OT - What are you doing right now?

lkapigian

Botch said:

Misadventures with Best Buy - The Sequel​

I tried typing an address into GM on the phone, nope.  Tried saying, "Siri, use Google Maps to navigate to scotch tape store"; nope.  Tried a white Apple cable; nope.  

I should've let this dead dog lie, but I couldn't.  Early this afternoon I raised the white flag, typed "Geek Squad near me" into Googlez.  Got the Riverdale location, dialed their number, it's disconnected.  Drive down to it, stand in line, and they ask "Do you have a reservation?" No, how do I make one, your phone is disconnected.  They show me on the Best Buy website where to go, and send me home.  

Set up an appointment, and the computer screen freezes.  Refresh, and got spinning photon races in the 3 closest locations.  Refresh again, finally got an appointment at 2:20.  It's 2:10, sh*t!  

Squad Geek listens to my story, I show her all the spots on my phone I fooled around with, showed her a written list of the responses from my Audi, and she starts clicking the screen, a few "hmms", clicks some more, gets on her laptop; at the 15-minute point she goes, "I think I almost got this," at the 20-minute point (the max length of the appt) she said, "You had everything set up right, I cycled the "Allow my Location" switch (I had, a couple times); try it in your car, and if it's still not working, visit our Geek Squad guy in the back bay, it may be an Audi issue".

It's still not working.  Visit back bay GS guy, he says bring your car around.  Single car he's working on, its owner is fast asleep (not good).  Single car is being backed out as I arrive (yay!) and soon GS guy is in the passenger seat.  I plug in the phone and get the message "When safe, set up Carplay in Google Maps on your phone" on the Audi screen.  He looked at it and said, "I've never seen this before..."  

If I had a quarter for every time I heard that phrase from an IT guy, I'da retired ten years earlier.  No one on EweTube ever saw that message, either.  

He futzed around with it for 15 minutes, and then said, okay, try that.  Success!  I have Googlez Mapz.

 

The sad thing is, I have no idea what was set wrong, once again.  I guess I can take solace that it took TWO Geek Squad kids a combined 35 minutes to solve my problem.  I guess.  FML.  

+1 for my Thomas Guide 

dbCooper

For serious road tripping I prefer having my Garmin Nuvi on board.  It just works, as long as it can get a signal from the GPS satellites.  The "built-in" stuff is sure nice, but adds other variables and potential complications.  My opinion.

Canugghead

Just started watching this. I'm lost for words.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london-vigil-honour-victims-support-community-1.6058021

GrateEggspectations

Canugghead said:

Just started watching this. I'm lost for words.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london-vigil-honour-victims-support-community-1.6058021

Very sad indeed. I like to think this kind of stuff just couldn’t happen here. 

A few of the members of my team are Muslim and are having a really hard time processing it.  

Gulfcoastguy

I found that a stray cat is using the mulch around my new pomegranate tree. I just sprinkled the area with red pepper flakes and coarse ground black pepper. Hopefully it welds her kitten pooper shut.

Botch

Gulfcoastguy said:

I found that a stray cat is using the mulch around my new pomegranate tree. I just sprinkled the area with red pepper flakes and coarse ground black pepper. Hopefully it welds her kitten pooper shut.

I noticed a larger and larger stain around one of my junipers (cement on 3 sides) and did a light sprinkle of cayenne around it.  My "pee-mail" spot (dogs, not cats) disappeared eventually.  I hate doing that to dogs, but training works...

GrateEggspectations

Botch said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

I found that a stray cat is using the mulch around my new pomegranate tree. I just sprinkled the area with red pepper flakes and coarse ground black pepper. Hopefully it welds her kitten pooper shut.

I noticed a larger and larger stain around one of my junipers (cement on 3 sides) and did a light sprinkle of cayenne around it.  My "pee-mail" spot (dogs, not cats) disappeared eventually.  I hate doing that to dogs, but training works...

Synchronicity…. I pepper my meals with cayenne when hosting to keep guests from relieving themselves on the carpet. 

Canugghead

GrateEggspectations said:

Canugghead said:

Just started watching this. I'm lost for words.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london-vigil-honour-victims-support-community-1.6058021

Very sad indeed. I like to think this kind of stuff just couldn’t happen here. 

A few of the members of my team are Muslim and are having a really hard time processing it.  

Agree. Unfortunately and sadly, this is not the first and it won't be the last.

GrateEggspectations

Just for you, @lousubcap…

https://geekologie.com/2021/06/the-difference-between-fedex-and-usps-de.php

WeberWho

It's been a minute since I've last tried to use my Stoker. I had to try and figure out how to port forward the Stoker through my router once again. 6 years later I didn't retain much of what I did the first go around but gave it the "one more college try". I'm up and running outside of my home network once again! This stuff is not my forte. 

ColtsFan

The US Military has been been conducting night drills in Bloomington for the past two nights starting around 9 PM and ending around 3 AM. To protect the integrity of the drills, on a small number of local residents were notified, mainly those living within a block of the location. It caused quite the uproar.

We're talking several helicopters, flash bangs, simulated gun fire and extraction drills. We were in the fly over path so we heard them, but that was about all. Pic from local news paper.

WeberWho

ColtsFan said:

The US Military has been been conducting night drills in Bloomington for the past two nights starting around 9 PM and ending around 3 AM. To protect the integrity of the drills, on a small number of local residents were notified, mainly those living within a block of the location. It caused quite the uproar.

We're talking several helicopters, flash bangs, simulated gun fire and extraction drills. We were in the fly over path so we heard them, but that was about all. Pic from local news paper.

Man that would be awesome to watch. Especially with the choppers. Maybe not so much midweek and early AM though. 

SGH

Looks like white trout anus poboys are on the menu 👍

fishlessman

dr's visit with new dr today. she wants me to cut my drinking in half. me.... i cut it in half last year with the last doctor. she.... it needs to be cut in half for your health and we can haggle about it when the new blood tests come in. why wait to haggle, me.... family history says alzeimers kicks in at 75, i only need 15 more years   i think somehow im buying a vehicle

SciAggie

Cooking down some chicken feet for gelatin. 

kl8ton

Replacing oven and broiler igniters. 

lousubcap

Just rolled this youtube video in honor of the greatest race horse of all time on the 48th anniversary:
For those who can appreciate true greatness, in 1973 Secretariat became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.  Since then there have been 48 years (and 3 X/year) of Triple Crown races.  He STILL holds the track record for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG_27cCW5bw  

What sports achievement is way back in second place?
Stay healthy and safe out there-

dbCooper

lousubcap said:

Just rolled this youtube video in honor of the greatest race horse of all time on the 48th anniversary:
For those who can appreciate true greatness, in 1973 Secretariat became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.  Since then there have been 48 years (and 3 X/year) of Triple Crown races.  He STILL holds the track record for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG_27cCW5bw  

What sports achievement is way back in second place?
Stay healthy and safe out there-

Always thrilling to watch Secretariat run, especially that Belmont sprint.

Since I like trivia I'll take a shot at the contest... The automotive 24 hour endurance record, held by a ZR-1 since 1990?

CigarCityEgger

Couple of butts from my daughters birthday. Made the day before and shredded to throw in the crockpot for warming up/serving to make it a little easier the day of the party. Mixed with some pineapple juice and seasoned with pineapple head seasoning on some kings Hawaiian burger rolls. Paired with SWMBO Hawaiian macaroni salad and it was a hit. 

Botch

lousubcap said:
He STILL holds the track record for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

What sports achievement is way back in second place?

IIRC, it was Elmer Veeblesnort, 67, who swept all three competitive categories in the 1986 Elbowcestor, Missouri Grand Champion Bass Fishing tourney.  What did I win?    

JohnInCarolina

Toasting some sesame seeds for a batch of Yukpo I’ll mix up later tonight.

SGH

JohnInCarolina said:

Toasting some sesame seeds for a batch of Yukpo I’ll mix up later tonight.

A word of caution my friend. Sesame seeds are know to cause inflammation of the rectum. 

JohnInCarolina

SGH said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Toasting some sesame seeds for a batch of Yukpo I’ll mix up later tonight.

A word of caution my friend. Sesame seeds are know to cause inflammation of the rectum. 

Well, then I suppose it’s a good thing I don’t plan on sticking them up my ass.

Battleborn

JohnInCarolina said:

SGH said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Toasting some sesame seeds for a batch of Yukpo I’ll mix up later tonight.

A word of caution my friend. Sesame seeds are know to cause inflammation of the rectum. 

Well, then I suppose it’s a good thing I don’t plan on sticking them up my ass.

Sesame seeds aren’t among the weirdest things I’ve seen or heard of being stuck up someone’s ass. 

lousubcap

@Botch -a confirmation link and even though 13 years later I will come up with something.  

kl8ton

Pretty good seasoning on the CI. 

Botch

lousubcap said:

@Botch -a confirmation link and even though 13 years later I will come up with something.  

    

Sea2Ski

DuckDogDr said:

Downloading dives into my logbook from spearfishing this weekend. Saturday beautiful weather and water was dead flat...Sunday was crazy..
5 foot seas and poor poor vis. Craziest dive I've had yet. We were shooting and my gf kid signaled there were 2 sharks nearby....then our dive master met up with us..he had 2 bull sharks on him..
We started our ascent and his trainee..oblivious to what was happening... shot a fish with a bull shark literally up her derriere...luckily we got to her first ..fending that shark off and out of nowhere 9....yes 9 more sharks making 10 total began circling and moving in on us....
We all got out uninjured .....and the newbie got a hard lesson in common sense...





Saturday, me and the gf kid waiting on our lift

Great story, great memory.  One to talk about for years.  Way to keep the cool and surface safely.  

..... keep kick’n

JohnInCarolina

Battleborn said:

JohnInCarolina said:

SGH said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Toasting some sesame seeds for a batch of Yukpo I’ll mix up later tonight.

A word of caution my friend. Sesame seeds are know to cause inflammation of the rectum. 

Well, then I suppose it’s a good thing I don’t plan on sticking them up my ass.

Sesame seeds aren’t among the weirdest things I’ve seen or heard of being stuck up someone’s ass. 

Friend of ours is a urologist.  The stories he’s told us over the years... man.  You don’t wanna know.

nolaegghead

Truck AC started acting weird a few months ago.  Blowing warm when not moving fast.  I figured the condenser fan was broken.  Started to get really hot, so I bought a new fan motor ($28 at Autozone) and put it in.  Blowing backwards.  (Out the front).  They put the terminal on upside down.  So I had to flip the wires.  (Soldered).  Anyway, fixed with unnecessary extra work.