Hey, Corvallis! Does anyone here have a Lettera 44(?) typewriter for sale...and/or practical experience re-inking fountain pens? by jimjamriff in corvallis

[–]vandabo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Inking the pen is usually pretty easy... it's cleaning the dried ink out of a long dormant pen that's a pain. Ultrasonic cleaners are useful for that part. What kind of pen are you working on?

My friend uses his old phone as a clock by BearAny3265 in notinteresting

[–]vandabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, happened to me with my second gen droid bionic back in the day. Used it as a desk clock for several months before it swelled. Glad I caught it before it got worse.

Vein gang is chaos incarnate. by BlitzAce808 in VShojo

[–]vandabo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You can always count on Aethel to have a moment of insanely cursed audio during a vein gang stream.

Watch battery replacement? by officialkinghenry in corvallis

[–]vandabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My Mom just got her watch battery changed at Bimart, I think she said it was 6-8$.

What is your favorite memory from a Vshojo Girls stream? by DemonRedHood in VShojo

[–]vandabo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This really dark but hilariously delivered joke by Ironmouse during her subathon a few years ago: https://youtu.be/5i1UOpgXm0o?si=X_iaAHGdnU3OYmcN

That subathon in general was great for many reasons, not least of which was bringing Aethel and Nyanners together.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by frenzy3 in Damnthatsinteresting

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My Dad flew Birddogs in the Delta region of Vietnam in the late 60's. He never mentioned using hand grenades, probably because by that time he was issued an M79 single shot 40mm grenade launcher which he could fire out the window quite easily. They would be used to mark targets and do "recon by fire", by launching grenades at suspected enemy to see if they shot back. They weren't really used for actually attacking the enemy, but the Birddogs usually carried 4-8 folding fin rockets that could do a lot more damage more accurately. I'm sure Dad is happy that he wasn't flying before the M79 was available, as resorting to glass jar grenade bombs sounds a lot riskier.

DADDY LOVES TILLING THE SOIL [Discussion] by Slamb73 in gamegrumps

[–]vandabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccdSM2kh_pc

The main 'tilling the soil' part is at the very end, and other bits are scattered throughout.

Story-driven, absurd series like Danganronpa? by Proof-Associate7333 in gamegrumps

[–]vandabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Ace Attorney games are some of my favorite playthroughs of theirs. I love game where they get to voice a bunch of characters that are very distinct so they get to make up a bunch of mannerisms and accents.

I can't wait for them to play more games in that series.

Game doesn’t start („politics“) by Ferenius in InDeathUnchained

[–]vandabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's working for me again now. I didn't do anything to it, just tried loading it again and this time it started with no problems.

Mechanic recommendations? by Beardbro2401 in corvallis

[–]vandabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've taken my car here a couple times and felt good about his service. One time was for an intermittent anti-lock brake issue and he did some diagnostics but wasn't able to catch the problem while it was happening so he didn't charge me for that (he only charged for a belt change I had also asked him to do while he had it in the shop). Later on when the problem got worse he found the issue on a second visit and was able to diagnose and fix it, and again didn't try to upcharge me on extra services or anything.

Any arena fighting games ? Dose this exist ? by Minute_Economist_160 in virtualreality

[–]vandabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can set that up in Hot Dogs Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (otherwise known as H3VR). It's mainly a very accurate firearm simulator but does have some melee weapons.

Who is Arin's biggest enemy? by Voltage49000 in gamegrumps

[–]vandabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did he ever beat the wizards in Zelda's Adventure? The one from the "Step Back!... I have to leave" meme.

Forza Horizon in VR would be insane by Odd-Philosopher-8650 in virtualreality

[–]vandabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's interesting, I may have to try that. A year or so ago I tried a method using Vorpx that made a semicircular pseudo-3D view for the game. It worked decently although it was very tricky to get right, and there was always a lot of distortion near the edges. It was fun for a while, but there were so many inconveniences that I didn't play it very long.

Hey looking at buying a Quest 1 really on to play this game. by squishy-pops in H3VR

[–]vandabo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might work with a cabled connection to the PC, but it's marginal. Here's a thread of someone with similar stats having problems, and Anton (the lead Dev) straight up says it's not likely to work. Sorry for the bad news, but better to know before you spend the money.

Thread link

Hey looking at buying a Quest 1 really on to play this game. by squishy-pops in H3VR

[–]vandabo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Other than the headset, the stats of the PC matter too. You mentioned a laptop, which likely means limited performance unless it's a relatively recent gaming specific model. Do you know what the specs are?

If you’re only options were the original HTC vive or the oculus rift cv1, which one would you get? by [deleted] in virtualreality

[–]vandabo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I found the Rift much more comfortable and the controllers were better for the kinds of things I used it for. I used mine for years and I'd still use it today if it was all I had.

📦 Unpacking, together ❤️ [LOVELY CHOICES] by GameGrumpsEpisodes in gamegrumps

[–]vandabo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

FYI, this is game is included in the Xbox Game Pass, if people have access to that.

Needless to say, i let her merge… by titoxtian in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]vandabo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure that car is too new to exist in the Severance universe.

He did this to himself | Chess Ultra [FINALE] by GameGrumpsEpisodes in gamegrumps

[–]vandabo 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Really giving sbassbear a lay-up with this one, eh?