Last time I went to a new-to-me grocery store that I didn’t have a loyalty card for, I just used [local area code]-867-5309. Jenny hasn’t failed me yet.

That’s sounds wickedly retro-brilliant and I love it. Would it use full-size VHS tapes, or those dinky ones that fit into a full-size converter?

I ended up ordering a VF-VS1 VIOFO VS1 mini. It seemed low-hassle, and I’m happy with audio + front video.

I’ll probably go the long-cable route. It’s a 2008 car, so I’m not winning any style points anyway. I’ll ask my mechanic if they could hardwire it next time I’m in.

Thanks!

I hadn’t thought of mounting behind the mirror and running wiring along the edge of the window. That makes sense, thank you. I’ll take a look at your suggestion. 😊

I’m mostly worried about wiring and having a distraction in my field of view, so mounting behind the rear-view mirror might work. I already have a parking tag there, but there might be space for both. Thanks!

I thought about a mobile app, but something that consistently records is better than relying on my faulty memory.

I’ll take a look at 70mai, thanks.

Aww, that’s sweet! It’s nice to feel those feelings.

I kind of wish I knew what the happy pills were–they seemed super effective on everyone that took them (I think at one point my grandma, mom, and her two nieces were on them), and they were effective after one dose.

Myself, the hardest med I’ve had was codeine after wisdom teeth removal. Joke’s on me, codeine makes me vomit, which really sucks after wisdom teeth removal. Opiates are not my friend.

I remember my mom trying to tell her niece the trick to dealing with mom’s sister. Niece was very resistant–“no, no, I know how to handle my mom”. Finally my mom explained that the trick is to take Grandma’s new happy pills.

That was a weird summer spent at the hospital, with Grandpa in the ICU and mom’s sister driving everyone batty (including Grandma, hence the new happy pills).

Oh, and Mom got really talkative driving me home on happy pills and that’s how I learned my dad was her second husband. I was a college sophomore, iirc.

It wasn’t that uncommon at the time. Take a look at this 2005 study the US GAO did on the issue: Social Security Numbers: Federal and State Laws Restrict Use of SSNs, yet Gaps Remain Also, this news article on the trend.

Update: I looked it up. There’s a clip where Trump says Trump doesn’t want pronouns. So, I guess we shouldn’t use pronouns for Trump.

Like that kayaking camping group that came back late March 2020 and had knowledge of COVID suddenly thrust upon them? That sounds lovely.

Has he declared his pronouns anywhere or have we all just rudely assumed them and he’s been too shy/nervous to correct us?

Clearly people born with a cleft pallette aren’t human to them. Which is kind of a weird thing to say and believe.

My college ID used to be my social security number, so maybe it was something like that? Iirc that’s no longer allowed in the US.

Red heads have different pain tolerance from normal people. That’s just basic biology. It’s not fair to make them compete with normal people. /s

Edit: nothing wrong with redheads, mind. My best friend is a strawberry blond.

The app openvibe does that for Mastodon and Bluesky. You have to have an account on both, though. I think they’re adding in other services eventually.

I just had a successful transaction on Craigslist today. Don’t give up the dream!

It’s worth noting you’re only allowed to insultingly say someone has a mental illness in relation to their gender or sexual orientation.

Do not post … Insults, including those about: … Mental characteristics, including but not limited to allegations of stupidity, intellectual capacity, and mental illness, and unsupported comparisons between PC groups on the basis of inherent intellectual capacity. We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like “weird.”

Source: https://transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/hateful-conduct/

Edit: and the changelog is a hoot.

America elected Andrew Jackson and we learned our lesson. /s