u/BeorcKano

I just had to break open my Sentry safe, purchased in 2016 from Costco. It did okay for a few years, but then started sticking. My ex wife tried to force the handle and something inside broke, so the handle didn't turn the mechanism to withdraw the bolts every time. I would generally he able to smack it with a rubber mallet and the bolts would withdraw, but yesterday, even that wasn't working. I ended up using a sawzall to cut off the hinge pin retainers, then a 6' steel breaker bar to pry it open. Took about 7 minutes.

Now I find myself in need of a safe. I am looking for something without a digital keypad or batteries, preferably with just a mechanical lock or even just keys. It needs to store a stack of paperwork, 6 to 10 master copies of my books, and eventually some small amount of metal bullion.

So, I'm piddling around on a Space Age playthrough, moderately modded, and the one in question is Compact Roboport. I have the little roboports set up in a square to keep my logistic network separate from several others, and each roboport can handle 100 bots. I've got 400 bots in the network... or at least, that's what I put in there.

I watched the Total Logistic Bots dropping as they were queuing up for charging. I had just topped it up to 400, and I watched it drop all the way to 286. When I'd caught it before, it had been as low as 148. It is the second time I've topped it up. No spitters or worms are attacking the, nothing is destroying them they're just disappearing.

is this a known issue with the game or the mod, or any mod in particular? I've never encountered this before.

EDIT: I am a ding-dong. I had an inserter pulling drones out of the roboport and into a requester chest. Removed the inserter, problem solved. Derp.

It was my youngest kid's birthday today, and we let them pick whatever they want for dinner. They picked McDonald's, which was like, okay, nbd, there's a lot of us, McDonald's isn't good food, but hey, it's their choice so here we go.

We build the order on the app, and go to the drive thru. There's two cars on one side and one on the other, so we get behind the one. I see the order flash on the screen, and then... the car doesn't move. I can see the crypt keeper sitting in the driver's seat staring forward.

Three cars move forward on the other side. The car behind me switches sides. Finally Mr. Petrified moves forward, and i give the cashier my order number. SZ13.

He gets up to the first window and... cruises right past it. He reaches the second window and stops. They take his payment there, I can see them tell him to pull up to the designated waiting spots. He moves forward half a car space and stops.

The mini van between us had a dad, mom, and three little kids. I can see the kids getting more and more wiggly through the windows. Boomer keeps sitting there.

After maybe five or seven minutes, I hop out of my vehicle and walk to his car to see if he's okay. I've been in situations where old people get disoriented or go unconscious, so i was concerned.

He's fine. He's waiting for his order. I saw an employee walk out to the waiting area, look around, and walk back in. Some kid, should have looked better, but they were busy and the kid looked young, so probably dropped the ball.

"Hey, you alright?"

"Yes, I'm waiting for two big macs, and two fries. I already have my drinks."

"Okay but there's a waiting area up ahead, so that other people can keep moving."

"Well how will I get my food?"

"Just park by the sign, sir, they'll bring it out to you, but you've got to let the line keep moving."

He started driving away before I was done talking, clearly flustered. Whatever, his ass was moving. Mom and dad in the minivan gave me a thumbs up and got their food and moved on.

When we got our food, they forgot one item, so we parked at the first spot for the drive thru and I went inside. There was nobody parked at the drive thru spots, but Boomer man was standing at the counter, holding a wad of ones and fives, looking mad.

"EXCUSE ME, I DON'T HAVE MY FOOD DO I HAVE TO PAY AGAIN, AN EMPLOYEE TOLD ME I WAS HOLDING UP THE LINE"

"Sir."

He spins around and looks me up and down. Note: I'm wearing denim shorts, a black tank top, sandals, and a biker cap to keep the sun off of my very bald scalp.

"Where's my food?"

"You didn't park by the drive thru space. They'll give it to you here now."

"Why didn't you bring it to me?"

"I don't work here, man. I just know how the drive thru works and you needed help."

The employees gave him his food and he stood there dumbstruck, unable to process the situation. I had six kids waiting for their burgers and fries, plus a birthday cake, so i got my missing item, got back in the car, and left him to muddle his way through this interaction. I figure he's made his way from there 40s to now without my help, he can finish this task on his own.

I hope to god that if I ever get to the point where I can't operate a drive thru interaction, my kids would take me through. I've taken them through enough starbucks and burger drive through that I hope they can return the favor when I'm old as hell.

Not the worst interaction with a boomer I've ever had, but I don't get how I could have been mistaken for an employee, or how the hell he could have made it this far in life without knowing how a drive through works. And his generation is one of the largest voting blocks in this country.