Harry Potter 8 disc Blu Ray $30, Pennsoil 10w30 full synthetic 5qt $10
 

Harry Potter:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005OCFHHK...pf_rd_i=283155

$19.98 before rebate, but that sounds like an awesome price for full synthetic: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&ie=UTF8&psc=1

Not very useful when most new vehicles use either 5W-30 or 0W-30 oils.

Oh how short sighted.

I think most of the people here run cars 10+yrs older.

Black Friday [excuse for a] clearance? :)

Walmart has 5w30 high mileage for $19.98: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pennzoil-...5-qt/135786509

Rebate

I hope you're happy! :D

Even people with older cars should use 0w-30, there is no downside to oil that thickens less when it gets colder.

I don't collect discs and cannot be bothered to get up from the couch, find a movie I want to play, and then insert it into some machine connected to the TV.

All of my content is stored on a Plex server which consumes somewhere between 6-10 watts. I also have Netflix and Amazon Prime in addition to HD over the air TV.

I bought a Xiaomi 4k (Video) quad for about $320, and a spare battery for $40. Also got the Xiaomi fitness band for my Mom for $15. I'm quickly growing fond of the company that doesn't make the best products, but gets 90% of the way there and costs 1/3 the price.

How long until Xiaomi makes electric cars? :)

I'll stick with books, which in addition to consuming zero watts, are a carbon sink :-)

Another thing I refuse to own in physical form. After moving to the 3rd floor of an apartment, I'm happy to not own an extensive collection. I now prefer to read on a Kindle, which is as easy on the eye as a book, and works in the dark while consuming practically no electricity. It keeps my spot in the book, has a dictionary for the many words I don't know, and essentially stores an unlimited amount.

Beware the fire hazard.

I still retain the books that informed my thinking over the years, but I don't have bookcases to display them in. Let alone locking bookcases like lawyers have. I lost a volume one, number one Life magazine from an unlocked bookcase.

Back then it was months or years between the 'black swan' events. Now its like this just this morning:

sciencealert.com: Research Finds It Might Not Be Consciousness That Drives The Human Mind

phys.org:Project Lyra, a mission to chase down that interstellar asteroid

computerweekly.com:The legal quagmire of creativity in artificial intelligence

Trivia bonus:

wikipedia:Oregon House, California

I love books! They create such beautiful bonfires! :D
[maniacal laugh]

I recently read "Holes." The school library is more homogeneous than the public library probably is, but it is a much shorter walk!

I do not recall the last time that I read a novel. It was invigorating!

Hey, isn't there a book version of "Harry Potter?" :D

I forget which volume was 940 pages, but I read the first 470 sitting in a lawn chair at Walmart. Then I put it back on the shelf and left as an employee yelled at me, just before closing.

People used to insist Walmart never closed. "It is called 24-hour Walmart!"

Now I need to work around their hours.

I have a number of old books that I picked up somewhere. I have always planned on reading them and then recycling them or something, but I always feel too busy to read, and then keep up-to-date here, research interests, etc.

I listened to a Dave Ramsey book and an abridged version of "Seven Habits" that included an even more abridged version of "The Eighth Habit." I enjoyed them. I listened to a book or two through Librivox, but it is free, and you get what you pay for. I wish I knew how to make better use of the ten hours that I drive each weekend, but often audiobooks make me feel sleepy!

That public library would probably be useful...