Reference to Simon’s Cat?
Minute Plus on the microwave is great! Punch it two or three times and the thing is set and running. Those presets must be for a different dimension, as they are never quite right for the matching foods in mine.
(gears below D on an automatic transmission)
Can also be handy when climbing if it is too steep to hold speed in high gear, then the transmission ends up shifting back and forth a lot. Better to drop a gear and back off the gas pedal. VERY useful when towing a trailer.
That reminds me. Why do automatic transmission cars have tachometers? Why don’t they put one of their other optional gadgets there instead, like a compass or something?
You can still downshift in almost all cars even if they have an automatic transmission. A tachometer can be useful on mountain roads where you need to downshift. You can also use them in street drag racing or other performance pursuits when you want to push the vehicle near the red line before shifting up.
My Ford Freestar grocery getter has a tach, but it has no red line. Talk about useless. (I’d estimate that redline is 5000, since it only goes up to 6000).
And my motorcycle (honda vtx 1300) doesn’t have a tach with it’s manual transmission. When do you shift? When it stops pulling, which is pretty obvious. 
Don’t remember last time I used shuffle feature on my iPod…
We have 3rd row seat but they have been down ever since we got SUV - also, never used Adaptive Cruise Control…
My wine cellar does not have any wine in it…
I bought Aperture for iMac but never used it and it still bothers me when I connect camera it automatically opens up, then I have to close it and open iPhoto…
There’s an iPod in my iPad but there is no single song on it so I never played it… (does anyone?)
Elliptical machine has elaborate programs yet I just hop on, set static values for level and time and that’s it…
Sounds like a useful feature. Even though when I put bagel halves in it I just double-toast it instead of figuring out if there is “bagel” setting at all :o
There are ways to prevent it from opening automatically. From Question about iPhoto start up | Mac-Forums | Fix Mac iPhone iPad | Buying Tips | iOS OS Help I’d say the answer lies in iPhoto.
If you don’t use the 3rd row of seats, can they be removed? You might save some fuel and get more space.
I always vandalise my caps lock key. If they must have a caps lock, put it up with the function buttons, not where I hit it every third time I use the letter a.
I’m sure there is a way to prevent it; I wanted to complain that I ordered Aperture when I was buying iMac thinking I’ll be working on my photos like a pro :o
As for 3rd row seat, wife has informed me that eventually when kids no longer needed carseats they might want to sit separately 
Slick wet snow on steep downhill grades; it’s MUCH safer to shift down into 2nd or 1rst than to ride your brakes. And as mentioned above when coming down steep mountain grades in any weather but especially in wet weather, gearing down is much safer than brakes and risk sliding.
On a personal note: I was glad of 2nd gear when drive died in my truck. I had a couple weeks to go to a payday that would be enough to cover the repair, so I drove in 2nd. (Fortunately the transmission died while under the extended warranty so I only paid $100-I believe- of the repair costs.)
You’ve never gotten sand or dirt in your weapon. The forward assist was added later, the original M-16 didn’t have one, and without it, if the bolt doesn’t go all the way forward, there is no way to move it save pulling back on the charging handle again. A quick tap on the forward assist is usually enough to dislodge the bolt, and is part of the drill that Marines learn for a failure to fire.
I play 1920s & 30s saxophones with superfluous alternate keys, added at the time as marketing gimmicks, as well as to eliminate awkward trilling with the little fingers.
You can trill from G# down to G by hitting an extra pearl button in the right hand, but it takes your finger off the F key, where it usually needs to be to play fluently. Then you can trill D to Eb by lifting your right middle finger, but if you leave that key working, it can leak air and take out all the notes below on your sax.
I think most microprocessor chips have a clock function built in; engineers figure if it’s there, might as well use it-----thus, digital clocks where most people don’t use 'em, don’t want 'em and don’t like 'em.
What kind? I have a Ladyface that has those keys. I keep the Eb cup wedged closed.
Bueschers and Conns. I also own a Martin Typewriter or two (every key a pearl button), which don’t have the trill keys.
I actually like and use the bagel setting. I only want the sliced side of the bagel toasted. Keeps the outside from getting over crunchy and the center nice and chewy.
This is embarassing, but…
I’ve been tech-savvy for over 15 years. Done tech support for a living, still can’t believe I can’t get to a DOS shell anymore <even if I can’t remember any commands any longer, except for /deltree windows, hehe>, and am comfortable putting together a computer from scratch.
I like wireless mice, and have small hands, so tend towards the same, simple Logitech whenever I need a new mouse. I’ve been using them specifically for, oh, about 6 years now, I guess. Probably longer.
It wasn’t until a month ago that I noticed 'Hey, there are side buttons on here; what do they do?", and I am pretty sure it was a thread somewhere here on the Dope that asked “What do you do with your mouse side-buttons?” that prompted me to look.
So now I have two previously useless buttons that now scroll my browser forward and backward, yay!
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Same here. I wish it was an option. It would be nice to have another little trunk to keep tow straps and tools and such.