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So we got into a big stupid fight last night because WW decided, behind my back, to ask his mother for money to buy a used car. He's leasing a Lyft car to drive Lyft, which means that almost all the money he makes, goes to paying for the car. He comes home with about 100/week net from it. But, at least he has a car to commute to his new job and 100/week.
His mom set him up with her mechanic, who wants to sell him a 20-year-old Accord he has rebuilt with over 200k miles on it for 2 grand.
I told him he had a piss-poor track record with used vehicles and this wasn't an area where I was prepared to trust his judgement. (Yes, his stupid broken truck is still somewhere in Arizona, after we poured thousands of dollars we didn't have into trying to keep it running.) And furthermore, that I wasn't going to consent to have him harangue me and browbeat me into agreeing with him, just so when things go wrong, he could say, "This isn't just me; you AGREED to this!"
So I refused to fight any more and walked away and slept on the couch.
This morning, he apologized profusely for being a rude jacka**, and then talked at me incessantly about the car before I'd had my coffee until I agreed not to put my foot down.
I think I just lost.
Geez. I feel your pain.
Even worse, the Celica only has 140k miles on it and a fully-rebuilt engine, and it's KBB value is only $1400. $2000 for a '98 Accord isn't a "favor", it's a "mildly high price so the car better be in good shape".
And yeah, borrowing money from naggy parents never ends well.
EDIT: Huh. The KBB value on a 1998 Accord in Dallas is $1139-$2698, with a median of $1919. I guess $2000 isn't all that unreasonable. But it's sure not a "bargain" or a "favor".
Used Hondas, for reasons of perception over reality, tend to maintain value better than other similar-year cars.
Personally, I wouldn't pay that much for a '98 Accord.
And doing so while naked is probably worth a website on its own.
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New character idea - Grandma alchemist. She has something that will help in her purse.
It's the Rainbow's fault.
Well, senior skip day scored me an extra plan period.
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Geez. I don't know what it is about the winds, but the Paradise fire is killing us. Yesterday on my hike (with weight, but only 32 lbs) I ended up getting lightheaded and nearly had to call for help. I didn't understand because the smoke was barely visible then, but 2 hours later we were in a sea of fog (smoke).
This morning Impus Major is home sick because of it, GothBard was considering taking the day off because of it, and the sunrise is a sickly yellow-brown color.
And it's farther away than most of the other fires have been (Santa Rosa is maybe 50 miles NNW of us, while Paradise is closer to 150 miles NNE. And the prevalent winds are typically heading ENE, so I have no idea how the Paradise smoke is getting here, but it sucks.
Fortunately, our friends who used to live in Paradise moved out years ago, but it's a nice little town. Or it was.
What the heck is up with the fire season this year?
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I think I just lost.
Sounds to me like WW just lost.
"Now that I'm awake and alert, and I've had time to think about this, my decision is no. You don't get to go behind my back, cause us a huge fight, apologize, badger me in your jack@ss way, and then get my blessing for this mistake. You do this, and it's on you and you alone."
*bounces up and down on captain yesterday*
Well Vidmaster7 and I talk about foods and we roll our eyes at Grans jokes. Occasionally Gran and Vidmaster7 will complain about their hotel guests.
Unfortunately I've been silly busy today still trying to work our the company safety poster competition. The roll out is next week, and 15-16 our company is going to have a retreat.
O.O
Not fair...
*Nods vigorously in agreement with Freehold*
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Geez. I don't know what it is about the winds, but the Paradise fire is killing us. Yesterday on my hike (with weight, but only 32 lbs) I ended up getting lightheaded and nearly had to call for help. I didn't understand because the smoke was barely visible then, but 2 hours later we were in a sea of fog (smoke).
This morning Impus Major is home sick because of it, GothBard was considering taking the day off because of it, and the sunrise is a sickly yellow-brown color.
And it's farther away than most of the other fires have been (Santa Rosa is maybe 50 miles NNW of us, while Paradise is closer to 150 miles NNE. And the prevalent winds are typically heading ENE, so I have no idea how the Paradise smoke is getting here, but it sucks.
Fortunately, our friends who used to live in Paradise moved out years ago, but it's a nice little town. Or it was.
What the heck is up with the fire season this year?
It's wabbit season!
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Hoodie ninja weather coming up!
There's one downside to this weather; I spent so many years in Florida, I no longer feel comfortable sleeping in anything more than underwear. I have a big comforter to help, but getting up in the morning...
...my FEET are SO FREAKING COLD!
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So, I've had high cholesterol since my early 30s, and I need to get a blood test every 6 months to make sure I'm managing it well.
Just last year, LabCorp switched from paper lab sheets to electronic ones, which is really nice because I don't have to weave my way through downtown Berkeley to pick up a physical form from my doctor.
Unfortunately, apparently setting up the electronic stuff is hard. I just got bloodwork done last week. It's a massive panel of stuff that I mostly don't understand, all of which looks great...
...except there's no lipid panel.
In short, I went in to get my 6-month cholesterol test and they tested everything except my cholesterol.
Ah, well, at least now I know for sure that I'm not pregnant.
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So, I've had high cholesterol since my early 30s, and I need to get a blood test every 6 months to make sure I'm managing it well.
Just last year, LabCorp switched from paper lab sheets to electronic ones, which is really nice because I don't have to weave my way through downtown Berkeley to pick up a physical form from my doctor.
Unfortunately, apparently setting up the electronic stuff is hard. I just got bloodwork done last week. It's a massive panel of stuff that I mostly don't understand, all of which looks great...
...except there's no lipid panel.In short, I went in to get my 6-month cholesterol test and they tested everything except my cholesterol.
Ah, well, at least now I know for sure that I'm not pregnant.
Goddamn it! Now you tell me!!
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So, I've had high cholesterol since my early 30s, and I need to get a blood test every 6 months to make sure I'm managing it well.
Just last year, LabCorp switched from paper lab sheets to electronic ones, which is really nice because I don't have to weave my way through downtown Berkeley to pick up a physical form from my doctor.
Unfortunately, apparently setting up the electronic stuff is hard. I just got bloodwork done last week. It's a massive panel of stuff that I mostly don't understand, all of which looks great...
...except there's no lipid panel.In short, I went in to get my 6-month cholesterol test and they tested everything except my cholesterol.
Ah, well, at least now I know for sure that I'm not pregnant.
G%~@$%n it! Now you tell me!!
So, what should I do with this gender reveal cake?
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So, what should I do with this gender reveal cake?So, I've had high cholesterol since my early 30s, and I need to get a blood test every 6 months to make sure I'm managing it well.
Just last year, LabCorp switched from paper lab sheets to electronic ones, which is really nice because I don't have to weave my way through downtown Berkeley to pick up a physical form from my doctor.
Unfortunately, apparently setting up the electronic stuff is hard. I just got bloodwork done last week. It's a massive panel of stuff that I mostly don't understand, all of which looks great...
...except there's no lipid panel.In short, I went in to get my 6-month cholesterol test and they tested everything except my cholesterol.
Ah, well, at least now I know for sure that I'm not pregnant.
G%~@$%n it! Now you tell me!!
Talk to CY. I think he knows how to convert it into an erotic cake.
Not on four hours of sleep and I've been up since two this morning.
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So, what should I do with this gender reveal cake?So, I've had high cholesterol since my early 30s, and I need to get a blood test every 6 months to make sure I'm managing it well.
Just last year, LabCorp switched from paper lab sheets to electronic ones, which is really nice because I don't have to weave my way through downtown Berkeley to pick up a physical form from my doctor.
Unfortunately, apparently setting up the electronic stuff is hard. I just got bloodwork done last week. It's a massive panel of stuff that I mostly don't understand, all of which looks great...
...except there's no lipid panel.In short, I went in to get my 6-month cholesterol test and they tested everything except my cholesterol.
Ah, well, at least now I know for sure that I'm not pregnant.
G%~@$%n it! Now you tell me!!
Talk to CY. I think he knows how to convert it into an erotic cake.
Bit more of a reveal than I think we'd normally go for...
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So we got into a big stupid fight last night because WW decided, behind my back, to ask his mother for money to buy a used car. He's leasing a Lyft car to drive Lyft, which means that almost all the money he makes, goes to paying for the car. He comes home with about 100/week net from it. But, at least he has a car to commute to his new job and 100/week.
His mom set him up with her mechanic, who wants to sell him a 20-year-old Accord he has rebuilt with over 200k miles on it for 2 grand.
I told him he had a piss-poor track record with used vehicles and this wasn't an area where I was prepared to trust his judgement. (Yes, his stupid broken truck is still somewhere in Arizona, after we poured thousands of dollars we didn't have into trying to keep it running.) And furthermore, that I wasn't going to consent to have him harangue me and browbeat me into agreeing with him, just so when things go wrong, he could say, "This isn't just me; you AGREED to this!"
So I refused to fight any more and walked away and slept on the couch.
This morning, he apologized profusely for being a rude jacka**, and then talked at me incessantly about the car before I'd had my coffee until I agreed not to put my foot down.
I think I just lost.
*Furrows brow and mutters something about a stubborn WW under his breath*
Sorry you had to go through that LM.
Wish I could do or say something.
Edit:
Well I can say something I guess...
Even if you did walk away and slept on the couch for the night, you did the right and far more mature thing.
I don't know how not to make this sound silly or maybe a tad condescending, but I'll try.
Lisa Marlene I'm proud of you.
I think I just lost.Sounds to me like WW just lost.
"Now that I'm awake and alert, and I've had time to think about this, my decision is no. You don't get to go behind my back, cause us a huge fight, apologize, badger me in your jack@ss way, and then get my blessing for this mistake. You do this, and it's on you and you alone."
*Nods in agreement*
When did all this gender-reveal stuff become a thing, btw? My sister in law just got pregnant, and she did this big gender-reveal thing where she wanted everyone to guess before the reveal.
I've seen tv where characters do a bit of hand-wringing over whether or not to know before the birth, but that was the first I'd heard of any kind of gender-reveal event.
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I have no idea. I've likewise picked up that it is a thing from popcultural osmosis.
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Captain Yesterday: Guess who has two thumbs and is having a daughter!
Captain Yesterday's mother: No you're not
Captain Yesterday: That's what the doctor said...
Captain Yesterday's mother: I'll believe it when I see it!
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Captain Yesterday: Knock Knock
Captain Yesterday's father: Who's there?
Captain Yesterday: We're having a baby!
Captain Yesterday's father: We're having a baby who... Oh my God, you're having a baby!!!
Hey hey, it's time for another rubber mallet
'Edward Cuisine' have taped a black bin bag over the hole and its snug-fitting blunt instrument inhabitant. Either that's a mere coinkydink, or Mr Dumutrescu (I have no idea whether that is actually his name or not) is secretly following this thread and I have thus spurred him into Action!
Hoodie ninja weather coming up!
There's one downside to this weather; I spent so many years in Florida, I no longer feel comfortable sleeping in anything more than underwear. I have a big comforter to help, but getting up in the morning...
...my FEET are SO FREAKING COLD!
What is there to stop you putting a second pair of underpants on your feet?
And we're back up to 30 degrees!
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I'm up to 28 pounds of clothing I wear in the winter (I added boots this year).
I don't get cold, I do however have the turning ability of Micheal Keaton Batman and I bounce.
How's it going? You get snow yet?
I think I just lost.Sounds to me like WW just lost.
"Now that I'm awake and alert, and I've had time to think about this, my decision is no. You don't get to go behind my back, cause us a huge fight, apologize, badger me in your jack@ss way, and then get my blessing for this mistake. You do this, and it's on you and you alone."
I 100% agree with this. Either way, I wish you the best on this issue.
How's it going? You get snow yet?Not yet. Still raining, right now. We might get snow, later tonight.
[oic]fiddles with weather dominator[/ooc]
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All I'm going to say is... "Holy ****, Florida! Can't you make it through a single election without making yourself the laughingstock of the civilized (and uncivilized) worlds?"
At this point I'm thinking we'd all be better off if we just took away the entire state's right to vote, and maybe just had Georgia and Alabama assign their elected officials for them.
Couldn't be worse...
Hi, everyone.
*waves to John*
How's it going? You get snow yet?
Actually no...
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All I'm going to say is... "Holy ****, Florida! Can't you make it through a single election without making yourself the laughingstock of the civilized (and uncivilized) worlds?"
At this point I'm thinking we'd all be better off if we just took away the entire state's right to vote, and maybe just had Georgia and Alabama assign their elected officials for them.
Couldn't be worse...
You could always organise a duoarchy (?) of Amby and Tacticslion. That should cover most things.
Just got the "I would have invited you over for the holidays sooner but you aren't on Facebook" text message.
Someone shared my new phone number.
However, this year I'm just defaulting to "Sorry, we already made plans".
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Me: We could always tell both sides of the family we're spending the holidays with the other side and then stay home
The General: Except they talk to each other on Facebook
Me: Even better!
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Oh, I have conversations like that.
NobodysHome: For reasons I cannot discuss, we do not know whether we will be able to travel to Washington for the snow trip this year.
NobodysMother: Why not?
NH: As I said, I can't tell you.
NM: But why aren't you coming on the snow trip?
NH: This involves a nondisclosure agreement. I will not discuss it with you further.
NM: Aaaah.
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We're back down to 21 degrees with flurries.
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Reading The Wheel of Time a second time, it's clear just how juvenile most of the characters are.
"Grrrrrrrr, why are men/women completely incomprehensible?!"
"Despite traveling with her for over a year and proving over and over again what her motives are, Moiraine is aes sedai and therefore completely untrustworthy so I can't tell her anything even if it's likely to help us survive raw evil!" To be fair, Moiraine keeps unnecessary secrets too.
"Waaaaaaaaaaa, the Power makes me feel icky, I demand you ask permission before healing my life-threatening wounds, aes sedai!!!"
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Ugh. I got so damned sick of Robert Jordan dicking his readers around that I threw my entire series away. It was about the time that I realized that the plot of the book I had just finished was virtually identical to the plot of the previous book.
Speaking of books, NH, did you get your AP book in the mail yet? The tracking website is glitchy.
Captain Yesterday: Knock Knock
Captain Yesterday's father: Who's there?
Captain Yesterday: We're having a baby!
Captain Yesterday's father: We're having a baby who... Oh my God, you're having a baby!!!
The combined power of Crookshanks and T-Rex just wasn't enough chaos in your life, huh?
;)
*hugs*
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Captain Yesterday: Knock Knock
Captain Yesterday's father: Who's there?
Captain Yesterday: We're having a baby!
Captain Yesterday's father: We're having a baby who... Oh my God, you're having a baby!!!
The combined power of Crookshanks and T-Rex just wasn't enough chaos in your life, huh?
;)
*hugs*
Wait, Cap, you were serious?!?
I thought you were just goofing off in response to NH's post about his cholesterol screen and not being pregnant.
I'm assuming he's serious...
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Alright time to get caught up.
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Reading The Wheel of Time a second time, it's clear just how juvenile most of the characters are.
"Grrrrrrrr, why are men/women completely incomprehensible?!"
"Despite traveling with her for over a year and proving over and over again what her motives are, Moiraine is aes sedai and therefore completely untrustworthy so I can't tell her anything even if it's likely to help us survive raw evil!" To be fair, Moiraine keeps unnecessary secrets too.
"Waaaaaaaaaaa, the Power makes me feel icky, I demand you ask permission before healing my life-threatening wounds, aes sedai!!!"
I just started the series about a month ago i'm on the end of the 4th book. The characters teen shows hard. and the stubbornness which at least the recognize how stubborn they are. There is a real lack of gratitude like someone saves your life 3 times you could at least say thank you. To be fair though moraine is a terrible party leader. You never know what is going on or her plans. Like "YOU RUINED MY PLAN!!!" "well maybe if you told me what it was I wouldn't of accidentally done it!" I don't think I would trust the Aes Sedai myself. Also I feel like Robert Jordan secretly viewed all women as some what evil. All of his female characters so far have been very manipulative and I straight up can't stand Nynaeve. my last comment on the books so far does Loial (the ogre but spelled different) seem like an attempt at Jordan trying to put himself in the book? (but you know in ogeire form )
One last thing. What is with nynave elayne and egwene all being the worst as spotting spies traps and etc. Obvious trap *walk right in* Villain secretly trying to be friendly to get information *tells complete stranger everything* they are so frustrating.
Oh congrats captn!
(I'm scrolling in reverse order btw.)
I think you mean "chalupacobra".We can't expect a Canadian rock band to be masters of American literature.
They're Canadian. I don't know any Mexican literature just because I'm north of them.
But nobody would question an American rock song about the day of the dead or chupacabra.
For anyone who doesn't know it translates directly to "Goat sucker"
*bounces up and down on captain yesterday*
Well Vidmaster7 and I talk about foods and we roll our eyes at Grans jokes. Occasionally Gran and Vidmaster7 will complain about their hotel guests.
Unfortunately I've been silly busy today still trying to work our the company safety poster competition. The roll out is next week, and 15-16 our company is going to have a retreat.
That sums up like 90% of my late night conversations yeah.