This is the thread where I say things and maybe other people say things too

[TheBenior]

I have things to go after that are far more attainable and useful.
Like a motorcycle!

[Drachen596]

Thinking a house first.. then a motorcycle.

something about a good garage is extremely attractive.

[mk]

The most important secondary thing of a home is a storage.

Miss it and the stuff will be around.

[Sad, little man]

I had a dream that I bought a brand new 370Z convertible. It was one of those dreams that seems extremely real.

I was very relieved when I woke up and realized that I did not actually waste all that money on a stupid 370Z convertible.

[Kchrpm]

http://www.edreaminterpretation.org/car-2/


To dream of buying and/or driving a brand new car means that your happiness is on the rise. You are getting better at dealing with new things that life throws at you.-----------------
To see or dream that you are in a convertible, refers to your glamorous attitude. You are showing off your power and influence.

You're getting better at dealing with what life throws at you, and doing it with power, influence and glamour. Congratulations :up:

[Godson]

What if I don't have dreams I remember...

[Kchrpm]

You're living the dream :up:

[Sad, little man]

http://www.edreaminterpretation.org/car-2/



You're getting better at dealing with what life throws at you, and doing it with power, influence and glamour. Congratulations :up:

That's questionable... And don't worry, it's pretty rare for me to remember my dreams too.

[Drachen596]

Apparently todays conversation is how expensive divorce lawyers are.

[speedpimp]

Your sister?

[Drachen596]

Ex in Texas.

and yes... i am aware of the funny in that statement.

[speedpimp]

Sure thing, George Strait.

[Leon]

Oh great, so I sneeze on Sunday morning, and something in my back freaks out.

It sort of improves though the morning, so I got to a "Step" class later Sunday morning, and my back frees up.

Doing a weights class last night, and in the squats track and my back packs up again.

So today is brought to you by anti-inflammatory and painkillers. Man, getting old is such fun ...work is a prick at the moment, so there's zero chance I can get time off to get to a physio.

[GB]

A sleep injury is right around the corner.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHgJqeaj11w

[novicius]

So today is brought to you by anti-inflammatory and painkillers. Man, getting old is such fun ...work is a prick at the moment, so there's zero chance I can get time off to get to a physio.
Leon, you're like the fittest of us -- if you're having trouble then there's absolutely no hope for the rest of us! :lol:

[21Kid]

I had a sciatica that lasted 3-4 months. :( Not fun getting old.

[Leon]

Leon, you're like the fittest of us -- if you're having trouble then there's absolutely no hope for the rest of us! :lol:

I'm not as fit as I was two years ago. Sigh.

[mk]

Leon, you're like the fittest of us
I'm 106.

[overpowered]

Leon, you're like the fittest of us -- if you're having trouble then there's absolutely no hope for the rest of us! :lol:Fitter than G'Day? I don't know about that.

[novicius]

Isn't he still in high school?? ;) #joking #proudpapa

I meant of us old guys! :lol:

[speedpimp]

Who you callin' old, you whipper snapper? GET OFF MY WALKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[overpowered]

Isn't he still in high school?? ;) #joking #proudpapa

I meant of us old guys! :lol:OK. That might be. G'Day's in his 30's now, but yeah, younger than a lot of us. I think I might be the oldest regular now that NQ doesn't show up here anymore.

[speedpimp]

Pretty sure George or Drew have you beat. DN can't be too far behind them.

[Cam]

I'm older than Drew. I don't know how old George is.

[overpowered]

I believe we established that I'm actually older than George by a few years. No idea about Drew. I think DN is older than George but still younger than me.

[George]

DN is older than me, for sure, just based on random comments over the years - maybe as simple as "that song was popular when I was in high school" or something like that. I'm sure I'm younger than OP, who, I've heard, voted for Nixon.

Twice. :devil:

[overpowered]

Fuck you. I wasn't even old enough to vote for Reagan the first time (I was for the second).

[George]

Oh, man, I was just being playful. I wasn't trying to insult you.

In all seriousness, it sounds like you're close to my wife's age, as she voted for Reagan his second time around, and I was a bit too young.

[Godson]

I think I was one of the younger kids around here.

[novicius]

Still are! :D

[drew]

44, going on 13.

[Dicknose]

51
And having fun

[Dicknose]

George, comments about high school might get confusing since I started at age 11
Before you think that makes me a child star, our high school is 6 years (we don't have middle school)

[George]

Makes sense. I just made up the high school thing as an example, anyway.

[novicius]

I'm not as fit as I was two years ago. Sigh.
Did you get a girlfriend lately? You gotta stay sharp to chase that tail! :D

[Leon]

Single as a single thing still! Not even dating ... seems a bit hard to meet women at the moment.

[Kchrpm]

Too busy being in the Fastlane (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastlane_(TV_series)).

[novicius]

Single as a single thing still! Not even dating ... seems a bit hard to meet women at the moment.
Buy a motorcycle. ;)

[Alan P]

42 later this year. FUCK.

[MR2 Fan]

I'm 37....my gf is 23 :D

[Freude am Fahren]

Buy a motorcycle. ;)

Shit, what am I doing wrong?

[Drachen596]

Shit, what am I doing wrong?

You own a motorcycle in Florida. They're all over.

[TheBenior]

I dunno, even up here, I think most of the people impressed with my motorcycle are other dudes and high school aged girls.

[novicius]

Shit -- you guys you're right, I wasn't clear enough. My bad.


Buy a Triumph. ;)
Fixed. :D

[thesameguy]

What's really upsetting me, and on topic, is the number of hot chicks I see with dudes in Camrys. I'm really not okay with this. It flies in the face of everything that ever was good or true in this world.

[GB]

I think most of the people impressed with my motorcycle are high school aged girls.

HEY NOW! :devil: :shocker:

[FaultyMario]

I'm 37....my gf is 23 :D

Bragging about your leap of faith outside the religion thread is a bannable offence.

[Leon]

What's really upsetting me, and on topic, is the number of hot chicks I see with dudes in Camrys. I'm really not okay with this. It flies in the face of everything that ever was good or true in this world.

I have not one but two fast cars.

It is doing me no good at all.

[Drachen596]

What's really upsetting me, and on topic, is the number of hot chicks I see with dudes in Camrys. I'm really not okay with this. It flies in the face of everything that ever was good or true in this world.

I wonder if its somehow related the studies saying that the ideal body for men as decided on by women is pretty much the 'dad bod'

What kind of car would dad bod drive? probably a Camry or other appliance like car.

[Yw-slayer]

Actually, the minivan is probably one of our fastest cars in a straight line.

[overpowered]

I dunno, even up here, I think most of the people impressed with my motorcycle are other dudes and high school aged girls.Watch out. 16 will get you 20.

[Leon]

Watch out. 16 will get you 20.

16 is legal in NZ.

Still a very very very bad idea though.

[novicius]

I have not one but two fast cars.

It is doing me no good at all.
Yeah but I bet you pull the guys in like crazy AMIRITE?!?!! :lol:

[Dicknose]

Was in the Spyder tonight, parked and chatting to a mate when and a nice young lady came up and asked if she could take a photo. I kicked my mate out and said jump in while he takes your photo.
I think he was disappointed she did put want a photo of his new AMG GLA.

But the Spyder is proving to have a bit of a sticky web...

[Freude am Fahren]

...high school aged girls.

Ah, so that's it. I'll have to go ride by the high school more often...

[21Kid]

:lol:

Girls use to compliment my Impreza RS. :) Too bad most thought it was a WRX. :sadbanana:

[novicius]

"Yo girl, do you wanna vape and WRX??" :lol:

[TheBenior]

On my ride home this morning, my bike got a compliment from some dude. Then I rode to the vet to drop off a poop sample from Giuseppe the tortoise. Think the cute vet tech (https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/11885216_10153099706347957_5179502391296630398_n.j pg?oh=aa860290d57f3ffb2fc88f8604c3bbf3&oe=57DFD520) said anything about my motorcycle that was parked right out front? Of course not!

[thesameguy]

"Yo girl, do you wanna vape and WRX??" :lol:

:lol: Dying.

[overpowered]

On my ride home this morning, my bike got a compliment from some dude. Then I rode to the vet to drop off a poop sample from Giuseppe the tortoise. Think the cute vet tech (https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/11885216_10153099706347957_5179502391296630398_n.j pg?oh=aa860290d57f3ffb2fc88f8604c3bbf3&oe=57DFD520) said anything about my motorcycle that was parked right out front? Of course not!Show her your abs.

[overpowered]

OK. That might be. G'Day's in his 30's now, but yeah, younger than a lot of us. I think I might be the oldest regular now that NQ doesn't show up here anymore.I forgot about SportWagon. I believe SW is older than me.

[MR2 Fan]

Bragging about your leap of faith outside the religion thread is a bannable offence.

WORTH IT!

[Kchrpm]

When I had the Corvette in Arizona, 9/10 reactions/approaches were from guys.

[21Kid]

So Hondakid was on to something all along... ;)

[drew]

:lol:

[speedpimp]

At my lightest since '98.

[novicius]

Pics! :D :up:

[JoshInKC]

I lost about 8 pounds over the last two weeks. You can really tell how long into a dig you are by how your pants fit - Start digging holes in the Ozarks heat and humidity and the water weight melts off fast.

[Cam]

Lori just went to Europe again. Meeting in Potsdam, Germany, then she's going to Svalbard, Norway.

[JoshInKC]

Dope. Tell her to watch out for bears.

[MR2 Fan]

"Prince Be" of P.M. Dawn has passed away...another great musician taken in 2016 :(

I listened to their music A LOT in the 90's, it was very unique for the era, some rap, some r&b, some hippie stuff, but very well done

[Drachen596]

You ever click on any of the stories in that Trending thing on the side of facebook?

on some of them the first 3 to 5 things under the main part of the trending news links are what appear to be normal peoples pages... except they all have the exact same section posted before the link.

i see it quite a bit when i click anything over there. can' tell if they're quoting the article or all just came up with the same anecdotes..

[speedpimp]

Pics! :D :up:

Actually I'm back to where I was when I started this job two years ago. Had gained 25 over the past year, lost that 25 back since March. Still wearing the basketball shorts that I was wearing at my heaviest, though now instead of being tight they are really loose. Even with the drawstrings tied tight they are hanging off my ass. Heh. Pics inside spoiler tags.
17871788

[JoshInKC]

Short update on where I've been the past few weeks - The Ozarks! (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Two+Rivers+Campground/@37.1779352,-91.2594902,13.5z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x87d9db592a2c8dc9:0x6584cd9a d6c7f854!2sTwin+Rivers+Landing!8m2!3d37.449969!4d-90.826663!3m4!1s0x0000000000000000:0xfa2f76d092f1d acf!8m2!3d37.1899034!4d-91.2764633?hl=en)
We're digging in a spot that was half-assedly partially excavated in 1988, when a clovis point (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_point) was found. Both landscape archaeology and geoarchaeology indicate that there's a really solid chance that we've got good preservation and likelihood of occupation dating well into the the pre-clovis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_culture#Evidence_of_human_habitation_before _Clovis) era, which is what we're really shooting for. Thus far we've moved a bunch of dirt opening up units (1x1 meter squares) to 50 cmbgs (centimeters below ground surface) which is where our version of the good shit (early archaic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archaeological_periods_(North_America))) starts. We also opened up part of the old excavation to 210 cmbgs to figure out the soil profiles - it turns into a 40 thousand year old gravel bar at about 190cmbgs, so its pretty much useless for our purposes - except for the fact that its nice and cool at the bottom of the hole, which is nice on 100 degree 70% humidity days.

In evenings, we've been doing a bunch of stuff including canoeing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sxBpCkWa92HNGsMb8MgAt6kzMfcDYHs-Aw/view?usp=sharing), hiking (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TvS99F2Sgxc5HrUvDqMeikFzmqxX-EgNcQ/view?usp=sharing), and drinking (https://drive.google.com/file/d/18-7BYu2OFWMVX-fBm4a4J3tam-3ZleJq0Q/view?usp=sharing)

Surprisingly, no heatstroke or exhaustion yet. But it is forecast to be hotter this next session. On the upside, I'll get to run a backhoe - so that's fun.

[speedpimp]

Sounds kick ass.

[JoshInKC]

Yep, fun stuff. Next session ought to be the same, then off to western Kansas just in time for the July heat. Out there it'll be less activities, and a lot more drinking - but hey, who doesn't like a mammoth kill site?

[Freude am Fahren]

You ever click on any of the stories in that Trending thing on the side of facebook?

on some of them the first 3 to 5 things under the main part of the trending news links are what appear to be normal peoples pages... except they all have the exact same section posted before the link.

i see it quite a bit when i click anything over there. can' tell if they're quoting the article or all just came up with the same anecdotes..

I find that whenever there is a trending topic about some "controversy" all it is is people talking about how it isn't a controversy. So I'm convinced that Facebook is trying to create controversies to up the clicks.

[Freude am Fahren]

Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Charlie Bartlett, Alpha Dog, Terminator: Salvation) died in a freak accident. Apparently he was found trapped between his car, which was running and in neutral, and a brick mailbox. Looks like he died maybe just getting his mail, yikes. Or maybe trying to stop his car from destroying his mailbox. The next Star Trek movie, in which he plays Chekov for the third time, will be released soon.

[mk]

A bright moment made me search Magnificent Seven + Philip Morris, so now I believe.

[overpowered]

First heat wave of 2016 hits. It sucks.

How to make fresh iced coffee (requires some planning ahead):

1. Possess a metal teapot, preferably with a copper bottom.
2. Get a pot large enough to fit the teapot inside it and put about an inch of water into this pot and put it in the freezer the night before making the iced coffee.
3. Brew coffee the next day.
4. Pour coffee into teapot.
5. Put teapot onto ice plate in bigger pot and stir coffee for a few minutes until it is cold.

[Dicknose]

At my lightest since '98.

Same here...

Bought new jeans in April because my other were too big, they are now too big.
About 33kg down from my heaviest, still aiming for another 10kg.

Feels good doesn't it!

[speedpimp]

Yes it does. Down a total of 115 lbs since May of '12.

[Freude am Fahren]

Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Charlie Bartlett, Alpha Dog, Terminator: Salvation) died in a freak accident. Apparently he was found trapped between his car, which was running and in neutral, and a brick mailbox. Looks like he died maybe just getting his mail, yikes. Or maybe trying to stop his car from destroying his mailbox. The next Star Trek movie, in which he plays Chekov for the third time, will be released soon.

He was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, a car that has a recall for a confusing gear shifter, causing people to accidentally leave the car in neutral instead of park ("http://jalopnik.com/did-jeeps-recalled-gear-shifter-contribute-to-the-death-1782255715).

*note, not confirmed that his car was one of the affected, but I'd say likely.

[21Kid]

First heat wave of 2016 hits. It sucks.

How to make fresh iced coffee (requires some planning ahead):

1. Possess a metal teapot, preferably with a copper bottom.
2. Get a pot large enough to fit the teapot inside it and put about an inch of water into this pot and put it in the freezer the night before making the iced coffee.
3. Brew coffee the next day.
4. Pour coffee into teapot.
5. Put teapot onto ice plate in bigger pot and stir coffee for a few minutes until it is cold.
That sounds complicated.
We just put leftover coffee into an ice tray to freeze for the next day. :D Regular plastic trays don't work as good, so we've gotten some silicone ones. Actually I have been using cupcake cups (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047T6UQI/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1), lately. Since they are individual and can be reused when empty. You have to clean them out after the coffee, so you can constantly rotate them, instead of having to wait for entirely empty ice tray.

[overpowered]

My ice coffee is fresh and not solid. I add regular ice cubes to it and they don't melt all that quickly.

Using cubes made of coffee in my cold liquid coffee might be good though.

[21Kid]

I'm lazy... I just make coffee and wait a bit for it to cool down. :lol:

[overpowered]

I hate waiting and I like my coffee fresh.

[thesameguy]

This thing has been pissing me off for two weeks.

http://www.sacsaabs.org/sacsaabs.org/delete/stupidled.jpg

It's an LED, obviously. I found it inside a balloon that someone had abandoned in the park. It's bad enough people abandon balloons in the park - something they've been doing for decades - but now in addition to rubber we're also abandoning circuits, batteries, and all the chemicals they contain.

This LED was built into the balloon. There was no way to remove it without tearing the balloon to shreds. Someone bought this balloon, gave it to their pretty pink princess for her birthday, and then abandoned it in the park. We make a freaking LED light whose only purpose was to entertain a kid for an hour or two, and then be thrown away. This LED has been sitting on my counter, glowing, for two weeks now. What an annoying, deplorable, offensive waste.

[Kchrpm]

I have a large pack of balloons with LEDs that go inside them. I got them because they were super cheap online, figuring I'd come up with some use. Never did.

[21Kid]

My son got a pack of them. He plays with them for a few days and we throw them away.

They are a waste. But, humans waste a lot of stuff in general. :(

[thesameguy]

We do. And I hate it.

And I really hate it when we make waste worse, and really really hate it when we make electronics with the sole purpose of being wasted. That stuff doesn't biodegrade ever. It doesn't go anywhere ever. It sits in the ground forever. It should be illegal. :(

[Random]

It'll sit in the ground until the materials become scarce enough to make mining the old landfills economical. :)

[thesameguy]

Oof.

[Random]

I don't think it's all that far off. How much gold, platinum, and rare earths do you think are sitting in the Santa Clara county landfill(s) right now?

[thesameguy]

Probably a lot, but the other side of the coin is things like arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium and beryllium amongst others. We only somewhat have the technology to recover precious metals from individual samples, getting it out of the earth amidst all the other stuff seems like an incredible challenge. Even if we can, what do we then do with all the toxics, not to mention the invariable pile of silicon which has no further purpose (that I'm aware of!). I begrudgingly accept wrapping paper and such, but I draw the line as disposable electronics. If it's life-saving, ok, but short of keeping a living thing from the brink I'm just not okay with it.

[speedpimp]

Picked up a new phone last weekend and the first thing I did was download the Keep Truckin' app. It's an app that takes care of a driver's logbook. It's a very sweet app.

[TheBenior]

A girl I used to work with at the TSA is currently in Naturopath school at Bastyr University. She'll refer to it as being in "medical school" or being a "medical student."

I see that and think, "NO YOU'RE NOT! YOUR DEGREE WILL BE AS VALID AS ONE FROM HOGWARTS!"

[Drachen596]

Coworker complained about the pay another is getting costing the one complained about 2 bucks an hour.

Why? cause he doesn't do the job full time. its never been an issue before, just now when this whiny bastard complains to HR.

Also apparently complained about me as well.

Funny thing is they probably just cost themselves their job. Boss is a bit vindictive if you start whining and complaining to HR about shit thats not even an issue for ANYONE ELSE.

[Leon]

That moment when your 40 year old friend (who is a nice guy, but a bit socially dysfunctional) announces his engagement to a 20 year old woman in another country.

Trap detected.

[novicius]

Honey pot! :D

The worst part? After the impending divorce, the money's gone, and his criminal record has lengthened a bit from her calling the cops on him, he'll still be crying 'cause he was in luuuuuv.... ;)

[Kchrpm]

Wait...did you guys look into my future???

[mk]

Finally we invent non toxic tech. but plants still need phosphorus.

[Freude am Fahren]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4F4qzPbcFiA/maxresdefault.jpg

[GB]

I'd like to marry a 20 year old.

Preferably from this country, though.

And cute. Petite. Surfer-girl. Who's rich.

[MR2 Fan]

That moment when your 40 year old friend (who is a nice guy, but a bit socially dysfunctional) announces his engagement to a 20 year old woman in another country.

Trap detected.

hey I'm 37 who's planning to marry a 23 year old from another country...no trap here (I've seen lots of traps before)

[overpowered]

So apparently this works: 💩

🎮

[Drachen596]

Been attending my nieces softball games lately. Youngests league doesnt keep score.

Oldest ones team has lost every game.... except the two i have been to.

They are both having a loy of fun playing though.

[mk]

Old gods are not dead.

[speedpimp]

They just fade away.

[mk]

Beyond the rim, to be exact.

But,
http://www.espnfc.co.uk/report?gameId=438161

[21Kid]

Terrorists have attacked an airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Multiple individuals detonated bombs. There are also reports of grenades and assault rifle fire :(

[Kchrpm]

I found out today that a latchkey kid was the opposite of what I thought it was.

Actual use: kid that gets home from school before parents and is therefore home alone
What I thought: YMCA's pre/after school program in my area was called LatchKey, so I thought it referred to kids that went to pre/after school programs until their parents picked them up.

[21Kid]

Way to go YMCA... :lol:




Jessica Williams Is Exiting ‘Daily Show’ After Striking Development Deal :( Hopefully I'll see whatever she's making. She's great.

[JoshInKC]

My son got a pack of them. He plays with them for a few days and we throw them away.

They are a waste. But, humans waste a lot of stuff in general. :(
I like to think of this type of thing as providing job security for future generations of archaeologists. I (and 5 other archs) spent the past 10 days excavating what amounts to an 8000 year old trash pile of burned bone, lithic flakes, and charcoal. Just imagine how many will be employed digging out even a small city's dump in the year 10,000.

[21Kid]

:lol:

[dodint]

haha: http://www.askamanager.org/2016/06/i-was-fired-from-my-internship-for-writing-a-proposal-for-a-more-flexible-dress-code.html

Intern is shocked when dress code mutiny results in all interns involved being fired.

It's easy to be dismissive of college kids and the things they rail against in their abundance of free time because you can quip "The real world is going to bite you in the ass with that attitude", but it's so rare to have it pan out exactly that way in a single incident that I can point to.

tl:dr; intern wants to wear flat shoes, is told no, organizes with other interns to force policy change, all interns fired, turns out the one employee with flat shoes is a disabled veteran with one leg.

:lol:

[Freude am Fahren]

Fucking entitled little shits. Glad they got fired. Workplaces aren't democracies.

[dodint]

Bingo!

[thesameguy]

Timely.

My coworker clearly shops only at Forever 21, and I am confident I could hold her entire outfit today in my clenched fist. The idea gives me a tingly feeling.

[FaultyMario]

Tingly not goody?

[thesameguy]

I dunno. She isn't quite 21, but she's close. And kind of a bitch to people - we got some drinks a couple weeks back and she was pretty unkind to our server. Bit of a turn-off. So, sort of an ambiguous tingly feeling.


* Realize that "not quite 21" sounds like under 21. She's over 21, but not by all that much.

[speedpimp]

So "ambiguously tingly" still translates to "break her open like a shotgun and knock the lining out that shit", doesn't it?

[thesameguy]

TBH, I'm not sure.

And by not sure, I mean yeah, absolutely.

[FaultyMario]

I like Jason's photos with nice little colitas.

[dodint]

No talent in my building at all. Very little in this part of Wisconsin, actually.

[21Kid]

The Rio Olympics are going to be awesome!!! :smh:

Body parts wash up on Rio beaches just weeks before the Olympics (http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/americas/rio-olympics-body-parts-found/index.html)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKXJxLFj0cI

[thesameguy]

I've had this long battle with my girl about leaving crap in her car. It's a target for thieves, and sometimes "crap" is a folding chair or something else large and heavy that, in an accident, could kill her. Makes me really nervous.

Yesterday I went to move her car and there was a 24-pack of bottled water in the back seat and I was like "Really? Water is so scarce you have to carry a flat with you?"

She says "I got it so I could give it to homeless people because it's so hot out."

She's so much better than I am.

[Random]

:up:

(Cuter, too. ;))

[thesameguy]

Debatable.

[Drachen596]

If you're a big retailer and you use memes in your advertising... I don't really want to support you.

[Yw-slayer]

Who dat?

[Drachen596]

Gamestop this time. Ermahgerd in all caps in their email subject line.

[Yw-slayer]

Maybe, but given their target audience I can't say I'm surprised that they have chosen to do so.

[speedpimp]

Gamestop this time. Ermahgerd in all caps in their email subject line.

But it's like a TWOPHERWONSAIL.

Traded in Forza 5, Descent, Evolve & Dragons Age: Origins for a grand total of $16.70. Ended up getting the Nascar DLC for Forza 6.
Interestingly enough as old as Forza 5 is, I still got $8 for it.

[Drachen596]

If you want to invade the US and not be noticed for a bit.. do it July 4th.

It sounds like every invasion movie i've ever seen outside right now.

[21Kid]

The Rio Olympics are going to be awesome!!! :smh:

Body parts wash up on Rio beaches just weeks before the Olympics (http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/americas/rio-olympics-body-parts-found/index.html)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKXJxLFj0cI

Oh, and this... :smh:

Dangerous super bacteria found in Rio waters before Summer Olympics
Two new academic studies shared with Reuters news show that scientists have found drug-resistant "super bacteria" off Rio de Janeiro beaches - some of which will be hosting Olympic events in August. These deadly microbes, normally only found in hospital settings, have been turning up in the waters near some of the city's most popular tourist destinations. Though city officials are blaming illegal dumping for the contamination, it more likely has something to do with the fact that Rio pumps literal tons of raw sewage into the ocean with only minimal treatment for safety.

Though Brazil promised to clean the city's waterways as part of its initial Olympic bid in 2009, that goal has yet to materialize. If anything, the city's waste-filled waters have only become worse in the intervening years. Athletes have long complained of a sewage stench in the areas where they're meant to compete, and the amount of debris floating along the shore could pose a potential hazard to swimmers.

[Sad, little man]

I'm really sick of being a vegetarian but can no longer bring myself to eat meat with a clear conscience. Any time I tried, it just felt icky.

I want my blissful ignorance back goddammit! :mad:

[MR2 Fan]

I say just delay the Summer olympics for a year...keep it in Rio, but give them another year to clean up things...with some investment from those lovely IOC officials.

Edit: I realize this is wishful thinking that things would be better in a year

[thesameguy]

Or, we could give everyone colorful bunny suits.

[thesameguy]

My coworker clearly shops only at Forever 21, and I am confident I could hold her entire outfit today in my clenched fist. The idea gives me a tingly feeling.

DAMMIT! I've just caught wind of a memo that went out telling employees not to wear "club wear" to work. Very upset about this. I don't understand why some old person's sensibilities override these nice young ladies' comfort or my nethers needs. That's messed up, yo.

[drew]

Blame Obama.

[thesameguy]

Oh, I did. He and his commie liberal Muslim fascist Kenyan buddies.

[drew]

Goddamn right. Can we build a wall around the white house?

[21Kid]

I'm really sick of being a vegetarian but can no longer bring myself to eat meat with a clear conscience. Any time I tried, it just felt icky.

I want my blissful ignorance back goddammit! :mad: Eat (http://beyondmeat.com/products/view/beyond-burger)Plants (http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/06/21/482322571/silicon-valley-s-bloody-plant-burger-smells-tastes-and-sizzles-like-meat)?

[Drachen596]

Apparently Sulu on Star Trek is going to be gay now.

Takei doesn't approve. Says character has been straight for entire history, create new character that's gay instead of changing current one.

[FaultyMario]

Old timer is right, Hollywood producer is wrong.

[21Kid]

meh.

[dodint]

I don't know anything about it other than a quick blurb I saw, but didn't they just turn Iron Man into a 15 year old girl?

That counts as an original idea in Hollywood.

[Drachen596]

15 year old black girl who attended MIT.

[dodint]

Iron Man was the only comic book movie franchise I liked other than Batman.

Kind of glad it's finished.

[Kchrpm]

Hollywood didn't change Iron Man into a 15-year old girl, comic book writers did. Just like they made Commissioner Gordon into Batman, a woman into Thor, Falcon into Captain America, Steve Rogers back to Captain America, Steve Rogers as Captain America into a Hydra double agent, etc.

[dodint]

I didn't understand any of that. I'll chalk it up to blissful ignorance.

[MR2 Fan]

but is she LBGTQ? Might as well check all of the boxes

[21Kid]

Apparently Sulu on Star Trek is going to be gay now.

Takei doesn't approve. Says character has been straight for entire history, create new character that's gay instead of changing current one.
Simon Pegg Responds to George Takei’s Criticism of Gay Sulu in ‘Star Trek Beyond’ (http://geeknation.com/simon-pegg-responds-to-george-takeis-criticism-of-gay-sulu-in-star-trek-beyond/)

Justin Lin, Doug Jung and I loved the idea of it being someone we already knew because the audience have a pre-existing opinion of that character as a human being, unaffected by any prejudice. Their sexual orientation is just one of many personal aspects, not the defining characteristic. Also, the audience would infer that there has been an LGBT presence in the Trek Universe from the beginning (at least in the Kelvin timeline), that a gay hero isn’t something new or strange. It’s also important to note that at no point do we suggest that our Sulu was ever closeted, why would he need to be? It’s just hasn’t come up before.He makes a good point. (and there's more to it in the link)

I didn't realize Star Trek had alternate universes like comics.

[Kchrpm]

They have visited alternate universes/timelines before in the TV show, and the latest movie series clearly establishes one in its first scene.

[drew]

What if all the green chicks Kirk boned were actually horse-dicked trannies? We'll never know, because of the prudish 60s censorship guidelines.

Maybe the Tribble was the foreshadow of Fleshlights.

[thesameguy]

Are you suggesting something to the contrary?

[drew]

Nope. Just a hypothetical/rhetorical question.

I mean, come on, as big as the universe is, there has to be at least one example, right? :)

Maybe Fleshlight was the wrong prediction. It was probably the RonCo Pocket Pal.

[dodint]

Ah, we have a connoisseur.

[drew]

You're goddamn right.

[21Kid]

:lol:

[speedpimp]

but is she LBGTQ? Might as well check all of the boxes

But what if she isn't but does enjoy a BLT?

[Drachen596]

How long can you guys work at a job before you start feeling burnt out on it? That point where going in and dealing with anything however minor just makes you want to stand up and walk out.

I've been with this company nearly 3 years, current job for 2.5 of that and I am just over it. I can do the job without thinking and usually just end up on autopilot while doing it. There's no challenge, the constant issues due to a process that saved our customer 5 million a year and just created more work due to a coding fuck up in the system just creates busy work seemingly at random. Its to be fixed but no timeline, just like literally everything that needs fixed at the place.

Department is short 2 people requiring constant overtime. No timeline on new hires, or even interviews.

[speedpimp]

I've spent twenty one years combined at two places and usually around year eight or so I was getting the urge to move on. At my last job I was there for a little over a year and the burn out factor was pretty brutal. Working 60+ hours a week, no paid overtime and what seemed like a one day nervous breakdown led me to seek a new job. I've been at this job for almost two years and I am currently content. Learning to quit giving a fuck and not stressing over bullshit has helped keep me sane this time around.

[Alan P]

How long can you guys work at a job before you start feeling burnt out on it? That point where going in and dealing with anything however minor just makes you want to stand up and walk out.

I've been with this company nearly 3 years, current job for 2.5 of that and I am just over it. I can do the job without thinking and usually just end up on autopilot while doing it. There's no challenge, the constant issues due to a process that saved our customer 5 million a year and just created more work due to a coding fuck up in the system just creates busy work seemingly at random. Its to be fixed but no timeline, just like literally everything that needs fixed at the place.

Department is short 2 people requiring constant overtime. No timeline on new hires, or even interviews.

Feels like it's either time to speak to your manager if they're good and look after their staff and gives a crap or if he's a 'company man' then time to move on?

[dodint]

How long can you guys work at a job before you start feeling burnt out on it?

Two years. That's about how long it takes for me to master the position and start feeling underutilized (and underpaid).

Right now I'm at 20 months, but I'm scheduled to be promoted in a few weeks so that will extend my interest a few more years. Pursuing the law degree will help too, since I'll have a structured challenge to focus on and I can just think of work as wage slaving. ;)

[Leon]

5 years seems to be about my limit.

[Drachen596]

Feels like it's either time to speak to your manager if they're good and look after their staff and gives a crap or if he's a 'company man' then time to move on?

My actual manager is exremely absentee and hands off. She and my team lead habe no idea how to do 99.999% of my job. Quick to criticize and blame if things get messed up though.

Heard through the rumor mill shes trying to transfer somewhere else.

I think its move on time. Which means i am going to have to go to school. Not many jobs this high paying for GEDs here.

[Dicknose]

I was 15 years in the job before they shut it all down.
I was still enjoying it!

[Drachen596]

Today a new issue popped up. couldn't print bills for a very specific type of outbound load because Corporate IT made a change to the way they appear in the system.
The system doesn't like it and all i can assume is there's some idiot who decides to just implement these changes without testing them somehow.


I'm done. I'll be investigating my options for school in the fall and probably skipping out on 2 wheeled conveyance and my own domicile.

[21Kid]

It depends on the position/company/industry. My limit has been increasing the older I get. I've been here 4 years now and have no plans to leave (of my own accord) any time soon.

[Cam]

The longest I've been at one job was ~5 years. I think my career has been abnormal compared to most.

[dodint]

You'd have to count the military for me to be in a job longer than 3 years, and I didn't have much say in the matter. ;)

[drew]

:lol:

[MR2 Fan]

14 years at the same job...well I left once for about 1.5 years and came crawling back

[Alan P]

14 years at the same job...well I left once for about 1.5 years and came crawling back

indeed, be careful what you wish for.

Been in the current job for nearly ten years. I left and came back 9 months later.

Oh, BTW Ex is pregnant AGAIN. Number 6 with Number 4 Husband.

[Phil_SS]

Oh, BTW Ex is pregnant AGAIN. Number 6 with Number 4 Husband.

Does that mean it is like kid #10?

[speedpimp]

Does that mean it is like kid #10?

Only if it's a pregnancy by Dockonomics.

[Freude am Fahren]

I did two firsts while at a wedding this weekend. 1)Kept my camera in Auto ISO. 2)Slept with a woman I had just met.

That the second only excited me slightly more than the first is slightly worrying.

[Random]

Congrats! ;)

[Dicknose]

Good work with the camera

[Yw-slayer]

I did two firsts while at a wedding this weekend. 1)Kept my camera in Auto ISO. 2)Slept with a woman I had just met.

That the second only excited me slightly more than the first is slightly worrying.

Might reflect poorly on her.

[Freude am Fahren]

Nah, a little noise reduction and all is good.


:D

[Alan P]

Wow what a milestone in life! Leaving your camera on auto is a big decision.

[overpowered]

It's ignorant extremist crap like this that really pisses me off about vegans. Babies are meant to have human milk. Baby formula is made from cow's milk, which isn't as good for them as human milk but it's still better than fucking vegan anything. Babies need the nutrients that are in milk and you can't substitute vegan crap and get the same result. Their digestive systems are not ready for it yet.

http://www.sfgate.com/mommyfiles/article/vegan-baby-hospitalized-Italy-diet-malnourished-8351890.php

I've read several stories of idiots feeding their cats vegan diets and of course the cats get sick because their digestive systems are not designed for anything but meat.

[drew]

Surprised a true vegan would "master" a pet at all.

They're clearly doing it wrong.

[Drachen596]

i had a stupid attack in the brain tonight.

Burnt out a low beam on the car Sunday, was replacing it tonight and of course tested the new bulb to make sure it worked after installing it. then i went to change the other bulb out so it'd be new as well, if you can see whats coming my stupid head sure didnt, and right after getting it out of the housing put my finger right on the glass part of the bulb.

now my thumb hurts every time i bend it.

[dodint]

Don't bend it.

[Leon]

That's what she said.

[George]

She's so much better than I am.

She's probably freezing the bottles before throwing them, and aiming for the groin instead of trying for the much more easily-missed head shots. :D

[George]

52 posts, apparently...

Dude! Welcome home.

[Drachen596]

Sometimes being drunk brings clarity. Not clarity I want, but probably something I needed to realize.

[speedpimp]

I don't know if it's just my weird sense of "humor" that made me place a CL ad that lists my employer as a place to catch a super rare Pokemon Dispatchemon named Mittens or if I am suffering from a more serious issue. (http://southbend.craigslist.org/vgm/5686986191.html)
Mittens is the nickname I gave our dispatcher.

[21Kid]

Does anyone else in the office know that's her nickname?

[speedpimp]

Yes, and they think its hilarious.

[dodint]

Dude! Welcome home.

Thanks mate!

Like an old glove. :cool:

[Sad, little man]

Google thinks I'm interested in Corvettes (which unfortunately it only will more now that I've posted this.) So, it gives me this news story:

"Mom accused of putting kids, ages 3 and 5, in Corvette trunk"

"Interested in Chevrolet Corvette? Yes | No"

[dodint]

I'm guessing it's a C4. Any takers?

[Sad, little man]

I can't find any reports that say what year it was, but you totally know it was a C4. C5s and C6s are too expensive for someone to afford who's life is that much of a hot mess, and C3s are too old, slow, and unreliable for the common person to lust after.

C4s occupy kind of a white trash sweet spot, as well as being an object for middle aged men to frantically grasp onto as they yearn for a not too distant past that's just now fading into sepia tone, when they hadn't lost quite so much of their vitality.

Oh, and you can make them into an autocross whore.

[dodint]

I dunno, I'm not sure anymore:

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/eb55ae87358a53bf28f9034c2bbaf51587a68b5c/c=0-0-319-240&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2016/07/17/PAGroup/YorkDailyRecord/636043494871425673-reger.jpg

Not sure if she's C4 material, but she's my internet hero for the day.

[Sad, little man]

I know, the mugshot throws doubt into the situation. Who knows, those C5s are getting mighty cheap nowadays.

But anyway, if it was a fastback, the trunk is basically just an extension of the passenger cabin, right? So, let's be fair here, she didn't really put them in the trunk, it was more like she just put them in the non-existent rear seats.

[Kchrpm]

On the radio show where I heard this story, one of the people commented that she was put "in the back" of a Corvette when she was a kid, I don't think she realized that the space is the same on the new cars as it was on the old.

[Sad, little man]

What, you mean it's not the same? What is different? Did they used to have a little seat back there?

[dodint]

:lol:

[dodint]

On the radio show where I heard this story, one of the people commented that she was put "in the back" of a Corvette when she was a kid, I don't think she realized that the space is the same on the new cars as it was on the old.

I'm guessing she was actually driven around in a Chevette.

[Kchrpm]

What, you mean it's not the same? What is different? Did they used to have a little seat back there?

No, I mean she described it as she was put in the hatch area, but the article says the kids were in the "trunk". She didn't realize that the "trunk" on the new cars is still just the hatch area (unless you have a convertible or the C5 FRC/Z06 with the short rear glass), so it's just the same thing that she did.

[Freude am Fahren]

It was probably a model in which they were just under the black glass.

(oops, one more page, you guys got it)

[dodint]

JFC my work network is shitballs today. Really making it hard to murder the last three hours of the day.

[drew]

Meanwhile, my first official day at the new gig has been comprised of two calls totaling 2.5 hours....

We don't get our laptops til Tuesday. So the first "week" will be a bit tough.

[Cam]

Lori ordered two spare camera batteries. They were shipped in a gigantic box. :?

[drew]

Ah, shipping....
The last time work sent one of our laptops, UPS didn't even fucking knock, much less get a signature.

I tripped over it walking out of the door. Fast forward to the next day, and they did make me sign, for a $15 order of tea from Amazon.

dafuq

[Cam]

She also ordered a climbing helmet that arrived the same day in a box 1/2 the size of the one the batteries came in. :erm:

[Kchrpm]

I wonder if Amazon shipping deals make it so that, under a certain size/weight, it doesn't change their price at all. If that's the case, just throw it in whatever box you have handy and get it out the door?

[drew]

I'm hoping someday to get a refrigerator-sized box that contains an SD card in it.

makes sense.

[21Kid]

I like getting their frustration-free packaging whenever possible.

[Sad, little man]

There's a conference room at work that I have a weekly meeting scheduled in. I incessantly get requests from people to use the room at the time I have it scheduled for, which really irritates me because the exact reason I have it scheduled for that time is so that I can have a meeting in it. If I didn't need that room, I wouldn't have scheduled it.

The system only allows you to schedule meetings about a year in advance. Being my cunningly passive aggressive self, I've made it my life's mission to continue to schedule that room at that time each week for as far into the future as is possible in the system. Periodically, I go in and continue to schedule that room at that time as far out as the system will let me.

If I can help it, no one will ever get to use that room at that time unless they schedule a meeting about a year ahead of time. I intend to maintain an iron grip on that room at that time. For an hour and a half each week, that room is mine.

[Kchrpm]

I blame the people that reserve meeting rooms and then don't use them for the idea others have that the reservations are not true expressions of need.

[Sad, little man]

Yeah, that is true.

[GB]

Yeah.

So, I did a car-thing yesterday.

[Kchrpm]

Oh?

[21Kid]

There's a conference room at work that I have a weekly meeting scheduled in. I incessantly get requests from people to use the room at the time I have it scheduled for, which really irritates me because the exact reason I have it scheduled for that time is so that I can have a meeting in it. If I didn't need that room, I wouldn't have scheduled it.

The system only allows you to schedule meetings about a year in advance. Being my cunningly passive aggressive self, I've made it my life's mission to continue to schedule that room at that time each week for as far into the future as is possible in the system. Periodically, I go in and continue to schedule that room at that time as far out as the system will let me.

If I can help it, no one will ever get to use that room at that time unless they schedule a meeting about a year ahead of time. I intend to maintain an iron grip on that room at that time. For an hour and a half each week, that room is mine.

Had the same thing in my previous department.
We had to cede control of the room once, when we got kicked out by the owner. :o

:lol: In actuality, he just asked really nice.

[MR2 Fan]

At my job on a helpdesk, we've been given 10 sick days to use per year...that's for the whole company, same sick days available.

BUT, on the helpdesk, if we take 3 sick days within 3 months, we get reprimanded, get a "write up" and if we do that twice, we can get fired for it.

Doesn't that seem a bit, illegal?

Bringing this topic back up, because, beyond my control I've been out of the office on medical issues for the past 3 days and have been warned about "Disciplinary action" even though I've only taken 6 sick days so far this year, because, again, it still doesn't fall into the separate "attendance policy" which still makes no sense.

I've basically been advised to fill out a short term disability/FMLA form to avoid any further "disciplinary action" against me. This whole thing stinks IMO and if I do get fired, I feel like I should consult an attorney.

[21Kid]

:( I would think so... But, having to do so would suck.

[Drachen596]

Just about had enough of some people...

my mom has been in the hospital tuesday night. Last i knew thery were running tests.

Didnt find out shed actually been admitted till oh about.... 3:30 today. This after being told if anything happened or changed id be told on Tuesday.

[dodint]

Reminds me of when my Dad's house burned down and nobody told me for two weeks.

[Drachen596]

oh life... so fun.

Got an extra 100 in my last check for an attendance bonus, got a surprise bill in the mail for 100 the next day..

[21Kid]

:lol: :(

[mk]

In case you're in the area, check the plant.

http://www.nybg.org/exhibitions/2016/corpse-flower.php

[Yeti]

One day I'm going to invent something that allows me to adminster electric shocks to people via their mobile device any time they post a link on facebook to Breitbart/Huffington Post/other right and left wing dumpster fire websites specializing in squeezing out clickbait turds.

And I'm not going to share my invention with anyone.

[speedpimp]

Funny how getting ten shots in your mouth can totally clear up your sinuses. Left half of the teeth look a lot better as well. Probably shouldn't have waited twenty four years between dentist visits.

[21Kid]

I thought you were talking about a different kind of shot.

[Godson]

Of the rim variety? ;).

[FaultyMario]

My dixie wrecked.

[2ndMoparMan]

I will spend an extra 3 dollars on decent toilet paper because fuck that shit that I have to use at work. Hate that industrial paper that feels like you are wiping with sandpaper.

[21Kid]

Speaking of toilet paper... Why aren't there more recycled toilet paper options? It's not like it needs to be new.

[dodint]

Ewww.

[21Kid]

Using recycled paper to carry your groceries is okay, but not to wipe your butt? :?

[dodint]

Oh! The paper material is recycled, not the toilet paper.

Got it.

[21Kid]

:lol:




I hope not. :lol:

[Drachen596]

I could be remembering something else but i am about 90% sure i read somewhere that using recycled paper to make tp meant it wasnt as soft as the new paper material.

[speedpimp]

Went back to the dentist today. Only annoyance was when the dental tech poked a needle right into a nerve. She realized something was wrong when I mumbled "URRRRR". So glad this shit is over with.

[Freude am Fahren]

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow morning. I haven't been in a long time. Not looking forward to that.

[21Kid]

Ah... besides being scratchy, printed paper contains BPA. So recycling it to use in wiping your nether regions with isn't a good idea.

We could just use the 3 seashells. :D

or...

1. Wipe With Sugar
A byproduct of the sugar-making process that would otherwise be disposed, bagasse can be used to make toilet paper, paper towels, plates, and napkins (plus things like burger boxes and printer paper). Sugar cane is the world's number one crop, and it is one of the most readily available non-tree fibers. Best of all, bagasse is completely biodegradable. Unfortunately, bagasse paper products are still relatively hard to find. Here's one toilet paper option.

(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0061JL01M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0061JL01M&linkCode=as2&tag=gimthegoostu-20)2.Use a Bidet, Like the Rest of the Planet
You may or may not be surprised to know that people in India see Americans as backwards, uncouth, and unsanitary. Based upon our politics and TV shows, I get the backwards and uncouth part, but unsanitary? We use enough hand sanitizer to overflow Lake Michigan. So of course India's opinion of us has nothing to do with our hands, which are in fact, probably too clean. Rather, it has to do with how we clean up after going number two.

Look at it this way: If you were playing at the park with your kids, and you accidentally fell in some dog poop and got it on your arm, would you grab a piece of toilet paper, wipe it off, and go about your day?

Almost every other developed nation uses a bidet in place of toilet paper. Traditionally, the bidet was a cleaning device that was placed next to the toilet. These days, bidets can be retrofitted into your existing toilet. They can also be plumbed into your hot water supply to make the experience far more pleasant than the old cold water types.

Bio Bidet makes an extensive line of bidets that retrofit to existing toilets. Adding an attachable bidet is obviously a less expensive option. Toto offers a range of bidet options, and I often recommend these to clients who are willing to spend more for the best.

I think Americans need to get going, so to speak, and do our part to improve the world's opinion of us. Our national obsession with cleanliness should not be limited to our hands. It's time to join the first world and clean up our, um... act.

[novicius]

I vote for bidets. :up: :up:

[21Kid]

What are you, some sorta yourapeen?!?

[overpowered]

"Tree free bath tissue made with bagasse, bamboo, and eucalyptus"

Er, bamboo and eucalyptus are trees.

[Kchrpm]

Technically bamboo is grass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo

And eucalyptus can be shrubs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus

[21Kid]

Bamboo is actually a type of grass... Eucalyptus could be either a plant or tree, it seems.

The bamboos /bæmˈbuː/ are a subfamily of flowering perennial evergreen plants in the grass family Poaceae.
Eucalyptus /ˌjuːkəˈlɪptəs/ is a diverse genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.

dammit Keith. :lol:

[speedpimp]

Sure as shit beats using the corn cobs they used during the Depression.

[2ndMoparMan]

There is no better feeling than coming home from a hot ass day at work and jumping into a cool shower, then getting into an air conditioned room to dry off.