Minor things that bother you

[hbelkins]

If that is possible with that specific model. I have a laptop that gives max 1 hour of battery, gives the low battery warning 1 minute before death, and said battery is not replaceable.

It's for the same reason that I no longer buy cell phones that don't have a replaceable battery.

"Replaceable" or "user-replaceable?" Some laptops don't necessarily have a battery that just pops out, but can be replaced. Same with an iPhone. It doesn't have a removable battery like some cell phones do, but someone with the right tools and skills can replace the battery.

[hbelkins]

Here's something else that bothers me. I get my mail at a post office box. Whenever I order something online, mostly from eBay or Amazon or Walmart, I'll often get a "cannot ship to this address" when I order. So I have to provide my physical address, where I've never gotten mail. And then the item gets shipped by USPS.

[Scott5114]

Probably what's happening is that Amazon (or whatever) has a computer algorithm that runs through USPS, UPS, FedEx, their own internal delivery drivers, etc. and pulls rates to see which one is the cheapest. Given that you live in rural Kentucky, that will always be USPS. But UPS/FedEx can't deliver to a PO box, so they won't give a rate for that, so Amazon won't let you enter it.

Most of the time for places as rural as yours, if you send a parcel through UPS or FedEx they'd ship it to Lexington or some other nearby biggish city...then mail it through USPS from Lexington to your actual town. Which makes me question what the point of shipping UPS/FedEx even is.

[kphoger]

How does my pillow get twisted around inside its pillowcase during the night?

[wanderer2575]

Probably what's happening is that Amazon (or whatever) has a computer algorithm that runs through USPS, UPS, FedEx, their own internal delivery drivers, etc. and pulls rates to see which one is the cheapest. Given that you live in rural Kentucky, that will always be USPS. But UPS/FedEx can't deliver to a PO box, so they won't give a rate for that, so Amazon won't let you enter it.

Most of the time for places as rural as yours, if you send a parcel through UPS or FedEx they'd ship it to Lexington or some other nearby biggish city...then mail it through USPS from Lexington to your actual town. Which makes me question what the point of shipping UPS/FedEx even is.

I'd guess it's because UPS/FedEx can get it to that biggish city faster and at lower cost than USPS can, but from there USPS may have the advantage.  It's about using the best available option for each leg of the trip. 

[Roadgeekteen]

When I'm sleeping and my blankets somehow fall on the floor and I need to pick them up in the middle of the night.

[Zeffy]

When I'm sleeping and my blankets somehow fall on the floor and I need to pick them up in the middle of the night.

Somewhat related, when my giant husky plushie falls partially onto the floor and I feel compelled to pick him up whenever I notice it

[webny99]

When I'm sleeping and my blankets somehow fall on the floor and I need to pick them up in the middle of the night.

I'm a side sleeper for the most part and don't seem to have that problem.

[Roadgeekteen]

When I'm sleeping and my blankets somehow fall on the floor and I need to pick them up in the middle of the night.

I'm a side sleeper for the most part and don't seem to have that problem.

I sleep on my back

[kphoger]

When I'm sleeping and my blankets somehow fall on the floor and I need to pick them up in the middle of the night.

We have a top sheet and like three blankets on our bed (still winter-style).  Somehow, the middle blanket tends to slide off on my side of the bed.  The sheet and the other blankets don't.  It's a great mystery.

After my wife gets in bed, she likes to kick her foot out the side and roll over so her body is half-uncovered.  So I blame her for it.

I like to be completely covered up, so I always make sure to bring the covers with me when I roll over.  So she blames me for it.

[tolbs17]

When I'm sleeping and my blankets somehow fall on the floor and I need to pick them up in the middle of the night.

I'm a side sleeper for the most part and don't seem to have that problem.

I sleep on my back

I sleep on the side.

[roadman65]

How about pulling into a parking space to have the next car open his/her door carelessly. Then also you being the one to open your door after being parked for a bit where another vehicle carelessly pulls in to the empty stall next to you.

Luck will always have experience both sides of it.

[Scott5114]

Probably what's happening is that Amazon (or whatever) has a computer algorithm that runs through USPS, UPS, FedEx, their own internal delivery drivers, etc. and pulls rates to see which one is the cheapest. Given that you live in rural Kentucky, that will always be USPS. But UPS/FedEx can't deliver to a PO box, so they won't give a rate for that, so Amazon won't let you enter it.

Most of the time for places as rural as yours, if you send a parcel through UPS or FedEx they'd ship it to Lexington or some other nearby biggish city...then mail it through USPS from Lexington to your actual town. Which makes me question what the point of shipping UPS/FedEx even is.

I'd guess it's because UPS/FedEx can get it to that biggish city faster and at lower cost than USPS can, but from there USPS may have the advantage.  It's about using the best available option for each leg of the trip. 

Yeah, but if you look at shipping rates offered to shippers UPS and FedEx are always more expensive than sending it USPS all the way. So if they can do it cheaper they're pocketing that difference as profit. And USPS Priority is pretty fast. Maybe there's some sort of cost savings for UPS/FedEx if you overnight stuff (which I never have any reason to do), or they offer steeper discounts if you qualify for whatever their equivalent to USPS's Commercial Plus tier is.

The only time it's ever made financial sense for me to use UPS to ship anything was when I had to ship an entire pallet, because USPS doesn't offer that service at all.

[Roadgeekteen]

When I'm sleeping and my blankets somehow fall on the floor and I need to pick them up in the middle of the night.

I'm a side sleeper for the most part and don't seem to have that problem.

I sleep on my back

I sleep on the side.

I sometimes sleep on my side. Never stomach though.

[webny99]

... The only time it's ever made financial sense for me to use UPS to ship anything was when I had to ship an entire pallet, because USPS doesn't offer that service at all.

I'd actually argue that it might not have made financial sense even then, given that UPS Freight was, to put it charitably, a complete joke. Their transit times ranged from ridiculous to mind-boggling - often close to a week between Rochester and Buffalo, for example. Fedex Freight is faster and more reliable by an order of magnitude.

(And I refer to UPS Freight in the past tense because they sold out to TFI International back in January: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-to-sell-ups-freight-after-a-tough-15-year-run)

[kenarmy]

when i wake up and check my replies (thinking it's gonna be one of my threads) and then it's just a new page of "Fritzowl in one thread" or Alanland..

[Scott5114]

That's what you get for replying to FritzOwl or Alanland.

[CoreySamson]

That's why I've never posted in FritzOwl's thread. I don't want to check my replies for it every day.

[roadman65]

I only know Fritzowl from reputation and to me he has no interest to want to interact with him. So yes you should ignore him and don't respond to his Oversea Highway to Europe and such. It's not worth it. I have learned on here that you feed a troll they want more food and you end up giving out more food instead of ridding them.

[Scott5114]

You can't interact with FritzOwl, because that implies that FritzOwl will acknowledge what you have to say and respond in turn.

[webny99]

I only know Fritzowl from reputation and to me he has no interest to want to interact with him. ...

You can't interact with FritzOwl, because that implies that FritzOwl will acknowledge what you have to say and respond in turn.

FritzOwl actually sort of does that, if you count quoting someone's post as acknowledging them. He doesn't seem to be able to recognize criticism or change his plans, though, so it does seem like beating a dead horse after a while.

[kphoger]

Sometimes he actually gives you a justification for something.  It usually goes something like "I saw it on a now-defunct GeoCities page by some guy named Curt seven years ago.  Trust me."

[formulanone]

He doesn't seem to be able to recognize criticism or change his plans, though, so it does seem like beating a dead horse after a while.

FritzOwl doesn't really care, doesn't seem to argue with anyone else, and rarely tries to merge those plans into the real-life threads (at least, not in a long time).

[kphoger]

FritzOwl ... rarely tries to merge those plans into the real-life threads (at least, not in a long time).

That's because his thread was created specifically to keep his ideas out of those other threads.  And he's been very good about heeding that.

[Scott5114]

I think one of the other mods (might have been Jake Bear, it was so long ago) told him point blank that if he didn't stop carpet-bombing the other threads in Fictional with his plans that he was going to get banned. He used to be very bad about posting his plans in every thread in the section.

Also of note is that FritzOwl has never posted outside of Fictional.