Minor things that please you

[Scott5114]

We have a bunch of magnetic letters on the fridge that my wife and I sometimes use to spell out messages to each other. The traditional way to acknowledge the message is then to anagram it into something else. Then we take turns scrambling it more and more, never actually talking about it out loud, just knowing that the other person saw the previous message because they changed it.

We started with a "welcome" message on the fridge when we moved into this house, and now it has become "What moron smacks a gold bee", which is obviously a question we all should be asking ourselves every day.

[kphoger]

We have a bunch of magnetic letters on the fridge that my wife and I sometimes use to spell out messages to each other. The traditional way to acknowledge the message is then to anagram it into something else. Then we take turns scrambling it more and more, never actually talking about it out loud, just knowing that the other person saw the previous message because they changed it.

We started with a "welcome" message on the fridge when we moved into this house, and now it has become "What moron smacks a gold bee", which is obviously a question we all should be asking ourselves every day.

The best are when you can make dirty messages for the other to find.

My wife sells Scentsy, and there's a wax warmer in the laundry room downstairs that has letters you can spell things out with—kind of like a fast food restaurant sign.  She didn't like it when I turned a bible verse into something about sex...

(Those days are gone, with two teenagers living in the basement.)

[GaryV]

She didn't like it when I turned a bible verse into something about sex...

Aren't there quite a few of those that exist without changing them?

[kphoger]

Aren't there quite a few of those that exist without changing them?

Yes but, unsurprisingly, those aren't the ones she had displayed on the warmer to begin with.

[1995hoo]

"Thou shalt commit adultery."

[kphoger]

"Thou shalt commit adultery."

Similarly, my dad was once officiating at a wedding, and the groom was so nervous that he vowed, "I pledge to you my faithlessness."

[Max Rockatansky]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

[JayhawkCO]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

This is something that pleases you?

[Max Rockatansky]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

This is something that pleases you?

First part does, second part not so much.  That being the case I'll probably just leave this here rather than crossposting to the originally intended bothersome thread.

[JayhawkCO]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

This is something that pleases you?

First part does, second part not so much.  That being the case I'll probably just leave this here rather than crossposting to the originally intended bothersome thread.

Do you ever think about doing cold soak meals?

[Max Rockatansky]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

This is something that pleases you?

First part does, second part not so much.  That being the case I'll probably just leave this here rather than crossposting to the originally intended bothersome thread.

Do you ever think about doing cold soak meals?

I use them on the occasion I have long enough hike (usually multi-day).  Today was a pretty simple series of small hikes.  I recently found out the Stagg Tree in the Alder Sequoia Grove didn't burn in 2020.

[Scott5114]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

I would have to see a picture of the cooler to know whether this would help or not, but have you tried pushing the lid more firmly closed while undoing the latches? (This was a trick that got me into many a slot machine that wouldn't come open back when I worked on the floor.)

[Max Rockatansky]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

I would have to see a picture of the cooler to know whether this would help or not, but have you tried pushing the lid more firmly closed while undoing the latches? (This was a trick that got me into many a slot machine that wouldn't come open back when I worked on the floor.)

I'll have to give that a try the next time the lid becomes locked again.  It depressurized enough to open around 5 PM yesterday.

[kkt]

I carry a small cooler with me on driving and hiking trips into the Sierra Nevada east of where I live.  It has a double latch which seals the cold air in and allows me to take actual meals with me.  This especially comes in handy on days like today where I was out in the middle of nowhere for seven plus hours. 

A problem I've noticed occurs when I keep the seal closed at a high elevation like 7,000 feet and then try to open the cooler upon returning to a lower elevation.  The cooler becomes locked for several hours as the air inside has expanded.  The only way to open it I've found while it in such pressurized state is to use a couple screw drivers to pry the lid.

Pull over to admire the 4000 foot elevation sign and open the cooler for a second then.

[jeffandnicole]

I made it thru the weekend without going viral for a scandalous affair.

[Scott5114]

I made it thru the weekend without going viral for a scandalous affair.

There's still twenty minutes left in the weekend in your time zone, and three hours to go if you've possibly done anything scandalous in the Pacific time zone.

[formulanone]

I made it thru the weekend without going viral for a scandalous affair.

Based on your username, verification requires this to be posted twice.

[Max Rockatansky]

Whenever an HR big shot is involved in a scandal I'll likely get some amusement out of it. 

[kphoger]

Yesterday, I saw VMSes advising that the exit from Kellogg to Topeka would be closed on Tuesday.  No exit is signed for Topeka Street:  it's just one of the four streets served by the Central Business District exit.  This morning, they had changed the message on the sign to say Cent. Bus. Dist. instead of Topeka.  That pleased me.


Earlier, I had posted this in the Minor things that bother you thread:

We have an old dishwasher.  A few months ago, the little plastic nib that holds the detergent tray lid closed finally wore away down to nothing.  So now it's impossible to keep detergent in the tray because, as soon as you close the door, it immediately begins to seep out.  Ideally that should only happen with the smaller, uncovered, pre-wash section.  The tray is supposed to stay covered until the machine has drained its dirty pre-wash water and is filling up again for the real wash cycle.  So, the question we had to answer was how to make sure there was detergent in there for both the pre-wash and wash cycles without a closing detergent tray lid.

So I timed the pre-wash cycle, and it was about 29 minutes long.  Next time I ran the dishwasher, I tossed some detergent in the bottom, set the microwave's kitchen timer for just under 29 minutes, waited for the timer to go off, made sure the dishwasher completely drained and then started filling back up, opened the door, and then tossed some more detergent in the bottom.  Perfect, as long as (1) we're not planning to start the dishwasher less than a half-hour before leaving the house and (2) we actually hear the timer go off from the other room.

But here's the minor thing that bothers me:  we've since learned that the pre-rinse cycle isn't always the same length of time.  It might be 30 minutes, it might be 24 minutes, or anywhere in between.  And we have no idea what makes the difference.  Maybe it's based on how full it's loaded, but how could it sense that?  So now, whenever I hear the timer go off and I hear water swooshing around in there, I always wonder if (a) I'm too late and it's already started running the wash cycle so I might as well add detergent, or (b) I'm too early and I need to wait a few more minutes before adding detergent.

Since that time, I've noticed that there is indeed a sensor of some sort on the inside of the dishwasher, below the top rack.  There appears to be some correlation between how full the bottom rack is and how long the first wash cycle lasts.  With that knowledge in mind, I've been setting the timer based on how full I consider the bottom rack to be.  I don't know exactly what it's sensing, so it's more of an art than a science.  I size up the bottom load at a glance and then just kind of feel how long I think the cycle will run before draining.

And I've gotten quite good at it.  More times than not, I'm within one minute.  Last time I ran the dishwasher, it started refilling with just three seconds left on the timer.  This now pleases me.

My wife is mystified.  Which also pleases me...

[kphoger]

On MDOT's AADT interactive data map, the ramp from the park-n-ride at I-70's former terminus to Security Blvd is labeled RAMP 2 FR IS 70 WB TO MD 122 NB (RP-70).  On its AADT .pdf, the park-n-ride has an I-70 shield.

This pleases me, even though the stretch east of I-695 was eliminated from the I-70 designation eleven years ago and, since that time, I-70 has not come within 1½ miles of Baltimore city limits.

Item No. 13

Member DOT — Maryland

Request — Elimination of I-70

Description — In Maryland, this route begins at the Pennsylvania state line.  It currently ends at a road end and park and ride in Baltimore City.  It travels on a two-way dual carriageway-type highway.  The predominant direction of this route is east.  The main cities along this route are Hagerstown and Frederick.  The mileage after de-designation will be approximately 112 miles.  It will end at I-695, the Baltimore Beltway as a result of the de-designation.

Decision — APPROVED

[ZLoth]

I only use my pressure washer about 2-3 times a year. But, with a Pressure Washer Surface Cleaner with 4 Wheels, it made short work of cleaning the dirt and bird excrement from my back porch. I can't wait to use it on my driveway.

[Scott5114]

I only use my pressure washer about 2-3 times a year. But, with a Pressure Washer Surface Cleaner with 4 Wheels, it made short work of cleaning the dirt and bird excrement from my back porch. I can't wait to use it on my driveway.

I would be afraid of that summoning the Water Cops if I tried it at my house.

[roadman65]

The Columbus, OH police finally found the SUV driver who caused a three vehicle accident on I-71 SB at I-670.

It happened on May 5 this year. ODOT posted the incident on social media which went viral showing a driver who missed his exit, stopped in the middle lane, and took off after a van three cars behind him rear ended the two cars stopped because of him.

I read on Social media again, that finally the police found the SUV and charged the driver with reckless endangerment.

[JayhawkCO]

The Columbus, OH police finally found the SUV driver who caused a three vehicle accident on I-71 SB at I-670.

It happened on May 5 this year. ODOT posted the incident on social media which went viral showing a driver who missed his exit, stopped in the middle lane, and took off after a van three cars behind him rear ended the two cars stopped because of him.

I read on Social media again, that finally the police found the SUV and charged the driver with reckless endangerment.

It is maddening the number of people who have the inability to say, "Oh crap. I'm about to miss my turn/exit. Let me go to the next one and turn around."

[roadman65]

The Columbus, OH police finally found the SUV driver who caused a three vehicle accident on I-71 SB at I-670.

It happened on May 5 this year. ODOT posted the incident on social media which went viral showing a driver who missed his exit, stopped in the middle lane, and took off after a van three cars behind him rear ended the two cars stopped because of him.

I read on Social media again, that finally the police found the SUV and charged the driver with reckless endangerment.

It is maddening the number of people who have the inability to say, "Oh crap. I'm about to miss my turn/exit. Let me go to the next one and turn around."

They do it at driveways. I had one car drive past his entrance to the Westgate Resort in Orlando on Turkey Lake Road. Instead of proceeding on to the next turnaround ( it's a divided highway) he insisted that I pass him and let him back up to correct his error.  However I'm I remained honking my horn for him to move, but the stubborn driver refused but continued to intimidate me with his back up lights.

Finally I said " screw it" and went around the ignorant motorist.  Plus I was employee at the aforementioned resort and felt it was conflict of interest if I kept antagonizing the individual, especially if I was caught by management.