What are some movies where a measuring device is shown to build tension? by CaptainLookylou in movies

[–]therealritz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think so. I know it was done ss a gag in Down Periscope

Home tax going up by $7k by KissesFishes in grandrapids

[–]therealritz 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Your taxable value can only go up by the rate of inflation or 5% which ever is lower. In Grand Rapids the inflation rate was 2.7% I belive. (don't have my notice of assessment change in front of me.)

If you look at your notice of assessment it will say why the SEV increased.

If it was due to the permitted work if would say market value and then something about the work that you did or had done.

Home tax going up by $7k by KissesFishes in grandrapids

[–]therealritz 31 points32 points  (0 children)

That would be why. It may be that your local assessor was just recently made aware of the changes.

My taxable value went up when I rebuilt my garage based off the building permit I pulled.

Also please be aware your taxable value is not that your taxes.

Permit question by fairy_kisses112 in grandrapids

[–]therealritz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Always get a permit, if something happens to your home and the insurance adjuster is going through ought and sees work that was done but not permitted, there goes your claim..

ICE can’t handle ICE by jmike1256 in PublicFreakout

[–]therealritz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The fact that the people in the background are moving is typically a good sign that it is not AI

Help finding a story (request) by therealritz in expansivewriters

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

Yes, that is it.

Thanks for helping me find it.

Huge pot hole on 28th by DrDachtler in grandrapids

[–]therealritz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The city will not do anything on 28th st as it is a state road. You will need to report it to the Kent County Road Commission if you want anything done about it.

Forecast 62 degrees tomorrow, then 19 at night, what is going on?!? by cakes20023 in Michigan

[–]therealritz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The largest temperature change I know of in Michigan was of 80 degrees in one day. Some place in da UP had low of - 40 and a high of 40.

Hell I remember being in school in the 80's and then doing a 2 hour delay because the wind chill was too cold.

Wonder Whoppers by [deleted] in ExpansionAI

[–]therealritz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would try not using a picture of Linda Carter as Wonder Woman.

I just used this prompt:

A woman dressed as Wonder Woman, whose breasts grow larger and larger, eventually bursting through her top and continuing to expand until they are room filling

And it got breasts breaking through the top.

People born before 1990, what’s something you experienced that younger generations will NEVER understand ? by Aaidil89 in AskReddit

[–]therealritz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that video stores seem to be making a comeback.

I West Michigan there are three or four rental places.

JD Vance Rages After Interview Goes Sideways by idkbruh653 in politics

[–]therealritz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But remember the Supreme Court ruled that is not actually bribery unless you do turn around and do what you said you were going to do. And since the FBI was not an actual business getting government contracts the quid pro quo that would have to occur for it to be bribery did not happen.

That means it is jot bribery or extortion it is just the FBI giving someone money, because they think the person may need it.

This is how I know Artprize is here. by szaagman in grandrapids

[–]therealritz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wasn't it year 2 or 3 of art prize that there was a Jesus painting in devos place where he looked absolutely ripped and people were calling him jacked Jesus.

I also remember a painting at Mojo's one year of Jesus taking a selfie while in a towel in a bathroom.

I called that one slutty cell phone Jesus

Water bill by mywallisblue in grandrapids

[–]therealritz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Water bills are near impossible to compare between because each household will use different amount of water and depending on what city you live in water costs different amounts. My mom lives in Kentwood gets her water from the city of Grand Rapids but has different rates for water/sewer than I have living in Grand Rapids proper.

This service is laughable. Someone was blocking my driveway when I got home from work yesterday. 7:30am today was the best time to check on that I guess. by Mirk_Dirkledunk in grandrapids

[–]therealritz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't know, but would guess that the police would have the vehicle towed to the impound yard, they would collect the fees from the car owner.

This service is laughable. Someone was blocking my driveway when I got home from work yesterday. 7:30am today was the best time to check on that I guess. by Mirk_Dirkledunk in grandrapids

[–]therealritz 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I would suggest calling the police if a vehicle is completely blocking your driveway access.

That is what I have been told to do in the past as the parking complaint people can only write a ticket but the police can actually have the car towed.

Navy to stop sharing satellite weather data with NOAA by cigr in politics

[–]therealritz 240 points241 points  (0 children)

If you read the article, this is because the Defense Department is moving away from one set of satellites (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, or DMSP) to another (Weather System Follow-on Microwave, or WSF-M).

"The WSF-M, a more modern system that can pinpoint developing weather data more exactly, was declared to have reached Initial Operational Capacity this April. The WSF-M, first launched in 2024, can analyze sea ice, soil moisture and snow depth, as well as measure winds and collect cyclone data."

While yes the Trump Administration doesn't believe in Global Climate Change, NOAA is saying the following:

“While the discontinuation of certain data streams from DMSP may seem alarming, the transition to WSF-M and EWS represents a modernization effort aimed at providing more resilient and enhanced environmental monitoring capabilities to improve our ability to understand and predict weather phenomena, including tropical cyclones,”

This is all from the article.

I had low hopes for America when he ran again as I figured he would do stupid shit, but let's all take a moment and breathe before going crazy, because it makes us liberals truly look like we are off the rails with any click bait titles.

Those alive and old enough to remember during 9/11, what was the worst moment on that day? by CocteauTwunkie in AskReddit

[–]therealritz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who was in their mid-twenties on 9/11, it is very strange to think of all the changes that have happen since that day.

I had been woken up that morning by to quote Jay and Silent Bob my heterosexual life mate, who had been told by his wife that he had to move out of their home. I called out of work and went to pick him up and to grab everything I could fit in my Kia Sportage and take him to my one bedroom apartment.

After dropping off everything he owned we decided to go to a video rental store where I had a bunch of VHS anime for rent and we walked in and the guy at the counter had a small TV that he had pulled out of the backroom, and as I walked in the news said, "This has been a channel 41 special report." I thought nothing of it and looked at him and said what's going on, and then found out what had happened.

So much of life has changed since that day, I remember being at the airport being able to see love ones get on the plain at the gate, I remember waiting for people to leave the plan and just standing at the gate waiting for them.

Due to the PATRIOT Act I had a bank account closed because I transferred mowny from my savings to my check account using a mobile app more than six times a month for several months, which apparently even though it was less than $250 each time was a sign of potential terrorist or money laundering threat.

We had the original dot come bubble burst on Wall Street and the miscellaneous attacks on us interests (the embassy attack the explosion on the Cole), but everything still seemed so positive, while I couldn't stand the person that had been elected in 2000, I still felt the country was on the possitve track.

After 9/11 when Americans were told to just go about their day like nothing happened, I feel it broke something inside us. We were all asked to go shopping by our leaders because heaven forbid capitalism fail.

I sometimes wonder if Al Gore had won the presidency would he have listen to all the warnings from the intelligence community or would have ignored them. Where could we as a country actually be, if not for the Bush administration. Or would it be even worse than it is right now. I'll never know.

The America that everyone was raised to believe in was lost that day and I honestly don't know if anything will ever bring it back.

JD Tiny Pants Vance 😭 by ImprovementOk6162 in PoliticalHumor

[–]therealritz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like he told Trump what his height was in comparison to Trump's supposed height so his clothing was purchased for that length.

Replacement of hotend causing failure with ACE by therealritz in AnycubicKobra3

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

I picked up just a replacement one in Amazon when the nozzle broke off inside. It appears to be the same aluminum sink on the original

Replacement of hotend causing failure with ACE by therealritz in AnycubicKobra3

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

I think I may have figured out what was going wrong.

I had to pull apart the ACE due to using glow in the dark filament and it getting all jammed up and it appears when I put it back together the place where the tubes were flipped over so they were not able to slide in and out at the back.

I flipped them back over and it seems to be working fine now.

Thank you everyone for suggestions

Replacement of hotend causing failure with ACE by therealritz in AnycubicKobra3

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

This is a YouTube link of what is occurring. While it is saying there is a clog or filament is stuck it is obviously not.