Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[RBP]

I actively encourage, and support, my wife calling me out on my bullshit... thoughtfully and respectfully. And I respond thoughtfully and respectfully. She also understands that I have zero tolerance for being a bitch. That's the out the door zone. It works for us.

[Godfather]

Preach

[Goofy]

How many years have I been here, and I just realized there's a multi-quote option right beside the 'reply with quote' button :lol: That would've saved me some time in the past...
That's been a feature of vbulletin boards....... forever! :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Last full week of work this year, then two back-to-back 4 day weekends and 3 day work weeks :cheers:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And I guess cattle rustling is still a thing in the 21st century...a ranch on the far outskirts of the Denver metro region had 56 heads of cattle stolen. By guys on horseback. :shock:

[Goofy]

And I guess cattle rustling is still a thing in the 21st century...a ranch on the far outskirts of the Denver metro region had 56 heads of cattle stolen. By guys on horseback. :shock:
Someone call John Wayne!!

[RBP]

And I guess cattle rustling is still a thing in the 21st century...a ranch on the far outskirts of the Denver metro region had 56 heads of cattle stolen. By guys on horseback. :shock:

I think it was that gun slinger from Seattle. Rustler Wilson.

[DemonGeminiX]

I have to do all that to change the headlight bulbs on a Honda Civic? Go fuck yourself, Honda.

[RBP]

I have to do all that to change the headlight bulbs on a Honda Civic? Go fuck yourself, Honda.

Check Youtube for work-arounds. In my car, the bumper supposedly needs to come off to replace the bulb. No it doesn't, I can take the whole case out and pop it back in.

[Pony]

I have to do all that to change the headlight bulbs on a Honda Civic? Go fuck yourself, Honda.

If I remember correctly, upper shield off, lower shield loose, bumper off to get to all the headlight bolts.

[Muddy]

I have to do all that to change the headlight bulbs on a Honda Civic? Go fuck yourself, Honda.

Im with you.. fuck Honda cars...

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9qk5PY0duo

Glue? Duct tape? Magic? :-k

[Muddy]

I was flipping through and saw that as well.. That girl could give a shit if her titties pop out though..

[RBP]

I left for my shift and realized that I hadn't changed shoes, so I went back. I went out to the light the next time, wait, get my green arrow. As I started into the intersection, I realize the car in the near lane of cross traffic isn't stopping. I jammed my leg into the brake hard, then he did. All I could do is watch as the ABS kicked in and his car quickly shuddered to a halt about 8 inches from my fender. If I was ~4 feet further into the intersection and he didn't stop, I would have been t-boned in the drivers' side door. All afternoon I have been thinking about the millisecond difference in the two reaction times between no accident and the jaws of life.

[DemonGeminiX]

Lost icka toe rest
Might like a sender doe ree
Your make a doll a ray day sender bright like a penalty
Exit ease my ray day member half lost a beat away
Purst in like a one-way sender
War give a heart like a fay
'Cause I can ford a red reed
Only street wide, a reed land
Diamond make a mid-evil bike
A sake like a reed caste
'Cause I can ford a red reed
Only street wide, a reed land
On a reed land
Find a reed land

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I left for my shift and realized that I hadn't changed shoes, so I went back. I went out to the light the next time, wait, get my green arrow. As I started into the intersection, I realize the car in the near lane of cross traffic isn't stopping. I jammed my leg into the brake hard, then he did. All I could do is watch as the ABS kicked in and his car quickly shuddered to a halt about 8 inches from my fender. If I was ~4 feet further into the intersection and he didn't stop, I would have been t-boned in the drivers' side door. All afternoon I have been thinking about the millisecond difference in the two reaction times between no accident and the jaws of life.

I think of things like that too, although not triggered by anything quite so scary as what you experienced. Glad nothing happened.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Truck registration renewal came in the mail today. $357 fucking dollars. :meh:


:shock: That's your yearly sticker fee?


Yup, the state of Colorado charges you an annual ownership tax that is part of your registration. It's based on the value of your vehicle. It was over $500 the first year I had it right after I bought it. :meh:

https://imageshack.com/a/img922/8186/NvgUZ5.png

Here's the breakdown for this year. :|

[RBP]

That's nuts.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yup, and the more expensive your vehicle, the higher the ownership tax. My boss bought a new truck earlier this year to use for both personal and the shop. Ford F-250, nice truck, and the registration fee was almost $1200.

[RBP]

:shock:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's the biggest drawback to buying a new vehicle in this state. And what they do with all that money is a mystery. The roads and infrastructure are shit and the state DOT is always complaining they have no money.. :|

[Pony]

It's the biggest drawback to buying a new vehicle in this state. And what they do with all that money is a mystery. The roads and infrastructure are shit and the state DOT is always complaining they have no money.. :|

After they pay the financial team, the management team, and the board of directors and those people all pat themselves on the backs with bonuses there is no money left to actually hire and pay anyone to do the work.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Our tax dollars at work.

[Muddy]

After they pay the financial team, the management team, and the board of directors and those people all pat themselves on the backs with bonuses there is no money left to actually hire and pay anyone to do the work.

Yeah.. and those people make bank too... We have a website in our county that shows what employees make.. astounding..

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://imageshack.com/a/img922/8186/NvgUZ5.png

Here's the breakdown for this year. :|

I mean they even itemize and charge for the stupid year sticker for the license plate :facepalm:

[DemonGeminiX]

I thought she'd be there holding daisies, she always waits for me.
She thinks she's missed the train to Mars, she's out back counting stars.

[DemonGeminiX]

The bigger a prize is, the more probable that it's scam.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The bigger a prize is, the more probable that it's scam.

I have a prize for you :shifty:

[DemonGeminiX]

:-k

Is it a puppy?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

No puppy :nono:

[DemonGeminiX]

[-(

Then I don't want it. I want a puppy.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

[-(

Then I don't want it. I want a puppy.

:beatdown:

[DemonGeminiX]

:rant:

I want a puppy, you dick!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

A puppy is not a prize, it's a living thing :nono:

[DemonGeminiX]

I don't care! I want a puppy! :slap:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You are too violent, you don't get a puppy :hand:

[DemonGeminiX]

I want a puppy! :x

[Teh One Who Knocks]

No [-(

[DemonGeminiX]

You're mean! Gimme a puppy! :monkey:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:umno:

[DemonGeminiX]

I think I'll try the DiMarzio X2N in the bridge position of the used EX370 I just got. I'll wait until after New Years to start it up. I haven't even thought about what I'm gonna do to the RG, and I've had that for over a year.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:tumble:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Just an observation....is it just me or does it seem like about 98% of Asians all drive Japanese cars? :-k

[Goofy]

Just an observation....is it just me or does it seem like about 98% of Asians all drive Japanese cars? :-k
:racist:

[RBP]

Just an observation....is it just me or does it seem like about 98% of Asians all drive Japanese cars? :-k

The ultimate nationalists. "Made in the USA" makes you a bigot these days.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The ultimate nationalists. "Made in the USA" makes you a bigot these days.

We have a couple of Asian families on our block, every car at each of their houses are all either Nissans or Toyotas.

[Pony]

Just an observation....is it just me or does it seem like about 98% of Asians all drive Japanese cars? :-k

Because 98% of all Asians live in Japan?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Because 98% of all Asians live in Japan?

Pretty sure there's more Asians in China than Japan :rolleyes:

[DemonGeminiX]

Yeah, but no self-respecting Asian would be caught dead driving something that was made in China.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I don't even know if you could buy a Chinese car here in the States if you wanted to :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

What if those genealogy companies that ask you to send in your DNA to help you trace your family tree are really just shell outfits run by the federal government so that they can voluntarily collect and catalog everyone's DNA. :-k

[Pony]

What if those genealogy companies that ask you to send in your DNA to help you trace your family tree are really just shell outfits run by the federal government so that they can voluntarily collect and catalog everyone's DNA. :-k

They are probably selling your genealogy info to not only the feds but anyone and everyone.

[RBP]

That felt good to actually get an inside contact someplace I want to work and apply for the job. I won't get it, but it might open doors.

[DemonGeminiX]

What if those genealogy companies that ask you to send in your DNA to help you trace your family tree are really just shell outfits run by the federal government so that they can voluntarily collect and catalog everyone's DNA. :-k

One day, you run into your perfect double and he speaks French instead of English.

[Godfather]

What if those genealogy companies that ask you to send in your DNA to help you trace your family tree are really just shell outfits run by the federal government so that they can voluntarily collect and catalog everyone's DNA. :-k

My folks got me one of those kits for a gift. I was grateful but am weirdly paranoid about sending it in... I'm not a conspiracy theorist but it just seems like a bad idea even though the history nerd in me is dying to see the results. At very least, knowing my genetic disposition to disease can't help for things like buying life insurance. At worst? Who knows, some sci-fi Black Mirror nightmare :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I'm trying to decide what's worse when driving on the highway and you are stuck behind them and can't get around....the people that drive barely at or just under the speed limit but maintain a constant speed, or the ones that speed up and slow down over and over, ranging from 10 mph under to 10 mph over the speed limit over and over and over. :-k

[Pony]

I'm trying to decide what's worse when driving on the highway and you are stuck behind them and can't get around....the people that drive barely at or just under the speed limit but maintain a constant speed, or the ones that speed up and slow down over and over, ranging from 10 mph under to 10 mph over the speed limit over and over and over. :-k

I get more road rage from the speedup/slowdown morons. And more often than not those are the ones texting or talking on the phone.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I get more road rage from the speedup/slowdown morons. And more often than not those are the ones texting or talking on the phone.

Yeah, I think that's what bothers me the most as well.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Anyone looking for some last minute Christmas gifts for that someone special? :-k

www.pornhubapparel.com

[Muddy]

Anybody wearing that shit in public deserves a beat down..

[Godfather]

I took the day off to run Christmas errands but I want to do is drink coffee and sit in my underwear. I made a list of all the shit I have to do though, so that's half the battle right?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I took the day off to run Christmas errands but I want to do is drink coffee and sit in my underwear. I made a list of all the shit I have to do though, so that's half the battle right?

It's the thought that counts :tup:

[Godfather]

Also the referendum came back last night and thank fuck we're keeping First Past the Post. For the THIRD time in 14 years we voted on proportional representation voting. The government did a shit job explaining it, they themselves don't understand it, and what a surprise every government that puts it to the votes is a minority government who'd benefit from it :roll: It's consistently over 60% in favor of keeping FPTP so I hope this is the last time we waste money on this referendum for 50 years.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg just had some cancerous tumors removed from her lungs reports are saying.

[DemonGeminiX]

That's the third time she's had cancer. She fully intends on dying on the bench.

[Pony]

I took the day off to run Christmas errands but I want to do is drink coffee and sit in my underwear. I made a list of all the shit I have to do though, so that's half the battle right?

Amazon.ca

[RBP]

That's the third time she's had cancer. She fully intends on dying on the bench.

She's been dying on her sword for years.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

She was so sure that Clinton was going to win and she wanted to be replaced by a female president. Well, she fucked up there, and now she's trying to hang on thru the end of Trump's first term and hoping he doesn't get reelected. I don't think she's got two more years.

[RBP]

She was so sure that Clinton was going to win and she wanted to be replaced by a female president. Well, she fucked up there, and now she's trying to hang on thru the end of Trump's first term and hoping he doesn't get reelected. I don't think she's got two more years.

Are you sure Trump does? :lol: Kind of chaotic this week.

[Godfather]

But I couldn’t tell you what the hell it was supposed to mean
'Cause it was a Monday, no, a Tuesday
No, a Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Then Saturday came around, and I said
“Who’s this stupid clown blocking the bathroom sink?”
But he was sporting all my clothes
I gotta say, pretty pimpin'

[lost in melb.]

Um, Godfather...:-s :?

[DemonGeminiX]

It's a song.

Something about pimpin'. I forget the guy's name.

[DemonGeminiX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=659pppwniXA

[Godfather]

Steve Martin makes the banjo sexy. That's a fact.

[DemonGeminiX]

... and he's the only guy that can pull off making the banjo sexy. I tried making the banjo sexy once... didn't work out too well.

[Godfather]

... and he's the only guy that can pull off making the banjo sexy. I tried making the banjo sexy once... didn't work out too well.

How hard was it to pick up? Seems like the picking/clawhammer style must be a pretty big learning curve.

[DemonGeminiX]

No, not really... well at least not for me. I've been playing guitar for over 30 years now, and I've developed a pretty solid acoustic fingerpicking technique, not quite anything like banjo clawhammer. For the clawhammer, your fingers (actually, finger, you're only supposed to use one) go in the opposite direction. You're hitting the strings with your fingernail on a downstroke, as opposed to plucking the string upward with the pad of your finger. It's a bit confusing at first, but it didn't take too long to get the jist of it. I'm no expert banjo player by any means, I can pull it out when I feel like it, but I've had my Dad's banjo (actually, my Granddad's, it was passed down to my Dad after my Grandfather died, long before I was born) around for longer than I've had any of my guitars, so I guess you could say that that was my first exposure to any stringed instrument of any kind. I really don't play it too often; for the most part, it just sits in it's case in my closet. I've got strings for it and everything, I just don't really enjoy it as much. I keep it around as a family heirloom. It'll probably be passed down to my nephews when I die, at least that was the intent. Whether or not they hang on to it is up to them. They'll probably throw a bigger stink over my guitars, not realizing where the banjo came from. But that's how it goes, right?

[RBP]

We decided to spread some charity this Christmas. Included with 5 gifts and with another 5 for a Christmas Eve trivia game with family, we are giving 10 $20 charity gift cards. The recipients use the gift cards to choose a charity for the donation. The site has over 300 available charities and passes through 100% of the gift card value. They simply ask you to make an additional donation to them when you make your purchase.

https://www.tisbest.org/

We also provided gifts as part of my family's decision (local siblings and mom) to provide Christmas presents to a needy family. My wife and I separately selected a needy senior to provide gifts for ourselves. All the senior asked for was nicer bedding and some bath towels.

I feel good about all this.

[lost in melb.]

I miss that aspect of having a partner - vs a casual girlfriend where I don't think about charitable work (although the area I work in is helping people, but that's different)

[Godfather]

Worst Christmas Eve trade day for the markets in history. Santa bring my gains back please.

[Hal-9000]

This is one of the worst and best days of the year for me.

I miss my family so much I can't even set up a Christmas tree :(

And I've bought a handful of gifts for my Mom and will be going to her place later and bring a version of Christmas to her.
She has no idea what's going on but it is nice to see her smile when I show her the various shirts and sweaters :thumbsup:

[Godfather]

This is one of the worst and best days of the year for me.

I miss my family so much I can't even set up a Christmas tree :(

And I've bought a handful of gifts for my Mom and will be going to her place later and bring a version of Christmas to her.
She has no idea what's going on but it is nice to see her smile when I show her the various shirts and sweaters :thumbsup:

I hope you found some joy in that my friend.

Saw you replied to a post in another thread, got an email on my phone and was quite literally giddy about it but couldn't get back to my computer to reply until now. Really missed you. Wishing you a very happy Christmas, in whatever form that may look like this year. Kisses.

[lost in melb.]

Worst Christmas Eve trade day for the markets in history. Santa bring my gains back please.

This is tough to hear.

I pulled every cent out of stocks 6 months ago. The canary in the cage was falling house prices in Aus. Dad convinced me that this was the precursor to a recession

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Worst Christmas Eve trade day for the markets in history. Santa bring my gains back please.

I put all my money in Christmas tree futures this year....I was waiting for the right time, so I'mma cash out today, I am sure I'll make a killing :tup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I got a great Christmas gift late last week....a card from my mom that when you read between the lines, it basically says fuck off. :tup:


:|

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Got my paystub a few minutes ago....they put my regular pay, Christmas bonus, and unpaid vacation/sick time all into one check. Guess who made the IRS happy today. :|

:suicide:

[Hal-9000]

I hope you found some joy in that my friend.

Saw you replied to a post in another thread, got an email on my phone and was quite literally giddy about it but couldn't get back to my computer to reply until now. Really missed you. Wishing you a very happy Christmas, in whatever form that may look like this year. Kisses.

Thanks GF, you're too kind.

Just for the record, every time I see Trudeau I associate him with you.

:lol: I can't unsee it now.

Hope things are well with you and the Mrs.

[Hal-9000]

I put all my money in Christmas tree futures this year....I was waiting for the right time, so I'mma cash out today, I am sure I'll make a killing :tup:

Since they legalized it up here, I've been putting all my spare money into weed..





8-[

[Godfather]

Got my paystub a few minutes ago....they put my regular pay, Christmas bonus, and unpaid vacation/sick time all into one check. Guess who made the IRS happy today. :|

:suicide:

You know, I never support rioting at all, but those yellow vests in France seem to have won their battle for no taxes on year-end bonus and overtime pay :lol: I wouldn't hate that at all... I swear the tax rate on OT and bonus is higher but I've never looked into it.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Thanks GF, you're too kind.

Just for the record, every time I see Trudeau I associate him with you.

:lol: I can't unsee it now.

Hope things are well with you and the Mrs.

:rofl: :lmao:

[Hal-9000]

I got a great Christmas gift late last week....a card from my mom that when you read between the lines, it basically says fuck off. :tup:


:|

I got one gift this year Lance, from my sister.

Brother can once again travel across the country, rent cars etc....but he can't get jack shit for me.

I in turn, searched for and curated some really good old pictures of my parents together and got them put onto Christmas tree ornaments. A different picture for each one.

So far I've made my sister, my niece and my nephew cry :cheers:

I can hardly wait until my brother and his wife open theirs (she has a heart, he is left wanting..)


Sorry about your Mom man. At least she sent a card?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You know, I never support rioting at all, but those yellow vests in France seem to have won their battle for no taxes on year-end bonus and overtime pay :lol: I wouldn't hate that at all... I swear the tax rate on OT and bonus is higher but I've never looked into it.

It would have been better and I would have had less taxes taken out if they would have broken it up into 2 or 3 separate checks, but because they rolled it all into one, the amount of the check pushed it into the highest withholding bracket, so they took 35% out in taxes from this paycheck. :|

[Hal-9000]

I hope you found some joy in that my friend.

Saw you replied to a post in another thread, got an email on my phone and was quite literally giddy about it but couldn't get back to my computer to reply until now. Really missed you. Wishing you a very happy Christmas, in whatever form that may look like this year. Kisses.

Geez it was a heart ripper yesterday. My Mom's facility was a ghost town, the parking lot was empty. Skeleton crew and not one family member visiting their loved ones.

I felt so bad, I had some fudge my sister makes every year (for like 10 people) and shared it around with some of the patients and staff.

It was a rough day GF. If I ever start showing symptoms of that disease I hope someone takes me out.

[KevinD]

Yeah, I hate when they do that. Oh well, even a straight bonus check (not that I get them anymore) is taxed as a "gift" so, 33.33%

[Godfather]

Geez it was a heart ripper yesterday. My Mom's facility was a ghost town, the parking lot was empty. Skeleton crew and not one family member visiting their loved ones.

I felt so bad, I had some fudge my sister makes every year (for like 10 people) and shared it around with some of the patients and staff.

It was a rough day GF. If I ever start showing symptoms of that disease I hope someone takes me out.

Sorry to hear mean, that's so tough. Good for you for spending time there, it's not easy to do.

I get the sentiment about nursing homes being especially depressing this time of year, my grandmother's in the same place right now with dementia. She says the most outrageous shit these days but at least she has a sense of humor about it. Every visit is a challenge though.

[Hal-9000]

Sorry to hear mean, that's so tough. Good for you for spending time there, it's not easy to do.

I get the sentiment about nursing homes being especially depressing this time of year, my grandmother's in the same place right now with dementia. She says the most outrageous shit these days but at least she has a sense of humor about it. Every visit is a challenge though.

My Mom is one of the better patients at her place. The others are like some of the people from that movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest I hate to say...

Still, she walked in there and is in a wheelchair permanently now. It's the little things that crush my soul. My Mom was a very neat, organized person. Now she'll dump her drink into her food or try to eat things she shouldn't.

I shouldn't be relating this. I guess if there's one positive, it's that my Mom used to be a very introverted, private person who didn't do much socializing. Now because of the dementia she's very open with strangers and has lost any and all of her old OCD tendencies about living. It's like they say, people do revert back into becoming children.

[Pony]

My Mom has it as well, She is still pretty coherent, just really forgetful, some childlike tendencies, major change in diet and a pretty rapid decline in health, She still shuffles around though and knows who we all are. She did open her Xmas stocking 4 times yesterday though. :lol:

[Hal-9000]

My Mom has it as well, She is still pretty coherent, just really forgetful, some childlike tendencies, major change in diet and a pretty rapid decline in health, She still shuffles around though and knows who we all are. She did open her Xmas stocking 4 times yesterday though. :lol:

Hang onto these times. My Mom was like that too for a few years. The worst she would do is repeatedly ask the same things and become a little confused about how long she lived here. I used to think - Alzheimer's isn't such a bad disease, you just have to remind the person what their name is, where they are and what year it is.

Of course it gets a lot worse than that over time.

Every case is different and the sad part about my Mom is that she forgot about my Dad first. To the point she became afraid of him and she stopped going to bed at night. I became the buffer. Every night she would approach me slowly, ask when we were going home and could I ask 'that guy' upstairs on the couch to go home to his own place.

She had been married to my Dad for 62 years at that point, living in this house for over 50 years together.

I think I saw what true love really was when my Dad would visit her every day at the home we put her in, buy her things and do all of the necessary stuff you have to when a loved one suffers from dementia, and no matter how badly my Mom treated him he was always there for her.

The day my Dad got his confirmed cancer diagnosis I was there at the hospital with my sister and brother. Specialist said we have all of the CT scans, your cancer is stage four and we can't cure this.

My Dad started crying (which never happens) and we immediately said - Oh dad, we'll fight this with you! We'll never leave you alone! Sometimes the doctors are wrong!

He said - I'm not crying because of the diagnosis, I'm happy your mother won't understand any of this or have to go through it with me.

:( jeezus fuck

[deebakes]

heart breaking :(

[Hal-9000]

sorry :(

I'm switching emotions now.

From crippling sad memories to full on inspired hatred :x

my brother is coming to visit :)

[deebakes]

survival of the fittest! :lol:

[Hal-9000]

I got him a nice little gift and he'll probably get me close to nothing as usual.

I've already practiced my reaction.

Head down, lower lip quivering I'll say nothing and walk out of the house slowly.

His wife (who is a human) will ask if I'm alright and I'll respond in a quiet voice - Yeah, I don't need much for Christmas now that I'm totally alone....


:lol: she gonna cry

[deebakes]

:rofl: and :empathy: at the same time

[RBP]

So the dude above me, no longer has the fag voice. He actually opened the car door for a woman. Huh. Built his confidence in the gay community, then used it to get a girl? Maybe. but good for you, young man.

Also, I was outside, and 3 punks were parked in our lot eating and laughing. Naturally, I approach. "you waiting for someone?" "No, we're going to leave in like 2 minutes" "Mind killing your lights? You're shining them in someone's bedroom."

Every day I age, I inch a little closer...

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

[Teh One Who Knocks]

sorry :(

I'm switching emotions now.

From crippling sad memories to full on inspired hatred :x

my brother is coming to visit :)

Have you prepared the booby traps yet? :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So the dude above me, no longer has the fag voice. He actually opened the car door for a woman. Huh. Built his confidence in the gay community, then used it to get a girl? Maybe. but good for you, young man.

Also, I was outside, and 3 punks were parked in our lot eating and laughing. Naturally, I approach. "you waiting for someone?" "No, we're going to leave in like 2 minutes" "Mind killing your lights? You're shining them in someone's bedroom."

Every day I age, I inch a little closer...

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

In Chicago? :shock: Confronting anyone there is taking your life into your own hands :freakout:

[RBP]

I almost always have to gerry-rig (jerry-rig? - all I know is I don't say the other one any more) projects, it seems. The latest was one of the shelves for the cat. They don't come with the wall hardware, but have a built in slide mount too narrow for a small round-head anchor screw. What the hell? So I have to cut back the wood to make room. But that makes it slightly loose. That would be find for a general use shelf, but not for something that a cat may launch onto or off of. It has to be tight. Really my fault for not getting something directly attached into the wall. I still might. So I devised a little safety harness for it. :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/sFDyhVx.jpg?1

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I almost always have to gerry-rig (jerry-rig? - all I know is I don't say the other one any more) projects, it seems. The latest was one of the shelves for the cat. They don't come with the wall hardware, but have a built in slide mount too narrow for a small round-head anchor screw. What the hell? So I have to cut back the wood to make room. But that makes it slightly loose. That would be find for a general use shelf, but not for something that a cat may launch onto or off of. It has to be tight. Really my fault for not getting something directly attached into the wall. I still might. So I devised a little safety harness for it. :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/sFDyhVx.jpg?1

Afro-American Engineer? :-k

[RBP]

Afro-American Engineer? :-k

Exactly... I used to say niggerigging it all the time. It was a compliment to ingenuity. I'll just call it MacGyvering. Still a compliment to ingenuity, but we'll praise the white male as to not offend.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Funny...stock market went down some 600 odd points on Christmas Eve Day and the media was all over it how it was the worst drop ever on X-mas Eve and how it's all Trump's fault, blah, blah, blah. Then it goes up over 1,000 points yesterday (largest 1 day gain ever I believe I read) and from the media....crickets.

But there's no bias in the news at all.

[Muddy]

Obama is back!!!!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Obama is back!!!!

Well, yeah. He's the reason it went up yesterday like it did. :thumbsup:

[DemonGeminiX]

Funny...stock market went down some 600 odd points on Christmas Eve Day and the media was all over it how it was the worst drop ever on X-mas Eve and how it's all Trump's fault, blah, blah, blah. Then it goes up over 1,000 points yesterday (largest 1 day gain ever I believe I read) and from the media....crickets.

But there's no bias in the news at all.

Should have bought some stock on Christmas Eve. Dang it. :sad2:

I'll just file this little incident away for future considerations.

[Hal-9000]

So the dude above me, no longer has the fag voice. He actually opened the car door for a woman. Huh. Built his confidence in the gay community, then used it to get a girl? Maybe. but good for you, young man.

Also, I was outside, and 3 punks were parked in our lot eating and laughing. Naturally, I approach. "you waiting for someone?" "No, we're going to leave in like 2 minutes" "Mind killing your lights? You're shining them in someone's bedroom."

Every day I age, I inch a little closer...

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

I live close to a school and a little park. Always kids parked in cars either getting titty or getting high.

One night my father walked over to the school parking lot to talk to some young druggies.

Dad says the driver rolled down the window, screamed AAAAARHHHH!! at my Dad as loud as he could and shook his head wildly around while the other guys laughed.

Dad comes back, tells me what happened and I politely advised that maybe he shouldn't confront strangers that way because it could get dangerous. He says - They had one of those large glass pipes with water, looked uncomfortable sitting in a car like that :lol:

So I get a little upset and walk over, knock on the car's window. Young guy doesn't say nothing but for some reason they're all trying to hide things in the car.

I say - My Dad's an ex-cop (he's not), knows you're smoking a bong and has called his old precinct. They'll probably get here in about five minutes. You may want to leave.

Young dude thanks me and they peel out real quick :lol:


You're not so bad RBP. I'm a weed smoker and look what I did.

[Hal-9000]

Have you prepared the booby traps yet? :-k

I have no idea when they're arriving. If I didn't think his wife was nice, the bed would be plum full of little Christmas surprises! :)

[Muddy]

I have no idea when they're arriving. If I didn't think his wife was nice, the bed would be plum full of little Christmas surprises! :)

Just put a little sand in the side that he sleeps that'll make it uncomfortable

[Hal-9000]

Just put a little sand in the side that he sleeps that'll make it uncomfortable

He has a breathing machine for sleep apnea and has been an NA member for over 20 years. (he was a weed smoker)

I think I can augment it quickly to fit a bowl and lay some nice weed in there as he sleeps :)

[Muddy]

Need to put some nice Vape juice in there

[Hal-9000]

They legalized pot up here completely Muddy. I'm still in a bit of shock. A person can carry up to 30 grams and smoke whenever. They're looking at driving infractions while high (as they should) but for the most part it's the wild west up here.

I don't have much disposable income but I had to try it at least once. I got weed delivered to my mailbox from a supplier in BC via Canada Post. Cradle to grave the whole experience was legal and still freaked me the fuck out :lol:

(Bro is a complete dick but I would never give something to someone without their knowledge.)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

They legalized pot up here completely Muddy. I'm still in a bit of shock. A person can carry up to 30 grams and smoke whenever. They're looking at driving infractions while high (as they should) but for the most part it's the wild west up here.

I don't have much disposable income but I had to try it at least once. I got weed delivered to my mailbox from a supplier in BC via Canada Post. Cradle to grave the whole experience was legal and still freaked me the fuck out :lol:

(Bro is a complete dick but I would never give something to someone without their knowledge.)

I read the entire country ran out of weed on the first day it was legal :shakehead:

[Hal-9000]

I read the entire country ran out of weed on the first day it was legal :shakehead:

That's not accurate but I will tell you what happened here.

A grand total of two shops opened (after talking about 29 potential locations) and there were four hour line ups at each place.

People reported there were some effective strains sold, but way overpriced. For example I would normally pay 100 dollars for 14 grams of really good weed on the black market. These stores were selling the same amount for 200, 300, 379 dollars.

As you heard the retail stores sold out instantly, which then affected some of the medical marijuana dispensaries that have been in legal operation for years.

I went online and most of the medical places turned into online suppliers for the public at large. Their prices were TOTALLY cheaper than the retail stores on my city. Same half ounce as above can cost as little as 50 or 60 dollars at some online places. A person can make 14 grams or a half ounce, last 14 days or more being frugal.


So for you, it's like a liquor store (or I guess convenience stores in your case) selling a six pack for 10 dollars and then some online place selling the same six pack for two dollars...and they deliver! :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

That's not accurate but I will tell you what happened here.

A grand total of two shops opened (after talking about 29 potential locations) and there were four hour line ups at each place.

People reported there were some effective strains sold, but way overpriced. For example I would normally pay 100 dollars for 14 grams of really good weed on the black market. These stores were selling the same amount for 200, 300, 379 dollars.

As you heard the retail stores sold out instantly, which then affected some of the medical marijuana dispensaries that have been in legal operation for years.

I went online and most of the medical places turned into online suppliers for the public at large. Their prices were TOTALLY cheaper than the retail stores on my city. Same half ounce as above can cost as little as 50 or 60 dollars at some online places. A person can make 14 grams or a half ounce, last 14 days or more being frugal.


So for you, it's like a liquor store (or I guess convenience stores in your case) selling a six pack for 10 dollars and then some online place selling the same six pack for two dollars...and they deliver! :lol:

We have pot shops all over the city. They seem to pop up weekly on every corner now. :| The earliest ones got in on the medical business, where you needed a script from a doc and had to be at least 18. The recreational became legal and some rec only shops started opening up. I think most of them do both though (med and rec). Anyone can buy rec weed here, you have to be 21 is the only stipulation. They don't deliver yet, but the state legislature is looking into it. It's all uncharted territory because technically weed is still illegal according to the federal government.

[Hal-9000]

We have pot shops all over the city. They seem to pop up weekly on every corner now. :| The earliest ones got in on the medical business, where you needed a script from a doc and had to be at least 18. The recreational became legal and some rec only shops started opening up. I think most of them do both though (med and rec). Anyone can buy rec weed here, you have to be 21 is the only stipulation. They don't deliver yet, but the state legislature is looking into it. It's all uncharted territory because technically weed is still illegal according to the federal government.

You know my view as I've had plenty of experience with both. It's no different than liquor stores on every corner. Our booze stores attract bums looking for handouts like moths to a flame). When I ordered online, they did ask for government issued ID proof of age. I flat out asked if I could be in legal jeopardy during any part of the process. In writing they assured me no.

I think I would rather get it delivered because if I go to a retail store, there's a chance I could get pulled over by the cops. The drugs are legal, but am I driving under the influence would be the next question/hassle.

It's an expensive habit and I do support all forms of competition. If my online place can pick/pack/ship to my doorstep for let's say 120 dollars per ounce, how much of a mark up are those retail stores getting selling the same thing for over 400 dollars? That's the real criminal part.

And the online places have so much more variety compared to the old black market I used. Old days were that you handed your cash to a guy, he gave you whatever strain he had at the time. There was no choice.

And I must admit...now, I'm like a kid in a candy store :yumyum: I can't even window-shop at those sites anymore :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

https://www.leafly.com/news/leafly-list/leafly-list-colorado-cannabis-spring-2018

[Hal-9000]

https://www.leafly.com/news/leafly-list/leafly-list-colorado-cannabis-spring-2018

:lol:

First prompt on the link - Are you allowed to be here?


:-k

[Hal-9000]

Yeah when you look at the trappings and curb appeal of most of those shops, there's some good money to be made in the industry.

I just looked at the place I bought from online and they're having a Boxing day sale 35% off storewide until the 28th, free shipping on orders over 99 bucks.

It's like a magnet ffs :lol: :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:lol:

First prompt on the link - Are you allowed to be here?


:-k

:lol:


Yeah when you look at the trappings and curb appeal of most of those shops, there's some good money to be made in the industry.

I just looked at the place I bought from online and they're having a Boxing day sale 35% off storewide until the 28th, free shipping on orders over 99 bucks.

It's like a magnet ffs :lol: :lol:

Like I said, they're everywhere here now. Even the towns that were not going to let them in (like the suburb I live in) changed their minds. Now there's 4 in the city limits of where I live.

[DemonGeminiX]

So what's the over-under on the Miley-Liam marriage lasting?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So what's the over-under on the Miley-Liam marriage lasting?

I give it 18 months

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And also...

:tumble:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, big Jim got his hat
Find out where it's at
And it's not hustlin' people strange to you
Even if you do got a two piece custom made pool cue

[Hal-9000]

And also...

:tumble:

They made tumbleweed legal here :)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

They made tumbleweed legal here :)

It just blows down the street? :-s

[Hal-9000]

It just blows down the street? :-s

Naw we gotta buy it from shady characters named Slim and Hoss at the new Tumbleweed Emporium.

It's in the link you provided above :lol:

[RBP]

(Wife trying to be helpful) (Opens dishwasher with single plate in hand) "is this dirty?" "yes" "Oh there's no room" (places plate in sink)

After she goes to bed...

(adds 10 more dishes to dishwasher) (adds 10 more utensils to dishwasher) (hand washes pans)

:|

I want the empirical data that says women still do more housework than men. I think it's a bullshit urban legend.

[Godfather]

I think that may be one of the more universal experiences of married men. Re-organizing the dishwasher :lol:

[Godfather]

Went to my friend's dad's 60th birthday today. Indo-Candians party hard :lol: Buddy rented a hall and invited *500* of his friends and family. I'm positive it cost more than my wedding. Pretty fun, incredible Indian feast and dancing, but I'm half his age and feel too old for this shit!

[lost in melb.]

(Wife trying to be helpful) (Opens dishwasher with single plate in hand) "is this dirty?" "yes" "Oh there's no room" (places plate in sink)

After she goes to bed...

(adds 10 more dishes to dishwasher) (adds 10 more utensils to dishwasher) (hand washes pans)

:|

I want the empirical data that says women still do more housework than men. I think it's a bullshit urban legend.

She's a wife, that's servants work

[Teh One Who Knocks]

(Wife trying to be helpful) (Opens dishwasher with single plate in hand) "is this dirty?" "yes" "Oh there's no room" (places plate in sink)

After she goes to bed...

(adds 10 more dishes to dishwasher) (adds 10 more utensils to dishwasher) (hand washes pans)

:|

I want the empirical data that says women still do more housework than men. I think it's a bullshit urban legend.Don't get me started on the whole dirty dishes and dishwasher thing. The dishwasher is literally 2 inches away from the sink, but the kid and the wife insist on putting the dirty dishes in the sink instead. THE DISHWASHER IS RIGHT FUCKING NEXT TO THE SINK FFS. Dirty dishes in the sink are a HUGE pet peeve of mine and I've told them both that before.

:|

[RBP]

I was drunk arguing on the internet last night. I know I won because I woke up to a message to "do the world a favor a commit suicide". That's high praise for internet debating.

[RBP]

Don't get me started on the whole dirty dishes and dishwasher thing. The dishwasher is literally 2 inches away from the sink, but the kid and the wife insist on putting the dirty dishes in the sink instead. THE DISHWASHER IS RIGHT FUCKING NEXT TO THE SINK FFS. Dirty dishes in the sink are a HUGE pet peeve of mine and I've told them both that before.

:|

There wasn't room. :hand:

[Hal-9000]

I was drunk arguing on the internet last night. I know I won because I woke up to a message to "do the world a favor a commit suicide". That's high praise for internet debating.

I got you beat.

STILL arguing with a black woman from South Africa who is associated with STEM...about sexism :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Don't get me started on the whole dirty dishes and dishwasher thing. The dishwasher is literally 2 inches away from the sink, but the kid and the wife insist on putting the dirty dishes in the sink instead. THE DISHWASHER IS RIGHT FUCKING NEXT TO THE SINK FFS. Dirty dishes in the sink are a HUGE pet peeve of mine and I've told them both that before.

:|

grrrrr....my brother and his wife are here and I'm seeing the exact same thing with the dishes. They are both big people, over 6 feet tall and heavy...and they are huge consumers of everything from food to dishes to incidental household supplies. I should take a picture of my formerly clean kitchen.

[RBP]

I got you beat.

STILL arguing with a black woman from South Africa who is associated with STEM...about sexism :lol:

:lol:

[Hal-9000]

(Wife trying to be helpful) (Opens dishwasher with single plate in hand) "is this dirty?" "yes" "Oh there's no room" (places plate in sink)

After she goes to bed...

(adds 10 more dishes to dishwasher) (adds 10 more utensils to dishwasher) (hand washes pans)

:|

I want the empirical data that says women still do more housework than men. I think it's a bullshit urban legend.

My brother and his wife are here. Don't get along with brother, usually the wife and I have no problems.

She starts doing massive amounts of laundry last night. She has some strange habits in terms of drying things, taking some things out, drying more things, hanging some things and standing by the dryer constantly opening and closing the door. (like 10 times in 30 minutes) Fine, we all have our idiosyncrasies.

Then she brings wet clothes upstairs and starts hanging things on some nice wooden railings we have separating rooms and puts more wet clothes on the backs of our dining room chairs. I politely asked what she was doing, I made a joke about how when I do laundry I tend to do it in the laundry room in the basement :lol: and please don't hang wet clothes on wooden fixtures.

She got mad and started to say- Apparently this scares you...I freaked out, interrupted her and said - We have a wooden clothes rack RIGHT BESIDE the dryer that you've used before. It works wonders for this purpose, allow me to get it for you!!!!

:lol: I gotta stop these rants

[Hal-9000]

:facepalm:

So we have the discussion and she does it anyways after I bring up the rack.

Note, the wooden clothes rack is right OVER a heat register. Way to go Sparky :|


Look I'm super fortunate to be living in a place with a washer and dryer. So USE THE DRYER YOU TOOL! :x




https://i.imgur.com/rA4jdgE.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/46UFq1d.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/81yi7lW.jpg

[Hal-9000]

:lol:

It got nasty when she said to me - So tell me ____, what is "real" sexism because I really need to know? LOL! This entire comment section is like a sexist convention and ____is leading the cause. I used to respect____, but now all of this horribleness reminds me of struggles I have gone through in my life and I'm sick of it!

*(the debate is whether a TV reality star was edited in a sexist manner compared to men...not world ending by any means)*

So I give her my best dictionary definition about sexist marginalization, varying levels of the offense and get a handful of likes from other women.

Then I say - When you sarcastically belittle a male poster like you are attempting to do to me, you are automatically precluding him from the discussion. Ironically that's a form of sexism because as you know, women are the typical victims, but not the only victims. If anything is to change we all need to be involved in the conversation. Don't you think?


I think she called me a cock sucker of mangy dogs in Afrikaans dialect :lol:

[Godfather]

:lol: Deep breaths my dude. My in-laws drove me fucking booonkers over Christmas this year too.

My new year's resolution again this year is not to get in stupid arguments. :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

:lol: Deep breaths my dude. My in-laws drove me fucking booonkers over Christmas this year too.

My new year's resolution again this year is not to get in stupid arguments. :lol:

Again? I take it that it didn't work out the first time (or past 20 times) you tried it. It's an impossible resolution. 99% of the time, you don't realize you were in one until the day after. They just suck you in, man.

[lost in melb.]

As long as we don't discuss politics, everything stays moreorless civilised :)

[Godfather]

Again? I take it that it didn't work out the first time (or past 20 times) you tried it. It's an impossible resolution. 99% of the time, you don't realize you were in one until the day after. They just suck you in, man.

Meh, I'll keep trying to improve. I've actually had friends tell me I'm far less argumentative than I was when I was younger and I take that as a compliment :lol:

[Godfather]

I'm actually reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life. Highly recommend it.

[RBP]

I'm actually reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life. Highly recommend it.I don't give a fuck. :hand:

[RBP]

I was at the 7-11 4 blocks from the apartment, when the police cars starting flying up the road. When I saw 3 different jurisdictions, I said "that's not good... probably that fucking mall again"

Yup. 12 jurisdictions responded to the law enforcement emergency alarm. Large flash mobs of "unattended juveniles" descended on the mall to cause disruptions and fight. They closed the mall, police moved everyone out and posted at all entrances. The mobs moved further east. 7 additional businesses closed with many more posting guards to restrict access.

That's the same town, 2 miles east of us.

[Hal-9000]

I was at the 7-11 4 blocks from the apartment, when the police cars starting flying up the road. When I saw 3 different jurisdictions, I said "that's not good... probably that fucking mall again"

Yup. 12 jurisdictions responded to the law enforcement emergency alarm. Large flash mobs of "unattended juveniles" descended on the mall to cause disruptions and fight. They closed the mall, police moved everyone out and posted at all entrances. The mobs moved further east. 7 additional businesses closed with many more posting guards to restrict access.

That's the same town, 2 miles east of us.

I saw a guy blatantly litter the other day. It was a BIG piece of paper :-s

Seriously, I don't how you guys live in them big American cities. Do you ever get scared?

[Hal-9000]

:lol: Deep breaths my dude. My in-laws drove me fucking booonkers over Christmas this year too.

My new year's resolution again this year is not to get in stupid arguments. :lol:

Good advice, thanks GF. I wouldn't ever do anything to them...only because I've put my displeasure in print beforehand :lol:


oh, and read the Merry Christmas thread

[RBP]

I saw a guy blatantly litter the other day. It was a BIG piece of paper :-s

Seriously, I don't how you guys live in them big American cities. Do you ever get scared?

I don't live in a big city. I am near a big city, yes, but I am in the suburbs. But that mall and the Walmart do draw from one of the worst neighborhoods in the city, so yes, the city creeps out to near me sometimes.

I go the JCP store occasionally, but otherwise steer clear.

[Hal-9000]

I don't live in a big city. I am near a big city, yes, but I am in the suburbs. But that mall and the Walmart do draw from one of the worst neighborhoods in the city, so yes, the city creeps out to near me sometimes.

I go the JCP store occasionally, but otherwise steer clear.

I used to be fearless and then got old. One night years ago I was sitting in my car getting high and the car was turned off. I saw a group of kids walking up the block about 100 yards away. One had a bat and was taking swings at cars, hitting mirrors, windshields and headlights.

There was a time I would have got out of my car and challenged them. That night I turned on my car (which startled them and the bat was hidden) and I drove home and called the cops. I gave them the street name and direction the kids were walking.

I knew I had crossed a boundary in my life that night :lol:

[RBP]

I used to be fearless and then got old. One night years ago I was sitting in my car getting high and the car was turned off. I saw a group of kids walking up the block about 100 yards away. One had a bat and was taking swings at cars, hitting mirrors, windshields and headlights.

There was a time I would have got out of my car and challenged them. That night I turned on my car (which startled them and the bat was hidden) and I drove home and called the cops. I gave them the street name and direction the kids were walking.

I knew I had crossed a boundary in my life that night :lol:

I go back and forth. I have definitely become more cautious, but I have my moments, especially when it comes to family.

[Hal-9000]

I go back and forth. I have definitely become more cautious, but I have my moments, especially when it comes to family.

I've been through a few things, told some of the stories here. Yeah I tend to see red when people are in trouble and think about the risk/reward after it's over.

Already relayed this. One night in the park behind my house a guy was smacking a girl hard enough for me to hear it. I went out and challenged him, he was drunk, I smacked him around pretty good and he didn't touch me (it was like punching out a blind man). Gave the chick a ride home and cleaned her up a bit. She didn't want to go to the hospital and then started crying on the way home. Said she was mad at herself for staying with that asshole.

I felt pretty good after, other than my scraped up knuckles :cheers:

Ya man, try to get near my family and I'll pick up the nearest heavy object and introduce you to it.

[lost in melb.]

Nice Avatar GF :lol:

Please don't tell us that's a real photo?

[DemonGeminiX]

It's really Trudeau, if that's what you mean.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trudeau-afn-tsuutina-headdress-ceremony-1.3475730

[lost in melb.]

:shock:

:facepalm:

[DemonGeminiX]

In his defense, the natives did give it to him. It's not like he was photographed with his buddies clandestinely dressed up as the Village People at a male revue.

It is still funny though.

[RBP]

https://i.imgur.com/v6YIDA5.jpg

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5417661/Canadian-Prime-Minister-adores-donning-traditional-outfits.html

[RBP]

We decided to spread some charity this Christmas. Included with 5 gifts and with another 5 for a Christmas Eve trivia game with family, we are giving 10 $20 charity gift cards. The recipients use the gift cards to choose a charity for the donation. The site has over 300 available charities and passes through 100% of the gift card value. They simply ask you to make an additional donation to them when you make your purchase.

https://www.tisbest.org/




Follow-up. Everyone thought it was a very cool idea (at least to our faces) and all the cards have been redeemed. We gave 5 as gifts and used another 5 as prizes at my family's Christmas. I wrote out trivia questions in 5 categories. It was fun.

The site sends you an email telling you when each one is redeemed, what charity they selected, and any thank-you note they entered. The site also has management reporting to view redemption dates and charity selections. Very slick, very easy to use on both ends. We certainly recommend it if you want to do something similar.

In all the 10 charity gift cards resulting in funds for 13 different charities (they can select up to 3 per voucher).

ALS Association
St. Jude's Children's Hospital
Water for People
Doctors Without Borders
Human Rights Watch
American Humane
Feeding America
Meals on Wheels Association
Girl Scouts USA
ASPCA
Planned Parenthood
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Epilepsy Foundation

[DemonGeminiX]

Planned Parenthood? I guess you can't help who you're related to.

[DemonGeminiX]

Why do random assholes keep calling me? How did I win this scammer-call lottery?

[RBP]

Why do random assholes keep calling me? How did I win this scammer-call lottery?

If you have a android phone, you can set it to ignore suspected spam calls. They won't ring through. That setting helped me quite a bit. Mine got really bad also.

[DemonGeminiX]

I don't have that setting.

[RBP]

I don't have that setting.

that's odd. :dunno:

https://i.imgur.com/GbprHxM.png?1

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I don't have that setting.T-mobile does it automatically :dance:

[Hal-9000]

Isn't there a straight up block function on all phones or does that reside with the provider?

[RBP]

Isn't there a straight up block function on all phones or does that reside with the provider?

Mine is by Google, so that would be part of the android system, I guess?

[Hal-9000]

There's a humorous post on Imgur about a train simulator pc game being on sale.

It's reasonably priced as a game, but comes with so many DLC's (content additions) that the end price can total 3600 bucks.

I used to have it :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Mine is by Google, so that would be part of the android system, I guess?

Google is your service provider? Or is that the company that made the hardware?

[DemonGeminiX]

that's odd. :dunno:

https://i.imgur.com/GbprHxM.png?1

I looked for it. I googled where it might be and came up with a google help page, went through the motions and there's no caller id and spam setting in my phone options. I've got android 6.1. It should be there, but it's not. Apparently Verizon doesn't want me blocking spammers.

[DemonGeminiX]

Those fucking dicks. It's a separate app that they want you to pay for.

[DemonGeminiX]

I’m so darn glad he let me try it again
My last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin’... till I reach the highest ground

[RBP]

Those fucking dicks. It's a separate app that they want you to pay for.

I'm on Verizon.

[RBP]

Google is your service provider? Or is that the company that made the hardware?

If you read the explanation, the blocking services are from Google... Android is Google... That's the company that built the software. Although in my case, it is also the company that built the hardware since I have a Pixel. Which leads me consider that it might be a Pixel thing. No idea.

[Hal-9000]

If you read the explanation, the blocking services are from Google... Android is Google... That's the company that built the software. Although in my case, it is also the company that built the hardware since I have a Pixel. Which leads me consider that it might be a Pixel thing. No idea.

Gotcha.

I have an Android phone and my provider Rogers put 5.1 lollypop or whatever on it. I went into the dialer/settings/call settings/ and was supposed to be able to blacklist numbers there.

Instead I found it at dialer/harassment filter/settings/ and could create blacklists and whitelists from there. I already had a number in there that was blocked.

I also found a call barring category but that was general, like for international calls.

[Hal-9000]

I think I just saw a UFO...

May have to create an elaborate drawing.

[Hal-9000]

So we have this thing in our downtown. Restaurant on top, revolves around real slow, oooh aah.



https://i.imgur.com/3FJd3c0.jpg




Last year they shot fireworks off the top of it on New Years.



Then they shot fireworks off real low in Olympic Plaza beneath the tower. Maybe a few too many of the low ones :lol:


Gonna do it again tomorrow night :thumbsup:






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtnmMn2fYbI

[RBP]

I think I just saw a UFO...

May have to create an elaborate drawing.

https://i.imgur.com/5wCn6vS.jpg

[DemonGeminiX]

I'm on Verizon.

How old's your phone? I'm on a Galaxy S5. I haven't gone beyond Android 6.0.1.

[Hal-9000]

How old's your phone? I'm on a Galaxy S5. I haven't gone beyond Android 6.0.1.

Can you search for harassment settings or call barring on your phone? I have lollypop 5.1 which is one step behind your marshmellow 6.0.

[Hal-9000]

*lollipop*

[DemonGeminiX]

No. I'm thinking that I need to upgrade my phone to get all the fancy shmancy stuff.

[Pony]

\ I have lollypop 5.1 which is one step behind your marshmellow 6.0.

:gay:

[Hal-9000]

:gay:

Shamed for my phone OS version, must be 2019 :lol:

[Hal-9000]

No. I'm thinking that I need to upgrade my phone to get all the fancy shmancy stuff.

Yeah but my version is one back from yours :-k

I know the basic premise. The OS version is the same for each maker, Samsung, LG, Huawei, etc and then they tweak the base OS with their special features.

One last question then I'll give up the idea. You can bring up a search to check for things within your phone...have you tried searching for 'whitelist'?

[DemonGeminiX]

One last question then I'll give up the idea. You can bring up a search to check for things within your phone...have you tried searching for 'whitelist'?

I don't think I can do that either. Freakin' Verizon. :sad2:

[DemonGeminiX]

Ok, people are all kinds of getting on my last nerve today. Not a good way to end the year, me.

[Hal-9000]

I don't think I can do that either. Freakin' Verizon. :sad2:

If I swipe down with one finger, it pulls the black notifications/shortcuts drawer (?) down. Not sure of the correct name. If I do a similar motion, it keeps bringing up a search function that appears with a search box and a little keyboard. It says 'search apps, contacts, messages'. I'm looking at it now but can't tell you the exact motion because it's so close to the one finger swipe down that brings up the notifications tray.

Doesn't matter. If you can't find the category through your phone dialer/settings it may not be there. It's weird because I don't think Huawei created the harassment filter app, and that it's part of the 5.1 OS in general.

[Hal-9000]

I'm bringing up the search function now :lol: Seems to be a real quick, short swipe from the top of the phone and stopping about an inch down or almost instantly after starting the swipe.

[lost in melb.]

Ok, people are all kinds of getting on my last nerve today. Not a good way to end the year, me.

:snapout:

[Hal-9000]

DGX, open your dialer like you're going to dial a number manually and hit settings from there. What are your available categories there after settings?

I'm sure you can block calls on that thing. Did some reading and they do refer to the dialer as an app, but I don't think you have to get a different one to do this.

[DemonGeminiX]

Pocahontas has formed a Presidential exploratory committee. I wonder if they'll tell her the truth or just tell her what she wants to hear?

[DemonGeminiX]

DGX, open your dialer like you're going to dial a number manually and hit settings from there. What are your available categories there after settings?

I'm sure you can block calls on that thing. Did some reading and they do refer to the dialer as an app, but I don't think you have to get a different one to do this.

Oh no, no, no... I can block callers. I have that. What I don't have is the app RBP was talking about. The "ignore suspected spam callers" app. It's an autofilter maintained by Verizon themselves. You just switch the app on and the spammers don't get through without any action from you. That's what I don't have. My lamentation has nothing to do with an inability to block spam calls, it's the fact that it's so prevalent now that providers don't just keep a list of reported spammers and block them for us so we don't have to be bothered by them. But the providers do do that. It's native on many android phones nowadays and has been for a few years now. But I don't have it on my phone. It's a feature included by default on newer phones with newer versions of android apparently. Verizon does have an app that can do that on my phone, but I have to pay for it on a monthly basis. And that's why they're dicks.

I'm sorry, we were on different wavelengths.

[Hal-9000]

:facepalm:

:lol: That changes things. No worries man. In that arena I did come across a setting from the dialer call settings titled - Block calls that ring once. I suspect that has something to do with potential scam calls.

I have a whole story about the latest telemarketer calls I've been getting on my land line, but they're not important to this. One that leaves a scratching noise as a message, one that if you pick up they will keep calling back every 20 minutes or so...some from Jamaica, Virginia, California area codes.

Kind of a unique thing I was reading about. Some of the scammers will mask their call using the same three number prefix of your line. Not the area code, the three numbers right after. They somehow get old numbers (typically from people that have died) and mask their location because the caller ID looks like someone down the street is calling you.

I hate those things :x

[lost in melb.]

Pocahontas has formed a Presidential exploratory committee. I wonder if they'll tell her the truth or just tell her what she wants to hear?

Better get used to her :mrgreen:

[RBP]

Better get used to her :mrgreen:

Commander in Squaw. :tup:

[DemonGeminiX]

I had my first drink in years last night. Pinot Grigio. Light weight and far less than a full glassfull, but still. I can't say I haven't drank in years anymore.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Pocahontas has formed a Presidential exploratory committee. I wonder if they'll tell her the truth or just tell her what she wants to hear?

Exploratory huh? :-k Doesn't sound like a very good idea because usually when her people and explorers get together, bad things happen to her people :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Oh no, no, no... I can block callers. I have that. What I don't have is the app RBP was talking about. The "ignore suspected spam callers" app. It's an autofilter maintained by Verizon themselves. You just switch the app on and the spammers don't get through without any action from you. That's what I don't have. My lamentation has nothing to do with an inability to block spam calls, it's the fact that it's so prevalent now that providers don't just keep a list of reported spammers and block them for us so we don't have to be bothered by them. But the providers do do that. It's native on many android phones nowadays and has been for a few years now. But I don't have it on my phone. It's a feature included by default on newer phones with newer versions of android apparently. Verizon does have an app that can do that on my phone, but I have to pay for it on a monthly basis. And that's why they're dicks.

I'm sorry, we were on different wavelengths.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/922/UE609X.jpg

:dance:

[RBP]

The salary range for a Lottery Sales Representative in Illinois is $47,628 to $70,956.

There are 57 people employed in that job. 13 made over $70,000 last year, with the highest being $79,700.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The salary range for a Lottery Sales Representative in Illinois is $47,628 to $70,956.

There are 57 people employed in that job. 13 made over $70,000 last year, with the highest being $79,700.

:facepalm:

[Hal-9000]

Commander in Squaw. :tup:

We're busy changing town names up here that are considered insensitive. Squaw's Tit was one of the them. Funny watching the pretty, somewhat older local newslady croaking that one out :lol:

[RBP]

We're busy changing town names up here that are considered insensitive. Squaw's Tit was one of the them. Funny watching the pretty, somewhat older local newslady croaking that one out :lol:

You better leave Big Beaverhouse. :lol:

[Hal-9000]

You better leave Big Beaverhouse. :lol:

Climax and Dildo are still going strong :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Ball's Falls and Crotch Lake in Ontario...ffs who agrees to these things?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I voted for them 8-[

[Hal-9000]

Every year at The Calgary Stampede (largest outdoor rodeo on earth, rides, games, events etc) we've had this old western town set up called Weadickville, where they do western gunfight reenactments. They also set up real Tipis nearby and have Native Indians* show off the actual and ceremonial dress of the time as well as how they lived and cooked etc.

*I'm in shit already. We're supposed to use the term 'First Nations' when referring to Native Indians now.

Now, they will be cancelling the Indian Village name because it's deemed too offensive and may not have the display at all in future years.


They interviewed some native dudes and they couldn't care less about the old name. One native guy - It's been called the Indian Village since I can remember because Indians live in it :lol:

[Hal-9000]

A few weeks ago a car dealership I bought a car from sent me a key and a ballot. You come to the dealership and try the key to see if you won a new SUV.

I got a scratch card at the same time saying I had automatically won a set of iPhone wireless headphones (i-phones?) that are worth 200 bucks up here.

Get to the dealership on the first day of the promo, they say 'they've run out of the earphones' and I just have to fill out a form and they will notify me when the earphones come in. It's the first day of the promo at 10am and they ran out already? I make a funny comment about the old bait and switch and how that used to be illegal. Get met by uncomfy silence after that one...

This was over 6 weeks ago and still no word from the dealership? Do I make a fuss?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

A few weeks ago a car dealership I bought a car from sent me a key and a ballot. You come to the dealership and try the key to see if you won a new SUV.

I got a scratch card at the same time saying I had automatically won a set of iPhone wireless headphones (i-phones?) that are worth 200 bucks up here.

Get to the dealership on the first day of the promo, they say 'they've run out of the earphones' and I just have to fill out a form and they will notify me when the earphones come in. It's the first day of the promo at 10am and they ran out already? I make a funny comment about the old bait and switch and how that used to be illegal. Get met by uncomfy silence after that one...

This was over 6 weeks ago and still no word from the dealership? Do I make a fuss?

Did they try and pressure you to go look at cars? Enticing you to buy?

[Hal-9000]

Did they try and pressure you to go look at cars? Enticing you to buy?

No it was very polite and low key. An older female East Indian sales rep (first time I've seen that) came running down to the floor saying she was excited to see me try the key, so I imagine whatever rep is present when the vehicle is won gets a perk of some sort.

I still have the scratch card saying I won the headphones.

I don't have an iPhone or any use for wireless earbuds anyway :lol: I can see dropping and/or losing those babies more than once.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

No it was very polite and low key. An older female East Indian sales rep (first time I've seen that) came running down to the floor saying she was excited to see me try the key, so I imagine whatever rep is present when the vehicle is won gets a perk of some sort.

I still have the scratch card saying I won the headphones.

I don't have an iPhone or any use for wireless earbuds anyway :lol: I can see dropping and/or losing those babies more than once.

We get those things in the mail from time-to-time (the keys). I'm wondering if it's even legit at all. Is there actually a key that's mailed out that starts the car? Or is it just to get people to come down to the dealership?

[Hal-9000]

We get those things in the mail from time-to-time (the keys). I'm wondering if it's even legit at all. Is there actually a key that's mailed out that starts the car? Or is it just to get people to come down to the dealership?

I wondered the same thing. You don't step up to an actual vehicle, there's a key slot mock up on a piece of plexiglass.
My key didn't even enter the thing, like not a 1/8th of an inch :lol:

We have the Tim Horton's contest Roll Up The Rim. Peel up the rim of your coffee cup and win everything from a free donut to a free car. Someone complained about the same type of thing and apparently Tim Hortons proved that winning cups were printed and placed into public circulation. An auditor works in tandem with the company that prints the cups to ensure the four cups that say Toyota RAV 4 or whatever are sent out into the wild. They can't print the winning cups and have them sit in a warehouse as the contest only runs for a few weeks at a time.

They rely on people throwing cups away and get this...they know it's a pain in the ass to unroll those rims :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I wondered the same thing. You don't step up to an actual vehicle, there's a key slot mock up on a piece of plexiglass.
My key didn't even enter the thing, like not a 1/8th of an inch :lol:

We have the Tim Horton's contest Roll Up The Rim. Peel up the rim of your coffee cup and win everything from a free donut to a free car. Someone complained about the same type of thing and apparently Tim Hortons proved that winning cups were printed and placed into public circulation. An auditor works in tandem with the company that prints the cups to ensure the four cups that say Toyota RAV 4 or whatever are sent out into the wild. They can't print the winning cups and have them sit in a warehouse as the contest only runs for a few weeks at a time.

They rely on people throwing cups away and get this...they know it's a pain in the ass to unroll those rims :lol:

Yup, it's like when Safeway down here runs their Monopoly game. You collect tickets based on how much you spend at the store each visit. And there's always one 'rare' ticket to complete each prize. Now for the lowest $5 prize, even the rarest card has probably 10's of thousands printed (versus the millions of the common tix). But for the top million dollar prize, the rare piece has only 2 or 3 printed for the entire country (i forget off the top of my head how many grand prizes there were. And Safeway is hoping for the same thing, that the people that happen to get those rare tickets for the million dollar prize just pitch them. :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Yup, it's like when Safeway down here runs their Monopoly game. You collect tickets based on how much you spend at the store each visit. And there's always one 'rare' ticket to complete each prize. Now for the lowest $5 prize, even the rarest card has probably 10's of thousands printed (versus the millions of the common tix). But for the top million dollar prize, the rare piece has only 2 or 3 printed for the entire country (i forget off the top of my head how many grand prizes there were. And Safeway is hoping for the same thing, that the people that happen to get those rare tickets for the million dollar prize just pitch them. :lol:

I helped my Dad with a similar Coop Canadian travel game. We got everything we needed except of the course the single Holy Grail card needed to complete the playing surface. I'm sure Mr Coop had that one secure in his back pocket.

With the Tim Hortons cups they print literally millions of cups during that promo. I've had years where I consistently won donuts and coffees almost daily and then times when I didn't win a thing throughout the two months or however long it lasts.

I know a little about printing and distribution. There's absolutely no way to end that contest legally :lol: If they choose a specific date, there will still be cups sitting somewhere unused. If they choose to end it when the cups from that print run/season get exhausted, the contest could theoretically go on for years.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Made a prime rib roast on Monday, it was fucking perfect :homer:

[Hal-9000]

I was getting into making romaine lettuce salads the past couple of months for health reasons.... then the food poisoning scare hit.

THANKS USA FOR THE SOILED LETTUCE :x

ahem..so I switched over to green leaf lettuce and had that for my New Years dinner with chicken strips :thumbsup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Vegetables kill, eat meat :thumbsup:

[Hal-9000]

Interestingly, green leaf and romaine lettuce are pretty high up the scale for nutritional value behind kale and spinach

[Hal-9000]

Vegetables kill, eat meat :thumbsup:

Due to economics I've been eating primarily chicken only for the past year or so. No red meat at all.

When my bro was here we decided on Wendy's take out for a treat. I had a double cheese and was almost drooling over the greasy smell and taste :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I do love chicken, but I could never give up red meat.

[Hal-9000]

I make a crock post roast twice a year when my sister visits :thumbsup:

Haven't sworn off red meat, just don't buy roasts and steaks anymore.

I get some pretty weird cravings at times and will drool over the odd TV commercial (and food porn post)...so that shit is hardwired into our lizard brains for sure :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I didn't take any pix, but it was a 5.5 lb boneless prime rib roast and came out a perfect medium rare. It was so tender it cut like butter. :homer:

[Hal-9000]

There was a chick trying to promote vegan food on the local news. She made a 'roast' and everything she did including using a lot of some special liquid to make the gravy taste like meat gravy, was to make it seem like roast beef. I sat back and thought - Hmmph. She just took about 15 expensive and pain in the ass steps to make that lump of whatever look and taste like meat.

Maybe just buy meat next time and use stuff to disguise it as something vegan? :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's the principal :hand:


And they're just stupid :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Oh I forgot. I will buy El Monterey Beef n Bean Burritos that you nuke in the microwave.

They're kinda like red meat I guess :lol:

(don't wanna know the truth)

[Godfather]

Came home from work today: Canadian team lost in the World Juniors, light fixture built into my cabinets died, cat puked. Ya the holiday season feels real over now :lol:

[RBP]

Oh I forgot. I will buy El Monterey Beef n Bean Burritos that you nuke in the microwave.

They're kinda like red meat I guess :lol:

(don't wanna know the truth)Sometimes you can get creative. If chicken breast isn't on sale here, it's about $3.49 a pound. But I can get a Chuck roast for $2.99 at Aldi and cut that into steaks for breakfast. I know that's some ghetto economics, and no comparison to Lance's prime rib, but Lowery's beef marinade does wonders, and sometimes poor people have good ideas.

[RBP]

Came home from work today: Canadian team lost in the World Juniors, light fixture built into my cabinets died, cat puked. Ya the holiday season feels real over now :lol:My wife expresses displeasure with silence. Like when she's "negotiating" with the cat to vacate the closet and I move past her, grab the cat by the scruff and move him out. It's a legit cat training to exert dominance.

[Muddy]

I didn't take any pix, but it was a 5.5 lb boneless prime rib roast and came out a perfect medium rare. It was so tender it cut like butter. :homer:

Was the meat actually graded "prime"? Or was it just a rib roast?

[Hal-9000]

Sometimes you can get creative. If chicken breast isn't on sale here, it's about $3.49 a pound. But I can get a Chuck roast for $2.99 at Aldi and cut that into steaks for breakfast. I know that's some ghetto economics, and no comparison to Lance's prime rib, but Lowery's beef marinade does wonders, and sometimes poor people have good ideas.

Preachin to the choir man. My parents were poor so my Moms would just slip a hit of acid (5 bucks) into the water jug and us kids had Kool-Aid all week!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Sometimes you can get creative. If chicken breast isn't on sale here, it's about $3.49 a pound. But I can get a Chuck roast for $2.99 at Aldi and cut that into steaks for breakfast. I know that's some ghetto economics, and no comparison to Lance's prime rib, but Lowery's beef marinade does wonders, and sometimes poor people have good ideas.

I'm not rich :slap:

[DemonGeminiX]

People are so fuckin' stupid.

[Hal-9000]

People are so fuckin' stupid.

I was just reading some of the brutal spelling Tweets when I read this :lol:

I'm miles from perfect but those people make me feel like Einstein.

[DemonGeminiX]

Wow, Gotham's new season's getting started early. It's on in 15 minutes.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's a short season too :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So weird this morning, I turned my PC on and when it booted up, the display was HUGE. It was like someone had changed the display setting to 800 x 600 or something :lol: I checked the display settings and they were right. Restarted the computer and then it was fine. Very strange.... :-k

[Goofy]

So weird this morning, I turned my PC on and when it booted up, the display was HUGE. It was like someone had changed the display setting to 800 x 600 or something :lol: I checked the display settings and they were right. Restarted the computer and then it was fine. Very strange.... :-k
Ive had that happen before, not a fucking clue what caused it :lol:

[RBP]

So let me get this straight. Even Anonymous can't find anything on Ocasio-Cortez other than a video of her dancing in a Boston College promo?

C'mon, man. That's some deep-state level scrubbing.

Full video if you're curious... she has a nice rack anyway.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj2Xald7NYQ

[Hal-9000]

So weird this morning, I turned my PC on and when it booted up, the display was HUGE. It was like someone had changed the display setting to 800 x 600 or something :lol: I checked the display settings and they were right. Restarted the computer and then it was fine. Very strange.... :-k

I reinstalled Windows 7 from scratch on Dec 7th/2018. (no I can't buy Windows 10 so shut up about that).

Saw a phrase you never want to see during a long Windows install. Briefly - Installed OS from disk, then 10 files, then another 10 files, then another 19 files...then and I shit you not - 189 files. So I look at the clock and it's 1 pm by the time it wants the 189 updates.

To download and install 189 updates it took from 1 pm until 5:30 pm. Then it did the reboot sequence saying configuring updates 33%, 69% etc and rebooted twice.

And then this six word message you never want to see - "Windows couldn't configure updates, reverting back".

It stayed on that screen for over another hour.

:| I said screw it, unplugged my modem and started the entire process again. I stayed up 26 hours, until the next morning installing Windows twice. Second time around all updates went in without issue.


:x

[Hal-9000]

So let me get this straight. Even Anonymous can't find anything on Ocasio-Cortez other than a video of her dancing in a Boston College promo?

C'mon, man. That's some deep-state level scrubbing.

Full video if you're curious... she has a nice rack anyway.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj2Xald7NYQ

She's a democrat you want to see some dirt on for some reason? Like, has she done something bad and you figure there's skeletons in her closet? :-k

the dance video looks pretty tame...is she under fire for dancing? :lol:

[RBP]

She's a democrat you want to see some dirt on for some reason? Like, has she done something bad and you figure there's skeletons in her closet? :-k

The dance video looks pretty tame...is she under fire for dancing? :lol:

I didn't pay attention to the viral response - no idea what the discussion is out there. We had a whole discussion here about the oddity of a 29 year old apparently having ZERO social media presence prior to her congressional bid. No pictures, no videos, no old stupid tweets, nothing. My theory is that she was manufactured and seriously scrubbed, in contrast to the "organic" "grassroots" "person of the people" political rise story we've been spoon fed.

No axe to grind, just really bizarre.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I reinstalled Windows 7 from scratch on Dec 7th/2018. (no I can't buy Windows 10 so shut up about that).

Saw a phrase you never want to see during a long Windows install. Briefly - Installed OS from disk, then 10 files, then another 10 files, then another 19 files...then and I shit you not - 189 files. So I look at the clock and it's 1 pm by the time it wants the 189 updates.

To download and install 189 updates it took from 1 pm until 5:30 pm. Then it did the reboot sequence saying configuring updates 33%, 69% etc and rebooted twice.

And then this six word message you never want to see - "Windows couldn't configure updates, reverting back".

It stayed on that screen for over another hour.

:| I said screw it, unplugged my modem and started the entire process again. I stayed up 26 hours, until the next morning installing Windows twice. Second time around all updates went in without issue.


:x

:empathy:







:giggle:












:outtahere:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I didn't pay attention to the viral response - no idea what the discussion is out there. We had a whole discussion here about the oddity of a 29 year old apparently having ZERO social media presence prior to her congressional bid. No pictures, no videos, no old stupid tweets, nothing. My theory is that she was manufactured and seriously scrubbed, in contrast to the "organic" "grassroots" "person of the people" political rise story we've been spoon fed.

No axe to grind, just really bizarre.

Exactly, it's like she's a ghost prior to a certain time in the not too distant past.