Ah, I thought you were being racist against people who might sing a song in a non-English language.

Not a framer, but what I would do is take it apart and see what you’re working with. It shouldn’t be hard to replace just the mat. I doubt you’ll be able to clean the water damage away.

Nah, it’s just wicked repetitive and I hate it. I had a cubicle neighbor that played the radio and it felt like that frigging song played in a loop, alongside the “kars 4 kids” jingle.

Feliz Navidad.

I like you, Cock_Inspecting_Asexual. You have a way with words.

Both as a student and as someone that works at a university, it’s always felt that the university police are more understanding of students/young people than the town police. They’re more likely to refer you to student services or explain why you should have reported backing into a car in the parking lot before heading off to class, instead of giving you a ticket for leaving the scene of an accident or arresting you for doing drugs in the library.

The closest I’ve ever been to a bar fight was while checking in to a hotel in Ohio.

My 7th grade algebra teacher would be annoyed that you didn’t show your work, step by step.

I was just as alert after the first 3 alerts as after the 8th. The additional alerts didn’t tell me anything new, they just gave me alarm fatigue.

And yes, it was bad. Roads were flooded. Buildings were flooded. People were evacuated. People died.

I finally went in and did this a couple weeks ago. We were under flash flood advisory and every time the end timestamp was updated, we got another “severe” alert. I didn’t need 8 very loud alerts going off over the course of a quiet evening at home.

TBH, I’m not convinced regular Spam is trying to act like meat. Sometimes people just want a hunk of spiced protein.

Agreed, it’s pretty great. And while the computer sometimes misunderstands what you swipe, it will show you potential alternatives you can tap on. Like in this screenshot:

They’re not as good at preventing STDs, but they’re decent at preventing pregnancy.

How many X are in XTX?

I wish they would. It might mean fewer fire alarms tripped by vapes. (I work in a college library and it’s not funny have to evacuate the building just because someone decided to vape in a study room.)

My aunt got me a “Helinox sunset chair” recently and I love it. Pricey, wouldn’t have bought it for myself, but it weighs nothing and it’s comfy.

Walk someone else through editing a config file on the command-line over screenshare? Nano. Omg nano is your friend.

The problem with using nano for years is that I now try using nano shortcuts in other programs. Random new windows opening is confusing, until you figure out Ctrl+o isn’t save in that program. Then it’s just annoying because you still have your inappropriate muscle memory.

Oh, and I should mention I’m still reprogramming myself from growing up in a house where we did everything ourselves. Wallpaper? Us. Siding? Us. Roofing? Us. Drywall? Us. Ducting the dryer through the crawlspace? Us. Well, Mom. No way I was going under the house

The only thing I remember being hired out growing up was installing new dormers in the attic and framing the attic into bedrooms.

Partner is the other end, his dad hired everything out growing up.

I’m happy to do the straightforward jobs that if I mess up I’m just inconvenienced. Changing the kitchen faucet? If that gets stalled halfway, I’m doing dishes in the bathroom sink for a bit. (TBH I wish I was 3 inches narrower because my undersink area has a divider between the doors and it was an uncomfortably close fit, including moving 1 boob through the space at a time, not fun).

Electrical? I’ll swap out GFCI outlets but if that doesn’t fix the problem I’m calling a professional.

Painting? Sure, good excuse to get a nice step ladder.

Anything I get stumped on or which takes more equipment than I can fit in my closet (chimney sweep, carpet replacement) gets hired out.

Am considering doing the flooring in my laundry closet, will probably hire it out because I don’t want to deal with moving big stuff.

Am very glad we can afford to do these things instead of deferring maintenance. Am also very glad we were lucky enough to be able to buy a condo when we did. Our mortgage+hoa fee today is 2/3 what rent on our old place is today, and we build equity. And this is a 15-year mortgage, which makes the rent comparison even worse.