What are you doing today?

Eric said:
Good luck, share if you do!
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Cars all good. Just a bit of a delay on sorting out the PX price. Because I bought it as a write off, he needs his manager to approve it. Truth is whatever he comes back with it’s a done deal. My other options for moving it on are limited for the same reason. I’m not going to sell it privately. Too much hassle etc.
 
Nycturne said:
Submitted the first beta build to Apple, and got approval. Not a high bar I know, but at least I’m not doing anything egregious, and the test account was usable by the reviewer. So now the work starts of building a beta pool and collecting feedback while I burn through the remaining backlog blocking a first release. I’m probably going to put the Apple TV version on the backburner for now and make sure that iOS and macOS have parity.
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Awesome! If you need a beta tester, I’m available. I can break anything!
 
Trip to the TC for some shopping for the little G (Nordstrom and Urban O, hahaha, she was thrilled with the personal attention at a real department store, custom tailoring for her dress for an up coming dance :love:)

I ran over to Total Wine, stalked the beer aisles for an hour or so, had some awesome scores, everything is world class - the Draak is amazing, but pretty easy to find, the Maine Beer and Allagash are white whales o_O

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Hahaha, I took the Camp Zero cooler, got ice, and packed everything away so it would be perfect when it got home (we were going out to eat, so knew it would be ~3 hours). Kept the car running in AC mode, so even when it was over 95 outside, the interior was 71°, the seating surfaces perfectly cool - and the glorius beer finds safe.

Scored several other things, just some "regular drinker" like Stone IPA, Two Hearted, some other supplies for this evening.

Once again, South Kitchen & Spirits knocked it out of the park (and had icy cold Jai Alai on draft). Also a 70 mile round trip where the car ran almost continuously for 5 hours ~$2.20 :D
 
Apple fanboy said:
Up early. Quick run. Two hour drive to a BMW dealer.
Hopefully buying a car!
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And???? :)




As for me, while AFB is looking to buy an EV, I did some "E" buying myself. Actually it was yesterday, but not sure that matters.

Went down to mom's house to mow and her old string trimmer wouldn't start. It has been hard to start all spring. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, it is like 20 years old. So after using what seemed like a half can of starting fluid, I gave up. I went to Home Depot and bought a Milwaukee M18 Quik-Lok motor head and trimmer. I carry M18 batteries in my truck, so I didn't even need to wait to charge it.

Got to say, I was surprised at just how well it worked. I'm not sure it will replace all my Stihl tools, but it will be my goto for trimming for sure. I have had the M18 chainsaw for a while, and it does OK, but it wasn't up for the task last winter of cutting frozen trees off the road. Needed my big Farm Boss for that. But it works great for limbs and small trees. So I am impressed with the battery trimmer. Not sure how many other attachments I will get, but we will see.
 
Might need to change the dinner plans for today :ROFLMAO:

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NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY - May 16

NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY - May 16 - National Day Calendar Each year on May 16 we celebrate National Barbecue Day in the United States. Whether you grill at home or grab some takeout, you will find Americans across the country enjoying an assortment of mouthwatering barbeque (BBQ) flavors and sauces.
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Herdfan said:
Went down to mom's house to mow and her old string trimmer wouldn't start. It has been hard to start all spring. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, it is like 20 years old. So after using what seemed like a half can of starting fluid, I gave up. I went to Home Depot and bought a Milwaukee M18 Quik-Lok motor head and trimmer. I carry M18 batteries in my truck, so I didn't even need to wait to charge it.
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Yep. That's how it starts ...

In order of purchase, battery powered:

Blower
String trimmer / Pole saw
Lawnmower
Wrangler (PHEV, close enough ...)
Tesla

:D

re: BEVs

I posted elsewhere about this, but we took the Tesla over to the Town Center, that's a ~70 mile round trip. While it was sitting in the sun, I let the AC run (temp check and AC controlled remotely) - you just can't do that with an ICE (er, you could, but that's a whole separate discussion). That trip took about $2, including leaving the car "running" for like 3+ hours, and the cost for the latter was like $0.15 (the power used was trivial).

There's just so many extra perks with an EV that aren't all that obvious, but when you think about a vehicle, that can be on, yet use almost no energy and produce zero emissions, it starts dawning on you.
 
DT said:
Might need to change the dinner plans for today :ROFLMAO:

nationaldaycalendar.com

NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY - May 16

NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY - May 16 - National Day Calendar Each year on May 16 we celebrate National Barbecue Day in the United States. Whether you grill at home or grab some takeout, you will find Americans across the country enjoying an assortment of mouthwatering barbeque (BBQ) flavors and sauces.
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I will have to celebrate it tomorrow...
 
Herdfan said:
And???? :)




As for me, while AFB is looking to buy an EV, I did some "E" buying myself. Actually it was yesterday, but not sure that matters.

Went down to mom's house to mow and her old string trimmer wouldn't start. It has been hard to start all spring. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, it is like 20 years old. So after using what seemed like a half can of starting fluid, I gave up. I went to Home Depot and bought a Milwaukee M18 Quik-Lok motor head and trimmer. I carry M18 batteries in my truck, so I didn't even need to wait to charge it.

Got to say, I was surprised at just how well it worked. I'm not sure it will replace all my Stihl tools, but it will be my goto for trimming for sure. I have had the M18 chainsaw for a while, and it does OK, but it wasn't up for the task last winter of cutting frozen trees off the road. Needed my big Farm Boss for that. But it works great for limbs and small trees. So I am impressed with the battery trimmer. Not sure how many other attachments I will get, but we will see.
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I pick it up at the weekend. An approved used BMW i3s. Fully specked out. Full leather, in red.
 
DT said:
Yep. That's how it starts ...

In order of purchase, battery powered:

Blower
String trimmer / Pole saw
Lawnmower
Wrangler (PHEV, close enough ...)
Tesla

:D

re: BEVs

I posted elsewhere about this, but we took the Tesla over to the Town Center, that's a ~70 mile round trip. While it was sitting in the sun, I let the AC run (temp check and AC controlled remotely) - you just can't do that with an ICE (er, you could, but that's a whole separate discussion). That trip took about $2, including leaving the car "running" for like 3+ hours, and the cost for the latter was like $0.15 (the power used was trivial).

There's just so many extra perks with an EV that aren't all that obvious, but when you think about a vehicle, that can be on, yet use almost no energy and produce zero emissions, it starts dawning on you.
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Could have done with that today. My 40 minutes home took 2 and a half hours. AC wasn’t running most of the time as the ICE engine switches off to save fuel.
 
DT said:
Might need to change the dinner plans for today :ROFLMAO:

nationaldaycalendar.com

NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY - May 16

NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY - May 16 - National Day Calendar Each year on May 16 we celebrate National Barbecue Day in the United States. Whether you grill at home or grab some takeout, you will find Americans across the country enjoying an assortment of mouthwatering barbeque (BBQ) flavors and sauces.
nationaldaycalendar.com nationaldaycalendar.com
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We are having pizza. But the wife is using the leftover pulled pork with BBQ sauce on hers if that counts.
 
Herdfan said:
We are having pizza. But the wife is using the leftover pulled pork with BBQ sauce on hers if that counts.
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Just totally off the cuff here, but does anyone remember those steak pizzas you could get at Pizza Hut back in the 90's?
 
Yikes, the SUP board was a mess, like a mildew-o-rama, so I X-14'ed the hell out of it, busted out the pressure washer, and it's back to pristine condition. And then instead of sending back to SUP purgatory on the east deck, I hung it in the garage, like up, over the door :D Used some existing Halloween decoration eyelets, a couple of straps, works great!
 
Renzatic said:
Yup, that was it. Though I thought it was something besides A1, since the sauce wasn't THAT strong.

... I miss that pizza.
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It may have been, but it was similar. Also remember their taco pizza.

Speaking of taco pizza, Taco Bell is bringing back the only thing I would ever eat there, the Mexican Pizza. It is available today if you have any rewards to cash in on their app, otherwise you have to wait until Thursday.
 
Herdfan said:
It may have been, but it was similar. Also remember their taco pizza.

Speaking of taco pizza, Taco Bell is bringing back the only thing I would ever eat there, the Mexican Pizza. It is available today if you have any rewards to cash in on their app, otherwise you have to wait until Thursday.
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The Mexican pizzas are back? WELL HOLY SHIT!

Though I don't use their app, so I guess I gotta wait. :(
 
DT said:
Yep. That's how it starts ...

In order of purchase, battery powered:

Blower
String trimmer / Pole saw
Lawnmower
Wrangler (PHEV, close enough ...)
Tesla

:D
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Well, picked up the edger today. Worked pretty well. On my yard. The test will be at my parent's house where there can be 2-3" of grass over the driveway and even the Stihl had issues.

Here is a video from a channel I follow on youtube. They test tools and also notify you of upcoming deals, but they just happened to release a video about BEV lawn equipment.



Now there is no way that mower will replace my Dixie Chopper for speed/cut quality, but it would probably do fine for a nice manicured residential lawn.
 
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