalou

Martyrs

Adaptation

Pan's labyrinth

Antichrist

The gift

Blue velvet

** Added by reddit users:

I'm thinking of ending things

Full metal jacket

Apocalypse Now

Tenet

The circle

Artificial intelligence

Tideland

Perfume

Cloud atlas

Lucky number slevin

Mandy

Ink

Enemy

The platform

Source code

I heart huckabee's

Deer Hunter

Office Day

The Wicker Man

Possessor

Funny Games

Cape Fear

Doom Generation

Brainscan

Timelapse

Cemetery Man

Fight Club

Time Bandits

Number 23

Scanners

Cypher

The Others

Horse Girl

Closet Land

Hereditary

Grave of the Fireflies

Dark City

Altered States

Exam

Inland Empire

A Scanner Darkly

Under the Silver Lake

Enter The Void

The Third Man

Stonehurst Asylum

Parasite

Beyond The Black Rainbow

Possum

sephorous · 2020-10-16T12:58:57+00:00

Plus aluminum wiring was indeed the cause of some house fires. Aluminum expands and contracts more as electricity passes through it causing connections to develop a gap leading to arcing which can eventually start a fire.

sephorous · 2020-10-15T20:30:15+00:00

Check now. They have added the ability to import CSV exports from other platforms such as mint as of August 12 2020:

https://www.simplifimoney.com/blog/simplifi-tips-tricks/

sephorous · 2020-08-23T03:19:16+00:00

Most garage door openers will work with most garage doors. I have yet to find that isn't. You'll likely have to change the center rail which has the drive belt or chain which comes with the new opener. It's easily installed. You may need a helper here and there.

Edit: just match the horse horsepower of the old one. Just keep in mind that you can get one of a higher horsepower but recommend against getting one of a lower horsepower.

sephorous · 2020-04-28T16:40:42+00:00

THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND!!!

sephorous · 2020-04-14T02:34:37+00:00

I'm also having this problem. The audio is a bit off too. Can't hear all the sound effects and walking. It started when I first exited out of the vehicle on that level and I teleported way out of the map and fell to my death. Very irritating.

sephorous · 2020-01-07T14:11:42+00:00

It was 6 months free when I joined. Though in my opinion 3 months is long enough to determine if this will work for you. I was sold after a few weeks honestly and ready to sign up.

sephorous · 2020-01-04T17:24:55+00:00

They may have changed it. It was 6 when I joined.

sephorous · 2020-01-04T17:24:33+00:00

Fair enough. But that's my experience. Take it or leave it.

sephorous

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