LazyMans

Sure, shoot me an email at jhugh5000@gmail.com

Local networks might be the only way to make this cheap enough to drive enough customers to use it. The programs are too expensive for me to justify, and a big part of that is the packaging and shippi…

Speaking of toasters, recently came across someone complaining they had to keep buying new ones. It dawned on me, look at what a place like Waffle House uses. Thus, I'd recommend a Waring toaster…

I'm sure it varies brand to brand. Miele isn't scraping the bottom of the barrel for margin.

The repair comment is interesting. It seems in the US if you have a warranty claim for an appliance they contract with some generic repairman who has to order parts.

Spent the last year searching for a reasonable aged Bosch 300 series or above. Finally found a 3 year old Bosch 500 for less than $200. Good dishwashers are totally worth it, relatively easy to repair…

Yeah, after I found a job I pushed out my start date as far as possible. Had another 3 weeks with absolutely not a care in the world

Sounds like prison, but the result was interesting. When I was laid off, and decided to take a month before looking. There were a lot of "life housekeeping" tasks that I decided to do. Looki…

Seriously doubt that machine was being scrubbed down weekly/monthly. Hah

Sorry, 134a yes

I wouldn't worry about it, these gasses are included in the blanket PFAS classification, but they are fundamentally different and thus non-toxic. r134a, a common refrigerant, and likely what your…

Something I heard from a large company in Atlanta. Productivity didn't drop off a ton, but innovation did. People are effectively in silos at home and they couldn't figure out a way to recre…

I think technically speaking there could be a delay between two points. However, the "hum" being fingerprinted is the precise frequency which is tightly coupled through electromechanical act…

Years later and my Alexa in my bathroom still only successfully starts NPR when I ask it to maybe 80% of the time. Alexa isn't getting any better at recognizing my voice? At 8am everyday, it hasn…

The first three days were like this.

One of the dramatic effects I’ve noticed is I finally know what being truly hungry feels like. I can differentiate between appetite and hunger. I used to think it was odd how people would turn down fo…

You reminded me I need to buy one. I cook on cast and stainless. My friend swears by carbon steel.

If it doesn't have one already, look at installing a compressor blanket. This reduces compressor noise significantly. High end models generally have these already, but you can buy purpose built b…

Yeah, it's pretty weird to me. I used to live in Massachusetts and these inspections performed an important purpose in my eyes. Now I live in Georgia and you'll see people driving around on …

This is why in some states, you are required to get an inspection of the vehicle and one of those items on that checklist is to ensure the headlights are aimed correctly. It's a massive problem.

I certainly learned over time what my triggers are. As I've gotten older, anything bad for my body ultimately makes me sick in some way. I have it bad enough now that I'm gonna get it for an…

Good advice for sure. I suppose I should make sure the tums in my center console won’t kill me

Reading this made me think about how Twizzler Pull and Peel make me cough. Went and looked it up. Yellow 5 is in them. Have been diagnosed ADD for the last 22 years. Huh.

Not my cottage cheese :(

I bought a food processor specifically to grate mozzarella for pizzas. I still pretty much only use it for that reason. Hah. Used to take me like 5 min to grate a lb of cheese. Now I blast through a b…

I was telling a friend how unfortunate it is that I live in the south and kept a bottle of this in my car for over a year. I have pretty bad heartburn issues and used to take it only on occasion. Mayb…

Soft layoffs

I can provide a likely incomplete summary of the improvements. Compressors themselves have gotten much more energy efficient, although I'm not sure the impact on CoP is all that great since and w…

Just to clarify, it is more efficient to lower the set-point in the winter over night. The issue is when your thermostat is set to utilize aux heat if the delta is higher than your set point change in…