Random Thought Thread

yoko said:
Oh snap.....


IT'S FREAKING FRIDAY....... WE MADE IT!!!!!

Happy Friday friends, we made it another week!!!

I hope all of you roosters had a great one.... and if you didn't... i hope things turn around quick

Buy a friend.... grab a beer and give Richard338 Richard338 a smack on the ass and an atta boy! Lol

Life is short say hello to a friend tonight, and enjoy your weekend!!!!!!

GEONBAE!!!!!
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Geonbae yoko yoko THIF 🍻

And for Richard338 Richard338

A smack on the ass and an atta boy, per request 😁

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Pàdruig said:
These days, I get suspicious and extra cynical when products I am shopping for are feature heavy. It generally means that the design focus was feature over function. I want a long lasting dependable product that performs its purpose with little to no fuss - an abundance of features means more fuss and more things to go wrong.

You see it everywhere - auto industry, appliances, household items, tools, etc. Feature over function. We have auto manufacturers making vehicles that are solid, dependable, and affordable - they just can't be sold in the states because we require 20k+ worth of superfluous crap in order for it to be "road legal".

In knife context - I want a knife that functions as a knife. It doesn't need to be an axe, a saw, a hoe, a trowel, a ladder, or a wireless hotspot. It just needs to be a knife.
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I get what you're saying about feature overload, but man, looking at fridges was depressing in terms of lack of features compared to our existing fridge. Granted we're talking top-freezer, which isn't en vogue these days, but our current fridge is so much better than what's available now, at least for what's available in white. Unfortunately we're dealing with a double-whammy, cuz we don't want bottom-freezer and we don't want stainless, so the options are very limited. Instead of 2 fixed shelves that go all the way across, ours has 4 half-shelves that are all individually adjustable, and can be pulled out to get at stuff in the back more easily. One of them actually has a hand-crank for "infinite" vertical adjustment. And the shelves are robust. The stuff now, I'd be afraid of breaking the shelf with a gallon of milk. And ours has a light in the freezer. The new one we're getting doesn't. Really? In this day and age of LEDs, you couldn't figure out a way to put a friggin light in the freezer? WTF?

If we live long enough to do this again, maybe we'll go with stainless to get more options, but who knows, by then maybe white will be back in style.
 
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jlauffer said:
I get what you're saying about features, but man, looking at fridges was depressing. Granted we're talking top-freezer, which isn't en vogue these days, but our current fridge is so much better than what's available now, at least for what's available in white. We're dealing with a double-whammy, cuz we don't want bottom-freezer and we don't want stainless, so the options are very limited. Instead of 2 fixed shelves that go all the way across, ours has 4 half-shelves that are all individually adjustable, and can be pulled out to get at stuff in the back more easily. One of them actually has a hand-crank for "infinite" vertical adjustment. And the shelves are robust. The stuff now, I'd be afraid of breaking the shelf with a gallon of milk. And ours has a light in the freezer. The new one we're getting doesn't. Really? In this day and age of LEDs, you couldn't figure out a way to put a friggin light in the freezer? WTF?

If we live long enough to do this again, maybe we'll go with stainless to get more options, but who knows, by then maybe white will be back in style.
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We have a bottom freezer and I hate it. We were in a bit of a hurry when we bought it so I think we will try and shop around a bit for our next one as long as we aren't in emergency mode. I think we are 6 years in and I've already had to replace parts in it. SO. MUCH. PLASTIC.

I saw a video of a restored vintage fridge a little while ago. Though I would say it was "feature-rich", even by today's standards, the construction quality and the materials used are worlds above what we see nowadays. I think there is a general assumption that modern consumers, with their short attention spans and rapidly fluctuating fashion trends, will be looking to upgrade to the latest and greatest pretty frequently so there isn't much incentive for manufacturers to put the effort and expense towards producing quality builds. Though I think most regular folks just want their appliances to work and for a good long time.
 
Pàdruig said:
We had to replace our washer awhile ago. We went into the appliance shop and bought a no-nonsense, no frills Speed Queen. I've talked to various appliance techs over the years and they have all stated the same thing: appliances these days, with all their bells and whistles, are designed and manufactured to only last a handful of years.

The Speed Queen is commercial grade and was expensive but it will be easier to repair if needed and will last me a long, long time. I had to replace my dryer last week as well. I had repaired our old one several times to the point of ridiculous so we went out and bought something basic with no fancy bullshit.

The simpler you keep your appliances, the better off you'll be. In my opinion, of course.
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I got my speed queens at Kelly’s we have had them for 15 years after going through the cheaper machines every 4-5 years. My wife does a lot of laundry.
 
Pàdruig said:
We have a bottom freezer and I hate it. We were in a bit of a hurry when we bought it so I think we will try and shop around a bit for our next one as long as we aren't in emergency mode. I think we are 6 years in and I've already had to replace parts in it. SO. MUCH. PLASTIC.

I saw a video of a restored vintage fridge a little while ago. Though I would say it was "feature-rich", even by today's standards, the construction quality and the materials used are worlds above what we see nowadays. I think there is a general assumption that modern consumers, with their short attention spans and rapidly fluctuating fashion trends, will be looking to upgrade to the latest and greatest pretty frequently so there isn't much incentive for manufacturers to put the effort and expense towards producing quality builds. Though I think most regular folks just want their appliances to work and for a good long time.
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The fridge we're getting is almost 2 cu ft smaller than what we have now, but yet the outside dimensions are almost identical. I'm hoping it's because it's got more insulation, but I doubt it.
 
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jlauffer said:
The fridge were getting is almost 2 cu ft smaller than what we have now, but yet the outside dimensions are almost identical. I'm hoping it's because it's got more insulation, but I doubt it.
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I suspect it will be like our new cars and trucks. They look bigger but they feel smaller inside.

Fingers crossed for you all the same though.
 
Here's some anecdotal evidence that new stuff isn't built to last or be repaired.

I won a microwave oven at a company Christmas party in 1983. Not a typo, 1983. It still does what it is supposed to do. It isn't fancy: it has a power light and a light inside the oven, a timer (analog), and a "power control" that modulates how long the microwave runs (from full time to almost no on-time). It's only 700 watts, so I have to increase the time for frozen foods that have 1100 w. instructions as the baseline. But it STILL WORKS FINE.

In a house I own and rent out there's a fancy, 4 year-old over-the-stove microwave with lots of bells and whistles - digital timer, delay start, rotating table, a bunch of preselected settings for beverages to roast (none of which was I impressed with when I lived there). My tenants call me last year and said the exhaust fan quit working, and that they use it frequently, so could I get it repaired. I looked into it, called out a repairman, and he said, "yeah, your exhaust fan doesn't work. It will be more expensive to fix than buying a new one. That will be $165.00, please." Bear in mind, this isn't part of the microwave itself - the microwave still worked as intended. This is just the exhaust fan for the stove below. I found the part on the web, almost $300 new, plus several hundred dollars if I could find a tech that would install it (I'm probably capable of doing the work, but don't want the liability of having something catastrophic happen because of something I'd done). A brand new microwave, identical to the old one, cost me a shade over $400 installed.

The installers were preparing to haul away the old one, but I thought to myself, "parts is parts, and if the new one fails in the same way, maybe I will work on it and put it back in." Haven't had any problems yet with the new one, but it's only a year old.

Anyway, they don't want you to repair, and make it prohibitively expensive to do so.
 
Sorry, yoko yoko , no beer here. But there is whiskey!

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And Richard338 Richard338 , sorry - I'm going to politely decline to smack your ass. I will however show my dad's plain jane XD. Your pistol had me reminiscing a bit so I pulled it out of the safe. I might look into some upgrades, order a good holster, and get reacquainted with it.

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Pàdruig said:
Sorry, yoko yoko , no beer here. But there is whiskey!

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And Richard338 Richard338 , sorry - I'm going to politely decline to smack your ass. I will however show my dad's plain jane XD. Your pistol had me reminiscing a bit so I pulled it out of the safe. I might look into some upgrades, order a good holster, and get reacquainted with it.

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Awesome!!!!
 
My random thought for the day... I think there is a hamburger bun conspiracy being perpertrated on the american public.

I can't find a normal sized hamburger bun for the life of me, and buns that are being passed off as normal are the slider sized buns of old. For a while, walmart was carrying "jumbo" buns which were like normal hamburger buns used to be... but they stopped carrying them. Everything is slider sized and I desperately need bigger buns in my life.

#freethebun
 
Pàdruig said:
Sorry, yoko yoko , no beer here. But there is whiskey!

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And Richard338 Richard338 , sorry - I'm going to politely decline to smack your ass. I will however show my dad's plain jane XD. Your pistol had me reminiscing a bit so I pulled it out of the safe. I might look into some upgrades, order a good holster, and get reacquainted with it.

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I would gladly smack Richard338 Richard338 's ass if I could get one of his meat carvers! Perfect for brisket!
 
pease said:
EMCEE EMCEE or one of the other smart guys what are these on the power lines?View attachment 2632283
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See those big wires coming down? They're actually not big. They just have really thick insulation, they're hooked to some very high voltage.

I think what you're looking at here is where underground power for some neighborhood is connected at a pole.

Those are bird diverters, they have flappers that move in the wind and scare birds from wanting to land there and short it out.

At least that's my understanding. I'm not lineman.
 
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