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What I've learned playing Fortnite.
The more ridiculous my outfit the better I do.
Dressed up like an army commando with skull face paint, a regular back pack, and a camoflage glider, nada.
Switch it with a giant banana guy, militant gingerbread man in a back carrier and an octopus in a basket with a pirate flag glider and I f!$* up everyone.
I use the same weapons and tactics, so it's not that.
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I have to admit, the lack of sidewalks is HUGE.
In Davis, I rode 4.5 miles (each way) to school, even in 100˚F+ temperatures, but I had a dedicated bike path; cars weren't allowed on my route at all, so it was very safe. And if you include stoplights on the main roads, traffic, and parking, biking took hardly any more time than driving.
But get rid of the dedicated bike path (or even a bike lane), and suddenly, "I'm going to bike 3 miles, pick up some groceries, and bike home, and it'll take less than an hour and be pleasant," becomes, "Nope!"
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In that streetview I linked earlier, if you go just a bit north, you'll find a section of road between the trees where the sidewalk just...dumps out into the middle of the road for no reason at all...
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Oh, and the kids are getting better:
Now, the fun part: Will Impus Major actually remember to give it to her after all that?
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Now, the fun part: Will Impus Major actually remember to give it to her after all that?
I give it even odds, and I am not a betting man.
(FFT's % system notwithstanding.)
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I like to walk about, especially if I'm somewhere new, as my personal opinion is that you can only really get to know somewhere if you've explored it at that pace, at that level. I could walk to & from work if I wished - it'd probably take me about 45 minutes - but not with all my gear, no no.
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Now, the fun part: Will Impus Major actually remember to give it to her after all that?I give it even odds, and I am not a betting man.
(FFT's % system notwithstanding.)
Aaaaaaaaaargle~!
You can't keep me in such suspense, man! I must know!
It's, like, 7:40 PM (EST) and I have no concept of time zones, and am thus unaware that it's basically 4:40 where you are!! ARG
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The free version of most free tax filing software is fine if you're just plugging in some W2s and/or 1099s and don't have to file a lot of additional forms. As soon as you start having to mess with Schedule E and Schedule D and blah this and blah that, then the software starts getting more and more expensive. If you're poor, it's prohibitively so.Honestly all I know is we saw a $120 rate, and I volunteered to do our taxes by hand as I've done all my life. Last year was our first year filing jointly and Mrs Sunrise handled everything with Turbotax as she's always done. I know she used it for both state and federal, but I don't think she used any special/extra options.I must be missing something. I've used Turbotax for years and they never charge a cent for federal taxes (beyond a $4 service fee for if you pay owed taxes via credit or debit card) for their basic service.
Or are you guys talking about the paid advanced services, or filing state taxes? Or both?
Yeah that does make a difference, I guess I didn't think of anyone here as having the kind of job that would require all those extra forms, my bad ^^
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Now, the fun part: Will Impus Major actually remember to give it to her after all that?I give it even odds, and I am not a betting man.
(FFT's % system notwithstanding.)
Aaaaaaaaaargle~!
You can't keep me in such suspense, man! I must know!
It's, like, 7:40 PM (EST) and I have no concept of time zones, and am thus unaware that it's basically 4:40 where you are!! ARG
I even texted the choir director to ask her to remind them, but THEY REMEMBERED!
And they got to add a quote from her to their ever-growing quote wall.
"Here it is! And it's all cocaine!"
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Yeah that does make a difference, I guess I didn't think of anyone here as having the kind of job that would require all those extra forms, my bad ^^The free version of most free tax filing software is fine if you're just plugging in some W2s and/or 1099s and don't have to file a lot of additional forms. As soon as you start having to mess with Schedule E and Schedule D and blah this and blah that, then the software starts getting more and more expensive. If you're poor, it's prohibitively so.Honestly all I know is we saw a $120 rate, and I volunteered to do our taxes by hand as I've done all my life. Last year was our first year filing jointly and Mrs Sunrise handled everything with Turbotax as she's always done. I know she used it for both state and federal, but I don't think she used any special/extra options.I must be missing something. I've used Turbotax for years and they never charge a cent for federal taxes (beyond a $4 service fee for if you pay owed taxes via credit or debit card) for their basic service.
Or are you guys talking about the paid advanced services, or filing state taxes? Or both?
Er, I have kids, stock options, a mortgage, and a rental house.
My tax forms look like alphabet soup.
Which is why I pay an accountant to dump it all in HIS lap and let HIM figure it out.
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So, I know I've tiraded about it before, but it's SO frustrating spending a lifetime trying to teach your kids a couple of basic lessons and having their peers and the media completely unravel everything you've tried to accomplish over all those years.
Today's tirade: Stuff breaks.
It's a fact of life. Stuff broke before we had kids. Stuff broke after we had kids. I'm honestly astonished at how little they upped the ante; they're really, really good.
I have made it clear since they were born that I do not care who did it; I only want to know how it happened so we can all learn from the experience.
The moment you assign blame, everyone who is not the accused tunes out everything else you say, there is no learning, and you have failed.
So the *only* time I have ever punished my kids when things have gotten broken has been when they've tried to blame ANYONE for it, even themselves. I've made it VERY clear that assigning blame is the worst possible thing you can do in such a situation.
And yet another dish is missing, so someone broke it and hid the evidence because they don't want to get "blamed" for it.
*SIGH*. Can you just tell me the dish broke and how it happened so I can buy a new one, please!??!?!?!?
My mom used to lecture me for going for blood donations saying I lose enough blood in the monthly cycle. Now I stop telling her when I'm even going for blood donations. Then she starts complaining that I'm secretive.
But why should I be lectured for something that isn't a crime in the first place? And if it causes trouble when I am honest, why should I be honest about it next time, then?
Your mom is just plain wrong.
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Yeah that does make a difference, I guess I didn't think of anyone here as having the kind of job that would require all those extra forms, my bad ^^The free version of most free tax filing software is fine if you're just plugging in some W2s and/or 1099s and don't have to file a lot of additional forms. As soon as you start having to mess with Schedule E and Schedule D and blah this and blah that, then the software starts getting more and more expensive. If you're poor, it's prohibitively so.Honestly all I know is we saw a $120 rate, and I volunteered to do our taxes by hand as I've done all my life. Last year was our first year filing jointly and Mrs Sunrise handled everything with Turbotax as she's always done. I know she used it for both state and federal, but I don't think she used any special/extra options.I must be missing something. I've used Turbotax for years and they never charge a cent for federal taxes (beyond a $4 service fee for if you pay owed taxes via credit or debit card) for their basic service.
Or are you guys talking about the paid advanced services, or filing state taxes? Or both?
Yeah, Whingey Wizzard has *always* had multiple sources of income, which are usually on 1099 instead of W2, this year part of which is P&L on self-employment income (Lyft), I think the last time I could file a 1040EZ was before I got married. I always have to do the long form with multiple schedules, and we don't even own anything. At least starting next year we won't have to file State anymore, just Federal.
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That's fine, but if you need an index card because you can't remember all the different types of ground meat in it, that doesn't make it "elevated", it just means you got ripped off by your butcher.Yeah, the next person that says they "elevated" meatloaf I'm laughing in their face, a full throated, no question there's sarcasm, Gilbert Gottfried laugh.What if they simply and quite literally just placed meatloaf in an elevator and sent it to a higher floor?
I make a pretty decent meatloaf by using the same spices/herbs/peppers I would normally put in a batch of Jamaican patty (meat pie) filling, and serving it with a bottle of Pickapeppa on the table, but it's still just meatloaf.
I feel the same way about "elevated" as I do about "curated".
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Your mom is just plain wrong.
SCIENCE: Your body loses, at a maximum, 30-45 mL during the entire cycle. This is not exactly likely to cause anemia or iron deficiency.
My mom is plain wrong on a lot of things and refuses to listen to the science behind it. She constantly says I'm too skinny, where if I showed up in any nutritionists lab or fitness testing, they'd complement me on my figure. I am NOT stick skinny and I don't do stick skinny. I pack quite a bit of muscle on my fun sized self, though no, I'm not capable of crazy gymnastic stunts.
She even said women with too much muscle don't look like women. My retort to that is that if a guy doesnt like muscular girls, he doesn't deserve to have any girls at all.
She thought muscles were for show until I single handedly one arm rowed my dad's 11 kg toolbox. Uh hum. Muscles are for show, right..
At the end of the day if I'm to be having kids I'll need to lug them around. Better be sure I can carry some weight now, right, rather then complaining of body aches in the future, no?
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I am not the sort of person who would expect my husband to do heavy lifting for me. If I had a lawn, I'd operate the lawn mower myself instead of waiting for someone to help me. No thank you, I can carry my own weight(might even become literal once I figure out that pull up).
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...Yeah, Whingey Wizzard has *always* had multiple sources of income, which are usually on 1099 instead of W2, this year part of which is P&L on self-employment income (Lyft), I think the last time I could file a 1040EZ was before I got married. I always have to do the long form with multiple schedules, and we don't even own anything. At least starting next year we won't have to file State anymore, just Federal.
Self-employment is what drove me to an accountant. Got audited for $300 in taxes and the penalty was more than the income itself.
As I think I've mentioned, I hired an accountant after that particular fiasco, and, since accountants are expensive, I always compared his numbers to TurboTax.
And he always beat TurboTax by more than his fees, even when we were on "teacher salaries".
So unless you're filing an EZ, I'd say save up and hire a real accountant (i.e., NOT H&R Block or one of those other shysters who just use TurboTax for you) and see whether or not he or she can save you some money.
Our accountant is just really, really, really good about asking, "And did you spend money on this ?"
I suspect that with the new tax laws he's no longer saving me much money, but at least I know I'm adhering to them, whatever they happen to be.
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I just signed both my mom and dad up for Onboarding next month. Hopefully the physical trainers there can explain more about healthy living to them. Since my mom thinks she has more experience then me and doesnt want to take my advice.
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Though I did check my moms diet with my Samsung Health App. It's fairly OK, just I suppose it's a matter of style since I'm sort of semi Paleo and I don't do the whole grains thing much. I also eschew nuts due to their high calorie content.
I do have lots of dairy, soy products and eggs though. And lots of fruits.
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More of my moms irritational beliefs:
Black is an inauspicious colour so you can't wear black.
You shouldnt drink cold milk or eat cold fruits.
The Caucasians can drink cold milk because they eat beef.
...where's the scientific proof in all that?
Also I have yet to see a cut fruit stall not serve their fruit cold in our 29 degree weather. Not cold fruit doesn't keep, period. You'd rather I risk a stomach ache by leaving cut fruit out in the heat? What the hell, mom?
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Another one:date loafs are healthy because dates are healthy.
Or oh they added sunflower seeds to this bread so its healthy.
Right - you might get a little more iron out of the whole thing, but dates are still a lot of sugar and you add sugar to the loaf so nadda.
And the amount of sunflower seeds added is minimal compared to how much white bread you're consuming.
No surprise why Ive been making my own pizzas for breakfast no? If it were left to my moms idea of breakfast it'd be some white bun with sweet filings which would be minimal protein at all or some bun filled with fatty pork. Which isn't very helpful either.
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You gotta drink milk cold, it's the only way.
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More of my moms irritational beliefs:
Black is an inauspicious colour so you can't wear black.
You shouldnt drink cold milk or eat cold fruits.
The Caucasians can drink cold milk because they eat beef.
...where's the scientific proof in all that?
Also I have yet to see a cut fruit stall not serve their fruit cold in our 29 degree weather. Not cold fruit doesn't keep, period. You'd rather I risk a stomach ache by leaving cut fruit out in the heat? What the hell, mom?
Lest this become Mort's Mom Bashing, I will be the first to admit that my own mom has come out with some grade-A blithering idiocy from time to time. You should have heard the arguments in our house over the history of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers grape boycotts, or Nestle, Nike, et. al., child labor, and wage equity. My mom's problem is that (up until my last, wonderful stepdad, who was a fine and worthy human being) she mostly dated ignorant bigots and believed whatever they told her to believe. Not really good at thinking for herself, until she decided she was entirely done with men, and a couple of horses was good enough for her from here on out.
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For COMPANIONSHIP. The horses were just for companionship. Sheesh.
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Mom will be going in for her surgery on Wednesday of next week. I am taking all of next week off and I might have to take off some of the week after. I will be trying to get her affairs in order just in case the worse happens, but I don't think it will come to that. I will probably not be on the boards much next week, but I will make sure to keep you all informed as to what goes on with her.
*Crosses finger and toe, while sending well wishes*
I hope your mother once again proves to be one tough cookie and comes out on top again.
I love naps. I wish I could take a power nap at work.
And you can have all the digital cake I can send you. I doubt it will be tasty after I have send it trough the mail.
I'm something of a nap-ster too.
As for the cake…Well you wouldn't be the first person I've traded cookies (though not cake) with via mail over the years ^^
Used tie rips to tie my collegue to his chair.
Because he said I wouldnt do it.
Huh...
So...*Digs through his stuff for 'bondage 101', some rope, a gag-ball and some lube*
"You clearly wouldn't dare…"
Lisamarlene's dream car:
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And a Gilera Saturno, any model year from the mid-50's to mid 60's.
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A woman of refinement and taste I see.
I would love to get my hands on an old 40's or early 50's military motorcycle, something like a Zündapp KS 750 with no sidecar or maybe a Indian 841...
But the chances of one of those in a working condition, outside of private collections or museums, within anything near affordability is slim to none.
...I think they should be the story of the good guys reforming the Empire back to a representative democracy and all the trials that will entail.
'Cause clearly Luke and Leaia failed that task royally, else episodes VII to IX would be very different. My friend thinks the Empire just has too many governor Tarquins and whatever, and I think that defeating them -- by politics or by war -- would make a good gritty story.
"I always believed that if we could just free people from the iron boots of the Sith, people would welcome the Republic back with open arms...but this "Make the Galaxy Great Again" campaign and its popularity has me doubting the very foundation of democracy and the Jedi Order."
Could be a fine story, though as in most stories (and settings) its about the nitty-gritty details of 'how, where and when'. It could be done potentially in both a boring and an interesting manner depending mostly on, well, your particular taste in plots.
Republics have a terrible track record in the Star wars universe.
A hell of lot of stories in that universe so far seems to be about how 'republics' in various forms (Old Republic, the Galactic Republic, The New Republic and so on) buckle under for corruption from both within and without (oh and gets beaten in various wars), to be replaced by various types of authoritarian rule.
So seeing it the other way around could, for once, very well be interesting.
*Puts his hand over his eyes*
Urhhh!!!
That sure is up high!
*Peeks through his hands*
That cat-butt though...
Breast stroke.... giggity.
Tsks...
You don't stroke breasts.
Its more of a soft kneading-like movement ^^'
...The UK fantasy roleplaying scene had an interesting grunge/punk/HM edge to its aesthetic which I don't think you had in the US (though I may be wrong about that), as well as lots of crappy childish humour, which is something I enjoy very much.
Someone (I can't remember who) described British RPGs as being 'simultaneously more whimsical and grittier' than US ones, and I kind of agree with that - that's certainly the impression I get when looking at these mags, and at systems like WFRP.
Interesting Limey.
Not that familiar with British RPGs other then WFRP, but if I just look at the newer generations of European RPGs, then they do seem more gritty and garage-like then their American counterparts.I mean, Symbaroum is clearly dreamt up in the deepest, darkest and most dream-haunted parts of the Swedish woods…
Since you're a bit of a fan of the genre, have you had a look at the 2d20 John Carter of Mars RPG (released through Modiphius I think) yet?
Hi, everyone! This year's Tekko has been memorable. I received a 5-year volunteer plaque in appreciation for all the hard work I've done. And I was voted the MVP for the Manga Library. Photos of both will be posted soon.
Great to hear John, I'm glad that the convention turned out much better then you first feared. You clearly deserve to be recognized and appreciated, which I'm glad to see have happened, at least somewhat.
*Sends a man-hug and a glass of Dalwhinnie 15 YO*
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You gotta drink milk cold, it's the only way.
I do have my milk hot because it's powdered milk and if the water isn't hot enough the powder doesn't dissolve. Also to avoid arguments about drinking cold milk in the morning with my mom. Of course the moment she isn't looking(like when I'm at my aunts place), the fresh milk packet appears in the fridge and I go to drinking milk cold.
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Hi, everyone! This year's Tekko has been memorable. I received a 5-year volunteer plaque in appreciation for all the hard work I've done. And I was voted the MVP for the Manga Library. Photos of both will be posted soon.
Yayyy! Good to hear there's a department that you're appreciated!
And sorry I missed this earlier till Kjeldorn talked about it, I was rather busy.
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For COMPANIONSHIP. The horses were just for companionship. Sheesh.
That really doesn't make your initial statement better :P
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My new go-to strategy for Fortnite is to hunker down behind a corner in a room with one entrance and a treasure chest, then whack them with my banana pickaxe.
No one ever sees it coming.
I guess Monty Python WAS right, there's nothing better to have when confronted with an armed assailant then a banana.
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Also I passed my physical fitness test doing 27 knee push ups in a minute, then another 31 crunches in another minute. And miserably stretching 31 cm for my sit and reach(which has always been my achilies heel).
My after step test heart beat recovery was 85 bpm.
Again I suppose most of my exercise is cardio based...so...
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I start work (for the season) tomorrow.
Should be fun!
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My poor roofers just finished their FOURTH DAY trying to finish replacing all the bad wood.
When I told the original guy, "Yeah, I'd just rip everything off down to the rafters, fix those, and rebuild from scratch," I wasn't kidding...
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The other day I was lying down, looking at the stars, and thought "Who the f*$! stole my roof?"
That's true.
Ohhh I feel better now I have time to spam this thread. Poooohie.
Also I've been digging around for quick fibre and iron fixes. Nope I'm not taking pills.
I'm trying to do research on beans(since if I were to eat Spinach I'd get a vitamin A overdose), but I'm a bit twitchy on that one. Yes, I love soya beans just boiled. Also yes, if I ate too many, I'd end up in the restroom. There are reasons why I'm eating tau Kwa , so I don't get the restroom problem.
I'm also looking at seaweed but gosh the seaweed in the foreign stores are expensive.
And since meats are expensive I've been going semi vegetarian(or fruitarian may be more accurate).
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Could work. It's also pretty good for vitamin C, but I don't think you can overdose vitamin C that easily. 90g gives 4% daily iron intake so that'd still be a lot required. But it's low in calories and quite portable.
And we just proved the bean experiment. My colleagues passed me a bowl of Red bean soup. I took it all, it was delicious and just now I went to the restroom. See what I mean? Beans never fail to disappoint when I'm trying to pass motion.
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Well, Mom's surgery has been postponed at least a week. Her platelet count was too low. It was 72k and they want it over 100k.
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It's all that chemo. The only thing you can do is to see if she's getting enough iron, folate and B-12. Did they test if the low platelet count was due to any of these?