Recent content by Bay Arean

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    Random NON-POLITICAL Thoughts Unworthy of a new thread

    I needed a place to plant this nugget: Like we needed encouraging! https://getpocket.com/explore/item/sarcasm-spurs-creative-thinking?utm_source=pocket-newtab "We found that generating or deciphering sarcastic statements occurred more readily when people were thinking abstractly, a state that...
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    Who's been messin' with my BARF?

    Maybe I missed the announcement but for the last few weeks, I guess, whenever I go to a thread with multiple pages, there is always another page number showing than are actual pages of posts. It used to be that it only went to the number of pages with any posts on it. If you are on say, page 94...
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    Vax rollout thread

    I know I'm not supposed to laugh, but after yesterday's fiasco with the various phone lines and websites regarding vax appointments, I'm in a mirthy mood. Telephones. Yeah. Preferred method of communication for business and personal transactions of the 20th century. Oh wait, it's the 21st...
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    New Lockdown, Merry Christmas!

    New Bay Area wide lockdown, beginning Sunday until January 4. Very similar to March 17. One helluva holiday season. Looks like more household projects for me!
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    NBA 20-21 Thread

    Might as well start it up so here we go. On the radio this am, I heard that ESPN is rating the Dubs as 14th in the West this year. Oh my. Unless Curry gets hurt yet again, this should be a fun refutation. I am excited to see Paschall again. I really thought he showed a lot last year. Jordan...
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    Knowledge base: Pickup tires

    I hafta put new tires on my compact garage pickup. That is, a truck that sits in the garage most of the time and I just used it for goin to the dumps, recycling, occasional lumber purchases. The last time I took it to the mechanic, the guy got all alarmed and told me the tires were over 20...
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    Shotspotter tech question

    Dear BarfiLEOs: Does shot spotter tech work on M-80s and other firework explosions? Since Memorial Day, the Richmond-SP area sounds like Baghdad every night. Last night was really bad. It's like the run-up to July Fourth started way early. I posted a FB note and its true in Petaluma, Redwood...
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    Any BARF plumbers?

    Even though I have been toying dangerously with learning how to sweat pipes and buy all the tools, I probably just need a real plumber to lay out and hook up a line for my refrigerator. Even if I were to use Shark-bites, I still have to tap into an existing line and frankly, all the pro plumber...
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    More Electrical Knowledge Base

    Okay, the die is cast. Cabinets ordered, the kitchen shall be re-done. Feverishly trying to figure what I can and cannot do. Likely to have questions to those masters of the trade. First and foremost, what possible reason did the housebuilder put the light fixture receptacle an inch and a half...
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    Knowledge Base: Clickable flooring

    Hola: So I am embarked on a several month-long kitchen remodel with Ms. BA. All new cabinets, some new appliances, wall demolition and finally new paint, tile and flooring. Lots of choices, lots of questions regarding electrical, plumbing etc. But for today, it's this: If any of you have...
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    Knowledge Base: Motion sensor driveway lites

    Anybody know of a store in Upper East Bay preferably that has better above mentioned product? Need to buy my THIRD light (they all wear out from weather or whatever) and am sick of Home Depot craaaap. I looked on Amazon and it's all the same craaaaaap just with different brand names (the reviews...
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    Dear guy on sport bike:

    I really, really don't enjoy this and these kinds of threads. But I saw you twice yesterday at rush hour on San Pablo Dam Road. In the morning you wailed by in the bike lane at only about 60 along somewhat moving traffic. In the afternoon, at about 4:30, you wailed by at about 75 in the bike...
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    I Shouldn't Be Laughing, #1

    Similar to random political thoughts, every once in a while I read a story where, I shouldn't be laughing but...... Here is today's: FIXED LINK Within the story is a photograph that is inadvertently hilarious in itself regarding perceived reaction to story by animal in discussion...
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    Chick-fil-apocalypse

    Didn't see a thread on it. But the shutdown of i-80 today is up there was Bay Bridge collapse for crippling the entire area this morning. Didn't know about it while getting ready for work but I kept hearing all these cars going by my house, and using a terrible commute option to do so. Somebody...
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    Wildcat Canyon Rd closure Aug 12-16

    I drive by this sign twice a day so I feel compelled to relate: They are doing work on Wildcat Canyon Road from the East side next week during the hours of 10 am to 3 pm. Oh Aug 12-16. So if you were planning a mid-day jaunt over to our EB Bear Creek Road and thru the park, no bueno.....I...
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