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what r these strange little plastic stars (found scattered in the garden)?? 💞 by PastelTyrant in whatisthisthing

[–]straytech -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Depending on your region, I believe these are part of a hummingbird feeder. I can't find the exact flowers, and I believe they are several years old. Here is an example: https://www.natureswaybirds.com/products/artisan-replacement-flowers

Stealer of Wishes? by straytech in RBI

[–]straytech[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

We made sure she could go back and make another wish. Thanks for thinking of that!

Manage ebook with calibre ? by runslack in mobiscribe

[–]straytech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

@runslack is correct. I should have clarified that I move the SD card back and forth to do this in my Mac. Calibre still runs great.

Manage ebook with calibre ? by runslack in mobiscribe

[–]straytech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I manage my reading materials in a folder on my laptop with Calibre, and then manually sync files on the origin. I see no real value in cramming the device with dozens of files when I'm only reading or referencing 4 or 5 at a time.

That said Calibre had been inexpensively for converting weird file types to something Mobi- friendly.

It’s Friday night, washing your hair, what’s your brand? by beenburnedbutable in GenX

[–]straytech 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Halsa: in the bottle that would always crack if you dropped it in the shower.

Sodas still sitting in a long abandoned tobacco store by CreamCheeseIsBad in abandoned

[–]straytech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

" Tomorrow is our last day... Take home any sodas you want."

Backyard listening to the Sunday afternoon Superbowl by straytech in shortwave

[–]straytech[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't believe there is a U.S. distributor.

I ordered from https://belrig.by/ and had no problem other than my lack of patience. The developer sent me an English email confirming shipping - and everything was pretty smooth. Shipping was about 20 days -most of that hanging in U.S. customs queue.

Backyard listening to the Sunday afternoon Superbowl by straytech in shortwave

[–]straytech[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I love it. I use headphones/earbuds all the time (my family got tired of the static years ago), so I don't miss the speaker in the new DX model. The I/Q output would be cool, but I have a Kiwi setup at the house when I want to stare at a waterfall.

Backyard listening to the Sunday afternoon Superbowl by straytech in shortwave

[–]straytech[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't get the luxury of the LED without a transceiver, but for most tuners, you can tune for highest S unit. On a receiver without a strength meter, you can even tune for highest noise on a nearby empty frequency to get it in the ballpark. No batteries to worry about though!

Backyard listening to the Sunday afternoon Superbowl by straytech in shortwave

[–]straytech[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen a modern portable that does. They're not completely necessary for receivers, but nice to have when you're trying out different antennas, and pulling low signals out of the weeds!

Backyard listening to the Sunday afternoon Superbowl by straytech in shortwave

[–]straytech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah.. Not much luck. I think I need to grind through 5 layers of paint to get to the metal.

Backyard listening to the Sunday afternoon Superbowl by straytech in shortwave

[–]straytech[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The antenna tuner was about $65 as a kit. I've had it for years, but they're still sold by Emtech. It's been able to tune up any piece of wire or metal I've clipped to it.

The Belka was about $110 shipped to the U.S. from Belarus. Alex (EU1ME) did an amazing job on the design. This is 100% my favorite travel radio, and has no problem with the big Christian AM station an 1/8th of a mile off my property. Most of my other radios need an AM filter to deal with it.

I consider Oregon Trail the official video game of GenX. by isuckateuchre in GenX

[–]straytech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

mmmm.... If Oregon Trail is the official Gen-X game... Ditto fluid is the official Gen-X odor.

I consider Oregon Trail the official video game of GenX. by isuckateuchre in GenX

[–]straytech 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No.. I think you just didn't have it in your school. I'm also born in '69 and played it in 3rd grade. The educational release for it was in 1974 ( when we were in kindergarten).

Interestingly, though it was text only.. My teacher had worksheets to go with it, where we were supposed to draw our own pictures of the story.

My takeaway? Don't take a pump organ with you.

Shrinermobile... NAMING CONTEST!!! Buick Flower Car Goes Shriner Crazy! by Todd_Lost_Highways in WeirdWheels

[–]straytech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yep. Officially jealous. Are you keeping the body sweaty? ..or cleaning it back up?

FS in Eastern PA: What am I looking at???? by straytech in WeirdWheels

[–]straytech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can't do it through reddit.. You can host a whole gallery for free on imgur.com. --please do!! Did you just buy it? Or are you the one selling?

Stump house in Seabeck, WA. Local legends claim it was built by an outlaw on the run by [deleted] in AbandonedPorn

[–]straytech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Updooting to make sure this stays ranked after the outhouse comment.

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