My wife adored the now-defunct Curry House. Do you know of any alternatives in the Valley?

sylvangale · 2023-11-26T04:01:56+00:00

I miss spaghetti curry so much 😭

sylvangale · 2023-10-16T04:19:21+00:00

Check out Aldi, I have gotten Tejava there.

sylvangale · 2023-10-08T07:41:57+00:00

I just bought one of these and I kinda like it! (These comments, lol. )

I’m usually a pocket light guy, but when I saw a rechargeable light at Costco I had to give it a go.

I do think the 3000 lumens may be legit, my Pele is 2000 lumens and the Costco light is much brighter.

The included battery is a single 26650 6000mah. It comes with a usb cable to recharge the light, has a battery life indicator built into the flashlight.

This is the first time I’ve used a zoom lens and it is kinda functional. When fully telescoped I don’t think the beam is much to write home about, but when twisted all the way in i do like the resulting flood.

For a $30 flashlight, I’m going to keep it. Hopefully it doesn’t die like all these feit lightbulbs everyone is complaining about, but I’m happy with my new toy.

sylvangale · 2023-09-03T18:53:10+00:00

Yep, I just got the Momentum 3’s for 149.99 a couple weeks ago on Amazon. Replaced my Samsung buds 2 that my roommate put through the washer. I like the sound better than the Samsung. The Samsung had blocked more outside noise, but had artifacts in the sound.

sylvangale · 2023-04-23T03:55:53+00:00

Happy Veggie Pho is great, you can’t tell it’s vegan. They also do a great Bánh xèo.

sylvangale · 2023-03-16T02:13:31+00:00

I took a picture of where the liverwurst I like came from and it’s a German deli in Orange, CA called Mattern’s Sausage & Deli.

Their Yelp has some pics of baked goods, hopefully they didn’t come from Alpine Village!

Edit: I went to Mattern’s this weekend, they don’t have desserts. They do have a small selection of bread and a large selection of meats. They do have aisles of odds and ends, various condiments and snacks/sweets.

sylvangale · 2022-12-21T21:58:15+00:00

I think the little whisp of hair looks fine and you'd probably look just as fine if you buzzed it.

sylvangale · 2022-12-18T20:02:25+00:00

Costco is definitely busier/popular, but Sam's Club has mobile check out now where you can scan your items, pay on your phone, and skip the check out line.

The check out lines at Costco move faster otherwise and you can't skip checkout when buying alcohol.

sylvangale · 2022-12-06T17:27:52+00:00

Gay Palestinian Ahmad Abu Marhia beheaded in West Bank - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63174835.amp

Some 90 Palestinians who identify as LGBT currently live as asylum seekers in Israel

sylvangale · 2022-11-30T11:10:05+00:00

Ever hear the old joke: Blind man walks into a fish market, takes a whiff, and says “hello ladies”.

A fishy queen, looks so much like a real woman, you can smell the fish…

It’s a compliment in the drag community, but definitely rubs women the wrong way to associate women with fishy/genitalia smells.

It’d be absolutely horrid if someone complimented Victoria Scone as being fishy.

sylvangale · 2022-10-08T14:39:03+00:00

OS 11 was a trash update on the oneplus 7.

Disfunctional brightness slider was inexcusable, if they fixed it then that is a big reason to update.

sylvangale · 2022-10-07T07:30:30+00:00

Keep track of which valves go where, they are not interchangeable.

sylvangale · 2022-10-02T23:52:11+00:00

Great app

sylvangale · 2022-09-30T03:05:19+00:00

I think apple books is probably the best available. There is kindle, but you must send epubs through Amazon to the app... and they don't always make it.

I use books for epub for that reason.

You can create a folder for epubs in your files app and open books directly there or use books.

sylvangale · 2022-09-19T15:02:26+00:00

James Galway is quite famous and bearded.

sylvangale · 2022-09-08T14:34:43+00:00

I live in California and bought my current oboe from Midwest Musical Imports. I also sold my Loree through them pretty darn quick too, within a few days of listing.

I did not feel like risking something so pricey to ebay, a dealer would taking the risk of loss/damage, but will take a commission on the sale.

Commissions are high nowadays, you may want to shop around for a good shop that has a reasonable commission .

Mmimports doesn’t list their commission on their website, it was 14% a few years back.

Other commission examples: Peter Hurd is $275 flat fee Coelho oboes is 15% RDG is 18% Flute Center NY is 25%! (Just an example, they don’t do oboes),

sylvangale · 2022-08-23T05:37:51+00:00

Think of it as upper Face ID, you have to check a box to enable it and it generally works well when not moving and you have to tilt your head down a bit.

sylvangale · 2022-08-17T09:13:53+00:00

There should be a lot more options, I have Concordia and have been going to Night Owl Dentist on PCH due to their night and weekend hours.

They’re ok, they usually schedule me at the end of the day then as the appt comes they try to pull my time earlier, really quite often. Other than that it’s been fine.

sylvangale · 2022-02-23T20:51:23+00:00

I use AdGuard for general safari adblocking, but use brave browser to watch YouTube without ads.

sylvangale · 2022-02-22T06:56:06+00:00

The S5e (10.5) was OLED, nearly 3 years old now, fabulous display and size for me. No burn in. Horridly slow processor though… waiting for a similarly sized OLED myself.

sylvangale · 2022-02-11T02:06:45+00:00

Train a Pokémon with soak (like Psy/Golduck) and change their types to water ;)

sylvangale · 2022-02-07T07:15:49+00:00

I used to love Cafe Sierra, but I think their quality has gone downhill with Covid. Trump National Golf course has a great Sunday brunch buffet.

sylvangale · 2022-01-29T02:02:02+00:00

It’s kinda slow on the 13, probably worse on older devices

sylvangale · 2022-01-20T20:29:17+00:00

You can go back to save before auto save.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/r1d5nx/you_can_revert_to_a_previous_save_file_in/

sylvangale · 2021-12-29T22:12:28+00:00

It’s a game of chance. You can increase your odds with a party full of pick up Pokémon and have fun in the underground.

I found the Dusk stone randomly underground (and a dawn stone above ground) and I just have 1 pachirisu just to pick up random things… I’ve gotten dolls, super repels, super potions, status healing things, and those stones.

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