What did you do today?

[Hurlshort]

I have a few bottles of oxycodone lying around the house. They are a hassle to dispose of.

[Orogun01]

I have a few bottles of oxycodone lying around the house. They are a hassle to dispose of.

If they're full I suggest teenagers.

[Malcador]

Slow day at work, so wasted it watching people rant about Star Wars.

[Guard Dog]

Slow day at work, so wasted it watching people rant about Star Wars.

I am always amazed at how often THAT happens.

[Malcador]

I am always amazed at how often THAT happens.

I shouldn't be, but am amazed at how many videos there are, dudes ranting about everything - why the First Order isn't threatening because they yell a lot, or how Kennedy is evil, etc. Are some interesting analyses (never get to use that word enough) though, I think smudboy - that dude who did the Mass Effect ones that were a bit nitpicky at times - did one, will have to watch that.

[Blarghagh]

I saw that one about the First Order not being threatening. Jeremy Jahns is one of my go-to reviewers but lately I feel he seems a little bitter. I hope he's doing okay. Then again, I've noticed all youtube personalities have a period of bitterness as their channels grow.

[Guard Dog]

The guys I work with are either scientists or young interns on the road to becoming bureaucrats. It always strikes me as funny how much they remind me of the guys on the Big Bang show. I'm used to working around engineers. We drink (often excessively), swear every other word, and harbor a deep seated suspicion of anyone who can't explain the Square-Cube law. But while engineers are collegial, they are not really social. not a lot of small talk or even professional collaboration in the working environments I was used to. They guys I work with now collaborate on everything. And chit-chat is common. Star Wars, Star Trek & the superhero movies are common topics. And I mean they get really in depth talking about it. I didn't see The Last Jedi until it came out on DVD. That was a big surprise to some of my teammates. Then when I said I liked it that was an even BIGGER surprise.

 

When I first started working here I was a little put off by how it was around here. But the truth is these are some extremely intelligent people doing a job they are underpaid for. But, the job does have some very nice perks. Not the least of which is the near total absence of deadline stress.

[LadyCrimson]

Some back-history - hubby's had this one van for like 2 decades. He loves (loves) this van (many a vacation trip we did in it too) but it's old and super high mileage, he's sunk money into it already, and it's hard to find ppl selling one, etc. A few years or more ago he bought a similar one (some years newer, it was bigger) thinking it'd replace it. It wasn't the same/he didn't like, we eventually got rid of it and he went back to the original van. I keep telling him to just get something else, anything else, a truck or whatever but nope. Yesterday hubby came home early afternoon to "pester" me. He came with his laptop in hand.

 

Hubby: "I want something." (this is his way of saying it's not a $5-$300 thingie - his laptop shows webpage of a white van for sale, from a dealer)

Me: *rolling eyes* "Let me guess, it's like your baby. How much."

Hubby: "$7000...fairly low miles, couple years newer than mine but almost exactly the same (unlike the other one we tried)."

Me: "Not like we're poor, I know you want a replacement, go for it."

Hubby: "Well...see...it's in L.A. (Los Angeles - we are in San Francisco Bay Area).

Me: * ... silence.... * .... "That's rather far, how are you going to get it."

 

(some discussion later re: cost of flights - apparently very few direct to l.a. now, stopovers in TX or something - dislike of airports/flying, 6+hr drive back etc)

Me: "Can they deliver it."

 

Apparently they can/will so in a week or so it'll be delivered. All told cost maybe around $8500.

 

I have never known anyone with such a *bleepbleep* for a non-collector/sports/classic vehicle as hubby does for this ordinary 90's van. At this point it's just amusing. Well...hopefully this is the "one" and he can finally stop thinking about what he's going to do if his original blue one breaks down. Either that or we'll have to sell it again and take a loss again.

Edited July 13, 2018 by LadyCrimson

[Gromnir]

 

 

I have never known anyone with such a *bleepbleep* for a non-collector/sports/classic vehicle as hubby does for this ordinary 90's van. 

 

ok.  this is how you know something is wrong with Gromnir, on multiple levels.

 

 

blue panel van. movie were early 90s. first thing comes to mind when you mention unusual obsession with aging blue van from 90s were the 'bove scene from, the silence of the lambs. 

 

...

 

oh well. maybe show hubby the scene 'bove and it will creep him out enough to make him abandon his van love.

 

HA! Good Fun!

[Hurlshort]

Well my RV is over a decade now and has its fair share of issues, but I still love it. Speaking of which, we are on a trip right now. Not quite epic enough to create a big thread, but I did bring bikes for the first time and went on a great long ride to the beach today.

 

 

Also got lucky with a jeep for a rental car.

[LadyCrimson]

It's not just about liking a car I think. I like my car/past cars too. I'm just not obsessive about it.

 

I've outright told him to have someone drop a new engine into the original van/go all out fixing that one up since he loves it so much etc. and he hems and haws and says it might cost 10-12 grand ... but then he's fine with impulsively spending near nine grand to have one delivered sight unseen from LA. Which makes little sense to me. But like I said ... while I used to find this oddball obsession a little annoying, I suppose because I don't really understand it, it's just amusing now. He can do whatever he wants, nothing off my nose.

[Lexx]

I'm sitting at the dentist right now. Will probably take a couple hours. Had slight pain already the past few weeks, but always ignored it. Yesterday I've noticed that the pain got stronger... didn't want to risk it further, so here I am now. :/

[LadyCrimson]

I'm sitting at the dentist right now. Will probably take a couple hours. Had slight pain already the past few weeks, but always ignored it. Yesterday I've noticed that the pain got stronger... didn't want to risk it further, so here I am now. :/

Have you had wisdom teeth out already? If not, could be something like that. At any rate, hope it's something relatively simple like a bad cavity. :D

[Lexx]

Got em out since over 10 years now (all 4). I'm back at work now... dentist couldn't find anything. This sucks, because I still feel some pain. No idea what now.

[Gfted1]

For $1500 dollars I would have driven it to your house.

[Azdeus]

I've got the same thing with my volvo 940 -98. I love that car and I've put like 7000$ into a car bought for 2300$... and I have plans for 10000$ more. Not counting repairs...

[ShadySands]

The worst part of having had surgery is that I can't take a bath. I have a really deep soaking tub I like to unwind in after a long day sitting at the computer and doing nothing. The struggle is real.

[BruceVC]

https://www.frenchentree.com/property-for-sale/details/2140_xml_2832/oustanding-listed-manor-house-for-sale-in-normandy?utm_source=FrenchEntr%C3%A9e.com&utm_campaign=90d00650da-French+Property+Weekly+1st+March+2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ab17a1e6b0-90d00650da-266196837

 

 

Guys I mentioned to some of you my family invests in global property, its great because anyone in my family can use these locations

 

What do you all think?

[Gfted1]

Huh, I would have figured a property like that in France would cost more than ~$550,000. Very interesting design and a history going back to the 1300's! I wonder how many ghosts are up in there?

[BruceVC]

Huh, I would have figured a property like that in France would cost more than ~$550,000. Very interesting design and a history going back to the 1300's! I wonder how many ghosts are up in there?

It is reasonable, I hope a decision is made to buy it...yes we all have to contribute but end of the day I think its worth it

 

I looked at the cheese shops in Paris...I love cheese 

 

https://www.thegoodlifefrance.com/some-of-the-best-cheese-shops-in-paris/

[LittleArmadillo0]

After near a week of coughing and short breaths I went to the doctors and have bronchitis.

I hope that all of you are in better health than I am.

[Guard Dog]

That sucks LA. Get lots of rest.

[teknoman2]

i drove 4000 km in the last week... and probably walked as many

first i went to Hanover for the wedding of a cousin. i took a ship to Ancona, Italy and drove through Austria and all the way to Hanover in north Germany. after the wedding i went to Berlin and after touring the city for a day (about 9 hours of walking) i left for Prague. i spend a day (8 hours of walking) there and the next day i left for Budapest where i spend one more day (8 hours of walking) before going through the torture of waiting in the borders of Serbia for 2 hours before going through the entire country and waiting another 2 hours at the Bulgarian borders before finally getting back to Greece (fortunately, except for Serbia all other countries are part of the EU and there were no border controls).

and on the way the clutch of my car stopped working right so changing gears became a struggle. if the problem had presented itself on Italy i could have done something about it because i know the language and could explain the problem to the mechanic, but it happened in Germany where finding someone who speaks any other language was really hard. in the end i found a workaround which is to keep my foot on the clutch at all times to keep it working... a very hard thing to do for so many hours of driving.

the funniest part was in Berlin when i found a parking ticket on my car. it was just 10 euros but i found it strange to find it there because parking was allowed there. after inspecting the ticket a bit more i realized it was issued to a different car and that driver dumped it on my car thinking that since i was a foreigner i would fail to notice it and pay for him.

[Gfted1]

Went fishing this morning and it was almost a banner day. Caught one small catfish, lost one medium size sheephead on a broken line, but the whopper that got away was ~20 carp. It hit my line so hard my pole almost bent in half and I sprinted over there to grab it. Fought it for a little bit, then it ran my line (!), then I fought it a bit and it ran my line again (!). My buddy and another guy ran over to watch and just as I got it close to shore I saw one last flash of silver from its scales and *snap* went my line. I was simultaneously crushed and exhilarated at the same time.

[Guard Dog]

Cool story!