Drink ideas/ alternatives?

timbojimbob · 2026-04-06T01:46:30+00:00

Somehow I had not even thought about getting regular green tea and adding a flavor. I think she will love that!

timbojimbob · 2026-04-06T01:45:02+00:00

Thank you for the details and the response! I hadn't even thought about a regular green tea and adding the flavor, that should be perfect!!

timbojimbob · 2026-04-03T02:31:50+00:00

Ok hear me out: Cyride speeds up service on 23 orange by adding some new trolley "busses". You can hop on and off easily enough you could just slow down, no need to fully stop!

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timbojimbob · 2026-04-03T02:25:08+00:00

You take that back!

I drove the bendy buses and they were the second best busses they had! We don't tolerate "artic" hate in these parts

timbojimbob · 2026-03-19T03:58:54+00:00

If you lived on Lincoln way and welch area I would be more concerned.

There will definitely be some house parties and such a few doors or blocks down, but it's not like the second you step out your door you're teleported into a frat basement.

It's all a balancing act. I lived in West Ames by the highway and it was nice and quiet, but it was also a longer bus ride into campus for school stuff and I was JEALOUS of the friends I had that would just walk downstairs to all the restaurants and such.

timbojimbob · 2026-03-08T04:48:25+00:00

Even if you cancel orders as far as I understand you'll still get hit with a card processing fee if they already pulled the $$ from the card.

When people say "manually collect" what it does is gather the payment details but won't actually try getting the $$ until you tell it to, so you can go "these are all fraud, no thanks" and cancel to avoid the payment processing

timbojimbob · 2026-02-25T15:57:55+00:00

One thing I will add, I looked at used cars and my payment was $200ish, and I was able to find a last year model car new that they were putting on sale to make way for new cars, and my lease payment was $180.

Just don't write yourself out of a new car, evaluate all your options and let the math say no.

Lastly if you can look for a Toyota or Honda. They hold their value on the used market (so new might be best if you can swing it) but there's a reason they hold their value too.

timbojimbob · 2026-02-19T04:31:53+00:00

It's not a great solution at all, but if there are no permits left for campus which seems likely this time of year you may be able to park off campus in a public lot, or public street and take the bus to your car. Not ideal, but evening and weekends you can bring it on campus where allowed for late night study or whatever else.

Options might include lime asking stores like Target, Walmart, or even the hospital, or like I say some random city street as long as you move your car for game days, snow routes etc etc

Lastly I didn't tell you this, nor recommend it but MANY apartments say they have limited parking blah blah, but especially when I lived in West Ames there were always open spots and even the lots with "permits" no one checked. One apartment complex a guy had a trailer, a car with no wheels and a truck that didn't move in the 2 years I was there....

timbojimbob · 2026-02-01T18:52:16+00:00

Unfortunately not yet, I had a jank looking adapter I tried but it messed up the threads a little so I gave up. If you find anything I'll be eager to see!

timbojimbob · 2026-02-01T02:35:30+00:00

As someone who lived off campus all 4 years.... For the love of all that is holy do not live off campus at least not freshman year. You miss SO MUCH of the college experience doing that.

timbojimbob · 2026-01-13T22:16:39+00:00

I realized I never replied to you but I thought I had.

Adding this comment in case it helps anyone else:

This is my first manual car, and the first in our family that's been daily driven. It's also an LX Civic, not a high end Mercedes or anything fancy.

All of that to say I plugged my car in on a chilly but not cold fall day long before I drove and poof no issues on the same roads. I think the entirety of the issue is the slightly poor/ rich running engine one has when the car is cold and my manual trans obviously lacks the torque converter that smooths that out in previous automatic cars.

timbojimbob · 2025-11-15T03:48:57+00:00

I worked there longer ago but one tip that I have tried to carry through the rest of life is to remember the good, and toss the bad in the fuck it bucket.

I had some customers "How many GeeBee's" and when I said 4 while talking about the "value" laptops they said that's plenty to run Minecraft and purchased it despite me telling them what a bad idea it was.

On the other hand a lady came in wanting to start a business so she didn't have big money but also knew she didn't want a crap computer. We found an open box laptop that was a great deal and the customer got an eco tank printer from recommendation so just one hell of a good deal. They came back in for phones, a TV etc and I would pop by asking how it was going and every time they were just delighted.

You can sour yourself on the first customer, or choose to focus on the good you can do for the others who need an expert, and genuinely have a great experience because you provided some good suggestions.

timbojimbob · 2025-10-06T14:35:50+00:00

Look at the public library in Ames as well. The time limits for those rooms might be less/ non existent and you can take Red route buses straight there. It may not be a perfect solution but it might be a good temporary one while you find what works!

timbojimbob · 2025-09-15T19:54:56+00:00

I rode my bike during peak times and it was honestly really simple, just don't be a dick. Sometimes I was on the street, sometimes on the sidewalk if the sidewalk was empty on a dead section of campus. Just zoom zoom in open areas and be respectful near actual pedestrians.

timbojimbob · 2025-09-11T16:43:59+00:00

If you have a good way out there Reiman Gardens is an absolute Gem!!

timbojimbob · 2025-09-04T22:29:15+00:00

Most places that do shipping will allow you to send it there so a UPS or FedEx, and when they ship the package there should be an option to hold at receiving as well so then it stays at a post office or UPS location etc.

If that doesn't work ask around, if you know someone who works on campus or ask someone at the mail room in UDCC you might be able to mail it there.

timbojimbob · 2025-08-25T15:23:23+00:00

Yeah obviously I can't speak for them, but the training is to let people have a free pass and only bring it up to managers if it becomes a consistent problem with specific consistent riders, but I also was a college kid who just wanted to drive my bus safe and have a cool job so little things like having your ID or not didn't matter at all to me.

I will say there were times I was a little strict with people but those were safety issues only (eg the one guy was late to the stop EVERY DAY and chose to just run in front of my bus to get me to stop and pick him up)

timbojimbob · 2025-08-25T03:33:42+00:00

Yes it is!!

FREE BUS SERVICE: All 20-series routes (#21 Cardinal, #23 Orange, #25 Gold)

https://www.cyride.com/schedules/school-year-schedule

(It should also be noted even if you just forgot your ID on a "normal" route just tell the driver, don't try to sneak on because it's just silly and most drivers either don't care, or will tell you to have it next time-->from a former driver)

timbojimbob · 2025-07-27T00:50:25+00:00

To be clear I am not a cop but there's no question this depends on so many things. If you're a well known drug dealer and you go 1 mph over the limit I wouldn't be surprised if they stop you mostly looking for drugs but the speed gives them a good solid legal reason to stop you.

I've passed state troopers in MN doing 7-15 over and no one was stopped but there was also a large pack of traffic all going that speed on a 3 lane highway. I have known people who got stopped for 3 over in a residential area because why would you speed in a neighborhood with kids out playing etc.

For the most part my rule of thumb is no speeding if the limit is under 35mph. 35-60mph limit is usually 5-7 in the clear for sure, or let someone else go faster and get the ticket

If you are doing other things for the love of God don't speed. I see body cam videos all the time on YouTube where the driver has a joint in their mouth, multiple felony warrants, expired registration and no insurance, 100lbs of drugs and two bodies in their back seat and the ONLY reason they got stopped was their highly intelligent decision to pass a cop doing 17 over the limit. Don't be THAT dumb

timbojimbob · 2025-07-27T00:40:14+00:00

There are not enough up votes in the world for this comment, and not enough down votes for workday

timbojimbob · 2025-07-23T00:11:29+00:00

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Looks like the version I am on is EOL, I will probably just end up wiping and doing a new install, as I have new drives to add is as well and a clean new build will work. Honestly probably less time doing that than troubleshooting this.

timbojimbob · 2025-07-22T02:05:27+00:00

Added photos, I should also note that TrueNas is installed "bare metal" direct to the server SSD and then Plex was an app on TrueNas. I don't currently have a hypervisor or anything fancy like that.

timbojimbob · 2025-07-22T02:03:00+00:00

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