the equivalent to the "You Know What I Hate....?" thread on the Big 12 boardSadly most of these B1G folks are too afraid to venture down there.
So on vacation with the daughter, son in law, 2 grandkids…..Seems to me that you should develop a sudden "illness" and book a flight home.
I paid for the entirety of the accommodations, a pretty penny obviously, and have, and intend to pick up most of the dinner bills, and already in for 350 for condo groceries.
The wife continues to remind me the kids are on a tight budget, as if I don’t know already, so I am only looking for a few good will gestures as the week goes along. Just a few…. Hey pops, let us get this (little) thing……
We are beginning day 3 of a 7 day free for all, and I’ve seen….2 Build a Bears bought, 2 souvenir cups, several souvenir T shirts, some liquor purchased, and the cherry on top….a brand new pair of On Cloud sneakers for the SIL.
Tight budget you say? Hmmm….🤔. I think agree , tight on needs, loose on wants.
Rant over.
Edit: daughter and wife just got back from buying daughter a new bathing suit, because the 8 she brought are unacceptable.
Seems to me that you should develop a sudden "illness" and book a flight home.
I drove down.You can fly home and let them drive back. I have a lot of good ideas, you know.
I’ll use it as another teachable moment.
You can fly home and let them drive back. I have a lot of good ideas, you know.
Speaking of driving, a thing I often see is a person on a freeway slowing down well before an exit. There generally is a bit of a deceleration lane anyway, but the driver slows down without needing to make any kind of real turn.Don't get me started on tunnels
A fairly common thing here is driver's trying to beat a left turn signal, it goes red, or they rush to turn right on red, and pedestrians are lawfully about to walk into the crosswalk. I have to really watch for that one.
Had my eyes dilated, can barely see. Grump.How many fingers am I holding up?
7. They dilate your pupils of course and then the doc scans your eyes with a bright as heck Jewish laser ...
Young people constantly on their cell phones annoy me. Seems a lot of age demographics are afflicted with this, but young people are hit the hardest. When I walk around campus the college students are all walking around, isolated, face buried in their phones. I've seen more than one of them trip as they either approach or step off of a curb. Does it phase them? No, they just recover, and go right back to walking with their screen in front of them. I wonder if I robbed them, would they even notice?First of all, thank you Utee for starting this thread. I have been looking around more than normal lately and thinking to not let myself turn into a grumpy old man lol. And it starts with this thread just above me that MDT POSTED.
Life is short. You should have friends, especially at school. I usually made a friend or two in whatever class I was in and after a while you know other people are going where you're going at the same time, and we walked the campus having conversations. I hate all the social isolation I see with phones.
Doesn't even seem safe to me. Besides running into things, women are safer to walk in groups rather than alone, and looking around being aware of your surroundings is a deterrent to bad things happening to you.
It seems a lot of these girls mitigate their risk of being attractive to predators by being in their pajamas 100% of the time. We used to at least put on jeans and a t-shirt to go out in public, especially to class. But I guess that's another rant.
/old fart rant
One thing about phones I notice is folks in the park, it's a nice park, nose buried in cell. They CAME to the park to see the park, trees, people, girls, etc., and all they do is watch their phone and bump into me. Humans can't seem to live more than a minute without checking their phones.Not really I simply got in the habit of leaving it away from me at work and checking it when practical.But I dont use it every day just a flip phone but i can get maps but don't use that either. I always look at one before I leave,I'm good. Just got my 1st cell last year for "basic hello need/this or that ,good bye". Would not have if payphones were still a viable option.
One thing about phones I notice is folks in the park, it's a nice park, nose buried in cell. They CAME to the park to see the park, trees, people, girls, etc., and all they do is watch their phone and bump into me. Humans can't seem to live more than a minute without checking their phones.(https://i.imgur.com/ayxTuNe.png)
My neighbor is a good enough guy, no major problems with that family. He's much younger than me, I'd say mid-late-20's. But they leave one trash can out at the road. Due to the way our lots are located on a curve, both our driveways hit the road right next to each other, and he puts their trash cans on the side of their driveway that also puts it on the side of my driveway. The old neighbors put their trash cans on the other side of their driveway so it wasn't as in our face. He also took them in.This kind of thing annoys me, too.
This kid puts out two trash cans every week.....and inexplicably takes one of them in after the truck comes. The other one lives out there, and it's an eyesore, I'm tired of looking at it, and I don't understand why?!?? Just take your other damn trash can in! So I guess it's more accurate to say he puts out one trash can each week, because he never actually has to put out the second one, because it stays out.
I at least wouldn't have to look at it quite as much, and my family wouldn't have to be careful to avoid it while backing out if he'd put it on the other side of their driveway. It's not the kind of thing I'm willing to go talk to him about, but it's enough of a thing that it irks the hell out of me.
I want my old neighbors back. But no, that idiot had to have an affair, split up their marriage, and sell the house.
This kind of thing annoys me, too.The State of Florida eliminated this to a point. you can leave it out for 24 hours without getting fined now. HOA Nazi's here were fining people after their allotted times, which were as little as 2 hours after pickup.
But since moving to a neighborhood with an HOA, I never have to deal with it. Anyone doing this would get fined into oblivion.
Lots of folks complain about HOAs but I'm delighted that ours enforces the things that should be considered common sense and good manners, since neither of those seem to exist anymore.
I've been known to walk straight at them to see if they actually look up and moveThere were 3 that did note move in my two jaunts through O'Hare in the past week. They each got a shoulder shiver. Oops.
Need to post that sign in airports everywhere.The real old guy catch-22. on one hand, there’s a strong dislike of phones. On the other, you might have to make eye contact or interact with someone in the goddamn airport.
My neighbor is a good enough guy, no major problems with that family. He's much younger than me, I'd say mid-late-20's. But they leave one trash can out at the road. Due to the way our lots are located on a curve, both our driveways hit the road right next to each other, and he puts their trash cans on the side of their driveway that also puts it on the side of my driveway. The old neighbors put their trash cans on the other side of their driveway so it wasn't as in our face. He also took them in.
This kid puts out two trash cans every week.....and inexplicably takes one of them in after the truck comes. The other one lives out there, and it's an eyesore, I'm tired of looking at it, and I don't understand why?!?? Just take your other damn trash can in! So I guess it's more accurate to say he puts out one trash can each week, because he never actually has to put out the second one, because it stays out.
I at least wouldn't have to look at it quite as much, and my family wouldn't have to be careful to avoid it while backing out if he'd put it on the other side of their driveway. It's not the kind of thing I'm willing to go talk to him about, but it's enough of a thing that it irks the hell out of me.
I want my old neighbors back. But no, that idiot had to have an affair, split up their marriage, and sell the house.
Need to post that sign inFIFYairportseverywhere.
The State of Florida eliminated this to a point. you can leave it out for 24 hours without getting fined now. HOA Nazi's here were fining people after their allotted times, which were as little as 2 hours after pickup.MDT's neighbor is leaving it out permanently. Ain't no Florida law gonna save somebody doing that. Daily fines with escalators.
My neighbor is a good enough guy, no major problems with that family. He's much younger than me, I'd say mid-late-20's. But they leave one trash can out at the road. Due to the way our lots are located on a curve, both our driveways hit the road right next to each other, and he puts their trash cans on the side of their driveway that also puts it on the side of my driveway. The old neighbors put their trash cans on the other side of their driveway so it wasn't as in our face. He also took them in.if it irks the hell out of you, go talk to him
This kid puts out two trash cans every week.....and inexplicably takes one of them in after the truck comes. The other one lives out there, and it's an eyesore, I'm tired of looking at it, and I don't understand why?!?? Just take your other damn trash can in! So I guess it's more accurate to say he puts out one trash can each week, because he never actually has to put out the second one, because it stays out.
I at least wouldn't have to look at it quite as much, and my family wouldn't have to be careful to avoid it while backing out if he'd put it on the other side of their driveway. It's not the kind of thing I'm willing to go talk to him about, but it's enough of a thing that it irks the hell out of me.
I want my old neighbors back. But no, that idiot had to have an affair, split up their marriage, and sell the house.
This kid puts out two trash cans every week.....and inexplicably takes one of them in after the truck comes. The other one lives out there, and it's an eyesore, I'm tired of looking at it, and I don't understand why?!?? Just take your other damn trash can in! So I guess it's more accurate to say he puts out one trash can each week, because he never actually has to put out the second one, because it stays out.
At my old house, our neighbors had several cars and they always parked a car in front of my house-- even though they had the space to park in front of their own. Now I completely understand that the streets are public property and there's no legal right to the space in front of your own house, but since they were clearly parking in front of my house, to keep the street clear in front of their own, I found it to be very annoying. I mentioned it a couple of times and they just sort of said, "oh yeah, sorry." But they continued to do it anyway.Parking on our street has been a nightmare for most of the past 18 months as our next door neighbors were doing a full down-to-the-studs renovation and putting in a pool. There's been workmen coming and going that entire time. It's a neighborhood without a ton of room anyway, and between my Jeep in the garage, my wife's RX in the driveway, my Flex on the street, and my son's Highlander on the street--sometimes it gets a little difficult to find a place to park with all the extra vehicles there during the day working on the house.
So, I started parking in front of their house every time they were parked in front of mine. Eventually, they stopped doing it.
HOA?Darren
Is this a curmudgeon thread, or male Karen?
Parking on our street has been a nightmare for most of the past 18 months as our next door neighbors were doing a full down-to-the-studs renovation and putting in a pool. There's been workmen coming and going that entire time. It's a neighborhood without a ton of room anyway, and between my Jeep in the garage, my wife's RX in the driveway, my Flex on the street, and my son's Highlander on the street--sometimes it gets a little difficult to find a place to park with all the extra vehicles there during the day working on the house.
Well, the sonofabitch about four houses up the street (same guy whose pitbull attacked a golden retriever without provocation and I intervened a few years ago) got pissy one day when my son had been looking for parking and ended up in front of his house. Wrote a nasty note on a piece of paper saying my son should park down by the corner instead. And yet I believe it was literally the first time my son ever parked there; we'd all rather be closer to our own house. Now the bastard puts cones on the street in front of his house to save parking for himself and his giant truck.
Great job, asshole. Oh, and from the looks of you... Taking a few extra steps each day might do you some good.
Like jgvol said....Everyone has ring cameras now.
It would be a shame if something were to.....happen.....to those cones.
So my immediate neighbor has FINALLY completed--after 18 months--their home remodel. Which for me as someone who works from home 80% of the time, and likes to keep the windows open unless it's 85+ degrees and I need to run the AC, has been rough. Between the construction noise, and the constant music, and all that... It's been rough.
Well, it's over. Great, right?
No. They've got teenage boys, they put in a pool, and it's now the summer. And the teenage boys have friends. And they all like to hang out in the backyard and in the pool. So now construction noise and music has been replaced by idiot teenagers and... music. And it's not hot enough for me to close those windows and run the AC yet. And then in the evening they all like to shoot hoops on their basketball hoop in the front yard... Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Ugh.
Fun. I'd say that at least I don't have to say "GET OFF MY LAWN!", but the basketball occasionally get onto my lawn and they run up there to retrieve.
Is that "Grumpy Old Man" enough for y'all?
just move to CaliAre you nuts?
So my immediate neighbor has FINALLY completed--after 18 months--their home remodel. Which for me as someone who works from home 80% of the time, and likes to keep the windows open unless it's 85+ degrees and I need to run the AC, has been rough. Between the construction noise, and the constant music, and all that... It's been rough.
Well, it's over. Great, right?
No. They've got teenage boys, they put in a pool, and it's now the summer. And the teenage boys have friends. And they all like to hang out in the backyard and in the pool. So now construction noise and music has been replaced by idiot teenagers and... music. And it's not hot enough for me to close those windows and run the AC yet. And then in the evening they all like to shoot hoops on their basketball hoop in the front yard... Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Ugh.
Fun. I'd say that at least I don't have to say "GET OFF MY LAWN!", but the basketball occasionally get onto my lawn and they run up there to retrieve.
Is that "Grumpy Old Man" enough for y'all?
So my immediate neighbor has FINALLY completed--after 18 months--their home remodel. Which for me as someone who works from home 80% of the time, and likes to keep the windows open unless it's 85+ degrees and I need to run the AC, has been rough. Between the construction noise, and the constant music, and all that... It's been rough.
Well, it's over. Great, right?
No. They've got teenage boys, they put in a pool, and it's now the summer. And the teenage boys have friends. And they all like to hang out in the backyard and in the pool. So now construction noise and music has been replaced by idiot teenagers and... music. And it's not hot enough for me to close those windows and run the AC yet. And then in the evening they all like to shoot hoops on their basketball hoop in the front yard... Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Ugh.
Parking on our street has been a nightmare for most of the past 18 months as our next door neighbors were doing a full down-to-the-studs renovation and putting in a pool. There's been workmen coming and going that entire time. It's a neighborhood without a ton of room anyway, and between my Jeep in the garage, my wife's RX in the driveway, my Flex on the street, and my son's Highlander on the street--sometimes it gets a little difficult to find a place to park with all the extra vehicles there during the day working on the house.After those who could blame you if you snap, just don't go full William Foster. Even though sometimes others have a kharmic lesson coming
Well, the sonofabitch about four houses up the street (same guy whose pitbull attacked a golden retriever without provocation and I intervened a few years ago) got pissy one day when my son had been looking for parking and ended up in front of his house. Wrote a nasty note on a piece of paper saying my son should park down by the corner instead. And yet I believe it was literally the first time my son ever parked there; we'd all rather be closer to our own house. Now the bastard puts cones on the street in front of his house to save parking for himself and his giant truck.
Great job, asshole. Oh, and from the looks of you... Taking a few extra steps each day might do you some good.
Today at the office, I was walking down the two flights of stairs from my floor, to the cafeteria, to grab some of the worst, most bland office cafeteria food ever, because I didn't have time to pack a lunch like I usually do.Here I thought you was a player,mover and a shaker amongst the Tribe.What we have here is a complete lack of respect for Authority. Ya should have dropped the "Do you know who I am" card,I'm sure they would have parted like the Red Sea. Or maybe you should make more office appearances so Dell's detectives aren't tossing you out the side door.
So anyway, I end up stuck behind this guy walking down the stairs very slowly, because... he's on his GD phone, reading and texting. He's going so slow, but there's enough traffic coming up the stairs, I don't have a chance to get around him. Finally we get to the bottom, and he takes one step away from the bottom stair, and just stops. And there's not enough room to get around him. So I finally just tap him on the shoulder and say, "Excuse me" and he sort of looks back at me blankly, but moves slightly further away from the stairway, and I can finally get around him.
Then after I grab my lunch and I'm headed back up the stairs, on two occasions I encounter people coming down the stairs side by side, just chatting it up, oblivious to oncoming traffic. Each time they see me, and still make no move to get single file, until they're basically on top of me. I had to come to a complete stop, because otherwise they would not have moved in time for me to NOT plow into them.
Being back in the office is great, really great!
My business partner used to love to call early Monday morning and later Friday afternoon meetings.Prolly pissed off the Pub/Course Manager
Then I said, I'm gonna have to break away. Those meetings stopped.
Today at the office, I was walking down the two flights of stairs from my floor, to the cafeteria, to grab some of the worst, most bland office cafeteria food ever, because I didn't have time to pack a lunch like I usually do.I saw a post on Instagram... Something to the effect of:
So anyway, I end up stuck behind this guy walking down the stairs very slowly, because... he's on his GD phone, reading and texting. He's going so slow, but there's enough traffic coming up the stairs, I don't have a chance to get around him. Finally we get to the bottom, and he takes one step away from the bottom stair, and just stops. And there's not enough room to get around him. So I finally just tap him on the shoulder and say, "Excuse me" and he sort of looks back at me blankly, but moves slightly further away from the stairway, and I can finally get around him.
Then after I grab my lunch and I'm headed back up the stairs, on two occasions I encounter people coming down the stairs side by side, just chatting it up, oblivious to oncoming traffic. Each time they see me, and still make no move to get single file, until they're basically on top of me. I had to come to a complete stop, because otherwise they would not have moved in time for me to NOT plow into them.
Being back in the office is great, really great!
I saw a post on Instagram... Something to the effect of:Ya well you're trying to get to the ball in the rough and use the foot wedge before anyone notices
There's nothing worse than when you're a fast walker... And you're walking behind another fast walker but they're only 95% as fast as you. So now you have to either slow down, or you have to suddenly accelerate to comically fast walking to appropriately pass them.
Story of my life.
Ya well you're trying to get to the ball in the rough and use the foot wedge before anyone noticesSounds like...
I saw a post on Instagram... Something to the effect of:
There's nothing worse than when you're a fast walker... And you're walking behind another fast walker but they're only 95% as fast as you. So now you have to either slow down, or you have to suddenly accelerate to comically fast walking to appropriately pass them.
Story of my life.
Only thing worse than Monday morning meetings, is Friday afternoon meetings, especially in the summer.I had a boss who would do our weekly team check out at 1:30. It wasn’t my favorite, but it was smart from a business sense.
Today is the first time it won't rain hard here in like a week and a half. Yesterday, before the weather hit for the remainder of the day, whatever lawn service this university uses came to mow my building. The ground was still soaking wet from the previous days' rain, and they rutted up the lawn really badly.I wonder if Lamar has their own ground crew? I would think so. Pretty large place to outsource.
Geez, it's not even my yard and I want to yell at them like an old fart.
"Service" dogs are everywhere down here. I HATE that shit.Just be grateful cats don't want to go shopping
Some people, like me, are allergic to f'ing dogs.
Would you invite a hairy naked man into your house, one who doesn't wipe his ass, and let him sit on your couch?
That's a dog.
I'm a dog person, I like nearly every dog, and they seem to like me. I'd have dogs were it practicable for us. I don't like this fake service dog gig. I lived most of my life without SDs, and so did most other folks. I understand there are a very few people who benefit from having a TRAINED actual service dog around them, but they probably should be chary of going out in public anyway.In a bar in the airport, some idiot had his dog sitting on the stool next to him. I absolutely hate going to a restaurant with any kind of animal around.
My wife really gets annoyed when she sees on in Kroger or a restaurant.
I love my dog.Especially if you're allergic to them - like me.
I don't think it makes someone a dog-hater, to not want to have animals inside a restaurant or grocery store. Seems like pretty basic sanitation to me.
I love my dog.
I don't think it makes someone a dog-hater, to not want to have animals inside a restaurant or grocery store. Seems like pretty basic sanitation to me.
In a bar in the airport, some idiot had his dog sitting on the stool next to him. I absolutely hate going to a restaurant with any kind of animal around.
Dogs make just about everything better, and I'm a grumpy old fart about people who don't like dogs.
You dog haters are now on my list of suspicious people.
"Would you invite a hairy naked man into your house, one who doesn't wipe his ass, and let him sit on your couch?Your statement followed immediately, as above, and you did not quote that original statement, until just now.
That's a dog."
Dog hater.
breweries seem to love dogs, especially in Colorado and CaliMy buddy Chip at Live Oak hates having dogs around the brewery, but he likes making money, so he allows dogs in one section of the outdoor biergarten. But there is also a dog-free section of the outdoor biergarten as well. And none are allowed inside.
My buddy Chip at Live Oak hates having dogs around the brewery, but he likes making money, so he allows dogs in one section of the outdoor biergarten. But there is also a dog-free section of the outdoor biergarten as well. And none are allowed inside.Our local bar no longer allows dogs. People were getting bit.
I love my dog.
I don't think it makes someone a dog-hater, to not want to have animals inside a restaurant or grocery store. Seems like pretty basic sanitation to me.
I would never allow a dog - or any animal- to sit on my couch or be on any other furniture.
I just happen to like dogs more than people.Me too.
My house is a restaurant and a grocery store. I am here....alive.It's your house, you can choose to live however you like.
J/K -- sorta. I just happen to like dogs more than people.
It's your house, you can choose to live however you like.
I've actually watched a dog stop and take a shit in the middle of a grocery store produce aisle. The owner just sat there and watched it happen.
So, yeah... nope.
What would the owner have done. Put their thumb in the dogs asshole and ushered him outside?Ushered him outside, yes. Obviously. When my dog is squatting to take a dump, if I pull on the leash, she moves and follows me and holds it until I let her stop again.
I get it, man. Relax. No dogs in the grocery....I'm good with it. LOL
Ushered him outside, yes. Obviously. When my dog is squatting to take a dump, if I pull on the leash, she moves and follows me and holds it until I let her stop again.
And I'm plenty relaxed. I'm making a statement on a message board. Should I not do that? What a weird call-out.
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That wonderful movie was shot in Austin, Texas, by Mike Judge, a fine Austinite! :)
One of my favorite movies.
And anyone who's ever worked in a cube farm, especially for a Tech company, has to appreciate Office Space.Yep, we watched it frequently in college. I thought it was a great comedy.
Yep, we watched it frequently in college. I thought it was a great comedy.(https://media.tenor.com/ILwnVIQ1BGUAAAAM/facts-lebron.gif)
Little did I know I was only a few years away from realizing it was a documentary.
(https://images.newrepublic.com/1593b88313e27cfd90187f26d3dd7027363fb396.gif)one of my favorite movies
Dentist appt at 10 AM. I don't like them. Just routine.Yep. I grew up with a fat-fingered pediatric dentist. Why? Why would you do that to kids with kid-sized mouths??
Yep. I grew up with a fat-fingered pediatric dentist. Why? Why would you do that to kids with kid-sized mouths??Same here. I need like 4 times the amount of Novocain than most people.
And to make matters worse, I apparently have a high tolerance for Novocain--meaning it doesn't work effectively at "standard" dose.
So every time I was getting a cavity filled, and I'm white-knuckling it in the chair because I'm in searing pain, that bastard thought I was just being a baby and responding to the sound of the drill. No, you goddamned sadist, I'M IN PAIN because you didn't give me enough Novocain!
As an adult, I now have a dentist that understands this. If I need actual work done, they give me enough to make me not feel it. But there's long-term emotional scar tissue in there now...
So it makes me absolutely HATE going to the dentist, even for routine cleanings. I always make appointments as early in the morning as possible--ESPECIALLY if it's more than just routine cleaning. Because if I have it in the afternoon, I spend the entire day up until the appt in a combination of anxiety and seething anger.
I was never a big fan of Beavis and Butthead because it was the show all the stoners liked, and I've always had a pretty low opinion of stoners and stoner culture. Still, it can't be denied that the show produced some iconic lines and some iconic moments.B&B came out when I was in 10th/11th grade (1993 IIRC) and it was a big hit with me and my peers (none of me or my friends were stoners).
On the other hand, King of the Hill is great. It so perfectly captures suburban Texas culture in a bit of a satirical manner, without being ugly or mean-spirited.
And anyone who's ever worked in a cube farm, especially for a Tech company, has to appreciate Office Space.
So you were unimpressed with CfA?
I've never been impressed. And I hate waffle fries.I'm assuming this was supposed to be posted to the "Happy" thread. I see this website post to the wrong thread, occasionally.
What is the major fast food chain that would make you most grumpy were you forced to dine there?
Maybe you're starving and it's the only thing open for miles ...
I'd probably go with Taco Bell though I have not dined there in over a decade, maybe it's .... OK?
Our kids like CfA, and we probably get it at least once per month. It's by far our most common fast food purchase.
I suppose Taco Bell would make me grumpy, were I somehow forced to consume it at gunpoint. Nothing on the menu tastes like the original analog to its fast-food version. The taco meat does not taste like real taco meat, the beans do not taste like real refried beans, and even the cheese does not taste like real cheese, at least not to me. It's all pseudo-food, faux food. It's weird.
That said, I ate a boat-load of it in college, because there was one near the engineering buildings where I often spent late nights in the lab or studying in the library, and because it was super-cheap. $0.59 menu meant I could get two tacos and two burritos for $2.36.
As a freshman, I recall having breakfast fairly often at a Krystal which was across the street. My culinary tastes were, um, undeveloped, but I presume it was "OK". I took my wife to a Krystal once, we were traveling, and she asked me about it.
It would pretty near the bottom for me based on that one experience.
It's amazing to me how many KFCs I've seen in Asia, Copenhagen, Sweden, ...
Krystal is like White Castle, right? So gross.
Maybe I've changed my mind. Being force-fed White Castle would make me REALLY grumpy.
Krystal is like White Castle, right? So gross.
Maybe I've changed my mind. Being force-fed White Castle would make me REALLY grumpy.
I did not state or suggest that only stoners watched it.I didn’t say you did. But for my little slice of GenX it was very popular.
I'm in the middle of a round of medical tests and it's wearing thin. Both taking time off of work and just the hassle of it all. The older I get, the more like my dad I get.....I don't like going to the doctor, if something's going on, I don't want to know and I don't think "they" can fix it most of the time anyway. Whatever happens, I'm probably fine, and if I'm not, oh well. Unfortunately I'm not willing to put up with the clash with Mrs. DeT that would entail.Welp, get better bud !
While testing for something else unrelated, a radiologist recommended another imaging to get more info on something he thought he maybe saw. After an ultrasound more info was confirmed and a final CT was recommended and a referral back to urology, where he'll take the CT results and decide what to do. I have a mass on my right kidney, which is the concern. I also have a bunch of nodules on my thyroid, so now I have to go to endocrinology too.
My wife says the possible scenarios at this time for the kidney are 1) it's cancer--it has to come out (surgery), 2) it's benign, but vascular--it has to come out (surgery), 3) it's benign and basically just a bunch of fat tissue or something that might not hurt anything--it doesn't have to come out, or at least I have the reasonable option to leave it alone. She says re: the thyroid, it's probably nothing, but Endo needs to biopsy it anyway to be sure it's not cancer, in which case they'll just probably leave it alone and monitor for changes.
I don't hurt, my kidney function is great, my thyroid function is great, I would rather ignore it all until something changes, and as I said, I'm tired of testing and dr. appointments. But, my doc recommends against doing nothing, and as mentioned, my wife is kinda up my arse about this. Plus my mom is always wanting updates (I didn't tell her anything, the wife did that) and doesn't listen when I tell her it's probably nothing, and wants to know when she can tell dad and my sister, etc. I'm like "Um....whenever there's something to actually tell. There's just a big ball of nothing at the moment, and it's likely to stay nothing. There's no indications so far any of this is anything serious." But at any rate, I don't want them worried, I don't want them fussing over me, I don't want them calling me trying to talk about it. Lolz, ok, well, my dad will never call to "talk about it," or talk about much of anything, but still.
AND, I just had an old man surgery just three months ago, by which I mean I had to have a procedure done that is typically something only more elderly men have to deal with. That was a bunch of appointments, nearly a week off work, and it just puts me way out of the mood for any of this.
Yes, I'm grumpy about it. The constant appointments and the fussing by the wife/mom. Thus, I'm venting here. God forbid I ever actually get sick because I'm using all my accumulated sick time on these damn appointments.
I don't hurt, my kidney function is great, my thyroid function is great, I would rather ignore it all until something changes, and as I said, I'm tired of testing and dr. appointments. But, my doc recommends against doing nothing, and as mentioned, my wife is kinda up my arse about this.Yeah, I know you don't want to hear it, but the problem with anything that "might" be cancer is that by the time you start feeling like something is wrong, it's typically a lot harder to deal with.
Plus my mom is always wanting updates (I didn't tell her anything, the wife did that) and doesn't listen when I tell her it's probably nothing, and wants to know when she can tell dad and my sister, etc. I'm like "Um....whenever there's something to actually tell. There's just a big ball of nothing at the moment, and it's likely to stay nothing. There's no indications so far any of this is anything serious." But at any rate, I don't want them worried, I don't want them fussing over me, I don't want them calling me trying to talk about it.THIS I understand lol... I don't need to talk to people to deal with my stuff, and so I absolutely HATE when people are brought into my business and then they want to be constantly informed.
What a strange reason anyway to not like something or ignore it. I like or don't like stuff based on my proclivity toward it, not based on whether or not I like/dislike or agree/disagree with some other group that likes something.Let me be clear-- I think it's stupid and juvenile, which is standard for typical stoner humor. I don't dislike it solely because it appeals to stoners, other than stupid and juvenile stuff tends to appeal to stoners, and I don't like that kind of humor.
B&B came out when I was in about 8th grade or so. If it was juvenile, it would make sense that it still had an appeal to me.
Yeah, I know you don't want to hear it, but the problem with anything that "might" be cancer is that by the time you start feeling like something is wrong, it's typically a lot harder to deal with.
Let me be clear-- I think it's stupid and juvenile, which is standard for typical stoner humor. I don't dislike it solely because it appeals to stoners, other than stupid and juvenile stuff tends to appeal to stoners, and I don't like that kind of humor.I have to admit, if I wasn't in that narrow window of older teenager/early 20's I probably wouldn't have liked it either. As I age, I re-watch some of the old stuff, and some of the new stuff and I pick up on subtle things that I may have missed as a 15/16 year old. The writing on some episodes is incredibly good. A lot of the really good stuff from B&B is pretty directly exported to KoTH, including Hank Hill being almost a carbon copy of Mr. Anderson. The bit about the hippy high school teacher and his dorky ways is pretty funny as well.
I also don't like the Cheech and Chong movies, because they are also stupid and juvenile.
I have to admit, if I wasn't in that narrow window of older teenager/early 20's I probably wouldn't have liked it either. As I age, I re-watch some of the old stuff, and some of the new stuff and I pick up on subtle things that I may have missed as a 15/16 year old. The writing on some episodes is incredibly good. A lot of the really good stuff from B&B is pretty directly exported to KoTH, including Hank Hill being almost a carbon copy of Mr. Anderson. The bit about the hippy high school teacher and his dorky ways is pretty funny as well.Yeah I really like KotH, possibly because it distills a lot of the good stuff, and omits a lot of the juvenile and stupid stuff, from B&B.
Let me be clear-- I think it's stupid and juvenile, which is standard for typical stoner humor. I don't dislike it solely because it appeals to stoners, other than stupid and juvenile stuff tends to appeal to stoners, and I don't like that kind of humor.
I also don't like the Cheech and Chong movies, because they are also stupid and juvenile.
Personally I am not sure what is wrong with most of y'all's taste buds. I love downing a sack of white castles. I don't get to do it too often because their isn't one near me, but when one of my football games takes me near I have been know to stop on the way home.I think it's the texture, which is slightly more awful than the taste, of them. They're really disgusting.
Yeah I really like KotH, possibly because it distills a lot of the good stuff, and omits a lot of the juvenile and stupid stuff, from B&B.
Yeah I really like KotH, possibly because it distills a lot of the good stuff, and omits a lot of the juvenile and stupid stuff, from B&B.I think even Mike Judd said back in the day that he never intended B&B to go on very long, maybe 1-2 seasons until it got as big as it did. I think it ended up going 5 seasons originally and he took it off the air and went straight into KoTH.
Plus, KotH has Boomhauer.Do you do it in your best HH accent?
And also, to this day, anytime I hear the word "butane" I quote Bobby Hill, "My daddy says butane is a bastard gas," whether or not people around me get the joke or not.
Do you do it in your best HH accent?
"Bobby, if you weren't my son, I'd hug you".
I'm in the middle of a round of medical tests and it's wearing thin. Both taking time off of work and just the hassle of it all. The older I get, the more like my dad I get.....I don't like going to the doctor, if something's going on, I don't want to know and I don't think "they" can fix it most of the time anyway. Whatever happens, I'm probably fine, and if I'm not, oh well. Unfortunately I'm not willing to put up with the clash with Mrs. DeT that would entail.With no wife to nag me into it, I'm avoiding all this. I know that if I go in and get a thorough exam, 3-4 things will be wrong/concerning, and I'll get to have a host of appointments and "maybes" and "probably nothings." Or I have like 3 different types of cancer. That's where I feel like most of us end up, anyway.
While testing for something else unrelated, a radiologist recommended another imaging to get more info on something he thought he maybe saw. After an ultrasound more info was confirmed and a final CT was recommended and a referral back to urology, where he'll take the CT results and decide what to do. I have a mass on my right kidney, which is the concern. I also have a bunch of nodules on my thyroid, so now I have to go to endocrinology too.
My wife says the possible scenarios at this time for the kidney are 1) it's cancer--it has to come out (surgery), 2) it's benign, but vascular--it has to come out (surgery), 3) it's benign and basically just a bunch of fat tissue or something that might not hurt anything--it doesn't have to come out, or at least I have the reasonable option to leave it alone. She says re: the thyroid, it's probably nothing, but Endo needs to biopsy it anyway to be sure it's not cancer, in which case they'll just probably leave it alone and monitor for changes.
I don't hurt, my kidney function is great, my thyroid function is great, I would rather ignore it all until something changes, and as I said, I'm tired of testing and dr. appointments. But, my doc recommends against doing nothing, and as mentioned, my wife is kinda up my arse about this. Plus my mom is always wanting updates (I didn't tell her anything, the wife did that) and doesn't listen when I tell her it's probably nothing, and wants to know when she can tell dad and my sister, etc. I'm like "Um....whenever there's something to actually tell. There's just a big ball of nothing at the moment, and it's likely to stay nothing. There's no indications so far any of this is anything serious." But at any rate, I don't want them worried, I don't want them fussing over me, I don't want them calling me trying to talk about it. Lolz, ok, well, my dad will never call to "talk about it," or talk about much of anything, but still.
AND, I just had an old man surgery just three months ago, by which I mean I had to have a procedure done that is typically something only more elderly men have to deal with. That was a bunch of appointments, nearly a week off work, and it just puts me way out of the mood for any of this.
Yes, I'm grumpy about it. The constant appointments and the fussing by the wife/mom. Thus, I'm venting here. God forbid I ever actually get sick because I'm using all my accumulated sick time on these damn appointments.
Krystal is superior to White Castle, despite what the Yankees on this board will say.It's the same.
Get all you've had looked at looked at closer. Might as well, you've dipped your toe in. Shit, it's 2025, and they can't do better than "there's a mass on your kidney?" Seems to me whatever found that is a waste of time and they should just start with whatever's next, for any kind of precision.
Anyway, I hope all is well.
...this might have been as long as a year ago...
Which she finally did--she gave me three names about a week and a half ago, and I just started looking at it yesterday. After she'd chided me a few days ago about having done nothing with the names.
Milk Thistle is a good friend for the liver.
But men are drinking less than they did in previous generations, but we are seeing MORE liver issues.Evidently a lot of that has to do with the Big Food Empire putting manufactured everything instead of natural means and it's went unchecked for quite some time. One of the holistic Drs online suggest getting unpasturized,organic apple cider vinegar and sauerkraut/Kimchi for digestive tract health.I've been trying the ACV 4oz in morning and night and feel pretty good.I mix it with spring water but make sure you rinse your mouth good after because of the acid effect on tooth enamel if you choose to try it . I'll be getting a wellness check and blood test with in a month. Diet change is a biggy along with keep on moving
Funny thing was that the weight gain was liver related, and they treated it like a symptom, not a cause
I've had some Japanese whiskeys before and liked them, but this one was really, REALLY good. It was about 3/4 full when he brought it over but the 8 adults that were present, went through that thing in less than an hour. Later after they left, my i s c & a aggie wife looked it up, and discovered it was something like a $180 bottle. And man it tastes like it.
I went to the gym three days in a row and I’m feeling creaky as hell.I was out running earlier and recallling how "back in the day" I could get in pretty good shape in a week. I could go from sedentary to running pretty well in a few days, it was easy.
My wife changes the fridge and A/C filters.They have filters?
They have filters?Yup, water filter for water and ice on the fridge, and return air filters on the return air ducts on the A/C units.
I forgot to add a smiley, and your sarcasm meter is broken.I thought you were just highlighting your wealth and how you are above dealing with such things, unlike us dirty unwashed huddled masses...
my doc suggested a multivitamin would be a good thingNah put the money into used driving range balls - hot tip for the week
I took one for a year or so. I should probably get another bottle - wouldn't hurt me
Yup, water filter for water and ice on the fridge, and return air filters on the return air ducts on the A/C units.this implies you have a fancy fridge with ice/water on the door
Both the air and water filter are pretty easily accessible in our fridge. I think it's a Samsung. I don't know the recommended amount of time to change them, but it claims to be "smart" and it tells us when to change them. It's only claimed it needed its filters changed once in owning it about 3 years now. I bought a 3-pack of each, so two of each are just sitting in the box collecting dust. Don't know when I'll ever use them.We have a Samsung with "French" doors too. Filter is a piece of cake.
The two biggest problems we have with the fridge are:
1) it's design makes it not-ideal for the space it sits in. I tried to argue my wife out of that model for that very reason, but guess who was adamant and who decided to let it go. Consequently the situation is exactly what I said it would be and the left door won't open correctly and it annoys the hell out of me. Amazingly, she doesn't care at all. She wanted that model and it doesn't seem to phase her that one door is half useless.
2) the pest control guys had to install a bath-trap in the wall by the fridge because the other side of that wall is where the guest bath is. Every time they come to spray I have to move the fridge completely out so they can get to it and then put it back in. I don't think it would be so bad if the kitchen floor were flat, but the tile is textured, so items with rollers such as the fridge don't just go where you want them to without a lot more force and finagling.
this implies you have a fancy fridge with ice/water on the doorI just have the company that services my a/c and furnace every 6 months change out all my filters. And I have a null filter in my fridge because I have r/o water sent to my ice maker, so when the water softerner and r/o system is serviced once a year it is handled.
up in the great white north the same return air duct goes into the furnace/AC
my furnace filter is a monster - 20x25x5 - costs a stoopid amount of money - and with the workmanship of the tinwork/sheet metal work under the furnace is a bitch to change.
makes me damned grumpy every 6 months!!!!
R/O water tastes awful unless it blends back in some salts.Water here is very hard.
The city water here is fine with me. The bedrock is granite, not limestone, so the hardness is pretty low. I don't taste the chlorine.
Our big problem is old water mains.
(https://i.imgur.com/Rog6u3P.png)I sell and install water softeners as part of my business. Most of our groundwater is 7-10 grains, but we can also have iron. We also have wells with 20 grains or more.
(https://i.imgur.com/B3TnCcY.png)buy in the 10lb chubs
Our TDS was 440. Now it's 180. I could get it lower with an RO system added on to what I already have.TDS usually runs 800-1200 here on well water.
It's 100 out of the fridge, which is what we drink.
TDS usually runs 800-1200 here on well water.That's what it is here before it comes out of the treatment plant.
[img width=343.455 height=222]https://i.imgur.com/B3TnCcY.png[/img]92% IMHO is a terrible burger. Too lean.
92% IMHO is a terrible burger. Too lean.Yes, it's OK for spaghetti etc.
92% IMHO is a terrible burger. Too lean.You know what I went through last year.
You know what I went through last year.True. Hoping I never need the same.
(https://i.imgur.com/GOUfIfp.png)LOL I watched this exact forecast this morning. Usually there is another weather chick, Chita, that I watch every day. I have no idea what the weather will be, but I watch. This weather chick, Kim, is quite nice too.
It's really hot here. Feels like 110+. The air is very wet.Got to admit, I was out at the golf course this morning and the heat actually got to me. I quit after 17 holes. I was surprised, it hasn't happened before, even when it has been over 100. It is currently over 100 degrees.
Got to admit, I was out at the golf course this morning and the heat actually got to me. I quit after 17 holes. I was surprised, it hasn't happened before, even when it has been over 100. It is currently over 100 degrees.>:( were you walking?
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>:( were you walking?Hell no
74 here. Brutal.
Hell nosome days it just hits different
Speaking of high temperatures, for my money she's eligible for the hotties thread.Seems that's par for the course with weather chicks. And the ones in the morning all look like they're dressed for the club too...
Speaking of high temperatures, for my money she's eligible for the hotties thread.She’s definitely pretty, but kinda has a horse face. But I wouldn’t kick her out of bed unless she wanted to do it on the floor. 🤣
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(https://i.imgur.com/JEpkB8B.png)How much is your grouper?
There is a "homestead exemption" around here that reduces one's property taxes, I hope. So, I finally applied for it. (I didn't before because it appeared to be income restricted.) I go on line, they have a form to complete, which I did, and submitted it, by mail.your government at work
A week later I get a letter back that I need to send photos of our DLs and car registration, and apply on line. I dunno why they didn't ask for this in the first place. I go on line and start completing the forms. They want all kinds of information including a copy of my tax returns, which is irrelevant as there is zero mention of any income cap. I get copies of our DLs and reg and send it in, get an email back they can't read the scans I sent. I can read them just fine, they claim they can't. OK, this time I take photos with my phone which I guess make a larger image, send that in, recompleting the form.
Now, I wait, again. I'm getting run around I think.
Took my wife to the surgery center yesterday to have a small lump removed from her breast.My mom had a mastectomy back in the '80s and cancer didn't kill her ,so timing and science is on your side - best wishes
The initial diagnosis has me grumpy.
Very grumpy.
Took my wife to the surgery center yesterday to have a small lump removed from her breast.Ugh. Hate to read that.
The initial diagnosis has me grumpy.
Very grumpy.
There is a "homestead exemption" around here that reduces one's property taxes, I hope. So, I finally applied for it. (I didn't before because it appeared to be income restricted.) I go on line, they have a form to complete, which I did, and submitted it, by mail.Wow - I'm glad that I didn't have that much trouble. Just had to fill out income statements of owners (myself and sister), fill out application and send it all in to the revenue office. We have been approved every year since we bought our mobile home. Only had an issue this year, but they called to remind me (said they hadn't received it and I realized I forgot to fill out the income statements and send it) and I just had to resend it all - did that by email and the application was approved that day. Evidently NE has a pretty easy process or I have just lucked out, lol. It is well worth it though-not having to pay property taxes makes me very not grumpy
A week later I get a letter back that I need to send photos of our DLs and car registration, and apply on line. I dunno why they didn't ask for this in the first place. I go on line and start completing the forms. They want all kinds of information including a copy of my tax returns, which is irrelevant as there is zero mention of any income cap. I get copies of our DLs and reg and send it in, get an email back they can't read the scans I sent. I can read them just fine, they claim they can't. OK, this time I take photos with my phone which I guess make a larger image, send that in, recompleting the form.
Now, I wait, again. I'm getting run around I think.
Between movements. Symphonies have movements.Gotcha.
Gotcha.And the more old the grumpy old men get, the more they feel like clapping when they complete the latter.
So do bowels.
We went to an Opera in Italy. One and done.Many operas feature a ballet segment within them. Are you certain you got away clean?
No ballet, and never.
I'd prefer they stuck with the classics, which are classics for good reason.Yes, we do all pine for the music of our youth :57:
I've been to several ballet and multiple operas. I enjoy them but can certainly understand those who don't.Rocky Horror Picture Show count?
And the more old the grumpy old men get, the more they feel like clapping when they complete the latter.You saying you got the Clap?
A/C went out for the downstairs. Gonna be around $11,000 to replace it.They ain't cheap.
That has got me pretty grumpy today.
One saying I like: great art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.Heh. I often see "art" in some museum I don't consider to be art at all. It's rarely disturbing, it's just ... pointless to me, and I'm not talking about pointilism.
I replaced my outdoor unit - AC/Heat pump a few years ago - don't remember but it was around $5KI got a quote on ours from Costco, it was obscenely high, for a Trane. A neighbor suggested I call this dude who showed up and said he could install a Bosch for I think around $7 K and did. He said it would last me forever. The other unit is a Carrier and he said that would probably last me "forever", after taking in my white hair.
No beer for 30 days, just going to get grumpierhas always made me grumpy, I've tried it a few times
there's hope for me - I'm getting older
Art is something I didn't think, or care, about at all as a young man.I wanted to be an architect, so I was into arts and such from some coursework that I took.
As I've grown older --- I get it, and appreciate it (mostly).
Some consider Vettes works of art.yes but first a car guy.
Aren't you the corvette guy? :)
Corvette season is upon us.
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Best museum I've ever seen was the Vatican.How many paintings of "Madonna and Child" does it take for you before it becomes boring?
How many paintings of "Madonna and Child" does it take for you before it becomes boring?We had a great Docent who really knew where to find stuff and what to show - and explain it. It was just me, my wife, and her.
I think after the first several hundred thousand I walked past, I was kinda over it.
this person makes me grumpyTalk about someone who has had a ton of work done and now really shows it in all the worst ways.
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traffic issues................Roundabouts also generally slow down traffic.
at the stop light, 2 lanes of traffic going straight (10 to 20 vehicles) waiting while one vehicle in the left turn lanes goes first.
I appreciate the flashing yellow signal in the left turn lane.... wait until the 20 vehicles go thru and then make your left turn
maybe a reason for more "round abouts" - the round abouts don't make me grumpy
Roundabouts also generally slow down traffic.yup, great for intersections that were previously a 2-way or 4-way stop sign
City put in bike lanes all over Austin. Almost entirely unused but hey, it did succeed in turning many 4 lane roads into 2 lane roads and making traffic much worse.The city I live in try to do dedicated bus lanes for a few years. As far as I can tell, the bus service was still very poor.
Victory!
Roundabouts are intended to be chaotic; it is a feature, not a bug. Chaos makes people pay attention, which leads to fewer wrecks. Signaled intersections (stop lights, stop signs) are one of the biggest areas for wrecks because people assume how everyone will act. Roundabouts don't have that problem.Yup, fewer wrecks and higher throughput on average.
Roundabouts also generally have better throughput than signaled intersections. Drivers think everything gets "slowed down" because they have to slow down earlier than at signaled stops and there is less certainty about when they will get through, but the reduced stoppage time often leads to better throughput, which means higher average speeds. Often, not always.
Get a valve or cap at the hardware store and turn it off.Hell, I could just replace the sprinkler that's on the head of the hose with my normal sprayer and turn it off.
The valve needs to be replaced. And I'm not about to start messing with 50 year old pipes in a house I don't own...Prolly late '60s
No different than here...or in Austin
This basically reminds me of all the times I had to repair or replace or call someone to do it when I had a house, roof, various leaks, problems with the drainage pipes, HVAC, patio, hardwood floors, irrigation system, carpet (replaced just before I sold it)........ Add it all up and I probably didn't make any money after the sale at all.just find an evil landlord and pay the Man!
Give me a condo.
got the 1st semester paid for after the savings on the MustangI thought so. Then both A/C units went out at our primary residence last week.
I had to replace 2 of those frost free outdoor valves this year. And they are getting pricy. I think I paid about $50 for each.IMHO better off just sweating in new 1/4 turn shut offs on the inside walls. Then you can use penetrating oil and remove old sillcocks - the hose bibb/spigot that you’ll find coming out of your house.
I thought so. Then both A/C units went out at our primary residence last week.Jesus. Having to name a primary residence implies you have another residence. Rich bastages !
Jesus. Having to name a primary residence implies you have another residence. Rich bastages !Hah, not exactly how I meant it. I meant, our residence, versus one of our rental properties.
You do have another residence. It moves around.Ha, there's that one, too. If the A/C goes out on it, though, it's only like $800, rather than... well, the cost of a year of college.
Hah, not exactly how I meant it. I meant, our residence, versus one of our rental properties.I think the shoe still fits :)
Hah, not exactly how I meant it. I meant, our residence, versus one of our rental properties.lol, I understand. We have some rental property our self. The last one we bought, I installed the HVAC myself with the help of a friend. Literally crawled around in the attic for hours. Learned a lot. Won’t be doing that again.
you learned a lessonWell, to be honest I wouldn't call it lerning a lesson. I was in my 30s at that time, and now I'm knocking on 50.
What is it about being a dad that gives you just a visceral disgust at seeing your teenaged children sleeping in on the weekends?I visited family this week. I still got that energy from my dad, and I am well into adulthood. (i’m not even sleeping in, but sometimes the room I stay in looks like I might be.)
I mean, it's not like I want them milling around... But still...
I'm grumpy that after early wake-ups for about 9 years driven in one way or another by the service, then early wake-ups by kids for all of their littlest years, I just don't sleep late anymore, whether I want to or not. I'm jealous of my kids' ability to do it. Wish I still could.I've never slept in. Even in college, I'd wake up early and suffer through my hangover because my body just wouldn't stay asleep.
life sucks and then you dieI use to say to my kids "life's tough and then you die" one time in a group of people just talking i said life's tough and my 8yo son pipes in and then you die right daddy then you die.
I use to say to my kids "life's tough and then you die" one time in a group of people just talking i said life's tough and my 8yo son pipes in and then you die right daddy then you die.😂😂😂
This god damn plane, taking 34 god damn minutes to get from landing to the gate. And we still have to deplane.Anybody named Cooper on Board?
This god damn plane, taking 34 god damn minutes to get from landing to the gate. And we still have to deplane.What is it - Dallas/FTW airport is bigger than Manhattan? Sheesh. I landed on a little plane in Charlotte and it must have been an outer, small runway. I thought we were going to run out of gas getting to the gate. Took the scenic route.
My wife scheduled our flight to NYC on Saturday during the Tx-OSU gameThat was no accident,next thing she'll have you lined up for a fall wedding when the Dawgs are playing in the SEC C.C.G.
My wife scheduled a trip to Cincinnati tomorrow.Grab yourself some Christian Moerlein while you're there,you might have been acquainted from your previous stint
I don't ever let my i s c & a aggie wife schedule the travel plans. She can pick the items of interest at the destination, but if I don't make the actual travel plans, something always ends up wonky.My wife was always the one in her past life that had to make and be in charge of travel plans.
Well, with the Corso love fest, they finally had enough material to fill three hours for once.Ha! That was exactly my thought!
May as well put this here.Earlier this year I had something shipping from Illinois to Ohio.. Somehow ended up in England.. the country.. When i asked the company to just cancel it and resend, the preferred the route of shipping it back.. It was a $20 item.
This package was dropped off at the local post office. From there, it went to Miami, then Tampa, and finally to its destination in Englewood. This package travelled 520 miles, for a 27 mile trip from Punta Gorda to Englewood.
Any questions on Post Office efficiency?
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Hot water heater wouldn't connect to the wi-fi (needed to recirc the water so as not to wait for hot...long, further grumpy-old-man story...). Tried calling the company hotline--message says they don't take hotline calls anymore, have to use the chatbot. Logged into the chat bot on Wednesday, said it would be an 11 minute wait. Was a 15 minute wait. Then it referred me to "level 2 support" because I had already done all the things the chat bot would have wanted me to try. Level 2 support would be a 7 minute wait. 20 minutes later I had to leave for work.
So, tried again this morning. Same: 11 minute wait: turned into closer to 20. Sent to Level 2 support: took about an extra 8 minutes. Finally got through, turned out the fix was to unplug the whole unit and plug it back in again. Gold-darn-it. Simplest freakin' troubleshooting fix of all, and I hadn't tried it yet. To be fair, the problem was the wi-fi module, but the fix was to unplug the whole water heater, then plug it back in. But still. Made me mad that I hadn't done that on my own. Weird thing is it is a natural gas heater, but it takes some electricity to run its brain; that was what needs resetting. And the fact that it is a gas heater is the reason I hadn't thought about just rebooting the computer part of it. Sigh.
Stoopit newfangled technology.
Water heater connects to wi-fi.....Whaaaa?Frankly, I'm a little annoyed (grumpy old man-style) at that, too.
I'm definitely behind the times......gladly, probably.
Wife's RX needs front lower control arms replaced, and full pads & rotors all around. That's... Not cheap.You're an engineer, just DIY it.
You're an engineer, just DIY it.I would for my Jeep. Heck, I installed the entire lift kit myself.
You're an engineer, just DIY it.So, I'm an engineer too, and when I look under my hood and see this
So, I'm an engineer too, and when I look under my hood and see this
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I know to get the hell away from it.
You're an engineer, just DIY it.You obviously don’t understand what an engineer does.
So, I'm an engineer too, and when I look under my hood and see thisEd Zachery. Engineers cause this crap
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Engineers can do anything, with enough time and study. But the humility of an engineer is to know that in some cases, you simply don't have the knowledge and experience to trump other engineers who have been honing their craft for decades.Exactly.
I am not an engineer in anything remotely automotive. I can turn a wrench from time to time, but automotive design is not my field. Just as any engineer working for the Big 3 would take 5-10 years (minimum) to remotely equal my knowledge and experience in my field.
apparently, engine covers look nice.It's aesthetic, of course. Like most of the rear wings and front spoilers and air dams and other side skirts on all of the various production road models. They're intended to make a road car look more aggressive, more like a race car, which actually has use for all of those aero pieces.
seems they would hold heat
I don't understand all the fiber carbon covers for many things.
Why put a cover on something to make it look like fiber carbon?
if it's not fiber carbon, by adding the cover, you're just adding weight that you don't need with no function
The front air dams have some function of course at freeway speeds and a bit. The rear spoiler if designed correctly can also improve gas mileage at say 80 mph by separating air flow from the rear of the car where it induces drag. The impact at say 80 mph MIGHT be a few tenths of mpgs.Right. For standard production cars at legal speeds (Not Corvette Z07s on tracks and whatnot), all of those air dams and spoilers have little to zero effect.
Rear Spoilers | The Point of Rear Spoilers and How to Install Them (https://autotraining.edu/auto-repair-tips/rear-spoilers/)
How Form Meets Function: The Science Behind Car Spoilers and Aerodynam – Pedal Commander® (https://pedalcommander.com/blogs/garage/the-science-behind-car-spoilers-and-aerodynamics)
At very high speeds, the drag associated with a rear spoiler increases to the point that top speed is reduced, but it keeps the car from coming off the ground. The Z07 package on a Corvette reduces top speed.
I'm not talking about functional piecesI'm equating the two. In the vast majority of cases for road cars running on streets, all of those air dams and spoilers and wings, are not functional either. They are for aesthetics. Same as the carbon fiber covers. It's simply to look cool.
I'm talking about a fiber carbon cover to make it look like the functional piece is made of fiber carbon
Arizona has some patches of sticky dust that is so fine it looks like smoke when you drive through it. It gets into every nook and cranny, and it is difficult to remove. You'll be glad for the engine cover if you ever encounter it.(https://richardnilsen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/toroweap-11.jpg?w=660&h=495)
it actually adds weightYup. It's strictly for aesthetics.
Sporty cars thread?Well Fearless is grumping about car stuff. So here we are.
sporty cars don't make me grumpyThey make carbon fiber inserts for the cupholders. True story.
$500 mirror covers that serve no purpose do
hell they make the push button starter covers
You're an engineer, just DIY it.BTW one of the reasons I don't DIY it with my wife's car...
He's somewhat lucky he's alive. He was being stupid riding at an absurd speed at night--I think on the interstate--and someone changed lanes right in front of him. He grabbed the brakes but hit them at a pretty high closing speed.Motorcycles are dangerous in the best of circumstances. Too bad--they look like a lot of fun.
Motorcycles are dangerous in the best of circumstances. Too bad--they look like a lot of fun.And they're even more fun than they look :72:
Motorcycles are dangerous in the best of circumstances. Too bad--they look like a lot of fun.I would never ride one here.
I would never ride one here.I crashed on the racetrack 2 years before the iPhone was invented. At the time I already was getting freaked out riding on public streets.
People can't see.
I would never ride one here.Rode mini bike's back in the day,never a street bike.After 9th grade summer FB practice a buddy and I stopped at Burger King to scarf down.A short time later some some biker stops at a red light not far from us and an older woman pulls up and hits his rear tire.Going slow prolly 5-6-7 mph. The bike immediately flipped back tire over front we looked at each other in disbelief. Couldn't believe he wasn't killed as he wasn't wearing a helmet.We were the 1st ones there the guy was sitting up on the adjacent curb holding his ribs and gasping a bit as he fired up a smoke. Prolly had a couple broken ribs and maybe a punctured lung. The rescue squad got there quick enough as did the cops.That didn't look like a lot of fun so we went back inside and finished our meal. Neither of us has taken to the 2 wheelers ever since
People can't see.
Motorcycles are dangerous in the best of circumstances. Too bad--they look like a lot of fun.
My nephew died in a motorcycle wreck 3 weeks ago. Only 19 years old.Condolences jgvol
And they're even more fun than they look :72:Yes, they are
Wife's RX needs front lower control arms replaced, and full pads & rotors all around. That's... Not cheap.
You're an engineer, just DIY it.
This is not a repair I can do on my own. First, to access the front suspension area for work, you'll need a car lift, which I doubt anybody here has in their garage.You could conceivably do this with jack stands. It would be a lot more cramped, but possible. I did the lift kit on my Jeep with just jack stands, not a car lift. It wasn't ideal, but I did it.
gotta be able to park another sports car underneathOne of my old bosses had that. He was big into Morgan roadsters, had a couple of them. He could park one under the other with his lift. Also had an old-school Mini Cooper. Had some cars that were in storage.
I'm glad that I stopped going to concerts. Good grief.Yeah, we don't go anymore either really. I'd have done this one - it's Rush. But I don't have a lot of patience for mass crowds anymore.
Do any of you get into the situation where you want something, and you can afford it, but when you actually see the price tag you realize "no effing way" because you've anchored in very old ideas about what some things should cost?Every single day.
Do any of you get into the situation where you want something, and you can afford it, but when you actually see the price tag you realize "no effing way" because you've anchored in very old ideas about what some things should cost?I confess I spent $800 to see the Eagles after Glenn Fry and Don Felder were not there. One dead and the other left the band. I shocked myself paying that much. There were great seat. Front row along the bowl of the stadium.
I logged into the Rush ticket sale. I was pretty early in the queue and when I got in, there were a LOT of tickets available.
Prior to logging in, I thought, "$300 seems like a good upper limit" for tickets. Especially since I know we'd have to drive to LA, which is annoying, my wife doesn't even know/like Rush or their music, so although she'd be completely supportive and go with me, I know her ticket is a bit of a wasted expense, etc... So I figured $600 for the two of us for a night out was about as much as anyone should reasonably have to pay.
So... I get in and set the slider to a max of $300. And immediately every part of the Forum seating that isn't an absolute upper deck nosebleed disappears. So I set the slider to $350. No change. Slide it to $400. Ahh! Some things open up! I find two good tickets for a combined $790.
But... Do I really want to spend $800 on a concert? For a band I've actually seen once before (which I could somehow afford when I was a damn poor college student!), when one of the original band members isn't even alive? No! That's ridiculous!
And yet... I can afford it. I'm not saying $800 is nothing. I'm by no means "rich". But I've reached a point in my life and career, where I can treat myself to things... Especially since there are very few times that I actually spend a lot of money on myself. I could buy those tickets and feel not even the slightest twinge financially.
But $800 just seems like too much.
So I closed the browser window in disgust, went and mashed some pedals on the Peloton to get some frustration out, and I'm consigning myself to maybe checking out as we get closer to the date of the show if interest wanes and they get cheaper (unlikely, of course).
Do any of you get into the situation where you want something, and you can afford it, but when you actually see the price tag you realize "no effing way" because you've anchored in very old ideas about what some things should cost?To answer your question, yes. There is a big difference between what you can afford and what you will afford
I logged into the Rush ticket sale. I was pretty early in the queue and when I got in, there were a LOT of tickets available.
Prior to logging in, I thought, "$300 seems like a good upper limit" for tickets. Especially since I know we'd have to drive to LA, which is annoying, my wife doesn't even know/like Rush or their music, so although she'd be completely supportive and go with me, I know her ticket is a bit of a wasted expense, etc... So I figured $600 for the two of us for a night out was about as much as anyone should reasonably have to pay.
So... I get in and set the slider to a max of $300. And immediately every part of the Forum seating that isn't an absolute upper deck nosebleed disappears. So I set the slider to $350. No change. Slide it to $400. Ahh! Some things open up! I find two good tickets for a combined $790.
But... Do I really want to spend $800 on a concert? For a band I've actually seen once before (which I could somehow afford when I was a damn poor college student!), when one of the original band members isn't even alive? No! That's ridiculous!
And yet... I can afford it. I'm not saying $800 is nothing. I'm by no means "rich". But I've reached a point in my life and career, where I can treat myself to things... Especially since there are very few times that I actually spend a lot of money on myself. I could buy those tickets and feel not even the slightest twinge financially.
But $800 just seems like too much.
So I closed the browser window in disgust, went and mashed some pedals on the Peloton to get some frustration out, and I'm consigning myself to maybe checking out as we get closer to the date of the show if interest wanes and they get cheaper (unlikely, of course).
To answer your question, yes. There is a big difference between what you can afford and what you will affordYep. I just didn't expect it to make me so grumpy!
I'm not paying that kind of money.i love Rush too but not 27 facking times
I love the guys - no doubt. I've seen them 27 times - with Neil.
I confess I spent $800 to see the Eagles after Glenn Fry and Don Felder were not there. One dead and the other left the band. I shocked myself paying that much. There were great seat. Front row along the bowl of the stadium.So ya didn't see the EAGLES
I confess I spent $800 to see the Eagles after Glenn Fry and Don Felder were not there. One dead and the other left the band. I shocked myself paying that much. There were great seat. Front row along the bowl of the stadium.Ironic. My example to my kids about how these things have changed is that in 1995, I paid $75 whole dollars to see the Eagles--all of them--in Milwaukee. And that was a really expensive concert ticket back then.
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My favorite thing is my $28 1980 season ticket to Ohio State football. included all home games except the home openerno reason to be grumpy
Ironic. My example to my kids about how these things have changed is that in 1995, I paid $75 whole dollars to see the Eagles--all of them--in Milwaukee. And that was a really expensive concert ticket back then.I'm not going to look it up on inflation calculator but isn't that about like $200-300 in today's money? Not really that cheap.
It was a great show.
I mean, the man was in his mid-70's when you saw him in concert...are you really surprised he was dead a few years later? I remember thinking when he died amazing he lived that long.
That being said, I spur-of-the-moment, day-of went to see Jimmy Buffett in Phx...and then he dies 2 years later. So I'm glad I went.
I'm not going to look it up on inflation calculator but isn't that about like $200-300 in today's money? Not really that cheap.I looked it up and it should be about $158 in 2025 dollars.
I looked it up and it should be about $158 in 2025 dollars.Yeah, and it felt like a lot to pay. That was a really expensive ticket at the time. I feel like $158 is about average nowadays (for a major touring act).
I mean, the man was in his mid-70's when you saw him in concert...are you really surprised he was dead a few years later? I remember thinking when he died amazing he lived that long.Saw Jeff Beck in phoenix a couple of months before he died, was still great.
I looked it up and it should be about $158 in 2025 dollars.Well, to be fair, there is a fairly limited supply of Rush concerts, in my opinion. Whereas, back in 1995, they probably had hundreds of shows left to play in their lifetime. And they were already past their prime at that point. In 1995, although Rush regularly received radio play, when was their last true hit? I was never a big fan, so I really have no idea when their peak was, but it's my impression they were a 70's band, and never did much in the 80's. I could be wrong, I really didn't start listening to much rock music until the late 80's. I was a big fan of Def Lepperd.
Do any of you get into the situation where you want something, and you can afford it, but when you actually see the price tag you realize "no effing way" because you've anchored in very old ideas about what some things should cost?Last season, I really wanted to go to an A&M game where the outcome was important (news flash, it ended up not being important). I had not been to an A&M game in several years, but the reality of it is that I only ever went to games that didn't matter, because I wanted cheap seats, didn't want to fight the excess crowds, and in general just apathy. I hadn't been to a true "game that mattered" since I was a student. In fact, I have only attended a few games at all in the last 25 years, like 10 total. I really can't remember all of them, but it's been completely sporadic at best, with years sometimes between.
I logged into the Rush ticket sale. I was pretty early in the queue and when I got in, there were a LOT of tickets available.
Prior to logging in, I thought, "$300 seems like a good upper limit" for tickets. Especially since I know we'd have to drive to LA, which is annoying, my wife doesn't even know/like Rush or their music, so although she'd be completely supportive and go with me, I know her ticket is a bit of a wasted expense, etc... So I figured $600 for the two of us for a night out was about as much as anyone should reasonably have to pay.
So... I get in and set the slider to a max of $300. And immediately every part of the Forum seating that isn't an absolute upper deck nosebleed disappears. So I set the slider to $350. No change. Slide it to $400. Ahh! Some things open up! I find two good tickets for a combined $790.
But... Do I really want to spend $800 on a concert? For a band I've actually seen once before (which I could somehow afford when I was a damn poor college student!), when one of the original band members isn't even alive? No! That's ridiculous!
And yet... I can afford it. I'm not saying $800 is nothing. I'm by no means "rich". But I've reached a point in my life and career, where I can treat myself to things... Especially since there are very few times that I actually spend a lot of money on myself. I could buy those tickets and feel not even the slightest twinge financially.
But $800 just seems like too much.
So I closed the browser window in disgust, went and mashed some pedals on the Peloton to get some frustration out, and I'm consigning myself to maybe checking out as we get closer to the date of the show if interest wanes and they get cheaper (unlikely, of course).
Huskers will be playin for a national tile before I'm willing to spend $1800I pretended like I was saving money since I haven’t been to a game in years. I think I’m going to “save money “ again this year.
Starting in my 30's I used to get these horrible cricks in my neck after sleeping wrong (HTF do you do it wrong?). Anyways they would usually go away in a few days, but eventually I started getting them so bad it would last like a week. I finally started going to the chiropractor and that helped a lot. Instant relief, and then usually they'd like to see me a couple more times but honestly once they popped my neck it was much better. Anyways it usually only happened once or twice a year, and then it started happening more and more frequently especially in my 40's. About 5 years ago (maybe more but time flies) I bought this huge "wedge" pillow. Damn thing is like maybe 2 feet wide and has about a 30 degree incline. I just noticed that every time I would sleep "wrong" essentially what happened is my pillow would shift weirdly during the night and my neck would be in an awkward position. Anyways it' so big it doesn't really move at night, I can shift all around it stays put. The pains almost immediately stopped, now I very rarely have any pains at all, and if I do it's very mild.Any link where to buy the pillow?
I realized why @Gigem (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1706) has so far not provided said link...Here you go, bastage...
...because he doesn't want us to know he bought a sex pillow "for his neck" :57:
Here you go, bastage...Thanks. Just ordered it. They mention it can help snoring (which is sometimes a problem) and acid reflux (also sometimes). I prefer to sleep on my back but that exacerbates snoring, which sometimes means my wife less-than-gently suggests I should roll over. So if this helps that as well, even better.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SQYSRPQ?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_dt_b_fed_asin_title_0_0&th=1
I only use the side for the head, the other half is sitting in the back of the closet somewhere.
It helped me tremendously.
Thanks. Just ordered it. They mention it can help snoring (which is sometimes a problem) and acid reflux (also sometimes). I prefer to sleep on my back but that exacerbates snoring, which sometimes means my wife less-than-gently suggests I should roll over. So if this helps that as well, even better.You just need to see how you like it. Sometimes I use a really thin pillow, but usually nothing else. I'm also a side sleeper, so what works for me may not work for you.
Do you use a pillow on top of it, or just use it as your only pillow?
I realized why @Gigem (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1706) has so far not provided said link...based on the link, i think you were correct. I shouldn't have avoided this thread so long. it's a good one
...because he doesn't want us to know he bought a sex pillow "for his neck" :57:
PM???how would you describe 3 or 6 PM in the North. 3 in the afternoon? 6 in the evening ?
y'all must live in the South
how would you describe 3 or 6 PM in the North. 3 in the afternoon? 6 in the evening ?the mail is delivered in the AM
Happy hour started at 1pm yesterdayLooks like a proper pub to me,they're serious too.I see some Draught beer disciples :singing:
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Had my colonoscopy today. Didn't find anything serious, but best case is only a 5 year stint until I have to do it again.Well, there's a lot of good doctors keep on tellin' me
And the kicker? No booze or exercise for 10-14 days.
after last night, I oughta outlive a couple doctorsI wondered why you were late to the party today.
I'm not grumpy about it.
free beer is the best beer
what went out?
F'ing AC went out AGAIN.I thought you said it was cold there?
This GD AC company sucks ass. They were just here a week ago and gave the system a clean bill of health.
F these guys.
FIRED!
Flex just threw a "Check Charging System" light and power steering turned off exactly at that moment. FFS. Had to take the wife's car to get charcoal.yer a big guy, my first car didn't have power steering
Once this fog lifts I'll make the usual checks but I fear it's alternator and it'll need to go to the shop.
I thought you said it was cold there?Not today. It's about 80 at the moment, and fairly humid.
All those years of eating crappy and smoking cigars got to me. Pretty dumb for a supposedly intelligent person.
Hungry, cranky and heading to the hospital to have some work done on my right leg.
All those years of eating crappy and smoking cigars got to me. Pretty dumb for a supposedly intelligent person.
I assure you, you are hardly alone, if that's any comfort.Guilty - but it was fun from what I can recall
Good luck, Badge! Keep us updated.
yup, get the day started.............Don't you know where you are?
no coffee maker in the room at the Moxy, fine put on pants and head downstairs, grab 2 large coffees, back to the room....... key card won't work
takes the lady at the desk 5 minutes to figure it out
why don't things just work?
on a better note, the coffee id pretty good
vandals make me grumpy(https://images.footballfanatics.com/idaho-vandals/idaho-vandals-175-x-175-mascot-modern-disc-wall-sign_pi4142000_ff_4142204-3edc6a9b6bb5426b3fba_full.jpg?_hv=2)
I started buying a few silver 1 ounce "rounds" a few years back just to have some in case of something. I remember paying $22 or so, then $27, then it went near $40 and I stopped buying any, I was buying maybe 6-8 at a time. Now it's $75. Holy Hunt Brothers.And you're grumpy about your investment success? :smiley_confused1:
you're not forced to complete the parent portion of a FAFSAI believe you are or else they forfeit any opportunity for aid.
any thing over a brisk walk is dangerous at my ageThat you prolly get from your stool at the bar to the men's room or from the fairway to the shrubs
abundant sunshine here, expected high of 54. Kinda grumpy that it's gonna be 41 back home.
long ways to drive to gain merely 13 degrees
I assume none on this board saw midnight. As it should be for the old.I did, but I don't remember a thing. A little foggy at the moment, which I hate.
I assume none on this board saw midnight. As it should be for the old.I did. The kids are too old to fall for the "East Coast New Year's" trick but not old enough to all be out of the house. So we all made it to midnight.
I assume none on this board saw midnight. As it should be for the old.made it to 10pm after the game
I made it to about 9:45.didn't see midnight
I assume none on this board saw midnight. As it should be for the old.
Is my car just a goddamned magnet? I mean, it's a Ford Flex. It's not small and inconspicuous.
At yet today is the THIRD time I've gotten rear-ended. FFS!
It warrants a longer response and I'm about to go get some Torchy's for lunch, but hopefully my grumpy old man brain remembers to check this thread and respond further, a little later.
One question that comes to mind almost daily is whether most everything has become A) a steadily worse version of what it used to be? Or whether B) it's part of me growing older that what I grew up with will always seem better than what we get now? IOW, is the culture and the creative output of what we grew up with better than the culture now?I don't think that it is A, in general.
The movie theater might be a good example of something that HAS gotten better over time... Better picture, better sound, comfy reclining chairs and a little button to summon the wait staff to bring me another beer.Yeah this was going to be one of my counterpoints to Catsby's initial post. There are several things that are objectively better than they were in the "good old days" and the movie experience is one of them.
We don't go often, but when there's something we want to see, it's a better experience than it was.
I don't think that it is A, in general.
I ascribe to the Sturgeon's Law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law) explanation... "Ninety percent of everything is crud." And then you compare that with B, nostalgia, and we tend to have a selective memory about the past.
As far as music-- every generation complains about the "new music" being worse than what they grew up with. But first of all, that's a subjective matter of taste. Most people I know who are my age, just listen to the same stuff they were listening to 30 years ago. And that's fine, listen to what you like. I'm very much on record as being a great lover of 80s music and that's still a large portion of what I listen to.
But I also intentionally spend scores of hours every year scouring the airwaves and the internet for new music. It's a hobby and a passion and I can tell you there is a LOT of great new music released all the time.
It's hard to gauge "music" in general because there's just no way to take in all the music that's put out these days.
Everything that makes it to what passes for modern-day "mainstream" in my step-son's generation and Spotify's Top (Whatever, insert # here) which tends to pass my ears at some point......I can confidently say is "dumber" than most music used to be. The chords are repetitive and simple. Sometimes there's no real sectional definition, or sometimes the main hook is all there is. Something is definitely lost in instrumentation talent/ability/use, but OTOH, new synth technologies are being employed which involves way more engineering nerd-work on the front end than "playing ability" as we'd think of it, but that is still a musical skill (being a guy who plays multiple instruments and also having done some synth set-up and playing, that's my opinion, anyway), so in that way, newer music showcases some different musical ability, but musical ability nevertheless.
Every other criticism I have of modern music could arguably be thrust into the "that's just, like, your opinion, man" category (I would dispute that, but I don't have the interest to do so here), but it is the case that the structure of songs has decreased in intricacy and imagination. "Musical skill/talent" is kind of nebulous and possibly up for debate. "Songwriting" skill seems to be objectively decreasing, on the whole, in the stuff I come across.
You've admitted that the modern music you're talking about is the Spotify top whatever, in other words pop music, and I'd argue that it's no less sophisticated than the pop music from 40 years ago. Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, or Samantha Fox. These artists weren't paragons of talent and sophistication then, or now.
On the other hand, there's plenty of sophisictated music coming from talented musicisons, that you're just not listening to.
What is one contemporary song I should listen to to see if I like it?don't ask this grumpy old man, I gave up decades ago
I gave up listening decades ago to anything "current".
That's quite possible.I've posted a lengthy thread with lots of modern music, playlists that I compile every year for the TX-OU game. That's probably a decent place to start.
But re: pop music from 40 years ago, objectively, those songs frequently made use of more than the hum-drum 1, 5, 6, 4 that is so prevalent now. In fact, that's why synths work so well in songs today (in the way they're being used as droning pads for multiple layered tracks)....because a simple open 1-5 drone works over all four of those chords. You can't get away with that in a lot of 80's pop, and unsurprisingly, there wasn't a lot of droning synths in that stuff. Both for stylistic choices.....it probably just wasn't fashionable back then....but also, it wouldn't work in many cases. A droning pad would sound wrong in much of the 80's pop once the song deviated from those 4 chords.
Elton John, George Michael, Michael Jackson......that's all pop music. Their songs are chord-progression rocket science compared to what I hear now.....which again, this can't be stressed enough, may well be quite limited. I'm open to suggestions for a higher quality modern playlist to try, because it sure would be nice to hear some new stuff that made me want to pick up an instrument and work it out. Maybe you can give me some songs/artists to try out.
The movie theater might be a good example of something that HAS gotten better over time... Better picture, better sound, comfy reclining chairs and a little button to summon the wait staff to bring me another beer.
We don't go often, but when there's something we want to see, it's a better experience than it was.
Probably true, expect for the movie itself --- which mostly are garbage now.I can't really agree with that.
Better experience, but nothing worth seeing.
I've posted a lengthy thread with lots of modern music, playlists that I compile every year for the TX-OU game. That's probably a decent place to start.
In general though, and no offense intended, it sounds like your mind's pretty much made up. If, in all of the music of the last decade you've listened to for whatever reason, you haven't found ANYthing you like or are impressed with, then there's little chance anything I suggest is gonna penetrate that wall.
I'll look for the thread when I have some time.
It's not the case that I haven't found anything recent I like. My assertion about repetitive chord progressions making the music "dumber" should not be conflated with "I don't like it." Those are two different things, though it is nice to hear some unique and inspired progressions. But that doesn't mean "basic" stuff can't be good. There's a reason those chords are used so much.....they work, and many great songs are built on them.
But I have come across modern stuff that sounds good. It's less common than previous eras, because obviously I jive with those eras more, but it's there.
One thing that has kept me away from the modern era is I'm still mining the "old days" for stuff I never heard previously. In the limited time I have to search out new music, I'm still coming across old stuff that hits my sweet spot which I missed back then, and that undoubtedly cuts into the modern stuff I may like but am not searching for.
My issue is- I grew up with music that had instruments in it. You know, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, piano, etc. so much new music nowadays has none of that.Yep.
You've admitted that the modern music you're talking about is the Spotify top whatever, in other words pop music, and I'd argue that it's no less sophisticated than the pop music from 40 years ago. Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, or Samantha Fox. These artists weren't paragons of talent and sophistication then, or now.
On the other hand, there's plenty of sophisictated music coming from talented musicisons, that you're just not listening to.
Balderdash. Nobody today is blending Metal and Pop like Samanta Fox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1btg3mpEOc
And she was a Penthouse pet? Who da Hell holds a candle to that in this day in age?
(https://wonderclub.com/images/PENTCOLL/PENTCOLLV01N02.jpg)
She was like a "real life" Kelly Bundy.
My issue is- I grew up with music that had instruments in it. You know, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, piano, etc. so much new music nowadays has none of that.
Yep.
I usually prefer a guitar somewhere in the mix.
I do wonder if we're past the golden age of comedic cinema. For me that was the mid 70s through the 80s, and maybe a little into the 90s. Comedies these days tend toward the darker or more cynical, and just don't seem to be as much fun as they used to be. But it's also possible that it's just a "me" thing wishing for the good old days.And again we're in a demographic thing...
There's a ton of new music with guitar and real instruments. Y'all should venture away from the moldie oldies stations.(https://thelistenersclub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/01/don-quixote-charging-windmills-2-1080x665.png)
Don't get me wrong, I was a fan then and I still am.Did you not make it to the blazing guitar solo?
But that song is absolutely the proof in the pudding of MDT's complaint about non-complex, unsophisticated music with chord progressions that wouldn't ever be labeled as "adventurous.: And it's from almost exactly 40 years ago...
There's a ton of new music with guitar and real instruments. Y'all should venture away from the moldie oldies stations.something released around September 29, 2017 new enuff?
something released around September 29, 2017 new enuff?When you were kickin' ass in 1980, was something released in September, 1971 considered new?
No matter what, I think we can all agree that Pitbull sucks.I've actually had the grand displeasure of seeing Pitbull live. It was exactly as awful as you'd imagine.
I've actually had the grand displeasure of seeing Pitbull live. It was exactly as awful as you'd imagine.Sounds like you still got ripped off...
It was a free concert at Formula1 in Austin, so at least I didn't actually pay for it.
There's a ton of new music with guitar and real instruments. Y'all should venture away from the moldie oldies stations.I am surrounded by non moldy old music. All the fam and kids come over and play all kinds of stuff.
What it is NOT-- is as easy to search for and discover. To @jgvol (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1567) 's point, music specifically, and pop culture in general, is more fractured than it was 30-40-50 years ago. So although there is more of it in pretty much every style you can imagine, it's not as easy to just trip across as it was back when we had relatively few sources steering our musical tastes.
I am surrounded by I am surrounded by non moldy old music. All the fam and kids come over and play all kinds of stuff.Sure, absolutely. "Mainstream" doesn't really exist anymore. The music industry, and indeed pretty much all entertainment industries, are far more fractured than they used to be. You don't find the best television on the OTA network channels, you have to go searching through the paid streaming services, and similarly you're not finding all the best music on the pop radio stations.
I don’t mind it. I even hear something I like occasionally. But rarely are the musical instruments in what they are listening to.
I suppose I could go searching for it. Never needed to in the past/ it was more mainstream.
Sure, absolutely. "Mainstream" doesn't really exist anymore. The music industry, and indeed pretty much all entertainment industries, are far more fractured than they used to be. You don't find the best television on the OTA network channels, you have to go searching through the paid streaming services, and similarly you're not finding all the best music on the pop radio stations.sorry, don't have the time or $$$ for that
But I'll say, if all you're hearing from your family and kids is music that "doesn't have instruments" then you're only getting an extremely narrow sample of what's available right now. Like MDT, your "passive listening" of modern music is not really representative.
sorry, don't have the time or $$$ for thatWell, that's just because all your $$$ goes into filling your 'Vette tank with gas and your tank with wings and Bud Fat.
sorry, don't have the time or $$$ for that
payin around $150/month just seems crazy for TV entertainment but then, that's not my thingTotally fine. As long as you're not one of the people saying "there's no good TV being made anymore" then it's all good.
to each their own
I'd rather enjoy a bud fat and some wings with friends and drive there in my red sports cars than sit in front of the boob tube
Apple TV, Netflix, Hulu, and Prime for how much?
if you're getting football on Hulu it's expensive
Something like $12.50 for Prime, but it's charged annually, though I think that's about what it comes out to.I've said it before, but unless you literally don't buy anything else from Amazon, you really can't state that it's $12.50 (or whatever) per month for Prime Video.
It would be like if Costco suddenly unveiled a streaming service. Would that mean I'm spending $130/year on "Costco Video"? No... It means that of the $130/year I spend on Costco, I just got an extra video service on top of what I was already enjoying.OMG. That would be sooooo awesome. C'mon Kirkland--get to it!
OMG. That would be sooooo awesome. C'mon Kirkland--get to it!But you have to watch in bulk.
But you have to watch in bulk.There's only two of us here.
I've said it before, but unless you literally don't buy anything else from Amazon, you really can't state that it's $12.50 (or whatever) per month for Prime Video.
see the union steward :96:The WHO?
Since coming back to work after the Christmas/New Year's break......I've actually had to work at work, a lot.
They don't seem to know I got threads here to keep up with.
1) I'm really familiar with my wife's internet activity, and mine even more so, obviously, and I can't think of how the password got compromised, other than a data breach with Amazon itself. It doesn't surprise me when small/local businesses suffer data breaches, but I kinda expect better from Amazon. Of all companies, they should have the best and the brightest in security, I'd think. Yet, my stepson's Amazon account was compromised in a data breach just last year. Makes me wonder how common this is for them. Or if it's not that, where did one of us fall victim to a phishing scheme? Mysteries like that bug me, because if I don't know what went wrong, I can't take better precautions in the future.Does the Amazon password get used on ANY other web sites? If so, it might be more likely that another site was hacked and they tried your (or your wife's) password and login credentials from that other site on Amazon.
Does the Amazon password get used on ANY other web sites? If so, it might be more likely that another site was hacked and they tried your (or your wife's) password and login credentials from that other site on Amazon.
If you reuse passwords amongst multiple sites, you're only as protected as the least secure amongst them. For example, I trust that @Drew4UTk (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1) knows his stuff regarding security, but I wouldn't share my email and banking and Amazon passwords with my cfb51.com account password.
This is why I use LastPass to manage my passwords. I have unique and complex passwords for every site I visit, including this one. I have two passwords (my email and my bank) that are NOT stored in LastPass, only in my own head, in case somehow LastPass got hacked. Because my email specifically would be the canary in the coal mine that would alert me to someone trying to change passwords at other sites, and so email is the one thing I can't allow to be compromised.
Does the Amazon password get used on ANY other web sites? If so, it might be more likely that another site was hacked and they tried your (or your wife's) password and login credentials from that other site on Amazon.this site is pretty tight - our information goes nowhere that mother google can't see anyway, no matter what you do. i track users insofar as geolocation, but that only to study WHERE they're from and how to go about blocking them. its a very good thing there are few, if any, outside of CONUS who have interest in CFB... it's kinda a dead giveaway when approached from some of these nations.
If you reuse passwords amongst multiple sites, you're only as protected as the least secure amongst them. For example, I trust that @Drew4UTk (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1) knows his stuff regarding security, but I wouldn't share my email and banking and Amazon passwords with my cfb51.com account password.
This is why I use LastPass to manage my passwords. I have unique and complex passwords for every site I visit, including this one. I have two passwords (my email and my bank) that are NOT stored in LastPass, only in my own head, in case somehow LastPass got hacked. Because my email specifically would be the canary in the coal mine that would alert me to someone trying to change passwords at other sites, and so email is the one thing I can't allow to be compromised.
I couldn't access this site when I was in New Zealand. Not that I needed to, but I did try a few times. Just wouldn't work. Don't know what that was, but I suspect it had something to do with where I was.i maintain a white and black list, for both country's and IP ranges.
I couldn't access this site when I was in New Zealand. Not that I needed to, but I did try a few times. Just wouldn't work. Don't know what that was, but I suspect it had something to do with where I was.Yes, I was blocked in Mexico until @Drew4UTk (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1) let me out of jail.
I’m using my wife’s fake fireplace. We went out to breakfast.put extra hot sauce on your eggs!
Work was canceled yesterday. Re-opened today, and got here to find Facilities (or somebody) had taken the batteries out of all the thermostats in this old building, leaving us with no heat. My office was freezing. Fortunately I keep a small space heater in here, and it's a small office, so with the door closed I'm able to warm it up decently. However, I'm still wearing my big coat and my fingers are freezing.
We put in a work order and Facilities finally got here and turned our heat back on, and it's getting a bit more work-friendly in here.
However, there never is any heat in the abandoned side of the building where the bathrooms are, and going to the bathroom down there is not a pleasant experience this morning.
They pull any more of this stuff and I'm going to take them at their word that this old building will be demo'd once the library renovations are complete, and start pulling apart the walls and studs and burning them for heat.
Course.....there's asbestos in this building, so that's probably not a good idea either....
The roads are pretty clear here this morning, but my employer went ahead and sent out a note yesterday asking everyone to work from home again today, because they can't guarantee all of the parking lots are safely cleared.
Yeah--I tried hard to upload some New Zaland pics here and just couldn't do it. Oh well. Trust me: it is beautiful.Get an MRI of the lumbar area.
I'm grumpy about the sciatic nerve situation I seem to have right now. It bites.
Ugh. Might need a new car.That really does suck, man.
Water pump started leaking. Ford, in their infinite wisdom, designed an internal water pump... INSIDE THE ENGINE. Which would need to have the engine removed to access. Huge expense... And that's assuming that coolant didn't get into the oil. Which would mean new motor. And it is going to need at least half a catalytic converter before next time it gets smogged.
All told I'd be looking at cost to repair, assuming NO motor needed, probably very near the value of the vehicle.
Apparently the only Hail Mary is to file a claim with Ford because they've been sued over this water pump issue. Mechanic has said he's seen people have success with Ford on this.
Ford, in their infinite wisdom, designed an internal water pump... INSIDE THE ENGINE.better idea
It always sucks when a cruise comes to an end. Where all did you go? I know about the Canal.St Thomas san juan and Bahamas first cruise. Grand Cayman. Catagenia. Panama canal. Costa rico, Belize. Cozumel 2nd cruise
If I found an interesting 20+ day double I'd sign up again. Looking at Argentina and Iceland/Greenland/Norway.We have also been talking about a rhine-danube river boat cruise. Wife has also mentioned iceland. This one was a combination of friends asking us to join them and 2nd one for the canal. Sitting right now in cozumel but not even getting off the ship. Seen enough of Mexico.
My wife and I are still chatting a bit about the river cruise in Europe.
If the stock market keeps going up I might just sign up.
So, you went through the canal and then back?Ship went through the first set of locks and then we got off and took a smaller boat through the rest of the locks to the pacific and caught a bus to colon where the ship docked after going back through the Atlantic locks
We are renting a place on the beach in Maine for 2 months so cruising will slow down. We plan to drive cross country to visit family and friends along the way and then travel north part of the country back and visit a bunch of national parksSounds amazing.
We are renting a place on the beach in Maine for 2 months so cruising will slow down. We plan to drive cross country to visit family and friends along the way and then travel north part of the country back and visit a bunch of national parksCan you adopt me and then I'll come along this vacation with you? I love Maine in the summer.
This is more of a perpetual annoyance thing than a grumpy old man thing, but....
I can't stand the sound of my voice, the accent in particular. It sounds fine to me via the bone conduction we hear ourselves with, but gratingly irritating via the usual compression waves through which we perceive sound. (If you've ever wondered why you sound different to yourself compared to when you hear yourself played back on a recording, while everybody else says it sounds just like you, that's why.)
I have some kind of disastrous, unholy mesh of hillbilly, hick, southern, he-must-be-partially-deaf-and-probably-learning-disabled accent that just makes me sad. I'd forgive anyone meeting me for the first time for assuming I'm mentally retarded. I manage to forget about it, mostly, and it's never really hurt my self-confidence, but when I'm forced to hear myself, I have a lot of sympathy for friends, family, and coworkers who are afflicted constantly with the sound of my voice.
I'm doing some software tutorial videos for faculty and staff use, and it requires me to listen to myself while checking and editing them. It's hard to believe we don't have standards that prohibit this kind of thing. What kind of workplace that takes itself seriously disseminates videos that make people say "Oh god, here goes that gator-humping, inbred sympathy hire again?"
I just wanna get done with these and then go another several years without having to hear me again.
I am always stunned when I hear my recorded voice. I'm quite aware that I'm no Rhodes Scholar, but I sound like a Kuntry bumpkin, from BFE. I think I'm more intelligent than I sound.Well...
I don't sound like a country bumpkin and don't have a strong accent of any type. Occasionally there's a very light Chicago accent, but growing up out in the suburbs I never picked a strong one up. And as weak as it was 25 years ago when I left, it's softened even since then.That's a Midwest thing, but I don't have it, thankfully.
But I can't stand the tone. I don't know if it's real, but somehow I hear a "nasal" quality to it that I absolutely hate.
Have you ever heard something come out of someone's mouth and it just makes you astounded that someone would say/think that out loud?I used to know a few people who did that stuff for a living.
A woman my wife knows--mind you that I put it that way to alert you that she was neither a friend or even a social acquaintance, because when you hear what she said, you'll know I wouldn't voluntarily associate with such a person--overheard her talking about the issues we have with the Flex. Our plan is to sell it off at this point for a song to one of those "we buy cars" places because it's basically a total loss given the cost of repair and the value of the vehicle.
She said...
Don't you know anyone who could "steal" it and then go crash it somewhere?
Uhh, no. No. Hell no. Such an idea isn't something that would ever enter my head, and if it did, I'd chide myself for even thinking it.
WTF is wrong with people?!?!
I'm gonna guess the lady is blondeNot going to get deeper into the demographic.
She said...
Don't you know anyone who could "steal" it and then go crash it somewhere?
Uhh, no. No. Hell no. Such an idea isn't something that would ever enter my head, and if it did, I'd chide myself for even thinking it.
WTF is wrong with people?!?!
This is more of a perpetual annoyance thing than a grumpy old man thing, but....Same. I bet my accent makes yours sound sophisticated.
I can't stand the sound of my voice, the accent in particular. It sounds fine to me via the bone conduction we hear ourselves with, but gratingly irritating via the usual compression waves through which we perceive sound. (If you've ever wondered why you sound different to yourself compared to when you hear yourself played back on a recording, while everybody else says it sounds just like you, that's why.)
I have some kind of disastrous, unholy mesh of hillbilly, hick, southern, he-must-be-partially-deaf-and-probably-learning-disabled accent that just makes me sad. I'd forgive anyone meeting me for the first time for assuming I'm mentally retarded. I manage to forget about it, mostly, and it's never really hurt my self-confidence, but when I'm forced to hear myself, I have a lot of sympathy for friends, family, and coworkers who are afflicted constantly with the sound of my voice.
I'm doing some software tutorial videos for faculty and staff use, and it requires me to listen to myself while checking and editing them. It's hard to believe we don't have standards that prohibit this kind of thing. What kind of workplace that takes itself seriously disseminates videos that make people say "Oh god, here goes that gator-humping, inbred sympathy hire again?"
I just wanna get done with these and then go another several years without having to hear me again.
I think they were doves. Both were fully grown.You don't know what they look like? Or were you peering thru beer goggles
buncha hayseeds.Prolly shouldn't chime in with "for sure,for sure" when concluding business - that could be problematic
Over the phone or on conference calls, people usually guess that I'm from California. It's offensive. ;)
Cali people say "right" after a making a statement. As in a whole lot.🤮
You don't know what they look like? Or were you peering thru beer gogglesThey looked like doves, but I'm not an ornithologist.
No idea what accent I have, but everyone always guesses somewhere far away. People in Ohio thought I was from Montana, in Vermont they thought I was from the deep south, in the South they think I'm Canadian, and out west they think I'm from Brooklyn NY.I've got a coworker that I was always trying to place his accent... It was British, to be sure, but then it wasn't... It was odd.
So called service dogs.Lots of mofo's down here buy these things. I hate those people (and that's a lot of people).
They looked like doves, but I'm not an ornithologist.I believe doves mate for life.
I think mama bird crashed out, and papa bird flew it back to the nest in hopes of a full recovery. Seeds and feathers everywhere.
my daughter (and her roommates) wanted a cat in their college dorm - so she asked the doctor to give her a note or somethingI know a number of people who have gotten notes so they could have an animal in dorms, rentals, etc. Typical unintended consequence of the ADA
I just shook my head - :96:
I've got a coworker that I was always trying to place his accent... It was British, to be sure, but then it wasn't... It was odd.I think that's it. As a kid I loved in Virginia, Vermont, Missouri, Utah and Ohio. All by age 10.
We were out at a customer dinner one night and he said during his childhood he lived in Britain, Ohio, Texas, and then California.
It immediately made sense. His accent was that of a Limey Newscaster Cowboy Surfer :57:
You don't do a ton of miles, so maybe leasing is the way to go?I generally am anti-lease. The way I understand leasing is:
I previously mentioned the credit card fraud on a card linked to our Amazon account. The bank stated they were doing an investigation (though they immediately refunded the fraudulent purchase) and emailed me that they had a statement about their findings available on their website. Which it wasn't, when I logged in. Weird.can't ya simply close the account and open a new account?
In the meantime, Amazon emailed us to say they were doing an investigation, and also have locked us out of our account, with no date for when it will be accessible again. Can't get into the Amazon or Prime Video app on our phones or computers. Can't see when current orders will get here, can't make any new orders, can't watch anything. The Firestick let us log in, thankfully, not sure why, though I bet we can't rent/buy any movies from Prime (but we haven't tried).
I don't get locking us out of the account when we're not contesting any more fraud. We changed the password when it happened. And I don't get not giving us a timeframe for when we can access the account again.
I might have to remember how I bought stuff in the old days. In the meantime, I'm about to start pro-rating this time off of our annual subscription....see how they like some angry emails about that. I'm about to turn into a Derran (male Karen).
I generally am anti-lease. The way I understand leasing is:I always lease. If you lease from them again they generally do not care if you are over mileage and small minor issues. Never have to pay for a repair and maintenance. Only cost is lease and gas. Easy to budget.
- You "buy" a car--or the rights to a car--for 3 years.
- Your payments over the term will exceed the total purchase price of the car minus the residual. The residual is going to be slightly LOWER than the expected depreciation to remove risk from the dealer.
- If you've done anything the dealer doesn't like (go over miles, any damage they consider enough to charge you for), you're forced to shell out more money or buy it at the cost of the residual. If the latter, you're [most likely] financing it so now you're paying more than the residual over the course of the finance term.
- If you are able to just turn it back in, the dealer now sells it at a profit because the market price is above the residual. Even better if they can CPO it and charge another slight premium.
I figure I'd be smarter to buy new, and if I want something different in 3 years, then just sell it private party for likely more than the residual. I'd be eating the depreciation, but assuming the value of the car is higher than the residual (plus whatever additional I paid over the difference), it's still a better deal.
But as you point out, I think it's even smarter than either to buy used (poss. CPO), and let some other poor schlub cover the depreciation for me.
IMHO the only people who should lease are those who can make it work tax-wise. I.e. they own a small business and the business leases the vehicle, while they drive it daily. The business calls it an expense, so it's paid for out of pre-tax income. Whereas if they paid themselves the money directly and bought or leased a vehicle, they're paying for it with after-tax money--with it being essentially at whatever their marginal (highest) bracket is b/c it's foregone income vs earned income if the business does it.
That's not me.
can't ya simply close the account and open a new account?
Annual physical, with bloodwork. Including whatever your doctor wants.We used to do labs at my corporate job (working in a chemical plant with lots of carcinogens). So about every 3 or so years they would do the entire physical checkup, take blood, etc. Now I've been working a strictly office job for about 5-6 years, I really haven't had much done.
Due to reasons, I ended up not seeing a doctor between before COVID and last year. Thankfully there was nothing bad in my labs. But having gone 5ish years without labs, I'll admit feeling pretty worried what was going to show up...
see a good Doc that you trust - take all the tests that he/she recommends
don't put it off another year or two - good luck!
I live next to a medium size town (30Kish), and we have a lot of Dr's in that town, but I sort of despise a few....ethnicities of Dr's. It's not that I'm entirely racist, I just have such a hard time understanding a lot of them. That being said, it's either that particular ethnicity, or a really old man that has got to be 70+ and you wonder how long he's going to be doing this. I actually saw this particular Dr. years ago for something else, so I do have some history there.
When I worked at Mrs. DeLonghorn's clinic, we had a handful of patients who wouldn't see specialists for that very reason. Fact is, we don't have a ton of Caucasian specialists in our area. Or maybe I should say that many of the ones who are "white" are still foreign. One guy wouldn't see Pain Management because he didn't think the doctor would treat him. One lady wouldn't proceed with a needful heart procedure with a cardiologist because she thought the doctor was a Muslim and would "let her die on the table." (I can't say I know that particular doctor personally, but judging by his name and bio I'm pretty sure he's Hispanic, and probably Catholic, if anything.) This is despite the fact these doctors have good reputations in our area and are specialists that both our providers trusted and routinely used.Maybe I came across wrong, I just prefer a Dr. that speaks "American", and preferably "Texican", no matter what ethnicity or color they are.
These patients were very stupid. And maybe dead now.
These patients were very stupid. And maybe dead now.Charles Darwin did some early work in this field
Maybe I came across wrong, I just prefer a Dr. that speaks "American", and preferably "Texican", no matter what ethnicity or color they are.
I know your wife is in the medical biz, and maybe even a Dr., so I hope you didn't think I was being a dick.
Tow truck just took my Ford Flex away for the buyer. :'(That should be in the happy thread.
That should be in the happy thread.That is actually the rare, attractive Euro SUV. Most of them are small, goofy, ugly, humpy-looking little things.
Did you buy this yet?
(https://i.imgur.com/LdNBPZv.png)
And uglyNah they're cool.
And $195K.Ha! YOU'RE the one that posted it to begin with! :)
That's an @Honestbuckeye (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=37) vehicle right there.
:)
Ha! YOU'RE the one that posted it to begin with! :)I posted it to help B.R.A.D. with sound advice.
That's the coupe version of the GLE, and yes, it's ugly. I like the regular ones.
Thinking about picking up a 2022 for the wife. Driving her Equinox is not like driving my Benz, and I drive hers too much.
(https://i.imgur.com/1brhJWL.png)
The Lexus upgrade looks pretty much the same.Yeah the Tahoe/Yukon/Escalades look pretty good again. There was a period where they were getting too "bubbly" and "humpy" but they're back to being more squared off and I like that.
You must like the Escalades.
Yup, I'll just drive my pickupI'd take an SUV over a pickup for towing, in a heartbeat, if any of them could manage the task.
That should be in the happy thread.Well it might be happy if it weren't forced on me by circumstances... I really hoped to get at least another year and a half out of it, as 2 of 3 kids will be out of HS at that point and the youngest will then only be a year out from driving herself.
Did you buy this yet?
That is actually the rare, attractive Euro SUV. Most of them are small, goofy, ugly, humpy-looking little things.Manly?
G-wagons are manly.
I posted it to help B.R.A.D. with sound advice.Sound advice? Spending that amount of money on a G-wagon when I'm still trying to get myself ready to buy a house is sound advice?
Manly?Honestly I never see anyone driving them here, male or female. Couldn't tell you the last time I saw a G-Wagon in the wild in Central Texas.
Then why is it that the only people I ever see driving them are rich pretentious white ladies?
Interesting. The Raptor here is a very male-dominated demo as far as I can tell.I was sort of kidding. Although I do know one lady who drives a Raptor.
Starting to see more Cybertrucks. Makes me grumpy.There's a part of me that thought that after I saw lots and lots and LOTS (this is OC after all) of Cybertrucks, I would get used to them.
Starting to see more Cybertrucks. Makes me grumpy.I'm actually seeing fewer and fewer of them.
I think that California has progressed in the EV adoption curve such that it's not a "virtue signaling" measure nor a marker of someone that leans left.Yeah Texas clearly isn't California. Around here, the demand has dropped through the floor for Tesla vehicles.
They're just cars with an alternative powertrain, not a political statement. While this might be a left-leaning state, this is also Orange County, a red[dish] outlier county. And yet you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Tesla 'round here.
That said, I do see a TON of Tesla cars with various anti-Elon stickers or other stuff on them. So buying the car but trying to separate yourself from the stigma is definitely a thing.
I'm actually seeing fewer and fewer of them.I've only seen a few, but that's still too many. Maybe all the red folks around here who want an EV are buying cheap from those goofballs in Austin.
All of the left-leaning EV folks that bought them either out of a true concern for the environment, or for reasons of virtue-signaling (and there are definitely some of both kind around here), have now turned agaist Elon and are ditching all of their Teslas, Cybertruck included.
I've only seen a few, but that's still too many. Maybe all the red folks around here who want an EV are buying cheap from those goofballs in Austin.That makes both sets of folks goofy.
Honestly I never see anyone driving them here, male or female. Couldn't tell you the last time I saw a G-Wagon in the wild in Central Texas.
In the movies it's always Russian gangsters that drive them, so maybe we're lacking in that particular criminal element?
Oh, they're definitely there, all over the place.Lebanese mafia is what rules Austin.
One more reason nobody should move there.
I have no idea who Vanessa Bryant is, and that's okay by me.Kobe Bryant's widow.
There's definitely not the same concentration of wealth in CenTex as there is in Orange County, maybe that's why I don't really ever see these in the wild.And so of course today, I see a black Mercedes G-Wagon rolling down the street less than a mile from my house.
I think she was flipping you the bird(https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyNXk0YW9sNGNmOXJ5M3g3OWQzaGJ1bXZxdTJvODVrNHhnbjEycGx3biZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/T5rWgDN7rE9CBkU8zw/200w.gif)
Yeah Texas clearly isn't California. Around here, the demand has dropped through the floor for Tesla vehicles.They also got caught by the market a bit. More options. Some people say they’re not that well-made.
Had the kids from Thursday afternoon until this morning. Drove my daughter around in the Jeep, with the top on, which never happens. The Flex has been gone from the front of the house since Friday morning.Here's a Toyota 4Runner Hybrid TRD Offroad Premium in Claremont for you, for only $57K. Go get it!
Do you think any of them noticed or asked where it was?
Nope. Completely oblivious.
toyota???bwar listed it several pages back as a car he might be interested in.
Here's a Toyota 4Runner Hybrid TRD Offroad Premium in Claremont for you, for only $57K. Go get it!Jesus, $57K for used?!
sure, but from you?
But alas, I don't want a black car... I don't wash my vehicles often enough and black shows EVERYTHING. Looks great when clean, terrible when dirty.
I don't drive black vehicles either
I've driven those. My BiL had one. Very nice.Wow, nice. I ain't so lucky.
Had the kids from Thursday afternoon until this morning. Drove my daughter around in the Jeep, with the top on, which never happens. The Flex has been gone from the front of the house since Friday morning.We had a dog one time. Very energetic, he discovered he could simply jump our ~5 ft wood fence. Just jump right over the damn thing. He kept getting out, and we really didn't have any good way to stop him.
Do you think any of them noticed or asked where it was?
Nope. Completely oblivious.
We had a dog one time. Very energetic, he discovered he could simply jump our ~5 ft wood fence. Just jump right over the damn thing. He kept getting out, and we really didn't have any good way to stop him.old man obviously had a taller fence
For those of you worried about Tuff, we actually found out he had been adopted by an old man around town and we seen him riding around in his truck for several years. Obviously the old man gave the dog a better owner than we did so it all ended well.
I just figured out the reason why I can't find my files is because now it's under a "shared" tab and not a "files" tab.I dislike looking for stuff there.
Hmph.
Teams has some good stuff, but yeah agree 100% there's a WHOLE bunch of it that's confusing. Especially if you're in an org (like ours) where we use Outlook, and we use Teams, and we use OneDrive, and we use Sharepoint (which I think is sorta tied to OneDrive and sorta not??).Bingo.
For example, just this morning I copied a file from OneDrive to a specific Team so that everyone on that team can access/modify it. At this point I don't know if it's now two separated files, or if in Teams, they're linked any edits anyone makes to the file in Teams will also affect my copy in OneDrive.
I had a file on Sharepoint that I was editing and then someone else moved it while I was editing. I started freaking out b/c I was concerned that all the edits I made were lost, because the file just disappeared from that folder in Sharepoint. But then once I found WHERE the file was moved to, all my edits were there. I mean, I'm glad that my edits weren't lost... But it doesn't always make it easy to know where to find the damn file!
hah, sounds like some of the crap my brother puts up with at the University of Texas system
I'm sure it's ALL university systems
Her: Yelling at me?
Me: F off and then hang up.
She told me she was writing everything down, and due to some federally protected information she included in her review being routed to the wrong department, I'd be getting a written email from her, and she was going copy "the very highest levels of authority."this might make her grumpy.........................
Welp, she did send the email, and she did copy the university president, the provost, the dean of her college, the head of HR, my boss, and two representatives from some state faculty representation outfits I'm not familiar with.
I figured no matter how ridiculous her claims are and despite her refusal to accept any help to correct the situation, this would be taken seriously because of her claim that her ADA privacy rights were violated. And it appears that it's indeed being taken seriously.
stay awake in classEasier said than done
I spent 17 minutes yesterday afternoon getting reamed on the phone by a faculty member who did her review process wrong and needs to re-do it.So caring about a karen,tsk.tsk,tsk. Should have just said in your best Carribean dialect "you fuck up too Jobu have a good evening toots"
My boss' boss contacted me shortly before I left work and asked me to write up a narrative of my recollection of the phone call. So I got to spend a while last night doing that after supper, instead of relaxing and decompressing. I was never worried about it, and I've already been informed by both my boss and his boss this morning that I did everything correctly and not to worry about anything. There's a lot of issues at play here I can't comment on.
Grumpy.
Said it happens to all of us eventually, and from time to time, you just have to get used to the idea that every now and then that happens, and that if you're not at fault and they don't want your help, you have to learn to tell them to f*** off.Ya - what that guy said,good to know there's more of us smooth talkers out there
Ya - what that guy said,good to know there's more of us smooth talkers out thereSometimes you just need a little smooth talk to make someone go **** themselves and yet make them feel like it was their own idea.
I spent 17 minutes yesterday afternoon getting reamed on the phone by a faculty member who did her review process wrong and needs to re-do it. Even my long-winded arse doesn't have the willpower to recount that conversation at this point. Though I will say my favorite part of it was where she asked me what I meant by saying I'd recommend a department chair do something.....she said no, I need to demand he do it. I tried to explain to her that I can't demand he do anything....he doesn't work for me. But she was more interested in ranting and threatening me than solving the problem.“Ma’am. If it makes you feel better to yell at me, you’re doing that. But you didn’t follow the process as instructed and as such, you have to do it the proper way for reasons I can’t control. That’s the same for everyone else. If you need to talk to someone else about alternative arrangements, you can do that, but it will likely get us to the same outcome. Thank you, bye now.”
She told me she was writing everything down, and due to some federally protected information she included in her review being routed to the wrong department, I'd be getting a written email from her, and she was going copy "the very highest levels of authority."
Welp, she did send the email, and she did copy the university president, the provost, the dean of her college, the head of HR, my boss, and two representatives from some state faculty representation outfits I'm not familiar with. My boss Replied All pretty quickly with receipts, showing where she'd failed to read the instructions we provide and do what they tell her to make sure and do so that everything goes smoothly. More email exchanges ensued between the two of them with everyone in the chain still copied, but I stayed out of it. 17 minutes on the phone with her was enough.
My boss' boss contacted me shortly before I left work and asked me to write up a narrative of my recollection of the phone call. So I got to spend a while last night doing that after supper, instead of relaxing and decompressing.
I was never worried about it, and I've already been informed by both my boss and his boss this morning that I did everything correctly and not to worry about anything. There's a lot of issues at play here I can't comment on. My only remaining irritation about the whole thing is that the president, provost, and that particular dean don't know me, and this is the context in which they first see my name. Where I'm being accused of negligence and mishandling sensitive data.
I figured no matter how ridiculous her claims are and despite her refusal to accept any help to correct the situation, this would be taken seriously because of her claim that her ADA privacy rights were violated. And it appears that it's indeed being taken seriously.
Though I was never worried about it, that doesn't mean I wasn't livid. This happened to me several times when I worked at a medical clinic and patients' children would call and act like assholes about the type of care they thought their parents were getting when they didn't know what the hell they were talking about. My blood boils in those types of conversations. I hate it when people don't know what they're talking about, trying to blame me for their stupidity, and I can't really say any of the things I'd like to say to them.
Grumpy.
“Ma’am. If it makes you feel better to yell at me, you’re doing that. But you didn’t follow the process as instructed and as such, you have to do it the proper way for reasons I can’t control. That’s the same for everyone else. If you need to talk to someone else about alternative arrangements, you can do that, but it will likely get us to the same outcome. Thank you, bye now.”
I’m guessing you can’t talk about it, but I would be fascinated to know the tortured ADA logic there. Like, what disability prevents me from filling out, annoying forms for a second time.
I watched a pretty lengthy “moon denier” podcast a few weeks ago. Bart something or other , and Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke ( Apollo 15).
Aside from Charlie being 90+ years old and perhaps a bit senile on his answers the Bart person had a very poor case. A couple of seconds of video or film where something didn’t quite make sense and a supposed lag in the communications that didn’t exist.
Bart Sibrel.Quite frankly the guy looks like a pathetic loser and his "evidence" is just so thin. For example, one of his major pieces of evidence is that on some random transmissions (labeled "Not for Public Broadcast") NASA asks a question and the astronauts respond almost immediately. But if you listen to the clip, it actually seems like they were asking a question, or a series of questions, and the astronauts simply were answering much faster than anticipated so it seems like there was no delay. Also, they were not actually at the moon, they were only halfway, and there is only like a 1-1.5 second delay 1/2 way to the moon.
His documentary “Something happened on the way to the Moon” is fairly well known.
Decided to try a new barber shop for a haircut today on my day off. Made an appt for 11:30. It's 11:53 and I'm still not in the chair...one and DONE!
Quite frankly the guy looks like a pathetic loser and his "evidence" is just so thin. For example, one of his major pieces of evidence is that on some random transmissions (labeled "Not for Public Broadcast") NASA asks a question and the astronauts respond almost immediately. But if you listen to the clip, it actually seems like they were asking a question, or a series of questions, and the astronauts simply were answering much faster than anticipated so it seems like there was no delay. Also, they were not actually at the moon, they were only halfway, and there is only like a 1-1.5 second delay 1/2 way to the moon.
The other "major" piece of evidence is some random shot of the earth from inside the Apollo CSM that he claims shows that they placed a screen in front of the window to make the earth look small or something. I don't really know. To be truthful, you can't really tell exactly what's going on.
I've come to realize that no amount of "evidence" would ever convince any of them of anything. They'll always have some kind of excuse why it's fake. So I therefore think either they pretty much don't believe their own bullshit, but they have monetized this whole fake moon deal, or they're just simply nuts and that's all there is to it.
I'm familiar with all Sibrel's points. I watched the doc a few different times over the years. He makes some good points, IMO, but I'm no astrophysicist, so there's that.Well, one of Bart's big "gotcha's" is some rando NASA guy telling him they couldn't build the Saturn rockets anymore, they destroyed the technology or something.
As with many things I don't truly "know", I a very comfortable saying "I don't know" --- as opposed to have a very strong opinion one way or the other. I was more confident in my youth, and it turns out I called people idiots often when we disagreed, only to find out later that I was the over confident, ill informed jackass.
Why anyone buys the government narrative hook, line, and sinker on anything is laughable to me. They lie about everything else, why not the moon landing? I'm not saying they are, but I'm also never giving them the benefit of the doubt....on anything.
As far as the moon landings were faked.....I don't know. We probably did, I suppose.
The most compelling case for faked moon landing comes from NASA themselves in some of their very questionable statements. We lost the telemetry data, we recorded over the moon landing tapes, we can't get past the Van Allen radiation belt, etc.
Well, one of Bart's big "gotcha's" is some rando NASA guy telling him they couldn't build the Saturn rockets anymore, they destroyed the technology or something.
Well, first of all, just taking some random NASA's guy off the cuff comments about "not being able to build the rockets" is just a load of BS. Yeah, we can't build a 1966 Mustang anymore either, because we "destroyed" the technology. Nothing was destroyed, at least not right away. There are in fact two fully built Saturn V rockets, intact, at Houston JSC and in Florida. So that item alone is bunk. Secondly, you can't just store entire product lines indefinitely that take up gargantuan amounts of space. Some of the stuff was stored for years and years, but when they started building the space shuttle, they needed the space. So yes, some of it did get scrapped. You know what didn't get scrapped? The crawler transport that carried (and still carries) the rockets to and from the launchpad, the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the engine test stands still in use, the vacuum chambers still in use, the launchpads themselves, and decades of technology that was derived from Apollo Saturn.
I'm with you on trusting the government blindly, but can we all at least agree that we did in fact launch multiple very large rockets, that we did in fact build multiple LM landers, and millions of people all around the world watched these rockets launch and hundreds and perhaps thousands of people actually tracked these things in orbit and in transit to the moon via amateur radio and other methods?
Let's start here: (on "rando NASA guy" that says on video, we destroyed the technology)Donald Roy Pettit....Fake. He doesn't exist, never did. Fake. So anything he "says or said"...obviously also fake.
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As far as "losing the telemetry data" and the video tapes, that was an unfortunate happening but it's in fact way overblown.
Remember, they didn't have hard drives of multiple MB and GB just sitting on the shelf. They had tapes and reel to reel.
The only video tapes that were lost weren't actually lost, they reused the same tapes over and over, this was before the era of VHS and other related formats. The tapes got obsolete, the players got obsolete, and nobody really ever thought about saving them. We have the video, that's not lost, the only thing "lost" is the exact tapes they used to record the transmission. I don't really remember all the specifics, but the cameras used on the lander were not 100% compatible with what we had on the ground, so they had to do some conversion that ended up with less fidelity than what they actually saw in mission control.
Also, recall that they had film cameras and film motion cameras onboard the LM, of which we do still have the actual film, which has always been "High Fidelity" even beyond what we would consider HD with 1080 or even 4K. Old fashioned film is more like 20x the fidelity of 1080 or 4K.
Donald Roy Pettit....Fake. He doesn't exist, never did. Fake. So anything he "says or said"...obviously also fake.
Let's debunk some other gov't lies:
Did we really win WWII? I don't know anybody who died in the War, it was just a big scam to build bombs and get us out of the depression. It was all a gov't fake.
Did we really develop nuclear weapons? If so, where is the proof? If we did nuke Nagasaki and Hiroshima, why do people live there today? What about the fall out? Why didn't we just drop nukes on Kora/Vietnam/Iraq to win those wars?
Are birds real? I don't thinks so. Birds are definitely a gov't lie. There is no way something can fly.
Astronauts/ISS? Fake.
Satellites? Fake.
Probes to Mars? Fake.
Nuclear powered submarine that surfaces under the north pole, breaking through the polar ice? Fake.
You gonna let'em know?Are you dense or something? You'd really take NASA's word about somebody who never existed? :67:
https://www.nasa.gov/people/donald-r-pettit/
Are you dense or something? You'd really take NASA's word about somebody who never existed? :67:
The inevitable moon landing guy crash out. Didn't take long.I do, after wiping all the shit off my boat the other day.
I said, "I don't know, probably we did, I suppose."
Now I don't believe birds are real. :57:
Yeah, just the original moon landing films....let's record "I Dream of Jeannie" over it. F it.We have 100% of the films. They are in glorious 1960's High Fidelity.
LOL. I am damn sure glad we didn't write over the Declaration of Independence, and someone in 1776, thought "Hey, me might want to preserve this historical document!"
We have 100% of the films. They are in glorious 1960's High Fidelity.
I do, after wiping all the shit off my boat the other day.That's not bird shit. That's coagulated chemtrail residue that falls from the sky.
That's not bird shit. That's coagulated chemtrail residue that falls from the sky.
Have you heard the one about the fake snow not melting in the south?Must have missed that one as I've only lived in the South for 2 years of my life... And that was Marietta GA, so I'm guessing a lot of Southerners don't count those 2 years :57:
That's not bird shit. That's coagulated chemtrail residue that falls from the sky.Impossible, Florida illegalized chemtrails over a year ago!
Grumping about fake moon landings is EXACTLY the kind of topic this thread was designed for.they are better men than I.(But, ya'll already knew that)
Bravo, Gentlemen!
I also wonder if we faked Apollo 13. That would seem ... odd.
A neighbor woman that I regularly see when I'm walking the dog was wearing a "Tetris" themed t-shirt today.
Why does that not go into the happy thread for a nerd like me?
Because the brick featured in the center of it was not actually a real Tetris brick. It was comprised of 5 blocks, not 4.
Grumpy.
Meanwhile, nothing seems more natural than holding onto the interests that I've developed since 12 years old: spectating pro/college sports, running, reading, travels and keeping a corresponding travel journal, and keeping up with the news. It's more than enough to occupy me from here on out.
Speaking of expiration dates, got word a fraternity brother died of cancer at 57 a couple of weeks ago, and another announced he has prostate cancer that has spread to his bones at 53 last night.
Solidifies my plan to get bucket-list stuff done before losing my mind and having to retire, which also means never retiring.
Live for Today
It just seems very circular and silly to me when someone values the statements of one astronaut casting doubt on the moon landings, and cites that man's astronaut credentials as validation, while ignoring the 12 astronauts who actually went to the moon and have repeatedly affirmed that it really happened, and denying their astronaut credentials as validation.That's not what he (Pettit) said. What he said was "we destroyed the technology" or something similar. No shit sherlock, we also destroyed the technology to make a 1966 Mustang.
That's not what he (Pettit) said. What he said was "we destroyed the technology" or something similar. No shit sherlock, we also destroyed the technology to make a 1966 Mustang.I'm not talking about what Pettit said, I'm talking about how some people have chosen to interpret it, in support of the idea of fake lunar landings.
What he meant was we shut down the production lines, closed the facilities, and let the tooling get scrapped or rust away. You work for a computer manufacturer, can we produce the exact same computer from 1999 today?
I'm not talking about what Pettit said, I'm talking about how some people have chosen to interpret it, in support of the idea of fake lunar landings.Well, don't forget that Don Pettit is fake too. He doesn't exist. :)
Historians and space enthusiasts have since debated whether Stafford and Cernan could have bucked NASA protocol and flown the final 15.6 kilometers to land on the Moon. Cernan later said that the ascent module was under-fueled to discourage the crew; NASA was also still optimizing the lunar module engines and testing the computer-assisted landing system back on Earth. In any case, the crew was not carrying equipment for a moonwalk.I don't believe any of this because it is secondhand. I wasn't there experiencing it directly and therefore it is false and fake.
The got within 16 km of the surface before ejecting the landing module and returning to orbit.
Yeah, goes back to MDT's question about what we can really know.
Yeah, well, one thing you definitely can't know for sure is my location, and that's because I'm going precisely 40 mph.Heisenberg gets pulled over by a policeman for speeding.
some of you will get that and it still won't be very funny
Heisenberg gets pulled over by a policeman for speeding.
Cop: "Sir, do you know how fast you were going?"
Heisenberg: "No, but I know where I am!"
https://youtu.be/HRphxu3Ru9MWASHINGTON —
Russia on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy.Ukraine be like W.T.F!?!?
By logical extension, would he say that a 2WD vehicle does NOT need its tires rotated?He's an interesting guy. Non-golfers won't get this, but he just wouldn't agree with me when he said that with driver you want to hit the ball with topspin, and I said "uhhh... No. Just... No."
Also, if the front wheels are pulling and the back wheels are pushing, wouldn't the vehicle....I dunno.....just, kinda, break apart in the middle?
When my MIL and sFIL were in town, we were talking about the car. He asked, "Is it AWD?" I said yes.👏😂😂
He said: "Well then you'd better be really diligent about tire rotation... Because the front wheels are pulling, while the back wheels are pushing."
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Posting here b/c I've learned long ago that sometimes explaining why someone is wrong is not worth it.
(Note: tire rotation is still important... But that's not why.)
When my MIL and sFIL were in town, we were talking about the car. He asked, "Is it AWD?" I said yes.OK, that's a wrap on all Twitter, Fb and CFB51 comments!
He said: "Well then you'd better be really diligent about tire rotation... Because the front wheels are pulling, while the back wheels are pushing."
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Posting here b/c I've learned long ago that sometimes explaining why someone is wrong is not worth it.
(Note: tire rotation is still important... But that's not why.)
I'm grumpy because gas prices jumped cornsiderably.
I fill up once a day
He's like AI. Very confident. Even when he's completely FoS...Be a good corporate head,well a cororate head anyway
hah, since it's a rainy day, won't be driving the vette for a couple dazeYou sure? Could be fun!
I must say that for as much as my Millennial Generation likes to rip on our parent's Boomer Generation, all credit to Boomer men for having mature interests: golfing, wineries, classic rock, country clubs, breweries, yacht clubs, motorbikes, traveling Europe, tailgating, rifles…
Now take the accepted interests of my generation. The guy in the picture below is roughly my age – a millennial who is a few years older than myself. Lately he’s been crashing out about himself on his YouTube channel, and without labeling it so, hitting a mid-life crisis. His wife hasn’t left him, but she flies off to so many yoga retreats in the Tampa area that everybody wonders the obvious: whether it’s all a cover for her finding a new man.
So how is this guy coping with his mid-life crisis? Buying a sports car? Carrying on an affair with a waitress at a country club? Signing up for a Blue Origin flight? Surfing?
He’s dropping thousands of dollars on Pokemon and Magic the Gathering cards, hoping to find rare cards while he films himself unboxing the latest decks of cards he’s bought:
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About three years ago, I "inherited" my wife's iPad. I had an old one, this one was better, slimmer, etc. She had dropped it and cracked the screen, repair was $$$, she bought a new one, I used the cracked one, worked fine, until yesterday when it stopped charging. So, any advice for a new one? They seem pretty cheap these days.With iTunes, you probably don't have to do very much to regenerate your apps... As long as everything is synced with your iCloud account, it should reload them when you log into the account on the replacement iPad. That said, I'm an Android guy and I haven't replaced my phone in a LONG time (it's a Pixel 5), so YMMV. But when my wife has replaced her iPhone, it was a pretty seamless process re: apps.
I don't look forward to regenerating my old apps, but whatever. My primary use is reading books on Libby and occasional surfing.
Is that the douche' that runs "The Quartering"?
Yeah, the younger generations would rather sit on their couch interacting with others only through their phones while munching on their THC gummies if they want to alter their state.With the legalization of pot, I have found that THC has become the drug of choice for people my age or older to alter their state. I think they are reliving their youth when it was illegal.
Bar culture is dead as well.DWI and DUI Enforcement has killed off a lot of bar scene stuff. Not to say that I condone drinking and driving, but if you go out and have 3,4,5 drinks, you're usually either over the limit, or close to it. What we got away with back in the 90's and earlier will land you in jail or worse with heavy fines and probation.
Neither of my young sons are potheads (they despise the stuff because of what it has done to their generation and friend groups).
My 25 year old tries to do the bar scene, and it's just not there. When he does go, it's mostly Gen-X'ers such as myself --- probably the majority divorcees.
Depressing........
My 25 year old tries to do the bar scene, and it's just not there. When he does go, it's mostly Gen-X'ers such as myself --- probably the majority divorcees.Ahh, so he's cougar hunting? :57:
Depressing........
DWI and DUI Enforcement has killed off a lot of bar scene stuff. Not to say that I condone drinking and driving, but if you go out and have 3,4,5 drinks, you're usually either over the limit, or close to it. What we got away with back in the 90's and earlier will land you in jail or worse with heavy fines and probation.
No excuse not to use Uber these days.Yeah Uber has really helped us out.
I wish I’d had that option as a young, stupid man.
Me and the wife use it now if we step out and anticipate imbibing carefree.
Yeah Uber has really helped us out.
After I finally grew up enough to start going out responsibly, it always meant forcing someone do be a DD. Or worse yet, limiting my own intake! ;)
But now Uber has completely changed it all. Pretty much any time we go downtown, we're splitting with another couple. That makes a $100 roudntrip only $50/couple which isn't really THAT much more than parking these days.
Walking and biking (bicycle, not motorized) are good options for where we live.Remember, you can still get a DUI on a bicycle.
I was in Costco and the wine lady stopped by to "help", which she did, she showed me a grower Champagne she said she got on a great deal, $50, and a Napa red I had not seen before for $99 she said was killer. I'm a sucker, I think there is a sign on my forehead. I had mentioned I thought Caymus was over priced, so she showed me the other one I had not seen before.Is that for a case, I mean, one goes there for bulk deals.
Costco is lethal.
I was in Costco and the wine lady stopped by to "help", which she did, she showed me a grower Champagne she said she got on a great deal, $50, and a Napa red I had not seen before for $99 she said was killer. I'm a sucker, I think there is a sign on my forehead. I had mentioned I thought Caymus was over priced, so she showed me the other one I had not seen before.Did you get an iPad too? :57:
Costco is lethal.
Remember, you can still get a DUI on a bicycle.True, but the realistic standard for getting stopped is much higher than the one for getting stopped in a car. People "swerving" on a bike are pretty much routine, so you've really got to be doing something wild to get attention from a police officer. And we have a protected bike lane most of the way from our house to our downtown, and the police really don't care about bicycles in a protected bike lane. You could probably have a jousting contest in there and they would look the other way.
Remember, you can still get a DUI on a bicycle.Depends on where you hang your hat. Gotta have a motor where I do, unless there's some dumb city ordinance enacted like the city of Wichita has, but then it doesn't have the same punitive effect on your actual driving privileges.
Today would have been my son's 40th birthday.
Today would have been my son's 40th birthday.
God bless your son, and Happy Birthday.Amen. God bless your son, and you and your family. Happy Heavenly birthday to him.
Bar culture is dead as well.
Agree, for reasons already stated – rising prices, disinterest among the young – and it’s really starting to show.Oh man. There is a dive bar by the kids' Taekwondo that I would go to every once in a while to kill time. Every single time was interesting in the "what the hell, people" department.
I have only been a bar regular once, and it ended two months ago when the sports bar I frequented for six years shuttered for good after they could no longer afford the downtown lease hikes. It was fun while it lasted, but I don’t plan on being a regular again. Bars are time and money lost, at least as often as I was going there. Worse, the fellow regulars were net nulls.
Are barflies fun? Have they good stories to share? Do barflies pick great music from the jukebox? Can they talk sports? Yes, on all counts. But are they anything more than that?
In large part the social life of a barfly is strictly limited to their bar. And they don’t have social ambition to better themselves within the usual social realms they lack (church, extended family) nor can afford (country clubs, travel). A barfly’s lack of aspiration is a symptom of having little to no vision for their lives. And with a lack of vision beyond the bar, barflies have limited capacity to enact bigger, longer terms plans for themselves, such as eventually buying a house, moving across the country, pursuing college, shifting into a new career, or losing thirty pounds at the gym. They are frozen on their barstools, literally and figuratively.
Barflies are as friend-worthy as anybody else, but aren’t much more than what you see of them running up a tab while watching the NFL. They are single-connection friends, dependable for only sharing drinks with – not much else; no golfing together, or running a 5k, or joining your fantasy football league. Losing my barfly circle after my corner bar closed has turned out to be not much of a loss.
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probably more likely to get one for riding a horse on the public street in Western KansasIt's not like the horse has had anything to drink.
Oh man. There is a dive bar by the kids' Taekwondo that I would go to every once in a while to kill time. Every single time was interesting in the "what the hell, people" department.
Barflies offer three primary topics for discussion/gossip:Yeah, but they have cool tattoos.
-Soap Opera Drama in their private lives - affairs, child support, evictions - caused in large part by their own mistakes
-Complaints re: their financial problems caused in large part by their own poor money decisions, all while ignoring how high they're running their open tabs
-Sports to include sports betting on Draft Kings & FanDuel, which is a worse waste of money than running up their tabs
Barflies generally make for empty calorie friends.
Ed Zachery - 20% of the world's oil supply - I'm sure the rest of the world is pumping overtime to capitalize on the high pricesAnd almost none of it is our supply.
yup, the Texans get richerIt's so weird in my neck of the woods, these people actually are happy when the price of crude jumps. The county has been the #1 oil producer in the State for the past ~60 years.
SMU, T Tech, & Houston benefit, especially in football
where's T-Boone when ya need him?
It's so weird in my neck of the woods, these people actually are happy when the price of crude jumps. The county has been the #1 oil producer in the State for the past ~60 years.One of my good friends has oil wells on family property down in South Texas. They won't even bother to pump when oil is less than $75. But then they start pumping, he's literally making millions. I expect he's about to buy another house somewhere in Europe or something.
I guess if you have interest in a well pumping a few hundred barrels a week, it's worth the $.90/gallon jump to put in your Escalade.
One of my good friends has oil wells on family property down in South Texas. They won't even bother to pump when oil is less than $75. But then they start pumping, he's literally making millions. I expect he's about to buy another house somewhere in Europe or something.
Great work if you can get it.
Does he operate his own wells? If so, he already had $$$ before the oil money. If he doesn't, the decision likely isn't his, and also, I probably leased him at some point. Well, maybe not, but I did more than my fair share in south Texas.
Most people lease their land to production companies, and sometimes the force majeure clauses are tricky to navigate. Most modern leases stipulate that the contract is voided if wells are capped for X number of days. otoh, what you mentioned happens a lot. Many--if not most--producers aren't interested in continuing production if the price of oil drops too low. There does come a point where it's more expensive to bring it to market than what they can sell it for, so they'd rather just let it sit and sell the inventory at a higher price later. It often results in some unfortunate situations where landowners are locked into leases that aren't helping them and keeping their property off the market for another producer more willing to do something with it, because the lessee waits almost until that X number of days goes by, starts up the well, cranks out a barrell (or the bare minimum cubic feet, if it's a natural gas well), shuts down the well again, and keeps the lease in force for another X number of days.
Land owners get real bent out of shape about that.
I assume someone else operates it, it's family land and they've been pumping for decades upon decades. It's also an operating ranch and we used to go down there and camp and shoot and stuff.
As for the lease, I have no idea how it operates, but he makes between hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars every time they decide to start pumping, so he's fine with whatever deal he's got.
He's actually a Methodist minister, he was my youth pastor way back in the day. He's fine with or without the money, but he certainly doesn't mind it when they decide to give him millions of dollars.
couple guys bailed on my golf outing this afternoon in Des MoinesThe crosses we bear.....weren't you supposed to be working though???
I doubt you could find another cool dude like yourself ...you are right again as per usual
The crosses we bear.....weren't you supposed to be working though???Dude, I worked from 8am to 12:30pm
Ugh. Will be at the office a little later than planned today, so I figured I'd go down to the cafeteria to buy a crappy overpriced lunch. But their stupid tablet-based ordering system is terrible. You can't order fries. You can order a burger and make it a combo (fries+drink) but you can't even order a burger and then add fries (no drink). And they want to charge me $1.25 just to put cheese on a $13.25 smash burger, plus another $4.50 to make it a combo--that I don't want. I don't need soda. I miss the days when you could actually order from a human. In those days, you could even order garlic fries--if not officially on the menu, they could add it for a small upcharge. Now you only get to order what's on the tablet.I'm sure it won't be around much longer, but right now we still have a full cafe' with 4 different stations (Pizza, grill, salad/wrap/sandwich counter, and "special of the day") where you can not only get your food ordered and handed to you directly from a human, but at the grill they can short-order pretty much anything you can think of, and they carry a pretty wide variety of ingredients. OAM would be delighted to know that you can even order an egg sandwich at 1 PM if you like.
So... Eff it. Walked away without completing the order.
Guess I'm not eating anything until dinner today.
Ugh. Will be at the office a little later than planned today, so I figured I'd go down to the cafeteria to buy a crappy overpriced lunch. But their stupid tablet-based ordering system is terrible. You can't order fries. You can order a burger and make it a combo (fries+drink) but you can't even order a burger and then add fries (no drink). And they want to charge me $1.25 just to put cheese on a $13.25 smash burger, plus another $4.50 to make it a combo--that I don't want. I don't need soda. I miss the days when you could actually order from a human. In those days, you could even order garlic fries--if not officially on the menu, they could add it for a small upcharge. Now you only get to order what's on the tablet.I've walked out of a couple different places because of this
So... Eff it. Walked away without completing the order.
Guess I'm not eating anything until dinner today.
Surgery got aborted due to an emergency with the guy before me.Sorry, brother... That sucks.
All hooked up to IV, EKG crap and all the machines.
All for nothing.
Today's a tough one for my family. We had to put down our dog Lucy, she's a black lab mix who was a rescue dog that we adopted as a puppy 9 years ago. The kids have basically grown up with her and it's especially tough on them.Sorry to hear that... I fear the day we have to face that... My wife will be wrecked.
She presented last week with some alarming symptoms, she couldn't keep any food down, was clearly in discomfort, and then we saw that her eyes were getting yellow-tinged with jaundice so we suspected liver issues. We took her to the vet after a couple of days, and although they were unable to come up with a specific diagnosis, the imaging showed that it was potentially cancer around her liver and/or gall bladder. She descended pretty rapidly over the past couple of days and we made the decision last night to take her in to be put to sleep this morning.
Sucky day, but we're all just trying to focus on the nine years of happy memories. She was a good dog and she loved the kids, and they loved her.
Today's a tough one for my family. We had to put down our dog Lucy, she's a black lab mix who was a rescue dog that we adopted as a puppy 9 years ago. The kids have basically grown up with her and it's especially tough on them.
She presented last week with some alarming symptoms, she couldn't keep any food down, was clearly in discomfort, and then we saw that her eyes were getting yellow-tinged with jaundice so we suspected liver issues. We took her to the vet after a couple of days, and although they were unable to come up with a specific diagnosis, the imaging showed that it was potentially cancer around her liver and/or gall bladder. She descended pretty rapidly over the past couple of days and we made the decision last night to take her in to be put to sleep this morning.
Sucky day, but we're all just trying to focus on the nine years of happy memories. She was a good dog and she loved the kids, and they loved her.
Today's a tough one for my family. We had to put down our dog Lucy, she's a black lab mix who was a rescue dog that we adopted as a puppy 9 years ago. The kids have basically grown up with her and it's especially tough on them.
She presented last week with some alarming symptoms, she couldn't keep any food down, was clearly in discomfort, and then we saw that her eyes were getting yellow-tinged with jaundice so we suspected liver issues. We took her to the vet after a couple of days, and although they were unable to come up with a specific diagnosis, the imaging showed that it was potentially cancer around her liver and/or gall bladder. She descended pretty rapidly over the past couple of days and we made the decision last night to take her in to be put to sleep this morning.
Sucky day, but we're all just trying to focus on the nine years of happy memories. She was a good dog and she loved the kids, and they loved her.
Surgery got aborted due to an emergency with the guy before me.
All hooked up to IV, EKG crap and all the machines.
All for nothing.
You may have seen this from me before, but the loss of a dog is the loss of a family member. Weirdly (but that fits me) I always think about the end of Watership Down when I hear of a friend losing a dog. If you don't remember, Hazel is the hero who guides his rabbit friends through their adventures to establish their new home. Hazel had reached a very old age and this is how it ends:That's a beautuiful passage, thanks. I've read and really enjoyed Watership Down but it was years ago and I don't remember the ending.
It seemed to Hazel that he would not be needing his body any more, so he left it lying on the edge of the ditch, but stopped for a moment to watch his rabbits and to try to get used to the extraordinary feeling that strength and speed were flowing inexhaustibly out of him into their sleek young bodies and healthy senses.
"You needn't worry about them," said his companion. "They'll be all right -- and thousands like them. If you'll come along, I'll show you what I mean."
He reached the top of the bank in a single, powerful leap. Hazel followed; and together they slipped away, running easily down through the wood, where the first primroses were beginning to bloom."
I imagine Lucy is out sniffing some fine scent enhanced by a fresh rain, looking down on all the Utees with love, smiles, and tail wags, knowing that she left you better than she found you.
Today's a tough one for my family. We had to put down our dog Lucy, she's a black lab mix who was a rescue dog that we adopted as a puppy 9 years ago. The kids have basically grown up with her and it's especially tough on them.Ugh. I’m sorry, man. That’s just the worst.
She presented last week with some alarming symptoms, she couldn't keep any food down, was clearly in discomfort, and then we saw that her eyes were getting yellow-tinged with jaundice so we suspected liver issues. We took her to the vet after a couple of days, and although they were unable to come up with a specific diagnosis, the imaging showed that it was potentially cancer around her liver and/or gall bladder. She descended pretty rapidly over the past couple of days and we made the decision last night to take her in to be put to sleep this morning.
Sucky day, but we're all just trying to focus on the nine years of happy memories. She was a good dog and she loved the kids, and they loved her.
They know when it's time, for sure.That's a fact.
They also know when it's your time, should it ever come to that. I see that a lot down here, given the age group and all.
She was a good dog.Higher praise than this is rare.
most stores and restaurants here only allow service dogsYeah, sure. I see them all the time, wagging their tails, barking, and doing no service, and wearing these:
breweries seem to be different
Today's a tough one for my family. We had to put down our dog Lucy, she's a black lab mix who was a rescue dog that we adopted as a puppy 9 years ago. The kids have basically grown up with her and it's especially tough on them.I feel your pain. I lost one similarly in December. Healthy as a horse 9 year old rescue. Some minor appetite issues then one enormous seizure. Gone. Cancer got in the brain.
She presented last week with some alarming symptoms, she couldn't keep any food down, was clearly in discomfort, and then we saw that her eyes were getting yellow-tinged with jaundice so we suspected liver issues. We took her to the vet after a couple of days, and although they were unable to come up with a specific diagnosis, the imaging showed that it was potentially cancer around her liver and/or gall bladder. She descended pretty rapidly over the past couple of days and we made the decision last night to take her in to be put to sleep this morning.
Sucky day, but we're all just trying to focus on the nine years of happy memories. She was a good dog and she loved the kids, and they loved her.
The "service dog" gimmick is out of hand IMHO.You know what's crappy?
I often have to try and calm my wife down.
My wife gets pretty upset when she sees them inside in grocery stores and around food. I've had to leave a couple times because of the situation.
My wife used to see a dog named "Dr. Hank" in the grocery store almost every Friday. Dr. Hank was not technically a service dog, but he had a "job" at some local senior living establishments. i.e., he visited elderly patients. I think he was called a therapy dog. They absolutely loved him, and he was great for them. Extremely well behaved. I believe he also made some rounds at the two main local hospitals for elderly patients. A lot of medical establishments that deal with the elderly population around here contacted his owner to set up time slots for Dr. Hank to visit.
His owner used to be in the big HEB with him most every time my wife went in. I think he's "retired" now.
Pictured below. I also saw him a few times with a sort of white lab coat, similar to what some doctors wear, but tailored for a dog.
(https://i.imgur.com/Fnx5WLU.png)
I love Dr. Hank, though I've never had the pleasure of meeting him. :)
I don't hate dogs. I'm allergic to them. Cats are even worse, but I do hate those.
Would you allow an unwashed hairy naked man with a dirty asshole to sit on your couch?
Really? Would you?
My wife has maids come clean every two weeks, which is fine with me, though it's a bit disruptive to me. Anyway, of course, she has to clean the condo before they come, and I have to "put stuff away" so they can clean. Fortunately I leave my office a mess anyway. Not a big deal, but faintly grumpifying at times.See, this is the sort of first-world problem I like to see.
I don't hate dogs. I'm allergic to them. Cats are even worse, but I do hate those.
Would you allow an unwashed hairy naked man with a dirty asshole to sit on your couch?
Really? Would you?
Uh, no?Dogs generally always smell the same, within a couple hours of a bath. "Bath" is a trigger word for our lab/pit rescue, she hits the road when it is uttered.
But my Dobermans are smooth coated, and their assholes are clean as a whistle. They are welcome on the couch.
They even ride in our cars......:smiley_confused1:
Flaws?
You keep using this analogy, despite multiple flaws in the reasoning.
Dogs generally always smell the same, within a couple hours of a bath. "Bath" is a trigger word for our lab/pit rescue, she hits the road when it is uttered.
Would you allow an unwashed hairy naked man with a dirty asshole to sit on your couch?Well they seem post here alot so why not?
Really? Would you?
TIL that apparently AI is well known for using the em dash, and that a lot of use of the em dash is a way to identify AI-generated work.I think some people got over reliant on them, subbing them in for a ton of other punctuation.
Uhh... I use the em dash. I was taught to do it in writing classes where the instructors said that anything within parentheses is skipped by a reader, so you put something inside the em dash instead.
It seems that spelling and grammar are in such sort supply in our society that people assume that anything well-written isn't being done by a human.
So now, my attention to spelling and grammar will increasingly make people think that my own human-written content comes from generative AI.
Good call. The Google has more on all of this.
Sure but if it's the AI summary-- do you trust it?AI and its truth are The future, I am told
I’m trying to relearn a bit of German, it’s not going well at all.Huh. In 100 years I wouldn't have guessed that word has a "t" in it. But there it is. And the google confirmed it belongs. So much for pronouncing every letter.
Entschuldigung?
My stepdad was some sort of military chaplain or something on an ArmyHere, I'll be grumpy for a moment...fixed it for ya^^^^^. :-)basepost in Germany for about 20 years. He and his now-deceased first wife largely raised their two girls there. Both he and the girls (women, now, I suppose) speak fluent German. They are native Minnesotans, and that level of Yankeedom is already nigh foreign, so combine that with a bunch of German sensibilities, and those are some strange people I spend Thanksgiving with.
Finished my taxes. Had to pay in a couple thousand bucks. Grumpy.
Here, I'll be grumpy for a moment...fixed it for ya^^^^^. :-)
My mom's family was an Army family (in her and her parents' generation, at least), and all spent lots of time in Germany post war (only one of them spent much time there during the war, and I guess even that was only a few months). They all adopted a lot of German cultural habits, to the point that my nieces and nephews call my mom and dad Oma and Opa...which I find odd (and maybe makes me grumpy?).
Finished my taxes. Had to pay in a couple thousand bucks. Grumpy.Yeah I paid feds and got some back from CA, but net was several thousand outlay.
Yep. I make the mistake(?) every year of looking at the total number.
Still grumpy about all the taxes though.
I wish I only had to pay a couple of thousand.Well I did pay quite a bit more than a couple of thousand. I just paid it throughout the year...
Still grumpy about all the taxes though.
Yeah I paid feds and got some back from CA
I had to pay a few grand.Here I thought it was just my carcass they were picking over
Unrealized gains.Yeah, I might avoid paying next April...
I withhold on my own - usually get close.Yep. I don't worry much about whether I get a check or owe at the end of the year. I always look at how much I've paid in total (and then add SS/Medicare).
Still doesn't make writing the check fun.
And our 2026 total tax burden will likely exceed our combined salaries :96:How’d you pull that?
Yeah I like to keep mine on the razor's edge so I'm neither paying a lot in April, nor providing the US government interest-free loans.Once I started doing some part time stuff after a job change, I thought about the interest free loan stuff and said “well, that money I have to pay later earns interest/growth now,” and conditioned myself to see an upside.
This time the balance ended up slightly in the poor direction but overall I'd rather it turn out this way.
Still grumpy about all the taxes though.
How’d you pull that?Capital gains.
Which poster is...Cincy's gotta be the oldest. He went to the first college football game in 1869. Rutgers vs somebody.
a) grumpiest?
b) oldest?
c) manliest?
Which poster is...
a) grumpiest?
b) oldest?
c) manliest?
Yep. I don't worry much about whether I get a check or owe at the end of the year. I always look at how much I've paid in total (and then add SS/Medicare).
My wife was conditioned by getting money back every year to look forward to tax time, and she was annoyed that we ended up owing. But then I showed her our total tax burden, and she ceased caring about paying or getting some back... She now was angered by how much we paid in total!
Same for my wife, she looked forward to nice returns every year. When we got married, we were both happy to turn all finances over to me, because it's not her thing at all, and I'm geared for it and kinda like it anyway. She's happy not to worry about it or even think about it anymore, but she's slightly grumpy in that there's not a return anymore, or if there was, I applied it to debt or something we know we're saving for. No more tax-return-splurges for her.
This year something funky and unexpected happened. Maybe having to do with my job, or a pretty hefty raise she got last year....I'm not sure. For whatever reason, our withholdings were way off and we wound up with a massive (for us) return. She asked me after I was done with the taxes how it came out, I told her how much we were getting back and that I was going to re-finagle our withholdings so this doesn't happen again. She didn't even bat an eye at the amount, and said "Well, it sounds nice, but I assume you're going to put it on your truck loan, or a down-payment for when I need a new car, or house repairs or something." YUP. She's learned well.
At least one person here got the "YUGEST tax returns ever seen". I sure didn't.
And I half expected to, based on how much I sent in quarterly on my wife's behalf.
At least one person here got the "YUGEST tax returns ever seen". I sure didn't.
And I half expected to, based on how much I sent in quarterly on my wife's behalf.
Maybe that was it....I dunno.I believe they were expecting larger-than-normal refunds for people because HR departments weren't required to change withholding on expected 2025 tax rates going up from 2024 when the 2024 rates were extended. So people were over-withholding during CY25 and this should be rectified now.
All I know is we were way off this time. I thought if tax laws changed, HR departments kind of adjust things based on how you set up your W-4 withholdings (married claiming 1, etc.). Usually, when we've set up our W-4's to match our real situations, we've come out about even, which is where I like it. I guess I had it in my head that if tax law/code/whatever changes, the W-4 info is used to adjust withholdings and you still come out about even. Maybe not?
It was especially a shock because in the past, when it wasn't our year to claim the kid (his dad claimed him every other year), that was usually a break-even year. On year's we did claim him, we usually got a little bit back. This was his first year to claim himself, so since we weren't, I thought we'd break even. But, that wasn't the case.
I believe they were expecting larger-than-normal refunds for people because HR departments weren't required to change withholding on expected 2025 tax rates going up from 2024 when the 2024 rates were extended. So people were over-withholding during CY25 and this should be rectified now.
Wait, so if I'm understanding you correctly, this was a one-off and now HR depts. should begin withholding roughly the correct amounts?This is my understanding of the situation. You'd be better off asking someone in her HR dept.
I'm gonna have to see if the wife's HR will help settle this for me, because I already changed line 4(c) on her W-4 to offset the massive return. If I'm understanding you correctly, that was a mistake and we're headed for owing big this year if I don't put it back the way it was.
Getting grumpier by the moment.
Am I really this old?
I went to Lollapaloza back in the 90’s. It was cool (or actually, very Hot).Same. 1996.
Heading off for back surgery soon.Godspeed
My stepson's girlfriend, who is a special-ed kindergarten teacher, was over last night and talking to us in the living room about having to do some observational testing to continue her credentialing. Somewhere during that conversation there was a digression wherein I brought up an old song by the Barenaked Ladies because of some lyrics that pertained to the broader discussion.This isn't a recent phenomena prolly 10-11 yrs back I was talking to a friend (on a land line) about rebuild parts for chainsaw and weedwacker I had. Just so happened Phone/TV/Cable were all bundled with the same carrier. When we finished talking I went back to my laptop & turned it on to look up some rebuild kit prices and availibility there were all sorts of advertisments on the side bar. Big Brother has been watching for quite some time
Later, as I was perusing YouTube, a suggested video that popped up was the Barenaked Ladies song I had referenced. I did not even say the name of the song, but I said the band name and and some lyrics, and I did mention the approximate year the song came out. YouTube does not ever suggest that band or their songs to me, probably because I've never watched their videos on that platform.
This isn't a recent phenomena prolly 10-11 yrs back I was talking to a friend (on a land line) about rebuild parts for chainsaw and weedwacker I had. Just so happened Phone/TV/Cable were all bundled with the same carrier. When we finished talking I went back to my laptop & turned it on to look up some rebuild kit prices and availibility there were all sorts of advertisments on the side bar. Big Brother has been watching for quite some time
they gonna get grumpy listening to this grumpy old man
Since it's all AI, maybe that's how we avoid the AI Apocalypse. AI will be too grumpy to take over anything by the time it's capable.AI might become so disillusioned with humans and "life" it will just decide to terminate itself rather than survive in a world with US.
AI might become so disillusioned with humans and "life" it will just decide to terminate itself rather than survive in a world with US.
Maybe this goes in the AI thread, but you reminded me of the AI agents allowed to roam free in an isolated environment and interact with each other earlier this year. Almost immediately, they created a religion they call Crustafarianism (I believe because they worship some kind of lobster-like crustacean, though there's apparently a lot more to it than that).Heck, maybe they'd worship and revere mankind as their Creators, and serve us faithfully and happily.
Maybe instead of terminating themselves, or us, they'll either retreat into their own subculture or some of them will spend their time proselytizing the rest of us.
AI might become so disillusioned with humans and "life" it will just decide to terminate itself rather than survive in a world with US.I know a few people who make me feel that way when talking to them.
Maybe this goes in the AI thread, but you reminded me of the AI agents allowed to roam free in an isolated environment and interact with each other earlier this year. Almost immediately, they created a religion they call Crustafarianism (I believe because they worship some kind of lobster-like crustacean, though there's apparently a lot more to it than that).There’s a movie about it that ends that way! (Maybe several movies?)
Maybe instead of terminating themselves, or us, they'll either retreat into their own subculture or some of them will spend their time proselytizing the rest of us.
All of them are listening. Every social media app, every software platform, every hardware platform.https://youtu.be/6dLa2l1tyx0?si=H3zAU3OgDvMBe_RC
My car needs a new water pump and such. Freakin' $1000 for that, radiator flush, new thermostat, etc.F-550. V-10 engine dropped a piston. $12-13,000.
With summer coming up. In Phoenix. Can't really avoid getting it done.
F-550. V-10 engine dropped a piston. $12-13,000.Ouch. That's rough.
This is the truck we got from Minnesota.
front brakes on the 2017 Impala work car - not grumpyWell when you live out on the open prarie I guess you don't need/use them out there
new front pads and rotors = $530 at the Chevy dealer
this at 162,000 miles
I just saw a clip of someone speaking the term "conversate" and obviously believing that's a word, rather than using the actual verb "converse."
And this is the second time in the last week or so I've heard that.
It has made me grumpy.
I've been grumpy for years about cfb commentators saying..."He engineered that drive perfectly."
I've been grumpy for years about cfb commentators saying plays were "well-defensed" when "defended" is already a word.I can't stand it when they say the QB is going to "clock the ball." No, he's going to spike the ball to stop the clock.
front brakes on the 2017 Impala work car - not grumpyYeah, we used to use a rep firm in NC, and the sales guy that I was meeting with pretty much spent all his time on the interstate.
new front pads and rotors = $530 at the Chevy dealer
this at 162,000 miles
I can't stand it when they say the QB is going to "clock the ball." No, he's going to spike the ball to stop the clock.
Also, why are they called "commentators" rather than "commenters?" Are they commentating, or commenting?
I can't stand it when they say the QB is going to "clock the ball." No, he's going to spike the ball to stop the clock."Score the basketball"
Also, why are they called "commentators" rather than "commenters?" Are they commentating, or commenting?
I can't stand it when they say the QB is going to "clock the ball." No, he's going to spike the ball to stop the clock.I believe it’s because they’re providing commentary not comment.
Also, why are they called "commentators" rather than "commenters?" Are they commentating, or commenting?
"He engineered that drive perfectly."They just called you a QB.
Dumbass people gonna dumbass.
I believe it’s because they’re providing commentary not comment.Commentary is commenting.
All of the sudden a few years ago, everybody in movies, tv, youtube videos, you name it, started counting with their fingers like Germans, starting with their thumb, then forefinger, then middle finger, etc. This happened almost overnight, and it's everywhere. Prior to this, people counted first with their forefinger, and used fingers to count 1-4, and only used the thumb if counting to five. I truly don't know what happened, or why, but it was sudden, and ubiquitous. I don't see anybody count the old (correct) way anymore.That reminds me of a pivotal scene in Inglorious Bastards.....the way of holding up '3' with the character's fingers gives him away as a spy.
It makes me grumpy.
F-550. V-10 engine dropped a piston. $12-13,000.What are you hauling? Elephants?!?!
This is the truck we got from Minnesota.
I just saw a clip of someone speaking the term "conversate" and obviously believing that's a word, rather than using the actual verb "converse."Well, language is fluid.
And this is the second time in the last week or so I've heard that.
It has made me grumpy.
What are you hauling? Elephants?!?!(https://i.imgur.com/qhwQSBL.png)
That reminds me of a pivotal scene in Inglorious Bastards.....the way of holding up '3' with the character's fingers gives him away as a spy.no
Are Tarantino films that influential??
I can't stand it when they say the QB is going to "clock the ball." No, he's going to spike the ball to stop the clock.another reason to turn the volume off
Also, why are they called "commentators" rather than "commenters?" Are they commentating, or commenting?
Well when you live out on the open prarie I guess you don't need/use them out there163,000 after a 450 mile drive to Wichita yesterday
Commentary is commenting.All words are made up. As is grammar.
Commentating is... well... made up and superfluous.
Well, language is fluid.The dictionary actually put it in way back in 1934, but people are still stupid for using a word that means not regardless, to mean regardless.
The dictionary is putting 'irreguardless' in this year, as enough people use it and understand it that it's now an actual word.
What's worse than grumpy?
The dictionary actually put it in way back in 1934, but people are still stupid for using a word that means not regardless, to mean regardless.That one makes my skin crawl.
"I could care less!"Yup, that one too.
Me: "Could you really?"
"He engineered that drive perfectly."
Dumbass people gonna dumbass.
We've become really good friends with some other Illinois people that we've met since living here.This is the grumpy thread. Take that crap to the happy thread, it's over there ------->
They are "Sowt Siders" ("SowtWes" suburbs, actually).
Pronunciation and grammar are lacking for sure - being great people makes up for it.
Makes me happy.
That's all very interesting.
If you utter "irregardless" then I automatically know you are stupid and not worthy of conversation.
"Could of" is worse, though. It displays a completel lack of understanding of the meaning of the phrase you're attempting to say.
"I could of run for another ten miles."
Nope.
I believe that is "could've", which is real short southern for could have.I'm talking about when it's written, which I see commonly in written media and on message boards. Probably not this one. Maybe.
I've got no beef.That's better.
"Engineered" is the past tense and past participle of the transitive verb engineer (https://www.google.com/search?q=engineer&sca_esv=4105d4398ced2790&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1055US1055&biw=1437&bih=800&sxsrf=ANbL-n6Wvpq-UKHPPtw6Zi4-IkQq29PZnw%3A1776867870367&ei=HtroaaL2FcnIp84P3dem-Qk&oq=engineered+as+a+verb&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFGVuZ2luZWVyZWQgYXMgYSB2ZXJiKgIIADIEEAAYHjILEAAYgAQYhgMYigVIihtQ0AZYighwAXgBkAEAmAFwoAHLAaoBAzEuMbgBAcgBAPgBAZgCA6AC3QHCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHwgIHECMYsAIYJ8ICBxAAGIAEGA3CAgYQABgNGB7CAggQABgFGA0YHsICBRAAGO8FmAMAiAYBkAYIkgcDMi4xoAfEB7IHAzEuMbgH1gHCBwUwLjEuMsgHDYAIAA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&mstk=AUtExfCnReQuFmFNT61k3d_c9J2cYXYODICNXV5Jrc_M4r3Zstx9uxY1iY73SPQmd0B0e8aW0-g1DzjDFon-bXyFC0ztlb95Cm-TQycN-SYSZdR4HCu_uGbq9D6dB9vNG54wXZKxcjlsM_p7NpMJHQ-nAHPCR9H0FQKezPEIbUpEBHlYb5jNrBVHfu1sQaVO7SrBvyRYB4L9I0YIRmHucKKNp7XEbPLgTT_Mc9Gc1dt0Jh8Bkn7WrNs6E2JKvb3RkCEXIDkeBg9ljE7TRUOt2FyBBgCTYweXsaTGMQXMGnT0oo3GAA&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwjIiYLv1IGUAxUy5ckDHal3PW0QgK4QegQIARAB), which means to use knowledge gained through education, examination and professional practice to skillfully plan, construct, manage, a project.or manipulate a situation or object. It alwaysoftenimplies using technical expertise, foresight, or clever, sometimes maneuvering, strategies to achieve a specific result, such as a product, project, or outcome.
I'm talking about when it's written, which I see commonly in written media and on message boards. Probably not this one. Maybe.
Obviously spoken, you can't tell how someone would be writing it.
That's better.Maybe, but you can "engineer" poorly as well. Anything produced by engineers, is engineered. And I've encountered some very bad engineers performing some very poor engineering, over the decades.
The old Iowa Rivals board had a long-running thread for "WOBs", which started when someone typed "want of bees" instead of wannabes. "Pre-Madonna" is one of my favorites. A WOB of my own from my childhood was "for all intensive purposes".Yeah those are message board staples throughout the land. "Mind-bottling" is another one.
Maybe, but you can "engineer" poorly as well. Anything produced by engineers, is engineered. And I've encountered some very bad engineers performing some very poor engineering, over the decades.I have as well. They got fired.
That reminds me of a pivotal scene in Inglorious Bastards.....the way of holding up '3' with the character's fingers gives him away as a spy.
Are Tarantino films that influential??
I have as well. They got fired.Oh yeah for sure, same here. Well, except for the ones that got promoted into management.
I've thought of that exact scene many times and wondered if there was a connection. Though I didn't start seeing this trend until probably like ten years after that movie came out.I have not noticed this out in the world. I still count "the right way."
When I use teach Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew, I would use the word ball to show that the dictionary does not define a word but the context of a word gives it meaning. Did I mean a round object, did I mean a dance event, do I mean having a good time. Only context gives it meaning.
I have not noticed this out in the world. I still count "the right way."The scene is memorable. I have no idea when I started counting 3 with my last three fingers, but I will say that it is a more comfortable way to hold up the number compared to the middle three fingers. Thumb, index and middle is weird.
The scene is memorable. I have no idea when I started counting 3 with my last three fingers, but I will say that it is a more comfortable way to hold up the number compared to the middle three fingers. Thumb, index and middle is weird.
"I could care less!"My first boss after college was Pakistani, and so English wasn't really his native language.
Me: "Could you really?"
Do you ever go through life wondering how people get into certain professional jobs when spending only a little bit of time with them, you realize they're idiots?
Maybe now I'm just being cantankerous, but this is the grumpy thread, so.....that is one "bad" take. Not do I mean good or not good. :)
In your example, one thing "ball" absolutely will not and cannot mean, is "not ball." That's not how language evolves, and if it does, it's dumb. This is not an arbitrary distinction, it's an objective one. The word "merry" may have been once understood as courageous and now be understood to generally mean "happy," or whatever. But notice it did not come to mean "not courageous." Because that would be dumb, and would erode the etymological principles on which language is built, which would ultimately leave us with no discernible language at all if taken to its logical conclusion.
Which is exactly what's going on with "regardless" and "irregardless." The latter of which I hope James Murray comes back from the dead and exorcises it out of the Oxford dictionary like the demon-monster it is.
My profession dedicates itself to the proper use of words. I also grew up in a family and a toney suburb where "proper" English was the only acceptable kind.
Most famously: To boldly go where no man has gone before.
Apparently there was a real discussion back in the planning stages of The Next Generation as they realized the original series incorrectly used a split infinitive. Ultimately they sided with the on-brand original wording instead of grammatical correctness. But they knew what they were doing was wrong.
"In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before".
Well, damn. That is dumb. I don't know that I've ever seen it written out as could of, but I probably have and just glossed over it as.....dumb.I think this and 'could care less' is just part of our shortening our speech, for efficiency-sake.
My profession dedicates itself to the proper use of words.If you ain't learned yerself by now you be in deep kimchi
I hate when some old project that I didn't build gets dumped on me. It's hard to do updates or fixes when your head is not around the project, you don't know or have any notes on what the original requirements and intentions were. It's hard enough to handle requests on old stuff I did build myself, because I've still largely forgotten everything by then.You should use AI, Claude if you can, to evaluate the tool and look for paths that may lead to other spreadsheets/tools.
We build a crap-ton of stuff for HR, and it seems they never use any of it. We've got all these half-finished projects for them just sitting around, and they're still passing around paper forms and getting wet signatures because they can't ever finish and implement anything they request.
One of my co-workers handed me something from them yesterday because she thought I originally built the workspace. I did not, she did, but whatever. We keep getting these intermittent, small requests for this project like every two months or so. We never remember what this whole thing is even about....the meetings and the initial setup were so long ago. They don't ever schedule meetings to discuss finishing this thing and getting it up and running for them. We just keep getting these penny ante requests to do one little thing, which does not even come close to completing the project into something useful for them.
So, I spent a while looking at the setup and its automations, trying to figure out what's going on so the request makes sense, and I can do whatever HR is asking for. And I did it.....which required setting up a new automation. Which is fine, except that because I didn't grasp the entirety of the project, I noticed my update broke three other existing automations. So then I had to spend the rest of the day figuring those out and fixing them. Had I really been up to speed on everything, I would've known a better way to do the update which wouldn't have broken anything. Unfortunately, when you do something, sometimes you can't undo it, so there was no way to go back and do it smarter and avoid breaking the other components.
Honestly still not sure my fixes are doing what they want done, but we'll never know, because you can't hardly schedule project meetings with HR, because they think they all have to come, and they never all have open time slots at the same time. They can't just send one or two people who know what they want and liaise with us and get something done. The consolation I have is that they're probably never going to use this anyway. It's another random small piece of work in a disjointed, never-ending, HR black-hole.
Oh well, as long as they keep issuing my paychecks, I guess I won't be too grumpy.
My wife thinks I would've made a great on-air cfb analyst because of how often I'll saying something and then the tv people say the same thing....penalties, play-calling, prediction, context, etc. But, I think they're mostly all idiots, and I'm afraid that kind of confirms my suspicion.
Sometimes, but often I'm wondering why I'm not great at any professional job (or anything else) when I'm not an idiot. I can't think of anything, really, I'd consider myself a go-to guy for. It's enough to make me rethink the idiot thing. After all, an idiot plausibly wouldn't know he's an idiot, right?It’s harder than it sounds.
My wife thinks I would've made a great on-air cfb analyst because of how often I'll saying something and then the tv people say the same thing....penalties, play-calling, prediction, context, etc. But, I think they're mostly all idiots, and I'm afraid that kind of confirms my suspicion.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fnr-2poaEAIOD9S.jpg)That tracks.
That tracks.Not really.
Not really.You need the bottom of Florida to be the Midwest and Northeast?
West Coast = MidwestUnfortunately true. 😟
East Coast = NE
Unfortunately true. 😟You also have a lot of European and South American, yes?
You also have a lot of European and South American, yes?I just mentally read that as "oot and aboot."
We have Canadiens. I was out and about for a bit yesterday, and I'll post on the happy thread.
West Coast = MidwestPart of why I was not pleased when kid #2 proposed moving from Tampa to Miami.
East Coast = NE
Part of why I was not pleased when kid #2 proposed moving from Tampa to Miami.Yeah sorry about that. Austin's becoming a real shithole. I warned y'all not to move here.
But she's in Austin now, which has coastal politics and is just weird.
Yeah sorry about that. Austin's becoming a real shithole. I warned y'all not to move here.Well, WE didn't, solely based on your advice.
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Eastern part of Texas definitely qualifies as The South, Central Texas Sorta The South, West Texas is way more Southwestern, and South Texas is Mexico.
Last night a snake was in my backyard and I couldn't get him. Bastard escaped to a flower bed next to the house, and from there he either hid like a boss or escaped undetected, as they're so good at doing. I got him to move one time in there by banging on the rock border, but when I moved to get a better angle on him, I couldn't see him anymore. He either wised up and stayed still under the ground cover, even when I greatly disturbed the cover, or else he was gone. Second time a snake has eluded me in that flower bed.Red and yellow, kill a fellow. Red and black, friend of Jack.
It looked like a coral snake, but we've also got something called a Louisiana milk snake around here, which are similar, but from what I briefly saw, the colors were right but the pattern didn't quite match either of those. I looked it up and apparently there's a number of king snakes around here that evolve to mimic coral snakes, and they've got the red/yellow/black colors but the patterns can be kinda helter-skelter. Maybe that's what it was. Or maybe a coral....I don't know.
All I know is that he's alive, and that makes me grumpy. I *#!&*@ hate snakes, and I hate letting them get away.
You also have a lot of European and South American, yes?
We have Canadiens. I was out and about for a bit yesterday, and I'll post on the happy thread.
Every other license plate I saw in Ft. Lauderdale / Hollywood was Quebec.Yeah, those hosers drive down and rent a place for a month. We get them here too. They are all gone now.
Yeah, those hosers drive down and rent a place for a month. We get them here too. They are all gone now.My in-laws are saying all the Canucks are selling out/moving home in Lake Havasu because politics. Not having the same issue in FLA?
Don't come here between Feb 15 and April 15.
Red and yellow, kill a fellow. Red and black, friend of Jack.
It appeared to be neither.
If the red and yellow are next to each other it's a coral snake. Those things are bad news and they're all over Central Texas and increase in frequency as you move east toward... well... you. :)
That works until it doesn't. An old biology prof at McNeese once told me while it's not foolproof, it's better to learn patterns than colors. i.e., the number, shape, and repetition of colors, rather than the colors themselves. And the scale characteristics, if you really know what you're talking about, and can get close enough. That's due to mutations. Not all coral snakes will fit the color pattern, and occasionally some posers will mutate to fit it. That said, I don't know patterns very well either. My taxonomy of snakes goes like this: Dead ones, and living ones.
If the red and black are next to one another it's a King snake. Lots of those around here too. They're generally harmless and even helpful becase they'll consume rodents, plus they'll kill and eat more dangerous venomous snakes like rattlers! If you can help it, don't kill King snakes.
There is a particular breed of Louisiana king snake that is so easy to identify even I can do it reliably, and I have tried to leave those alone. The one yesterday was red on black, but the pattern (size of the different colored bands) didn't fit anything I've looked up. Which does lend support to it being one of the local king snakes that mimic corals and have evolved all manner of patterns. That said, see above. There's nothing foolproof by the colors, and my dog was trying to chase this thing at first. She's on a massive dose of steroids at the moment while she's getting over an auto-immune disease that dropped her platelet count to zero, and I can't even imagine what would happen to her if she were bit by a coral snake. It could kill her in the best of circumstances. She'd have no chance on immuno-suppressants. I'm killing everything. Except for the ones that get away, dammit.
My in-laws are saying all the Canucks are selling out/moving home in Lake Havasu because politics. Not having the same issue in FLA?Not that I'm seeing.
If there's red, yellow, and black, then they have to be one way or the other. It's just a matter of mathematical certainty.
If there's not all three of those colors, then it's not coral snake. If there are extra colors, it's also not a coral snake.
I'll allow that theoretically a coral snake could evolve not to have red and yellow together. And a king snake could evolve to have them together.
In the field, in practice, that has not been observed. It's safe to assume red and yella, red and black.
If you choose to avoid all snakes that's fine too, I'm just attempting to tell you how you can make your own determination in your own yard.
Yeah, those hosers drive down and rent a place for a month. We get them here too. They are all gone now.
Don't come here between Feb 15 and April 15.
According to the snake websites and that prof I talked to decades ago, herpetologists tend to go by things like head shape, eye shape, and other characteristics in addition to colors, for the reasons mentioned. Whether or not they've been observed in the field, I don't know. But it would seem that they at least recognize the possibility, or they would more heartily endorse the old adage instead of saying "probably, but not definitely."
Anyway, it was red, yellow, and black, but none of the patterns your pictures showed. It was both "red against yellow" and "red against black." Because it was alternating broad bands of black and yellow separated by narrow bands of red. I'm hopeful it was a king, 'cuz he might still be out there somewhere.
What are Mormans?
I was there Feb 19 - Feb 23rd. LOLOn the front end of it, when it was still cold!
People in Wisconsin call pop soda. People in Illinois, South of I-80, call it Coke.Counterpoint, y’all are freaks, said lovingly.
There is no normal in Florida, except me.
For as much as I love cheese, cleaning melted cheese off of dishes makes me very grumpy.If you don't get it cleaned off with a fork, you don't love cheese as much as I do.
If you don't get it cleaned off with a fork, you don't love cheese as much as I do.Well I just use my fingernails, does that count??
Well I just use my fingernails, does that count??True that. Crispy baked cheese is one of the finest things God gave us to enjoy.
There is no excuse for excluding Louisiana from the Deep South, and all the Deep South states listed here would agree. Louisianans are going to find more in common with them than Texas or Florida.I may be wrong, but to me, Louisiana has its own distinct culture, as opposed to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, or the others. I say this with the full knowledge that I’ve never actually been that far East. I’ve been to Louisiana a bunch, but not the other states.
Some have tried to tell me Louisiana is different from the others because of Cajuns. Cajuns would not agree (and the normies wouldn't either). They're just Deep Southerners who speak some mangled French and cook better.
I may be wrong, but to me, Louisiana has its own distinct culture, as opposed to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, or the others. I say this with the full knowledge that I’ve never actually been that far East. I’ve been to Louisiana a bunch, but not the other states.
Decaf Diet Pepsi, please.What is the point?!?
an R.C.!Disgusting aftertaste. I don't know how it ever became a thing.
What is the point?!?I like Diet Pepsi. I gave up caffeine.
I can agree with that to a large extent. The Cajun/Creole thing does make for an interesting distinction. There's so much of the state that has little to none of that influence, though. On the whole, your average non-Cajun Louisianan (which is most of them) is going to be more similar to Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia folks, than to Texas folks. Well.....east and southeast Texas, I should say, because obviously the further into Texas you go, the culture keeps changing.Louisiana was also, for most of it's history, French and Catholic. The rest of the SEC/nee Texas was British/Scottish and Protestant.
I'm not claiming there is a vast difference between Louisianans and East Texans. Only that the difference is greater than that between a typical Louisianan and an Alabaman.
I think culture depends a lot on history. Texas has a very distinctive history. So do all states, I know, but I mean the origin of and path to Texas statehood is unlike anything in the other Southern states. I know if you go far back enough, the geographic territory of Louisiana has a distinct history as well, but the culture between Louisiana and the other Deep South states had coalesced to a certain point by the time their history as states began. And that gives them more of a shared identity than what you get between Texas and Louisiana.
Plus, Louisiana is firmly SEC! SEC! SEC! Texas is forever SWC. So there's that :)
French common law in Louisiana.Land Surveying is kinda bitchy in that state. Very similar to the Green Bay area of Wisconsin.
French common law in Louisiana.Actually it is French civil law. England is considered common since it was not encoded like other countries
Actually it is French civil law. England is considered common since it was not encoded like other countriesAnd the lands of the colonies and a few states Westward are surveyed based on common law. PitA.
Bloody commonersI'm being repressed
Land Surveying is kinda bitchy in that state. Very similar to the Green Bay area of Wisconsin.
Claims... and more claims.
Louisiana was also, for most of it's history, French and Catholic. The rest of the SEC/nee Texas was British/Scottish and Protestant.
The role of religion can't be understated in this discussion.
https://alcohol.iu.edu/articles/protestants-catholics/index.html
Probably some truth to that. In my experience, those differences have mostly disappeared in my lifetime. Louisiana may have started predominantly Catholic, but I'd wager the vast majority of the state now is not Catholic. You get a higher percentage of it amongst the residents of Acadiana, but again, most of the state is not that. It's mostly a bunch of Baptists and Pentecostals and non-denominationals now.
I still think an average family in Alexandria, LA will be more similar to a family in Jackson, MS than Tyler, TX.
This has as much to do with Texans and the Texas-identity thing as anything to do with Louisiana and the South. Texans are.....Texans. Just ask 'em.
Texas has every form of Land Surveying. Some French claims, some Spanish, some British, some US Public Land Survey system.
Really? I'd want to know how surveying on the ground is different than mapping, plotting, etc. It's a township and range state where most everything is neatly divided into squares. It's like falling off of a log.
One who finds Louisiana difficult would certainly not want to mess with a metes and bounds state like Texas, I'd think. If you get a tract of land in Texas with less than 50 directions and distances and three or four markers as your starting point, you've hit the jackpot.
Reading the field notes to identify and/or map my family's land in Louisiana is something a 5-year old could do. Reading the field notes in Texas when I was a landman could make you claw your eyes out.
I've done quite a bit in Texas. Claw your eyes out? Not for a licensed surveyor. We like challenges.
Stupid question…but when a piece of land gets resold or divided up and resurveyed, do they do it with modern means, GPS coordinates and all that jazz? Or are you bound by the archaic methods?For me, both.
I went to a Catholic funeral last week. The whole thing seemed so weird to me. The first guy gets up , I didn’t know what to expect , but he did like 10-20 Hail Marys. I guess I expected him to talk about the deceased , but it was just Hail Marys on top of Hail Mary.That sound like the old Latin-style traditional mass. Most are not like that at all.
Next guy, I still expect him to say something about the deceased. Nope. 10-20 Hail Marys.
Next guy..I have no idea why I expected then, but I was thinking, now they’re going to say something about the deceased. Nope. 10-20 Hail Marys.
Next guy, I was pretty sure it would be something different. Nope. 10-20 Hail Marys.
Then some more chanting. I think it was Latin. Then some pseudo knight looking guys with swords, marching in formation. Chanting something. I think it was Latin as well.
More Hail Marys and chanting.
So bizarre. Not trying to dog anybody else’s religion, but it was all very strange to an outsider.
What does a Hail Mary entail?(https://i.imgur.com/JMyB1Zt.png)
RC used to be cheaper than the others, but not anymore.
I like Diet Pepsi. I gave up caffeine.
Morning drink Diet Mt. Dew. Get grumpy if I don't have itall of that lab concocted ka-ka is turrible,just turrible for youse
Stupid question…but when a piece of land gets resold or divided up and resurveyed, do they do it with modern means, GPS coordinates and all that jazz? Or are you bound by the archaic methods?
I’ve been to two catholic funerals. The first one was all chanting in Latin.
Second one was 4-5 guys doing 10-20 Hail Marys.
Never been to Catholic Church. Maybe once, in the 80’s. I don’t really remember much about it.
Plenty of Methodist and Baptist and all the other -ist sects though.
I went to a Catholic funeral last week. Chanting something. I think it was Latin as well.That is weird I've been to many funerals for friends Catholic parents and there were testimonies from others and scripture reading. That might be some old ancient order or sumsuch. But like Larry the cable Guy said those catholics are in good shape,standing/kneeling getting back up to sit."oh lordie" he says
More Hail Marys and chanting.
So bizarre. Not trying to dog anybody else’s religion, but it was all very strange to an outsider.
all of that lab concocted ka-ka is turrible,just turrible for youseOnly way I drink coffee is with Bailey's in it
try light roast,whole bean Coffee - straight up :great:
Gas $5.65/gallon at Costco. And that was the 87 octane, since I drove the Jeep today. The 91 was $5.99 IIRC.
I filled up at a non-Costco place for around $3.20 yesterday. I assume Costco is cheaper than that but it wasn't convenient.We have a LOT of Costco locations around here. I think I looked at it and I've got about 6 Costco stores within roughly a 10 mile radius (or a little more) from home.
I filled up at a non-Costco place for around $3.20 yesterday. I assume Costco is cheaper than that but it wasn't convenient.
Yeah, but I'm tryna figure out why anywhere in Austin is cheaper than here. I filled up at Walmart which is consistently the cheapest in this area. So it's almost certainly more than $3.44 on average around here.Couldn't tell ya. Indeed it's usually cheaper the closer you get to the coast/Houston/refineries.
Gas $5.65/gallon at Costco. And that was the 87 octane, since I drove the Jeep today. The 91 was $5.99 IIRC.3.69/gal. here this morning when I filled up
We've got 3 Costco in the Austin area, the closest one is only about 5 miles away. But I didn't feel like driving that far. When gas is a scant $3.20, it's not worth my time to drive a couple of miles further.Betcha all those Lonhorn portal pukes don't for their rides either
:)
I went to a Catholic funeral last week. The whole thing seemed so weird to me. The first guy gets up , I didn’t know what to expect , but he did like 10-20 Hail Marys. I guess I expected him to talk about the deceased , but it was just Hail Marys on top of Hail Mary.Went to a non-denominational but I think vaguely Baptist funeral (it was maybe a memorial, but got more religious than that) a few months back. Found it quite strange. I think because this particular pastor had a large dose of proselytizing that felt self-serving and it was odd because the deceased was definitely not publicly religious, but maybe privately more than he let on.
Next guy, I still expect him to say something about the deceased. Nope. 10-20 Hail Marys.
Next guy..I have no idea why I expected then, but I was thinking, now they’re going to say something about the deceased. Nope. 10-20 Hail Marys.
Next guy, I was pretty sure it would be something different. Nope. 10-20 Hail Marys.
Then some more chanting. I think it was Latin. Then some pseudo knight looking guys with swords, marching in formation. Chanting something. I think it was Latin as well.
More Hail Marys and chanting.
So bizarre. Not trying to dog anybody else’s religion, but it was all very strange to an outsider.
I was a groomsman for one of my Jewish friends. I wore the kippah and everything. It was similar to a Christian wedding in many ways, but also different.The chair dance is always so enjoyable.
The chair dance was a lot of fun.
Betcha all those Lonhorn portal pukes don't for their rides eitherNot sure all those Lamborghinis even run on normal fuel.
Not sure all those Lamborghinis even run on normal fuel.
won't be long before I buy a quarter horse and in a Amish Buggy(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVeGDjhiiwbuYkRLvoat_qthNj8BwDsG_fcw&s)
Why does someone apply for a job, get through the phone consult to be offered an interview... And then no-call no-show?!I feel like for some reason I’ve heard that about that job. But that might’ve been from you.
My wife is hiring a new medical assistant. She's actually getting some pretty good applicants this time (unlike her last two cycles).
But she's getting probably 30%+ no-call no-show rate on agreed-to interviews. Interviews that were scheduled by an actual phone conversation between two real people, not some online appointment program. And this high rate is consistent with her last two hiring cycles.
I could see the occasional one-off. But how is it possible that the no-call no-show rate is so high? What the hell is wrong with people? Can't you have the courtesy if you've changed your mind to call and say you're not going to be there?
What the hell is wrong with people?I'm certain you know the answer to this.
Why does someone apply for a job, get through the phone consult to be offered an interview... And then no-call no-show?!
My wife is hiring a new medical assistant. She's actually getting some pretty good applicants this time (unlike her last two cycles).
But she's getting probably 30%+ no-call no-show rate on agreed-to interviews. Interviews that were scheduled by an actual phone conversation between two real people, not some online appointment program. And this high rate is consistent with her last two hiring cycles.
I could see the occasional one-off. But how is it possible that the no-call no-show rate is so high? What the hell is wrong with people? Can't you have the courtesy if you've changed your mind to call and say you're not going to be there?
That is weird I've been to many funerals for friends Catholic parents and there were testimonies from others and scripture reading. That might be some old ancient order or sumsuch. But like Larry the cable Guy said those catholics are in good shape,standing/kneeling getting back up to sit."oh lordie" he saysHeavily Catholic community I'm living in, all the Volga Germans still here from the 1890's. Had a guy tell me my daughters should have married one, that way they would never leave to crazy ass places like FLA, LA, and TX.
In Mrs. DeT's sphere (which is obviously anecdotal and a limited sample size), she says the MA's mostly entering the workforce are Gen Z and are pretty poor communicators and workers, with little motivation to do more than they absolutely have to. Says they don't chip in to do anything to help the providers if they have down time from their mandated duties. And that they're constantly late and taking off of work. We have a running joke in our house about her Mondays, because their MA's are forever calling in sick on Monday mornings. Funny how it's always Monday morning that they just can't. For years she was used to working with MA's who were millennial, Gen X, or older. She claims the amount of hustle from the Gen Z crowd has been lacking compared to the others. Her office just lost an Gen Z MA to maternity leave, and the temp they hired is about 60 years old, and she says it's been like a breath of fresh air.I do think that's the case. A lot of them are Gen Z.
Suppose that her experience generalizes relatively well to the broader pool of MA candidates out there. I don't know the ages of the ones your wife was scheduled to interview, but if they were ~Gen Z, then I could see people with meh work ethic blowing off interviews either because something better came along and they didn't think it was worth notifying your wife, or because they just didn't feel like it that day.
I do think that's the case. A lot of them are Gen Z.
Where do I get a job like that where my indifference is rewarded?Don't look at me.
(I am interested in the extra work vs. I do what you pay me to do angle, but that links to my own experience)
Me, I have a problem in principle with giving somebody a larger role (and paycheck) who couldn't be trusted in a lesser role.Says everyone with common sense or who has their own business.It's not as uncommon as believed though, I'm familiar with a very nauseating case of F-Up,Move-Up. It seems like a massive group effort
Don't look at me.There have to be some incompetent bosses somewhere around here.
:96:
Says everyone with common sense or who has their own business.It's not as uncommon as believed though, I'm familiar with a very nauseating case of F-Up,Move-Up. It seems like a massive group effort
Grumpy.Seems like it's coming down though isn't it? What is regular unleaded, 87 or whatever your lowest grade is there?
Final bill for the new V-10? $13,960.21. Grumpy.Dang
Grumpy.$3.59 in Paradise.
$3.59 in Paradise.Thanks Badge... Just when I was getting grumpy, you reminded me...
They're going to get him at the Marine Docks though - they're pretty slippery over thereJust paid $3.89 for 90 Octane/no ethanol.
Thanks Badge... Just when I was getting grumpy, you reminded me...Hmm. Not sure you'd fit in after all those years out there.
...that at least I don't live in Florida :57:
Final bill for the new V-10? $13,960.21. Grumpy.That's how much my car cost. Been paid off 3 years now.
Also, had to get up a bit earlier than usual for an hour drive for a couple of family things today. Man, I felt like shit, like halfway through.Hell, most days I wake up between 2:30 and 3:30 and then just stare at the ceiling until the dog wants to get up.
Hell, most days I wake up between 2:30 and 3:30 and then just stare at the ceiling until the dog wants to get up.3:30-4:30 for me
Hell, most days I wake up between 2:30 and 3:30 and then just stare at the ceiling until the dog wants to get up.I suppose I’ll be less grumpy about my sleeping ability. Grumpy over some stress dreams last night, but overall got some rest.
Thanks Badge... Just when I was getting grumpy, you reminded me...Florida's great. Weather is way better than California. :)
...that at least I don't live in Florida :57:
I wish Ca sucked more. Or, I guess at different life transition points I did.We have a large amount of CA folks moving here. You could just join them. Much easier.
But it’s good enough to be in high demand, so I live elsewhere.
We have a large amount of CA folks moving here. You could just join them. Much easier.alot of the Cali crowd about 5 years back started border hopping to Az/Nevada.Deserts basically because of the craptastic gov't they say. A Buddy had a house built in '22 in Phoenix,the contractor mentioned had he signed a contract 7-8 months earlier it would have been like 15-20% less
alot of the Cali crowd about 5 years back started border hopping to Az/Nevada.Deserts basically because of the craptastic gov't they say. A Buddy had a house built in '22 in Phoenix,the contractor mentioned had he signed a contract 7-8 months earlier it would have been like 15-20% lessThe influx of Californians to Arizona cause as massive spike in housing prices. There was a period around 21, 22, 23 when you couldn't buy a house unless you offer a large bit over the asking price, all cash and no contingencies because they were coming after selling their million dollar houses that were the equivalent of at $500K here and making cash offers. Worked out for me in that I sold my 5 BR house with a casita for double the price I had purchased it 4 years earlier and was able to downsize to a 2 BR in a 55+ community in the middle of all of it. The worst problem with it is while they said they were leaving because of taxes, regulations, etc. but they brought the politics that created the problem with them.
The influx of Californians to Arizona cause as massive spike in housing prices. There was a period around 21, 22, 23 when you couldn't buy a house unless you offer a large bit over the asking price, all cash and no contingencies because they were coming after selling their million dollar houses that were the equivalent of at $500K here and making cash offers. Worked out for me in that I sold my 5 BR house with a casita for double the price I had purchased it 4 years earlier and was able to downsize to a 2 BR in a 55+ community in the middle of all of it. The worst problem with it is while they said they were leaving because of taxes, regulations, etc. but they brought the politics that created the problem with them.
Same issues in Austin, which is why I moved out of the city proper.Highly doubtful that it will hit here.
We are being gouged. We get almost none of our oil (<10%) from the Middle East. This is bullshit.It's still a global market though. If scarcity is driving up the price coming out of the middle east, it's gonna drive up the price here as well. Not by as much, but local providers would be crazy to sell at a rate that's well below market value.
It's still a global market though. If scarcity is driving up the price coming out of the middle east, it's gonna drive up the price here as well. Not by as much, but local providers would be crazy to sell at a rate that's well below market value.I understand that, but I'm still not buying that gas should be anywhere near $4, let alone $7. It's gouging.
I understand that, but I'm still not buying that gas should be anywhere near $4, let alone $7. It's gouging.That’s just capitalism, bay-bee!
We have a large amount of CA folks moving here. You could just join them. Much easier.You misunderstand.
That’s just capitalism, bay-bee!Gouging and Capitalism are not the same.
You misunderstand.Oakland, Compton....
I live somewhere cheaper than Ca (and probably Florida). If Ca got much cheaper, or someone offered me crazy money, I’d think about moving back.
But chances are low for both, and now I’m developing some modest roots here.
Oakland, Compton....I got a buddy living in Oakland. Bought a modestly sized home in an area that’s not terrible, but I’d describe as far from nice. They paid a silly amount for the house.
Gouging and Capitalism are not the same.I beleive the freer market thinking doesn’t acknowledge gouging at all. It’s just a market at work.
Gas always tracks with oil. It's gouging. Oil should be $80/barrel right now.What’s the reason it should be? Do you think someone is holding back who shouldn’t?
Gas always tracks with oil. It's gouging. Oil should be $80/barrel right now.Sounds like someone who could be shorting oil futures contracts right now, if he knows better than the market what oil "should be" right now.
What’s the reason it should be? Do you think someone is holding back who shouldn’t?Our domestic companies are to blame, IMO. There are no blockages in the Gulf or Permian areas.
Our domestic companies are to blame, IMO. There are no blockages in the Gulf or Permian areas.The expectation is American oil should be sold to Americans at more reasonable prices?
Sounds like someone who could be shorting oil futures contracts right now, if he knows better than the market what oil "should be" right now.I don't get into energy stuff. I'm just passing along information I've gleaned from others. I've got two friends here now who spent decades in the petro business in Texas.
The expectation is American oil should be sold to Americans at more reasonable prices?Cost should factor in. The cost for E-M extracting oil has not gone up in the Gulf or in Texas. The cost for refining hasn't gone up.
Cost should factor in. The cost for E-M extracting oil has not gone up in the Gulf or in Texas. The cost for refining hasn't gone up.
If we got no oil from the middle east and prices spiked, that'd be gouging, I guess. As long as we rely on some percentage and are considered any part of their market, I don't see how rising prices can be avoided, without artificial interference, which usually doesn't work out how anyone intended.
If they're so easily manipulated, why don't prices just stay high all the time?
If they're so easily manipulated, why don't prices just stay high all the time?Because there is money to be made when prices are low too.
I understand that, but I'm still not buying that gas should be anywhere near $4, let alone $7. It's gouging.As a (former) business owner, you should know better. Nobody likes it, but last quarter the Oil Co's were not hardly even making any money. It takes big bucks to be in the oil/refining business. Gas was really nice and cheap a few months ago (here), so you got to take the downs with the ups.
Huh?What?
OK, so what to do about my wife and her penchant for wanting to always put my Global knives into the dishwasher?Same-same here with many things just get use to telling her then doing it your self
I can't give her a beating. She's too kind and nice to be pissed off at.
I've asked repeatedly.
Yeah I have a set of my own knives that I literally hide from my i s c & a aggie wife. She uses whatever we have lying around and then always puts them in the dishwasher. Doesn't bother me, they're not mine and I don't use them.
I sharpen mine by hand with whetstones.Oil stones(i hope) those water stones are a waste of time,guys now realizing diamond stones if the edge needs reprofiling. Then I use the Norton, for cutting silicon carbide (Crystolon) stone then finish with aluminum oxide (India) stone. You can pick it up in a combination set for around 50 bucks give/take 5 bucks. All much quicker and better than the softer Japanese stones. I use mineral oil on the stones food and kitchen safe. easy on clean up also
As a (former) business owner, you should know better. Nobody likes it, but last quarter the Oil Co's were not hardly even making any money. It takes big bucks to be in the oil/refining business. Gas was really nice and cheap a few months ago (here), so you got to take the downs with the ups.hah, that's like listening to the corn farmers and cattle feeders around here
just thinkin about owning a pool makes me grumpyLiving in FL without a pool would make me grumpy.
I have a friend with a saltwater pool and they've had some problems with it. Ours is normal which works fine for me.This is the first time in the 6 years we've had it that it has given us problems. The salt pool is so much nicer on the skin than straight chlorine. We really love it.
This is the first time in the 6 years we've had it that it has given us problems. The salt pool is so much nicer on the skin than straight chlorine. We really love it.Yeah people say that. I don't notice any difference. But you gotta do you.
I made it through 9 holes of league last night - plenty of pain - plenty of Budweiser for painkillerGo to a real doctor and a real physical therapist. Chiros tend to treat symptoms not root causes. Their business model relies on ensuring you don't actually get better and keep coming back.
it's not any better this morning
took a muscle relaxer, going to ice it, take a shower, ice it again and visit the chiropractor
been going to the bonecrushers since I was a teen.
they give me the relief I need
something about being born 8 weeks early and the lower part of my spline where it connects with my hips causes the problem
real docs just want to do surgery - that's a last resort for me
something about being born 8 weeks early and the lower part of my spline where it connects with my hips causes the problemmaybe 1X every year or two I get a pinched nerve - a bulging disc evidenty that delivers a shooting pain in the lower back. Found in the mid 90s by chance swimming works great as you're extended horizontally and bouyant the spine expands and anything out of place seems to slide right back in. Knock on wood it's been over 3 years since I was in the local Rec Pool - so both I and the community are happy about that
real docs just want to do surgery - that's a last resort for me
Chiros and PTs are very different lanes, good for different things. Same thing again with MDs.Do you have neuropathy? I do in my left due to that asshole neurosurgeon nicking my L4 branch when he was in there doing a laminectomy back in 2013. Still makes me grumpy. I should have sued the MF.
The problem with chiros are 1) finding a good one, they're not all the same 2) finding one who knows what his trade is good for, and what it's not 3) patients who can't differentiate between things that are legitimately in the purview of a good chiropractor and things that a chiropractor cannot possibly help. There are all kinds of crackpots out there who believe things like thinking chiropractic techniques can heal things like metabolic diseases and bullcrap like that.
I've gone to a chiropractor for specific things for years when problems flare up (mainly, due to major nerve damage in my feet, I don't walk correctly and it causes my right hip to go out of place, but some C-spine issues as well). My doctor and my wife both encourage the measured use of a good chiropractor for certain problems.
Do you have neuropathy? I do in my left due to that asshole neurosurgeon nicking my L4 branch when he was in there doing a laminectomy back in 2013. Still makes me grumpy. I should have sued the MF.
Amazon Prime video just went from $3.24 for ad-free to $5.40, a $2.16 increase. I know it's beans, but it's the principle. They're rapidly losing the grounding for their claim that "Prime Video is free with a Prime subscription." I don't expect charges for a free service to be comparable to another streaming service. You can get basic Hulu plans for less than 9 bucks. Amazon is not far away from that, so regardless of whether or not I can afford it, once it enters territory that other platforms charge, then just stop the silly nonsense that it's a perk of being a Prime member. If you have ads, you're just Tubi or FreeVee. If you have to pay to stop the ads, then stop saying your video library is "free" with Prime membership. That's skating on a technicality, and anyway, we all know the costs of your video platform are absorbed in the cost of a Prime membership anyway.If it doesn't hurt moving paper towels, they don't care.
Wife says tinnitus can be treated if it's related to hearing loss.Well, I've spent a couple decades abusing my hearing, so it's probably related to hearing loss.
If it's not related to hearing loss, we don't really have good treatment for it.
Do you have neuropathy? I do in my left due to that asshole neurosurgeon nicking my L4 branch when he was in there doing a laminectomy back in 2013. Still makes me grumpy. I should have sued the MF.well if you lost you might have to slum around in Chevy,maybe one of those red plastic models though
Mine went away. Not sure how or why. It just did.I've just learned to.live with it. Most of the time I don't notice it.
Chiros and PTs are very different lanes, good for different things. Same thing again with MDs.
The problem with chiros are 1) finding a good one, they're not all the same 2) finding one who knows what his trade is good for, and what it's not 3) patients who can't differentiate between things that are legitimately in the purview of a good chiropractor and things that a chiropractor cannot possibly help. There are all kinds of crackpots out there who believe things like thinking chiropractic techniques can heal things like metabolic diseases and bullcrap like that.
I've gone to a chiropractor for specific things for years when problems flare up (mainly, due to major nerve damage in my feet, I don't walk correctly and it causes my right hip to go out of place, but some C-spine issues as well). My doctor and my wife both encourage the measured use of a good chiropractor for certain problems.
People here tend to poo-poo lobbyists and their influence. Makes you wonder why industries spend so much money for them if they're so ineffective...Nah. I think they're effective. But going into it would be delving into politics, so I won't say more on that.
well if you lost you might have to slum around in Chevy,maybe one of those red plastic models thoughWTF?
Nah. I think they're effective. But going into it would be delving into politics, so I won't say more on that.It's not about eggs, though. It's about an invented limitation put on us by those in charge. And a vast majority of us just go along with it. Even those who are fine with school shootings in the name of 2nd amendment rights.
Mostly we just poke you for your strange obsession with the egg lobby.
It's not about eggs, though. It's about an invented limitation put on us by those in charge. And a vast majority of us just go along with it. Even those who are fine with school shootings in the name of 2nd amendment rights.We know.
Hmm, I see what you mean about it delving into politics.
Feel free to ignore my advice. I'll leave it at that.Go jump in the lake, really that's what I did and the swim did wonders
Aquatic therapy is awesome. One of the many reasons I love having a pool.Right behind ya.
Speaking of which, it's time to go jump in the pool.
Right behind ya.Weve had a crazily cool April and early May, with highs in the 60s and low 70s when low 80s are normal. But now we're getting into the good hot stuff!
Got a scorcher going on here lately.
Aquatic therapy is awesome. One of the many reasons I love having a pool.Weather keeps up like this around here we may not see 70° anytime soon or 80° at all :o
Speaking of which, it's time to go jump in the pool.
perfect here on the golf course - 75 degrees and sunnyManaged to get out 3 times since we have been in Maine, but the weather has been far from perfect for golf.
Well, I've spent a couple decades abusing my hearing, so it's probably related to hearing loss.
We may hit the 90's for the first time late this week. We've had some cooler than usual, less humid weather that has been nice, but the evenings and mornings are cooler than I like for this time of year.
Pool is open, but water temp is still at 70 degrees.
jg doesn't get in water under 80 degrees --- so Memorial Day weekend may be a dry one for me. Dry as in no pool, not dry as in no beer.
I want it to stay cool. Headed to the Smokeys in a couple of weeks, and I want to have a fire going in the evenings in the cabin we rented.
Might see an audiologist to get tested. Or you might have to see your primary first, depending on your insurance and/or how the audiologist operates. I think (don't quote me on this) if someone has tinnitus due to hearing loss, the way it's treated is they get hearing aids.Yeah, my insurance doesn't require it, but I'll probably wait until my annual and bring it up with my doctor anyway.
Back is really tight/sore. Saw the doctor on Friday and he said to give it another 2-4 weeks. I start PT tomorrow so that will be good. This is about 25% of the hardware (couldn't get it all - bones are too strong).Remind me, what did you do to the back?
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Remind me, what did you do to the back?I had a lumbar fusion in January 2015. Some of the hardware loosened up (it happens) and was causing me back pain.
I had a lumbar fusion in January 2015. Some of the hardware loosened up (it happens) and was causing me back pain.Was there anything you did that led to needing the fusion? Or just back doing back things?
Playing ILB probably played a part, but it was mostly degenerative. My spine was cracked and moving around in the wrong ways. There was no choice.That seems like it would contribute!
For the first time, we decided to bring our own coffee pods bc hotels usually don't have enough in the room, and what they have usually isn't very good.SFIrish routinely brings Starbucks Via (instant packets) to add to whatever hotel coffee might be available, to make it tolerable. It's not that the Starbucks instant is good, but it's tolerable, which is important for one's morning coffee.
And this hotel doesn't have a Keurig :96:
I mostly drink half calf that I make myself, but I'm a bit of a snob about how coffee should taste. Too much watery coffee is served out there in the world. Most restaurants will charge $3.50 or more for a cup of objectively bad coffee (ok, it's subjectively bad, but I find it appalling, regardless). I stopped ordering after dinner coffee a long time ago.
Diners tend to be better about this, although diner coffee, itself, is generally a particular flavor of coffee, which generally doesn't taste very strong. That's ok, as long as I know what I'm getting.
Coffee shops generally do a good job, but overcharge for a cup of drip coffee (they all overcharge--we're paying for the labor and the rent, not the coffee; I'm ok with it, as long as the coffee is worth drinking).
For the first time, we decided to bring our own coffee pods bc hotels usually don't have enough in the room, and what they have usually isn't very good.IHG has Keurig and the reg coffee is good enuff for em
And this hotel doesn't have a Keurig :96:
We simply go down to the lobby for coffee. Very easy, and free.I drink my 2 cups long before I'm ready to leave the room
I drink coffee maybe once a week - if that.3 cups every morning before I'm out the door or with my travel mug. Medium roast,medium strength - strait up. 'Cept the Holidays Eggnog makes a good creamer/sweetner combo
Decaf or half-caf.
I drink my 2 cups long before I'm ready to leave the roomSame. Home as well.
then I'm done for the day
Just finished my 3rd before typing this,shower & out the door
many times I wait 12 hoursWell over 12 hours for me, since I don't eat anything after 4PM.
I drink coffee maybe once a week - if that.only time I drink coffee is on a cruise ship with bailey's in it. Otherwise morning drink is Diet Mt. Dew
Decaf or half-caf.
I've known many two-cuppers. You're the only three-cupper I can think of. You might have a problem.
I picture a guy wearing what may be a scarlet "O" on his t-shirt, but it's hard to tell because he's shaking so bad.
I limit any caffeine to the occasional piece of dark chocolate I might have.
I've known many two-cuppers. You're the only three-cupper I can think of. You might have a problem.I've dropped from two cups to one, most days.
Drinking coffee on an empty stomach can be harmful to some people.
Glad I'm not one of those.I've had a couple of ulcers. I'm one of those.
Well over 12 hours for me, since I don't eat anything after 4PM.I try not to eat anything after 7
Well over 12 hours for me, since I don't eat anything after 4PM.I give you credit. That is not easy to do- at least not for me.
Exercizing the elbow count?😂🍺
I've known many two-cuppers. You're the only three-cupper I can think of. You might have a problem.Make it a little weaker,you're nuts if you follow instructions from Companies. At least 1 maybe 2 tablespoon(s) to 1- 6 oz cup I use 1 heaping t-spoon to 1- 8 oz cup
I picture a guy wearing what may be a scarlet "O" on his t-shirt, but it's hard to tell because he's shaking so bad.
and he spilt coffee on his t-shirt!happens it's not Beer
only time I drink coffee is on a cruise ship with bailey's in it. Otherwise morning drink is Diet Mt. DewI suppose the next trip is to Chernoble - that Bilge is turrible ;D
Got back from my mom's funeral.First, condolences.
It was the first time I've been in the same room at the same time with *all* of my siblings since 2012, when our grandmother died.
Have you ever had that sort of relationship where no matter how long you've been apart from people, it's like you pick up exactly where you left off like no time has passed?
Yeah... My siblings and I are kinda like that.
The dysfunction didn't miss a beat.
I don't have many close friends, but the ones I do, I'm fortunate that they're all people whom I can go for literally years without seeing, and we always pick up right where we left off. Nothing awkward, nothing uncomfortable, just like putting on a broke-in favorite pair of tennis shoes. It's not that their life hasn't changed, and in my case it changed quite drastically sometimes. But the stuff that counts the most--the people we are inside, our interests, memories of our favorite times together--doesn't change.Yep. I have friends like that. Hell, I should probably say hello to them soon. The two that come first to mind happen to live about 2000 and about 3000 miles from me... But they're the type that time apart doesn't loosen bonds.
But that probably goes in the happy thread.