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re: Four Christmases is so good

Posted by LSU Jonno on 12/3/25 at 10:41 am to
This movie grew on me big time. Saw it in theaters when it first came out, and didn't think it was bad but also not noteworthy. Me and the wife watched it while wrapping presents about 4 years ago, and now it's a mandatory tradition watch every year. Love it. :cheers:
It's not like there is a big market for putting payloads in Mars orbit. This feat has more to do with payloads than launch providers.
You don’t need a karaoke machine. Just pull up YouTube on your tv and search for any song and add karaoke to the end of it. Then you just need mics and a speaker.

I use an AppleTV and play songs on Apple Music in lyrics mode. Works great. When the new IOS drops this year you’ll be able to use your iPhone as a mic.
It’s my least favorite mass-produced coffee.

re: Your outside cooking appliances?

Posted by LSU Jonno on 7/17/25 at 3:54 pm to
I have a flat top, a pellet smoker and a Webber kettle.

That 3-piece setup can tackle pretty much any job, including quick week-night burgers/chicken whatever.

I don’t miss my gas grill one bit, in-fact I’ll never own one again.


Do your own research on brands, but this combo is tough to beat.
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Hopefully they add characters outside the Mario universe later on.


I don’t know where, but I read an interview from Nintendo that said this wasn’t happening in MK world.

re: What kinda computer to buy?

Posted by LSU Jonno on 6/28/25 at 4:37 pm to
You should really play around with an M4 MacBook Pro. Most of this software is a subscription anyway, so it doesn’t cost as much to swap over as you think.

I do video and photo editing as well and swapped to an M1 MacBook Pro when they first came out and haven’t looked back. I have a docking station for it so I can go mobile or use a bigger screen.

Regardless of what you go with you will probably want 32GB of RAM. Maybe more if you do a lot of 4K video.
The hop-on/hop-off bus tour is nice. Can't get more low key than that.

Can't say enough good things about Sperry's in Franklin. Great meal for the money, though not cheap.
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Yesterday I learned that there are THREE levels of spark/boost when drifting through turns, now. MK8 only had Blue & Orange. Now there's a multi color after orange for max boost, it seems.


I got some news podnah, I think 3 levels of drift have been in Mario Kart since N64. Certainly there in MK8.

re: New Haven Pizzal-which one to try?

Posted by LSU Jonno on 5/17/25 at 9:22 am to
Family and I are stopping in New Haven to try the pizza on a road trip up to Maine. We decided we’d get a pie from both Sally’s and Frank Pepe’s and try them both.
I think they are cranking them out as fast as they can. Bloomberg is predicting they’ll have the largest launch sales ever, which is really just a measure of how many units they could produce.
Oh, it's "mine".

Will be a father's day present to me actually. Kids will get to play it when they don't act like complete jerks to their mama or each other.

:cheers:
Got my email and now it shows on my account! Kids are going to be pumped when I tell them. :cheers:
thanks! So I assume now that you have your email, it's also showing up in your order history on their website?
I think their servers could have been so overloaded that it's just bogged down. Wouldn't be surprised either way. I looked on X, and everyone that has ordered from gamestop seems to have the same story as us.
Manually inputing my order ID into gamestop website gives me an error. :wah:
Same, here. Got a confirmation number from gamestop, but it doesn't show in my order list, never got an email, and credit card hasn't been charged. I assume I don't have one.
Wow, thanks for posting the pic of Gemma.

My theory now is that Lumon are the "good guys". Working on tech to build Robocop-style androids of deceased people. Severed floor MDR is sorting DNA/Emotions/memories etc. that are really bugs in the AI software. MDR is essentially "training" the AI model. For some reason, Mark is key to this because he knows her best. He'd be too emotionally distraught to do this without severance which is why he has to be severed to do the work. Maybe others need to be severed just to keep the project top secret.
I bought something like this:

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Plus a WiiM puck.

These days WiiM makes an all in one product (amp plus streamer) that is about $300.

I can’t cast content from my Sonos system to these outdoor speakers, but if I control everything from my phone and treat my Sonos speakers as airplay targets it all syncs up great.
Like others have said, there are many options and it sort of depends what your goals are. I personally run Sonos, but for my outdoor passive speakers I bought a cheap, stand-alone class d amp off amazon for like $40 to power them and a WiiM hockey puck for like $70 to stream to them via apple airplay. You can go this route to have unlimited zones and scale how you want. Not audiophile quality at all, but it can get loud and doesn’t sound bad.