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  1. 6 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

    Ultimately, there is no wrong answer here, though many will think there is.

    I don't drink alcohol. I never have. No religious hang-ups or drunks in my family, I just don't like it. I cannot count the number of people that, when I informed them of this fact, reacted like I had stated that I don't breathe oxygen. They would get borderline offended and try to get me to drink all kinds of shit. These people are just like the "You're not having kids???" crowd.

    I have never understood why so many people want to die on a hill that has no bearing on their own lives whatsoever. If a couple wants to be childfree, who gives a shit? I guess I can understand a parent that longs to be a grandparent but I don't get the busybody at work or a so-called friend that busts your chops about not having a kid. 

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  2. I was 28 when my twins were born. I remember nothing from those first 3-4 months. Having 2 infants sucked so much, but then it got better whan they coud talk and communicate what they wanted/needed. Then it sucked again when they became moody middle-schoolers. Now they're 20 and it's so great. We talk about school, work, friends, how much of a trainwreck their mother is. So much fun.

    But I'd be lying if I said that I never had moments of doubt, if there were never times where I tried to calculate how much money I'd have saved if I never had kids. Or what kind of fun shit I could've done instead of have kids. I don't think that makes me a bad parent, I do that hindsight shit with everything. 

    Just be honest with yourself and each other. Neither choice you make will be wrong.

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  3. I was in the shower this morning and I raised up my left arm to rinse off my armpit. Sudden, intense pain across my upper back, to the point that I couldn't take a breath without it hurting. I had to bend over at the waist to breathe. It lasted 2-3 mins before subsiding into a dull soreness that I'm able to live with. This happens sometimes and the dull pain will last for 4-5 days. Fucking hell.

  4. I found a car that was spec'd out pretty close to the way I wanted it, so I got into a text convo with a salesman. He said I could always order one if I didn't like the one they had. I asked if there was a mark-up on orders, he said no. I decided to go up there yesterday, it was 3.5 hours from my house. I figured if they wouldn't haggle on the one at the lot, I could just order one. I told the guy I would be there around 11, he said he'd be there. I get to the dealership, my guy isn't there. Another guy helped us, he was really nice. Showed me the two they had on the lot, I asked about ordering and told him what i was told about no mark-up. He said, that's right, no mark-up. 

    We go inside to do a build and he says "Let me get the manager, he does the builds", so we waited. He came back a few minutes later, looking mortified. He tells me that managment has now decided that orders are getting a 10K mark-up and that they'd only charge me 5K, seeing as I drove all the way out there. He was extremely apologetic and embarrassed. You would think that I would've been pissed, that's what I would've thought too but I was so taken aback that I just laughed. The manager guy didn't even have the nerve to come tell me to my face. We just left and drove home. 

    The wife and I had a fun time during the drive, and I got a beej/laid last night, so not the worst day I've ever had.

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  5. 2 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

    They're pulling the same shit with Broncos.  Ford has definite supply line issues right now.

    I spoke with a dealer yesterday about ordering a Bronco Sport, he said individual orders are about a 90 day turnaround. I guess that doesn't sound too bad. Better than the 2 year timeframe I was told for the big Bronco.

  6. I've been walking the tightrope like Stevie Ray this whole week. My gut has been acting up, really hot gas and wet shit (not the runs). I don't know if I need to lay off the fiber supplement or what. Hope it's over by the weekend.

  7. 4 hours ago, midtown said:
    On 2/9/2022 at 12:48 PM, Chewbacca said:
    Only 10% are charging above MSRP?  Do the other 90% not have any Broncos on the floor?

    Broncos. Raptors. Shelbys. Mach 1s all well above Msrp. 10% my ass.

    In my experience calling multiple dealers the last few weeks, that number is 100%. Lowest ADM I found on a Bronco was $2500, highest was 20k. Bronco sport is +1500, but they're putting on an interior and exterior protectant, so it's totally worth it! Had a couple of places tell me I wouldn't get a Bronco for two years, regardless of mark-up. I also saw a dealership in Arkansas that has +5k on fucking Hyundai Elantras. WTF?

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  8. 1 hour ago, YChang said:

    But I wonder if some of y'all would be as vigorous in your criticism if she was Scandinavian descent and just won a gold for Norway. 

    It reminds me of when Athens was awarded the 2004 games and they had to scramble to find guys to make up their baseball team. So they recruited minor leaguers of Greek ancestry who had zero chance to make the USA squad. As a person of Greek ancestry myself, I thought it was weak but not exactly a mortal sin. 

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  9. 6 hours ago, Bookman said:

    In 2011, I decided that my habit of drinking 2-3 beers a day needed to end. I replaced it with Topo Chico.

    I don't think I was an alcoholic, but I sure drank beer practically every day.

    I remember going to my grandparents as a kid, hadn't seen them in years. My grandfather would drink beer after beer, almost all day, never acted drunk that I can remember, but I was 12 and didn't know what "drunk" was. I went back to see him a few years later and he had replaced the beers with diet coke, one after another. He told my mom that the Dr said he needed to stop drinking so much. I don't think he drank again but he never stopped his habit of draining 12 oz cans all day long. I guess it was a type of oral fixation or something.

  10. Yeah, 1990 or so for me. We'd push my buddy's 1980 Civic down his really steep driveway and when he didn't get it the first time, we had to push that fucker back up again. 

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  11. I saw Elton John Sunday night. He can't get around very well or hit the high notes anymore but it was still a great show. He had some sort of extended outro or something at the end of Rocket Man that was fucking awesome. 

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  12. I'm at the office and I went to heat up my lunch in the microwave and it was already being used. However, there was no one around. The person came back about a minute after it had finished, profusely apologizing. I wasn't going to take their food out, I don't really feel like I've been inconvenienced but I was still irritated.

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  13. For those of you that ordered broncos, how difficult was it to find a dealer that didn't add the mark-up? None of the dealers have the configuration I want on the lot (not a shock) and what they do have is marked up 8-12K, which I'm not going to pay. 

  14. 13 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Seen a 2 door bronco today on parmer in that dark yellow color. Love the lines, do want. 
     

    also saw a maverick a couple of days ago. Gave me explorer sporttrac vibes. 

    I checked out both 2 and 4 door broncos yesterday. I'm pretty close to placing an order. 

  15. Update:

    Bought the $14 Target "extra firm" pillow: fucking joke. It went flat as a pancake as soon as I put my head on it. I tossed it in my kid's room, she doesn't really live here anymore so she'll never notice.

    Went to Costco and they had a memory foam/cooling/charcoal pillow for $29, I said why not. It was ok, nothing great.

    On the way home from Costco, we stopped at a mattress store that had advertised that they were closing the store and everything was 50% off. I found a pillow that seemed to meet my needs, so I asked the guy how much. It turned out that the pillows weren't part of the sale and the Tempur Pedic wonder pillow was a cool $269. We immediately left and I went home and looked for it ebay. I found the exact model on there (I think it was stolen but YOLO), still sealed in the package. I offered $90 and the seller accepted. It's pretty damn great, I gotta say. Here's a link for those that are interested.

    https://www.tempurpedic.com/shop-pillows/tempur-breeze-pro-cooling-pillow/v/3183/

     

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