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There is zero context to this, but I'd pay cash over booking through an OTA (CapitalOne.) I've spent fewer Marriott points staying in a hotel where the base room starts at $1,200 a night rack rates, and the points and super shiny status got me a multi-roomed suite which retailed for over $2k a nigh...
Ireland (ROI, not Northern Ireland) can eat 5-6 days. Short flights from NYC. You can do more in major cities from Northern Europe (Belgium, Netherlands, N. France, etc.) with less in between travel time. The Xmas markets in the EU are a great experience, but I can't remember if they start before...

re: UEFI, Win11 and storage

Posted by LemmyLives on 6/6/24 at 11:17 pm
[quote]Win10 drives which were partitioned to MBR but in a UEFI environment. [/quote] I did a clean format/reinstall last year on the boot drive on the same mobo on Win11 (I think I've been on Win11 since it was available on the release view channel years ago.) I was in UEFI the last two times ...

re: Learned my lesson flying Frontier

Posted by LemmyLives on 6/4/24 at 10:36 pm
[quote]find the best lounge at your home airport[/quote] LOL, Priority Pass hasn't let me into a lounge in IAH terminal D in three years. Not sure that this is an ULCC issue, but the more souls on board, especially with international connections, the more likely your flight is going to get prio...
Second this. My first thought was directional antenna. I think (at least with 802.11a/b) if you got a directional antenna up high enough, you *could* have a range up to 12? miles based on the curvature of the earth. If the router has antennae that you can change, you can also take what is proba...
Background. I'm guessing you're in your 40s early 50s. The amount of women in the 35+ category that are confused why you even bothered meeting at a restaurant, rather than just going to pound town is astounding. 1. The girl that cuts my hair every week is 22. Her age range on apps is up to 45....

re: USD to GBP exchange

Posted by LemmyLives on 6/3/24 at 11:41 pm
This. And to Zappa's point, even before COVID, almost anywhere in the UK is almost confused if you try to pay with cash. Tap to pay. shite, open a bank account with a non shitty bank with no FTFs just for the trip. I didn't even realize FTF were still a thing, even "Brazos Valley Credit Union" do...

re: UEFI, Win11 and storage

Posted by LemmyLives on 6/3/24 at 11:25 pm
I guess that leaves ASRock, who also uses AMI. The dice shall roll in a few months. ...
So you paid more to DD than the delivery fees from JM's app would have cost, and cost the franchisee a good chunk of the gross cost that goes to DoorDash, and winning? For two #7s, $24.60 in DoorDash, $18.90 in JM app for the food. I'm not trying to f* franchisees and always order pickup through...
[quote]Once hair cuts went above 15 my wife started cutting it. It’s simple and looks identical and takes her 10 minutes.[/quote] So you do her nails too?...

re: Thoughts on Tissot watches?

Posted by LemmyLives on 6/2/24 at 5:30 pm
PRS516 from the ex-wife. I don't consider watches an investment, I don't give two shits if they "hold their value," that's what guns and ammo are for. It's classy looking and nice, but not as dressy as the one you have selected. My only quibble is that I'm close to spending about as much money ...

re: UEFI, Win11 and storage

Posted by LemmyLives on 6/2/24 at 5:21 pm
I've been an MSI fanboi (Intel and AMD) for 15+ years (which is maybe 3 mobos, cause I'm cheap). I tried an Asus or Gigabyte? once in that period and had to RMA it before it ever booted. But if the BIOS sucks, since it's AMI, isn't that going to extend to the other brands that use AMI at least? ...

UEFI, Win11 and storage

Posted by LemmyLives on 6/1/24 at 6:31 pm
This is the second time in a year I've been forced to reinstall Win11 due to UEFI and Win11. This time is extra-inexplicable. The first time I updated AMD drivers and Windows in the same reboot, so I count that as my fail. This time has me vexed. Boot drive is an NVMe drive, which was not touc...

re: car seats when traveling by plane

Posted by LemmyLives on 5/30/24 at 10:02 pm
[quote] they might get damaged.[/quote] Uh, they're designed to protect your kids in a wreck of multi-thousand pound vehicles. Some dummy slinging it four feet onto a conveyor won't damage it. Depending on where you're going, toddlers may not be restrained as a matter of course in any way. 1...

re: Best Steak in NOLA

Posted by LemmyLives on 5/30/24 at 9:49 pm
Second Doris. They were who convinced me that sous vide was unparalleled years ago. Only been to the one in Houston, but it's a destination for a reason. ...
But he's a homegrown boy! LOL Texas told me to draw a giant X over the old plates and recycle them or just give them back to the tax office. No fines threatened....

re: Why is the customer always right?

Posted by LemmyLives on 5/28/24 at 9:51 pm
[quote]You seem miserable. And entitled.[/quote] There used to be (at least through the early 2000s) customers being contrite and accountable (shite, I wanted one of these without pickles, sorry,) and customers pulling out a box cutter because the drive thru gets prioritized before them for a coup...

re: Louisiana talent is very meh

Posted by LemmyLives on 5/28/24 at 9:38 pm
[quote]East Texas[/quote] Not if you like your women a little on the trashy side. Not hating, and at least they're not trying to lease a new car every two years....

re: Lenevo or Surface Pro Laptop

Posted by LemmyLives on 5/27/24 at 9:05 pm
They're meant for two different purposes. In your case, the Surface Laptop is overkill, and has half the storage of the Ideapad. I've been using the same IdeaPad for travel for seven years, and it's been perfectly fine....

re: Earthquake While Travellig

Posted by LemmyLives on 5/25/24 at 6:57 pm
[quote]no sirens or evacuation orders[/quote] Quakes are not uncommon in Japan. Our normal response was to go hold anything breakable that was in the kitchen down, hold the cabinet doors where the plates/bowls were closed, etc. I don't recall anything above a 6 happening while I was there. If ...