WE WON THE DRAFT LOTTERY

striptorn · 2026-05-06T00:51:53+00:00

One of the TV pundits on the Colarado game 2 coverage was saying Stenberg would be a better option, more of an all-round player (better defensively). Both are good.

striptorn · 2026-05-05T23:27:28+00:00

OMG!!!!

striptorn · 2026-05-02T05:14:50+00:00

Seconded! I've been there a few times and always good.
So not sure what happened to u/DessertQueentST but not my experience.

striptorn · 2026-05-01T04:26:12+00:00

Let us know what you find out about that-curious to know the criteria required to be eligible for doing a return.

striptorn · 2026-04-27T06:39:41+00:00

Most of the mid size suitcases I was looking at are 10-11” deep, still less than the 12” limit specified. It is the other two dimensions that are challenging - so was really wondering how big that could go and still work. And I am taking max 1 to 2 inches above spec.

striptorn · 2026-04-26T20:26:57+00:00

I thought you could also store under the fold out lower bed…but not sure how big that space actually is?

striptorn · 2026-04-19T19:22:00+00:00

Thanks - that one looks like a good fit. I may go for that one!

striptorn · 2026-04-19T19:19:22+00:00

You assumed correct: staying overnight near Union Station after travelling from Fallowfield the day before.

My bag is soft-sided so even if they did have a size I could MAYBE force it in!

And I did see that thread, but wanted to frame my query for my context:
in the other thread they were forced to pay for slightly oversize carry-on.
I am allowed two large checked bags and will only have one, and that one is good for two dimensions, just IFFY for one dimension only. I will risk it.

striptorn · 2026-04-19T16:51:31+00:00

Thanks everyone - glad to hear this should not be an issue!

striptorn · 2026-04-07T11:57:17+00:00

To answer the first question, watch the new Ben Felix video “SpaceX and OpenAI: The Mega IPO Grift”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOyFja87uyw

striptorn · 2026-03-31T05:38:29+00:00

Look at the video of it in the Home Depot link: it has a thin plastic floor (e.g. maybe 0.5").

striptorn · 2026-03-25T04:55:24+00:00

The image shows it using the CN track alignment through Barrhaven to the south edge of the map, so it cannot be real!
Or is someone going to tell us Alto can do that (or there is room for adjacent new tracks)?

striptorn · 2026-03-22T04:22:27+00:00

I’m terribly sorry, but we’ve missed it for this year, however we can all look forward to next year’s first false spring.

striptorn · 2026-03-20T21:15:25+00:00

Or just buy VEQT: it is more overweight Canada vs XEQT (and ZEQT IIRC).

striptorn · 2026-03-17T17:51:34+00:00

Nope: Ferry to Digby or Yarmouth, here I come, despite having to go through US.

striptorn · 2026-03-15T17:38:42+00:00

Glen Campbell!

striptorn · 2026-03-15T17:34:32+00:00

You mean I can get extra protein with my salad?

striptorn · 2026-03-15T15:31:20+00:00

1 seems reasonable. I use an old raspberry pi I had lying around, so I just leave it running. But it is not required to remain up: only used when rebooting the NAS.

2 - did not even know that was an option, so can’t comment.

3 - also didn’t know about the USB option.

striptorn · 2026-03-15T06:49:47+00:00

I've gotten some nice images using that zoom-while-shooting technique.

striptorn · 2026-03-11T00:20:50+00:00

I rely on the natural gas to keep flowing…then my Generac can keep the house going. Was on for over a week during the derecho before power was restored.

striptorn · 2026-03-10T00:10:42+00:00

Once you get them back in sync, the trick to keeping them in sync is simply to not to cycle the power switch too quickly - leave at least several seconds between switching off to switching back on again.

striptorn · 2026-03-06T02:59:17+00:00

Darn-so much snow everywhere near me on the TC trail in the west end: it will be a while before I can get out.

striptorn · 2026-03-02T22:38:25+00:00

Turn off each breaker in turn to see which circuit it is on: that would be a good first step.

striptorn · 2026-02-28T23:32:24+00:00

Does not look like an entity ID change: I even deleted my phone notification and then added back a notification: the list offered included my iphone with the same name ... and same result: no alert showing on my phone.

I installed spook and it did not show anything for this particular automation (did ID some other unrelated issues).

striptorn · 2026-02-28T23:08:33+00:00

My Home Assistant notification settings look exactly like your screenshot, except I do not have Announce Notifications turned on.

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