The "I just bought..." thread.

[shortylickens]

Groceries at the store. Which one day will be a special event.

Oh, some alleged "natural' bread and jelly. It was good, made a nice sammich.
And 240 pizza rolls, pepperoni of course.

 

[pcslookout]

Apple Watch for $100.

 

[Exterous]

Pizza for dinner from a pizza place. Might be the last time we can ever do that

 

[highland145]

Pizza for dinner from a pizza place. Might be the last time we can ever do that

Was it cooked?

 

[IronWing]

Was it cooked?

This is ATOT, we eat everything raw.

 

[nisryus]

Toilet papers. *cough* We were actually low on toilet paper and I have been procrastinating. *cough*

When I visited the neighborhood HEB at 5:50 AM this morning.. boy, there was already a line formed outside the store. It was literally 50 people long. Of course, I wasn only able to get one pack of TP (12 rolls) because a friend also happened to be there and had extra. Most shelves were already empties and they couldn't restocked fast enough. I was only able to score a few cans of peas, five ramens, a can of Wolfs Chilis (no beans), and some tomatoes. It was madness.

Tomorrow they will start to open at 8:00 AM, and I will be camping at the entrance before 7 AM!!!!

 

[Exterous]

This is ATOT, we eat everything raw.

It was fresh from the pizza oven raw

 

[mztykal]

Paper towels as we actually ran out...had to go to Costco and Sams before I actually found it. Waited in a line for 20 minutes to enter Sams. People are going crazy...tomorrow I might venture to a grocery store...Heb looked overwhelming so I skipped it today...

 

[sdifox]

I bought a tray of eggs at Costco and forgot them at the checkout...I guess dementia will get me faster than covid 19

 

[Perknose]

You don't lose much(any?) oil in the cylinder. It's definitely more work than paper, but what was nice about the Vdubs is you only needed a gasket set to change the oil. You could keep several in the glove box. The oil filter was reusable. You drop it out the bottom(draining the oil in the process), swish the filter in some gasoline, let it dry, then put it back with a new gasket set. More or less the same with the air filter. Where something like that really shines is when you're out in the boonies, or maybe a third world country. You don't need much of anything special to maintain the car.

Air cooled bugs . . . where you could change the timing just by loosening and hand-rotating the distributor! Also, where if you forgot your keys, you could take a kitchen knife and easily slide it in to the vent wing latch and pop that up and open. I had a 66 with a metal sunroof, last of the six volts. Had to park it on an incline to pop start it on the coldest winter days. BEST VEHICLE EVAR in the snow, hands down . . . trumped FWD for traction all day long.

 

[Perknose]

Picked up a Louis Vuitton hand bag for my friend for $250 from a Facebook Marketplace seller. Can someone tell me if this looks real or bootleg?

Does your wife know about this? 😱 😉

 

[Perknose]

Toilet papers. *cough* We were actually low on toilet paper and I have been procrastinating. *cough*

This TP obsession is cray-cray. Reminds me of the old joke:
"Which hand do you use to wipe yourself?"
"My right hand, why?"
"That's weird, I use toilet paper."

 

[Perknose]

Ok, I'm way too unhip to get this meme, but never mind that right now. My all white cat Pye passed recently. He's buried in the backyard, and I'm looking for a (nearly will do) all white, not too cute "statue" to serve as his headstone. Where'd you see the one in your pic?

 

[Perknose]

I have to add . . . this is my new most favorite thread.

 

[Perknose]

Charging above 80% is where most of the battery wear occurs.

Can you document this claim such that a skeptic like myself will actually believe it?

 

[lxskllr]

Ok, I'm way too unhip to get this meme, but never mind that right now. My all white cat Pye passed recently. He's buried in the backyard, and I'm looking for a (nearly will do) all white, not too cute "statue" to serve as his headstone. Where'd you see the one in your pic?

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Though I'd look at a place that sells concrete yard ornaments. You'd likely find something there. Or plant a tree. Trees are always good.

 

[Perknose]

I remember belted tires priced by "ply" and good for maybe 10k miles.

As a P.I., putting 40,000 plus plus miles on a series of ~$400 hoopties a year, I used to buy used tires mounted on the correct lug pattern wheels at $10 a pop from my local junkyard. Good times!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Robot or human?

 

[lxskllr]

Can you document this claim such that a skeptic like myself will actually believe it?

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

Discover what causes Li-ion to age and what the battery user can do to prolong its life

batteryuniversity.com

There's programs for rooted androids that can automatically limit charge. My phone unfortunately isn't rooted, so I try to do it manually. Sometimes I forget it, and it gets to 100%, but I aim to charge it to 80%, and try not to let it drop below 30%. I also slow charge whenever possible from a usb port on my computer.

 

[sdifox]

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

Discover what causes Li-ion to age and what the battery user can do to prolong its life

batteryuniversity.com

There's programs for rooted androids that can automatically limit charge. My phone unfortunately isn't rooted, so I try to do it manually. Sometimes I forget it, and it gets to 100%, but I aim to charge it to 80%, and try not to let it drop below 30%. I also slow charge whenever possible from a usb port on my computer.

I just replace the battery.

 

[lxskllr]

I just replace the battery.

That's wasteful.

 

[Perknose]

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

Discover what causes Li-ion to age and what the battery user can do to prolong its life

batteryuniversity.com

There's programs for rooted androids that can automatically limit charge. My phone unfortunately isn't rooted, so I try to do it manually. Sometimes I forget it, and it gets to 100%, but I aim to charge it to 80%, and try not to let it drop below 30%. I also slow charge whenever possible from a usb port on my computer.

I had one briefly on my non-rooted Android. I wasn't impressed. Maybe I didn't give it a chance.

 

[Ichinisan]

Can you document this claim such that a skeptic like myself will actually believe it?

It's well documented for lithium ion. If the batteries are never fully charged or discharged, the usable lifetime is usually many times longer.

That said, some devices may be engineered to never use the full capacity - but most consumer electronics do not.

A while back, Apple added a feature to iOS so it will avoid charging the battery above 80% in certain scenarios, charging to 100% only when you leave it plugged in overnight. In practice, I find my phone is always trying to charge to 100% anyway. I wish I could just set the max charge level to 80% and not trust this "automatic" nonsense.

I think this Linus Tech Tips video covers it:

 

[sdifox]

I just bought a kabuki noh mask. kabuki is basically a theatre in which actor wears different types of kabuki masks and samurai clothes to perform a drama.
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[snoopy7548]

Just bought some puts on SPCE and GME (Gamestop). My first time dealing with options. We'll see...