I’m currently reading Catalyst Gate by Megan E. O’Keefe, it’s the third book in The Protectorate series. It’s so good! I’m totally digging this series. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s really scratching the itch that The Expanse series left me with a few years ago. Just so good.

I also just finished up Diary of a Wimpy Kid #17. They are cute books that are good for a quick break between heavier stuff.

I’m so jealous you get to read that for the first time. It’s the only series I wish I could forget and read again.

Hell yeah! I’m so excited to have a home state team even if they are far away!

They were doing paddle shifters in the Ioniq. Toyota was working on a car with a six speed shifter and a clutch. I don’t even care if it’s simulated shifting, I’d still get one.

This article is from 2023, but it has more info on it. The manual transmission from Toyota is expected to go to production this year I think.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45754176/toyota-manual-ev-prototype-drive/

I did not camp out myself, but I did work a register when some early World of Warcraft expansions came out. People went crazy for them.

I remember one evening we had some Wrath of the Lich King collector’s editions available for the release event and there was a huge rush to get in when they opened the doors. I had this sweet old lady come through my line with one of the big boxes. She was very excited because she bought it for her grandson and she wanted to give him a special gift. She was all smiles.

A few minutes later, I had a guy come through my line. He looked a little flustered and had a regular edition in his hand. He said some old lady ran up, pushed him out of the way, hit him with her purse, then grabbed the last collector’s edition and ran to the front.

Pretty sure my sweet old lady customer was the same one that hit him with her purse lol. It was a weird night.

I’d honestly love this. I don’t even care if the stick doesn’t actually switch gears and it can just give me fake engine rev sounds. I just miss driving manual and paddle shifters just aren’t the same.

I was looking for this one. I miss Ecto Cooler with Slimer on the packaging :(

So many good bands in this list, I need to go add these to my mp3 player!

I agree with you (OP). I think maybe remove Nirvana or Devo to add Offspring, but I’d keep Blink182 Dude Ranch because it’s a good album and was one of my earliest purchased punk cds. I still dig Cheshire Cat a bit more though.

I am glad to see Green Day on the list. Dookie came out when I was in 4th grade and it was my intro to everything punk rock, although I bought 1,039/Smooth in ‘94 as my first real cd that wasn’t my parents music. They have been my favorite band ever since.

Mmmm I love a good French toast

Last year, I actually had a problem with them getting into the house. They were always heading towards the patio door, but since that door was replaced, I don’t get them inside anymore. Now, when I scoop up a handful of soil in the garden bed and I can find 10-20 pill bugs. There are just so many!

Most of my vegetable gardening is in pots or wheeled raised garden beds, my in ground garden bed is only 3ft x 6ft. At least the issue doesn’t affect all of my plants.

I cut down an old tomatillo plant yesterday, I will stick the dead root ball in my garden for the pill bugs to eat. Hoping that between the diatomaceous earth rings around my plants and mulch/old plant cuttings, I can keep them happy and not eating my plants lol

Such adorably frustrating little cuties!

Yes, it’s definitely pill bugs eating the plants. Every morning I find a few along the bottom of the stem where the outer layer was chewed off or they climb up and start eating the cotyledons and low hanging leaves.

Yesterday, I put a ring of diatomaceous earth around each plant to help keep them away. I also left some plant cuttings laying around separated from my veggies to give them something to eat. It’s probably a lack of compost, they don’t have that to eat so they go after my plants. I already have wood mulch and lots of bunny poop, do you think that might work as a compost to feed the pill bugs?

I don’t want to kill them all, I think they are super cute and I know how beneficial they are, I just want them to stop eating my plants so I can enjoy some edamame and cucumbers.

I feel the same way, I’ve been switching as much as I can to proper left handed tools. Changing to proper left handed scissors made a huge difference, I’m sure a good lefty knife would too.

You are not alone in your frustration!

Horses are never pleased. You arnt giving them enough treats.

Sounds just like my rabbits with their perpetual frowns. I guess horses and rabbits are more similar than I thought.

I don’t have an answer, but as a fellow lefty, I have a lot of empathy for you. Ambidextrous items are still usually built for right handed folks. I’ve been replacing everything I can with left handed items; cooking utensils, really sharp scissors, garden shears, etc. It’s not easy to find everything, but having things built to be used in the left hand is a game changer.

Hope you find a lefty knife! I’ll definitely check out what other folks recommend:)

What a bunch of cuties! Thank you for sharing :)

Such a pretty butterfly and flower. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks! Marigolds are my favorite, especially the marvels, just so dang pretty. I always have them around.

My lettuce box was infested with a bunch of aphids. I sprayed them with a mix of mildly soapy water, which killed most of them. Some survived, but the lettuce is for my rabbits, so it’s all going to get eaten soon anyway.

For my bunny greens, I use the mild soapy water method because I don’t want to make my kids sick with other stuff. For other plants that are not for my buns, I use a sprayer with neem oil, which also works on the powdery mildew that gets kind of crazy in my garden.

I commend you for your patience because you have far more than me.

I’ve seen him around for a while and he’s always making the same comments about women. That guy is only going to change when he truly wants to, which does not look likely at this time. Good luck if you decide keep trying.

Hope you have a great day :)

It’s not a cultural thing, it’s a weird manosphere thing. If you read the guy’s comment history, it quickly becomes obvious why he is single and can’t keep a relationship. If you don’t feel like it, which I don’t blame you, I summarized it in a recent comment to him:

I’ve noticed your complaints up and down this thread, I’ve also noticed them around the threadiverse for a while and I am beginning to see a pattern. You tend to be aggressively argumentative, denigrate women as a whole/complain about “woke”, refuse to see things from other people’s perspectives, and don’t listen to anyone’s advice. Have you ever heard the phrase “if everyone around you is an asshole, then maybe you’re the asshole”? Perhaps part of the issue is your behavior and attitude.