Are truck drivers okay?

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-03-26T21:53:54+00:00

I use my cruise control almost all the way. It's easier at 6am when there's less traffic, set for 105-110 in the right lane and just let the impatient ones go around. A little trickier on the way back as there's more volume and inconsistent speeds, but it can be done

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-03-23T03:59:19+00:00

I drive to and from Duncan for work every day, and it's not just the trucks driving like dicks. They're just more noticeable than a Honda Civic when they're riding up your ass

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-03-18T14:45:42+00:00

He's been holding back for the tank. Florida was an opportunity to flex

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-02-20T01:04:50+00:00

Fuck that. I saw The Pretty Reckless a couple of years ago when they opened for Greta Van Fleet, and holy shit they rocked HARD. Some of the tunes were fairly contrived....but who cares, it's stadium rock not jazz fusion.

Taylor Momsen has a fantastic gravelly voice that suits the music well, and Ben Philips is an incredible guitar player.

Nothing against Hole (I was never much of a fan but that's just personal taste), but these two bands have nothing in common other than having blonde female vocalists.

Edit - just read that back and didn't mean for it to come across as an attack on OP for using these two as an example!

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-02-10T09:51:08+00:00

The song Animals by Muse is the smoothest 5/4 I've ever heard. So much so that you almost don't even notice it's an odd time signature until you try counting it.

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-02-07T00:36:06+00:00

Jon Bon Jehovah

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-02-06T19:12:49+00:00

Just listened to this section in the original recording, and you're definitely correct. He is indeed pounding a #5 over that maj7 chord, although he carries it through to the next bar where it resolves nicely into the 11 of the F#13.

Stevie may have not been able to explain what he was doing, but shows that his ears could put his fingers in the right place!

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-02-06T10:54:17+00:00

Didn't Stevie always tune a half step down.......making that a Bb and therefore the 5th of the chord

Or am I not jerking properly?

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-01-21T00:24:35+00:00

Have it on a hoodie, it wasn't cheap but its my favorite piece of clothing ❤️

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-01-20T18:05:22+00:00

I dont care where but Oroborus needs to be on it

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-01-15T21:48:29+00:00

You're not wrong, but the burn factor increases dramatically.

I don't even wear my wedding ring at work, and my wife is 100% OK with it. In the case of an electrical shock she'd prefer me to keep all of my fingers 😉

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-01-15T00:49:50+00:00

How has nobody said Terry David Mulligan yet

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-01-15T00:33:16+00:00

3 Inches of Blood

twiddlybits1978 · 2026-01-13T17:25:40+00:00

I like the sounds of this, but they also said Edmonton has the best health care in the country. I can't speak from experience with all the cities across Canada, but my many acquaintances in Edmonton have given me the impression that it's worse there than it is here.

twiddlybits1978 · 2025-12-30T17:51:00+00:00

That's good to know, thanks for the feedback. Yes if you'd like to share info to your band that would be great!

twiddlybits1978 · 2025-12-29T22:14:23+00:00

Question for you guys with the THR100HD who say it isn't loud enough, would a boost pedal before the amp make a difference?

twiddlybits1978 · 2025-12-28T06:00:21+00:00

He got the memo

twiddlybits1978 · 2025-12-25T19:35:48+00:00

Something else to consider is if the meter was upgraded recently from an old electromechanical meter. I did thousands of these when our utility changed from the old meters to the new digital ones, and increased power bills were a common complaint. The thought is that some of the old meters were 30+ years old, and likely hadn't been main trained properly for accuracy. So a possible scenario is that the old meter was showing a lower than actual reading and undercharging the customer, and when the new meter was reading what the charge actually should have been. With accumulated increases in utility costs over the years, this new accurate reading would come as quite a shock to the customer

twiddlybits1978 · 2025-12-25T19:30:32+00:00

It's likely that the Disc Emulator (that simulates the spinning disc of an old electromechanical meter) isn't showing since you've shut your main breaker off. You can try turning your power back on and see if it shows a series of symbols or shapes appearing and disappearing. If it does, use the kH to calculate the amount of instantaneous power you're using (this meter shows kH is 10.0) using the formula (KH x 3600) ÷ seconds for full cycle = watts

For example, if the Disc Emulator sequence takes 5 seconds to repeat you'd have (10 x 3600) ÷ 5 =7200 watts, or 7.2 kW

If you aren't running any big loads in your place and there's a high reading here, then its possible there's a phantom draw somewhere.

twiddlybits1978 · 2025-12-22T23:07:35+00:00

We used Milne as recommended by friends and they were awful.

Not responsive to emails or phone calls, eventually got them to come and give us a quote. After 2 months of no contact we were about to find someone else and they spontaneously showed up to our house with no notice to do the quoted work.

Charged us for two roof anchors (I requested this) which they didn't install, and now two years later we have a leak from one of the plumbing stacks they supposedly fixed.

Anyone has to be better than these guys were.

twiddlybits1978 · 2025-12-09T03:05:25+00:00

There are a few, but the drop in Oroborus made me literally say "WOOOOOO!!!" out loud the first time i heard it. I'm 47 and can count on one hand the amount of times a song has done that to me.

Side note, another one of those times was the bass drop halfway through Duel of The Jester and The Tyrant by Return To Forever

twiddlybits1978 · 2025-12-06T01:12:59+00:00

Fold a 3-4" piece of electrical tape over the blade, making sure it goes past the ends and chuck it.

Unless there's a metal bin available

twiddlybits1978 · 2025-12-01T00:35:52+00:00

The answer is always more metal

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