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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
Grew up in Wiesbaden. Dad had a '78 Pinto wagon. It was not as much fun.
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2025 Celebrity Death Pool
My high school buddy was finishing his eagle scout stuff before we graduated. I'm not gonna say he hated it, but he was so over it by the time he was done. His older brother was an eagle scout as well, I think there was some pressure from his mom to get it done. He never spoke about his scout stuff unless it was to bitch about something he had to do for his eagle program. After the ceremony, he never talked about scout shit ever again.
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Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
I'd have sent him an invoice and asked him which ones he was paying for.
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Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
My dad went to have an echo test and some bloodwork. The results are that his heart isn't any worse but it's not getting better either. The doc suggests that dad gets an internal defibrillator, dad has declined. He told my sister that he doesn't want to spend what time he has left going in and out of the hospital. I don't know when he has to make his decision about the device but as of now, he ain't interested. I don't like it but there's not much I can do. He keeps saying that he wants to be with my mom, who passed in 2007. I'm at the point where I'm not going to argue with him.
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Random thoughts that don't warrant a thread
If guys playing guitar outside of subways or on street corners really wanted to make some money, they should play classic rock guitar solos. I don't give those guys playing Ed Sheeran or whatever a second glance, but if I came out of the subway/metro/underground and a guy is playing Stranglehold or Layla, I'm gonna toss him a buck or two. If he plays Frankenstein, he gets a $10.
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
- London
Heading back to London on Tuesday. We usually stay in South Kensington but we're shifting slightly west to Earl's Court this time. It's gonna be so nice to ditch the 95 degree heat for 75 and under for a couple of weeks.- Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
My wife was doing some wordle type puzzle last night and said, "Don't judge me, but do you know what a "Glint" is?". I said yeah and explained it, she said she had never heard of it. I said it's similar to gleam. She looked at me with the same puzzled expression and said "I've never heard that word either.".- Random thoughts that don't warrant a thread
There's a regional VP at my wife's company named Leonard. He doesn't come around very often but when he does, my wife's boss gets antsy. I don't give a shit about any of that stuff, so any time she says something like "Leonard is coming next week and my boss is stressing out", I just start singing: "When Leonard finally caaaaaaame to California,". She doesn't know any Merle Haggard and that makes it even funnier when she looks at me like I'm speaking greek. I've been doing this for 5 years and it's still funny to me.- 2025 Celebrity Death Pool
Damn, I thought Loni Anderson died a few years ago.- Recommend or sell me some insurance (auto/home)
I called around when my kids were that age. USAA was astronomically high, more than double my current policy. The agent said "Yeah, USAA doesn't like teen drivers.". I wound up going with Safeco. I'm with GEICO now, they had the best rates for me, hands down.- Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
Yeah, this is hard as well. I live 20 miles from my dad. My sister is just down the street, half a mile away. She's older, closer and my dad prefers to deal with her. He's always favored her a bit, that's just a fact. I make sure to come by and see Dad when I can, and I'll buy my sister lunch when we go out, but the brunt of this falls on her. She's also a control freak and I think she secretly likes to be in charge.- Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
This shit is tough and I'm not even that old yet. My dad is 78 and acts like he's 108. My sister and I are early-mid 50s and don't exactly have time to take off work and sit next to him as he watches old westerns and ESPN. He left home at 19 and never moved back. Visited occasionally, but mostly stayed away. When my grandma needed shit, he either left it to his brothers (who lived nearby) or scratched a check (then bitched about it). When grandma was dying, he never visited but we went to the funeral (which he mostly paid for and bitched about having to pay). But now? He expects us children to tend to his needs and I find myself resenting it a bit. Like, you want treatment that you yourself weren't willing to give? He has the funds to pay for at home care or whatever he needs but he's so damn cheap. I have a wife, grown kids, grandkids, a job. I don't need more shit on my plate.- Trivial Things That Make You Surly
When you're cleaning your glasses and the cloth shifts ever so slightly, causing you to wipe your bare thumb across the lens, making a whole new smear to try and clean.- Getting old sucks
If I ever have a "blowout" at work that requires me to have to go home and take a shower, I will not be returning that day. Probably not the next day either. Matter of fact, I'm probably taking the rest of the week off.- Shane Gillis
I saw Gillis last weekend, it was the funniest stand up show I have ever seen. I laughed my ass off. Also, Dave Atell was one of the openers and he was outstanding as well.- Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
My dad has been acting a tad strange the last few days, so my sister took him to the ER. Long story short, he's had some sort of stroke. They don't know exactly when, he'll have an MRI when they can supposedly tell how long ago it may have happened. His kidneys are kinda fucked up and he has a blood clot on his brain, above his right eye. They think it may have come from his Watchmen heart device. What in the actual fuck? The good news is that he's coherant, talks to the nurses, and is not a vegetable.- NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Merch? He's been gone for 2 years. He'll have the same number when he comes back. It's not like they confiscated all the Lillard merch when he left and fans have to buy new shit.- 2025 Celebrity Death Pool
Shit, there are entire channels that America doesn't care about or even watch.- Things you really just don't get...
Well, some African water buffaloes just killed a farmer in Oklahoma, so I guess we're even? Oklahoma farmer killed by water buffalo he bought just a day prior, police say- Thread of good things in the world today
My wife's cousin passed away last week, he was only 32. He was born with cerebral palsy and was in a wheelchair his whole life, he only had limited use of one of his arms. Never got to run and play and do anything that kids usually do. He wasn't expected to survive very long but he beat the odds. Eventually he got too big for his mother to care for him, she couldn't lift him into the bath or do any of the things he needed done, so he moved to a group home. He had an Amazon device in his room, and learned how to use Alexa. He could call his mom or grandparents whenever he wanted, just by doing the "Alexa, call ---". He was a history buff, so he would ask Alexa questions about US presidents, or football, or whatever he was thinking or talking about. He didn't need someone to hold a book in front of him or read to him. He could access that information by himself. I know there's a lot of hand-wringing about AI and all the dumb shit people do with it, but I thought it was pretty cool to hear about a way that it actually helped someone who really needed it.- Random thoughts that don't warrant a thread
I used to work at a county jail. I saw a story about the jail on the local news website and during the video, they had footage of an officer opening a cell so the camera crew could look inside. I recognized the officer immediately, I worked with this guy more than 25 years ago! I left because the pay was bad and the working conditions were even worse. How the fuck anyone stays that long doing that job is beyond my comprehension.- Trivial Things That Make You Surly
Talking on the phone at work: Person: Yeah, can you send me those documents? Me: Sure. *clicks send* I have just sent them Person (1.3 seconds later): I don't have them, why is it taking so long??? Fucking hell.- Trivial Things That Make You Surly
People who tack on their own bullshit to someone else's social media post. "Sorry to hear your mom has passed. My own mother died in 1992, I know how bad it is! Hugs!", or "I hope you've having fun in [city]! We went there in 2005 and loved it!". Post your own shit, or better yet, STFU.- Getting old sucks
Broke my temporary crown last night. Back to the dentist I go. Maybe I'll just have to eat nothing but smoothies for the next two weeks, fuck. - London
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