Minor things that bother you

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm not inviting strangers to my home when the trash can is waiting conveniently in my backyard.  Not having to deal with another human at the recycling center/scrap yard offsets the nominal amount of money I might otherwise obtain. 

[Molandfreak]

Just try to sell them or give them away for free.

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When was the last time you saw a CRT anywhere in the wild other than on the curb on trash day?

Mike

Today, actually. If it ain't broke, don't throw it—come up with a new use for it. Vintage gaming isn't the most expensive hobby in the world.

[Roadgeekteen]

Who gets up early on a Saturday, though?

My wife and I only sleep in an extra hour or so.  We've finished the grocery shopping and the boys have done their house cleaning chores by lunchtime on Saturday.

But anyway, there's a huge* difference between "sleeping in" and "not up and ready to go until 1-2 at the earliest".

I'd respond, but I'm lying in bed right now...

[Molandfreak]

The fact that recycling old electronics, especially computer monitors, is so impractical.

Recycle? Why bother with that? If you can't sell them for cash, and if you want rid of them, just throw them in the garbage.

Mmm, lead and mercury in my drinking water.  

[Max Rockatansky]

^^^

Stay tuned to California related topics.  I might make a run at New Idria Road on Saturday and that mine has all kinds of Mercury runoff.

Just try to sell them or give them away for free.

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When was the last time you saw a CRT anywhere in the wild other than on the curb on trash day?

Mike

Today, actually. If it ain't broke, don't throw it—come up with a new use for it. Vintage gaming isn't the most expensive hobby in the world.

I once tried to sell my entire collection of vintage games as a $200 bundle.  I had no takers or even offers.  Basically it is just trash that gets shoved into the closet corner in the guest bedroom.  One or twice a year I might play an NES or SNES game. 

[kphoger]

When was the last time you saw a CRT anywhere in the wild other than on the curb on trash day?

Last time I went down to the basement.

Really, the only reason it isn't plugged in anymore is that we finally no longer have a working PC with a DVI or VGA port.  They're all either all-in-one computers or laptops now.  Also, the only reason we don't still use our old mechanical keyboard is that we no longer have a working PC with a PS/2 port.

[1995hoo]

Unfortunately, many places are only open during business hours, or if they have Saturday hours, it's only Saturday morning, which doesn't help since I'm not up and ready to go until 1-2 at the earliest on a normal Saturday.

This does not sound like a "them problem".

Who gets up early on a Saturday, though?

Depends on how you define "early." I get up at 7:00 on weekdays. On weekends, I don't set an alarm, and the thermostat is programmed to hold the "sleep" setting until 8:30 to make sleeping in more practical, but I still almost never manage to sleep past 8:00 at the latest. Either I just wake up naturally on my own (especially during the summer when it gets light earlier) or "nature calls" and I then know I won't be able to fall back to sleep. Plus the cat hears me in the bathroom, comes up to the bedroom door, and starts meowing to be fed.

[GaryV]

I've been retired for 3 years now, and I still get up between 5:00 and 6:00 most mornings, weekdays and weekends. Once in a while I'll make it past 6:30 but that's about all.

[GaryV]

Something new. I have my phone sync'd to my car's display, and Google Maps comes up automatically. Just in case I happen to need it. Anyway, I drive a few minutes, and the search box comes up with "Home". Really Google? I just left home, and now I can't figure out how to get back there?

[kphoger]

I just left home, and now I can't figure out how to get back there?

I'm pretty sure the target market for that is Mrs 1995hoo (if that is her real name).

[DTComposer]

I'm not inviting strangers to my home when the trash can is waiting conveniently in my backyard.  Not having to deal with another human at the recycling center/scrap yard offsets the nominal amount of money I might otherwise obtain. 

Our local Goodwill has started taking e-waste (they have bins for "working electronics" and "non-working electronics") - since it's Goodwill, I don't have 100% confidence it won't just end up landfill anyway, but it's super-convenient for us and does give me more confidence it will be handled correctly than just leaving it on the curb.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm not inviting strangers to my home when the trash can is waiting conveniently in my backyard.  Not having to deal with another human at the recycling center/scrap yard offsets the nominal amount of money I might otherwise obtain. 

Our local Goodwill has started taking e-waste (they have bins for "working electronics" and "non-working electronics") - since it's Goodwill, I don't have 100% confidence it won't just end up landfill anyway, but it's super-convenient for us and does give me more confidence it will be handled correctly than just leaving it on the curb.

Amusingly the last time we used Goodwill was on a weekend.  My wife couldn't get herself organized enough to get over to them before their 1 PM weekend donation drop off window.  I could have gotten over way earlier but she didn't tell me there was a need until it was too late.

[webny99]

Who gets up early on a Saturday, though?

My wife and I only sleep in an extra hour or so.  We've finished the grocery shopping and the boys have done their house cleaning chores by lunchtime on Saturday.

But anyway, there's a huge* difference between "sleeping in" and "not up and ready to go until 1-2 at the earliest".

I'd respond, but I'm lying in bed right now...

Well done. 

[Molandfreak]

When was the last time you saw a CRT anywhere in the wild other than on the curb on trash day?

Last time I went down to the basement.

Really, the only reason it isn't plugged in anymore is that we finally no longer have a working PC with a DVI or VGA port.  They're all either all-in-one computers or laptops now.  Also, the only reason we don't still use our old mechanical keyboard is that we no longer have a working PC with a PS/2 port.

Get an adapter and join the dual monitoring club.

[Roadgeekteen]

Who gets up early on a Saturday, though?

My wife and I only sleep in an extra hour or so.  We've finished the grocery shopping and the boys have done their house cleaning chores by lunchtime on Saturday.

But anyway, there's a huge* difference between "sleeping in" and "not up and ready to go until 1-2 at the earliest".

I'd respond, but I'm lying in bed right now...

Well done.

Bruh for some reason I never learned the difference between lying and laying.

[Plutonic Panda]

Who gets up early on a Saturday, though?

My wife and I only sleep in an extra hour or so.  We've finished the grocery shopping and the boys have done their house cleaning chores by lunchtime on Saturday.

But anyway, there's a huge* difference between "sleeping in" and "not up and ready to go until 1-2 at the earliest".

I'd respond, but I'm lying in bed right now...

Well done.

Bruh for some reason I never learned the difference between lying and laying.

Liar

[kphoger]

Get an adapter and join the dual monitoring club.

1.  I can't stand for my two monitors to be different sizes.*

2.  A laptop and a CRT monitor?  That would be one funny-looking setup!

* This is why, at work, I've been suffering through using a second laptop over Wi-Fi as a second monitor.  When I switched from desktop to laptop, I kept my old PC and dual monitors plugged in on the other desk.  I've been asking my boss for a dock for a while, so I can use those monitors with the laptop, but he's either been forgetful or else decided I don't really need it.  But, the other day, the president asked me why I still keep the old computer hooked up and turned on, I explained it to him, and later that day my other boss announced that my co-worker and I would be getting docks.  So hopefully I'll be back to rocking full-sized dual monitors soon—and neither of them will suffer from Wi-Fi lag.

[1995hoo]

Who gets up early on a Saturday, though?

My wife and I only sleep in an extra hour or so.  We've finished the grocery shopping and the boys have done their house cleaning chores by lunchtime on Saturday.

But anyway, there's a huge* difference between "sleeping in" and "not up and ready to go until 1-2 at the earliest".

I'd respond, but I'm lying in bed right now...

Well done.

Bruh for some reason I never learned the difference between lying and laying.

If you were laying in bed, we'd ask what her name is.

[Roadgeekteen]

Who gets up early on a Saturday, though?

My wife and I only sleep in an extra hour or so.  We've finished the grocery shopping and the boys have done their house cleaning chores by lunchtime on Saturday.

But anyway, there's a huge* difference between "sleeping in" and "not up and ready to go until 1-2 at the earliest".

I'd respond, but I'm lying in bed right now...

Well done.

Bruh for some reason I never learned the difference between lying and laying.

If you were laying in bed, we'd ask what her name is.

Oh dear it looks like my original spelling was correct. Maybe.

[Rothman]

Lying in bed, just like Brian Wilson did...

[Rothman]

The fact that recycling old electronics, especially computer monitors, is so impractical.

Recycle? Why bother with that? If you can't sell them for cash, and if you want rid of them, just throw them in the garbage.

Pfft...Says the guy that comes from the land where the backyard or the creek in the front count as "the garbage."

[Scott5114]

the only reason we don't still use our old mechanical keyboard is that we no longer have a working PC with a PS/2 port.

It is well worth it to get a cheap PS/2 to USB converter to use a classic mechanical keyboard. I use an IBM Model M keyboard from 1987. The tactile feedback is so much better than any modern keyboard, and the damn thing is built like a tank so I expect I'll get another 40 years out of it, barring Las Vegas getting nuked (and even then it would probably still work, it'd just be too radioactive to type on).

[Rothman]

the only reason we don't still use our old mechanical keyboard is that we no longer have a working PC with a PS/2 port.

It is well worth it to get a cheap PS/2 to USB converter to use a classic mechanical keyboard. I use an IBM Model M keyboard from 1987. The tactile feedback is so much better than any modern keyboard, and the damn thing is built like a tank so I expect I'll get another 40 years out of it, barring Las Vegas getting nuked (and even then it would probably still work, it'd just be too radioactive to type on).

*types on his Cherry MX Blue switches*

Clicky clicky clicky...

[kphoger]

Bruh

"Bruh"??  Seriously?? 

for some reason I never learned the difference between lying and laying.

You lie down.  You lay something else down.  The first is intransitive, the second transitive.

There are other secondary uses of the words that complicate it, as |1995hoo| alluded to, but that's the basic difference.

If you lie down on the beach, then it means you're no longer standing up.  If you lay down on the beach, then you're really weird for covering the sand with small feathers.

The problem in keeping them straight really lies in the fact that one's past tense form is the same as the other's present tense form.

LIE
lie (present)
lay (past)
lain (participle)

LAY
lay (present)
laid (past)
laid (participle)

Oh dear it looks like my original spelling was correct. Maybe.

I think he was calling you a liar.

Or were you actually in bed when you typed the post he quoted—in the middle of the afternoon?