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Quote: RSI just tried it. I rolled the window down just in case it would lock. Left the fob inside, hit the lock button, and the door wouldn’t even try to lock with the door open.
Try it with the windows up, since that activates the failsafe switch combo-ration sequence.
Quote: MaxPenYou probably complain about your gas bill as well.
I don't think I have ever complained about gas bill. It's only 55 a month
Quote: rxwineWhat happens if the corner of your house was on that spot?
I believe they could take it but they have to pay fair market value. I assume when they made this decision to move it they are taking a route where they avoid houses.
It would be maddening for me and dangerous for me. I have enough trouble finding my set of keys and surely would hate to be driving off leaving them at the grocery store or the gas pump all the time.Quote: beachbumbabsMy mom bought herself a new car last month. It has a push-button ignition. This has been a source of complete befuddlement for her. She has spent 20 minutes a couple of times simply hunting for a place to insert a key.
I don't have a garage but I've enough experience with carbon monoxide intoxication to know just how dangerous it really is. I'd invest in extra monoxide detectors and alarms. I was often involved in foreign Search and Rescue incidents and of course in quite a few maritime search and rescue incidents but never will forget one of the local search and rescue incidents right here in this county. As it turns out the elderly woman had made it onto the correct road but was heading in the wrong direction on it. As the road narrowed and then petered out to an unpaved dirt track she kept going until fuel exhaustion and dehydration took their toll and in the Florida sun it did not take long for her to die.
Those bracelets for the elderly and GPS data loggers for vehicles can be great investments these days. When you total up the expenses that a volunteer searcher incurs its so much more sensible to have tiny little chips involved instead.
Quote: odiousgambitA lot of the new townhomes have a garage as the first level, a very dangerous arrangement if you ask me. I distinctly remember an incident where someone in the DC area came home early AM and left the car running. The family got up but fell asleep while dressing etc. Killed them all.
This is why you should have CO detectors.
I was thinking about this the other day when I was looking at fire extinguishers. I have all electric and I have way too much crap in my garage to park in there. Any reason I still need one? I guess it can't hurt, Just lazy I guess.Quote: gamerfreakThis is why you should have CO detectors.
I oftentimes don't wear my seatbelt and I don't use safety glasses when using power tools.
I walked away with the fob and had
to go back. I didn't get far, but it's
really not a good system IMO. People
forget to shut the car off all the time
it's runs the whole time they're gone.
Quote: EvenBobTwice when I turned in keyless rentals
I walked away with the fob and had
to go back. I didn't get far, but it's
really not a good system IMO. People
forget to shut the car off all the time
it's runs the whole time they're gone.
How is forgetting to turn in a key fob any different than forgetting to turn in a key. Just another user error that people blame the software for.
Our safety guy would go around monthly and turn the dry chem extinguishers upside down and shake them regularly to ensure the compound didn't cake up inside. So I do that with mine, but only occasionally. That would suck if you needed one, and all the chem was cemented in the bottom of the can. jus sayinQuote: AxelWolfI was thinking about this the other day when I was looking at fire extinguishers.
If you have nothing in your house that could generate CO then why would you need a detector? As far as I know the list of things only includes something that makes use of flames [which includes vehicles if the house arrangement allows the possibility of fumes entering]Quote: AxelWolfI was thinking about this the other day when I was looking at fire extinguishers. I have all electric and I have way too much crap in my garage to park in there. Any reason I still need one? I guess it can't hurt, Just lazy I guess.
I oftentimes don't wear my seatbelt and I don't use safety glasses when using power tools.
When you order coffee, and you are like, "I'll have a black coffee. 8 sugars please."
Flogged in the public square. Black coffee means nothing in it. What you want is a girl's coffee.
Moreover, it is because of your foolishness, the waitress must now ask someone if they want anything in their black coffee. She knows, and we know, what black coffee means. But, doubtless, she's had too many people order a black coffee and then whine about not receiving a girl's coffee. So she has to ask everyone, just in case they are an idiot.
Quote: Rigondeaux
When you order coffee, and you are like, "I'll have a black coffee. 8 sugars please."
Flogged in the public square. Black coffee means nothing in it. What you want is a girl's coffee.
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I've always interpreted the 'black' as to mean no milk products, and has nothing to do with whether sugar was added.
#Blackcoffeematters?
Quote: RigondeauxAnd another thing.
When you order coffee, and you are like, "I'll have a black coffee. 8 sugars please."
Flogged in the public square. Black coffee means nothing in it. What you want is a girl's coffee.
"Black coffee" just means no dairy products. The opposite is "white coffee" which is a term I just recently learned about, and means it has dairy in it. Either black or white coffee can have added sweeteners; it has no bearing on the terminology.
Quote: billryanHow is forgetting to turn in a key fob any different than forgetting to turn in a key.
Because to forget a key, you have to
shut off the car, take out the key, and
put it in your pocket. Why would you
do that.
The fob is already IN your pocket on a
push button car, you
have to remember to take it out. The
attendants tell me it happens all the
time if they forget to remind people.
When you turn in a car, you're usually
catching a plane and are stressed
and keys are the last thing on your
mind.
Quote: RigondeauxBlack coffee means nothing in it. What you want is a girl's coffee.
That's my wife. She orders it with 'lots
of cream'. 2 sugars and a bunch of those
little cream things later and she has a cup
of goo. Why not order a cup of cream
and put a little coffee in it instead.
Quote: TigerWu"Black coffee" just means no dairy products. The opposite is "white coffee" which is a term I just recently learned about, and means it has dairy in it. Either black or white coffee can have added sweeteners; it has no bearing on the terminology.
Incorrect.
Quote: mcallister3200I have always taken black coffee to mean as nothing added also. Ridiculous. If you want with sugar then say with however much desired amount of sugar....no need or reason whatsoever to add the word black.....if you want cream then ask for the desired amount.
Exactly. There are four ways to order.
Black. (Sign of good/masculine character)
W/ dairy.
W/ sugar.
W/ sugar and dairy.
"Black with sugar" is superfluous and creates confusion.
So it’s black coffee bitter or black coffee sweet then for the cake eaters? And what if you want the fake cream stuff that’s not dairy, what’s that called? It’s got creamer type stuff added but it’s not dairy. So that’s black coffee now I guess.
Quote: mcallister3200Apparently this dictionary thing agrees with Soopoo. But the inter web also thinks black coffee is some sort of “record producer” or “DJ”, so it’s wrong. And probably millennial fault.
So it’s black coffee bitter or black coffee sweet then for the cake eaters? And what if you want the fake cream stuff that’s not dairy, what’s that called? It’s got creamer type stuff added but it’s not dairy. So that’s black coffee now I guess.
Eventually irregardless will be in the dictionary and a definition of literally will be something like "very much so.""
Might be already. It's still dumb to use those words.
I found a poll of smart people. No sugar won 147 to 6.
http://pandce.proboards.com/thread/62740
There is a such thing as the "Walmart Effect". You don't really like the store but you shop there because of price. I admit I'm one of those that fall victim to this. I guess I'm just looking out for me, and not the bigger picture. But I do spend a lot of time and effort fighting societal ills in other ways.
Quote: GreasyjohnYou don't really like the store but you shop there because of price. I admit I'm one of those that fall victim to this. .
'Victim', really? Getting the best price
now means you're a victim? I love
Walmart. I also shop at Goodwill at
times. I just bought an 8x10 area
rug that cost $500 new, I got it for
$25. It looks like it was never used.
And no it doesn't have bugs or lice
or rat turds. The Goodwill I go to
has nothing but SUV's in the parking
lot. Jeeps and Escalades and Navigators.
Want the best prices? Shop where
people with money shop.
Quote: EvenBob'Victim', really? Getting the best price
now means you're a victim? I love
Walmart. I also shop at Goodwill at
times. I just bought an 8x10 area
rug that cost $500 new, I got it for
$25. It looks like it was never used.
And no it doesn't have bugs or lice
or rat turds. The Goodwill I go to
has nothing but SUV's in the parking
lot. Jeeps and Escalades and Navigators.
Want the best prices? Shop where
people with money shop.
For all the reasons BBB mentioned. That's why I don't like the store. Getting good prices is the good part. And I like Goodwill and garage sales too.
Sugar does not change the color. Cream does.
So it follows that calling a coffee black means no cream but not necessarily the sugar. But I would also assume no sugar unless they specified otherwise.
But I only really know two kinds of coffees:
Type 1. Your coffee sucks, or if it maybe didn't always so totally completely suck it sure has been taking lessons on how to suck to pass the time while sitting there. Put lots of every damn baby formula gooey sticky kiddie candy & glorified urinal cake liquifying disguise type thing you have that can possibly be put into it. Serve the atrocity with a blindfold.
Type 2. Your coffee doesn't suck. So, add nothing but hot.
ADDENDUM:
Community Coffee's ordering page for their chicory coffees
Article on history of chicory coffee from Smithsonian.com
Black coffee is as momma nature intended it. Water dripped thru beans.
Navy coffee is a force to be reckoned with. Extremely strong, but grounds include salt and eggshell to draw the acidity and leave the flavor.
Coffee light is with creamer. Coffee sweet is with sugar. Coffee pink is with artificial sugar.
All leftovers from Perkins corporate store #1, where the pot was endless, and dumped if it sat more than an hour. I doubt they do that any more, but 35 years ago, it was required.
Quote: GreasyjohnFor all the reasons BBB mentioned. That's why I don't like the store.
Hey, It's your loss. I love Walmart and even
have a thread here by that title.
Quote: rxwineBlack coffee
When missionaries brought back the
first coffee from the New World, the
pope banned it as the devils brew.
He changed his mind a few months
later after he was hooked on it and
the Vatican has endorsed it ever since.
btw since we are all coffee aficionados on a scale from 10-10 what do you rate this one?
I dont drink coffee so I wouldn't be able to rate it. However, I do think it would compliment a Miata and it's driver quite well.Quote: djatcyeah I hate when people desecrate coffee
btw since we are all coffee aficionados on a scale from 10-10 what do you rate this one?
Quote: djatcyeah I hate when people desecrate coffee
btw since we are all coffee aficionados on a scale from 10-10 what do you rate this one?
I had it. It was good for the first 5 sips or so lol
Quote: GlenGQuote: djatcyeah I hate when people desecrate coffee
btw since we are all coffee aficionados on a scale from 10-10 what do you rate this one?
I had it. It was good for the first 5 sips or so lol
I'm guessing they call that a unicorn fart. With sprinkles. That's what I'd call it, anyway.
He did the same thing with tobacco , IIANM.Quote: EvenBobWhen missionaries brought back the
first coffee from the New World, the
pope banned it as the devils brew.
He changed his mind a few months
later after he was hooked on it and
the Vatican has endorsed it ever since.
I wasn't going to ask for hojojava, I wanted a cup of coffee.
Quote: DrawingDeadwhen I lived in New Orleans coffee brewed with the root of something called chicory in it was normal. It was routinely made that way in about half the homes and shacks and diners and fine restaurants and juke joints around there if nothing more specific than "coffee" was ever said, so you had to be a little bit wise to local swamp folk lingo about that if you didn't feel like random coffee/chicory-yes/no roulette.
Strange. Kansi (chicory) is often a coffee substitute or additive particularly in areas that are hot and humid. It has half a dozen common names, a few of them incorporating the word blue. Its native to Africa which is generally hot and often humid. Its popular in the American south as well and is often served by default.
It is generally viewed as a liver tonic though I don't know what ingredients it has that might impart that reputation since it is chock full of a host of flavanols,flavanoids, antioxidants, antiviral substances, terpenes, alkaloids, minerals and vitamins. So its hard to isolate its effects and I don't know why the liver should be the organ it is said to effect greatly.
We used to have the expression "feeling liverish" in the English language. Perhaps we still do. Anyway, Chicory anyone?
Firstly, feel free to tell me WHY the phrase "black coffee with sugar" should exist. "Coffee with sugar" works fine.
Is this a technically accurate phrase that makes sense? Sure. So is, "give me a straight whiskey, then pour it in a glass of coke." I guess you could say, "I'll have a straight whiskey with coke." i.e. you don't want the whiskey mixed with anything other than coke. But that's absurd. Just say you want a whiskey and coke.
If black coffee doesn't mean "coffee with nothing in it," what DOES mean "coffee with nothing in it?" There just isn't a term for that? That's weird.
Why have two terms for "coffee with sugar" and zero for "coffee with no girly crap in it?"
So, from an overall usage standpoint, it is much better to use "black coffee" to mean "coffee with nothing in it." Which is what sensible people do.
Additional, ordering a black coffee with sugar kind of makes you a poseur. I'm only half joking when I say black coffee drinking is a mark of good character. It means you take things on their own terms and learn to appreciate them, as oppose to someone who needs to be coddled, to have everything modified for you to suit your existing tastes.
If someone is like, "I'll have a black coffee with sugar and a well-done steak and eggs" and then proceeds to cover everything with ketchup, that's a red flag.
Quote: EvenBobBecause to forget a key, you have to
shut off the car, take out the key, and
put it in your pocket. Why would you
do that.
The fob is already IN your pocket on a
push button car, you
have to remember to take it out. The
attendants tell me it happens all the
time if they forget to remind people.
When you turn in a car, you're usually
catching a plane and are stressed
and keys are the last thing on your
mind.
In another thread, you just said you rent a car almost every weekend to go to casinos. Now you are catching planes.
Before moving here, I must have rented dozens of cars in Vegas, riding the car rental shuttle dozens of times. Each time the shuttle driver asks everyone if they had a key they forgot to turn in. Never saw anyone publicly admit to it.
Other than it being the way you are used to, what advantage does the key system hold for you?
If we wanna talk about real travesties, how about all them parents putting up pictures of their ugly trashcan babies on Facebook and other social media? Bruh IDGAF about your dirty baby that can’t do anything. Waow so impressive, it can crawl! I can juggle but no one’s saying how impressive that is. SMH
Quote: RS
If we wanna talk about real travesties, how about all them parents putting up pictures of their ugly trashcan babies on Facebook and other social media? Bruh IDGAF about your dirty baby that can’t do anything. Waow so impressive, it can crawl! I can juggle but no one’s saying how impressive that is. SMH
If they're your true friends, it's different.Quote: RSThe few places I’ve been to where you do take a shuttle (like Reno), I’ve always heard the shuttle drivers asking if anyone forgot or still had their keys and to leave them with him if you did.
If we wanna talk about real travesties, how about all them parents putting up pictures of their ugly trashcan babies on Facebook and other social media? Bruh IDGAF about your dirty baby that can’t do anything. Waow so impressive, it can crawl! I can juggle but no one’s saying how impressive that is. SMH
Vegas friends not going to the game live tomorrow... join us at Money Plays to cheer on our Vegas Golden Knights for a watch party! Tomorrow is the first game of the Stanley Cup finals against the Washington Capitals.
Money Plays is a great dive bar near the center of town, and they are offering FREE SHOTS for every goal the Knights score!! Additionally, they are running some awesome drink specials:
$2 domestic draft beer, $7.50 domestic draft pitcher
$3 well drinks
$5 Jack Daniels, Jameson or Patron
Some people seem to take ice hockey seriously even though they live in the middle of what used to be called The Great American Desert.
