My Posts

Message boards : Cafe SETI : My Posts
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

Previous · 1 . . . 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 . . . 56 · Next

AuthorMessage
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894212 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 1:37:06 UTC

The codes are not on the outside of the bags, otherwise why would anyone buy them.

They are printed on the inside of the bags, sometimes the code is up high on the front, or down in the middle,
or down near the bottom. And they are never on the side with the seam. Just the silver side.

Many thanks in any case.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894212 · Report as offensive
Profile Gordon Lowe
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 5 Nov 00
Posts: 12094
Credit: 6,317,865
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1894214 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 1:51:31 UTC

I remember in the early 1980's, when we used to buy 8 pack cartons of returnable glass soft drink bottles(16 ounce size, I believe), Coca-Cola had a promotion where monetary prizes were awarded underneath the metal caps. Pop one off, and look under it, and sometimes you'd get 25 cents, or more, and you could redeem the cap at the grocery.
The mind is a weird and mysterious place
ID: 1894214 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894216 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 2:05:41 UTC - in response to Message 1894214.  

I remember in the early 1980's, when we used to buy 8 pack cartons of returnable glass soft drink bottles(16 ounce size, I believe), Coca-Cola had a promotion where monetary prizes were awarded underneath the metal caps. Pop one off, and look under it, and sometimes you'd get 25 cents, or more, and you could redeem the cap at the grocery.

In CA bottles and cans are charged recycling fee, $0.05 or 0.10 a bottle size dependent, and it's all refundable, I don't normally buy cans, so I don't remember about cans. Bottles sure, I've got a trash bag that I will be recycling soon, I need to get another bag out, right now I'm still burping carbon dioxide from the soda, but that'll go away soon enough.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894216 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894241 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 9:37:21 UTC

You can ignore the bottles with green, or red, or blue caps, only the White caps that have a date of 2018 and a phone number matter.

The site here has the same codes, I'd hoped to make one that was easy to read on one screen, but here is the link in case it is hard to read.
https://www.every60seconds.com/codes/values

In case anyone needs a list of which has the most Bang of Doritos and/or Mountain Dew, here you go.

The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894241 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894436 - Posted: 10 Oct 2017, 0:35:33 UTC
Last modified: 10 Oct 2017, 0:37:00 UTC

Ok I had $14.27 after buying some ant-acids for $1.99+tax, I forgot to buy My normal monthly supply, so I bought 12-2L bottles of Mountain Dew, unfortunately, it's DIET, since that is all that is left, I think people are on to this Xbox One X Console contest, that works out to about $1.19 w/tax and the $0.10 a bottle crv fee per bottle, I would have bought Mountain Dew Code Red, but no store in this area carries that anymore.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894436 · Report as offensive
Profile Angela Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer moderator
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 16 Oct 07
Posts: 13130
Credit: 39,854,104
RAC: 31
United States
Message 1894455 - Posted: 10 Oct 2017, 1:36:17 UTC

24 liters of Diet soda? Not for me, thank you. Bleh.
ID: 1894455 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894461 - Posted: 10 Oct 2017, 2:05:17 UTC - in response to Message 1894455.  

I just had a sip of the Diet version Angela, it's not really sweet, but I've tasted worse, chips are out there, some are worth 250 points per bag, I think Taco flavor, those are ok.

And yes I just entered 1200 points, and cause I had a bag and bottles I got 50 bonus points for My effort.

I'm now up to 3,350 points, still two bags to go, at 200 each. I think Pepsi got the taste right, since I can't taste any plastic.

And I still need to get another trash bag out for recycling the bottles.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894461 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894463 - Posted: 10 Oct 2017, 2:45:35 UTC

I'm sure more of the sugar type MD will show up, it's just that Barstow is out for the moment.

And no I didn't ask, the store I bought from had the sugar type, but only 4 bottles, all 4 were green lidded, worthless for this.

And the Diet MD is ok, and I like soda at room temp, sure I'd like the non Diet better, but points are points.

Now I can relax, and not worry about that for the moment.

I did manage to balance My check book earlier today, only the rent check is still outstanding, and this will probably be like this for another 2-3 weeks.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894463 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894536 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 1:23:20 UTC

H&B came out, and installed the missing part in My gas furnace, which is no longer made, the part and the furnace that is, My furnace is a 2.5 ton, today it would be a 4.0 ton furnace, the part cost is $33.00, I was told I would be mailed the receipt, I will see if they do, since they do not have My mailing address, the street address might take longer to get here, if at all, and I can afford the $33.00 in November. But the gas furnace is fixed at last, after the furnace was adjusted some.

Next is buying a 195/50x15 tire from Discount Tire Warehouse on November 1st, plus mounting the 185/60x15 tire on a 15x5.5" aluminum rim(front left) and the 195/50x15 tire on a 15x5.5" steel rim(full sized spare tire) for $6.00 a tire/rim.

I may ask a plumber how much it will cost to fix the homes 2 plumbing problems, the toilet fill valve and garbage disposal, both need to be replaced with parts that I have.

Then I'll just be back to minor electrical repairs, which I can take My time with, since I do have a few other things to do, and what is broke is bypassed for the moment, at least nothing is in danger of fire here.

I'm still waiting for two Monoprice surge suppressors to be shipped, I'm going to email the seller on the 20th if they are not shipped by then, if I don't hear from the seller by the 27th, I'll be contacting Paypal, and maybe ebay. I should have bought from Monoprice directly($19.33 total), I think, the cost would have been an extra $3.35 for both, sigh, but sometimes money is short. But I'll get that sorted out, no one gets away with scamming Me, and I hope the seller is just new to this. $15.98 w/FREE shipping, Estimated delivery Wed, Oct 11 - Thu, Oct 19.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894536 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894555 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 3:25:20 UTC

Oh and I've found I can tolerate Diet Mountain Dew, if I drink it at room temperature, cold seems to bite some. I've drank 2 bottles as of now.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894555 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894573 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 5:42:36 UTC

Ok I set the gas furnace to 65F, mainly as a backup to the PC.

Temp is 60F outside, predicted low of 50F...
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894573 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894659 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 17:28:07 UTC

The gas furnace came on after I set the furnace to 75F, stayed on for about a minute or two, and promptly stopped at 76F, H&B did a good job, but did not add a shield around the flue to keep from blowing out the pilot when it gets windy here, I have to talk to them about that.

The low outside this morning was 49F.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894659 · Report as offensive
rob smith Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer moderator
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 7 Mar 03
Posts: 22158
Credit: 416,307,556
RAC: 380
United Kingdom
Message 1894669 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 18:03:55 UTC

If they removed the air-con junk you might find the reduced back pressure in the flue system will actually keep the pilot in.
Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?
ID: 1894669 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894676 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 18:46:24 UTC - in response to Message 1894669.  

If they removed the air-con junk you might find the reduced back pressure in the flue system will actually keep the pilot in.

Winds above 45mph is what has blown the pilot out before in the past here, and the "a/c junk" was below the pilot.
I was told they'd fix that, since they can't alter the opening of the flue itself, I did call today, and I left My phone number.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894676 · Report as offensive
Profile Gordon Lowe
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 5 Nov 00
Posts: 12094
Credit: 6,317,865
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1894726 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 21:37:55 UTC

Ok, I got a big bag of Doritos that says 200 points. What do I do now?

I looked for Mountain Dew with codes, but I didn't see any. The grocery did however have 4-pack 12 ounce glass bottles of real sugar Dew and Pepsi.
The mind is a weird and mysterious place
ID: 1894726 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894750 - Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 0:43:51 UTC - in response to Message 1894726.  

Ok, I got a big bag of Doritos that says 200 points. What do I do now?

I looked for Mountain Dew with codes, but I didn't see any. The grocery did however have 4-pack 12 ounce glass bottles of real sugar Dew and Pepsi.

The codes are on the inside of the bag, and on the inside of the White caps, pm Me with them, then I will do the rest Gordon Lowe.

Thanks in advance.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894750 · Report as offensive
Profile j mercer
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 3 Jun 99
Posts: 2422
Credit: 12,323,733
RAC: 1
United States
Message 1894753 - Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 0:55:00 UTC - in response to Message 1894750.  

The codes are on the inside of the bag, and on the inside of the White caps, pm Me with them, then I will do the rest Gordon Lowe.

Thanks in advance.

Well... that is easy enough. I'll be looking. 8^)
...
ID: 1894753 · Report as offensive
Profile zoom3+1=4
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 30 Nov 03
Posts: 65709
Credit: 55,293,173
RAC: 49
United States
Message 1894756 - Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 1:03:07 UTC - in response to Message 1894753.  

The codes are on the inside of the bag, and on the inside of the White caps, pm Me with them, then I will do the rest Gordon Lowe.

Thanks in advance.

Well... that is easy enough. I'll be looking. 8^)

Thanks J Mercer.
The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
ID: 1894756 · Report as offensive
woohoo
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 30 Oct 13
Posts: 972
Credit: 165,671,404
RAC: 5
United States
Message 1894762 - Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 2:27:22 UTC

x-ray vision
ID: 1894762 · Report as offensive
Admiral Gloval
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 31 Mar 13
Posts: 20152
Credit: 5,308,449
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1894823 - Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 12:35:31 UTC

I like to mix Code Red and Wild Cherry Pepsi together since they both have a cherry flavor. And I also drink soda pop a room temperature or ice cold. Doses not matter too much to me.

ID: 1894823 · Report as offensive
Previous · 1 . . . 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 . . . 56 · Next

Message boards : Cafe SETI : My Posts


 
©2024 University of California
 
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.