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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: Tri] * 2
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Tri said:
Psh how the hell am I supposed to snort liquid :mad:


The same way ya accidentally did it all the time when ya went swimmin as a kid.  GUH.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: DorkWithTheHair] * 6
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For those of you who saw post about my Magic Mills dehydrator heating coil run away and almost caught fire.

Magic Mills replaced the whole unit for free without any questions. Once I provided my order number and address they immediately sent me a new unit.

Great customer service goes a long way. And now all of you know. Magic Mills has good support and it only took 2 days to process the replacment from my original email request for warranty.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: DorkWithTheHair]
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DorkWithTheHair said:
Tri said:
Psh how the hell am I supposed to snort liquid :mad:


The same way ya accidentally did it all the time when ya went swimmin as a kid.  GUH.


Ugh the stinging :mad:

True true, I had a stimulant snorting habit in high school and used to snort a palm full of water to wash it all down afterward anyways :lol:

Also @lo-z that’s good to hear, customer service is important. I reckon it was in their best interest but still, shows awareness


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: Lo-Z]
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Lo-Z said:
For those of you who saw post about my Magic Mills dehydrator heating coil run away and almost caught fire.

Magic Mills replaced the whole unit for free without any questions. Once I provided my order number and address they immediately sent me a new unit.

Great customer service goes a long way. And now all of you know. Magic Mills has good support and it only took 2 days to process the replacment from my original email request for warranty.


When I worked customer service we had a whole special procedure regarding units catching on fire or melting from heat.

The email had to be escalated to a special department and the customer always got a new unit.

A lot of companies don't want the bad rap of a fire started from one of their units.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: PuffM4gicDr4gon] * 2
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PuffM4gicDr4gon said:
Lo-Z said:
For those of you who saw post about my Magic Mills dehydrator heating coil run away and almost caught fire.

Magic Mills replaced the whole unit for free without any questions. Once I provided my order number and address they immediately sent me a new unit.

Great customer service goes a long way. And now all of you know. Magic Mills has good support and it only took 2 days to process the replacment from my original email request for warranty.


When I worked customer service we had a whole special procedure regarding units catching on fire or melting from heat.

The email had to be escalated to a special department and the customer always got a new unit.

A lot of companies don't want the bad rap of a fire started from one of their units.



I could imagen so! They insured me there were safety mechanisms in there to prevent a run away heating element in order to prevent fires bit i tell you what,,,, that bitch must have failed because I could smell the coils burning from across my kitchen. And when I saw them they were almost orange white.

I dont think ive ever yanked a power cord so quickly.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: Lo-Z]
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Anyone done on-call snow removal before? Not with plows, I will be doing the detail work with shovels and snowblowers. I haven't done driving in snow so I'm very nervous about that. But I've been hard on cash for a while, and despite the disruption, I think it's a good way to keep busy and active and maybe recalibrate me, cause I need it.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: Huskies]
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Man, I'm fuckin' scared.  My laptop shut down of its own accord.  I managed to get it back and it ran some kinda automated repair thingie, but...it's the only computer I have.  I literally can't afford to replace it.  I'm doing an emergency backup now, but I don't wanna lose this thing.  I've done so much with it.  Hold the fuck on, Enterprise-E.  At least hold on til I got the money to allow you to retire in dignity.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: Huskies] * 1
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Huskies said:
Anyone done on-call snow removal before? Not with plows, I will be doing the detail work with shovels and snowblowers. I haven't done driving in snow so I'm very nervous about that. But I've been hard on cash for a while, and despite the disruption, I think it's a good way to keep busy and active and maybe recalibrate me, cause I need it.


I used to get awesome contracts for snow removal , roofs and parking lots mostly , tell them what you'd like to get out of it upfront weather it's a good hourly rate or a paid by job just don't sell yourself short , remember their asking you because it's something they don't want or can't do themselves, it's gotta make money


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: cronicr] * 1
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Only reason I don't do it now....we haven't had snow in the past 3 or 4 years πŸ˜‚


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: DorkWithTheHair] * 1
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^ have you ever tried a reformat? sometimes that can help. but before you do, check about overheating.

Check your CPU and GPU temps, maybe they are getting too high, and closing the laptop as a safety precaution.

In laptops, sometimes it's simply that their fans are filled with dust, don't move as much air. Hopefully it's something simple like that for you! Which model is it, can you open it up and do you feel comfortable doing that?

BEst of luck.

and @cronicr

28 per hour, which is decent, and I have guaranteed salting hours even if there is no snowstorms in this il nino year. After being severely unemployed for a while, makes a lot of things better for me immediately. It's gonna be a major change, but anything that can occupy my mind and free me of a shit financial situation would be worth it.

I am nervous about night shifts, driving in snowstorms, especially since I haven't had a car in a long time. Might be able to manage with carshare services, but I feel like maybe an old subaru that still has a few dozen thousand kms in it might be worthwhile, but gas is high, and then insurance.

Cheers though, good to know I'm in good company hehe


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: Huskies] * 1
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Winter driving will take some getting used to, got to develop a feel for traction and road conditions, which can change from day to day.  Find an open parking lot and use that to practice drifting until you can control a skid.  4wd or awd is a must have, at least around here. We got over 30 feet last year


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: yoosername]
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Yeah, I am a good driver but it is new conditions and I haven't been actively driving for a long time. Obviously I would be driving quite cautiously.

My old Civic aquaplaned once when my tires were too bare (I was younger and ignorant), but I pumped the brakes and no accident happened. Close call, my fault, was going too fast on a turn. Similar skillset to winter driving? I have some youtube videos to watch I suppose.

If getting an older used car, would getting used winter tires be a safe enough option for the season? From a reputable place.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: yoosername] * 4
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I've driven hundreds of thousands of KM on winter roads.

99% of the problems can be avoided by driving to conditions and just taking your foot off the gas the second you feel it start to slip. Try not to panic and hit your brakes, it will only make things worse.

Leave yourself extra room to stop and take turns as slow as possible.

In my car I drive on All Seasons all year. Summer tires or bald tires are definitely a problem. Studded winter tires help with the nastiest of weather, but you can get by fine on anything but shear ice without them.

Just take it low and slow and you'll be fine.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: PuffM4gicDr4gon] * 1
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Thanks puff!


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: Huskies] * 5
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Huskies said:
Anyone done on-call snow removal before? Not with plows, I will be doing the detail work with shovels and snowblowers. I haven't done driving in snow so I'm very nervous about that. But I've been hard on cash for a while, and despite the disruption, I think it's a good way to keep busy and active and maybe recalibrate me, cause I need it.



Bud ive done it A LOT.  Let me share my experience please:

Take a seat

I started doing snow with a commercial company doing hospitals, schools, hoa's etc.  started on a shovel.  You wake up at 2am or whatever the fuck and get your ass out there no matter what the conditions.  So alot of times, you and the other snow people are the only ones crazy enough to be driving in white-out conditions.  That was really spooky and lonely at first.  But there is a sort of camaraderie that happens between you and the other crazy motherfuckers out there.

I started plowing the following year and honestly, i missed the shovel.  Plowing is stressful, and uncomfortable.  Bashing around in a 3/4 ton truck with your head on a swivel all day wears you the fuck out.  The stress of it can be unnerving. A snowplow can do a shitload of damage to landscape assets, other cars, or whatever else you cant see under the snow.  Wears the front end and tires our of your truck.

So now youve coupled the sleep deprivation of being an on call shovel with the stress of handling a 11,000 truck and plow.  What fun.  Add drugs to stay awake and youre really playing with fire.

Now then.  Thats not the top.  No sir. 

Then theres MANAGEMENT of snow services.  Let me tell you what brother, thats the most stessful awful job ive ever done in my life and i refuse to ever take part in it for any amount of money.  Ive managed snow services for major hospitals, private schools, and my least favorite, HOA,s.

Now add all the sleep dep and stress of the other two positions and throw a big dollop of liability on there.  Someone falls and breaks their leg? You're probably fucked.  A "slip and fall" is the second worst possible thing to read in an email, but i straight up had a slip and DIE incident.  Of course, i was able to susbstantiate my claim that the hoa board declined services for that particular storm, but fuck me, what bunch of unpaid hardship that was.  I STILL feel horrible.  Some old dad come out to get his mail, slipped, fell, went into the hospital, never came out. On a property that I WAS MANAGING.

I remember once I had a rich kid at one of my schools eat some ice melt.  Fuck me.  They called poison control and i had to get the chem SDS asap.  Jesus. I wasnt worried about him but rich people do love to make a scene. I remember screaming on the phone with the school site manager: 

Them: "well he wont tell us how much he ate"
Me: "jim, tell me, how much fucking mag chloride do YOU think you could eat?"

Then there were some jobs i just fucked up and made the call wrong.  Pull the trigger too late? Oh fuck.  I did a car rental place that turned into a hockey rink and one of their fleet cars smashed into one of my guys plows.  Fuck me.

I remember a snow job at an HOA got so fucked up people couldnt get their cars out of their driveways because the stupid ass board decided they didnt want to plow the streets. Only shovel the driveways. What a shit show.  I slipped and fell and chipped my elbow on that stupid job.  Doctor said its just gonna be that way for life now. Lovely.

Fuck snow.  Fuck snow services. Rich people need to either learn to shovel their own shit or live somewhere it doesnt snow.

I quit working for that company back in june and my sleep schedule is STILL fucked up from that shit.  There were days id leave the house at midnight, wouldnt get back home until 10pm.

Come in the house try not to wake your wife up, feeling like the fucking twilight zone. Now you CANT even sleep if you wanted.  Take benzos i guess.  Ope.  Heres monday morning, and youre expected to be a human being again!

Anyway.  Thats my experience doing snow services. we shovel a few clients driveways on a "when we get there" basis. No contract.  Its do it yourself or fuck off policy and I am NOT waking up before 5am to do. 

Hope that helps husk.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: BeefExtreme] * 2
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Beef, thank you for sharing. Yeah the sleep schedule thing scares me quite a bit. Being alone at night in snow seems interesting. Will be good meditation. Maybe I'll mumble out a novel with speech recognition software when I'm salting solo.

Fortunately, I just drive places, in a crew of 3 as the leader, shovel, snowblow, use salt. Less room for destruction. I do have leadership skills, but never did shoveling at a professional level. I mean, it's straightforward, and they seem to like me so that is good.

We mostly do commercial places, but I got assigned to one that is low income housing, city contract. I can make noise with a snowblower, and it's one location, for a 10 hour shift. Like, 80 different entrances.

That is the mindfuck, the thinking of oh shit, if I fuck up and miss some ice, people can get fucked up or actually die. I have supervisors, and the company seems established, I fully believe they know wtf they are doing.

I guess that is one of the things to instill in my crew.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: BeefExtreme] * 2
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when does the novel come out, buddy? :rockon:


edit: @Huskies I hear it's supposed to be a mild winter, so fingers crossed you're paid for a good night's sleep on the regular this year:biggrin:


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: Huskies] * 3
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If youre just leading a crew at with shovels and blower thats at least low stress.  There is a certain peacefulness to it. Doing what everyone would rather not when the world sleeps.  There were some cool moments doing that for sure.

My sleep is just too important.  Cant pay me enough to fuck with my mental health.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: Huskies]
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Huskies said:
^ have you ever tried a reformat? sometimes that can help. but before you do, check about overheating.

Check your CPU and GPU temps, maybe they are getting too high, and closing the laptop as a safety precaution.

In laptops, sometimes it's simply that their fans are filled with dust, don't move as much air. Hopefully it's something simple like that for you! Which model is it, can you open it up and do you feel comfortable doing that?

BEst of luck.


The temps are well within normal.  I've checked Windows Event Viewer and it reports a power failure of some kind.  I read up and saw it might be the battery since it going off can cause all kinds of power fuckery and the "press+hold power button for 5 minutes while unplugged to reset some circuit in there" thingie DOES seem to work for at least a while.  But, I replaced the battery not too long ago--no easy feat since my laptop's one of those w/ a fully internal battery--but this shit's still happening.  It's possible the replacement I got has a similar kind of fault to the old battery, but I have no way of checking that.  But, that replacement was irritating on its own to find and get and I dunno if I got the cash for another battery to test if that's the culprit.  And, I blasted the shit out of it w/ an air duster when I had to crack it open, this last time.

It's an ASUS ROG Zephyrus S GX701 that I've had since 2019, so it's pretty old by laptop standards.  I just...I dunno what I'm gonna do if this thing dies before I can afford replace it.  I use it for everything.  Gaming.  Development.  Writing.  I got the really important shit backed up, at least.  The drive is (I think) one of those M2 SSDs, so it might at least outlive the Enterprise-E long enough to get cloned to a replacement on its demise.

I just literally can't replace it.  The same model (just newer version) runs around $2,500.  Given how fucked everything is, a comparable desktop would prolly run at LEAST that much if not more.  I cannot stress enough: I literally cannot afford to replace this thing.

I want to at least get my first actual book published before it dies.  Have some kinda income, maybe, so that I can have SOME hope of replacing it.  Eventually.  I just...I also don't want it to go like that.  It deserves better.  It saw me thru the fucking pandemic.  Thru all the bullshit life's thrown at me and all the good shit that's come in those seven years.  I want it to go because it's time, not because it just couldn't keep going, anymore.


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Re: The Cultivation Confessional Booth - The OFFICIAL Cultivation Off Topic Discussion [Re: DorkWithTheHair]
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Mackload: been doing more short stories, pg13 dark fantasy, part of a bigger project. I'll dm you some.

Beef: that's good to know, thank you. Should be some cool moments. Glad to know that side of the job was chiller.

Dork: That sucks, manufactured obsolescence is fucking evil. Does it turn off when plugged in or when its on battery? Because if its only when its unplugged, that could indicate a not great connection for the battery, and maybe that is an easy enough fix?

I went to a local repair place, old school style, and the guy was nice, could help diagnose for free. Worth checking. If it does get fixed on a mechanical level, I definitely recommend doing a reformat. It brings it new life.

One of my cheap AOC monitors is dying, I had to put the taskbar on top :l As someone also currently broke, I wish you well, hope you can figure something out. Maybe a used thing can be useful? Or at least a bluetooth keyboard that you could use with a phone, that way you can still maybe to proper writing and etc.


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