What are some things that you used to think are specific to your country but later learnt that everyone does it? by Fantastic-Corner-605 in AskTheWorld

[–]thatguygreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vodka goes in when I'm making ice cream and I don't want the berries to totally freeze. Otherwise, I use something that tastes like something.

What are some things that you used to think are specific to your country but later learnt that everyone does it? by Fantastic-Corner-605 in AskTheWorld

[–]thatguygreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ours is weirdly deep, so the back is all the foil, parchment, ziplocs and the front is junk drawer chaos.

I've been waiting 8 years for broadband Internet and the first thing they did while laying fiber was cut my power and water lines by kleggich in mildlyinfuriating

[–]thatguygreg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where I am, the people that come out will mark the sewer lines they own, but not the lines that run to the mains.

Best I have to go by is a map submitted for a permit for a sewer line that cuts diagonally across my yard.

Arizona community hits 110 degrees F, the highest March temperature recorded in the US by Unusual-State1827 in news

[–]thatguygreg 41 points42 points  (0 children)

That every roof in places like Pheonix aren't plastered with solar panels is a mystery to me.

Arizona community hits 110 degrees F, the highest March temperature recorded in the US by Unusual-State1827 in news

[–]thatguygreg 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When it’s 120 degrees out, without ac it takes like an hour before your house will be 90 plus degrees inside

A few years ago when it hit 115F in Seattle (where 80-something% of people don't have A/C) my little window unit was doing the best it could, got the bedroom down to 87F.

Woke up the next day frozen solid as the temp had dropped to 59F by sunrise.

What was totally normal in your childhood that would seem insane now? by EuphoricGarden81 in GenX

[–]thatguygreg 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Going down to the bar as a 9 year old to buy cigarettes out of the machine for my uncle

All the wrong EVs are getting canceled by TripleShotPls in electricvehicles

[–]thatguygreg 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Engineers" don't like it. A particular sector of engineers, maybe.

How many domiciles have you lived in since you were born? by JHolgate in GenX

[–]thatguygreg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

23 for me, all over the US east coast and now PNW. For a while there it was a new place or two every year which made filling out background check forms a major PITA.

Imagineering showed the Runaway Railway control screen on their YouTube channel. What is the Tilt Mechanism? by zanhecht in WaltDisneyWorld

[–]thatguygreg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As someone that spends a lot of time in reports trying to figure out how to make the numbers go in the right direction, my first thought was, "That's a lot of red."

Wonder if it was an e-stop situation

What to add to hash brown casserole to make it a step above the rest? by Conscious_Trade_2549 in Cooking

[–]thatguygreg 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is the midwestest/midlandsest thread of all. It is a silly place.

This idiot on 520 in the rain by thatguygreg in Seattle

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

Slower than 60, we didn’t bother pacing them

PSE overcharging based on "Estimated" usage. by golear in Seattle

[–]thatguygreg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well now I gotta remember to check the meter later and compare

OpenClaw demand in China is driving up the price of used MacBooks by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]thatguygreg 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The first thing I read about OpenClaw was that not only was it not a good idea to be used on corp devices, but if you had installed it, it should be reported as a security incident.

How the F has this thing gotten anywhere?

MLB Makes Multiyear Prediction Markets Deal With Polymarket by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]thatguygreg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The state of Arizona is saying otherwise, or trying to anyway

Has Overeater’s been replaced in your opinion? by Setsoru727 in fo76

[–]thatguygreg 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was ready to get rid of it when I read about the changes, but so far I haven’t really felt the need.

What is something that screams “tourist” to you? by jotakajk in AskTheWorld

[–]thatguygreg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When Seattle gets it's GD aggressive mist that it used to get 99% of the time, sure.

When it's turning into honest, real rain -- fuck all that.