I need to do some work on my car that I'm probably not going to get to before it gets cold, and more stuff is probably going to come up while it's cold. I hate having to crawl around under my car in the middle of a snowstorm, so I looked up if there was like a garage I could rent with an hourly rate. They exist. Not only that, but they're specifically meant for DIY mechanics. They've got tools and equipment available for rent too, both basic stuff and specialized. The one sort of near me, each bay has a TV meant for displaying YouTube tutorials, and they have body cams available so one can record their work and, if they fuck up, they can play back the footage and learn from their fuck ups. All the times I've thought "this would be a lot easier if I had access to a machanic shop," and I do if I pay them $25/hr... wish I'd known DIY garages were a thing before now, and now that I do know, I plan on making use of that place often. Anyway, omnibus "I didn't know about this thing but now I do and it's awesome" thread.
I think maybe the next time I have to do my breaks I will go to one of these places. Doing your own breaks saves so much money. With a lift I could probable do a lot except for AC repair.
Turns out "no one told me" isn't always a good thing... I've been without a coffee maker for several years now, and decided I'd like to have one again. I wanted one of the fancy ones that's like a regular one with a Keurig bolted to the side, but those are like $200 and I didn't want to spend that much. I ended up getting a Hamilton Beach one that's primarily designed around K-Cups, but can also do regular ground coffee. The only down side is it only does one cup at a time, which, is probably for the best. I'm one of those people who, if I make a pot of coffee, I drink the whole pot, no exceptions. Most days, I don't need to drink a whole pot. When I bought the coffee maker, I got a small box of Meijer brand K-cups, because store brand is fine. In my experience, the difference between bad coffee and "acceptable or better" has more to do with preparation than brand of coffee, and I'm mostly in it for the caffeine anyway, store brand is fine. So I spent a few days drinking store brand coffee and being satisfied, then it occurred to me that a small box of K-Cups is less of a commitment than even a small bag or can, so I could try different things and if I got something I didn't like, I was only stuck with it for 10-12 cups. So I decided to try something else. After giving the coffee section a good perusal, I decided Gevalia looked the most promising, so I grabbed a box. The next day I made a cup, and decided it was significantly better than the store brand. I've had better coffee (from non-Starbucks coffee shops, and was like $10 a cup,) but it was solidly in "good" territory. Yesterday, I had gotten significantly less sleep than I would have liked and had shit to do. One cup of coffee wasn't going to cut it, and after two, I decided I needed a third. I didn't want to go through all my good coffee, so I did a store brand for my third one, and, it did not taste okay. It was bland and icky. I mean, I drank it, but it was not enjoyable. I wish someone would have told me that if I start drinking good coffee, drinking meh coffee would drop from "okay" to "barely acceptable." Oh well, guess I'll grab a bag of Gevalia next time and my remaining store brand K-Cups are now emergency coffee. On the subject of coffee, back when McDonalds started their McCafe bullshit, a bunch of people were telling me "McDonalds changed their coffee and it's good now!" I didn't believe them. A few months ago, I finally had a McDonalds coffee for the first time, and, it tasted burnt. I don't mean burnt like an almost empty pot sitting on a hot plate all day, I mean burnt like distinct notes of charcoal and wood ash, like the beans had been burned and partially turned to ash. I thought maybe I just got a bad one, so a few days later I got a coffee from a different McDonalds, and it tasted exactly the same. McDonalds must way overroast their beans and everyone who told me it's good lied to me.
How come no one told me coffee is either "just drink whatever" or "new hobby," with no in between? I mean, I haven't bought a French press or moka pot yet, but I'm going to, probably. Although, I probably should have figured this out on my own given my experiences with beer, wine, cigars, vaping, and casual sex. Never did it with tea, somehow. Occasionally I'll get some Earl Gray or some fancy loose leaf stuff, but I've never gotten excited about buying a tea infuser or anything.
How come no one told me than in the Fallout 4 settlement builder, that the neon letters can be stacked to make them brighter and/or to make colors other than the basic eight colors that are provided? When I was making signs I accidentally applied two letters at once, and noticed it was brighter. Then, I did some Google research and learned that it was probably intentionally designed this way and lots of people knew about it and didn't tell me.
Every day I make coffee put it in the press add some creamer drink it whatever AND THEN I tried some flavored coffee at this place I was pet sitting and it tastes sooooooo goood I never buy flavored coffee, that stuff is crap-but not this stuff. So I buy it and I have my own bag now and I actually measure it out instead of just piling a bunch of coffee in my press it is sooooo good and I drink All of it. Before I wasn't even drinking all of my coffee and i was wasting it. I could drink this w/out creamer, I mean I could drink any coffee black, I don't mind, but if I have creamer I'm putting creamer in my coffee.
If I want flavored coffee, I'll usually add something to regular coffee. Regular coffee can be turned into flavored coffee easily. Trying to turn flavored coffee into regular coffee... while I'd imagine is technically possible, would require lots of expensive chemistry equipment I don't currently have access to. Currently, I have french vanilla CoffeeMate as far as flavors go, and that is satisfying my current desire for flavored coffee. Cream or creamer, I usually use it but it's more of a slight preference for me and doesn't really matter. Sugar, on the other hand... really good coffee I can go without. From there, the lower the quality, the more sugar I add.
