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Go Team.


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There, you can all post without fear again.


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Tacticslion wrote:
Why is it so hard to get two small boys out of the house.

you answered your own question.


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captain yesterday wrote:

Also, our carpenter is named Scooter and our electrician is called Sparky.

Gotta love the Midwest!

Love it!

Of course, in the midwest/mid-south, I discovered that certain nicknames are common to some professions,...

Anyone who deals with electricity- Sparky
Anyone who deals with lighting- Squint
Anyone who deals with Sound- Noiseboy
Anyone who deals with Video- Vidiot

But I also must admit, when I first read your post, I could have SWORN that read

Quote:
,...our carpenter is named SCOOBY and our electrician is called Sparky.

Imagine my disappointment when I re-read it correctly. ;(


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I dont get it.


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Scooter, Sparky, Paca, Poopy,
Sexy Diplodocus,
Helping Captain Yesterday with concrete hocus-pocus.
The soundtrack is provided by Swiss metal titans 'Krokus'
Scooter, Sparky, Paca, Poopy,
Sexy Diplodocus.


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Freehold DM wrote:
I dont get it.

<shrugs>

Old Wizzie is an old cartoon fan. That's all. :)


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NobodysHome wrote:
Woran wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
CrystalSeas wrote:
Local Ordinance wrote:

"If you're passing cyclists, pedestrians, or wheelchair users on the road, be sure to keep your distance.

Drivers who don't create at least a five-foot space between their vehicles and the people they're passing can be ticketed."
We've actually got a local ordinance that specifies the minimum distance.

5' is amazingly large -- practically a car width. I'm amazed any city in the U.S. grants that much space. As a cyclist, I was always happy with the "car door" method because even though it was closer to 3', it always felt ample.

EDIT: And yeah, back from our drive, and he was really good with cyclists and pedestrians the whole trip, but now it's the whole, "Just because you CAN stop that quickly doesn't mean you SHOULD."
Trying to get him to brake early and softly instead of late and hard...

Next time you're in the netherlands we should totally go cycling.

I'll let you convince GothBard of that. :-P

NobodysHome: Commuted by bicycle for 16 years; did 320 km tour of northern Germany during his 1987 trip to Europe...
Impus Major: Was called a "bicycle centaur" in his youth; hasn't ridden in years, but game for anything
Impus Minor: Can ride, if you force him to. And is the only family member other than NobodysHome who still owns a bike
GothBard: Considers bicycles a form of horrific torture perpetrated by sadistic fitness psychotics

Well, she can always run behind you.


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Drejk wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
Woran wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
CrystalSeas wrote:
Local Ordinance wrote:

"If you're passing cyclists, pedestrians, or wheelchair users on the road, be sure to keep your distance.

Drivers who don't create at least a five-foot space between their vehicles and the people they're passing can be ticketed."
We've actually got a local ordinance that specifies the minimum distance.

5' is amazingly large -- practically a car width. I'm amazed any city in the U.S. grants that much space. As a cyclist, I was always happy with the "car door" method because even though it was closer to 3', it always felt ample.

EDIT: And yeah, back from our drive, and he was really good with cyclists and pedestrians the whole trip, but now it's the whole, "Just because you CAN stop that quickly doesn't mean you SHOULD."
Trying to get him to brake early and softly instead of late and hard...

Next time you're in the netherlands we should totally go cycling.

I'll let you convince GothBard of that. :-P

NobodysHome: Commuted by bicycle for 16 years; did 320 km tour of northern Germany during his 1987 trip to Europe...
Impus Major: Was called a "bicycle centaur" in his youth; hasn't ridden in years, but game for anything
Impus Minor: Can ride, if you force him to. And is the only family member other than NobodysHome who still owns a bike
GothBard: Considers bicycles a form of horrific torture perpetrated by sadistic fitness psychotics

Well, she can always run behind you.

I see her riding in a cart, holding an umbrella, leaning back in absolute comfort, being pulled by NH's bike.


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Vanykrye wrote:
Drejk wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
Woran wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
CrystalSeas wrote:
Local Ordinance wrote:

"If you're passing cyclists, pedestrians, or wheelchair users on the road, be sure to keep your distance.

Drivers who don't create at least a five-foot space between their vehicles and the people they're passing can be ticketed."
We've actually got a local ordinance that specifies the minimum distance.

5' is amazingly large -- practically a car width. I'm amazed any city in the U.S. grants that much space. As a cyclist, I was always happy with the "car door" method because even though it was closer to 3', it always felt ample.

EDIT: And yeah, back from our drive, and he was really good with cyclists and pedestrians the whole trip, but now it's the whole, "Just because you CAN stop that quickly doesn't mean you SHOULD."
Trying to get him to brake early and softly instead of late and hard...

Next time you're in the netherlands we should totally go cycling.

I'll let you convince GothBard of that. :-P

NobodysHome: Commuted by bicycle for 16 years; did 320 km tour of northern Germany during his 1987 trip to Europe...
Impus Major: Was called a "bicycle centaur" in his youth; hasn't ridden in years, but game for anything
Impus Minor: Can ride, if you force him to. And is the only family member other than NobodysHome who still owns a bike
GothBard: Considers bicycles a form of horrific torture perpetrated by sadistic fitness psychotics

Well, she can always run behind you.
I see her riding in a cart, holding an umbrella, leaning back in absolute comfort, being pulled by NH's bike.

Yeah! Though I think the cart should be pulled by two bikes ridden by Impii (Impuses?)!


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I swear I've complained about it before, but still: I have no taste. I am in charge of the household finances to the point of, "OK, we can now afford to do xxx. Here's your limit."
GothBard then chooses to the contractor, the work specifications, the fixtures, etc. Because she has taste, and she cares.

And I sincerely doubt we are alone in this arrangement.

And yet every salesman focuses exclusively on me. The last two times we've been buying cars, we've been ready to pay full sticker price for a car only to walk off the lot empty-handed because the salesman wouldn't even acknowledge GothBard's existence, much less take anything she had to say seriously.

So we went to select a fireplace, and again, the sales guy kept trying to talk to just me, in spite of my asking GothBard, "Well, what do you think?"
I finally had to tell him, "Look. I don't give a s*** and you're about to have us walk out if you don't start listening to her."

And then the contractor called and wanted to talk to me. I refused to speak with him and he had to talk to GothBard if he wanted work.

I swear. It's 2019. I live in one of the most liberal areas of the country. So WHY IS IT SO HARD to get salesmen and contractors to even acknowledge that women exist, much less work with them?


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NobodysHome wrote:

And then the contractor called and wanted to talk to me. I refused to speak with him and he had to talk to GothBard if he wanted work.

I swear. It's 2019. I live in one of the most liberal areas of the country. So WHY IS IT SO HARD to get salesmen and contractors to even acknowledge that women exist, much less work with them?

They are afraid they might get cooties* from speaking to a girl?

Or maybe it is GothBard specifically who scares them poop-less?

*cooties seem to be something American-specific, I never heard about idea of getting infected by anything through an innocent** contact with girl until somewhere late into XXI century while polishing my English skill.

** as opposed to real STD that I was aware of since being an early teenager, well, a bit earlier than that, as my late childhood was the time the knowledge of AIDS was spreading across the world...


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Vanykrye wrote:
Drejk wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
Woran wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
CrystalSeas wrote:
Local Ordinance wrote:

"If you're passing cyclists, pedestrians, or wheelchair users on the road, be sure to keep your distance.

Drivers who don't create at least a five-foot space between their vehicles and the people they're passing can be ticketed."
We've actually got a local ordinance that specifies the minimum distance.

5' is amazingly large -- practically a car width. I'm amazed any city in the U.S. grants that much space. As a cyclist, I was always happy with the "car door" method because even though it was closer to 3', it always felt ample.

EDIT: And yeah, back from our drive, and he was really good with cyclists and pedestrians the whole trip, but now it's the whole, "Just because you CAN stop that quickly doesn't mean you SHOULD."
Trying to get him to brake early and softly instead of late and hard...

Next time you're in the netherlands we should totally go cycling.

I'll let you convince GothBard of that. :-P

NobodysHome: Commuted by bicycle for 16 years; did 320 km tour of northern Germany during his 1987 trip to Europe...
Impus Major: Was called a "bicycle centaur" in his youth; hasn't ridden in years, but game for anything
Impus Minor: Can ride, if you force him to. And is the only family member other than NobodysHome who still owns a bike
GothBard: Considers bicycles a form of horrific torture perpetrated by sadistic fitness psychotics

Well, she can always run behind you.
I see her riding in a cart, holding an umbrella, leaning back in absolute comfort, being pulled by NH's bike.

oh god yes.


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NobodysHome wrote:

I swear I've complained about it before, but still: I have no taste. I am in charge of the household finances to the point of, "OK, we can now afford to do xxx. Here's your limit."

GothBard then chooses to the contractor, the work specifications, the fixtures, etc. Because she has taste, and she cares.

And I sincerely doubt we are alone in this arrangement.

And yet every salesman focuses exclusively on me. The last two times we've been buying cars, we've been ready to pay full sticker price for a car only to walk off the lot empty-handed because the salesman wouldn't even acknowledge GothBard's existence, much less take anything she had to say seriously.

So we went to select a fireplace, and again, the sales guy kept trying to talk to just me, in spite of my asking GothBard, "Well, what do you think?"
I finally had to tell him, "Look. I don't give a s*** and you're about to have us walk out if you don't start listening to her."

And then the contractor called and wanted to talk to me. I refused to speak with him and he had to talk to GothBard if he wanted work.

I swear. It's 2019. I live in one of the most liberal areas of the country. So WHY IS IT SO HARD to get salesmen and contractors to even acknowledge that women exist, much less work with them?

women what now?!?


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Drejk wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:

And then the contractor called and wanted to talk to me. I refused to speak with him and he had to talk to GothBard if he wanted work.

I swear. It's 2019. I live in one of the most liberal areas of the country. So WHY IS IT SO HARD to get salesmen and contractors to even acknowledge that women exist, much less work with them?

They are afraid they might get cooties* from speaking to a girl?

Or maybe it is GothBard specifically who scares them poop-less?

attempts to sweep house

has flashbacks


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My relief is here. Have a good day, everyone.


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I just legit saw two black birds playing with plastic lids from McDonald’s cups. What the what.


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Yep. Blackbirds play with stuff like that all the time.


It was cool, but startling.


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Yeah, this afternoon's meeting with the contractor should be... "interesting".

"We'd like a 30,000 BTU fireplace right here."
"It's November, and it's 75°F outside right now. What are you, a moron?"


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NobodysHome wrote:

Yeah, this afternoon's meeting with the contractor should be... "interesting".

"We'd like a 30,000 BTU fireplace right here."
"It's November, and it's 75°F outside right now. What are you, a moron?"

Perhaps. But I'm a moron with money, so get to work.


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My cats are 12 and 13. I expect a nice picture of a pair of melted puds in front of a roaring fireplace before January...
...Assuming this guy can fit us in before then. The fireplace salesman said, "Well, we have two kinds of installers: The kind who do it as quickly and cheaply as possible because someone's flipping a house, and the kind who do it really carefully because the homeowners want it to last 20 years. I'm just going to take a wild guess and put you in the latter category, so here's a guy who'll do what you want. He's not my cheapest, but he's my best, so he'll do right by you."

So the *one* thing I'll give to the salesman is that he read us well: We'll happily pay more for a better job. Heck, if the guy who shows up is that old grognard from two weeks ago I'll be ecstatic.

Now it's just a test of whether the sales guy was actually giving us a decent guy, or just blowing smoke. That's my other job in "helping" with the repairs...


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The legal necessitation for car insurance is the biggest b~*!!+&+ scam ever. It's mandatory gambling.

"I bet you won't get in a wreck."
"I bet you I will."

And even when you win the bet, premiums go up, so you lose.

It's an industry with mathematically guaranteed huge profit margins, and I'm sure it's a portion of those profits funneling lobbying dollars into the pockets of greedy lawmakers that prevents it, and the entire crooked industry, from disappearing.

This message brought to you by how the f%@+ is my insurance so g!+@++n expensive.

Grand Lodge

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Don’t forget the lenders for the auto loans that want to know you’ll have something worth repossessing when you default.


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The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

The legal necessitation for car insurance is the biggest b#%~#~@* scam ever. It's mandatory gambling.

"I bet you won't get in a wreck."
"I bet you I will."

And even when you win the bet, premiums go up, so you lose.

It's an industry with mathematically guaranteed huge profit margins, and I'm sure it's a portion of those profits funneling lobbying dollars into the pockets of greedy lawmakers that prevents it, and the entire crooked industry, from disappearing.

This message brought to you by how the f#!& is my insurance so g+&~%!n expensive.

Speaking from the other side of the coin, it really sucks when you get hit by someone and you're told, "Well, they don't have insurance, and they don't have a high enough income for you to be able to garnish their wages, so you're SOL. Eat it. You should've bought uninsured motorist insurance."

And honestly, if you care that much about your car, yes, yes you should. But it's that kind of behavior that got regular schmoes to go along with the whole, "Insurance is mandatory" scam.

The problem is, you get bad actors on all sides, and everybody suffers for it.

EDIT: For the record, our immediate friends and family have been hit hard enough to cause significant damage 3 times by uninsured drivers. So it's an unusual occurrence, but not unheard of.


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Geico did right by us when our car was totaled by a moving truck.


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captain yesterday wrote:
Geico did right by us when our car was totaled by a moving truck.

Geico was totally willing to total our Celica for an extremely generous amount when it got hit by a moving truck. But I didn't want to have to deal with all the ramifications of having my kid driving a totaled car around, so I went ahead and dropped the claim.


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The loan industry and insurance are both why car prices are so hyperinflated. If neither existed, cars would only be a couple grand brand new, and a wreck wouldn't be too big a deal to replace.

And maybe, just maybe, if every motorist had to actually pay out of pocket, people would drive better to avoid going broke.

Grand Lodge

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Yes, like all the other responsible behavior they exhibit to avoid bankrupting themselves.


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The Vagrant Erudite wrote:
...maybe, just maybe, if every motorist had to actually pay out of pocket, people would drive better to avoid going broke.

I'm with TOZ. I don't see it. If there's one thing humans as a whole can be trusted to do, it's do stupid things for short-term gain without much care for long-term consequences.


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NobodysHome wrote:
captain yesterday wrote:
Geico did right by us when our car was totaled by a moving truck.

Geico was totally willing to total our Celica for an extremely generous amount when it got hit by a moving truck. But I didn't want to have to deal with all the ramifications of having my kid driving a totaled car around, so I went ahead and dropped the claim.

Our car's roof was nearly sheered from it, there is no way anyone was driving the car anywhere after that.


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So Ruins of Azlant is a plot-heavy AP - lots of "story awards" for finding stuff out, and most of the time, there are "btw, you can get the same xp for successfully talking your way through this instead of stabby stabby" options.

Which is good.

Until Teensy Valeros gets bored with the talking and just wants to kill things.

So yesterday as we were sitting down for our family game, he says, "Mama, PLEASE tell me we actually get to do some combat today."

Me: "Don't worry; this section of the book is mostly combats and traps on a remote jungle island; very little talking."

Hermione: "So, we're going full-on Indiana Jones? Great! Throw me the idol, I'll throw you the whip!"

Me: "Hermione, you get all the cookies."

Hermione: "There are cookies?!? WANT COOKIES!"

Me: "No! Not real cookies! Virtual cookies. It means well done, I'm proud of you."

Hermione: "Want real cookie?"


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Apropos of nothing, between making bulgogi for dinner, eating, and cleaning up, I managed to get sriracha in my eye.
This is not a pleasant sensation.


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lisamarlene wrote:

Apropos of nothing, between making bulgogi for dinner, eating, and cleaning up, I managed to get sriracha in my eye.

This is not a pleasant sensation.

A friend of mine discovered the hazards of using the bathroom and skin-to-oh-so-sensitive-skin contact after handling chopped habaneros.

Now he's much better at washing his hands *before* going to the bathroom.


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NobodysHome wrote:
The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

The legal necessitation for car insurance is the biggest b#%~#~@* scam ever. It's mandatory gambling.

"I bet you won't get in a wreck."
"I bet you I will."

And even when you win the bet, premiums go up, so you lose.

It's an industry with mathematically guaranteed huge profit margins, and I'm sure it's a portion of those profits funneling lobbying dollars into the pockets of greedy lawmakers that prevents it, and the entire crooked industry, from disappearing.

This message brought to you by how the f#!& is my insurance so g+&~%!n expensive.

Speaking from the other side of the coin, it really sucks when you get hit by someone and you're told, "Well, they don't have insurance, and they don't have a high enough income for you to be able to garnish their wages, so you're SOL. Eat it. You should've bought uninsured motorist insurance."

And honestly, if you care that much about your car, yes, yes you should. But it's that kind of behavior that got regular schmoes to go along with the whole, "Insurance is mandatory" scam.

The problem is, you get bad actors on all sides, and everybody suffers for it.

EDIT: For the record, our immediate friends and family have been hit hard enough to cause significant damage 3 times by uninsured drivers. So it's an unusual occurrence, but not unheard of.

State laws requiring insurance also play a part in this - the insurance companies know you have to carry liability at a minimum if you don't wish to run afoul of the legal requirements.

..................

A friend of mine got rear-ended by the same vehicle that rear-ended the car behind them at a stop light.

Let me say it again, because it sounds vaguely confusing.

My friend and his wife were stopped at a stop light. Big Dodge Ram behind them, also stopped. A teen driver in a Ford Mustang hit the Ram at 60-65mph (62mph = 100kph). The Ram went straight up into the air. The Mustang then proceeded to continue underneath the Ram and rear-end my friend and his wife. The Ram then landed on top of the Mustang. The teen Mustang driver was not insured.


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So if I am declaring that my Spring Break shall consist of rolling up to the airport in Rome, splitting my hotel bookings between Rome and Naples, and having 8 full days of "All Ancient Rome, All The Time", what all does that actually entail doing, keeping in mind I'm open to day trips out of Rome and Naples. Clearly, I'm visiting Pompeii and Herculaneum. That's a major reason to spend some time in Naples in the first place. Also clearly going to the Colosseum, and seeking out those ancient Roman water fountains still marked SPQR that are in Rome, and I'm certain Rome has a good archaeology museum. Also take a day trip to Ostia Antica, and another to Hadrian's Villa, maybe break the rules and visit Bracciano and Viterbo even though those are medieval towns rather than ancient. I might hike Mount Vesuvius. Actually, I also want to see Paestrum, even though that's Greek and not Roman.

Okay, fine, I guess this isn't going to be all Ancient Rome, all the time. And what question was I even asking, again? I probably have about 8 days of stuff, here.

Scarab Sages

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NobodysHome wrote:
Woran wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
CrystalSeas wrote:
Local Ordinance wrote:

"If you're passing cyclists, pedestrians, or wheelchair users on the road, be sure to keep your distance.

Drivers who don't create at least a five-foot space between their vehicles and the people they're passing can be ticketed."
We've actually got a local ordinance that specifies the minimum distance.

5' is amazingly large -- practically a car width. I'm amazed any city in the U.S. grants that much space. As a cyclist, I was always happy with the "car door" method because even though it was closer to 3', it always felt ample.

EDIT: And yeah, back from our drive, and he was really good with cyclists and pedestrians the whole trip, but now it's the whole, "Just because you CAN stop that quickly doesn't mean you SHOULD."
Trying to get him to brake early and softly instead of late and hard...

Next time you're in the netherlands we should totally go cycling.

I'll let you convince GothBard of that. :-P

NobodysHome: Commuted by bicycle for 16 years; did 320 km tour of northern Germany during his 1987 trip to Europe...
Impus Major: Was called a "bicycle centaur" in his youth; hasn't ridden in years, but game for anything
Impus Minor: Can ride, if you force him to. And is the only family member other than NobodysHome who still owns a bike
GothBard: Considers bicycles a form of horrific torture perpetrated by sadistic fitness psychotics

Its flatter then a pancake here. Cycling isnt much effort. (unless there is a strong wind going)

Scarab Sages

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Vanykrye wrote:
Drejk wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
Woran wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
CrystalSeas wrote:
Local Ordinance wrote:

"If you're passing cyclists, pedestrians, or wheelchair users on the road, be sure to keep your distance.

Drivers who don't create at least a five-foot space between their vehicles and the people they're passing can be ticketed."
We've actually got a local ordinance that specifies the minimum distance.

5' is amazingly large -- practically a car width. I'm amazed any city in the U.S. grants that much space. As a cyclist, I was always happy with the "car door" method because even though it was closer to 3', it always felt ample.

EDIT: And yeah, back from our drive, and he was really good with cyclists and pedestrians the whole trip, but now it's the whole, "Just because you CAN stop that quickly doesn't mean you SHOULD."
Trying to get him to brake early and softly instead of late and hard...

Next time you're in the netherlands we should totally go cycling.

I'll let you convince GothBard of that. :-P

NobodysHome: Commuted by bicycle for 16 years; did 320 km tour of northern Germany during his 1987 trip to Europe...
Impus Major: Was called a "bicycle centaur" in his youth; hasn't ridden in years, but game for anything
Impus Minor: Can ride, if you force him to. And is the only family member other than NobodysHome who still owns a bike
GothBard: Considers bicycles a form of horrific torture perpetrated by sadistic fitness psychotics

Well, she can always run behind you.
I see her riding in a cart, holding an umbrella, leaning back in absolute comfort, being pulled by NH's bike.

We can rent a cargobike. She can sit in front.

Scarab Sages

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NobodysHome wrote:

I swear I've complained about it before, but still: I have no taste. I am in charge of the household finances to the point of, "OK, we can now afford to do xxx. Here's your limit."

GothBard then chooses to the contractor, the work specifications, the fixtures, etc. Because she has taste, and she cares.

And I sincerely doubt we are alone in this arrangement.

And yet every salesman focuses exclusively on me. The last two times we've been buying cars, we've been ready to pay full sticker price for a car only to walk off the lot empty-handed because the salesman wouldn't even acknowledge GothBard's existence, much less take anything she had to say seriously.

So we went to select a fireplace, and again, the sales guy kept trying to talk to just me, in spite of my asking GothBard, "Well, what do you think?"
I finally had to tell him, "Look. I don't give a s*** and you're about to have us walk out if you don't start listening to her."

And then the contractor called and wanted to talk to me. I refused to speak with him and he had to talk to GothBard if he wanted work.

I swear. It's 2019. I live in one of the most liberal areas of the country. So WHY IS IT SO HARD to get salesmen and contractors to even acknowledge that women exist, much less work with them?

Yeah. MrT has no clue about home renovations and such, while I've mostly grown up helping my dad do everything at the farm, including building brick walls and foundations.

He lets me handle it, because I know what's up.
Still, some men find it weird.


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Vanykrye wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

The legal necessitation for car insurance is the biggest b#%~#~@* scam ever. It's mandatory gambling.

"I bet you won't get in a wreck."
"I bet you I will."

And even when you win the bet, premiums go up, so you lose.

It's an industry with mathematically guaranteed huge profit margins, and I'm sure it's a portion of those profits funneling lobbying dollars into the pockets of greedy lawmakers that prevents it, and the entire crooked industry, from disappearing.

This message brought to you by how the f#!& is my insurance so g+&~%!n expensive.

Speaking from the other side of the coin, it really sucks when you get hit by someone and you're told, "Well, they don't have insurance, and they don't have a high enough income for you to be able to garnish their wages, so you're SOL. Eat it. You should've bought uninsured motorist insurance."

And honestly, if you care that much about your car, yes, yes you should. But it's that kind of behavior that got regular schmoes to go along with the whole, "Insurance is mandatory" scam.

The problem is, you get bad actors on all sides, and everybody suffers for it.

EDIT: For the record, our immediate friends and family have been hit hard enough to cause significant damage 3 times by uninsured drivers. So it's an unusual occurrence, but not unheard of.

State laws requiring insurance also play a part in this - the insurance companies know you have to carry liability at a minimum if you don't wish to run afoul of the legal requirements.

..................

A friend of mine got rear-ended by the same vehicle that rear-ended the car behind them at a stop light.

Let me say it again, because it sounds vaguely confusing.

My friend and his wife were stopped at a stop light. Big Dodge Ram behind them, also stopped. A teen driver in a Ford Mustang hit the Ram at 60-65mph (62mph = 100kph). The Ram went straight up into the air. The Mustang then proceeded to continue...

my god. That sounds horrifying. Please tell me everyone made it out.


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Freehold DM wrote:
my god. That sounds horrifying. Please tell me everyone made it out.

No injuries beyond bumps and bruises. The Ram came down on the passenger side of the Mustang, and the kid had no passengers.


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Vanykrye wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
my god. That sounds horrifying. Please tell me everyone made it out.
No injuries beyond bumps and bruises. The Ram came down on the passenger side of the Mustang, and the kid had no passengers.

Thank goodness for that at least!

Still one of the strangest wreck stories I have heard to date. ;P

Amusing tidbit, whilst I was 'back home' (between getting my final degree and getting re-married) I was holding 2 jobs, ONE was a hot-shot delivery driver for an auto-parts chain that only sold to other stores or repair shops, no front sales counter. We drove those cure little white baby pickup trucks. We had 'marked' and 'unmarked' vehicles. (With and without company logo)

Let me tell you, having a LOGO on the side of your little pick up is like driving around with a BIG FREAKIN' TARGET on yer @$$. I had no trouble driving the 'stealth truck', but every moron is drawn to those logos like you are a super-electro-magnet! It's like they see your logo, but all they really see is Dollar signs! $$$. ;P

Lets just say that I got really good at dodging morons.
Really,... REALLY good.
Like spidey-sense good. I had to. Cuz you never see them coming til its too late!
;)

EDIT- That 2 years of 'driving practice' has served me very well ever since. :)


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Trying to avoid politics, but...:
A recent poll on NPR was terrifying: "But 65% of Americans say they can't imagine any information or circumstances... where they might change their minds about their position..."

SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

This single statistic is SO depressing in that it really does demonstrate everything that's wrong with U.S. politics in a single number. Imagine if, at the start of a trial, 2/3 of the jury said, "Well, we've already made up our minds, and we cannot imagine any information or circumstances that would make us change."
It would be a mistrial in a hot second, and a new jury would be selected.

Yet somehow, people imagine that such an attitude is OK in politics.

SOOOOOO depressing.


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Speaking of being Mr. Crankypants this morning, we have sidewalks on our block. In fact, we have two very nice, 4' wide, tree-lined sidewalks that the city went out of their way to repair this year. They're smooth, have few cracks, and are very nice to walk on.

So why is it that we have at least half a dozen pedestrians who use our street on their daily walks, and who insist on walking down the dead center of the roadway, even when traffic is coming?

Sooooooo aggravating!


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Because streets were invented for pedestrians, and stolen by vehicles when cars were invented via propoganda that insisted those who walked on it were fools, or "jays", a strong insult during the time of said propoganda?


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The Vagrant Erudite wrote:
Because streets were invented for pedestrians, and stolen by vehicles when cars were invented via propoganda that insisted those who walked on it were fools, or "jays", a strong insult during the time of said propoganda?

Yeah, I saw that episode of "Adam Ruins Everything", too, but as usual, we now have over 100 years of precedence stating that roads are for wheeled vehicles, and unilaterally deciding that those rules don't apply to you does not make you "eccentric" or a "warrior for justice", it makes you an <expletive>.


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These are all great points I'm going to bring up the next time I scrape myself off the front of a Chevy 4x4 because I insisted on riding a bike in the middle of a four lane street.


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captain yesterday wrote:
These are all great points I'm going to bring up the next time I scrape myself off the front of a Chevy 4x4 because I insisted on riding a bike in the middle of a four lane street.

like double-lining it?

I only see true professionals do that, usually at rush hour. That is a level of skill I do not possess.


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Hello, everyone.


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Freehold DM wrote:
captain yesterday wrote:
These are all great points I'm going to bring up the next time I scrape myself off the front of a Chevy 4x4 because I insisted on riding a bike in the middle of a four lane street.

like double-lining it?

I only see true professionals do that, usually at rush hour. That is a level of skill I do not possess.

Pittsburgh has a bicycle-based courier service, the Triangle Messenger Service. Seeing the chances they take while on Downtown Pittsburgh streets makes me nervous to the point of giving me an upset stomach.

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