Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

@mike I asked at shop (a two-man show that has been a great experience so far on every level) for what they'd recommend for a minivan out of curiousity (we're currently driving a 2017 Kia Sedona).

He said new or used, the Toyota is his recommendation for best value for the money and that with proper care, he's seen them (the basic gas engine versions at least) go 400,000km.

I recently compared all the minivans available brand new in Canada, and if you add purchase price plus cost of gas, the Toyota (only available as a hybrid here) becomes the chepest van after about 200,000 km of driving. Cheaper than the plug-in hybrid Pacifica!

@raintrees that's wise! I shall have to try that next time

100% sure I had this problem when I dislocated and fractured my elbow earlier this year https://xkcd.com/883/

@sabbatical The question was raised in a dads group chat I'm in.

I thought surely a certain person would say "no, there's no amount of money that would make it worth it" but they basically said at some point the financial benefits outweigh any damages, and 30 days doesn't give much chance for damage.

No one in the group chat is well-off-enough for that other possibility to discuss it, so I have to assume you're right

I love soup but I hate serving it. It's so hard to get a fair amount of solids.

@sabbatical yeah. Lets say you're treated well enough you won't need to pay for therapy for yourself at least

Bonus question: ask your spouse the same thing and also if they'd be okay if you did it

Would you allow yourself to get abducted for 30 days for $1 million?

Why are so many of our long weekends here done with a day off on Monday? Why not Friday?

Glengis and I, we're going places. Happy Turkey-dressed-as-Columbus Day.

https://wondermark.com/c/1360/

Gotta love people seeing multiple cards in a row and thinking it means I didn’t shuffle so therefore they get to shuffle for themselves now right in the middle of a game

@sabbatical Haha I haven't payed attention long enough after to see if they come back!

My new favourite way to kill a housefly: catch it out of mid-air and chuck it at a hard surface

Niche Dutch thing of the day thanks to @ohryan

Kinda brilliant, yet kinda stupid in how easy to defeat it—too late to make a difference either way.

https://hackaday.com/2024/10/06/2view-the-self-erasing-vhs-tape-with-paperclip-hack/

People going around acting like banning the use of personal electronics in the classroom prevents students from using them in an emergency make no sense to me.

@sabbatical I pop in to the church that houses one of work's schools when there's a student organist practicing to get my fix

@sabbatical I should clarify that the prank calls I've been hearing recordings of are something along the lines of getting a radio dj to do the prank call live (presumably) on the air and of topics that are quite emberrassing to boot

@sabbatical This is brilliant!