Minor things that please you

[1995hoo]

I just discovered that if I type the word "big," my iPad autocorrect suggests "bigass" as one of the words it thinks I might want because of the number of times I've typed it on this forum to get this:

[Max Rockatansky]

I get the following options on my iPhone:

-  Big
-  Bigger
-  Biggest

How lame.

[1995hoo]

I think it adapts based on how often you use a word. The lady who sits in front of us at Caps games invariably manages to expose buttcrack at least once every game when she stands up. Our season-ticket partners started calling her "Buttcrack" as a result (not to her face, of course), and I used to use that as well until I learned what her real name is. So for a while, my phone was suggesting "Buttcrack" as the middle one of the three suggestions whenever I typed "but" (I assume it didn't suggest that particular conjunction because I'd presumably just hit the spacebar if I wanted that word). It doesn't suggest it anymore because I stopped referring to her that way and it's not a word I use very often otherwise.

[kphoger]

I think it adapts based on how often you use a word. The lady who sits in front of us at Caps games invariably manages to expose buttcrack at least once every game when she stands up. Our season-ticket partners started calling her "Buttcrack" as a result (not to her face, of course), and I used to use that as well until I learned what her real name is. So for a while, my phone was suggesting "Buttcrack" as the middle one of the three suggestions whenever I typed "but" (I assume it didn't suggest that particular conjunction because I'd presumably just hit the spacebar if I wanted that word). It doesn't suggest it anymore because I stopped referring to her that way and it's not a word I use very often otherwise.

Anal cleft.

https://everett.municipal.codes/EMC/10.24.010

[webny99]

When the town plow trucks come along and push back the snow piles along the edge of the road to make room for more snow. Almost as if to say "Come at us, Mother Nature! We're ready for more!"

[Max Rockatansky]

My wife called me when she got home last night regarding her Forester.  The low beam headlights and the DRLs had stopped working on her drive home (she used high beams).  When I got home pulled the fuse box schematic for Forester and which had a 30A fuse in slot six for the low beams. 

I ended up buying a new fuse from a parts store and upon installation in the Forester it reactivated one low beam headlight in addition to the DRLs.  I went back to the parts store and replacing both low beam headlights.  The minor things that please me are:

-  I showed my wife how to read a fuse schematic and how to locate it in the owner's manual.
-  I think was able to finally get through to my wife about turning her headlights off.  This is fifth set of low beams I've replaced in her Forester.  She often drives around with the low beams out which is leading a short life span. 
-  I was able to fix all of this in under an hour and not have it consume my entire night.

[wxfree]

I think it adapts based on how often you use a word. The lady who sits in front of us at Caps games invariably manages to expose buttcrack at least once every game when she stands up. Our season-ticket partners started calling her "Buttcrack" as a result (not to her face, of course), and I used to use that as well until I learned what her real name is. So for a while, my phone was suggesting "Buttcrack" as the middle one of the three suggestions whenever I typed "but" (I assume it didn't suggest that particular conjunction because I'd presumably just hit the spacebar if I wanted that word). It doesn't suggest it anymore because I stopped referring to her that way and it's not a word I use very often otherwise.

Anal cleft.

https://everett.municipal.codes/EMC/10.24.010

As long as you've got cleavage, who cares which way it faces?  -Jeff Murdock

In Everett, do they get a search warrant to measure the entire anal cleft in order to determine whether the exposed portion includes any below the top half?  How is an officer to know where it begins and where it ends?  Does a jury decide?

[kphoger]

In Everett, do they get a search warrant to measure the entire anal cleft in order to determine whether the exposed portion includes any below the top half?  How is an officer to know where it begins and where it ends?  Does a jury decide?

I must assume the arresting officer is expected to have a tape measure on hand.

Furthermore—and because I'm sure everyone is interested to know—the legal code was legally challenged on the grounds of being too vague, upon which the city said that "a person of ordinary intelligence" could figure out the definition of "anal cleft" by "consulting a dictionary".  In reply, the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled:

An ordinance is void for vagueness if it (1) fails to give a "person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited" ...

While the term "anal cleft" is not defined, the City claims its meaning can be readily discerned from the dictionary, which defines "anal" to mean "of, relating to, or situated near the anus," and "cleft" to mean "a space or opening made by or as if by splitting." (Dkt. No. 28 at 23 n.21.) Notwithstanding these definitions, the Court is uncertain as to the meaning of the compound term "anal cleft" as used in the Citywide Ordinance, and finds that this term is not reasonably discernable to a person of ordinary intelligence.

... Therefore, the Court finds that Plaintiffs are likely to prevail on their claims that the Ordinances are void for vagueness in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

... Plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are entitled to a preliminary injunction based upon their claims that the Citywide Ordinance and the Dress Code Ordinance are unconstitutional under the Fourteenth and First Amendments. Therefore, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction.

I must say, I agree with the court.  While each word of the compound appears to have a simple definition, they still leave open the question of where such a cleft ends:  does it extend all the way to the scrotum or vulva, or only to the anus?  How can a tape-measure-wielding police officers be expected to know, and how can a plumber or exhibitionist be expected to know either?

[gonealookin]

-  I showed my wife how to read a fuse schematic and how to locate it in the owner's manual.

What likely wouldn't have pleased you was seeing how many times she rolled her eyes while you were focused on the owner's manual.
       

-  This is fifth set of low beams I've replaced in her Forester.

And that's why I say that.  If you've done it five times already, do you really think she's going to do any of that sort of work herself when another issue comes up?

[Max Rockatansky]

-  I showed my wife how to read a fuse schematic and how to locate it in the owner's manual.

What likely wouldn't have pleased you was seeing how many times she rolled her eyes while you were focused on the owner's manual.
       

-  This is fifth set of low beams I've replaced in her Forester.

And that's why I say that.  If you've done it five times already, do you really think she's going to do any of that sort of work herself when another issue comes up?

We had a bit of a back and forth on the phone when I asked her to find the owners manual.  I guess the importance of that didn't hit home until I showed her the schematic drawing. 

My wife's dad and brother are both mechanics by trade.  Prior to us meeting both her family would just fix things wrong on her car.  I can fix most minor things like this but I also see it as opportunity to promote practices that lead to longer parts life.

FWIW, the Forester is at about 210,000 miles.  I wouldn't say it has always been "reliable" but it certainly has been easy to repair.  Subaru aside from spark plugs seems to be big on making parts replacement easy.

[Max Rockatansky]

My plan for today was to get up at 5:40 AM and go work out at the gym before heading out for a day drive in the San Joaquin River Canyon.  I slept bad so I changed my alarm for 6:40 AM instead.  I ended up getting on the road earlier than I was planning and got home early enough that I was still able to get the gym in before noon.  My favorite chest press bench was available despite there being midday weekend foot traffic at the gym.

[Max Rockatansky]

This will take a minute to explain the context about the "minor thing" that pleased me tonight.

Some of you are aware that I have a 2016 Challenger Scat Pack which I ordered back in late 2015.  It has never been my daily driver and has a little over 10,000 miles on it.  I've meticulously kept up with detailing the car over the last decade and I'm actively trying to burn off the last couple of millimeters from the original tires.  I've only ever driven the Challenger once in the rain and it does not handle anything wet even slightly well.

Winters in Fresno usually have lows somewhere between 33-39F.  To that end I've found that with the Challenger that I need to drive it twice weekly for 20-25 minutes to reliably maintain a charge in the battery.  Generally, I am able to find enough windows to get these drives in every 3-5 days in the Tule Fog and heavy downpours from atmospheric rivers.

With all the above in mind, I last drove the Challenger Sunday morning.  My wife and I are heading out on a ten-day trip to Mexico tomorrow.  The weather out in Fresno has been very rainy the last two days with about 1.5 inches coming down between Monday and Tuesday.  Today was supposed to be dry in the forecast but it rained much of the afternoon on my way home on CA 41.  The shower that I was in though missed eastern Fresno which left me a 20-minute window with dry roads to get another drive with the Challenger in.  This "pleases me" because I was just going to let the Challenger idle with the garage door open tomorrow morning, but now I don't have to deal with that. 

[D-Dey65]

Sometimes I like hinged road signs.
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[GaryV]

Sometimes I like hinged road signs.

Better than unhinged.

[Max Rockatansky]

Snacking on freshly baked Mexican concha bread at 7 PM.

[gonealookin]

Picked up my 90-day supply of prescriptions today and the copay was $0.00.  It used to be about $40, but now that I'm aged enough to be on Medicare, the Part D plan has zero copays for all Tier 1 generics.  The premium for the Part D plan is $2.70/month, so as long as I don't need anything beyond the generics total annual prescription drug cost is $32.40.

It's a subset of a Major Thing That Pleases Me, which is being on Traditional Medicare after the decades of high-deductible plans and being limited to in-network providers.  The network issue became a particular problem when I moved to Tahoe; there are sufficient medical facilities in the city of South Lake Tahoe, CA, just a few miles from my house, but they were all out of network for my Nevada insurance plan, so the nearest providers I could actually use have been in Carson City.  Now any provider anywhere who accepts Traditional Medicare is open to me.

It's not quite Canadian-model health insurance, which in my opinion the USA should have had a long time ago, but it's a big improvement over the high-deductible HMO plan.

[Scott5114]

It's a subset of a Major Thing That Pleases Me, which is being on Traditional Medicare after the decades of high-deductible plans and being limited to in-network providers.  The network issue became a particular problem when I moved to Tahoe; there are sufficient medical facilities in the city of South Lake Tahoe, CA, just a few miles from my house, but they were all out of network for my Nevada insurance plan, so the nearest providers I could actually use have been in Carson City.  Now any provider anywhere who accepts Traditional Medicare is open to me.

One of the few things I dislike about Nevada is how messed up the healthcare is here. A recurring issue I've had is providers which are in-network at the time I make the appointment but somehow magically out-of-network at the time the billing is done.

It is often said that the best doctor's office in Las Vegas is Harry Reid Airport.

[Max Rockatansky]

Waking up at 5 AM for a super early weekend work shift and discovering I don't have bed hair.  One less step towards getting out the door.  Namely the step which requires I make enough noise with the sink water to wake my wife up. 

[SSOWorld]

Waking up at 5 AM for a super early weekend work shift and discovering I don't have bed hair.  One less step towards getting out the door.  Namely the step which requires I make enough noise with the sink water to wake my wife up. 

just go with the bed hair. Someone calls you out? tell them it's the weekend!

[Max Rockatansky]

Waking up at 5 AM for a super early weekend work shift and discovering I don't have bed hair.  One less step towards getting out the door.  Namely the step which requires I make enough noise with the sink water to wake my wife up. 

just go with the bed hair. Someone calls you out? tell them it's the weekend!

My hair usually isn't long enough.  But it has been almost three weeks since I last had a haircut.

[Scott5114]

Waking up at 5 AM for a super early weekend work shift and discovering I don't have bed hair.  One less step towards getting out the door.  Namely the step which requires I make enough noise with the sink water to wake my wife up. 

just go with the bed hair. Someone calls you out? tell them it's the weekend!

My hair usually isn't long enough.  But it has been almost three weeks since I last had a haircut.

Here I was getting a haircut in January and being a little worried that it would be too soon if I got it done again in May when it started getting hot. That haircut in January was the first haircut I got in Nevada after having moved here in 2024.

[Max Rockatansky]

Waking up at 5 AM for a super early weekend work shift and discovering I don't have bed hair.  One less step towards getting out the door.  Namely the step which requires I make enough noise with the sink water to wake my wife up. 

just go with the bed hair. Someone calls you out? tell them it's the weekend!

My hair usually isn't long enough.  But it has been almost three weeks since I last had a haircut.

Here I was getting a haircut in January and being a little worried that it would be too soon if I got it done again in May when it started getting hot. That haircut in January was the first haircut I got in Nevada after having moved here in 2024.

Ever since I moved to Phoenix in 2001 I've generally kept my hair short.  I found out quick that high heat while running or hiking was not conducive to having longer hair.

To Scott O's point though I probably could have gotten away with bed hair today.  I spent the morning dismantling an analog CCTV system and is pretty grimy work.  I should have worn a hat for all the dust and debris. 

[LilianaUwU]

I finally got a haircut last week, but only to remove split ends. The last proper buzz cut I had was in 2016, and I've been growing my hair ever since. But it feels so nice to have hair that isn't damaged from ten years of splitting off.

[1995hoo]

I got a haircut yesterday and it's depressing how the bald spot in back seems to get bigger every time. I thought about going to Istanbul for a hair transplant, but then I read more about what the procedure involves and I decided against it.

[kphoger]

A minor thing that pleases me is the feeling of a buzz trimmer on the back of my neck during a haircut.