What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[tmntpower1988]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

You wanna gather some of those people up and chuck 'em off a cliff with me? Might be fun and your country's cliffs look perfect for it.

Yeah sure why not?

[IndigoErth]

Yeah, about to chuck NECA and Amazon both off that cliff, too.

Not ever seen that Ronin Leo figure anywhere. Caught it finally available for order via Amazon with their shipping, not NECA, a month ago for a week or less before it went "unavailable" again and would be a month wait, due to ship early Aug. Okay, fine. Of course, after a month of waiting they canceled it now.

Even my Walmart that sucks ass at getting stuff had gotten the Donnie and the newest Mikey in (edit: sorry the 5th 'newest' Mikey, not naked #6), and NECA can make lots of Mikey/Ronin figures. But Leo?? Just one and never see it. Target is useless as well and the place holder page online did nothing but vanish, never be in stock. The ONE figure of that line and the only NECA (so far) I actually wanted, but of course, it's gotta be like this.

[tmntpower1988]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Yeah, about to chuck NECA and Amazon both off that cliff, too.

My OCD is pissing me off even more lately, I wish OCD was a person so I could throw that off the cliff too.

[Cowabung-Gal]

When people don’t flush the toilet after using it. Is it so hard to pull the handle? Is it?

Seriously, I have actual nightmares about trying to find a decent toilet with so little time left. Please don’t let my nightmares become reality, people.

[Andrew NDB]

Ugh! Seattle is DEBATING whether there should be new drug free zones? wtf zones shouldn't be drug free?

https://komonews.com/news/local/city...s-legislation#

[ResidentEvil7]

I don't expect any replies because that's the nature of this site when it comes my recent posts, but I'll give it a try.

One thing that is grinding my gears is my Nintendo Wii I bought 2 months ago. A few games recently came in today and yesterday and testing them out, my Wii remote won't register any of the motion commands. I mean, the arrow cursor on the main menu won't move smoothly. One top of that the battery packs that came with the Wii remote charger keeps draining REAL FAST, like in 45 minutes after taking it off the charging station. I'm having much better luck with 35 year old cartridge games lately than my Wii. I don't know if it's the Wii system or the remote that's giving me a hard time, but I would probably put my money on the Wii remote.

[Andrew NDB]

Probably just went bad. Randomly the other night one of the Switch joy cons decided to not synch to the console. Was barely even ever used.

[ResidentEvil7]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Probably just went bad. Randomly the other night one of the Switch joy cons decided to not synch to the console. Was barely even ever used.

The buttons work fine, it's the motion sensor that doesn't register. The other Wii remote my system came with is just as bad.

Another thing that's making me upset is the NES game I tried to buy 3 different times called Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja. For some strange reason, all 3 cartridges of the same title and only this game won't give me a picture and sound. What does my Hyperkin Retron 3 NES system have against Bad Dudes, but all other games I tested worked perfectly?

[IndigoErth]

Got an object glitched and stuck in one of my houses in a game... can't pick it up, even with the work around option that usually, well, works for things that got stuck or lost.

Kinda sucks because there is an object limit, so now it's just gonna permanently take up one. And hard to just work it in, because it's a freaking set of stairs. lol God forbid I want to see if I can use the available blocks to custom add an additional floor like some people do.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

Originally Posted by ResidentEvil7

I don't expect any replies because that's the nature of this site when it comes my recent posts, but I'll give it a try.

One thing that is grinding my gears is my Nintendo Wii I bought 2 months ago. A few games recently came in today and yesterday and testing them out, my Wii remote won't register any of the motion commands. I mean, the arrow cursor on the main menu won't move smoothly. One top of that the battery packs that came with the Wii remote charger keeps draining REAL FAST, like in 45 minutes after taking it off the charging station. I'm having much better luck with 35 year old cartridge games lately than my Wii. I don't know if it's the Wii system or the remote that's giving me a hard time, but I would probably put my money on the Wii remote.

It sounds to me like the Wii sensor bar might be the problem. You can buy new ones for pretty cheap.

[Cowabung-Gal]

When wildlife sneaks into our house.

I had a mouse in my room not that long ago, and today we were surprised by a baby snake.

[IndigoErth]

Speaking of snakes... may sister is partial dog sitting for a couple who are out of state, just stopping in before/after work to visit, feed, etc a senior dog.

So, they've got a small goldfish pond not far from the front door. Sister noticed a snake in there. I jokingly thought maybe something had just fallen in... until some days later she shared pics of a large goldfish's head IN the snakes mouth! Turns out it was a freaking water snake. They've got a small creek by their home, but that's about it.

Supposedly, a harmless species, so I joked to my sister about using gloves to grab it and shove it into a cat carrier to release it somewhere so it would stop trying to wipe out all their pet fish. Supposedly some of them are/were 15-years-old. Poor fish.

The guy posted the photos my sister took on a neighborhood FB page, telling neighbors to beware. He didn't want to harmed...but a couple neighbors took it upon themselves to go kill it. So now I'm sad about not only fish I never met (we used to have big problems with herons attacking OUR former pond so it kinda hits home) and now the snake that could have just been caught and released elsewhere.

[IndigoErth]

Grind... Flash flood warnings all afternoon and evening, and then a local tornado warning and having the power go out for a few min while hanging in the basement. Yeah, don't have much appreciation for being made to worrying that a tornado tore out the poles and is coming for us.

A family member then realized a battery powered lantern was dead so she decided to go wander the house looking for a working one. While the wind hasn't been an issue and we didn't know WHY the power went off during a tornado warning. WTF. Boomers.

Luckily we're good, but sounds like one was reported a few min down the road, two neighborhoods over.

Next 24 hours may be interesting if this crap keeps up. Hope anyone else here getting anything from it stays safe.



Edit: So what got hit was a nearby grocery store that lost part if its roof and a road through a neighborhood many commonly use as a cut through to it. Looks like largely tree and pole damage. Sounds like no one hurt, but shame that some of the old trees will be gone.

[IndigoErth]

Yup... something lucky happens, always expect the turn around.

Yesterday I managed to get a hard-to-get figure I've waited too long for already (yay), today... oh, thanks water heater, you decided to start leaking and will require some hundreds of dollars to replace you. Good work. And right before the local taxes are due.

It couldn't have done this in July when it was so terribly hot for so long and cool showers were acceptable.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Yup... something lucky happens, always expect the turn around.

Yesterday I managed to get a hard-to-get figure I've waited too long for already (yay), today... oh, thanks water heater, you decided to start leaking and will require some hundreds of dollars to replace you.

Man, sorry to hear that.

[Cowabung-Gal]

When your dog eats his/her own droppings.

(gags)

WHY do they do that?!

[ResidentEvil7]

This evening on a short walk to a Japanese restaurant nearby, I ran across a street, lost my footing and had a bad fall and landed flat on my front right in the middle of the crosswalk. My knees (especially the right knee is half scraped up), my palms and my left forearm is scraped up badly. When I fell in the street, my glasses fell off my eyes and thank God they didn't break or shatter. It was amazing that I continued on to the restaurant with little concern and minor stinging pains. After I got to the restaurant, they were real helpful by providing my bandages to wrap around my right knee and they were extra friendly. I got home hardly feeling anything, which was strange considering my knee was covered in blood and bodily water.

I'm just fine; I just won't run across the street to beat the walk signal again. I mean, I really hit that pavement pretty hard and my scraps look worse than they feel. In fact I don't feel any pain, even though my right knee is wet with fluids.

[tmntpower1988]

Originally Posted by ResidentEvil7

This evening on a short walk to a Japanese restaurant nearby, I ran across a street, lost my footing and had a bad fall and landed flat on my front right in the middle of the crosswalk. My knees (especially the right knee is half scraped up), my palms and my left forearm is scraped up badly. When I fell in the street, my glasses fell off my eyes and thank God they didn't break or shatter. It was amazing that I continued on to the restaurant with little concern and minor stinging pains. After I got to the restaurant, they were real helpful by providing my bandages to wrap around my right knee and they were extra friendly. I got home hardly feeling anything, which was strange considering my knee was covered in blood and bodily water.

I'm just fine; I just won't run across the street to beat the walk signal again. I mean, I really hit that pavement pretty hard and my scraps look worse than they feel. In fact I don't feel any pain, even though my right knee is wet with fluids.

How are you feeling now man?

[IndigoErth]

Why are people like this. I swear, too many people my sister and/or brother-in-law know do it if they come over. Glad I wasn't going out. Sister lives separately on the property, so kind of annoying to have to track down someone I don't even know (or barely) and tell them to move their darn car.




You'd think they'd block my sister's car since she's clearly not going anywhere if they're visiting... but nah.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Rainy days.

Good for the plants. Bad for my mood.