NABDad

Headline is misleading. You can't lose what you never had.

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The best Steven Seagal movie I've ever seen, really the only good one, was Executive Decision.

Like other Steven Seagal movies, you see he's in it, and you groan and think, "this is going to suck." Then 20 minutes into the movie he's killed off, and you can relax and enjoy the rest.

NABDad @lemmy.world 1d ago

Cat thinks friendly rock is nice.

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NABDad @lemmy.world 2d ago

New GE range has WiFi. I didn't see any need for it, but I installed the app.

I can set it to preheat to cook dinner while I'm driving home from the store. I can set the timer and leave the house and monitor it from my phone.

Honestly, it's nice to have. I'd be ok without it, but I wouldn't say it's pointless.

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NABDad @lemmy.world 3d ago

Eye drop tip:

Pull your lower eyelid down to create a little pocket and put the drop in your eyelid.

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NABDad @lemmy.world 3d ago

Story time.

My wife is an optometrist.

One day a patient called the office because he had foreign body in his eye. No big deal. They had equipment for removing a foreign body from the eye safely. The patient asked how much the exam was. They told him (I think it was around $70) and he said he'd think about it.

He called up a little while later and said he got it out. He asked if he still needed to come in, and they explained that he still should have his eye checked to make sure it wasn't injured.

When he got there, my wife asked him how he got it out.

He said he used the edge of a razor blade to pick it out of his eye. He said he does it all the time.

If the thought of putting the edge of a razor blade against your eye is not horrifying enough, remember that when you're working on your own eye, you don't have depth perception.

NABDad @lemmy.world 3d ago

It makes it easier for them to identify future candidates for public office.

NABDad @lemmy.world 3d ago

If you want solutions that don't involve digging up the outside, sealing the wall, and adding proper drainage to direct the water away, you'll probably need to say more about how the wall is constructed and what sort of drainage currently exists.

Do you have a sump pump? What is the wall constructed of (concrete, cinder block, stone, brick, etc)? Is the basement finished?

NABDad @lemmy.world 4d ago

They were immediately detained by I.C.E.

NABDad @lemmy.world 6d ago

AI is the symptom. Unrestrained capitalism is the disease.

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NABDad @lemmy.world 6d ago

Are there a lot of managers who can be held accountable?

NABDad @lemmy.world 7d ago

Mostly, no.

We hired someone to paint our house almost 30 years ago. That guy was fantastic. He was the only one we spoke to who would guarantee his work. He would test the moisture content if the surface he was painting before beginning, and he would only start when it was dry enough to ensure his adhesion.

We also found an HVAC company that we could trust to work on our boiler.

We've had at least 8 other companies do work so incompetently, I've just about given up.

One problem we have is that we have an older (>100 years) house, and people don't appear to know how to work on older homes anymore.

The other problem is just plain incompetence and lack of care.

I've never been one to balk at a high quote, but apart from the painter, it doesn't appear to matter. Paying more just gets you more expensive incompetence.

We had one contractor who was really good, but he's getting older and he's having his son take over, and his son isn't up to the challenge.

Edit: my mom has been satisfied with the work she's had done, but she hounds them mercilessly. If she doesn't like what they do, they have to redo it. We've had some satisfaction with that technique, but it wears you down. I've already got a full time job. I don't have any slack left to manage the people I hire to work on the house.

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NABDad @lemmy.world 1w ago

Most of the time, you can say things like, "I've never done this before", and the people you're interacting with will tell you what to do.

So, at the doctor's office, just ask the receptionist what they need you to do. If you have questions, ask.

The trick is to not care about not knowing something. Everyone is born knowing nothing. Everything has to be learned. Ignorance is only a flaw if it's a choice.