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I am going to be traveling to Copenhagen for a work event and need to rent a tuxedo because I don’t own one. The only place I have found so far is Maal-manden. I filled out their online order form and got a confirmation email that said “we will be in touch soon“ but nothing sense. I left them a voicemail earlier this morning and haven’t heard from them yet. I’m getting a little concerned and would like to know if there are other rental places that I might use instead. I don’t want to get off the plane and have to go to my event in shorts and a T-shirt.

I need to produce some talking-head marketing videos for work. If any of you have recent experience with a professional production company that you would recommend, I’d love to hear it. The alternative is for me to travel to one of our offices and do the recordings there, and I would rather not.

I am not at all clear what's going on with the UNA band director and his resignation, or firing, or whatever it is. Can someone explain in simple words what the issue is here?

Last year I had 2 Eufy cameras:

• an old T8201S "video doorbell" cam
• an old T8420S floodlight camera

Both did what I wanted them to do: detect motion, send me a thumbnail, and let me view the recording or live video. No SD card, and no Eufy cloud service. The doorbell doesn't support it anyway.

Last year I added an S350 in an outbuilding and signed up for Eufy's cloud service. This camera did what I wanted too: detected motion, sent me thumbnails, and let me view the recording or live video. No SD card, but I signed up for Eufy's $1.99/month cloud service.

The floodlight camera turned into a disco light: one light died and the other started strobing. So I ordered an E340 to repla

I bought my 2020 Bolt EV 5 years ago yesterday. For the first 4.9 years, CarPlay worked pretty much flawlessly. Since I "upgraded" to iOS 26, though, it sucks…

• I get the GM warning screen 100% of the time now when I plug my device in, as opposed to maybe 5% of the time before the upgrade
• CarPlay frequently quits. I can't tell if this is because the CarPlay process itself on the phone is dying or it's doing something that the head unit doesn't like, but the result is that I have to unplug and replug the phone (and then dismiss the warning screen again)
• music playback frequently stops on its own. Sometimes this is immediately followed by a disconnect, sometimes not
• there are many disp

I wrote to "Weak Sauce" Strong to complain about not having a town hall for constituents. I made sure to point out that I was a constituent, and wasn't getting that sweet, sweet Soros money.

Yesterday I got a paper letter. Here's what it said:

I wanted to let you know that my district staff will be set up in Triana on September 15 to provide mobile office hours. During this time, staff will be available to provide assistance with a federal agency, listen to and let me know about your concerns regarding pending or future legislation, or help address any other topics you may want to discuss.

Please see below for more details: Date: Monday, September 15, 2025 Time: 10:00AM - 4:00PM Loca

For those who aren't tracking, district 4 has two candidates: Michael McKay and Rachel Homolak.

I was already going to vote for McKay, because I think his priorities better align with mine: https://www.mckayforcouncil.com

As for Homolak, anyone who runs for city council with a priority of "preventing the sexualization of our children" by banning books is not someone I want representing me.

But, in a great illustration of the Streisand effect, there are now lawyers involved, with McKay sending Homolak a cease and desist over allegedly defamatory comments. Her response is here.

I just bought my son a 2009 Forester X with about 157K miles on it. It drove fine in our ~5mi test drive around the seller's neighborhood but then, on the way home, the fun started.

1. My son drove the car home. At about 60mph, the TC and ABS lights briefly illuminated, he smelled burning rubber, and saw white smoke coming out from under the hood. He pulled over, and by the time I got there the smell was mostly dissipated. I drove the car the remaining 15 miles home and didn't get any smoke or bad smells.

2. The engine temperature light was flickering on for the first couple miles I was driving, then illuminated steadily. It's about 95ºF today and that might be a factor. When we got home,

I need to accommodate an unexpected family move, so I'm looking for a short-term rental for July-September-ish (could potentially be longer). Must accommodate 1 adult non-smoking man and 1 small, well-behaved cat. Furnished would be better than not. Location's not super important. If you know of anything, please let me know.

I need to accommodate an unexpected family move, so I'm looking for a short-term rental for July-September-ish (could potentially be longer). Must accommodate 1 adult non-smoking man and 1 small, well-behaved cat. Furnished would be better than not. Location's not super important. If you know of anything, please let me know.

I’ve got a CO detector that I need to have calibrated. I could send it to the factory, but I’d rather get it done locally. Does anyone know of a shop that can do this?

I have a few small pieces (maybe a total surface area of 10 square inches?) that I want rechromed. Can anyone recommend a local plating shop that they've used in the past? I see B & S and United Plating but it looks like they may not do small piecework like what I need.

In the US, the FAA has various letters of agreement (LOAs) with other government agencies for airspace control. These LOAs define who owns what airspace, who can use it and when, etc.

Are there LOAs that control what happens during a missile attack? For example, suppose that CINCSTRAT flushes a combined bomber/tanker force. I'd imagine there must be some way to prioritize that traffic in controlled airspace such as the area around Wichita or Shreveport, right? The FAA's shutdown of civil airspace right after the 9/11 attacks was poorly coordinated and took a long time… too long to be useful in the context of an ICBM/SLBM attack.

This question comes from a pilot friend who dismissively said

I have some scrap lumber, Quikrete bags, etc that I need to dispose of. So far my Google-fu has failed me. Where are the local dumps around here?

(Neither Limestone County and Madison City will pick up “building materials” so the regular bulk pickup isn’t an option. )