Post a random picture

[lost in melb.]

Isn't Afghanistan landlocked? What would they need a hovercraft for? :facepalm:

To kick some talaban ass!

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZAkM8uYxLilew57UIFSadVN_nosNh5 hRUTA&usqp=CAU

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/CGpIrvj.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/BRLgk0G.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/ouhD588.jpg

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/242166603_1606056353072751_1308597275112591618_n.j pg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=8ktRo_Oi5Z0AX8eQ8s1&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.xx&oh=b5e9ab2908e5fc80170f8dd3a0aabc52&oe=6167A2EE

[Griffin]

I wonder if she slaps it against his thigh to see if it sticks :-k

[Fodster]

https://64.media.tumblr.com/63dd3bd22b5b813e11b9e16f25d99cbe/1c9573ad7a0db9d1-fe/s1280x1920/dddb2628a6303969495b6dab3b8d7c74bf9db263.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/NUMSdsb.jpg

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/1QeHw3d.jpeg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/UvLAQTI.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/yTpkN8F.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/1QeHw3d.jpeg

:huh:

If a machinist here made that monstrosity from that drawing, they would be fired.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/8G3dotV.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/VdVR7vF.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/ze0jM2g.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/a7CsUm9.jpg

[deebakes]

:lol:

[lost in melb.]

just no :hand:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/taFQOqh.jpg

[deebakes]

:shock:

[Muddy]

Those fkrs are drunk... I would not only not attend their wedding, I would defriend them..!

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://i.imgur.com/taFQOqh.jpg


Those fkrs are drunk... I would not only not attend their wedding, I would defriend them..!

Thats every pastor ever

[Pony]

https://i.imgur.com/giSQIdI.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/j9i0Ege.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/zNfUZcw.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/zEh4hn0.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/VCYcCpG.png

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://i.imgur.com/zEh4hn0.jpg

Love the suit

[The Monk]

Love the suit

Right up RBP's alley... :thumbsup:

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/3UO5i1Y.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/hmJlnnA.jpg

[Oofty Goofty]

:huh:

If a machinist here made that monstrosity from that drawing, they would be fired.

Yeah, it's not that complicated of a project, and he should have been able to figure it out from the drawing, but the drawing isn't a proper engineering diagram. It should have a front, top, and side view. I would put the blame on both of them equally, the requester for not making a proper diagram, and the turner for not asking questions.

[DemonGeminiX]

https://i.imgur.com/3UO5i1Y.jpg

I'm not really getting this...

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/242891919_10222882364401077_2157214458161441012_n. jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=_QweOKSkGcEAX80MVp1&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.xx&oh=089b2598817826c4c58f00b1d3439ac0&oe=61725760

[Muddy]

Ouch..!

[The Monk]

I'm not really getting this...


Look at the spelling of the motto! :thumbsup:

[Oofty Goofty]

Look at the spelling of the motto! :thumbsup:

Thanks. I noticed that, but I wasn't sure if there was a difference in spelling between US and UK English.

[Fodster]

https://64.media.tumblr.com/f78eb84667264e902e20390b3a1d34f1/2b72b9ab4f7921ec-78/s640x960/b741e1956f0529a010a4be3781b8c6e46bc0268c.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/425R5n2.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/jm07fCa.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/M5DcESa.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/bK9C5R2.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/EZpq39B.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/KHY0pQI.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/JCKGZiK.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/Ayd0Igj.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/upMgRRX.jpg

[DemonGeminiX]

I bet he scratched.

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/z1zmhQ0.jpg

[The Monk]

Thanks. I noticed that, but I wasn't sure if there was a difference in spelling between US and UK English.

Not on "together" - US spelling is wrong English on lots of other words though! :mrgreen:

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/6xA47nu.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/EfGHxXe.jpg

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/CSE4h2y.png

[The Monk]

http://i.imgur.com/CSE4h2y.png


:rofl:

[lost in melb.]

:lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Thats funny

[Fodster]

https://c.tenor.com/QtN41L_smckAAAAC/mr-chow-gay.gif

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/F6ScMJM.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/HnmkPYt.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/0VViWnC.jpg

[The Monk]

The intelligence of a Trump supporter... :mrgreen:


https://i.imgur.com/MoG5Dzd.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You just don't know when to stop, do you?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/YVX0xBm.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/2oTghXI.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/MAPypkT.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/wmCW7Mw.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/2dcKI5R.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/8ydz9Ch.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/blOUFYG.jpg

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://i.redd.it/817npzzzlaq71.jpg

[Pony]

You just don't know when to stop, do you?

Nah, he's gonna keep poking until the day we give him a ban. No warnings next time. Hope he doesn't catch one of us in a bad mood anytime soon.

[Muddy]

Liberal media is the same way.. Trump Derangement Syndrome is still strong in all their outlets.. He's like the fuggin boogeyman to them.. :lol:

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/LGdJWip.png

[DemonGeminiX]

Nah, he's gonna keep poking until the day we give him a ban. No warnings next time. Hope he doesn't catch one of us in a bad mood anytime soon.

Funny, I've been in a continuously persistent bad mood since March...

[The Monk]

You just don't know when to stop, do you?

Grow up for god's sake - you mob do nothing but paste shit about Biden and that's fine but one pic from me about Trump and you all lose it.

I don't hate Trump - I don't like him either. I don't hate Biden - I don't like him either.


I detect a real whiff of double standards here.

[The Monk]

Nah, he's gonna keep poking until the day we give him a ban. No warnings next time. Hope he doesn't catch one of us in a bad mood anytime soon.

So what you're really saying is that you are so thin skinned you cannot tell the difference between a funny pic and a shot at your beloved Trump? :ffs:

I am not deliberately taking aim to piss off the Nancies here but you react with spite to me when I post anything that you don't like yet you are happy to take shots at Biden and believe you are being humours and unbiased? Not fucking likely!!

[The Monk]

Liberal media is the same way.. Trump Derangement Syndrome is still strong in all their outlets.. He's like the fuggin boogeyman to them.. :lol:

Yet you mob are afflicted with Biden derangement syndrome and that is OK???


Understand: I DO NOT EITHER LIKE OR HATE TRUMP OR BIDEN! - MAYBE YOU DON'T FULLY GET MY HUMOUR??

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/592hPcu.jpg

[The Monk]

https://i.imgur.com/Grbm6t9l.jpg

[The Monk]

I have visited this place and had afternoon tea. So low inside that my chair was inside a large fireplace.



https://i.imgur.com/URdlZtx.jpg



An unbelievable sight when the creeper is in flower.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Grow up for god's sake - you mob do nothing but paste shit about Biden and that's fine but one pic from me about Trump and you all lose it.

I don't hate Trump - I don't like him either. I don't hate Biden - I don't like him either.


I detect a real whiff of double standards here.

Typical response from someone from a country of inbred descendants of criminals.


See what I did there? You can post things without being an insulting twat, but you seem to want to continuously return to going down that route.

As for posting stuff about Biden, maybe you haven't noticed, but he's the ACTUAL CURRENT FUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. It's called topical humor, but all you can do is live with Trump consuming your entire brain, It's YOU that has the issue. I have no problem with posting political cartoons about Trump, but you always have to go the extra step to be insulting when you do it. And to make it worse, you have to post your little digs every-fucking-where. If you would have posted that photo without adding your insulting little commentary, nobody would care, but you just can't contain yourself. You whined that FBD kept posting the same crap that YOU thought was insulting and we banned him over it, granted, we should have done it sooner, but here you are doing the exact same thing even though you have been warned about being insulting. Even in your response to my one sentence response to your post, you have to post a diatribe that is insulting, as well as insulting posts to other people that commented on my one sentence. You are the one with the double standard. You like to sling shit, but don't like it when you are called out on it claiming that we're unfair.

And you know what the sad thing is? Just like FBD, you seem to be a decent bloke when you aren't wrapped up in your Trump obsession, but you just can't let it go, just like FBD couldn't let go of his conspiracy theories. What happens is completely up to you, we've been more than fair to you, just like we were with him.

[Pony]

So what you're really saying is that you are so thin skinned you cannot tell the difference between a funny pic and a shot at your beloved Trump? :ffs:

I am not deliberately taking aim to piss off the Nancies here but you react with spite to me when I post anything that you don't like yet you are happy to take shots at Biden and believe you are being humours and unbiased? Not fucking likely!!

Here's from a month ago.


Trump is gone, my problem is not with him or articles about him, my problem is with YOU.

This is not a news site, it's a forum that "friends" come to relax, have fun and chat about everything and anything. Your Trump posts are made for no reason other than to antagonize other members of the forum and to try and provoke a reaction.

I don't care the topic, if you continue to post things that YOU KNOW will piss off other members of the forum, you will be banned.

Yes, many of us are Americans, and yes we believe in free speech. Most of us also know that sometimes keeping your mouth shut when you know what you are thinking will upset a friend is what a decent human being would do if they value that friendship.

If you value your time here, the choice is yours to stop posting stuff you know will get a negative reaction. I don't want to see it any more and I'm done wasting my time trying to "educate" you on how to be polite. It's less stress for me to just click two buttons and not have to deal with you any longer. Last chance. End of.




Interesting quote considering all the news items posted here.

And out of all of that all you had to respond to was "This is not a news site" typically ignoring the rest of it so you can continue to be the victim.

Enjoy your two weeks off. Feel free to thank me for not making it a year like FBD got.

[KevinD]

You just don't know when to stop, do you?

I can actually see the humor in that pic. Probably should have been in the political meme thread though.
I did chuckle, if only in memory of how many times I've witnessed that situation growing up on the beach.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I can actually see the humor in that pic. Probably should have been in the political meme thread though.
I did chuckle, if only in memory of how many times I've witnessed that situation growing up on the beach.

As I said, I don't have an issue with the photo. In and of itself it's funny. It's the commentary that he feels the need to always add. Hence my use of a an insult in my reply to him. Is it what I believe? Of course not, I love our Aussie members, but it's something he feels the need to always interject when he posts Trump things. Not to mention the fact that he's obsessed with Trump, but that's a different conversation altogether.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/BRyAEjA.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/59GBnwX.png

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/0ZQn6nj.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/tElGNzY.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/ROuMUcu.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/OAmd5ZZ.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/WYtNBZx.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/bOLIL7A.jpg

[Muddy]

:bwaha:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/ameOMWb.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/TYA0ntu.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/Ej6xLaS.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/FVXaRbB.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/HMgxCet.jpg

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/243052672_10159919395129703_4365902794711062317_n. jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=a4OsjauibhQAX99_Cge&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.xx&oh=a296b50000cebbc289c5caa087b184b9&oe=617B0263

[Fodster]

Typical response from someone from a country of inbred descendants of criminals..

Where is this country, id be interested to know?

[lost in melb.]

Where is this country, id be interested to know?

So say we all!

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQwckUyl5ohgR_uw_Yl85rXL5kX17Zw-McKg&usqp=CAU

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Where is this country, id be interested to know?

*deleted*

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You know what? Goof approached me several months ago about just shutting the place down and I didn't want to. But I don't come here to deal with shit, I come here to have fun and if this is what I am going to come online every day to see, then maybe he was right and it's time to pull the fucking plug.

[Pony]

:(

[lost in melb.]

*deleted*

Fodster may have been joking. I obviously was, and he liked my pic. Just saying...

[lost in melb.]

You know what? Goof approached me several months ago about just shutting the place down and I didn't want to. But I don't come here to deal with shit, I come here to have fun and if this is what I am going to come online every day to see, then maybe he was right and it's time to pull the fucking plug.

Sorry to hear.

Suggest you sleep on it. If it helps I think your reply to The Monk was reasonable. Hopefully he'll read your replies and get what you're saying.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Fodster may have been joking. I obviously was, and he liked my pic. Just saying...

Maybe I overreacted then and I apologize if that's the case. It's hard to convey joking/sarcasm in print.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:(


Sorry to hear.

Suggest you sleep on it. If it helps I think your reply to The Monk was reasonable. Hopefully he'll read your replies and get what you're saying.

The last thing I want to do is close the place down, but sometimes I just get overwhelmed and frustrated, you know?

[lost in melb.]

The last thing I want to do is close the place down, but sometimes I just get overwhelmed and frustrated, you know?

Of course. It's because you have a conscience and want to be fair to everyone. But just so you know, even if not much is said you have the support and appreciation of the vast majority of us here :beerchug:

[Pony]

The last thing I want to do is close the place down, but sometimes I just get overwhelmed and frustrated, you know?

I get it, this place is supposed to be an escape to have fun with friends and chat about stuff. It stops being that when you come here every day and get more stressed and wound up than you already are in the day-to-day.

As much as I dislike having to ban a regular, I'll do what I feel I have to to try and keep this place enjoyable for everyone. I may not post as much as I used to but I definitely would have a hole in my heart if this place was gone.

Thank you two for all these years we have had together and I hope to have many more.

[Muddy]

If for some reason it ever came to that, Lance. We could open a little subreddit on Reddit to still have a place to congregate...


:2cents:

The world is a crazy place right now and we all have different opinions and different contributing factors.. Some of that is going to bleeed in to what we post and more so it can bleed into how someone else interprets that post.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/npPcRS5.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/sIZpGoY.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/KdkB7ED.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/ljyGnji.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/v6vo2Ls.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/CJyqMj0.jpg

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://i.redd.it/spy6pb1ghnq71.jpg

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/242514687_10222916218647412_6184282272453612939_n. jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=Id3Mv2dHu68AX8fTN0Y&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.xx&oh=f1474244bef19b56b5216eb20ed84c29&oe=617D50BB

[PorkChopSandwiches]

LSFW

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/243731656_4832200580123839_4707884157002665646_n.j pg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=QQsbYH87PWUAX-8qVr6&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.xx&oh=da6932756bac0a2d21f3ce50d79f8989&oe=617A7E32

[brah pitt]

Hahahahahahahahhahahaha

[richard3280]

You know what? Goof approached me several months ago about just shutting the place down and I didn't want to. But I don't come here to deal with shit, I come here to have fun and if this is what I am going to come online every day to see, then maybe he was right and it's time to pull the fucking plug.

Oh No! I love this place and like many others quietly appreciate the effort you go to. I deliberately moderate and refrain from anything that is likely to create group offence, just as I would in real time situations with friends. I enjoy your online company and I anticipate the different characteristic responses of my mates here. I reckon the world needs these little havens of friendship more than ever now. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Rick

[Fodster]

Fodster may have been joking. I obviously was, and he liked my pic. Just saying...


Maybe I overreacted then and I apologize if that's the case. It's hard to convey joking/sarcasm in print.

Yeh defo being sarcastic! I just hope that the Monk isn't from either England (my homeland) or Australia (where I live) :D

[DemonGeminiX]

Yeh defo being sarcastic! I just hope that the Monk isn't from either England (my homeland) or Australia (where I live) :D

Monk's an Aussie.

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/bP9SMoQ.jpeg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/TrtaGZP.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/tbPTQf2.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/6tPDOzp.jpg

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/0FFJhuD.jpeg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/hXBcnGV.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/7rPekn6.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/6ilejjJ.jpg

[Muddy]

I love a nice open air piss.

[lost in melb.]

I'm too tall . Everybody would see my junk :(

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/SmWAPWh.jpeg

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/Tl4J7bH.png

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/vk5dfnV.jpeg

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/oYrTjMY.jpeg

[Muddy]

Is that his sister? :huh:

[Griffin]

:hand: stepsister

[DemonGeminiX]

:hand: stepsister

Can't be. She's not stuck in the dryer.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/CqjjJSj.png

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/yKeQptz.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/zU8Lhqw.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/BM1F5KD.jpg

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/ODdXNV3.png

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/oz9rYWf.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/RfcqxB9.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/h7txARd.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/Mh0EYUQ.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/wOiwyS1.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/wDnywhm.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/DEamRY8.jpg

[richard3280]

https://i.imgur.com/DEamRY8.jpg

Who'd have thought?

[deebakes]

:lol:

[Muddy]

I think Lobster rolls suck...

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I had one on the beach in Maine and it was fantastic

[Muddy]

I had one on the beach in Maine and it was fantastic

Was it cold?

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Was it cold?

I believe so, but it was in 96 :lol:

[Muddy]

I believe so, but it was in 96 :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/MlPuYvj.gif

[PorkChopSandwiches]

1996 when I ate one in Maine

[brah pitt]

http://i.imgur.com/lEBaGk3.png

[Muddy]

Sounds like a proper response to me...! ^^

[lost in melb.]

In Australia we taser and cuff these f*ckers :hand:

[Muddy]

In Australia we taser and cuff these f*ckers :hand:

The blue haired dipshit or the person doing mask theatre..?

[Griffin]

it's ALL mask theatre

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://i.imgur.com/lEBaGk3.png

:rofl:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/244874412_10222946525605067_6858221018498028545_n. jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=Hz-_1YXGSY4AX8FZ49f&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.xx&oh=190cbd08640899e7b733749ef1c8dc97&oe=61833D1E

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/KDc92UW.png

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://i.imgur.com/0LbPpdx.png

[deebakes]

dominos huh?

[lost in melb.]

dominos huh?

The meat on dominos is horrible...

[DemonGeminiX]

Dominos sucks all the way around. I think it's one of those things you have to grow up with to actually enjoy as an adult.

[lost in melb.]

Yes, now that you mention it the tomato is full of food acid, the cheese tastes like plastic and God knows how much sugar is in them :meh:

I'm ashamed to say I've ordered a few over the years.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Why would there be taco bell in Mexico :lol:

[Griffin]

Why would there be taco bell in Mexico :lol:

Down there they call it "American" food.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Why would there be taco bell in Mexico :lol:


Down there they call it "American" food.

I Googled it, there aren't any Taco Bell restaurants in Mexico, but they have tried to open them down there. I'm gonna guess that the reason Mexicans hate Taco Bell is because it gives Mexican food a bad name.

[deebakes]

like dominos does for italian food apparently :lol:

[brah pitt]

like dominos does for italian food apparently :lol:

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[brah pitt]

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[Pony]

:roll:

So you take a shit paying job (or two) to pay the bills and learn a skill that makes you WORTH more to an employer.

The answer is not "Sit at home on benefits and complain until the world changes."

[brah pitt]

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[brah pitt]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Oofty Goofty]

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How is this even possible? I wish there were dashcam footage.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Muddy]

:roll:

So you take a shit paying job (or two) to pay the bills and learn a skill that makes you WORTH more to an employer.

The answer is not "Sit at home on benefits and complain until the world changes."

Easier said than done, my brother.. Time is time, and people should be adequately compensated for it.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Easier said than done, my brother.. Time is time, and people should be adequately compensated for it.

They are, you may not be able to buy a house. If your skillset is zero, then your time is not worth the same as someone with skill. If you are doing 40 hours at McDonalds and you haven't become a manager, then you are worthless and making what you deserve

[Teh One Who Knocks]

They are, you may not be able to buy a house. If your skillset is zero, then your time is not worth the same as someone with skill. If you are doing 40 hours at McDonalds and you haven't become a manager, then you are worthless and making what you deserve

:qft:

[Muddy]

They are, you may not be able to buy a house. If your skillset is zero, then your time is not worth the same as someone with skill. If you are doing 40 hours at McDonalds and you haven't become a manager, then you are worthless and making what you deserve

I disagree. and for the record, if you hadn't bought your house when you did, you wouldn't be able to afford it either..!

[PorkChopSandwiches]

and for the record, if you hadn't bought your house when you did, you wouldn't be able to afford it either..!

That is true. I could afford it now, but at the time I bought it, I couldn't afford the current price.
But even still you start with something small like a condo, and work your way up
CA is a tough example, I'm sure if you lived in Tennessee you could buy a house on minimum wage

[Griffin]

You apparently haven't priced real estate in Tennessee lately. :lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

You apparently haven't priced real estate in Tennessee lately. :lol:

No, but just a quick search. This house has 1 more bedroom and 1 more bath then mine and a larger lot and and is 40% less to buy :)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/17-Larkspur-Ave-Lebanon-TN-37090/42372196_zpid/

So in CA as a first time home buyer you would need 3% down
$18,000
If you got a 30 year at 3% your payment would be
2453

The same math in TN on the one above
3% down $7,893
Payment 1075

[Muddy]

All I'm saying guys is wages have not kept up with inflation.. $7.50 an hour now is way different than it was in 2005.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

All I'm saying guys is wages have not kept up with inflation.. $7.50 an hour now is way different than it was in 2005.

A majority of states don't even use the federal minimum wage. It's $12/hour in Colorado and it's $14/hour in California.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Its 15 here in Jan

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Its 15 here in Jan

I misread ours here, it's actually went up to $12.56/hour this year.

[Muddy]

A majority of states don't even use the federal minimum wage. It's $12/hour in Colorado and it's $14/hour in California.

7.45 here, but just went to 9.50 my wife was telling me.

[KevinD]

You can work hard and live the dream of decades of debt. I did it. Got out of service, bummed around for a year o so, decided to go to night school to get a degree, worked 50-60hrs/week while going to class 20hrs/week for two years. Started at $8/hr and currently make around 5 times that. I put in the time, worked my ass off to get here. Wife worked full time too with 2 kids. Was it rough? Hell yeah. Did we live paycheck to paycheck? Absolutely.

[Muddy]

You can work hard and live the dream of decades of debt. I did it. Got out of service, bummed around for a year o so, decided to go to night school to get a degree, worked 50-60hrs/week while going to class 20hrs/week for two years. Started at $8/hr and currently make around 5 times that. I put in the time, worked my ass off to get here. Wife worked full time too with 2 kids. Was it rough? Hell yeah. Did we live paycheck to paycheck? Absolutely.

You're hard core though, Kev.. The average American couldn't do what you do.!

[lost in melb.]

You can work hard and live the dream of decades of debt. I did it. Got out of service, bummed around for a year o so, decided to go to night school to get a degree, worked 50-60hrs/week while going to class 20hrs/week for two years. Started at $8/hr and currently make around 5 times that. I put in the time, worked my ass off to get here. Wife worked full time too with 2 kids. Was it rough? Hell yeah. Did we live paycheck to paycheck? Absolutely.

Man, you sound like my parents and I was one of those kids - with pots and pans for toys.

I had it hard, but not as hard as them. My younger sister is a soft as anything (but still studied hard enough to get into nursing)

[Griffin]

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[DemonGeminiX]

GA min wage is $5.15 per hour. $7.25 for employers that fall under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

[Griffin]

well, I tried to get it back on track:meh:

[KevinD]

Man, you sound like my parents and I was one of those kids - with pots and pans for toys.

I had it hard, but not as hard as them. My younger sister is a soft as anything (but still studied hard enough to get into nursing)

I didnt have it that hard really. Mom when she was young grew up on a substance farm. It still sorta was when I was very young. My point wasn't to say "look at me" but more that I've always believed, and still do, that anyone can still do well in the US. Its just a matter of figuout what you like, and how to make $$ on it. When I was younger, I thought all you had to do was work hard, and while there's still an aspect of that, I've known too many that have worked hard, but not gotten ahead. Usually that's by their personal habits, but thats a different discussion.

[lost in melb.]

I know man, and what you say rings true. But I would suggest this isn't for everybody. I don't know if you got the results back from your drunk IQ test that I suggested not to post, lol. I'm betting you are in the orange range, above average (>100). As I imagine would be most people on the board. Trouble is, for every smart person there's a dumb person in the population it's just a statistical thing. And they can't do what you did. They lack the hardware, so there's no point trying to offer them alternative software. You basically can't change IQ. It's set. So all those people, particularly between 70 and 85 need to be taken care of. They can actually be productive but they need simpler tasks. They also might need more mentoring and guidance into adulthood.


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I know a bit about this, because it was part of my job. As a school psychologist I was the guy who got the dumb kids or the kids who couldn't concentrate or the kids failing their classes and didn't want to come to school. Often there are issues stemming from home abuse, parental break up or other socio-motional factors, but also sometimes they were just lacking in mental capacity. And I was the chap to tactfully measure this and break it to the school and break it to the parents (who are sometimes dumb themselves). I guess that's why I get impatient with people that maintain that those that don't want to go up the ladder are simply lazy. Sometimes it's the case, but sometimes they don't have the hardware - and never will. This notion that we are all born equal is a romantic one but not always true.

[lost in melb.]

I should say it wasn't all glum. Overall IQ is divided into different parts. Often kids, particularly those with minority parents are lacking in verbal IQ, so they struggle to learn and fall behind due to poor receptive and expressive verbal skills. But their visuospatial and reasoning ears is normal or even above average. So they are smart. We can then find ways to accommodate that and get them back on track.

Also if we get kids assessed early we can get them sidetracked into an alternative learning streams early on. Nothing more satisfactory than seeing a kid that was heading for the trash can thriving and working in an appropriate apprenticeship to match their mental skillset.

This isn't just about IQ. Sometimes kids just hate academics. They get more satisfaction solving puzzles, doing things with their hands and dealing with real life tangible things.

[brah pitt]

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[brah pitt]

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[Griffin]

This isn't just about IQ. Sometimes kids just hate academics. They get more satisfaction solving puzzles, doing things with their hands and dealing with real life tangible things.

This as me. The only thing I wanted out of school was to be out of school. I felt school was holding me back.
I was working 40 hours a week (half those hours on weekends) so never did my homework. Squeaked by by acing all my tests, which had most of my teachers assume I was cheating.
While others were studying for the ACT or SAT, I was working and partying.
When The ASVAB tests were announced I took that just to get out of class for the morning. My percentile score was so high I soon had recruiters bothering me and decided to see what the NAVY had for me. First thing they wanted was to send me for a weekend of tests, including an IQ (first one I had). They said there some anomalies and wanted me to take another IQ (which came back slightly higher than the first) so I reluctantly gave them another weekend. Apparently they saw me in a nuclear sub, but my poor school record, minor police record thwarting authority and lack of some social skills nixed that.
Anyway, buried somewhere in the archives of the DOD is a file on me showing a 155 IQ.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[lost in melb.]

This as me. The only thing I wanted out of school was to be out of school. I felt school was holding me back.
I was working 40 hours a week (half those hours on weekends) so never did my homework. Squeaked by by acing all my tests, which had most of my teachers assume I was cheating.
While others were studying for the ACT or SAT, I was working and partying.
When The ASVAB tests were announced I took that just to get out of class for the morning. My percentile score was so high I soon had recruiters bothering me and decided to see what the NAVY had for me. First thing they wanted was to send me for a weekend of tests, including an IQ (first one I had). They said there some anomalies and wanted me to take another IQ (which came back slightly higher than the first) so I reluctantly gave them another weekend. Apparently they saw me in a nuclear sub, but my poor school record, minor police record thwarting authority and lack of some social skills nixed that.
Anyway, buried somewhere in the archives of the DOD is a file on me showing a 155 IQ.

I was gonna add, once your IQ is over 140 you start going downhill (J/k). Yes, I wouldn't recommend working on a submarine unless you really like being around people :)


My academic pattern was similar - minus the arrests. But once I hit University it was a different matter. And actually by the time I got to postgraduate I didn't feel particularly clever at all. Btw, I've been working on a honey bee farm this year. My blood pressure has dropped noticeably, possibly IQ as well, but that's ok.

[lost in melb.]

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[lost in melb.]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Griffin]

I wonder who caved in the back of his head? :-k

[Muddy]

The po-lice, mang..!!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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Well there's your problem :-k

[brah pitt]

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[brah pitt]

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[Muddy]

:rofl:

[brah pitt]

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[brah pitt]

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[Goofy]

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[Fodster]

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[brah pitt]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Oofty Goofty]

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She should quickly learn a few new sex acts, so her boyfriend can think "she never used to do that until she hung out with that celebrity at the airport."

[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[Griffin]

That's because we no longer have the daily drain on our bank accounts raising ungrateful kids and can now spend it on someone that still says "I love you".:meh: