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I Are Baboon

Vagina man
Aug 6, 2001
32,743
10,686
MTB New England
I set a high score of 89 on my Garmin sleep score last night. DW rebooked our flights to Spokane tomorrow, so now we're going via Minneapolis instead of Atlanta since weather seems to be fucking things up down south. Thanks, Pesqueeb.

WFH day and got shit to do.
 

HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
7,746
7,094
Oooh, it's 4deg Croissant at 10:30pm, might get a frost.
Shorts and a shirt tomorrow, yep, long pants are for indoor people.
 

sunringlerider

Wood fluffer
Oct 30, 2006
4,300
7,908
Corn Fields of Indiana
Here

Mind is else where. Might be my last day for a few weeks. Was planning to come in tomorrow, but I have a lot of farm shit I need to accomplish before our Thursday arrival. Really not sure what will happen at work since we have zero csr staff to look after my customers while I am out.
 

sunringlerider

Wood fluffer
Oct 30, 2006
4,300
7,908
Corn Fields of Indiana
I did sleep well last night. It’s hot here. I used this magical little box thingy on my wall. I poke the buttons and then there’s these cheese grater thingys over holes in my walls and penguin air blows out of them. Not sure what kind of sorcery this magic box is but I do truly enjoy it.
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
Staff member
May 23, 2002
21,829
7,075
borcester rhymes
hello children.

one more day of solo parenting then we fly to florida to spend all the money at disneyworld. murky weather today (and yesterday) but we've managed to have a pretty good time so far.
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,751
8,749
Mandatory advanced CRRT user class? We can take it via a Teams meeting? OK!

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I have my annual compliance course to take. Apparently they can’t bill on my behalf unless I take it by June 30 :D

in other news I get my medial meniscus sewed up from within my knee mid day today. NPO since 11 pm.
 

slyfink

Turbo Monkey
Sep 16, 2008
9,795
5,625
Ottawa, Canada
gah. discovered last night that the exhaust I had replaced last fall came apart from the silencer over the weekend. this morning I brought the car to the garage that did the work. there was a sign in the window that it is closed for a "family emergency". I saw the owner, and it turns out they have a court date for problems with their dealer license plates.
he said bring it in tomorrow. But I just remembered I have to bring my youngest to visit his new school tomorrow. this is off to a great start... never a dull moment. buy a house they said, start a family they said...
 
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SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
67,827
14,165
In a van.... down by the river
gah. discovered last night that the exhaust I had replaced last fall came apart from the silencer over the weekend. brought the car to the garage that did the work this morning. there was a sign in the window that it is closed for a "family emergency". I saw the owner, and it turns out they have a court date for problems with their dealer license plates.
he said bring it in tomorrow. But I just remembered I have to bring my youngest to visit his new school tomorrow. this is off to a great start... never a dull moment. buy a house they said, start a family they said...
"They" were wrong. :mad:
 

Montana rider

Tom Sawyer
Mar 14, 2005
1,943
2,606
After a 10 year hiatus I am "this close" to accidentally an N+1

GG seems to have a good enough deal (40% off shredd dogg) to pass the frugal test

I'm having a conundrum, as my old bike is yeti blue, but N+1 bike choices are not quite yeti blue and black and neither is my first choice so a poll:

not quite Yeti blue:
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Stealth black:
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Root beer: in my feverish dreams...
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,823
19,143
Riding the baggage carousel.
I don't need to take a tiny submarine 2.2 miles down into the ocean to see the Titanic wreckage, thx.
This is the most amazing part of this story to me:
He added that because the passengers were sealed inside the vessel by bolts applied from the outside, "There's no way to escape, even if you rise to the surface by yourself. You cannot get out of the sub without a crew on the outside letting you out."
They could literally be floating on the surface and still die of oxygen deprivation/hypoxia. The more I read about this boat, the jankier it sounds.


 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,751
8,749
and they paid $250k/head to be in that tube :D



took 5 minutes because one can basically skip right to the quiz
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
21,977
21,504
Canaderp
This is the most amazing part of this story to me:


They could literally be floating on the surface and still die of oxygen deprivation/hypoxia. The more I read about this boat, the jankier it sounds.


Is it also controlled by an xbox controller or something, or was I dreaming when I read that last night?
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,823
19,143
Riding the baggage carousel.
After a 10 year hiatus I am "this close" to accidentally an N+1

GG seems to have a good enough deal (40% off shredd dogg) to pass the frugal test

I'm having a conundrum, as my old bike is yeti blue, but N+1 bike choices are not quite yeti blue and black and neither is my first choice so a poll:

not quite Yeti blue:
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Stealth black:
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Root beer: in my feverish dreams...
No Green? :(
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,823
19,143
Riding the baggage carousel.
Is it also controlled by an xbox controller or something, or was I dreaming when I read that last night?
I read that as well, though to be fair, I seem to recall reading that the navy uses those on its boats too, because that's what "the kids" know how to use.

Edit: a quick google shows I was only partially correct. Using the xbox controller for the periscope, not ship control
 

Nick

My name is Nick
Sep 21, 2001
24,909
16,483
where the trails are
:wave:

Good luck to those submarine people. NFW you'd catch me in something like that. Slept like a log. Dealing with some stuff I'd rather not be, but life is good. Have a great day, internet friends.
 

Adventurous

Starshine Bro
Mar 19, 2014
10,850
9,888
Crawlorado
I read that as well, though to be fair, I seem to recall reading that the navy uses those on its boats too, because that's what "the kids" know how to use.
My neighbor was just commenting that a lot of heavy machinery operators are seeking gamer kids, since they are used to operating the multitude of joysticks/buttons/scrolls that new machines use.

He just had a tilt and rotate bucket installed on his excavator and was lamenting how difficult it is learning how to control the movements.
 

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
41,161
10,100
I read that as well, though to be fair, I seem to recall reading that the navy uses those on its boats too, because that's what "the kids" know how to use.

Edit: a quick google shows I was only partially correct. Using the xbox controller for the periscope, not ship control
todays kids in a sub...

too fucking funny.
 

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
67,827
14,165
In a van.... down by the river
1.5 years after we bought our house and I'm still getting mail for the PO about settlement of an estate. Get your shit together, lady. :rant:
On a related note - my attorney sent me a note a few weeks back that progress has been made, as in Citimortgage has "assigned a claim number with the Lien Release Team and are investigating."

So now we hurry up and wait some more. I'm doubting all this will be cleared up prior to me making my final mortgage payment, but with that added cashflow, I don't expect my original plan of opening a HELOC will even be necessary...

Goddam kids and their fancy learnin'. :mad:



After a 10 year hiatus I am "this close" to accidentally an N+1

GG seems to have a good enough deal (40% off shredd dogg) to pass the frugal test

I'm having a conundrum, as my old bike is yeti blue, but N+1 bike choices are not quite yeti blue and black and neither is my first choice so a poll:

not quite Yeti blue:
View attachment 195609

Stealth black:
View attachment 195610

Root beer: in my feverish dreams...
Hawt. Get the black one.
 

Full Trucker

Frikkin newb!!!
Feb 26, 2003
11,135
8,771
Exit, CO
After a 10 year hiatus I am "this close" to accidentally an N+1

GG seems to have a good enough deal (40% off shredd dogg) to pass the frugal test

I'm having a conundrum, as my old bike is yeti blue, but N+1 bike choices are not quite yeti blue and black and neither is my first choice so a poll:

not quite Yeti blue:
View attachment 195609

Stealth black:
View attachment 195610

Root beer: in my feverish dreams...
That’s a nice looking blue, TBH.