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So this is about as Midwestern middle-aged white guy as it gets...
I had to buy a new weed-eater/trimmer. I found an electric one from the same company that made my electric lawnmower and it uses the same rechargable battery.
The same 80V battery...as my lawnmower...
This is not a weed-eater. This is a personal helicopter. This is a weapon deserving of a name. I shall call it Scourge until the day it deigns to communicate with me.
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Sure. I'll prostrate myself naked before its destructive glory.
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Happy anniversary, LM.
Also, I don't remember congratulating Ragadolf, so a fist bump to you as well.
Congrats to everyone who can find some poor sucker to put up with them long-term someone to share life's experiences with.
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Happy anniversary LM.
Crash of the Century - This might interest you Freehold DM and CH.
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Our Sunday Pathfinder game was just interrupted by the doorbell.
WW's mom had told us that she might be stopping by this evening to drop off an anniversary card she forgot to put in the mail. When we went to the door, we found not only WW's mom, but our entire church choir and the pastor and his wife, all ranged six feet apart down the sidewalk on both sides of our corner lot. Mom had emailed the choir director the list of hymns from our wedding 21 years ago (she saved the program), and he picked two. Being old-school Methodists, they sang every single verse, in six part harmony. Quite a few of our neighbors came out on their stoops to watch, which was a little awkward. But so lovely.
Best. Anniversary. Ever.
That is awesome!
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Happy anniversary, LM.
Also, I don't remember congratulating Ragadolf, so a fist bump to you as well.
Congrats to everyone who can find
some poor sucker to put up with them long-termsomeone to share life's experiences with.
Oh you had it right before the strikethru. :)
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Our Anniversary was Monday, but we didn't get to go out til Friday.
Had a good time, overpriced dinner & drinks, actually IN a restaurant. :)
(Be the last time I can afford THAT for a while!) ;P
While waiting for our table, we walked around the 'outdoor mall' (Actually a lot of strip malls close together) Had a great time at dinner, and went home,
Where the wife discovered she had lost her bracelet. One of the few belongings she has to remember her mom by.
To both our credit there was no freaking out, we grabbed flashlights, went back, checked the restaurant, and re-traced all of our steps through and around the mall parking lots. One LAST look near where we had parked the car, (which we had both already been over twice) and we found the bracelet, undamaged.
My wife thanked me for a wonderful, romantic night out.
I luv this crazy lady! ;)
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I'm assuming an 80V battery is rather...hefty. Do you have to wear it like a backpack with a cord connecting it to the trimmer?So this is about as Midwestern middle-aged white guy as it gets...
I had to buy a new weed-eater/trimmer. I found an electric one from the same company that made my electric lawnmower and it uses the same rechargable battery.
The same 80V battery...as my lawnmower...
This is not a weed-eater. This is a personal helicopter. This is a weapon deserving of a name. I shall call it Scourge until the day it deigns to communicate with me.
No, the battery is actually pretty compact. It weighs just under 4 pounds and Scourge provides me a shoulder strap to help balance the mighty power. Scourge with battery is about 13-14 pounds though, so that strap is actually somewhat necessary.
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So this is about as Midwestern middle-aged white guy as it gets...
I had to buy a new weed-eater/trimmer. I found an electric one from the same company that made my electric lawnmower and it uses the same rechargable battery.
The same 80V battery...as my lawnmower...
This is not a weed-eater. This is a personal helicopter. This is a weapon deserving of a name. I shall call it Scourge until the day it deigns to communicate with me.
Stop waving that thing you could hurt someone!
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You gonna get the 80V leaf blower too?I'm assuming an 80V battery is rather...hefty. Do you have to wear it like a backpack with a cord connecting it to the trimmer?So this is about as Midwestern middle-aged white guy as it gets...
I had to buy a new weed-eater/trimmer. I found an electric one from the same company that made my electric lawnmower and it uses the same rechargable battery.
The same 80V battery...as my lawnmower...
This is not a weed-eater. This is a personal helicopter. This is a weapon deserving of a name. I shall call it Scourge until the day it deigns to communicate with me.
No, the battery is actually pretty compact. It weighs just under 4 pounds and Scourge provides me a shoulder strap to help balance the mighty power. Scourge with battery is about 13-14 pounds though, so that strap is actually somewhat necessary.
~covers my face in shame~ This is how my mind read that last sentence at first.
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Our Anniversary was Monday, but we didn't get to go out til Friday.
Had a good time, overpriced dinner & drinks, actually IN a restaurant. :)
(Be the last time I can afford THAT for a while!) ;PWhile waiting for our table, we walked around the 'outdoor mall' (Actually a lot of strip malls close together) Had a great time at dinner, and went home,
Where the wife discovered she had lost her bracelet. One of the few belongings she has to remember her mom by.
To both our credit there was no freaking out, we grabbed flashlights, went back, checked the restaurant, and re-traced all of our steps through and around the mall parking lots. One LAST look near where we had parked the car, (which we had both already been over twice) and we found the bracelet, undamaged.My wife thanked me for a wonderful, romantic night out.
I luv this crazy lady! ;)
Happy belated anniversary!
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Our Sunday Pathfinder game was just interrupted by the doorbell.
WW's mom had told us that she might be stopping by this evening to drop off an anniversary card she forgot to put in the mail. When we went to the door, we found not only WW's mom, but our entire church choir and the pastor and his wife, all ranged six feet apart down the sidewalk on both sides of our corner lot. Mom had emailed the choir director the list of hymns from our wedding 21 years ago (she saved the program), and he picked two. Being old-school Methodists, they sang every single verse, in six part harmony. Quite a few of our neighbors came out on their stoops to watch, which was a little awkward. But so lovely.
Best. Anniversary. Ever.
Happy anniversary! :)
You gonna get the 80V leaf blower too?I'm assuming an 80V battery is rather...hefty. Do you have to wear it like a backpack with a cord connecting it to the trimmer?So this is about as Midwestern middle-aged white guy as it gets...
I had to buy a new weed-eater/trimmer. I found an electric one from the same company that made my electric lawnmower and it uses the same rechargable battery.
The same 80V battery...as my lawnmower...
This is not a weed-eater. This is a personal helicopter. This is a weapon deserving of a name. I shall call it Scourge until the day it deigns to communicate with me.
No, the battery is actually pretty compact. It weighs just under 4 pounds and Scourge provides me a shoulder strap to help balance the mighty power. Scourge with battery is about 13-14 pounds though, so that strap is actually somewhat necessary.
~covers my face in shame~ This is how my mind read that last sentence at first.
** spoiler omitted ** I am so ashamed.
(He was ashamed!)
Thought of changin' my name(Oh, what's in a name?)
And I got downhearted
(How did you feel?)
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It was more to let you know where we are as you ran it before and you liked book 5 a lot.Well NH, in my Jade Regent campaign they are nearly at the end of the labyrinth in book 5. It worked really well in roll20 with the fog of war. After a while, every new corner I revealed was another set of groans :DI don't recall having any issue running that book, and I checked, and I think we're talking about two different things here. In the entire labyrinth, one creature casts the uber-cheesy Waves of Fatigue, a second *single* creature casts Waves of Exhaustion, but I don't see a single "save or you're out of the combat" ability in the entire labyrinth for a "standard" party that has Magic Circle Against Evil up.
Yes, yes I did.
Book 6 *can* be really solid, but you have to read it first and tie all the loose plot strings together at the start.
Yeah. I read trough it once, and I think I'll add a few extra bits about destabilizing the jade regent / winning points for ameiko. There are a few small encounters in there, but I figure a few extra cant hurt. My payers really seem to like the whole 'build up surrport' part in book 5.
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Happy anniversary, Lisa!
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Good luck John.
Yes, it does. Unfortunately, I have become somewhat used to it.Hello, everyone.
I wish that I could say that it is a good morning, but the Parking Garage has no water, again.
Hi John.
That sux :(
Slowly evolving into a camel?
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Our new experimental paver edging comes in 75 pound buckets, which supposedly covers 20 feet.
This should be fun.
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You gonna get the 80V leaf blower too?I'm assuming an 80V battery is rather...hefty. Do you have to wear it like a backpack with a cord connecting it to the trimmer?So this is about as Midwestern middle-aged white guy as it gets...
I had to buy a new weed-eater/trimmer. I found an electric one from the same company that made my electric lawnmower and it uses the same rechargable battery.
The same 80V battery...as my lawnmower...
This is not a weed-eater. This is a personal helicopter. This is a weapon deserving of a name. I shall call it Scourge until the day it deigns to communicate with me.
No, the battery is actually pretty compact. It weighs just under 4 pounds and Scourge provides me a shoulder strap to help balance the mighty power. Scourge with battery is about 13-14 pounds though, so that strap is actually somewhat necessary.
...
...I...might...already have it.
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The 80V chainsaw is coming next.
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What about the 80V head-mounted flashlight?You gonna get the 80V leaf blower too?I'm assuming an 80V battery is rather...hefty. Do you have to wear it like a backpack with a cord connecting it to the trimmer?So this is about as Midwestern middle-aged white guy as it gets...
I had to buy a new weed-eater/trimmer. I found an electric one from the same company that made my electric lawnmower and it uses the same rechargable battery.
The same 80V battery...as my lawnmower...
This is not a weed-eater. This is a personal helicopter. This is a weapon deserving of a name. I shall call it Scourge until the day it deigns to communicate with me.
No, the battery is actually pretty compact. It weighs just under 4 pounds and Scourge provides me a shoulder strap to help balance the mighty power. Scourge with battery is about 13-14 pounds though, so that strap is actually somewhat necessary.
...
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I...might...already have it.
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The 80V chainsaw is coming next.
Do not tempt me with such power.
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Crash of the Century - This might interest you Freehold DM and CH.
I know exactly where that is. Formative moments in life as a young child spent there. I'll take pictures next time I go.
Our Anniversary was Monday, but we didn't get to go out til Friday.
Had a good time, overpriced dinner & drinks, actually IN a restaurant. :)
(Be the last time I can afford THAT for a while!) ;P
That's kind of odd to me, because if it weren't for Kitty Money Sink we'd be sitting on a mountain of extra cash. Since we can't eat out, go out, or visit friends, most of our expenses have evaporated:
- No gas nor maintenance for the car- No takeout food for the gaming sessions
- No trips to nice restaurants
- No concerts, movies, nor recreational trips
Shiro's saying the same thing: Since we were lucky enough to keep our employment during the shutdown (thank goodness for tech jobs), our expenditures have plummeted, and we're actually "profiting" from this thing. (And yes, that's even after donating over $3000 to small businesses that we wanted to help stay open. We used to spend a LOT going out.)
While waiting for our table, we walked around the 'outdoor mall' (Actually a lot of strip malls close together) Had a great time at dinner, and went home,
Where the wife discovered she had lost her bracelet. One of the few belongings she has to remember her mom by.
To both our credit there was no freaking out, we grabbed flashlights, went back, checked the restaurant, and re-traced all of our steps through and around the mall parking lots. One LAST look near where we had parked the car, (which we had both already been over twice) and we found the bracelet, undamaged.My wife thanked me for a wonderful, romantic night out.
I luv this crazy lady! ;)
That's amazing. One time I'd lost a ton of weight (I think I married at 193, and got down to 171) and my wedding ring fell off in a river. My brother managed to find it at the bottom of the river. I was impressed.
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Happy anniversary to all who celebrate.
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That's amazing. One time I'd lost a ton of weight (I think I married at 193, and got down to 171) and my wedding ring fell off in a river. My brother managed to find it at the bottom of the river. I was impressed.
I trust he didn't then insist on keeping it because it was his birthday...
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Shiro's saying the same thing: Since we were lucky enough to keep our employment during the shutdown (thank goodness for tech jobs), our expenditures have plummeted, and we're actually "profiting" from this thing. (And yes, that's even after donating over $3000 to small businesses that we wanted to help stay open. We used to spend a LOT going out.)
Our Anniversary was Monday, but we didn't get to go out til Friday.
Had a good time, overpriced dinner & drinks, actually IN a restaurant. :)
(Be the last time I can afford THAT for a while!) ;PThat's kind of odd to me, because if it weren't for Kitty Money Sink we'd be sitting on a mountain of extra cash. Since we can't eat out, go out, or visit friends, most of our expenses have evaporated:
- No gas nor maintenance for the car
- No takeout food for the gaming sessions
- No trips to nice restaurants
- No concerts, movies, nor recreational trips
My expenses that are gone...
Monthly ticket ($17.50 per month)
A visit or two to the cinema ($5 each, I think that Black Widow was supposed to go out somewhere now, I can't recall any other movie that was supposed to be released in meantime that I wanted to see, though I can't exclude something totally random popping up if not for the epidemics).
Ok, maybe a few meals, though noting fancy, around $5 each...
Not much money saved that way.
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No. That the Pittsburgh water authority repeatedly forgets that this garage has guards. Pardon my tone, but I'm mildly pissed.Slowly evolving into a camel?Yes, it does. Unfortunately, I have become somewhat used to it.Hello, everyone.
I wish that I could say that it is a good morning, but the Parking Garage has no water, again.
Hi John.
That sux :(
No need to apologise John. I can imagine you're frustrated enough to strangle someone by now.
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I trust he didn't then insist on keeping it because it was his birthday...
That's amazing. One time I'd lost a ton of weight (I think I married at 193, and got down to 171) and my wedding ring fell off in a river. My brother managed to find it at the bottom of the river. I was impressed.
I don't think I saw that brother of his since then... Did you?
Our Anniversary was Monday, but we didn't get to go out til Friday.
Had a good time, overpriced dinner & drinks, actually IN a restaurant. :)
(Be the last time I can afford THAT for a while!) ;PThat's kind of odd to me, because if it weren't for Kitty Money Sink we'd be sitting on a mountain of extra cash. Since we can't eat out, go out, or visit friends, most of our expenses have evaporated:
- No gas nor maintenance for the car
- No takeout food for the gaming sessions
- No trips to nice restaurants
- No concerts, movies, nor recreational tripsMy expenses that are gone...
Monthly ticket ($17.50 per month)
A visit or two to the cinema ($5 each, I think that Black Widow was supposed to go out somewhere now, I can't recall any other movie that was supposed to be released in meantime that I wanted to see, though I can't exclude something totally random popping up if not for the epidemics).
Ok, maybe a few meals, though noting fancy, around $5 each...
Not much money saved that way.
- GothBard and Impus Major's commutes: $120/week ~ $500/month
- Gamer Food: $50/week ~ $200/month- Dining Out: ~$200/month
- Recreation: ~$100/month
So yeah, my guess is we're saving around $1000/month, primarily thanks to the lack of a commute.
GothBard's and Impus commutes are out of town? Right? That would push it way beyond the meager $17.5 I pay (and I get a discount for someone who is a registered resident of the city, something that was introduced a few years ago, saving me around $4-5 per month).
GothBard's and Impus commutes are out of town? Right? That would push it way beyond the meager $17.5 I pay (and I get a discount for someone who is a registered resident of the city, something that was introduced a few years ago, saving me around $4-5 per month).
GothBard's got the horrifying, "You'd better have a good job if you're driving in to San Francisco" commute.
The bus is $6 each way, so $12/day. The car is a $6 toll plus $23 parking plus maybe $3-4 for gas and car maintenance. So she's at $81/week. Impus Major is just mileage but it's around 70 miles/day, which is around $8/day, 4 days/week = $32/week. Thus around $112/week, plus any extra days GothBard has to drive in.
So my estimate was remarkably accurate.
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GothBard's and Impus commutes are out of town? Right? That would push it way beyond the meager $17.5 I pay (and I get a discount for someone who is a registered resident of the city, something that was introduced a few years ago, saving me around $4-5 per month).GothBard's got the horrifying, "You'd better have a good job if you're driving in to San Francisco" commute.
The bus is $6 each way, so $12/day. The car is a $6 toll plus $23 parking plus maybe $3-4 for gas and car maintenance. So she's at $81/week. Impus Major is just mileage but it's around 70 miles/day, which is around $8/day, 4 days/week = $32/week. Thus around $112/week, plus any extra days GothBard has to drive in.
So my estimate was remarkably accurate.
My commuting costs were running about $300/month for trains and $100/month for parking, plus about 8 miles of driving each way for the train station. I was also spending about $80/month on dry cleaning and about $250-$300/month on lunches/breakfasts in NYC.
And all of those savings are before getting into the other items you mentioned - concerts, movies, etc.
Even with donations (early on it was donations to arts organizations shuttered by the pandemic, but more recently it has been support to organizations promoting racial justice), I am definitely adding to savings to at this point.
(I may or may not have also spent $220 on a Paizo order. But it was during the 20% off sale, so it was really $275 worth of merchandise. I call that fiscal responsibility.)
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For those concerned about my dry cleaner's livelihood (I have those concerns myself), I have been bringing him all sorts of stuff from the house that we've been meaning to have cleaned. All the throw blankets, all of the winter coats, bedspreads, you name it.
And I still have them launder and dry a few dress shirts each week so that I have a nice starchy shirt to wear for client video conferences (which I often put on 5 minutes before they start and take off immediately after).
I drive to work at 6 AM so my commute is twenty minutes of stress free driving with at least three different but comparable routes to choose from.
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Capitan Yesterday parks at home.
I like how all of the comments say that the video is actually played in reverse.
Unless Captain Yesterday is the one who filmed it,... ;)
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Yeah, you'd THINK that we would be saving lots of money recently with the stay at home,
Lets NOT count all of the money I've wasted spent on trying to build a garden,
-Wife and I dont commute to work each day, saves gas $$
-I dont get the son (kids) carry out nearly as often (didn't even get him his Friday pizza for the first few weeks)
-no movies or such (not that we went often, but we did go once every month or so)
You'd THINK we'd have saved a lot?!?
Nope. I used to spend $150 (average, it sometimes came close to $200) a week on groceries. But daughter (who was staying in college dorm and eating there all during the week) is also at home, so more groceries, and the cost of groceries has exploded,...
If I can keep the grocery bill below $300 for the week, it's a good week.
NOT saving a lot of money here. :(
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Yeah, you'd THINK that we would be saving lots of money recently with the stay at home,
Lets NOT count all of the money I've
wastedspent on trying to build a garden,-Wife and I dont commute to work each day, saves gas $$
-I dont get the son (kids) carry out nearly as often (didn't even get him his Friday pizza for the first few weeks)
-no movies or such (not that we went often, but we did go once every month or so)You'd THINK we'd have saved a lot?!?
Nope. I used to spend $150 (average, it sometimes came close to $200) a week on groceries. But daughter (who was staying in college dorm and eating there all during the week) is also at home, so more groceries, and the cost of groceries has exploded,...
If I can keep the grocery bill below $300 for the week, it's a good week.
NOT saving a lot of money here. :(
Yeah, college kids coming home with college-kid-sized appetites'll do that to you...