Really Non LEGO Stuff

What's your take on Alexa? Is she worth it?

The soda you knew and loved growing up is for sale at Amazon.com. Welcome back to the 90's folks. http://www.amazon.com/SURGE-12-16-FL-Cans/dp/B00M2OGS08/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413233361&sr=8-1&keywords=surge

I recently saw the light and switched from iOS to andriod with a new note 4 installed the ebay app, and got ka-ching notifications all night and drove my wife crazy. I looked in the app and turned on quiet time from 10pm to 6am, but now I don't get any notification sounds at all. Andriod retarded, so help me out, I turned something off somewhere. p.s. not getting the nice Paypal noise either

First time trying to use the heat this year (electronic-ignition furnace), and it just isn't firing up. It goes through the 3 attempts and then switches off. The igniter lights up, but no flame whatsoever (and yes, the gas is switched on).

If so, Holla.

if so, what do you think the best method for doing it is, and what kind of profits are you hoping for?

Just as the title asks. Anyone going treat or treating, decorating the house, holding a party, such and such? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHLgob-PpIk

This probably belongs in the "other things we invest in" thread but that has turned in the "investing in Frozen" thread... I want to know who is going to invest invest in the largest IPO to date this Friday? Anyone else betting the house on BABA? Why or Why not? I am putting as much cash as I can muster ASAP b/c I have no idea how you could go wrong with the largest retailer on the face of the planet and they are just starting to really grow. (They are barely international at the moment.)

Well this is obviously has nothing to do with LEGO, but thats why we created this forum Anyone know what kind of spider this is. I just took my dogs out and this just spun a web tonight on my deck. The guy means business!

Since the comaprison has been made between Baseball cards and LEGO investing, I was wondering if anyone knew if sports cards are making a comeback? I figured someone here might have hung in there with card investing and knew what the current situation is. Just Curious. I have read that they might be attempting to bounce back.

This was only released a couple of weeks ago at $750 at 2000 mintage and I didn't buy it because I didn't know if it would appreciate. Now it's going for ~$2500 on ebay.. >_< http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=superman+gold+coin&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc

I know that the forum is more about having fun than about serious stuff (other than business) but I wanted to bring this to everybodys attention: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203 For most here this might be far far away but for me it's my neighbourcountry. I've been to Paris several times (the city not people with stupid names) and thinking of how out of nowhere these attacks have been it's just shocking and frightening. There is not better reason than luck that I haven't been there. I'm sure after 9/11 U.S.Americans are (over)sensitive to that matter as well and having had the Boston attacks (and others) that's a topic that might…

First official trailer is up.

So my wife was dropping off a package for me at the Post Office this morning at she Heytells me to say, "We are going to have to do Christmans cards this year just so we can use these Batman Stamps." Needless to say they are very cool and yes all of our Christmas card envelopes will have them. Batman Forever! (Ed I bet you'll love these)

So I'm in the market for a smartwatch, I've narrowed it down to either the Moto 360 or the Galaxy Gear S. Anybody have any input? I've been researching for over a month now but would like to hear what the tech heads here have to say. Thanks in advance!

In this time of lockdowns, contested elections, and general uncertainly, an annual question looms large — how you gonna brine and cook that bird? Bonus points will be given for using “spatchcock” creatively in a sentence. Be forewarned that any mention of a frankenbird, be it a turducken or any such monster, will cause certain members (myself included) to simultaneously vomit and achieve full release.

Just grabbed 15 from HASBRO this morning at retail price. I have NEVER seen these for sale in any retail store. Has anyone else? (It took About 20 minutes this AM to sell out out again.)

I do all the holiday shopping in my house for my 4 kids, my husband, and even myself. Each year, around September, I start planning and deal hunting and buying. The past few years, I have managed to "finish" by early November, but then tack on a bunch of must-have family gifts. This year is a new record. I decided I wanted to buy Lego Dimensions, and then it all went downhill. I started out trying to get about $200 together to buy the game, and ended up convincing myself that we needed a PS4 too. Here's what I bought: PS4 500 w/ Star Wars Battlefront (std) and Guitar Hero (single guitar) - $340 Extra controller $40 Lego Dimensions Starter $50 LD Level …

We have covered every other area with movies, TV series, music, etcetera, but not books. In spite of the internet as well as all other forms of digital media, the classic form of the written word still carries on to this day and thankfully so. From novels to comic books, what do you enjoy reading? :scenic:

So would anyone here be interested in a Brickpicker Fantasy Basketball League?

There has been some interest in creating a fantasy football league for us brickpickers to have a little fun with. I've created a league on yahoo. Here are the details... 12 team head to head PPR. Snake draft. Points for yardage and td's. Starting lineups will consist of 1qb, 2 rb, 2 wr, 1 te, 1 flex(rb, wr, or te), 1 k, 1 d/st, and 6 bench players. Top six teams will make the playoffs. Prize money awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. $30 franchise fee. All money collected will be paid back to the league 100%. 1st place will get $220, 2nd place $90, and 3rd place $30. Total of $340. League financials will be posted and tracked on the league site so ever…

As I get older and more set in the way I think things should be, or the way things were, I find myself annoyed and frustrated at a lot of changes to websites and apps. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get a wrench set from Walmart shipped to my home. It's the $6 set that every store should have, and the app and the website says 4 stores in my area have but I went to all four on my hunting rounds and none of them have this item : Hyper Tough 6-Piece Combination Wrench Set, Metric - Walmart.com If anyone has any suggestions on what I'm missing I would appreciate it. Whenever I use the website and add the item to my shopping cart, it says for home delivery …

Besides having tons of Lego, I have a Monster Prop, Mask, etc Collection. Now these are big buck stuff, take the Heath Ledger Joker and Captain Spaulding, both only 5 made both resin, $2500 Each, Ed https://www.facebook.com/ed.mazerski/photos_all