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Why are you creeping my future ex wife?

USPS gal trying to get half off that $170K salary.

I'm fascinated that Iran, China and North Korea continue making decisions that keeps them as pariah states. I can see China and NK telling the region to fuck off because they have nuclear weapons. But Israel can obliterate Iran with just a little help from the US.

My weight stays the same, but my neck gets fatter every year. I've always had a fat 16" neck, but managed to maintain it for the past 10 years. I would likely choke me to death if I have to button it up. Time to order some fat neck shirts.

People are saying more frequently "I appreciate you for" instead of "I appreciate it".

Can’t link to Reddit for some reason.

Obviously you have not met my BIL. I've know him for 18 years, and he's terrible at communicating and staying on schedule. I prefer talking to his wife, who gets to the point, and gets it done right. The poor communication comes from my wife's side of the family. Everything is left uncertain because someone doesn't check their text; or things or intentionally left vague so noone's fee fee gets hurt. Anyway... after they came over, and I got his side of the story, I'm filling in the blanks in the timeline. (3:55PM) Wife orders food independently from her brother since she didn't hear back from her brother. He had guest at his house and didn't check his phone. (4:20PM - 5:50PM) We yada yada'ed at home. Some time between 4:30 and 5:50, my BIL finally steps away to make his order. I'm guessing it was closer to 5:50. (5:50PM) Wife leaves to get ours AND their burgers. (6:20PM) Our immediate family eats OUR cold burgers that were ordered at 3:55PM (7:00PM) BIL's family FINALLY comes after their guest leave to eat their burgers that were probably ordered at 5:50. TLDR: The original plan: BIL orders, pays, picks up the food; everyone eats together, early, at their house. What actually happened: We order and pay for our own food; he orders and pays for their own food; my wife picks up both orders; we eat separately, late, at our house. I was so flabbergasted that I didn't want to talk to my wife or BIL afterwards.

One day we'll understand their language.

Just south of Laguna Beach.

My daughter has been in the Adventure Princess program since she was in 2nd grade. Her "besties" from school are also in the program, so I hang out with the dads at camps and around the neighborhood. @closetohumping If you aren't already in it, check out https://orangespiritnation.org/ I think there are some "tribes" out of Irvine as well. 3rd grade is perfect age to join. There's a campout this weekend at Irvine Regional Park and too late to sign up. But the next campout is next month. Plenty of time to sign up.

Need backstory on this one... why were the morons just sitting there watching the obviously big waves? In 2004 when the tsunami hit Indonesia, the ocean level dropped and people could walk tens or hundreds of feet out from the regular shoreline. Then the water came in and killed over 200,000 people. So... if the water level drops, get to higher ground. Yup. We were at the beach yesterday and the waves were higher than I've ever seen. It had flooded the parking lot which was at least 10' above the shoreline. I was with my kids, and the life guard warned us not to stay on the embankment, and to definitely not turn our back to the ocean. It was pretty nuts how high the surf was.

I'm pretty sure I saw that blouse on a mannequin in TJ Maxx.

Does it matter? It could have been McDonalds or a wagyu beef burger with shaved truffles. Nuking a burger never made it taste better.

Wait for it.

(6:20) (We're eating the burger she ordered 3:55)

I about had an aneurysm this afternoon. Try to follow along. Trust me, I'm going to try to summarize the clusterfuck. (3:40) (We've spent the day at the beach and getting ready to go home) BIL to my wife: Do you guys want to have an early dinner at our house? I'm ordering burgers from this place I like. I can pick it up. Wife to BIL: Sure. The the burger place is on the way home. We can pick it up. (3:45) (The kids and I tell her what we want, assuming she's going to relay the message to her brother... ) (3:50) Wife to me: Should I order for ourselves? Me: Why? He said he's ordering and we're picking it up. Right? Wife: Well, he's not responding. Me: So... are we picking it up or not? Wife: I guess not. (4:00) (5 minute after we pass the restaurant) Wife: So should we pick up the burgers? Me: What? We passed it 5 minutes ago. What did your brother say? Wife: He hasn't responded. Me: The kids need to shower, I'm taking them home. (4:20) (We arrive at home) (5:50) (We've been home for more than an hour, the kids have showered, settled in and are watching a movie.) Wife: Well, I'm going to pick up the burgers now. Can you bring the kids to my brother's house? Me: The kids have showered, they're not going to leave the house. Wife: Okay, I guess my brother can come over then.

I can smell the BO and patchouli in that video. Also need more info on girl in the straw hat.

Glad I found this thread since I’ve been binging on SK the past year, almost exclusively on audiobook because I don’t have chunks of time to sit and read. I haven’t “read” IT, so Pet Semetary is the creepiest so far bar none. I liked the Mr. Mercedes trilogy, the Outsider and if it bleeds. Will Patton is the narrator on those 5 and does a phenomenal job with Holly Gibney. The Shining was a close second in terms of creepiest, especially the hedge animals Dr. Sleep was a surprise and nice follow up. I just started book 3 of the Dark Tower series. First book was hard to get through, second was better. Has anyone here read through the entire series? Should I invest my time elsewhere? I’ll find time to listen to IT. 44 hours is a little daunting though. I can barely get through an 18 hour book within 3 weeks (using the Libby app). Oh, and has anyone here finished the Stand? That was another 40+ hour audiobook that I can’t commit to.

My thoughts exactly. One LGBTQ person in my company started using it, and now everyone sans yours truly uses it. It hurts my fucking brain to refer to a PERSON has a HUMAN. I think they're intentionally excluding vampires and ghouls. So much for inclusivity.