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In honor of our missing colleague TacticsLion, GothBard just introduced me to the "Florida Man Challenge": Google 'Florida Man' and then your birthday, and find what crazy thing a Florida man did on your birthday.
I liked the one where a Florida man grabbed an anaconda that was crushing a crocodile and forced it to let go, but GothBard felt this one was better for me.
Ah, Florida! You are a neverending source of wonder and astonishment for us all!
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Apparently being upset over someone taking a handicap parking spot is good enough to fall under the Florida "stand your ground" law. My apologies, because this one is somewhat politically charged. My only other option was someone getting sentenced for sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman on a cruise ship. I'm making the judgement call that a murder over a parking space is funnier.
In other news, my birthday sucks in Florida.
Err...my birthday suit sucks in Florida?
Wait....
I dont know. The situation you are encouraging for the friend seems to be a weird one....Ah, dealing with the unwise motivations of friends with an 18-year-old son; something every parent eventually has to deal with, but it's never fun.
Up until a couple of weeks ago, Impus Major seemed perfectly content to live with us through his college years, saving us tens of thousands in room and board, and even more in tuition: Two years of community college while living at home saves us on the order of $100,000 in college costs, all told.
So of course, one of his friends is all gung-ho to get out from under his parents' thumbs, gain financial independence, and is pushing for Impus and another guy to move in with him so they can all be going to college, have part time jobs, and live together in an idyllic teen comedy movie setting.
Not only is Impus Major not yet mature enough to live on his own (needs a couple more years of "tuning", IMO), but I pointed out that for them to afford a simple 3-bedroom apartment next to their chosen school they'd each have to work 166 "part-time" hours a month, which removes "part-time" from the equation.
I'm going to try to convince Impus Major not to work at all, and posit to the other guy that if he really wants to try financial independence, try to achieve a $140 hotel room once a week. That's under $600/month, and he'd get a much better feel for working, going to college, and maintaining a financial commitment while not getting anyone else involved or committing to anything else long-term.
It's one of those things you had to get older to understand: At the moment, Impus Major can have a free college education and free room and board, so he doesn't have to do anything other than focus on his education. Throwing that away because his friends want him to isn't a decision I want him to make lightly; it's a life-altering decision, and in my opinion, at his current maturity level a horrifically bad one.
We'll see how this plays out...
He doesn't get along with his parents and wants to move out. OK. That's what? 90% of the global population's problem?
But his parents are willing to provide him free room, board, and college tuition for the next 4 years, and he's planning on walking away from that in a show of "independence"?
That's just out-and-out youthful cluelessness. And experience is the best teacher. So it's figuring out a situation where he's got a monthly bill of a magnitude he can afford with no further commitment just so he learns how much the outside world sucks without diving headfirst into it.
Yes, staying in a hotel room 4 times a month is a bizarre solution. But it's better than committing to $25,000 in rent that you have no way of paying...
...I dont know. The situation you are encouraging for theAh, dealing with the unwise motivations of friends with an 18-year-old son; something every parent eventually has to deal with, but it's never fun.
Up until a couple of weeks ago, Impus Major seemed perfectly content to live with us through his college years, saving us tens of thousands in room and board, and even more in tuition: Two years of community college while living at home saves us on the order of $100,000 in college costs, all told.
So of course, one of his friends is all gung-ho to get out from under his parents' thumbs, gain financial independence, and is pushing for Impus and another guy to move in with him so they can all be going to college, have part time jobs, and live together in an idyllic teen comedy movie setting.
Not only is Impus Major not yet mature enough to live on his own (needs a couple more years of "tuning", IMO), but I pointed out that for them to afford a simple 3-bedroom apartment next to their chosen school they'd each have to work 166 "part-time" hours a month, which removes "part-time" from the equation.
I'm going to try to convince Impus Major not to work at all, and posit to the other guy that if he really wants to try financial independence, try to achieve a $140 hotel room once a week. That's under $600/month, and he'd get a much better feel for working, going to college, and maintaining a financial commitment while not getting anyone else involved or committing to anything else long-term.
It's one of those things you had to get older to understand: At the moment, Impus Major can have a free college education and free room and board, so he doesn't have to do anything other than focus on his education. Throwing that away because his friends want him to isn't a decision I want him to make lightly; it's a life-altering decision, and in my opinion, at his current maturity level a horrifically bad one.
We'll see how this plays out...
yeah that's more what I was saying. The hotel thing is really weird.
I only ever stayed in hotels with girls I was dating. Yes, hotels with hourly rates.
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We had a day off today due to a server migration, which is kind of like the Great Modron March, only less interesting. As such, I did some garden maintenance, housework, exercise and grocery shopping, went to the regimental museum of the 33rd (West Riding) Regiment, then took ALL (DE) out to dinner to celebrate her finishing off a round of equalities roadshows she'd organised.
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I wasn't allowed to exercise today because I'm still recovering.
It was very hard.
I am an odd duck.
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College workload is tough. I don't think he'll have the time to find a job and have time to study. I think you and Impus Major need to have the talk, where you start pointing some unpleasant realities of life like cost of accommodation, how much a pre-college teen can earn for a part time job, and how much(go get some friends kids to talk) work college studies are. Tell him your first pirority should be to go off from college with good grades since that's your life prospects.
After you've told him what the situation is like and not some romanticised ideal, if he still wants to go through with it, I guess he needs to learn the lesson the hard way. At least this way you can say he's made an informed choice.
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I just had my mom complain about the amount of exercise I'm doing after she got me to admit I was having a cough and taking medication on it. She asked me why I didn't tell her earlier, she said I was too secretive etc.
Look, all I get from her is complaints I'm exercising too much so what the hell am I telling her about it for?
For the rest of FAWTL, it's a dry cough so it could possibly take a week to get fixed and I am not going to go without exercise for a week. It'd result in a round kitty ball.
Sure I'm not running 5k this weekend(swopping it out for a leisurely walk at the zoo) but that's about it.
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She also gave me the talk about oh once you have kids you will change 180 degrees and fret over your kids etc.
Look, both of us are 2 different people. I'm an active gym rat, and she's a sit-at-home must clean everything in the house person. Why would we react to the same situation the same way?
Do you think I'd bat an eyelash if my kitten decided to climb a tree or do cartwheels? I'd probably just tell them, test the branches first before you put your weight on them. And oh, keep your forepaws straight when doing cartwheels, don't hesitate.
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For all of those telling me to move out, financial considerations(I told you the price of housing here was very expensive) was the main consideration, that's why I've been living with my parents like a basement dweller this long.
I think I'm ready to live on my own. I've changed a couple of lights at my aunts place, I know how to do the laundry, I can cook(and even bake). I am going to get a roomba for my own place for my vaccuming needs. I haven't yet scrubbed a toilet but I guess we can YouTube instructions for it.
Anyway come November I'm going to move out of my parents place.
I cleaned the house.
I'm not your mother, but I can attest that taking a week off won't set your figure back if you need to.
I can also attest to sweating it out, so.
Maybe more strength training and less running would help (not that I have any experience whatsoever in health care or working out).
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Maybe. I really should strength train more(people are starting to comment I look skinny-eh I'd disagree but..). Again I said motivation for me in that category has been scrappy. I do the required reps I've set myself(3x10 reps), but I don't think I'm loading enough weight.
Basically I'll just guage my endurance throughout my workouts, if I'm feeling scrappy I'll drop a session. But so far so good. Strangely enough I don't cough once I start exercising. It's when I feel normal. Doing HIIT yesterday hardcore was awesome(there was a poor turn out yesterday due to pouring rain - only the most hardcore people showed up, so instructor turned up the difficulty notch-yay!). Maybe it's about your body being warmed up.
I've been also drinking more water and trying to get more rest(harder due to distractions).
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For all of those telling me to move out, financial considerations(I told you the price of housing here was very expensive) was the main consideration, that's why I've been living with my parents like a basement dweller this long.
I think I'm ready to live on my own. I've changed a couple of lights at my aunts place, I know how to do the laundry, I can cook(and even bake). I am going to get a roomba for my own place for my vaccuming needs. I haven't yet scrubbed a toilet but I guess we can YouTube instructions for it.
Anyway come November I'm going to move out of my parents place.
FREEDOM! GLORIOUS GLORIOUS FREEDOM!
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Not really. I'm moving to his parents(though they seem less picky people then my parents) place and I told him to get his room cleaned up because its a mess right now due to his sibs using it as a storage yard. That's their family problem and I rather not put my nose in. I need a wardrobe to keep my clothes.
And we need a queen sized bed to f*ck.
I can't even look at zucchini without getting a little bit nauseous.
Once you've had whole wheat over ripe zucchini pancakes, whole wheat over ripe zucchini bread, whole wheat over ripe zucchini noodles, and, well, whole wheat over ripe zucchini everything, zucchini loses it's appeal.
The lesson learned here: If you're going to a Quaker meeting in the Midwest fill up on slightly more edible food beforehand, like White Castle or Taco Bell.
This sounds like what happened to me with grapefruit. In my first year of college I ran out of money in my second semester and had literally nothing available to eat other than a single advent calendar's worth of chocolate and a big bag of grapefruit given to me by a couple at church. That was the primary source of my sustenance for that entire month.
I can't stand the sight or smell of grapefruit now, over sixteen years later.
Ah, dealing with the unwise motivations of friends with an 18-year-old son; something every parent eventually has to deal with, but it's never fun.
Up until a couple of weeks ago, Impus Major seemed perfectly content to live with us through his college years, saving us tens of thousands in room and board, and even more in tuition: Two years of community college while living at home saves us on the order of $100,000 in college costs, all told.
So of course, one of his friends is all gung-ho to get out from under his parents' thumbs, gain financial independence, and is pushing for Impus and another guy to move in with him so they can all be going to college, have part time jobs, and live together in an idyllic teen comedy movie setting.
Not only is Impus Major not yet mature enough to live on his own (needs a couple more years of "tuning", IMO), but I pointed out that for them to afford a simple 3-bedroom apartment next to their chosen school they'd each have to work 166 "part-time" hours a month, which removes "part-time" from the equation.
I'm going to try to convince Impus Major not to work at all, and posit to the other guy that if he really wants to try financial independence, try to achieve a $140 hotel room once a week. That's under $600/month, and he'd get a much better feel for working, going to college, and maintaining a financial commitment while not getting anyone else involved or committing to anything else long-term.
It's one of those things you had to get older to understand: At the moment, Impus Major can have a free college education and free room and board, so he doesn't have to do anything other than focus on his education. Throwing that away because his friends want him to isn't a decision I want him to make lightly; it's a life-altering decision, and in my opinion, at his current maturity level a horrifically bad one.
We'll see how this plays out...
I'd say that even with a free college education, free room and board, it would still be good for Impii to start even a part time job early on, just to get a hang of it. They should be also involved in the process of balancing the house budget, even if they don't contribute to it yet, just to get used to it before they go on their own.
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Oh my outlook crashed so it'll be verifying data integrity for an hour. Bah.
Anyway my mom gave me the: Oh pizzas are not nutritious thing.
Me: Depends on what you put on it.
A 100g of tuna pizza is 220 calories, 13 g of protein. A chicken pau is 292 calories, 9 g protein. So if you wanted more protein for your calories you'd be eating Mort's (TM) tuna pizza.
Though if you really wanted to cut down those calories, we need to work on the base... Like substituting it for a zuchinni boat.
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Of course too much tuna can run the risk of Mercury issues which is why I'm doing research into chicken pizzas next.
In honor of our missing colleague TacticsLion, GothBard just introduced me to the "Florida Man Challenge": Google 'Florida Man' and then your birthday, and find what crazy thing a Florida man did on your birthday.
I liked the one where a Florida man grabbed an anaconda that was crushing a crocodile and forced it to let go, but GothBard felt this one was better for me.
Ah, Florida! You are a neverending source of wonder and astonishment for us all!
Apparently being upset over someone taking a handicap parking spot is good enough to fall under the Florida "stand your ground" law. My apologies, because this one is somewhat politically charged. My only other option was someone getting sentenced for sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman on a cruise ship. I'm making the judgement call that a murder over a parking space is funnier.
In other news, my birthday sucks in Florida.
The shooter was later accused, after a public outrage and revelation of four reports of him threatening people with guns (with one such incident taking place in the same spot where he killed the other guy). According to wiki, his trial will begin in August this year.
Not really. I'm moving to his parents(though they seem less picky people then my parents) place and I told him to get his room cleaned up because its a mess right now due to his sibs using it as a storage yard. That's their family problem and I rather not put my nose in. I need a wardrobe to keep my clothes.
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What about the apartment plans you wrote quite w while ago?
Are those still in effect?
*grumble-grumble*
I craved a pizza today... Only to discover that the pizzeria where I order increased prices. Quite a bit.
I might buy a pizza from time to time now, but nowhere near as often as I did through the last year (ok, maybe it wasn't THAT often, but still much more than I did most of my life).
Not really. I'm moving to his parents(though they seem less picky people then my parents) place and I told him to get his room cleaned up because its a mess right now due to his sibs using it as a storage yard. That's their family problem and I rather not put my nose in. I need a wardrobe to keep my clothes.
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but..I thought you said you didnt want to?
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Not really. I'm moving to his parents(though they seem less picky people then my parents) place and I told him to get his room cleaned up because its a mess right now due to his sibs using it as a storage yard. That's their family problem and I rather not put my nose in. I need a wardrobe to keep my clothes.
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What about the apartment plans you wrote quite w while ago?
Are those still in effect?
The apartment won't be available till prolly 2020 earliest. Since its the girl who moves out when she gets married by our customs so I'm moving to his house.
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For my Florida Man challenge I get a couple of choices.
A guy that got arrested for jacking off at a strip club, or some douchebag that spent three months biting toddlers.
Yup, that's Florida, man.
but..I thought you said you didnt want to?Not really. I'm moving to his parents(though they seem less picky people then my parents) place and I told him to get his room cleaned up because its a mess right now due to his sibs using it as a storage yard. That's their family problem and I rather not put my nose in. I need a wardrobe to keep my clothes.
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I wondered what Freehold's comment to that would be... :D
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Quintessential "Florida Man" for September 8th, but I have to
"As WTSP notes, a Florida man—of course it’s a Florida man—is marketing a Christian assault rifle. The gun, which of course is known as the “Crusader,” is your basic AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, but with a verse from Psalm 144 etched into the magazine:
“Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.”
The gun is also adorned with a cross and “Peace,” “War,” and “God Wills It” in both English and Latin. A spokesman for Spike’s Tactical, which is manufacturing the weapon, explained: “We wanted to make sure we built a weapon that would never be able to be used by Muslim terrorists to kill innocent people or advance their radical agenda.” The gun has a lifetime warranty, but there’s no indication whether you can take into the eternal afterlife, or whether the warranty would apply."
And, yes, I can well imagine every gun shop in Citrus County selling one.
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I have finally written chapter 1 of my great american novel, and Mrs Sunrise is editing it.
And so the test of our marriage begins.
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Dude, just got done watching Triple Frontier on Netflix, great movie. Has a moral lesson on the nature of greed as well without ever getting preachy about it. Two thumbs up.I did not expect Triple Frontier to be as good as it was, nor for Affleck's character to precipitate things the way he did! Recommendation seconded, and another score for Netflix.
Glad you're digging Love, Death & Robots btw, I hope there's more to come. :)
Yeah, good stuff.
Love, Death, and Robots is great. The first episode had me feeling a little ho hum until the double twists, talk about empowered women!
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** spoiler for Freehold **
Well, don't do anything you don't want to do Mort.
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Quintessential "Florida Man" for September 8th, but I have to ** spoiler omitted **
That is just... so...
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Dude, just got done watching Triple Frontier on Netflix, great movie. Has a moral lesson on the nature of greed as well without ever getting preachy about it. Two thumbs up.I did not expect Triple Frontier to be as good as it was, nor for Affleck's character to precipitate things the way he did! Recommendation seconded, and another score for Netflix.
Glad you're digging Love, Death & Robots btw, I hope there's more to come. :)
Yeah, good stuff.
Love, Death, and Robots is great. The first episode had me feeling a little ho hum until the double twists, talk about empowered women!
Empowered in that the main character and the old dudes girlfriend literally were empowered with...eh, nvm.
Yeah the only Episode of Love, Death, and Robots I didn't like was the Hitler one, it was just kinda boring to me.
I really want to talk about a bunch of the episodes and how awesome they are but I don't want to spoil them for those whom have not watched.
616 posts behind. So what did I miss?
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Just frustrated at the moment. I was previously told to get those letters of demand, Management Services Agreements and Resolutions out, and now I am told that that I did them for the wrong companies and I need to do another 22 letters of demand and god knows how many management Services Agreements and resolutions out. That was 3 days of work god d@mnit.
Initial orders: Here’s the sheet, take the biggest figures and make letters of demand for them.
Me: Ok. You need MSAs, and resolutions too.
Orders: Just do what is necessary.
Me: Ok.
(3 days later)
Me: Every company with figures > 5 mil I have the necessary documents.
Orders: We need for all companies.
Me: Are you serious? That’s a lot of work like guess estimate of 128 letters, x 3 years.
Orders: Let me check with auditors.
Orders: Oh no need, only those that are not loans require it.
(…Loans were the ones that added to the biggest figures which means the last 3 days of work was essentially wasted…)
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Florida Man Challenge?
Naked man bomb hoax in airport.
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Dude, just got done watching Triple Frontier on Netflix, great movie. Has a moral lesson on the nature of greed as well without ever getting preachy about it. Two thumbs up.I did not expect Triple Frontier to be as good as it was, nor for Affleck's character to precipitate things the way he did! Recommendation seconded, and another score for Netflix.
Glad you're digging Love, Death & Robots btw, I hope there's more to come. :)
Yeah, good stuff.
Love, Death, and Robots is great. The first episode had me feeling a little ho hum until the double twists, talk about empowered women!
Started watching this based on you two chatting about it. Really enjoying it so far, I'd join in on recommending it. :)
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Morning FaWtLites! Happy Friday! I hope everyone is well today, and has a good day ahead! :) And anyone who isn't, I hope things get better soon!
I also hope everyone has a good weekend ahead, whether that's some fun, big plans, or just putting the feet up and recharging the batteries. :)
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FAWTL gossip vine - anyone has done escape room stuff before? We're looking to having it for a Company event but I'm wondering if anyone has done it yet.
Also, anyone has cooked sous-vide before? I find the usage of plastic bags wasteful.
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Sorry, I actually went to delete it but missed the window.
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FAWTL gossip vine - anyone has done escape room stuff before? We're looking to having it for a Company event but I'm wondering if anyone has done it yet.
Also, anyone has cooked sous-vide before? I find the usage of plastic bags wasteful.
I love escape rooms! :D Quality can vary a lot from place to place, but they're generally good craic, and a fun thing to do as a group. Some run it linearly, with one puzzle leading logically to the next, while others do it more free form, where there are many puzzles spread about the room and they can be solved in almost any order. Both have pros and cons, with non-linear ones allowing more people to work on different puzzles simultaneously, but running the risk of progression being confusing, if there's a lack of communication of what has been completed and what further clues have been found. Meanwhile, the more linear puzzles give a clearer progression path, so you can't accidentally miss something, but the more people you have, the more likely a few are going to wind up on the sidelines, watching other people solve things.
Anyways, escape rooms are fun, I've played with friends and with coworkers, and they've always been a hit. I'd recommend them. :)
If it helps, I wasn't going to watch it anyway.
Mostly because if everyone tells me I should see something it makes me not want to see it.
FYI: I still haven't seen Titanic so please don't spoil it.
I don't like anime, so that's mostly the reason though.
I'm mildly claustrophobic so I don't do escape rooms.
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FAWTL gossip vine - anyone has done escape room stuff before? We're looking to having it for a Company event but I'm wondering if anyone has done it yet.
Also, anyone has cooked sous-vide before? I find the usage of plastic bags wasteful.
Yeah, I did an escape room before with a few friends. It's very fun, but not really a 'classic team building exercise'. You do have to communicate loquaciously and smoothly, but it's not essential.
The scenario wasn't a logic puzzle or ridiculously step by step, in fact a friend did another and in one of the first tasks there was a button that said "Do not Touch" and they were meant to.
Anyway, there's usually a supervisor making sure you don't get too stuck or waste too much time.
Plus it's for all abilities, my sister did one and nearly escaped despite not being the most innovative/logical.