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| Topic | Toyota Tacoma or Ford Ranger? |
| IdiotMachine 12/31/18 12:01:22 PM #24 | Blbmbr666 posted... After watching that video, I wouldn't buy a Ranger atm. Didn't realize this is just a localization of an older model from 2012. Either wait to get the newer Ranger in like 2 years or get something else IMO. Agreed. Talked with the missus and we think we'll wait until 2020 Ranger or see what Toyota does to be competitive with the Ranger. Because except for the history of the Tacoma, there seems to be nothing better about it vs the Ranger. --- |
| Topic | Toyota Tacoma or Ford Ranger? |
| IdiotMachine 12/30/18 7:12:54 PM #21 | CloneTheHero posted... IdiotMachine posted...So I want a pickup truck because they're generally bigger than a mid-size SUV at similar costs, have more utility with them (can haul more), and hold their value more over time. I will not use the truck like a contractor or for stereotypical "truck" use. I saw that exact video! Sucks he doesn't do a video for the Toyota Tacoma... --- |
| Topic | Toyota Tacoma or Ford Ranger? |
| IdiotMachine 12/30/18 7:07:33 PM #19 | So I want a pickup truck because they're generally bigger than a mid-size SUV at similar costs, have more utility with them (can haul more), and hold their value more over time. I will not use the truck like a contractor or for stereotypical "truck" use. --- |
| Topic | Toyota Tacoma or Ford Ranger? |
| IdiotMachine 12/30/18 5:36:33 PM #9 | Youngster_Joey_ posted... It depends on what you want. Huh... Do you know of any specific reason? RoboLaserGandhi posted... Never buy Ford. Why not? --- |
| Topic | Toyota Tacoma or Ford Ranger? |
| IdiotMachine 12/30/18 5:12:15 PM #4 | |
| Topic | Toyota Tacoma or Ford Ranger? |
| IdiotMachine 12/30/18 2:36:47 PM #3 | CirocObama posted... Toyota no contest. Why though? I've read reviews where the power train on the Ranger is incredible. --- |
| Topic | Toyota Tacoma or Ford Ranger? |
| IdiotMachine 12/30/18 2:32:16 PM #1 | What midsized pickup truck should I buy? - Results (6 votes)
2019 Toyota Tacoma
66.67% (4 votes)
4
2019 Ford Ranger
16.67% (1 vote)
1
Other (post).
16.67% (1 vote)
1
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| Topic | One cat poops in the Litter Robot. |
| IdiotMachine 12/30/18 11:38:38 AM #26 | |
| Topic | Do you tip the person washing your hair after a haircut? |
| IdiotMachine 12/29/18 1:51:44 PM #7 | Huh... I've always had separate people; never have I had a barber wash my hair, to my recollection. --- |
| Topic | Do you tip the person washing your hair after a haircut? |
| IdiotMachine 12/29/18 1:45:28 PM #1 | I pay at the cashier and tip the barber and hair washer separately ($5 and $3 respectively). But a friend of mine asked why not just tip the cashier $5 and let them pool tips... Am I doing it wrong? --- |
| Topic | One cat poops in the Litter Robot. |
| IdiotMachine 12/28/18 9:39:30 PM #24 | Cat A also seems skittish to enter the Litter-Robot: https://imgur.com/9tfRYhj But when she did enter, she seems to squat right at the entrance: https://imgur.com/SWawHkH This isn't what she did before (evident in the first post)... After she finished, I went over and lo-and-behold, there was poop right in front of the Litter-Robot. Culprit found! It seems to be Cat A! And only because she wouldn't put her butt all the way into the robot, or turn around before she poops (which is strange because she turned around to poop before...). --- |
| Topic | One cat poops in the Litter Robot. |
| IdiotMachine 12/28/18 5:58:02 PM #23 | |
| Topic | One cat poops in the Litter Robot. |
| IdiotMachine 12/28/18 7:56:10 AM #17 | SpiralDrift posted... This is less about the litter box and more about you night-vision motion-capturing your cats shitting. Well yea... Now that I got my camera I can have proof. --- |
| Topic | One cat poops in the Litter Robot. |
| IdiotMachine 12/28/18 12:34:28 AM #11 | monkmith posted... what the fuck is this thread? An update to my Litter-Robot saga. --- |
| Topic | One cat poops in the Litter Robot. |
| IdiotMachine 12/27/18 11:27:43 PM #4 | The other cat cautiously entered the Litter Robot: https://imgur.com/dVbwais https://imgur.com/oF7YKaT When she was done, I checked... and it was only pee in there. --- |
| Topic | One cat poops in the Litter Robot. |
| IdiotMachine 12/27/18 8:59:15 PM #1 | Background I excitedly bought a Litter Robot: https://www.litter-robot.com/litter-robot-iii-open-air-with-connect.html When it arrived, my two cats refused to do anything with it until I removed their old litter box. I came back to seeing poop in front of the Litter Robot. One cat (or maybe both?) consistently poops in front of the robot. Both cats pee inside the robot just fine. So I bought a camera and set it up. Update With the camera, I caught one of my cat using the Litter Robot. After she finished, I went and checked; there was poop inside. So this cat, let's call her cat A, isn't the culprit. Cropped screenshot of Cat A pooping in the Litter Robot: https://imgur.com/cYI2kkQ --- |
| Topic | How hard is it to be a landlord? |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 11:10:32 PM #30 | averagejoel posted... some people can't. if you are a landlord, you are contributing to that Work harder, get paid more. That's capitalism. --- |
| Topic | How hard is it to be a landlord? |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 10:49:21 PM #24 | averagejoel posted... because housing is a basic human need which everyone should have access to You have access to it. Just pay for it. --- |
| Topic | How hard is it to be a landlord? |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 10:45:32 PM #22 | BeyondWalls posted... nemu posted...Security deposits rarely cover the extent of damages You sure can. But chances of you ever getting that money = zero. --- |
| Topic | How hard is it to be a landlord? |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 10:43:49 PM #20 | misterbum posted... Do you have a sense of how much rent per month you can get for your place? Get an estimate of that from Zillow if you are not sure. Then factor in all the expenses youll be paying (mortgage, taxes, insurance, any utilities your town might force you to keep in your name) to get a sense of how much money youll be making on an annual basis. Then factor in some provisions for major expenses (vacancy, repairs and maintenance, capital expenditures) to get an even more conservative sense of what your net rental income will be. Zillow estimates rental houses in my neighborhood with the same bedrooms/baths and similar amenities to be around $1300/mo. So that's a $700/mo in gross profit, before any income taxes, property management costs, vacancies, repairs, maintenance, etc. --- |
| Topic | How hard is it to be a landlord? |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 10:40:31 PM #17 | averagejoel posted... ChainedRedone posted...Paper_Okami posted...Landlords are by and large, complete scum Uh...... If I own a property, I am responsible for its maintenance, and I take all the risk by having a stranger come in and live in it, why should I not be entitled to some profit? --- |
| Topic | How hard is it to be a landlord? |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 10:27:01 PM #13 | brandunh11 posted... Use a property management company. They deal with all those things you mentioned. They usually take 10% of rent but they also usually get you better and highet paying tenants. My experience in this arrangement has been good. I didn't think about property management companies... Would they work for someone who just has one property? --- |
| Topic | How hard is it to be a landlord? |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 10:19:49 PM #4 | ChainedRedone posted... Well you have to collect rent once a month. Sounds extremely hard. Well I guess I meant what is the hard parts of being a landlord... Right off the bat, I can think of: *Tenant selection, *Deadbeat tenants who destroy property (yea you can sue them but good luck collecting the money), *Evictions, and *Dealing with complaints/maintenance. --- |
| Topic | How hard is it to be a landlord? |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 10:15:36 PM #1 | We're looking to buy a bigger house and move out of our starter home next year or so, but thinking of keeping this house and renting it out because it is so darn cheap (bought it during the tail end of the recession at under $90k with a 2.25% company-assisted mortgage, making my payments (with taxes and insurance) under $600/mo). --- |
| Topic | My credit score is 743 |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 6:05:18 PM #2 | |
| Topic | Remember the 5 teens who dropped rocks on a highway and killed a man? |
| IdiotMachine 12/25/18 2:28:16 PM #1 | Background Five teens threw rocks on a highway in Michigan while standing on an overpass in 2017. One ~20lbs rock crashed through a van and killed a passenger. The five teens then went about their business (going to a fast food restaurant to eat; i.e. showing no remorse), and was eventually caught. Update All five entered a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Their other felonious charges, e.g. second-degree murder, were all dropped. They are expected to go on probation. What a joke. Sources: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/10/29/teens-plead-guilty-overpass-rock-death/1804600002/ https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/11/06/teen-plea-fatal-rock-throwing/1902090002/ --- |
| Topic | What has Trump said about the economy recently? |
| IdiotMachine 12/24/18 9:46:49 PM #1 | With Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ composite down to July 2017 levels and S&P 500 down to April 2017 levels, wiping out over a year worth of gains, has Trump said anything? --- |
| Topic | Is it normal to have a lot of variance in internet speed... |
| IdiotMachine 12/24/18 11:56:48 AM #7 | There is a lot of interference in the 2.4GHz band, so if you live near a lot of people (who all have their own wireless networks), or if you use other devices that operate in that band (like a microwave), it will have an effect. Try using 5GHz band if available. The range of 5GHz is less than that of 2.4GHz, however. If that doesn't help, go wired and see if you still experience this. If you do, then it's your ISP. --- |
| Topic | Trying to train my cat and wife turns on the blender. Seriously wtf... |
| IdiotMachine 12/24/18 11:51:13 AM #7 | CookieMarvin posted... did she blend your cat Nope. rikasa posted... That's pretty bad. She needs to think about their feelings. Cats hate being surprised when they're focused Yea I yelled at her, and she said she had no idea cats don't like loud noises. double-u tee eff mate. slimfizzle2 posted... You were training the cat to use the blender? Nah, training them to get used to this big thing they're supposed to be using. --- |
| Topic | Trying to train my cat and wife turns on the blender. Seriously wtf... |
| IdiotMachine 12/24/18 11:47:29 AM #3 | roos1046 Reborn posted... cats can't be trained Yes they can; just takes a lot more time and effort. I trained my cats to sit and to give me a "high five". --- |
| Topic | Trying to train my cat and wife turns on the blender. Seriously wtf... |
| IdiotMachine 12/24/18 11:43:56 AM #1 | Trying to train my cats to do something, and my wife turns on the blender to make her smoothie, scaring the shit out of my cats and having them run away from the very thing I'm trying to train them to be okay with. wtf mate --- |
| Topic | Bought a $500 litter box; cat won't fucking use it. |
| IdiotMachine 12/23/18 11:40:42 PM #46 | One of my cats pooped right outside the Litter-Robot...... Fucking bitch. --- |
| Topic | Bought a $500 litter box; cat won't fucking use it. |
| IdiotMachine 12/23/18 3:55:15 PM #44 | Kombucha posted... How does it go about cleaning itself? The globe rotates, putting clean litter in a separate container (through a mesh), and the clumped up stuff down the chute where it collects the poop/pee. --- |
| Topic | Bought a $500 litter box; cat won't fucking use it. |
| IdiotMachine 12/23/18 2:49:13 PM #42 | Both cats are regularly using it, now that they have no choice. When the cleaning cycle starts, they're both still mystified and stay and watch the whole thing happening. --- |
| Topic | Government Shutdown won't stop tracking of Santa Claus. |
| IdiotMachine 12/22/18 2:51:59 PM #5 | It takes 1,500 people to put a red dot on a map and have it move across the globe? wtf --- |
| Topic | Bought a $500 litter box; cat won't fucking use it. |
| IdiotMachine 12/22/18 2:50:47 PM #39 | |
| Topic | Just saw two fire trucks and santa rolling by... wtf? |
| IdiotMachine 12/22/18 11:40:56 AM #6 | Cornmuffins posted... Thats been a thing for a long time. It makes kids happy, who gives a shit We moved here several years ago and this is the first time we're staying in town for Christmas, so never saw this before. I asked my neighbors and they said this is a regular thing and they do it around the holidays. You were right. --- |
| Topic | Just saw two fire trucks and santa rolling by... wtf? |
| IdiotMachine 12/22/18 11:30:30 AM #1 | Two fire trucks are driving around with Christmas music and sirens blaring, and a pickup truck (with fire department emblems and lights) in the middle carrying santa drove by my street. Kids in my neighborhood came out, Santa greeted them handed them something, and continued. What the... On one hand: what a gross misuse of government resources, with sirens blaring making people think it is an emergency... On the other hand: that was pretty sweet. I don't know what to feel. --- |
| Topic | Bought a $500 litter box; cat won't fucking use it. |
| IdiotMachine 12/21/18 7:37:27 PM #38 | DarthGravid posted... I was going to say to have the top open for a few days, until they get used to it, but from the pictures, that's not an option. Some cats flat out refuse to shit in an enclosed space. Their first litter box was an enclosed one. I've read cats don't like enclosed ones because of the smell if you don't clean it religiously, so I switched to a regular tray. --- |
| Topic | Assassin's Creed Origins - Worth $29? |
| IdiotMachine 12/21/18 2:52:41 PM #14 | |
| Topic | The budget breakdown of a 25 year old |
| IdiotMachine 12/21/18 2:24:13 PM #8 | |
| Topic | Bought a $500 litter box; cat won't fucking use it. |
| IdiotMachine 12/21/18 2:22:59 PM #22 | I removed the manual litter box. Hopefully the cats don't start shitting everywhere and use the Litter Robot... --- |
| Topic | Assassin's Creed Origins - Worth $29? |
| IdiotMachine 12/21/18 2:03:52 PM #13 | Bio1590 posted... Depends. If you liked the sailing/ship battles you're shit out of luck for 99% of the game. I didn't care too much about the sailing/ship battles. --- |
| Topic | Assassin's Creed Origins - Worth $29? |
| IdiotMachine 12/21/18 1:38:20 PM #8 | glitteringfairy posted... You should be able to get it cheaper Bio1590 posted... You definitely should be able to get it cheaper than $29 though. I guess I meant the gold edition, with all DLCs and crap. --- |
| Topic | Assassin's Creed Origins - Worth $29? |
| IdiotMachine 12/21/18 12:35:35 PM #1 | I bought Assassin's Creed Odyssey on a whim and it was definitely fun and not-at-all Assassin's Creed-like (which is a positive thing). How's Origins? More specifically, if I play "backwards" (Odyssey -> Origins), would I still like it? --- |
| Topic | What the fuck is even going on in these US Army commercials? |
| IdiotMachine 12/21/18 12:29:05 PM #2 | How else are they supposed to have kids volunteer to kill or get killed for their country? --- |
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