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Superhero

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  1. I called my parents and they're safe. They live NW of Taipei so the epicenter was further away. My mom said it was pretty scary - their highrise apartment building was swaying pretty hard, and the structure was "moaning". The electricity is still on and and water is still running, so their lives aren't really disrupted. They just need to deal with the after shocks for the next few days. My dad's a heavy sleeper, and usually wakes up late, but he woke up from the shaking. I've woken up to a small earthquake, and it is the weirdest feeling. You're still tired, can't really comprehend what's happening except your bed is moving back and forth. It's a really weird feeling.
  2. A few thought after watching that video... that crane operator must've been shitting bricks, especially when the counterweight fell off. They had safety netting and cantilevered fall protection / dropped objects netting, but a ladder still came flying off the side of the building. Crazy.
  3. You know what's cheaper and requires less effort?
  4. My best friend's (lab is) black.
  5. We saw a SpaceX rocket streak across the dusk sky leaving contrails behind. It looked like a fireball from Street Fighter. What was more interesting to me was how the winds in the upper atmosphere dispersed the contrails.
  6. You know what that guy should have done? Get the booze himself instead of sending his wife.
  7. Haha. Despite my complaints here, I wouldn't divorce her unless something HUGE happens. We share a LOT of common values. She's a really good mom (except for the tone of voice). As I've mentioned many times before, if she wasn't around, the kids would be barefoot and wearing rags. With me, she's unappreciative at times, but makes it up with good sex. She doesn't have any vices except for shoes. She doesn't care if I go out with friends, and usually doesn't say anything when I get a new guitar, bike or any other toy. Oh, and the past 2 years, she started making more money than me. So all things considered, I can't imagine leaving her. But will come here to vent every once in a while.
  8. Trump is the reverse Midas. Everything he touches turns to shit.
  9. We moved continents every 3-4 years so we learned not to buy stupid shit because we’d just have to throw it away. My wife comes from a family of hoarders. She's actually the best or the lot, but I guess we’re still at different planes of hoarding existence. Yeah we got into an argument yesterday when she started dumpster diving, but it’s a fight worth having. We’ve been in this house for 8 years, and it’s the longest I ever lived in one place and I’ll be damned if we’re going to save some hair bands that my daughter got as a Christmas present 7 years ago.
  10. Apparently some christian nationalist ARE actually mad about Trump co-opting the bible. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/28/us/donald-trump-bible-christianity-cec/index.html Fake outrage. They're gonna vote for him anyway. Rubes. Idiots. Morons. Fools and their money are easily parted. Trump and his ilk can all go bankrupt and the world will be better and kinder.
  11. Yeah, and how did that work out for you?
  12. Yeah it totally sucks that I don't know what my property tax is gonna be next year. My property tax is 1.1% of the purchase price, which includes some local water, school and other minor taxes. I think by law, it can only go up 2%. So next year it might go up to 1.12%. What sucks is older folks are reluctant to sell and then buy a new home because their property tax is going to be higher, so there is a shortage of cheaper homes in CA. I don't know how people can afford homes nowadays. I purchased my home 8 years ago, and it has gone up 100%. My next door neighbor listed his house at $1.8M, and he's already gotten a few full asking price offers. There were a lot of people who came to the open house yesterday - all of them driving Land Rovers, Teslas or Mercedes. For context, if you put 20% down, with and interest rate of 6.5%, your monthly mortgage payment is $9,100/month.
  13. Laco There is a ~ $1,000 between the Laco Flieger Basic and the range. You can get the basic from $400 up to $1,200 for the “original”. They look the same and it’s all in the movement. I got the basic which has a Miyota movement which is pretty terrible - the watch keeps shaking after you shake to wind. Not the end of the world, but not something that happens with my other autos. Be careful the watch wears BIG. I have a 7” wrist and the 42mm looks massive. I would go with the 39mm if I bought another Flieger.
  14. Does it bother you that the bezel isn’t lined up with the 12 marker? I have a Seiko SBDC051 watch where the 12 marker isn’t EXACTLY top dead center - off by just a hair. The bezel just also a hair and it bugs the shit out of me. Not as much as the 6R15 movement taking a shit on me. It’s losing a minute everyday, and lasts about 24 hours even if it’s fully wound. It’s supposed to last closer to 50 hours. I took it to get it serviced and it cost me $350! But it’s still a beautiful watch and my daily wearer so I a $350 service is still worth it for me.
  15. Just donated $ to Biden. First political donation of any kind. Fuck Trump.
  16. Do they have gen pop jails in Florida? Because I'd like to see what happens to fat boy in gen pop after they know who he is.
  17. Wife was out this morning, so I had the kids do spring cleaning with me - regular chores, but also getting rid of old toys and other junk. There's a trash bag and a donate box. The kids occasionally ask about a few items, but otherwise they have it under control, and no drama at all. Then the wife comes home and starts digging through the trash, pulling stuff out, and aggressively asking the kids why they threw things out. Lots of yelling and crying ensues. Fuck me. It's 9:40 right now, and behind me, she's digging through the trash bag again...
  18. Another No Shit Sherlock article about Truth Social https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/03/28/truth-social-trump-media-slide/73131957007/
  19. That's true if you live in TX. I live in CA where the property tax is based on your purchase price, and property values aren't assessed every year. So this doesn't help me at all. If it was as simple as TPS reports. My boss wants me to fire the guy. I'm okay with that.
  20. Why was she running from you?
  21. My next door neighbors are moving and listed their house about $100K below what Zillow, Redfin and realtor.com said the house is worth. Not that I’m plannning to move any time soon. But it hurts any potential sellers in the neighborhood.
  22. Orange mocha Frappuccino!
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