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  1. How do you all maintain granite countertops?  We just moved into a new house and want to take care of it better than we did our old house that we bought in 2006 with the intention of staying for 3 years which turned into 15.  I read that you're supposed to seal them every year or so.  Even the ones here are a little crusty and not as smooth, even though the house was built in 2019, so I was wondering what I could do to bring some of that back.  Thanks!

  2. if you can't tell the difference between 1080p or 4k UHD this is what I'd do if you can, you are going to hate that TV.
    I don't follow. The 75 inch Hisense for 499 is a 4k uhd. Are you saying the picture quality is bad enough to the point that it's basically not even a 4k tv?
  3. Hi everyone, I was hoping you all could help me out. My wife and I moved into a new house and we have a 65 inch TV we need to mount. The previous owners left us a mounting bracket but I'm not sure if it will work and I don't want it to fall or anything. Based on what the bracket says, it can support up to 120 pounds and our TV is probably 50 at most. Are these things easy to install or should I try to get someone else to do it? Thanks!c35c7442cad31c00e0472c0387d6b944.jpg7fd5a2a736736688ec5beeabebde446e.jpg

     

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  4. I love my Oculus. A friend of mine referred me so we both got a $60 credit which I used to get Super Hot, Moss, and Wander. The technology is really fascinating. Now I almost exclusively use mine for Supernatural. It's kind of like Beat Saber but they come up with new playlists and workouts every day. I think it's about 17 a month but well worth the cost and it's incredibly immersive and addictive

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  5. I know I'm years late, but I finally got around to playing it after tiring myself out of FIFA for the past half year.
    I'm very early in the game, but just got out of a 2-hour trance after discovering Saint Denis. I'm in freaking New Orleans killing time, was supposed to be passing through to hunt a bounty, but I wound up playing a game of dominos (all 5s, like God intended), watching a $2 variety show, buying a new gun and ammunition, and then visiting the black market to sell off a bunch of jewelry I looted from killing the bounty hunters chasing one of my gunslinger book people. This game is really something else. I can kill a whole session of playing by just bullshitting around and then deciding I'll just do the bounty tomorrow. The metaverse lifestyle is already here and I think the sonofabith got me. 
    The story has stuck with me since I finished it a few years ago, and it was fun watching my wife play through it later. Enjoy the ride, it's really a masterpiece of a game

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  6. I just reread 11/22/1963, I think I read it several years ago and decided to reread since this thread mentioned the tie-in to IT, which I had completely forgotten about. Reading it a second time I thought that part was really well done, and I loved how he described the late 50s and early 60s. I'm not sure I liked the ending just because all the good he did other than the LHO thing was completely for no reason.

    One line from this book has stuck with me since I read it the first time is where he says goodbye to Sadie and that she never really knew him, but he loved her.

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  7. Hope you all don't mind a long time lurker posting, but after 2.5 years I finally got got and tested positive this morning. My wife and I got the booster in October so I'm probably a month or so overdue.

    So far symptoms are like a suckier summer cold with congestion, runny nose sore throat all that stuff. I feel warm but as of yesterday had a normal temperature.

    Is there anything I should do to alleviate the symptoms or speed up the recovery process? I need to make an appointment with my primary care doctor tomorrow to maybe get an antiviral which I heard helps. Thanks!

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  8. Ok I could use some help so here goes.  You guys are normally pretty chill on the other Surly boards I visit so I hope you don't mind an outsider. 

    I play a lot of tennis and run but my weight has really gotten out of hand over the last year or so.   I'm really trying hard this year and have made some progress, but my upper body is really weak and I'm ready to do something about it.  I stay busy during the week with tennis and running so I don't see myself signing up for a gym.  What I really want to do is buy some of my own weights to use in the garage.  Help me figure out what types of equipment to buy, and maybe some exercises I can do every day with what I have to at least tone up and build some muscle.  I wasn't planning to buy a huge weight bench thing, moreso maybe some freeweights but I have no idea what to get.   I'm probably making this whole thing a lot more complicated than it has to be but I definitely have no idea where to start.  Thanks from a Demon Deacon🎩

     

  9. We really enjoyed the Toy Story ride and especially the nostalgia while you waited. I loved how the final room was supposed to be Andy's room and everything was supersized like you were the toys.

    Had mixed feelings about getting rid of Great American Movie Ride but I think Disney did a really good job with the Mickey and Minnie ride. I can't believe this is the first ride for either character.

    Glad we didn't wait in line for Resistance, it ended up breaking down a few times during the day. Still disappointed we didn't get to do it

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  10. Long time lurker on this board, but wife and I are at Disney right now to run the 10K race Saturday morning and the 10-miler Sunday morning.  We've been to Disney tons of times before, usually with her parents since her father worked for ABC and we always got free admission, but this is the first time in a while that we've done it by ourselves.

    This time around has definitely been stressful.  We had to wake up at about 5 AM about 60 days out just to make dinner reservations, the main reason being we really wanted to book Space 220, which we didn't end up getting.   We've had to take Ubers to a few places from Coronado springs since it was a lot quicker than taking the buses, since they don't go from resort to resort.

    Epcot today was pretty short, we didn't feel like waiting for the Ratatoulle Ride or Frozen, and Mission Space is just really intense from what I remember so we passed on that.  We ended up doing the new Soarin' which only took about 30 minutes.  It's by far my favorite ride in Disney World and the new scenery with HD is incredible.  Other than that, we did Spaceship Earth, the Land, and the Figment ride and walked around the World Showcase and had some drinks/food, then decided to come back to our hotel and rest up since we have to start getting on the buses around 3 AM.  A lot of Epcot is under construction and to me there really just wasn't all that much to do. 

    We had dinner at Jiko last night, which we really enjoyed, and we're staying at Coronado Springs, so the first night we ate at their tapas bar called Toledo which was really good.  There was a guitar player in the lobby and I paid him some extra to play Malagueña and he brought the house down.    On the way back, we took another Uber because we didn't know the buses would stop running after a certain time, even though the app told us to take a bus.   Definitely some issues to work out there.

    Speaking of Coronado, I really like the Spanish theme.  The ambient music around the lake always has cool Spanish guitar music playing.  I think it's our first time here and cost-wise it's about 400 per night, but you really don't get many amenities.  It's basically two queen beds, a TV, a coffee maker and nice shower. 

    Sunday we have passes to Hollywood studios and it's stressing me out because I at least want to try RoR but don't want to wait in line for 2 hours, and this whole Genie+ Lightning Lane thing is just really confusing to me without reading tons of info on it.  Plus we're both going to be tired and cranky from running 10 miles at 5 AM.

    Sorry for the ramble but Disney is definitely different this time around.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  11. Nice, what do you do? I would move to Colombia in a heartbeat if I could.

    Also since you're going to Bolivia, do you plan on going to the salt flats? It's on my bucket list

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  12. It's called Mote con Huesillo, and it's really good.

    Do you speak Spanish?  Chilean accents are ridiculous to understand. 

    When my wife and I went in 2017, we stayed in Santiago for a few days and did a bus trip to Valparaiso and Viña del Mar, which was really cool, but my favorite part of that trip was visiting the glacier, I think the region was called Cajón del Maipo and it was like nothing I've seen before.  We took a 3 hour bus trip through the Andes and it was incredible once we got there.

    After a few days we actually took a flight to Puerto Varas and loved it, it kinda had German influences and was a lot more comfortable than being in Santiago.  From there we actually took a bus to cross the border into Patagonia in Argentina.

    Have fun, I love South America.  What are you doing there that allows you to travel so much. Tengo mucha envidia.

  13. MUCH better than listening to someone warble through the song like they are auditioning for American Idol/The Voice. 
     
    Re: Galaxy Goal
    It must have been a bummer to see that shot go in, but man!!! What a banger!!
    Of course that shot could have been prevented if the defense had closed the guy down vs giving him all the time he needed to measure it up and then wind up and crush the ball, but it was a spectacular strike. 
    It kinda stunk but you had to take your hat off since the goal was amazing.

    Charlotte FC isn't a very good team right now other than the goalkeeper. The score should have been 3-0 or so. Their passing needs a lot of work, too many long balls and their finishing is really bad. All in all I think the city will really show up and keep supporting the team. It's funny because David Tepper owns both the Panthers and Charlotte FC, and the energy last is something Panthers fans haven't seen in years.

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