Hit F12 and rewrite the text. Much of the bullshit memes we see are done like that.

Well, one would expect mountainous areas to flood because elevation focuses water flow. I’m in Florida, flattest state in the union. We never flood except in hurricanes, and those floods don’t last like they do in other places, in and out.

Making bee hotels for solitary bees is child’s play. Take a chunk of wood, drill holes, hang in a tree.

Technical aspects:

• Don’t use pressure treated lumber, anything else is fine.
• Look up “solitary bee hotel” for your area to see what size holes to make for the locals. In any case, it’s going to be a variety of different sizes to cover all your bases. Doesn’t have to bee (heh) perfect.
• Make the holes, especially the edges, nice and smooth. They’re not dumb enough to nest their if the hole is raggedy and might jack up their wings.

That’s mostly it. You can research easily enough in an hour or less There’s a woman on YouTube that sells bee hotels and has solid advice for making your own. Wish I remembered her name. Anyone?

Damned satisfying when you find the holes plugged with wax! You have new tenants! Stupid easy and basically free.

CAVEAT: These things are single use. Chunk 'em out every season, or better, burn them. Keeps the mites out. Make another for free.

So wish I still had my VIC-20 and 64.

I counted my parents collection. Uh, am I cheating?

Now this is a unique post! Can’t imagine any 20-somethings scoring zero. Go go retro bro!

The fire rises brother! (OK, not an appropriate quote, just wanted to say it.)

All that and never had a ghetto blaster?! Hah, that’s a weird experience.

I counted my parents owning Encyclopedia Britannica. 54 here.

Walkman was the only game in town as I remember. Where there generic versions? Think maybe I had a shitty one, but Walkman was the gold standard.

And so were the headphones! First in-ear audio that actually rocked out. Again, not sure there was much of anything else, but Iron Maiden thumped in those things. Now I want another pair.

It’s in a protective bag, must be a vintage-for-sale thing. Original price was $1.95, $8.53 today.

Had never heard of this, and my first computer had a tape drive. Went to a tiny computer camp and we had a sweet D&D game, but it took 10-minutes to load, if it didn’t fuck up. Had to start it before our break or we’d only have 5 minutes to play.

You’ll love my comment from yesterday!

https://old.lemmy.world/comment/16148875

Fuck me, y’all believe anything. Ever seen a trapped rodent?! Think it just sat there and said, “Oh well. This is my life now.”?

My kinda dude. Read the article if you haven’t already. He’s going to big events and absolutely cleaning up, literally and figuratively.

I find so much cool shit to upcycle, fix, sell, whatever on the side of the road. Go anywhere humans gather for an event and you can haul home loads of goodies. After the 4th of July fireworks on the river we filled the car with brand new chairs, toys, floaties, all sorts of things.

If I were motivated enough, I could make a living picking trash. Had a friend making $400-$600 a week fixing up trashed washers and dryers after work. Another couple made $400 every other weekend at their garage sale. “We steal our neighbor’s trash and sell it back to them.” LOL, they would roll out at 6AM, twice a week on trash day, fill the truck and give away whatever didn’t sell by 2PM. My wife is clocking $200-$300 for a few hours at the flea market, and we haven’t even got serious yet.

I grab shit on the side of the road. Got two nice ceiling fans for free last week. (Lights stops working because the US required voltage limiter burns. Cut it out, free fan.) I’ve replaced nearly every shitty plumbing and electrical device in the house for free. (OK, the sweet new hall light was $1.) Got two bikes for my kids that will take $100 each in new parts and will end up mostly new. Found two nice carpet cleaners that were used once and tossed, need to clean them and sell. Same place chunked a brand new, white, glass-sided mid-tower with factory and upgraded fans. I can go on forever with these tales. And this is all in my spare time.

I’ve got a truck bed and more worth of cans out back. Maybe worked 4 hours over two years? Almost all of the effort was crushing them by hand since I kept breaking the shitty crushers and been too lazy to make one. And that’s not counting the cans I pick out of the woods, usually toss them with the other garbage I get.

I could whip up rack ears but making threaded holes confounds me. Even got a tap and die set, still can’t figure it out.

Nah, I have a NetGate (pfSense) rackmount router/firewall with multiple ports. Isn’t that pretty standard with enterprise gear now days? Only 2-port routers I’ve seen are ones I build from old PCs.

A call from the state labor board is every US employer’s fucking nightmare. If these guys were really doing this, the board would hit them like god’s own hammer. And in Florida at least, the board goes with what the employee says and the employer has to prove otherwise.

Funny thing about rights, you have to know what they are and stand up for them.

(BTW, the corpsman scene leaves me sobbing, every time, no exceptions.)

Gun related scenes are top notch in John Wick. I love how real shit happens like he loses ammo count or jams, instantly remedies the situation. And believe this, plenty of gun nuts counted for him and I’ve never heard anyone call out an inaccuracy.

Also like how there’s nothing fancy. For example, look at what the The Sommelier recommends; Glock pistols, AR-15 rifle and a Benelli for a shotgun. No idea how Hollywood resisted gimmicky bullshit, but I would have screamed if they came with a funky looking KelTec.

The action, morseo in the first movie, is on the bleeding edge of believable. I’m sure by now everyone who has any interest has seen Keanu practice guns, and before that martial arts for *The Matrix".

Hard to overstate how difficult all that is. Targeting while moving is hell, worst with a pistol, but even a shotgun isn’t much better. Notice how he reloads the shotgun before he’s out of ammo, doesn’t have to pump it? You can do the same with a semi-auto anything, don’t shoot the last round before reloading.

I could train like that for weeks and never come close. I can ping every piece of steel, over and over, but even at a creeping walk? LOL, nope. Fuck me, I can’t even master the violin or combat load with a 12-gauge. Hmmm, I’m off tomorrow and have plenty of shells.

EDIT: Speaking of jams, there’s an unscripted “stovepipe” in The Way of The Gun that Benecio del Toro clears with a textbook move. I’ve managed to do that once I saw it!