New Grande!

New Grande!

Got this locally from a toy store. Everything looked fine in store. Didn’t look cloudy at all or while handling. The cap was all smashed but they swapped that out for me. Just set it up an hour ago. It’s purple/yellow. I’m hoping the light is messing with the fluid lol but honestly not sure at this point. I’ll let it get going and run a while before I make any decisions.

Really don’t want to have to open it up and filter. These caps are not fun to work with.

u/InkyBlacks — 4 days ago
▲ 30 r/erasers

Gold Poop?

Trying to find out why some of my toilet erasers have gold poop and not color matching poop? Not much info out there.

Thanks!

u/InkyBlacks — 4 days ago
▲ 22 r/Switch

Kasyn Black Rail Stickers - Backwards?!?

Paid a premium for these because they were highly recommended as matching oem material type and thickness. Get them in and all the printing is backwards?!? wtf?!?

I check the website and notice on there, it’s backwards as well!!! Didn’t even notice it. Why are they selling these things?!?

https://kasynparts.com/product/oem-nintendo-switch-2-console-l-r-side-rail-slot-sticker-joy-con-2-connector-sticker-replacement/

u/InkyBlacks — 7 days ago
▲ 185 r/Lavalamps

Custom base and cap!

I bought the nightmare before christmas lamp for the clear white and wasn’t a fan of the base and cap so I removed the printing, bottom felt, socket and cable. Then I sprayed it with Rustoleum white enamel spray paint. Several coats. Let it set and harden for 7 days. I soldered the socket/power back in. Once done, I reapplied some 3M tack to the felt and put it back on. Really happy with the results.

Thinking about doing a whole series but need to find more bases/caps.

u/InkyBlacks — 8 days ago
▲ 1 r/tcltvs

QM7 Pro Remote Turning on RCA CRT

I have an RCA crt that’s near the new tv. When I turn on the TCL, it turns on the old crt. Anyway to change the remote codes?

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u/InkyBlacks — 10 days ago

Spencer’s Pickups Today!

Decided to stop in since it’s been a hot minute, wasn’t expecting to find anything but here we are! The Cracked Cobalt looks freaking awesome!

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u/InkyBlacks — 12 days ago

Kitchen sink main drain, slow leak around pvc connection

This is the drain under the kitchen in a finished basement. Noticed a hole in the ceiling that I now know was caused by a slow water leak from the drain. I cut out the drywall expecting the worse but find a very slow leak around one of the connections.

I’m guessing it wasn’t sealed correctly with cement? Trying to figure out the best way to fix this so I don’t have to deal with it again. This drain was replaced a few years back.

I read epoxy would work but again, temporary. Should I just call a plumber and have them fix it? Can I melt some pvc in cement and apply it around the joint?

Not sure how they are going to cut it out since there’s not much there to the left to reattach too.

Advice- thanks!

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u/InkyBlacks — 21 days ago
▲ 58 r/rva

DPU Water Bill - MORE BS!

So WTF is going on with the City and DPU bills? Get a new bill that is close to $300. Look at it and see last months wasn't paid. However autopay is setup and hasn't been an issue until recently where apparently last month's water bill wasn't paid? Even though autopay is setup and correct for the "new" account number.

What's the deal?? How is the city so fucking inept.

**UPDATE**:

Spoke to DPU yesterday and they acknowledged billing issues with the system. Advised turning off auto pay and set it up again.

Before I spoke to them, I paid my past due and current bill manually with the info I had on file in my account. Oddly, my account still shows I have not paid (has a balance), even though It shows as a line item, I paid and I received email confirmation I paid.

A few hours later, I get an email saying that autopay has been scheduled for August to the tune of $200 dollars. I am like WTF?!? So I go in and cancel that payment.

This morning, I get an email saying my bill is ready again, for the same past due and current bill amount.

Clearly their system is fucked and I would advise everyone who has auto pay, delete it until they fix their system otherwise you're going to get billed and good fucking luck trying to get that money back from the city!

DPU is a complete shit show - again, years and years and years later. Hey AVULA - get your head out of FLOCKS ass and stop doing bulk buys and fix your fucking infrastructure systems instead. Fucking clown

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u/InkyBlacks — 22 days ago
▲ 2 r/Bluray

Titanic Collectors Edition - Replacement Disc

I purchased this set and learned the main disc had issues and ordered a replacement. It took months to arrive and by that time I just put it away to deal with later. At this time, all my movies were in a cabinet double stacked so hard to see everything. I recently purchased some shelves and now everything is out and visible.

Long story short, I went to put the replacement disc in the Titanic case and noticed the original disc has the titanic picture printed on it and the replacement disc is printed black and just says Titanic. Why did they do that? It looks like crap next to the other disk that also has a picture on it :(

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u/InkyBlacks — 23 days ago

Target Seafoam Green - No Flow

Had this lamp for a while. It did show up cloudy but I filtered it. It heats up and mostly stays as a blob about 3-4” from the bottom and releases a couple small balls and that’s it. Is it not getting hot enough or is there something else going on?

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u/InkyBlacks — 1 month ago

Painted Globes Question

Never owned a globe that was painted or had the ombré effect. Is it normal to have some streaking/splotch in them? How long do they last, meaning, will the paint eventually flake off from all the cold/hot?

Thanks!

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u/InkyBlacks — 1 month ago

Magma Black & Blue Agate - New Pickups

Went to Spencer’s to see if they had any new lamps and saw these two. Decided to get them. I did notice after unpacking, the Blue Agate doesn’t have the right globe but I love the blue/silver glitter! So I’m going to keep it. Ordered another for pickup so hopefully it will have the right globe.

Managed to pickup the Coral Reef and Cob Webs from their website as well. I do hope they ship ok 🫣🤞🏻

u/InkyBlacks — 1 month ago

B&N Birthday Gifts Today

Wanted to thank my partner for always making me happy! ☺️🥰 Was not aware of the stamp thing but apparently we earned $15 bucks from the purchase today! Really excited to have these in my collection. All amazing films

On another note, are there any protectors for the A24 digipaks? I have them for the larger A24 Midsommar films. I found one at Katana but it’s $5 for one which I don’t fully understand.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

u/InkyBlacks — 2 months ago

Newest Additions

Went to l see if my local Spencer’s had the Frutiger Aero and they had one. Passed it up a couple times but it’s grown on me. While I was there I noticed the skeleton one and always wanted a deep red lamp. Looked it up and saw it was from 2022 Spirit Halloween colab. Grabbed it!

u/InkyBlacks — 2 months ago

Got these for $25!

Was really excited to see them in person and they’re absolutely gorgeous!!! Going to install longer power cords and redo the felt but other than that, they’re solid. One of the shades is a bit yellowed inside and slightly cracking but still good.

Don’t know maker, but maybe there will be something on the inside that may shed some light (no pun intended)

u/InkyBlacks — 2 months ago

923+ Cloudflare DYNDNS - Subdomains?

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Got everything setup just fine. Running a container on my NAS back to Cloudflare. It updates my domain with my public ip whenever it changes. Added a CNAME for my subdomains and all set! Subdomains take me to my game server of choice! All updated automatically.

Love it!

Currently with Namecheap and using their dyndns client to map two subdomains to a server. My domains expire soon and going to move them to Spaceahip since it’s much cheaper. No dyndns client there.

So I was reading about adding the Cloudflare dyndns update via Synology. Is it possible to do what I want through Synology? Want to update my public ip whenever it changes, automatically and make sure subdomain.domain.com gets routed to my server like it is now.

Thanks for any info!

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u/InkyBlacks — 2 months ago

Detroit - Why?

>!We see Lestat get on the bus. Regular tour bus. He enters the door from the front after talking to the fan. Gets on and starts walking to the back where it opens up to a huge seating area. Now the question, why was the bus driving backwards?!? !<

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u/InkyBlacks — 2 months ago
▲ 22 r/Marbles

Am I Rich?!?

Bought these early 2022 because they looked so cool! Spent $60 bucks for 20. How did I do?

u/InkyBlacks — 3 months ago