Recent content by Fat Nick

I agree 100% - you can learn a lot about a person's character by watching how they talk to waiters/waitresses, cleaning staff, janitors, etc. My MIL talks to service people like they are indentured servants and it drives me mad.

When I was getting my MBA, we took a trip to Omaha and got to meet Mr. Buffett - we also went to grab lunch with him at Gorat's, which is famously his favorite place in Omaha. The man likes what he likes - that place looked like it hadn't been updated since the 70's, and the food was nothing to...

I'm with you on everything except the large sugar crystals that you sometimes find on cookies and such. That's good - the crunch and sweetness it adds can make a decent cookie excellent. I have zero interest in sprinkles/jimmies/that random processed sugar shapes with no taste or texture...

Chex Mix Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies

This. My 2017 Volvo XC90 is starting to go...check engine light came on last week. Turn signal works sometimes. Memory seats have Alzheimer's. Transmission needs at a minimum a flush/reset. I'd love to get a smaller SUV, but my wife is insisting 3-row with captain's chairs. I'm a car guy...

So funny coincidence - my parents have '97 Dakota. It's a very odd set of options - It's yellow. It's the sport cab (2 seats, not extended), with the V8 and a manual transmission. It has MAYBE 20,000 miles on it and they've owned it since new. It's basically been used to take the trash to...

Anybody using the new IPhone 17 Air as their regular phone? As noted a month ago, I've been pondering an upgrade, but now my old 14 Pro Max's bluetooth is dying. I have to fully re-start my phone to connect to anything bluetooth, which is a no-go for me at this point. Looking at the iPhone...

I think it strongly depends on what you are planning to do on your day off. The 3-day weekend is key for longer activities. You can take a short trip or do something overnight or engage in a longer home project or something. If you're literally just looking for one day to do something -...

I'm not sure I can be on-board with that personally. I've always thought Meyer was dirty, and I don't think we need that at PSU at this point. I know we're all focusing on all the bad about Franklin this week, but over the long-haul, he was immensely beneficial to a program that was coming...

I saw a crazy tweet that basically said, 15 days ago, PSU was 3-0, #2 in the country, and 7 points up on Oregon in OT....and now they're 3-3, and 0-3 in conference play, unranked, just fired their HC, and lost their starting QB for the year. That's gotta be amongst the wildest weeks ever...

I'm convinced some day down the road we're going to find out just how deeply our phones actually track us. I've had way too many "coincidences" with my phone for anyone to ever tell me otherwise. I randomly was talking about barn door style doors for our bathroom to my wife the other day, and...

I'm going to have to look for this...I don't think I have any contacts in a 3XX area code.

I would assume so...or they aren't on Nomorobo's list. Their list is pretty well updated, but I do think it's very specific to robodialers.

I get those too - and they are honestly oddly on-point. I was on vacation, fishing daily, and I got one from "Amber" that just said, "When are we going fishing?" A few weeks later, while at my son's football game, I get, "Want to come over for the game?" from some other female name.

I'm still using Nomorobo. It's flawless on my VOIP Landline, which is a free service from Nomorobo. We get almost zero solicitations on that line. It used to be constant, 2-3x a day. Now it's not bad. I also pay for their iPhone service ($19/year). It's pretty good, but within the last...