Last year, kids were saying “6, 7” for no particular reason; it was just a schoolyard meme. Old people like me started saying it. It wasn’t cool anymore because old people aren’t cool. This snack company is trying to ride the hottest trend about twelve months too late.

And for CDs, before the zero mark, there could be data. I think the X-Files TV show soundtrack had a couple of songs if you inserted the disc and immediately rewound before the starting zero. Like, in minus time. The table of contents apparently didn’t care about minus numbers.

Hidden grooves on records were not terribly common, as far as I am aware. I have Tool’s Undertow (which — if you have the CD version — you have already heard it) and a Monty Python record Tie and Handkerchief.

Not a terribly strong argument to preserve a format because I have no motivation to revisit either, but a fun little one time experience if you have either of those handy.

I didn’t find it sad. The writing was on the wall for physical media and I ripped it with the highest accuracy I could. I still have those albums in CD quality today.

That track at the end of Further Down the Spiral that relies on CD skipping is sort of lost to us, I guess. You can replicate it but kids won’t accidentally stumble upon it. Just like kids won’t accidentally stumble upon the “3rd spiral” of vinyl records. The Easter egg era is over.

“Ripping CDs” was a concerning term for non-technical friends even back then. I had to assure them it wouldn’t ruin their discs. It does sound more violent than it really is.

I just had a look because I have never had to service a toilet like this. The water shutoff appears to be easily accessible. As for any further work, an exposed tank is surely easier to deal with when a toilet misbehaves.

Oiling around the rim works like a dream. No, I will not rephrase.

If you are really concerned about getting locked in, you can get euro cylinders with a thumb turn on one side and key on the other.

That is exactly what I would do if it was my door. The prevalence of this dangerous variety is the subject of my mild fury.

I have been given a key, but this is still an unnecessary inconvenience in an emergency.

It doesn’t, because the handle and locking latch are separate mechanisms.

It interferes with a key being inserted from the outside.

For daily use — like, if someone asks me the date — I don’t normally bother telling them the year anyway (nor the month, for that matter). But for situations wherein the year is important enough to mention, year/month/day all the way.

In the urinal? Like, facing forwards?

I’ll start by googling big balls.
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I might take a while.

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Is it actually a functional pipe or was it put there for the painting? Why does it bend up like that? Why is it just in the middle of the wall?

“I’m so sorry for your loss… of your vehicle because your parking expired and your car was towed”.

“So you don’t have any… asspirations 😎”

Well, that was an info dump I didn’t necessarily need. Anyway, if a friend or family said they were going to publicly shame me for asking a question, I wouldn’t be the cook I am today. Fortunately I was allowed to make mistakes and given opportunities to learn.