u/whskid2005

I haven’t played much since my PS2. I started with soft pads on carpet. I want to get back into it for fitness reasons.

Hardwood floor, and dogs. So I’d like something I can “put away”. Space isn’t an issue.

I really struggle with making decisions when given options. I think that’s why I can’t just read through the posts.

Can you help me out with a simple- here’s what you should buy and here’s how to put it away?

Help a millennial out

Did a search earlier today for good food and this place was mentioned so figured I’d give it a try.

So glad I decided to come. Good food. Good service. Good portion size.

In and out within an hour which is exactly what I was looking for.

We’re going next week during the peak Perseids meteor shower. I’m looking for any advice you want to share.

The bortle scale according to various websites should be between 3 and 4.

I think I’ll set the alarm for around 2am. That seems to be the time I’ve come across most for when to watch.

I have headlamps with red light for walking around. We have a big plot of land to ourselves. I’m not planning on driving over to Cherry Springs because I’m assuming it’ll be packed and I wouldn’t want to accidentally interfere with people who are serious about all of this.

I’m borrowing a Celestron travel 70 telescope with really no clue how to use it. I haven’t touched a telescope in 30 years because I live in the land of maximum light pollution.

Would binoculars be of any use? I might bring them just for fun during the day for the kid.

I plan on bringing both chairs and a blanket (to lay down on).

I was thinking audiobooks might be a good way to keep our brains engaged while we’re watching.

I’m sure there is something obvious I’m missing.

Any suggestions are extremely welcome. Thank you!

My kid has stellar taste in music which means they enjoy what I enjoy. Unfortunately, I now have an elementary school child who has last resort on repeat. I’d like to give them something to listen to with the same musicality vibe without the suicidal lyrics.

Please help.

I’ve got a family member who needs a little extra help so Id like to take care of dinner.

By me there’s a deli that makes a different dinner every day. It’s $40 for a 4 serving dinner. Just wondering if Parsippany has anything similar that you would recommend.

Edit: specifically not looking for a grocery store because it is a lot harder to grab and go from a grocery store than it is to grab from a deli. This family member doesn’t have the spoons for that right now.

I live in nimby suburbia where the thought of mice being in your house is an untold horror. I’m taking appropriate actions, but I just need someone who deals with mice often to tell me it’s ok.

Like where I’m at, ticks are also a massive cause of concern because it’s kind of rare. Compared to other parts of the USA, where you step outside, get a tick, and just pluck it off like it’s nothing. So I know it’s mostly the area I’m in that is making me freak out and have this overwhelming anxiety. Like I can’t sleep bc they are scurrying and making sounds.

I’m trying to gauge the regional limits of this odd phenomenon.

If you’re going to a concert or some other sort of event, do you consider Connecticut?

Stamford and Norwalk are like 45 mins to an hour away (pending traffic). There’s a large venue in Bridgeport that’s like 1.5 hours from Paramus.

Yet my entire life, I’ve always been like well I don’t want to go into NYC is the band playing in Philly?

So I started asking around. It seems like people who grew up around Paramus do not go to Connecticut. We don’t even consider it an option.

Question- do you go to Connecticut or does it not cross your mind? And whereabouts are you from?

We do the forest trail off 9w for the “castle”. We pretend the random bridges and bike ramps behind demarest high school are part of a fairy world because there’s a great firefly spot nearby. The dog watching at the reservoir at ramapo is always fun. They’ve outgrown the mud kitchen at thielke arboretum.

Any suggestions?

I had posted a few weeks ago to get some advice. The advice I received was absolutely spot on. I figured I would drop this here for anyone else running a search on the same topic.

I went to the May 16 event with a group of 10 yr olds. We came from Bergen county NJ. The afternoon traffic added 30-40 minutes for us (about 1.5 hour total).

Parking: if you come from I-95 North, the apartment building will be the parking lot before the NHRL building in your right side. It’s super close. We had no problem running out to the car to drop stuff or get things. When we got there around 4pm, the lot was basically empty. It filled up closer to 7pm.

Arrival/building layout: you walk into a standard lobby. On the left is where you scan your tickets or purchase admission. On the right, you can see the control room for all of the video feeds. Just past that you’ll have 2 hands on experience areas in front of you with a shop to the right side and the main cages on the left. You can walk through the shop to get to the back area which has the bar, coloring, skee ball (free). The bathrooms are through the shop as well. The back area has a path to the main cages from the opposite direction. This was helpful to us so we didn’t have to walk in front of people to grab a seat by the cages early in the day. The back area leads out to the food trucks.

Hands on experience stuff: this is what you buy tokens for. Tokens are significantly cheaper online and in advance. It was $5/token in person. The one experience was 1 token. You could drive a small bot around a table and push a ball. The other experience was 4 tokens. You got to control a bot that had weapons and actually fight. Not sure it was worth $20, but it was certainly worth the roughly $12/$13 I spent in advance.

Seats: metal bleachers around the cages. We had sweatshirts that we folded into a cushion. There’s video screens everywhere in the building. In the back area, there’s chairs and whatnot so you could definitely get up and move around if the bleachers bothered you. Bleachers with yellow/black caution tape were required to get up when a fire bot was fighting.

Crowds: there was a decent amount of people, but it wasn’t crowded. We never waited long or felt like there were too many people.

Food: we did eat at the food trucks, but if we do this again- we are definitely finding a place to eat in town. There is a water bottle refiller by the bathroom.

Event: I have never watched the streams. I had no clue what I was walking into. I was not expecting that level of a production. Cameras everywhere, multiple staff directing things, changing lighting, etc. Video screens everywhere with the current match, upcoming matches, bracket, stats, etc. It was all very well done.

It was an absolute blast. We all had a great time. The kids conked out in the car on the way home.

TLDR: definitely recommend. It was fun and affordable. Getting there around 3-4pm, having dinner, then staying for prime time (starts at 7pm) is the way to go!

And for my personal opinion on what I saw: 3lb bots- Anubis is a fast fucker, I can’t believe the giant wheel design won, and holy shit that one ending up in the wall was nuts, 12lb bots- I wonder if the tally marks on robo-cat are indicative of how many prior robo-cats there have been, yikes that one team taking out bolts to make weight is crazy (or is that standard schtick?), 30lb bots- giant wheel didn’t work well here but it surprised me with being functional after a little fire and splitting in 2, and I don’t like firebots

TLDR: boo kazaa even youtube with unskippable ads is better than you

I’m new to this whole thing. Got a haircut like 3 months back and started doing my hair. Now it’s summer weather and duke is a complete disaster. I step outside and it’s like the pomade disintegrates.

Any recommendations?

I’m not even sure what sort of outcome I am looking for. I guess I’m trying to make sure that the crow doesn’t try to attack my dogs and maybe I can discourage it from hanging out by the patio table (avoid bird poop).

The current situation is the crow will hangout on the roof and gutters in a “haha you can’t get me” way. Just now the crow was like oh you’re being the invisible wall, let me just stand here while you lose your shit.

Idk anything about crows, but I know they’re smart and this one isn’t going to be going away anytime soon.

Any advice? Should I bribe this bird to hangout in the front yard with good food options or something?

New to the sport. We have a goalie stick that has some tears in the string. Super bare bones budget for the program so it’s on me to fix it. They’re young so it doesn’t need to be great. Anything will likely be an improvement on how it is now.

Can you please point me at the simplest video tutorial? Many thanks.

Bringing some kids to an event soon. None of us have ever been. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Also wondering if I should bring earplugs for the kids? My hearing is already fucked.

I bought the experience tokens too, but there wasn’t much info about what that’s for either.