Kettle corn at home

I use Amish Country white popcorn in a silicone microwave popper and am looking for a way to make kettle corn

I know it won’t turn out nearly as good as the stuff you get at the farms but does anyone have a recipe I could try to make something decent with what I have?

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u/joekd713 — 4 days ago
▲ 23 r/Pickles

Stocked up on a few Mt Olive pickes

Wife asked me to stop at Walmart for a few things so I decided to grab some pickles while I was there

Couldn't decide between whole pickles or spears so just got both

u/joekd713 — 1 month ago

Libre 3+ accuracy

We see a lot of comments on how far off the libre sensors can be, well this is my libre 3+ worn on my thigh. Earlier today it showed 122 to 123 on finger stick.

Yes I have issues with the sensors but honestly, would never give up the CGM.

u/joekd713 — 1 month ago

Again with delays in prime shipping

I had 4 orders scheduled for delivery yesterday, one of them a same day shipping item.

Get on chat last night at 800pm, they assure me I will have delivery by 1000pm even though nothing shows out for delivery.

Huge shock, no delivery last night. Get on chat again this am and now there was a delivery delay. As always they ask I be "patient and understanding" to which I reply that I pay for prime shipping and this type of delay and miscommunication make me question if I should continue to do so.

Issued me a courtesy credit and assured me all of my packages would be here by 600pm today.

Now let's see if that happens...

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u/joekd713 — 2 months ago

Cox reps add services you aren't told about

Hate that when you make any changes you need to go in and analyze everything line by line to find out what you are really being charged from.

Latest was last week I went to the cox store to cancel home life and have my bill looked at for promotions. They said that by getting a mobile line which would be free after promotion my bundle would bring my overall bill down quite a bit. Showed me a $19.99 total cost phone and said my monthly mobile bill would be $1.61 for taxes. Ok, sign me up, I will just leave it hooked up in my car for android auto.

Next day looking at Bill and find they added the phone protection plan for $7 per month. $7 on a $19 phone?? Never mentioned a word about it even being an option.

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u/joekd713 — 3 months ago

Viewing cameras on web portal

I currently have a Homebase3 and 4 E30 cameras, they work fine on the app but I wanted to login through the security web portal.

Enabled web portal in App, went to https://mysecurity.eufylife.com/ and entered the PIN, I see the names of all my cameras but they just say "Established secure channel" and have a black screen. Few minutes later it will show "Failed to establish video stream. Please try again.RefreshError: MEDIA_FAILED | Session: ...iubqzS0= | 2026-07-17 14:42:03 UTC
Station: T8030T1626100E6B | Device: T8171T102546166D"

Any ideas what to try to get the portal to work?

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u/joekd713 — 3 months ago
▲ 30 r/Pickles

Mt Olive pickle juice

For my "everyday" pickles I buy the mt olive 128oz jars, I then move them to a smaller fridge size container, adding garlic, onions and either hot sauce or peppers to the brine

The other night I had filled up my fridge container and had a lot of extra juice in the MT Olive jar so I poured it into a coffee mug and sat down to enjoy it

Wife walks by, looks at my mug sitting on the table and instantly says "What the H#ll is wrong with your coffee???" I explain it's pickle juice, "You are drinking straight pickle juice?" No, of course not I say, I added some hot sauce to it

To say the least she didn't approve of my beverage choice :)

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u/joekd713 — 3 months ago
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Breaking the hinge, razr 2023+

Have a Razr 2023+ that had a main screen failure a few years back, have already gotten all my data off the phone and wiped it clean so since it was headed to the trash anyway it was a perfect time to answer my biggest question on how tough the hinge really was.

First thought I could be manly and break it with my bare hands, nope, not even any really good cracking sounds. Put it under my foot and pulled up with both hands, finally I started to get some movement but after a few minutes it would still open/close fine and screen still showed power (again, bad screen so couldn't tell how good display was but had the same color smears it had before)

Last test, wrapped the bottom of the phone in a cloth and put in a bench vise then proceeded to push on the top half with both hands.

End result, yes I did break it but this phone took a LOT more abuse then I never thought possible.

Sorry but no pics or video, got so caught up in the gun I didn't think to do this until it was already broken.

Already have a backup for my 2024+ if it ever fails so now my evil mind is thinking ahead to what else I could do to try and break one of these.

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u/joekd713 — 4 months ago

Tiger Oscar

Saw this at LFS, my all time favorite fish, black and gold tiger oscar

Timing was perfect as I just rehomed a couple monsters from this tank

For some reason wife didn't believe me when I said it just showed up in my tank, maybe I should have waited until it was out of the bag before sending her a pic 😄

u/joekd713 — 4 months ago
▲ 25 r/pools

Pool season has finally started

Living in New England I try to have my pool open before memorial day, usually open it, put on the solar cover and let it get up to a good temperature.

This year was a madhouse and I had zero time to look at the pool, I finally opened it yesterday and was very relieved to see the water sparkling clear.

Pic was taken before the filter was even run.

u/joekd713 — 4 months ago
▲ 32 r/Pickles

My own mix, my olive spicy garlic pickles

Took some whole mt olive pickles, sliced a couple into quarters so they would fit in this container, added enough brine to cover, a generous amount of minced garlic and chili powder.

Color isn't the best, but the taste is outstanding.

May still add a chopped up habanero to really kick up the spice level.

u/joekd713 — 5 months ago

The original slipper clutch in my Slash 4x4 VXL has seen better days and it's time for a replacement

The main ones I am looking at are the 6878A from Traxxas or the Metal Steel brand 6878

Anyone have a recommendation for either of these or another one that you have used?

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u/joekd713 — 5 months ago