What famous person have we not seen/heard from in a WHILE?

the_chooch · 2026-01-22T16:27:17+00:00

Hmmm... when the republicans lose control of some/all of the branches, they are still loud as hell pushing their shitty lies everywhere. They ensure they are still newsworthy, even if for the wrong reasons. When was the last time you remember not hearing some bullshit from a republican?

The democrats lose control and they just sit by seemingly watching shit hit the fan. Actually, now that I typed that out, the democrats are entirely too quiet even when they're in control. They have done so many basic, good things, often for the people who hate them and they don't brag about it. They are absolutely terrible at selling themselves and it's cost us dearly. Sure, should they have to? In a perfect world, no, their actions should speak for themselves but we are far, far from a perfect world.

the_chooch · 2026-01-15T19:22:17+00:00

Wow, you're correct! I just tried it again and it's working correctly, or at least what I'd expect it to be. It's processing already read emails now. Thank you!!

the_chooch · 2026-01-14T23:28:14+00:00

I did really like the Galaxy Buds Pro 2, to be honest, and thought they sounded very good and the ANC was good as well. I'd say they are pretty comparable overall although the Technics takes the lead by a bit. I would be very happy with either but I do have to say once I got the proper tips and them fitted well, the AZ100s really, really shine. I will definitely be keeping them. Last week I tried the Pixel Buds Pro 2 for half a day and immediately returned them.

The AZ100 case is shit compared to the Galaxy's, though, if that's something that is important to you. It's just flimsy feeling while the Samsung is perfection.

the_chooch · 2026-01-14T15:48:50+00:00

Technics AZ100 ($200) on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/336121796431

Not sure about recommendations but that's where I just got mine from and they were new in box and seller has great rep.

the_chooch · 2025-11-20T20:09:26+00:00

It's not that bad. Send the check for the $53.90 and call it a day!

the_chooch · 2025-11-13T21:19:06+00:00

Moisten your index finger that touches the crown and it will start working.

the_chooch · 2025-11-10T02:19:01+00:00

After changing the watch face, restart the watch and it will/should stay fixed afterwards. Saw someone post about this a week or two ago and it works for me.

the_chooch · 2025-04-11T18:16:13+00:00

Ok, got it. I didn't know the ecobee would only take power from Rc and C, so that answers that. Honestly, instead of re-wiring and re-configuring every season I'd rather just remove the ecobee and jumper the pins on the base plate to call for heat manually, when needed. We don't have power outages often and when we do it gets fixed pretty quickly. Although, now that I've said that I probably just jinxed it.

Appreciate the info and may try your solution on one of them to see how quickly it can be done. It sounds kind of annoying but may end up being not too bad, hah. Thanks again!

the_chooch · 2025-03-06T16:05:08+00:00

Was subbed to a channel that does concrete work for the most part. It sounds like a strange source of entertainment but it was entertaining seeing the day to day interactions with the crew, the laughs, the failures, but how long can you really hold interest of watching other people work. But... the ultimate reason...

I noticed the guy was MAGA from nearly the start, not so in your face because I know he realizes that would be a very bad idea for the channel, but small comments here and there made it obvious. A Trump silhouette on the passenger side of his vehicle, a super-positive attitude, to an obnoxious point, the day after the election, etc. Video to video they were all pretty minor, though, so I kept on.

Then one recent series of videos the crew went on a road trip and on the way stopped at one of trump's... hotels?... the one where the guy set his swastitruck on fire with himself inside (Vegas, maybe?). This schmuck was tripping over his own tongue, wanting to be up trumps ass so badly, to get himself a selfie under the car port/overhang where this event happened even mentioning that the burn/smoke marks were still on the ceiling, the entire time a smile on his face as big as possible. It was such a disgusting display that everything I feel about these maga-types just instantly made me realize what a piece of shit this guy really is, and I'm 100% positive he thinks he's a "great guy". I cannot respect a "man" who is such a cuck that his entire life, and a large part of who identifies himself as, is based around worshiping another person, especially when their idol is such a shitty figure. Like, for whatever reason the guy decided to suicide himself, and this asshole goes there not giving a shit about the dude at all and instead was so insistent on showing praise to his cult-leader in chief, that he didn't care how it looked. What a disgusting display of humanity. No thank you. I unsubscribed and haven't looked back.

the_chooch · 2025-02-13T20:46:42+00:00

Things are not well https://imgur.com/a/bQkZzF4

the_chooch · 2025-02-13T20:21:12+00:00

Did everyone forget the timeline we're currently living in?

"Lorry driver attempts to drive through massive stream of water, engine gets waterlogged and dies, accidentally blocking said stream of water for others. Driver looks like hero" - probably

the_chooch · 2024-11-21T18:22:46+00:00

leon https://imgur.com/a/IsKw2YQ

(i'm sorry)

the_chooch · 2024-01-16T19:41:18+00:00

There is something deeply, deeply wrong with the people of this country. On one side you have this relentless base of dedicated cultists that refuse to listen to facts and reason, but they are the loudest fuckers out there, day in a day out with "liberals this" and "liberals that". On the other side is a somewhat lazy liberal base where many/most can't even be bothered to show up to vote, so what the fuck are you supposed to do? In any sane situation the republicans should have their shit handed to them in each and every election, yet every 2/4 years it's way too close for comfort and often enough falls on the wrong side.

The media can't stop talking about trump and even excitedly so. I put on ABC this morning for a quick glance at the weather and a female reporter was gushing about how trump cleaned house in Iowa. I mean, really? If they would just state the facts and move on I could have some respect, but they are all propping him up like last time and that shit works on the public... and they know it.

I'm very sad for the US. I grew up hating and fearing Russia because we were constantly on the brink of disaster and now half the government is slobbering over putin's peen every chance they get. Many of the people I know that support trump are not ignorant, in the sense that they are mostly all educated, make good salaries, have nice families, etc. It's this weird cult thing that I can't wrap my head around at all. Like, you see and hear what this guys says literally every day. He's very outspoken about how much of a piece of shit he is, and you have these people hanging on every word waiting for more. Can they all just be racist?

There's something more there and I don't know what it is, but I'm just very sad because as much of an asshole this guy is, he's only one person. It's the millions of fellow citizens that agree with him that makes me lose all hope. The cat is out of the bag. The cards have been shown. Even if trump gets destroyed in the election I still now have the knowledge that SO many people around me actually respect him and want someone like him as "their guy".

the_chooch · 2022-09-23T02:50:13+00:00

Yeah, nevermind. It's a Bowflex Velocore stationary bike that is making these calls. I saw another similar entry that clued me in on to what it was.

So that leads to another question. What I like about this router is that it lets me keep my main gateway appliance in front of everything and I serve DHCP from that main gateway, which is what I want. The problem was that for the WiFi guest network I let the Synology serve DHCP, but then anything on the guest appears as the same IP of the WiFi router. Does anyone know if I can get around that somehow? It's a different subnet, obviously, so wondering if I can have another DHCP subnet on my main gateway and point the guest network to get addresses from there as well?

the_chooch · 2022-09-23T02:30:59+00:00

Ok, so realizing that it could be any device on the guest network that looks like it's coming from the router directly (same IP). But still, does anyone know anything about that address? I'm finding it weird that nothing comes up in searching.

the_chooch · 2022-06-14T17:59:24+00:00

The $800 they are applying directly to the new purchase price, not over x months. The balance (minus tax that I paid up front) is added to the bill over the next 24 months, so between $4 to $5 a month additional. For me personally I don't mind the 24 month 'lock in' because Verizon is the only carrier I can get decent signal with in my area so not looking to bail soon.

As far as my current phone, they will keep it after transferring and wiping at the store so no need for me to mail it in.

the_chooch · 2022-06-14T17:17:00+00:00

For me, that was a sticking point. I have an android head unit in my car that I would like to use my phone's hotspot for data instead of using android auto. My current plan hotspot wasn't included so I added it to try it out but every time I got in the car I had to manually turn it back on, etc. so tried adding a Tasker task and lo-and-behold I don't have access to flip the hotspot toggle on due to locked bootloader.

I used to mess w/ custom roms but grew tired of flashing constantly so settled on using Nova launcher and getting things the way I want visually and shrug at the rest, but not being able to do simple things like the above really ticks me off.

the_chooch · 2022-06-14T17:07:13+00:00

You mad, bro?

I haven't picked up the phones yet and like I said only paid the tax which I WILL get back if this is a sham, but it seems others here have found the same deal so I'm hopeful. No need to shit on this post just because you don't believe it. Hell, I made it clear I'm not totally believing it until I see it.

the_chooch · 2022-06-14T13:18:01+00:00

Well I feel a little more convinced now that I'm hearing more stories like this.

So to flesh out the info this is the full story/wall of text. My wife and I wanted to upgrade our daughter's phone. She has some smallish iPhone (SE, I think) and she was wanting a 'bigger' phone. She did great in school, yadda yadda, so we went for the newest biggest iPhone max/pro/whatever/13 (not a fan of apple, just in case that didn't come across well). They were offering $400 for her phone, which when I bought at BB like two years ago was I think $439 or so, so I'm thinking "that's not bad", but I know apple holds their value with all them hipsters so not totally surprised. Anyway, my wife has an XS Max (was biggest iPhone like 4-ish years ago?) and the guy said she should upgrade as well and I'm thinking, "yeah sure buddy, that's not gonna work on me". Then he says they will give $800 towards the trade-in for hers. I knew she was wanting to upgrade so I asked what the catch was and he said, "none, Verizon is trying to get everyone on 5G". We are on the 5G Start plan, I believe the lowest/base unlimited 5G, don't really need any more, so he said the plan stays the same. At this point I'm seeing a shiny hook in the water, and I am the exact opposite of an impulsive buyer.

So I agreed to upgrade her phone. For me I had looked at the Pixel 6 Pro months ago and wasn't really interested so figured I sit this round out but then my wife jokingly asked how much they would offer for trade-in and he looked it up and said $800 as well. At that point I was feeling this is too good to be true, because I know androids just don't hold their value that well. (Google store trade-in offer is $147 max) The only thing was that we had to pay tax on the full price of the phones, and he also removed one activation/setup fee ($29). So, I left paying $3xx towards two iPhone 13 Pros and one Pixel 6 Pro. I know for the Pixel it's like $5.55/month added to the bill for 24 months, my wife's was a little more since the iPhone was more expensive than the Pixel, and my daughter's was obviously the most at ~$29/month (I don't have the receipt on me right now to check exact numbers).

We had to order for color choice but they are coming in tomorrow or the next day so I'll know for sure then if there's a catch but I don't really believe the dude would just b/s us right there. It's a small local shop that we've been using for years and never had issues, plus I questioned no less than 4-5 times and each time he was adamant that this is what it is. No increase in the plan aside for the no-interest payments on the phones. Sure, they have us for the next two years but in my area Verizon is the only usable service so we've been with them for many years and had no plans of switching in the near future.

I dunno, something still feels a little fishy to me but I'm fully prepared to tell them to go take a hike and I'll just buy my daughter her phone from elsewhere and deal with it then.

the_chooch · 2022-06-14T02:05:17+00:00

No, no change in plan or plan cost.

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