Oh Dagger!! That’s the horror story - my Nana Chitwood tossed Pa Chitwood’s in the furnace when he went away to Cal in the late 60’s….pains me to this day.
As someone that recently went through and thinned out my old baseball card collection from the ‘80’s, I just wonder how lucrative the trading card market figures to be as all things print seem to be on the way out.
Topps leaned into doing virtual cards, NFTs, and whatnot and it seems to be paying off. The industry seems to be having a resurgence after a lull. I haven't collected since the '90s because the market just got too saturated and overrun by speculators. But that's a feature instead of a bug now.
I'd at least go through them if you haven't already...I found a Rickey and a Reggie card from the early '80's that are actually worth something.
But my hopes of a big payday were dashed when I found that I had like 19 Tom Glavine Donruss rookie cards and they were worth about a dollar apiece...I mean, if a 300 game-winning, Hall of Famer's rookie card was worth about a buck, than what's the point in holding on to thousands of Luis Polonia and Pat Sheridan-type cards.
You could also try selling them for whatever you can get...but I'd make sure there's no smoking gun in there first....
Ok. Thanks. These things just take up space. I thought about a having a bonfire just to be done with the stuff, but I would still have the ashes to contend with.
So, it's funny....I spent almost 30 years worrying that my Mom or step-Dad would throw them away, I didn't have the heart to just toss them out myself...even after I went through them and found out they were mostly worthless.
I mean, they're of value to someone...my aunt in Phoenix goes to Goodwill every weekend with her friends - someone like her would buy them...hoarders, baby...
I'm taking this trip down memory lane this weekend! Or at least I'm retrieving the large box that has moved to various locations for 30 years. Some years I'd assumed one of the sets of parents mustve thrown them out by now, but they would turn up somewhere in one or the other's house. The stepmom is finally selling the old house now, and she actually reminded me about them.
Though at some point maybe 25 years ago I decided to isolate the most valuable cards from the larger moving box full and they spent that time in the back of my sock drawer through many moves. They very well could be in my current drawer now, I'd actually have to check, ha.
I collected between 1989-1993, but even then I was more interested in older cards from the 70's and 80's. I would sometimes skip lunch at school for days to save up my lunch money to go buy an old card.
Looking forward to flipping through some of these binders that I havent seen in decades, that I spent so much time curating as a kid, and high stakes trading sessions with friends. Then.. finally stick the box in my own attic for the next x years.
There was something so magical about baseball cards back then that I assume is gone forever, even if they still find away to reinvent and make some profits.
more maintenance than improvement, but I was up on our 2nd floor roof cleaning a blocked gutter down drain a couple weeks ago. ended up needing to use the toilet snake to clear it.
Just had my downstairs bathroom renovated with new granite walls in the shower. It turns out the guys installing the granite let it sit on the edge of the shower floor for too long so the weight of the stuff snapped an old pipe underneath the floor. I found out because water was leaking through the wall into the adjacent room. When the emergency plumber guy came out he pointed out the problem, then when he tried to replaced the drain pipe he found out it is a 1" pipe diameter which has to be special ordered. So it was ordered but because of the supply chain problem there is no ETA. Downstairs shower is out of commission. Aaargghhh.
I feel MUCH better now - the current dishwasher was in the house when we purchased in 2007. It's just decided to start leaving more crap on items on the top shelf no matter what parts we clean etc., and I'm getting tired of doing remedial cleaning by hand
First one: Fisher Paykel - two drawers - remains my wife's favorite, but it died.
Second one: LG that never worked right according to my wife. Didn't toss it, some tenant with be re-gifted with it.
Third one: Did some research, highly rated KitchenAid, which worked great until it started leaking, and ruined the kitchen floor. Got it repaired, replaced the floor, but then it started leaking again! ARRRRGGGG!
Recently installed a smart thermostat and electronic deadbolt. Also replaced a shower cartridge in one the bathrooms. Nothing too difficult but things I don't do very often, so it's nice when everything works like it is supposed to when finished.
We had marble countertop installed in our kitchen. I knew marble stained easily but I had no idea how easily. A grain of rice fell on the countertop. I immediately wiped it off. The next morning, a dark, grain-sized oil stain was present.
Given how easily it stains (there are other stains on it now as well), I'm pretty sure it was not sealed. Is it even possible to remove stains, then seal it?
In three days, I am closing on the my new house. That afternoon, I am building a 4x8' pegboard for my tools, framed by 1x8x8 for shelving. So I'm prepping now. I used the leftover exterior latex trim paint from my current house to paint the shelves. Cheap, cheerful, and functional. I wanted the pegboard to match all my interior doors, which are being painted "storm cloud", so I went to go to the local Sherwin Williams to get a gallon. I'm thinking "I get interior paint sample all the time and they cost only like $10. Let's go exterior paint since it's gotta withstand tools being put on it. " They ring it up. $74. D'oh.
Paint is surprisingly expensive. We bought Benjamin Moore when doing interior painting back around 2005. Another of or friends had done a whole bunch of testing and research and found it to be the best in terms of look, coverage, etc. Could cover with just 1 coat of paint. At the time it was almost $50/gallon. But I didn't have to do 2 coats so I guess it was worth it. And it did look very nice. I imagine it's probably $100/can now.
There are industry standard sizes holes to install appliances. For refrigerators, the standard is 72" inches high, 36" wide and 25.5" deep. Fridges come in two depths - "counter depth" and "standard depth". There is no industry standard for "standard" depth, apart from it being a bit deeper than 25.5". We own a standard depth one now and it sticks out maybe five inches, which is fine. We ordered a new standard size fridge.
Wife went to go double check that they built the fridge cove big enough. Height and width were good. But she blue taped off how deep it would be, just in case. The fridge jutted out about a foot toward the kitchen island. Add in the room needed to swing open the doors and to stand in front of the fridge, and there's not enough room.
Post-mortem lessons learned: I shouldn't have assumed that all standard fridges are just a few inches bigger than 25.5. New LG standard fridge is 36.25 inches deep. Also, I measured our existing counters. They're 28.5" deep. Wife begged our supplier to swap out the standard for a counter-depth one. Crisis averted, but jeez.
I remember having a width problem when trying to replace our fridge. I don't remember the size but it was maybe 1 inch narrower. I had to replace it and wanted a french door fridge with a pull out freezer below, along with a water/ice dispenser. I only had one option, an LG. And there were a couple of problems with it out of warranty. The freon system leaked so I had to pay like 500 to have it replaced. Found out later that LG fridges have this problem.
We have an LG fridge and LG washer and dryer. All are glitchy. The fridge at one time was spewing water from the dispenser. I unhooked it and a few days later it was working fine. We also had an issue with the defrost in the fridge not working, fan was frozen, had to take everything out and break out the ice to get it working. $0 money spent on the solution, but I am hoping this isn't a problem I have to deal with every 6 months. I will definitely be looking for something other than LG in the future.
GE fridge here. Last summer it stopped working so the GE guy came out and pointed out that the fan was frozen in a block of ice, also the wall between the fridge and the freezer was frozen. Went out and bought a new top opening freezer from the appliance store and moved stuff into the garage where I put the new freezer. The fridge had to be thawed out for 72 hours before re-starting. Still working but it was a tough few days as the temperatures were in the mid-90's that week.
Sounds like an identical problem. I was too impatient to wait for a thaw so I pulled the interior casing, carefully chunked out as much ice as I could, then stood there with a blow dryer to melt the rest.
A few years ago, I got an LG from Home Depot. It died a few years later. Found out that LG doesn't honor the warranty if the serial number isn't on the receipt, and Home Depot didn't put serial numbers on the receipt.
I think the LG TVs are supposed to be good. I went with TCL because Costco had it on clearance a year or two ago. About 185 for a 55" TV. Went in intending to buy a Sony for 599 but when I saw this deal it was too good to pass up.
Yes. The manufacture's excuse is that they use more expensive and thinner insulation, to try to give you a little more space. In our case, with supply chain problems, we got what we were able to get, which was not our first choice.
20-21 I built a 24X16 covered patio, replaced all my supply line plumbing, remodeled one bathroom, and landscaped a large area of my yard with a deck, pavers, fencing, and a hot tub. I did all the work myself and thought I'd be taking a long hiatus. Now that we are on day 9 of no power at home, my wife is hoping we can have an earnest discussion about getting a wood burning stove, which of course, is work that I will be doing. Also, replacing the main panel on our house but we are, very wisely, paying a professional to do that work.
Jury finds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty on multiple charges in criminal fraud trial
Comment: Mostly this is about defrauding investors, who lost $975 million. Still, it's hard to feel sorry for VC's who routinely support the "fake-it-til-you-make-it" culture by setting up PR machines to trumpet the upside of their investments til they go public or are acquired whether the product or service is viable or not.
yup. twice just to confirm. last night and then this morning. Luckily no one else has. Though my mom has cold symptoms and is going to John Muir tomorrow to get a PCR test.
Probably got it from the Warriors game. Though No 1 and 2 didn't. Always had my mask on except when eating. So maybe then? Also gave blood but unless the person doing it had it it I was socially distant from anyone else.
the county school system has been saying that they would close individual schools based on positive test rates / teachers & staff being quarantined for the 'rona. First group of schools got announced today and they're all elementary and middle schools in the more conservative and more working class areas of the county, which intuitively makes sense for odds of exposure / reservations about getting younger kids vaccinated.
Had to cancel a face-to-face appointment with a designer who insisted she had recurring bronchitis. I didn't trust her because she's a bible-thumping, gun-totin' type, who has a big family. My instinct was correct. She has Covid, her second time with it.
Early indications in SF are that the Omicron wave may have already crested there, with minimal impact to hospitals. Not a sure thing yet, but I'd expect events to go on as expected.
I'd guess that still might happen. Stuff is nowhere near as shut down as I'd expect given the case numbers, which hopefully will have started to recede a little by then.
I too am surprised things haven't shutdown, or at least been reduced, like dine in capacity. I wonder if some of it is because most in the area are vaccinated so maybe there aren't as many ICU beds being taken up with Omicron.
There are dumpster fires and then there's LSU. LSU will field 39 scholarship players against K-State, none of whom are quarterbacks. About half the starters will be freshmen - including the QB, RB, and two of the starting WRs. K-State is a 7 point favorite and the O/U is 47.5.
Christian Erikson - Denmark's national captain who collapsed and needed to be defibrillated on the pitch in 2020 - gives his thanks. If you recall, this was an especially horrible situation because the video crew of the game did not break away. They actually zoomed in. They showed the trainers performing chest compressions on his limp body while his teammates are trying to form a human wall while clutching their mouths in horror. People in the stands cry and averting their eyes. A minute in, they show his wife freaking out.
Najee's oh by the way 38 yard td on 3rd and 2 with under a minute left won fantasy football titles for people across the country....unless they were playing against Ja'Marr Chase....
Ben's been done since the elbow injury in 2019...he's no longer an NFL caliber starting QB...hasn't been the past 2 years....but he's still a tiger in the nightclub bathroom...too soon???
One of my all-time favorites. That dude couldn't score worth a lick, but he brought his hardhat and lunch pail into the key every night and straight up BOARDED!
I was thinking of getting tickets for Pistons/Warriors Tues Jan 18th (I think) for No 3's Christmas present (he couldn't go with us when I took No 1 and 2) and they were only $80 resale. I was thinking that might be Klay's return if he doesn't play on Sunday.
2 novels can change a 14 year old’s life: Lord of the Rings & Atlas Shrugged. One is a fantasy that engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adult, unable to deal with the real world. The other has orcs.
When they realize that he’s just a football player, nothing more.
While I may not agree with his politics & vaccination stance, at the end of the day, he’s just a helluva ballplayer that is responsible for some of my most enjoyable Cal football fan experiences, specifically the ‘03 SC & Insight bowl games & the 2004 season.
Personally, I love the guy and don’t give two schitts what book is on his shelf....Cal doesn’t have enough elite NFL ambassadors to vilify him over trivial, stupid schitt.
Plus he’s one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the damn game, and if that helps make good players want to go to Cal, that’s great.
The only thing that bothers me about him is when he spouts anti-vax misinformation, which directly contributes to bad public health. I don't give a crap about the books on his shelf.
Again, he's just a football player... possibly the most physically gifted one to ever play the game at that...he's not who people should be turning to for their health advice.
Charles Darwin had a whole theory to describe those who do.
He did give us a new locker room and scholarship in 2019. Things seemed to be on the up and up at that time with Rodgers' approval of Wilcox.
But there could be a permanent rift now. You'd have to think that when he made his "woke mob" comments he did so knowing his former school in large part represents the kind of progressive and liberal thinking he was defensively railing against and wants nothing to do with.
But times change and people change all the time, so who knows..
Ehhhh. You might be right. I know it is just entertainment “sports,” but it is still disappointing that one of the better Cal athletes and a star in the “sexiest” of all of the sports can’t/won’t be an ambassador for his school.
I dont see why it wouldnt, as bureaucratically separate they may be.. There's the larger shared ideals or essence of Cal if you will. "You see a place". (If only a donor would step up now to get us a new commercial)
I think Alpha1024??? said that a few weeks ago too. Cal needs a new/fresh brand. I am part of the older brand, but I agree. It’s time to make a real effort to appeal to the younger fans/students/alumni.
The powers that be should make an attempt to “see a new opportunity.”
Your typical person thinks about coaches doing the recruiting. Guys like Cherrington are the guys that keep in touch on a day-to-day basis, calling, relating with the recruits,... shooting the shit. Kids are funny. If you call less, they think they aren't wanted and they take it personally. While I feel bad that Cherrington doesn't get to stay at his alma mater, I'm glad to have him back.
I think we need to be clear that any Gen Z'er could do that job. Millennials are one generation older and they are not guaranteed to be social media wizards.
take this from me. Wife wants to develop our cats' instagram account to go viral and tasked me with managing it. She lambasts me all the time for posting incorrectly or at the wrong times of day. I would be fired from that social media coordinator job.
my wife likes to say "delegate the job, delegate the results" when it comes to requests like that, but I'm not convinced she means it when I'm involved 😂
Planning some baking...making a galette des rois for a dessert party with my coworkers, but should I tie it in with Lunar New Year? PIE OF THE TIGER
And, just curious. Is there a year of the Bear?
If not, let’s make one.
EVERY YEAR IS THE YEAR OF THE BEAR!!!
(To answer your question: not in the zodiac that the Taiwanese follow)
Can we speak to someone about changing that?
Yes. And, I guess that makes you the “Tiger Queen’ if you do.
Tiger prawns...
Fanatics just pulling off some extremely alpha moves. Basically bought a turnkey monopoly.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/04/fanatics-acquires-topps-trading-cards.html
I had a bunch of cards from the late 70's early 80's. When I went to Cal my mom threw away the shoeboxes full of cards.
Oh Dagger!! That’s the horror story - my Nana Chitwood tossed Pa Chitwood’s in the furnace when he went away to Cal in the late 60’s….pains me to this day.
In the '80s I sold off ninety per cent of my baseball card collection to pay off my student debt and buy a new stereo system.
As someone that recently went through and thinned out my old baseball card collection from the ‘80’s, I just wonder how lucrative the trading card market figures to be as all things print seem to be on the way out.
Topps leaned into doing virtual cards, NFTs, and whatnot and it seems to be paying off. The industry seems to be having a resurgence after a lull. I haven't collected since the '90s because the market just got too saturated and overrun by speculators. But that's a feature instead of a bug now.
"magical johnson:" epic
What did you do with the cards?
I kept the ones that may have some semblance of value, of varying degrees, and donated the rest.
A 16x16x16 box worth of mostly Donruss & Score cards went to Goodwill.
Yeah, I have several boxes of the things, I just don’t know what to do with them. Thanks.
I'd at least go through them if you haven't already...I found a Rickey and a Reggie card from the early '80's that are actually worth something.
But my hopes of a big payday were dashed when I found that I had like 19 Tom Glavine Donruss rookie cards and they were worth about a dollar apiece...I mean, if a 300 game-winning, Hall of Famer's rookie card was worth about a buck, than what's the point in holding on to thousands of Luis Polonia and Pat Sheridan-type cards.
You could also try selling them for whatever you can get...but I'd make sure there's no smoking gun in there first....
Ok. Thanks. These things just take up space. I thought about a having a bonfire just to be done with the stuff, but I would still have the ashes to contend with.
So, it's funny....I spent almost 30 years worrying that my Mom or step-Dad would throw them away, I didn't have the heart to just toss them out myself...even after I went through them and found out they were mostly worthless.
I mean, they're of value to someone...my aunt in Phoenix goes to Goodwill every weekend with her friends - someone like her would buy them...hoarders, baby...
Jimmy C - you're in my will as the recipient of my baseball cards, so in the case of my premature death, you'll get to do that all over again.
Should I put my mint condition Tony Gwynn rookie card up for auction?
I'd hold out a little longer....
I'm taking this trip down memory lane this weekend! Or at least I'm retrieving the large box that has moved to various locations for 30 years. Some years I'd assumed one of the sets of parents mustve thrown them out by now, but they would turn up somewhere in one or the other's house. The stepmom is finally selling the old house now, and she actually reminded me about them.
Though at some point maybe 25 years ago I decided to isolate the most valuable cards from the larger moving box full and they spent that time in the back of my sock drawer through many moves. They very well could be in my current drawer now, I'd actually have to check, ha.
I collected between 1989-1993, but even then I was more interested in older cards from the 70's and 80's. I would sometimes skip lunch at school for days to save up my lunch money to go buy an old card.
Looking forward to flipping through some of these binders that I havent seen in decades, that I spent so much time curating as a kid, and high stakes trading sessions with friends. Then.. finally stick the box in my own attic for the next x years.
There was something so magical about baseball cards back then that I assume is gone forever, even if they still find away to reinvent and make some profits.
Adventures in home improvement
more maintenance than improvement, but I was up on our 2nd floor roof cleaning a blocked gutter down drain a couple weeks ago. ended up needing to use the toilet snake to clear it.
Just had my downstairs bathroom renovated with new granite walls in the shower. It turns out the guys installing the granite let it sit on the edge of the shower floor for too long so the weight of the stuff snapped an old pipe underneath the floor. I found out because water was leaking through the wall into the adjacent room. When the emergency plumber guy came out he pointed out the problem, then when he tried to replaced the drain pipe he found out it is a 1" pipe diameter which has to be special ordered. So it was ordered but because of the supply chain problem there is no ETA. Downstairs shower is out of commission. Aaargghhh.
I think we're going to have to replace our dishwasher, and I am not looking forward to it.
We are on our 4th since 2008 :(
I feel MUCH better now - the current dishwasher was in the house when we purchased in 2007. It's just decided to start leaving more crap on items on the top shelf no matter what parts we clean etc., and I'm getting tired of doing remedial cleaning by hand
First one: Fisher Paykel - two drawers - remains my wife's favorite, but it died.
Second one: LG that never worked right according to my wife. Didn't toss it, some tenant with be re-gifted with it.
Third one: Did some research, highly rated KitchenAid, which worked great until it started leaking, and ruined the kitchen floor. Got it repaired, replaced the floor, but then it started leaking again! ARRRRGGGG!
Forth one: Bosch
Bosch is the one my mom got, after my sister got one and said it was nice and quiet. The drain pump died (as far as I can tell).
Recently installed a smart thermostat and electronic deadbolt. Also replaced a shower cartridge in one the bathrooms. Nothing too difficult but things I don't do very often, so it's nice when everything works like it is supposed to when finished.
We had marble countertop installed in our kitchen. I knew marble stained easily but I had no idea how easily. A grain of rice fell on the countertop. I immediately wiped it off. The next morning, a dark, grain-sized oil stain was present.
Tips?
Did you seal the marble? I think it needs to be sealed every 3 or so months.
Given how easily it stains (there are other stains on it now as well), I'm pretty sure it was not sealed. Is it even possible to remove stains, then seal it?
that's a good question. Perhaps we should ask our resident slumlord how he removes stains from marble.
Don't take his expertise for granite!
When did you turn into a dad?
YWC and I have basically the same name and basically the same puns.
You think I put in marble? No fucking way, granite or quartz.
heh...is it price or maintainability? It seems like Quartz would be the way to go in terms of maintenence.
It is, but it can get damaged by heat.
So quartz for the bathroom counters and granite for the kitchen ones?
After my initial experiences, I do not blame you at all.
In three days, I am closing on the my new house. That afternoon, I am building a 4x8' pegboard for my tools, framed by 1x8x8 for shelving. So I'm prepping now. I used the leftover exterior latex trim paint from my current house to paint the shelves. Cheap, cheerful, and functional. I wanted the pegboard to match all my interior doors, which are being painted "storm cloud", so I went to go to the local Sherwin Williams to get a gallon. I'm thinking "I get interior paint sample all the time and they cost only like $10. Let's go exterior paint since it's gotta withstand tools being put on it. " They ring it up. $74. D'oh.
Paint is surprisingly expensive. We bought Benjamin Moore when doing interior painting back around 2005. Another of or friends had done a whole bunch of testing and research and found it to be the best in terms of look, coverage, etc. Could cover with just 1 coat of paint. At the time it was almost $50/gallon. But I didn't have to do 2 coats so I guess it was worth it. And it did look very nice. I imagine it's probably $100/can now.
Nah, it's not THAT much, but it is the best.
Probably depends which level Benjamin Moore paint you buy right? I'd imagine you don't get the best for your units.
I do!
we FINALLY got our Subzero fridge after waiting for 9 months.
i wouldnt quite call it home improvement because i didnt really do anything aside from opening the door for the installers.
also. we were just replacing a fridge of almost the identical specs so no kitchen work had to be done.
still, nice to have it after waiting thru many delays
Twin Sub Z's?
https://youtu.be/5kFWEmtwT-s
Here is your fridge Sub-Zero . .. now. . . Plain Zero!
Hey KILLIAN.....
CHRISTMAS TREE! LIGHT BULB!
There are industry standard sizes holes to install appliances. For refrigerators, the standard is 72" inches high, 36" wide and 25.5" deep. Fridges come in two depths - "counter depth" and "standard depth". There is no industry standard for "standard" depth, apart from it being a bit deeper than 25.5". We own a standard depth one now and it sticks out maybe five inches, which is fine. We ordered a new standard size fridge.
Wife went to go double check that they built the fridge cove big enough. Height and width were good. But she blue taped off how deep it would be, just in case. The fridge jutted out about a foot toward the kitchen island. Add in the room needed to swing open the doors and to stand in front of the fridge, and there's not enough room.
Post-mortem lessons learned: I shouldn't have assumed that all standard fridges are just a few inches bigger than 25.5. New LG standard fridge is 36.25 inches deep. Also, I measured our existing counters. They're 28.5" deep. Wife begged our supplier to swap out the standard for a counter-depth one. Crisis averted, but jeez.
I remember having a width problem when trying to replace our fridge. I don't remember the size but it was maybe 1 inch narrower. I had to replace it and wanted a french door fridge with a pull out freezer below, along with a water/ice dispenser. I only had one option, an LG. And there were a couple of problems with it out of warranty. The freon system leaked so I had to pay like 500 to have it replaced. Found out later that LG fridges have this problem.
We have an LG fridge and LG washer and dryer. All are glitchy. The fridge at one time was spewing water from the dispenser. I unhooked it and a few days later it was working fine. We also had an issue with the defrost in the fridge not working, fan was frozen, had to take everything out and break out the ice to get it working. $0 money spent on the solution, but I am hoping this isn't a problem I have to deal with every 6 months. I will definitely be looking for something other than LG in the future.
GE fridge here. Last summer it stopped working so the GE guy came out and pointed out that the fan was frozen in a block of ice, also the wall between the fridge and the freezer was frozen. Went out and bought a new top opening freezer from the appliance store and moved stuff into the garage where I put the new freezer. The fridge had to be thawed out for 72 hours before re-starting. Still working but it was a tough few days as the temperatures were in the mid-90's that week.
Sounds like an identical problem. I was too impatient to wait for a thaw so I pulled the interior casing, carefully chunked out as much ice as I could, then stood there with a blow dryer to melt the rest.
pqtm
A few years ago, I got an LG from Home Depot. It died a few years later. Found out that LG doesn't honor the warranty if the serial number isn't on the receipt, and Home Depot didn't put serial numbers on the receipt.
I did have an LG W/D for a couple of years until I moved and had no problems with it. I guess their W/D are much better than their fridges.
I know I'm never buying an LG fridge again.
I also had LG W/D, and those were fine. Also doing OK with LG TV.
I think the LG TVs are supposed to be good. I went with TCL because Costco had it on clearance a year or two ago. About 185 for a 55" TV. Went in intending to buy a Sony for 599 but when I saw this deal it was too good to pass up.
We ran into this also. And with many brands, counter depth holds a lot less than standard.
Counterdepth=pay a lot more money for a lot less fridge.
Yes. The manufacture's excuse is that they use more expensive and thinner insulation, to try to give you a little more space. In our case, with supply chain problems, we got what we were able to get, which was not our first choice.
understandably
36" DEEP? That's insane!!!
20-21 I built a 24X16 covered patio, replaced all my supply line plumbing, remodeled one bathroom, and landscaped a large area of my yard with a deck, pavers, fencing, and a hot tub. I did all the work myself and thought I'd be taking a long hiatus. Now that we are on day 9 of no power at home, my wife is hoping we can have an earnest discussion about getting a wood burning stove, which of course, is work that I will be doing. Also, replacing the main panel on our house but we are, very wisely, paying a professional to do that work.
Day 9, where are you?
Nevada City (in city limits believe it or not), just got power back 2 hours ago!
that's good! I've had a 5 day outage with a foot of snow on the ground, and that kind of event suuuuuucks
Villains
Jury finds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty on multiple charges in criminal fraud trial
Comment: Mostly this is about defrauding investors, who lost $975 million. Still, it's hard to feel sorry for VC's who routinely support the "fake-it-til-you-make-it" culture by setting up PR machines to trumpet the upside of their investments til they go public or are acquired whether the product or service is viable or not.
Caveat Emptor...
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/03/jurors-in-holmes-trial-remain-deadlocked-on-three-of-11-fraud-counts.html
i'm glad they found her guilty, but don't give a rats behind for the money lost by stupid investors.
eff stanfurd
Yep. 70% of venture capitalists are Furdies.
[chefskiss.gif]
https://twitter.com/kyrstensinema/status/573257863730241536
Chef's kiss, indeed. Sinema and Holmes are birds of a feather. They're both frauds.
Breaking news: traffic on I-95 near DC
https://wtop.com/traffic/2022/01/the-storm-paralyzed-traffic-on-some-roads/
What makes you happy these days?
not getting covid
welp...there goes my happiness...
oh no did you test positive?
yup. twice just to confirm. last night and then this morning. Luckily no one else has. Though my mom has cold symptoms and is going to John Muir tomorrow to get a PCR test.
Probably got it from the Warriors game. Though No 1 and 2 didn't. Always had my mask on except when eating. So maybe then? Also gave blood but unless the person doing it had it it I was socially distant from anyone else.
My wife
My kids
The beach
Whiskey
My house
To be added to your list this year, hopefully:
My ADU
My 2022 Journey to Sun Bowl Stadium
My Arakais
MY DUNE
My 50th birthday...which is today. :)
Fiddy! - happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy BDay Coach! I'll buy you a drink next time we cross paths.
Thanks to everyone for the kind birthday wishes.
Cugel - Great idea, but I'm afraid that I'm going to have to settle with a gin & tonic before a prime rib dinner.
Happy birthday! May the cake be plentiful.
Cake? What about the Scotch?
happy bday!!
happy birthday and a beginning to a happy 50 more years! at least!
Happy Birthday!! 50 is just a number.
says the guy that hit that 2 years ago...
Happy Birthday. Half a hundred.
Congratulations on your addition to the AARP spam list!
You've been getting AARP spam for at least a year before the big day!
my AARP spam really ramped up this year (57)
Not sure why but I haven't gotten anything from them. I guess I'm OK with that.
Congrats! May your 50th be a very happy day, indeed!
I wouldn't mind rolling the clock back a decade...or more.
Happy birthday!
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happy birthday!
Congrats! It's pretty nifty if you live to fifty
Hookers and blow!!! Hit it!
Speaking of which, where is FS?
When test results come back saying my sinus infection isn't covid.
The bar is exceptionally low these days.
Today in Covid
the county school system has been saying that they would close individual schools based on positive test rates / teachers & staff being quarantined for the 'rona. First group of schools got announced today and they're all elementary and middle schools in the more conservative and more working class areas of the county, which intuitively makes sense for odds of exposure / reservations about getting younger kids vaccinated.
Had to cancel a face-to-face appointment with a designer who insisted she had recurring bronchitis. I didn't trust her because she's a bible-thumping, gun-totin' type, who has a big family. My instinct was correct. She has Covid, her second time with it.
a reasonable assumption on your part.
i have plane tickets booked and supposed to attend a memorial service on campus on Fri Jan 28.
what is the latest in Bay Area? should i just expect that the event will be cancelled? or omicron spike will subside and it might still happen?
Early indications in SF are that the Omicron wave may have already crested there, with minimal impact to hospitals. Not a sure thing yet, but I'd expect events to go on as expected.
Benefits of a highly vaccinated population.
I'd guess that still might happen. Stuff is nowhere near as shut down as I'd expect given the case numbers, which hopefully will have started to recede a little by then.
I too am surprised things haven't shutdown, or at least been reduced, like dine in capacity. I wonder if some of it is because most in the area are vaccinated so maybe there aren't as many ICU beds being taken up with Omicron.
there are a lot more places requiring both vaccinations and boosters to enter.
I remember getting a text that Chase is going to require the booster starting Feb I think.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
There are dumpster fires and then there's LSU. LSU will field 39 scholarship players against K-State, none of whom are quarterbacks. About half the starters will be freshmen - including the QB, RB, and two of the starting WRs. K-State is a 7 point favorite and the O/U is 47.5.
TIL: LSU's starting nickel is named Pig Cage
https://twitter.com/ThePigEra/status/1468770370115313669
UCLA having an eventful week.
Dillon Gabriel flips from UCLA to Oklahoma
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/dillon-gabriel-transfers-to-oklahoma-ex-ucf-star-qb-reneges-on-ucla-commitment-will-join-sooners-instead/
DTR thinking of returning to UCLA as he's not satisfied where he's projected in scouting reports, per 247 https://247sports.com/college/ucla/Article/UCLA-Football-Real-Possibility-Dorian-Thompson-Robinson-Returns-to-UCLA-Sources-179778088/
UCLA is in the pack for Caleb Williams
https://247sports.com/Article/Caleb-Williams-transfer-destination-UCLA-a-school-to-watch-179783624/
And if Williams goes to USC, one can probably expect that Jaxson Dart and Miller Moss will be in the transfer portal.
Miller Moss to Cal?
I would take Dart over Moss in terms of preference but I would gladly take Moss
Wasn’t Moss thinking about Cal before committing to USC?
He was.
DTR still has eligibility?!? I thought he was 47 years old!
This is bad news for Chase Garbers’ already-slim draft prospects.
Maybe it's Chase's way of saying he's not playing anymore without saying he's not playing anymore.
i think DTR has more upside to him than Chase despite being wildly erratic, but i don't see either of them being drafted.
I agree, but Chase is much more likely to land a third string/practice squad place for a couple seasons before dropping football.
Los Angeles and Oklahoma haven't been this intertwined since the Dust Bowl (the worst of all bowls).
And Troy Aikman
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
New York attorney general issued subpoenas to Ivanka, Don. Jr.
Attorney General Letitia James has also sought testimony from the former president and Eric Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/03/ny-ag-subpoenas-trump-jr-ivanka-526404
PRO
Christian Erikson - Denmark's national captain who collapsed and needed to be defibrillated on the pitch in 2020 - gives his thanks. If you recall, this was an especially horrible situation because the video crew of the game did not break away. They actually zoomed in. They showed the trainers performing chest compressions on his limp body while his teammates are trying to form a human wall while clutching their mouths in horror. People in the stands cry and averting their eyes. A minute in, they show his wife freaking out.
https://twitter.com/ChrisEriksen8/status/1478407398595387396
really one of the worst things I've seen on tv - and ESPN cut the feed before other broadcasters did, as I recall.
Novax Djokovid gets an exemption to play in Aussie Open
https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/novak-djokovic-receives-medical-exemption-to-play-australian-open
That's some shit. Fuck that asshole.
"That's some shit. Fuck that asshole."
- Cugel the Clever
I bet if some qualifier or triple digit ranked player tried the same thing they wouldn't have been allowed in.
Ya think?
Raiders: Has anyone on the team heard of Uber?
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32987257/las-vegas-raiders-cb-nate-hobbs-arrested-dui-hours-win-indianapolis-colts
Ken Rosenthal blacklisted from MLB due to criticism of Manfred
https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/report-ken-rosenthal-forced-out-at-mlb-network-over-rob-manfred-criticism/589793
Rob Manfred is extremely Fra Gee Lay. (it's an Italian word. Look it up)
WFT will announce their new mascot in four weeks. Whatever it is, it's going to suck.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/washington-football-team-announces-when-it-will-reveal-new-team-name-with-two-names-officially-out-of-running/
I guess I shouldn't be too surprised by the military references among the names under consideration -
Armada
Brigade
Commanders
Defenders
My guess is that one of those names will become the new nickname for WFT. None of them are inspiring, at all.
The other names are similarly lame -
Redhogs
Presidents
and simply, WFT. Which should be simply seen as a typo of WTF. The WTF. It's also a fan chant! "WTF!? WTF?!"
WTF is so fitting. I really don't see why they don't just go with it.
They could be the WFT WTF.
They could get a good stadium chant going where half the stadium chants WFT followed by the other half chanting WTF.
LOL!
Sad that Red Tails did not make the cut.
I think they should go with Defenders and then hire Sonny Dykes in the celebration of irony.
"Whatever it is, it's going to suck."
Of that there is no doubt. I am still holding our what little hope there is for a red potato. Then, they could keep their former moniker.
Steelers win thanks to Najee Harris and its defense and no thanks to Roethlisberger, who set this record.
https://twitter.com/jon_bois/status/1478229682294247425
https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401326584
Najee's oh by the way 38 yard td on 3rd and 2 with under a minute left won fantasy football titles for people across the country....unless they were playing against Ja'Marr Chase....
2 yards per completion, right?
Yeah. 2.7yds per completion. That’s bad.
Ben's been done since the elbow injury in 2019...he's no longer an NFL caliber starting QB...hasn't been the past 2 years....but he's still a tiger in the nightclub bathroom...too soon???
Ha!
Steph Curry goes 3-for-17, Warriors win anyway
https://dubnationhq.com/p/draymond-does-everything-plus-poole
Klay due back Sunday...
I'm sure ticket prices for Sunday went up after the announcement.
My Ma just bought 3 for my step-Dad's birthday in end of Jan...over $800...yikes...
I remember the Sleepy Floyd/Larry Smith/Purvis Short Coliseum days!!!
Joe Barry Carroll and WORLD B. FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
A six-nine power forward from Alcorn State......LLLLLAAAAAAARRRRRRYYYYY SMIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHH
One of my all-time favorites. That dude couldn't score worth a lick, but he brought his hardhat and lunch pail into the key every night and straight up BOARDED!
is that the game vs Durant/Nets? i was looking at that too since i was going to be in town ..
I was thinking of getting tickets for Pistons/Warriors Tues Jan 18th (I think) for No 3's Christmas present (he couldn't go with us when I took No 1 and 2) and they were only $80 resale. I was thinking that might be Klay's return if he doesn't play on Sunday.
Oh jeez. He's *that* guy.
https://twitter.com/inkstainedretch/status/1478219915798720517
He is 100% trolling here.
He's always trolling but sometimes it's only half trolling.
Right, this seems like a full one to me.
Dan Flanegan
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2 novels can change a 14 year old’s life: Lord of the Rings & Atlas Shrugged. One is a fantasy that engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adult, unable to deal with the real world. The other has orcs.
If he had been at Cal from the start he would have got this phase out of the way freshman year.
When will Aaron stop disappointing Cal fans?
When they realize that he’s just a football player, nothing more.
While I may not agree with his politics & vaccination stance, at the end of the day, he’s just a helluva ballplayer that is responsible for some of my most enjoyable Cal football fan experiences, specifically the ‘03 SC & Insight bowl games & the 2004 season.
Personally, I love the guy and don’t give two schitts what book is on his shelf....Cal doesn’t have enough elite NFL ambassadors to vilify him over trivial, stupid schitt.
Plus he’s one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the damn game, and if that helps make good players want to go to Cal, that’s great.
I agree. He is fun to watch and gives me some pride as a Cal fan. I don’t agree with his stance on issues, but he is not a felon.
I do wish he would be more of a Cal ambassador.
The only thing that bothers me about him is when he spouts anti-vax misinformation, which directly contributes to bad public health. I don't give a crap about the books on his shelf.
Again, he's just a football player... possibly the most physically gifted one to ever play the game at that...he's not who people should be turning to for their health advice.
Charles Darwin had a whole theory to describe those who do.
Sure, no one should be listening to him. That doesn't mean I have to like him when he spouts off with that nonsense.
You do you
Reggie Robertson would like a word with you about '03 USC
Well, that's fair, g...Robertson was nails, esp in OT.
I will say that the Rodgers to Lyman hookup in Phoenix v Va Tech was such a joy to watch....
But I think he wants them to go to Butte
Why does Rodgers dislike Cal so much?
Tedford?
He did give us a new locker room and scholarship in 2019. Things seemed to be on the up and up at that time with Rodgers' approval of Wilcox.
But there could be a permanent rift now. You'd have to think that when he made his "woke mob" comments he did so knowing his former school in large part represents the kind of progressive and liberal thinking he was defensively railing against and wants nothing to do with.
But times change and people change all the time, so who knows..
Ehhhh. You might be right. I know it is just entertainment “sports,” but it is still disappointing that one of the better Cal athletes and a star in the “sexiest” of all of the sports can’t/won’t be an ambassador for his school.
But would the rift between the "woke mob" and him impact his relationship with the Athletics Department?
Does anybody really separate the two? I know they are separate, but I don’t.
I dont see why it wouldnt, as bureaucratically separate they may be.. There's the larger shared ideals or essence of Cal if you will. "You see a place". (If only a donor would step up now to get us a new commercial)
I think Alpha1024??? said that a few weeks ago too. Cal needs a new/fresh brand. I am part of the older brand, but I agree. It’s time to make a real effort to appeal to the younger fans/students/alumni.
The powers that be should make an attempt to “see a new opportunity.”
NIL could perhaps will be the tipping point.. Also, the new crypto partnership is interesting.
Say all you want about that low-budge Mariucci ad, but at least it had character!!
The You See ad is unwatchable....
The old one with the bear wandering around campus was good IMO
I guess he'd better have a couple of digits to the left of the 2nd comma on his check...
By Tedford, you mean Cal's treatment of him?
Yeah, the bad treatment of Tedford.
Yeah
Maybe they should...it’s probably a better football program ;-)
CAL
Go Ursines!
Cal ends season with the most bowl wins in the Pac-12.
LFG! Marshall Cherrington returns to Cal
https://twitter.com/brandonhuffman/status/1478160744764088322
Your typical person thinks about coaches doing the recruiting. Guys like Cherrington are the guys that keep in touch on a day-to-day basis, calling, relating with the recruits,... shooting the shit. Kids are funny. If you call less, they think they aren't wanted and they take it personally. While I feel bad that Cherrington doesn't get to stay at his alma mater, I'm glad to have him back.
Sounds like the easiest job on the planet. Just check in with HS kids via text, voicemail and social media?
Interacting with high school kids on social media does not sound like the easiest job on the planet to me...
Sounds like they just need to get a millenial to be the coordinator.
Seriously....pretty much ANY millenial could do that job.
I think we need to be clear that any Gen Z'er could do that job. Millennials are one generation older and they are not guaranteed to be social media wizards.
He actually might be a Gen-Zer. He graduated in 2018, which would mean his birth year is could be the first year of that generation - 1997.
Yes, this...good point, c!
take this from me. Wife wants to develop our cats' instagram account to go viral and tasked me with managing it. She lambasts me all the time for posting incorrectly or at the wrong times of day. I would be fired from that social media coordinator job.
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my wife likes to say "delegate the job, delegate the results" when it comes to requests like that, but I'm not convinced she means it when I'm involved 😂
Some day I gotta get the handle and my pups'll follow it!!
Big news.