Subtle September Suggested Sales Stuff

@Cerridwyn Try decaf next time, kitty.

@huja NEVAH!!!

and you asked me to say no, so I did

@Cerridwyn or rather your caffeine-addled feline representative did.

@huja Caffeine never addles it stimulates

@Kidsandliz ummmmm…Shouldn’t that go in the blame thread, in which case it is your fault?
I doubt meh is going to give you TJ’s Jam.

@Kidsandliz for shelf-stable stuff, I buy extra at TJ’s knowing it’ll soon disappear for a while or even permanently. I have four jars of organic Himalayan honey in the cupboard using this strategy.

@mfladd Nope - discovered that in May and in July. Not my blame.

@huja Do you know long past the expiration date jam lasts? I figure a while, maybe several years, but google seems to not have agreement. I’m thinking until you start having liquid in it (well or mold) which could be several years.

@Kidsandliz I think the storage temp has a lot to do with how long it’ll last.

@ruouttaurmind… have they actually worked for you? Mine seemed nih worthless, as it seemingly beeped/booped/blipped all the time.

@haydesigner The X band warning goes off quite a bit on my cheap Cobra. Higher dollar detectors have better filters to minimize X falses. Some even let you squelch each band individually.

However, the K warnings are somewhat reliable, and Ka warnings are generally spot on. Unfortunately the cheap Cobra assigned the most annoying tone to the band that has the most false alerts. I tolerate these and have developed a habit of muting X warnings.

I have been successfully warned of valid radar at least half a dozen times in circumstances where I almost certainly would have been cited. At $200-$300 per, I believe the initial $18 investment and dealing with frequent false alerts on X band is worth it. The town where I work has a zero tolerance policy regarding traffic enforcement. Before I purchased the Cobra I was cited for 28mph in a 25 zone.

I was cited for 28mph in a 25 zone.

Seriously, @ruouttaurmind?? A small, small town in northern IL used to do that constantly (many, many moons ago). But so many people fought them in court that the judges basically said No, you can’t do that tiki-tac crap anymore.

@haydesigner 3mph cost me $200 for traffic school, and a $70 “administrative fee” to the municipality. Being a small town, traffic enforcement is one of their primary sources of revenue I imagine.

@haydesigner San Jose . . . pronounced San Joes. I got a ticket there in the early 1990’s. What a shit-hole dot on the map.

@huja we have our very own shit-hole, Allen Park (locals know where it is).

There’s a key freeway running through it. The prevailing (and 85th percentile safe) speed both before and after that couple mile city is 75-80 mph.

But craphole third world Allen Park uses that stretch as a speed trap. Enough drivers have learned the hard way so that the prevailing traveled speed immediately drops to 55-60 mph in that stretch.

It is sadly comical to witness. Brake lights as you enter Allen Park.

The local traffic court is almost as comical. They immediately offer 0-points, court costs (over $200) for any ticket contested. It is a production line with the cops scheduled in specific windows, standing at the clerk’s desk, making the above offer. The magistrate simply rubber-stamps the inevitable agreement - they could be a chimpanzee with no discernible different result.

Allen Park should simply cut to the chase and require a bully’s ransom of $200 to cross their turf.

We’d drive 20 miles out of our way rather than shop in Allen Park.

@OldCatLady +1. I’d kiss that baby if it was a name brand maker.

@mfladd
/image catshirtsmeh

Because people suck

I’m not sure cats are any better, @narfcake

@haydesigner True that. I’m quite surprised that catshirtsmeh actually came up with something. Catshirtswoot, sure; I even have the shirt – but catshirtsmeh has yet to exist.

@scfd0766 I missed that event

Although maybe it might have appeal to hunters/fishers? (I dunno I’m not either.)

@haydesigner There was that sad-ass “camping kit” about a month ago. So there is hope . . . of getting something disappointing.

I could ditto that, @ConAndLibrarian!

does anyone know if the metal wire can be soldered/reconnected on these things to make them work again?

@LaVikinga Most likely, as long as you’re able to strip the outside of it off. Can you post pics of the wire?

@narfcake This was the same set I ordered EXCEPT my version are solar powered. They are nothing more than these blips of little LED lights stuck on BARE silver wire. Darnedest things I’ve ever seen. The wire is stiff and can be wrapped & positioned however you want it. Should also mention it’s a pair of wires that run along each other. I’m not at home so I can’t upload an actual photo. Hope you can get an idea from this link. The warm white option has better photos of what the wires look like. https://www.amazon.com/CrazyFire-Christmas-Decorative-Halloween-Decoration/dp/B012994C7Q/ref=lp_8302501011_1_1?srs=8302501011&ie=UTF8&qid=1504354023&sr=8-1

@LaVikinga Make your own fruitcake kit? Hard pass. Soldering kit? I’m in.

@huja Ooh, I don’t have a soldering set…

Fruitcake, if done properly can actually be very good, and there are many different varieties. Just have to keep out some of the nastier bits, and use a really good brandy, otherwise you end up with the nightmare bricks people joke about.

@LaVikinga Forgive the necro-response. Many of the bare appearing wires on these LED strips have been dipped into a clear polymer that is very thin. It might melt off during soldering, but probably best to carefully scrape it off with a razor blade before trying.

If you can hide them, then the telco crimp connectors like these may work.

We use the tape and finewire lights like these all over during the holidays

@duodec I ran them over to my neighbor who is a genuine old school Mr. Fixit. He welded the two wires, wrapped the repair with a bit of electrical tape and they were working after a few hours of recharging in the sun!

Really nifty little set of lights!

@sammydog01 Thrift store.

@narfcake I saw one at a thrift store mall which is why I though another would be nice. It had a price tag of 29.99 on it and I wanted to buy it but the guy acted like I was trying to steal from him and that it was worth way more than that. Pro tip, dude, if you buy something really cheap to resell take the price tag off first. Then he tried to sell me a different one without even a power cord for $40 and was still yelling at me. Fuck you guy. I’ll never go back there.

That was the only one I have seen in a thrift shop here. Still not fucking going back.

@Cerridwyn I consider 6 months to be the limit for necroposting. Wait, I mean 6 months and 4 days.