Trivial things that please the ever living shit out of you

[Tex Long 4,511]

On 1/24/2024 at 10:12 PM, InkaUtexas said:

Listening to rain on a tin roof. Love that sound. Reminds me of a lot of places.

Any of those places named Laos? That wasn't tin.

[Storm the Field 5,307]

Been working like a dog for the past 2 months. Staying at the office until 7 or 8, coming in on Saturdays...etc. Two high priority projects that were both due back to back. One was a colossal thing I worked on for close to 5 months due last Thursday, which is exactly when the client got it. Another was a rush job that would have usually taken at least 6 weeks, but I only got a month and had to work on it while also finishing the other thing. Due tomorrow. Just sent off to boss for final review so he can deliver it in the morning.

I'm going home and drinking a couple of beers and going out to dinner with my wife. Then I get the house to myself while she heads home to see her folks this weekend. You know where I'm not gonna be spending most of Saturday for the first time since Xmas?

Pleases the ever-living shit out of me. 

[Superhero 8,896]

27 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Been working like a dog for the past 2 months. Staying at the office until 7 or 8, coming in on Saturdays...etc. Two high priority projects that were both due back to back. One was a colossal thing I worked on for close to 5 months due last Thursday, which is exactly when the client got it. Another was a rush job that would have usually taken at least 6 weeks, but I only got a month and had to work on it while also finishing the other thing. Due tomorrow. Just sent off to boss for final review so he can deliver it in the morning.

I'm going home and drinking a couple of beers and going out to dinner with my wife. Then I get the house to myself while she heads home to see her folks this weekend. You know where I'm not gonna be spending most of Saturday for the first time since Xmas?

Pleases the ever-living shit out of me. 

[Gil Bang 26,101]

On 1/8/2024 at 12:48 AM, conVINCEd said:

The paramedic in the back of the ambulance tonight managed to get an IV into me while driving over very rough roads in a construction zone.  I’m fine, just a little scare, but that guy hitting the vein cleanly on the first try while navigating a construction zone. Tip of the cap sir.

what did you have stuck in your ass? 

[PvilleStang 2,926]

19 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

Been working like a dog for the past 2 months. Staying at the office until 7 or 8, coming in on Saturdays...etc. Two high priority projects that were both due back to back. One was a colossal thing I worked on for close to 5 months due last Thursday, which is exactly when the client got it. Another was a rush job that would have usually taken at least 6 weeks, but I only got a month and had to work on it while also finishing the other thing. Due tomorrow. Just sent off to boss for final review so he can deliver it in the morning.

I'm going home and drinking a couple of beers and going out to dinner with my wife. Then I get the house to myself while she heads home to see her folks this weekend. You know where I'm not gonna be spending most of Saturday for the first time since Xmas?

Pleases the ever-living shit out of me. 

Edited February 2 by PvilleStang

[gofuckyourself 8,703]

Going to an online article that bombards you with:

• lower right auto-play videos that partially obscure the article text
• full background ad that shrinks the article to maybe 20% of the visible screen
• 5 to 8 ads jammed into the middle of the page that break up the article to where you have to search for where the article continues.

But then going to the article on Brave or using another bullshit blocker and all of that disappears and I can just cleanly read the article.

Sometimes I do that exact process just to get the enjoyment of it.

 

[nnm 36,991]

34 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

But then going to the article on Brave

You have my attention. Please go on…

[gofuckyourself 8,703]

6 minutes ago, nnm said:

You have my attention. Please go on…

Y'know, Brave browser? https://brave.com/

All their ads are belong to it.

Greatest online invention since Dancing Baby or Chill the Lion

[nnm 36,991]

20 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

Y'know, Brave browser? https://brave.com/

All their ads are belong to it.

Greatest online invention since Dancing Baby or Chill the Lion

Was not aware of that. I use DuckDuckGo for a lot but haven’t tried Brave. Thanks. 

[closetohumping 17,552]

Two ply

[GoPokes83 2,242]

Listening to rain on a tin roof. Love that sound. Reminds me of a lot of places.

If your cabin was anywhere near Superhero’s kid you may want to rethink that.

[Storm the Field 5,307]

Spring Break week at work when you don't have kids. 

Traffic on the way in to work is lighter than usual. Can park just about anywhere you want in the office garage. Office is extremely quiet. Useless weekly meetings cancelled. 

[52-80 19,282]

Been paying attention and I’m the only car on the road today not using windshield wipers because i got some hydrophobic shit on and all the rain just beads off. 
 

feels goodman. 

[Kennythetiger 9,500]

4 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

Been paying attention and I’m the only car on the road today not using windshield wipers because i got some hydrophobic shit on and all the rain just beads off. 
 

feels goodman. 

[Brothahorn 10,088]

All these damn years, I've been doing it the hard way. I may never go to work again.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQX61G7P?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

[BearSchlong 8,140]

I've got the one that sits on a foldable stand. Best $75 I have ever spent.

[PvilleStang 2,926]

14 hours ago, Brothahorn said:

All these damn years, I've been doing it the hard way. I may never go to work again.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQX61G7P?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

Does wonders for the life of the hinges on that screen.  And puts undue stress on the battery life of the laptop (given it's pulling power from the USB-C outlet).  

[Brothahorn 10,088]

Does wonders for the life of the hinges on that screen.  And puts undue stress on the battery life of the laptop (given it's pulling power from the USB-C outlet).  

Back stand support.

Most of the time, when in use, it's plugged in

[Superhero 8,896]

On the Japanese bullet trains, female attendants would walk up the aisle of the train car. When she gets to the front, she’ll turn around and do a subtle bow before going to the next car.

I don’t think most people notice, but to me, it just enforces the “stereotype” that the Japanese are respectful.

[Gil Bang 26,101]

1 hour ago, Superhero said:

On the Japanese bullet trains, female attendants would walk up the aisle of the train car. When she gets to the front, she’ll turn around and do a subtle bow before going to the next car.

I don’t think most people notice, but to me, it just enforces the “stereotype” that the Japanese are respectful.

until it's time to get in an elevator, where they will push and shove like a mofo

[Sam Lin 3,566]

17 hours ago, Superhero said:

On the Japanese bullet trains, female attendants would walk up the aisle of the train car. When she gets to the front, she’ll turn around and do a subtle bow before going to the next car.

I don’t think most people notice, but to me, it just enforces the “stereotype” that the Japanese are respectful.

Go watch the front door ceremony at opening of any department store there.

[nnm 36,991]

19 hours ago, Superhero said:

When she gets to the front, she’ll turn around and do a subtle bow before going to the next car.

She was just signaling you to follow her to the sleeper car. You missed it. 

[BearSchlong 8,140]

All these damn years, I've been doing it the hard way. I may never go to work again.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQX61G7P?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
 

I was in a conference room yesterday with a few dozen of my peers and VPs. Had to do some heavy spreadsheet pivoting and presenting on a big Webex screen. Whipped out the 2nd monitor and then saw a half dozen people head to Amazon and buy their own.

Then I stopped by Tumi and upgraded backpacks to more comfortably accommodate the extra screen for travel.

[Superhero 8,896]

Bidet with a warm toilet seat. 

[PvilleStang 2,926]

1 hour ago, Superhero said:

Bidet with a warm toilet seat. 

Did you fall asleep on the toilet after the all nighter?

[Superhero 8,896]

Didn't have time. Cooked breakfast for the family, and now on the interview prep meeting that started at 8. 

[ImissWallyPryor 9,046]

One of my daughters (no pics, pervs) had neck surgery today (fused C5-6, artificial disc in C4-5). Her mom and I ordered supper from the hospital kitchen with low expectations for the result. The tri-tip, Yukon gold potatoes, and roasted carrots were restaurant worthy, no exaggeration.

 

And it arrived hot. Hospital food FTMFW.  At least this one time. 

[CatManDo 206]

Drinking water from the garden hose after mowing the grass…microplastics be damned!

[Prepuce of Doom 21,125]

53 minutes ago, CatManDo said:

Drinking water from the garden hose after mowing the grass…microplastics be damned!

Shit, that's probably macroplastics! 

[BearSchlong 8,140]

One of my daughters (no pics, pervs) had neck surgery today (fused C5-6, artificial disc in C4-5). Her mom and I ordered supper from the hospital kitchen with low expectations for the result. The tri-tip, Yukon gold potatoes, and roasted carrots were restaurant worthy, no exaggeration.

 
And it arrived hot. Hospital food FTMFW.  At least this one time. 

Houston? Fondren?

[ImissWallyPryor 9,046]

On 4/20/2024 at 9:41 PM, BearSchlong said:

Houston? Fondren?

Private surgical hospital in Rapid City, SD. According to my daughter, one of the surgeons raises the grass-fed and finished angus beef that they serve at the hospital.

Edited April 22 by ImissWallyPryor
Grass, not grain. lol

[NeverMarryAStripper 22,035]

 

[Ignatius 4,081]

On 4/26/2024 at 4:29 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

 

Does not meet ‘trivial’ standards in any way, shape or form….

[Tex Long 4,511]

17 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

Does not meet ‘trivial’ standards in any way, shape or form….

MMmmmmmm... Since "trivia" literally means "three-ways", I might have to allow it, in the context. 

[PRONG HORN 3,164]

 

[Underdog 28,881]

The runoff of melted cheese off the fry pan after cooking burger Pattie’s… 

[TrashMaster G 17,756]

19 hours ago, Underdog said:

The runoff of melted cheese off the fry pan after cooking burger Pattie’s… 

Pattie's????

[nnm 36,991]

13 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Pattie's????

Evidently the name of the cook, to whom the burgers belonged. He just left that part out. It was implied. 

Edited April 29 by nnm

[honolulu horn 6,179]

On 4/5/2024 at 8:13 AM, Superhero said:

Bidet with a warm toilet seat. 

We were in Japan last fall. The bidet with the multiple spray options, warm seat, and warm water was the one thing we made sure we implemented when we got back home. Life changer. 

[Superhero 8,896]

5 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

Pattie's????

Should be on the trivial things that make you surly thread.  But the misuse of apostrophes grind my gears.

[Underdog 28,881]

I was high af. 

[Superhero 8,896]

Several so far this morning…

Getting an Uber 5 minutes from my house at 530. 

TSA pre-check line. It was 10 deep vs 200+ people in the plebeian line.

Girls in short shorts.

Edited May 1 by Superhero

[Sam Lin 3,566]

Wrong thread. The having to wake up and go to airport at 5am making you Surly thread is that way ------>

[Superhero 8,896]

1 minute ago, Sam Lin said:

Wrong thread. The having to wake up and go to airport at 5am making you Surly thread is that way ------>

Yeah. That part sucked. But today I’m in a glass is half full mood.

One other thing that pleased me was a friendly Uber driver that was actually interesting to talk to.

[Superhero 8,896]

I had dinner with a friend who lives in Denver. We were best friends in high school, and room mates for a few years at UT.

The first time we talked was in the bathroom at an international school in Germany. His words at the time? “Nice cock”

 

Friends for almost 35 years. This is not trivial at all. It’s fucking special.

[52-80 19,282]

2 hours ago, Superhero said:

I had dinner with a friend who lives in Denver. We were best friends in high school, and room mates for a few years at UT.

The first time we talked was in the bathroom at an international school in Germany. His words at the time? “Nice cock”

 

Friends for almost 35 years. This is not trivial at all. It’s fucking special.

who amongst us havent made friends by complimenting on, or being complimented on, the cock

[52-80 19,282]

i used to live 20-30 minutes door-to-door to a major airport by driving, uber, train, bus, plentiful of car share (ie hourly rentals), etc.  shit was dope.

now im almost 1hr away and parking is expensive as fuck

[Prepuce of Doom 21,125]

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

I had dinner with a friend who lives in Denver. We were best friends in high school, and room mates for a few years at UT.

The first time we talked was in the bathroom at an international school in Germany. His words at the time? “Nice cock”

 

Friends for almost 35 years. This is not trivial at all. It’s fucking special.

If it's not "best," "huge," or "besthuge," then we're going to be underwhelmed. 

[52-80 19,282]

Its friday afternoon. Its 68*F and sunny. Kid is in the backyard eating ice cream. Im drinking a white ale and playing catch with the dog. My sister and BIL are about to throw lamb on the grill. Spring is glorious. 

[nnm 36,991]

Spotted a big ol’ ratsnake down by my dock when I was knocking down the grass/weeds outside my fence. Godspeed, snek. Get those critters!