You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

I worked for one too and it was mixed. We had weekly and monthly meetings/conference calls. If they happened to fall on a Canadian holiday that was not observed in the US that was too bad for us, we were still expected to call in. And numerous times if it fell on July 4 it was not unusual to be shifted to a day we were off for July 1 so we were expected to call in for that one too.

My team is based out of Montreal and nobody expects me to login to anything for Alberta holidays which is nice. And though I'm technically working during the Quebec specific holidays, it's not like there's a whole lot to do when the rest of my team is off

[topfiverecords]

Being self employed is great. You can observe every country’s holidays.

[RichieRich]

pages and pages of talk about beer... and not a kind word (or negative) about gluten-free swill...er... beer. I suppose it's the old adage of "if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all"... which while correct is certainly not the mantra for this particular thread.

[timun]

I've tried two gluten-free beers. I discovered the best part of beer is the gluten.

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

pages and pages of talk about beer... and not a kind word (or negative) about gluten-free swill...er... beer. I suppose it's the old adage of "if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all"... which while correct is certainly not the mantra for this particular thread.

It’s like rubbing salt in the wound to tell a celiac that the only beer option they have is pure garbage. You have to play along. “Yeah, this is just as good… no, it’s better than normal beer. In fact this will be my new house beer “.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Disney planning really grinds my gears. What a racket they've got going on there. The money spent is one thing but the complex planning involved is incredibly stressful. Do we have enough time to see and ride all the attractions we want? How early do we get to the park? Do we get Genie+ for every day? How many Lightning passes do we need? Do we get regular parking or Preferred parking? Do we park hop or do 1 day per park? It costs HOW MUCH? Racket. I'm such a sucker. Then you add in a couple of days for Universal Studios.

I hate lines and amusement-park crowds. So when we decided to take the kids to Disneyworld when they were little, I planned the #### out of the trip in order to minimize the amount of time we stood in line or on transportation and maximize the time on rides and having fun.

I used the Touring Plans app to plan everything. It tracks wait times for every ride and food kiosk by the hour, and even how much time it takes to walk from one attraction to another. The itinerary I generated from it worked like a charm. We did three parks in three days (Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot), and hit everything we wanted to see. My wife still marvels at how smoothly the trip went.

https://touringplans.com/disney-world-app

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I bought quail eggs at Costco cause I thought it would be kind of interesting and they weren’t very expensive, but after cracking the first 3, the novelty has certainly worn itself out. Miniature fried eggs are freaking cute though. Maybe I’ll just hard boil the rest.

hard boil them, wrap them in bacon and skewer it.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I bought quail eggs at Costco cause I thought it would be kind of interesting and they weren’t very expensive, but after cracking the first 3, the novelty has certainly worn itself out. Miniature fried eggs are freaking cute though. Maybe I’ll just hard boil the rest.

They're pretty awesome hardboiled and added to a noodle soup. But if you want to do this specifically, get canned quail eggs vs manually boiling raw ones yourself. Cheaper and less of a PITA.

It's a nice occasional treat.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

They're pretty awesome hardboiled and added to a noodle soup. But if you want to do this specifically, get canned quail eggs vs manually boiling raw ones yourself. Cheaper and less of a PITA.

It's a nice occasional treat.

Really? It was $6 for 3 dozen. I think the peeling is what is going to kill me.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Really? It was $6 for 3 dozen. I think the peeling is what is going to kill me.

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Kosa-Ca.../6000200897638

$4 for a can. Some places occasionally drop to $3 per can. I'm pretty sure you get at least two dozen per can, and then you just heat up with the soup and don't have to peel.

Won't help you with your current fresh ones, but for future it might be fun. Kids especially are amazed at the novelty of a tiny egg vs the normal sized eggs they normally eat.

[81MC]

The text cursor options for my work computer are stupid. One line add an obnoxious blob to the ends. Where the #### is the standard I shaped thing that didn’t fit nicely between text, wasn’t annoying and could easily be seen?

[GGG]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Disney planning really grinds my gears. What a racket they've got going on there. The money spent is one thing but the complex planning involved is incredibly stressful. Do we have enough time to see and ride all the attractions we want? How early do we get to the park? Do we get Genie+ for every day? How many Lightning passes do we need? Do we get regular parking or Preferred parking? Do we park hop or do 1 day per park? It costs HOW MUCH? Racket. I'm such a sucker. Then you add in a couple of days for Universal Studios.

Ridemax is neat software.

https://ridemax.com/

It will plan your day for you and model where you should be when. Works really good to maximize your day. Some might say it takes out all the magic as you drag your children past a princess they want to meet to hit the ride schedule but if you want to do everything it’s awesome.

No matter what get there a minimum of half an hour and probably 45 minutes before. You want to be in line at the turnstiles at least 30minutes ahead so when they open the turnstyles you can get to the the rope you need to wait at for your first ride. Then you ride rides from open until noon. Then do whatever you want in terms of characters, parades, food etc. I’d do genie+ everyday if your kids are tall enough for those rides. I didn’t pay for single ride genies and just waited the 60 min for those rides

I liked Ridemax though because it took the thinking out of the mornings.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

pages and pages of talk about beer... and not a kind word (or negative) about gluten-free swill...er... beer. I suppose it's the old adage of "if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all"... which while correct is certainly not the mantra for this particular thread.

Originally Posted by timun

I've tried two gluten-free beers. I discovered the best part of beer is the gluten.

Originally Posted by Brendone

It’s like rubbing salt in the wound to tell a celiac that the only beer option they have is pure garbage. You have to play along. “Yeah, this is just as good… no, it’s better than normal beer. In fact this will be my new house beer “.

Isn't that why Cider was invented?

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Isn't that why Cider was invented?

Don’t the “Bro” rules of engagement force me to rip on my friends if they order a cider at the pub?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Brendone

Don’t the “Bro” rules of engagement force me to rip on my friends if they order a cider at the pub?

Only if they don't get it with a side glass of ice?


I'm not up on my Bro rules.


Besides nobody wants scurvy

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Only if they don't get it with a side glass of ice?


I'm not up on my Bro rules.


Besides nobody wants scurvy

I loved it when Brewster’s used to serve the Wildrose Wraspberry topped with frozen raspberries.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I loved it when Brewster’s used to serve the Wildrose Wraspberry topped with frozen raspberries.

Yuck, that's just crazy talk

[Flabbibulin]

Originally Posted by Slava

That’s why I generally think the IPA isn’t a good beer, and they just cover it up. I like an IPA here or there for the crispness, but it’s way out of hand.

And for Pilsner, I often have a Fahr Pils. Overall, Fahr makes great beer.

The more recent hazy IPA craze was producing fairly tame, lower IBU beers. Before that though, the craze was the overhopped San Diego style double IPA. Those things were like lighter fluid. You don't generally see too many non hazy double IPAs anymore, but they seemed to be the fancy of beer snobs about 10 years ago.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Flabbibulin

The more recent hazy IPA craze was producing fairly tame, lower IBU beers. Before that though, the craze was the overhopped San Diego style double IPA. Those things were like lighter fluid. You don't generally see too many non hazy double IPAs anymore, but they seemed to be the fancy of beer snobs about 10 years ago.

AKA nerds who tried to make "liking" terrible beers their personality. Like they had tapped into some higher level taste bud action us basic bitches were ill equipped to access.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

If being frustrated at work is simply a result of “choosing” the wrong work then you’d probably be hard pressed to find anyone who actually chose the right work.

the work rarely sucks as much as the people do