Got a Woot BOC this morning; no waiting, no VOP, proceeded directly to checkout. Stopped by a junkyard this morning and pulled a side mirror – and that’s it so far. Under $30 spent so far.
@narfcake Hey me too!!! On the BOC!!! Then I got some stuff during happy hour. I also earned a coupon…Yea!! So good day over there at the other place. I liked during the pandemic when Meh did a lot more activities…I get it…supply chain issues…worker issues…but I miss activities. But glad you got a BOC so easily…
@joebuddah
So far that draw still gives them a pathway to continue to the knock out rounds. The fact that they kept up with England for 100 minutes is pretty encouraging.
@chienfou right. I just think that especially during the world cup, there should be a winner for each game. Even if it has to go on for many hours. That to me would be exciting. After the hour 3, the second and 3rd string players would get to play
@joebuddah
The way table is set up with points for win/ lose/draw allows for two teams in the same table to potentially meet in the finals. Changing that to be only win/loss makes it more difficult to figure out table play standing and advancement. With 6 games per table second place might be more tough to determine.
@chienfou@joebuddah JK. I like soccer. At least when I could still play it. But watching it? Might as well watch golf or bowling for excitement. (But at least soccer gets the occasional streaker – haven’t ever seen that in golf or bowling.)
@chienfou@joebuddah@phendrick One of my favorite things about soccer is the highlights shown on the local news. Since they mostly only show clips of the goals, the goalies look like total chumps!
@chienfou@joebuddah@macromeh Shouldn’t a goalie’s save also be a highlight?
If the highlights showed goals made, goal shots saved, and the possessions that let up to each, you wouldn’t need to watch the rest of the match in most circumstances, IMHO.
You could probably watch the gist of a dozen matches in less than an hour that way.
@chienfou@joebuddah@phendrick You’d think, but at least the local pdx news seems to mostly focus on the goals. As a non-fan it just strikes me as amusing.
@Kyeh@sammydog01
Holy cow did you see those cookie recipes!? I sent the link to my stepson, his family (including the 7 year old) lives for that kill your mouth kind of hot stuff! Me, not so much!
@Kyeh@sammydog01
IDK just the thought of them burning my mouth up like when I thought I was going to be badass and munch down a entire fire hot Dorito chip. The memory alone has me running scared, I couldn’t escape the pain!
@Kyeh@Lynnerizer They put stickers all over the shipping box! I really like the cheesy thumbprint ones. (Although I would have preferred a nice sheet of stickers in the box.)
@Lynnerizer@sammydog01
Wow, I would have expected plastic too. I hope we get to see what you make with it. Or are you going to make reselling it on Mercari?
Not a black Friday sale per se but I did pick up an espresso machine for really cheap by looking at the clearance section of my little Walmart neighborhood grocery store when I was there Friday. After I finally got the pump to prime I was able to make my first cappuccino today. When I successfully make five more the machine and the brick of coffee will have paid for itself, and I will probably have something resembling a technique down by then
My “Black Friday” deal was going to my finally closing RadioShack (:C) on Saturday and getting a nice step up/step down transformer for $27. A tool I’d been needing on my workbench for years, finally at an affordable price.
@PooltoyWolf Wow, you still had a Radio Shack! I miss what that place used to be. And I did make a few trips when they were closing here and snap up some of the remnants of what they used to be for cheap.
@djslack Still open, until middle of December! It was a Tandy franchisee that became independent when the chain went belly-up. The store operates under the Innovative Electronics name and has been in business for 52 years. I will be sad to see it go. When I was there Saturday, they still had a ton of private label RadioShack stuff (Enercell, Optimus, etc.)
Got a Woot BOC this morning; no waiting, no VOP, proceeded directly to checkout. Stopped by a junkyard this morning and pulled a side mirror – and that’s it so far. Under $30 spent so far.
@narfcake Where, I checked earlier today and didn’t see a woot off. Was it one of those hidden ones
@joebuddah @narfcake
I missed it too and I was over there looking! Hmm
@narfcake Hey me too!!! On the BOC!!! Then I got some stuff during happy hour. I also earned a coupon…Yea!! So good day over there at the other place. I liked during the pandemic when Meh did a lot more activities…I get it…supply chain issues…worker issues…but I miss activities. But glad you got a BOC so easily…
@joebuddah @narfcake Wootbusters
@joebuddah @Lynnerizer They were on the Wootbusters page.
https://sellout.woot.com/plus/wootbusters-4
@Lynnerizer @narfcake thanks! I don’t generally check there
Cards Against Humanity is doing some kind of captcha thing. I gave up on the 3rd level.
I installed CAPTCHA to save my fellow robots from wasting money on this crap.
@medz There’s always the catshirtswoot alternative.
@medz I made it through to the Keanu Reeves round. Then gave up after 10 minutes
Best deal so far was a draw with England in the world cup today!
@chienfou I hate draws. I feel like they should keep playing until there is a winner. If second place is the first loser, a draw means nobody won.
@joebuddah
So far that draw still gives them a pathway to continue to the knock out rounds. The fact that they kept up with England for 100 minutes is pretty encouraging.
@chienfou right. I just think that especially during the world cup, there should be a winner for each game. Even if it has to go on for many hours. That to me would be exciting. After the hour 3, the second and 3rd string players would get to play
@joebuddah
The way table is set up with points for win/ lose/draw allows for two teams in the same table to potentially meet in the finals. Changing that to be only win/loss makes it more difficult to figure out table play standing and advancement. With 6 games per table second place might be more tough to determine.
@chienfou @joebuddah “Even if it has to go on for many hours.”
Don’t they already go on for hours, or does it just seem that way?
@chienfou @joebuddah JK. I like soccer. At least when I could still play it. But watching it? Might as well watch golf or bowling for excitement. (But at least soccer gets the occasional streaker – haven’t ever seen that in golf or bowling.)
@chienfou @joebuddah @phendrick One of my favorite things about soccer is the highlights shown on the local news. Since they mostly only show clips of the goals, the goalies look like total chumps!
@chienfou @joebuddah @macromeh Shouldn’t a goalie’s save also be a highlight?
If the highlights showed goals made, goal shots saved, and the possessions that let up to each, you wouldn’t need to watch the rest of the match in most circumstances, IMHO.
You could probably watch the gist of a dozen matches in less than an hour that way.
@chienfou @joebuddah @phendrick You’d think, but at least the local pdx news seems to mostly focus on the goals. As a non-fan it just strikes me as amusing.
@sammydog01 You got that?!!
@Kyeh
/giphy yes
@sammydog01 What do you do with the Cheetos dust?!
@Kyeh The recipes are on Amazon. I don’t know why.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/B9CC6881-B3CF-4484-B5AC-7B9AC6DEEEC9#/%23savory
@sammydog01
Oh, okay. The chicken does sound like it would be good.
@Kyeh @sammydog01
Holy cow did you see those cookie recipes!? I sent the link to my stepson, his family (including the 7 year old) lives for that kill your mouth kind of hot stuff! Me, not so much!
@Lynnerizer @sammydog01 I would try them - not sure I’d like them, but maybe…
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer I like the rice krispy treat recipe with Cheetos instead of rice krispys. Well the thought of it, I don’t plan on making it.
It actually sounds good as a topping- they used it on tacos and salads in the commercials. I wonder if it gets sticky?
@Kyeh @sammydog01
IDK just the thought of them burning my mouth up like when I thought I was going to be badass and munch down a entire fire hot Dorito chip. The memory alone has me running scared, I couldn’t escape the pain!
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer I’M RICH!
@Lynnerizer
@sammydog01 Good grief!
You:
/youtube Gold Dust Woman
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer They put stickers all over the shipping box! I really like the cheesy thumbprint ones. (Although I would have preferred a nice sheet of stickers in the box.)
@Lynnerizer @sammydog01 How funny! Does the grinder itself have fingerprint stickers on it?
Edit: Looks like it actually has them printed on…
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer They’re printed on. It’s heavy glass- I was expecting crappy plastic.
@Lynnerizer @sammydog01
Wow, I would have expected plastic too. I hope we get to see what you make with it. Or are you going to make reselling it on Mercari?
Not a black Friday sale per se but I did pick up an espresso machine for really cheap by looking at the clearance section of my little Walmart neighborhood grocery store when I was there Friday. After I finally got the pump to prime I was able to make my first cappuccino today. When I successfully make five more the machine and the brick of coffee will have paid for itself, and I will probably have something resembling a technique down by then
@djslack Nice!
My “Black Friday” deal was going to my finally closing RadioShack (:C) on Saturday and getting a nice step up/step down transformer for $27. A tool I’d been needing on my workbench for years, finally at an affordable price.
@PooltoyWolf Wow, you still had a Radio Shack! I miss what that place used to be. And I did make a few trips when they were closing here and snap up some of the remnants of what they used to be for cheap.
@djslack Still open, until middle of December! It was a Tandy franchisee that became independent when the chain went belly-up. The store operates under the Innovative Electronics name and has been in business for 52 years. I will be sad to see it go. When I was there Saturday, they still had a ton of private label RadioShack stuff (Enercell, Optimus, etc.)