Minor things that please you

[1995hoo]

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

My barber uses a straight razor to finish the cleanup right around the edges of my hair. The feeling of the warm shaving cream on the back of my neck prior to that cleanup is always a pleasant sensation.

[kphoger]

My barber uses a straight razor to finish the cleanup right around the edges of my hair. The feeling of the warm shaving cream on the back of my neck prior to that cleanup is always a pleasant sensation.

Yes, I almost mentioned that.  Back when I went to a barber, I'd look forward to that hot lather and scrape of the straight razor.

But sometimes the lather was cool instead of hot, and I didn't like that as much.  Besides, my wife cuts my hair these days, and she just uses the buzzer.

[GaryV]

Besides, my wife cuts my hair these days, and she just uses the buzzer.

Does she know the effect she is having on you? Maybe it's something intentional. 

[kphoger]

Does she know the effect she is having on you? Maybe it's something intentional. 

I will tell you one thing:  her middle section bumping up against me during a haircut is better than that of an old Italian dude.

[Rothman]

Does she know the effect she is having on you? Maybe it's something intentional. 

I will tell you one thing:  her middle section bumping up against me during a haircut is better than that of an old Italian dude.

*kphoger's female barber fetish noted*

[kphoger]

female barber fetish

I just thought of a new kind of adult entertainment venue...

[vdeane]

Finding out about an extremely adorable marsupial - quolls.  Check out the image of a tiger quoll on Wikipedia!

[Rothman]

The airplane I flew on this weekend had the version of E.T. with guns.

[Max Rockatansky]

The airplane I flew on this weekend had the version of E.T. with guns.

Mac and Me?

[Rothman]

The airplane I flew on this weekend had the version of E.T. with guns.

Mac and Me?

Cloak and Dagger...

[Max Rockatansky]

The airplane I flew on this weekend had the version of E.T. with guns.

Mac and Me?

Cloak and Dagger...

Ah, Mac and Me also has guns.  It also has explosions and a kid falling into a quarry wheel chair first. 

[1995hoo]

I just went outside to move a few things on our deck in anticipation of severe storms this afternoon. My wife has a small planter way back on the deck railing in a sheltered corner near our neighbor's wall. When I went to look at the planter to decide whether to move it, I thought I saw a face looking at me. Got a little closer and a mourning dove suddenly flew away. Sure enough, there are two eggs in the planter and the bird was using it as a nest. So I didn't move the planter because I figure if I do, the bird won't come back. I hope the wind doesn't do any damage to it this afternoon.

[kphoger]

Sticking it to all those US-400 haters out there...  It pleases me that the Wichita Transit maps completely ignore the existence of US-54.

[Max Rockatansky]

Today my wife wanted to take a family trip with her siblings to Point Lobos near Monterey.  Monterey happens to be a place a spend three to six working weeks out of the year.  I was pretty skeptical about how much I would like this trip given how familiar I am with the area.  To my surprise Jessica's family wanted to do a quality six mile hike at Point Lobos.  That definitely made the 5.5 hours I spent in the car worth it since there was solid outdoor time spent. 

Also, on the way back home I chained five consecutive back roads I am familiar with to get past a traffic jam in Prunedale.  It was pretty pleasing to see a time estimate for home drop by over twenty minutes along roads like the San Juan Grade. 

[Rothman]

I was on an elevator headed down to the ground floor when the elevator stopped at an interim floor to allow someone to board.

He apologized when he got on.

That's right.  It was all his fault.

[kphoger]

In Wichita Falls, heading northeast on US-277, the ramp to I-44 (Falls Flyover) puts you on an added lane, which is the right lane of the three-lane viaduct.  After that, the lanes get a bit confusing.  Not counting two instances of accel/decel lanes, nor all the other exits in between, here's how it goes:

End of viaduct — added lane on the right
US-287 North — left lane exit only, second-left is option lane, followed immediately by...
Spur-325 North — right lane exit only, second-right is option lane

But there's a simple hack to ensure you stay on I-44 the whole way.  Just never move out the lane you started in.  The ramp from the Falls Flyover, if you just stay in that same lane, eventually becomes the left lane of I-44.

[Max Rockatansky]

My wife accidentally activated a solid check engine light in her Forester on Monday after driving around with unsecured gas cap.  Apparently in Subaru vehicles a check engine light also negates cruise control. 

My wife drove around about four times after she closed her gas cap but the check engine light persisted.  Last night I unplugged the battery for about five minutes in the garage.  Once I plugged the battery back in and started the Forester it cleared the check engine light.  Making my wife happen for maybe ten minutes of work was a worthwhile endeavor. 

[kphoger]

Do you not own a code scanner?  You can typically clear the code right from there.

[Max Rockatansky]

Do you not own a code scanner?  You can typically clear the code right from there.

I don't own one personally but I have access to one in Firebaugh.  That's about an hour away and was the next option. 

[kphoger]

Yeah, I don't disconnect the battery if I can possibly avoid it.  Our car stereo's knob is wonky, such that it doesn't matter which way you turn it, because it will just do whatever it wants either way.  For this reason, I keep the volume set to 15, which is loud enough to clearly hear NPR talk shows at highway speeds, and it never budges from there.  Disconnect the battery, and it resets to zero, and then it's a minutes-long process of 0-1-2-1-0-1-2-3-4-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-2-3- to try and get to 15 again.  And after that, it's time to move on to the clock.

[Beltway]

Do you not own a code scanner?  You can typically clear the code right from there.

I don't own one personally but I have access to one in Firebaugh.  That's about an hour away and was the next option. 

I got mine on Amazon -- $35 -- a basic one does fine. No need to pay $100 or more.

[JayhawkCO]

In Wichita Falls, heading northeast on US-277, the ramp to I-44 (Falls Flyover) puts you on an added lane, which is the right lane of the three-lane viaduct.  After that, the lanes get a bit confusing.  Not counting two instances of accel/decel lanes, nor all the other exits in between, here's how it goes:

End of viaduct — added lane on the right
US-287 North — left lane exit only, second-left is option lane, followed immediately by...
Spur-325 North — right lane exit only, second-right is option lane

But there's a simple hack to ensure you stay on I-44 the whole way.  Just never move out the lane you started in.  The ramp from the Falls Flyover, if you just stay in that same lane, eventually becomes the left lane of I-44.

This is similar to the I-25 North->US6 West movement in Denver. Once you get on US6, there are now four lanes, and you're in the second from the left. The left lane becomes an exit only for Federal Boulevard, the right lane ends. Then another lane appears on the right to become an exit only for Lowell Boulevard/Perry Street, but immediately after that exit, the new far right lane ends as well. The only lane that stays being US6 is the one that you started in.

Every time my wife is driving this segment, she immediately switches lanes once she's on US6 and then has to change back to her original lane about 30 seconds later. I have told her this multiple times, but it's still muscle memory for her to switch nonetheless.

[kphoger]

In Wichita Falls, heading northeast on US-277, the ramp to I-44 (Falls Flyover) puts you on an added lane, which is the right lane of the three-lane viaduct.  After that, the lanes get a bit confusing.  Not counting two instances of accel/decel lanes, nor all the other exits in between, here's how it goes:

End of viaduct — added lane on the right
US-287 North — left lane exit only, second-left is option lane, followed immediately by...
Spur-325 North — right lane exit only, second-right is option lane

But there's a simple hack to ensure you stay on I-44 the whole way.  Just never move out the lane you started in.  The ramp from the Falls Flyover, if you just stay in that same lane, eventually becomes the left lane of I-44.

This is similar to the I-25 North->US6 West movement in Denver. Once you get on US6, there are now four lanes, and you're in the second from the left. The left lane becomes an exit only for Federal Boulevard, the right lane ends. Then another lane appears on the right to become an exit only for Lowell Boulevard/Perry Street, but immediately after that exit, the new far right lane ends as well. The only lane that stays being US6 is the one that you started in.

Every time my wife is driving this segment, she immediately switches lanes once she's on US6 and then has to change back to her original lane about 30 seconds later. I have told her this multiple times, but it's still muscle memory for her to switch nonetheless.

And I just realized that, in my example, the lane actually becomes the right lane of I-44, not the left lane as I'd thought.  Even better, because then there's no lane change required to keep right after all the confusion is over.

[freebrickproductions]

Getting all of my videos that I needed to get edited and uploaded to YouTube so that I could post them in the future done is always nice. Especially when there's a lot of videos that need to be edited and uploaded.

[wxfree]

The March 12 New York Times crossword had a road theme.  I have a copy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that includes it.  The NYT puzzle often has themes and sometimes unusual features.  The clue for 35 across is "Classic Jack Kerouac novel... or where you'll find 17-, 24-, 49-, and 58-Across" and the answer is "ONTHEROAD."

17 across:  |$|$|$|$| means "TOLLBOOTHS"

24 across:  | : : : |// means "FREEWAYEXIT"

49 across:  | : : :--| means "LANECLOSURE"

58 across:  |X:X:X:X| means "TRAFFICJAM"
                  |X:X:X:X|
                  |X:X:X:X|
                  |X:X:X:X|

The lines in the last clue are lined up, as they are in the paper, the way I see them.  If they're aren't for you, they are meant to be.