Ok over a thousand posts on the last thread. Time to start a new one.

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Man seen crawling through doggy door during Encinitas break-in

ENCINITAS, Calif. (KGTV) - An Encinitas woman was caught off guard when an intruder squeezed through a doggy door at her home.

Just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, Lexie Linberg was in her upstairs bedroom, located just off Coast Highway 101, when she got an alert from her Ring doorbell camera. A man was knocking at her door. Thinking it was a delivery, Linberg didn't answer. Moments later, she got another alert: someone was in her back yard.

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Rip off?
Ultimate Selection Box £50


If bought separately from UK supermarkets Asda, Tesco and Sainsburys the cost of the chocolate bars featured in the Ultimate Selection Box would cost less than half as much at £24.26.

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/read-this/cadbury-selection-box-chocolate-50/

More things to look out for when buying chocolate. Christmas chocolate boxes: Up to half of weight is packaging

Just to prove that news stories about chocolate, just like buses, come in three's. ‘Willy Wonka, that you?’ A ton of chocolate leaked from a factory and flooded a German street.

Who does not enjoy a good prank from time to time?
‘Chewbacca Roar Contest’ An Epic Stunt By Prankster Who Posted Co-Worker’s Number On Fliers
When the calls of strangers doing their best Chewbacca impersonation began flooding in, Audrey Earleson knew she had been had.

Audrey Earleson has been getting a lot of weird voicemails lately. A lot.

They’re of strangers roaring and growling in the style of everyone’s favorite Wookiee.

But, in a way, the voicemails aren’t that weird. The strangers are just following directions.

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I had my car's oil changed today at one of those quick service places, and they told me I needed new windshield wiper blades. They even went so far as to say the driver's side was torn. I just replaced them myself a couple months ago, and there is nothing wrong with them; I checked when I got home. I didn't tell them I had just changed them; I just said I'd wait on that. In hindsight though, that really irritates me that they would try to sell me something that I clearly did not need.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

I had my car's oil changed today at one of those quick service places, and they told me I needed new windshield wiper blades. They even went so far as to say the driver's side was torn. I just replaced them myself a couple months ago, and there is nothing wrong with them; I checked when I got home. I didn't tell them I had just changed them; I just said I'd wait on that. In hindsight though, that really irritates me that they would try to sell me something that I clearly did not need.

If your local TV station has an investigative team, give them a tip. They love putting hidden cameras all over a car and catching criminals in the act. Also you might want to contact your state bureau of automotive repair and file a complaint.

I had my car's oil changed today at one of those quick service places, and they told me I needed new windshield wiper blades. They even went so far as to say the driver's side was torn. I just replaced them myself a couple months ago, and there is nothing wrong with them; I checked when I got home. I didn't tell them I had just changed them; I just said I'd wait on that. In hindsight though, that really irritates me that they would try to sell me something that I clearly did not need.

If your local TV station has an investigative team, give them a tip. They love putting hidden cameras all over a car and catching criminals in the act. Also you might want to contact your state bureau of automotive repair and file a complaint.

There is a survey for me to fill out; I might start there, although I don't know how far that will go.

Yes, they clearly want to increase their revenue, I understand that. They wanted to check my cabin air filter, but I told them I had already replaced that recently, which indeed I had.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Wife: I have a bag full of used clothing I'd like to donate.
Husband: Why not just throw them in the trash? That's much easier.
Wife: But there are poor starving people who can really use these clothes.
Husband: Honey, anyone who fits into your clothing is not starving.

HUSBAND IS NOW RECOVERING FROM A HEAD INJURY.

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#234, originally requested 12 years ago by https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/235

My refrigerator is so weird. It has wild temperature swings and right now, it has decided to go into deep freeze mode, apparently. My ice cream is so hard it's like concrete, and my milk is getting chunky, and my Cokes are freezing.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

My refrigerator is so weird. It has wild temperature swings and right now, it has decided to go into deep freeze mode, apparently. My ice cream is so hard it's like concrete, and my milk is getting chunky, and my Cokes are freezing.

Had mine do the same recently. And it isn't an IOT fridge.
Too cold isn't good. Warm is bad.
You could try canned air to blow out any dust from the temp control. Otherwise it may be time to have the control replaced.

My guess which you don't want to hear is a sealed cooling system failure. That usually means replacement. about the cost of your last computer build.

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My refrigerator is so weird. It has wild temperature swings and right now, it has decided to go into deep freeze mode, apparently. My ice cream is so hard it's like concrete, and my milk is getting chunky, and my Cokes are freezing.

Had mine do the same recently. And it isn't an IOT fridge.
Too cold isn't good. Warm is bad.
You could try canned air to blow out any dust from the temp control. Otherwise it may be time to have the control replaced.

There is a good chance these days that any repairs are going to cost about the same as a replacement.

I would do a thorough check of door seals, and they were the expensive items for an old, out of date, fridge/freezer, as explained by my expert. He also said the charges for a competent repair man* for the other issues were another factor in recommending new, along with being more efficient and cheaper to run.

*competent repair person, most come from the baby boomers and are retiring, most younger people regard "white goods" (which are rarely white these days) as fashion items and should be changed every three years, five at the most. The manufacturers are all too willing to comply with this fad.

Well, as of this morning, you can see it's like the North Pole in both compartments: -7 F in the freezer, and 20 F in the fridge. The freezer temp is ok, really, but it's the fridge compartment which is obviously way too cold. The controls are simplicity itself in the sense it's just a "cold to colder to coldest" range dial for both compartments, located in the roof of the fridge where the light bulbs are. I have both set in the middle of the range, and usually never touch it, but several months ago I noticed things getting too warm, and then too cold, and so I fiddled with the dials, first turning them colder, and then less cold, and then it seemed to reach an agreement with me when I set it back on medium cold again, and talked to it, but in the last two days it has decided to go for a new ice age.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Generally the method for setting the temperatures is to set both of them just to the Warm side of the middle setting. If the fridge is mostly empty, the temperature will stabilise in a few hours. If it's full, it often will need 24 hours to stabilise. If necessary then adjust the Fridge control to make the temperature just right; usually the Freezer temperatures will then be OK as well. If not, give that control a slight tweak.

If possible, leave the area around the temperature dials clear of food- that will allow the air to circulate freely around the thermostats. Putting hot items near that area will often result in the rest of the fridge getting colder- because of the heat from those items. With the area around the thermostats crowded, it might be cold there, but warmer in the rest of the fridge- hence the need to give the Fridge 24hrs after making adjustments for it to take effect.
Also it's worth avoiding putting items right under or hard up against the vents in the fridge, as it reduces the airflow.

Symptoms like you're describing would have me checking to see that the vents aren't blocked, and make sure the door seals are good, and the doors firmly closed (at work we have a high number of idiots that are incapable of closing the doors properly, or checking the door is closed properly after putting something in the fridge or freezer that won't actually fit in there...).

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Grant
Darwin NT

Presumably they like there food deliveries to be hot at Berkeley. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46593190 But maybe not burnt to a frazzle.

Was this a Darwin award attempt?
Ga. man blows off his leg in shooting stunt gone wrong

Honorable Mention Living Darwin Award.
The Buckeye Police Department reports that a man accidentally shot his own sausage while shopping in the meat aisle at Walmart.

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