boxcarbarney

re: Bus fails to slow down at construction zone in VA - 5 dead, 34 injured

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/29/26 at 11:53 am to DustyDinkleman

Footage of the bus driver

re: Straight Talk About Bicycle Guy

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/29/26 at 11:43 am to JackaReaux

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If a dude on a bike bothers you, then you are a giant pussy.

Personally I’ve seen too many people texting and driving to even consider that shite

In my experience, both of these kinds of people are assholes, just for different reasons.

re: Stand-by Generator for home. Worth it?

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/29/26 at 11:42 am to hassan whiteside

Just like anything else, you have to keep up with the maintenance.

re: Hispanic weather women really bring the energy.

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/29/26 at 9:44 am to TrueTiger

Greek weather girls look like fun

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re: Every Star Wars Project That's Coming After The Mandalorian and Grogu

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/29/26 at 9:04 am to Proximo

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If they try to focus on a Rey trilogy nobody is going to care

Seeing how Star Wars Land is pulling away from the sequel trilogy, I think this Rey trilogy will soon be dead in the water.

The Gosling movie will put asses in seats because its Ryan Gosling.

Disney's biggest mistake was getting rid of the Expanded Universe because they thought they could so much better than the years of canon fleshed out in the novels.

Thrawn Trilogy
New Jedi Order
The New Republic
Old Republic

All these series had beloved, well told storylines they could have drawn from.

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re: Why is the post office slower than ever these days?

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/28/26 at 4:22 pm to tigerskin

Every time I order something that's shipped via USPS, I know its going to arrive at that black hole that's the St Rose Sorting Center and sit there for days on end past the original arrival date.

re: Ninth Ward Conditions

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/28/26 at 1:38 pm to Hoyt

In the words of the great Ricky B:

I'm rolling through the 9th Ward Desire and Florida
Damn I've never seen so many Soldiers and Warriors

Packing them things for n*ggas faking the funk
Cross the tracks and you better not ask where they at
Slugs coming at your arse n*gga, duck bitch duck
And you can’t do shite because you’re cornered in the cut
By some hip arse hippies but like I said them n*ggas hip
Put the pop in, cock back, and empty the clip

re: Recently finished Dark Matter and Recursion

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/28/26 at 8:34 am to The Eric

Dark Matter wasn't terrible. It just didn't grab me. Kind of a meh book. I haven't bothered with any of Crouch's other novels after that.

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“3 Body Problem

One of my favorite Sci Fi series. Once you get past the Chinese names, and understand who is who, its a wonderful read.

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re: More Insurance Fraud

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/27/26 at 11:33 am to MRTigerFan

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Rayshonte Oppenheimer

I bet his parties are the bomb.

re: Songs With Hand Claps In Them

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/27/26 at 10:57 am to TigersMaul Bammers

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re: Concrete Curb Edging…

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/27/26 at 10:50 am to Guapamole

Are you talking about something like Curb a Garden? I've never liked the look of it.

re: Low voltage garden lighting, looking for just the lighting element and wire

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/25/26 at 4:00 pm to Tree_Fall

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Many Big box outdoor light sets are very poorly fire ant and water proofed. Get some silicon sealant and fill all the voids around circuits.

Funny thing, I've had these lights installed for 20 years. And just recently did I have to deal with ants moving into one of the fixtures.

re: Low voltage garden lighting, looking for just the lighting element and wire

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/25/26 at 10:16 am to GeauxLSUBengalTigers

I probably wasn't clear in my OP.

I already have the lighting set up in my garden, with the transformer and everything. It’s been there for 20 years.

I’m looking for a way to put a low voltage capable light in a Japanese stone lantern.

Good news is, I think I found a solution:

This G4 bulb socket Amazon with something like this bulb Home Depot.
And I’ll use this connector to tie it into the existing low voltage wire Home Depot

Low voltage garden lighting, looking for just the lighting element and wire

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/24/26 at 10:51 am

My front garden has the Hampton Bay low voltage lighting.

My wife recently bought a stone Japanese lantern, and I thought it would be cool to have it light up with the garden lights.

Hampton Bay, really Home Depot, doesn’t sell just the lighting element, at least not from what I can see.

Anyone have an idea of where I can get just the low voltage LED light that I can connect to the low voltage wire running through my garden? I’d like to avoid spending money on the entire fixture that I’m just going to break open and take the light out of.

re: Students shoot up a mosque in San Diego.

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/19/26 at 5:32 pm to Centinel

They released the footage of the shooters offing themselves in their car. Not for the weak of heart.

ETA: I haven’t followed this story, but they live streamed the shooting.

re: 80’s Sports Drink Fans 10K is back

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/15/26 at 3:23 pm to Tarps99

Now if they'd bring back Pop Rouge.

re: Poll: Have you seen the movie Glengarry Glen Ross?

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/15/26 at 2:56 pm to TulsaSooner78

Jack Lemmon has said that this was the most talented group of actors he has ever worked with.

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re: No more pesky inspection stickers

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/15/26 at 12:21 pm to Shexter

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I put "can high speed cameras read QR code inspection stickers" into AI

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Replacement Technology: The traditional, manually inspected brake tags

See, even AI knows they're called Brake Tags

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Law enforcement can use automated cameras to scan these stickers while driving or while the car is parked, allowing them to instantly access vehicle information and verify compliance.

"Please comply, citizen. Your safety is paramount."

re: Walgreens closing South Side Chicago store after losing over $1M due to rampant theft

Posted by boxcarbarney on 5/15/26 at 10:53 am to Kansas City King

Pre Katrina, the Sav A Center on Franklin Ave and Leon C Simon in New Orleans was losing something close to a million a year in due to shrinkage from shoplifiting.

It got so bad they hired a security guard. But the guards really couldn't do much. So the manages would often chase after the shoplifters and attempt to get the items back. It was a shite show.

I worked in the same shopping strip as that Sav A Center, and it was the highlight of an otherwise dreary work day to watch a manger go running out of the store and confront a Shaniqua who was hell bent on taking a whole baked ham home with her for free.