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Phillies win.
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ddrueding
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Phillies win.
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Oh, googled it. Heh.
udaman
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Sorry, from the vending machine? How would we know if you don't tell us what the selection is? NEI (not enough info)
You mean generally? that you heat in MW or oven at home? How fast do you need it? Cause frozen stuff like lasagna-small, medium, family size, CostCo jumbo size; if not MW'd a bit 1st, can take an hour in a conventional oven.
Let me guess, btw you and the SO...at the restaurant
dd: wanna F**k?
SO: here, now...kinky
?dd: no, outside in the car.
SO: oh. nah, too crampy, can you wait until we get home?
dd: you're cramping, that time of the mo?
SO: no, dipwad, I mean the car is too uncomfortable!
dd: oh...D'oh
ddrueding
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I have control over what goes in the vending machine, and I have a freezer. I only have a microwave, so oven stuff is out.
And why go to the car when the restaurant has a ladies room
And why go to the car when the restaurant has a ladies room
udaman
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Was at CostCo (actually across the street at local supmkt pharmacy to get flu & pneumonia shots...outch, delayed reaction, couldn't even sleep much last night because of the soreness) on Sunday. CostCo is about 7-8mi away. But I was shocked by the price of regular grade fuel. $2.75/gal, when just around the corner from where I live the Chevron was @3.19/gal, closer to CostCo 2 blocks appart Chevron's were @3.19 & 3.11, while the cash only Arco, typically 4-5cents/gal less than the other majors was @2.98. How could CostCo be so low?
Then today, I actually drove the long distance to CostCo just to fuel up, but ran into freeway ramp closures, 3mi RT detour, so basically had to burn a 1/2 gal of fuel trying to save. CostCo was today down to $2.60/gal., while last night the Arco was @2.93/gal. Today I noticed the local Chevron had dropped from Sunday's 3.19 down to 2.99/gal. OK, so futures prices on sweet crude have plummeted to $65/barrel, down from early summer's record $150/barrel, based on what I can only figure is pure speculation, nothing to do with actual demand/supply.
It's being reported in the media that US drivers are driving 10% less recently with the poor economic conditions (never mind any hurricane damage shortages of just a few distant, long forgotten, months ago). Yeah, alright, so even if US drivers and the rest of the world were in the near future cut back to 20%, which is not very likely..that still doesn't make for demand causing the price of a barrel to drop more than 50%. Hence, price of fuel is obviously predicated upon the same BS as the rampant housing market speculation.
I can pretty much guarantee you Obama won't (any more than I think McCain, or the next president after Obama is out in 4yrs) be weaning the US off of our dependence on petrol/gasoline any time soon. Under the best circumstances, with a Congress behind whatever president, resisting all special interest peddling influence, you'd not likely see meaningful, significant reductions of fossil fuel consumption for at least a decade or more...much to 'carbon-footprint' Tannin's disgust "This is how we roll", in US politics.
Then today, I actually drove the long distance to CostCo just to fuel up, but ran into freeway ramp closures, 3mi RT detour, so basically had to burn a 1/2 gal of fuel trying to save. CostCo was today down to $2.60/gal., while last night the Arco was @2.93/gal. Today I noticed the local Chevron had dropped from Sunday's 3.19 down to 2.99/gal. OK, so futures prices on sweet crude have plummeted to $65/barrel, down from early summer's record $150/barrel, based on what I can only figure is pure speculation, nothing to do with actual demand/supply.
It's being reported in the media that US drivers are driving 10% less recently with the poor economic conditions (never mind any hurricane damage shortages of just a few distant, long forgotten, months ago). Yeah, alright, so even if US drivers and the rest of the world were in the near future cut back to 20%, which is not very likely..that still doesn't make for demand causing the price of a barrel to drop more than 50%. Hence, price of fuel is obviously predicated upon the same BS as the rampant housing market speculation.
I can pretty much guarantee you Obama won't (any more than I think McCain, or the next president after Obama is out in 4yrs) be weaning the US off of our dependence on petrol/gasoline any time soon. Under the best circumstances, with a Congress behind whatever president, resisting all special interest peddling influence, you'd not likely see meaningful, significant reductions of fossil fuel consumption for at least a decade or more...much to 'carbon-footprint' Tannin's disgust
"This is how we roll", in US politics.
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Still don't understand, freezer at home or work (haven't read up on your appliances purchase for home thread, so don't know which you are referring to...home or work), MW, home or work? No toaster oven @work? Maybe you'd like to get one then. I use both TO & MW at home, not so much the conventional oven. Cause I want it done fast.
Vending machines can carry various sizes, must they be smaller individual size pkgs then (I meant the frozen meals, not the size of the vending machines
)? Cause you limit yourself in such a circumstance. For instance, if you buy @Smart & Final, instead, or CostCo, they have pretty much jumbo size everything.You dawg! Maybe you'd better ask the SO 'bout that, while not as 'nasty'/filthy' as typical mensroom, still kind of dank/stank in there...unless you are an exhibitionist at heart, and want the attention of other ladies, even senior citizens...heck your mom or grandma might be in the next stallAnd why go to the car when the restaurant has a ladies room
ddrueding
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Nice restaurants have nice bathrooms. The frozen food stuff is for the office, and I have a freezer and a microwave at the office. The vending machine is capable of taking just about anything, but single serving is still a goal.
Fushigi
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I commonly see a 30+ cent per gallon difference in gas prices when I drive the 23 miles to work. Luckily, the less expensive end is closer to home. Last I noticed, gas was running anywhere from the low $2.60s to $3.05.
I determined a long time ago that driving more than a block or two off of your normal route to buy cheap gas is not worth it. For one thing, as you noted, you can wind up burning more $ in gas than you save. For another, the cost of operating a vehicle exceeds the cost of gas alone. Think about it; if an oil change costs $30 and you do it every 3000 miles, that's one cent per mile right there. Likewise, spend $600 on a set of tires every 60K miles and there's another cent per mile in operating cost. (Costs are rounded for convenience but the numbers are realistic.)
The fed currently allows a $0.585 per mile reimbursement for business driving in a personal vehicle. That covers the cost of the vehicle, gas, oil, other maintenance, and so on. The number has spiked up twice a year (v. just annually) to accommodate the rising gas prices; I expect it to fall back to closer to $0.50 a gallon come Jan 1 if gas prices don't spike back up. Of course, the 58.5 represents a fleet average; more efficient vehicles would have a lower operating cost. But it works well enough for estimations and is far easier than actually tracking every cent spent on the car.
So if you drive a mere half mile out of your way, meaning a one mile round trip, to buy cheap gas you'd better save >58.5 cents on the gas to begin to overcome the operating cost spent getting there. The first 4 or 5 cents of the cost savings (assuming 12-15 gallons bought) will cover the operating cost; the rest would be actual savings.
And that ignores the value of the time spent driving the extra distance.
I determined a long time ago that driving more than a block or two off of your normal route to buy cheap gas is not worth it. For one thing, as you noted, you can wind up burning more $ in gas than you save. For another, the cost of operating a vehicle exceeds the cost of gas alone. Think about it; if an oil change costs $30 and you do it every 3000 miles, that's one cent per mile right there. Likewise, spend $600 on a set of tires every 60K miles and there's another cent per mile in operating cost. (Costs are rounded for convenience but the numbers are realistic.)
The fed currently allows a $0.585 per mile reimbursement for business driving in a personal vehicle. That covers the cost of the vehicle, gas, oil, other maintenance, and so on. The number has spiked up twice a year (v. just annually) to accommodate the rising gas prices; I expect it to fall back to closer to $0.50 a gallon come Jan 1 if gas prices don't spike back up. Of course, the 58.5 represents a fleet average; more efficient vehicles would have a lower operating cost. But it works well enough for estimations and is far easier than actually tracking every cent spent on the car.
So if you drive a mere half mile out of your way, meaning a one mile round trip, to buy cheap gas you'd better save >58.5 cents on the gas to begin to overcome the operating cost spent getting there. The first 4 or 5 cents of the cost savings (assuming 12-15 gallons bought) will cover the operating cost; the rest would be actual savings.
And that ignores the value of the time spent driving the extra distance.
ddrueding
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When I plug my Razer Copperhead mouse into my Belkin 4-port USB KVM, it inverts the vertical. This didn't happen to a bunch of other mice, just this one. Very random.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
The extra hour of sleep will be welcome tonight.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
mubs
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Your country follows DST too?
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Why would I care if it did not?
mubs
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You mentioned that you would get an extra hour of sleep. That implies your "country" followed DST, and I was asking if that was so. This was for information only, and I don't really care if you care about DST or not. Enjoy your sleep either way.
CougTek
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Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Microsoft Outlook gives me rage.
udaman
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Crichton loses battle with cancer @66
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-crichton6-2008nov06,0,1192481.story
"Disclosure" was his best novel/movie IMHO (for obvious reasons ). AS was really good too, in it's day.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-crichton6-2008nov06,0,1192481.story
"Disclosure" was his best novel/movie IMHO (for obvious reasons
). AS was really good too, in it's day.
ddrueding
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Terminal Man was great. Airframe was the best of his newer ones IMHO. RIP
You guys beat me to it. The first I learned of Crichton was seeing the Andromeda Strain. That was in the theatre, back in 1971. It was an excellent film for the time. (For the kids out there, Apollo 14 had returned from the moon as few weeks prior.) I started reading his novels a few days later.
mubs
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Did "Andromeda" not cause paranoia like "Jaws" did?
udaman
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*snif* *snif*
World's largest Lamborghini dealer closes
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9497OEO0.htm
World's largest Lamborghini dealer closes
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9497OEO0.htm
paugie
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I have read Airframe (good read) and Andromeda Strain. I used to read a lot when I was younger. Now I am reading again, this time courtesy of a portable mp3 player which also displays text files. So when I find myself in queus, in the bank, waiting for customer service, or in public transport, I read.
Just finished "Door into Summer" and am now in the middle of "5 People you meet in Heaven"
Just finished "Door into Summer" and am now in the middle of "5 People you meet in Heaven"
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
It's been so long since I read Door into Summer that I forget what it was about. If I ever make a good dent in my reading backlog I'll have to revisit my Heinlein collection. When "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and you feel like a "Stranger in a Strange Land", just remember there's always "Time Enough for Love".
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Why does the USA not have Poutine?
French fries + gravy + cheese curds.
Holy crap that just sounds awesome.
French fries + gravy + cheese curds.
Holy crap that just sounds awesome.
ddrueding
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I local place does french fries and gravy...I'll pass on the cheese curds...
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
The culinar Poutine isn't that hard to do : just buy a regular french fries with sauce and add cheese curds.
The Russian Poutine, why would anyone want to have this?
The Russian Poutine, why would anyone want to have this?
Gilbo
Storage is cool
Poutine is amazing. I'm partly poutine-powered... Half of the posts I make are probably brought to you by poutine.
mubs
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Actually, it sounds like pure, unadulterated fat + cholesterol!
Bozo
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I'm home recuperating from open heart surgery and that crap sounds like a relapse.
No thanks!
Bozo :joker:
mubs
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Wish you a speedy recovery, Bozo.
ddrueding
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Glad you are still intact, Bozo.
I'm breaking down the computer in prep for our move today. Of course it's raining, and I've found a leak in the uHaul, and they got me a 17' instead of a 26'. But I'm stoked to not have to commute anymore. I should be online by this time tomorrow.
I'm breaking down the computer in prep for our move today. Of course it's raining, and I've found a leak in the uHaul, and they got me a 17' instead of a 26'. But I'm stoked to not have to commute anymore. I should be online by this time tomorrow.
paugie
Storage is cool
Hello Bozo, glad that you are mending.
Even if open-heart surgery has advanced far beyond Christian Barnard's time, it still is a frightful thing to undergo. And unless you have insurance, something that would really traumatize the wallet, too.
Here, many people would just lie down and ...
Even if open-heart surgery has advanced far beyond Christian Barnard's time, it still is a frightful thing to undergo. And unless you have insurance, something that would really traumatize the wallet, too.
Here, many people would just lie down and ...
ddrueding
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The move went well, and it was awesome to walk to work this morning. The walk to the office is about twice the previous walk to the parking lot! Waking up at 6:30, having a shower, and still being in the office by 7 is an amazing thing.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I made some fried chicken on Sunday and since I had some flour left I tried a grand experiment: Chicken-fried bacon.
It was awesome, even though I did burn the first couple pieces.
The main problem with poutine is that I don't know where to get young cheddar cheese curds. There's a particular squeaky, chewey texture that's supposed to come from the cheese and just melting regular cheese won't give you that.
And just because: I had a salad and a hamburger from McDonalds for lunch yesterday and a can of chicken noodle soup for dinner. Days like that are probably why I crave things like poutine.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
One of the things I've found out is how much it sucks to be that close. My contracting customers pretty much don't call me unless they need me, because I'm at least 45 minutes away from all of them. Mr. Penisbreath whose office is right next door to mine wants me to go over and chat face to face all the goddamned time, like I don't have anything else to do. And that's when he's not sending me 10 e-mails a day and paging my cell phone. I've started billing the guy at $2 a minute (I have a chess timer on my desk now) and he still does that shit.
Anyway, "He's only two minutes away!" sure does suck. People start to take your availability for granted really, really quickly.