tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15056485609937272082024-03-18T04:56:58.594-06:00My Life, Universe and EverythingAll things interesting to meSneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-74538767891357207832018-07-07T18:31:00.001-06:002018-07-07T18:31:14.860-06:00Your Car is Outmoded?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fireworks on Wednesday, for the 4th of July, and then Thursday we headed out camping. Our final check before leaving we realized our registration on our Suburban had expired on the 1st (we only use it for camping). Fingers crossed we headed to camp, near Heber.</div>
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When we arrived in Heber we dropped the RV Camper Trailer off at camp and headed over to the nearest Jiffy Lube to do a quick registration. Turns out they can't do a registration for another county. Lesson learned. We also learned that Wasatch country no longer does emission testing, so they couldn't even do just the emissions test for us.</div>
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Not wanting to risk it again, after the funeral we drive all the way back to Salt Lake County, to get an emission test and registration completed. The first emission / registration shop we find past the county line is another Jiffy Lube.</div>
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"We should have you out in 30 minutes," they tell us. 30 minutes for a simple emissions and registration? We should have seen the writing on the wall and gone somewhere else. 1 hour later they finally pull our Suburban into the bay.</div>
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After another 25 minutes of tests, the technician comes out and with a very confused look tells us, "you will have to have your vehicle tested by the Health and Safety office." Say what??</div>
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"What does that mean," we ask?</div>
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"We don't know. It means your vehicle has been flagged for further testing, and you will have to complete your emissions test with them."</div>
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They show us the error above on the computer. "Normally we could call them, but they are not open on Saturday." They run the test again, same result.</div>
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"What would cause the test to fail," we ask?</div>
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"Normally a test will indicate the failure, but this isn't a failure of the test, the county has flagged your vehicle for further testing."</div>
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"Did you ever see that Disney with the robots, where the old robots are being Outmoded," we tease? Is our car being Outmoded by the county?</div>
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So we head back to camp, in Heber, mostly empty handed (with a partial test and 15 days to retest). To bad we can't register our vehicle in Heber, as we know they no longer do emission testing.</div>
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Unfortunately, I am supposed to be driving out of town Monday morning, with the scouts on our week long campout.</div>
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Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-71485444230469349002018-07-06T23:39:00.001-06:002018-07-06T23:39:43.904-06:00Frisbee Golf aka Disc Golf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was introduced to Frisbee Golf today, what those in the know call "Disc Golf"<br />
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<a href="http://dgcour.se/9087">Valais Park in Midway Utah</a><br />
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1110 Interlaken Dr, Midway, UT 84049<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-19063661491396793322018-07-06T17:18:00.001-06:002018-07-06T17:18:19.093-06:00Taco CatTaco Cat spelled backwards is Taco Cat. Life is profound.<br />
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Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-31374654700239511732017-04-01T11:05:00.002-06:002017-04-01T11:05:39.526-06:00Casually Explained - Human Player Type<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Life explained like a video game by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWIi6Pytde8">Casually Explained</a><br />
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Sometimes it would be nice to go back to the tutorial levels.<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-87526495251740986282017-03-14T09:26:00.001-06:002017-03-14T09:26:40.592-06:00Pi Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-79357166208750871022017-03-11T21:50:00.003-07:002017-03-11T21:50:35.072-07:00Daylight Saving Time is Upon Us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daylight Saving Time</b> is upon us tonight - Sunday, March 12th, 2017 at 2am. Don't forget to turn your "non-smart" clocks forward an hour.<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-85247093840615539142017-02-24T14:03:00.001-07:002017-02-24T14:03:18.613-07:00Overkill - Who Needs Two Ladders?<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-12570096030773388502016-12-09T08:11:00.002-07:002016-12-09T10:43:03.765-07:00Amazon to Collect Sales Tax from Utah Residents<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sadly, <a href="https://www.ksl.com/?sid=42481629">Governor announces deal with Amazon to collect sales tax on Utah purchases (KSL.com)</a>. Starting January 1st, 2017, sales tax will apply to all purchases.<br />
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Technically, "Utah law requires residents who aren't charged sales taxes on their online purchases to pay them with their state income taxes. But few comply, and efforts over the years to pass a federal law forcing companies to collect the taxes have faltered."<br />
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The speculation is that, in the past, Amazon has agreed to voluntarily collect sales tax for states when they have planned to build a physical presence in those locations.<br />
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Amazon is also <a href="https://www.ksl.com/?sid=42508324">reported to keep 18% of the sales tax</a> collected for Utah.<br />
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Amazon already collects <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=468512">sales tax</a> from several other states.<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com198tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-4674740403126750402016-10-15T08:19:00.001-06:002016-10-15T08:19:50.422-06:00Adventures are just tales<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-3188762459678369822016-08-30T22:46:00.000-06:002016-08-30T22:46:21.939-06:00Reorganizing<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-38718079893741480292016-07-02T10:45:00.004-06:002016-07-02T10:52:47.957-06:00Stephen Colbert's Super Coin Toss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Board Games are making a comeback, but in shorter versions, because kids just don't have enough time. So Stephen Colbert designs a board game called <a href="http://www.cc.com/video-clips/zyu4c8/the-colbert-report-stephen-colbert-s-super-coin-toss">Super Coin Toss</a>.<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-34243222545107481452016-07-01T23:17:00.000-06:002016-07-01T23:17:01.018-06:00Alphabet of GamesA few of my favorite things, alphabetically:<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/A.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172818/above-and-below">Above and Below</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/110277/among-stars">Among the Stars</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/B.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10547/betrayal-house-hill">Betrayal at House on the Hill</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/168435/between-two-cities">Between Two Cities</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170216/blood-rage">Blood Rage</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/C.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne">Carcassonne</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/84876/castles-burgundy">The Castles of Burgundy</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155426/castles-mad-king-ludwig">Castles of Mad King Ludwig</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/102794/caverna-cave-farmers">Caverna: The Cave Farmers</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/478/citadels">Citadels</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames">Codenames</a> <br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/D.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150376/dead-winter-crossroads-game">Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/E.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/146021/eldritch-horror">Eldritch Horror</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163968/elysium">Elysium</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/F.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100901/flash-point-fire-rescue">Flash Point: Fire Rescue</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/G.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68083/gold-mine">Gold Mine</a>-ish<br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/H.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/98778/hanabi">Hanabi</a>-ish<br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/I.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/166767/imperial-harvest">Imperial Harvest</a>-ish<br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/J.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2452/jenga">Jenga</a>-ish<br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/K.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/107529/kingdom-builder">Kingdom Builder</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/L.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129437/legendary-marvel-deck-building-game">Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/110327/lords-waterdeep">Lords of Waterdeep</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/M.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143884/machi-koro">Machi Koro</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/96848/mage-knight-board-game">Mage Knight Board Game</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124708/mice-and-mystics">Mice and Mystics</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/176920/mission-red-planet-second-edition">Mission: Red Planet (second edition)</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/N.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21241/neuroshima-hex">Neuroshima Hex!</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/O.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171905/orleans-deluxe-edition">Orléans: Deluxe Edition</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/P.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic">Pandemic</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161936/pandemic-legacy-season-1">Pandemic Legacy: Season 1</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163412/patchwork">Patchwork</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076/puerto-rico">Puerto Rico</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/Q.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/681/quarto">Quarto!</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/187680/quests-valeria">Quests of Valeria</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/R.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28143/race-galaxy">Race for the Galaxy</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41114/resistance">The Resistance</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128882/resistance-avalon">The Resistance: Avalon</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/121921/robinson-crusoe-adventures-cursed-island">Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18/robo-rally">Robo Rally</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/S.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9220/saboteur">Saboteur</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175549/salem">Salem</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/166669/san-juan-second-edition">San Juan (second edition)</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40692/small-world">Small World</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148228/splendor">Splendor</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/133473/sushi-go">Sushi Go!</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/T.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70919/takenoko">Takenoko</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155708/tiny-epic-defenders">Tiny Epic Defenders</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163967/tiny-epic-galaxies">Tiny Epic Galaxies</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148951/tiny-epic-kingdoms">Tiny Epic Kingdoms</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16992/tsuro">Tsuro</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/126163/tzolk-mayan-calendar">Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153507/terra">Terra</a> | <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica">Terra Mystica</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/U.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/152242/ultimate-werewolf-deluxe-edition">Ultimate Werewolf: Deluxe Edition</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/V.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170561/valeria-card-kingdoms">Valeria: Card Kingdoms</a><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/W.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1465/wizard">Wizard</a>-ish<br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/X.gif" /><br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/Y.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/158742/yardmaster-express">Yardmaster Express</a>-ish<br /><img border="0" src="https://cf.geekdo-static.com/images/tiles/Z.gif" /> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/176189/zombicide-black-plague">Zombicide: Black Plague</a><div>
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Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-78757093822912533582016-06-30T21:49:00.002-06:002016-06-30T21:49:04.810-06:00You have no cookies and no friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What do you get if you divide 0 by 0?</h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>"Imagine that you have zero cookies and you split them evenly among zero friends. How many cookies does each person get? See? It doesn't make sense. And Cookie Monster is sad that there are no cookies. And you are sad that you have no friends."</b></span></blockquote>
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A friend pointed out that if you ask Siri to divide 0 by 0 you learn how many friends you have. Snarky, eh? :-)<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-9737455185057512982016-06-01T16:53:00.002-06:002016-06-01T16:59:39.945-06:00My Terrible Spending Habits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I learned a few things about myself today. I was just checking my
credit card, and noticed I have some spending habits that I am terribly
ashamed of. So admitting it this is the first step in the 12 step
program, right?<br />
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<ul>
<li>$14 - 5/29 Miracle Mile, Las Vegas, NV</li>
<li>$12 - 5/30 Jamba Juice, Salt Lake City, UT ***</li>
<li>$92 - 5/30 Twin Peaks, Las Vegas, NV</li>
<li>$578 - 5/30 Louis Vuitton, Las Vegas, NV</li>
<li>$600 - 5/30 Hotel Operations, Las Vegas, NV</li>
<li>$1,115 - 5/30 Hotel Operations, Las Vegas, NV</li>
<li>$243 - 5/30 Hotel Operations, Las Vegas, NV</li>
<li>$15 - 5/31 Jamba Juice, Salt Lake City, UT ***</li>
<li>$1,362 - 5/31 Luis Vuitton, Las Vegas, NV</li>
<li>$573 - 5/31 Hotel Operations, Las Vegas, NV</li>
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<li>First, I have a thing for high end leather from Louis Vuitton. You should too.</li>
<li>Second, I learned that I like to fly back and forth between Las
Vegas and Salt Lake, just because I can? Don't you wish you could too?</li>
<li>Third, I really really like Hotel Operations to service me. One can't say enough about the room service!</li>
<li>And most importantly I secretly (or not so secretly) have desires to
do many unspeakable things to some unknown individual out there. <i class="_lew" title="frown emoticon"><i aria-hidden="true" class="_4-k1 img sp_fM-mz8spZ1b sx_d55a98"></i><span aria-hidden="true" class="_4mcd">:-(</span></i></li>
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But really, I do have a Jamba Juice addiction.<br />
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Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-72852624354477019672016-05-19T14:23:00.003-06:002016-05-19T14:23:55.423-06:00The Great Philosophical Shuffling Debate - Can I Shuffle One Card?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1576647/please-give-your-vote-can-you-shuffle-one-card">Great Philosophical Shuffling Debate</a>: "<b>If you play a game with cards, and the game instructs you to shuffle your deck, and your deck only has one card in it, can you do it?</b>"<br />
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Deep Thoughts.<br />
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My favorite responses:<br />
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"<i>As a computer scientist, I can shuffle a deck with zero cards.</i>"</blockquote>
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"<i>If I can shuffle a deck of 52 identical cards, I can "shuffle" a deck of one card, which has exactly the same effect.</i>"</blockquote>
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com137tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-23504940749096904122016-05-05T17:42:00.002-06:002016-05-05T17:43:54.608-06:00Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford<br />
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<a href="http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/dont-buy-stuff/n12020">Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford</a><br />
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In this commercial parody, a married couple (Steve Martin, Amy Poehler) are confused by their money woes, so a spokesperson (Chris Parnell) presents them with Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford, a guide to prevent financial debt. [Season 31, 2006]<br />
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<b><a href="http://snltranscripts.jt.org/05/05lbuy.phtml">Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford Script</a><br /><br />
Wife.....Amy Poehler<br />
Husband.....Steve Martin<br />
Spokesman.....Chris Parnell</b>
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[ open on couple trying to balance their checkbook ]
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<b>Wife</b>: (sighs) I just can't get these numbers to add up.
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<b>Husband</b>: Like we're never going to get out of this hole.
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<b>Wife</b>: Credit card debt, does it ever end?
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<b>Spokesman</b>: [walks in] Maybe I can help.
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<b>Husband</b>: We sure could use it.
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<b>Wife</b>: We've tried debt consolidation companies.
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<b>Husband</b>: We've even taken out loans to help make payments.
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<b>Spokesman</b>: Well, you're not the only ones. Did you know that millions of
Americans live with debt they cannot control? That's why I developed this
unique new program for managing your debt. It's called [presents book]
"Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford."
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<b>Wife</b>: Let me see that... [grabs book, reads] "If you don't have
any money, you should not buy anything." Hmm, sounds interesting
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<b>Husband</b>: Sounds confusing.
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<b>Wife</b>: I don't know honey, this makes a lot of sense. There's a
whole section here on how to buy expensive things using money you save.
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<b>Husband</b>: Give me that... [grabs book, looks at it] And where would you get this saved money?
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<b>Spokesman</b>: I tell you where and how in Chapter 3.
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<b>Wife</b>: Ok, so what if I want something but I dont' have any money
<b>Spokesman</b>: You don't buy it.
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<b>Husband</b>: Well let's say I don't have enough money to buy something. Should I buy it anyways?
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<b>Spokesman</b>: No-o-o-o.
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<b>Husband</b>: Now I'm really confused!
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<b>Spokesman</b>: It's a little confusing at first.
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<b>Wife</b>: Well what if you have the money, can you buy something?
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<b>Spokesman</b>: Yes.
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<b>Wife</b>: Now take the money away. Same story?
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<b>Spokesman</b>: Nope. You shouldn't buy stuff when you don't have the money.
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<b>Husband</b>: I think I got it. I buy something I want, and then hope that I can pay for it right?
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<b>Spokesman</b>: No. You make sure you have money, then you buy it.
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<b>Husband</b>: Oh, THEN you buy it. But shouldn't you buy it before you have the money?
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<b>Spokesman</b>: No-o-o-o.
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<b>Wife</b>: Why not?
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<b>Spokesman</b>: It's in the book. It's only one page long. The advice is priceless and
the book is free.
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<b>Wife</b>: Well, I like the sound of that.
<br /><br />
<b>Husband</b>: Yeah, we can put it on our credit card.
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<b>Spokesman</b>: [shakes head]
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<b>Announcer</b>: So get out of debt now, write for your free copy of "Don't Buy
Stuff You Cannot Afford." If you buy now you'll also receive, "Seriously,
If You Don't Have the Money, Don't Buy It!" Along with a 12-month
subscription to "Stop Buying Stuff Magazine." So order today!<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-81746971328907019252016-05-05T17:33:00.002-06:002016-05-05T17:33:34.023-06:00Happy Cinco de Mayo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have a Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone - Cinco de Mayo is a most excellent <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/no-cinco-de-mayo-not-mexican-independence-day-here-s-n567041">American party</a>! If you thought it was a Mexican celebration, you would only be partially right. "<i>Cinco de Mayo is a bigger celebration in the U.S. than in Mexico."</i> Wouldn't it have been been epic if Cico de Mayo also landed on Taco Tuesday this year? Cinco de Mayo is also a great time to recover from the Star Wars <a href="http://www.starwars.com/may-the-4th">May the 4th Be With You</a> celebrations (or dig yourself further in depending on your choice of activities).<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-6670579753126672852016-04-25T07:41:00.000-06:002016-04-25T07:41:38.615-06:00International TableTop Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://geekandsundry.com/geek-sundry-announces-international-tabletop-day-2016/">Geek and Sundry Announces</a> this Saturday, April 30th, 2016, is the <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/table-top-day/">International TableTop Day</a>.<br />
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In celebration, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_ss_tl?rh=n%3A165793011%2Cn%3A%212334111011%2Cn%3A%212334173011%2Cn%3A14185992011&ie=UTF8&qid=1461581202&linkCode=ll2&tag=dohnom-20&linkId=2fb99e8e1ec99d6eec28ab25458064c0">Amazon has huge discounts</a> going on for TableTop games:<br />
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board games for TableTop day. Discount is only applicable to items sold
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<a href="http://geekandsundry.com/table-top-day/retailers">List of retailers</a> observing International TableTop Day. Find <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/tabletop-day-2016-community-events/">Community Events</a> near you.<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-32281342877073702032016-04-12T11:25:00.000-06:002016-04-19T20:41:04.457-06:00Free Comic Book Day in May<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.freecomicbookday.com/">Free Comic Book Day</a> coming 1st Saturday in May (<i>May 7th, 2016</i>). Use the <a href="http://www.freecomicbookday.com/StoreLocator">Store Locator</a> to find a local participating comic shop.</div>
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Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-16295739700832028322016-01-31T09:24:00.001-07:002016-01-31T09:24:12.607-07:00Optical Illusion Dance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44mw37d8LQw">Optical Illusion Dance</a> - if you watch the steps are very simple, but the illusion appears much more acrobatic.<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-33123172138152405472015-12-24T10:00:00.001-07:002015-12-24T10:02:13.057-07:00Microsoft says we have to disown one of our children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With your Microsoft Account, you can create a <a href="https://account.microsoft.com/family/about">Family Account</a> to "<i>to help manage your kid's online activity</i>".<br />
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<li><i><b>Block websites</b> - You can make sure that adult websites are blocked for the kids in your family. You can block specific sites, too—or choose which sites you want your kids to see.</i></li>
<li><i><b>Play time is important. Let them have fun, safely</b> - You can allow your child to download apps and games appropriate for their age, and still make sure they don’t get anything they’re not ready for yet.</i></li>
<li><i><b>A window into their digital life</b> - Get recent activity reports on sites visited, apps used, games played, and screen time. Or, check in online anytime.</i></li>
<li><i><b>Set good screen time habits</b> - Together, you can talk about good habits and set limits on how much time they can spend with their screens</i>.</li>
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A excellent concept, except for one problem: the Family Account is limited to 3 children and 2 adults. We have 4 children. There are a number of <a href="http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-security/microsoft-account-family-only-letting-me-add-three/50e86abc-1848-4068-bdd3-10de9c593011?auth=1&rtAction=1450971039111">Community Form Threads</a> about this issue.</div>
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Microsoft: "<i>What that means is that you have the reached the maximum amount of persons that can be added, hence the reason why you are getting that message.</i>"
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Me: "<i>So how do we fix it? How do we upgrade out account? You can't be serious in thinking that an acceptable answer is one of our kids just can't be part of our family?</i>"
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Microsoft: "<i>Unfortunately once you are receiving that message then there wouldn't be anything that can be done with regards to changing the number of persons that can be added on the account.</i>"
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Me to my daughter: "<b>Microsoft says we have to disown you, because you can't be a part of our family.</b>"
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Microsoft then forwarded me onto another tech support, who then forwarded me to billing, who then forwarded on again in a great big circle.</blockquote>
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One community member found a ugly workaround that if they remove the second parent, they can add a 4th child. There is currently no workaround for families with 5 or more children.</div>
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Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com379tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-1012456064898608692015-12-14T07:49:00.002-07:002015-12-14T07:49:21.425-07:00Star Wars vs Star Trek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2015/12/10/bill-nye-decides-star-wars-vs-star-trek/">Bill Nye chimes in</a> on the Star Wars vs Star Trek debate.<br />
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... <b>Star Wars</b> is all about magic, royal family drama and sounds in space ...<br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-34144288591231306182015-10-16T00:55:00.002-06:002015-10-16T00:56:14.538-06:00Why Do Scouts Go Camping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Camping</strong> requires living deliberately, examining the essential facts of life.<br />
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<strong>Camping</strong> requires establishing an outpost of
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<strong>Camping</strong> requires recreating the mechanisms of survival, applying specialized skills, depending on what we can do with our hands.<br />
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<strong>Camping</strong> takes us to the frontier where nature and civilization meet; we can learn a lot about both if we keep our eyes open.<br />
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<strong>Camping</strong> separates from everyday life because camping is at odds with everyday life.<br />
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<strong>Camping</strong> means leaving distractions behind; it is just us, the forest, and our fellow Scouts.<br />
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<strong>Camping</strong> means pushing ourselves physically and mentally beyond our normal sphere of comfort.<br />
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<strong>Camping</strong> asks us to take ourselves as we are, it’s hard to be someone you aren’t in the wild.<br />
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<strong>Camping</strong> inspires humility, to confront our frailty in the face of the natural world.<br />
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<strong>Camping</strong> inspires reverence for nature and teaches us where we fit in the grand scheme of things.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://scoutmastercg.com/why-do-scouts-go-camping/">Why do Scouts go Camping? - Scoutmastercg.com</a><br />
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<br />Sneak Meepleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14579238635007516554noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1505648560993727208.post-12387512870222138772015-09-10T09:25:00.002-06:002015-09-10T09:25:10.717-06:00Brook vs Primary Data<br />
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<i>Favorite line: You got to love Rick's Fusion-io pride when he says, "Ladies and gentlemen thank you for coming by Fusion-io". I miss Fuison-io too. :-)</i><br />
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