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My car died yesterday. Weirdly, in over 4 decades of being alive I've never had to actually deal with a dead car myself; someone else always handled this very adult chore. Ever realize you're a grown person with an adult task in front of you and you have no idea what you're doing?LOL. Our first "OK, we have to get rid of this" car died back around 1994, so I would have been 27. And it was just, "Call a tow company, have them tow it to the dealership, then get trade-in value while getting a new car."
And I'll never forget that purchase because the list price of the Celica was something like $26,000, and the dealer saw a couple of young rubes and wheeled and dealed his way all the way down to $19,500. While I was fully expecting to pay the whole $26k.
I'll never understand car salesmen.
You don't get the provision from sales you don't excpect to make.
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You don't get the provision from sales you don't excpect to make.My car died yesterday. Weirdly, in over 4 decades of being alive I've never had to actually deal with a dead car myself; someone else always handled this very adult chore. Ever realize you're a grown person with an adult task in front of you and you have no idea what you're doing?LOL. Our first "OK, we have to get rid of this" car died back around 1994, so I would have been 27. And it was just, "Call a tow company, have them tow it to the dealership, then get trade-in value while getting a new car."
And I'll never forget that purchase because the list price of the Celica was something like $26,000, and the dealer saw a couple of young rubes and wheeled and dealed his way all the way down to $19,500. While I was fully expecting to pay the whole $26k.
I'll never understand car salesmen.
And there's the mystery to me. Maybe it's just the way I carry myself, or the way I'm non-responsive to all their come-ons (cars don't excite me; they're a method of transportation, period. And I hate car salesmen with a passion).
But all I want is to go in, pay sticker price for the car, and be in and out in under an hour.
Instead, they do their song and dance, burn 2-3 hours until I'm ready to just walk out because I'm sick of them, and they cut 20-30% off the price of the car and give it to me quickly.
If they could read me at all, or if they listened to my original statement of, "I'd just like to pay sticker price, right now, and walk out the door, please," they'd make thousands more in commission.
The Prius was virtually the exact same story. I walked in. He asked, "What can I do for you?" I said, "I want that Prius, I'll pay full sticker price, and I want to walk out of here in under an hour."
Three hours later he'd knocked $5000 off sticker price before selling it to me.
I am angered and baffled by such behavior.
EDIT: Thinking about it, it may be exactly what you're describing: I say, "All I want is the car." They insist on spending 2 hours telling me about the benefits of undercoating, or interior coating, or satellite radio, or upgrading the CD player. I get sick of saying, "No," and get ready to leave empty-handed because they've seriously pissed me off and wasted my time. They slash the price of the car just to get me to buy it in spite of my frustration. And I walk out thousands of dollars richer because they don't listen to me to begin with.
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1) he gave you a discount meaning you have to like him
2) you were clearly lying about wanting to pay full price
3) no one goes there to avoid negotiation
4) dang it, man, he’d practiced this - you can’t skip a man’s schpiel! That’s just not done!
(Though these are all “jooooooooookes?” I will say, as a former salesperson (store counter, not car), that last one hits close to home.)
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I had the unbelievably and mind-blowingly cool experience this last week of having somebody who is Internet-famous actually recognize me by my forum handle, from here. Ian, from the Door Monster (a YouTube/other video creator small film company) actually asked if I was the same Tacticslion from these forums! He had lurked for years until his game fell apart, and, according to him, I was always one of those posters he could rely on for thoughtful and well-made input!
What a startling honor!
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Speaking of things that infuriate me, as a long-time Linux/Unix/Windows/MacOS user, people who don't know which way the slashes go and act like it doesn't matter drive me NUTS.
NO! It is NOT C:/LabData/MyFile, no matter how much you want it to be!
There are instances where the slash gets reversed to support certain languages (I want to say Java, but I'm too lazy to double-check), but when you're telling me, "In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:/LabData/MyFile" I just want to slap you.
Yes, it matters THAT much. Because it HAS mattered for 40+ years now...
I, uh.
... I can’t always tell which is which.
Speaking of things that infuriate me, as a long-time Linux/Unix/Windows/MacOS user, people who don't know which way the slashes go and act like it doesn't matter drive me NUTS.
NO! It is NOT C:/LabData/MyFile, no matter how much you want it to be!
There are instances where the slash gets reversed to support certain languages (I want to say Java, but I'm too lazy to double-check), but when you're telling me, "In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:/LabData/MyFile" I just want to slap you.
Yes, it matters THAT much. Because it HAS mattered for 40+ years now...
That might be either (a) an issue with too much exposure to browser and not enough to viewing hard drive location paths (which is very common now as Windows doesn't show them in the explorer anymore unless you start entering it manually, or (b) symptom of some degree of dysgraphia (likely undiagnosed) as the user's brain has problem with recognizing between mirrored instances of the same symbol.
To be honest, if you asked me at a random moment, I'd be baffled to discern them until I could get a moment while looking at a keyboard or a computer.
(I have dyslexia, so. :D)
A lot of beef is lightly dusted in flour before being put out for display. It helps give it that crisp outer skin (and maybe insulate the meat from the high heat of the pan).
So, yes, gluten free beef is a thing.
A friend who is celiac learned this the hard way.
Wow. I have learned something today.
Who knew?
A day during which you learn something is a good day.
It's even better if the newly learned knowledge actually stays with you without getting lost across the neural pathways later.
Yes!
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Hey! I can stop responding to posts from literal pages/days ago anytime I want! I don’t have a problem! YOU have a problem!
... I might have a problem.
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The way today has gone I want to take a relaxing walk through the woods.
Of course, the way today has gone, I will get bitten by a mosquito and contract malaria and 47 other blood-borne diseases, most of which aren't known to be present in the US.
And then I'll be attacked by a pack of wild turkeys.
And then, as I'm crawling, bloody and beaten, back to civilization, a raccoon will come by and steal my wallet.
Are... are you.. are you in the Ocala woods today whatever day it was when you posted this?
Speaking of things that infuriate me, as a long-time Linux/Unix/Windows/MacOS user, people who don't know which way the slashes go and act like it doesn't matter drive me NUTS.
NO! It is NOT C:/LabData/MyFile, no matter how much you want it to be!
There are instances where the slash gets reversed to support certain languages (I want to say Java, but I'm too lazy to double-check), but when you're telling me, "In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:/LabData/MyFile" I just want to slap you.
Yes, it matters THAT much. Because it HAS mattered for 40+ years now...
browser goes /
file system goes \user goes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s like you know me.
Fighting off a lung infection so I don't have to go to the hospital, but otherwise good, thanks man.Mrs Sunrise and I took a mini vacation up to Flagstaff this week, and it was wonderful. High 70s to low 80s (mid-20 C's) the whole time, we even saw a downpour! Then I opened my car door after the drive home and exclaimed F%#@ YOU PHOENIX because it's still in the 110's here. X(are you alright?be careful man.
You are the first person I met from these message boards. I don't want to lose you to the madness going on.
Yeh.
How’s this going?
Prayers, my dude.
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Part of me wants to post something...
...part of me wants to see whether TL can fill an entire page all on his own replying to other people's posts...
Umbrella Academy Season 2 is excellent; at least on a par with Season 1.
I highly recommend the series.
Sigh. But I got stuff ta do...
*adds to list*
(Though not until after kids are back in school.)
Part of me wants to post something...
...part of me wants to see whether TL can fill an entire page all on his own replying to other people's posts...
I can.
And have.
But, uh, feel free to stop me.
No, I've been to Florida.I'll take it, I don't like it below 70 degrees myself.Trade states?
Harsh, but fair.
I have been drunk maybe 8 times in my life now.
Fully half of them are the last three days. Because of this stupid situation. I hate drinking, but I have to do something to dull my pain, and I have no weed. Or friends within 200 miles. (About four counties from my only true friend)
I'm really REALLY bad socially. Everyone says I talk down to them and I have spent 20 years trying to not sound like that. It's a physical concerted effort and it incorporates all my acting experience and my psychology knowledge just to pretend to be normal for a few hours. And I can but it's like tensing a muscle, figuratively speaking : I can't hold it forever.
And being yelled at when I'm actually really trying... F@*!, what do I do? Gotta numb the pain for that somehow.
There are actual times to yell and fight.
Humility is not necessarily revoked in a fight, either.
Generally, I prefer solutions where my friends don't actively harm themselves.
I'm sorry you're going through so much stress, man. That is not okay.
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While I normally avoid confirming or denying my employment at a particular global megacorporation, there are a few I'll happily deny. I don't work for Apple, Google, Microsoft, nor Facebook.
I'd make a lot more money at Google or Facebook, but I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror every morning. (Which I don't do, but I could if I wanted to...)
I am pretty sure you already denied Google and Microsoft, and quite possibly Apple too. Anyway, the profile of your tasks (making business/company-targeted software) would be only barely close to Microsoft and exclude Facebook.
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Adobe?
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I couldn't tell ya which is better tactic honestly.
Me!
... unless you're talking about twerking, then it's cap's cardboard cutout.
The rest of her family considers themselves outlaw Nascar nationals so they cut us off when she got a job in government. Literally as soon as we walk in the door for holidays everyone stops talking and switches to awkward small talk, as if we care about the illegal motorcycle or moonshine still in the garage.
Wat. That. Just. ........................................................................... ................................................m'kay
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This is cheering me up immensely!
I want a Super Freehold Mario platformer like right now!
Fantasy Monster: Soulcoil Devil
Awesome! I love incorporeal fiends.
Besides, don't they have churches on every corner in Florida, surely they'd love to charity the s!## out of a homeless couple and their adorable daughter during such trying times.
I mean, he's not wrong.
Of course, you do what's best for you and your family.
This, though.
100%
DOOM suggests space lasers.
Just like in Tiny T-Rex's book!
See, that kid knows what's up!
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1) he gave you a discount meaning you have to like him
2) you were clearly lying about wanting to pay full price
3) no one goes there to avoid negotiation
4) dang it, man, he’d practiced this - you can’t skip a man’s schpiel! That’s just not done!(Though these are all “jooooooooookes?” I will say, as a former salesperson (store counter, not car), that last one hits close to home.)
My saleperson career is limited to two stints at the biggest convention in Poland.
I just want to get the cash and get you out of here. Well, you can stay if you are beautiful woman at calmer times. I hate all that trying to make bargains, playing "what can you give me as a bonus" (doubly so if you keep me occupied during the busy time) and so on. I also hate to push things to people. The most I hated the erratic card readers we had, occupying time and having me waste customers time as they waited for the damned thing to work.
Did someone ask about health care in the U.S.?
(1) Took Impus Minor to his regular dentist. He has a minor crossbite, so they recommended he see an orthodontist. No; they don't have one in-office. No; they can't recommend one.
(2) Called Impus Minor's oral surgeon. No; they're not an orthodontist. No; they can't recommend one.
OH, yes, this is maddening.
uuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh
I appreciate your segues and flagrant testing of the no politics rules here on the forum. Please continue this practice.Did someone ask about health care in the U.S.?
(1) Took Impus Minor to his regular dentist. He has a minor crossbite, so they recommended he see an orthodontist. No; they don't have one in-office. No; they can't recommend one.
(2) Called Impus Minor's oral surgeon. No; they're not an orthodontist. No; they can't recommend one.
So later today I get to randomly pick an orthodontist out of a hat, because dentists, oral surgeons, and orthodontists no longer recommend each other because of somethingorother.
I'm sure it's either lawsuits or bad reviews, but FFS, having to do all the legwork myself because no one will recommend anyone else is maddening.
Somebody's got to be the cranky old man of the thread.
Amusingly enough, yesterday morning our neighbor said much the same thing.
I was going off on ** spoiler omitted **
At which point our neighbor called through the open window, "I'm really glad we agree politically. I don't think I could live next door to [an opposing party-member]"
UUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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...to be humble about the MASSIVE amount of stuff I don't know; to educate myself and grow from the learning. All I ask is that my fellow humans do the same, that's all.Welcome to my frustration with humanity as a whole...
100%
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Spoiler:"moderate Republicans don't exist" ...
I love the smell of flaming bicycles in the morning.
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While I normally avoid confirming or denying my employment at a particular global megacorporation, there are a few I'll happily deny. I don't work for Apple, Google, Microsoft, nor Facebook.
I'd make a lot more money at Google or Facebook, but I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror every morning. (Which I don't do, but I could if I wanted to...)
Hmmm... {flips over conspiracy chalkboard, attempts to decide whether to move NH into "Rand Corporation," "saucer people," or "reverse vampires" column}
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Neat!
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I want a Super Freehold Mario platformer like right now!This is cheering me up immensely!
That said [Super Freehold Siblings] would have a looooooot more nudity/adult content.
But you would be able to turn that off, if you didn't want it.
For all you Final Fantasy fans out there, I ended up getting the Final Fantasy 7 Remake this weekend with my overtime money, I'll let you know how it is.
Hurray!
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I love the smell of flaming bicycles in the morning.
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I'd have believed it if he'd flipped the characters. Lucy would totally knife somebody.I am endlessly delighted by Impus Major's depiction of Charlie Brown as an anarchic nihilist bent on bringing the world to an early end. No; he's never read any Peanuts strips ever; he just saw the books on my parents' bookshelves.
And he comes up with statements like, "Remember in Peanuts when the Cuban missile crisis was happening, and Charlie Brown hacked into NORAD and started World War III because he thought the world deserved to die, and Lucy told him, 'I think you went too far this time, Charlie Brown,' so he shanked her?"
I think Peanuts would have been a far more entertaining strip with Impus Major designing it...
Especially if there is money involved.
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Well, two pages short, and out of time.
Gawsh, guys, it's like you have lives when I'm not here or something! Dang it!
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Has anyone else noticed...
That is truly depressing.
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Are... are you.. are you in the Ocala woodsThe way today has gone I want to take a relaxing walk through the woods.
Of course, the way today has gone, I will get bitten by a mosquito and contract malaria and 47 other blood-borne diseases, most of which aren't known to be present in the US.
And then I'll be attacked by a pack of wild turkeys.
And then, as I'm crawling, bloody and beaten, back to civilization, a raccoon will come by and steal my wallet.
todaywhatever day it was when you posted this?
Heh. No, that's just my back yard.
Yeah I'll be the first to admit there's no macho involved here, I am 100% bonafide wimp when it comes to spice.Probably won't like this, thenScint gets all the cookies today. That's one of my favorite PMJ covers.
(After Careless Whisper, and Thriller, and I Still Haven't Found what I'm Looking For, and Vonzell Solomon's sublime Every Breath you Take, and about a dozen others I'm too lazy to list.)
I love their stuff - it works so much more than it seems like it should.
The amount of slime, mud and dirt that I'm covered in is truly amazing, even for me.
Now all you need to do is wrestle in a ring or pit or kids' pool!
Movies have taught me that this is "sexy" and that people will naturally gather round and give money to you and/or each other by "bets" when you do so an inevitably win/make friends with whoever you are wrestling!
Has anyone else noticed...** spoiler omitted **
Yes.
And I hate it.
Since literally NO ONE REPRESENTS
... anywaymovingon
Heh. No, that's just my back yard.Are... are you.. are you in the Ocala woodsThe way today has gone I want to take a relaxing walk through the woods.
Of course, the way today has gone, I will get bitten by a mosquito and contract malaria and 47 other blood-borne diseases, most of which aren't known to be present in the US.
And then I'll be attacked by a pack of wild turkeys.
And then, as I'm crawling, bloody and beaten, back to civilization, a raccoon will come by and steal my wallet.
todaywhatever day it was when you posted this?
Again, my question remains.
XD
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I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS WHY AM I DOING THI-?
... I might have a problem.
ohrightnevermind
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I love my country! :DI've always loved your country, too, for poutine and Moxy Fruvous if nothing else, but this is golden.
And, I mean, it's also the destination to go to, during the zombie apocaly-
Who knew the real life zombie plague would infect us, but we (and the zombies)'d go right on hanging out at the beach?
WELP
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Yes.
And I hate it.
Since literally NO ONE REPRESENTS...
LOL. Welcome to my political lifetime...
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Well, two pages short, and out of time.
Gawsh, guys, it's like you have lives when I'm not here or something! Dang it!
Preposterous idea.
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Hello, everyone.
I'm feeling better than I did last night. Food poisoning, I suppose. Or something similar.
Been there, man. So sorry.
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Has anyone else noticed...** spoiler omitted **
As opposed to our candidates who could do perfectly reasonable sentences that still conveyed no actual meaning.
On the plus side, Tala go a job there, and I have three interviews coming up. We now need to find an apartment.
HUZZAH!