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  • Sounds like we’re on the same page.

    The model of Flex I had didn’t have this, but some models had a minifridge built into them. I forget whether “built in” was an option, but you could also fit a decent sized mattress into the back as well. While I don’t travel much, I suspect the car would have been fantastic for road tripping; my only concern would have been the battery life, but perhaps that concern would have been unfounded.

    I originally justified getting it for two main reasons:

    • at the time, I worked on a seven person team that would occasionally go on short trips together and the car could comfortably seat seven
    • at the time, I regularly kayaked and the long, flat top seemed perfect for transporting kayaks

    Of course, the real reason I got one was that the first time I saw one on the road I said something like “what is that?! I want one!”

    Nowadays I want a similar vehicle (or a van as you suggested) but electric. Sadly, while many options matching that desire seem to exist, few or none of them are in the US and even fewer at a reasonable price.


  • No worries, at least from me, about reviving a dead thread; I appreciate the engagement.

    If you scroll through my comment history, you’ll find a few comments about my previous vehicle, a Ford Flex. One of many reasons I miss it is that it had hauling capacity plus enclosure (I’m aware you can get covers for most if not all US pick-up trucks). One time I confidently transported a queen sized mattress within it, for example; every one of the few times I’ve tried to transport anything in an uncovered pick-up I’ve spent the entire drive checking whether the load was still in the bed, but that was never necessary in what was essentially a large minivan.

    I think, in the case of the Home Depot truck, I ended up renting a U-Haul (or equivalent) instead.





  • toynbee@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlStay vigilant
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    I used to almost exclusively listen to any kind of audio through headphones. I had a microphone near my desk configured so that it would pass through the vibration of footsteps directly to my headphones. I was rarely startled, no matter what sordid activity I was undertaking.









  • That does sound very annoying! The first time I noticed my cat doing this, her food and litter box were in the basement, which was stone and dirt in that house. (We put them down there because it was the only place in that house where we could practically prevent the dog from getting to them.) Nowadays the cat stuff is in, essentially, a much cleaner sun porch; as a result, we still have to clean her bowl more frequently than seems reasonable, but it lasts a lot longer than it used to.



  • Well, most nights, sunlight still bounces off the moon before it hits the earth and its inhabitants. This could imply that the sunlight is only dangerous to a vampire prior to interacting with another solid object. If one is willing to assume that the lens and its various filters qualify as a solid object, that could explain the lack of death.

    Presumably the only reason they don’t employ this loophole on Earth is because an astronaut just walking around would draw unwanted attention.

    Alternatively, perhaps the vampire keeps its back towards the nearest star at all times.