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Paper_jam

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    Getting old sucks

    I'm only 49 but this year it seems like my body is just falling apart. I've started to randomly get pain in my ankles, achilles tendonitis, and pain/swelling/stiffness in my knees for no apparent reason. Plus my chronic back pain is acting up too. I'm starting to wonder if something systemic is happening, but so far tests have come back normal. (It's never lupus.)
  2. Why the fuck doesn't anyone seem to make a really lightweight, low-impact, no-BS free antivirus program. Over the years I've been through AVG, Bitdefender, and now Kaspersky Free and they inevitably decide that their shit needs a bunch of extra modules and "features" I don't want, and past a certain point you're forced to accept it because they won't release virus database updates unless you update the core application to the bloated version.
  3. My neighbor killed one in his back yard a few days ago (NE Austin). It was definitely a coral; "red touch yellow." I've never seen one outside of a zoo.
  4. Former CART/Indy racer Bob Lazier died at 81, apparently from Covid-19: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2020/04/18/bob-lazier-father-indy-500-winner-buddy-lazier-dies-81/5161283002/
  5. I have too much of my life savings tied up in the market, and I reached the limit of my downside risk tolerance the morning of March 16. Sold off a bunch of stuff at the worst possible time. Lost enough market value to have bought my house again. Edit: On the "plus" side I'll have enough capital losses to roll over probably for the rest of my life...
  6. The level of automation and electronics the new models use is crazy. I want knobs to manually control water level, temperature, spin speeds, etc. I'm still using an old top-loading Kenmore from 2002 that was under $400 new. I hope it never dies.
  7. Seems like my hood was poised to get a big heavy cell moving up from the SW, but suddenly the edge of the heavy rain is retreating. Front pushing it back south, or dry air fucking it up?
  8. It's hard to compare numbers without a common timeframe, but I''m coming in at 100k through the end of July. My record on prognostication includes boldly predicting that Katrina was all media hype and would turn out to be a minor event.
  9. I was honestly expecting more questions about income level, level of education, what sector I work in, how many cars do I own, do I jerk it left or right-handed, etc. I was almost disappointed in a way.
  10. About 9 days ago, I used HEB delivery and was able to schedule a delivery for the following day with no problems. I guess things have deteriorated because I just put in another order and this time the earliest available delivery slot is 8 days out. I have a food order in with Amazon which was promised for delivery tomorrow, but still isn't showing as shipped yet. What's the going rate for shitty canned food on ebay?
  11. Let's hope the oak pollen will bind with the COVID-19 and neutralize it. Or maybe act like a barrier to infection by coating our nasal passages and interior lung surfaces...
  12. I can't help you with the floorplan but I can tell you that house is haunted as fuck. See how those photos came out all wavy and warped? Evil spirits bending the light waves. Also the kitchen looks like a place where Jeffrey Dahmer would hang out.
  13. Tell them you aren't consenting to shit. If you want to cut my pay, just do it. Don't ask me to "consent" to you fucking me over. Edit: maybe this has to do with a contract of some type, but still. What a dick move. I'm not a lawyer but I doubt they have any legal right to know how much compensation, if any, you receive.
  14. I'm also half surprised that the chloroquine thing hasn't caused a run on good 'ol quinine tonic water, from people who don't chemistry good
  15. I didn't even want liquor until the moment I found out I can't get any
  16. Not sure about this shelter in place stuff. What if I just want to go for a pleasure drive to get out of the house? As long as I don't get out of my car, I'm not going to infect anybody (or get infected).
  17. With TP, if worst comes to worst, we can just rip pages out of old magazines or phonebooks
  18. You win this game by tricking your opponent into leaning out of the window a little too far...
  19. Won't help that the Stones postponed their tour, including the Austin show at COTA.
  20. Someone with a lot more energy and talent than me should do a Covid-19 version of that "angry Hitler" meme video from the movie Downfall.
  21. but I thought after the last crash, the government instituted reforms and controls to ensure that banks and investment houses manage their assets responsibly and don't get overextended (trying to keep a straight face)
  22. I went to a N. Austin Chili's for lunch today (hey, I had a gift card to burn) and it was not nearly as busy as it usually is. I bet the lunch line tomorrow at Chipotle gonna be short.
  23. Went to lunch today (indian buffet) and a lady customer there was just sneezing and coughing up a storm. How long do I have?
  24. Bring back the greatest football commentator of all time, Dennis Miller
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